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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22

Since the decisive defeat of the
bill of Senator Blair, many other
propositions looking to the education
of the negro have become prominent
in congressional discussion. Mr..
Blair's splendid struggle caused his
measure to overshadow others that
have, perhaps, rs much merit and a
better chance of becoming laws.
One of these is introduced by Sena-
tor Morrill,. Its main feature is in
the source from which the money APP
propriatcd is to come. Instead of
taking the funds directly from the
United States treasury (thc cause of
much of the opposition to the Blair
billy Senator Morrill, proposes to de-
vote to an educational fund the pro-
cccds Of the sales of public lands,
together with three-fourths of all
moneys received from the Pacific
railroads. As to this feature, the
bill is much more popular than its
predecessor, for it follows cstab-
!;shca precedent, from which the
Blair bill departed. The government
has many times in the past, given
public lands for school funds, and to
give the money got by their sales is
entirely logical. SO, too, of the Pa
cific railroads; this money is almost
''money received from the sale of pub
lie lands" for without selling Mei,
public lands the railroads could not
pay their public debt. In the mat
ter of money, Senator Morrill's bill
will obtain many votes that could
not be given to Senator Blair's.
The bill further provides that this
fund shall be divided into two parts,
each bearing interest at four per cent.
The interest accruing from onc-half
shall be paid to- the States and Ter
ritories to aid i'll educating children;
no portion shall be used for any
other purpose. None shall be given
to any State that has not system
of free common schools for all chill
dren of school age, without distinct
ion of race or color. For four years
0his period should be longeD the
money is to be distributed to the
States i'll the proportion of the illit-
crate population between the ages of
ten and twenty -onc years; after four
years it is to be divided according to
population; The other half of the
fund is to he used in founding an ag-
ricultural college in each State.
When the interest on this half
reaches $4,000 per State per annnm,
the surplus goes to the common
school fund. The bill, we have said,
will get more votes than Mr.. Blair's;
with hard work it might be passed.
1t should be amended in several par
ticulars. The money should always
be distributed according to illitcracy.
AS the bill now stands, by 1896
New York and Pennsylvania would
be getting the lions share; but they
don't want any. The South, where
the money is needed, would get only
a little more than onc-third; 1t should
get four-fif The agricultural col
lcgc" feature does not strike us very
favorably. What the country needs
is the extinction of illiteracy. What
money the central government gives
to ,cdncation should go, in as large a
degree as possible, to this object.
S. p. STRIBLING.
all. ,l Al,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22

and, as many intelligent men here
have declared to me that they can

ana, as many intelligent men here
have declared to me that they cam
not do this, the situation has many
aspects of hopolessness in it.
Judging from this point. Of view
the restlessness of tho colored and
negro labor force and its disposition
to pick itself up and follow tho first
tramp who comes along with the
promise that it's condition can be
bettcred by going to the next county
or the next State, ceases to be an
enigma.
On the road from Montgomery to
Eufala l had a conversation with one
Of the most prominent men of the
latter place who declared that as to
the agricultural situation it was we'll
nigh hopeless in Alabama. AS to
the black and colored labor force,
that all things being considered,
whereof the facts here given are the
gist, it was among the best of it's
kind in the world, and that he did
not believe that it could ever be sup
planted by any immigration from
Europe. This gentleman was empha-
tically of the opinion that free labor
was vast Improvement upon slave
labor, and that if the question was
put to vote the people of Alabama
would so declare. Why? The
whites get more out of the free than
out of the slave laborer, and are in
no way responsible for him or his
provision after the days work is
done. He also declared that he be-
lievcd the black and colorcd people
were steadily improving in every
way over their condition as it was
just before the war. Many of them
have bought farms and homes and
have splendid regulations and credit
in their communities. Their word
of honor was as good as some white
mems notes of promise.
asked this gentleman if the
manufacturing industries of Birm.
inghan, Admission and other places
would bring any appreciable relief
to the farmers of Alabama, and he
declared emphatically that they
would not. Pressed for his reasons
he replied that manufacturing centres
were only of advantage to agricultu-
raj districts when the latter furnished
the former its products. eve don't
produce anything but cotton, and
people can't eat that" said he. How,
therefore, can the development OF
the manufacturing help the agricul-
tural interests of Alabama? II
could only be done by revolution
i'll our farming system, or by the
former entirely driving out or sup.
planting the latter. believe ncithc,
of these possible alternates. The
tariff? ? ooh, the tariff is a Local
ISSUE" he declared. "Cotton is king
SO he is, and a more ruthless one
never sappcd the life blood out of
soil or of peor'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22
FURNITURE, FURNITURE !

