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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1907
Page
6
A dense discussion on cotton market manipulation by bucket shops and speculators. farmers' union efforts grow, urging a halt to selling until price floors are reached and promoting direct mill dealings. A national bureau of information proposal aims to digest union news for wider circulation.
In New York on October 21 Mme Nor Cross, a former actress and newspaper writer, was located after sleuths hunted for Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw photographs valued at $1,000. She was arrested and refused to surrender the album.
The South Carolina State Penitentiary houses about 700 convicts including 80 juveniles at the Lexington county reform school. About one third work on farms, others in hosiery mills or as prisoners’ helpers. The complex spans ten acres. rebuilt since 1868, with a 1901 remodel making it modern and sanitary. Under Captain D J Grifth, it has been self-sustaining, funded new administration buildings, a $15,000 tuberculosis hospital, and $27,000 in farm improvements, plus a $70,000 state surplus. It also furnishes Clemson College with about 33 convicts annually and supports loans to other institutions as authorized.
The pleasant purgative effect experienced by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets makes the body and mind feel joyful. Price 25 cents. Samples free at J. W. Bell's Valhalla and W. J. Lunney Seneca.
Harry W. White, a white man about 30, was jailed in Darlington Friday morning on bigamy charges. Deputy Mozingo found him in bed with his valise packed, ready to flee. He reportedly has spouses in Laurinburg North Carolina McColl South Carolina Hartsville South Carolina and Lake City South Carolina with a recent Darlington marriage. White claims Rhode Island birth and years in the county.
In Cincinnati on October 21 a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad train collided with a crowded John street car at Harrison and State avenues, killing Mrs. J. W. Storey and wounding three others.
New York reports a morning fire in Hoboken swept the triangle bounded by Grand Ferry and Newark streets injuring no one. About one thousand people were made homeless as seventeen buildings were consumed. Policemen woke residents and helped carry occupants from burning structures.
The Board of County Commissioners will open sealed bids on Friday November 1 1907 at 2 pm at the Court House Wahilla DC for the 1908 Steward of Poor Farm. Applicants must state number and ages of children. Bids due by noon November 1 1907. Board may reject any bids. D F McAlister Supervisor October 16 1907.
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