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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
As a result Of the Brouphton NEE,

AS result of the Broughton meet
ing in Greenville upwards of fifty
have joined the First church, twenty
five united with the Pendleton street
church and five united with Central
church. 1t is expected that others
will yet be received. DIR. Chapman
preached for the Pendleton street
church Thursday and Friday nights
after the meeting closed at the First
church. The good effects of the
meeting will be felt in other respects,
and altogether it has been great
spiritual blessing to the churches of
Greenville. Rev. g. III. Judd spent
last week in Greenville and rendered
the pastors very efficient service.
He preached for DIR. J.N A. Brown
last Sunday, morning and evening,
and his sermons were very much en-
joyed.--The Baptist Courier, Febru-
ary 7th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
Big Real Estate Deal.

A New York syndicate has pur-
chased the Bleokley property in Ra-
bun county, Georgia, and will COM
mence at once TO erect saw mills to
cut the oak and poplar timber on
th.s property. There are about
1000 acres in all, and the price paid
was in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The property was owned by John N.
and B. B. Bleckley, of this city. The
deal was closed by j. @. Cummings
for the Anderson Real Estate and
Investment Company.
The property is only two miles
from Clayton, the county seat OF
Rabun county. 1t is on the side OF
the mountains, and the price paid is,
therefore, considered good price,
Anderson Mail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
WaihalIa Drug Company
Sobriety and Business.

The railroads of the country are
gradually placing ban on drinking
among employees. The Lehigh Rail-
road has served notice on its employ
ees that they must be total abstainers
from alcoholic drinks or leave the
service of the company.
The railroads are not the only big
corporations, either, that are drawing
the line within the past few years
and whiskey drinking and business
no longer mix.
Ten years ago the man in business,
whether employer or employee,
could drink whiskey to excess with
out doing injury to himself in bust
ness way. 1t is quite different now.
Business and sobriety go together
and as time passes they will be closer
linked.
Left to deal with it in practical
way, public opinion sooner or later
will settle the liquor question. The
day of the dram-drinking in business
is fast fading away.--Greenville
News.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
Senator rl!imsa elys. IS. q. dinner.

* dispatch from Washington,
dated February 5, says: Senator
Tillman entertained g party OF ladies
and gentlemen at Harvey's Friday
evening for the purpose, as he ex-
pressed it, of giving them ga good,
old South Carolina dinner, with fried
chicken and trimmings" With this
end in view he enlisted the servioes
of Manager Merritt, late of the Ar
gyle, at Charleston, and the result
was feast, which Epicurus or Lu-
cullus might have envisd.
1t was stipulated that the chicken
must DE no cold storage article, but
fresh killed and drawn poultry,
cooked In the style SO familiar to all
residents of the Palmetto State. Or
the side were COW peas, whole
hominy. from which the outer cover
ing had been taken with ash lye and
not chemically treated, and whole
grained rice. Not rice, as Private
John Allen said, switch was of a
pasty consistency and the color OF
India ink" but each individual grain
standing out clear and distinct.
Manager Merritt fulfilled his obli-
cations to the letter, and when the
dishes were cleared away those who
had accepted the hospitality of the
Senator from South Carolina voted
him capable caterer for the inner
man as we'll as host who knew how
to make his guests have a good time
with the products of his State.
This party was the outgrowth OF
some good natured banter recently,
in the course of which Senator Till
man said they could not appreciate
fried chicken and tixings until they
had tasted some cooked in the man.
ner for which South Carolina had al.
ways been famous.
When the guests separated all
agreed that this statement had beer
verified.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
Plenty oi monsy tor Post oirioss.

