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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22
A Tragedy In Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark, April 11.-This
afternoon, on the sidewalk in front of
Christ church, this city, Will Alexander,
32 years old, shot and seriously wounded
Miss Irba Young, handsome young
woman. who is employed as a milliner.
Alexander, after firing two shots at Miss
Young, put the pistols muzzle to his
left temple and sent bullet through his
brain. 1t is thought Miss Young will
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22
Dreadful Attack Of whooping Cough.

Mrs. Ellen Harrison, of 800 Park ave-
nue., Kansas City, Mo-, writes as follows:
"Our two children had severe attack
of whooping cough. One of them in the
paroxysm of coughing would often faint
and bleed at the nose. We tried every
thing we heard of without getting relief.
We then called in our family doctor, who
prescribed Foley's Honey and Tar. With
the very first dose they began to i'm
prove, and we feel that it has saved their
lives" Refuse substitutes. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22
foung Lady Accidentally Kills a Small Boy.

Lancaster, April 1O.-The careless
of firearms, as usual, resulted
in tragedy near here yesterday morn
ing. Boyd Steele, a lad about 8 years
old, a grandson of II. Steele, we'll
known farmer, was shot through the
head and almost instantly killed by Miss
Essie Ogburn, a young lady about 16
years of age, of Charlotte. Miss Ogburn
was "fooling' with pistol, when it was
accidentally discharged, the ball striking
the boy as stated:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22
Chronic Bronchitis Cured.

'For ten years had chronic bronchitis
80 bad that at times l could not speak
above Whisper" writes Mr.. Joseph
Coffman, of Montmorenci, Ind. "I tried
all remedies available, but with no sue
cess. Fortunately my employer sug-
gested that try Foley's Honey and Tar.
Its effect was almost miraculous, and /
am now cured of the disease. On my
recommendation many people have used
Foley's Honey and Tar, and always with
satisfaction. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22
Profane Language Causes Damage Suit.

Memphis, April 10.-Mrs. Seth Harris,
wife of an insurance man, has filed suit
here here against the Pullman Palace Car
cause she was compelled to ride in q
sleeping car from Nashville to Memphis
which contained number of members
of the Tennessee Legislature. She al
leges that the solons were boisterous
lot and that they made the night hideous.
She was prevented from securing any
sleep and was compelled to listen to a
great deal of vulgar and profane Ian
guage.
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washlnsson's Hatohet Supposed to be Found

Richmond, April 10.-The celebrated
George Washington hatchet with which
the famous cherry tree was cut down.
may have been found. Workmen, while
engaged in repairing the old Mary Wash
ington house in fredericksburg, found q
small hatchet between tho ceiling and
the upper floor and there has beon much
speculation as to whether this is the
famous hatohet with which the Father of
his Country chopped the cherry tree.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22
N o II II O H

d
NJ Office is hereby given that an cleo
IN tion will be held at p. p. Sullivan's
Store, Fort Madison, s. c., OH the 1st
day of May, 1908, on the question of
levying an additional tax of two mills on
all property, real and personal, within
Fort Madison School District, No. 75, in
Oconee county, in South Carolina, for
school purposes; that i'm said election
each eleotor favoring the said proposed
levy of two additional mills shall cast a
ballot containing the word Eyes, "printed
or written thereon, and each elector
opposed to said levy shall cast a Ballot
containing the word No. printed or
written thereon; that said election shall
be conducted as provided by law for con-
duct of general election; that only such
electors as return real or personal prop
erty for taxation and who exhibit their
tax receipts and registration certificates,
as required in the general election, shall
be allowed to vote.
p. p. SULLIVAN,
j. r. JONES,
A. p. DUKE,
Trustees of Fort Madison School Dis
trict, No. Is, ex-of1icio Managers
of Election.
April 10, 1908. 1917
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22

Rufus burst, young white man, shot
and instantly killed John Shaver, near
Pleasant Cross, Saluda county, last Mon
day. The trouble grew out of dispute
over some land that Shaver rented. Sha-
yer was shot twice, one ball entering the
heart and the second his side as he fell.
Shaver was about 80 years old and leaves
a wife and several children. burst is
still at large, but it is said will surrender.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22
After La Grippe-Yhat E?

