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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-10
PACIFIC RAILWAYS.

| nv, last annual message l stated:
"The Union Pacific railways, main ms
was sold under the decree OF the Oni'
| ted States court for the Dlstrlct OIL We
hraska ehe 1st and I'd of November
rbis wear, The amount due the govern
n,nnt consisted of the principal OIL the
subsidiary bonds, $27,296,olz, anu ' ~
occrnpa interest thereon, $3l,2ll, 80. ;
nookine the total indebtedness 500, oos'-
223.77. The bid at the sale coVefeu Inc
first mortgage lien and the eh'lis
mortgage claim of the government
principal and interest"
, This left the Kansas Paclnc Case u.i
concluded. By decree OF the coult ~
that case an upset price for lne WV
ertv was fixed at sum Which w. Moo 40
vieid to the government only $z'ooo'OO
, vnon IT'S lien. The sale at the lnstahc
b ~ op tho government was postponed, hrs'
\ 70 December Is, 1898, and latef' upo
y annlication of the United STATES wa
B nostnoned to February IL, 1873,
Having satisfied myself that the III
y .orocts of the government required th0
b an effort should be made to OBTAIN
,onc,or cnm 7 directed the secretary
y the treasury under the act passe
,Iorch 2 1887, to pay out OF the urea
,,n1r - the persons entitled to recel'
the same the amounts oue upoli
I, nrior mortgages upon the eastern a.
middle divisions of said rallroau ~
In INV mnoey in the treasury not otne
wise appropriated.
whereupon the attorney genera ~
nared a petition to be preSenESaffTd I pri
P.-as--.--es~-50 teoeN-i
Ta,,s IN such manner as the cou
,oov direct and petitionlng tnat
aIoinos of the United States might
Ia1d to be subrogated to all the rlgL
~ said prior lien holders ana 'nat
raceiver might be appointed 10 "a
nossession Of the mortgaged preHllS
and maintain and operate the same
til the court or congress other"!Se
rected. Thereupon the reorsdll4Aa !,
committee agreed that II SAID PetitI
wos Withdrawn and the sale alloWeu
nroceed on February Is they would
eun, at the sale which would real
~ the government the entire primer
OF its debt, $6,9O3,OOO.
believing that no better price CO
he obtained, and approaching the a.
culty under which the goVerilhi
lone would labor if it should become
g purchaser of the road at the sale, IN
absence of any authority by cons1
a - take charge of and operate the re
directed that upon the guaranty
minimum bid which should give
government the principal of its q
The sale should proceed. BY this ira
action the government secured al
vance Of s9,S0S,OOO over and above
sum which the court had fixed as
inset price and which they would
fhr the property. 1t is gratifying
that the result Of these proceeo'
eoainst the Union Pacific system
the Kansas Pacific is that the gov
rnant has received on account OF
subsidy claim the sum of S64,70ln
increase of $1S997 1877 over the
which the reorganization comm
originally agreed to bid for the
| property, the government receiving
whole claim, principal and interest,"
the Union Pacific and the princips
II tts debt to the Kansas PACING.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
The Ruling PassiOno

a conductor on one of our passen-
ger trains is also a steward in his
church and carries around the COL
lection basket at the public service.
1t is said that on one occasion, pass
ing by man who did not contribute,
the ticket puncher, after urging a
contribution, reached up in a fit os
Observation-Disclosures for the bell cord
with view ofputting the delinquent
off the train. Of course, he was
confused and tho congregation
amused, but the incident fails not,
nnvortheless, to point out the moral
as well as adorn a tale. There are
a number of so.called Christians who
are simply dead beating their way
on the "gospel train" The State
makes them pay their taxes; the
"lodges" make them pay their dues,
but not being forced to shell out for
support Of the gospel, they show how
little and mean they are by stealing
C ride at the expense of their
brethren.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
3 an 5go oJS y
"a CURES WHERE ALL Else IS, G
"a Hest Cough Syrup. TaSten & d. Ueo
"a In time. Bold By druggists. ~
y (aS@a&B BsS1g gJl M lssl k@dEE %

