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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
a sad Weddine, !,

Columbia Record, December 80:,
@Christmas day was to have wit
MESSED the marriage OF Miss Lillie
Gruber to Mr.. Folsom, Of Sumter,
but the bride was confined to ber
home with what her friends fear
may prove fatal injury. On.
Christmas .eve,, while standing on
the porch of her home, corner of
Taylor and Winn streets, she.
reached for a bunch of mistletoe
which she had PLACED in the branches
of q tree near the porch. She lost
her balance and fell to the ground, 8
distance Of fifteen feet, and sus-
tanned severe injuries. Her physi-
cian thought her condition extremely
critical for day or two. Yester-
day morning the marriage was con-
summated and the bride immedi-
ately after wards sank into a coma
tose state from which she was with
difficulty revived by three physi-
cians." '.... -. =,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
ClemsOn's Finance.

Col. III. l.. Donaldson, who has re-
turned from q meeting of the finance
committee of the board of trustees of
Clemson College, gays the report of
that committee this year is going to
make an encouraging showing.
Among other things it will show that
the per capita expense will be s22
below the average per capita expense
g the other sixty-four agricultural
nd mechanical colleges Of tho coun.
try. The average is $177, whilo
Clcmson's is only $155. Colonel
Donaldson says that all Of the sixty
two graduates from Clemson in the
last two years have good paying po-
sitions, and that twenty-eight Of
these have secured technical positions.
Every stu1ent of the college is q
member Of the literary society, which
is condition no other college in tho
land can show -Groenviile News.
Deoember oath, 1893. -.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Look Ont for These BilIs.

Anew one dollar counterfeit silver
certificate has been found by the Sc
cret Service agents of tho treasury de-
partment. The following official de-
scription ofthe counterfeit, sgiven by
Chies Wiekil, of the Secret Service
bureau, will he warning to money
handlers throughout the country:
"Series of 1896, check letter q,
plate number 81, B. *. Bruce regis
ter; Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer
small red seal, No. 41,222,3O3. This
counterfeit is apparently printed
from photo-etohed plates on heavy
bond paper. No attempt has been
made to initiate the silk fibre. The
treasury number has been traced over
with blue writing fluid and readily
blurs when dampened, as does the red
coloring applied to heseal. Theno
is badly printed, blotohy, with ink of
poor quality, the face Of the
note being coal black instead of gray
black, as in the genuine, and the
back ight-faded green. All of the
fine lines are lost in the printing of
the counterfeit. 1t is calculated to
deceive only the most careless hand
lers of money"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Senator Butler, of North Caroline

Senator Butler, of North Carolina,
recently gave notice of an amend
mont he will introduce to the pension
appropriation bill, pensioning ex-
Confederate soldiers. The amend
ment is as follows "That from and
after the passage of this bill every
pension law now on the statute books
shall apply to every invalid soldier,
widow, minor child, dependent rela-
tive, the army nurses and all other
pensioners who may be able to prove
their claim under the present PEN
sion laws, without regard to whether
said soldier was enlisted in tho Fede-
raj or Confederate service of the
Civil war of 1861-65, provided that
those enlisted in the Confederate SER
vice shall not draw any back pensions
prior to the passage of this bill !; but
their claim under existing laws shall
begin and become operative with the
passage of this BILL"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Unfounded Fears OF Appendicitis.

DIR. I'll. r. Lemen, of Alton, ILL.,,
says: IL often meet people who have
such wholesome fear Of appendi-
otis that they do not eat grapes, to-
matoes, figs or fruit containing little
seeds, because of fear that these
seeds will lodge in the appendix and
cause appendicitis. Whenever I
hear a person say he denies himself
fruit because of this fear, 1 take oc-
casion to assure him that it is useless
to take any such precautions. If you
like fruit, eat it, for appendicitis,
seven in ten instances, is due to other
things than seeds. Little particles
OF food of any kind can lodge in tho
appendix and produce appendicitis,
even crumb being capable of it.
In addition, great many cases are
caused by something entirely outside
the appendix, something causing in-.
flammation. To all T will say 60
ahead and eat anything you like, for
all precautions you may take are not
going to save you from appendicitis,
If you are going to have it, The
inexplicable thing to which the ma
jority of cases are attributed cannot
be guarded against, and it is useless
to fight the minority."-.St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Secession Tablet,

