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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18
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Never let Yourself think that your
circumstances are stronger than
your Heavenly Father. an incident
told 10y a Christian worker of long
experience gives the key to the VIC
torious life in the midst of tempta-
tion.
4! Some time ago, at a meeting held
in a large seaport town, two sailors,
when spoken TO about salvation, said /:
at amt no use. II we give up
drinking and swearing tonight, we
should be as bad as ever tomorrow" )"
The leader of the meeting took
his watch from his pocket and said !:
"Do you think the maker OF this
watch could wind it up again?"
"Of course he could, STRIP was the
answer.
swell, God is your maker, and
don't you think he could wind you
up and keep you goingp"
Il
81 never thought of that, sir"
"Come to him, then, and prove his
power. He can put you in working
order, and keep you going on board
ship just as we'll as on land.".
They both sought salvation.
Some eight or nine months later,
when they returned from a voyage,
and were asked how they had got
on, they replied:
Gail right, thank God We made
up our minds that every morning we
would kneel down and ask him to
wind US up for the day, and every
night we would thank him for hav-
ing done it.; and he did"
/ Il
Hour by Hour.
For years Striker Jones, a tall,
powerful Scotchman, has held the
position of s'boss striker" at the steel
works. Nearly all the men in his
department were hard drinkers, and
he was no exception to the rule.
But one day it was announced
among the workmen that he had be-
come religious; and, sure enough,
when pressed to take drink, he
said: 81 shall never take drink
mar, lads. Ma drunkard can inhabit
the kingdom of God"
/ A knowing one smiled and said
"Wait bit, wait bit. Wait until
the hot weather-until July. When
he gets as dry as gravel pit, then
he will give in. He can't help it,"
But right through the hottest
months he toiled, the sweat pouring
in streams, yet he never seemed to
be tempted to drink.
Finally, as l was taking the mems
time one evening, stopped and
spoke to him.
"Stowe," said I, "you used to take
considerable liquor. Don't you miss
it ?"
eyes," said he, emphatioally.
"How do you manage to keep
away from it ?"
"Weel, just this way. 1t is now
ten o'clock, isn't it?"
eyes"
"Weel, to-day is the twentieth of
the month. From seven till eight
asked that the Lord would halp me.
He did so, an I put down a dot on
the calendar right near the twenty.
From eight till nine he KEEP me, an
put down another dot. From nine
to ten he's KEEP me, an moo l gle
him the glory as l put down the
third dot. Just as 1 mark these |
pray, 20 Lord, halp me; halp me to
fight it off for another hour
1
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18
Notice Of Registration.

TIME Registretior Books will be- os,sl
IL at Cs w. Pitehford Co.'s store from
October 2lst, 100, to January 18th. 1904.
for the mueicipal election to be held
January 18th, 1903. Bripg your county
registration certificate aud tax receipt.
$. N. Pitchford,
Supervisor Of Registration.
October ID, 1908. Al.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

w 2Vtts
The W oman
w no suffers
from ili.health
casts q shadow
on her own hap
piness and the
happiness Of
9th ere. Sae
cannot help 1t.
Those who suf.
fer cSnno OF
smile ard sing.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

Six trainmen were killed and two
others injured, one probably fatally,
as result of a collision of freight
trains near New Hope, Ky, on the
Knoxville division of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad last Thursday.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

Day and nigkt, sunshine arid shadow
are NOT more different from each other
than q hsalthful from sickiy woman.
The healthitil woman carries light and
sunshine with her wherever she goes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

The 12-year-old boy at Tulsa, In.
dian Territory, who Drained his step
father with an axe, will probably be
convicted of "steppatricide."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18
n the case of Mrs. l.. G. Tribble,
Plaintiff, against
Oscar Harris, Defendant.

