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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-08
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that application
will be made at the next session of the
General Assembly of North Carolina to
incorporate The Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company.
TOSEPHUS DANIELS.
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BILLS PASSED.

S. b. 3S7. Fl. b. $50: TO establish a
stock law for q certain part of Car
ver's Greek TOWNSHIP. Cumberland conn
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
Wireless ToIegraphy at Columbia.

COLUMBIA, S. c., October 2S.-Scvcral
experiments in tho transmission of mos
sagcs with Marconi's system of wireless
telcgraphy have boon performed at tho
South Carolina College during tho past
week, all of which have been successful.
O-day Prof. BENZ Sloan continued his
experiments along this limo and tho re-
suit was gratifying. 1Io and manager
j. II. Gray, of tho Western Union Tole-
graph Company of this city, with few
expert telcgraphers, arranged an appara-
tus in tho physical laboratory of Scicnce
Hall, whero the experiments wcro made.
Tho tcrmini, or tho points of sending
and receiving tho messages wero fully
eighty feet apart, with two brick walls
intervening. This, however, was no OBJ
structiOn, for tho transmission was salts
factory, and tho messages were easily
and accurately taken at the receiving sta
ton. Owing to tho lack of modern ap-
plianccs tho messages had to be received
under tho old practice of dotting and
spacing with ink. But even with this
Inconvenience the experiments wero all
that could bo. desired, and clearly de-
monstratcd tho practicability of tho sys-
tenn. Prof. Sloan fcols confident of the
success of this system, and will continue
his experiments further along this limo.
1t is his Intention to increase tho dis
tance between tho point of transmission
and that OF receiving from timo to time,
thereby showing that messages can bo
transmitted by this method to widely
separated places
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
Our Trade IN the East.

Senator Tillman has replied to that
lotter of tho Spartanburg mill men
which asks tho South Carolina delegation
in Congress to uso it's efforts to secure
tho enforcement of treaty stipulations
that guarantee to American manufacture
crs tho open door to Chinese trado. His
roply is rs follows:
l have your communication of Septem-
Der 25th, addressed to tho South Carolina
delegation in tho Congress of tho United
States. l have read it carefully and can
assure you that nothing will be left un-
done by mo to havo tho United States
Government protect American interests
in the East. l opposed tho annexation
of the Philippines; but L am ready to
vote money and mon to prevent tho Asi-
attic market being closed to our manu-
facturors. There is common sense and
patriotism in ono policy and there is
danger and absolutely no necessity for
tho other. l will say for your private in
formation that in tho debate on the Span
ish treaty last winter, it was made very
evident that tho motive which led to tho
purchase of the Philippines from Spain
was clearly outlined to embrace tho pre-
servation of tho Chinese market to Anne
rican manufactures, and that it was
thought there was advantage in holding
those islands with that Wow. [ thought
wo could got all tho trade advantages
without annexation by exercising pro
tectorato, and not attempting to deal
with tho perplexing problem of govern
ing so many heterogeneous peoples. The
ments in the East, and think there is
no need of alarm lest America bo loft
out. Yours respectfully,
B. II. TILIMAN
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Bears tho n1he Kind You Have Always Bought
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Comments on Tho Dispensary.

Last weeks Sumter Freeman contains
the following editorial brcvitics:
The time is fast coming, if indeed it is
not already ut hand, when all decent
men in South Carolina will bo forced to
abandon the dispcnsary to it's fate
During tho past two weeks there have
been charges and counter charges from
those connected with tho State dispen-
sary, until now there arc worry few per-
sons in that institution who have not
been accused of theft.
Tho State disponsary system seems to
be conducted mainly by a lot of low bred
mon--thicves, robbers, blackguards, &c
There are few good mon connected
with it, but they should make haste to
leave tho wreck, lest they, too, perish in
the disaster that will surely ovortakc tho
Stato's big rum mill.
Chairman IIascidcn, of tho State Board
of Control, has emphasized the fact that
the dispcnsary is "the peoples institu-
ton" Just what we have boon saying
all along. Evcry citizen OF tho State is u
partner in the whiskcy business. Lot
tho people think on this!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
A Generous Gift to tho Orphans.