Washington, Feb. 2. Tho post office
appropriation bill, which the House COM
mittee on post Offices and post roads will
complete Monday, will garry. j. total OF
s2O9, ,1S0,58l. This is the, 1apRest amount
ever carried for the expendi diEures os the
postal service. The total recommended
in the bill is more than s3, ,0OO, 900 In ex-
cess Of the amount estimated for by the
department and is an increase Of $17,-
sos, ,582 over the current appropriation.
The salaries of postal clerks and of
both city and rural carriers are increased
TO total of $s,0O0,OOO. A provision is
inserted in tho bin for the classification
Of postal clerks, and the positions OF
clerks and carriers are made interchange
able.
The are various provisions in the bill
intended to reduce the pay to railroads
for carrying the mails. It is estimated
that this resolution will amount to some
thing like $12, 100000 q year. Tho bill
outs of all pay to roads for hauling empty
mail sacks, which 10 estimated will save
between %, O0O, 900 and $4,000, 900 q year.
The requirement that tho maila shall be
weighed seven days week and the
amount divided by seven instead of by
six as heretofore, q provision placed In
the bill will, It Is estimated, save annually
81, ,0O0,O 900.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
If PA WAS RUNNIN' THINGS.

runnn hipgs you'd changes pretty quiok
The bills would thick;
He'd make the yellow Journals all let Harry Thsw
And stop their prntn pictures ma
And il another Swettenham insulted u.s. 'ijings
We'd blow him into Kingdom come sunnin things
We'd have the Panama Canal all finished by July,
And trust would wh fly!
He'd the big stick the folks that trade
And make the Standard Oil give back the millions made
We'd look Leopold and all the other wicked kings,
And wipe off Russia from the runnin' things
We'd the mlkmen all In Jail spreadn germs,
And when the guilty terms;
Tom Patt would have quit right off,
And time Canada sassed back we'd take IL c-
The would all be pretty wings
Would sprout and runnin' things
Chicago Record Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
sadly missed in onr church, Sunday
school aud prayer meeting.

sadly missed In our church, Sunday
school and prayer meeting.
s. That his life was too short to accu-
mulate much properly, but was long
enough to lay up treasures In heaven,
and now he is immensely rich In the
presence of the Saviour, whom he loved.
4. That our sympathy in behalf of the
bereayed family and relatives is great
and that we commend them to the
Saviour, whom he loved for consolation.
s. That copy of these resolutions be
recorded in our minute book, published
In The Courier, and copy be sent to the
bereaved family.
Beulah Elrod,
Bessie Wood,
Julia Boggs,
Members of Sunday School Class and
Committee.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Two plucky young sisters, Lettie
@. and Pearl M. Dillon, carry rural
free delivery mail on No. a route of
Keokuk county, Iowa. They began
the discharge of their duties in 1904,
and, though the two succeeding
winters were marked by, several
fierce blizzards, they made their 25-
mile trip daily.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup containing
honey and tar; is especially appropriate
for children, no opiates or poisons of any
character, conforms to the conditions of
the National Pure Food and Drug Law,
of June 80, 1908. For Group, whoopipg
cough, etc. 1t expels coughs and colds
by gently moving the bowels. Gueran-
teed. Sold by Walhalla Drug Co.; w. j.
Lunney, Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
.sss..as ssssss..a Presbyterian Divine pa.ss. Away.

