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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
WALHALLA SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY APRIL o. 1880

County, Georgia, who ran his wagons
throug Ii this country. All of the whiskey
seized was corn with tho exception, per-
haps, of small quantity of brandy. It
cost from ono dollar aud half to four
dollars per gallon aud at tho timo Of pur-
chase was sold by regular dealers at from
threo to three and half dollars gallon.
1t can now be bought from tho government
distilerics for dollar anGea half per gallon.
Colonel Calhoun was not aware Of any
violation of tho law in buying tho whiskey
as he did not keep it for sale, aud at all
times refused to dispose of it for any profit
or gain. The penalty, however, for such
on infraction in tho law il q fine of i've
hundred dollars and imprisonment not to
exceed Que year. A compromise will bo
attempted with tho Commissioner at WASH
iUgton and tho members of the revenue
force havc all concluded to recommend the
tho most lenicnt possible exercise of au..
thoriiy in this case.
Baock's distillery, whero part Of this
whiskcy was manufactured, was located to
tho West of Clayton III Rabun County,
Georgia. It was recently raidca and
destroyed by the revenue officers Bla-
look was captured at the same timd but
made his escape. Blakcy another illicit
distiller from whom some of tho whiskcy
vas bought, has not yet bceu captured.
Sam Brazcale, who also made some of the
contraband stuff, was broken up last winter
in Oconce County. What the result of
this case will be it is not yet possible to tell.
"hcre may have been violation of tho
,venuc laws, but Colonel Calhoun claims
that he did not know that he was violating
tho law aud that he did not buy the
whiskey with the intention of defraudiug
the Government or Of aiding and ubctting
those engaged in unlawful commarce He
hue always taken cspcciu care to prevent
the location of any still or bar room on
his premises, although frequent application
has been made to him for permission to do
So In his written contracts with several
parties who have routed land from him
there is the stipulation that they are not to
keep any shop or "hoatng battery" COL
Calhoun kept the whiskcy just as hc did
sugar, coffee or any other supplies. lie
bought it at Irregular times aud only few
weeks ngo he brought it all together and
labeled it intending to return it at his next
assessment of taxes There is no evidence
of any design to cvade the law and the
better sentiment of tho community is on
his side. He has been advised that no
prosecution can be successful against him.
AJdcuWe Medium
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
Sale Of the Greenville & Colum-
bia Railroad,

COLUMBIA, S. G., April Is, 1885,
The city crowded with railroad men and
capitalists, and great interest manifested in
the salo Of tho Greenvilo and Columbia
Railroad. Hon. w. A Courtney, Mayor
Of Charleston. representing the interests of
w. P. Clyde Steamship Line principally,
and ner holders of second mortgage
bond which wcro bought for ten cents on
the ollar, purchased the road for 81, ,9G3,-
400. The bidding was lively and spirited.
Among the bidders present was Maj. Cum
mngs, Of tho Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce, who went heavily in favor of interests
which would promote the welfare of Char
lesion. The general suppostion here is
that the purchase is matter of speculation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
A Revenue Raid.

Last week eight United States Revenue
officers came to Abbevile. The squad
consisted of Brent Johnston, G. a. Carson,
@. w. Gullin, William Kennedy, r.. p.
Scruggs, William Durham, G. w. Moose
and G. G. Turner, under command of
Johnston. On Wednesday, upon informa-
ton they had obtained from some party in
Georgia, they went down to Col. James
Edward Calhoun's plantation on tho Sa-
Nanuah River, to mako search for contra
band whiskcy. UEon arriving at Col
Calhoun's they stated the object of their
visit and were shown into his store room
where they found quantity of whiskey
which they conGscatcd and conveyed to
AbbcvilIe by wagon. There was between
one hundred aud fifty and two hundred
gallons Of the liquor. 1t was contained in
twenty four demij johns, eight kegs and one
barrel, thirty.three packages in all, and
worth not lcss than two hundred dollars.
1t was sealed up according to law and for
warded to the Collector at Columbia on
Saturday; by whom it will be advertised
and then sold to the highest bidder, the
proceeds Of the sale going to the Govern
mont. Col. Calhoun says that tho officers
did their work as delicatey % possible and
they declare thoy were treated with the
grcatost courtesy and kindness while dis
charging their duty. The Col. cumo to
Abbeyllc on Saturday and gave bond in
the sum of five hundred dollars for his ap-
pearanoe at tho August term Of the United
States Court in GrccnvIlc.
Tho charge against Colonel Calhoun is
that he purchased whiskcy from unlicensed
persons and upon which no revenue had
boen paid. IIe has been buying tho
liquor from wagons at intervals for years
and in this way Ind accumulated tho very
largo quantity seized by tho revenue forco
lilo had taken tho pracaution to attach q
tag to cach parcel of whiskcy and from
whom and upon what date it was pur-
chased. Tho first lot was bought in 1872
from Blal9ck, en- Illicit distillcr in Rabun
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

