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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-12-21
mako SUR TAX RETURNS.

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The AUDI Office will be open from
day of FebfS following for the pur-
pose of recy Ag returns Of personal
property and estate for taxation in
Oconee count the year 1905. For
the conveniend tax payers the Audi
tor or his depuy Neill also receive re-
turns ut the fol! pg places on the dates
mentioned: i TX
Fair Play, Nom January Q, from 10
a. III. to 3 p. nj.
South Union, tn by, January 8, from.
10 a. m. to 8 p. M
Retreat, Wednesd January 4, from
Tabor, + .. J Thursday, harry 8, from 10
oakway, Friday, JAY ~ 9, from 10 a.
m. to 3p. m.
Tokeena, Saturday, larry q, from 10
q. nj. to 3 D. m. Slt$
w. N. Woolbrights, n day, January
8, 10 q. m. to 8 D. m.
Friendship, Tuesday, y larry 10, from
10 a. m. to 3 p. M.
Clemson College, Wodnd ~, January
Il from 10 a. M. to p. M.
Adams's Crossing, ThnrsV January
12, 10 q. m. to 8 p. m.
Seneca, Monday aud Tuesdl January
and 3, 10a. m. to 3p. m.
Westminster, Wednesday aAThurs-
day, January and s, 10 a. m. W p. M.
Riohland, Friday, January O., pm 10
, Now.ry, \, 2. ! Saturday, January Z, 10
Salem, Monday, January o, fronR a.
m. to 3p. m.
Jocassee, browns Store), TuejEy,
Il 70 n d
Little River, Wednesday, JanuarN
from 10 a. m. to 3p. m.
Cherry Hill, Thursday, January a
from 10 u. m. to 3 p. m.
Tamassee, (Kelley's Store), FRIDAY
January 13, from 10 a. m. to 3 D. IN.
Mountain Rest, Monday, January 1o
from 10 a. m. to 3 D. IN. MN
Conley's Store, Tuesday, Jannary$!
from 10a. m. to 3p, M. Is
Cannon's Store. Wednesday, Januar,
is, from 10 q. IN. to 3 p. m.
ID. +. Carter's, Thursday, January 10
from 10 a. m. to 3 p.m m.
Tugaloo, Friday, January 20, from Il
a. M. to 3 p. m.
Madison, Saturday, January 81, from
10 a. M to 3p. III.
Every male oitizen between tho ages O
81 and 80 years, except ex-Confederat
soldiers and those incapable of earning
support from being manned or froll
other causes, shall be deemed taxabl
polls. Confederate soldiers are liza
bio for poll tax until 80 years of age.
Note all transfers of real estate sine,
making your last return, from whom &C
quired or to whom sold.
Under act of 1904, oapitation tax o
so cents was imposed upon all dogs, anc
the owners of such property arc required
to list their dogs for taxation at tho time
of making their annual return, and it i,
made the duty of the County Audito
and Township Assessors to enforce th,
provisions of this act.
1t is absolutely necessary to make al
returns before the 20th day of February
After that date so per cent penalty fo
non-returns will be added. according t,
law. j. p. KEESE,
Auditor Oconoe County, S. @.
December ID. 1904. 50-53
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-12-21
Ready Tor Santa Claus.

It's been the longest, long old time--
Is'pose about q year
Since Santa came to our house,;
But now he'll soon DO here,
And Two writton him a letter
/ wrote it all myself
Sealed it with a kiss and mailed it
Upon the mantoi shelf.
I did forget 20 put somo things
| wanted OH the list,
But if he brings all put down
Tho others won't bo missed.
J. told how liked him, firss,
And how hoped ho'd come,
She started quito politely
"Pleass bring a ball and drum,
ga little monkey on q polo,
A clown with painted coat,
A mamma doll, q papa doll,
A roal live billy goat;
I want jointed wooden cow
That steps and wags its head,
a family of papcr dolls,
A blackboard and slod;
ga horn to blow and mako noiso,
e. bank to hold my dino;
want little watch that ticks
And keeps tho best of timc;
Pd like to have Christmas tree
With candy, nuts and fruit
want toy pistol, too,
With paper caps to shoot.
81 want a small automobile-
saw one ut tho shop;
\ want some wator color paints,
Some marbles and q top.
Dear Santa, please do not forget
A single thing | say,
3ut como OH timo aud leave for mo
These things for Christmas day.
%'Now, Santa Claus, I'll say goodbye
know you'll treat mo right,
But there's one thing I'd like cxplaine,
For it is puzzling, quito
My papa said, Those wants arc fow,'
don't know how ho knew,
/ did not ask him for thing,
only wrote to youW
Margaret S. Hall, in Constitution
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-12-21
CAS- ORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature pssss sss es lezEzzzzM;;...
Dots from Flat Shoals.

