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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-07-11
A Hard Lot

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less you awaken them to their proper
action with DR.. Kings Kew Life Pills,
the pleasantest and most effective cure
for constipation. They prevent appendi-
cits and tone up the system; 25c., at all
druggists
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-07-11
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized to re.
fund money If Pazo Ointments fails to
cure in to ii days. SOC.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-07-11
70 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money il it fails to
cure. K. w. Groves signature is on
each box. 20 cents.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-07-11
Mountain Singing Convention.

The Mountain Union Singing Conven-
tion will be held with Mount Zion
church July 20, 81 and %.
II. f. Long, President.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-11
Notice of StOOkho dor's MeotinE

Office of the Engfnneer Mining Company.
 To the stockholders oE the Engineer Mining Company;
 Take notice that the annual meeting of the stockholders of The Engineer Mining Company will be held at the office of the company, in the To ,u of Skagway, District of Alaska on We'd nesday the 25th day of April, At 10 o'clock a, m for the purpose Of electing a board of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The stock transfer book of the company will be closed on Saturday the 2lst day of April, l9O6, at o'loek D. ID. and will remain closed until ThuTsdGy the 26th day of April, 1905, at 10 l o'clocK a. m,
 By order of the Board of Directors. H, B. LE FEVRE, Secretary Dated March 2l, 1906.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-11
Established 1897 AbrdhdmS Real Estate
 BROKER
 Collections NOTARY PUBLIC 524 FOURTH AVE-, sKAGWAY
Notice of Settlement of Final
 Account

In the matter of the estate of Peter J. Anderson, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the ad- administrator has filed in the United States Commissioners Court at Skag- way, sitting in probate, his final account as administrator Of the above named estate, aud the court has by order fixed Monday April IT, 1906, at o'clock in the forenoon, as the time of hearing and settling said account. All persons having, therefore. any thing to say why said account should not be settled and approved, are herefy notified to make their appearance i7 the said court, on said day and date and hour and make their allegations in thot behalf.
 P. Fl. GautY.
 Administrator. Ska9way, Alaska, November, 3, 1906
 3-3-3-7
The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-11
G. orEo Miller Gives Dinner.

George G. Miller, who has recently been prSmoted to be deputy collector Of customs at White Pass, gave a dinner to a few friends at the Pack Train re- ssaurant last night in celebration of the event. An elaborate menu was served. The guest were Matthew Bridge, J. F. Pugh, N. E. Bolshaain, M. S. Whittier, Oscar Gard, E. NJ. Culbertson and c, B.. Schetfier.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-11
Won Lost Pct.

STANDING OF TEAMS
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
SENATOR g. r. TllLMAN.
A Brief Sketch Of Tie Distinguished seua-
tor Before Entering Public Life.

The following concerninr Snn..
tor Il. r. TiIlman before his entry
into politics and public life will be
read with iuterrs':
His father died when he WAS
but two years old. nut he had an
Uncle who took an inter, st in him
ms he grew up, and beQueathrd TO
him his large and we'll chosen Ii
brary. Fram the time that h.. re-
ceivcd it, Mr. TiIlmau became -
student, and il is said that he is
now one of the best read men i'm
Congress. Not long ago he WAS
compelled TO take morphine to
ease pain in his throat, uN.n which
several operations were r-rformed
aud while under the influence of
the drug he lay back in his bed
and repeated line after line and
s,anZh after stanzp from BYRON.
Keats, Shelley, Trunyson, Shakes.
"eare and other English poets
stanzas which he had not read for
perhaps twenty years. Mr.. Tillman
never had the advantage OF col
lege education. He wns fourteen
years otage when the war between
the States broke out. aud was sent
to an academy TO prepare for col
leSe. but an abscesS formed i'm the
back OF his left eye and entirely
destroyed it. At the age of seven
teen lie enlisted in the artillery
corps at Atlanta, but was never
able to 20 To the front ON account
OF his illness. As soon RS he re.
covered his health he took charge
of his mrthrr's large estate. n fam
OF GOO acres, and this he managed
until he was elected Governor i'm
lS9o, He married at twenty and
his fellow student of his fnrm and
all bis affairs WAS his young wife
There are several children. The
Oldest son being his private sccre-
tary. Mr.. Tillmnn did not hold
any Office uutil he wns elected
Governor of South Carolina. Five
years prior to that he WAS scarcely
known outside of his immediate
section. The first pubic speech h
ever Hrde was mt gathegi.y of
farmers at ijrmnettsv.llc, "A 1859,
when ne was thirty-eight years old
But the speech attracted the at
tention of the whole State, brought
him into immediate prominence.
and since then he has been n con
splcuous figure in South Carolina
affairs and tn ieadIn. politician
of the State.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
FORT MILL, S. c., THURSDAY MARCH IS 1909
THIS is CAMPAIGN YEAR.
Preparations Being Made to Get the Ma
cliinery in Working Order.

