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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Thinks he has Found Missing Link.

Amsterdam, September "a. Professor
Van Sickle, who for some months has
been making geological charts of the
Northern part Ci lava, cables the
Academy of Science in this city that he
feels certain that he has discovered tho
long-looked-for missing link. He docs
not claim the honor of the discovery
himself, but says that some weeks ago
he was informed by Dutch merchant,
Van Bouran, that he had discovered a
new species of monkeys in dense forest
in which he had lost his way.
The professor started out to look into
the discovery of the merchant and while
watching for the animals to appear he
heard peculiar half human voice.
Looking up he saw an enormous nest and
two ape-like animals looking down upon
him.
The natives of that part of the island
have long known the presence C: these
apes, winch they call "Ash Perrizi." I'm
like any other apes, they battle fire.
quently and the females wear strange
necklaces of twigs and red berries and
nurse their young singing half-articulated
words. They have, in fact, language,
but it consists of very few words.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
FREE
Played Cards for His Life.

Sedalia, Mo-, September 22.-Charles
+, Bliss staked his life last night on n
game of cards and lost. He paid the
bet few minutes later by committing
suicide. Bliss, who was 2G years old.
came from Peru, Ind. He was the son
of a preacher.
Shortly before midnight Bliss called
on woman with whom he had become
infatuated and she challenged him to
play aga game re-. OF Pitch Lney ..W,s. sat down. VIII
we play for?" Bliss replied. Il will
stake my life against yours" She ac-
cepted the challenge and the cards were
dealt. In a few minutes Bliss had lost
the game.
He put on his hat and, with cheerful
good-by, left the woman's apartments,
going direct to drug store, where he
purchased and drank IA quantity of car
bolic acid. He refused to the last to
take an antidote. His body will be sent
u Peru for burial
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
THE GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE FAIR.
The Event of the Ycar--IIints to Pros
pective Exhibitors---A Great Gather
ing of Prosperous Caroiinians.

The first Greater South Carolina
State Fair will be held on the new
grounds recently purchased by the
State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society. and which have been fitted up
with all modern improvements for the
comfort and convenience of both ex-
hibitors and visitors. This Will be the
thirty-sixth Fair since the reorganiza-
ton OF the Society after the civil war,
and will be held the last week in Oc-
tober, from the morning of the 25th
to the evening of the 2Sth.
Every county in the State should be
represented in the exhibits, for there is
no doubt but what great good results
to all the exhibitors at every Fair, the
premiums being only small part of
the benefits. A great many farmers
and stock breeders count only what
prizes are won, but this should not be
the case, because the greatest benefits
are obtained i'm advertising what you
have for sale and in meeting with the
of the State and obtaining their ideas
and seeing the results of their
methods. The management of the Fair
is making every effort to secure new
exhibitors. Arrangements have been
made by which freight charges are
paid on all exhibits from this State.
free stalls are provided for stock, and
free bedrooms are furnished all ex-
htbitors who are willing to stay on the
grounds all the time Numerous res
taurants on the grounds furnish meals
at all hours of the day or night at
reasonable prices, and feed for stock
is delivered right at the stalls at the
regular market prices, and besides.
there are officers who look after all
exhibitors and see that every one is
satisfactorily located. All exhibits
may be shipped directly to the
grounds, for there is ample side track
provision for all the cars. Solid cars
should be billed Secretary State
Fair Columbia s. c., care Fair
Ground Tracks" and they will be
rushed right through to destination.
Some exhibitors may think they cam
not make their entries properly. but
Secretary Love will take pleasure in
giving all necessary aid, provided ap-
o'clock Tuesday morning. as the Fair
opens at that hour and no entries can
be made later All exhibitors of live
stock should arrive on the grounds not
later than Friday or Saturday before
the Fair, so as to get the stock quiet
after shipping and get them to eating
well before being put into the show
ring.
The premium list is very liberal this
year, and 1t is to be hoped that the
in inducing very large number OF
new exhibitors to attend the Fair,
so that the Fair will become repre-
sentative of every section of the State
and of all the resources of Carolina.
Information and premium lists will be
in person or by letter to Secretary
Love at Columbia. Let all who are
thinking of exhibiting, or who have
fine products or stock, make up their
minds right now to exhibit, write for
a premium list and then make thei,
entries at once. Join the procession
that Is making this State one of tn,
best in the country.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Progress Of the Boil WeevlI.

