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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.


NOTICE is hereby given that an cleo
IN ton will be held at Carter's Buggy
Warehouse, in the Town OF Westminster,
3: G., on Saturday, the 9th day OF May,
1908, on the question of levying an addi-
tionai tax of two mills on all property,
real and personal, within Westminster
School District, No. II, of Oconee county,
South Carolina, for school purposes;
that In said election each elector favor
ing the said proposed levy of two addi-
tional mills shall cast ~ ballot containing
the word Eyes" printed or written
thereon, and each eleetor opposed to said
levy shall cast a ballot containing the
word Mo- printed or written thereon;
that said election shall be conducted as
provided by law for conduct OF general
elections; that only such electors as
return real and personal property for
taxes snd VINO exhibit their tax receipts
and registration certificates as required
In the general election, shall be allowed
to vote. w. p. ANDERSON,
M. A. TERRELL,
w. M. KAY,
Trustees of Westminster School District,
No. II, ex-officio Managers Election.
April iS, 1903 1919
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

Governor Grant lived in Anderson for
several years, and his friends here will be
greatly interested In the news that comes
from Washington. IJ mas been known
mere that he has been having trou ble
1ppines but it was not known that he CON.
templated resigning. He was reelected
Governor OF Leyte at the civil election
recently held In the province and has
been very popular with the people there.
Mrs. Grant, who is a daughter OF the late
George w. FAINT, Of this city, left the
philippines several weeks ago for visit
nome, but has not yet reached here.--
Anderson Mail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
q "A. ~ T % Ea
Bsars tho Rs Kind You llavs Always Bought
s''Sa'''' e lG,z1zzzzssg

Dr.. j. >B. Hawthorne, of Richmond.
Va, the silver tongued orator among
Southern platform speakers, Is booked
for the ANNUAL address befora the literary
societies of Fnrman University I'm june.
The young men will have occasion 70 ae1
grateful for his coming as long az they
live, South Carolina Baptist.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
viii Cure CONSUMPTION.

A. A. Herren, of Finch, Ark, writes,
"Foley's Honey and Tar is the best pre-.
paration for coughs, colds and lung
trouble. l know that it has cured con
sumption in the first stages" For sale
by j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
!. y. Gran. Resigns a. Governor ., ls,.s.

Washington, April 2e.-Copies OF the
last annual report Of j. II. Grant, civil
governor Of the province of Luyte Ia the
philippines, accompanied by his resiena.
tion to take effect at the end Of sixty
days leave of absence, has reached the
correspondence showed that there was
long continued friction between the mill.
tary and civil authorities and that Gene
raj Smith, without notice or warning To
Grant withdrew troops from about fifteen
towns aud destroyed even telegraphic
and telephone communication with them
and the rest of the islands. Grant In his
report says that as consequence of this
towns were entered by insurgents and
She people beaten, robbed and killed and
their homes set on fire.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
GA - T o ER ia.
S''s;''' &C.; !; 's' S9;s::.' y, D y; 81 '''''

The North Western Starch Compapy's
plant, In the milling district, at Minne-
apolis, Mimi. blew up few minutes
after IL o'clock, on April 23, and fierce
fire broke out. 1t is believed eleven per
sons lost their lives. That number are
unacconnted for. The entire Office force
apparently are killed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
White & Company,
ANDERSON, s. o.,
Dealers in Marble and Granite.

IA ~ Do ALL KINDS OF MONUMENTAL gDESIGNING CUT
NM TING Etc, Marble Designing handsome
w ana cea Lettering Our work Is guaranteed to be
every respect and the material used is THE BEST.
we control the and
prepared kinds Material Cubno
Bases and Coping We all competitions. .
aesre to place handsome
grave OF relative write
complete line OF designs and he will
material.
WHITE 81 COMPANY.
Phone gAA. Anderson
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

Eight persons were killed and three in
jured by a collision on the Erie road on
last Monday near the Red House, N. Y.
The accident was caused by the mistake
of boy telegraph operator.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

