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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
NEW RAILWAY SIGNALS.
Safety Device to Insure Trains
Against Collision.

Safety Device to Insure Trains
Against Collision.
On the Great Western railway OF
England some interesting experiments
In railway signaling are making.
The new safey device Is intended 10
notify the ear, instead Of the eye,
Of the condition Of the track ahead. It
Is held that semaphores. which are the
warnings depended upon wherever the
block system is used in this country,
are unsatisfactory, being often obscur-
ed by fog. and that the strain of watch
Ing for these signals Is greater than
should be Imposed on the engineer of
a locomotive. ,
In the new device "a mechanism Ia
fixed In the ioadbed' at the beginning Of
each block" OF track that gives q
whistle In the cab Of the locomotive
II the track is clear and rings a bell II
the block or track is occupied. These
signals are located near the ear Of the
engineer as he stands at the throttle
and continue sounding until stopped by
him. 1t 10 held that the system Affords
a distinct advantage IN eliminating the
confusion Of lights In station and
switch yards at night. which has been
responsible for many wrecks.
II such mechanism can be developed
to certainty of operation 1t would seem
to be a distinct advance in securing the
safety Of trains from collision.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
Reeds Retort'to DinsIey.


When the town of Brunswick. Me.
celebrated some years ago the one hun
dred n f1ftieth anniversary Of its in
corporation there was a big dinner, and
Tom reed and Nelson Dingley were
present and were, Of course, called
npon to speak. Dingley spoke first and
said Inc conclusion that he had made
no preparation and would make way
for a gentleman who had come with
a prepared speech, meaning Reed, who
got back at Dingley as follows:
"Mr. Toastmaster, I am sorry to be-
gin an apology. Some time g I at
tended a celebration like this in Unity,
In Waldo county, and there heard Gov
ernor Dingley refer touchlngly to Unity
as his birthplace. I afterward learned
that the governor was also born In
Durham. In the county Of Androscog-
gin, and / know that nothing but my
presence here prevents his claiming
he was born in Brunswick too. And I
feel like a~pologlzlng for being here, for
It will hereafter be an honor to have
shared In the birthplace Of Governor
Dingley."-Pittsburg Times.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR $3.50.

By a clubbing arrangement with the
Charleston Semi-Weekly News and Cou-
rier we are Offering that paper and The
Keowee Courier for $3.50 per year. The
Keowee Courier is recognized not only
as the best paper in Oconee county, but
it ia rated among the best county papers
in South Carolina. The Semi-W eekly
News and Courier is an excellent jour
nal, pnblished on Wednesdays and Satur-
days, gives the detailed news of South
Carolina as q special feature, and carries
the full Associated Press dispatches
from all over the world. The combina-
tion of the two papers at $3.50 gives our
present readers, as we'll as new SUBJ
scribers, an opportunity to secure two Of
the best papers In the state three papers
lar price Of either. Let us send You two of
the very best papers In South Carolina
for almost the price of one.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
refused tho aueen's Invitntion.

sNO AucS" hNAthNAOhs
Nine. Antoinette Sterling, the Ameri.
can singer. once unconsciously commit
ted a breach etiquette which is record
ed in the sons memoir Of his mother.
Queen Victoria commanded Nine. Ster-
ling to sing before her. without any
thought of offending the singer replied
simply that h was sorry, but on the
evening designated she was engaged to
sing for e charity. She would be pleas.
ed to sing for her majesty the next
week. The CONSERVATION among court
officials was great. What would have
happened If the singer had not been
prevailed upon to break her engage
ment and comply with the queens be-
hest only a lord chamberlain knows.
Even a lord chamberlain could not pre-
vail on her to break her rigid resolu-
ton against wearing a low dress at a
concert, and court custom had to yield
to her. The queen took unconscious re-
venge on the American by presenting
her with a tea service, for Nine. Ster-
ling kept aii her life a childish resolu-
ton new to drink tea beca Use the
spilling Of the tea In Boston harbor
was the symbol Of American defiance
OF England.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
Letter to:A. P. Crisp,
Waihalla, s. g.