A tablet commemorative of the
adoption of the ordinance of seoos-
sion was unveiled in Columbia re-
Gently. General M. L. Bonham de-
livered the address of the occasion.
Of those who signed tho ordinance
originally nine are still living. These
are Henry MoIver, Chief Justice of
tho Supreme Court of South Caro-
lima James II. Carlisle, IL. D.,
President of Wofford College Col.
Joseph Daniel Pope, Dean of the
Law Faculty of the South Carolina
College ; William D. Johnson, of
Marion, who ranked with Wardlaw,
Inglis and Carroll as Chancellor in
tho ante bellum days of Chancery
Court Leonidas w. Spratt, of
Jacksonville, Fla; Rev.W. II. Camp
bell, d. D.; VIM. Porcher Miles, who
is now resident Of Louisiana +, Japt.
John II. Kinsler, of Richland, and
Col. Robt. A. Thompson, of Oconee
county. H..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Avoiding COughings

a physician who is connected with
an institution in which there are
many children says: "There is moth
ing more irritable, to a cough than
coughing. For some time I had
been 80 fully assured Of this that
determined for one minute at least
to lessen the number of coughs heard
in q certain ward in hospital of the
institution. BY the promise of re-.
wards and punishments I succeeded
in inducing them simply to hold their
breath when tempted to cough, and
in q little while l was myself sur
prised to sec how some of the chill
dren entirely recovered from the dis
ease. Constant coughing is precisely
like scratching wound on the out
side OF the body. So long as it is
done, the wound will not heal. Let
a person when tempted to cough
draw long breath, and hold it until
it warns and soothes every air cell,
and some benefit will soon be received
from this process. The nitrogen
which is thus confined acts as an an-
odyne to the mucous membrane, al
laying tho desire to cough, and Civ
ing the throat and lungs a chance to
heal."- l."-Scientific American.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Left to Her Own Resources.

A Boston mamma Was instruotiing
her little daughter how to behave
whom she went to luncheon at the
Bishops house.
"Now, dear, when the butler
hands yyon something the first time
take little on your plate. When
he comes the second time you may
help yourself to little more but
the third tine you must say: NO,
thank you,' just as you always do at
home" .. @,E
So the little Boston child went to
the Bishops house to lunch, and
came home much delighted with her
visit. .. e.. j..
"Did you do just as I told you,
darling2" inquired mamma anx-
iously. ...
eyes, did," was tho reply. "I
took something very nice when it
was handed to me tho first time,
and then, when the butler came
again took little more but the
third time / said No, thank you.'.
But when he came the fourth time
you hadn't told me what to do, so I
just thought of papa, and said NO,
damn you !'".--Boston Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
AND IT stUsT FOLLOW AS NIGHT DAY. thou oANsT
/ The Yadk.n Yalley Road SOFA. I

RALEIaH, N. O., December 81 -
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railroad was sold at auction yester-
day in Fayetteville, under foreclosure
proceedings, by Commissioners Mar
tin and MaEly, appointed by the
Court for the purpose. The road
was bought by the Atlantic Coast
Line for $3,110,0oO. !. The bidders
were President Samuel Spencer, for
the Southern Railway; William I'll.
Blackford, for the Baltimore bond
holders, or tho Seaboard Air Line,
and Harry Walters, for the Atlantic
Coast Line. . ,
Master Commissioner Martin was
auctioneer, and hes started tho bid
ding at noon. The first bid was
$2,100,000, then it was raised by
$4,000, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000 and
then $1,000 jumps for an hour and
quarter, when the road was knocked
down to the Coast Line. .
Blackford retired at q bid of
100000, and Spencer stopped at q
bid of $8,10o,0oo. Tho property was,
therefore, knocked down to Walters
at $3,110,0O0.
The outcome of the sale is sur
prise, both as'to the price paid and
the successful competitor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
The Coming Cotton.

