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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Read This to Your Boy.

Every parent who has son knows
that 1T certain tender age that boy
will try to le. to smoke. He will
probably begin on corn silk, dried
grape leaves or "rabbit tobacco"
But be sure he will begin on some
thing.
These things are dangerous.
At Phillipsburg, New Jersey, this
week the two young sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jasper Beeman died after peou-
liar illness during which their mouths
and throats became so infamed that
medical aid was of no avail.
The attending physician, DR.. j. M.
Reese, issued certificates giving the
cause of death as blood poisoning
resulting from smoking corn silk, and
dried leaves of grape vines. The
lads, who were ten and fourteen
years old, were i'll less than week.
Atlanta News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Candidates for Congress.

Columbia State of recent date
says: D. @. Il. Wyohe, of New
berry, was in tho city yesterday. He
was last year an unsuccessful oandi.
date for the seat in Congress occu-
pied by Mr.. A. G. Latimer. DR..
Wyche claims that the method of
conducting the campaign was farce.
Although candidates for Congress
pay as high an assessment as do any
other candidates, they are allowed
but ten minutes to speak to the peo-
pie upon great issues. This is the
case in every other district. DR..
Wyche may enter the list again next
year. At any rate he will make an
appeal to the State Democratic Con.
vention to give more time to the
candidates for Congress at these
meetings in tho court house towns.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Locals from Richland.

Richland, October 2.-(Too late
for last week miss Lucy Leverett,
of Anderson, is visiting Miss Lucy
Mcdonald.
Cadet VIM. Garrison, of Clemson
College, spent Sunday with his
friend, G. w. Ballenger.
Mrs. J. P. Stribling was accompa-
MED on her return from Gainesville
by her sister, Miss Lizzie Conger.
Mrs. J. J. Ballenger is visiting her
sister, Mrs. III. L. Coe, at Blacksburg
Mrs. Henry Sitton, of Pendleton,
spent few days of last week with
her sister, Mrs. w. II. Hughs.
Miss Millie Fennell, of Pelzer, is
visiting among relatives here.
Mrs. M. T.. Fennell and Miss Pau
line 1Iughs are at Anderson for a
week.
Miss Marye Shelor, of Tugaloo, is
the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. II. B.
WHY.
Mr.. M. G. Wilkinson has recovered
sufficiently to 60 to Pendleton,
where he expects to spend two
weeks.
Miss Gerlie Hughs returned home
yesterday, after having spent three
weeks at Blacksburg.
Wilhelmina.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
A TEXAS WONDER.
HALL,s GREAT DISCOVERY.

Ono sma,. bottle Of Halls Groat Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder trou-
bios, removes gravel, curos diabetes,
seminal omissions, weak and lamo backs,
rheumatism and all Irregularities Of tho
kidneys and bladder in both mon and
women. Regulates bladder troubles in
children. If not sold by your druggist,
will BIO sont by mail OH receipt of $l.00.
One small bottle is two months treat-
ment, and will curo any case above mon
toned. DR.. e. w. Hall, solo manufac-
turer, p. o. Box 620, ST. Louis, Mo.
Send for testimonials. Sold by all
druggists.
Martin, Tenn, Juno s, 1J0l.-Dr. E.
w. Hall, ST. Louis, Mo.-My Dear Sir: I
take pleasure in saying that have used
your Great Discovery with much benefit,
having suffered for years with kidney
trouble, and most heartily recommend It
to all sufferers from kidney diseases.
Respectfully,
j. w. Lowrance, Member Of tho
Momphis Annual Conference, M. +.
Church, South.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

The War Of Wars.

