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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
2
Jesse James Jr son of the outlaw was admitted as attorney in Jefferson City after passing the state board exam with the top grade in a class of thirty seven. He said he would quit pawnbroking in two weeks to devote his life to law.
Thaw argued his wife was wronged by White who had helped start her career and employed her as a model. Attorneys may plead emotional insanity. The Madison Square roof garden designed by White witnessed the tragedy. White allegedly wrote letters to Mrs. Thaw recently, found by Mr. Thaw, sparking the dispute.
In Yorkville Delaware County Washington scene of 1906 politics Mr Lumpkin seeks Democratic executive approval as a candidate while Mr Blease doubts the investigating committee has found anything. The piece argues past patterns warn against trust in the state dispensary management and forecasts a future with rapid tech and moral risk.
The piece argues that self justification by corruptionists rests on the belief others commit greater crimes. It questions whether the state liquor business can be managed honestly and doubts future successors' integrity after an initial period with honest leadership.
A local note questions Mr Mc Mahan’s envy of northern insurance experts and asserts the dispensary machine meets the most exacting grafting requirements.
Citizens rally against the dispensary amid claims of widespread corruption and bribery. Supporters insist the public deserves full exposure of the alleged debauchery and financial wrongdoing connected to the project.
The Anderson Daily Mall notes Manning and Ansel are the real candidates for governor while others lack viability. It mentions Mr Cole L. Blease will appear in a second race with an unspecified opponent.
The Chester Reporter announces the sale of the paper to J. T. Perkins and W. J. Irwin and Buchanan’s retirement after 32 years as editor proprietor. The note lauds his service and welcomes the new owners to lead Chester and the county with stated competence.
The piece questions A C Jones's claim that Columbia State's 1898 deal with Ellerbe affected Featherstone's governor bid. It questions the State's influence and ethics, notes readers were urged to vote a certain way without full reasons, and says no judgment is made until Jones explains further.
The senator argues newspapers give little space to his speeches, claiming this tactic aims to provoke editors into more advertising. The piece asserts editors should print his allegations without comment, letting readers judge, while noting the impracticality of presenting twenty plus candidates two hours each in one day.
Senator Tillman crafted a media approach that limits duplicate speeches and avoids flooding newspapers. He knows editors will publish varied content and not repeat the same material, a strategy that keeps coverage fresh and under tight control.
New York reports Mr Harvie Jordan will quit the Southern Cotton Association to head the Cotton Stalks Products Company a Maine incorporated firm with 15 million dollars in original capital. It plans pulp paper denatured alcohol acetone gunpowder components celluloid fertilizer and other by products from cotton stalks and to pay growers 150 to 250 a ton. Jets of plants would spread across the cotton region raising output and possibly lowering transport costs while boosting southern prosperity though timelines remain uncertain.
The Charleston Post questions the Democratic canvass following Tillman’s stance amid Blease’s challenge to defamers of the dispensary. The News and Courier notes Tillman may skip meetings unless invited, while Laurens Advertiser weighs a fight to dismantle the dispensary and reveal broader graft. A Washington dispatch reports ongoing Civil War horse claims draining funds and possible overstatement of cavalry losses.
Local items include real estate sales by J C Wilborn and notices from D W Whitener and others about a July 4 Jr O U A M picnic at O Leary's grave. Advertisers mention malaria cures, Clemson exhibition car at Southern depot July 20, fly screens, hardware and fruit jars, Ivory soap, and tax and banking notices.
The Yorkville baseball team overwhelmed Chester 19 to 5 last Wednesday in Yorkville. Clover defeated Yorkville 12 to 2 on Thursday at the Yorkville Cotton Mill grounds. July fourth business hours tighten as most local shops close except drug stores.
The ceremony was conducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie with Miss Mary Cartwright and Miss Carrie Cartwright as ribbon girls. The bride wore white silk taffeta and the groom in evening dress as guests witnessed the brief, impressive rites. Afterward a four course luncheon followed and gifts poured in from out of town relatives including Captain and Mrs. John D. McConnell and others from Gastonia, Rock Hill, Concord, and Chester.
