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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05
The Standard OH d;rootors ho

The Standard Oil directors have
just declared another dividend of II
per cent. In March last they declared
dividend of 20 per cent. Thus far
in this current year, 1901, they have
divided profits of s32, 100000 on their
$loO,Oo0,OO0 of alleged invested capt.
tai.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05
Sympathy

Is good thing for the young husband
to give the young wife. But sympathy
will not abate one jot of her nervousness
or lift her to that plane of sound health
where alone the wife and mother can
find happiness.
DIR. Pierce's I'avoritc Prescription
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05

Danger, disease and death follow neg
lect of the bowels. Use DoWitts Little
Early Riscrs to regulate them and you
will add years to your lfo and life to
your years Easy to take, mover gripo.
a. w. Boil, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05

Eczema, saltrhonm, tcttor, chatting, ivy
and all skin torturcs arc quickly
cnrcd by DoWitps Witch Hazel Salvc.
The certain pilo euro. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05

Perry Taylor, of Santa Ana, Cal,
is one of the few human beings from
whom doctors have successfully re-
moved an entire lung. The patient,
who is rs years of age, was stricken
about four years ago with what he
believed was galloping consumption
and was treated accordingly by the
physicians consulted. Fully 24O
cysts were removed in one operation,
and then it was decided that the
whole lung would have to come out.
The operation was successfully per-
formed and Taylor has recovered his
strength.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05

Dyspcptics cannot DO long lived because
to live requires nourishmcnt Food is
not nonrishing until it is digested. A
disordercd stomach cannot digest food,
it must have assistance. Kodof Dyspcp-
STA Cure digcsts all kinds of food without
aid from the stomach, allowing it to rest
and regain its natural functions. It's elc-
mcnts are exactly tho same as tho natu-
raj digestive fluids and it simply can't
help but do you good D. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05
T MUST FOLLOW AS THE DAY, THOU oANs'T NO,


We can please you with our line of
Shirts, and we are showing nice line
of MEMS SHIRT WAISTS. They are
going to be worn we can please you
as to fit, style and price. We always
carry all 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, 1901-06-05
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@ CURES WHERE All ELSE FAILS. H
Bid Best Cough Syrup. Iustos Good. JJso I'D
ES IN time. Sold by druggists. k&4
M n ls4S1SEsxgI HsySNKSIS & q

Mr.. George Gilmore, of Warthen,
Ga, says that in his opinion the &C.
secret of successful farming is to plow
deep, fertilizc heavily, and cultivate
fast After he thinks he has worked
his crop enough ho gives it another
good working. Frequently he has
plowed his cotton one week and
picked it the next. In dry weather
he has found it very advantageous to
work his crop often. A good rule,
he says, is to work the fastest when
the dust flies the thickcst.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05

1t is reported from Toledo that the
long fight between the IIavemeycr
and Arbuckle interests has been ended
on the basis Of the Arbucklcs fixing
the price of coffccs and the Have
meyers fixing that of sugar, and the
public will now have the privilege of
making good whatever shortage in
profits the combines may have suf-
fcrcd while at war with each other.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05

The alligator will soon follow the
buffalo. One Jacksonville firm has
shipped two thousand live alligators
to New York this season, and has not
supplied the demand.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-06-05

a surgical operation is not necessary to
cure piles DcWitts Witch Hazel Salye
saves all that expense and never fails.
Beware Of cOuntcrfcits. j. w. Boil.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

the fact that through each great
'brew" of white burning liquid, re-
plenished every quarter of an hour
with fresh ore and fresh fuel, there is
forced for hours at time a tornado
like blast of hot air, which not only
makes the mass boil more actively, but
also tends to drive off its impurities
Ranged near each of the blast furnaces
are several monster iron tubes, re-
sembling in general outline the ap-
pearance of the blast furnace itself.
These are the stoves" of the plant and
and in them is heated the air which is
blown through the fiery mass within
the blast furnace. When it is eX-
planned that many presentday blast
furnaces give forth considerably more
than half a thousand tons of iron
every day, and that two tons of ore,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

terparr in any other field of activity.
A handful Of men, pitifully pigmy In
appearance beside the towering fur
mace with it's tiny, glowing white eyes,
thrust and wrench and pound until an
incision is made low down In this
great tank of burning metal, and then
spring quickly out Of the way In order
to avoid the stream of scalding metal
which spurts from the opening, looking
for all the world like luminous por-
ridge.
This liquid iron, newly escaped from
the boiling pot. is deceitful guam
tity. Apparently 1t is slow and slug
gsh in it's movement, and yet 1t burns
it's way forward with insiduous and
surprising rapidity. The workmen In
charge, black, half-naked figures sill
houetted against a glowing back
ground, either guide the furious stream
into ponderous kettles which stand
awaiting it on the railroad cars near
by, or else they allow it to furrow its
way to little channels cut in the sand.
A few years ago all the iron from
blast furnace ran into the hundreds
of little troughs, each about three feet
long, which dotted the sand floor all
about the flame-spitting tower, and
when the metal had become quite cold
each tiny trench contained an un-
shaply bar of iron appropriately desig-
mated as "pig." However, inasmuch
as the very next step in steel-making
is to get this metal back into the
| Il. s,,,~,,
who Were ever seeking every possible
way to save money in the process, con-
cluded that 1t was simply waste Of
time and money to let the pig-iron
cool at all, and now the molten metal
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