Rev. Robert HI. Reid, aged S6
years, died at his home in Reidville,
near Spartsnburg, Sunday morning,
February Sd. His death came after
short illness and was great shook
to his many friends and relatives in
that part of the State. He was one
of the oldest ministers of the Pres.
byterian church. For 46 years he
was pastor of Nazareth church and
during that time six churches have
grown of the church under his min
istry.
Rev. MIR. Reid devoted his life to
the betterment of his fellowman and
was untiring in his labors in religious
and educational work. He estab-
lished two schools at Reidville, one
male and one female. He had been
president of the Reidville Female
College since the year 1858.
He is survived by two sons and
one daughter, Rev. B. p. Reid, of
Reidville; Prof. j. w. Reid, of
Reidville, and Mrs. r. p. Smith, of
Asheville, N. C. He is also survived
by three grandchildren, Bernard,
Marble and Junius Smith, of Ashe-
vile.
Robert III. Reid graduated at
South Carolina College in 1846, 81
years ago. He was one of the best
liked students in his class and stood
high in all studies. 1t was at his
graduation that he made the men,
orable speech that attracted the 1T
Sention of Col. Wade Hampton,
father of Gen. Wade Hampton. AT
ter heariiIg'h bis speech Col. Hampton
said TO one OF Mr.. Reid's friends /:
"That young mah should go to Ger
many for a few. years to carry on his
studies; 1 will furnish all the money
needed" But Mr.. Reid had then
made up his mind to enter the min
istry and began his studies in Co.
luwhia. After finishing his course
at . Seminary he went to Spartan
b. county as pastor of Nazareth
church, then one of the oldest Pres
byterian churches in the State. He
remained pastor of that church up to
short time ago, when illness forced
him to give up active work.
The town of Reidville was named
in his honor.
The funeral services took place on
Monday following at Nazareth
church, conducted by Rev. A. A.
James, of Pacolet, and Rev. j. w.
Shell, Of Spartanburg.
Seldom has 80 impressive funeral
been held in this section. In the
long line of people who followed the
body to its last resting place could
be seen men and women of every
walk of life, showing the great re-
spect he was given by all who came
in contact with him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Major General Wood, now command
ing the Philippine Division, will be re-
lieved from that duty on July by Major
General j. f. Weston, now in command
of the department of Luzon, Philippines
Division. Gen. Wood will probably take
command of the Atlantic Division with
headquarters at New York.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

ManZan Pile Remedy put up in con-
venient. collapsible tubes with nozzle at
tachment 80 that the remedy may be ap-
piled at the very seat of the trouble,
thus relieving almost instantly bleeding,
itching or protruding piles. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by
Walhalla Drug Co.; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Two days treatment free. Rings Dys-
.spsia Tablets for impaired digestion,
impure breath, perfect assimilation OF
food, increased appetite. Do not fail to
avail yourself of the above offer. Sold
by Walhalla Drug Co.; w. j. Lunney,
Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

"Death from swallowing his own
brain," is the verdict of Decatur,
ILL.,, ,coroner's jury, in the case of
Geo. e. Thomas, a railroad brake
man, who was injured by falling into
some pumping machinery.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Your money refunded if after using
three fourths Of tube of ManZan you
are dissatisfied. Return the balance OF
the tube to your druggist, and your
money will be cheerfully returned. Take
halla Drug Co.; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
This Nav Interest You.

No one is immune from kidney trou-
BILE, 80 just remember that Foley's Kid
ney Cure will stop the irregularities and
cure any case Of kidney and bladder
trouble that is not beyond the reach of
medicine. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
q n. - II q EE E.A,
sss..ss Bear. tn. P'h' Kind You Hay. Always s'psa
ssas'''' "a G<1azIZw

A resolution has recently passed
both branches of the Legislature re-
questing Governor Ansel to remove
the present board of directors of the
State dispensary, and also to have
them prosecuted for Irregularities in
Office.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most
obstinate coughs and expels the cold
from the system, as it is mildly laxative.
1t is guaranteed. The genuine is in the
yellow package. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Dade's Little Liver Pills thoroughly
clean the system, good for lazy livefs,
makes clear oomplexions, bright eyes
Drug Co.; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Rev. and Mrs. j. II. Baker, of Moosup,
Conn.,, have come into possession of about
$25, 900 by the will of Jonathan T. Niles,
a ''tramp" whom they fed and sheltered
one winters night.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

Have had II for years--have smoked
and sprayed" and "drugged" with no
cannot be cured. YOU arc tho sufserer
we want to reach. HGRRlN0'0 CA.
TARRh CURE, o local treatment and
blood medicine IN one, has CURED
worse cases than yours. It will cure
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13

May 18th will be observed by the Ma
tional Society of the Children of the
American Revolution as the day on which
the first white settlers landed in America,
at Jamestown in 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-05
PIG IRON MARKET
 WITHOUT ACTIVITY
THE TRADE WAITING ON CROP PORTS-MELTERS RUSHED TO THE LIMIT-cokE IN GREAT DEMAND.

