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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
Simpsons Now Inspector.

Governor Simpson has appointed Mr.. Il. L.
Roche, Of Charleston, us the successor Of
General Anderson in the phosphate. bnrcau.
and although Mr.. Roche is q very clover and
capable gentleman, his appointment will be
generally regarded as singulnrly unfortunate
lie has always been on tho side Of the phos,
phate monopolists and it can hardly be hoped
thathe can 80 entirely overcome his prejudice
rs to do equal and ctjustico in discharging
the duties of his Office. 1t looks littlo sin
guar that tho phosphate inspector should be
chosen from the ranks of tho manufacturers
and that an olaco created for tho protection
of tho people should be administer by q
monopolist. But such is tho wise Judgment
Of Governor Simpson and tho policy of latter.
day craftsmanship. Tho Office Of phosphate
inspector should mover have been oroatod, it
is useless and expensive snicure, but as it
has boon established it should be administered
by somc ono fully in sympathy with tho
object and ond Of its creation.
Governor Simpson should be moro careful
in his appointments. IIo can argue case
in court and ho can mako Il good speech
on tho stump and he can run tho
State Government with far loss newspaper
putting than his illustrous predecessor but he
can't make appointments. IF no would only
free himself from tho unwiso counsels Of
those who have crowded around him and do
what the people toll him, ho would mako q
much better Governor and do moro to merit
tho gratitude of his countrymen.
AbJeviUc Medium.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24

proper sense Of the Term. Wo cannot eat OF
drink or wear IL. Coin, by tho consent Of
nations and bank bills by statutes Of States and
governments, are invested with peculiar powers
not existing 10 or conferred on any commodity.
Possessing littlo inherent value, q ten dollar
gold piece can pay ten dollar note or stop
interest on II, while hundred bushels Of corn,
wheat or other commodity could not do this,
though ten times its value. Again, nearly oil
commodities are consumed In their use. while
money oan be buried or concealed or loaned
without being impaired In value to any visible
oxtcnt. Again, nearly all commodities arc
perishable, while money can be kept for years
and thon be used at its face value, while corn,
whoat and other articles must DO sold or will
decay In one or two years. Again, o man may
travel with o million Of dollars on his person in
bills, while he could not carry five dollars in
most of our commodities on his back. Money
Is receivable everywhere and for every ear,taI,v
thug while no other commodity Possesses saoh
power These peculiar covers snd value in
money are created by laa and the same su-
thority Which invcets 1t with these character
Isles should limit its interest ON loan.
Would any ono say tho State had no right to
restrict tho making and sale of liquor? Why
should not man have the right TO sell his corn,
wheat and rye as grain or flour or bread or to
convert 1t into whiskcy and soil that at his will?
Because the making and sale of whiskey tends
to demoraliae society, creates misery and
'wrctobedness, poverty and crime, vice and
Ignorance, degradation and ruin and thus leads
to tho overthrow of government itself Docs
not the charging of excessive rates of interest
load to idlcness and speculation, tho withdrawal
Of capital from productive industry, tho Grip
ping of our agricultural interests, tho destruc-
tion OF manufacturing industry, tho enrichment
Of tho few by the impoverishment of the many,
tho accumulation Of capital in the hands of the
few to tho injury of tho material interests of
the State md to the tendency to tho overthrow
OF government by the power and influence of
capital? In o country where money abounds as
in New York at this time, OF rs in South Caro-
lima before the war, usury laws are of little
service, as the abundance of money secures
competition and low rates; but here they are
essential to the protection of the poor and weak
Some will say stringent usury low will drive
out capital, but whore will it 60? In Georgia
and North Carolina it would meet such laws and
in Now York lower rate of legal interest.
We would like to sec our old usury law
rc.cnaeed or some more stringent restrictions
against usurious interest We know no law
could be passed to prevent loans on short time
in commercial transactions, but long loans to
farmers could bo limited and money would
circulate under such law as freely as before.
Nearly oil the States which repealed their usury
laws sinco the war have re- enacted them with
more stringent restrictions against usurious
interest
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
Assessors, Take Notice.

