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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1905
Page
4
Aleck Abright a 26 year old six foot tall cotton picker from Great Cypress claims a five day tally of 2600 pounds of picked cotton with a best single day of 607 pounds last year. The report, from Darnwell, notes other local figures and a separate obituary of Charles Pace in Salisbury.
A Waynesville North Carolina Courier note tells GN Palmer trapped and killed a 400 pound bear in Haywood County on the Mud Fork in September. The hide measured six feet by four feet, Palmer rolling the carcass down the mountain to the creek and sinking it until help arrived next day. Also reported is a Georgia court recount of a coroner jury finding a man guilty in a Horton Simms murder, described as a remarkable case in state jurisprudence. A New York steamship tale follows with badly injured sailors after leopards, a 200 pound snake, and a drowned elephant aboard the Indramaye, along with editorials on South Carolina politics and the Dixie issue.
Short notes warn of two diseases of thinness in children Werofula and consumption. Both tied to poor food and need for more fat. Recommended remedy is Teane Vat in the best means of coop monning: cod liver oil.
An array of excerpts describes a claimed longest bridge near Sangong China at 54 miles with stone arches and a 70 foot roadway. The text wanders through quotes on trees, wealth, dispensaries, politics, and oddities, mixing world events and local anecdotes with dated satire and misprints.
A bomb exploded in a private car at Pekin railway station as a mission group traveled abroad to study foreign methods. Four minor officials were killed and over twenty injured. Prince Tani Toho and former envoy Wu ing Fan survived with minor injuries. The bomber perished in the blast. Officials have tightened security at government offices and railways amid rising fear for court and government leaders.
A petition led by Rev G Wardlaw seeks a special election in Oconee County South Carolina on September 25 to decide moving the dispensing locations. The board confirms enough electors signed and the requirements met to order the election with ballots marked Dispensing and No Dispensing.
A fragmentary public notice dated September 18 acknowledges service on state and county officials in Oconee County. It identifies L. H. V. Hobson as County Supervisor and notes formal action under authority of Elootion commissioners. The text is incomplete but indicates an official county matter requiring adherence by listed parties.
Notice for a Tuesday October 1905 special election in Oconee County South Carolina on the Dispensary or No Dispensary option. Polls open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Precinct managers listed with duties to organize oath administering vacancy filling and ballot counting and delivery of official results within three days to the County Board of Commissioners.
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