'Yo havo just received from Bro. j. w.
Mcleod, of Manning, S. G., another
largo gift of clothing-tho wintor supply
for our children-who will be kcpt warm
and comfortable through tho noble lbor-
ality of this good man. Bro. Mcleod is
laying up treasure In heavon and making
friends by his wiso uso of tho mammon
OF unrightcOusness, who will receive and
welcome him at last into everlasting
habitations. A summing mp of tho gifts
of this man of God to tho Epworth Or
phanago during this year, to say nothing
or previous years, may DO helpful and
encouraging to others 1. Thoro were
tho CLOTHES for tho entire Orphanago
family for tho summer, consisting of
forty.iive suits Of boys clothes, dresses
for all our girls, and cloth to make un
dergarmonts for tho crowd. 2. Thirty
two barrels of -four. 3. Fifty dollars on
widows chain. 4. Ono hundred dollars
on inllrmary. s. Clothes for tho whole
family Of orphans for tho winter. G. be.
sides all of tho above and more, Bro.
Mcleod has selected pretty site on tho
Orphanage grounds whore he contom
plates building nicc house for tho chill.
dren soon. After few months wo will
havo this monument to q worthy and
honored man.-Epworth Orphnnage Ro.
cord, Columbia, s. g., for October, 1860,
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q a. @ T CD R T. a.
Bears tho n Tho Kind You Have Always B0ush
Signature ss I@>z92tzSs<
Falling Stars.

The prediction Of mctcoric show
crs in November wakes tho memo
ries of old people to the recollection
Of like phenomena in the past. 1t is
agreed that there was display in
1888 that must have been grand,
and doubtless brought terror to many
who saw it. Many persons of mid
die age saw a later shower, but there
is difference Of recollection about
the year, 1866, 1867 and 1868 all be-
ing named. It has never been our
fortune to see display of the kind,
more than dozen or so of "shooting
stars" at time, but we remember
reports of the stars falling about '66
to 'GS, and it is our recollection that
there was something of the kind for
two or three years. 1t is probable
that there was no display during any
of these years nearly equal to that
of '33.
Our first information of "falling
stars" came from our mother, and it
was of the sight she saw in 1888 that
she told us. She was little girl,
and had gone to the spring with a
colored woman for water, about 4 or
o'clock in the morning-no unu-
sual time for farmers in those days
to stir-whcn she saw what would
have terrified an older person. She
was not disturbed, however, suppos-
ing that it was a way the stars had
of going off in the morning, and her
companion probably was not much
wiser than she. After returning to
the house she was in no hurry about
telling what she had seen, but later,
when it was daylight and the stars
were not visible, she inquired if the
stars ran away every morning as
they did that morning, and told her
that they "just ran away"
They laughed at her remark, but
gave it little attention, supposing it
was a childish fancy. They had not
noticed the stars. They soon found,
however, that the strange behavior
of the stars was in cvcrybody's
Lantern.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
CA s / OR | a
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s's""sa's SS"'a sso Of M@>SHzazE1S6<
Tho Wealth of the State.

COLUMBIA, S. c., October 80. Tho tax
returns for 1900, on which taxes arc now
boing collected, show an increase of
$3,G3l ,5Gl. This is most decided in
crease in tho taxable property of tho
State, and it is not quito complete, rs all
of the returns brought about by the new
lazy relative to express, telephone and
telegraph companies have not yet been
reported by tho various counties.
1t will bo noted by tho comparative
statement given that tho increase is al
most entirely in the matter of personal
property and tho express, telegraph and
Pullman companies arc to largo oxtent
to bo credited with this increase. 1t will
be noted that, while there is an increase
of $G42,3 in tho real estate assessments,
thore is falling off as compared with
tho real estate assessments for 1857.
The following table of compare tive
assessments has been made up by Chief
Clcrk Clyburn In response to letter
from Senator Caffery, of louisiana:
lS06-Roal, $l00,076, ,705; personal, $45,-
S38, ,G07; railroad, 1923, ,040. f62.
1807-Roal, S101 1872. .7OG personal, $A7,-
G22, ,543; railroad, $24, i42, ,3i1. -
1808-Roal, 500, ,427, $50; personal, ST.
73O, $40; railroad, $24,G58,60l.
1S00-Real, $1O1 ,070, Iii personal, &5O,-
AT ,7G0; railroad, $24, ,805, ,018.
1t will be noted that tho increases in
the assessments for last year arc:
Real estate, $0i2.301; personal pro.
porty, So, ,74l ,250; railroad property, $2l7,-
OLD; total, 3,G3I ,584.
1t would be well for tho public to con-
slider tho increased assessment in con
ncction with tho tax levy for State pur-
DU5l,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
Evangelist Loitol,.