Estimates of the damage done to
the Texas cotton crop by the boil
weevil since August LIST range from
five hundred thousand to million
bales. The scientists with all their
book learning and the farmers with
all their practical experience have
been unable to check the spread of
the pest, and it ia now proposed as a
heroic remedy that the cotton fields
should be burned. That is not likely
to he done on any extensive scale.
AS 1t appears sure to cover
all the cotton belt in few
years the people of the older States
should begin to prepare for its com
ing. If the insect eating birds of
Texas had not been so generally
killed the progress of the weevil
would not have been so rapid, and
the lesson ought not to be lost on the
Eastern cotton States. The weevil
will make its first appearance in
small numbers, and if tie birds are
spared will either entirely destroy
the immigrants OF hinder their work
of destruction. And it shouldn't be
left for the newspapers alone to give
such advice. The preachers and
school teachers can do more good
than the quill drivers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Anderson-.sss

Fair Play, September 23-On the even
ing of September 2lst, at 7.30 O'clock,
quite a number of friends and relatives
gathered at the hospitable home of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas II. Harris, near Fair
Play, to witness the marriage of their
sister, Miss Hattie Reynolds Lee, to
Joseph p, Anderson, of Roberts, Ander-
son county. The beautiful and impress
sive ceremony was performed by Rev. j.
F. Anderson, brother of the groom, as
sisted by Rev. t. G. Ligon, of tho Pres
byterian church. The bride was most
becomingly attired ir IN exquisite gown
of dark blue crepet 9TH, with trimmings
of ecru lace aud white chiffon. In her
hand she carried a lovely bouquet of
carnations. The handsome groom wore
the customary full dress suit. The par
lor, with its festoons of trailing ivy and
other pot plants, presented scene of
rare beauty, the color scheme being white
and green.
And now our pen almost fails us when
we attempt to describe the dining hall,
with its table laden with the most lus-
gether with every delicacy that could
tempt the eye and please the appetite of
an epicurean. The room was tastefully
decorated with American beauty roses
and carnations, the color scheme being
white and pink.
The bride was the recipient of many
useful and valuable presents. Prominent
among these was an elegant case of
solid silver knives, forks and spoons, a
present from her brother, conductor j.
S. Lee, of Birmingham, Ala.
We wish to congratulate the young
ladies present, Misses Bertie Smith, of
Bounty Land, and Hattie Wright and
Helen Thompson, of Fair Play, for their
untiring energy and excellent taste in
arranging the decorations for this happy
occasion; also, Mr.. and Mrs. Harris for
their unbounded hospitality in the enter
tainment of their guests. This is an
ideal home indeed
Mrs. Anderson is the daughter of our
esteemed friend, j. }. Lee, ST., of this
place, and is one of ,Oconee's most excel
lent young ladies, possessing all those
graccs of mind and heart that tend to
noble womanhood Mr.. Anderson is one
of our neighbor county's most prosper
Gus farmers, and is indeed fortunate in
his selection of life companion. Oco-
nee's loss is ANDERsoN's gain. May the
choicest of heavens blessings be theirs,
and may there be just enough clouds to
cause a glorious sunset Guest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Kinsstree Suffers from Bold Robbers.

