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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to an order of the County Board
of Education Of Oconee County,
South Carolina, an election will be
held at Milestone school house on
SATURDAY, the 22d day of MAY,
1909, upon the question Of levying
an extra THREE-MlLL TAX for
school purposes on all tn" real and
personal property within Milestone
School District, No. SO, the said tax
to be in addition to that now collect
ed for school purposes as authorized
by law; that said election shall be
conducted as provided for the con-
duct of general elections; that at
said election each elector favoring
said proposed additional levy shall
cast a ballot containing the word
"YES" written or printed thereon,
and each elector opposing said levy
shall cast a ballot containing the
word "NO" written or printed there
on. M. l.. HANDY,
w. II. RAMEY,
j. ID. ALBERTSON,
Trustees Of milestone District No. 5S.
May IL, 1909. 1920
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION.
State OF South Carolina,

State OF South Carolina,
County OF Oconee.
Notice is hereby given that pur-
Suant to an order of the County
Board of Education of OcOnee Coun-
ty, South Carolina, an election will
be held at the Court House on MON
DAY, the cath day of MAY, 1909,
on the question of establishing a
HIGH SCHOOL in Walhalla District,
No. &c; that said election shall be
conducted as provided by law for
the conduct of general elections;
that at said election each elector fa-
VOring the establishing of said High
School shall cast a ballot containing
the words FOR HIGH SCHOOL"
printed or written thereon, and each
elector opposing said High School
shall cast Il ballot containing the
words AGAINST HIGH SCHOOL"
printed or written thereon.
E. l.. HERNDON,
G. w. PlTCHFORD,
w. NJ. BROWN,
Trustees of Walhalla District, No. 26, ,
of OcOnee County.
May IL, 1909. 1920
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.
No Need to Take ANY Further Risks.

Why will people continue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint,
backache, urinary disorders, lame
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lids, when certain cure is offered
them?
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their work.
If you have any, even one, of the
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yourself now. before diabetes, dropsv
or Bright's disease sets IN. Can Wal
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vincing proof than the following:
G. e. Hardin, 907 S. McDuffie ST.,
Anderson, S. c., says: "For almost
year | was afflicted with kidney trou-
BILE. 1t began with slight pains in
the small part of my back. which
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
ACTOR DIES IN LAURENS.
j. II. Wilson Shot While Receiving
Pistol from Property Man.

LaurenS, May 14.-At 6 o'clock
this afternoon j. Ross Wilson, the
actor who was accidentally shot at s
O'Clock last night, died. The body
will be taken tomorrow morning to
Hammond, ILL.,, the home Of the de-
ceased. The Pythian lodge Of this
city has taken charge Of the removal
and burial affairs.
The Demorest Company is show
ing here this week under canvas.
Just before the performance last
night Dick Lewis, the young prop
erty man, handed Mr.. Wilson two
pistols, which were to be used in the
show. Mr.. Lewis had no idea that
there was bullet in either of the
pistols. He was in the act Of trans
ferring both pi' 'ois to Mr. Wilson,
both in the same hand, when, in
some way, no one can explain exact
ly how, the load was discharged Mr..
Wilson was Just about ten feet from
Mr.. Lewis when the shot was fired.
w lSll IiiI IcWS vi Iuc Sttu ucclucnl
spread abroad last night hundreds of
citizens, especially members Of the
Pythian lodge, to which order Mr.
Wilson belonged, gathered and rem
dercd all the assistance possible. Mr.
Wilson was removed to the Gilbert
House. where he, with his wife, was
boarding. Here everything was put
in readiness for the operation upon
the arrival Of DR.. Earle.
Mr.. Wilson is a man of about forty
years, married, and has two chill
dren in school at his old home in
Illinois.
Last night, while still conscious.
Mr.. Wilson requested the police not
to arrest Mr.. Lewis, for the shooting
was purely accidental.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Whipped by Aunt; Boy Kills Self