Flat Shoals, December l6.-Our
school is progressing nicely under
The management Of Miss Greta
Gaines.
John Tow recently cut a large
poplar tree on his place that mea-
surcd 70 feet to the first knot. 1t
measured 4 feet and inches in
diameter and did not have wind
shake in it. The tree made $4,000
first class shingles.
Hicks Duncan recently bought the
Charleston place at Salem.
Ben Sloan and Boone Grogan
have recently moved on the Lay
place. Dixie.
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg
on December II says that Sasoneff,
who threw the bomb which killed
Minister Won Plchvc on July 20, and
Sikorifsky, his accomplice in the
crime, We're to-day found guilty by
thc Court of Appeals, sitting in the
law courts building. The former
was sentenced to imprisonment for
life with hard labor, and the latter to
twenty years imprisonment. The
Grial had been expected to last at
Heast two days, but it was rushed to
q speedy completion, in view of the
possibility Of revolutionary demon
STATIONS. The trial was held behind
closed doors, and all the entrances to
1he building were locked.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-12-21
South Carolina News Notes.

Anderson county, to be capitalized at
$4,000.
Col. M. p. Tribble, of Anderson,
has secured verdict of $1,000
against the Western Union Tele-
graph Co., before Richland county
jury for failure to deliver amessage
under the law.
Jeff Pitts, a colored farmer, has
bought 400 acres of land for $4,000,
near Madden, Laurens county, and
will establish a negro Industrial
school there, something like Booker
Washington presides over at Tus-
keegee, Ala.
Abbeville Medium: "Last spring
Miss Kate Marshall planted half
acre in Florodora cotton on Magazine
Hill and made bale weighing 400
pounds. She did not do any special
work on her crop, but only gave it
the usual attention"
l.. j. Jordan became involved in
difficulty with negro at Kershaw
last week. While the negro was en-.
deavoring to pull his gun, Jordan
got the drop and killed him. After
he was killed 44.calibre pistol was
discovered on his person.
DR.. Ben L Martin, the we'll known
and popular proprietor of the Ben
Della Hotel, Laurens, died last Tues
day afternoon. He was SO years old
and leaves a wife and four children.
He entered the war as q boy and
was one of Hampton's faithful
cOuriers.
Learning that j. A. Adams, the
Colleton county murderer who es-
capped Jail after the Supreme Court
had refused him a new trial, was still
in that county, Governor Hayward
last Wednesday increased the -
ward for his capture from $500 t.
$1,000.
-Four large barns and a dwelling
have been burned in and around
DoDald's within the past few weeks
by band of ihcendiaries. The late st
sufferer was Z. @. Calhoun, negro.
He lost his barn, 2 COWS, 2 bales of
seed cotton and the seed from Is
bales and 40 bushels of peas.
We like for people to read this
newspaper, but we don't like for
people to borrow it from their neigh
bors. Take paper Of your own and
pay for it like man whether you
like the editor or not, and be happy
in the feeling of independence that
accompanies manlness.
The News and Courier says Nu-
merically the Baptist denomination
leads all others in South Carolina.
If the action of the Baptist State
Convention in Chester, composed of
ministers and laymen, was represen-
tative of Baptist sentiment, hard
times and a heap of trouble are just
ahead for the dispensary cohorts"
DR.. w. II. Field died at his home,
near Pickens, on 18th instant, aged
~ years. DR.. Field was one of the
most prominent and popular citizens
OF Pickens county and had q brilliant
war record. He was well known in
Oconee county, and his many old
friends in this section will regret to
hear of his death He leaves
widow.
Joe Covington, a most prosperous
man of Marlboro county, though
robust and in the best Of health, has
already purchased tombstones for
himself and wife, and he has also had
their graves dug and cemented 80 as
to keep the water out. Oftentimes
he gets into his own grave and plays
on his violin and sings some sacred
piece.
The government report puts the
cotton crop in South Carolina this
year at 100000 bales, which will
be the largest crop this State has
ever produced. At an average price
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-12-21

The boy who does anything just
because the other fellows do it, is apt
to scratch poor mans back all his
life.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
THE SALARY CUT,
Biz League Players Threaten to Make
Jump TO Coast Outlaw League.

