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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
A Travelling Court.

The United States Court of the
Northern district Of Che Indian
Territory is probably the only trav-
cling court, including the courtroom
and all persons and things conDec-
ted, in existence in the United
States. United States Commissioner
Harry Jennings, United States Mar
shal l.. e. Bennett and corps of
assistants have adopted this novel
plan Of travelling over tho district
and holding court at several distant
places, instead of at one place in the
district as heretofore.
The Northern district Of the In
dian Territory is large and the towns
are far apart, so that it is very hard
tor persons to travel to and from
court, as well as expensive. Com.
missioner Jennings has had small
house built on wheels much resem.
bling movers outfit, ir which they
travel, and in which they hold court
in the various towns over the district
They carry cooking utensils with
them and have an expert cook who
prepares their meals, and also SER
want who keeps their house in order.
They go from place to place,
wherever they are wanted. They
claim that they have saved the peo-
pie considerable money, as it is much
less expensive for the court to travel
than for the people to travel in that
country. Criminals can be reached
more conveniently in this manner, as
it is often dangerous to conduct
criminals from town to town with
out heavy guard, rs their allies may
attempt to rescue thea..
The travelling court of the Indian
Territory is success, and the peo.
pie of that district are we'll pleased
with it.--lndependence (Kans.) Cor
respondence Cincinnati Enquirer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

A DlGNlFIED REPLY.
Booker Washugton's Answer to Criticisms by
tho Afro.Amerioan Council 81

SARATOGA, N. T., August s0..~Booker
7. Washington. Of Tuskogee. Ala, in an
interview said tonight, with regard to the
reports sent out from Chicago as to tho
assaults mado upon him by two mem-
bers of the Afro-Amerioan Council at
Chicago last weok aftor Washington had
LETT Chicago to FIJI an engagement in
Saratoga: .
"When loft Chicago it was with tho
vory happiest understanding with all of
tho leading spirits of tho council, from
President Walters down, as to tho good
that could bo accomplished along those
lines which have taken no trouble to
disguise as being what 1 regard rs for
tho best interests Of tho race. Some of
my race think ought to participate in
political activity and discussion. Por-
sonally l have not entertained this view
and shall not do 80. There are plenty
of others to do it, I shall still continue
in the future as in tho past, to devote
myself to tho moral, educational and
industrial development of tho race. In
this way fool that 1 can be of moro ser-
vice at this time than in any other.
Whatever few critics may say in public
and in private as to my work and as to
my course, have tho supreme satisfac-
tion of knowing l am sustained by tho
knowledge that enjoy tho confidence,
tho sympathy and tho respect of most
thoughtful and forceful mombers of tho
Afro American race"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
BAn ELEOOD-CUseE FEsRR!

Eating sores, tumors, ulcers, cancer,
are all cured by B. B. B. botanic Blood
Balm), which is made especially to onre
all doop-seated, obstinate blood diseases,
Persistent sores, blood and skin blem-
isles, scrofula, that resist other treat
mopts, are quickly cured by b. b. b.
Botanic Blood Balm). Skin orupSions,
pilnplos, boils, itching eczema, scales,
blistors, red or brown patches, catarrh,
rheumatism, etc., arc all duo to bad
blood, and hence easily cured by b. B. b.
Syphilitic blood poison, producing ulcer
atod soro throat, aching bones, painful
swollings, eruptions, falling hair, etc.,
literally drivon from the systom by B. B.
B. Dotanic Blood Basm), in ono to five
months. B. B. B. does not contain voge-
table or mineral poison. For sale by
druggists everywhere. Largo bottles 81,
six for $5. Send 2 stamps for postage
on FREQ sample bottle, which will be sent
by return mail. When you write describe
symptoms, and personal FREQ medical adj.
vice will be given. Address Blood Balm
Company, Atlanta. Ga.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
This Farmer Prospered.