All that piece, parcel or tract Of land
situate, lying and being in the county
and State above named, about two miles
from the town of Townville, on the south
side of the Westminster road, adjoining
lands of Handy Harris, w. Il. Hunt and
others, containing one hundred and
ninety three and three-fourth acres,
more or less, and being the same tract
conveyed to Oscar Harris by w. d. Hall.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash on day
of sale and balance in one annual install
ment; credit portion to bear interest
from day of sale and be secured by a
bond of the purchaser or purchasers and
mortgage of the premises, with leave
to the purchaser to anticipate payment.
Purchaser to pay extra for papers.
w. o. WHITE,
Master for Oconee County.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

The size of the family Bible
doesn't always indicate the amount
of religion there is in the family.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

THE COURIER and the Atlanta Consti-
tuition and the Home and Farm one year
br the sum of 80.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18
| A FACT
ABOUT THE "BLUES"

What Is known as the "Blues'
Is seldom occasioned by actual exist
ing external conditions, but In th e
great majority Of cases by a disorder.
ed gVRD
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18
MASTERS SALES.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

In the Court of Common Pleas.
DY virtue of Decretal Orders in the
I'D cases named below, signed by his
Honor Chas. G.Dantzler, Presiding Judge,
l will sell, AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
in front of the Court House door, in
Walhalla, South Carolina, on salesday in
December, 1908, between the legal hours
of sale, the following described real
estate, to-wit:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

Flag stations.
All regular trains from Bolton to Walhalla
have precedence over trains of the same class
wise specified by train order.
win also stop at the following stations to take
on and let of passengers: Phinneys, James's and
Sandy Springs.
Nos II and IL, first class passenger, daily; Nos.
and 10, daily except Sunday; Nos. and @,
Sunday only; Nos. and z, second class, mixed,
Mixed daily. ~
j. r.. ANDERSON, superintendent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18

Master for Oconee County, S. @.
November IL, 1908. 45-4S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
WALTER BENNETT CUT.
Well-known Young Man Dangerously
 Wounded By Negro.

Walter Bennett, wire inspector for the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company. was dangerously cut by an rn- known negro last night about Il o'clock in Fritz Carle's saloon on South Twen- tieth street.
 He was carried to Kllne's drug store where Doctors Ransom and Moore dressed the wounds. Later he was carried to the hospital
 The negro cut Bennett twice, once across the neck near the jugular vein and the other line down the side just over the heart. Neither of the wounds will prob ably result fatally.
 It seems that Bennett and the negro had some words in the saloon and Bennett knocked the negro down. The negro got up and sneaked out of the front door without resenting the blow in any man. ner. Bennett turned to speak to a friend and while his back was turned the negro slipped in the side door and slashed at Bennett twice.
 After the second blow with the razor the negro ran through the side door and Bennett followed. He did not know he was cut until after he had returned to the saloon.
 The police have no clue by which to trace the negro, except that he Is small ginger color and well dressed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
THE LARGEST BOTTLE
 THAT WAS EVER MADE

From the Baltimore Herald.
 The biggest glass bottles ever made in the world were turned out recently In the plant of the Illinois Glass com pany at Alton.
 The biggest glass vessel ever made up to this time was fashioned in the glass works at Alton and was one of the type known commercially as a "carboy," be- ing glass bottle of twenty-gallon capac- fty. surrounded by Q wooden box. Some of the most skillful of the blowers con- ceived the Idea of making a big bottle for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The Flock wine. type was chosen, and a large wooden mold was built in which to blow the big bottle
 Several bottles were made during the first attempts, a mold being used to give shape and the hot glass being blown in- side of the mold.
 Alonzo Miller made the first bottle. Other glass blowers then strove to outdo him, and he attempted to make a big bot tie, without a mold, in order to give 1t greater size Valentine Reininger, Jesse 5teelman and John Metz undertook the task, and with only a shaper to fashion the bottoms, they blew vessels capable of holding forty-fve gallons each. It was a task of one hour to make each bot tie.
 Forty pounds of molten glass were drawn from the furnace and shaped on tho end of a long blow pipe. In order to accomplish the feat the glass had to be relocated many times in the furnace as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
chartreuse.
From Exchange.

