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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-04-01

We Indicate opposite each subscription
on our list whether It Is PERSONAL
or GIFT subscription. We treat the
two classes Of subscriptions very differ
emily. II club -getter omIts to state.
when sending In his list, that "aII Of
these subscribers pay their own subscrIp.
tlon," we are compelled to write him and
ascertain the facts before entering the
names Of his subscribers on our list.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-04-01

The proprietors of a certain widely
known cough remedy advertises that
the manager of a prominent American
brewing association at Cape Town,
Africa, was entirely cured of a heavy
cold by it's use for few days. If
some one will now tell the world how
to get rid of the brewing associations,
we shall have worldwide prosperity.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-04-01

A St. Louis saloon is said to be the
most elegant in the world. Its name is
"The Broken Heart" The appropriate
ness Of the name will be promptly rec
ognized, but the choice of it illustrates
the well-known nerve of this business,
which, while it breaks the hearts of
it's patrons or their families, sears the
consciences of the men engaged in
it and sometimes causes them to even
glory in their shame.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-04-01

At the Chicago city convention held this
month, the Prohibition ticket received
twice as many votes as ever before
There was Prohibition candidate for
alderman in every ward. The ward com
mittees spent total Of $4,000. Chicago
Prohibitionists are greatly encouraged,
and expect to poll 10000 votes for the
national and state candidates this fall,
and to- elect three of four members Of
the legislature.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1904-04-01

The state convention and oratorical
contest of the college Prohibition
University April 20, 80, the contest oc-
curing on the evening of the 29th.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
Aprons of niany sorts sssc to s1,oo JeMeIry, Toilet Articles, etc.

It's almost impossible for you choose the gifts from this Fans 50c to $500 Sterling silver Manicure Sets $1.00 upward Comb and Brush Sets--$2. DO Celluloid Manicure Sets $1.50 to $4.50
 Sterling silver spoons, sugar sifters, sardine forks, bonbon scoops, mustard spoons, etc. -$1.00 each. Powder Jars-25c Water Bottles s39c to g Roger & Gallett's Perfumes -83c to S1.39
 Mustaphon Beauty Mirrors will stand or hang. or you can put them around your neck for shaving -S3. 25 to S3.75
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22

you 70 make any mistake IT list:a
 Toilet Sets-$1. 75 to S5. 50 Military Brush Sets in leather
 cases $2, % to $2.50 Comb Sets 25c to $500 Belts 25c to s9.00 MuF Chains 5Oc to $2.00 Soaps 25c to $l.50 a box Vail Bros. Perfumes 25c to
 $t.50
 Hudnut's Perfumes -50c to
 $1.50 Colgate's Perfumes 25c and
 5lc
 Violet's s PerfumesS3 % Hudnut's Violet Sec Toilet
 Water75c to Sl. 40 Triplicate Mirrors-25c to
 $6.75
 Hat Pins--lOc to $l.25
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
A bit ot Fancy China from Sc to $500 Rubber Boots, Slippers, Soles
 at greatly reduced prices

So your money will go further than It usually does in this popular department
 Won,en's $f .O0 Crochet Slippers now soc . paif 25c Capital ]" Lamb s-wool Soles t3t 65c and 75e Jersey Leggings soc Boys $3. % Storm King Rubber Boots now S265 Youths SAYS Storm King Rubber Boots $2,45 ltile Mems St.75 Storm King Rubber Boots St 35 Boys g. 50 Short Rubber Boots St .95 Youths $2O0 Short Rubber Boots now SIG Misses f.75 Short Rubber Boots now $135 ChIdren's Sf .25 Short Rubber Boots $t.tO Boys $f .35 and $t 50 Buster Brown leggngs 95c
 Would Stein please him? sec to s5.g7
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
for Children's Coats

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
BY JAYNEs. sHELoR, SMITH 81 sTEoK.

