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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

a German farmer walked into
printing office recently, and in re-
sponso to the inquiry of a friend as
to how he was getting along, said:
"Nline vrcnd, brosbcridy vas here
TOR sire, now, for mine old zow she
make seventeen lcetlc bigs, and the
whole bcczincss is alive"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

Skin affections will readily disappear
by using DcWitts Witch Hazel Salvo
Look out for cOuntcrfcits. If you got
DcWitts you will got good results. 1t
is tho quick and positive cure for piles.
j. w, Boil,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

We can please you with our line of
Shirts, and we are showing nice line
of MEMS SHIRT WAISTS. Theyare
going to be worn. We can please you
as to fit, style and price. We always
Garry ell the new things in COLLARS
y up to date. We carry as nice line
market. Ask to see our Mems Hose
anything in FURNISHING GOODS.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

DcWitts Little Early Riscrs search tho
remotcst parts of the bowels and romove
tho impurities speedily with no discom.
tort. They arc famous for their efficacy
Easy to take, never gripc. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29
Richest Negro in the South Dead.

lIopkinsville, Ky, May 22.-
Peter Postell, probably the richest
negro in the South, died suddenly of
heart disease. Postcll came from
North Carolina as a slave. He ran
off and joined the Federal army.
Returning home he started a grocery
store from which he accumulated a
fortune estimated at 100000. He
was the most public spirited negro
in Southern Kentucky, and his obse-
quics will be the most elaborate ever
held in this section.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

GA woman with pet dog can
make more kinds of fool of herself
than any other human being under
the SUM-" savagcly remarked one of
the statesmen in a Chestnut street
jewelry store yesterday, says the
Philadelphia Record. ga girl with
an ugly brute of bull dog came in
this morning and said she wanted to
look at garters. showed her
several very handsome pairs, but she
said she wanted three, all alike.
thought she meant three pairs, but
it turned out she wanted three
gartcrs, two for herself and one to
match them for her dog. A friend
of hers who had just returned from
abroad had told her that it was
quite the thing in Paris and London
for dogs to wear garters on the left
folcicgs 10 match those worn by
their owners. Did you ever hear of
such idocy? OF course, the gartcrs
were much too large for this girls
pet, and she decided that she would
have one made to order. She felt
herself to be very much aggricved
because we wouldn't undertake the
commission for her, and she founced
out OF the store in petty rage"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

a three and a half year old boy,
in lIorry county found bottle Of
whiskey a few days ago and took a
large drink. lie died in convulsions
"a hours later.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

The nuisance OF stamping checks
and drafts, kilograms and other
documents of daily usage will soon
be abatcd. The bill that goes into
effect July lst removes the war tax
on the following articles: Bank
checks and drafts, bills of lading for
export, certificates not otherwise
specified, sight drafts, express
receipts, money orders, mortgage or
conveyance in trust, power of attor-
ncy to sell, promissory notes, protest,
telegraph messages, warehouse re-
ccipts. On all else the tax is
retained.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29
Buildings Wrecked at Charlotte.

Charlotte, N. c., May 22.-A ter
rifle windstorm, amounting almost to
q cyclone, swept up the Catawba
river early yesterday morning, be-
tween six and seven o'clock, damag-
ing buildings, nprooting trees and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

Gents Furnish=
ing Goods!

and CUFFS. Our Neckwear is strict
of Underwear as can be found in any
and Shoes. In fact, we have almost
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28
DISSENTING OPINIONS
IN THE De LIMA CASE.

Justice McKenna read dissenting opin-
ion In the De Lima case. stating that JUS
tices shiras and White Joined in his views.
The majority, he said. proceeded on the
simple proposition that to settle whether
Porto Rico is foreign country or 'domes-
tic territory Is to settle the controversy in
litigation in the particular case. But, In
his view, 1t could not turn on 80 easy q
definition. Between the extremes there were
other relations which Porto Rico might
sustain to the United States. and 1t could
be determined that Porto Rico occupied one
Of these other relations. and its products
hence were subject to duties.
He cited the cases Of United States VS..
Rice and Fleming VS.. Page, referred to by
the matarity, and said the latter attempt-
ed to reconcile them and dismissed q large
part of Chief Justice Taney's decision In
the Page case as dicta. He thought both
cases reconcilable on the ground that both
recognized inevitable conditions. Such rec
oRnition made government provident and
haphazard 1t left to the executive and
the legislative departments that which per-
The opinions expressed in Fleming vs.
Page that the boundaries Of our country
could not be enlarged or restricted by the
advance or retreat Of armies. and that
whether duties should be levied depended
on Congress granting authority, should be
accepted as wise and considerate Of the dir-
fereiit functions of the executive. legislative
and judicial departments. and of their inde-
pendence.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28

