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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Thousands Starving In Sweden,

Stockholm, November 29.-Reports re.
ceived here to-day state that the famine
is spreading throughout the extreme
north of the country. Seventy thousand
people are starving Or on the verge OF
starvation. Heavy and orotracted rain
falls have inundated the fields and mea
dows and flooded many houses. Much
of the live stock has been isolated on the
hills, which are barren of pasture, and il
likely to perish. In numerous localities
the Inhabitants are killing their flocks
and herds, and even their milch COWS, OF
selling them at ruinous prices. Cows
bring only $5 and sheep so cents.
Even in districts where the famine has
been comparatively slight the savings OF
the people, which are derived chiefly
from stock raising. .re generally ex,
hausted.
Birch bark and seed grain ground to.
gether is the common article of diet. II
is almost impossible for the farmers tc
get work, and they cannot mortgage
their farms, which the floods are tempo
rarily rendered worthless.
These distressing conditions are to bt
found throughout the whole stretch o
country between the sixty-frst ant
sixty-seventh degrees of north latitude
and from the gulf of Bothnia and til,
Russian border far into the interior.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10

tEdgefcld Chronicle, November 81.
And now MIR. James n. Minis caps the
climax by bringing us huge, solid vel
low yam weighing nine pounds and two
ounces-an astonishing potato. A Re.
hObOth man who came in and saw it on
our table, looked at it, handled it, in.
spected it, and then asked in all honesty
what il was. We told him it was po
tato. He said, "Oh, you can't get that
off on me-"
Recently Mr.. Trapp McManus, with a
stout negro man to help him, pulled
up out of his vegetable garden volun.
when wound up and tied in bale
weighed 40 pounds. This is the honest
truth without an iota of exaggeration
And few days back Mr.. McManus
brought us beautiful green gourd with
n handle as straight as an arrow and
three full feet long.
And of Edgefield Stevens at thatl We
quote from the last issue of the Green
wood Journal: "Mr. w. b. Stevens, OF
Eulala, was in town last week. Mr.. Ste-
vens is large man, weighs 225 pounds,
and Mrs. Stevens weighs in the same
notch. Mr.. Stevens has sister who
weighs 210 pounds, and the smallest
brother he has weighs 1926 pounds. Four
members of family, whose aggregate
weight is 1915 pounds, is something re-
markable.
The Newberry Observer tells of ano.
ther fine potato crop in that county.
Mr.. George w. Suber made $50 bushels
of sweet potatoes from one-third of an
acre. They were the improved vinelcss
yam and were very large and fine. He
measured the land and the potatoes very
carefully. This is at the rate of 45C
bushels to the acre
The Rock Hill Herald, by the way,
seems to possess an agricultural museum.
The Herald says it has on display in its
agricultural show window some very re-
markable specimens, such, for instance,
as pumpkin weighing SO pounds,
grown by Mrs. j. G. Hoke, of tho River
Bend section; radish measuring IS
inches in length and 5 inches in diameter,
from the garden of G. ID. Rcid; an ear OF
corn from the garden of r.. II. Cowan, 8
inches long, having lS rows and 1,0i4
grains, and another ear measuring 10
inches in length; some chestnut oak
acorns from the farm of the late Perry
Gill, near Lewis Turnout, measuring an
inch and five eighths in diameter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Number q.

An Ordinance to Preserve the Health and
Cleanliness of the Town of Walhalla.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Walhalla, in
council assembled, and by authority of
the same:
SECTION 1. That all residents, whether
owners of property or tenants occupying
the same, within the incorporate limits,
shall keep their premises in a clean and
healthy condition, and any person or per-
sons failing or refusing to remove nnis
ance, when requested so to do by the
Board of Health, shall be guilty OF mis-
demeanor and may be punished at the
discretion of the Mayor within the
limits of his authority, and such nuis-
ance may be abated at the expense of the
owner or occupant.
SECTION 2. That it shall be unlawful to
establish any slaughter house or butcher
pen within the corporate limits of the
town, and any person or persons so doing
shall be liable to fine or Imprisonment at
tho discretion of the Mayor within the
limits of his authority.
SECTION B. That any dog running at
large within the corporate limits be-
tween tho 1st day of June and the
1st day of October, without a muzzle,
is liable to be seized and retained
for period of twenty-four hours, during
WHICH, Iiine his owner can reQeem MIN
by paying the sum of two dollars, and if
not so redeemed, the dog shall then he
sold. That any owner of dog or dogs
who shall lot such dog or dogs run at
large on the streets of the town without
being muzzled shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor and shall be punished
at the discretion of the Mayor within
the limits of his authority.
SECTION 4. That it shall be unlawful
for bull dog to run at large within the
corporate limits of tho town at any time.
That any owner or person having custody
of bull dog, who shall let such dog run
at large, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and shall be punished at tho
discretion of the Mayor, within the
limits of his authority.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall
be deemed general and perpetual, shall
go into effect upon it's publication, and
continue of force until repeated or
amended.
Done in Council and ratified under the corpo-
rate seal of the Town of Walhalla on
IL. 81 the 9th day of February, 1902, and in
the l26th year of the sovereignty and
independence of the United States of America.
j. NJ WARD, Mayor.
G. w. Pitchford Clerk.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Robbed Safe Of $4,000.

