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Newspaper

Yorkville Enquirer

Location

York, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1908

Page

2

Wealthy Philadelphia resident donates fortune to church work

After a revival in Philadelphia, a multimillionaire city resident transfers income from his fortune of over a million dollars to the Presbyterian Evangelical committee for church and benevolent efforts. The gift is expected to yield more than 30,000 dollars annually.

Philadelphia Presbyterian Evangelical Committee Gladiator Isle of Wight St. Paul Fall River Mass Bristol County Somerset Taunton River Pall River Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Boston

Tornado Disaster Kills Hundreds Across Eight States

A multi state tornado outbreak Friday through Sunday caused about 350 deaths and thousands homeless across Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Alabama and Georgia. About 46 towns suffered severe damage with 2500 buildings ruined while many deaths remain uncounted among buried communities.

Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Alabama Georgia Associated Press New Orleans

Appropriation Highlights for Public Works and Isthmian Canal

The committee recommends ample funds to sustain public services and continuing works for the next fiscal year under the sundry civil bill. It includes 27,697,000 for the Isthmian canal, reimbursement to the treasury from bond proceeds, and 17,692,645 for river and harbor improvements under contract authorization.

Nantes Qu di Bile Isthmian Canal

Roosevelt battleship program vote splits Senate

Yorkville South Carolina notes that the state delegation would struggle to act on any unexpected improvement. The Senate defeated the President Roosevelt four battleship program fifty to twenty three after a three day debate, with newer senators favoring the plan and older ones opposing.

Roosevelt Senate

McCullough Sees No Immediate Dispensary Action

Washington correspondent reports Hon. Joseph A. McCullough passing through Washington and saying there will likely be no further move by the dispensary receivers until the pending issues are ruled on by the circuit court of appeals.

Washington Joseph A. McCullough Circuit Court of Appeals

Cuba nervously watches possible U S troop withdrawal

The civilized element in Cuba fears a U S plan to pull back troops soon raising the prospect of a new uprising within thirty days. The report of an early withdrawal is widely discussed and unsettles authorities and citizens alike.

Cuba United States

Tepid Public Interest Skews 1900s Tuk Politics

The Tuk people show little interest in politics, with few supporting Mr. Bryan’s presidential nomination and minimal activity in the senatorial race and county politics. A warming is anticipated after spring business concludes.

Mr. Bryan

Relief Efforts Expand After Devastation Across Southern States

Wrecked districts draw relief as thousands visit ruined towns and gather funds. Calf and horse flee through doors while three children seek shelter under a dining table. Behrman to convene business leaders in New Orleans to coordinate aid. lists of towns across Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Alabama report damage with several fatalities and injuries in the Rayburn family case.

Amite Hamilton Warner Claude Bennett New Orleans Behrman New York London Pennsylvania Railroad Company Hughes Assuan Nile Church of Boston Texas V. Klain Wellington Kee Shanghai Columbian Spectator Columbia University Wall Street Santiago Chicago United States Senate Duc de Chaulnes Theodora Shonts Paris United States Knox Pennsylvania Philadelphia Marcus Jance Thos F. Ryan Wallace H. Ham St. Luke’s Dew- York War Taft Washington Fred Herbst Sonora Mexico German Bundesrath Australia China Japan Minqua Susquehanna River Northbrooke Coney Island N. Y New York Grand Jury Metropolitan Street Railway Company Peshaur India Robert Parker Remington Bank Rensselaer Ind White Star Steamship Company New England American Surety Company St. Paul's Episcopal Valescents New York City Kohlsatt Franks Louis Strang Mobile Briarcliffe T. A. McIntyre & Co Watesier Los Angeles Cal Panama Colombia Canal Administration Robert Inglis Yonkers Great Britain Fall River Mass South Dakota West Allis Wis Eugene Munsell Vandyck Hotel Santa Barbara Rey Hugh M. Watson Charlotte N. C

Pension payments listed for Confederate veterans and widows

The 1908 Confederate pension lists, totaling 9,275 recipients up 214 from last year, will be paid soon. Class A veterans receive 96 dollars, widows in Class C No 4 receive 21.20, and overall funds show 251,217.60 distributed from a 250,000 appropriation despite a smaller artificial limb budget.

Columbia News and Courier Kate Maher Lsts Airis Vrsivtecas

Cotton manufacturers agree to shutdowns by July 1 1908

Spartanburg April 24 President Z Cates of Arkwright mills released a statement after a Chamber of Commerce meeting. South Carolina Georgia and North Carolina cloth manufacturers will not take orders at current prices and will shut down mills indefinitely by July 1 1908. The move affects 37 mills with about 15 million dollars invested amid a demoralized cotton cloth market.

Washington South Carolina Baltimore Congress War Navy Departments Pacific San Francisco New York Financial Chronicle Fall River House Tawney Spartanburg Rh. Z Cates Arkwright Mills Chamber of Commerce Georgia North Carolina

Yorkville Local Notices Rally May Events and Sales

Local notices invite attendances at meetings and picnics in Yorkville including Club No 1 and Filbert Farmer’s union. Businesses advertise sales, bids for municipal bonds, and crop buying while banks promote savings and checking facilities. Weather and port receipts note recent market movement and seasonal storms with regional totals.

