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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
4
Classified item notes personal communications and obituary notices of respect printed free within a hundred words. Advertisements beyond that limit priced at one cent per word. Includes payment terms and manuscript drop details with date May 26 1900 at Walhalla G? SPAY.
A lengthy social column notes a wedding and multiple local visits as families in the Walhalla area celebrate nuptials and host relatives. Names include Mrs Hattie Alownder and Miss Henrice Marett, with mentions of Rev W Abbott and Mr Crawford visiting Belmont and South Carolina relatives. Small town events, shifts in household gatherings, and farm trade are sketched alongside a county beanie crop shipment update departing Lake City for New York.
Atlanta May 22 a white firemen strike on the Georgia Railroad turned violent with bloodshed in Athens and a mob at Augusta over a white fireman and a negro. Trains were stoned from Lithonia to Conyers as engineers were briefly called out and guards protected property amid mounting tensions and police presence.
The text argues that only the beast and fool drink to excess and disturb others. while not personally responsible for every drunk, the strong owe protection to the weak. It urges measures to deny access to drink and debauchery, and says each person must help their neighbor stay sober.
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