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Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05

merce; they fought in the wars against
the savage native tribes, who. despite
all the courage and fortitude Of the
Beers. must finally have triumphed
over them If they had been left single
handed.
And they paid and have paid and are
paying practically all the taxes It is
estimated that - per cent OF all the
magnificent revenues that flow yearly
into the Golfers Of the Boer government
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDK

it9ICA2O, RnCK ISLAND & pACJFTC RAIL
y wsy-Tickets can be purohased or osggssss
:heched ct X q Twentieth streot depot on
] & 7 depot, corner Fifth svsT1ue sur rs'hiTty
irsf street, Frsnk Ptummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05

From his most recent Photograph
tiOn. Before you give your sympathy
10 either contestant there are few
facts which ought to be considered.
Here they are:
The Beers were the original settlers
of the country now known - t.Ie
Transvaal republic if W. ieave out OF
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05

with. In fact.
there has been
so much cXaG-
gcratiOn that il
is hard to say
w II Il t is the
truth and what
| $ III ere rO-
mancing. But
even the Eng
lish admit that
Il Bocr with 4
rife is n dan
gerOuS custom =
er, even ut Il
d j s t Il II cc OF
1000 V Il L Il <.
and Tommy At
kinS must be
III L c II nearer
than that TO do
effective work.
The best de
fense against
an invading ar
my, however,
is found in the
character of the
TranSvaal bOr-
der. Shut in on
ranges, the BOcI
he had Il Chimes
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05


tWhere the Bocrs thrashed the British in 1sSll
something as long as they had fingers
to pop gun with and eyes to see Il
redcOat.
The kaiSerS Informant thinks the
citizen army comprises ut least 2o,0D0
men between the ages of - ana 30
years. Though the majority OF uit-
landcrs are exempted from military
duty, the younger men viii readily
help their nei-hbors. he thinks. OF
the 10000 blacks able 10 shoulder
arms. 10000 may be relied upon 10
fight with Il will.
The nation i'll arms really means an
army of mounted infantry, for every
citizen soldier reports for duty on
horseback. and there are no better rid
ers or SharpShooters in the world. The
German observer says it seems to be
impossible To tire out Bocr or his
mount. ''As TO getting away from his,
bullets. the English have tried il once.
Their losses i'll the war OF 1850 and
1881 were 1,1j9 dead and wounded
against 113 Beers, who received
scratches
This subject of the remarkable fight
ing qualities of the Bocr is IL fascinat-
ing one which has been often dealt
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05
TRkINI.

Passenger trs'us leave G. u q (hoins
aven1S) depot five (O minutes earlier than time
<ivon. Trains marked daily. all other trsinS
daily except Sunday
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05

BURLINGTON ROUTE- q . y Rail-.
D waY-Depot Fleet avsnHs xnS Rixtasnth
gtrest, n Young, agent.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05
TRAINS
RAsT.

sArrlvsl. +Depsrture. 3Dsily, exc-pt SurdSS.
sDaily except saturday. all others daily Tele-
phone 1913
Rock Island Argus., 1899-10-05

u COX ISLAND d PEORIA RAILWAY
X Ter>ot First Avennn end T~ '--'-.' street.
NJ. a tiers N, General Plsscu@,r Agent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
7 SI,arders ! 4 I ear.

IS The total number Of musa aers cotn-
,mitted through eut the United States
during 4 1903 shows q decrease. being
7,840, as compared with $500 in
1897 10, ,082 in 1866 /; { 1O,500 in
1895. The causes Of these murders
may be roughly classified IS follows |:
Quarrels, 8,86T unknoWE, 2,67a;
jealousy, 2O5y liquor, 207 ]; by high
waymen, 222; infahtioide, 24s;; re- se4
sisting arrest, 147; highwaymen
killed, 80; insanity, 80; self-defence,
33; strikes, ~ oatrages, s; riots,
25. " J.$3s ,5..ss.
The criminal work Of mob muir
derers throughout the country has
decreased, as compared with 1897,
being smaller than in any year since
1885, except 1890, when the number
was the same. 4 .iG sstS. |s.,
( Judge Lynch has executed 1877
persons-122 males and s females.
The lynohings in the various States
and Territories Rore as fellows Z&
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
Saved by q Horse.

