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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18
PRESIDENT TAYLoR's FIGURES.
Head OF Ginners' Association Says
Cotton is Worth i21s Cents.
To the Ginners and Planters:

To the Ginners and Planters:
Your reports show there has been
ginned to November 1st, this year,
S,O51,000 bales and that the crop
will be II ,861 900 bales, not includ-
ing linters or repacks. This is some
lower than general expectations, but
the loss seems to be principally in
Louisiana and oklahoma, where the
crop Is the shortest on record. The
weather has been almost perfect for
over two months now, and with plen-
ty Of labor and cotton all open earlier
than known before In years there Is
no reason why the ginning should not
be even larger. The farmers seem to
have sold very freely, especially In
Texas, where the crop is good in
most of the counties; but only few
of them report as good as 1905, and
they are some Of the smaller produc-
ing counties in the West and South
vest. Ellis county has about the
best crop in the State and will make
only 141 900, compared with 152,-
900 in 1906. There are number
of counties making much less than
last years short crop. III the present
weather continues the crop will all
be picked by December 1st except in
Oklahoma and Western Texas. Even
the Mississippi Delta will be practi-
cally through.
Cotton is a cent a pound lower
than last year at this time with the
panic on in full blast, while now
business has recovered to nearly the
old basis before the panic. The cleo
ton Is over and large contracts are
being placed for coal, iron, steel and
other material. and 1t loc'.s as II
every2Rborer in the country will be
at wE3k in thirty days. The mills
have used up their invisible supplies,
and at present prices would consume
over 13 100000 bales, while the
commercial crop will be at least 7OO,-
900 under that figure.
notwithstanding the heaviest
movement on record since October
18th the market has advanced 50 a
bale. Nearly all the members of the
New York and New Orleans Cotton
Exchanges are bullish and have large
lines of contracts on the long side,
the sales nearly all hedges against
the purchase of spot cotton from the
farmers. AS soon as the heavy move
ment Is over the mills will buy this
cotton from the merchants and these
hedges will be bought in and will
cause the market to advance gradu-
ally to much higher figures. The bal
ance Of this years crop should sell
for II R cents, and | strongly ad-
wise the farmers not to sell another
bale under II cents unless you have
to meet your obligations.
Another reason we have got to
have higher prices is that cotton can
not be grown In the boil weevil dis
trict for less than II cents at a profit.
The yield to the acre is not half as
much and the cost OF cultivation a
great deal more. AS this district
now covers territory that produces
over 5,0GG,0 bales, the price will
have to advance or the acreage in
the wecvil district will be so greatly
reduced as to raise less than the
world needs and cause extreme high
prices as in 1903, which the spinners
do not want.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18
Feeding Horses.
Judge Henry Hammond SAWS.

Judge Henry Hammond says:
"In truth cotton seed meal as a
feed for horses has passed far be-
yond the stage of experiment. To put
cotton seed meal into the ground
without first running Il through the
inside Of an animal, seems to me to
be a direct insult to bountiful Prov
idence. If our farmers We're to take
their own, freight free, cotton seed
meal, feed it first to their farm ami
mails and next to their farm lands,
oh, what would come Of it!
''The oldest of my colts are now
five years old, and none of them have
ever passed a day in their lives with
out eating some cotton seed meal.
They have never been out of fix. The
older ones weigh LOO pounds and
are 16 hands alphabetically larger
than dams or sire. They have car
ried me SO miles day without
breathing deep"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18
q n. - T O E Il A.
Bear. the nIhe Kind You Have Always Bought
''s1s'''' % &<sH2zIzx
Child Gets Life Sentence.

Solomon Reilly, negro boy Of
ten, and small for his years, was
convicted in the Superior Court in
Savannah, Ga, last week Of the muir
der Of Mrs. Walter Terrence, at Pool
er, eight miles from Savannah, and
given life sentence. The boy killed
her with a shot gun while her little
children were by her side.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18

Foleys Honey and Tar clears the
air passages, stops the irritation in
the throat, soothes the inflamed men,
brancs, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from the system. Re-
fuse any but the genuine in the yell
low package. ]. w. Bell, Walhalla;
Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18

Mr.. McCandless, Georgia State
Chemist, gives the following grain
ration formulas:
Light work: 8 pounds ground
corn and oats, l pound cotton seed
meal. Average work: 10 pounds OF
corn and cob meal, " pounds cot
ton seed meal. Hard work: 10
pounds corn and cob meal, Az
pounds cotton seed meal"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18
Five Children Burned to Death.

