31 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
1
A community message laments hard times while noting warm, dry fall forecasts and crops. It argues prices should reflect supply, praises county road improvements and local towns Valhalla Westminster Seneca, urges balanced views on costs and taxes, and mentions medical cures and a Revolutionary pensioner widow.
The Atlantic Cost Line extends from Denmark to Robbins for passenger service by November. Freight on Southern’s new extension to Sumter. Passenger schedules set for September 4. Carolina and Northwestern Railway sale to a Northern syndicate and road extension planned. Savannah extension grading done except through sand hill. Seaboard Air Line links Columbia to Augusta and Augusta to Charleston with contracts expected this year. Plentiful railroad activity across the state amid favorable legislation, signaling major investment and expansion in South Carolina.
Last Wednesday evening Col A D Tribble Capt KK Mee Cully of Andemon G and Capt KC Strother of Went Union G arrived in Franklin and stayed till noon Thursday They held a consultation with incorporators of the Ohio River Franklin and Tide Water Railway to discuss the Black Diamond Railway project and exchanged valuable information not for publication They are engaged and optimistic about the system's success in practical efforts Myanklin N Cao August
Calvania August 18 The law moves in the Neal Penitentiary matter with suits to follow. A meeting of the Penitentiary board at the Governor's office approved resolutions empowering the Attorney General to collect dues and initiate actions, to defend the penitentiary authorities, and to coordinate with the Governor on related matters. A second meeting involving the Attorney General's office and principal parties discussed papers in Lank as the litigation ahead grows, with Br Bollinger pledging accuracy over speed.
Booker T. Washington, in an August 20 interview from Tuskegee Alabama, rejects claims of discord with Afro American Council leaders in Chicago. He says he remains committed to moral, educational, and industrial development of the race and will not join political activity, despite public or private remarks.
A Dallas Texas dispatch reports that a month of hot winds has severely damaged Texas cotton. Early estimates indicate yields may be as low as a quarter bale per acre, with the state total possibly not exceeding two million bales. The item notes widespread impact across northern and central regions.
Greenville rumor debunked. Solicitor Ansel says he never planned to move to Pickens and would only consider Congress if redistricting places Greenville in the Third District. He will not seek reelection as Solicitor but will serve until January 1901.
The piece discusses tobacco as a major cash crop with twenty million pounds raised and sold in the state this year at prices from 4 to 26 cents, noting $2,000,000 in cash to farmers and a planned million pounds from Orangeburg County as an experiment in cooperative export. It mentions land suitability along the river counties and historic tobacco use, plus a note on Richland School District No. 19 planning to elect a teacher and the school year starting October 1. A rural anecdote closes with a Nauvoo woman's lie and a piano joke about not letting a piano be trained.
A Georgia farmer reports diversified production across crops and livestock, including corn, cotton, pork, poultry, and fruits. He asserts diversification yields prosperity beyond a single cotton crop, urging statewide adoption for income and stability.
A small Alabama settlement of about 400 African Americans and two white residents aims to incorporate. The plan envisions a town governed by African American officials with a separate negro government and authorities.
Weather data from 28 years at Charleston cover September averages, extremes, frost dates, precipitation, cloudiness and wind. The report notes mean temperature 76, warmest month 1881 at 80, coldest 1871 at 72, highest 96 on September 18 1894, lowest 19 on September 26 1887, and frost dates around November 30 and March 9.
The United States Northern District of the Indian Territory operates a mobile court led by Commissioner Harry Jennings and U S Marshal Bennett. A converted house on wheels serves as courtroom in distant towns to reduce travel costs and improve access. The crew cooks on site and maintains order while criminals are reached more easily, with supporters calling the plan a success.
A report of a National Congress of women in London features a delegate claim that marriage is the abuse and use of man. The speech argues women control beauty and social influence while urging fashion and flounces over brains, with a pointed quip that a little marriage can lead to divorce court.
A Mississippi man has announced his candidacy for justice of the peace. The report notes his name and outlines his campaign as a statewide local official seeking judicial office.
A vast 6 000 acre wheat field owned by ranch 101 near Bliss Kay County yields an estimated 100 000 bushels with 20 to 25 bushels per acre and some 40 to 60 bushels per acre. Laborers, mules and binders worked ten days to harvest. Buyers expect 60 to 70 cents per bushel and net profit around 25 000 dollars after costs.
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