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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
American Railroad FIgures,

Duane Doty, q we'll known railroad
man, has prepared statistical statement
from tho latest official reports pertaining
TO the entiro railroad systoms Of the
United States. The statement dates to
September /, 1903. r... Gft%g
There .were in 1880 just 90 ,nilos of
railroad In this country. There are now
244,500 miles, including IS, 900 miles of
yard tracks, sidinYs ana turnouts At
tho average value of 800, 900 por milo, the
188, 500 miles of travelling tracbage arc
worth $l1, 1G1, 100000. It is estimated
that one-seventh of tho wealth of the
roads. - =, 9
There arc emplored in all $50, 600 per-
sons, and the total salaries paid will show
an average to each employee of $565 per
annum. There are 450 employees to
every 100 miles of road. = = =
Exclusive of sleeping cars there are
now 1,325,O00 oars of all kinds in use.
Inclusive of thom there arc $4,000 passen-
gor, mail and express cars being used.
The railroads carried $4,000, 900 passen-
gers during tho past year and received for
this service $275, 100000. The road had
to Garry passenger 600 miles to earn 81.
The not earnings of the roads for the
year were little moro than 100000 a
day: -
There arc 100000 now freight cars
hccucu every year TO replace tho ones
worn out to say nothing of those required
for new roads and tho natural increase of
freight business. Tho railroads of this
country could use to advantage 100000
more freight cars than they now bayo.
There are now $4,000 locomotives in
use, 10000 of them being in passenger.
service. There arc thirty-seven cars to
every locomotive, or seven cars to evory
mile of road. Each passenger engine
handles on an average of $4,000 passen-
gers during q year, and each freight
g. Tine draws 10000 tons of freight The
freight trains for tho year ending Sop
tember 1st carried 760,000OOO tons of
freight, and every ton was carried on an
average of 125 miles, making in oil
05, ,0OO, ,000, 900 tons of freight carried one
mile. at tho present average freight
rate tho railroads last year had to carry
q ton of freight $50 miles to make ST,
and tho freight work done was equiva.
lent to carrying one ton 1900 miles for
every man, woman and child Of tho popu-
lation. = -.
Ono passenger was killed for evory
225O,0OO miles carried. Two thirds Of
those accidentally killed lost their lives
at stations, highway crossings, and while
trespassing upon tracks. The theory of
probabilities requires passenger to
travel 1000, 900 miles to be toiorably
sure of getting killed. This is euuiya-
lent to riding continuously on an oxpress
train for over 400 years. Ono passenger
only was injured in evory 4,500,O00 miles
of travel = -. st.,EItIF,',.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

feel that the whole country was ours,
the same as it seems to be eDick"
Strother's. We are glad to soc by
local papers that Dick has been
granted The warter works privileges
of Walhalla, and that he viii pipe
the sparkling waters from Issaquena
Falls to the thirsty denizens of the
burg to slake their parohed thirst,
and we hope some day to tip glasses
with him. Dicks all right. f@
E While we are offering congratula-
tions on the almost absolute cer-
tainty of the early finanoeering of
the Black Diamond Railway System,
we should not forget the wonderful
energy and ability shown by the dis
tinguished attorney and fnancier,
Hon. II. G. Dickinson, of Washing
ton, d. O., who has taken up the
financial part of the work, and has
spent nearly five years of his time in
Europe at his own expense, placing
the advantages of the road before
capitalists, and that 1t was through
him we were enabled to procure the
services of the most eminent, expert
engineer in England, to. day--if not
the most prominent in the world,
Sir Thomas Tanored, to pass upon
the enterprise. ....
The genuine article of Southern
hospitality was dished out to the in.
spection party in alopathic doses. If
there are any oleaverer people on the
outside of the earth than those at
Knoxville and Maryville, Tenn,
Clayton, Ga, Franklin, N. G., and
Anderson, Beaufort and Port Royal,
South Carolina, we confess we have
never met them.
The people of the Southland are
even more Interested in the success
of the Black Diamond than the peo-
pie of the North. They need the
outlet North worse than we do South.
But we all need it.
Clayton, Georgia, will be an i'm
portant point on the Black Diamond.
1t is just below the famous Rabun
Gap, and will make a nice summer
resort in the midst of the Blue Ridge
mountains.
Another good point on the Black
Diamond is Franklin, N. @. 1t
shows evidence of prosperity and is
backed by fine mining section; lies
in the gold belt, and is particularly
adapted for beautiful town. The
Black Diamond will be the making
of it. SAM w. STAIRS.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
Executors Sale Of Land.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF OCONEE,