Usually hacking cough and general
fatal results after the patient is supposed
to have passed the danger point. Foley's
Honey and Tar is guaranteed to cure the
grippe cough and make you strong
and well. 1t never fails to stop a cough
II taken in time. Take no substitutes
For sale by j. w. Bell, druggist, Wal
halla, s. G..
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Want Compulsory education.

A petition was being circulated and
getting many signers here last Saturday
asking the county commissioners to call
an election to vote on the question of
compulsory attendance on the public
schools. II Franklin IN. C) Press.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22

with what our physicians said was indigestion.
doctored with the best around here and found
no relief I wrote you, and you advised me to
took three bottles and I felt 30 good that
stopped-beinR cured. I have no symptoms OF
gastric trouble or indigestion now.S
II you ask your dealer for WGolden
Medical Discovery" because you have
yourself to be switched off to medicine
claimed to be ojust as good,n but which
you did not ask for and of which you
know nothing,
You can get the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, zoos pages, pa
per covers, free by sending aI one,eept
stamps, to pay expense Of mailing only.
Address DIR. n v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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White & Company,
ANDERSON, -. O..
Dealers in Marble and Granite.

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you desire to place handsome monument neat headstone at
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We will take with the best both workmanship
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gestion or gastric trouble
goes some night to a
dinner and returns home
to find he has taken that
last step from health
which can never be tax
en- back.
To neglect the cure
of indigestion or some
other form of stomach
trouble Is dangerous. 1t
is also inexcusable. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures diseases
of the stomach and other
organs OF digestion and
nutrition. 1t purifies
the blood, stimulates the
liver, cures biliousness,
and eliminates bilious
poisons from the sys-
tenn.
oThe praise I would like
to give your Golden Medical
Discovery l cannot utter In
words or describe with pen,n
writes Jas B. Ambrose, Esq,
of 1905 y Mifflin st., Hunt
ingdon, Pa, oI was taken
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22

Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
Opiates, and will not constipate like
nearly all other cough medicines. Refuse
substitutes. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22

The snrest and safest remedy for kid
ney and bladder diseases is Foley's Kid
ney Cure. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22

nj Office. Notice is hereby given that
Oconee county Ito be audited) are re-
quested to file the same, duly itemized
and verified, with the Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners at least one
day before the FIRST FRIDAY in each
month in order to be considered at the
regular meeting of the Board. 1t is nec-
essary that accounts should be duly
examined, and this cannot be done if the
accounts are filed on the day of the meet
ing of the Board. Accounts may be filed
in person or by mail. All persons inter-
ested should take due notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
+. A. III. SCHROEDER,
Clerk Board of County Commissioners.
April 8, 1903. l4-17
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ONE STEP MORE

Will be fatal to the sleep-walker. Will
he draw back or will he take the final,
fatal step1 A great many people are in
peril like the sleep-walker. They are
diseased. The disease is progressing
day by day. The time comes when one
more step away from health is fatal.
The man who has suffered from indi-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22

THE COURIER and the Atlanta Consti-
tutiOn and the Home and Farm one yea
for the sum of 80.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-22

Rear Admiral Endicott, Chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, has awarded
the contract for building the machine
shops at Charleston Navy Yard to the
Clark CONSTRUCTION Company, of Chicago,
whose bid was for 100000. The ma
chino shops at Port Royal will be moved
to Charleston and the building used for
a foundery.
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BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY co.