Nashville, Tenn, May ii. Peter
Paschall, aged IL, living with his
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Paschall, shot and killed himself at
their home as policeman, called by
his aunt, entered the house. The boy
had been corrected several times and
given a whipping during the day by
his aunt. He used harsh language
toward her, she says, and with rocks
in his hands threatened to Kill her
Then she called the policeman.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19

NOTICE TO DEBTORS and CRED.
ITORS.-All persons indebted to the
Estate Of IDA b. MITCHELL, de-
ceased, are hereby notified to
make payment to the under
signed, and all persons having
claims against said estate will
present the same, duly attested, with
in the time prescribed by law. or be
barred. BURT MITCHELL,
Executor.
Westminster, S. c.
April IS, 1909. 1920
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

Mothers VIII" value their own comfort and the
welfare of their children, should never he with
out a box OF Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Childrcn for use Throughout the season. They
break up colds, cure fcvcriShncSS, constipation,
tccthinG disorders, headache and stOm5 Ch trOu-
blcs. THESE POWDERS NEVER FAIL Sold
10y all drug stores. 25c. Don't accept any Substi-
tutc. trial package will he sent FREE To any
Roy. y. Y.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
GIFT TO NEwBERRY COLLEGE.
Donation of $4,000 from DIR. ID. *.
Pearsons, of Chicago.

(Newberry Special to The State.)
President Harms has announced to
the students Of Newberry College an
other magnificent gift to the institu-
ton. 1t was a check from DR.. ID. K
Pearsons, Of Chicago, H., for $1O,-
600. The announcement of this do
nation brought forward generous
round OF applause from the students
of the college as we'll as the faculty,
as all the members Of the college
community have learned to look
upon Dr. Pearsons as a generous
Afriend. This additional gift of $1O,-
1000 makes total OF $4,000 which
this Chicago patron has bestowed
on the college at Newberry, having
given $4,000 three years ago dur
ing the presidency of Rev. J. A. b.
Scherer, who raised the endowment
to triple it's sum. The eX-students
and friends Of the institution will no
doubt hail with enthusiasm the
news of this gift of Dr.. Pearsons.
so consistently lived the doctrine that
Surplus wealth is trust to be ad-
miniStered by the possessor during
his lifetime" Starting as a poor
boy, with the most meagre resources
apd chances in life, he deliberately
set out to make money to give 1t
away. Going to Chicago in the early
days he speedily amassed fortune
of several millions Of dollars. He
has worked harder at spending his
fortune than he worked in making
it. During the last twenty years Dr..
Pearsons has aided about fifty col
leges in the United States. He has
, favored the smaller colleges and he
has given with a skilful and discern
ing eye for the best results.
A few months ago in Pasadena,
Cal, Dr.. Pearsons was suddenly
stricken with heart trouble, as he
was about to address the Vermont
Society of California. Until recent
ly he has been confined to the hos
pital, and has now returned to his
suburban home at tlinsdale, near the
city of Chicago. On his last BIRTH
day, February Ia, Dr.. Pearsons was
81 years Of age. Ee still goes to his
Office in Chicago each day for the
transaction Of business. Tn his let
ter transmitting his check for $10,-
900 to President Harms for the col
lege he says: 81 have given nearly
all my money away. | am happy in
doing it,"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19

Constipation causes headache,
nausea, dizziness, langour, heart pal
pitation. Drastic physics grippe,
sicken, weaken the bowels and don't
cure. Doan's Regulets act gently
and cure constipation. 25 cents.
Ask your druggist.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19
TOwnvil!c School to Close.