b. D. Springs, of Charlotte, N.
g., owns ana operates savoraI farms
in York county, this State. This
year his crop acreage consisted of
of 100 acres of corn, 900 acres of
cotton and 100 70 150 acres in pea
vines. He doesn't have fodder pulled
any more, but cuts down his corn
early in the fall, and after it is cured
in shocks pulls off the cars and has
the stalks, fodder and shucks cat up
in "shredder" and the mixture
"stover" it is callcd-is worth much
moro than fodder as stock food. In
stead of selling or putting his cotton
seed back on the land he buys 100
steors in North Carolina every year,
swaps his cotton seed for meal and
hulls on which he fattens the cattle.
Last year after figuring all expenses
ho bad cleared seven hundred dollars
in cash on the steers, besides having
oceans of manure all paid for,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
JAMES RoGERs, Secretary.
Catarrh Can BE Cured

BY oradicating from the blood tho
scrofulous taints which cause it. Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures catarrh, promptly and
permanently, because it strikes ut tho
root OF tho trouble.
The rich pure blood which it makes,
circulating through the delicate passage
OF the mucous membrane, soothos and
rebuilds the tissues, giving thom q ten
dency of health instead of disease, and
ultimately curing the affection. #
At the samo time Hoods Sarsaparilla
strongthens, invigoratos and enorgizes
tho whole system and makes the debili-
tated victim of catarrh feels that now
lifa has boon impaired, ...
Do not daily with snuff. inhalants or
other local application, but take Hoods
Sarsaparilla and cure catarrh absolutely
and surely by removing the causes which
produce It. =. -
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
Executors Sale Of Land,
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF OCONEE.


DY virtue of tho Powoi. conferred iii
I'D the last will and testament of Ed
mund IIcrndon, deceased, / will sell,
before tho Court House door, Mt Wal
halla, South Carolina, ut public ontcry,
to tho highest bidder, on Salosday in
DECEMBER NEXT, being MONDAY,
December 5th, 1898, at twelve o'clock
noon, or rs soon thereafter as a sale can
be made
All that TRACT OF LAND whorcon
the late Edmund Uerndon lived, situate
in tho County and State aforesaid, on
Tugaloo river, and supposed to contain
ono hundred and fOrty-four acres, bo tho
same moro or less, adjoining lands of E.
o: Singleton, Samuel Tannery and others.
Thirty-five to forty acres of good bottom
land, in a high state of cultivation; re.
maindcr in timborod forest; two dwelling
houses and Outbuildings; two good
springs and place we'll watcred with
branches. A 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 per cont.
per annum; credit portion to bo 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 Testa-
mont of Edmund uerndon, deceased.
November 10, i80S. 1913
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
Worry Poor Logic,

An exchange says abolish the lien
law and there will be less cotton
raised. The fact is the lien law has
but littlo to do with raising cotton
All the merchant wants is his pay
for the supplies furnished and he
does not care whether it comes out
of corn, peas or cotton. The truth
of the whole matter is the cotton
crop is in the hands of the land own.
ers. When they say nothing else
will do but cotton then tho renter
has no choice. When the land own.
crs are willing to take rent in what,
ever is raised on the rented land the
farmers and renters combined Can
reduce the cotton crop and not be.
fore. The lien law is the poor man'a
dependence and should never be
taken from him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
Condition OF Negro Labor.

