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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
Remains Of a Negro Found In a Swamp.

Barnwell, April 8. Coroner g. s.
Walker held an inquest over the dead
body of a negro found in S~alkehatchie
Swamp on yesterday, and identified by
his relatives to be that of Joe Stokes.
His hand was some three yards from his
body and his skull broken, aud his hands
and feet were also lying some few feet
away. He was decayed and eaten up, 30
that it was only by his clothing that
Identification could be made. A black
silk handkerchief, which he always wore
around his neck, was found.
The particulars are about as follows
A man of questionable blood secured
board in the town of Allendale for him.
self and wife, who was q negro woman,
with Patience Robinson, also a negress.
He claimed to be a doctor and fortune
teller, and it appeared that he tried to
employ Joe Stokes, who had a good
horse and wagon, to travel around with
them, but failed. They finally succeeded
in employing Joe to take them and their
trunks to Barnwell on last Wednesday,
the 9th ultimo. They were seen about
5 O'Clock near Morris Ford, a crossing
some four miles from here, on Sake
hatchie.
DR.. Jeems, as he termed himself, Dor
rowed five dollars from the marshal at
Allendale to pay the fare of his wife to
Sumter, whore he said she came from.
he also borrowed q pistol from Provi-
dence Robinson, his landlady, and stated
to her that Joe Stokes could make q
great deal more money travelling with
them than he could on the farm, and
that they wanted him to 60 on with
them, and should he not return she
might know that he was working for
them. The next day after Dr.. Jeems and
the woman were seen OF the weatern side
of Barnwell, and oamped that night
within two miles of Williston. They
tried to trade their wagon for q top
buggy, and next day drove into Willis
ton and tried to sell both horse and
wagon, and later were seen going in tho
direction Of Aiken. It., I'll
The searching party found Joe Stokes
yesterday in the swamp. They also
found that the wagon track left the road
and went through an old field, down into
the swamp, within fifty yards Of whore
the body was found. The buzzards fly
ing directed the party. Sheriff r. n.
Creeoh and Solicitor j. E Davis are
doing all they o to get the Governor TO
offer q reward of two hundred dollars for
the arrest of the murderer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
Good Changes In Methodist Rules.
New York Sun, April 81

The larger part of the business
session of the New York Methodist
Conference yesterday was devoted
to a discussion of the appointment of
presiding elders.
The matter was introduced in the
form of a memorial to the Methodist
General Conference, which meets
next spring, asking it to change the
Methodist discipline 10 as to have
presiding elders elected by the an
nual conferences and not appointed
by the Bishops, as at present.
One speaker urged that the whole
system of presiding elders ought to
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
Several Conventions for Anderson.

The following gatherings will be held
in Anderson this year:
State Convention of the Travellers
Protective Association will be held May
9-10. There will be about one hundred
and fifty delegates.
The Grand Lodge of tho Knights of
Pythias, five hundred strong, will meet
there on the fourth Wednesday in May.
South Carolina Firemen's Benevolent
Association will hold it's annual meeting
July 16, II and 1S. There will be present
about seventy-f1ve delegates.
A Firemen's Tournament, open to the
world, will be held July 10, II, 10 and 10.
1t is expected that departments from
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama will contest. Fully three
hundred visitors are expected.
The South Carolina Dental Assooia-
ton will July "a. More than
one hundred visiting delegates will be
present.
The Saluda Baptist Association will
meet the latter part of July or the first
part of August. About 250 or 800
visitors are expected.
The Presbyterian Synod of South Caro-
lima meets there in October. Between
three and four hundred delegates are
expected.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is
a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure it you must take internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is not q quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by n of the best physicians
In this country for years, and is q regu-
lar prescription. 1t Is composed of the
best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on
the mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results In cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F.J. Cheney q Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

Farmers find many curious things hap
pening around them every day which
they can not understand, and nobody,
even the scientists, can explain for them.
Why, for instance. does q horse strain a
drink Of water through its lipsf Why
does a COW poke her entire face into the
bran mash, eat all she can, then lick her
nostrils with her tongue? Why does the
chicken drink exactly opposite to the
horse and COW, having to hold it's head
up when it swallows O drink of waterp
Then note the pigeon, of the same feath-
cred family, as 1t keeps its bill immersed
while drinking. But a dog laps the
water in it's mouth. This animal, more
over, never chews it's food, while the cat
his companion household pet, always
chews thoroughly before swallowing.
How Is it that failure to masticate does
not hurt a dog, while in case of all other
animals, including man, unchewed food
causes dyspepsia. Why has q COW o cud
and why can a horse SILVER it's hide to
drive away flies? These questions and
many more like them that might be asked
will show us that we are far from know
ing 1t all.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
J. P. Dendy Enters tho Ministry.

