Lusitania and Mauretania win subsidy for 244 knot runs
The Cunard liners Lusitania and Mauretania earned a annual subsidy of 750000 from Britain after government in parliament confirmed the ships met the 244 knots per hour requirement for a trans Atlantic round trip. The report comes via Liverpool to Cunard's New York office.
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New York
Lusitania
Mauretania
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Charlotte Observer
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Spencer
South
Pullman
Nebraska
Bob” Ellsworth
James Spearman
Bob
Minnie Turner
Jim Spearman
Jim
Pacific
Washington
Panama
Senor Arias
Squires
Root
Amador
Senor Obaldia
Europe
Obaldia
Arias
Obaldila
Colon
Cherque
Coela
United States
Georgia
Texas
Bureau of the Census
Mississippi
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi River
Arms and equipment to states under new militia bill
The bill lets militia men and officers attend regular army schools with small compensation. The secretary of war would, upon governors’ request, issue arms, equipment, uniforms, and camp gear to state troops. Property remains with the United States and accounting is required, with standard clothing allowances for soldiers.
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Regular Army
Secretary of War
United States
Bryan Seen as Ideal Captain for Anderson Team
In Yorkville on Friday June 5 1908 the Anderson Daily Mail suggests William Jennings Bryan would still make an ideal captain for the Anderson baseball team. The piece questions whether the team should want to be winners.
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William Jennings Bryan
Anderson
Anderson Daily Mail
Court of Appeals Session Set for Asheville This July
The United States circuit court of appeals will sit in Asheville starting July 15 and is expected to deliver the South Carolina dispensary decision at that session.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Asheville
South Carolina
Cotton supply outlook noted by government reports
Government acreage and condition reports suggest southern cotton growers have not worsened the situation much yet. If current supply is short, the deficit will likely deepen next year.
Labeling Vodka With Skull And Crossbones
The Columbia Record notes that every bottle of Vodka, the national drink of Russia, bears a skull and crossbones image and argues South Carolina dispensaries should label similarly as it signifies death. It questions how long the Record has known this.
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Russia
South Carolina
Columbia Record
Aldrich currency bill boosts market confidence claims
Financial authorities say the Aldrich currency bill has helped restore confidence and the situation looks more buoyant since the law. Yet stock rises depend on the right people and can follow almost any pretext.
Columbia Poised to Take Hold of River Boat Line
The article notes Columbia's likely control of a river boat line, praising the move and suggesting future extensions downstream once profitability is achieved. It mentions government navigation on multiple rivers with water levels lower than the Broad or the Catawba.
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Columbia
Bull Killed by Train On Columbia Road Sparks Suit
A hull killed by a train on the Columbia Newberry and Laurens road in Lexington county led the owner to sue for 95 dollars. The railroad company counters with a suit accusing the owner of letting the bull roam the tracks endangering passengers.
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Hull
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Road
Lexington County
North Carolina debated drug store liquor sale rules
North Carolina grows anxious as the new prohibition law restricts liquor sales to prescription only in towns permitting it. Some towns that allow prescription sales plead for stricter controls to curb abuses and pave the way for firmer regulation.
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North Carolina
Yorkville Enquirer clippings praised by Charlotte Chronicle
The Charlotte Chronicle compliments The Yorkville Enquirer for clipping from its pages while questioning the exact meaning of the praise. The exchange notes torn copies occasionally arrive and expresses reluctant amusement at the ongoing clipping relationship.
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Yorkville
S. C
Enquirer
Charlotte Chronicle
The
Chronicle
Brown expected to win Georgia governor race
Reports from yesterday's Georgia primary indicate Hoke Smith trails by about fifteen thousand votes and Brown is poised to become governor. The piece blames Smith's rise on opposition to railroads and corporations and casts his past successes as mere reactions rather than constructive leadership.
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Georgia
Hoke Smith
Brown
Smith
The Cotton Problem at International Spinners Congress
Paris dispatches report delegates fear a cotton shortage and push for new production in Africa and the Americas. Americans oppose large scale overseas cultivation and warn Europe against disrupting cotton supply, defending continued U S dominance in cotton distribution.
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Paris
International Congress of Spinners and Manufacturers
Immigration and cotton wealth in the southern states
A southern columnist argues for immigration to boost labor and cotton production. He asserts the South can meet global demand with 75 to 100 million bales given land capacity, noting labor scarcity limits prices. He favors gradual immigration of the “right class” to raise output and wealth.