The Townville High School, of
which Prof. J. II. Shcaly is principal,
will close on the 22d instant with
public exercises on Friday night, the
2ist, and basket picnic on the 22d.
The public is cordially invited.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19

Had dyspepsia or indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what | did
eat distressed me terribly. Bur-
dock Blood Bittcrs cured me."-J.
il. Walker, Sunbury, Ohio.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-19

Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer a cut, hruise, burn
or scald. Be prepared. Dr. Thomas
Eclectric Oil instantly relieves the
pain-quickly cures the wound.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04

! there to make the ascent OF the peak.
the guide in front the lady next. and
| the husband 10 the rear, all bound to-
gether by rope.
| At one place IN the ascent their path
led along the edge Of a rock that
sloped nearly straight downward on
both sides Suddenly beneath the
Americans feet the ice gave way and
he went down. His wife fell on her
face, and the guide. realizing that she
would be pulled down by her husband,
let himself over the other side for a
balance. Suspended thus be at once
set about cutting steps and soon se-
cured a foothold But the American
was a heavy man and the rope was
greatly strained. At one point II
crossed a sharp rock and the efforts Of
the man hanging over the chasm TO
save himself gradually wore II thin.
and at last it broke. He slid down
thousands Of feet below to his death.
Meanwhile The guide. foreseeing
what must eventually happen. and
knowing that when the rope broke the
shock might dislodge the lady, had
been hacking the ice with bis ak and
climbing until he had secured a irm
position When the rope parted she
fell toward him. and, catching her, be-
lifted her again into position. Then,
when she was sufficiently recovered to
stand, he cut bis way up TO the edge Of
the rock and the two bel IN to descend
Reaching a point Of safety. the lady
fell 10 a faint The guide caught her
IN bis arms. Placing his hask-all
/ guides carry iasks--to her lips, she re-
vived and met the two eyes Of the
guide looking down into hers. But
she saw only the horror Of her hus-
band suspended over that awful abyss.
She shuddered and moaned
Sophie" said the guide with a
world Of sympathy.
There was something in the voice
that, striking a familiar chord. served
to turn her vision from the horror SO
recently experienced. She saw
young face grown to middle age Then
the expression or pain returned, but
this time from different cause. She
saw the lover Of her youth as she had
SEEN him in felon's prison He d.
vined her thought
do you know" be said, 'that
went to prison voluntarily to serve the
term OF anotherT'
tfEO Whose term p
Never mind that. TO take the place
Of a smuggler was paid sum Of
money which woald have enabled as
TO marry
Another look Of infinite pain passed
over her face. Instincuvely she knew
the story as It has been told. The
guide took her by the hand to lead her
down; but, seeing that she was unequal
to the task, he took her In his arms
and carried her to the railway station
Then, after brief rest, they proceed
ed TO Interlaken.
Later. as husband and wife. with the
Trupp fortune they built the Gruring
villa.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04

@On the other hand, IL a girl marries in
Europe as good a man. regardless Of his
title, as the American she would prob-
ably have chosen At home; and, above all
for this Is most essentiai--if she is
adaptable enough to change herself into
a European, rather than to expect Eu-
rope to pattern itself upon her, she will
have as good chance Of happiness az
comes to anyone. Marriage Is a lottery
ii any event. OF course, If It turns ont
badly abroad, it is worse for her than
Il would have been at homo much
worse. Everything out here IS, In that
case, against her: custom. language,
law. religion; she is literally thrown
upon the husbands Indulgence. In a
contest against him she would have no
chance at all-there ID no divorce; there
is no redress.
Yet, for the most part 50 far as my
personal observation goes. numberless In
ternational marriages have been happy.
The American wife Of a European finds
many compensations for although her
husband does not allow her freedom to
follow her own whims, and may not
even permit her to spend her own mon-
en-. he gives her a ceaseless attentive
ness that never relaxes into the carlass
indifference Of the husbands across the
sea II is, after all, a question Of choice
Do you want the little things Of life
very perfectly polished or do you prefer
rough edges and heroic SIZES European
men know how to make themselves
charming 70 their wives, because. with
them. to be charming is an aim in IL
self sThe Title Market BY Emily
Post, in Everybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04
UNCLE SAM RJJDELY
KIDNAPS BRIDEGROOM
Was SHEPHERDS Wedding Day, But His
Ship Sailed and The Priest and
Guests Waited.

