Advertising Rates In The Reetwee Courier
The Reetwee Courier offers advertising at reasonable rates with subscriptions at $1.00 per annum. Published every Thursday morning by Jaynes Shelor Smith Steck and B.A Smetit Astor description.
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
2
The Reetwee Courier offers advertising at reasonable rates with subscriptions at $1.00 per annum. Published every Thursday morning by Jaynes Shelor Smith Steck and B.A Smetit Astor description.
In the lead page an admirable Senate speech by Senator Melaurin is praised as a clear, forcible discussion of currency questions. He advocates an elastic medium of exchange to free the South and West from Wall Street money power and urges repealing the ten percent tax on state banks of issue to stabilize regional money.
The Greenwood county meeting urged farmers to skip fertilizers or limit increases to ten percent over last year. It calls on farmers statewide to hold court house meetings on the first Monday in February to resist higher fertilizer costs. The gathering drew support from State Farmers Alliance President J H, who endorsed the resolutions amid broader farmer protests.
Fragmented dispatches describe Boer casualties around 420 killed and wounded with British forces under Gen. Buller said defeated at Ladysmith. Reports note Boer inroads near Lavrysmith and Novavitl while British shelling and troop movements continue amid uncertainty about a possible relief expedition.
A report from LUMA Le Gay notes sparse legislative progress with many members away for weekends. The Daughters of the Confederacy Wade Hampton Chapter held a memorial service in the State House hallway honoring South Carolina Volunteers at Gaines Mill. Bills focus on county government, dispensary policy, and local option measures, with several proposals including county bond and boundary changes, and biennial sessions debated.
A noisy column extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for quick throat and lung relief, citing strong sales and pleased users. The page also includes editorials and letters debating road work, school funding, public taxes, and county road improvements, with references to local clubs and notable residents.
A historic report on the Southern Shuttle and Bobbin Factory near the depot of the Southern Railway notes it as a unique late nineteenth century enterprise south of Philadelphia. The facility began in 1805 in a small wooden building, expanded to a larger plant costing about 39,000 dollars, and now employs seventy one workers with plans to add machinery for bobbin production. The text highlights timber sourcing, extensive saw and finishing operations, and intricate shuttle making processes, with production geared to meet ongoing orders from Northern mills and growing Southern demand.
The article details the Bowd factory’s expansion, noting cost, a South end roof tire proof, fifty acres of land, and four new cotta ge residences forming a growing town. It lists directors including Messrs We1 Anderson James Seaborn Y J Pitts W Mason and F 2 Brad G Spalding with Mr Anderson as president and treasurer. Miss Bessie Norris of Peden Anderson Banking Company is secretary. Mr K lid ing from Lachute Canada brings shuttle and bobbin experience. Mr Spalding and Mr Sand 628 are described as valued directors. the factory has shop facilities in Lowell Massachusetts and notable local promoters.
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