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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
1
Local advertisement for C. W. J. E. Bauknecht promotes paying cash with emphasis on value. It highlights Walhalla, South Carolina as the community setting for the sales message and urges readers to choose cash transactions.
Nashville March 16 report says no definite fine set for delivery of Judge Hart's jury charge in the Cooper Sharp murder trial of former Senator W. Carmack. Judge Hart delayed to 2 p.m., court adjourned overnight, crowd small, defense counsel present, state absent from table. In Charlottesville John A Chandler exonerated in death of Gillard after altercation. Chandler and companion intervened to stop attack on Chandler's wife. In Cheyenne Posey Ryan shoots wife and daughter in restaurant amid divorce suit. Ryan expects execution.
The Keowee Courier announces a limited time clubbing deal with the Charleston News and Courier good until May 1 1909. New subscribers to the News and Courier receive one year plus a set of eight inch patent tension shears and a year of Farm and Home, with options for combines of papers at reduced rates. Purchase via The Couriers Walhalla office or local agents.
The Road to Sucee is hindered by poor health but Electric Rit rere is hailed as a key health builder. It claims to act on stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels, purify and enrich the blood, and invigorate the whole system for a vigorous body and keen brain. Endorsed as a universal remedy by druggists with a guarantee.
Washington reports the South Carolina dispensary case may be decided on April 1. The Supreme Court, with a recess from Monday to April 6, will consider several recently argued cases including the Way case. In Columbia the Audubon Society plans to aid a prosecution of a party of eight who shot two game wardens at Langley, with Attorney Croft of Aiken and James treaty flee ordered from Spartanburg.
In a Friday night prelim at the Westminster high school eight young men debated to choose a principal and an alternate for the Pledmont Oratorical and Athletic Association to be staged in Greenville in April. Frank Anderson won as principal with Allen Norris as alternate. Norris quoted Grady in a notable speech about the Civil War era. The event featured piano and cornet performances, and concluded with the funeral of M. C. Lemmons, a longtime farmer and Mason, whose life spanned Georgia, South Carolina, and Abbeville County. The Westminster Steam Laundry and local businesses were highlighted, and community notes covered church events, school activities, and local plans.
Spertnic announces a new firm name as Lowry & Holloway after Bright Lowry buys Hugh Sumner’s interest in Sumner & Holloway. Seneca hosts a profitable library hot supper raising fifty dollars, supports skating rink fundraisers, and plans a cemetery committee under the City Council.
Col Augustus John Sitton 71 founder of Padgeton Manufacturing and a Red Shirt organizer died at his Autun home from eutermio poisoning after a period of illness. He led Red Shirts in 1876 South Carolina during radical rule. Survived by wife Leola Kughoa Aull, two children Eugene and Miss Coma Bitton, four brothers and two sisters. Funeral held at Autun yesterday.
A fragmentary, period voice notice card describes a church social with Bucklen's Arnica Balm advertisement. It notes a Friday school luncheon, class gatherings, hostesses, prayer services, and visits from various residents. Mentions Seneca post office moving, a new Bee Hive store, and local shoppers.
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