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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1900
Page
4
The Repluce Courier is published every Wednesday morning by Jaynes Shelor Smith and Steck. Advertising rates are stated as reasonable and personal notices are charged per word beyond free obituary tributes up to one hundred words. Subscriptions are one dollar per year with cash accompanying manuscripts.
Walhalla's page reproduces Rev Sam Jones critiquing large trusts and combinations. He cites Standard Oil and whiskey trusts lowering prices for the public, notes railroads' vast systems, and warns that stockholders may suffer as institutions grow unwieldy. He urges careful voting and governance to protect citizens.
A speaker argues that trusts and combines have not permanently raised prices and will eventually fail due to financial disaster. He claims expansion and foreign markets keep demand high, while praising wealth aggregations for building ships and opening foreign trade. He warns against overreliance on domestic production and defends free trade as a path to stability.
Word salad of transliterated Chinese terms and a long political update from Leslie's Weekly. Mentions Tun and Peking Nankin Tien and Tso rivers Hoang Yang and Taisim Kwo, then shifts to remarks by AW Bell and Senator Jones on New York, Hill Croker, and Bryan vs McKinley. Includes Republican Congress figures and electoral vote projections.
A garbled 19th century telegram style notice lists names such as Paul Keaton and Dowager Kanpronss. It references the South African Republics and a call to advise on a path into a jinroksha. The fragmentary text hints at a political or social intrigue tied to an estate or office.
Southern Railway announces round trip fares to Chicago from multiple South Carolina points with departure dates August 24 25 from Florida and August 26 27 from other states. Final return limits range to September 3 1900, with extensions possible to September 20 1900 for a fee. Readers advised to contact agents for schedules reservations and ticketing.
Charleston gears up for the 1901 Exposition with efforts to recruit top Supervising Architect staff and organize grounds and buildings. The South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition aims to surpass continental beauty and interest, leveraging riverfront lands and landscape design. Exhibits from Paris, the Southern Railway, and the Smithsonian Philippine collection are expected to enhance the event for patrons of the great Southern enterprise.
The statement from a Presbyterian clergyman to the Johnson Tribune argues Northern capital drives New England mills from business, aided by child labor in the South. It warns against child labor eroding labor forces and questions whether industrial growth is worth the moral cost.
The Tonsion Post reports the cotton market remains strong with limited 230000 bales on hand in the United States and worldwide supply at 1008000 bales. A 10000000 bale crop is not probable, but around 10000000 is expected with prices near nine cents per pound if achieved, signaling a prosperous South and favorable balance of trade for farmers ready to store or sell.
The notice lists trains between Norfolk and Baltim ore and routes to New Orleans and Washington. It mentions daily Sun service, limited stops, and through connections between Washington and San Francisco via various hubs. It notes schedules leaving Washington on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and reverse services, with references to old Posse Comronn conventions and Midland routes through Norfolk and Charlotte.
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