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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09
The OLD HOME DAYS.

old stone doorstep Bsng you! suffered "ropar
0reong Bessngs ia have ia met you anywvrs
By the ancient
Waving soft through Memorys haze
ln the dear home daysl
Old stone doorstep recall you'll found you tho hill
And ne by 0eorge I'll haul where you'll make noble sill
b9mmat rough but might be rugho no9g9 Mgh me- su'
Al Of us ts1i toll and suffer must be Wrnk'd more OF s''
In the old homo days!
So hltched the oxen 10 you n path wore,
Where the efowbar made YOU worry heavy
And laughed hurry wrggeo into places
In the far home days!
you stayed granted life parts
upon planet 3 the uant heart.
AZ fond memory through the labyrinth OF years
And we thread the tangled maze
To tho old home days.
Still giant like warden, towers beside tho gae m
How he captured usoh the mad and wight
Through the tangled branches flung us till we shouted with delight
In the long home days!
Peaceful hour The twilight shadows Of the harvest evening gray
the inked that the day DONE
And the bees donlng with their golden
In the sweet home days
Hung above you on the trels we're the Concos dew
Growing swee for the halce the ioound summer aew,
And heard the tumble where the river on~n twain
And the rumble and the grumbe Of the grndb vain,
And watched each changing phase
OF the old home days.
old doorstep Frances grass
And the and ohaned as the hours OF evening sped
And the echoes OF the lays
Sung in the old home days!
Memories throng swelling pain RELIEF
Holy yelling the blessed foul of grief
And footprints that have vanished from the path foreyemo
AS through binding mists we gaze
W. A. Crofut n Springfield Bopub.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09
SHE KNEW JOSH
A witness Who wa Not at All Reiuct
ant to Speak Out.


ant to Speak Out.
"Now, madam" said the counsel for
the defendant to little, wiry, black
eyed, fdgety woman, who had been
summoned in a case you will please
give your evidence in as few words as
possible. You know the defendant?"
know who?"
THE defendant-Mr. Joshua Bagg?"
Josh Bagg? I do know him, and
knowed his father before him, and
don't know nothin' to the credit Of
either of EN-, and l don't think"
1--WE don't want to know what you
think, madam. Please say yes or mo-
to my questions.
What questions?"
do you know Mr. Joshua Bagg?"
."Dont know him, though. You ask
Josh Bagg if he knows me. Ask him
If he knows anything about trying to
cheat a poor wilder like me out Of
$25. Ask"
Madam, Il"
ASK him whose orchard he robbed
last, and why he did it in the night.
Ask his wife, Betsy Bagg, if she knows,
anything about slippin' into neight
boris field and milkin, three cows on
the sly. Ask"
Look here, madam"
Ask Josh Bagg about that uncle Of
his that died in prison. Ask him about
tlettin his pore old mother die in the
jworkhouse. Ask Betsy about putting
a big brick into lot of butter she sold
last SPRING"
Madam, tell you
"See if Josh Bagg knows anything
about feeding 10 head Of cattle on all
the salt they could eat, and then let
ting them swill down all the water
they could hold, just fore he dirty them
into town and sold 'em. See what he's
got to say to that"
@That has nothing to do with the
case. / want you to-"
Then there was old Azrael Bagg
own uncle to Josh, got kicked out Of
his native town, and Betsy Bagg's owl
brother got ketched in a neighbor'l
henhouse at midnight Ask Josh
Madam, what do you know abou
this case?"
81 don't know a living thing bon
it, but I'm sure JOSH Bagg Is guilty
whatever, it is. The fact is. I've OWES
them Baggse grudge 1or the rs
Us years, and got eif called III
on purpose to get even with EN- AM
4 feel I've done it'I.ondon Tit Bits
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09

