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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-01

The French senate adopted the
amendment to the amnesty bill by
vote of 81 to IL after an exhortation
by the premier, M. Waldeck- -R Rousseau
to vote the measure and deliver the
country from the nightmare of the
Dreyfus affair"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-01

The recent automobile show in New
York contained two exhibits. each of
which gained an interest by the pres
ence of the other. One was a practical
automobile made in this country forty
years ago, still serviceable and in use
as pleasure vehicle. 1t was built by
Richard Dudgeon of Locust Valley,
Long Island, and is really steam To-
comotive for use on ordinary roads. 1t
weighs two and three-quarters tons,
yet it develops eight-horse power and
has frequently attained speed of
forty miles an hour. Beside this classic
automobile was shown the electric
hydrant" or "electrant," designed to
stand on a street corner or by country
roads, from which the owner of a
modern electric vehicle can draw a
certain amount of electrice Juice" by
dropping quarter in the slot
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-01-01

Next will come the contests over the
election of United States senators. The
legislatures of most of the thirty
states by which members of the sena-
torial class of 1907 are to be chosen
will assemble soon after New Years.
If there should be a special session of
the senate called, as is usual after an
inauguration, these men would thus
begin to act as senators soon after
their election, whereas the members
elect of the house of representatives
must wait thirteen months before their
election and their entry upon congress
siouPi duty
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
How Some congressman Make Good Thing
Out Of the Rural Free Delivery.

1t appears that experienced Demo
cratic Congressmen, having grown
weary of trying to obtain Federal
patronage for their constituents
under Republican administration,
have hit upon the rural free delivery
service as an avenue to the public
crib. Every time new rural free
delivery route is established the Con-
gresham making the request is usu-
ally accorded the privilege Of nam
ing the pcrson who is to perform the
delivery service. These delivery
agents or carriers receive compen-
sation Of $500 year for service, in
cluding horse and wagon. In some
parts of the United States $500 a
year is regarded as a salary worth
striving for.
A prominent post office official, in
commenting upon this subject, said :
"You would be surprised to know
how hungry Congressman in certain
States are for these little places. In
almost every instance they manage
to bestow them upon some member
of their immediate family or some
near relative or personal friend. If
wanted to assemble family parties
in certain States would at once go
to he official records of the rural
free delivery service as my directory.
| have in mind one case where q
member of Congress had his son ap-
pointed as a special agent to recon-
mend the establishment of a new
route and post Office. The post Office
was named after the Congressman
and the postmaster is a member of
the same family, so that his family
name figures in four separate trans
actions. This is but one instance.
| might mention many others of a
similar nature. AS a rule the South
ern Congressman keeps this class of
patronage strictly within the family
circle" ."-Extract w ashington Letter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
A Century OF Law.Making.

On January 81, 1901, President
Adams appointed John Marshall, of
Virginia, Chief Justice of Supreme
Court, which is, to use the words of
the English historian Freeman, "the
only national tribunal which can sit
in Judgment on a national law and
can declare an act of all three of the
powers Of the Union to be null and
void"
Every year now we have more
new laws than John Marshall CON
sidcrcd during the entire thirty-four
years that he was on the Supreme
Bench. We have laws passed by
Congress; laws passed by State Leg
islaturcs; laws passed by city coun-
ellis and all sorts of minor regulations
which mount up into the tens of thou.
sands during the twelve months.
The variety of these is as great as
the number. There are laws rcgu.
lating dogs and laws concerning ec
plants; laws about English sparrows
and laws about the great American
eagle. There are laws affecting every
thing from microbes to mammals, from
politics to love. If all the laws on
the books to-day were enforced the
average citizen would either have to
stay at home behind closed blinds or
begin journey to lunatic asylum.
~ hundred Marshalls would be unable
TO consider every one of them or to
get from them much more than a
fine case of nervous prostration or
despair.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
The Doctor and the Editor.

