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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
LEAP YEAR is CLOSING,
Appeal TO the Maidens to Rescue the
Men-A Timely Article.

We have received the following
from subscriber at a distance with
a request to make the Last CALI to
the maidens of this country to come
to the Srescue of the timid men. 1t
may he well to heed this call, make
the final step, and thereby transform
"sin ngle-blessedness" into married
bliss" The call follows:
Last Call of Leap Year.
"Of all sad words of tongue or
pen, the saddest Of these it smight
have been" So sang the poet, and
so will be the sentiment of thousands
of lonely females whose timidity or
procrastination caused them to neg
lect year for the betterment of their
forlorn condition of single misery. A
note of warning is given you, mai
dens in dispair, for there are yet
eight days more. Lost opportu-
nity!' How that expression will
haunt you for the next four years
how you will stretch out your arm
and cry, 90, would | were a Leap
Year girl again!" Eight days more! I!
Summon your courage; make bold
to tell that which has been in your
heart for many months. Toll him
the "old, old story" which he has
never told you. He has also been the
victim OF timidity, maybe, and your
and his fate hang on your courage
to broach the fateful subject Eight
more days, girls! Will you let
them pass? Now is the time for all
good women to come to the aid Of
their weak-he"rted friends. The
question rema rs whether 'tis nobler
In the mind to suffer the stings Of
scorn and loneliness or by proposing
to end them?
A last note of warning both to
the maidens and the bachelors whose
single blessedness is nearing to a
close, for, beware! Only eight days
more! Last call!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
County Sunday School Convention

Will be held at Westminster on
January % and 20. The program
will contain excellent addresses by
prominent Sunday school workers of
South Carolina. Westminster is a
good, live Sunday school town and
the delegates will be given entertain
ment and will no doubt be benefited
by the program. Each Sunday school
will be allowed two accredited dele
gates. Sunday school superintend-
ents of Oconee county will receive a
letter this week asking them to send
in names Of delegates from their
Sunday school and they are requested
to handle the same promptly
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
Ill Health is More Expensive than
Any Cure.

This country is now filled with peo-
pie who migrate across the continent
In all directions seeking that which
gold cannot buy. Nine-tenths of
them are suffering from throat and
lung trouble or chronic catarrh, re-
sulting from neglected colds, and
spending fortunes vainly trying to
regain lost health. Could every suf-
ferer but undo the past and cure that
first neglected cold, all this sorrow,
pain, anxiety and expense could have
been avoided. Chamberlain Cough
Remedy Is famous for It's cures Of
colds, and can always be depended
upon. Use 1t and the more serious
diseases may be avoided. For sale
by Dr.. j. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. J..
Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
WHERE OUR MONEY GOES.
Items That Go TO Make Up the Coun-
tvs Annual Expenses.

The expenses of Occnee county's
operations for the year 1908, in
which is included all claims audited
up to and including the December
meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners, foots up $2S,OO2.51.
This, of course, does not give the
total expenses for 1908, as the De-
cember claims will be audited by
the board at their January meeting.
Among these items will be the ex-
penses Of the two recent terms Of
Court, which alone will amount to
about $4,000. Other items will be
comparatively small, such as usually
go to make up the regular monthly
expenses, unless the new iron bridge
over Little River at the Morgan
bridge site Is completed and received
Below we give the various head
ings under which the expenses come,
and the amount expended for each
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
Whore BullCtS INlrAN.

David Parker, of Fayette, n. Y, a
veteran of the Civil War, who lost a
foot at Gettysburg, says: ''The good
Electric Bitters have done is worth
more than five hundred dollars to me-
spent much money doctoring for a
bad case Of stomach trouble, to little
purpose. | then tried Electric Bit
ters, and they cured me. now take
them as tonic, and they keep me
strong and we'll" soc. at all drug
stores.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
Total. $2S,OO2 81

The balance of expenses, including
Court expenses and general Decem-
Der claims, will in all probability be
about $4,000, bringing the total ex-
penses for 1908 approximately up to
$4,000.
The item contingent Expenses" is
made up mainly Of amounts paid to
Confederate soldiers, as provided for
by act of the Legislature, the bal
ance being for post mortem eXami-
nations, etc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
VIII Finish Cannl in Six Years.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 19.-F. G.
Kuehnie, general wrecking foreman
In the Panama Railroad, who is
home TO spend his vacation with his
family In this city, says that the
Panama Canal will be completed in
SIX years, and that stories of under
ground lakes, fatal landslides and
other disasters are untrue and work
great injury to the men responsible
for the progress on the canal.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
Would Mortgage the Farm.

