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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
Constitutional Convention.

The twelfth plank in the platform Of
tho late Democratic State Convention de-
mands
"'That q constitutional convention be
called to give us III organic law framed
by our W people. We believe the pre-
sont law q monaco to our civilization and
to our educational institutions, and that
we cannot obtain amy great relief from
our burdcnsomo taxes till this is done,
tho present constitution So that it will
moot tho requirements"
Tho purpose of such Il call will surely
commend itself to every right thinking
man and Democrat: But the accomplish
mcnt of tho desired object will require
time and patience. 1t cannot be had in
n day. The law regulating tho call is
embodied in the prcscnt constitution,
Article ID, Section 3, and reads: "Whcn,
over two-thirds of the members elected
to each branch Of the General Assembly
shall think it necessary to call Il convcn-
ton to revise, amend or change this
constitution, they shall recommend to
. tho electors to vote ut the next election
for representatives for or against a on
v%ention; and if a majority of all the
Z doctors voting at said election shall have
voted for Il convention, the General AS
sombly shall, at their next session, pro
wide by law for calling the same; and
such convention shall consist of q num-
Sber of members, not less than that Of
Ffbp t,nct nnp,nInnS lhpprh ,f i1,n (ntn
sYal Assembly"
Thus it will be seen that the Legislature,
&oither this year or next, can only recon-
mend the call for Il convention, which
4 would be voted upon at the general cleo
ton in 1892; and if Il majority should
tlcn vote in favor of a convention, the
7 General Assembly next thereafter would
provide for its call by the proper enact
monts. This is ihe mn!"s "~n"""":!; fui
assembling thc convention, and nothing
more. Still ~ is the only way by which
we can go to the convention, and it will
draw it's weary length along for nearly
three years, regardless Of the necessity,
or otherwise, for SO much time.
Lot there be no disconragcmcnt, how
evor, because Of the hardness in proceed
uro. 1t SHOULD serve to cndcar the
cause 80 much the more in the hearts of
tho people. Ample opportunity will
!, thus be afforded for the deliberate con-
sideration of Fundamental changes in
our organic law, and for tho public mind
to settle somewhat Oh the most needed
reforms.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
Hon. Geo. ID. Tillmnn Re- Nominated.

Hon. George ID. Tillman was rc-unmi-
mated for Congress for the eighth time at
Aiken on Friday. lie received 80 votes
t.. Is (thosc of Barnwon and Collctum)
cast for G. Duncan Bcllingcr, of Barn
we'll. Mr.. TillmaD in thanking the CON
yention made a red hot speech against
tho sub-trcasury bin and Alliance Repre-
sentative McCunc.
Tho following is strong, square talk:
"fMcCunc is the originator Of that bill.
He Is a reformed Republican, who failed
$at dentistry in Indiana, lloatcd about
California for n while, and finally went
down to Texas, where he manipulated
ALLIANCE money.
thero any justice m taxing other
industries to build warehouses for the
products of the farmers? The Alliance
processes equal justice to all and special
Sfayors to none. If that amt special
favor what is it?
ts'Two Republicans framed that bill.
There is no Democracy in il. 1t is a
2bridg. to carry the Democratic party
over, horse, foot and dragon, to the
Republican party. 1t provides for the
of warehouse managers, but tho
Constitution says Federal officers must
be appointed and not elected, and you
tho Republicans will appoint.
1T says there shall be an election TO
sdecide where tho warehouse shall be
1t will be n Federal election, not
tas State election. Tho negroes would
yotto,,5a and whites would divide. Would
mot that DO d nice state Of affairs? Then
Ethero would be lots Of stealing and en-
5hezzling; cotton would disappear, and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
Cur Tomasscr Correspondence.

