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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
WalhaIla Baptist Church.

The pastor of the Baptist church is
much concerned about the large amount
of sickness among the members. Many
are too ill to attend the prayer meeting,
and he prays for their speedy restora-
tion to spiritual health and strength.
At last Thursdays prayer meeting he
read the following letter, received that
day from friends at Keswick Convention,
England:
Sh"We, group of brothers and sisters
if the same Lord, gladly send you our
hearty greetings from the 1905 Keswick
Convention, remembering the many sea-
sons of happy and blessed fellowship in
Christ we have had with you in days
gone by.
"God has been specially teaching &c tho
secrets of persistent, earnest, believing
and prevailing prayer, and we do there
fore pray in the name of our Great Medi-
a$RA the Lord Jesus Christ, on the
gSsSAd of the merits of His blood, to
our Father in the heavens, whose name
Is Love, whose nature is Light and
whose gift Is eternal life, that his Holy
Spirit may be specially in you and upon
you both for holiness of walk and use
fulness in service-not on the system Of
storage of the motor-car, but on the lines
of continual contact of the tram-car--
that you may ever see Jesus crowned
and others may see him glorified in your
life
"Mountain and laRe, as well as tent
and open-air meeting still resound with
prayer and praise and we trust they will
during this week of Feast of Tabernacles
and till Jesus Christ, the Lord Himself,
descends from heaven for His own. May
God richly bless you in spirit, soul and
body, in jourpeyings, and rest in house,
and church, is the sincere desire of yonr
brothers and sisters in Christ
"Sunnyside, Keswick, July %, 1906"
Fifteen signatures follow, to each of
which is added an encouraging text from
the Bible.
Mr. Judd will be away all next week, en-
gagged with Rev. @. s. Blackburn, of
Seneca, in special services at Salem
church, near Anderson, and will be back
for Sundays services.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
Methodist Services.

Prayer meeting in Walhalla Methodist
church this evening at 8.15 O'Clock.
There will bo preaching in the Wal
halla Methodist church next Sunday
morning at II O'Clock by Rev. Coke D.
Mann, and at S.15 O'Clock by Rev. e. s..
Jones.
/ Next Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
there will be preaching at Bethel Metho-
dist church (Oak Grove school house) by
Rev. G. d. Mann. From this meeting
services will be protracted during the
week. Preaching at IL a. m: and p. m.
by the pastor, Rev. K. s. Jones.
The third quarterly conference of the
Walhalla circuit will be held with the
Whitmire congregation September and
2 by Rev. r. Herbert Jones. Preaching
at II a. m. Saturday and the business
session at 1.30 p. m. Dinner on the
grounds. Preaching at II a. m. Sunday.
At p. m. the residing elder will preach
at OcOnee.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
MamZan l1,l I !: ,!!.., Pile Pile Cure
Veteran william r. eils,rap Dead.

William R. Gilstrap, aged 81 years,
diod at the home of his son, Robert l..
Gilstrap, near Conneross, on thursday,
10th instant. His remains were laid to
rest on the day following in Conneross
churchyard, after appropriate funeral
services, conducted by Rev. K. s. Jones,
of Walhalla. Mr.. Gilstrap had been a
member of Holly Springs Baptist church,
Pickens county, for many years. He
and his wife moved to this county, with
their son In 1900, and have been valuable
and upright citizens. The deceased was
valiant soldier in the Confederate army
and his comrades will be grieved to learn
of bis death. Mr.. Gilstrap was twice
married. By the last union he is sur
vived by his aged wife and one SOD. To
the bereaved relatives is extended the
sympathy of many friends.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
Y0THER And CHILD DROWNED.
WASHED AWAY IN ATTEMPTING TO CROSS
SWOLLEN MOUNTAIN STREAM.

