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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26
The AIsodones and Antonio chaves Grant De.

The two cases decided by the SUI
preme court of the United States on
Monday, Geographic notice OF which
appeared in these columns on that day,
are among the most important which
have been considered by the court of
private land claims and the result at
tanned in each case is a victory for Hon.
Matt e. Reynolds, United States attor-
ney. in charge of the land court litiga-
ton. These two cases were, Earle b.
Coe VS.. United States and Martin B.
Hayes VS. United States, the first being
for the confirmation Of the Algodones
grant and the second for what is known
as the Antonio Chaves grant. These
grants are located respectively in Arr
zona and New Mexico. The Algod0nes
grant consists of we 10000 acres, To-
Gated on the Colorado river in Arizona,
lust below Yuma, and includes some of
the finest fruit lands in the United
States. The case was s%tubbornly con-
tested in the land court, Mr.. A. M.
Stevenson, of Denver, and Judge E. W.
Sanford, of Arizona, appearing for the
claimants, and MI. Reynolds for the
government. The main question in
volved was as to the right of the treas
urer general of the state of Sonora to
make grants of land under the law as
it existed in 1898, when the grant was
made.
There was also a question raised as to
the genuineness of the title papers pre-
scented. The land court held the pa
pers to be genuine and decided that the
treasurer general, at the date of the
grant, possessed the authority he as
sumed to exercise, the consequence be
ing that the grant was confirmed. An
appeal was thereupon taken by the
United States to the Supreme court re-
sulting in a decision of that court
on Monday reversing the decision
of the court below. The opinion
of the court has not yet been
received, but, it is assumed that 1t
will principles of law that
would be conclusive in a large number
of other Arizona grant cases.
The Antonio Chaves case, the second
one decided. was represented in the land
court by Mr.. John Fl. Knaebel for the
claimant and Mr.. Reynolds appearing
for the United States. The fight was
stubborn and the question involved was
purely as to the authority of officials OF
official bodies in the then province OF
New Mexico to make grants between
| August IS, 1924 and November rs, 1928
| The contention of the government wa
that no such authority existed and the
decision of the court rejecting the gran
| which was made on March 3, 1925, OF
this ground was speedily appealed from
| by the claimants. The decision of thi
Supreme court affirming the decision OF
the land court settles the question o.
such power in 1925 in the negative
This case is of great Importance because
of involving this important question
upon which leading lawyers in the terri
tory have differed for many years ant
| because of the area and value of thu
grant in question, the tract claimed con
sisting of wei 100, 900 acres, located II
Socorro county, north of the town o
SocorrO.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

The. free silver papers, the yellow
journals. and the Democratic papers,
who are finding it necessary to attack
President Mckinley these days, are
either very hard up for news or SO veno-
nous and jealous as to desire, in such a
despicable manner, to attract attention
to themselves.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26
ADVERTISING RATES.

Wanted One cent a word each insertion.
Local-Ten cents per line each insertion.
Reading Local Preferred p~osition-Twen-
ty five cents per line each insertion:
Displayed-Two dollars an inch, single
column, per month in Daily. One dollar an
inch, singls column. In either English or
Spanish Weekly.
Additional prices and particularly given on
receipt of copy of matter to be inserted.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26
Poll Tax Notice.

The city schools poll taxes are now
due. The amount is $1 far each citizen.
The undersigned has appointed Robt.
Johnson as his deputy for the collection
of said tax and hereby advises all citi-
zens that the said collector will call
upon them for the payment thereof on
and after June 1. 1898. All citizens are
urgently requested tv meet the payment
Of this tax promptly as same is to be
used for the maintenance of the city
schools during the coming year.
JOHN V. CONWAY.
Clerk of Board of Education.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

BY the way, in all the excitement and
hustle of war, what has become of one
Grover Cleveland, who was nee so prone
to shoot p%ronouns in the first person at
the general public?
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

