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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28
Toomb's Defense OF a Slave.

Many incidents are related illus
trating the mutual affection of mas
ter and slave in the South before the
war.
Anegro man, strong and healthy,
but getting gray from years, was on
trial for murder. He had killed an
other negro and had been laying in
Jail for some time awaiting his trial.
The testimony against him was
given by other negroes who witnessed
the killing. When the case was
called for trial by the presiding judge
an old man rose and, in voice deep
and low, but full of marked gentle
ness, said:
"Will your honor please mark me
for the defense ?"
1t was Gen. Robert Toombs.
His face was wrinkled with age, but
it was large and strong, and the
lines of intellect made deeper
wrinkles than those of age. His
white hair rolled back in curls from q
splendid brow. His form was large
and tall and straight, although his
movements were slow with the years.
His eyes still flashed as when in the
Senate Chamber at Washington.
The witnesses all seemed un-
friendly toward the prisoner. In his
own statement he claimed that the
killing was in self-defense.
General Toombs analyzed the
testimony of the eye-witnesses, and
then concluded thus
"Your honor, please, and gentle
men of the jury: A few years ago
my only brother fell wounded on the
battlefield of Gettysburg. He lay
there bleeding to death, with no
friendly hand to help him. Shot and
shell were sweeping the earth all
about him. No friend could 90 to
him, no surgeon dared approach him.
My brother had body servant who
waited on him in camp. The negro
saw his masters danger, and straight
out into that sheet of battle and
flame and death he went. A piece
of shell tore the flesh from his breast,
but on he went, and, gathering my
brother in his arms, the blood of the
man mingling with the blood of the
master, he bore him to safety and to
life. Jim, open your collar"
The prisoner rose and opened his
shirt in the front. On his breast the
jury saw the long jagged scars where
the shell had torn its way.
"Jim's skin may be black" the
General continued, che may be a me-
gro, but the man who would do what
he did has soul too white ever to
have killed man except in defense
of his own life"
The jury agreed with him anC
Jim was cleared. The Classmate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

Fire, which originated in the
Piedmont Clothing Manufacturing
Company's plant at Charlotte last
Wednesday night, caused loss esti-
mated at 100000; insurance about
$4,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

Some are advising the farmers to j
hold their cotton for higher prices.
We frankly say that we do not
know what is best for the farmers at
large, but have no hesitanoy in adj
vising those who owe money, and
are paying interest, to market their
cotton as rapidly as it can be picked.
With cotton Yelling above ten cents
the man who owes money cannot af-
ford to take chances. Sixty days
from to-day it may be selling for
twelve cents or eight cents. Who
knows Ten cents per pound in
a bank or on mortgage as far better
than fifteen cents in prospect.---Edge-
field Advertiser.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28
Nine Lives Lost in Wreck.

At,Melrose, Mass, on last Wednes-
day night an outward-bound electric
car, containing 32 persons, was
blown to pieces by striking d
pound box of dynamite thai
fallen off an express wagon.
persons were killed outright ;}tSree
more died of their injuries within an
hour, and 10 Others on the car were
taken to the two hospitals suffering
from injuries. ct least a score of
persons in the immediate vicinity of
the explosion were hurt by flying
glass and splinters.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

Columbia correspondence of the
News and Courier: Attorney Gene
raj U. x. Gunter has prepared at the
request of State Chairman Willie
Jones, the tickets that are necessary
for the general election, SO that the
voters of the State at the Novem-
Der election can say whether they
want biennial sessions or not, and
whether they want an amendment
to the constitution by which the
General Assembly can make separate
and distinct road laws for each and
every county in the State. Mr.. Gun
ter has prepared the tickets so that
the voters can express their views
upon the two constitutional amend
ments that are to be submitted ia
the approaching general election.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

A farmer, in experimenting with
Mexican labor has found that they
can pick nearly twice as much cot
ton in day as the negro can.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28
Thomas and Chalmers white were

Thomas and Chalmers White were
convicted at Salisbury, NJ. O., on
September 16, OF, murder in the Sec
ond degree for killing a young N
named Russell Sheriff. about u
ago. Sheriff. was accused of hay
seduced a niece of the Whites.
Whites went to his house and kill
him in the presence of his haeatlAl
while she was begging for mercy
and screaming for help. 1t was a.
brutal assassination, and the jury so
decided. The Whites wese SEN
fenced to six years imprisonment in
the State penitentiary at Raleigh,
and the verdict is generally upheld
by the people familiar with the facts.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