A recent issue Of the Shreveport
Na) Times gives a discouraging re-
port of The condition of negro labor
in the South. Among other things
it says /: G.. = ;
"The question of the growing
worthIessness and utter unreliebility
of the negro farm labor of the South
is one. that is obtrudipg itself upon
the attention of the planting inter-
ests in no very pleasant way. The
question has already practically set
tied itself in many of the poorer hill
seotions, where white labor has, in a
great measure, supplanted it. The
negroes havo drifted away from the
hills, some to the alluvial lands, but
most of them to the cities; they
have taken other employments, such
as railroad work, jobbing about or
doing anything but farm labor. 1t
was thought that the negro would
remain on the rich bottom lands
along the rivers, where, under sys-
tenn of espionage, he could be prof.
tably handled on the large planta-
tions of cotton, sugar, rice, etc.
"But it is beginning to dawn on
tho big planters that the negro is
gradually, but surely, slipping from
under their control, and that he is
becoming a very different kind of an
individual from The negro of former
days. A glimpse of the world and
a little education has destroyed tho
negro's peace of mind, and he is no
longer contented and happy at his
old plantation home. He is restless,
and moves around from place to
place-dissatistied here, there and
everywhere. Along the railroads
and rivers he is continually travel
ing, going hither and yon as long as
he can beg, borrow or steal money
to travel on. First in the city,
again in the country, he scarcely
knows which way to turn or what to
do.
"Few of the present generation
are, at best, worth their salt as farm
ers; they have obstinately refused
to take farmers training and edu-
cation. The old, ante-bellum farm
negro, who had been trained under
his masters eye, and often was a
better farmer than his owner, is out
of the calculation--he is dead or too
old and feeble to handle the plough
and hoe"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
IIOW's HIS

We offor ono hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY 6 CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known f. j.
Cheney for tho last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially ablo to carry
out shy obligations made by their firm.
WEST &c TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
WALDINa, KINNAN &c MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HalPs Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
ccus surfaces of tho system. Price 7bc.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tes,
timonials free.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
What Kind Words VIII DO.

One Sunday night years ago a
young man and his wife strayed out
into church service. They were a
lonely couple in great city. They
were neither of them Christians,
rather, both of them, carelessly, even
blatantly, unchristian. With the
aervices they were not especially
impressed. But after the service, as
they were standing about, looking at
the church, the pastor approached
them and welcomed them in way
30 genuinely cordial that the hard
edge IS ::!!iaaii stEanganess " aa s,5 once
smoothed away and the young cou-
pie were sure somebody had real
interest in them. "We'll 90 to that
church again." they said together
after the warm welcome. They did.
1t was not long before both husband
and wife accepted Christ as their
Saviour and Lord and united with
that church. 1t was great trophy
that pastor began to win that night,
not by his sermon, but by his VOL
como. Almost penniless and obscure
and quite disheartened that young
man was on that night when so.
warmly welcomed. To-day he is q.
member of a firm which flings the
meshes of its business far and wide,
and he is now one Of tho best and
most winning Of Sunday school work.
ers and superintendent. --1tev, Way
land Hoyt,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24

House during the recess Of Court, to
take into consideration the late unfor-
tunate occurrences which have sud-
denly arisen within our county, we,
the citizons of eaid county, represent I
ing every section of the same, in
mass meeting assembled, do hereby
express our earnest regrets for the
conditions which have prevailed
in the neighborhood of Phoenix, and
the occurrences which led to it. We
assert that the responsibility therefor
rests solely upon John r. Tolbert,
II. Rhett Tolbert and r. L. Hender-
son, whose incendiary teachings and
influences eliminated in the murder
Of J. L. Etheridge, at Phoenix, on
the morning of the day of the gene
rnl election, and the shooting from
ambush of the two white men ou tho
evening of the Same day, returning
quietly on their way home. These
acts of murderous highway assaults
induced feelings of retaliation, the
results Of which, however, are greatly
exaggerated. !gs ..,,.a.. j..
Now that the excitement has sub
sided, and all armed bands have dis
persed, we urge all good citizens,
white and colored, to go to their
homes, and we pledge ourselves for
their safety and protection in the full
enjoyment of their rights, the dis
charge of their lawful pursuits. We
assure the colored people they have
nothing to fear if they are orderly
and law-abiding citizens. ,..
Resolved, That we hereby endorse
the resolutions of the Phoenix mass
meeting, as well as the assurances
given by the sheriff and other Off
cials of the Court that the property
of the Tolberts, when under reputa-
ble management in their absence,
will be protected. ...
The following was read at the meet
ing:
At a meeting of the citizens of
Ninety-Six and community, at that
place, on the 10Th day of November,
1893, Fl. r. Fuller was elected chair
man and James Rogers secretary.
1t was resolved that we, the citi-
zens aforesaid, cooperate with the
good citizens of Greenwood county
in their efforts to restore order and
put down lawlessness in the county;
that wo believe that the Tolberts
have right to send agents into our
county for the protection of their
property, and that we, as conserva-
tive and law-abiding citizens, will
protect them on such mission. e.
(Signed II. +. FULLER, /.
\ Chairman.
JAMES ROGERS, Secretary.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
CA s + | OR 1 a
For Infants and Children.
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
s's%%soso rS%ss soo Of I@xXANzz$z<

