Cotton and weather notes mix with New York cotton plan
Boston dispatch reports El Monte due at Mystic wharf from New York to load 5,000 bales of cotton for New Orleans with mills Tremont and Suffolk in Lowell supplying the lot. The weather bureau notes slow cotton growth from unusually low temps. Texas rains aid early stands while boll weevils injure south central counties.
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Boston
Morgan Line
el Monte
Mystic Wharf
New York
New Orleans
Tremont
Suffolk Mills
Lowell
Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Texas
North Central
South Central
C. H. Jones
Oswego
N. Y
New York World
Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Henry Iv
Paris
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Butte
Montana
Columbia Gardens
Gertrude O'Neal
Heppner
Ore
Willow Creek
Washington Post
New York Cotton Exchange
Fergus Reid
Norfolk
James F. McGowan
Augusta
Henry Schaefer
P. A. Fachirl
James F. Maury
South
Board of Managers
Wilmington
Charleston
Savannah
Mobile
Galveston
Change of venue affidavits in Tillman case debated
In Yoreville on June 20 1903 commentators question whether attorneys seek to conceal venue affidavits from the press and public. The piece debates constitutional open courts principles and notes the Servian king assassinations, suggesting Alexander’s murder aimed to install army officers in power and that Peter may soon yield.
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Tillman
Alexander
Draga
Peter
Movement to establish southern cotton warehouses advances
The New York Cotton Exchange backs creating cotton warehouses across the South to aid farmers. The plan could improve market conditions, letting producers hold cotton for better prices and reducing interest charges on borrowed money.
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New York Cotton Exchange
South
Relief fund surplus to aid river farmers urged
The Spartanburg relief committee admits uncertainty over surplus usage for flood victims. The Columbia State suggests directing funds to farmers along the river, arguing farmers suffered greater property losses than mill operatives and that contributors would not object to this application.
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Spartanburg Relief Committee
Columbia
Memorial for Thomas Jefferson Proposed in Philadelphia
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association seeks subscriptions to fund a grand memorial to the author of the Declaration of Independence. Originating at a Washington dinner on April 13 1902, the plan favors a Parthenon style building costing not less than 500000 dollars with George Dewey as president and a southern delegate, A C Latimer, among vice presidents.
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Thomas Jefferson
Enquirer
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
Washington
Jefferson
United States
Andrew A. Lipscomb
W. 8. McKean
New Jersey
Jesse B. Wilson
Lincoln National Bank of Washington
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Henry M. Teller
Colorado
J. C. Blackburn
Kentucky
E. W. Carmack
Tennessee
Henry Westfield
Idaho
T. M. Patterson
H. D. Money
Mississippi
B. R.tillman
South Carolina
E. W. Pettus
Alabama
F. M. Cockrell
Missouri
James K. Jones
Arkansas
C. A. Culberson
Texas
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Cornwallis
Yorktown
George Dewey
A. C. Latimer
Parthenon of
Athens
Mass fundraising plan for Thomas Jefferson Memorial joins public appeals
The project will be funded by voluntary small donations from the people, not private wealth or government grants. Congress is asked only for authority to strike bronze and silver medals. donors of one dollar receive a bronze medal and life membership certificate, while those at one dollar fifty receive a silver medal and certificate. The Enquirer will open the subscription list and forward subscriptions with subscriber details to Secretary McKean for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association.
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Congress
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
Sabe
Enquirer
McKean
Association
Spartanburg Roads and Bridges Hit by Damage Estimate
Spartanburg county officials estimate road and bridge damage at 75000 dollars and seek general assembly authority to borrow at least 50000 dollars. Also reports on Charleston Harbor honors, German cruiser Gazelle visit, Dr W D Crum absent, and gallant Confederate veteran Lewis S Truitt who died in Abbeville after service in the 19th South Carolina regiment.
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Spartanburg
General Assembly
Charleston
W. D. Crum
Gazelle
Count von Onila
Mr. Lewis
Truitt
Abbeville
Mr. Truitt
Nineteenth
South Carolina
Atlanta
Stephen D. Lee
Lee
General Lee
Writings on Civil War Valor and Local News Notes
A compilation of reminiscences on Confederate General Lee and a story about wreckers along the Pacolet river, followed by Spartanburg flood relief funds, local notices, and social tidbits. The piece reports on Lee’s era, river salvage profits, relief committee actions with $18,000 on hand, and assorted town notices from Spartanburg and surrounding areas.
We Have Been Remiss in Not Mentioning God
The Anderson Mail laments regional newspapers for ignoring the Almighty after disasters in Gainesville and Spartanburg County. It urges editors to publicly affirm faith in God, arguing public perils demand divine reminders and humble submission.