Avoid serious results of kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's Kid
ney Cnre. Sold by j. w, Bell, Walhalla;
w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

If the grand jury of Aiken county
does it's full duty criminal proceed
ings will be instituted against those
persons who have brought she s
and disgrace upon the entire Second
Congressional District by corrupting
the ballot box in the Horse Creek
valley during the late elections.
Votes were openly bought, there
being not even pretense at conceal
ment, so says an Aiken contenlpo-
rary. Such methods of securing
office are revolving to intelligent, self
respecting people. Edgefeld Adj
vertiser.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

The man who talks to himself
hears a lot of compliments.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

Carroll, the little son of John w.
Hook, of Batesburg, was supposed
to have been bitten by mad dog on
last Wednesday. The day following
Mr.. Hook left With the boy for Pros
perity in search of mad stone.
He was bitten in two places, on the
hand and on the right side of the
abdomen, and from evidence to be
adduced from the various rumors
the dog was certainly mad.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

Wheat is considerably over dol
lar a bushel in Chicago, and sowing
time is close at hand. ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-09-28

A Denver, Col, dispatch to the
New York Evening Telegram says !:
1t is reported that at least 100000
women will vote at the coming
Presidential election in the States of
Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wyom-
ing' Politicians agree that in those
sections of the country the women's
vote practically holds the balance of
power, and they are using every
effort to gain the support of the
feminine contingent. Here it is ex-
pected that the labor question will
be the most important issue, while
in the other three States it is ex-
pected that the campaign will be
conducted on the Mormon question.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Linch left Fri
day for their home In Anthem, Iowa,
sitter spending three or four weeks
here caring for Mr.. Linch's father,
Mr. Geo. w. Linch.
Days big production of Ten Nights
| In Bar-room" comes to our city rec
lcommended be one Of the very best now
touring the country, coming direct
| from successful run Of 100 nights at /
Days theatre, New York City.
| All Eslick's Opera House. Thursday,
Feb. 4.
The Phil Hunter Co., Ia q striking
Entertainment Of magic and art, will be |
the next number In the Women's
| Wednesday Clubs course. Phil Hunt
eris said to be d wonder la the way oil
|bewtldering sleight Of hand and mysti.
Lying magic and this exhibition ID like
ly To be the best Of the kind ever seen
there. AT Eslick's Opera House, Wednes-
day evening, Feb. 3. Bring your tick
cts.
! Quite ruction took place at McCook
Friday night Cal. Smith, who has
been at work for VIM. Clay, became
angered at the latter because he took
him to task for the way he had used
his team, pulled out revolver and shot
Clay In the right thigh, threatened his
life, shot the horses and had McCook on
the frontier for few minutes. A re-
ward Of S25 is offered for his arrest, but
he has not been apprehended as yet.
County Commissioner Main attended
the Ausman and Held Bros. sale OF
Poland China thoroughbred hogs at
Merrill and Hinton, Iowa, last Thurs.
day and Friday. Mr.. Main bought nine
thoroughbred sows, the choicest that
we're offered, and will soon have the
finest lot of pigs in this locality. Mr..
Main Is making especially this year of
breeding thoroughbred Poland China
pigs and has representatives Of the best
strains to be procured in the country
This is an enterprise that will no doubt
oe appreciated and taken advantage Of
by many OF the surrounding farmers,
while proving profitable and pleas
ling investment TO Mr.. Main as we'll.
The old Freeman Bros. store, which
was partially destroyed BY fire year
ago, has been leased 10 the Sioux City
implement house Of Ratlitf, Maitland
n Co., Id which John Larson and OH
Klopstad, recently of Sphinx, are active
partners. The building ID now being
overhauled, rebuilt and ssted up for /
tirstolass farm machinery and nipple
ment house and will be opened up fol
business next month. Either Mr.. Lar
= son or Mr.. Klopstad will have charge
which insures vigorous and enter
prising management and an accommo
dating and pleasing treatment for pa.
irons. They will make bid Tor
large share oi the patronage Of farmers
through wide scope Of the adjoining
country, which the wide and favorabl.
acquaintance of the parties interested
will no doubt secure. Keep your ey,
on the old Freeman stand this summer
The midwinter meeting Of the Stat.
Press Association was held at Siou,
Falls last Thursday and Friday Il ha.
the largest attendance Of editors and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-28

