Peerless cotton mill work nearing completion at Lowell
The Peerless mill at Lowell North Carolina nears completion with 325 by 100 feet main building, 15 by 20 feet transformer house, 35 by 35 boiler room and 265 by 100 picker room. Electricity powers the plant, 13 meters supply independent power, arc lighting planned, 5 000 spindles, total Lowell spindles 29 000 with cottages for operatives. Officers listed.
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Lowell
N. C
Peerless
John C. Rankin
S. M. Robinson
United States Steel Corporation
Congress
United States
Arkansas
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charlotte
Four C’s
Southern Power Company
Mount Island
Dallas
Catawba Power Company
Yorkville Enquirer June 4 1907 price rise and senate talk
The Yorkville Enquirer notes spool cotton prices rising to 6 cents, with no objections expected in the south. It surveys possible U S senate candidates including ex Governor Heyward and incumbent Latimer, noting both mayors' viability and uncertain outcomes. The primary fight next summer will be hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Heyward
United States Senate
Latimer
Anderson Intelligencer
Unwritten law debate over Virginia judge murder case
Rutland Daily Herald voices concern over Judge Loving’s murder trial revealing the slain man’s innocence and the killer’s belief in a slander. It questions if killing an innocent man can be justified by supposed guilt and warns of the broader danger to civilization and public safety.
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Loving
Virginia
Rutland
Daily Herald
Paying Debts and the Value of Credit
The article argues that paying honest debts reflects character and that credit is vital in business. It notes exceptions for unavoidable inability to pay, but stresses the creditor’s consent and timely payment. It advises debtors to communicate early, arrange extensions, and avoid relying on statutes of limitation to justify nonpayment.
The General Re Union of Confederate Veterans in Richmond
Damp weather troubled the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Richmond. Officials estimate 12,000 to 15,000 veteran visitors, with up to 10,000 present on Thursday and heavy rainfall affecting events. Sightseer turnout noted amid festive commemoration.
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United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Veterans Reunion Honors Confederate Leader and Davis Monument
General Stephen D. Lee presided as 1,250 camps and 2,367 delegates gathered for a Confederate veterans reunion in Richmond. Col Robert E. Lee Jr spoke on southern valor while a Davis monument was unveiled with thousands in attendance and veterans visiting the White House of the Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen D. Lee
J. William Jones
Gen. Stone
Missouri
John W. Daniel
Robert E. Lee
Col. Lee
White House of the Confederacy
Sons of Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Richmond Daughters
Richmond Memorial Association
Hayes
Davis
J. E. B. Stuart
Gen. Lee
Department Army of
Lynchings, crimes, and public unrest sweep in a turbulent era
A dense jumble of notices reports lynching and crime including a man accused of morphine theft and a morphine fiend stealing cash and drugs. It notes attacks, a trolley crash, a bridge washout, and a large-scale shipping disruption amid labor strife and political upheaval across multiple states and countries.
Yorkville notices and county farm updates
Local items list auctions and requests for second hand engines and meetings of school patrons at C C Hughes store. Yorkville considers tax exemptions for new manufacturing plants to attract cotton mills with a five year pilot and voters decide. Citizens discuss peas, corn, and a proposed regional baseball league among several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaffney Baseball
Gaffney
Rock Hill
Yorkville
Gastonia
Shelby
King’s Mountain
Programme for Friday unveiling ceremonies outlined
The schedule lists a procession led by the chief marshal and band, Col. W. W. Lewis and staff, Maj. W. B. Moore and battalion, veterans, carriages, and dignitaries including Governor Ansel, Col. Coward, Col. J. G. Wardlaw, and Dr. J. H. Thornwell. Followed by school children and organizations, band music, prayers, addresses by Mayor Hart and Governor Ansel, monument unveiling, floral tributes, taps, and a veterans dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Lewis
W. B. Moore
Ansel
Col. Coward
J. G. Wardlaw
J. H. Thornwell
Woodmen of the World
John R. Hart
Governor Ansel
Corrections to Confederate Veterans List Add New Burials
Corrections and additions come in since last Friday for the Confederate veterans list. Letters name buried veterans in Beersheba Yorkville Beth Shiloh Bullock s Creek Hopewell Woodruff and Bethesda cemeteries with revised spellings and entries for several families in Spartanburg area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Peters
John Peters
Beersheba
J. R. Williams
Peter Funk
J. W. Howerton
Yorkville
Sallie Harrison
D. W. Harrison
Beth-Shiloh
F. P. Glenn
R. Y. Russell
E. G. Russell
William Russell
M. C. Russell
Bullock's Creek
S. A. Darwin
Blacksburg
Elsey F. Darwin
Hopewell
Woodruff
Sparlanburg
Local merchants prep for busy Friday unveiling event
In Yorkville the town plans a historic patriotic and social unveiling next Friday. J Q Wray opens a family and fancy groceries shop in the Rose storeroom once occupied by I W Johnson. A sizeable sales day occurred yesterday with strong business, though no auction sales. Messrs J J Keller & Co are involved in preparations.
