Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-24
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Complete returns IN GrcCnYIllC county
show that in the recent election on the
question of prohibition the vote was in
favor of prohibition 2,7l7 to 2,252.
John Scaly, treasurer of the Galveston
relief fund, acknowledges receipt of con
tributions from October LIST to 18th in
elusive, amounting to SloS,552, This in
cludcS Sl25,000 received through Gov.
SaycrS and S2l ,62l.I3 received through
Mayor Jones. The amount previously
acknowledged was S7Sl ,Oi3. G3, making
the total to date S079, 90. G3
A horrible homicide was committed in
the Longtown section of Fairfield county
last week. a difficulty arose between
two negroes, husband and wife, which
resulted in the death Of ,hc former. AT
ter shooting her husband four times tho
woman was not satisfied, but picked up
a hatchct and severed the head from the
body. She is now in the county Jail ut
WmnShorO.
In IN alteration between two negroes
at kingStrcc one day last week one shot
the other through the heart, death re.
sulting instantly. 1t seems that one of
the negroes, George Barr, had bought Il
gun and was going out of the store, in
tending to 50 home, when some differ
cncc arose between him and Calvin
Cooper, and Cooper wrcnchcd the gun
out of Barr's hands and shot him down.
The possibilities of farming arc dem
onstratcd by James Cantaulon, of Edge
tictd county, who works one mule on Il
small farm. The past two seasons have
been hard ON both corn and cotton, but
last year Mr.. CantaulOu made 600 bushels
Of corn and nine bales of cotton. This
year, despite the disastrous $ aSon, he
has made ten bales Of cotton and 700
bushels OF corn, or crop worth $50,
with one mule.
In thirty seven States Of this Union
Il married woman has no right tn her
own childrcn in sixteen no right to her
own earnings; in eight no right to own
property after marriage; in seven there
is no law compelling man to support
his wife; in all except four women are
disseminated against in the matter of
employment and compensation; in only
four States can she exercise the right
Of franchise. And yet we talk about
China
Darlington county, it is reported, will
sell nearly 3,oOO,00O pounds Of tobacco
this season. ono farmer has sold the
crop from one acre for $500 Another
his first venture with the plant. The
crop generally sis holding its own even
with tcn-ccnt cotton" All of which
should be interesting information to
counties and farmers which do not re-
gard the new crop as worthy OF their
attention. News and Co'":ar.
Early last Saturday morning Ben Nor
gan, Il prominent merchant at Central
'ickcnS county, shot and killed Il negro
tramp The negro entered Morgan's
store at ! O'Clock. Morgan was notified
by other negroes and took his shotgun
and went to the store. The negro jumped
from the store window and ran. Morgan
fired, the shot entering the back of the
head. The negro died i'm three minutes
Morgan is out on bond.
Numerous conferences arc being held
by the cotton oil manufacturers of Mis-
sissippi with view to controlling prices
for seed The mills arc now paying six
teen dollars per ton, and as tho crop is
fifty per cen short, there is a general
bcllcI that the price will advance to
eighteen dollars within the next few
weeks. Manufacturers say, however,
that they cannot AFFORD to pay more than
the present price, and arc losing money
on seed products at the present figure
Many of the mills arc holding their oil
in expectation Of an advance. 1t is
thought that twothirds of the mills will
bc closed do"n by Christmas on account
of seed shortage.
Wm. +. Curtis says in his Now York
letter OF September 30 that until last sat
urday Richard Croker had the honor of
owning the most costly dog IN the United
States, All English bull pup, for which
he paid $4,000, but that one Of Saturdays
steamers brought j. Picrpont Morgan Il
Scotch collie which cost him IS 800, the
highest price ever given for a dog in the
world. Frank Gould, we are told, has
u st. Bernard for which he paid -, 100,
and Mrs. Howard Gould owns a spaniel