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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JULY e, 1905

fellow wins every time other fellow loses and
with equal ease. But, honestly, old man, I've
had my dose. I've quit-and that's my word
it. Nel-never given before in this sort of thing,
but never broken when it pledged
Il believe that, Frank-yes l know that's a
fact" Nelson agreed. but why do you pledge
this word to me?''
Because. you never asked it, Mel; because you
wouldn't ask it, either And also because I'll
keep it, made to you-and that's the final reason
after ALL
He spoke with feeling that stirred something
sweet in Wooster's being. 1t does man good to
know he has friend in whose enduring esteem he
always trust.
Thank you Frank" he said, and they were
silent for a moment.
Wooster knocked the ash from his weed and
asked: Were you pretty hard hit by the cotton?"
Pretty hard replied his friend mel, it
nearly upset my spoonful of brains You see |
had little luck, at first, getting in with two thou
sand bales of Septembers reasonably close to the
bottom figures 1t gave quite a profit in
spite of the fact that let it go soon Then it
climbed up so fast that l thought it meant to
knock off the roof so took on new three thousand
1t the old yarn of buying in at the top instead
of shorting the market She fell away-not so
very much at first but enough SO didn't care to
take my losses SO | waited for another bit of sky
rockets, don't you see?'
And the rockets never rocketed?"
Got wet-rain all the belt down South
and the drought all gone to pot record crop of
cotton threatened. Mind you had hedged
little on Deceinbers- sold them short And if only
l had let it go at that, I'd have out right on
top"
Yes"
But didn't. There's your spoonful of brains,
where bucketful would have been bit too meager
No, the September prices went hiking down the
pike, till she stood me eighty points decline. l
then had a small profit in my December shorts
Like blooming idiot, L thought the down hill
was over-everything seemed bullsh enough-and
l pulled out my plug-and there you are
What is pulling out your plug? queried
Wooster.
Sold my shorts-took my profits on the fool
Decembers and thought l was smart, standing pat
Septembers. | had thrown away my hedge
you Everybody looked for a rise And |
actually committed the asinne folly of going long
for another bundle, buying Defenders that every
agreed cornered and had to advance
think had eight thousand bales altogether. Then
came the Government monthly report-bearish as
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
TWO raAIxmsn KILLED.
Engineer wilhelm and Fireman Archer Meet
Death In Collision at mcDonoush, Ga.

[Atlanta Constitution, February,2.1
r. G. Wilhelm, engineer on the
Southern Railway, and G.. G. Archer,
fireman, both of Atlanta, were killed
yesterday morning in bead.on col
lision between freight trains, Nos. 81
and S3, at McDonough, Ga.
Train No. 54, which is fast
freight, went into the side track at
McDonough, TO allow No. 88 to pass.
7 The engineer on the latter train
thought he bad the right of way, and
sent his train speeding around the
curve. He saw the red lights warn
ing him of an open switch too late.
The lever was reversed, the whistle
blew, the sand was applied, but all
was in vain, and soon the two trains
met. The engine attached to No. 81
was wrecked and the engineer in
stantly killed. The fireman, Calvin
Archer, had both legs severed from
his body.
AT 8 O'Clock yesterday morning the
engineer, Wilhelm, dead, and the
fireman, Archer, dying, were brought
into the city. The body of the de-
ceased was taken to the parlors of
III. Nj. Patterson, undertaken and the
latter TO the Grady hospital for treat
ment. Within four hours the fire.
man had breathed his last, and his
body was laid beside that of the en-
gineer in the undertaking parlors.
r. c. Wilhelm was 36 years of
age. His home was at 1I5 Crew
street. He was married to Miss Ida
Pitchford, of Walhalla, S. c., and
is survived by his wife and two
children-one girl, Mary, 4 years of
age, and one son, Fred, Z years of
age. He was prominent member
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, and was well known
throughout the city.
G. g. Archer made his home at 81
North Moore street He was 81
years of age. He was single. The
deceased possessed many admirable
traits of character, and host oil
friends mourn his untimely death.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
Col. D. K. Norris's Successors.

The late ID. X. Norris was presi-
dent of the Norris cotton mill at Ca.
teechee and the IssaqneeDa cotton
mill at Central. He founded both
mills. Thomas NJ. Norris, nephew
of Col. Norris, has been elected presi-
dent of the Norris mill, and r. G..
Gaines has been elected pre- dent of
the Issaqueena mill Mr.. Norris has
been secretary of the Norris mill for
several years, and Mr.. Gaines is a
we'll known and popular business man
of Pickens county. The two mills
are in good hands. 1t is announced
that Mr.. Gaines will serve until the
annual meeting of the stockholders,
which will take place on the first
Wednesday in May.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
AMENDED SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.