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Thompkins
Charlotte
South
Cotton Congress Concludes in Paris Plans Next Meeting in Italy
The International Cotton Congress finished in Paris and adjourned to meet in 1909 in Milan or Rome. Delegates endorsed schemes for coordinated curtailment during distress, urged European colonial cotton expansion, and debated switching to net weight purchases. The body also considered mutual mill insurance and stock reserves to curb price spikes, with emphasis on studying American production costs and potential southern cotton stations.
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International Cotton Congress
Paris
Italy
Milan
Rome
Cotton Contract Commission
Exchanges
Europe
America
Congress
Permanent Committee
Permitnent Commission
South Carolina Briefs Highlight Obituaries and Returns
Thomas C. Martin died at his daughter’s home in Pickens county with the death noted by the Florence special. Lee Brunson, once missing from Florence then returning from the north, appeared in Florence tonight and received a warm welcome at the depot amid questions about his recent disappearance. At the University of South Carolina Steward’s Hall, the next session elected Matron Mrs. S. L. Latimer and student manager Mr. Callison. Ann J. Ball resigned for health reasons and plans to move to Brownie, N C. The hall will be renovated before the new term.
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Thomas C. Martin
Martin
Pickens County
Florence
Columbia
Lee Brunson
Bank of Florence
Richmond
Bransom
Brunson
Mr. Brunson
Columbia State
University of South Carolina
Yorkville
400. Callison
Greenwood
Daw Chiss
Steward’s
Joe Dart
Ann J. Ball
Biltmore
N.C
Local Notices and Merchant Ads Mix in York County
Local notices include candidates for Ward 1 alderman John F. Youngblood and mayoral candidate card by G. H. O Leary. Vendors offer services and goods from theater schedules to sewing machines, phonographs, road surveying, summer schools, peaches, disinfectants, banking, furniture, shoes and clothing with promotions and discounts.
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John F. Youngblood
G. H. O'Leary
Luther Baker
Palace Theatre
Paul Revere
R. B. Davidson Co
T. W. Boyd
L. J. Lumpkin
J. C. Kirkpatrick
York County
McGill Bros
T. E. MecMackin
Yorkville
M. W. White
Star Drug Store
Loan and Savings Bank
Carroll Furniture Co
J. Q. Wray
First National Bank
Strauss-Smith Co
Rain improves countywide, but some areas remain dry
Rains fell across much of the county including the northern section, bringing relief. Some pockets stayed dry, with farmers watching remaining parched spots and hoping for further showers.
Farmers Union corn prize fund subscriptions reported
Mr J W Moore reports Bethesda Union subscriptions totaling 18 00 with donors including Robert Witherspoon J Le Williamson J F Bookout J E Fincher J W Moore M M Moore H F Bookout B L Byers C F Gordon Williamson Bros and others. A L Black adds A E Thomas Yorkville 1 00 for a total of 19 00.
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J. W. Moore
Farmers’ Union
Bethesda
Robert Witherspoon
J. le Williamson
J. F. Bookout
J. EL Fincher
J. M. Moore
H. F. Bookout
Byers
A. L. Black
A. E. Thomas
Yorkville
Yorkville County Board Sets Road Actions and Bridge Plan
The Yorkville board met in regular session last Wednesday and discussed Sage road law enforcement plans including hiring a road engineer. It adopted a resolution to discontinue the public road through Martha White and R L Scoggins lands, authorized a bridge over Guion Moore creek near W C Whitesides with petitioners funding approaches, and approved a few county accounts plus routine items.
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County Board of Commissioners
Yorkville
Martha White
R. Ll. Scoggins
The Speculative Market in Cotton Advances Steadily
New York dispatch reports the cotton market closing very steady with a net advance of 2 to 13 points after an early decline. For the day sales reach about 175,000 bales with July up 8 points and new crop 12 to 13 points. Rain and flood fears in the central western belt buoy prices while Wall Street support returns later. Receipts at ports total 6,445 bales, weekly totals 65,000, with New Orleans and Houston arrivals listed.
