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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
Lynched for the Usual Crime.

Scottsboro, Ala, June 30.-An.
drew Diggs, negro, was taken from
Jail last night and hanged by mob.
The negro was arrested on Sunday
for an attempt to assault Miss Alma,
the nineteen-year- daughter Of
DIR. B. b. Smith. The Sheriff seized
two pistols when the mob arrived
and, mounting the stairs, said he
would kill any one who attempted
to come up. The threat was met
with volley and the Sheriff emp
tied his revolver in reply. One shot
took effect in the Sheriff's right leg
and the other in his pistol arm. The
daughter of the Sheriff ran to her
father, and was at once covered by a
pistol in the hands of a member of
the mob and made to deliver tho
keys to the cell in which the negro
was confined. Ono of the masked
men summoned a doctor who re-
sponded promptly and dressed the
wounds of the Sheriff, which are
not dangerous. The negro made
confession to the brother of the
young lady and others who visited
the Jail after his capture.
TALK OF ARRESTS.
Nashville, Tenn, June 30.-A spe-
cial from Stevens, Ala, says that
Governor Jelk has been notified of
the Scottsboro lynching and has been
asked to order an investigation.
Five of the leaders of the mob were
recognized and it is thought their
arrests will be made before night.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

The Brown cotton concern is
bringing a great deal of queer cot
ton to New Orleans, says dispatch
of June 27th,t from that city. Cot
ton has become 80 valuable that the
owners of gins are scraping the
floor and have made up several bales
of cotton. Perhaps the most extra
ordinary bale, however, is one that
arrived here to-day from Georgia. 1t
is of the crop of 1872, and is conse-
quently 81 years old. Its owner held
out for 16 cents that year, but when
the market broke and cotton went
down, he swore he would never sell
it for less than Is cents. When cot
ton went up to ID cents in New Or
leans he shipped it here to be ready
for the 16 cents he pledged himself
to. The cotton has been stored in a
room for 81 years and is thoroughly
dried out, having lost fifty pounds in
the process of drying.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
wALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA. JULY 8. 1908.
Million for a Servant.

A Chicago special says: The scar
city here of kitchen, dining room
and general utility maids is declared
to be unprecedented. AS conse-
quence many of the brown-stone
residences and marble palaces which
from without look so attractive and
secure, are nothing less than the
haunts of sadness and hunger.
Despite the munificent offer of
John Farson, banker, to 80 frame his
will as to leave a model servant girl
81 100000 should she accept steady
employment under his roof, there
has been no rush of skilled "home
help" to this city in the last few
months.
Mr.. Parsons bank check is still
blank, and the kitchens and pantrics
of a thousand stately mansions are
barren of edibles. Scores of fami-
lies who were forced to seek susie
nance at neighbering hotels and
cafes are now in dire distress, for the
inns are without walters and the
cafes lack both cooks and "cook- ees."
Offers of $500 week are said to
be small temptation to the trained
woman chef and her equally needed
assistants. A few servants have been
hired at this figure of late, but the
result has not invariably been salts
factory.
With the $7.00 "per" must 90 the
following conditions:
The servant must have every other
night "off."
She must also have the privilege
of an occasional afternoon for shop
ping and returning calls.
She must have room by herself,
the second cook and the other SER
wants demanding individual rooms
as we'll. She must have the right to
entertain her friends in royal fashion
should she 80 desire.
She may leave her place and ac-
cept better offer without any no.
tice, and in the midst of function
given by the "lady of the house," if
the fancy so seizes her.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
State Sunday Schools.

Mr.. w. r.. Pelham, of Newberry,
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the State Sunday School AS
ISOLATION, has issued the following
important circular letter:
"To Pastors, Superintendents and
Teachers: The Goth annual con-
vention of the South Carolina Sun
day School Association will be held
in Washington Street Presbyterian
church of Greenville, S. c., August
25.27. The executive committee
recommends that the county conven-
tions be held either during July or
August and that delegates be then
elected to the S6ate convention.
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, known as
the most expert primary teacher in
this country, will attend the conven-
tion, teach the lessons and make adj
dresses. We are very fortunate in
securing Mrs. Bryner's services for
this meeting. Prominent speakers
of all denominations will take part.
Programs will be issued later.
"Let all of our Christian people
encourage by presence as by sympa-
thy this important gathering that
great good may come from the cause
we all love 80 much.
"W. E. Pelham,
chairman State Executive Com
mittee.''
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
3 EaK5sl5 EsIgISa5I3sI .
II CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. k2N
II Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Ueo III
vel In time. Sold by druggIets. III
9 SaSEsAg lil{lHRSlS "a
Crhm Favors Lynchings.

