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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-11-02
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect Il.
How TO Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-11-02

i0s" "kouiAdNlVu duu TctO'
A great reform was dot
less effected when admiss
to the service was made
pendent upon a competi
examination requiring
tain educational attainm'
The service under Roose
IL decidedly better thar
was under Grant. But t
fact that q nan or wOr
has proved by an exan,i
ton that he can spell, WI
and knows something Oi
rithnetic does not provet t
he IN willing to work or
not take advantage Of t
many opportunities to !
lect and shirk Lis work.
departments are eD"umb'
with employees who hs
b. en- placed there on acct
of their political serviceI
on account OF their relat
shipto Senators or Ssna
wives or mothers in law
ha We held fast through n
adiuiniatration's succe
cabinet officers as heat
departments hrsitatlni
displare clerks 40 respec
40 venerable and Of SUI
midable anteceaents.
These clerks 20 wei
trenched ha We a most d
alizing influence. They
long dra WIN pay for dol,
tie or no work. and +
dppts in all the arts Of,
ing work and making
most OF their sinecuses.
President and the Cabir
fcprs ha We long been G
zAnt of this state of al
and at a Cabinet mp
just previous to the |
dents departure Sout
was decided that the |
dent and Cabinet office al
be emitted to the right (
miss premptorily any
service employee known
In mrlent. or Obstructi
the Government service
such a case as the disr
should be final and tn
cha rGed EN- ployee with
course or right ofappes
howl that has arisen !
in Washir
demonstrates better t
anything else could, tn
Der Of heads that shOul
The pmclent, honest al
dustrious clerk has NJ
70 fear from the order
in conservative to est
that thirty per cent. oi
government clerks ar
king in their shoes at
present moment. 1t ia
be supposed that thlr.,
cent of the civil employs
will be dismissed nor that
third OF even that proporti
will go, bat every man a
woman with q guilty co
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-11-02
DIR. II. u. JENNINGS.
PRESIDENT DENTIST

Nothing but the best material
used and all work done under a
positive guara ntee. Persons of q
distance should notify me a few
days in advance when they want
work done. After March the 1st,
I have arranged to be at t h e
Blackburn House in Boone on
each first Monday. Cali on me.
1928.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-11-02

Occasionally you enrOun
ter a minister who evidently
made a mistake and answer
ed the call of somebody else
to preach.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-11-02

cent of the civil employees
will be dismissed nor that II
third Of even that proportion
will go, but every man and
woman with a guilty con>
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-11-02
WASHINGTON LETTER


-. -. -. ~
The United States Govern.
inent differs from the govern
ment of other great powers
IN that its civil service far ex
reeds In personnel its militia
~ or naval services. T b ] 9
cannot he said 0i Germany,
Of France, III Russia or any
other great power. Wit b
them there are far more SOL
diers bearing arms / b n n
clerks welding pens. and the
United States government IL
further peculiar in its exten.
siye employ inent of women
ia clerical work, Perhaps 10
no other country except Rms
sia is the civil service estab-
iishment co much in need of
re.,rga nization and refo"~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Russian Port Arthur Figures.

report received at Toxic Thursday
from Gen. Nogi's headquarters largely
increases the figures of the surrendered
garrison and intimatcs that the forces
handed over to the Japanese VI Port
Arthur will be 1900, exclusive OF $1,000
or 10000 sick or wounded, making a
rough total of $4,000. The report is as
follows:
GAS previously reported, the transfer
of the objects mentioned in article of
the capitulation compact took place on
January A, and the transfer of the forts
and batteries has been completed.
"The prisoners will be assembled at
the place appointed on January s, but
the investigation relating to these prison
ers is so complicated that the result
cannot be reported Mt present.
"Reports received up to date are as
follows:
Eight generals, four admirals, 81
colonels and majors, 100 captains and
commanders, b3l army captains and
lieutenants, 200 naval lieutenants and
naval officers, 90 army officials, 100 sur
geons, 20 chaplains, of the rank and file
of the army 22,434, of the rank and file
of the navy 4,500, army non-combatants
3,645, naval on-combatants 500; total
32,2O7.
Besides these there are about $1,000
or 10000 sick and wounded in the hos
pitfalls. The volunteers are chiefly in
cluded in the list of non combatants.
Zone hundred saddle horses and 1,S7O
draft horses were surrendered"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Some Stray Local Matters.
Henderson Intelligencer, January III