Now is the time to buy your Furni-
ture. [ have some beautiful Bed
Room Sets that are elegant and reason
able in price. Chairs, Rockers, Safes,
Baby Carriages, in all styles and prices.
Am well prepared for Framing Pictures
Of any size. Old Furniture repaired
on short notice and in wOrkmanlike
manner. Give me call and if you
want anything in my line I am per-
suaded can please and suit you as to-
price and quality of goods. Coffins
and Caskets of all styles and trim
mings to match. I am here to stay
and propose to sell Furniture and
Undertaker's Supplies at small profits
Come and see me and be convinced.
S. M. VanWyck,
Walhalla, sc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22

1t is announced by the Louisville
tornado relief committee that every
deserving case has received proper
attention, and that fund of $11,-
900 has been dcpositcu. in tho bank
for the benefit of those whom the
calamity left without means of sup
port. TO the signal credit of the
city, be it said, all the money required
in the case was contributed by the
people Of Louisville.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22

AIKEN, S. c., May 13.-As arran-
ged, Comptroller General j. S. Yer
ner arrived here yesterday to examine
the books of County Treasurer j. T..
Murrcll, with the assistance of the
grand jury. The work was COM
plctcd this afternoon. lie was found
to be short $1G,376.37.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22
Destroyed by Fire June
2ist, 1887
Re-Established d August 10 s
1887. B
Gen. Butler Alarmed.
HE THINKS FARM MORTGAGES Will
BRING ON a FINANCIAL. CRASH, 4; 81
[From tho Now York World.

| b. . . & !. . b I, l4s
r,,no, !, ~, = 4, = il, i, !. ], :. 8$
RosroS NV o. 4 Ro,,; 4, II
Ii. Bntlcr oddrcssed +tbo p,tlar.
at lis ANIMAL bononct IL tbe 1,orL er
Honso to-n;obt Ills snoooh no. "a. 1,
tho nrosent donross;on i, oe,r;cnltrro So
Can. Rntlor reforrod ~ tho. III 81, 53
hood Of Nh, carpentors oett;no tba;r5
dcmond-ciobt Ionrs 4 Gav99 ~ Fort 5 J.
conts on bonr aud tbon nroooad Az
to show that with corn a. t;fteen Is
ccnts . busbo, tbo o,r,onto, =, ! E
wear conld carn 5000 whore tho FIJI.
NOR worL;,n s;vtoo, ho,rs . das
onlv o,rns a112.hO s3
! aNccd discuss the question &
whether ihcrc must NOT bo 4 chance
IL violation - tbo ro,vords &c forn, 49,
mo labor and that to como vorv
/, ,4sss lGISsssskcd Gen. Butler. .ss
RefnrrYno to tho foot that +bo o+u
ncndous snm of "a A5() mn mn q Il, ss
vested in farm mortc.,,uos n Ivest M
orn St,tos Gon RutIar s,;d +h.t
with the interest at from &c ,,rSi
cent ond commissions of ooonts .at7
per cent the PAYMENT Of these mort. %
rares is imnossiblc.
serbc novmcnt of tho ;nto,ast.
unon them -" continued Gon Rntler3
.is also imnossiblc. bcconse. as wa q
have seen. thew call for from 7 70 q &
Der cent, and all statistics show that
the average profits on farmino In
dustrics are between 4 and per
cent only-hardly over 4, How
does this affect investors No honest.
man can invest for another person &
money in these mortgages. Capi- u
talists have lone since ceased 10 In &
vest in them"
As an illustration of tho v,v thesa
investments nrc made bv thouoh,lcsa,
brokers, Gen. Butler related an Incl
dent which occurrcd IN q Irn;tods
States land Office in a Western State.
A man came in and asked tho re- d
corder to hurry IN his patent. IJpon
being asked what was tho occasion
for tho haste he rcplicd Gas soon
as get tho patent there is a fellow
here who is ready to take n mort.
gage on the land for 80 an acre" .5S
"You only paid tho Governments 4
ST .25 an acre, and YOU have no i'm
provcmcnts upon the property of
any value"
"Wcn," said the applicant, "he
will take mortgage MI tho same.
and I want the patent hurried uD.n
Is "What arc YOU going to do with@
SO much money when YOU get it ?''
asked the recorder.
'I am going West and take up,
other lands"
"That man." said Gen. Butler,
I"cvidently lad no idea Of paying the
interest on or rclecmine that mort
gage" ss
"They have cyclones out West,
accompanied with thunder, light
ming, heavy rains and hail, which are
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22
by THOMPSON, SMITH 3 JAYNEs
TEACHERS TEACHER COLUMN.

