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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

DR.. j. w. Summers, of OrangcburG
county, who has met with great success
in growing tobacco, says: "Any man can
grow tobacco, but he can't do it and 90
fishing or attend picncs every day, only
scnding his hands to cultivate tho weed,
while he spends tho day at tho station.
uo must work for quality in his tobacco
if he expects good prices and fair pro-
fits"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

The Nows and Courier thinks tho with
drawal of bcor privileges as ordered by
thu State Board of Control will work Il
great hardship in Charleston. IT says
tho beer business there has been worked
up wclr' and considerable money in
vested in order to serve tho public with
"good, cold beer" Il is fcal cd in Char
loston that tho dispcnsarcs cannot sup
ply tho domand if the special beer privi-
legos arc cut on. A beer famine in
Charleston is threatened.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

The religion that makes people p"y
thoir debts; the religion that keeps pco-
plc from speaking i'll of their neighbors;
tho religion that makes no distinction
that makes man manly and woman wo.
manly; tho religion that is part of the
pcoplcs's cvcry day life, cxcmplilcd in
kind deeds, loving acts, cheering words,
is tho kind of religion that is needed in
The world TO day.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28
Inheritance Taxes.

z The estate left by the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt is variously csti
mated at from $100,000,000 to 5000,
100000. f..
1t is, at any rate, certainly the lar
gest estate by far that ever came
under the provisions of the fedora
inheritance tax which is part o.
the war roy .nue act Of tho last con
gress.
The Vanderbilt estate will also
have to pay the Inheritance tax i'm.
posed by the State of Now York scve
raj years ago, and these two taxes
will take quite slice out of the mil
lions left by the recently deceased
head of the Vanderbilt family.
1t is estimated that the fedora
treasury will receive at least 81 ,000,.
900 out of this great estate and the
State of Now York will also get a
very large sum.
The comptroller of the city OF
New York may gets as much as $780,,
900 as fee for collecting the inhori
tance tax due the State in this in
stance.
England has had an inheritance
tax for many years and we believe
that this is the only other country
that levies such a tax.
The Vanderbilt estate will pay as
lcgacies to sons and daughters a fcdc-
raj TAX of q per cent. and a State
tax of l pcr cent, or 81 per cent. in
all. Legacies to nephews and nieccs
will pay a. per cent. federal and 3
per cent. State, or 90 per cent. in all
Legacies of this amount to persons
who arc not blood relatives will pay
a federal tax of Is per cent. and a
State tax of 5pcr cent, or 20 per
cent. This is the maximum sum
which can be levied where $1,000,-
600 passes. The State tax is not
cumulative, but the federal tax rises
from : to I per cent. on direct lega-
cies Of $4,000 to $4,000 by grades
to 24 per cent. on sums over 81 ,000,-
600.
in England an estate duty of s
per cent. is levied on every fortune
of over S5,000,G00. This is paid
even by husband and wife when one
succeeds the other, and is the same
whether inheritance be near or re-
mote. A son or daughter in Eng
land pays this s per cent. and 2 per
cent. more, or 10 per cent in all, col
lateral heirs through the parents
and 4 per cent, or II in all, cola
teral heirs through the grandparents
8 and S per cent, or 13 per cent. to-
gether, and all other, s and 9 per
cent, or II per cent. in all
For large estates the English taxes
are nj some points heavier (the tax
on lcgacies to children being thrice
as heavy) and at other points lighter
than the federal and New York
taxes together, with this difference,
that the highest federal tax is only
on sums over $1,000,00O, while the
English 8 per cent. estate duty falls
on all parts Of an estate of over S5,-
100000, with a sliding legacy duty
added for direct and collateral heirs.
English estates pay over $500 in value
The federal legacy tax begins at &10,-
900 and State legacy taxes at various
points higher than that of England
The constitutionabty of the federal
Inheritance tax is questioned and is
to be tested in the courts. 1t is said,
however, that the heirs of Cornelius
Vanderbilt vii, pay without protest
both the State and federal inheri-
tance taxes which may be levied
upon their shares of the estate
Atlanta journal.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

The trustees of Winthrop Normal
College will ask the next Legislature
for an extra appropriation Of $4,000
for the erection of additional dormi-
tories for the college.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