Tho Township Board of Assessors should
be governed by tho following instructions: {:
The Auditor is forbidden to enter any real
estate on his Duplicate till tho Township
Boards havo assessod the value of the samo
and certified their assessment back to him.
Any person dissatisfied with action Of
Township Board may appeal to the County
Board Of Equalization. Tho Chairmen Of
Township Boards constitute the County
Board Of Equalization, which meets tho first
Monday of August
The standard of valuation of real ostate IL
tho usual selling prico on the usual terms Of
similar property et sales for partltips. undor
the order of tho court, at t.tao place where
tho return is made. IF there bo no usual
selling price thcn at what is honestly be,
hsSee'aa could be obtained for tho samo at a
fair aalo under tho conditions before men,
toned.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
Sunday School Convention.


This convention will be hold at Westmin-
ster Church, beginning on Friday, tho lst
day Of August, 1879. The programme of tho
convention, with tho subjects to be discussed
and the names of the speakers who will ad,
drcss the mass meeting on Saturday, will be
found elsewhere in our columns The aims and
purposes of this association arc of tho highest
importance to tho moral and social advance
ment Of our people and tho promotion of true
religion. Sunday Schools havc not in the
past been appreciated fully, or operated with
that zeal and constancy, which Christian
people should devote to such work. or lato
years they are assuming moro importance in
tho Christian world and arc being more
encouraged by the people at large. Nothing
can DO more important to society and governs
mont, apart from the future salvation of in
dividuals, than to storo tho minds Of the
youth of tho country with those high moral
lessons with which tho Bible abounds. They
constitute tho bost ballast to carry us safely
through tho storms Of life. They aro tho only
brakes to stay us amid tho temptations to
vico and sin to which wo nro subjected
through our earthly existence. They aro tho
ruddor and compass to direct and steer our
course hero and to point us to the only anchor
of safety in tho hereafter. Tho precepts and
examples found in Gods word, impressed
upon the mind in early lifc constitute shield
and protection against vice and crimo, and
their practice alone can give contcntmcnt,
which is true wealth, here. and salvation,
which is happiness, hereafter. Can thcso
important matters be too early or too often
presented to the young? Should il not bc
the duty and pleasure Of all not only to study
and practice them in life, but to impress them
by tcaching and example upon tho rising
generation9 King David thought this a
matter of such Importance that, notwihsands
ing tho moral teachings Of his psalms and tho
exemplary life he had triod to exhibit, in his
dying moments and almost in his last words
to his son and successor, Solomon, said "My
son, know thou tho God of thy father, and
serVo him with perfect heart md willing
mind" '&c. 10 know and servo God was to
kcop'hi commandments which nre tho moral
law. IF tho youths of tho country could bo
so trained and instructed rs to know and
sorve God, through life, thcrc would be no
need of court houses and .jails, for crimc
would be unknown in tho land. Every effort
for the promotion of tho cause of Sunday
Schools shoald therefore be encouraged and
and ovcry citizen Of the country should lend
their influence to this end. We trust the
convention will bo largely attended and that
much good may flow from it's work in the
manner of touching, tho increased interest in
Sunday Schools and tho promotion of morality
and religion in tho land.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
We Progress by Impulse.
WESTMINSTER, s. G., July q, l87

WESTMINSTER, .. ", July Il, loiV.
AT tho Musical Convention at this place o few
days ago much was said pro and con upon the
subject of text (music) book On tho one
hand II was argued that The Christian Harmony
"a book published by William Walker deoeascd,)
should be adopted us tho standard of music iii
Oconeo. On tho other hand it was claimed that
tho Temple Star 70 book published by Ruebdsh,
Kciffcr & Coz should bc tho standard, &c.; for
various reasons. A motion finally to rescind the
action Of tho semi annual convention, "adopling
Standard" was oarried and the matter Of text
books loft to option. Tho result Of all this
olamor leads to tho development Of new systems,
moro modern selections and advancement in the
science Of music. Thus it should bc and thus
it will ever be. An interchange Of ideas natu-
rally result in progress to all
BACHELOR.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
Legal Practice in London.

