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Newspaper

Yorkville Enquirer

Location

York, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1907

Page

4

Liar and Warden Tale in Amusing Anecdotes

A Colorado game warden meets a hunter who boasts of a 200 pound buck. The warden reveals his rank, prompting the hunter to claim he is talking to the state’s biggest liar. The exchange is one of several humorous items from humorous department sketches detailing misread folks and rural life gaffes.

Colorado Wellington H. L. Woods Kansas City Star

Infants Death and Marriages in Local Area

The infant son of Mr and Mrs M L Privett died aged nine months. Miss Daisy McNinch married in Columbia to Henry Powell formerly of Fairfield. Beulah Mae Patterson to Frank E Ferguson to be married next Wednesday at 8 30 pm. The Confederate monument site preparation in the courthouse square. Lawrence H Pardue married in Atlanta to Ora Brown. Multiple local notices from Chester and Gastonia districts, including obituaries, marriages, and property news.

M. L. Privett Cotton Mills Westside Daisy McNinch A. J. McNinch Columbia Henry Powell Fairfield J. P. Knox Beulah Mae Patterson M. E. Patterson Pleasant Valley Frank E. Ferguson Charlotte Brick Company Grattan Court House Square Lawrence H. Pardue Atlanta Ora Brown Mr. Pardue H. B. Pardue Fort Lawn Chester Amelia W. M. Kennedy Capers’ Chapel A. E. Holler Kate Wylie Mills Woodward G. G. Mayes J. J. Hardin Gaston Happerfield Gastonian Yorkville D. C Monu James Carpenter Besse First Baptist Mabel Craig S. A. Wilkins East Gastonia Whetstone and Vermont Mills Bessemer City L. L. Jenkins Craig Wilson R. J. Smith Esquire John F. Davis Smith Entic Long R. L. Wilson W. C. Davis Lillie Long Isaac F. Long At & Ovelock East Main Street First Presbyterian Church Kennedy John Neville Clinton En Hughes Bessie John Adams Ing Farmer Bar- Wilson Concord Church W. John Gastonia Frankment Works Mer City Carpenter Charlotte Superior Court Sam Floyd Berry Long & Long R. C. Anderson Oakwood Cemetery

Mark Twain Laughs at Arrest in Navy Club Talk

An Annapolis dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger recounts Mark Twain describing two arrests for smoking a cigar on government property and his later release after being lauded as the greatest man in the country. He compares himself to Bishop Potter, recounts a naval academy impression, and ends with a humorous watermelon restitution tale from his youth.

Mark Twain Annapolis Dispatch Philadelphia Ledger Warfield Maryland Bishop Potter United States Doctor Potter Naval Academy Navy Mr. Clemens Hannibal George Washington Philadelphia Middleton N. J New York Tribune Joseph D. Taylor New York City Talbot, Olyphant & Co South Street Middletown New York Mary Shrewsbury

American gambling drives German view of US business

In a Berlin newspaper letter from a German in America, the writer contrasts American gambling and risk taking with German conservatism. He notes youths gamble with pennies, college poker, and games of chance shaping later business in finance and commerce, predicting many become heavy speculators and poorer for it, while Berlin uses paper in daily items like bricks, telegraph poles, paper coffins, and hats.

America Berlin

Quarterly disbursements in York County for Jan to March 1907

List of numerous payments by York County Commissioners totaling numerous entries for lumber, repairs, lunatic exams, pauper supplies, commutation taxes, salaries, chain gang work, bridges, roads, and court costs with organizations and individuals named, covering January February and March 1907.

York County J. J. Dunlap W. G. Stevens P. M T. M. Allen Geo. A. Jones Neal & Parrott S. M. Carothers W. M. McKinney L. M. Davis & Son J. T. Watson Lytle Love S. Graves-Smith Company J. W. Gardner H. Smith A. Freedham & Bro J. C. Castles J. F. Wigate J. H. Bankhead J. W. St J. D. Boyd D. L. Davidson N. J. N. Bowers J. M. Craig N. C J. R. Miller Hickory Grove Drug Co W. M. Brown South Fork Bridge Carroll Bros. Supplies Co Court House Yorkville B. & Mer. Co Thos. B. Meacham T. S. Kirkpa L. L. Campbell J. Miller Columbia W. E. Adams J. W. Goforth J. Baker J. M. Williams Hugh G. Brown Ee Massey, Jr L. W. Lortheau Jno W. McEhaney Louis Roth W. E. Ferguson J. F. McElwee J. J. Coltharp D. B. Ray Chain Gang J. Barber J. A. Barber Lumber R. W. Roach Yorkville Hardware Co Home and Court House National Union Bank of Rock Hill C. Westbrook L. J. Lumpkin Glascock Chester Machine and Lumber Co Cherokee County York Howell's Ferry Glenn & Allen Chain Gang J. C. Wylie Chain Gang Thos. W. Boyd J. L. Sanders H. A. D. Neely T. B. Glenn A. C. McCarter B. W. Bradford Fort Mill W. M. Stowe Lumber J. L. Moss Supplies Co Home Moss & Hartness Whiteside Bros A. B. Crosby J. J. Hunter R. T. Beamguard R. W. Patton J. R. Parich W. S. Hogue Auditor & Davia PeMcees Mitchell Wilson T. B. Belk John Ross Work J. F. Burris B. R. Smith Piedmont Tel Tel. Co W. R. Carroll Joan W. E. Whitsell W. G. Hayes J. S. Wilkerson Supplies Co J. S. Wilkerson R. H. Gwin W. M Jeff D. Whitesides William Short J. L. Hoffman A. F. Plaxico T. S. Barry I. D. Hedgepath Wray Supplies Co Home A. W. Green Agt J. W. Campbell W. B. Goulden M. W. Haffner New Bethel Neely & Moore Catawba Blanes Ana Far Fall Mavayeo B. N. Miller H. J. Sturgis J. D. B. Currence George A. Jones J. W. Castler Yorkville Victor Cotton Ol Co L. W. Loutean J. C. Sandifer Neff Louthean Rock Hill Supply Co Gang BR. L. Sturgess J. Han Beattie Hazel Grist D. A. Mathews W. R. Warren J. W. Moore Ho Johnson John Ross H. F. Horton W. H. Howell Barron Bros M. W. Hafner Shannon & Hope G. G. Sugg H. S. Love Biransmith Co Ss. B. Pratt R. M. Barrett L. G. Grist J. G. Grist Rainey T. Ef. McMackin J. M. Plaxico the Star Drug Store Co Carroll Bros John F. Gordon J. W. McFarland J. BE. Edwards W. R. Batterjee J. L. Rainy Ueoi Neely T. M. Ferguson Co. H. Smith W. B. Bolin E. P. Castles Board of Education Yorkville Buggy Co York Co M. C. Willis York Bank & Mer. Co

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