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0conee County Medical Society.

SENECA CITY, February 25, 1881.
The Oconce County Medical Society met and
was called to order by the President, DR.. ]. W
Spearman. DIR. r.. G. Davis was requested Il
act as Secretary pro tom.
Tho following gentlemen were present: Drs
Spearman, Lewis, MoElroy, Perritt and Davis.
The election Of ofioors was. entered into with
the following result: President, Dr. spearmau;
Vice President, DR.. Pcrritt; Secretary, DR..
Davis; Corresponding Secretary, DR.. johnson;
Treasurer, DR.. MoElroy.
The following gentlemen woro chosen dele
gates to attend the State Medical Convention,
viz: Drs. johnson, MoClanahan and Davis.
On motion each member Of the society was
requested to prepare paper on some medical
subject, to be read at the next meeting of tho
County Medical Society.
Resolved, That in order to prevent auacks
and empires from marrng our profession and
to foster our obligations to society, that as
humanitarians we advise our friends, neighbors,
&c., not TO heed nor countenance them, as they
are mostly unknown to the people and oale for
nothing except their money.
Resolved, That no. ono without q diploma
from recognized medical college shall have
our countenanco or support as physicians.
Resolved, That in order to preserve customary
charges. that So be charged per visit and so cents
per mile in day time and ST. at night; capital
and minor surgical operations in proportion to
character Of injury; obstetrics $40
Resolved, That the above published rates are
not to be construed in spirit of combination
against the people, but simply to inform them,
Of tho customary charges.
Resolved, That every physician Of the county
be requested to attend our next meeting for re-
enrolment.
Resolved, That the proceedings Of this meeting
be published in tho KEowEE COURIER.
Adjourned to meet on Saturday, the Cd day
Of April, in Seneca City.
r. q. DAVIS, Secretary.
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MACON, Ga, March 81, 1879.
March 8, 1881

MACDN, ia. March 81, 1917.
From having been intimate number Of
years with the proprietors Of "Swift's Syphi-
litic Specific" hive known much of its
manufacture and uso. There are mon in
this con,munity-well known ci,izens--who
wero victims in early lifo to Syphilis, the
most terrible curse thnt ever afflicted the hu-
man family, and who have taken the s. S. s,
medicine. and are now, to all Appearances,
and in their own belief. ns FREQ from tniDt Of
diaease Us the first man. fresh from the hands
Of his Maker. Delicacy Of course forbds
their public recommendations Of this medi-
cine. but | am allowed to refor tho soeptiy
privately to those who will endorse everything
that Gun be aaid 10 it's favor. Being prof fes.
si"nally much opposed to endorsing or re-
commanding nostrnms or secret remedies, it
il with hesitation thnt attach my name to-
this article. but know whereof spoak
whom / say that our science has not made
public combination equal to "Swift's Syphi-
ltic Specific for tho purpose indioatod. The
grentest boon the government could bestow
on hundreds Of thousands Of its citizens
would he to purchase this receipt Of its pro-
prie,ors and nuke it public for tho benefit Of
the present and oil coming generations
Il. L. MASSEN BURG. PHI. G..
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Pro.
prie.ors. Atlanta. Gu.
For sale by NORMAN s. Bro, and Wright & Sigh,
Walhalla, S. C..
Call for o copy Of Young Mems Friend.
March 3, 1881 16-2m
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Have we a Dog Lave
SENECA, s. c., March !. ]

SENECA, s. G.. March !, 1881.
Editors Courier:- Whatever yiews I may
have heretofore hold in regard to the fence
law, as to its being public benefit,
arc moro than confirmed by being
satisfied, on o moro careful reading of it.,
that tits also good dog law, and that ! ror
gard it one of our greatest needs. Our leg
.islatsrs have. been urged to pass dog law
that would oonane or lessen the number Of
worthless dogs in the community, but it has
been impossible; to, get ono enacted. The
dogs had no votes, but their owners had,
hence no dog law. But in passing this stock
law they builded botter than they know. A
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N office. /

TWO young mon from Swainc County, N. c.,
named Lee and John Thompson. under oon-
tract with T. ". Grogan aud his brother J. N.
Grogan for the year 1881, after having unlaw-
and n pistol belonging 10 the undersigned and
tho said J. N. drogan, left their employment.
The undersigned hereby publicly forbids any
one to employ the said Thompsons aud ask If
their whereabouts be known that the under
signed may be informed
Address T. w. GROGAN,
Cheohee p. o., Ooonee Co., 8. C. Z,
March 3. 1881 1915
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"a Formidable Rival.