Annapolis, Sept. cupid received
jolt AZ the hands OF Uncle sam, as
Che result Of WHICH Miss Louise Tay-
loys bridegroom lobe was snatched
from her within half an hour of their
wedding. a stern department order did
it,
John Sheppard who is warrant Of
feer in she navy, met MISS Taylor some
months ago when he was ordered To
duty &c the naval academy and assign
ed aboard the government tender
Standish His suit found favor, and
happy in their love making the young
couple set the day and Miss Taylor pre-
pared her rousseau AIRS. Taylor Vs.
sued cards for the wedding at her home
Monday night.
Sheppard saw Miss Taylor that after
noon and left to prepart for his we'd.
ding Then came the order from the
navy department for the Sandish to
proceed TO sea with adj haste" The
Standish steamed away while the young
officer in his stateroom tussled with q
stubborn collar button and wondered
why the ship was being moved to anoth-
or anchorage When he came on deck
dressed for his wedding the lights Of
Annapolis were far astern and the ship
was headed for the Chesapeake Capes
AT this time the Taylor home was
filled With guests TIE priest finally
was sent away and the guests departed.
Not until today did the bride learn
where her lover was Or why he had not
to Be married, The wedding
has been postponed until the bride.
groom gets tho leave Of absence he has
asked for.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04

divorce in America aud England"
BY 'BIitannicusn ia the September
number Of ihe North American Review,
presents a very interesting comparison
Of the laws and customs Of divorce in
the two Anglo Saxon countries. The
writer takes as bis text Mrs. Humphrey
Wards novel, the thcme 81 which u
the American system Of divorce. He
says
within the last few years the Eng
lish law Of divorce and separation has
been denounced BY Judge after Judge
The President Of the Divorce Court HIM
self declared IN 1906. that 1t was fun
% Inconsistencies anomalies and in
equality aud produced deplorable re.
suits. a few months ago tire same high
authority asserted that in divorce court
procedure there is now one law for the
ruch and another for the poor;' and two
Or three days later one Of the justices
Pm the court Of appeals pronounced IL to
he the serious reproach of our exis-
hing divorce lnws that the relief they
grant y practically out Of the reach OF
the working classes IN this country By
reason Of expense and the absence Of
local courts empowered 70 grant 81 To
obtain divorce Ia England costs at
the very least $500 and q year 81 time,
and london is the only city in the coun-
Try where the trial can BE- held and the
decree granted. That in itself IS an OBJ
yious and formidable defect Of procedure
II seems that the great majority az
those who are entitled to the relief Of
"a divorce are financially unable to OBJ.
balm IL But that Is technical short
coming slight in comparison with the
one sidedness and injustice Of the law
itself In England q husband can d.
yorce his wife If he is able to prove
TO the satisfaction Of the Judge and
jury that she misconducted herself on
a single occasion. No such privilege be-
longs 70 the wife An English wife
cannot divorce her husband even though
he Is living in open adultery She Is
obliged, in orler 10 free herself, 70
prove that be has been guilty not only
of unfaithfulness. but also Of cruelty,
or else that he has wilfully deserted her
for not less than two years, All the
redress she Is able 70 obtain for the In
fidelity Of her husband unaccompanicd
by cruelty or desertion Is a separation
order from a magistrate
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04
HANDS AND FEET
ITCHED Il YEARS
Suffered Terribly from Eczema
which Made Hands and Feet Swell,
PeeIand Get Raw ArmsAHected,
Too Gave Up Hope Of Cure.
USED CUTlCURA AND
WAS QUICKLY CURED

~ suffered from eczema on my hands
arms and feet for about twelve years.
my hands and feet would swell. sweat
and itch, then would become eallous
and get very dry. then peel cd and
get raw. ! tried most every kind OF
salve and ointment without success,
only got temporary relief. AS soon aa
would leave of using them / would be
as bad as ever. / tried several doctors,
took arsenic for two years and at last
gave up thinking there was q cure for
eczema. A friend Of mine insisted on
my trying the Gutieura Remedies but,
surprising they were the same as other
cures had tried, did not give thnm
a trial until got SO bad that | had 70
do something. ] secured q cake Of Gu
ticnra Soap, a box Of Cnticura Oint-
ment and d bottle Of Cuticura Reaolvent
and By the time they were used could
see a vast Improvement and my hands
and feet were healed up in no time. /
used several bottles Of Cuticura Re-
solvent. This was over year ago and
have had no trouble since. think I
am entirely cured. Charles 7. Bauer,
RID. e5, Yolant, Pa, Mar. II, 1905. "
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04
THE GRURING VILLA.
BY +. a. mitchell.

