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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-11-14
Judge Roasts Jury.

Dothan, Ala, November 9.-When the
trial of VIM. Crockett, q white man,
charged with the murder of Lum Hen.
derson, negro, ended to-day, Judge
Henry Pearce, in dismissing the jury,
declared that it had. acquitted Crockett
because he was a white man and had
killed q negro.
In concluding Judge Pearce said:
''f the dead man had been white
citizen it would not have taken you two
hours to have returned verdict Of
guilty, and don't see how any member
of the jury can go from this court house
and face his fellow citizens in the street,"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-11-14
BlIlousness and Constellation.

For years I was troubled with bilious.
ness and constipation, which made life
miserable for me. My appetite failed me.
lost my usual force and vitality. Pep
sin preparations and cathartios only
made matters worse. / do not know
where would have been to-day had |
not tried Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve the
ill feeling at once, strengthen the diges-
tive functions, helping the system TO do
its work naturally.-Mrs. Rosa Potts,
Birmingham, Ala. These tablets are fol
sale by DR.. j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j.
Lunney, Seneca.
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MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 4
COUNTY OF OCoNEE.

.H
IN the Court of Common Pleas.
DURSUANT TO A DECREE OF THE
Il AFORESAID COURT, in the case
named below, l will offer for sale, TO
the highest bidder, in front of the
Court House door, at Walhalla, S, c.,
on Monday, the Sd day of December,
1905, between the legal hours of sale,
the tract of land below described:
Warren Dean ct al, Plaintiffs,
against
Clara Carter ct al, Defendants.
All that piece, parcel or tract of land,
situate, lying and being in the State of
South Carolina, County Of Oconee, on
waters of Conneross creek, waters of
Seneca river, adjoining lands of j. l.. o.
Barker, James Adds, Clara Davis and
Wilborn Alexander, and supposed to
contain forty.seven acres, be the same
more or less, 1t being the tract of land
conveyed to Ben Dean by Fl. K. Hayne,
Secretary of State, by dos, Of convey
ance dated 9Th of January, 1876, which
decd is recorded in the office of Clerk of
Court for Oconee county, South Caro-
lima, In Mesne Conveyance, Book d,
Page 413.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash on day of
sale, balance on q credit of one year,
with interest on the credit portion at the
date of sale, until paid in full, with privi-
lege to the purchaser or purchasers to
anticipate payment of the credit portion
at any time, the credit portion to be Sc.
cured by bond of the purchaser or pur-
chasers, and mortgage or mortgages of
the promises; that in the event OF the
failure of the purchaser or purchasers to
comply with tho terms of the sale
promptly, on the day of sale, that the
Master do resell the premises bid off by
such purchaser or purchasers 80 failing
to comply with the terms of sale, on the
same or some convenient salesday there
after, at the same place, and on the snme
terms as hereinbefore set out, at the risk
of the purchaser or purchasers, and that
he do continue to do so until he has
found purchaser or purchasers who
shall comply with the terms of the sale.
Sold at the risk of former purchasers.
Purchaser or purchasers to pay extra for
the papers. w. o. WHITE,
Master for Oconee County, S. G.
November IA, 1905. 46.4S
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a Methodist Minister Recommends Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy.

We have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in our home for seven years,
and it has always proved to be reliable
remedy. We have found that it would
do more than the manufacturers claim
for, it. 1t is especially good for Group
and whooping cough,
Rev. James A. Lewis,
Pastor Milaca, Mimi, NJ. f. Church.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is sold
by j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney,
Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-11-14
LINGERING COLD
Withstood Gther Treatment, But Quickly
Cured by Chamberiain's Couuh Remedy.

Last winter l caught very severe
cold which fingered for weeks" says
j. Urquhart, of Zephyr, Ontario. "My
cough was very dry and harsh. The
local dealer recon mmended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and guaranteed it, so 1
gave 1T trial. One small bottle of it
cured me. l believe Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy to be the best 1 have
ever used" This remedy is for sale by
J. w. Bell, Walhalla, w. j. Lunney,
Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-11-14
Five Negroes Drowned.

