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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
1
Thursday January 29 Globe Tailoring Co announces a Spring Opening of Woolens. An expert tailor will take measurements. Explore new Spring and Summer fabrics. From O. W. and J. Bauknight Walhalla South Carolina.
The 1908 opening sessions of both House and Senate reorganize leadership with M. L. Smith elected speaker and T. C. Hamer named clerk. Names for reading clerk and sergeant at arms are set, credentials sworn, and special committees formed. A memorial to Chief Justice Melver triggers adjournment until the next day.
In Spartanburg on January 18 employees of the Charleston and Western Carolina freight office found a box car seal broken and whiskey missing. The shipment to Ferguson Diapenser Fouronson held 48 half pints of fine whiskey valued at 90. A negro, Charlie Brigg, was arrested after a bystander reported seeing four empty wooden boxes tossed from a car. Brigg allegedly hid all liquor except two pints and awaits custody transfer from Bradley. Governor grants pardon to G B P Hinton, convicted of murder, with mercy recommendation.
A letter dated January 1 1003 from Jonnorons expresses high satisfaction with a monument bought from Mosara White & Company of Monumont Doalora Anaornon. The writer commends the material quality and workmanship and pledges to praise the house to boost future business. Signed by Mug 8 M TIUNSINGER.
Fragmentary OCR discusses babies for sale and maternal health, arguing against such ideas. It praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a preparative for maternity and to ease sleep, appetite, and recovery, and notes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a safe laxative for women.
The article argues for immediate road improvement in South Carolina, urging a practical plan funded by a mandatory property tax. It cites rural mail delivery expansion as a leverage point, presses for state and county action, and warns that without permanent funding the nation wastes billions on bad roads. It calls for using county centers as bases for construction and for convicts and state farms to aid permanent roads.
A traveler recounts a December to January journey from Baltimore to Washington, sketching the capital’s sites. He describes the Capitol rotunda, its doors, and paintings, the flowering details of the dome, and encounters with figures like Webster and Calhoun. The narrative notes rail and political glimpses, with visits to John Schluter and Latimer in the Capitol, and observations of Greenoughs statue and congressional sessions.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney, bladder, and urinary issues. It claims tests of urine show kidney trouble, promises relief from back pain and frequent urination, and offers a sample bottle and book by mail from Kilmer and Co of Binghamton NY.
In Washington on January 14 the House Judiciary Committee chair introduced a resolution to commission a broader inquiry into Congress powers to seize coal mines and all transportation lines deemed essential. The move argues such action may be authorized by emergency needs and national welfare.
The House Ways and Means Committee decided to report a bill to grant a one year rebate equal to the duty on all coal imported from foreign countries. The measure would substitute for a prior bill by Representative Hill of Connecticut and would authorize the Treasury to refund the duty on coal entering the United States for one year starting upon enactment.
January 14 Toledo. The work house board orders release of all prisoners held for stealing coal from railway yards and tracks. It directs the superintendent to receive more inmates from any court and deliver them for petty coal thefts. Prosecutions for coal thefts will not be recognized by the board during the coal mine period.
Dr Jacob G Schurman Cornell University president urges Philippine independence in a Missouri University speech. He states three possibilities for the islands hold them as subjects admit them as states or grant independence. He calls for hauling down the flag when the work is done.
The Advance guard of about 260 black workers from Virginia and Alabama, who labored in mines and mills at Sydney, N.S., arrived in Bangor walking home through northern Maine in harsh conditions. They say they were swindled after being promised three dollars a day but were paid at most one dollar twenty six cents. Italians were brought in when trouble arose.
Chicago January 1 John W Gates the country’s most sensational speculator retires from stock market operations. Reports say his son Charlen J Little receives a million to keep his end up among bulls and bears in a surprise gift tied to the retirement. New York January 14 a record enchre players gathering at the Fourteenth Regiment armory Brooklyn draws 7600 players 1875 tables with 10000 dollars raised by the Students of St Francia College in a charity card party.
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