Governor Ellerbe is in receipt of
a letter from Mr.. George Dedany,
Galveston, Texas, to which ho
launches presidential boom for 1900.
In this letter Mr.. Dedany says that
he is running on basis of one dollar
wheat and ten cents per pound for
good middling cotton to the planters.
He has deposited 100000 in q
Cincinnati bank as a guarantee that
he will carry out his platform il
elected,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
ND 1T MUST FoIoW NIGHT THE Day THOU cANsT NJ
". ]. Bryan on the Election.

W.J. Bryan on the Election. I
81 LINCOLN, NEB., November H.
Col. W.J Bryan tonight gave to
the Associated Press the following
interview relative to the late cleo
tion: ST. q.
" While I do not understand that
service in the volunteer army pre-
vents soldier from expressing opin-
ions on political questions, declined
to take part in the late campaign
lest should DO accused by partisan
opponents of attempting to embar-
rass the administration. Now that
the election is over 1 shall exercise
a citizens privilege of discussing the
returns. 49,. e..
Compared with the election of
1896, the Republicans have gained
in some places and lost in others.
1t was not sweeping Republican
victory. On the whole the result is
not surprising, when it is remem-
bered that the administration is just
concluding successful war.
While a majority of the soldiers
are probably anti-Republican, the
management of the war has boon
entirely in Republican hands, and
the strongest argument used during
the campaign was that Republican
defeat would disoredit the President
in the eyes of foreign nations, while
his commissioners were engs I'd in
making treaty.
1t was not trial upon the issues
uow before the people, but success
full ploa for continuance of the
case. The people have not accepted
the gold standard; they have not
fallen in love with the plan to give
the banks a monopoly of the issue
of paper money; they have not
oul ICHVolCu w lllC GFublS.
These questions were forced into
the background by the declaration
of war, but they must be faced again
as soon as peace is restored. The
Chicago platform presents for public
consideration certain vital economic
questions. That platform has not
been abandoned by those who en-
dorsed it in 1896. 1t will be reaf-
firmed in 1900 because it gives ex-
preston to the hopes and aspirations
of large majority of the party.
When the Democrats, Populists
and Silver Republicans favored
Cuban independence they understood
that war would give a temporary ad-
vantage to the party in power, but
they were willing to risk defeat in
order to aid the people fighting to
be free.
Neither can the election be re-
garded as an endorsement of any
definite foreign policy. Until a
treaty of peace has been entered into,
and terms made known, the people
cannot puss Judgment on it. Whc-
ther the war will raise any question
of sufficient Importance to turn pub
tic attention away from domestic
problems remains to be seen.
In regard to the Nebraska election
he said;
A light vote was cast in Nebraska,
but the Fusionists have elected the
entire State ticket and carried the
same Congressional Districts they
carried in 1906. If Senator Allen is
defeated for reelection it will be
because Senators are elected by
Legislatures instead of by the peo.
pie. If a Republican Senator is
chosen by the new Legislature he
will 60 to Washington to represent
a minority of the people of the State
and to thwart tho will of tho majority.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
Mrs. FeIton,s Address.

