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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
4
The writer recalls receiving the choicest home in Bennettsville with Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Rouse, praising their open-hearted welcome. They credit Bennettsville residents for warmth and sunshine during rain as the train departed at 4:15 PM Wednesday, with kisses tossed to the hospitable city known as the Queen City of the Pee Dee.
Walhalla citizens celebrate the Walhalla to Westminster road as a near completed example of durable, economical construction. Residents praise its design, value to property, and community support with many contributing land and cooperation to advance the project for regional welfare.
The Pythian Grand Lodge session in Bennettsville, May 2 to 12, drew 300 to 400 delegates from South Carolina cavalry and manhood ranks. A barbecue dinner and warm welcome followed, delegates hosted in private homes as hotels proved inadequate.
A reader questions a claim that seventy five percent of boys over 13 in Protestant Sunday schools are lost to the church. The piece argues parental neglect and weak home engagement as the root cause, contrasting American and English trends and urging parents to rejoin and support church education to reverse the loss.
A stream of quirky clippings from Washington cites a tidal wave joke about Republicans and a misfired Halley prediction. A Greers couple discovers after three months they are newly married, and a comet misfire claims the northwest sky. Health officials in New York condemn paper money as sickness spreaders, while cotton seed crushers debate oleomargarine and jokes sting at the meeting.
Estimates from Memphis Commercial Appeal up to May 25 show cotton acreage barely higher than last year with about 2.2 percent more planted than 1909. About 54 percent of total area had come up, with states like North Carolina Georgia Alabama and Louisiana reporting varying gains and replants after late April cold spells. Overall crop conditions compare favorably to last year, though data show regional differences in stands and progress.
Richland notes visits and social events including Hughs Conger Stribling and wedding news. Local ball game loss cites lack of practice. A controversial meeting near Light Bridge over a proposed Coneross Creek dam ends with landowners vowing to oppose construction using legal and moral means. Advertising and a health tablet promotion close the issue.
The undersigned will apply to Judge of Probate D A Smith in Oconee County South Carolina at Walhalla Court House on Monday June 27 1910 at 11 o'clock in the forenoon or soon thereafter for leave to make final settlement and obtain a discharge as administrator of the estate of Elizabeth I King W T Grubbs administrator.
Notice to debtors and creditors of Elizabeth J King deceased to pay debts and present claims by law. Administ WoT Grubbs May 26 1910. County Board of Education order election at Flat Shoals school house to elect three trustees for a district two year term from 1940. County Superintendent of Education directs immediate action.
Notice prohibits entry on the hinds near Westminster in Oconee county after May 24 1910 without permission. Entries will be treated as trespass and offenders pursued by law. Annie M. Cheswell announces the notice from Westminster D C dated May 24 1910 with the effective date June 1 1910.
Pursuant to an order of the county council a special election will be held at Red Hill High School in Red Hill District No 78 on Saturday June 5 1910 to vote on levying an extra two mill tax on real and personal property for school purposes. Ballots will read Yes for approval or No for rejection.
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