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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
4
Personal character communications presented as advertisements or obituary notices of under one hundred words are printed free. Longer messages are charged at one cent per word with payment due on delivery.
A South wide editorial urges modern, economical highway construction using convict labor leased from the state. it argues for county squads to work on roads year round, leveraging rock piles and weather shelter to keep a steady output, while opposing private leasing. It notes benefits seen in other states and calls for perfected state convict lease programs to aid public works.
Rottenness to the extent of eighty thousand dollars has been unearthed in the financial department of the Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary. A group of prominent Donkers claim the road project will showcase a model highway from Knox's bridge through Seneca and Clemson College to Greenville. Local leaders including Mayor Sitton and other prominent citizens push the effort despite unsettled national auto plans. Watch Seneca join the great national highway next year.
The Woodmen of the World gathering at Richland last Friday drew a large crowd. Senator Tillman spoke from the grove stand, with Orr Min Cornet Band leading a parade from the railroad station. He discussed railroad tariffs, education, and constitutional issues, critiquing Southern policy while reflecting on his two decades in Washington and urging vigilance against corporate influence.
A columnist discusses compulsory education disparities between black and white populations in lower counties, arguing that educating the Negro is linked to political risk. He cites Taft’s platform on negro equality, contrasts it with local white party trends, and notes young white men seeking endorsements for Taft appointments.
A group of licensed Ohio physicians offers a free consultation on Saturday September 4th, with diagnosis and advice on a wide range of conditions. They promote new methods and insist on not charging for medicines during the visit, with a guarantee to cure where possible and to prolong life where not. Minors and married women must be accompanied by a local physician to attend.
A Walhalla ad promotes value on buggies wagons and harnesses from Brown. Highlights high point wheels hickory construction claims, compares prices for two and one horse wagons, and offers a free $75 high point buggy with every $10 purchase. Emphasizes guarantees and easy terms in a large concrete block building.
The old Coleman Mill has been repaired and refitted with rolling cloths and other essentials to restore it to first class shape. A competent miler is in charge and invites patrons to try a run of wheat to prove the quality of the Old Time Flour. July 28 1909 Lott from Mrs L M Coleman.
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