1T as interesting to know that the bat
tleships and cruisers now building ing
the government yards in England, ex-
cept Davenport, are costing more than
the estimates, save il 8 single case Of
the Albemarle. in which a saving of
$4,000 was effected This IS not SUCH.
an indictment against goYernmeH
building as it seems at first sight fer
the light contract-built batlleships now
building will exceed their estimates
By 100000 and the eleven cruisers IS
1876, O00 At Davenport a sayin
s20,570 was made in the buildin
the Bulwark and s21,7 35 in the bu
ing Of the Implacable.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09

be ly adapted for
1.aa htH
onomlc uses Of furnd
hove aa rreatly leYolaRaa
the lasI IcN years
cartod away from &c I1U ana
posed 81 b the most afa''a
as SO much refuse material
worth tho cost Of oarting a daa
erablo portion Of this waste IS
pot 10 some profitable use 81
titute fofr artificial porphyff 81
construction Of buildings and Io
street pavements Paving stones
are made from 1t Cor the stfee of
Metz, Brussels, and Paris, Of q quaIlty
sufficiently durable TO stand heavy
traffic
a very important innovation In tho
metallurgical industry in Germany is
the utilizing Of the waste gases Of
blast furnaces for working gas en-
gines
Gas machines for utilizing these
gases were introduced into Germany
about 1898 Good results were report
ed from all quarters, which lead to the
belief that this is a material advance
in the development Of an importart
gas-machine industry.
Nearly all OF the formerly waste
products Of lumber and timber are
now turned to some utility, and some
Of the new products thus formed
are Of considerable value. OF this
later class may be mentioned saw
dust, which was formerly considered
an absolute waste material, and was
allowed to float down the stream or
was thrown into a heap where Il
could be most conveniently disposed
Of French cabinetmakers have
found way of preparing this mat
erial which gives It a value far above
that of solid timber by process that
has been in vogue for at least 20 Or
80 years, combining the use Of hyi.
raulic press and the application Of
intense heat.
"The production of acetic, wood
naphta, and tar from sawdust is one
of the latest enterprises in Norway
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09
AmerIonn Horae. for Cavalry.

Sir R. Stewart and Lieutenant-Col-
onel Holland Of the Remount Commits
sion Of the British army have reported
that the North American horse Of 14.2
to Is hands Is the ideal type for
mounted infantry service. The fact
the shipments to soeth Africa were not
always satisfactory is attributed in
part to the hardships endurednby tlle
stock in transportation, and sim more
to the fact that few of them had a
chance to recover from the effects OF
the long voyage and become used to a
new and trying climate before they
we're hurried to the front for active
service.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09
Two Warriors and Their Last Charge.
811|'8I1V' w "
BY JOHN W. HARDING,
Author of "The Gate of the Kiss"

Heard the latest from the Philip
pines?" queried young Lieut.. Gay at
the Raconteurs' club, as he glanced up
from his newspaper at number of
the members who, cigar in mouth,
were enjoying the post-prandial hour
of dolce far niente, utterly Indifferent,
in their contentment and comfortable
surroundings, to the wind that ray
tied and the rain that beat against
the windows of their Fifth Avenue
clubhouse. Here's single Filipino
who has the sand to charge whole
American column!"
wow" chorused his listeners, in
credulously. Sand what happened to
the gentle Tagalog?"
'Ha isn't, or l suppose it is safe to
say wasn't Tagalog, but Moro" re-
piled the lieutenant, though I~sdp-
poseall Filipinos are alike to us here.
AS to what happened to him, the dis
patch leaves it to the imagination.
This is all it says:
Manila, Sept 27-Three compa-
MES of infantry, commanded by Capt
Eli A. Helmnick of the 10th regiment,
left Camp Wears, Island of Mindanao,
Thursday, to reconnoitre the Moro
forts and recover stolen arms. They
encountered only slight opposition.
The column captured and destroyed
the Butig forts. A few Moros were
killed. The American troops had no
casualties. A fanatical Moro, armed
with bolo, charged the column alone. "
There was silence for moment, as
each man, impressed by the dispatch
writer's laconic reference to the in
cident, mentally paid his tribute OF
pity and respect to the battle-frenzied
patriot of the distant isle who thus SUI
perbly had defied fate and the might
of his country's conquerors and, armed
with a useless sword, had courted a
warriors death from half a thousand
lightning bolts. Then slight, elegant
man of medium height, with clean-cut
features and gray pointed beard re-
marked quietly:
''That recalls similar and very ex-
traordinary incident which l witnessed
in the Soudan in 1885,"
The speaker was Stanford Hylish, g
visiting English journalist and ex-
war correspondent, to whom the cour.
tesies of the club had been extended
The entire company was attention i'm
mediately, and Mr.. Hylish, on being
pressed, continued:
ct was during the operations, begur
too late, alasl for the rescue OF. Cor
don at Khartoum l was with the col
umn commanded by Gen. Sir Herber
Stewart, which made that famous dasl
across the desert to Metemneh wheI
1900 Tommies and bluejackets at ABB
Kea fought off 10000 tribesmen who's
Y valor is immortalized in Kipling
baTrack-room ballad Fuzzy Wuzzy':
KAN ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, wit
your 'ayrick cad of air
You big black boundln' beggar-fo
you broke a British square
"The column was made up Of tn
Sussex regiment, mounted infantry
8 fcamel corps of guardsmen, and
detachment of men-o'-war's men, wit
troop Of the Nineteenth Hussar
acting as scouts. We hurried alon
with us four screw guns and a coupl
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09

