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Mower County transcript., 1903-09-09

LudLG. w = huO w VI llul 50 SldI u0 Is uOl
afraid Of Randall nor in any way il
debted to him" RI 81. Y; II 8s
Gordon grayely assented. He was sit
ting IN the library I, W here his view
through the window extended down
Bowen street to the end of the burned
district. He could see group Of work
men aging out foundations for Tom
my's first double decker. as s#&
saa The sight suggested a plan to Cor
don, and he went out and walked over
to the place. N B. #ss
nm R rdall tllics
end Of the lott,55 but as 55ordon came up
he walked over to the street and said
with cheerful insolence
.sst'lFine day for bllild ding, Gordon ''5
Gordon W ent down to the end Of the
lot The basement excavation had been
made, and the ma sons were at work vi o1i
the foundat ion wal Il.
I Gordon came back to where Randall
lstill stood. 81
OF course yol know u our q rears end
line FOR this bull ding runs fffte Ell feet
farther south than the law allow
Tommy Randall was CHI ewing Ebit
pine aplint Hes spit out the piece, ,,a,
then turned iowa ardl . Ohm lord don.
this your hui ding that's goiina.. liz.
lsup Don't YOU bout me.
know what Z, sss5sS8
hen to II surprise laan
came up cloae to llir, ana sa III vhst
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-09
FREIGHTTRA1N,s, CIARE:REYING pAss1Fs,Nli7fER,

Except Sunday. Except Monday. tsundaya
only. Others daily. q E ls3I s
Revised to March 8, 1903. * .. (" !. = Il
r.. %.s.7: s@y' C.. w. sNERE, Agent. \
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-09

Cheap Rates via The Chicago, Mil.
waukee & st. Paul Ry. 4
To ST. Paul and Minneapolis Aug.
29th to Sept 5th. Good to return
Sept. 7th. c; One fare round trip. .j. .j... .
To Albert Lea1 Sept. 18th; to 10th.
One and one-third fare round trip.
To Pennington Sept. 22nd to 25th.
One and one third fare. I.14. 3 za y..55 s.
To .Deadwood, IS. I'D, Sept. End to
9Th. One fare:plus $500. +. 4. .*..5 /
To Baltimore: !: NJ ,lSept. 18th to
10th: Oneofare pluss$2 90. # .,... /. ..= IL Il
For full .information call on or ad
dress, CIV. Snere,sAgt. 7, 5#. ..$s3 .5.Zs &szs5
Mower County transcript., 1903-09-09

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room. Y5;. I5 sb Z s55zs II. 333ss
VI At the noon meal he told the story Of
his interview with the mayor. sS5s.. 5.3
Z Miss Andrews looked at him quietly.
4, ''The same old story. And now '-- 80
s. "Now for the city building depart
3ment. =" K. S ISL ~: l
ITS the regular rout tine. "a tier that
the state board Of health, then the state
factory and tenement house inspec ctors,,
then " Ri M n 5i5 5ss
II She spoke with her, usual deliberate
pa atience, and Gordon colored. #ss
s$ ..sI know Ia M simply folio d
better person than myself, but " 8
I5ss But you are man, = she said wistful-
u. ''' Y on may succeed with some of
them III 35 b s
John Gore don look ed sdoub I'LL. But .in
the afternoon he went dow d to the city
hall again, and after al Slong and vexa.
tious delay he managed to get hear.
Ing with one Of the officers Sof the scity
building depart tment. The ssulpoerintend.
ent was in sEurope But a deputy Iis.
tened to him with an air 81 polite resig.
nation, 11la as is he were losing valuable
time.
|ss ~ hen Gordon q d1e. u was through he said:
Oh, Mr. ssordOn, that's altogether
outside our jurisd on. You,ll have IA
carry your sostlr comp plaint up before tlae
stat board of lhea can ffurnisl,
yoa ith the necessary blanks 81 which
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
How About That Cellar Z

