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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
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The Final Penalty.

Queen Draga has paid the final
penalty of the fatal gift of beauty
that placed this obscure daughter of
the people upon the Servian throne,
and she now stands in the halls of
history haloed with the tragedy of
romance that envelopes the figures of
Mary, Queen of Scots, Marie An
toinette, and Lady Jane Grey. What
a brimming and sparkling cup of life
did these "dead ladies" quaff Beauty,
honors, homage, every thrill and
throb of human passion and pleasure
were theirs, and then, to crown all,
a tragic death that embalmed their
memory forever in the pity of the
world.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
AS to Rural Delivery.

Some time since it was announced
in a dispach from Washington that
it was the intention Of the post Office
department to discontinue great
many rural routes, because they did
not pay, but were established at the
instance of Congressman who were
looking after their political fortunes.
1t was further said that South Caro-
lima would be among the States which
would suffer more than the rest, the
imputation being that Congressman
from this State had been very ac-
lively working in their own interests.
All rural routes in this State are
more or less under the control of the
Columbia postmaster, he receiving
all the funds direct from them, and
he says that he has received no in
structions to discontinue any routes
in this State, and he does not know
that any of them will be discon-
tinued. These routes are especially
numerous in the Piedmont section,
and their patrons have been much
concerned over their contemplated
discontnuance, and many inquiries
have been received about them. The
best that Postmaster Ensor can say
now is that he officially knows moth
ing about any contemplated dis&onu-
ance.-Columbia Correspondents of
News and Courier.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
SIX HUNDRED PER CENT pRorlr.
Dr.. G. 8. P'xley's Five Years Experience In
Sheep Culture.

Sheep culture is an industry that
is peculiarly adapted to South Caro-
lima, and a business that has been
known to yield 600 per cent in FIVE
years is not to be despised.
That is the return DR.. @. S. Pixley,
of White Oak, has received from his
investments in the neglected indus
try of sheep-raising.
The story as sent out by Winns-
boro correspondent follows:
"Five years ago DIR. Pixley pur-
chased twelve sheep for $24. The past
year he sold from these sheep and
their increase $75 worth of mutton
and wool. His flock has increased
from twelve to thirty-eight. In his
fifth year, therefore, his returns were
300 per cent larger than his original
investment, and his working capital
that is, sheep-had likewise increased
300 per cent, making a total increase
of 600 per cent. AS matter of fact,
his real profits were much larger than
this, for these figures contain no
count of profits accruing during the
first four years from the sale of NUT
ton and of wool. While no expense
items are given in the above account,
it is very certain that the mutton for
his own table and the Improvement
in the land would easily offset any
expense with sheep under ordinary
circumstances. In the above case,
however, there was really no expense
account, as the sheep have been sus-
tanned all the while in his pasture,
which is one of the finest to be found
anywhere.
"Another instance of the profitable
ness of sheep-raising is that of Mr..
w. H. Flenniken, who, last year,
purchased fifty one sheep at an aver
age cost of 81 per head. He now has
fifty-five lambs, which, at the market
price of 8 conts per pound, would
bring him in return Of nearly all
the capital invested, as many
of the lambs are already worth
81 apiece at the price mentioned
above. The wool received from the
above flock will more than pay for
the expenses of keeping the sheep.
Should Mr.. Flenniken now sell
his lambs he would easily have
100 per cent on his investment.
He speaks of putting his whole
farm in pastures for sheep, as ne
has been so greatly pleased with the
small investment already made.
From the above illustration it is
easily seen that there is money in
sheep raising, where the industry
does not come in competition with
the "yaller" dog. 1t is herewith
suggested that some legislator, who
is willing to sacrifice his honorable
position, if necessary, take the issue
against the so-called poor mans
friend and fight it to the bitter end,
thus making it possible for an indus
try, that will pay more than 100 per
cent annually, to thrive."-Green-
vile Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
CIV. & j. E. BAUKNIGHT

Almighty intended it. My old
mother used to sing about God
moves in mysterious way 1 re-
member.
"Well, my mother used to sing it
too," said the client, and he twisted
the claim papers in his fingers. "Y OF
can call in the morning, if you like
and tell mother and him. the claim
has been met"
"In mysterious way" added the
LAWYER.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

a ten-acre map oe the United
States will be one of the interesting
features of the ST. Louis Exposition.
1t will be out of doors, On the ground,
and paths for visitors will make the
boundary lines Of States. In each
section will be growing it's chief
product-corn in Kansas, rice in
South Carolina, etc. An exchange
presumes that it will be kept pad
locked to prevent any violation of
the Monroe doctrine.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
Preston B. Mitchell, q well known

Preston B. Mitchell, a we'll known
citizen who lived two miles from
Bolton, was found dead in the woods
near his house last week with a gun
shot wound in his breast. He had
strayed away from home, as he had
been accustomed to do, but his wife,
noticing that the gun was gone too,
with the assistance of others, began
search for her hus Jand. The gun
was tied to tree near his dead body
with a string tied to the trigger.
He was so years old and had been in
the insane asylum.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
Interesting to Asthma Sufferers.

