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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
3
Ware county reports rising farm ownership and use of motor vehicles for business and recreation. Statewide licenses skew to small towns as good roads and highway funds boost rural travel. Automobiles, phones, and mail expand country life aiding agricultural growth and logistics. A Cleveland businessman quips about his son’s lack of drive.
Senator Benjamin Tillman praised Democrats for their conduct in Congress after a brief Columbia stop. He discussed presidential nominating prospects, Confederate monuments, and praised colleagues while noting health limits and readiness to be paired for votes.
Christopher Columbus Wilson known as Wireless Wilson, 73, arrived in Atlanta to begin a three year Federal prison term for palming off worthless wireless stock. He is said to be the oldest prisoner at the local jail and recently became a father as his wife gave birth to a boy about a week ago.
News reaches Pendleton of Capt. Frank B. Pickens Dowd dying after a paralysis stroke in Birmingham Alabama. The body arrived in Pendleton via Seneca and services were held at St Pauls Episcopal Church with interment at Old Stone. He was born near Pendleton about sixty years ago and was former paymaster of the South Carolina railroad. He leaves a wife and three children and is survived by four brothers including Dr. Thos Pickens and Capt. Miles Pickens of Pendleton.
In National Monthly tale Twisted, Pat Kelly returns home late when a fire alarm sounds. Hurriedly dressing, he puts on his trousers backwards and slides down stairs, friend rushing to help. He checks himself and quips that he has a twist in his trousers.
William Lee, accused of killing his father, mother, and brother as their home burned, asked to attend the funeral but was refused. He was found bruised in his cell, with sheriff attributing marks to blows and the rest from a fall. His fiancée Mina Taylor, distressed, doubted his guilt as coroner's inquest probes family objections and a demanded inheritance.
New York on January 1 counted 4,983,385 in the administrative boroughs, with metropolitan totals potentially exceeding 7,600,000 when outer districts are included. London’s administrative county reaches 4,622,628, and New York reports a lower death rate of 13.8 versus London's 19.1, marking New York as the healthier metropolis in the new census comparison.
Shoota His Beet Stout New York Aug 24 John Cook angered by meal at 1928 Gates avenue Brooklyn drew a revolver and fired at food hitting a beef steak on another table and a pork chop three tables away. Patrons fled to the street. Cook was arrested and held on $100 bail.
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