London, October 6.--Within two
weeks the war in South Africa will
have entered upon it's third year,
and in the face of recrudescence of
organized operations by the Beers
and of the impossibility of carrying
out Mr.. Broderiok's promise to re-
duce the war expenses by sending
home soome troops, the government
organs are again becoming restless.
There is mystery surrounding
the operations and the whole situa-
tion in Natal and the denials and
evasions of the war office concern
ing the alleged friction between Mr..
Broderiok and Lord Kitchener from
the subject of editorial protests on
all sides.
eve have the right to expect %
says the Standard, "that the govern
ment will lose no time in sending out
such ample reinforcements as the
military chiefs on the spot deem
necessary"
The Daily Mail, which finds evil
dence that Lord Kitchener is in a
difficult predicament and fears that
the government is delaying reinforce
ments out of desire to avoid sum-
moning Parliament to vote the nec-
essary supplies, warns the govern
ment that if this be the case a grave
risk is being run. Similar protests
are made on all sides.
The Times, after reminding the
government of the repeated blum
ders and miscaloulations which have
cost the empire such terrible price,"
says:
"a third campaign has now opened
in South Africa and there is no sign
that the government is doing any
thing to prepare for, possibly the
dragging out of the war for several
months more. Already it is too
late to provide such a mobile force
as would be adequate this autumn.
Is the government doing anything
to provide it even in months hence,
and if not, what possible excuse can
the government urge for this neg
lect?"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that 'scionce has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
mont. Halls Catarrh is euro taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces of tho system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by build
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing it's work. The proprietors have
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers, that they offor ono hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials
Address, +. J. CHENEY 6 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
President Roosevelt In The Saddle.

"Prcsident Roosevelt" says a
Washington special to the World,
evil have stable of as good horses
as any former occupant of the white
house," and especially of "good riding
horses"
Our earlier presidents were nearly
all fond of the saddle. Washington
was accounted the most accomplished
horseman of his time. He was fond
of fox-hunting, too, as his diary, tell
ing how he cut fox-paths through the
woods of Mount Vernon, testifies.
jefferson and Monroe were also en-
thusiastic believers in the theory that
"thc outside of horse is good for
the inside of a man." The gentle
and studious Madison was the only
one of our earlier presidents who was
not all expert horseman and fond of
outdoor exercises generally. Jackson
was perhaps the nearest all-round
prototype of Roosevelt. He rode q
horse superbly, and made his 800
mile journey from his Tennessee
homo to Philadelphia to attend Con-
gress in the saddle. He was besides
skillful boxer and wrestler, fine
sprinter and crack shot.
Nearly all our presidents have
been physically strong men. Lincoln
was muscular wonder, and is cred-
tied with many astonishing feats of
strength in his younger days. Grant
and Garfield were both excellent
horsemen; their army life insured
that. Garfield was perhaps the great
est all-round athlete of all the presi-
dents since the war. Arthur, Harrison,
and Cleveland were all patrons of the
rod and gun, but not Of general ath-
letics. Roosevelt, unique in so many
ways, is unique, too, in this.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
TiIlman's Eye all Right.

The State 1t is stated that Soma
tor Tillman's eye is almost entirely
we'll, and would have been all right
sooner if he had strictly obeyed his
physicians advice not to use it in
reading. 1t is stated also that he
has accepted a large number of invi-
tations in various States to make ad-
dresses this fall, and that he will
leave about the 18th of this month
on his tour. He expects to be away
from home a month or more.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
May Run Again.

There is some talk that Governor
McSweeney will make the race again
for Governor, and there is no doubt
about tho fact he is being strongly
urged to do so, and frequent letters
have been received by him from his
political friends advising him that
his administration has been so sue
cessful that he ought to make the
race at all events. -Edgefeld
Chronicle.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

