Bryan leads in Denver convention contests and two thirds mark
The Herald estimates Bryan has moved beyond the majority and nears the two thirds threshold for nomination, implying he could potentially reach 712 delegates in the Denver contest amid broader Democratic opinion.
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the Herald
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Bryan
Herald
Washington
E. C. Schroeder
Department of Agriculture Experiment Station
Bethesda
Birmingham
Ala
United Confederates
India
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Mulai Hafid
Berlin
Paris
London
Algeciras
Korea
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Great Britain
France
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Turkey
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Vathy
Lincoln Bryan club meeting addresses national campaign issues
Mr Bryan and Charles A Towne of New York spoke at the Lincoln Bryan club gathering. Both outlined the coming national campaign issues and noted state conditions vary, avoiding national or multi state advice.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Gov
Hughes
Fairbanks
National Committee
Milwaukee
W. J. Bryan
Msss
Nebraska
Iam
Mr. Bryan
Charles A. Towne
New York
Lincoln Bryan
Taft and Bryan Rival Confirmed for Presidential Race
Yorkville notes the 1908 contest will feature Taft against Bryan. State and senatorial campaigns begin next Wednesday with state candidates at St Matthews and senatorial candidates at Sumter.
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Taft
Bryan
Oue
St. Matthews
Sumter
Confederate veterans elect Evans chief and pick reunion site
General Clement A. Evans of Georgia was chosen as commander in chief to succeed the late Stephen D. Lee and Birmingham, Alabama, was designated as the host city for the next reunion, with Memphis, Tennessee, named as the next location for the event.
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Tuk
Birmingham
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
Stephen D. Lee
Memphis
Tenn
Controversy over credit for Congress man Johnson summary
The Spartanburg Herald notes a misattribution of a Congress man Johnson summary to The Yorkville Enquirer from The News and Courier. The paper asserts proper credit should go to its own publication.
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Spartanburg Herald
News and Courier
Johnson
Yorkville Enquirer
Rhett Enters Senate Race After Heyward Withdraws
Ex Governor Heyward withdraws from the senatorial contest on doctors orders due to ill health. Meanwhile Charleston Mayor R G Rhett announces his candidacy and is deemed a strong contender likely to be a leading figure in the race.
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Heyward
R. G. Rhett
Charleston
Rhett
Mr. Rhett
Editorial Questions SC Law Enforcement in the Sellers Case
The Columbia State editorial questions whether South Carolina laws are enforced to protect society. It portrays law violators aligned with presumed conservative backers, arguing that a publicized crime would spur action, yet notes the current situation may expose readers to legal damages risk and public complacency.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Law of South Carolina on cruelty to animals printed
The Enquirer prints South Carolina cruelty to animals law at Mr W H Wylie's request. It lauds mercy to beasts and condemns unmerciful men, noting a hard case of a man who broke a mule's jaws and urging mercy, justice, and humanity for all.
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Enquirer
W. H. Wylie
South Carolina
Making a Newspaper
The piece reflects on editors and the public image of newspaper work. It argues that the popular fantasy of editors wielding effortless power is false and that real editors must cope with the demanding, routine tasks of producing multiple issues. The passage critiques self-satisfied views of the trade.
The burdens and rewards of the country editor
The article weighs the immense responsibilities of a country editor, noting constant public scrutiny and the need for honesty and self restraint. It argues editors risk humiliation for truthful reporting, yet gain public trust and esteem for steadfast integrity, making the vocation a high and impactful calling.
University of South Carolina elects Henry N Snyder president
After an all day session the board of trustees chose Henry N Snyder president of the university on the eighth ballot. J N Frierson elected head of the law school. George McGutcheon promoted to associate history and political science professor. Several policy details and pledges discussed.
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Columbia
Charlotte Observer
Board of Trustees
University of South Carolina
Henry N. Snyder
Walford College
Snyder
J. W. Babcock
J. A. B. Sherer
Newberry
Spencer Currell
Washington and Lee
W. H. Hand
J. J. McMahan
Co AS Smith
North Carolina
Charles Ho Barnwell
Alabama
Duncan Houston
Texas
J. J. Anderson
Florida
Colonel Pope
J. N. Frierson
New York
George McGutcheon
Walter B Moore Is Candidate for York County Representative
Local notices list Walter B Moore Is announced as a candidate for the position of representative from York county in the legislature. The column also notes Palace Theatre next week with Falsely Accused Monday night and various business promotions across York.