Mr.. Davis is more than 80 years of
age, but is strong of body and mind
and has been during his entire life
an unwavering Democrat.
He was horn in Howard county,
Maryland, November 16, 1923. His
early education was received in
country schools. He lived and
worked upon u farm, after finishing
his school days, until he was 20
years of age, at which time he went
into the service OF the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad Company, for which
institution he worked IA years. He
was elected to the West Virginia
Legislature in 1865 and to the State
Senate in 1868 and 1870.
He was member of the Demo
cratic National Convention which
nominated Horatio Seymour at New
York i'm 1868, and also of the Ma.
tional Convention at Baltimore in
in 1872 which nominated Horace
Greeley. Mr.. Davis was elected to
the United States Senate in 1870,
aud commenced his services March
y, 1871, and served two full terms,
retiring March 3, 1888.
MIR. Davis at this time is the
unanimous choice of West Virginia
Democrats as their candidate for
Governor, and his election was prac-
tically assured. His nomination to
make his party's race with Judge
Parker will, of course, eliminate him
from this contest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
/. Senator TIllman ralkIna.

Cincinnati, Ohio, July 13.-sI
feel as though gold bugs were biting
me all over" said Senotor Tillman,
of South Carolina, who passed
through here on his way from, st.
Louis to Washington.
"Ihat was great convention at
st. Louis. Twas in the conven-
tion of 1892, when Cleveland rode
rough shod over us. / was at Chi
cago when the free silver issue was
born, and now ! am just returning
from the convention where free silver
was laid away in its coffin and the
mourners crowded around in process
sion.
"Well we did the only thing there
was left for us to do," answered the
Senator, when reference was made to
his p;-.'t last evening in keeping the
convention in check.
"The effect of Parker's action GER
tainly will he wholesome in one
respect. 1t will stop the cartoonists
and Republicans from presenting
Parker as manikjn that would fit
into HilPs pocket. l think we are
going to win with our ticket. OF
course we must get the votes of the
East and the South. We shall not
quit getting in this campaign till
after the election"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
rllLmAN TALKS ABOUT PARKER.
He Says He is Filled with Courage and Great
Hope--Thinks Democrats will Win.

Washington, July Ex-senator
Tillman, of South Carolina, passed
through Washington to-day on his
way to Edgetield from the ST. Louis
Convention. The Senator stop led
here for short time to undergo an
examination by throat specialist.
All during the last winter and spring
Mr.. Tillman suffered constantly with
his throat. The examination re-
vealed nothing serious, the physician
saying that the trouble was merely
constitutional and would yield to
treatment, which could be admins.
tered as well on his farm as it could
here.
The South Carolina Senator was
fresh from ST. Louis when your cor.
respondent talked with him, and if
his opinion is worth anything, and a
great many people think it is, Judge
Alton b. Parker will he the next
President of the United States.
81 am filled with courage and
hope" the Senator remarked, "and
when the campaign is begun the
Democrats may inaugurate their Ia
bors with feeling that their efforts
will be crowned with success in No
vember. On the whole, our conven-
tion at ST. Louis was a great sue
cess. We had great struggle over
the platform, and for two whole
nights / did not close my eyes, but
finally we drafted a platform upon
which all Democrats could stand.
"The telegram which was received
from Judge Parker was one of the
best things which could have hap
pened to the Democratic party. At
no other hour could it have accom-
plished such a wonderful result. Had
Judge Parker waited to make known
his position until he drafted his mes
sage of acceptance, the result would
have been far different. No one
can now doubt that the message
came directly from Parker's home,
and was sent without advice from
any one. 1t will have two or three
marked effects in the coming cam
paign. First, the Republicans cannot
make campaign material ont of the
fact that the Democrats ignored the
money question. Judge Parker's
telegram and the conventions answer
have placed the Democratic party as
firmly in favor of the gold standard
as the Republicans. Again, thous-
ands of gold Democrats who voted
against Bryan in 1896 and 1900 will
come back into the party and do all
in their power to elect the ticket.
Also, we expect Judge Parker's
action will bring to us many Repub-
lican votes, and the support of the
majority of the business men of the
country. There are great numbers
of business men, many of them Re-
publicans, who fear to risk Roosevelt
for another term in the White House,
and knowing the Democratic Pres-
dental candidates views upon the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
A Matter OF Conscience.