Kingstrec, September 22.-Expert safe
crackers entered the postotlice at Kings
tree Wednesday night and after short
session with blacksmith tools, stolen
fromsa nearby shop, extracted package
of $4,000 addressed to the Bank of
Kingstree, $3.50 in post Office funds, about
$3.50 worth of stamps, and jewelry be-
longing to Postmaster Jacobs, valued at
$500. The burglars then departed, leav-
ing no clue. The money for the bank
had been sent from Charleston on wire
order and it was supposed no one knew
of the order except the bank officers and
the telegraph operator. The loss was
discovered this morning. AS the money
had been insured the bank will not loso
anything
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Democrats Must Vote.

Gen. Willie Jones, the State Demo
cratic Chairman, is now working on an
address to be given out to the Demo
Gratis of the State urging them to vote in
the general election, The address will
not be issued until just a few days before
the election and will be sent cut all over
the State. In the meantime the Repub-
licans of the Seventh district have not
been idle. The several candidates men
toned % few days ago are grooming
themselves for nomination at the district
convention to be held in few days, and
an address will be issued urging them to
stand by the nominees.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05

r.. w. Mcdaniel, once convicted
of murder and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment, and whose case has been
before the Supreme Court twice, is
now free man. The jury in Lex
ington brought in verdict about 1
O'Clock Friday morning, September
23d, after being out several hours.
The case has been fought for seve-
raj days and large number of wit
uesses were put up by the defense,
everal new points being brought
out. The defense put up accidental
shooting as the cause of the death of
j. l.. Kneece, the town marshal who
was killed by Mcdaniel, and also put
up number of witnesses alleging
that Kneece was bad character and
drank heavily, being drunk on the
day of the shooting.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Beware of Cintments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
tho mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from, reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
f. j. Cheney 81 Co., Toledo, o., con
tains no mercurv, end is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by f. j. Cheney IL
Co. Testimonials free. Sold by drug
gists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05

United States Marshals j. II. Nc
Kinney and George Chapman, and
Constables E. p. McCravy and p. p.
Mcdaniel made big haul on still
a few miles north of Pickens on Sep
tember %. The still was on the
place of j. l.. Stansell, about 80
yards from his home. Two rs gal
lon stills were captured, 5 quarts of
whiskey confiscated, and 600 gallons
of beer were destroyed. No arrests
were made, though the fire steamed
under one of the stills.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Gathered Here, There and Everywhere-,News
Notes and miscellaneous Paragraphs.

The first of the new rice crops was re-
ceived in Charleston Monday.
The Pacific Improvement Company
and tho Guatemala Central Company
have begun the building of a railroad
270 miles long, through Guatemala, from
ocean to ocean.
A French steamer loaded with mil
lion dollars worth of CO leo from Brazil
arrived in New Orleans last Thursday.
This is tho largest cargo of coffee ever
brooght to the Unit, States.
Arrangements are perfected for work
to begin on the Greenville and Knoxville
railroad within thin ~ days. II. IL.
Prince. general manager, gave assurances
Monday morning of tho absolute GER
tainty of the project. The road will
open up fine mountain section now un-
tapped. Patterson, of Atlanta, and
Prince, of GrGenville, are tinanciering
the construction.
Sam Slater, negro who has been in
the employ of r. e. Dean, of Darlington,
for ten or twelve years, took advantage
of his employers confidence few days
ago and relieved him of 5000. On leaving
the depot on an excursion train for
Augusta, Mr. Dean, handed him the
money, telling him to carry it to Mr..
Wilkes. Sam strayed around town all
day and, it is said, spent money freely.
The next day he went on an excursion,
too, and since then nothing has been
heard of his whereabouts.
Tho nop,oorot;o nominee for ;,,,to,
ant Governor of New York, is Congress
man Burton Harrison, who is quite a
young man. His father, Col. Francis
Burton Harrison, was private secretary
to jefferson Davis, and his mother is a
wei! known authoress. What change
in forty years! The father private
secrorsry to the President of the Con
federate States of America and the son
named for Lieutenant Governor of the
greatest State of the United States of
America! This is yerging towards the
nomination for President a son of Con-
federate soldier.
Matthew O. Carter, of Batson, S. c.,
was granted a patent on a cotton chopper
and cultivator. Mr.. Carter claims that
his invention will do away with the
necessity of thinning cotton after it
up, uoW oOuC Wlth t
hoe. At the same time the instrument
is thinning the cotton there are two
shovels plowing the ground and cultivat-
ing the young plants The chopper is
made of two cutting disks. These disks
are so formed as to rotate, aud as they
move along they cut the cotton. The
disks are SO arranged as to be stopped at
determined intervals, SO as to permit the
cotton to stand at the proper distance.
The roster of Pickens county officers
now stands: G. III. Carpenter, Senator;
Laban Mauldin and Il. j. Mauldin, Rep
resentatives; A. John Boggs, Clerk of
Court; r. Il. Hallum, County Superin-
tendent of Education; j. c.. jennings,
Sheriff; j. B. Newberry, Judge of Pro
bate; Henry w. Farr, Treasurer; E. Fos-
ter Keith, Auditor; G. M. Lynch, Super
visor; A. b. Talley and John p. Smith,
County Commissioners; d. A. Parrott,
Coroner. Pickens county has a consci-
entious set of men for officers, and with
the assistance of the people at large will
give satisfactory service as public SER
vap ts.- -Pickens-Sentinel Journal.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
3 Gents

