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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19

dish up here, and this is poor
mans haven.
see lots of old Oconee county
people here-Messrs. Alexander,
Bishop and many others whom l
cannot now recall.
This is the place to come, as
haven't seen one doctor, yct-yvu
don't need them. | advise the poor
man to keep away from the factory
and city, and to develop and culti-
vate their valleys, keep your health
and be content. Sorrow, sin and
death lurk in every big town, and
never take family of innocent little
children there. If you do you will
surely regret it. God has given the
people Of this part of the South the
very best climate, land, water and
air on the face of the globe, and here
we should remain and learn to be
content and happy.
With best wishes, am, J. Q. c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
Deafuess Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach tho diseased portion of tho ear.
Thore is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamod con-
dition of the mucous lining of the eusta-
cl ian tube. When this tube gets inflamcd
you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the
inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will DO destroyed forever. Nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamcd condi-
tion of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars fol
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrl,
Cure. Send for circulars FREQ.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Proprictors,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c. Halls Family
Pills are tho best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
new PENSION APPLICATIONS.
THE BOARD HAS TRIED TO MAKE THEM
AS IRON.CLAD AS POSSIBLE.
FRAUDS PRACT|CED BY APPLICANTS
In the Past Make More Strict Form OF
Application Necessary In Order 10 Protect
the State and Deserving Applicants.

The State Pension Board met in
Columbia on December 9th, and,
among other important matters, took
up the question of pension frauds
and adopted new forla Of applica-
tion for pension, which IL hopes will
have the effect of confining the pen
sions to those lcgitimately entitled
to them. Strange as it may seem,
it is the hardest thing in the world
to keep fraud out Of even so small a
thing as the State pensions. AL
though the State is not able to pay
over $40 or Sl5 year to the major
class of its pensioners, yet there are
some who do not hesitate to commit
fraud and deception, and by taking
pensions thus compel others who are
entitled to them to take less than
they ought to get. Men have been
found who have been getting pen
sions from the Federal government
and then applying for pensions to
the State.
The following is the form adopted
for the most general class Of appli-
cants:
To the County Pension Board {:
The undersigned applies for a pen
sion under Act of General Assembly,
approved 10Th day of February,
1900. | was a member of Company
- regiment -. | have reached
the age of - years. My wife's
income and mine, from all sources, is
not in excess of S75. | reside at
----, in -- county, South
Carolina, and have resided there
since IS. enlisted in Company
--, regiment -, in IS,
Captain --., and served until
IS. | was discharged in
give reasons for being discharge
-. | have been on the pension
roll Of South Carolina since IS.
| am not on the pension roll or an
applicant for pension in any other
county in South Carolina, or any
other State, nor am I on the pension
roll, nor an applicant for pension
from the United States government.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this day of -, 1900.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
Philosophical Facts.

The greatest height at which visi-
bic clouds ever exist does not exceed
ten miles.
Air is about 815 times lighter than
water.
The pressure Of the atmosphere
upon every square foot of the earth
amounts to 2,1G0 pounds. An ordi-
nary sized man, supposing his sur
face to be Ia square feet, sus.ains
the enormous pressure of 30,240
pounds.
The barometer falls onc-tcnth of
an inch for every rs feet of eleva-
tion.
The violence of the expansion of
water when freezing is sufficient to
clcave a globe of copper OF such
thickness as to require a force of
27,000 pounds to produce the same
effect.
During the conversion of ice into
water 140 degrees of heat are ab-
sorbed.
Water, when converted into steam,
increases in bulk 1900 times.
In one second of time--in one
beat of the pendulum of a clock
light travels 100000 miles. Were a
cannon bail shot toward the sun, and
were it to maintain full speed, it
would be twenty years in reaching it
and yet light travels in this space in
seven or eight minutes.
Strange as it may seem, a ball of a
ton weight and another of an ounce
weight, falling from any height, will
reach the ground at the same time
Heat does not increase as we rise
above the earth nearer to the sun,
but decreases rapidly until, beyond
the regions of the atmosphere, in
void, it is estimated that the cold il
about 70 degrees below zero. The
line of perpetual frost at the equa-
tor is $4,000 feet altitude, 1900
feet between the tropics, and 1000
to 5000 feet between the latitudes
of 10 and 40 degrees.
At depth of as feet under ground
the temperature of the earth is uni
form throughout the year.
In summer time, the season of
ripcning moves northward at the rate
of about ten miles day.
The human ear is so sensitive that
it can near sound that lasts only
the twcnty-four thousandth part of a
second. Deaf persons have some
times converscd together through
rods Of wood held between their
teeth, or held to their throats or
breasts.
Sound travels at the rate of 1,142
feet per second about nineteen
miles in a minute. So that if we
hear a clap Of thunder half minute
after the flash we may calculate that
the discharge of electricity is nine
and a half miles off.
Lightning can be sccn by rcncc
tion at distance of 200 miles.
The explosive force of closely CON
fined gunpowdcr is six and half
tons to the square inch.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19