Wilmington, N. c., November 27.-An
iron safe in the store of Watson & Gore
ford, at Jonesboro, N. c., was blown
open last highland between three and
four thousand dollars stolen, including
two one-thousanddoll North Carolina
bonds. The robbery was discovered at
@ 80 O'clock this morning by Conductor
MoCallorth, of Southern Railway
freight train, who went to tho store to
buy some eggs and found the front door
broken open. One of the proprietors of
the store investigated the robbery aud
bloodhounds were put on the track of
the criminals. The trail was followed
AZ far as Sanford, about ten miles dis
tant, whore 1t is supposed tho fugitivcs
boarded n train. The safe In tho same
store was broken open about two years
ago. Suspicion points to a tramp that
was seen in the town several days prior
to the robbery, and who has since dis
appeared.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10

| Newspapers, other than daily five dollars.
Photographer, itinerant, five dollars
| Public Hearse, SO.
Physician ten dollars.
Restaurant, 81.
Railroad Companies, on business done within
the State of South Carolina, $40.
aKepair shops 4 for guns, bicycle, &c, $1,6o
Street wagon or dray, four horses, ten dollars
Street wagon or dray. two horses, five dollars
Street wagon or dray, one horse, $3.50.
Stable, keeping vehicles and hoiscs for hire
feed and sale, twenty-five dollars.
Stable, feed and sales, five dollars.
Telegraph Companies, Sb.
Telephone Exchange, $40.
Tailor, making and repairing, one dollar.
Watch maker and jowcler for repairing, &c
two dollars.
.wheel-wright for repairing wagons and bug
Undertaken, ten dollars. Any person or firm
selling collins shall be deemed an undertaken.
SEQ ION 8. That tax of one dollar shall be
paid for each dog kept in town.
SECTION 10. That the said business or occupa-
of February, 1902, and until that day, inclusive
said licenses may be issued without any penalty
to persons ons, now engaged In any of the above
Amy person or persons carrying on or prose
cutting any business or occupation or running
| ing sections without first having taken out H.
cense therefor, shall be fined or imprisoned
at the discretion OF the Mayor within the limits
of his authority, except In cases where special
penalties are imposed.
No license shall be issued for less period
month in which the same is issued.
For any business, occupation or profession, not
conso shall be regulated by the the Mayor. Mayors viz II
SECTIONAL. The Town Council hereby
reserves the right to revoke any license
for any cause which may seem to it just.
SECTIoN II. The tax on real or per-
sonal property, provided for in this ordi-
nance, shall be collected during the month
nf
who shall fail to pay such taxes on or by
the 1st day of June, 1902, shall be liable
to penalty of twenty per cent on such
tax, and the tax, with the penalty and
cost, shall be collected by execution or
otherwise.
Any person, firm or corporation max
ing any false or fraudulent return, where
return is by this ordinance required,
shall, upon conviction, be fined or i'm
prisoned, at the discretion of the Mayor
Done in Council and ratified under the corpo-
rate seal of the Town of Wahalia on
IL. 81 the 9th day of February, 1902. and in
Independence of tho United States of america.
G. w. Pitchsord Clerk.
RESOLUTION RESPECTING FORMER OR
DINANCEs.
Resolved, That all laws enacted by the
Council heretofore, not in conflict with
these Ordinances, are considered in full
force, and that each and every one of
the Ordinances this day enacted shall
be in full force after the publication of
the same.
Done i'm Council and ratified under the corpo-
rate seal of the Town of Walhalla on
L. 81 the 9TH day of February, 1902, and In
the l26th year of the sovereignty and
independence of the United States of America.
j. M. WARD, Mayor.
c. w. Pitchford, Clerk.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Number 3.