A farmer on Rural Route 2, EN-
pire, Ga, w. A. Floyd by name, says:
"Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured the
two worst sores ] ever saw; one on
my hand and one on my leg. 1t is
worth more than It's weight in gold.
I would not be without it if had to
mortgage the farm to get it," Only
25c. at all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
Card of Thanks.

Editor Keowee Courier: Please al
low us space in your valuable paper
to return our most sincere thanks to
our neighbors and friends for the
kindness shown us in our sad be-
reavement. May God bless and rich
ly reward them.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Morton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-23
"A Healthy Family.

''Our whole family has enjoyed
good health since we began using DR..
Kings New Life Pills, three years
ago." says l.. A. Bartlett, Of Rural
Route |, Guilford, Maine. They
cleanse and tone the system in a
gentle way that does you good. Csc.
at all drug stores.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
HEADS HUGHES LEAGUE.
General Woodford Accepts Presidency
of Organization.

New York, Feb 1S.-General Stewart
L. Woodford, with whom as u young
lawyer Governor Hughes was asso-
ciated assumed the presidency of the
Hughes League of the United States
and in a speech to $50 enthusiastic
Hughes boomers promised to work for
Governor Hughes nomination from
now on. In the audience We're num-
Der of negroes, who cheered every
time the name of Senator Foraker Of
Ohio was mentioned.
The Republicans of Florida were
represented in the meeting by ]. Doug
lass Wetmore, the Rev. John III. Dick
erson, one of the big -Four" from that
state to the national convention, and
the Rev. S. Timothy Tice. Former
Governor N. ]. Bachelor represented
New Hampshire, and Joseph Smith
was there to speak for Massachusetts.
For Connecticut the spokesman was
Joseph A. Gray Mayor Henry Hud
son, who proclaimed that he came from
Hudson on the Hudson river, spoke
for the Hughes sentiment up the state
John e. Milholland presided He is
chairman of the executive committee
of the national league, and he told of
the campaign to be made in the west
and of the work done in the south.
Ex-Governor Bachelor said Govern
or Hughes was the strongest candi-
date in New England. Mr. Bachelor
is the president of the national grange,
He said:
II met Governor Hughes last We'd
nesday and l said to him, Governor,
am telling the farmers of this country
that you are their friend What did
he do? Call me into a corner and
promise me job or say he wanted to
see me later? He smiled and said,
Bachelor, you are assuming big re
sponsibility.' That's the sort of man
like"
Joseph Smith, editor of the Boston
Traveller said:
1--WE want brains, not an animated
tongue. We have had too much tongue.
tongue, tongue" he declared. '"rhe
people of this country don't want to
have cotton stuffed in their ears when
they ago outdoors They are tired of
hearing noises and wondering whether
there is new volcano broke loose in
Alaska or whether the president has
sent in another message"
The Rev. Reyder G. Ransom colored,
and Congressman Waldo spoke.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
ENToMBED MEN SIGNAL.
Twenty eight Miners Penned In Col
liery Near Mount Carmel, Pa.

