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Arizona republican., 1904-11-23
Horse Sense at San Francisco.

The convention of the American Federation Cs Labor at San Francisco represents labor organizations with membership of more than three mill ion men. The workingmen of the United States should congratulate themselves that their representatives at San Francisco have SO decisively repudiated the doctrines of socialism. The apostles of socialism have meet with a crushing defeat each time there has been a vote of the delegates. The attitude of the delegates on this ques- tion is one of the most encouraging developments of the year. Many of the labor organizations of the country have been injured to an immeasurable extent in public estimation by their apparent espousaI of socialism, and it is subject for general felicitation that the sober second thought of labor is now against the pernicious doctrine.
 It is difficult, indeed, to understand how Americans can find anything to approve in socialism. There is req son, perhaps, for it's popularity in some parts of Europe. Foreign work ingmen who can have no hope of bet tering their condition under existing systems are excusable for adopting any plan which appears to open a way out" But in the United States the doctrines Of socialism cannot appeal to the thinking man. In this country there is all opportunity and all incen- tive for the play of individual ambi- tion. The first instinct of every American is to have a home of his own, and to have property of his own-to Hive under his own vine and fig tree, where none durst make him afraid Consequently the idea of throwing all property into a common jack pot, leaving no inducement for energy, thrift and ambition, and placing the most capable on dead level with the dullest is repulsive. There is nothing to recommend it. The most eloquent socialist speakers are seldom work CTS. They would be the first to revolt against an iron-clad law which com pelled every man to do so many hours
 
 could socialism be made practicable. Likewise, is it a pernicious doctrine which teaches Americans that the pro- ducts of their thrift must be divided among their fellows-the deserving as well as the undeserving.
 All the speeches and pamphlets which preach socialism deal in the baldest sophistry. They are made up of ninety-five per cent denunciation of the laws and conditions as they are and perhaps five per cent of remedy.
 It was socialism, and not the ques- tion of eight hours a day. that de stroyed the Western Federation ot Miners in Colorado and weakened thai organization beyond recovery in all th5 mining states. The officers of the federation boldly proclaimed that the products of Colorado's mines belonged to the miners. On the surface, at least the leaders were enthusiastically sup ported by the rank and file in this doctrine. Naturally, the people ot Colorado rose in revolt against such g revolutionary movement.
 And 1t is gratifying in the extrem, to find now that organized labor itsel Is revolting against sccialistic leader ship.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-23

It speaks well for the humanity of the Russians that the strict military censorship does not extend to the Go- mestic affections On the whole, all messages and letters to the wives and sweethearts of the soldiers are permit ted to go through. A newspaper cor respondent at the Russian headquart- CTS in Manchuria recently sent the following dispatch to his wife on her birtday: Dear Marie, embrace thee with all my heart" When the wife received the dispatch in St. Petersburg it read as follows: Dear Marie. I em- brace thee with all my heart, by per mission of the censor"
Arizona republican., 1904-11-23

When you attend a circus, turning a sommersault looks easy, and when you attend a lecture, talking in public looks easy.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-23

Ask any girl who was the greatest musical composer and she will think Of the wedding march and say: Men delssOhn. "-Atchison Globe.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
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Bears tho n The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Considered by States New York leads
In population, with more than seven and
n half million; Pennsylvania exceeds
six and half million and Illinois has
passed five millions; Texas has over
three million, having passed Missouri.
But twenty two States now have less than
a million inhabitants and fourteen exceed
two millions.
The rural free delivery postal service
appears to be spreading rapidly over the
country. According to latest reports,
there are nearly $4,000 routes in opera
ton, and several hundred more have
been favorably reported upon. Besides
these there are on hand something over
5000 petitions for other routes. This
branch of the postal service has already
become one of its most important feat
ures and promises in the near future to
reach all sections of the country 1t Is
helping greatly to make rural life more
comfortable and attractive.
The commencement exercises at Con.
verse College will be held on Sunday and
Monday, May 20 and 80. The baccalau-
rate sermon will be preached by Rev.
DR.. j. j. Tigert, of Nashville, Tenn, a
distinguished and eloquent divine of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The
annual address to the two literary socie-
ties will be delivered by Col. Bennett II.
Young, of Louisville, KY, n famous
lawyer, noted for his eloquence and lite
rary attainments. In the Confederate
army he played a conspicuous part In the
struggle of the South against the North
The graduating class numbers Al men,
bers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
To Settle Alliance Claims.

