Scraps and Lads Chronicle Inaugurations and Murder Mystery
The Charlotte Chronicle surveys presidential inaugurations from Jefferson to Cleveland and notes an 1885 1893 Democratic streak. It reports Uncle Remus author Joel Chandler Harris's death in Atlanta and Bryan campaign events in Lincoln Nebraska with crowd scenes. A Honduras extradition case involves Francis and Albert Bailey, a New Jersey shipping duo, and a Philadelphia murder mystery centers on Dr W H Wilson poisoned by cyanide in a Bristol PA connected scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
United States
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Pineville
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Franklin Pearce
James Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Atlanta Ga
Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Harris
Eatonton
Essie LaRose
Canada
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
The
Constitution
Uncle Remus
Lincoln
Nebraska
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
White House
Tom L. Johnson
National
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Honduras
Francis G
Albert W. Bailey
Export Shipping Company of
New Jersey
Baileys
New York
State Department
Washington
Central American Republic
Francis G. Bailey
Honduran
Police Department of
Philadelphia
W. H. Wilson
Bristol
Wilson
Boston killer vows to flee after revenge letter
Coroner receives a second letter from Boston warning of death for Wilson after his wife’s death in a criminal operation. Police say they have the suspect spotted and are actively pursuing him. The first letter declared the killer would purge the community of a "wholesale baby murderer" by poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wilson
One Woman Delegate At Democratic National Convention
YORKVILLE S C July 7 1908 one woman delegate attends the Democratic National convention Mrs Harriet C Hood of Thermopolis Wyoming born in northern Vermont thirty eight years ago and has lived in Wyoming sixteen years
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Harriet C. Hood
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Rhett Delivers July Oration On U S Constitutional History
Hon. R G Rhett spoke at Lancaster on the Fourth of July, reviewing American constitutional history from the War of the Revolution to today. The address is praised as a gem and shows deep understanding of American institutions beyond that of a typical business man.
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Lancaster
R. G. Rhett
United States
Cruiser North Carolina praised for heritage and bearing
The cruiser North Carolina, shown near Beaufort with a silver service and a North Carolina flag, is hailed as worthy of the state of Andrew Jackson and the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The tribute extends to South Carolina and North Carolina for their historical ties to the ship.
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North Carolina
Beaufort
Andrew Jackson
Mecklenburg
Press association outing draws mountain party in the Carolinas
Colonel James T. Bacon reports from Gaffney on the Press association gathering as delegates enjoy a spirited outing in Asheville Hendersonville and Toxaway with lines of dispatches noting a great time among mountain venues and daily papers.
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James T. Bacon
Press Association
Gaffney
News and Courier
Asheville
Hendersonville
Toxaway
Threats and accusations shadow press meeting at Gaffney
Major Hemphill of the News and Courier skipped the Press Association gathering in Gaffney due to a threat. The Charlotte Observer editor allegedly told The Yorkville Enquirer editor that a friend of his should have his throat cut. The piece denounces coercive tactics and piracy in historical rhetoric.
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Ball
Kohn
Hoyt
Hemphill
News and Courier
Press Association
Gaffney
Charlotte Observer
Yorkville Enquirer
Nominating Bryan and party dynamics in press talk
The piece notes Bryan will likely win the nomination but may face an unsure November election. It cites bitter opposition fading after the nomination and contrasts Republican consolidation around Taft with Democratic jockeying. It recalls Republicans have historically organized better than Democrats.
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Bryan
Johnson
Memorial Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris From The News and Courier
The News and Courier pays tribute to Joel Chandler Harris who died at his Atlanta home on Friday. The piece remembers him as Uncle Remus, a charming modest man, beloved by many, with no enemies. It notes widespread grief, likening reactions to Brer Rabbit and friends, and ends with a lament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the News and Courier
Joel Chandler Harris
Atlanta
Remus
Animal Kingdom
C. G. Parish
Bascomville
Miss Duff
J. C. H. Duff
The Whisky Issue in York County Prohibition Debate
The piece argues York county is nominally pro hibition and legally prohibitive. It notes illegal liquor sales persist, though less than during dispensary days, and warns that liquor interests remain active regardless of law.
