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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
An Unusual Accident.

Williamson, October ia very un-
usual railway accident occurred half
mile west of Pelzer station last night.
1t appears that when nearing that point
the Porter of train No. 16, south bound,
came through the first class coach, as is
the custom, and called out the station.
Miss Minnie Hollingsworth, a young
lady passenger, deliberately arose fro m
her seat, walked to the platform of tn g
coach and stepped off to the ground
while the train was dashing along at the
rate of perhaps thirty miles per hour.
1t 80 happened that one of the train crew
saw the lady as she stepped off, and
Conductor Beattie being notified, backed
his train in search of the lady, fully OK
pecting to find her lifeless body by the
roadside, but the strangest part of the
story is that she picked herself up after
the fall and walked some distance to her
home in Pelzer with only few slight
bruises about her person. The strange
conduct on the part of the young lady
has not yet been explained. Wheth or
she was asleep or did not know the train
was in motion is not known.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
THE OLD STONE CHURCH.
Nal. Whisner Symmes, Of GreenviIIe, Has
Erected Memorial Tablet.

Saturday last was the day appointed
for the meeting of the Old Stone Church
Association, at the church, near Pendle.
ton, but on account of the incessant rain
only few were present and no business
was transacted. Itshould be mentioned,
however, that notwithstanding the rain
Maj. Whitner Symmes, of Greenville,
had placed, under his personal supervis-
ion at the old spring, a marble tablet
with this inscriptions:
"This tablet placed here by one who
reveres his deceased friends and ancestry,
North and South, many of whom have
passed into history"
Whitner Symmes.
"Spring my name and my place,
Time patiently and we'll runs the race;
pass away peacefully and silently;
Remember what have done."
Buried here are many of Mai. Symmes's 8
schoolmates, his grandparents, on one
side heroes of the swamps of South Ca
rolina; on the other of Bunker Hill; the
Pickenses, Andersons, Reeses, Lewises,
(olosely related TO Gen. Washington, !
Sloans, Hunters, Cherrys, Dicksons, the
brave and talented Bynum, and later, the
gallant Fitzpatrick, of the First South
Carolina Regiment, killed in Wills Valley,
with many others known to fame and
history of South Carolina.
The cemetery has been recently en-
larged and enclosed by substantial
stone fence or wall, the descendants of
these honored dead being determined to
perpetuate their memory and the history
of this church.-Anderson Daily Mail.
October 10.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
NEWS IN AND AROUND wEsrMINsrra.

Westminster, October 22.--The hot
supper given by the ladies of Retreat
church at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
d. Lesley, was a decided success, finan-
cially and socially. Those ladies know
what good things are. Net receipts, $22.
Mr.. and Mrs; w. M; billiard, Master
King billiard, Messrs. A. l.. billiard and
Charlie Simpson and Miss Collie Hull
were among the visitors at the Horse
Show at Atlanta last week.
Mrs. Fred w. Auld and her interesting
little boys, of Elberton, Ga, are visiting
her mother, Mrs. j. Y. Werner, at Re-
treat.
Mrs. w. Fl. Irwin, Jr., of Elberton, will
visit her mother, Mrs. j. Y. Werner, the
latter part of this week.
Mrs. L. e, Stribling and children, of
Seneca, visited her sister, Mrs. Nc
Clanahan, during the past week.
Rev. Millard, Of Kings Mountain, was
the guest of Rev. j. G. Shive on Monday.
One hundred and ten bales of cotton
were bought on the streets of West
minister last Friday. The cotton mill
the best cotton was quoted at 8 cents.
Mr.. @. j. Mulkey is building q dwell
ing house near the residence of DIR.
Stoneoypher on the street leading to the
mineral springs. Mr.. II. j. Waldrip has
charge of the work. The house con-
tains seven rooms and will be occupied
by Mr.. Mulkey.
Miss Veda Sheldon returned to New
berry on Monday via Seneca and Liberty.
Mrs. Sallie Long, who was shot by her
fifteen year old son on the afternoon of
October Id, is getting along nicely and
will recover. DIR. Walker removed the
pistol ball from her head on Wednesday
morning. The ball glanced when It
struck her skull and thus saved her life.
1t was mistake about the youth leaving
when he fred the shot. He made no
attempt to escape.
Rev. j. @. Shive returned from Vir-
ginia last Saturday and has taken up
his ministerial work again.
Miss Belle Jones and her sister, o
Retreat, are staying in town and attic nd
ing the Westminster High School.
Mrs. w. p. Anderson is spending the
week in Atlanta.
-H Mr.. William Bibb went to Atlanta
yesterday. He will return home Satur-
day. 80
Messrs. r. G. Hunt, VIM. Hull and A.
CAN'T went to Atlanta yesterday to at.
tend the Southern Interstate Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. @. K. Anderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. N. Cox and Miss Elinor Knight
heard the lecture of Rev. Sam P. Jones
at Walhalla last night.
Mr.. j. r. Orr is occupying the house
which he bought from Rev. P. j. Ver-
million. A. l.. Gossett.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
pFATH OF MR.. E. q. pENDY,
A Prominent Planter and an Honored Con.
iederate Soldier.

