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Adger College.

The Cha rleston Mcws and Courier speaking
Of Ad&er College, says;
During the lust year there h6ro 1l0
pnpils in attendance upon tho exercises Of
the college, Of whom So were in the colcgi.
ate and 6l in the academic and preparatory
departments. making the largest attendance
in the collegiate department siucc the cstu1-
lshmcnt of tho institution The rate Of
tuition in the collegiate department is $40 IL
year and in the other departments from Sc
to $50, according TO the grade Of study,
preachers sons being taught without charge.
Boarding. including all incidental Expenses
can be secured in private families ut SOL u
don't need not exceed $3.50 with anytliug like
place is remarkable, the water is puro aud
The mir from tho Blue Ridge, only ten or
fifteen miles distant, is invigorating.
The college is not sectnran although under
the ! control of the South Carolina Presbytory.
The faculty is complete. The president the
Rev. j. r. Riley, ". w. Lcgarc, A. NJ, and
Prof S. p. Boozcr, A. B., are graduates of
tho South Carolina College; Prof. Hugh
Strong. A. NJ, s first honor man Of the
University Of North Carolina. and Prof. w.
S. Moore, is q graduate Of Davidson College
and was student for ono year at tho Juhns
Hopkins University. Tho college buildings
are commodious and arc conveniently con-
structed The philosophical apparatus is suf.
ticicnt Tor tho present necessities Of the
institution. With such n faculty and an
increasing support Adger College is destined
to Lccome ono of the must useful and popular
institutions Of learning In South Carolina.
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OUR RAILROADS.

The State of South Carolina Mas among the
first Of the American States TO construct q rail.
road. As early us the year 1928 her citizens,
impressed with The great comhercinl advantages
TO be derived from these great thoroughfares OF
trade and travel, procured charter from the
State and soon after constructed tho South ca.
roina Railroad from Charleston, S. c., to Au-
gusta, Ga; and although she was the pionecr
in this great enterprise she has not made That
general progress in this dcpurtmc Of internal
Improvement TINT her carly zeal betokencd, and
many of her sister States have far outslrippcd
her in the rnce OF progress. Yet We hnd several
great trunk lines penetrating tho bosom of her
territory and crossing her borders into other
States But Mt present we are only concerned
With those which pass into and through Oconce
county.
The railroad facilities Of this county for the
purposes Of travel and commerce arc equal TO
those OF almost any county in the State. The
Bloc Ridge Railroad, with its present Western
terminus ut Walhulla, The county site Of Oconcc,
and connecting with the Columbia and Green.
Vile Railroad at Belton, in Anderson county,
gives us daily communication by rail with Co
lumtia, the capital, ut the centre OF the State,
md Charleston, our great metropolis, at the
seahoard,
iho BtEo Ridge route, with its projected
terminus at Knoxville, in the State Of Tennessee,
was conceived and planned nearly fifty years
ago, rs the natural highway from the Atlantic
coast through tho RnbGn Gap in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, neat Clayton, Ca, to the grca,
valleys OF the West, far beyond. II was sur.
7cycd, located and :5c@: .:c !hirds Of the wor,
along the line in South Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee completed more than twenty years
ago, when it interrupted by the breaking
out of tho war; and the work upon it has re-
maincl suspended ever einco. But now that
prosperity is returning 10 oGr country, we hope
al no distant day Is realiho the conshmmntion
.: this grnHd project Of our State
The Atlanta aud Charlotte Air Line Railway,
one Of The grandes, ihoroughfares Of trade aud
travel in the South passes neatly through the
centcr Of cconeo and places it almost c1uidis-
liant from Atlanta, Ga, and Charlotte. N. g.,
and within II few hours travel Of each Of these
growing cties, and affords direct communication
vim Allnnta with New Orleans, the Gulf coast
aud the great Southwest, and vim Charlotte With
Richmond, Va. Washington, y. C., Baltimore,
Nd. New York aud other great cities of the
North.
These t%o gree. railroads arc thoroughly
equipped with all the modern improvements and
appliances of travel, nfording every comfort
and convenience 10 is patronage.
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6no farming lands. Its railrond advantages
give it tho promise of o largo aud Aourishing
business.
Westminster. on the Air Limo Road some
twelve miles West Of Seneca City, vas laid
out in 1915. It has q number of BUSINESS
houses and q population Of $50 to 200. # is
near the richest portion Of tho fafming lands
of tho county and it's trado and population
are growing Tho Westminster Factory
tUeBcnt Attachment) is in two miles Of tho
town and is paying handsome profit. There
arq. other water powers lear it.
Fort Madison, near Tugaloo River, was
made station 9 fow years back. A small
mercantile business IL doue here, which
promises to increase. At this place Mr.. G
j. Greene has erected his lumber mills and
is doing large and thriving business. There
is very superior water power on Chuuga in
ono mile Of Fort Madison. Tho farming
lands about 1t are valuable.
Fair Play is q small town {uhlncorporated)
in the lower part Of the county. II has foui
stores and good trndo. 1t has no railroad
connections. but is projecting line from
Westminster to tint point. II is lucuted in
the richest part Of our county and is settled
by educated and hospi.abo people. No ono
visiting this part Of our county conh
fail Of being pleased with tho lands or people
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WATER POWERS OF ocoNEE.

