Scraps and Facts from June 19 to June 20 News
United Senate finance committee members from both parties oppose action on Senator Tillman’s resolution about national bank campaign contributions. House passes baggage checking bill aiding interstate rail travel, with penalties for noncompliance. Galveston News reports Texas cotton crop up 9.6 percent with notable gains in Indian Territory and Oklahoma, despite rains and drought in parts. A failed assassination attempt on General Trepoff in St. Petersburg is briefly described. A Zanzibar sultan crisis at a London hotel highlights cultural clash with American guests. In Manila, Pulajanes kill five policemen in Burauen, Leyte, looting tribunal records and arming themselves as the fight ends.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Tillman
Walsh
Chicago
Ohio
Senate
House
Dallas
Texas
Galveston News
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
St. Petersburg
Trepoff
Marishkin
General Trepoff
London
Sultan
Zanzibar
Hyde Park
Harrow
Manila
Censario Pastor
Burauen
Leyte
Pastor
Tenant Johnson Pursues Pulajanes During Raid
Johnson immediately pursued the Pulajanes as a raid took place. Provincial Governor Veyra was elsewhere on the island securing evidence for the pardon commission to obtain prisoner releases from Bilibid penitentiary.
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Johnson
Pulajanes
Veyra
Pardon Commission
Bilibid
Rev Sam Jones Backs Bryan for Democratic Nomination
Rev Sam Jones announces support for William J Bryan as the Democratic presidential nominee. He was previously a Bryan opponent, and the move signals shifting political alignments in Yorkville. Also noted: Lumpkin’s candidacy for the U S Senate, with unclear prospects. Cotton seed crushers eye extended use of cotton oil as lard substitute amid Chicago packing house investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Wm. J. Bryan
Rev. Samuel
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Lumpkin Denies Authorship Of State Campaign Address
The Columbia State reports an address attributed to Candidate W. W. Lumpkin aimed at voters statewide. Lumpkin says he did not write it, did not consent, and knew nothing of the piece, while The State explains it was sent by a man named Davis with names mixed up.
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Columbia
W. W. Lumpkin
Lumpkin
Davis
Debate Shapes Canal Choice and Potato Alcohol Uses
The article outlines the switch from a sea level to a lock canal, noting cost and time savings but slower ship passage. It also discusses denatured alcohol from Irish potatoes, potential oil-mill investments, and a Russian pogrom context, followed by college trustee tension in Orangeburg over a disciplinary case and broader cotton seed oil debate, and ends with an attorney general race in Charleston.
Campaign chatter and dispensation grafts swirl in SC press
A collage of editorials from Columbia, News and Courier, Charleston Post, Sumter Item, and Carolina Spartan argues against Col. Lumpkin in a Tillman contest, notes Tillman’s absence, critiques graft tied to whisky houses, and questions Bryan’s momentum. The pieces depict political intrigue, motives, and possible Republican alignment within Democratic ranks.
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Col. Lumpkin
Tillman
Columbia
Illinois
News and Courier
Lares
South Carolina
Charleston Post
Col
W. W. Lumpkin
Senator Tillman
Washington
Senate
Fileishmann
Mr. Childs
L. W. Boykin
Board of Control
Whisky House
Carolina Spartan
Bryan
Tim Sullivan
Tammany
August Belmont
Ryan
W. J. Bryan
Democrats
Gia Em Symmaiter
Government cotton report due July 3
The next government cotton report will be issued July 3. A former stock gambler and turfman, John Joseph Kean, has been sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for kidnapping. An estimated massacre in Byalystok Poland claims at least 300 Jewish victims. The Pennsylvania Railroad seeks a 50 million dollar loan from French capitalists, the first direct American corporate loan in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Joseph Kean
Byalystock
Poland
Pennsylvania Railcrand Company
Paris
Local notices and business briefs from York county
Local affairs list items from Hugh G Brown seeking a missing pointer dog to First National Bank publishing its June 18 financials. Dobson Bros roses, laundry schedule, Star Drug Store savings and jars, Carroll Bros hay purchase, Wray’s Oxfords sale, Foushee lace curtains, York Drug bats, Yorkville Hardware Kodak line, Venable on UNC, McGill estate claims, bank as local employer, Grist on life insurance bias, White on gold dollars, Thomson hats sale, Strauss-Smith price cuts. plus county chain gang progress and Senator Tillman campaign plans with Yorkville meeting set August 1.
