Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-04-19
Interesting News Notes.

SuCCl lCtollN 10 III 'iSi"'>'
for political reasons.
Anderson is now talking about the
Anderson Piedmont PclZcr- Bolton elcc-
trio road.
Srartanburg wants tho Confederate
veterans to meet thero next year. That
would DO Il good place.
Isn's it about timc for the newspapers
to lot up on Dowcyp lie has been sized
up by tho people and that is enough.
The first grccnback dollar ever issued
is owned by Kansas City man, who was
recently fool enough to refuse $4,000 for
it,
All tho recent Indications po;"t 10 the
preference by the Alabama Democracy
for Morgan as United States Senator
instead of Johnson.
Senator Tillman, from the committee
on mines and mining, has reported bill
providing for schools of mining in the
public land States.
A movement has begun in the South to
boom Gen. Joe Wheeler for the Demo
tho United States. Ilurrah fer Wheeler.
A severe fire ragged in the ";ltskirts Of
Macon, Ca, last Thursday morning.
Nine houses were burned to the ground.
Loss, about $1,000: insurance, about
$1,000.
The Hawaiian bill passed the House
last Friday by vo., Of 10 to 2S, after Il
motion to rccommit had been defeated.
An amendment was adopted that all olli-
GERS shall be residents Of Hawaii.
The Southern Railway has decided 10
declare excursion rates for the eclipse
of the sun May Is, 1900. The line of to-
talty strikes the Southern at Norfolk
and follows the line all the way to New
Orleans.
The platform OF the Democratic party
of the State of Pennsylvania strongly en-
dorscs Bryan's candidacy for the prcSi-
dency; denounccs the war policy of the
Mckinley administration and advocates
numerous State platforms.
a terrible wreck occurred on the Fort
Worth and Denver City railroad near
Magenta, Texas, last Thursday. One pas
sengcr and mail clerk were killed. The
train was running at full speed and
struck defective rail which caused the
wreck
Governor McSwccncy in reply to a
telegram from the New York Journal
last Saturday night wired that paper that
he did not consider Dcwcy'S candidacy
for the Presidency seriously and that
Bryan would receive the overwhelming
support of the South.
If Youtzcy's confession is true that
jim Howard agreed to kill Gocbcl for
$1,000, which was paid, and that Taylor
was to pardon Howard, it not only shows
tho deplorablc condition which exists in
Kentucky but also illustrates the dan
ger of giving any one man absolute and
unqualified power to pardon criminals.
Mr. Dewey was asked last week by a
reporter in Philadelphia, care YOU cor
rectly reported to be Democrat ?' lie
replied, eyes, think can answer that
yes, am Democrat" When asked.
"lf the Republicans nominate Mckinley
and the Democrats name Bryan, would
You run independent ?' he replied 81
won't answer that"
Burden Andrew, a negro, was killed
in ElbertOn, Ga, last "Wednesday " the
Chief o. Police Of that city. Andrew had
just finished serving Il sentence on the
city ohaingang. The ollicicr was trying
to arrest him for beating a woman, when
hc ran and began to throw rocks at the
officer, whereupon the policeman shot
and killed him.
The agricultural appropriation bin,
which has just been reported to Con
gress, carries Sl,llG,lOO, being $500, IT'S
moro than the law for the current year.
An additional allowance OF $4,000 for
seed distribution is granted upon the
petition of 225 mcmb,. ; Of the House.
towers for the weather bureau in place
of the present wooden structures.
Queen Victoria is visiting in ireland
for the first time in 30 years. The sight
of tho royal ruler set the population
wild with JOY. Women wcpt, men
cheercd and sang barchcadcd in the
streets. Just as tho Spanish American
war wiped out sectional differences in
this country, SO the engagement with
tho Beers seems to have received Ire.
lands vchcmcncc against tho crown.
The Southern Presbyterian church is
well equipped as regards theological
scminarics. They have the I.ouiSvill,
Theological Seminary at Louisville
Union Seminary at Richmond, Va, Co,
lumbia Seminary, Columbia, S. C.. and
the Southwestern Presbyterian l'nvcr
sity at Clarksvillc, Tenn At present
the church has more than three hundred
and fifty young men under the care o
its Prcsbytcrics, preparing themselves
for the work of The ministry.
Henry II. 5runSon, the missing Pro
bate Judge of Orangcburg county, vii
return and take charge of his office
There is no shortage. II has been re
ported and alleged that there is confu
sion in his books, but no ,riminality wa!
ever charged. Ills bondsmcn want hin
rcinstatcd and GOV. McSwccncy has re
vokcd the telegram placing the Clerk o
Court in charge Of the office, and is anX
ious for BrunSOn to re establish himScl
and do his duty to himself and family.
One Of the most frGhtfnl suicides it