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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
How the Beers Fight.

London, March 6.-Telegrams re-
ceived here from Klerksdrop de-
scribing the attack upon the capture
by the Beers, on February "a, at a
point southwest of Klerks drop, of
467 British soldiers, who were act
ing as convoy to an empty. wagon
train, show that Gen. DeLarey laid
his plans with consummate care and
precise knowledge of the ground.
The third Roer attack upon the
convoy was delivered from various
points and was most determined.
By sheer recklessness they sought
to ride down and overwhelm the
British defense. The British guns
shelled the charging Beers, but moth
ing stopped their onslaught, which
was delivered with unusual impetus.
The convoy mules were subjected to
a heavy fire, and, deserted by the
native drivers, the mules stampeded,
putting many of the defenders tenn
porary out of action and causing the
widest confusion.
For two hours the British held
out. Then they divided and were
overwhelmed. A few minutes of
incautious fighting and all was over.
The Beers galloped along the line,
firing at every man who showed the
slightest terdency to resist, until
they reached and captured the guns.
In the excitement the Northumber-
land Fusiliers, who had been cut off,
succeeding in fighting their way for
some distance. When their ammu-
milton became exhausted they
charged with bayonets, but were
speedily overpowered.
By 7 O'Clock in the morning all
resistance was at an end. The dead
and wounded were scattered all
over the field. Broken wagons and
panic-striken horses and mules made
scene of indescribable confusion.
Not until Gen. DeLarey came in
person WAS anything like order re-
stored. He stopped the Beers en-
gagged in stripping the British
wounded by the free use of the
sjambok, but they continued the
work of despoiling when his back
was turned.
GEN. DIE WET SAID TO BE woCNDED.
London, March "A dispatch
from Harrismith, Orange River
Colony, says that Boer prisoners
report that Gen. De Wet was shot
in. the arm during the recent attempt
to break through the block house
line, held by the New zealanders, in
the vicinity of Harrismith and Van
ReeneIf.
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it will aid my people to have the
benefit of the experiments, the litera-
ture, soil surveys, seed, trees and
other good work done by the depart
ment, and l am therefore a strong
supporter of the bill carrying the
desired appropriations"
In this connection it will prove
interesting to the people of South
Carolina to read a letter from the
Secretary of Agriculture to Mr..
Latimer:
"Hon. A. @. Latimer, M. c.. House
of Representatives.
"Sir: In connection with the work
of the bureau of plant industry it is
proposed to undertake next year a
study of the conditions governing
the growth of alfalfain in various parts
of the country. There is urgent
need for more information on the
growing of forage crops, and it seems
desirable to secure facts that can be
turned to practical account. We
have in mind plan whereby farmers
in certain selected districts would be
supplied with sufficient seed to grow
an acre or more of this crop under
directions issued by the department.
The question of soil and climate,
time of seeding and other things
will be fully considered 80 that the
results would really serve as object
lessons for each particular commun-
ity. l shall be greatly obliged if you
will interest yourself, as l feel sure you
will, in the cooperative work. 1t is
of course important to have men who
will feel interested in the matter,
and who will aid the department..
Trusting to hear from you on this
subject at an early date, am,
"Yours very respectfully,
"James Wilson,
"Secretary of Agriculture"
Mr.. Latimer has replied to this
letter assuring the Secretary of his
interest and willingness to aid in
every way. Those interested in this
matter should communicate with
Mr.. Latimer at once, as the work
will depend on the interest the people
manifest.
1t is to be hoped that the people
will support the department in this
fight for larger advantages to the
farmers and a broader extension of
its work.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
How Are Voue 1kidheyse
aSes Ps
weloome Tor RoOseveIt.