Pottsville, Pa, Feb. is. Twenty
eight miners were imprisoned in the
Midvalley colliery, near Mount Carmel,
by the breaking of a dam of water
which had formed in drift, which
caused rush of mud into a gangway
where the men were at work. All day
long party of rescuers endeavored to
reach the entombed men, and they
were given encouragement by sounds
of digging from the inside. A shot was
also heard, Indicating that the men
were at work to effect their own rescue
and also giving assurance that the all
is good.
Among the men entombed are num-
Der Of experienced miners, and lit is
believed that it will be possible to eff
feet the rescue of all the men unless
some of them should have met death
by being smothered in the rush of mud
when the dam broke through the gang
wav
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

lilies and other dainty blossoms look
well, while forced spring lilies, feath-
cry spiraea, red anemones and mimosa
have an excellent effect combined with
gold, softened with plenty of foliage.
A particularly light appearance can
be given toa table if strings of aspara-
gus fern mounted on wire are used in
the form of festoons across the table,
wide basket suspended from the cen
ter chandelier forming the starting
point of each rope, which is carried to
corner candlesticks or to tall Madeira
baskets with long handles filed, like
the center one, with foliage and flow
ers, Each strand could be hung with
two or three toy baskets filled with
flowers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

To obviate indigestion drink your
coffee perfectly clear without milk or
cream, and you will avoid any diff
Guilty in that direction.
Getting the nails flexible is the first
process In improving their shape, and
this work Is accomplished largely by
the use Of grease. For this purpose
glycerin or sweet almond oil is excel
lent, for both are very penetrating.
For strained or infamed eyes make a
solution of boric acid and warm wa
ter or of hydrogen peroxide and warm
water and battle the eyes by the use of
an eyecup. A medicine dropper is good
for this purpose, though more tedious
to handle.
If your skin is inclined to break out
or be red and notified, forswear hot
cakes except on extra occasions. Moth
ing is more ruinous to the complexion
than our American breakfast of hot
cakes loaded with butter and possibly
maple slrup eaten for 365 days in the
year.
This cough strip is easily made and
very good: Take small handful of
dried hops and small handful of
dried horehound and put into a cup
Of cold water. Let this steep until
the strength of the herbs is drawn out,
then strain through a cloth. Add to
this one cupful of honey and two cup
fuls Of sugar Let this mixture boil
until thick Pour into wide mouthed
bottle or small jar and it is ready for
use. One teaspoonful every half hour
nntil the cough is relieved.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

l say that out of the abundance of
splendid material that composes the
Republican party today Mr.. Taft comes
to us the best equipped man to lead
us to a certain victory?'
Mr.. Taft closed with a few remarks
on the Democratic party troubles, say
ing that they We're not united ON a
single thing. "Take all their beliefs,
he said, "and you have crazy quilt
that would Indicate no progress should
they be put in power" The division
in this party, he said, was one of the
worst things for the development OF
the country. The people, he said, had
arrived at the stage where they must
look to the Republican party for the
preservation of the nation. eve must
be willing" he added, reluctant as
we are to assume that responsibility.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
HOLDING UP SKIRTS.
Judith the Originator of This Uni
versaI Practice.

Judith the Originator of This Uni
versal Practice.
They say that Judith was the orig
inator of the feminine habit of holding
up ones skirts. Tradition has it that
Judith after having decapitated Holo-
fernes was compelled to gather up her
skirts in order to run the easier and
make good her escape from the aveng-
ers. Judith may, therefore, be said to
have invented the habit of holding up
the skirt; but, oh to what depths
has that invention fallen! 1t is not
such bad habit, taken all in all, for
be it remembered that, while men are
generally engaged in putting their
hands into somebody else's pockets,
the gentler sex have by Judith's in
vention found something more grace
full to keep their dainty fingers busy.
Eve, of course, had nothing to hold up,
so that first woman is out Of the his
tory of the skirt carrying.
There are a million ways of holding
up the skirt. If you men folks do not
believe it, just stand around busy
shopping corner for an hour or two
and watch the passing show. There
are women who hold up their skirts
carefully and decorously. There are
others who walk about in utter def
ance of everything. Here are a few
contrasts, any and all of which any
one can readily discover for himself or
herself by personal observation.
The thin woman pulls her dress
around her more than fat woman
does.
The single woman never holds the
dress like the woman who wears a
wedding ring.
The widow holds her skirts in both
ways at the same time that is, like
the single woman and the married one,
like the cross seas over a ships bows
during an Atlantic storm.
Every woman, If she be precise
about holding up her skirts, has the
same precision in rainy and dusty
weather
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
Edison,s secretary Kills Himself.