But little has occurred I'm American
association circles during the past week.
for the managers have been busy read
ing the published accounts of the in
tentiOns Of numerous players 20 jump
to the outlaw league on the Pacific
coast These have been coming thick
and fast during the last twenty days
and 1t would probably be hard TO find
many veterans of the 1903 teams who
have not stated at one time or another
that they would not tolerate any reduc-
ton In salaries.
The magnates Of the different teams
are very determined In their stand and
aver that they viii hire the fast minor
leagues rather than again be imposed
upon as they were during last year.
with the magnates sticking together
It begins TO look as It the players will
either have 10 come to the terms al
ready laid down, or they viii see their
places llled by younger men, who are
eager TO gain a reputation and who
would undoubtedly satisfy the patrons
Of the game just as well as the yetcr-
ans,
II cannot understand how a player
can NE so foolish az to consider
proposition from the outlaw league
when he IS under reservation BY a club
playing under organized BALL said
bah magnote the other day. "Of
course II he is an old player who has
only year on two before being put
ON the shelf, he cannot be blamed much,
but In thc case of young player II
seems like deliberate suicide
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30

"li player jumps his reservo,i..
ne WIN surely be put on the 5laclt'i.,
among the organized leagues, ca h.,
could never advance after having orr,
Jumped 20 the coast. To make IN.
stronger the coast league also save t,'..,
II VIII blacklist any man who nav ID.
mat organization for a time aid r,'.'
jumps TO some other place. and ,b,'
The player Is In bad Tx, no mg,t-r
what he may do.
'As soon as a player has jumped q,
the coast he IL blacklisted by th. y
tional association. The coast lear,G
knows this as well az the lpnguo f.r.,
which he jumped and then Mir. pLv''
must deliver the goods TO his cr,.,
league team, no matter what has l.r,
promised him. There never was n hail
league In which there We're not mo.
losers than winners and even the own.
crs Of the coast league clubs win ro.
continue 10 pay big salaries when mai.
teams fall out Of the pennant race srl
there Is 10 chance 10 increase the g.t'
receipts.
This Is especially true since u..
coast club owner knows that he NAV.
cannot play IN any other league ANA
Is dependent upon that club for his li,.
ing, If thiq IL made at baseball 81,
1t will not take the owner very l.r.
TO cut down the salaries or release M.
high-prlced fellows, and then these lp,-
ter win begin to realize Just what
Jumping 60 the coast means"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30

Is TO be best two out of three falls for
q side bet OF 800 and IS and % per cent
uf the gate receipts The match Will
be conducted under Police Gazette
rules and no hold Is to be- barred.
Lewis win undoubtedly have an adj
vantage In weight, and possibly IN cN-
perlence. for ne has been at the game
for "a long time and should know every
trick familiar TO knights OF the big
mat. Ross. on the other hand, Is known
to be a hard man to down, aud Is noted
for his gameucss ana enduring quail
ties. It win DE the biggest job the local
man has tackled since he met the TURK
here several months ago,
Lewis is AN old man at the business
and recently has been meeting WIN
great success I'm his last match win
Watkins the Australian champion ne
carried off the houOrs by throWlhS
Watkins twice IN succession, Ihe list
fan he gained In eight minutes ana
The second lu four minutes
Some time ago hc issued % challenge
20 George Mclaughlin, agreeing 10
throw him twice I'M one hours Tine, ac.
tn1I wrestling. Mclaughlin jumped
MI the offer. hut was made sorry lui
so doing. Lewis had but llltle tIounI'
I'm dlsposing of him, II VIII DE seen
from his photograph when appears ON
This page. that he Us q husky lhlN'dU4'
and from appearances should DC "o''
Ia hold his own with amy ol w, u'-
fellows in the business
1ioss rs very anxious in score oyer
Lewis as the victory would poo'' mn
greatly I'm his effort to secure nl''h
btb nT,.ru,,.r" Burns. Eut whoever
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
THE RET0RT COURTEOUS,

The late william L. Elkins, the street
railway magnatc Of Philadelphia, was
gifted with n grim humor This hmor
certain Phlladclphia reporter has good
cause to remember
lie visited Mr. Elkins some years ago.
10 procure one If those bizarre Interviews
that sometimes appear ir yellow Sunday
newspapers. The getting ot such inter
Views requires the asking Of a number Of
peculiar questions. ana the reporter OPEN
"a fire I'm this way.
"Mr Elklns. how did YOU earn your
first thousand dOllars2'
The millionaire fruWncd then smiled
"By hard work hr answered.
pnuutcl little. the reporter. In sic
lcuce. tried 20 think mp the nest duos-
ton prEonlly hc found H. II was.
"Alr Elkins you have lived a bo1d
many years. now toll mU-Whli has lcgu
the h1ppi,st moment NJ your litey'
"lt hasn't come So said Mr. Elklns.
mot yet? Whom, then viii II como "
The reporters eye shouc. Now ho OK
p.cicd something good.
"u viii come said Mr. Elklus "wh,u
people ro1so askIng foolish qu'stioNs.'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
What Barney 0ldileld, An Ex'
Salt Laker, Says
About ii
ONLY TWO NARROW ESCAPES.
The Thing Needed is Nerve aud the
Ability to Think aud Act quickly
And Accurately


