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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
8
A local sale promotes Christmas salvage items including dolls toys vases chinaware and jewelry. The event highlights bargain prices and assorted decorative pieces likely to appeal to shoppers seeking holiday decor and gifts.
Walhalla area residents are featured with numerous social items including visits by Misa May Fant to Anderman, Miss Sadie Clements of Seneca staying with Mr and Mrs G L Reidy, and J A Steck recovering from illness. Local shop ads promote Burton’s Christmas goods, Edward Callas’s holiday offerings, and a Christmas tree event at Fiat Shoal schoolhouse. Multiple marriages, relocations, and church events are noted along with travel plans for residents to Savannah, Ga and Elberton, Ga. Public notices include real estate sales by W C White and a Masters sale on January first. rail excursion rates to St. Louis are listed. Local pastors and families are documented with expected holiday activities and future plans.
A fragment from Frank L. Staunton recalls a comical scene with a parson, a turkey, and a sheriff’s reward. The speaker describes finding the fowl in a storm, bringing it to the fire, and a neighbor’s claim of catching it. The excerpt hints at rural humor and local color.
The item list includes rental notice near Walbulls, weather notes on a cold wave and sun clouding, visits and movements of Mrs. Paul L Steck and family to Tayloravil, D. H. Rabous heading to Charleston, and Rev J G Yongue delivering sermons at Valhalla Methodist church. Col Dave H Wise arrives for annual settlements with Oconee County officials. Welcome to Rev Yongue and family with a warm parish reception and an old-time pounding.
Western Winter details W. L. Hill who rose from about 80 pounds to over 180 after using Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs. He credits twelve bottles with his dramatic recovery from a near-fatal illness. Trial bottle offered free by druggists at 50 cents and one dollar.
Four crewmembers died and two were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train on a long curve near Donaldsonville Louisiana on the Texas and Pacific railroad. Engineers and firemen escaped by leaping as the locomotives collided and the fresh locomotive boiler exploded. many passengers suffered head injuries from flying debris and blunt force in the car splinters.
In Inari Washington on December 15 Representative Wyatt Aiken of the Third District introduces a bill to raise rural free delivery carriers pay to per annum arguing they face hard work and weather, and that most resignations reflect pay concerns. The bill aligns with the fourth assistant postmaster general report urging higher compensation.
A local advertisement promotes reductions on shoes hats pants and shirts from now until the start of Hort year. It also touts a full line of staple and fancy groceries including fruits nuts cakes and candies with an invitation to call and be pleased.
Christmas will soon be here and the functions are now that it will be warm. Roy Geo T Harmon Jr fled his regular appointment at this church Sunday afternoon. He preached an interesting and instructive sermon. Due to weather the audience was small but attentive. Mr and Mrs TR Davis of Greenville visited relatives Saturday night and Sunday. A heater was purchased for Topewell church. Roy A Stribling of Westminister attended preaching Sunday. Mr and Mrs JG Barton Jr of Westminster stayed with D C Ward. John Adamaha bought land and repaired his dwelling. Mrs TE Davis returned home after daughter’s visit in Toc son. About two months ago our baby girl had measles with lung complications, two doctors gave no relief. I tried eight stores for a remedy and failed until Chamberlains Cough Remedy saved the baby. Gov W Spence Hell Springs NG reports the cure. For sale by J W Bell albadle, W J Lannoy Seneca.
Tamasseo records show Miss Emily Comprton of Silom visiting Tamasseo Sunday. T. M. Kelley and family visited J. KE Kelley Sunday. Ailes Reid moves to T. Bf. Kelley's home. An entertainment at Tamasseo School is planned with Feigay inviting neighbors to begin at 7.20 pm.
A Spartanburg special reports a large liquor influx for the holidays with two bub- Avod and sixty gallons arriving by express and more expected by train. The express office notes the base location in the city and an extra force of alert clerks being employed.
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