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Walter B. Moore
York County
Palace Theatre
L. R. Williams
M. W. Foster
G. W. Foster
Strauss-Smith Co
J. C. Wilborn
J. Q. Wray
J. W. Dobson
Bank of Hickory Grove
York Drug Store
Loan and Savings Bank
Luther Baker
Lindsay Studio
D. F E. Boney
Mutuals
Herndon & Gordon
York Furniture Co
Thomson Co
Hydrophobia in Canines and Local Notables Remain Highlights
Reports from Greenville and Newberry show widespread hydrophobia in dogs while corn belts along the stream yield unusually good crops. An Irish potato plant with small tubers has been sent from Yorkville. The White Diamond Lithia Springs hotel opens as summer visitors are anticipated. Fort Mill’s Coltharp praises The Enquirer’s long readership since 1848. Smyrna’s Whitesides has sustained The Enquirer since 1860 and anticipates a golden wedding if he and his wife live another year.
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Greenville
Newberry
King's Creek
W. T. Long
Yorkville No 8
The
Enquirer
White Diamond Lithia Springs
Joseph H. Coltharp
Fort Mill Township
York
Yorkville Miscellany
Robert W. Whitesides
Smyrna
The Corn Prize Fund Receives Further Subscriptions
Mr J W Moore reports additional subscriptions to the corn prize fund for Bethesda Union including M Bratton Guthriesville and J P Moore Guthriesville each contributing 100 dollars to support the fund.
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J. W. Moore
Corn Prize
Bethesda Union
M. Bratton
Guthriesville
J. P. Moore
Memorable Hailstorm Hits Broad River District
A June night hailstorm along the Broad River district caused wide damage to crops fences and buildings. The wheat crop was ruined and a brick residence owned by Mrs. Ann E Wright lost its roof and was blown onto a nearby hill. Several farms barns stables and outhouses suffered. The storm followed the river southward with extensive, though not fully confirmed, damage beyond the immediate area.
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J. L. Strain
The
Enquirer
Strain
Broad River
Ann E. Wright
Yorkville Elects Hart and Eight Aides in Municipal Vote
Yorkville voters chose John R. Hart as mayor and filled all seven alderman seats with John F. Youngblood Ward 1 James M. Starr Ward 2 J P White Ward 3 H C Strauss Ward 4 Jas F Thomson Ward 5 Wy JOHNSON Ward 6 plus Dr W G White as Commissioner of Public Works. Trustees named were Wm B McGaw and Thos F McGaw. Total tallies show detailed party lines and counts across wards.
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The
Enquirer
John R. Hart
John F. Youngblood
James M. Starr
J. P. White
H. C. Strauss
James F.thomson
W. Johnson
W. G. White
Wm. B. McCaw
Thos. F. McCaw
Jon BR
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A. S Barron
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J.C. Wilborn
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Eussins Wena
Jas
FL Tronmrom
Wy Johnson
Bcos Aes
Wissasaes
Yorkville School District
The Speculative Market Summary
New York dispatch reports a quiet cotton market with small fluctuations and a steady close. Opening gains of 1 to 7 points faded as demand from shorts waned amid better weather and cautious selling, with total sales around 100000 bales.
Cotton market steady as futures inch up small gains
Fresh buying for long accounts persisted amid talks of swings in the southwest, while prices edged toward last night’s close. September rose six points, other months within a point. Liverpool to close tomorrow and Saturday. Private cables note near term shorts and stronger demand. English spot sales light. Southwestern Texas picking underway and eastern belt crop outlook favorable. Wall Street sellers moderate. Southern spot markets steady to 18 cents higher. Port receipts 7,838 bales today, week total 65,000. New Orleans 3,452 bales. Houston 2,330 bases.
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Liverpool
Texas
Wall Street
New Orleans
Houston
Yorkville News Briefs Reflect Local Projects And Debates
Sewer work progresses with no thrills planned for the Fourth. Mrs. Ashe hires J J Keller Co for East Liberty remodeling. Presbyterian protracted meeting with Rev Black draws large crowds and continues this week. Other churches close next Sunday except for Sunday school. Local tension prompts a temporary office move at Southern Express Yorkville as H H Beard and E K Williams dispute. J H Witherspoon seeks a 2 mill high school district tax to unlock state funds and strengthen Yorkville schools.
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C. Ashe
East Liberty Street
J. J. Keller & Co
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Black
H. H. Beard
EK. G. Williams
Southern Express Company
Yorkville
J. E. Lowry
J. B. Lowry
Beard
J. H. Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Yorkville Notes and Regional Appointments
Local notices report Lenoir financier L. F. Stine joining Wilborn Real Estate in Yorkville, and several visitors including Carl Hart of Columbia with G W 5 Hart family. Clemson cadets Blair and Simms return home for summer. Rev W E Lowe named Clover Union pastor. Columbia and Rock Hill correspondents note hospital and college updates. Yorkville mayor Hart reelected. Fort Mill school principal changes and staff appointments.
