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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29

DY VIRTUE of power vested in me
ID as Executor of the last will and
testament of w. e. Welborn, deceased, /
will sell, to the highest bidder, in front
Of the Court House door, in Walhalla
s. c., within tho legal hours of sale on
salesday in November, 1902, all those
pieces, parcels or tracts of land, as fol
lows, to wit:
l. All that tract of land, known as the
Harvey Davis tract, containing two hun
dred and twenty-five acres, more or less,
situated in the county of Oconee, State
of South Carolina, on Tugaloo river and
Barton's creek, adjoining lands of Thos.
others, moro fully described in a survey
made by w. F. Erwin, less one hundred
and fifty acres. on north side of Barton's
creek, conveyed to Hester e. Hughes
and Savilla l. MoWhorter on the 18th
day Of October, 1893
ALSO,
2. All that piece, parcel or tract of
land, lying and being in the county of
Oconee, State of South Carolina, CON
tanning forty (4O) acres, more or less,
bounded by lands of Robt. Powell, w.
81. Deaton, G. w. Leathers, and known
as the Ables place, and being part of
the Asa l.. Powell tract, beginning at a
pine corner on the old Brasstown road,
thence in southerly course to maple
on the branch, thence in an easterly
course to red oak on the said road,
thence northerly by various corners to
the beginning pine corner.
ALSO,
s.. All that piece, parcel or tract OF
land, situate in Oconee county, on
branches of Barton's creek, and on
Long Nose creek, waters of Tugaloo
river, including a part of Dobb's Bluff,
containing two hundred acres, moro OF
less, adjoining lands of w. F. Parker,
William r. Smith, Keith 81 Thomp-
son and Loden and others, and
bounded by lines commencing at a
stake X3O, thence N. 8i,W. 50, to rock X3O,
on north side of Long Nose creek, thence
N. S99 w. 8 to stake XS0, thence S. q
w. $3.50 to pine X30, thence S. IS, e.
1.SO to stake X30; thence S. 45A, e. S.GC
to a B. G. X30, thence S. 81 f. 4.5O to the
beginning stake, X30, and more fully
represented by plat executed by j. B.
Sanders, D. S., dated 21st day of March,
A. ID. 1888.
Terms: One-half cash on day of sale,
and balance on credit of twelve months,
secured by bond of purchaser and mort
gage of premises. Purchaser to pay for
papers. THOMAS WELBORN,
Executor Last Will and Testament of
w. K. Welborn, deceased.
October 8, 1902. 41-44
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LASH is APPLIED TO NEGROs BACK.
Mob Of Blacks Punish Criminal at Anderson
for an Attempted Assault on Colored Girl.

Columbia, S. c., October GA
strange negro was stripped to his
waist, tied to tree and whipped
with buggy traces until the skin
was broken in hundred places by q
mob of blacks at Anderson, S. c..
yesterday. He tramped into the
town in the afternoon and attempted
to assault one of his own race. She
screamed and the man fled across the
river into Greenville. A mob of me-
groes followed, captured him and
brought him back, and on promise
not to lynch him, the white people
permitted them to administer the
punishment. Armed with buggy
traces, they fairly fiayed him, being
encouraged by the women present,
who at times administered a few
lashes. After the severe punishment
of the lash had been inflicted to the
entire satisfaction of all present, the
negro was released and soon disap.
peared.
PRISONER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
d. w. Hopkins, a white man, made
several attempts at suicide in cell
in the station house at Anderson, s
c., yesterday. He was arrested fol
drunkenness. Shortly after being
placed in the guard house he took of
his suspenders and tied them around
his neck and then tied them to an
iron bar across the top of his cell
only foot or so above his head, and
allowed his feet to drag the floor
He was strangling when some ne.
groes in an adjoining q. I'll noticed
him. They gave the alarm and one
of the guards, who was standing
nearby, ran in and cut him down
Twice more he swung himself up by
his underclothing, but each time was
cut down. Then he tried to butt
his brains out against the sides OF
the cell. Finally an opiate was ad.
ministered, which put him to sleep.
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wALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA. OCT. 30. 1909.
LYRcHfNa IN TEXAS.
Allowed Prisoners TO be Legally Convicted
Then lynched Them.