Col James II. Tillman has beer prom
iscd by tho President q Captaincy of q
company to be composed of Indians and
South Carolinians. A. A. Girard, for
morly of the Rough Riders, Is named for
first liontonant.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between
Charleston and Columbia. s. c..
Fl. M. EMERSON,
Genl Passenger Agent.
J. II. KENLY,
Gonoral Manager. ..a .....
Il. nj. EMERSON, .
Traffic Manager.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

Rev. F. Y. Pressloy has boon chosen
Chairman of Erskino College faculty
until tho A. II. p. Synod meets In Novem-
Dor,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

TO cat with appetite, digest with rom
fort and sleep with tranquility, take a
dose of DR.. NJ. a. Simmons Liver Mcdi-
cino occasionally. For sale by j. w.
Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

Tho chief engineer Of tho Southern
Railway Company is figuring on rail
road from Johnston to Saluda court
house.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28
THE CHURCHES.

Tho appointments for tho Walhalla
Circuit arc as follows:
First Sunday, at Whitmiro's at II a. m.
Jocassee at 3 p. IN.
Second Sunday, at Double Springs at
II q. M; Laurel Springs at p. m.
Third Sunday, at Oconee at - .. m.
Zion at 8 p. IN.
Fourth Sunday, at Fairviow ut 1 1 a. m.
at Nowry at 7 p. m.
A. A. MERRITT, p. 6.
The following are tho appointments
of tho Westminster Circuit for tho year
1900:
First Sunday--nopowoll, II q. M;
Nazareth, $50 p. m.
Second Sunday-Wostm II a. m.
Rock Springs, $50 p. IN.
Third Sunday-Conter, II q. m.
Fourth Sunday-Rock Springs, II q.
M; Westminster, $50 p. IN.
II. r. DAGNALL, p. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

Tho following arc tho appointments Of
the st. Johns Evangelical Lutheran
Church; ... ...
Sunday School at 10a. m, Mr.. J. j.
hnsol, Superintendent. .......> >...s =
Divine Services In English on tho "a
and dth Sundays at II q. M, and on each
Thursday ut 5 p. m.
German on tho lat and Sd Sundays at
II n, m .N fSEF
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28


and washes, and dRdY.
ent inhaling remedies-
in fact, l could feel thai
each winter l WAS worst
than the year previoue,
"Finally 1t wa 1
brought to my not tiod
that fintn rrh .yss8a blGGS
disease, and after think.
ing over the matter, !
saw 1t wasunrensonpbld
to expect to be cured bj
remedies whi oh on | 7
reached the surface. ]
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

Adjutant General Floyd is ondcavoring
to have tho military Of tho State we'll
represented at tho Dewey celebration in
New York, ....
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28
INFORMATION.

INFORMATION.
Trains leaving Charleston at TOO o. m.
and arriving at Columbia at 100 u. m.
run solid from Charleston to Asheyille.
Through sleeper on train leaving
Charleston Mt $40 p. M. for Atlanta, con-
neoting at BranohVille with train leaving
Columbia at 3.4b p. m. Il
Any further Information can be oh
tained from K, Il. tSEAY,
Union Ticket Agent,
Union Depot, Colpmbia, s. q.
j, A., EMERSON, Traffie Mgr,
Charleston, s., q,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28
West Union Baptist Church.

WUBC UHIUH BHpCISC CHUTUH.
?Tc%ciiinR u sury fourGn Sunday at II
O'Clock by the pastor, Rov. p. j. Vermil-
lion.
Sunday school at 10 O'clock a. NC.
r. ID. Burns, Superintendent.
Prayer meeting ovory Sunday at eight
O'Clock ,. m.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

Atlantic Coast Iimee
Passenger Department.,
Wilmington, N. G., February "a, 1897.
Fast Line Between Charleston
and Columbia and Upper South
Carolina and North Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

win also stop at the following stations
to take on or let off passengers: Phin-
ney's, James and Sandy Springs.
No. II connects with Southern Railway
No. 6 at Anderson.
No. Ii connects with Southern Railway
No. Il at Seneca.
J. r. ANDERSON,
Superintendent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-28

s. q. O., and after a few bottles were used, no
tloed poroeptible Improvement. Continuing
tho remedy, Che disease was forced out OF my
8Ystom, ai,d q complete cure was the resuls
radvlse all who hove this drendfu) disease u
abandon their local treatment, which has never
done them any good and take s. s. s., q rom.
edy that oan roach the disease and cure It,"
To continue the wrong treatment for
Catarrh is to continue to suffer. Swift's
Specific is real blood remedy, and
cures obstinate, deep-seated Diseases
which other remedies have no effect
whatever upon. It promptly reaches
Catarrh, and never fails to cure even the
most aggravated cases.
G. G G FOR WDmmm
d. 30 D. The ADaWQDQl
is Purely Vegetable, and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to contain no
dangerous minerals.
Books mailed free by Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
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KILLING AT DERMOTT.
Photographer Vert Bottorhoff Kills
 Lineman John Kline.

