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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22
DispensarY Fund Wanted.

COLUMBIA, S. c., December 2O.-John
+. Thomas, Jr., on tho part of County
Superintendent Capers, has brought i
claim against Comptroller Dcrham to
compel him to draw warrants for tho
distribution of 100000 now in tho State
treasury among all the counties of the
State.
Mr.. Thomas contends that aftor tho
State mas made mp tho balance necessary
to raise threo dollars por capita, which
has been done, that tho balance of tho
dispensary fund in tho State treasury
under tho law should DO distributed
among all the counties in proportion to
enrolment.
The disponsary also has about $40, 900
not yet turned Ovor to tho school fund,
80 If this bo turned ovor before tho first
iunds are paid out thoro would bo $780,
600 for tho schools.
The rnlo to show cause is roturnable
January 9th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

Ex-senator Calvin s. Brico, of Ohio,
died at his homo in Now York last
Thursday, 18th instant, after a brief ILL
ness from pneumonia, aged fifty-three
years. lie began lifo poor boy. but
became multi-millionairc. IIo was in
succession a teacher, lawyer, railroad
magnato, capitalist and United States
SpnotOr
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Registration Notice.

PhHItE Books for tho Registration of
Il. voters, at tho ensuing election for
Mayor and Aldermen Of tho Town of
Walhalla, arc now opcn ut my place of
business, and will remain opon until
Monday preceding tho third Tuesday in
January, 1860, inclusive. .....
E. M. CUDWORTU,
Supervisor of Registration.
nacombor 22, 1903. k.#E 6lnv2
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

"Can't l have your daughtor as Now
Yoar' 8 gift2" asked tho brave young man
who had boarded tho rich old father in
his don. "No, sir. would rather part
with every cont have on EARTH" "Vory
well. Out of consideration for your
parental feelings, | will accept tho altor-
native"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

Private Frank Mugridge, Co. b., Sec
Ond West Virginia, was shot and in
stantly killed Tuesday morning by Pri-
vate John B. Mattico, Co. K, 203d Now
York, who was doing provost guard duty
near tho old city park, at Groenvillo.
The stories about the ahooting differ
widely. Mattico was at Onco placed
under military arrest and taken to tho
police station for safe keeping.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22
MO + BGE .
Attention, Business Men.

NNHE attention of persons commencing
4 any business is called to Section
POT, Revised Statutes of South Carolina,
to-wit:
"Any person, company or corporation
commencing any business in any county
of this State after tho first day of Janu-
airy in any year, within thirty days
after commencing such business, to re-
port to tho Auditor Of tho county, undor
oath, tho average amount of the capt. tai
intended to be employed in such busi-
ness from tho timo of it's commencement
to the first day of January next ensuing"
Their attention is also called to Soc
tions 28S and 200, fixing the penalty for
not making such returns and tho duty of
tho Auditor under such circumstances.
j. o. ADAMS,
County Auditor.
December %, 1893,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

The Now York nowspapors arc discuss
enoo Of Presbyterianism In that city.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

1t requires double amount of assur-
anco and arrogant presumption for Barbec
and Stahlman to attempt to prevent Con-
gross from taking further action in that
war claim N. or. For ono we do not
wish to hear titl> or untitled prcachors
who endorse the methods of those two
men In that business transaction, abus-
ing people from tho pulpit because thoy
dance q little now and then, 60 to SEQ a
little dramatic ontertainm ent, or attend
q circus about once i'm five years. Tho
apparent deception practiccd by these
two mon riso mountain high when COM
pared with tho childish and ophemoral
faults of young cople.~-Carolina Spar
tan.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

Pains in the Ghost, when n person has
cold, indicates o tendency toward pneu-
monia. A pioco of flannel dampcncd
with Chamborlain's Pain Balm and bound
on to tho chest over tho scat of pain will
promptly relieve tho pain and prevent tho
threatened attack of pneumonia. This
same treatment will euro lamo back in
q few hours. Sold by j. w. Bell, Wal
halla; II. B. Zimmerman, Westminster;
w. j. Lunnoy, Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

Words of praise bestowed upon Hoods
Sarsaparilla by those who have taken it
Indicate that it is restoring health to
thousands of people, and that it will
help you also.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

Hoods Pills arc easy to take and easy
to operate, cure biliousness, indigestion.
26C.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

Chamberlnin's Colo, Cholera and Diar
rhma Remedy can always be depended
upon and is pleasanG and safo to take.
Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; II. B. Zim-
norman, Westminster; w. j. Lunnoy,
Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

SEQ L. III. Cartor's ad. and boar in
mind that ho is selling goods at worry low
prices.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22
T.. N "iistn1as
Goods 1!