The Greenville News, Of the Let Instant,
contains the following BIT Of news, which
will no doubt surprise many Of our Wal-s
hslia people: .
Seneca City, which from its emergenee
out OF the woods up to the present time
has always had laudable ambition to
excel. Is hourly becoming dangerous rival
to Walhalla. Seneca is on the Air Line
Railway, linked TO live and energetic
thoroughfare. Wslhalla, unfortunately,
was dropped two or three miles in front Of
whore the Blue Ridge Railroad would have
found q terminus had it not unhsppily
terminated just when and where it did
The last report is--and in comes from good
authority---that tho Bank 10 goiog to move
from Walhalla to Seneca, aud that Mr..
8. K. Dendy, prominent merchant Of the
former Place, purposes very shorty to follow it..
The geographical situation Of Sepeoo, it's
enterprisiug INGREDIENTS and good hotels are
all contributing to tho building up Of this
pretty little town aud it will not be long
before Seneca will take rank among the
foremost of tho cities of upper South
Carolina. Tho Atlanta aud Charlotte Air
Line Railway passes through Senecs, SO
oIso, does the Blue Ridge Railway and yet
the old time doctrine that railroads passing
through towus or oitios are,of no benefit to
them, to the contrary, notwithsta nding-
Seneca has been fostered into a municipal
athlete by this very fact.
CoRN STALK SUGAR AT recent mcet
ting of the American Agricultural Asso-
citation in this city, DR.. Peter Collier,
chemist of the Department of Agriculture
at Washington, stated that during the past
year there havo been examinations made of
3S varieties of sorghum grown in aud
received from ID different States, and from
8 varieties of Indian corn. The results of
analyses made, l. 3l8 in all of the sorghuus,
showed them to yield, on an average, 1862
pounds Of available sugar. From 4 of
these varieties the sugar wes extracted in
quantity and at rate of fully 1000 pounds
per acre. AS to the corn stalks the results
were most satisfactory, but the experiments
wero not so numerous as with sorghum.
An average of 26 analyses Of the 8 varieties
examined showed them to contain 10 their
juice an amount of sugar greater in quan-
tity than the average of the best 80
specimens of the 60 specimens of sugar
beets grown in different parts of the coun-
try. After large crop of ripe corn had
been gathered, the stnlks yielded at the
rate of over 9e0 pounds of sugar to the
acre, aud there appears no reason to doubt
that this result could 10 obtained upon
large scale.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

DESCENT OF MAN.-Two French savants
have tor the last twelve months been keep
ing nine pigs In state of hubitual drunk
enness, with view to testing the effects of
different kinds Of alcoholic liauors; tho
Prefect of the Seine having kindly put
some sties 10 the yard of the municipal
slaughter houses at the disposal of the
savants, in order that they might conduct
their Interesting experiment at tho smallest
cost to themselves. Piga woro chosen for
the experiment because Of the close rcsem-
blance of their digestive apparatus to that
of man. The pig who takes absinthe is
first gay, then cScitablc, irritable, combstive,
and finally drowsy; the pig who has braudy
mixcd with his food is cheerful all through
till he falls to sleep; the run swilling pig
becomes sud and somuolent almost at once:
while the pig who takes gin conducts him.
self in eccentric ways; grunting. squonlng,
tilting his head against the sty door and
rising on his hind legs as if to sniff the
wind. DR.. Decnisnc, describing these ex,
perimepts with intoxic.tcd swine, remarks
in the France that they ure none the worse
for their years tippug.
These experiments, taken ia conjunction
with the pigs we'll known personal pccu
lirrities in feeding aud his obstinate refusal
to travel the correct path. 10 far to show
that man vas cnvo!ved from the hog
rather than from the monkey, as some have
surmised.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

FOREIGN COMMERCE TO TIE UNITED
STArEs.-The Secretary of tho Treasury
reports that the value of merchandise ex-
por'ed frnm the United States for the
single month Of December, 1880, wss S98,.
856,632 being the la,xc't monthly export
ever made in the history of the couotry.
The toal exports for the year 1880 ware
s8s9 ,64a.840. Imports during same period !,
S696,S03 ,433.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

Our CoNGaEssIEN We learn that ns the
result of the late contested elections, Aiken
and EVns will likely be seated. but that
O'Connor. Tiilmnn and Richardson will havo
to givo way to their Republican contestants.
A Democratic exchange says thatit is inclined
to accept this statement as tho true solution
of tho difficulties now bese.ting the South
Carolina Congressman elect. This will give
the Republicans q majority of Ropresenta-
tires from this State at Washington.
Palmetto Ycoman.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