A MEAN MAN.--Almost every city and
town lnys claim to tho mcanest man, but
we believe that about the smallest specimen
of mean man resides in Newbcrryport.
A few days ago he oaeld at hardware
store aod represented that he was troubled
with noise in bis pantry at home, at the
samo time asking the clerk for the loan OF
mouse trap to catch the animal Tho
olerk replied that it was hardly the way
business was done in that establishment,
but informed the gentleman who was being
impoverished by the mouse that good
trap could be purchased for twenty cents,
After some dckering the bargain was con-
cluded. A few days afterwards, however,
in walked the owner of the trap with the
information that he had been successful in
catching the mouse, and that tho article
would be of no further use to him. This
was followed by request that the store
keeper take bacl tho trap and return him
the original price, This was rather q
staggerer in the way Of check, but the man
behind the counter quietly took out twenty
ccnts, passed ii over to the Nj. H., and
remarked that he would refund the money,
and at the same time present him the trap.
Gracefully thanking him, the NJ. Nj.
quickly pockctcd the cash and trap, and
walked out with the satisfied air of consciouu
rcctitudo.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
Ehe Hereafter,

'Tis sweet to think whom struggling,
The goal Of lifo to win,
That just beyond the shores Of time
The better years begin.
When through tho nameless ages
cast my longing eyes,
Before me like boundless sea,
The Great Hereafter lies.
Upon its lreaying bosom
Perpetual summer smiIcs,
Aud gathers like golden robe
Around the emerald isles.
There in tho long blue distance,
BY lulling breczes fauncd,
] seem to see the towering groves
Of sweet old Beulah Land.
Mud fur beyond tho islands
That gem the waves serene,
The imuge of the oloudless shore
Of holy heaven is seen.
Unto the Great Hereafter,
AforotiMe dim aud dark,
freely now, and gladly give,
Of lifo the wandering bark.
And in the far off havcn,
When shadowy seas are passed,
by angel, hands its quivcring sails
Shall all be furlcd at last.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

This country pays for it's preach
crs twelve million dollars; for its
lawyers, seventy million dollars;
for its criminals, forty million dol
lars; for its liquor bills two hum
dred million dollars. At which
end OF this itcmizcd statement
shall we commence to rctrcnch?
The pay for the gospel is at one
one, and tho pay for rum is at the
other. If we pay less for drink,
we will be apt to pay less for cri-
minals and litigation. The more
the gospel is preached, believed,
loved and lived, the less our law
ycrs' bills. the less our taxes for
courts, jails, penitcntiarics and tho
like, and the less our liquor bills.
Tho gospel pays more than it
costs. Ingorsoll complains that it
ia a useless expenses but the en-
lightoncd common scnsc Of our
country prizes it as the corner
stone Of our liberties and of our
civilization.-Southcrn Christian
Advocate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

