Treasury surpluses rise as May closes government books
May receipts total 44,133,969 with expenditures 40,585,000. Eleven months end with a projected fiscal surplus near 450,000,000, well above treasury expectations. For the year to date, receipts reach 510,633,471 and expenditures 471,584,855, leaving a cumulative surplus of 38,948,616.
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Washington Dispatch
Treasury
Customs
Manila
Rios
Luzon
Tayabas
New York American
McFadden
Philadelphia
Wall Street
America
Liverpool
General Assembly of the
Northern Presbyterian Church
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Apostle Reed Smoot
National Senate
Senate
Congress of the United States
Victoria
B. C
Indravill
Pekin
New Chwang
Japan
Kwang Si
Hong Kong
Indravelli
Hess
Wu Chow
Washington
Charlotte Observer
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Southern
Here
Orange
England faces new tariff fight linked to pensions plan
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain again pushes a protective tariff in free trade England. The proposal also links government pensions for the elderly unable to earn a living, signaling another major political clash with far reaching consequences.
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Chamberlain
England
Mr. Chamberlain
Democratic Unity Hopes After Cleveland Bryan Split
The article argues the Democratic party must unify through a Cleveland Bryan compromise. It notes Bryan's higher vote total but suggests Cleveland or a like-minded candidate has the better chance of success based on past experience. No clear shift in the political balance is evident.
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Democratic Party
Cleveland
Bryan
Gainesville Cyclone Devastates City and Mills
A devastating cyclone struck Gainesville and surrounding towns causing at least eighty five deaths and broad destruction. The Gainesville and Pacolet cotton mills suffered major damage while hundreds were left homeless. Surgeons from Atlanta joined local physicians as relief efforts mobilized and a relief committee formed.
Flood and Fire Ravage Kansas City and Topeka
A sweeping flood plus fires devastate Topeka and Kansas City areas. Oklahoma Indian Territory Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa also endure record rises. In Topeka flood waters overwhelmed streets force refugees from homes while fires devastate lower city. Death toll and property loss run into scores and millions with Kansas City reports of power and transit disruptions.
Flood relief appeal grows as evacuees surge
It is estimated that not less than 50,000 people have been made homeless by the floods and there has been an appeal for her. Large sums have been raised in Kansas City and the people of the southwest are subscribing liberally. Galveston Texas was one of the first cities to respond. Quite a handsome sum was made up in that city as soon as the necessity for help developed.
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Gainesville
New Holland
Associated Press
Pacolet
Southern Depot
Homer Ash
Gordon Ash
Maude Gordon
Miss Loggins
Mary Duncan
Miss Woody
Miss Knowles
Ed Nabors
J. M. Camp
Howington
Nathan Jones
W. Y. Henderson
Claude Gordon
Bessie Skinner
Joe Shubert
Daisy Bryson
Perry Connor
Willie Boone
Doc Stovall
Alonzo Force
J. E. Summerville
Ola Muller
Doc Clark
John Simpson
James Simpson
General Cumming
Miss Neal
Miss Logein
Alice Subhers
Will Addison
Gertie Addison
Bill Blackshear
Ada Skinner
Thompson
W. O. Miller
Talley
Lula Edmondson
Pacolet Mills
H. H. Nelson
Will Tatum
Myrtice Westmoreland
Maggie Westmoreland
H. L. Nix
Neely
Janice Ledford
Agle
Drix
Byer
T. J. Ivey
Pass
Jos. T. Logan
George Jones
Gainesville Mills
Summit Street
Southern Station
White Sulphur
Atlanta
Jas. R. Gray
Kansas City
Topeka
Kan
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Kow
Southwest
Galveston
Texas
Pendent Machen
Payne
Yorkville
John F
W. 8
Gordon
Messrs
Race Riot Near Pittsburg Involving Whites And Blacks
A riot near Pittsburg Pennsylvania left multiple injured and several dead after a confrontation between Negroes and whites at West Liberty borough. A Negro constable Sandy Garrett and leaders Nelson Foster and others were involved as shots were fired and a lynching attempt occurred. Police restored order but Garrett, Davis, and Foster were hospitalized and expected to die.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
West Liberty
Beltzhoover Borough Baseball Club
Sandy” Garrett
William Bell
Nelson Foster
Jack Goldmann
Burt Mayher
William Davis
Charles Kelly
Joseph Tumetha
William Pays
Sandy
Garrett
Kelly
Davis
George Waggoner
Will
Spartanburg Herald Changes Amid Ownership Shift
The Spartanburg Herald changes hands as a joint stock company takes control. Rev. G H Waddell becomes general manager editor Zack McGhee moves from News and Courier to Herald. J C Garlington exits to buy Carolina Spartan weekly. Dick Morse lectures on temperance in Spartanburg. The governor Heyward aids Thornwell Orphanage with a framed check and autograph.
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Spartanburg
Spartanburg Herald
G. H. Waddell
Zack McGhee
News and Courier
Herald
J. C. Garlington
Carolina Spartan
Local Notices on Goods, Insects, and Insurance
Fuushee Cash Store advertises losses from 25 to 50 cents by not buying from bargain counters and offers 50 percent off pattern hats. Jas M Starr & Co promote insect control products to ease nuisances. Sam M Grist, Special Agent, outlines life insurance points and Mutual Benefit Life advantages. D E Finley publishes professional cards and office location.