A blast furnace is nothing more nor
less than gigantic mixing pot in
which the raw material from the
mines, coke or some other form of
fuel, and limestone are churned about
until each has wholly lost its identity
in one fiery boiling mass. The fright
full heat of the blast furnace may not,
perhaps, be better illustrated than by
the fact that its binding intensity is
such that person may not look stead
lily into this seething caldron even for
n few minutes.
The furnace derives its name from
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05
POURING MOLTEN IRON INTO MOULDS.

is trundled away in broad-mouthed
kettles to the steel-malling plant.
1t is essential at this juncture to in
troduce the reader to the two different
methods of steel -making-the Besse-
mer and the "open-hearth" processes.
as they are respectively termed. Up to
this point the transformation of the
iron is invariably exactly the same,
no matter what it's ultimate destina
ton may be; but with the end of the
Journey of the railroad train loaded
with half dozen kettles each con-
tanning full twenty tons of the bub-
bling, red-tinged mass. comes the part
ing of the ways.
From a spectacular standpoint, the
Bessemer process is the more interest
ing. Each kettle of molten iron, as 1t
arrives from the blast furnace is
poured into still larger caldronknown
as the mixer" where it boils and siz-
zles in company with the contents of
other kettles for quite an interval of
time. Next it comes to a converter"
an egg-shaperd receptacle of hercu-
lean size and strength, and here once
more it undergoes publication by
means of another terrific blast of air,
forced upward through the mass with
such violence that the top of the 'con-
verter" literally resembles a volcano
in action. When the publication by
this heroic method is completed, the
molten mass is ready to be poured into
the ingot moulds, where it hardens in
the form of blocks, each weighing
five tons.
The "open-hearth' method is less
impressive in the eyes of the onlooker,
but it results in the production Of
better grade of steel. Formerly it was
so much more expensive than the Bes
semer process that few consumers of
steel could afford to pay the price ex-
acted. but here, as in all other
branches of steel making, costs have
been shaved very heavily of late years,
In the open-hearth plant, instead of
converter" there are long lines of
furnaces that look like bake ovens and
in which miniature seas of white
metal, so intensely hot that you cannot
gaze upon it save through blue glasses,
boil and bubble, like lime in the mortar
box before some building in course of
erection.
Cast into ingots, these are allowed
to cool in their moulds, and are then
once more thrust into a bath of flame
and for the last time reheated. Thence
the metal may be fed into the enor-
| nous jaws of giant rolls which f1atten
| it into plate of various size; it may be
pressed into armor for battleships by
means of huge presses, or it may be
| squeezed into long slender strands that
are ultimately cut into bars or railroad
rails. All the while it remains red hot
! and water must be continually poured
over the machinery, with the result
| that every time the rolls "bite" slab
of iron to force it into some thinner
form, there is a report like the dis
charge of q cannon.
1t may be stated advisedly that no.
where among the worlds workers are
there men who hourly brave death in
such terrible form as it is presented
to the steel workers. A blast furnace
may "break-out" and engulf the poor.
helpless mortals at its base in an ocean
of annihilating fame; one Of the giant
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

horse out of burning stable blanket
thrown over its head renders it as
dociie as though there. were no fire.
and why shouldn't the same idea be
applied to runaway horse on the
road? In the illustration we show this
idea carried out under the invention
of Daniel Connerth and Josef Roth
weller. In order that the appliance
for manipulating the binders may not
interfere with the control of the horse
on ordinary occasions a separate pair
of cords is provided, leading back to
the carriage. The blinds are held
normally open by springs on the bride,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

curing suitable roads or tracks upon
which to speed their machines should
get together and build double-kite
track, something on the order of the
accompanying Illustration, with
bridge over the crossway. The track,
he thinks. should be at least eight
miles long and fifty feet wide, with a
level ''run-in." A grandstand midway,
he says, would give a commanding
view of the whole course.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

a ton and quarter of coke and half a
ton of limestone are required for each
ton of molten metal produced. it will
be appreciated that the operation of
q single blast furnace is no inconsid-
cradle enterprise.
In the tapping of blast furnace
there is presented the first of those
thrilling pictures which have no coup-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