BETWEEN BELTON AND WALHALLA.
Tine Table No. lin Effect April IL, 1903.
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Bears tho nThs Kind You Have Always Bought
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The Washington times., 1903-03-15

the same time several English thor
oughbreds were imported to Virginia,
and the earliest races near Washington
Studs of Executives.
In both Virginia and Maryland the
governors of the States seemed TO con-
slider it a part of their duty to keep
racing studs. and many OF the most in
teresting early races in America were
run By horses owned by the chief execu-
tives of those two Commonwealths.
One OF the first great races run in
America which attracted national at
tention was a race between a Virginia
bred thoroughbred and the removed
American Eclipse, TO whom is traceable
many of the best race horses of the
present day. This match was the out
come Of the intense rivalry that had
sprung up between the North and South.
The race was run at the Union course
on Long Island on May p. 1923. and
was a heat race at four miles. the
stakes being $40 900. The Virginians
were allowed to name their horse at the
starting post and took five animals with
them. An old account OF this race
states that mot less than 10000 specta-
tors were computed 10 be in the field"
when the start was made. The choice
OF the Virginians was the great horse
Henry. The first heat was won by the
Virginia horse by neck after a great
struggle; but in the second and third
Eclipse demonstrated his superiority
and defeated Henry easily in each heat.
II was estimated at the time that near
ly 5000. 900 changed hands on this race.
The owners of Henry were not satisfied
that their horse had been beaten fairly.
and the next day published a challenge
TO run Henry against Eclipse for any
sum from $4,000 TO $40, 600 at Washing
ton city the following fall. This chal-
lenge was not accepted by the owner of
Eclipse, and Washington therefore
missed the opportunity of having one OF
the great races of history run within
its limits.
a few years later the National Capital
race course was the scene of many turf
battles OF the giants of the North and
South. The famous race horse Boston
sire OF Lexington and other noted per
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

stand has taken the place OF the old
wooden structure, new stables have been
built. a luxurious clubhouse has been
provided. and the other appointments
have been greatly Improved.
1t is in the track itself that probably
the greatest improvement has been
made. For many years owners and train
ers regarded the Benning course as one
of the most Objectionable in the East
on which to race their charges The soil
was deep. dusty. and holding and sew
eral parts OF the track were positively
dangerous to life and limb. Last sum-
mer an entirely new top dressing was
placed on the track at great expense.
and the going at the fall meeting last
year on days when the track was fast
was perhaps the very best for fast time
TO be had in this country. 1t was found
that the track was bit too hard for the
legs of the thoroughbreds, however. and
after rain the soil became sticky and
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

many other cities, and racing was dis
continued.
With the coming of the Jockey Club.
however, there was a revival OF interest,
and when the present Washington Jockey
Club was organized, in 1895. there was a
noticeable increase in the local patron
age. Men prominent in social and busi-
ness affairs Of the city have lent 1t their
support, and society women, too, have
given the spring and fall meetings the
desired high tone by their presence.
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress have patronized the races in large
numbers whenever Congress was in ses-
sion during the races and the sport OF
kings" again promises to become as pop
ular in the District as it was score OF
years ago when Ivy City was in the
height of its success. At that course
many OF the latter-day giants OF the turf
have appeared. Among the great horses
that ran at Ivy City whose names are
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

VT TERE you to ask one OF the
wv initiated TO name the most
popular American sport 1t IS
a ten-to-one shot that his reply would
unhesitatingly be horse racing" and
while riding the ponies" is by no
means a native sport, it has taken such
a firm hold upon all who incline to di-
version through the medium of sports
that today the running Of horses. from
the county fair TO the metropolitan
race track, commands a greater patron
age than any other amusement confined
TO the exercise OF brain, Drawn and
muscle. Horse racing knows no class
rich and poor alike turn 10 IT for amuse-
ment as well as for a livelihood. In
fact il has been estimated that during
the racing season there is a daily at
tendance at the race courses in the
United States OF more than $4,000 per-
sons. and special race days the attend
ance runs into hundreds OF thousands.
1t is not an uncommon occurrence for
crowd OF 10000 people TO turn out on
a big race day in New York, while at
Chicago on American Derby day the at
tendance has reached as high as 10000.
Growing for Centuries.
The popularity OF this sport Is not the
outcome or few years time. Tho rae
ing fever has been growing for centu-
ries. Running horses was first prsc-
ticed b. the Greeks 600 years before the
Christian era. and even at that early
period # was customary to race year
lings and -year-olds. 1t was not
until the reign of James I, of England.
that horse racing became generally pop
ular as a sport. and the patronage Of
royalty from that time on led to the
practice being called the sport OF
kings" George ". perhaps. took a
livelier interest in "the ponies" than
any English moncrch. He was the first
king to own and operate a racing sta
BILE Of magnitude. William ". the
s'Sailor King" knew little about horses.
but had a large and powerful stable.
and in 1890 his entries for the Good
wood Cup" finished first, second and
third.
II was not long after the landing Of
the Pilgrims at Plymouth that thor
oughbred English horses were intro
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

