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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1912
Page
6
The Kawhee Courier issues a brief publication note dated Wednesday January 17, 191 likely reflecting a historical ledger or local newspaper snippet from the era. The readable line emphasizes the paper’s long-standing establishment since 1849 and a dated issue reference.
Washington January 11 Senator Tillman endorsed Baltimore as the site for the National Democratic Convention after the party chose June 2 to hold it there He opposed seating Gulley committeeman from Indiana and backed the Baltimore plan He also voiced opposition to horse racing with bookmaking and urged South Carolina lawmakers to prohibit such wagering in any state fairs context
Governor Blease urged abolishing the Bank Examiner and Game Warden posts and transferring the Insurance Commissioner duties to the Comptroller General. He criticized the Bureau of Agriculture and Geologist funds, urged subcommittee review, and warned on Indian affairs funding to the Catawba Indians. In Greenville a mother discovered her infant dead after a milk nipple blockage.
John Rost, one of four men charged in the Dixon family killings near Cleveland County, confessed yesterday. He implicated Frank Glade Wen, a white man employed on the Dixon farm, claiming Gladden paid him $100 to kill John Dixon while Gatton killed Mrs Dixon. Robbery motive cited.
A massive blaze in New York's financial district destroyed the Equitable Life Assurance Society home and several adjacent structures. Six killed, dozens injured, with hundreds of millions in securities damaged or at risk. Firefighters, unions, and guards battled ice coated facades as vaults and records burned. Officials estimate hundreds of millions in stocks and bonds in jeopardy, with a careful salvage and security effort ongoing.
A reflective tribute contrasts great rulers and strategists with the unseen hero mother who built a nation’s home. The poem catalogs how instruments of liberty, battle plans, and songs are useless without the maternal sacrifice that nourishes the state and its people. John Bailey Adger Mulally signs the verse from Pendleton South Carolina in May 1911.
Upshaw of Luthersville indicted by the grand jury for manslaughter over a Brookwood bridge crash that killed Mrs. M A Nelson and Charley Griffin. The owner allegedly ordered driver Charlie Brady at gunpoint to speed, leading to the fatal impact near the telegraph pole. Brady is already sentenced for causing the wreck.
Six union labor men tied to last year’s iron workers strike in Los Angeles were named by State witness J Mansell Parks as participants in a conspiracy to dynamite the county hall of records. Conners Bender and five others allegedly plotted wrecking actions while arming crews with pipes and blackjacks, with meetings attended by Mars and De Haven. Parks said the wrecking crews roamed the city at night targeting strike breakers. Also noted: unrelated medical testimonial for bed wetting cure and resignation of Rev. Charles M. Sheldon after 23 years at Topeka church.
The Mercantile Safe Deposit Company reassured that vaults remained intact with no damage or loss. Chief bodies are missing with no trace found of Battalion Chief Walsh and WWG Campion though partly visible. Fire officials warn of danger from unstable walls and evacuate a 16 story office building across Cedar Street from the headquarters.
In Atlanta January 13 maggots staged as hookworms in a Peachtree Street window. Dr A G Fort exposed the ruse after inquiry, revealing the affliction to be fake and mob interest quickly waning as doctors backed away.
A correspondent asks when pasturing oats and wheat affects grain yield. If sown early and allowed strong growth, pasturing can avoid injury and may not reduce yield. Key risks include severe winter exposure from close grazing, late spring grazing delaying maturity, and grazing on wet soils.
A man in an unnamed town suffered a minor injury when a 622 caliber cartridge exploded after he placed loose tobacco in his pipe. The accident occurred as he accidentally heated tobacco, causing the shell to discharge and strike his finger.
A bold medical claim accompanies a dramatic headline about Dr Kings new discovery aimed at stopping a rival named Gough. The card notes potential breakthroughs and the race to a cure, reflecting era hype and promotional tone.
Federal court frees detective Win Burns on charges tied to McNamara kidnapping and labor leader arrests in Indianapolis. Judge Anderson says indictments null and void as governor requisition powers upheld. Also notes potential release for Tosiek and mentions cures and mail-order ads for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Take Hall's pills.
Washington Jan. 12 Charles W Morse the New York banker today ordered transferred from Fort McPherson to the army general hospital Hot Springs Ark President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham decided on the transfer believing special medical treatment necessary Morse had recently been moved from the Atlanta penitentiary where he was serving fifteen years for violation of the banking laws
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