Died, in Augusta, Ga, on the morning
of October 9th, 1902, Mr.. e. G. Dendy, OF
Cross Hill, Laurens county. He had
been carried to that city to be operated
upon for appendicitis. He was o we'll
to-do planter, and one of the heroes OF
the COnfederacy. All over the county
he was familiarly known as "Coon'
Dendy. During the war he was captured
and carried to johnson Island, Federal
prison in the Northwest. He was not an
educated man, but had an abundance of
native wit. Additionally he had world
of grit and was an ideal man physically.
Homely in face, six feet tall, 3traight as
an Indian and with all the lightness,
endurance and agility of an Indian, he
was such specimen as Judge Long
street describes in "Bob Durham" to
have been in Georgia Scenes-made OF
"steel springs and chicken hawk" OF
such man as Dendy. He made his es-
cape and during six or eight months
worked his way through Indiana and
Missouri and other States, at least 200
miles of the enemy's country, undergo
ing many adventures and suffering num-
erous hardships, until he reached his
command again and went to fighting.
He was several times wounded.
Beginning poor after the war, tenant
farmer, without education, he hustled,
hustled all the time, worked his farm,
dealt in cattle and horses, and left a
competency for his widow. Within tho
last two years he had built pretty
house on one of the handsomost sites in
the county. He was warm hearted,
kindly man who stood by his friends.
"Coon Dendy" had his faults and he
was not a drawing room ornament, but
he was one Of the kind of private SOL
diers that made the Confederate armies
the hardest to lick that ever trod ground.
He was about 81 years old.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Whiskey Causes Tragedy-Two Killed.

Madison, Ca, October 15.-perry
Mitchell, young white man, livi4g in
the upper part of the county, shot and
killed Walter Booth, of this city, and
Aubry Handy, of Fair Play, both white,
yesterday afternoon.
Booth was shot through the heart and
died instantly. Handy was shot several
times in the body and died from his
wounds shortly afterward. There were
five shots in Mitchell. A stray ball
from Mitchell's revolver struck negro
and inflicted severe wound in his left
arm. After the shooting Mitchell was
caught and lodged in Jail.
The cause of the trouble seems to have
been falling out between Mitchell and
Handy over some whiskey. The killing
claims he had nothing against Booth.
All the parties are prominent in the
county.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Corn Over Eighteen Feet High.

Toccoa, Ca, October 1S.-W. a..
Walker, farmer of Habersham county,
has just shipped in the Southern Rail-
ways exposition of Southern products
and industries, which is now being held
in connection with the National Farmers
corn. The box was twenty feet long,
and the dozen stalks within were, by
actual measurement, 18 feet 2 inches
long, and near the roots averaged 2
inches in diameter. There were several
ears of corn on the stalks that measured
ten inches in circumference. Several of
the ears weighed three pounds each.
The corn was raised on Mr.. Walkers
more like it. 1t is doubtless the largest
corn ever grown in Georgia. Mr..
Walker expects to BIO awarded the prize
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
An Interesting Publication.

Messrs. Latham, Alexander G. Co.,
bankers and cotton commission mer-
chants of New York, have our thanks
for copy of the twenty ninth edition of
their annual book of "Cotton Movement
and Fluctuations" For many years they
have issued compilation for compli-
mentary distribution among their friends
and patrons. Their publication has long
since become standard cotton book of
reference. This issue is of especial in
terest by reason of review of the cot
ton trade of the world by Mr.. Thomas
Ellison, of Liverpool, a distinguished
statstician. Besides the usual table of
receipts, stocks, exports, consumption,
acreage, total visible supply and fluctua-
tions, there is much interesting original
matter in concise form. 1t is valuable
book of reference and the manner of its
getup furnishes striking example of
the perfection of the printers art.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
ertiIizers for Wheat
YOU MAKE YOUR PURCHASES
c.. c.. j AVN E s.

