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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1905
Page
7
The writer reports returning to Alabama and observing growth, new faces, and a sense of progress. He notes many transplanted residents from the South, mentions old acquaintances, and recalls classmates becoming adults. He praises local hospitality, mentions business activity and proposed railroad expansion, and closes with regards from B. Vernon.
The Southern Railway announces very low first class round trip fares to Spartanburg for the South Atlantic Staten Music Festival May 3 to 5, 1905. Fares apply from Atlanta Atholna Elberton Greensboro to Spartanburg and from Charleston and Savannah to Asheville, with May 1 2 3 and 4 travel and final ticket return by May 6 1906. Contact any Southern Railway agent for details A G I A Atlanta Ga.
Carroll a prominent Columbia businessman pledges support to launch the Southern Ploughman by May 1. The monthly paper aims to serve colored farmers and laborers with a women's department led by a colored woman and a children’s section. Notables like Thomas A. Miller and Oye Campfield back the project, with white and colored leadership to guide content and circulation across the South.
An account from Maine portrays the crackdown on the Starling bill enforcing Prohibition, detailing sheriff campaigns, saloon closures, and clever pocket peddlers who conspire to sell illicit liquor. Tales describe capers by itinerant drink sellers, their disguises, and the humor of a state under dry law.
An advertising notice markets three newspapers the Whirloaton Semi-Weekly News Vou rier and Koowoe Courier at 1 50 per week, promo ing two papers for the price of one. The trio claims prominence in Oconow county and South Carolina, touting detailed regional news and special supplements. Also reports on Japan Russia diplomacy and European financial interests with a brief international update.
Penry, bound for Cape York and Cape Sabine from New York, will carry a new telegraph setup and wireless link to northern ports. His ship, recently built, will winter in the central polar basin while a sledge party and dogs push toward the pole.
A Harpers Weekly piece recounts a Southern preacher’s version of the Good Samaritan parable. A traveler is set upon on a lonely road, robbed and left wounded. Several passersby offer no help until a Good Samaritan arrives, lifts the man onto a mule, and pays for food and lodging, with the innkeeper to bill the donor. The tale ends noting the “true story” yet awaiting the return and repayment.
A jumble of quotes and fragments discussing cowboys noise cattle and readers, followed by a Milwaukee Journal blurb about a four-paper-a-week issue, the Atlanta Constitution triweekly edition, and subscription rates. It also reports Asheville election results on prohibition and state tax receipts with brief mentions of The Keowee Courier and The Columbia Record.
An elderly man in a park watches children play when a fairy child and her rope trick reveal he is her grandfather. The curious child Philip, later named by the fairy, shares details about his own identity and family as she teases him with hints and questions.
A fragmented dialogue follows a child named Philippa who urges a mysterious old man to accompany her to a piano room. She offers a plan to borrow him for the year, describe security for rent, and arrange a joint life story, as they approach a tenement house in Cleveland.
A teacher who studied a troubled student traces his apparent wickedness to an unsettled stomach. The boy confesses his frustration, and the teacher concludes that problems begin in the gut. Alabama reduces debt and a fisheries company in Horry County is formed with capital of 25 000 pounds to cover diverse ventures from fish to freight.
The Alucihte Chronicle reports Mrs Loybee has purchased control of the paper and that Mr Catinias plans to argue for a president and business manager. The privy paid about 40 000 dollars for control, rising to 60 000 over two years at Prescott. News covers mine blasts at United Verde, deaths at Birmingham and Anderson, a fatal fire in Chatham, a child’s poisoning accident, and a judge's re election bid.
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