22 Jan 1869
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1869
Page
1
Fragmented poem voice pleads for mother's return and touch. Repeats rock me to sleep as memories of childhood and home endure amid weariness, longing, and yearning for comfort and guidance. The speaker invokes motherly care, comfort, and affection as solace from sorrow.
A Walhalla petitions for church organization led to a Presbytery committee forming a new congregation. Sixteen members joined on Sabbath, with two ruling elders and two deacons from prior churches. Officials stressed faithful effort, church unity, and funding plans including a parsonage.
The Washington World correspondent recounts General Grant’s opinions on several prominent figures and parties, praising some like Sumner and Greeley while critiquing others. The piece weaves in commentary on Northern adventurers in the South, Lincoln’s administration secrets, and a cynical take on postwar politics and society.
The Georgia Railroad directors discuss renewing a 1860 subscription of 250000 dollars toward the Georgia Western Railroad and pushing a Powder Springs extension while Atlanta renews a 300000 dollar city subscription. Courts debate payment validity of notes issued for Confederate money amid a push for a uniform settlement rule. Agricultural progress and race relations notes follow, praising freedmen’s employment and stressing patient nonpolitical progress.
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