Nj. and AIRS. Il. v. g. Blythe, Of
Hawarden, IA. are here vIsiting Mr..
Blythe'a sister III the Congregational
parsonage, MS. =. !. Woodcock.
Mr. and Mrs, g. J. jackson, who
moved from here 10 Inwood, Iowa, less
than year ago, visited here over Sum
day, the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Holman Jr. They have many friends
here Who we're glad 10 greet them
again.
Notice the official statements of the
financial condition of Union county and
both Elk Point banks, found today on
oar fourth page. II II ID interesting
and valuable showing, one that every
citizen of the county and city may
veil be proud Of.
AT The annual election Of the State
Mutual fire Association held OF Can
ton, Friday, Hon "A. @. ttingsrud 81
this city was elected vice president.
The company u doing an excellent
business and Id now classed al one 81
the leading mutnals oithe state.
| The ladies at Burbank served New
England supper last evening and wer'
entertained By Rev. A. G. Blackman o
| Akron. with illustrated hymns BY thu
use OF the stereoptican. There was |
good attendance and nice little sun
was netted for the new Baptist church
Mr.. and mrs. Geo. w. Rust entertain
ed pleasantly Saturday evening th'
clergy of the city with their wives
There we're present also Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Nj. Rust and Mr.. and Mrs. e
t. Rust. An excellent dinner and
very pleasant evening we're thorough
! ~ enjoyed.
il William Mnlhall Of Spokane, Wash
Iington, arrived yesterday. he Will RI
main ! few days for the purpose oi BE-
ling his iarm lands SIX miles south |
Blk Point. Parties wishing to buy Ian
it their own price and terms ehould 81
anime these lands end nee MIR. Mulha
ii the Iler Grand Hotel, In Elk Poin
on next Wednesday and Thursda!
February third and fourth.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23

BEL AIR, Md, DEC. 20, 1904.
DEEP SEA CURRENTS
THE GULF STREAM AND ITS COURSE
THROUGH THE OCEAN.

Many irregularities Are known TO
Occur In Both the Direction and In
The Velocity OF This Peculiar River
of the Atlantic.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23
PERIL in THE HAND=SHAKE.

Not long ago Dr.. J. y. Hirsch, OF Chicago,
said: THE most delicate perfume upon the
hands IS not sign of freedom from germs,
and the most refined are not free from dis
case of lungs OF throat. and the germs are
rapidlv spread by touching the hand that
mas handled the handkerchief of one attlict-
I'd With 4 cold Catarrh or consumption.
Che breath one inhalcs from the lungs OF
another may contain germs OF disease. You
will not only be able 10 resist the germs Of
consumption, but many thousands OF cases
have been known where persons who were
suffering from incipient phthlSis, or the
early stages of consumption were absolutely
cured by Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
Covery. II maintains a persons nutrition
b. enabling him to eat, retain. digest ana
a,similate food. II oveTcomeS III" c:~t-ic
irrltablity and symptoms OF ming st1on,
and thus the person Is saved t,u:n those
symptoms OF fever, night-sweats, headache,
etc which are SO common.
An alternative extract like Dr.. Picrce's
Golden Medical Discovery, made OF roots
ans herbs, without the use OF alcohol. Viii
assist the stomach in assimilating or taking
no from the food such elements a. gre
required for the blood. will assist the liver
i'll throwing off the DoisoTs in the system.
DO not permit some designing druggist
to insult your intelligence by Offering you
a remedy which he claims is RI ust As good =
because he made it mp himself. or ten
chances to one you will get medicine
made up largely of alcohol, which will
only weaken the system.
Dr. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery
is heartily recommended by every person
who has ever used it and it has stood the
test of thi-ty-eight years of approval from
people all over the United States.
FREE Dr. Pierces Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent ttCc on reCciD; a.:
stamps 10 pay expense OF mailing "Hil.
Send u onc-ccnt stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address Dr. R. Y. Pierce,
Buffalo. \. y.
Dr. Picrce's Pellets cure biiiousncss.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
iovv Harca:.i Received His First
transatlantic Message.


