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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1912
Page
8
Local items recount travels and news from residents, including W. M. Fennell's Atlanta business trip, Mrs. G. K. Maxwell's visit with her daughter in Union, and various neighbors' activities. Transients include Miss Julia Maxwell entering Columbia for nursing studies, alterations in church attendance, and notices of social visits, funerals, and property ads.
Texas Panhandle endures a severe snow and ice outbreak with temperatures 12 to 18 below, blocking cattle from food as a heavy storm cripples rail travel near Hereford. In Oklahoma reports, Pawhuska is noted as a chilly town amid cattle suffering. a wreck on the Pecos and Northern Texas line near Hereford leaves one dead and several injured. The item mixes local weather, a fatal rail accident, and assorted society notes from Townville and nearby areas.
Manchester Ga January 3 Henry L Coffee of Chalybeate near here shot himself in the head at about 2 am in his bedroom while others slept. Death was instantaneous. He left no note. Coffee, about 48, was assistant postmaster at Mwah Lonega before moving to Chalybeate. He leaves a wife six children and several brothers in Atlanta and one here.
The Supreme Court affirmed a murder conviction from Anderson County where a white man named Miet was sentenced to death for the killing of his wife and her father. The date of execution remains to be set by the court.
The Isyuquong Literary Society held its annual public meeting though weather troubled, with pupils presenting music and debates. Winners included Rien Duncan for essay, Clyde Brown for oration, and Mary Ellen Wilson plus Earle Board for the debate. A library fund increase was noted. Officers for Sasaquena and Thompson societies were listed. Preparations for county contest at Westminster and the Medmont oratorical contest were outlined, along with a Latin prize for top Latin student. Honor rolls and grade reports were detailed for December.
The Richland county grand jury returned against I J Vans of Newberry on charges of accepting rebates and conspiring to receive rebates. The action arose from the attorney general's office and was presented by Sollestar Cobb with reports on other bills. Trial date remains undetermined as Attorney General J Fraser Lyon is out of town.
A cinema audience in St Petersburg witnessed a long awaited reunion when a peasant and his wife recognized their long lost daughter in a film scene. The daughter appeared on stage after the manager halted the show and verified the story, surprising the crowd and delighting the family.
Atlanta January 6 payment of 500000 to the Royster company through its attorneys marks a withdrawal of its claim for 762641 worth against the International Agricultural Corporation of New York. The suit stemmed from a German potash controversy and an expected compromise of all suits. The Royster firm contracted to deliver 10000 to 12000 tons of potash yearly to the plaintiff for two years starting January 1 1910 with option to extend five years, but Germanys export tax prevented fulfillment. The plaintiff sues for damages in the amount of the salt. The text also briefly notes a cough remedy advertisement.
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