Washington News Digest December 12 13 1907 Military and Revenue Notes
A sweeping plan to raise a volunteer army in emergencies is introduced by Rep Hull from Taft based on a president’s recommendation. Cotton market figures show rising world and American supply while Panama Canal work casualty reports rise to fourteen dead and many injured. Internal revenue notes reveal declines in receipts and distilleries seized. A Southern Baptist minister faces a major call to leave Charlotte as his church expands.
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Washington
Representative Hull
Committee On
Taft
New York
The
Financial Chronicle
Chronicle
Bas Obispo
Panama Canal
Colon
John J. Reidy
Reidy
Ancon Hospital
John G. Capers
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prohibition
Capers
Department of Agriculture
Charlotte
H. H. Hulton
First Baptist Church of
Southern Baptist Convention
Hulton
Natonal Democratic League of Clubs
Chas. Davis
Fred Austin
Omaha
Neb
Austin
Abra
San Francisco
Reuf Silvey Speer Thomas
Russell J. Thomas
Atlanta
Uniontown
Berlin
John Pierpont Morgan
Chicago
Castro
Venezuela
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Bailey
Will Laturn
Ham
N. C
Fred Holt
Holt
Alehurst
Ala
Thomas Birdsong
Monticello
Miss
Pat Dahy Hoy
Misap
H. C. Hansborough
North Dakota
Minnewater
Columbus
Calhoun
Oakland
Cal
Otto E. Black
York Times
farland-Moran
Davis
Thomas
United States Steel
United States
Munich
Penrose
United States Senate
G. F. Tuttle Bailey
Tuttle
Memphis
Tenn
Laturn
Reuben Barbee
Dur
A. S. Pitts
Hadentist
Birdsong
Angie Bird- Crowe
David Kappreer
Abraham F. Kappreer
National Bank
Dresden
Senatorpolis
Minn
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ambrose E. Calhoun
Adrien Lebuef
Buck Smith
Georgia
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Pastor Declines Leading SBC Church Call in Charlotte
After a Sunday church conference, Dr. Hulton announced he received an unexpected invitation to lead a prominent Southern Baptist church with double his salary but chose to remain with the Charlotte congregation. The Observer notes initial hesitation followed by hearty applause.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Charlotte
Observer
Hulton
Speaker Cannon Opposes Bonds for River and Harbor Work
In Yorkville on Tuesday December 15 1908 Speaker Cannon denounced issuing bonds for river and harbor improvement. He supports direct appropriations as prudent, arguing bonds invite extravagance and impractical schemes, and says he will not support the proposition.
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Speaker Cannon
Cannon
President’s message includes Brownsville shooting account
The president sent a message to Congress with a participant sourced story detailing the Brownsville shooting. Soldier Boyd Conyers is cited as the storyteller and reportedly warned he might take his own life after learning the story was used by the president.
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Congress
Brownsville
Boyd Conyers
Conyers
Congress furious over president on secret service amendment
Both houses are angered by the presidents charge that a last year’s secret service amendment blocks investigations of congressmen. The president argues the change limits agents to the treasury department and protects wealthy criminals, prompting expected extensive debate this week.
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Congress
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Secret Service Department
House
Senate
Dark Corner tale shows rise of educator hero Jim Thompson
Zach McGhee's The Dark Corner is praised for a noble purpose. Jim Thompson, guided by faith, rejects a legal career to educate in a degraded district, reforms a failing school led by the vain Tilson, and inspires two poor girls, Aileen and Amanda, through learning and virtue.
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Zach McGhee
Grafton Press
New York
Zach
Jim Thompson
Jefferson Marquinius Tilson
Thompson
Tilson
Amanda
Aileen
Tilson's School
Environ ment over heredity in a Carolina tale and school critique
The article discusses a story where Amanda and Aileen, sisters from different ages, reveal a lack of heredity influence and the power of education. Thompson shapes Amanda’s schooling to elevate her, while criticizing indifferent teachers and trustees. It notes a setting near Greenville Spartanburg and a broader South Carolina context with a hopeful view of change.