Taber, July 16.--We read with
pleasure j. A. Cooks essay on the
conscience, although he seemed to
take the exceptions to prove the ar
gument. He makes it appear that if
we should follow the dictates of our
consciences we would often go awry.
Now, we regard the conscience in a
different light. This is divine gift
from God to man that raises him
above brute level; that exalts him
when good deed is performed, and
condemns him when he goes astray.
Or it may be defined to be the iudg-
ment which man passes upon the
morality of his actions as to their
purity and turpitude, or the secret
testimony of the soul, whereby it
approves things that are good and
condemns those that are evil.
Take away conscience from mau,
and what would there be left !?
Would there be any reason, self-re-
spect or judgmentp We are in
clined TO think that his actions
would be about on the same moral
plane as that of the Chinaman's and
the cannibal queen used by Mr..
Cook in comparing the many varie-
ties of consciences there are on this
planet. We would suggest that it is
the absence of conscience that made
the Chinaman murder the missionary,
and more taste and less conscience
that made the cannibal queen eat her
would-be benefactor. What is the
latest style in handkerchiefs over
there? We did not know that the
heather African carried those useful
articles.
Weller yes, that mineral metallic
conscience of your imagination is
only one of the many varieties of
conscience that seems to be at your
command, but of course would not
admit of comparison with "Coke's
Prolific Corn" 80 you left the vege.
table kingdom and coined that mine
raj metallic conscience, and applied it
to the rich and the poor, the high
and the low, the dispensary advocate
and the swindler. Sure, it is appli-
cable to a lot of the earth's repro
oatSS. ndJ 'UcbG SOluIlOU, DeSU 80
luton" hallucination man is all
right. His conscience may be hard,
dwarfed and mineralized, but he has
enough to tell him that "Uncle Ben
did the right thing when he estab.
lished the dispensary in South Caro-
lima"
So, it is the law aud not our con-
science that makes us pay an honest
debt, that makes us pay off those
liens and mortgages, that keeps us
from numbering our fellow-man. We,
as a people must be deteriorating.
We wonder if an honest man would
be as hard to find in this day and time
as it was in the day of Diogenes !?
Well, we arc young and viewed our
fellow-nan in a different light, and
now we are told that there isn't
streak of good in us and that we are
compelled to do these things to keep
within the pale of law. Somehow it
is very hard to believe things are in
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
that state. Mr.. Cook, our conscience

that state. Mr.. Cook, our conscience
may be hard, contracted, mineralized,
warped and SO on, but we think we
still have enongh left to do some
things without being made. For in-
stance, are the people compelled to
support Erskine College, Furman
University, Wofford, Due West Fe-
male College and numerous others,
also to pay missionaries to go to
Africa, China, etc?
Oh, kicking doesn't hurt Clemson
30 very bad after all, 30 some of
the professors said at the farmers
convention. 1t has it's faults and
good points, too. Let the little ma
jor, colonel and cadets strut in their
uniforms. We are real proud of
their base ball record.
Now, in conclusion we would like
to ask, how much will it take to es.
tablish and maintain prohibition in
this county? How much will it
take to keep our public schools on as
high level as they are now? Can
we afford to take backward step in
education? Will the prohibitionists
of this county be as willing to as
sumo their part OF the extra taxes
that the voting out of the dispensary
and the establishment of prohibition
will enforce upon the people as they
are to preach their doctrine?
We would like to have the above
answered satisfactorily, and while
you are solving that problem keep in
mind those $4,000 lin bonds) and
some outside debts that will come
home some day. A seventeen mill
tax seems to be high enough unless
Sally and the cotton boil weevil get
into the cotton market again.
Now, Mr.. Cook, we expect you to
jump on this and riddle and FRAGILE
it until its own author would not
recognize it but we have this trait,
we can be convinced when convinc-
ing argument is used. Steno.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
wALHAlLA. soUrH oARoLIaA. JULY 20. 1904
money question they will not hesi-

