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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

The Greenville Enterprise and
1Moetntai'.eer, in giving the proceed
ings of Court, says; The first case
tried was s. B. Crawley vs.. Spartan
Berry. This was an action for claim
and delivery of a horse. The testi-
mony went to show that DR.. Crawley
and Mr.. Berry snapped horses.
Crawley paid Mr.. Berry $1,000 on
the difference that was agreed upon
as boot between tho two animals, and
promised to pay the other soon. Mr..
Berry claimed a balance due of
10000 and DR.. Crawley $4,000. Mr..
Berry wanted to rue and DR.. Craw-
ley would not and an arbitration was
agreed upon. The arbitrators met
at Mr.. Berry's, and Mr.. .Berry's ar
bitrator refused to act. The horse
DR.. Crawley obtained from Mr.. Ber-
ry was hitched in the latter's yard
and Mrs. Berry took the animal and
put it in their stables. The action
was for the recovery of the horse.
A mistrial was ordered. The Jury
stood six for one and half dozen
for the other.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
Cotton Mills In the sonth.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, October -. -
The: Elaadesnaan has instituted an
exhaustive inquiry into the cotton
mill industry of the South, and has
received reports from all leading
mills of the Southern States. The
actual number Of mills in operation
is 800, against 142 in 1880, an in
crease OF 282 per cent. since the,cen-
sus year. The increase in mill con-
sumption Of raw cotton in the same
period has been 253 per cent. South
Carolina is tho banner State !; 32,319
bales were consumed in that State
last year, against 120,9s8 bales in
Georgia. The consumption Of raw
cotton in South Carolina has in
creased 38 per cent. in two years.
The concensus of opinions Of lead.
ing manufacturers of the South in
their written reports to the Trades
man is that the South possesses ad.
vantages over any other portion of
America for cotton manufacture in !:
!. Proximity to raw material. 9.
Superior climate. 8. Cheaper power.
4. Lower cost of rent and living. s..
Lower wage scale. 6. Less liability
to strikes. 7. Cheaper buildings.
S. Less expense for heating mills.
9. Saving on freight.
The reports show that the South
has abundant material of which to
deyelope an excellent labor force for
industry. Nearly all the labor is ma
tive, and although the expansion of
industry since 1888 has called for an
increase in the number of hands,
amounting to fully 200 per cent,
there has not been in that period a
single serious strike in one Southern
cotton mill town, and but one of con-
siderable duration in any mill. The
reports also show that the operatives
do not lack a high degree Of skill.
The 1aadesman has received re-
turns of dividens from twenty-five
leading mills in the South located in
six different States. These dividens
run between extremes of four and
twenty-eight per cent and the average
OF twenty-five is III per cent per an
nun. These twenty-five fairly rep
resent the whole.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

The Washington correspondent of
the Neao York Times says: ''rhe
Government printing office has CON-
pleted the immense work Of printing
the testimony in the contested cleo.
tion cases, which will come up for
settlement before the 51st Congress.
Following are the titles of the cases A.:
Chambers against Morgan, Missis-
sippi; Langston against venablc,
Virginia; Waddill against Wise,
Virginia; Posey against Parrott, In
diana; Miller against Elliott, South
Carolina; Bowen against Buchan,
Virginia; Kcrnagan against Hooker,
Mississippi; Thrcet against Clark,
Alabama; Atkinson against Pendle-
ton, West Virginia; McDuffie against
Turpin, Alabama; Hill against Catch
ings, Mississippi; Goodrich against
Bullock, Florida; Eaton against
Phelan, Tennessee; Mudd against
Compton, Maryland; Featherston
against Cate, Arkansas; McGinnis
agains Anderson, West Virginia; /;
Smith against Jackson, West vir-
ginia,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
Dick Turpin Outdone.

Claude Duval, Dick Turpin and
Black Bart have figured in many a
romantic story, but John Mitchell,
the Minnesota highwayman, beats
them all. 1. Is
Mitchell was recently locked up in
the State reformatory at ST. Cloud.
He is remarkably handsome and
dashing young fellow Of about
twenty summers, and Mrs. Sands,
the jailer's fcrty- yearola wife, lost
her heart the moment she saw him.
Just how the affair was managed is,
not known, but one dark night last
week Mitchell made his escape with
the lady and $50 Of the iailer's money.
Every effort was made to capture
the fugitives, but it is believed that
they are safely concealed somewhere
in Canada. y
Highwaymen have broken jail be-
fore, and escaped full-handed, but it
is a new kink to find ono daring
enough to carry off the jailer's spouse.
1t is very evident that our sensa-
tlenal story writer's have not yet .ex-
haustcd all the possibilities in their
line Of work. Their most thrilling
fictions are tame by tho side of young
Mitchell's brilliant exploit.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