Last Friday night, about O'Clock,
while George Watkins and his family
\ were driving to their home in the North
west part of the county, they were over.
taken by a serious accident, which re-
suited in the death of Mrs. Watkins and
her youngest child, about 1S months old.
bir. Watkins was driving two mules,
( shitohed to light wagon. In attempting
to GROSS Village Greek at the ford, their
efforts proved futile. The creek was
badly swollen by heavy rains further up
tlrenountains. Tho water over the ford,
q Narily between one and two feet
daap. was MP tc hs;Sh. OF Ave- Or six
feet, and the creek was some 10 TO 1S feet
wider than usual. In the swift flow Of
the unusual volume of water the mules
were unable to keep straight to the ford,
aud the wagon in which the Watkins
family rode was gradually taken down
stream, AS they neared the opposite
bank of the stream the wagon came
broad-side to the water and the wagon
. body was lifted from the wagon and the
occupants, five in number, were thrown
into the water. The night was dark,
and after q desperate struggle Mr.. Wat
kins succeeded in saving two of his chill
dren, but his wife and 1S.months-old
child were drowned. His calls for help
were heard by Albert Brown, whose
residence is some 400 yards from the
:, ford, and he went to the rescue as
quickly as possible, but when he reached
the scene the awful struggle against
death was over, and two of the family
were nowhere to be found. A searching
aRrty spent most of the night seeking
the bodies of the unfortunate woman
and her child, but no trace of them
could be found. Early Saturday morn
ing, however, the body of Mrs. Watkins
was discovered below the rocky shoals,
some 800 yards below the ford. The
body was badly bruised from its rapid
descent over the rough and jagged rocks
of the shoals, which are some hundred
feet in length. The body of the child
was found shor distance further down
the stream. 1t was night of horror for
the Watkins family, and the dawning of
the morrow only added certain sorrow
and bereavement to the terrible suspense.
Mrs. Watkins was about 80 years of
age. She was, before her marriage,
Miss Ida Jeffries. The remains of the
mother and child were laid to rest at
Bethlehem Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock.
Mr.. Watkins has the sympathy of
many friends in his sad bereavement,
and the horrible accident has cast q
gloom over the entire community where
he lives
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
HARD STRUCK BY THE LIGHTNING.
WILLIAM HUNTS NEW RESIDENCE STRUCK
AND CONSUMED BYiFLAMEs.

Last Sunday night one of the heaviest
electrical storms of this summer passed
over Walhalla, extending for several
miles in all directions. Lightning flashed
in the heavens and darted to the earth
in great forked streaks, and the thunder
rumbled in the distance or doomed like
musketry, according to the nearness of
the bolts of fire it followed. No damage
was dono in town, except to the tele-
phone company's property, the wires
being meltod in number of places, and
many phones being burnt out. Several
persons were badly shocked while walk
ing on the streets, along which the tele.
phone wires are strung.
The residence of William Hunt, about
five miles from Walhalla, was struck
about 11.45 O'Clock, and within an hour
was reduced to heap of ashes. Mr..
Hunt had just recently completed his
home, one of the best and most substan.
tial residences in his section, at cost Of
about $4,000. Some furniture and other
articles were saved from the burning
building, but the greater part of the
household goods and personal effects
vent :a vo feed the flames. Mr. Hunt
moved here some years ngo from Ander-
son county, and is substantial and we'll
TODD farmer. His misfortune is deeply
deplored by his many friends. Mr.. Hunt
carried no insurance.
Reports from all directions indicate
that the storm Of Sunday night was one
of the most severe electrical storms we
have had for quite a while, though the
serious damage done was confined to the
wrecking and burning of Mr.. Hunts
house.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
r. r. o. Carries to Organize.

The r. f. ID. carriers In Oconee county,
aud their substitutes, are requested to
meet at Westminster on Monday, Sep
tember 8, Labor Day., for the purpose
of organizing County Rural Carriers
Association. The hour for time of meet
ing is 10 O'Clock, and all are requested to
be con time" These associations have
proved of great benefit throughout the
country to these genial servants of the
people, and why not in Oconeep There
are now between thirty eight and forty
thousand rural carriers In the United
States, and every month $4,000 are paid
out in South Carolina alone for this
service.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
New Mail Clerk on Blue Ridge Railroad.

