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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
G Ip TlsD CIR ,18.lHs HIS J
Sheriff. S Sales.

pY virtue of sundry executions di-
D rooted to mo by Thomas Bibb,
County Treasurer of Oconee County,
South Carolina, will soil, Before the
Court House door in Walhalla, $. c., on
Salcsday, Juno 9th, 1893, between the
loyal hours for sale, to tho highest bid
dor, the following described roal estate,
to-wit: y.'
All that piece, parcel or tract of land,
in Oconoe county, on waters of Ramsey
creek, in Tugaloo Township, containing
ninety O0) acres, moro or less, adjoining
lands of VIM. Lee, Marshal Dickson and
others. Levied on as tho property of
Andiow and David Dickson, deceased,
at suit Of State for taxes. ...-.
Also, all that lot in tho town of Wal
halla and bounded by lands of V. +.
Martin, r. NJ. Richardson, Thomas Smith
and others Levied OH as tho property
of Sarah Richoy .t suit of tho State .or
taxes.
Also, all that piece, parcel or tract of
ship, containing thirty (30) acres. moro
or less, bounded by lands Of John Pick
cns, Warren Davis, Nancy Whittcn and
others Levied on as tho property of the
Peoples Eank, Grocnville, S. G., at suit
Of State for taxes.
Also, all that piece, parcel or tract of
land in Oconoo county, Whitewater
hundred and seventy (3,57O) acres, moro
or less, bounded by lands of James
Whitmiro, w. j. Dunio and othors.
Lowed on as tho property of w. j..
DufIio at suit of State for taxes.
Also, all that piece, parcel or lot of
land in tho town of Seneca, OcOnoc
county, bounded by lands of John c..
Cary, j.. d. Gassaway, Pino Street and
othcis. Levied on as tho property of
Miles Fn"llcn, p. c., nj suit of tho State
for taxes.
TERMS : Cash. Purchasers to pay
extra for titles.
w. w. MOSS,
Sheriff Oconce County.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
Arc You EVcnkf

Weakness manlests itself in the loss of
Hmhition and aching bones. The blood is
wltcry; the tissues nre wasting the door is
being opened for disease. a bottle Of Browns'
Iron Bittcrs taken in time will restore your
strength, sCOthe your nerves, make your
blood rich and red Do you more good
thhn nm expensive sI","inl course ofmeficine.
Browns Iron Bittors 10 sold by all dealers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
Mt, Tabor Items.

MT IAnoE, May 2, lS0S.--The farmers
arc well up with their spring work ard
crops arc promising.
MIR. Geo. Perkins is worry sick ut this
time with fever
Miss Minnie Finley, Of Oakway, is
visiting. friends and relatives on tho
r'vEr yer hn's wnGk.
MIR. Henry Mcdonald and Miss Maggie
Armstrong, OF lhchland, were in our
DurB Sunday st.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
Beauty Is Blood DccD.

ClcanS blood means u clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarcts Candy Ca
thartic clean your blood and keep it
clean by stirring up tho lazy livcr and
driving all impurities from tho body.
Begin to-day to Danish pimplcs, boils,
blotches, blackhcads and that siclsly
bilious complexion by taking Cascarets.-
beauty for ton cents. All druggists.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 10c., DC, SOC.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
DR.. DiaS to Volunteer.

=, DR.. Il. j. Dias, The great Cuban Baptist
divine, who left Cuba something like a
year ago, now says that ho will volunteer
and return to Cuba to fight for Cuban
Independence.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
Cable Cut.

The Manila cable has boon cut and
surrender made. Tho last advicos from
the Ihiliippinc capital, prior to tho inter
Spaniards capituiatcd
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic cures constipation for.
ever. l0c., 25c. If G.. {. G.. fail drug.
gists refund money.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR AUDITOR:

FOR AUDITOR:
Tho many friends of j. O. ADAMS re-
Spcctfully announce him as candidate
for recollection to tho Office of Auditor,
subject to the action of tho Democratic
party.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14

