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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1909
Page
6
Communications of a personal character charged for all advertisements obituary notices and tributes of respect not over one hundred words will be printed free of charge all over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word cash to accompany manuscript.
Gen Robert R Hemphill dies at his Abbeville home December 28 after months of ill health. He served as Confederate private and sergeant major, later held political offices in South Carolina, edited the Abbeville Medium, and led Orr's Rifles Survivors Association. Survived by widow and children, including Cree Tremphill. Major J C Wemphill, brother, edits Charleston paper. Also brief note promotes Foley remedies.
Five heavily armed robbers dynamited the bank at Wellston Oklahoma on Wednesday. After a two hour siege with residents, the gang escaped with 5000 dollars. No one was hurt despite more than two hundred shots exchanged and a barbed wire barricade around the bank.
The notice urges subscribers to check the paper date, settle any arrears promptly, and keep subscriptions paid up. It emphasizes strict postal laws and says it is easier to pay regularly than in lump sums after long gaps.
A letter from G Carter Riser accompanies a check to buy a typewriter for Miss Shelor. The piece notes Sunshiners in Spartanburg Newberry and Laurens counties, listing donors including governors and doctors, praising state pride and Sunshine spirit with a lasting gift. An eczema remedy ad follows.
Westminster notices a meeting of the Farmers Union rescheduled from Saturday at Hopewell to Friday January 8th as announced by Jos L Keit who will tour the Third District urging full attendance and urging delinquent members to pay dues. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised for clear skin and health.
Adolph Whalwiter attempted to slit his wife’s throat in Ypsilanti Michigan. She fought back as he was struck by a freight train near Michigan Central tracks and died. Mrs Whaliter’s condition remains uncertain. A Red Cross official announced a $100000 donation to Italy for earthquake relief, with $70000 released locally.
Mrs. Rhoda Downs of Walhalla Washington reports backache relief after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. She describes improved pain, dizziness, and kidney function following the treatment and recommends the remedy to friends. Sold by dealers nationwide at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY, sole agents.
Charity Rogers fourteen grabs a long knife while playing with her nine year old brother in Gainesville Georgia. The knife sticks in the boy hip severing vessels and causing collapse. He is transported for care and listed as seriously hurt but not in immediate danger.
In Roanoke Virginia a local option vote produced a dry landslide by 586 votes. The wets won in one ward by 194, while the drys carried three others by a total 67. Forty two saloons and several liquor houses would close within ninety days, though four clubs retain licenses. A distillery and brewery remain in town. The Anti-Saloon League pledged $10,000 to aid enforcement after closures, and wets may contest the result.
Paris dec 30 the custody petition of Count Bont de Castellane was denied the court ruled the three sons remain in the care of their mother Princess de Sagan formerly Miss Anna Gould of New York. The children may not leave the continent without permission and from Oct 19 1909 they are to be placed at a college within 100 miles of Paris.
A mis placed switch derailed Southern Railway No 36 near Stokesland six miles south of Danville Virginia at 550 pm yesterday. Engineer Satterfield was killed and Freman Davis and three postal clerks injured. No passengers hurt. Train left Washington at 815 am and ran into a switch that diverted onto Danville and Western tracks. Traffic was not interrupted. Cause of switch misdirection unknown at this time.
Christmas celebrations in Chauga were peaceful with serenades and a tree at Mrs Susan Dickson's on December 24. Santa distributed gifts as Stewart Floyd hosted a crowd. Bird hunting with Senator J R Earle and son Harry, holidays with Charles Floyd from Brevard, and visits by William Freeman family and J R Cox. School resumes January 4 with Miss Stella White as teacher.
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