20 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
1
A Tennessee farmer Hiram Tall fue a confession says his mother urged the murder of his wife Ida. He lured her to a well, struck her with a stone, then beat her with a plank until lifeless. Mob violence led to his transfer for safety. The report also notes a drug advert and odd cat and rat anecdotes from Lancaster asides.
Jay Cooke recounted a market moment where an old man wished to buy government bonds with gold and a trust in their soundness. The tale extends to a Presbyterian dog tale and a Universalist twist, illustrating prosaic ideals and a trader’s wit across denominations.
A Georgia mob hunts Sam Hose after he murdered Alfred Crawford near Palmetto and assaulted Crawford's wife. Gov. Candler offers 250 reward for Hose. Witness E D Sharkey recounts the brutal attack including ax blows to Crawford and the attack on Mrs Crawford and her infant. The mob remains active, with plans for lynching Hose if captured.
John Willis, a Black laborer on Dr McGowans farm near Wubarle twelve miles from Canensville, fell into an old forty foot well Thursday night. He survived four days by yelling for help until plowmen heard him and rescued him. The incident follows a string of varied notices including a catarrh cure advertisement and a political Washington dispatch about Senator Tillman and Gen Butler in South Carolina.
A three year old filly collapsed and died after hearing brass band music in Florance Alabama. A veterinary surgeon attributed the death to heart fatigue from sudden unaccustomed sound. Separate notes mention medicines for labor and a $6,000 incendiary fire at Liberty damaging a building owned by William s Bon. One men was found shot, with a $85,000 loss and $44,000 insurance, thought to be incendiary work discovered at 2 o clock morning.
An old-style entreaty urges readers to seek the good in companions rather than the evil. The message argues that habits of looking for virtue yield pleasant surprises and improved judgment in social circles.
Dr A C True of the U S Department of Agriculture toured Clemson College assessing experimental work. He praised improved organization, separation of general farming from the station, and planned bulletins. He noted drops in the geology and dairy departments, funding saved to support core research, and emphasis on field tests, fertilizers, crops, poultry, and rice smut treatment.
Amanda Smike, an old woman near Baconton Station, disappears. Jim Rembardt, Moses Smike’s nephew, was suspected, jailed, then released. A mind reader named Dr Posy identified Jim as the killer, who confessed and pointed to the burial site. He remains jailed awaiting court action.
A detailed programme for the Second District union meeting at Fort Madison church on the Saturday before the fifth Sunday in April at 10 o clock. Includes devotional service led by Sem Tannery, queries debated by J W Reynolds and J A Voiles, Sunday school meeting, and a sermon by Rev P J Vermillion. Also mentions liver medicine claims and Civil War casualty statistics with Anderson SC Gaines Mill figures.
Aided by Prof. Booker T. Washington, the North Carolina letter argues blacks should align with the Democratic Party, noting Alabama figures Governor Johnston and Governor Russell and urging race unity with white allies to advance Black interests. It cites cross-racial cooperation and questions opposition to white leaders as hindering progress.
Readers weigh in on whether growing market potatoes at fifteen cents a bushel can pay for large scale production. The piece compares profits of potatoes, cotton, and corn, citing Southern Queen and Bahama as high yield varieties and noting depot reach, costs, and potential starch factory location in Sumter.
The passage asserts that men are saved by hope through experience and revelation, noting that nothing genuine was achieved by a wholly perfect approach. It presents a reflective, somewhat cryptic meditation on belief, discovery, and human striving.
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