Marathon Triumph of Longboat over Dorando at Madison Square Garden
The Canadian Indian runner Tom Longboat defeated Dorando Pietri of Italy in a 2.64 mile race at Madison Square Garden last Monday night. Longboat finished in two hours 45 minutes 5 2 fifths seconds after a tight finish, with Dorando leading near the end before Longboat surged to victory.
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Tom Longboat
Dorando Pietri
Madison Square Garden
Dorando
London
John J. Hayes
New York
Hayes
Longboat
Geary County
Kan
Chicago Record-Herald
Jesse B. Wingfield
King
Junction City
Wingfield
Topeka
Albemarle
D. C
Stanley
Henry Young
John R. Moss
Whitney
Moss
George Lester
Moss Home
Washington
United States
Baron Komura
Japan
Tokio
Root
Baron Takahira
America
North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic
Senate
Secret Service
Aldrich
Culberson
Committee On
Congress
Bailey
Bacon
Tillman
Hale
Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Lodge
Warner
Twenty-fifth
Union City
Tenn
Quentin Rankin
J. H. Russell
Charles E. Russel
Caldwell
Venezuelan war declaration noted by state department
A Washington dispatch reports Venezuela has declared war against Holland. The Smithsonian Institute will send representatives to Africa with President Roosevelt to oversee hunting trophies next year.
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Washington
State Department
Venezuela
Holland
THE
Smithsonian Institute
Africa
Roosevelt
Vote on banning futures ads fails in House
A test vote in the House on stopping transportation through the mails of advertising or information about futures dealing failed 103 to 89. The stalled measure aimed to curb future contract gambling gaining some momentum in legislative circles.
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House
Venezuela Crisis and Our Involvement Questioned
The piece discusses Venezuela troubles and U S positions amid clashes with Castro. It notes possible backing by the United States with France Germany and Great Britain, mentions Holland operations, and weighs Castro’s character from dispatches and magazines as the end of the standoff seems near.
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Venezuela
Castro
United States
Washington
Holland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Theodore Roosevelt
Regretful view on Seminole Securities investment risks
The piece criticizes Seminole Securities and questions the value of its stock amid agent misrepresentation. It praises insurance oversight but doubts regulating private corporations. It expresses sympathy for investors, hopes for refunds or punishment of swindlers, and notes stock laws parallel hearse trading.
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Seminole Securities Company
McMaster
General Assembly
Office of Insurance Commissioner
Mrr. McMaster
Prize Acre Contest Aims to Boost York County Farmers
The article urges as many York county farmers as possible to enter the Farmers' Union Prize Acre contest next year. It stresses that while prizes matter, the true value lies in personal honor and the wider benefits to all participants through improved performance and county progress.
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York County
Farmers’ Union
Tennessee
Kentucky
County urging united effort to boost corn farming
The piece notes about sixteen entrants in the Farmers' Union prize contest with many dropping out. It urges readers to stay with future contests, value lessons from setbacks, and work to develop corn production across York county and the Piedmont region, urging broad communal help.
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Farmers’ Union
York
Piedmont
Clover Cullings from Clover December Notes
The Clover section reports larger small grain sowing, especially oats, with good yield prospects. Cotton sales persist but remain low after price drops to 8 cents. Local hogs weighed 445 and 365 pounds from M. L. Dickson. County residents face Seminole Securities Co. losses, yet some remain hopeful. S. R. Clinton returns home from Charleston Medical College for holidays. Work restarts on a power line to Ninety-Nine Island for a dam project using electricity instead of steam.
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Ninety-Nine Island
Yorkville Enquirer
M. L. Dickson
Clover
Seminole Securities Co
S. R. Clinton
Charleston Medical College
Ed Brison
Clarence Thomas
Southern Power Company
Taft pledges McKinley policy for Philippine Islands
President-elect Taft assures continuation of McKinley policy and U S hold on the Philippines until its people can govern themselves. Other items include Lt Mapes's close-quarters hand grenade design, Murphy found not guilty of bribery, Hains on trial for accessory to a fatal shooting, Morgan's $100000 gift for San Francisco church rebuilding, and the National City Bank relocation to the old customs house.
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Taft
McKinley
Philippine Islands
United States
Mapes
United States Army
Frank J. Murphy
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
National City Bank of New York
United States Customs House
New York
Hughes
Moscow
Russia
Marion Butler
Lester Butler
Grand
Guilford County
N. C
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Supreme Court of the ‘District of Columbia
American Tobacco Company
United States Circuit Court
Congress
Birdsong
Farmers’ Union No. 4
Harris
Pitts
Jackson
Miss
Roosevelt in Disrepute
Washington correspondents report President Roosevelt faces distrust after a flurry of White House messages. Some loyalists doubt his balance while others criticize his handling of the secret service. Congress shows no sign of rebuke in either chamber.
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Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Secret Service Department
House
Senate
Washington Correspondence
Charlotte Observer
A Farmer Who Knows How
Quote from T FE D Starnes of Jackson township on taxes and farming costs. He says he sold little meat or corn, keeps stock through relatives, and plans to cut taxes on guano and fertilizer as cotton yields shrink.
