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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-02-10
Hardware.

Shingle, Boiling, Cross-cut and
Wood Saws.
Lumber Chains, Tongue Chains
and Breast Chains, Anvils, Bellows
and Shop Tools.
A good line of Cooking Stoves
and Heaters.
We are paying special attention to
Hardware. We want you to call on
us when you need anything in shelf
goods and Farm Tools.
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What Are They7

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's. A new remedy for stomach trou-
bles, biliousness, and constipation and a
good one. Price 25 cents. For sale by
j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney, Sem
eca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-02-10

Nellie Burke, of Wilkesbarre, Pa, the
only woman who ever applied to the
machinists union, will be admit, ed at
the next meeting of that body.
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an OPEN LETTER.

AN OPEN LETTER.
Board OF County Commissioners Furnishes
Statement as 10 oconess Finances.
Walhalla, S. o., February o, 1904. TO
Hons. E. l.. Herndon, Senator and E. G.
Doyle and w. NJ. Brown, Representa-
tives. Columbia, s. @. Gentlemen:
We cheerfully comply with the request
for the further statement as to the finan-
cial condition of oconee county. Upon
recasting the accounts for receipts and
disbursements during the fiscal year 1908,
we find the financial condition substan-
TALLY as follows:
LIABILITIES.
Roads and bridges SIC, ,842 e1
county Auditor. ............. 800 90
County Board Equalization. 1O5 so
County Com'rs aud Clerk. .... 100 90
Jurors, witnesses, constables.. 2,762 80
Clerk OF Court. 800 90
Sherln .................. 95S 90
Magistrates and constables. ~. 1852 IS
Coroner: .......:. 100 90
Public buildings ......... 3,40S go
Books, stationery and printing 800 %,
Contingent...... ................ 5,838 0O
Poor house and poor ..... S21 AZ
Balance audited accounts, 1902,
approximately ............ B sos 90
--
Total. ........S42, ,97S so
ASSETS.
Ordinary levy, 4t mills. .....S15, ,O50 20
Special levy, mills road. .... 2,50S 81
Fines and forfeitures Iest,m Zoo m
Machinery sold d.,.......... S91 S5
Kent poor farm, .:.n;.... 800 90
oo's a Iii. mHH'o anu JAZZ ie'y' i'o@' o 400 <.
Note Bank of Walballa 56oS M
Note Peoples Bank d.. 80. 1000 90
Note Peoples Bank (a) ...,... 1000 90
Note Seneca Bank o.. 49,. 600 90
Note seneca Bank (E..... 3,5OS O6
Total. -. ........,> .$41, ,149 OS
Balance liabilities. f. -. 1926 "a
49,,
Total. ............. $42, ,973 32
In order to ascertain the correct
amount of current exnenses dnrino ,ooa
49, 'ooo
there should 90 deducted from the total
amount of liabilities the following items:
Borrowed mony repaid $500 90
Court house and jail levy, 1902, ' "
Z mills, .........,.... ~ 2,4a3 55
Balance audited account 1902 -' %
Approximately ...... -. 5,595 90
Total. .su,51s IS
This leaves a balance Of ss1 AKA ~ ~
oA
"h'oh represents the actual current ex-
expenditures incurred on account of
lima freshet annroxim.+o,,, e,o oon
ana the cose OF the Nlmmon's bridge,
silva contracteo oy former board.
Inc outstanding indebtedness is as fol-
lows:
,o, s u.,NU UiNs. I,>
March % i00i W ""o e 900 M
Peoples Bank ~ due Apri, ~
1904 ...... ............ 2,D
per CENT INTEREST on sameS
People's Rank f2S dns mil iof z
10, 1904. aOOO 90
per cent interest on same
sonano mohsns ,;a., loo; 9S 33
7 ner cent interest On san,o WV w
months and 2S davs. Q, oe
Seneca Bank(2) due April L. 1904 3,509 08
20, nth NV 'n'o'os' oh saihe ., 90
Good Roads Maob;nerv 70 ui Vi DO
due April 1, 1904 ..... 1000 90
per cent interest on same
Good Gr."s RnaSS M.chiro.u 'I1,' ~ 70; 10 w
due December 81. 1904 \1 4o5o 10
per cent interest on same from
January l, l9oi. 243 81
Toto, Notos e1o1,c 90
Balance assetts as above. IS25 94
--
iota' iloating oeot ..'... S2l,o4l 81
lhls inoeotedhess arises from the dis
asIer Vi iasC juno 10 Che amount OF ABOUT
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-02-10