The Rochester Union and Adver-
tiser of December 1, 1893, gives the
following account of horses intelli-
gence witnessed near that city:
George Howard, 10 years of age,
employed on the farm of George
Lent, about mile outside the city
on the Buffalo road, is at the Hommo.
pathic Hospital suffering from in
jurics inflicted on him by a hog.
That young Howard is not subject
for the coroner instead of the hospi-
tai surgeon, is due to the fact that
horse, which is greatly attached to the
young man, kicked the enragcd hog
away as the brute was about to fasten
its teeth in his throat.
The hog, which made the attack
on Howard, was large and particu-
larly ugly brute. lie broke out of
his pen yesterday afternoon and
made a rush for the barn. The door
was open and young Howard, who
had just placed the horse in his stall
aftor careful grooming, was start
ing to go out the door when tho hog
entered with rush. The brute
made savage attack on Howard
and fastened his teeth into the calf,
tore and laceratcd the flesh. Howard
fell back into tho stall and close to
the feet of tho horse he had just
groomed.
The hog was springir" at the
throat of his PROSTATE victim when
The horse raised his hind feet and
gave tho hog kick, which sent him
ten feet and caused him to squeal
with pain. Mr.. Lent, who had been
attracted by the screams of H. ward,
was just entering the barn door and
saw the horse kick tho hog off the
PROSTATE body of the young man.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
Summons for Relief.
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
James e. Crooks, John II. Crooks, Jano
Colo, Dudley w. Crooks, Annie
Crooks, Margarott Neal, Caroline
Dodd and Easter Cain, Plaintiffs,
against
Thomas w. Crooks, Julia Marett, Hewey
w. Crooks, Paul S. Crooks, Sallie
Crooks, Lille j. Crooks, Maude e.
Crooks, Pearlo A. Crooks, William
Grover Crooks, CLAUDIO II. Crooks,
Clarence j. Crooks, j. V. Crooks,
Bertha b. Crooks and Xavier B.
Crooks, Defendants.
SUMMONS FOR REIIET-(COMrLAINT NOT
SERvED.)
TO tho Defendants above named.
NOU arc hereby summoned and ro
, 4 quired to answer tho complaint in
this action, which is fled in tho Office
of tho Clerk of tho Court of Common
Pleas for tho said county, and to sorve a
copy of your answer to tho said com
plant on tho subscribers, at thoir office,
on tho Public Square, at Walhalla Court
House, South Carolina, within twenty
days after tho service hereof, exclusive
fail to answer tho complaint within She
timo aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action
will apply to the Court for tho relief
demanded in tho complaint.
Dated January 10Th, 1890.
JAYNES t& SUELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
TO the absent Defendant, Julia Marott:
Take notice that tho summons and
complaint in the above entitled action
woro filed in tho office of Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for Oconeo
county, in said State, on tho 10Th day OF
January, 1900; that the object of this
action is tho partition and division OF
tho lands belong, to the estate of w. Jas.
por Crooks, deceased, among the parties
to this action as his hoirs-at-law, accord
ing to thoir respective rights; that no
personal claim is made against you.
January 18th, 1890.
JAYNES & SIIELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
2-7 Walhalla, 3. c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
@ n. @ p @ ma. r A,.
Boars tho n The Kind You Have Always Bought
''s"s'''' ss G@1A32Azz<m
The Cows Gratitude.

When l lived on o ranch in West
ern Colorado 1 saw q remarkable
thing done by COW.
Each season our hay, on being
moved, was stacked in o field about
200 yards from the house.
We had a milch COW named
Turvy. One winter Turvy's calf,
which had not been weaned, was
kept tied, a part of the time, to a
post near the hay.
One morning my attention was at
tracted by the persistent cries of the
COW. looked out and saw Turvy
standing at tho bars. She was call
ing me and was almost frantic. |
snatched up shawl, threw it around
me and ran to SEQ what the matter
was. Quick as she saw me coming
she turned and ran back to tho stacks.
When reach the place / found her
calf almost choaked to death. lie
had wound tho rope, with which he
was tied, round and round the post,
and twisted it 80 tight that his tongue
was lolling out and bloody foam
dripping from his mouth and nose.
l quickly united him and his mother,
by her every action, showed her joy
at his rescue. G.. MITCHELL.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
The Right: Remedy Will
Bamish Ii Forever.

