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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-03
The HIIghlnmds-The DrOntEl
--GOv. Hampton -VYhltcsitles.

HIGHLANDS, n. O., September, 1878.
AlEssRs. EDITORS: My long silence has not
been willful ono, and without attempting an
explanation will say that wo hayo had an
unusually pleasant summer, though an exceed
ingly dry one. Yet wo may say crops have
not suffered, for occasional showers lavo kcpt
tho ground from parohing, and mover in tho
memory Of that distinguished parsonage, tho
Oldest inhnbitant, has tho mountain streams
been SO low, and somo OF our b0usted springs
have ceased to flow. But tho moro serous
part has been the lack Of water to run tho
saw mills. No lumber, to speak Of, has boon
sawed since May.
Some changes havo occurred: Dalton &
Underhill have sold out their boarding house
to MIR. j. o. Dimmock, of Colorado.
Tho lion. 9. 9. Hutchinson is building q
dwelling house on ono Of tho PROTEST sitcs in
Highlands.
Our school is in successful operation, with
Prot. Lukins as teacher. The Professor is q
thoroughly educated gentleman and has spent
tho creator portion Of his lifo rs n teacher.
Tho Highlands Literary Society has boon
kept up through tho summer. Thosociory is
under obligations to Mr.. Yates Snowdon and
several Charleston ladies for the interest thoy
took in tho wolfaro of tho society while board.
ing here.
Your correspondent accidentally mot with
South Carolina's most distinguished son,
Governor Hampton. 10 tho question, ,,.Do
you think it desirable for Northern poop,o to
settle in tho South3" tho roply was "Most
certainly, II persons Of good character" IIo
said the dislike Of carpot-baggors, was not
because they were from tho North, but
because they were thieves and robbers; and
the Southornor who was guilty of mafoasanoo
in office, was dcspised nbovo oil othors, If
possible.
lilo did not favor tho Greonback movement
atall, and their policy. If carried out. would
be most disastrous to tho boss interest Of tho
South d
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As,aSo we're passing tho East side Of the
grahd old Whitcsido Mountain, the Governor
looked long and lovingly atits noble propor-
tons. We wero awcd to silence ut Ills evil
don't interest, and looking, too, caught the
enthusiasm inspired by SO much magnifoonce.
Tho Governor finally remarked, ''Tho view
right here of that mountain is tho grandest
eight in Amorica, except perhaps Niagara"
We purposeiy told tho Governor wo wero
Northern man, yet wo wero 80 oharmod with
tho man that we loft him his enthusiastic
admirer, and vowed to vote for him for Presi-
don't, if over tho opportunity offered.
WHITE.
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County Canvass ointmonts.

BIN The Democratic Executive Committee of tho
County met at tho Court House on Monday last,
,September q 1873, and made the following ap-
ypointments of meetings for tho people in tho
different Townships, at which meetings the can
sdidates for the Legislature and other Offices and
other speakers will meet and discuss tho issues
%ofl tho campaign before tho people:
Tugaloo---at Westminster, Friday, October
4th.
18th. S5.
Center-at Confer Church, Wednesday, Octo-
aber Cd.
seneoa--at Seneca City, Saturday, October
9th.
Wagencr-at Walhalla, Wednesday, October
eth.
yKeoWee-at High Falls, Saturday, October
y 18th. w. G. KEITH, Chairman.
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change this by electing at least three Democratic
congressman. The noxts Presidential campaign,
it's thought, will offer throo candidates, Domoz
cratic Q Republican and q Creenback oandiJate;
II tho race DO closo, as is expected, lhen tho
sdreenbaokers by carrying o fcw States may dc.
feat an election by the people and dcvolye 1t on
tho House. This makes Democratic success
doubly important in the coming election. The
installation Of THO Democratic party into full
power in The State and National Government is
regarded as essential to constitutional govern
ment and the peace and prosperity Of the ooun-
try. We should, therefore, not undoryalue the
Importance of Congressional SUCCESS in the pre-
scnt campaign.
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MARTINS CREEK LOCALS.