Henderson Intelligenoer, January III
Mayor James Thompson, of Wal
halle, was il the city last week for
the purpose of inspecting Anderson's
water and lighting system. Walhalla
recently decided to establish sys-
TEN of its own.
Married, near Townville, on
Wednesday, January 4, 1905, by
Rev. Il. G. Ligon, j. Walter Dickson,
son of the late Rev. J. Walter Dick
son, and Miss Matte Ledbetter,
daughter of John P. Ledbetter, all
OF Anderson county.
Rev. Norman l.. Prince will leave
this week for Arizona for the benefit
of his health. He will be one of q
small party who expect to spend
several months camping out on the
western plains. 1t is to be hoped
that the dry climate of the West will
prove greatly beneficial to the party.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Loss BY Fire, $3.50, 200, 600.

Statistics show that more than 1890 :
000, 900 worth OF property in the United
States was destroyed by fire in 1904,
making the largest annual ash heap in
the history of the country.
While the Baltimore fire of last Febru.
ary was to be compared In magnitude
only with the great Chicago fire in 1871,
the record of 1904 without that confia-
grafton a,ould have been the most dis
astrous OF, all recent yea save 1900. and
would have nearly esealed that year,
AS fire underwriters usually include
Canada in their estimates OF fire waste,
the total which the insurance companies
will reach in estimating the fires' waste
will be considerably larger, Toronto
alone having been visited by conflagra-
tion entaiiing a property damage of
S12, ,OOO,OOO
In 1908 the total fire waste was SI52,-
100000; in 1902 it was Sl6l, 600 900; In
1901 it was $3.50, 900, and in 1900, the
worst of recent years. it was $l76, 600, ,OOO
The losses In January aggregated S22,-
600, including $i,5OO,0OO fire at
Shelby, o. In February tho great Balti-
more fire figures $4,000, 600, the insur-
ance amounting to 3,OO0,OOO. The fire
at Rochester, N. Y, involved loss of
81, 2,200,OOO; insurance, S1,eOO,OOO The
March losses were normal. In April oc-
Cured the Toronto fire:
The total fire waste for the first six
months was sl71 100000, or less than
SIOOo,00O below the full years record in
1900, when the fire losses had reached q
high mark for recent years.
While the record of the second of the
six months of the year was nearly $780,
100000 less, it was larger than the last
half of year generally yields.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
q IN - 9ToEEA.
Bears the II The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss N<9Mzzzzx
No Beet Trust Existing.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of Swift Il Co., held in Chicago
on January 5, was attended by number
of Eastern capitalists. In an address to
to the stockholders President l.. f.
Swift said:
at is needless for me to say to those
present who are more or less familiar
with tho facts that the reports in circula-
tion about the beef trust" are without
foundation. There is absolutely no con-
spiracy or combination to control prices
OF live stock, the sale of meats or pack
ing house products. On the other hand,
packing house industry is subjected to
the severest kind of competition, both in
buying and selling, and the percentage
of profit on sales in the packing house
industry is less than in othr lines of
business"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
The Good Old Way.

A severe cold or attack Of la grippe is
like fire, the sooner you combat it the
better your chances are to overpower it.
But few mothers in this age are willing
to do the necessary work required to
give good old fashioned reliable treat
ment such as would be administered by
their grandmotbers, backed by Boschee's s
German Syrup, which was always lib
orally used in connection with the home
treatment of colds and is still in greater
household favor than any known remedy.
But even without the application of the
old-fashioned aids German syrup will
cure severe cold in quick time. 1t will
cure colds in children or grown people.
1t relieves the congested organs, allays
the irritation and effectively stops the
cough. Any child will take it. 1t is in
valuable in household of children.
For sale by Walhalla Drug Co. and Seneca
Pharmacy.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss ses Of 1z1AzzzsS<
Returned Names OF Dogs.

