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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this pape, will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
ment. Halls Catarrh is Cure taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving tho patient strength by build
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors have
have SO much faith in its curative pow
ers, that thoy offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY g Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
have recently been recorded in the Audi.
tors office:
| Center Township-L. M. Mahaffey to
j. A. McPhail, $50 acres, $2,625; w. N
Bruce to J. r. Bruce, 2/l0 interest in 1O7
! acres, $40O; Mrs. N. A. Wooten to j. II.
Heller, acre, $525; a. T. Dickson to j.
T. Simpson, 2874 acres. $1,150; T.. p.
Werner to K. +. Werner, S3 acres, love
and affection; Sloan Dickson to A. IT.
Dickson, 240 acres, $l,800; r. r. White
to Jas. Bates, 9S acres, $40; j. G. b.
Vandiver to X, p. Marett, II acres, $500;
j. w. Mason to A. Bearden, 49a acres,
$500
! Seneca Towrship-W. r. Davis to The
Courtenay Mfg. Co., 100 acres, 81, 500; G.
l.. Craig to j. w. Holleman and II. f.
Alexander, 40 acres, $500; w. ID. Strib-
ling to Mrs. Emma Harper, 14l acres,
81 600; Mrs. Emma Harper to r. FL. Alex
ander, Is acres, $700; Lucy Robertson to
r. G.. Gaines and Gassaway Bros, %
| acres, 5000.
West Union-W. G. Smith to Jos. G.
Knox, 1 lot, 5000.
Seneca iTown)-W. o. Hamilton to
Clara V. McCarey. 2 lots, $40O; r. M.
Richardson to +. M. Cary, a acres, $40O;
#. M. Cary to w. o. Hamilton, acres,
$3.50; A. G. Bruce to Mary e. Hunnicutt,
l acre, $50; j. M. Hunnicutt ct al, to
Adams & Alexander, lot, $110; Sue L..
Gignilliat to j. j. Cromer, lot, $792 80;
j.. w. Holleman, Master, to r. Williams,
/ lot, S38.
Westminster-H. Nj. Peden ct al. to s.
III. Marett and Mrs. NJ. K. Messer, lot,
$500; Seneca Bank to 9. j. Mulkey, St
| acres, 5000.
Tugdloo Township Eph. Cobb, Jr., to
It. M Busha, 100 acres. 5000; f. M. Wick
cry to Frank Thrift, half interest in 80
| acres, $780, s. l.. Smith to g. w. Lyle,
63 acres. $500; Miss M E. Norris to j..
M. Davis, 94 acres, $50.
-ChattOoga Observation-Disclosures and
Jaynes to Jordan j. Moore, 1872 acres,
$500; w. j. Neville to j. s.. Sloan, 800
I acres, 800; j. E. Hendrix to Mrs. NJ. j.
| McAuliffe, $50 acres, $500; j. Ell. Robins
to j. a. Martin, 2754 acres, $1,5O4; K. e..
j. II. Robins, 2754 acres, 81 sol.
Wagener Township-Susan Hodge to
NJ. e. Rutledge, 81 acres, $3.50; w. X.
Duffie, executor, to David b. McAlster,
13 acres, $l38; p. o. Couch to s. FL. Orr,
| 70 acres, $3.50; j. A. and A. @. Adair to
l.. III. Brandt, - acres, 5000; b. II. Dou-
thit, Sheriff, to Robt. T. Jaynes, 377
acres, 1925; w. O. White, Master, to
j. II. Darby, half interest in 18 acres, $50.
Wa)halla-H. II. Alexander and j. w.
Holleman to @. l.. Craig. lot, 81 ,75O.
Keowee Township-W. M. Alexander
to M. A. Wood, 81 acres, $3.50; w. NJ.
Holden to j. u. Parsons, 80 acres, $39.i7;
j. e. Parsons to j. Mod. Bruce, so acres,
$39.17; f. E. Browne to w. III. Browne,
81 acres, $270; Thos. Hunnicutt to Mrs.
+. Middleton, 100 acres, $400; Elizabeth
Hunnicutt to j. o. Middleton, 81 acres,
| $4OO.
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Capital Punishment or Life Imprison-
memt. - which? ~ - Written Courier by ~ S.,