Gen. Willie Jones, chairman of
the State Democratic executive
committee, has stated that the
campaign incident 10 party pri-
maries will soon commence. He ex-
poets to call the executive com
mlttee together about the 4th of
April i'll order to take up any mat
ters which may require the at,en-
ton of the committee before the
meeting of the Democratic clubs.
The meeting Of the clubs will
be held on the last Saturday in
April, the 28th, and the county
conventions, made up of delegates
selected at the club meetings, will
assemble on the 9TH day of May to
elect delegates to the State con
vention, a county executive com
mittee and membtr from each
county of the State Democratic
executive committee. On account
of the lack of factionali m in the
last few years there has not been
much interest in organizing party
machinery. but it is probable that
there will he more care observed
than usual in selecting officers of
the party for tue next two years.
The State Democratic conven
ton will be held on the 18th of
May, that being the third Tues
day. 1T is not known what matters
will come before the convention
this year. After the meeting Of
the convention The new State ex-
ecutive committee will make az
rangements for the State cam
paign along lines decided upon by
the convention. The itinery will
be mapped out by the executive
committee.
The party constitution says that
there shall be one or more clubs
in each ward or township and that
tine clubs shall meet on the foarth
Saturday in April in State election
years. the county conventions the
first Monday in May and the State
convention the third "Wednesday
i'll May.
The qualifications for voting in
the State primaries Are that the
person who desires to vote must
have been resident of the State
twelve months and Of the county
sixty days. who must pledge him.
self to abide by the result of the
primaries, and his name must be
on the club list at least five DAYS
before the first primary,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
Victory Ahead for the Farmer.

The Manning Times, which is
published in the heart of the
States heaviest cotton producing
section, rejoices III the fact that
the outlook for those holding cot
ton is becoming brighter. The
port receipts, it says, are growing
less, and the demand for the raw
material getting stronger. One of
the most favorable signs for higher
prices, to our mind, is the scarcity
of the staple on the markets; buy
ers are everywhere anxious to buy,
but they cannot buy, for the sim
pie reason that those who are hold
ing intend to continue the fight if
1T takes all summer. The mills are
now running on what may be term
ed a hand-to-mouth existence {:
they are using up the stock as fast
as it gets to them, and now as the
port receipts grow less, the mill
supply must necessarily be smaller,
and the demand for manufactured
goods pressing, it will be physi-
cal impossibility for prices to re-
main as they are now. This cotton
condition is no longer in specu.
lative condition-it is now, and
must be regulated and ruled by
the laws of supply and demand,
and such being the case, with a
growing demand. and the factories
short on stock, the indications are,
a realization soon of the price
asked for by the Southern Cotton
Association.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
THE 1906 LEGISLATURE.
A Rock Hill Reader Expresses His Views
OF the Proceedings.