John +. Craig calls attention to his
large stock of goods. See his ad. and
investigate his goods and prices.
Capt. j. l.. Shanklin, of Richland,
attended tho Sam Jones lecture last
night. This is the frat time Capt.
Shanklin has been 20 Walhalla in two
years, and his many friends were pleased
to meet him again.
"A. w. Jones, clerk in the Comptroller
day and made the annual settlement
with the Supervisor, Treasurer, Auditor
and Superintendent of Education. All
the books were examined and approved.
Mrs. p. j. Shore, of Billiards., Ga,
is with her daughter, Mrs. DR.. j. III.
Moore, who is still quite i'll. We are
glad to learn, however, that Mrs.
Moore's condition is much more favora-
BILE this morning, and we hope for her
speedy recovery.
1t is understood that the crowd who
heard Sam Jones lecture last night are
picking out all the shot from their hides
day, and by business hours tomorrow
it is confidently expected we will have
sufficient quantity to form q lead trust
and corner the market.
Mr.. Luusford N. White, of Pied
mont, is spending few days In Walhalla
and vicinity among relatives ard friends
Mr.. White is looking unusually we'll aud
reports that he has not lost day from
his vacation to visit his old home.
1T is with regret that we announce
the death of MIR. A. Baron Holmes, of
Charleston, who died suddenly on Octo-
Der 9th, 1902. For many years he was a
representative of Walker, Evans & Cogs
we'll Go. as their travelling salesman in
South Carolina. He was a cultured gen.
tleman of pleasant address and made
many friends wherever he was known.
Tho alarm of fire last Wednesday
night about IL o'clock brought out q
number of citizens in dishabille attire.
The cause of the alarm was q small fire
in the bake-house on the premises of
Mrs. G. b. Oehmig. Some ashes had
been set to one side and had heated up
and started a small blaze in the house.
Little damage was done, and the fire
was quickly extinguished.
MIR. M. l.. Alexander is making tour
of the great West. He wrote us on the
10th instant, from Guthrie, Oklahoma,
giving glowing account of his trip.
Among other things, he stated that he
had had the pleasure of hearing a lee
ture by Carrie Nation. He says she is
the equal of Sam Jones and Ben Till
man combined. He has our thanks for
one of her souvenirs. 1t is a gold pin in
the form of hatchet, which she sells
after each lecture. The motto on the
hatchet is death to Rum" He
also forwarded us several copies
of the Guthrie daily papers con-
tanning interesting accounts of her
meetings. The people flock to hear her
by the thousands, and it appears that
she is more than paying expenses by the
sale of her hatchets. We suggest that
the Walhalla Lyceum engage her as an
attraction in the couse of lectures to be
delivered during the coming season.
Sho draws great crowds west of the
Mississippi, and she ought to draw some
this side.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Outlook at tho Poor Farm.

UuIIooE al the POOR Farm.
It was our pleasure this week to visit
the county poor farm in company with
County. Supervisor Pool. Here we found
everything in fine condition and the in
mates pleased with their surroundings.
The county authorities have recently
had erected on the place another honse
for inmates. 1t is neat 4-room cottage,
is put up in first-class style, and each
room is fitted up with heating stove.
The bedding in all the buildings looked
comfortable and clean, and the unfortu-
mates seemed perfectly content.
"A fine crop has been raised on the
place. The steward, Mr.. Cobb, housed
over 5000 bundles of fodder. Quite a lot
rotted during the rainy weather-about
a thousand bundles or more. He has
also harvested several tons of hay and
forage. Several have estimated the corn
crop from 300 to 900 bushels. Eight
heavy bales of cotton and about three
hundred bushels of sweet potatoes will
fattening hogs on the farm, which be-
long to the county, and they are cer-
tainly fine. Two of them will net be-
tween $50 and 400 pounds. A conserva-
tive estimate of the pork to be slaugh-
tered on the farm this year would be
$500 pounds net. There are also on the
farm ten fine young pigs for fattening
NJ 1t year.
On our return home it was our pleas
ure to stop for a few minutes az the hos
pitable home of Mr.. ]. N. Fitzgerald.
He has the finest 1-horse crop we have
heard of. 1t is estimated he will harvest
about 400 bushels of corn, having in barn
1900 bundles of fodder. He is strong
believer in high fertilization, but his
crop tells this. He made q quantity of
hay, forage, molasses, rye, potatoes and
cotton and many other good things that
can be raised on farm. Mr. Fitzgerald
has three very fine hogs. Their net
weight has been estimated from 1000 to
1,200 pounds. He was offered on last
Saturday 800 for the trio.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Fair Play Items.

