28 May 1902
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
1
A plea for support to Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton South Carolina urges readers to send five dollar gifts or smaller offerings to support the fatherless children. The appeal emphasizes prayers and blessings, noting barrels of goods and gifts to Pierpont Morgan for funding.
John D. Cappelmann's banquet address for the Southern Vehicle Association outlines postwar South growth from 1900, urging immigration, direct South Atlantic trade, railroad and shipbuilding expansion, and educated youth to fuel development, with praise for Roosevelt's 1905 visit and Charleston as a port hub.
Columbia May 24 The Cooper law passed in 1901 curbs pistol carrying and sales after July 1 1902 prohibiting any pistol under twenty inches in length or three pounds in weight. Violations carry fines from one hundred dollars to thirty days imprisonment with proceeds to the county school fund. The act exempts peace officers and on their premises. Amendments at the recent General Assembly aim to remove ambiguities.
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ashley M. Gould, has been chosen and consented to deliver the anniversary oration at Erskine College Due West on June 10. The Due West commencement draws Southern families, emphasizes education, and links the two colleges as central to the town’s yearly event.
Working over props is the order in this section. Many locals attended a singing convention at Conncross and reported a nice time. Visits by Julia Dalton, Sallie Crooks, Mina Haynes, and others marked the weekend with church and family gatherings.
May 22 Richland D C Miss Sallie Davia visits sister Mrs Shanklin at Anderson Mrs Conger returns to Carnesville after two weeks with daughter Mrs Stribling Mina Lizzie Conger visits sister Mrs Stribling Dr and Mrs Wilns Cox of Milan Tenn visit sister Mrs N Hughes and Mrs John Anderson Prof W C G Hughes closed his school at Fair Play and stays home for summer Mrs W J Dandy and son Willian visit Lucy Dendy family Mrs Licy Dendy visits daughter Mrs Charlo Gaines at Lencon Mr J J Ballenger leaves with men for Knoxville to take a railroad grading contract Wilhelmina
A religious exhortation depicts hell as a fiery, unimaginable depth. The speaker uses a vivid, graphic comparison with wood and coal piles to illustrate torment, then references local business owners and plans for a factory startup in a cryptic, garbled note.
A damaged OCR reads that twelve minute lunches at noon slow digestion and cause indigestion. It credits Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Sane as a cure and cites Buffalo, New York, as the brand origin. The item frames a medical claim about meal timing and digestive health.
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