The Birmingham iron market is quiet, but this Is the time of the year when no one has a right to expect brisk buying.
 Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati report for the current week follows:
 One of our travellers on the road writes as follows:
 Everybody is busy but there is no de- cided inclination to buy, the general irn- pression being that the iron market de- bends on the outcome of crops. They think that about August 1 1t will be pos sble to form fairly accurate opinion as to the situation and to determine better what the iron market will be for the bat ance of the year. The feeling is neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but one of un- certainty"
 This, it seems to us, is accurate statement of the present state of affars. Melters of iron are all rushed to the limit They are full of orders, but they bought their iron earlier in the year and are not buying largely just now. of course the furnaces are likewise full of or ders, and they are under no pressure to sell, but can wait the developments Of tho future for the next six months with out much concern. The feeling among producers is one of great confidence. They know that the country has been obliged to import a large quantity of iron this year and last year to satisfy the enor- nous volume of consumption. There Is no reason to expect any noticeable de- crease In the need of the country for pig iron, and they forsee ready market for all they can make. Tho plain fact of the matter Is that of late years the eonsump- tive capacity of the country has grown more rapidly than the producing capacity. That is the state of affairs today and the certain consequence is the continuance of a good demand.
 Sales for the week have been made up of large lot to go in pipe. and many carload lots of odd kinds for quick ship ment.
 Coke continues In great demand and prices are firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-05
AGENTS PUZZLED
 OVER NEW RATES
INNOCENT RATES WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE IN THE THROUGH RATES FROM BIRMINGHAM UNI TIL AUGUST i.

Railway ticket agents of Birmingham are not as much troubled over the two cent rates in the states of the middle west as the men who handle the tickets in the cities nearer the storm centers of rate reduction, as Tor instance. Memphis. Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati and other cities along the Ohio and Mississippi riv- CTS. Inquiry was made here yesterday as to the effect upon the rates from Bir- mingham to points west and northwest the recent reductions in several states have hal. It was found that tickets are sold as usual and will continue to be sold on the old basis until new rate sheets are issued on August 1. At that time q number of changes are expected on ac- count of the reduction in Illinois. Mis- souri. Arkansas and Wisconsin which will have a slight effect upon through rates out of Birmingham.
 m the purchase of mileage books, how ever, the case Is different unless the tray- eler wishes ot lose the difference between the rate in this territory and the reduced rate territory. Mileage books are sold here al two and half cent rate but they can be used only in the territory wst of tn Potomac. south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi rivers since the mileage books purchased in the ter ritory north and west of this territory cannot bo used in the southeast.
 All these differences In rates are very confusing to the depot and city ticket agents and some of the local men de- clare they would welcome general re- duction to two cents per mile and the cut ting out of all special and excursion rates so that they would not have such hard times figuring out the rates to differ ent parts of the United States. New rate sheets were publishd January 1 of O. thls year on an entirely new basis on account of the reduction of rates in Ohio and Pennsylvania and now still more changer are to be made as so many more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-05
BANNER DAY AT
 TERMINAL STATION
MORE PERSONS TOOK ADVANT- AGE OF HOLIDAY RATES THAN EVER BEFORE IN BIRMINGHAM. 5000 TICKETS SOLD.

1t is estimated that fully 5000 people took advantage of the Fourth of July rates on all the railroads entering the new terminal station yesterday and made short trips from Birmingham to other points in the state The rush was so great yesterday morning that nearly every train that left the station during the greater part of the day was held from ten to thirty minutes in order that the passengers might buy their tickets. Mem ,.~rs of the station ticket force said that they never saw such a crush of travel OH any previous Fourth in Birmingham and while the receipts at the old union sta- tion may have been greater on some oc- casions never was a greater number of tickets sold.
 Nearly all the travel yesterday was to nearby towns and all round trips which of course takes longer to handle than the one-way tickets as the ticket man must stamp each ticket twice. The Bir- minghsm Railway, Light and. Power com pam put four cars into service on the railroad terminal line yesterday, these cars running all day with heavy busi- ness. From seven o'clock last night until midnight three cars handled the terminal business running at intervals of nine minutes.
 At nightfall yesterday all the terminal stauon employees were ready for rest k all were unanimous in declaring that yesterdays travel was the heaviest that ever went out of Birmingham at this period of the year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-05
COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Many Ladies Have Poor Compilations
 From Coffee.