MENDtD 0UMMUHS TUX RtLltf.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. [
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Mary McGuffin, Isabella Jayues, Will
burn p. McGuffin, and Efiie j. King,
Plaintiffs,
against
j. S. King, rs Administrators of the Per-
sonal Estate of John H. McGuf1in, de-
ceased Horace G. McGufiu. B. Prue
McGuffin, Carrie Stone and Elzie Nc
Guffin, Defendants Sum-
mons for Relief. -(Complaint not
Served)
To the Defendants above named:
VOU are hereby summoned and re-
Il quired to answer the complaint in
this action, which will be filed in the
office Ot the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Oconee county. South
Carolina, and to serve a copy of
your answer to the said complaint on
the subscribers at their office, on the
Public Square, at Walhalla Court House,
South Carolina. within twenty days after
the service hereof. exclusive of the day
of such service; and If you fail to an
swer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief de-
tbauuot w Iuo CoHUidlHI
Dated January 10. A. ID. 1905.
l.. S G. II. ID. BURNS. G. G. p.
II. T.. JAYNES,
j. w. SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
To the Absent Defendants, Horace G..
McGufiin. B. Prue McGuff0, Carra
Stone and Ellie McGuffin:
Take notice that the Amended Sum-
mons and Complaint in the above emit.
tied action will be filed in the Office of
the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for Oconee county, South Carolina; that
hn purpose of this action is the parti.
tiUn of the real estate and settlement of
he personal estate of John II. McGuffin.
deceased. among his heirs at law, ac-
cording to their respective legal rights.
II. r.. JAYNES,
j. w. SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
January 10, 1905. IL
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
MAKE YOUR TAX returns.

The Auditors office will be open from
the fret day of January, 1905, to the Goth
day of February following for the pur-
pose OF receiving returns of personal
property and real estate for taxation in
Oconee county for the year 1905. For
the convenience of tax payers the Audi
tor or his deputies will also receive re.
turns. at the following places on the dates
mentioned:
Every male citizen between the ages of
III and 60 years, except ex-Confederate
soldiers and those incapable of earning a
support from being manned or from
other causes, shall bo deemed taxable
polls. Ex.Confederate soldiers are liza
bic for poll tax until so years of age.
Note all transfers of real estate since
making your last return, from whom ac-
quired or to whom sold.
Uuder act of 1904, q capitation tax of
80 cents was imposed upon all dogs, and
the owners of such property are required
to list their dogs for taxation at the time
of making their anpual return, and it Is
made the duty of the County Auditor
and Township Assessors to enforce the
provisions of this aot.
1t is absolutely necessary to make all
returns before the Goth day of February.
After that date 80 per cent penalty for
non-returns will he added. according to
law. u. p. KEESE,
Auditor Ocopee County, S. g.
December Id, 1904. 50-53
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08

been impossible. What the North did
fight for was fanatical frenzy on the
part of its leaders to free the negroes.
i'm which nine tenths of the men felt
40 interest, and on the part of the
politicians and contractors to feather
their nests.
On the other hand, the cause of
the South could not be better stated
than in General Order No. 16, to the
Army of Northern Virginia, which
says:
"Let every soldier remember that
on his courage and fidelity depends
all that makes life worth living, the
freedom of his country, the honor of
his people and the security of his
home"
Could they fight for better cause,
and has not such a cause made men
superhumanly brave in all ages?
Did the North produce in their re-
specti.e sphere men of such extraor-
dinary military genius as Lee, Jack
son, A. S. Johnston, Stuart, Forest
and Mosby. No intelligent, candid,
Northern man OF to-day claims that
it did. When l look at the snap
Judgments on posterity, statues to
Northern generals (though most of
them are Southern men) in Wash
ington, wonde: how posterity will
treat these outrages on justice. They
will not find an impartial, competent
military historian that will give to
one of them, except, perhaps, Nc
Clellan, one particle of military
genius. These l believe to he the
true reasons for the long delayed
success of the Northern armies, not
withstanding their overpowering
numbers and resources.
Cazenove @. Lee.
Washington, d. g.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
"a - TO REA.
Bears the n lne kInd you Have Always Bought
Signature ~ LLlI-l-
cf lSzAZv EtLLCE<H
Vanderbilt Makes Present.