In tho legal profession in England thoro
aro three distinct sDd we'll defined branchea
of practice, and tho boundary limos of itho
several spheres Of enterprise may not bo
oscrsteppod. The solicitor transacts ordinary
business, and advises his client, both rs to-
tho avoidance and redress Of grievances. lie
asserts tho rights of the layman who intrusts
his interests to his keeping. and aycnges tho
wrongs inflicted upon him by others, so far
MS these functions can DO performed with thp
hid of the ordinary appliances which tho law
affords. When matters become moro compile
Gated than the simple remedies will suffice TO
cure, tho solicitor seeks tho aid Of counsel.
The client cannot 90 directly to tho latter to
tho prejudice of tho general practitioner at
law, nor can counsel transact ordinary busi-
ness for laymcn, however willing they may
bo to pay his fees or secure his services. An
opinion may of course DO attained on tho
most trivial subject, but tho case must bo
submitted through u solicitor. or counsel
cannot entertain it, so that the wider profes.
sional interests are duly protected. There is
u still moro exclusive class Of practitioners,
who act solely as consultces and leadors--.tho
Queens counsel, who arc prohibited from
appearing ir most cases before tho courts
without junior. BY this simple but effect,
i've organization Of labor, my nnseomly cons
Hict Of aims and interest is prevented, and
tho public benefit, not less than tho profession
by tho arrangement made and carried out.
Lancet.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
Chips from q BIockhead,

'Paticncc is n virtue" but laziness is not
Some people get mistaken right here and take
lazincss for patience.
Some people arc born liars. | have known a
few that could not say The Lords Prayer without
lying.
"Ail flesh is grass" and the only way can
account for some men being so doggish is that
whoever made them got hold of the wrong grass
'Thc Lord lovcth q cheerful givcr." Some
who give themselves so cliccrruly 10 Tic Devil
and his works.
"Grcat wits TO madmcn arc near allied" This
accounts for so many smart men drinking. They
arc 80 near the line that it is very easy to get
over.
Josh Billings says "thnt God never made a
fool lie just furnished the raw material and
let the follow finish the job" do not believe
he ever made one eithcr but what stumps me is
how they gain such proficiency in 50 short a
time.
There nrc some young men who seem TO think
that all that is necessary to be thought men is
to be seen hanging around barroo cursing
and drinking. Now take this advice from me,
for | have been all along where you now are:
Quit it; for if you persist in it, it will probably
carry you to ono or tho other of the following
places: The gallows or State prison, The poor
house or asylum, or drunkard's grave, and
most surely to hell. If you arc physically OF
mentally weak enough to drink, then drink and
leave. The bar.kcepcr himself does not like to
sec you standing around. q.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
The State Sunday School Con-
VentiOn.

This body will meot in Spartanburg, We'd
nosday and Thursday, August 20 and 81. A
preliminary meeting will bo bold on tho
evening Of tho 10Th. The programme will
DO published at an carly day. Meantime We
would euggest to county organizations to
make arrangements to yelect their delegates as
soon as possible. A full representation Of
actiSo, earnest Sunday school workers is
desired. If thero be q county without an
organization, tho Loading Supcrintcndonts Of
schools will hold an informal meeting and
appoint delegates. Let US have somo one
from oyory county.
CHARLES PETTY,
Chairman Executive Committee.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
The Weather and Crops.

n These are matters which never loso their
interest in the public mind. Each recurring
week Of every season the weather and crops ore
matters of interesting inquiry to every citizen,
whether he be q farmer, lawyer, merchant Or
engaged in any other pursuit They concern
tho most vita, interest Of individuals, boine
connected with the health o..d prosperity Of the
country. Since onl last issue wo havo heard Of
no gooN rains in any part Of the county, and
tho prospects Of o good crop grow sadly dim.
Lest Friday driszling rain fell nearly oil day,
but It was so light that people here did not stop
work Fhet prospect that day was favorable for
general rain of several days duration, the very
Kind Of season wo need to revive our withered
fields. Saturday morning dispellcd oil hope Of
this as tho sky was cloar mud tho sun again
3eaming With power on tho earth. The chow
ers which had fallen here and there through
the woek had however cooled tho atmosphere,
and we hayo hDd cool nights since. Some
sections of tho county wo hear have not had
partial showers and The crops in such placcs
are reported as ruined. We may oil fcol sure
that both tho corn and cotton crop will be short
by third if not ono half, and that all should
practice economy and prepare to bridge over
tho failure by large seeding this fall and by
harvesting everything which can bo made to
contribute to tho support Of animal life. In o
country like this there can bo no fcar of famine,
as tho net work Of railroads connecting this
broad land can in q fow days supply any section.
To get these supplies requires money and to got
money requires q surplus of somo product to
sell, and hcrc lies our difficulty in short crop
and tho urgent need to coonomizo oil VIC can.
Reports from q majority Of the counties of the
State show that they havu suffered moro of less
from drought and that tho crops will bo on tho
average short.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