OHRISTMAS GOODS at Hunnicutts.
Christmas comes but once year. Tt is
moro blessed to give than to receive.
Mako all your family happy by giving
thom presents for Christmas. which they
will always appreciate and mover forget.
1t is day whom ovory one should holp to
mako tho little ones happy. Tomoet tho
wants of my trade have in stock tho
bost selected articles suitable for Chill
drcn, Ladies and Gentlomon. Como
carly and make your selection before the
stock is picked over. We have marked
all our goods down.
We will givo you Millinery, Dry Goods,
Shoes and Notions at very low price.
E. j. HUNNICUTT,
Seneca So c.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
Accidental Happenings.

By the premature explosion of 4
blast at the Alabama mine at Whit
lock. Cal, two men were killed.
At Saginaw. Mich. Il passenger
train ran down Il sleigh containing II
man and two women. killing them all.
The steamer Capitano. which has
returned to Vancouver from the North
ern fishing grounds. reports the drown
ing of two Of her fishermen.
The purring of n cat awakened Capt.
Abbott of the British sailing ship
William Law. just in time To prevent
a fire from reaching $4,000 cases of re-
fined petroleum.
Two serious fires occurred at Sa-
vannah. Ga. The first destroyed the
magnificent cathedral of st. John the
Baptist, the head seat OF the Catholic
church in Georgia. in the erection of
which $265, 900 had been expended.
The second burned hay warehouse
ard several brick buildings adjoining
with loss Of $125.0OO.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
SPORTING Notes.

Jack Donovan of Cleveland Knocked
out Frank Mayo Of New York before
the Dunkirk Athletic club III the ni'h
round.
rim Hurst. on behalf of the Empire
Athletic Club of Buffalo, has offered Il
purse Of 81 800 for twenty-round
bout between Kid Mcfarland ana
Charley Mckeever.
Down at New Orleans the other daE
Jockey Dunn was fined $40 for beatlh"
Gioia over the head with his WIND
while at exercise. and the owner OF the
horse was fined so for inStructing the
jockey TO hit the horse over the mead.
Referee Sam &. Austin decided the
fiftecn-round contest between billy
Whistler Of philadelphia ana Tommy
White of Chicago before the Palace
Sporting Club of Trenton, y. j.. Il
draw.
Frank Chllds. the colOred boxer who
wallopcd big Bog Armstrong ut chi
cago. is much sought after. Before
his victory over Armstrong he had 1T
tie reputation He is ; feet . II inches
tall and is Il hard hitter. il is said.
He is To receive Il chance against Joe
Butler of Philadelphia i'll few weeks
1T Chicago.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

The old courthouse has been decided
to the village of Metamora by Wood
ford county on the promise that it
would be kept up and cared for because
of its interesting history. 1t is one OF
the most interesting buildings in Illi-
nois. 1t was constructed more than
half century ago and many of the
leading men of this country have prac.
ticed in its rooms. Lincoln practiced
there for several years and AGlai Ste
vensOn began his work as attorney in
the old building. The eloquence OF
Ingersoll was often heard in its walls.
The building was used as a courthouse
UP to year ago, when the county seat
was moved to Eureka.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
Otherwise.

Rock Island, ILL.,. mas been offered Il
place in the Western Baseball assO-
citation.
The American National Bank of Chi
cage has been authorized TO begin
business with a capital Of S1,OOO.OOO.
The Old Fort Manufacturing Com
pany of Fort Wayne. Ind. went into
the hands Of receiver for the cred
itors. who hold claims for $1,000.
The Wheeler & Co. shipyard at Bay
City, Mich. which has been shut down
for two weeks Oh account of Il strike
of rivcters, has resumed operations.
The shops at Chefoo. China. are fill
ing up with American goods. which
are driving German and English goods
ort all along the line.
Fire Quilted Spellman & Co.'s glazed
kid works i'm Williamsburg, y. V.
entailing Il loss of $4,000. nearly 100
men were employed in the factory.
The standing committee OF the ,io-
ccse of Nebraska has, by Il vote. re-
fused To give consent to the consecra-
tion Of Rev. William y. Brown as CO.
adjutOr Of the diocese of Arkansas.
A meeting of the Association of Iron
and Steel Sheet Manufacturers of the
United States is being held ut Pitts
burg for the purpose il is said of adj
yanclng prices.
The Buffalo Beet Sugar Company Of
Brant. Erie county. y. Y, has been
Incorporated with a capital of 5000
900 in shares of 800, 10 manufacture
and refine beet sugar.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
ashingtOn.

