Peace talk in Washington as Manchuria war steadies
Secretary Hester reports the cotton supply at 12,684,451 bales to date, up from 9,929,485 last year, while Imperial Japan and Russia drift toward a renewed battle in Manchuria and peace talks in Washington loom over the conflict.
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Hester
Washington
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Oyama
Linevitch
Lilaoyang-Wopeng
Japan
Russia
United States
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Arctic
Havana
Greenland
Arctic Circle
Baffin's Land
Hague
Europe
Gattis
Kilgo
Raleigh
Moore
South Carolina
North Carolina
J. C. Kilgo
Trinity College
Durham
N. C
Benjamin N. Duke
Dr. Kligo
Trinity
Walter Clark
North Carolina Supreme Court
Dr. Kilgo
Clark
B. R. O'Dell
Supreme Court
Maximo Gomez
Senate
General Gomez
Santo Domingo
Spain
Jamaica
Cuba
Antonio Maceo
Calixta Garcia
Gomez
Yorkville Notes on Dispensary Fight and European Tensions
In Yorkville the anti dispensary movement grows with petitions over 1,000 names to end the county's dispensary, challenging Evans and Blease. The Moroccan crisis sees France backed by Britain against Germany, with Russia and Japan at odds and Alsace Lorraine driving German-French tensions.
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H. H. Evans
Board of Dispensary Directors
Newberry County
Cole L Blease
Evans
State Senate
Newberry
Messrs. Evans
Blease
Willam
France
Morocco
Great Britain
Spain
Germany
M. Delcasse
Paris
Britain
Russia
Japan
Alsace-Lorraine
The Enquirer Adds A Second Mergenthaler Linotype
The Enquirer installs a second Mergenthaler Linotype to handle growing demand across York Yorkville and surrounding counties. This upgrade enhances reliability while reducing potential delays from distant repairs and demonstrates the paper's commitment to meeting contracts and expanding local service.
Imminence of War Rumors in European Dispatches
Sun day morning reports from Europe hint at possible imminent war between Germany and France. Dispatches since then suggest the crisis may have passed, but the true facts remain unknown as diplomats withhold full secrets. Emperor William is believed to have grown impatient.
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Germany
France
William
G. R. Turner
Thomas Harrow
P. G. McCorkle
B. N. Moore
Chester
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Several Regions
Obituary notes Thomas J. Christian of Virginia dies at 69 in Newport News. Major fires wipe out Fort Francis business district in Ontario and Johnson City Illinois, with losses around 200 thousand dollars. A Moscow Russia explosion and a coal-mine blast in Khartisk kill dozens, injure many. A steamer burns off Sandy Hook with all aboard safe. Train wreck on Maryland line kills eighteen. colliery boiler and dock fires claim more lives. A new weekly Republican daily planned for Columbia to boost party unity.
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Thomas J. Christian
Virginia
Newport News
Fort Francis
Ontario
Moscow
Poland
Cees
Johnson City
Kansas City
Savannah
New York
Sandy Hook
N. Y
Khartsisk
Russia
Subway
New York City
Lake Huron
Sault St. Marie
ayAq Peumoip Alam
Skeena River
Hazelton
British Columbia
Maryland
Patapsco
Collingwood
Johann Hoch
Bluebeard
Chicago
Local Affairs Offer Details and Community Notes
Local notices describe agricultural purchases and requests for wool samples from M Bratton Co and John R Hart. Updates mention school district meeting July 13, estate administration for Elala James and Belle Creps, grocery ad lines, and local business promotions. Community items recall a Yorkville dancing pavilion plan, a Carolina college location meeting, and county farming reports with grass growth and a poor corn outlook. A spring water complex at Crawford Mineral Springs is expanded with cottages, and Miss Leon White of Yorkville holds an exemplary school attendance record. Local travel and visits include Miss Mistles Fernie Moore and Mattie Rattaree at Catawba summer school, J F Jackson and bride’s Yorkville visit, plus Confederate reunion attendees from several towns.