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Gainesville
Spartanburg County
Daily Mail
Gorry
Anderson Mail
Disturbances in Lodz End in Police Beatings and Fatalities
Berlin Tageblatt reports in Lodz Russia that about 5,000 young workers and Jews demonstrated peacefully as socialists. Police and Cossacks clashed, beating protesters and arrested men. Ten were said to be killed and around 100 wounded amid brutal seizures. Surgeons treated wounds for hours.
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Russia
Berlin
Death by Own Action Shocks Gastonia Family
York county native E E Caldwell, about 28, ran a Gastonia grocery near Loray mills. Indicted for whisky law violation, he died by his own hand last night in the rear of his store. He left a wife and four children. body taken to Guthriesville for burial.
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Gastonia
Yorkville
E.E. Caldwell
Gastong
Caldwell
York County
Robert Caldwell
Guthriesville
Beersheba
Charlotte Observer
Loray Mills
Dixie Farm
Morrow
S. C
Local social notes list visitors and travelers
Mrs Keith left Thursday for Clover Ss. Miss Anna Spann visiting in Rock Hill. Mr Jos F Wallace at Piedmont Springs. Mr R Latta Parish left Thursday for Columbia. W B Moore spent Wednesday in Rock Hill. Marion Stokes home from Wofford college. Miss Bessie Jackson of Clover spent Thursday in town. Nellie Schorb visiting Cherry in Rock Hill. Mrs R J Mackerel and children visiting in Lancaster. Miss Birdie Bird of Charleston visiting Miss Mary Ashe. Dr M J Walker left Wednesday for Baltimore Md. Mrs R T Stephenson visiting her father at Kinston Nc. Dr J H Witherspoon returned from Blacksburg. T Jeffreys Ashe at home from Cornell Ithaca Ny. Rosa and Laura Kee of Rock Hill visiting Ella Neely. Esther Cochran and son of Richburg guests of J S Drakeford. Mary Jackson of Clover guest of Walter Jackson near Yorkville. Meek Campbell of Bethel neighborhood, longtime suffer-
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Hot Springs
Ark
Isaac Campbell
Robert S. Withers and Son
Charlotte
R. J. Withers
Martha Lowry
Hattie Lowry
Meridian
J. C. Cork
Rock Hill
W. G. Neville
Bessie Young
Mamie Hughes
Union
S. M. McNeel
Porter
Mary Kennedy
Sharon
W. B. ‘Wylie
Ross Clinton
Bethel
J. M. Heath & Co
Spartanburg Herald
J. C. Daniel
Easley
State Teachers’ Association
White Stone Lithia Springs
Daniel
Avery Carter
Wofford College
Anna Spann
Jos. F. Wallace
Piedmont Springs
R. Latta Parish
Columbia
W. B. Moore
Marion Stokes
Bessie Jackson
Clover
Nellie Schorb
Miss Cherry
R. J. Mackerel
Lancaster
Birdie Bird
Charleston
Mary Ashe
M. J. Walker
Baltimore
R. T. Stephenson
Kinston
N. C
J. H. Witherspoon
Blacksburg
T. Jeffreys Ashe
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Rosa
Laura Kee
Ella Neely
Esther Cochran and Son
Richburg
J. 8. Drakeford
Mary Jackson
Walter Jackson
Yorkville
Meek Campbell
Local notes cover bank work, contests and town plans
Four prisoners remain in jail as soda water and ice cream sell well. The Loan and Savings Bank interior is being repapered and the front of the First National bank will soon be ready. Community events include Old Maid contests, progressive lunches, and a Woodmen of the World gathering with a goat exhibition. local officials discuss water supply and commutation tax reporting while farmers face labor shortages and season crops.
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Catawba River
Jas. M. Starr & Co
Mason
John R. Logan
S.Y. C
Bullock’s Creek
Bethesda
Yorkville
Strauss-Smith Co
Reynolds
Reed
York Drug Store
Longman & Martinez
Riddle & Carroll
P. Lawrance & Co
J. Q. Wray
Foushee Cash Store
L. M. Grist's Sons
Louis Roth
Fulton
Loan and Savings Bank
Alma
Strauss ‘Walker
First National Bank
Hickory Grove
Couanty Board, of Commissioners
Rural routes plan Fourth of July holiday
The countryside carriers will take a Fourth of July break prompting patrons to adjust deliveries. News notes report on local schooling, marriage of Senator Brice, truck farming, bail applications, and rail service changes along with a fatal shooting in Fort Mill.
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J. D. Huggins
Bethany
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