Orange, N. j., Feb. 1S.John f. Ran
dolph, treasurer of several of the Edi-
son companies and private secretary to
Thomas A. Edison, killed himself in
his home In Valley way, West Orange.
After having had all their books care
fully audited and their bank accounts
examined officers Of the Edison compa-
nies declared that they could explain
the deed Of Randolph In no way other
than that he shot himself while tenn
porarily deranged. Randolph left a
note stating that he never did dis
honest act.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

Apple Popovers-One cupful of -four
one-fourth level teaspoonful of salt, one
cupful of milk, one egg wM beaten,
one-half teaspoonful of melted butter,
apple sauce. Stir together the flour
and salt and add the milk, egg and
butter. Beat for two minutes with an
egg beater. Pour into kissing hot but
tered iron gem pans and bake for thir-
ty-five minutes in a hot oven. When
done make small, opening in the top
of each and fill with apple sauce which
has been sifted. Serve with lemon
sauce.
Lemon Sauce.-Four level tablespoon
fuls of butter, one cupful of sugar,
yolks of two eggs, one-third cupful of
boiling water, one-fourth cupful of
lemon juice, grated rind of one-half a.
lemon. Cream the butter, add>the SUI
gar, egg yolks well beaten and water.
Place over hot water and stir until the
mixture thickens, then add the lemon
Juice and rind and serve.
Banana Betty.-Remove the crust
from part of loaf Of stale bread.
Slice it as thin as possible. Place the
slices in dripping pan and brown
very delicately in the oven, then spread
with soft butter. Butter a baking dish
and sprinkle it with buttered bread
crumbs. Add layer of the toast, then
a layer OF bananas peeled, scraped and
cut in quarters lengthwise. Sprinkle
with sugar, bit of cinnamon and a
few drops Of lemon juice and dot with
butter. Repeat, add a cup Of boiling
water, cover with buttered crumbs
and bake in moderate oven until the
banana is tender Cover until nearly
done, then remove cover and brown.
Serve with a lemon sauce.
Pineapple Sponge-Get can Of graf
ed pineapple and heat with cup of
sugar and a cup of cold water and
simmer ten minutes. Soak half box
OF gelatin in half cup of cold water
till well dissolved. Mix with the hot
pineapple on taking that from the fire
and cool; then add the whites of four
eggs beaten stiff and beat all till 1t
begins to thicken. Pour into mold TO
harden Serve with cream or soft
boiled custafd.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
TAFT RAPs DEMOCRATS.
Likens Their Beliefs to Crazy Guilt al
Dinner In New Haven.

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 1S.-Secre-
tary Taft was the chief guest and
speaker at the Lincoln day dinner Of
the Young Mems Republican club last
night, and he received an enthusiastic
greeting. 1t was one of the largest
public dinners ever given in this city
Governor Rollin S. Woodruff spoke
to the toast ''The Political Outlook"
The governor, after cordially vel
coming Mr.. Taft, said it was the duty
of his hearers to support with all their
might the men who had character and
the ability to carry on this govern
ment for the best welfare of all the
people.
'The question now before us is, Who
can be nominated. and elected next
NovemberY' he continued ''Many ex-
cellent men are mentioned But who
is the man who represents the desire
Of the vast majority of the United
States? Do not voice you all when
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
use OF LlmsSs..Us.~

Limewater is not only frequently pre-
scribed for young babies, but is also
often given to older children, the adj
dition of small quantity to hot or
cold milk rendering It lighter and more
iigestible.
The only drawback to its use IS the
TACT that to be efficacious the limewa-
ter must be fresh, and for this reason
only a small amount should be pre-
pared at time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
TABLE DECORATIONS.
Greenery Always Permissible For the
Dinner Centerpiece.