In the article on this subject in last
weeks Courier the Biblical argument
for the affirmative was presented. We
feel sure that sound reason and true ex-
pediepcy are in harmony with our inier-
probation of what the Bible teaches on
this subject.
/. Death is regarded IA the severest
punishment that can be inflicted.
Though "the wages of sin is death, - and
all being sinners must die in conse-
quence of the fall of our first parents,
yet all dread to die even natural death,
and under ordinary circumstances seek
to prolong life to its utmost possible
limit. Self-preservation is the first law
of nature. All animated beings, whether
rational or irrational, shrink from death.
"All that man hath will lie give for his
life." The man whose circumstances
render life burdensome will generally
avoid suicide, though he may contem.
plate it. The fear of future retribution
helps him to endure present ills. The
great dramatist represents Hamlet, the
Melancholy Dane, as soliloquizing in the
following strain:
TO be, or not to be, that is the question,
Whether tits nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous for
tune,
Or to take up arms against sea of trou-
bles,
And by opposing, end them-to die, to
No more-and by a sleep, to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural
shocks
That flesh is heir to-'tis consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep.
To sleep--porhaps to dream-aye there's
the rub;
For in that sleep what dreams may come
Il, oh cd of 81
coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect,
That makes calamity of 80 long life.
Who would fardels bear
To grunt and sweat under weary life,
But that the dread of something after
death
The undiscovered country from whose
bourne
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear the ills we
Than fly to others that we know not of.
Thus conscience does make towards Of
us ALL"
This dread of future retribution that
detcrs so many from suicide, doubtless
deters moro with murder in their hearts,
from committing actual murder. The
process of dying, from hanging, decapi-
tation, or, under martial law, from shoot
ing, or, as in New York, from electro
cution may be nearly painless, but the
ment~ gony that precedes, and the
ig ,miny that attends, and the disgrace
to the victims name, that follows his
execution, all combine to render pun
ishment by death the most dreaded and
the most dreadful that rulers can inflict.
Said an infuriated monster in New York
some years ago, holding an ak over his
trembling wife's head, 81 would kill you
in a moment, if did not know that
would hang for it," Thousands of
others, as vile as that wretch, are doubt
less deferred. every year from murder,
from the same consideration.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
Killing in GreenviIle County.

Greenville, April S.-Nin Gosnell died
Oh Monday night at his home on CLASSY
Mountain, twenty miles north of Green
Vile, as the result of pistol shot wound
in the head inflicted by unknown parties.
The report is that Gosnell had escaped
from Jail in North Carolina. On Monday
morning, it is said, four men went to the
field where Gosnell was working and
upon his resisting arrest he was shot
down, death resulting several hours
afterward. Gosnell was said to be a
desperate character. He leaves wife
and five children. The verdict OF the
coroner's jury was in accordance with
tho above facts.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
The State Pension Board.

The State Pension Board was in session
this morning and the clerk is now going
over the lists checking up. As q result
it will be several days before the work is
completed. The muddled condition OF
affairs in Spartanburg county has caused
the board to adopt resolutions which
will hereafter be rigidly observed.
instruct the various clerks of court to
pay no pension to any applicant except
in person or in case of disability pre-
venting them from appearing in person,
to furnish power of attorney taken be-
fore proper officer.
The Comptroller General has also been
instructed to investigate as previously
directed the pension affairs OF Spartan
burg county. This will be done, not
withstanding the fact that the clerk of
court of that county has refunded $780,
Columbia Record, April 8,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15

