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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1900
Page
2
The Reptoce Courier announces subscription at $1.00 per year with Wednesday morning publication. Advertising rates are reasonable. Obituary notices and tributes up to one hundred words are printed free. longer notices cost one cent per word. Cash accompanies manuscript.
The article reports on a proposed constitutional amendment allowing Columbia Rock Hill Charleston Georgetown and Florence to exceed the debt limit for water works sewerage and related plants. City councils urge voters to approve to fund essential systems. supporting letters cite health growth and state institutions.
In Greenville a night incident near a house kept by Fanny King ended with Melvin Langley shot and gravely wounded. Harvey Langley and his son argued with Wes Fuller and Clarence Langley, a confrontation led to gunfire, and Fuller claims he was in the house. Langley’s fate is dire as physicians predict possible death. The piece also covers cholera medicine anecdote and a 1900 State Fair travel notice with rail rates to Columbia, South Carolina.
Kruger secretly boarded the Dutch cruiser Gelderland at 5 am to sail for Holland fearing Boer attack. Details note refugees' anger at Kruger, and that the party left via customs pier.
New York Herald claims a landslide for McKinley with 282 electoral votes to Bryan's 221 based on a poll of doubtful states. The report notes observers say both parties push hard, while the forecast emphasizes careful, unbiased sampling and strong regional support shaping the outcome.
An old advertisement-like health notice touts kidney cleansing with Dr Kilmer Swamp Root claiming universal benefits. It warns that kidneys filter blood every three minutes and that kidney trouble causes pains, rheumatism, and heart strain. It offers a free sample bottle by mail from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder claiming cures for kidney and bladder problems including diabetes and rheumatism with a one dollar per bottle offer. A separate Laurens court scene reports Wade Godfrey shooting a Black laborer on the public square, sparking excitement.
Notice details a general election to be held Tuesday November 6 1900 in Oconee County for state and county offices plus amendments to the South Carolina Constitution. It lists offices to be voted on the process for ballots separate amendments and appointment of election managers with duties and deadlines. Ballots and poll lists to be delivered to the Walhalla commissioners by November 1 1900.
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