Chicago, ILL.,, July 3.--Collector
W. ID. Crum, of Charleston, S. c.,
has shocked his fellow negroes by
advocating lynching. At meeting
held here Tuesday night he said:
Iynchings SAVIOR of the barbarism
of the dark ages, but we must think
of the crimes that provoke them.
These crimes are so atrocious that
no punishment is too severe for them.
Lynohing is not race problem"
said Crum. "There is no North or
South, but the form of unlawful pun.
ishment is general all over the coun-
try. The most horrible lynching
which ever took place in this country
occurred in Delaware only a few
days ago. Such punishments savor
of the barbarisms Of the dark ages,
but we must cons der the crimes that
provoke them. They are SO afro
cious that no punishment is too
severe.
"Too many persons denounce
lynchings without considering their
cause. If the law was quick and
decisive there would be fewer lynch.
ings. The remedy is to exterminate
the horrible wretches who commit
the crimes-not by killing them, but
by teaching them better"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

impaired, W h en-
t II ere is a dull,
sluggish feeling,
with nervousness,
irritability and
8 e e pi e s s n e 3 8.
Every day that
t Ii e e symptoms
are neglected in
creases the liabil-
ity to p h y 81 C al
collapse.
DR.. Pierc e 8
Gold e II Medical
Discovery cures
disc Sc 8 of the
stomach and other
organs of diges-
t;o,, aud ,,rfr;fspn
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
HOW's This 7

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney &c Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known f.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by Their
firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood ant
mucous surfaces of the system. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
According TO records of lvncbino

According to records of lynchings,
as preserved by the Chicago Tribune
for II years, there are but four States
Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Utah-in which
mob vengeance has not prevailed.
The South has furnished four-fifths
of the recorded lynchings, having
executed 2,O8O out of 2,516 illegally
killed. Of the total 1878 were
negroes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
No False Claims.

The proprietors of Foley's Honey and
Tar do not advertise this as "sure cure
for consumption" They do not claim
it will cure this dread complaint in ad-
vanced cases, but do positively assert
that it will cure in the earlier stages and
never fails to give comfort and relief in
the worst cases. Foley's Honey and Tar
is without doubt the greatest throat and
lung remedy. Refuse substitutes. For
sale by j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

urine scaIds the flesh or II, when the child
reaches an age when It should be able to
control the passage, II Is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting. depend upon 1t. the cause of
the difficulty Is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root Is soon realized. 1t Is sold
by druggists. In fifty E.k
cent and one dollar eEzI|IaeHk 6s;sEssaa
sizes. You may have III E EEl3ssiii;fd
sample bottle by mail stssls sblLssEsfflEEgn w
free, also pamphlet tell Home OF swamp Root.
Ing all about 1t. including many OF the
thousands OF testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remem-
Der the name-Swamp- Root--Dr. Kill
ner's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y.--on every bottle,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

otoP VA eho Eiouuuc VI sho 1tSrlcui-
tural Society's experiment station, at
Charleston. 1t was not our state
ment, but that of farmer cores
pondent of an agricultural journal,
that cone acre of the plant will feed
five horses a year," and he said that
this was his experience with tho
plant. 1t would be a mighty good
forage plant for South Carolina
farmers, we submit, if one acre of it
would feed one horse or one COW a
year. 1t was the same farmer, we
believe, who claimed that "once
established, the crop will last life
time" We have heard of the crops
standing on the same ground for
fifty or sixty years, but the most
that is claimed for it usually is that
it lasts for ten or twelve years, from
one planting. And that, we think,
is long enough, to command fair
trial for it. A variety of cotton
that would make ten crops in success
sion, from one planting, would be in
great favor and demand throughout
South Carolina, and it is said that
alfalfa "pays" better, in many ways,
than cotton.
Mr.. Brabham cites the experience
of one of his friends who tried can
acre or two" of alfalfa, which proved
dismal failure, but we cannot re-
gard the trial as conclusive. Much
depends on the character and pre-
paration of the land, ETC., and we
have no particulars regarding the
experiment in question, except that
the land was very good. Our infor.
nation is that alfalfa will not thrive
on any land that is not we'll drained,
and that it will fail utterly and
speedily on the richest bottom land,
where the subsoil remains wet. The
roots of the plant will 60 deep-as
far as 20 feet-in search of water,
but it will do poorly if they find
standing water at a depth of few
feet. One of the chief merits of
the plant is its drought-resisting
qualities. 1t is best adapted, there
fore, to dry or well drained soils. Its
peculiar b abits must be regarded, of
course, to get the best results from it.
We do not think that the luxu-
rance of our native vegetation is
any drawback to the cultivation of
alfalfa in this region. Grass and
weeds grow rank in the West as we'll
as here, and alfalfa is not confined
to the "treeless plains" of the West.
1t is grown from the Canada line to
the Mexican line; and is an especial
favorite in the districts where irriga-
tion is employed with so marvellous
results where an acre of land is
worth as much, and produces as
much, as small farm in parts of our
State. If farmers in that region
can contend with weeds and grass in
their extensive alfalfa fields, a farmer
in South Carolina can take care of a
few acres.
Finally, it may be remarked, even
if crop of alfalfa would not stand
for more than one year in South
Carolina, because of the weeds and
grass, it is well worth planting every
year. 1t costs no more for planting
and cultivating than other crops, and
all the testimony we have is to the
effect that it is one of the best and
biggest and most profitable crops
known in this section of the country.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

