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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
4
Byers, Bhelor, Smith and Breck announce subscription at $1.00 per year. Advertising rates are stated as reasonable with details available from the office.
In Whitesburg Georgia on Friday night Jethro Jones was shot near his home after locating stolen cotton from his gin. Two men Wes and Charley Summerlin and their father were jailed as suspects. the case ties to a wealth and family line, with Mrs. J Qicherhold sick in Carrollton from typhoid and a recent marriage of Emmie Sten Potente at Pendleton Tow.
A county union call outlines a December meeting plan in Westminster with leaders Barrett and Teddurton invited to discuss redistricting and distressed cotton concerns. It notes mass gathering at Oakwas on December 1 at 1 o clock, to select delegates for further talks and inform local members for upcoming state and county sessions.
At the country home of Pr and KR Heller in Fork Town, Farman Hy Toleman of Oils city and Miss Olivia Heller were quietly married by Rev W W L others. Mrs John Heller, sister of the bride, played the wedding march. The couple plan to make their home in Anderson. John Lewis surrendered to the sheriff after killing a colored man named Holiday in Orangeburg County.
Robbers entered Baldwin and Whatley store at Mauldin and blew open the safe, securing about 200 dollars. An explosion woke Baldwin who was nearby. he was threatened by an armed man and warned not to advance. Officials tying to a gang of yosemen operating in the upper state suspect two men seen in Mauldin Thursday. Another theft at John Hill's shop yielded around 250 dollars, possibly by the same band.
Rev A P Marett fled his Pleasant Hill appointment and preached to a large crowd. Miss Lillie Lund and Lizzie Mae Pievens, bright young Hopewell women, attended. Jane Cobb died November 22 and was buried at Molly Springs the next day. She left a husband and several small children. Wesley Burnside Jr visited relatives near Pleasant Hill. Wedding bells are likely before holidays.
In Fayette City near Monongahela sixty miners, 50 to 60 believed trapped, are entombed after an explosion of black damp at the Naomi mine of United Mine Coal Company at 8 o'clock. Rock and coal collapsed the entrance. death toll uncertain. Medical aid dispatched as rescue attempts continue amid poor telegraph service.
Auction sale is set for Wednesday January 8 1908 near Oak Way Oconee County offering four 40 acre unimproved tracts one 55 acre tract with a new five room house and outbuildings two 1100 pound mules Terms require one third cash balance in two and four years Purchaser pays papers Also a probate citation in South Carolina Oconee County calling heirs and creditors to appear December 12 1907 at 11 am to show cause why administration should not be granted on the estate of M Rowe VanDiviere Published November 27 and December 4 1907 in the Keowee Courier plus courthouse notice.
I will sell at my residence near High 1s on December 18, 1907 a pair of Muley, a two horse wagon, a top buggy and harness, two Jersey cows, several hogs, corn and fodder, farming tools, and household goods. Cash terms. A. T. LBW December 4, 1907.
Notice that the Board of County Commissioners for Oconee County will meet on January 3, 1908 at Walhalla Public Square starting 1 o'clock. All 1907 claims for work or materials must be filed by December and will be barred if unpaid. Claims may be filed in person or by mail to County Commissioners, Walhalla, S C. D F McAlister, Supervisor. December 4, 1907.
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