lIIE Board Of Equalization of Oconee County
will meet in the Auditors Office at Walhalla on
tho FIRST MONDAY in August, 1870.
Tho Board is composed Of the Chairmen Of
each Township Board Of Assessors.
JOHN N. GEORGE,
Auditor Oconce County.
July "a, 1879 S0.2t
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24

A bill, reducing tho ratio Of interest 10 tho
State Of Now York from, sovcn to six por cont.
passed tho Legislature last winter, and has
recently received tho Governors signature.
Tho now act takes effect on the first day Of
January, 1880.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24

ATLANTA, July l8.--James v. Nethers, Of
Union, S. O., to day. committed suicide by
putting his head on tho railroad track and
letting tho train run over him.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-07-12

stantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of an old musket while out
hunting. The load entered his right
eye, tearing through the brain.
AT Mooresville, Ind, q 5-year-old
son of L. A. Apples, while playing in
the engine room of his fathers mill. fell
between the fiy-wheel Of the engine and
the stone work built for the wheel to
run in, and was instantly killed, his
skull being mashed in, and arms and
legs broken. t
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-07-12

change Cor three months after having
been sailed with boraxAf 81 I 4 ~
The newest thing in machinery is q
device for track-laying. 1t has been
successfully used on the Central Pacific
and other railroads. 1t consists of the
application of a system of adjustable
ways, on each side Of train of fiat
cars, by means of which the rails are
brought forward on one side and the
ties on the other,in continuous stream.
and delivered to the trackmen on the
exact part of the roadbed where they
are to be laid.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-07-12
Science and Industry .

Science ana ln0uotky.
The manufacture OF coke iron in
Alabama has proven success.
Oatmeal contains nearly 16 per
cent of flesh-forming constituents.
The crop of Key West pineapples
is double that of any former year.
The average consumption of wheat
for each individual of the population Of
Great Britain is eight bushels per an
mum.
"A New Jersey man has invented a
paper stocking, intended to be worn
over the cotton or wooden stocking,
therepy excluding cold and dampness
from the feet.
"A new German invention for rem
dering boot-soles flexible and almost
indesfructible is to mix waterproof
glue with ground quartz aud spread it
on the soles. Theroughness Of the sole
prevents slipping. bees AFRO
I'm report made by the Depart
ment of Agriculture of the Italian Gov
eminent, it is stated that borax used in
stead OF salt in preserving butter i'm
parts to the butter no flavor whatever,
while it is entirely inocuous. Samples
of fresh butter, in which much of the
buttermilk was purposely left, have re-
tanned their natural fine flavor without
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-07-12
TO CoRREsPONDEMTs.

All COMMUNICATIONS for THIS paper should be
accompanied BY the name of the author, not
r.ces- arily for publication, but as evidence OF
only on one side of the paper. lie particularly
careful in giving names and dates, 10 have
all letters or figures plain and di sttnct-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-07-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