Harvard university has concluded to
grant degrees to members of this years
graduating class, who have enlisted as
volunteers. Young men who make
the sacrifices of leaving college or good
positions to serve the country, deserve
the fullest consideration.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

Brother Dwight L. Moody, of evangel-
ist fame, is going about the country
preaching "arbitrate, don't fight" The
pious man is a little late with his good
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

Six weeks ago Spain was to send a
fleet to lombard the towns on the New
England coast. Now she will send pri.
vateers to destroy American shipping.
So far she has taken it all out in talk
however, finding that talk is remarka-
bly, cheap and less dangerous than fight
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

Some Democratic papers are making a
great row about the politics of the new
assistant secretary of state. But the
country does not care a continental red
cent. He has been appointed and con-
frmed and is said to be a very excellent
man for the place. Enough said.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26
NotariAs, H.acnrds.

The New Mexican Printing company
has on sale blank records for the use OF
notaries public, with the chapter of the
Compiled laws governing notaries, print
ed in the front. Will be delivered at any
p~ostoffice or express Office on receipt OF
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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26
Attention. Owners Of Dogs.

Notice is hereby given, that dog IL
censes must be taken out and paid for
by the LIST of June next, as provided for
by city ordinance.
All dogs found without the regular
license tag, on and after June l next,
will DO impounded as the city ordinance
directs. Tho Office of the city clerk
from and after this date, will be in the
brick building on Palace avenue, known
as Adams hall.
MARCHING A. ORTIZ,
City Clerk.
Santa Fe, May. 20, 1898.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

Captain General Blanco Is beginning
to find out that victories gained through
use of the typewriter and on paper can
not be eaten. He now wants more pro-
visions and less typewriters in Havana.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

1t is beginning to look as if Admiral
Cervera's fox-like cunning, so greatly
admired and a~pplauded at Madrid, may
not urn out as successful as the Span
ish government expected. Spain pro-
posed, but the United States navy, in
this case, will likely dispose.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

In another two months this country
will have an army of 2s5 900 men in ac-
tive service and a feet second only to
that of Great Britain. Uncle Sam is
proving himself a very lively %youngster.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

One of the Maryland National Guard
regiments declined to enlist in the vol
unteer service, because the war prepa-
rations were not conducted to suit its
members. They must have been read
ing the Denver free silver papers and
the New Mexico Democratic papers.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

The people of Havana, without any
desire on their part, are becoming more
moral and better and less brutal. Beef
being very scarce, bull fighting had to
be stopped. Score another point for
this country.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26

The territory of New Mexico acted
promptly and successfully in filing its
first quota of volunteers and will do so
again in filing its second quota. New
Mexico is poor, but she is patriotic.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26
THURSDAY, MAY 26.

The John Wanamaker gubernatorial
boom is evidently waiting for a strong
convoy, for fear of being gobbled up by
the Matt Quay privateers.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-26
Is Entered as o~econd-Class matter AT the
santa Fs Post Office.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTIONS,

EY-The NEW MEXICAN Is the oldest new
paper in New Mexico. 1t Is sent to every
and growing circulation among the intelli-
gent and progressive people of the southwest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13

tion when they have found that the
newspaper attaches money value to
such eulogies. #
We would like to suggest to our
weekly and daily contemporaries that
possibly thsy arc 10 blame FOR the
value. which the general public place 8
upon their work. Newspapers are
business enterprises just as mills
and factories and stores and their
stock in trade is the paper which
they sell to their customers and such
space as they offer to advertisers.
Newspapers are not supported by
public appropriations, they are not
endowed institutions, they have to
live on the business that thoy dc,
and they should agree among thom-
solves as to the method of doing
business. Every weekly newspaper
in South Carolina, we venture to say,
would be able to pay all it's debts
and declare good dividend the first
of every year on tho space which is
given to the public for nothing, and
for which the newspapers do not re-
ceive 80 cheap reward as sincere
thanks.-Charleston News and Cou-
rior. ......
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
BY JAYNEs. sHELoR, SMITH - sTsU1x