The war department has renewed
the attention Of congress to the need
of additional military protection in
Alaska.
The war department has sent TO
congress an estimate of S225.OoO for
use during the coming year in plan
ming the deep waterway from the
great lakes 10 the Atlantic.
Mrs. John \. Martin, wife of the
late eX-GOv. Martin of Kansas. who
now receives by special act of congress
$40 per month pension. is being men
toned as Il candidate for the AtchiSon.
Kansas. pOstmaSterShip.
Frederic Emory. chief of the United
States bureau of foreign commerce,
department Of state, has been Temporal
rlly designated rs director off the bu-
reau of American republics, to succeed
Joseph L. Smith. deceased.
The secretary of the treasury issued
warrant in favor OF the treasurer of
the United States for SI.5lJ,2JJ. L.. 10
be used for the payment of the first
mortgages on the Eastern ami Middle
divisions of the Kansas Pacific rail,
road.
Complaint reaches tn" poStoffice de-
partment that the transfer clerks at
railroad stations very frequently re-
ceivc and forward mail matter with
out sufficient postage. The govern
ment by this practice is defrauded. il
is said, of considerable revenue. An
order h.s been issued 10 stop it,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Enormous exports Of -four have re-
Gently been made and as q consequence
the Minneapolis mills will run full
force, some Of them day and night.
The daily receipts Of wheat are not
sufficient to supply the mills and the
elevators are being called on. This
fact, together with the report that &C
steamers had left the other side of the
Atlantic in ballast for American wheat
cargoes has forced up the price of thi,
grain. On the Chicago market wheat
sold last week at $1.10 bushel, anC
even at that price the Letter clique re
fused to sell more than a few Thousand
bushels Of its enormous holdings. Ar
mour is supposed to be out of the
wheat market.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
Personal.


Miss Willard appeals for ceiebra-
ton Of Neal BOWS birthday.
Senator Walthall Of Mississippi is
reported as very much improved.
Mrs. Henry George has sued the
Pennsylvania road for 5000 for an
injured ankle
Admiral Selfridge is now on the re-
tired list of the navy. having reached
the age fixed by law.
1t is stated that Richard Burton of
Hartford. Conn, has been offered the
chair of English literature in the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
Senior Martin Garcia Meron. the Ar
gentina minister, will leave Washing
ton early this week for BuenoS Ayrcs
He will 90 via England
Hugh Matheson. nead or the firm of
Jardine. Matheson n Co. ana presi-
dent Of the Rio Tinto Mining com
pany, is dead at London.
Col. A. G. Babcock. an old resident
of Chicago and actively identified in Il
business ami political way with the
history of the state. is lying dangerous
ly Ill at the Palmer house.
Alfred Bradley, vice president OF the
Bradley Cordage and Irvine company.
Dayton, Ohio, whose factory was de-
stroyed by fire, died from heart dis
ease brought on by the excitement.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

1t ought to be well understood by
come to stay; that the only change
possible is in the direction Of its fur
Their extension. 1t is no longer a
dream of theorists, but a very practical
fact. Its operation has proved of great
value to the service and it has tended
to relieve congressman of a burden
which at one time threatened TO rem
der them useless for purposes of legis-
lation.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
Foreign.