IMPROVED FERTILIZER In Bieder-
mann's o. l}l. Mr.. w. Pochin descrites
now fertilizer obtained from slogs produced
by dephosphorizing iron with limo. Tho
sags are powdered, arc treated with muriatic
acid for removing p,rt of tho iron and
lime, and arc finally transformed into
auporphosphates by means Of anIphurio
acid.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

MATCHES There are in tho United
States about % establishments, large and
small, devoted to tho manufacture of
matches, about 4 900 pcrsous being en-
ploy"d in the business The rade, however.
is monopolized by six or seven more prou,-
ineDt concerns, of which tho Barber
Match Company, Of Akron is tho largest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

Col. Franz Molohors, the well-known
editor Of the Deutsche Z:itung, wns mar.
ried in New York last week to Miss Scbnlor
OF -Stuttgardt, Germany, by tho Rov.
Robert Ncumaun, and has returned to
Charleston with his bride.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

low RAIsINs ARE MADE IN CALIFORNIA;
In Mr. Blowers vineyard, Yulo county. tho
grapes are allowed to remain On the vine
until OF golden color and translucent
Then they arc picked and put on wooden
trays tw" by three foot in size, placed bo,
tween the rows, slipping towards the sun.
When half dried they arc turned by putting
tray on top, and by inverting them both,
are transferred to tho now tray. When tho
grapes lose thcir ashy appearance. and after
removing the green ones, tho rest are put
into large sweat boxes, placing sheets Of
paper between every twenty live pounds of
raisics. They are left therc for two weeks,
when the stems arc tough and tho raisins
soft. The packing follows. in which iron or
steel packing frames are used. the raisins
being assorted, weighed, inspected, and mado
presentable. Mr.. Blowers prefers rioh,
moist sandy loan. in warm climate, fnr
raisins. and believes that winter irrigation
will destroy insects and keep tho vines in q
thrifty cood.ion. Ilo prefers to plant vines
eight by ten feet apart, or oven ten by ton
feet, and uses fertilizers.
NEW oeb Foh OhWDUST.-lno Zimmerman
says: We have been shown model of a car
wheel consisting of an iron rim of seven
inches outward diameter by ono half inoh
thick, fitted with o we'll proportioned hub
and rim filed with pine saw dust, pressed in
so solidly that wo are rcady to believe tho
assertion that resting tho iron rim upon
bearings. pressure equal to % tons applied
to tho hub failed 10 develop any eigns Of
weakness. We hesitate in those days Of
progress to assert that any thing is impossi-
bio, and wo begin to think that eyen sawdust
possesses elements of value hitherto unsus~
peoted. and that tho day may como when tho
filled grounds adjacent to all sawmiIl, may
DO seen to have great value in the mecbani.
cal development and utilization of the now
useless dcbris placed upon tbom to get it out
of the way. Sawtlust car wheels, aawdust
brick, sawdust fonoe posts, railroad ties, and
oven sawdust window and door frames, vain.
soosng and moulding, begin to appear
among tho possibilities of tho Immediate fu,
ture.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03
Important Telegrams.