Farmers arc busy picking, hauling off and
selling thoir cotton. The crop in some
sections is short fully ono-third; but in conse
quenco Of carly mntura,ion enough of this
staple has already been marketed to inruso
life into eycry branch Of trade. To speak of
our people as whole, wo do not believe that
we misrcprcsont them whom we state that
they fully appreciate thoir prosout favorable
surroundings aud arc determined in the
future to merit bountirul reward Every
face wears that smile which is always the
result of contontment and cherished hope of
q brighter and better future.
Among many things of which our people
have reason to be proud, we may mention as
prominent the fonrishing town Of Seneca
City. We dcsist comment upon her future
possibilities, but we do not hesitate to state
that she is destined to become Oconoe's fayo~
rito.
Two uf f'hcr mercantile establishments have
been recently relitted and arc occupied rcs
spectivcly by Messrs. G. w. & J. T. Gignilliat
and Messrs. Il. B. Dickson & Co. Mr. j. B,
Watson, we'll known to the people Of Wal
halla and vicinity, is connected with the
latter firm. Wo wish these gentlemen succe
and liberal patronage, but warn them of
thoir dangerous rival, NJ. W. Coleman g. Co. !,
whose liberal course during tho tight" times
won much confidence
Wo are all nearly agreed on politics that
money makes the mare 80. j. M. p.
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The New College ut w:,,i,,,ia, S. c

a correspondent of the Anderson Intcligemccr,
Of last week, writes ne follows in reference TO
Adgcr College at this place;
'Col. W. Z. Keith said in his lecture at Tho
commencement in Walhalla that tlat town had
had The benefits of education for ten years from
the Nowbcrry College, and that the town had
been transformed by it. I do not doubt the
truth OF his remark. On The contrary, believe
that tho whole of this Piedmont region must
feel moro or less the benefits of tho establish
mcnt of college at Walhalla. Many youth
will receive q liberal education at that ins,iu-
ton who could never have gone to more distant
schools. These upper counties Of South Caro-
lima owe it to themselves and their children to
support ind cndow Tic new Walhala College,"
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HfcIILANDs. N. c., Scntcmber

HIGHLANDS. N. c., September 80.
MEssRs. EDIToRs: This community has
suffered an irreparablo loss in tho death of
DR.. j. W. Kibbee. The Doctor had invented
n fever cot with which he had performed
some remarkable cures. Tho rayages of the
yellow fever were such as to work on his
sympathics in such IL way that he finally
decided to 60 to Now Orleans and work in the
cause of humanity. lie had unlimited conf
dencc in his cot and treatment of yellow foscr,
MS no had reason to DO, for four years ago at
Memphis he was quite successful in treating
it.. Some six weeks ago ho went to New York
to complete arrangements in the manufacture
OF his ioyer-cot, and while there worked very
hard in order to hurry to Now Orleans. lie
finally reached that city at night, and being
anxious to got to work, ho reported to the
Board of Health tho next morning and immo.
diately took charge of some casos. lie had
the satisfaction of seong n promising. Young
man speedily recovering but alas! at tho
expense of his own life. His quick change Of
climate and jaded and over worked systcu,
mado him an easy victim to tho pcstilcptial
masina llc was takon down suddenly with
the fcvcr on tho 10Th Of September aud died
four dnys after. Iie had tho tondercst ofcore
and after he died all possible honors were
paid to his romans. Words aro inadeouato
to express tho hcroism of such a character
and posterity will hold him in honorable
remembrance. Ilo loft q wifo and tbreo
children hero and they are surrounded with
many sympathizing and aching hearts. The
people hore had become attached to him, for
no was of cheory nature and had pleasant
word for ovory ono. lIo had become known
and had gotten quito PRACTICE, extending
into Jackson County and to South Carolina,
Tho loss is severe to Highlands, for he was
an enthusiastic admirer of tho country and
climate, and had ho lived would have giyon
valuable aid in building up tho country. But
Gods ways arc not our ways. Bx.
lNaH Isy -----~rs I>----- .tN
Professor Elliot Of tho Treasury depart
lmens, computes the.popula,ion Of this country
at 48, 900 900. 81 : gtE y d 81 -
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COMMERCIALS.

WALuALLA, October 81 Cotton steady
Low mddling Of; middling 99;good mid
ding o.: Good ordinary 81
LIVERPOOL, September 30.-Cotton active
and firmer-m middiing uplands g.; middling
Orleans s.; sales ls.500
New York, September 30-Cotton quiet;
mddling uplands l05; middling Orleans II;
sales GEO.
CHARLESTON, September 30.--Cotton firm
-middling l02; low middling l0l; good
ordinary Of; net receipts G,6l4.
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Democratic Mass Meeting.