Co All communications intended
for this column should be addressed
to S. =. Stribling, School Commits
sioncr, Walhalla, S. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22

Jay Gould's daily income has
been estimated recently at $7,446,
Cornelius Vandcrbiit's q. $15,249,
John d. Rockfellcr's at $18,715,
and William Waldorf Astor's at $23,
715.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-22
Perjury and Corruption.

L. III. nj
nov General Earle ot tho mass moot
ING at Anderson on SATURDAY last
"I stand here TO-DAY ,,e;ob;,,o .oo,
aoort1s q,eu. and saw that tboso n,o
who in that Lepislature in 1894
swore to support the Constitution
(Which / ready and which rconircs
them to hold n census and rc.annor.
ton tho representation and thov
didn't do It. I saw then uer;u,ed tbeo,-
sezves and are co,7,l,,tw This Is IN
Infamous charge to make AGAINST anv
man or set Of men. It vii, bc in
terestinp to learn who arc these mon
mon that have been charoc6 bv Can't
Tillman with pcriurv, and corrnn-
ton.
In his MESSAGE to tho General A.
sembly in November. 1884 Govcrnor
Thompson called attention TO thl
provision of the Const;tnt;on d;roct-
inc that the enumeration Of tho in
habitants Of tho State for tho INV
pose of the anportionment Of tho
REPRESENTATIVES, r be made in tho Won,
1875 and in the census OF evcrv
tenth wear thereafter and rocom
mcndcd that "such approximation be
made as NAV be necessary for this
purpose" Several bills mon tho
subject were introduced, and AMONG
them was introduced on December
II "a bill to provide for the taking
the census of the population. indus
try and wealth of South Carolina on
or before the 1st day Of June. 1885 -
This bill was laid on the table on
December 16. On motion Of Mr.
Lee, of Sumter, a lawyer, tho House
re-considered the vote by which the
bill had been tabled, and on Deem
Der 1S it was passed by the House
and sent to the Senate.
The bill came up for consideration
in the Senate on December, 22, and
caused considerable debate. Upon
the motion of Senator Maxwell, of
Abbevillc County, the enacting words
of the bill were stricken out by a
vote of 10 to Is. The Senators who
voted in the affirmative and, there
fore, in favor of killing the bill were /:
Bcnbow, Biemann, Black, BUST,
Byrd, Coker, Howell, Izlar, Maxwell,
Moody, j. w. Moore, Munro, Rev
nolds, Simmons, Smythc, Wallace,
Wingard, Woodward and Youmans.
The vote in the House on this bill
is not given in detail in the House
journal. The names of the Scna-
tors who voted against it are pub
lished to-day to point the moral of
Capt. 1'illman's speech ut Anderson.
These are the men who arc charged
by Capt. 1illman with perjury and
corruption.
DO the people of Oconce County
believe that Diedrich Bicmann, of
Walhalla, perjurcd himself, or that
he was corrupt? What answer will
the people of Williamsburg County
make to the charge that DR.. Byrd is
a pcrjurcr or corrupt man? Who
would dare say that w. G. Cokcr,
of Darlington--onc of the best men
in South Carolina, an honest, Chris
tian gentleman with clean hands and
without reproach-purjured himself,
or that he is corrupt? Then there
arc Judge Izlar, of OraDgcburg, and
Gen. j. w. Moore, of Hampton, and
DR.. John @. Maxwell, of Abbhvillc,
and II. G. Moody, of Marion, and
William Muuro, of Union, does any
body believe that any one of these
representative men pcrjurcd himself
or is corrupt? Does anybody in
Charleston believe that Buist and
Smythe are corrupt men or pcrjurcrs
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27
Some Things You Had Better
Not DO.
Don't contradict your wife.

