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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-09
Richland Grange Meeting.

A call is hereby issued to the men,
bers Of Richland Grange, on Friday
before the fourth Sunday in the pres
ent month, when a regular meeting
Of same will be held at Clearmont
school house. Be on hand, as there
is business Of Importance to come up.
J. II. Stone, w. NJ.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-09
A Sure-Enough Knocker.

j. c. Goodwin, of Reidsville, N. c.,
says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve Is a
sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A
bad one came on my leg last summer,
but that wonderful salve Knocked it
out in a few rounds. Nct even scar
remained" Guaranteed for piles,
sores, burns, etc. Csc. at all drug
ytSts
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-09
Printing Plant was Not Burned.

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 5.-The plant
Of the Empire Printing and Box
Company was enormously reported
to have been destroyed by fire here
on the night Of September 1. The
plant Is located next to the buildings
burned, and was threatened by the
blaze, but 1t escaped.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-09
For a Sprained Ankle.

A sprained ankle may be cured in
about one-third the time usually re-
quired by applying Chamberlain
Pain Balm freely and giving 1t abso-
lutte rest. For sale by j. w. Bell,
Walhalla; w. ]. Lunney, Seneca.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
NEW YORK

Fall jobbing trade. and to a lesser ex-
tent, retail demand, has been helped this
week by the advent of cooler weather, the
opening of the season of fall festivals and
the continuance of buyers excursions.
Hence the consensus of reports that dis
tribution has expanded at leading north
western and southwestern markets, while
there is a farther gain shown at many
southern centers
Enlargement of crop movements, par
ticularly in winter wheat and cotton, has
also made for a further improvement in
collections, which at many points are
now classed as fairly normal. But the
weight of testimony is that trade is still
below the same period of last year, when
contraction was already in evidence. Con-
servatism, in fact, still governs buying
operations, and there is a disposition to
order merely for immediate or nearby
necessities pending a clearer view of the
later autumn crops.
Industrial reports show on the whole an
expansion in output. Iron and steel pro-
duction is from GO to SO per cent of full
capacity, and the settlement of the Ala
bama coal miners and the New England
papermakers' strikes has made for a larger
output.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Sept. 3 number 30,
against 236 last week, 100 in the like
week of 1907, 121 in 1906, 137 in 1903
and IA in 1904, and Canadian failures
for the same period number II, as against
q last week and u last year.-Brad
streets Commercial Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
Latest Telephone Marvel.

a German inventor, Gustav Grzanna,
has been astounding London with demon
STATIONS of his device for sending hand
writing simultaneously with the voice
over an ordinary wire for considerable
distances. He uses a low tension current
of twelve volts and his apparatus can be
made an auxiliary to any telephone. Aside
from its sentimental value, this invention
is expected to prove of great Importance
commercially. Thus, an engineer, in or
dering parts for a structure in a hurry
can send along a diagram. a newspaper
reporter can send his account at the same
time that an artist over the same wire
is sending a sketch of the scene. This
marvel is accomplished by means of {
light ray passing over a sensitized paper,
the transmitter using a lead pencil with
two electrical contacts, one for horizontal
and the other for vertical lines. As soon
as the pencil is lifted a bulb CLOVIS and
its ray is so reflected on tiny mirrors in
the receiving box as to reproduce the
movements of the point on a spool of pre-
pared paper. When the message or pic
ture is finished the paper is automatically
run through 4 bath so as to develop the
photographed lines. In ten seconds the
writing is visible. At the same time an
other film is placed in position to receive
another message.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
pKTICS% ~ X
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The Iowa executive council has issued
certificate of nomination for Congress
man J. A. T. Hull.
The Typographical Union of Lincoln
Neb., has elected W. ]. Bryan, the Demo
cratic candidate, to honorary member
ship.
3. F. Nelson, president of the Mime
sofa Agricultural Society, has presented
w. J. Bryan with a trick mule as a
mascot.
John Temple Graves, candidate of the
Independence party for Vice President,
underwent a slight operation in a pri-
vate hospital in New York recently.
The Illinois Independence party State
convention was held in Chicago and a
slate named with George W. McCaskrin
of Rock Island nominee for Governor.
In the Oklahoma Democratic primaries
Thomas P. Gore, the blind Senator, was
renominated by an overwhelming major
ity, and this is equivalent to an election.
Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candi-
date. is quoted at his Indiana home as
saying that the Independence party is not
present campaign.
In letter to the secretary of the So
cialist party in Boston. Supt Plimpton
of fremont Temple refuses the applica-
ton for the use of the hall to hold a
Debs meeting on Oct. >.
Gov. johnson of Minnesota in reply to
letter from Bryan has placed himself
H. &c ~ n
mittee after Sept. /. 1t is not yet de-
cided in what States he will speak.
Chairman Hitchcock has announced an
extensive speaking tour for the Republi-
can vice presidential candidate, Sherman.
in the West and middle West, covering
points where Bryan shall have spoken.
The name of NJ. r. Preston. the Ne
vada convict, has now been taken from
the head of the Socialist Labor ticket. as
his declination to run was officially con-
frmed. In his place August Gilhaus
has been named for President.
In party council at Topeka the Kan
Sas Republicans declared for a State bank
deposit guaranty bill. although the lead
ers pointed out the danger of this action
to the national ticket in view of the avow-
ed opposition of Taft to that bank plan
4 New York labor leader is given as
the authority for the statement that
John Mitchell has decided not to take the
stump for Bryan nor to take any part in
the campaign. At the same time comes
the announcement from Secretary Easley
of the Civic Federation that Mitchell
henceforth will devote his whole time to
the trade agreement department Of the
federation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
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CHICAGO