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New York
Wall Street
Red River
Mississippi
New Orleans
Houston
Local residents greet friends and relatives across towns
A compilation of short notices shows Mr. Ear Grist returning home from Furman University in Greenville while Mrs. Janie Parish visits the Cauthen family in Lancaster. Numerous youths and families travel between Anderson, McConnells, Yorkville, Blairsville, Greenwood, and Charlotte for visits and teaching assignments.
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Ear Grist
Furman University
Greenville
Janie Parish
W. B. Cauthen
Lancaster
Georgia Marshall
Anderson
W. F. Marshall
Oscar Moore, Jr
McConnellsville
Robi
Lind Say
W. D. Glenn
Winnsboro
J. H. Witherspoon
Fort Mill
Yorkville
William Ashe
Adolphus Boney
Mary Joe
Margaret Draukeford
Richburg
Lillie Parish
Johnston, S. C
Kittie Blair
Blairsville
A. M. Grist
EE. Beard
Bessie Gilbert
Charlotte
S. H. Norris
Princeton
George Cartwright
C. W. Adickes
South Carolina University
Frances Finley
College For Women
Columbia
Ellie Steele
George Foster
Greenwood
Annie Ashe
Local notes from Yorkville region and Winthrop items
Yorkville society and college news include visits from Mary Ashe Anna McCaw and others at the College for Women and due West students returning home. Winthrop college alumnae officers are listed with positions and two campus departments showcase sewing dressmaking and millinery, art, and stenography under Miss Isles and Miss Freda Steele. A Confederate veterans event at the courthouse honored Jefferson Davis centennial with crosses awarded to veterans and heirs.
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Ter
Mary Ashe
College For Women
Columbia
Anna McCaw
Josie Carroll
W. G. White
Due West
R. J. Herndon
Yorkville
Margaret Bratton
Guthriesville
Louise Barron
Nellie Hart
James Boyd Kennedy
Wells College
Aurora
N. Y
Hal Garrison
Elizabeth
Ella Torrence
Bessemer City
N. C
J. R. Killian
Agade] Moore
McConnellsville
Asheville
Chicora College
Georgia Richards
York
Miss Isles
Freda Steele
Yorkville Registers General Election Voters List for Tuesday
Municipal registration in Yorkville shows a broad eligible citizenry to decide ballots in the next two years. The general election registration book lists numerous names including W. Adickes, J. J. Collins, J. M. Ferguson, J. H. Dickson, J. R. Connolly, and many others, reflecting a comprehensive voter roll for the upcoming election.
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Yorkville
Yorkville News Briefs On Mill, Store Opening And Election
Tavorn mill gears up with cotton for a Monday resumption. R B Davidson opens a South Main street shop selling musical instruments sewing machines. Any registered voter may run for next Tuesday’s municipal seats. no one owns the positions. Police Theatre runs Ali Baba and Paul Revere's Ride with repeat showings.
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R. B. Davidson
South Main Street
Davidson
Yorkville
Inspection Day at Winthrop
Describes Winthrop College inspection day with open buildings, classroom displays, and demonstrations across kindergarten to model school. Highlights include Miss Macfeat's teaching, woodwork and domestic science, and plans for an expansion funded by state and private funds.
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Winthrop
News and Courier
W. A. Pressley
Rock Hill
South Carolina
Macfe
Sarah Withers
Lelia Russell
Grant
M. F. Wickliffe
Sophia Newcome Pottery
Catherine Mulligan
Acreage and condition of cotton across states in 1908 report
The first cotton report for the season sets national planted area at 32,081,000 acres with 79.7 percent of crop in condition on May 25. State figures include Virginia 39,000 acres 88 percent, North Carolina 1,437,000 87, Georgia 4,775,000 80, Mississippi 3,252,000 80, Missouri 74,000 86, Oklahoma 2,809,000 80. Floods and tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas on May 24–26 killed dozens, left thousands homeless, and damaged rail bridges and crops.
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Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Reese
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Fort Worth
North Fort Worth
Dallas
Alfalfa County
Panic Eases in U S Economy Says British Agent
British commercial agent Mr. Seymour Bell reports to Parliament that 1907 saw sharp contrasts with high activity and deep depression. He says the cloud over American business is passing and expects readjustment and recuperation, barring labor trouble or capital monopolies driving prices high.
