Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-28
Tho Baby President.

There is nobody who did not understand
that grief stricken old lady, tho mother of the
President. when she said GLOW could any
body be SO cold hearted rs to attempt to kill
my baby?" Her baby! The chief magistrate
of iiftty millions Of pooplo. Her baby! The
Rrandcot figure before tho world. the foil
armed typo of American mnnhood physically
and intellectually the superior Of uny ruler Of
any people on earth. And yet to her he
was not tho representative Of tho people in
Congress. not tho Senator from Ohio not
even the President Of the United States, in II
his dignities and honors, he waa her baby still
llow in that the mother spoke. ilonors, titles,
Offices were Eothing. His fret claim to her
consideration was tho fnct that he vas her
baby md she could no moro comprehend on.
nifty to him as President than injury to him
as u child. How wonderful, how mex.
Plcabe is q mothers lovc We call it in
stinct bnt it is tho link that binds tho world
together. Oppressed. tho shrinking woman
becomes tigress, and dies for her offs pring
rather than desert it. Over disgrace, over
crime, over homo affections and over
all other ties. it rides and rules, defying
fato and scornng death. It was tho art
Of n master that made Lady Macbeth say:
III have given suck, and know
How tender IT'S to love tho babo that milks
me-"
Before this sdrrowiog old lady tho world
| stands uncovered in reverence, in sympa,hy
and in tears. we had not though Of him as
ever ans bodys baby, but ho was and is and
there is II grief in that fcnd old mothers
heart surpassing all that the nation feels.
lIoNoRED AND BLEsT-When q board of
eminent physicians and chemists announced
tho discovery that by combining somo well
known valuable remedies, which would cure
such wide range of diseases that most all
other remedies could bo dispensed With. mony
were skeptcnl; but proof of its merits by
actual trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day
the discoveries of that great medicine. Hop
Bitters, arc honored and blessed by all as
bonc factors..- Democrat.
Atlanta, Ga., afovds conspicuous ovidcnc
of the substantial rapidity with which tho
South has recupcratcd from tho war-dosola-
ton. Sistoon years ago TINT city was in
rnina, without trade or business to any cxtont,
Now it has population $4,000 and is tho
terminus Of six railroads, with two more in
process of construction. 1t has n hotel that
cost SG75,0 Its water'works supply is
10000 900 gallons daily. There is also n
rolling n,lli with 500 workmen q cotton mill
OF loooo spindles md an opera house with
q capacity for 1000 persons. Tho churches
are az in number. 10 of them belong to
colorcd people. and thcrc aro seven lroo
grammar ,schoos supported by tho State.
And tic bost OF all this is that it has been
accomplished by tho industry and enterprise
OF Atlanta,s own citizens, who havo been
chosen to show in this way their devotion to
} Southern intcrosta rather than by dabblin,e
in tho dirty water Of national politics. Q
\ i Col. Boykin, immigration agont Tor South
Carolina, is receiving lottors from ail parts Of
tho State expressing perfect satisfaction at
the work and behavior Of tho German inn.
migrants recently sent out.
Deaths in Charleston last wcck-.whitca 13.
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