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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
Judge Gage in GreenvilIe.

Judge Gage digressod considerably
from tho beaten track in his charge to
the grand jury, ignoring formal phrases
and making direct, busincs like talk.
Alluding to tho change in tho court
schedule for this county he thought it q
good idea. The criminal and common
pleas courts arc separate by Law and
there is no reason why they should not
be divorced in fact. 81 should be glad
to see this plan adopted over the State.
The Judge said he had just ono idea to
impress on the grand jury and if he
could do that the expenses of this court
would be greatly curtailcd. BY this
new arrangement wc meet mere for cer-
tain business and wo should attend TO it,
~ know no other way to cut down the
enormous expenses than for you to
promptly throw out all cases which arc
brought from any other motive than q
desire to fin ther justice. Hundreds of
cases come into court that ought not to
come here. Where tho prosecution
answers no good purpose have no hcsi-
'ation in throwing them out. Many
unworthy cases arc liable to como
through magistrates courts.
"fou owe it to yourselves and to the
public to investigate and sec what court
costs. Tho temptation to bring cases
here is frightfnl, and there is no way
10 remedy it except for you to tako a
heroic stand against it. I have an indict-
mcnt for assault and battery on high
and aggravated nature, in which it is
| alleged ono person assaulted another
with rock. Unless it was n very bad
and dangcroug rock bring no bill. We
have no timc to try people for lighting
with rocks. Unless it was really aggra-
waited let tho magistrate dispose of it as
Il simple assault"
Judge Gage closed by insisting again
that no citizen bo put through tho severe
ordeal Of Il trial unless on good grounds
-Grccnvillo M0untainccr.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
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R8A CURES WHERE All Else FAILS. kJ1
ESfl best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use ts.l
Isl In timo. Sold By druggists. &n
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Considerable excitement prevails at
Centcrvillo, Columbia and Henderson
villo, Tennessee, over tho discovery of
extensive phosphate deposits. Farms
that have had taxable valuo of $4,000
havo been sold for $4,000, and hillsides
that thrco months ago were considered
of no valuo at all arc now being op-
toned at from 5000 to $500 por acre.
Near Mount Pleasant one day last week
an $50 aorc farm was sold for S05, 900.
Tho phosphate rock is being mined by
seven companies at Centcrvillo, and tho
output thore Is 900 tons day.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
Governor McSweeney's Address.

COLUMBIA, Juno 5.-Govornor Nc
Sweeney returned from Hampton this
afternoon. Ho has taken up quarters al
the Hotel Jerome until ho moves his
family to tho Executive Mansion. Pri.
vate Secretary Aull is also hore, and the
now regime is now in charge of the
affairs of State.
The first official act of tho Governo,
was to sign tho diplomas of tho graduat-
ing class of Winthrop, which ho did this
afternoon.
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
Tonight tho Governor issued tho fol
lowing address.
TO the People of South Carolina: Ii
tho providence of Almighty God his Ex
cellcncy William II. Ellerbo, lato Cover
nor of South Carolina, has past to his
reward. regret tho sad ovont which
makes it necessary for mo to assume the
duties of Governor of South Carolina
Tho Constitution, however, is manda
tory. l have taken Tho oath of Office and
assume formal control of tho Executive
department to-day. l have thought il
proper to address a word to tho people
of the State. 1 realize fully tho RESPONSE
bility of tho position. 1 shall endeavel
to bo faithful and conscientious in tho
discharge of tho duties which shall bo
mine. In tho wisdom which devised ouI
system of government three distinct de-
departments were made, the Legislative
ho i,l, al
laws, to execute tho laws, to interpret
the laws. Under our Constitution these
arc to "bo forever separate and distinct
from each other" and no person oxor
cising tho duties of tho ono shall assume
to discharge the duties of tho other.
1t is n wise provision. My duty mainly
Is to SEQ that tho laws as placed on the
statute books by tho Legislative depart.
mont arc enforced. This l shall attempt
to do faithfully and impartially, anJ
without fear or favor, following only
whore duty points. In doing so, how
ever, ask and shall expect tho hearty
cooperation Of every officer in Soutl,
Carolina, whether ho holds State office,
county Office or an Office under muni-
cipality. Not only so, but l ask the
hearty support and encouragement of
cvcry citizen of South Carolina in the
enforcement of law and in the promotion
and advancement and progress of our
own Commonwealth. realize the impo-
tency of any officer, however faithful he
may bo, who does not have this support.
We are OH tho owe of great industrial
adYance-in manufacture, education,
commerce and agriculture-and | stand
ready to contribute my part as citizon
and officer of this forward industrial
movement, and to do anything in my
powor for tho welfare of my people. /
haveino political punishmcnts to inhict
and no political rewards to pay. 1t shall
DO my aim and stoadfast purpose to give
tho people of the State strictly bust
ness administration and to bo tho Cover
nor of all the people. TO this end sock
their sympathy, their counsel and their
prayers, praying myself that peace and
happiness and prosperity may como to
every homo in South Carolina.
Yours respectfully,
M. B. MCSwEENEY,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