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Late Bros
Norris—Wishea
Johnston
M. Bratton & Co
Guthriesville
John R. Hart
Ss Grant
Court House
L. R. Williams
C. W. Carroll
Elala James
Belle Creps
L W. Johnson
Swift
Ritter
Woolson Spice Co
Toledo
Sam M. Grist
Strauss-Smith Co
J. Q. Wray
Crawford Mineral Springs Co
King’s Creek
Foushee Cash
the Enquirer
Common Pleas
Crawford
A. W. Love
Leon White
Yorkville
Allen
White
J. P. White
Mistles
Fernie Moore
Lowryville
Mattie Rattaree
Bethel
J. W. Dobson
Jury Commissioners Name Petit Jurors for Yorkville Term
Jury commissioners drew the list of petit jurors for the approaching circuit term in Yorkville starting July 10, presided by Hon. G. W. Gage. The roster includes numerous names tied to Broad River Catawba Bethel York Fort Mill and King’s Mountain districts with jurors like Z. D. Montgomery W. M. White J. T. Wylie J. C. Hope Arthur c Faris and others.
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Circuit Court
Yorkville
G. W. Gage
Z. D. Montgomery
Broad River
P. Black
Meera Sane Catawba
W. M. White
W. G. Plexico
Bullock'’s Creek
T. J. Glenn
Bethel
G. W. Knox
King’s Mountain
J. T. Wylie
James Wright
JT. C. Hope
York
Arthur c Faris
Catawba
J. P. Bailes
D. A. White
M. C. Matthewa
Bethesda
W. H. Caldwell
L. H. Castles
W. J. Mullinax
Robert de Loach
R. Clinton
Cserenevenes York
W. Patrick
Yorkville Social Notes Reflect Visiting Friends and Travel
Miss Emma Parks of Baltimore visits Miss Pansy Traywick and Mrs. Harriet Bratton hosts in Brattonsville. Grist brothers with friends at Zeno. Neville sisters of Clinton visit Miss Mary Starr. Doctors McConnell and Adams from Gastonia spend Sunday in Yorkville. Rev J K Hall in town to pay respects to Rev Gillespie. Wilmoth Jackson of Newport visits W L Jackson family near Yorkville. Mrs E G Sandifer of North Carolina visits son E G Sandifer’s family in Yorkville. Maude Nelson of Jacksonville, Fla., visits Yorkville, guest of Mrs E G Sandifer. J Harvey Witherspoon and John A Jenkins depart for Clemson college for summer school. Prof J R Sandifer of Fishburne Military Institute spends part of last week in Yorkville.
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Emma Parks
Baltimore
Pansy Traywick
George and
Earl Grist
Zeno
Eliza
Julia Neville
Clinton
Mary Starr
H. D. Wolff
Harriet Bratton
Brattonsville
D. E. McConnell
Robert Adams
Gastonia
Yorkville
J. K. Hall
McConnellsville
J. Harvey Witherspoon
John A. Jenkins
Clemson College
J. R. Sandifer
Fishburne (Va.) Military Institute
Yorkville News Keeps Pace with Local Developments
Local items report on a planned diversion of funds for paving Congress street from Madison to Jefferson, the York Cotton mill petition for dispensary vote, Yorkville monument works near depot, Piedmont and Southern Bell ties, and college location talks. Also notes on tax and election issues, weather anecdotes, and a serious runaway accident with guarded updates.
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Catawba
Commercial Club
York Cotton Mill
Yorkville Monument Works
Southern Railroad
Bedford Telephone Company
Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph Company
York
Cherokee
Cleveland
Gaston
Piedmont Company
Southern Bell
Congress Street
Madison Street
Jefferson Street
J. M. Heath & Co
Lowry
Congressman Finley
G. W.S. Hart
Finley
Board of Trustees
The
Presbyterian College of South Carolina
Yorkville
Heroic engineer dies in King's Mountain wreck
Charlie Cauble, engineer on Southern Train 40, perished after the locomotive overturned near King's Mountain. Fireman Bob Witherspoon also died. passengers escaped. Cauble reportedly saved others by staying at the controls as wreckage followed, enduring severe burns. A nurse aided him, and he died at a King's Mountain hotel.
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King’s Mountain
Charlie Cauble
Bob Witherspoon
Charlotte Observer
Greenvile
Cauble
E. Hoffman
Old Sweet
Ww. Va
Clinton
S. C
Rural Route News and Local Calamities Highlights
The Enquirer coordinates with R F D carriers to report rural happenings. Notices from Yorkville and Smyrna areas include health updates, crop conditions, and farming outcomes. Citizens share written observations on crops, weather, and local incidents along Yorkville routes.