rr:Ir>.t!::uIi" Message.
G..c ,.,::I It.Clnbc: day in 1901 Gu
giirl!..l Na4rUii sat still in Il room. i'll
the government h';i!,.in% Ill Signal hill,
81. Johns. y. L. with Il telephone re-
,.civcr at his ear and his eye ~ The
clock ll!:.i i:rE.d loudly near hy. Over
head flew Ills kitr hearing his reCriv-
in" Wire. 1t WIS 12::;D O'Clock on the
American site OF the ocean. and Mar
c3ui had ordered AS operator in far0If
pridhu. 1890 WHlrry miles away, To
b,.4in signaling the letter S-threc dots
OF tilA Morse code. three flashes of The
liuisi! SnIrKS-at that corresponding
hour. For >iA Years he had been looE
in-c forward /" and working for that
lr"Mcnt. Tie ii@al test of all his ct
turi ;;i:i tie iIcai'nn% Of nSw ri
Ulupl. Ne sal waiting to hear three
Siiliil ~..fil.ii.:. IAr l,i'-br'-Hr of the Morse
coGv ). LuHI:i.lii:: on the diaphragm OF
his r,,,.ivc:.. tie signature of the ether
wave: thai had travelled 2.UU0 miles 10
his listening ear. AS the hands of the
clock. whose ticking alone broke the
stiffness Of the room, reached thirty
minutes past II the receiver at the
inventors ear began IN hum, br-hr-br.
IL; tiistiurtiv rs thc sharp rap of q pen
Gil on Il tal.lr. The unmiStakabIe note
Of the ether vibrations sounded i'll the
telephone receiver. The telephone re-
ce;vcr WAS u;cd instead OF the usual
Recorder on account of its superior SEN
sitivCIe*&.
Transatlantic wireless tel"graphy was
IN accomplished fact.-From STORIES
Of Inventors" hY Russell Doubleday.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23

That is tic tragedy of every wont
ans life. She is pretty for few
years and old fer a great many.-Mrs.
Crulgie
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23
THE PORTABLE WATCH.
1t Was PrabnbIy First Used In the
.iXtrrnth Century.

1t Was PrabnbIy First Used In the
siXtrrnth Century.
There is uncertainty rs To when the
rort;,hIn WATCH as we understand it to-
,.ay. came into use. 1t was probably
ut the close OF the sixteenth century.
Queen Elizabeth owned Il large num-
her of watches. Mary. queen of Scots.
WAS Tie To$sr$Sor Of Il skull shaped
watch In fact. the deaths head"
pattern was ut that tine much i'll
vo@uc Endless We're the styles. for
there were watches shaped like books,
pears. butterflies and tulips. The
nuremberg egg was Il special shape
and WIS first made in 1000. Those
queer shapes of watches prevented
their finding Il place in the pocket.
Wien WAS the fob first used in the
dress of man? The German of fob is
.funpc." ard it is believed that it came
from England through the Puritans.
whose dislike for display MAY have
induced them to conceal their time
keepers from the public gaze" This
conjecture is strengthened by the fact
that Il short fob chain attached to Il
watch Of Oliver Cromwell in the Brit
iSh musrunl is in point Of date the first
annrndagp Of the kind known. The
watch i; :, small oval one in Il silver
case and was made about 1920 by
John Midnail O.: Fleet street.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ssass see Of &szAzzz1
ORIGIN OF PARISHES.
They Were Founded In 66S by the
Archbishop of Canterbury.

Archbishop of Canterbury.
Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury
in 6GS. is regarded as the founder of
the parochial system. Parishes were
originally measured by and made to
follow the lines of existing townships.
parish being. in short, the township
in its ecclesiastical character Where
township was too small to require
or TO support Il separate church and
priest two or more townships were
united to form one parish.
In other cases the clergy of immortal
churches built by the mobiles had no
jurisdiction over il parish extending to
the limits of their lords estate. Thus
no legislative act was needed, and par
ishes We're mapped out gradually, as
the multiplication of churches and clcr-
gy. which Theodore did so much TO eff
feet, made it desirable to define clearly
the areas within which the clergy had
to work. 1t was not till long after
TheUdoreS death-tireen says about
the middle of the eighth century--that
this division of the country into par
ishes was completed. - London Tele-
graph
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.