and wholesome addition to tho food
supply by their flesh and milk the
marketable parts, skins, bones, hoofs
and horns, would be nearly or quite
clear profit. For the skins alone tho
present market demand offers the
premium Of the market value Of
what we import, over $25,OOO,O00.
The way is apparently being opened
to goat herding upon these and
similarly inviting areas by the grow
ing interest in tho breed OF goats
which furnishes the mohair of COM
mcrcc, the beautiful and inoffonsive
Angora. These goats were intro
dnced from Turkey into several
States previous to 1861, and for a
time excited much attention among
the best stock raisers. Recently
new interest has been awakened by
the increased demand for mohair at
home and abroad, by the large in
vcstmcnts in these animals in South
Africa, and by the fact, early de-
vclopcd, that parts of this. country
arc as favorable to these goats as tho
province from which they arc de-
rived and from which they take their
name. 1t will cause surprise, how
ever, to learn that Angoras are now
kept i'll tlirty-thrco States and Ter
ritcr!cs whose climates differ as
widely as those of Arizona and Mon
tana ; that there arc ilocks of thou
sands Oh ranges and of scores on
farms, and that wherever kept they
thrive, generally in more vigor and
with less care and expense than
sheep. SO far the leading hocks be-
long to Texas, G5,OOO); Oregon,
(G5,ooO), California, (59,0OO; New
Mexico, (52,ooo) Nevada, 5,OOO) ;
Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona and Mis-
souri, have each over 5000, while
several States, diverse in climate as
Florida and Iowa, have from so to
IS in trial flocks. Maryland, well
suited to large numbers in her North
crn and Western parts, has just
made small but successful begin
ming. 1t is evident that some of tho
ignorant and unfounded Prejudice of
the American people againAt goats is
being removed, partly through the
spreading Angora indus Try, and
it may yet be better Known why
good milch goat is justly worthy
the appellation of "thc poor mans
COW" ."-'rhe Crop Reporter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

Scientists teach us that the stars
fall every thirty-three years. Some
now living remember the awful sight
in this country in 1888, when the
people were borrow stricken at the
spectacle. And in 1866 they were
seen again, not so much however in
this country as in European coun-
tries. Astronomers arc expecting
and watching for this to occur again
this year, "Stars falp' more or less
each year in October and November,
but this will be an unusually inter,
esting year for astronomers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
Clay Peas as Fertilizers.
lAsheville Citizen.1


