Edouard Reynal de Saint Michael in New York
Edouard Reynal de Saint Michael, once wealthy in St Pierre, arrived in New York with his wife and son after Mont Pelee disaster. Mme de Saint Michael, a Fort de France native, escaped the catastrophe by a narrow margin.
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New York Dispatch
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Peace with honor hailed as Boer stalemate discussed
The Yorkville Enquirer notes Britain secured peace with honor in the Boer War while Boers claim near gains. It reports Charleston exposition attendance under a half million, far from the million hoped by management. Stockholders expect little return on subscriptions and creditors likely receive about 75 cents on the dollar.
Five Surveyors Begin Soil Survey in South Carolina
Five surveyors from the Bureau of Soils in the Agricultural Department left Washington for South Carolina to conduct a six to eight month soil survey. They will cover about 1000 square miles in Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens and Anderson counties, map soil types, and chemically analyze samples. A bulletin with crop suitability and fertilizer recommendations will be issued to farmers. The project is at the urging of Representatives Johnson Latimer and Talbert, with hopes a second corps will be sent after completion.
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Abbeville
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Anderson
Johnson
Latimer
Talbert
River and Harbor Bills Seen Facing Veto Amid Pork Reform Talk
Washington rumors say the president may veto the river and harbor and public buildings bills as pork favors fuel lobbying. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes past overloading and baiting tactics by lawmakers, while Chicago beef packers’ strike sparks riots and caravaned wagons as police manage tension.
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Carter
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Packets of Violence End as Packers Yield in Strike
Strikers and wagon drivers clashed at multiple passing points as blows and gunfire erupted. Police and drivers exchanged volleys with bullets that did not end in fatalities. An official was knocked from a meat wagon, believed fatally wounded. Thousands of sympathizers aided the strikers before an all night arbitration brought the packers to concede the teamsters demands.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Lecture notice and local social updates from Blacksspare
Correspondent reports Robert Poag promoting Bob Taylor’s lecture on The Vid Plantation at Rock Hill with an extra railcar slated from Blacksspare. Local knitting mill directors push for results while the town’s baseball team debuts with an ice cream supper at the Iron City hotel. Various residents travel to Atlanta Portsmouth Pittsburgh Hickory Grove and visiting relatives.
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Blacksspare
Robert Poag
Columbia
Bob Taylor
Rock Hill
Iron City
J. Deal
Atlanta
E. H. Shaw
Portsmouth
Ohio
Shaw
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Pittsburg
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Hickory Grove
Heinhart
Cherokee Inn
Navy armor debate as experts seek lighter defense
Naval authorities urge lighter armor on warships claiming 6 inch armor stops 95 percent of projectiles while heaviest armor would fail on the rest. Also notes political appointments and international news from Roosevelt to Kitchener, plus senate post extension plans.
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Philippines
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Geo. W. Depriest
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Lord Pauncefote
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Lord Kitchener
South Africa
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Panama
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David B. Hil
New York State
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Hig
Busness
Charleston Workingmen Platform Demands and Meeting Notes
A Charleston meeting of the Workingmen Protective association adopts a breadth of labor reforms. Proposals include nine hour workdays for public projects, weekly wages, equal pay for women, anti child labor, and union label printing in schools and government contracts. A follow-up meeting is scheduled and a sea captain recounts a tale of floating islands and parrots near Caribbea n waters.
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Charleston
Workingmen’s Protective Association
Irish Volunteers’ Hall
MecLaurin's Successor Considerations in State Politics
Governor McSweeney has heard about ten prominent citizens as potential successors if McLaurin is appointed a judge. He said this morning he will make no promises and will wait for the situation to develop before commenting further.
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Columbia Record
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McLaurin
Fort Mill
Thomasson
Scoggins
Charlotte
Columbia
College of Charleston scholarship named for York
Harrison Randolph announces York assigned a scholarship at the College of Charleston. Local merchants advertise items from York Drug Store violet talcum powder to medical claims, tea from Co. P. Lawrance & Co. and canned meats. Speck Jewelers promotes quality parasols and umbrellas. Clyburn Heath Mule Co offers mules and plugs. Strauss & Co previews a sacrifice sale with cut prices on clothing.
