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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1905
Page
4
The Keowee Courier notes free obituary tributes of up to one hundred words for communications of personal character. Tributes longer than that must be paid at one cent per word. Call for typed copy to accompany submissions.
Chesterfield farmers vow not to pay more than 40 cents per hundred pounds for picking cotton before October 15, with a $50 penalty for violators. The memo argues against fixed rates, urging fair compensation negotiated between planter and laborer, noting regional variations in pay and seasonality. The piece cites Oconee ranges from 5 to 8 cents per hundred pounds, illustrating labor market differences.
A jumble of names, places, and events appears in a fragmented column. References include Atlanta, Walhalla Hotel, a mayor with a red-painted flag, Lofty mentions of Roosevelt and 1920s figures, marriages of Alea and Mary Donalson Wilcox, and distant notes on fortunes and ancestry. The text is garbled but hints at social pages, opinions, and local scandals.
Petitions requesting a Dispensary election in Oconee were checked against registration books by Supervisor Hobson and Rev. C Wardlaw on Monday and Tuesday. About 3 400 bona fide electors remain from 4 451 qualified in spring 1904 after subtracting deceased or departed voters. The board will revise the books in coming days and one fourth of qualified electors must request an election. Officials found 223 signatures short of the required threshold, delaying any order for October 7. Wardlaw leads renewed efforts to push the movement, with petitions out awaiting responses.
A Bigetower Alabama juror Mr G W Forse relates a murder trial experience at Edwardaville Clebourne County Abi Hesaya. After eating spoiled meat he sought a cholera remedy but Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him in five minutes after a second dose completed the cure for three men. 판매자 J W Bell Valhalla W J Looney Seneca. Also a social at Mrs John Rose with games and prizes and Grace Bischoff’s departure noted. A separate item reports cholera cases and deaths in Berlin with rising mortalities and a hospital case in St Georges hospital. A young man found near a railroad station near Seneca Greenville unconscious, suspected foul play. Fletcher Mapless and Hod Akridde, brothers in law, killed each other near Tolham.
A bulletin from the census bureau cites an average of seventy one pupils per teacher nationwide. Reports note suspensions of Constables Gideon and Hollman by Gov Heyward. Fort Motto ex-dispenser Bousard faces misappropriation charges over 2 271 81. J J Parsons of Valdosta Ga arrested for counterfeiting a five dollar coin. A deadly fracas at a negro Baptist church near Wagoner S C results in deaths including Fred Dirisport. Dispenser J H Chappell observes a draped storefront in Newberry. A shooting near HL J Gurry’s farm leaves George Gilliland dead after an attempted defense of a woman. Adam Wilkes charged with criminal assault on a child. bound over to Sessions Court. Constantinople reports seven thousand houses burned in Adrianople area. A New York stock seat record tops 84 000 with Graves likely purchaser. A night Pullman collision at Waterville Mo injures forty with no fatalities reported.
Forbidden entry on lands of the undersigned parties including fishing hunting timber hauling wood digging or trespass in any form Violations will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law Signed KEITIL Fxoontor Kolth Batato and others Mt mM Huple Thy 10h
The State of South Carolina County of Deon Court of Common Pleas lists Warren Doan Willie Deat B F Doan Charles Doan Elliot Doan and John Doan as plaintiffs in R641 with action details and parties in a civil case document.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Oconee County a partition action between Lucy Woods and Alexander versus David Leander Clemons et al assigns guardian ad litem EH A Gibson for the infant defendant David Leander Clemons. The order requires publication in the Keowee Courier weekly for four weeks as service.
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