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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
Thoughts for Farmers.

lWO equal uutleS rest on the
farmers of this State. One ia TO
preserve the forests, and the other is
to renovate the worn.out lands.
The indiscriminate and wasteful
destruction of timber, the clearing of
hill-sides and the shallow cultivation
has brought about the impoverish.
ment of the uplands, the filling of
the streams with sand and the dete.
rioration of bottom lands. On the
east side of Broad river from Colum-
bia to Lockhart Shoals the bottom
lands do not produce one-fourth as
much as they did fifty years ago.
A similar condition prevails on all
the streams of the State. Where
30 to 40 bushels of corn were for.
merly produced on one acre, now
several feet of sand, gravel and clay
from the hill-sides have been washed
on the rich alluvial soil. The hills
are furrowed with deep gullies and
even much of the rolling and level
land scarcely pays for the cultivation
of the crops.
PRESERVE THE FORESTS.
Man, having brought about this
condition, should seek to restore the
soil to it's original fertility. Let no
hill-sides be cleared. BY hill-sides
we mean land that has a pitch of 20
degrees or more. If timber is cut
on such land leave the brush and
small growth. If hill-sides are bare
of timber plant briers and plum
bushes 80 that they may hold the
land together and fill up the gullies.
Get Bermuda grass started on suoh
places. But never attempt to cult
vate such land. Plant the black
locust, walnut and any other trees
that will grow. Nature, which is
wiser than man, has taught us that
broom sedge, briers and old field
pines are great renovators of soil.
They stop the washing, fill up the
gullies and soon render the soil fer
tile enough for field crops.
RRNOvATE THE OLD FIELDS.
Years have been required to wear
out the uplands of the State. That
which has required 80 much time to
destroy cannot be restored in a.day.
The level and rolling lands, not sub
ject to washing except when W water
spout comes, and which produce with
the aid of little fertilizer about ten
bushels of corn or 600 pounds of
cotton. to the acre, will require seve-
raj years to be brought into good
condition. Restoring such lands and
keeping them up is the problem fol
the farmers of the State. A forme,
citizen of this State who has been in
Texas fourteen years, on his return @
few days ago, says that the naked
condition of the country strikes him
The timber has been cut down and
there are no crops growing and the
country is drawn up or shrunk, as he
expresses it. The duty of farmers
is to expand it make it look more
|
like there was life in the old land
That can be done by blowing deeper
gradually until the soil is s to ID
inches deep and the incorporation Of
pea vines and stubble with the soil
In that way the phosphorio acid and
potash now very abundant in the clay
will be rendered available and these
barren old fields will be made to re.
joice with full crops. There is a
great future for the farmers of this
State if they will only seize their
opportunities and make free use of
brains and muscle. le.-Spartanburg
Spartan.
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when necessary, which no other ofice has. II
Question blanks. Mention YOUR troubie. XIV.
erything strictly confidential. J. Newton
Hathaway, NJ. d.
II Inman Building, 22l s. Broad Street,
Atlanta. Georgia.
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IT. E. Stribling, Esq, Is our regular
soliciting agent at Seneca. He IL author
lied to receive subscriptions, advertise
ments, ETC., and receipt for same. We
commend him to our patrons.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21

An old negro preacher divided his
sermon into two parts--first, all de
tings in de text, and, second, all de
tings not in de text, and, bredren,
we'll wrastle wild de second part
fust."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21

The Comptroller Generals report will
show an increase in the taxable value Of
property in South Carolina amounting
TO $6, ,2O3, ,952. The figures are: 1901,
$3.50, 1888, 100; 1902, 9195. .5S7, ,Oel.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21

FIaR btAt1Ons.
All regular trains from Bolton 60 Walhalla
nave precedence over trains of the same class
moving In the opposite direction unless other
wise specified by train order.
VIII also stop at the following stations to take
Sandy Syringe. -
Nos. 8, 10, II and ~. frat class, mixed, daily:
Nos. and 8, second class, mixed, daily; Nos.4
and Z, second GLASS, mixed, daily except Sunday.
r, .Nnr,,e II, O. BEATriE, President.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
Pickens r.. r. Go.
y. G.. EVANS, President.
SCHEDULE IN EFrECr MAY %. 100