Poppenheim, the President of the
South Carolina Federation of Wo-
mans Clubs. Miss Poppenheim has
been very successful in Club work
throughout the State.
The News and Courier was ably
represented by Mrs. August Kohn.
Anderson sent an energetic delega-
tion in Mrs. j. e. Breazeale and Mrs.
Rufus Fant, Charleston in Mrs. Jas.
Conner and the Misses Poppenheim.
Mrs. George Johnstone was also
among the distinguished women pre-
sent.
Mrs. III. B. Buist, who was one of
the first Vice Presidents of the or
ganIzation, was prominent figure In
the convention. Much of the Diyis.
ion is due to her energetic work in
it's behalf.
The Rock Hill convention will
always be remembered by those in
attendance as most pleasant affair,
and all were sorry when the time of
adjournment came.-Miss Mary
Hemphill in Abbeville Medium, De-
cember 13.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
Sorghum Cane.

Nothing was known Of sorghum
cane in the South until about 1860.
1t was then only used for syrup.
The seeds were fed to the animals,
but often cut off and left in the
fields. The syrup was great bless
ing to the South during the civil
war. Great efforts have been made
by chemists to make sugar from the
syrup, but up to this date they have
failed. For years the greatest value
Of the cane was considered to be the
syrup. 1t is superior to the "black
strap" centrifugal stuff and glucose
mixtures now on the market. But re-
Gently sorghum has assumed and
asserted itself as the most prolific
forage that can be raised in the
South. Leaving the syrup value off,
it is worth all the time and trouble
required in growing and curing it,.
1t is excellent when used in a silo.
If fed from the field, it is perhaps
most valuable. There are perhaps a
half dozen or more varieties Of cane.
The Amber is the earliest and every
farmer should plant a small lot Of
that so as to have forage three weeks
earlier than he could get from the
late varieties. Then he should plant
the later kinds after deep prepare.
ton, thinning it so as to make large
stalks and plenty Of seed. That
could be cut and fed as it ripcns to
hogs, mules and cattle. A lot of it
ready to cut just before a killing
frost could be cut and stacked and
that would last till the first of Janu-
ary, Mules will keep in fine condi-
tion on sorghum cane alone, or with
sorghum and half rations Of corn
they will keep in fine condition. But
the most wonderful results are pro
duced by sowing about two bushels
of sorghum cane to the acre. If
upland is sown it should be thor
oughly subsoilcd and narrowed and
fcrtilizcd fairly well. If bottom land
that will make about 80 bushels of
corn to the acre is sown, manure will
not be necessary. With favorable
seasons, it is said that one acre will
make from II to II tons of good
hay, every stalk of which stock will
eat. No professional farmer will
do without sorghum cane next year,
for it will be greatly needed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
ocoNEE MAsoNs IN CHARLESTON.
Mr. Sam Johnson Resides In Two Counties =
And They are Both Good Ones.

