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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1911
Page
6
The Kehoewe Courier advertises subscription and rates, offering free obituary notices under a hundred words and charging per word for longer tributes. It requires cash with manuscripts and outlines policies on personal character notices and tributes.
Keowee Courier readers can join the International Press Bible Question Club during three months. Prizes include gold and silver medals, teachers' Bibles, and copies of The Heart of Christianity. Readers must mail in coupons with five answered questions weekly and be judged by a panel to win.
Washington May 12 Mr FIN y BEAMS OW MIM reports from an inspection trip with Southern Tal way Company officials on prospects across the Southeast. Cotton acreage may rise this year with improved soil preparation and more scientific fertilizer use. Agricultural outlook points to higher yields per acre, while lumber demand remains constrained by railway purchases. The Southern railway enhances its motive power and freight capacity as regional commerce expands amid tentative industrial recovery.
The Merida of the Ward Line carrying 207 passengers was struck by the Admiral Farragut off Cape Charles. Passengers and crew were transferred to the Farragut with no boats available. The Merida lost all baggage. many passengers arrived partly dressed. The Farragut, sailing Philadelphia to Port Antonio, assisted survivors and returned to Philadelphia.
The document states the company governs by practical policy, aiming to increase its rail capacity at a point with heavy traffic. It expects to stay within current financial resources while meeting trade requirements without overextension.
Columbia officials report on the Graham contract for convict labor at the hosiery mill extending to 1916. Board notes bids, per day prices, and the mill’s outdated machinery while health board urges abolition. Governor asserts state cannot be sued over the contract.
Washington May 10 Congress recently enacted a provision in the judicial code assigning the court of claims to rate all persons whose property was taken after June 1 1866 when hostilities ended in the South. Cases involve property sales and net proceeds placed in the United States Treasury. The code takes effect January 1 1912. The Court of Claims is urged to proceed under the Theker act to take testimony promptly. government opposition argues against expedited proceedings.
An article urges women to prepare for childbirth and avoid nervous strain by using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It argues that many mothers suffer after birth and promotes the remedy as restoring health and strength.
Edinburgh May 11 bodies recovered from ruins of the Empire Music Mall fire last night. Identified are Lafayette the Great and two troupe members Alice Date and Joe Coster who impersonated the Eddy Bear Midget. Three other bodies remain unidentified. Mrs Dale and Coster were English natives Lafayette a German who spent twenty years in the United States. His two pets a horse and dog perished with him in the blaze and a later moment shows the torn remains of the performers act. Several members of his brass band were Americans, the fate of whom remains unclear.
An old advertisement touts remedies to cure backache strengthen kidneys relieve urinary irregularities rebuild worn tissues and remove excess uric acid for rheumatism. It references Bright’s Disease and Diabetes, promoting health and strength with Barton’s Pharmacy Valhalla and W. J. Lunney Sonrea.
Notice to all persons indebted to the estate of Edmund Pugh deceased to make payment to executor R T Skelton of Westminster South Carolina and to all creditors to present claims duly attested within the time prescribed by law or be barred. The signed will apply to South Carolina Occane County for final settlement before Judge A Smith at Walhalla Court House on May 26 at 11 o clock.
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