Scraps and Facts Behind the Nation’s War News
Reports from Washington and abroad outline crop supplies in the U S and notable deaths. Andrew Jackson Cogar the Civil War sharpshooter is found dead in Louisville Kentucky at age seventy. Reports from St Petersburg and Paris describe tensions in Europe as Japan fights in Manchuria and France debates Morocco with potential military implications.
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John Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Secret Service
Hester
Louisville
Andrew Jackson Cogar
South Carolina
Manassas
St. Petersburg
the Russky Invalid
Korea
Linevitch
Oyama
Kuroki
Oku
Nogi
Nodzu
Kawamura
Lodz
Russian
Poland
David Lamon
Denver
Col
Lamon
Washington
Toklo
Manchuria
Red Cross
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Hyde
Paul Morton
Jerome
New York
Manufacturers’ Association of Covington
Kenton Bar Association
Bar Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Oliver
Paris
Germany
Morocco
France
Rouvier
Pickens dispensary legality and supreme court critique
The Enquirer discusses the Pickens dispensary case and Boyd Evans efforts to overturn the people’s verdict. It questions petition validity, suggests court role, and argues the people’s sovereignty may be affirmed by final ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Boyd Evans
Pickens
Mr. Evans
Boyd Evans
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Downton James Wood Davidson Dies at Chattahoochee Hospital
James Wood Davidson, longtime resident of this section and former legislator from Dade County, died this morning at Chattahoochee Hospital. Born 1829 in Newberry County South Carolina he lived in Lake Worth since 1884 and served in Tallahassee Washington government roles before health decline. He authored South Carolina history and literary works and contributed to The Enquirer as a writer and editor with ties to Timrod and antebellum southern authors. He leaves a widow residing here. Interment plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood Davidson
Chattahooche Hospital
Lake Worth
Dade County
Tallahassee
Washington
Newberry County
South Carolina
West Palm Beach
Fla
THE
Enquirer
South Carolina College
ExquiRer
Timrod
South
North
Davidson
London
the Times
New York Evening Post
Standard Dictionary
Rail wreck near Iowa City kills engineer injures two
A Rock Island Pacific line passenger train wrecked near Iowa City on Saturday killing the engineer and injuring the fireman and one passenger.
Cadet Drowning After Ship Sinks Off Denmark
Twenty two cadets drowned when a vessel sank off the coast of Denmark Sunday night. The article notes a separate Burke county Ga feud resulting in two dead and one wounded at Waynesboro. A Cleveland fire destroyed property, and August 1 was set for a peace plenipotentiaries meeting. Secretary Hay ill at his Lake Sunapee home. First bale of Texas cotton marketed in Galveston at Roma Starr county, 30 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Curtis
Hill
Burke County
Waynesboro
Hay
Lake Sunapee
New Hampshire
Galveston, Tex
Roma
Starr County
Tex
Dispensary probe deepens amid rumor and shows
Columbia press reports a sub committee led by Messrs Neils Christensen and Lyons is quietly examining sub dispensaries across South Carolina. It has visited Charleston Spartanburg and Beaufort gathering testimony about fund contributions from dispensary officials liquor houses and others and about unusual sales practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
News and Courier
Messrs
Frasier Lyons
Neils Christensen, Jr
J. T. Hay
Cole L. Blease
Arthur L. Gaston
Thos. B. Frasier
Col
D. A. Spivey
State Board
Messrs. Christensen and Lyons
Charleston
Spartanburg
Beaufort
J. S. Farnum
Farnum
Pope
Two New Lines For Southern Railway Planned
