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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
3
A column notes that reliability and trustworthiness determine lasting success, contrasting a restless worker with a trusted, steady man. It argues heredity and environment shape ability, but character governs reliability and opportunity, urging youths to embrace honesty and steadiness. The piece also critiques outdated remedies and promotes Kydal's Liver Tablets, then reports Beaufort county’s cotton crop value trends.
Southern growers and fertilizer companies, including Virginia Carolina Chemical, discuss mutual interests and education to fix fertilizer prices for 1905. The exchange emphasizes farmers' growing leverage and broader aims beyond a single year, while affirming cooperation with suppliers to support Southern agriculture.
A wary notice cautions farmers about traveling agents selling clocks sewing machines and other goods on credit. It warns that agents recruit ignorant buyers with aggressive promises, use ironclad chattel mortgages, demand upfront payments, and charge triple the fair price. The message urges readers not to sign nonreadable or deceptive contracts and to favor local dealers.
Washington February 28 relations to bills in Congress for raising the president's salary to 100000 and a 25000 retirement pension discussed by Congressman Aiken. He argues the president is underpaid and should be adequately compensated and urges unanimous action to pass the measure quickly.
An old advertisement extols Tl. Hott a Hmolaified Ol Liniment as the best family remedy for rheumatism lameness stiffness and joint pain. It claims effective relief for bruises contusions sprains and swelling with a money back guarantee if it fails to meet all promised benefits. Wal holla Drug Company.
The Charleston county Sanitary and Drainage Commission reports a net surplus for its year and calls improved drainage the key to expanding cultivation. It notes three fourths of Charleston Neck healthier for whites and anticipates greater settlement, land values rising up to fourfold, and vast wasteland turning productive with irrigation. The Southern Farm Magazine views the Charleston experiment as a guide for regional development.
Misa Mary Dodson of Poular Ga was found dead in woods near her home on March 40 o clock morning with a wound through her heart from a double barreled gun. She had left home an hour earlier saying she was going shooting. The gun lay beside her. The position suggested suicide though no cause for alarm was known. The young lady was popular and denied any love affair that seemed to affect her. Locals believed the gun may have accidentally discharged.
A reader shares excerpts from a 19th century diary kept by James A. Doyle detailing early Georgia land dealings, tax records, and local figures. The notes recall 1828 to 1848 events in Pickens and Rabun counties, including land trades, tax classes, and residents such as William Doyle, Dr. Robert Maxwell, and Andrew Pickens descendants. The piece reflects on昔s change, transportation, guns as valuable assets, and a call to remember sturdy pioneers.
An advertisement touts Dr Mite New Heart Cure as a permanent remedy for heart disease, claiming thousands healed where medicines failed. It promises dramatic nerve renewal and lasting cure, urging reliance on the product over existing treatments and detailing plausibly grand testimonials.
The Georgia Experiment Station director argues against broad fertilizer cuts and suggests halving cotton acreage only if fertilizer use remains high. He analyzes costs, yields, and per pound costs across 60 and 100 acre trials, urging balanced fertilization and crop diversification for long term cotton viability.
The South Carolina Cotton Growers Association plans to open an office in the National Loan and Exchange Bank building next Wednesday. An associate will provide stenographic support during the day and distribute weekly bulletins to farmers. Officials expect a publication on cotton and crop figures to inform members and the public.
Andrew Carnegie Nisa proposed a 500 000 dollar gift to the University of Virginia contingent on the university authorities raising a like amount from other sources. The offer, said to have been made several days ago, will be accepted and efforts will begin immediately to secure the matching donations in the university’s name. It is not anticipated that there will be any delay or obstacle in the fundraising drive.
Nashville February 25 The Court of Appeals or similar body ruled that Tamotia Goodwin will sue to obtain about five hundred thousand dollars. W A Goodwin of Nashville previously from Mompita decreed, in his will, that upon his widow’s death most of his estate go to founding the Goodwin Institute in Memphis in memory of their deceased children. Relatives of Mrs Goodwin contest the will and seek an equal distribution of the estate.
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