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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
Color Of the Sun.

A German astronomer has pub
lished some interesting observations
on the theoretical effect OF a change
in the color of the sun. 1t is amaz.
ing to consider the possibilities if our
sun were green, blue or red instead
of what it is. If it were blue, there
would be only two colors in the
world-blue and black. If it were
red, then everything would be red or
black. If it were yellow, everything
would be yellow or black. Every
one knows that the light of our sun
consists of six colors, and the reason
things are different hues is that some
swallow up five of the colors and re-
fleet only one. Thus we have prim-
roses yellow because they absorb all
but the yellow, roses red because they
absorb all but the red, violets purple
because they absorb everything but
red and blue, mixture of which two
colors forms purple.
In the event of the sun being red,
roses, blood, red ink and all other
things that are now red would reflect
it. So also would snow, the lily and
all things that are now white, but
these would, of course, be red.
Ever ything else would swallow up
the red light and appear quite black.
Grass, for instance, would be black
as ink, and 80 would the blue of the
sky, but the white clouds would be
red. The same kind of thing would
happen if the sun were blue. Every
thing now blue or white would be
blue and everything else black. The
whole sky, clouds and all, would be
blue. The grass this time would be
blue, not black, for it reflects both
blue and yellow. Hair would be all
black, the red of the lips would be
black, and the rest of the face would
be cloudy blue. If the sun were
green, we would have little variety.
Things that are now yellow would
still be yellow, things that are blue
would be blue, and things that are
green would still be green, bnt there
would be no reds, puppies, orange,
pinks or any of those cherry hues that
make the world look so bright.-New
York Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
Superintendent for Odd Fellows Home.

II. N. Vaughn, assistant principal
of the North Greenville High School,
was elected superintendent of the
Odd Fellows Home at a meeting of
the board of trustees held here yes
terday afternoon. Mr.. Vaughn has
shown himself to be capable bust
ness man. He is we'll educated and
has had practical experience as far
mer. In addition to all, he is hus-
tier, to use the expression of mem
ber of the board, and !s regarded as
exactly the man for the position, for
he fills all the other conditions.
C.J. Pride, in the absence of Chair
man L. N. Zealy, presided at the
meeting and the other members pres
ent were: II. j. Southern secretary,
Il. M. Bennett treasurer, and John j.
McSwain, Grand Master and ex-
officio member of the board. Be-
sides Mr.. Zealy, H. Whltcover, of
Marion, and L. M. G. Oliveros, of
Aiken, were also absent.
The board approved the plan al
ready proposed by Mr.. Pride for re-
pairing the Carpin place, which was
purchased for the home, and work
will actually begin to-day. The CON-
mittee proposed not only to fit up the
place as residence, but the farm,
which contains about eighty acres, is
to be well stocked with cattle, hogs,
poultry and horses. The pasture is
to be planted in Bermuda grass, and
fruit trees and flowers will be set out.
Work on modern stable and
barn is to begin in a few days and
other outbhildings are also to be
erected. The improvements to be
made in the building itself have been
published before. Plans will be
made for sixteen rooms to be opened
for occupancy by July Is, and GER
tainly not later than August 1.
The institution is one of the strong
est of its kind to be found in this
part of the State. The building and
farm has already been paid for, and
there still remains some money for
repairs. In addition the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows has levied 81 annu-
ally on each Odd Fellow in the State,
which gives fund each year of
about $4,000 for the support of the
institution.--Greenville Daily News,
May 81.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
AsTo o1EA.
Bears thu n The Kind You Have Always Bought
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In decision just handed down,
Judge Pritchard reverses Judge
Brawley in the cases of Folsom ct.
al. vs. Greenwood, Greenville, Lau-
rens and Saluda counties. 1t will
be recalled that mandamus proceed
ings were instituted some eighteen
months ago, wherein it was sought
to compel the auditors and treasurers
of the above named counties to levy
and collect a tax sufficient to pay
judgments against certain townships,
which grew out of the issuing of
bonds in aid of the proposed Au-
gusta and Western Carolina railroad.
When the matter came on for hear
ing before Judge Brawley, counsel
for the counties involved took the
position that the counties could not
be held liable on bonds voted and is.
sued by the various townships, and
demurred. Judge Brawley sustained
the demurrer and in very elaborate
opinion held that the counties were
not liable on bonds issued by any of
their townships. Counsel for the re-
lator in the mandamus proceedings
alleged that the various enactments
by the Legislature concerning the
townships of Sullivan in Laurens
county, Ninety-Six in Greenwood
county, and Pine Grove in Saluda
county were constitutional, which
was admitted by the demurrer. Judge
Prichard's decision, reversing Judge
Brawley, is in effect that the counties
as entities are liable on the bonds is
sued on behalf of the townships and
that the Legislation abolishing these
townships since the bonds were voted
and issued is unconstitutional. is
very probable that the matter will
be carried to the Supreme Court of
the United States, either by appeal
or on writ of certiorari. Every
turn in these cases is being closely
watched by the taxpayers of Green
vile, Laurens, Greenwood and Sa-
luda counties.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
800 REWARD 500.