Elkins, w. Va, Nov. 12.-Five
children Of e. j. Rice, n barber at
Beverly, near here, lost their lives
to-day in fire which destroyed their
home. An explosion was the cause
Of the fire.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18

Any skin itching is temper-tester
The more you scratch the worse it
itches. Doan's Ointment cures, piles,
eczema-any skin itching. At all
drug stores.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18
= States:
Total
.S.O51,OOO 11,S16,OOO

Totals. .S.051 900 11,S16,OOO
Our estimate at this time last
year was 11,132, 700, not including
linters. The crop was 4,057, CEN
Sus figures. J. A. Taylor,
President National Ginners' Associa-
ton.
Memphis, Tenn.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18

II amour
which SIS and 50,
is
Investigation
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18

COUNTY CLAIMS AUDITED.
At the
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
Hot on the Trail.

The road is long from the n 9TH
err arms 20 the grave Sahib, but we
who are faithful 10 the great thre.
cover II often. come from the
northernmost tempL of silva nigh nm
10 TIE holy Lake AIanasarowar under
the shadow OF Mt GurIa / go "a the
feast Of Nishnu at tile sacred Delhi
Then perhaps Guns tdag nam you
can tel us what We would know.
Diust thou meet IA the way above two
palanquins in one OF which was maid
Of wondrous beauty
The fakir drew himself up TO his
full height and by the clcslne Of his
black lips over mis- discoIored teetf
signihed that nc would not answef
Lower than the dogs cried CLARKE
MS eyes blazing with wrath. Have
YOU already forgotten how at Hvder-
abad I saved yiur life when the Eng
nsh would have had yoa torn liYob
from limb? Have you forgotten that
the powers of youF gods are as moth
ing compared with mine? The truth
OF YOU die. ana besides. with the
money that vii, pay you you may
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

nesting under the frownins brows OF
the HimalaYas. And here the dak
shaui stopped. the Surrey ",,.
horses unable 10 drag its nwirldl
weight any further MP the steepenins
mountain trail But we were fortu-
nate in finding crowd of especially
swift palanquin hearers. They hao
come down the mountains the day be-
fore with an English scientist and
Were fresh for the trip back. And. be-
sides ne had already gained twelve
of the tWenty-f0ur hours that we wer,
behind. We were well armed. but
Clarke also succeeded in hiring "A
half dozen stalwart Sikhs VINO had Jus,
been discharged from the army and
We're already impatient with mac
tivity These brave fellows, born sol
diers. hating the Hindus and despising
he Mussulman. would be invaluable
in brush with the thugs which al
The power of England has not been
able 20 clear from the mountain fast
nesses of the Himalayas
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

tested the woman was his sister. and
she. GA being questioned. admitted she
was. Consequently, no further action
mad been taken. although the descrip-
ton of the woman answered that Of
Thaida even to the minor points Of
dress.
Clarke cursed their stupidity Dut his
resolution was Immediately taken. We
would Follow. leaving Af.ss Erskine Al
Bombay to urge on the police and TO
advise as. should We prove Go Doe on
the wrong trail,
Within the hour we were aboard
tram and speeding in the direction OF
Allahabad at the Junction Of the sa-
cred rivers. Jumma and eanges. just
as we We're rushing for the train
Clarke almost stumbled over par
ticularly dirty mendicant who walled
The eternal cry, "a beggar's prayers
for meal of rice"
Clarke tossed him "A two-anna piece.
he turned il over IN his palm, spat
upon il. ana threw it upon the ground.
Then rising ne laid his hand upon
Clarke's arm and whispered.
The Sahib Clarke seeks three
Things. He viii find them together but
death lies at the end of the road.
The train was already starting and
Clarke shook him of and we made a
rush for Il.
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
SeIf.Infllcted TOrtures.