Diversified farming and the rails
ing of home supplies on the farm will
bring prosperity to Georgia. Here
is list of things raised on one farm
in Georgia this year,
Hay, corn, hams, pigs, chickens,
sea island cotton, casava, pepper,
cushaws, bacon, turkeys, cattle,
geese, eggs, cotton, beggar weed,
collards, Data, peanuts, pumpkins,
millet, sugar cane, syrup, rye, pears,
potatoes, sorghum, grapes, wheat,
johnson grass, peas, peavines, lard,
watermelons, rice, kafir corn.
1t is needless to say that this far
mer and his family had plenty to eat
and wear and some. spare money
besides. 1t beats an all cotton crop,
the difference being exactly that
which exists between poverty and
ease. 1t is lesson that all Georgia
farmers will have to learn sooner or
later, and the sooner they learn it
the botter.-Athens Banner.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

Aaron Smith, editor and manager
of the Mount Pleasant, Texas, Times
Review, is the only armlcss editor of
q newspaper in the United States.
Notwithstanding this he turns out
"copy" as fast as any veteran in the
business, and manipulates a type
writer with his feot with a rapidity cal
culated to arouse the envy of any
stenographor in the land. Mr.. Smith
was born in Miller county, Arkansas,
little more than thirty years ago,
armless, but endowed with high
degree of natural ability, an indomi-
table perseverance, and an uncon-
querable ambition.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

Over tho limo, in Ohio county, says an
exchange, man named Millor married,
widow who had growD-up daughter,
His father fell in lovo with tho stepdaugh-
tor Tho father became tho sons son.in-
law, and tho stopdaughter became his
mother. Recently tho sons wife had n
child. The child was Millor's father,a
brother-in-'nw and Miller's own uncle, for
ho was abrothor of his stopdaughter. Mil
lor's fathers wife-his stopmother-
had son, who was, of course, Ntiller,a
brother, and incidentally MilleY's grand
child, for ho was the son of Miller,s
daughter. Thus Millor's own wife was
his mothers mothor, and .tIillc. became
his wifo's grandch:ld at the Same time.
And thon, to top the whole thing off, aa
no was tho husband Of his grandmotber.
he was his own grandfather,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
Weather Record for 28 Years.

The following data, covering a pc
Rod of % years, have been compiled
from the weather bureau records at
Charleston, S. G. Month of Soptcm-
Der, for 20 years:
Tcmpcraturc-Mean or normal
temperature 76'. The warmest
month WAS that of 1881, with an av-
erage of so. The coldest month
was that of 1871, with an average of
72' The highest temperature Wa.
So, on September 10th, 1894. The
lowest temperature was 40o, on Sep.
tember 25th, 1887. Average date on
which first "killing" frost occurred
in autum, November 30th. Average
date on which last "killing" frost
occurred in spring; March %.
Precipitation Grain and melted
snow)-Ayerage for the month, 6.12
inches. Average number of davs
with .O1 of an inch or more, 10.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 11.80 inches, in 1890. The least
monthly precipitation was 3 1 inches
IN 1887. The greatest amount of
precipitation recorded in any ID
consecutive hours was ZOO inches on
on September Goth, 1894.
Clouds and wcather-Average
number of clear days, 10; partly
cloudy days, 12; cloudy days, 8.
Wind-'rhc prevailing winds have
been from tho northeast, 26 per cent
The highest velocity of the wind was
62 miles, from tho South, on Sep
tembor Goth, 1896. ........
Station: Charleston, S. G.
Date of issue: August 23d, 1899.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
SOLID WALLS or WHEAT.
Five thousand Acres Of Golden Grain on One
Ranch In Oklahoma.