Twenty-Five Hebrews were killed and
275 were wounded, many of them fatally,
during anti-Semetic riots at R'spineff,
capital OF Bessarabia, Russia, April 20,
when number of workmen organ IL ID
The minister OF the interior has ordered
tie adoption of special measures Co re-.
Q ore order In the town and the district.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

VIM. Davis, of Spokogee, Indian Ter
ritory, has been fined $40 for 'Uussng"
a man over the 'phoue. 1he "lello grip
reported him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

Two racooons got loose In Hastings
Brothers bird store in Atlanta the other
night and what they did for the pet birds
was plenty. They also ate bowl of
gold fish. The coons gnawed hole
under the floor and escaped.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
opiates and can safely be given to child
rem. For sale by j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

The bell of the Southern Methodist
church at Pratt City, Ala, was stolen
on last Friday night. TWAS worth about
$3.50.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
NOTICE 70 TEACHERS s.


NNHE Walhalla School Board inyitesj
II applications for teachers positions
In the Walhalla Graded Schools for the
term Of 1903-1904.
The following positions are 10 be filed
superintendent at a salary of $40 per
month.
One Primary Teacher at salary of $85
per month.
One Teacher for I'd and Sd grades at q
salary of $3b per month.
One TeachC, for 4th aud 9TH grades sc
q salary of $35 per month.
One Teacher for 9th and 7th grades at
salary OF $36 per month.
Also one teacher for Millville School,
lat and I'd grades, at q salary of $26
per month.
Also one colored teacher for negro
sohcol at salary of $40 per month.
Our schools run nine months. All
teachers employed to servo at the plea
sure of the Board. All applications
must be In writing, and fled with the
Secretary on or before May 18th, 1908,
None but licensed teachers holding first
grade certificates need apply.
j. III. MOORE,
Secretary Walhalla School Board.
April lb, 1908. 1918
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
STATE OF ONO, CIrx OF TOLEDO, -
IUCAR COUNTy bs

: tSOOho NOONIts fa-...- sa-1
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he ID
the senior partner of the firm of II. j.
Cheney q Co., doing business In the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay tho sum oi
One Hundred Dollars for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. ID. 1886
,|>a A. w. GLEAsoN,
t~-~>>' ~ Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
aud acts directly on the blood and mu-
cons surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, Free
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06

q u. - - q IA rM.
s'ss:'s's !. lSz7zs.::5:s:ss's =: ~ '''''
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
Legal Advertisements.
Notice to Trespassers.

A LII persons are hereby warned not
"A to trespass on my lands In Center
Township, Oconee county, s. O., In any
way. All persons disregarding this
notice will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law,
April %, 1908. 1915
.NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI-
In TORS.-All persons Indebted to the
estate OF w. G.. Smithson, deceased,
the undersigned, and all persons having
claims against said estate will present
the same, duly attested, within the time
prescribed by law or be barred.
FLORENCE s.. SMITHSON,
Administrative of the Personal Estate of
w. @. Smithson, deceased.
April 10, 1908. 1918
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
Nervous Debility
Anderson

etc., which gradually weakens and
the true nature Of hie trouble. Ner
the eyes, .despondency, etc., often o.
neglected serious results are sure 3
symptoms Of weakening Of his man
under my skillful treatment you vii
hood. Whether you consult mo or
ready-mad medicines, free samples
the body are involved, and only ON
booklet" Nervous Debility and Its
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The average depth of the ocean is about
two miles.
One-third of the college graduates now
are women.
The total income of all American farmers
last year was about s., 800, 100000
Wild roses are found on every continent
in the world excepting Australia.
The ministry is the only one of the learned
professions that is not now overcrowded.
In the city of New York there are only
The income tax returns show that citizens
of Great Britain have invested abroad S.
630, 500.
Sal 100000 acres and employ nearly 10.5O0.-
600 people.
Scotland not only leads i'm pure-bred cat
tle but by daily quotations on the London
market leads On prime beef likewise.
In England alone the volume of cooper
alive business has grown In the last forty
years more than forty times as fast as her
manufacturers, and $50 times fast as the
population
Kansas manufacturers binding Irvine at
her State penitentiary a check on the
binding Irvine trust, which has often adj
vanced the price of Irvine 50 per cent. at
harvest time.
Coffee culture i'm Java is on the wane,
and ii is not impossible that i'm the course
of time ii may be given up entirely. The
reasons for this are the exhaustion of the
soil and the competition of Brazilian coffee.
The number of medical students i'm the
United States for the last college year was
276l5 OF this number 24930 were at the
regular schools, ,49S at the HOMEOPATHIC
S4S at the eclectic and 339 at the physio-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

