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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
Dark Picture i'm Kershaw.

Camden, Aug. 26.-The Wateree
river presents the most frightful
scene Camden has ever witnessed in
time OF high water. 1t is about four
feet higher than it has ever been
before and Is still rising. No trains
have been run to-day from Camden
on the southern or Seaboard. The
trestle on the Southern, just below
Camden, Is undermined and a num-
ber Of bridges in the county are
down. AT this time it would be i'm
possible to estimate the losses, but
they are very heavy. not only to the
railroads, but to the planters. The
picture looks dark.
w. l.. Depass is one of the heaviest
losers. At his farm in the river
swamp he has lost thirty-five head of
horses, some Of them valuable ami
mails. in horse flesh alone his losses
will reach something like $1,000.
negro, who spent the night in a
tree in the river swamp, was rescued
to-day. Nothing has been heard of
Mr.. RADON and the little boy, who
was on the bridge with him when 1t
fell in, and there is scarcely a doubt
but that they were drowned.
Damage at Recdy River.
(Greenville News, 2Sth)
The food damage at Reedy River
factory was not as great as was first
expected. President Jas. II. Maxwell
had force of hands busily engaged
all day yesterday in cleaning the ma
chinery, walls and floor on the bot
tom floor. A large quantity of mud
and sand was deposited there by the
water, which at one time rose in the
building to a height OF nine feet. The
engine which iS used fnI anYiliar
power, was ten feet under water
when the flood was at the crest. The
mill will necessarily be closed down
for some days, and during the time
it is not in operation the management
will, it Is understood, allow the help
half wages.
School Library Destroyed.
Williamson, Aug. 27,--The splen-
did library Of the graded schools at
Williamson was destroyed by water,
which rose in the building in the
freshet. The building was supposed
to be above high water. Wallace's
shops We're washed away.
Negro Drowned Near Greer.
Greer, Aug. 28.-A negro man by
the name OF John Falghei was drown
ed in a pool Of water at the washout
on the Southern Railway near Greer
yesterday afternoon about ) o'clock
He was member OF the force at
work repairing the damage done by
the freshet and went down in the
pool to get piece Of timber which
had fallen from the trestle above. He
stepped in water which was over his
head and drowned before assistance
could reach him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02

les a pity when sick ones drug the
stomach or stimulate the heart and
kidneys. That Is all wrong. A
weak stomach means weak stomach
nerves, always. And this Is also true
Of the heart and kidneys. The weak
nerves are instead crying out for
help. This explains why DR.. Shops
Restorative is promptly helping sto-
mach, heart and kidney ailments.
The Restorative reaches out for the
actual cause of these ailments-the
failing Inside nerves." Anyway test
the Restorative 48 hours. 1t won't
cure so soon as that, but you will
surely know that help is coming.
Sold by j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
SIMS HAD MARROW ESCAPE.
Mail Carrier Came Near Losing His
Life in Seneca River.
(Anderson Mail, 26th)


John Sims, the colored mail car
rier between Anderson and Town
vile, had a mule drowned in Seneca
river yesterday and narrowly escaped
drowning himself.
Sims was bringing the mail to An
derson and was driving mule hitch
ed TO top buggy. He crossed SEN
eca river at Dobbins' bridge, having
heard that 1t would be impossible to
cross the river at Earle's bridge, on
his regular route. He crossed the
bridge all right, but the water was
out over the bottoms and his mule
got out Of the main road and into
water over his head. The mule terk-
ed the buggy into deep water after
him, and Sims was caught under the
buggy top, and 1t looked Tor a little
while as IL he, too, would be drown
ed. He managed to scramble out,
however, and brought his mail sack
with him.
Sims made his way to the home of
a man who lives near the river and
got assistance and went back to the
river, but the mule and buggy had
fioated some distance down the
stream. The mule was drowned.
Sims walked into the city, and had
to make long and circuitous trip In
order to avoid swollen streams. He
brought the mail with him, and it
was soaking wet when he reached
the post office. All Of it, though, can
be sent to it's destination.
Sims thinks he will be able to get
his buggy out Of the river when the
water goes back into the banks.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
mills Not Badly Damaged,