An additional train will leave Bel Air
on Saturday and Wednesday only at &
p. NJ, arriving in Baltimore at 9 P. NJ.
Returning leave Baltimore at 11.45 p.
NJ, arriving at Bel Air 12.45 A. M.
An additional train will leave Cardiff
for York and intermediate stations at
sos A. M. Returning will leave York
at $50 p. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Sunday trains leave Baltimore for Delta
and intermediate stations at $50 A. M.
and 400 P. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 0
A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ. Leave Delta for
Baltimore and intermediate stations at
6.55 A. M. and $50 P. NJ, stopping at
Bel Air at 7.55 A. NJ. and 400 P. NJ. Adj
ditional train leaves Bel Air for Balti-
more and intermediate stations at $40
P. NJ, and Baltimore for Bel Air at 10 90
2. M, arriving at Bel Air at 11.20 p. NJ.
and Baltimore at $50 p. NJ.
"a. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
J. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23
insect MORAL QUALITIES.
Ants and [:""" display an ExtraOr-
LiE.ry sc&Sc of Duty.

AaGS and I:rra display Az ExtraOr-
binary *c:sc of Duty.
There a!r insects. mostly parasitic,
which like some men. only desire TO
eat and drink. but among the social
insects. such as ants and bees. there
is Il high development of moral quail
Ties, to which Haeckel goes the length
of applying the term soul life" to dis
tinguiSh them from mere instinct.
Thus patriotism is obviously a virtue
among ants, for if an ant hill is dis
1Urhed the inmates never attempt to
escape from danger. but apply them
selves immediately to rescue the lives
ana property Of The community as Il
Whole. Respect for law and order is
also very strongly marked i'll some
communities Of ants. which include
soldiers and workers. peasants and ar
Iisans. governors and slaves.
Bees have IN extraordinary sense Of
,lluy Huber roIcd relays Of them sup.
porting Il fragment Of comb which
threatened 10 flI! without one single
i,rc tiinrhin.: or leaving It's post until
relieved by another. Loyalty to the
queen is another distinct moral quail
lis.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23

IJtNVOntcHI.
The peacock heard the nightingale

The r"ac"ci, heard the nightingale
singing.
That seems easy TO DO" said the Dig
bird I'll see /: can't sing as well
- that"
- L." ,,fsE.li aIuawk that followed
a moHrnt later every living thing with
in Mcariu% dist;,nc" fed in terror.
Courses Oh my fat&l Gift Of beauty"
! made plain. like AL the great must
s,r'-Chicag Tribune
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23

tnihc The Jungirau, the Right OF
othr- E.rOpcan mountains, including
Np,uyiii:,. which have been conquered
bY lii" modern engineers and now wear
ihc harness of Il railway to OF near
their SUBMITS, Mont Blanc is an abso
late monarch. and no mortal may SET
the limit of its reign. The Goths and
NaHdals OF old. the armies. the tourists
of today or tomorrow may pour down
through the Alpine detiics. but Mont
Blanc through all such changes is mol'
arch still. its SHOW capped peaks risin!
far above I'LL else and the avalanches
down its sides. more TO he feared than
any of its other dangers. defying the
skill and courage Of many climber
:. L. lilies in HarpCr'S Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-23
NORTH.

let off Baltimore and south stops
signal discharge
Express leave Baltimore Union Station for avre de Grace at %
zoos Nj LIS, 304, 400, 544 11.3O
Grace 22 5G9 49, S4 and 1854 2O6 and sos 627 1877
Sunday 49,
7.57P.M
Trains Port Deposit Perryve 635 $50 s3 IL
NJ. p Returning
945, 1909 a. NJ. 1913, ,7.33a and 50P.M
GEORGE W. BOYQ, General
W. ATTERBURY,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-08
PUBLICATIONS.
nARpERs BOOK NEWS
The Son of -
Royal Langbrith

.
w. d. Howells is master in
the delineation Of women, and
his latest novel proves his power
anew. "rhc Son of Royal
Langbrith embodies a situation
that verges on a domestic trag-
edy; it stirs one to the depths.
In these days of many stories
this novel stands out alone. 1t
is different-strongea, more COM
pelling - real. The characters
live with one, and the reader hur-
ries breathless TO the end in the
hope that the sin of the father
may not be visited upon the son.
Beyond question it is the strong
eststory Mr.. Howells has written.
The
Truants
Not often is a novel that fol-
lows up a marked success the
equal gifts predecessor; yet those
who we're delighted by Mr.. A. E.
w. Mason's previous romance,
The Four Feathers" will read
"The Truants " with undimin-
ished enjoyment. The tale fol-
lows the exciting adventures Of
a young married couple who are
forced by circumstances to play
truant: the husband wanders far,
but is recalled to save his wife
from wrong. He has to choose
between military dishonor and the
honor Of his wife. The touch of
latter-day chivalry will appeal to
all who love story which lifts
one out of the commonplace. i,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-08

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