Vow we had a full view Of the in
terror of the temple lighted by haring
torches of the resinous deodar. The
sight ba flied description. At one end
of the great bah stood a gigantic like
ness of the terrible goddess Kali. the
wife of silva. Her girdle was hung
with human heads Bodies OF naked
infants depended from the great rings
m the Iobes of her ears. In her right
hand was dripping sword and in
her left q newly severed human head.
At her feet bowed a semicircle Of
dark forms At one side Of the room
on a hook hung self forturing mum.
Another lay stretched upon bed Of
spikes which pierced his flesh. 4
third lay prone. his right arm extend
ed upward and fixed immovable by
the suffening of the muscles in the
years he had held the position. Half
clad NUNS were going round the
room with bowls of rice, feeding the
sgorshipers and the self torturers.
Though we had view Of every cor
ner of the room Thaida was not Wis
ible
turned in horror from the awful
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

buy omtments for your gcda for years
70 come"
The offer OF the bride was, more
potent than the threat and the dark
eyes 'glistened with greed
II viii tell yoG All. sahib." he muir
INJURED, hoarsely. Il met those whom
you seek. They are eamIe but an
eight hours journey from here. one
u their paIanquins broke Gown ard
they must needs repair it. ] locked IN
as J raised and saw the maid She
was not asleep out she was So
and the fai-ir threw back lis head.
closed his eyes and stiffened his
muscles into cataIeptic rigidity "She
could be buried so for days and then
awake 1nharmcd But does the sa-
hib know who is with here He is the
most powerful and holy mum OF India
and ne is equally close TO the brother
hood AT Lhassa. Tie Sahib is strong
but lac wallis unto his DEATH
i know all Iuat. Gungadarham,
Jut where do they go?
They go first 20 the temple Of silva
anu tiltn mayhap TO l.hassa, but OF
TIA, / know pct, never having been
farther into tibet than the temple.
They VIII tarry for a season at the
temple to rest. had ~ Of one Of
their bearers"
1T is well. Gungada~ham. Re on
thy way" and Clarke gave the fakir
an English I'VE POUND note which he
quickly concealed in The dirty folds OF
his sesut garment.
we will save her. said Clarke, as
We relied up m our blankets to sleep.
And set your niinG al rest concern
ing her, Sexton. Sht is in the cata-
lePtic state as GEngadarham says. and
this journey VIII be even as "A dream
TO ner We VIII be over Ihe Hima-
layan divide and in Tibet tomorrow
and 10 proves what I have Icing sus-
T,uted. that there IS some connection
between these wandering BTahmans
ard the brotherhood OF Lhassa. 1
should like 10 investigate IT," But
despite ms Overwrousht nerves and
tlie killing anxiety, I was too SLEEPY
90 hear more than that Clarke be-
HeNed rhalds 20 be safe Deep ia the.
jungle panther waIee like soul ia
age NY
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

our bearers could have done close to
sixty.
by the second day we were above
the snow line and the heavy double
blankets with which our swinging
carriages were provided were crate
rul. indeed
we pitched cur camp that night at
IN altitude of 1900 feet, the lofty
peak OF Ai@ Kamel towering 10 the
eastward 10000 feet above US. 1t was
bitter cold and though we took our
coffee boiling from the Gie Il WAS but
luKewarm. Nothing mattered, how
ever. for before we rolled up in our
blankets that night we again haG
knowledge that we were on the trail
though with the prospect Of yet an
other - miles before us And this
is how we knew
We were seated az OR campfire.
cur Sikhs scattered abosu and putting
their eternal cigarettes. our bearers
rolled In their blankts and taking tire
twelve hours sleep necessary 70 their
Tferculcan labor, when "a tan, gaunt
object resting on ionE staff appeared
before us. one coula scarcely say D.
was q man. so tightly cid His dry skim
M over his protriaiRs bones where
It showed through the nlthy cloth that
served him as clothing, Yet for al
his eInaciation he must have had mus
cles Of iron under that parchment
skin for Clarke at once pronounced
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