Twenty-six different kinds Of insects
have been enumerated which attack
the sugar cane.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-01-09
Loves Fall.

"She's horribly conscientious"
'Yes?"
Eyes; she's not going to break her
seaside engagement. Detroit Free
Press.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
The Old Confederate Soldier.

A gallant Confederate veteran died In
the Laurens county poor house the other
day. We hold this to be o disgrace to
the State and to prevent such occurrences
nave nrged the establishment OF sol-
dsers' homo. The advocates of penaions,
however, have chosen to oppose yete.
rans' homo and have succeededsu MAX
Ing the State pay more than $500. 600 q
year In pensions. IL pensions could take
the place Of q homo why IL it that all.
larry Moseley died Q pauper in county
aims housep And IL his pension was not
enough to maintain him in decency why
was it Insufficient With 100000 1t
would seem that our needy and disabled
Veterans ought TO bs clothed and fed
The trouble is that for political and
other reasons the pension fund is too
widely disseminated, Instead OF going
TO few hundred men like hillary Nose
ley and, keeping them In comfort 1t is
distributed among 1900 pensioners, not
ono OF whom receives as much as is due
to man disabled In the service of his
State, January 10.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
Impure Meat Sale.

A Chicago newspaper says it has
come into possession of letter
written TO provision dealer in that
city from Charleston, s. c., asking
for consignment of bad meat. The
Charleston mans letter is quoted
thus: "I have large demands for re-
jeoted and number two meats of all
kinds, also cut and scrap pieces OF
meat. Quantity and quality no
object to me. l can sell any
thing in the line of meats, no matter
how bad it may be-" The consumers
of these bad meats are, of course, to
be found in the large negro element
with which Charleston is saddled
1t is probable that in every other
large Southern city, having a con.
siderable negro population there
exists u similar demand for bad
meats. And there can be no doub,
that the consumption of this inn.
proper food is one reason why the
negro death rate is 80 much bigge,
that the death rate of the whites.--
Savannah Morning News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
South Cardinals Address 10 Dlspe nsers.