AT the request of Congressman Aiken
the Post Office Department has extended
to West Union and Walhalla full and
complete mail service on the midday
trains. This gives double daily mail
service over the entire length of the Blue
Ridge Railway end is quite an advantage
to the public. On account of the In
creased mileage an additional mail clerk
has been appointed to the line, to.wit:
L. +. Carpenter, of Anderson. This new
service went into effect on the Goth
instant. Long live Wyatt Aiken.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
GalvestOn's Sea Wall

makes life now as safe in that city as on
the higher uplands. E. w. Goodloe, who
resides on Dutton street, in Waco, Texas,
needs no sea wall for safety. He writes
81 have used DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption the past five years and
1t keeps me we'll and safe. Before that
time had cough which for years had
been growing worse. Now it's gone"
Cures chronic coughs, la grippe, Group,
whooping-cough and prevents pneumo-
mia. Pleasant to take. Every bottle
guaranteed at all drug stores. Price SOC.
and 81. 1'rial bottle free.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
The TownviIIe Trolley.
[Continued from Page Four.I

is little distracting and is not inoreas-
ing the esteem in which Townville is
now held.
To build road by foreign capital is
different from building by local capital.
Foreign capital builds with reference to
dividends only. 1t has no consideration
for the convenience of the patrons of the
road farther.than to obtain the business.
Local capital has more consideration for
the convenience of those served, though
it seeks dividends, too. This project is
intended primarily to serve the people of
Townville. Those who have subscribed
cannot reasonably expect direct returns.
They are, and rightly, expecting indirect
returns; that is, in the enhancement of
property values and convepiences of
transportation for their produce and in
travelling. Then that destination which
will give the most conveniences and an
equal enhancement of property should
be chosen. Without detracting from
other competing towns. say that Seneca
offers the logical terminus for the road.
Going south from Townville means leav-
ing the highway of commerce, reaching a
terminus on branch railways, farther
from the North or South than when at
Townville; farther from the shipping
point of freight by two days than to
| either Westminster or Seneca, with
higher freight rates and higher passenger
rates Following the ridge north there
is but little outlay for grading. This is
the only advantage over Seneca. The
terminus is on the main line of the Sou th-
ern Railway, at a flag station. Richland
would offer the same advantages and be
closer to the Court House and to the
Blue Ridge road. If the object in build
ing trolley is to enable one to SEE the
fine trains that run between New York
and New Orleans, then either of these
places would be better than Seneca, for
here they can be seen in full motion.
They stop at SENEGAL From Seneca one
may take vestibule for the North OF
South and travel comfortably and on the
quickest schedules. From here one is in
touch with all parts of the State. 1t ia
not 30 at any other proposed terminus.
Freights from all points could be deliv-
cred at Townville earlier than from either
of the other places, and at lower rate.
The cost of reaching Seneca would not
cost Townville or the trolley company
any more than to reach the Southern up
the ridge. The presidents estimated
cost of completing the grade to West
minister is nominal. 1t is one.sixth OF
the whole cost of equipping the line. To
place the ties and rails on the grade
would be less to Seneca than to any
other point, for 1t is nearer via Cross
Roads and Sitton's Shoals, ridge road
all the way, costing no more to grade,
and Seneca putting it across Conneross
free of cost This puts Seneca on an
equal footing with Westminster in cost
OF construction and equipment. The ad-
vantages, therefore, are in favor OF
Seneca-the logical terminus of the road.
Fairplav
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
NOTICE 70 THE YOUNG MEN.

A CHANCE is still open to the young
"A men of this county to get Normal
Scholarship,in the University of South
Carolina. An examination for that pur-
pose will be conducted by the County
Superintendent of Education on Friday,
August 31st, 1905.
Write at once for application blanks to
BENJAMIN SLOAN, President,
1885 Columbia, S. G..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
Condition of
the Weather. .
Month and
Day.
Unnecessary Expense.