dark red material to the foot of the
blast furnaces. Here small cars run
ming on an inclined railroad take the
ore and ascend with 1t to the top of the
blast furnace and, upon reaching the
summit, an ingenious mechanical de-
vice overturns the car and tumbles
Its contents into great fiery pit which
yawns below.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05
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ultSl oil, luS lioSt
y of metals, is so pre-eminently
the most important of the pro-
ducts of Uncle Sans energy, that its
superiority has come, of late years,
10 be universally recognized.
The age of iron has passed and the
Industrial and commercial world now
lives in the age of steel. The latter
metal Is, of course, an outgrowth of
that which was once supreme in the
manufacturing world in that the iron
pre- must first be converted into pig
IRON ere it can attain to the dignity
pf classification as steel; but the lat
ter commodity is tougher and more
elastic, and so it is preferred for
the construction of buildings and
bridges and ships and, indeed, every
thing where great strength is required.
When steel first came into popularity
pf steel than to turn out the same
amount of iron, but a gradual cheap
ening of processes has been going on,
and now the disparity is not nearly
10 great.
To follow a car of ore in its journey
through the modern steel making
plant is to witness a constant success
sion of the most stirring incidents and
the most dramatic pictures to be found
anywhere on the globe. The iron ore,
arriving from Natures wonderful
storehouses in the Northwest, a train
oad at time, is unloaded by means of
iron buckets, each holding more than
ton of ore, which spin back and forth
along structures that resemble minia-
lure suspension bridges and carry the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

being hinged to the side straps. A pull
on the cords throws n lever out from
the rear portion of the hinge and
presses the blinds over the eyes, thus
shutting out the vision of whatever
has frightened the animal. AS soon
as the pressure is released on the cords
the blinds resume their normal posi-
ton by the action of the springs
Philadelphia Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

without an instant's warning, wrap it.
self around some bystanding work.
man before he can even turn to escape.
1t Is by the conduct Of steel-making
on so heroic scale that the United
States is being enabled to capture the
steel markets of the world. Last year
she sent abroad nearly $11S,000,O00
worth of iron and steel, an increase
of one-fourth over that Of the two
previous years. and it was distributed
amongst all the countries on the globe.
The Book World.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

Paris has always paid $13,500 year
to the detectives who guard the Presi-
dent of France but has refused to do
so longer, and the national govern
ment has assumed the task. Twelve
detectives are hired for the purpose.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05
Automobile Racing Track.

A correspondent in the Horseless
Age suggests that some of the rich au-
tomobile owners who are constantly
grumbling at the impossibility of Sc
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

The present growth Of London's pop
ulation is 25Q0 month.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05


sad have this journey four great Bismarck Bea-
cond
Of
cvliza
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-12-05

ladies hoisted hfther and tnItner by
long, gaunt arms Of steel, may slip
from It's place and drown hapless VIC
tins in a molten cataract; or some
wriggling, snake-like cable Of burn
ing steel may snarl and tangle and,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
Atlanta Negro Nho FeIled Czol-
gosz May be Given Good Berth.

Atlanta, Sept. 11.-The At
lanta Negro, James Parker, who
felled the presidents assailant at
Buffalo, will probably secure a
lucrative berth from the admins
tration as the reward of his cous-
ageous act.
Parker is still employed as
waiter on the exposition grounds,
but from press indications there
is talk at Washington of provid,.
ing the negro with government
position that will DO suitable
recognition of his prompt action
in knocking Czolgosz to the floor.
The public seems willing to accept
tho theory that Parker actually
saved the life of the president by
everpowering the anarchist before
he had opportunity to fire tie
third time.
Parker, according to reports,
is being heroized in Buffalo. The
clothes worn by him on the day
of the shooting have practically
all been disposed of and at Parker's s
own price.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
HOW'S THIS7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that cans
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL CHENEY & CO., Props To-
ledo, 0.
We tho undersigned. have known
F Sheney for the last Is years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggist.
Toledo, 0.
WALDING. KINNAN d MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O,
Hah's Catarrh Cure is taken In
t,rnally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of tho SYSTEM.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists, Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills Are the bsst
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
TO SAVE HER CHILD

From Frightful Disagreement
Mrs. Mamie Galleger, of La
Grange, Ga, applied Bucklen' q
Arnica Salvs to great sores on
her head and face, and writes its
quick cure exceeded all her hopes.
1t works wonders in Sores,
Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cuts,
Burns, Scslds and Piles. 45c.
Cure guaranteed by Crawford
Bros, and j. +. Aacksy & Co.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
A Female Convict Escapes in
a Mans Apparel.
She Was a Negroes and Was Serv.
ing a Second Term for Rob
bery-Is Blood Hounds
Evidence Good Ia Law
Charlotte Observer.