No. 10 connects with Southern Railway No. 80.
No. connects with Southern Railway No l2
No. ~ connects with Southern Railway No. IL.
NO. III connects with Southern Railway No. 40.
For any information apply to-
IT. TAYLOR, General Manager.
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Men / eIlandWOI1len

who are In need OF the
best medical treat
Eaent should not fail
TO consult DR.. Hathe-
way at once, as he Is
oognige d as the
leading and most sue
cessful specialist. 8
You arc ssfe In
placing your case in
his hands, as he 10 the
longest established
and has the best rep
utetion. He cures
W here others fail;
there 10 no patchwork
or experimenting In
his treatment. Per-
sonal attention by DR.
Hathaway, also spe.
oial counsel from his
0aanatatA nh watai ma
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TIE CoURInR and the Atlantis Consti.
tatton @Ad tha Hons end Fasm enc yeAr
for the aatn Of 81
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From Columbia, s. c

No. B3 daily, 466 p. m.
Arrive Sumter 6.15 p. M; Georgetown,
0.16 p. M; Florence, 7.6O p. M; Dars,
lington, a.i6 p. m; Hartsville, 9.30p. M. /;
Bennettsviile, 9.37 p. M; Gibson, 10. sd
p. m.; Fayetteville, 1925 p. M; vii.
mington, 11.25 p. m.; Rocky Mount,
l2.46 q: M; Weldon, ,1.bo a. M; Peters
burg, 3.28 q. M. Richmond, 412 q. no. !;
Washington, 7.54 a. M; New York, 1.68
p. m.
No. "a daily, 6.56 a. M.
Arrive Sumter $40 q. m.; Florence,
9.35 q. M; Darlington, 1890 a. M; Che.
raw, 1l.46 a. M; Wadesboro, $50 p. m. /;
Hartsville, 11.2O a. M; Marion, 1858 o.
M; Wilmington, lao D. M; Fayette-
vile, 1926 p. M; Rocky Mount, $50 p.
M Weldon, 4.63 p: M; Petersburg, GA
ton, 40 p. NJ. New York, f.13 a. IN.
Pullman sleeping cars New York to
Tampa. Pullman dining cars New York
"a Savannah.
For rates, schedules, etc., write
w. j. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent,
IA. M. EMERSON, Asst. TratIlc Man,
Wilmington, n. @.
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The Atlanta Semi Weekly Journa
and THE COURIER for $1.75 q year.
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
The Lvnohina Habit.

From the Newark Advertiser.
The reproach Of lynchings of negroes
is no longer peculiar TO the South. II
rests upon Northern communities as
well. In Indiana recently "A negro who
was seen to speak to a young white
girl was set upon by mob and fatally
shot in the back. A Southern mob
never did worse than that.
1t Is evident enough that the race
passions are not confined to a section
of the country. and that the race prob
lem Is a national one. How il shall be
dealth with is a question for the wisest
craftsmanship to determine. And dealt
with it must be, and soon, lest worse
evils befall the country.
The great moral ana religious agen-
cies. of the nation must also be brought
i'm active play. II is a question: indeed,
whether the churches have done their
fun duty to the negro race. Vast sums
of money are collected and spent i'm
foreign missions, while inadequate aid
has been extended to the thousands OF
negroes herded together i'm our North
ern cities. The pulpit has also failed
to fully exercise it's great moral infu-
ence for the protection of the negro in
his natural rights
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
COTTON MILLS
MAY NOT START AGAIN
Strikers Hold Out for In
crease and Firm Coun-
termands Order