We have been furnished with list Of the
water powers0h Little River and its tributaries.
There arc number of very fine water powers
on Cane Greek. Conncross, Chauga and other
streams in tho county. Wc give the list below,
imperfect as II is: 1. h''
On Little, River senborn,s Mills. Robinson IS
Ford; High .Falls, NIccarey's Falls, Pleasant
Falls. Flat Shons, Chhner Shoals, Jones'. Shoals,
Horton's Ford, two falls, A. 3. Grants Mills, f.
y. Alcxander's Millb, Ale&andeT's Shoals,
Nickerson's Falls. O st
Stamp Greek ASitton's Shoal. -
Fail CTeek:-Sitton's Shonl, Fcndley's, II. a.
II. Gibson's Mills, Sanders Shoal.
Boon's Crcek-B. F. Roberlson's Shoal.
McKinney's Creek--B. +. Robertson, threo
falls. ~. @ sg t
DEVILS Fork Creek-Therc arc several falls
on this strehm, one belonging to Daniel Whit
mre. ''3 .,.
White Water River--White Water Falls and
several smaller falls below.
Ocdnee Creek--AIrs. Moody's, Lays, Duncan's 8
and 'olher mills and mill sites
On other streams may be found Boyd's Mill,
VonIiollcn's Gin, w J. iIunnicutt's Fall, Bur-
nett's Shoals, SO.
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Our Towns.

Tho present site of Walballa was purchased
a,y tho German Colonization Society in 1850.
h aaid out in lots and allotted to settlers tho
IL ramD year. The first building was erected
#by d. Bicmann in 1891 ind colony Of i'm
S5Anigrants soon built up small town and oc>
pied q number Of farms in tho county
f5 >c town wns incorporated in 1866 and tho
e,le Ridge Railroad built to its present ter
;s.rors in 1901. Up to that time tho citizens
y. - almost exclusively German, but Ameri-
p.0Ms!. y then began to come in and build busi.
ness, houses until 1868, when it was made
the county seat Of Oconee ana tho population
Increased until above ono half of it was
Americans Wcs, Union adjoins Wahalla,
cmbJacing tho depot and the two towns have
now nn aggregate population OF about cloven
hundred Tn e is now here o number of
large stores with n thriving trado, two hotols,
ono good livery stable, a brewery and park,
two colleges, mnle and female, n banking
house. wagon and buggy shops and other
branDhes ofndustry. The location Is healthy
with good waters powers near the town, and
should tho Blue Ridge Road be completed II
will become center Of population and in
dustry.
Seneca City s.s;tiatcd at tho crossing of
tho Blue Rid and Air Limo Railroads; in q
fertile g. ~!! of the county. nino miles below
War revt" 1t was laid out in 1879 and tho
tE5 Of lots made in August of that year
ds direct connection with Charleston and
also with Atlanta and New York. 1t has ttso
hotels, livery stable, n number of business
houses and q population of several hundred,
which is constantly increasing. There arc
In its vicinity several good water powers and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-21

I WILL sell TO the highest bidder, at public
| auction. at Waihalla court house on salcday
IN AUGUST NEXT, all that Trac, of Lard, be-
longing to the estate of Elijah Deaton deceased,
being Tract No Of The lands Of said cs,atc,
containing five hundred acres, more or less in
and Tosaway Greeks, according to plat Of same
by Tyre Maultin, surveyor, made on tic Eth
Of january 1873, and on file in my office.
TERMS OF SALE-Onelh Third cash, balance
on n credit Of one and two years, interest from
day Of sale, credit portion to be Seciited by
bohd and mortgage Of rremises, purchaser to
pay Extra for phpers.
RICHARD LEWIS,
., uN Judge Of Probate.
July I, 1851 3i.4t
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CoLuMhus, Ga, Aug. 2i 1877.