The readers of this papec will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
cstarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall s Catarrh is Cure taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucuous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by build
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors have
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers, that they offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure Send for
list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
HalPs Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR s1.50.

BY clubbing arrangement with the
Charleston Semi Weekly News and Cou
rier we are offering that paper and The
Keowee Courier for S1.50 per year. The
Keowee Courier is recognized not only
as the best paper in Oconee county, but
it is rated among the best county papers
in South Carolina. The Semi-Weekly
News and Courier is an excellent jouSsn
nal, published on Wednesdays and Saturs
days, gives the detailed news of South
Carolina as special feature, and carries
the full Associated Press dispatches
from all over the world. The combipa-
tion of the two papers at S1.50 gives our
present readers, as we'll as new sub
scribers, an opportunity to secure two of
the best papers in the State (three papers
week) for so 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, 1905-06-07
Clubbing OHer-Four Papers Week.

On April 1st the Atlanta Constitution
began the publication of a tri-weekly
edition-Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days. We have made arrangements
whereby we can furnish our readers The
Keowee Courier and the tri-weekly edi-
ton of the Constitution-four papers a
week-for $l.75 per year. We are now
able to furnish the Weekly Constitution
and The Keowee Courier at $l.4O per
year. Subscription to both papers to be
paid IN ADVANCE
Try this combination and we think
you will be pleased.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
SHORT COTTON CROP is NOW lnolcArsO.
Southern Cotton Association Acreage Report.
Decrease OF Over 10 Per Gent.

New Orleans, June 1.-The South
ern Cotton Association yesterday is-
sued its cotton acreage report. The
report says:
"The estimated acreage for 1904 as
indicated by the report OF the United
States government amounted to 31,-
100000 acres.
"The decrease in the acreage for
1905 as shown by our tabulated state
ment, which was compiled from IT,
754 individual reports from farmers,
merchants, bankers and others,
throughout the cotton belt, fixes the
acreage this year at 25,980,951 acres,
decrease of 18.43 per cent, and
1906 per cent in fertilizers.
"The conditions of the crop as re-
ported for Louisiana, Texas, Arkan-
sas, the territories, portions of Mis-
sissippi, are unprecedentedly bad,
much of the acreage reported in
those States being yet implanted
and large tracts either under water
or badly washed by heavy rains.
"In the eastern portion of the cot
ton belt, the fields are grassy, the
cotton still unchopped and labor
scarce throughout the entire belt.
The officers of the association ex.
pressed the highest commendation
of the loyalty of the farmers, through
out the cotton territory in 80 fully
living up to their promises and
pledges in bringing about so material
a reduction in the cotton acreage
and the use of commercial fertilizers
under cotton for 1905.
"The present demand for cotton is
unprecedented and with firm and
determined stand, higher prices for
the staple will be secured in the near
future"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
Poisoned convicts.