-Tennyson's early poem, Ine Low
er's Tale, " now Just published with his
sanction, was written when he wa
THE health of John G. Sake, the
humorous poet, is better now than fol
three months. His trouble, sieepiess.
ness and nervous dependency, is leav'
ing him. His age is sixty-three years
and his home is in Brooklyn, N. Y
The memorial to Bayard Taylor
medallion of the poet in gray marble.
which the graduating class OF Cornell
has inst presented to the University, has
been received with fitting ceremony.
Under the medallion is the inscription
"Lecturer on German Literature, with
the dates of his birth and death.
Mr.. Gladstone, although he has
uassed his Goth birthday, yields the az
with great force, and is more than q
match, as a walker, for active and alert
men 20 years younger than he. Gout
and rheumatism have no terrOrs for this
busy man, and one of his most in
innate friends used to say that "woL-
derful as is his mind, it is nothing to his
body"
Charles Dickens's home-the dream
of his youth, the delight of his prime
-Gads Hill Place, is for sale. He bought
il for $3.50, but improved it so much
that it will now bring five times that
sum. When he died reserve fund OF
$4,000 was put on the property, at
which price it was secured by his eldest
GS> -ho noun off.,ra IL tn the
highest bidder. -.-. -
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson's lawn
at Concord is said to be the favorite
gathering place of the young people
and children of that pleasant town.
Every year he invites them to picnic
at his home, and himself enters into
their games with great enjoyment. He
talks to them, not didactically, but with
simple interest, of their plays and aims
and duties.
-"What are the relations of literary
men to the formulated creeds Of Chris
tianty?" asks Prof. Swing in recent
sermon, and in answer says: zone can
not but say that these relations have
never been and are not cordial. II you
will glance over list of 100 great lead
ers in letters it will be remarkable how
many you will find who, like Carlyle,
and Ruskin, and Macaulsy, and Dick
ems, and Thackeray, conceal wonder.
fully any details OF religious belief. and
content themselves with the assumption
OF God who demands righteousness.
To such a group Of literary minds you
may add smother group who have made
philosophy and science pass before us
in the garments of literature-Isaac
Newton, and Locke, and Hamilton, and
Cousin, and in all this group you will
find combined q silence toward definite
worship, but not an espousal OF dust
and oblivion. but calm assumption Of
aJehovah."
F-f1 zTssr
Science and Industry.
The manufacture of coke iron ir
Alabama has proven success.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-07-12

Foreign Notes.
Another royal marriage is gossiped
of in Europe-that of the Crown Prince
Of Sweden and NORWAY and the Princess
Victoria of Baden. the Emperor VIII
liam's granddaughter.
r,C .., ..n. r;,;
Inc h@Press august ioosn. ~. !.
70 Lngiana Is sau " nav III h..,n. M !,
view 70 composing qua.Ie. oo."s az !
queen ylctorla anu ncl ua ~. .no
CIown LrI , III =. 1 ,sa ,n;ss;on S;dn y
sos'iPs u' sna 20 49,. ' .,.-,aS Co.
balmoral ana leit the Empress at VIM
SUI '
"A London correspondent says OF
tne recen. go!aen w ss% ~ Dsfi ~
tnat queen 'ictorla naa arralsou -
s;.a h,. ~ ~ ~U ~ the extra.
o O ;nhosn;,sI;tv With which the
Tn.-ro:s An~,,s,a was treated dnrino
her recent visit to Windsor. il was plain
Iv ;nt;mated that the visit VISA not de-
sired bv the Kaiser or his family"
G. p...-.hr-r 3. 10 \. m.de . se..
mort Nv means u u . maritime canal.
which will permit the large vessels,
Obliged now to stop at Cronstadt, to take
in and discharge their cargoes in the
capital. The works necessary to make
st. Petersburg the largest seaport in the
Baltic will be executed within six years
at cost of 5000, 600 roubles. The port
Of Ribau, which, according to its situa-
ton, is destined to take leading part
in the competition against the Prussian
ports, is also to be enlarged and deep
ened. t.d 80 ps
sl-
.i-, Odds and Ends.
The fancy penman's business is
flourishing.
Uneasy lies the head on q picnic
ant. hill.
- s,ern racess;tv-a match on =
felIow,s nants ----s--1s,
nt.I. g.. a.. $500 . .o -.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-11-18
NeaLogan,

1t wasn't Gen. Logan. 1t was the
l3 that went and did it. Whenever
you draw line right through the
conservative party apply the toe of
your boot to all on one side of that
line, you may count on il the Radical
party are watching the operation and
thanking you for it. They have then
one Of two things to do. Join the
Conservative organization, which they
have never yet been caught at, or
join the wing you have driven off,
1t is simply their long prayed for
opportunity. The Republican par
ty is not going to fight under the
Conservative flag even when you
paste the McCulloch Bill on it.
We do not consider it manly to seek
for victim. But it wip be wrong
to charge this up to Gen. Logan and
offer him up to the insulted gods of
Hugh McCulloch 4 Co. In any
event you can say the Bristol News
last July "told you so."