Southern Railway seeks to add two northwesterly lines from Western North Carolina to eastern Tennessee to serve rising timber traffic. The Johnson City Southern Railway will connect Marion North Carolina with Johnson City Tennessee, with incorporators including A B Andrews and Henry W Miller. A Marysville Tennessee to Bushnell North Carolina extension is under contract, not passing Rabun Gap, through a different mountain gap. The Caldwell and Northern railroad extension from Lenoir to Mortimer toward Tennessee may join Clinchfield properties, under Carolina and North-Western control, with Spruce Pine considered for future links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Tennessee
Samuel Spencer
Johnson City
Marysville
Tenn
Bushnell
N. C
Rabun Gap
Spencer
Johnson City Southern Railway Company
Marion
Catawba River
A. B. Andrews
Henry W. Miller
F. H. Miller
Alfred P. Thom
Fairfax Harrison
H. C. Ansley
Harrison
Thom
Ansley
Caldwell and Northern Railroad
Clinchfield
Lenoir
Mortimer
Carolina and North-Western Railway
Spruce Pine
South and Western Railroad
New York Herald
Winnie Davis Chapter to present Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party
Winnie Davis Chapter U D C presents Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party at the Opera House Thursday night to benefit the Monument fund. Local ads note land for sale, drills announced, various notices and upcoming community activities, with rail and cotton industry remarks and power potential of local mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Davis
Jerusha
Opera House
Monument Fund
J. O. Walker
Tampa
Fla
King’s Mt. Street
Yorkville
John R. Hart
Co. “L
J. R. Comer
Antioch Church
J. Edgar Pong
York County
Foushee Cash
Ferguson & Clinton
J. Q. Wray
Leader
Glenn & Allison
Sam M. Grist
Star Drug Store
Social notes from Yorkville and surrounding area
Mr and Mrs W E Herring entertain at Mr T P Moores. Miss Lucy Smart visits his home near Hickory Grove. Miss Charlotte Erwin stays with Mr W B Steeles family on East Liberty Street. Miss Florence Powe Cheraw Miss Louise Brownlee Due West Miss Strauss Mills Rock Hill visit Miss Alma and Strauss Walker. Mrs J W Alexander hosts daughter Mary from Charlotte prior to a Portmouth visit. Daisy Elizabeth Smith heads to Yorkville to join sister Mrs Geo W Kunz for a mountain summer trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Herring
T. P. Moore
Lucy Smart
Hickory Grove
Charlotte Erwin
W. B. Steele
East Liberty Street
Florence Powe
Cheraw
Louise Brownlee
Due West
Strauss Mills
Rock Hill
Alma
Strauss Walker
Mary Alexander
Charlotte
Yorkville
J. W. Alexander
Portamouth
O. Columbia Record
Daisy Elizabeth Smith
Geo. W. Kunz
Great Catawba Falls Described in 1890 Enquiry
The Yorkville Enquirer describes the Great Catawba Falls on the Chester Lancaster border, near Fairfield, noting a dramatic gorge. The Catawba narrows from 175 to 200 yards, roars over 20 steps totaling about 110 feet, then widens into tranquil waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Catawba Falls
Yorkville Enquirer
Chester County
Lancaster
Fairfield
Yorkville
Chester
Richburg
Washington expert offers free drainage guidance to York county farmers
Mr. W. E. Herring of Washington D C, an agricultural drainage specialist, is in York county for an open stay to assist farmers with ditching terracing deep plowing and underdraining. He provides exact drainage advice and will remain as long as farmers show interest. Farmers should arrange engagements promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
W. E. Herring
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
T. P. Moore
Congress Street
Mr. Herring
Herring
Yorkville Notices Include Building Plans and Local Elections
Mr G H O Leary plans a two downstairs store rooms and sixteen upstairs rooms for potential offices or living spaces. John R Dickson elected second lieutenant of Jasper Light Infantry replacing Paul Neely Moore. Jr O U A M to host Fourth of July picnic near Yorkville with speakers D E Finley J C Wilborn. Electric power from Catawba promises less local water use though domestic supply remains ample. Commercial club hosts reception for visiting teachers with wide attendance and many names recorded on the club register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. O'Leary
