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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
6
A weighty 1908 exhortation by A Russell Wight in Walhalla urges young men to shun debt, likening it to a cancer and shackle. The speaker warns it robs energy, ruins plans, and blights homes, advising firm resolve and credit restraint to secure a prosperous life.
In Washington on February 27 Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma argued that the five civilized tribes were dead, claiming Cherokee ancestry and resisting control by the Secretary of the Interior. Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas challenged him, marking the first Senate duel between two members with Indian heritage. The debate centered on amending the Indian bill to redefine tribal status and the tribes’ historic designation.
Washington Feb 28 special. The Judiciary Committee is devoting time to anti-Honor measures, with Wy att Aiken of South Carolina active. Aiken drafted a bill to bar transfers of intoxicating liquors from wet to dry states crossing state lines, aiming for a favorable report and passage. Heflin of Alabama plans cotton topic remarks and tighter foreign counts, while Ellerbe of South Carolina secures rural delivery inspections and more routes for his district.
An advertisement claims kidneys and urinary problems affect all ages from youth to elderly. It touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a universal cure, with a testimonial from J W Powell of Columbia and a note that Foster Milburn Co U S sole agents in Buffalo price 50 cents.
A historic statement credits the rural mail system with expanding farmer access to goods and markets. The speaker argues better facilities will boost countryside commerce by connecting farms to country stores and towns through the rural carrier.
Chicago Record-Herald presents a lyric verse about a sage meeting a weary fool on a lonely road. They walk together toward town, sharing humor and insight as the clown’s laughter eases the sage’s pain. Both reflect that fools or old men can still teach and assist others.
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