When returning next morning Balm
bridge saw corsair stealing into port
and gave it chase The Philadelphia
gained rapidly on the corsair, but
struck on a reef hard and fast. The
enemy came out upon it with his gun
boats, shot into it until it keeled over
and its magazines were flooded, its
pumps disabled, and men were on
board who made holes in the bottom
and then hauled down the American
flag. Then cambridge surrendered
himself and 315 men. The victors
righted the vessel, new rugged it and
brought it to anchor under the ba-
shaw's castle.
cambridge found means Of COM
municating with the commander of the
American fleet and he proposed that
the Philadelphia be destroyed as she
lay at anchor. Volunteers were called
for and sixty-two promptly responded
Among them were Midshipman Thomas
Macdonough and James Lawrence. the
first sixteen and the latter Stwenty
years old; Decatur was twenty-four all
little more than boys. .,s &
Everything in readiness. the run.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
'"THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS"

master at the wheel was not to leave
until after having put it hard aport and
lasheQ it so. He was then to jump
overheard. Down below the man at the
reversing gear was to stop the engines,
scramble up on deck and get over the
side as quickly as possible. The man
in the engine-room was to break open
the sea connections and follow his
leader into the water. This was to in
sure the sinking of the ship, whether
the torpedoes worked or not. Then, as
last step, the lieutenant was to touch
the electric button and start the ex-
plosion, while he should save himself
as best he might. x
The Merrimac was run into the mar
rows according to the plan, but she
was detected by the enemy in the shore
batteries and subjected to terrible
cannonading. Still she made straight
for the point where she would be, and
there swung herself across the chan
mel, but there was no need to put it's
machinery of destruction into opera
ton. The Spaniards did all the work
of destruction for it, with shot and
shell they sank it, and so closed up the
channel of their own harbor. Lieut.
Hobson and, his crew saved themselves
by means of the boats, but were soon
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
DEEDS OF NAVAL HER0ISM.

channel should be reached he was
told to put her helm hard to port stop
the engines, drop the anchors, open sea
connections, touch off the torpedoes
and leave the vessel wreck. lying
athwart the channel, which is not as
broad as the Merrimac was long. Pro-
vision Of 10-inch torpedoes were at
tached below the water line, on the
port side, against the bulkhead and VI
tai spots, and connected with eseh
other by a wire under the ships keel.
Each torpedo contained eighty-tw0
pounds of gunpawder. Likewise each
torpedo was connected WITH the bridge.
and thus was everything prepared, that
Hobson and his men should do their
work in a minute or a minute and
quarter r. =
On deck it was ordered that there be
four men, besides Lieut.. Hobson. In
the engine-rOom were assigned two
other men. This was the total crew,
and all were directed to wear nothing
but their underclothing, that weight of
clothing might not hinder their escape
Al tAey SHOULD De ODlged TO take 10
water without boats. A man was placed
forward and around his waist a line
was made fast to the bridge on which
the lieutenant was to stand. By that
mans side was to be an AK When
the vessel should reach the right point
the lieutenant was to jerk the line as
a signal to the man forward to cut the
anchor lashings, and then jump over
board and swim to four-oared dingy
lowed at the stern. The dingy was to
have life buoys and rifles in her. The
first man to reach her was to haul in
the tow Ifne and swing her round to
starboard, to take in the rest of the
crew as they should be released from
duty Oh the lMerrimac. The quarter
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
LAUGHING GAS.

Mamma, didn't pap say he vas 60
ing to a stag party? What is stag
party?" 1T iss a. party, dear, that is
so called because of the horns that are
necessary toosatisfy it's THIRST"
II wonder how much money Billipers
makes in aiyear@' '@Abont $4,000. AT
least, I heard1 him talking very elo-
quently in favor of putting war tax
on all incomes above that AMOUNT
Indianapolis, Journal.
EARLY Ryser: why don't you leave
the match, safe in one place two con-
secutive times? Every morning waste
five minutes cropping for it, Mrs. Ryser
(sleepily from under the bed clothes):
How do you expect to find anything,
in the dark? Why don't you strike a.
light ?''-Philadelpafa Call.
Mother: What is the matter. Clara 2.
You look distressed Clara Ca BRIDGE:
George has-has had to go off ON a
trip and he. won't be back for-for two
days hoo-hooy' Same mother fsomes
years later): How long will your hus>
band be away?'a Same Clara: al forgot
to ask. New York Weekly.
Little John latter casting his penny
into the fund for the Bamalan island
ers): Il wish was a heathen!'' Sab
bath school teacher: oh, Johnny! Why.
do you wish such an awful thing as
that?" Little John; svTha heather
don't never have to, give nothin' they
are always gittin' somethin' .''Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
HE TAINTED TWICE..
"A TeHder-H t arted Motorman,, Ran, Over