Eight cents a pound is
what a young woman paid for
twelve pounds of flesh.
She was thin and weak and
paid one dollar for a bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion, and by TAX
ing regular doses had gained
twelve pounds in weight before
the bottle was finished.
Eight cents a pound IS
cheap for such valuable ma
terial. Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing for
their money. You get your
moneys worth when you buy
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you a little
free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS,
400 Pearl Street, New York.
soc. and $r.oo; all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Letter to c. 4. HOuchIns.

Dear sir:9 A gallon saved is "a or s5
earned.
Two gallons saved is SO or $40 earned.
Three gallons saved is $l2 or S15
earned.
Four gallons saved is $40 or $40 earned.
Five gallons saved is $50 or S25 earned.
1t costs S3 or 50 gallon to paint, be-
sides the paint; as much to brush-on a
gallon of worthless paint as Devoe.
Ezra Rathmell, Williamsport, Pa, al
ways used II gallons of mixed paint for
his house; Devoe took 9.
Yours truly,
AZ II. w. Devoe & Co.
p. S. &C. w. Gignilliat sells our paint.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Oakway Dots.

Oakway, September 26.-Rev. r. M.
DuBose filled his regular appointment
Sunday.
Rev. /. o. Gray and wife returned
home last week from n months visit in
North Carolina.
Mrs. Il. J.'Meredith is on the sick list
at this writing.
Mrs. Will Lesley, of Greenville, visited
her brother, j. p. Carroll, last week.
MIR. and Mrs l.. II. V. Hobson visited
N. N. Bearden Sunday.
Rev. John II. Cary visited l.. A. Ed
wards last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Meredith visited his
parents Sunday. Blue Eye.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
A Dozen Times a Niuht.

Owen Dunn, of Benton Ferry, w. Va,
writes: 81 have had kidney and bladder
trou ole for years, and it became so bad
that was obliged to get up at least n
dozen times a night. / never received
any permanent benefit from any medi-
cine until i tried Foley's Kidney Cure.
After using two bottles, / am cured" j,
w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lnnney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
w Wakeful?
Sleep1essness Is a
Sign of Nerve Trou-
bic and Should
Be Looked To.

