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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
800 REWARD S1OO.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh is Cure taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by build
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors have
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers, that they offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Some Weather Wisdom.

For once the government has issued
a bulletin that is interesting reading
and upon the most, tiresome of sub.
jects--the weather. It is issued by
the Department of Agriculture and
It's author is Edward b. Garriott,
professor of meteorology. 1t is made
interesting by quotations from Pliny,
the Bible, Indian legends and folk
lore.
The bulletin says that the weather
OF the world is governed by different
conditions, but in this country, gene
rally speaking, steady south to east
wind will bring rain within 26 hours.
To tell whether it is a rain cloud the
professor quotes from Luke 12: sd !:
"When ye see cloud rise out of the
west, straightway ye see there
cometh a shower; and so it is."
Birds fly high when the barometer is
high, and low when the barometer is
low, hence the frequently misquoted
predictions: "Everything is lovely
and the goose honks high" Before
rain tobacco becomes most, salt in
creases its weight, cordage tightens,
flies sting, doors and windows be.
come hard to shut, red hair curls,
lamp wicks crackle, candles burn
dim and SCOT falls down.
Cats are weather prophets. When
cat washes herself good weather
can be expected, and bad weather
when she licks her coat against the
grain or washes herself over the ears
or sits with her tail to the fire. eff
the cock goes Growing to bed, he'll
certainly rise with watery head"
is another quotation. When fish
bite readily and swim near the sur
face rain may be expected with GER
talnty. The bee is never caught in
a shower, and the professor quotes {:
when bees to distance wing their flight
Days are warm and skies are bright;
But when their flight ends near at home
Stormy weather is sure to come"
Plants, says this expert, are sub
ject to weather conditions and are
safe prophets. The odor of flowers
is strongest before shower. Cot
tonwood and aspen trees turn up
their leaves before rain and those of
the sugar maple turn down. A Zuni
proverb is :, "When the sun sets un-
happily then will the morning be
angry with wind, storm and sand"
If the sun before setting appears diff
fuse and of a brilliant white it fore
tells a storm, but if it sets in a sky
slightly purple, the atmosphere near
the zenith being of bright blue, we
may rely on fair weather. This is
real weather wisdom.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
soUrH CAROLINA. JUNE 8. 1904
Germs as Fertilizers.

The germ theory has been ex.
tended to the Department of Agri.
culture, where it is fast being de-
veloped into practical working fact.
To-day scientific farmers are using
"bacterial devils" for the fertilization
of dead soil, and this wonderful
microbic plant tonic is being sold to
them by Uncle Sam. The Depart.
ment of Agriculture has, for several
months, been sending in the mails in
small packages this singular bacterial
dried on cotton and accompanied by
nutrient salts, in which form the
farmer uses it to inooulste either the
soil or the seed to be sown in it.
The process was discovered by DR.
Moore, of the Department of Agri-
culture, who has just secured a
patent for it, which he has "dedi-
Gated to the people of the United
States" The infinitesimal germs
thus sent out from Washington pro-
duce the necessary bacterial cultured
for inoculating soils for the success
full cultivation of clovers of all kinds,
alfalfa, soy beans, COW peas, and ali
other members of the legume family.
The process is described as similar
to inoculation in animal flesh. The
farmer who receives the little pack
age soaks it, much like yeast cake,
in barrel of clean water. The
powerful germs revive and soon turn
the water to milky white. Seeds
soaked in the resultant fluid, having
been thoroughly inooulated with the
germs, are given an extraordinary
start.
AS an illustration of the wonder
ful effect of the process, it is stated
that land on which the farmer could,
with the most assiduous toll and
ordinary fertilizers, produce alfalfa
but few inches high and poor
stand, will yield, under this treat
ment of the seed, alfalfa several feet
high and extremely thick and rich.
This is indeed revolutionary of old
methods of agriculture and should
prove godsend to farmers whose
lands are worn out and slow and ex.
pensive to "bring up" by the ordi-
nary methods. The general use of
the process in the South would make
this one of the great stock raising
regions of the country, for the legu-
minous plants are peculiarly adapted
to our soil and climate, but, owing
to the impoverished condition of the
land, it is seldom that they make
heavy forage crops.
Perhaps, too, bacteria will yet be
discovered which will do the same
thing for cotton seed andt cereals.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Red Ants Slay Boil Weevil.