OY virtue of tho power conferred in
I'D tho last will and testament of Ed
mund Herndon, deceased, I will sell,
before the Court House door, at Wal
halla, South Carolina, at public outcry,
to tho highest bidder, on Salesday in
DECEMBER NEXT, being MONDAY,
December 9th, 1893, at twelve O'clock
noon, or rs soon thereafter az a salo cafl
be made :
All that TRACT OF LAND whereon
the lato Edmund Hcrndon lived, situate
in tho County and State aforesaid, on
Tugaloo river, and supposed to contain
one hundred and forty-fOur acres, be tho
same moro or less, adjoining lands of e.
O. Singleton, Samuel Tannery and Others
Thirtyfivo to forty acros of good bottom
land, in high state of cultivation; re.
mainder in timbered forest; two dwelling
houses and outbuildings; two good
springs and place we'll watered with
branches. very desirable homo in q
good community.
TERMS One-half of purchase prico
on day of sale; balance on credit of
one year, with interest at eight por cent.
per a, mum; credit portion to be secured
by tho bond Of tho purchaser and mort
gage of tho promises. Purchaser to pay
extra for papers.
M. A. HERNDON,
AS Executrix of tho last Will and Tosta-
ment of Edmund Hcrndon, deceased.
November 10, 1893. 45.d8
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
NEW ORDINANCE.

DE it ordained by the Mayor and AL
ID dormen Of tho Town of Walhalla, in
Council assembled and by authority of
tho same, That tho Town of Walhalla do
grant and give to II. G. Strother tho
right of way and such franchises as may
be found necessary, through, under and
along the streets Of said town, to put in
and operate q systom of water works. by
laying of pipes and erecting such other
structure or structures as may be found
necessary to complete and maintain such
system of wator works: Provided, that
tho said r. G. Strother shall obligato
himself to furnish tho Town of Walhalla
and tho citizons thereof at q reasonable
ratio continuously, not to exceed tho rates
at which tho city of Greonvillo and tho
citizons thereof arc furnished water by
tho Paris Mountain Wator Company.
Be 1t furthor ordained, That unless tho
said II. G. Strother shall commence the
ordinance shall cease, detormina and DO
Of no further forco and effect, whatever,
but shall utterly be null and void after
one year from date hereof. All tho de-
tails pertaining to tho erection of said
water worRs tu DD arranged botwoon tho
Town of Walhalla and tho said r. c..
Strother before tho erection Of said water
works and that r. G. Strother be fur
nished with certified copy Of tho fore
going ordinance.
(~~~>) Done in Council assembled
SEAL. and ratified under tho corpo-
(~~0~~> ratio seal of tho town of Wal
halia, this the I'd day of No
... vember, 1903. a. ..... 49,
..." II. A. II. GIBSON, Mayor.
/ JAS THOMPSON, Clerk and Treasurer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

The Confederate Reunion in Char
lesion next May bids fair to be the
greatest gathering of the veterans Of
the Lost Cause ever held and the
people of that city are now at work
making preparations to entertain the
great throng of visitors in q manner
befitting the occasion and in keeping
with the hospitable tradition of the
City by the Sea. An auditorium
that will cost 100000 is to be built
and everything else will be on a COR
responding scale. The veterans will
be well taken care Of while in Char
lesion and it stands to reason that
the first reunion to be held in the
city in which the first ordinance of
secession was adopted will be tho
most interesting yet held and around
which historical associations of the
most inspiring nature will cluster.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
C2t2rrh Can BE Cured

By eradicating from tho blood the
sorOfulous taints which cause it. Houd'g
Sarsaparilla cures catarrh, promptly and
permanently, because it strikes at tho
root Of tho trouble. m
The rich pure blood which it makes.
circulating through tho delicate passage
of tho mucous membrane, soothes and
r,ebuilds tho tissues, giving thom q ton
dency of health instead Of disease, and
ultimately curing the affection. ..#s>
at tho same time Hoods Sarsaparilla
strengthens, invigorates. and enorgizos
the whole system and MT kos tho dobiH-
tated victim of catarrh fools that new
life has been impaired, -"
Do not daily with snuff, inhalants or
othor local application, but take Hoods
Sarsaparilla and euro oatarrh absolutely
and surely by removing tho causes which
produce T., '' :.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
Teresa Claimed by Great Britain.