eminent dared 20 arrest a high caste
Hindu on such himsy evidence. But
he couple had gone on 10 Delhi and
we were privileged to follow. AT
Delhi we again benefited by Miss Err
skine's astuteness for "a police official
met us al the train and informed us
that the couple had gone through 10
ScharaGpcor where their transporta-
ton ended unless there .bey bought
tickets on 20 simlg Thus ", did not
meet delay between trains as we
lad az Anahabad.
We are on the right track said
Clarke feverishly "Seharanpoor is
close to the Gurwal district ana i, g..
at Gurwal we VIII find them, or trace
of them"
We left the railroad feeling that we
were hot upon the trail So far 1t had
been easy. but soon we 1rmld be be-
fond the sphere Of Britisl influence
and espionage and then tie work
would be harder but stu the tran
was plain. The couple haG left the
train and had taken palanqtias and
bearers and pushed on into the noun
tains
'It is good. said Clarke I'VE HiIf
take The dal ghaTi as far as it goes
and make in one day what it takes
them two 20 cover by palahquin.
Up. up we went. over the foothills.
through the native town OF HuTdwar
as far as MussoOrie. with its missions.
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

sight and as ! turned 7 saw arounA
the neck Of one Of our faithful Sikhs
the fash 81 a white cloth, the fatal
handkerchief Of HINDU thuggee. Im-
mediately a iurid flash Of lightnins
illuminated the scene ClaTke's re.
volver spoke. the thug behind the sikh
rolled OF the balustrade and the re-
port was drowned IN the crash OF
thunder that followed. In an instant
We were of the portieo and huddlsd
back TO back in the open plateau.
And then the storm broke Not
lightning in intermittent flashes. bat
one long and jagged streak from the
heavens 10 the earth as from pole &c
pole OF a mighty battery while the
thunder crashed and reverbeFatee
through the hills in one continuous
roar. drowning from the ears Of the
fanatic w0rshipers inside the bans
and rattle OF t5o struggle We acre
waging for our lives without
BY two and threcs they charged u.s.
their deadly handkerchiefs cast aside
and with shot sword in one hand and
dagger in the other, And regularly
our reviewers and the rifles Of the
Skins spoke.
them until they fell fairly riddied-
Now one Of the slkbs was down
from a sword thrust and / heard
Clarke's breath in short gasps at my
side.
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

And nave you no clue Whatever
inquired Clarke, anxiously
There is one thing, bur ia NAV have
been my own nervousness. When we
walked across the esplanade I had the
sensation of being followed. ] looked
back ana saw tan native a few yards
behind AS Then / concluded he was
not a native though lie wore a tur-
ban for though he was dark. his fear
lures We're distinctly European. He
was a hne looking fellow with a black
mustache ] saw him again in the
bazaar but as ne paid no attention 10
us I chided myself for being foolishly
afraid"
Then we VIII find her said Clarke.
with look OF angry determination
In his ewes
our hrst move was 20 notify the
consul ana then 20 md out what II
anything the police had discoveries.
The latter had not been idle s
woman answering tho description
Miss Erskine had given had boarded
the Bombay -Allaha6ad train the iay
before The officials at Khandwa, the
nearest junction point, had lmmefi
ately been wired to intercept her.
They fond her on the train wien
high-cl8ss Hindu. who Indignantly pro
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
The Professnr,s StorN.