Editor Times: Our LEGISLATURE
has adjourned, after a general
wonl-puiling over the dispensarv
question. Out of the eleven hun
dred bills and amendments intro.
duced there were but few of inter
est to the general public.
The compulsory school bill was
one of Importance to large ma.
lority of the people. However.
Ike n great many other bills of
especial interest to the common
class, 1t failed To become n law.
1t seems that the greatest oh.
JeCtion TO this bill becoming n law
rs that the negro will be benefit
ted and would increase the taxes
of the white people. This should
not stand in the way any longer,
from the fact that the negroes are
schooling tlteir children at present
ana IN very great measure the
white people pay for il. There
tole, to a very great extent such a
law would be of more benefit TO
the poor white children than to
any other, and especially SO for all
snch peor!e rs are at present so
indifferent about schooling their
children. This law would have
solved Inc whole question Of the
Marshal Law and have a much
better effect
Our legislature seems to be very
careful about touching upon class
legislation, especially anything
that tends to help the common
man. III | am not mistaken over
half of what they do is class work
IN some way. This | think is due
10 having too many professional
men IN the house. They are too
apt to forget that ne-tenths of
the people of our State are labor
ing people of some kind and GER.
laniy deserve the attention of our
lawmakers as much so any other
class. However, | fear that this
will always be the case if our Ieyi :
la;ure Is made up Of professional
men.
1t IS plain facts to be seen that
Illlman Is the target at which the
ant'-dlspensaryites are shooting.
and not SO much at the dispensary
after all. Beyond n doubt Gilman
rs politician eXcels any man
South Caroline has ever had. He
invariably has the luck Il turning
down every little politician that
tackles him openly. Tilman &
name will never 90 down IN the
history of South Carolina as . H.
ltlclah. SAM l.. JOHNSTON.
Rock Hill, s. G, March 8.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15

Assistant Attorney General You
mans has rendered an important
opinion in which he holds that "A
county which has voted cut it's dis
peuaary under the Brice act, but
whose election had been declared
null and void by Tie State board
of canyas5ers, is not barred from
at once going into another elec-
ton. The opinion refars to the
Williamsburg election. The coun-
board decided that the dispensa-
ries had been voted out, but the
State board reversed this.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
Mrs. Campbell Met Terrible Death.

News reached Fort Mill Thurs
day morning Of horrible death
which occurred in the Gold Hill
section of the township early
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Matte
Campbell, wife of Alex Campbell,
a tenant OH the plantation of w. III.
Windle, was the victim.
Mrs. Campbell often suffered
from epileptic spells, and while
standing before an open fire place,
was stricken with one of these at
tacks and fell forward into the fire.
The woman was alone at the
time and her awful plight was not
discovered until attention was
attracted to the house by the smell
of burning cloth.
A sickening sight met the gaze
Of parties who entered the house
On the hearth lay the body of Mrs.
Campbell Ali of her clothing and
hair had been burned and the body
with the exception of one foot, was
literally roasted. A hole was also
burned in the floor and had not
the fire been discovered just when
it was, the entire building would
soon have been ablaze.
Mrs. Campbell was 3S years OF
age. and was Miss Crump, of
Union county, before marriage
Her husband is hard working
man and the people of Gold Hill
deeply sympathize with him in
his sudden aud sad loss.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
The Story OF a Letter

The story is told that an Ander-
son man last summer addressed
letter to himself at Cape Town.
Africa. The envelope bore the re-
quest that it he forwarded to Syd-
ney, New South Wales. if not de-
llvered at Cape Town, and if not
delivered at Sydney to be returned
to The sender at Grrenville. 5. G..
The letter started on its long
journey on August 10th. 1t was
received at C"pe Town on Septem-
ber Is and forwarded from there
to Sydney, reaching the latter
place ON October -. Not being
claimed Mt Sidney it was started
back tn Greenvllle. 1t reache3
seattle, Washington, February |
OF this year. and reached Green
Vile on February 81. and was for
warded from GreenviIle to- the
owner III Anderson on February
-.
The letter had been TRAVELLING
n llltle over SIX months, and had
been to Il number of different
places. The envelope bore several
postottice stamps which were illeg-
lble, but still intact and in eooG
shape. The cost of cnrrving the
letter on lis long journey was
only ID cents.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
Little and Big "Hailes" in Gold Hill.
Gold Hill. NLnrch @ 1905

Gold Hill. March 9, 1906.
Editor Times: We would be
pleased 10 write You letter, hu,
your correspondents up here 20
ana write it all dog gone 'rm -
50 W. will just talk some if we
don't say nothing.
We have had few spring days,
if the blue birds aud tur le doves
tell the truth. But it is cold now.
und We are not much surprised, for
we have n little "HaiIe" through
here every dag aud sometimes
a bigger enc ON Sunday. Now.
this Sunday Halle is of fussy,
blustcry nature and his room would
b4 good company. Now, our week
day Halle is just the opposite.
lie ever come smiling aud is just
the Halle for us, for he invariably
brings us news OF some kind. Long
may he wave over the land Of the
free and home Of the brave.
The farmers are getting lot of
advice about what to planf, at we
presume tkat they will take our
advice as they have been doing.
Most all our neighbors went to
Chai lotte last week. Maybe their
cooks are sick.
The old clpss Of Gold Hill still
say, this morning" and "this
evening The new issue have it.
this forenoon" this afternoon,
etc. SPLINTER.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
ColetoR County Murderer Nus, Hang.

