Sim Banks Arrest Sparks Hope and Tension in Town
Sim Banks returns from war to face a state warrant led by Jim Thorn and Mary Mann. Sam Morgan pledges belief in Sim’s innocence, while Pap Sampson and Mirandy fear for Sim’s fate as Louisa Banks hopes for his exoneration.
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Sim Banks
Pap Sampson
Pap
Mirendy
Sim
Waal
Jim Thorn
Loueesy
Miranda
Sam Morgan
Mary Mann
Squire Beeson
Sam
Beeson
Pap Sampson An
Misus Mann
Wheatfield
James Melvin
Grand Jury
Jason Roberts
Jake Hicks
Thompson
Louisa
Squire
Lap Sampson
Thorn
Tie
Mrs. Mann
Slin Banks
Misus
Loueesy Banks
McSweeney declines resignations of Tillman and McLaurin
Governor McSweeney, delaying due to telegraph issues, returns resignations of U.S. Senators from South Carolina Tillman and McLaurin. He urges the public to weigh the consequences in a calm off year while praising the senators’ service and predicting a heated campaign if vacancies arise.
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Enquirer
McSweeney
Tillman
McLaurin
United States
South Carolina
Chickamauga
Commonwealth
Congress of
Senate
Congress
Republic
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Gaffney
Senator McLaurin
Bens
Ryan Tillman
Senator Tillman Rejects Governor Backed Resignations
In a June 1 1901 letter from Trenton Senator Tillman declines the governor’s request to accept resignations. He defends his own hasty move to resign and raises questions about the governor’s authority and the timing of appointing successors. He notes he was just re elected by voters and aims to level the field with his colleague.
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Tillman
Trenton
8. C
Miles B. McSweeney
Columbia
McLaurin
United States Senate
South Carolina
Letter sparking debate over Senate resignation and state peace
Governor McSweeney releases a letter from Senator McLaurin declining to resign. McLaurin cites the need for peace and prosperity, rejects pressure to abandon his seat, and affirms commitment to public service while supporting open discussion of national issues. He emphasizes accountability to the sovereign people and the duty to enlighten voters.
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McLaurin
McSweeney
United States
Senate
Europe vs United States on feared commercial supremacy
The Literary Digest reports European leaders and journals warn of a Europe united against American trade and potential military or economic conflict. The Spectator and others argue U S wealth and German expansion threaten Europe, urging stronger fleets and vigilance, with commentary across British, Canadian, and European outlets on the Monroe doctrine and global markets.
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Europe
United States
Admiral Canevaro
Count Goluchowski
Leroy Beaulieu
America
Toulon
Canevaro
Paris Figaro
Africa
Asia
the Spectator
London
Count Canevaro
Italy
Spectator
South America
The
Washington
Philippines
England
Russia
Manchuria
China
Japan
Germany
Brazil
Argentina
France
Guiana
Hungary
North America
Uruguay
Winnipeg
Canada
Austro- Hungary
Britain
Austria-Hungary
Chronicle
Kobe
Republic
Saturday Review
Great Britain
Sam
Cuba
Chile
London Journal
Venezuela
Senate
Toronto
Court of
J. Pierpont Morgan
British Mercantile Navy
Herald
Montreal
Globe
Patrie
Ottawa
Dominion
Calchas
Fortnightly Review
Great Steel Trust
Electric single rail railroad proposed for Manchester Liverpool
A British bill authorizes a novel inverted V overhead railbetween Manchester and Liverpool. The 33 mile line would use a single central rail with one long car straddling each side and a motor per car, reaching 110 miles per hour over 20 minutes.
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House of Lords
Manchester
Liverpool
Sunday World
Joe V. Meigs
Boston
George Stephenson
George
London
England
America
New York World
Light and truth in Carolina tale of moral delay
A South Carolina anecdote from the Augusta Herald recounts two neighboring planters once friends. When Jones is lost in swamps, Smith lights a blaze and calls him to safe passage, but Jones asks who holds the light and refuses to follow. The fable ends with a critique that truth depends on the holder of the light.
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McLaurin
Democratic Party
Macon
Telegraph
McLaurinite
South Carolina
Lon Livingston
Jones and
Smith
Jones
H—L
Carolina
Augusta
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Thomas P. Montfort
Bim
the Literary Digest
Vienna
the Tribune
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