Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-04-13

tho Renders OF tho Courier.
Robert Douglass, superintendent of tho
Whitcstone quarry, noar Bowling Green,
KY, and his son, Otto, wore shot by n
carpenter Monday. A double barroled
shotgun, charged with buchshot, was
| used. 1t is not known what caused tho
| shooting. Tho murderer has surron-
dered.
A funeral train witt. SS55G bodies from
tho battle-folds and hospitals of Cuba
and Porto Rico arrived at Arlington in
encased in Theoretically sealed caskets,
marked wherever possible with tho name
and regiment of tho soldier. These
bodies were buried ut Arlington with
military honors.
Chancellor Kirkland, of Vanderbilt
University, at Nashville, Tenn, has m
nounccd that VIM. X. Vanderbilt, whom
ho mot during Il recent visit to Now York,
had decided to present to tho university
Tho structure, tho estimated cost OF
which is 100000, will DO erected on tho
campus.
Tho Pittsburg, Pa, Prosbytery, at it's
meeting April 9TH, elected Rev. NJ. II.
Lanier, a negro, as moderator. 1t was
the first occurrence of tho kind in the
history of the Presbytery.. In our opin-
ion it will DO a long time before we hear
of any Presbytery in tho South over
| lievo, however, there are no negro preach
crs belonging to any of tho Presbyteries
in Dixie land.
Mr.. Crookor is credited with thinking
that Augustus Van Wyke and Carter
| Harrison would make q great Democratic
national ticket for next year. Tho fact
that Judge Van Wyke was born and odu-
Gated in tho South, he thinks, would
make him popular in this section of tho
country, while Mayor Harrison would bo
popular in tho West. Van Wyke is a
gold man, whilo Harrison has declared
in favor of silver.
An Arkansas printer says, an exchange,
in making up form in a hurry tho other
day got marriage notice and grooer's
advertisement mixed up so that it road
as follows: John Brown and Ida Gray
were united in holy sauor krout by the
quart or barrel. Mr.. Brown is a we'll
known Goldfish at 10 cents por pound,
while tho bride, Miss Gray, has somo
nice pigs feet which will be sold cheaper
than in any other store in town."
The Daughters of the Confcderaoy of
Charleston .'ocded at a meeting held last
week that they would present tho Vote
rams with flag The flag will bo of tho
best silk, ono side bearing tho Stars and
Bars of the Confoderacy, while tho other
will bo tho flag of South Carolina. In
tho corner Of the flag devoted to this
State emblem will be tho coat of arms of
| the Daughters of tho Confedoracy, OK
planning by whom tho flag was given.
Tho presentation will be mado tho
feature of ono day during tho Reunion.
The women of tho city of Beatte,
Kansas, have taken charge of the munich
pality. On Wednesday tho city election
occurred, in which there wero two
| til Ctots, one composed of women, tho
other of mon. Mrs. Charles Tottcn was
elected Mayor; Mesdames Sheldon,
Schlight, Smith, Kirlin and Watkins fo:,
Council, while Misc O'Noill, for clork,
won easily. Tho women drove thoir
own carriages ali through binding
snow storm, carrying voters to the polls.
Tho police judge and marshal are mon.
j. B. Douthit, of Anderson county,
who has rocontly y been elected disponsary
commissioner in the place of S. w.
Vance, was, for many years, a member
of tho state Board Of Control and was
one of the best members of that Board.
It is due largely to his efforts that tho
dispensary was taken out of politics as
much as it has bcon. He is q conscien-
tious man and ho will make valuable
servant of tho people in tho position to
which he has been chosen. .-Floronco
Times.
Tho Charlotte Nows says that ono of
tho phenOmenally successful Southern
mills is the Trenton mill, at Gastonia,
N. g., which has just closed ita fifth year
of existence. The dividends of tho pro-
vious four years amount to seventy per
cent of tho capital stock invested, and
this year dividend Of thirty per cont
was declared, showing that tho mill has
actually paid for itself by it's earnings in
five years. Besides this there is q sur
plus of $22, 900 on hand. This is q ro.
markablc record, and can hardly bo
cquallcd by any other mill in this section
During these five years every single
| dividend has been paid casl