Columbia, May 31.-,One hundred
and twenty convicts we're poisoned
at the pepitentiary yesterday after
eating dinner of new cabbage and
other vegetables. The hospital was
soon overcrowded and the physicians
were worked over time and for a
while it looked as if some would die
from shere nausea, but all but about
20 are out again to-day, and the
consequences to none will be serious.
A bucket full of the mixture is being
apalyzed by the State chemist.
Superintendent Griffith has some
desperate convicts working among
the vegetables, but he is at loss to
know how any secured poison, If
poison was used. The pot used for
cooking the unfortunate meal had
not been in use for some time, but it
was iron and the Superintendent
does not think the trouble lies there.
A quantity of soda given the cooks
by one of the guards was used to
make the vegetables more tender,
but this had frequently been done
before. Still the soda will also be
ANALYSED.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
UGLY CONFESSION BY tlEND
Who Wanted Blood Money--Negro, Terrified
by Ghost, Confessed Murder and Convicted.

Columbia, June 3.-The methods
used by officers of the law to extort
confessions from ignorant prisoners,
especially negroes, have often been
declared illegal and wrong, but nine
times out of ten these methods are
never exposed in the courts. A very
curious case has been brought to the
attention of Governor Hayward, the
prima facie circumstances showing
that confession of murder had been
obtained from an ignorant and super
stitious negro by means OF. a ghostly
apparition in his cell, especially pre-
pared for the occasion. The negro's
name is John Harrison and he is now
in the penitentiary. He was SEN
fenced in Williamsburg in May, 1895,
Sor murder, the jury having recon-
mended him to mercy. A petition
for pardon has been presented to the
Governor, the main grounds for
which were shown in the following
affidavit:
"George w. Arms, sworn, says :
That he remembers the trial and
conviction of John Harrison for mur-
der, with recommendation for
mercy at the Court of General Ses-
sions for said county and State, and
that he is now aware of the fact that
the said Harrison is confined in the
State prison for the remainder of his
natural life. That at the time of the
trial of the said Harrison this depo-
nent worked at the Jail and it was to
him that the said Harrison made his
confession, acknowledging the mur-
der of Singleterry. This deponent
desires to state how said confession
was obtained in order that Justice
may be done. Prior to the trial of
Harrison he was incarcerated in the
Jail at Kingstree, and this deponent,
in order to get evidence on which to
convict said Harrison, appeared at
night at the door of the said Harri-
sons cell and then and there, with
the use of a chain, tried to scare the
said Harrison into confession. After
working this scheme for several
nights the said Harrison complained
to this deponent of the occurrence
and this said deponent told the said
Harrison that he had best confess as
the sounds he heard was the ghost of
Singleterry. Even with this pressure
being brought to bear upon the feel
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07

