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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29
TO FIGHT DREAD CANCER.
A New York Man Leaves Over Mil
lions Dollars to Check Disease.

George Croker, who died recently
In New York, after years OF suffer-
Ing from cancer, of which his wife
also died, has left large fund for
the prosecution of medical and surgi-
cal research regarding cancer. His
bequest Is even larger than $1,000
900, although Its exact total cannot
be stated, owing TO the form OF the
bequest. But it Is more than ST.
100000, and stands, therefore, as
the largest single bequest for the
purposes Of cancer research yet
made by any individual, or any gov
ernment.
Mr.. Crocker gives his Fifth Ave
nue. home and his country home to
Columbia University for the prosecu-
tion of the cancer inquiry, providing
further that at any future period
cancer research shall become unnec-
essary the fund shall be used for
other medical or surgical inquiry, no
part Of 1t to be used for buildings.
The $4,000 which he gave while
living to the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, a branch Of Columbia,
was only a part Of his general scheme
and intent. The property which he
bequeaths to Columbia Is to be turn
ed into cash by his executors, and
paid over in that form to the univer-
sity. ,....
Mr.. Crocker was a great sufferer.
His wife died Of cancer in January,
1904. About the same time he be-
gan to develop symptoms of the NAL
ady. He underwent two operations
on his jaw in London, and was ope-
rated upon twice in 1908 by DR..
Bull.
Besides the Cornell and Columbia
laboratories, the State and the Rookie
feller Institute are conducting origi-
nal research with cancerous growth.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29
AID FOR FARM DEMONSTRATION.
State Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
tion Gives 81 900 for Work.

At a meeting Of the executive COM
mittee of the Cotton Manufacturers
Association in Greenville recently an
appropriation of 81, 900 was voted to
aid the United States farm depart
ment work in this State. This Is the
first substantial contribution made in
this State to aid the work. No State
aid has ever been given the farm
demonstration workers, the revenues
in the past coming from the national
government.
The money was given with view
of specially conducting the work
Of breeding cotton for the purpose
OF producing such a staple in this
State as the mills may use so that
the cotton will not have t. be secur-
ed from other States of the South.
Ira w. Williams, who has charge
Of the farm demonstra ion work in
South Carolina, has impressed it
upon the cotton growers Of the State
to produce just such cotton as the
mills use. There Is every prospect
of an increase alona this line At a
recent meeting of the committee,
Mr.. Williams was present and eX-
planned the demonstration work and
the direct results in the matter Of
cotton breeding.
Farm demonsu Ntion work has been
commenced in every county of the
State with the exception OF six.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29

piled to questions from time to time.
He said that he felt no pain. He
could not feel the touch of the knife.
The lower part Of his body was par-
alyzed for the time being by the an
esthotic.
DR.. w. r. Coley performed the
third operation. A boy of II was
suffering from double inguinal her
MIA. Jonnesco administered the an
esthetic, the same amount as he had
injected In the previous case, and DR..
Coley went to work. The boy could
not see because of the towel over his
face, but he talked cheerfully when
ever DR.. Coley permitted him to. and
was obviously not in pain
Dr. Coley cut through the flesh on
the right side of the abdomen, push
ed back the rupture, stitched to-
gether the walls Of the abdomen and
closed the skin over the incision. He
repeated the operation on the left
side.
anesthetic," said Dr.. Coley.
Woman is Operated Upon.
The last case was that of a woman
who suffered from fracture of the hip.
DR.. Jonnesco gave her the maximum
injection for lesser analgesia-ten
milligrams Of stovaine and a milli-
gram of strychnine. 1t appeared as
If the woman, who was 3S years old
felt some nausea, but it seemed to
pass away rapidly. After the opera
tion the patient said that she did not
feel sick.
After the demonstration there was
very little but praise for Jonnesco
from nearly all the medical men pres
ent. They shook hands with the Rou-
manian scientist and congratulated
him heartily
Stovaine as an anesthetic has been
known for years, but has never been
used successfully in major operations
because Of It's Oppressive effect upon
the heart. A sufficient amount Of
stovaine to produce analgesia would
tend to stop the heart action. But
DR.. Jonnesco has discovered that a
solution of stovaine and strychnine
will permit operations upon conscious
patients and yet not effect the heart.
One European surgeon has even ope-
rated upon himself in illustrating its
use.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29
no SCHOOL FIRE PROJECTION
Inspector Wharton Makes Complaint
of u Serious Nature.

