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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
New Postal Rule.

The postal authorities have recently
issued an order to all postmasters
throughout the United States prohibiting
the employees from furnishing informa-
tion concerning mail matter over the
telephone. A copy of the order has
been received here, and from now on
persons who want to find out whether
or not this or that package has arrived,
or in fact any similar information, will
have to visit the post office instead of
simply using the telephone. The order,
which is good one, both for the service
and for the employees, is as follows:
Post Office Department, Washington.
ID. c., November2, 1903 The attention
of the Department has been called to the
common practice that prevails i'm post
offices where telephones are installed, OF
answering inquiries made by stranger
or by persons whose voices are not re
cognizcd by the postmaster or clerk who
answers the telephone, concerning mail
matter In the office. Under Section $40
Postal Laws and Regulations postmasters
and all others In the postal service are
prohibited from furnishing any informa-
tion concerning mail matter received or
delivered except to the person to whom
1t is addressed or their authorized agents
Tho attention OF all postmasters and
postal employees Ia called to this matter
and strict compliance with the regulation
is enjoined. II. j. Wynne,
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Out Of His Sight.

The chief was cross that morning,
and was venting his wrath on the
pretty young lady who manipulated
the typewriter, says Illustrated Bits.
"Everything is in confusion on my
desk" he said testify. cit always is.'
"You insist that you don't want
anything disturbed there" she re-
sponded, meekly.
"Well, / don't want my papers
disturbed; but don't want this
sheet Of postage stamps left there"
"Where shall 1 put them 20 she
inquired demurely, as she took them
up.
"Don't ask so many questions" he
snapped. Put them anywhere out of
my sight"
avery well sir, she cooed," 40
lightly as dove.
And licking them with her pretty
red tongue, she stuck the sheet on
his bald head and walked out to seek
new situation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Heavy Calendars for First Day Of Legislature

When the General Assembly meets on
the 18th of next month the Senate and
House calendars will present the men,
bers with over 100 bills. These touch
upon great variety of subjects, ali COM
ing over from the previous session as
unfinished business.
The primaries being due next summer
nothing rash is expected to be commit
ted at the gathering next month, though
the new Tax Commissions report may
put 1t up to the Legislature to dc some
thing to relieve conditions which have
caused q $500, 900 deficit for the State.
The Senate calendar for the first day
has not been prepared, but there are a
number of measures on the House cal
endar. Among the Especial orders'
left over from last session is Mr.. Cogge-
shall's bill to prevent delays in transpor.
tation of freight.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
she's a Bird.

Mrs. s. William Robin, of Louis
vile, KY, was recently married to
David Buzzard. 1t is har> fourth
matrimonial venture. She was a
Miss Martin, of one of the best
known Bourbon county families.
She first married Robert Crow. He
deid and she married John Sparrow
six months afterwards. She and Mr..
Sparrow did not agree and divorce
followed. Mrs. Sparrow became
Mrs. William Robin, but again a
divorce was found advisable. After
a year of lonely life Mrs. Robin has
become Mrs. David Buzzard. She
has two Grows, one Sparrow, one
Bobbin and q Buzzard at her home.
Mrs. Buzzard is bird, if there is
anything in name,--Albany (Ga.)
Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Nine Hundred Acres for ssss.

The State Sinking Fund Commission,
at It's meeting in Columbia last week,
disposed of 900 acres of land in Pickens
county to G. G.. Drake for 65 cents an
acre. This land Is near the North Caro-
lima line and the strange fact in connec-
tion with 1t is that it has never been
granted any one, nor has there ever been
o claim filed for 1t by any individual
which gives any idea as to it's value. The
land was found 10 oe in the States pos
session some time ago by Secretary
CAN'T and Land Agent McLsurin on a
resnrvey OF the county. 1t is the policy
of the State to dispose of property of
this kind as soon as possible when there
is nothing to lose, as In this way the
county and State got the benefit of taxes.
1t Is said that the land was bought by
Mr.. Drake as an agent of the Saluda
BILE land In the upper part of the State to
develop the timber resources.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an inflamed con-
dition OF the mucous lining of the eusta-
chian tube. When this tube gets inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine
casee out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which Is nothing but an inflamed condi.
tion of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness (csused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Proprietors,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c. Halls Family
Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
soUTH oARoLInA. DEC. So. 1905.