ings of said Harrison, he still main
tanned his innocence. Finding that
this procedure would not work the
results wished, this deponent then
appeared at the cell door of the said
Harrison covered with white sheet
and demanded then and there that
he make his confession and it was
upon this action the said confession
was made. This deponent was a
witness in the said ease against Har-
rison on his trisl and told his confes-
sion in court, and he now honestly
believes that Harrison, being an ig-
norant negro, and being scared, made
this confession through fear and
under duress and by being worked
upon by the various methods set
forth in this affidavit. After the
making of this confession it was scat
tered and talked about through the
entire county and worked considera-
BILE feeling against Harrison on his
trial. Therefore, this deponent tried
to get evidence to convict said Har-
rison and tried to get the reward of
$500 which had been offered by the
Governor for proof to convict"
The Governor has written the fol-
lowing letter to Solicitor Wilson in
regard to the case:
81 have before me petition ask
ing for the pardon of John Harrison,
who was convicted in the Court of
General Sessions of Williamsburg
county in 1895 of murder with rec
ommendation to mercy. In the rec
ord you will note that there is an
affidavit from George w. Arms
wherein he states that the said John
Harrison was convicted upon a con-
fession obtained from him while
working in the jail by the means that
scared the defendant into confess
sion, assigning the reaeon that depo-
nent tried to get the evidence in
order to secure the reward of $500
offered by the Governor for proof to
convict, and the deponent further
alleging that he honestly believed
that the said Harrison, being an ig-
norant negro and being scared, made
this confession through fear, and
under duress, being worked upon by
the various methods set forth in this
petition. If the effect of the guilty
confession were obtained in such a
manner and by such means as are
alleged by deponent, it is manifest
that such is not conducive to justice,
and while | appreciate the fact that
you are not the prosecuting attorney
in this case-being i'll at the time
as solicitor of that circuit | respect
fully request that you investigate the
facts set forth in the petition and
the affidavit, which herewith return
to you. / enclose complete record in
order that you may note that an
alibi is urged as reason for the petit
ton"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
Tn. Return Of the Battle Flags.


The following beautiful poem was COM
posed about the time of the return cs she
captured battle flags to the respective
Southern States by the general govern
mept. 1t appeared first in the Buffalo
& IN. W Commercial:
From silent halls remove them, with the
reverent hand of love,
And restore them to the vanquished with
deep blessings from above.
Their folds no longer spreading wide to
meet the dawning light
That enwraps embattled legions grimly
girded for the fight,
In sombre tatters dropping, tell of hopes
forevermore
In the wreck of warfare buried, like the
wrecks on oceans shore.
They bespeak, in glowing fulness, the
South's deep, fertile plains,
The vigor OF her stalwart sons, the homes
where valor reigns;
The clangor of the battle and the rush of
squadrons fierce;
The roar of belching cannon, as deep SER
ried ranks they pierce;
The wailings Of the vanquished and the
victor's huzza loud,
The charnel of the battle field, of glori-
GUS war the shroud.
They tell Of mansion smiling under ris-
ing light of morn;
OF smoke now curling upward and an
cestral home forlorn;
OF sacred ties of loved ones, by Mars re-.
morseless hand,
Forevermore wide sundered, till deep
darkness fills the land;
OF suffering and sorrowipg, and all the
serried hosts
OF warfare's fell impediments and glory s
haunting ghosts.
They are speaking, still are speaking, but
the message now is love,
That standards grim and tattered are now
speaking from above;
The stars of morning sang it in the cons
long ago; ...--.
The shepherds heard the music from the
angels, soft and low;
Apd~mankind the sacred lesson DER in
bitterness repents.
When it overrides Gods precepts and its
hellish passion vents,
Then commit them to the keeping of the
warrior bent and gray,
Whose face, once scanned with passion,
turneth eastward to the day;
For he sees his land by heaven crowned
with blessings rich and rare;
Her valleys robed in beauty and her hill
side wide and fair;
Her marts of busy people and her homes
and village spires;
And love forever burning, where once
burned the hostile fires
&C. NJ. H., Buffalo, n. Y.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07

Governor La Toilette, of Wiscon.
sin, is trying to put an end to the
profession of the paid lobbyist by
making lobbying crime. He holds
that it is by means of paid lobbyists
that the railroad corporations are
enabled to control the Legislature.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07

The post office department has
published notice to the effect that
after September next, the sending
out of colored supplements by the
newspapers must be discontinued.
The practice is held to be in viola
tion of the postal laws.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07

1t looks as if Hoke Smith and
Clark Howell are to be the two lead
ing contestants for the Governorship
of Georgia next year. AS matter
Of fact the contest has already
started. Smith charges Howell with
bcing the candidate of railroad and
other corporations and Howell re-
turns with the assurance that he is
perfectly willing to compare records
with Smith on the corporation ques-
ton, claiming that Smith has taken
many large fees for representing the
railroads in professional capacity.
Both of these men are able and
popular and the probability is that
they will make Georgia affairs lively
during the next twelve months.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-07
That Beautiful Gloss

comes from the varnish in Devoe's Var
nish Floor Paint; costs 5 cents more a
quart though. Sold by j. w. Bell.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-24
INTERRUPTED DEATH SCENE
aLittle Eva" Displayed Her Versa
tility Before Taking Final
Flight.