Columbia, March g.. Gen. Wade
Hampton has been quite ill recently.
Yesterday he took drive for the
first time in month.
He exerted himself TO speak about
the recent incidents in connection
with President Roosevelt's visit to
Charleston. Gen. Hampton at first
talked of incidents that led up to the
trouble, which may Eave given the
impression that the President would
not be welcome in South Carolina,
and then said
GAIL of that, however, has nothing
to do with the direct inquiry. You
can say that / have no doubt what
ever from what / know of my people
that Charleston and all of Carolina
will give the President a royal well
come. The reception that the Presi-
dent will receive in Charleston will
be handsome, cordial and sincere.
There is no city in the whole coun-
Try that would give the President, a
better welcome.
81 sincerely trust that. the Presi-
dent will not allow any of these side
issues to influence him in any way
in connection with his proposed trip
to Charleston"
When asked what he thought of
the Tillman sword incident he said
that he has not been. able to read
much about the matter, but declared
he had no doubt that the respectable
people deeply depIored inis incident.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
HOW,s This Z

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for any case of catarrh that cannot be
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Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
Could Not Breathe.

Coughs, colds, Group. grip, btouohitis
and other throat and lung troubles are
quickly CURED by One Minute Cough
Cure One Minute Cough euro is NOT q
mere expectorant, which gives only
temporary relief. 1t softens and liqufies
the mucous, draws out the inflammation
ana removes the cause of the disease.
Absolutely safe. Acts at once, sOne
Minute Corgh Cure will do all that ID
claimed for 1t, !" says Justice of the Peace
y. =. Hood, Crosby, Miss. s.My wife
could not get her breath and was relieved
oy the first dose. 1t has been a benefit
10 all my family. j. w. Bell
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
THEY'RE ON TO BOONE.
Tho Mayor Of kncxyiIle Says They Know Him
go, 600 Worth One Of His New Plans.
[Dover tKy., News. j

aat.i :
Col. Albert 10. Boors, of Black
Diamoad fame, has been andeavor-
ing'to get people of Madison, Ind.,
interested in scheme to construct
an electric railroad. The people Of
Madison did not take to his plans
and turned down. his proposition.
Mayor McGuire, of Madison, wrote
to the MayorSof Knoxville, Tenn,
asking what kind of man Mr..
Boone was, and this is the reply:
Knoxville, Tenn, November IT,
Dear Sir: Yes stree, we know the
versatile and tireless colonel. We
know him like a book. We have
been privileged to gaze upen him in
all the splendor of a railroad builder,
whose lines extend from Knoxville, Z
Tennessee, to Madison, Indiana, and
from there to the isles of the sea and
ends of the earth, and thence iii j an
air line, as the bird flies straight into
the pearly gates of the New Jerusa,
lem. Not to know the colonel is TO
have lived void and empty life, to
be tree without fruit, bush with
out the rose, Ga stunned and stolid
thing, a brother to an ox.''
"All the way up, all the way down,
All the way through, all the way round. 4
From head to heels, from heels to CROWN,
Do we know the Colonell He
got from our local suckers 100000 as
a promoting fund to promote ssthe
Black Diamond" and like John
Browne soul our forty thousand
'still goes marching on;" and as for
the Black Diamond, it has already
been constructed over circle OF
territory of which Knoxville is the
center and infinity the circumference
and it keeps on going. On this
beautiful Sunday morning away
down here in the Southland, take
Off my hat to you and congratulate
you on knowing the Col. Albert E.
Boone. Respectfully sscc::ffuaily,
.. G. Heiskell, Mayor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
OUR OK IS BEING GORED.
Mr.. Latimer's Efforts in Aid OF the Experiment
Stations.