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J. Q. Wray
Rose
I. W. Johnson
Yorkville
Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co
Engineer N Gaillard Walker Engages Yorkville Office
Mr N Gaillard Walker is secured as engineer and architect with offices in Yorkville via Keller Co. He will prepare plans specifications and estimates for all wood iron brick or stone construction through that firm. Mrs Laura Turner died of typhoid at home on West Madison Street at 12 56 am after a week long illness. She leaves a husband three children Mamie Ethel and Guy. Guy is thought to have typhoid.
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N. Gaillard Walker
Walker
Yorkville
Messrs. Keller & Co
Laura Turner
T. D. Turner
West Madison Street
Gilmore
Turner
Mamie
Ethel
Master Guy
Guy
Assassination of Rev Joseph Easter near Carroll County
Roanoke dispatches report Rev Joseph Easter killed at his home in Carroll County on May 23 by George Peters an alleged illicit distiller. Peters aged about 28 was captured near the crime scene and jailed in Hillsboro. A $300 reward was offered for his arrest. Peters has a brother in Yorkville named W S Peters who seeks information.
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Roanoke
Joseph Easter
Carroll County
George Peters
Hillsboro
Yorkville
W. S. Peters
Cotton Growers Urged to Organize York County Agency
The York County Southern Cotton association calls for county agencies to protect distressed cotton, erect warehouses, and lend money on stored cotton. A charter and stock details are in a published notice for next Saturday’s township meetings. Members urged to subscribe pro rata and take a controlling stake.
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York County Southern Cotton Association
C. E. Spencer
The
Southern Cotton Association
South
Sald
York
Yorkville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Rev I G Murray reports corn tas seling. Miss Sallie Craig visits High Point NC. J T Thomasson of Lancaster in Yorkville on Saturday. Major John F Jones of Blacksburg in Yorkville on business. Judge J H Hudson visiting Yorkville with G H O Leary. R H G Caldwell of Sharon goes to Jamestown exposition. L W Jenkins of Yorkville elected principal of Magnolia street school Spartanburg. Robert J Herndon confectioner in Norfolk VA home on visit. Mrs S R Moore and daughter Mamie depart for a month in Charlotte. Mr and Mrs J M Schorb of Greenwood visiting Yorkville guests of Schorb parents. Fannie Morrow returns to Gastonia with Masters Thomas and Joseph Woods. W C Ewart and daughters Marilla and Sophie depart for Jamestown exposition return next Saturday. Thomas P Moore family back from San Fran.
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Sallie Craig
High Point
N. C
J. T. Thomasson
Lancaster
Yorkville
John F. Jones
Blacksburgh
J. H. Hudson
G. H. O'Leary
R. H. G. Caldwell
Sharon
L. W. Jenkins
Magnolia Street
Geo. T. Schorb
Fannie Morrow
Gastonia
Thomas
Joseph Woods
W. C. Ewart
Marilla
Sophie
Thomas P. Moore
San Fran
Local Changes Highlight Yorkville and Shelby Education Shifts
Plans show Mr Moore reentering the Yorkville cotton mill business while Davidson College elevates Dr J M McConnell to history and economics and Dr J W McConnell to physical training. In Yorkville W P Harrison leaves for Columbia Bank work as education officials report Superintendent Mc Mackin remains ill and grading of teaching exams continues. Prof J D Huggins departs Bethany High for new Shelby area school eight miles west as trustees seek a successor.
