Scraps and acts of governors and explorers across continents
Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas is readmitted to his home church after church exclusion amid claims of malice tied to a recent primary race. The London Globe reports a New Guinea missionary arrival with the skull of Rev John Chalmers from a cannibal massacre. Other items note a curious exhibit request to the acting marshal, a British cattle purchase for South Africa, a bizarre Algeria hail of rats during a cyclone, a threatened Meridian race war, a potential Roosevelt visit to Atlanta, and a Chicago officer incident in Venice with legal outcomes.
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Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Baptist Church of
Little Rock
Russellville
Jones
United States Senate
London Globe
A. E. Hunt
New Guinea
Sydney
John Chalmers
Mr. Hurt
Mr. Chalmers
Oliver Tompkins
Baltimore Sun
Farman
Carola
Currituck County
North Carolina
St. Clair Newark
Barnum
Bostock
South Africa
Pensacola
Fla
Algeria
Bougie
Paris
Meridian
Miss
Tate Moore
Ruffin
Rio
Kemper County
Green Johnson
Marion County
Whisky spree sparks student exodus at Clemson
A Clemson report claims students spent 197 on whiskey in the last week of term and some left the college days before dismissal to escape drunken excess. President Kruger remains at large as British pressure grows. Britain offers a warship to transport the Transvaal president, who declines and plans to return home.
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Clemson
Losses Mount From Charleston Ex Position
Estimated total losses reach 450000 with 250000 in stock 50000 in bonds 360000 in general indebtedness and 100000 in advances by Captain F W Wagener. Wagener bore the burden during dull periods and kept the enterprise afloat.
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F. W. Wagener
Wagener
Voters Face Possible Campaign Assessments Across Counties
The piece laments the unequal burden of campaign assessments on state and county candidates and suggests voters might be taxed, perhaps a single cent per person, to ease the burden, though guarantees are not offered.
Aull Declines Secretary of State Candidacy
Mr. E H Aull announced he would not run for secretary of state. The Columbia State criticized the move, and The News and Courier defends its stance, noting the State’s claim of spite and urging the press to outgrow personal feeds.
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E. H. Aull
Columbia
News and Courier
Aull
South Carolina
Clemson Trustees Refuse Hartzog Resignation Stirring Campus Debate
The Clemson trustees refuse to accept President Hartzog’s resignation amid student and public doubt about his fitness for the role. The situation has sparked talk of a potential leadership crisis if confidence does not return and a stronger head is needed at the university. Meanwhile Colleton County saw two lynchings last week, including the brutal murder of Section Master W. W. Jones’s wife, traced to a Negro named Jim Black and leading to an arrest in Savannah.
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Clemson
Hartzog
M Hartzog
Board of Trustees
Colleton County
W. W. Jones
Jim Black
Savannah
Mob Hangs Men After Confession Implicates Three
In Colleton County a mob seized a man and hanged him at a telegraph pole after he confessed implicating three other Black individuals. Cain Ford, one of those named, was captured shortly after and hanged early Saturday while being taken to the penitentiary.
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Colleton County
Cain Ford
State politics evident in biennial race for governor and senate
Notes of Interest In the Biennial Race For Office list candidates pledging for governor and U S senator including James H Tillman and John Gary Evans with others named. The piece notes McSweeney speculation on senate bid and McLaurin vacancy, plus pledges from 25 state office candidates and a Donalds campaign-opening meeting next Saturday.
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James H. Tillman
W. J. Talbert
Congress
United States
William Elliott
D. S. Henderson
J. J. Hemphill
A. C. Latimer
George Johnstone
John Gary Evans
McLaurin
D. E. Finley
JW. Floyd
T. J. Strait
W. B. Wilson
Donald
W. H. Timmerman
Edgefield
M. F. Ansel
Greenville
D. C. Heyward
Colleton
Democratic meeting endorses Richard Olney for president
A Memphis mass meeting passed resolutions endorsing Richard Olney of Massachusetts for president. Other items note Virginia’s constitutional convention adjournment for ratification, Estes Rathbone’s drive for US case review, Boers accepting peace terms, and various regional political and social updates.
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Memphis
Tennessee
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Virginia
Estes G. Rathbone
Cuba
United States
King Edward VII
Great Britain
South Africa
Columbus
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Decatur
Indiana
Jelks
Alabama
Washington
Hanna
Burton
Pretoria
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Lewey
Southern Pacific Railroad
Boer Leaders Call For Peace And Loyal Quiet After War
An open Boer leaders letter to the burghers declares peace, urges loyalty, and speaks of spiritual and racial prosperity. It thanks the people for sacrifice and calls for forgetting bitterness and healing wounds, signed by Schalk-Burger and General Louis Botha.
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Schalk-Burger
The
Transvaal
Louis Botha
Liberty Bell Returned as Train Explodes En Route
A Charleston bound special train carrying the Liberty Bell to Philadelphia exploded on Friday night injuring the engineer and fireman. Eleven Philadelphians in a forward car were drinking as the crash occurred. their champagne was ruined but none were hurt. Officials emphasize alcohol did not cause the blast and note locomotives are scarce.
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Charleston
Philadelphia
Local notices and business offers in Guthriesville area
Land sale notice under a writ of felo de se directed to W. J. Neely. W. H. Hicklin ginhouse lot offered for sale at Guthriesville and J. M. Hope plantation near Yorkville on easy terms. J. T. Love seeks letters of administration for Martha N. Feemster estate. Local firms advertise bargains and products including Berryessa lemon cling peaches and roasted coffee, Dr Sawyer's blackberry balsam, Purina cereal and red sockeye salmon, and a calico dress-pattern sale with cost justification.