A very common error is thus COR
rected by DR.. Louis Swift, of the
Warner Observatory, at Rochester,
N. Y:
"There is no such thing as an cqui-
noctial storm, although people think
there is. Why, I suppose they
would call the storms down East
last week equinoctial storms, although
we had fine weather here, and to-
day while we have storm in other
parts of the country they are having
fine weather. No, there is no such
thing as an cquinoctial Storm
The popular belief is that the
"crossing of the line" by the sun on
the 22d March and on the 22d Sep
tember causes such meteorological
disturbances rs to produce storms at
those particular times. The fact is,
as shown by scientists, that there is
no more change in the relative po-
sitions of the sun and the earth at
those seasons than at any other. 1t
is shown that "the approach to and
recession from the earth's equator
arc steady and progressive move
ments and no greater progress is
made on one day than on another"
On this subject the Atlanta Eue,-
ing Journal says:
"Thcre are apt to be storms about
the time the sun apparently "crosscs
the line," and this year they hap
pened to occur on the very day of
the transit. But it was not due to
any greater influence over the woa-
ther on that day caused by the posi-
tions of the sun and earth than on
any other one day. There had beon
a regularly progressive lcssening of
the day or sunshine, and q cores
ponding lcngthening of the night or
darkness, and. tho accumulating
changes in temperature produced
ny this movemcnt caused the mete-
geological disturbances or storms.
They do not usually occur. on the
particular day, or even within n
week of the so-callcd "crossing,"
but arc due to progressive move
ments causing a warmer period
about the time of tho vernal equinox
and a cooler one about the time of
the autumnal equinox"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

JoHNsTowN, Pa, October g.
With the thermometer about the
freezing point there is a great deal Of
suffering here these nights by peo-
pie who are improperly sheltered and
poorly clothed. The relief money
which was intended to support their
necessities, even if paid at once, will
now come too late to be properly ap-
piled in providing against the blasts
of winter. Clothing that was on
hand when the commissary depart
ment shut down has been transferred
to tho Red Cross Society, by whom
it will be distributed to tho needy.
There have been a great many deaths
here within the past week, and most
OF them have been supcrinduced by
ailments contracted in the flood. In
the Red Cross hospital there are now
twenty-five cases of typhoid fever,
most of them being strangers in
town.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
A Letter to Farmers.

s. h. , .
ATLANTA, October 81 Chairman
sledge, of the National Cotton Com.
mittee Of Che Farmers Alliance,
with President Livingston, Of the
Georgia Atlantic, and Colonel Kolb,
Commissioner Of Agriculture Of Ala
bama, have issued a call recommend
ing q meeting Of the Cotton Ex-
changes,
The purpose of the meeting is set
forth in the following letter, written
to all the Presidents Of State Alli-
ances, Wheels and Unions of the
cotton States, and to the Farnara'
and Laborers' Union of America:
"Whereas, Recent information of
reliable nature has reached us that
a jute combination has been renewed
upon a more extensive scale than
formerly, denominated the American
Manufacturing Company, in which
perhaps all principle jute bagging
manufacturers are interested, by
which they propose to force on the
cotton producer for the year 1886
their output; and ST.
"Whereas, it is absolutely neces-
sary that whatever shouldSbe done to
prevent the same must, to BE efficient,
. .
be done at the earliest possible day
therefore we the undersigned, most
earnestly request the Presidents Of
each State Alliance to have deci-
ded expression from Sub alliances,
Wheels and Unions in favor of the
exclusive use of cotton bqgging for
the year 1886, and report the same
to a convention at St. Louis on De-
cember 7th next, at 10 a. M.; said
convention to be composed of the
presidents of each State Alliance,
Wheel or Union, or such representa-
tives as they may select, and one or
more delegates from each cotton ex-
change in the United States to take
into consideration and settle the
question of tare on cotton-c covered
bales, and to establish standard
cotton bagging.
owe earnestly request the Hon.
Evan Jones, President of the Farm
ers' and Laborers' Union of America,
to invite each Cotton Exchange in
the United States to send properly
accredited delegates to said .conven-
tion, and in the event of tie cotton
exchanges refusing or neglecting to
participate in said convention then
the delegates representing the pro-
ducers shall proceed to fix the tare
and prescribe standard of cotton
bagging, to which all Alliance men
will uncompromisingly adhere.
"This action is necessary that
manufacturers of cotton bagging
may be enabled to supply the demand
at reasonable prices. Let Sub-alli-
ances take action Immediately.
"L. T.. LIVINGSTON,
"President S. Il. A.
"R. G. SLEDGE,
"Chairman Nat. Cot. Com.
or. F. KoLB,
Gag. Comr. Alabama"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
VOLUME xL,- - NO az.
Primus Jones Wants Fifty Acres to
SMe Mule.