2. Hope of pardon would stimulate
to murder Il life imprisonment were
substituted for capital punishment,
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" Nearly every inmate of a State
prison, sentenced for term of years,
entertains hope OF pardon before his
term expires, and the number released
In this manner encourages the hope. II
ls no uncommon occurrence when q
sheriff or his deputy takes prisoner or
two to the penitentiary, to bring back as
many, or twice as man., pardoned ones.
Ihe pardoning power is just as likely to
be exercised in behalf of prisoners under
life sentence, as in behalf of those
whose term is limited, to period of
years. Unless the pardoning power is
denied TO Governors, by future legisla-
tion, thereis no certainty about prisoners,
under such a sentence, remaining in
prison during life. The writer knew a
pardoned murderer, about thirty years
ago, who was turned loose upon the pub.
lic,. afterwards killed man in a saloon
and was hung for it. The spirit of MUIR
der, like any other bad spirit, unless
exercised by divine power, grows upon
its i,ts possessor. He associates with men of
like proclivities and temper, and he is a
menace to society, wherever his lot is
cast. Like the Gagged lion that snuffs the
smell OF blood, he wants to kill some
one. And, as the lion that kills his
Keeper or trainer, has to be speedily
killed to prevent his killing others, so
the murderer, after the proper forms of
law have made his guilt perfectly certain,
should be made to yield his life for the
one ne has taken, and for the protection
OF society in the future.
There was time in reuusyivania
when highway robbery was punished,
like murder, with death. Murders were
more frequent then than afterwards,
when robbery was punished by imprison-
ment, and murder only by death. From
i1SO to 1894, the average number of muir
ders per year was just one, From l794
TO 1884, period of forty years, the aver
a year, although the population was four
times as great in 1884 as it was in 1880.
The reason of this is obvious. Under
the former law criminals knew that they
would be hanged for robbery and that IL
they murdered their victim their pun
ishment would be the same. This en-
boldened them to murder with the hope
OF concealing their crime, because "dead
men tell no tales" That is the animat-
ing thought of the ebon brutes that com
init the crime for which so many are
lynched. They know their impending
doom If caught, and since the dead tell
no tales, they often murder their victims,
making themselves doubly deserving of
death.
8. The reformation of criminals under
a life sentence would be less certain than
under sentence of death. The hope of
pardon would naturally influence the
guilty one to procrastinate repentance
and reformation. Solomon said, tBe-
cause sentt ice against an evil work is
not executed speedily, therefore, the
heart OF the sons of men is fully set in
them to do evil" BY inference we con-
clude that an execution a short time
after the death sentence would be more
likely to lead to repentance. The hope
of pardon, or failing to obtain that, the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
Mammoth saootlna for Good Roads.
[The State, April 81

E'E hho Noeatc, Aprll o. d'tsAH
The question of good roads is giving
pubic men more to think about than
anything else which has come up in The
last generation. There is no denying the
self,eyident facts presented by those who
advocate building good roads and who
urE. "Shave bad roads is more
CO., IT a tax in the end than
the Pa u- o.. tDo >ial tax for the pur-
pose OF ., Iaina 'ich will be per-
manent in their nat. .
AT the last session o. tine t,neral As
sembly there were numbcr u 'oasures
introduced, some advocan.. a Sspeoial
tax, and others suggesting a local option
plan such as has been adopted by special
school districts-let each township vote
upon the question. Others suggested
the plan of issuing township bonds for
this purpose But no action was taken.s
so unsettled were the convictions of the
legislators. ~
One of the most earnest advocates Of
building and maintaining good roads ia
Governor Hayward. He has repeatedly
urged the Importance of this matter and
is taking no little interest in the pro
posed Good Roads Convention which is
to be held at st. Louis OH the 9th of this
month. He expects to attend, if his
business engagements will permit, and
has been informed that President Roose-
velt and the Governors of number of
States will be there at that time and will
make addresses. ~
Governor Hayward yesterday an
nounced the appointment of the dele
gates from this State to that convention,
and he has selected the gentlemen named,
not so much because of their promi-
nence in the good roads movement, but
because he believes they will attend and
will bring back to South Carolina ideas
which will be of great value In the move
ment. Following are the delegates APP
pointed to represent the Third District:
J. N. Vandiver, Anderson; w. j. Strib-
ling. Oconee; w. T. Bowen, Easley; r.
e. Hill, Abbeyille; r. M. Hayes, Green
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
laEsSsJF CURE OF, -
bS CURES WHERE all Else FAILS. kS1
ID Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use 81
Ee3 In time. Sold by druggists III
. : CON lNHSTIaESlS q
Slayer OF FAINT Surrenders.

