Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-17

Gen. G. Il. Anderson (Tigc) died at
Admission, Ala, on last Wednesday.
Five hundred recruits for the navy,
mostly Ohio boys, arrived in Norfolk
last week.
Tho operatives of tho Riverside colt on
mills, at Danvillo, Va, 1,S0O in number,
have gone on q strike.
The Secretary of tho Treasury is buy
ing bonds in order to got rid of the rap
idly increasing surplus.
The Atlanta Daily News says that
10000 mules, valued at Sl0,O0O.00O, were
sold in Atlanta during tho past year
Carter Harrison was reelected Mayor
of Chicago on Tuesday of last week by
a large majority of votes over his oppo-
nents.
The Third National Bank of Boston
reduced it's capital stock 81 100000 last
week by paying it's stockholders tho
cash.
1t may appear, after all, says the Post,
of Charleston, that McLaurin's flirting
with the Republicans was not entirely
without value.
1t would he rather good Joke, saws
the Charleston Post, if McLaurin lands
for the Charleston Exposition the gov
crnment exhibit that Tillman could not
get
Senator McLaurin is pulling for the
Charleston Exposition. says tho Evening
Post of that city. All doubt Of his be-
ing in tho field for re- election is now set
at rest.
Ben Tillman announces that he is
sclf-made man. Perhaps the Job might
have been better if Ben had used in tho
work some other tool than his pitchfork
louisville Courier Journal
company was organized in Winstoad,
Conn, last Wednesday, with a capital
OF $4,000 to engage in the business of
raising black casts for their skins. A
skin of a black cat is worth 80 cents on
tho market.
People i'm the 'Ridgc' section of South
Carolina, where great deal of land is
devoted to fruit raising, have been very
much alarmed lately in the fear that the
fruit would be killed. The crop now
seems to be safe.
comprehensive compilation of tho
facts relating to this rapidly growing
branch of agriculture will have no small
influence on the future progress of rice
cultivation in tho South, and tho consc
quent development of large areas of now
territory therein.
AS the volume and value of these sta
tistics will depend upon the interest
shown iii tho inquiries by those engaged
in the cultivation of rice, the director
earnestly requests that all to whom tho
schedules arc addressed will make
prompt and careful reply
Owners of plantations and secretaries
of companies who do not receive the in
quiries within reasonable time, arc re-
qucstcd to write to H. G. Powers, Chief
Statistician in charge of Agriculture,
Census Office, Washington, d. c., and
blanks will be mailed to them at once.
The Fish Commission at Washington
is bnsily engaged preparing for tho an
nual harvest of shad eggs. Last year
about G0,000,O0O eggs were gathered, of
which l5,O00,000 were hatchcd. This
oP''hS viz chpCClS I'd laKO
| a great many moro. About $4,000 eggs
are taken from tho average female shad.
The farmers of l5ambcrg county arc
the first to act on the cotton acreage re-
duction. They have resolved not to in
crease this year their cotton acreage, and
to "plant fully as many acres in provs-
ion crops as they do in cotton" and that
they will diversity their crops as much
as possible, so rs to reduce the acreage
of cotton.
II the pace set by the fashionable wo-
men spending the winter season at Aiken,
8. c., is followed, tho women of tho
country may ride astridc their horses
and play baseball and not be considered
out of the ordinary. On tho polo field
at Aiken and in tho cross country dashcs
women may be seen riding after tho
manner Of Joan of Arc.
81 had piles so bad | could get no rest
nor find a cure until tried DoWitps
Witch Hazel Salvc. After using it once,
forgot ever had anything like piles"
Il. G. Boice, Somcrs Point, N. Y. Look
out for limitations. 30 sure you ask for
DoWitts. j. w. Bell.