Excessive rains followed by dry
weather have resulted in deadenine
ana hardening much of our soil and
hence many farmers are hoping to
be able to plow up their unbroken
lands later on and plant peas, millot,
late corn, etc.
Thoroughout the agricultural king.
dom many people lave become quite
enthusiastic over the advantages of
clay peas as fertilizer and a forage
product. Should the month Of juno
bring rains sufficient to soften the
earth, farmers would do we'll to
plow their unbroken lands and pre-
pare for turning under n green crop.
The pea vine makes excellent winter
feed and Prof. Massey, North Caro-
lina's most advanced ags icultural
writer, claims that tho value of the
pea vine for hay for feed and the
stubble turned under after moving
Oft the vines is greater than the en-
tire crop turned under. There is
much more value in this crop than
the average farmer seems to realize,
Judging from the small acreage sown
or planted. Hundreds of tons of
commercial fertilizers arc being used
in this country that might be left
alone if farmers would only wake up
and begin in time for the crop of
next year. A few arc opening their
eyes, and now find that COW peas
cost them 81 per bushcl. One far
mer from Yancey county passed
through our town last winter with a
wagon load of peas Offering them at
40 cents per bushel, and doubtless
these same peas are now or have beou,
offered for 81 per bushel.
According to the teachings of our
experienced farmers, both north and
south, worn out lands may be brought
to life rapidly by growing the COW
pea. BY sowing on your lands in
tended for peas muriate of potash,
much profit will result. This should
be done some 10 or IL days before
planting the peas, however. Some
good authorities say apply acid phos-
phate also, at the time Of planting.
BY this method of using fertilizers
permanent good to the soil may be
assured.
Looking forward to an increase in
next years wheat crop now is the
time to begin to prepare our lands.
SO many new and improved mills
have sprung up in our section that
farmers are determined to increase
the acreage of wheat. Following
a crop of peas fine wheat crop may
be expected. Peas supply matter to
the soil that is essential to wheat. If
you are akcptical try small spot
of land (sry two or three acres) as
follows: First apply liberal guam
tity Of muriatc of potash about June
| st and then about 10th to 18th
SOW two bushels of peas por acre,
drilling or sowing broadcast one, or
even two bags of acid phosphate.
About the first of October, after peas
and vines have been harvested, turn
stubblc and SOW in wheat. BY this
method think you will find that these
two or three acres will bring you
more net cash than 10 or 12 acres
managed after the fashions of old
methods. j. T.. AUSTIN.
Wcavcrville, N. G..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

things ] know and I here and now
declare, understanding the full sig-
nificance of what l say, that all these
tragic incidents rs thoy have been
spread before the country of late in
all their sickening and fearsome de-
tails, are utterly foreign and abnor-
NAL to the character of thir people
as bave known and loved it from
childhood's days, and l shall know
and love it until my eyes are closed
in DEATH"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
Crawford Not Guilty.

. COLUMBIA, June 8.-A dispatch
from Camden shortly after noon TO-
day stated that Constable Crawford
had been found not guilty. There
was no demonstration, as Judge
Buchanan warned the crowd that
there must be nothing of tn" kind.
The jury had been out since nine
O'Clock the night before.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

Judge Buchanan has hold that
that part of the school law which.
provides for lovying a special tax is
unconstitutional, in that the voting
is limited to voters "who return real
or personal property to the value of
500. for taxation" lie holds that
all electors who are qualified to vote
in other elections should be allowed
to vote on he special tax.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

elijah Woeks, a merchant and
prominent citizcn of Boguc, N. c.,
was murdered and robbed last Thurs
day night. Mr.. Weeks was sleeping
in his store, where he was found
with a rope tightly drawn around his
neck. 1t is supposed the robbers
secured somo money. Suspicion
points to men in tho neighborhood,
one of them a negro.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

Secretary Wilson's South Carolina
trips bearing fruit. He says the Depart
mont of Agriculture will soon establish
tea farms in cvory Southern State, and
in tmo "thc South will produce ell tho
tea tho people in the United States
want" IIe thinks tho young people Of
the South cnn earn enough to ciothe and
board themselves during tho school
period by picking toa. As raising toa
will DO an "infant industry" Of course IL
will mood tariff protection.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine
has q national reputation, extending over
about sixty years, as a most successful
livor regulator. For sale by DR.. j. w.
Boil, Waihaila.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
As to Mental Telopathy.

