Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-24
BRIEF BITS OF CURRENT NEWS.
Recent Events Chronicled i'm Short
and Concise Form,

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days let contracts for double track
ing its main line between Charlotte
and Atlanta. According to the ru-
NOR the work of double tracking is
to be started at an early date from
the Atlanta end. 1t Is proposed that
by the summer of 191c work will
have been completed as far north as
GAINESVILLE, distance of 55 miles.
1t Is given out from the same source
that the total cost Of construction
from Atlanta to Charlotte will reach
s27,000,OOO.
Henry Broadhurst, of Florence, S.
O.. committed suicide last Sunday
zAby drinking carbolic acid. He had
been drinking heavily during the
past week, and had informed friend
that he was going to commit suicide.
The friend, thinking 1t was joke or
the eject CT whishey, advised Broad
hurst to give him his watch. Broad
hurst did so, and went on home.
The friend at once advised a deputy
sheriff Of what Broadhurst had told
him and Of his act, but nothing was
thought Of It. Broadhurst was a flag.
man ON the Florence-Fayetteville To-
cal freight, and leaves a wife and a
small son. n
Foot ball has claimed a toll of 80
lives and 216 injuries during the
present season, according to figures
compiled. This Is the. largest num-
Der OF deaths recorded in nine years.
The 80 deaths include s college play
ers, 20 high school boys and 2 mem
bers of athletic clubs. The injuries
were divided among III college men,
40 high school players and s from
athletic clubs. twenty-five suffered
internal injuries; 19 dislocated an
kles; 19 conclusion Of the BRAIN. and
19 fractured ribs. Fifteen legs and
arms were broken, while 12 collar
bones were cracked. There were Is
cases of torn ligaments and 13 frac-
tured shoulders.
! jeremiah Looper, noted person.
Sage in upper Carolina, died at Pick
"'ens last Friday morning at the resi-
dence OF his son-in-law, A. j. Boggs,
Clerk OF Court, at the age Of eighty
six. He leaves wife, who was Miss
Martha Mauldin, and the following
children: Mrs. H. b. Hendricks, j.
=. Looper, e.. Frank Looper, Mrs. M.
f. Hester, J. M. Looper and Mrs. L..
u. Boggs. He was one of the oldest
and best citizens of Pickens county.
He was opposed to secession, and
accepted the Lincoln proclamation in
regard to paying for the slaves. The
government, however, never paid.him
for his slaves and he always claimed
that the government still owed him
for them.
Forest fires continue to sweep
through part of the Dismal Swamp
as result Of the unprecedented
drought, and are becoming more seri-
Gus daily. Hampton Roads and the
entire tidewater section of Virginia
are almost completely enveloped in
pail OF hazy smoke resembling a
fog. Many parts Of tho swamp. .WN'nh
have Tor years been under water. are
Oow dry being covered with cnorr,.l
amDers OF burned undergowth. Last
Saturday some hunters. rHrclCgSIy
throwing lighted match in The
woods near Ocean View, caused a
blaze, which for hours threatened the
destruction of standing timber val
ued at more than $4,000. After
hard work on the part of number
of farmers the flames were checked
The American Federation of La
Dor at its convention in Toronto last
Friday, in addition to endorsing the
attitude taken by President Gompers
ia the Bucks Stove and Range Com
panF injunction proceeding, voted to
continue the salaries of Gompers.
and Norrison and to compensate
Wee President John Mitchell, who Is
not salaried officer, during their
terms of Imprisonment, If 1t Is even-
tually decided that they must go to
jail for contempt of court. They will
be paid at the rate of $1,000 per
year. Before the close Of the con-
vention President Samuel Gompers,
Mice President John Mitchell, Secre-
~>tary Frank Morrison and other exec
utive officers were reelected, and st.
Louis was chosen as the place for
holding the next meeting, which will
be the 29th annual convention.
Last Friday afternoon the six
months-old infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
HOLMAN, of Barnwell, S. c., died af-
ter a weeks suffering. week pre-
vious she had been left in room on
the bed while Mrs. HOLMAN went to
another part Of the house. There
were some pet white mice in the
house, the pets Of an elder sister.
Whlle there was no one in the room
n he mice got on the bed with the
paby and began gnawing at her fin
gers. Her cries were heard after n
time by her mother, and when the
latter went in the room she found
that the mice had bitten the child on
the hands several times and had
gnawed off one Of her finger nails.
Medical assistance was called, and
everything possible was done to pre-
vent any further trouble with the
wounds. Unfortunately blood poi
SOning set In and tha child l;.I