Charlotte, Nov. 1O.--Sears, wife and
child aud two other negroes were
drowned last night at IL O'Clock In the
Yadkiu river, near Salisbury. The party
were returning from cornshuckiDg
when tho boat capsized.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-11-14

TO CURE A COLD In ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II it fails to
cure. 4, w. Groves signature is on
each box. 25 cents.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14

MAMA, SHOWING THE LINE OF THE CANAL.
(3) Excavations in the hard rock the great Guile
bra Cut between Culebra and Empire station.
~ The thorough sanitation of Colon and Panama
On the actual work of excavation and terminal con-
structon about 10000 employed to-day but the
main work is being done in Panama and Colon
Along the proposed of the canal the dwellings
of the laborers are being thoroughly overhaued and
paired, or, where necessary, rebuilt.
All along the route arrangements being made for
the sanitary housing of the black aborers when the
time shall for pressing with the canal
ton in real earnest
The Americans starting at the beginning, laying
solid foundation to their house before beginning with
two walls. let alone the roof
To further this end they are doubling the track of
the Panama Railroad they relaying the metals they
Strengthening the bridges and bringing from the
States good supply of very powerful engines to cope
with heavy freghts necessitated by their
nal works.
They look to compete the paving of the streets and
their sanitary arrangements thoroughly efficient
within year. Long before this period is up the
Der aborcrs the canal will be double the final
veys and plans will be decided on the route will be
chosen and the advisory committee will have decided
whether the canal should be built at sea level with
locks and lakes-the greatest engineering problem of
the century. America to cut canal which has
dehed the efforts of the most competent engineers,
backed up by almost unlimited money. Where others
have failed America is going to succeed.
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CRIME IN CHICAGO.
CITY EXPERIENCING A cRlMl.
NAL REIGN OF TERROR.
Authorities Arc Admittedly Unable
to Safeguard the People-Pulpit
and Press Aroused by Recent
Atrocious Murders.

Chicago correspondence;
The carnival of crime in Chicago
which may be said to have reached its
climax in the fiendish murder of Mrs.
Frederick c. HOLSTER by Richard
Ivens, has stirred the people of the
city as they have not been stirred
since the Haymarket bomb atrocity Of
nearly twenty years ago.
Universal demand for more and bet
ter police protection, voiced from the
pulpit, by committees representing re-
liglous and other organizations by
prominent men in all walks of life,
and by the public press has given tan
gible form to the movement for the
better protection of helpless women
and the radiance of the city of high
waymen and burglars us well, though
as yet no definite plan of crusade has
been mapped out. That the wave of
crime has not been checked by the ris-
ing tide Of Indignation Is apparent
from the fact that several men have
been killed by footpads since the Hol-
lister murder. The perpetrators evaded
arrest.
Many residents of the North Side,
where the murder of four women with
in two months has terrorized that sec
ton, are arming and are advising their
wives to go armed, and the entire pop
ulation is in the right temper to take
summary action In the event of a repe-
tition Of the HOLSTER crime. The
crimes which have aroused so much
feeling are the killing of Miss Maude
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size Of the nolice force ms II is ~ tbe ro.
missness and negligence of tho courts tha
inadeouacy of the laws. the abuse Of tbe the
nardoninr nouer ond ,ha s.,,,.,, eas,;,is e
tration of the parole system.-Tribnne.
Where murder il so FREQUENT as If is in
Chicago and where the murnerer. 60 often
select women as their victims these
crimes cannot be regarded as mere sno-
radio outbreaks. They Indicate n vide
spread and dangerous contempt for law
and defiance of organized society. Fur
thermore, they show that Chicago has
within its borders spirit of animalism
which causes men to kill for the mere
pleasure of killing. Wantonly to DESTROY
a woman's life is the nc. of beast. not
of man. 1t is this bcstial disregard for
woman that is especial, appalling in the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14