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Amanda
Thompson
Aileen
Winthrop
Mr. McGhee
South Carolina
Greenville
Spartanburg
North Carolina
McGhee
Trapper seeks new mink hunting grounds in York County
The Enquirer notes a letter from a trapper seeking fresh hunting grounds for trapping mink. The piece includes local ads about land sales by executors of the Love estate, real estate notes, bank announcements, holiday promotions, and farming reflections on corn and farming profitability.
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the Enquirer
R. R
M. B. Love
A. F
Martha Love
M. W. White
National Union Bank
Rock Hill
R. B. Davidson Co
Loan and Savings Bank
Star Drug Store
Sherer & Ferguson
Libh
First National Bank
York Drug Store
Huyler
Yorkville Hardware Co
J. Q. Wray
York Furniture Co
The
Enquirer
Messrs
W. E. Land
Cc. H. Smith
J. L. Wood
Yorkville
M. Strauss
Fatal shooting near Yorkville shocks community
Claude Monroe, a 16 year old, was fatally shot by Bob King while hunting near Yorkville. An inquest found criminal carelessness. King was jailed after the verdict.
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D. L. Shieder
Wright Avenue
J. B. Mackerell
Harrison
R. L. deLoach
M. W. White
King's Mountain Street
Claude Monroe
C. M. Inman
Yorkville
Bob King
Chester Hospital
King
Monroe
Comer
Louthian
Rock Hill
Speculative Cotton Market Shows Late Recovery After Sharp Break
New York dispatch reports a volatile session with an early decline of 7 to 9 points, a midmorning rally, and a late pullback before prices steadied near day’s best. January at 8.44 and May at 8.60 framed a day of liquidation, coverings, and nervous trading amid large 150,000 bale estimates.
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Associated Press
New York
National Ginners’ Association
YORKS REGISTERED VOTERS IN CLOVER COUNTY LIST
The Enquirer presents Clover county registered voters in installments. Readable segments list names and occupations, from D J Laughridge farmer to J R Moss mill work with ages and roles, reflecting local registration details for voters.
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Enquirer
Cotton bales receipts and weekly totals reported
The report notes weekly cotton bales: 63,149 last week versus 61,232 last year, 380,000 for the week compared with 410,667 last week and 400,715 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans total 22,656 bales, up from 13,532 last year, while Houston shows 17,485 bales versus 13,258 last year.
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W. N. Woods
L. C. Armstrong
R. Robison
Farmer
D. H. Whitener
A. J. Parrott
Will Adkins
W. T. Ashe
W. B. Hagins
Merchant
W.F. Armstrong
KF. R. Riddle
J. A. C. Love
R. R. Capps
G. M. Stewart
H. G. Michaels
A. Dale
E. E. Wootan
R. T. Beamguard
A. W. Jackson
W. T. Beamguard
J. C. Jackson
Z. G. Walker
Sam‘ McCall
Brickmas
B. Walker
C. M. Parrott
J. McCarter
C. R. Caldwell
J. L. Harvey
M. C. Parrott
W. J. Beamguard
N. Stacy
T. H. Allen
A. J. Quinn
Horace C. Thomasson
J. R. Ferguson
H. G. Parrott
D. F. Jackson
J. G. Enloe
Policeman
F. A. Thomas
W. B. Moore
E. M. Moore
R. S. Parrott
J. F. Cu
W. M. Parish
W. A. Barrett
Sam's Youngblood
S. M. White
S. W. Thomas
J. E Beamguard
J. R. Deas
G. D. Flanigan
W. B. Flanigan
J. E. Adams
J. A. Harvey
J. D. Gwin
J. A. Deas
J. C. Wood
J. B. Wood
C. T. Thomas
S. J. Harvey
HB. F. Lawrance
J. W. Lawrence