Il
able in manhood. When we put
Eaway childish things, this earliest
scaffolding 10 left behind, yes the
earliest courses of masonry, the very
foundations of character, have still
been laid by it's aid, and show It's infiu-
ence. III never trust Bill Dixon"
said one man of another, sbeeause
I've played marbles with him too
often out in Indiana, where we were
both raised" Those who dealt with
Bill Dixon found out that his early
playmate was right. Bills scaffold-
ing of right and wrong was crooked
from the beginning, and his character
built up crooked, and stayed so. The
ethics of the playground are of a
Crude, boyish, and limited character
they pass away with boyhood; /; but
they build up the point of honor, and
that is the foundation of nobility in
the man.
1t is very real and useful, too,
while 1t lasts, this early soaffolding.
Older people often make tremen-
dous mistake in expecting young
people to have mature virtues and
mature views of life. They want a
building to 20 up without any scaf-
folding to offend the eye of the fas-
tidious. These are the people who
object to the enthusiasms of youth,
its high spirits over foolish things,
its necessary mistakes, its passionate
friendships, its dreams, its restless
energies and hopes. All these
things will go in time, and the young
man or woman will become as old
and staid at forty as the rest of the
race. But it is by those same ener-
gies and enthusiasms that life will
have been built up, and solid work
done. All the new ideas, all the
progress of the world in the next
twenty years, is being framed into
the scaffoldings of youth to-day, to
be built up slowly, but surely. It
may look fantastic or rough to elder
eyes, but new shapes never do look
right. AS long as the scaffolding is
sound and strong, and carefully con-
structed, the young builder may be
trusted-and should be helped, not
criticised.
In the end, we come to see that
all things in this mortal and tempo
rary life of ours are but the earthly
scaffoldings for the sours upbuilding
for heaven. Riches, friends, educa-
tion, work, power, success--t these are
all only framework for the life of
the soul, which endures though they
all perish.
"He builds too low who builds
beneath the stars"
II is not in early youth, usually,
that we learn that lesson; but tho
years bring it to every thoughtful
mind, and it is lesson full of hope
the hope that the poet sings:
"Buiid thee more stately mansions, o
my souli
AS the swift seasons roll,
Leave thy low-vaulted past.
Let each new temple, nobler than the
last,
Shut thee from heaven with O dome more
vast,
Till thou at length art free"
Prom Forward
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
With the Goods On.

