Purchase of South & Western railroad approved in Carolina Clinch field meeting
At John son city last Monday stockholders of the Carolina Clinch field and Qohle railroad approved the purchase of the South & Western railroad a $50 million project backed by Thomas F Ryan of New York. The transfer joins interests of Ryan and George L Carter with J Norment Powell voting proxies for Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina, Clinchfield & Qohle Railroad
Johnson City
George L. Carter
South & Western Railroad
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
J. Norment Powell
Ryan
South & Western
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Carter
Virginia
China
Australia
Japan
Washington
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Admiral Evans
Magdalena Bay
Maine
Alabama
Illinois
Georgia
Louisiana
Minnesota
Ohio
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Pekin
Congress
LaFollette
Senate
Beveridge
Wisconsin
Aldrich
House
David Jayne Hill
Charlemagne Tower
Hay
Hill
William
America
Prince Henry
Berlin
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Baltimore Trust and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Continental Trust Company
Seaboard System
John Skelton Williams
Richmond
Davies Warfield
James A. Blair
John B. Dennis
T. J. Coolidge, Jr
B. F. Yoakum
H. Price
Young
United States Circuit Court
District of Minnesota
Pritchard
Western District of North Carolina
James H. Wood
Southern Railway
Asheville
State Railroad Commission
Supreme Court Expands State Rate Powers in Rail Transport
The high court ruled against state and local court control in two railroad rate disputes. Justice Peckham wrote the majority opinions, joined by most justices except Justice Harlan who dissented in the Young case. Harlan warned the ruling could block state courts from acting against the state and forewarned dire consequences.
Equity Members Deny Pact With Tobacco Company
A rumor claims an agreement between the American Society of Equity and the American Tobacco Company ends the Kentucky night riders in Yorkville S C. Members deny the story stating no such pact exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Equity
American Tobacco Company
Kentucky “Night Riders
Bryan Won’t Be President Says South Carolinians
The author argues Mr Bryan is unlikely to win the presidency, noting a fair chance on his first run but none since. He adds that if Bryan is nominated again, South Carolina will surely vote Democratic as before.
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Mr. Bryan
United States
South Carolina
Prominent Democrats Seek Arthur Receivership
Mr McCullough noted that several well connected South Carolina Democrats asked him to influence Judge Pritchard to name them receivers if Mr Arthur resigns or is removed. The Enquirer seeks to learn which could be naive enough to think Arthur would quit while a chance remains for taking one third of five percent.
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McCullough
South Carolina
Mr. Arthur
The
Enquirer
Arhtur
Bail, Justice Pope Defended Over Hamp ton Sellers Case
The Newberry Observer defends Justice Pope against criticism for granting bail to Wade Hampton Sellers, noting bail aims to hold for trial and arguing bondsmen were not troubled. It highlights constitutional bail provisions and questions constitutional interpretation in murder cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newberry Observer
Justice Pope
Wade Hampton Sellers
Greenville Sun
Sellers
King of the Tigers
Columbia
Pope
Petit Jury
Choice of a Candidate in Democratic Nomination Debate
Newspapers debate the Democratic presidential nominee with William Jennings Bryan as the best known contender. Voters have limited influence as delegates to county and state conventions are often self selected and bound by local interests. The pivotal question of whether South Carolina delegates to Denver will be free or instructed to vote for Bryan remains unsettled until the state convention gathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
South Carolina
Denver
Reorganizing Precinct Clubs and County Conventions
A reflection urges voters to consider who structures precinct clubs and who forms the county convention electing the executive committee and sending delegates to the state convention. It warns neglect may lead to manipulation and calls for broad participation to ensure a representative party organization.
President Urges Tariff Revision and Labor Reforms
A presidential message read in both houses calls for tariff revision including removing wood pulp from the tariff with a paper stake, and urges child labor laws, employers liability, and arbitration. It favors government and public utility employer protections, stricter anti trust updates, railroad traffic rules, securities oversight, and postal savings banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Public
Federal
Waterways Commission
Williams Sets Democratic Line on Roosevelt Measures
Democratic minority leader John Sharp Williams outlines support and opposition to President Roosevelt's 1930s program. He cites measures like publication of campaign contributions, child labor limits, liability laws, injunction safeguards, tariff removals, and water power charges, while opposing boycott penalties and Sherman antitrust relaxations. He notes uncertainty about a permanent whitewash commission.