ToMAsssE, S. G., Sept. %, 1890. 81
DEAR COURIER: We have no no,ws
to speak Of III this part of the coun
try this time. Everybody has tt
look aftcr other affairs too much tc
capcr around and make q morsel O
news for q haysecd newspaper cor.
respondent.
So much rc.planting had to be
done last summer, on account of bud
worms, etc., chat fodder must be
gone over two, and in some cases,
three times; otherwise some would
be "burnt up" before the re-plants
were ripe. About an average crop OF
fodder will be pulled, but very little
strictly first class fodder will DC
saved, on account of the constant
showers of rain.
Cotton picking is progressing very
well, and cotton is opening very fast.
1t is thought an average crop will be
made.
Mrs. J. t.. Fogartic and children,
ana Mrs. hlcCorklc spent several
days with Mrs. G. Jones last week.
Letters from Jefferson, Texas, say
that that section has had a drought
of over two months, and in other
places, much longer, and that only
half a crop will be gathered.
Chinquapins and muscadincs arc
now ripe, and we suppose people can
live Il while longer, even if black
berries arc out of date.
You hear a great many people say
that cotton doesn't pay, and yet
you generally sec them plant a patch,
ever if he must rent land to do so.
The prevailing idea seems to be that
II must have enough cotton "to buy
the cl,illcns' shoes, an ter git or new
suit CT Sunday-go-to-mcctin' clothes.
The CoUmEH's editorial on the
guhcrnatorial campaign was timely,
and we hope everybody will realize
that should the Radicals nominate
a candidate for Governor, il will be
4 contest for supremacy between
Anglo-Saxons and Africans, between
civilization and barbarism, and be-
tween prosperity and decay. No
II should hesitate to vote for Till
MAJ because he is not an ideal man.
No doubt he will make as good an
official as Richardson has, and though
Earle or Bratton probably would
have made Il better one, he is the
choice Of an overwhelming majority
of the people, and therefore should
be Governor. If Tillman doesn't
suit the people, he a stay but two
years, and should he be a real tyrant,
even, it would he better to have two
years of him, than ten, or perhaps
twelve, of negro and carpct-bag rule.
The census just completed is very
gratifying, though imperfect it may
be, not only for the wonderful growth
and prosperity Of the South, but
also for the great relative increase of
the white over the negro population,
thus giving promise of a peaceful
settlement of the much mootcd
Grace problem"
JEFF PERKINS.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
ok
Notice.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
WALHALLA, S. c., Sept. 81, 1890.

il HE Books for tho collection Of Taxes
for tho fiscal year commencing November
LIST, 1880, will ,bc opened on the 18th of
October, 1890, and close on tho 18th of
December, 1890:
State st Mills.
Ordinary county taX........ 81
Special county tax. .....
School tax
Seneca Graded School Dis
ulcI taN.... .............4
All males between 2l and 80 years of
ago, not exempt by law, $l.0O Poll tax.
will attend at tho places named and
tho times specified below for tho collcc-
ton OF taxes, and Oh all other days 1T the
Court House:
Seneca, October 18th and 10th, o A. M.
to 5 p. NJ.
Westminster, October 18th, A. M. to
3 p. NJ.
Richland, October 18th, 10 A. M. to 2
p. M.
Chcrry's, October goth, 10 A.. M. to IL M.
Adams Crossing, October Goth, 2 p. NJ.
to 4 p. NJ.
SiGton's Mills, October 2lst, 10 A. NJ. to
p. NJ.
Fair Play, October 22d, 10 A.. M. to 3
Z. Nj.
South Union, October 2ad, 8 A. NJ. to
10 a. NJ.
IIalcy's Store, October 23d, If a. M. to
2 p. NJ.
High Falls, October 9th, 10 a. M. to II
a. NJ.
Salem, October 9th, p. M. to 3 p. M.
Little River, October 18th, 0 A. M. to
II A. NJ.
Mrs. Rankins', October 25th, / p. NJ to
3 p. NJ.
Abel Robins, October 9th, 10 A.. NJ.
to IL III.
Jonas Phillips, October 9th, 2 p. NJ.
to 4 =. NJ.
d. f. Cartcr's, October 2Sth, A. NJ.
to II a. NJ.
j. NJ. Cannon's, October 2Sth, 2P. M.
to 4 =. NJ.
Cleveland, October Goth, 10 a. NJ. to 2
p. NJ.
Taxes arc payab, i Gold and Silver
Coin, United States Currency, National
Bank Notes and Coupons which shall be-
como payable during the year 1900 on the
consolidated Bonds of this State, known
as ''Brown Bonds" and tho Bonds of
tho State known as deficiency Bonds"
and on any other Bonds which may DO
issued by authority of any Act of tho
General Assembly passed ut its last Sos
sion.
Fifteen pcr cont penalty Will attach on
all unpaid taxes on December 18th, 1890.
Information as to taxes ch%cerfully
given by mail. Please enclose stamp for
reply.
j. W.. HOLLEMAN.
TREASURER OCONEE COUNTY.
September rs, 1890. 49,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
Our Seneca Correspondence.

