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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
6
The Keowee Courier announces obituary notices and tributes of respect under one hundred words will be printed free of charge. Items over that length are billed at one cent per word with cash accompanying the manuscript. The paper notes its publishing policies and personal communications charges.
A 1908 message from Harris, President of the State Partners' Union in Pendleton, urges farmers to hold prices and press for a minimum from cotton brokers. The letter discusses market manipulation by brokers, a looming supply shortage, and favorable European and Indian shortfalls, while urging timely planting and food crops.
Notice announces a cough and cold remedy claimed to be safe for children and adults. It emphasizes lack of opiates or harmful drugs and references a natural pure road and driving law, asserting the product as a safe remedy. The text is fragmented and unclear in places.
An item discusses hats with a dismissive tone toward women’s fashion and hygiene concerns. It cites a Pink Point Cablet remedy and Dr Shoop headache tablets offered in Wallhalla along with a local sales note.
The Annual singing convention convened at Poplar Springs on Sunday May 10 with morning and afternoon lessons led by Prof. Morton Abbott Grubbs Smith and others. It featured a grand organ gift, praise for vocal instruction, and strong community spirit, concluding with high regard for attendees and local hospitality.
Reports from towns in Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana recount a deadly tornado outbreak with sixty two dead and about two hundred injured. Damage reaches at least one million dollars as rail lines suspend service and water works fail in Palestine. Red River Brazos floods rise, crops in North Texas suffer heavy losses.
D P Sloan quotes a tip from a paper claiming sulphur around rat infested premises drives rats away. He reports his barn was overrun, he sprinkled a pound of sulfur, and in a few days the rats disappeared. none have been seen since.
Walhalla citizen B R Moss endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. He describes starting backache, urinary irregularities, and relief after a few doses at J W Bell's drug store. He reports complete recovery and urges others to use Doan's, 60 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
Alderman Stephen King recounts finding a fifty year old cotton boll on Hampton avenue near the old Milla Manufacturing Company site now held by Capt. Brooka a noted cotton planter. The boll is well preserved and said to have been picked by Mink Eliza Powell while the plant stood nearby. Dean's Ointment advertised for itching and skin conditions.
Washington Cor. Senator Tillman states his opinion of Grover Cleveland has not changed since his Senate speech. He would rather the Democratic party lose than be led by Cleveland or a man like him. He says Taft would beat Cleveland, Bryan, or a pro Cleveland Democrat if the party unites on an eastern reformer. He supports Bryan for Denver but opposes instructing South Carolina delegates. Also notes editor Hemphill’s support for Bryan and political rifts within The State. Urges caution about delegates and patronage control. An advertisement for Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup follows.
In a rock pile hauled to Wax Market Street a fragment of the old lithographic stone used in the Confederate printing office was found. The piece dates to May 1, 1865, when Brown's raiders passed Anderson on the way to Georgia, visited the treasury, and destroyed presses and stamps. The treasury had moved from Columbia to Anderson to escape Sherman.
The annual Sunday School Convention of the Bonyordanrch ton will convene with Retirn fsap- Ustchurch on Saturday and Sunday, May 0th and B1at, 1908. The program outlines devotional sessions, enrollment, institute work, teacher development topics, and multiple ministers and educators leading discussions, with hopes of a large gathering and impactful outcomes for superintendents and teachers.
In Bennetsville on May 13 Jim Malloy the negro murderer sentenced to death for killing his wife will be hanged on the 22nd instant. The sheriff hurriedly handles admin cards as only a few witnesses will be allowed. more than 1,000 applications were made. The gallows is being erected while Malloy spends his final days in gaiety and apathy, having written a life history and left instructions for publication.
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