j. p. Dendy, a we'll known school
teacher and for several years past
principal of the Walker cElmoyle
school, in the upper part of the
county, has decided to become a
Baptist minister and will be ordained
at Mount Pisgah church on next
Sunday. The ordination will be
conducted by Revs. Hiott, of Easley,
Crawford, of Liberty, and Moore, of
Westminster.
Mr.. Dendy has been a popular and
successful teacher and will doubtless
be equally popular and successful as
a minister.-Anderson Mail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
Champion Ego Eater.

The Champion egg eater of Fayette
county is w. K. Kauckles, q miner. who
ate forty.two raw eggs at n sitting In
the store Of w. e. Cans, at Cans station.
Knuokles was commenting on his ca
paoity for eggs, and the merchant offered
to provide the eggs. He had lined his
interior with 40 Of them when Cans
pulled the basket away, declaring
Knuokles would kill himself.
Knuckles Indignantly insisted that he
could eat two dozen more without hest.
tating. He has offered to bet that he
can eat 100 eggs without stopping.-
Pittsburg Gazette Times.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

be abolished, calling them an unnec.
essary expense to the church. There
are in the whole church, he said, 500
presiding elders and they cost the
church $1,OOO,0O0 a year. At the
same time, he charged, they do not
visit the churches as they should, MOI
do they preside at the quarterly con-
ferences as they are supposed to.
There was an overwhelming vote
in favor of the memorial to the gene
raj conference.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
A Dandy for Burns.

DR.. Bergin, Pana, ILL.,, writes: 81 have
used Ballard's Snow Liniment: always
recommended it to my friends, as I am
confident there ia no better made. 1T is
o dandy for burns Those who live on
farms are especially liable to many acct
dental outs burns, bruises, which heal
rapidly when Billiards. Snov Liniment is
applied. 1t should always be kept In the
house for cases Of emergency" 25o.,
900. and 81. Sold by Walhalla Drug Co.,
Walhalla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
Rotary Book Club.

n HRotary Book Club, under the man.
.!lentS of the Paul Hayne Circle. has
mEBteAdily increasing and numbers OF
books have been recently added to
Z Tshdskho object of the club to keep up
Hsq4the now novels and also furnish
eeper reading for those more studiously
aclined.
Any n wishing to become a member
Ian do 80 by communicating with Mrs.
Sidney Adams, Mrs. j. A. Stock or Miss
Alice Strong. The membership fee is
ioElyl$1 a year, with privilege of keeping
outf the books two weeks.
The library is now at the store of Miss
Cooley. Hours from 8 to a o'clock every
HXhursday afternoon.
The following ia a list of tho books
now in the library:
81 Emmy Lou, by George Madden Martin.
The Misdemeanors of Nancy, by Ell.
eanor Hoyt.
Vergilius, by Irving Bachelor.
The Woman Errant.
CIV When Patty Went to College, by Jean
SWebster.
The Common Lot, by Robert Herrick.
Eagle Blood, by James Creelman.
The Givers, by Mary e. Wilkins Free.
man.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,
by John Fox, Jr.
"a The Undercurrent. by Robert Grant.
DR.. Luke Of the Labrador, by Norman
,Dunoan.
The Captain Of the Gray Horse Troop,
by Hamilton Garland.
N The Masters Violin, by Myrtle Reed.
The Blue Flower, by Henry Van Dyke.
SK Marble Faun, by Hawthorne.
The Days of Old Lang Syne, by Ian
SMaclaren.
An English Woman's Love Letters.
& Mazda, by Ebers.
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
Rory O'More. by Thos. Carlyle.
Tom Brown at Rugby, by Hughes.
E< The Chaplet Of Pearls, by Young.
Jan of the Windmill, by Juliana Hora.
tia Erving.
Joan the Maid, by Mrs. Charles.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon, by Amelis
sJ5arr.
The Last of tho Mohioans, by j. r
Hooper.
The White Islander, by Mary 81. Cath,
wood.
The Story Of Patsy, by Kate Dougla,
Wiggins.
Friend Olivia, by Amelia Barr.
IAN Egyptian Princess, by Ebers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

In using a cough syrup, why not get the
best? One that comes highly recon-
mended Is Bees Laxative Cough Syrup;
contains honey snd,tar and 10 superior to
other cough syrups in many ways. Chill
dren always like 1t, because it contains
no opiates, is a laxative and Ia guaran-
teed to give satisfaction or your money
refunded. Try it. Sold by DIR. j.. w.
Bell, Walhaila; w. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
A Card.