Jale 10 buppOEt nlm.
Senatori'illman was asked what
be thought of Bryan's attitude
throughout the campaign. "Bryan
fought the conservatives all along
the line in the committee room. On
almost every point he WAS ready for
fight, and when defeated took up
the struggle OH the next point.
However, throughout the long hours
spent inpreparing the platform he
was open and manly in all his actions,
and it was not until the last few
hours of the convention that he acted
narrowly and with bitterness. This
was upon the fight over the conven-
tion's reply to Parker's message. l
think his conduct in the last two
hours of that midnight session did
more to lose votes for the Democrats
than anything else. He was very
bitter in his personal opposition 70
the New York Judge"
Your correspondent questioned
Senator Tillman as to what he
thought about the rumor circulated
that many of the prominent silver
Republicans, like ex-senator Petit
grew, of North Dakota, were dis
pleased with Judge Parker's an
nouncement that he was for the gold
standard and would return to the
Republican party. "I do not think
there is anything in the story" was
the Senator's reply, cat least | have
heard nothing of it. The only silver
Republicans who will get out are
those who were merely waiting for
an excuse to do so, and their deser-
tion will not hurt our chances at all.
Such men as Senator Dubois, of
Idaho, and Charles A. Towne, for
merly of Minnesota, but now of New
York, will stand firmly by the Demo.
cratic ticket, and will work as hard
rs any Democrat"
81 believe" said the South Caro-
lima Senator in conclusion, "that the
whole party will rally behind Par
ker. Cleveland will join in the cam
paign. Bryan will bring his wonder
full oratory into play and work for
Parker and Davis. Every Demo
crat of any prominence in the coun-
try will get to work, and / firmly he
lieve that Parker and Davis will be
the next President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United. States"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
White Man Murders Negro Girl.

Bamberg, July S.-Last Saturday
night two young white men named
Daniel Proveaux and Elisha Morris
went to the house of a negro woman
in the town of Olar, in this county,
and, it is said, demanded to be ad-
mitted. The men were drinking.
The woman, so it is claimed, refused
to admit them and they tried to force
open the door. Failing in this they
went to window which they sue
ceeded in opening. The negro came
to shut the window and succeeded in
doing so. She then called to little
negro girl who was in the house to
come and help her hold the window
shut. The girl got up and started
to the window when Proveaux, it is
alleged, put his pistol to crack in
the window and fired into the house,
the bullet striking the girl squarely
in the forehead and going through
her head. She died instantly. An
inquest was held over the body and
the verdict Of the jury was that Pro-
veaux did the killing. He has run
away. Although the jury did not
implicate Morris, it is understood
that he has employed counsel and
will stand trial.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
Paul Kruger Noted Boer, is Dead.

Clarens, Switzerland, July ID
Paul Kruger, former President of
the Transvaal Republic, died here at.
3 o'clock this morning from pneu-
monia and supervening heart weak
ness.
Mr.. Kruger lost consciousness
Monday. His daughter and son.in-
law were with him at the time of his
death. He had been out only once
since his arrival here, at the begin
ming of last month.
The Presidents body was en-
balmed and this afternoon the re-
mains will be placed in q vault pend
ing funeral arrangements. Applica-
tion will be made to the British Gov,
ernment for authority IL transport
the remains to the Transvaal. In
the meantime they will be tempo.
rarily inferred here.
Mr.. Kruger, who was staying at
the Villa, du Boichet, had been
gradually failing for a long time, but
he was able to attend to affairs, read
the newspapers and receive visits
until Saturday. A change for the
worse set in on Sunday. He became
unconscious Monday and remained
30 until his DEATH. Besides the
Floffs, Mr.. Kruger was tended by
his own physician, DIR. Heymann,
and by his secretary, Mr.. Redel.
On several occasions Mr.. Kruger
had expressed desire to be buried
beside his wife, in his own country.
The post mortem of the body
showed that Mr.. Kruger died of
senile inanition.
The state of the Presidents
health had been kept secret.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
Eight Meet Death-Forty are Injured.

Now York, July 10.-Eight persons
were killed and forty injured, some of
them seriously, as a result of a regular
passenger train on the Greenwood Lake
branch of the Erie Railroad running into
an excursion train which was taking
water at Midvale, N. j., at noon to-day.
D. w. Cooke, general passenger agent of
the Erie railroad, has given out the fol-
lowing statement: "An excursion train
from Hoboken to Greenwood Lake stop
ped at Midvale for water and the opera
tor in the tower failed to set the block
signal against the train following. AS a
result there was rear-end collision, in
which eight persons were killed and
forty injured. A hospital train with
doctors and surgeons on board was i'm
mediately sent to the scene of the acci-
dent and rendered all possible aid"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
THE DEmocRATlc NOMINEES.
Sketches OF Alton 8. Parker, Of New York,
and Henry g. Davis, OF West Virginia.