If you would forever be rid of
the aches and pains, and some
times the tortures produced by
rheumatism, you must take tho
right remedy. Those who con-
tinue to suffer ere relying upon
remedies which do not reach their
trouble. The DOCTORS treatment
always consists of potash and
mercury, which only intensity the
disease, causing the joints to stiff
on and the bones to ache, besides
seriously impairinG the digestive
organs.
Rheumatism is q disordered state of
tho blood, and the only cure for It is q
zeal blood remedy. Swift's Specific IS.
-. y. goes down to, the very bottom of
all diseases Of the blood, and promptly
cures cases that other remedies can not
reach.
Mr.. e. K. 8. Olinkenbeerd, a promi-
nent attorney OF Mt. Sterling, KY,
writes:
"Two years ago was great sufferer
from rheumatism, had tried every
remedy could hear Of except s. s.. s,
| had been to Hot Springs, Ark, where
l remained for twelve weeka under
treatment, but experienced no perma-
nent relief, and returned home, be-
neVing that would be O sufferer as
long as I lived. At o time whom my
pains Wsre alpaoat unbearable, /
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
BRIDGE TO LET.

FEHE County Supervisor will, on the
Il. tho 9th day of January, 1900, at II
O'Clock A, M, at the bridge, lot to the
to rebuild tho bridge over a branch on
tho road from John M. Do&is's to John
w. Shelor's, near tho old Blbb place.
Plans and specifications will ~ exhibited
at time and place of letting. Tho right
to reject all bids reserved.
GUY II, GROVE, Clerk.
january IL, 1860. Elsn =. 80.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
CA s L | OR | a
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature p'"sa sDo Of I@<G89zz@zSas
Keep Your Mouth Shut.

Don't be offended. The admoni-
tion is not meant as reflection
upon your talkativeness. Talk as
much as you please, but keep your
mouth shut when you are nc talk
ing.
People who keep their mouth
closed, except when they are talking,
eating or drinking, rarely ever con-
tract colds or coughs. Savages,
even those living in Northern lati-
tudes, seldom take cold. Scientists
say it is because they are close
mouthcd.
Disease germs floating in the air
find a direct route into the lungs of
a person who breathcs through the
mouth. They arc arrested by tho
fine, siovc-l like network of hair in the
nostrils of the individual who
breathcs through has nose. Keep
your mouth shut and you may defy
pestiloncc.
The teeth su1er from too much
and too frequent exposure to the
atmosphere. Sudden changes of
temperature, whether liquid or at
mosphcric, are hurtful to them. The
best teeth in the world are those of
the savage tribes, whose owners
always keep their mouths shut ex-
ccpt when talking or eating.
Throat and lung diseases are often
contracted by persons who 60 about
opcn-mouthod. The frosty air of
winter, inhaled directly into tho
lungs through the mouth, is a fire.
quont cause of bronchial dis' rders.
Taken through the nose, it is modi-
fled and sifted of many of it's dang
ers. Keep your mouth shut!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
,.s., : ss,.i ST i s q 4 S sulphur

L
In my daily apers Of I Decembs,
I22d a find that there are supposed
to be something like 1 ga, ,000 oases 81
grippe id New X ork City, and that
" is also prevailing largely in Wash
| lington, Philadelphia and other oities,
and is now threatening Boston. It
| is a fact that whensit was prevailing
as an epidemic largely!in our city q
few years ago, / ascertained, by in
quiry of my officers at Byam'a
Match Factory" that Ct the forty
three persons employed there not
one had been troubled by it. /
%I&I ,baye at various times told the
press how many at Memphis, Ton.
nessee, (including the agents Of
"The Howard Benevolent Assooia-
tion) escaped tho terrible epidemic
of yellow fever there Gas they
claimed) by wearing powdered sui
phur in their shoes--also the evil
donce of distinguished Germai,
medical writer translated into Eng
lish, that wearing sulphur in this
way has proved complete protec-
tion against cholera and other cpl
demio diseases; also that those
working the sulphur mines Of Italy
escape the. malaria which prevails all
about them; also that sulphur in
the shoes has cured various cases of
rheumatism; also chat sulphur taken
internally or worn in the shoes has
sufficient power to pass through the
body, the clothing and the pocket
book, blackening the silver there.
I find in the London Lancet that
no less authority than the President
of the Institute of Civil Engineers
of London declares that the sulphur
GUS vapor produced by the combus-
tion of coal in that city kills the
disease germs in the atmosphere.
1t seems to mo duty, at this
time, to again suggest as widely as
possible through my own paper and
others that sulphur is very cheap,
and whether it destroys or keeps out
germs of disease from the body, or
only acts upon the Imagination it
cannot do much harm to try it.
In the Scott County (Mississippi)
Register of June 18th last will be
found an account of how the agents
of "The Howard Benevolent Asso-
ciation," at Memphis, escaped yellow
fever by wearing sulphur in their
shoes. <
Half toaspoonful of powdered
sulphur in each shoe or stocking is
considered to be sufficient.
AS our readers know, we did our
best last spring to put these facts
for tho protection of our soldiers)
before our army and navy officials at
Washington.
We do not know whether any
thing was done about the matter by
our medical officers there, but we
have received letters from army Off
GERS and men, that with sulphur in
the shoes they had no fevers and
also found the sulphur complete
protection against fleas. On this
samo December 22d we received in a
letter from Capt. Julius A. Palmer,
of this city, the following:
"By the way, in view of your fire.
quent recommendations of common
sulphur, it came to my notice re-
Gently that on California ranches
where walnuts are prepared for the
market the shells arc bleached by the
use of birthstone flames, and that
the men having charge of that work
are never touched by the grippe,
influenza or other epidemics which
attack their fellow-laborers on the
same estates" Geo. II. Angel, in
Our Dumb Animals.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
A PRIZE FOR EVERY AGEN
THE AGENTS CONTEST FOR THE
FIRST OIJARTER. 1900.

