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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Masons' Monument to a Horse.

The Masonic fraternity of Illinois
will shortly erect monument to q
horse, the first instance on record
where a secret society has put up
such remembrance.
The monument will be placed over
the grave of fine equine once
owned by Robert Miller, now de-
ceased, of Sullivan county, and who
gave it a first-class burial. A year
ago Robert Miller died and left a
handsome legacy to the Masons of
Illinois in the shape of farm, stipu-
lating that this farm should be the
site of home for aged and infirm
members of the order.
When the trustees inspected the
farm they came across a curious
mound surrounded by a we'll built
fence. They learned that it was the
grave of an old gray mare that had
been owned by Mr.. Miller for many
years, and which he thought al
most as much of as a child. The
mare had been ridden by him to
California in the days of the gold
excitement in 1849. In fact he had
made three round trips to the Pacific
coast on the back of his faithful
beast, travelling in all probability
25,O00 miles. The Masonic Board
decided to perpetuate the mares
memory with monument.-Kala-
mazoo (Michigan) Telegraph.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
How to Get Rid Of Rats.

10 . 81 4 I'd . H )
All tradesmen, being liable to the
incursions and depredations of rats,
it may not be out of place to men,
'sion method of getting rid of these
pests which is recommended by a
correspondent of the Birmingham
Daily Post. This consists in thin
ming down with petroleum ordinary
slow-drying tar-varnish such as bed
stead makers and japanners use and
pouring the mixture into the runs OF
the rats. The vermin are said to
loathe the smell of the stuff and
will do anything to get clear of it.
A still more effective plan is said to
be to catch a rat alive, dip it up to
the neck in the varnish and turn il
loose. It's fellows will flee from il
as from the devil. The dipping pro.
cess is said to be harmless to the rat
But some ironmongers may not care
to "dip live rat up to its neck"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Quite Like a Horse.

He. was a youngster possessed OF
spirit and had good sense of humor.
As fate would have it, he was
obliged to leave school at very ten
der age and go to work. His first
job was in crockery and glassware
house, where the hours were long
and the duties numerous.
The little chap was required to
report at an exceedingly early hour,
in order to sweep and dust the place
before the business Of the day began.
During the day he delivered parcels
in a hand cart, and it was frequently
long after the hour for closing ere he
finished his labors. The youngster
worked on without complaint for
some months, when he asked his en-
ployer for an advance in his salary.
This.wa refused, and the boy never
said word until he found another
situation. Then the fun, began.
One day he was sent out with a
hand cart load of fragile wares. He
returned to the shop in half an hour,
his parcels undelivered, but with the
wagon filed with broken bits of glass
and china. The proprietor was
furious.
"What does this meanP" he
shrieked.
"It means," replied the youth,
"that you have worked me like a
horse, treated me like horse, and
forced me to act like horse. So
when / was out pulling this cart 1
SHE'D at piece of paper and ran
away. That's ALL"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
what 10 wsaItI. 1

Does wealth consist in rnoney,
houses, lands, bank stocks, railroad
bonds, etc., alone
We think not. The young man
starting in life with no money, bu,
with good digestion, good sleep,
good health, and ability to work in
some profitable employment, has
what the aged capitalist would BIZ
glad to exchange all his millions
for.
What compensation is money fol
sleepless nights and painful days, OF
the misconduct of dissipated child.
renp
Which brings the greater happi.
ness-the glitter, show, jealousiet
and falsity of fashionable lias, or the
heartfelt friendships which prevail &c
largely in the homes of the indus
trious poor?
In how many of the palaces oi
our millionaires will you find greater
happiness in the parlor than in Che
kitchen
How many millionaires will tell
you that they are happier now than
when starting in life without dol.
larp
On the tops of mountains we find
rocks, and ice and snow. 1t is down
in the valleys that we find the vim.
yards,
Let no man envy those richer than
himself until taking ali things into
account--age, health, wife, children,
friends--he is sure he would be will.
ing to exchange.--Geo. 4. Angel
Editor Dumb Animals.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Police Scattered ,,. Them.