The New York Sun publishes the
following from its Washington COR
respondent: J.. 9. Whitney, Score
tary of the Milwaukee Board of
Trade, thirty-three degree Mason,
and man of considerable impor-
tance in his own State, came to
Washington recently to visit his son,
Francis H. Whitney, Postmaster
General Payne's private secretary.
When he left for the West again he
remarked that Washington was q
beautiful CITY, but he didn't like the
people. They were too evil-miuded
and suspicious. Mr.. Whitney's criti-
cisms were based on a painful ex-
perience.
One rainy day he started on
sight. seeing tour He remembered
just before leaving the house that
his wife, who had preceded him
down town to do some shopping, had
forgotten her umbrella. So he took
her umbrella along.
In the course of the day the
weather cleared, and Mr.. Whitney,
who had missed his wife at about six
shopping centers, left the two um-
brellas in his sons office. Then he
went to luncheon and when he got
up to pay his check, absentmindedly,
reached for the two umbrellas he had
carted around all morning. He found
couple ready to his hand and was
walking serenely out when stout
woman rushed up to him and
snatched the umbrellas away.
"1'll have you understand" she
said, "that those belong to IN yself and
my sister. DO you generally carry
two9 Oh, of course, you were ab-
sent-minded That is always the
way" Mr.. Whitney apologized pro-
fusely, but the stout woman turned
her back on him, muttering angrily
1.-TWO of them at once the bold
thing"
Later in the day, when Mr.. Whit
ney stopped at the post Office to get
his two umbrellas, he found the fol-
lowing note from his son:
"Dear Dad: Was called out on
business. Please take homo the
three umbrellas in the stand near my
desk. One of them is mine, and the
others belong to Mrs. Whitney. /
always forget to take them home.
AS Mr.. Whitney was on a home
ward bound car with his load of five
umbrellas he attracted considerable
attention and began to feel foolish.
He grew increasingly uncomfortable
as he walked the length of the car
and nearly tainted when he dropped
into a seat directly opposite the
stout woman whose umbrellas he had
taken in the morning.
The stout woman glared at Mr..
Whitney, who tried to look uncon-
scious and at ease. Finally, after
contemplating the armful of umbrel-
las in silence that could be felt,
she controlled herself by an evident
effort and, leaning across the isle, re-
marked in a perfectly audible tone {:
"Good evening, sir, l observe that
you have had very profitable day."
Arriving at home he relieved his
feelings on the front steps, conclud-
ing with the remark that he was
good and hanged if he didn't take
chances on getting wet the next time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
A Thousand Dollars Worth Of Good.

A. H. Thurnes, we'll known coal
operator of Buffalo, o., writes: 81 have
been afflicted with kidney and bladder
trouble for years, passing gravel or stones
with excruciating pain. got no relief
from medicines until l began taking
Foley's Kidney Cure, then the result was
surprising. A few doses started the brick
dust like fine stones and now have no
pain across my kidneys and feel like a
new man. 1t has done me $1,000 worth
of good" Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Must Have Much Nerve.

Since the engagement of pretty
Miss x. has been an announced fact
her small brother has been puzzliDe
his head to understand what it means,
says The Washington Post.
"Why," exclaimed the mother,
"Mr. Skaggs has asked sister to
marry him. That means that she
will live in his house after this, and
he'll take care of her."
"Buy her things ?p asked the boy
eyes"
"Hats and dinners and ice cream
and everything2 ?" he persisted.
"Yes," was the answer.
The boy thought it all over for {
moment, and then he said:
"Well, amt that man got nerve
though ?"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
IN AND DISCHARGE. = NOTICE ia
hereby given that the undersigned will
make application to d. A. Smith, ESQ,
Judge of Probate for Oconee county, in
the State of South Carolina, on Saturday,
I'd day of January, 1904, at IL O'Clock
in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as
said application can be heard, for leave
to make final settlement of the estate of
Anderson Ivcster. deceased, and final
discharge as Executors of said estate.
w. A. IVESTER,
q. r. d. BURNS,
Executors of the Estate of Anderson
Ivester, deceased.
December 2, 1903. 1852
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
FOLEYSffO NEYArbTAR
for chiidreRs Safes sareo No optasGs
Me citing Comfy Beard Education.

THE County Board of Education will
Il meet in the Court House at Wal
halla, s. c., on Saturday, January 2,
1904, at II a. m, to consider the boun-
daries of Wolf Stake, Midway, Fairview,
High Falls and Norton districts as indi-
Gated by plats made by &. L. Deau, Sur
veyor. All parties interested will please
be present TO show cause, if any, why
these lines should not be permanently
established. G. l. CRAIG,
Supt. of Ed. of Oconee County.
December lG, 1908. 5O-52
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
SHERlFFS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCoNEE.
The Carolina National Bank of Colum-
bia, against Mary w. Southern.
DY VIRTUE of an execution, to me
I'D directed by Clerk of Court of the
said county and State, dated 18th day of
January, 1888, in favor of The Carolina
NationalBank, of Columbia, S. c., against
Mary w. Southern, 1 will sell, to the
highest bidder, at public outcry, in front
of Walhalla Court House, on salesday
in January, 1904, during the legal hours
of sale, one lot in the town of Seneca,
S. c., No. 522, bounded on the east by
Townville street, bounded on the south
by North Third street, bounded on the
West by Lot No. 521. and bounded on
the North by Lot No. 547. Levied on
AS the property of Mary w. Southern to
satisfy the above execution.
Terms: Cash. Purchaser to pay for
papers. b. r. MOSS,
Sheriff Ocopee County, ). G.
December 8, 1903. 1862
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
II do not look as
though I ever was