medical and nondescript schools. Germany,
with more than two-thirds the population
of the United States. has less than a third
as many students of medicine.
Paris's Eiffel tower will stand for only
few years longer. A commission appointed
TO decide on the uses TO which the Champs
de Mars shall be put has ordered that the
tower be torn down at the end OF the con-
cession, which expires in 1910.
Mt. Pelee, which blew of $50 feet OF its
crown when IL overwhelmed the city of
st. Pierre, has since been extruding from
per day. shaft of lava 800 feet in diameter
which now protrudes 500 feet above its sum-
NIT.
In Russia $50 men in every million are
annually called into the army; In Germany.
number Of Frenchmen weaklings have to be
taken. This makes the mortality I'm the
French army three and a half times that OF
the German army
The common contagious diseases the
causes Of which are still unknown are scar
let fever. measles. chickenpox. yellow fever
and hydrophobia. One difficulty in expert
mental research for the organisms which
cause scarlet fever. yellow fever and
measles is that animals are not susceptible
to them.
A private i'm the German navy is reported
TO have committed suicide by the common
device OF exploding a blank cartridge I'm a
rine, the barrel of which filled with
water" The suicide killed himself by the
common device" because of the abuse he
had suffered at the hands OF a noncommis-
stoned officer.
Ii is curious fact that flies will not
pass through netting, even though the
mesheS be quite large unless there is a
source OF light. as from a window behind
IL. Thus i'm rooms with windows only on
one side a net over the window will abso-
lutely keep the flies out. although the
meshes OF the net may be inch apart.
A normal chile at two years OF age
should weigh twenty-six and one-haff
pounds a greater weight is not evidence
OF health, but the reverse, and the amount
of fats and sugars given IL should be les
sened. Its height should be thirty-two and
one-half inches and the circumference OF
both its head and its chest should be nine
teen inches
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
ess.-INITIAL CHANGE.

Why are you sweet. so very sweet
With wealth of hair so golden,
Alike the romances OF knight
And maid in days quite olden?
Why are you sweet, so very sweet?
Dark eyes, meath darker laShes,
Which FIRST I'm graceful witching curves
To hide loves softest fiashes2
Why are you sweet, so very sweetf
Thy smile makes day so sunny
Why dost thou have the cutest mouth
And lips so ripe with honey?
Why are you sweet, so very sweetf
Thy grace. thy form. thy feature
Are those of which the poets dream
And sing. Gods lovely creature.
Perhaps you'll tell. IL but to me.
And tighten deep uncertainty;
Or. will you TWO the talisman
That makes you sweetest in the lands
ALFREDA-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
ARTY ESS
6S6.-NUMERICALS.
Names of Plants.)