tiously slipped my right hand behind
mel was lying on my left--and
felt for what had aroused me, and my
heart shook as, with horrid distinct
ness discovered by my touch hu-
man hand; cold, olinchod, motionless.
GA thousand possibilities jumbled
through my distracted mind; was
there thief, an assassin near me
who had forced his hand there had
the coyotes overtaken some luckless
traveller and in some way brought a
ghastly relic of their feast to my bed9
No, for cautiously feeling, deter
mined that such weight as a whole
body would give was attached to
the hand.
"My pistol and sword were too re-
moved to be reached, there was no
one could call to for help, so l re-
solved to take such fierce, relentless
clutch of the hand as nothing could
break, spring from the bed with it
and whatever belonged to it, and,
without loosening my grasp, fight
what | might have to fight.
$50 l did. I gripped that 10y
hand for struggle to death, sprang
from bed and fell heavily, my hands
pinioned behind me in the darkness. !"
"Major!" exclaimed Mrs. Max,
"what was it ?"
cit is characteristic of the mind
feminine" responded the major, >"to
ask for details artistically worse than
useless-harmful. had gripped my
own left hand which was, as we say,
asleep. My body lying upon my
backward turned arm, having i'm
peded circulation to the hand"
"Well, I'm sure" (" declared Mrs.
Max, and added, after a comfortable
pause "Jack Daring says he hopes
Polly won't marry Billings, because if
she does Jack will have to beau his
own wife |"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

taohed from the sleeping rooms, as
the groans and disturbances of one
patient will interrupt the sleeping
and rest of the whole house.
Sd. Instead of investing $4,000
in 119 acres of land, South Carolina
is offered two splendid healthy loca-
tions for the home without the cost
for the land, and it is likely that
many locations will be tendered for
the home when the time comes to
locate.
4th. Georgia has paid too much
for her buildings. Being familiar
with the cost of such buildings, I
venture to say that South Carolina
can to-day put up such building
for about one half of the original
cost to Georgia, which is said to be
$50, 900, but as South Carolina has
much less inhabitants than Georgia,
$4,000 would build very comforta-
ble home, and $4,000 would equip
and run the home for the first year,
including the clothing bill for 40 in
mates.
1t will be we'll for all who oppose
the Soldiers Home movement TO
bear in mind that the home is pro-
posed for the homeless and friend
less INDECENT soldiers who have no
friends who are able to take care OF
them, for the State cannot afford to
hire nurse, pay DOCTORS bills, board
etc., for each old soldier that is on
the lift or may be at any time. II
took ten years wrangling in political
turmoil for Georgia to come to the
practical thing about taking care OF
her indigcnt soldiers. Can't we in
South Carolina profit by Georgia'f
experience and With one great and
grand movement laise our pensions
in Glass A and B to $50, and Glass
@ to $50, and allow them all option
of drawing their pensions and living
among their friends, or forfeit Their
pensions and live at the home ? An
analysis of the trial in Georgia, VIC
think, will point out the fact that
the forfeited pensions will pay 7C
per cent of the running expenses Of
the home, and might be made to dc
better with more experienced man
agement. j. @. Stribling.
Camp 1,006 U. G. ", Pendlcton
S. @.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

urint$scalds the flesh or II, when the child
reaches an age when II should be able to
control the passage, II Is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon It, the cause Of
the difficulty Is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant.
trouble is due to a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp"Root is soon realized. 1t IS sold
by druggists. In fifty EsATy
cent and one dollar saHIITEsY 1a,,,s,:ae :aeE:sss
sizes. You may have
sample bottle by mall s's4sIka!.saEIakEE esEIkE9 =
free. also pamphlet tell Homo Of swamp Root.
ing all about It. including many OF the
thousands OF testimonial letters received
from s'Efercrs cured. In writing Or. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, be suro and
mention this paper.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Speeds Creek Locals.

Speeds Greek, October 2.-(Too
late for last week )-The scarlet
fever in this community is subsiding
under the skilful treatment of DR..
S. J. McElroy.
Corn crops in this neighborhood
are fine. It. is hoped that there will
not be as much corn ordered next
year as there was this. Our recol-
lection is that Mr.. G. w. rGignilliat,
of Seneca, sold and delivered to the
farmers last spring, inside of three
days, between $500 and 5000
bushels, and he and others have been
selling corn and meal all the year at
80 cents and 81 per bushel and pay
ing for it with cotton ut 7 and u
cents.
We call the attention of the
County Commissioners to the condi-
tion of the bridge and road at Sit
toms mill. During the month of
August the bridge was under water
the whole month except three days.
The people on the north side of
Conneross creek, on the rural mail
route, were deprived of their mail.
We learned some days ago that there
had been petition, largely signed
by land owners, sent to the board,
asking that the bridge and road bo
placed above the mill. Parties own
ing land propose to give right of
way, and say that they will give to
the county any rock or timber needed
in the construction of the bridge.
We hope the commissioners will
consider the petition and act at
once. D. j. Morgan.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Marriage Contract Signed.