Disease and death often originate
in cellars of dwellings. Do not for
get that the cellar is one of the rooms
of the house, and that the air from
the cellar permeates all the rooms
above. Thus if the cellar is not kept
clean and free from dampness, mold
and decayed vegetables or fruits, or if
not well ventilated, the air, which is
bad, must pass up through the floors
into the rooms above, and this bad
air is breathed by members of the
family. If your house is located on
an elevation where there is no danger
Of water settling in from surrounding
lands, you should be thankful, forsuch
a location is the only healthful one.
A void all locations where the ground
has been filled in since same is damp,
and moisture is apt to collect on the
walls of the collar. The walls of
the cellar should be whitewashed
once every year. Whitewash is COM
posed of fresh Stacked lime, which
destroys germs that accumulate in
large numbers upon the walls.
Whitewash also makes the cellar
much lighter, and gives a fresh and
agreeable smell. Cellars are often
made store-houses. Clear out all this
rubbish, and clean out the cellar
every month at least, making it as
clean as your kitchen.-Green's Fruit
Grower.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
Help the Orphans.

The Thornwell Orphanage, located
in Clinton, South Carolina, is an in
stitution for the primary, high school
and advanced education, both lite
rary and technical, of orphan boys
and girls. The institution is under
the control of trustees appointed by
the three Synods of South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, but it receives
pupils from any religious denomina-
tions and from any part of our COM
mon country.
Orphans to be received must be
without means of support of their
own, and hence the care of them
rests upon the general public. Con-
tributions for the aid of the institu-
tion are not ordered by any church
court; there are no agents canvass
ing the field asking for money; there
are collection boxes on the premises
of the institution. The only depend
ence of these orphans for their daily
bread is on the goodness of God, the
printed page and the generous help
given by the press in spreading in
formation about the work.
The boys and girls are not legally
bound to the institution, but are free
to come and go. They choose to
come. They hate to leave us when
ali has been done for them that can
be done by the institution. AS they
are well taught in their books and
trained in various trades, such as
printing, carpentry, farming, laund-
ering and the like, they are always
able to take care of themselves on
leaving us.
We have 1902 orphans from South
Carolina, AZ from Georgia, 16 from
Florida, and AZ from twelve other
States and Territories.
Those who love the fatherless GALL
of our 200 children are fatherless)
can aid by sending flour, molasses,
sugar, rice, meal, or any other kia;l
of provisions except vegetables,
(Which they raise for themselves,) or
by gifts of money. The sum of five
dollars will board and clothe child
for one month. Almost anybody can
by that small gift be protector OF
some orphan for thirty days. This
may be sent simply to Thornwell
Orphanage, or to Rev. DIR. Jacobs,
Clinton, s. c.. who will take pleasure
in giving additional information to
any asking for it..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
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 tho mucous lining of the eusta-
chian tube. When this tube gets iuflamed
you have 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
cases 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 (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
+. 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, 1903-08-26
She Has Put Away Five Husbands.

Macon, Ga, August Within the
new limits of Macon resides wo-
man who has buried five husbands
and is now the bride of the sixth
man she has promised to honor and
obey. When the groom entered the
home of his bride few days ago he
became the step-father of five daugh-
ters and the step-grandfather of two
more. But peculiar feature of his
step-children is the fact tnat no two
of them are full sisters. BY each
former marriage the mother gave
birth to one daughter and when her
last husband passed away the mother
found herself the guardian and sole
support of five children each being a
half sister to the other and each
bearing different surname. One
of the daughters has closely initiated
the mother, as far as she has gone,
and to-day she, too, has had two
husbands, each husband being the
father of one of her two children.
The last husband is hard working,
industrious mechanic, while his bride
and each of her daughters have
always been self-supporting, econom-
ioal and saving. No wolf has ever
been near the door of that neatly
kept cottage.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
-voLUME LIII.No. 81.
He Is an ExtermInalor.

