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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
WOULD PAY Ex.PREsIDENTs FOR LIFE.

Representative Maynard, of Virginia,
it is announced, has introduced bill
proposing to increase the salary of the
President to $4,000 year, the Vice
President to $1,000, and to give the Presi-
dent after his retirement from office an
annual salary of $4,000 per annum for
life.
In All interview relating to his bill Mr..
Maynard is reported as saying:
81 do not believe in putting Presidents
to work to earn their living, after thew
have retired from the highest elective
office in this world. Our former Chief
law, or teach school, or do other work.
My bill makes the salary of the Presi-
dent the same as the bill that Senator
Gallinger introduced last session, but it
adds the provision for ex-Presidents.
AS rule men who retire from the Presi-
dency are we'll advanced in years. There
are never more than two or three of
them living at one time. The expense of
the government in the provision would
be comparatively small. think we owe
IT to ourselves to protect the dignity of
the station of exPresidents by some
such law
There is, in our opinion, too great a
tendency in this country at present
toward monarchicai form OF govern
ment. This, of course, will never gain
sufficient support to become a reality
but such propositions as set forth by
Mr.. Maynard are becoming disgustingly
frequent. Why should an President
receive a salary of S25 900 Il year for life?
Or why should he not work to earn his
living after occupying the highest cleo
tive Office in the world?" The Presi-
dent of the United States is simply pro-
noted from the rank of private citizen
to that of Chief Executive for term of
years, is we'll paid for his services. highly
honored during and after his term of
Office, and when his period of public SER
vice is ended he should go back to the
ranks from whence he came and resume
the thread Of business life at the point
where his fellow-citizens severed it in
order to honor him. A salary OF $1,000
per annum during the Presidential term
is amply sufficient without lacking on a
pension of S25, 900 year for life. Such
propositions as Mr.. Maynard's are di-
rectly opposed to the principles which
have governed the policy of the United
States so well in years past, and we do
not think the present or future genera
tions will readily take them up.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11

present Starvation price" of cotton to a
living and profitable price, for the re-
maipder of the 1904 crop, and the reten-
tion of such a price for the crop of 1905.
Such condition is 1.-THE desire, not only
Of the farmer himself, but of ell the in
terests concerned, including the mills.
the general buyer, the manufacturer of
fertilizers and the business world in
general. They are all dependent upon
the prosperity of the producer for their
own prosperity. The single interest that
hopes to hold down the price of cotton
is the gambler on the bear al Q of the
market, who desires to force the farmer
to sell his cotton at present low prices in
order that he may reap the benefit of the
rise that must come, sooner or later.
Hold your cotton, and reap this benefit
for yourself.
Reduce the acreage and prevent a repe-
tition of the present condition next year.
Remember that 10,5OO,OOO bale crop
of cotton is worth more money than a
12,OO0,000 bale crop.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The General Assembly of South Caro-
lima met in Columbia yesterday in annual
session and every eye is turned towards
that city in anxious expectation. The
body is composed of members, many of
whom are fresh from the people, and,
therefore, should be we'll cognizant of
their wishes and needs. Will the body
meet the expectations of their constitu-
encyP Hore lies the rub. Many new
measures will doubtless be proposed,
looking to changes of old laws and the
enactment of new ones, but whether for
the benefit of the many remains TO be
seen. We need much new law, but that
law should look we'll to tho needs of the
people. We need no new laws for the
sake of change, but every law should be
enacted solely for the best interests of
the great mass of the people, both NOR
ally and materially. We care not for n
new law for the sake of change, but that
our interests may be enhanced; that we
may be made better and more prosperous.
The change of the constitution, allow
ing special legislation in reference to
county government, opens wide the door
to enactment of special laws for the
various counties, and will doubtless
bring forth much and varied legislation.
We trust such may be wise and whole
some.
The question OF compulsory education
will probably cause much discussion and
patriotic thought. We are not prepared
to present any views on this subject but
we trust that it may find proper solution.
The dispensary law, too, will come in
for its share of consideration. 1t calls
for much earnest thought. More has
been said and more difference of opinion
exists on this subject than any other
measure likely to come up before the
General Assembly. indeed, the baleful
influence of the dispensary is felt all
over the State. The history of the
country shows that the handling of alco-
holic liquors has manifested it's corrupt
ing influence upon all who have dealt in
it. The State has not escaped this hurt
full effect. We can i'll afford to see a
private citizen fall; much less can we
afford to see our public men and rulers
ruined by this corrupting influence.
Lot us have the Bryce bill, as origi-
nally introduced, and we will see no
more kicking. Refuse to pass it, and we
will see the matter fought out in the
next campaign.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
AMENDED SUMMONS FOR RELIEF,
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I
COUNTY OF OCONEE.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |
COUNTY OF OCoNEE.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Mary McGuffn, Isabella Jaynes, vii.
burn p. McGuffin, and Effie j. King,
Plaintiffs,
against
j. s. King, as administrators of the Per-
sonal Estate of John III. McGuffin, de-
ceased, Horace G. McGuffin, 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 of the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Oconee county. South
Carolina, and to serve COPY of
your answer to the said complaint on
the subscribers at their office, on the
Pubilc 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-
manded in the complaint.
Dated January 10, A. ID. 1905.
l.. S. G. r. d. BURNS, G. C. p.
r. 7. JAYNES,
j. w. SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
To the Absent Defendants, Horace G.
McGutfin, B. Prue McGuflin, Carrie
) )ne and Ellie McGuffin:
Take notice that the Amended Sum-
mons and. Complaint in the above enti.
tied action will be filed in the Office of
the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for Oconee county, South Carolina; that
the purpose of this action is the parti-
tion of the real estate and settlement of
the personal estate of John III. McGuffin,
deceased, among his eirs-at-law, ac.
cording to their respective legal rights.
II. #. JAYNES,
j. w. SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
January 10, 1905. IL
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Bishop Ellison Capers is reported being