1878 1,665,000 bales. The average
cotton production of other countries
from 1872 to 1878 was 1,619,O0O
bales per annum, and from 1890 to
1897 was 1922, 900 bales per annum,
showing that there also has been a
slight grawt's IN cotton production
i'll other parts of the world, while
our own production has increased
enormously. ....
Not only has the price of cotton
fallen at tho same rate that tho pro-
duction has increased, but there has
also been corresponding fall In the
price of cloths manufactured from
cotton. The reports of the Bureau
of Statistics show that cotton
"printing cloths" were quoted at 1888
cents per yard in 1872, while reports
just published show an average rate
of FIT cents per yard in the cotton
year 1893, fo" the same grade of
cll ths, the 1ail in the price of the
manufactured article thus having, in
this case at least, nearly or quite
kept pace with the fall in the price
Of raw cotton the increase in pro-
duction of that article.
1t is proper to add that tho prices
quoted for the earlier years are based
upon the currency values of that
period and if reduced to q gold basis
would be slightly less. Cotton print
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this papor will be
pleased to learn that there is ut least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to euro in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. IIalPs Catarrh Cure is tho only
positive cure known to tho medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
mont. Halls Catarrh is euro taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces of tho system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving tho pationt strength by build
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors hayo
have SO much faith in its curative pow
crs, that they offer ono hundred dollars
for any case it fails to euro. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
HalPs Family Pills arc tho best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
Small pOX in the Stafo h.niu.

COLUMBIA, S. c., October T.
Small pox is again reported in tn,
State, as the following indicates
FLORENCE, S. C.,October 6.
TO Gov. w. II. Ellerbe, Columbia:
Cases of small pox and a number
of persons exposed are reported
from Sumter county. Shall incu,
the expense of isolating, guarding
and treating them ? Tho appropria.
ton for that purpose is exhausted.
JAMES EVANS.
Private Secretary Boyd Evans, ir
the absence of Governor Ellcrbc
telegraphed that ali necessary precau-
tions should be exercised.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13

be shocked if anything should be
said about 80 common a thing Of
money in exchange for the papers. {
Several years ago "a newspape,
printed a long story about the cele-
bration of a military. company. Il
filed a great deal OF space and cost
a good deal of money to put it in
shape for the entertainment of the
reading public. 1t would seem that
the newspaper had done its full share
in writing up tho celebration, but the
next morning, all the same, request
was made for a hundred and fifty
copies of the paper containing the
story for general distribution, and a
hundred and fifty copies were worth,
according to the prices prevailing at
that time, exactly $3.50.
When men die who have occupied
a prominent place in the community,
and who have done good work for
the State or church Or society in their
day and generation, it is the invaria-
BILE rule of newspapers to speak well
of them and to give an account of
their lives.
1t would seem that in doing this
tho newspaper had discharged it's
full duty to the public and to the de-
ceased ; but there are societies and
orders and organizations that would
also like to make somo public an
nouncemcnt touching the esteem in
which the departed had been held
by his associates, and of how deeply
thoy wonder at the inscrutablo dc.
cree of Providence which had re-
moved their deceased friend and as
sociato. Their words of apprecia-
tion and sympathy and sorrow arc
strung out in tributes of respect
which the newspapers arc expected
to print for nothing.
We have known persons almost
Frustrated by surprise and indigna-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
The Lord Only Knows Of the Troubles
Which Beset tho Country Printer.