There are three different manifesta-
tions OF slecplessness.
First, hardly to sleep wink ali night,
second, to lie awake a long time before
falling asleep; third. to fall asleep soon.
waking up after several hours and then
find It hard to sleep again.
They mean that somewhere In TIE
nerve fibres, somewhere In the brain
cells, somewhere in the blood vessels
that carry blood to the brain. something
is radically wrong, and must be righted.
or the end may be worse than death.
To right 1t. take DR.. Miles Nervine.
Some other symptoms OF nerve trou-
BILE are: Dizziness. Headache, Back
ache, Worry. Fretfulness. Irritability,
Melancholy, Lack Of Ambition.
They indicate diseases which may lead
to Epilepsy. Fits. st. Vitus' Dance,
Nervous Prostration. Paralysis, Insanity.
Nothing will give such quick and last
ing relief as DR.. Miles Nervine.
my husband had been sick for weeks,
6 SSnd nGt ss up to- h9ws his bed dI made
he, continued to grow worse. He could
neither sleep or. eat. O&r baby girl was
cause he could not stand bit Of talk
ing. / read OF case ot nervous pros
tration cured by DR.. Miles Restorative
and in few days he was able to be
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Watch the Kidneys.

"When they are affected, life is in
danger" says DR.. Abernethy, the great
Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05

Nichodemus Brownfield was shot and
killed in the door of his shoe shop in
Greenville on last Saturday night, Sep
tember oath, by another negro named
Holmes. A woman is said to have been
the cause of the difficulty. A shotgun
was used and Brownfield's head was ter
ribly distigured. Holmes was arrested
and lodged in Jail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Bronchitis for Twenty Years.

Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, H.,
writes: ~ had bronchitis for twenty
years and never got relief until / used
Foley's Honey and Tar which is sure
cure" Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla;
w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-05
Prominent Ne, Fight In Georgia.

Waycross, Ca, September 24.THon.
j. M. Spence, Representative of Ware
county, and Representative Robert
Mcdonald, had a difficulty yesterday
about noon at the home of Mr.. Mcdonald
eight miles west of Waycross, and Nc
Donald seriously stabbed Spence and cut
him with a knife in four places.
Mr.. Spence has stab behind the left
shoulder blade which reaches to the hol-
low, a cut on his left breast, one under
his right arm and fourth in his leg
The stab behind his shoulder is serious
and should pneumonia set in, may termi
nate his life. The other wounds are not
serious.
The cause of the difficulty is said to be
the result of publication which Nc
Donald had prepared to circulate con-
cerning Spence and the primary election.
Since the publication has not appeared,
it is not known what the import is.
The difficulty has created intense OK.
citement throughout the county and 1t is
feared that some of the families of the
, respective sides may take up the trouble
y ..Cea--s s------
"a Abram Vanzant, who lives near Wards,
" h,Saluda county, fell and broke his leg
recently while going to the dining room
for supper. He is now in his Doth year
and is by dozen years the oldest man
in Saluda county. He was born on Hol-
low creek, in Lexington county, in 1908,
and moved 10 where he now lives in
1882.
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BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY co.

BETWEEN BELTON AND wALHALLA.
Time Table No. 4.-In Effect Nov. 90, 1908
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-05
SENIOR ANNUAL.

At a meeting of the senior class of
the high school on Monday final ar
engagements were made for the pub1i-
cation of the commencement annual.
It will not be on such comprehensive
scale as the annual of last year, but
will contain something which the an
nua1 of last year did not. Among
other things there will be cuts of the
high school, and report of all the
exercises of commencement week,
together with accounts Of the dec
lamatory at Racine and Milwaukee,
given by an eye witness; also short
account of the leading events of the
year. The literary societies, with all
their members, will be given promi-
nent place. The price Of the book is
Is cents.
Over 100 copies have been sub
scribed, and as the edition consists Of
only ESQ copies names should be sent
in at once to the board of editors, as
the edition is fast being sold out. he
managers are: Editor, George Gibbs;
assistant editor, Joseph Lippert; bus
mess manager, Grover Mcnamara;
assistant business manager, Clayton
Stevens; secretary, Edith Hansen.