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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1901
Page
1
A local shop advertises a wide selection of menswear and accessories. The inventory includes shirts waistlines collars cuffs neckwear underwear hose and shoes, promising fit style and price. The ad emphasizes a comprehensive range of furnishing goods available to customers.
Portland April 24 one of the bloodiest tragedies in recent years occurred on the fourth floor of the New England Telephone Company building. Foreman George L Bratford aged twenty years employee for almost two decades opened fire killing TI Farnham electrical engineer of the New Kingsland Telephone Company and mortally wounding Kart Buxton. Deputy Marshal W A Ivith was shot at as he attempted arrest. Mimer Z Lane and James Wadsworth are believed fatally injured. Insanity is suggested as motive.
The piece describes the Chickamauga monument to South Carolina regiments led by Kershaw’s Brigade, listing the units and battle casualties. It adds contemporaneous notes on floods in the Ohio valley, railway disruptions, and a parade of other wartime and national events including President’s Pacific trip plans and a health ad for Cascarets.
Harvis Jordan provides planting and fertilizing guidance for sweet potatoes. He stresses sandy, well drained soil, deep breaking, proper row spacing, and fertilizer formulas with barnyard manure, phosphate and potash. Guidance covers planting slips, soil moisture, and successive cultivation for best yields.
The document details a South Carolina act to amend a 1900 county road system law. It expands commutation tax options, specifying rates by county and exceptions, with enforcement rules, funding for road work, and a plan for local authorities to levy up to two mills for road districts plus special districts in select counties. It also notes a railroad acquisition shaping regional transport plans.
Former senator states that his counsel has approval of McLaurin and endorses the candidate. The remark underscores party backing and political alignment ahead of upcoming votes.
Gen. Butler of South Carolina weighs in on Senator McLaurin's stance within the Democratic party, defending broader imperial policy and withholding strong opposition to recent administration actions. He argues for flexible party unity, warns against demagogic forces, and supports retaining possessions from the Spanish-American War era while seeking fair governance for new territories. He also comments on Philippine policy, railroad subsidies, and the need for tolerant political discourse in South Carolina.
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