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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1906
Page
6
Columbia April 19 report notes little drop in overall dispensary trade despite many counties closing stores. Estimates suggest a potential $60,000 loss if stock was available. First quarter sales fell from 2781.91 to 575.00 across open counties, while 14 counties shut dispensaries since January.
Spartanburg April 20 Thomas Godfrey was sent to Columbia to begin a life sentence for the murder of Thos Jones in a dispute over grape vines. The courtroom drama and depot farewell reflected a somber tone as his family showed emotion while Godfrey remained largely unmoved.
A husband Jesse Timmons shot and killed his wife on a roadway near Keysville after a separation. He and a companion drove away after forcing the other woman to accompany them. The victim’s body burned on the road as the killer fled. The report also notes a rash of violent erupions, and unrelated notices on liquor seizures, steamship and rail disputes, and a Sunday freight law appeal reaching the Supreme Court.
A tornado struck Briggs Texas last week destroying the town completely. Two people were killed and thirty injured in the disaster. Rescue crews and relief efforts are underway as authorities assess the damage and aid survivors.
Aiken county rejects establishing a county court by a vote two and a half to one. Ashley Manufacturing Co plans a new knitting mill in Newberry with capital of eighty thousand dollars. The body of George C Luppert, a Dennsylvania lumberman, was recovered from the Watauga river after being drowned near Butler Tennessee.
Residents of the Democratic Clubs of Oconee county are asked to convene on Saturday April 28 1906 to elect delegates to the County Convention meeting Monday May 7 1906. County Chair M S Steibling Tamassee Democratic Club urges prompt attention to this matter.
County chair announces Tamassee Democratic Club called to meet Saturday April Beth at 2 PM with J B Cowan as president and S B Cowan as secretary Oakway Democratic Club to meet Saturday April 28 at Oakway for reorganizing electing delegates to county convention and handling other business W M Brown president W M Leminaus secretary Full attendance urged.
The report notes Texas February egg production with shipments via Galveston and large valores, alongside investor action approving a 200 million dollar Southern Railway bond issue. Also referenced are marketing claims and a domestic health tonic ad, plus a lynching incident in Springfield Missouri where two Black men were hanged after a jail mob attacked.
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