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Lenoir
N. C
J. C. Wilborn
Carl Hart
Columbia
G. W
Hart
Arthur Hart
South Carolina University
W. S. Hurt
Dallas
Texas
Yorkville
Rev
W. E. Hurt
Jno. R. Blair
Dave Simms
Clemson College
Sharon
Carey Smith
Williston
R. W. McCrary
Pauline
Aiken
D. E. Boney
I. G. Murray
Tennessee
Fla
Elise
Mary Withers Kirkland
Camden
J. R. Lindsay
Rock Hill
Due West
W. B. Roddey
William Boyce
Ellie Simpson
John Barren
Bynum Betts
C. B. Betts
Roddey Gettys
Leina Stultz
Ola Barron
Columbia State
John R. Hart
Richmond College
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Lowe
Haymarket
Clover
D. C
Luther J. Davidson
Santa Anna
Enquirer
Davidson
Fort Mill
Jackson Hamilton
Marshville
J. H. Witherspoon
Hamilton
H. Ww. Wolf
Petersburg
Wolff
University of Virginia
Kate Ardrey
Pineville
Bessie Poag
Principalship Changes Stir Local Schoolboard Talk
The board considers a successor to Mr Love at the high school department while no election has occurred. Prof Hamilton is believed to have accepted the principalship of the Told Hill school.
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Love
Hamilton
Told Hill
Army recruits targeted as Shelby Lancaster stations planned
Privates J R Nicholson and Frak A Wagoner of the U S Army recruiting service visit Yorkville outlining upcoming recruiting stations at Shelby and Lancaster. They say infantry and coast artillery are in demand while cavalry and field artillery are full and share anecdotes from Philippine service.
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J. R. Nicholson
Frak A. Wagoner
General Recruiting Service
U.S. A
Yorkville
Shelby
N. C
Lancaster
Nicholson
Charlotte
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Infantry
Coast Artillery
Messrs
Wagoner
Philippine Service
Aguinaldo
Aggie
Manila
Aggie’s
Philippines
Aquinaldo
General Luna
Mr. Nicholson
Local items note baggage fire and education updates
Reports on baggage fire minimal damage after lantern explosion aboard a train. Yorkville summer school opens next Monday with drawing courses by L W Jenkins, Mary Nance, and M M Garlington promising renewed certificates for full attendees. Death reported of Robert Haskell Land at his parents home from typhoid fever, funeral at Beersheba led by Rev H J Mills with large turnout. Wilkinsville Gaffney Ledger correspondent cites Clover public meeting resolutions that criticise local roads and Cherokee route condition.
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Robert Haskell Land
J. D. Land
Beersheba
H. J. Mills
Wilkinsville
Gaffney Ledger
Clover
York County
Gaffney
Cincinnati Chamber Proposes Banquet If Reds Win Pennant
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce offers a banquet to President Garry Herrmann and Reds players at season end if they clinch the pennant. The piece argues a winning team boosts city reputation and business prospects, while a poor team signals weak support and enterprise.
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Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati Reds
Chamber of Commerce
Reds
Cincinnati
Tinancier
Augusta Chronicle
State Board bans Croaton Indians from white schools
Mr W P Pollock of Chesterfield county enters race for Congress in the Fifth district pledging support and challenging the incumbent D F E Finley and T B Butler of Cherokee as rivals.
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State Board of Education
W. P. Pollock
Chesterfield County
D. FE. Finley
T. B. Butler
The Sellers Case and Officials Under Scrutiny
A mistrial in the Sellers case exposes a pattern of law evasion by a notorious dispensary violator. The defendant, known as the King of Blind Tigers, faced a bail grant of 5000 dollars after a search warrant raid where contraband whisky was found. The jury deliberated long, with a suspect juror implicated by whisky influence, and a second trial is anticipated at the September term.
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Dollair
State House
Sellers
Columbia
South Carolina
Constable Farmer
Farmer
Gary
Pope
Walker
Carolina National Bank
Benet
Spartanburg Journal of
Stanyarne Wilson
Carolina Mutual Company
Carolina Spartan
M. J. Caples
C. C
O. Read
Marion
Reese
Bostic
Spartanburg
Gaffney
Charleston
Cincinnati
John C. Fremont
Corps of Engineers
Columbia State
State Board of Medical Examiners
Mary E. Baker
Blanding Street
State Board
Wade H. Sellers
James P. Farmer
J. Frost Walker
Foreman Kirby
Josh Ashley declines to run for the House seat
Josh Ashley told the Anderson Daily Mail he will not seek a seat in the House of Representatives this year. The report ranges over local political rumors and other statewide notes found in the newspaper’s late week compilation.
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Anderson Daily Mail
House of Representatives
B. Monroe Weeks
People's Bank of Aiken
People’s Bank
Bank of Aiken
Weeks
Weeks Pee
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