sENEoA, S. O., January "a now
cotton bought at this place the past
fall was the Jackson Limbless, 1t
was sold by Mr.. J. +. Hunnioutt, Of
High Falls, to Mr., G. w. Gignilliat
and brought 64,oents per pound. ab$
This cotton grows about ten feet
III height and has from rs to 115
bolls to the 81 Tx. Mr. Hunnioutt
made 772 pounds OF seed cotton on
one-sixth Of an acre. According to
that IL will make from five tc six
bales to an aore. ..,. .N@.n<. .
Mr.. Hunnicutt has o few seed for
sale, and anyone desiring to buy
should address him at High Fallf.
Should we call this a sin O, a
blessing, it will run the cotton price
up. If all cotton growers will culti-
vate this kind of cotton times will be
better. JOS.
I'VE would like for 81. G. s." to
tell us how he can make "from five
to six bales to an acre." If one
sixth of an acre produces 772 pounds
of seed cotton, then one acre (ao-
ccrding to our arithmetio) would
produce 4,632 pounds. 1t generally
takes from 1,10O to 1900 pounds of
seed cotton to make a bale. Now
divide your 1852 by 100 (Which is
a low eatimate) and you will have
four bales and 232 pounds of seed
cotton. Please speoify.-ED1roRs
COURIER
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Landslide In Switzerland.

LONDON, d, scmber 28.-Part of
Red Rock Mountain, according to a
dispatch from Airolo, q village of
Switzerland, canton of Ticino, has
fallen into Airolo, destroying hotel
and several houses. The ecene of
the disaster presents a terrible spec
taclc, the debris of the avalanche
covering a square mile. The hotel,
with eight houses and twelve other
buildings, was swept into a great
heap of matchwood. A new terror
was added by the outbreak of fire
amid the ruins. Three dead bodies
have been recovered. 1t is estimated
that the damage will reach .f4O, 900.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Gen. LaWtOn's Promotion,

WASHINGTON, December 31.--The
war department has issued ordera a.
signing Major General Lawton to
service in the Philippines. The as
signment is considered one of cx.
ceptional Importance, as Gen. Law
ton, who was one of the mcst con-
spicuous officers in tho campaign
about Santiago, will be second in
command to Gen. Otis, and in the
event of Gen. Otis's appointment as
Governor General of tho Philippines
will assume military command of the
forces there. His new duties will
require combination of nerve and
tact. Gen. Lawton has recently been
in command of the camp at Hunts
vile. Gen. Frank, as ranking officer,
will assume command on the depar-
tnrc of Gen. Lawton. The latter's
selection for duty in the Philippines
was owing largely to the character
of his service during the war and
later at Havana.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05

Il. Thomas Fortune, mulatto
negro of New York, delivered q
speech in New York last week in
which he denounced President Nc.
Kinloy ard the Republican party and
demanded "mixed schools, mixed
churches and mixed marriages" If
he will come down here and make
his demand for "mixed marriages''
we will guarantee that he will get
more fun out of it to the square inch
than anything he ever did before in
his life. He is o graceless scamp
when be has 30 much disrespeot for
his lineage as to stand up before an
audience and tell them he is "the
grandson OF one of those white viii
lains." 1t looks like the villainy had
descended from sire to son.--Ander-
son Advocate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Some time ago the LIVERPOOL Tram.

Some time ago the Liverpool Tram
way Company posted the following
notice in it's cars: "Passengers arc
requested to pay no more ponnies
than the conductor in their presence
punches holes in their tickets for"
This remarkable sentence excited
public notice, not to say dorision.
Accordingly, the directors tried again
with this result: "Passengers are
requested to pay no moro pennies
than for which the conductor in their
presence punches holes in their
tickets" Again tho company was
ohaffed, and the second notification
was withdrawn. After third
attempt literary assistance having,
no doubt, been obtained, criticism
Waa deiied, !
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Freddy's Blessing.

Freddy, the small son of q we'll
known minister, had misbehaved,
and to punish him he was not allowed
to eat at tho family table. A small
table was set for him in the corner
of the dining room. When his, din.
ner was placed before him Freddy
said very solemnly; "Lord, ] thank
thee that thou hast spread a table
before me in the presence Of mine
enemies" d.. ..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05

A boy had been up for an exami-
nation in Scripture, had failed ut
tcrly. and the relations betwoen him
and the examiner had become some
what strained. The lattor asked
him if there was any text in the
whole Bible he could quote. He
pondered, and r >eated "And Judas
went out and hanged himself" els
there any other verse you know in
the Bible ?" tho examiner asked.
eyes Go and do thou likewise >"
There was solemn pause and the
proceedings torminated.--~Sunday
Sohooi Gem.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Solicitor Ansel's Work.

