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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1906
Page
3
The Westminster Oil and Fertilizer Company promotes itself as handling the largest cotton seed meal and Hui in Oconee County, boasting improvements to ginneries, capacity of fifty bales per day, and a guarantee of good work or no pay. It offers four carloads of bagging and ties at cost to seed customers and recommends cooking oil as a healthy, cheap kitchen grease, inviting customers to visit.
Old Pickens August 28 editors Courier report two months of rain slow field work and mixed crop prospects. Cotton may be under sixty percent of normal. corn is excellent. fodder and peas will be abundant if rains end. Social notes praise local families, church repairs, and a protracted revival led by Rev. Woodson. Deaths include Wm Perry and Rachel White with church additions noted. Pine-ules advertised for kidney relief.
The throat tissues are inflamed causing coughing and irritation. A cough mixture briefly eases the irritation before more coughing occurs.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as curing colds and soothing sore throats by reducing irritation, driving out inflammation, and nourishing weakened tissues. It claims relief for sore throat cough cold and bronchitis and offers a free sample in Weill Bend and a Scott & Bowne signature.
Washington reports conclude the East and South have seen extraordinary rainfall with over 12 inches in August near the capital, triple the usual. Prof Garriott cites unusual barometric patterns shifting high pressure north and low pressure south, yet the underlying cause remains unknown.
William Jennings Bryan addressed a Madison Square Garden audience in New York detailing key national tenets. He urged government ownership of public utilities, arbitration over injunctions, popular election of Senators, universal eight hour day, and strong measures against trusts, pledging reform of corporate influence and tariff reform.
Stamp Creek reports continued rain and the meeting series ending last Wednesday. No new church additions. Ida and Amy Smith visited Whitewater Friday and returned with a fine time. W. E. Alexander visited J. L. Smith Sunday afternoon. Mrs. W. Grant and children visit relatives in and around Salem Brown Eyes.
A reader from Valley Mills Texas praises Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a pleasant and effective remedy for coughs and throat troubles. The note asserts neglected colds affect nose throat ears and head, urging use of the syrup as a remedy.
The friends of James L Talley announce him as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to Democratic party primary action. The friends of KR S Rutledge announce him a candidate for County Commissioner of Ocones county, subject to Democratic party primary action.
At the continued requests of friends in different parts of the county I announce myself as a candidate for County Superintendent of Education subject to the Democratic party primary. L Craig also announces for Superintendent of Education subject to the Democratic primary Jeremiah A Cantrell announces likewise.
The friends of D F McAlster announce him a candidate for Supervisor subject to Democratic primary action. Nathaniel Phillips supporters endorse him for Supervisor in Oconee County and align with the Democratic primary.
Two individuals announce candidacy for the office of County Auditor subject to Democratic primary action. Joan P. Reese and Rierann W. Gnunns submit their names with respectful notes as prospective nominees.
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