Dear Friends Grateful to you for
your zeal in the discharge of your
onerous duties and the self.saorifice you
have undergone in accepting the position
which you enj ~, l wish to call your at
tention to the facts enumerated below:
Please notify your customers that I
have bought an ample supply of choice
wines, xxx whiskey, lager beer for the
coming year. You will therefore exert
yourselves to make big sales and continue
to make drunkards and beggars for the
sober, industrious and respectable people
to support. My liquors may incite them
to riot, robbery and bloodshed, and will
certainly diminish their comforts, aug
ment their expenses and shorten their
lives. l can confidently recommend
them to multiply fatal accidents and dis
tressing diseases, and is most liable to
render them incurable.
They will deprive some of life, some
of reason, many of character, and all of
peace; will make fathers flends, wives
widows and mothers cruel, children
orphans and all poor. They will train
the young to ignorance, dissipation and
infdelity, lewdness and every vice; cor
rupt the ministers of religion, obstruct
the gospel, defile the church and cause
as much temporal and eternal death as
any cause can.
Therefore accommodate the "dear
people," even at the cost of your worth
iess souls, for l am compelled to have
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
New TWo.Cent Stamp.

Washington, January 9.-The new
2-cent postage stamp with the new por.
trait of Washington is about ready fo1
issue and will be distributed to the post
offices throughout the country in the
course of the next week or ten days
The new stamp is the same color as the
old 2-cent stamp, but its makeup is en-.
tirely different. The portrait of Wash.
ington is taken from one of the Stuart
pictures and is three quarters full face.
1t is regarded as an excellent picture.
The portrait is set in shield-shaped
medallion in about the center of the
stamp. On each side of the medallion
are American flags hanging in graceful
folds from standards which appear to
stand at the base of the picture. Over
the medallion are the words u. S. of A.,
and beneath the picture are the dates
1892. 2.1790. The stamp is more orna-
mental and artistic, it is claimed by the
post office authorities, than any of the
stamps of the old issue, and its general
composition is in keeping with the style
Of the new issue.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21

money, for it is paying trade, and en-
courage all to buy and sell, and close
your eyes. The dear people have
licensed the trade and made it lawful
and even Christians (p) encourage it, and
II you do not bring these evils upon
them somebody else will. 1 know the
Bible says, "Thou shalt not kill" pro-
nounoes a woe upon him 'that giveth his
neighbor drink" and enjoins you not to
put stumbling block in your brothers.
way" 1t also says no drunkard maker
shall inherit the kingdom of God, and
surely no one expects drunkard- maker,
without repentance, to share better
fate. But want ready money and am
resolved to gather the wages Of iniquity
and fatten on the ruin of my "dear peo.
ple." desire you to carry on my trade
with energy and do your best to diminish
their wealth, impair their health, and
impoverish them as speedily as possible.
AS your traffic flourishes in proportion
to their ignorance and sensuality, you
will exert your power to prevent their
intellectual elevation, moral purity, 30
cial Happiness and eternal welfare.
Should you doubt my ability, cheer
fully refer you TO the pawn shops, the
police station, the hospital, the asylum,
Jail and the gallows. "rhey are they
which testify OF me-" S. @.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
Cured
At 20 of Heart Dis
ease Contracted
During Civil War
Veteran Grateful.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
Effected Cure.

Heart disease is durable, but in people of
advanced age it does not readily lend itself
to ordinary treatment There is, however,
hope for all sufferers in DR.. Miles Heart
Cure, which we know from watching hun
dreds of cases and from the letters of grateful
sufferers, will cure where all else has failed
It Is not only wonderful cure for weak and
diseased hearts, but it is blood tonic, reg
ulator OF the hearts action and the most
effective treatment ever formulated for i'm
proving the circulation of the blood.
During the Civil war / contracted heart
disease, and in 1896, while living in the grand
old town of Lexington. Va, grew so much
worse, | left there with my wife to visit my
sster.in.law, Mrs. T. A. Kirby, at Roanoke.
Va. While said nothing to anyone 1 never
town: On REACHING Mrs. Kirby's she insisted
cured few bottles of 1t, also the Nervine
and Tonic. After using one or two bottles
could see no improvement, and despared
OF ever being better, but my faithful wife in
sisted on keeping 1t up, which did. I'm
provement soon began in earnest and took
in all fifteen or sixteen bottles. was re-
stored to perfect health and while l am 10
years old, l am comparatively boy You
Sir, are benefactor, and cheerfully recon-
mend DR.. Miles Heart Cure to suffering
humanity."-J. l.. SLAUGHTER, Salem, va.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle
DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Addres
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21

