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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1867
Page
2
Fragmented text mentions obituary, subscriptions, and personal notices with garbled names and events. Reads like a local paper fragment detailing residents, committee actions, and charitable or civic matters, with unclear dates and places.
Fragmentary 1907 notice mentions Pickens II and a June 1 morning date, a trip to New York on June 28, and a price hint for middling. It notes GRIF registration arrests in Alabama and Florida, with two white men and a potential board of registry forming.
Sorrowful notice reports the death of Col Grames J Rovony in Gresnville after a long illness. He was an eminently useful citizen across many walks of life. The community mourns his loss and hopes to honor his memory in the future.
An 1830s era gray area opinion states that no authority can erase a name from lists and that militia officers, prewar officials, and certain Confederate civil and military officers may face disfranchisement while local officers and road commissioners may not. The piece notes uncertainties and promises fuller discussion for readers next week.
The column covers Gen Sins orders banning grain distillation amid dire war times, noting burdens on residents and presumptive guilt. It cites the Supreme Court on loyal tender payments in Thompson vs. Migs, and dismissals of bills to restrain Reconstruction laws, with notices of upcoming December publications and a Springfield meeting denouncing school crimes.
A lengthy, unevenly legible editorial urges Warlington residents to form associations to promote immigration. It extols practical plans for organizing investors and workers, discusses powder plant ventures, and praises South Carolina resolve while urging unity among fellow citizens to boost state prosperity through welcome to newcomers.
The National Union committees urge systematic canvassing in the Southern states to distribute materials and secure support for the Republican cause in 1867 elections. They call for unity across parties, with prominent speakers and broad public involvement, as tides shift postwar reconstruction.
Genova Ordora No 26 in the Carolinas district warns that grain shortages and whiskey distilling violations will be punished by military tribunals. It forbids manufacture or sale of spirits from grain, imposes penalties, and calls officers to enforce the revenue laws with vigilance.
In Washington May 27 John L W Sarmtt faced murder and conspiracy to hail Lincoln in Criminal Court. His brother Tsao, brought from Texas, attended as defense argued the U S had not produced four or five key witnesses. A telegraphic dispatch from New Orleans dated May 26 reported a letter alleging hail fell by force of a bit at 8 o clock tonight.
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