Columbia, February 2.-While re-
turning from the Almond Daytona
races in his private Car, Columbia,
which was attached to the Seaboard
Air Line Florida limited, Mr.. Van.
derhilt presented one John Nc
Cougar, of Bethune, with $5 n
cash for loss he sustained by fire
which destroyed quantities of cross
ties. The fire caused the train to
stop. The millionaire, who saw that
the fire would mean heavy loss to
McGougan, walked up and presented
him with the gift.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR 1.5o.

by clubbing arrangement with the
Charleston SemiWeekly News and Cou-
rier we are Offering that paper and The
Kcowee Courier for $3.50 per year. The
Ke"wce Courier is recognized not only
as the best paper in Oconee county, but
1T liz rated among the hest county papers
in South Carolina. The Semi Weekly
News and Courier is an excellent Jour
nal, published on Wednesdays and Satur-
days, gives the detailed news of South
Carolina as special feature, and carries
the full Associated Press dispatches
from all over the world. The combiua-
tion of the two papers at $3.50 gives our
present readers, as well as new sub
scrihers, an opportunity to secure two of
the oest papers ia the State (t!irea papers
a week) for 90 cents more than the regu-
lar price of either. Let us send you two of
the very best papers in South Carolina
for almost the price of one.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
Cotton Growers, Farmers and all Other Citizens
OF Oconee County.

In answer to the call from the Interstate
Cotton Growers Convention, which as
sembled at New Orleans on the 24th, 25th
and Goth of January, hereby call the
cotton growers, farmers aud all other
citizens of Oconce county, who are in
terested and in sympathy with the cotton
growers, to meet at the Graded School
Academy, at Seneca, s. G., on Saturday,
the ll,h day of February, 1905, to hear
the report of our delegates who attended
that convention. Also, to consider the
advisability of carrying into effect the
recommendations adopted at that con-
ventioL.
l want to Insist ON full attendance,
as this is matter "f very grave impor-
tancc rs to the future welfare and pros
perity, not only of tho cotton growers of
Oconee, but of every kindred interest of
our county. Come one and all!
j. p. Striblng,
President Farmers Educational aud Co
Operative Union.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
100000 AGAINST 2,YYy,OOO
Why THE SOUTH FAILED IN iI's sTaUG
GLE FOR iN0EPEt OENCE.
OVERWHELMINGLY 0UTNUABERED
Statistics that Ought to be Preserved Tor the
Truth OF History.

(From the Richmond Times Dispatch
One OF the most important his
torical facts IN "thc great struggle we
made for constitutional freedom" Gas
Gen. Lee always designated the wary
is a correc: statement of "Lbe over
whelming numbers aud resources"
against which tn. Confederates
fought.
The disparity OF numbers has been
frequently brought out, but never
more clearly than by Cazen owe
g. Lee, of Washingt"u, III the follow
ing table, which was published orig
inally in the Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. Lees figures show that the
enlistmen,s in The Northern army
were 2,178,304, AS against 100000 in
the Confederate army. The foreign
ers and negroes in the Northern army
aggregated 6S0,9lT. or 80,9lT more
than the total strengths of the Con.
federate army. There were 3l6, ,424
men of Southern birth in the North
ern army. MIR. Lees figures are as
fOliuws.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08

The Tennessee Legislature passed
the law to tax bachelors.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08