San Antonio, Texas, May 81
Jose Cassiano, ex-county collector, is
the bearer of good tidings concern
ing the work of red ants. Mr.. Cas-
siano's field less than a month ago
was alive with boil weevils. To-day
he says there are no live weevils in
his fields. The rows are strewn with
dead weevils which the little red ants
are carrying away by thousands.
Mr.. Cassiano says close inspection
failed to show single weevil on
cotton plant anywhere in his fields.
The ants are on the plants and in
the rows between the countless
thousands. They seem to have
completed the slaughter of the
weevils and are now engaged in car
rying the corpses away, probably to
be stored for food.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Whip was Laid With Heavy Blows.

A recent dispatch from Whining
ton, Del, says: "The whip was
brought out of its resting place and
seven prisoners were fogged at the
post to-day. The punishment was
done at the work house. The pris-
ouers were of various ages. The
howls that went up from the work
house could be heard for half mile.
While the seven men were being
fogged an equal number stood, pill
lored, listening to their cries, and in
physical misery as the hot sun began
to shoot down its hot rays. The
spectacle of the seven men, punished
in this way, as in no other State in
the Union, did not attract crowd,
for Wilmington is accustomed to
these sights and the novelty has
worn awny.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
cAlLp,s LETTER TOUCHES HEART.
How Lille Mise ,i Six Years Won Pardon
for Her Father from Georsla's Governor.
Deer Mr.. Goyernore

Deer Mr.. Governore
My mama ses you are the
greatest man in Georgia, but
think my papa is the greatest
man in the hole world because
luv him better than all the res.
My mama ses you can give him
back to me if you want to.
Plees do it and will luv you
better than any one but my papa,
l am little girl just 6 an ipray
every mite for my papa TO come
home, an i will pray for you
every mite as long as i live if you
will sen my deer papa back to
me an my little bruther.
Your little fren,
Katie Reed.
A special from Atlanta under date
of May 81 says: Because little girl
labored with baby fingers to write a
letter to Governor j. M. Terrell, q
convict, who to-day is a prisoner be-
hind bars, sentenced to serve a term
of fifteen years, will tomorrow gaze
upon the blue sky, free man.
j. y. Reed, of Savannah, Ga, is
the man. He was sentenced at the
July term, 1900, of Chatham County
Superior Court to term of hfteen
years for killing James Stewart, a
negro. The jury found him guilty
OF voluntary manslaugbter. Cover
nor Terrell signed his pardon this
morning.
Efforts have been on foot to secure
the pardon of Reed. 1t is urged
that he killed the negro while in the
heat of passion; that he bore fine
reputation that he is a good man;
that his conduct since incarceration
has been exemplary.
But Governor Terrell reasoned
that the prisoner had been given
fair and impartial trial by twelve of
his countrymen that he was con-
victed for taking the life of fellow
man; that recommendation had
already been made to punish him for
manslaughter. And the pardon was
not issued.
Then came the letter from little
Katie Reed. Scant attention was
paid by the secretary TO the scratchy,
childish writing on the envelope. No
thought that it bore the freedom of
man was entertained.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
der are out OF order.
What 20 M

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out OF order.
What to DO.
There Is comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fufills every
wish In curing rheumatism, pain In the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. II correots inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
1t, or bad effects following use Of LIQUOR.
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 20 often
during the day. and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp.Root IS soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for It's won
deriul cures of the most distressing cases.
II you need a medicine you should have tho
best. Sold BY druggists in SOC. and ST.. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery Ec.f
and book that tells egallIsS4
more about IT, both sent K |.ssiHEs ..ilfssS
absolutely free by mail, lelss,ssi4Elllien
address DR.. Kilmer g. Homo OF swamp Roo,.
Co., Binghamton, NY. When writing men,
uon reading this generous offer In this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remem.
Der the name--Swamp-R Root--Dr. Kill
mer's Swamp Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y,-on every bottle,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
A Boys Anxious Hour.