Daniel Bante, of Otterville, Iowa,
writes: 81 have had asthma for three
or. four years and have tried about all
the cough and asthma cures &c the mar
ket and have received treatment from
physicians in New York and other cities,
but got very little benefit until tried
Foley's Honey and Tar which gave me
immediate relief and will never be
without it my house. sincerely recon-
mend it to all. For sale by j. w. Bell,
Walhalia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
Uncle Zeke's Dream.

dremp' dream de udder night,
| thought dat wuz dead
An dat my sperit tuck it's fight
To mansions oberhead.
Sain' Peter met me at do do "A
To shake me by de ham, I.4s
An sed dat he'd be glad to show b,T
Me thro' de promis' lam. sNk
He laffed an slapped me on de baok8g NJ
An asst me of Pd like
To make de journey in hack, Ar- ]
Or wud take bike?
"You'se sorter late in sneakin in,
thought perhaps you'd died
Widout repentin' Nv yo' sin,
AM Satan got yo' hide.
"You may git kind o. lonesome heah,
De poperlation's small,
An de next census will, l feah,
Show no increase ertall." - >-
Wild lightnin' speed thro' woods an fiela
Long roads widout flaw,
We podaled on our chainless wheels
An dis is what l saw:
Fat chickens roostin' in de trees,
On fences an on lawgs,
AM hangin' roun' in lazy ease,
Ten thousan' 'possum dawgs.
Big simmon trees plum loaded down
Wild 'possums fat an plump,
An millyuns more down on de groun'
Wild young 'uns in dc stump.
FiePs O. millyuns ies' layin'
Spread out befo' de eyes,
An great big stawks O. sugar cane
A"reachin' to dc skies.
Big washtubs full o. lemonade,
Jes' spilin' to be drunk,
Sweet tater pies de angels made
An ice cream by de chunk.
Ole coons a-layin' in de shade,
A-sleepin' out dare maps,
While all day long do young 'us playe
at seven-up an craps.
Desc niggahs wnZ al strange TO me,
Not nary Coontown face,
An in my roun's failed to see
white man on de place.
De choir commenced to sing "Prais
Gawd
From whom all blessin's flow"--
Dat finished up my trip abroad,
For Cindy gin to sno'.
Cud neber dream dat dream ergin
EFF l sleep night or day,
My dreams am bout dis lam o. sin,
Whah niggahs watch an pray.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
Ten Years In Red.

r. A. Gray, j. p, Oakville, Ind,
writes: For ten years / was confined
to my bed with disease Of nv kidneys,
1t was so severe that ] coald not move
part of the time. consulted the very
best medical skill available, but could
get no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure
was recommended to me. 1t has been a
Godsend to me-" For sale by j. w. Bell,
Walhalla
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

Chief Constable Howie has been
transferred from Charleston to Beau
fort, and Constable Holmes, of Barn
well, takes his place. The raid of
Mrs. Trenholm's residence is proba-
bly, responsible for this transfer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

The county delegation of Spartan
burg county are to secure loan Of
$50,O00 for the county, to be used in
replacing the bridges washed away
on June 6. The commissioners esti-
mate their loss at $4,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

DIR. Colemon b. Walker, professor
in Clemson College, has been elected
to the chair of chemistry and biology
in Wofford College and has accepted
Prof. Hale Houston, of the Toledo,
Ohio, Polytechnic Institute, has been
elected to succeed DIR. Walker.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

Jake Jeter, a 19-year-old white
man, was convicted of murder in
Union on Friday. He killed an old
white man named Walter Nixon,
about woman. He was sentenced
to the penitentiary for life.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

During the summer kidney irregulari-
ties are often caused by excessive drink
ing or being overheated Attend to the
kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney
Cure. For sale by >. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

The board of trustees of Clemson
College at their meeting last week
decided to erect an agricultural
building, and appropriated $4,000
for a beginning.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

Rev. Arthur Buist, distinguished
Baptist minister, died at his home in
Blackville on June IL at the age of
rs. Despite his years Mr.. Buist was
pastor of four churches in Barnwell
county and County Superintendent
of Education, which office he has
held for several terms.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

inc kioReyS are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess OF uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