G. J. A. Clinton
W. A. Carroll
J. C. Enloe
J. L. Carroll
J. C. Parrott
I J. C. Lilley
W. B. Harvey
S. Camp
R. C. Camp
D. E. Jackson
J. C. Warren
Z. M. Neill
A. H. Neill
D. A. Neill
John J. Smith
J. L. Jackson
J. Meek Smith
R. R
M. L. Smith
W. P. Smith
W. B. Smith
E. W. Pressly
M. D
J. R. Parish
R. A. Jackson
L. A. Allen
D. J. Cobb
R. H. Brison
R. H. Foster
A. C. Erwin
Sam Smith
A. M. Ford
J. F. Ford
Jno
G. F. Hedrick
W. H. Hagins
Jas. Faris
A. T. Barrett
J. A. Forbis
W. L. Hogue
D. B. Parish
G. J. Reese
H. E. Moore
R. M. Turner
CC. S. Turner
O. N. Youngblood
R. G. Caveny
J. W. Campbell
W. M. Matthews
T. G. Matthews
J. H. Adams
J. M. Cook
G. N. McCall
B. M. Ford, Jr
M. E. Stanton
W. E. Baulch
S. A. Sifford
W. H. Pursley
L. W. Robinson
H. B. Maxwell
W. F. Rich
S. J. Matthews
R. E. Faris
W. R. Warren
D. J. Forbis
J. W. Smith
T. M. Melarter
L. C. Wells
S. M. Faris
E. C. Jackson
New Orleans
Houston
Court resumes after recess with juror roster and trials
The circuit court re convened after a week break and re scanned the juror list for week four. Several jurors qualified and others were excused while nine extra jurors filled the venire. The first case, Nicholson vs Arcade Mills, sought 20000 damages for injuries from an arrest incident. the jury sided with the defense. The court then moved to Barron vs Summit over a horse death claim from alleged over driving by the plaintiff.
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Supreme Court
Circuit Court
A. A. Burris
M. W. Latham
J. G. McKeown
John A. Byers
John M. Fewell
E. L. Barnes
W. W. Boyd
D. G. Howell
W. H. Caldwell
J. N. Russell
H. L. Morgan
R. A. Jackson
J. R. Parish
W. P. Boyd
John R. Love
W. A. Jackson
J. M. Taylor
A. H. Barnett
G. M. Carroll
W. G. Brown
James Bailes
D. H. Whitner
W. N. Neil
E. M. Adams
W. H. Crook
Arcade Mills
Lee Starnes
Messrs
G. W. S. Hart
W. M. Dunlap
A. M. Deal
J. S. Brice
W. J. Cherry
A. S. Barron
Henry Summit
Social notes from Yorkville and surrounding towns
Miss Beth Green of Blacksburg visits Mrs. John G. Barnwell. Mr. and Mrs. Longhert of Hope Arkansas spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McElwee. Miss Leon White returns from Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss and Master Strauss Smith vacation in Spartanburg. Miss Maggie Moore visits Smyrna R F D No 2. Miss Mamie McConnell arrives from Philadelphia to stay with her parents in Yorkville. J. K. Scoggins returns to Rock Hill Herald after farming. Capt James B. Allison of the Seventh Infantry at Fort Leavenworth visits his parents in Yorkville. leave to January 4 with likely return to the Philippines next year.
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Beth Green
Blacksburg
John G. Barnwell
Longhert
Hope
Ark
J. F. McElwee
Leon White
Charleston
H. C. Strauss
Master Strauss Smith
Spartanburg
Maggie Moore
Cherokee
Mamie
Della Stewart
Smyrna R. F
The
Herald
Scoggins
Enquirer
Ogden
James B. Allison
Seventh Infantry U. S. Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Yorkville
J. B. Allison
Allison
Philippines
Resuscitation Method for Electric Shock Victims Described
The Yorkville official explains a resuscitation technique used by British and Coast Guard services. A volunteer places the patient face down, an operator kneels over the hips, and repeated back thrusts apply ten to twelve compressions per minute for hours if needed to clear airways and restart breathing.
