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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
3
The store advertises an unusually large stock of boys clothing at moderate prices. Slogans promise suits to please all boys with varieties including extra heavy knee trousers for praying boys, regular stock for the average good boy, and double-thick trousers for the boys who won't pray, inviting customers to come in and see.
Miss Emma Merrick visits Greenville friends. J. O. Garrison and family move to Tugaloo roast house. Celebrations, marriages, and births scattered through Valhalla society. Convicts escape county chain gang. Mountaineer editor W. B. Nethery visits Valhalla. Church meetings announced. Post office moved to Main Street. Death of Mrs Maggie Neville reported in Georgia. Family reunion highlights Christmas gathering.
J H Moore M D physician and surgeon advertises after hours contact at residence or J H Darbys Drug Store. Cattle wanted for feeding fat cattle and hogs for beef. Write or call for prices. Office Main Street Walhalla near post office dated 6 17 03.
Editor O H Downey of Churubusco Indiana touts Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption as the infallible remedy for coughs colds and grip claiming instant relief and certain cure for pneumonia or consumption with druggists guaranteeing 50c and 1 bottles and five trial bottles free
Farmers from the Fair Play vicinity are called to a meeting at the local school on Saturday January 17 at 1 PM to organize a farmers club. Citizen reports the event aims to unite local agrarians and promote cooperative efforts.
The Seneca dispensary reports December figures with gross sales at 2852 dollars 75 cents gross profits 710 RO net profits 608 dollars Evidently Christus booze was a plenty.
Messrs White and Co of Anderson have won a 1600 dollar contract to erect a monument in Salisbury North Carolina to honor W S Overman a noted local figure who died about two years ago The firm competed against Atlanta and Charlotte marble houses The Courier notes the praise for the Anderson firm and mentions a separate item about a whist booklet published by Louisville and Nashville Railroad and offers details on obtaining a copy. It also covers the relocation of V S Norman from Walhalla to Concord New York for a bookkeeper position and his expected move with his family in about three months.
Consists in keeping all the main organs of the body in healthy regular action and destroying disease germs. Electric Bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys, improve appetite, and aid kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria. Vigorous health follows use guaranteed by a druggist.
Lester Hawkins rode from two miles below Anderson to the OCvorier office in cold numb conditions. He left his brother's home at 9 00 and arrived at about 12 20 after a 34 mile trip. The saddleier is not for sale.
Dr J B Heller Jr of Fair Play reports a several week stay in Indiana Territory studying there but is satisfied South Carolina is the best part of the Union and has no desire to move elsewhere. Anderson County Dispensers Reappointed. County Board of Control for Oconee met at the Court House and reappointed J J A Keaton as dispenser for Valhalla and R M Wright for the Seneca dispenser. The books of both dispensers are in good shape.
The government requires rural route patrons to use a metal box approved by the government for two cent stamps on drop letters. Without it, mail service along the route is presumed undesired. Owning a metal box provides full governmental protection, and patrons must meet the government halfway.
Members met at Dr W R Doyle's office in Seneca on December 30 1902. Next gathering planned in Walhalla on the second Wednesday in April 1903 with Drs J H Moore Crawford Sloan W K Doyle Hines Stribling BF Sloan among attendees. W Frank Ashmore M D, Secretary.
Mr J C Garrison on Walhalla Rural Route No 1 received Christmas and New Year gifts in mail boxes along the route. The packages included cake, sweet meats, fresh pork, dressed rabbits and partridges. He thanks the patrons for their thoughtful kindness and for appreciating rural service.
Jessie Earle daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas M Nield of Vicksburg Miss died December 31 1902 after a short measles illness at two years four months. Her remains were brought to Walhalla and buried at West View cemetery after funeral by Rev J G Law. Sympathy extended to the bereaved family. In Walhalla January 1 1903 J D Verner turned over banking to The Bank of Valhalla in the brick Verner building with Messia Wy L Verner cashier and C W Pughford assistant cashier. Verner elected president of The Bank of Walhalla stockholders. The People’s Bank opened January 1 with W O White cashier and W A Strother president in a new brick building on Main Street. Both banks praised as sound, opening the year with strong leadership and solid capital despite being smaller than larger city banks.
Dr M M Kinard pastor of Ebenezer Lutheran Church announces he accepted a call to St John English Lutheran Church Knoxville Tenn. He will conclude Ebenezer duties February 100% and assume duties March 1 103. Kinard’s resignation was tendered earlier with strong support from friends across Columbia and Walhalla. The move ends a long pastorate and leaves a shared sense of loss among parishioners and local churches.
A brief notice advertises a ten day sale of Christmas goods with promises of bargains. The supplier urges customers to visit and purchase during the limited period.
Townville today hosts relatives and friends including John Barnes and his son and D Hall formerly of Townville now in East Texas. Visitors include Leater Morgan of Iva S C and Rev J T Morgan, J V Johnson of Abbeville, Miss Flora McCay of Oakway, and many local students home for holidays. The piece notes dances, school life, a farm rental, and well wishes for the Keowee Courier amid a festive New Year.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia reports immediate relief from chronic headaches using Dr Kings New Life Pills. She had suffered for two years before trying them. Pills cure headaches and bilious symptoms and constipation. Priced 25 cents at all druggists.
Six days of Bible study will be held at six places on specified dates in 1823 and 1002 with free admission. Attendees should bring Bible or New Testament, pencil and tablet, and invite others to join. Meetings urged at Dewberry Fairfield Habersham Rabun Damascus and Tennessee Valley towns. Fraternally Rh Hawkins Cornelia Ga December 28 1002.
Fort Madison notes a Christmas tale with a river ferryman a devil figure and townsfolk sharing food and drink. The writer describes a neighborly gift exchange of cakes pies and ham as twelve new buildings rise and crops thrive in a booming town with no flood.
A citizen vents frustration at high taxes and unpaid teachers as barns and homes fill with produce and families. He complains roads are impassable near his area and urges the new Supervisor to visit without politicking, urging practical road repairs. He signs as J A Cook.
Daily life notices reveal Bucklen Arnica Salve ads promising swift relief from burns cuts and ulcers. Thank you card expresses gratitude to Damas cuus church members including Mrs Ida Leo and Miss L O Rothell. Oconee County Alliance to meet Wagener schoolhouse January 10 1903 to elect officers and conduct business.
The text urges those with chronic diseases to seek Dr. J. Newton Hathaway of Atlanta, regarded as the country’s most skilled specialist. It notes he understands these illnesses thoroughly and offers expert opinions without charge.
Mrs B Lane, a white woman from Deatsville Alabama, shot and killed a black intruder named John Watkina at her father’s house. Watkina, a former convict, allegedly entered the residence and fired first, but Lane discharged a shotgun, killing him instantly.
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