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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
1
In Atlanta on Monday recorder fined Tom M. Sullivan $15.76 after an altercation with G. W. Marett’s wife. Sullivan and Marett shared a phone line. Sullivan claimed to be talking to his girl while Mrs Marett listened and he called her an old ghost for interrupting.
Kentucky Governor Willson pardons Caleb Powers and James Howard after more than eight years in prison for the Goebel assassination plot. Powers to Knox county, Howard to Louisville, both to pursue peaceful lives. Willson studied testimony and consulted legal briefs before signing. Eugene McCarty died suddenly in Cartersville, Georgia, while shaving.
Westminster July 16 notes detail Rev A R Shaw preaching at 10am and 830pm at the Presbyterian church. Dr A P McElroy plans to practice in Union. Families from Georgia and Texas visit the Terrells and others. A breast cancer death occurs. social millinery sale announced. many locals and visitors arrive, depart, and mingle at Magnolia Hotel and area homes. The piece lists marriages, arrivals, and a dozen local events, with a steady stream of names and places across Union and surrounding towns.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are praised for curing stomach trouble with notable claims of savings after costly prior treatments. An example describes a man who spent over two thousand dollars before being cured by a few boxes. The tablets cost 25 cents and samples are offered at Dr. J. W. Bell in Valhalla and W. J. Lunney in Seneca.
Locals from Speed's Creek report Rev D Mann preached an instructive sermon at Friendship Sunday. A M Paterson returns from Ruebush School of Music in Dayton VA. Residents visit relatives across nearby towns amid a heavy rain and wind storm that damaged land and fruit trees. Several plan Charleston excursion. many community members are noted visiting and hosting friends and relatives locally.
In Iowa born and raised family touts Chamber ally's Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy made at Des Moines. They claim long use and a life saved in El Paso Texas. Now in Narcoossee Florida they market the remedy with growing local favor through Innis Bros seeking Dr J W Hell and W J Lunney as distributors.
In Pendleton on a Saturday night Hun Ferguson shot Jim Crawford near town. Crawford was hit in the back and, according to the doctor, the wound will prove fatal. Ferguson has not been arrested. Police efforts including messages to Seneca Clemson and Central failed to locate him.
Bounty Land a small town report notes heavy rains delay work and reports on local health improvements and visits. Mentions Misses Carrie Clyde Smith attending Walhalla summer school and Myrtle Davis and Wthel Smith visiting Anderson. Includes thanks to W C Hamilton and Col Gus Shanklin for extending a new road, with other residents cited for travel, family visits, and a fixed error about Richland school grounds. Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for foot sore cure.
Mrs Daniel Cooper shot and killed her husband and six children at Chapin street Cadillac Michigan early today then shot herself. Neighbors found the scene at eight o'clock, only 16 year old Frederick survived briefly but died later at Mercy Hospital. A revolver had to be reloaded during the bloody acts. The girl was believed to be in a furious rage and the family suffered a grim fate.
June 16 Seneca notes welcome home Mrs. M. Stokes Stribling and family from Oklahoma. Local Baptist church services, an election of Young Men's Union officers, and several visits by locals and visitors are reported. Baptism completes a church union, and residents discuss health, operations, and a lingering auto presence on Main Street. A reader praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung issues.
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