case case bsen sasses,sd The arEuase would have
been made a special exception.
This canno. be said and. on the contrary, In
Institutions. the reasonable presumption is that
the limitations on the eSertion OF arbitrary
justice Harlan Disssnting 0pinion.
Justice Harlan then announced his con-
currence with the dissenting opinion just
delivered by the Chief Justice. He regarded
revenue provisions. and believed that Porto
Rico. after the ratification of the treaty
with Spain. became a part OF the United
States. Referring to the majority views
that the power OF our Government with re-
spect to new territory is the same power
which other nations had been accustomed to
exercise. Mr.. Harlan said:
take leave to say that IL the principles now
a majority Of this court the result viii be a
radical and mischievous change in our system
from se @ of I'm ery
and protected by written Constitution. into
an era OF legislative absolutism In respect Of
many rights that are dear to all peoples who
my has existence and
deal with new terr!tore. Jus, as other nations @
This nation is under the control Of 3 written
Constitution; which is the supreme law of the
may esercis. at any time OF al any place. u IT,
strained in their powers by written constiiution.
may do with newly acquired territories what this
Government Government, may may not do consistently with our
The idea that this country may acquire terri
tsess t9ea,y gS Sa Upon the rsrh Sy
genius. as well as With the words. Of the C;onsti
government 1. that II wa. created by a written
Constitution. which protects the people against
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28
KNEW THE WAY OUT.
Made q study Of HIS Fed.

1t is not always that the user Of food ~.
derstands about that food. but q 4en0oMnA0
in Cincinnati writing about Grape-Nute a.
presses himself perfectly He says: -:
labor requires different food than q man -.
ing muscular work. / became aware q .
dull. heavy feeling In my head day BY 01H
Verdict. Intestinal Indigestion: punishmanfs
q severe diet list, leaving out starchy 1p00D,
Up to this time. with the most psscise
care in cooking. the ordinary breakfast focA
came to the table pasty. starchy maaA
Added to that was sugar and more or loog
white bread, which gave an exce0e e
starchy food that could not S 30 81, Sie;stsd -
creating gas and all Of the distressing Vmp-
TOMS both Of body and brain.
/ was put on 0rape-Nuts FOOD Tor Sne
wheat and barley. thoroushly COOKED e
the factory, giving to the body the staxcay
part Of the food (Which - nece.sary). pre-
disested. that L is, turned into ds1trcss g
ed without the use Of cane sugar. ana gave
me the starchy principle OF food alroady
passed into the second condition, exACtU -
the same manner as q healthy body d1Ge1t0
it.
After eating Grape-Nuts for short ttHla.
I found a most remarkable Improvement IN
my health, and also discovered the rea1en
why the claim made on the psckase. = 1ss.
perfectly absorbed by the body. WI a66q1
more nutrition than ten pounds q Hea4.
wheat or bread, imperfecfly diGooeed ] cQN
any 0ps that oi csin 8 ~ &c
far more convincing testimony tn ~
written words. subscribe my1eaf . 1zato.
full consumer. Please do NOS publish ~
um Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Creek, Md.
and inclose stamp. can be supplied VttA ~
name and address.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28
JUSTICE GRAY CONCURS,
BRINGING OUT NEW POINT.

