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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-09
PORTLAND LIGHT INFANTR,

The Portland Light Infantry held Its
regular meeting last evening and voted
to attend in body in uniform the fervices
held n City hall Sunday afternoon. All
M enters win appear at Armory Sunday
at / 80 D M. After the regular meeting
the nom commission officers formed an as.
so,iatio n, elected as president Serst Mo-
Msnus. as secretary, S~rgt, Low, and rs
treasurer, First Sergt. Dresssr.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
Mack Perry's Questions Answered.

TAMAssEE, ). c., February 3D.
Editors Courier: AS Mr.. Mack
Perry has asked some one to tell him
something about the line fence, and
NJ it is the desire Of sundry citizens
along the fence, | beg leave To an
swer through your columns his qucs-
tions M near III | can, though he had
an opportunity to read the law in
your paper immediately after the
act was passed. Every one ought
to play the part of a benefactor and
the people in the mountains have a
chance to have what suits them
when it will not hurt others.
The law was passed about one
year ago. This line fence runs from
Il point on Chattooga river to a
point on keowcc river. The land
holders, farms through which this
fence runs and the people who live
"'''NN IilS 'iit, WI any oiC "llliill llle
limits of the law, reaping the bcnc,
fits Of the pasture, will build and
keep up the fence. Any one living
below will neither be called on no,
taxed to support the fence. The
law provides 4 tax Of 81 so or three
days work Gil the fence per year.
If am not mistaken, there were
three supervisors appointed, namely,
}. IL. Wigington, Jesse Lay, Jr.,
and l.. a. King, with the former to
appoint az many ovcrseers as they
deemed necessary to look after the
building and repairing of the fence
The State of North Carolina is
the farm that lies at the upper edge
of this pasture; Georgia on the
west and Pickens county on the
East. Those Immediately below the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15

line can turn cattle in the pasture.
The immediate parties are those
whose farms the fence touches.
As to fencing the lcnablc land
above the fence: If were going to
plant crop above the fence would
fence it if | did not want the stock
to eat it up. The fence is not let
by shares, only AZ is prescribed by
law.
The snrcst plan to know just how
many rails it will take TO build it is
to count the same. The cost will be
greater to not build it than it will
to build it.
Mack, let it be q blockade shcban,
or what it may; let's you and me bc
sure we don't let Mr.. Corhin catch
us in one. If we do he will chanp pc
oar place OF boarding to the W. w.
Moss house and | have heard he will
not let his boar'lcrs 20 very far from
home, and that would not suit Won
and me very well. SO, Mack, let us
keep our hands clean, and then we
will :iot pac" off when we think we
are going to meet an officer of the
law. j. ii. CANTKEII..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15

Mr.. MORGAN TO MR.. COOK,
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEA.
S0N-MORGAN STICKS 70 THE SUBJECT.
THE DISCUSSION WAKES WARM,
There Is R!oed on The Mocn-The Firinu Of
GUNS Heard In the Dlstance-Sic Him,

RETURN, February l2.-Editors
Courier We notice that Mr.. J. A.
Cook, III reply to our communication
Of the 25th ultimo, begins as usual
trying to divert the minds of the
people. lie commences with Sam
Jones' saying, "It is the hit dog that
hollcrs." He continues by aging :
ale hears ID. J. Morgan, of Return,
howling mpurnfully." How can we
keep from bowling when 80 many
other dogs are howling? lie has
misquoted me, but We think this is
one of his many ways of bulldozing
people. You will notice that he
went back to last year, and claims
that | said | could make seven bales
of cotton per acre, which | deny.
You will rccollcct that Mr.. Cook
said last year that the kind of cotton
we needed was the kind that made
one boil to the stalk or one bale to
ten acres. In reply |, ed. J. M.,"
said the kind we needed was grade
that would make seven bales per
acre, and we produced proof That it
was possible. We did not say that
seven bales per acre could he pro-
duccd in Oconec, for this county is
not adapted to cotton raising.
Now, Mr.. Cook, don't br SO un.
reasonable. Let us agree to dis
agree. The reason say You are
unreasonable is because a year ago,
i'll controversy with DR.. .Johns, you
were advocating the same principles
you are now fighting.
MIR. Cook says "cvcry man in this
country knows that this is a gross
misrepresentation Of my letter, and
it's Intentions arc for IN injustice,
and such statements are demoraliz-
ing" Mr.. Cook, you have miscon-
strucd my meaning, nor was the in
tention an injustice in regard to the
negroes. We don't advocate every
thing, but we do advocate this That
the employers should give the white
laborcrs of this country preference
over the negroes. But to the con-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
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certain section has been in any way
slighted ut this time, the officers of
the association are ANXIOUS that all
interested parties will prepare, or
have prepared, maps, drawings or
other descriptions of sections in their
ir,mcdiatc ncighborhood, wherein
available locations and sections of
natural advantages and beauty can
he found. Moreover, it would be of
great assistance to the association if
all this data would be prepared AZ
soon rs possible and sent to the sec
rctary at Ashcvillc. Further, if the
appointment of commission is
secured, all interested parties will
certainly be notified 10 appear before
this commission and present their
arguments pertaining to the sections
in which they are Interested, or in
which they think the most natural
advantages are to be found. When
the final bill is reported back from
the Congressional committee, if this
bill be favorable toward the object
Of the association, such bill will refer
to the whole section of Western
North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee,
Northern Georgia and Northern
South Carolina.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
TO Reform Seed Distribution.

