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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
HopeweII Items.

Hopewell, May 16.-For. the past
three weeks we have been having
some beautiful spring weather for
farming and the farmers have made
good use of it. The order of the day
is putting cotton to a stand, thinning
corn, etc.
We have flourishing Sunday
school at the Hopewell Baptist
church, organized the second Sunday
in April, with forty pupils on roll.
The school has purchased a new
organ. Sunday school convenes
every Sunday evening at o'clock.
Rov.R.W. Nelson supplies this church
again this year, preaching on first
Sundays at a o'clock p. m. Rev.
William Abbott also breaches here
every second Sunday at 4 o'clock.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21

"This act of that interview" con-
tinued Mr.. Vest, substantially and
almost word for word as | have
given it, came to me from Mr..
Stephens and Mr.. Hunter"
Mr.. Vest said that he considered
it his duty to make this statement in
order that history may not be falsi-
fed; in order that the men who
were said to have refused this offer
at the hands of President Lincoln,
should not be made to sin in their
graves, adding,;for if they had re-
refused what was said to have been
rendered to them by the President
they should have given the lie to the
intentions which they professed when
they risked everything-everything
that is held dear amongst men-in
defense of the Confederate cause"
While the deep silence still reigned
in the chamber as he spoke, and with
every eye directed toward him, Mr..
Vest concluded as follows:
"It may be but very short time
till l shall join the twenty-five col
leagues l had in the Confederate
Senate, and | did not want this
statement to go into the record of
this country without my statement
Of these facts and my solemn denial
that there is a shadow of truth in
this assertion which has been going
the rounds of the newspapers of the
country for the last few years."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
Suggestion as to Pensions.
From Anderson Daily Mail. !

From Anderson Daily Mail.
The pension money is being paid
to the veterans and the widows of
their deceased comrades, and it ia
gratifying to see their glad faces and
that the amount has been 80 much
increased. But there is room for
a greater increase, and I write this
to call attention to that class of
veterans who have lost leg or an
arm and whose income is above the
limit which excludes them. I have
seen one of these veterans plowing
in his field with leather straps to his
body attached to the plow stock to
supply the place of his lost arm, and
by the industry. and economy of
himself and family has been enabled
to accumulate enough for his income
to exceed the present limit and yet
not enough to live without work.
1t should be borne in mind that these
men are suffering from the loss of a
limb every day of their lives, and in
the loss of an arm requires the aid
of others in cutting their meats dur
ing meals, putting on and off their
clothing and in various other ways
unknown except to their families.
This is written simply to call atten-
tion to the camps of Confederate
veterans, and if it meets their ap-
proval to adopt such measures as will
bring it before the Legislature.
Joseph N. Brown.
Anderson, S. c., May IL, 1902.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
NEW sHRIns. NO. -voLuMn L11.---No an.
Ebene1er Items.

Ebenezer, s. O., May 16.-We
have had another excellent week for
farming. Crops are looking fine,
especially the wheat. The fruit
crop promises to be an abundant
yield,
Mr.. ID. II. Alexander, of Seneca,
visited his uncle, Mr.. Elias Alexan-
der, near Pleasant Ridge, who is
quite ill with chronic sore on his
face. On his way back to Seneca he
called to see some of his friends,
who were glad to see him looking 80
we'll and cheerful.
Mr.. j. r. Lyies, of Mountain Rest,
visited some friends here last Sun
day.
Mr.. J. g. Huff, of Greenville, Wis.
tied Mr.. J. p. Jones and family last
Monday. They were glad to see
him enjoying good health. Mr..
Huff is an acceptable young man.
Everywhere he goes he gains friends,
Mr.. Thomas Dodd and family have
moved back from Piedmont to their
farm. We are always glad to wei.
come such neighbors as Mr.. Dodd
into our midst. We are sorry to
say MIR. Dodd is dangerously ill with
a cancer on his face. He has little
son, "Elio,"' who has severe burn
on the back of his head, caused by
falling into the fire about three
months ago. There are many friends
who sympathize with them in their
sore Affections.
Mr.. Joshua Barker and family, of
Salem, visited their mother, Mrs.
Elijah Sanders, last Sunday.
They are having fourishing Sun
day school at Ebenezor. 1t is held
in the afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Mr..
John Fowler is the superintendent.
The trustees of our school met
today and elected Mr.. J. G. Huff
as our teacher. He will open his
school on the 9th of July and con-
tinue for three months. He will
vacate for one month and then he
will teach five or six more months.
Il. NJ. N.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
Some Historical Facts About Martinique.