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York County
Debate over county dispensaries in York County
The article argues against establishing county dispensaries, noting corruption, harm to public finance and increased poverty and crime. It cites a three year prohibition, shifts in support from state to county dispensaries, and warns that some counties are already moving toward control via dispensaries while public opposition remains vigilant.
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York County
Convention Programme Outlined for Four Session National Meeting
Denver July 3 The national committee completes four day convention plan beginning Tuesday with committee setups, speeches, and ballots for president and vice president. Contests from five states and the District of Columbia will be heard by six sub committees reporting together. Memorial resolution for Sen John K Jones of Arkansas to be drafted.
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Denver
Colo
National Committee
Cleveland
Taggart
Woodson
Jas. J. Keane
Theodore A. Bell
California
Nmit
District of Columbia
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Norman E. Mack
New York
Endurance Test of Cartridge Belts Under Army Review
A dummy soldier at Rock Island arsenal endures 100000 steps per day to test new cartridge belts. A mechanical setup guides the figure via a cable, simulating sentinel duty. Belts filled with rounds are worn one by one to assess how long sharp nose bullets wear through belt pockets.
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Board of Ordnance and Fortification of
Army
Rock Island
Local Notices and Business Promos in Yorkville Area
Local affairs list offers and notices from York County including corn for sale, drill dates, cattle owners’ notices, a coroners race, voter registration info, and event promos. Businesses advertise services from real estate to banking, hardware roofing, and dry goods with dates and locations for community activities and a Filbert picnic.
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W. F. Jackson
Jno
York County
R. M. Wallace
Palace Theatre
Satan
A. J. Parrott
Com
Yorkville Cornet
J. Edgar Poag
Rock Hill
Loan and Savings Bank
J. L. Williams & Co
Thomson Co
Yorkville Hardware Co
First National Bank
Watermelons and politics mark a rural South Carolina page
The note outlines plentiful crops including watermelons and cantaloupes, rainfall concerns for farmers, and a busy summer with political campaigning in Yorkville. It mentions a planned county engineer decision, voter registration rules, senatorial campaign disputes, carnival licensing, and upcoming baseball in Clover. It also covers road work promises, and Texas cattle fever ticks and their control.
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County Board of Commissioners
Grace
Rhett
Charleston
Chester County
Filbert
Gold Hill
Tirzah
Clover
Fort Mill
Turkey Creek
Rutherford Road
Rutherford
Chain Gang
Rock Hill
Catawba River
Quiet Fourth in Yorkville with Rain and Theatre Ads
Yorkville observed a calm Fourth with rain noted as the notable event. Palace Theatre advertised daily films, Dutchman’s Crime last night and Satan at Play tonight. Rev L G Murray delivered an engaging sermon to united Presbyterians. Large out-of-town visitors traded and registered in town. Associate Reformed Church trustees granted Rev Ewart a month’s vacation before September first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Palace Theatre
Satan
L G. Murray
United Congregations
Presbyterian Church
Associate Reformed Church
Ewart
Prohibition Meeting Heads to Courthouse Tomorrow in Yorkville
Senatorial campaigners speak in the courthouse tomorrow with good expected attendance. Rev J L Harley of the Anti-Saloon League will lead a prohibition meeting at 8 30 pm, inviting the public to hear about the bread and butter side of liquor issues. Ladies are welcome with ample room and no need to stay home.
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J. L. Harley
Anti-Saloon League of
South Carolina
Yorkville
Court House
Harley
Sutton Springs Union Corrected Contributions
Errors appeared in the Sutton Springs Union corn prize fund list printed in The Enquirer. The corrected contributions are N S Black 2.00, W O McClain 1.06, E N Stephenson 1.00, O W Davidson 1.00, J H Loughridge 0.50, T S Snyder 0.50, L G Thompson 2.00, W C G McClure 1.00, J R Watson 1.00, R M Robinson 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton Springs
Sutton Springs Union
Corn Prize Fund
The
Enquirer
N.S. Black
McClain
N. Stephenson
Yorkville leads uneven registration drive across precincts
Voters received certificates at noon today across precincts including Yorkville, Hickory Grove, Bullock's Creek, McConnellsville, Semies, Forest Hill, Tirgah Fort, Mill, Piedmont, Rock All, Bethany and Coates's Tavern as part of the local registration effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Hickory Grove
Ceeseceesdeaveness
Bullock's Creek
McConnellsville
Benor
Forest Hill
Tirgah
Mill Oisiedseaes Ciovge
Piedmont
Bethany
Iinacawea
Ee State Palate
Coates’s Tavern
Bigmevilo
New York Cotton Market Ends Lower On Bearish Crop News
Last night’s New York dispatch reports cotton trading moderately active, opening lower and closing 12 to 16 points under baseline. Decline driven by bearish crop updates, with Georgia authority noting 92 percent favorable and 8 percent unfavorable developments, and concerns over rain deficits and heat. Port receipts totaled 7,863 bales, week total 55,000, New Orleans 785, with year-ago figures cited.