The introduction of songs and dances
into plays in which they have no legiti.
mate place is not a new practice by any
nouns. 1t dates back to much earlier
days of the drama. And there have been
instances when the interpretations were
of It somewhat startling sort. A number
OF ~well-known actors were discussing this
subject when one of the oldest Of the
party said: Boys, let me tell you that
the tendency is not a new one. 1t is
elder than most of you, and no exam
pie of it that / have seen lately has
been as startling as a case / saw in
southern Illinois years ago. We were
out with a one-night-stand piece, and
attel a long jump had landed in a small
town very tired and very anxious for ex-
element. The manager told us that
there would be no afternoon rehearsal,
as an Uncle Toms Cabin company had
the house for a farewell matinee. This
was just what we were looking for, and
decided to attend in a body. The show
PFC ceeded in the usual way up to Little
Eva's death-bed scene. L see a great
light, and angels, all singing says little
Eva. Tell me what dey be singin',
honey says Uncle Tom. Then little Eva
descended from her deathbed and exc
cuted as lively a song and dance as one
could ask for. When she had finished
ard acknowledged the thunderous ap-
rlause of the audience, she returned to
her couch and the death scene con-
tinued."
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-24
UNAPPREcIATED ELo0UENcE
Maiden Speech Of Young Lawyer
Has a Most Unhappy Con-
clusion.

1t is well for a speaker to know where
his peroration is going to end when he
begins. l heard a young lawyer make his
maiden speech. 1t was in defense of a
fellow who was half-witted, arrested on
the charge Of stealing a hog, the young
attorney having been appointed by the
court.
His defense was that his client was an
idiot, and unable to distinguish between
right and wrong. He closed a fowery
speech with this peroration:
Gentlemen of the jury, look at my
client: That low, receding forehead, those
lusterless eyes, portend that he was de.
prived by nature of the power to dis.
tinguish right from wrong, ignorant OF
the distinction which exists between his
own property and that of others. To
him, as to the two-year-old child, what
ever he wants and can reach belongs to
HIM. He knows neither why it does mol
Why it does not. But, gentlemen of the
jury, such are the institutions of this,
our free and glorious country, that my
client, idiot though he is, stands for trial
to-day by a jury of his peers"
The culprit got the full penalty of the
law,
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-24

would have thought that he and had
been lifelong friends, SO very inter
ested were we in each other.
Just before we reached my hotel
he began telling me of three beautiful
pairs of slippers he had bought from
an old Mexican Indian who had made
them by hand, and then he expressed
a desire to have me see them; in fact,
would like to present me with one
pair.
where are they?" I inquired.
Just across the river, at an old
shoemaker's shop. l took them over
Yesterday to have soles put on them.
What | bought of the old Indian was
just the uppers or tops. Oh! but they
are fine"
q have got to go to my hotel" said
1, ito leave this bundle and write a
letter or two. | may see you later"
Iknew we'll that | had only to come
out in a reasonable length OF time to
again encounter him.
| wrote my letter and chatted with
one or two acquaintance. Then l
started out, and coming 10 Summit
street, turned and walked north for
some distance. Suddenly received a
tap on the shoulder and some n ex-
claimed: well, we meet again."
"'Sure enough l laughed. and re-
marked that l was simply killing time
until my train left for The east that
evening.
IF you have time said he. Sup
pose we go over on the East side,
where l left those slippers. l want
you to have a pair of them. | can't
use them all"
Very we'll" said l, I'D like to see
them"
With this we started out. Near the