Washington, March 6.-When the
bill making appropriations. for the
Department of Agriculture comes
before the House of Representative
an effort is going to be made to cur
tail the appropriation. Several
members of the House from States
that have no agricultural industry of
Importance are leading the fight for
the reduction. They contend that
too much money is being expended
for experimental work by the de-
partment, and, in a word, that the
work being done is of no practical
value, and gives no return to the
people for the money used. During
the past five years the department
has gradually extended its work
along the line of the development of
new industries and experiments with
new crops as well as the introduction
of new and improved methods of
agriculture, good roads, etc. The
object hoped to be realized is a
greater diversity of crops through
out the farming section of the coun-
try along up to date lines. A great
deal of labor and money is being ex-
pended in practical experiments, get
ting up and sending out literature,
seeds, plants, trees, and in making
surveys of the soil conditions of the
country, and the estimates of the
secretary for the next fiscal year con-
templates still greater extension
along these lines, hence the opposi-
tieG that has sprung upin the House.
A strong fight is going to be made
to keep the appropriations in the
bill on the basis of the estimates of
the secretary. The members from
the farming States are thoroughly
aroused to the necessity of the ap-
preparations, and are lining up for
the fight. Among the prominent
leaders in Congress who believe that
the department of agriculture should
have plenty of money is Representa-
tive Latimer, of South Carolina.
While he is of the opinion that bet
ter results might be obtained by
working through the State expert
mental stations, he knows that such
plan is impossible at this time, and
therefore is supporting the depart
ment of agriculture in determined
way. The Secretary of Agriculture,
recognizing Mr.. Latimer's influence
in the House, has consulted him on
the subject of the opposition, and
given him a full statement OF his
position in the matter to be used on
the floor of the House when the de-
bate comes on. Mr.. Latimer said,
in speaking of the matter:
81 have watched carefully and con.
tinually the work of the department
of agriculture since have been in
Congress and my support of and
admiration for the work that is done
by the department grows stronger
every day. 1t is the one department
of the government that gives back
to the people directly the benefit of
the money expended, and ought to
be the one to receive the individual
support of all members of Congress
interested in the welfare and pros
perity of the farmer. The great
work that the department. will do hoe
hardly begun, and yet / know that
the farmers of my State have been
greatly benefited already. My inter-
est is assured in any movement that
will aid the agricultural classes, and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
IT MUST FoLIow As THE NIeHr THR DAY oANsr NOR
burg pair of horses hauls,ten bales

burg pair Of horses haulslten bales
which is one-fourth the number as
the oxen in Mississippi. Around
Raleigh the farmers off the hard
roads would take forty days to haul
that forty bales of cotton with one
horse or power eqaal to forty horses
on the big Mississippi wagon. The
ability to get big load to market
when the price is good would often
pay the farmers taxes for good roads
for years while he is hauling his lit
tie one bale to town on afalling mar
ket.
There is no one thing for which
the farmers of the country pay a
heavier tax than for bad roads, and
yet they are the last people to realize
it. They are in the ruts badly in
most of their farming, and we will
never have the development we
should have in farming itself until
we have good roads to the farms and
get business men to make homes in
the country and carry with them
their business habits to make the
farms more productive. Good farm
ing and profitable farming depend
on good roads more than any other
feature, for if we cannot get our
crops to market economically there
is great deal of the profit of farm
ing taken off in the tax of bad roads.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
NEW MouNrAIa RAILWAY.
rhs eeSHsaS q aas Been Lei for Ruildina a Part
Of the Taliuiah Falls Railway Extension.
aS6aayHEgX RgjEgE

=
The much-talked-of extension of
the Tallulah Falls railway to Frank
| lin, N. c., is now an assured fact,
and with the announcement comes
the report that the Illinois Central is
back of the operation.
This means, in all probability, a
new road into Atlanta. The extern
sion alone wotld give Atlantians who
go to Tallulah easy transportation
into new section, which has long
been without railroad facilities and.
within twelve miles of Highlands, a
popular resort, where hundreds are
in the habit of going every year.
This route, however, assumes a
greater aspect when it is known the
Illinois Central is back of the enter
prise. 1t is not many miles from
Franklin, N. O., to Knoxville, Tenn,
whore connections would be made
with the Tennessee Central, which
has rails into Nashville, where it is
thought the Illinois Central will
eventually build and gain control of
the Tennessee Central.
The work of extending the Tallu-
lab Falls railway from Tallulah Falls
to Franklin, N. O., distance of 43
miles, will begin in ten days and is
to be completed by September LIST.
A. r. Gilchrist, chief engineer of the
road, was in Atlanta Saturday for
the purl &c of letting contracts for
the work and has already closed a
contract for the building of five and
one-half miles os the road with Fred.
Wagner, an AtlS pta contractor.
Mr.. Wagner is represented by
Attorneys Brown 6 Randolph, with
whom he was in consultation this
morning. He stated that he would
leave in few days to begin his con
tract. Other contracts for the work
will probably be lot during the next
few days.
Mr.. Wagner was the contractor
for the Tallnlah Lodge, the elegant
hostelry at Tallulah Falls, which is
owned by George L. Prentiss, a New
York capitalist, who is the president
of the Tallulah Falls railway. The
building of five and one-half miles
of track will put the road on the right
of way of the old Blue Ridge and
Atlantic railroad, which will be used
its entire length of ten miles.
1t is understood that Mr.. Prentiss
has recently purchased 10000 acres
of land in the section of North Caro-
lima, into which the road is to be
extended. The people of Franklin,
which is to be the present terminus
of the road, will contribute $4,000
to the building of the new road,
which they raised by an issue of
bonds. The extension will cost, it
is said, nearly q half million dollars.
The = ate of the extension will be
due north. 1t viii cross the Tallu-
lah river a mile from Tallulah Falls,
and run through Rabun county to
Clayton, and then into Franklin,
Macon county. North Carnlina.--
Atlanta Journal, February 26s
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
United States Neutral.