Spartanburg, Aug. 26.-Rains
ceased at sunrise to-day. The total
rainfall from Sunday morning at l
O'Clock to this morning was ten and
siX-tenths inches. The small streams
are falling. There has been no seri-
GUS damage to any Of the cotton mills
in this section. The damage to the
electric light plant at CASTOR Shoals
is not known. From twenty to thirty
bridges have been damaged or wash
ed away. The loss is very great to
the county.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
QUARTERMUS s. TANNERY,
Contractors and Builders,
ARCHITECTS.
Plans furnished with all estimates for
Contracts.
Write or call on us,
WESTMINSTER, S. G. 40
Il RE-ENROLLNIENT AND REGIS
TRATION NOTICE.

The Books of Registration will be
open at the Court House the 1st day
July, 1908, and will continue open
every day Sundays excepted)
through July and August for the pur-
pose Of re-enrollment and registra-
tion Of the voters of Oconee county.
In addition to this the Board will
appear one day or more in each
township during the month of Sep
tember for the same purpose; also
to establish two new precincts. The
dates Of these appointments will be
given through the papers later on.
The law requires that there shall be
an enrolment of the voters every
ten years from the year 1898.
w. II. GRUBBS,
Chairman of Board.
June "a, 1908.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02

A clever, popular Candy Cold Cure
Tablet-called Preventics-is being
dispensed by druggists everywhere.
In a few hours Preventics are said to
break any cold-completely. And
Preventics, being so safe and tooth
some, are very fine for children. No
quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh
nor sickening. Box of 4S-25 cents.
Sold by Dr.. J. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
FEARFUL FLOOD IN GEORGIA.
Augusta Suffers HeaviIy-City Four
to Fifteen Feet Under Water.

Augusta, Ca, Aug. 27.-The Sa-
vannah river measures thirty-seven
feet at O'Clock to-day, five feet
above .iood line, Water Is falling
only an inch an hour and reports OF
great damage coming into the city
from all surrounding Sc ,tions. Water
Is yet all over the streets and every
thing still tied up.
City in darkness again tonight
Reports of many robbery stories have
been received by special messengers
from different sections Of the city.
An Inland Sea. ..
Augusta, Ga, Aug. 27.-Engulfed
In an inland sea, Augusta lies mute
and helpless to-day In the grip of
the worst flood in it's history.
AT eleven O'Clock the flood had
fallen one foot since midnight. Re-
ports from the lowlands north and
south of the city show great proper
ty loss. Houses, livestock and crops
are In many instances totally de-
stroyed.
Claiming to be an eyewitness, a
FARMER says he saw two women
drown last night Another report
says two boys were drowned early
this morning when their boat was
capsized. Since daylight there have
Deen many narrow escapes and thrill
ing rescues.
To add to the night of hideous hor-
ror, fire has swept away two great
warehouses and many smaller build
ings.
To-day famine has fastened about
the throats Of thousands Of home
less a1.i penniless, and those who es-
capped from the waters rapid rise are
shivering in the drizzling rain that
is tinged with December's blast.
People Clinging to Trees.
People are clinging to trees and
tops Of houses, and though plainly
in sight they cannot be rescued be-
cause of the frightful current of the
Hood, whose waters ere rearing
through the streets like mill races.
The most daring Of the boat men
who tried to stem the tide were
caught in the maelstrom and carried
from view, their boats tossed upon
the crest Of the flood like feathers.
This point from which this mes
sage is being filed from the top of
Postal Telegraph pole on Marbur
street is seven blocks from the south
end Of Broad street and the same
distance from the Albion Hotel.
The Augusta factory, the oldest
cotton mill in Augusta and probably
in the South, directly across the
street, is three feet under water.
Between this point and the city the
water is dashing unbridled and at
this hour 1t would b, folly to try to
man a boat.
Hundreds of homeless people are
watching the water, many anxious
for friends and families who are at
the mercy Of the flood. Rumors of
loss Of life are frequent, but impossi-
BILE to verify. There have been many
narrow escapes. All through the
night were heard piteous cries for
help which none could answer. There
Is not wheel of industry turning in
the city. The street car service was
suspended yesterday at IL o'clock a.
m. Soon thereafter the water was
everywhere and all business was sus-
pended. The city would have been
in total darkness last night had 1t not
have been for the light of the confia-
grafton.
Damage at Athens.
Athens, Ga, Aug. 27.-The esti-
mated damage to Athens alone by the
heavy rains Is conservatively esti-
mated at $4,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
DIR. Shops
Headache
Tablets
J. w. BELL.
" Ladies First"
(Fry's Magazine.)