Hampstead, Texas, October 21.-
After being tried with legal form
and procedure for criminal assault
and murder, and given the death
penalty in each case, Jim Wesley
and Reddiok Barton, negroes, were
late this afternoon taken from the
authorities and lynched on the pub
lie square by an infuriated mob.
Tho district judge asked the Gov.
ernor for troops to accompany the
negroes here from the Jail at Hous.
ton, where they were safe. At the
request of large number of .oiti-
zens of Hampstead, who signed a
written promise to aid the autbori-
ties in preventing any mob law, it is
said, Judge Thompson counter.
manded his request, and the troops
did not accompany the negroes.
Barton was first tried. He
pleaded guilty to criminal assault
and then to the murder of Mrs.
Susan Lewis, aged 63, Sunday,
October IL. The juries in each
case, on which were several negroes,
promptly returned verdicts assessing
the death penalty.
During the afternoon Wesley was
put on trial. He pleaded guilty to
assault and then to the murder
charge, but while. the second trial
was going on mob broke into the
Court room and attempted to take
him, having learned that the Sheriff
had finally asked for troops. The
mob was dispersed and the trial pro-
ceeded, the State putting through
its testimony hurriedly in corrobora-
ton of the plea of guilty. Both
juries assessed the death penalty.
The officers of the court sat
about the room awaiting the coming
of the troops, when there was sud-
den movement on the part of seve-
raj men in the room; the Sheriff was
overpowered and Wesley was taken
possession of by the mob and hur-
ried away. Another portion of the
mob attacked the Jail, and Barton
was surrendered to them without a
struggle. The two prisoners were
hustled to the public square, and
there executed by hanging.
Neither of them had been SEN
fenced, and Judge Thompson had
positively refused to permit them to
waive the thirty days of grace al
lowed them by law. The suggestion
to burn the negroes met with favor.
1t was the general desire that they
die quickly. They are hanging to-
night to the arm of a telephone pole,
where only last month negro muir
derer had been strung up by a mob.
The town is quiet tonight. Sheriff
Lipscomb was badly hurt about the
back by the rough treatment of the
mob. During the first rush a shot
was accidentally fired, and Sheriff
Sparks, of Lee county, was wounded
in the stomach, though not seriously
hurt. The Governor was informed
of the lynching, but has yet had
nothing to say.
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NO ICE 4.

Seneca, S. c., September 1st, 1902
Owing to the death of our senior part
ner, Mr.. M. w. Coleman, all the business
will be wound up this fall and a final
settlement of his estate made, and all
outstanding debts will be closed up.
We will thank you to settle ur
promptly and avoid auy complications
that may arise.
The business will be in our hands fol
settlement until 10Th of December and We
are authorized to make settlements and
give receipts, after that time it passes
out of our hands. Please give this your
careful attention.
Oblige yours truly,
NJ. w. COLEMAN e. co.
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Panama Title Good.

Washington, October 18.-The result
of the recent Investigations of the De-
partment of Justice in Paris and else
where concerning the validity OF the
title of the present Panama Canal Com
pany will probably be placed In the hands
OF President Roosevelt Monday. The
cabinet will then DO asked to consider
whether the report should be made pub
lie or held until Congress meets. 1t may
be safely assumed that Attorney General
Knox finds the title absolutely clear.
This is expected to be severe blow to
Senator Morgan, who opposed the Paua-
ma route, but it is believed hD will fall
back on the seismic feature, which his
committee clerk is investigating.
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10, voLUnrE LIII.No. IA.
Facts About clla owelIsrs.

Denver, October 25.--Henry Ma
son Baum, noted archaeologist, of
Washington, ID. O., President of the
Records of the Past Society and
Editor of the Records of the Past,
arrived in Denver recently on his
way east, after a seventy-day expedi-
tion among the ruins of the South
west. The journey which has just
been completed by DIR. Baum is the
most extensive trip ever attempted
in this country, and the, result of his
Investigations disproye many ac-
cepted theories relative to the pre-
historic dwellers of the district and
furnish much food for speculation.
AS result of his trip DR.. Baum
will recommend that three groups of
ruins-the Mesa Verda, near Mancos,
COL; the Chaco Canyon, in New
Mexico, and the Cannon De Chelly,
in the central part of Arizona, be
set aside by Congress as National
reserves. He is opposedsto the pro-
ject which is being agitated to set
aside 100000 acres which constitute
Jaurito Park, near Espanola, in New
Mexico.
There were seven people in DIR.
BaumP party, among them DIR.
Parks,$of ST. Louis, an archaeologist,
end CLARK McAdams, a member of
the editorial staff of the st. Louis
Post Dispatch.
DR.. Baum asserts positively that
the cliff dwellers lived at least one
thousand years ago, and says it is
possible that their civilization may
have extended back fully half GEN.
tury beyond that time. Evidences
of the habitations of many millions
of people are still extant.
"During my trip" said DIR. Baum
at the Albany Hotel last evening,
"I do not think averaged ten miles
in any one OF the cliff dwelling dis
tricts where / did not come across
some habitations in which these pre-
historic people lived. l saw on my
entire trip enough dwellings to ac-,
commodate 100000 people.
"From what / saw, / believe the
country must have been inhabited by
at least 100000 persons. am
firmly convinced of one fact, and
that is that the cliff dwellers and the
mesa and valley dwellers were all
of a contemporaneous civilization
which dates back before the heavy
lava overflow in the Southwest.
The pottery, stone implements and
skulls found in these three classes of
ruins are all the same.
"It is quite evident that the vast
civilization of the entire country was
extinguished by flow of lava; an
eruption similar to that which re-
Gently occurred at Martinique. Those
who were not killed directly by the
lava flow succumbed to the pesti-
lence which followed. There were
numerous evidences of the lava flow
throughout the entire region. In
one instance | saw vast irrigation
ditch filled with lava, and in New
Mexico there were numerous dwell.
ings covered with it,"
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and cures female weakness. 1t makes
weak women strong and sick women
we'll.
rwith pleasure write to-day In praise of DIR.
Pierce and his medicines" says Mrs. Mary on-
way, OF. Appleton, Lawrence Co., Tenn: uwas
troubled with female disease the back of my
head hurt me so could not lie In bed and
would have to sit up, and then would have
such pains from my waist down could scarcely
raise up My feet and hands would feel almost
like ice. Since taking DR.. Pierce's Ravorite
hardly drag around before took your medi-
cine, and now can do my housework and help
my husband iu the field. Words cannot express
the thanks owe to Dr. Pierce"
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult DIR. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence Is held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address DR..
r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, containing more than a thou
sand large pages, Is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing
only. Send 81 one-cent stamps for the
cloth-bound volume, or only III stamps
for the book In paper covers. Address
DE-. r. v. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y.
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CONTRACT FOR STEWARD.-The
" County Commissioners will let, on
Friday, November z, 1902, at their office,
in the Court House. at Walhalla, S. c.,
the contract for Steward of Poor Farm
for 1908. Steward will be required, if so
desired by the Board, to receive and
work the county chain gang. Board
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. None but sealed bids will be
received, which may be handed in any
time by day of letting. Applicants must
give number in family, and their ages.
S. M. POOL, Supervisor.
October g. 1902 41.a4
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29
Executors Sale Of Valuable Lands