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Hugh G. Brown
First National Bank
Dobson Bros
Star Drug Store
Carroll Bros
J. Q. Wray
Foushee Cash
York Drug Store
Yorkville Hardware Co
Francis P. Venable
University of North Carolina
J. Leslie McGill
Admr
J. L. McGill
Dee
York County
Sam M. Grist
M. W. White
Thomson Co
Panama
Strauss-Smith Co
York County petit jurors drawn for next term in Yorkville
The list of jurors drawn this morning for the next term of York County General Sessions court to convene in Yorkville on July 9 under Judge Meminger includes Claud Inman A Sherer W Wallace J S Stultz W S Starr G S Cobb T B Nichols B M Johnson H L Wright J M Campbell J M Ferguson J L McCarter S C Carson J J Miller Rush Marie S G Westbrooks J Mack Moore W S Leslie W R Rateree R P Workman M Bratton C C Latimer C S Hope J H Miller R L Devinney J W Latham W J Bracket C L Diehl R J Davis J B Roach R H Brison J Hope Adams S O Bethel C G S Gordon E L Garrison J S Sturgis W M McGill and others.
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Court of General Sessions
York County
Yorkville
Meminger
Claud Inman
York
A. K. Sherer
Bullock's Creek
W. Li. Wallace
J. S. Stultz
Starr
Broad River
M. Johnson
King’s ‘Mountain
S.C. Carson
Cewet Ener
J. J. Miller
Eanees
Rush Marie
Sah Ree Fort Mill
S. G. Westbrooks
Catawba
J. Mack Moore
Eeees
Bethesda
W. S. Leslie
W. R. Rateree
R. P. Workman
R. M. Bratton
W. Cc. Latimer
C. C. Hope
J. H. Miller
R. L. Devinney
J. W. Latham
J. Bracket
King's Mountain
C. L. Diehl
R. J. Davis
Wesceneseeenees
Bethel
J. B. Roach
R. H. Brison
Bethel CG
S. Gordon Wacceevenens Pethesda
E. L. Garrison
Ebenezer
J. S. Sturgis
W. M. McGill
Yorkville Social Notes Mention Visitors And Ailments
Mr H P Stowe has measles and Mr Chess Youngblood suffers pleurisy. Miss DuBose Jones of Columbia visits Mrs Belle Alston. Various residents traveled for visits to Lancaster Monroe Waxhaw and Chester including Col R E Allison and Mrs J C Wilborn. Several scholars and kin return from New York Danville Niagara Falls and Andrews with updates on families and a critical condition of Witlie Claude Moore.
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H. P. Stowe
Chess Youngblood
DuBose Jones
Columbia
Belle Alston
R. A. Dobson
Kershaw
Yorkville
W. G. White
Monroe
Waxhaw
N. C
R. J. Mackerell
Lancaster
J. C. Wilborn
S. M. Jones
Chester
R. E. Allison
J. B. Allison
Thomas Dickson
Spartanburg
Wm. Dickson
A. Frank Woods
Andrews
W. H. Smith
Mary C. Ashe
New York
Witlie Claude Moore
J. S. Brice
Florence Thomasson
Danville
May Thomasson
South Carolina Campaign Finance Act Reprinted for Voters
The Enquirer reprints the state act requiring itemized expense filings by candidates before primaries. It defines offenses for intimidation or bribery to influence votes for or against a candidate and outlines penalties, urging full disclosure to the clerk of the court.