The doctor from Algonia said that
newspapers are run for revenue only.
What in thunder do doctors run for,
anyway Do they run for glory?
One good healthy Doctors bill viii
run his Office six months. An editor
works half day for three dollars
with investment of $4,000; a doctor
looks wise and works ten minutes for
$500 with an investment of three
cents for catnip and pill box that
costs $1.37. A doctor goes to college
for three years, gets diploma and a
string of words the devil himself
cannot pronounce, cnltivates a look
of gravity that he pawns off for
wisdom, gets box of pills, cayuse
and meat saw and sticks out his
shingle full tledged doctor. He
will then doctor you until you die,
at stipulated price per visit, and
puts them in as thick as your pocket.
book will permit. An editor never
gets his education finished he learns
az long as he lives, and studies all
his life. He eats bran mash and
liver, he takes his pay in hams and
turnips, and keeps the doctor in
town by refraining from printing the
truth about him. We would like to
live in Algonia and run a newspaper
six months and see if the doctor
would change his mind about our
running a newspaper for revenue
only If we didn't get some glory
out of it we would agree to take one
dose of his pills, after saying our
prayers. If the editor makes mis-
take he has to apologize for it.; but
it the doctor makes mistake he
buries it. If we make one there is
a lawsuit, tall swearing and smell
of sulphur but if the doctor makes
one there is funeral, cut flowers
and smell of varnish. The doctor
can use a word foot long but if
the editor uses it he has to spell it.
1t the doctor goes to see another
mans wife he will charge for the
visit. If the editor calls on another
mans wife he gets charge of buck
shot. Any medical college can make
a doctor. You can't make an editor.
lie has to be born one. When a
doctor gets drunk it is a case of
"ovcrcome by heat" and if he dies
it is heart failure. When an editor
gets drunk it is case of too much
booze, and if he dies it is case of
delirium tremcns. The editor works
to keep from starving, while the doc
tor works to ward off the govt.
The editor helps men to live better,
and doctor assists them to die easy.
The doctor pulls. a sick mans leg,
the editor is glad if he can collect
his bills at all. Revenue only We
are only living for fun and to spite
the doctors Medical journal.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
Fishermen Breaking Laws.

State Fish Commissioner, Edward
Willis, of Charleston, who recently per-
suaicd tho Government to stock tho
rivers of the State with slad, has opened
vigorous warfare on fishermen who
have been violating the law Within tho
past ton days he has had more than forty
shad nets removed from rivers in the
low country, and several fishermen who
have broken the laws have been arrested
and lodged in Jail at Waltcrboro. BY
using traps and nets the fish people
have almost dcpopulatcd the rivers, and
great difficulty will bc met in having tho
stock rcplenshcd. Efforts are being
made, however, to have committees
appointed in tho various counties to
protect the fishing interests.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
Severe cold is prevailing in Colorado

Severe cold is prevailing in Colorado.
Come, now, honor bright, have you
paid for your paper AS an honest man
don't You think you should I?
General Floyd requests all military
companies which expect to make tho
trip to Chcamauga to notify him as
carly as possible.
The new system of government in
tho Philippines will be instituted about
July LIST. 1t might bo appropriate to
establish it on july 4th.
The United States Government has
just established coaling station at
Pichalinqn on tho West coast of Mexico
tho first American naval station on
foreign soil.
mammoth black walnut tree on tho
farm of II. r. Gaus in Williams county,
Oh:o, has just been sold Tor $1,000.
Several lumber dealers have examined
chips from this tree, and all have de-
clarcd it to be the finest specimen of
that kind of wood they ever saw. The
tree was eight feet in diameter forty
feet above tho stump and extended
scventy-thrco feet from tho butt to tho
first limb.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
Words Of Wisdom,

Hon. Harvie Jordan, President of the
Georgia Cotton Growers Association,
says
"We are now confronted by tho most
difficult of problems. 1t is, how to keep
tho farmers from planting too much cot
ton. Of course, we can hope for nothing
but ruin if tho acreage is worry considera-
bly, increased. In the first place, supply
merchants are selling on credit meat ut
12a cents per pound and corn at $1OO per
bushcl mules arc higher than they have
been in years. and everything else is up
In proportion. Therefore, tho man who
has these things to buy cannot hope to
raise cotton this year for less than seven
cents per pound. If the pricc goes down
to six cents next fall, the more cotton ho
has tried to make tho deeper in debt will
ho be. The necessity for raising all sup
plies at homo was never greater than it
is right now, and If we fail to imp ess
this fact upon tho farmers of tho South
this year, there will DO gloom and dis
astcr among them next fall"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
sp y y May 5s3a svi,o Ar iS lS f9 fe ssP
oil pl u Ohm Harmony 0 "a Il 20 D
10 OOpl IL 50p pIAr, thens Iyl O O5 al 10 q

