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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
STATE is FOR BRYAN.
Twenty-Three, Ont of the Forty.Two
Counties Declare for Him,
columbia State,)

That the State of South Carolina
VIII send an instructed delegation to
the Denver convention in favor of
the Hon. William Jennings Bryan for
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent of the United States, Is made
certain by the returns from the vari-
GUS counties received by the State
last night
Dispatches received up to midnight
last night indicate that out. Of the
AZ counties in the State 23 are in
structed for Bryan, as follows:
Fairfield, Marlboro, Calhoun, Alb
beville, Newberry, York, Greenwood,
Chester, Marion, Chesterfield, Lau-
rens, Lancaster, Cherokee, Florence,
Horny, Saluda, Greenville, Beaufort,
Kershaw, Oconee, Orangebnrg, sum
ter, Union.
In Lexington and WILLIAMSBURG,
Mr.. Bryan was heartily endorsed.
well.
s The question of instructions was
not mentioned in Edgefield, neither
was there any mention of national
politics In the counties of Berkeley
and Spartanburg.
Hampton, Colleton, Darlington,
Charleston and Dorchester opposed
instructions. sU,ae iE.,s &.
In Anderson every mention of the
Nebraskan's name was cheered.
Bambery sends a divided delega-
tion.
Richlands delegation shows five
members in favor of instruction for
the Nebraskan.
The total number Of delegates to
the State Convention is 334, of which
number 176 are instructed to vote
for men pledged to- vote for delegates
pledged to support William Jennings
Bryan for President, showing a ma
jority in the Nebraskan's favor of
nine over the entire membership of
the convention. This does not in
clude the number of counties unre-
ported, nor does 1t include the dele
gates from those counties which en-
dorsed, but did not instruct for Mr..
Bryan. %s.
OF the counties which did not in
struct positively for Mr.. Bryan, 1877
votes are represented, and of this
number 1t may be safely estimated
rs will, in the State Convention,
support delegates favorable to Bryan,
giving him grand total of 251 dele
gates from the counties thus far
heard from. ~@
At o'clock this morning the coun-
ties of Aiken, Clarendon, Georgetown,
Lee and Pickens have not been heard
from. 1t may be safely assumed that
Of these five counties at least three
will be found in the Bryan column,
further increasing the already fiat
tering majority favorable to an in
structed delegation to be sent to the
Denver convention.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF EDUCATION.

hereby announce myself candi-
date for Superintendent of Educa-
tion of Oconee county, subject to the
action of the Democratic party in the
primary election.
JOHN L. McWHoRTER.
hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of SuperIn-
tendent OF Education of Oconee
county, subject to the action of the
Democratic party In the primary
election. r. A. SMITH.
l respectfully announce myself a
candidate for County Superintendent
of Education, subject to the Demo-
cratic primary election.
J. H. CANTRELL.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

hereby announce myself as a can
didate for Supervisor OF Oconee
county, subject to the action Of the
Democratic party in the primary
election. l.. H. ". HOBSoN.
The friends Of NATHANIEL PHIL
LIPS announce him as candidate
for Supervisor OF Oconee county,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic party in the primary election.
hereby announce myself as a
candidate for reelection to the office
of County Supervisor OF Oconee, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
party In the ensuing primary.
Et d. F. McALISTER Eg
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
Arrested on e Serious Charge.
(Anderson Mail. 4th.l

1t Is understood that John M. Cen
try, who has been conducting a small
merchandise business in Pendleton
was arrested in Seneca yesterday by
Oficer Corbin and lodged in the Oco-
nee jail at Walhalla. Gentry Dis
charged with passing counterfeit sill
yer dollars. 1T Is said that Gentry
was In Seneca on his way to Lavonia
Ca, In search of a cotton mill lob.
1t Is charged that he circulated coun-
terfeit money freely before leaving
Pendleton; and 1t is probable that he
VIII be given preliminary hearing
by a United States Commissions
within a few days. ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
Hiliousness and CONSTIPATION.

For. years was troubled with bill
iousness and dconstipation, which made
life miserable for me. My appetite
failed me. lost my usual force and
vitality, Pepsin preparations and
cathartics only made matters worse.
do not know where L should have
been to-day had not tried Chamber
lain's stomach and Liver Tablets.
The tablets relieve the i'll feeling at
once, strengthen the digestive func-
tions, purify the stomach, liver and
work naturally.-Mrs. Rosa Potts,
Birmingham, Ala. These tablets are
for sale by DR.. j. w. Bell, Walhalla I;
w. ]. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
t..fH 7.E TIVEG

/ hereby announce myself as a can
didate for reelection to the House Of
Representatives for another term,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic party in the primary election.
COKE d. MANN.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the House Of Repre-
sentatives, subject to the action Of
the Democratic party in the primary
election. w. M. BROWN,
OakWay g. O. 1,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
New Advertisements A this Week.