Justice Gray announced his concurrence
I'm the majOrity's conclusion In the Downes
case. and in doing so said, in substance:
The civil Government OF the United States
cannot extend Immediately and OF its own force
territory acquired by war. Such territory
must necessarily. in the first instance. be gov
erned by the military power under the control
Of the President. as Commander-in-Ch Chief Civil
government cannot take effect as soon pos
session is acquired under military authority. or
even as soon as that possession is confirmed by
treaty. 1t can be pu. in operation only by the
action Of the appropriate political department
Of the Government at such time ard in such de-
Eree that department may determine. There
must Of necessity be transition period.
So long Congress has not Incorporated the
territory into the United States. neither mill
tary occupation cession by treaty makes the
conquered territory domestic territory In the
sense n revenus laws. But those laws concern
ing foreign countries remain applicable to the
conquered territory until changed by Congress.
Such the unanimous opinion Of this court.
declared by Chief Justice Taney In Fleming
vs.. Page. e-How.
II Congress IL not ready to construct a COM
plete government of the conquered territory it
may establish a temporary government. which Il
not subject to all the restrictions Of the Consti-
tuition. Such was the effect OF the act of Con-
gress OF April IL 1900. entitled ''an act tempo
rarfly to provide revenues and a civil govern
The system of duties temporarily established by
that act during the transition period was within
the authority of Congress under tho Constitution
Of the United States.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28

the exercise Of arbitrary. unlimited power. and
the limits OF which may not be passed by the
Government IT created or by any branch OF II. or
even by the people who ordained 1t. except by
amendment.
1t will be evil day for American liberty IL
the theory of government outside OF the SUI
preme law of the land finds Judgement in our con-
sttutional Jurisprudence.
"COnntitutiOn Il Over COnEreas."
Justice Harlan also commented on the idea
that Congress could 'legslate the Consti-
tuition into contiguous territory"
Such view, he said. might well cause
surprise. If not alarm. Congress had no
existence except by virtue Of the Constitu-
tion. He pointed out that the majority
opinion suggested that conditions might
arise when the annexation of distant pos
concessions might well he made for time.
that ultimately our own theories might be
carried out. But Mr.. Harlan dissented
from any such theory Of our governmental
system. He said:
The expanding future of our country" ,usti,
flying the belief that the United States is to
which 50 much was heard IN the argument. does
OF the Constitution as would authorize the
courts to hold that the words 'throushout the
stitution do not embrace territory Of the
United States.' This is distinction which !
am unable TO make. and which do not think
ought to be made when endeavoring to
ascertain the meaning of a great instrument OF
government.
The addition Of Porto Rico to the territory Of
the United states has been recognized by direct
action upon the part OF Congress- II has legfs.
lated in recognition Of the treaty with Spain. II
of the United States 1t did become such at
least. when Congress passed the Foraker act.
cannot believe that; that Congress may impose any any
ritory and its people which Is not consistent
with the constitutional 1earement that ,,l all dn,
throughout the United States,
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28

tum? If constancy Of judicial decis1m -
necessary to regulate the relations and
property rights Of individuals, is not con-
stancy Of decision the more necessary W6on
1t may influence or has influenced the &C.
tion Of nation? s-
II the other great departments Of tho
Government must look to the judicial for
light, that light should burn steadily. II
should not. like the exhalations Of q mnxs0,
shine to mislead. Distinctions. be conton4-
ed. always had been recognised between
territory acquired and that which was with
in the acknowledged limits OF the Unlto0
States.
Justice McKenna then called atfsntion -
the fact that after Californta'D annARAk1u0
our customs laws had been extended oveR
1t. and asked why this was noooxy II
they applied OF their own force.
In conclusion Justice McKenna said thnDo
considerations. to his mind, suggested The
dificulties Of any such general and sweep
ing view as had been laid down By th0
majority. II correct. neither We nor th0
conquered nation would have any chctco 1n
the new situation--we would stand bound
in a helpless fatality. The whole mate9.
therefore. he thought, was essentially laos
islative and not Judicial.
Justice Gray announced that he uk0WDo
dissented from the majority opinion. ~.
ing briefly that its Judgment appeared 10
him irreconcilable with the unanlMnOuD
opinion Of this court in Fleming va Pagoe
and with the opinions Of tho majority OF
the Justices in the case to-day decido0 q
DoWnes vs.. Bidwell.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28
Mr.. JUSTICE BROWN
ON THE DECISIONS.
REPrRIIc SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. May 1-Mr Justice Brown.
who delivered the opinion of the Supreme
Court. in discussing the Porto Rican de-
cisions Monday with The Republic corre-
spondent. said:
This utterance of the Supreme Court to-
day is one OF the most important ever rem
dered by this tribunal. Its effects will be
felt generations hence. There are two parts
to the verdict-1rst, that Porto Rico is not
foreign territory: second. that Porto Rico
is Territory of the United States, and
subject to all the laws and privileges which
have hitherto been exercised in our govern
ment of such possessions.
1.-The oft-repeated inquiry whether the
natives of Porto Rico and our other newly
acquired insular possessions can now enjoy
all the privileges of citizens Of the United
States did not enter into the purview Of the
decisions to-day. That question must be de-
termined later. In the meantime the ma
tives OF Porto Rico can enjoy all the rights
which are granted to the citizens Of Ari-
zona, New Mexico. Oklahoma and Alaska.
This decision acknowledges that Porto
Rico is eligible to statehood. and implies
that when she fulfllls the demands required
for admission into the Union she may be
granted all the rights which follow the flag.
not be entitled to all the privileges which
seem to be warranted by the protection Of
United States flag.
'As to the revenue question, the verdict
Of the Supreme Court does not cover all
the contentious. This much Is certain.
however. that all the revenue collected un-
der protest from the islanders from April
II. 1899. to the passage Of the Foraker act
must be refunded to them. This date.
April II. Is the day on which Porto Rico
became a Territory Of the United States.
according to our decision to-day. 1t Is the
day on which the Senate ratified the
treaty Of peace between our country and
Spain
Ricans. 1t is similar to the legal status of
New Mexicans. The status of the Filipinos
Is not embraced In our decision Of to-day.
either directly or indirectly. That question
will he considered next fall"
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28