Fair Play. October 2O.-The ginnery OF
Marett and Vandiver was destroyed by
fire the 14th instant. The gin was sup
posed to have been set on fire by an en-
ployee named Chitwood. Two other
boys, named Patterson, helped plan to
burn the gin. The three men were car
ried to Walhalla and lodged in Jail to
await trial.
A series of meetings closed at the
Methodist church here last Friday night.
Rev. S. M. Jones was ably assisted by
Rev. r. r. Dagnall, of Star.
Miss Anna Marett returned home SUM-
day, after spending two weeks at La
vonia, Ga.
Mr.. w. J. Knox spent last Sunday at
Lavonia, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 1. Holland and Miss
Hattye Wright. of Anderson, visited Mr.
and Mrs. D. V. Wright last Saturday
night and Sunday.
Miss Flora Mckay, charming and
attractive young lady of Oakway, visited
Miss Blanche Isbell last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. Irchberger and Miss Osborne, OF
Reed Creek, Ca, were among the visitors
here Sunday. Cat Eyes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Rev. Sam. p. Jones Lectures.

The lecture by Rev. Sam p. Jones at
Walhalla last night was heard by nearly
four hundred persons. Many came from
distant parts Of he county, and there
was quite good contingent from our
sister towns. To say that his lecture was
witty, instructive and entertaining, is put
ting it lightly. 1t was immense, inimita-
BILE, masterful. True, he sometimes called
IA spade a spade, but If Sin is horri.
Bile to talk about, how much moro hide
Gus must be the thing talked about. He
called his talk a medley of philosophy,
fact and fun. For nearly two hours he
talked right on in his own peculiar style
The grave and gay followed each other
in rapid succession. He knows how to
play on the strings of the human heart
aud he did it we'll. Some may criticse,
but in nine cases out of ten they will be
found to be only "doodle diggers."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Ceushed Up the Nail.

Coughed Up the Nail.
Little Monaco Moore, the 4-year-old
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. j. II. Moore,
who on September oath swallowed q
six-penny wire nail, coughed it up last
Saturday morning without experiencing
any pain or Inconvenience whatever.
Early In the morning, while still in bed,
she called to her father, announcing
that ''she had that NALL" and exhibited
it, having coughed it up just after
awaking. The dislodging of the nail is
q great relief to her parents, who have
been greatly concerned ever since the
little girl swallowed it. It's location
could not be ascertained, and but for
the serious illness of Mrs. Moore, little
Monaco would have been taken to a
specialist for an operation. The nail
was almost as bright asa new one, it
having corroded only slightly in few
spots. The many friends Of DIR. and
Mrs. Moore and their little girl will be
glad to learn of this fortunate turn of
what might have been very serious
accident.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Infant Dies from Poison.

The infant of DR.. and Mrs. b. F. Smith,
of Elberton, Ca, is dead from the effects
of morphene given by mistake for Gallo
mel, few days ago. The child had not
been we'll for a day or two, and Mrs.
would bring it around all right, and the
medicine was accordingly given. In a
short time the effects of the poison be-
gan to show and it was then the mistake
was discovered. Every effort was made
to save the child, but without avail, and
death soon claimed the little one. DR..
Smith and wife have many relatives and
friends in Oconee county who will be
panied to hear of the unfortunate acci-
dent and whose sympathies 60 out to the
bereaved parents.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Three Men Killed in a Tragedy.

New York, October ia tragedy in
the Broad Street exchange building this
morning resulted in the death of three
men, VIM. G. Turner, Albert Hamilton
and VIM. j. Mallard. These men were
interested in the Climax Bottling Co.
Turner, who at one time was treasurer,
defaulted to an amount of $4,000. They
endeavored to effect settlement and
Turner had agreed to turn over part of
tho money to-day. They were in con-
ference in an inner office of Cantor,
Adams & Mcintyre at 1.12 a. m. and
their discussion became heated, where.
upon Turner pulled his revolver fro m
his pocket, shot the other two men dead
and then committed suicide.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Murdered His Father.

