Harvest aid eases famine in Shanghai and port city news
June reports from Shanghai describe hopeful crop prospects soon to begin easing famine in districts where thousands have died or suffered. Government and international aid totals approach 3 million dollars yet fail to avert widespread hunger amid cannibalism rumors.
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Shanghai
China
Lesslie’s
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Ss. J. Hunter
Kansas State University
Hunter
Beaufort
News and Courier
Port Royal Harbor
Lawrence
M. G. Elliott
Lincoln Beachy
New York
Staten Island
Beachy
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Hill
Battery Park
Park
Manhattan
East River
Long Island Sound
Jacob Kahrs
New York Fire Department
Port Morris
Judge Wing
Theodore Estes
iLouston
Loving
Estes
Harry Sneed
Miss Loving
Evelyn Thaw
Latimer letters from abroad critique South Carolina labor law
The Yorkville Enquirer critiques Latimer's abroad letters noting a carpenter rather than a blacksmith seems apt. It argues South Carolina labor laws remain inconsistent, creating unequal governance for different classes and undermining constitutional equality. Readers urged reform and courage to pursue real equality before the law.
Fire Sweeps Pine Beach Area Near James Town Exposition
A block of Pine Beach in Norfolk adjacent to the James Town exposition burned last Wednesday, with losses around 250000 dollars. Several casualties reported from a premature explosion in a Tidewater railway cut near Brookneal Virginia during the same period.
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Pine Beach
Norfolk
Tidewater
Brookneal
Sullivan
Edward Churk
San Francisco
Georgia
New York Cotton Exchange
Nashville, Tenn
South
Nashville
D. Seet Oliver
Pittsburg
Yale
John Clodfelton
Newbern
Noc
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Moss
Irvin Lewis
West Chester
Lewis
Ephraim Brasher Deahloon
Philadelphia
Timber lands and donations highlight late news items
The dispatches report Yale University receiving 3 million dollars in gifts for the last scholastic year, a six coin relic valued at 6200 dollars, and rising unrest in southern China with rebels armed by French rifles. A US cruiser is sent to Salvador amid suspected Nicaragua conflict, while Denver magnates face conspiracy charges over coal profits.
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Yale University
China
Empire
United States
Milwaukee
Salvador
Nicaragua
Fen
Denver
Cal
Stuart
Erie Railroad
International Machinists’ Association
Tacoma
Wash
Arate
Seth Low
New York
General Education Board
Robi
C. Ogden
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Alexander Moss White
Brooklyn
Richard Croker
Orby
Dublin
Ireland
Georgia
San Francisco
West
Harry K. Thaw
Tombs Prison
N. Y
Lafayette
Ind
New Haven
Conn
Portugal
Dan Hanna
Daisy Gordon Hanna
Cleveland
Ohio
Clover Cullings Trouble With a Big Transformer
Clover June 28 The health of the district is good with little sickness. A mill transformer upgrade caused a short circuit when a steel wrench dropped into the oil. The issue is resolved after removing the wrench. Bank of Clover cashier Jas A Page attended the Isle of Palms bankers meeting. Jas C Hardin stood in. Mason Stevenson leaves Clover to join Gastonia oil mill as bookkeeper. Fourth of July plans progress with Sharon band. Clover baseball fans happy over Yorkville game result.
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Isle of Palme
Yorkville Enquirer
Williams
Jas
A. Page
Bank of Clover
State Bankers’ Association
Isle of Palms
Jas. C. Hardin
Mason Stevenson
Clover
Gastonia
Sharon Band
Yorkville
Lesslie Notes Crops And Asheville Trip
Prospects for the cotton crop are poor with slow growth and three week lag behind last year due to rain. Corn looks good where worked. oats and fall and spring crops are fair. wheat sowing is light. Mr and Mrs T F Lesslie depart for Asheville to stay several months due to Mrs Lesslie’s ill health. Local families and visitors are mentioned with multiple trips and delegations to a missionary conference.
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Lessin
T. F. Lesslie
Asheville
N. C
Tragic Carlisle buggy death sparks grief and inquiry
Mr W S Smith of Carlisle died after a runaway horse threw him from a buggy, crushing his skull and breaking three ribs. He died on Tuesday after the Monday accident, and his remains were sent to Florida for interment.