Alton Brooks Parker was born at
Cortland, N. Y, May Ii, 1858. His
father was a farmer and young
Parker spent twelve years of his
life on the farm. For three years he
attended the little district school
during the winter and worked in the
summer. When IL years of age he
went to the Cortland academy and
earned enough money out of class
hours to pay his tuition and expenses
tor three years. AT the age of Is
he heard that the village school at
Virgil, near Cortland, needed u
husky teacher. Parker needed the
money and he got the job. He sub
ducd the fractious pupils, continued
his. studies between times at the
Cortland Normal school and saved
Senough money To start him at the
Albany Law School, from which he
graduated in 1872.
The future judge then became a
c erik in the law firm of Schoonmaker
& Hardenbergh, at Kingston. On
the advice of Judge Sohoonmakcr
youuS aiNCi Iooh bu luGclSSU Ill
politics. As q result he was elected
Surrogate of Ulster county twice on
the Democratic ticket, although Ul-
ater county is a Republican strong
hold. lie was appointed by Cover
nor Hill to the Supreme bench to
fill vacancy in 1885, and was re-
elected year later for twelve years.
60 hi1l,lx, I'm q h,,
Republicans put no candidate against
him. In the meantime Parker
managed Hills second campaign for
Governor, united all the warning fac
lions and won. In January, 1889, a
second division Of the Court of APP
peals was created and he was chosen
on it. The Court dissolved in 1892
and at the request of the bar and
bench he was named by Governor
Flower on the newly created appel
late division of the Supreme Court.
Judge Parker was delegate to the
National Convention in 1884, and
was chosen Chairman of Democratic
State Executive Committee in 1885.
President Cleveland rendered him
the Postmaster Generalship in 1885,
but he declined it. He was chosen
Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals
for a l4year term in 1897, aud he is
serving now. lie was urged to be-
come a candidate for Governor in
1891, but declined, and likewise he
declined the United States Senator
ship nomination year later. He
urged Hills selection and Hill was
chosen. Parker was urged to run
for Governor in 1908, but refused,
saying he preferred the high honor
of the bench. Democrats believe he
could have defeated Odcll.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
GreonvllIe Woman in "Hollnoss' Sleep.

Greenville, July 12.-Greenville
had variety of excitement to-day.
In a store window on Main street
lies man in hypnotic sleep. At the
end of the street, on the banks of
Reedy river, on pulpit platform, in
holiness tent, lies a woman, Mrs.
Casey, in a trance, having entered
this remarkable state last night dur
ing holiness services. The woman
lies in a rigid state on the board plat
form floor and for % hours has not
moved muscle. She was examined
by physicians this morning who pro-
nounce her in comatose condition.
1t is said she went into this state
last night while engaged in the
"holy dance" which figures promi-
nently in the holiness services being
held here.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20
No False Claims.

The proprietors of Folcy's Honey and
Tar do not advertise this as "suro cure
for consumption" They do not claim
it will cure that dread complaint in ad-
vanced cases, but do positively assert
that it will cure in the earlier stages and
never fails to give comfort and relief in
the worst cases. Foley's Honey and Tar
is without doubt tho greatest throat and
lung remedy. Refuse substitutes. Sold
by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney,
Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20

a cloudburst over the hills north
east of Manila caused flood which
has destroyed San Juan Del Monte.
Two hundred lives were lost. The
low-lying districts were inundated.
The homes of the Americans and
foreigners are isolated. Transport
tation through the streets is carried on
in boats only. Rain has fallen for 81
hours, totalling III inches, which is
unprecedented. Damage to property
is estimated at $2,000,O00.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20

Mr.. Watson, Commissioner of
immigration, is arranging for the
transportation of number of immi-
grants from Marseilles, France, and
after being brought to this State they
will be located in the Pee Dee sec
ton. This is the beginning of a
movement to bring large number
of these industrious people here and
locate them in various parts of South
Carolina.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20

A. r. Bass, of Morgantown, Ind, had
to get up ten or twelve times in the
night, and had a severe backache and
pains in the kidneys. Was cured by Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure. j. w. Bell, Wal
halla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-07-20

Foley's Kidney Cure purifies the blood
by straining out impurities and tones up
the whole system. Cures kidney and
bladder trouble. j. w. Bell, Waihalla;
w. j. Lunney, Seneca.