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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
1
Local ad promotes yard wide sheeting at 5 cents per yard along with 5 cent packages of washing powder and soap. It mentions new KABO CORSETS and urges readers to contact C. W. B. and W. Bauknight by phone for details.
The platform emphasizes equal rights and opportunity, a strong social safety net, and measured economic reform. It supports expanded access to healthcare, fair wages, and robust public education while advocating for environmental protection and inclusive governance.
The Democratic platform denounces imperialism, calls for preservation of constitutional limits, and opposes overseas annexation. It advocates tariff reform, trust-busting measures, direct election of senators, a Department of Labor, veterans’ pensions, and Nicaragua Canal national control. It criticizes Republican expansionism and war subsidies while urging economy and constitutional fidelity.
A South Carolina court nullified a marriage after a little over a year. Mrs. Wannie Nettles Littlejohn sought divorce from Rev. Stephen A. Nettles, once a politician and editor in Darlington, now a Methodist minister. The judge ruled the contract void due to her mental incapacity at the time of marriage. The case, heard by Judge Aldrich, notes her mind has since improved but she refuses to fulfill wifely duties.
The late Chester resident Wylie left substantial gifts to causes including the Cheater ACR Presbyterian Church Ship, the Theological Seminary, and the Board of Foreign Missions. He previously donated to the college and seminary and gave a total of about 100000 to church and charitable objects, with earlier bequests made at his death.
Peter Bowser of Chicago known as Mr Bowser rode the Foolkiller through the Niagara River rapids before about 10 000 spectators. After a tense voyage the craft capsized and Bowser was hauled from the water unharmed though the event stirred a dramatic scene with the crowd and onlookers.
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