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T. FE. D. Starnes
Jackson Township
Monroe Journal
Death of General Carwile Shocks Edgefield Community
General Thomas W. Carwile a gallant Confederate soldier and leader of the United Confederate Veterans died in Edgefield after a brief illness on December 17. His passing brings sadness across South Carolina as news reaches the state.
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Columbia
Thomas W. Carwile
United Confederate Veterans
Edgefield
Carwile
Yorkville Brevities and County Road Budget Notes
Local notices highlight jobs and sales from Yorkville area merchants, a county road budget forecast for next year, and upcoming legal cases. Figures show seventeen million four hundred seventeen dollars and six mills in projected road taxes, with details by township and rail/telecom contributions. Court sessions conclude with ongoing civil suits including Clover Hardware and a $15,000 personal injury claim against Southern Railway.
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York County
Bethel
Bethesda
Broad River
Bullock's Creek
King’s Mountain
Kc Casvsnsne
Ingicsieteenees
Fullman Car Co
A. &Tel
Tel
Cal Wisseeccivs
Bell Tel Co
Piedimont Tel. Co
Yorkville claims cheap electric power in convention address
In a Mayors convention address in Charlotte, Yorkville’s mayor boasted that his town provides electric light at 6 cents per kilowatt and power up to ten horsepower at 2 cents per kilowatt. Yorkville owns its plant, but questions arise if it’s steam driven. Bamberg charges 12 cents, Bamberg Herald 7 cents, with their generator and equipment.
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Bamberg
Charlotte
Yorkville
Bamberg Herald
Southern Power Company
Catawba River
Holiday Suspension Of Enquirer Issue Schedule
The Enquirer will suspend an issue next Friday for the holidays and resume on Tuesday December 22. The following issue will appear Tuesday December 29 with a planned return after Saturday December 26 for printing. The staff will rest, including the job department, during the pause.
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Enquirer
the Enquirer
Cotton Market Steady With Modest Change In NY Trade
An Associated Press dispatch from New York reports yesterday’s cotton market was slightly steadier overall with a late session dip erasing most gains. Openings were mostly unchanged to down three points, totaling about 150 000 in sales. Early rally attempts faded as local bear pressure and tepid demand reined in prices after brief short covering and a census report anticipation.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Yorkville Social Notes Report Illnesses and Visits
Miss Bessie Williams of Yorkville is quite sick with diphtheria. Several Yorkville residents travel for holidays and visits including Mrs. E. B. Beard and Miss Rita Beard in Charlotte, Captain Jno. R. Dickson visiting from Staunton Military Academy, and Mrs. W. B. Moore and daughter Marie returning from the north. The note lists illnesses, injuries, and upcoming weddings including the marriage of Bes sie Duff Smoak to Jesse Weldon Stone on December 24 at the bride’s home.
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Bessie Williams
Yorkville
Joe Culberson
Wadesboro
N. c
Annie Thurston
Pittsburg Pa
W. G. White
E. B. Beard
Rita Beard
Charlotte
N. S. Black
Yorkville No. 5
R. E. Heath
Monroe
Paul N. Moore
Columbia
H. H. Beard
M. E. Gettys
Lesslie
C. Henry Smith
Jno. R. Dickson
Staunton (Va.) Military Academy
W. B. Moore
Marie
John D. Cornwell
York County
O. M. Abney
Trinity Church
Anderson
Abney
Theodore W. Boyd
Fort Mill Township
Boyd
Circuit Court Verdicts in Multiple Civil Actions
The Enquirer details verdicts from circuit court cases including A. S. Barron v Henry Summit and others with $25 awarded to the plaintiff for alleged damages to a livery horse, J. S. Brice representing the plaintiff and Jno. R. Hart for the defendant. Other cases include J. H. Patterson v Fort Mill Manufacturing Co for $2,000, Ferguson & Sherer v Southern Railway for $120, and Clover Cotton Manufacturing Co v Southern Railway for $70. The Clover case involves 1906 cotton purchases, market price differences, and the court ruling that the price difference was special damages.
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G. W. S. Hart
John KR. Hart
J. J. McDonald
Clover Hardware Company
Jnc
Hydrick
A. S. Barron
Henry Summit
The
Enquirer
J. S. Brice, Esq
Jno
Messrs. Thos
PF. McDow
Charleston
John R. Hart
Clover Cotton Manufacturing Company
Southern Railway Company
Vicksburg
Miss
Yorkville Dry Goods Sellout Breaks Volume Record
Dry goods merchants in Yorkville report this fall as the strongest selling period in years though most goods sold at or below cost. Weather and cotton prices drove mixed results, yet retailers chose to cut prices and clear stock, drawing trade from neighboring counties and rival towns. The mood blends relief with caution as mild weather limited profits but relieved inventories.