"The greatest scare l ever got was
once in my boyhood days, when
was put astride horse and told to
hurry to town, three miles away, and
buy quart bottle of whiskey, which
was to save the life of my brother
who had been bitten by a rattle.
SNAKE" said j. X. Kennedy, of In.
diana, according to the ashington
Post.
81 never let the horse get out of a
hard gallop all the way to town
where | secured the precious stuff
that was to save the life of my play
mate. | was in an agony of fear
lest | might be too late, and on the
return trip, when about half way
home, in my impatience to make my
steed go still faster, l struck him
with the bottle, forgetting it's fragile
composition. When the bottle hit
the horses hip bone and burst, spill
ing its contents to the ground, if
ever despair seized hold of a boy, it
had me in its grip. Ialmost / felt like
committing suicide. But recovering
my nerve, l turned the head of the
animal, and revisiting the town, got a
second bottle, which took to the
house in safety. This was poured
into my poor brother es fast as he
could swallow it, but owing to the
delay the poison had a great start,
and the whiskey had no effect on
him whatever. Then my father,
mounting fresh horse, went away
on the same errand. BY this time
he was awfully swollen and it did
not look as though he could survive
The treatment was continued on my
fathers return, and the contents OF
bottle No. 2 finally did its work, and
the lads life was saved, after il
seemed an almost hopeless chance
that the poison could be counter.
acted"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
vallse Held $1,12O,O00.

Chicago, June 3.-Ito Himatsu,
japanese merchant of New York,
has arrived in Chicago with a COM
mon split leather valise containing
$l,120,O00 in United States money,
which he will give to the mikado to
help defeat Russia. The cash is all
in Tinted States gold notes and bank
bills. Ito Himatsu expects to sail
from San Francisco on June II,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
The Good Old Summer Tina

In the good old summer time, when
bicycles throng the thoroughfares, and
farm animals and roadsters are all kept
busy, accidents to man and beast are of
frequent occurrence. Elliott's Emulsifled
Oil Liniment is the most serviceable
accident and emergency liniment in use.
1t relieves quickly and heals speedily
cuts, contusiona. bruises, sprains, eto.
You get one-half pint for 25c. and you
get your money back if not satisfied.
Walhalla Drug Co.. Seneca Pharmacy.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Interestina TO Asthma Suffarars

Daniel Bante, of Otterville, Iowa,
writes: II have had asthma for three or
four years and have tried about ali the
cough and asthma cures in the market
and have received treatment from physi-
clans in New York and other cities, but
got very little benefit until tried Foley's
Honey and Tar, which gave me immedi-
ate relief and will never be without it
in my house. sincerely recommend it
to ALL" Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; !;
w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
q n - III OR
asssta,. ss,ss the 'A' Kind ,:z Have Always Bought
signature Of N@>M2zlzS<
Old Newspaper Suspends.

Worcester, Mass, June 2.-The
Worcester Spy, one of the oldest
newspapers in the country, has sus-
pended publication on account of
financial troubles. The Spy was
founded in ITO, the first issue ap-
pearing in Boston. Soon afterward
it was driven from the city on ac-
count of it's utterapcQs in favor of
independence and its publisher 10.
Gated in Worcester Since that time
The Spy has appeared continuously,
first as a weekly and then as daily
until to-day.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08

The desire to have ones own way
is characteristic of human nature.
Men want to be their own masters
to do as they please; TO act without
restraint according to their inclina-
tions, and the inevitable result is
bondage to habits.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Ten Years in Bed.

r. A. Gray, j. p, Oakville, Ind.,
writes: "For ten years l was confined to
my bed with disease of my kidneys. 1t
was so severe that could not move part
of the time. 1 consulted the very best
medical skill available, but could get no
relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended to me. 1t has been a
God.send to me. Sold by j. w. Bell,
Walhaila: w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
A Great Rular

One of the greatest of rulers is the
liver. 1t governs the human organism.
When the lvor is out of order the whole
system becomes diseased. Keep your
liver healthy by using Rydale's Liver
Tablets. They cure III liver trouble.
They cure constipation. Your money
back if they do not give satisfaction.
Walhalla Drug Co.; Seneca Pharmacy.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Our Industrial Growth.