Most familiar of sights most homey of sounds greet
you on stepping from the train at the Pacific Terminus
of the Panama Railway writes recent visitor to the
of the great The road is up gangs of
workmen, Of all shades from brown to black, are
digging and laughing, 1abberng grooming their work
big notice stares you in the face, "Prohibido de
Pasar" the Spanish equivalent of mo Thoroughbred
You look upon hundred yards of fine paving high
way, and then stretch of and upturned road as
far the eye can see.
These the who are performing one of the
chief works in the successful building the canal
across the Isthmus of Panama They are laying down
Its new water mains, they completing system Of
modern sewerage; in short, they the tools of the
Ishmian Canal Commission slowly but surely convert
ing the pague-stricken Panama into healthy abode
for civilized white men.
You hear it said that nothing is being done on the
Ishmus, that progress is being the work of
excavation, that policy is formed ultimate
character of the canal that the United States govern
ment does not know If the canal is be sea-leve or
locked With the exception of the last indictment these
statements wrong in every particular The Ameri-
cans doing mighty work. They have $1,000 men at
work the Isthmus 10000 OF these eXcayatng on the
canal.
The work that is being done on the Ishmus to-day
Is follows:
~ The building of the terminal docks at Colon and
Panama.
~ The excavation of the canal from the "Boco' to
the Culebra Cut, a distance of about twelve miles,
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diamonds catching an osprey feather,
she wears only a small pendant at her
throat. If she selects her necklace,
then n simple feather or flower is in
her hair. When Mrs. Hay was in the
cabinet circle in Washington she wore
gems only on rare occasions, though
she has a fine collection.
1t would be tame world If all per-
sons were alike, and there are some
marked contrasts to the good taste
before mentioned. AT levee in
Washington last winter it was esti-
mated that gems worth several mill
ions Of dollars We're worn. Mrs.
| William X Vanderbilt, who was a
guest of Mrs. Chauncey Depew, was
blazing with diamonds. Her entire
bodice was covered with strings of
| gems; stickpins held the black lace in
place; and crown adorned her hair,
She had a jeweled fan, and one be-
holder averred he had counted ten dia-
mond bracelets. Mrs. William +. Ora
per Of Massachusetts on the same
night wore jewels enough to tempt a
| footpad, but hers We're pearls, and
did not attract so much attention as
Mrs. Nanderbilt's. Among the women
of the diplomatic corps Nine Hengel-
muller wears Il great assortment of
rubies and emeralds, and not in the
evening but with her afternoon tot
lets. Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh, in the
days before her mourning, seldom APP
peared without a string of sapphires
twisted many times around her
throat. In few instances do the
wealthy women use judgment in the
display of their gems. One observer
says they look like a jewelers. shop
window in the holiday season.
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suggestion to the committees who have
awaited upon him to protest against
the existing conditions.
1.-THE police force is Inadequate to
meet the demands made upon It," said
Chief Collins. 1T Is smaller today
than 1t has been for yenrs We need
twice the number of men we have to
properly police Chicago. Despite the
fact that the town has grown wonder
fully in the last ten years, and that the
population has increased almost 1,0OO,-
600 persons in that time, we have less
men to-day than we had ten years ago
Each year the department grows
smaller, while Chicago grows larger,
and then they wonder why we can't
stop crime Give me tho men and some
of the crime will stop. 1t will be i'm
possible to stop all. but burglars ana
hold-up men will not work with the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14

freedom that they have been demon
strating of late"
Following are notable murders of
women in Chicago within year:
Mrs. Bessie HOLSTER, slain Friday night
by Richard G. Ivens in alley murder
err confesses.
Mrs. Arthur w. Gentry, killed in her fat
Jan. 6 by Frank ]. Constantine, Jr.,
who escaped.
Mrs. Carl o. Almberg, shot to death Jan.
8, by j. L. NIoeller: slayer committed
suicide.
Miss Maude Reese, slain Nov. 81 by a
burglar; murderer escaped.
Mrs. Clara McCluskey. shot to death Oct.
20 by May Buckley, jealous rival |;
murderess in Jail.
Mrs. II. a. Mize, killed by holdup man
Aug. %; murderer never found.
Mrs. Della Tracy, slain by young negro
who held her up, Feb. %; murderer
sentenced for life.
Mrs. Ellen johnson, found dead in stair
way Jan. 1G; mystery unsolved
A review Of the crimes of the past
two months shows that in two In
stances the police were absolutely
baffied In their hunt for two of the
murderers. These are the men who
killed Miss Reese and Mrs. Gentry.
A record of the murders in Chicago
since 1872 gives the following:
| Chicago homicides since 1872 ... ,092
| Unsolved murders, about. ......... 200
Murders since July &c, 1906 ...... "a
Women murdered since July 26, 1908 20
Murderers escaped and unknown,
same period .......... ..... 10
Accused persons exonerated. ..... IA
| Press Is Aroused.
Recent atrocious murders have
aroused both pulpit and press. Leading
newspapers thus etlitorlally speak of
the recent crime wave:
1t is because criminals know they need
not fear swift and stern punishment If
arrested that they flock to Chicago. 1t
has become snug harbor" for them. 1t
is their favorite winter resort. Chicago
has come to be known over the country
as bad town for men or good character
and good town for men of bad charac-
ter. That is not SO much due to the small
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14