SENECA, 5. G., September %, 90.
DEAR COURIER: There is a good
deal of complaint about cotton being
damaged by the excessive rain We
haze been having. The latest re-
po",s from the crops arc that they
will be a little short of what was
expected. Cotton has been coming
in briskIy for a few days past, and is
bringing good prices here.
The Oil Mill Company have added
a fine ginning department, which is
furnished with all the latest improve
mcnts and convcnicnccS.
DIR. Gilman, late Of Philadelphia,
is building a handsome residence a
mile ont on the Fair Play road.
We arc requested to say that there
will be meeting Of the prcsbytc-
rian congregation Of this place next
Sabbath morning, to take steps to
get n pastor. A full meeting is
desired.
Mr.. Frank l.. Sitton has moved
into town. ..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25

CHARLESTON, S. G.. September %.
Ralph Elias was to-day appointed
assistant postmaster Of Charleston
vice J. G. Bcckman, deceased. Mr..
Bcckman held the place for over 40
years successfully. elias is a native
Of Columbia, but has lived here scvc-
raj years, being in the grocery bust
ness The salary is $1,000.
A rumor is freely circulated here
to-day that the Republican Exccu-
tive Committee will run Judge Has
kcll for Governor, and the Til!mam-
ties say they have it or good att
thority (Rcpublican) that he will &C
ccpt the nomination.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
New Advertisements,

Onth-BOund Selection and Midnight
CaucHsscs and BOycOtts.
No sham sales or a transfer for collec-
IN ton; u jumping from pillar to post
to dodge tho sheriff. At tho same old
stand since 1888. L%iquidating my debts
II hundred cents to tho 81. Oakway
then Il "wildcrness." january, 1906,
the garden spot of Oconcc." September
22d, A. ID. 1890, q :
j. j. Haley & Mctiutiin have OH hand
and are receiving daily n large and COM
plctc stock Of Goods, which will be sold
at prices and on terms to suit purchasers.
Mr.. McCiuflin, as postmaster and partner
in charge, is authorized to contract and
receipt in tho firms namo and can be
fOund OH hand at all times.
j. O. j. Haley, in charge of Haley &
IIalcy's Ginnory, is prepared to do the
ginning for the public in first class style
and on terms reasonable. Bagging and
Ties furnished rs cheap as tho cheapest.
All persons knowing themselves in
debtcd to myself, or Haley 4 Haley, or
Haley & McGufin, arc hereby notified
that we have carried thom as long as VIC
can afford it, and unless they settle by
November 1st We will put some into
Judgment, and place Thorn on record i'm
Clerks office Of Oconco county.
+ Gentlemen, You have had your fun
cussing and boycOtting mo this summer,
now como and pay me what You honestly
owe nc, and then just cuss and boycott
on If you want to; | can stand it if you
can. Respectfully,
j. J. HALEY,
Oakway, S. C.
September 26, 1890. 3S-3m
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25

The tears of Garth are the crys-
tails of heaven. Earthly subtraction
is heavenly addition.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
@. i. REID.
Just 25C Per Set

IL OR Cups and Sauccrs.
A largo lot of Crockcry just received.
On hand a full assortment of Glass and
Tinwarc and a choice supply of Gro
c~crics, including Soap.
Our sc. and 10c. counters arc being
constantly rcplenishcd.
We sell for cash or bartcr and sell
cheap.
BE sure to give us a call and do not
forget to bring that bundle of cotton
rags. S. M. VANWYCK e. co.
sell any kind of Machinery.
V. II. MARTIN.
August 2S, 1890.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
New Clothing Store

lam opening CLOTHING, BOOTS,
SHOES, HATS and CAPS, DRY GOODS
and NOTIONS at Rittor's Stand, between
S~chumachors and Bank.
Call and SEQ my Goods before you buy.
MI. Charley Jaynes will DO pleased to
show tho Goods and will sell you low
down.
Yours truly,
w. w. Robinson.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25

When yon need anything in the lIar-
ness line don't fail TO give us a call. We
show you tho largest stock cvcr
brought to Westminster, and give you
cheaper than ever.
II. N. Carter & Co.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25

Columbia purchased 23,027 bales
of cotton last year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25