EnUllSn. 4o.3tn
Other nationalitics. ...... 80. 74,aOO
Negroes ........... ........... 1S6,0l7
Total ........... .... 6S0.8l7
Total Of Southern soldiers 6OO.N)O
Southern msn in Northern army. 3l6.424
Foreigners. :. .......... 4,4. 800
Negroes ................ -. 1S8.Oi7
Total. ........ ... 097, ,34l
ARMIES AT THE WARS END.
Aggregate Federal army, Mayl
1860. ...........,.. -. 80. .WO,6l6
Aggregate Confederate army
May 1, 1865 .......,....... 1873, 1873
NUMBER IN RATTLE.
Confede,ates. Fcderals
Seven Days Fight ,.ao,ss5 ll5,2m
Antietam .......... 35,255 S7.l8l
charlottesville -. 57.2l2 l31, ,661
Fredericksburg Is. ITO 10000
Gettysburg .......... $4,000 5000
Chlckamauga. ,44.EN Ga, 1000
wilderness. 6S,997 l41, 100
Federal prisoners in Confederate
prisons. =. ;: ..... ...,. :. 27O,Wo
Confederate prisoners in Federal
prisons. -. ...... ..... 22N.OOO
Confederates died in Federal
prisons ........,.. .,.... 26,436
Federals died in Confederate
Thosa frnros ,,or, ,.;o,,.,,
salad - ,hs Na.,he. s s
fu;o,a, :; ,h.
every means that ingenuity could
devise to diSprove the claim Of these
Confederates that they fought against
immense odds but Mr. 40. has anna
hn,. , H. 80,
fe.,,, ooro,,. ;, ro.I, :, ,,; l.,
.h ,, -,
be ,,ye IN his o,,,;n,, ,,a,o,.,
~; .,., $50,
sbonla H.. ,';a,l, .,,I;,n7.I
sarved =. , .,n'.i', a,o,o.. e
rs,a,iv ,,,h.,. o.,,
,o.,,m
VIM Jou.s
Richmond, Va, December27, 1904.
Mr. Jce,s r.nlv :, bis cr;,;.u.
Nassrs Ed;t,rs Soror.l n,h
AGO Won ublish,a s,m, ,;v;I war
statistics prepared hy me. Thcs. have
been widely r.nnhlish,d and r,ob
criticised. Will Won kindly uuh,;sb
NV authorities for tb,s, fi,.n,asp
The statement most obicc,.a ~ ia
the total number of en,is,munts !,
the Confederate amy; thai j., 600.
600 men.
The New York Tribune never 10
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08

Circuit Judge Ernest Gary has
Just rendered decision at Greenville
that the short form of arrest warrant,
omitting the name of the State and
not addressed to some particular con-
stable or officer is, null and void--in
fact not any warrant at all, though
the name of the State might appear
on the upper part of the page in con-
nection with the affidavit upon which
the warrant has been issued.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
FOLEYSHONEYAu6TAR
Cures ooldss Prevents Pneumonla
Notice to Trespassers.

NNHE undersigned hereby gives public
Il notice tO all persons not to allow
their stock OF cattle tr trespass on my
lands in Whitewater Township in any
manner whatsoever. Those allowing
their stock TO d. 80 after publication of
this notice will be- prosecuted to the
fullest extent nf tho law.
w. NJ. CANTRELL.
February |, 1905. 5.S
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08
N 9 T G e.

I WANT EVERY MAN AND WOMAN in the
l. United States interested I'm the cure Of the
Opium or Whiskey Habit, either for themselves
or friends to have one of my books on these dis
eases. Address Dr. II. M. wOOI.AEY, Box
3O7, Atlanta, Ga, and one will be sent you free.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-02-08

lew ooiotVsc ySs "HNS ho ut"h Ooh
.ay what proportion are wholly or in
part disabled by wounds or disease" ("
Gen. j. A. Early, in Southern His
torical Society Papers, Volume III,
page 20, says: "This estimate is
very Dearly correct" and there was
no better authority in the South than
Gen. Early. The American CYCLIC.
pedia, Cd. Appleton & CO., 1850 of
which Charles A. Dana, late As
S'stant Secretary of War, was editor,
in Volume ", page 322, says:
"The adjutant general of the Con-
federate army Gen. S. Cooper, in a
statement maGs since the close Of
hoStilities, estimates the entire avail
able Confederate forces capable of
active service in the field at 100000.
OF this number not more than 40O,-
600 were enrolled at any one time,
and the Confederate States never
had in the field at once more than
100000"
The letter of Gen. Cooper relating
I" this subject il published in Vol
ume VII, page 2S7, of the Southern
Historical Society Papers.
Lieut.. Col. Fox, of the United
States army, in "Losses in Civil
War;" says:
"The aggregate enrolment of the
Confederate armies during the war,
according to the best authorities,
numbered over 100000 Elective men,
of whom no, over 100000 were en-
relied at one time.
This author also gives to the
"vleven States of the Confederacy a
military population in 1860 Of 1916,
1913, with which to confront 4,559,872
OF the same class in the North" OF
this 100000 were in the Confederate
army and $4,000 in the Union, while
the Confederate States received 49,.
600 from the border States, making
67I, 900 in both armies, out of the
l,O+4,193 men of the age of service
in the South, and leaving 3S7, ,184 for
other duties, such as State Govern
mcnt officials, Confederate Govern
men, officials, railroad employees,
ordnance and other manufacturers
and skulkers and invalids. 1t is q
historical fact that many of the cen
tres Of population i'll the South soon
fell into the hands of the Federal
army. Thus, in Virginia, Alexan-
dra was occupied the day az er Sc
cession. Norfolk aud Wheeling soon
after, together with the whole of the
western part of the State, and by the
time the Confederate Conscription
Act went into force many large cities
were out of the control of the Con-
federacy, and the circle gradually
| contracted until the end. Therefore,
it is safe to say that Conscription
Act was never enforced in half of the
territory, and that the most populous
part of the Confederate States. In
the town of Alexandria, Va, for i'm.
stance, five companies of infantry
and one of artillery were organized
in 1861. Alcxandria's quota should
no, have been less than 1000, ac.
cording to the established rule, but
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-07
A queer Thing About July.