In conversation the other day Pri-
mus Jones, the ofirst bale man, Of
Georgia, said !:
Give years ago I started out to
do what no man in Georgia has ever
done--to raise fifty bales of cotton
to the plow. I wanted to have the
honor Of doing more than any other
farmer in the State. And I am get
ting nearer and nearer my hope.
This year I have already gathered
twenty bales to the plow, aid I am
hardly more than half done. NY
neighbors say i haven's picked half
my crop, but think that what I
have left will run my crop to thirty
five or more bales to the plow.
II would not take $1,000 for my
profit on each mule I plow," said
Mr.. NJ: Joiies. "I have 400 aores and
will raise 800 bales. I run eight
plows: no tenants; I hire every
hand on the farm. My crop is the
finest l have ever seen. shall raise
forty bales to the plow next year,
and if live I will reach the fifty
mark yet"
The Colonel has peculiar kind of
cotton he has propagated, of which,
1880 pounds in seed will yield 500
pounds of lint. Another good quail
tY of his cotton is that the wind
does not blow it out Of the bolls.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

Pupils who attend school regu-
larly are generally accounted the
teachers favorites. Indeed, there is
more or less truth in the assertion
and rightly so, too, because such pu-
pills are always posted as to where
the lesson may be found and, in a
majority Of cases. thoroughly pre-
pared on the subject matter, in good
spirits and happy. Such pupils de-
light to do the bidding of the teacher.
1t is therefore reasonable that the
teacher should feel kindly toward
the pupil. We do not believe that
a teacher should make bone of one
pupil and flesh of another, but that
he should reciprooate all kindness
exercised toward him by the pupil.
There. is no reason why the best of
feelings between the teacher and
pupils should not exist. Any other
than kindly feelings are unnatural,
and are the offsprings of envy, ma
lice, hatred or prejudice and should
not be tolerated by the patrons of
the school. Patrons are too diffident
about their children's welfare. They
depend too much on the integrity
and honesty of the teacher, suppos-
ing that he will discharge his duty
conscientiously and faithfully. This
is not natural consequence
Teachers, like all other men, are
subject to human imperfections and
should receive rs much watch-care
and sympathy as any other avoca.
tion in life.
Our next visit finds us at "Clear.
mont" school, taught by Miss Eu.
genia Moss. The teacher was en-.
gagged in leading her pupils through
the intricacies of the Fundamental
principles of an education, thar
which nothing is more difficult tc
the teacher. There is more labo,
attached to the instruction of ele
mentary pupils than to those moro
advanced. Miss Moss gives fair pro
mise to make a successful teache,
after few more years. experience
Next is Miss M. II. Hughs' school
located in Center township, below
Bachelors Retreat. Miss Hughs il
one of those teachers who has MOI
kept pace with the progress of the
day. She undoubtedly docs the best
she knows. All such teachers should
study the late text books, attend tho
tho Teachers County Association
for their own improvement, and
moreover the patrons of their schools
have a right to demand this at their
hands. S. P. STRlRL1NG.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
...rElR]!|I R]!|IMs.

Published every Th,rsday morning
For subscrip ptlon, 81 30 per 5ann,in nm
strictly In advance; for a six months, mo- 70
cents for four months, 80 cents. Nh
Advertisement inserted at ono dollar
per square of one inch or less for the first
insertion and fifty cents for each sub
sequont inserti ion. IF AZ q 81. s5ff
Obituary Notices exceeding five lines,
Tribntes of Respect, Communications of
"a personal character, when admissible,
and Announcements Of Candidates will
BIO charged for rs advertisements.
job Printing neatly and Gheaply execu-
ted. f5'. ,.I'
Necessity c0mpels us to adhere strictly
to the requirements of Cash Payments.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
A Sound Legal Opinion.

