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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1907
Page
3
The Keowee Courier announces weekly publication by Jaynes Shelor Smith Steck with 1.00 annual subscription. Personal communications and obituary tributes up to 100 words are printed free. longer notices charged at one cent per word, payable with manuscripts. Advertising rates are described as reasonable.
In New York on November 9 a 31 year old woman, Dora Stebel, was shot at breakfast by Joseph Schmolowitz, her former lover, after she refused his letters urging her to leave her husband. He then fled as neighbors pursued, was captured, and held with the body and children present. The crime shocked a dense neighborhood. the two young children, ages nine and seven, witnessed the tragedy. The report also mentions free mail-order catalogcatarrh treatments from Dr Shoop.
County Superintendent GC L Craig asks teachers if they have secured winter term schools. He has placed a few recently but notes many vacancies remain and appeals to teachers and trustees for prompt information to assist placement.
Robert M. Mitchell shot and killed Josaph M. Sloop in front of the Central Hotel in Rome. Four 48 caliber revolver shots struck Sloop, who died instantly as his wife, dining in the hotel, was prostrate. Mitchell, alleged to have cursed Sloop earlier, was taken to Atlanta for safekeeping. The dispute reportedly began over a vile epithet and an attempt to enter a hotel bath room.
A Danish plan proposes an international congress and global action to exterminate rats, citing economic losses and disease links. It advocates quarantines, penalties for rat-infested ships, and local eradication efforts, with Denmark launching nationwide extermination as a precedent.
Monticello Ga Nov 14 The body of Ed Waktes was found in an empty house on the Hardy plantation this morning his head nearly shot off Initial reports say the shooting arose from a gambling frolic with few facts The coroner s jury blamed a man named Bates from Newton county
A letter from Valhalla and Seneca merchants to Dear Sir proposes a bold paint guarantee. The offer states if one half of a painted house uses more gallons, labor, or costs than the other half by specified margins, Devoe & Co will supply the paint. The note is signed by P. Br. W. Bell and associates.
A visiting woman at a Minnesota health resort recounts a dramatic recovery tale. A stout young man claims he arrived in frail health with almost no use of limbs, but says he began to improve immediately upon arriving, crediting the resort and pure air for his revival.
A meeting was held in Charlotta North Carolina last Thursday afternoon to decide on curtailing output at about one hundred thousand spindles. The group claims no profit at current yarn prices and cites worsening finances. A form of curtailment will likely be agreed upon.
William Kersey of the Korey Lumber Co Atlanta died by morphine overdose after a reported misunderstanding with his Tampa fiancée Frances Timmerman. Found in a Yampa hotel with a morphine bottle and wedding photo, he left letters to his partner J D Campbell and father J W Kersey. Detailing his plan, the young man fought doctors before dying. Timmerman, a 17 year old, is said to be distraught as relatives are notified and funeral plans await. Pineules advertisement appears at end.
Highland County voters defeated the proposal to cut Spartanburg and Greenville counties apart. In Spartanburg precincts 442 for and 643 against the change, while Greer supported it strongly though some outlying districts opposed. Greenville totals were incomplete, but Greer’s 337 for and but opposed elsewhere left the overall alignment unclear.
Attorney General Halley filed a quo warranto proceeding in the Missouri Supreme Court seeking the ouster of the International Harvester Company of America. He alleges violations of anti trust laws. the company is incorporated in Milwaukee.
The State House buzzed as Superintendent O B Martin announced his candidacy for the Senate. Governor Angel’s whereabouts and possible entry were in question while residents consider Martin’s popularity and his farm life at Richland. Pineules ad offer appears amid political chatter and local business notices from Walhalla and Seneca.
Te Make feo and Soft Drinks in Atlanta reports that the Atlante Brewing and Ice Company will, after January first, focus exclusively on producing ice and soft drinks. The firm operates a large tea plant and plans to expand capacity, recently securing a permit for a 2800 dollar condensing tank to support the transition.
In Danville Indiana November 12 Senator Benjamin R Titian of South Carolina said President Roosevelt would not seek a third term and that Uncle Joe Cannon would be the Republican standard bearer. He named Mr Bryan as the Democratic nominee of the year. He urged calm over the economy noting prosperity despite money center tremors.
A nitro glycerine factory exploded near Bradner Ohio, killing John Washburn and burning W G Glace, with superintendent Henry Easton likely fatally hurt. The blast demolished the factory site, a large earth pit marking its former location, and shock was felt up to 40 miles away. debris fire caused additional deaths.
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