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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription at 1.00 per year and advertising rates as reasonable. It states that obituary notices and tributes of respect under one hundred words are printed free, with charges of one cent per word for longer notices, and cash must accompany manuscripts.
In Enterprise Alabama area, a mob of about five hundred white and Black citizens executed John Wesley Pennington after he confessed to assaulting and choking Mrs. Davis. Pennington was bound, drawn to a stake, and burned as the crowd watched in silence. The grisly scene ended with his body consumed and ash remaining.
An old note highlights Keodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digestant and cites a large shipping value with Europe taking a substantial share. It also touts DaWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for quick healing and warns against counterfeits from Pilon Bows.
A Pendleton meeting with representatives from Anderson, Pickens and Oconee counties urged the South Carolina Legislature to fund a Confederate veterans home. Speeches by Capt. Mantin and Col. Richard Wesson supported establishing care for aging veterans, aiming for action in the next session and broader statewide support.
New York reports about 45 000 drunken arrests yearly and Chicago would expect 24 000 by ratio but records 40 000. An ailing child is treated with One Minute Guard Cure. Railways shift from coal to oil reducing heating costs by half. Will Cormish, a Black man accused of assault, vanishes amid fears of lynching.
Senator Louis D. Appelt of Clarendon talks at Atlantic Beach Hotel on the McLaurin resignation dispute and Tillman’s leadership. He accuses Tillman of pursuing a close party, warns of political backfire, and defends public judgment over executive committee actions amid the South Carolina Democratic rift. The report blends campaign chatter with a digression on Dinah-era politics and local quotes.
An advertisement touts No-To-Bag as a cure for tobacco use and smoking with claims of 600,000 cured. It also promotes remedies for constipation and a note on a major strike, naming Stirling Medicine Co. and referencing Dr Koch and tuberculosis spread via expectoration.
The document summons defendants Catharine Revis John Kevis Marion Revis Wilson Revis Ben Revis Far er Revis Samantha Spearman Mary Crow Martin Kevis and B.A. Aiken to answer the complaint filed July 28 1001 in the Court of Common Pleas for Oconee County South Carolina. It directs service of answer within twenty days and notes absent defendants Farmer Revng and Martin Kevis must file notice.
Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Department releases a condensed schedule effective February 24, 1897, for trains No. 62 and No. 68 running between Charleston, Columbia, and northern South Carolina. It lists stop times at Prosperity Newberry Greenvilles Hendersonville Spartanburg Lincolnton Clinton Sumter and other points with daily service. Genl Passenger Agent M Emmerson and General Manager J B Kenly oversee operations.
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