It isnotccabc that though so much attcn.
tlon has always been given by poultry raisers
to improving the different breeds Of fowls,
by importations from other countries and
by care in selections, that somc varieties
Gas the Lcghorns) which never set have
been produced, no variety has yet been ablc
to supplant what is commonly known as
the "Dunghil" chicken; and few people,
except poultry fanciers, who mako it
regular business, raise bloodcd fowls.
y recent writer in Land aaG Home
asserted that the people who raise fowls
solely for profit would find it to their ad-
vantage to raise pure booded variety,
because they can be sold at prices that will
more than compensate for tho extra trouble.
Snoh has not been my experience, nor that
of any of my friends. But even if the
assertion were correct, | doubt if pure
blooded fowls would ever become profitable
hens to the practical farmers and others,
who raise fowls purely from economical
motives, nor take the place Of an ordinary
"barnyard" fowl. All the different yaric-
ties possess seme good quality to an unusual
degree, but are fatally wanting in others
Tho Leghorns arc great layers, but never
set; some of the heavy fowls, as the Shang
hal and Brahmas, have coarse flesh, while
some of tho light weights. as the games,
have very delicate flavor A person, by
keeping several separate aocks, might profit
by these different qualities to certain cx-
tent; but with tho majority of the poultry
raisers this would not be practicable. Still
another obstacle in the way of raising pure
bred fowls is that by constantly breeding
from the same stock it is apt to 'srun out"
become unhealthy, and otherwise inferior.
Tho term "dunghill' usually conveys The
the idea Of fowl that possesses none of
the good qualities of hloodcd stock, md all
tho poor ones. Brit in the "dunghil" to
which | refer, it is directly The opposite, the
breed being composed Of crosses from all
tho most desirable varieties. THIS plan
have tried for years, aud it has worked ad--
mirably. BY occasionally buying or cx-
changing rooster, or by getting a setting
Of good eggs now and then, it is easy to
introduce any desired breed; by judicious,
management the weight, size, color, etc.
of tho whole flock can be changed with a
certainty Of having good, hardy birds. 1t
has always been my aim to keep tho breed
as thoroughly mixed as possible.
In short, what wish to osscrt is, puro
pure bred stock never has been, and mover
will be, able to take the place of tho
"dunghilr' or ordinary barn yard fowl,
which by proper care in crossing the breeds,
can be made most useful kind of fowl,
and in regard to hardness, beauty and
other desirable qualities, will compare fa--
vorably with tho best bloodcd varieties.
SAN FRANoIsco, Call, April 14.-At
five minutes past ] O'Clock to, day there
Laaxz;aal .,L4>xalx
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
Ike and the Mule.

Old Isaac Saunders has Just been ar
raigned before the court on chargo of
embczzing q mule from the church. Ike
had been assigned to circuit work by the
conference, but had failed to adhere to his
letter OF acceptance. In fact, he refused to
preach after making way with the mule,
and three churches that alternately were to
receive food from him, combined and had
him arrested. After tho examination Of
several witnesses, colorcd lawyer, for tho
defense, arose und said:
"Do parson has dc law all on his side,
becase he 'ploJs lawyer and dc church
don't. Dat am a powerful factor in his
resemblance. An now I ax the Jedgc ob
dis court to let dc prisoner 20. l don't
make long speeches, but comes down to Go
pint. Dis man amt no more guilty nor l
was las year when da ditcd inc for sealin'
hog. Dis am convincin'; and do Court
can't step aroun' it.
The Justice also colorcd man, pondcrcd
long time, and at length said:
"Do attorney hab stated ono fack. Do
'fense hab got all the law, fur dc udcr side
han't 'ployed no lawyer. An I'll state
right hcah dat some powerful arguments
will be needed to Wet dis preacher, unless
he can't show why ho "ho bezzled dc
mule"
One of the church members arose and
tod how Ike had disappointed tic church
people by not coming, aud how, after COM.
ing, he had startled them by failing to
account for the church property.
Ike being called on for statement arose
and said:
81 tuck charge oh Dat circuit in good
faith, but when they fotch me out mule
ter ride, my faith commence to suffer wid
dc rheumatic Oar is two classes Of mig
gers; de mule haters and dc mule lubcrs.
l'se always been mule hater. Well lag'
Sunday mornin' tuck my him book, and
my tcstamint and mounted de mule, par
atory fur dc holy work % all dc things
in dis world, | think dat DO mule is dc
unGttoncst fur dc gospel work. You eau
run groun' hog thrashcr aud think bout
David end Abraham, but yer can't run
mule in the came connection. ! rid along
o pieco an commence to frame my cpenin'
prar. Lord scz, we thank thee for thy
goodness" De mule stopped in dc middle
Oh dc road an' looked roun' at me, quirinIy
| kicked him an continued, Lord, de era ps
Oh dc past year lab reminded US Oh thy
Do mule begin to lift Up his back. Steady,
scz l.. can Lord, 80 is-Whoa,' see |,
but it was too late, for dc mule hnd flung
me. Den I cussed and damned dat mule
till his har must have boon all kivercd wid
! sulphur. | got on him agin. lie went on
putty we'll for while. Jes' as he'd
bout gos my pra'r half finished, we cum to
do creek. lie tucked bis head down like
he wanted ter drink, and jcs us | was
DRAWN, long breaf, he flung me inter De
creek. I los all my 'ligon right dar, and
when walked up ter dc church, [ want
10 more G'tcn ter preach dan dc dcbiI would
been. Course sole dc mule and got de-
money fore l got to de church, but yer
need not AK me what done wild hit, ease
lost it on dc road, an reckon yer'll
find it an my 'ligion somcwhur down in
the bottoms"
Ike was honorably discharged.
Lille Roch: Gazette
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