The government will be asked for
$4,000, 900 for the mississippi levees
It's big undertaking to control the
water of that river, but if it's worth
attempting itshould be done on scale
that will prove effective.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
Out of Plumb. /.

When the wall is out oe plumb the
building is more or less unsafe, and the
higher the wall is carried out of the per-
pendicular the greater the danger of col
lapse. It's about so with the health It
is out of plumb when the digestion 10
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

A. II. Bass, Of Morgantown, Ind, had
to got up ten or twelve times in the night,
and had severe backache and pains in
the kidneys. Was cured by FOlcy's Kid
ney Cure. For sale by j. W. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
Bronchitis for Twenty Years.

Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danvillo, ILL.,,
writes: II had bronchitis for twenty
years and never got relief until used
Foley,s Honey and Tar, which is sure
cure" For sale by j. w, Bell. Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

Watermelons and green peaches
are on the market and the doctors
are looking more hopeful.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

Foley's Kidney Cure purifies the blood
by straining out impurities and tones up
the whole system. Cures kidney and
bladder troubles. For sale by j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

When other medicines have failed take
Foley's Kidney Cure. 1t has cured when
everything else has disappointed. For
sale by j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

DehhJt '6St
and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
thatit Is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. lfthe child urin-
ates too often ~ the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08

Sound kidneys are safeguards of life.
Make the kidneys healthy with Foiey's
Kidney Cure. For sale by j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-08
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty. yipor
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18
LAY CLAIM TO HAl.LEM.
1eirs of Dutch FreehOiders About 20
Begin Action to Recover Salu-
able District of New YOrk.

Most of the land owners in Harlem
are not the rightful possessors Of
their holdings, according to a law
yer of New York city. Heirs of
Dutch freeholders of $50 .'ears ago,
some thousands in number, ON the
authority of this lawyer, are owners
of Harlem, of large part of Central
park, and of about all of the water
front property on the East river.
from Seventyfourth street to Har-
lem river, along the Harlem river,
and down the Hudson to One Hun
dred and Twenty-ninth street.
The present day value of the prop
erty is conjectured to be one bill
lion dollars.
Prominent among the descendants
of the alleged rightful owners are
President Roosevelt, Gov. Odell and
Putnam Bradlee Strong, son of the
late Mayor Strong.
In 1666-67 the duke of York,
through Colonial Gov. Nichols, gave
grants and charters to 20 men, who
were created a corporation known
at the Town of New Harlem. and later
further grants and patents were is
sued t. the 90, and to their heirs,
successors and assigns forever"
The plan of the lawyer in charge
of the matter is to gather a major
ity of the descendants, and, as he
says they are all by inheritance mem
bers of the corporation. have them
hold a meeting, elect officers, and
parcel the land among themselves.
It is argued that quit claims, leases
or deeds executed by any descend
ants of the grantees are void, be-
cause no individual had right to dis
pose of the property, but only a
right to vote at the corporation meet
ing.
President Roosevelt, who traces his
ancestry to the Brevoorts, of colo
NAL times, will, it is announced. ap
pear at the meeting of the descend
ants
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18
HAS AK THAT LINCOLN USED.
DIR. NJ. b. Emery, n 81. Louis PhyHlcian,
Says He Was Onered $4,000
for the Relic.

