11 May 1893
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1893
Page
1
An unusual OCR mix references a pistol case, medical cures, Irish politics, religious denominations, the World Fair, and South Carolina census debt. It weaves disjointed statements about Gladstone, catarrh remedies, and numerous social observations, all poorly connected and largely fragmentary.
The piece urges all teachers to read educational journals and study pedagogy. It recounts a Missouri teacher’s pay while stressing natural talent, scholarship, and continuous study. It recommends courses in arithmetic geography history and science, and endorses The Professional Teacher as a resource.
Correspondence from Keowee Courier reports good rainfall and cotton growth, corn small but promising. Miss Katie Flemmings visits nearby. John W Grayham marries Miss Missouri Bearden on April 30 at Rev D P B Wait's residence. Builders prepare lumber for homes, local holiness meetings spark a Wesleyan Methodist split. Teachers and locals plan Georgia visits and vacation schooling, praising Miss Frankie Sheldon as a top educator. call for strengthening Cahway High School with Murrah’s leadership.
Correspondent Kenwee C mrier from Locker Texas dated April 3 1803 notes community plans for a union meeting at Mc Zion and a good home dinner. It reports the death on the 17th of Mr J M Grubbs aged about eighty after years of afflictions. Grubbs born in Abbeville county D C moved to Anderson Cass and Marion Texas where he lived with his son in law W R Davis. He was a Baptist and faithful worker, honored at home front and in Sunday school. Farmers report crops progressing corn oats and cotton looking fine Hippie.
A narrator recounts a moonlit wildcat hunt in upper South Carolina. Hunters pursue two cats along mountain trails, using a torch for glare, retrieving a medium sized cat and a larger mount, and finally head back with worn but victorious spirits after a long night chase.
Col M L Donaldson writes in Greenville on May 1 1893 replying to Tillman accusations about blacklisting and betrayal within the Alliance. He disputes Tillman's claims linking Tillman as Governor and defends his own conduct and amendments to bills affecting railroad commissioners and the Dispensary. He argues substantial records back his position, defends his stance toward Cleveland, and questions Tillman’s motives and partisanship.
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