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Yorkville
Yorks Registered Voters List Installment Coates Tavern
The Enquirer begins publishing the county voters list, focusing on Coates's Tavern. Names include J Wylie Roddey, J J Ferguson, W P Crook, J S Glasscock, D P Lesslie, J T Spencer, W S Lesslie, J R Gettys, J A Funk, and many others. Occupations range from farmers to merchants and postmasters, with several Patton, Lesslie, Ratteree, and Walker family entries, plus Lake Sitgreaves and Ebenezer references. The full list aims to aid public elections and will continue in installments.
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Enquirer
E. L. Williams
J. M. Simpson
J. T. Cornwell
W. T. Anderson
W. W. White
R. A. McCorkle
J. B. Ratteree
G. H. Ratteree
W. L. Ratteree
Tl. F. Lesslie
J. P. Lessile
W. H
Long list of local residents and officials across Fort Mill area
A long roll of names appears, listing residents and officials including farmers merchants ministers and professionals such as W M Setzer S Robison J H Matthews A Long J iB Neely J E Bass W H Wylie J E Comer B H Matthews W M Carothers J H Barnett J R Miller D M J R Stokes Jos Bennett J C Mitchell E H Garrison S A Hutchinson A & Hutchinson A B Fewell Co J Coulter W A Milling J A R Garrison N D Farris T J Steele J BR Fewell R E Wingate A A Barron T B Craig E P Steele J F Williams Co C Blaylock T H Simrl Jas N Steele J H Miller R S Poag T A Matthews FE L Barnes W A Blaylock W 8 Hutchinson J J Hutchinson P B Hutchinson W W Miller Fred R Black J D Starnes June Baker Kk P Baker R T Fewell Bill J Hope Adams T A Barron A K Smith J C Edwards J P Hutchinson Jr I F Hutchinson J J Starns W S Garrison T J Roach W T Nichols S G Roach S W Barron J R Poag J E Brewer R S Cannon Jos W Alewine Lee Warren R 5 McConnell T W Roach J FE Barnett W J Roach H C Simms J R Spears T R Carothers W M Barron J W Wherry Robert Clark etc.
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W. M. Setzer
Robison
J. H. Matthews
A. ©. Long
J. Ib. Neely
J. E. Bass
W. H. Wylie
J. E. Comer
B. H. Matthews
W. M. Carothers
J. H. Barnett
J. R. Miller
M. D
J. R. Stokes
Jos. Bennett
J. C
E. P. Steele
J. F. Williams
C. Blaylock
T. H. Simrl
Jas. N. Steele
J. H. Miller
Ins
R.S. Poag
T. A. Matthews
L. Barnes
W. A. Blaylock
W. 8. Hutchinson
J. J. Hutchinson
P. B
W. S. Garrison
T. J. Roach
W. T. Nichols
S. G. Roach
S. W. Barron
J. R. Poag
J. E. Brewer
Cannon
Jos. W. Alewine
Lee Warren
H. C. Simms
J. R. Spears
T. R. Carothers
W. M. Barron
J. W. Wherry
Robert Clark
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Charles Russell
Reelfoot Lake
Yorkville, S. C
K.ocal Affairs
C. Hughes
Yorkville No
W. G. Voorhees
J. W. McFarland
Brooks Parish
J. Q. Wray
Farmers’ Mutual Life Insurance Company
M. W. White
Sam M. Grist
Loan and Savings Bank
York Supply Co
Star Drug Store
J. A. Tate
C. C. C. Pls
J. Eugene Lowry
Piff
R. B. Lowry
Yorkville Building and Loan Association
Fred C. Black
Yorkville B. & M. Co
York Drug Store
Thomson Co
New Orleans
Houston
SAVE
Bethel Township
Bethel Commissioners
County Board of Commissioners
Circuit Court
York's
Rock Hill
Alice Gray
R. H. Cowan
Sidney Gray
J. E. Massey
Carolinas
Fort Mill Manufacturing Company
William Glasscock
William T. Glasscock
Catawba Township
Harmony Station
Glasscock
J. S. Glasscock
Messrs
Ellis
A. K. Glasscock
W. C. Faris
R. J. Robinson
W. H. Williams
J. Porter Hollis
Love Robinson
Robinson
Hollis
Supreme Court
Fort Mill
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Pleasant Valley
Charle Torrence
Helen Harris
John Harris
Lower
Steel Creek Township
W. M. Owings
Jennie Roberta Thornwell
James H. Thornwell
James Boyce Elliott
R. G. McLees
W. S. Bean
Clinton
Watson
South Carolina News
Blacksburg
South Carolina
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J. Nicholls
H. T. Rogers
Will Foster
John Young
Sease
Foster
Court of General Sessions
Foun
Clemson
News and Courier
Chemical Laboratory
Columbia State
W. T. Jones
Union
Gary
Jones and Woods
Pope
Jones
Sanders
Southern Life of
North Carolina
Southern Life Down
Cooper
Garlington
Commissioner Young
Mr. Young
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Young
Southern Life Insurance Company
Fayetteville
Seminole Company
Watts
Secretary of State
Wilson
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Ruddell
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