When woman is sick che falls of In
looks. This Is particularly the case
when she suffers from disea9es peculiar
to her sex. Not only is her strength
undermined, but she loses beauty OF
face and grace of form.
1t is characteristic of the cures OF
womanly diseases effected by the use Of
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that
with restored health there 10 a reetora-
ton of good looks.
"I'avorite Prescription" establishes
regularity, dries weakening drains, heals
Inflammation and liberation and Curcs
female weakness.
UI wish to thank you for the good your medi.
cines have done men writes Mrs. Mae Brown. OF
Canton, Fulton Co., Ills. "I was troubled with
female weakness aud doetored with several dit
ferent doctors. They did not seena to help me;
ton and displacement OF the uterus. What
suffered 10 tongue can tell. had heavy bear.
ing down pains and thought my back would
kill me. 1 also had a very bad drain. but after
taking FIVE bottles Of Favorite Prescription
and three Of Golden Medical DiseoveryI am
feeling IS we'll as ever, II has been almost two
years and have had no return OF the trouble.
My friends tell nie don't look as though ever
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, paper covers, Is sent free on
receipt OF aI ohe-cent statnps to cay
expense of mailing oH!Y. Address DS,
+. ". Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
I,sport from the Reform sohool.

j. G. Gluck, Superintendent, Prunty-
town, w. Va, writes: "After trying all
other advertised cough medicines we
have decided to use Foley's Honey and
Tar exclusively in the West Virginia Re-
form School. 1 find it the most effective
and absolutely harmless" Sold by j. w.
Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
FOLEYSFfONEYA YAr6rA
Oeops the cough and heals 1umGs
Money to Lend.

II OANS negotiated on mortgage of
Ia real estate at 7 per cent in sums of
$1,000 and over, and 8 per cent on less
than $1,000. Borrower to pay for papers,
but no commissions charged. No loans
less than $500. Loans made only to one
third value of improved farms.
JAYNES e. SHELOR,
Walhalla, s. G.
October 1, 1903. 1862
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Church Members In DIspensarles.


on which he was expected to an
nounce his ruling, Bishop Smith, in
the Methodist Conference on Friday,
outlined the position of the church
in regard to members who serve the
State of South Carolina as liquor
dispensers. The Discipline is plain
in dealing with the question of tenn
perance, and in spite of individual
views, Methodism does not consider
the dispensary law measure which
is calculated to promote the temper
ance cause. The church holds that
if it is wrong to sell whiskey for a
private concern it is equally as wrong
to handle it for the State, and church
members, therefore, cannot shield
themselves or attempt to uphold
their course by pretending 20 be
officers of the law. In way they
are, yet at the same time they are
openly violating the rules of their
denomination, and they must either
quit the dispensary or the church,
because man cannot serve God and
sell liquor.
The evil and the principle is the
same, whether we work for Gallagher
q Burton or Chairman Williams
and his Board of Control. There
are many good men in South Caro-
lima who would scorn the idea of
accepting a place in saloon, but
they would not hesitate to go into a
dispensary and dispose of the vile
conooctions which have helped to
fill the asylums at Columbia with
lunatics. They endeavor to defend
themselves by the fact that they are
public servants, when they are pub
lio nuisance but this claim certainly
will not hold good with the Metho-
dist church, and unless they resign
they will be dropped from the roll.
1t requires fine splitting of hairs to
say that it is harmful to work in
bar, but proper to work in dispen-
ssry.
In his personal opinion on the sub
ject Bishop Smith said that if a man
should be elected dispenser and
was member of the Methodist
church he would ask him to with
draw the membership before accept
ing the whiskey position, and failing
to do 30 he would be brought to trial.
This seems to be the correct view,
and whatever the world may think it
must approve the stand taken by the
Bishop, especially when it remem-
bers that the church has it's own pc
ouliar laws to govern the liquor
traffic. Moreover, the public will
have just as much regard for a
church member who conducts a ST..
loon as it does for member who is
the ruling spirit in a dispensary.
The influence of both is corrupt.
While we have no faith in prohibi-
tion laws, because they do not pro-
hibit, we do believe that it will never
be possible to stop the sale of liquor
so long as men will drink it. They
will get it from some source. Still,
this is not business in which men
who claim to be Christians should
engage, and there can be no respect
for them if they remain in the
church and the dispensary at the
same time. The conference should
go over the list and dismiss them -
Greenville News, December Is.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30

