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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
2
Publication notes state weekly Wednesday morning issues with editors R T Jaynes A Smith J W Shelor at 208 Pens. Subscription $1.00 per year. Advertising rates reasonable. Personal communications charged as ads. Obituaries up to 100 words printed free. longer notices charged per word. Cash with manuscript.
In Walhalla the decision to return resignations of Senators Tillman and McLaurin is praised as shielding the people from a partisan fight. The piece notes McLaurin withdrew his resignation at the governor's request and conformed to a sober second thought.
The eleventh annual United Confederate Veterans reunion opened in Memphis Tenn with about 100000 visitors. Gen Geo W Gordon presided as crowd shouted welcome while speeches honored Confederate dead and Confederate memory and a monument to Robert E Lee sparked heated debate among veterans. The second day featured a floral parade and resolutions, including support for Confederate memorials and care for Northern Confederate dead.
Senator McLaurin writes Governor McSweeney from Bennettsville detailing why he remains in the U S Senate. He argues a heated 1901 campaign would harm South Carolina’s peace and prosperity and asserts his duty to inform the people on national issues. He emphasizes accountability to the sovereign people.
Senator Tillman reacts to Governor McSweeney by denouncing the refusal to accept resignations as overstepping authority. He defends his own resignation to force McLaurin’s outcry and urges public judgment, warning of political battles and imperialism alarms amid upcoming Senate vacancies and party tensions.
General Gordon speaks for Wade Hampton at a Confederate reunion while a vote on the next meeting site ends in Dallas 1203 to Louisville 1046 after divisions. A flower parade entertains visitors and a farmer’s letter notes Chamberlains remedy curing diarrhea in a carpenter.
A Washington dispatch predicts Senator McLaurin will resign before Congress meets in December and urge Governor McSweeney to name a successor. The plan allegedly seeks a strong ally of Messia Bryan and Jillian, with efforts to define Democratic principles against populist and socialist dogmas. The correspondent notes an earnest, protracted fight to control South Carolina politics and mentions a new South Carolinian editor to launch a progressive paper in Columbia, tied to Richmond Va.
A New York druggist, Goldsmith of Van Itten, reports five years of complete satisfaction with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He uses it in his own family for ordinary coughs and colds and after influenza. Sold by Dr J W Boll.
Senator McLaurin defends his motives and actions against Senator Tillman’s address to the people of South Carolina. He defends his Greenville and Charlotte speeches, criticizes Tillman’s “bossism,” and argues for a fair, public contest over national issues. He announces opposition to Tillman for the unexpired term and appeals for support to break party discord.
An old practitioner touts SNUEFEL ES as a guaranteed complete Catarrh Cure that relieves instantly and permanently. The ad claims it reaches the disease, cures inflammation, and also relieves hay fever, with a one dollar price and full month’s treatment per package. Sent prepaid in the U.S. or Canada from Edwin B. Giles & Company.
Governor McSweeney has returned the resignations of U S Senators Tillman and McLaurin advising them to reconsider. He argues a new campaign during an off year would harm the state, urging a calm, thorough public discussion and stability for South Carolina. The governor’s letter emphasizes the need for peace and progress before any further political action.
Dispatches from Lord Kitchener report Gen Dixon's forces at Windfontein repelled by Gen Delarey near Windfontein on the Durban Johannesburg line. Severe casualties on both sides with thirty five dead and 174 killed or wounded including four officers. Weathered by the anniversary of Lord Roberts entering Johannesburg, the fight marks a major engagement near the Gold Reef city.
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