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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
4
A condensed summary of Acts from a South Carolina session detailing foreclosure sales record entries prescribed for clerks, mortgage lien forms, and jury selection rules. It covers mortgage foreclosure entries, lien releases, and the preparation and management of juror lists and boxes. It references county specifics for Richland Charleston Abbeville Lexington Greenwood and others and sets jury drawing procedures and exemptions.
Fragmentary verse recounts Israel’s king in mourning, Britons reacting to news of Pretoria, Lord Roberts marching then retreating, and critiques of British and Boer leaders. It invokes biblical parallels with David, Samuel Balak, and Samson while lamenting command disputes and the folly of endless warfare.
The document outlines jury selection procedures including open drawing in the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas office, notice posted on the courthouse door for ten days, and jurors drawn by ballot from the jury box. It specifies that names drawn are not returned to the box until the next year and details about grand and petit jurors summoned by the sheriff with four days’ notice.
A 1900 Kentucky dispatch notes amendments to state law, including jury validity and repeal of inconsistent Acts. Gov Beckham receives a curious shipment. William Brewer of Nelson County agreed to saw a walnut tree for a coffin to bury Gov. Goebel’s assassin, a tale tied to Frankfort Dispatch reporting.
A fragmented timetable listing routes and stops for Camden Branch and Augusta Division trains. Mentions Charleston Lanes Sumte Columbia Clinton Laurens Greenville Spartanburg Winnsboro Charlotte Hendersonville Asheville Camden Columbia Branchville Augusta Columbia Aiken Denmark Washington express variations and daily or Sunday schedules.
The piece will weigh 6 feet 2 inches bore 16 inches and height 6 inches with a theoretical 20.76 mile range. Projectiles weigh 2870 pounds and initial velocity reaches 2600 feet per second. Powder costs 265 dollars and projectile 600 dollars per discharge totaling 865 dollars excluding wear. Construction progresses at Watervliet and involves 1060 pounds of powder, 36 000 psi discharge pressure, and 11.6 inch iron penetration. The article notes rapid mill expansion and industrial growth in the South with many new mills and capital increases. Dr M Palmer of New Orleans is chosen to speak at the reunion with hopes for peace. Disaster reports include floods and Indian plague deaths.
A late 19th or early 20th century Anderson Daily Mail item recalls U S diplomacy and muscle showing in Asia Minor. It describes Sam pressing the Turkish sultan to pay 10,000 for property, threatening seizure of port Smyrna if dishonored, and frames the scene as Americ an heroism amid Armenian massacres.
In Cleveland Ohio the ladies of a Presbyterian church resolved to forgo wasteful hats and new dresses until the building mortgage was paid. It took only one Sunday to raise the required six hundred dollars for the loan.
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