Interesting Club Meets With Poe Study And Elections
The Wise and Otherwise Club met on Thursday afternoon September 10 with Misses Hloise and Irene Strother. Members studied Edgar Allan Poe and elected officers for the next quarter led by President Annie Verner and Vice President Eloise Strother. The gathering included a Kate pillow top contest won by Heather Cary, a wine-covered porch reception, and vocal pieces by Miss Riser and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise and Otherwise
Hloise
Irene Strother
Lfe
Edgar Allen Poe
Annie Verner
Eloise Strother
May Fant
Lula Earle
Annie Crisp
Farswell
Gertrude Bleman
Winthrop Callege
Kate
Heather Cary
Mesdames Bell and Darby
Riser
Our City
Wloise
Gertrude Breman
Esther
Winona Cary
Sophie Rose
Margaret Brennecke
Misses Hattle
Corinne Riser
Eleanor Keys
Best Treatment for a Burn and Enjoyable School Picnic
Best treatment for a burn praises Chamberlain’s Salve as a quick pain reliever and gentle healer offered by J W Bell Valhalla and W J Laney Seneca. Enjoyable school picnic at Stoney Point closes Miss Geraldine Hughs school with recitations and an educational visit by Miss Stribling, praising the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber+lain
J. W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Laney
Seneca
Geraldine Hughs
Stoney Point
Miss Hughs
Miss Stribling
Geraldine
Reynolds thanks voters amid misreports in Oconee County
John W. Reynolds sends a heartfelt note to Keowee Courier readers thanking Oconee County for support in the August 25 and September 8 elections for County Treasurer. He expresses pride in the vote, denounces circulating false reports, and wishes well to his friends and critics. Reynolds signs from Valhalla, September 22, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keowee Courier
Oconee County
John W. Reynolds
Valhalla
Westchester Camp Cherry inviting W O W members to Westminster unveiling
The Seneca column notes Camp Cherry No 225 has received an invitation from Westminster Camp No 42 to attend an unveiling ceremony for a W O W monument at Westminster on the first Sunday in October at 3 oclock. Camp Cherry urges members to attend and extends thanks to Camp No 42 for the courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Cherry
Westminster Camp
Cordi
Westminster
W. A. Dickerson
Vedder Sitton Shuts Out for Nashville Pennant Win
In Greenville News coverage, Vedder Sitton dominated the Southern League deciding game. Pendleton’s Sitton scattered eight hits, struck out nine, and beat Brienstein’s New Orleans squad to deliver the pennant to Nashville. Sitton, son of M N Sitton of Pendleton, trained at Clemson and has been drafted by Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville News
Vedder Sitton
Pendleton Boy
Brienstein
New Orleans
Litton
Pelleans
Asalat
Bronstein
Nashville
Frank
Young Sitton
M.N. Sitton
Pendleton
Clemson
Cincinnati
Walhalla Schools Opened for New Year With Full Staff
Walhalla graded schools opened last Monday with all teachers present and enrollment totaling 227. Grades 1 and 2 taught by Miss Tula, 3 and 4 by Miss Steck, 5 by Miss Har rigan, 7 and 8 by Kate Steck, 8th by Prof Kennedy. Enrollment expected to rise in weeks ahead. Also notice a Union meeting of Pickett Post Farmers’ Union set for Saturday September 26 at 4 p.m. Chalmers as president Hembree as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walhalla
Jones
Tula
Willson
Kate J. Steck
J. D. Kennedy
Millville School
Mamie Harrigan
Terchop Vee
Sf Union
Farmers’ Union
T. Y. Chalmers
M. N.hembree
Abbott Departs Newry Baptist Church Pastorate
Newry Virginia notes editor Keowee Courter reports Pastor Haskell T. Abbott leaves after a year at Newry Baptist Church. Abbott, accepted from Furman University, built up the church and sows seeds for future fruit. He begins ministerial studies at Richmond College, Va. The congregation bids farewell with “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newry
Keowee Courter
Baptist Church
Haskell T. Abbott
Christ
Brother Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Furman University
Greenville
Richmond College
Richmond
Virginia
Jesus
To Doctors of Piedmont Section
Dr. C B Williams, secretary of the State Board of Health, ordered Greenville Oconee Anderson Pickens and Greenwood county physicians to report to Dr. G L Martin all cases of scarlet fever diphtheria or smallpox outside incorporated cities. Williams notes Martin will not interfere with treatment. his duties are hygienic and include quarantine and fumigation. He urges prompt reporting to suppress the epidemic, with factory towns needing special attention due to crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
C. FB. Williams
State Board of Health
Oconee
Anderson
Pickens
Greenwood
G. L. Martin
Williams
Macon Detective Fatally Wounds Burglar After Night Break-in
In Macon Georgia at 3 this morning City Detective Tom Jones shot and fatally wounded a Black burglar named Junior Braid after he burglarized the J C Vann grocery and attempted to break into the Carroll home on Carolina Street. Carroll awoke, screamed, and the suspect fled through a glass door before being overtaken and shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Tom Jones
Junior Braid
J.C. Vann
Thomas G. Carroll
Mia. Carroll
Wagener Township Sunday School Association Meeting
The Wagener Township Interdenominational Sunday School Association announces its second meeting at Halla Methodist Church on October 8 1908 with morning sessions including enrollment object of meeting and methods to boost attendance led by Rev J C Yongue Rev C D Mann and Rev L T Weldon. Afternoon programs cover song service miscellaneous business and election of officers with delegates urged from every Sunday school and a public dinner on the grounds provided by kindly donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagener Township