From Exchange.
 The monks of La Grafde Chartreuse have perforce shaken the dust of France off their feet. and wandered forth into strange world, carefully taking their se- cret with them. They have held their re- ceipt for their famous liqueur since 1735, when they received 1t from their breth- ren. the Chartreuse of Paris. to whom 1t had ben conf1ded by Marshal D 'Estrees in 1907. and who tardily recognized that 1t would be easier to obtain the requisite Alpine plants from the Grande Char treuse than from Paris.
 During the French revolution one of the superiors of the Order lied with the receipe. He was arrested. but. happily for himself, ordered to be deported, and so carried off the precious document. which he is said to have concealed in his sandals. It was afterwards trans mitted to Dom Antoine Nantac, Vicar of the Chartreuse of PremoI, and eventually returned to the small number of monks who found their way back to the Grande Chartreuse in 1916.
 Under the direction of Pere Garnier. whose name still appears on the bottles. the production of the liqueur was active ly carried on, but 1t remained practically unknown. except In the locality until. fin 1S49, a party Of French soldiers, guided by divine Providence. as the good monks believe, stopped at the monastery and tasted the green Chartreuse. They made 1t widely known, and since then the liqueuer has flowed in a rich stream throughout the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
MOB VIOLENCE
 BREAKS FORTH
Massachusetts Town Stormed
 by Crowd of 500
ARREST CAUSES OUTBREAK
After woundlna Deputy Sheriff Mob of Men and Boys Stone Police Court Judges Home and
 Set Fire to Houses.

Middlesboro, Mass, July IA mob of young men, angered by the arrest of one of their number during the night wounded a deputy sheriff by shooting him in the face with a blank cartridge, assaulted a a policeman, bombarded the house of a police court judge with stones, and storm ed the town house in an attempt to re- lease the prisoner. They had previously set several fires and when Judge Nathan Washburne. whose house was stoned, found that the local authorities were help less to control the riotous crowd, he tel- ephoned to nearby places for police assist ance.
 Aid arrived at o'clock. but the mob had dispersed.
 The summoned officers were placed in charge of the town for the time-beng. and call was issued for the selectmen to meet in the emergency.
 The mob was composed of about five hundred young men and boys. The trou- ble began at midnight The rioters first went about town starting fires, three of which were set in houses. The others were bonfires. Then the mob began smashing windows and doing other da m- age. After several warnings Deputy Sheriff Lincoln and Policeman Hatch ar rested Charles White. The crowd at tempted to rescue White but the officers succeeded in getting the man to the lookup.
 When the officers returned to the street the crowd surrounded them, demanded the release of their comrade and tfered violence. Some one fired a revolver load ed with a blank cartridge full in the deputy sheriff's face, and 1t Is feared ;he sight of one eye will be destroyed
 After the momentary quiet following the injury to the deputy. the mob sent up the cry to lynch Hatch. The crowd start ed in pursuit of Hatch who had left the vicinity hastily, and after a time he was overtaken. The mob forced him to go to Judge Washburns house and ask that special session of the Police court be held, so that White could be set free or ad- mitted to bail. This Judge Washburn re- fused to do. The crowd retaliated by a fusilade of stones against the judge house.
 Then they went to the town house where White was confined. They tried to bat ter down the doors and not succeeding broke the windows but did not get at the prisoner. In the meantime Judge Wash burn had telephoned to nearby towns for assistance and at T o'clock six deputies arrived. The mob fin the meantime had dispersed.
 It is understood that last nights tumuIt was the outcome of plans made some time ago by an element of the town known to be opposed to the so-called reform party" which at present is in control of affairs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
ALABAMA'S WATER POWER
 SHOULD BE DEVELOPED

From the New Orleans Picayune.
 Louisiana, with an immense number Of navigabie streams. would seem especially provided by nature with water power for any purpose man might desire. The value of water power Is being recognized In AL abama, where, according to the current number of the Manufacturers Record, a geological survey has recently been made of the available water power by B, M. Hall, consulting engineer for Georgia, Florida Tennessee and Mississippi, in the United States geological survey In sub- miting the report the state geologist points out that there can be little doubt that in a comparatively short time all the available water power of Alabama will be turned to account, while MT. Hall in his preface undertakes to answer in a general way numerous inquiries concern ing the undeveloped water powers. He refers to the recent development of two large water powers on the Tallapoosa river, and mentions among the largest un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
LIVELY LITTLE BROWN TROUT.
Exhibition of Swimming Powers Given
 At an Aquarium.