propriating the duties collected upon imports to
be % no Win
making sRpsopsia'%o1s % for Its postal se,ies 3Cr
,enance OF quarantine stations. for erecting public
buildings. have that effect? Will an act estab-
commerce. be adequate for that purpo.s7 .Ncns @
Contention s ION Of the GoVernment be .ound sises asss
In all 1. pprsc Rsa snSe
that II Is still foreign country within the mean
Ing e ARs II '95a uNasEE laH: TO tn.
TME aM TIM 4T no4a nj lNp rs
Judgment Reversed.
A single further point remains to be considered:
s.ss e:
States rom from Porto Ut Rieo sinee the 8
Ro Rs9 By the 5 sDan sae,SsT s s1s y
ther customs revenues collected On importatioGS
hereaf..1 S !'S Be oS eoee,es ede undsr sz.;ns .%
recognition by Consiess Of the right to collect
sas .sa e ss s %
Rico continued 70 Be 2 foreign country until Con-
more than a recosnition Of the fact % that thsre
istins appropriation laws.
"a. a ss..e a go nd Ssa1 "a
NiinoH. protest the Legality r. Of . tho psymsnt .ss
no retroactive effect 70 moneys thsretofore leid
under protest. for which an action TO recover
hscL had already been brSnsns 4 s ,t tss scsso.
days before the act wa. passed: ths nsht %
away es BY @ .lbseauens act Of ecnsresa Fi..ss,ss
sue in assImIsit for money which the eollectoe
ing to them. To say that Cougfess could b. .
subsequent act deprive them OF the right %
prosecute this action would be beyond its pow
er In any event. It should not Be interpreted 70
We ARE. THEREEoRE. OF THE OPINION
THAT, AT THE TIME THESE DUTIES WERE
LEVIED: PORTO RICO WAS NOT a LOA:
,, IHE TARIFF LAWS. But A TERRIrOHY %
THE UNITED STATES; THAT THE DUI1D0
V Ere ILLEGALLY EXACTED. AND THAT
THE PLAINTIFFS ARE ENTITLED 10 RE-
COVER THEM BACK
The Judgment of the Circuit Court Tor -
Southern District OF New York ID. thsrsfore. re-
yersed. and the case Ii remanded to that court
opinion.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28
SUPREME COURTS DECISIONS IN COLONIAL CASES.