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United States
Seymour Bell
New York
Hight
Caital
A Billion Dollar Session In Twelve Years Of Expenditures
The New York Globe notes a rise from 1897 to 1909 in federal appropriations and deficit, highlighting a billion dollar budget scale and growing tolerance for spending. It contrasts a 1897 deficit of 18 million with an estimated 1909 deficit of 129 million, asking how public opinion shifted.
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New York Globe
Reed
Congress
Globe
Treasury
Cleveland
Charlotte Observer
Duncan faces contempt inquiry in Hunter case
Columbia June 2 The state supreme court ordered attorney John T. Duncan to show cause on June 7 why he should not be ruled for contempt or disbarred over affidavits in the state against Jesse Hunter a five year gun shooting case. Duncan once ran for the United States senate against John Gary Evans and accused Evans of disparaging Tillman dispensary rebates.
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Columbia
State Supreme Court Today
John T. Duncan
Jesse Hunter
Hunter
Bennet
Duncan
United States Senate
John Gary Evans
Evans
Ben Tillman
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the Cotton Congress
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Carrie Cartwright
Margaret Moore
Kate Hunter
Weslie Russell
Olive Walker
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City
Estelle Beck
Mamie Williams
Margaret Leckie
Chester
Margaret Anderson
B. F. Robertson
Clemson
Carolina Cain
Pinopolis
Curry Alumnae Association
M. Williams
Mary Nance
Nancy Beckett
Joseph E. Hart
Mnquirer
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Charles Alfred Ashley
B. S
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John Lawrence Barringer
Randolph Murdaugh
Sam
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Elizabeth Jane McDonald
Lewis Wardlaw Perrin
Henry Leonidas Scarborough
Cyrus Luther Shealy
Thomas Dorsy Sligh
Henry Sullivan
Chalmers
Erastus Wessinger
Hugh Wilds
James Woodrow
Micah Jenkins Camp
Winnie Davis
Daughters of the Confederacy
Court House Yard
Jefferson Davis
John R. Hart
Margaret M. Bratton
N. B. Bratton
L. L. Smith
W. A. Moore
L. B. White
J. A. White
W. M. Allison
R. H. Glenn
W. H. Fowler
F. T. Fowler
W. E. Faulconer
W. H. Hackett
Henry Cauthen
John D. McConnell
J. P. Blair
Tlen
Bessie Birdsall
W.adickes
R. C. Allein
J. B. Allison
J. C. Allison
R. T. Allison
J. P. Anthony
L. G. Baber
W. L. Baber
J. G. Barnwell
A. S. Barron
D. W. Barron
J. I. Barron
Vt. C. Barron
H. H. Beard
Jas. Beckham
J. M. Brian
J. S. Brice
Geo. W. Brown
J. A. Dobson
J. W. Dobson
T. C. Dunlap
E. Erwin
W. C. Ewart
J. M. Ferguson
Lewis G. Fergus
T. M. Ferguson
E. Ferguson
D. E. Finley
E. E. Gillespie
H. C. Glenn
D. Glenn
J. F. Gordon
S. Gordon
C. Gray
O. E. Grist
Ss. M. Grist
W. D. Grist
G. W.S. Hart
Jnc
R. Hart
R. E. Heath
Charlie Herndon
Wim. H. Herndon
W. H. Hudson
J. J. Hunter
W. FE. Hart
Brooks Inman
Jas
PF. Jackson
Harry S. McCaw
W. B. McCaw
R. S. McConnell
W. H. McConnell
W. M. McConnell
N. Craig McCorkle
W. H. McCorkle
T. F. McDow
J. F. McElwee
W. T. McKnight
T. E. MceMackin
P. T. McNeel
Ss. M. McNeel
John W. Miller
R. E. Montgomery
B. N. Moore
C. E. Spencer
J. M. Starr
S. L. Steele
H. P. Stowe
H. C. Strauss
J. A. Tate
J. F. Thomson
John P. Thompson
L. G. Thompson
Frank Tiddy
Jas. Tiddy
T. D. Turner
Johns. Wagoner
Jas. F. Wallace
Quinn Wallace
W. L. Wallace
Tavorn
Police Theatre
Ali Haba
Ali Baba
Longfellow
Messrs
Lassiter
Hickory Grove
J. Meek McGill
John K. Allison
Allison
McGill
W. H. Wylie
R. R. Roseborough
Roseborough
Wylie
Glenn
Ebenezer
Association For the Prevention
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