T'ALL SESSION opens SEPTEMBER
IL 10, 1890, with better facilities for
thorough instruction titan evcr before.
Best advantages. Lowest rates. Address
REV. S. LANDER, A. NJ, President, Will
liamston, S. @. -.
July "a, 1890. post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14

and fine and in the fashion? How many
daughters are there who, when pleasure
taking comes In question, do feel, even if
perhaps unconsclously, that the mother
has had her day and ought to be contented,
and they should be the ones to go and
take the enjoyment? 1t would seem as if
the mere sentiment of self preservation
would teach daughters better line Of con-
duct. 1t is the mother making the CEN
trail spot of the house usually that makes
home possible 1t is the mother from
whom the greater part of the happiness of
the home pr )ceeds. If she dies the home
disintegrates, or it is not unusual that an
other comes in her place foreign and
alien element; before whom the old union
and happiness may possibly fly. To pre-
serve this home and this happiness, one
would imagine, should be the first effort
of the daughter, that she should out of
regard for her own comfort and gratifca-
ton as well as for that of others. seek
every means to make life easy to the moth
err to insure her health and length Ct DAYS.
Never again will any daughter have such
a friend as this mother; no fond adorer's
eyes will ever follow her with the same
disinterestcd love as this mother eyes do,
nor will any give her the sympathy she
does. 1t is wild folly on the daughters
part that lets the mother waste her
strength, instead of seeking by every
means possible to save ard increase it, for
while good mother is with her family
they are entertaining an angel. whether
unawares or not.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14
4 Crop for New Ground.
Practical Farmer.

There is no crop so servicable on new
ground as sweet potatoes. A vast guam
tity of trash may be worked into the soil
if work is begun in time. The sweet
potato is a hearty feeder, and taking root
as it does at all points, it gets away with a
great amount of rubbish. For cleaning
up new land the sweet potato thus comes
in as good first crop, for it tends to reduce
rough lanl and render coarse material fine.
In cleaning up the new land for crop of
sweet potatoes nothing should be burned
but the roots and logs All the grass, no
matter how coarse and heavy, should be
turned under, for it will help make a soil.
If this is turned under with the pillow in
the fall of the year the process of decom-
position will put it in good condition for
the coarse feeding roots of the sweet
potatoes of the following spring. After
the stumps have been cleaned off and the
grubbing done. the ground should be torn
up with a coarse pillow, furnished with a
good stiff coulter, running it both ways
very close Then drag thoroughly and
leave a few weeks to settle. Then put in
a good turning pillow, after which leave
the ground rough until spring, when an
occasional narrowing would be most Use
full, breaking up and disturbing the trash.
This process tends to compost the lower
soil, and makes it much more retentive of
moisture. Should the soil be in need OF
vegetable matter. light crop of grass
can be sown, and turned over easily in the
spring. But this should be done several
weeks before the sweet potatoes are plant
ed, for it will not do to turn in mass of
succuIent material and plant at once. as
the fermentation of quantities OF green
stuff is hrrtful to tender roots and the
vines By this plan soil is made for
future crops, while by the system of rak-
ing with the harrow and burning every
thing that can lie burned great deal OF
valuable material is lost. Tbs sweet pota.
to is such a coarse feeder that it can make
use of almost all of the material, convert
ing it into available manure for succeed
ing crops. The crop of potatoes will not
be an insignificant item of profit, fol
probably no other crop will yield so much
to the acre in new ground just broken fol-
cultivation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14
Daughters Duty to Their Mothers.

If all that mothers are to them came
home to the perceptions of daughters at
an earlier period, they would be more an
xious than they generally seem to be to
spare those mothers, to proong their days,
and save them from much of the exertion
and anxiety that are likely to shorten their
lives, and that if onl from merely selfish
reasons, says Harper's Bazaar How many
daughters are there who if it lies between
them to do it. do not let their mothers
rise in the morning and make the fire and
prepare the breakfast. who in the interim
between cooks, do not let the whole bur-
den of care and the chief endeavor of work
come upon the mother, who do not let the
mother get up in the night and attend to
the calls of sudden ills; who, if it is neces-
sary to watch with the sick, do not hold
themselves excused, and the duty to be a
maternal one; who do not feel it their
privilege to be ready for callers and com
pany while the mother Is still in working
deshabille; who are not in the habit of tax
ins the most comfortable chair; and who
in the matter of provisions or toilet, dc
not think almost anything will do fol
mother, but they themselves must be fresh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14
Evarts and the Hollow Vermonter.

