Regulators and Scovillites Clash in Colonial South Carolina
A Yorkville Enquirer excerpt recounts the Regulator movement in colonial South Carolina, the rise of Scoville and Tory Loyalists, and early civil strife preceding the American Revolution. It traces horse-thief crimes, court setup, and a near battle on the Saluda as factions vied for power amid looming war.
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Fort Moultrie
Parker
Clinton
America
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Potomac
Great Britain
Charleston
Pedee
Lynch's Creek
Craven County
Broad
Saluda
Thomas Woodward
Fairfield County
Barnaby Pope
Joseph Kirkland
Montague
Scovill
John Musgrove
Newberry County
Secovill
Orangeburg
Camden
Scoville
Colonies
England
Scovillites
Cunninghams
Patrick
Robert
William
Bloody Bill
Brown
Fletchall
Robert Cunningham
William Campbell
Wiliam Tennant
William Henry Drayton
Ninety-Six
Council of Safety
Enoree
Drayton
Moses Kirkland
Tamar
Thomas Fletchall
John Ford
Thomas Greer
Evan McLaurin
Benjamin Wofford
Patrick Cunningham
Andrew Williamson
Williamson
Richardson
Thomas
Campbell
John Stuart
Henry
Stuart
Regulators
Earthquake Devastation in Bolinas Bay Reported
San Francisco correspondent describes a vast fissure twenty miles along the coast from Tomales to Bolinas Bay with sections of Bolinas and Marshalls towns submerged. A cow was swallowed by the crack, three people killed at Tomales, and ground sank two to ten feet while mud and sand formed new ridges visible at high tide.
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Bolinas Bay
San Francisco
John K. Orr
Berkeley
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
The
State University
Orr
E. B. Nelson
Nelson Hotel Company
Olema
Tomales
P. F. Shafter
Bolinas
Marshalls
New York World
First Case of Lynch Law Recounted in Galway History
The article traces the term lynch law to Galway Ireland in 1493, recounting mayor James Fitzstephen Lynch and the execution of his son’s murderer by Lynch himself after a debt dispute. It notes Galway’s grim legacy and cites Thackeray and a New York Times quotation on optimism.
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Lynch
Ireland
Thackeray
Galway
Lombard Street
Dead Man's Lane
Lynchs
Rome
Connaught
James Fitzstephen Lynch
Lucius Junius Brutus
Spain
Blakes
Burkes
Bodkins
New York Times
Columbia Banker Defies Questions in Dispensary Probe
Mr. W. G. Childs refuses to reveal jokes about whisky rebates before the investigating committee and faces a rule to show cause for contempt. He is president of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad and the Bank of Columbia, saying he would go to jail rather than repeat conversations. The panel adjourns after issuing the contempt rule and plans to resume questioning next week.
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Columbia Bank
Columata
W. G. Childs
Columbia
Lyon
Mr. Childs
Childs
Hay
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad
Bank of Columbia
A. M. Deal
News and Courier
Richland County
Mr. Lyon
Senator Hay
South Carolina
Richland
Senate
S. C
J. T. Hay
Lime kerosene mixtures for San Jose scale tested
Delaware experiment station results on the lime oil mix show uneven strength and tree injury risk. Fall spray damaged initial trees, while high oil content reduced plum yields compared with sulfur washes. Weaker mixes failed to curb scale. fall lime wash gave better overall results in trees like cherries and peaches.
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San Jose
Delaware Experiment Station
Delaware Station
Burbank
New York Sun
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Robert Lathan
Yorkville Enquirer
California
Gar
Railroad
Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens
City of Columbia
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Richland Distilling Company
Lanahan
Lanahan & Son
Block
Mr. Farnum
Bernheimer Brothers
Richland Distillery
Olympia Mills
Carolina Glass Company
E. G. Seibels
the Dispensary
Board of Control
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard
Darlington
Tillman
C. N
Blind Tigers
Baney’s
Seaboard Road
London Globe
West Indies
Timothy Huggins
Huggins
Epee