Paris, May 31.-The free thinkers and
anti clericals attempted to mako a mani
festation In the place de la .Republiqus,
but an imposing display 9of; the police
and the republican guard prevented
them carrying out their plans. Several
rows occurred, however, between the
police and the manifestants, leading. to
thirty, arrests. The manifestants, headed
by Sebastian Faure, finally assembled at
the labor exchange this evening on the
occasion, of the reception Of one hundred
and fifty delegates from the Belgian so
oialistic society. This meeting broke up
In great disorder. The police charged
the crowd around the building and seve.
raj persons were injured and number
arrested tlsa -tta u, i. 90 -, D 4 ,l
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10

hills and the valleys; the mocking
birds futter and sing in the shadowy
coyes and the sparkling waters ripple
on in eternal melody; the soft South
ern air comes filtered through jongles
of roses, aH,whispering the story OF
deeds of bravery. These, these
alone, are enough to fire the heart of
him who would be indifferent and
spur every Southern mothers son to
brave, heroic, sublime, God-like ac-
tion.
The last and greatest advantage
to which l invite your attention ie
that of opportunity for forming char
acter and developing manliness. /
hold that the Southern boy of to-day
has great opportunity for forming
character and developing true manli-
ness. If human character is devel-
oPed amid scenes involving peril; if
it be true that complete safety and
plenty are the conditions under
which manliness attains to it's fullest
development; if there be great OPP
portunity in no opportunity at all,
the Southern boy occupies most en-
viable position for the development
of character and manliuess. History
confirms the proposition that charac-
ter is formed amid scenes of peril.
No character is firm which has not
been burnt in the crucible of trial,
temptation and adversity and no
character, which has not been soft
ened and tempered by tears of sor-
row and regret, is truly, gentle, mel
low and sweet. And history coupled
with our own observation confirms
the proposition that safety and plenty
are not the conditions favorable for
the development of manliness. How
can boy, reared in complete safety,
be as manly when exposed to danger
as he who has been brought up in
the midst of dangersP How can one,
reared in home of luxury, enter
into as perfect sympathy with a
child of adversely as he who knows
what adversely is? And there is an
opportunity in lack of opportunity,
for if there be no opportunity, there
is chance to make one; therefore,
the Southern boy is surrounded by
favorable conditions for the develop
ment of what is best, noblest and
highest in man-charaoter, true man
Illness.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
INDIGESTION
@.GTTR, E II Immediately by
the use of Hicks
ss ass;, D.ss ssss; stores, ssss Capudine.
Anderson Employers Annoyed.

Anderson special to the Columbia
State: The city council held special
meeting recently and passed an ordinance
imposing license of $500 on immigrant
Is already a State law requiring license
tax OF $500 from immigrant agents hiring
laborers to 60 outside of the State, but
this ordinance seeks to place the same
leave Anderson and 20 to other points
within the State. The occasion for the
adoption of the ordinance was the pres
ence of an immigrant agent in the city
who has been employing laborera to go
construoted on the Catawba river. The
man carried off about 40 negroes re-
Gently, many of whom were under CON
tract to work for Anderson people and
many of whom We're owing money here.
The agent said he was coming back and
the city council has undertaken to keep
him from doing 80.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
EseIlIas flahs WIlA 8 EaaIs.

Charleston Post, May 9th: Constable
T. y. Butler, oil Magistrate Williama's &
Court, bad q desperate encounter with
an eagle q few days ago near the Six
Mile House, Constable Butler was
searching In clnmp of woods for a
negro, when snddeniy and without warn. !
ing bew attacked by monster bird.
He did not know what had struck him
at fisst, but the moment the eagle fas.
tened bis talons in the officers back, he
knew it was notsa buszard. Constable
Butler struggled furiously, using his
umbrella as a aweapon, which waa torn
to shreds by the great bird. The officer
was armed with o pistol, bnt, in the OK
citement aud his effort to protect his
eyes FROM the savage pecks offthe eagles 9
beai, be forgot to use the weapon. After
tussling about in the woods Tor several
minutes he managed to extficate him
self from the BIRDS claws. He then
seized 9 stout stick and beat the bird off.
The officer presented torn appearance
when he reached the city. The services
OF several seamstresses were required to
repair the many rents in his clothing, he
says. s. itss3s s,slS 3 4 ~ & E
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Does McLaurln Lose Z