Attention is directed to the new
advertisements of the following mer-
chants this week:
Bank of WalhallR
w. P. Nimmons, Seneca.
w. s.. Hunter G. Co., Seneca.
Notice ct Final Settlement.
Watch the advertising columns of
The Courier each week and keep
posted. The live merchants Of the
county advertise in The Courier be-
cause 1t reaches the people.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
Gard of Thanks.

We desire to thank our friends
and neighbors who were so untiring
In their kindness and sympathy dur
Ing the recent Illness anl death Of
our father and grandfather, Capt.
w. F.. Parker. May God bless and
sustain each of them through like
Affections. Son and Grandchildren.
Westminster, May s, 1908.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
FOR CLERK OF COURT.

With sincere appreciation for. past
fayors, respectfully announce MY
candidacy for reelection to the .f,ce
of Clerk of Court of Oconee county,
subject to the rules of the Demo-
cratic party in the primary election.
c.. r. D. BURNS.
hereby announce myself as can
didate for the office of the Clerk Of
the Court, subject to the action OF
the Democratic party in the primary
election. JOHN f. CRAIG.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured.

can honored citizen Of this town
was suffering from severe attack
of dysentery. He told friend If he
could obtain a bottle Of Chamber
Iain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy he felt confident of being
cured, he having used this remedy
in the West. He was told that l
kept 1t in stock and lost no time in
obtaining 1t, and was promptly
cured" says M. ]. Leach. druggist,
of Wolcott, VT. For sale by j. w.
Bell, Walhalla, and w. J. Lunney,
Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
Missionary Meeting.

New Hope, May 4.-Special. The
missionary society Of this place will
meet hereafter on the second Satur-
day afternoon instead Of the fourth
All members are requested to be
present next Saturday afternoon
promptly at o'clock.
Mrs. Annie Jones, President.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
To Democratic Clubs.

The secretaries of all Democratic
clubs who have not sent in the names
OF their executive committeeman are
requested to do SO at once. This Is
important. j. w. Shelor,
County Chairman
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
FOR SIIERIFF.

hereby announce myself as cam
didate for reelection to the office of
Sheriff, subject to the action of the
Democratic party in the primary cleo
ton. w. M. KAY.
hereby respectfully announce
myself candidate for Sheriff . of
Oconee county, subject to the action
of the Democratic party in the prl-
mary election.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
Valued Same as Gold.

b. G. Stewart, merchant OF Cedar
View, Miss, says: ~ tell my custom
ers when they buy box of DR..
Kings New Life Pills they get the
worth Of that much gold in weight, If
afflicted with constipation, malaria,
or biliousness. Sold by all druggists.
25c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.

hereby announce myself as can
dtdate for reelection to the office OF
County Auditor subject to the action
OF the Democratic party in the pri-
mary election.
RICHARD w. GRUBBs.
hereby announce myself as O.
candidate for Auditor Of Oconee
county, subject to the action of the
Democratic party In the primary
election. r. N. SMITH.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
Mountain Singing Convention.

The Mountain Union semi-annual
singing convention will be held with
Mountain Grove church, May 9th and
10th. Bunion Phillips, Secretary.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-05-06
CANDIDATES. CARDS.

. ~
Announcements will be inserted un-
der this heading at the uniform rate
of $500, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05

demnsd him. which is doubtful. but . writ of habeas corpus was clearly out Of the question. In the first place such proceedings were unknown in those days. and in the second there was no other court to remove his ease to. The court and jury that com demned him seems to have been about the whole thing in those days. and we are not informed that there was any appeal or other legal remedy open to him.
 We have sometimes thought that Soc. was not so anxious to hang on to existence as some people now are. and that his wife may have been some- what to blame for the calm phiioso- phy with which he drank his dose. If what history and fable tells us about that better half Of his. xantippe, Is true. she was something of 6 holy ter- TOT and possibly the old Greek felt that poison was not much worse than life. However that may have been. we don't think the Chicago lawyer makes out a very strong case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
Letter to The Editor
Our Oongresnman coI. WlIeY.

