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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1900
Page
5
The Meotoce Corrier notes weekly Wednesday publication by Jaynes Shel on Smith Steck. Subscriptions set at 91.00 per annum with advertising rates described as reasonable. Deadlines require immediate payment for obituary notices and tributes, with no free prints beyond one content word. Cash with manuscript.
An obituary style notice recalls Capt. Christopher Seeba of Walhalla and his son in a 19th century Charleston settlement. It highlights the family ties, social affiliations, and civic roles, detailing birth, service, and death within a long narrative of colonial era life.
Charleston officials announce a South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition in Charleston next year with a capital stock of 250 000 dollars and a projected value of 1 000 000 dollars. The event aims to showcase South Carolina industry and manufacturing, with support from Washington authorities and major commercial bodies across the United States, inviting subscriptions from counties and merchants for broad state participation.
A Spartanburg editorial reaches Prof Nesom at Clemson about Texas fever in cattle. It warns quarantines in Northern markets, explains disease spread by ticks, and notes possible remedies including inoculation trials at Clemson College to protect stock. G I Nesom, State Veterinarian, urges rapid action by cattlemen.
Floodwaters from the Vanco and Amos rivers and their tributaries flood wide valleys in San Tavis Polosiavo, sweeping away crops and destroying hundreds of homes near Chila station on the Mexican Central line. Drowned people reported, with the region facing widespread agricultural and infrastructural ruin and concern over relief efforts.
Four Mapison Oct 9. Measrs Editors we note a letter “In the Poor House” signed Old Soldier? We send one dollar to the old soldier in the poor house. The writer is not an old soldier but pleads with feeling. The piece condemns state pension underpay and alleges misuse of funds for a state factory. It argues lawmakers fail to fund pensions adequately while funding a dud factory and hiring underworked clerks at high pay. The writer contrasts wounded veterans with funds wasted on nonproductive offices. This is a critique of legislative policy and pension administration in Georgia.
Reading fragments recount a Southern Railway incident where a train car was seized and later released after damages were paid. The piece weaves in old Charleston era details about the Citadel and executive Mansion, plus an assortment of unrelated historical notes and editorials. It closes with a pushy letter from W S Prienai praising county voters and a long political anecdote about armor plate contracts and a judge’s quips, all from a late nineteenth to early twentieth century clipping.
The Third District Republican convention chose A. Morrick of Walhalla as the candidate for Congress. Delegates from multiple counties gathered at Enterprise store, with Anderson presiding as district chairman and Greenwood’s Tolbert elected to the district executive committee.
The piece describes a chaotic scene in Abueviln County with participants named Moriy Tharly Auchenai and Helen Mekhi engaging in a series of stunts. Officials and crowds observe as attempts unfold with unclear results and several tied or timed moments.
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