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W. 8S. Smith
Carlisle
Local Ads Highlight July Fourth Preparations in Yorkville
D. E. Boney promotes Farmers Mutual Insurance to prevent fire losses. York Furniture Co invites open house July 4 with new sewing machines. M. W. White mocks fools in society. J. L. Williams & Co cut prices on women shoes. Yorkville Hardware Co sells Hag clay furnaces. I. W. Johnson sells Dustdown for carpets. J. Q. Wray invites all to Yorkville July Fourth and to visit his store. Thomson Co urges Ladies Home Journal patterns. York Drug Store invites customers to treat July Fourth as home day.
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D. E. Boney
Farmers’ Mutual
York Furniture Co
M. W. White
J. L. Willams & Co
Yorkville Hardware Co
I. W. Johnson
J. Q. Wray
Yorkville
Thomson Co
Ladies’ Home Journal
York Drug Store
Beersheba area in York County grows richer after forty years
The report notes improved farmland with corn surpluses and stronger prosperity in Beersheba, York county. It cites damaged cotton crops on the Carolina and North Western railroad lands, lightning destroying two houses, and insurance by Farmers' Mutual. It recalls Mr. A B Williams's address at the State Press association and local interest in his tale of past events.
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Carolina and North-Western
Carder
D. P. Lessile
A. B. Williams
State Press Association
York County
Williams
Beersheba
Beersheba Church
Reader Corrects Confederate Dead List Omissions
Walter J. Beamguard of Clover notes Samuel W. Beamguard is omitted from York county Confederate dead list published May 10 in The Enquirer. He was buried in Centre cemetery. He also says J. C. Watson and Samuel Watson, Confederate veterans, are left off the Beer sheba list. W A Bolin calls attention that J L Bolin and W J Lytle are omitted from the Adnah cemetery Confederate dead list.
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Walter J. Beamguard
Clover
Samuel W. Beamguard
York County
Enquirer
Centre Cemetery
J. C. Watson
Samuel Watson
Beersheba
W. A. Bolin
J. L. Bolin
W. J. Lytle
Adnah Cemetery
Clover and Yorkville Baseball Game Called In Rain
Clover led Yorkville 12 to 9 when the game was halted in the 8th inning due to rain yesterday afternoon. The Yorkville school district plans a 3 mill tax levy vote next Friday July 5 to fund local schools.
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Clover
Yorkville
People are scattered across towns to visits and events
Rev. J. S. Grier travels to Asheville for ten days. Mrs Those McDow and children stay at Piedmont Springs. W. P. Harrison and children head to Columbia from Yorkville. Col. W. W. Lewis and Capt. J. R. Lindsay attend the Jamestown exposition. Frank Caldwell and family visit Yorkville. James D. and Lewis M. jrist leave for Jamestown. Miss Emily Riley visits Yorkville. Mrs. J. L. Rainey and Mrs. J. H. Saye visit Yorkville. Eunice McConnell arrives from Philadelphia for a visit. J. C. Allen declines Batesburg principalship. Lucius and George Gage and Martha Gage with J. L. Gaston pass through to Blowing Rock. Rev. W. H. Stevenson in hospital after appendicitis. his father Rev. Dr. Stevenson present. Dr. J. S. Moffatt praises Erskine College leadership and expects more students.
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J. S. Grier
Sharon
Asheville
McDow
Piedmont Springs
W. P. Harrison
Yorkville
Columbia
W. W. Lewis
J. R. Lindsay
Frank Caldwell
Wildwood
Fla
R. J. Caldwell
Masters James D
Lewis M. Jrist
Emily Riley
Yazoo City
J. B. Pegram
J. L. Rainey
J. H. Saye
George
Martha Gage
Chester
J. L. Gaston
Montgomery
Ala
Shandon Hotel
Judge Gage
Blowing Rock
N.C
W. H. Stevenson
Fairfield County
Chester Hospital
Dr. Stevenson
Clover
Stevenson
Abbeville
J. S. Moffatt
Erskine College
Associate Reformed Church
Due West
Mrekine
Demand for Higher Pay at Erskine College Professors
A letter urges the Erskine College leadership to double salaries for the president and professors, proposing increases from 2000 to 2500 dollars to reflect their value and pride of the church. The writer argues for fair compensation and criticizes the current pay as insufficient.