~
Note close connection made Mt Lula with
main )ine trains
"a" n. IN. "P" p. m. IN" noon. IN" night
Chesapeake Line Steamers in dcily service
Nos. " and 8S-" Washington and Southwest.
ern Limited" Solid Pullman train, being com.
Of latest design, through between Now York
between New York and New Orleans, via
30 bo,ween New York and Memphis, Via Wash.
ington, Atlanta and Birmingham. Elegant
con and New York. Dining cars sci ve all
meals enroute. Pullman sleeping ears betW eon
Greensboro and Raleigh. No coach service on
vile, Lula, Toccoa. Seneca, Gnffney and Blacks.
burg, only to take on and lot off passengers for
from Greenvillo- Columbia and Spartanburg.
Columbia lines.
press" New train between Atlanta and Hi'1 Char. ar
game numbers for and from Washington, New
sleeping cars tetwoen en- oh"rfotte s and Now i Yort
Chnrl3tte riot and Richmond and Norfolk. Leav:
hng wsshng9n @ end
on this train through from Washington TO San
Frame, Granois,co SEQ WITHOUT change O1nnection at
Pullman cars on this train between ..tlanta
and Charlotte. Ample first and second class
coach accommodations for local and through
travel.
Nos. 85 and 3s-"Unic cd States Fast Mail'runs
solid betweon Washington and New Orleans,
via Southern Railway, A. & w. z. R. r. and
L. q y. r.: RI, being composed Of coaches
through without change for passengers of all
Glasses. Pullman drawing room Shopping cars
between Now York and New Orleans. via At
lanta and Montgomery and between Bir
mingham and Richmond. Dining cars serve
all meals en- route.
Nos. II and l2-Sold local train between
Richmond and Atlanta: Close connection at
Norfolk for OLD POINT COMFORT.
Especial attention is called to above schedule
particularly tho inauguration Of trains Nos. ~
and "a, also that Nos 81 and 81 arc made an OK
elusive Pullman train, without conch service.
FRANK s. CANNON, S. H, HARDWICK,
Third V. p 4 Gcn. Mgr. G. Pass. Agent.
w. II. TAYLOE, BROOKS MORGAN,
a q. =. A, Atlanta. ID. P. A., Atlantn,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
KOdoA Dyspepsia Cure
nigosts what you eat
Selling Lots Of Liquor.

The liquor constabulary of this State
is divided into seven squads, which arc
so disposed as to best rcpel tho inva-
sons of tho "blind tiger" Each squad
has a chief, who makes weekly reports
of seizures with the names of those per-
sons from whom liquor is seized No
attempt is made to prosecute unless the
blind tiger is caught in the act of selling
The liquor captured is forwarded to the
dispcnsary and partly offsets the cx-
pcnse of the constables. Last week two
squads Of five men each made no seiZ-
urcs; the others got 320 gallons of whs-
key and 80 dozen bottles of beer. Tho
largest haul was made from tho moon
sinners of Greenvillc county, whore 1lG
gallons was obtained. Columbia camc
next with 75 gallons and 80 dozen bot
ties of beer. Charleston furnished 3G
gallons of whiskey.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
~0 CANDY cATHARTIo 4si
GUA)oG,OA
iOe' ~zl3s3H3E:Y7T7a5xs All
roc Que. 0AaaH-a-Ase Dpgelsts.
Genuine stamped c. c. c. Never sold In bulk.
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell
something Just as good"
Columba'S StoadY and CONTINUING Prouress.
coIumbia's Steady and Continuing Progress.

Maj. j. G. Hemphill, editor of tho
Charleston News and Courier, has the
following to say about Colnmbia's rapid
growth and development
"Twolve years ago tho total amount of
wages paid out in Columbia to the ope-
rativcs engaged in a single small manu-
featuring industry, which was all that
Columbia then had, was 81, 200 month ;
to-day the amount paid out in Columbia
to the operatives in tho manufacturing
establishments exceed 100000 month.
Houses arc going up all over tho city,
the prices of real estate have more than
doubled i'll the last five years, new aud
modern hotels havo been opened, tho
streets have been paved, the city is sup
piled with a splendid system of electric
street cars, the stores arc crowded with
customers, tho rail- Dads have kept up
with the actual requirements of the
business of tho city, tho population has
increased at most encouraging rate,
and all the croakcrs are nearly all dead,
thank Godw
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