Favorable Developments become more
plentiful as basis for continuing recov-
cry in business. Confidence is more gem
orally felt that tire tide has turned for the
better in production and distribution. This
is confirmed by steadily increasing demand
for mill and factory outputs and a more
notable absorption of fall and winter mer-
chandise.
Considerable strength is derived from
the highly encouraging agricultural condi-
tons, prices being maintained above those
at times last year for the leading grains
and assuring a further large addition to
the purchasing power throughout the
West. Movements of the brcadstuffs ex-
coed those of year ago.
Some decline again appears in arrivals
of hogs, causing smaller packing. but
there is substantial decrease in accumu-
lated stocks of provisions in store and
also gains in receipts of hides and wool,
while lumber received is but slightly low
err.
Permits for business structures in Chi
cago during August numbered II and ST.,
o6LOO0 in value, against ~ permits and
S9l9,oOO in value in same month last year.
investment is heavier in interest bearing
securities, sales of choice bonds and local
stocks being more active. and new city
loan was successfully negotiated. Money
is yet quoted from 49, per cent to AZ per
cent. Currency shipments to move crops
do not equal those at this time last year,
but are now more widely called for.
l1igh-grade commercial paper remains
in restricted Offering, although mercantile
borrowers increase. Bank deposits under
go but slight change, and there are ample
funds available against the asccrtained
fall needs of the interior.
Bank clearingS, 5000, 5S7, 442, exceed
those in corresponding week of 1897 by
80 per cent. Failures reported in Chi
cago district number 30, against n last
week and II a year ago. Those with
liabilities over 5000 number 10, against
D last week and ) in 1907.-Dun's Re
view of Trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
FOREST FIRES KILL THREE.
Father and Sons Die Defending
Hmm esfead-Efre in Three states.