Solicitor M. T. Ansel q few days
ago sent his annual report of the
number and disposition of criinaf
tried in the Eighth Circuit, consist'
ing of Abbevillo, Anderson, Oconee
Piokens and Greenville Counties, to
the Attorney General, to be inoorpo,
rated along with the reports of the
other Solicitors Of the State in the
Attorney Generals annual report to
tho Legislature. Mr.. Ansel's report
shows tho total number of criminal
cases in the circuit for the year TO be
384. Of this number there were 178
verdicts of guilty, 81 verdiots of not
guilty, and in 80 cases there were no
bills or discontinuanoes. ......
The murder cases in the circuit
footed up total of forty-two, Of
which there were twenty-three con.
victions, seventeen acquittals and
two disturbances or no bills.
There was only one death sentence
passed during the year-that upon
James B. Wilson, of this city, for
tho murder of Charlie Potts. In
murder cases, Greenville heads tho
list with seventeen, of which there
were ton convictions and seven &C.
quittals. OF the ten $convictions
there were five sentences to the peni.
Tertiary for term, four sentences
for life and one death sentence.
Abbeville's murder record for tho
year is one no bill, four not guilty,
two guilty, two to, the penitentiafy
for a term; Anderson, one no BILL
four not guilty, five guilty, three to
the penitentiary for term and two
for life; Oconee, one not guilty,
two guilty, one to the penitentiary
for a term and one for life; Piokens,
one not guilty, four guilty, four for
term.
1t will be observed that there was
not single mistrial in murder case
for any of the counties during tho
entire year-whioh is a matter for
congratulation. In fact the mistrial
column in all the counties is ex-
tremely clean. Abbcville had only
one mistrial, for selling liquor; in
Anderson there were no mistrials in
any case; in Oconee lone ; in Pick
ems, one, in liquor case; in Green
vile none. Two mistrials out of q
total of 334 cases is considered re-
cord smasher, not only for this
count, but the State at large.
The Grecnville News has felt it
to be necessary to criticize Solicitor
Ansel, of this judicial circuit, rather
severely on several occasions. There.
fore we have special pleasure in d.
recting attention to tho record he
has made in the past year. He has
done a great deal of hard work and
has evidently done it we'll. Some of
his speeches we hear spoken of as
among the best ever delivered on
this circuit, which has been notable
for strong lawyers and great solicit
ors.-Greenville News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
A Talk with Tillman.
s9sAs esssa soSpsg g co., ssg yosS; 4 .;

- %tsAtA N"Sois y
Senator Tillman, after spending q
few days at Trenton, looking after
his home affairs, passed through CJ-
lumbia recently on his way back to
Washington. He seemed to be in
the best of spirits and talked inter-
estingly of til, Philippine and other
questions whicl are to engage the at
tention of Congress-. Isl
He is bitterly opposed to the peace
commission's recommendation to pay
Spain $4,000, 900 for the Philippine
Islands, and remarked that cit would
never receive his vote" N..
He regarded two dollars per head
an enormous price for the United
States Government to pay for me-
groes Gin wild and uncivilized statel
when we have GO many already "that
it gives one the collie at times to
think of the trouble yet ahead before
Vney are asSlmllatod." ..... .....
He expressed the opinion that the
Republican party has an elephant on
its hands in the matter of the Fill
pinos, and was now in the position
of the fellow who had the bear,
afraid to hold on and yet dare not
let loose. T..
The Senator thinks bill of some
sort touching Tbs Nicaragua Canal
will be passed. ....
In his opinion there will be no ex-
ira session of Congress.
Mention being made of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's generous references in his
recent speeches to the Confederate
dead, the Senator said:
thought that the President or any
one else says of the Confederate
dead can help or hurt them what
we want is to hear Of something
concerning the Confederate living
these poor old, one-armed and ono.
logged fellows who are on the verge
OF starvation. Let the money Shat
is to be spont in rearing monuments
to the Confederate dead be put into
the pockets of the Confederate liv-
ing, especially such as I have refer
red to and thousands of hearts will
rejoice and thousands of homes will
be blessed"
Coming down to State matters the
Senator was of the opinion that the
county government question, which
is now receiving 80 much attention
just prior to the meeting of tho Leg
islature, would be unconstitutional if
a bill providing for county courts
was passed.
He stated he was not positive, but
thought the constitution prohibited
the establishment Of county courts,
such asare contemplated. One thing
he was certain of was that he led the
fight in the constitutional convention
against county courts and if tho pro-
vision was now in that instrument it
was slipped in or orept in without his
knowledge. When asked his objec-
tion to county courts he replied
"Instead of lessening taxes they
will be increased 30 per cent, and
another thing, people living at a dis
tance from the court houses will be
forced to undergo extra expense in
their litigation by reason of the in
convenience and trouble in getting
to the judge of the county court. 1t
is presumed, of course, that this
functionary will reside at the county
seat" e
If gloomy and nervous, and looking on
the dark side Of things, take fow doses
of DIR. NJ. A, SimmOna' Tiver Medicipa
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05

