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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
4
Obituary notices and tributes of personal character up to one hundred words will be printed free of charge. Notices exceeding this limit are charged at one cent per word, with cash accompanying manuscript. Published every Wednesday morning by Jaynes Shelor Smith & Steck and others. Subscription $1.00 per annum. Advertising rates reasonable.
A deadly tram accident occurred when a trolley plunged a hundred feet into a gulch near Twenty sixth Street. About sixty riders are injured and many others died or remain missing as rescue crews work through wreckage and heavy rains have worsened crops in Wickshire region. Local hospitals report crowds as authorities sort the dead from the living. The incident prompts widespread mourning.
In a county homicide, Lewis Wattis a colored man, was killed by his son Ife Wattis after a violent confrontation at home. The elder battered his wife and threatened to kill her. the son shot him in the back near the heart, then the boy was jailed with no attempt to escape as coroner’s jury moved the body.
The piece promotes Tutt's Liver Pills as a cure and argues for intensive farming over extensive methods, urging fewer acres with higher yields, crop rotation, and selling inferior stock to protect soil fertility. It notes timing in farming tasks and lists economic factors like crop profitability and soil fertility as central concerns. It also mentions a Greenville County Democratic executive committee plan to provide separate ballots for dispensary, prohibition, and licensing options.
Rear Admiral Louie Kempff is highlighted as distinguished in handling affairs amid Chinese difficulties. The State and Navy Departments praise his service, noting promotions from 1867 Illinois birth to key commands including Mare Island yard, Adams, and Guam prior to his China assignment.
The Charleston cotton mill, using Black labor, struggles to recruit sufficient workers. It notes that about one third of the 85,000 colored residents may be idlers, while the other two thirds work year round, yet the mill cannot obtain the hundred-plus hands it needs due to supposed lack of interest and commitment to full-time work.
The State Executive Committee met May 30 and issued a list of campaign meetings in Florence on July 12 and across many towns through August 16, with dates often in July and August. Also listed is the Semi Centennial program of White Rock Academy at South Union on July 1 featuring a Welcome song, prayers, addresses, and a library-related event.
The excerpt recounts Sousa’s early failed sale of pieces and a 25 dollar advance, his Philadelphia publishing contact Leo & Walker, and the eventual long friendship with editor Atbee. He recalls the high cost of publication trips and the skeptical reception that followed as he sought recognition.
A Sumter letter from Gen E W Moise endorses Hoyt for governor citing long service, moral character, and opposition to the dispensary. He argues prohibition may curb liquor access, and claims it would benefit the state and protect Black residents. The note references the 1870s and mentions other political points and signatures.
The Rome Tribune weighs a bushel of corn showing who pockets each portion. Distiller profits, farmer share 45 cents, U.S. Government 440 dollars, railroad 1 dollar, drayman 15 cents, retailer 7 dollars, customer drunk, wife hungry, children ragged, politician gains office. A layman may safely eat four to five ounces of sugar in good health.
The Qeones County Singing Convention will hold a meeting at Tethebebnrel Oakwary on Saturday August 10 at 8.0 p m with officers B M axon Sir es Sonron Cox serving as secretary.
The document outlines a February 24 1807 condensed railway schedule for the Pickens R R Co on the Charleston to Columbia line with stops at Prosperity Newberry Clinton Greenville Spartanburg Winnsboro Pendleton Asheville Hendersonville and Columbia. It lists train numbers times and connections for westward and eastward service and notes a daily service between Charleston and Columbia.
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