This story is told of Senator Evarts
One OF the hangers-on around his immense
stock farm In Vermont was Ivory Hall, a
big fellow, who could eat more and do less
work than any other man ever known in
that region. Stories about Ivory's wonder
full capacity for food came to the ears of
the Senator, who, disc editing them, made
up his mind to put the reputed champion
to test.
He accordingly hired the gormandizing
giant for day, and sat him down to the
breakfast table preparatory to going a.
field. Food enough for FIVE men was
brought on, and Hall had no trouble in
clearing the board.
Now, Ivory said the polysyllabic
orator, 1--WE have long way to go to the
field, and if you don't mind | should like
to have you eat your dinner at this time,
so you need not come clear back to the
house."
Jest ez leave take my dinner now ea
eny time" was the willing response.
Again the table grssned under the load of
provisions, and again Ivory swept all be-
fore him.
See here, Mr.. Hall, said the admiring
statesman, ''our supper hour is o'clock,
and [ want you to work later. Do you
think you could take your supper now, too,
SO as to work until sundown?'
"Sartin, came the quick answer. Sup
per and dinner and breakfast are all the
same to me. | can allus eat en-
For the third time fresh dishes were pro-
duced and great roasts and ews forth
coming. Plate after plate Of Vermont
beef and cabbage and onions and potatoes
went down the greedy gullet of the hired
man; and after these came buildings and
pies and cakes enough to stop bake shop.
! Not for a moment did Ivory relax until
every dish was clean.
''If you are ready now, Mr.. Hall, sug-
gested the dumbfounded orator, I'VE will
go to the field, and | will show you where
! to work"
Then Hall looked at his employer for
| fully minute, rubbed his abdomen low
ingly, and said:
Nav, | guess not | bean't in the
! habit CIV workin' arter supper
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14
BOUGHT WITH ENGLISH MONEY
All Immense Tract of Southern Iron Lands


BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, Aug, Matthew
7. Scott, a wealthy citizen of Bloom
ington, has just contaminated the biggest
deal in mineral lands that has ever been
recorded of late. Some years ago Mr..
Scott purchased the fee simple title to the
property known as the Cumberland iron
works in Stuart county, Tennessee. This
property comprises $4,000 acres of land,
OF which $4,000 acres are agricultural and
the rest mineral lands, producing char
coal iron of fine quality and inpractically
exhaustless quantity This property NJ,
Scott has sold to a syndicate of English
capitalists, who have formed a
stock company, called the Cumberland
Company, limited, incorporated - A)ndon,
England, with a capital stock of 81, ESQ.,
900. All the stockholders are English
capitalists except Mr.. Scott, who holds one
fifth of the stock and is the American resi-
dent director. The company proposes to
spend an immense sum in building fur
naces and otherwise improving the prop
erty. The lands lie on the Cum erland,
one hundred miles above Nashville, and
formerly were the property and the home
of John Bell, who ran for president of the
United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14
ODD FELLOW CANTON MENT.
A Grand Display was made on the Lake
Front Today.


Front Today.
CHICAGO, Aug. This most innpor-
ant and imposing day Ill the patriarch
militant cantonment, being set apart for
the grand parade. The first exercises of
the day we're exemplifcations of the sub
ordinate degree of work in battery D
armory for prizes, by the North Star
lodge, of Minneapolis, and the lodges
from Whitewater, Wis, and Blooming
ton, Iowa.
At IL o'clock handsome and imposing
dress parade and inspection took place on
the Lake front grounds, with about forty
cantons in line The great stretch os
greensward was abIaze with black, red,
purple and gold of the knights uniforms
and glitter of FURNISHED steel. In the
afternoon great parade took place which
was witnessed by crowds of people.
Tonight, there was another great spec
tacular demonstration on the lake front
park, with military display; tie confer
ring Of the decoration of chivalry for the
members of the Rebekah degree, and the
grand exhibition of pyrotechnics
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14
IDENTIFIES THE BILLS.
The Money Found on Bank Robber Baker
Recognized.

ASHLAND, Wis, Arg. THE state
scored strong point against the defen-
dent, Phelps Perrins. this morning.
Phelps, a clerk in the shipping depart
ment Of the treasury department at Wash
ington, and new witness in the case,
testified that he could identify the bank
bills taken from Baker, after the bank
robbery as part of the shipment made
from Washington to the Iron Exchange
Bank, of Hurley via Milwaukee,
No positive testimony has ever been
given on this point before and the defense
made desperate effort to break it down
or have it stricken ont of the record but
failed. Other Washington witnesses will
give testimony. The jury is the best yet
obtained to try any of these cases. Gabe
Bouck. of Oshkosh, is expected here to
assist in the defense.
Perrin is in Jail except when he is in
court, and looks and feels very bad physi-
cally.