1. Come where the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 grows, and
no matter how many 4-5-6-7 there may be
between the cup and the 5-6-7, We can take
our draught direct from the 1884 them
selves. 2 Get out your razor and 1-2-3-4,
and get ready to spend Pa days in the
woods, eating 1885 and listening to the
hum Of the 6-7-S-9-19-ll i'm the old 1-2-3-4-5-
e-1-S-9-lo-11 tree. g. The young men on the
plains generally "1-2-3-4." as they are all
1-2-S-4-5-6-7-S-9, and IL one puts on more
style than the rest. for instance, if he should
1o-1l-12-l3-14-15 his coat, or wear 1-2-3-4-5-
6-l-S-9-l0-l1-l2-l3-14-l5 in it, he would be the
1851 near that 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 tree. >. The
l-2-3-4-5-6-I-S-9 does not grow on any West
ern 1-2-3-4-5 1-2-3 you can buy a little l-2-3-
that Craze near them. 6. When 1-2-3-4-5-
draws 1884, and casts it's 6-7-S-9-l0 over
the sea the 6-7-S-9 are easily to be 1883
while on the shore the dangerous 1-2-3-4-5-
6-1-S-9-10 blooms. T. DO see that 1-2-3 4-5-6
that 1-2-3-4-5-6. s. And do watch that 1-2-3-
4-5-6-7-S l-2-3-4-5 that SIS. 3. This flower
is called the -l3-14-l5-
1911. Perhaps it is no more 1-2-3-4-5 than
American, and from its size should not be
a 6-7-8-9, but a boys 1o-1l-12-13-14-l5-16-l7.
10. Mother says every i-2-3-4-5 and child
must go out and 6-7-S-9 out the 1-2-3-4-5-6-
1873 from the garden. ii. What a 1924
TO go out and hear the 1-2-3-4-5. Ii should
be 5-6-7-S to those lazy people who live in
the house where the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-S grows.
IL. 1-2 said We Pa might go to ride on the
1884 II was kind of her to 2-3-4-5-6 us to
do SO, for there il near by a 4-5-6 place
where We may gather cowslip and 1-2-3-
4-5-6. DOROTHEA.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

6S5.-CHARADE.

The TOTAL leaps into the ring, where
stands the maddened bull
And scatters kisses 'mongst the crowd from
shapely finger tips
Then lifts his blade i'm deep salute FIRST
where a maiden sits.
Her lustrous eyes alight with fear, and
prayers on her lips.
The great beast charges in a rage; he
quickly springs aside;
His pulses quicken rs he leaps, and faster
comes his breath.
His eye is restless and his step is agile, for
he knows
The least mistake of eye LAST foot means
swift and certain death.
And they circle round and round. with
charge and cut and lunge;
While people shout, Bravo! bravo' and
loudly clap their hands
Until at length the blow is dealt which
lays his bullship low,
His lifeblood showing crimson on the white
ness of the sands.
And then the TOTAL turns again toward
the cheering throng.
But though his heart beats proudly as he
hears their praising cries
he TWOS
The light of loves approval in his senorita's
eyes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

Upon invitation of Job / climbed up be-
hind him on his odd-looking horse. which.
after a vigorous application Of the lash,
slowly started up the swiftly flowing Nile.
bound for Cairo. Suddenly a heavy splash
was heard in our way. and a huge sub
aqueous monster arose and leaped forward
10 secure its prey. Being the nearest it
seized and separated NE from my COM
panion. Job made most heroic effort 10 rem
der assistance, and in the desperate strug-
gle which ensued HE. being next, was also
seized and devoured. Although our strange
horse had been deprived OF its two riders.
BOTH remained To continue the voyage to
destination. The name OF our ponderoW
steed explains the mystery.
FRANS FOLKS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
692.-PALIyDROME.

The water tasted very far from pleasant.
That something was the matter none
could doubt,
so papa. with both wife and daughter pres
ent.
Declared that what it was he would find
out.
The cistern was an old one with a cover
That showed the sad effects of passing
years;
He raised it with great care and. peering
over.
Beheld the confirmation OF his fears
With dead ones all around IT, odor-giving.
To speak facetiously as many do,
He. in the cistern, saw a large and living
W't array "a" IL a -t.w.-
1T II
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
Insurance Against "Race suicides
Iowa Medical Journal.

