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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
1
A local shop advertises clothing as a specialty and invites customers to buy suits that fit well, with emphasis on style and price. It notes ongoing offers including blue flannel suits at $2.50 and invites readers to visit to see more options.
J. T. Gantt offers arguments on South Carolina’s treasury deficit and borrowing. He cites a $800,000 total authorized borrowing and stresses the need for indirect revenue sources, urging the secretary of state’s office to serve as a revenue bearer to alleviate the deficit. Authorities referenced include State Treasurer Jennings and Dr. Timmerman.
An official from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing designs a special one dollar gold piece for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis to be issued in two series. The coin may feature McKinley or Jefferson on the obverse with the inscription Louisiana Purchase Exposition and dates 1803 and 1903.
At Erskine College hall in Due West on August 15 a reunion of Orr's Rifles veterans drew a large crowded audience. Speeches by Gen Hemphill and Comrade Armstrong recalled regiment deeds and war memories, with readings by Miss Charles and Miss Grier and songs by Southern women, followed by a generous dinner. The event praised the valor of Confederate troops and the fidelity of wartime women, with thanks to the town for hospitality and to the Erskine College community.
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for digestive troubles and general weakness. It claims to cleanse the system, improve stomach function, and promote overall health, urging readers to request the Common Sense Medical Adviser and the book or volume by mail from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo.
The News and Courier representative joined a reunion then visited the home of A Bolden Kennedy in Flowna. Dr. Wideman and Dr. Bell were thanked for attention while Tightman Wardlaw traveled from Asheville to attend. The piece also includes an ad offering $100 for catarrh cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure and a promotion for Mall's Family Pills.
The Nowa and Courier notes South Carolina counties fear costly road programs while Mecklenburg County North Carolina shows how macadam roads have progressed. It cites 104 miles built by convict labor over twenty years and 12 miles graded last year at 2 000 to 8 000 dollars per mile with annual highway expenditure above 40 000 dollars. The piece argues South Carolina counties could imitate the North Carolina model to gain miles of roadway at lower relative cost.
Joseph Anderson, a Salina area farmer, killed his four children aged from four months to ten years in a cistern during his wife’s absence, then fatally shot himself. A note left for the mother indicated the children were in the cistern. authorities say financial troubles may have driven the tragedy.
Gard in Newry Anuguah writes to your paper to express thanks for the August 16 vote for cotton weigher at Senoos. He says no ill feeling toward opponents and extends kind regards to all. Signed Hyde.
A Chattanooga Tradesman investigation into South Carolina mills finds relatively few children under 12 employed. Mill presidents report totals ranging from 27 to 56 under 12 among hundreds of workers, with schools run by companies for nine months or more. Some exceptions occur for poverty or special cases, but owners generally oppose under 12 labor.
A Vicksburg authority cites figures showing higher cotton costs this year versus 1900. Using a laborer and mule as basic household needs, the 1900 living expenses totaled 69.85 dollars while 1901 expenses rose to 100.45 dollars, an increase of 86.10 dollars or about 60 percent. The analysis says four and a half acres of cotton are needed now to settle a laborer’s supply account, up from two and three quarters acres in 1900, urging farmers to raise own supplies and treat cotton as a smaller incidental cash crop.
Rev O J Copeland conducted an eight day protracted meeting at Mt Bethel Church Martin township resulting in 94 additions to the church. He immersed 82 new members in Little River Robertson's bridge in about 45 minutes, a pace near two per minute.
WNot kept clear. WNow Fain Pills sold by Drugglits to age patients aged 25 doses. Dr Milew Medes Co of Elkhart Indiana distributes these pills. This item notes a medical product and supplier with location.
A Richmond Times editorial defends the Bible against critics, insisting it invites fair examination and has withstood scrutiny across ages. It urges readers to gather all facts, weigh them carefully, and form intelligent conclusions. Louisiana cotton planters join a new association in Shreveport to fix seed prices and organize actions against railroads over cotton seed transport.
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