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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
1
Facts from Fair Play report social visits, church meetings, and local events in Fair Play South Carolina. Notes include Dr J R Heller welcoming a new son, visits by Mrs Maxwell and others, fishing at Port Mitt Shoals, and a horse swappers convention planned for August. Weather shows heat and rain shortage.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky says twenty years of granulated sore eyes were cured after trying Chamberlains Salve in February 1903. He bought one box, used two thirds, and has had no trouble since. The salve is sold by J W Bell in Valletta and W J Laney in Seneca.
Grover Davis and sister Miss Myrtle visited Central last week. Little Bill Stone broke his arm. Dr Hines treated him. Ethel Smith heads to Fair Play for eight days with J D Sheldon family. George Bagwell from Oakman Ala to visit in Bounty Land. Various relatives and neighbors visit homes. Richland baseball routs Townville 8 0. Methodist Missionary ice cream sale raises funds. Edna Thornton returns to Hartwell.
A commercial traveler extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a faithful companion on trips for eighteen years and claims a sixty year legacy of proven cures since its 1872 introduction. He recommends it and notes local sellers J W Bell Valhalla W J Lunney Seneca.
The August report notes local recreation after harvest, a Central School led by Miss Conyers Allen, and several residents traveling to Georgia and North Carolina on business or leisure. James Madden was very ill but improving, with Pick Holden visiting from Georgia. The third quarterly Valhalla conference met at Whitmire's church, with full attendance and a double-day sermon by the presiding elder.
Westminster Aug 4 special reports Joseph Lee fell from a loaded wagon in Dr. Rosser's yard injuring his cheek bone as a wire tripped him. Marion news notes Miss Zella Denton returns home from Greenville. Funeral for Amos Julian set at Return or Westminster. family ties outlined. Park improvement plea urges town to invest in walks, seats, and plantings near water tank. Various social notices include weddings travels and real estate plans by Piedmont Land Company and local business moves. Community updates cover illness, travels, church revivals, and a forthcoming horse-swappers convention August 20-22.
J Louis Williamson a York county farmer was mortally wounded by J Henry Garrison at the Garrison home in Gray Court. Williamson died three hours later after a shotgun blast to the abdomen. Garrison turned himself in and posted bail of one thousand dollars after a coroner's inquest upheld the killing.
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