The scene of the worlds latest
volcanic horror, the island of Hiar-
Unique, has been described by
writer as being "perhaps the most
interesting island of the most attract
i've archipelago of all this world.
Martinique is about 80 miles due
south across the Caribbean waters
from Dominica. Columbus made it's
discovery on his last voyage in 1902.
Its extreme length is about 45 miles
from northwest to southeast, and the
main part of it is in the shape of an
oval with rough edges, its greatest
width being Is miles.
The whole area of the island
nearly 400 square miles, is mountain
GUS. The loftiest height is Mount
Pelee, whose monstrous crater, long
dormant, vomited its flood of molten
lava and ashes upon the city of St.
Pierre, which lay upon it's gentler
slopes, and sought in recent years
to climb higher toward the crater.
Mont Pelee, on the northwest shore
of the island, is 4,450 feet above the
sea level, and near the foot of it's
western slopes lies the bay along
which St. Pierre was built. In
speaking of Mont Pelee, Fiske, in his
book on the West Indies, predicted
the fate which visited St. Pierre, in
the following words: "Farther south
(of Mont Pelee) are the three crests
of Courbet, and all along the mighty
ridge are black and ragged cones of
old volcanoes. These slumbering
monsters cannot be reckoned as
absolutely harmless, for in 1851,
after century of seeming quietude,
Mont Pelee broke out with dan
gerous eruption"
Beneath the heights of Pelee the
fierce Carib was allowed to remain
undisturbed until the adventurous
Norman captain, Esnambuc, came
down from St. Christopher in 1886
and founded st. Pierre at the very
foot of the frowning peak of Pelee.
The population of Martinique is
reckoned at about 175,O0O, of whom
10000 are whites, $4,000 of Asiatic
origin and 10000 black. The old
est, most populous and fourishing
city of Martinique was the now
wasted city of st. Pierre. 1t was
also the chief scat Of the islands
trade. There was lower and upper
town, and from the bay it seemed to
rise in terraces of yellow houses with
red roofs .embowered in gardens and
groves. The streets within the city
were mostly narrow, steep and well
paved.
Like Guadaloupe, Martinique is a.
department Of France, with one
Senator and two deputies to repre-
sent it. 1t is divided into the two
ACCOMPLISHMENTS of ST. Pierre and
Fort de France, and into twenty-five
communes. A Governor and council
are appointed by the home govern
ment, and there is general council
OF thirty-six elected members.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
New Road for WaIhaIIa.

The following special from Mine
raj Bluff, Ca, to the Constitution,
under date of May Il, will be read
with interest by the people of Wal
halla and the surrounding country {:
"This section of north Georgia is
just now attracting much attention
from Northern capitalists, and the
prospects are flattering for the
building of new railroad from
Ducktown via this place to Walhalla,
S. G. A preliminary survey has
been made and a charter obtained,
and the proposed line was examined
few days ago by capitalists who
came from the North to inspect the
route and look over the country
through which the road is to run.
If built it will open up one of the
finest mineral and timber sections
of the South in the counties of
Fannin, Union, Towns and Rabun."
The Atlanta Daily News is to be
revived shortly under the cditorship
of John Temple Graves.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
For the Small Boys.