Oklahoma's largest wheat field lies
u few miles West Of the small rail-
way station of Bliss, in Kay county.
1t contains 5000 acres, and belongs
to the noted ranch "101" which con-
trolls $4,000 acres Of land leased from
tho Ponca Indians. Two hundred
men, more than three hundred mules
and horses and twenty-four big
twino binders were employed in out
ting and shocking the grain grown
on this magnificent field this year,
and it was not until last Sunday, With
an army of laborers working night
and day for ten days, that the last
acre was harvested.
Every principle of good farming
was observed in cultivating this big
field, with the result that the total
output will not be less than 100000
bushels of as good wheat as can be
found in Oklahoma. 1t is estimated
that the average acre yield will be
from 20 to rs bushels. There are
many acres that will run frow 40 to
50 bushels. Buyers have already
offered 60 cents a bushel for the en-
tire crop. 1t is probable that tho
owners will get from go to 70 cents,
a gross gum of s65,O0O or $4,000.
The cost of producing this wheat
and putting it on board cars will be
rs cents bushel, leaving a net profit
of about $25,O0O. ...
Wheat was king in the Strip last
week, and its Importance eclipses
everything else on ranch "1O1."
Numerically, 500 acre wheat field
is not very impressive. To ride
over it, however, i'll blazing sunshine
is to give rise to the feeling that it
covers the face of the earth. The
5000 acres of wheat on ranch "1O1"
are divided into two fields of almost
equal size by the Salt Fork River,
stream that pours down a large vol.
ume of water at this time of year.
Great yellow undulations of grain
swept along the river and then away
toward the distant hills, until they
seemed to reach the sky. 1t was so
far across the fields that the shocks
looked like solid wall of wheat.
lie the field on tho South side of tho
river tire first circuit with binder
was made by %"t. lrintcndcnt Miller.
"There was not aanan who could
guess how long it would 'tako' ss,,aa to,
make the round," said he. "I piled
a supply Of twinc on my binder and
started. 1t was almost dinner time
when got back. l was gone four
hours and travelled six miles,"
The distances arc so great on the
ranch that it is impossible for the
men to turn in at one place for their
meals. The loss of time would
amount to hundreds of dollars in a
season. Accordingly camps are
established at different stations, gem
orally close to q stream, where the
mon live in tents and the meats are
prepared by ranch cooks.--Kansas
City Star.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
MARRIAGE INJURIOUS TO MAN.
Speech Before the Woman's Congress Hitherto
unreported ..-.

The National Congress of women
Lady Betty--whioh assemblcd in
London, has not as yet disturbed the
gayety of nations.
This is tho moro surprising seeing
that several of the delegates are in
favor of total abstinence in every
direotion-except the direction OF
dress. r, ..e... .. r..
1t is understood that the reports
of the proceedings, which have been
published in the newspapers, are not
genuine. Tho following account OF
one of the meetings has been sup
piled by q modern delegate who
advocates the retention of man.
though in a position of secondary
Importance.
Miss Lavina Bigsbury (Ohio) pre-
sided and read a paper on "Tho Use
and Abuse of Man."
'The brain," said the president
els the capital of man; beauty is the
capital of woman. (Hear, hear.)
In this our sex has altogether the
advantage, for no man, however
rich, can buy brains, while woman
may easily andinexpensively improve
her appearance. cloud cheers.) 1t
is waste of time, of money and Of
energy to cultivate the brain of wo-
man beyond certain limit. (Mrr-
mers.) But no amount of money,
however large it may be no time,
however considerable; no energy,
however great, is illspent which is
devoted to embellishing tho sur
face of woman. Cloud and pro-
longed cheering) Ladies, we arc
all supposed to have a heart and
man judges our heart by our face.
(Uproarious laughter.) Look after
the face, then, and the heart will
look after itself. (Much cheering. }
Let man monopolize passion; for us
there is fashion. Man may rule the
world with force; we rule man with
flounces and furbelows, with false
hair, false compilations, false hearts
and 'falsetto voices. (Vociferous
cheers. Several of the younger dele
egates shed tears while some of the
elder seized the opportunity provided
by the commotion to dab another
layer of powder on their checks. }
will not trespass upon time futher.
(Cries of GO on, go on.D But in
one sentence / will describe the use
and abuse of man. (The attention
was so concentrated that q pin would
have been heard fall) Ladies, the
use and abuse of man is marriage
Vigorous cheering.) A little mar.
riage goes long way; it occasionally
goes as far rs tho divorce court
(Several ladies here were understood
to be strongly opposed to divorce J
Take my advice, continue on the
road along which your sisters have
travelled generation after generation
-use man and abuse him after.
ward" (The president resumed he,
scat amid loud and prolonged cheer.
ing.) 2
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
ccrron IN i TEXAS.
Hot Winds Said to Have Done tho Crop Great
Damage.

s ST. LOUIS, August ga special
from Dallas, Texas, TO tie Post-Dis-
patch says: "The hot winds which
have prevailed for the past month
have destroyed all chance of n large
cotton crop in Texas. Reports from
all over the northern and central
sections of the State arc that the
crops will not average more than a
quarter of bale to the acre. This
indicates not to exceed 100000
bales for the entire State.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

"Citizen" Josh Ashley, who has repro
scntcd Anderson County in tho Legisla-
reelection next year, but will mako tho
race for sheA'T of the county. He is
going into the fight to win, hc says, and
fully expects to be the next sheriff.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
COL, MEALS REGULATIONS.
Tho Attorney General Win Enter Suit Against
. ., Him at Once. 4.