Don't tell man he is stranger to
the truth because he happens to be
smaller than yourself. Errors of this
kind have been known to be DISASTROUS
Never 90 to bed with cold or damp
feet. Lpaye them beside the kitchen
fire, where they will be handy to put
on in the morning.
It is bad to lean your back against
anything cold, particularly when it is
an ICY pavement, upon which your
vertebral arrangement has caromed
with a Jolt that shaE es the buttons off
your coat.
Always eat your breakfast before
beginning ~ Journey. Ii You haven't
any breakfast, don journey.
After vi,lent exercise--like putting
up the stove or mailing down carpets
never ride around town in an open
CARR &c. 1t is better to waikiki Is
cheaper.
When hoarse speak as little us posi-
bic. If you are not hoarse, it won Go
you any harm to keep your mouth shut,
too.
Don't light the fire with Kerosene
Let the hired girl do it. She hash t
any wife and children ; you have.
Don roam around the house in your
bare feet at the dead Of night, trying
to pick up stray tacks. Men have been
known to dislocate their jaw through
this bad practice.
When you see man put the lighted
end Of a cigar in his mouth, don t ask
him if it is hot enough. Serious injury
has often resulted from this habit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27
Good MaNiIMA.

Attend carefully to the details of
your business.
Sacrifice money rather than princi.
ple. %
Strive to do right fear to do wrong.
Injure not another's reputation in
business.
Observe good manners.
Paw your debts promptly.
Punctuality is better than wisdom.
Use your leisure time for Improve.
ment.
Extend to everybody kind saluta'
ton.
zealously labor for the right.
Take care OF the pennies and the dol
lars viii take care Of themselves.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27
Concerning Women.

When woman gets cross she gets
cross at everybody.
How soon girls capital | becomes a
littI lie after marriage.
The newsboys of the City Of Mexico
are all girls.
Smile at some women and they will
tell vou all the troubles they ever had.
That for which woman should be
consoled she is most often ridiculed-
her homelincss.
When woman can wash 1Annels so
that they will not shrink she knows
enough to get married.
A woman is never so badly in love
that she does not try to find out the
cost of her engagement ring.
The devil has IL particularly bot fire
for the mother who wants to send her
daughter husband hunting at Is.
You occasionally find woman who
thinks she is intellectual because She
has large number OF correspondents,
As sool as man gets the fire built
and the room warm, his wife comes
along and wants to "air the house"
One Of your delicate women will
never admit that she Is hungry. She
will say that she is feeling II little faint.
There is only one thing that pleases
woman more than to b" referred 70 Il II
dove, AID that is 10 hear man referred
to as the hawk.
The question with the women: l. it
better to marry man who is thought
less and leaves the door open behind or
to marry man who thinks to close the
door but iorgets to leave ont the slam =?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

A CARED.
DR. HIRAM HUFFMAN,

Or. HIRAM BU Fl KMAN,
physician and surgeon, takes pleasure in an
nouncing to the citizens Of Mcrhanicstcwn
and vicinity that he has located here in the
practice of medicine. For the present he
may be found at his Residence, opposite the
Lutheran church.
He would further add that he has cume to
stag and hopes by strict and uprigdt deport-.
p.sls to merit the confidence and support Of
Il discerning public.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

Will he found in office next door to John
Roots store at all times except on 1avs men
toned below.
The following appointments will be
promptly Kept
Friday of each week
at Emmitt House.
WOLFSNlLLE- The Third Wednesday Of
each month.
ELLERrON & UARMONY-On Thurs
day following the Third Wednesday of
each month.
June 10, Sc.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

A paper has this advertisement -
Two sisters wait Washing. We fear
that millions Of brothers are in the
same predicament.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

The oldest inhabitant is usually Il
man says an exchange But it need
not be so, if women only stand up to
their ages.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

Practice makes perfect. True. but a
man can continue to drop u hot horse
shoe lis readily the FIST time as the sec
ond.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