Greenery Always Permissible For the
Dinner Centerpiece.
Every woman is privately convinced
of her own superior Judgment where
flower arranging is concerned, and the
girl visitor, to whom her hostess in
days gone by always made a point of
etiquette Of RELOCATING this duty. usual
ly had no light task to perform under
the captious eye of such stern critic.
If the drawing room vases give
sufficient trouble, the dinner table,
however, is responsible for a greater
amount of skill, and the hostess of the
day who has to grapple with the scar
city and consequent cost of winter flow
ers has her work cut out for her in the
matter of evolving tasteful decorations.
An abundance of greenery is always
permissible for winter tables. One of
the prettiest concentrations in this re-
spect is that of silver rose bowl in
the center filed with ivy, powdered
with artificial hoarfrost, and from the
sides of which wide strands of silver
ribbon extend on all sides for half a
yard or more, depending on the size
and shape Of the table, where each ter
inmates in huge bow, catching a
bunch of blossoms or pepper tree ber-
ries.
Baskets have hardly ever been more
POPULAR and one of the daintiest
schemes is that in which small fat bas-
kets of plated hemp, such as are sold
In large sizes at seaside resorts for
beach use, are painted with silver OF
gold and filled with flowers. These
are used to decorate the corners Of the
table, large round basket occupying
the center. with silver ribbon violets,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
The Alternative.

He was growing because his wife
wore waists buttoned down the back
"But you know, dear" she said
sweetly, syou wouldn't like it at all II !
wore one unbuttoned down the back"
--.Harper's Bazar.
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against me, either in the state or fed
efal courts.

efal courts.
Asks For Suspension of Judgment.
81 did not sail in the Campania UNI
der an assumed name and made no eff
fort to conceal my identity. The sug-
gestion has been made that l assumed
the name of &C.. NJ Moore My sig
nature looks as much like C. M. Moore
as it does like g. w. Morse
Il assert my innocence Of any GRIM
inal act, and | ask the public to sus-
pend judgment in my case until l have
had an opportunity to meet my ac-
cusers in court. | use the word 'ac-
cusers,' although so far as concerns the
Jerome indictments 1 am informed
that there were no 'accusers' and that
Judge QsBrien asked the grand jury to
refuse to find indictments against me-"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

Miss Gaddie-I don't see why you
should feel insulted because he said
your eyes were like stars.
Miss Prude- You don't? why, stars
keep winking at you all the time!-
Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

After oiling sewing machine 1t not
infrequently happens that drop of
oil which has not been absorbed stains
the material which is being stitched.
10 remove the mark lather made
with soap, cold water and tablespoon
full of ammonia will usually prove sue
cessful, but in the case of colored lin
ems and cottons the ammonia should be
employed cautiously, as 1t is apt to
fade the color.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18
LiteralIv.

Were those two In the library get
ting to high words when you left?"
Something like IL. They were on
the ladder looking for the dictionary
on the top shelf. Baltimore Ameri-
can. -
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

De Style What makes you think
Gotroz has almost finished the cigars
his wife gave him few weeks ago?
Gunbusta- Why, met him today.
and he said he was almost at the end
Of his ope.-Harper's weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

There is an old axiom that we ought
not to judge by appearances, so we
may well ask, what else is there left
for us to judge by when taking our
earliest impressions Of persons char
acter, since the face is the first thing
that, as rule, attracts us, and we in
stinctively feel that 1t ought to be the
mirror Of the mind y Woman's Life
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-18

s'Does she know how to cook?''
''No. she has that beat block"
s'Howg1
"She knows how to make the cook
e0oIx. Nashville American.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-02
Bridoe Club Entertained

Mrs. j. Burton Prosser was hostess
Wednesday afternoon at the regular
meeting of a bridge club of which she
is a member, entertaining at her home
on the corner of Normandie and Twen-
ty-second streets.
Guests of the club were Mrs. James
Emerson Gee of Reno, New, Mrs.
George Edwin Harber of New York and
Mrs. F. B. Bennett of Toronto, Can
ada, who has been the house guest Of
Mrs. Prosser for some weeks.
Others who gathered around the ta-
bles for the game were Mesdames
Stuart Macfarland, Dwight Hart, Hen
ry Fryman, Alonzo Lee, Lester Robin
son, Larimer, Lily Gill Pulsifer, Lottie
Dudley, Miss Lindsey and Miss Hazel
Runge.