Confederate Veteran Reunion And Local Fires In South Carolina
The South Carolina Confederate Veteran reunion will be held in Greenville starting tomorrow. A Jonesville knitting mill fire Sunday at 3 am destroyed the mill. losses are estimated at 250000 with 160000 insured. Simon Taylor is convicted of manslaughter in Saluda and sentenced to seven years. Attorneys for W T Jones plan to appeal bail denial in his wife Marion Jones murder case. A large renovation at Due West Female College includes new floors stairs and music rooms. The state university infirmary named Wallace Thomson Memorial Infirmary nears completion with infectious disease ward and nursing care. A rifle team selection spells out Charleston and Camden soldiers for Camp Perry. Public concern grows in Aiken over registration board disenfranchisement of white men. Governor Ansel campaigns across Greenwood Abbeville Anderson and awaits August 5 vote with expected landslide support.
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South Carolina
Greenville
Jonesville
Simon Taylor
Saluda
Union Special
Columbia State
W. T. Jones
Marion Jones
Supreme Court
Hydrick
Associated Reformed Presbyterian
Due West Female College
The
State University
Wallace Thomson
Aiken
Registration Board
Dowling Lowe
Windsor
Lowe
George Weeks
Bates
Turner
Columbia
Ansel
Anderson
Judicial
Guy
Greenwood
Abbeville
Daily Mail
Piedmont
Gov. Ansel
Ioud
Pickens
Oconee
Laurens
Maiden Moonshiner Fouts Battles U S Marshals in Ky
In Sergent Kentucky on August 8 United States Marshal F M Blair and deputies battled Miss Massy Fouts known as the Maiden Moonshiner near the Knott Letcher county border. The fight lasted about 30 minutes with over sixty shots. Deputy Marshal Hiram Day was seriously wounded and the outlaws resisted arrest for years.
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Miss Fouts
Candidacy announcements and a 1908 mountain excursion notice
A set of public notices includes Thomas B. Butler announcing a congressional candidacy in the Fifth District, R. G. Rhett seeking the U S Senate nomination, and Col. Henry T. Thompson urged for York county adjutant and inspector general. Also advertised is Southern Railway's twenty-ninth annual mountain excursion on August 14 1908 with broad round trip fares to North and South Carolina Tennessee Washington and Virginia resorts and return validity through September 1 1908 with child half fares.
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York County
Henry T. Thompson
Col. Thompson
The
Southern Railway
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Norfolk, Va
Asheville
Brevard
Flat Rock
Hendersonville
Hot Springs
Lenoir
Lincolnton
Marion
Saluda
Shelby
Tryon
Waynesville
N. C
Abbeville
Anderson
Glenn Springs
Greenville
Laurens
Spartanburg
Walhalla
White Stone
Lithia Spring
S. C
Allendale
Barnwell
Camden
Chester
Denmark
Greenwood
Newberry
Orangeburg
Prosperity
Sumter
Union
D. C
J. L. Meek
Atlanta
J. C. Lusk
D. P
Charleston
Hymeneal notice of Scott Ferguson marriage at Hickory Grove
Marital notice records the August 9 ceremony at Hickory Grove with Rev. J L Oates uniting Annie Scott of Yorkville No 3 and Leroy Ferguson of Taylor County. The item also lists church and agency ads for teachers and a lumber sale near Ferguson mine and a Blairs ville campaign basket picnic set for August 20 hosted by local executives Bankhead and Latham.
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Hickory Grove
J. L. Oates
Annie Scott
Yorkville No
Leroy H. Ferguson
Taylor, 5. C
Blairsville
J. C. Blair
ER. M. Bankhead
J. E. Latham
Talcum Powders and Toilet Articles at York Drug Store
York Drug Store promotes summer comfort with talcum powders including Pearls of Violet and Roses, Heliotrope, Mennen's and Colgate's, plus face powders and almond meal. Bath items such as sea salt, Florida water, soaps, brushes, sponges, and towels are offered at right prices.
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York Drug Store
Yorkville Motor Vehicle Ordinance Issued in 1908
Yorkville authorities enact rules for horse and motor vehicle interaction on streets. Vehicles must stop on animal signals, light at front and rear, horn warnings near crossings, speed limit ten mph, display county and registration numbers, and yield to mounted riders. Violations carry fines or short jail terms. ordinance ratified July 20 1908.
