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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1901
Page
2
The communication urges that personal notices and obituary tributes over one hundred words will be printed free of charge, while longer notices must be paid at a rate per word. Cash accompanying manuscript is required.
The Southern Baptist Convention met in New Orleans on May 11 with President W. J. Northern reelected and delegates from all states represented. The gathering focused on foreign missions and planned a new board to direct denominational work while reporting large contributions to foreign and home missions and noting concurrent local tributes and casualty news from Jacksonville and surrounding areas.
Washington May 12 and uneasy dispatches recount the death of Christian workers in Tai Yuan Fu on July 9. The Chinese survivor’s account describes executions of Messrs Myatt Robison Pigott Beynon and others, including women and children, amid beheadings by local soldiers under Governor Yu Laien. The testimony, transcribed by Dr J A Cromy Smith from Yung Chong’s narrative, portrays a massacre of Protestant and Catholic figures and the protestations of faith amid beheadings and public tragedy.
A large crowd of veterans converged on Columbia to honor past service and celebrate a long tradition. Officials and residents described a festive gathering with speeches, hospitality, and community pride marking a major city event.
Capt John A Hassell commander of the American scout with the Boer army in Baltimore asserts the Boer cause remains desperate but resolute against Britain. He says Boers can hold out until the British abandon plans to make South African republics mere crown dependencies and notes high British war loan costs and growing Boer recruits. He credits Roald Steyn and President Kruger era leadership, insists Boers will not submit to British domination.
An OCR ad promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a remedy to strengthen heart muscles calm nervous irritation regulate action and prevent heart trouble. It claims relief in one bottle and system buildup with guaranteed sale by Dr Miles Medical Co Indianapolis.
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