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John R. Logan
W. J. Neely
Cc. E. Spencer
W. H. Hicklin
Guthriesville
J. M. Hope Plantation
Yorkville
McCorkle
J. T. Love
Martha N. Feemster
J. M. Heath & Co
Riddle & Carroll
York Drug Store
Local News and Society Notes from Yorkville
Kennedy arrives from King e today. Mrs. Hart visits Duthriesville while Mitchell Love of Blairsville visits Yorkville. John A. Harshaw becomes police officer. Cadet J. McM. Schorb returns home from Clemson. Mrs. Sam L. Miller visits relatives in Yorkville. Annie Clarkson of Charlotte visits sister Mrs. McDow. P. M. Grimes leaves for Philadelphia and northern cities. Superintendent Whitener has mumps. Mary Claussen Ashe at Presbyterian College for Women in Columbia. Mamie Johnson visits Dr Gordon's family in Charlotte. Jas B. Allison transferred from Fort Liscum Alaska to Presidio San Francisco. Henry Conner returns from southwest travel. G. H. OLeary back from Baltimore. Mrs. OLeary improving. Mamie and Master Clarendon Castles with grandmother at Smyrna. H J McCaw leaves for Winnsboro to attend court opening. Frances H Overby visits Yorkville, heads to Chase City Va. Clemson diplomas awarded to York county graduates R Barnett J E Gettys J H Spencer T B Spencer C L Reid. J B Robinson and J F Purnley of Clover in Yorkville on business. Clover escaped Sunday wind storm and rain. Wm McG Bailey of Olive in Yorkville for first time in weeks. storm reported severe.
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Ee Kennedy
King E
Geo. W. 8. Hart
Duthriesville
Mitchell Love
Blairsville
Yorkville
John A. Harshaw
J. McM. Schorb
Clemson College
Sam L. Miller
Columbia
Annie Clarkson
Charlotte
Thos. F. McDow
P. M. Grimes
Philadelphia
Whitener
Aingang
Mary Claussen Ashe
Presbyterian College For Women
Mamie Johnson
Paul T. Gordon
Fent
Jas. B. Allison
Fort
Liscum
Alaska
Presidio
San Francisco
Cal
Henry Conner
Southwest
G. H. O'Leary
Baltimore
Martha Castles
H. J. McCaw
Winnsboro
Fances H. Overby
R. T. Stephenson
Chase City
York County
Clemson
R. Barnett
J. E. Gettys
J. H. Spencer
T. B. Spencer
C. L. Reid
Messrs
J. B. Robinson
J. F. Purnley
Clover
THE
Enquirer
Wm. McG. Bailey
Olive
Light Cotton Prospects and Local Elections in York County
Wheat harvests are light across York County while six candidates emerge for the York Township magistrate seat. First cotton bloom expected by June 20 as storms bring some hail damage in Bullock's Creek. The Bob Taylor lecture in Rock Hill drew a crowded crowd, and S D Barron Chapter D A R raised funds for their monument. Carrier route No. 4 slated to start August 1 under C H Smith. The Guthriesville ginning plant offered by C E Spencer is praised as a premier local property propelling nearby prospects.
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York Township
Bullock's Creek
York County
Bob Taylor
Rock Hill
S. D. Barron
C. H. Smith
Yorkville
Pinckney Road
Yorkville dispensary doubts fade after watching conduct
Mayor Willis, after half hour at the dispensary rail last Saturday, says the experience showed many patrons squandering money on liquor, dissolving his doubts about establishing a dispensary in Yorkville. Special Agent Howard notes the government does not require locks on free rural delivery boxes. He adds penalties for interference are ample. Mr. Thos. F. Jackson of Clover reports a strong wheat crop with 21 acres yielding well, thanks to ammoniated feeds and a Dallas wheat variety, contrasting neighbor fields planted with Ripley and Fu custer varieties.
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Willis
Yorkville
Howard
Thos. F. Jackson
Dallas
Ripley
Fu'custer
Pay Fiddler Friction Between State and County Committees
The article notes rising friction between the state executive committee and county committees over self government. The state body claims higher authority and condemns county assessments of candidates for state and federal offices, proposing only free hosting and local support. York County Democrat J. S. Brice opposes the state committee and predicts further clashes.
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State Executive Committee
State Committee
J. S. Brice
York County Democracy
Brice
York County political wrangle on candidate assessments
A York county meeting debates levying assessments on state and congressional candidates to fund campaigns. If candidates refuse to pay, parties threaten to exclude names from tickets or withhold votes, while local and county committees bear most campaign costs. A northwest wind storm then causes minor damage to Yorkville with no injuries.
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Congress
Senate
York County
Brice
Yorkville
Yorkville items show new livery trolley and tax vote
Yorkville residents note a Clyburn Heath Mule Co added a pneumatic tired bag to a livery stable fleet the first of its kind in town and the town votes unanimously on a two mill tax to support Yorkville graded school.
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York Cotton Mills
Clyburn-Heath Mule Company Ie
Yorkville
Carolina and North-Western Railroad
Wylie
Buchanan
Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co
Episcopal Church
Willis
Board of Trustees
J. C. Daniel
Walker
Daniel
M. C. Willis
Sam M. Grist
Walter B. Moore
John J. Hunter
John P. White
Thos
Dunlap
Mason L. Carroll
P. W. Love
John A
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