Father and Sons Die Defending
Homestead-Ffre in Three States.
With many towns in three States in
danger and the flames spreading rapidly
from dozen points in Canada, the for
est fires added three Thursday to their
number Of deaths and vast losses to the
millions Of dollars worth of property they
have destroyed. After sending his wife
and two small children 10 safety at
neighbours, half mile away, Jacob Her
nesniemi, with his two older sons, respec-
lively y and IA years old, met death
while trying to fight off the forest fires
that swept their homestead on Otter river,
near Calumet, Mich. Fozboro, Mimi,
may be destroyed by forest fires, against
which the entire population has been fight
ing A fire entered the city of Wash
burn. Wis. and caused 100000 loss at
latest reports. Fire of incendiary origin
menaced Hibbing. MINI, sixty miles north
Of Duluth, when several buildings were
burned. The blaze, it is said, was start
ed by Montenegrans who had been eject
ed from their homes for the non-payment
of rent Forest fires destroyed the bust
ness section of Peshtigo, Wis. Several
hundred are homeless; loss about $780,
600. The residence section was saved by
great efforts. A solid wall of flames
twenty-five miles in length is said to
stretch from Grand Marais to Chicago
bay on the international boundary line.
The flames are devouring everything in
the Whitefsh valley. There is bad fire
at Silver Mountain and Gunhint. Two
Pigeon River lumber camps on the inter-
national boundary have been destroyed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
STANDARD OIL FIGHTS
BACK IN LONG REPLY
Various Reasons Given Why S2e,-
100000 Fine Case Should
Not Be Reheard.
CITE POETRY IN ARGUMENT.
Thou Sayest an Undisputed Thing
in Such a Solemn Way" Is
Quotation by Counsel.

In 6 tart reply filed in Chicago
Thursday to the petition of the govern
ment for a rehearing of the Standard
Oil case. the attorneys for the COM
pany. in urging that the ruling of the
Federal Court Of Appeals setting aside
the S29240.000 fine imposed by Judge
Lands be allowed 10 stand, raped
back at the prosecuting attorneys
Their exceptions were termed "captious
and groundless" and they were accused
of arguing hypothetical questions and
conjuring UP impossible Illustrations in
support of their contentious. Signed
with the names Of the attorneys for the
branch Of the New Jersey corporation,
the reply to the application of the fed
eral legal forces for a rehearing is
critical throughout and questions the
accuracy of the statements upon which
the second hearing of the famous case
was asked for by the government coun-
sell
Taking the stand that the petition in
appeal of the government attorney
only reiterateS a mass of technicalities
and arguments which in no way con-
Germ the vital points of the case. coun-
sci for the Standard Oil Company give
various reasons why the Federal Courts
should not consider an application for
a rehearing of the case.
After reviewing some of the alleged
repetitiOns the Standard Oil lawyers
answer:
"An of this was deliberately present
ed in former arguments and full an,
fair consideration was given to it by
the court, as is expressly shown in the
opinion. Counsel with sOlemnity. re-
iterateS what no one disputes. The re-
ply then quotes:
Thou sayest an undisputed thing
In such a solemn way"
The quotation is from Oliver Wen
dell Holmes poem ''To an Insect"
Each of the several arguments is set
forth in detail and the entire docu-
ment is yOluminOus. The case is taken
up from beginning to end, particular
stress being laid upon the Bogardus
testimony. the principal ground upon
which Judge Grosscup reversed the fine
in the District Court.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
DEATH TOLL OF JULY 4.
Days Fatalities Now Number 1913,
with 1923 Persons Injured.

The death and injury toll of July 4
throughout the United States is listed
in the current issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association,
which for six years has tabulated the
yearly tribute eXacted by the toy PTS
tol, the cannon cracker and their kind.
The greatest number of deaths and in
iuries yet recorded occurred in 1908,
despite the widespread effort toward a
sane Fourth
The most common cause of injury
was the blank cartridge and the hand
was the member most frequently injur-
ed While the medical fraternity con-
graduates itself upon the decreasing
fatal percentage of tetanus, the grim
figures of ~ per cent still stand as
the death toll Of cases. The almost
hopeless efforts of physicians in adj
vanced cases of the disease make it
one Of the diseases most to be dreaded
by them.
The total deaths and accidents by
states, collected by the medical assOcia-
ton for six years, follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
FIVE DEAD IN HOTEL PANIC.
Guests Jump from Upper Floors OF
Hotel and Perish.