Our Congressman Col. Wiley.
 Ed Advertiser: We'll known and ad- mired as he undoubtedly is perhaps the people of Alabama do not fully appreciate and do honor to the talents of our Representative from the 2nd District. But if there are any doubling Thomases they should come to Wash ington and see what strong man he is among the many shining lights at the Capitol of our nation. He is popular even among men of the op- posing party and Is especially liked and admired by the military element.
 Being a soldier, a statesman and a scholarly gentleman it is little wonder that his name Is good upon change for anything he asks for" The people of the State could not send here a better informed, more diplomatic or abler man if they sought the entire United States for him; and should be justly proud that their interests are in the hands of a wide-awake. pro- gressive and popular statesman. Noth- ing is too much trouble for the Col onei to undertake. He has unbounded energy and resourcefulness and seldom falls to secure just what he wishes.
 It ts sincerely hoped that he will have many long years of usefulness in Congress where he has given us such reason to rejoice that he fig an Alabamtan. l.. w c
 Washington. D. C.. Feb. 3 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
The Erdmann Law Decision.

W
 The Supreme Courts decision invaii. dating that section of the Erdmann act torbiddfng interstate carriers to alsmlss from their employ members of such membership. cannot be regarded as in any true sense 8 blow at labor or at labor unions, in spite of the fact that tin1 legislation having for its. object dismiss has been thought desirable by many labor leaders. For as Tlstiue Harlans opinion points out. the right to dismiss. and if the one were cur tailed 1t could hardly be denied with justice, that the other should not be. contracts between employer and eul- ployes wherein 1t is agreed that the former shall employ only members of q shaT speesnesSa asS nt union % and the latter that tinuance of the contract Moreover, if congress has power to protect railroad eognate power to forbid strikes afrect- ing interstate commerce. where such strikes are without adequate cause. if equality of rights IS to be disturbed at straint. So that if members of labor unions desire to maintain the right to strike unimpaired they must see the ence with the right of dismisssi' for for the one thing goes with the other. The strike is labor's best remedy for abusS OI tHe E4khL 10 ulHmISS.
 Congress. however, has no constitu- tional power to prescribe the relations between interstate carriers and labor organizations under the commerce clause. That Is the most signifcant feature of the decision, In upholdinR liberty of contract, the court applied familiar precedent to novel case buf n it's interpretation Of the commerce clause deiimited the authority of Con. greatly overworked provision of the constitution had been Invoked to cover. The power to regulate commerce has boundaries. not yet we'll fixed, but wi ich are being laid down by the su- preme ourt. and one of the bounds is that legislation regulating Interstate commerce must have some real or substantial relation to or connection with the commerce regulated. Tn the opinion of the court there is no such relation between an employe's membership in labor organization and the carrying on of interstate commerce. Thus Congress is given to understand that when it enacts Legislation to regu- late commerce. the Legislation must have something more than a theoretical bearing on commerce among the States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
BLAMING SOCRATES.

A Chicago legal light, evidently find- ing nothing new to occupy his time and intellect, has gone back to take Q fall out of Socrates. Soc. is dead, we may premise; has been very dead fer considerably more than twenty centuries. but intelligent and scholar ly readers will remember him as a famous old Greek philosopher who fell under the reproduction of the powers because he refused to worship the Greek gods. He was tried before a jury of citizens-5S7 of them, it is said and was found guilty and condemned to die. His death by swallowing 8 cup of hemlock poison in prison Is part of classical history. That he was one of the wisest men of his day is con- ceded, but he missed q whole lot of things that we enjoy. Railroads and steamboats. telegraphs and telephones. electric lights and printing presses but 1t would be a tedious business to point out the many nscessaries and conveniences of modem life of which he knew nothing. Nevertheless he was man of note in his day and gen. eratIon. Probably he knew too much. and that ended him. There are peo- pie in this day who know too much. or think they do. but they don't take hemloek for their disease
 But to go back to the Chicago law yer, whe virtually files a charge of stupidity against the ancient Greek. He says the right thing for Socrates to have done was to obtain a writ of habeas corpus, and thus have side- stepped his prejudiced judges. Chica- so lawyers know quite a lot, we free ly admit. but we suspect that this one hasn't studied the difficulties very closely for we have nothing to tell us how Socrates would have gone about 1t. He might have gotten out an in- junction against the execution of his sentence. if he could have found a judge or a court powerful enough to buck aEainst the authority that con-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
"WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1908.
A NEW IDEA.