NASSAU, N. p, November H..
The British admiralty authorities
here are going to take possession of
the Maria Teresa, which has drifted
ashore on Cat Island, as q deroliot.
The American consul has protested
against this course, claiming every
thing less the salvage. The steamer
Autillain is leaving here for Cat Is-
land with customs officers aud police
On board. ..E.'
WASHINGTON, d. c., November
11.--The Attorney General holds
that Americas claim to the Teresa ia
yet undisputed. "
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

a few days ago, at North Adams,
Mass, the chief constable seized o jar
of rum and arrested the party in
whose possession it was found, for
selling intoxicating liquors. At the
examination before the district Judge,
he swore and testified that he had
seized the liquor, and made adetailcd
statement of the fact. Hon. Shepard
Thaycr, the attorney for the prisoner,
asked him if ne knew it was liquor
He replied eyes, it was rum" He
was then asked how he knew it was
rum, and he replied, that he had
drank somo of it. The prisoner, who
was a woman, was then called as %
witness in her own behalf, when the
following questions were put and re-
ceiyed:
@. Did you have any liquor in
your house when the state constable
CitjlCU UhClc
A. Yes, I had some rum in q jar.
@. How long had you had it ?
A. About six months.
Q, Did you have it to sell?
A. Oh! no. ] don't sell liquor.
Q. What did ynn have this rnn.
for ? o..
A. I keep it to wash the baby.
Q. Had you ever washed the baby
in this rum
A. O, yes, often | I used to turn
out some in dish, wash the baby in
it, and then turn it back in tho jar
again.
Q. Do you mean to say that this
was the same liquor Of which the
state constable drankp
a. The very same.
There was great laughter in tho
court, and the state constable declared
he would seize no more liquor that
was kept in a jar. He is about the
only man in North Adams that will
take offcnse if.you ask him to take
q drink. IS.
... -------------a . S.-------------
.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
In the case of Daniel r..
Madden, OF al, Plaintiff,

In the case of Daniel r.
Madden, OF al, Plaintiff,
against
Nancy A. Madden, as Ad- PARTITION.
ministrator and in her
own right, and Mary
Greon OF al, Defendants.
All that piece, parcel or tract of land,
situate, lying and being in the County of
Oconeo, in tho State of South Carolina,
on wators OF Smoltzor's creek, waters Of
Little River, adjoining and being part
OF the homo tract of land of the estate
of Thomas E. Madden, deceased, and
supposed to contain ninety eight (08)
acres, more of less.
TERMS One-half cash on day of sale,
balance on u credit of one year with in
terest from day of sale, tho credit por-
tion to be secured by tho bond of tho
purchaser and mortgage of tho premises,
viii, privilege on the part of the pur-
chaser 10 anticipate tho payment of tho
credit portion.
Sold at tho risk of tho former pur-
chaser.
j. w. UOLIEMAN,
Master Oconcc county.
November TO- 1903. d5-I8
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
~ office OF Final Set
tKGxnent and lDia~
charge.

MOTlCE is hereby given that tho un-
~ dorsignod will make application to
E. j.. Hcrndon, ESQ.,. Judge of Probate
Tor oconee county, III tho G,ato 0f South
Carolina, at his Office at Walhalla Court
House on Thursday, tho lst day of
December, 1903, at IL o'clock in tho fore
noon, or az soon thereafter rs said ap-
plicstion oan bo heard, for loavo to mako
final settlement of tho personal estate
OF DR.. o. M. Doyle, deceased, and for final
discharge as administrator of said estate.
....... WIN. II. DOYLE,
Administrator OF Personal Estate of Dir.
:. o. M. Doyle, deceased.
November 3, 1893 4447
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

