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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1909
Page
1
Westminster locals report visitors from East Point Georgia Liberty South Carolina and Tugaloo river area. updates include teachers ill new depot agent appointment and a Baptist school address. plus a testimonial for Electric Bitters noting improved health after indigestion and nervous debility from a prior illness.
Vancouver Island reports a massive explosion at Wellington Colliery No 3 in Nanaimo at 6 o clock this morning. Over 100 men are trapped, with only a few rescued alive and badly burned. rescuers cannot reach the entrance due to heat and gas. The mines employ over 3,000 workers and have a history of disasters in recent years.
Chanderkein Salve advertised for chapped skin on hands or face. Claiming to heal sores, burns and scalds. Listings include Droid W. Bell of Valhalla and W. J. Lumney of Senees as sellers.
Oakway and Westminster reports note fine weather aiding harvest and sowing, local resignations and social events, including Miss Cordelia Bearden leaving for Greenville and several residents visiting kin and attending schools. Mentions of crop conditions, rain hoped for, and community gatherings plus a testimonial for Dr King's New Life Pills.
The Fair Play column reports farmers using favorable autumn weather and cotton prices. It lists visits from Asa Grant and Mrs. Grant to Marett households, Georgia relatives with the Land family, Lavonia business activity, and assorted local social events. It notes a Dr J B Hawthorne lecture on horology, upcoming gatherings, a seventh birthday party, the Sunbeam Band’s cotton-picking for orphans, and various visits among the Marett and Isbell families with several towns named.
Mrs Mary Jolson sister of Mrs Jame f Podd of this city died at her daughter Mrs 8 N Peaster home in Greenville yesterday morning at age 59 after two years ill health. Survived by three children M Peaster Mrs D J Verner of Greenville and Samuel Johnson of Townville. Interment at Townville this afternoon.
We thank neighbors and friends for the many acts of kindness and sympathy during our daughter's illness and death. May the richest blessings rest upon them. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Youngblood. Seneet, Ro FLD, No, 1.
John TH Woods aged 65 a prominent planter of the section committed suede Sunday afternoon by taking me phine. JH health war the cause. The incident occurred in Adneville Kentucky with details limited in report.
Rev W W Stow will preach at Conneross Baptist Church next Sunday at 7 30 pm. Oyster supper by Conneross Local Union at Conneross Academy drew about one hundred guests. Mr Pickett lectured on union activities and goals. Local visitors included A M Alexander Roy M Abbott and J J Barnett with Clemson ties. The County Farmers Union plans a meeting with Conneross Union on Friday October 5.
Russell Bal Ine, a white witness in the Harrison murder case, was jailed by order of the judge and will remain in jail without bail until January. The State case against Harrison was continued due to the witness absence. sheriff was ordered to keep the witness in jail. The unusual move drew comment from local legal circles.
Spartanburg Oct 4 Charged with kidnapping Joe Chumley his cousin Frank Chumley son of a well to do farmer near Woodruff was arrested and bound over to the Court of General Sessions The alleged kidnapping occurred last Thursday while Joe was driving to school Frank pulled him from the buggy tied him with rope carried him to a cave barred the door with heavy boards and threatened burial The boy escaped and returned home prompting a warrant for Frank Chumley Others are said to be implicated The absence of Joe caused a search of woods and a rumor of sensational developments amid family tensions over cotton and a gin
Albert Pulitzer, brother of Joseph Pulitzer and proprietor of the New York World, driven by neural disorders, killed himself by poison and then shot himself in Vienna. The body was found early today after he sent away servants and his secretary. discovered hours later by Dr. Polhuk.
In Moultrie Georgia John Hart and his two sons killed WH Williams and mortally wounded Wright and Will Flowers. Sheriff Reed hunts the Harts as statements from the Flowers and Mowers families detail the encounter. Williams died as he left the home. the Flowers brothers lie wounded with medical care delayed.
Bates to Be hanged for Balter murder in Spartanburg. The convicted man was sentenced on October 29 the same day as the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad opening celebration. Attorneys plan to appeal to the Supreme Court for a new trial. Bates stood mute when asked why death should not be pronounced.
Mills in the Southern states may shut down if raw cotton prices remain high. President Ro Tanner of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association warns that without a drop in the staple price within weeks, mills will be forced to suspend operations.
Ray Lamphere, jailed in La Porte for involvement with the Gunness murder case, is said by prison physicians to have only days to live from consumption. State’s Attorney Smith expects Lamphere to confess all details of the death farm mystery before death ends his life.
Greenville reports keen interest in the October 8 Charlotte meeting of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association board of governors. Mills face a critical situation as cotton costs rise while yarn prices fall, risking shutdowns without market improvement. factories have been operating on older cotton bought at 10 to 11 cents, with supply dwindling and a possible two week deadline for action. The distress is described as unparalleled in years.
Cotton seed prices soar to 30 38 cents per bushel and above, driving South revenue estimates over 100 million dollars from cotton and seed this year. With a 12 million bale cotton crop, the total value nears a billion dollars, as few years past saw seed valued at one dollar per bushel and the market shows no sign of decline. Farmers reap a harvest in both cotton and seed amid high prices and strong demand.
Spartanburg Oct 4 Will Hand colored was killed Sunday afternoon about five miles from Woodruff. Hand and several other negroes were gambling when Hand suddenly quit the game and ran off. He was followed by the others who fled and were killed. Five negroes are being held for investigation.
Mrs. Middlebrooks of 54 West Harris Street survives pellagra after nine weeks near death. Five doctors diagnosed the illness, once rare in America, as recovered through a simple treatment and a proactive young physician who paused his practice for study. Her rapid improvement marks pellagra as not necessarily fatal. Mayor Eby Sentenced for Extortion in Burkeville case, 18 months in Atlanta prison and a $1 fine. He threatened dynamite destruction of Norfolk and Western Railroad unless paid $10,000.
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