Dear Sir:.H you could get the exclu-
sive sale Of q sweeter sugar for five miles
round. pound az sweet as q pound of
usual sugar, and cost no more-you'd
jump at 1t, wouldn't youp
There wouldn't be 100 pounds of any
other sugar sold in a year in your town;
you'd gobble the trade; and 1t wouldn't
hurt your whole business.
Devoe is like that among paints; 1t Is
twice as sweet as some; 1t is sweeter than
any; not one exception; one gallon is
two or one-and-a-half or one-and-three-
quarters.
Better than that; paint has to be
painted; that costs 90 to 81 a gallon,
"a gallon saved is SO to 81 saved In
labor, besides the paint.
Even that isn't all. A gallon Devoe
put-on wears as long as two gallons put
on at q cost Of so to "a a gallon and two
gallons more put-on at 81 to "a a gallon.
Count all that. The paint that weare
double costs less by 8 gallons OF paint
and 5 gallons of painting; that's about
$lo a gallon for those superfluous gal
Ions.
That's as good as adoubie-sweet sugar,
isn't itP Yours truly,
+. w. Devoe d Co.,
New York.
J. W.. Bell sells our paint.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
issued Cotton Bulletin.

Memphis, Tenn, March 15.-The
National Ginners' Association issued
a bulletin at l O'Clock to-day, show
ing the number of bales of cotton
ginned up to March 2 to be 1916,
600. The report by States follows /:
Alabama 1,181,000, Arkansas $780,
600, Florida $4,000, Georgia, 1921
900, Indian Territory $1,000, Ken
lucky 1900, Louisiana $4,000, Mis-
sissippi 1,441, 600, Missouri $4,000,
North Carolina 100000, Oklahoma
100000, South Carolina 100000,
Tennessee $4,000, Texas 3,sO3, 600,
Virginia $4,000; total 1~2,716,OOO.
The report, which is signed by j.
A. Taylor, President of the Associa-
tion, says:
lowing to the very fine weather
in the West cotton has been picked
very much closer than usual, and this
has increased the crop at least 200,-
600 bales, if not more. Our reports
indicate there will not be much
changed acreage, except in Texas
and the two Territories, where there
will be an increase of from 5 to 10
per cent. Scarcity of labor is the
report from all sections. We have
reports from a large number of un.
counted towns that show very much
lighter stocks than last year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
MILK A PERFECT 8 o
Contains Ffesh FORMERS and Heat
Makers In Proper Proportions.

1. VII 8nA l20Rx
Makers In Proper Proportions.
While ''man cannot live by bread
alone" bread In this connection mean
Ing food, neither can he live without
food. but his development and health
depend not on the quantity he eats, but
on the portion of that quantity which
he digests. He must digest what will
build up the tissues OF the body, give
animal heat and also muscular power.
Those foods which will do the first Of
fee are called flesh formers, and those
which furnish heat aud power are call
ed heat makers. All foods contain one
Of the three requisites, and sometimes
all. In varying proportions. says Valan-
cey y. Fuller. lecturer on sanitary milk.
New York state farmers institute.
Tie only complete and perfect food
Is milk. In It are flesh formers and
heat makers In the right proportions
properly balanced. The same can be
said Of no other food. Those who have
lived on farms know that pasture Ia a
perfect foo. for cattle. and that IL any
other food Is given them In Its place 1t
must be balanced by other foods. Mix
Is like pasture. 1t Is a perfectly bal
anced ration In itself. and there Is no
necessity Of s%partaking OF any other
food unless we desire 1t. This accounts
for the fact that we can live and do a
hard days work ON milk alone, for
milk contains all Of the nutritive ingre-
dents needed for food and Ia thorough
ly and easily digested. The longevity
OF the Hungarian. mountaineers. who
live on milk and whey. Ia we'll known.
A quart Of good milk contains as
much digestible nutrients az are con-
tanned In n pound Of beef chuck.
one pound Of fowl, n pound Of veal
shoulder, one-half pound Of beef loin.
one-half pound Of beef ribs. one-half
pound Of mutton leg, nine ounces OF
veal outlets. nine ounces Of veal ioin,
two pounds of Goldfish, two pounds Ave
ounces Of solid oysters, two pounds Eve
ounces Of bluelsh or one pound Ave
ounces Of potatoes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20

