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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1906
Page
5
The local cotton market shows Newry at 10 1/10, Seneca at 10 8 1/2, Walhalla at 10 1/10, Weatminater at 10. West Union at 10 0. Prices reflect Newry 1010, Seneca 108c, and other regional readings.
Fire destroyed the home of R D Robertson in the New Hope area on February 6 with unknown origin. Only a trunk with clothes survived. loss near $300. Robertson, an elderly Confederate veteran, receives aid from a circulating subscription and friends. Local notices also report J D Crenshaw of Washington DC as depot agent, and outline Oconee county tax levies totaling 15 mills including schools and state taxes.
Counterfeiters devise imitations of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds to defraud the public. Warns readers to trust only remedies bearing the Bucklen name on the wrapper. Dr King’s Bucklen & Co., Chicago and Windsor, Canada, claim over 35 years of success.
The Lutheran church ladies hosted an oyster supper last Thursday at the Walhalla Hotel. The room featured bunting and George Washington birthday decor with artistic menu cards shaped like George and his hatchet. Oysters, salads, ice cream, and cake were served, netting about $62 for the Lutheran Sunday School.
Mrs Clara Pell Sweater wife of Jos W Ivester died at home near Mountain Rest Oconee county on February 23 1906 after months of illness from acute pneumonia She was about fifty years old and survived by her husband six children one sister and two half-siblings Funeral services were held at the Double Springs churchyard with Rev E S Jones officiating The bereaved family receives countywide sympathy Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is endorsed for burns and wounds in a Norfolk Va note from C Riverbark Jr The rest of the item covers local notes and society news from Connors Cross area with social visits, church service changes, and a school report.
In Westminster and nearby towns residents and friends gathered Sunday with Misses Danay Beasle and Ida Phillips from Cross Rows attending Methodist services. William Rodgers, age about nineteen, died February 21 from pneumonia after a brief illness. His funeral was held at Bethel Cemetery the following Thursday as the community offers sympathy to the bereaved family.
A newspaper notice argues that colds cause serious diseases such as pneumonia and bronchitis. It urges avoiding risk and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe cure, free of opium or morphine, backed by thirty years of successful use. Local sellers J. W. Bell in Valhalla and W. J. Luaney in Seneca offer the remedy.
Oakway February 26 report notes Roy G T Harmon delivering a sermon at the Methodist church Sunday morning and Rev T C Ligon preaching at the Presbyterian church in the afternoon. Local visits include Mr and Mrs H J Myers and daughters visiting Ensley, Sam Isbell and Miss Marie Neville’s family visiting A L Foster, and Jodie Haley attending a Westminster lyceum. Also Frank Foster and Miss Savannah stayed in Seneca, Cadet Moore of Clemson was home for weekend.
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