Retreat of General Greene and Morgan after Cowpens
The Yorkville Enquirer recounts the winter chase of Cornwallis after Cowpens, detailing Morgan and Greene guiding a joint retreat, the Catawba crossing at various fords, Forney and Deck intrigues, and the fatal crossing clash at Beattie’s Ford where General Davidson dies and Cornwallis suffers with losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deck
Forney
Jacob Forney
Cowpens
Morgan
Greene
Hicks’ Creek
Chesterfield
South Carolina
Huger
O. H. Williams
Maryland
Cornwallis
Williams
Charlotte
Salisbury
Sherrard
Catawba
Guilford
Green
Organ
North Carolina
Speedwell
Troublesome Creek
Hill
Allison Creek
York County
South
North
Stevens
Charlottesville
Virginia
Virginia Militia
Davidson
Earl Cornwallis
Reading notes from Chester and Gaston columns
Miscellaneous local notices from Chester and Gaston areas describe Miss Mary Edwards visiting Yorkville, students leaving for Winthrop and Agnes Scott colleges, a fatal mule accident near Stoke's place, and funeral for Clemson alumnus John Jeffares. In Gastonia, tribute to Mrs. Edward Jenkins and college openings. local hires, a milliner job change, a dry kiln fire injuring no one, and Sheriff's capture of Will Weaver related to a prior assault with updates on J. R. Fayssoux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Edwards
Yorkville
R. B. Bigham
John White
John J. Jones
W. S. Dunbar
Todiay
Jennie Oates
Janie Ford
Etta McCullough
Willie Waters
Winthrop
Lucile Crosby
Limestone
Heath Johnston
Agnes Scott
Decatur, Ga
Carter Hardin
Capers Chapel
Porter Anderson
Richburg
Julian Leckie
James Glenn
This City
Wof
P. A. Jackson
Culp Street
Lottie Culp
Heath
8. C
Rock Hill
John W. Jeffares
Feasterville
Stoke
Gastonia
Edward Jenkins
William Smith
Charley Hoffman
W. E. Jenkins
Nathan Jenkins
Begonia
Jenkins
Harriet Elizabeth Prather
Long Creek Baptist Church
R. B. Jones
Long Creek Church
J. A. Hoyle
Galloway
Due West
Gaston County
Maggie
Mary Whitesides
Essie Wilson
Ellen Moore Reid
Mary Query
Kathleen Boyce
Hope Falls
John Pearson
Cora Clark
Charlotte
Little Long Company
Messrs
Pursley and Ferguson
Bowling Green
Will Weaver
J. R. Fayssoux
J. K. Cline
Lincolnton
Weaver
Couch
Cline
Dallas
Fayssoux
A Man of Distinction and Civic Wrongs
A discussion at the Players' Club in New York centers on what makes a man distinguished. Professor Brander Matthews and Francis Wilson weigh the test of a stamped envelope to a nameless location, while Mark Twain receives a clever reply from Austria via unscrupulous postal routing. Nearby, a Yorkville reader urges civic pride and a Civic Improvement Society to clean streets, fix drains, and curb blight, arguing one worker with cart could transform the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Players’ Club
New York
Brander Matthews
Francis Wilson
Mark Twain
Europe
Professor Matthews
Clemens
Matthews
Austria
Woman's Home Companion
Yorkville Enquirer
Enquirer
Yorkville
Eivic Pride
Yorkvillian
Honduras
Jerry
Waterbury
Laguna
New Orleans
Ohio River
Seacoast
Wild Beasts Invade California From Remote Shelters
Dinamited railroad activity drives wild beasts toward settlements along French Creek and ridges in California. Lions, wild cats, and lynx prowl nearer homes as laborers report a lion stalking a man with meat. Residents fear for livestock and personal safety amid the bold predators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
French Creek
Sacramento Bee
Ansel Named South Carolina Governor Elect in 1900s
The profile recalls Martin F. Ansel born in Charleston on December 12, 1850, a German descendant who rose from Walhalla public schools to a law career in Greenville. His platform urged stronger common schools, better roads with federal aid, and county option on liquor, with plans for a holding company to stabilize cotton prices and support farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin F. Ansel
South Carolina
Charleston
John L. Ansel
Wurtenburg
Germany
Frederika Bowers
Philadelphia
Valhalla
Martin
Newberry College
Ansel
James H. Whitner
Franklin
N. C
Greenville
Hampton
Enville County
House of Representatives
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Mr. Ansel
Commonwealth
County Board of Control
Grand Court
Grand Jury
Southern Cotton Association
Columbia
Hot Springs
E.D. Smith
A. Witherspoon
J. P. Allison
J. C. Hickey
F. L. Maxwell
State of
Mississippi
Russia's Guarded Secrets of Iron Trade
A historical excerpt explains Russia's iron sheet production as a state secret guarded by the government. Workers enter service with no family contact and face fatal consequences if betrayed. Attempts to steal the method have ended in death, including a kite letter found by peasants and punished by guards. The guards live inside the works, keeping the secret as hidden as the philosopher's stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
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Robert Lathan
The
General Greene
Ramcourt Mill
Lincoln County
Islandford
O'Hara
Tarleton
America
New World
Pennsylvania
Young Forney
Berne
Switzerland
Maria Berger
Mecklenburg and Rowan
Beattie’s Ford
Webster
Hamilton
Beattie's Ford
Cowan
McCowan
Beattie
Joseph Graham
Graham
Hall
North Carolins
Wilson
Hopewell
Congress of the United States
Mecklenburg County
Chester
Gaston
Isabella Lucini
Pavia
Francis H. Weston
R. M. Pegues
Wade Stackhouse
New Orleans Times-Democrat
San Pedro Sula
Puerto Cortes
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