This leaves balance of S31, ,454.77,
which represents the actual current ex-
penses for the year 1908, including the
expenditures incurred on account of
June freshet, approximately $4,000,
and the cost of the Nimmon's bridge,
S1,924, contracted by former board.
The outstanding Indebtedness is as fol-
lows:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-02-10

In order to ascertain the correct
amount of current expenses during 1908
there should be deducted from the total
amount of liabilities the following items:
Borrowed mony repaid. ....S $500 90
COURT house and Jail levy, 1902,
mills. .............. 2,423 So
Balance audited account 1902
approximately. ...... -. 5,595 90
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
III N Novlo.

Z Gallant who Rarely Weds the
Maiden He AtteAds.
A spanish maiden who 10 IN the
hast attractive Is always attended BY
Q young man. He Is called her novto,
and 1t is his privilege to accompany
her IN her walks. though Of course al
ways with either her mother or a maid
70 play proprfety. His courtship sell
dom ends in his becoming engaged to
the young lady, but while 1t Lasts abe
has 10 be obedient and loyal to him.
II he should transfer his affections
% another fair damsel. the slighted one
has no redress, for he is quite at liber-
y to do 80, their friendship never be-
ting regarded in the light Of a formal
engagement. Marriages are settled by
the heads OF the two families chiefly
concerned. and untn such an arrange
ment Is made the young Spaniard may
be novio to as many girls as he likes.
one after another. This custom has
certainly more advantages for the men
than 1t has for the maidens, but yet
oew Spanish girls would care to be
without a novio, however tickle he
might be.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
THE MAGNOLIA.
n the Himalayas Are Found tn,
Most Masnincent Specimens.

h the Himalayas Are Found the
Most MAsnincent Specimen.
The magnolia. so called from Pierre
Hagnol, professor of botany at Mont
pellier in the seventeenth century, is a
genus embracing fourteen species Of
remarkably handsome shrubs delicious
H scented and far more hardy than is
commonly supposed. They are very
widely distributed in China, Japan and
the Himalayas and in Mexico and the
United States.
The old world species seem to have
been the earliest cultivated, the Chi
nese preserving the buds as well as
using them incidentally and to a
their rice. The purple Powered Japa-
nese plant was discovered by Kemp
fer in 1890 and introduced into Eng
land in 1903. The Himalayas possess
three varieties, among them the most
magnificent Of all, Magnolia Campbell,
. conspicuous object in the scenery Of
Dar1eeling, eighty feet high, twelve
feet in girth. with flowers ten inches
across.
North America has given many dis
tnct varieties, among them the Gu
eumber or umbrella tree, the beaver
tree and the favoEite Magnolia grandi-
dora. 4g.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
WORK ON CITY HALL
Laying of Stone Has Been Commenc,
ed on the City Hall Building
tor Its Completion.
for Its Completion

Monday afternoon Gottlieb Scheur-
.enbrand and his force OF masons
again took up the work of laying
stone on the city hall building since
stopping last fall. At that time the
stone work on the basement story
was completed and there were two
stories yet to finish. MI. Scheuren-
brand said that the work would now
be pursued until all the stone work
was completed, with the possible
exception of a delay Of a day or two
on stone He added that it will
take about six weeks or two months
to finish the stone work, when the
building will be turned over to Con.
tractor Bjodstrop to do the carpenter
work.
1t is expected to have the building
practically completed by Sept. 1, so
that it can be inspected by the peo-
pie who visit Mitchell during the
two months before election. The
| visitors will then have some idea
from a personal inspection as to the
size Of the structure and its adequacy
for the use of the state as a capitol
building. Our Pierre friends keep
on insisting that the city hall build
ing will not be large enough for the
states use, but If any Of them hap
pen to come down to the corn palace
in the.latter part Of September they
can 90 home and tell their friends the
truth about the matter without hav.
ing to draw on their IN agination for
something to knock Mitchell.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22

The Brule county republicans at
their convention instructed their
delegates to the state convention to
work for the nomination of Col. JIM
Greene for governor or for anything
he may desire. This endorsement in
creases the gubernatorial candidates
one more, the list now comprising
Berg, Elrod, McDougall, Snow,
Schamber, Greene and Crawford.
With this number of candidates be-
fore the convention there ought to
be all kinds 10 excitement.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22