Il. A. Adams, the Coleton cour-
~ farmer who killed his kinsman.
Henry Jncqncs. whom he shot
down IN the field after looking him
up with shot gun for that pur-
pose, Is finally 10 hang for his
crime, the supreme court having
on Thursday reversed TIE action of
Judge Townsend in granting Ad-
ans II new trial on after discovered
evidence The after discovered ev-
dence consisted mostly of aifida-
WITS to show that one OF the women
witnesses testified in accordrace
with sigrs she received from n rel
ntlve OF Jacques in the court room.
being intimidated to do this bv
threats from the jacques side of
the house.
The supreme court finds that
Judge Townsend WAS altogether in
the wrong IN granting such a mo.
ton. from which the State ap-
pealed, ii being ''conclusively SET
'ied that the Judge had no iuris-
dIctl"n since the supreme court
had already passed upon Adams
appeai and affirmed the death SEN
'ehcc OF the court below. The SUI
preme court alone could have
granted leave to apply for such Il
new i'll.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
Liquor in South Carolina.

The effort in South Carolina To
get rid of the dispensary liquor law
was failure, though it was report
Ell throughout the country that
1T bad been repealed. One house
OF the Legislature voted to do
away with Vt; the othe" refused.
Senator Tillman was originally
responsible for this method of
dealing with the liquor question.
and to his effort is attributed the
failure of the recent attempt to
abolish it aud substitute some
other system. 1t is now said that
MIR. TiIlman will make his next
campaign for re election to the
Senate on this issue, which will be
n rather remarkable thing. 1t is
not usual to make senatorial cam
palgns on purely State questions.
With considerable unanimity
the press of Soth Carolina con.
demns the dispensary system. y
Is charged with being an obstacle
to any serious temperance reform
1T is denounced as dangerous 30.
litical machine and the breeding
place of corruption. In a.i prob.
ability this is all true. But if the
people are as strongly opposed to
The system as the newspapers lis
days may be considered AS num-
bered.
There are other and better WAYS
OF dealing with the liquor question.
We should advise South Carolina
to study some of them. Pennsyl-
vania's high license system is
worth examining among others
Philadelphia Press.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
AT CAMP DOUGLAS.
Brutal Treatment of COnfcderate Prison
Oners in Yankee Camp.

An old war scrap book contains
the following clipping from the
Richmond Examiner:
Among the prisoners brought
up by the flag of truce boat on
last Monday, were some from the
west, who have been confined at
Camp Dou.las, at Chicago. TIE
very sight Of The poor fellows is
enough to strike pity to the heart.
We wish the government could
hear their tales of suffering and
distress, and we hope at they
will take some step to lay their
grievances before the authorities
here.
Camp Douglas is worse than
the Hole of Calcutta. Not satisfied
with putting our men to death by
suffering and torture, the yankee
demons have taken to poisoning
theml The little things such as
pies and cakes, that our prisoners
would buy out of their few remain
ing cents, had killed mum ber of
our meu, and on an investigation
being ordered and the food an
alyzed, poison was plainly de.
tected. and Its presence admitted
by the yankee surgeons! The au-
thorities tried to eXculpate them
selves by laying it to an old Irish
woman who was permitted TO ped
die cakes among tue prisoners.
A.fll
"Ihe death of our men at Camp
Douglas has been appalling. One
prisoner estimates that in the
short space OF three months there
were over seven hundred and fifty
deaths. This was caused by com
binatlon of cnuses-the low, wet
and marshy situation of the camp.
being half In water; the filth and
vermln of the place, and the long
and desolate confinement Of our
men. In fact, some of our prison
ers who came up by the last flag
OF truce had langllshed ere for
nearly two years, and their defect
ed. sorrow strI ken and emaucia.
ted faces bore testimony of mo. e
than they told of their suffering.
The suffering to which our
brave men have been subjected by
tho demons lis enough to melt the
heart of tears. Even in the cold
winter, when our prisoners were
taken there from the west-in mid
winter-they were thrown INTO
prison, with nothing more than a
pallet of wet straw as bed, and
without a particle of clothing II
protect them from the cold and
piercing blasts-and anyone who
knows anything of western life.
knows how fearfuly they sweep
over the prairies. In ali the cold
our meu lay exposed 10 the storm.
cold and shivering and benumbed.
A cold storm came and the resul,
was that twenty-five or thirty Of
our men actually froze to death
We have this on reliable authority
and the story is substantially con
hrmed, IN every particular, by an
account which we published some
time since from the Chicago Times.
"On their way from the west
our prisoners were st!!l objects of
persecution and malignity of the
yankees, and were made to travel
two live-long days without NOR
sci of food! They left at Camp
Douglas about two Thousand pris-
oners, who Were to be exchanged,
and Were leaving in bodies Of four
and five bundled. 1t was hoped by
our men that they would soon be
out of the clutches Of the demons
who have lorded over them with Il
tyranny and cruelty worse than
that of all the dark ages. sunny
South.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
The Possibilities of Texas.

