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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
2
The notice lists that communications of a personal character charged as advertisements and obituary notices up to one hundred words are printed free. All over that word count must be paid at one cent per word with cash accompanying manuscripts. Advertising rates for the region are noted along with publication details.
A compact notice from Walhalla dated November 12, 1902, reports thirty words of text under the heading After Ten Years. The column records a brief milestone or reflection with local tone and period style.
Capt Wm A Courtenay issues a neat 300 copy booklet of After Ten Years printed in Jenmon Old Style on Dutch hand-made paper. The Courier office printed it, and the poem is reprinted with permission as a tribute to the author and patriotism.
The court docket includes guilty findings with fines and four month county chain gang sentences for Jenkins and others, not guilty pleas in arson cases, appeals from town council, and multiple civil actions against the Southern Railway Co. The grand jury reports attendance and names. the term adjourns after routine rulings and verdicts.
District report from Greenville area notes strong promise of full missionary payments from several charges including Stoney, Pickens, and Liberty. J B Wilson urges laity and clergy to push for one more month of complete settlements at the Greenville District Conference. Also includes brief local notices on burns cures and a fatal domestic shooting at Binghampton.
Readable fragments report Neproes selling votes in Kansas City at two to three dollars each, Judge Bonot moving to Columbia to practice law, and South Carolina counties voting a white ticket. Notes mention a Watford College ball project by John B. Cleveland, a Charleston cigar factory, and a planned $15,000 building. Also included are burglaries in Pittsburg, a pair of croup remedy endorsements, an orphan train note from Chicago, and a humorous item about Mr. Lomax and Jim Tillman.
Seneca November notes list visits by W. D. Buttinger and friends, J. J. Brown and family plans move to Board Place, new residents at New Keowee, Miss Eunice Hill with Dr. J. W. Stufbling, and Sr. Hunter ill in Greenville. Also reported are a railway pump mishap involving J. Stephens, notable plant sizes from Mrs. Benedict, and a colored wedding at Hyman's Altar with Edward Bryant and Amanda Nimmons.
A promotional list detailing a large assortment of dry goods notions hardware glassware crockery and apparel. It advertises low prices with a money back guarantee for items not as represented and highlights a broad range of fabrics clothing shoes and accessories. The message emphasizes value and cash purchases and mentions numerous item types and price points.
Hall Mahone, a Black man, was executed at Van Buren Arkansas last Friday for murdering Mrs Rebecca Mc Loud six miles from the city on September 5. About 5000 people witnessed the execution.
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