was to admit the power to acquire and immedi-
ately 70 deny Its beneficial existence.
10 hoId that the treaty-making power can
not insert conditions In acquiring would deprive
that power OF q necessary attribute and would
Government Of the United States. II millions OF
Inhabitants Of alien territory IL acquired by
treaty can. without the desire consent OF the
people or the United States. speaking through
Congress. be Immediately and irrevocably in
corporated into the United States. the whole
structure q the government can be overthrown.
While thus assrandizinE the treaty-making
power on the one hand. the construction at tho
same time minimizes Il on the other In that It
strips that authority Of any right to acquire ter
ritory upon any condition which would guard the
people OF the United States from the evil OF Inn
mediate Incorporation. What also becomes of the
popular branch Of Congress, which. though II
agree to the Incorporation OF allen races would
De impotent to prevent Its accomplishment?
"COnEress Incorporates Territory"
1t is then. as think. Individually settled by
the principles OF tho law Of nations by the ma
ture OF the Government created under the Com
stitution; by the express and implied powers
conferred upon that Government by the Conetitu-
ticn. ny the mode In which those powers have
been executed from the beginning and by an
broken line Of decisions of this court. FIRST
nounced by Marshall and followed and lucdly
expounded by Taney. that the treaty making
power cannot incorporate territory Into the
United States without the expressed and I'M
piled assent OF Congress: that It may insert In
a treaty conditions against immediate incorpora-
tion.
1t must follow, therefore. that where a treaty
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28
JUSTICE WHITE DELIVERS
CONCURRING OPINION.

Following Justice Browns opinion In the
pownes case. Justice White delivered an
opinion, in which he said Justices shiras
and McKenna united. concurring in the de-
cree Affirming the judgment Of the Downes
case, but placing II on grounds which he
said were not only different from, but in
conflict with. those expressed by Justice
Brown.
the provision Of the Constitution giving consress
to ay 5. Uniform S but
out the United states" had been violated by
@ s1s At ssa ns su:; Hss1 ss tssS:
propesidons esbo.stsly 9Tsued =. that trial that
@ by ss
it limits the power Of the dovernment. does 90
be any :ersSs susssa tbs.
.Tsse. Msss 'ss ss .SssasS Which ss.
That the %n.s ,sis Sf taS. sss
sss sss'Sn sss n.. ..s sU
piicabis TO particular cases? The cases which II
ss IN ss
and property which .n withdrew all pows. from ON
plicabie. and. Of course. could never be trans
In view Of this. the opinion went on: there I:
th.t % consress @ can destroy the the iibsItie. Of the
of .ssns. sns se. Which the
Constitution had absolutely denied"
/ Sole and Only Issue Involved.
The sole and only issue is, Had Porto Rico. At
the time Of the passage Of the action In question,
been incorporated into and become an integral
part Of the United States?
Considering this question. Justice White
affirmed that the rule of international law
was that the relation which an acquired
country would bear to the acquiring coun-
try. in the absence Of treaty stipulationA
was to be determined by the country con-
formally to its institutions. The United
States possessed the same powers on this
subject as any other nation.
Justice White then went exhaustively In
to the history OF the United States, and Of
Its acquired territories, in support Of his
ming had manifested that this power was
possessed by the United States. Continuing.
he said:
An acknowledgment Of our right to acquire
territory, coupled with . contention that. when
acquired. the territory was absolutely and un-
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-28

contains no conditions for incorporation. and,
above ALL where u not only has no such con-
ditions. but expressly provides to the contrary
that incorporation does not arise until in the
wisdom Of Congress- II Is deemed that the acquired
territory has reached that state where II ia
proper that II should enter into and form a part
of the American family.
Attention was then called to the fact that
the treaty OF peace expressly provided that
the civu rights and political status of the
Inhabitants of the islands should be deter
mined by Congress. and the conclusion was
stated as follows:
The result OF what has been said is that
whilst In international sense, Porto Rico
not a foreign country It was foreign to the
United States in a domestic sense because the
island had not been Incorporated into the United
States. but was merely appurtenant thereto. as
Q possession. AS n necessary consequence, the
impost in question assessed on merchandise
coming from Porto Rico into the United States
after the cession within the power of
Congress, and that body was not. moreover. as
to such impost. controlled by the clause re-
quiring that imposts should he Uniform through
out the United States: In other words the pro-
vision OF the Constitution Just referred to was
not applicable to Congress in lesislating for
Porto Rico.
In conclusion. it was said that the ques-
tion when Porto Rico was to be Incorporate
ed was political question. to be determined
by the American people. speaking through
Congress. and was not for the courts to de-
termine.