Commenting on the Thaw verdict the Chattanooga Times somewhat irenically remarks:
 The real question raised by this of- fsnding case Is whether or not t would be better to authorize homicide in certain cases rather than leave 1t 10 skillfuI attorneys and emotional iurfes to wheedle the law out of It's deserts through artificial pretexts fit- ted to suit the particular circumstances of each such case as it arises. Perhaps 1t would be better to establish ''emo- tlonal insanity" by law. define t so as to include the paranoiac or crack brafned spendthrift of time, talent or fortune" who may fancy himself wrongsd. and put the balance of the country on warning to protect itself as best it can. At any rate, the country will be fortunate if the outcome of the Thaw case does not encourage lifs-taIxing in the idea that they are '1Ikewise insane" having always be- fore their minds eyes that on that ac- count the worst that can come to them will be a year or two in prison fol- lowed by brief sojourn in an infirm- ary if they can afford that in an asy. lurn if they must get the worst.
 Looking at 1t seriously. we are not sure that the intimated suggestion of The Times would not be a good idea. We think 1t altogether probable that the result in the Thsw case will tend to encourage murder among the crim- inaIIy inclined who are wealthy enough to sustain @ plea of lunacy. This tendency will be intensified if, as is more than likely. Thaw Is shortly released from the insane asylum. Other wealthy criminals will be en- couraged by the result in his case and will follow his example in the hope and expectation of faring no worse. If 'emotional insanity could be estab- hghed by law 1t would be something like putting a label on the persons thus licensed. thus putting the peace ful citizens on their guard. Wonder hew numerous such licensed criminals would be?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
nK rook nAck wATnR.

From some remarks made by Mir. Jerome in his speech for the prosecu- ton in the Thaw trial it is plain that he saw or spprehended that his absolute brutality in the cross-exam- ination of Evelyn Thaw would have a bed effeet on the jury, SO far as his side of the case was concerned.
 His experience must have enabled him to see on the faces of the jurymen that he had gone too far, SO he sought to nsutraiize the danger by moderation in his closing speech, and among other things he said;
 Any personal impression have made or have not made. should have no part whatever in your verdict You are not trying the district attorney. Any snaers he may have made Is not evidences for the people, and neither are they any evidence that Thew was insane when he killed White. As to the woman. f. my manner was one of disapprobation, that Is not evidence. Neither l nor the woman Is being tried here.
 He further stated in his speech that the jury must sither find . verdict against Thaw for some degree of mur- der or mansiaughter or acquit him on the plea of insanity. and he declared that the defense had not proven in- sanity. Somewhat strangely, too. he did not spare White. Tt matters not. he declared. whether you believe the girls story of the drugging or not, the relations of this middie-aged mar ried man with the girl of fifteen cry out to heaven and no decent man can say q word in his defense. certainly have no intention of doing so.' This. 1t seems to us. sounds very much like an argument for the defense, for 1t is in the nature of an admission that Thaw had ground for killing white. and we should not be surprised if the speech helped to save the prisoners life. At any rate, it is somewhat to Jerome's credit that in his final utter aaacsp he in some measure atoned for his previous unfairness. whether the change was due to repentance for the wrong he had done or was because he realized that he had not bettered his case by insults to & woman. the fact remains that he modided his tone very much. Let us hope that he was ashamed of his manner during the trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
MIXING THINGS.

Sometimes newspaper makes a strange mess fin trying to explain something. Recently the Pensacola Journal received the following com munication from . subscriber:
 The old coin bearing date 24s B. while digging bait, reported to the Journal from Springfield yesterday by the Associated Press, is certainly q strange piece of money. Whoever coined 1t was certainly a prophet if he lived PAS years before Christ was born and also anticipated the Eng lish language by 1000 years. Our As. soclated Press friend however ought not to be too severely criticised, as a distinguished custodian of the British museum some years ago paid an ex. traDrdinary price for a similar coin which also bore date B. c. and was on exhibition two years before the fraud was discovered. Perhaps this Is the same coin. or some prize medal of Farmers Fair in British colum- bia.
 And here is the editors comment:
 (The point seems we'll taken. How ever we believe that there was no British Columbia in the year 249. Pos- sibly the coin bore date which was equivalent to the year 24s B. c. Such a possibility appears to fit the rest of the news item better than the suppos- ition that any British Columbia coins were cast in the year 24s.)
 If that comment isn't balling things up we don't know why, The coin is fake. but we fail to see that The Journal has cleared ,,1, Yhfn1r to ,rv extent. Naturally a coin made 24s years before Christ. if there was any coining done in those days, would not have an inscription in English. and the strange thing about it is that the British Museum should have been talk en in by fraud of this nature. The way in which the Journal mixed dates was about as bad as the fake.