Acute attacks of colo and diarrhea
come on without warning and prompt
relief must be obtained. There is no
necessity of incurring the expense of a
physicians service in such cases if Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrh@a
Remedy is at hand. A dose of this
remedy will relieve the patient before a
doctor could arrive. It has never been
known to fail, even in the most severe
and dangerous cases and no family
should be without 1t. For sale by j. w.
Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
Stomach Troubles and Constipation.

No one can reasonably hope for good
digestion when the bowels are consti-
pated. Chas. Baldwin, Of Edwardsville,
ILL.,, says, N suffered from chronic con-
stipation and stomach troubles for seve-
raj years, but thanks to Chamberlain's "a
Stomach and Liver Tablets am almost
cured" Why not get package of these
tablets and get we'll and stay well? Price
25 cents. For sale by j. w. Bell, Wal
halla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
Negro Mutlneers Hanged.

Wilmington, N. c., August 17.-Ar.
the three negroes convicted of mutiny
and murder on board the Philadelphia
schooner, Harry A. Berwind, were exc
cuted today by hanging. Their accom-
plice, Henry Scott, was hanged last
month
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
A Mystery Solved.

A'How to keep off periodic attacks of
EAiousness and habitual constipation
was a mystery that DR.. Kings New Life
Pills solved for me-" writes John N.
Pleasant, of Magnolia, Ind. The only
pills that are guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction to everybody or money re-
funded. Only goo. at all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
A Gard Of Thanks.

Editors Courier: We desire to sincerely
thank our neighbors and friends for the
kindness and sympathy shown us after
tho loss of our home by fire Sunday
night, August 10th. May Gods richest
blessings rest upon them and theirs all
through life.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Hunt.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
Meteorological Matters.

The following is the record of tenn
perature and rainfall as recorded at the
u. 8. Station, at B. #. ,Douthit's, near
Walhalla, for week ending August II, as
recorded by Miss Jessie Douthit, co-ope-
ratiye observer:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itohing, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized to re.
fund money IL Pazo Ointments fails to
cure in 6 to ID days. 500.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-13

penalty for accepting rebates, in add
ton to the heavy costs Of litigation,
will at least tend to make its VIOLA
tions of the law a losing game. Re
form has gone farther than may be
generally appreciated when it has be-
come good policy, from purely finan-
cial standpoint, to obey rather than
violate the law forbidding acceptance
of rebate Determinations.
No more signal vindicatlon could be
had of the wisdom and efficiency of
the Roosevelt movement, however
captious critics and partisan detract-
ors may have sought during the prog
ress of the contest to belittle and mis-
represent it. Much, indeed, remains
to be done to confirm and complete
the reform, but the substantial charac-
ter of its results is already too obvious
to be gainsaid.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-13
AMERICAN MEATS AND GERMAN
CONSUME

That the exclusive policy of Ger
many toward the animal foods of other
countries is producing cumulative
hardship upon the mass Of its own
population and thus forcing a domestic
issue on the question of relief, is once
more forcibly demonstrated by the
facts spread before the national legis-
lature. They show how the aim of
that policy, dictated by the land own
ers and farmers, is being reached by
the constantly increasing price OF
meat, since consumers are so largely
restricted to the German supply. The
increase of town population on account
of industrialism has been enormous at
the same time that the foreign meat
supply has been cut of. The result,
forcing the wholesale price of meats in
Germany to almost double what It is
in France, Belgium, England and
Spain, amounts to an intolerable OPP
preston Of consumers as well as a
grave economic disadvantage in inter
national competition.
The hardship of the German con-
sumers is of special import to our
western farmers, who are in position
to supply, with profit to themselves,
abundant meat at half the cost the
Germans are now paying. The latter
might, indeed, submit to temporarily
higher prices II thereby agricultural
industry could be stimulated to pro-
duce meat in greater abundance and
ultimately at lower prices, but there
is absolutely no such possibility. On
the contrary, the rise OF price has
within three years driven the per
capita meat consumption down from
forty to thirty-six pounds a year and
made horse and dog flesh an estab-
lished commodity in German butcher
shops The effect of the agrarian
policy, by excluding American meats,
is simply to put the working man and
the mass of consumers at the mercy
of the German landlords. ,
Certainly we are interested selfishly
in access to so vast a market. but
our interest therein is infinitely less
than that of the German meat con-
sumers themselves. 1t would seem
even upon the German official showing
that their deprivation has now reached
a point at which popular appeal for
relief could hardly be much longer
disregarded or refused by the gov.
eminent. in spite of the influence OF
the landlords and their political con.
federates.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-13
Personal NOTES.

