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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1909
Page
5
A fragmentary local page recalls a social gathering at Squire Criss’s house with Milas Annie and guests. Poignant snippets recount table games with hat pins, past courtship memories, and a postevent spread of cream and cake. Notices follow of church events, baptisms, and local visits.
Walhalla mourns as Mrs Mary J Harris widow of Gen J W Harrison dies about eight. She endured years of illness bedridden, active Presbyterian. leaves three sons and three daughters in Walhalla and nearby towns. Burial planned in Westview Cemetery tomorrow with relatives arriving and weather conditions guiding timing.
Advertisers in the Walhalla area publish notices on banks, hardware, and merchants with multiple names. Local items report church revivals in Toxaway, weddings and gatherings at old Rock master ground, school closures, and community visitors with detailed names and places.
John W. Catos, president of the Union Trust Company of New York with a capital of 31 million, a director in other firms and a noted social figure, cut his throat from ear to ear in the Grand Union Hotel this afternoon and was found dead on a bed. Officials say the death is due to a nervous breakdown, not any external troubles.
Columbia Sept 13 The State Board of Education advances a diploma plan for 14 unit high school work. State diploma signed by officials to be awarded to graduates meeting the 14 unit requirement. Palmton Union to meet Sept 18 for special distress. Bishop Seth Ward in Yokohama critically ill aboard ship en route from America.
South Carolina Oconee county banks including The Bank of Walhalla The Citizens Bank The Shneca Bank and The Peoples Bank file statements of condition as of September 9 1909. Entries list resources loans discounts cash assets and liabilities with capital stock totals deposits and undivided profits for each institution along with sworn affidavits by bank cashiers and notaries. Public notices announce final settlement and discharge for Emma T. Anderson per probate court procedures.
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