The House Of Representatives
passed on Tuesday an amend
mcnt to the army appropriation bill
prohibiting tho use Of troops at
the polls. The Senate will doubt
less pass the bill, and then Hayes
will favor the country with another
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
Ike was honorably discharged.
Lille Rock Gazette

BAD BEHAVIOR OF a CoRpsE.-Sevcral
days ago Mr.. j. NcCloud, of Faulkner
County, died of rheumatism. a large
party volunteered to sit up with tho corpse,
and when night came many sad faces were
seen, sallowcd by the mellowing light Of
talow candles. The minister came, and
entering the room remarked:
"Earth to earth and ashes to ashes"
The corpse lay on table covered with 9
sheet.
81 thought [ saw the sheet move" said
one of the Watchers" "See if there 10 o
cat under it!'
The company sat still.
IL am confident that sheet moved" said
the man.
The minister arose and lifted the sheet,
and, standing, he looked at the palld face
of the dead man. The corpso's head left
the table. The minister fell back. Stiff,
dark and terrible the corpse slowly arose
from the table aud attained sitting pos
turc. The legs remained stretched out and
the arms folded The women shriekcd and
ran from the room, and the minister, rop.e--
manding them for their weakness aud want
of confidence, climbed a fence and stood in
turuip patch When the frightened
people cav that tho corpse did not intend
to follow, they went hack into tho house.
The corpse still retained the upright rigid
posture, stiff US tho attitude struck by the
amateur on the stage.
With fears somewhat allaycd, the min.
lister advanced, and placing n band on the
dend mans breast, pressed him backward.
ProportionStcly as tho head went down the
heels came up and when tho head touched
the board, his heels we're high in the air.
Tho cause Of the dead mans freak was then
discovered Tho muscles of tho dead man S
stomach, distorted by rheumatism, were
contracting. II required the efforts Of two
men to straiahtcn the corpse.
Lille Roch (Arh.) Gaasttc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
AN OUTRAGE IN Georgia -

AN OUTRAGE IN GEORGIA. -
Deputy Collector Stewart, ofFan-
min county, Georgia, reports to
r'n.rctor Clark, at Atlanta, who
tclegr, ,;Lod to Commissioner
Raum, that a body of mounted
armed men, headed by Webb
Findlcy, burned his barn and store
on the 7th instant and fired on him
and his son, wounding the latter.
The commissioner replied by tclc-
graph that such offences are not
against tho internal revenue laws,
but that the perpetrators must be
dealt with by the State laws. He
authorizes Clark to aid the State
officers by his men and to arrest
tho assailants if found to be illicit
distillcrs.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
Printers and Paradoxes.

a printer is tho most curious being
living. He may have bank coin, and not
be worth cent; have small caps and have
neither wifo nor children. Others NAV
run fast but he gets swiftest by acting
fast. Ho may be making impressions
without eoquence, may uso the lye without
offending and bo telling tho truth, while
others cannot stand while they set, ho cau
set standing, and do both at the same time;
may have to use furniture, and vet
have no dwelling: may make and pnt away
pi, and never see a pie, much legs eat it,
during his life; bo human being and
rat at tue same time; press great deal and
not ask favor; may handle a shooting iron
and know nothing about cannon, gun or
pistol. lie may move tho lever that moves
the world, aud bo as far from moving the
globc as hog under mole hill; spread
sheets without being housewife, lay his
forms on bed and yet be obliged to sleep
on the floor He may use dagger with
out shedding blood, and from the earth he
may handle stars; he may be of rolling
disposition, and yet never desire to travel;
he may have sleeps foot, and not be dc.
formed; may never be without q case, and
yet know nothing Of law or physic bo al
ways correcting errors, and bo growing
worse cvcry day; have embraces without
having the arms Of girl thrown around
him; have his form locked up, and at tho
samo time be free from Jail, watch
house or other confnemcnts. Hia Office
may have hell iu it, and not bo bad
place after oil; he might be plagued by
the devil, and be Christian of tho best
kind; and what is stranger still, bo he
honest or dishonest, rich or poor, drunk or
sotcr, industrious or lazy, he always stands
up to his business.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