An Ordinance to Regulate Traffic by
Itinerant Traders, Auctioneers and
Transient Merchants.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Walhala in
council assembled, and by authority of
the same:
tioncers, or transient merchants, selling,
or in any manner Offering for sale, any
goods, wares, or merchandise, within
private sale, shall pay in advance license
fifteen dollars per week or five dollars per
day: Provided, the provisions of this
ordinance shall not apply to ordinary
dealers in products of the farm, garden
or dairy.
SECTION 2. That any person selling or
Offering for sale any goods, wares or mer-
chandise, as itinerant trader, auctioneer
or transient merchant, within the Town
OF Walballa, without having first paid
tho license tax required by this ordi-
nance for so doing, shall be subject to
fine or imprisonment at the discretion
of the Mayor within the limits of his
authority.
SECTION 8. That this ordinance shall
be deemed general and perpetual, shall
go into effect upon it's publication and
continue of force until repealed or
amended.
Done In Council and ratified under the corpo.
rate seal of the Town of Walhalh on
IL. 81 the 9th day of February, 1902, and In
the 126th year of the sovereignty and
independence OF the United States of America
c. W. Pitchford, Clerk ''"'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
G. w. PitchfOrd, Clerk.
Number 3.

An Ordinance to Establish Fire Limits In
the Town of Walhalla.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Alder.
men of the Town of Walhalla, in Council
assembled, and by authority of the same
Section l. That fire limits be estab-
lished in the Town of Walhalla, on Main
street, on both north and south sides
thereof, between Ann street and Tugaloo
street; That within said limits no new
house shall hereafter be built of wooden
material, and no additional room OF
rooms shall be built of wood to any
house now standing within said fire
limits: Provided, however, that piazza,
covered with slate, tin, zinc or gravel,
may be added TO any dwelling house
erected within said fire limits,
Section 2. That all buildings hereafter
erected within said fire limits shall be
built of brick or stone and covered with
slate, tin, zinc or gravel
Section 3. That no building or bnild-
ings constructed of wood Of any size or
Dimensions shall be built or erected
within two hundred (200) feet of either
side of main street within said fire limits.
Section 4. That before any building OF
any character shall be erected, altered OF
repaired within said fire limits, a plan
thereof shall first be submitted to the
Town Council for approval.
Section 5. That any building or struc-
ture erected within said fire limits con-
trary to the provisions of this ordinance,
may be abatod and removed by the Town
Council as a public nuisance at the ex-
pense of the owner or owners of said
property.
Section @. That any person or persons
violating any of the foregoing provisions
of this ordinance shall be liable to arrest
and fine or imprisonment, at the dscre-
tion of the Mayor within the limits of
his authority.
Section 7. That this ordinance shall
be deemed general and perpetual, shall
go into effect upon its publication and
continue of force until repealed OF
amended.
Done In Council and ratified under tho corpo.
rate seal of the Town of Wahalla on
H.. 81 tho 7th day of March, 1902, and In
the i26th year of the sovereignty and
independence of the United States of America
j. M. WARD, Mayor.
@. w. Pitchford, Clerk.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
In Memory Of W. N. crensAaw.

Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in thy grave so low;
Those no more will join our number,
Those no more our sorrows know.
Yet, again, we hope to meet thee
when the days of life have fled;
In heaven with joy to greet thee,
Where no farewell tears are shed.
He has fallen asleep. he is resting at last
The pulse has grown still and.the fever
past;
He suffers no longer in heart OF in brain,
And the pain that so racked him shall
not come.again.
He has fallen asleep
oh mother; tits past.
Thank God, as you weep,
He is resting at last.
Absolve. we beseech Thee, o Lord,
the soul of Thy servant, that, being dead
TO the world, he may live to Thee; and
what sins lie has committed through
human frailty, do Thou of Thy most
merciful goodness forgive, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Cousin Effie.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
NOT TICE. /.

Seneca, s. O., September let, 1902.
Owing to the death of our senior part
ner, Mr.. M. w. Coleman, all the business
will be wound up this fall and final
settlement of his estate made, and all
outstanding debts will be closed up.
We will thank you to settle mp
promptly and avoid any complications
that may arise.
settlement until 10Th of December and we
ere authorized to make settlements aud
give receipts, after that time 1t passes
out of our hands. Please give this your
careful attention.
Oblige yours truly,
M. w. COLEMAN Sc co.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
sh7. Daughter, Vile and Self.

Sneedville, Tenn, November 27.-Iu
Hancock county, in the mountains OF
East Tennessee, Richard Green perhaps
fatally shot his wife and daughter In
attempt to kill them. He then shot aud
killed himself, using shotgun. In his
plan of self destruction he pulled off q
shoe and sock and used toe to fire the
gun. The discharge ignited his clothing
and when found his apparel was burned
from his body. 1t is supposed jealousy
or insanity was the cause of the deed
Green did the first killing in the Jones.
Green fued ten or twelve years ago
Green's wife and daughter are not dead
and it isthought they may recover, but
the effects of the shooting.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Jury Could Not Agree.