Columbia, April 23.--Judge Gray has
issued an important decision in the now
celebrated Farmers Alliance case, which
will probably dispose of the SIC, 600 now
in the bank, which has been awaiting
the order for some months. The order
was that the m aster of Richland county,
John $. Werner, should advertise for
several weeks for all creditors and stock
holders of the Farmers Alliance Ex-
change to present to him all claims with
proof preparatory to settlement.
There are several hundred sub ALI
ances through the State that own stock
in the Alliance, each having about 500.
Besides these, there are large number
of claims filed, some of these heiug in
the form of suits, this being the cause of
the disruption of the Alliance. All of
these will now be referred to the Master,
who will have the power to pass upon
the validity of each. 1t is safe to saw
that all of tho fund will be wiped out,
although it is not thought that there
will be any shortage, or settlements of
less than hundred cents on the dollar.
The money is now in the Palmetto Bank,
of this city, Col j. Q. Marshall having
been appointed Receiver some months
ago.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
Thomas Jefierson's Last Hours.

"The Last Hours and Death of
Thomas Jefferson" is an extract from
one of his biographers, and the scene
of his departure is graphically de-
scribed. He calmly gave directions
for his funeral, expressly forbidding
all pomp and parade, and he asked
with smile, "Do you think I fear to
die ?" He called the family and
friends around his bedside, and
uttered distinctly the following SEN
tence 81 have done for my country
and for mankind all that could do,
and [ now resign my soul, without
fear, to my God, and my daughter to
my country" These were the last
words he articulated, his last solemn
declaration to the world, his dying
will and testament, bequeathing his
most precious gift to his God and to
his country. He. sank away imper-
ceptibly, and brcathed his last with
out a struggle or murmur, on the
great jubilee of American Liberty,
the day and the hour on which the
Declaration of independence had re-
ceived its final reading, and on the
50th anniversary of that momentous
day. Jefferson was born in 1743,
and he was only 33 years old when
he wrote the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, dying on the 4th Of July,
1926, aged 83 years.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
Notice for Election Of
School Trustees.

NNHE County Board of Education of
Il Oconee county hereby requests the
patrons and qualified voters residing in
each School District to hold an election
at the school house of such district on
Saturday, the 14th day of May, 1904, in
the afternoon, between the hours of
three and six O'clock, for three persons
to be appointed Trustees of such School
District.
We hereby request the present Trustees
either to act as managers of election or
appoint three persons as such managers,
and that, with reasonable diligence, thew
certify the result of said election to this
board.
We earnestly request the patrons and
voters OF every School District to give at
tention to this important matter and
take part in said election. The Trustees
thus elected will be commissioned on the
1st day of July, 1904, for term of two
years. Q. l.. CRAIG,
r. II. JAYNES,
Nj. g. BARTON,
Members County Board Education.
April 20, 1904. 1919
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM.
Items OF News Of the Past Week Gathered
from Various Sources.