Walhalla Methodist Church
J. C. Yongue
C.D. Mann
C. R. D. Burns
L.T. Weldon
Nzemba S
T. W
J. J. Warrell
Sunday School Convention in Center Township Meeting Details
Center Township Oconee County hosts a Sunday School convention at New Bethel church on October 10 at 9 30. Devotional parts led by H J Myers and J W Bareder, multiple queries with speakers including P Stribling W H Cole Rev A McDaniel J B Thompson T W Keitt Clemson College J M Way J H Burgess L W Dobbs Mrs W J Dobbs Bertha Eubanks John Duncan Rev J L Singleton. All Sunday schools urged to send delegates. Also notice How to Get Strong by P J Daly Chicago promoting Electric Bitters with claims of improved flesh insomnia and bodily strengthening. Sold at drug stores 60e guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interdenominational Sunday School Association
Center Township
Oconee County
New Bethel Church
H. J. Myers
J. W. Bearder
P. Stribling
W. H. Cole
A McDaniel
J. B. Thompson
T. W. Keitt
Clemson College
J. B. Harris
J. M. Way
Pelzer
J. H Burgess
Len W. L. Dobbs
W. J. Dobbs
Bertha Eubanks
John Duncan
Evergreen Sunday Schools
J. L. Singleton
W.N. Bruce
J.T. Bryant
P. J. Daly
Congress Street
Chicago
Good Woman Patterson Dies At 74 In Jocassee
Jocassee Sept. 22 Special Mrs Nareissa Jane Patterson wife of Jas Patterson of Jocassee died suddenly Sunday morning September 20 of heart failure She was 74 and left a husband eight children a devoted Baptist for over sixty years Her remains were laid to rest at Mount Carmel cemetery Monday evening at 4 oclock The family and community mourn her loss and she is remembered as a loving wife and mother Spartanburg Sept 22 Night riders post a warning in Greenville county to gin cotton during current low prices The first such alert in the state
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jocassee
Nareissa Jane Patterson
Jas. Patterson
The
Baptist Church
Mount Carmel
Spartanburg
Williams
Greenville County
Accidental Shooting Fatal to Woman in Westminster Area
Last Sunday near Westminster a 38 pistol discharged while two boys, one 18 year old named Charlie Johnson, toyed with it on a Porter place veranda. Octavia Johnson, the colored man’s sister in law, was struck in the head and died shortly after. Coroner Holleman convened a jury Monday and ruled death caused by accidental discharge by the Johnson boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Johnson
Porter Place
Westminster
Octavia Johnson
Johnson
Holleman
Cotton Fire at Starr South of Anderson Burns Bales
A fire this afternoon at Starr twelve miles south of Anderson destroyed fifty bales of cotton on the depot platform. The load had been weighed and marked and was being loaded into cars. The railroad will bear most of the loss, and the fire is believed caused by a spark from a passenger train. The article also includes a traveler’s anecdote about a medical remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starr
Anderson
Emigration to America Declines. Italians Return Home Fast
Report from Rome shows Italian emigration to the United States fell in August with 4 262 departures and 20 682 returning. January through August totals reach 81 116 emigrants to the Americas and 203 449 returning to Italy, including 104 445 from the United States. Also noted are a classifieds request for secondhand bags and a South Carolina probate notice for J Claude Burriss estate administration in Oconee County with final required appearance September 25 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
United States
Italy
America
North
South America
Notice of Thigh School Election in Earle District 71
A petition representing over 40 percent of freeholders in Earle's School District No 71 orders an election at the district school on Saturday September 26 1908 from 24 p.m. to decide if the district remains part of Center High School voting options For High School or Against High School. Trustees act as managers and only voters eligible in general state elections may vote. County Superintendent C L Craig signs the notice dated September 16 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle’s
Center High School
C. L. Craig
Walhalla land auction in 1908 by Oconee Master
Court sale in Walhalla Oconee County on October 8 1908 at the courthouse door to the highest bidder. Three parcels described in detail including 1 1/2 acres by North Broad street 3/4 acre by Main street and a 31 acre homestead formerly of M H Bryce. terms cash. purchaser pays extra for papers. Master W C Whith conducts sale for Mrs Julia Rose et al with resell rights if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
South Carolina
Oconben
Court of Common Pleas
Court House
Walhalla
Julia Rose
Platoti
Wm. C. Rose
Oconee
North Broad Street
M. Bulwinkle
John Rose
Piace
Valhalla
Main Street
Bulwinkel
Mrs. Pleper
M. Bulwinkel
County of
Wendelkin
M. H. Bryce
J. D. Verner
W. C. Whith
Oconee County
Notice to road overseers of Oconee County
Road overseers are ordered to discontinue road work unless commutation tax funds remain in their district. If unsure of the amount, contact the Clerk of the Board at Walhalla for a statement. Report very bad road conditions to the undersigned or the commissioner in charge to avoid confusion. D BR McALISTER, County Supervisor 38 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconee County
Walhalla
D. BR. McAlister
Also Mentioned on This Page
Misses Strother
Mr. Reynolds
WO. W
Mu, Abbott
Severs
Enter Theological Seminary
Doctors of Piedmont Section
T. B. Alexander
Sunday School Association
Center Township Association
Nareissa Patterson
Night Riders
R. Callaway & CompAny
Westminster, S. C
Vistol
le Grande
Oregon
Sam A. Garber
Ante
D. W. Bell
W. J. Lunney
Sencen
D.a.smith
Lucy
Burriss
J. Claude Burriss
Walhalla Court House
DD. A. Smith
Keowee
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