Grip is epidemic in Now York,
and the Now York board of health,
on the theory that the disease is con-
tagious one, has taken steps to pre-
vent it's spread. The board of health
recently issued the following impor-
tant bulletin in regard to tho nature
of the disease: wnfuenza is an in
fectous and contagious disease due to
the influenza bacillus. In case of
influenza or grip this organism is pre-
sent in all the secretions of tho nose,
throat and bronchial tubes. The dis
ease is transmitted from person to
person through the taking in of these
organisms, either from direct contact
or after the secretions have been
dried and pulverized and inhaled in
form of dust. The disease cannot
be produced by any other cause than
tho Influenza bacillus. There are
many catarrhal affections of tho res
piratory tract which are improperly
called grip. and the distinction be-
tween these and true grip is ex-
tremely difficult and often impossible
in the milder forms. Grip, however,
is q much moro serious affection, pro-
ducos much greater deprese;oh, and
is followed by much more tedious
conyalesconoe."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
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RS CURES WRERE all ELSE FAILS, k2id
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MCLnurln In CharIeston.

According to the correspondence
of the Columbia State, Senator Nc.
Laurin made the principal speech at
the New England society banquet in
Charleston recently. The Senator
Il quoted as follows
"The war between the States is
over. That tragic chapter in our
sountry's history is forever closed.
The memory of its pain and sorrow
yet fingers with us but standing TO-
night upon the birthplace and very
cradle of secession, with sincere
hearts, we can all thank God that out
OF its supreme agony has come a
union, one and indivisible. thank
God for a President, whose great
soul and Christian spirit has done so
muoh to reunite this nation. In the
name of the South, / thank him for
the laurel wreath laid upon the
graves of our dead. The time will
come when the great heart of this
nation will care for the living as we'll
as for the dead when the poverty
stricken and feoble old Confederate
veterans will not have to die in Or
der to win place in the national re-
gard.
"The race and suffrage question,
by reason of the sudden exigency
forced upon the South, has secured a
partial solution, as evidenced by the
constitutions and election laws of the
various States. Some Of those who
have criticised us may find the iusti-
tication of our methods in providing
a scheme for the governmen mt of these
colonial possessions.
"l will never vote to give the igno.
rant, degraded and serviIe of the
foreign lands a voice in the affairs of
our country. They arc not fit to
have much voice in their own. Uni
versal suffrage has been tried in the
South, and it has proved o universal
failure and disappointment. 1t is
still a question whether tho inferior
and Latin races are anywhere capa-
BILE of self-government."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
His information LimstsG.

a eonntryman who had lost his.
wife asked an editor to write her
obituary. "Gentle and lovable, was
she ?" asked the editor. "Well, tol'.
able-'ceptin' when she was riled.''s
.'What was her age2' "she never
did tell it. All 7 know Is, she was
paFFtSy iiiiygiJ ffer no. hei agss'' ls:.