Heflin, Ala, August 1S.-News
has reached here that four men were
killed and nine wounded in Randolph
county Saturday afternoon by des-
perate negro named Sledge. The
sheriff and posse are now in hot pur-
suit, but have not yet been able to
capture the murderer.
The trouble started over difficulty
in watermelon patch. A party of
white men were working the public
road at Beaver Greek, near Lamar.
Sledge has watermelon patch near
the road and when the men finished
working they asked permission to
eat few melons. Sledge told them
to help themselves, but requested
that they take care not to destroy
the vines. AS soon as the men got
into the patch they began to cut and
slash melons in every direction, while
Sledge looked on. The negro
warned them to stop and then went
after his gun. Returning he emptied
the weapon into the crowd, wound
ing nine out of eleven men.
Immediately after the shooting
Sledge fled. A posse, headed by
the sheriff, overlook the negro near
the steel bridge over the Tallapoosa
river, five miles from Wedowee.
He was ordered to surrender, but
replied by firing his shotgun, in
stantly killing Thomas Ebbett and
Robert Ford.
This afternoon Sledge was accosted
on the road by James Moore and
Bud Wilson. Without warning, the
negro raised his gun and fred, in
stantly killing Moore and mortally
wounding Wilson. No further
details have been received here, but
at last accounts the posse is still in
pursuit of the negro.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
Lack OF Appropriation.

Washington, August 1S.-Postmas-
ter General Payne has had prepared a
statement showing the status Of the
rural free delivery service throughout
the country. 1t shows that during
the mon tn of July, the first mouth of
the persent fiscal year, almost 5000
new routes were established. The
appropriation made for the entire SER
vice for the year was $112,000,00O,
or little less than $3,000,000 more
than necessary to maintain existing
service. This is sufficient to Justify
the establishment Of only about 5000
new routes. It will, therefore, be
impossible to locate more than 5000
additional routes without a further
appropriation, Notwithstanding there
are now on file petitions for about
II, 700 more routes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26

must tell it to some one, and the
whole community knows the fact.
Even in the court room any high
minded judge will stay counsel from
any unnecessary cross examination,
and finally if any lawyer should at
tempt to go too far, the community
may treat him as an odtcast. can
but think that if the community felt
that the criminal would certainly re-
ceive the punishment he deserves
and receive it soon, the eagerness for
lynching would disappear and mobs,
whose gatherings too often mean not
merely the destruction of jails and
other property, but also the loss of
innocent lives, would greatly di-
minish in number.
zone thing is certain-the ten
dency of lynching is to undermine
respect for the law, and unless it is
checked we need not be astonished
if it be resorted to more frequently
and often cause the loss of lives of
men who are innocent"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
Mystery Surrounds Murdered Boy.


Detroit, Mich, August 1s.--The
mutilated body of 4-year-old Alphonse
Wilmes, whose father lives on St.
Aubin avenue, wac found to-day in q
lot at the rear of the Michigan stove
works at Adair and Wight streets.
The body was discovered bya work
man about 10 O'Clock <wedged in
between two boxes. The hands
we're tied behind with wire and q
red handkerchief had been stuffed
down the little fellows throat for a
gag.
The body was partly stripped of
clothing. The abdomen was slashed
open and the left wrist was nearly
severed. Both thighs also had long,
deep cuts in them. ALI the wounds
had apparently been made with some
very sharp instrument.
Alphonse had been missing from
his home since yesterday noon.
Nothing was thought of his absence
at first, but when he did not return
for supper search was begun that
ended with the Identification of the
body by his father at the morgue
this forenoon.
1t il evident that the murder was
not committed near where the body
was found, for although there is
scarcely a drop of blood left in the
little fellows body, there was practi-
oally no blood on the boards where
he was found. A search for blood
stains to and from the scene was
ina- ""ete'' without result. Per-
haps ... '"st phase of the
mystery ID Jha. .u are only a
few small stains on ,ho 'dy and
clothing of the lad, d"sr.Je the
horrible character of his wounus.
1t looks as though the murderer,
after committing the deed, washed
the blood from the body and then
carried it to the lot where it was
found. The police>ar satisfied that
the boy was murdered by maniac
and are working along these lines
alone. The officers are inclined to
believe that the child was killed in
some house and that afterwards the
murderer carried his body, in sack
or wagon, to the lonely spot where
it was found to-day. There have
been several other crimes against
children in the city recently, and
many persons believe that maniac
of unusual cunning is responsible.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
Happy Reunion OF Brewer Family.


