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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1907
Page
6
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In Greenwood County a condemned Black man Joe Evans was executed by hanging after prayers by two Black ministers and a final singing sermon. The event followed Evans’s calm demeanor and a declaration of peace with God. Separately, Rome Morning Tribune’s Rome, Georgia plant burned, destroying press rooms and machinery with $50,000 loss. the paper, fifty-year-old, faced uninsured damage.
The commissioner of agriculture notes that cold April weather badly damaged growing crops across Mido and South Georgia. Early March planting increased losses, with many fields severely hurt and some doomed to fail to mature. Damages span large areas including Portia and nearby regions, with statewide implications.
Joseph W. Hagood, a former state hospital patient deemed cured, ran amok at his Assembly Street home in Columbia on April 1. He attacked Mrs. Kagonia Smith with an axe and knife, injuring her as well as John J. Riley, a cork-legged renter, who escaped and then was wounded. Higood’s wife fought to restrain him, tearing off his clothing before collapsing from nervous exhaustion. Mrs. A. Andrews alerted others after escaping from the room he smashed. Both victims were taken to Columbia hospital. Hagood was overpowered after a violent struggle.
Wm Henry of Chattanooga Tom claims rheumatism in his left arm faded after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm and wrapping the arm in flannel nightly. He says strength returned and the rheumatism has not recurred in three weeks. This testimonial is noted by J W Hall Valhalla and W J Lunney Seneca.
An earthquake lasting four and a half minutes shook Mexico City on April 14, taking out telegraph and electric wires and plunging parts of the city into darkness. One wall of the Associated Press office cracked from floor to ceiling as residents fled their hotels in night attire.
A contentious scheme to build two new hospitals costing 250000 dollars each is challenged by Presbyterians and Methodists as draining city funds. Elsewhere, the Chicago and Alton railroad case upheld. Peary plans a July North Pole voyage. a jail pardon in Pickens County. a Columbia printer dies. an old health tonic advertisement appears with dubious claims.
Chicago April 18 Standard Oil Company of Indiana found guilty on 1403 counts of revolving rebates moving shipments from Whiting to St Louis. If sustained, maximum fine 20 million under Elkins law, with defense saying motion for new trial to be filed. Counts related to cargo shipments across Chicago and Alton railroad. History notes 1903 counts originally 1903 with 440 dropped.
New York April 15 estimates place the Harry K Thaw trial expenses well above 800000 with the Thaw family bearing about 235000 and State costs near 80000. Alienists cost 45000 and the defense 145000 while jurors at two dollars per day would total 1536 and could rise to nearly six dollars daily if raised.
Elder John T. Ongley of Rootville Pa relates a lifelong skin ailment relief after using Chamberlains Salve, noting years of nightly washing and intense itching ended. Advertisements direct readers to J W Bell Walhalla and W J Lunnoy Sonoga for sale.
Old Ohio Guard rallies to Senator Foraker in Columbus as his Ohio visit stirs faithful to rally to his banner. In Spartanburg Laura McLaughlin, a King's Mountain young woman, was detained by police over suspected elopement but returned home after consent. In Johnston a farmer Halsonback was shot by Gev Thomson over a dispute. Halsonback died instantly. five men were present. Thomson had not been arrested. Halsonback had been a witness in the Tillman trial years ago.
Charleston April 1. The new cathedral of St John the Baptist on the former site of St John and St Finbay was consecrated with elaborate ceremonies led by Cardinal Gibbons and apostolic delegate Diomeda Falconio. Archbishop Northrop marked the silver jubilee as the cathedral, built of brown stone at $290,000, was debt free. The service featured a grand musical program and sermons by Archbishop Konno and Bishop Donahue. Nearby notes mention local farming news and the sentencing of Charles Howard and Tom Nolan to ten years each for cracking the Koorou Manufacturing Company in 1902.
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