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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
3
Local items note births and marriages, business ads, travel, and social updates from Walhalla. Mentions Mr A C Merrick returning from Columbia, a son born to Mr and Mrs Pryor, and multiple shoppers and merchants like J B Craig, John F Craig, Carter Co., and W L Norman. Items cover postmaster salary, Clemson students home, and community events.
At a Walhalla board of county commissioners session the discussion covered road improvements and the purchase of two Good Roads Machinery Co. road machines, two 10-horsepower traction engines, and two road plows to reduce horse labor. The column also reports on a revival at Walhalla Baptist church led by Rev. E McManaway and Rev. Oliver Copeland, the Newberry College commencement schedule, and oblique notes about local medical society meetings, plus brief rural community items from Jocassee and surrounding areas.
An OCR fragment shows a questionable claim about a signature on every box of Laxative Bromo-Quintine and mentions a government crop report predicting an abundant harvest. The text is garbled and lacks coherent details or verifiable entities.
Westminster notes report visits by Mr. John D. Sheldon of Seneca and Mr. C H Stonecypher of Avalon Georgia. Mrs J H George returns to Atlanta after time with daughter Mrs W Marott. Myra Mason returns from Santhorn Female College College Park Ga. Frank Burns of Southern Railway part of local scene. Mrs Dr C B Floyd and daughter Lillian visiting relatives. S Leo Stii Hing of Atlanta visits Westminster first in two years. Ice cream sale by Methodist ladies raises funds. Lily K R Doyle graduates from Charleston kindergarten with honors. Children’s day at Presbyterian church slated. Delegation plans tunnel trip tomorrow. Miss Lida Ramsay and Miss Martin of Toccoa visit Mrs J S Carter. T Peden Anderson returns from Linghams School Asheville NC. Curt Zimmerman, Clemson cadet, at home. Will Bowley of Augusta visits relatives. Ads: Dr King’s New Life Pills promote cleansing and health. 250 price at drug stores.
The South Carolina Commission of the Charleston Exposition and the State sinking fund Commission met in Charleston and agreed to sell the building erected by the State at the Exposition to the city for $259 if Charleston accepts within ten days. If accepted, Charleston will receive the exhibit in the building free. The building and exhibit are valued at about $30,000.
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