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New York
Georgia
Liverpool
New Orleans
Social notes list of visitors and residents in Yorkville area
Miss Little Jenkins spends time at Biltmore while Mr. T. M. Fayssoux visits Yorkville on business. Numerous locals and guests travel between Yorkville and nearby towns including Gastonia Delphos Blackburg Atlanta and Columbia. A Winyah Indigo school district trustee board elected W. B. Moore as vice.
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Willie Lowry
Mayesville
R. B. Lowry
Yorkville
Essie Poag
Evelyn Frew
Rock Hill
J. Ed Sadler
Shandon
S. H. Norris
M. E. Deal
Blacksburg
John M. Scott
T. Sumter Bratton, Jr
Fort Des Moines
Rebecca Bratton
J. L. Carroll
Tennessee
T. L. Carroll
R. R. Smarr
Smyrna No. 1
Wee
Mamie McConnell
Philadelphia
W. H. McConnell
Clara Alexander
Yorkville No. 4
Raleigh
N. c
Wilmoth Jackson
Newport
J. L. Jackson
Clover
White Diamond Lithia Springs
Georgetown
News and Courier
Winyah Indigo
W. B. Moore
New Winyah School Head Appointed for Next Term
The Winyah Graded School names a principal with strong recommendations. Mr. Moore accepts the post and will start duties at the beginning of the next term on October 1. D. Dc. Clark reports York County Rural Carriers delegates enjoyed Aiken convention with city hospitality and notable addresses by Congressmen Patterson and Lever. The group toured Augusta by trolley and observed extensive canteloupe and peach crops with low prices hurting shipments.
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Winyah
Moore
D. Dc. Clark
Aiken
York County
Patterson
Lever
Congressman Lever
Augusta
Horse Creek
Batesburg
Ridge Spring
Tick Infested Cattle Under York County Quarantine
Dr. E M Nighbert arrives in Yorkville to lead a county wide tick extermination campaign under federal and state cooperation Quarantine bans cattle movement and local butchers penalties apply Oil emulsion treatment will be sold in county stores and a single government supervised disinfection may release animals from quarantine Leadership includes Louis A Graham and David E Holcombe with headquarters in Yorkville The program aims to finish eradication by next fall and enable shipping of cattle nationwide
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York County
United States
E. M. Nighbert
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Yorkville
Nighbert
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Oconee
Pickens
Greenville
Anderson
Chester
York
Cherokee
Spartanburg
Laurens
Greenwood
Abbeville
Louis A. Graham
David E. Holcombe
Mississippi River
Local Laconics and News Snippets from Yorkville
Local notes report a 6 feet 2 inch blue crane shot by R J Williams in Bethany and a 53 year old chestnut rail bearing R T W Love’s name cut in 1855 found by Joseph M Cobb in Piedmont and Yorkville. Coroner Louthian held an inquest Friday at Bullock s Creek into Claud Jeter s death killed by Hayes Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Cobb
Piedmont
Yorkville
R. T. W. Love
Love
Bullock's Creek
Louthian
Claud Jeter
Hayes Sanders
Plantation shooting follows quarrel over prior Sunday
Jeter was leaving a field when Sanders shot him in the side with a shotgun on the Thompson plantation. Jeter died about an hour and a half later as Sanders evaded pursuers using a revolver from the woods. The report notes a prior Sunday quarrel and the escape of Sanders.