Middlesboro, KY, October 1s.-John
Wilmore, a prominent merchant in
Scott County, Virginia, has been ar.
rested on charge of having murdered
his father several years ago. The elder
Wilmore disappeared and the son said
his father had gone to Mexico and later
he told of his death in that country.
The elder Wilmore, previous to his dis
appearance, willed all his property to
sion of the fathers esGate at the old
mans death. The fathers bones were
found under John Wilmore's store last
week.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Daughters Of the Confederacy to Meet.

The animal State convention of tho
Daughters of the Confederacy of South
Carolina is to be held this year in the
city of Anderson. The convention will
be called to order at 1890 O'Clock OF
Tuesday morning, November 25th.
The invitations or notices are now be-
ing sent out by Mrs. Thomas e. Walton
secretary Of the joint committee of ar
rangements of the two Anderson chap
ters.-Anderson Daily Mail, October
10th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
His Life In Peril.

81 just seemed to have gone all to
pieces" writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare,
Texas. "Biliousness and lame back
had made lifo burden. I couldn't eat
or sleep and felt almost too worn out to
work when began to use Electric Bit
ters, but they worked wonders. Now /
sleep like top, can eat anything, have
gained in strength and enjoy hard work. ="
They give vigorous health and new life
to weak, sickly, rundown people. Try
them. Only SOC. at all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Wants a Briaadier General.

Columbia, s. c., October 1S,--The
militia force Of South Carolina has been
without a Brigadier General for some
years. 1t was announced from the office
of the Adjutant and Inspector General
yesterday that the State has three full
regiments of infantry, enough for a
regular brigade, and it is understood the
Governor will in few days issue an
order establishing the brigade and ap-
pointing Brigadier General to com
mand it: 1t is thought that Col. Willie
Jones, who commanded the Second South
Carolina Regiment in the Spanish war,
will receive the appointment.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Three Children Burned.

Tuchula, Miss, October 1S.-News has
just reached here of a fire near Kruger
small station ten miles north of here
in which three children were burned tC
death. Their father, George Morehead
left for work in the woods, leaving hif
wife and three children at homo. Their
mother went to neighbours to gather
some vegetables. Upon her return she
was Mortified to see her home in flames
The children had been locked in the
house.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Graded Schools Honor Roll.

Graded Schools Honor Roll.
The following is the honor roll of the
Walhalla Graded Schools for che month
ending October II, 1902:
Town Sohool.-Grade 4, Eleanor Keys;
Grade 8, Roy Ernest; Grade 9, Frances
Pitchford, Eloise Strother, Inez Ward.
Millville School-Grade 2, Louis Gail
lard.
The schools are doing excellent work
In all the grades, and there are now over
two hundred pupils enrolled. The dis
cipline Is perfect, the work we'll planned
and systematized. AS whole the first
session under the graded school system
promises to reach very near the ideal OF
the most exactipg in every feature.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Ginhouse and Contents Burned a, Fatr Play.

The ginnery of Messrs. e. G. Marett
and j. @. b. Vandiver, at Fair Flay, was
burned on Tuesday, October 18th, 1902,
at about o'clock in the afternoon. 1t is
believed that the fire war of incendary
origin. On Thursday Walter Chitwood,
Henry Patterson and Press Patterson, ali
white, we're lodged in Walhalla Jail on
commitment by d. Wright, Magistrate,
charging them with the burning. The
fire originated in the lint room, near the
press, and it Is believed that the fire was
started by throwing a lighted match into
the lint cotton. The loss of Messrs.
Marett and Vandiver in building and
machinery was about $4,000 and insur-
ance $500. There were about ak bales
of cotton in the ginhouse belonging
principally to customers. This was
burned as we'll as largo quantity OF
cotton seed. A reward OF fifty dollars
has been offered by Gov. McSweeney for
the apprehension and conviction of each
person connected with the burning.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-22
Goes Like Hot Cakes.

1.-THE fastest selling article 1 have in
my store" writes druggist G. Il. Smith,
of Davis, KY, 'is DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, because it always cures. In my
six years of sales it has never failed. I
have known it to save sufferers from
throat and lung diseases, who could get
no help from doctors or any other rem
edy." Mothers rely on it, best physi-
clans prescribe it, and all druggists guar
antee satisfaction or refund price. Trial
bottles free. Regular sizes, SOC. and 81.