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John G. Barnwell
Yorkville Water, Light and Power Department
The
Enquirer
Royal Humane Society
Royal Life Saving Society
Coast Guard of
Great Britaan
Mr. Barnwell
Deaths and church notes in early 1909 South Carolina paper
Obituary for Hester Dillingham, lifelong Moss household servant, dies aged about 70. Also reports on Christian Workers session in Rock Hill, Sidney Z. McMackin death, J Henry Garrison to abandon appeal, South Carolina Baptist convention actions on missions temperance and finances, and Seminole Securities stockholders meeting with audit inquiry planned.
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South Carolina
A. J.S. Thomas
The
Baptist Courier
Orangeburg
State Mission Board
Vr. ‘I. Wi. Batley
Bailey
Baley
Furman University
Greenville Female Colege
Easterling
Stringfeld
Carnegie
Antipaloon League
Ilegal
L G. Murray
Yorkville
Methodist Conference
First Baptist Church
Anderson
Seminole Securities Company
Columbia
J. Y. Garlington
Messrs
Clark
Jones and Bryan
Securities Company
Southern Life
Jones
Bryan
E. J. Etheridge
Huger Sinkler
R. T. Caston
H. J. Heily
Co. J. Hebert
C. J. Hebert
Raleigh
McMaster
Young
North Carolina
Hebert
Fayetteville
Oysters and Chicken Supper Aids Bethany Fraternal Meeting
A large Bethany gathering enjoyed an oyster and chicken supper hosted by the Ladies' Aid society of Bethany church with profits of 17 dollars over expenses. Rev. J L Oates of Hickory Grove gave a lecture on Elements of Success in Life, stressing fixed purpose perseverance and personal satisfaction. A new school chapel story addition was announced, funded by the Farmers' Union for use by the Union Woodmen and other fraternal orders.
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Parkville Enquirer
Bethany
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bethany Church
J. L. Oates
Hickory Grove
Mr. Oates
Farmers' Union
The
Woodmen
Not a Charleston Buzzard Says Sumter Heald
A Yorkville buzzard perched on a live wire and suffered a shock. A newspaper man claimed the bird was from Charleston, which Heald denies, arguing no proper Charleston buzzard would battle a York steel post amid cobblestones and low roofs.
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Charleston
Government ends misleading phrases on food labels
The pure food and drug board with approval from Cortelyou Wilson and Straus bans claims like guaranteed under the food and drugs act, effective January 1. New labels must show manufacturer responsibility, but old guarantees will be recognized for two years due to invested funds.
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Washington
Pure Food and Drug Board
Cortelyou, Wilson and Straus
Commissioner of Patents
Moore
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Yorkville Enquirer
Uae
Cocal Affairs
York's
D. J. Laughridge
J. L. Stacy
B. G. Lilley
the Circuit Court
Darkey
Hester Dillingham
Moss
Jos. R. Robinson
Lucetta
Jos. R. Moss
Christian Workers In Session
Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of Bethel Presbytery
Margaret Anderson
Herndon
Lesslie Witherspoon
Della Rhyne
J. J. Stringfellow
Chester
B. M. Fewell
Sallie Gibson
Jas. S. White
York County
Columbia State
County Board of Commissioners
J. J. Keller & Co
Syleecau Manufacturing Company
William Wallace
Sidney Z. McMackin
Heath's Springs
Lancaster County
T. E. MeeMackin
J. T. McMackin
J. Q
T. C
T. E. McMackin
N. A. Howell
Horace L. McMackin
Texas
Laurens
J. Henry Garrison
J. Louis Williamson
Garrison
Laurens County
South Carolina News
Farmers’ Union
Baptist
Presbyterian
Clover, D. C
John C. Enloe
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