Mgr. Edward McCOlgan. vicar gen
Cral Of the diocese of Baltimore. is
dead.
The Canadian Pacific railway earn
ingS for the week ending Jan. 81,
We're $4,000.
Canadian Pacific earnings for the
week ending Feb. were S5S5,0O for
the same period last year, S:E52,OOO;
an Increase of $4,000.
The Joint Traffic association has ap-
proved special rates to the Mardi Gras
celebrations mt New Orleans and Mo-
bile on Feb. 80.
Bossan FrercS of Montreal. fancy
ana staple dry goods. has suspended
payment. Liabilities are said to be
about $4,000.
y Peoria. ILL.,. diStilIery has received
an order by cablegram from Ham,
burg. Germany. for 10000 barrels of
alcohol.
1t is officially denied at Vienna that
there is any question ut present Of re-
Stricting the importation of American
fruit or plants.
DIR. lngraham. who is now senior lee
turer of Trinity College. Dublin. first
came into notice more than fifty year;
ago. as the author of the famous rebel
ballad. beginning. ''Who fears 10 speak
of 49,"
Mrs. Tyndall, the widow Of Prof.
Tyndall. hla sent to- the British Royal
institution sum OF f1,OOO. which she
states that her husband desired her. ut
such time as should be convenient to
nresslf, TO present, as IN expression OF
his attachment to the institution.
The duke of Fife, vice president Of
the board of directors of the British
South Africa chartered company. and
Sir Horace Farquhar. Bart. member
of parliament for West Marylebone.
have resigned their seats in the di-
rectorate of the company.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Singapore says: England has
bought up all the Welsh coal availa bic
here and at Chinese and Japanese
ports for the British feet. There is
EIuch excitement in the foreign com
munity over the fact.
Secretary Sherman has received a
cablcgram from Minister Hitchcock
stating that the Russian minister for
foreign affairs requests him to express
the sincere appreciation of the Rus
sian government for the presidents
prompt and friendly response to it's
request to raise our representative le-
cations to embassies.
Lionel Phillips. the South African
SPECTATOR. who was one of DR.. jane
sons accomplices. has been banished
for life from the Transvaal republic.
He was set free. with other cOnspira-
tors. on promising never to interfere.
directly or indirectly. in Transvaal pol
tiles. He broke his promise by writing
IN article cOndemning thu government
in the Nineteenth Century.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

The Pennsylvania State supreme
court has confirmed the findings Of
the Montgomery county court con
demning TO death Charles q. Kaiser
for the murder of his wife.
Theodore III. Schintz. the former
bankerlawyer of Chicago has been
found guilty Of embeZZlement. as
charged in the indictment, by jury
in Judge Waterman's court
Mrs. William w. Place of New York
killed her mother-in-law with acids
and injured her husband so badly
with n Ratchet that he may die.
In a duel near Sexton. KoSsuth
county. Iowa, between Albert Rain
and Herman Neeher both men were
shot and seriously wounded. They
fought over woman.
At Delaware. Ohio. one night last
week Miss Nancy Fix was tortured
and robbed of $1,000 which she kept
in jar. The robbery was committed
by four persons, two of whom were
boys.
Frank Below. under arrest for the
murder of his brother Louis and sis
ter Susie. i'm the little town OF Dixon,
Cal. on Nov. q. has confessed. He
told how he placed rat poison in the
teakettle used by his brother and sis
ter. and when the news came To him
that they were dying, how he had
gone to their home and witnessed the
last struggles Of his sister without u
pang of remOrse. The motive for the
crime was revenge for repeated Sian
GERS Of his wife.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

The announcement that the French
government would take up the ques-
port duty on wheat was a large factor
in the recent rise in wheat. The duty
amounts to 3G.S cents a bushel. To-
day in France wheat is worth about
$I65 bushel, and a repeal Of the
duty would send the American wheat
to the highest point in years. Italy
has already repealed a part of its
wheat tariff, and the report is con-
firmed that even Russia is importing
wheat.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

In honoring the person and the worL
OF little old woman of the people, the
French academy has elaborated tn,
supreme praise accorded in "She hath
done what she could" Madame Bon.
nefois is the daughter of hard working
parents who sold toys at peripatetie
fairs about Paris. When a young girl
she began imparting her little, self
acquired education TO the children OF
the fakirs, ropewalkers and showmen
around her. With little panorama
OF her own she managed to support her
remarkable benevolence. Although she
seldom stayed more than fortnight il
one town. she followed her protege.
from place to place, setting up heI
school, teaching the children to reae
and write, and ministering to theiI
bodily and moral necessities. MADAME
Bonnefois would have liked, doubtless
to command the philanthropic prospec
from the summit. Failing that, she
has set her little valley a-bloom fol
mankind.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