F. MceDow Yorkville M. M. Ricker Shady Grove Yorkville B. & M. Co Gaston Iron Works Thomson Co M. ©. Willis Co. M. Sarratt Wilkerson M. Hall Filbert Farmer's Union D. M. Hall Berkshire Poland T. E. McMackin Court House M. W. White Sam M. Grist J. W. Dobson L. Williams & Co Yorkville Hardware Co York Drug Store Sherwin-Williams D. B. Johnson Winthrop College W. OD. Grist J. B. Scott D. J. Forbes Farmers’ Union York County York Furniture Co Harrison National Union Bank Rock Hill First National Bank

Farmers Union corn prize and county political warnings

The piece urges farmers to enter the Farmers Union corn prize with a 50 cent fee to Arthur L. Black by June 1. It warns Democratic machinery in the county could rot and must be preserved by responsible leadership. It notes a decline in cow peas and argues peas merit more attention despite uncertain profit.

Farmers’ Union Arthur L. Black

May vs Southern Railway verdict awards $192.25 damages

In Rock Hill, C S May sued Southern Railway for injuries to his automobile on the sidetrack. A train struck the car after May saved his wife and child. Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $192.25 with Judge Watts offering a new trial, which was declined. Court adjourned sine die.

C. S. May the Southern Railway Company The Enquirer May Rock Hill Watts Dunlap

Speculative Market Faces Gains and Losses in Cotton

The Associated Press reports a volatile U S cotton market with new low prices and a steady close. Prices dipped 10 to 13 points from the day’s highs before slight rallies on short covering amid weather worries in the eastern belt and reports of reductions in spinner activity in Germany and the Carolina region.

New Orleans Houston Associated Press New York

Delegates Listed for First Associate Reformed Presbytery Meeting

Yorkville hosts next Monday through Wednesday as the entertainment committee releases the delegate roster with assigned officers and elders. The list includes Rev. W. C. Ewart and many other ministers, elders, and their spouses from multiple churches and missions.

Associate Reformed Presbytery Yorkville W. C. Ewart J. 8. Moffatt D. D W. W. Orr R. G. Miller T. H. Kitchens J. T. Maberry Mattie J. Nichols W. C. Kerr Jas. E. Gettys T.S. Harris B. Frank White J. M. Bigham J. M. White J. F. Oates C. H. Heth Bessie Barron J. Walter Simpson J. F. M. Beard Taylorsville Southside J. B. Pegram Steel Creek E. Foy M. W. White Wade Draffin William Jones J. S. Brice C. E. McDonald John A. White E. Grier Carson H. E. Pressly Fannie B. McCaw J. P. Knox John O'’Farrell Newperth New Sterling S. A. McElwee W. Y. Love J. Frank McElwee A. S. Rogers W. W. Boyce R. T. Allison Oliver Johnson D. Preston Leslie W. D. Glenn R. A. Lummus R. C. Davidson Lyle Joseph Martin EB. Gillespie James A. Pressly T. M. Davidson Hart Wm. Duncan A.T. Lindsay L. BR. Williams G. R. White John H. Griffith T. L. Carroll W. A. McCaulay W. W. Jenkins J. T.bigham W. M. Boyce W. Brown Wylie R. M. Stevenson L. W. Hunter C. M. Strong Robert Caldwell

Social Notes from Yorkville and Nearby Towns

Miss Hazel Grist visits Rock Hill friends and Miss Leon White rests at Chicora College. Several Yorkville residents travel to Columbia Yorkville and Lincoln ton for family events. Miss Olive Walker’s recital impresses at the bie college auditorium. Mr. and Mrs. Moore of Rock Hill wed in Talladega Alabama and plan to live in Yorkville.

Hazel Grist Rock Hill Leon White Chicora College Lee Williams W. H. Hand Columbia J. R. Stewart H. H. Beard Paul N. Moore Yorkville Jensie Kell Atlantic City N. J T. B. Kell Lincolnton N. C R. Z. Johnson Pet Butler Lancaster FR. J Mackerell S. W. Mitchell Pearl Lynette Messrs. Inman Annie Rogers Winthrop Emma Rogers Charlotte Observer Rev W. C. Ewart D. C Mooresville J. T. Bigham Chester J. Y. Miller L. W. Jenkins Spartanburg John A. Jenkins Olive Walker Talladega County Paul Neely Moore

Democratic and Republican meetings face limited turnout and timing notes

Report notes no arrangement to prevent conflict between two meetings with Nuance address expected around 10 30 and Democratic convention organized after. Obituary for Mrs H K Steele widow of Kennedy born in Fairfield county 1830s funeral at Trinity church led by Rev Henry Cauthen. Delegates listed for Club No 1 and Club No 2 with officers and secretary treasurers.