Paris, October 2.-The marriage
contract between Miss Helen Nor
ton, daughter of Levi p. Morton,
former Vice President of the United
States, and Count Bosom de Peri
cord, son of the duke of Talley-
rand. Perigord, was signed here to-
day i'll lawyers Office in the pres
ence of the two families. The mar
riage will take place next Saturday
at st. Mary's Catholic church, Chel-
sea, London.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

gas generator and storerooms and
commissary 55 rooms are made for
bed rooms, with 2 single beds, 2
rockers and 2 arm chairs, 2 bed
rugs, bureau and washstand, towel
rack, etc., all of which cost about
$50 for each room, and every rooms
furniture, that is now furnished and
occupied, has beer contributed by
some individual or society of ladies
or gentlemen, whose names are writ
ten in large letters above the doors
of the rooms they have furnished,
such as Chapters of the Daughters
of the Confederacy, Memorial Asso-
Citations, Camps of U. @. Veterans,
etc. But the most touching of all
was donation for furnishing room
from the Atlanta Camp of the Grand
Army of the Republic-our once
enemies in war-while the mer-
chants, manufacturers, firms. etc.,
have filled all the other rooms, halls
and closets with all the necessary
fixtures and appliances. Memorial
hall is used for all the gatherings,
preaching, prayer meetings, speaking,
ETC., and is we'll furnished with nice
seats and AL organ. Over the door
of the large drawing room is the
name of Henry Grady. This room
has nice furniture, good piano,
violin, organ and guitar. The library
is also we'll furnished with cases,
chairs, books, weekly and daily news
papers. The dining room has mod
ern hotel tables for six people, and
is equipped with the latest fittings.
The kitchen is supplied with range
and other fixtures to cook for 200
inmates.
MANAGEMENT.
The board is controlled by board
of eleven trustees all of these, as
we'll as the other positions in the
home, are filled by old soldiers.
The following are the salaried po-
sitions that are appointed by the
board
Superintendcnt's salary, $500 ;
matron's Ga soldiers widow, salary,
$500 steward, $3.50 surgeon, 5000 ;
night watchman, $3.50; head cook,
$240 second cook, $3.50; two wal
ters (s120 each), $24O two laundry
women (sl20 each), s24O two house
maids (s12O caoh), $40 negro man
nurse, $3.50; grand total, $4,000.
Cost of attendance Of each inmate,
s41.2s; approximate commissarics
for each inmate, S21 clothing bill
for each inmate, $26 !; incidentals,
IS, or total cost of each inmate about
$03.28.
Among the errors that Georgia has
made and that South Carolina may
profit by is, 1st : That the building
for the home should have an eleva-
tor or a one story building for indi-
gent decrcpit old people who can't
climb steps.
I'd. The hospital should be de-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Presidents Funeral Expenses.

The payment of tho funeral cx-
penscs of the late President and his
surgeons bills will be made by Con-
gress by special act. Congress ap-
propriatcd $4,000 in tho case Of
Garfield, $4,000 for physicians and
$4,000 for funeral expenses. 1t is
anticipated the expenses arising from
McKinloy's death will approximate
that figure. While the surgeons
bills will not be near 80 heavy tho
funeral was more costly.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

Kodol Dyspepsia euro is not moro
stimulant to tired nature. 1t affords tho
stomach complete and absolute rest by
digesting the food you cat. You don't
have to diet, but can enjoy all the good
food you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
after eating, giving you new life and
vigor. j. w, Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

The Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Of South Carolina will meet at Lees
vile, S. c., beginning Wednesday
before the fourth Sunday in Octo-
Dor, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that 1t IS not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. Ifthe child urln-
atea fon o{ien if the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