SCRANTON, PENN, February 27-The Catho-
lie Orphanage ut Hyde Park, Scranton, was
burned to night at 10 o'clock. Fifteen children
were taken out dcnd and two others are missing.
COLUMBIA, February 26.-Thc trial of Patter-
son in Laurcns yesterday, on the charge of
homicide, resulted in verdict Of guilty with u
recommendation to mercy. The prisoner was
sentenced to the penitentiary for term Of three
years. The ormo of which Patterson was con-
victed was committed twelve years ago.
WASHINGTON. February 27.--lt Is learned on
trustworthy authority to night that the presdcn,
has decided to issue proclamation oonvening
the Senate In special session at l2 O'Clock noon
on tho 4th of March, for the purpose Of con.
sidcring executive business, such rs nominations
for his successors Cabinet, SO.
DARLINGTON, February 28.--Tho Cash case
was given to the jury yesterday, and, after de-
hoefatlng Tor eighteen hours they failed TO
agree, and Judge PRESLEY ordered mistrial.
They stood eight for acquittal and four for con-
Vlction. Cash was required to give bnil in tho
sum of $4,000. The cases against the seconds
were continued. The excitement has subsided
ond everything isquiet. Some little disappoin,.
ment is manifested ut the result. as an acouittal
was rather confidently anticipated.
dREENvILLE, February ga colored wo-
man living near tho Piedmont Factory eavo
birth yesterday to four children, threo of whom
were living at last accounts, one of them boino
born dead or having died very soon after bir,h
II. u. ailreath, grocer and provision dealer
OF TINS CITY, has made an assignment for tho
benefit Of his creditors. Liabilities about So 0oo
assets not yet ascertained.
n Minister'S Institute, composed of minis,ers
of tho Baptist Church, which met for tho mr.
gosc OF discussing ministerial duties, adjourned
last night, after very interesting two days
session at the Baptist Church in this city.
ANDERSON County ITEMS. .-Thoro bo,o
oeen eighteen or twouty residences, one
ohurch, three school houses and five or six
store-rooms built in Anderson during tho
past year.
The dancing and anti dancing element Of
Anderson society have organized societies
that meet on tho same evening of tbe
week. VIZ
Ihero arc seven persons 20 bo tried in
the Court Of Sessions next week-two for
carrying concealed weapons, one for arson,
ons for adultery, ono for asso ult and
battery, ono for rope and ono for grand
larceny. ~
a public meeting will bo held at Ander
son Courthouse on March 2 to take stcps
towards securing tho passage of an aot b.
the next Legislature totally prohibiting tho
sale of liquors in this State.
Work on tho Atlantic ond French Broad
Valley Railroad in Williamson Township is
progressing finely. A section of three
miles will DO finished by Saturday night.
capt. N. *. Sullivan, Of Anderson, fell
aead from heart disease on the 22d. He
was more faDoiiarly known as "Nim," and
was n an e1oelIont m.a man and gallant officer
of Orr's Rifles during the war.
A bill has been introduced in the
Ohio legislature to punish wifc-
l<~~. L.. Il
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

The State Commissioner of Agriculture
OF Kansas reports TINT over $4,000 acres Of
Egyptian or rico corn wns harvested in that
Stato this year. This is very remark a bic
cereal, which promises to be of greatest value
to the people Of tho inland portions Of the
West, as it requires little or no moisture 10
its growth. The average yield of the grain
was twenty five bushels to The aero. 1t is
said to snrpass the best Indiun oorn, which
it closely resembles, as food for both man
and beast. The seed was brought to this
country by tho Egyptian exhibitors at tho
centennial. Being product Of tho groa.
African desert, Dhoura, as it is called in the
Nile country, thri,es in tho dryest soil
and under tho most intense heat. Where
the buffalo grass Of the American plain
withers beneath the sun tho rich corn -four
ishes. Cattle and fowls prefer it to indian
corn, and some authorities predict that the
timo is near at hand whom it will be
the fourth or fifth crop in Importance in
America.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

Mr.. Johu H. Fisher, receiver of the
South Carolina Railroad, returned from New
York on Thursday night. Tie bought Eve
hundred tons of steel rails, fifty pounds
to the yard, which will lay six miles Of
track, making about seventy miles laid
with steel. The rails wero mado ut tho
Lnckawanna Works. and are the best in tho
market. They are now awaiting shipmeu:
in New York. Mr. Fisher expects to buy
three thousand more tons Of steel ils us
aoon as there is supply in the market.
lie would have made tho purchase when he
was in New York, but was ucable to get
more than five hundred tons
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

One of tho dams at tho Piedmont Fac.
tory gavo way recently on account Of tho
freshet in tho Saluda River.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

How TO TREAT a CoLD.-The following ro-
ceipt is given by one who has tried it:
"When you get chilly all over and away into
your bones, md begin to snitllo and almost
struggle for your breath. just begin in time
and Jour tribulatons need not last very long
Get some powdered bnrax and snuff tho dry
powder up yoir nostrils. Get cumphor
bottle, smell it frequently, ponr some on your
handkerchief and wipo your noso with it
whenever needed. Your nose will not get
core. md you will som wonder what's be,
cnme of your cold Begin this treatment in
the forenoon aud keep on at intervals until
you go to bed. and you will sloep as we'll as
you ever did"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

a bill has been introduced in the
Ohio legislature to punish wifc-
beaters by whipping thcm.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-03

TO fraze's Magazine Sir George w. Cox
contributes an article which no estimates that
the English custom, of horseshoeiog costs the
nation annually rs much as SIS .OOO. 900,
which might be eeved il the horses were
allowed to 60 unsbod. lie quotes authorities
from Xenopben, who marched his horses un-
shod from Cnmexa over the Armenian high.
lands to the walls of Trebizond. down to the
free lancors" Of the present duy. and CON
tends that it is safer, cheaper and better to
let horses go uhshod over tho hardest roads,
and especially in the slippery streets Of Ions
don. lie estimates that over $4,000, 900
would te saved in farmers bills alone, and
he calculates farther that the working lifo Of
horse would DO trcbled By tho ol,ange, so
that horse which is now worn out at twelve
yours would live to SO.
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Urlllslso ruaso soorros ssALk. Mr.. T. j..