This is to certify that all druggists are
ley's Honey and Tar feils tt cure your
cough or cold. Il stops the cough, heals
the lungs and prevents serious results
from q cold. Cures Ia grippe coughs,
and prevents pneumonia and consump-
ton. Contains no opiates. The genuine
is In o yellow package. Refuse substitutes.
DR.. j. w. Bell,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims of appendicitis are those
who are habitually oonstipated. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic CON-
stipation by stimulating the liver and
bowels and restores the natural action of
the bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
does not nauseate or grippe and il mild
and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes.
DR.. j, w. Bell,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

Twenty-Five persons were killed
and many injured, including women
and children, in a fire in the Central
Market district, Lisbon, Portugal,
last Wednesday.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
d You Think
For Yourself 2

On DO you open your mouth like o young
\ bird and gulp down whatever food or med!-
cine may be offered your
M n ~ n n Il.
II. you ara an intelligent thinking woman.
ia need OF relief from weakness, nervousness.
pain and suffering. then 1t means much to
xon that there is one tried and true honest
toediclne OF KNOWN COMPOSITION. sold by
ffpgglsts for the cure of woman's Ills.
&2S8 n ~ 4. 4. n
The makers Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
~ecfiption. for the cure of weak. nervous. run
laoRn. over-worked. debilitated, pain-racked
women. knowing this medicine TO be made up
i@of ingredients. every one Of which has the
y atrongest possible Endorsement OF the leading
8rl standard authorities of the several
schools Of practice, are perfectly willing. and
In fact. are only too glad to print. as they do.
$ b eformula, or list OF ingredients, of which
tt IS composed, IN plain Engltsh. on every
q battle-wrapper.
4ffA n n NJ n II,
THE formula OF DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
EHcr3ption will bear the most critical examina-
ton OF medical experts. for 1T contains no
sRnlcohol. narcotics. harmful. or habit-forming
drugs. and no agent enters into 1t that is not
n highly by the most advanced
and leading medical teachers and author
tiles Of their several schools OF practice.
These authorities recommend the ingredients
of Or. Pierce's Favorlte Prescription for the
cure OF exactly the same ailments for which
this Morld-famed medicine is advised.
r$kS% N N n n n
No other medicine for woman's ills has any
such professional endorsement as DR.. Pierce's
EAyorite Prescription has received. in the I'M
nUsliHed recommendation OF each OF its
B several ingredients by scores Of leading medi-
cal men OF all the schools OF practice. Is
hueh an endorsement not worthy of your
ccnsideration2
IA booklet OF ingredients. with numerous
a &nthorative professional endorsements by the
4neding medical authorities Of this country.
wNl be mailed free TO any one sending name
AID address with request for same. Address
q DR. r. v. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17
This May lntsrs,, You.

No one is immune from kidney trouble,
10 just remember that Foley's0Kidaey
Cure will stop the irregularities and cure
any case of kidney and bladder trouble
that is not beyond the reach Of medicine.
@ DR.. j. w. Bell,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

Hurried meals, lack of exercise are the
main causes of dyspepsia. A Rings Dys-
pepsia Tablet after each meal aids diges-
w. Bell, Walhalla; W.. j. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