The pure food commission opened SEES
sion in Louisville with the question, What
is whisky?"
San Francisco grafters are grateful for
small favors. President Roosevelt's re-
marks on race feuds turned the search
light in another direction and gave the
Rueftes chance to breathe naturally.
When Speaker Cannon was swearing in
some new members, Congressman J. Adam
Bede remarked: Uncle Joe makes 'em
hold up their right hands when taking the
oath to see that they haven't anything
but their undershirts up their sleeves"
Boston culture is expanding by leaps and
bounds and the muse is working overtime.
QueTists in a local paper seek the where
~bouts Of the following inspired poems;
Put Those Little Shoes Away" THE Par
don Came Too Late" "''Where Willie Got
he Supper" Down by the TanyardG
Side" "Lifes a Funny Proposition" Ca
noodling on Back Bay"
JEFF Davis, the new senator from Arkan-
sas is a shining social light. yet he has
never worn a swallowtail coat and he vows
he never will. Senator Joe Bailey had the
prejudice against societys convential garD
when he came to Washington fresh from
the plains Of Texas some fifteen years ago.
1t wasn't long, however, before Bailey fell
In line and ordered an evening suit.
William e. Sanderson, boss OF a gang in
the yards of a car manufacturing company.
has been elected mayor OF Springfield.
Mass. He Is a republican, but was elected
by the dinner pail brigade" OF local
democrats, among whom he is immensely
popular. His opponent was Edward H.
Lathrop, one of the foremost lawyers in
Springfield. sanderson has worked for day
wages ali his life.
N. o. Nelson, a ST. Louis philanthroplst
and millionaire manufacturer will estab-
fish a free club for poor men in New Or
leans. Rules and regulations will not be
known in, the club. Everybody who enters
home. Decent living and decent think
ing" says Mr.. Nelson, will be the only
two requirements. The club will be open
every hour of the day and night
Winston Churchill the novelist, described
at dinner in New York the difference be-
tween realism and romantieism in fiction:
ITO make my meaning clearer" Mr.
Churchill ended, Il will take the case OF
a young man and a girl--sweethe
The young man. romanticist, said pas
siOhately to his girl: Darling, II shall be
my life's one purpose to surround you with
every comfort and to anticipate and graf
| ify your every wish The girl. a realist
lssmiled family as she answered, oh, Jack
how good Of you, and all on 50 a week
I too
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-13
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS.
State Supervision Should supplement-
the Nations Work.

the Nations Work.
Philadelphia Record
There should be no msapprehension as
to the character OF the presidents attack
upon the very existence Of the states in
undertaking to make control OF corpora
lions a prerogative OF the federal govern
ment. The mere fact that great corpora
ton does business beyond the limits of the
state to which it owes its chartered privil-
eyes is no reason why it should be with
drawn from state supervision. II the fed
eraI government exercised supervision over
the corporations more wisely and more
effectively than the states there might be
some plausibility in the pleas for this cen
tralizaticn Of power. But the truth Is
that Massachusetts,. New York. Ohio, Mis-
sour, Illinois, Kansas Texas and many
other states enforce their drastic anti
trust laws much more efficiently than the
antitrust laws OF congress are enforced
by the federal government.
In this fact lies the incentive OF the great
corporations to substitute the control Of
the federal government for that OF the
states 10 which they owe their existence
and where they have their domicile II
should be well understood that Il Is not the
great corporations that are seeking T.
prevent such control as the overburdened
federal government is capable Of exercising
over then. on, no! The vlgilant exercise
OF state power Is what Is dreaded the mos
by these corporate creatures Of the state.