Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-10

Coins bearing the names Of cmpe-
rors who existed over 1000 years
ago are still in daily circulation in
China.
The largest plurality on the popu-
lar vote for a presidential candidate
was in 1872, when President Grant,
running for reelection, had 100000.
For his first term he had 305 900.
Mckinley's plurality in 1896 was
100000.
Sousa pulled 100000 net ont of the
Europeans on his recent band tour and
thus got back some of the lucre carried
out of this country by European musical
freaks.
Russia comes next to the United States
as producer of petroleum.. Her output
last year was 53,O00,OO0 barrels, out OF
which the government got Sll,000,000 as
excise duty.
The dispcnsary is the determining
factor in South Carolina politics, and
unless it is ovcrthrown and then up
rooted, root and branch, it will continue
to control elections and decide who shall
fill the Offices in this State.
Tho beautiful fall and autumn days
arc with us, says the Ncwbcrry News and
Herald. Whatever else may be said
there is no climate the year round like
the South. We have the fines, and the
best country in the world.
The leading negroes Of New Orleans
have organized a non partisan, non-scc-
tartan league, the object of which is to
promote tho material and social better.
ment of tho race by giving them the
right kind of talk and instruction. That
is cvcl-hcadcd.
In the close States canvass of votes arc
being made id the counties and every
change from one candidate to tho othcl
is being noted. Calculations, based on
the gain of Bryan i'm certain Ohio coun.
ties, give him the State by Il substantial
majority.
The next Legislature, says the New
berry News and Herald, will have the clcc.
ton of several Circuit Judges, and from
the whispcrings which we hear the old
Judges will not have an open sea and fail
sailing, but thcro will be several candi
dates in each Circuit and the fight will
be lively
Chin Tan Sun, the richest Chnaman
in this country, lives in California, whore
hc employs hundreds of white men, runs
real estate in the cities. llo went to san
Francisco poor boy, started to work as
cook, but hustled, and married white
woman, to whom he is devoted and at.
tributes his good fortune.
The mayor of Wilkcsbarrc, Pa, got
out of an embarrassing prcdicamcnt the
other day in Il Solomonic way. Two
women came before him on account OF
some disagreement. They both insisted
on talking at the same time, and would
talk i'm spite of his efforts TO keen ono
quiet while the other talked. In despair
he ordered both locked up in a room ly
themselves, until their desire to tail,
subsidized; At the end of three hours
they had talked themselves out, and
came out silent and good friends.
Senator Il. r. Tiilman, says the Sumter
Waterman, is making speeches in the
Northwest in support Of Bryan, and if
he succeeds as well there as no did in
this state and lands Bryan as safely as he
did McSwccncy, there are many Mti-diS-
pcnSary Democrats in this State who will
forgive him for his nncallcd-for interior
cncc in the Gubcrnatorial fight Ben ia
main is not the boss elsewhere that he is
in South Carolina and il is IN open uucs-
ton whether he will do more good tlan
harm.
There are three candidates for Sneaker
of the next House of Representatives.,
says the Ncwbcrry News and Herald
Stevenson of Chesterfield, Weston, OF
lichland, and Prince, Of Anderson All
have had the legislative experience, and
any one of whom would make an efficient
presiding officer, but it is very probable
that the House will elect a Speaker
eide with the majority, and that being
the case. MIR. Stevenson is q brpIiy Snrp