Grove Level, Ga, August IT,
Editors of The Keowee Courier {:
Since the Brewer family once lived
in Oconee county and have friends
there we would like for you to pub
lish an account of their first reunion
in SO years. They left Oconee in
1872. Respectfully,
J. r.. Brewer.
Grove Level, Ca, August 17.-Mr.
w. ID. Brewer entertained his
brothers and sisters at his home
Tuesday, August II, at a reunion in
honor of his mothers 18th birthday.
There were 8 children present. All
her children are living and they were
very thankful to again meet with
each other. They are: j. r.
Brewer, Sr., of Harmony Grove; J.
S. Brewer, of Chattanooga, Tenn. ;
w. II. Brewer, of Rome T. G.
Brewer, of Atlanta; Mrs. w. w.
Glenn, of Lake Charles, La. Mrs.
L. A. Stone, of Calhoun, and J. F.,
N. A. and w. D. Brewer, of Mari
eta. This is very remarkable
family for it's number, age and
health. There have never been any
deaths among the children, and the
oldest is 81 years and the youngest
80 years.
j. S. Brewer, of Chattanooga, was
married Sunday to Mrs. Nellie
Carnes, of Sulphur Springs, Ga, a
very talented and accomplished lady,
and he and his bride came down to
attend this happy family reunion. 1t
was jolly crowd of brothers and
sisters brought together again to 90
over the happy days of childhood by
refreshing their memories of days
gone by.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26

A recent issue of The London
Lancet dwells on the dietetic advan-
tages of coffee. Those whose diges-
tion is disturbed by drinking hot cof-
fee are advised to make use of its
stimulating properties by taking it
in the form of jelly. Clear coffee
jelly after dinner is said to be every
bit as good as the hot infusion, while
it is free from some of it's draw
backs. Coffee, unlike alcohol, dimin-
ishes organic waste and causes the
muscular energy without the collapse
which follows alcoholic inhibition
and gelatin in the form of jelly is
cooling, assuages thirst, is sooth-
ing and has tendency to absorb any
excessi We acidity of the stomach.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
5 lksSSlsS a ghS RI 81 l8slSy =,
kz3 CURES WHERE all ELSE FAILS. k5a
I'd Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uee vi
ES1 In time Sold by druggists. ~
. SlS1&ksAgI RRS1SI $
Many Rural Routes Established.

The growth of the rural free
delivery system in South Carolina is
exceedingly rapid just now and large
numbers of rural routes have been
established recently. There are
now 224 rural routes in the State,
each paying a salary of 5000 per
aunum, amounting to 1884, 400, all of
which is paid through the Colum-
bia office. The department has
recently issued letter of instruc-
tions to rural free delivery carriers
forbidding them engaging in several
other kinds of business, as some have
been doing, and hereafter post Office
business only will be attended to.
Columbia Record.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
An Important Opinion.

Assistant Attorney General Town
send, at the request of the County
Superintendent of Newberry county,
has rendered an opinion of consider
able interest on whether a schooI
board Of education has power to alter
the lines of la school district. After
quoting the law on the subject, Mr..
Townsend states that boards have
such power, but that the portion
taken away remains liable for it's
share in any outstanding tax levied
by the district from which it is
taken,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
Seven Hills Items.

Seven Hills, S. O., August 90
There will be plenty of "hog and
hominy" this year, as corn is unusu-
ally fine, and cotton is good consider
ing the dry spell in the spring.
j. ID. Isbell and son Sam attended
the Farmers Institute at Clemson
last week.
Misses Essie and Lorena Pool will
leave to-day for an extended trip
through the mountains. They will
visit Highlands, Jocassee, Cashiers
Valley and Sapphire.
Joe Richie is the champion snake
killer of the season. He killed 90
in one day.
Lee Ivester, who is visiting rela.
tives in Walhalla, is seen among our
hills quite often of late.
Alexander Written and sister.
Miss Myra, of Richmond, visited
friends in this community recently.
g
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
A Physician Healed.