DY VIRTUE of authority given us in
ID the last viii and testament of John
T. Liddell, deceased, late of Oconee
county, South Carolina, we will sell, to
the highest bidder, in front of the Court
House, at Walhalla, 5. c., on salesday in
November next, during the usual hours
for public sales, three valuable farms in
Seneca Township, on Keowee river and
Southern Railway.
Tract No. 1-Known as the Home
Place and co -aining 412 acres, he the
same moro or less.
Tract No. 2-Known as tho Lowery
Place, containing 314 acres, more or less.
Tract No. 3-Known as the Ford tract
and containing 100 acres, more or less.
These tracts all adjoin. They each
have good dwellings and outbuildings,
and quantity of bottom land on Keo-
wee river. This will be rare opportu-
nifty Of securing good farm.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash; bal.
ance in two equal annual installments,
secured by the bond of purchaser and
mortgage of the premises, with interest
from date of sale. Purchaser will have
privilege of paying all cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
b. F. SLOAN,
j. e. IIDDELL,
Executors.
October /, 1902. 4O-44
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Summons for Relief.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCoNEE,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, !
COUNTY OF OCoNEE.
In the Court Of Common Pleas.
Mary G. McGuffin, Plaintiff, against John
81. McGuffin, Thomas +. McGuffin, An
drew l.. McGuffin, James B. McGuffin,
Martha Harbin, Lena White, Ida Nor
ris, Mary Morton, John Butler, James
Newell, William Newell, Warren New
ell, Gussie Howe, and Thomas f. Nc
sonal Estate of Andrew w. McGufin,
deceased, efendants.-Summons for
Relief.-(Complaint not Served.)
To the Defendants above named:
VOU are hereby summoned and re-
Il quired to answer the complaint in
this action, which was filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for the said county, on the 18th
day of September, 1902, and to serve a
copy of your answer to the said COM
plant on the subscribers, at their office,
on the Public Square, at Walhalla Court
House, South Carolina, within twenty
days after the service hereof, exclusive
of the day of such service; and if you
fail to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated September 18th, 1902
JAYNES e. SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
l.. ST. G. r. q. BURNS, G. G. p.
To the absent Defendants, John Butler.
James Newell and Warren Newell:
Please take notice that the summons
and complaint in the above entitled
action were filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas on
the 18th day of September, 1902; that
the object of this action is the partition
and division of the real and personal
estate of Andrew w. McG Sin, deceased,
among his heirs atlaw, and no personal
demand is made against you or either
of you.
September 18th, 1902.
JAYNES & SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
Walhalla, s. G.
September "a, 1902. 1914
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Further as to Jonah.

Jonah's neighbors refused to be-
lieve his story.
"How could you live" they asked
him, con the inside of whale for
three whole days2
"You will have to take my word
for it" he said, with some bitterness.
"! can't show you an X-ray picture
of the whale"
But Jonah and his story have
lived through the ages, while his
neighbors have been forgotten.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29
New York Building Fell.