Pickens, January IL. = Auditor
Keith has received instructions to re-
turn all dogs for capitation tax.
Last year as soon as the bill was
passed number of trustees of school
districts made list of the dogs in
their respective districts. MI. Keith
has in his possession an altogether
unique return from one district. The
trustees were under the impression
that the name of every dog must be
specified, so they thoroughly can
vassed their district and sent the
county auditor poll list as long as
a mans arm containing such familiar
and epdearing dogs names as Cuffy,
Tige, Fas, Switch, Spot, Bull, etc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18

Nan Patterson, the former actress, who
is charged with the murder of Caesar
Young, received another crushing blow
last week when Justice Greenbaum, of
the Supreme Court, denied her petition
for bail, pending a new trial. The
application was made by her law
yers. 1t was opposed by District
Attorney Jerome, who has declined all
along to permit the woman's release, and
his argument had it's effect. No time has
been set for the trial and Miss Patterson
must remain in the Tombs. When she
heard the Courts ruling she sobbed
piteously, for she had hoped to be set at
liberty until called upe to face her ac-
cusers in open court
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
$4,000 Cabbage and Potato Plants.

The growth of the city of Anderson
has opened up many new ways for
farmers to make money, and one of the
most important of these is the
trucking industry. There are seve-
raj large truck farms near the city
which yield good money for their owners
every year, and some large farms are de-
voted entirely to food crops and vegeta-
bles of different kinds. One truck farm
in Broadway township has ordered
40 600 cabbage plants, for spring trans
planting, and $4,000 sweet patato slips.
This farmer last year made 500 an acre
on the land that he had planted in cab
bages, and after the abbages were gath
cred he planted the land in corn, which
made him an estimated profit of $35 an
acre, making his total revenue about
Sl35 an acre.-Anderson Mail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Hugh Wilson's Idea Of Smallpox.
lAbbeville Press and Banner. !

Abbeville Press and Banner.1
Friends of the Times. Messenger
OF Florence are greatly excited be-
cause two of the employees of that
office have been taken down with
smallpox, and the Times Messenger
refers TO its "rattlesnake friends" in
very complimentary manner.
Why bless your innocent soul.
brother, We have had smallpox at
Abbeville for months and the disease
is about as prevalent hereabout as
"colds," but we have not thought
enough about either disease to men,
tion the fact of their existence.
A pretty young lady of our Office
had it for starter, but the office
went as usual, and if anybody was
scared, we have not heard of the fact.
Our smallpox patient has been back
at her case for weeks, and all is well.
AS far as we are informed our
people are not panic stricken. Some
of them have been vaccinated, but
others brave the disease, and are
ready to take the consequences of
their lack of proper precaution-and
some of them have suffered.
This newspaper is not in favor of
compulsory vaccination. We think
this lie free country, and that citi-
zens who do not care to protect
themselves, should be allowed to
have smallpox at their own sweet
will.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Total ..... $5,286, ,594, OLA s6, 1876, ,697, ,sl4
-sea. MEipures of lA0S

These figures, subject in part to
revision, and, il is believed, in the
case of two or three States, several
million dollars below what the final
returns on assessed values will show,
indicate the remarkable advance in
material wealth i'm the South between
1900 and 1904. During that period,
as shown by these figures, there was
a gain of more than 100000, ,0Q0, or
at an average rate of $225, 100000 a
year. The magnitude of this in
crease lis strikingly illustrated when
compared with the progress in the
decade between 1890 and 1900, when
the total increase in assessed valu-
alton was $755,O0O,OOO, or at the
rate of $75,0OO,O0O year.
1t was during that decade that the
price of cotton fell to its lowest point
since the war, but during the last
four years there was d steady ad-
vance to the exaggerated speculative
values of the early part of last year.
1t may not be possible TO connect
with exactness the increase in the
price of cotton and the enhancement
in the assessed values of property in
the South, but that higher prices do
have material bearing upon the
prosperity of the South, and thus
upon the enhanced value of property,
goes without question.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
HOw,s This Z

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f.
j. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi-
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by his
firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intor-
pally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price,
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
Take HalPs Family Pills for constipa-
tion.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Expensive Fuel.

