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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
4
A fragmented page mixes ad notes for obituaries and personal ads with a drifting poem about waves and a weathered farm speech. It recounts Dr J B T Munnioutt of Atlanta addressing about two hundred farmers on up-to-date farming methods, stressing deep plowing, soil minerals, and moisture retention while weaving in poetical imagery and stray civic notices.
Dr Munnicutt urged farmers to plow deeper to break the hard soil band and conserve water. He cited 1800 to 2000 pounds of water required per pound of cotton or corn and described methods for single or two-horse plows. He noted improved farming methods are essential for poor farmers to boost yields and offset cost concerns. He is editor of The Cultivator Journal.
Reports from Tulin indicate a glacier triggered a landslide on August 17 near Mount aabok destroying twenty villages and causing nearly a hundred deaths. In Kansas City a westbound Inland cattle train collided head on with a locomotive near Birmingham killing four and injuring three. thirty cattle cars overturned and almost 300 cattle died.
A scanned item blends a mock grammar debate about plural forms with a report from The Courier on Winthrop Normal and Industrial College for Women. The piece praises the Rock Hill institution, notes its aim to provide equal opportunities, and lists rural delivery offices in Oconee with route details and dates from 1900 to 1902.
September 1 reports a array of visiting relatives across counties including Montgomery Mollivey of Anderson, Joe Stribling of MfoRao Georgia, Mrs Wilson of Draytonville visiting daughter Meh Tinswrall, and Capt Shanklin’s property struck by lightning during a storm. Local residents Me and J. J. Davis family members returned home after visits, with multiple households listed among autumn travel notices.
A garbled report recounts a Sunday gathering with Rev Mr Seaton delivering a sermon to Baptist church members including Mrs Sohn, Mrs Sinnry, and Aunt Sunila. Names such as Charley Knox and Alan Panta Taylor appear among attendees. The text references a strained mood and local travel, ending with unclear remarks about parish life.
Townville society items note visits and illnesses among residents including Prof. Gaines and Mra. D. I. Colligatt, with others, plus church additions after Rev. W. Z. Holland meetings. The piece also mentions South Union football plans and a Columbia visit by Miss Lulu Harbin. Southern Railway dining cars receive electric lights and fans for improved service on through routes between Atlanta and New York.
A Fort Madison letter cites Westminster Times criticism on county road machinery. The writer mocks predicted daily work and costs, questions R M Y and Schroder statements, and argues county finances and convict expenditures are mismanaged, urging cash basis and tax discipline.
Expert I A Ransom reviews dairying progress in the South tracing roots to 1860 Devon cattle, the No Fence Law, and Jersey influence. He credits cotton seed products and Southern Cotton Oil Co for enabling profitable dairying, noting co op mills and oil mills expanding the industry across cities like Atlanta and Columbia.
The fragment describes Tallay and associates in a woven braid event, mentioning 83 inches, a notation of Phoymone Wired ach 24, 1, 20 and 1% innhon, and lists several names including W. M. Brown Leo Crow D.C. Milly R. D. Tallay Andrew Gaal. It mentions Dora Loo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Le Bell, dying August 28 and burial at Mt. Carmot chiral on the 20th with Rev. J.B. Colley officiating, plus a long list of names and places in Whitewaloe Inn area and Greenville area.
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