--r-> HE danger Of automohilIng is an
Interesting suhiect. Not the Kind
.t.. 5.,.,.,, ,., GOO In s,lt
OF a"l" ''''''S ',''
Lake on the kind mat was WIZ
pesged Yi the fair grounds last summer
,..,., a.. ,.i..,. u,., u,,.no,, oldoeId Al
ou' NV "'"' '''''
bert Champion ana olhr'' c"E"E' III"
There Is great danger iu that but 1t Is
.,trc,oclv rasrirnt,nr 10 the drivers and
,, ,...,,i,.. q, anal
spectators ''"'' d. ''N '''''
head, "a steady hand ana unI"'''TIhs
courage. one slip. one false turn Of
"a, ,,,1,,,, ,,ho,l ID crash and All is
'''' sum" ..,,.i, 80, ,,, ,,,,.
over Ih' loI'o"''5 "Iu,', "" '''' ''"
jcct il by Barney Oldlield' ana VIII
doubtless be- read with ntcret by many
e.l t,p.r. ,,ho ,r, acounintcd with
'"'' '''". 49,. .t...,,.i,,
the eX-oiko rIde' ana ITO" '"''"P''''
chauffeur
dr,n ,' "V o1,omobuc a mile In less
tnan minute yet nave h"u Only TWO
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
A Famous Remedy Cor Sick
Haalaohe.

rbo cousa nj this complaint Is not In
49,, boed nj nll II comes from the stOm-
e W., stomach that has become
0ia",od bv over eating, drinking, or
NE, In any manner, win warn you
INV bringing on sick headache. cure
Ike Mains and distress In the stomach
and thc headache stops OF Itself. All
biiious attacks dyspepsia, bcching,
had, taste In the mouth, muddy COM
plexlon and yellow eyes are eureu %
,his remedy II is called Or. Gunns
Improved Liver pills, one ior uoSs,
and IL sold by druggists all over phe
L.. s. for 2jc per box
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30

racing? You may be sure Of that, ! am
thinking about 1t all the time and see
everything that is going on, TOO, gcl a
glimpse Of the things along the track ls
they hy past me. and out Of the tan OF
my eye | am watching my competitors
How do | steer? take the white fence
at the outside Of the track for my guld-
ing line. never look at the track Itself.
| take the outside Of the track as much
az possible, In order that ! may make
my turns with more safety. The idea
Is To reduce the angles 10 curves, ana
with the fence for my guiding line can
90 through the clouds of dust when
sometimes obscure the vision OF the
spectators.
suppose they will make an automo-
bile that can go a mile In thirty hNe
seconds. but nobody can be found who
can successfully drive such a machine
Just think of turning loose upon track
a machine with engines OF 1870 horse
power. why II such II machine were
given It's fun speed nobody could tell
where or when it would stop. Plenty Of
men with nerve enough TO drive II
would offer their services probably but
the tNalieS Nit lIlNA cNtlN WV WV
"cut her loose" would be killed,
The main element of danger Is the
breaking Of tires, That comes from the
friction. and the greater the weight and
power OF the machine the worse the
friction Then. other things are likely
to break when all kinds OF freak mo-
chimes are entered IN races, That Is
why | think track racing for automo-
biles will be short -lyed sport
Hobblng ON crutches and slowly con-
yulescng from frightful injuries he re-
ceiyed while driving an automobile at
top speed, Albert Champion the French
bicyclIst told Of his mar
row escape while driving an auto at
racing speed, Champion has within
the past week left the Flower hospital,
where he had been confined to his bed
as "a result Of injuries he received while
driving the racer Gray Wolf at the race
meet ON the Brighton beach track last
October lie had just entered his sec
ord mile. at a mile.a-mlnute gait when
his machine plunged through the inner
rail of the track. throwing Champion
Featuring his leg I'm two places, dislo-
eating his thigh and causing severe IN
tcmul iuiluies along with many PAIN
rul bruises,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
In Bed Four Weeks With La Grippo

We have received the following letter
from Mr. Roy Kemp, Of Angola, Ind. Of
was I'm bed four weeks with la GRIM. ami
| tried many remedies and spent cous.l.
cradle for treatment with physicians bu
received no relief until tried Fola.,
Honey and Tar. Two small bottles n
this medicine cured me and now use
extensively In my family" II vuu n.
knew the splendid merit NJ Folcy's Hone.
and Tar YOU would never be without f. A
dose or two VIII prevent an attack NJ
pneumonia or Ia grippe, II may save Your
life. Sole agents. I. ]. Hin Drug Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
asssasssss

Ia Provo to play the team representing
that city, ana the Temple city boys are
anxious to capture both games as IL
would place them pretty close 10 the top
IN ,he race for the championship. At
present the L. u. ). boys have q good
lead over the other teams and unless
there Is a big change in the neNr future
they win have the championship bound
and gagged
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
NewYork via Washington
At Direct Line Fare.

