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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
8
Community items list farm offerings and animal for service, land sales, and rents near Walhalla. Mentions distances south of town, job advertising, marriages, travel notes, visits from relatives, church notices, and a residential move. Includes names like T. E. Alexander and J. H. Barnett among others.
Jumbled notices report seed potato sales and farm ads, church events, and local visits. Rev. H. Grossman and Rev. K. G. Finlay announce services. weddings include Tucker Read and Collins Read. J. J. Haley ill from bilious fever. Mrs. Fairood and Mrs. Crane mentioned. house work on William Brein’s new residence. two week old Carter infant dies. Wyly family visiting. several social and business updates from the area.
A Valhalla Bar meeting last Friday decided to found a calendar for trial juries and to excuse petit jurors next week. Judge Gary approved, ordering jurors discharged and not to appear Monday. He will hold equity matters and injunction orders in court Monday. A local notice from Ava Missouri describes a medical testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery, claiming it cured a boy’s lung trouble with a trial bottle offered free.
Spartanburg March 1. Sheriff Nichols halted the planned execution of John Shelton a Negro convicted of killing his father in law after Chief Justice Pops of the Supreme Court issued a stay to April 19. Shelton expressed relief saying Thank God upon learning of the respite.
Residents report improvement in colda and Jagrippa cases in Ramsay's Creek. Rev A P Marott preached an impressive sermon at Pleasant Hill from St Matthew chapter 27. Leater Smith of Clearmont attended the meeting. Public roads remained fair this winter though wider sections would aid travel. W Ty
Tom Harris has been sentenced to be hanged on March 29 for the murder of Mrs. Hortense Morgan on November 20, 1000, and robbery. The jury convicted him after about an hour of deliberation. Judge Aldrich set the execution date and Harris made a confession to deputies and a preacher. The execution will be the first in Cherokee county and will take place on gallows in the jail yard.
Brunswick Ga March 1 R J Davenport theater manager is under arrest for the murder of his wife Lillian Davenport and the wounding of bartender W H Brown. A man unknown shot the couple after they sat on a park bench in Windsor Park Brown carried the actress to help and a physician but she died. Brown later fainted and may die while naming Davenport as the shooter.
Tamasseo March 4. Mr and Mrs T M Kelley ill with grippe and pneumonia threat to Cornelia Kelley. Whitmire relocated to our area. Christopher Pile to Greenville as fireman on the Southern Railroad. J M Kelley and J Pearson named road overseers. Bolton Kelley of Walhalla moves into the settlement.
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