tion to those who would consult
them.
16. Tie establishment Of bureau
of immigration for the purpose of
keeping the resources of the State
steadily and intelligently before the
investment and home-seeking world.
The Governor supports all his
recommendations with some very
reasonable argument or suggestion.
They are all of a practical nature
and ought to be considered by the
Legislature on their merits. There
is nothing in the message to excite
any animosities or to revive the
recollections of a recent unhappy
past. The members of the Legisla-
ture are reminded that government
should attempt to do no more than
to protect persons and property and
enforce contracts voluntarily made" !"
and that "the least governed are the
best governed" 1t is hoped that the
Senators and Representatives will
keep this true philosophy steadily in
mind. AS the Governor says very
wisely, eff all men would refrain
from interfering with the rights of
others or of molesting them, govern
ment would not be necessary"
Governor McSweeney will retire
from office with good record be-
hind him. He has done his best for
the State. He could wish for no
higher praise than that.-News and
Courier, January 14th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
Among the Methodists.

DIR. j. w. Daniel preached for the
first time in the new Trinity church,
Charleston, last Sunday. The build
ing will soon be ready for dedica-
tion.
Rev. j. l.. Daniel has made fine
impression at Summerville. His
sermons always give evidence of
ability and thoughtful preparation.
Rev. Geo. III. Pooser, pastor OF
the Foreston Circuit, was in Sumter
one day this week on business. He
is in good spirits and is planning for
a fruitful year.
Miss Edith Pooser, daughter of
Rev. Geo. H. Pooser, has been elected
to a vacancy in the Manning graded
school. She reported for duty at
once and is now at works. G. Ad-
vocate, January Is.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21

Thos. A. Edison's New Years
Offering to the world is a perfected
storage battery. He says the prob
lems of the coming year are fighting
bacteria; getting electricity direct
from coal; getting power cheaply
from the elements, and applying
electricity more generally to manu-
factures. He intends Immediately
attacking the problem of cheaper
electricity. He has good words for
Marconi and wireless telegraphy.
He has no faith in flying machine
talk. He says medicine is played
out and thinks scientists may find
the germ of old age. The news
paper, in his opinion, is "the great
est school of the day." and he looks
for wonderful year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
Higher Rates for Freight.

Chicago, January 8.-Freight rates on
nearly all commodities transported by
Western railroads are to be raised in tho
next thirty days, and if the scale at
present contemplated goes into effect the
revenues of the roads will be increased
during 1908 by at least $1OO,0OO,O0O. The
first step toward this advance was taken
at a meeting Of Western executive
officials yesterday. There was no dis
senting voice to the sentiment that
freight should be raised to meet the in
creased cost of labor and of materials.
The rates will be at least per cent
higher in all commodity tariffs. Proba-
bly, 30 per cent of the traffic of the cOun-
try is moved on what are known as COM
modify rates, the remaining traffic being
carried on class rates.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21

A correspondent writing from
Clemson to an exchange says that
Col. J. s. Newman advocates the
planting of the locust tree for posts.
He has fine lot of them growing
now, and tree. only a year old,
growing from the H. light
feet high. The trees grow yaa. or
red clay land, no matter how pou
in fact the poorer the better. Col.
Newman says the posts will last for
ever, and he knows of many hun
dred years old that are still sound.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-21
The Gluck Mills.

A commission to organize and then in
corporate has been issued to the Gluck
Cotton Mills, of Anderson, s. G, with
capital stock placed at $5OO,OOO. Messrs.
X. s. Hill, N. b. Sullivan, Robert f..
Ligon and Joseph N. Brown are the in
corporators. Mr.. Hill announced in
October his intention to form a company
for building a large plant, and this in
corporation Is to complete that plan. 1t
25,000 spindles and $50 looms for manu-
featuring high grade of cotton cloth.
More definite particulars will be ready
for publication in the near future.