WASIIINGroN, February l.-Rcprcscn-
tativc Iatimcr is working hard to Sc
cure some reform in the method of seed
distribution through Congress. IIc has
made three propositions to the agricul-
tural committee which has consideration
OF the subject. lie would either abolish
the distribution of seeds through Con-
"rcSs altogether; would have all the i'm
proved varieties of seeds that can be Sc
cured 10y the Government sent to the OK
pertinent stations of the States for OK.
pertinent purposes, the resultant seeds
to be sent by the agricultural depart
mcntS Of the States to the people; or, if
there is to be Il continuance of !he indis-
criminatc sending of seeds to the people
through Congressional channels he would
have the amount sent at least doubled.
IN his talk to the committee he has point-
ci out that the present plan results in
unfair determinations. If there is to be
wholesale distribution by Congressman
he thinks enough seed should be placed
at the disposal Of the members of tho
Senate and the House SO nobody will be
SllShtcu. MI. lnllmcl own idea Is that
only the improved varieties should be So
cured by the Government, this being the
evident intention Of the original law, and
that these should be sent out through tho
experiment stations; but he has given no
ticc that if the committee sticks to the
old plan he will move an amendment to
the Appropriation Act doubling the
! amount for this purpose, so AL the pco.
pie can enjoy the benefits and not n
favored few.
+ Mr.. l.atimcr is in favor of an appI opria.
| ton Of enc million dollars for rural mail
delivery. He says The ten deliveries III
! his district have demonstrated the wis
dom Of The system and hU wants the
| benefits generally extended.
Having had his election to the position
Of State Liquol Commissioner duly con
! irmcd by the Senate, by voto of 80 to
| IL, MIR. J. R. Douthit has ten
dcrcd his resignation to the State
Board. He says he only sought vindi-
! cation, and having received il, hc is glad
to retire tn private life, where ho can
give attention tn his own business
! affairs.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
BRANDED IT AS TREASON.
Hot Affair in the Senatc--A Statement BY
Aguinaldo Offered for Record.

When the Senate convened We'd
ncsday Mr.. liale, of Maine, made n
partial report Of Tie conference com
mittcc on the urgent deficiency bill.
1t was adopted and further confer
cncc was requested.
Mr.. pettigrew wished statement
made by Aguinaldo to be printed AZ
a document. He said if it was not
allowed he would read the state
mcnt, and hereby get it in the
record.
Mr.. llawley, Of Connecticut, said
he would object to the reading as
trcasonable. "It is giving aid and
comfort to the enemy is what the
Senator from South Dakota is doing
all the time," said Mr.. lIawley.
Mr.. Pcttigrcw asserted that the
departments were holding back in
formation.
Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts,
objected to the Aguinalao statement
because it was mass Of falschood.
Mr.. Spooncr thought it about time
to draw a line upon the constant,
daily suit Of Aguinaldo against the
United States. lie said no state
mcnt Of man in arms against the
United States should be placed on
the records Of the Senate. 1t would
! he thought, be construed IA encour-
! agcmcnt to those i'm insurrcction
against the flag and authority of The
/ United States.
Mr.. Scwcll, of New Jersey, said he
was not in favor Of the Philippines
acquisition, but no matter what hia
personal opinions were he supported
the Nag when it was attacked. lie
deprecated beyond measure the
action Of the Senator from South
( Dakota, and under the circumstances
he was u traitor to the country in
supporting the arch traitor of the
| 'nitcd States who had sold himself
to Spain, and betrayed his own
country. He characterized the pro-
! ccrdlngS az monstrous.
Senator Prttigrcw made reply
that was whitening because of its
contempt for the opinions Of the
speakers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
At THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
WHAT SOME or THE SOUTH CAROLINA
PEOPLE ABROAD ARE DOING.
THE GREAT EASTERN NATIONAL PARK
II Should be Established by the Government
Would Include Portion of South Carolina.

