Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-11-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM.
Items OF News Of The Past Weok Gathered
from Various Sources.

Thcro was a s12, 600 fro in tho town Of
Johnston Thursday night. Several small
business housos, with tho stocks Of goods,
woro burned.
rho burn of j. d. Hewitt, at Timmons-
ville, containing among Other things
about 1000 pounds Of buttor, was burned
Wednesday night.
Tho rogonts Of the State hospital for
tho insane propose that that institution
| shall raise its own beef and pork hero
aftor, instead' Of depending on dealers.
Eight persons werc killed. five injured.
| two Of them seriously, in a head on col
lision between tho Union Pacific west
bound passenger and an east, bound extra
freight, west Of Azusa, Wyoming, last
Saturday.
All records on tho Pennsylvania rail
roads for long distance runs were broken
limo to Fort Wayne. Ind, with General
Superintendent Schoyer on board. Tho
distance Of l3l miles was covered in 1l3
minutes.
James Frcoman, who livcs near Tar
boro. N G., on last Friday while in Il
passion struck his wife and killed his
infant, which was in it's mothcr's arms.
Freeman aud his brothor had aditliculty,
in which his wfo intcrfered to stop the
President Roosevelt has made the an
nounccment that John Hay would con
tnuc as Secretary of State during the
four years beginning March 4 next. Tho
President was asked regarding other
possible cabinet changes but indicated
that there was nothing to bo said at
present
Late reports from tho Union Pacific
wreck near Granger, Wyoming place
4 -
which thirteen have been recovered and
Identified. Tho remains of an unknown
woman passenger are still under the pilc
of wrcckagc. Three OF four passengers
are said to be missing.
Mclchcrs & Co, a Charleston grocery
! firm, will ship Il cargo of 10000 pounds
OF Carolina rico to San Francisco in Il
few days. The rico will 80 from Charles.
ton 10 New York by rail, and from thcrc
within Il short distance OF Charleston
harbor Oh tho downward trip.
Returns from every county of the state
show the total vote received III Georgia
/ by each OF the three leading presidential
nominees. Tho complete vote was
I Parker, SS.33l; Roosevelt, 25,335 Watson,
%, 400. There wore Oil votes cast for
Swallow and Debs, making tho grand
total for the State l27,3i6.
Three persons were burned to death,
| half Il dozen others were overcome by
smoke and saved only through the great
est difficulty by tho tircmon and more
| than 30 others, after n thrilling cxpcri-
cncc on il narrow and crowded fire escape
were taken to the street in their night
clothes in a fire which practically de-
Stroyrd a iivc-story apartment house in
I New York last Thursday.
While Edward Simmons and his wife,
of Rotterdam Junction, y. ", were
walking across Tie Boston and Mainc
bridge over the Mohawk river at that
place early last Friday morning, they
were run down by u freight train. sim
mons, railroad man, cndcavorcd To
swing M the train with his lantcrn, but
ITO no effect. He succeeded in placing
X his wife in safety on All abutmcnt, but
was himself ground to pieces
llartwcn (Ga) Sun: Our venerable
friend VIM IL. Teasley, showed us tho
other aay II bill Of sale OF ,our bales OF
cotton that he sold to l.. w. Brown, in
Anderson, S. c., November l6, 1850 for
which he received 10 i/lU cents per pound,
all round, in cash, There was no green
back then, and he was paid in State
bank bills, gold and silver. Guano bills
and corn bills and flour bills and meat
4 bills were also unknown then. TO the
query, "llow many negroes did YOU own
thcn?' Mr. IcaSlcy replied promptly,
Twenty That was large mum
Der for one planter to own in that section.
negro named Allcn johnson ontcrcd
the house of Mrs. Betty Kirkland, at
MctuSville Ga. Oh the night Of Novcm,
bcl 9th. Miss Pearl kirkland and Miss
Gladys lrathcr wcrcin tile house alone
when some one Knocked AT the door,
They oprncd Tie door and, finding it was
Ia Negro, fastened IT, When the negro
began breaking itin they began scream.
ing, which attracted Henry l.atimoic,
4 ncighhor. The negro had entered the
house aud made some brutal threats 10
the ladies', When he negro found Nh.
latimurc was coming he made his
escape through the back way but was
captured and placed III Jail There is
much talk Of Il lynching
Let Us Give Thanks.
Governor Ilcywald has issued his an.