| .rt '" "Ao" "o'op pho SVuhViJ = lluteIs
We do not know who made the
following graphic statement, but i
he had written for year he coulC
not have stated the case more clearly
and with such wealth of philoso
ply: ...
| 'The editor has charter from the
State to act rs doormat for the com,
munity. He will get the paper out
somehow, and stand up for the town
and whoop it up for you when you
run for Office, and lie about your big.
footed son when he gets a four-dol
iar-a-wcek job, and weep over youl
shrivclled soul when it is released
from its grasping body, and smil at
your wife's second marriage. Done
worry about tho editor, he1l get
along. Tho Lord only knows how
but somehow"
The ccmtry newspapers in this
State do more hard ana thankloss
service for their respective commu-
mites than all tho Office holders and
professional sharps and gentlemen OF
leisure who were called for some
purpose, we suppose. They work
! early and late, and ninety per cent
of their work goes without reward.
1t is strange thing about the nows-
paper business generally that most
people do not regard it as "business"
at all.
If John Jones makes great
speech and it is reported at length
by a man who is paid for doing the
work, and is printed in a newspaper
which has to pay for putting the
story in type, Jones would like to
get half dozen copies of the paper
for distribution among his friends,
and Jones generally tries to get them
for nothing.
If the lovely Mrs. Brown Robin
son has tea and her parlors arc
crowded with the elite of the land,
and the society reporter writes q
charming account of the delightful
social function, Mrs. Brown Robin
son would like to have ten or twenty
copies of the paper to mail TO her
out-of-town friends, and she would
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
Reduction is Equal to Price.

New YoRK, October S.-A special
to the New York Times from Wash
ington says r.
The phenominally low price of
cotton recently reported, said to be
the lowest point reached in many
years, lends special interest to a
series of tables just compiled by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics, show
ing the remarkable increase ncotton
production and co-incidental fall in
p ices. ..... II r. ...
These tables show that the United
States, the chief cotton producer of
tho world, has quadrupled her cotton
production since 1872, and that tho
price of cotton in tho samo period
has fallen to about one-fourth Of that
which prevailed in that year.
In 1872 tho cotton crop of the
United States is shown to have been
1,384,0S4,949 pounds, with an ave-
rage price of 22.19 cents pound ;
in 1893 the crop is reported at 5,667,-
372,051 pounds, with au average
price of 6.23 cents a pound.
Thus the production of 1893 is
more than four times the amount of
1872 and the average but little
over one-fourth that of that year.
When it is considered that the
other portions Of the world that
grow cotton have not ut all reduced
their production, meantime it is appa-
rent that the increased cotton supply
of the world in the quarter of cen.
tury under consideration has been
very great, far in advance Of the in
crease of the population or consum-
ing power.
Twenty-Five years ago the United
States produced 70 per cent of the
cotton of the world to-day she pro-
duces S5 per cent of the worlds cot
ton.
This increase in the per centage
has been not because OF a reduction
of the cotton produced in other parts
of the world; but simply on account
of the increase in our own. The
cotton supply Of the other cotton
0rO1ucinO soot innc of Tho ,,yorll -,
1923 was 1,GG7,000 bales, and in
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
AND MUST THE THE DAY. rnoU oANsT N
RichIantl Dots.

RIoHLAND, s. c., Octobor Owe have
again been visited by heavy rains, but
this morning has dawned bright and
beautiful, and all nature seems cheered
and refreshed. ss,.5 ,'u $f=t
Mr.. V. @. Miller, after spending q few
days among relatives and friends, has
gone TO T!,sealacsa, Ala. Nj. Miller
speaks as if he intends to take up p per
manent abode in that State, provided
Uncle Sam will not further need him
toward holping to settle any hostlities.
Misses Mary and Maria Dendy and
Mossrs. Allen Dondy and Frank Pattor-
son were at Retreat Sunday. #.n..
We arc glad to learn of Rov. II. l..
Rogors's improvement and trust that ho
may soon bo able to DO among his par
ishioners at Richland. a.5'.t. =.
Master Charles Werner has gone to
Tuscaloosa, Ala, where ho entors school.
Tho many friends of Prof. w. Il.
Dendy will be grieved to learn of his i'll
ness at Yorlsviilo, S. q.
a party of morry lads and lasscs as
sem6led at tho homo of Mr.. T.. E. Werner
last Thursday evening wl,ero they spent
q fow hours in worry informal and yet
enjoyable way. 'E>y >
Miss Cecilo Gray, a charming young
woman from Graysvillo, Ga, has boon
visiting Miss Pearl Dallongor.
Mrs. Alico Doyle and hor littlo
daughter Emily, returned last wook to
thoir homo in Texas. Mrs. Doyle has
boon in South Carolina tho creator part
of tho summer.
Mrs. Hattie Edwards, of Elberton, Ga,
is visiting hor fathor, Mr.. j. b. Pickett.
Messrs. j. 9. Duckworth and w. For
sythe, of Clemson College, were in our
community Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Arthur Davis was at homo Sun
day.
Major G. Shanklin spent Sunday with
his parents. WILIErMINA,
lWilhelmina, wo arc pleased to well
como you to our columns, but wish to
ask you to send your communications at
least ono day earlier, also to writo on
only ono sido of papor.-EDs. COURIER. ]
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13