The following is The text of the
law in regard to the killing of birds
and robbing birds nests; "No per-
son or persons shall at any time or
place within this State, take, kill,
sell, expose for sale, export beyond
the limits of the State, any mocking
bird, nonpariel, swallow, bee bird,
red bird, woodpccker, thrush or wren,
lander penalty of IS for each bird
so taken, killed, sold, exposed for
sale or exported beyond the limits
of the State. No person or
persons shall destroy or rob the
nests of any of the said birds, under
penalty of So"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21

The island of Martinique, on which
the terrible disaster of last Thursday
occurred, has heretofore had it's place
in the history of the world principally
as the birthplace of the beautiful
Empress Josephine, first wife of the
great Napoleon. Hereafter it will
figure in the list of the most terrible
disasters that have occurred in the
world. This, however, is not the
first calamity Of the kind that has
occurred on Martinique, The island
lost 1000 lives by an earthquake in
1857, and in 1889, 700 people were
killed in a similar disturbance,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of f. j.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by tho use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. d. 1886.
(~) A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL (
~' Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HalPs Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
Another Volcano Is Restless.

Guadalajara, Mexico, May 49,
The Colima volcano shows strong
indications of a great eruption and
the inhabitants living in the valley
are fleeing to safe distances. Smoke
and puffs of flames have been belch.
ing from the crater for several DAYS.
Mount Colima has been threatened
with renewed activity for several
weeks. This condition caused the
work of constructing the extension
of the Mexican Central Railroad to
Manzanilli, passing near the base of
the mountain, to cease temporarily.
The route of extension will probably
be changed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21

There was a few weeks ago a con-
siderable furry in the South over
the Crumpacker resolution to exam-
inc into the election laws of the
Southern States with view to tho
reduction of the Congressional repre-
sentation of those States that have
imposed suffrage qualifications that
will result in disfranchising a large
part of the negro vote. We never
had any idea that this resolution
would be passed, and it is now gene
rally regarded as dead issue.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21

human beings, and spared the woman
cast to them In the aroma. 1t is astonish-
ing how little sympathy women have
for women. In the home the mistress
sees the maid with the signs of suffering
she recognizes so we'll, but she does not
tighten the sick g,rl's load by touch OF
her finger. In the store the forewotnau
sees the pallor and eS'laustion which
mark womanly weakness, but allows
nothing for them. It 10 work or quit.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women we'll, by curing the womanly
diseases which undermine the health
and sap the strength. oFavorite Pre-
scription" establishes regularity, dries
weakening drains, heals Inflammation
and liberation, and cures female weak
ness.
"When I first commenced using DIR. Piercs's
mmeoieinss," msois, writes Mrs. Geo!ge 4. Srong, OF
ing from lnaie weakness, dlsagreeabie drain,
bearing down pains, weak agd Tired feeling ali
TIVE two %s yeas. asasssS around In that ws
Amer taking. the drst bottie Began to feei
better took four bottles Of Dr. piefee's Favor.
lie Prescription, two Of Golden Medical Dis
used one bottle Of Or. eage's Satafrh Remedy
Now feel Ike new person. I can't thank y3,;
snoHgh for your kind advice aud the good VOW W.
medicine has done me.1
"Favorite Prescription mskes weak
women strong, sick women well. Ac.
cept no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
most desirable laxative for delicate
women.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
ming down bushshaokers. My head

ming down bush@hackers. My head
quarters were at Knox's, Bridge.
Some amusing things happened
while we were on this duty, and
some rather dangerous, but as 7 cid
not start in to give details, I omit
them.
/ L forgot to state at the proper
place that in the election of officers
in our company i was the only can
didate who received every vote.
This l regard as-one of the highest
compliments ever paid me.
ID. M. Russell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21

The COURIER and the Atlanta Consti.
tuition and the Home and Farm one year
for the sum of 90.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
RM AND HAMMER SODA FOR SO.


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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
State Mutual Life =. Annuity Co.
The Parent Annuity Association of the South

Assets, $139,471.39
Surplus, all liabilities, July 1901 8 6s," 59.46
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-22
Mr.. BRISTOW HERE.
With Adroit EYasiveness He
DOdges Pertinent Questions.

