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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
8
Local column items report illnesses, family moves, debts and sales. Advertisements note furniture, groceries, hardware and seeds while service announcements list church events and upcoming lodge meetings. Recent travel and weather touches appear with minor items about carriers and town business.
News from Walhalla reports EO Wilhelm killed in a railroad wreck near Atlanta this morning. He was long known there and survived by his wife Ida Pitchford and her four children. C. W. and S. N. Pitchford left for Atlanta after the telegram arrived.
Community notes record moves marriages and deaths including Ida McCollough visiting Mont Vale and Mrs Garwood leaving for Atlanta. W J Stribling returns from New Orleans with Cotton Growers Convention plans. Postmasters Mulkey and Stewart face dismissal debate in Washington. County commissions trim tax levy and discuss fertilizer factory bill for lower prices. In Columbia, lawmakers debate trespass law and juror drawing reforms while rail travel for presidential inauguration is offered at reduced Southern Railway rates.
In Napalow Arizona on January 28 four men and one assailant died after gambler Will Walters opened fire in the Valaca saloon. He killed owner M. M. Conn and dealer Cow boy Jolyson, then shot proprietor Conti and cattleman George Bondia before turning the gun on himself. All perished before relief could arrive.
Washington Post recalls Capt. W A Courtenay of South Carolina in Arlington during a great earthquake and property loss. He notes his prior role with The Mercury and comments on the Negro problem, warning that education alone may mask ulterior motives. Kansas City reports William A Rollins, a black juror, discharged after jurors refuse to seat him.
In the Court of Probate at Walhalla Court House South Carolina Mary M McGuire petitions to grant administration of James M McGuire deceased. The court requires all kindred and creditors to appear on the specified February 1905 date to show cause why administration should not be granted. Published January 1, 1905.
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