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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
4
A Southern Cultivator reprint urges breaking waste places around Atlanta within ten miles, sowing perennial grasses or crops to stop erosion, improve appearance, and raise land value. It argues owners can lease or give land to workers who will cultivate the soil, benefiting both owners and the local area.
The article argues converting waste land around cities into Bermuda grass pastures will beautify Atlanta and other Southern towns, creating jobs, raising real estate value, and attracting commerce. It urges public effort to transform barren areas, then notes J. M. Griggs predicts Democratic gains and comments on the coal strike, lamenting public suffering from the dispute.
In Brussels Queen Marie Henriette refuses embalming and keeps a son’s amulet. Princess Stephanie is banished from Spa amid quarrels with King Leopold. Separately, at Hampton, Arch ie Gooding is killed and Perry Kearse is wounded in a post election shooting linked to county politics and family rivalries.
Columbia reports the State finances are in audi condition requiring next legislature to either raise a levy or cut expenses. Appropriations total about 1,186,000 with 5 mill levy expected to yield 950,000 and other revenue around 28,000. deficits of about 163,000 projected after accounting for smaller items and old bond interest, forcing Treasurer Jennings to borrow up to 300,000.
In Bronson Florida on September 21 a jury found Thomas Faircloth and Theodore Smith guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Mr and Mrs L B Lowin and a third person. Judge Bullock sentenced them to be hanged as soon as the Governor issues death warrants. The prisoners urged a rapid execution as handcuffs were placed.
The agricultural department notes very cool weather slows cotton openings in central and western regions while picking advances rapidly under favorable conditions though labor is uneven in some states. In the southern bolt most crop is gathered with some fields abandoned. Rains damage open cotton in Arkansas Louisiana Georgia Florida and South Carolina. A rumor says Emperor William aims to buy the Philippines.
State department dispatches from Minister Conger report growing Chinese unrest linked to heavy taxes and anti missionary sentiment. Earlier June 20 a chapel burned and ten Christians killed in So Chuan. Beijing orders suppression as 50,000 Boxers reportedly fell in a September 15 battle near Chen Tu Fu.
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