Last week Mitchell people were
pretty busy in entertaining the
many stangerss within her gates and
our prestige as . convention city was
more in evidence than ever. From
Tuesday until Friday there we're
i've different societies in session here
the Degree Of Honor, the Presby-
terry Of Southern Dakota, and Wom-
ans Mission Society, the Christian
Endeavor Union and the Knights of
Pythias. The coming of these So
cietics to Mitchell showed the fact
that the town vas easy Of a%ccessi-
bility and that 1t did not take all
day TO reach here and as long to get
home again. This is n Of the fea-
lures that appeal to the citizens Of
the state intthe matter of capital re-
moval, and ssthe people who visited
Mitchell during week were particu-
larry Impressed with the same idea.
In asgreat many other states where
the capital is located within the
center Of population you will find
many Of the important gatherings ol
the state there But how IS it in
this state? In the past fourteen
years the occasions have been ex-
ceedingly rare where there has been
a convention Of any kind at Pierre.
Not but what the town is good
enough to meet in but 1T is sc far re.
moved from the path Of travel that
the people have not the time to &C
there, and this will always be the
case. No less than fifteen conven.
ions have been held in Mitchell
since the first OF the year and there
are as many more scheduled for the
rest of the year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
B~rownias'. laoAssty,

dFoWnAMo M0NSSt1.
Tho only SON Of Robert Browning and
bis illustrious wife was q diligent art
student when he grew to manhood. He
VA believed to have a promising ca
zser. but once when the father was
showing a friend some OF his sons pic
lures he, expressed a fear that he might
suffer from the high hopes built upon
him.
He is placed at a disadvantage"
aid Browning. Then he explained
91rther, in a phrase as modest as any
sver uttered by q great man:
sPeople expect much from him, you
90, because he had such a clever moth
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
Rats IN Pata.onia.

A scientist exploring Patagonia says:
The impassability Of Patagonia mud
. proverbial. You cannot walk through
It and 1t takes a sturdy mule to carry
you through. More often than NOT II
. caused by the burrowing Of a tai1less
rat known as the tncu tucu. Acres
upon acres, amounting to square miles
even. Of otherwise sound and whole
some ground are undermined by this
indefatigable little pest. He holds the
country as nothing else holds 1t until
the advent Of sheep or cattle (Which he
hates induces him to shift the scene
Of his nightly labora"-Boston Tran
ncrinf
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
eANNs OF MARRIAGE.
a c..tom That D.tes BACK to the
Primitive Christian Church.

4 Custom That Dates Rack to the
Primitive Christian Church.
The custom Of publishing the banns
Of marriage dates back to the primi-
tive church. for Tertullian. who died
A. d. $40. states that warning OF In
tended marriages was given among the
early Christians
It appears that the publication Of
banns was habitual in many places
long before there was any general law
on the subject. since Gregory Nv. Q196-
1910 speaks Of the banns (from Latin
bannum. a proclamation; Anglo-Saxon,
ban} being given out IN church. &C
cording to custom. The practice was
introduced into France about the.uuH
century and In 1l76 was enforced in
the diocese of Paris.
The earliest enactment on the sub
sect in England was an order made in
the synod Of Westminster In 1900 to
tie effect that no marriage sho'iid be
celebrated ull the banns had been1p pub,
lshsd in the church on three several
Sundays OF feast days. This rule was
made obligatory throughout the church
By the fourth LAteran council held in
Rome in 1918 BY act Of parliament
banns must now be given out in Eng.
hnd on three Sundays.-London An
DVere.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
Disproved.

"You can't a your cake and have it,
too" remarked the cheerful man.
you can't. eh?' groaned the dyspep-
dc as he swallowed a couple of tablets.
That's all you know about it."-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
To Make . seidlit. Powder.

To make a seidlitz powder mix to-
gether two drains Of rochelle salts and
two scruples Of bicarbonate OF soda:
put these into a blue paper and put
thirty-ive grains of tartaric acid into
a white paper. To use put each into
different glasses and quarter fill with
water. then pour both together and
drink ut once while in a state of Of
ieryescepce.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
One or the other.