From the New York Sun.
 What brave jumper the trout is, and what a sturdy swimmer against the cur rent. is shown in the case of lot of little brown trout matched out In the New York aquarium.
 The troughs for the little fishes are placed in continuing line with the egg troughs, but at lower level. The water, in constant circulation through the troughs. dows from the lower end of the line of egg troughs to the upper end of the line of fish troughs, through a length of pipe an inch in diameter, seven inches in length, and having q drop of about an inch The lower end of the pipe Is about an inch and a half above the surface of the water in the lower half.
 The little brown trout here. some of them now an inch and three-quarters in length are all the time gathering up around the head of their trough where the little waterfall comes down, which Is as they would do naturally. It is their instinct at this season to seek the cooler waters up stream, near the spring, mak- ing their way in many places where pro gross up stream would seem to be impos- sible for them
 Thus these little brown trout before
 
 now, would jump up that waterfall that came down at the head of their trough, up sheer height as great as or greater than their own length. into the mouth of that pipe through which was flowing a current with the swiftness of a drop of one inch In seven, and up that stream into the still water of the egg trough above.
 Plenty of the little brown trout climbed this waterfall and the rapids above 1t in that manner. to be scooped out later and put back in their own trough. And they were looked after in this way daily until they had come to be pretty near their present size, and, with their increased strength. had got to coming up in greater number still
 Then there was placed over the open ing of that pipe what was equivalent to a grating-a little square of wire strainer netting with a mesh of about fhree- eights of an inch, to let the water through freely to keep .ie fishes from getting up And this TOW serveS the pur- pose pretty we'll thsagh 1t does not stop the fishes absolutely.
 The little brown trout still lJaf around in the upper end of their trough. where the water comes tumbling in. and occa- ssionally one of them tries the waterfall,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun
 Tn view of the recent adoption by the Presbyterian general assembly of the re- vision of the Westminster confession, it is rat ather remarkable that at the Brooklyn Presbytery any objection should have been made to a candidate for ordination on the ground that his views as to. future damnation are indefinite.
 The very purpose of that revision was to give something of indehniteness to the doctrine of future retribution. The theory of the advisers, and consequently of the consenting general assembly, was that while the old confession laid stress on the terrors of the justice of God it did offset 1t with a sufficiently comfortable deca- ration of the Divine love and mercy. As 10 the duration of future punishment, this candidate said he had been unable to reach positive opinion, and he was will ing to leave the question open. T think thene is enough to preach of sin and sal vation," he answered his examiners, without going into speculations.7
 The young man was accepted by the unanimous votes of the Presbytery, with the exception of the single member who had expressed his dissatisfaction with the candidates loose views of hell; and un- doubtedly the Brooklyn Presbytery repre- sented in its decision the prevalent senti- ment of Presbyterians at this time. The doctrine of everlasting punishment, of the lake of fire, of the worm that dieth not, once great theme of the sermons of the school of the Westminster confession. from the time of Jonathan Edwards until less than a generation ago, is no longer referred to by Presbyterian preachers. or at most Is touched on only loosely. lightly. It has become unfashlonable, and tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
THE DOCTRINE OF HELL
 IS NOT COMFORTABLE