Bishop Ellison Capers is reported being
quite sick.
Editor Johu Temple Graves. of Al.
lanta, is backing Tom Watson.
100000 has been subscribed in York
vile for new cotton mill.
Joseph w. Folk. Missoari's anti Doodle
Executive, was formally sworn in as
Governor of that State at noon Monday.
Last Monday the Presidential Electors
met in Columbia and elected II. j. Gun
bingham, of Chester, as messenger to
carry the official vote to Washington.
The effects of heavy rain, driven by a
66-mile gale are in evidence In all sections
of Philadelphia and environs as q result
OF Sunday nights storm. The Schuyl.
kill river is swollen II feet above normal.
Fourteen mills are closed as result of
the food and 1900 hands are idle.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
AMENDED SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Oconee.

SOuuly VI oCtbuce.
Court of Common Pleas.
John d. Werner, Plaintiff,
against
Vasa f. Stolbrand, Mrs. Harcourt Bull,
Mrs. r.. M. StOeber, Mrs. Gertrude S.
Gibson, Edward Stolbrand and Corita
A. Neppert, Defendants.-Amende
Summons for Relief.-(Complaint not
Served.)
To the Defendants Above Named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in this
action, which will be filed in the office of
the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of Oconee county, South Carolina, and
to serve 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 20
days after the service hereof, exclusive
of the day of such service; and if you
fail to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the Plaintff in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated December 2Sth, A. ID. 1904
q. X. ID. BURNS, G, G.. p. lSeal
JAYNES & SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
To the Defendants Above Named:
Please take notice that tho Amended
Summons and Complaint in the above
entitlcd action will be filed in the office
of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
of Oconee county, South Carolina; that
the purpose of this action is the fore
closure of a mortgage given to the Plain
tiff by the late Carlos j. Stobrand on
the first day of May, 1886.
JAYNES 81 SHELOR,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
Walhalla, S. G.
December 49, 1904. 52.5
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11

SENATOR BAILEY, of Texas, has sub
mitted proposed amendment to the
Federal Constitution, calling for a change
in Presidential tenure of office from four
to six years, and specifying that after
serving one term man shall forever be
ineligible to hold the Office of President
of the United States. This is we'll. But
just at present the Republican party
seems to have ninety. lease
on the White House job, and we hardly
expect Mr.. Bailey's proposed amendment
will meet with the majority's favor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Extra Session Next October.

Washington, January 10.-As result
of the conference held at the White
House Saturday and Monday the Presi-
dent has decided to call an extra session
of Congress to begin on October 8, two
months before the first regular session of
the fifty-ninth Congress begins. The
matter of tariff revision will be the
principal one to be considered at this
session, according to the information,
but it is possible that railroad legislation
and one or two other matters may be
taken up.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11

NEXT Wednesday, january 18th, will
be the anniversary Of the birthday of
Gen. Robert 4. Lee. It should be fitting.
ly observed in all the public schools of
the South by the use of impressive and
appropriate exercises, in which the life
and character of the South's greatest
soldier and Christian gentleman should
be vividly brought to the attention of the
pupils. His was a life worthy of emula-
ton by the present and future genera
tions,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11

"Eiijah" Dowie. of Chicago, passed
through the city Thursday night on the
Seaboard, having taken the train Mt
Washington. He was on route to Miami,
Fla, with about twenty of his followers,
and it is said that his object is to open up
a crusade to convert Florida. Colum bia
Record.
Now, what's the matter with Florida /?
II that Commonwealth has been guilty
of any conduct deserving Of such dire
punishment as an invasion by "Elijah''
Dowie, we nave not heard of it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Domestic Troubles.