Caleb Powers, the former Secretary of
State of Kentucky, now under sentence
of death for the murder of Governor
Goebel, is writing book concerning his
personal experiences during the troublous
days of Kentucky's fierce partisan war for
control of the State.
AS result of the recent examination
in this Congressional District Repre-
sentative Wyatt Aiken has selected j.
Greenwood county, for principal and
alternate candidates for naval cadetships
at Annapolis.
Hon. Isaac II McCalla, of Lowndes-
vile, and one of the largest farmers in
Abbeville county, recently sold 267
bales of cotton at Id cents per pound,
for which he received $4,000 cash.
Farming would seem to be paying down
in that neck of the woods.
Use about 2 ounces of Paris green with
2 gallons of finely slaked lime on your
potatoes as soon as they come up. Use
again in two weeks. About three appli-
cations will keep the bugs off. They
are here waiting for the potatoes to ap-
pear above the ground.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention, held last week, refused TO
instruct the national delegates from
Pennsylvania to vote for the nomination
of Judge Alton b. Parker, of New York,
for president. The delegates will go to
ST. Louis uninstructed and will go bound
by the unit rule.
The Virginia Democratic State Conven-
tion was held on Wednesday. It is said
that the opening was one of the stormiest
ever held in Virginia, but things quieted
down and the convention ended in
harmony and enthusiasm. The four dele
egates at large and all the district delo-
gates except two are for German for
president first and Parker second.
Governor Aycook, of North Carolina,
and Governor d. G. Hayward, of Sonth
Carolina. inspected the school for the
Deaf and the Blind, at Cedar Springs,
recently, and attended the class exercises
at Converse College the night following,
Governor Aycock making an address in
honor of Founders day.
Five miles of the electric railroad from
Gainesville to Athens have been graded,
| and 1t Is said that great deal of enthu-
siasm is manifested by the people Of
| that section Of the country as to the
progress of the road and they are deter
| mined to have it built and completed at
| once.-lIartwell (Ga.) Sun.
Mrs Lizzie Goodwin, woman who
came TO Pickens county from North
Carolina about year ago, committed
suicide with q rope in her own room.
She had been separated from her hus-
band and lived with her daughter. Her
act IL supposed to have been the result
Of brooding over her unhappy domestic
relation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
Preacher Beat the Bank.

Butte, Mon, April 25.--C. Z. Hender-
son, Methodist minister, go years old,
lost his pulpit in Salt Lake City a year
ago on account of his age, and came to
Butte with his wife and two children.
Since then he has been unable to get cal
as pastor, and has eked out q scant living
for himself and family. He has worked
In the streets, washed dishes at hotels,
but could not supply his wants. To-day
he called at the city employment agency,
where he had for year been daily
caller, and announced that he was going
to Los Angeles. He had prosperous
appearance and said that he had suf-
fered from want long enough; he had
turned gambler and fortune had smiled
upon him. Il would have commit
ted crime to save my family
from hunger, for / could got no assist
ance," said the old preacher. 81 be-
ieve it was God that put it into my
head to try my luck at roulette. played
my last dollar on the red aud won. l
doubled and won again. l played them
all and Providence remained with mo
and lifted me from the quagmire of de-
spair. Every day for two weeks I have
played and continued in luck, and to-day
have 81 800 in my pocket and we are
going to California to start life over"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
Pyramid Of Corn.

A great pyramid of corn, artisti-
cally arranged, and pictures made of
grasses, is an interesting part of
Indiana's worlds fair display. Skill
ful hands have worked for months
on this beautiful display, which is
the masterpiece of these men who
have devoted years to the study of
snch matters. There is a great pyra-
mid of corn as the central feature of
the display. The pyramid is forty
feet high. Near it are similar pyra-
mids made of other grains. The
corn pyramid does not depend on
size alone. 1t is picturesque and
artistic as well as gigantic. For
months the architects collected corn
of various shades, and these were
put together in such a manner that
the colors blend together.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
The Cause OF the Blues.

Nine times out Of ten that mental con-
dition which results in depression, de-
spondency--th hlues-is caused by a
torpid action of the liver. In fact, the
conditions described above are usually
the first manifestations of a sluggish
liver. II the attack continues, sallow-
ness will soon appear, The next time
you feel "bluo" take Rydale's Liver Tab
let's. You will be surprised to see how
quickly the blues will vanish and how
bright and cheerful you will feel. Ry-
dale's Liver Tablets make tho liver
healthy and keep it healthy. They regu-
late the bowels and keep them regular.
Fifty tablets for 25 cents Walhalla
Drug Co., Walhalla; Seneca Pharmacy,
Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
alseiIas e,tAs tltaas Issss Taissis 8 I.sasr.