Coffee caused dark colored blotches on my face and body. I had been drink ing 1t for a long while and these blotches gradually appeared. until finally they be- came permanent and were about as dark as coffee itself.
 'I formerly had as fine a complexion as one could ask for.
 When I became convinced that coffee was the cause of my trouble, l changed and took to using Postum Food Coffee, and as ! made it well. according to di- rections, I liked 1t very much, and have since that time used 1t in place of coffee.
 'I am thankful to say 1 am not nerv- ous any more, as I was when I was drinking coffee, and my complexion Is now as fair and good as 1t was years ago. It Is very plain that coffee caused the trouble"
 Most bad complexions are caused by some disturbance of the stomach and coffee Is the greatest disturber of diges- ton known. Almost any woman can have a fair complexion if she will leave off coffee and use Postum Food Coffee and nutritious, healthy food in proper quantity. Postum furnishes certain ele- Sents from the natural grains from the field that Nature uses to rebuild the nerv- ous system and when that is in good condition one can depend upon a good complexion as we'll as good. healthy body. There's a Reason" Read The Road to Melville" in packages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-05
BRAVE ENGINEER
 SAVES MANY LIVES
Bodeker Tells of Narrow Es-
 cape in Arkansas
TRAIN WAS ON TRESTLE
Brake Beam Fell Between Ties, and When the Train Was Stopped One of the Coaches Was Hang
 ing Over the Edge.

City Detective George H. Bodeker has returned from a trip to Memphis and points in Arkansas and tells a thrilling story of a wreck on the Rock Island road a short distance east of Marked Tree, Ark, Tuesday morning, when a crowded passenger train came within an ace of being hurled over a forty-foot trestle and about 75 or 100 lives were saved by the bravery and presence of imnd of the man at the throttle.
 MT. Bodeker said last night that he never in his life saw such an exhibition of real heroism as shown by Engineer Dad" .Scraton, who was the hero of the occasion, and when the danger had passed the hundreds of passengers gathered about him and overwhelmed him with their praise and thanks. A resolution of gratitude was hastily drawn up, signed by every passenger and presented to the brave engineer MT. Bodeker declared last night that he has been in some mighty close places in his life but on this occasion he he about as bad a scare as he had ever experienced He said that no more daring act has ever been recorded in railway annals than when Engineer Scranton, his engine and train blowing up
 
 the idea of jumping for safety and ad- justing the airbrakes with so steady a hand that the shock of quick stop was lessened and the train brought to a stand with one of Its coaches protesting ten or fifteen feet over tho side of the trestle.
 The train upon which MT. Bodeker was travelling was from Kansas City and con sisted of several coaches and sleepers. all of which were crowded with passengers. When the train was approaching the tres tie Just east of Marked Tree at rapid rate of speed, the brake beam of the ten der broke, fell down, and when 1t struck the trestle fell between the crossties, crushing them out of the way. The rails were twisted. several coaches and the baggage car thrown off the track to grind along the ties.
 Engineer Scranton realized his awful position and his responsibility in an in- stant and though threatened with dread ful death from a plunge into tho shallow water forty feet below the rails. he kept his wits and stopped the train in the nick of time. With a hand remarkably steady in such an emergency he eased off the brakes so that the shock might not completely overthrow the train, and then applied them again, bringing the train 10 a stop lust in time to prevent a terri ble wreck.
 In spite of the frightening shake-up ex- perienced by the large number of pas sengers not a single one was injured. This wreck caused delay of four hours in the arrival of the Frisco train from Memphis yesterday afternoon.