The possibilities of the State
of Texas are enormous, according
to the Charleston News aud Cou
rler. That paper says that for sew
eral years the cotton of that State
averaged about 100000 bales II
yrar, but in 1905 1T did not az.
gregate more than about 100000
bales. 1t is expected TINT Texas
will grow this year 1000, 900, or
more than the yield Of the entire
world outside of the United States.
1t is estimated that if all the avail
able cotton lands in Texas should
be put under cultivation it would
be practicable for that State to
grow 100000 or 10000 bales of
cotton n year or about twice the
number TO supply the wants of
the manufacturing world.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-03-15
FLOWING WITH STEAM POWER.
Promises TO Reyolutionize Farming; De-
Parture From Old Methods.

More attention is being paid to
farming in Spartanburg county
along scientific lines and advanced
methods a. present than ever be-
fore in the history of the county,
for many of the farmers, like men
in the commercial world, are de-
parting from ancient methods and
are adopting progressive customs,
realizing that if they would be
successful i'm farming they must
keep abreast of the times.
Flowing by steam and pulling
stumps from the fields is now the
order of the day, for it has been
found that a steam plow will per-
form the work of twenty yfve hands
and mules, and machine that
will do as much as five men in
lese than half the time.
ABB. Groce, of Wexford, is the
FIRST farmer in Spartanburg to use
the steam plow, and E. l.. Arch r,
of Cherokee Springs, has the dis
tinction of owning the only ma
chine in the county for pulling
stumps. Both of these gentlemen
are perfectly satisfied with their
Investments. Mr.. Archer declares
that he would not be without his
stump puller for three times the
money he paid for it, 1t cost him
$40 and it will pull stump from
the ground in ten minutes. 1t
would take three men fully an
hour to dig up an average size
stump.
The introduction Of the steam
plow in Spartanhurg county by Mr..
Groce promises to revolutionize
farming. The style of plow that
is being operated by MIR. Groce is
the Cast steam traction engine
pillow, twenty-five horse power. 1t
has set of gang disc plows, not
uulike the old harrow. The discs
are "a inches in diameter, arranged
diagonally behind each other, in a
V shape, and they cut swath of
IL feet at a clip and from nine to
twelve inches deep.
Elliott Groce, son of Mr.. Groce,
is in charge of the outfit. He can
plow on a 5 per cent grade and
work easily on three per cent
grade. 1t is possible to cultivate
Il still deeper hillside by blowing
in downward curves. The machine
travels two and oue-haIf miles per
hour and the plow works perfectly
Five men are needed to operate
the pillow, one being hand to look
out for rocks and stumps that the
engineer might not see.
Mr.. Groce figures that the oper-
alton of the plow costs him $40 a
day. and that ii takes the place of
about twenty-five negroes and
mules piowing the old way If it
were not for stoppage for wood
and water the pillow wonld take the
place of about thirty-fve hand
plows. He says he is going to rig
up some sort of apparatus to pre-
vent these stops.
The outfit cost the owner $1,000
and he regards it the best invest
ment he has ever made. He has
had men to corie all the way from
Georgia, North Carolina, and the
lower part of South Carolina 10
see the plow, and is always glad to
show the visitors the implement.