Columbia, Dec. 21.--"I regret very
much to report the condition OF many
school buildings in the State far short
Of what they should be-" says b. A.
Wharton in his report to Insurance
Commissioner McMaster after in
specting the school buildings Of the
State with reference to fire protec-
ton and fire escapes.
81 find comparatively few school
buildings In the State properly pro-
tected with fire extinguishers and fire
escapes, which, in my opinion, Is very
essential to the safety Of the prop
erty and the lives of the occupants
Of such buildings.
Il further call your attention to
the fact that there are school build
ings in South Carolina packed to
their fullest capacity with human
souls that either have no fire escapes, -,
or the fire escapes are so inadequate
that In event Of q conflagration dur
ing school hours, 1t would be almost,
II not impossible, to empty such
buildings Of their occupants without
serious loss OF human life." .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29

There Is more catarrh in this Sec
tion Of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For great many years doc
tors pronounced 1t a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly falling to cure with
local treatment. pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh
to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonfui. 1t acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1T fails
to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timonials. Address:
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29
Notice to Soldiers and Widows.

To Confederate Veterans and their
Widows: i will attend in the Audi
tors office every Saturday in Janu-
airy, 1910, lor the purpose of prepar-
Ing applications for those soldiers
and widows who are legally entitled
to same who are not already on the
roll. These applications will go be-
fore the County Pension Board which
VIII meet at the Court House on the
first Monday In February. 1910, to
pass upon the same.
No attendance is required of those
who are already enrolled.
The Pension Board will meet on
the first Monday in February with
out any further notice.
j. w. Holleman,
Pension Commissioners.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29
INCREASED FERTILIZER TAX.
This Is Shown by Receipts Mt the
State Tcasurcr's Office.

The farmers of South Caroline
have used about 10000 more tons
of fertilizer this year than last, says
the Columbia State. 1t does not
mean that more fertilizer has. been
used for cotton. but that more ferti-
liZer has been used for corn and
trucking, and that there has been
more intelligent application, accord
Ing to estimates made. About 49,
900 more tons of cotton seed meal
were used. The total amount of fer
tilizer privilege tax received accord
ing to the books In the State Trea-
surer's Office to December Is 1884,
144.16. These figures are for ferti-
lizer and cotton seed meal. The
total amount received to December
6, 1908, was $168,32226. This
shows an increase in the inspection
tax of over $4,000 to the present
date as compared with 1908.
The amount received by the State
from the fertilizer tax is 25 cents
per ton on all commercial fertilizers
and cotton seed meal. The totals
given are without regard to the small
sums refunded for tags unused which
rarely exceeds q Few thousand dol
lars. The entire tax is turned over
to Clemson College.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29

Guaranteed and Sold by DIR. j. w.
Be-, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney, Seneca
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENTS
AND DISCHARGE.

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will make application
to d. A. SMITH, Judge OF Pro.
bate for Oconee County, In the
State OF South Carolina, at his
ofice at V'alhalla Court House, ON
Friday, January 18th, 1910, at IL
o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon
thereafter as said application can be
heard, for leave to make final settle
ment of the Estate of Thomas III
Jones, deceased, and obtain final dis
charge as Executrix of said Estate.
IDA l.. JONES, Executrix.
December s, 1909. 49-52
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29

If you are suffering from bilious
ness, constipation, indigestion, chron-
ic headache, invest one cent In a
postal card, send to Chamberlain
Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa, with
your name and address plainly on
the back, and they will forward you
free sample Of Chamberlain's Sto-
mach and Liver Tablets. Sold by
j. w. Pell, Walhalla; G. w. Wick
life, West Union.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29
CAROLINA WHEAT COSTLY.
This Stake Mt Top i'm Value Per
Bushcl-Acreage Increase Large.

Columbia, Dec. 20.-The wheat
acreage for the year has shown an
increase Of $4,000 acres over the
past year, and the value of the crop
was the greatest in many years. This
State shows also the highest value
per bushel for wheat Of all the States
in the Union. at begins to look like
home bread" said Commissioner
Watson in summing up the showing
made. The production in bushels is
$4,000, as against 2,S35,00O
bushels for 1909.
The acreages by years since 1900
and for 1909 were:
I9oO 4,245
1907. ....... ..314,OOO
l9OS 1000
l9O9 .473,000
The value Of the wheat in this
State per bushel on December 1 was
S1.46, which was above that of any
other State, the next highest being
Georgia and Arizona.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29

There's nothing so sood for a sore
throat as DR.. Thomas's Eclectric Oil
Cures 1t in a few hours. Relieves
any pain in any part.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-29

Torturing eczema spreads It's burn
Ing area every day. Doan's Ointment
quickly stops It's spreading, instantly
relieves the itching, cures II perma-
nently. At any drug store.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17
No CHOICE ON
BALLOT NO. 81
ILLINOIS SENATORIAL FIGHT
STILL HANGING FIRE I'M
LEGISLATURE.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZES
To Consider Stevenson Deneen Cor
test--Deneen Man Chairman,
Another Secretary--Jud-
cary Committee Named.