A New England Nun, by Mary e. will

--'-- - - - = - ---
A New England Nun, by Mary e. viii.
kins.
Life and Times Of Savonarola, by Vii.
lari.
Renaissance in Italy, by Symonds.
Renaissance in Italian Fine Arts, by
Symonds.
Italy, Florence and Venice, by Taine.
Marchiavelli's History of Florence.
Life Of Lorenzo de Medici, by Roscoe.
Florence, by Augustus j. @. Hare.
History of italian Republic, by Sis
mondi.
The Story of the Nations, by Dufie.
China in Transformation, by A. A. Col
quhoun.
The Awakening of a Nation, by Charles
f. Lummis.
Henry Fourth, by Shakespeare.
Henry Fifth, by Shakespeare.
Henry Eighth, by Shakespeare.
Richard Third, by Shakespeare.
Haynes Complete Poems.
Lowelps Poems.
Horace Juvenal Tacitus.
Wordsworth's Poetical Works.
The King of Glory, by McWherter.
Needle Graft.
John Halifax, Gentleman, by Muloch.
American Etiquette, by A. E. Davis.
Bred in the Bone.
The Affair at the Inn.
History of United States, by Mary
Plat Parmele.
American Literature, by Newcomer.
Fireside Travels, by James R. Lowell.
Janice Meredith, by Paul l.. Ford.
Conquest of Canaan, by Harrington.
House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
Russia, by Schierhaud.
A Short History of Russia, by Parmele.
Hand Book of Modern Japan, by Cle-
ment. +
The Masquerader, by Katherine G.
Thnrston.
The Gambler. Katherine G. Thurston.
The Reckoning, by Robert w. Cham.
bers. SAN
Rose of the World, by Agnes and Eyer.
ton Castle.
The Beautiful Lady, by Booth Tarking-
ton.
The ~Rejuvenation Of Aunt Mary, by
Annie Warner.
Graustark,, by George Barr McCntcheon.
Lavendar and Old Lace, Myrtle Reed.
A Ladder Sword, by Gilbert Parker.
But Men Must Work, by Rosa N. Carey.
The Trail Of the Grand Seigneur, by
Olive Lyman.
The House of Fulflment, by G.. M.
Martin.
Lord Allingham, Bankrupt, by Marie
Manning.
The Cavs!:er, by George w. Cable.
The Deliverance, by Ellen GLASGOW.
Miss Cherry Blossom Of Toxic, by Long.
Sweetheart Manette, by Maurice
Thompson.
Sir Richard Calmady, by Lucas Malet.
Jane Gable, by George Barr McCutch-
con. 49,,
Lady Baltimore, by Owen wister.
The Fighting Chance, by Robert Cham
bers.
st. Cuthberts, by Robert Knowles.
Rose o. the River, by Kate d. Virgins.
Japan To-Day, by DR.. Sherrer.
Lady Bette Across the Water, The
Williamsons.
C%owardice Court, by McCutcheon.
The Garden of Allah, by Robt. Hichens.
Little Stories Of Courtship, by Mary
Cuddy.
The Daughter of a Magnate.
The Little Green God.
The Divine Fire, by May Sinclair.
The Heart of Lady Anne, by The Cas-
ties.
The Far Horizon, by Lucas Malet.
The Doctor, by Ralph Conner.
The Mystery. by White and Adams.
The Port of Missing Men, by Meredith
Nicholson.
Trusia, by David Brinton.
A Minister of the World, by Mason.
There are many tonics in the land,
AS by the papers you can see;
But none of hem can equal
HOLSTER } Rocky Mountain Tea.
DIR. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

There are many tonics in the land,
AS by n papers you a see;
But n1ng of hem can equal
HOLSTER , Rocky Mountain Tea.
DIR, j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-17

On DO you open III mouth like o youns
bird and gulp down whatever food OF med.
cine may be offered your
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-24

rnunity reputation that excites the
admiration of all men.
The Christmas spirit Is intensely
practical and, II you like to put 1t
that way, intensely profitable for in
dividuals or community. The men
and women who work honestly to
make others happier increase their
power in the world and gain for
themselves the greatest rewards that
life has to give. They attract others
to them. They inspire business con-
fdence. They are helpful by aiding
Others to help themselves. who, in
their turn, become active workers in
the cause of good will.
On other days of the year the
Christmas spirit may be known by
ether names. Sometimes we call It
civic pride and thus remind the citi-
zen of his privilege rs well as duty
to give of his best to the cause of
community progress. The Don't
Knock" clubs and the Booster" clubs
ana all the Catcn-phraSe OrganiZa-
tons that tend to bring men together
!or the purpose of widening the infiu-
once of good will, are nothing more
or less than practical applications of
the inspiration of the gift-season.
1t is happy sign of the times that
rs the years go by the desire to be-
stow good gifts for the benefit OF
q lend, fellow-citi2en, community,
town, State and Nation is more wide
spread, is less an exception and more
the rule, and the selfish, grabbed, mis-
Crly and dlshonorable soul is more
the exception and less the rule.
Each Christmas season should be
not only the period for friendships
reminders, but also for the renewal
of faith in the application of Christ
mas ideals to practical life.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-24