CoLUMiius, GA, Aug 81. 1877.
Dir. G. J; MofrErr.-Dcar podtor-W
gave your "Tcchina" ,(resthing Powdurs) to
our litlp grandchild with The hnppiest
results. The effects were almost magical and
certainly more satiafactofy Khan ndin any
thhg wo ever used. Yours vory truly,
JOSEPH s. KEY,
Pastor Of ST. Paul Church
AUGUSTA. Ga, Feb. 6. 1878
t9kG pleasure in saying that have used
entire su'isf"ston T. iany snd "ss pessaaiy Siy
accom- piehcs, the purposes for which it is
recommended. CllAS. L. STAPLES.
For sale by V. L. Norman and Wright n
Sigh.
# ypu want good colfee, sugar and flour cali
on J. NJ. Carter He always keeps OH hand a
good article which he sells as low as the lowest:
new assortment of dry goods and hdrd& &dtS
just arrived ut j. NJ. Carter's. Bargains In
shoes, boots and hats. Price before buying
elsewhere.
Call at j. NJ. Carter's and buy your cyapora
tors to dry your fruit on. They dry nice and
fast. Fruit dried OIL cvaporators is worth from
2 to cents moro on the pound. Save money
and time.
Received this week another beautiful lot Of
silk lace mits; also cotton lace mtts, thenp and
pretty y. BiEMANN, SbX & Gu.
Buy Fowlers fly fan at Dicmanhs and cdt
your mcdls in pcace
Tho New Reform" unlaundried dross
shirts is the best in tho market. Price 81.
For sale by u. Behana, Son S Co.
Now is the time to paint your houses and
remember that D. Bicmann, Son & Co. keep
tho best stock Of paints and oils in town.
Royal Grown White Lead will look bettor
and last longer than any in the market
If you want something that is good in tho
way Of pure liquors go to Biemann's Bar and
drink +. w. Wagener s. Co.'s "Old Grow" rye
Whiskey.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-21
BUSINESS LOCALS
At Last !

All lawns, piquos. muslins, white and
fancy, ladies' white and culored gloves,
gents white gloves and various other thiL cs
Mt cost, and when say cost. mean it Al
extra lot Of gents shirts, white and fnncy,
laundered and unluundercd. a nice limo of
worstcd jeans, of all grades. Tinware,
cast hollow ware, groceries and Eroy isions
in fact, a moro complete stock than ever
before, and must and nm determined to sell
cheaper than ever. / only nsk that you give
me call before buying elscwhele.
w. Il. REID.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-21

IKE tic good old Stato from which this Stoyo
~ takes its name, tho VIRGINIA stands in Tho
lore fatk /! Is Undue in design, made heavy
aha eo'ld' ana is especially adapted to meet the
wants Of tho individual or tho dealer. II was
never known to fail! 1t has been improved This
year; The design madb 10 eonform 10 Inc present
style, and particularly adapted to. meet tho de-
mand for first class cook stoy6 At o low price.
u has all the improvorfients Of The New
imerald. Thousandss have been sold and the
! -Four sizes--No. II oash S2o.5o; on the,
$Se. oihor Sizes in sadio proportion,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-21

FTO5II a 1FFWETJNF.
MARYLAND, Sent. ., lS1p-LsN January got from
Dor Of your remedy, customers,
perfect Of him We have ano'her customer ,uer
Ing the waS and VISA u e;Lrn ua no. boz
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-21

tuohsefnebr, IN. " Herald.1
With great pleasure We tan recommend as
radical cGfe for rheumutism, ST. jacobs OIL.
This wonderful remedy hhs been extensively
used by 3 largo number of people who daily
testify to It's marvellous effects.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-21