CARTERsyILLE, GA, November Is
ITO the Editor Of the Atlanta Jour.
nal In reply TO your telegram con.
corning the statements made in the
New York papers that Manly's edi.
torial was made in reply to MY
address before the Agricultural
Society at Tybee one year ago last
August, There repeat what was said
at Tybee and reaflirm the sarae.
Addressing farmers, said the cry.
ing need of women on farms is secur-
ity in their lives and homes. d
tits disgrace in free country
when rape and violence are public
|reproach, and the best part of Gods
creation are trembling and afraid to
be left alone in their homes.
With due respect to your politics,
| say chat when you take the negro
into your embraces on election day
to control his vote and use liquor to
bofuddle his understanding and make
believe he is your man and brother,
when you honey -snuggle him at the
polls and make him familiar with
dirty tricks in politics, SO long will
lynching prevail, because the cause
will grow and increase with every
election, and when there is not
enough religion in the pulpit to
organize q crusade against this sin,
nor justice in the Court House to
promptly punish the crime, nor man.
hood enough in the nation to put a
sheltoring arm about innocence and
virtue, if it requires lynohing to pro-
tect woman's dearest possession from
|ravening, drunken human beasts,
then z say lynch thousand q week
if it is necessary.
Since that address was made the
crimo and lynohing have decreased
0O per cent In Georgia.
The condition in North Carolina is
the manifest result Of corruption in
politics and undue familiarity with
North Carolina negroes at the polls.
1t is the unwritten law in Georgia
that the black tiend who destroys a
white woman in her home or on the
highway and is identified with proof
positive must die without clergy,
judge or jury. | know that tens of
thousands of honorable colored men
and women in Georgia will approve
the verdict.
The race will be destroyed by the
whites in self defence unless law and
order prevail in regard to the crime
of rape and the lynchings that follow.
| placed the blame where it should
be in my Tybee address. Such poll
tics will ruin the prosperity of the
South and destroy the colored race
at last.
When the negro, Manly, attributed
the crime of rape to lewd intimacy
between negro men and the white
women of the South, the slanderer
should be made to fear a lynchers'
rope rather than occupy place in
New York newspapers.
Mrs. w. II. FELTON,.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
JUDGE OF PROBATE SALE.

7 WILL sell, before tho Court House
a. door, in Walhalla, S. G., between tho
legal hours of sale, on MONDAY, tho
9th day of DECEMBER, 1903, to the
highest bidder, for ono-half cash, bal
ancc in ono year, with note and mort
gage to secure credit portion, all that
piece, parcel or tract of land, situate,
lying and being in Oconee county, South
Carolina, on Spoed's crock, adjoining
lands Of +. l.. Sitton, ostato of j. O.
Sanders, James Moore and others, con
tanning one hundred and thirty-six acros,
moro or less.
Purchaser to pay oxtra for papers.
E. l.. UERNDON,
Judge of Probate.
November II, 1903, A6-48
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24

The record cf crime in q SINGLE
issue of an average daily newspaper
is APPALLING. Murder is of daily occur
renee. 1t is not less murder nor q
crime because frequently committed
by those frenzied with drink and for
the time unconscious of the sin and
crime which they commit. What is
needed is a Christian conscience
which will insistently demand a
wholesome reform in such matters,
and that, too, by executing existing
law against existing crime. We
are told that our country to-day leads
tho civilized world in the number of
homicidea, in the number of unpun-
ished murderers, and in the number
of lynchings. God save the State!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
N office OF Final Set.
tlerncmt and EDiS~
Charge

NOTICE is hereby given that tho un-
~ dorsgncd will mako application to
e. j.. lIorndon, Esq, Judge of Probate
for Oconco county, in tho State of South
Carolina, at his Office at Walhalla Court
nouso on Thursday, tho 1st day of
Dccembor, 1893, at II O'Clock in tho fore.
noon, or as soon thereafter as said ap-
plication can be heard, for loavo to make
final settlement Of tho personal estate
OF DR.. 0. NJ. Doyle, deceased, and for final
discharge as administrator of said estate
VIM. II. DOYLE,
Administrator of Personal Estate of DR..
Q. NJ. Doyle, docoascd
November 8, 1868, ... 4d.47