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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
6
Personal communications of a personal character charged as advertisements or obituaries and tributes of respect under one hundred words are printed free. Any over this limit costs seven cents per word. No manuscript credit or receipt is provided. Wednesday, May 19, 1909.
Geronimo, famed Apache leader and prisoner of war, died today at Fort Sill Oklahoma after years in confinement. He was eighty years old and will be buried at Fort Sill cemetery with Apache and Christian rites conducted by local clergy. His death ends a historic chase led by General Nelson Miles from 1885 to 1886 and follows decades of resistance and negotiations with the U.S. government.
Recruitment advertises postings for railway postal service exams across the South. It notes training by an Orangethings, S C, instructor and invites applications from young men meeting the exam requirements. A former examiner at The Sun, Ofatgebure, offers guidance by mail.
Irene Wade, ten years old and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Wade, was struck by freight No. 6 on the Southern at a Greenwood crossing while walking to school with a younger sister. She died about noon, after immediate aid and a trip home to await her fate. The accident occurred near Hampton Avenue and drew swift aid from neighbors. Wade, superintendent of Greenwood Cotton Mills, and his wife, recently moved from Pelzer, mourn a child long cherished by the community. The tragedy has stirred grave sorrow among local residents and relatives in Oconee and Greenwood.
In Kilberton Ga Charl Chirk aged about twenty lives near Hiberton with his sister and her husband. He was shot last night by Pant Almond after a dispute involving Almond’s sister. Doctors say recovery is possible though the victim’s condition remains serious. In Atlanta a separate store robbery on Me Daniel street occurred at 7 am when two well dressed men looted the cash register after forcing the proprietor to open it. Authorities investigate the pair and no arrests are reported. Also an advertisement promotes a patent medicine claiming to cure catarrh with testimonials from local merchants endorsing the product and its inventor Ed Cheney.
An advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney pains backache and urinary issues urging quick action before diabetes dropsy or arteriosclerosis set in. It includes testimonials from Walhalla and Anderson and notes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole U.S. distributor under the Dean brand name. Also reports on Louisville prohibition convention debates with former Governor Glenn and Rev. Brooks Lawrence discussing enforcement and political alignment.
The First Westminster Baptist church has called for their pastor Hey d. VL Alors of Mount Airy Georgia and it is understood the call has been accepted. Miss Sue Perkins a coach at the Rook HI school visited here with Miss Thomas of South Union. George N. Dickson of Orange visiting homefolks this week. Mrs Sallie Holley and Miss Essie Brock visited Seneca Saturday and Sunday. Rev J T Ayers of Georgia preached at the church. Mrs Ay West and children of Westminster visited here this week. Community feeling remains tense. Misses Mahile and Vera Simpson of Westminster visited home this week. We would welcome roll work in this section. CHICAGO MAN personal crisis reports.
Tragic tale from Chicare February details a man named Trnanis who, enraged by Anne Whigent turning down his marriage proposal, killed himself after firing at her and her suitor. His daughter and Tunants’ company heard police and rumors of jealousy as the tragedy unfolded. Bucklen's Arnica Salve The Best Solv e In The World.
The county urges teachers to attend upcoming sessions at Long Creek Church Madison Oakway Walhalla and other locales on March 1 4 6 and 11 as part of a drive to engage communities, invite nearby schools, and form the county teachers association led by W C Stughs. Williams of the U S Department of Education may attend.
Memphis Tenn February 18 three people dead and five others seriously ill as a result of believed poison sausage. Mrs Casima gave some sausage to the Priora family and another relative near by, many victims affected. Sausage being examined by chemists doctors Terrell and Frinson pronounce the cases the result of poisoning.
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