American competition In British ant
continental markets has become s.,
keen and successful that the LondoI
British Trade Review has been led Il
inquire, when and where will the in
vasion stop?" Continuing, our con.
temporary says: THE latest effort II
this direction is to supply us with Goa
In the shape OF Pennsylvania anthra
cite. The miners of the United King.
dom helped this article to get a foot.
hold here during their late strike, but I
regular trade Is now promised and Ger.
many Is named along with Great Brit
ain as dumping ground. 1t Is asserted
that at present prices and present rates
of freight American fuel can be aA.
ported to Europe at small profit, ant
that il the coal carrying steamers
would but grant specially low rates in
consideration Of the assurance Of stea.
dy cargoes, there would be no doub'
whatever in the case. Some expert.
mental shipments are, it is said, short.
ly to be made, and the only thing re,
naming will be to secure the specially
low rates necessary TO certain success
But can Atlantic freights be furthe.
squeezed? II what the shipowners sag
is correct the thing is impossible, bd
perhaps they mean that statement TO
British shippers only" ,.-r
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
DIPHTHERIA IN WiNNEcoMn,
How IL Was Stamped Out, After .,
Modern Treatment Had Fai,.a

III" - va" '""Pou out, After IN.
Modern Treatment Had Failed.
Thirty-three cases of diphtheria vo,.
reported at Winneconne, Wiscops,n
and the schools were closed.
OF the thirty-three cases twelve wo,.
subjected to so-called modern trea,
ment; four OF the twelve thus trea,os
died, a death rate Of 33 1-3 per cent
Mr.. ]. Ulrich, resident of Wipns.
come, had observed the maryelor,
success Muco-Solvent had met with ana
in his enthusiastic way induced manr
mothers to use 1t. His own family Wa.
one Of the first infected, Muco- Solyen,
being used to the exclusion OF eyerv.
thing else with splendid results
Compared with other treatments q,
success was so very pronounced, that
Muco-Solvent was generally adopted
with the result that by its use alons
the other twenty-five cases recovered
not one proving fatal where Muco-so,.
vent was depended on.
We recommend its presence in eyerv
home, for all throat troubles. In avert.
ing developments OF diphtheria, scarlet
fever and Group, 1t is urequalled.
Upon receipt Of the price, 81 per
bottle, the Muco-Solvent Company 35s
Dearborn street, Chicago, will express
it, charges paid. This makes a splep.
did article for agents to introduce in
their locality, as it is backed by over.
whelming and convincing TESTIMONY
Forty-page book free.-Chicago opn,
ion.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Charles II. j. Taylor, formerly Unit
ed States minister 10 Liberia, haS
started Il new movement ny when ne
hopes To join the negroes OF the couii-
try i'm one party. the Afro-Aiherleah
party Mr.. Taylor was born slave
but has the distinction of being the
only negro lawyer ever admitted to the
bar Of the supreme court OF the thited
States.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Clement Scott, whose wholesale de-
nunciation of the women Of the stage
produced shock, has been rebuked so
thoroughly that he is half inclined to
call himself Great Scott with several
exclamation points.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

II is the opinion OF the powers that
they, too, are ruined by cheap Chinese
LABOR.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without 1t. Cascarets. Candy Ca.
thartic cleans your blood and keeps 4
clean by stirring up the lazy liver and
driving all impurities from the body. Be.
gin to-day TO Danish pimples. bolls,
5lotches. blackheads, and that scky
bilious complexion by taking Cascarets-
beauty for 10 cents. All druggists, salts.
faction guaranteed. 10c. go. 50c.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Iowa Farms for sale on crop payment, 81 per
acre cash, balance !. crop yearly until paid ior
j. Mulnall, Sioux City, Iowa.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN a
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most Inn
portant News of the Week From
All Parts Of the Globe. Boiled
Down and Arranged i'm Con-
By Busy People.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Cen.
sumption far and wide.-Mrs. Mulligan
Plumstead, Kent, England Nov. S,lsgi
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Potluck may be poor luck, IL taken with
stranger.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17
Beauty Is Hood Deem,

Missouri has an annual output Of tin
Der rated at about $1,000 900.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Conscience makes towards of only thoss
who fail to obey II.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-17

Those who worship wealth will bow 10
alteration before good clothes.