The Charleston News and Courier,
in mentioning the delegates to the
Grand Lodge, A. +. NJ, which met
in that city last week, says:
Mr.. r.. II. Jaynes, of Blue Ridge
Lodge, No. 90, Of which he is Most
Worshipful Master, is here, attend
ing the Communication. Mr.. Jaynes
is editor of the Keowee Courier and
also a lawyer of distinction.
Mr.. II. M. Lowcry, of Seneca, is
the Most Worshipful Master of
Seneca Lodge, No. 1856. He is a
prominent lumber dealer of his city.
There is one delegate to the Com
munication who lives n two coun-
ties. This is Mr.. Sapn Johnson. The
oddity of the place Of his residence
makes up for his name. He lives in
the old settlement of Townville,
which is situated on the line of An
derson and Oconee counties. Mr..
johnson is contractor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
The Cotton Boil Weeyil.

Over 200 cotton planters attended
the convention which was held at
Brenham, Tex, on November ii, for
the purpose Of considering the cotton
boil weevil pest and adopting some
means for its eradication. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that this pest
destroyed 100000 bales in Texas
during the past season. Prof. Fred
erick w. Malley, expert entomolo-
gist of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical College, who has been
making study of the cotton boil
weevil for two years past, embodied
the results of his Investigations in an
address. His recommendations for
extcrminating the wecvil were en-
braced in the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
eve endorse the successive steps
outlined by Prof. +. w. Malley, of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lcge, which are necessary to success
fully repel the attacks of the boil
weevil, which are as follows:
"First-Grazing off growing cot
ton, cleaning all rubbish that affords
protection to the weevil and burning
the same, and deep plowing. This
should be done at once.
"Second-Plant trap rows of early
maturing varieties of cotton to trap
the emerging wcevil in the spring.
Misunderstanding off the weevils
from these few rows, and then spray
ing with this poison solution, which
is recommended as follows: One
gallon of cane molasses, two ounces
of arsenic boiled in water; four
ounces of arscnate of lead to forty
seven gallons of water.
"Tourth-That the fallen squares
be systematically gathered and
burned at intervals of IL days
w'ifth-That the spraying begin
early-as soon as the squares begin
forming, and kept up once each week
for May and June and at intervals of
10 days thereafter.
"Sixth-That early maturing varie-
ties of seed be imported from the
northern portion of the cotton States
and planted as soon as practicable
for thc trap rows.
"Seventh-That spraying, gather
ing and burning the squares shall 20
together to insure the best results.
"Eighth-That sprayer, with
boil wcevil attachment, be used in
the spraying efforts against the vice.
vii.
"Ninth-That for the trap rows
and the small cotton planter, any
good knapsack sprayer is thoroughly
efficient and mere practical than
larger machines for small acreage"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
" THE LAND Of THE SKY."
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM SAPPHIRE.
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE.
WORKING FOR A NATIONAL PARK.
The Toxaway Company Will Build Another
Large Lake Next Summer Probability OF
an Electric Car or Automobile Line.