One OF the most notable stables OF
horses owned and trained by Washing
ington men is that of F. r. and T.
Hitchcock. This stable of runners is
in charge of the veteran trainer. W. P.
Burch. and all the horses are apparent
ly in frst-class shape.
In this stable is the great race horse
Gray Friar. one OF the best horses that
ran in the East last year. Gray Friar is
gray gelding by st. George Una B.,
and has won in stakes upward of s20,-
600. He did not start at the local spring
meeting last year. His first appearance
on the turf was in an overnight race at
Saratoga, which he won in a romp from
Cateehise and Glennevis. His next en-
gagement was in the Troy stakes at Sar-
atoga, in which he was defeated by
Platter, Gray Friar running second,
and beating Wild Thyme. River Pirate,
and other good ones. In the rich Grand
Union Hotel stakes. Gray Friar easily
The Washington times., 1903-03-15
ThoToughbreds Being Whipped Into SHAPE
at Local Course for Meet Which Com
menCeS March 25--Outlook More
Promising Than Ever Before in Local
HiStOTu. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

class, and has won several good races
at Benning- Besides these two horses
Miss Travis has several tvSo-year-olds
that are said TO be promising"
The stable OF J. z. Lane has always
been known as a Washington stable In
II are a number of hrst-class horses over
the sticks" including the crack jump
er Arius. Imperialist too, is a good 'un
AT this game. and won several races
last year.
Two gentlemen riders well known In
Washington are Charles NJ Harris and
". c. Hayes. Both own and ride sew
eral horses every spring and fall at
Benning
The Hon. W C Eustis has but one
horse in his stable, but that has proved
good one in the past few years This
is the knight Of Ellerslie horse. Knight
OF Rhodes. which placed the spring
handicap TO his credit year before last
and ran prominently last season
Won a Long Shot
In W. V. Powers string are some
horses that always carried many dollars
whenever they started At Benning-
These are the colts GwyEne and Siidell-
On one occasion Gwynne landed a race
for his popular owner with the long odds
OF leo 10 I quoted against him Sliden
has also performed well az Benning-
Among other local horses that have won
races at Benning is Sam Craig. owned
by John lynch Craig was the medium
of a big plunge on the part OF local fol-
lowers Of the turf last fall. and the gall
Isnt thoroughbred brought home the
money.
Perhaps the most interesting race 10
the society folk of Washington that will
be run at the coming meeting viii be
the Chevy Chase Hunt Club Steeple-
chase Handicap. This race was run for
the first time last year. and attracted
large crowd of men and women promi-
nent in the social affairs of Washington
II brought out a field OF seven horses.
all OF them ridden by members OF the
Chevy Chase Hunt. The event was won
by Van Ness Phillips Hari Kari. ridden
by Mr. Phillips, with Clarence Moore's
Masterpiece second. Bir. R. HuidekOPer
In the saddle, and Reed Knox's Royal
Stag third, the latter ridden by Percy
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