COLUMBIA, August 18.--The wheels of
tho law have at last started in tho Neal
Penitentiary matter. Suit will at once
be entered, and something will be heard
from tho matter now in short while.
At the request of Governor McSweeney
there was q special meeting of tho board
Of Directors of the Penitentiary hold to-
day in the Executive office. All of the
members OF tho board, except Mr.. O'Deil
were present.
THE RESOLUTION.
The Board unanimously adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the Attorney Genoral
be and hereby is, empowered and di-
reoted to collect the amounts duo by tho
VARIOUS parties as set forth in tho report
of tho Investigation committee to tho
Governor, and in connection thorowith
to bring such suits as he deems proper,
and to defend suoh as he may,adviso may
be brought against the Penitentiary au-
thorities, and in general to talto control,
from legal standpoint, of all matters In
connection with this report.
Another resolution was adopted by
whioh the chairman of tho board is to
corporate with tho Attorney General
and Governor In whatever he may be
called upon for.
1.-THE PAPERS IN BANK"
Governor McSweoney, Mr.. Bollingor
and Mr.. Cunningham will consult freely
with reference to all details in tho prose
oution.
Soon after tho mootlng of tho board of
directors In the Governors Office thoro
was another meeting of all parties con-
cerned in the Attorney Generals office,
relative to the papers in bank, in which
President w. A. Clark and ATTORNEY j.
S. Muller participated.
1t is long limo of litigation that is
ahead, and N-r Bellinger is not going to
sacrifice accuracy for speed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
Notice OF Trustees Meeting.

The public Trustees of Richland School
District, No. 10, will meet on tho I'd OF
September noxt, to olect teacher for
tho present scholastic year. Tho public
school will begin on October 10th and
run for term of six months. Teachers
desiring school will please apply to
j. p. STRInLING,
Chairman Board of Trustees,
Richland, s, c.,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

A certain Nauvoo woman assured
hcr husband that she had never told
him lie and never wou,l. He told
her thot he did not doubt it; but
would hereafter cut notch in the
piano when he knew she deceived
him. "No you WON'T" she screamed.
"I'm not going to have my piano
ruined"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

j. f. Griffin, Lancaster, S. c., says:
'For lS years I have used and recon-
mendcd DIR. NJ. A. Simmons' Livor Medi-
oine>to all painters as their best medi-
cine for painters oolic and torpid livor.
find it far superior to Zeiln's." For
sale by DR.. J. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

A negro community in Alabama,
containing 400 negroes and but two
whit" persons, is about to be incor-
porated. The negroes propose to
have strict nogro town and negro
government. All tic officials will be
negroes. ..J .. .. t.-.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

Koop tho stomach and bowels in good
condition, tho waste avonus opon and
free by an occasional dose of DR.. M. A.
Simmons Liver Medicine. For sale by
DIR. j. w. Boil.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

TO keep young-koop woll, keep tho
nerves calm, tho body ruddy and we'll
fod, and with DIR. NJ. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine regulate tho stomach and bow
OILS. For sale by DR.. j. w. Boil.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

Outlaw is the name of man in
Mississippi who has recently an.
nounced himself as candidate for
justice of the peace.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

Smallpox is spreading in the il
fected towns on the Kentucky, Ten
nossee and Virginia border.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

In diarrhma DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine Is invaluable. 1t gives tone to
tho stomach, aids digestion and assists
nature in carrying OFF all impurities. For
salo by DR.. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

Pennsylvania will yield about 45
per cent. of o full crop of apples this
season, ii. a..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