DR.. NJ. B. Emery, formerly Of
Bangor. Me-, but now of St. Louis,
has in his possession an ak which he
declares was used by Abraham Lin
coin in splitting ~ails.
DR.. Emery says that the ak was
given him by Lincoln in the early
fifties, when he and Lincoln were
both residents Of Springfield. Ill.
DR.. Emery, who lived close to Lin
coin, went over to the Lincoln home
to borrow an az to cut kindIing. Mr..
Lincoln gave him the ak. telling him
that he could keep It If he liked
Ever since DR.. Emery has carried
the az with him, and declares that
he has beet offered $1,000 70 part
with IL and refused.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18
Notice To Contractors.
State of Mississippi
Washington County

washington OOunSy
By virture Of an order Of the Board
of Supervisors made this day, sealed
bids are invited to be filed with the
undersigned clerk, on or before
O'CLOCK A. NJ. on Monday, the third day
of August, 1903.
1st. For raising Puplic Road No. 10,
in said County, in accordance with
profile in the Office of the Chancery
Clerk, there being about 2sz6 cubic
Yards of dirt used in the raising of
said road.
End. For the raising of roads and
2, in said County, in accordance with
the file in the Office of the Chancery
Clerk, there being 1000 cubic yards Of
earth work in these roads.
Given under my handssand seal this
9th day Of July, A. D., 1903
J.H. HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18

Monday afternoon Master, virgin
Payne the handsome little son OF Dr.
and Mrs A. G. Payne, celebrated his
fifth birthday by entertaining a
large number of his small friends at
a delightful garden party.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18

an urn-shnped vase, while Miss
shackelford was presented with a
handsome silver mounted umbrella as
a guests prize.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18

Miss Shackelford, of st. Louis,
was the honoree at a card party
given on Thursday afternoon by her
sister. Mrs. E. N. Thomas. The re-
ception rooms where the game was
shaved were rendered delightfully."-
cool BY a number of electric fans and
ornamented with. tropical plants and
miG.summer flowers. Mrs. Joe. B. Har.
bison captured the prize for progress
sions. a decorated vase, and Mrs. 8.
W. Shields was awarded the prize
for the greatest number Of lone hands,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18

The local lodge of Odd Fellows,
No. "a, installed their new officers
last Tuesday night after which
large and sumptuous banquet was
spread. Below are the officers in
stalled:
Chas. Reiter, N. g.,
H. H. Hirsch, v. G.,
j W Ward, Treasurer,
A $ Winfred, Secretary.
The lodge is one of the str ongest
in the State
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18
ISoclA Matters "
hd PERSONAL MeNtlou

a Mrs. Mason Pitcher, of
ski, were guests of relatives
ing the week.
s. King and Miss Jennie
{ St. Louis, who heve been
Mrs. VIM. Richardson, are at
guests of Mrs. Kings sister,
u. r. Garfield, in Belle Aire
George Wheeler has returned
few days visit to her parents,
Mrs. Magruder, in Hollen-
Frank Larkin has gone to
the remainder of the summer
beagle, Tenn.
Harry March has gone on q
b business and pleasure trip
York.
W. K. McLaurin, of Vicks-
he been a guest of Mrs. J. M.
uring the past few days.
.. V. Bell and Miss Lizzie
pn left recently for Boston
here they will go to visit in
ork.
Lizzie Scott, of Rosedale' has
guest of Miss Carrie Bovine
week.
B. B. Payne and her children,
eetryile, were guests of Miss
Mosby for short while this
fhile en- route to the Gulf
where they go for the benefit
health of Mrs. Payne's small
Pn, Eho has been quite ill.
NJ j. Mullins has returned
visit to her sister, Mrs.
LIN st. Louis.
|G. B. Hunt came home on
|lday after a ten days stay at
|'s Wells.
J. B. HARRISON lis spending
PA visiting various points of
\ in the East.
and Mrs. J. j. Richards are
ng the summer in Chautauqua,
FORK
Helen Sanders, of Little Rock,
q been visiting relatives near
1e, was a guest for several
gently of Miss Nettie Ehrlich.
y ]. Ryan and his daughter,
ryan, are visiting Cooper's
Margaret George has returned I
Jackson, Miss. where she has
guest of her sister, Mrs. Shot
N. F. HARRISON is in Brandon, |
tor the summer.
Herman Blum paid visit to
In Greenwood during the past |
Payne, of Winterville, has
guest for several days of Mrs.
farbison. /
D. A. Love and Mrs. NJ. P.
ut have gone to visit on the
Lakes. They will be absent
utumn.
lames P. H. Gilbert, Albert |
nier and r. Clinton, of vicks-
we're guests last week Of Mrs.
Lake.
w H. Negus returned on
nay from Cooper s Wells. !
:, 4. Geise has returned from
2 OOOperss Wells.
'phn Primrose, Jr., hsa gone
AlH nsw home 9ssf Menpbss.
:. N. Durham, of vicksburg, |
RsitOr in the city on wednes-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-07-18

with Ben Pepperman; Miss Ruby
Simmons with E. Wolf; Miss Pear
Simmons with Mr.. Sam Samfield
of Memphis, Tenn. Miss Nettie
Enrich with @. Stern; Miss Minnie
Rosenfeld with B. Pepperman; Miss
Ray Eckstone with M. Bergmn, and
Miss Claudia Schlessinger with j..
Hendell.