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Cisco
Moore
Yorkville
Davidson College
J. M. McConnell
University of Virginia
J. W. McConnell
Baltimore Ear and Eye Hospital
W. P. Harrison
The
Loan and Savings Bank of
Columbia
National Loan and Exchange Bank
Harrison
McMackin
J. D. Huggins
Bethany
King's Mountain
Sandy Run
Shelby
N. C
Bethany School
Huggins
Col. J. R. Culp Dies at 77 in Chester County
Obituary notes Col. J. R. Culp, judge of probate and longtime county official, died suddenly at 56.30 in Chester. He was nearly 78, left a widow and seven children, praised as true in life and brave as a lion.
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Chester
Charlotte Observer
J. R. Culp
Court House
Col. Culp
Paper Costs and Shortages Hit Newspapers Nationwide
The piece notes that presses face rising white paper costs and shortage due to a paper trust controlling 98 percent of output. Pulp comes from wood, with 3 646 682 cords consumed last year. Causes include scarce timber and tariffs, plus unreliable rail service delaying shipments. Some blame papers for wasteful Sunday content and high non payer distribution. Also reports a deadly dynamite blast near Easley injuring Bobb Brown and William Hyde, with little chance of recovery.
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Paper Trust
Trust
Canada
Express
Charlotte Observer
Pickens
Bobb Brown
William Hyde
Easley
Brown
Hyde
Winthrop Commencement Details At Rock Hill
Rock Hill reports Winthrop College commencement activities with sermons by Rev. M L Carlisle and Rev. Donald Saye Mackay. Activities include department open houses, a Literary Societies celebration, spelling debate, and awards to Mary Lawrence Reynolds and Margaret Blaine. B N Craig expected as recorder. Mayor Roddey offers to forgo salary to fund the post.
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Winthrop
N. Craig
Yorkville Enquirer
Rock Hill
M. L. Carlisle
D. D
Marion
US. C
Donald Saye Mackay
New York City
Mary Lawrence Reynolds
Jeannie Stoney
B. N. Craig
Roddey
Craig
York County Confederate Monument Mourns and Unveiling Planned
A June 7th unveiling is announced for a monument to York county Confederate soldiers under Winnie Davis Chapter U D C. Survivors from York and Union counties, including members of McKissicks cavalry, will attend alongside Union and Cherokee county veterans. The writer praises the women who funded the memorial and notes dwindling veteran ranks as time passes.
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Winnie Davis
York County
Union County
Union Court House
Jonesville
E. L. Minter
Wm. M. Kennedy
D. T. Byers
Joe W. Leech
E. Morgan Leech
J. Wesley McKeown
James A. Smith
John W. Mitchell
Wm. Plaxico
James A. Donald
McKissicks Cavalry
Union
Grand Old County of
York
Broad River
Cherokee County
Poor Outlook for Cotton Signals Decline Across States
President E. D. Smith of the Cotton Association released a written summary noting a discouraging Texas report and similar forecasts from Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana and Alabama. He quotes J G Hickey of Henderson Texas noting reduced acreage boll weevil damage and late replants with no rain since December.
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E. D. Smith
Cotton Association
Texas
Henderson
J. G. Hickey
First National Bank
East Texas
Middle Texas
Black Land District
Ellis County
Mitchell
Coleman
Taylor
Tom Green
T. C. Long
Jackson
Tenn
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Southern Cotton Association
Orangeburg County Preparatory Meeting for Crop Progress
E D Smith urges statewide county participation in organizing for upcoming crop work. He plans to attend the August 6 meeting to coordinate member recruitment and certificate distribution, aiming to unite farmers and business interests in support of the association’s success and growth.
