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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
8
Local ads show Walhalla area commerce with drug company pitch, land sales by E Alexander, real estate deals, property listings, and community notices. Mentions of visiting figures, church events, and upcoming entertainment and school notices populate this community page with multiple named individuals and local organizations.
In Hilladale Michigan on June 12 an odd incident occurred during a Roosevelt appearance as a boy was accidentally taken from the crowd and placed on the platform. The President reportedly sat with the child on his lap offered an orange and told a bear tale. The boy was later left with a relative at the next stop.
Speed Creek Kewa and Onkway residents praised for progress by school head Cordelia Bearden. Nearby visitors include Mr Walker and family from Anderson, Miss Patternon of Denver, Hamp Moore, and the Cox family. Several friends and relatives traveled to see Julia Brown, with hopes for her full recovery. Community members attended the Columbia reunion and rural social events last week.
June 2 four Negro Jobe McMorrin was shot and instantly killed at the home of Rhett Crawford six miles south of Clinton near Hope ALIN church by John Boyd. Boyd and John Dickert defended themselves after the intruder opened fire. Boyd used a Winchester rifle and killed McMorrin. Authorities recovered a cache including four stolen keys and two pistols. Boyd and Dickert were detained as witnesses by the coroner.
Mina Wallace, a young woman who says she used the name Afine Grace Wallace, claims she worked as a Broadway trolley car conductor for two months in New York and used supposed male disguise. In Norfolk she asserts the stunt proves men cannot easily spot women, plans to visit family before possibly returning to work on the cars.
In Liberty churchyard a single tombstone marks the memory of G W Bogsa and Afra Hogg with birth and death dates. The article discusses a visual illusion of a face in marble, then shifts to a murder trial where Bush is acquitted of sending an infernal machine to Mrs Julia McCarthy, detailing courtroom contention, defenses, and lawyerly arguments.
In Savannah Georgia two men died in a morning wreck on the Central of Georgia and the Charleston and Savannah railroad lines. Engineer H J Allen and another, Bowen, were involved. Bowen's engine crawled into Allen's, causing catastrophic injuries. Rescue workers arrived two hours after the collision as one victim pleaded to be released from agony.
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