Tender-Ht arted Motorman,, Ran, Over
an Emgy of Weyler..
A motorman in Brooklyn fainte1I
twice Tuesday night, once from: fright
and once because he found that he had
not crushed out humanrlife. Hee is
the most remarkable motormam i'll
Brooklyn. He is different from ali his
kind, say the New York zHeralda Efb
was running his car along at full speed
at 1870 o'clock, when the motormam
saw figure lying upon theptrack.. He.
tried to stop the car. He was too late.
There was whirring sound,i crussia-
Ing, grinding noise, which, gradually
ceased, and then the car stopped. The
motorman saw shoe over the edge of
the fender. He put his hands too hiss
face and fell backward >fnia dead faint
More than a score of passengers with
bleached faces left the car and looked
at the form beneath the trucks. The
limbs were twisted about: the wheels
and wisps of straw showeda from the
torn clothing. The passengers, after
much difficulty, extricatedl the form
which had been run over and found it
was that of Spanish general of great
distinction. The man whoo had BEEN
run over had card acrossshis breast,
which bore the inscriptions: "This is
Weyler." Half a dozen passengers had
meanwhile succeeded in reviving~ the
motorman. "Did I kill him % asked!
the knight of the lever, when hB, re-
vived. 'That's all right, old man.
said a. good-natured passenger; slap
ping the motorman on, thee shoulder,
1T was a;:straw onetthis time:'' No.. Tly
was in daze. He lookedsat the pas
sengers and them at the distorted fig
urer upon the pavement. He jumped
upon his car, released thee lever and
ran his empty conveyance with all
speed up thecavenue. He stopped short
in front of the policecstation: He aban-
doned his car and rushed irt@ the
house. Sergeant, ~ he said, 1--WE
killed a man down at Powell street."
There was aascurrying around the sta
tion house,, A patrol wagon FASTENED
to the scenea Of the accident. Fifteen
minutes later three disgusted- looking
policemen came back. "Braee up, old
man. said one of them to- the wild
eyed motorman.. ''Yourr victim was a
man Of straw Being told to ebrace
up the, motorman tainted again. He
was revived with appropriate stimu-
:lants and a, few minutes later he was
running his, oan again, blithe and
happy. e.. f. . >...' -. - ..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14

when pulled, detach the torpedo from
the launch, and third was to enable
him to explode It at the right time.
When come within hearing distance OF
the lAlbemarle the engine was to be
stopped and the oars then used. TIE
nightw pitch dark when with muffled
oars they fowed toward Plymputh, and
as they passed safely under the walls
OF the fort, they turned and shos across
the river and on up the river above
where the A1bennarle was. Them they
descended, still undiscovered, upon the
ram which, they found, was moorsd to
wharf and protected by log boom
against just SUCH attack as was this
one. They were close upon the ram
when they were discovered and chat
1enged in che words, what boat il
| that?" The answer Was a lie, of course;
/ 1t was '"The AlbemarIe's boat" At
the same instant the launch struck full
against the logs, which also in the same
instant drew upon it shower of bull
let's from the infantry on shore. In an
other second the ports Of the Albemarle
were open and belching shot and shell
upon the daring visitor.
! Now Lieut.. Cushing touched off
howftzer;. and pulled the line which ex-
ploded the torpedo fair against the side
of the ram, and SO damaged her that
She SOON sank, carrying several lives
:wfth' her,. But musket' bali had hit
the lieutenant in the right arm and
she'll Had busst on the launch; he anI
all the men were compelled to- jump
into the water. It wass ICY cold, but
all, except the lieutenant, SWAIN to the
near shores under rapid fire. from the
rebel Infantry. Cushing, With one arm
disabled, was longer in the water and
made directly down the" stream for
several miles to safe landing for Elm.
Crawling ashore, he could do mo
more then, but fell asleep only to- be
awakened by men talking They were
rebels, and talking of the wonderfuI ad-
venture of the preceding night. From
what he overheard of the conversation
he knew that the Albemarle" had gone
down and that his work was effectuaI-
ly done. After another dayEand night
he was again with the fleet and the OBJ
ject''of admiration and praise: Soon bis
exceptionally heroic deed was known to-
the whole country, and for the time
and as long as he lived, heowas made
the recipient of many appropriate atten>
tiOns and rewards.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14