One of the oldest railway COM
panies in England recently made a
bonfire of all the documents in legal
proceedings to which the company
had been party from 1887 to 1880.
The papers weighed over five tons,
and more than twenty-four hours
were required for their total destruc-
tion. 1t is estimated that their
preparation cost no less than $685..
100000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
JAPANESE CHRISTMAS TREE.
Dade County Colony Celebrates, Though
Only Two are Christians. Y

4, The following articles from the
Florida Times Union have been
semitic MS for publication, the sub
scribey who sends them thinking they
may be Of interest to our readers in
general:
The first Japanese Christmas tree
ever held in Florida, and perhaps the
only one ever held in the Southern
States, took place Monday night at
Boca Ratone, in this county.
The Japanese colony that recently
located there are evidently becoming
Americanized very rapidly, for, not
withdrawing the fact that only two
OF it's members profess the Christian
religion, they celebrated their Christ
mas in the same manner that the
Z churches and their Dade county
neighbors did.
Mayor Currie, of this city, went
down and acted as their Santa Claus
and reports that he never had a
greater time. Mr.. Currie sang some
little snatches of japanese opera
that he had picked up and the COL
onists laughed, sang back at him and
gave him several encores. The Christ
mas presents presented were all from
Japan, and were sent to the colonists
by friends in their native land.
The largest part of their presents
consisted of war pictures, a half
dozen of which were presented to
Mr.. Currie and are noticeable, prin-
oipally for the fact that Russian
'.as not shown in them who is not in the
hands of the Red Cross Society, in
the hospital or being punctured with
Japanese lead or steel.-Palm Beach
News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
q a. - III q R ia.
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Bougit
S's.s'''' ss &MAzzzzM
Found Baby In Trousers.

A great deal of excitement was created
last Monday by the finding of new born
baby in pair of old trousers, under a
house at Newry. The baby was perfectly
formed in every way. A family by the
name of Tench moved out of the house
several days before and young girl con-
nected with the family is suspected. 1t
seems these people only lived in Newry
about one month.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18

The many friends of G. III. Hausan,
engineer on the L.. e. & w. r. R., at
present living in Lima, Ohio, will be
pleased to know of his recovery from
threatened kidney disease. He writes:
II was cured by using Foley's Kidney
Cure, which recommend to all, espe-
cially trainmen who are usually similarly
afflicted. Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla;
w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Straight Facts.

A whole lot of fancy phrases can be
written about remedies, but it takes
facts to prove anything-good straight
facts. And tho strongest fact you ever
heard is that Tannopiline is the best cure
for piles on the market. 1t cures abso-
lutely. Has healing, soothing effect
from the start.
All druggists have 1t for 81 a jar. Ask
for Tannopiline and don't dare take a
substitate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
In Bed Four Weeks with La Grippe.

a we have received the following letter
F|bm Roy Kemp, of Angola, Ind: "I was
IN bed four weeks with la grippe and /
tried many remedies and spent consid-
cradle for treatment with physicians, but
received no relief until tried Foley's
Honey and Tar. Two small bottles of
this medicine cured me and now use it
exclusively in my family" Take no
substitutes. Sold by j. w. Bell, Wal
halla; WI. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
KIEsSsxEYRsJgINzRslss@ q
kN CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ~
EG in time Sold by druggists. -
SXSESTglN NUsla [;sl M

The Southern Railroad has paid
Mrs. Ernest J.. Adams, of Rock Hill,
$4,000, the amount recently awarded
by the York county jury as damages
on account of the killing of her hus-
band at Catawba Junction.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18