Mrs. smithers-1 called on Mrs.
Blumpter yesterday, and she returned
the call today. Must think a great deal
sf me, don't you think? Mr.. Smithers
Well, either that or she's one of these
wise ones who relieve the mind by per
forming a ~disagreeable duty as soon as
Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
Why Burton Committed Suicide.

Why Burton Committed Suicide.
Burton, the vivacious author Of 1.-The
Anatomy of Melancholy" who had the
reputation Of being able to raise laugh
ter in any company, however mute
and mopish," vas In reality const1tu-
donally depressed, and it is believed
that he was at last SO overcome by his
malady that he ended his life in a At Of
melancholy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
some Old STYLE Hats.

The gold laced cooked hat was large
u used in 177s not only on account Of
III military look, but because it proba-
bly protected the wearer from seizure
b. the press gangs, which were at that
time more than usually active. The
Nat, folding, crescent shaped beaver
known as the cooked hat was still to
b seen as late as 1918.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
FRIDAY. APRIL %. 1904.
@E@s1p

The editors Of the state are plan
ing to visit the exposition at St.
Louis in the latter part of the sea-
son. Secretary Farley has made
about all the arrangements for the
news paper boys to have a grand
good time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
A Cold Cold.

II understand that prima donna fail
"a to give her farewell concert because
the had a cold"
EYES," answered the manager.
''How did she contract it,"
swell, it wasn't an ordinary cold. It
b what is technically known as a box
Office chill."-Exchange.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
Relatively.

Maud-Do you like Mr.. Dinwiddie?
Ethel-Oh, yes; like him, relatively
speaking. Maud-Relatively speaking?
What do you mean by that? Ethel
You see. l promised to be a sister to
him.-St. Louis Republic.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22

To thousands of people a burn or
wound suggest Coles Carbolisalve.
Why? Because they know it will in
stantly stop the pain and cure with
out scars. Coles Carbolisalve is a
favolite household remedy every
where and it is guaranteed. Use it.
% and soc by all druggists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22

The man who can be nothing but
serious or nothing but merry is but
half a man.-Hunt.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22

4 Gallant who Rarely weds the
Malden He AttenAs.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-22
Modish Millinery.

The ASSORTMENT of stylish model hats we
are now showing eomprehends every &C.
copied style, and in general interest eclipses
any display we have ever made in this
Or street hats range in price ali the way
from. csc to 81. 90
Or trimmed hats. $3.50 to SO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-15
Rsoe sydeII's London Bellies at the Star.

The audience at the Star yesterday
afternoon appeared to thoroughly en-
JOY the performance given by Rose
SydeiPs company. From the critics
viewpoint there is nothing unusually
attractive about the show. There are
some good lines and situations in the
hrst part which the actors, and espe-
c1ally the leading comedian, fail to in.
terpret effectively. Most of the cos
tunes worn by the far from grotesque
chorus are shabby particularly those
OF the opening of the burlesque
Inc olio contains several first rate
numbers. Cadieux, king Of the Wire"
has evolved some new evolutions on
the tight wire that are somewhat SEN
sational The Cain sisters, assisted bv
the colored boy, Oscar Richardson.
were awarded considerable applause
Tor their coon songs and dances. A
number of living pictures by members
Of the chorus would be better feature
Were-the questionable comedy elimin-
ated The duetists, Strouse and
Young, have the best voices in the
company and their selections received
several encores. The O'Brien troupe
of acrobats exhibit some fast tumb1ing
and other muscular stunts The work
of the junior members of the troupe
Is remarkable. Johnny Weber was lib
orally applauded for his songs and i'm
presentations. Ben J. Walker also con-
tributed.
The production is shy on musical
numbers and the encores in this feature
were not numerous enough to notice
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-15
PUBLIC PURCHASING DEPART
MENTS.