Union, April 9.--Brown Rodgers, the
negro who shot and killed Rodger FAINT,
at Santuc Sunday night. came here at
O'Clock this morning and gave himself
up to Sheriff j. w. Sanders. When seen
this morning he said he shot in self-de-
fence, but not cartridge had been fired
from the gun found on FAINT Last De-
cember this same negro took pistol
away from Jim Boozer and shot him.
Sheriff Sanders recognized the negro as
soon ss he saw him and asked him IL he
remembered the time he stole a side Of
bacon from him. He acknowledged he
did. Rodgers has not as yet secured an
attorney, but wanted the Sheriff to write
to @. 7. Sims, of Spartanburg.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
In Remembrance OF Mrs. Annie WiIIbanks.

Our mother dear. she has left us here,
but If we trust we need not fear. Dear
mother, thy gentle tongue is still; no
more on earth with her we will be, but
bye and bye her face we will see. She
has gone from earth to gain victory in
glory, where we hope to meet her. She
always said to "be ready. for we know
not the honr;" 80 when God called for
her she was ready to go. Death seemed
to be no more than a sweet slumber to
her. Mrs. M. r. Goss.
Westminster, s. G..
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Cut to Pieces In a Wagon.

Greenville, April 9.--While returning
Saturday night to his home, ten miles
south of Greenville, w. j. Ellis, a we'll
known farmer, was seriously and proba-
bly, fatally wounded by Bob Barmore,
colored. Ellis met the negro in the road
and invited him to ride. Upon getting
into the wagon Barmore stood up, but
Ellis insisted that he take seat With
out further provocation the negro
jumped on Ellis and began cutting him,
making three wounds on the right arm,
one in the shoulder and two in the
breast. w. G.. Frady. who was passing
along the road at the time, interfered
and soon overpowered the negro, bring
placed in the county Jail. Ellis is not
expected to live.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
After La Grippe-What O.?

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
If taken in time. Take no substitutes.
For sale by j. w. Bell, druggist, Wal
halla, S, G..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
Death Of Mrs. PuIIen, Of Fair Play.

Mrs. Sarah Pullen diel at her home at
Fair Play on Wednesday, 25th ultimo,
from the effects of fall received few
days preceding. Mrs. Pullen was about 70
years of age and q most excellent Chris.
tian woman, aud was most highly es-
teemed by wide circle of friends. She
leaves large family of children and
grandchildren to cherish her memory
Anderson Iptelligencer, April 8.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15

Twenty men were accidentally knocked
into hugh cauldron of molten metal at
the Edgar Thompson plant of the Carne-
&c Steel Company at Pittsburg, Pa, last
Wednesday. Six were instantly cooked
to death and ten were sent to the hospital
still alive, but with horrible burns. The
others escaped with trifiing injuries.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to DO.

convincing PROOF tIlat inc ktQneyS ana DlaQ~
der are out Of order.
What to DO.
~ There Is comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kimer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfllls every
wish In curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. It corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain In passing
It, or bad effects following use of liquor,
VINE orbeer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 20 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra.
ordinary effect Of SwamD-Root Is soon
realized. II stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the mos. distressing cases.
II you need medicine you should have tho
best. Sold by druggists In SOC. and ST.. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery fEg-
and book that tells se4HlIE "A ;.s$E3s
more about IT. both sent Esss..,Ils
absolutely free by mail, lll.ss=lll'la ll
address DR.. Kilmer & Homo OF swasnpg,ooa
CO., Binghamton. M. Y. When writing mefi-
ton reading this generous offer In this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remem-
ber the name--Swamp.Ro Root--Dr. Kill
mer's swamp Root, and the address
Binghamton, N. Y,--on every bottle,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15

sediment or set
tling indicates an
unhealthy condt-
ton of the kid
neys; If 1t stains
your linen 1t is
evidence OF kid
ney trouble; too
frequent e sire to
pass II or pain In
the back Is also
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15

THE COURIER and the Atlanta Consti-
tuition and the Home and Farm one year
for tho sum of %.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
Cyclone Kills Twelve.