Sapphire, N. c., December IL
Editors Courier: | can sit here on
the top of old Hog Back mountain
and look down on good old Walhalla,
Seneca, and in fact can see for
over one hundred miles on a clear
day, and at night | can see the cleo
trio lights in the city OF Greenvillc,
which is sixty-fve miles (air line)
from here. 1t seems | could step
over on the Balsam Range and the
Great Smokes, too. "Pisgir, with
her rat" owned by Cousin Geo. Van
derbilt, is as plain as your hand, so
is Mt. Mitchell, and on the 10th all
were white with snow. 1t was a
grand show from here.
am in charge of hunting lodge,
owned by some Northern gent men.
In summer hundreds come here to
sec the sun rise, and for grandeur it
is next to Mt. Mitchell -Four of us
patrol these peaks to keep out hunt
ers. Bear, deer, panther, bob cot
turkey and pheasant are plentiful.
This company owns many thousands
of acres and gives employment to
many people at good wages in farm
ing, mining, milling, building hotels,
lakes, etc. They are very kind and
consideratc OF their help. Their
general manager and foreman are
gentlemen. The company owns a
fine hotel with all modern improve
ments at Brevard, and have two fin
ished up here. "Fairficld Inn" and
its lake of pure, clear mountain
water is picture, and here in sum
mer you can see steamers loaded
with health seekers plowing up and
down the lake, which is several miles
long. The country about the hotel
is aglow with electric lights. Living
here is cheap. All is peace and
plenty and spade is called spade.
am told either an electric rail
road or automobiles will connect this
place with Toxaway station, the pres
ent head OF the steam road. This
company owns the steam road out to
llendcrsonyillc, somc thirty five
miles This road was about dead
The old company claimed it did not
pay expenses, but now it is "mint,'
and equipped as well as the South
ern, and two trains meet the South
ern at llcndcrsonyille daily,
There is to be another lake built
next summer which will cover many
thousands OF acres, and will be sec
ond to none.
Telephone lines 60 everywhere
You can call up Ashcvillc from this
hotel on top of old Hog Back, which
is near 5000 feet up in the clouds.
This company is cndcavoring to
interest Uncle Sam in these forests,
and do hope they will succeed, as
this and Whitewater combined would
make a National Park which is sure
to be blessing to the South. This
is surely Gods country, and will one
day be the garden spot of the South
Come up, Mcssrs. Editors, and eat
Yen'son with me, It's the National
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
A TEXAS WONDER,
HalPs Great Discovery for Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

One small bottle of Hairs Great Dis.
covcry cures all kidney and bladder trou-
blcs, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irrcg 'aritics of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women. Regulates bladder troubles in
children. If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt Of 800.
One small bottle is two months treat
mcnt, and will cure any case above men
toned. DR.. f. w. IIall, sole manufac-
turcr, u. O. Box G20, ST. Louis, Mo.
Send for testimonials. Sold by all
druggists.
st. Louis, Mo-, juno 28, 1890 This is
TO certify that my wife has been troubled
with pain in hor back and left hip for
years and that in less than ten days after
taking DIR. l.. w. Halls Kidney Mudi-
cine all pain had left, and sho feels like
y new woman, ID. w. CARLisLE,
Clork NJ, K. q n. II. r.,
l03 N. Broadway.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19

man, he had killed him in self-de-
fense, the average juror jumps at
the chance to acquit him by giving
him the "benefit of the doubt"
though there may not have been
anything in the circumstances Of the
murder to support this theory, and
the actual testimony may show that
the murdered man never had wea-
pon and was not IN the habit of car
rying one. The man who will want
only commit murder will make the
necessary statement to justify it, and
yet our law, while not subjecting the
prisoner to cross examination on his
statement, tells the jury that they
may believe his statement in prefer
ence to the sworn testimony in the
case.
One Of the most prolific sources
Of homicides is the cowardly practice
of carrying concealed weapons, and
yet when man is on trial for this
offence our law perpetrates the
crowning absurdity of requiring the
State to prove "beyond a reasonable
doubt" that the weapon was con-
cealed. What reason has man for
carrying a weapon in policcd COM
mnnity, or under ordinary conditions
in any of our counties ? If none,
then when he has weapon the pre-
sumption should be that it was car
ricd for an unlawful purpose, and the
burden of proof should be upon him
to show that it was legally carried
When a man is arrested with a wca-
pon in his possession, or uses a wea-
pom in difficulty the legal prcsump-
ton should be that he was CARRYING
it concealed, and he should be re-
quired to show to the court that he
was in the habit of carrying his wca-
pom openly and establish beyond a
reasonable doubt that it was legally
carried at the time.
If every man who uses a pistol in
any difficulty or who is arrested with
a pistol in his possession is promptly
arraigned before the county Judge
for carrying concealed weapon, and
unless he can prove beyond a reason
able doubt that he carried it openly
is sentenced, without exception, tc
pay a fine Of 500 or serve three
months on the public works, there
would be q marvellous decrease in
twelve months. Every publication
in the country contains advertise
ments of cheap pistols, every gun
store and every pawnshop is filled
with them, and nearly every trifling
vagabond in the country, as we'll as
a great many men in more rcspccta
bic surroundings, carry them in Their
pockets. Then all that is needed il
little bad whiskey or trifling dis.
putc to provoke homicide. Wher
the law against concealed weapons
is made rational, and it's enforcement
is uniform and positive, with fixcG
and substantial penalty for violations
we will see a marked falling off il
crime in very short time.-Augusts
(Ga.) Chronicle.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
Presidential votoes.

