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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1901
Page
4
The Veotace Courier lists a weekly issue published Wednesday morning by Jaynes Shelor Smith Steck KR T JAYNES A I J W SHELOR and notes subscription at $1.00 per annum Advertising rates are reasonable Personal notices and tributes up to 100 words printed free of charge, longer tributes billed at one cent a word, cash with manuscript.
A New York Telegram item describes the rare Flower of the Holy Ghost orchid from the Isthmus of Panama. The white bloom resembles a dove at its center and grows from marshy ground near a log or rock crevice. Spaniards named it Flor del Espíritu Santo and Indians worshiped it.
The piece discusses training bowels with a comic ad tone for Cas carets Candy Cathartic and ponders nickname usage for Presidents. It notes that famous leaders have been known by familiar names and questions if nicknames should be banished while doubting Roosevelt would curb such diminutives.
Abbeville Medium urges farmers to plant a full grain crop due to high corn prices and potential shortages. It notes West corn crop failure and warns those lacking corn wheat or oats next spring face hardship, urging immediate action to safeguard supplies.
An advertisement touts the Tome Gold Cure as a disease not weakness treatment that cures drunkenness at home without publicity. It claims thousands cured, offers guidance by physicians and claims the remedy is tasteless and easily mixed in tea or coffee. Priced at one dollar with worldwide postage.
The item blends a humorous anecdote about a Kitchener Botha interview with a later train looting, a Paris Pasteur Institute mortality note on hydrophobia, and a series of brief notes. It references Roosevelt's youth versus European royals, Latimer resigning to study law, a venue change in an Abbeville murder case, Dr Millwee injured by a Jersey heifer, and a Greenwood Journal report dated October 3.
The clipped items reference Abe and Drogelates stamps, a 94 year old Greenville County resident inviting a 93 year old to a hunt in South Carolina, NC Cotton Growers urging 25 cents per bushel and 1633 pounds of meal for seed, Roosevelt children in DC schools, state fair October 28 to November 1, State Tair recreation aims, South Carolina Annual Conference in Columbian November 27, and 22 to 24 million cans of french pens packed in Indiana.
Southern Railway offers one first class fare for round trips to Augusta for the Merry-Maker’s celebration with special rates for military groups, sale Oct 13–17 and return by Oct 20. Similar reduced fares plus 50 cent fair admission apply to the Southern Inter-State Fair in Atlanta and the Annual State Fair in Columbia with varied sale dates and final limits.
Last week 370 students enrolled at Converse College. About 200 board on campus and over 100 come from other states. The music department is crowded, requiring more room and additional teachers.
Four vacancies will be filled at the upcoming annual board meeting on November 5 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. The current living trustees include Samuel A. Green James D. Porter J.P. Morgan W. Courtenay and others, with North and South representatives noted as pivotal to educational progress.
In Montgomery, Pennsylvania, society woman and musician Mrs VY Fowler nearly falls while boarding a vestibule coach as a Pennsylvania Railroad train moves. Her skirts snag on the engine, she struggles to hold on, and the train stops five miles from Montgomery where she collapses exhausted. London notes McKinley sympathy letters flood the U K embassy with six hundred lots of resolutions received.
The Buffalo Commercial notes a tally of presidential ancestry, stating all U S leaders except two were of British origin. It names the Dutch and Scot Irish lines, cites specific presidents, and records a lineage table with variants and misprints. It also reports Lavinia Laforde’s appointment as state librarian and hints at liberal railroad rate plans for the state air week.
A 22 year asthma sufferer reports quick relief after trying a trial bottle from Dr Taft Bros Medicine Co. The writer, living with four children and prior work disability, now reports good health and daily busi ness. Address given as 235 Rivington Street and 67 Mast Faith Street.
Schedule details describe daily and through routes among Norfolk Baltimore New York Atlanta Charlotte Richmond and Washington. Includes Pullman sleeping and dining cars, limited stops Gainesville Lule Toccoa Blacksburg and Greensboro with selective through car service to San Francisco and Raleigh connections. Officials note exclusive Pullman equipment and issuing agents Franks Gannon Hardwick Taylor.
Washington dispatch reports the 1900 U S cotton ginned total at 10 186 48 commercial bales 4 123 027 bales of the 4 00 pound standard and 6 061 618 004 pounds Texas leads with 8 590 600 bales while Alabama Arkansas and others contribute notable totals the study argues for an annual ginner based crop report program.
A plan proposes building the longest pipeline in the United States stretching from Wyoming to Baltimore City Lake City. The project aims to transport oil or gas through a new line, signaling a major energy infrastructure endeavor with impacts on regional supply lines.
Railway notice outlines a westward fast line from Asheville to Columbia and through South and North Carolina with stops at Charlotte Winnsboro Spartanburg Greenville Laurens Clinton Newberry Prosperity Sumter and Columbia. Train times and connections updated for the Upper South Carolina route.
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