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Enquirer
General Assembly
State of
South Carolina
Election pledge and campaign finance penalties in 1906 act
The 1906 act requires candidates to file a sworn pledge with the clerk of court or secretary of state before campaigning. It binds reporting of all campaign expenditures and forbids liquor influence on votes. Violations are misdemeanor with fines from 100 to 500 dollars or imprisonment up to six months. Approved March 6, 1906.
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Court of Common Pleas
Secretary of State
South Carolina
Leah T Ete
Yorkville Baseball Game And Local Notes In Yorkville
Blacksburg faces Yorkville in a 4 30 p m game at York Cotton Mills. First National Bank of Yorkville reports a solid six months and declares the semi annual dividend for July 1. Dr Miles Walker, local tomato champion, notes earlier season tomatoes and plans for homespun plants. Trinity Methodist church overflowed for the Sifford Stokes wedding with Miss Elise Meynardie Stokes and Robert Julian Sifford in Yorkville. The ceremony featured music by Miss Bessie Gilbert and organist Miss Pans Traywick. The bridal procession included ushers Walter Parker Moore Rev R E Sharpe John A Jenkins Hardaway Stowe Fred Smyre Frank Sadler and flower girls Esther Ashe Camilla Beard. Lohengrin’s march and A Simple Confession accompanied the ceremony. The bride wore white crepe de chine with tulle veil and bouquet. Out of town guests included multiple Charlottes Gastonias Bennettsville Summerton West Asheville and Collettsville residents. Mr and Mrs Sifford departed on the 10 o'clock train for Washington for a week or so.
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Blacksburg
Yorkville
York Cotton Mills
First National Bank of
Miles Walker
Walker
Florida
Trinity Methodist Church
Sifford-Stokes
Elise Meynardie
J. L. Stokes
Robert Julian Sifford
Gastonia
Bessie Gilbert
Pansy Traywick
Walter Parker Moore
Charlotte
R. E. Sharpe
van Wyck
John A. Jenkins
Hardaway Stowe
Fred Smyre
Frank Sadler
Esther Ashe
Camilla Beard
Henry Herndon
Lohengrin
Grace Walter Stokes
Lloyd A. Sifford
Mesdames Davis and Kennedy
James Gallant
Hamer
C. F. Sinclair
Bennettsville
L. T. Covington
Summer
Washington
Sale of alcohol for medical use sparks governor review
Columbia dispatch reports many appeals to the governor and dispensary officials seeking permission to sell alcohol in prohibition counties for medical purposes. A Newberry case asks if druggists may sell alcohol to bathe babies, while the attorney general finds no workable privilege to prevent abuse. The law allows licensed druggists to buy intoxicating liquors for compounding medicines and extracts not for beverage use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
News and Courier
Prohibition
Attorney General's Office
Newberry
Druggist Liquor Handling Law Echoed by Chief Hammett
The new measure requires licensed druggists to keep transfer records of liquors used in compounds and file quarterly sworn reports with county officials. Violations will forfeit licenses and void certifications, with the dispenser board notified for revocation. The law limits sales to be not for beverage use and authorizes alcohol sales to chemists at modest markups. Chief Hammett urges full compliance.
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County Board of Control
Board of Pharmaceutical
Hammett
PUMPING BY ELECTRICITY AT NEELY MILL WINS INSURANCE BLESSING
The Neely mill will install an electric rotary fire pump after Factory Insurance association approval. Test results showed 700 gallons per minute versus the 500 guaranteed, with no steam costs and immediate readiness. The insurer’s acceptance promises substantial savings and smoother coverage.