D. Bainbridge Munday, Esq, county attorney,
Clay county, Tex, says ''Ifavo used Electric
also was very low with malarial fever and iauns5
dice, but was cured b. timely use of this i,edi.
cino. Am satisfied Electric Bitters saved his
life.n E{s BIZ 81 .ll A. S1Ns
Mr. d. /. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky.,5 adds
a like testimonial, Saying: "He positively be-.
lieyes he would have died, had 1t not been for
Electric Bitters.,
THIS great remedy wiil ward Off, as well de
cure all malarial diseases. and for all kidney,
liver and stomach disorders stands unequalled,s
Price 800, aud 81 at Norman Drug co 'a drug
store, 5g5s ~ A IS n
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
Destroy led by Fire june q
5....s 2l lsts Il SO
Re- -Estab lIsf1 ed August Ii u
1897
TranspIanting Trees.


The best time to transplant !, any 4
tree Sls is in the fall Of the year, after sl
growth has entirely ceased ], and tho Il
tree has become absolutely dormant. Y
It is .i5the then comparatively insensibie
TO the en- necessary cutting Of IFS roots
and branches. H It knows nothing, SO u
to speak. In the spring it only dis
covers that it has been kidnapped, B,
an and experiences some shortness of i
breath by reason of its pruned roots I
and branches, but soon makes the S
best of the situation and goes ahead
growing. The main reason Why
transplanting in the fall is best is 4
contained in the above remarks. JIG
the work is deferred until spring, the
earliest action Of the roots, which oc- 4
ours long before the end Of frost, ID
interfered with. With many trees,
root growth becomes active before
there is any sign Of vegetation ON the
tree above. The removal Of the tree
during this period defers and weakens
this first effort Of the tree, which may 1,
involve it's life. 4, ai5 4
Shortening in the top of a tree in {
tlransplanting is 9 matter Of the first n
Importance, and the neglect Of IL ac- y
counts for the loss Of many trees, Oh: d
for their slow and unsatisfactory
growth. The roots and top should
be cut back in about the same pro- 4
portion with such trees as the water
oak, or the top made smaller than 3
the root. When the roots are neces-
sarily cut, and the tlee transferred
to new quarters, it is plain that the
shortened roots cannot perform their
natural functions as early as they
would otherwise, and that they oan-
not foN some time at least, send up
food for the tree above to any appre-
ciablo extent. Anew root system has &
to be formed, and during the timc (
taken for this there must not be much
demand for nourishment by the tree Z
above the ground, else the roots will
fail to supply it. Herein lies the i'm
portance Of closely pruning the top, \
With young fruit trees, the rule
should be to take off the entire top.
leaving nothing Of the trunk but a
strait stick two or three feet high
The roots should be cut smooth and
we'll spread out. s.B
Dig holes for trees simply sufficient D
to contain all the roots left upon them, IS
and in all cases, at least three feet $inS
diameter and two feet deep. Fill In
and plant the roots in top soil. Buck
cts of water poured violently into the i
hole while filling in will better settle
the earth among the roots than can
be done by packing with the feet.
Trees, as a rule, should be set slightly
deeper in the ground than they grew
before being removed. a
1t is o great mistake to manure
newly set tree with stable manure or
other heat-generating substance.
Ashes, lime, bones and woods earth
are the best fertilizers for trcea..
Stable manure has killed many az
newly set tree. s$58 y q!
We are not aware Of any reason.
why these principles and rules
should be varied with the water oak
and white ASH Cotton Plaa,t.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

> Mrs. Mary Black Clayton, daugh-
ter of Judge jeremiah Black, calls
attention to the fact that Columbus
himself maugurated human slavery
in America. On his first voyage to
the country he sent 500 natives of
San Salvador to Spain to be sold as
slaves.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

Addlepate: saw! You have in
suited me, sir. Aw! my fwiend will
call upon you. Your card, sir, please,
Aw."
Bohemian; "Give you my card?
| should say not. You would stick
it in your looking-glass to delude
yogr land.lady into thinking you
were acquainted with q gentleman"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
The Election Of Speaker.