Tho latest reports mado to tho War
Department. show tho following casual
ties from the beginning of tho war to tho
present: Died of wounds received in bat
tle, 81 enlisted mon and officers; killed
IN battle, 257 enlisted men and 22 officers:
died of disease, 2,484 enlisted men and
80 officers; total deaths, 2,01O. The loss
by disease Is moro than seven times tho
deaths in battle and from wounds.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
e = faBsSl IS Il gHSS}} q 4 OR S,s9
Isl Isl eYassSS M%saE WHERE al ELSE fails. s5Sg
TnsssSa Tssa Geas cough SSEaY. Tastes Gotpi. UBa TSi
Esa IN time Bold by drugglsts. E1
- ! s@8@AN s. vi M IA Ke9iS

Two passengers who arrived at Ponce,
Porto Rico, on steamer on tho 30th
ultimO, wore found with number of
explosive cartridges containing dynamite,
in their handbags, and wore promptly
arrested on suspicion of being anarchists.
Tho discovery was made by custom Off
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
Wore it not for the combination

Wore it not for the combination
between all the cotton seed oil millsi
to keep down the price of seed the
farmers would be receiving almost
as much for the seed produced on an
acre of land as they do for the cotton
itself. Only few years ago whc~
there was competition between tho
oil mills cotton seed were worth
thirty three cents bushel This
did not suit the mills, however, and
they formed a combination to regip
late the prioe of seed to snit them.
selves, and now the price varies little,.
If at all, from season to season. t
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
UOW'S THIS

We offer ono hundred dollars reward
for any caso of catarrh that cannot bo
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY &c CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Wo tho undersigned have known +. j.
Cheney for tho last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations mado by their firm.
WEST &c TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
WALDINa, KINNAN Sc MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken informally,
acting directly upon tho blood and mu-
cous surfaces of tho systom. Prico TOO.
por bottlo. Sold by all druggists. Tos.
timonials FREQ.
Hall - Family Pills arc tho host.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
q a. aas gHs % IA, G .A,s
Beam tho ~ Tito Kind yol iage Always Bought
"'SIa'''' q C<ala32z%szem,

A Kansas man has discover cd that
brandy oan be made from wet elm
sawdust, and g Discouraged rfohiji.
ZIONIST asks what chance the good
cause will have when o man oan 40
forth with arip saw aud get drunk
on o fence rail II
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

In Paris it is required that every
vehicle traversing its streets at night,
if only wheelbarrow, shall carry
lantern.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
Arc Y0, yVeoyrf

Weakness manifests itself in tho loss of
ambition and aching bones. The blood i'd
watery; the tissues are wasting--,thc door ia
being opened for disease. A bottle of Browna'
Iron Bitters taken in time will restore your
s!rength, soothe your. nerves, make your
than an expensive special course ofmedicine.
Browns' Iron Bitters Ia sold by all dealeYs.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

A New Orleans wife, left at home
one evening by her husband, who had
"1usiness down town." accepted a
friends escort to the theatre. The
fates decreed that her husband
should occupy the next seat, with
another lady, tho occasion of his
urgent business. As soon as the
wife made the discovery, sho leaned
over and whispered viciously {:
"Charles, who is that hua4y you
have with you ?" !
"Sister to that fellow you have
with you ?"
There was no need Of further OK.
planation, .a 55
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

Everything points to serious complica-
tions among the European nations, The
are that q huge war may
bo inaugurated among the powers Of
Europe. If war begins there 10 no tell
ing whore, the complications will stop.
1t may include England, Russia, France,
China and other powers. ....
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
An Old gden,

Every day strengthens the belief OF emf.
nent physicianS that impure blood is the
cause of the majority of our diseases.
Twenty-Five years ago this theory was used
az a basis for tho formula Of Browne Iron
Bitters. The many remarkable cures effected
by this famous old household remedy ore
aufficisnt 20 prove that the theory 10 correct,
BrOwns' Iron Bitters 10 cold by eli denlaYa,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
CA s" OR | a
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the N /<gz=zzz'-'
Signature of C%eSSZEI IfEEE<SSn<

Charity Wiggins, the mother of
the great negro musical prodigy,
'tBlind Tom," is still living in Column
bus, Ga. She is the typical nogress
Of the anti-bellum type, and is So
years old. She is the mother of
twenty children. ... . =. .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