WAsulNGrnN, ID. G., February 9.
EDITORS Courier: This mornings
newspaper account Of the proposed
compromise of the kentucky row is
Il complete farce. They met to par,
very much like the two Irshmcn,
who, thinking they had recognized
in each other some old friend, one
said, "Wrll, | thought it was you.
and you Thought it was me, and br
Cad, it waS neither of u.s." can
find but one man here who prctrndS
to Justify Taylor and his methods,
aud no one takes him seriously, it
seems.
Brigham R"bcrts has gone back t.
his hapr! home aud family III Utah.
| couldn't find out just which one he
went to, but will cndcavor to Io so
very soon AMI let you know. 1t is
Al assured fact that another Nor
mon is to be- elected in his place, but
let us hope he will not bc a bigamist.
One of our most prominent sons Of
the old Palmetto State h"C the mis-
fortune to fall through All opc.: trap
door in one of the downtown play
houses on, evening last week, and is
now minus several large patches of
cutical off various parts of his anat-
4, Il H..
encd some chorus girls out Of what
little clothing they had ON, and he
came near going to the lookup for
being too much like Columbus of
old. keep telling them, bnt it does
no good.
Mr.. G. Il. Carter, of your city, is
here with the metropolitan hallway
Company. Bob is a motorman on
f street division, bu, will soon 90
back in the shop or engine room,
where it is not so cold and the pay is
better. lie, like the rest from the
South, seem to freeze ont the first
winter, but he handles one Of those
big double cars like some old-timrr.
1t is generally conceded that Con-
grcss will continue far into the SUM
mer; some, however, predict that it
will adjourn for b"t one month dur
ing the very hot weather and then
resume its work. The government
printing Office is in full blast night
and day, and can't keep up with the
work, SO am told.
All the South Carolina delegation
are on hand and at work in fact,
they are hard to find outside Of their
seats on the floor Of the House and
Senate, as none work harder than
they.
Oconcc's delegation is well.
Please publish the enclosed article
for the readers Of TuE C,lEIEE.
ours, etc., j. q. e.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15

you place such low estimation on
tho poor boys of our country. 1t
seems that you hold them no higher
in your estimation than the negro
And you convey the same idea in
your communication in reply to me,
speaking of these poor boys rs
tramps and vagabonds. Of course
you must mean the poor boys of our
country. We arc still on the same
class of people you started out with
the class that had no property
for you said if the roads were worked
by taxation there was class that
would not pay anything. | did not
say [ was expecting a pcntccostial
feast, but thought it might be best
for you in your old days. Neither
did | insinuatc covctcousncSs. Now
Mr.. Cook says what will the average
citizen OF our country think Of the
above conglomrration of penny wise,
pound foolish, socialslic, anarchist,
communism Such ideas as these
were found very common among the
stragglcrs and vagabonds Of the tail
end of Coxcy's army. Now what
would the average citizen say about
using such language as the above
about gentleman
| have no desire to overthrow the
government. Now rccollcct what
said, That if Mr.. Cook was willing
we would have the land coniiscatcd.
The average citizens know | am no
cut-throat nor outlaw, have never
violated the dispensary, nor have /
purchased drop of whiskey since
the dispcnsary law has been in ope-
ration in this State.
II I N,p,,,<
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15

The widest and most naturally
beautiful part Of this country east Of
the Rocky Mountains is that region
where North Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, South Carolina and Gror.
gia approaches each other. 1t is a
mountain country with an average
elevation Of 1000 feet, and peaks
running up thousands of feet higher.
The tallcst mountair east Of the
Rockies is in North Carolina.
This wild region abunhS in timber,
aud is still q natural and unbrokcn
wilderness, except AK the lumbcrmcn
invalrs it's quiet. They have come.
Already traffic in forest land il active
and the railroads Of the vicinity are
loaded with lumber for market. Let
the American people sit by with
their accustomed optimistic apathy,
and before long the forces will be
gone, the water courses left to dry
up, the bears, deer, and other wild
animals killed off, and nothing but a
fading memory remain Of what is
now great natural park.
The General Government ought
to Acp in, before it is too late, and
take possession of the whole region.
The frll"wst"nr Park, far away and
to all but few inaccessible, should
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15