"Speak not evil one Of another,
BRETHREN" is one of James's admo-
nitions. Such evil speaking is a
great sin, for it is a covert attack on
a person in his absence. 1t involves
hypooracy. To do evil to another is
a sin. Even to tell the truth may
be a sin, if it involves unnecessary
and malicious harm to another.
The talebearer and tattler are despi-
cable characters. meriting the con-
tempt of every sensible man. Thrice
blessed is that man who brides his
tongue.-Soutbern Christian Advo-
cate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
Ths psndIsion sun Dial.

a writer in the Anderson Intelli-
: gencer says / notice in a recent
= issue Of The Intel.igencer mention
of the sun dial at Pendleton ard also
,mething of the old Pendleton
Court House.
/ can't call to mind any old men
around Pendleton now who remem-
Der when the sun dial was placed
there. 1t was many years ago, per-
haps sixty years. 1 was quite a
youth at the time, but remember it
perfectly. u The dial was the gift of
Judge Huger to the old Pendleton
Farmers Society and once stood in
Judge Huger's garden AT Long
House, which stood near Brnce's
shop, five miles below Pendleton, On
the Bruce Ford road. The house
ttas destroyed by fire during the
Confederate war.
The Gun dial was taken to Pendle-
ton and placed in its present posi-
ton on a solid rock base which was
probably built by Calvin Hall, the
only brick and stone mason at Pen.
dleton in those days, and the stand
or shaft on which the dial stands 1
think was turned by John Camenade.
In its early Pendleton history the
dial was much consulted by the men
about town to test the accuracy of
their watches.
You are in error as to the old
Court House. I very well remember
the old building and when it was
torn down to make way for tho
Farmers Hall. The latter was
largely built of material of the old
Court House, but does not stand ex.
actly on the same ground, though
very nearly &C. The front of the
hall is some twenty feet back, or
north, of the front of the old Court
House. The latter was standing
intact in 1910 and perhaps some few
years later.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
Sense and Sincerity In Funerals.

The Atlanta Evangelical Minis.
tere' Association should have the
support Of the Christian, conserva-
tive sentiment of the community in
lite campaign for certain reforms in
our present methods of conducting
funerals.
The changes specified as desirable
are:
The elimination of eulogies.
The abandonment, to a large ex.,
tent, of the Sunday funeral.
Use of less mourning and less os-
~tentation in mourning.
Determination in the practice of
sending floral offerings.
Each reform is based on sound
reasoning and the truest precepts of
Christianity.
The above from the Atlanta Con.
stitution applies to all communities.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
Important Law.

The following ACT was passed at
the recent session of the Legislature :
An Act to declare the violation OF
q lease of land or tenements and a
failure and refusal to enter upon the
due performance of a contract for
leasing lands or tenements, and the
violation of any such contract upon
the part of the landlord, a misde-
meanor and to provide a punishment
therefor:
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly Of the State of South Caro-.
lima:
Section I. That any person or per-
sons who shall hereafter go into pos.
session of any farming land of ano-
Their, or shall enter into a written
agreement or contract to 60 into
possession of the farming land of
another as a tenant or under a CON-
tract to farm and cultivate said land,
and shall, without just cause or ex-
cuse, leave. desert or quit the land
so leased or contracted for, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be fined not less than 1926 or
more than 800, or suffer imprison-
raant not less than i've nor more than
thirty days, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall
violate any of the contracts men,
toned in Section / of this Act shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and be fined not less than $25 or
more than 800, or suffer imprison-
ment not less than five nor more
than thirty days in the discretion of
the court.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
Louisville Strike Ends.

Louisville, March 15.-By unani-
lot vote, eight hundred striking
employees of the Louisville Railway
Company decided to accept the
terms agreed on by their officials.
All the strikers will return to full
service on the city and suburban
lines tomorrow. The agreement
provides for an increase in wages.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
Very Persistent.