A New York dispatch says: An
attachment for $4,000 against f. A.
Umsted, of Worcester, Mass, in
favor of Wm. Howard, Jr., on note
made by Ex. Senator j. L. McLaurin
of South Carolina, has been received
by the sheriff. McLaurin, in an aft.
davit, said that he signed the note
for consideration; that Umsted
endorsed it and that he (McLaurin)
obtained the money from the Guar.
dian Trust Co. for Umsted and
handed the cash to Umsted. The
sheriff attached some stock which
was supposed to belong to Umsted
but third person has claimed it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Legal Advertisements.
Summons for Relief.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 4
COUNTY OF OCoNEE.

In the Court of Common Pleas.
R. G.. Gaines, j. L. Gassaway and w. r..
Gassaway, as partners in trade, doing
business under the style anssisr .,e,ss..ee
of r. G.. Gaines and CASA w.
ers, Plaintiffs,
: against
Hiram Al. Leroy, as Executor of the
Last Will and Testament of John Reid
Dodd, deceased, Francis @. Hopkins,
Nathan Jamison Dodd Millie Francis
Dodd, Ella Christine Dodd and Readea
Pauline Dodd, observation-disclosures
for Relief Complaint not Serycd.)
To the Defendants above named:
'VOU are hereby summoned and re-
il quired to answer the complaint in
this action, which was filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for the said county, on the 18th
day of APRIL, 1908, and to serve
copy OF your answer to the said COM
plaint on the subscribers, at their office,
on the Public Square, at Walhalla Court
House, South Carolina, within twenty
days after the service hereof, exclusive
fail to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated April 18th, 1908.
JAYNES t& SHELOR,
Plalntlffs' Attorneys.
IL. s. O. r. d. BURNS, q. C.SP.
To the Absent Defendants: Francis q.
Hopkins, Nathan Jamison Dodd, Millie
Francis Dodd, Ella Christine Dodd and
Readea Pauline Dodd:
Please take notice that the Summons
and Compliant in the above entitled ac-
tion were filed in the office of the Clerk
of Court of Common Pleas of Ooonee
county on the 18th day of April, 1908;
tition and sale of the tract of land de-
soribed in the, complaint belonging TO
the estate of John Reid Dodd, deceased,
containing fifty-four acres, more or less,
among the parties to this action, accord
ing to their respective legal rights.
JAYNES Sc SHE'LL OR,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys,
April "a, 1908. l1S-23l Walhalla. s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
q A @T % ER z .M.
Bears the l2Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
''s,s'''' e lslz1z2Ezz1'
Left Hall a Million.

New York, June 6.-The late
Thomas B. Reed, former Speaker of
the House of Representatives, ao-
cording to the official report, left a
personal estate valued at s431, ,095,
after providing for the payment of
debts and the expenses of adminietra-
tion. The gross personally amounted
to $629,533, consisting chiefly of
stocks and securities.
BY his will, executed many years
before his death, Mr.. Reeds property
goes to his widow
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Ths lsos collsn Ae.saas.

S New York, May 80. With tho Wow Of
obtaining the,most reliable information
possible concerning the cotton ACREAGE
iof the Uuited States for 1905 we Nd
dressed 1000 letters to banks, bankers.
cotton com mission merchants and rospon.
siblc planters, embracing every cotton
growing county in the South. asking
acreage estimates. Up to this time we
have secured $3.50 replies, of average
date May ~, and the following tabuIation
is the result. In our opinion ii is as ap-
proximately correct an estimate of the
direst Communication with parties com.
petent to judge, residing in the Southern
States.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10

Auntie Ito little Tommy, who has
returned from his first day at school)
-"What did you learn ?"
Tommy-"Didn't learn anything"
Auntie-"What did you do?"
Tommy-"Didn't do anything.
There was woman there who
wanted to know how to spell 'cat'
and ! told her."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Totals. ....2I .114,1Os 27,s51 ,osI.