Mothers everywhere praise One Min
ute Cough Cure for the sufforings it has
relieved and the lives of their little ones
it has saved. Strikes at the root of tho
trouble and draws out the inflammation.
The children's favorite cough cure.
r. w Rail
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

81 had long suffered from indigestion"
writes G. A. LeDeis, Cedar City, Mo.
"Liko others, tried many preparations,
good until took Kodol Dyspepsia euro.
One bottle cured mo. A friond who had
suffered similarly l put on tho usc of
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He is gaining
fast and will soon he able to work. Be-
fore ho used Kodol Dyspepsia Curo indi-
gostion had made him total wreck"
j. W. Bell
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

The Census Bureau has made pub
lie the mortality statistics foi the
year 1900. There has been a de-
crease of 10 per cent in the death
rate of 1890. In the latter year the
average age at death was 81 years
while in 1900 it was 35.2 years. The
total number of deaths last year was
100000 against 851, ,419 in 1890.
The total number of deaths in the
Southern States for 1900 are as fol-
lows: Alabama $4,000, Florida
6,482, Georgia 2e,941, Kentucky ~
091, Louisiana 20,955, Maryland 2O,-
421, Mississippi 2O,251, Missouri 3d.
084, North Carolina 21,068, South
Carolina 1916, Tennessee 30,572,
Texas 84,16o, Virginia 25,452. Port.
land, Oregon, with death rate OF
9.5 per thousand, shows tho lowest
mortality and Shreveport, La, with
1875 the highest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

9. NJ. Phelps, Forestdale, VT, says his
child was completely cured of bad case
OF eczema by the use of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salye. Beware of all counterfeits.
1t instantly relieves piles. j. w. Bell
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Judge to Penltentiary.

Chattanooga, Tenn, October g..
j. T.. Silver, elected a justice of the
peace in this county last November,
was yesterday tried in Circuit Court
on charge of forging papers in his
Office by which he is said to have
robbed the county of considerable
sums of money. The case has been
holly contested by Silver's attorney,
but after fully hearing the testimony
the jury returned verdict Of guilty
and sentenced Silver to three years
in the penitentiary. He has been
indicted in several other cases, three
for larceny and others for forgery.
Silver is prominent citizen of
Sherman Heights, in'thc Sixth dis
trict Of this county, and up to this
time has borne reputation for hon
esty. IIo is ono of four justices
under indictment for like offences,
and in which four constables arc
likewise implicated.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis.
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vipor
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

In six OF tho Northeast counties Of
North Carolina 500 horses have died
from moldy food and bad water.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

Do you suffer from pilosP If so do not
turn to surgery for relief. DoWitts
Witch Hazel Salvo will act moro quickly,
surely and safely, saving you tho oxponso
and danger Of an operation.
j. w. Bell
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

How Arc Your Kst.cy-:
DR.. Hobbs sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills. Sam
plo froe. Add. Sterling Romedy Co., Chicago or NY.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09
a IlK2sNs 3gsIyISY5[7sY s. s.
IN CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. en-
I'd Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. UBo Isl
EG In time Sold by druggists II
So 5 y SXS2EKSXylN NIi6HHSIS 81 {,Sjs 4
State Loses Big Case.

Commissioner Yerkes, of the Inter
nal Revenue Department, Washing
ton, has rejected the claim of the
State Of South Carolina for a refund
of tho taxes paid by the State
agents as wholesale and retail liquor
dealers, amounting to something
over $1,000. The Commissioner
formally announced his decision in a
few words without entering into any
argument. The claim of the State
was that the control of the liquor
traffic was one of the State instru-
mentalities in securing the welfare
of its people and rs such it was ex-
empt from taxation under the consti-
tuition.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

The Board of Directors of the
Charleston Exposition have made a
thorough investigation and they re-
port that the Exposition will be
ready to open on time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-10-09

w. =. Wesson, Gholsonville, Va,
druggist, writes "Your Ono Minute
Cough Cure gives perfect satisfaction.
Ny customers say it is the best remedy
for coughs, colds, throat and lung trou-
bios. j. w. Bell