Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM.
Items oi News Of the Past Week Gathered
from Various Sources.

when the Drumelzicr was first re-
ported aground her crew consisted Of
90 men. If that was correct it
would appeal that 80 lives already
have been LOST, as there were but 30
on board when assistance reached the
stranded boat.
William Cantrell and Joe Chas-
tine were killed last Thursday near
Burnt Mountains, near Ellijay, Ga,
by falling tree. These men were
both in shack when big mountain
oak tree was blown down across the
shack, killing Chastine and Cantroll
also seriously injuring Chastine's
brother, who was pulled out of the
wreck. They were discovered
shortly after the accident.
Last Wednesday Chief Justice
Pope temporarily enjoined the State
Board of Dispensary Directors from
carrying into effect their resolution
closing the Eloree dispensary on the
first of January. The order was
signed on Dispenser Weeks petition
declaring the boards action illegal in
view of ex.Attorney General Bellin-
gers ruling that dispensaries may be
closed only by county boards. The
rule is made returnabe on the 11th
of January.
In the card room of the Appaiache
Cotton Mill, at Arlington, Spartan
burg county, last Wednesday morn
ing, "A. Lester, card room boss, shot
and instantly killed Geo. McAlister.
Lester had discharged a member of
McAlister's family on Tuesday and
this occasioned quarrel between the
two. This quarrel was renewed on
Wednesday and it resulted in Leis-
ter's shooting McAlister three times.
Lester has surrendered to the au-
thorities.
Fire, which broke out at 8 o'clock
on the morning of December 2Sth
in the Reliance restaurant, at No.
21S North Twentieth street, Birm-
ingham, Ala, destroyed six build
ings in the heart of the business Sec
ton of the city. The total loss is
about $4,000. Thirty Greeks and
Armenians, sleeping on the second
floor of the Reliance restaurant, had
narrow escapes. The fire burned
for several hours. 1t originated in
the kitchen of the Reliance res
taurant.
The body of James Graham,
highly respected white farmer, was
found stiff and cold at the front gate
of his home, nine miles east of Coch-
ran, Ga, on the morning of Deccm-
Der "a, where he had evidently been
killed in the early part of Friday
night. Graham stood well, but had
been drinking, and his family had
left home for safety. So he was at
home alone when he was killed. He
had not an enemy in the world, so
far as is known, and his mysterious
killing is liable to bring sensational
developments.
The price of lumber has risen SO per
thousand feet in the last thirty days,
according to the statement of a
prominent lumber man of Columbia.
The cause of the sensational rise is
not known, unless it was the result of
a meeting of lumbermen in Savan-
nah few weeks ago and the resolu-
tion which was carried to maintain
uniformity of prices. There is also a
considerable scarcity Of lumber that
now has to be considered. The rise
would seriously affect building ope-
rations in this State, it is thought,
but for the fact that there will be no
reduction.
There was an exciting time in the
Methodist church at Union City,
Ind, last Sunday, as reported by the
Philadelphia Record. Mrs. William
Nelson had "gone forward" in re-
sponse to the call of the Rev. G.. f.
Comfy, to be prayed for, and while
she was at the altar her husband