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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1909
Page
4
Classified style notice indicating personal communications and obituary tributes will be printed free if under 100 words. Messages over 100 words require payment at one cent per word, with cash accompanying the manuscript.
Henry Te Verner and David McChuhan in Ovanee's Retreat discuss a scheme to convert their tenants to wheat and oat growing. They aim to boost fiberless crops amid county corn efforts, with hopes that coordinated farming and broader cooperative effort lift yields and reduce reliance on cotton.
A damaged OCR snippet presents a jumble of seemingly names and words with no coherent events or clear entities. The readable parts offer no verifiable people, organizations, places, dates, or actions to summarize into a proper news item.
An old advertisement notes that applying Chamberlain's Balm on a soft cloth relieves pain almost instantly for many family injuries. It claims quick relief without a scar if the injury is not severe, and lists Dred. W. Hell of Walhalla as a seller with Hoy, Sensea.
In Richland, Nov. 9, real estate activity surges as M. T. High sells a house and lot to N. Hugh and within forty eight hours the same property transfers to W. Foater. RD McDonald expands into a full line of groceries and dry goods with partners McDonald & Burris and Mrs Lacey Burriss taking half. The Southern Railway adds a new depot, boosting freight and passenger service, while Wehland Public School reports 60 to 70 current enrollees and expected growth before Christmas. A local club plans to honor speakers from Abbeville, union services at Presbyterian church, and positive notes on health and community life accompany the bustling scene.
Note from Nov 9 reports a Baptist Young People's Union society organized last Friday night with about 18 members. Officers include P. P. Sullivan as president and Miss Belle Spencer as clerk and treasurer. Meetings set at the Baptist church every second and third Sunday afternoon. Also notes social events at the homes of Mrs. WoAS Watt and Mrs. Marve Cleland, with local residents and visitors mentioned. Mentions upcoming wedding rumors, local travel, and cotton prices, ending with a plug for Dr King’s New Life Pills as a headache remedy.
Notices detail tax collection visits for State, County and School taxes in Seneca and Walhalla with dates and locations. Also includes administration bids for Poor Home steward, probate letters for W.O.E. Tannery and J.A. Hays, and motions from the Oconee County probate court.
A court master in Oconee County will auction several tracts of land in Walhalla on December 6 1909 under a decree of the Court of Common Pleas. The description names Mary Corbin as administratrix of Wooks Corbin and J J McKinney as administrator, with tracts totaling over 500 acres on Litte River and nearby lands. Also notes a separate murder hypnosis case involving a hypnotist charged in fall.
The readable fragments reference names and places such as HaHat Lin Hy Wendlein and Seana, with unclear events. No coherent story or dates emerge from the garbled text, leaving only partial mentions of people and settings.
A damaged fragment reports on a mysterious remedy claimed to ease lung diseases and respiratory ailments. The piece mentions a return after months, a promise of saving thousands yearly, and prices of 60c and $1 with a free trial and guarantee by druggists. It reads like a period promotion for an infallible cough and cold cure.
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