I-FERTILIZED. II-UNFERTILIzED.
weak doses. Nitrate Of soda naturally
suggests itself and has been used sue
ccssfully where attention has been CIV
en- to the necessary conditions.
Tho effect Of fertilizer Is manifested
on the cucumber plant very quickly
within Il few hours Of the application.
While the fruit is setting and forming
excessive applications tend to produce
large watcry fruit which will not
stand UP we'll after cutting and also
would be deficient In flavor.
In one series of experiments report
cd the varieties selected for the test
were Bismarck and White Spine. The
seeds were started under glass OH
April %, and frequent light sprinklngs
Of water were given to keep the soil Of
the pots from drying out until gcrmina-
tion. Transplanting was done In the
first week in May, the plants being
set II distance OF six feet the holes be-
Ing 21a feet across and eight inches
deep. Well rottcd manure and surface
soil mixed were used for planting.
May 10, six days after planting. fer
tllizer was applied at the rate Of one
ounce of nitrate of soda to gallon Of
water, quart OF solution to each hill
Similar applications were made on
May 49, % and % and June 3, 8, 10,
% and 2G. when fruit was setting rap
Idly and in quantity. On the infer
tilizcd check patch the plants were
Just beginning to bloom. On June 20
one quart OF solution OF ~ ounces
Of nitrate of soda to the gallon was
given and repeated July 3, Z, Is and
n and Aug. 5 with very satisfactory
result Weaker applications OF fer
tllizcr We're made later OIL, and the
vines continued in bearing until cut by
frost.
According to the record. the fortified
crop yielded at the rate Of G.730 dozen
per acre and the unfcrtillzed plot yield
Ing 0lS dozen. The accompanying H.
lustration shows the comparative size
of cucumbcrs. The total application
was at the rate Of 32I pounds OF
nitrate Of soda per acre in 10 applica-
tiOns.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

Furman authorities had been notified
blythe Clemson authorities that the
game could not be played unless the
conditions were complied with.
2, D. w. D.
FURMAN THERE, CLEMSON NOT.
Calhoun, April 17.-Clemson for
feited the game with Furman to-day
by not appearing on the diamond.
Furman's team was there in uniform.
M.
CLEMSON TECHNICALLY RIGHT.
1t is believed by people inclined
TO be perfectly fair to both colleges
that tho whole-fact of the matter is
this: The men on the Furman
team objected to by Clemson matriou-
lated after the date provided in the
S. @. 1. A. A., while on the other
hand Clemson's "profcssionals" all
got in on time. Some say that is a
case of "pot calling the kettle black"
but that Clemson had the advantage
in the matter of time and was there
fore technically right in refusing to
play, but not right morally.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
.EAR| R|%M}|SSss=j|aA.a..;:s,.
z1ssR:as|GlHR2BgN ar
THE SEED BED.

Make tt Early For Lnte Vegetables.
F;sssous ET0SsTS Do This.
ContrarySto general custom, the seed
bed for latebplants should be made as
soon as theSsol can be worked to good
advantage. according to advice of
American ,Agrlculturist. Let the soil
be worked until 1t Is as fine as the har-
row or rake can make 1t. Then roll
until the surface Is perfectly smooth,
after whichScover to the depth Of three
inches witheoarse stable manure. This
should be left OH until 1t is time to
sow the Seed, when 1t should be care
fully raked off, avoiding breaking the
surface OF the soil. Make shallow
trenches for the seed. Sow thinly and
cover the seed with fine sand to the
depth Of one fourth OF an inch.
This Is the custom Of the best seed
growers on Long Island and Is one Of
the greatest Importance, as the mulch
will not only keep the soil moist, but
the moist, warm air from below Will
completely pulvcrlze the small Jumps,
leaving the soil IN best possible condi-
ton for plant growth. No matter how
dry the season may be the soil will re-
tain sufficient moisture to carry Oh
the young plants until they are sutli-
ciently large for trnnsplanting.
The Importance Of preparing the seed
bed IN this manner cannot be ovcrcsti-
mated. 1t Is utterly impossible to Sc
cure a good crop of either cabbage or
caulihowcr without good plants, and
this method, barring accident from
insect enemies, will always secure
strong, healthy plants. This was prov
cd concluslvcly last year when those
who prepared their seed beds in the
usual way lost heavily, both In the
quantity and quality Of their plants,
while those who prepared their seed
beds as recommended were successful.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

~ Regular stop; (t) Flag station.
Will also stop at the following stations
to take on or let off passengers: Phin-
noy's, James and Sandy Springs.
No. IL connects with Southern Railway
No. 9 at Anderson.
No. IL connects with Southern Railway
No. 81 at Seneca.
No. connects with Southern Railway
No. 5S at Anderson.
No. s connects with Southern Railway
Nos. 12 aud 33 at Seneca.
j. Il. ANDERSON, Superintendent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
GETTING QUICK GROWTH.

