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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1903
Page
1
Fragmentary ad text lists yard-wide fabrics including Lonsdale Cambria Yard-wide Androscoggins Bleaching and unbleached sheeting. Mentions extra good value and bleaching. References various fabric types and lengths with unclear spellings and quantities.
Washington officials announce a plan to discontinue daily rural routes to avert a projected $20,000 deficit in the rural free delivery service by the next fiscal year. The investigation will continue and the civil service commission may survey the Washington post office. a total of about 88,000 routes could be established nationwide in two years.
Reported devastation from Santa Maria eruption lists ash 7 to 16 feet deep over 1 000 square miles and 5 000 square miles affected with deep ashes. Coffees crops destroyed. 300 000 quintals lost. vast land doomed to sterility. President Cabrera reportedly has things under control.
A rustic report warns farmers on cow milking during calving periods. It describes a barren cow named Mitch Cows, improper feeding before birth, and recent calf mortalities. Advice urges pasture exercise, reduced grain, and careful milk management to avoid milk fever and inflammation. The American Train Society held in New York on May 16 elected ex Governor W J Northen as trustee.
Eye witness letters recount the Kishinev massacre in Russia with graphic detail of Jewish victims. A young girl Esther Bulgar is described as hiding in a cellar and dying a brutal death as attackers looted and killed Jews, with the murder weapon shown and bloodshed noted.
Fragmented old notice extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for coughs lung disease and consumption related ailments. Testimonial snippets from Rev Joseph He Persperman praise its efficacy while urging acceptance over substitutes amid a broader health scare narrative.
A historical sketch reviews John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, their Alien and Sedition Laws, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and their estrangement before reconciling as private citizens. It notes Jefferson's Monticello Resolutions, Adams longed for unity, and their deaths on July 4, 1826, two hours apart.
Local institutes will be held in counties upon fifteen farmers petitions signed before January. J B Newman Clemson College director will arrange institute dates. The State Institute opens August 10 at Clemson College and runs to August 14. A note mentions honey and tar products by J W Valhalla and reports the youngest married couple in the United States, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Manner of Talmore, Sky., aged 18 and 16 respectively, starting housekeeping on a farm.
The Farmers' Alliance confronts a court fight over the State Exchange Fund of about $17,000, raised from Sub Alliances in $50 shares. Treasurer J G Douthit recalls a planned $50,000 endowment to fund Farmers' State Exchange, reveals mismanagement entries, and notes a suit led by Mr Brookshire for a receiver. The fund belongs to subscribing sub Alliances, with attempts to locate stock certificates and recover payments.
Gard of Col D P Duncan explains the overdraft of 1850 by D P Duncan for the Alliance Exchange. He details bank knowledge and repayment plan from dividends, bank recovery, stock reorganization, and the decision to close the Exchange despite efforts to preserve it. He notes the capital stock revalued to 21 500 and eight percent dividends paid previously.
Lexington Virginia May 16 The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church opens May 21 with the moderator Rev W T Mall and a debate over a Latin thesis for preaching licenses The assembly will consider catechism changes reports from missions education and publishing and possible union talks with the Reformed Dutch church Also New Orleans May 16 a clash near Tammany Parish ends with four Morant family members killed after an axe handled assault by a white grocer and ensuing pitched battle with negroes returned to the scene
Ethel Clarke, kidnapped 28 years ago as a child, has been identified as the Clarke couple’s daughter and is back home. The case traces a spring 1880 disappearance after a confrontation at a store, with the girl later found in orphanages and institutions before later earning a living in a Washington factory.
Will Cure Consumpti A. A. Torron of Inch Aris writes Foley's Honey and Tar is the best preparation for coughs colds and throat trouble and has cured consumption in the first stages.
Avianta Georgia journal reports Millard Leo Wit, alias Millard Leo, found guilty in Malton criminal court for murder. Jury verdict rendered in minutes at noon. Execution scheduled for June 1 if no further delays. appeal to the Supreme Court anticipated.
A child named Alice questions the length of her prayers compared to the nurse. She asks if the nurse prays in the morning and her mother replies yes, the nurse says Lord, have I got to get up. The exchange reveals a gentle family moment about bedtime routines and morning prayers.
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