$yHAn4 S$,;'%s FS,;px',
" AmseaUTEHx PueE "V
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome


pended under the direction of the
agrastoloyist of the department. In
support of his amendment Mr.. Lati-
mer say much of the farm lands in
the Southern States has been worn
out growing cotton, and it il dosir-
able that furthc: efforts be made to
discover such grasses as may be sue
cessfully grown in the Southern
country, thus increasing the facilities
tor converting worn out land into
pastures for cattle raising, growing
industry all through the South.
When Secretary Wilson visited
Warsaw College, some time ago, he
delivered a speech in which he urged
the farmers of the South to diversy
their crops and suggested cattle rails
ing az a profitable substitute for
some of the crops now produced
with little or no profit in certain sec
tons. In the meantime experiments
have been in progress with view to
ascertaining what grasses can be
successfully grown in the Southern
States. TO encourage these expert
mcnts Mr.. Latimcr presented to the
department of agriculture, through
Secretary Wilson, fifteen acres of
ground from his own farm and cx.
pcrimcnts arc going ON.
In certain quarters there is dis
position to discontinue the experi
mcnts and make no further appro-
prlation to he expended in that d.
reetlon under the agrastologist d.
vision. In view Of the encouraging
results Obtained by the department,
and the universal interest i'm grass
growing throughout the South, the
suggestion to strike ont the appro-
priation will not only be stubbornly
contested in the committee and on
the floor Of the House, but united
effort vii! be made to increase the
appropriation, in accordance with
Mr.. Latimcr's amendment. lie SAYS
Secretary Wilson is in favor of con-
tinuing the experiments, and agents
of the department have obtained
samples Of grass from all parts of the
world with the hope of find
ing grass which may be
successfully and abundantly grown
in the prolific Southland Thus
far the experiments in cattle raising
in South Carolina, Georgia and con-
tiguons States have been exceedingly
encouraging, and there is a pros
pcct ahead for those farmers who,
until recent y, were discouraged by
having large tracts of apparently
valuelcss lands upon which they are
obliged topay taxes. A concerted
movement is going forward in Con-
grcss in behalf of the cultivation of
pasture lands in that section and any
opposition to the continuance of
pending experiments will be resisted
in the House and the Senate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
Beneficiary Scholarship.

Mr. Richards bill to regulate the ap-
portonmcnt Of beneficiary Scholarships in
State colleges passed second reading in
the House Thursday. Tho bill provides
that there be two groups Of school dis
tricts in each county-thc graded schools
in one group, tho rural district in an
other. The scholarships shall alternate
from one group to the other and give all
an equal showing.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
Free OF CharQe.

Any adult suffering from cold settled
on tho breast, bronchitis, throat or lung
troubles of any nature who will call at j.
II. Darby's will be presented with II
sample bottle Of Boschcos German
Syrup, free OF charge. Only one bottle
given to ono person, and none to children
without order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such 4 sale AZ lsoschcc's German Syrup
in all parts OF the civilized world
Twonty years ago millions of bottles
were given away, and your druggist will
tell you its success was marvellous. 1t is
really tho only Throat and Lung Remedy
generally endorsed by physicians. One
- cent bottle will cure or prove its value
Sold 10y dealers in all civilized cuuntrioB
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-15
Report OF State Superintendent OF Education

Tho report OF State Superintcnd-
cnt of Public Schools McMahan has
just been published and is full of
interest and of food for thought. 1t
shows that last year the counties
had and spent for public schools
1927, 900. The total number of pu-
pills was 100000, Of whom $4,000
were whites and 14G,00 colorcd.
There were 62,129 white boys and
Gl,2G0 white girls and 6S,7SG col
ored boys and 1861 colorcd girls.
The total number of buildings is g.
80 for whites, 1,73G for negroes.
There are 5,003 teachers, 5000 white
and 2,003 colored, who teach an
average Of 36 pupils each for whites,
CT for colorcd. The average length
of the session was 4.S1 for the white
schools, 1868 for the colorcd. The
white teachers were paid an average
of $l34.90 each for the year, the
negroes $73.l2.
The South Carolina College had
1873 students and a faculty of II.
The State appropriated for it $25,
600. This is an average of $l33 for
each student, whereas the public
school pupil is allowed something
over So year and goes 10 school
four months. Furman University
and Wofford College have 1S1 stu
dents each and do not ask the State
for anything but chance to live, an
open field and no favors.
Winthrop College, State institu-
ton, has 34l students while Con-
verse, private institution, has 1872.
The Presbyterian College for women
at Columbia comes next in the
female institutions with 1874, the
Grccnville Female College following
clos after with $50.
The South Carolina Military
Academy had III cadets, 6S bcnc-
ticiary and .l3 pay, and the State
allowed it a20,000-a cost Of $2GI a
year for each cadet, against $3.50 a
year for the public school pupils.
The $4,000 paid for the two insti-
tutions would pay the salaries Of 202
white teachers who would teach,
according to last years averages,
l0,5l2 children. The question seems
to be whether it is better for the
State to give 23l young men higher
education or l0,5l2 white children
the opportunity to learn to read ar>.
write. Each student and cadet rep
rcsents now rs children deprived Of
the bare necessities OF an education
that h" may enjoy the luxurics.---
Grrcnville News.