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Orangeburg County
E. D. Smith
Lockhart Notes and North Carolina Monazite Report
Rainfall raises the Lockhart river and signals district activity. Closing exercises at Lockhart graded school set for June 6. Local changes include Sill replacing McCarthy as engineer and Miller succeeding Jenkins in milling. North Carolina and South Carolina together produced the US monazite output in 1906, with NC supplying 697,275 pounds worth 125,510 dollars and SC 148,900 pounds worth 26,802 dollars, totaling 846,176 pounds valued at 152,312 dollars.
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Lockhart
R. B. Black
L. S. McCarthy
Southern Railroad
Sill
W. D. Hope
Blanche Pratt
Sharon
J. A. Jenkins
Carding
A. B. Miller
Willie Hope
Atlanta
Lockhart Mill Store
Messrs
T. Q. Barber
J. H. Rogers
Grand Lodge
K.‘of P
Anderson
Annie Howell
North Carolina
Washington
United States Geological Survey
North
South Carolina
United States
Welsbach
Murder Charge Alleged Against Upchurch in North Carolina
Chester May 31 telegram reports Nathan Upchurch, sought for the Belk murder at Lando in 1899, arrested in ville N C. Upchurch, boss of the spinning dept at Manetta mills, allegedly killed Robert Belk after Belk escorted a mill operative home. Upchurch is said to have fled after the act.
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Chester
Sharit
Ville
N. C
Nathan Upchurch
Robert Belk
Lando
Upchurch
Manetta
Belk
Pong
Prayer Meetings Across Churches This Week
First Presbyterian holds a prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 15 p m Trinity Methodist Episcopal at 8 o clock Associate Reformed Presbyterian notes there will be no prayer meeting this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
First Presbyterian
Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Rev J L Oates to Preach at Salem on Second Sabbath
Rev J L Oates pastor of the A R P church at Hickory Grove and Smyrna will preach at Salem on the second Sabbath in June at 3 30 p m. The public is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Oates
Salem
Hickory Grove
Smyrna
Refreshments Sought for Confederate Veterans Event
Those who promised to furnish refreshments for the Confederate veterans entertainment next Friday should send items to Mrs. G. W. Hart by 8 p.m. next Thursday. Miss Bessie Barron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W
Hart
Bessie Barron
Secondhand 10 or 12 horsepower engines for sale
Trade ad notes Tozer or Ajax engines in good condition asking for price. Seller W T Youngblood lists Yorkville address and rural route details. Another listing offers new modern services and invites inquiries to W P Harrison at National Loan and Exchange Bank with attorney Thos F McDow in Yorkville.
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W. T. Youngblood
Ajax
R. M. Anderson
Adnah and Watson
C. C. Hughes
Co. EK. Spencer
York County Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
First National Bank
Yorkville Buggy Co
M. W. White
South Africa
Yorkville Hardware Co
J. L. Williams & Co
W. P. Harrison
King's Mountain Street
Care National Loan and Exchange Bank
Columbia
Strauss-Smith Co
York Drug Store
Palm
Thomson Co
National Union Bank
Rock Hill
W. T. Youngblood, R
F. D. No
Yorkville
8. C
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Pittsburg
Society For the Prenegroes
Troy
Fox Owen
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Weyersm
Rev. J. M. Barr
Trenton
George Hudson
Here
Hudson
Will Mickins
Mickins
the Warehouse Company
I. G. Murray
Seling
Enquirer
State Board of Equalization
J. F. Ashe
McConnellsville
E. H. Hardin
Chester County
Waddy C. Thompson
Lancaster County
J. N. Lipscomb
J. H. Youngblood
Blairsville
J. M. Brice
A. W. McFarland
Col
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United States Circuit Court
Carolina and North- Western Railroad
Corporation Commission
Attorney General of
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Southern
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Atlantic Coast Line
Rock Hill and Vicinity
J. L. Strain
Wilkinsville, S. C
Orangeburg
St. Matthews, J
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Gotton
King’s Mountain Street
Care National Loan & Exchange Bank
Columbia, 8. C., Or
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