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Roosevelt
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Williams
Republican House
District of Columbia
Territories
Supreme Court
Wiliams
Dispensary Case Not Affected By Supreme Court Ruling
The Columbia State reported opinion from Anderson Felder Roundtree Wilson for the dispensary commission and South Carolina. They say Minnesota and North Carolina rulings do not analogize to a suit against the state involving state property, noting the state must be a party in such cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Anderson, Felder, Roundtree & Wilson
Dispensary Commission
South Carolina
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Minnesota
Supreme Court of the United States
Local affairs and business notices in the region
A long row of local notices lists merchants, trades, and promotions. Individuals like W. D. Morrison-Haas advertise barber services, J. C. Wilborn offers land for sale in King's Mountain township, and W. G. Reid & Son promote child safety items endorsed by physicians. Local banks, hardware and furniture firms, seeds, garden tools, and millinery promotions are noted along with general farming commentary.
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Frank Sherer
W. D. Morrison—Haas
Sherer
Carroll Furniture
J. ¢. Wilborn
John M. Thomasson
King’s Mountain
W.G. Reid & Son
Rock Hill
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Dean
W. S. Lesslie
Enquirer
Rosa Lindsay
M. W. Whitte
York Supply Co
Yorkville Hardware Co
York Brug
York Furniture Co
Yorkville B. & M. Co
Thomson Co
Strauss-Smith Co
Yorkville News In Brief and Appointments
Dr. A. Cartwright named chief of the fire department. Mrs. Rachel Boyce of Gastonia visited Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kennedy. Miss Eunice McConnell of Philadelphia arrived to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McConnell. Hon. John Gary Evans of Spartanburg campaigned for the U S senate and spoke with many in Yorkville. Local leaders attended a Chester commandery Knight Templars conclave in Clover with several Yorkville figures present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. ¥. Cartwright
Rachel Boyce
Gastonia
W. M. Kennedy
Eunice McConnell
Philadelphia
Yorkville
W. H. McConnell
John Gary Evans
Spartanburg
United States Senate
J. B. Allison
Messrs
H. C. Strauss
J. L. Sanders
W.S. Neil
J. A. Tate
Quinn Wallace
I. H. Norris
W. E. Hurt
Messrs. Meek Barnett
Herbert Wright
J. Meek Smith
J. W. Campbell
Clover
Chester Commandery
Knight's Templars
Roads Around Yorkville Decline Sharply In Spring Conditions
The article notes most Yorkville and neighboring county roads are deteriorating, with Adairs Ferry and Howell's Ferry to Turkey Creek segments in dire shape. The Charlotte, Pinckney, Chester, and Yorkville Rock Hill routes show worsening wear, while King’s Mountain Road has improved but bears uneven shoulders and ditches from prior maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Adairs Ferry
Howell's Ferry
Turkey Creek
Charlotte
Pinckney
Chester
Rock Hill
King’s Mountain
Live at Home Emphasized for Farm Prosperity
The article argues farmers should focus on self sufficiency at home. It warns that chasing dollars is risky and urges producing all possible necessities on the farm and growing cotton only as surplus to achieve an unencumbered, financially independent farm.
Runaway Horse Spooks Yorkville as Votes Loom
Yorkville voters total only about seventy five for upcoming two year elections. A runaway on Main street sent Mr. A. S. Barron’s buggy toward collisions before stopping. Civic League seeks funds for spring campaign while Magistate Comer’s court hears McFadden reckless driving case, jury finding for the defendant after dispute over signals and frightened mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Main Street
A. S. Barron
Congress
Madison Street
Barron
Civic League
League
W. B. Moore
Bessie Barron
Annis O'Leary
M. J. Walker
Ida deLoach
Fannie Wardlaw
8. C. Ashe
Comer's Court
McFadden
Kirby
Craig
Rock Hill
Glenn
Ebenezer
Cotton market falls to barely steady as sales total 200000 bales
The Associated Press reports New York traders saw the cotton market open higher but end the day barely steady with a net decline of 1 to 2 points. Sales reached about 200 000 bales amid light port receipts and mixed demand from southern spot markets and futures traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
New Orleans
Houston
R F D Service Limits Unstamped Letters On Rural Routes
The fourth assistant postmaster general Mr DeGraw says rural free delivery carriers must not carry un stamped letters between points on a route. Patrons must use approved mail boxes and pay postage on all mailable matter. A Georgia bill seeks one cent postage on such routes as with drop letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeGraw
Slayden
Texas
Department of Justice
United States Mail
Post Office Department
James Griggs
Georgia
New York brokers bilk readers with imagined cotton boom
A Clover area correspondent relays a warning about New York brokers using forged typewritten letters and personal promises to lure victims into a planned cotton market rise. An unnamed county citizen received two letters, one with a forged autograph, inviting investment and detailing a scheme with a 25 percent cut for the writer. The target declined after observing market drops and slow reaction to the supposed launch.