Sawdust is not very marketable COM
modify. If VIC except the manufacture of
dolls, there are few uses to which that
article can be put. Mr.. Grossman, of
Petersburg, Va, has been granted patent
which may put sawdust to useful purpose.
He intends 10 make railroad ties, fence
posts, paving and building blocks, etc., out
of sawdust. This artificial wood, il is
claimed, can be made fire anG water proof,
and no insects will attact it. 1t will take o
high polish and stand higher pressure
than ordinary wood. 1t can also be cut
and sawed and allow Of nails Being driven
into it. The process is said to bo oimplc
and cheap.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

Twenty years have softcncd many ami
mosiics, and South Carolina invites Rhode
Island to Join in the centennial celebration
Of the battle Of tho Cowpcns. So moto it
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

ATLANTA, Ga, April G-Dr. Sears has
decided to move the Peabody Normal
School from Nashville, Tennessee, to At
lanta, Georgia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

REST FOR TIE WEARY SouL.-
q Hindu of thoughtful mind asked
as he lay upon his death bed:
"What will become of me?n
co." said a Rrahmin priest,
"you will inhabit another body"
"And whore shall | go thcn?"
"Into another"
"And where thcn?"
"lnto another and SO Oh through
thousands Of millions Of years."
"And where shall ! so thcn?'
Paganism could not answer and
the man died with the question on
his lips, ''Whcrc shall | go last Of
aIlN
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22
Words Of Wisdom.

TO dcspond is to be ungratcful before
hand BE not looking for evil. Often
thou draiucst the gall of fear whilo evil is
passing thy dwelling.
l don't like to talk much with people
who always agree with me. 1t is amusing
to coquetto with an echo little while, but
ono soon tires Of it.
The old lady who believes every calamity
that happens to herself trial, and every
one that happens to her friend judgment,
is not dead yet.
lie who thinks no man above him but
for his virtue, nor any below him but for
vice, can never be obscquious or assuming
in the wrong place.
at thirty we arc all trying to carve our
names in big letters upon the walls of this
tenement OF life; twenty years later we hayo
carved it, or shut up our jack knife.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

Mrs. Nancy Hagood, at present
matron of the county poor house,
brought to DR.. 7. T. Robertson on
Monday last, says the Winnsboro
News and Herald, of the 9Th inst,
a large number of worms, avcrag-
ing twelve inches in length, which
she states fell down in the rain on
Sunday afternoon. The worms
arc white in color, about one
eighth Of an inch in width, and arc
said by physicians to bear an exact
resemblance to the tape worm.
The question is, how and whence
did the worms como? We await
an answer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

Three thousand seven hundred
professors are employed in col
leges throughout the Unit ed States
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

The members Of the Georgia
delegation in Congress correctly
echo public sentiment in Georgia
in regard to Mr.. Tildcn; that is to
say, they agree that there is no
element Of opposition to him in
the State, and that if he were re-
nominated he would receive the
support of the Democratic party
and secure the electoral vote of
the State. Tie same might be
said ofncarly cyory aspirant whose
name has been mentioned in con
ncction with the Democratic nomi-
nation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-22

James b. Black, a negro, who
attempted an outrage on the per-
son Of Miss Hattie Ferris, near
Eord's dcpot,in Dinwiddic county,
Virginia, on the Sd of the present
month, was taken from the Jail at
Dinwiddic court house between 8
and 10 o'clock on the night Of the
18th instant by an armed party of
seycnty-tiye masked mon and
hanged to the gallows near the Jail
on which Jack Peasants, the
negro murder, was executed two
years ago.