(Fry's Magazine.)
In this age of levelling up and
levelling down, and of attempting 70
place women on the same plane as
men in everything, chivalry is nearly
dead letter. Many wish it were
altogether so, regarding it as a hal
to the full emancipation Of women.
There can be no traffic here with
such wrong-headed and wrong heart
ed notions. In the healthy atmos-
phere of sport such notions wither
and fade like exotics in an allen
soil. Ladies first!" Is an abiding
principle with all who are sports
men.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders,
]aborers rely on DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio OIL Takes the sting out Of cuts,
burns or bruises at once. Pain can
not stay where 1t Is used.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02

The advance in freight rates on
meats, flour and grain on shipments
east Of the Mississippi river, and
south Of the Ohio, 1T is said, will cost
the merchants of Charleston about
$4,000 per year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02

This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia f.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1855 Lawrence
St., Denver, COL, writes to Mrs
Pinkham:
Il was practically an invalid for six
years, on account of female troubles.
! underwent an operation by the
doctors advice, but in a few months
was worse than before. A friend ad
vised Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me to perfect
health, such as l have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering as
l did with bacltache, bearing down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable
COmDound" &"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills.
andhas positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera.
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities.
periodic pains, backache, that bear.
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
Damage at Athens.

Athens, Ga, Aug. 27.-The esti-
mated damage to Athens alone by the
heavy rains Is conservatively esti-
mated at $25, 900.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
CAR AND AUTO CRASH;
CONDUCTOR INJURED

Conductor William Hartley, OF tho
Fourteenth line. was seriously iniur-
ed when an automobile owned by
Frank p. Miller. No. 351 Chene-st,
and driven by A. D. Lootens, No. 81
Hendricks-st., collided with the car
at Second-ave. and Henry.st, late Sun
day afternoon. Hartley Is in Grace
hospital with q compound fracture Of
the left foot and possible internal In.
Juriess. Mono OF tho passengers in
the auto. was injured, but Mrs. Loot.
ems, for I'VE benefit OF whose health
the. ride &as sssins taken. was un-
nerved by the shock. She has bSSn
poorly for some time and II is feared
the accident will set her back,
In the automobile, besides Mr.. and
Mrs. Lootens were their daughter and
a niece and Mr.. Miller. According to
the latter, they were unable TO sec
the car until they had almost reached
the track and were unable to see the
car until they had almost reached the
track and were unable 10 stop In timo
to avoid a collision. Tho auto struck
the side OF the car, which was IN
open one. Hartley was standing on
the running board and received the
full force OF the impact. While his
condition Is serious his recovery Is
looked for.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
THAW MUST STAY
IN MATTEAWAN,
Says DECISION
JUSTICE MoRscHAUsER DISMISS.
Es PETITION For LIBERATION
OF STAMFORD WHITES sLAY.
ER-DEEMEO STILL INSANE.

