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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
2
A historic fish law sets strict rules for catching game fish in the state. It defines game fish, limits nets and illegal gear, imposes fines up to 500 dollars and jail time, requires permits for private waters, and mandates fishways on navigable streams. The act also covers stocking provisions, sale penalties, and repeals conflicting laws.
Reports from Williams Bay and Roselle describe Haleys comet tail visible in the east before dawn and puzzling astronomers led by Barnard Mitchell and Kawini. The tail remains across the earth, while predictions of the head's transit are upheld amid ongoing mystery. A separate incident in Roselle recounts a deadly practical joke with a dynamite device causing widespread alarm and prompting public safety warnings. The piece also includes legal text about a game protection fund and a 1910 act taking effect.
Columbia May 18 The South Carolina Democratic Convention refused to adopt resolutions to limit primary voting by requiring registration. The vote on the report from the committee on constitution and by laws was 210 to 79 with Oconee supporting the report. Officers were elected and a platform praised Democratic tariff reform state rights and anti trust measures. A resolution urging Democrats to vote in both primary and general elections was adopted.
Four bishops were elected along with editors and education officials at the Asheville conference session. New bishops include Dr. Collins Denny Baltimore Dr. J C Kilgo Durham NC Rev W B Murrah Millsap College Jackson Miss W R Lambuth Tennessee G D Mouton Texas R G Waterhouse Virginia and J J H McCoy Alabama all young and active in pastoral work. Details profile Mouton Lambuth Waterhouse and McCoy ages and careers are given with education and prior roles. Foley Kidney Pills advertised with health claims appear at session end.
Jim Williams, a Negro, confesses to killing Wesley Benjamin, porter at the State Site, on a sidewalk near Wright's Hotel. He had fled eleven years earlier and is now jailed in Richland county. Rockefeller cited obliquely. ad copy for Chamberlain's remedy follows.
Washington May 21 The former queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani again fails to gain $450,000 in rentals from crown lands. The court of claims rules the lands belong to the Hawaii government and she has no personal claim.
An unfavorable report on a proposed resolution to pass stricter game laws was adopted without discussion, as was the unfavorable report urging national aid for good roads. Wickersham condemned. A resolution condemning Attorney General Wickersham’s prosecution of bull leaders in the New York cotton exchange was adopted, while praising Senator S. D. Smith for protecting Southern cotton farmers.
Princeton Michigan May 20 The coroner s jury after a long inquiry into the Chevy mine disaster that killed 265 miners returns 260 verdicts The jury holds mining laws were broken with inspector knowledge and assigns causes of death across three vein incidents including suffocation exposure and a rescue party tragedy The verdicts clear John Cawley of blame while faulting signaling and escape provisions in Illinois District No 2
Frank Williams colored was jailed in Laurens after a fatal dispute on a cotton field near Renno. Williams says Hunter attacked over Hunter work when he struck him with a hoe, causing death within minutes. Williams, about 30, Hunter about 18, health described as low.
Nashville May 19 Governor M R Patterson and the state Democratic executive committee were denounced at a mass meeting of more than 5 000 voters protesting their bid to force all judiciary candidates into the June 4 primary. The convention backed an independent judiciary slate and urged voters to abstain from the primary. The crowd condemned the governor for pressuring the Supreme Court in a pending Cooper case and paid tribute to Senator Carmack amid the denunciations.
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