A middle aged man stopped at the
sub-post office in the North End and
asked il there was anything for the
Murphys.
"No, there is not" said the man at
the window.
Anything for Jane Murphy ?"
EMO"
"Anything for Anne Murphy ?"
"No."
"Anything for Bob Murphy ?"
"No."
Anything for Terry?
"No, nor for Pat nor for Dennis
nor Pete nor Matt nor Edward MUIR
ply. There is nothing for any Muir
ply, dead, living or unborn, native
or foreign, civilized or savage, male
or female, black or hite, franchised
or disfranchised. No, there is posi-
lively nothing for any of The MUIR
phys, either Individually, collectively,
severally, now and forever, one and
i~nseparable."
The little man on the outside of
the window looked amazed and then
in a persuasive voice said, "Please
look and Q if there is anything for
+. j. Murphy. COLUMBUS Dispatch.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
WaIhaIIa Drug Company

1t never makes a girl tired to
dance until it's time to get up the
next day.
The President promises to be pres
ent at the opening of the Jamestown
Exposition the 26th of April.
For every dollar we pay school
teachers in the United States we
pay the saloons eighty dollare.
The Southern Railway system,
operating chiefly in South Carolina,
has issued an order that no person
who uses cigarettes shall have any
place in the service of the company.
In New York every minute two
immigrants arrive-more than 1,000,-
600 in a year. Every six minutes a
child lie born. Every seven minutes
there is a funeral. Every hour a
new building is erected.
Bishop Duncan is steadily improv-
ing. He is able now to walk about
the house and in the yard. The
church will rejoice to hear that our
good Bishop is we'll on the road to
recovery.-Southern Christian Adj
vocate, March ID.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20

Governor Comer,gof Alabama, on
last Thursday pardoned w. E.
Schill, a white resident of Bib
county, who was convicted Septem-
Der IL, 1908, of murder. Sehill
killed Imam for betraying his 16.
year-old. daughter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20

In using acough syrup, why not get the
mended Is Bees Laxative Cough Syrup;
contains honey and tar and is superior to
other cough syrups in many ways. Chill
dren always like It., because it contains
no opiates, Is q laxative and. 10 gusran-
teed to give satisfaction or your money
refunded. Try II. Sold by DR.. j.. w.
Bell, WRlhalla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20

The first milestone out of the city
of London on the Great Eastern
road to Colchester is to be found in
the taproom of a beerhouse in the
Wbitchapel road. Probably the
house was built over the stone.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20

That our American forests abound In
plants which possess the most valuable
medicinal virtues Is abundantly attested
by scores of the most eminent medical
writer's and teachers. Even the untu-
tored Indians had discovered the useful
ness of many native plants before the
advent Of the white race. This informa-
ton, impaired freely to the whites, led
the latter to continue Investigations until
to-day we have d rich assortment of most
valuable American medicinal roots.
-
DR.. Pierce believes that our American for
ests abound in most valuable medicinal roots
for the cure OF most obstinate and fatal dis
eases. IL we would properly investigate them;
and. in confirmation Of this conviction. he
points with pride to the almost marvellous
cures effected by his "Golden Medical Dis
covery.n which has proven itself to BIO the
most efficient stomach tonic, liver invigor-
ator. heart tonic and regulator. and blood
cleanser known TO medical science. Dyspep-
sia, or indigestion, torpid liver, functional
and even valvular and other affections OF
the heart yield TO It's curative action. The
reason tphy 1t cures these and many other
affections. Ia clearly shown In a little book
OF extracts from the standard medical works
which Is mailed free to any address by DR.. X.
v. Pierce. OF Buffalo. N. Y, TO all sending
request for the same.
-
Not less marvellous. in the unparalleled
cures 1t is constantly making of woman's
many peculiar affections, weaknesses and
distressing arrangements. is DR.. Pierce's
Favorito Prescription. as Is amply attested
by thousands Of unsolicited testimonials con-
tributed by grateful patients h nave been
cured by 1t OF catarrhal pelvic drains. painful
periods. Irregularities. p-olapsus and other
displacements caused by weakness. ulcer
alton of uterus and kindred affections. often
after many other advertised medicines. and
physicians had failed.
Both the bove mentioned medicines are
wholly maoo up from the glyceric extracts OF
native. medicinal roots. The processes en-
ployed in their manufacture were original
with DR.. Pierce. and they are carried on by
skilled chemists and PHARMACISTS with the
aid OF apparatus and epI alliances specially
designed md bull. for this purpose. Both
medicines are entirely. fret from alcohol and
all other harmful. habit, forming drugs. A
full list OF their ingredients ts printed on
each bottle"wrapper.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20

Ex-senator Spooner, of Wiscon-
sin, lately resigned, has accepted the
position of general counsel for the
interests represented nv James j.
Hill, at a salary of $4,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
sALHALLA cIRcUI-M. e. CHURCH.