1t is exceptional to find family
where there are no domestic ruptures
occasionally, but these eau be lessened
by having DR.. Kings New Life Pills
around. Much trouble they save by
their great work in stomach and liver
troubles. They not only relieve you,
but cure. 25c at all druggists
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Expelled "a Students from Davidson.

The faculty or Davidson College, N.
c., which is controlled 10y the Presbyte-
rian churches in North and South Caro-
lima, have expelled "a students, four of
them seniors. Among the charges were
chicken stealing and drunkenness. The
faculty acted promptly and sternly. The
looting of railway car loaded with to-
bacco was also one of the offenses.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11

NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
~ ITORS. ALI persons indebted to the
estate of A. l.. Mason, deceased, are
hereby notified to make payment to the
undersigned, and all persons having
claims against said estate will present
the same, duly attested, within the time
prescribed by law, or be barred.
r. b. MASON,
Administrator of the Personal Estate of
A. l.. Mason, deceased.
January 4, 1905. Ia
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11

If formed the new county will cut
Edgefeld below constitutional area, and
survey of this county will be made to-
morrow, in order to place this fact before
the Legislature.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-11
Calhoun County Wins.

Total. 527
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12

The Chicago and Alton Railroad in
its recent rules for employees has for
hidden its men to visit race-tracks,
dance-halls or any resorts where liquor
is sold or gambling permitted. Good
service, it holds. depends upon steady
habits, and both help insure public
safety.
By way of example, officials have
quit carrying intoxicating liquors OH
their private cars or entering saloons
along the line of the road. Such con-
sistency is bound to command respect
among employees, if not necessarily
imitation.
The company makes no pretense of
carrying on a moral crusade. 1t hopes
to live up to business principles which
depend upon the competency and reli-
ability of its men. "All the things
which are prohibited" says General
Passenger Agent Charlton, ''either
tend or might tend permanently or
temporarily to impair a mans mental
and physical powers
When temperance and good habits
are made part of a mans earning ca
pacity he will often cultivate them
even if the loftier pleas Of morality
fail to remove them.-New York World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JULY SIXTEENTH.
The Message of the FIowers.-Matt.
6. 2S-34 James /. Gil.

u. Zo-d4; James L. J-ll.
Jesus was a lover of nature. He
delighted in the bright sunshine, the
blooming flowers, the variegated
landscape as do we. 1t has been a
favorite study in all ages to interpret
the language of flowers. The various
species have been supposed to con
vey a different message in their of.
fering. We are not so much concern.
ed with the sentimental significance
of flowers as we are in the general
lessons that come to use from the
frailty, the beauty, and the fragrance
of the flowers.
They carry a Lesson of Providence
If God so clothe the fading flower and
the transient grass of the field, how
much more will he care for his chill
dren. AS we walk the fields and see
the blooming flowers often in places
where no human eye will likely be-
hold them, how suggestive of the pro-
fuse and provident resources of God
for the comfort of his people! What
infinite mechanism in the construc-
tion of rose, What skill in the ar
tistlc colorIng of the wild flower!
What gorgeous displays of beauty
wasted on the desert air! Yet God
does all this for the pleasure and de-
light of his children. How much
more will he do for their necessi-
tfesl
They Garry a Lesson Of Helpful-
ness. What a cheer and comfort are
In the flowers we send to the sick
room. How they brighten up the
church and schoolroom! With what
ministry of comfort they come to the
sorrowing and sad! They have a
ministry as sacred as that OF the
Word. Nature joins with revelation
to declare the care and love OF the
Father Their beauty is indicative OF
the love of God, their fragrance typi-
cal of the influence of our lives on
others. They are not useless and
meaningless, but designed to teach
us trust In the God who made them
They Bring a Message of Immor'
tality. There Is more than sadness In
the frailty of the grass and the
flowers. There Is more than death
typified in the passing of the flower
There is the underlying thought that
II human life be as brief as the flow
er and transient as grass there is a
place where there are fields array
ed in living green" Their very life
of day teaches us that though we
may not stay long on the earth we
may give out that which will bless
and help while we do live. The mem
ory of their beauty and fragrance re-
mains after they are gone. So our
life may be short but It may abide In
k1 80
after We are gone.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12