Washington, March 6.-The Beer
delegates called on President Roose-
velt to-day and appealed to him to i'm
terfere in their behalf In the war
with England. The President de-
clined to do 80. The President also
declined to prevent the shipment of
mules and other supplies from New
Orleans by Great Britain, stating
shat the only thing the United States
could do would be to prevent the
starting of armed forces from Ameri.
can ports.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
Practically starrirr.

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12

connected with the formation of the
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Washington family, Mount Vernon
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
Senator Tillman's Characterization

Senator Tillman's characterization
of Senator Beveridge as a '.grass.
hopper" reminds The Boston Herald
of Edmund Burke's eloquent observ-
alton upon that insect. Said Burke:
because half dozen grasshop-
pers under form make the field ring
with their important chink, while
thousands of great cattle repose be-
meath the shade of the oak, chew the
cud and are silent, pray do not inn
agine that those who make the noise
are the only inhabitants of the field,
or that, after all, they are other than
the little shriveled, rneagre, hopping,
though loud and troublesome insects
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12
Young Girls!

Are often engaged In doing the work of
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tions. Nature cries out against the
STOPPING and lifting, the running up and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-12

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to John J. Mitchell, of the Illinois
Trust and Savings bank, of Chicago.
IL amounts to $4,000, which etill
compares badly with the. $75, 900 rs,
Gently given New York bank presi-
dent.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-11-20

Columbia, No., Nov. 15.-Col Ed
ward Butler, millionaire and politi-
clan Of st. Louis, on trial charged
with attempting to bride DR.. Chap
man, Of the St. Louis board OF health,
in order to influence his vote on the
Endorsement of q garbage contract
with the city, has been found guilty
by the jury, which assessed the pun
ishment ut three years in the peni.
Tertiary. T. H. Hickman, foreman
Of the jury, says the verdict was
reached on the first ballot.
Col. Butler and his wife, his two
sons, Congressman James J. and Ed
ward, Jr., and their wives were in
the court room when the verdict was
received. All eyes were turned to-
ward Butler. A defiant glance came
to his face, then his features sub
sided into the expression Of half dis
gust which he wore while listening
to the testimony and arguments.
Butler was asked his opinion of the
verdict. He made no reply; instead
Congressman James J. Butler said:
ut was an outrage. That jury was
fixed" A motion for q new trial was
overruled.
When asked by Judge Hockaday il
he had anything to offer why SEN
tence should not be passed on him,
Edward Butler said: Il have nothing
to say, your honor, further than that
I am not guilty of the charge pre-
ferred against me" "rhe jury has
passed on that question, Mr.. Butler"
was Judge Hockaday's reply. I'm &C
cordance with the verdict sentence
you to Imprisonment in the state
penitentiary for a term of three
years." The filing Of an appeal to
the supreme court followed. Judge
Hockaday fixed Buffers bond at s1O,-
600, which was signed by q number
Of prominent citizens Of Columbia.