Tho Greonville News of last Saturday,
had tho following In its report of q talk
by Rev. Thomas II. Leitoh:
"Roferring to the entertainment for the
reading room In Furman University, Mr..
Loitoh said: There arc 10000 Bantists
reelection among them that they have to
soil leo cream to got $40 for q university.
My, my, what religion. No wonder there
arc somO pastors who can't come out and
endorse this meeting. If they con-
domnod hot supper roligion they'd soon
havo to resign and leave =
issue Of Wednesday takes Mr.. Leitch to
task. 1t says in tho first place that there
arc 10000 Baptists in the State. and ut
least $4,000 of thom know nothing what
over Of that perfectly proper entortain-
ment. Thon it COOS on to romark: care
tho godly women of Groonville to be
hold up to dorision because they do not
conform to the standards of every stroll
ing preacher who chooses to pitch his
tont inside tho corporate limits of Our
oity2 Tho pastors arc ablo to tako care
of themselves; but tho women of our
city arc entitled to protection, and a man
who would villify thoir good works and
slander honorable purposes not only do
serves tho execration of tho community,
but is totally unfit to preach n gospel
whose aims and objects in all ages and
countries, since Jesus walked tho earth,
mon, like those who 'ministorod unto
Him OF their substance.'
We hopo tho Rov. Thomas Loitch is q
worry good and earnest man and have no
reason to bolieve he is otherwise. Yet
while hois trying to do good ho may do
serious and lasting harm by somo of his
,nfI <lc Df 1I, Il
tacks on tho mombers of tho churches
and tho pastors may tickle the ungodly
and please tho scoffors and encourage
those who wish to bolittlc and avoid tho
churches far moro than thoy will improve
or edify othor classes of hearers d road
crs. Nothing can harm community
moro than to disturb tho confidence Of
tho people in the preachers and churches.
1t is rather fad, we believo, among
thing. Men lilko Moody, Hadloy, tho
lordor of tho Amorcan Volunteers, and
tho Booths avoid it, but with Sam Jones,
for instance, tho shortcomings of tho
regular preachers and tho mcmbers of
tho churches arc q favorito thomo. We
have mover been quito able to understand
what right an evangelist has to ridioule
and accuse mon who have given and
spont their lives in tho service of God
because they do not caro- to use his moth
DDS or to conform themselves to his an
nouncod standards, but that is a matter
of taste. Anybody who wants to abuse
anybody else may do it in this country
and usually find somo hearers and ap-
plause. Assuming, however, that Evan
golist Loitch wants to do good and docs
not want to do harm, wo offer a sugges
ton. Apart from that, VIC do not caro-
to have tho impression 60 abroad that his
attacks on pastors. for Instance, arc ap-
proved by tho people Of this community.
They arc not.-Greenvillo News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
Magistrates S Costs. -

Attorney General G. d. Bollingor re-
Gently sont the following lottor to Magis-
trate X. M. DAILY, at Scotia, in Hampton
county:
In your letter you ask if "it is lawful
for q magistrate to charge and collect
costs In criminal cases and turn over the
samo to tho county treasurer when the
case is dismissed on motion of tho State or
tho prosecuting Witness" bog to give rs
my opinion that it is lawful to charge
and collect such costs and mako suoh
disposition Of tho Same, for tho reason
that in cases where settlement is within
tho jurisdiction or discretion of a magis-
trato 1t Is often proper to dismiss tho case
upon condition that tho State shall bo
hold omnis as to all tho expenses of the
prosecution, and in fact such course is
ofton pursued. There is no reason why
the State should not be reimbursed whom
ovor possible for tho expenses of bring
ing criminals, or supposed criminals, to
Justice. The costs and charges so col
Looted must DO, as you recognize in your
question, turned over to the county
treasurer for tho bonofit of tho county.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
and Final Settlement,

ESTATE OF MARIAH BURNS, DECEASED.
A Ill persons indebted to tho estate of
n Mariah Burns, dccoasod, arc hore-
by notified to mako payment to tho
undersigned, end ali persons having
claims against said estate will present
tho samo duly attostod, on or before
Friday, tho 2ith day of November, 1900,
or bo barrcd.
Also, application will bo mado to d.
A. Smith, Esq, Judge of Probate for
Oconoo county, State of South Carolina,
ut his oflico Mt Walhalla Court House on
Friday, November 9th, 1900, at IL O'Clock
i'm tho forenoon, OF rs soon thereafter rs
said application can bo heard, for leave
to make fiIni 5ottioinent of tito estate Of
Marinh DnrmS, deceased, and for final
discharge rs said administrator.
r. M. BURNS, Admir-.
October 10, 1900. 42-46
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SEND US
YOUR
JOB WORK. :!
An Ordinance TO Prohibit Gambling
within the Town OF Walhalla.

