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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
6
A severe cold wave paralyzes rail service across the state with delays of up to seven hours on western lines and northern routes. Hudson navigation halts due to ice, while blizzard conditions fill municipal lodgings with hundreds. Several exposure deaths reported including a woman named Veree A Chinly chit wanderer. Congress news follows.
News from Dawson Georgia reports the sudden death of Congressman Griggs at his home after a period of convalescence from heart trouble. He returned from Washington for Christmas, staying with his father-in-law in Randolph County before passing away in Dawson. He was born in Fairhaise and educated near Nashville Tennessee, later practicing law and serving on various regional duties. The report also mentions a deadly shooting involving the family and an estate distribution including Mercer University and other institutions.
A Sumter Item editorial advises farmers to sell cotton at current prices of 13 4 cents in local markets or in New York for October delivery. It urges measured action, noting the past decade’s volatility, warning against following past low bids, warning that speculators drive prices, and urging use of statistics and common sense for profitable planting decisions.
The Sumter Item commentary warns farmers to consider selling cotton for October delivery at fourteen cents a pound and to research merchant terms before futures trading. It argues potential losses to buyers, the hedging limits, and the importance of prudent counterparties, noting mills’ limited credit and timing risks for future sales. It also shifts to a medical product ad, Hall's Catareh Cure, claiming cure efficacy and offering testimonials.
Attista Heine, former copper King, was arraigned today before the Federal Court on two indictments charging him with violating float banking laws and tampering with court records by removing books of the United Copper Company from the court’s jurisdiction. He was released on 35000 bond and to appear for trial January 13.
A brief item notes a famous elevated cycleway between Pasadena and Los Angeles California costing 100000 dollars is being razed to make way for a trolley line. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
The Columbia State reports Jim Parnum pleaded guilty after a sensational case with graft, bribe testimony, and bank book traces. Attorney General Lyon says the plea preserves some state interests while acknowledging trial flaws and aiming at a verdict recording guilt. The piece notes the clash between jury verdicts and evidence and hints at broader corruption concerns in South Carolina.
A reader disputes a local paper’s claim that William Mauldin fired the first shot of the Civil War, arguing the Star of the West incident on January 9, 1861, near Charleston Harbor, was the true first shot. The letter cites Cram’s Atlas and Bishop Cap’s testimony to challenge the Sumter headline. It also notes a separate industrial tale: M A Yentie and M Barry of Columbus, Ohio, sold a new photographic printing paper to Eastman Kodak for 1.5 million dollars borne by an Indianapolis deal.
A Justice Department statement clarifies that writing checks for less than one dollar is not a crime. Attorney General Wicke ruled the law targets fractional currency circulation and not small payments. The Georgia Bankers Association and citizens in the South welcomed the clarification.
A released convict from Siena Italy provides police with a detailed account of the 1900 Monza assassination of King Humbert. He outlines the plot organization the selection of conspirators from Paterson and Bresci the alleged killer. Police seek corroboration to possibly arrest Bresci’s associates.
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