No good health unless the kidneys are
sound. Foley's Kidney Cure makes the
kidneys right. For sale by j. w. Bell,
Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

The doors of the Charleston Hotel
were closed on June 18th by the
present managers, who decided that
in the face of the outstanding debts
against the hotel and the determine
tion of the hotels creditors to place
it in the hands of receiver, it would
be best to close the hotel for the
present. This is the first time in
over half century that the doors of
the Charleston have ever been shut.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart Is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for It's
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and Is sold on its merits fvE7S
by all druggists in fifty fsfljFEs31S
cent and oned dollar siz-
es. You may have a AaIss Uni II i,ssiEtgn 80
sample bottle by mail Homo Of swamp Root.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Or. Kilmei
& Co., Binghamton, N. \.
Don't make any mistake, but remem-
Der the name-Swamp-R 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, 1903-06-24

On the frat indication of kindney
trouble stop it by taking Foley's Kid
ney Cure. For sale by j. w. Bell, Wal
balla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

Chronic bronchial troubles and sum-
mer coughs can be quickly relieved and
cured by Foley's Honey and Tar For
sale by j. w. Bell, Walhala.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

Forty-two young womeI were
graduated last week at the Green
vile Female College.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24
BY JAxNEs. sHELoR. SMITH s. srEoK.
A Few of Our Special Values i'm
RY G O DS.

Yardwde best quality Lonsdale Cambria loo.
Yardwde Androscoggns Bleaching $40.
good
quality Drills
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-06-24

We also have have nice line of ogndi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02

Point is also in great danger Of a general
flood. Many farms are already covered
with water.
Levee Washed Out.
The Egyptian levee, five miles below
Keokuk, Iowa, is broken in twenty diff
ferent places. and water is running thru
the streets Of Alexandria. Territory ten
by twenty miles in Clark county (Mis-
souri) bottoms is submerged, inhabitants
on tho roofs, firing guns for help. A gov
eminent boat and men have been sent to
the scene from Keokuk. No loss Of life
has been reported. Corn and other crops
have been destroyed, and the Des Moines
river bridge is in danger. No trains are
running south of Keokuk The Missis-
sippi and Des Moines rivers are both ris-
ing rapidly. The levee in the Hunt drain
age district on the Illinois, side Is liable
to give way soon. Farmers are moving
stock to high ground.
The Mississippi river at Burlington.
Iowa, Is now eight miles wide. Illinois
lowlands are submerged and 10, 900 acres OF
valuable crops are destroyed. Train sery.:
ice on all roads is crippled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02
STRANGE STORY THIS
Abraham Lincoln's Assassin Said to
Have Survived His Crime
Thirty Years.
Man Who Committed Suicide in
Oklahoma Is Identified as
John Wilkes Booth.

Enid, Okla, June 2.-Junius Brutus
Booth. the actor and nephew of John
Wilkes Booth the assassin of President
Lincoln, has fully Unidentified the remains
Of the man known. as David 3. George as
his uncle. George, or Booth, committed
suicide here Jan. IA last. Among zhis ef-
fects was found a letter directed to X.
l.. Bates, of Memphis Tenn. Mr.. Bates
came here at once and fully identified
the body as John Wilkes Booth. He then
went east and has obtained positive iden-
LITIGATION of the remains from the dead
mans nephew and from Joseph jefferson,
Miss Clara Morris and a score of others
who knew him in his early days.
According to Mr.. Bates story he had
acted as Booths confidential agent and
attorney for nearly forty years. After
Lincoln was shot the assassin escaped to
Garrett plantation in Virginia. Mr.. Bates
says the man who was killed and who was
supposed to be Booth, was named Rudy.
Being warned, Booth left CARROTS and
was taken care of by friends in central
Kentucky. He later. settled at Glenrose
Mills, Texas, where he conducted "a store
for several years as John st. Helen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02