Suah hlOtt0 oUSOTNcE.
Raleigh, Sept. 9.-There was
a sensational escape today of =
negro female convict from the
penitentiary early this morning
She was one of gang of twenty
women we're working in the
garden, which is near a thick
woods. There was only one guard
and the gang boss WAS not present.
The woman was missed few
minutes after work was begun,
and it was found that she had gone
into tho woods, dropped her fe-
male garb and departed in men S
attire. 1t is believed she had
stolen some of the guards cloth
ing yesterday and had this on un>
der her own SO it was easy for
her to change. Nothing mas yet
been heard of her. She was serv-
ing second term for robbery.
Her robberies were com mitted in
mems clothing.
An interesting case, which At,
torney General Gilmer says is
absolutely novel in North Caro-
lima, comes before the Supreme
Court tomorrow. 1t is from
| Pitt county and involves the quss
tion whether the evidence Of 8
bloodhound Is good legal evi,
dsnce. He was convicted in the
Superior Court and appealed or
the ground that dogs evidenc,
was worthless Able lawyers,
among them Ex-Governor Jarvis,
say they stand by tho dogs evi,
dence.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14

You will find in this Department everything beauf,
the home Fine Parlor Suits Handsome Bed Room Suits Hall fur
ture Dining Room outfits odd Pieces fine Chairs, Lounges
Down and Felt Mattresses full line of Carpets full line Mattng
Rugs of description, Curtains Poe Brass Rods
Window Shades of kind and price, everything carried
lin up to date Furniture and Carpet store
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14

jurisdiction Over Czolgocz.

Washington, Sept. 10. Att
torney General Knox returned
from Buff Alo today and almost
Immediately sent for Solicitor
General Richards, with whom he
had an hours conference on the
subject of the possibility of reach
ing Czolgocz under the Federal
laws. Sstions 5,50S and $500
of the Revised Statutes were care
fully gone over, and the couclu-
sion was reached that, if a con-
spiracy coald be shown, these two
sections might be made to apply.
The only advantage, however,
that could be gained would he in
the length of the tern of impri-
sonment that CzoIgocz might be
made to serve. Under those sec
tions ten years Imprisonment is
the maximum, but no time allow.
ance can be made for good be-
havior, as in the State of New
York.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
Postmaster Fair
Has Been Arrested.
Charged With. Using the Cover
ment Funds Action u Shock
to New berry.

1t was reported in Colnmb bia
Yesterday that something had
gone wrong with the postnffice at
Newberry. A dispatch to the
Associated Press from Chatta-
nooga stated that Mr.. William f.
Fair, the postmaster, had been
arr ested for embezzlement.
The news was 10 part confirmed
by passengers ceming to Columbia
from Nswbsrry on the midnight
train. They stated that while
Mr.. Fair was not under arrest,
apparently, yet he WAS no longer
connected with the postoffice.
IL see,ns that even in New berry
the details are not known and the
matter is somewhat Of mystery
to tho public there, but the story
current is that Mr.. Fair was short
in his accounts and was checked
up unexpectedly Monday.
The matter was depIored by all
who knew Mr.. Fair. He is of a
highly respected family and a
brother-in-law of Hon. Y. j. Pope,
senior associate justice of the
State supreme court. Mr.. Fair
has been postmaster for over three
years and is aligned with the Re-
publican party, although of late
it has been stated that he has an
inclination toward "Commercial
Democracy"
Mr.. F. l.. Bynun, a young
lawyer of Newbsrry, is tsmporari-
ly in charge Of the postsffics.
The Pennsylvania Building at the
EYnOsitiop r. Coo< cox Oon
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
GAFFNEY BRANCH.
wESTBOUND.

30 Minutes for dinner.
Note Trains Nos. SO and 33 are
operated daily.
Trains Nos. "a, So. IL, IL, l3, IA. Is
aandd6 areoperated daily except Sum
day.
Connections: At Camden with
southern Ry., q A. L.. and A. g.
lime. At Lancaster with l.. g. g. r,
81. A Catawba junction with Sea.
s5oard Air Line. At Rock Viii v ith
Southern railway. At Yorkville with
~Carolina q Northwestern r. r. At
tBlacksburG with Southern railway.
At Shelby aud Ratherfordton with
IS. A. N Az y arion with Southern
Il. II. .HAW,
Gsnl. Passenger Agent
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14

The Hon. j 7 Austin of Green
vile, won the Atlanta Constitution
prize of 50, ZOO. for the nearest
guess to the cotton crop. His
guess was 1o,3s3,416, crop 10, :
3S3, ,422.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
lg Special in Ladies' Shoes!

We sole Agents for Queen Quality Shoes given up to
Se the best adyss shoe in the United full guar
ntee Tor good wear We still have line
'drens slippers and low ties which greatly reduced
Iprces.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-09-14
Great Chance for Retail Merchants.

We doubled stocked things
During the 80 days make special everything
grocery department items az less
will at Sacrifices Bear mind that
be found in prices right
aim and purpose trading place
of he