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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
3
A long, fragmented column records visits, medical training updates, church notices, local appointments, and community happenings in Walhalla and surrounding areas. It mentions Mrs Dowdy, Messrs Norton and Sanders, Rev J Me Sanders, and other residents, along with brief notices of meetings, sales, and a mix of social and civic items.
Subscriptions to the Wagoner Monument Fund have been reported by the Semi-Centennial finance committee. Names listed include J.D. Verner Walhalla S. M. Johnson Joplin Ale itotuart Walhalla Jaynow Walhalla WL. Hester Walhalla J.W. Shelor Walhalla and others. More pledges will appear next week as fundraising continues. A Clemson College vs Cornell University baseball game is noted for March 27 with varsity attendance and profits aiding the monument project and events in Clemson.
Greenville contractor Lawrence of Greenville holds the low bid to build the Chenwell cotton mill with completion by August. The report also notes Walhalla mill work, varied horse incidents injuring no one, church services, and local social updates in a dense, disorderly column.
Seneca brief notes several residents traveling to Rome and Anderson. Mrs Spearman returns after an absence to town. Mrs Clarkson visits Anderson for two weeks. Mr Nimmons opens a new store, Mina Sloan and Miss Stribling move, Lucile Mason visits kin, and a silver tea is planned for Mr and Mrs Suibling. Church and school events, Rev. Clarkson’s stay in Anderson, and community health and social updates fill the week’s town chronicle.
Gar audio announces a slate for Auditor of Oconee County with names and party guidance. Dasnen J. Mor Gax seeks County Commissioner under Democratic party direction. Simmraxe amnomacs is a candidate for Clerk of Court, to be chosen by voters in the forthcoming primary election.
Advertisement from J.B. Kliney offering rolled gold plate and solid gold jewelry with a money back guarantee. Mentions stores in Tamassoo Iowa and Iowa City with low prices and a variety of goods. Also references Norman's Upetown Stabs seed products and food tray promotions.
In Fitzgerald Georgia last Tuesday morning Hill Clark a Black man entered the home of Mia Sarah Haker an aged lady about seventy and assaulted her. The assailant fled to his nearby home but was captured after neighbors alerted authorities. A mob planned to hang him but the deputy sheriff escorted him to jail. Community members from North and South debated vigilant action while officials prepared formal charges and a trial.
A large Republican gathering met at Kaufmann's Opera House to elect delegates for county and state conventions. A. L. Montiel presided, Wiggins named as presiding officer, and delegates were chosen for the State and Congressional districts. The convention endorsed McKinley’s conservative course and urged support for the Republican ticket in November. A resolution condemned the malicious editor and urged unity. Officers were elected for local party leadership.
An advertisement touts Kilmer and Co Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims many deaths stem from heart and kidney disease and offers a free sample bottle and a book by mail from Binghamton NY.
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