| III Vho SltlICn you luOlo lrOlu Jllo
Raleigh News and Observer an cx-
tract from the pen of DR.. Lafferty,
editor Of the Richmond Christian
Advocate, in which he relates the
prcmonition or mental telepathy that
came to him in the instant Of the
death Of his son. This calls to my
mind a circumstance which came
under my observation in tho fall of
1860, which | will relate without any
attempt to explain.
In Greensboro, N. c., there lived a
family of several boys, with only one
sister. The mother was dead and
for several years the care of the
younger boys dovolved upon the sis
tor. One of the boys, about five
years younger than the sister, was
very much like the sister in appear
ancc and disposition, hence they
were much together and very much
attached to each other. The sister
married, and soon after the brother
went to Missouri to try his fortune
in that State. lie had a good trade,
was an exemplary young man, and
consistent member of the Metho-
dist church. An affectionate CORES
pondcnce was kept ur regularly, and
always brought cheerful, hopeful let
ters from the brother-telling of his
satisfaction with his first effort in
the world-only expressing regret at
being so far from his beloved sister.
About 10 o'clock one night the
sister alarmed her husband with n
shrek, followed by continuous
sobs, as if some fearful pain or sor-
row had seized upon her. Her hus-
band quickly made light and en-
deavored to calm her mind, when he
discovered it was only mental agony.
1t was quite while before she be-
came sufficiently calm to tell him
what the trouble was. At length
she said: "Nly dear brot...er is dead
| hoard him call me as plainly rs
ever did in my life. raised up in
bed, expecting to see him in the
room, when l saw him fall, from a
pistol shot and expire almost in
stantly !"
Her husband told her it was moth
ing but a horrible dream and to think
no moro of it-that she would hear
from him i'll a few days and all would
be well. She could not shake the
dream or prcmonition from her mind
so real did it all seem. More than
a week elapsed before a letter could
reach her from his home in Missouri :;
but all that time she gricvcd for her
brother as if he was surely dead--dc-
spite all the arguments of her hus-
band.
In due time letter came, but not
in the handwriting of hor brother.
She would not open it, but called to
her husband, who was near at hand.
He broke the seal and was Mortified
to read, in the. letter written by the
lady with whom her brother boarded,
that he was accidentally shot and
Instantly killcd-thc very night and
about the same hour the sister had
the startling dream or premonition.
withhold the names for pruden-
tial reasons, but will give them to
the editor if he so rcquests.-"J. w.
A." in Ashoville Citizen.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

w. Il. Davis, Ruby, S. c., writes: DR..
M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine cnles
pains in back, and that "out of sorts'
tired feeling. l think it four times as
strong as Zoilin's and Black Draught.
For sale by DR.. j. w. Boil.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

Tho Governor has received q letter
from Batesburg stating that small
pox was raging in that town and
that tho people were almost in a
panic. ......
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

DIR. Nj. A. Simmons Liver Medicine
creates a good appetite, tones and
strengthens tho stomach and builds up
tho health. For salo by DR.. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

An order has been receiy i from
the war department detailing Capt.
Ezra j. Fuller for temporary duty
pertaining to the preparation of rolls
of rejected mon who offered their
services in the Spanish war. Capt.
Fuller is already stationed ct ColGn,.
bia as recruiting officer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

The body OF baby came in with
the tide in Charleston late last
Thursday afternoon. There was
nothing about the person of the
tiny dead voyager to disclose its
identity, nor could it be told for a
certainty whether it was white or q
bright mulatto. The body was
placed in n box and sent to the City
Hospital, whore it will remain while
the coroner makes an investigation
with view Of finding out the pa
rentage of the child and the way in
which it met death.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

Pure blood is full of life and vitality.
and carries vigor to the organs of tho
body. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Mcdi-
cine creates rich, puro blood. For salo
| by DR.. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

An electric corset has been recently
patented. 1t is constructed in such
a manner that when a fellow slips
his arm around his girls waist, he
presses a button. This loosens
spring in the corset, throws saw-dust
IL his hair and kicks him out of
doors, where an India rubber bull
dog stands ready to scare him into
fits. The inventor has also invented
a remedy for fits. The use of tho
former insurcs sale for the latter.
Boys, beware
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

President Mckinley upon the ad.
vice of physicians, is abstaining from
excessive smoking.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

The railroad mileage Of tho State is @.
G2l.32. The shortest road Is tho Ashley
River miles.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