How we came to pronounce July as
we do now with the accent on the sec
ond syllable is one of the unsolyed mys-
teries of speech Named, Of course, aft
er Julius Caesar, it should really be pro-
nounced TO rhyme with duly and so
our forefathers actually did pronounce
It. Spenser, for instance, has the line,
"Then came hot July boyling like to
fire." and even SO late as Johnsons
time the accent was still on the "Ju."
1t is one of many words which would
startle those ancestors of ours, spoken
as we speak them now.-London
Chronicle
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-07
DUST I'M OUR EYES.
We at Times Collect Curious Things
without Looking For Them,

Few people are aware. says Fred W.
Saxby in the Strand Magazine. that
we are all constantly collecting" curl
ous things without looking for them:
In the very act of looking up at the
feeting spectacle of a fiery orb the
reader with the big, wide open eyes
may easily receive in one of his own
orbs tiny sphere from afar that was
produced in a glowing streak of light
like the one he is admiring.
Meteoric dust is ever falling and up
on all parts of our planet. The little
spheres have been found upon the
decks Of ships far out at sea, in all
the deserts of the earth and on the
tops of snow clad mountains. Dredg-
ings brought up from the silent depths
of the ocean give testimony Of their
universal presence. The particles all
contain iron and are easily collected
by the magnet from the roof of any
clubhouse or other place exposed d.
rectly to the sky.
Seafarers are sometimes pelted with
dust Of quite a different kind, compos-
ed of the microscopic finty skeletons
of beautiful plants called "diatoms."
These tiny plants live in both salt
and fresh water and occur in enor-
nous numbers in some localities. Oc-
casionally water courses and inundat
ed areas dry up, and the finty shells
of the diatoms which grew there are
blown about as dust. There are sew
eral instances on record of diatoma-
ceous dust falls at sea. During the
thickest part of the fall the sailors
have experienced much pain in their
eyes, the Inflammation being caused
by the little f1inty shells.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

~ o.+e~'y person is a mighty poor
1u0ye OF "A 81. ms
We don't blame the children. We
have done worse than kick aud scream
t. have our way.
The young hate work. but IT is the
last pride. the last joy of the aged. that
they are able to do it,
Sometimes hostess has this kind of
misfortune: Her guests have such q
good time they don't want to 20 home.
Be careful what you say to some peo-
pie. N. Bon second thought we
have decided not to use that word
'some."l
When q man has picture taken, for
the first five weeks afterward he
spends a great deal of time in taking
surreptitious looks at it and wonder
Ing if every one else sees the good
points in it so plain to his eyes,
Atchison Globe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-07
Minute Animal Life.

THE microscope teaches u.s." says a
scientist, that there are animals SO
wonderfully minute that If thousand
Of them were ranked abreast they
could easily swim. without being
thrown out of order, through the eye
of the finest cambria needle ever made.
Yet each of the minute creatures is a
highly organized number of particles,
capable Of moving about, of finding
and devouring food and OF behaving in
all respects as becomes an animal as
distinguished from a fragment of IN
organized matter" The human mind
Is utterly incapable of realizing the
structure of these little creatures and
of fully approaching their marvellous
adaptation to the life they are des
tined to lead fkES rs
n ~
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-07

Though Henry James, the novelist,
lives abroad, he is very faithful to
America and very proud of his fellow
countrymen. At the Athenaeum, of
which classic clgb he is a member, Mr..
James dined one evening with Joseph
Chamberlain. Mr.. James praised the
English highly. He praised their dress,
their manners, their country life and
even their climate. Mr.. Chamberlain
listened attentively and gratefully. AT
the end he said, expecting a compli-
ment for Great Britain:
''Mr. James, if you were not an Amer
lean, what would you want to be-"
"If l were not an American" Mr..
James answered promptly, I'D want
to be one"