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Enquirer
Factory Insurance Association
Neely
Moore
Neely Mil
First Cotton Bloom Sent for Enquirer and Death of S M Roach
The Enquirer will be sent from this date to January 1 1907 for 110. C S Gordon of No 3 Yorkville reports his first cotton bloom plucked on the 19th instant. Samuel M Roach died near Ogden last Tuesday night of typhoid fever at about age forty eight, leaving a widow and three children. Grand Jury work notes W J Caveny foreman and J G Anderson chaingang committee of that
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C. S. Gordon
Yorkville
S. M. Roach
Samuel M. Roach
Ogden
Grand Jury
W. J. Caveny
J. G. Anderson
Chaingang
Desperate Bull Fight Near Yorkville Described by Carrier
Mr C H Smith rural route carrier on No 5 faced a ferocious Jersey bull during a visit to the chain gang. He sustained serious bruises from two horn strikes but survived after using a scantling and pitch fork to subdue the animal. He warns never to trust a bull, noting the danger of sudden attacks.
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C. H. Smith
Mr. Smith
Rock Hill youths held in car theft case report
Sam Camp and James Dober, teens and Southern railroad workers, were arrested on the charge of breaking into freight cars. Camp pled guilty while Dober admitted guilt but pleaded not guilty and both were held on $600 bonds awaiting trial. Police prevented further thefts by watching a siding near Clay street at dawn. Rev. W. H. Sheppard preached on Africa at the First Presbyterian church, praising mission work and referencing S. N. Lapsley. The State Summer School at Winthrop College opened with strong attendance. Miss Jennie Guynn and John W. Cowan to wed on the 27th. Aragon mill to be built north of town on Southern railroad land. Chas. L. Cobb operated on for appendicitis and recovering well.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Rock Hill
Sam Camp
James Dober
Southern Railroad
Beckham
Camp
Dober
Rivers
Clay Street
W. H. Sheppard
Africa
Southern Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
S. N. Lapsley
Winthrop College
Jennie Guynn
John W. Cowan
Chester
State Campaign Opens in Dorchester and Moves South
The biennial state canvass opened at St George Dorchester County and toured Charleston Walterboro ending in Beaufort amid low interest. Candidates spoke on roads education pensions and liquor policy with Col John Sloan and Col L W Haskell named leaders. Lumpkin faced noisy backers but delivered a fanfare based on southern loyalty and support for Tillman.
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St. George
Dorchester County
Charleston
Walterboro
Beaufort
John T. Sloan
L. W. Haskell
United States
Lumpkin
Lyon
Ansel
Cole A. Blease
Prunson
W. A. Edwards
Saluda
Southern Railroad
Sult
Southern Road
South Carolina and Georgia
A. C. Jones
Newberry
Coun
Richard I. Manning
John J. McMahan
Col
Wat
Carolina
Col. Lumpkin
Tillman
Dean
Mrrk
Senator Tillman
Gaffney
Dorchester
South
Colonel Lumpkin
Balaam
Senate
Washington
Clover School Names New Principal and Assistants
Clover June 22. Mr A M Haddon named principal for next fall with Misses Bessie Adams and Bessie Jackson as assistants. Haddon, Erskine graduate, praised for discipline and teaching. Adams and Jackson, local residents, selected for fitness and experience. Recent abundant rainfall improved crops though wheat yield per acre this year remains variable.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Clover
A. M. Haddon
Bessie Adams
Bessie Jackson
Clover School
Haddon
Erskine College
Adams
Jackson
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Ragsdale
Col. Youmans
Gen. Youmans
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King’s Mountain
Broad River Township
Washington Dispatches
Congress
Margaret Miller
Geo. W.S. Hart
John R. Hart
Niagara Falls
N. Y
J. T. Thomasson
Margaret
Thurlow Carter
W. E. Falconer
Jack
Alexandria
Rock Hill and Vicinity
Rev. Sheppard
Roosevelt
Gallinger
White House
Pitchfork Statesman
Washington Dispatch
Union
W. R. Gilliam
Mose Hughes
Gilliam
Douglas English
Atlanta
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