Reese at 200 Evanston avenue on the
night of November 90, 1905; the Aim
berg Moeller murder and suicide, which
occurred In an alley at North Clark
street and Buckingham court January
8, 1906; the murder OF Mrs. Louise
Hughes Gentry in her home at $50 La
Sale avenue the following day.
In other sections of Chicago many
brutal murders have been committed
within the last six months, and hold
ups, robberies, thefts and swindlings
have been numerous. The murderer of
Mrs. T. A. Mize has never been found,
and the citizens of the South Side have
been stirred deeply by that crime. On
the West Side there have been many
murders and more robberies.
A larger police force to protect al.
citizens more fully is Mayor Dunne's
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THE APRIL FOOL.
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Oh all the schoolmasters of the nine
teenth century, says the author of six
Great Schoolmasters." Doctor Kennedy.
head master of Shrewsbury, England,
1886 to 1866, was in many respects the
most remarkable. One of the most
striking Of his characteristics was his
remarkable memory.
Few members OF the United Service
could have We'd with him in familiarity
with naval and military annals. In
Wellingtons dispatches lie was as
much at home as in 1nucyddes.
He once met the late Commander
Maynard at the house of his brother-in-
law, Mr.. How, when the conversation
turned upon certain naval engage.
ment in the details of which the com
manter considered himself well posi-
ed. What was his surprise to find that
the schoolmaster not only knew the
name of every ship engaged, but their
exact positions during the tight, and
was In every way better Informed on
the subject than he was himself.
auotuef Instance OF henneuyS lC-
curate store of knowledge occurred
when Il certain boy, who had to show
up an original copy of verses, was so
hard put to it that he searched out n
certain rare and obscure classic, copied
out dozen or so lines, ana sent them
up to the doctor us his own. "Ah, YES"
said Kennedy, beautiful verses! And,
if remember right, they go on thus"
and he proceeded to quote the rest of
the piece"
An amusing anecdote is told of his
kindly humor and readiness to forgive.
On the first of April mischievous boy
had put the clock forward and caused
the bell for morning chapel to be rung
an hour too soon. The delinquent was
discovered, and much alarmed by an
invitation to call on the doctor little
before noon, at the usual place of exc
cution.
Swish! But, strange TO say, the cul.
prit was untouched. Swish, as be.
fore. The boy was still trembling for
the third stroke, when there came the
words, 60 away, you April fool"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14