The city of Charleston is to build o
largo auditorium, capable of acoommo.
dating 1900 people. 1t Is proposed to
have 1t completed for tho entertainment
of tho Confederate reunion to be hold in
that city in May, 1890.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17
West Union, S. @.
Masters Sales.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COIJNTY OF OCONEE

TIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |
COUNTY OF OCoNEE.
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
fURSUANT TO DEGREES or
THE AFORESAID COURT, in the
cases mentioned below, | will offer
for sale, to tho highest bidder, at auction,
in front Of tho Conrt House, in Walhalla,
S. c., on MONDAY, tho 5th day of
DECEM BER, 1893, being Salcsday, be-
tween the legal hours of sale, the tracts
of land below described:
In the case of John II. Lid
dell, Plaintiff,
against
David X. Collins and 7. tTARTIrION.
Lowcry Collins, Defend
ants.
ALL that certain parcel or tract of
land, situate, lying and being in the
County of Oconee, State of South Caro-
lima, on Keowcc River, and known in
tho division of tho "Liddoll Lands" as
Tract No. S, containing three hundred
and fourteen @14) acres, more or less,
and adjoining lands of John II. Liddoll
and others.
TERMS: Ono-half cash. and the bal
ance on n credit of twelve months, with
interest thereon from day Of sale, So
cured by bond or note of the purchaser
and mortgage Of the Hre:;;ses sold, with
leave to the purchaser to pay all cash.
Purchaser to pay extra for papers.
j. w. HOLLEMAN,
Master Oconco county.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

Ramon's Relief cures Headache,
Neuralgia, Cramps, Cholera Morbus,
Diarrhea, SC. 25c. for large bottle.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

BLOOD AND RIOT.
Ten Negroes and Two White Men Killed
at Wilmington--Wide Widespread Terror.

W1LM1NeroN, N o. November day of riot
and bodshed here Early this morning 600 of
the CITY, headed Wadde armed with
rifles and marched to tho Office of The Daily Record negro
paper which reflected the character white State
broke in and demolished the plant fire the building
Later 500 negroes from compress and
the whites threw pokets each
ision desperate fought negroes
whites killed. ,-. -.
About 13O O'clock white men, passing house, on
detachment Immediately surrounded the away
1t first proposed to kill them spot
finally decided put them in jail Another negro
broke After proceeding square was shot dead
The negro Mayo man. was recognized it was said
and detachment found him his house.
dead .'.. &.&.
1t reported that negroes
urbs The intensely excited and all suspended
Many of the bost homes the city baaded the
night bring forth ncendar general
depredations not be told
If general Tonight every Indication now points
wholesale slaughter OF negroes will result White
from several nearby arrived this special
The Mayor and police mostly negroes resigned
city is in the hands of q citizens committee.
PANA ILL, November 10.Wiiam Lynch, who employed
by Company up strike has been shot
by and the house. Then they through
house of widow Mrs McInyre who taking her sick
daughter.
shoot all directions Toy kept shooting arrived
the When the shooting began many
Captain Butler of Company protection AS as
known person struck by the bullets.
Things in such that dangerous 20
the mining district night The citizens something
before long will
will be killed 1t impossible any negroes
WILMINGTON, N c., November 1l.-The Wilmington whites
have killed all told and other blacks seriously
ed least of whom will die Three whites wounded
fatally.
All objectionable whites were marched out of the CITY to-day
Among them United States Commissioner Bunting
Police Melton and Others The negro leaders
train and put aboard.
The Cause Of the Fights at Wilmington, NJ. G.
The following the editorial the Daily Record negro
paper which caused the outburst Wilmington, NJ g.:
eve suggest that the whites guard their closely,
ba he
You leave out of DOORS then
taken
"Ioor white careless
especially ams they careless
hem and experience tho white people the
teaches that the of that particular in
:e matter Of oiaeto meetings win coiored
white with colored
Neetings of this kind time, woman's
nfatuation the mans bone brings
man is lynched
"very lynchcd called p brly brute when in
those who
their fathers and only baok bu'
cienty for white girls culture
love with them, is we'll known to ALL"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

-. % gEe q IA. II ,A.e
I,oars Tho n Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
''s1s'''' e Gs@rz3zsszsS<
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-17

j Is s$s co "a 90 sJg.a essD .aaa sc U d. 3 & &.
RSasa ths ~ The Kind You Have klRsJs Baseht