s.Siambis. 4 APR, %, !, &c. &c The Crane
knights OF Honor MET here at & o,..i',sst
last night, Grand Dictator j = j ver,,o,.
OF w Weiiioni piesidlns. All the ii, lodges
OF the STATE, wttb two or three OK xaenti.'i,s
were Represented. The attendance In
Guiding delegates aud officers of the
Srsnd Lodge, was about 100.
neports were rendered showing th
'oIuer ,a 70 oe III hne condition In this State,
with an Increased membership.
One OF tho reports said: an the 60
years OF Its existence the order has paid
more than SS0,O00,000 in death claims
and more han $l5, ,0OO. 900 to sick and
uisapied brethren. Jt has paid ever,
JUST claim in full, and paid It promptly.
ana at the pfesent time is paving It's
ciaims IN from 10 to so days from date
VI M oeatn. = There were SO claims paid III
'p1s Th o'ate last yesr, aggregating $l09, ,0O0"
membership for the State of l8. This
was an encouraging showing inasmuoh
as net losses have been recorded for the
past several years.
An entertaining feature of the session
was the initiation OF two members OF
Columbia Lodge, No. $50, in whose hall
the Srand Lodge Is holding its sessions
:. Columbia, April 21.--The South Caro-
lima Grand Lodge OF the knights of
Honor at it's concluding session held
here to-day voted unanimously in fayo,
OF admitting women to membership, and
80 instructed its delegates to the Supreme
Lodge, of which the Hon. John O. Shep.
pard, of Edgefield, is the Supreme Dicta-
:. The Grand Lodge had the pleasure of
Listening. to- an address from Governor
Sheppard who stands high in the order.
The question of holding biennial in.
stead of annual sessions came up again.
The vote stood 35 for biennial sessions
and 20 for annual. As two-thirds vote
Is necessary to change, the constitution
the resolution was lost land annual ses.
sions will continue to be held SSa sy,1eE;
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Grand Dictator, j. j.
Vernon. of Wellford; Grand Vice Die
tator,. Jas. E. Herbert,l of Charleston;
Grand Assistant Dictator, &c. p. Quattie.
baum, # Conway; Chaplain,,B. q. Cliff
ford. OF Union; Grand Reporter, L.. N.
Zealy. of Columbia; Grand Treasurer, j.
T. Robertson, Of Abbeville; Grand Guide,
D. Maher,. of Columbia; Grands Guar
dian, w. @. Meredith, of Pelzer; Grand
Sentinel, sJohn Kennerly., of Hodges;
Grand Trustees, j. o. Ladd, B. @. ,Du-
Pre!and j. II. p. Goodlett.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04

The only mistake that was made, to
my mind, was that the boy who had
led the others to Christ, should not
have been first in the line. Where
is the little half idiot boy now ? He
has grown much brighter within the
last few years and is now going to
school. He says he wants to be and
will be q missionary. Oh, my friends,
my heart thrills within me to think
that, off yonder in some dark CONT
nent, there are heathen souls who
are waiting for the sound of the
voice of that half idiot boy, to pro-
claim to them the glad tidings of sal
walton, and to send stream of light
into their benighted lives.
Oh, let us all learn that persistent,
self-surrender, ever doing the best
we can, is never failing way that
leads to victory. - Rev. Len. G.
Broughton, in Index.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
Are Your Lunus Sound

Rydale's Elixir cures weak lungs. If
you think you have bronchial affection,
or if you fear you have consumption,
rely on Rydale's Elixir. This modern
scientific discovery kills the germs that
cause chronic throat and lung diseases,
assists nature to restore these organs to
health. Rydale's Elixir is also certain
cure for acute throat and lung trouble,
such as coughs, colds, hoarseness, etc.
Rydale's Elixir is splendid family
remedy for young or old. Walhalla Drug
Co., Walhalla; Seneca Pharmacy, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
saved His Crop from erassAoppsrs..

4
A gentleman who used to live at
University place was growing wheat
in Southern Nebraska when the
grasshoppers struck him, says the
Nebraska State journal. He had a
forty acre field OF wheat that year,
promising big yield, and the pros
pect of its having to go to feed his
enemies, the grasshoppers, was gall
ing almost beyond endurance. Very
soon after the vanguard of the hop
pers appeared, however, this gentle
man made an chronological discov-
cry that saved his crop.
81 found" he said, "that grasshop-
pers were in the habit of climbing
the wheat stalks every morning to
spend the day feeding on what was
intended to feed me and my family.
l used to go out to the field to see
how they were getting on every
morning, and in my impatience at
the liberties they were taking with
my wheat / would occasionally strike
clump of them as they hung to a
stalk and knock them to the ground.
"After awhile l noticed that when
o grasshopper was thus dislodged he
made no further effort to get his
dinner, but remained on the ground
until the regular time to climb the
stalk next morning. Immediately
on making the important discovery
l went and took down our long
clothes line, and called my wife to
come and help me. Then we went
through that forty-acre field, drag
ging the clothes line over the wheat
between us, and knocked all the
grasshoppers to the ground. There
they stayed till the next day.
"Next morning we gave the hop
pers just time enough to get well
started up the stalks when we went
out and repeated the proceeding of
the day before. The result was the
same, and in course of a few days
every grasshopper in that field had
died of starvation. Our ueighbors
came out every morning to jeer at
us, and called us pair Of old idiots,
but we harvested the only wheat
crop in that part of Nebraska that
year."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
Sour Stomach-Heart.Burn.

