Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-15

Canadian wood pulp.
The Beaufort Phosphate Com.
pany, which suspended operations
some months ago, has resumed work
When a man offers you something
for nothing it will pay you to walk
around it by the furthost possible
route.
A constitutional amendment per-
hitting women to vote has failed Of
endorsement in the Wisconsin Legis.
lature.
Before 1880 little was known in
China of Kerosene. In 1890 more
than hundred million gallons were
imported.
A good flow of oil has been found
a. Martinvillc, La. The South is
just beginning to find out that it is
loaded down with coal, iron and oil
A thrashing was given Miss Bran
ford Gist, school teacher at Chases
Md, by Mrs. Jacob Snyder, whose
daughter had been whipped by The
teacher.
The people of Arizona are return
ing thanks for the heaviest rainfall
there for twenty years. Rains ar,
not an every day occurrence in tha
Territory.
The Methodist missionary confer
ence at New Orleans gave $4,000
for the University at Soochow
China, in voluntary personal dona
tions in collection.
Charlotte, N. c., has accepted Mr.
Carnegie's offer Of a $4,000 library
the condition being that the cit,
should make an annual appropriation
of $4,000 to keep it up.
w. A. IIcmphill, of Atlanta, vii
represent the South in a speech a
the great banquet to be given il
honor of President Mckinley il
Chicago the 10Th Of June.
Columbia, S. c., has been selected
as the place for the annual meeting
of the Southern Educational Associ
alton which is to he held bctwccr
Christmas and New Years next.
S. w. Richardson is the owner O
probably the finest Jersey COW il
Grecnville. She is registered Jer
scy and gives five gallons of milk
and three pounds of butter a day.
A peculiar fact about Jacksonville
Fla, is that within the last ten years
it has made more progress than an,
other city in the United States il
proportion to its size and population
The oil wells of Beaumont, Texas
have gone deeper and higher grad,
of oil found at a depth of 1,20(
feet. The yield from well is l,00(
barrels day under the force of tn,
pumps.
A school teacher of MarysviIle
Ohio, was indicted by the gran(
jury for assault and battery fo
severely whipping boy in the schoo
and pleaded guilty in court and wa
fined 500.
Charleston's new battery hotel il
now assured. Mai. Andrew Simond
telegraphs from New York that
reliable contractor has been engaged
and the hotel will be ready for tn,
exposition.
State Senator Thomas j. Dawson
has introduced 4 bill in the Illinois
Legislature providing that bachelors
over the age Of 40 must pay spccia
tax of 500 wher they apply fo
license to marry.
a citizen of Charleston count,
found a deal body washed ashor,
and in one pocket was $l60 in gold
He reported to Governor McSwcenc,
and asked for information as to wha
he should do with the money.
a swarm Of five or ten thousand
grasshoppers lit on the roof OF the
Capitol in Atlanta during the cole
spell in April, where they died from
The cold. They were brought from
the Northwest BY the high winds.
The stock at the State farm il
Sumter county has been increased
lately by the addition of 1G broot
mares and a fine jack. IIcrcaftc
the pcnitcntiary will try to rails,
what mules they need on the farms
Cattlcmcn in Greenwood county
Kansas, are making hard times fo
lawyers. They have established
system Of arhitrat;r- differences
Three men are chosen as an arbitra
ton committee. They investigate
the trouble and make a decision
which is final. A fuss involving
100000 was settled at Eureka las
week by an arbitration committee.