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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1906
Page
4
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Walhalla’s financial page notes total deposits across Oconee banks reached 455,774.75 in 1905, with quarterly gains from 332,062.83 in Q1 to 456,714.75 in Q4, a 40 percent year rise. The piece urges civic effort to sustain momentum into 1906 and beyond.
An informal letter-like piece notes a local candidate Cole Li Blows of Newberry plans to run for governor amid playful mockery. It touches on regional politics, sectionalism, and printing industry concerns, citing a recent Anderson Daily Mail review of city county finances and harboring skepticism about federal statehood debates.
In the United States the eight hour day is broadly adopted by government departments and progress strikes occur in printing. The Typographical Union reports 312 cities in eight hour columns, Spartanburg is the only town in the state with full implementation. A tragic cost of consumption is noted, yet Dr King’s New Discovery is praised as a cure by Oaklandon Ltd., with a free trial bottle offered.
J A Barnett of Washington Wilkes County warns farmers to heed price trends for cotton. He argues high prices tempt overplanting, risking lower future prices, and urges diversification and self-reliance to avoid market swings and preserve profits. He cites 1903 1904 and 1905 price patterns and Providence as factors.
Herbert D. Ashdowne a local clothing house collector died at Samaritan Hospital after a restaurant shooting alleged to be by Mrs. Jennie Purkett. Jealousy prior to marriage prompted the crime. Ashdowne named Purkett in his ante mortem statement, initially shielding her.
In Spartanburg on a January date, John J. Bishop, a beer dispenser, was tried for violating the dispensary law by operating a beer establishment. The jury deliberated for several hours and returned a guilty verdict with a mercy recommendation. Counsel for Bishop moved for a new trial.
Board of County Commissioners invites bids to rebuild J onkins Bridge over Chauga and Emorage Bridge over Little River with bond equal to twice bid. Bids opened January 2 1906 at noon and January 27 1906 at noon. Also announces probate court notice for administration of the estate of H M Pitts with hearing January 25 1906 at Walhalla Court House.
Freddy Taylor, nine Negro youths, was brought before Magistrate Stribling in Seneca on a charge of attempted criminal assault. He was committed to the Walhalla jail after being bound over to the Court of General Sessions. Two women reported being followed by Taylor as he gave conflicting stories about his business. A constable detained him after the incident, and he was jailed by nightfall.
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