DR.. George Ewing, practicing physi.
clan of Smiths Grove, KY, for over
thirty years, writes his personal expert
ence with Foley's Kidney Cure "For
kidney and bladder trouble and enlarged
PROSTATE gland. / used everything
known to the profession without relief,
until commenced to use Foley's Kidney
Cure. After taking three bottles I was
entirely relieved and cured. prescribe
it new daily in my practice and heartily
recommend its use to all physicians for
such troubles. / have prescribed it in
hundreds of cases with perfect success"
For sale by j. w. Bell, Walhalla,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26

ing officer and thorough discipli-
marian. He believes in making his
men work and hopes thereby to
have them we'll trained in cavalry
tactics with dismounted formations.
He, however, is awake to the other
side of soldiers life and has 30
arranged the routine of the camp
that general leave may be obtained
by all except those on duty, from
guard mount in the morning till
5.45 p. M, when battalion drill is
held just previous to dress parade.
This gives the troopers plenty of
time to ramble around and accept
the many invitations showered upon
them by the hospitable people of the
city. Everywhere can be seen
couples of young ladies and soldiers
either driving or strolling and already
many of the yellow hat cords, bronze
KS. CPS" yellow chevrons and other
insignia have found their way to
sailor hats or shirt waists.
Some changes have taken place in
the membership Of the colonel's staff
and the officers of the staff who are
now in camp with Col. Sparkman
are: Major, w. T. Ellerbe; Adju-
tant, j. w. Doar; Judge Advocate,
M. w. Pyatt; Surgeon, DIR. Grin
Sawper; Quartermaster, Capt. o. p.
Burke; Paymaster, A. M. Brailsford,
Jr.; Sergeant Major, B. r. May.
Capt. N. G. Evans, of Edgeield,
was officer of the day on Wednesday
with Lieut.. Chas. Levy, of George
town, was officer of the guard.
Adjutant Doar has certainly been
busy. Just as the adjutants of the
other regiments previously in camp
found their duties so very trying and
arduous, so does Adjutant Doar find
his, and with the raw material to be
handled it is a very strenuous posi-
tion. He is faithful worker,
though, and has pulled things
through in good style.
"The health of the camp is re.
markable," said DR.. Sawyer, the
regimental surgeon, this morning.
He reports that there is no sickness
whatever. In fact, he has no one in
the hospital with the exception of
one or two who have sore feet or
bruised arms. The colonel and
everybody are proud of this fact and
hope the good health will continue.
A thorough policing of the camp
has been rigidly enforced and that is
considered one of the good points
toward the healthfulness of the
men. This morning the tents were
all fixed so that the walls were tied
back and the breezes blew through
as good ventilation. The blankets
were all folded properly and an
officer of each company examined
the tents to see that they were all
properly fixed. All the living ex-
periences of the regular army are
shown the volunteers by the company
of regulars and strict imitation is
carried out by the new men,"
The historical surroundings of this
county gives much to see and think
about and in nearly every battle
fought around here the cavalry has
been most prominent. This is being
more and more impressed upon the
troopers encamped here and they are
warming up to their duties with the
proper spirit. Where there are
three full regiments of infantry and
a battalion of artillery, there is but
this one regiment of cavalry-barely
600 men--in the South Carolina
volunteer militia, and they are being
made to understand the Importance
of their organization.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26


wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou.
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec.
commended for everything but II you havekid.
ney, liver or bladder trouble 1t will be found
just the remedyyo need. Ithas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work. in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful In
every case that special arrangement has
been made by'which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried 1t, may have a
sample bottle sent free BY mail, also book
telling more about Swamp Root and how 10
find out ifyouhave kidney or bladder trouble,
When writing mention reading this generous
offer In this paper and E.vET-
send your address to 6EsIEsE,yk
Dr. Kilmer & Co. Bing- EIsliIlE !lialI
hamton. N. Y. The esz sssslI.
regular fifty cent and Homo Of lswamp.I,ocA
dollar Sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make any mistake, but remep,sI
Der the name-Swamp-R Root DIR. - s &,
mer's Swamp Root, and the ..as
Binghamton, N. Y,--on eveEy..l
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26
F0ley's Kidney Cure

Will cure Bright's disease.
Will cure diabetes.
Will cure stone in bladder.
Will cure kidney and bladder diseases.
Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all dis
eases arising from disordered kidneys or
bladder. For sale by j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-26


cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II Is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century: dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf.
n ut kidney and biad.