Winnie Davis Court House Geo. T. Radcliffe Geo W.S. Hart Frank C. Riddle Yorkville Mary T. Nance York County Quirer Miss Nuance H. K. Steele Emmie Beard Fairfield County Kennedy S. A. Weber Beard Trinity Church Henry Cauthen Thos. F. McDow W. Thompson Jackson W. B. Keller Harry Neil R. R. McCorkle J. D. Clark J. D. Land S. T. Ferguson M. B. Jennings J. B. Scott G. H. O'Leary J. P. White J. L. Moss J. B. Wood Wm. M. McFarland M. L. Thomasson

Class List From Rock Hill Area Names

A dense roster of names and towns in South Carolina, listing residents across Clover, Rock Hill, Yorkville, Fort Mill, Sharon, Tirzah, Smyrna, Balloons and surrounding communities. The long alphabetical set includes Elizabeth Allen, Sarah Barnes, Rebecca Black, Nancy Boyd, Jane Boyd, Elizabeth Bunch, and many others linked to Rock Hill and neighboring locales.

Tirzah John H. Jones Hickory Grove Noah Kizer Ramah C. C. Lanier Energy J. G. Minter Blairsville Lee Mullinax King's Creek S. F. Massey Fort Mill C. P. Manning Clover Joseph A. Pursley B. S. Peeler H. H. Sherer Yorkville James M. Armstrong J. T. Adkins W. T. Alderson W. S. Alexander Rock Hill W. F. Armstrong W. H. Armstrong William Ashley B. Bogus R. T. Bailey W. M. Brackett A. M. Black S. A. Broom James Burns John W. Barnhill Sidney Bryant Thomas Bolin T. W. Clawson J. 8. Chambers J. R. Cromer J. T. Crook James A. Clark E. C. Childers Sherod Geo. Harris F. L. Hoffman James H. Hogue Ss. B. Howe R. T. Howe G. A. Henry J. T. Howell A. Hudson J. P. Hutchinson John C. Jackson W. B. Jones J. L. Snead J. L. Stewart R. W. Smith Smyrna C. Sexton D. M. Stewart A. K. Smith Old Point I. G. Smythe Pascal Sanders J. M. Sweat W. I. Smith McConnellsville Dallas Stephens J. W. J.thompson T. J. Thomasson Alexander Wallace Bethany W. P. Wiley Daniel Wallace W. B. Whittaker A. J. White King’s Creek J White L. B. White Thomas White Zadock Brown Wilson W. L. White Filbert John Winkler Balloon W. W. White Catawba W. C. Wherry A. F. Wood RJ. Withers D. D. Wright R. L. Wood R. P. Workman Edgmoor R. W. Westmoreland J. A. Westbrooks John W. Westbrooks Cynthia Abernathy S. J. Camp D. R. Carranthers Newport H. A. Carr M. E. Caton Mary C. Cheat Tirgah M. C. Falls Jane A. Ferguson H. E. Gettys Lesslie Mary Hambrick M. J. Hughes Jane Hill Mary R. Lindsay Tomlinson M. EB. Whitner Martha L. Wallace Mary P. Youngblood Mort Mil S. C. Adams Elizabeth J. Allen S. E. Ardrey Mary Alley E. Aycock Sharon M. J. Adkins EK IF Aiken S. C. Ayers Sarah J. Barnes M. R. Black Nancy T. Boyd Nancy J Elizabeth Draffin M. R. Doggett E. J. Doster N. J. Donnan E. J. Downs Cc. Erwin Catherine Forbes E. A. Fewell Dorcas L. Goulden Susan Gordon Jane Pope Rebecca Price Margaret Ramsey M. E. Ramsey N. Y. Rodgers M.S. Robinson L. H. Riggins Bowling Green Elizabeth J. Ritch Mary E. Smith Pauline Scott Delicia Sparks Martha K. Stewart Bandana Martha Warmoth E. A. Witkliffe

York County and Gastonia News Docket Fire and Obituary

The report cites a Gastonia fire at the Southern railroad freight warehouse causing about 15000 dollars in damage. It also notes the death of J A Bell of Clover aged 70, with military service history and survivors listed. Other items include a York Republican convention result and various national news briefs.

Gastonia Southern Railroad N. C

Court tensions flare as officer and attorney nearly clash in trial

Special Officer Merrick and Spartanburg attorney C P Sims narrowly avoided a personal confrontation in Federal court on Friday. The dispute arose after Merrick, a witness in the case, challenged Sims over insinuations during his argument before the jury. Sims refused to retract, and the attorney claimed he was being threatened by a officer. Judge Brawley intervened to preserve court dignity and calm the scene.

Merrick C. P. Sims Spartanburg Greenville News Brawley Sims

Greenville Mills Refuse Shutdown Amid Possible July 1 Cut

Greenville Anderson and Pickens mills did not join a Spartanburg meeting to suspend operations on July 1. Greenville mills plan to maintain operation with a 24 percent production cut for three months, avoiding a shutdown. Several plants have already reduced output or stayed open, with some mills selling ahead and continuing full-time work.

Greenville Anderson Pickens Spartanburg Greenville Mills

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