Tickets from Chicago or st. Louis
to Philadelphia and New York over
Pennsylvania route via Baltimore and
Washington do not cost any more than
direct.line fares to Philadelphia and
New York. Ten days stop-oyers 40 the
National Capital, Baltimore and PhIh.
delphia. Apply to George r. Hull Dis.
trict Agent $40 Seventeenth street,
Denver Colo.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
WRESTLERS To
MEET FRIDAY.
Charley Ross and Frank Lewis
Will Battle on Mat at
Grand Tbealer
BEST TWO OUT or 8 FALLS.
Will be the Hardest Bout the Local
Man Has Had Here Since He
Met the Turk

a great deal OF interest Is conferred
IN the wrestling match which Is billed
for the Grand theatcr next Friday
evening between Charley Ross, tho
northwestern champion, and Frank s.
Lewis, ex-champlon mddeweight Of the
world. It IS pretty safe to predict that
the contest viii be the hardest Of the
kind that has been pulled OF here for
many months Both men are IN ex-
cen'nt shave aud cach r. determined to
win as quickly as possible. The bout
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
Chamberlain's Colo, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.

Tho uniform success OF this remedy
has made II the most popular prepare
alton In use for bowel complaints. 1t
Is everywhere recognized as the one
remedy that can always be depended
upon and that Is pleasant to take For
sale by all Druggists.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
by ALBERT CHAMPION.

Of do not care to come any Clocr TO
tho Great Reaper than ] did at Bright
OH. suid Champion, describing his mar
row es,npr from death while driving an
uto. AT racing speed death faces YOU
An "a H9sn--l was dashed through the
lau and crippled in a fraction Of Sec
ond. aud, Injured as ! WAS considered
myself lucky. II was I'm pursuit race,
and | was fast pulling up on the other
contestants when my machine sWerFed'
had been warned not 10 make TOO
much speed ON the turns. but IN tht
0rst mile the Gray Wolf behaved adj
mIrably and took courage TINS is the
same mlchno chat recently made
mile iu iG2-5 seconds at the meet at
Daytona -Ormondc beach In Florida.
"a soft spot near the rail was what
caused my machine To sWerNe the Tor
ward off wheel sunk into the turf; IKE
n flash II plunged through the rtil and
Was thrown like Il catapult In front
Of my machine That l did not meet
instant death was miracle the Gray
Wolf was going q mile-a-mlnule clip
whom IL dushed through the rail- From
thlt moment until now I have been tn
the hospital being patched up, | have
hal II long weeks TO think over auto
racing and It's risks. No | VIII not stop
racing: as soon as | am thoroughly wen
/ win be I'm machine again There ~
a fascination Of hnying through the ar
faster than mile minute. The same
fascination that holds me To- holds
the other drivers who take their lives
IN their hands every time they race
machine. Before long you VIII see E.
milo made IN the thlrties--watch OUT
for H.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
VALENTINES!
VALENTINES

Lace, card mounts drops, novelties
and comics, wholesale and retail. Write
for illustrated catalogue and price list
DESERET NEWS BOOK STORE
Main Street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30

NJ Jones empoe OF the street car
evenings sporting columns
showing shaking hands before exchanging wdop
Kelley who extremely
of They young CobH and Jimmy Britt nut
pid acqu the title Of 'Keley's Kids"
smal Cob took newspaper scribe 10
task the "The little Jones boys
1--WE are not boys he declared mhatcy We are Jones
bright and take keen delight
INDUCING N What they know about boxing and that Is not
little they themselves and 1t only through accident that
their fond parents discovered penchan for boxing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30
BASKETBALL GAMES.

Logan Team Will Play l., IS. t. cham
plons Here Friday Afternoon
Next Friday afternoon ut the J.. d. :.
". gymnasium the l4ogun basketball
team win meet the local champions in
league game and considerable interest
~ taken In the proposed contest The
Logan aggregation win boz ON It's way
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30

10 / realize Inv danger when l am