The capital invested in cotton mills In
South Carolina now amounts to $1S,0t4,-
400, tho number of spindlos in these
mills Is 1,9O0,390 and tho number of
looms is 3S,362. Five now mills have
boon added to tho list of last year, and
the prospect is that many moro will be
built in tho year 1900. That investors
havo confidence in tho success Of cotton
manufacturing in this State is shown by
tho fact that moro than 100000 addi-
tional capital has boon invested in this
business since tho fall of 1897.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13

When q man walks mile he takes,
on an average, 2,263 steps, lifting
the weight of his body with cacl,
step. When he rides a bicycle of
the average gear he covers a mile
with the equivalent of only 627 stops,
requires little force, bears no burden,
and covers the same distance in less
than onc-third of the time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
Velunblo to Woman.

Especially valuable to women ia Browns,
Iron Bitters. Backache vanshes, headache
disappears, strength takes the pace of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
comes to the pallid cheek when this won.
or overworked men it has no equal, No home
Shouid 10 without this famous remedy.
BroWns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
Forces Must Evacuate Porto
Rico # FIX

WAsnINGroN, d. g., October -
President Mckinley to-day cahled
the United States Military Commits
sion at Porto Rico that that island
must be evacuated by the Spanish
forces on or before October 18th and
that the Spanish Commissioners shall
be 80 informed. In case of the fail
ure of the Spaniards to complete tho
evacuation by that date the United
States Commissioners arc directed
to seize the government. .a II
Maj. Gen. HitzHlugh Loe received
an order from the war department.
to-day directing him to move his
command from Jacksonville to Sa-
vannah and get in readiness to en-
bark for Havana by tho last of this
month. IRIS
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13
L9St--I8ut Not Least. ~'

We call special attention to our DRY GOODS AND
MOTION DEPARTMENT. We have space to mention
only few prices
sTANDARD FANCY aING1rAMs, worth &c., goes
at ID CENTS .. 5&
FIRST GLASS PRINTS for cents ~.
COTTON CIIECKS-~-well, us5 take them for 4 cents,
too,
We also have nice limo of DRESS GOODS that must
be sold regardless of what they cost. -.
We have nice line of SCAItFS, TIES, &C.. that have
been selling for so they go for only cents
prices H.r...(1#
Buggies9 I8uggies. ."#
We have just received a CAR LOAD OF ROCK HILL,
BUGGlES Time has proven that they tho goods
over offered in this county for the money vcry guar
antoed ratcas and that the paint will scale and
springs mover break We have exclusive sale in Oconee
County of these goods and will make you better prices on
them than any other factory will offer you. If your
excuse Tor not buying is that cotton is low will answer
that goods lower and you money by buying
from = . - FS'5
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-10-13

Some ono has discovered at last
that the much slandered English
sparrow has its redeeming traits. An
Alabama cotton planter says they
saved his crop which would have
been destroyed by millars and worms
if the sparrows had not got into them
and devoued thom. Now there are
no worms but thousands Of sparrows.