Columbia, June 1.-The State
Board of Equalization has just com
pleted its work and the report shows
the value of textile and kindred
manufacturing enterprises in the
State to have been increased from
$34, 1851, 900 in 1908 to $37, ,760,O 900 in
1904--a difference of $3,00O,0OO.
This is due not to change in assess
ments, but to growth in business.
The increase revenue to the State on
this growth will be about $4,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08

During tho summer, kidney irreeulari.
ties are often caused by excessive drink.
ing or being overheated. Attend to the
kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney
Cure. Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w.
j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08


sediment or set
tling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys: If It stains
your linen It Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass II or pain in
the back Is also
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08

Chronic bronchial troubles and sums
mer coughs can / Q quickly relieved and
cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold
by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney,
Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08

On the first indication of kidney trou.
Bile, stop it by taking Foley's kidney
Cure. Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w.
j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08

Learn to avoid all ill-natured re.
marks and everything calculated to
create friction.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08

No good health unless the kidneys are
sound. Foley's Kidney Cure makes the
kidneys right. Sold by j. w. Bell, Wal
halla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know 1t.
Horu TO HfInd 0aA

FIJI bottle or common glass with your
water and let Il stand tWenty-four hours: a
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03

The citizens of the state of North
Dakota will be called upon to vote at
the coming election on Constitutional
Amendment concentrating the institu-
tions for the feeble minded at Grafton.
where one was located through the
Enabling Act admitting the Territory
of Dakota to statehood and by sub
sequent Acts of Congress, under the
provisions of which buildings were
erected which have been in operation
since May l, 1904, and now contain
about eighty inmates. The legislative
assemblies of 1901 and 1903 passed the
proposed amendment unanimously.
The object of this amendment is to
eliminate the location of an institution
for feeble minded at jamestown, where
one was located by the Constitution.
All should vote in favor of the amend
ment, thereby removing the possibility
Of there being a second institution
erected.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
NOTICE OF cHAr1EL MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the conditions
OF chattel mortgage bearing date the ath day
C.. F. Boyd and j. 4. Wyatt mortgagor: to the
Advance Ihresher Co. mortgage, and fled in
the office of the register of deeds for Cavalier
s9an,y ~ the iooxl io1h day sf sptf fasfs
| to pay part Of the debt thereby secured at its
maturity. said debt being the sum of $3.50. %
with interest at per cent per annum from
amount the sum of sl3l2.0 90 is now due hy
| reason of said default
Notice is hereby given; That BY virtue OF said
mortgage and BY order of the Advance
| Thresher Co, the present owner Of said mort
gage, will sell the following chattels, DE-
scribed therein, to-wit:
shop No. 1910: one Advance selt-feeder, size ~
| inch complete, shop Nc. .646e one Sharp Paten-
wind stacker, complete, shop No; l32: one Rus.
sci wind stacker complete :one Advan &c bageeI
wagon loading elevator or weigher. and aN
belts, tanks, tools and fixtures belo nginc to
and used with said machinery, or viii ch here
hneI9 b5 S sa .o
horse named Sam. weight 200 pounds, aged
eight years, one light grey horse nine years
old Eesht 100 pounds. lin named aagh,
pounds: ten years old: one bay mare, dark
name Bird. weight 100 pounds, age nine
years; one bay mare ten years old, name
bay. age ten years, weight 1900 pounds, name
Maud, at public auction, for cash at the front
door of Weaver postotfice between the hours OF
sbe Of
| shall be paid: First the costs and expenses
! Of said mortgage sale, and lawful attorney fee
Second, the debt aforesaid. with interest
the owner Of the mortgaged property.
CLEART s. MCLEAN, Agent.
Attorneys.
Dated November Sr1 1904
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
The official ballot this fall contain:

The official ballot this fall contains
six columns for the names of candidates.
The first column is for the republican
party: the second for the democratic:
the third Independent and democratic.
with no nominations whatever: fourth
socialist containing national and state
tickets: fifth prohibition, also with ma
tional and state tickets: sixth popullst,
with none but presidential electors.
But two of these columns have county
or legislative tickets. the republican
and democratic. The ballot will be
rather complicated problem for a
large number of voters. The safest and
surest way for democrats to vote is to
make one cross at the head of the demo-
cratic column in the square provided,
fold the ballot and give it to the cleo
ton officers.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03

We wonder whether our republican
friends are not just little too cocksure
of North Dakota. Is it quite certain
that il is all over but the shouting !:
1t may be we'll to be confident. Elec-
tions in close states are never over until
the ballots are in the bo1-and counted.
The democrats OF North Dakota may
not be united. but they have remark
able way of getting together for the
finish. and they are cot at all used to
letting elections go by default. They
know how to tight and they are fighters
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-03
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE BY
SHERIFF.

Notice l. Hereby Given. That by virtue, OF
iudc,nens and decree in foreclosure, rendered
and given by the District Court OF the seventh
in and for the County of Cavalier, aud entered
and dock in the Office Of the Clerk OF the
Dis.ric, Court, in and for said County on, the
24th day of September, 1904, in an action where;
ebs Il esSEsSM McEusa Sush1SsS eks a
Company, ia corporation,} Jshn B. Beese, r. h
Stoitze, the Langdon Lumber Company, ia cor
poration,l the American Bridge Company, "a
corporation Daniel Dow; Harold d. hansen,
of the Flour City Scenic Company, A: j. Nc.
Donald, the Red River Valley Brick Company
"a corporation John Mahon and =, John B.
Robinson, co.partnelS as Mahon q Robinson
ners as Libelcr & Finnerty, the st. Paul Roof
ing Cornice and Ornamental Company Ia cor.
pora,ion. J. 3. Reibeg, F. E. B. Mercer and
William F. Layin, copartners as Nercer =
LAWN, John MirehouSe, Cassimier Gates and
Herman Gates, copartners as Gates Brothers
j. c. McNiven, John c. Carrie, j. A. Sabrag
City of Langdon. la public corporationl l.
Ephraim Riyine. John 5. Gogin and John \
plaintiff and the hereinafter named defend.
ants. as follows. and against the defendant
Charles II. AcEuen:
In favor OF the plaintiff George W. Buckine-
ham for the sum OF Sli,225.6i.
In favor Of the defendant Frank +; Towle
Trustee in Bankruptcy of Harold J. Hansen
bankrupt, for the sum of sl6j+.e4.
In favor of one Davis for the sum OF
sum of 5000.
In favor Of the defendant F. H. s,olze TO,
the sum of S2.2s12. 70
In favor Of the defendant. The Lanedon
Lumber Company, for the sun. Of Slo53.3o.
In favor OF the defendants. Mercer & LAWN
for the sum of SIS. 90
In favor OF the defendants, Plummer & Nc,
Siven, for the sum OF 5000,
In favor Of the defendant, St. Paul Roofing
Cornice s. Ornamental Company. for the sum
of S2z2240.225.
In favor of the defendants. Libeler & Fin
nerty, for the sum of s5s51si.
In favor of the defendants. Mahon & Robin.
son, for the sum OF $3.50.
In favor of the defendant. the City of Lang
don, for the sum OF s:2,j0.4 40
In favor of the defendant John S. Gogin for
the sum of S42.10
In favor of the defendant John c. Currie
for the sum of $4,000
In favor of the defendant Ephraim Irvine for
the sum of Sl0a.l0.
In favor of the defendant John B. Beese for
the sum of s2a.e3.
In favor OF the defendant. j. \, Sabraw for
the sum of sl463i