Dobson Lot
John R. Dickson
Jasper Light Infantry
Paul Neely Moore
Dickson
South Carolina Military Academy
Yorkville
D. E. Finley
J. C. Wilborn
Neely Manufacturing Company
Tavora Mills
Commercial Club of
Hutchison
Rock Hill
Miss Horton
Heath Springs
Humphries
Gaffney
Mobley
Moore
Chester
Dobson
Richards
Ratteree
K. O. Husky
Gary Husky
D. L. Bramlett
Simpsonville
Annie Bateman
Columbia
P. T. McNeel
W. H. Herndon
B. F. White
Estelle Cornwell
Edna Castles
Mary Castles
Jessie Wilkes
Rosebud Brown
Bessie Connelly
N. C
Kittie Stewart
J. H. Witherspoon
Darby
Lowryville
Addie
Bessie Moore
J. B. Bowen
Miss Johnson
Lee Williams
Willie Williams
York
Town Names Pepper List of Guests for Yorkville Event
A long roster lists numerous guests and their hometowns including Chester Yorkville Greenville Lancaster Rock Hill Omden Ogden Lowryville Delphos McConnells ville and York with many Misses and Mr. entries such as Miss Marion Logan Miss Anna Spann Miss Rosa Steele and Mr. Bedford Moore among others. The compilation shows a social gathering with attendees hailing from multiple South Carolina towns and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Keller
Marie Moore
Bedford Moore
J. R. Lindsay
Rose Lindsay
Annis O'Leary
O. E. Grist
Yorkville
Messrs. Arthur and
James Darby
Lowryville
J. W. Thomson
Rock Hill
W. Adickes
Mayme Devinney
Annie Scott
Delphos
W. R. Carroll
J. H. Carroll
D. E. Finley
Mcellwain
York
Ella Love
McConnellaville
Mias Ly Parish
J. E. Lowry
Local items on blooms bridges and accidents across county
The column notes cotton blooms on several farms near Sharon and R F D No 1 Yorkville. It reports on Allison Creek Bridge plans to reroute roads for cheaper access and avoid costly dam related bridge work. It also covers a Smyrna rock attack injuring E L Dowdle, a motor car collision injuring Col L T Nichols, and a Oklahoma City wedding notice for Dennis Hartwell Boyd and Ethel Neale with details of ceremony and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Rock Hill
News and Courier
E. L. Dowdle
Charleston
Southern Railway
Dowdle
T. A. Crawford
BE. Brooks Mendenhall
Ife
Col
L. T. Nichols
McConnellsville
Colonel Nichols
Mendenhall
Mr. Mendenhall
Oklahoma
Dennis Hartwell Boyd
W. F. Boyd
Fort Mill Township
Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Ethel Neale
J. B. Garrison Company
W. G. Neale
Henry Alford Porter
First Baptist Church
Mrs. Boyd
East Third Street
Topographical Survey Assignments Announced
Washington reports detailed survey assignments for Charlotte and Matthews quadrangles led by V H Manning and F H Moncure. Miller leads the Saluda Yorkville and Rock Hill area work with Kendall expanding primary control. The state streams will be measured by M R Hall with assistants W E Hall B S Drane and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinaton
Charlotte and Matthews
V. H. Manning
F. H. Moncure
Saluda
Yorkville
Rock Hill
W. L. Miller
C. B. Kendall
M. R. Hall
Messrs
W. E. Hall
B. S. Drane
Five girls attacked by unknown Negro in Yorkville
On Oakland avenue the five young ladies from prominent families were pursued and twice grabbed by an unknown Negro near the Crusaders tent. One attempt to seize a girl failed as she screamed and the group fled. Police offered a reward but no arrest was made as descriptions remain vague. A similar attack occurred near the tent, with no clues found. Investigations continue as Bethel presbytery dismisses and installs ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hilll
Oakland Avenue
Oakland
Hutchison Grove
Southern Railroad
Bethel Presbytery
T. H. Spence
Concord Presbytery
E. E. Gillespie
Orange
N. C
D. J. Brimm
T. R. English