Vert Bottorhoff sta bbed and kill- ed John Khne, lineman on the Missouri Pacific railroad at Dermott Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Bottorhoff is the telegraph agent at Dermott for the Iron Mountain road. The men had some words earlier in the evening but it was thought the affair was practically settled. Kline renewed the fuss and the stabblng was the result.
 Kline was stabbed through the heart and died instantly sBottorhoff made his escape and up to the pres ent writing has not been caught.
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RUIN OF CASTLE GRANDE AND SOMETHING OF
 ITS HISTORY.
A PREHISTORIC PEOPLE.
Evidences in Arizona Of Antiquity and an Early Civilization
 What Become of It?
Special Correspondence of the Graphic:

Special Gorrespondence of the Graphic:
 ORACLE, ARIz., July 26. 26.-Through- out Arizona there are evidences of an ancient civilization and a pre- historic people. Before the twi- light of the historic morning" as applied to America, and perhaps when Columbus was standing before the gilded court of Ferdinand and Isabella with his plans for the dis covery of a Western passage to the East Indies, these historic peo- pies were digging irrigating canals and building castles in Arizona, if not as ancient, surrounded at least with as great mystery as the building of the Pyramids. This is no Yainglorious as. sertion; 1t is based on evidences at hand. On the mountain tops large fortresses, watch-towers If an an- cient people, passed and gone and who have left only their foot prints on the sands of time; and ih the val leys the ruins of temples and filled up irrigation canals, testify to wig ilanee, industry and civilization of people of whom both tradition and history can be appealed to for an account in vain.
 In the Ohio River valley are trac- es Of tbe Mound Builders, in Cobra. do are sbe evidences of Cliff Dwell CTS, but in Arizona are evidences of E. people who surpass in antiquity and civilization either the Mound Builders or the Cliff Dwellers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-30
MISS MARY WILLIAMS DEAD.
Was 8 Most Eccentric Character
 Lived at Grady.

A telegram was received in this city Saturday announcing the death of Miss Mary Williams, age 75 years. Miss Williams was a resident of Grady, Ark, but was sojourning at Eureka Springs when death came.
 She was a most eccentric charac ter and was quite well known throughout this section of the State. Thirty years ago Miss Williams owned and managed the first mil linery establishment in Pine Bluff, and was closely identified with the early history and progress of this city.
 She leaves property at various points, rggregating valuation of about $20, ,000. A sister, who re. sides in Denver, Colo, where she also possesses valuable real estate, is the only relative lett to mourn her death. During the past five years Of her existence Miss Williams lived almost totally alone in small store at Grady. Despite the fact that she was so prosperous ly situated, Miss Williams led a most peculiar and fir ugal life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-30

One of the most remarkable evil dences of these ancient people is the Casa Grande run, in the Gila River valley, about five miles south of the river and eight miles below the town Of Florence. It can be reached by tbe.Southern Pacific Railway to Casa Grande station, 65 miles west of Tucson, and then by stage, dis tance of 12 miles. It is the largest and best preserved of the many rel ics found throughout the Territory of departed race, but is rapidly falling into state of decay. Unless Congress shall do something to pre- serve this, the most ancient ruin to be found in the United States, Casa Grande castle will soon be like its numerous ccunterparts now to be found in Mexico and Central Ameri- ca-a mass of undlstinguishable ruins. In its present state the an cient edihce measures sixty feet long, north and south, and forty three feet wide. It is now tour stories high, but was originally more. It is claimed to have been originally six or eight storles high, the other stories now being crum- bled mass within the walls of the Enin. The first story was thirteen feet, and the other stories eight feet each. The ioists are said to have been rough poles, cut by stone hatchet and burned off at the ends. This goes to prove that the ancient buildeas had no iron tools, and that their implements were of the most rudimentary character.
 There is diversity of opinion as to the material out of which the edi
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COTTON BELT NOTES. -+ N4N~N~~r~%~~~-

