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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1909
Page
6
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Widespread unrest sweeps through Pennsylvania as 20 000 workers walk out amid mine and steel plant disputes. Police guard Pittubug Coal and Prewied Steel facilities while employers face wage and eight hour demands, with national UMWA support uncertain and potential plant impacts across the country.
Yorkville July 14 Judge Memminger discharged a jury pool after ruling that cases involving carrying concealed weapons require strong evidence of intent. In a separate trial, two Russells were acquitted of shooting Robingona, with testimony debating whether the shooting was in self defense. The court instructed panel members to apply for pay and to consider themselves discharged from further duty.
The article notes Senator Gore praising the aviators at a Fort Myer drill and describes his wife’s knowledge of baseball. It also reports Governor Ansel ordering an August 17 election for Rutledge County to form a new county from parts of Williamsburg Clarence don and Florence counties, with petitions by more than one third of electors.
A list of potential gubernatorial candidates emerges from Laurens and Columbia communities. Cole L. Blease hints at a next summer bid with a similar platform to last year. J Fraser Lyon, Lt. Gov. Thos. G. McLeod, and others are named as likely contenders amid debates over education policy and Clemson.
State Senator Oxcar Q Bayles was shot and killed by David K Smith in Monroeville after a confrontation during a hearing before the pardon board for Jesse and Teine Shirley, who are jailed for the killing of Jim Smith. Smith, uninjured, was jailed. the community appears to view his act as justified.
A Tuesday evening wreck five miles from Sylvania Georgia left one man dead and eight others badly burned. The car collided with a bridge, rupturing a gasoline tank and sparking a fire. The dead include Hewitt HI and injuries to his wife and several children, ages listed as teenagers, with others possibly dying from burns.
Farmers react to varying rain showers across Anderson County noting relief and continued concern. Mrs Swanson shows weeklong illness but improving, while local road machines are seen and Prof Cromer visits with singing at Houble Springs Church inviting Grubbe Morton Durham and others to join in a community event.
A derailed passenger train No 7 on the Taxiway branch of the Southern Railway at To wal tonight at 6 30 injuries eleven persons with several others in hospital. The incident disrupted service and a rescue operation followed.
An advertisement boasts US sales and testimonials for a product called US Hoan's River Pills, with statements of relief from backache nervousness sleeplessness and urinary disorders. It cites a Mrs I A Melwes in Wallkill and claims agents in Buffalo and New York. The piece also mentions unrelated fire damage in Yemassee and Norway and a cure for wounds.
Reports from Abbeville La dated July 17 say cattle along the Hayous Chienne and Tigre and Mulberry rivers are being killed by mosquitos at a rate described as the worst in the section’s history. Local authorities note the insect’s ravages are unusually severe this year.
Readable excerpts show Richland County and city finances tied to the county dispensary profits. Quarterly gains total $29,584.01 with year projections around $176,000. Expenses near $20,540.24 include clerks and payroll. City treasurer notes direct taxes could rise about 33 percent if prohibition returns, affecting county schools and terms.
An 1900s style advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Maustralean- Lum for female ailments claiming relief from back pain urinary and bladder trouble and inflammation. It also notes a Chicago dispatch about Methodists opposing Dowie’s Zion City church and a vow to avoid a Methodist church near the grave of John Alexander Dowie.
The notice details a 1909 court sale in Walhalla Oconee County South Carolina. Paul Edwards guardian ad litem seeks sale of land fronting Spring Street in Westnins, lot portions 77 and 74, about one half acre, to pay a prior deed. Terms are cash with master W C White overseeing, resale if necessary. Also includes unrelated ordinance text prohibiting cruelty to animals in Walhalla with penalties.
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