Hotel and Perish.
Five men lost their lives and a score
of persons were injured several Of them
severely, in e fire which destroyed the Bel
mont Hotel, a three-story building on
Stout street, in Denver. The dead: Ed
ward Moore, % years old. real estate
agent Philadelphia. killed by jumping
George Burtell, Pullman conductor. suffc-
Gated; John D. Kane, Colorado Springs,
sufocated; George Bode, AIiddletown, y.
Y, died at hospital of injuries sustained
by jumping; George OFT, Dodge City,
Kan, died at hospital of injuries sus-
tanned by jumping. Moore jumped from
a third-story window and was killed when
he struck the pavement. Guests awak-
ened from their sleep by the cry of fire
rushed into the halls and in a mad effort
to escape fought and struggled while the
rescuers were forced back by columns OF
smoke. For several minutes, while the
fire worked its way to every corner OF the
structure, the terrified guests were help
less. Finally. as if moved by the same
impulse, all rushed forward in despera-
ton. 1t was estimated by the manage
ment that at least 100 persons were
asleep in the building when the fire broke
out. All Of them had jumped from their
beds. As soon as the victims reached the
street they were taken to other hotels and
given shelter for the night. 1t is believed
that the fire started from defective wiring
in the third story.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
FACTS FOR FARMERS

Members of the Manitoba Grain Elk
change estimate the wheat crop of West
ern Canada at and not more than 100,
100000 bushels, and the oat crop at So.
100000 Hot weather is blamed for the
shrinkage.
At a conference between the Minnesota
health officers, dairymen and cattIemen il
st. Paul, it was agreed to ask for Iegis
lation prohibiting the sale of breeding cat.
tie that have not been tested for tubercu
losis. Stockmen insisted that the III,
berculin should also be tested.
On the eve of harvest of the largest
crop the northern part of the Red River
valley has had for many a long year. q
general epidemic of pink eye a species
of influenza or distemper, is reported
widespread through the north country
and many head of horses already have
died of the disease.
The committee appointed to locate the
dry farming" experiment stations in
western South Dakota, is looking over
sites for the one to be located in either
Stanley or Lyman county, and the towns
of Philip, Kadoka, Murdo and Preshc
are asking for the location, and all will
be visited on the trip
A general strike of the members of the
United States Brotherhood of Tailors
was ordered at meeting of the genera,
executive board of the brotherhood in New
York
W. A. Taylor, of the department OF
plant industry at Washington, with an as
sistant, is studying the needs of North
Dakota in the way of plant life. He viii
pay particular attention to the soil and
climatic conditions. His trip probably
will result in some important develop
ments. After he finishes there he will &c
to Europe and northern Asia and viii
serd plant specimens from there to try
in North Dakota.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
TEAz lCZEAAl;2ls<[57S
e@T5. 5000

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $40; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to S7.15; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1925; wheat, No. 2, 97c to CSC;
corn, No. 2, 79c to SOC; oats, standard,
4Sc to 49c; rye, No. 2, 74c to 76c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 19c
to 22c; eggs, fresh, 19c to pc; potatoes,
per busheI, roc to soc.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to $40; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to $500; wheat, No. 2, Ole to
93c; corn, No. 2 white, roc to Soc; oats,
No. white, 47c to 4Sc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $40 to $50; hogs,
800 to $7.20; sheep, $500 to $4.2j;
wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1.OO; corn, No 2,
7Sc to 79c; oats, No. 2, 49c to SOC;
rye, No. 2, roc to SOC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1913;
hogs, $500 to $7.20; sheep, $500 to
1915; wheat, No. 2, CSC to 99c; corn,
No. 2 mixed SOC to Sic; oats, No. 2
mixed, sic to 52c; rye, No. 2, Toe to SOC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 9jc to 96c; corn, No. 3
yellow, Sic to S3c; oats, No. 3 white,
SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, 73c to 75c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
s1.O3 to $1O5; corn, No 3, 78c to Zoe;
oats, standard 49c to 5Oc; rye, No. l,
Toe to 76c; barley, No. 2, nc to 74c;
pork. mess, $14.73.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to 1925; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 800.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $3.50 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, STOP to S1.O4;
corn, No. 2, Sc to 89c; oats, natural
white, 54c to SIC; butter, creamery, 20c
to 24c; eggs, western, 19c to 22c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 93c to
Doc; corn, No. mixed, 79c to Sic;
oats, No mixed, 49c to soc; rye, No.
., 75c to 76c; clover seed, October, $6.O2.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