During summon wo arc liable to sto-
mach and bowel troubles, such as diar-
rhna, collie, cramps, etc., for which DR..
M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine is highly
recommended. For salo by Dir. j. w.
Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15
The Tomb of Esther and Mordecai,

The tomb of Esther and Mordecai,
the famous characters in the Old
Testament, Book of Esther, has
been discovered in Mamcdan, Persia.
The inscriptions on the sarcophagi
and the tomb itself, which have been
dcciphercd and translated, prove it's
identity. In view of the fact that
somo writer's have tried to discredit
the Biblical story, in whose COM
memoration the festival of Purim is
still annually celebrated by the He.
brews, this discovery is important.
The Jucdische Tageblatt, in a de-
scription of the tomb, states that it
is ''sixty feet high and evidently has
received additions at various periods.
The entrance, which is to the left of
the centre, leads to an outer passage,
which contains on one side the me-
mortal of some ancient sage and on
the other that of physician, with a
stand bearing lamps in front of each.
a wall separates the sacred part
from the outer sections, at whose
Western end a door leads to the
principal sopulchre. TO the right is
Mordecai's tomb and to the left
Esthcr's. A corridor between the
graves forms passage for tho pill
grims to the shrine. A scroll of the
Mosaic law was found preserved in
a niche, and an ostrich egg suspended
from the dome, the latter being the
custom in all Persian tombs."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

,Me1dGcIse and .NeVlpHlgia cured by Dr.
MILES PAIN PILLS, "Ono cent q doeo."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

Dr.. Milos' Norve Plastors for Rheumatism
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

C "a @ T @ R2 r. r..
Bears tho q The Klnd You tlaHo Always Bought
signature os M@>X2e@e1m
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-15

Governor of South Carolina.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-08-28
Fe. N. NJ.

fecullafIt1es OIL
The Hindoos have no word for
''friend."
The Italians have no equivalent for
Humility"
The Russian dictionary gives a word
the definition of which is "not to have
enough buttons on your footman's
coat a second means s'to kill over
again." a third learn by dancing"
while the word ''knout, which we have
all learned to consider as of exclusively
Russian meaning and application.
proves upon investigation to be their
word "knut," and to mean only a
"whip of any kind"
The Germans call a thimble a "fnger
hat, which it certainly is, and a grass
hopper a ebay horse" A glove with
them is a "hand SHOE showing evil
IDENTIFY that they wore shoes before
gloves. Poultry is ''feather cattle"
while the names for the well known
substances Oxygen and Hydrogen"
are in their language "sour stuff" and
''water stuff"
The French, strange to say, have no
verb "to stand, o can a Frenchman
speak of "kicking' any one. The near
est approach in his politeness he makes
to it is "to threaten to give a blow
with his foot" the same thing probably
to the recipient in either case, but it
seems to want the directness and the
energy Of our "kick." Neither has he
any word for ''home'' nor comfort"
The terms cup stairs and "down
stairs are also unknown in French.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-08-28
SANTA FE

Were Santa Fe located in sight of st.
Louis or Chicago, with it's present ele-
walton, residents Of such place would
behold a city more than a mile and a
quarter skyward, above the hot, mala-
rial, moisture-soaked earth, in a purer
atmosphere, which all would seek.
Should they behold the city where she
is they would find a still cooler and
purer atmosphere, where there is little
moisture, a porous soil to drain away
the rain that comes, and a precipitous
descent for escape Of the snow-fed
streams and gorges in sight Of the city.
The records show that no other city
in the same latitude possesses SO cool a
summer temperature as Santa Fe,
where the average is 81 degrees and the
change between night and day temper
allure too slight to be detrimental to
health. Thanks to elevation, to wooded
mountains far southwark, and shelter
from the hot winds Of Arizona that are
warded off by the rising series of moun-
tain ranges between Santa Fe and the
sandy, lower levels Of desert, this city
is the coolest south of the upper lake
region. It Is far cooler than Denver, has
thermometer readings about as low as
San Diego, and is free from the humid
heat Of the coast.