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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
3
Community notices in a historic Keowee area paper outline free tributes up to one hundred words and charge one cent per word for longer memorials and personal remembrances. references to publication details and archival phrases appear amid garbled OCR text from the 1849 era. The fragment cites personal notices and tributes as a section offering printed space at low rates.
The piece rails against New York philanthropy funding white Southern mountain education arguing for self reliance and local funding. It condemns uplift efforts and warns readers to resist external educational dollars while urging railroads mills and industry investment to lift the region. It ends with a subscription notice for The Courier.
An old medical advertisement extols Golden Medical Discovery as a potent tonic for mucous membranes and whole system revival. It also praises Favorite Prescription for building strength, regulating functions, and aiding weary, overworked women. The copy cites authorities and asserts alcohol free formulations with natural plant ingredients.
Townville notes list visits and relocations among residents: Misses Vareno Smith and Oyaline Fant visit relatives in Boston. Misses Cora Sallie and Lizale Carpenter of Geneva spend the week with friends. Mrs Jesse Cole visits her father B D Campbell. newborn son to Mr and Mrs Grant born February 27 in Minnesota. Various residents travel to Atlanta and Greenville. one local teacher Miss Eatelle Bruce returns home from Ebevezor. Sara Dickson ill with pneumonia. Rev J T Morgan leads services at the Baptist church as pastor is away.
Fifty idle locomotives are to be fired up immediately by the Pennsylvania Pittsburgh division signaling a hopeful recovery in railroad activity. The move follows a period of idleness due to severe cold weather and is seen as a sign of returning prosperity for the rail system.
The Conncross School honors list includes Malle Abbott Ronnie Abbot Ethel Barker Bulah Barker dant Hunsinger Bewley Hunsinger Jeaste Barker Dee Barker J D Alhotty dershal Abbott Tenry Buller Dewey Hutler Jeaste Butler Kamasy Huts Jer Miunla Buller Edgar Owens Ploride Owens Kane Abbott Calle Abbott Zadiy Abbott Hozem Mc Clain Rabi Medaly Myrtia Hesse Natay House Olle Abbott Gracie Abe ott Nina Abbott Ray Burdette Lester Burdette Zener Abbott J WM Cantrell Tenohor.
A garbled OCR fragment references appeals to higher courts and a judge, mentioning a discrepancy about kidney related terms and a claim of betting a million dollars on an outcome, with scattered names and quotes.
In New York on March d elt a 16 year old Mitgel Marale died during a routine tea service when circus star Miss Antoinette Defferame accidentally fired a pistol. A shot hit Morok in the neck. she died moments later. Defferume was arrested on homicide charges as Morok had toured with the circus for seasons and planned to depart for Chicago tomorrow for the next season.
There is no case on record of a cough or cold leading to pneumonia after using Foley’s Honey and Tar. It will stop your cough and break up your cold quickly. Refuse any but the genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar in a yellow package. Contains no opiates and is safe and sure. For sale by all druggists.
Spartanburg March 4 A letter on Leo Bowden links Red Gang Number Thirteen to a hardware store robbery of Montgomery Crawford last Saturday night Bowden and Crawford Bossse confessed to breaking in and stealing pocket knives razors and scissors they named two other youths who refused to identify themselves A letter found on Bowden warned a citizen and town of impending visit and potential killing Bowden denies writing it and says he found the note at the opera house
In San Jose California on March 4 John L. Trancovitch a top fruit packer and his son were involved in a fatal incident with Probation Officer John L. Shafter. Shafter pursued the boy to enforce the compulsory school law was attacked by the father who beat him then a shot from the buggy allegedly killed Trancovitch.
Washington reports detail the rise of W. By Jaynes, a Walhalla native who became a key secretary to Senator Bailey. From early Texas admission to the bar to clerk and secretary roles, Jaynes built influence as a keen observer of politics. He married Elizabeth Smith of Indian Territory and visited his old home in Walhalla and Spartanburg with Representative Johnson’s family.
Public notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure deafness caused by catarrh. It claims the illness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the auditory tube and offers one hundred dollars to any case not cured. Sold by druggists with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
New York reports that a fraternity seeks to secure Harry K. Thaw's release from Mattawan Insane Asylum on April 1 after sixty days, with Martin W. Littleton consulting Mat tawan's head and a favorable physician report likely prompting immediate release action.
The State Dispensary commission approved 10 judgments totaling 126889.68 with 22168965 in overcharges deducted, yielding about 1 percent net to settle claims. Judge Pritchard will endorse these decrees under court injunction. About 115000 paid yesterday, plus 6000 in interest saved. whiskey houses forfeited interest, net saving ~27000 for South Carolina.
Announcement of the purchase by Uncle Remus Magazine of Home Magazine for 150000 dollars. The combined publications will be issued from the Home Magazine’s publishing house and edited by Joel Chandler Harris. Home Magazine has a 206000 circulation and was prospering. Uncle Remus circulates 71000.
An African American politician was killed Monday night during a feud over public safety issues. Authorities say the deceased, identified with names like Goldwire and Goldwins, died after an apparent self-harm act or confrontation. The case appears tied to local political tensions and the health system's handling.
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