Testimony of Druggists.
Wo have been selling "Swift's sypbiltio spc-
clio" For, years, and regard 1t far superior to
anything known to science, for the diseases IL il
recommended to cure. Wo have never known
Of q single failure.
S j Cassels. Thon,nsvllc Ga.
L. + Greer s. Co., Forsyth. Ga.
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar, Atlanta, Ga. :.
Pembcrton, Samucls s. Reynolds, atlanta. Ga
ATLANTA, Ga, July J., 1874.
We have been using "Swift's Sybhiliic Spe-
cifc" in The, treatmen, of conyic,s for the last
year and believe it is tho only corlain known
remedy that will effect permanent cdre Of dis
eases for which It, is rec6tHmcndcd.
GRANT, ALEXANDER & CO.
$4,000 Reward
:. Will bc paid to any chemist who will find, on
analysis Of one hnndred bottles of S. $. s., ono
particle Of mcrGtry, iodidc ,po,dsSium or any
mineral substance
TIE SWIFT spECiFfU COMPANY, Pro.
prictors, Atlanta. Gu.
For sale by N0tMhA s. Bro, ind Wight 8 Sigh,
Call for a. copy !, Of Young Mons, frjondi.
Jily7. 1851 34-2m
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Our Minerals.
TOWNSVILLE, july l6. 1881

TowMviLLE, July l6, 1881.
About tho year 1911 some gentlemen
worked gold deposit withr mile of this
place, in Oconeo, on what is now Mrs. Sim
mons land. and considering tho limited aud
crude apparatus employed The net profit pcr
$3.50 per day. Tho mino was abandoned
while still paying at this rate, which ,iustifies
tho difference that the lode was not exhausted
and that if somo cnterprising capitalist would
take hold Of tho miDe and work it With tho
improved machinery of tho present day it
would provo a iiiost valuable Investment
milo below here, IN Anderson county,
numerous specimens of iron ore, continuing
as least 70 per cont. of pure iron, have re-,
Gently been found. II is altogether probable
that rich deposit of valuable miner raj might
bc developed.
Some 20 or rs yearsago spring of
mineral water was discovered on what is
now Mr.. Oscar Harris land two miles from
here, in Oconce. 1t attracted considerable
attention and was pronounced by experts
to contain valuable health giving properties.
In an agricultural point Of Wow this sec
ton of Oconee compares fnvorably with tho
most desirable localities Of tlie county. In
tho cultivation of cotton it has no superior,
tho soil boing adapted to this crop. All
the cercals arc also grown successfully! Fine
wator potter aBouhds.
a Fool ONCE MoRE.--."For ton wears nv
"i(o was confined to her bed With sucl,
complication Of AILMENTS that no doctor could
tell what #as the matter or euro her ahd [
used up small fortune, in bnmbug staff
Six SSix months ago saw T.. $. dng with Hop
Bt.efs on 1t, md thought ,sooid be fool
onco moro. ] tried it, but.ihy folly proved TO
DO wisdom. Two bottles cured hor, sHo is
now as woll and strong ms any mans wiro,
and II cost mo only two dollars. Such fyl ly
pays. - II. W. Detroit Mich. --.Freo Press.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-08-21
tFrom Wednesdays Daily.I
BRlmAYundI.

G. W. Grayson passed through for
Wood River by the train last evening
from San Francisco. He has the Minnie
Moore mine, near Bellevue. bonded,
and intends to purchase the property
before the expiration of the bond, on
the 18th instant.
Hon. T. n. Stone returned from the
meeting Of the Board of University
Regents at Carson City, by last even.
ing's train. We have had no opertuni-
ty to interview Mr. Stone, and as the
proceedings Of the Board have not yet
appeared in print, We can afford our
readers no information upon the sub
ject.
Phil. D~ephanger, one OF the old
time AustiDites. who has at various
times been identified with most of the
camps in the Eastern part OF the State,
passed through on his way to Salt Lake
City by the train last evening. Phil.
Is now the possessor OF q wife and.
baby. but they are now On n visit to rel
atiyes in Illinois, and he is busy pros
pecting for n desirable locality in which
to establish himself prior to their re-
turn. II he is pleased with the general
outlook al lions capital, no may plant
his stake in the midst of the Saline
City. May he live long md prosper,
wherever he may locate.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-08-21
tFroa Tuesday D.i,y.l
Oalnawunai.