Icopyrieht, 1909. BY American Press Asso.
ciationl
sWhose Is that villa?" asked tour
ist. pointing to a residence on the Lake
Of Como. The person questioned re-
piled BY a story. And this is the story:
Two men stood on the steamboat
landing at Mer@gglo. on the northern
shore Of the lake Herman Trupp. the
elder, said to the other, youngster Of
twenty:
Martin, have something to say to
you. You know how near us IS the
boundary line Of Switzerland. Well.
for years have been smuggling goods
over the border to the lake and once
across 1t have had no trouble IN sell
ing them in Italy. But the govern
ment revenue boat which they have re-
Gently put on the lake turned its
searchlight on me last night while pull
ing boat load from shore to shore.
] was stopped and arrested. / win be
tried, fined and imprisoned made a
mistake. should have divided my
profits with the revenue officers
"Well?" said the other.
You wish to marry Sophie Reusser,
but you and she are both too poor to
marry win enable you to wed
have bribed the officers to give me but
six months Imprisonment and to ac-
cept q substitute. If you win serve
my term for me | win give you 5000
francs"
Martin Gruring was thoughtful FOR
a time, then said, Il viii talk with
Sophie about it,"
"That ! must forbid said Trupp.
Il would not trust woman with such
an important secret"
aBut what will she thinkT'
"Oh. you can tell her you are going
away for a short time to earn the
wherewithal to set up housekeeping"
The result Of this proposal was that
Martin acted as Trupp's substitute in
prison, first telling Sophie the story
that had been suggested He had no
sooner been imprisoned than Trupp
told Sophie that her lover was deeeiv-
ing her--that he had committed
crime for which he was being punish
ed. TO prove what be said he took
her to the prison where Martin was
confined and showed her her lover be-
hind bars. Then be held bis wealth.
10000 francs. Up before her as bait
and succeeded in catching her for his
wife. Soon after the marriage the
couple disappeared from the Como re-
gion.
One summer an elderly American
gentleman and bis wife rode up IN
their automobile to hotel IN Inter
laken, Switzerland, and called for a
guide. One was introduced. and the
American engaged him to conduct him
self aud wife to the summit Of the
Jungfrau. Then the landlord said that
he had been a mountalneer ID his youth
and only one guide was needed. He
would himself act as such. The party
after proceeding on the mountain rail
way to the now line started from
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-04

DAUGHTER or MRS. ), N. Brown.
Mrs. J. M. Brown, Dnnnegan, Mo-,
writes: "My little daughter, three
years old, was troubled with very bad
cough which remained after an attack
Of catarrhal fever, which was a great
deal worse AZ night.
"she would wake up Oat Of her sleep
and cough until feared she could not
stand tt.
Nothing that we gave her seemed to
do her any good. / then concluded to
send for DR.. Hartman's book entitled
THE Ills Of Life which / promptly
received.
~ atthe same time commencedg giving
her Peruna. She has taken one bottle
in all, through which she has obtained
a complete cure.
"She also since her birth was troubled
with indigestion, but since she has
taken Peruna she can eat almost any
kind Of food without any bad results.
"She is now as well and happy as any
little girl can be. When our friends
say how wen she looks, tell them
Peruna did Il.
~ shall always be friend Of Peruna,
as / consider it the best medicine for
coughs aud Indigestion we have ever
tried, and will recommend It to any one
similarly afflicted
MFRS. LYDIA J. SPOONER, Santa
1FA Monica, CAL, writes that they are
never without Peruna in the home. that
they find It the finest family remedy
they have ever used.