The Washington correspondence
of the Neaos and Courier has this
to say in reference to tho approach.
ing election of Speaker:
"The members of the 51st Con-
gress are beginning to make their
appearance in Wasl ington, and the
political gossips a,s at work upon
their states in connection with the
organization of the House of Repre-
sentatives. A few weeks ago the
indications were that Mckinley, of
Ohio, would be elected to the Speak
crship, and his friends ventured to
name the States that might be
counted upon to give him their undi-
vided support. It appears that the
Mckinley men have made numerous
mistakes in their calculations, for
many of those who were expected to
give him their votes in the caucus
openly declare that they are in fa-
vor of Tom Reed, of Maine, and
have been of that faith since the
last November election. 1t was said
that the Pennsylvania delegation
was about equally divided between
Reed and Mckinley, but a majority
OF the Pennsylvanians who havc vi
sited here within the past week claim
that their delegation will probably
vote as a unit for Reed. The latter
will probably have the solid support
Of all the Northern and Eastern de-
legations, while the Western delcga-
tions are considerably mixed up by
reason of having several rival can
didates. Mckinley cannot count
upon the solid vote of all the West
ern States, for, with him in the
Speakers chair, certain important
committee states would be brokcn.''
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

DIR. S. J. Hester has brought suit
against the Rasin Fertilizer Com
pany, Capt. George B. Dean, Isaac
Padgett and various members of the
County Alliance fors10,OO0 damages.
He claims that being deposcd from
the office of business agent has in
jured him 10 that amount. He also
claims pay for his services and OK
penscs incurred amounting to 1900.
This suit grows out of tho Alliance
trouble that developed last spring.
For certain reasons the County ALI
ance turned DR.. Hester out and
elected Captain Dean in his place.
The Doctor felt agricvcd by this &C.
tion and thought he had been un-
fairly troated and he has brought
this suit.-'Spartand'wg Spartan.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17

1t is not lawful to shoot birds un.
til the first day of November. Hold
your fire and keep your dogs back
until that day, d
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
TEACHER'S C0T.TTMN.

Ca All communications intended
for this column should be addressed
to 8. p. stribling, School Commits
sioner, Walhalla, s. @.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-17
"Equin0Gtial StOrms."

A very common error is thus cor
rccted by DR.. Louis Swift, of the
Warner Observatory, at Rochester,
N. Y:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-06
MEETING OF THE COUNTY CLUB.
Colonel +. II. Gary Was Nominated u
Fill the Vacancy OccnsiOned by
the RESIGNATION of Hon. IL. l.. Hill

The Abbcville County Democratic Clu1
met in the Court House Monday, Nov. i, lSSy
pursuant to call of the County Chairman. H.
i,. Gary, County Chairman, presiding.
A m;,jority OF the local clubs were repre-.
Scnicd and the convention was uccH'reu fe'uS
for business.
To- the chair. The Chairman Stated tiat inc
lion II. r.. Hill, member of the House ol
Representatives from this county ha rcSiGm
cd his seat, and that the object oil inns ctileu
meeting was to provide for the vacancy thus
caused. A., ,
short time allowed before the election OF Il
member of the House to I'LL the vacancy caus-
ed by the resignation Of Hon. K. +. Hill, tho
constitution bc suspended so that the conNeh-
tinn may to-day select Il candidate.
Mr. j. II. llaskin, 1r. arose To u point oI or
der that the constitution required All n"nhihi',
tjnns to bo made by primary circtinn' ana
thirty dnyS notice WIS required 10 hii'I or
amend the same. The point was overrulcd hy
the Chairman. ~
MIR. Rcnct moved that the convention do
now proceed to nominate Il candidate TO MI
the urcXpird term Of Hon. Il. r.. illli Ill t"e
House Of Representatives,. Carried.
Mr.. l.. White nominated T.. b. Gary, Esq.
Mr. Il. q. Grny,lon moved that as there was
no other candidate for Tie office The iliF-
man of this meeting east the ballot ol Inc
convention for T.. u. Gary, Esq. Carried.
The Chairman. Mr.. W. r. Jones. then cast
the ballot uf tho convention for Il. u. Gary,
Esq and he was declared the candldHt" oi
the democratic party of Abbrvillc county !"
mn the uurX,,ir,tl term of Hon. K. l.. liill IN
ih" House of Representatives.
Hon. j. y. King moved that committee nc
appointed by the thairmnn To notiiy MI
Gary of his nomination AMI escort HIM L"
the floor of the convention. carried.
COMMUNICATION. j. y. King, MrSsrS W. L.
Dunn and J. |" White.
ttpr rrt
Ur w,s introduced to the convention ANA re-
Spnn'lrd in appropriate terms.
The club then nj liDurnrd.
r. +. COrIiltAN, Secretary.