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Erskine
Seventh annual South Carolina bankers convention on Isle of Palms
The seventh annual convention met at Hotel Seashore Isle of Palms Charleston with Mayor Rhett and Col. Leroy Springs in welcome roles. W J Roddey of Rock Hill gave an address urging bankers to stick to safe business, anticipate slower times, and push independent audits and loan-financial data while maintaining surpluses. A beach fish fry and harbor cruise followed as the gathering continued.
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South Carolina Bankers’ Association
South
Roddey
Yorkville School District Act Declared Constitutional
Yorkville trustees Wm B McCaw and Thos F McCaw dispute The Enquirer remarks on the Yorkville school district act case. They explain the petition and board return were prepared for the Supreme Court challenge to the February 15 1907 act enlarging district limits to two and a half miles and note the court ruled the act constitutional. They request correction in the next issue.
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Yorkville
8. C
W. D. Grist
Yorkville, Enquirer
Enquirer
General Assembly
Congress and
Liberty Streets
Supreme Court
Messrs
W. B. McCaw
C. E. Spencer
Wm. B. McCaw
Board of Trustees
T. F. McCaw
Spencer
T. Fr. McCaw
Thos. F. McCaw
N. B
Mr. McCaw
Yorkville School District Tax Case Before South Carolina Supreme Court
The State ex-relator requests an injunction to stop the Yorkville School District trustees from ordering an election to levy a three mill local tax on all assessable property in the Yorkville district enlarged by the 1907 act. The case cites prior district formation under 1888 law and seeks to clarify the district’s status and tax authority.
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Yorkville
the General Assembly
Court House
General Assembly
Thomas F. McCaw
Wm. B. McCaw
South Carolina
Supreme Court
C. E. Spencer
McCaw
Withers Adickes
W. Brown Wylie
Wm. D. Glenn
John &E. Carroll
York County
Withers Adicke
Yorkville School District Trustees Confirmed in Oath
Witnesses William B. McCaw Thomas F. McCaw Withers Glenn and John B. Carroll swear their names form the Yorkville Graded School District board of trustees. They affirm the petition's factual claims are true on knowledge except as to constitutional questions. The Enquirer notes Senator Brice aided passage despite doubts of constitutionality and cautions voters on their rights.
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Wm. B. McCaw
Thomas F. McCaw
Withers Adickes
W. Brown Wylie
Wm. D. Glenn
John B. Carroll
Yorkville
A. D
The
Enquirer
Brice
Yorkville Graded School
Senate
Supreme Court
Spencer
Buggies overtake horses as modern transport resurges
In reminiscence, Clover resident Zimri Carroll recalls a time when horses feared buggies, contrasting early Bethany congregation carriages with today’s automobiles. The note links past carriage ownership to current curiosity, while other items discuss bass stocking plans and York county common pleas jury changes.
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Zimri Carroll
Clover
Bethany
R. C. Grier
Common Pleas
York County
A. Dill
General Assembly
Immigration and colonization plan for South Carolina
Mr. P. H. Gadsden addresses the South Carolina State Press association on immigration. He advocates white population growth via colonization, reform of labor laws to favor white workers, and state land drainage to attract home seekers and farmers. He notes past efforts, argues for a northern and European outreach, and highlights trucking land uses as part of a broader economic strategy.
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P. H. Gadsden
South Carolina
The
Enquirer
Charleston
South Carolina State Press Association
Isle of Palms
Gadsden
Nee
State Press Association
D. C. Heyward
Heyward
General Assembly
Department of Immigration
Bureau of Immigration
Bureau
Cotton Mill Association
Commissioner of Immigration
Wittekind
Southern Industrial and Immigration Association
Europe
E. J. Watson
Watson
Germany
United States
South
Colonization Company
Aiken
Chester
Charleston County
Ader Fhr
County Drainage Commission
St. Andrews
Yo Island
Brawley
General Assembly of
State Press
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Young Estes
Virginia
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Yorkville, D. C
Senator Latimer
Lesslie Notes
W. J. Lesslie
Julia
Rock Hill
D. F. Lesslie
C. J. Lesslie
Nina Gettys
Mary Lesslie
Kenilworth Inn
Neely
Rodman
M. L. Hoke
Greenbriar
Rockton
S. C
Hoke
J. A. Milholen
Ella Milholen
South Carolina News
Charlotte Observer
Olympia
L. W. Perrin
Greenwood
W. 3
Cothran
Presbyterian Church
Local Affairs
Tavora
State of
County of
York
Harry Wylie
Catawba Power Company
Allison Creek
Congressman Finley
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