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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
4
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The Walhalla edition lists numerous Acts and Joint Resolutions from the recent session. Items include charter amendments, road and fence regulations, lunatic care funding, school texts at cost, monument authorization, county duties, pensions for veterans, tax and land measures, irrigation, rail and road regulations, and state expenditures. It notes completion projects for the State House and Winthrop Normal College, with various administrative updates and public notices.
The National Democratic Committee met in Washington and selected Kansas City Missouri as the site for the July 4 1900 convention with representation rules for states territories and the district. The invitation urged reform and unity for constitutional government and opposed imperial policy. The National Memory Alliance meeting in Columbia elected Welborn as president and urged postal reform direct senator election pure food laws and anti trust measures, plus faster Nicaragua canal construction.
In Columbia the public greets Bryan on Thursday as local officials Mayfield and Representatives Ashley and Verner observe. The assembly notes the strong reaction and the purpose of the visit, highlighting community support and a formal invitation extended during the event.
A cryptic, literary fragment speaks of ebbing tides and living trees aligned with the ocean. Daly and Lat are named, with references to vines and tapping treelike imagery, blending nature and metaphor in a pensive mood.
The Charleston correspondent profiles Col James L Orr a leading figure in South Carolina cotton milling. It notes Orr’s rise from obscurity to president of Piedmont Manufacturing Company, praises the mill’s growth under his management, and mentions his political background and past legislative actions. The piece also includes a humorous aside about a doctor and a patient exchanging pills and remedies.
Sensible and Conservative condemns editorial attacks on Senator McLaurin for alignment with administration and Republicans. Calls out claims of treachery, notes praise for Stokes Wilson Tillman and department ties, and urges editor to rename his paper.
The Texas House adopted an amendment to the occupation tax bill on Monday. It imposes an $85,000 square tax on telegraph and telephone firms and other corporations using wires for brokerage quotations. An annual state tax on all brokerage firms is also planned, aiming to close cotton exchanges and brokerage houses in the state.
A satirical piece notes Washington and New York society favor a new form of “wally” where couples sit and listen to music instead of dancing. It mocks the trend as a nuisance and suggests a shift to a seated, pose-centric mode, altering traditional courtship dynamics and social occasions.
A medical warning asserts contagious blood poison resists doctors skill and potions. It claims only one remedy can purge the disease, arguing the patient will worsen without it and that the treatment can force the illness from the system.
Col. Jack Chinn of Kentucky with Goebel discusses gun control proposals he would back to reduce violence. He favors legalizing dwellings, a 10 year penalty for carrying concealed weapons, and harsher rules after gun fights, while insisting he would not kill another man. The interview includes his self portrait as misunderstood, yet ready to avoid conflict.
A South Carolina lawmaker recalls efforts to extend free mail delivery along star routes. He notes past congressional confusion over amendments and describes a department test in South Carolina showing modest costs. He laments duplication when a similar bill reappeared in Congress, praising an early plan for universal star-route service.
Railroad notice reports Pickens R R Co solid yearling shipment between Columbia South Carolina and Emerson Son s Passenger Agent details remain unclear due to partial OCR readout.
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