A persimmon farm is new expert
ment in Crawford county, Ga. Well,
for good, healthful, pleasant bever-
age there is nothing on the lists of
fancy modern drinks that can beat a
glass of good old 'simmon beer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Notice, Of Registration.

NNHE Registration Books will be open
Il at G. w. Pitchford Co.'s store from
October 2lst, 1903, to January 18th, 1904,
for the municipal election to be held
January 18th, 1904. Bring your county
registration certificate and tax receipt.
S. N. Pitchford,
Supervisor of Registration.
October IA, 1903. A.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
A. Timely Topic.

At this season of coughs and colds 1t
is well to know that Foley'a Honey and
Tar is the greatest throat and lung re-
medy. 1t cures quickly and prevents
serious results from cold. Sold by j.
w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
Legal Advertisements.

NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI-
IN TORS.-All persons indebted to the
estate of Sarah Il. Cheswell, deceased,
are hereby notified to make payment to
the undersigned, and all persons having
Gains against said estate will present
lie same, duly attested, within the time
prescribed by law or be barred.
WILLIAM e. CHESWELL,
Administrator of the Estate of Sarah r.
Cheswell, deceased.
December 8, 1908. 1852
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30

Don't be imposed upon by taking
substitutes offered for Foley's Honey
and Tar. Sold by J. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30

Foley's Honey and Tar positively cures
all throat and lung diseases. Refuse
substitutes. Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30

A kidney or bladder trouble can always
be cured by using Foley's Kidney Cure
in time. Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30

"Well, certainly feel sorry for
myself" rejoined the heartlcss Naggs.
thereafter there will be no end to
your tongue" News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30

"Oh, OH" exclaimed Mrs. Naggs /;
"I've bitten off the end of my
tongue %
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-29
Oriental Rugs.

The Armenian dealer in rugs is prob
ably the craftiest Of all shopkeepers,
and his emissaries have so thoroughly
ransacked the orient that the traveller
is frequently advised in Persia and At
ghanistan to look for the rarest and the
best specimens in London and especial
" in New York. Yet even here the ex-
perienced purchaser can find notable
bargains. A gentleman who has in Chi
cago q very notable collection Of Box
haras and who has travelled through
out the orient in search Of the rarest
and the most perfect fabrics lately
found three new specimens hanging
before a Fifth avenue shop and bought
them for prices which, allowing of
course for the duty, would have been
cheap in the tent of Persian.-John
COrbin in Scribners.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-29
Lets
Y, Ou
Down
Easy!

Insurance cannot prevent
fire, but 1t can and does pre-
vent the ruin a-d suffering
that would ensue >dthout It
It lets you down easy-sus.
tains you until you get anoth'
er foothold,
I represent a score OF the
oldest and best FIRE insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates just
now, The probability Is that
they will not be so much lon
ger Better take out sui
fcient insurance without de-
lay.
AS every Company now
charges exactly the same
rates why not have your prop
erty insured with a company
that Is well known In this
City and one you know has
and will pay all Its losses
promptly Here Is my list
and everybody Knows that
there are no better compan
les on earth!