The cultivation of the camphor
tree has proved great success in
Florida,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

q n. g T @ ia II A,s
s;ss: ssas,s;s ;as 'M tl: w :!: 4s.y: Bought
''1a' Of A@s<A3Z@SzsS%
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

s.> q "A. % ?E9 60 T. EAo
Bsss. tse ~ Iha Kind You llayo Always Bought
&S';:' i; 1t6kGlz.|zsI .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

Nancy Jones. widow of q revolutionary
pcnsionor, died recently at her home,
near Jonesboro, Tenn. She was O5
years Of ago ut her last birthday. Mrs.
widows receiving pensions from tho
United States government. IIor hus-
band was fifty years of ago when he
married hor n young girl OF sixteen
Sho has received from tho government q
small fortune in pension money.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

@ n. 80 ENs Go Ta. r IA.
3oars the II The Kind You Have Always Bought
''S's'''' Of &@tz9zI&zSx :
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

For headache, caused most likely by a
disorderod stomach, accompanied by
constipation, use Dr.. M. A. Simmons
tiYer Medicine. For saio by j, w, Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31

There is moro catarrh in this section
of tho country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few years
it was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced 1t
local disease. and prescribed local rem
edies, and by constantly failing to euro
with local treatment, pronounced it in
cnrablo. Science has proven catarrh to
bo q constitute onal disease, and it there
foro requires constitutional treatment.
1Ialls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by t..
j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is tho
only constitutional cure on tho market.
1t is takcn informally in doses from ten
drops to q toaspoonful. 1t acts directly
on tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho
system. Thoy offer ono hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address
Il. j. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, rs cents.
Halls Family Pills arc tho best.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-06
In OLD CALHOUN.

To the Editor of the Register.
White Pine, w. Va, January s.
Calhoun county has been all her life
at the rear, but there seems to be a
ray of light for old Calhoun. She is
eheckered with good school houses
and churches, the roads are being put
on a good grade, and the blue grass
corn and wheat crops have attracted
the attention of some of the best farm
ers of West Virginia and other States,
until they are buying and settling
here by the score, making society
equal to that of other places. Blue
grass is natural production of our
earth.
Five years ago oil wells were heartily
mentioned. Now there are several oil
wells and a number of new locations,
and there is being about $4,000 paid
here for oil rentals, and the new peo-
pie are clearing out the valleys of the
Little Kanawha river and placing them
in grass and good stock, and the old
pioneers are shedding their moccasins
and laying off the old red womases and
trading their guns for tools to follow
suit. Instead of wearing out the banks
of the Kanawha river fishing, they are
going to try to make up the lost time
in improvement. One business man in
a neighborhood is worth price that
figures will not enumerate.
The Little Kanawha Valley railroad
will still add to the improvement OF
this fertile country and give us more
industrious people, but do not give us
people that will let their work go I'M
done to tell something on their neigh
bors that will not make him one cent
Where do tattlers receive their profit
for their work.. We, as a people Of
this little State of West Virginia,
ought to be neighbors and lend help
ing hand to the weak, and always use
kind words and words of encourage
ment. If we will follow helping others
to a higher plane West Virginia would
soon stand in the front.
The suit of Sarah A. Spencer VS.. c..
M. F'rashure for breach of promise,
that has caused such excitement, has
been dismissed by the plaintiff.
PIONEER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-06
SOLDIERS AT PANA.
The State Still Guarding-The Non-Union
Miners--Many Negroes Sick.

The State Still Guarding-The Non-Union
Miners--Many Negroes Sick.
Pana, Ills, January COMPANY c,
Fifth Illinois infantry, of sixty men,
under Lieut.. Headenberger, was mott
fed to-day to report Immediately at
Springfield. They leave tonight after
having done sixty days riot duty here
on account of the miners strike. Com
pany L, of Peoria, has been ordered
here to relieve Company c. They
number seventy-five men, and it is I'M
derstood they will remain all winter.
This makes a total of $50 soldiers on
duty in Pana. Col. Frank Wells, of
Decatur, is in command.
Disease appears to have come to the
aid of the union miners. There are
over $50 cases of sickness, principally
pneumonia, among the imported ne
groes. Ben Henderson and Nero Pitts,
negro miners, died to-day of pneu-
monia. The strikers received $4,000
from the State organization to-day for
commissary. Each union miner now
receives five dollars a week.