BE it ordained by tho Mayor and Alder
mon of tho town of Walhalla, in council
assembled, and by authority of tho samo {:
That from and aftor tho passage of this
shall keep, or permit to be kept on their
premises, any place whore gambling is
permitted or encouraged, shall bo II od
by tho Mayor, and upon conviction 10
punished by fine of not less than $25 co.
or imprisonmont, with or without hard
labor on the stToota, FOR not less than 20
days.
Dono in council and ratified under tho
corporate seal of tho town of Walhalla
on tho 4th day of October, 1900.
Il. s. IIOLI.EMAN, Mayor.
JAS. THOMPSON, Clcrk and Treas.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
Citation Notice.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, /
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
In TIE COIIRT OH IRORATE

by d. A. Smith, Esq, Judge of Probate.
WHEREAS, II. r. Jaynes has mado
suit to mo to grant him letters Of
administration of tho personal estate of
and effects of William A. Lowory, de-
ceased-
These are, therefore, to cito and ad-
monish all and singular tho kindred and
creditors of tho said VIM. A. Lowory,
deceased, that they bo and appear
before mo, in tho Court of Probate, to be
held at Walhalla Court House, s. e., Oh
Saturday, November lS, 1890, after pub
lication thereof, at 10 o'clock in tho fore
noon, to show cause, If any thoy have,
why tho said Administration should not
bo granted.
Given under my hand this 30th day of
October, Ammo Domini 1900.
{~D~~) ID. A. SMITH,
}L.S. Judge Probate for
(~-) Oconoo county, S. G.
Published on tho 2d day of November,
1900, in tho Keowco Courier. dd-I5
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
BilI's Luck.

a Chicago hotel manager chi
ploycd handy man going by tho
name of Bill to do his window wash
ing. One morning Bill, instead of
doing hi7 work, was amusing himself
by reading the paper, and, as bad
luck would have it, the manager
looked in.
"What's this ?" he said. "Pack
up your things and co." said the
mana ger.
SO poor Bill went to tho office,
drew the money which was owing to
him, and then went upstairs and
put on his good clothes. Coming
down, he went to say "Good-bye" to
some of the other servants, and there
he happened to run across the mana
ger, who did not recognize him in
his black coat.
"Do you want job?" asked the
manager.
eyes, sir" said Bill.
"Can you cloan windows ?"
eyes, Sir"
"You look like a handy sort of fell
low. only gave the last man S5,
but Tll give you ST."
"Thank you, sir" said Bill |; and
in half an hour he was back in the
same old room--cleaning the win
dow this time, and not reading tho
paper.--Collier's Weekly.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09

53creasa ar< mars snd more care will
be tetn'! 70 keep laborers comforta-
bio and oontented. 35 N
Looking back at tho great changes
ttat have come to this part OF the
country in twenty years, and espe-
cially in the last ten, we are i'm
pressed with the belief that we are
at about the middle of the journey
from the old life and methods and
purposes to the now, that we have
only now fairly started on the rush
forward. We look to see the revo-
luton practically completed in 20
years more. That revolution will
change this Piedmont country from
a thinly to very densely inhabited
one; from a country of people in
moderate and poor circumstances to
one inhabited chiefly by tho very
wealthy and people in moderate and
well-to-do circumstances from a
country depending on agriculture
and crop yields to one depending on
the prosperity of manufactures with
farming only secondary and sub
ordinate source of wealth and bust
ness. SO all tho signs indicate. The
best brains and money of the section
arc going into manufacturing faster
and faster.-Grecnvillc News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
A Comparison.