REV. j.. G. YoNaUE, PASTOR.
Walhalla-First and third
Sundays at...........11.00 q. m.
Prayer meeting WED
nesdays) at ,......... 7.30p. m.
Union services every
Sunday at... -. ;. 7.30p. m.
Sunday school at. . /. 10. 90 a. m.
Millville Second Sundays at 100 p. m.
Prayer meeting every
Thursday at ......... 500 D. m.
oUT.OF-TowN APPOINTMENTS:
Zion every LIST Sunday ct 8 p. m.
Whitmire every I'd Sunday at IL q. IN.
Oconee every I'd Sunday at 8 p. m.
Bethel every Sd Sunday at 3 p. M.
Double Springs 4th Sundays at IL a. m.
Laurel Springs 4th Sundays at 8 p. m.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20

GPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
NJ COLLECTIONS In the County. Try us.
Address all communications to
b. A. BENTLEY, Manager,
Walhalla, s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
SCHEDULE OF CHURCH. SERVICES

wALHALLALUTHERAN CHURCH est. John's.)
REV. h. o. eRossMAN, PASTOR.
First and third Sundays (English) ii q. m.
Second and fourth Sundays
(GermaD) ...... ......y.11 q. m.
Every Sunday evening union ser
viccs at..:,....:...........7.30p p. m.
Sunday school (English).,... 40 q. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09

ston. opera star. erstwhile idol OF the
American public. rose from her tea
table and came to meet me.
You see. Pm Bridsher." she said.
Il must have my tea"
Her fingers played among the cups.
the sugar dish, and ether fascinating
things on the daintily appointed tea
table. and the next minute ! found
myself opposite drinking tea and chat
ting with this most famous of all comic
opera stars. as " I had known her
for years. A minute before ii would
have seemed sacriIege. but I sat there
kicking myself on my shins for Ave
minutes in punishment for wanting to
run away when 1 was at the front
door.
yes. my dear" and that same beau
tiful voice that used TO roll out over
the footlights and capture everybody.
including the ushers. came to me and
/ looked up In wonder that the music
was still there i've been living in
Washington since January. 1t seems
a little rrosaic. doesn't Il. but I'm a
landlord Yes. never liked TO stick
10 one thing too long. so I bought a
few houses. procured tenants, and
slipped away to Europe and was fixing
myself for a, winter In Paris.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09

a letter from my agent that one Of
my apartments was vacant and there
was no hope OF renting it. That set
ties it.. said. ! must 20 and live in
that hat,' and Paris was left behind
/ glanced about the charming little
drawing room. My eyes we're fairly
dazzIed by the array Of brio Nrac
and souvenirs Here were Ease
brass candelabrss and next 20
a collection of the most ailuring so,
venirs OF travel In Italy. France.
Switzerland. Germany. and. well.
everywhere Little Dutch girls peered
out at me from picture frames. and
tapestry, depicting a scene from
Twelfth Night" was suspended in
the most fetching way that neither
you nor could accomplish in a cen
fury.
yes, but wby?" 1 asked.
why what?" she repeated putting
wisp of her modishly coiffured hair
back into place.
why on earth did you give it all
up"
II needed a rest. my dear. ] worked
very. very hard. and when / found
that the public expected so much from
me ] kept giving them more and more
I started out many years ago in New
Zealand. and had every hope and all
the ambition Of becoming a TRACE
dienne. But unfortunately 7 had a
voice and It was only a question OF
time when / should go into opera. 1t
came and ] found myself cast for
those male parts written for female
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09

ideals a successful opera singer can
ever hope to create.
When ! rang JEANNE WinSton'S
bell felt like running away before
it could be answered. II seemed al
most impairment to intrude into
this attractive little corner when /
hadn't been asked. Then the idea of
approaching this woman who had
held the American public in the hOl-
low of her hand, not for one sea-
son, but years, struck me as being
little beyond what was right and
proper. While ! was considering a
graceful retreat, the door opened,
and chic little maid, wearing a
saucy cap, looked inquiringly into
ny face.