Beersheba farmer John F. Smith reports scant rainfall on his farm with a single soaking since planting, while areas north toward Bethany and the mountain stay dry. Neighbors west toward Smyrna and Sharon report plentiful rain. terraces for Joseph A. Smith near Yorkville have broken repeatedly.
Local society items list J. E. McDonald and others visiting Yorkville from Winnsboro Rock Hill and Lancaster. Several ministers and families take time off for vacations while teachers resume posts in September. Prof Kennedy departs Rome for Yorkville amid warm remembrances.
We will send The Enquirer from this date until January 1 1907 for 106 cents. About two weeks late. Mr G R Wallace four miles north of Yorkville has the cleanest looking cotton crop on the Charlotte road between Yorkville and the river. Wallace says the crop this year is as good as last, but about two weeks late.
The Bamberg meeting dull while Aiken drew out an attack by Senator Blease on Manning and Sloan over dispensaries. Blease claimed he is the dispensary’s only true friend, citing records against Manning and Sloan. Lyon urged voters to take a firm stand, declaring the dispensary rotten and unfixable, while outlining county versus state dispensary concerns and graft risks.
Congress is expected to adjourn tomorrow while talks surface on pay reform and anti corruption. Indiana politicians pledge to avoid vote buying in the current campaign as drought tightens southern Texas corn and water scarce cattle. The eight hour bill faces unclear fate this session though favorably reported. South Wales rock quake injures none. chimneys and walls collapse. Rhode Island and Massachusetts cotton mills plan wage hikes effective July 9. The People’s Party national conference in St Louis discusses the political situation. Mississippi governor Vardaman blocks a ball for privates unless social privileges are equally extended.
Correspondent reports Rock Hill plans a railroad to Spencer with right of way options issued to Capt. W. L. Roddey. C W F Spencer suffers leg fractures in a buggy accident. engineer Robin McDougal injured by a stone. Weddings, German laborers, and mayor Roddey’s strict fines reshape local order amid broader state political controversy.
Special to the Charlotte Observer from PeLHaM June 23 details aWashington exchange over an apology Roosevelt might offer Senator Tillman for a Senate Hall dispute involving Senator McLaurin. The piece lauds McLaurin’s honesty, condemns Tillman’s tactics, and calls for Tillman to apologize to South Carolina.
The public buildings bill allocates funds for South Carolina: Anderson 50000, Chester 35000, Sumter 50000. Also reported are notes on Col J Washington Watts’s death near Mountville at age 87, and a General Frost budget item enabling three regiments to attend the interstate encampment at Chickamauga.
Col W W Lumpkin, candidate for the United States senate, announces he will not attend campaign meetings for now to avoid disadvantaging other candidates. He notes he has no objection to the thirty minute limit for senatorial candidates and pledges to follow the current campaign plan unless changed by authority. Signed W W Lumpkin.
After three and a half years of steady pumping at 6000 gallons per minute the Halstead mine in Duryea near Wilkes Barre has been dewatered. The Hallstead colliery, worst hit in the 1902 strike due to worker shortages, lies under the Lackawanna river and was filled to 100 feet below the shaft top. Pumping began after the strike and has continued since.
Rev J O Rabin rector presides with Sunday school at 10 am and morning service at 11 oclock, followed by an afternoon service at 6 oclock in the church schedule.
Rev B E Gillespie pastor outlines Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 10 am, morning worship at 11 am, and evening service at 8 30 pm.
Rev J L Stokes D D pastor announces Sunday services Morning service Evening service at 8 30 o clock at 11 o clock Sunday school at 6 p m
Rev E K Hardin will preach a special sermon to Pine Camp No 44 W O W at the Methodist church in Clover on the second Sunday in July at 11 o'clock a m Members will meet at the hall at 10 o'clock a m J E Jackson clerk Pine Camp No 44
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