FIRST QUARTER, 1871.
A certain prizo fixed for a given num-
Der for all who attain it, and an addi-
tional prize to tho agent who goes farth-
est beyond it.
JANUARY 1 TO APRIL ], 1890.
Tn each and oyery agent securing
400 subscriptions before April
1st, a check for. ...'.............$ 500 90
TO the agent who gets tho most
subscribers beyond this point,
an additional. al..,....,........... so 90
To each and every agent securing
250 subscriptions, check for :. 80 90
TO tho agent who gets tho most
subscribers beyond this point,
and less than 400, an additional. 25 90
To each and every agent securing
$50 subscriptions, check for. 25 90
TO tho agent who gets tho most
subscribers beyond this point,
and less than 250, an additional. ~ 80
TO each and every agent securing
Is subscriptions, a check for. 10 90
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26

The St. Paul Globe thinks the
bravest woman of the year is Mrs.
Lucinda Reese, of Brazil, Ind, who
has asked for divorce, ten thou
sand dollars alimony and the GUS
tody of her fourteen children.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26

(*l Regular stop; (t) Flag station.
All regular trains from Anderson to
Walhalla have right of track over trains
of the Same class moving in opposite
direction, unless otherwise specified by
train orders. ... .N,.-.E..
Will also stop at the following stations
noy's, James and Sandy Springs.
No. IL connects with Southern Railwey .
No. 6 at Anderson. ,...Y
No. II connects with Southern Railway
No. IL at Seneca. ..,.-..
J. r. ANDERSON,
Superintendent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
Goodbye,
Rheumatism.

CHANGED to read your advertisement
and was impressed with it so much
chat 1 decided to try s. s. s. took
eleven bottles and WAS entirely relieved
OF oil pain and cured permanently.
When 1 began to take s. s. s. I was
unable to sit or stand with any ease,
and could not sleep. Since taking the
last dose l have had no return OF the
Rheumatism, and take great pleas.
ure In recommending s. 5. s to any
one who has the misfortune to suffer
with this disabling disease"
S.S.S. is tho only Giro for Rhau.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
WORLDS LARGEST SHIP.
NOah's Ark Has Been Distanced by
tho Modern Leviathan.

tho MOdern LeVtathans
The largest ship ever built, "from
Capt. Noah down to Capt. Cook" "
was launched at Belfast on tho 18th
instant when the Oceanic, of the
White Star line, split the waves,
says the Augusta Herald. .... ...'
Noah's ark was $40 feet long; the
Campania of the Cunard limo is G25
feet, the Kaiser Wilholm der Crosse
is 648 feet, and the Great Eastern
was $50 feet, but the Oceanic is ID
feet longer than tho Great Eastern,
or 704 feet over all. The Great
Eastern was of greater beam and
tonnage, however, being s3 feet
broad, So feet deep and having a
displacement of 22,500 tons.
The Oceanic is 68 feet broad, 44
feot deep and has a displacement of
1900 tons. The Great Eastern's
engines developed only 2,7O0 horse
power, and her best speed was only
eleven knots an hour. The engines
of the Oceanic arc built for $4,000
horse power, and she is expected to
sail across the ocean day after day
with hor triple screws at the rate of
twenty-scven miles an hour, which is
about the same speed that the new
mail service from New York to San
Francisco is expected to maintain.
The Great Eastern was q failure as
an ocean carrier, because she took so
much coal, was so awkward to han
die and cost so much for repairs. 1t
was serious problem to turn her
around in an ordinary harbor, and to
get her in and out of her slip was a
matter of the greatest anxiety and
danger, but the invention of steam
and electrical steering apparatus has
made such problems of navigation
comparatively easy, and the captains
of the Campania, or The Kaiser Will
helm, or any of the other great
leviathans of ocean commerce han
die them as if they were team of
horses. 1t is interesting to COM
pare the Oceanic with the steamer
which Robert Fulton put upon the
Hudson within the lifetime Of many
men. John Sherman was 7 years
old. The late Senator Morrill, was
of age. Representative Grow, of
Pennsylvania, was 10 years old.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, was 6.
Senator Pcttis was years of age.
Senator lIawley was 4 years old.
Senator Cullom and Senator Allison
were infants in arms when the first
steamship was launched upon the
ocean. In 1880 there were five
stcamboats hailing from the port of
New York. The journey from New
York to Washington was made
partly by steamboat and partly by
stage, and it took as much time as is
now required to 60 to London.
If gloomy and nervous, and looking on
the dark side of things, take a few doses
of DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine,
and tho gloom will disappear.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
Citation Notice.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
IN THE COURT OF PROBATE.