The total estimated increase Of cotton
acreage in the United States for 1908 is
2.2I or 737, ,Sl6 cores more than last year,
and the average planting of the crop is
about 10 days later than normal.
Our correspondents report the crop
late in all sections, and complaints OF
low temperature and imperfect stands,
haye been quite general, but that it has
improved within the past two weeks, on
account of beneficial rains aud warm
weather, still, in no part OF the cotton
belt is the crop in as promising condi-
tion as at this time last year. The sea-
son is on an average of year.
VI Latham, Alexander & Co.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
Summons for Relief.

. u . . Us s v D.. .
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, !
COUNTY OF OcoNEE.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Halle ID. Grant, as Administrators of the
Personal Estate of Matilda e. Grant,
deceased, Plaintiff,
against
Thomas Grant, John N. Grant, Samuel
Grant, William Grant, Bluford Grant,
Harriet Simmons, Francis Mays, Luz
einda Mnrett, Jane Clark, Thomas E.
Clark, Noah Clark, Hattie Grant, Co
Nellie johnson, Fannie Webb, William
Grant, Preston Grant, Anna Osborn,
Belle Godfrey, Matilda Mays, Eva
Smith, Lille A. Crooks, James IT,.
Grant, William A. Grant, julius N.
Grant, efendants.-Summon for Re-
lief Compliant not Served.)
To the Defendants above named:
|VOU are hereby summoned and re-
IL quired to answer the complaint in
this action. which was filed in the office
OF the Clerk of the Court of Common
day of MAY, 1908, and to serve copy of
your answer to the said complaint on
the subscribers at their office, on the
Public Square, az Walhalla Court House,
South Carolina, within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive of the day
OI Sucn SerVlce;, ana II you fail to an
swer the complaint within the timc
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
Dated May 4th, A. ID. 1908.
JAYNES & SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
@. Il. ID. BURNS, @. @. p. lSeal.
To the Absent Defendants: William
Grant, Bluford Grant, Thomas E. Clark,
Minnie j. Shaw, Fannie Webb, Matilda
Mays:
Take notice that the Summons and
Complaint in the above entitled action
were filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Court Of Common Pleas OF Oconee
county, South Carolina, on the 4th day
of May, 1908; that the object of this
action is the sale of the undivided one
fourth interest belonging to the Estate
of Matilda f. Grant, deceased, in and to
the tract of land described in the com
plant, situate on Conneross creek, In
Oconee county, South Carolina, in aid of
assets to pay debts owing by the estate
of said deceased.
1928 PLAINTIFFS Attorneya
May q, 1903. Walhalla, S. @.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10
O a. - w q IA EA.
''';;''' &c; Z e ,%.|;a|''zs:;Sss.9,' y 3 3; y :

Sixteen negro plantation hands
were drowned in the Mississippi
river near Memphis on the night of
May 20. A small boat in which
they we're trying to cross the riyer,,
was overturned by the waves from a
passing steamer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10

During the summer kidney irregulari-
ties are often caused by excessive drink
ingor being overheated. Attend to the
kidneys at onoe by using Foley's Kidney
Cure. For sale by j. w, Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10

THE COURIER and the Atlanta Consti-
tuition and the Home and Farm one year
for the sum of 80.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10

It is stated that o printing office in
Michigan is opened and closed with
prayer. This is a rare exception TO the
rule, as from time. immemorial it has
been the custom for printing offices to be
opened by the devil and closed by the
sheriff. Is
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10

Besides the inspiration afforded by
the thought of his ancestry, the
Southern boy has for home, al.
though shattered, the garden spot of
this continent. The fruits, flowers
and grasses are not killed by the cut
ting New England breezes and the
tender blade of corn is not parched
by the tropical sun. "Here," as Mr..
Grady SO beautifully said, "the soil
yields every fruit of the temperate
zone. In production of cotton, we
are first; in iron, a proved supremacy
in timber, the reserve supply of the
republic" Here under the soft
Southern sky, summer pours out her
flood of sunshine and showers and
the grateful earth smiles with plenty !;
the cotton fields wave their banners
of peace and the wheat fields wave
back their banners of gold from the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-10

II Inman Building, 22a s. Broad Street,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-11
Saltwater Selections.