LIHUD.. w. B. CUSHINE..
tory is: read!. But in the present, tire
excited and grateful people, Of THE
United States are excusable for making
vastly more off it, for their pride ana
glory, than a. naked statement of the
facts will! be likely to convey to- any
that may be" living in after times. Tn
history twill take its place along with
other instances: of individual daring.
similar in' nature, that are already in
fixed in the annals of the American
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14

While robbed of some sensational cir
cumstances by the shots OF the Span
iards, the affair, in its conception, was
still of so daring and brilliant a nature
as to command the admiration of the
Spanish admiral, Cervera, and the ap-
plause and reward of the American
government and people. That is about
what history Will say, and it is enough,
In that manner the glorious affair will
be kept in rememb rance as long as his
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
AS He Found It,

Mrs. Intrade-Where is your fatIer@
Adult Son-He is at the store. aFitino-
his edition of t'Society as T Have
Found IT, Mrs. Intrade-What? A
book? son-Yes; ledger, full of, un-
paid and uncollectible bills:-Nev
York Weekly
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
Those. Daring Bostonfans.

That's the man over there, isn't it,
who polished up Kipling's Recession
alp" No. You've got them mixed.
That's the man who rewrote the first
chapter Of Genesis in words of two syl-
tables, and corrected the grammar Of
the Lords prayer. Cleveland Plain
Dealer. z5~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
The Cold Shoulder.

It was once customary in France.
when a guest had remained too long,
for the host to serve him cold shout
der Of mutton instead of hot roast.
This was the origin Of the phrase, '@to
give the cold shoulder"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
Siberia.

Siberia is an empire in itself. There
have been discovered along its line Of
road ffty-four bituminous coal fields.
twenty gold, forty copper and two sile
yer deposits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14
Example.

She Did you ever see any rapid Ar
ing? HeYes; was in Washington
when the Spanish minister and attaches
were sent home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14

navy.
1t was October 3d.. 1893: Capt. Balm
bridge, with the frigate Philadelphia,
had been maintaining the blockade at
Tripoli, but his vessel was blown away
from its station by furious gale.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-07-14

A Years Rain,' Snow, Etc.
1t is estimated that the amount OF
water precipitated on. this globe an
nually in the form offrain, STOW, etc.,
is $4,000 cubic miles.
The age-herald., 1898-03-13
That Public Land Scheme.

The Albertville Banner publishes and endorses the land scheme of President FL dridge of the Troy State Normal college This scheme is in brief a grab of $50 900 acres of public land for the enrichment of the normal and technical schools Has the Banner sufficiently considered the pressing and greater needs of the com mon schools of the state?
 The twenty-three special schools of the state were established and are maintain cd by the state with funds collected in the form of taxes from the people, while the common schools must be satisfied with a mere pittance, barely enough to maintain them for two or three months in the year. The normal and technical schools are not satisfied with their maintenance at the expense of the common schools, and Presi- dent Eldridge at least desires to enrich
The age-herald., 1898-03-13
Old kinq Coal.