I'm l1lE CoUhI Wv IlloBAIE.
BY d. A. Smith, Esq, Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, James Soaborn, as Clork of
tho Court of Common Ploas for Oconee
county, South Carolina, has mado
suit to mo to grant him letters OF
administration of tho personal estate of
and effects Of Thomas b. Lawrence, do
coascd-
These are, therefore, to otto and ad-
monsh all and singular tho kindred and
creditors of tho said Thos B. Lawrence,
deceased, that thoy bo and appear
before mo, in tho Court of Probate, to bo
hold at Walhalla Court House, S. O., on
Satu rday, March 4th, 1900, after pub
lication thereof, at II O'Clock in tho fore
noon, to show cause, if any they havo,
why tho said Administration should not
be granted.
Given undcr my hand this 10Th day of
January Ammo Domini 1900.
{ ~ ID. A. SMITH,
: LIS. Judge Probate for
t~~-) Cconee county, S. @.
Published on the 10th day of January,
1900, in the Keoweo Courier and Oconee
News. 3-S
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26

If Spain could not whip the Cuban
rebels into peace during half a dozen
wars since 1929, how long will it
take Uncle Sam to drub the Cuba,
and Philippine insurgents into per-
feet tranquility, with Yellow Jack
and malaria on their side?
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
O a. IS nh q R. Il $40
s'sss,ass sisss sas 1A' tI: w ny: AMY: Bought
of C<2ISsE [zT:@NaS

The Araxes river, in Transcaucasia,
has shifted to it's ancient bed and
now flows directly into the Caspian
Sea instead of into the Kura at a
point 60 miles from the latter's
mouth,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26

A proposal has been made by q
French chemist to obtain easily ASST
milable iron tonics from vegetables
by feeding the plants judioio ously
with iron fertilizers. ' =.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
A Lesson In Usury.

Peter Cooper, the great philan-
thropist of Now York, was one of
the most successful, careful and pru-
dent business mon of his time. He
was strongly opposed to the methods
of many merchants who launched
out into extravagant enterprises on
borrowed money, for which they
paid exorbitant rates Of interest.
The following anecdote illustrates
the point very forcibly:
Once, while talking about a pro-
ject with an acquaintance, the latter
said he would have to borrow the
money for six months, paying inter-
est at the rate of 8 per cent per
month.
"Why do you borrow for go short
time ?" Mr.. Cooper asked.
"Beoause the brokers will not ne
gotiate bills for longer.''
"Well, if you wish," said Mr..
Cooper, 81 will discount your note
at that rate for three years."
care you in earnest ?" asked the
would-be borrower.
"Certainly I am. I will discount
your note for $4,000 for three years
at that rate. Will you do it ?"
"Of course, WILL" said the mer-
chant.
every WE'LL" said Mr.. Cooper.
"Just sign this note for 10000, pay
able in three years, and give your
check for $500 and the transaction
will be complete"
"But where is the money for me ?"
asked the aatnnished merchant merchant.
"You don't get any money!" was
the reply. "Your interest for SO
months at 3 per cent per month
amounts to 1O8 per cent or $1O,8OO.
Therefore, your check for $500 just
makes us even."
The forco of this practical illus
tration of the folly of paying such an
exhorbitant price for the use of
money was such that the merchant
determined never to borrow at such
ruinons rates, and he frequently
used to say that nothing could have
80 fully convinced him as this
rather humorous proposal by Mr..
Cooper.