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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
4
The Reewee Courier states that notices of a personal character charged for no advertisements, including obituaries and tributes under one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. Any longer notices require payment at one cent per word, with cash accompanying the manuscript.
Walhalla mourns the death of Rev. William Gordon Neville LL D who passed away in Clinton, South Carolina, at 15 p.m. He was born in Guonoo county, educated at Adger College, taught at Westminster, and served as a prominent Presbyterian minister and educator. His death comes as a severe shock to friends. a legacy of high ideals and noble achievements remains. He leaves his elderly father Captain John C. Neville of West Union and sisters in mourning across communities well acquainted with his work and character.
Scholarships at the University of South Carolina offer $100 value per year including money, board, tuition, and matriculation. Monthly stipends of 12.50 for eight months cover living costs. One scholarship per county. examinations on Friday 5th before County Board of Education. Applicants should be at least 18, preferably teachers. apply to President Benjamin Sloan in Columbia for blanks before the 5th.
The Gaines family of Seneca hosted a reception on a Wednesday in June for Mrs Virginia Cleveland of Kiberton Ga, honoring her brother John Gantt and the bride. Guests enjoyed ferns, roses, a formal dinner, and music in South Carolina society fashion.
A late article details March typhoon destruction in the Carolina Islands with fifteen hundred rendered homeless and 260 dead on one island and 25 on another. A separate item reports a mob lynching a Black boy named Wilson Stetson near Gibpland for alleged assault, followed by deaths from lightning in Grosnville. In Canton Ohio, Justice Day notes Mrs McKinley’s sister aims to donate the late president’s homestead if purchased from the McKinley heirs. Another item from Columbia reports a Black man, John Jacobs, acquitted of murder under unwritten law after killing his wife and her lover with a hammer.
Canton June 6 Mrs M C Barber sister and sole heir was declared administratrix of Mrs McKinley estate valued at 135000 personal property and 45000 realty exclusive of the President's estate which by will goes to Mrs Duncan and Miss Helen McKinley of Cleveland and Mrs Hermanis Baer Mable McKinley Columbia June 6 an improvement on the Southern rail line lays heavier rails to Hopkins from Charleston with over 100000 cross-ties laid and work to Branchville next. Norfolk June 10 fire destroys the Princess Anne Hotel in Norfolk causing 185000 losses and the death of a maid and a porter with others injured. power station and a railway shed burned. Solicitor Timmerman under Attorney General instructions filed another indictment against Dispenser Wolfe of Richland for larceny as a branch of true. grand jury returned a no bill. The political matter is noted as part of the Attorney General's report.
Mills in Columbia Illinois prepare for the new cotton mill labor law taking effect next month forcing 62 hour and 60 hour schedules with 80 hours to be made up over a year. The act allows adjustments for accidents and unavoidable delays and aims for full compliance by mills. Competition for workers remains sharp as neighboring states hold different limits.
Newberry June 7 Rev James L Williamson longtime Aveleigh Presbyterian pastor died at his home at 4 this morning after a brief illness He was born in Lan caster county sixty years ago and served charges in Macklenburg and Chapel Hill before coming to Newberry in 1897 He leaves a wife formerly Miss Culp of Chester and four children.
Atlanta June 8 Bishop W A Candler reports the death of Dr Young J Allen a 72 year old Georgian who spent forty years as a missionary to China. Educated at Emory College class of 1858 he authored nearly 100 books with some in Chinese. Survived by Mrs Allen two sons and four daughters all but one married daughter Mary Turner live in China. He visited the U S last year and met with President Roosevelt to discuss Far East affairs.
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