In the event of war the Cuban and Porto States in short order. Twenty-four hours after the declaration of war or the first hostile shot from a Spanish gun all those ports would be closed and they would gather her ships together and in great naval battle whip the United States.
 3-st it be assumed that she attempted the RISK She would have to dispatch from Spain all her fighting ships. They would arrive off Cuba or Porto Rico with empty ounkers, nearly empty at any rate. A few days maenuvering would take the last shovel of coal on board. Such ships have be fought in that way.
 Where are the bunkers of the Spanish ships to be filled? Not in Nova Scotia. for England would not permit 1t. Not in Mexico, for Mexico has none but import ed coal either at Vera Cruz or Tampico and Mexico's sympathies are with the struggling Cubans, who are making a fight similar to that inflicted by Spain upon Mexico itself. There is no coal farther south that a Spanish ship from over seas could reach Coal, in other words, will as- sert it's supremacy in sea war, and Spain will see the futility of the task, and there will not be a great naval battle on this side of the sea, either near Cuba or near the mainland.
 Nor is it easy to see how the privateers she talks so glibly about are to be coaled. Possibly one vessel of that sort could se- cure coal in Vera Cruz or Tampico, but it Is by no means certain that it could. Eng land has coaling stations in every part of the world, and she has ships to defend them against all corners, but Spain is not England in any respect. Old King Coal smiles when he reads of Spains naval bat ties in American waters, and straightwa'y calls for his fiddlers three, and the tunes they are playing just now are Dixie and Yankee Dosdle.
The age-herald., 1898-03-13
Contenn-
Per cent.

One hundred represents last years area, and the percentages of the table have ref erence to that. MT. Thomans 2,000 corre- spondents in the south think the decrease in acreage will be six and one-half per cent. If the season should prove as favor able to the growth of cotton as last season was, the decrease in acreage would mean a decrease in output of about 100000 bales, leaving the crop at about 10 100000 bales. Such decrease would still mean 5-cent cot ton. A decrease of 20 per cent. in acreage is needed in order to make sure of 7-cent cotton, or $S5 bale. That would bring the crop down to $500 900 bales.
 Perhaps a safer guess at the new crop would consist in estimating the acreage at about last years figures, and the weather conditions at a discount of 20 per cent A weather discount is as good reducer of product as an acreage discount, and is even less satisfactory to the farmer. His labors are increased, but not his net re- turns.
The age-herald., 1898-03-13

safety and protection to them in- all just rights, as well as to individuals. It is in- timated. too. that Montgomery, afraid at it's shadow, is also opposed to a convention. How much or how little strength these elements may exert. it is impossible to say, but it Is certain there Is very considerable opposition to a convention, and that the friends of the movement should begin to work for convention in earnest.
 When the problem is practically consid- cred it is a matter of legislative votes. That is the concrete side of it. So, there fore. see to it who is to speak and act for you in the coming legislature. Make no mistake as to this. Know that the man you vote for will favor a constitutional convention. This Is the duty of the hour, and you cannot attend to it too thorough ly or too soon, either for your own indi- vidual good, or that of the commonwealth.
The age-herald., 1898-03-13
The Gulf States and War.

A war with Spain would not be alto gether a picnic in Alabama, even if the American fleet were able to shut up Cuba, whip the spaniards wherever they found them, and prevent bombardment of our ports Doubtless the navy of this country is equal to that task. Nevertheless, war would at once paralyze trade in the gulf, and that means very much in Alabama.
 No one can safely say that such war would be short Neither country can in- wade the others home land. It would largely be a naval affair. and it might take year, or possibly two of them, to reach conclusion. Cuba would, of course, be readily freed, but that would not bring the war to an end In fact, Spains financial exhaustion may be the limit of the war.
 A long paralysis of gulf commerce would be no light matter in this state; and while the war lasts a privateer or two, or a swift cruiser or two could accomplish that. One cruiser that could outsail any vessel in the navy of this country could in the Strait of Florida put an end to gulf commerce. The lumber, the coal, the cotton, the naval stores the pig iron of Alabama, that now find outlets at Pensacola, Mobile or New Orleans, would have to be marketed in other ways. Spain was not party to the anti -p1dvateering league of 1856, and she may make sea risks hazardous even from the Atlantic ports.
 This, however, is not quite SD serious as it may at first appear; for an English purchaser, for example, of Alabama prod ucts would be free to ship his goods in an goods or such ship would not be ma terially increased. American ships or American goods in the ships of other na- tions would be subject to seizure, or to practical confiscation by the marine insur- ance companies.
 From whatever point it Is regarded there are losses in sight for the gulf states in the event of war; but there will be gains for the railroads on the transportation of men and materials, large expenditures of the government in various directions, gen. and perhaps the gains will balance the losses; but whether they do or not, the gulf states will be quick to respond to any call that promises to give freedom to Cuba, and to put an end to Spanish misrule and Ha- vana-bred epidemics in America