The proposition to create a general
purchasing department to control the
supplies needed by the postofice at
Washington is a good one. It Is in line
with ordinary business conduct. and is
a late and reluctant application to
public affairs of the methods accented
without question and followed univer-
sally in business concerns. 1t is said
that there are now four different bu-
reaus through which supplies are OH
tanned for the postoff1ce department:
that they are independent of each
other, and each subject to all the no.
litical pull and other influence that can
be brought to bear upon them sew
orally. Hence the multiplicity of scan
dals and the volume of graft that have
been brought to light by the nostof6ca
Investigations.
Every business concern of any mag
nitude maintains a purchasing denart-
ment. The supplies that it needs are
bargained for by single agent. who
makes close contracts after compett-
tive bidding; and both the securing of
material and its rate of consumption
by the employees Of the concern are
scrutinized with watchful care. Were
it not SO done. no business enterprise
could long Withstand the enormous
losses sustained by prodigal use Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-15
material and it's corrupt purchase at

material and its corrupt purchase at
higher than market prices.
1t is amazing that the business Of
the postoff1ce has never before been
thus systematized. This is the only
sphere within which the government
engages in active business, and the
number and volume of it's purchases
have become very considerable. Mail
pouches and letter boxes and devices
of one kind or another to save time
and labor are purchased in great guam
titles, and in almost every case, as
has been shown, there is rake-off for
somebody. The concentration of con-
troll of this whole business will FIX re.
sponsibility upon an individual pur>
chasing agent. If he Is dishonest, he
can at least not plead ignorance or
evade the just punishment Of the law.
AS a matter of fact, every depart.
ment of every Recommendations
state Or local-that uses supplies of
any sort should establish for itself a
purchasing agency. This is the only
meritorious feature Of our state board
was put to the front, and the people
were fooled into believing that this
would be the main function Of tho
board, that their assent to It's crea-
ton was procured. A state board
which should act as purchasing
agent on one side and as a board Of
audit on the other would be useful.
Purchase of supplies for the various
state institutions might properly be
made through agencies, at least sub
ject to common control, and the bills
Of all could be passed upon in like
manner. 1t is by extending entirely
beyond these limits that the board Of
control has been made a public re-
proach and a part of the regular politi-
cal machine.
This does not, however, affect the
correctness Of the general principle
which we have laid down, and which
the federal government should follow:
that supplies for public purposes
should be obtained through q regular
bureau established for that purpose,
and maintained under the strictest
surveillance of public opinion and OF
law.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-15
TODAY'S WEATHER

Minnesota and Wisconsln-Fair Mon
day; Tuesday fair, with rising tempera-
ture; fresh northwest to north winds
Upper Michigan-Fair; continued cold
Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy; probably
snow in west portion: fresh northwest to
north winds.
Montana-Cloudy Monday, with snow
in west and north central portions; warm
er; Tuesday snow; warmer in southeast
portion.
North Dakota-Fair Monday; not so
cold in northwest portion; Tuesday warm
er.
South Dakota-Fair; continued cold
Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy and
warmer; probably snow.
Iowa-Fair; continued cold Monday;
Tuesday fair; warmer.
ST. Paul = Yesterdays observations.
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty four hours ended at o'clock
last Embellishments corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, 2: lowest temperature, =; average
temperature, zero: daily range. 4; barom-
eter, 30.S6; humidity. 80; precipitation
.G3; D. m. temperature, 2; z D. M
wind, northwest; weather partly cloudy.
Yesterdays temperatures:
o.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-15
PANIC STILL EXISTS
Cautious Chicago Officials An.
noy Sir Henry irving.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE city au-
thorities have prevented the use of
a spot light" in Sir Henry Irvings
production of 1.-THE Bells" and have
compelled the stage management to
use instead in the dream scene a
strong incandescent light This action.
in connection with other safeguards
which have been placed about Chi
cago theater audiences since the Iro-
quois disaster has caused no little
annoyance to the English actor, who
expressed his diSpleasure when called
before an audience at the close Of his
performance in the Illinois theater. In
the course Of his remarks Sir Henry
said: - s75- ~
Il trust that you will not misun-
derstand me if refer to the recent
fearful, lamentable disaster which oc-
CURED here, a disaster which was the
result of panic. Panics are always
terrible, and the disasters they pro-
duce are always terrible. That which
occurred casts no reflection on your
city or on the theaters of your city,
Tor 1t could have occurred in any other
city in the world, in a cathedral, in
church, In a railway station, just as
easy as In a theater. But it has pro-
duced a panic, panic among your
officials, and 1 would ask you to use
your influence directly and among your
friends to allay as soon and so far as
possible this feeling Of panic. And I
would like 1t to be thoroughly under
stood by you that sometimes much in
justice may be done by Jacks in office.
And l would earnestly beg Of you to
exert all your influence to allay the
feeling of panic which at present ex-
lists among the officials of your great
city"