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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1906
Page
4
A clipped 1908 Walhalla column mixes notes on European monarchs and Georgia politics. It mentions Governor races, a Georgia educational mass meeting at the Court House, and Alf Laver’s dairy bill, praising the state’s agricultural college and the Thomas G. Clemson founding document.
A damaged clipping touts Elaine Bitters as a quick remedy for liver and stomach ailments. It includes testimonial language from John A. Youn of Whig and mentions a February date and endorsements by local officials. The text references a governor and various regional names in a general medical claim.
A House bill introduced by Representative Crampacker of Indiana proposes reducing Southern representation due to disfranchisement. The plan cuts state delegates, shifting Alabama from 0 to 5, Arkansas 7 to 1, Florida 6 to 2, Georgia 11 to 6, Louisiana 7 to 4, Mississippi 8 to 3, North Carolina 10 to 0, South Carolina 7 to 4, Tennessee 10 to 8, Texas 11 to 12, Virginia 10 to 5, among others.
Col John B E Sloan dies after a day of illness at 64 South Lay Street in Pendleton and is to be buried there. The obituary recalls his Civil War service with the 4th South Carolina Volunteers and notes his later Charleston cotton business and fertilizer work with Edisto and Virginia Carolina companies. Surviving relatives include Mrs Earle Sloan and several Sloan siblings, with interment at Pendleton Episcopal church.
Former Speaker David B. Henderson is dead. Born March 14, 1840 in Old Door Scotland, he came to the United States as a boy and served in the Federal Army, losing a leg at Corinth. He later rejoined as a colonel, studied law, and held Iowa state offices before long national leadership roles.
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