The situation in this part of the
South now is remarkably like that in
somo of the New England States
sixty years ago, when the founda-
tions of great fortunes were laid by
the establishment of cotton manu-
features.
Money is being made here, and it
is being made very fast. Tho large
stockholders in manufacturing enter
prises are in fair way to make
handsome fortunes, and the small
ones to acquire comfortable proper
ties from their investments.
The New England people made
dollars with their mills while our
people were making nothing or
gathering dimes by the slow pro-
cesses of farming or keeping small
stores or Watching their land gradu-
ally increase in value. BY the be-
ginning of the war they had cnor-
nous amounts Of money acquired
from dividends or profits on stock or
the swift additions to the value OF
property in communities built by the
establishment Of manufactures.
The present indications are that
twenty years heTcc the whole face
and condition of this Piedmont
country will be changed. Unless
there is some back set, which cannot
now be foresccn, the "mill families"
of the South will be as rich as the
"mill families" of New England were
and will diffuse and scatter their
wealth thickly. There will be a
great number Of people of smaller
means drawing comfortable incomes
from their holdings of mill stocks.
The mill population and workers
will be the predominant force and
the farms will be chiefly used to feed
them and meet the requirements of
all the classes who will have money
to spend---truck and stock farms,
grazing and grain lands will replace
the monotony Of cotton culture.
The mills arc not only making
cotton goods, but they are making
moro mill workers and better ones,
are educating tho people, not only
generally, but in special trades. The
mill masters and owners and drcc.
tors of twenty years hence are at
tho looms and spindles now. We
may reasonably hope that the manu-
features will develop very largo
and tremendously influential class of
working men and women who will
be thrifty and intelligent, who will
work with the definite purpose and
distinct. hope of educating and clc-
yating their children and providing
completeness for their own old age.
Ne manufactures incrcase~~for the
presence of tho cotton mills must
create large demand for home
made things of many other kinds
and stimulate tho tendency to make
articles for cxport--tho condition of
the working people must improve.
Like everything else, labor is gov"
orned in Its price by the law of sup
ply and demand. AS the demand
for it becomes greater wages will in
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
WALHALLA, 8. G. /:
THURSDAY, NOV. o, 1900.
A Plea for Factory People.

! You may think We factory people
! Are an unimportant lot,
And the reason why God mado us
4 Was no kinder just forgot;
And after Hold created us
Z He thought Hold lot us stay,
And scramble 'round on earth awhile
To pass tho time away.
We'll, know wo'ro unimportant
In ono sense Of tho word,
For to tho trump Of earthly famo
Our names arc seldom heard;
But many of us havo heart
That's noble, truo and kind,
With q sunny disposition
And a gontle, loving mind.
Well divide with those in need
If wo only have timo;
We know the Lord will give it back
To us somo other dino.
Our treasures arc in heaven,
Not hero in gold or rank,
We'd rather trust it t. tho Lord
Than put 1t in bank.
And thus It is whilo at our work
We card, VIC spin, or weave,
We arc happy and contcntcd,
And havo but little timo to gricvo,
Whilo the rattle of tho spindle,
: Tho slubbor or tho loom
: Puts sorrow, care or pain to flight,
Or dispels cloud Of gloom.
We all forgot our troubles
And our trials here below,
AS we listen to our shuttlcs
Whilo they rattle to and fro.
Yes, wo watch tho busy shuttle
AS back and forth it speeds,
And with pleasure watch tho cut marks
A. coming through tho reeds.
Oh! if was q millionaire
Or financially so stout,
I could own tho whole of Huntsville
And tho country round about,
couldn't thcn be satiflcd
Unless l had to go
And set my looms a-running
Whom I heard the whistle blow.
Say, you DOM like factory pcoplc3
Woll, that's sinful, declare,
If by chance you got to heaven
Thoro'll bo factory people there.
Whom thoro youmcc with us you know,
Please don't elevate your nose,
We'll not have black oil on our hands
Nor cotton OH our clothes.
S. S. Pcttus;, in Textile Excelsior.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-11-09
Tho Vanderbilt Fortune.

Tho fortune of tho lato Cornelius Van
dorbilt is officially stated at $4,000, 900.
Alfred G. gets 500, 1000, 900 and is head of
tho family. IIo will givo Cornelius, who
was cut of with paltry S1,50O,OOO,
$6.000,000 to put him even with tho
others, who arc left $7,5OO,O0O apiece.
Tho widow gcts tho Fifth avenue and
Newport honscs, $2,000,O00 cash ana tho
income on $4,000, 900, and thoro aro many
smaller legaoioa to institutions and sor-
wants.