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THE
Enquirer
Yorkville
McLaurin in Cry Over Cotton Association Clash
President Smith of the cotton association criticizes ex Senator McLaurin in a Columbia interview. Officers say McLaurin used the group to seek office and warn against repeating Greenville tactics. They state the association will not police political opinions but will bar McLaurin from official posts if he continues. The senator also discussed prohibition.
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Yorkville No. 1
A. L. Black
J. D. Clark
W. T. McKnight
W. J. Gordon
R. N. Plaxico
D. M. Hall
J. D
B. R. Smith
W. B. Keller
McLaurin
Smith
The
Cotton Association
Columbia
Association
Greenville
Southern Cotton Association
Jordan
Mr. Hyatt
F. H. Hyatt
South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Association
Harvie Jordan
Carolina
the& South
Carolina Association
Savannah
Augusta
General Office
South Carolina Association
Department of Immigration
Messrs, Weston
News and Courier
Joel E. Brungon
South Carolina
General Assembly
Executive Committee
Argu
Rock Hill Seaboard Link Move and School Changes
In Rock Hill a Commercial Club meeting urged quick action to connect Rock Hill with the Seaboard line via a spur from Edgmoor to Lando. Catawba Power plans to develop Great Falls and build the rail line with freight prospects for five years. The committee to negotiate with Catawba Power was named, and local church and school staff changes were reported along with pool improvements opening to the public.
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Rock Hill
Seaboard
Yorkville
Rock Hil
Commercial Club
Rock BH
Seaboard Road
W. 1S. Lee
Charlotte
Lee
P Towl
Catawba
Great Falls
Catawba River
Falls
Edgmoor
Lando
Church of Our Saviour
R. M. Marshall
Summerville
Marshall
Highland Park
Miss Riser
Newberry
Robbins
Miller and Johnson
Smith & Wesson
Mayors Court
Walnut Camp No. 4
Ebenezer
Thomas C. Workman
Walnut Camp
M. G. Bryant
J. H. Thornwell
Fort Mill
Victoria Cotton Mill
Lee Ash
Hiram Bookout
Bethesda Township
M. B. Dunlap
Ogden
Nick” Johnson
Ash
A. L. Nunnery
Toronto
Canada
Margaret Anderson
Mayme Steele
Little Earl Sadler
Pearl Fewell
Lottie Barron
Rise in Cotton Prices Sparks Market Debate
The New York Evening Post notes cotton hit 60 cents per pound on December 29 after a climb from 84, 89, and 9 in prior periods. It cites heavy European buying, speculative shifts, and government-tampering rumors as causes while weighing who benefits the most between planters and spinners amid widening overseas demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Sully
Wall Street
New York Evening Post
Vidette Debuts In Columbia Promoting Reform Faction
The Vidette a new weekly in Columbia is led by proprietor T. B. Laurens with editor W. C. Irby. Reports include the death of Mrs. Lizzie Heath in Chester after an operation at Secaeenmue hospital and discussions on biennial legislative sessions and Prohibition organizing in South Carolina.
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Columbia
T. B. Laurens
W. C. Irby
Chester
Lizzie Heath
G. D. Heath
Secaeenmue Hospital
Greenville News
Southern Railway
Walker
Frank M. DeSaussure
Greenville
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Southern
McManus
Charlotte
Railroad Commission
Louisville
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Charleston
South
Exquiner
Texas
Columbia Record
Local Affairs
Sutton’s Springs
First Regiment of
W. B. Moore
Bennettsville
Messrs
D. D. McColl
A. J. Mattheson
E. G. Sandifer
York County
Loulaville
J. J. Smith
Clover
W. J. Cherry
J. F. Wallace
J. E. Lowry
W. B. Wyllie
F. E. Smith
Hi Epps
Z. T. Bailes
Petit Jurors
Fishing Creek
Blacksburg
Jimson Weed
William Brown
Tavora
W. G. White
Walker Brown
Eliza Barnett
R. M. Barnett
Sallie Thomasson
Dora Thomasson
Jas. Gordon
B. N. Miller
Smyrna
Dr. Miller
M. J. Miller
Beaufort Matthews
Batson
J. J. Matthews
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