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Fuushee Cash
Jas. M. Starr & Co
Sam M. Grist
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
D. E. Finley, Esq
Auction sales of Yorkville real estate reach about $800
Last Monday the clerk of court conducted sales for partition and foreclosures. W. M. Campbell bought 66 acres at $3 per acre, C. E. Spencer paid $300 for 61 acres, and J. S. Brice bought the old Baptist church building for $300. The printing plant assets sold for $300, machinery for $125, two engines for $100, a folding machine for $76, and goodwill for $4, plus other items totaling around $150. Total receipts approx $800.
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Sallie Harrison
W. M. Campbell
Martha H. Metts
E. Jane Chambers
C. E. Spencer
W. G. White
J. S. Drakeford
Old Baptist Church
Yorkville Yeoman
J. S. Brice
Paul T. McNeel
York Publishing Company
Job Press
Type
W. B. de Loach
J. 8. Brice
Yorkville
Good Roads Convention in York County Sees Large Attendance
The York County Good Roads convention met at Freidheim's Hall with 600 to 700 delegates. Gov D C Heyward chaired and urged practical road improvements. A plan to form a Good Roads association and hold July 2 Yorkville convention was outlined, with an executive seven member committee named.
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Good Roads
York County
Commercial Club of
Rock Hill
Freidheim’s Hall
John Anderson
Commercial Club
W. L. Lingle
D. C. Heyward
Heyward
W. J. Roddey
Central Committee
Good Roads Association
Yorkville
T. L. Johnson
J. F. Hart
J. H. Saye
D. G. Stanton
John T. Spencer
W. B. Love
J. W. Ardrey
Tillman and Latimer
F. H. Hyatt
Richland County
Good Roads Association of
South Carolina
Yorkville News: Local Visitors and School Changes
Mr W H Herndon attends Winthrop commencement. Mrs J P Knox of Columbia visits Yorkville. Rev J P Knox expected in Yorkville for a few days. Mr G P Brown travels from Anderson to Yorkville seeking Yeoman plant bargains. Rev J C Johnes leaves for Rock Hill to attend Greenville convocation at Abbeville. Miss Helen Riddle and Master Frank Riddle visit Yorkville. Miss Eula Dobson returns home near Yorkville. re elected as first assistant teacher. Kennedy sisters return from Easley Hardeeville and Kingstree. they will likely teach again next year. Yorkville laments that Miss Margaret Daniel will not continue at Graded school.
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W. H. Herndon
Winthrop
J. P. Knox
Columbia
Yorkville
J. C. Johnes
Rock Hill
Greenville
Abbeville
Helen Riddle
Zeno
Frank Riddle
G. L. Riddle
Eula Dobson
Sallys
Dobson
N. Belle Kennedy
Easley
R. Emma Kennedy
Hardeeville
Amelia Kennedy
Kingstree
Margaret Daniel
Hart Named Yorkville Graded Schools Board Chair
Major James F. Hart elected to the Yorkville Graded Schools board and promptly chosen as chair. The piece credits Hart as pivotal in founding and organizing the graded school system, noting his long advocacy, overcoming opposition, and the district’s legislative framework that allowed trustees to be elected by voters.
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James F. Hart
Yorkville Graded Schools
Major Hart
Hart
Yorkville Memories and a Growing Town of 1903
Miss Lottie Belle Simril's graduation piece from Yorkville Graded School highlights Yorkville's history from its 1790 founding on the Catawba and Broad rivers to its 1903 growth. It notes churches, schools, merchants, professionals, and wartime sacrifice, plus recent town improvements and the new school building. It also covers wartime disruption, postal routes, and local attitudes toward the dispensary, along with agricultural notes on wheat yields in the county and Gordon brothers’ promising twenty acres.
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Lottie Belle Simril
Yorkville
Latta
McCaw
Beatty
Chambers
Wright
Presbyterian Church
Ferdinand Jacobs
Episcopal
Baptist Church
Adams
Enquirer
L. M. Grist
Chester
I. D. Witherspoon
Geo. W. Williams
W. B. Wilson
J. Bolton Smith
A. I. Barron
J. R. Bratton
J. F. Lindsay
Hugh Jackson
B. T. Wheeler
South
Jasper Light Infantry
Seabrook
Southland
May rainfall proves lightest in years. cotton planting lags
May rainfall was the driest in a long period, slowing cotton emergence as much of the county tests readiness to plant more. Unseasonably dry ground delayed sprouting of seeds already planted, despite widespread planting and satisfactory growth.
Yorkville News Briefs Highlight Local Events And Loss
Rain cools the town as the county commissioners hold their regular meeting. Senior residents gather on a courthouse bench while Yorkville prepares for graduation events. Rev. W. G. Neville contemplates leaving for Alabama amid strong local sentiment to keep him. Col. and Mrs. Stephenson mourn their baby Ruth who died suddenly.
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Yorkville
Victor of Mill
Associate Reformed Congregation of
R. B. Miller
W. G. Stephenson
J. L. Stokes
W. G. Neville
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Neville
J. W. Thomson
York County
John E. Carroll
Carroll
Alabama
Neville
The
Enquirer
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