"Wo1e=fful, Wonderful eXclaim-
ed Pr T. Tomiinson. excitedly. Mr.
Clarke shall never again dispute
telepa ny is a proved fact, You your
self p not know what a remarkable
thing you have done No one bul
mysr knows of the loss TO the mu-
sour for I had "a replica Of the signet
VIII h I Immediately substituted for
tho original. and the guards them
Sc yes do not know Of the change In
tie case of articles of great value we
often display replicas. but unfortunate
ly in this instance it was the original
which was in the case. Moreover. no
one but myself knew the value OF the
signet- But perhaps YOU can tell me
more"
without doubt" answered Clarke.
But I think we shall arrive at a con-
clusion more quickly il we dispense
with mysticism and you tell me the
whole story"
Perhaps that will be the better
way, said the professor. The ring.
then. as you should first know, was
was one / procured personally in India.
I had * from a faiIir who claimed to
have been a thug and a leader in the
great Sepoy rebellion. It attracted me
at once as a most curious bit of work
manship- 1t was formed of a tiger
head set with a magnificent diamond.
The head was hinged and operating
BY a hidden spring. il opened, dis
closing the seal underneath. It must
have been the seal Of some great ruler
OF the rajah days. but the fakir claim
ed TO have been ignorant on that
point Although / have asked dozens
OF HindUs, all that I could ever get
out of them was that there are some
things not good for a Feringheef 10
know. Here is the replica which had
made Icy the most expert bijoutier Of
Paris
The professor took from his pocket
a little case and opening it displayed
4 massive ring formed as he had said
81 tigers head ana set with dta-
mOnd of at least three Carats. not
genuine, however, as he had admitted
Clarke examined the ring with great
interest II did not take him long to
nd The hidden spring. and pressing
the tigers head few back disclosing
Tue face OF a signeI of peculiar de-
Sign. Clarke studied it in wonder and
surprise.
You say, professor, that you alone
knew the value of the original of this
ring. doubt very much if you know
It's value"
Il shall be delighted if you can tell
me for / have delayed making re-
port 70 the trustees and accounting
for thH enormous sum it cost me until
I could give them an exact idea OF its
worth
"Ialess am greatly mistaken. -
answered Clarke, this is the signet
az Mana Sahib. the great leader Of
he Sepoys for whose head the British
government would gladly have paid
2iQe00. ! have often seen represen-
tatiOns Of the device. The original of
this ring would lead a rebellion in
ada today But tell me what YOU
snow of its disappearance.
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
At the Temples Door.

II was three more days journey 10
the temple Of silva, but they passed
more quickly than even the swift rush
Of the railway journey, now that we
were nearing the goal We came upon
their camps repeatedly. once one OF
our Sikhs picked up a small object
10 the lvai and handed il wondering
ly iu o me through the door of the
paIauqsin. I did not tell Clarke about
il for though Thaida was his and not
mine. ] might al least have that small
token. lt was a simple American
hairpin.
The night % the sixth dag since We
left Mtssoorie was falling when our
bearers announced that the temple lay
but tcn miles beyond. only through
the persuasion OF large bride were
they willing 10 90 farther that night,
and after a hasty meal of cold rice,
dried fish and sweet lines, We pushed
on through the darkness. At length
toe bearers announced that they would
90 no farther In the distance they
pointed out 10 us the faint outlines Of
the temple suspended as in mid-air up
on che mountain side. against the star
Iit eastern sky. Beyond lay the SHIN
mering whiteness OF Lake Manasar-
owar. sacred 10 Hindu and Tibetan
alike.
1T is not well Tor us TO go there,
they said. shuddering. and no amount
of thfeats. persuasion or gold could
change them.
So we left them to pitch camp, prom
lsing them a large reward if they were
there upon our return. Then, with
our six brave Sikhs, who feared neita-
er man nor devil. We pressed on up
The mountain side
At last the temple rose directly
above US, lifting its ruined arches,
older than the Vedas. relics OF the
architecture OF the very dawn OF ORR
entail civilization Ia the midst OF the
massive entrance of which the col
umns had fallen in ruin grew a huge
deOdar which doubtless was there when
the cedars OF Lebanon were seedlings.
A mountain torrent through the gorge
Of which We had assembled dashed pre-
cipitousIy down from the heights
above and ran through one side OF
the plateau on which stood the temple.
on the other side il was a sheer drop
of at least a thousand feet Within
lights fiickered TO and fro, more Ike
: win o the Wisps from the rotting
vegetation tlsan evidences of human
habuation.
The sky now changed with the sud
deuuess OF tropical mountain climate
and was overhung with racing black
clouds. The wind came up with
bound and made the giant deodar and
the lesser trees about sough and
craclsle Favored 10y the protecting
roar of the elements We crept cad
tioUsly forward and gained the broad
surface of the portieO behind the de-
odar. Clarke and I-were IN the lead
ana then. our Sikhs came up and took
their places with eat-like stealth
Beady-cyed lizards scurried 20 and fro
i'm search OF their hiding places We
hoped there were no more deadly rep
tiles about.