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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
4
Citizens of Oconee can learn modern road building and maintenance Thursday next September 7 as a Southern Roadways train arrives at 2 oclock. Officials and citizens may attend talks and demonstrations on hashways and practical methods, touted as crucial for South’s development and infrastructure planning.
The letter protests a Washington rumor that Capt Jas B Bell editor of the Cherokee News is chosen editor of the Congressional Directory for the 62d Congress. The writer supports Jim Hoyt for editor of the Congressional Record and disputes the miscaptioned claim, demanding proper recognition of Hoyt’s qualifications and prior nomination. The dispute centers on editorial titles and political rights.
In London Kentucky on April 28 at a county church near Qaldey fast night Bert Allen shot and killed two people Jen and another girl. Allen mistook one for a jilter and then took poison or medicines claiming to aid nature. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised as an aid to recovery with testimonials and sale by dealers.
Atlanta August 28 It is likely the South's cotton crop will be held at least until after the Farmers Union National Convention in Shawnee Oklahoma September 5 to 7 Emmett Cabiniss and Davis report a money pool of 200000000 to support a 12 cent price and circulate notices to state unions Barrett pursues a cleaned date for the Commissioners of Agriculture convention to follow the Oklahoma meeting in Memphis on September 12
Lee of Evansville Indiana confessed to Sheriff Davis that he killed his father mother and younger brother at Boonville last Thursday morning then set fire to the cottage to conceal the crime. He described the sequence of events including an axe blow and a later self defense claim. Mina Taylor fiancée was prostrated upon hearing of the confession and Newburg residents await details as inquiries continue.
Elgin August 26 Len Zengel won the 306 mile road race aboard a National while Harry Grant and Hugh Hughes finished second and third. A deadly crash killed Dave Buck and his mechanic Sam Jacobs as Buck’s car somersaulted after a wheel failure near finish. A separate seating collapse injured thirty spectators, including a daughter of Senator Lorimer, as boards gave way on the insecure grandstand.
Notice announces application to Judge of Probate in Oconee County South Carolina to settle Beltora Waite estate and obtain discharge for Administrator MH Brown. Hearing at Walhalla Courthouse on a September date in 1911 at 11 am.
A. L. Foster farm of 157 acres near Oakway is offered for sale for the next thirty or sixty days. Described as one of the finest farms in the county, the owner urges immediate inquiries for interested buyers.
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