Joseph L. Bristow arrived in Topeka to-
day from his home in Ottawa Mr. Bris-
tow has been sojourning in Washington,
D. c.. for several years in the capacity of
fourth assistant postmaster general Of the
United States.
Before he went there Ito Washington
not to Ottawa he just plain Joe Bris-
tow, editor Of the OTTAWA Herald and sec
rotary of the Republican state central
committee Now he is the Honorable 10
seph L. with all the numerical f1Cings that
Mr.. Bristow quafEed a glass of moxie at
a soda fountain this morning with the
hot milk He was pieasant-tust as much
so as in the old days when he was plain
and his coat cut in the same fashion as Of
Just came in from Ottawa" he said to
Suppose you brought some news with
your" ventured a reporter.
es We mad good rain IN ottawa, ne
said, with smile. at his fox-hke eva
a real. good rain.'' he added
You will be here for the political gath
Well I viii attend the Republican state
convention, but don't know thing about
politics." said the Honorable Joseph L.
what about Rathbone?''
said, except that the higher Cuban court
has been given the right to open his case
read that in the dispatches. He worked
up the evidence against ftathDone. TOO
but he may nave IorBOGLen the OetalS-
What is the standing of the Kansas del
egation in Washington
Good, very good, said Honorable Mr.
Bristow 1T is an excellent delegation
To be sure it is not as strong, a delega-
longer by their states" Mr.. Bristow might
have been limiting that the longer he re-
mains in the fourth chair from the top
he will be all the more valuable.
What has been done about making To-
pel1a the headquarters for the rural free
delivery district?'
Really I don't know; that is not in
my department.
Then Joe BristOW went to Copeland
county FOR dinner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-22
LOCAL MENTION.

A meeting of the members of the Ma
tive Sons of Kansas is called for to-
night at the Commercial club rooms.
Two beautiful fancy waists. valued at
five dollars each, to be given away for
ten cents, Win be made to fit any lady.
Please call and examine them, at 113
West Tenth. Mrs Buzzen, dressmaker
The tennis players of the local Young
Mems Christian association will meet
tonight at the association parlors at
$50 to draw for places in the tourna-
ment which begins Saturday. the oath
OF Nay.
Topeka post No. Il and w. R. c. No
81 viii tender q reception to Colonel
I-comis, the newly elected department
commander at the hall of Topeka post
III East Seventh street, Saturday night
are expected to be present.
Reports received from San Bernardino
are to the effect that Assistant Car Shop
Foreman Charles Swanson, of Topeka
has been appointed to be foreman Of
the car shops of the Santa Fe at that
point. Mr.. Swanson has been in Cali
fcrnia and viii return home from there
next week.
The committee in charge of the work
Of gathering donations for the fund to
establish railroad 7 M. c. A build
ing here report a fattering success at
tending their efforts. At the meeting Of
the committee last evening a subscrip-
ton paper passed around secured
pledges of $1.435. An hours solicitation
among the Santa Fe shop employees to-
day at noon resulted in an additional
tee IS sangulne OF the success of their
work and work on the new building will
undoubtedly be begun within a few
weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-22
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT.

The Republic of Cuba is based upon
the constitution adopted by the cOnsti-
tutional delegates in January-with GER
tain restrictions imposed by the Platt
amendment. The constitution follows in
large measure that of the United States.
the few variations in the main being
suggested by local conditions
1t gives to the people of the island
representative form of government,
equal rights under the fundamental law,
free speech and a free exercise of CON
science. 1t provides for the protection
of foreigners residing in the republic.
vests the supreme power in the people
and provides that this power shall be
exercised by a house of representatives
and q senate. to be conformity known as
congress. Provincial assemblies and
departmental assemblies shall govern
the provinces and the municipalities.
The president shall be elected for a
term OF four years. and he may not
serve three consecutive terms. The SEN
ators shall serve six. years and be cho-
sen by delegates elected by the prOvin-
cial assemblies. Representatives shall
be elected for four years. half their
number being chosen every two years
The president is to be chosen by direct
vote. and an absolute majority of all
the votes cast in a single day. He is to
be commander in chief of the army and
navy and is given authority to suspend
the sessions Of congress in any matter
upon which it fails to agree.
The judicial power rests in the su-
preme court and suck other courts as
may be constituted.
The Plat amendment to the Teller
resolution, adopted by the congress of
the United States in February 1898.
provides: That the government of Cuba
shall enter into no treaties with foreign
countries which shall impair or tend to
impair the independence Of Cuba. and
that no foreign power shall secure lodg-
ment in or control of any part of the
island; that no public debt shall be in
CURED which cannot be met by the or
binary revenues of the island: that the
United States shall have the right to in
tervene at any time for the preserva-
ton Of independence and stable govern
ment and for the maintenance of order:
that all acts of the United States during
the military occupation shall be ratified
and validated and all lawful rights ac-
quired by the United States shall be
maintained and protected, that the san
itatiOn plans of the United States shall
be continued.
These are the important features of
the Plat amendment. and they show IN
what measure the new republic is to be
restrained from exercising the full func-
tons Of perfectly independent and
self-gOverning people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-22
BURTON FLOPS.
He Decides to Not Oppose Pres
ident Roosevelt.
WIN Make No Fight on Cuban
Reciprocity at Wichita.