Mir. Thomas King has secured a position in the blacksmith depart ment.
 Passenger Agent RI. Adami, of Cairo, nI., is here on important busi- ness.
 Mr. T. F. Lincoln. former agent at stamps is dangerously iii at that place.
 Mir. James MerricA, 8 car repairer, left yesterday for the company hos pital.
 Switch engine 76 which has been thoroughly overhauled is now ready for duty.
 MT. Sidney McCarra. an operator at Stamps, is confined to his room with fever.
 Mir. J. T. Taylor. 6 car builder in the coach department, has returned from the Tyler hospital.
 Mir. Frank Long. of Tyler. Texas, is now filling the chair of Operator E. L. Morris, who is quite ill.
 Mir. Fred Smith, foreman of the round house has returned from 8 visit to his family in Illinois.
 The L. N. & W. road has placed a fast, double daily passenger service from McNeil to Gibbsland, La.
 Mir. c. ". Shepherd forman of the tin and copper department is out again after several days sickness.
 The plow car which has been un- dergoing general repairs has been completed in the boiler department.
 Engineer s. A. Williamson writes to his friends that he is having a glorious time at Washington. D. c.
 Mir. W. q. Charles, assistant agent at Shreveport, has resigned to ac- cept the agency at Stamps for this road.
 Conductor Cole has relieved Con- ductor Raney on the Camden local, as he is seriously i'll at his home in Camden.
 Messrs. c. W. Shepherd and s. W. Matthews were called to Camden last week to do some work for the company.
 The mail crane at Beuna Vista is broken and all trains have been or dered to slow up there in order to exchange mail.
 The post office at Edson, Ark, on this road will be abolished on the 30th of this month. The mali crane will be removed.
 MT. George Mathews, foreman oi the tank. frame and pilot depaat- ment, is spending few days in the Valley of Vapors.
 Conductor R. A. Rodgers is run ming on tht Shreveport local in Con-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-30

ductor c. A. Johnson's place. who is very siekIat Shreveport.
 Engineer Il. H. Kirchgrabber has returred from business trip to Mattoon, H.. and has again resum- ed his duties at the throttle.
 Mir. c. A. Shriver, an operator at Jonesboro. has relieved MT. Korn for about month, as Mir. korn has been placed here for short while.
 Mir. Frank Siseler, formerly a switchman in the yards on the Iron Mountain, has accepted similar po- sition in the yards of this co npany
 Mr. Harry (. Bollinger, the efficient storekeeper, has returned from a short trip to Delaware. Ohio, where he has been mingling among rela- tives.
 MT. Eugene Jewels, formerly em- ployed at these shops but now clerk ing for this company at Stamps, has been sent to the hospital on account of i'll health.
 Mir. Frank Smith, machinist in these shops, has been promoted to master mechanic of the Shreveport division with headquarters at Shreveport.
 The large compounder who's boil CT has just recently been completed in the boiler shops been placed in the machine shops to receive it's finishing touches.
 Mir. William Brennan, machinist who has been employed in the machinery department for the past ten years, has resigned to accept a position i'll Mars hal, Tex.
 Mr. J. S. Johnson, dispatcher at these shops on the south end, left for months visit. During his absence Mir. F. N. Korn of Jonesboro will have charge of the electric instru- ments.
 Mir. Chas. LaDgston, master me- chanic of the Mississippi. Hamburg and Western railroad, with head quarters at Hamburg, Ark. was in the city last Friday on important business.
 Notice has been placed before the conductors stating that whenever the coaches are crowded with pas sengers then those standing will be given seats in the pailor car and sleepers without extra charge. A grand union meeting at Spring field, Illinois. takes place next month and the following lodges will be rep resented from this city, the B. oT R T., B. of L E., B, of L. F. and the o R. c. This meeting will be the grand est ever held in this country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-30
4 NEW COMPRESS MIR. E. D. RUSSELL WILL SUC- CEED IN HAVING
 ONE
ERECTED AT PARAGOULD
It Will Be in Operation By October 1st-Capital Stock $4O,0OO
 $1S,0OO Paid in.s