The mills of the Delaware Cotton
Company are likely to be closed for
the remainder of the summer on ac-
count of the strike Of the employees on
Monday
A notice posted on the mill door
yesterday announced that if the em-
ployes would return this morning that
the management would meet the COM
mittee and endeavor to adjust the wage
scale. The impression of the manage
ment was that the employees would re-
turn today. but instead a committee
Of four waited upon the manager, who
explained to them that the order on
which they were working when the
strike occurred, had been taken at a
low figure to keep the mill going, as
orders had come from the owners to
close it down. 1t was to give the people
work that the order was taken, and it
is claimed by the management that
the mill was running at a loss.
After the conference this morning, in
which the employees committee de-
manded 221s per cent. increase, the or
der for the material being manufac-
tured when the strike occurred, was
countermanded. and the mills will
plODaDlN De CiOSeu lot some llilt "
come, as big stock is already on
hand at the factory.
Representatives of the striking weaver!
of the Delaware Cotton Company were
seen by a reporter for the Evening Journa
this morning. They made this statement
THE strike situation remains the sam'
as when the weavers first went out. Th
evening papers stated that a committee
had waited on the superintendent ant
agreed to return to work this morning, AM
ldt The committee wait on Mr. Gambril
and come to an agreement. This state
ment is untrue. The committee INFORMED
Superintendent Andrews this morning tina
the only condition on which they wOull
return to work lis that their demands b
granted. They ask $500 per cut on eighty
eight pick goods, and Sl.OO per cut ol
dfty-two pick goods.
'The weavers have the utmost confdenc
I'm their committee to settle the strike an
win stay out until their just demands ar
granted. superintendent Andrews will no
settle the strike with threats Of shuttin
the mill down. Some of the employees ar
working i'm other places and a great man
went on the excursion this morning. TIL
weavers will be notified through the co
ums of the Evening Journal when tn
strike Is settled"
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
Brother piekex on Kings.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Il hear tell dat dey done been KILN
kings right en- lef, cross de water"
said Brother Dickey. En- Lawd knows
l don't blame 'em much, fer some er
desc kings is wusser dan de devil befo'
day! Some er de fines, fattes' MISSION
aries we had is been cut up, en- cooked,
en- eat up by EN-. Only year befo' las
one er de bes' missionaries in de church
wuz sont ter convert one er dem heath
en- kings, en- whilst de King wuz settin'
down talkin' ter him de head cook had
de pot on. en- had done telumphoned ter
de grocery sto' FER spice en- trimmin'si
en- dey spiced him, en- dey trimmed him
TO he had time ter raise a hymn. er
take uD de collectionl l don't want nC
kings in de country whar live at. ID
mistake we makes wild dem heather
kings IS in not sendin 'em canned
goods, 'stidder live missionary"
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
HENRY 7. CAUSE HOLDS
IMPORTANT PAPERS
Vanderbilt Family Not in the
United States Shipbuild-
Ing Trust

New York, June 1s.-D. lie Roy
Dresser is mysteriously absent from
the city, presumably in the Adiron-
dachs, recuperating his health. In the
meantime the tangle Of his AFFAIRS in
connection with the United states
Shipbuilding Company apparently
grows worse
Sensational developments are promised
at the meeting of the stockholders of
the Trust Company of the Republic to
be held on Friday.
Henry II. Anderson, who has been the
personal counsel for George w. Wander
bilt Mr., Dressers brother law. as
well as other members of the Wander
bilt family, denied that the Vanderbilt
family was interested in the affairs OF
either the ShiDbuilding company or the
Trust company.
Mr.. Anderson said that he did repre-
sent Henry T. Cause. who was presi-
dent of the Harlan and Hollinssworth
Company, of Wilmington, and who
holds a contract with the Trust Com
pany of the Republic, signed by the
vice-president and attested by the Sec
retary, under the seal of the company,
by which the Trust company guarantees
the sale Of his bonds and stoch at 81
per cent of the par value of the bonds
6S per cent. of the par value OF the pre-
ferred stock and 25 per cent. Of the paI
value of the common stock, less broker
( age expenses. and guarantees that the
securities be sold at. these prices on OF
before August 25, 1908.
This guaranty was given In consid-
GRAFTON of an agreement on Mr.. Causes
part not to dispose of these securities
which he received in addition To casi
settlement for his shipyard interests, il
any way previous to the date set, ant
/ further to deposit these securities will
the Trust company. This was done t'
enable the Trust Company to push the
sale of the shipyard paper which i
held without competition from Tho
vendors, who had large quantities o
I paper, TOO.
Mr.. Anderson stated that the Trus
/, Company of the Republic now seeks Il
repudiate this contract on the groun'
that it was executed without knowl
edge of the Board of Directors ant
without sufficient authority on the par
OF the company.
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
HEAVY FINE FOR
INSULTING WOMEN
Prisoner in City Court Will
Hereafter Conduct Himself
With More Propriety

