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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
6
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Attorney General Wickersham told the House committee the Supreme Court rulings in the Standard Oil and American Tobacco decisions will intensify efforts to convict anti trust offenders. He cited juries and courts’ past reluctance to sentence under the anti trust law, while noting willingness to convict may grow if the government persists. He declined to disclose government plans on New York cotton cases and emphasized possible action against seven men controlling the raw cotton pool if the final case is sustained. Meanwhile a separate report from Georgia notes an industrial accident near Walhalla injuring workers, and a medicinal ad promotes a cheap cure with broad distribution by a Toledo firm.
Betinettsville reports delays in prize announcements due to a postponed annual meeting. The South Carolina School Improvement Association offers prizes totaling $100,000 for material improvements from Nov 1, 1910, to Dec 10, 1911. Eligible schools must be rural, under 100 population, and submit evidence of improvements to Dennettaville by December 15, 1911.
An ex-farmer from Coliultt Georgia, 40, Mr Mathis, who had been blind for 17 years after cataracts, left Wesley Memorial Hospital with restored sight after an operation. He saw trolley cars, automobiles, tall buildings, and asked a nurse if women were real, later reuniting with his family at the station. He had four children, the oldest nine, whom he had never seen.
W R Poullins outlines a method for a bale of lint cotton by August 1 in South Carolina. He cites a 1908 example where planting in April and rapid cultivation yielded over 120 pounds of lint by September 8, using cow peas as cover and manure rather than commercial fertilizer. The article details soil preparation, seedbed formation, and timely planting to achieve an early harvest.
A morning fire in Iva Anderson county originated unknown and devastated the business section. It damaged multiple structures including the A B Bowie building and W J A Sherard store, M G Bowl concrete building, the Martin Express and warehouse of W P Goole with the Masonic hall above. Estimated losses reach 15 000 with scant insurance. Iva lacked local fire protection.
The college announces a four year program in ancient and modern languages math and science and economic studies with B A and B B degrees including engineering. Free tuition scholarships for county of South Carolina and vacant Boyce scholarships at $100 yearly available by competitive exam in September. Contact Harrison Randolph president Charleston May 17 1911.
York Pa May 29 Charles Selg man 86 years old who nine years ago sawed off one of his own legs after his foot gangrene spread to his leg and he insisted on amputation. The surgeon refused and Selgman secretly cut off the leg and hid it in his room giving himself nine more years of life.
Horace Goodwin, about 14, drowned while bathing with youths in Lyncho’s River near Bash bridge in Lake City. He was the sole support of his widowed mother. The body was recovered this afternoon near the bathing site.
A Colorado court heard a suit where Cleon Fillmore and parents claim negligence by a physician caused a infant’s deformities and amputations after birth. The suit seeks $25,000 in damages, alleging careless medical care and a crippled life for the child. In separate news, a deadly rail crossing collision near Rivers Station in Los Angeles killed five and left one fatally injured.
A May 27 tornado in Durham North Carolina caused about half a million dollars in damage. Venable's tobacco factory and Chatham Knitting Mills burned, trolley wires failed and telephone service was disrupted. Several people were injured but none fatally as winds toppled wagons and shattered glass. A barbecue party in cars struck a live wire but escaped with minor shocks.
Richmond May 29. Joseph Kourly 28, of Syria, was arrested as a fugitive accused of murdering three of his children to avoid bringing them to the United States. He denies the charge, while authorities say the killings were deliberate. The article mentions a piano in an unclear fragment.
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