POUGHKEEPSIE n. Y, May 25.-
Justice Morschauser, at o'clock this
morning, dismissed the petition OF
Harry X. Thaw's attorneys for his lib
Grafton from Matteewan prison. JUS
tice Mor5chauser iinds that Thaw's
commitment Is constitutional; that
Thaw Is suffering from a mental dis
order; that the welfare OF the public
demands that Thaw DO retained at
Matteawan until tho attaches OF hat
Institution and q commission are salts
fed that his mental equilibrium Is
changed.
Justice Morschauser says in his de-
cision:
Upon application duly made. q writ
OF habeas corpus waa allowed by which
Harry X. Thaw wea directed 10 De pro-
duced In court. IN the petition II Is
alleged that Thaw - illegally imprls-
oned and restrained of his liberty. by
Amos T. Baker. acting superintendent
or Matteawan State hospital. state IN
stituion for the insane,
ThGws detention IL attacked upon
the grounds: % That he - sane
now: CD that tho act under the pro-
visions OF which he was committed and
detained Is unconstitutional 90 and
that the court was without Jurisdiction
10 issue the order OK commitment and
such order was null and void
The return 10 the writ alleges that
said Thaw IS now insane and that tho
statute providing for the con hnomsnt
OF said Thaw IL constitutional and valid
and that the court had Jurisdiction TO
make tho order OF oormitment. The
return 10 traversed by the relator.
am satisfied from the evidence ad-
duced before me that tho mental con-
dition OF Harry X. Thaw has not
changed and | md That no ~ now in
sane. and that Il Is go manifest es to
make IL unsafe for him 10 DO at large.
To review tho volumlnous evidence
adduced on the hearing would unneces-
sarily lengthen this opinion,
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
DELRAY WOMAN is
BURNED TO DEATH

Funeral services for Mrs. Diora
Strope, so seriously burned In her
home, No. 81 Burdeno-st., Saturday
afternoon. that she died in Solvay hos
pital few hours later, will not BIO
arranged until the arrival OF Mrs.
Strope's father from Cameron, West
Virginia. Fred rKeeger. who was
badly burned trying to save Mrs.
Strope, is still in Solvay hospital Ia s
serious condition.
Mrs. Strope, who was the wife OF
Oscar ]. Strope, manager Of Grinnelf
Bros. De1ray branch, was washing
her hair with a solution OF gasoline
which became ignited when she Wen"
too near the gas stove. Instantly the
woman was a mass OF flames. HeS
screams attracted the attention of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Kreeger. aud they rar
to her rescue. Mr.. Kreeger tried to-
smother the flames with rug. anf
Mrs. Kreeger used a quilt. Harolc.'
McCool, a neighbor, also came to Mrs.
Strope'ss aid. but she broke awa1.
from the men and rushed into thQ
yard. Before she could be caught anC:
her clothing torn of she was burnec}
from head 10 foot. McCool was pain
fully but not seriously burned
Mrs. Strope is survived by her hus
band and two children. Charles, age%
10. and Commodore, aged 7. She also
leaves her parents, and two brothers
and three sisters who live In Waynes-
burg. Pa.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
Lick the Tar Out of
'Fm.' Says the President
TO the Young Paglist

WASHINGTON, May 25.-The presi
dent OF the United States grasped the
gnarled hand OF Leo Forniciari. light.
weight amateur pugilist. in the White
House, and he said To Leo:
81 am glad to meet you; mighty
glad. You go over to England and
you lick every Britisher that puts his
fists up=lick the tar out OF en-. Here,
give me one OF your pictures and III
give you one OF mine in return. And
don't you set whipped over there.
young man. Beat 'em-and beat EN-
hard"
All this time, Senator Elkfns was
cooling his heels outside the executive
chamber, waiting for q chance to get
the presidents advice on railroad
matter. At the same time Serene e.
Payne fingered also for On audience.
30 did several judicial digaitsries and
many legislative ones besides.
But the president let them swelter
while Mr.. Forniciarl got hia anal
coaching before his departure 20 tho
1st,c encounters OF tho coming London
olympirn games.
Lot ne write Il down." cried ats
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
Drowned Princeton Librarian
and Place Where Body Floated

The body of Miss Bertha Van
derbilt, the pretty assistant
librarian of Princeton univer-
sity, was discovered in the
Raritan canal. There are evil
dences of four play. Herewith
is shown picture of Miss
Vanderbilt and below is a view
of the Raritan canal, with cross
and arrow indicating where
last she was seen alive.
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
BR|MwIN GsTALL
WARRANT MAY
ISSUE TODAY
AUTHORITIES HOPE TO FAsrEN
AT LEAST TWO MICHIGAN MUIR.
pERs ON powAoIAc MAN Ac-
cUsED 5Y WIFE.
tFrom a Special correspendsnt.l


