War News and Political Echoes From Global Fronts
Reports from Manila describe U S infantry ordered to China and fleet actions in the Gulf of Pechili with forts at Taku captured after the Chinese opened fire. Russia seeks 70 million in damages over destroyed railway property. Kansas faces labor shortages solved by college student volunteers.
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United States
China
Manila
Gulf of Pechili
Taku
Russia
Kansas
Republican National Convention
Republican Party
Hester
Great Britain
Europe
Egypt
India
Africa
Washington Star
Bryan
Kansas City
Whitney
New York
Smith
New Jersey
Gorman
Maryland
McLean
Vilas
Wisconsin
Dickinson
Michigan
Watterson
Kentucky
Mr. Bryan
Funston
Grant
Biancabata
Roberts
San Miguel de Mayumo
Cavite
Batangas
San Francisco
Yokohama
Far East
Port Arthur
Normania
Waldivestock
Russian War Office
Troops and Military Stores to Persia Reported
Troops and military stores are reported to be sent to Persia, corroborating recent dispatches to the London Times from its Odessa correspondent.
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Persia
London Times
Odessa
Greenville News Enlarged to Eight Pages
The Greenville News, after adding linotype machines, expanded to eight pages and promises further improvements in news service. It arrives on early trains and with regularity, giving it a chance to build a strong daily circulation in Yorkville.
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Greenville
Yorkville
Debate Over Newspaper Directories and Patent Medicine Ads
The Abbeville Press and Banner rebuts The Monthly Union’s push for registering country newspapers in directories. It defends its stance as a local paper avoiding national patent medicine advertising, noting sixteen such ads appear in the same issue’s third page.
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New York Newspaper Union
Monthly Union
Press and Banner
Abbeville Press and Banner
State remarks spark clash with The Enquirer over Senator McLaurin
The Columbia State attacks The Enquirer for unfairness toward Senator McLaurin and boasts of silencing its own strong arguments. It accuses the editor of egotism and calls for a more moderate, respectful tone in journalism.
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Columbia
Enquirer
McLaurin
Jones urged to step aside in South Carolina senate race
The piece argues Mr. A C Jones may run for the U S Senate but questions his purpose and cost. It praises Senator Tillman as an able incumbent likely to win a Tillman Prohibitionist primary, calling a Jones candidacy unnecessary and potentially foolish for the state.
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A. C. Jones
United States Senate
Senate
Featherstone
Colonel Hoyt
Tillman
Jones
Reform Party
South Carolina
G. Walt Whitman
Mr. Jones
Governor McSweeney and state funding of county papers
The Enquirer needs are argued as public interest funds. The piece asserts that the state should pay for county papers to keep the governor informed, criticizing free distribution proposals and urging no political advantage from the issue. It stresses fairness and discourages pursuing such methods.
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Tillman
Enquirer
McSweeney
Patterson
China tensions rise as Boxer movement widens with foreign powers
The dispatches describe a China overwhelmed by a Boxer led surge backed by the state and a widening clash with foreign nations. They warn of a potential fight among powers over rights and possessions as ineffable schemes drive the crisis.
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China
Russia
France
Governors and the use of the contingent fund
The piece laments petty prejudice in gubernatorial campaigning and cites Mr. Patterson's attack on Mr. McSweeney for using the governor's contingent fund to pay for county papers. It notes uncertainty about whether subscriptions to county papers are proper uses of that fund and references other governors.
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Patterson
McSweeney
Clarifications On Several Historical Rumors And Notes
A summary of mixed items: Dr Edna G Terry was not murdered but is safe. Iron furnaces at Bessemer Alabama banked due to a workers strike. Admiral Dewey declines vice presidential nomination. The U S legation at Constantinople awaits Turkish reply to May 21 note. Horace A Distin dies last week. Over 6 million India famine victims receive relief. Seaboard Air Line mortgage recorded at 75 million dollars. Mrs Gladstone widow of William E Gladstone dies last Thursday in Mississippi.
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Edna G. Terry
China
Miss Terry
Bessemer
Ala
Admiral Dewey
United States
Constantinople
Horace A. Disstin
Henvy Disstin Iron and Steel Works
India
Seaboard Air Line
Gladstone
Wm. E. Gladstone
Mississippi
Democratic and Republican conventions and local incidents
The report notes two thirds of Democratic delegates pledged to Bryan, Clark leading Montana’s delegation, and Clark topping the state’s primaries. It mentions the Republican convention in Philadelphia, Mormons in Kentucky assaulted, San Francisco plague quarantine ended, McLean sending Bryan a 25000 dollar check, and Roosevelt likely pressed to accept a vice presidential nomination.
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Bryan
Montana
Clark
Dally
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Corbin
San Francisco
McLean
Wm. J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Fight at mill ends with two shot injuries
A laborer John Westmoreland fired on Jim Childers and Bud Neal at J B Martin's saw mill near King's Mountain Cherokee County last Saturday. Childers was wounded in the calf with a shotgun blast and Neal was hit in the body. Both men, white, are described as resting but Neal's condition remains serious. Westmoreland is dodging. Local notes mention visitors from Union, Clover and Forest City along with recent rains.