New York, October 22.-The old
Singer Sewing Machine Company
building at Broadway and Prince
street collapsed at noon to-day, bury
ing twelve workmen under the
debris. Five ambulances were i'm
mediately summoned and ten work
men, all badly hurt, were sent to
hospitals. Two are still under the
ruins and may be dead.
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Executors Sale of Per-
sonal Property.

"E WILL sell, at the homestead OF
wv John T. Liddell, deceased, on
Keowee river, all the personal property
of said Liddell, to the highest bidder, on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th, 1902. Said
property consists of Household Goods,
one Wagon, one Mule, two shares in
Seneca Cotton Mill, (prererred stock),
a quantity of rent Corn, Fodder, Hay
etc. Terms: CASH.
b F. SLOAN,
j. K. LIDDELL,
Executors John II. Liddell, deceased
Seneca, s. c., Oct. Is, 1902. 42-44
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70 Separate White and Coiored Prisoners.

Representative John McMaster of this
county is preparing bill for introduc.
ton in the coming session of the Legisla-
ture. providing for separate cells and
accommodations for white and negro
prisoners on the chaingang. Mr.. Nc
Master states that he has seen several
instances of white and black prisoners
being chained together working the
roads, and he thinks that it should be
stopped.-C Daily Record
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FARM FOR SALE,

t WILL SELL, to the highest bidder,
Il at Walhalla, salesday in November
next, my farm, known as the Mitchell
place, on Oconee creek, seven miles from
Walhalla, containing AT acres-50 acres
bottom and 100 acres upland in cultiva-
tion. This will be divided and sold in
three tracts. Plats of same can be seen
on day of sale. The place can be treated
for at private sale previous to above date.
Terms:' One-third cash; balance on any
reasonable time to suit purchaser. Pur-
chaser to pay for papers.
b. F. SLOAN,
Seneca, South Carolina.
October /, 1902. 4O-44
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convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
What to DO.
There Is comfort in the knowledge 80
often expressed, that DR.. i,ilmer's Swamp
Root. the great kidney remedy fufills every
wish In curing rheumatism, pain In the
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
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to hold water and scaldlng pain In passing
IT., or bad effects following use OF lIouor.
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
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fyou need medicine you should have the
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you may have a sample bottle Of this
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29
Charleston's Dry Dock.

Washington, October 18-An award
has been made to the New York Conti-
mental jewell Filtration Company for the
construction of naval dry dock at
Charleston, s. G.. This concern was ap-
parently the lowest bidder, having bid
81, A,6l7, but by reason of reductions
for certain allowances under the specifi-
cations this figure was reduced to $685.
0O0
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G.. w. & j. e. BAUkNIGHT,
..CASH MERCHANTS.

Miss Carrie Nation was thrown out of
Texas bar room by the owner in
Austin. She would not get out, and
the man who is also an alderman of
the city, took her by the arm and back
of the neck and "chuckedn her out.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29

MONEY TO LEND.-We can lend
elYl money ON first mortgages on i'm
proved farms at per cent interest on
sums of $1,000 and over, and per cent
interest on sums of less than 81 900. No
commissions charged. borrower only
pays for Investigating title, drawing and
recording papers.
JAYNES & SHELOR.
September 10, 1902. 3748
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The finding of the inquest following
the accident in which VIM. Craig, Presi.
dent Roosevelt's body guard, was killed
at Pittsfield, Mass, in September, was
filed on last Wednesday. 1t charges
Motorman Madden and Conductor Kelly
with having unlawfully contributed to
Craig's death.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29

A young fellow named Woodlan, in
Michigan, an ex-Cuban soldier, having
been divorced on application of his
wife, rode on wheel six miles to the
home of his ex-wife's parents, shooting
them both, then across country to his
own home, where he killed his 18
months old baby and tried to kill him
sell, when he was overpowered.
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BY JAYNEs. sHELoR. SMITH 81 sTEcE
SELL SHOES WE SELL

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TRESPASS NOTICE.

A LII persons are hereby forewarned
"A not to trespass upon any of the
lands of the undersigned in any manner
whatever. Hunting fishing and cutting
timber especially prohibited. ANY one
disregarding this notice will be prosecu-
ted to the fullest extent of the law.
James III. Whitmire, w. G.. Hodges
j. T. Cash, John NJ. Crow,
Emma Whitmire, S. L. Crow.
October 8, 1902. 4l-44#
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sediment or set
tling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; II II stains
your linen It Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass It or pain In
the back Is also
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29

Anybody good
cheap Don't be with
All BateAxe
TO you as A. b..
We will also
please
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29
Thoueands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know It.
How TO PIno Out.

FIJI bottle or common glass, with your
ter and let It stand twenty-four hours;
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Executors Sale Of Real Estate.

October 8, 1902.