Birmingham, Ala, April s.-There
was a destructive cyclone at Hanceyille,
Ala, at O'Clock this morning. Twelve
killed and twenty-five Injured. Hanoe-
Vile is about 25 miles from Birmingham
on the Louisville and Nashville Mineral
railroad.
The cyclone came at Q O'Clock this
morning, accompanied by q terrific wind
and rain storm. just before the cyclone
burst upon the doomed town there was
o momentary lull In the storm, hesita-
tion, and then came the climax. Houses,
trees and fences were hurled and twisted
and blown In all directions. Six of those
killed were members of one family.
eJ a. - T @ ia. ia.
Bear. tho ,I'lho Kind you Have Always Bought
''s's'''' q GrMaA1zM
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Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys
and bladder right. Don't delay taking.
Sold by j. w. Bell.
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White & Company,
ANDERSON. .. O.,
Dealers in Marble and Granite.

4 il DO ALL KINDS OF MONUMENTAL DESIGNING, CUT
NM TING, Etc, Marble and
w and Clear Lettering Our work be fclass
respect and the material used is THE BEST
We control
kinds
Bases and Coping We all competition.
desire place handsome
the relative
with line of he will
We pleasure
WHITE * COMPANY,
Phone sS44. -AnClerson.--
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15

Foley's Kidney Cure, if taken in time,
affords security from all kidney and
bladder diseases. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-04-15
Thousands Have Kidney T,souble
and Don't Know It.
How 10 Find out

FIJI bottle or common glass with your
water and let II stand twenty-four hours; a
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-17
PROGRESS OF THE
RAPID TRANSIT

Work on the new Kaimuki line of
the Rapid Transit was started by
Lord and Belser this week They have
the contract for doing the excavating
from the ManOa street out towards
Waianae to the crest of the hill. The
Rapid Transit is doing all the work of
laying the road from the present end
of the line to the Manoa stream and
expect to have the track laid as far as
ire stream by the time the contrac-
tors have their part of the work fin
ished.
Lord and Belser have sixty-fve days
in which to do the work, and it is not
at all unlikely that they will finish be-
fore the expiration of the time allotted.
The end of the new line will be nine
thousand. five hundred feet from where
the line ends now. at the baseball
tract.
The line along the waterfront Man
ager Ballentyue hopes to have in run
ming order the latter part of next
week. Tt is finished from the point
where the King street line crosses the
Nuuanu stream along the waterfront
to the corner of Allen and Alakea
streets. The rest of the line from
there along Allen street to the Homo
lulu Iron Works is now in process of
construction. When oneuei for bust
hess the Alakea street linz Will end at
the Fishmarket, connecting with the
new waterfront line
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-17
HAWAIIAN TOBACCO.

1t would be a great thing for Hawai
| if it could produce high grade OF
smoking tobacco. Nobody knows as
yet whether the conditions are right,
least of all those who have made hit
or-miss experiments in the past. Un-
til now there has been small chance of
going about the matter scientifically.
Farmers have planted little tobacco
here and there and let it grow; but no
analysis of soils, no modern ways of
cultivation, no perfected methods of
curing have entered into the expert
ment
Now that the United States has Civ
en- us an Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton there is a chance to make the best
of our opportunities. The Station peo
pie can tell us where, in the islands,
the most promising tobacco soil exists;
or not the growing plants should be
sheltered and if so how; and what
methods of curing will yield the best
results. The way is therefore open to
demonstrate what Hawaifs potential
tobacco resources are.
The best cigars in the world come
from islands located near the tropic of
Cancer-Cuba and Luzon. The next
best come from Mexico. through which
the same tropic passes, and from
Florida, which is near the tropic. SUI
matra, on the Equator, is productive
of a fair cigar, but nothing remark
able. AS Hawaii is just within the
tropic of Cancer. we may assume that
climate is in favor of our tobacco
growers; the unsettled factor being
soil. Upon this the attention of the
Experiment Station is now concentrat-
ed
The idea of raising good tobacco here
is full of possibilities. When it is re-
membered that the export value of
Cuban cigars is about 100000. the
money in making a Hawaiian cigar of
equal worth would amount to the
difference between hard times and
good.