Charlotte, November 30-After. being
out twenty-four hours, the United States
District Court jury was unable to agree
on verdict in the case of VIM. e Breeze,
late President of the First National
Bank, of Asheville, charged with en-
bczzling $114.000 from tho bank some
years ago, and mistrial was entered
this afternoon. The jury stood eight for
is Breeze's third trial. The first time he
was convicted and, on appeal, was
granted new trial. At tho second trial
the jury stood eleven for conviction and
ono for acquittal.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Notice of Final Settle
ment and Discharge.

NOTICE is hereby giycn that the unsg
IN dersigned will make application 70.
ID. A. Smith, Esq, Judge Of Probate
for Oconee county, in the State OF South
Carolina, on Monday, the 10th day OF
December, 1902, at IL O'Clock In the fore
noon, or as soon thereafter rs said appli-
final settlement of the estate OF d. b.
Darby, deceased, and final discharge
as Administrators of said estate.
JAMES H.. DARBY
Administrators of the Estate of ID. b.
Darby, deceased.
November -. 1902. 48-49
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Number g.

An Ordinance to Raise Supplies and
Make Appropriations for the Town of
Walhalla for the Year 1902.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor ano
Aldermen of the Town of Walhalla, in
council assembled, and by authority of
the aamo;
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Bull Fight Was BloodIess.

Kansas City, November 2S.-The bull
fight exhibition, the plans for which
have Been earnestly opposed by the local
clergy and humane society, was given last
night in Convention hall as originally
planned, without interference from the
city or county officers. Chief of Police
Hayes and Marshal Maxwell were pres
ent, but the entertainment was only an
illustration of a real bull fight as given
in Mexico, without touch of cruelty to
the beasts, and the officers were salts
fled. An audience of $500 persons, in
Guiding many women, were present.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Number 4.

An Ordinance to Preserve the Peace and
Good Order of the Town cs Walhalla.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10

Two young people, one at Carrolton,
Ga, and the other at Bowden, near
there, were married over the phone a
few days ago. The locksmith that love
is wont to laugh at must provide himself
with nippcrs to cut telephone wires, as
this example is like to be followed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
Edgefieid Takes the Cake.

There is $500, 900, 900 in coined gold in
o treasury vaults of the United States.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
FOR CHEAP RATES

The Atlanta Semi Weekly Journa
nd TIRE COURIER for $1.75 a year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10

An Ordinance to Regulate Traffic by
Itinerant Traders. Auctioneers and
Transient Merchants.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-12

their captains conquered; their kings
made laws. and of them all there are
left but skulls and ruins. The mcrest
babe that was born in one of those
adobe dwellings and died before it
spoke its first word is as we'll remem-
bered to immortality as the greatest
king. the mightiest captain, the sweet
est poet. the most puissant hero of all
those races and all those centuries
Peru in the centuries Of her great
changes had her eras of bloody war
and calm peace. When the curtain
rises with the nameless race in pos
session the times seem to have been
stormy. Men were fighting and build
ing huge walls and fortresses. Among
the succeeding periods there must
have been at least one long time OF
peace. The dwellings and towns of
that period are built without regard
to their defense. Most of them stand
with high eminences just above them.
just where an enemy could reach them
most easily in case of trouble
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-12

But of the older. mightier civilization
no trace is left. They. in Connol with
all the other Peruvians before the
coming OF the Spaniards, had no sys-
TEN of writing. Their tribal name -
lost. their language is a mystery. AL
that remains clear is that at time
not later than 1000 years ago. and in
all probability much earlier. they con-
trolled all the region which is now
Peru and that they had their main
fortresses and citadels among the up
per valleys of the Peruvian Andes.
From his researches, from eXcava-
tions made among ruins and cemeter-
les through ali Peru, DR.. thle is able
to tell something of this people and
their habits. They were idol worship
ers, probably sun worshipers. Among
their ruins are several great pyramids
reese milling the sun temples OF the
Peruvians OF Pizarro's time and many
idols and implements of rather fin
shed workmanship have been found.
| They lived in fortified towns and built
great walls of adobe to guard their
fortresses. One of the largest of these
stretches almost three miles along the
snowy SUBMITS of the Andes. Within
these fortresses the rooms, all of sun
dried brick were joined one to an
other so as to make each village one
great house. The people had evident
y tribal government and possessed
4 religion of rather elaborate ritual.
They titled the soil, but 'emed to have
subsisted mainly from ~.eir herds of
lamas. They were skilled potters and
decorated their wares in elaborate and
ligh-colored patterns.
They understood irrigation-these
unknown people-and brought water
iown through regular channels from
terrace to terrace of their habitations.
They made statues, idols and gods with
4 skill as great, at least, as that of
the early Egyptians. with whom they
may have been contemporaneous. And
they were evidently race of warriors.
One of the most curious facts dis