Frank Mchacls, a prisoner arraigned i'm
City Court this morning on charge of
disordery conduct. will no doubt, in the
future act with propriety in the streets.
especially when women are about Miss
Eva Mahan and Miss Anna Marvel APP
peared against the defendant and testified
that while at the fire at the store of the
Diamond Trading Company at Third and
shipley streets last night, the prisoner
made himself obnoxious to them. Michaels
is forty years of age. After hearing she
evidence She court imposed a fine Of $50
and costs.
Charged with wife-beating Walter Tyvile
colored, was held under 5000 bail for ihe
upper count. The defendants WIFE Sadie
e. Tyvre said that she was married to
the prisoner in 1895. Yesterday he struck
her several times with his fist and after
ward kicked her in the side.
Lillian Watson. colored, was fined Sl5
and costs for being boisterous in Walnut
street. Joseph Watson testified that the
language Lillian used was not fit for any
person to hear and claimed the defendant
was a nuisance in the neighborhood.
A fine of s. and ooats was imposed upon
Neal Dougherty. VINO is pretty well up in
years for acting disordery last night He
In company with another man, while in
toxicated used profane language az Sew
enth and Tatnan streets toward some boys
and ended up by throwing brick at the
youngsters. Doughertys companion is al
legged TO have thrown the missile, but nat
urally in his condition. his aim was bad
and the brick crashed through the window
of store occupied by Albert Mcdaniel.
Hannah Norris and Maude Watson, both
colored, were arraigned on separate
charges of disorderly conduct. The former
was fined SO and the latter 81 and costs.
Stafford Han, colored, was fined S and
costs for allowing an unmuzzled dog to
run at large. A similar case against Bert
Carty, also colored. was continued at the
defendants request until tomorrow morn
ing
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
UNION COMPANY WILL
GET ITS APPROPRIATION
City Council Expected to
Take Favorable Action.
Three Fires Yesterday

The Law, Fire and Finance Commit
tees of City Council last night discussed
the question of allowing the Union Fire
Company an appropriation for the
maintenance of an apparatus in the
southwestern section of the city. City
Solicitor Reinhardt was present and
will have an official opinion i'm the mat
ter to offer tonight.
1t was practically decided TO grant
the application OF the new company,
and a resolution to this effect VIII prob
ably be presented tonight and adopted.
A three -fourths vote of all the mem-
bers is required TO pass the resolu
tion, but no opposition is expected.
The company did excellent work last
night at the home of Mrs. Mary Nc
Hugh, LANCASTER and Ford avenues.
Fire broke out in the closet of a second
story room of the dwelling, and but for
the timely arrival of the Union appa-
ratus the loss would have been much
greater The company was in service
long before tic arrival of the other
companies. and solely through its ef-
forts was the property saved ffom total
destruction The loss will reach $1,000,
fully covered b. insurance.
Two other fires occurred within a
short time of each other earlier in the
evening, causing n total loss OF $500.
The fist blaze was discovered in the
cellar of the Diamond Trading Com
pany's establishment at Third and
Shipiey streets at $50 o'clock. An alarm
was turned in from box No. 2S. There
were twenty lounges in the cellar
which were damaged to the extent OF
, $3.50.
The Phoenix truck, while responding
I to this alarm, collided with lamp
, post at Second and Shipley streets dnc
Z broker in the door Of Segals clsal
Z store. one OF the horses attached t'
the apparatus was slightly cut by th'
Z flying glass.
The second fire was caused by an eN
plosion OF paint at the paint store o
( James NJ Bryan. No. 1O7 West Eishtl
street. Joseph +. Bryan and Ehocl
Gaynor were engaged in the cellar miN
ing paint when the explosion occurred
The former was slightly burned abou
the hands The loss will amount l
Z $3.50.
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
GENERAL Wilson'S ADDRESS.

The college student has been trained
TO obey principles and 10 follow Ideals,
and unless he learns this lesson his
course has been IN vain. II education
means anything to him. IL has taught
him to seek the eternal verities, and
not to allow his Judgments to be warp
ed by passion. The concrete instance
is measured By the abstract standard,
and personal prejudice is not allowed to
.pe a controlling factor
This being true, the students Of Del
aware College must have been charm
ed with the instructive and scholarly
address Of General Wilson yesterday.
The many suggestions that are worthy
Of being remembered came from the
lips Of man who gave his genius and
his skill TO his country in the hour Of
her greatest need. His activities and
his thoughts have run in mauy-chan-
ncis since ulen and he must be regard
ed as one who speaks with authority.
When he told the young men Of their
duties as citizens of this great Rec
public. his words were impressive. Edu-
cation has been regarded as he bull
wark OF our Republic. and therefore
we have a reason to expect that stu
dents who have been educated partly
at the expense of the state shall give
a part of their energies to conserving
hands shall not be turned against her.
Ii was proper. then, that General VIII
son should warn these young men Of
the evils in public life and to ask for
their support in eradicating them. said
..,.s-s..v,-s,siS man who asks you to sell your
vote or to help him buy another's, or
TO cheat az the polls is not better than
the man who steals your property or
asks you to help him crack your neigh
boris safe" This is the statement of a
truth which we all admit in the alb
straet, but wobble little when il is
applied to our own party friends. To
a Republican it is vitality true when
he is discussing Democratic rascality
and vice versa. The politician who is
touched by an application Of this prin-
ciple finds thousand fimsy excuses
and his friends assist HIM. But the
only thing to do is to go on telling the
truth and to insist on its application
II any man doesn't agree with IL
whether he be a political heeler or 1
college trustee, we may assume that h
confesses to his own guilt
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
A 1ad Example.
Chicaro Record l. IIerald.