- We have been Informed by the State Exccu-
tive Committee that at the mass meeting, to bo
held at Walhalla on tho 9th instant, the follow
ing gentlemen have been requested and ara ex-
4 pected to address the meetings
GEN. NJ. @. BUTLER,
Hon. RoBERT ALDRICm,
81 HON. ID. w. AIKEN,
Col. j. s. CoTnnAN,
Hon. j. N. LIpsCoMB.
.f The list promises an interesting occasion,
though many Of our people will doubtless bc
3Sdisapp6 p6iIted in}not hearing Governor Hampton.
The Governor ID laboring every day in q broader
field where his presence and conservative coun-
B sells are moro needed and moro likely to provo
Y Sbenefoialto the party and tho true interests of
] the State. as he passed down from the noun
y tains he Informed US he would be compelled TO
devote most Of his time to tho lower counties,
b where,we wanted to gain additional Congressman
Heisnow there and wo hopo to hear good re-
port from his labors tho result of the election
4 is made known.
The speakers appointed for Walhalla aro able
and good mon and wo want to 500 q largo turn
sosst OF our people on that day. We especially
desire that our Democratic citizens shall enoour
ago che oolored people to come out and hear tho
sspeaking
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-03
IEYMINTEAL.

Married on tho 18th of September, 1873, by
Rev. Fletcher Smith, rear Westminster, Mr.
WM II. BALLINGEn and Miss TALuLAu +.
JENKINS, all of Oconcc.
Married, Oh tho 22d of September, 1873, at
The residence Of John NJ. Dowis, Esq, IIabcr-
sham county, Co., by Rev. Mr.. Curtis, Mr.. WM.
DooLEY and Miss DoRcAs PoTETr.
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Attention, yvagener DeMocratic
~ .E. tiEl llt.4. tFgisg- Climb!

There will be meeting OF this Club in
the Conrt House at Walhalla on Friday night
at II O'Clock. Business Of Importance before
tho Club. A full attendance is desired. Tho
candidates arc invited to bc present.
d. A. SMITH, President.
j. w. STRlBLINa, Secretary.
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AGs- Mr.. WIN. l.. SKELToN is our author
ized Agent to reooivo subscriptions and adver-
tisements for the KEowEE COURIER and to COL
leet and receipt for oil monies duo to this
journal. Mr.. s. will canvass tho County in
a few Tweeks and will bo glad to receive the
names Of all persons desiring to subscribe.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-03

RALLY ut Walhall on WEDNESDAY
next 9th of October. 1878, to hear distn.
gnished Democratic speakors. All tho clubs
should como mounted.
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WANTED In 80 DAYS
25O,OOO Acres of Land.
FARMS, FARMS! FAIsMS!.
Real ESTATE o. A. KINDS
70 the People OF OcOnec
County:

HAVING made arrangements with the largest
Real Estate Agency in tho South, am now
ready to take description Of land of all parties
who may have tho same to sell. want Noun
tain Lands, Grazing Lands, Timbercd Lands,
Mineral Lands and Farming Lands Town Lots
and Town Property. take the lands and have
them advertised extensively through the North
crn, Eastern and Western States and in Great
Britain and Germany. If no sale is made will
not charge ono cent, as tho Agency I represent
wants within tho next thirty days two hundred
and fifty thousand acres Of land. hope tho
people of Oconce will assist mo in getting up
The lands and help build up our thin}y settled
country. Every farmer who places lands in my
hands will be sent paper free all tho year,
showing his land advertised. Remember, in The
next thirty days want 250,ooO acres of land.
A. y. E'ENDLEY,
Resident Land Agent, Walhalla, S. C.
OFrEcE: AT THOMPSON & PEspLEy's Livery
Stab'o Oct. 8, 1873 46.3t
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OBITUARY.