One of the interesting probabilities
connected with the admission of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a
State would be the likelihood of
Chief Pleasant Porter, head of the
Greek nation, being sent to the
United States Senate by the voters
of the new Commonwealth. 1t is
said that the Indians in the proposed
State would have voting strength
of $4,000, and in view of his recog-
IND ability Chief Porter would in
aetiition command a large vote out
side of his own race. His chances
of swapping warriors blanket for a
Senator's toga are said to be excel
lent. And yet we doubt very much
( if a red man will at any time in the
immediate future be allowed to sit in
the seats of the mighty, just as we
doubt the likely presence there of
any black man or yellow man..-The
State.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM.
Unexcelled Dining Car Service.
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all
Through Trains.
Convenient Schedules OH all Local Trains.
Winter Tourist Rates are now in effect
to all Florida points.
For full information as to rates, routes,
etc., consult nearest Southern Railway
Ticket Agent, or
II. w. HUNT,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston, S. G..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Stop u.

A neglected cough or cold may lead to
srrions bronchial orlung troubles. Dom t
'ake chances when Foleys Honey and
Tar atf'rds perfect security from serious
effects of a cold. Sold by j. w. Bell,
Walhaila; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
seminoIes Celebrate Christmas.

A way off down in the Big Cy-
press, miles away from any white
settlement, Christmas was observed
by gathering of whites and Sem
mole Indians. A dinner was given
by "Bill" Brown and his wife, to
which there gathered forty y-two Sem
inoles and sixteen white persons. 1t
took one beef and plenty of venison
and turkey for the Christmas dinner
Bill explained to the Indians that the
day was observed for "Soca- toma.
see," Old Master, whereupon the
braves fred one thousand shots from
their rifles.-Fort Myers Press.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Ancient and Modern Advice About How
Acquire Wealth.

The ancient sages' "sure road to
wealth" was, "be temperate in all things,
be ecomical always" Modern life, with
its rush methods" in business, requires
that keep healthy" be added to the old
adage.
Everybody knows how to be temperate
and most people how to be economical,
but few know how to keep perfectly
healthy. over-eating, irregular habits,
neglect, ETC., derange the stomach, liver
and bowles, causing indigestion, torpid
liver, constipation, etc.
Rydale's Tablets are natures best ally
when such conditions exist. The Stom-
ach Tablets will digest your food,
strengthen your digestive organs and
cure your indigestion.
The Liver Tablets will arouse your
liver, stimulate your bowels and establish
a regular healthy habit. Rydale's Tab
lets insure good health. Walhalla Drug
Company. =
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18
Blame
No One BUT Yourself
if You Don't Get
Well When Sick.
All we can do is give advice.

All we can do is give advice.
or course that's easy
But our advice is really worth little
more to you than most peoples. for we
offer to give you the first bottle of our
medicine free, II it fails to help you
We could not afford to do this unless
our medicine was good, Such an offer,
on the wrong kind OF medicine. would
put q merchant prince In the poor house.
DIR. Miles Nervine, however. as years
of experience have proved, is a medi-
cine that cures the sick.
Those whom 1t cannot beneft-less
than one in ten thousand-we prefer to
refund their money.
All we ask of you Is to try DIR. Miles
Restorative Nervine for your complaint.
If you suffer from sleeplessness, nervous
exhaustion, dizziness, headache. mus
cuar twitchings, melancholy. loss of
memory, weak stomach, poor blood,
bilious troubles, epilepsy, ST. Vitus'
Dance, etc.. we will guarantee to benefit
You or refund your money.
You ere the doctor.
my son Bert. when in his 18th year,
became subject to attacks OF epilepsy,
so serious that we were compelled to
take him out OF school. After several
physicians had failed to relieve him, we
Gionths treatment with Nervine and
health."-MR JOHN S. WILSON.
Deputy Co. Clerk, Dallas Co., Mo.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-01-18

FREE Write us and we will mail
Scientific Remedy for Pain. Also Symp-
your case and tell you what is wrong
and how to right IT,. Absolutely Free.
Address; DIR; MILES MEDICAL, CO..
LABORATORIES, ELKHART, IND.