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John Westmoreland
Jim Childers
Bud Neal
Hickory Grove
Yorkville Enquirer
J. B. Martin
King’s Mountain
Cherokee County
Bud” Neal
Westmoreland
R. L. Pursley
Martin
Childers
Neal
Leech
Mayme Moorhead
Union
W. J. Moorhead
Louise Barber
Greenville
Cleo
Campaign notes on Dorchester meeting and Tillman remarks
At Dorchester Col Tillman pressed high license versus dispensary as Hoyt questioned enforcement. Patterson railing about speeches and press coverage. Evans brothers traded accusations about commissioners. Tillman warned that high license under private gain would enable access to sugar and lemons. He urged voting in the general election amid Republican fears of reduced representation. Charleston meeting proceeded quietly. Greenwood bounty reports only one pauper in the poor home.
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Dorchester
James H. Tillman
Hoyt
Patterson
B. B. Evans
W. D. Evans
Thomas
B. B
W. D
Wilburn
Garris
Col. Hoyt
Tillman
United States
Charleston
Local Advertisements and Notices from Yorkville
Local items announce a 20 percent discount sale ending Saturday. Merchants tout Geiser threshers Mason’s jars and other farm goods. A York township magistrate candidate is named. A notice warns that Martha Hudson left home, with a threat of prosecution for harboring her. Also mentions banquet wafers milk biscuits soda cakes and tailor clothing.
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H. C. Strauss
W. B. Moore & Co
Geiser
Mason
J. Martin Brian
York Township
York Implement Co
Pitts
Rachel Hudson
Martha Hudson
Yorkville
Enquirer
Lawrance, Williams & Co
Yorkville to Welcome Military Academy Leaders from Virginia
Colonel Beverly A. Davis of the King's Mountain Military Academy arrives in Yorkville from Richmond with plans to repair the garrison building for a first class setup by September. Colonel W. G. Stephenson is expected this week.
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Beverly A. Davis
King’s Mountain
D. A. Bradham
Citadel Academy
Yorkville and Anderson Clash in Close Baseball Series
Local pride runs high as Yorkville faces Anderson in a three game series delayed by rain. Monday's opener saw Anderson lead 1 0 before rain halted play. Yorkville later plated two in the fourth to lead before the weather ended the game. Batters and fielders showed tight competition as teams prepare for the next matchup.
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Yorkville
Anderson
Enquirer
Bankston
McDowell
Ragan
Turner
Town appoints W. W. Lewis as attorney and meters water use
The town council named W. W. Lewis, Esq., as attorney. Commutation street tax rises from 2.50 after July 15. Water sales through meters become mandatory for all residents, with two railroads and the county exempted by contract. Rawls will remain in charge of water works under existing terms.
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Rawls
School board votes on two mill tax for next year
Graded school trustees met in the courthouse to file annual report and set a vote on a two mill tax for next year. If approved, teachers will be elected tomorrow with many applicants for superintendent.
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Rock Hill
Yorkville
Statesville
N. C
Clover
Witherspoon
Rock Hill Nine
White
Yorkville Social Notes Include Visitors and Illnesses
Mary Williams of Yorkville visits friends in Chester while Miramin R. Smith lies critically ill at his Blacksburg home. Dozens of locals from Chester, Kershaw, Rockbridge and Ebenezer travel to Yorkville for visits. The Greenwood Letter reports Rev. W. T. Matthews moving to Hickory North Carolina and notes a correction on the Hope McFadden marriage record.
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Mary Williams
Yorkville
Chester
Miramin R. Smith
Blacksburg
Pree Spratt
Walter Waters
J. R. Latta Parish
South Carolina College
Deane Jones
Kershaw
J. L. Williams
C. A. Hobbs
L. Hobbs
J.C. Johnes
North Carolina
Amelia Kennedy
Georgetown
R. C
Philip L. Moore
Smith
Abbeville
S. R. Moore
East Jefferson Street
R. G. Radcliffe
G. T. Radcliffe
Charleston
Margaret Ward
Charlotte
Ola Barron
Ebenezer
J. B. Pegram
Mary Wallace
Sardis
N. C
Lois McLaughlin
Brice McLaughlin
Mary
Nellie Schorb
M. F. Jones
Union Cloak Company
New York
R. L. Draffin
Kershaw Banking and Mercantile Company
F. M. Mobley
Heath Banking and Mercantile Company
Lancaster
Annie
W. W. Dixon
Union
Edith
E. A. Goodwin
Beverly A. Davis
Greenwood
W. T. Matthews
Greenwood Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian College
Clinton
Hickory
Hope-McFadden
Enquirer
Ammie McFadden
L. Brown McFadden
W. Brown McFadden
World news from Pekin unrest dominates late reports
The article outlines chaotic rumors over Pekin amid Boxer uprising and foreign legation sieges. Marines march from Tien-Tsin toward Pekin as European powers rush ships to the Gulf of Pechili while Russia Japan and other nations weigh joint action.
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Pekin
Tien-Tsin
Gulf of Pechin
Washington
China
Philippines
Great Britain
France
Germany
Gulf of Pechili
Japan
Russia
United States
Piedmonts Baseball Team Backed by Local Mills
Piedmont Manufacturing Company funds a strong baseball team for the cotton mill operatives. A game is scheduled each Saturday at Piedmont with additional away games arranged by management. Players' salaries are guaranteed by the Piedmont Manufacturing Company despite gate receipts often not covering expenses.
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Piedmont
Piedmont Manufacturing Company
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W. W. Lewis
Whiteman Hardy
Gaffney
Gastonia
Catawbe Power Company
Catawba Power Company
Catawba River
Fort Mill
Weatero
Ack Kincaid
Smn
eMackin
King’s Mountain Township
Kincaid
York County
Eula Dobson
Mamie Hall
Esther Cochran
John A. Barron
Meek Williams
Nora L. Boyd
Lucy Barroi
L.S. Culp
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