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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1905
Page
5
C F Grennaik’s boss moves to Greenville as A Galloway resigns. The vacancy arose in December but was not filled. Mr Bronnecke, long Western Union and former Postal manager at Athens, is promoted and will take service duties next week at Charlotte.
The record of temperature and rainfall at the 5, Station near Walhalla for the week ending March 10, kept by observer Mi Tebell. Readings note temperatures and precipitation over the period.
Startling mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis prompts Dr King’s Life Pills as a supposed remedy. Also printed is a Walhalla post office list of unclaimed letters for weeks ending March 4 and March 11, 1905, with names like Miss Carrie Jones and A Boren.
A testimonial from J W McKionon of Talladega Springs touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption bronchitis and coughs. He claims two doctors failed to help but one bottle cured him and a trial bottle is offered free. Guaranteed at drug stores with prices listed.
The Oconee Cotton Association met at the courthouse with 80 to 100 farmers attending. Talks urged reducing cotton acreage for 1906 by 25 percent or not exceeding 10 acres per hand, and members pledged themselves to cut planting. The president J P Stribling spoke on farm methods and storage, and resolutions from the State Cotton Convention were read for publication. The meeting adjourned to follow calls from President Owens. Earlier, Louth Rankin married Miss Theodoin Owens at the home of Mr and Mrs Young Owens in a quiet ceremony officiated by Rev M Gumbrell Holland. Mr Rankin, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph W Rankin, is seen as promising. Mrs Rankin Owens noted as a community figure. A reward of 2000 dollars was offered by the family of J J Smith Jr for the arrest of the ambush shooter near Williston, Barnwell county, with Governor to supplement.
The Geoonse county court convened Monday morning with Judge Gary presiding. Two jurors were drawn, and FA. H. Schroder was named foreman. Indictments include Furman Thompaco for attempted rape, Kian Wright for murder, Allen Price for dispensary law violations, and Jim Murphy for forgery, among others. Trials proceed with James Groonles found guilty of manslaughter but granted a new trial, later acquitted. Elias Wright and another murder case were not guilty. A heartfelt thanks note from Mrs. S. M. Bunpinger and family follows.
A March note from Long Creek reports slow weather and apples ripening, with visits to Jane Creek and a bustling town with two stores and a blacksmith shop. Local enterprises prosper under J. H. Cannon and Moore & Lee, and Miss Bertha Eubanks leads a flourishing school.
Hopewell news notes birdsong and spring bloom as residents remark on farm work and warming weather. A 1905 wedding links Jim Land and Mina Zola Price in Clayton, Georgia, while neighbors celebrate renovations, visits, and wedding bells. Pension board reports 20 counties sending lists and an estimated 1500 pensioners this year.
A fragmented ad describes a dissolution sale offering men s underwear heavy fleece shirts wool sweaters and overcoats at dissolution prices. It lists prices for shirts drawers wool suits hats umbrellas and fabrics with a focus on clearances and liquidation of a large clothing stock.
The Seneca area recalls the death of J W Stribling at his residence on February 27 in the 0th year of his age. He served as Clerk of Court for sixteen years, a Civil War veteran, and longtime cashier of the Seneca Bank. A large funeral crowd and many floral tributes note his reputation for charity, Christian kindness, and public service. Local notices also mention Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and a coal mining explosion at Cambrian colliery in Cymraeg.
In Fitzgerald Georgia March 11 a split in the social element has polarized the town into Northern and Southern factions. The Southern side is alleged to have organized to entrench the Northern element or compel their removal. The Northern side remains tacitly organized with most avoiding patronage of the other, leading to disrupted business and a notable drop in local insurance firm patronage. A heavy property owner withdrew support, and the wife of a wheel manager reportedly entertained the opposing group, prompting many customers to seek supplies out of town to avoid firms tied to the movement.
The passage notes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets claim to restore appetite and aid digestion. It also reports The Nowa and Courier company has a contract for a new twenty four page Hoe Press, with a two story addition for composition space. Work began this week and the press is expected to be operational in about sixty days.
Darlington March 10 A verdict of murder for Bob Small and murder with recommendation to mercy for John Noll was returned after a mass shooting on February 6. Both men were convicted for killing Frank Scott, a loyal worker for W I Daliano, with a fatal exchange that also wounded a county official and a horse. The judge announced the mandatory sentences: death for murder and life imprisonment for murder with recommendation to mercy. The case highlights a rare outcome in South Carolina where white men were hanged for murder of a Black man.
An account describes a Syracuse man Chas Lombergar tending his son after a severe injury. He used Bucklon’s Arnica Salve from a local drugstore to treat a deep cut above the eye, noting it aided care and recovery.
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