Iowa Medical Journal.
The American Mothers Birth Insurance
Company Is new insurance organization
of which the object Is 10 provide for the
payment of sum of money upon the birth
OF a living child The benefits planned are
from 800 10 $500. depending upon the
amount of premium paid by the mother IL
Is organized under the insurance laws or
Massachusetts, and is to maintain a reserve
fund.
The question arises, will this sort OF in
surance make any difference in the race
suicide" much deplored by our Presi-
dent and other statesmen The tendency
or the day In that class Of people who are
supposed TO be I'm sufficient financial con-
dition TO carry insurance OF this kind is not
To have children. Now, will they look upon
the insurance as good thing and set aside
their prejudice against offspring. will
this sort OF an insurance company have 20
depend upon the laboring class. who. as a
usual thing. cannot afford 10 carry any
great amount OF insurance?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

In early youth he was i'm need:
A sponge he then became;
They sent him where twas pretty hot,
And also changed his name
He ioafed awhile. and then "came outs
Remarkably well bred.
He met Miss Il one day at tea,
And they were quickly wed.
Twas not for long: the end soon came;
For them disastrous. rather;
Though only one of them was raised.
They both went down together.
HAWKEYE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
STANDARDIZATION.

What is it to the waking mind
What happens while We sleep;
What can occur while clocks hands wind
On mountain, plain and deep?
The mount might belch forth i'm its wrath.
The people stricken fee;
The plain become the cyclones path,
Destruction, misery.
The sea may toss, I'm anger groan;
The ship that ONES the wave
May be the home of those that moan
Desparingly, though brave.
So, while we TWO I'm peace and calm,
Our prayerful thoughts should go
To all in danger, trial and harm,
No matter, friend or foe.
FRANK LYNN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
eso.-GEoGRAPHICAL SUBTRACTION.

!. Remove dull-brown color from city
OF Scotland and have a river OF Scotland.
.. Ground from Danish isle and leave 2
Grecian isle. 5. One from one of the United
States and leave an Eastern Empire. 4. A.
limb from an Italian city and leave an
sula g. An unhewn stick OF timber from an
Italian city and leave an Algerian city. Z. A
fish OF the salmon family from an English
men. w. j. ID.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13

The night wind whispers softly. Through tn,
pines
Tumultuous murmur rises, swells. and dies.
The tender moonlight the woodland lies
And the wide forest IN the moonmist shines
With glistening silver. The familiar lines
OF hill and valley melt and fade-to rise
All gorified and strange. Before my eyes
A magic power all grosser things refines.
Breathless / gaze, remote as in a trance.
I am no longer mortal when / see.
Now in the moment of supreme delight
The tortuous labyrinths of old circumstance
Vanish to nothingness and leave me free
Under the boundless splendor of the night.
Alice Choate Perkins. in Atlantic Monthly
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ANSWERS.

6Ss.-Cites like men. rise. flourish AID ex-
pire.
66T.-Man-hat-tan. 4
66s.-A hay rake. .
6e9.-1 American. 2. Rates. 8. Mantle. :
670.-Crocodile.
61.-To win a man, wot
672.-1. Mode. 9. Ratio. 3. Hale 4. Own.
>. Feast 6. Ease.
673.-Pal, ALL
64.-Wheat. rye. oats. barley. beer, Drank.
maize, millet, sesame, rice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
Take Actor tn Play "A Gentiema m
James L. Ford. in Eyerybody's Magazine.

The engagement of the Earl OF Roslyn
last winter did a great deal toward dispell-
inc the absurd delusion that lit takes a
gentleman 10 play gentleman. and the
COMPANION idiocy that lit takes LADY 10
play lady" III this be true. why not en-
gage a blacksmith 20 play lie Maitre de
FORGE" AS "A matter OF fact. AZ takes an
actor 10 play a blacksmith. or n gentleman.
or anything else. which is unfortunate for
the great army OF impecunious and broken
down society people OF both sexes. whose
very last resort. even after they have faile6
in Journalism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
SPHINX LORE
GSS.-ENIGMA.
6s4.-PRACTICAL WISDOM.
Eniemaffc Knots of Odd and Ingenious Kind
for the Leisure Hour.


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