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College of Charleston
York
York Drug Store
Co. P. Lawrance & Co
T. W. Speck
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H. C. Strauss & Co
York Implement buys carload of Oliver plows
York Implement Co purchases a full carload of Oliver plows and plans to sell them all this summer and fall per Mr. Williams. York Cotton mills install pneumatic conveyors from warehouses to the picker room to reduce handling costs.
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York Implement Company
Oliver
Mary Joe Witherspoon
Herbert Dunlap
Rock Hill
County Board Discusses Road Right of Way and Binders
The county commissioners met in the supervisor’s office with all members present. Routine business and claims totaling about $2,000 were paid. A road right of way through land owned by R. E. Saddler was discussed. the board tentatively offered $30 for the $50 asking price. The supervisor was instructed to buy a binder due to a large wheat crop at the county home farm.
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County Board of Commissioners
McConnellsville
Rock Hill Road
R. E. Saddler
County Board of Equalization Sets Bank Tax Rates
The county board met to finalize property equalization for banks railroads telegraphs and cotton factories with members I B Faris J Frank Ashe W B Lesslie John L Rainey R G Garrison P Blankenship J A Smith Captain L M Davis. Banks taxed at 663 percent of capital and 100 percent of surplus and undivided profits. cotton and oil mills upheld local board actions. railroads telegraphs and express returns sent to state board. The session concluded and adjourned sine die Wednesday afternoon.
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Bethel
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Catawba
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Bullgck
S Creek
R. G. Garrison
Ebenezer
P. Blankenship
Fort Mill
J. A. Smith
York
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City of
Rock Hill
Social Notes From Yorkville Visitors and Residents
A round of social updates from Yorkville notes guests and locals. George Hayt joins York Drug Store staff while Alma Walker returns from Converse College. Numerous visitors from Clover Spartanburg Savannah and Atlanta are welcomed to Yorkville alongside local engagements and academic moves.
Invitations Issued for Kings Mountain Institute Commencement
Miss Amelia Kennedy of Kingsree graded school sent lithographed invitations to Yorkville friends for the Kingsree Institute commencement exercises on June 5 and 10. Mrs. S A Pritchard and two children along with Miss Nannie Aiken left for Blacksburg Virginia after visiting Mrs. W G Neville. Fort Mill Times notes Dr J H Thornwell’s slow recovery from a May 25 ankle injury. Isaac T Faris of Bethel township, over 80, visited Yorkville, a longtime reader of The Enquirer and related papers since 1847, with his name among the oldest subscribers.
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Fort Mill
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J. Leander Parish
Dedication of tablet honors drowned cadets at King's Mountain Academy
At King's Mountain Military Academy a tablet memorializing drowned cadets was unveiled in a ceremony led by Colonel W G Stephenson. Major James F Hart spoke on enduring memory and duty, recounting the academy’s three historic epochs from 1855 to present. Lieutenant Morrow received the ceremonial sword from Capt Wolff for recovering fallen comrades.
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Morrow
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King’s Mountain
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Asbury Coward
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King’s Mountain Military Acadmy
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Britain
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Broad River
Memorial Tablet Honors Cadets Who Died Saving Comrade
An army memorial praises Cadet John Frank Lindsay Cadet Sergeant Edward Meek Nichols and Cadet Harry G Stevens who died May 3 1902 rescuing a fellow cadet in peril. The address notes their sacrifice and urges remembrance and moral reflection.
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Memorial notice for cadets Nichols Windsay and Stephens
Drowning tragedy dated May 3 1902 claims Cadet Sergt E M Nichols and Cadet J Frank Windsay perished while rescuing a comrade. The day’s exercises ended with the cadet corps dismissed and the assembly dispersing as students prepared to return home or await next session.
Mystery Buyer Ends Visit After Odd Sales Pitch
A man named Clover reportedly walked away from a sales encounter with Mr. Ford after a bizarre pitch about buying now and getting exactly what one wants. The exchange left the customer dumbfounded and questioning if he was being scammed or mistaken for madness.
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Ex-Governor Pennayer of Oregon Dies in Portland
Former Oregon governor Pennayer died at his Portland home last Friday. He was noted for independence and bold action. In 1891 he refused President Harrison’s request to meet at the state line, insisting the president come to the capital. In 1893 he resisted federal pressure over Chinese exclusion, replying to Secretary Gresham that the president should mind his own business while Pennayer attended to his duties.
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