MRS. j. v. STRAUSS when the sons of
God present themselves.
hope haven't prejudice against
rich people, 1t would be natural
enough that poor beggar like me
should be envious; but then do care
SO little for the things that money can
buy in comparison with personal gifts,
some of which l have, that envy can
scarcely be laid to my door. How
ever, do wish that people who con-
fuse money with greatness could be
made to see how foreign the two are
and how much cheaper the trappings
of wealth make common people APP
pear.
think the most pitiful object in
nature is stupid rich woman. She is
always naughty and overbearing, glar-
ing about lest some person of moder-
ate means might by some misfortune
have gotten into the circle. The mis-
fortune would be to the person of
moderate means, supposing said per-
son had a few brains. and 1t Is likely
he would have. There seems to have
been some impartiality-the money
has been given largely to mediocre
people and the brains scattered among
the poor devils.
recently saw some very rich peo-
pie and examined them rather criti-
cally. They We're too rich and great
to associate with any one though
there We're 800 people under the same
roof. There We're types OF mankind
galore, all sorts Of people, some of
them nice, some bright, blu. the VAST
majority Including my very rich ones,
not bright. Now these people dressed
very deliberately many times during
the day; they drove and rode out in
state, and l invariably detected them
glancing around to see if ti.eir gran
deur was duly appreciated.
Was there no STILL small voice to
whisper to them that IL the people
around them We're their interiors ii
was low as well as silly to dress at
them, and do things to attract atten.
ton?
Is there any way by which men can
learn that greatness can only be at.
tanned through simplicity, and that
people are only truly great when they
have renowned the pomps and vani
ties and become simple-hearted broth.
ers Of men? believe one is justified
In being n trifle vain over certain
tilings-though none Of us is SO en-
dowed as to Justify much of a swag
ger-but do think nothing quite sc
contemplate as being vain over
wealth and position.
The expression ~ could buy and
sell you" is such n poor little boast
When all the millions in the world car
not bring sight to blind eye, or buy
a sweet nature. or an appreciativt
mind We are born with our advan
| tanes 1t is futile to claim that the
| rich can buy them. Some polish, some
luster of experience and travel, mon
| ey can add to n naturally fine mind
bat it is like gliding refined gold. Ant
what hopeless creatures are those who
having had every advantage" tina
| money can give, and still remain dul
and how many there are Of them.
This, then. my wish for common
rich people to know that they do no
count is never likely TO be realized
10 be sure they can't help being com
mon, and perhaps they can't help be
ing rich. but they really ought to try
for il they We're rid of their richie
their commences would not be notice,
so much.--Juliet V. Strauss, In Chi
cago Journal.
| -
After being swintled some mon sa,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14
MY WIFE"
Es%~-~1>syC&yCayGG

+ anyone had accused Clinton
Calorme of being in love with the
little woman he took pleasure in
walking with on the sands he would
have been very indignant. He was
sorry for the POOR Invalid. and felt he
was doing an act of genuine phllan
I thropy in trying to cheer her up.
One evening late, as he was smok-
ing in his hammock, he saw the young
sister of the subject of his thoughts
approach ching him.
My sister bade me give you this"
she said. placing In his hand minia-
fure of an old man whom he remen-
bered having been with when lie died
In India. "She wanted ME to ask you
tf you couldn't come over to the cot
tage tonight. She's very badly, am
afraid" added the girl sadly.
Clinton Calorme followed her. With
nut any preliminaries the invalid said:
MY uncle died in Simla in your
!, ms, Mr.. Calorme. and left in your
hands will which you duly forward
ed y this country to Its proper execu
tors. My uncle was man Of great
eccentricity, and that will. while 1t
put me in possession of this entire
property, contained condition that
Will is.lse this property to revert to
you in the event of my dying unmar-
ried and without natural heirs. In
case of my marriage and the failure
OF natural heirs, the will permits me
TO make testamentary disposition of
the lands, moneys and estates with
this singular stipulation, that have
IN the meantime become your wife.
Loving me he would have wished me
to become the wife of an honorable,
true-hearted man only. and, believing
you to be all this, have sent for you
tonight to ask Of you the greatest
favor. 1t seems to me, that woman
could ask of man.
I'm all the world have no relative
or friend, save only my sister Blanche.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14
IL WOMEN NOT FOND OF GEMS


Mrs. Roosevelt Is NoticenbIy Incon-
spicuOus In Dress.
Whats the use of having a lot of
diamonds unless l can wear them all
at once?' demanded woman whose
husband had become wealthy sudden
ly. AS fact, it isn't only the newly
rich who delight in such ostentatious
display. Their supposedly well-bred
sisters often offend good taste SINH
larly. Some sights in the boxes ut the
opera are calculated to make the jul
dicious grieve-or laugh. But there
are women who do not care for such
barbarie show. For instance. IIrs.
Roosevelt owns some fine diamonds,
but seldom wears more than two
pieces at one time. II she dons her
beautiful hair ornament, q spray Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14

After
IN has Although
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there and affection for the
will OF
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made for them design and
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political caudron
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formed the subject of long and somewhat harassng domestic
nited States apparent.
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