The following table has been com
piled with great care from many
sources up to October 1st, 1896, and
shows the number of times the veto
power has been used by the twenty.
two Presidents up to that date:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19

When you need a soothing and healing
antiseptic application for any purpose,
use the original DcWitts Witch Hazel
Salve, n well known euro for piles and
skin diseases. 1t heals sores without
leaving scar. Beware of countcrfcits.
j. w Bell
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
State Of South Carolina,
County Of

County of -.
Personally appeared before me,
who being duly sworn,
each of them deposcs and says that
they know, who is an appli-
cant for pension and they read the
said application. That they know
of their own knowledge that he was
a soldier in Company , regiment
-, and that he rendered service
as therein stated. That he has re-
sided in the State for -- years.
That they are not on the pension
roll nor applicants for pension.
Sworn 20 and subscribed before
me this - day Of --, 1900.
State of South Carolina,
County of --.
-, the Auditor Of - -
county, aforesaid, hereby certify that
Mr.. returns for taxation real
estate at s.; personal property at
S.; total at S.. His wife.
Mrs. returns for taxation
real estate at S.; personal prop
erty at S.; total at S.. That
in my opinion the income derived
from this property, including their
income from all other sources, does
not exceed $75.
Witness my hand and seal this
- day of , 1900.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19

about the granting of the application
and positive identification of the
applicant.
Every pensioner in the State, Of
all classes, will have to make out a
new application and have tho proper
certificates signed as shown in the
general form adopted.
Blanks will be supplied to all par
ties. They are now being printed
and will be distributed just as soon
as possible.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19

President Cleveland vetoed III
bills in eight months, while twenty
one Presidents vetoed 106 bills in
ninctyfve years.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19
County Pension Board.

The purpose, as will be seen, ia to
throw every possible restriction
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-19

The most effective little liver pills made
are DcWitts Little Early Risers. They
never gripe. j. w. Bell.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Contest Notice.

Department OF the Interior. United states
Land Office, Huron. South Dakota, July 10,
1000.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Edward Meehan, OF
Hand County. South Dakota, contestant,
against Huron Series Homestead entry NO.
14439, made December 10th 1898, forS
" (the Lots 3 and 4 and the East hall OF the
south West Quarter, Section 49, Township
liz ~, Range 90 W, bv Harriet T. Turner
is well acquainted with the tract oil land en-
Draced in said entry and knows the present
condition of the same: also that the said
Harriet +. Turner has wholly abandoned
said tract land changed her residence there
from, for more than three years since max
ing said entry and next prior to the date here
In (June 22nd 300 the date OF the AFFIDAVIT
of contest); that said tract IL not settled up
on and cultivated by said party as required
by law.
That claimant is not now and has not been
engaged in the military or naval service OF
United States Said parties are hereby noti-
fled to appear, respond and offer evidence
touching said Allegation at 10 O'Clock a. IN
on Septemher 9Th 300. before the Register
and Receiver at the United States Land Of
fice in Huron, Beadle County. South Dakota.
The said contestant having. in proper aff-
davit, filed July 18th $780, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service of
this notice can not be m ade it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be given by que
and proper publication In the Pioneer Press
published at Miller 8. D.
q. A, BLAKE. Register,