Flag Raising and Baseball Game Set for Clover Saturday
Clover plans a flag raising on Saturday April 4 at 2 pm followed by the first baseball game of the season between McConnellsville and Clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clover
McConnellsville
The Organized Farmer
J C Stribbling of Pendleton urges farmers to unite to gain strength against powerful interests. He compares individual farmers to a single silk strand, arguing that organized action can bind trusts and protect livelihoods. The piece notes growing Farmers Union activity in several states and calls for cooperation and mutual aid among farmers.
Senate passes equal pay bill for women teachers
The New York senate approved a measure granting women public school teachers equal pay with men. Storms sweep Alabama Mississippi Louisiana injuring several and damaging property. North Carolina cancels the license of State Mutual Life Insurance Georgia for failure to file annual reports. Bryan supporters try to influence Virginia delegate John W. Daniel heading to Denver. Drury Lane theatre in London destroyed by fire. Detroit street car crash injures many. Mrs Roosevelt visits Vicksburg and southern points. Ex governor Stewart named to fill Proctor's Senate seat. Georgia Populists promise a full state ticket. Rabies bite leads to jail escape death in Memphis. Pasquale Pati, NY banker, involved in Tuesday events.
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New York Senate
Queen and Crescent
High Bridge
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Young
North Carolina
State Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Drury Lane
London
Detroit
Roosevelt
Vicksburg
Miss
Stewart
Vermont
United States Senate
Redfield Proctor
Georgia
Memphis
Tenn
Pasquale Pati
New York
Abbeville Shooting and Political Notes Across South Carolina
In Abbeville a white Calhoun Falls man, Bonnie Brock, shot and killed Conductor Swink of the C and W C railway after a fare dispute. Swink fired once. Brock died later. The report also covers dispensary litigation, Farnum surrender, and the Republican state convention apportionment, plus an update on Senator Tillman’s health and rest needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina News
Abbeville
Bonnie Brock
Calhoun Falls
Swink
C.& W. C. Railway
Brock
Lowndesville
Augusta
Atlanta Dispatch
South Carolina
End of night riders in Kentucky white burley district urged by talks
Reports from Winchester Kentucky claim a formal accord between the American Tobacco Company and the Society of Equity executive committee ends night rider activity in the white burley district. The accord allegedly covers 1906 and 1907 crops bought at 16 and 18 cents per pound and pledges no crop planting in 1908, though officials deny the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
Society of Equity
Clarence Lebus
G. A. Brooks
White Barley Tobacco Board of Control
American Society of Equity
Lebus
Louisville
New York
White Barley Board of Control
Tobaccco
Kentucky desperado captured after Chattanooga killing
D D Edwards known as a Kentucky desperado who shot J W Davis at Chattanooga was caught in Trenton Georgia last Sunday night after a chase from Durham Mines Georgia. He had escaped by disguising himself and planned a fast train ride but pursuers uncovered the disguise and arrested him. He is being taken to Chattanooga to prevent lynching and boasts of numerous killings.
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Sully
New York
Fort Mill
W. A. Hafner
Bowling Green
C. J. Miller
John Mack
Hagins
Geo. Davis
Mack
Carroll
Columbia
J. W. Babcock
Senator Tillman
Congress
D. D. Edwards
J. W. Davis
Chattanooga
Trenton
Edwards
Durham Mines
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Preme Court of the
Peckham
Harlan
Yorkville Enquirer
Aabb
Yorkville, S. C
Local Affairs
R. F. D. Service
Fort Sumter
John Knox
Major Anderson
Sullivan's Island
Robert T. Smith
W. B
J. J. Smith
Samuel L. Campbell
Mr. Knox
Capt. Smith
Knox
M. L. Smith
West King’s Mountain Street
Bank of Clover
John M. Smith
West First Street
Ike
Meek Campbell
Joe Sage
Sage
H. J. Mills
Presbyterian Church
Beersheba
W. B. Smith
H. L. Wright
Florida
W. B. Stroup
Cherokee Falls
W. E. Holmes
Pay
Pati
Henry Reiber
John Young
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Pittsburg
le Questionee Sociale
Patterson, N. J
S. M. Feemster
Bullock's Creek
Amanda Wade
Nancy McDonald
Wilkinsville
Gaffney Ledger
Broad River
York County
Cherokee County
York
Cherokee
J. C. Stribbling
Pendleton
Farmers’ Organization
Insane Asylum
Farmer's Union
Colorado
Aesop
Wiley
Farmers Union Bureau
James
Farnum
American Bonding
T. Moultrie Mordecai
Attorney General
Charleston
E. H. Deas
Aiken
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
Chesterfield
Colleton
Darlington
Dorchester
Edgefield
Fairfield
Florence
Georgetown
Greenville
Greenwood
Hampton
Horry
Kershaw
Lancaster
Laurens
Lee
Lexington
Marion
Marlboro
Newberry
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
Richland
Saluda
Sumter
Union
Williamsburg
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