UrILisINo rHas sCoTroN SgALk. ~ Mr.. r. y.
Spear, of New Orleans, has perfected pro.
CESS for utilising the aber of the cotton stalk,
limbs ant roots, which he claims will pro-
duoe cheap bagging In aufioiens quantities,
and of sufficient strength to bale the entire
crop. His plan 10 TO pull up the cotton stake
In October and November, when tho bols are
matured and opening, aud haul to proper
building or shed. AT this junc.ure the ma.
icbines, Of which there are three, como 10
play. The 6rst is o clipping machine. which
outs Of the limbs and then outs off the bolls.
The second machine is hull separator, and
takes the cotton from the bolls. The third
machine takes out oil the dust. trash aud
leaves, and sends tho seed cotton to the gin
cloan, or to the Clement Attachment, where
1t is spun into yarn. Aftor the process is
complete the stalks and limbs are ready to
60 into the vat to be made ready to have tho
fiber taken of; the bolla. or hulla. nre ready
to 60 to the paper mills to be made Into
brown pupor; the seed are ready to go to the
oil mill. and the yarn rcadyto to 60 upon the
market.
The daily gazette., 1881-06-22
Roy Run over.

This morning, about II O'Clock,
Geo. Il. Buckley, little boy aged six
years, was run over on Fourth street,
between French and Walnut, and bad
ly injured. 1t appears that L. w.
Stidham & Son, were engaged in SELL
ing horse, which was guaranteed to
trot mile in 2.50, and the animal was
hitched to carriage, and was being
driven up and down Fourth street to
show off it's good qualities. In going
dowa the little boy attempted to cross
the street in trout Of the team. He
failed to get out of the way aud was
knocked down by the horse. The
wheels of the wagon passed over his
left shoulder, across his left foot, and
over his right leg, just above the knee.
He was taken to his home aud DR..
Brown summoned, who examined the
wounds and found that no bones were
broken. The driver of the team was
arrested by officer Thomas, and will
be given a hearing before the Mayor
this evening.
Not iBora than two minu es before
this occurrence air. Mccain left his sa-
loon and was talking TO Pat Gardner,
who was engaged with a force Of work
men in repai,ing the gutter when the
runaway tam dashed past The Brad
ley boy was standing beside him, and
both were struck before they could move
the boy being dashed 10 the ground
while Mr.. Mccain was thrown ten
feet high and dashed against the fouu
dry doors. Mr.. Mccain was bruised
and cut from head to foot and had one
or two ribs broken, while the little
boy was also bruised and cut though
no bones were broken, DIR. Draper
was called in for MIR. Mccain and DIR.
Hszlett. for the Bradley boy. both are
considered out.of danger, though suf-
teriDg painfully.
The daily gazette., 1881-06-22
THE SOUTH SIDE WHARF.

Another Letter from Col. Ludlow.
During the discussion of the road to
the river In City Council, last evening,
the following letter from Col. Ludlow
was read:
To ENocH MOORE, JR..
HARBoR MASTER, WILMrNaToN:
Your letter of June 17lh, asking my
opinion as to what would be the effect
OF q certain proposed structure near
the mouth of the Christiana, is re-
csived. 1t is impossible, in the alb
sence Of a plan of this structure
drawn upon an accurate chart, to
determine what the effort would be.
In a general way, my Judgment with
regard to wharves or piers inthe vicin.
ity Of the Christiana entrance was de :
tailed in my letter to Mr.. Rodney, dat
cd June 9Th. Undoubtedly if wharves
must be built, such structure as you
desire, consisting Of piers connected
by bridges of wide span, would inter
fere least with the flow of the tide,
provided that the axes of the piers
were suitably located with reference
to the direction of the current. The
spans could be made wider than 100 feol
and the width OF ths piers could be a.
we'll reduced from 30 to IL or 20 feet
After all the question arises why go q
quarter OF q mile into the Delaware al
an exposed locality, such ss . prolopga.
ton Of Christiana avenue will be, to get
IL feet when there will be 10 feet 10 til.
creek at still. water?
WILLIAM LUDLOW,
Captain Of Engineers, Btevet Li.uten.
ant-Colonel United States Army.