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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
6
Communications of a personal character charged for advertisements obituaries notices and tributes under one hundred words are printed free of charge. Messages over that limit cost one cent per word. Cash must accompany manuscript.
S. L. Richardson, jailed since November last year, was released after his brother J. L. Richardson of Greenwood arranged settlements with banks and institutions totaling about 15,000 dollars. He faced charges for forging notes of prominent men including W. L. Drissey, with money obtained from Citizens Bank Patesboro and other banks.
New York June 17 Katherine Clemmons Gould faces a testing day in Supreme Court as evidence on alcohol use and harsh language is presented in her separation suit against Howard Gould. Defense cites lavish lifestyle and claims intoxication to undercut abandonment charges, while witnesses describe seven bottles in two weeks and other volatile incidents at Castle Gould.
A Walhalla resident reports long standing back pain headaches rheumatic episodes and general ill health improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She notes reduced back pains and more regular kidney secretions and credits the remedy. Sold by all dealers with Wooster Milburn Co Buffalo as U S sale agents. Remember the name Doan's.
The letter notes L. Richardson, a white ex-prisoner from Lexington released after relatives paid restitution for his forgery profits. It argues he should not preach while avoiding repayment and punishment, yet supports genuine restitution and honest reform if he seeks to atone publicly. The piece warns preaching by a known forger harms religion, while honest atonement could earn respect.
A heated letter to the Anderson Intelligencer denounces Collier's papers as a dirty sheet that slurs Southern women by alleging white women consort with Negroes. The writer condemns the publication and urges Southerners not to subscribe while criticizing its editors.
Joe J. Maeh of 850 employees at Smith and Sons carpet factory Yonkers receives $100 in cash as a beneficiary of the will of Mira Smith Cochran principal owner. She died in February leaving an $8,000,000 estate and instructed that every twenty year employee get $1000.
A sparrow and a bullfrog fought at W B Powell's Illy pond on West Broad Street. The sparrow pierced the frog's throat, sinking both as neither could drag the other under. The odd struggle ended with the bird and frog dead, witnessed by Palmyra dispatches. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised for lingering coughs, with J. W. Bell and Stonecypher Pharmacy named.
In Buckingham County Virginia, the body of Caram Patterson's wife was exhumed and found petrified in a glass case, seemingly unchanged since burial nearly forty years ago. Observers noted an uncanny lifelike face, while earlier, a child’s body from the same cemetery was also found petrified, suggesting local soil minerals cause the phenomenon.
Ashley Turner of Anderson received a telegram about his brother W H Turner a Southern Railway engineer fatally hurt in a freight derailment near Columbia at 1. The family previously lived in Greenwood and had been employed at Orr Mills. Turner's father died in Anderson last December.
An Anderson Intelligencer note touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cough remedy with refund guarantees and no opiates in a yellow package. The piece also reports candidates Coke D. Mann and J. R. Earle likely entering a congressional race, noting early campaigning and assumptions about a forthcoming election.
Entrance examinations at County Court House on Friday July 2 at 9 am for admission to the College of Charleston 125th year. Scholarships include Boyce awards $100 yearly and one free tuition scholarship per county. Board and dormitory $12 with tuition $40. Catalogue from President Harrison Randolph.
The examination for vacant Winthrop College scholarships and new student admission will be July 7 at 9 a.m. at the County Courthouse. Applicants must be at least fifteen. Scholarships worth $100 and free tuition. awards go to top averages if eligible. Write to President Johnson for blanks. session opens September 15, 1909. Rock Hill, S.C.
County Court House hosts the Scholarship and Entrance Examinations for Clemson Agricultural College on Friday July 2 at 9 a.m. Applicants must be at least sixteen and ready to enter the Freshman class. Scholarships worth 100 and free tuition. The preparatory class is limited and lacks scholarships. Application details available from the County Superintendent after June 20. Address I H Mell, President, Clemson College, South Carolina.
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