Washington, d. G., Dec. 1G. -
Peace is assured in Central America,
rs result of the labors of the Cen
trail American Peace Conference,
which held its last formal meeting
yesterday, having agreed to one trea-
ty and six conventions.
BY far the most practical result is
the declaration by the delegates that
the republic of Honduras should be
u neutral ground, or dead-line,
which means that no troops are to he
permitted to cross Honduras.
Each of the six conventions agreed
to by the conference will be finally
prepared for the formal signing,
which will be done in public session
ON Friday, in which Secretary Root
will take part. The most important
is that providing for a permanent
peace court, to which will be submit
ted all questions which may threaten
the serenity of any of the countries.
This court will be in Costa RiCa and
will last ten years. One member OF
the court will be appointed from each
country.
The second treaty is one of extra
dition, and the establishment of a
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-24
CHRISTMAS IDEALS FOR
PRACTICAL LIFE.

TO bestow good gifts is the inspira-
ton Of the happiest period of the
year. Christmas as the happiest sea-
SCI and Christmas as the gift-season
gre synonymous, and should convey
to the people of honest hearts and
healthy minds the handspring of the
lest and happlest life.
Christ's life eXemplified the perfect
raan because He gave all, that the
world might be better and his fellow
men happier. His teachings have
come down through the ages, and at
the present day 1t is not necessary To
argue that the person who bestows
good gifts most closely approaches
the perfect standards.
During the Christmas season the
people perform the ceremony, so to
speak, of life's highest ideals
Throughout every day of the year the
spirit OF the giving season is recog-
rized as the guide of the best citi-
&enship.
The man who is forever complain
ing, the man who is constantly find
irg fault, the individual who does
hateful and dishOnorable things, has
ho place in the goodwill of his fellow
citizens. He lends nothing to the
progress of the world. He gains moth
ing for the community in which he
lives, and eventually such a course
gains for him a merited condemnation
which is tempered alone by the char
ity felt by the giyers, on whose good
works he trades.
Opposed to the selfish and the
hateful person is the man who speaks
well of his neighbor, who looks fol
the brighter side Of life and endeav'
ars to assist others to do the same
This is the man who carries the
ideals of the Christmas season, the
highest ideals of life, into his daily
affairs. 1t is through the medium
and the activities of such men that
communities prosper materially as
We'll as morally. Good cheer, good
words for others, pleasant attitude
toward your neighbor, constitute the
good gifts, which, bestowed the year
round, combine to establish COM
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-24

The above cablegram was received
this morning by Acting Collector Of
Internal Revenue Walter Drake, and
forms the nearest approach he has re.
ceived to an official advisement that
Lis appointment as Collector has been
confirmed by the Senate. But the
cable is a good enough Christmas pres
ent to warrant Drake In having n very
merry Christmas. Added to the ap.
continent he will have the congratu.
iations of his many friends.
brakes advancement from First
reputy Collector, and Acting Collect
or, to Collector, probably means that
,lalph tombstone will move up to first
deputy ana Otto Berndt to second dep.
uty, leaving vacancy at the foot of
the ladder for the man at the head of
the waiting list.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-24

etc, and at the same time offer Ha-
waiian products for sale-sugar, cof-
fee, pineapples, canned and fresh I;
Jams, jellies, rice, in fact everything
we grow and manufacture in Ha-
wall that could be transported here,
including curios of all kinds, lava
specimens, etC.,-anything that
would be likely to interest the trav-
cling public, and especially Senators
and Representatives. We could car
.! a supply of Hawaiian postal cards
and copies of all books published re-
ferring to Hawaii, besides maintain
ing an Information Bureau and dis
tributlng our pamphlets. When Con-
gress was not in session | would re-
move the whole AFFAIR to New York
City, thus alternating between the
two cities.
If carefully conducted I am of the
opinion that the profit on sales would
early If not quite take care of the
running expenses. | will look into
the matter further and write more
fully later, but should be pleased to
Lave the members of the Promotion
Committee consider the suggestion
and favor me with their views in the
matter.
Sincerely yours.
II. p. WOOD,
Secretary.