Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-25
BLACK DIAMOND MATTERS.
THE ROADS FINANCES ARE SHORT-THE
WAR THE "CAUSE OF 1T ALL"
A RECEIVER HAS BEEN ASKED FOR.
The Proposed Road is Now Numbered With
the Things OF tho Past

NC NnoXFlllc, q. n. I)0ylc S 20.
and j. G. J. Williams have filed a
bill i'll the Chanccry Court against
the Black Diamond Construction
and Development Company and the
Ohio River and Tidewatcr Railway
Company, and all the directors of
the Black Diamond Hallway Com
pany and Albert T.. Boone and n.
G. Dickinson and others, to wind up
the affairs of the various concerns,
which are factors in Boonc's Black
Diamond Railroad scheme.
Gen. Williams, who is an attorney
of Knoxville, went with Boone
through Ohio and kentucky, max
ing campaign speeches. lie wants
about $4,000 for alleged promised
salary and expenses. Doyle & Co.
are contractors who have claim
against the various interests of the
road. The bill asks that a receiver
be appointed.-Thc Public Mcsscn-
ger, Dover, Ky, January 6.
1t will be recalled that Gen. Will
liams was at Anderson and Wal
halla in November, 1898, and spoke
most tluently in behalf of the Black
Diamond. 1t now appears that the
leaders have fallen out among them
selves after "gridironing" the uni
verse with a doublc-track "paper
road" 1t has been given out that
the war in South Africa has had
such a depressing effect on British
money that the financial arrange
mcnts in London cannot be completed
until the struggle is over. Can it be
that the schcmcrs have got all the
suckers money and arc now fighting
over the division Of the spoils ? How
do the following extracts from yr.c
Messenger read:
Dir. bills, of Carlisle, Ity., in an
open letter to the Dover News, en-
phatically stated that Dickinson lied
to him and bunkoed him ont of five
hundred dollars cash. bills cot
Dickinson's note for fifteen hundred
dollars--3 for l-on paper.
Dickinson and others were work
ing to put the money down in their
own pockets instead Of paying the 2
for back to the people as promised.
Now yon all see why Boone will
force them to guarantee that the
subscribers will get their 2 for as
agreed upon.
There is much fun being pokcd at
Boone by his enemies, who say that
he is "gridironing" the universe with
railroads.
How about Mr.. Kirkby? HASN'T
he gone to work and organized ano-
ther double track "papcr road" 200
miles in length ?
Col. Boone is not the only crank
in the gang.
You have rcpudiatcd the 2 for
proposition. What about that 3 for
| promised by Dickinson
Dickinson "raiscd" ten thousand
dollars from several gentlemen and
promised to give them back thirty
thousand dollars-or 3 for /.
Sounds like negro minstrel Joke,
but it's so, nevertheless.
August Flower.
"lt is surprising fact" says Prof.
IIouton, chat in my travels in all parts
Of the world, for the last ten years,
have met more people having used
Green's August Flower than any other
remedy, for dyspepsia dcrangcd liver
and stomach, and for constipation. |
find for tourists and statesmen, or for
persons filling Office positions, where
headaches and general b., / feelings from
irregular habits exist, that Green's Au-
gust Flower is a grand remedy. 1t does
not injurc tho system by frequent use,
and is excellent for sour Stomachs and
Indigestion Sample bottles free at j.
III. Darby'S.
Sold by dealers in all civilized coun-