Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-02-17


TnE. PIcKENs FENcE-The Board of
County Commissioners Of this County on
last tuesday approved tho acoouot Of the
commissioners of Pickens County for build
ing the line fence between the two counties
under the provisions of tho fence law for
Pickens County at$l ,482,S0, to be paid
out of the taxes tobe levied next year.
This postponemout of payment is pccessi--
tated from the fact that Instead Of having
surplus thcre is now small deficiency,
and the tex levy for County purposes for
the present year has been reduced to two
and half mills, which will not moro than
pay the current expenccs Of the County.
| Wo think the action Of our Commissioners
is just, and thatnit will be acceptable to all
parties ooncerned.-Anderson Intclligencer
It is said that I California is becoming
alarmed by the fact that tho loathsomo
disease Of leprosy is spreading from tho
Chinese to thoir American noighbors.
Chinese lepors have several times been sent
back to China, but as the disease was
thougt tobo peculiar to tho Asiatics, no fear
of contagion was felt. But it is no longer
matter of doubt that the shocking scourgo
has established itsolf among the white pop
ulation One physician 10 San Francisco
reports that sixteen white lercrs of both
sexes have, within short time, applied to
him for treatment, all of them being
incurable. The very presence Of lcpor is
q source of danger owing to the invisible
emanations from tho skin. The disease is
hereditary, and marriage should be strictly
forbidden to all who have the taint in teeir
blood.
The German Minister Of the Interior has
ordered the local authorities throughout the
country to prepare careful annual reports as
to tho number Of persons arrested for iu-
toxioation in their respective districts, to-
gether with particulars Of age, sex, circum
stances under hioh taken into custody nnd
othor similar details. The circular calling
tor this Information states that it is desired
as the foundation for legislation relative to
drunkenness in public places which has
become 30 frequent as to call for rcpressive
measures. 1t has often been asserted that
in Germony, as in France, drunkenness is
comp paratively rare, owing to the general use
of beer aud light wine instead of the
stronger alcoholic liquors. but hero is fact,
published on official authority, that tho
tcototal people will doubtless make use of.
| The Hon. John A. Cuthbert, resident
of Mobile, Alabama, is the oldest living ex
member of Congress. lie WAS born at
Savannah, Ca, in 1888, graduated at
Princeton College in 1905, served in the
war of 1Sl2-15, and was Representative
from Alabama from 1910 to 1921, sixty
years ago. lie is still hale and hearty and
practices law in the courts of Mobile.
Tho following excellent suggestion is
made by Governor Jarvis, of North Carolina:
"No court requiring jury or witness,
either civil, criminal, inferior or superior
should be held in the month of Juno. Our
people arc emincnty an agricultural people,
and to tako large number of laborcrs out
Of the fields for week, as is now done in
many of the counties in the busy month of
June, is serious injury to tho farmers of
that county"
a bill is before the North Carolina Leg.
lslatnrc to SO amend tho la,s in regard to
capital punishment as to take it out of the
hands Of tho sheriff of tho various counties,
and cause oil such execution to take place
in the State penitcutiary, under the super
vision of the warden, after lapse Of ninety
days from tho passage Of tho sentence.
The plan is favored both on the score of
economy aud to put al end to bunginy
executions, such rs have recently taken
place,
The Shuttle family we're quietly enjoying
the Sunday afternoon dinner. Job. my
DEAR" said his wife, wreathcd in smiles, 'l
wish you had been at church this morning.
MIR. Goodwill wos very interesting, aud
when he prayed for the absent oucs-"
"Well, that accounts for it, then, l haven't
caught such a string OF fish for year as
did this morning. g."-Nc,o Uuven Register.
The matter of the fence along The
boundary limo between North and South
Carolina seems not to DC understood. The
law, as passed by the last Legislature, makes
it plain as 10 who shall build it. There
can DO no question but that the citizens
beyond the line must fence their stock
from this side or run the risk of paying
damages The citizens of Spartanburg
arc amply protected ast the law now stands.
Spowan6ury HeroM.
COOP SERvANTs.-"Sir,' SAYS
Ruskin, "thcrc is only ono way to
have good servants--that is, to be
worthy of being well served. All