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W. L. Thompson
Jeter
Sanders
Readiness for War Plan to Build 260000 Strong Force
Robert Shaw Oliver states at Pine Camp that a definite plan creates a 260,000 force for the United States. The regular army forms the nucleus, with National Guard units drilled yearly alongside regulars in bodies of 50,000. Under the Dick law the Guard is under presidential command and may be called out if needed. The aim is disciplined training to avoid Spanish war confusion and keep forces prepared without expanding the regular army.
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Robert Shaw Oliver
Pine Camp
Grant
United States
National Guard
War Department
Springfield Union
Southern and Its Employes Extend Wage Talks Postponed
The Southern Railway and affiliates report wage negotiations paused from April 1 1908 to October 1 1908. Mediation by Knapp and Neill under the Erdmann act will permit resume discussions at the companies option.
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Southern
Southern Railway Company
Finley
Martin A. Knapp
Charles P. Neill
Rural Letter Carriers Meet in Aiken Elect Officers
The South Carolina Rural Letter Carriers association met in Aiken on Friday and Saturday with Congressman Lever delivering the keynote. Officers elected include W. G. Peterson as president, E. W. Comer as vice president, Ernest E. Brown as secretary, Thos. E. Wicker as delegate to the National convention, and D. C. Clark as alternate. The next meeting will be in Rock Hill, after votes among Newberry Sumter and Rock Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
D. C. Clark
York
Newberry
Rock Hill
Sumter
Delegates Arrive as Democratic Convention Preparations Begin
Denver July 6 Delegations arrive by train in steadily increasing numbers for the Democratic convention with brass bands and band cars aiding receptions. Notable arrivals include Tom L Johnson and Bryan supporters from Nebraska, plus figures like Folk Pettigrew and Overman. Ex Senator Burton appears to pledge allegiance.
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Denver
Kansas City
Cook County
Maryland
Kentucky
Minnesota
Tammany Braves
Omaha
Bryan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Commercial Travellers’ Club
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Folk
Missouri
Dubois
Idaho
Pettigrew
United States Senate
Smith
New Jersey
Overman
North Carolina
United States
Burton
Kansas
Long list of varied 1900s news items and incidents
A collage of brief items reports on fires from a stray balloon in Chester county. commutations and prison sentences for notable criminals. Roosevelt hunting plans and the Powder trust probe. Peary expedition news. juvenile grand larceny case. June marriage permits in Greater New York. Elks reunion at Dallas. DC child labor law. July deficit projections. NY to Paris race leaders. US rail and mint earnings. Equitable Building plans. Mexican insurrection, Zeppelins, shipbuilding, and other assorted notices including mining disasters and labor strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester County
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Boise
Walter J. Bairothsien
California E Deposit and Trust Company
San Francisco
New York
Roosevelt
Africa
Government Department of Justice
Attac
Powder Trust
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Pi Will
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Dallas
Tex
District of Columbia
Washington
Treasury
Paris
United States
Wall Street Journal
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Mexico
Count Zeppelin
Great Lakes
Secretary of the Treasury
National Bank
Alabama
Senate of Louisiana
Cincinnati
Harry E. Gump
Webster Springs
Embeg National Bank of
Hrikovsky
Yusovo
Russia
Naval Prison
Charlestown
Masa
New Jersey
United Box Board and Paper Company
California
Lewis Wingate
Independence
Squire
Jeffersonville
Ind
Tammany
Denver
Sydney
Cape Breton
Bureau of Ers
Oakland
Cal
Francisco
Gans
Orangeburg Man Surrenders After Fatal Shooting
J. L. Johnson of Orangeburg county turned himself in to the county sheriff on Saturday morning. He said he shot Lige Walker on Friday afternoon in what he claimed was to stop a criminal assault on Mrs. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Adams
Charlie Adams
Clover
Reuben McCall
King’s Mountain Street
Bub
Charlie
Charlotte
Bob
Andy Quinn
Faris
J. L. Johnson
Orangeburg County
Neece’s
Lige Walker
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Yorkville, S. C
the Whisky Issue
Local Affairs
Jackson's Shoals
R. J. Williams
Farmers’ Union Corn Prize
A.L. Black
Farmers’ Union
Orangeburg
Missouri State Board of Health
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