Died. September S0th, 1878, ELEY WALKER
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Shankln, aged ont
year and five months.
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VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE

! ikEE Hundred and Forty Acres. within
threo IN miles (Southeast) Of seneoa City, Oco neo
county, ). G.; about eighty acres in cultivation.
inc balance IN woods; with neat and conyen.
iSnt zen, settlement. These lands oan be equally
o,s,aod ana arc Io farming lands for grain and
country markets and Tho surrounding oounirv "a
equal to any portion of tho wide world for rood
water and good health. Persons wishing to Inv
ana settlo in choice and convenient community
would do we'll to examine these lands or consnit
Ms. NJ NJ " Coleman at sencca City as TO these
/ ,m.. .a i, sya FaaOs. HARPER. 1,
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w office. .

II IiAkpENS MILLS arc stopped for the purpose
OF putting in new water wheel and making:
other valuable improvements; Ill of which will
DO completed and in running order by WEDNES-
DAY, tho 9th instant; after which customers oan
oe accommodated with the best of -four or corn
meal. Satisfaction guaranteed. a set Of Frenoi
Burrstoncs and Irons for salo.
Oct 8, 1878 An
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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

SlAIE VI SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
COLUMBIA, September "a, 1878.
w HEREAS it has pleased Almighty God in
" His wisdom to visit portion Of lis people.
our brethren, with grievous suffering and NOR.
ality; and whereas it becomes us who have been
spared the visitation of this dread pestience,
''that walkcth in darkness and destroyeth in tho
monday" to offer our humble supplication for
those who are so gricvously afflicted:
| hereby fix and appoint FRIDAY, tho 4th
day Of October, as day Of fasting, humiliation
and prayer. And request al cd fearing peo-
pe not only to offer on that day their earnest
prayers 10 the Throne of Grace that health NAV
be restored to our stricken land, but to bestow
charity on those who in the Providence of God,
have been left dcsolate and bereaved.
In testimony whereof have horeunlo set NV
hand and caused tho Great Seal of the
State to be affixed, at Columbia this
T.. s. 2lth day of September, A. d. 1873, and
in the lO3d year Of tho Independence Of.
tho United States Of America.
BY tho Governor:
WADE HAMPTON, Governor.
r.. NJ. SIMS Secretary Of State.
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A telegram was received on Saturday by
DIR. &. Poyre Porchcr of Charleston from Sur
geon General John NJ. Woodworth, Of tho
United States Marine Hospital Service, asking
him if he would aceopt position on tho com :
mission now being organised to Investigate
tho causes and history of the epidemic now
prevailing in tho West. Compensation $500
month and travelling expenses.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-03
Thomas talbot Nbs Republican candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts. was pnce q
hard working opetative in a mill,

II $.
Mr. Samuel II. arlo. who livos near Deep
Crock, Anderson County, was badly mangled
by q gin last week IIo died from the effoots
of his injuries on Thursday last.
-----.--~ s----- .,H
[, Business is so brisk in New York, that
"teamsters oart by tho hour, and not by tho
load. Ono of the steamboats, had line of
teams leading to it elk miles long with goods
waiting to be shipped"
Tho Radical County Convention of Ander-
son proved failure-nbout fifty delegates
present. After good deal of wrangling and
dsputing Il committee was appointed to re.
port on tho expedienoy of making aEy nomi-
nations. Tho upslot of oil of it was the nom-
ination Of ono man namod Parker, who, it is
said, will probably decline to be candidate.
Tho supplies of cotton which reached the
sea ports of the United States for tho week
ending Friday, September 20, 1878, inclur
sive, were 73.803 balcs, and 90 .26l bales for
tho time Inst year, and 0G,l77 bales for the
week up to this day, inclusive, in contrast
with 42,GGG balos for the year befaro At
Now Orleans tho arrivals woro 1878 bales
and 5,472 bales for the week tic year previ-
GUS.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-03

EXTRA LIABILITY TO MALARrAL INJECTIONS.
Persons whose blood is thin, digestion weak
and livor sluggish, arc oxtra-liablo to the at.
tacks Of malarial disease. Tho most trifinp
exposure may, under snch conditions, infect q
system which, if healthy, would resist tho
miasmatio taint. The only way to secure
immunity from malaria in localities whore it
is prevalent, is TO tono and regulate tho sys,
tom by improving weakened digestion, on
riohing tho blood, and giving wholesome
impetus to hillary secretion. These results
are accomplished by nothing so effectively as
llostotter's Stomach Bittors, which long oxpo,
rience has proved to bo tho most reliable
safeguard against fcyor and aguo and kindred
disorders, as we'll Us the bost emedy for them.
The Bitters are, moreover, an excellent invig-
GRANT of tho organs of urination, and an ao.
tive depurent, eliminating from the blood
those acrid impurities which originates rheu.
matte ailmonts.
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VEGETlNE
REV. J.P. LUDLOW WRITES:

ITO DAETIC toTKEET, DR0OKLIN, N, =,
November II, 1876.
H. r. STEVENS. ESQ.
Dear Sir-From personal benefit received
by its use, rs well rs from personal know.
ledge of those whose cures thereby have
seemed almost miraculous, Gun most heartily
and sincerely recommend tho VEGErlNE for
the complaints which it is claimed to cure.
JAMES p. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor Calvary Baptist Church,
Sacramento, Cal.
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TO THE F.RON'I'
FRESH ARRIVALS EVERY
DAY /!
u LBS. Best LEAF LARD for 81 90.
o LBS. STANDARD ga" SUGAR for ST. 90. 5

Best Young Tyson TEA at SO cents % ID.
Best JAVA COFFEE, 81 lbs. for ST. 90.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-03

FALL PRINTS as low as at any other place.
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Professor Elliot, of tho Treasury depart
ment, a computes thepopulation Of this country
Sat 48, 100000 s. y !, 81 s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-14

The old French Convention lasted
three years, one month and four days.
Tt had 749 members, and passed IL ,21O
DEGREES. Of it's 749 members, fifty
eight were guillotined-Duray, June 26,
1898. being the first to look through the
little window, and Bishop Huguet's head
the last to fall, Oct, 6, 1896, into the
basket eight were assassinated and two
shot; fourteen committed suicide; five
died of grief six persisted in abiect mis-
cry three died on tho highway, to be
eaten by dogs one, Armouville, the last
wearer Of the red cap, persisted in a
drunken fit; four died mad two were
killed in the army one was carried away
by the Prussians and never heard of !;
three died suddenly one expired in
prison one fell dead of joy on learning
that Bonaparte had d1sembarked at Ere
jus 1873 persisted in exile or in penal set
Elements twenty three never were heard
of from the date OF the Eighteenth Brui-
MARE sixty-fve vanished after the coro-
nation Of Napoleon, and twenty five died
In obscurity and poverty. The Conven-
ton had sixty-three presiding officers, of
whom eighteen were guillotined and eight
transported twenty-five were outlawed
and six sentenced to imprisonment for
life four died in madhouses and three
committed suicide.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-14
Peace in Cuba.

The instruction in Cuba has come 10
an end. It was overcome by an offer of
amnesty, which reached the insurgents
when their resources were exhausted
and their cause seemed hopeless. They
might have fought on for years. perhaps
even until they had obtained reeogni-
ton from the United States-if the mer-
CHESS policy which formerly animated
the Spanish Government had continued
in force; but the prospect of pardon
and restoration to their political priv
lleges was too much even for their stern
patriotism, and they succumbed when
they were nearest the realization of
their hopes. 1t is unquestionably true
that every year which passed and left the
lnsurrection unsubdued added to its
moral force. The spectacle Of brave
people struggling against frightful odds
to assert their independence appealed
powerfully to the sympathies of free
and enlightened nations. These SYM
pathies could not be repressed by con-
slderatiohs of diplomatic relations o.
the + ecedents Of international law. l.
was not sufficient to say that the insur
| ASOOAA AAeNA OOCh uu6uCCSSSlI Ill OF GI1a
the republic had no seaports and nc
navy. The simple fact that the insur
rection had been maintained for ter
years was enough. People saw that tho
Cubans, whether they had a nationa
existence or not, had strength enough
to keep the Spanish Government full,
employed. In ten years they used III
100000 Spanish soldiers and $4,000,
600 of Spanish treasures. They occu
pied the mountains Of the central ant
eastern provinces, and were in their owl
territory practically invincible. The,
had at least the semblance of a Stat,
Government, including President an(
Congress. They had also true patriot
| among them-men who had sacrificed
princely fortunes and imperiled thei
lives in the cause Of independence
These men resisted to tie last, and were
overpowered by the mutiny of thei
followers, who clamored for the brides
held out by the Spanish Government
Chicago Tribune.