Special to The Globe.
SALTWATER, Mimi, March TO-
Mrs. Hugh Campbell one of the early
pioneers of Washington county, who,
for more than fifty years. had resided
on farm near Marine, died there to-
day of paralysis of the nerves. She
was seventy-two years of age and a
year ago celebrated her golden wedding
with her husband, who is we'll known
resident of this county. Deceased
leaves her husband, four sons and two
daughters.
A special term of the district court
was held here yesterday with Judge
Williston, of Red Wing, presiding. The
case of the city of Saltwater against
Washington county, in which the city
seeks to collect about $1,700, collected
by the county as interest on penalties
and interest collected for the city, was
submitted. The case of Harriet r.
jerks against G. Henningsen,e was also
submitted and testimony was taken in
the case of the Saltwater Water COM
pany against H. c. Farmer and Horace
Voligny.
A new lodge of the B. P. o. .Elks is to
be instituted at Red Wing this month,
and District Deputy Foley, of this city.
said yesterday that the exercises
would probably be held on the goth
inst. Members of the order will be
present from st. Paul, Minneapolis,
saltwater, Mankato, Winona and else
where. t-r rs
The Commercial club is still consid-
!ering the plan of having a new opera
house constructed in this city by To-
cal capital, and at an informal meet
ing held Monday evening, plans of a
$4,000 building were submitted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-11
SOME COLLEGE BOYS
HAD A LIVELY TIME.
Yale Students Visiting New York Were
Mistaken for BURGLARS.

Nine members of the senior and Junior
classes at Yale who went to New York
saturday to play whist against Columbia
mad a more lively time than thew ex-
pected before they finally caught the mid
night train for New Haven. They were
chased up Broadway by an alarmed hotel
proprietor and finally stopped by a police
man. VINO emptied his revolver in the
ar 1t was all because they wanted TO
go home on the II o'clock train and
started for 1t so near the hour that il
missed.
After defeating Columbia in the after
noon they continued playing whist In the
evening at the Victoria hotel and were
so interested that they did not notice the
time until 1915. They got into their
oVercoats in jiffy and dashed peIl-men
GOWN the stairs. The last of them had
ms oVercoat tucked under his arm and
IT looked as if he was concealing some
thing. The proprietor of the Victoria
was sure his house was being robbed and
shouted after the fleeing student. The
porter took up the cry and started after
them. Others fell into his wake ana
gave volume to the shouting Finally a
patrolman came along. drew his revolver
ana began shooting in the air Then. and
not until then, did the card PLAYERS ston
Inc porter and policeman rounded them
up and led them back to the hotel. II
took but minute to explain and tbere
was no end of apologies. Meantime
HWUWeEer, the II O'Clock express was whis-
thhg Tor Mount Vernon.-Hartford Times
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-11
FINDS GIGANTIC JAW BONE.
Relic of Huge Mastodon Dug Up by
Railroad Contractor.

The right jaw bone of a huge mas
todon was dug up yesterday at Giyin,
Iowa, by George Cook, the contractor
for bridge abutments being put in at
that point by the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis Railway company
Still remaining in the Jaw and more
perfectly preserved than the bony
formation is tremendous molar tooth
Time has not touched this great grin
der at ALL 1t is as clean and sound
as on the day it was last used.
w. f. Hesse, assistant chief engineer
of the Minneapolis & St Louis, is
guarding the treasure trove in his Of
flee on the eleventh floor of the Guar
anty Loan building.
No decision has yet been reached
as to what will be done with the inter-
esting find, but it will probably event.
ually find its way to the state univers-
ity. 1t is estimated that the owner of
this huge jaw bone and equally large
tooth roamed over the prairies of the
West not less than 1000 years ago.
In the immediate vicinity of the jaw
bone were formations which the work.
men describe as having been great
boulders of curious formation. 1t is
considered likely that these so-called
boulders were really the remains of
the mastodon's body in a petrified
state, as the jaw and tooth preserved
are both perfectly petrified.