disposed of the crack FLY. Judith camp
bell, Whitechapel, Merry Acrobat.
Charles Elwood. and half a dozen others,
winning the race by two lengths. His
next victory was in the Albany stakes. a
six furIong race. which he won in
1:12 3-5. defeating the great flly Eugenia
Burch.
Won Matron Stakes.
Gray Friar next started in the Matron
Stakes at Morris Park, which he won
easily from the crack, Aceful. Surbition,
Fire Eater. and Merry Acrobat. His last
race Of the season was in the Cham
pagne Stakes. in which he finished third
In all. the gray horse started six times.
winning four races and being placed in
the other two. This horse IS probably
the best and most noted Thoroughbred al
Benning. and by far the highes.-elass
horse owned and trained by local men
Others in this stable are the colts Ser
geant. who won last year as 2 two-year-
old. in the neIghborhood of IS, ,Oo0 His
only public appearance at Benning was
in the Grand Consolation Stakes last fall
in which he finished last. Lord of the
Vale. Shorthose. and Tugai Bey defeat
ing him. His previous performances,
however. were OF high order. and he
is now a prominent candidate for the
Benning Spring Handicap, 10 be run on
the opening day. Sergeant won four
good races. and was placed several
times. Besides these two crack colts.
the Messrs. Hitchcock have a number
OF good two-year- -olds. which promise
to become high-class racers. Some of
them will be seen at the spring meet
ing.
The Columbia Stable.
In the Columbia Stable, which is
owned by a prominent business man Of
Washington. are half a dozen first-cIass
racers. Two Of the most prominent are
Toscan and Gloriosa, both three-year-
olds by the noted sire. Hastings Each
OF these horses won the first race in
which he was entered at the spring
meeting last year. and continued to win
all through the season. Each won a
race or two at the fall meeting. Glori-
osa's record of last season shows eight
victories. six seconds. three thirds. and
eight times unplaced-an exceedingly
profitable performance when IL Is con-
sidered that the little filly cost less than
$500. GlOriosa has gone through the
winter in good shape and is now a hand
some filly. who will no doubt win many
races this year.
The Washington times., 1903-03-15

Her stable companion, TOscan, placed
seven races 10 his credit last season.
was second twice. third twice. and An
ished uDplaced eight times. This horse.
too. has filled out and grown into a
fine one. He Is entered in several i'm
portant stake events at the Metropolitan
tracks. and is among the most talked of
candidates for the first Spring Handicap
at Benning- Another horse from this
stable that is entered in the handicap is
the fIly Red Damsel. well-known per-
former at Benning.
Robert NeviIIe's stable includes
likely lot of jumping horses and the
handicap candidate. Black Dick. who has
been doing fast work at the track thus
far and is whispered about among
trainers as a possible winner of the
event. Mr.. Neville is prominent in
Washington society and has always
taken an active interest in local racing
His stable of runners is more extensive
this year than ever before. and unless
all signs fail his jumpers viii be heard
from at the New York tracks before the
year is out.
John Hooe's String.
Another local stable composed prin-
cipally of steeplechase horses IS that Of
the young clubman John c. Hooe.
whose lot includes Lavator. Walter
Cleary. and Douro. the winner OF last
falls Maximum Stakes. These horses
are in charge of Gwynn Tompkins and
Will be ready to "go to the races When
the meeting begins.
A stable that CLAIMS much attention
from the society folk and clubmen of
the city is that Of sid" Holloway, for
many years an active member OF the
Chevy Chase Hunt Club. Mr.. Holloway
was the prime mover in the organiza-
tion OF the Chevy Chase Hunt Club. and
has developed many OF the best hunters
that follow the hounds in the woods
around Washington He developed and
trained the noted jumping horse Chap
pie. who held the record for a high
Jump for several years In Mr.. HoIIo-
ways string are the steeplechasers r.
/ B. Sack, Coley. and Vassal Dance.
Woman in the Ring.
| One OF the most recent additions to
the ranks Of local owners was a young
The Washington times., 1903-03-15
Jaoobel, Prominent Candidate for Chevy Chase Cup

duced into America and the States OF
Virginia and Maryland took an early
and decided lead. Racing in this coun-
try probably commenced simultaneously
in these two states. and attained wide
popularity in the principal towns OF
Maryland some years previous TO Brad
dock's defeat In 1853. Il IS nearly GER
tain that the thoroughbred English
horse Spark. owned by Governor OgIo OF
Maryland. which was presented TO him
By Lord Baltimore. TO whom It was
given By the Prince OF Wales. was
among the very FIRST horses OF great
distinction brought to America. About