town and then became locomotive
fireman. Becoming an enthusiastic Ia
Dor union advocate, he was elected
chief of the brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, and held the office for sew
enteen years, his headquarters being at
Peoria, III. He married George VI. Nc
CuIlOugh.
In 1893 President Mckinley appoint
ed Mr.. Sargent a member of the Indus
trial Commission, but he soon resigned
from that body, which made its final
report in 1902, and in 1900 declined the
position of chief of the bureau of print
ing and engraving. offered him by Pres
ident Mckinley. July l, 1902 President
Roosevelt appointed Mr.. Sargent Com
missioner General of immigration, and
he has since held the office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
CROPS ARE FINE IN ALASKA.
Government Official Reports Eating
Melons Grown in Far North.

Prof. c. C. Gorgeson, head of the agri-
cultural experimental station in Alaska,
who arrived at Seattle on the Victoria
from Nome, says that Aug. IS he ate
watermelons grown in the open at Manley
hot springs in the Tanana valley, was
served with tomatoes grown in the open,
had his picture taken in a cornfeld where
the stalks stood seven feet high, and trav-
eled through farms along the Tanana and
Yukon where wheat, barley, oats and rye
were maturing. Rampant, on the 4u-
kon, the government station which start
ed in 1900, is having one of the best sea
sons thus far enjoyed" said the pro-
fessor. There is no failure of the crop
up there. When | left Rampant Aug. e
it was almost matured. Barley had but
a few more days to grow to be ripe. Al
most every vegetable produced was per-
feet. At Fairbanks, where we have
1,4O0-acre reserve, we have fifty or sixty
acres cleared ready to plant next season."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
FATAL FLAMES AT A CLUB.
One Man Burned to Death at PEiIs-
deIphia Cricket Club.

One man was burned to death. two
women were seriously injured and several
others were slightly burned in q fire which
destroyed the mems and vonen's build
ings of the Philadelphia Crickec Club at
Chestnut Hill, a suburb of that city.
There were only employees in the build
ings when the fire started. Thomas Nc
Henry, So years old, waiter, was burn
ed 10 death in his bed. Mrs. Hollis, 10
years old, a caretaker, was burned and
was bruised in jumping from a second
story window Mrs Driscoll, Mrs. Hollis
guest, sustained a broken leg in jumping
from a window The victims of the fire
occupied bedrooms on the second floor OF
what is known as the mems building.
When the women were awakened all
means of escape was cut off. They start
ed for the room occupied by McHenry to
arouse him. but the flames had cut of
that part of the house and the women
looked out for themselves. Their bed
room windows were fully thirty-fve feet
above the ground Mrs. DTiscoll was the
first to drop and was followed by Mrs.
Hollis. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The property loss is estimated at $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
zeppe1in,s New Airshfp Record.

Although again failing in his attempt
to make a continuous twenty-four-hour
flight in his great airship. Count Zeppe-
lin did break all records by the air jour
ney which he took from Friedrichshagen
on Lake Constance. Over the lake and
many cities and towns the big aerostat
sped, while guns were fired in salute and
thousands of people gathered to gaze and
cheer. Down the Rhine to Mayence it
went at a speed of about twenty-nine
miles an hour on the average, and then
turned homeward. Soon, however, the
ship was brought to the surface of the
river, while repairs were made in the
mechanism, after which it proceeded. His
continuous flight was 261 miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
NEW DREADNOUGHT LAUNCHED.
Battle Ship ST. Vincent Heaviest
Craft Ever Built for British Navy.

The st. Vincent, the largest and heavi-
est battleship ever built for the British
navy, was launched successfully at Ports
mouth, England, Thursday. The weather
was fine and the sea, smooth and great
crowd saw the vessel take the water. As
the warship slipped from her blocks she
was christened by the Countess Beau
champ. Counting the three cruising
battleships of the Invincible class, the St.
Vincent is the eighth vessel of the Dread
nought type to be launched Ill that coun-
try. The admiralty has observed the usual
reticence with regard to the details of the
design and construction. The St. Vincent
was laid down in December of last year.
She is supposed to be of about 1920 tons
and her cost has been given at $9,500,-
600,