The fast freight team goes out to-
morrow morning with q full load.
The Tass-Rerin- states that Manuel
Diaz. the wounded Mexican. continues
to improve. and v;il probably be able
to set mp in afew days.
A car load OF timbers for Urton 4
Brown At Tuscarora, arrived here from
the West this morning. and is , be-
Ing transferred to Houell's teams.
Dorsey Bros team loaded At Warner
4 Co.'s warehouse. to-day. $1,000 Of
general merchandise for TuscarorA. and
will start out Tomorrow morning.
A light storm Of hail and heavy
stones visited here this evening Some
of the hail-stones were over half an
inch square. by actual measurement.
Two bars OF bullion from I~udepen-
dence mine. valued at 1915 50; two
bars from Navajo, valued at S4,ol4 80,
and six bars frUm n. B. Isle, valued at
Sll. SAL Al, arrived here By stage to-day.
Allen A. Curtis, wife and child. Of
Austin. Lander County, passed through
on their way TO Zion by the train last
evening. Mr.. Curtis received a cordial
greeting at the hotel from a number Of
old. time Austinites. now residents Of
this County. Mr.. Curtis returns in a
few days.
A. T. yollmer and wife, formerly of
this place. who for the past eighteen
months have been visiting Germany and
other places in Europe. arrived here
from the East by the train this morn
ing. They passed a couple OF months
in New York. and thought Of making
their home there, but found that this
coast had attractions for them superior
to q section of country they had
visited, and have returned to it to take
up a permanent abode. They remain
here a few days, and then proceed to
the Bay. They nre both in excellent
health. and heartily enjoyed their late
journeyings.
Wilson. the teamster arrested yester-
day for selling whisky to su Indian.
was arraigred this morning before JUS
tice Sugget,, but the Indian went be-
hind yesterday .returns and refused to
testify against him. lie was according.
ly released from custody, and the men
dacious 10" was turned over to Agent
How to become O fixture on the Reserva-
lion. The Indian mentioned has been
long known TO our citizens as George"
and as q very unsavory character, even
for an aboriginal. He is the villain
who murdered his wife above town a
few years ago, and he now boasts Of
having dispatched another OF his rela.
tives. He Is OF over average intelli-
geuee, speaks pure pixeon-English, and
is equally bad as bright.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-08-21
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS.
Saturday Daily.l
BalmaEandI.


The widow.Bedott troupe passed
through 70. New York by the train lss.
evening.
Twtlves eailoads OF beef cattle we're
shipped from Wells ~ L. Brooks last
evening. They 90 to Oakland.
James Clark, of the depot hotel, has
bought the Ford property in the rear Of
the hotel, and is fitting it mp for his
family residence. ~
In the District Court, toIdRSthe case
OF Reinhart ct al ys. IT. Hardesiy was
ON trial. and Eai still pending when
Court adjourned until Monday morning.
Rev. J. D. Beard will preach a. the
Church tomorrow morning at IL o'clock.
Sunday School at 1880; evening ser.
vice at 8. All are cordially invited.
Tho stage from Tuscarora last even.
ing brought down a sack Of crude bull
lion weighing l12 pounds. and valued
at $500. 1t was shipped by W. ].
Triton & Co.
The young man who had his leg
broken at Wells yesterday. met with
the accident while assisting in loading
cattle for Mr.. Brooks. and was by him
brought here for treatment on No. G..
The limb was broken about midway
between the knee and ankle, and was
set by DR.. Meigs Mt the County Hos
pital this morning. The young fellow
is a American, and not a Mexican, as
seported'to rs yesterday.
g. W. Gnyson was a passenger for
San francisco. by the train this morn
ing. BE did not accompany Mr.McNally
to Wood River, but continued on to
Salt Lake, where he had some bust
ness to attend to. letting Mac have all
the pleasures Of the staging from KEEL
ton and back. Mr.. Grayson at his last
visit 70 Wood River bonded one of the
prominent mines Of that section, which
bond expires on the 18th instant, and
Mr.. Grayson informed us that he would
purchase tho property bafors that time.
He will be out this way sgain very
shortly.
This forenoon, ike several preceding
days, was unusually warm for this
country. the mercury climbing to over
Ahundred in the shade, but about noon
dark clouds appeared in the south, fol-
lowed by the deep mutterinSs OF thun.
der, and about one o'clock the adyanc-
Ing clouds began a copious discharge
OF sain, which continued to fall until
nearly two O'Clock. The atmosphere is
now cool and pleasant, and the appear
ance OF the heavens indicate further
storms jet this evening, which will not
probably prove advantageous TO tho
growing grain in the adjacent valleys.