Mr.. John C. Hnvemcyer. in his plea
for more spiritual observance of Sun
day, speaks q good word. Ralph Waldo
Emerson said:
81 have the habitual feeling that the
whole of our social structure-State.
school. religion. marriage. trade. sci
ence-has been cut Off from its root
in the soul"
is not this the open secret OF all our
troubles? Our generation has very
largely turned away from the search
ing monitions of the soul and has lis.
tened to the cold scrpent's hiss of the
things of sense until it has fairly licked
the dust 1t needs TO be lifted up
clcansed. inspired with n life it has
never yet known, and one day in the
week will bc none too much for that
ioyous work.
The Bible TO which Mr.. Havemey er
refers. while showing the unspeakable
vilcncss possible to the human heart
ana life, Il vileness to which all history
bears witness. has in it light shin
ing through darkness. n light which. if
steadily followed. shines more ana
more brightly unto the perfect day
Emerson saw clearly that our seeming
astray. In refined respectable way.
and knew Of no way 10 make tho dead
alive Christ he paironizcd and re
icctcd. ms he patronzcd and rejected
sorrow. losing the vital truth of both.
For what Is Christ but that sorrow
which makes Joyful? that dying 10
mako life. and make 1t moro abundant
ly? the glory OF lie Tor the corruption
of death?
The writer Of this letter was born
and lived long in what has been called
the gaycSt city in America The large
French element made Sunday n par
ticularly gay" day. There was al
most no limit to amusement. But. when
the writer has happened to sneak seri-
ously to men from Other cities who
had also been in that one. they have
Invariably said to her. "That city! All
our cities are bad enough. but that
city, And one of them summed up
the general evidence. given by men
who did not know each other. THAT
city tcmpts you to act like the devil
every breath you draw"'-"N in the
New York Evening Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
TeInperance NOTES.

No other poison kills as quick. IL
enough is taken at once.-B. w. Rich
ardson, M. ID.
Alcoholic liquors are poisonous, he
cause they contain alcohol.-Frank
Woodbury., NJ. ID.
In Denmark one out of every seven
men who die between the ages OF thir.
ty-ive and tifty-five is victim OF alco-
holism.
Piotr Kasrmiercsak died In Detroit
recently at the age of Ia years. Ac-
cording to the daily papers he was
lifelong abstainer from intoxicants.
Professor Stadelman. principal ply
sician of Il great hospital In Berlin, es-
Inmates that between one-quarter and
one-third of the diseases affiictlng
workingmen in the great and crowded
districts in the Prussian capital are
caused by the improper use of alcohol.
The latest secret organization is the
Supreme Anti-Treating League OF
America which has been Incorporated
at Princeton, Ind. 1t is mutual ben
eft assoc alton, having for one OF its
announce objects the making OF an
active caflpaign against the practice OF
"treating,, which takes many into the
saloons who would not otherwise ao.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
Standard Oil humor.

Henry H. Rogers, Standard OIL mag
nate. copper king and one Of the fore
most men in the financial world, is
newly discovered humorist, and Mark
Twain, Chauncey M. Depew, Simeon
Ford and others must needs look to
their laurels.
Mr.. Rogers has a fund of so-called
funny stories on hand, mostly those
that smack of the sea, but all brand
new and all his own. states the Boston
Post. Here is sample.
NAT Osborne" said Mr.. Rogers,
used to blow the organ in the brick
church. He had quite an adea of his
own Importance and was always prouS
Of his job.
II asked him once: How much sal.
airy do you get. Mr. Osborne. for your
work?'
NAT looked up solemnly and said
with dignity: Twelve hundred dol
,ars.'
what said |. 81 .2OO?
eyes said Nat.
"'That's big pay. said |.
"'Pretty fair said Nat, but that's
for 100 years."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
"The Green PERIL"

Some statistics which have been pub
lished of the growth of the absinthe
habit in France seem to justify the
alarmists who speak of the beverage
as "the green peril" Fifty years ago
the quantity consumed in a year was
only 1850 quarts; and under the EN-
pire the annual consumption never
EXCEEDED 10000 quarts. After the 'ter-
rible year." however the aperitif rap
idly advanced in favor. A population
practically stationary drank 10000
quarts of it in 1880, $4,000 quarts
in 1885, 1,120,O00 quarts in 1890, and
not less than 100000 quarts in the
latest year for which the figures are
available. Nor have other kinds of
alcohol been abandoned because this
has become popular Fifty years ago
the country was satisfied with 100000
quarts per annum to quench its thirst.
Now it requires 20,000,O00 quarts. Dur
ing the same half-century the number
of lunatics under treatment has in
creased from 10000 to $4,000.
After quietly working for several
months, the Millville (Pa) Temperance
League has scored a great victory over
the beer clubs, and it is now settled
fact that all will be closed. Several
of these clubs have n membership of
more than 200O residents of Philadel-
phia