Heartb burn results from an acid or
sour condition of tho stomach. This
acidity is caused by Indigestion. The
food Is only partly digested, the indi-
gested portion ferments, producing acid
and gas, these produce heartburn and
sour stomach. Rydale's Stomach Tab
let's speedily relieve these conditions
They neutralize the acid and food, re-
storing normal conditions Rydales
Stomach Tablets CURE all forms of
Stomach trouble. Walhalla Drug Co.,
Walhalla; Seneca Pharmacy, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04

Congress has disapproved of the
proposition TO oust clerks over 70
years of age.
Russia has purchased several steam
ers belonging to the Hamburg Anne.
rican line.
Five cotton mills belonging to the
j. & Z. Coates Co., at Pawtucket, II.
l., have adopted a schedule of five
days week.
Russia is said to be feeling the
pulse of the bankers of the world on
g proposition to raise loan of $780,
100000.
Miss Helen Gould has subscribed
81 700 to fund that is being raised
to protect young women visitors TO
the Worlds Fair.
A Pennsylvania man bought q
Bible at auction for six cents and
found $40 bill in it. Save your
Bibles; also search the Scriptures.
If Mr.. Bryan will spend as much
time and energy fighting the Repub-
llcans as he is spending in fighting
the Democratic party it will be better
for him and for all concerned An
derson Mail.
An Austin, Texas, dispatch says
that over 1900 head of cattle were
killed by hail storm in the Las
Cruces district of the State of San
Luis Potosi, Mexico, recently. The
corn crop was completely destroyed
in the path of the storm.
DR.. D. X. Pearson will send $50.
600 to Rollins College, Winter Park,
the Florida institution for helping
Cubans and children of American
residents in Cuba to higher educa-
tion. He pledged this amount year
ago on condition that $150,000 be
raised independently.
A London newspaper gives this
little item of American news eff a
white man kills negro in the town
of Lake Charles, La, he is fined SO
cents. This has led to a good deal
of grumbling among the white in
habitants."
Prohibition has been forced, by
constitutional amendment, more or
less in Kansas for twenty one years.
In five out of 105 counties the pro-
hibitory law is not enforced. These
five counties have seventeen per cent
of the population and furnish over
thirty per cent of the crime.
There was a collision between a
through freight train and a local
freight in the side track of the Sea-
board Air Line at Chester one day
last week. M. G. Tucker, an opera
tor in the Spring Stein cotton mills,
who was standing in the front end of
the cab of the through freight into
which the local crashed, was caught
between the cab and box car and in
stantly killed, his head being crushed
Six or seven persons killed and at
least DO or so injured is the record
of a cyclone which passed over por-
tions of Texas and Southern Indian
Territory one day last week. The
wind struck Mount Pleasant and
Winnsboro, Texas, injuring many
people, several seriously. None in
Texas were killed, but at SaPaula,
Indian Territory six are reported to
have perished. Much of the resi-
dent portion of Mount Pleasant was
wrecked fifteen buildings were de-
molished at Winnsboro, and some
damage was done at Titus. Twelve
people were badly injured at that
place. The storm reached here and
did much damage.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
O n To REA
Bears the - The Kind You Have Always Bough,
0lsaa'''' Of &1zW2zlzn

Congressman Stevens of Minnesota,
forwarded not long ago to one of his
constituents in st. Paul big package OF
garden seeds; In few days letter,
profuse in thanks, came back from ST.
Paul, with this concluding paragraph
'Please send me sack of barley, sack
OF corn, sack of oats, and as many trees
as you can get at the agricultural depart
mentO