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Yorkville
S. C
Town of
South Carolina
Grub for a Dozen Faces and Old George
The speaker questions provisioning for twelve mouths three times daily. If no one works, Old George receives no pay, highlighting hardship and dependency on labor for meals.
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George
Picnic at Sutton Springs Basket Urday Announcement
The notice invites the public to a picnic at Sutton Springs on Saturday August 15 with a bacon and ham sale line promising high quality goods at Packers’ prices. Signatories include R. E. McLure D. B. Ferguson and W. E. Gettys.
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Sutton Springs
R. E. McLure
D. B. Ferguson
W. E. Gettys
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Carolina News
Camp Perry
Dan Miler
3Rd Infantry
Walter A. Moore
3D Regiment
R. C. Richardson
3D Infantry
Chas. V. Boykin
Ordnance Department
A. P. McGhee
B. B. Cantey
2D Infantry
G. C. Warren
M. T. Abel
2Nd Infantry
H. O. Withington
L. B. Lee
W. J. Tiller
Cheraw
Leroy Jones
E. Ladson Fishburne
Walterboro
W. 8. Lee
C. J. Epps
Conway
R. J. Herndon
1St Infantry
Baptist
Raleigh Wright
Congress
Thomas B. Butler
United States Senate
R. G. Rhett
Bethany Farmers’ Union
Abeteen Peo
R. N. Plaxco
Southern Teachers’ Agency
T.1
Black Place
Ferguson Mine
King’s Creek
W. G. White
Shady Grove
H. J. Shearer
Filbert
Filbert School
Filbert Council No. 59
A. Carroll
State OF South Carolina
County of York
L. R. Williams
Hpreas
J. L. Williamson
J. Louis Williamson
York Court House
King's Creek
King’s Creek Station
Cherokee County
Jos. A. Dickson
the Thomson Co
POAG
Real Estate Monthly
Paper OF the South
J. Edgar Poag
Rock Hill, 8. C
First National Bank
Vtorhvv Vilume
SBS. C
Yorkville,s. C
Watertown
Columbus, Guilford
Anchor
Lion, Phoenix and Parry
Mandt
Milburn
White Hickory
Hackney
Johnston
Acme
Mutual Benefit Life Inc. Co
Newark
N. J
Sam M. Grist
AT Wray's
Farrand
Just
R. B. Davidson Co
J. Q. Wray
Glenn & Allison
York
J. B. Bowen
Herndon & Gordon
Confectioneries
Luther Baber
York Supply CO
Jas. M. Starr
J. F. McElwee
Sec. and
Treas
Belting
Wic
Yorkville Hardware Co
MO. R. Hart
I. W. Johnson
Sharon
R. H. G. Caldwell
York Supply Company
W. M. Kennedy
Strauss-Smith CO
M. W. White
Sherrer
Old George
Star Drug Store
D. L. Shieder
Yorkville Banking & Mer. Co
Waterman
T. W. Speck
W. E. Ferguson
Mason McConnell
J. L. Williams
J. L. Williams & CO
M. L. Carroll
Co. W. Carroll
Carroll Bros
Rock Hill
Courtland
Oxford
Bratton Farm
J. Meek Burns
Ickson
King’s Mountain Street
Garrison
Brakorsee
A. C. Stroup
Court House
A. Co. Stroup
State Line
L. J. Crawford
Bob Jackson
J. M. Stroup
Dicky Old
Clover
Stroup
Bree
Sary
Louis Roth
J.J. Keller & CO
W. E
R. B. McClain
A. Friedheim & Bro
Pursley
Neely Place
Vyu
8. C
Enquirer
Johnson’s
Royal
Rumford
Swift
Swift's
G. H. O’leary
G. H. O'Leary
H. D. Marley
National Union Bank and
the First Trust and Savings Bank
J. G. Anderson
J. M. Cherry
Ira B. Dunlap
T. L. Johnson
W. J. Rawlinson
J. E. Roddey
W. L., Roddey
W. J. Roddey
the National Union Bank
Rock Hill, South Carolina
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