From the Chicago RecordIl Herald.
The appearance OF the University of
Chicago among the accused at the health
department investigation shows that all
the offending is not chargeable TO poll
ticians with a pull. An agent Of the in
siitution acknowledged that he had been
ordered to remove vaults by the depart
ment and that the order had been dis
obeyed. He and his principals undertook
TO decide that there should be no removal
when the property was not considered
worth removing.
That is exactly the line OF reasoning
which the politicians pursue and which is
common to all the individual lawbreak'
ers 1t should be beneath the dignity ant
the morals of the university, which ough'
to feel conscious Of a very strong obllga
ton TO set a proper example TO othei
owners of property In the Nineteenth
/ ward.
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
COURT OFFICERS
IN UNIFORM
CONTINUED From First Page).

man of the car ring the bell.
Thomas Boudwin, husband of the plain
tiff testified that his wife previous to the
accident was always in good health, but
that she was IN for a long time afteV-
wards and that someone has to accompany
her now everywhere she goes.
Miss Ida Marion who is ca school teacher
near Booths Corner was next called. Mr..
Rodney asked the witness how long she
had known Mrs. Boudwin and when she
replied all her life. Mr.. Hayes jokingly re-
marked: Don't ask her how long, that is
MIR. Rodney said, mo but 1t is not long,
which caused great deal of laughter
among those who were in the court room.
The witness said the plaintiff was in for a
long time after the accident.
DIR. Il. Harvey Day and DR.. Edgar
Worthington testified to having attended
Mrs. Boudwin In the fall of 1901 and found
her in a very nervous condition, which they
said may have been caused by the accident
The case will probably go to the jury this
afternoon.
City Solicitor Reinhardt stated that
Mayor Fisher had signed the garbage con-
tract as directed by the court.
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
When Jessie Graduates.

The world is bright and cheerful,
And there's nothing going wrong,
For life dissolves itself into
4 sweet, unchanging song.
The whole world stops and wonders
And eagerly awaits
That day of JOY and gladness
When Jessie graduates.
She enters on a bright career,
A clear and joyous life.
Some day, perchance, she means to be
A loving little wife.
But now her head is filed with Joy,
/ For the world commentaries
The very, very happy day
That Jessie graduates.
And in the dim, dark, future years,
When life's a bitter trial.
She'll turn her head and look far bach
With tired, worried smile.
But cleaning house and making pies
And washing dinner plates
Are not the things 10 talk about
When Jessie graduates.
c. b. X.
Evening journal., 1903-06-18
PennsyIvania,s Great Men.
h the phlladelnhla Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
While Governor Pennypacker is not
always happy in his choice of examples,
ne is wholly right in the general propo-
sition of his Lancaster address that
Pennsylvania apparent lack of great
men" is largely due TO our indisposition
to recognize the man when he appears
among us. This is an old reproach, but
il is a just one. There probably is no
commonwealth so distrustful OF its
own achievement and so little alert TO
the excellence Of its own sons. But the
worst result of this habit of mind is
not I'm the failure TO assert the reputa-
tion to which Pennsylvania is entitled;
it is rather in the loss of opportunity
to make the most of the men who could
be Of greatest service. Failing TO recog'
nize the great man when he appears
among us. we give him no opportunity
while we are content to put up will
little men and allow mediocrity, o
worse. to usurp the place that SHOULD
be reserved for resplendent character
Neglect Of the deserving is a negativ
evil; the exaltation of the undeserv
ing Is a positive harm to the State, in
juring not only its reputation abroad
but its self-Tespect at home.