DOWAGIAC, Mich. May 26.-It is
regarded as probable that warrant
Will be issued today. for James Brim-
mingstall, charging him with the
murder OF David HUI. to which al
legged crime his wife declares she was
an eyewitness.
However, as wife's testimony
against her husband cannot convict,
unless Brimmingstall can be made 10
confess this so-called murder, as he
has already confessed six other cases,
or unless outside testimony can be
brought In TO convict him, he will. In
all probability, be set free. The fact
that his wife's testimony cannot con-
Wet him, Is being kept from Brim.
mingstall, in the hope that he may
be induced 10 confess
The authorities are also trying 10
fasten on him the murder OF Daniel
Heaston. the aged hermit of Eau
Claire, who met a mysterious death.
last winter. In his tumbledown shack.
A trap door has been discovered In
Heaston's howell and this aids the
murder theory. as every door and
window was nailed tight when tho
body was found, making the case look
like on OF suicide, but the murderer
could have left by the trap door.
After old man Huff's death. an I'M
dertaker. L. j. Robinson, was called
In by Brimmingstall. Robinson says
he found the corpse dressed when he
arrived and the body was placed In
the coffin without any marks TO indi-
cate a violent death having been no
ticed.
Mrs. BrmmInostail Cautions.
Mrs. Brimmingstall who brings the
startling charges against her husband
and who Is accused in turn by Brim-
mingstall OF being In league with a
boarder named Sidney Clauss, who.
he says. wants TO get me out Of the
way" is southern woman. about 35
years OF age. She is willing TO tell
all sorts OF things about her husband.
but Is very reticent about her own
past. She says he tore up their mar
riage certificate, but that they were
married at Poplar Bluff, Ark, May
IA, 1901. They have two children.
one OF four years and the other, two.
| The woman still insists that she
saw her husband smother David Hun
in his attic bedroom, threatening her
with harm II sne told. The only mo-
tive appears to be that HUFF had deed
ed to Brimmingstall the little house
they were all living In, on the condl-
ton that they would care for him for
life. Mrs. Brimmingstall seems TO
think her husband tired OF his con-
tract,
The Detroit times., 1908-05-25
BELIEVE FARMER
MURDERED; BODY
ON TRACKS
NEAR THE MANGlED CORPSE OF
EDWARD WHITE, OF GOoDlsON,
MICH, LAY ROPES, REVOLVER
AND BULLET.

: ROCHESTER. Mich. May 25.-The
INITIATED body OF Edward White, aged
OIL, was found Sunday, on the Michi-
gan Central tracks at Bromleys cross
ing, half way between here and Orion.
The fact that revolver was found
near by and that a bullet was picked
up on the tracks, lends color to the
theories that either White was muir
where 1t would be believed he had
met death by accident; or that he
shot himself as he stood on the tracks
to make death doubly sure when the
trains should speed over him.
knotted rope, that might have tied
his hands and feet. found near Whites
body, strengthened the murder the!
DRY. In addition. Goodison relatives OF
White claim TO have found letters IN
some OF his clothing at home, indicat-
ing that he had bitter enemies.
Two passing freight trains had torn
the body into shreds and crushed the
skull. A trail OF blood led from the
spot where the body was found to a
bridge spanning creek about 10 rods
distant, where the accident evidently
occurred.
An inquest will be held today, at
Rochester, by Justice Wood.
The body was discovered by the en-
gineer and Grey of south-bound
freight train, who saw the mangled
corpse lying beside the track. and noti-
fed the authorities at Rochester.
There was nothing In the few frag-
ments OF clothing left on the corpse
that would reveal its identity. but
there is little doubt that | is While.
White was farmer, SO years old
and unmarried. He lived on a farm
with his father, but left there last
Monday. His relatives had heard
nothing from him, but II has been
learned that he had been wrestling
at a small theater In Rochester.