Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-08-02

ana d. Hazen hyuo, Oh tn0 Equitaoio, aTo
both in Europe. Policy-holders may not
be able to skin tho Equitable for its
Hyde and tallow, but the government
announces that it is going to skin Europe
for it's Hyde.
At a banquet rendered him at Madison,
Wis, last week. w. j. Bryan announced
his intention of making tour around
the world, "Whle there's life there's
hope" Mr.. Bryan may find enough
Democrats in the whole world to elect
him President of the United States.
The Georgia Legislature last Saturday
passed ffty-four bills in fifty.four
minutes. South Cardinals last Legisla-
ture did some tightening work, too, at
it's last session, and it hasn't all been
Strengthened out yet. In important mat
ters it is we'll to make haste slowly.
".~
The Anderson Mail, always ready with
spicy squibs, thus announces the pro.
proposed joint debate between McLaurin
and Tillman: Former Senator McLau-
rim wants TO meet Present Senator Till
man in joint debate. Thus doth the
corpse rise up aud revile the undertaker."
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Lavonia, Ga, comes to the front with
handsome new paper, Vol. 1, No. 1,
having been issued July 2Sth last. 1t is
neat and newsy, and shows at the very
beginning an air of prosperity that
speaks we'll for it's future. We welcome
it to our exchange table and extend our
best wishes for its success. The Times
is published by the Lavonia Publishing
Co., with Luther Roberts as editor and
business manager.
1t is seldom wo have to apologize in
the matter of giving news. Several Of
our subscribers have inquired of US,
however, why we did not announce last
week the granting of new trial in the
Rochester case. We had a notice pre-
pared, set in type, and not until after the
papers were printed did we discover its
more matter up than could be gotten in
last week, in selecting what should go
over, the Rochester notice was by mis-
take set aside. 1t appears elsewhere
without change.
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Editor Magill, of the Hartwell (Ga.)
Sun, in remarking on the proposed COM
pletion of the Blue Ridge railroad, re-
calls his boyhood days in Anderson. He
says:
Say, you old boys over there-Joe
FAINT, Bub McCully, Jim Payne, ct al,
do you not remember how we used to
dig toe holts and climb up and slide
cut of the Blue Ridge road that cuts in
twain your city?-and how much thicker
the seats of our ud-coated pants were
after such esoapades? Alas! how many
of our then brown-legged comrades now
slumber meath the sod at variant points
on this terrestrial ball!
Who is it of us (among the men of
course) who does not remember the "toe
holts" and "mud-coated pants" of child
hood? BY his little dip into the past
many a pleasant recollection has been
recalled-and many an unpleasant one,
too-how, for instance, those mud coated
pants were thoroughly busted before we
got out of them by the strenuous appli-
cation of shingle.
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Recent press dispatches contain this
announcements:
South Carolina has been officially in
vited to attend a meeting which looks to
general law appertaining to divorce.
The call has been issued by the State of
Pennsylvania and Governor Hayward
this morning received letter from Gov
eruor Pennypacker, in which he sets
forth the objects Of the meeting and
names the delegates. Governor Penny
packer says that the various States some
time ago.. both officially and through
their bar associations, suggested this
action. A time for the meeting was set,
but on. account of the slowness of the
States Che meeting was postponed and
he now suggests that the meeting be
held day or so before the meeting of
the American Bar Association.
Let South Carolina go slow in this mat
ter. Under no circumstances should
there be change of her position on the
divorce question. We have gotten along
in the past with no possibility of divorce
save for the Biblical cause, and we need
no change. If the divorce.law States
would repeal their laws which grant di-
vOrces on most any slight pretext the
country would be better off morally.
Marriage in South Carolina is a life con-
tract, and it is respected as such by those
who assume its obligations. A divorce
law, to great extent, annuls the sanctity
of the marriage rite.