The crossest at home are the pleas
attest abroad ; so be little careful how
you trust too much to smiling face.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

Brown says he is going to study the
language of Finland in order to get the
proper Finnish to his education.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

Some people are strangely eccentric
We know Of a man who uses plane to
shave with. He is a carpenter.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27
FIRE IN SURANCE.
Frcss'k white, Agent,
R.cchanicstoWn. iGd.
FOR THE

NUT IA Il FIR E
Insurance Company OF Carroll County, Md,
established 1870. All persons desiring 10 in
sure their property from los! ry fire, by cali
ing in person at my Office in NrchanicsloWn
or by writing to me can ascertain the charges
and any information they desire in reference
reinsurance in said CnmM,nlcs.
FRED'k WHITE.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

Probably the most wide awake men
in this country are the young fathers
who have been blessed With twins.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

When Is mermaid not mer.
maid?'
When she's on exhibition in a dime
museum.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

School teacher Now, BOBBY, spell
needle
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-02-27

Customer Docs the edge improve on
a razor by laying it away for a time after
honing:
Barber--I believe 50.
Customer-You ought to put that one
away for about two thousand years.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-05
Studying Hydrostatics.

1t did not require person of any
great discernment to see at u glance
that the dusty roads of the country
were more familiar to his gaze and
more intimately acquainted with tho
scles of his cowhide boots than were
the pavements of Broadway or Fifth
avenue. He landed at the city hall
81" station and started out for
stroll OH Park row, and the "fakirs"
along the row instantly marked him
for their own. He invested literally
in their wares and accepted all tho
sacrifices they made in his behalf. but
at last he protested against any fur
Their sacritic s. ''Neow, don't | tell
yeou I've got n watch tew hum and
wouldn't hev tibet at emmy figger2"
he yelled at one of them who did his
thieving in n legitimate way by sell
ing timepieces with water escape
ments and perambulatory move
ments.
Theinnocentpursued his way down
Park row. 1t had been raining hard
and the cutters were swollen with
rushing torrents ofwater. The stran-
ger watched them disappear through
the sewer grating at Ann street, with
wonder and aston;shment depicted
on his countenarce. He got down
on his knees, and, laying his pur.
chases en- the ground, peered down
through the cpening. Then, turning
to an interested and amused crowd
ofspectators, hes 6:c: "Gosh, suthfn'
must hev broke loose here. l never
see sech small hole hold such o
powerful sight o. water"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-05
A Goliath in Stone,

Vinalhaven. Me-, claims to have
produced the largest stone' ever
brought to light. The Bodwell
Granite company recently qusrried n
shaft of granite which is the largest
piece ofstone ever quarried anywhere,
and if erected will be the highest,
largest and heaviest single piece of
solid stone standing, or that ever
stood, so far as any record can be
found. In height it considerable ex-
ceeds any of the Egyptian obelisks.
The tallest Of these. which was
brought from Heliopolis 10 Alexan-
dria by Emperor Constantine, and
alterward taken to Rome, where it
is still stan ding, is 105 feet z inches
high, while the Vinalhnven shaft is
lis feet long, 10 feet square at the
base and weighs $50 tons. 1t is nm
derstood that the company quarried
this immense monolith OF their own
account, not having an order TOR any
hing ofthe kind.-New York Ledger.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-05
Money Spent for Show,

Ten thousand carriages in Central,
park have u coachman and footma.,-
At least 5000 more have n coach
man. Twenty-Five Thousand people
ride there simply to wait on the rich,
to minister to the luxury of the opu-
lent. Ten Thousand of these people
are lackeys. The gorgeous and i'm
pressive uniiorms-tall hats, rosettest
top boots, buttons-of the coach
men and lackeys are furnished By
the owners Of the carriages. They
buy uniforms for the coachmen and
lackeys just as they buy harness for
the horses, AMI the cost is about the
same. The uniforms cost about
$50 per carriage. For the 5000
more modest turnouts, with n plain,
old fashioned coachman, the uni
form costs about $50.
1t costs $1,500,O00 to make the
coachmen and the lackeys look like
monkeys. 1t costs $150,000more to
dress up the old fashioned coachman.
The aggregate is 81, $50, 000.-New
York Journal.