York County Medieal Association
Carolina Hotel
Ida Draffin
N. J. Draffin
Ned Simpson
Neely
Oliver Johnson
Ann Henry Gill
W. W. Gill
Lewis Turnout
Mesara
R. R
T. J. Gill
46Th
U. S. Infantry
U. S
Cuba
Southfork Trestle
Smith
Ogden
Chester
Winnsbors
Salisbury
Winnsboro
Degroes
J. H. B. Jenkins
J. F. Wingate
Milas Cash
Highland Park
Cash
Wingate
Henry McGraw
Jenkins
McGraw
Beckhamsday
E. E. Poag
T. R. Maul
Government Post Office
Maul
Carnegie Library
W. E. Thayer
Rock Hill
Kentucky
Thayer
Baptist Church
Local pastors bid farewell as ministry ends in Rock Hill
City residents heard short talks as Mr. Thayer leaves after five years of service. The aging Peter Garrison remains bedbound, while his son R. G. Garrison of Newport suffers carbuncles and cannot be up. Another son lies ill in Pilot Point Texas, a third in Arkansas is quarantined for smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Thayer
Rock Hill
Peter Garrison
R. G. Garrison
Newport
Life Among the People in Kings Creek and Yorkville Notes
Local notes report mixed crop prospects with rain needed for corn and late cotton. Crops on Yorkville No 4 and No 6 routes vary from good to poor amid labor shortages. Names include Miss Mary Faulkner, Miss Rhoda Smith, L L Smith, J F Gordon, W S Gordon, D E Jackson, J B Ford, S A Glenn, and G R Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Faulkner
William Caldwell
Yorkville No. 4
Little Turkey Creek
Lowryville
Rhoda Smith
Sallie Atkinson
L. L. Smith
Messrs
J. F
Gordon
D. E. Jackson
J. B. Miller
Walter Thomasson
Jennie Glenn
Yorkville
A. Glenn
Lessie Hunter
Charlotte
N. C
J. B. Ford
Union
Julia A. Sherrer
George Turner
G. R. Turner
BIDDING FOR WHAT Rev Jacobs Warns Against College Bids
Rev J F Jacobs of Clinton urges The Enquirer publish a notice to prevent bidding towns from misunderstanding the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. He explains Clinton holds most assets including buildings and equipment. only a single eight acre block with two residences could be moved, so towns could bid by adding about two thousand dollars to establish a new college elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meek Williams
T. W. Boyd
Fort Mill
Winthrop
County Board of Education
Southern Railroad
Yorkville
Blacksburg
J. F. Jacobs
Clinton
Clinton College
Thornwell
Dr. Neville
Jacobs
Presbyterian College
The
Enquirer
Presbyterian College of South Carolina
South Carolina
8. C
Clinton College Association
Board of Trustees
Picnic And Barbecue Planned At Limestone Springs
South Carolina brief notes Gaffney plans a large July 4 picnic at Limestone Springs. Greenville June 26 dispatch reports C J Hurt a 35 year old mill worker drunk. he attempted suicide with sardine can top, was restrained, treated at city hall, then sent to county jail. Additional Asheville dispatch notes Judge Pritchard granted July 26 continuance in the Southern Railway case to appoint a receiver for the South Carolina and Georgia railway after defense request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaffney
Limestone Springs
Greenville
Columbia
C. J. Hurt
Asheville
N. C
J. C. Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
Southern Railway Company
South Carolina and Georgia Railway
Southern Railway
Hen
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Mexico
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Lebanon
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Southern
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McCulloch
Sherman
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I. H. Norris
Sharon
Haskell G. Thomasson
Noah Kiser
King’s Mountain Township
Allison Creek
County Board of Commissioners
Catawba Power Company
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the Topographical Survey
Rock Hill and Vicinity
York County Medical Association
New Post Office
King's Creek No. 1
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