Washington, d. c., May Ex-senator
Burton has again marched up the hill
and down again." Until a few days
ago he had given out his intention to
oppose instructions for the administra-
ton and reciprocity with cuba IN the
Wichita convention next week.
To newspaper men and members OF
congress he has recently made no
secret of his opposition to administra-
ton To his intimates, he has talked
very bitterly against Roosevelt, and h&
has been called one of the 1nsurgent
leaders in the senate on the question OF
Cuban reciprocity
Now it develops he has been induced
to change his mind, and before leaving
here today promised he would not OPP
pose resolutions in the Wichita platform
endorsing Roosevelt and reciprocity
Whether the two hours conference at
the White House the other night be-
tween the president and Mr. Burton had
anything to do with the result can only
be conjectured. The fact remains that
he has pledged himself on the PROPOSE
ton and viii interpose no objections to
President Roosevelt and reciprocity
planks in the Wichita platform unless
he violates his promise made here.
This action is. of course, very pleasing
to Representative Long. Commissioned
Ware and other Kansas friends of the adj
ministration who viii be present at the
only a few days have elapsed since Mr..
Burton executed similar ftOp IN connec-
ton with the confirmation of Evans to be
consul general to London.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-22
ANTI GANG WON
Athletic Fight at Washburn
Ends Today.

The anti-gang ticket won an easy victory
In the Washburn Athletic association cleo
ton today. All the anti-gang candidates
were elected by large majorities.
The ballOting commenced at II o clock
and he votes were not counted till 2:40 this
afternoon. The judges were Prof. w A.
Harshbarger and Prof. D. L McEachron.
The clerks were Miss Nelson and Mr.. Dale.
Two voters were declared Ineligible and
their votes cast out. They were Miss
Ethel Davies and Frank Short, who, it
was decided, were not in school.
The total number Of votes east was Zl7
and the voting resulted as follows:
ningham, 70, vice president, H. Y. Shirts.
IA: secretary, Belle Tice, 1872; treasurer.
Martin Van de Mark. 1875; baseball mana
ger. R H Steele IL
Gang ticket: President. A. V. Read. S.;
vice president, Agnes Fisk. n; treasurer,
Ray Coldren, 80; baseball manager, R. A.
Maxwell 100.
Independent ticket: Secretary. Nancy J.
Rodgers, 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-22
LYNCHlNGS IN SIGHT.
Two Negroes About to Pay the
Customary Penalty.

Dallas. Tex, May 22-Dudley Morgan.
who is charged with assaulting the wife
of Section Foreman Mckay near Long
view, passed Hallville en- route to Lam
sing for identification at II O'Clock. If
Mrs Mckay the woman assaulted,
Identifies the prisoner. it is said he viii
be burned.
Webb city, No, May PA mob in
tent on lynching VIII Jones, a Joplin
negro who is charged with assaulting
Mrs. John Parmeter, aged SO years, a
white woman of this city, surrounds
the Jail here The mob awaits the ar
rival of Mrs Parmeter. If she identi-
fies Jones as her assailant a lynching
seems certain Jones was run down
and caught by bloodhounds