preaching of it to a cultivated congrega- tion Is looked on as in bad taste. In these days of sensitiveness, even supersensitive- ness, as to all suffering. both human and brute, references to everlasting torment in hell are resented as horrible suggestion.
 This does not mean that the Presbyte- rian churches and the other churches which draw their system of doctrine from the Westminster confession and similar standards of faith have formally given up belief In hell. The doctrine remains un- changed in the confession, for the revision has only attempted to sugarcoat 1t; but like this Brooklyn candidate for ordina- ton the ministers and members of those churches generally think there Is enough to preach of sin and salvation without going into speculations as the West minister confession does so thoroughly.
 Practically they have abandoned the doctrine of hell. At the bottom they are all Universalists. whatever their creeds may say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
The Days off 1861.
The Horror at Wilmington.
3 New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 The revolting tragedy at Wilmington midway between the commercial me- tropolis of the country and its political capital-brings lynching pretty close home to us. Among the thoughts sug gested by the dreadful story are:
 First-The negro criminal had served several terms for felonious as- saults. Penalties should be cumulative so that a repetition of such crimes should consign the perpetrator to i'm prisonment for life instead of letting him loose like feroeious animal to prey upon society
 Second-When the attorney general, after the negro's arrest. requested the empanelling of grand jury and spe- cial session of the court, the judges refused to act. In view of the peculiar atrocity of the crime and the excited state of public feeling, the judges ac- tion was inexcusable. The laws de- lay, with attendant miscarriage of jus tice, is the most plausible excuse for mob law.
 Third-1he Rev. MT Elwood, on Sun- day night, preached a sermon on Should the Murderer Be Lynched?" He advocated lynching-only in case of failure Of justice, it is true-but in the infamed condition of popular senti- ment one can imagine the influence of any justification of mob violence com ing from the pulpit of a Christian church. In his defense, telegraphed to the Herald this morning, MT. Elwood throws all the blame on the judges. His sermon" of Sunday night was in line with the policy of steadily in- creasing class of preachers who, in tlleir morbid efforts to excite "sensa- tion" and achieve publicity, are creat- ing yellow pulpit" that is worse than the yellow press"
 Fourth--In noble contrast with all the other figures in the dreadful drama stands the grief-stricken father of the unspeakable negro's innocent victim. He urged his fellow-citizens to let the law take it's course, to refrain from an outrage which would dishonor the com monweaIth. Let us not" he said, "try to atone for one crime, no matter how hellish, by committing another" That this appeal. worthy of true Christian and a patriotic American citizen, was u.-heeded, must deepen the stain of shame upon the community to which it was addressed
 Fifth-The mob gloating over the details of the negro's revolting con fession, deliberately roasting him and struggling for pieces of his clothing CT his body as souvenirs, were as savage as the primitive Fiji islanders. To )mplete the job. they should havesnot only roasted. but eaten their prey. And this awful deed was not perpetrated and countenanced by the mere of. scourings of the community. Among the thousands who assisted there must necessarily have been a vast. number of presumably respectable citizens. What a commentary upon our boasted widely diffused education and superior refinement as peoplei We should discourage "flapdoodle' oratory while such scenes are possible in the very heart of our American civilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

developed powers one on Tallapoosa river at Double Bridges, about ten miles above Tallassee, where head of forty-five feet can be obtained. and similar powers far ther up the river; the Black and Sanford Shoals on Big Sandy creek, near Dadeville. with eighty feet of fall; thirty-one locks on the coosa river capable of furnishing 1900 to 4500 horsepower each, or an aggre- gate of 100, GOO horsepower during low sea- son of an ordinary year; seven power sites on the Cahaba river capable of fur nishing 800 to HOO horsepower each
 Squaw Shoals on the Black Warrior, with forty-three feet of fall, and four shoals on the Tennessee river, with an aggregate fall of 155 feet and an aggregate minimum horsepower In average years of 1S2.l25
 Two chapters of the bulletin are devoted to elaborate descriptions of these and other powers which are conveniently situ- ated for operating cotton factories and other manufacturing plants and also for generating electricity for transmission to cities for power and light. As the larger powers are close to water transporta ton and to railroads their utilization may be expected within a reasonable short time.