Tomato Plants That Start Right OF
From the Hour OF Setting.
a New Jersey mans method Of han
ding tomato plants from seed sown In
hotbcdS the last week In February is:
Air freely and do not let them get
more than four Inches high by April
(and half that height is sufficient If you
are going to transplant twicc), when 1t
will he time to transplant to the cold
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
THE CUCUMBER CROP.
Needs Nitrogen and WRter--Live1y
Action of Nitrate of soda.

|"I Action of Nitrate OF Soda.
TIC cucumber grower who wants to
do away entirely with manure because
he thinks 1t causes maggot or grub In
the soil American Gardening recon-
mends. The chief requirements of the
cucumber. crop are water and nitrogen.
The one thing to be observed, however,
Is that the nitrogen Is available In
small quantities over long period of
time. 1t Is for this reason that stable
manure has given such general salts
faction.
If heterogeneous fertilizer Is given, 1t
must be in the frequent application of
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

Northern Indiana farmers are expert
mcnting in the domcstication of quail
and the results are reported as highly
gratifying. Nearly every farmer in that
section has from ono to three covcys on
his farm and is giving them kind and
careful attention. During tho snow sea-
son the birds are fed regularly and on
some of the farms they have become so
tame that they roost with the barnyard
fowls.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
up" p. M. "a" n. IN. IN" night.
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN

Or'FfI'''r"'f VIV ~ n u VKTIN IIiIIE.
Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains :5 md
III, 8I and 3S, on A. and @. division Dining curs
on these trains serve al meals cnroutc
Trains leave Spnrtanburg, A. & @. division,
northboiind, !:Ut Il. m, 3:3i p. m, 8:l3 u. M
!Vcstibulc l.imitcdl and 7:07 y. M; south.
bound l2D a. M. Bib p. m, II :3l n. M, (Vesii.
bnlc 1.imitcdD. and 1912 a. m.
Trains leave Grccnvllc, a and G. division.
northbound BD2 n. m, 2:Hi p. m. and 5 22 D. M,
!Vcstibulc Iimitcdl. and 0lb p. M south.
bound, :!W Q. m,!;W p. M, 1890 p. IN. (Vcsti.
bnle Iimitedl, and II .l5 Il. in.
4, Trains l5 and l6-PuIhnan Shopping Oars
between Charleston and Columbia; ready for
occupancy ~ both points at 6 80 p. IN.
Elegant Pullman Drawing. Room Sleeping
Cars between Savannah and Ashevillc enroutc
daily between Jacksonville and Cincinnati.
FRANK $. CANNON, s. II. HARDWICK,
Third V.P. u Con. Mgr, Gen. Pas. Agent.
Washington, d. q. Washington, Is. O.
w. II. TAYLOR, r. W. HUNT
Asst. Gen. Pas. Agt, Div. Pas. AIT.
AtlAntAi 0a, Charleston, g. o.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24
AOdoa dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.

Tho United States Navy Department
will exhibit at Buffalo an by 20 foot
map of tho world on which will be
placed 307 miniature lead models, repre-
senting the war fleets of all nations and
their location from day to day.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

You cannot enjoy perfect health, rosy
checks, sparkling eyes if your liver is slug
gish and your bowels clogged. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers cleanse tho whole sys-
tom. They never gripo. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

No. 10 connects with Southern Railway No. SO.
No. connects with Southern Railway No 12.
No. ~ connects wita Southern hallway No. II.
NO. Il connects with Southern Railway No. 81.
For any information apply to-
j. 4. TAYLOR, General Manager.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

An equestrian statue of General John
A. Logan was unveiled in Washington
last Tuesday.
The stamp tax has realized over
1921 100000 in little moro than two
years and half
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

Arrest
disease by the timely use Of
TUFTS Liver Pills, an old and
favorite remedy of increasing
popularity. Always cures
SICK HEADACHE,
sour stomach, malaria, indiges-
ton, torpid liver, constipation
and all bilious diseases.
TUFTS Liver PILLS
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-24

How Are Your Kidneyss
DIR. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills Sam
pe free. Add. Sterling Romedy Co, Chicago or N. Y