D. D. Russell, of Pine Bluff, the gentleman who has been figuring on the erection of cotton compress in Paragould, provided he could get sufficient assistance from the busi- ness men and merchants of this city arrived here on the Cotton Belt pas- senger train Wednesday morning, says the Paragould Soliphone- Events. He registered at the Stan eil hotel, and during the morning was busily engaged in talking with the leading citizens of Paragould and promoters of the enterprise, and as a result of his efforts and the public spirit and enterprise of the local capitalists, the Soliphone is able to announce that the cotton compress will be erected and in operation in Paragould by the first day of October.
 Mr. Russell is a hustler in every sense of the word, and when be finally arrived in the city, after many delays and postponements caused by his many business obliga- tions elsewhere, he allowed no grass to grow under his feet, but went to work in earnest, with the result that in short time the movement had taken decided form and every thing was in readiness for organixa- tion by the time set for it. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon a meeting was held in the apartments of the board of trade in the BertiQ block, and an organization Of the Para gould Compress Company effected.
 The company will be organized under the laws of the State of Ar kansas, and it's capital stock will be $40, ,00O, with $18,000 paid up capi- tai. The plant. It is intended, shall cost the full sum of $40, GOO, and will be one of the finest in the south. It will have capacity of l,500 bales per day of twenty.four hours, and the purchase of the machinery will probably be concluded this after- noon. The directory of the com-- pany IS composed of the following well known capitalists and business men Of Paragould E. D. Rustel2, Pine Blaff; ". C. Nasty, Richard Jackson, Ad. Bertig, M. F. Collier. As yet the officers of the company have not been elected, but will probably be elected at the first meeting of the directors, which will be held in a short time.
 During the meeting of the mem bers of the company at the board of trade yesterday, Dr. Webb, mem Der of the Webb Cotton Compress Machinery Co.,, of Minden, La, was present explaining the advantages of his machinery over that of other companies; and although it has not yet been decided what machinery will be used in the ParagouId plant, It IS thought that the Webb patent
 Continued on page A.
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DOLLY BANKS.
4 "Lady of Color" Attempts Suicide
 by Taking Morphine.

Dollie Banks, a colored soiled dove, well known Tn police circles, attempted to end her miserable ex- istence last evening, by taking nor ptine. A prompt appearance of a physician, who pumped" her and thus saved her lite.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-30

fee was constructed. It is contend ed by some that it was simply an adobe structure, but the preponder- ance of authority is that the ruin was built out of concrete, made into large blocks, holsted and put in place and then cemented together. The latter is most likely true, for if built out of adobe, Casa Grande would have long ago been only a memory. If then, it was built of concrete blocks, the method of coz structing Casa Grande is as great a mystery as the building of the Pyramid of Cheops, for how did these arciert Arizonians hoist these heavy blocks into position2
 This peculiar concrete is of un- known ingredients, differing greatly from the materials used by the In dians of the Southwest. It's interi- or was finished with smooth coat of cement that has successfully withstood the ravages of time, dur ing the centuries that have elapsed since it's discovery, and for the pos sible centuries that preceded that event.
 The ruins were first discovered by Cabeza de.Vaca in bis journey across the continent about 1537, and were thoroughly explored by Coronado when be led his famous expedition into New Mexico 8 few years later. Hamllton's Resources of Arizona" gives the following account of the discovery and dimensions of the ruin:
 "Around it were many other ruins, with portions of their walls yet standing, which would go to prove that a city of no inconsidera- ble dimensions once existed here. As showing its great antiquity, it is mentioned by tbe discoverers that the Pima Indians, who then, as now, were living in the immediate vicinity, shad DO knowledge of the origin or history of the struc ture or the people who built it, It had been ruin as long as tra- dition existed in the tribe, and when, or by whom erected was as much mystery to the Indians as to their European visitors. Fathers Kino and MonPe visited the Cosa Grande in 1894 and gave a detailed description of the runs as they then appeared, They found remains of a great edifce, having a large room in the middle, four stories in height, with walls six feet in thick Less. They also gave an account of twelve other remains in the Yiclnity1
 Father Pedro Font visited the ruins in TIT, and found them in the condition they were when seen by Klno and Monge. He described the building as az ohlorg square, facing to the cardinal points of the com
 lContinuad op raoaA
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Special sale of our entire stock of Wash Goods at the Grand Leader.
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