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Newspaper
Keowee Courier
Location
Walhalla, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
1
For sale 196 acres near Walhalla seven miles from town known as the A P Holden place near Oconee Station about 100 acres in cultivation 40 acres in bottoms 60 acres good strong red upland four first class houses in good condition two of them large new houses Would trade for land nearer town.
Richland notes list visitors and residents overlapping with neighbors. L David Wyly of Georgetown visits T B Wyly and family. Prof W K Dandy from Douglasville stays with relatives. Amy and Kredda Hughs visiting Pickens. various locals mentioned with arrivals, church, and school plans. ad for a throat and lung cure attributed to Kiowa New Discovery with testimonial claims.
Unclear fragments report deposits or mining terms across several locations including Calhoun County and surrounding areas. The text references gold deposits, war mention, and travel notes with several garbled place names and names of individuals. The exact events and dates are not discernible from the legible words.
In Columbia a high court ruling questions mayoral jurisdiction over whiskey sales in city court. Judge Aldrich in the sessions court handled the appeal from a $100 fine or 30 days, with the mayor’s authority debated. The case prompts a statewide appeal to the Supreme Court as Webb Staton and Simmons receive new trial actions and possible perjury charges surface.
Fragmentary OCR text reports a man named George W. Murray, former Cotgians member, connected with a conection case in Chicago. He is said to have been convicted and sentenced, with ongoing appeals or custody pending at a city court.
News from Westminster on September visits and local society. Annie McMahan of Richland visited Daisy Foster and attended a football game while Maude Simpson left for Columbia for college. The issue promotes K Callaway & Co and a fall opening October 1 and 2. Reports cover visits, temperance work, a Band of Christian Homes, church services, and a large turnout at a Miss Gary lecture on temperance.
Special: Rev W W Stow of Toccoa will preach at Conneross Baptist church on the Sunday night in October at 7 20 o clock. Names listed as delegates to a national convention. Changes in Sunday school and prayer meeting times. Reports on local teachers, visits, rain damage to crops and bridges, and community visits to Westminster and Walhalla.
Seneca’s weekly scene includes revival services at the Presbyterian church led by Dr. George Robertson with two daily sessions. Local notices cover a Clemson Gordon game, social visits, a new millinery firm, Winthrop students, kindergarten training in Washington, and a cinema of civic events. The paper notes winter frost concerns, shop openings, and a planned religious census visit by town committees.
Reports from Bounty Land include cotton picking progress and local illnesses. Funeral of Utchums Tod Cartes. Rev C S Blackburn and Rev Wilburn Abbott to preach. Social events feature a box supper at the schoolhouse and community visits. References to nearby towns, families, and travel plans fill the column, with local business notes and a cough remedy advertisement concluding.
Local meeting of Comnty Bones in Oeonee County to vote on schoolhouse and health matters. The record notes officers Wade Diekwon as president and We Alexander as secretary as the body discusses annual elections and upcoming community arrangements.
Adenine ad copy touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a stomach liver and kidney remedy. It claims to cure sour stomach constipation indigestion biliousness and sick headaches with quick, nationwide availability and wide druggist endorsements.
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