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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1905
Page
3
The event showcased staple wash goods in a sweeping New York sale. Mills offered goods at cost or below, presenting an appearance of gifts as shoppers viewed the vast array and low prices.
The South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs elected officers for the coming year including President Mrs W K Sligh and First Vice President Mrs A F McKissick. The meeting covered industrial home pledges, library development, and civic improvement reports with mentions of dozens of county leagues and kindergartens. The next federation meeting will be in Rock Hill.
The one month old child of Henry Yantes of Columbus Ohio died last Thursday after a rat bite ten days earlier. The mother left the cradle briefly and returned to find a rat gnawing the infant's nose and face in several places.
May 18 report details the killing of Kasie Murrell a Black man near Enoree and the disposal of the body in the Enoree river. Investigations link two Black men and one white man to the crime amid jealousy rumors and a potential motive involving a colored woman.
A Chemung Valley Reporter note recalls school tardiness excuses from parents. One example claims Willie fell in a puddle on the way to school 901 and asks for compliance with the rest, though it is unclear what the principal did about remaining lines of the request.
A letter to police from a man signing as A. Johnson, claiming partnership with Henry Williams of Roanoke executed recently, confesses to five murders and several robberies. He says he has repented and converted, and his details are said to be more complete than police records. He alleges three men and two women killed and a Staunton assault linked to another man lynched.
The Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers Association met in New Orleans led by President C Fitzsimmons of Columbia DC The annual report warns over production of mills has driven seed prices down and oil output unchanged in ten years He urges a legislative committee and government consul reports on cotton seed product uses and foreign consumption to curb the trend
Charles Petty argues in Progressive Farmer that farmers with surplus land should sow peas on 4 to 5 acres per cotton plot. He contends a pea vine hay crop could yield 1.5 tons per acre, worth more than cotton grain, while soil benefits enable earlier seeding for wheat and oats and encourage home feeding of livestock.
A Newberry incident from the first grade of the public school shows five girls on their way home after a quarrel over a hat led some to wish a companion dead. They prayed on the sidewalk for her life, led by one girl who guided the plea for mercy. Separately, Secretary Armstrong reported 1,270,000 pledged cotton growers with 800,000 on record, plans for a New Orleans meeting, and a staged acreage report leading government figures.
A Western public school teacher explains subtraction requiring same denomination. The class considers examples like three apples from four pears and a horse from nine dogs. A student then quips about four quarts of milk from three cows, prompting laughter.
Abraham Levy, who defended Nan Patterson in three trials for Caesar Young’s murder, withdraws from the case with finality. He says Patterson accepted an offer from a theatrical manager and he disapproves of the action.
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