Gainesville cotton mills were destroyed
by the storm, aggregating q property loss
Of 100000. Last night brought increased
misery to the cyclone sufferers for steady
rain set in late in the afternoon attended
by cold weather The cold and darkness
greatly inpeded the work of rescue and
assistance The town was in total dark
ness all night and the streets were filled
with debris.
Groans Of Agony.
All night long physicians pushed their
way thru the wreckage guided to the suf-
fering victims by groans Of agony. Here
and there a fallen tree would block the
way, or a wrecked house would stop
progress. Doctors and volunteers waded
thru mud and water knee deep, frequently
compelled: to crawl on all tours. All
houses had been moved for blocks, others
were missing altogether and no system
could be employed in the work Of relief.
Mayor Parker says there are at least one
thousand homeless and the number may be
doubled later.
TWO Hundred Homes Destroyed.
More than two hundred homes were de-
stroyed. Every door in Gainesville is open
to the victims. At the city hall, armory
and court house many persons passed
the night shivering from the cold.
A mass meeting was held this morning
at which SIS, 900 was subscribed to the relief
fund. A message has been sent to the
secretary of war asking for tents to shell
ter the homeless and an appeal for aid
| is made to the public. The main need Of
the sufferers now is clothing and tents.
Governor Torrell has ordered fifty tents
sent to Gainesville from Atlanta.
| To-day at noon conservative estimate
of the killed in yesterdays tornado is
| 100 and = injured 200, many of them
fatally. The property loss is estimated at
5000, 900.
Death List Reaches 100.
| The dead in Gainesville alone will reach
100, according to later reports submitted
at mass meeting. A committee was APP
| pointed by the meeting to bury the vic
Tins
The entire city will suspend business
for the next twenty four hours and every
person will stop work. The dead have
1 been prepared for burial, and graves are
/ being made. The city pastors have been
requested to act as a committee to see
/ that every person has suitable funeral.
| There will be 100 funerals here within the
next twenty four hours, it caskets can be
! secured.
A committee of three citizens was APP
1.pointed to see that caskets were secured
| by all who had relatives or friends dead,
and to take in hand the funeral arrange
Iments
! Thirty days rations for 1000 persons
have been requested from Secretary Root.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02
CHURCHES WILL UNITE
The United Brethren and Methodist
Protestant to Join Forces--Con-
gregationalists Withdraw.
New York Sum Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Baltimore, Md, June 1.-THE committee
composed Of representatives of the United
Brethren, Methodist Protestant and Con-
gregational churches, appointed to work
out basis Of union between the three
denominations. was In session from
Wednesday until Friday of last week in
the First Congregational church Of Wash
ington, D. c. The meetings were held
behind closed doors and but little has been
given out to the public. 1t was learned
here to-day, however, that no basis of
union could be effected that would be SAT-
isfactory to the Congregationalists, and
no further effort to include them in the
uniting bodies will be pushed.
But the United Brethren and Meth
odist Protestant churches evidently mean
business and are making substantial prog
ress toward union. Bishop Mills of Ann
vile, Pa; DR.. w. L. Weekly and w. r.
Fink Of Dayton Ohio; Rev. F. S. Tagg of
Baltimore; DR.. M. Z. Jennings and DR..
George Schaffer of Pittsburg, Pa, were
appointed committee to draft consti-
tuition for the church. They viii be ready
to report in January.
The name agreed upon for the united
church Is kept secret~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02

And The CANAL
These Two Matters Will Be Consid-
cred at a Cabinet Meeting
Saturday.
President Expected to Advise Con.
tinuance Of the Postofice
Investigation.
Colombian Government Will Prob
ably Refuse to Ratify the
Panama Canal Treaty.
sw York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, June president Roose-
welt will be back in Washington next Fri
day and on the following morning there
will be meeting of the cabinet which,
will be one Of the most important in
years. The postoffice department investi-
cation and the sensational disclosures re-
sulting therefrom will be discussed at
length.
The president has been kept fairly we'll
Informed of the progress of the investi-
cation ever since his departure on his
western trip. but everything that has oc-
CURED will be gone over in detail. 1t is
expected that the president will take a
strong stand in favor Of continuing the in
vestigation Of the department indefinitely
and extending 1t to every bureau, including
those Of the second assistant and third
assistant postmaster generals.
This course is freely predicted by the
presidents friends who have pointed out
| to him that the extravagant administra-
ton of affairs has not been confined to
any one division, but has extended to all.
The second assistants bureau, which has
to do with contracts for mail transporta-
ton, has made enormous expenditures Of
| money and, while there is no suspicion of
| wrong doing, 1t is deemed advisable to
| IND out exactly how matters stand.
The Canal Treaty.
Inc CABINET Will also discuss the Pan
anna canal treaty, which is now conceded
to be in more deplorable condition than
ever before. There is no doubt now that
| the Colombian congress will refuse to rat
| lily the treaty. It Is understood that the
membership Of that body is almost unan-
| 1mously opposed to the treaty in its pres
emit form. The congress will remain SO
until the French company Is willing to
| make more generous division of the
$40 900 which it will receive for its
| property from the United States than is
| now proposed. Strong prima facie evil
dence also has been obtained from reliaL-
bic French sources showing that the
French company surrendered it's charter
rights and that as a matter of fact it
| probably has nothing to sell to the United
States government or anybody else. Pres
! 1dent Roosevelt is much interested In this
phase of the canal complications because
he Is very DESTROYS Of proceeding with
| the construction of the canal without
| further delsy 81.