Special to The Bulletin.
Springfield H.. Feb. lG.-The 32nd
Joint ballot for u. S. Senator, taken
today resulted as follows: Hopkins,
81, Foss IL. Mason 4. ShHrtlef H.
Sherman 2. Mckinley |. Iowden /,
Stringer AZ. Peter Reiberg. of Chica-
go 20, and Michael j. Kennedy of Chi,
cage |.
There being no choice the joint ses.
sion arose until tomorrow at noon.
Speaker Shurtleff announced the ap-
pointment of the judiciary committee
this morning. Speaker Shurtletf
heads the committee.
The joint comittee of the senate
and the house to whom was referred
the Steyenson-Deneen contest, met
this afternoon and organized by elect,
Ing Reynolds Of Rockford, as chair.
man, and Senator Bredt Of Chicago,
as secretary. Both are strong De.
necn men. The committee then ad-
journed until o'clock tomorrow af
ternon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17
TO SAVE CUCCENHEIM
Smelling King Being Rushed From
High Altitude of Mexico With
Affected Heart.

Mexico City. Feb lG.--According
to special dispatch received here
tonight from the city Of Aguas Ca
lipntes. Daniel Guggenheim OF New
York head of the American Sme'ting
aud Refining company. is being
rushed east on a special train in or
der that mis- life may be saveL Mr..
Guggenheim visited Mexico City a
few days ego. and the altitude so af.
fected his heart that he became dan
gerously ILL., He proceeded to Asaas
Calientes. where one of the large
smelters of the comapny is located.
and therewas acute dilation Of the
heart.
The physician who was called de-
clared that mis- life depended upoa
getting to sea level at the earliest
possible moment The special vas
accordingly made up and is now
making fast time TO the border. Dr.
Bennett. T. F. Guggenheim aad ".
{. Potter are accompanying the sick
nan.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17

something, ! do not know what, anC
got out and helped my wife and
child out. | also took another wom
an and child out through this win
| dow.
When we looked around | cannot
! tell you the scene that met our eyes
1t was agonizing, that is all that
can say. Two coaches were turned
completely upside down and another
wa" lying on its side in the ditch
while the baggage car was turned
completely across the tracks but did
not fGll into the ditch. The relies
train took us to Carbondale AS far
as learned there were seven killeI,
four killed outright ami three who
died afterward from their injuries
Everyone seemed to be injured and
the scene was awful.
AS to George Wichert.
One OF Cairo injured was George
Wichert, travelling salesman for the
Schuh Drug Co Mr.. Wichert was in
one of the coaches that rolled down
the embankment and sustained a
compound fracture of one the lower
limb at or near the hip. He was
one of fifteen taken to the hospi .al
at Murphysboro for care An effort
was made to have him brought here
for care. but word came in reply to
messages that he could not be
novel. This led to reports that he
was very dangerously hurt A m S.
sage rect we'd last evening by Rev
Father Gillen of st. Joseph's church,
from one of the Sisters in charge of
the hospital at Murphysboro. was
that Mr.. Wichert was not internally
hurt and had been able to eat light
supper. He has the best of care. DR..
Grinstead received word from the
physician in charge that Mr.. Wichert
had been properly attended to.
Col. Reeds Story.
Col. George w. Reed of Omaha
Neh.. state manager of the Woodmen
of the World, who arrived i'm Cairo
last evening on train No. told The
Bulletin in a graphic manner of the
horrible scenes he had witness ed.
Col. Reed was so overcome by the
rehearsal of the suffering that he
witnessed that he wept as he told
of it. He said:
Il just missed the train wrecked
at : inckneyville and the thought of
my escape makes me very grateful.
When we arrived at Carbonate
saw four bodies taken from the
train and / learned afterward that
three others died from their injuries.
"On the station platform the sight
was awful There were men and
women whose bloody bandages tod
the story of their injuries, while men
carried injured women from the
train improvising chairs from Their
hanls. The sight beggars descrlp-,
tion anH although I served for sew
eral years in the Civil war | have
never had anything affect me so
deeply as the scenes of this horrible
accident"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17
BERLIN WOMEN
ARE ATTACKED
MYSTERIOUS RIPPER HAS SLASH.
ED FIFTEEN WOMEN DUR
ING LAST FEW DAYS.
CITY is TERROR|zGD
One Outrage Upon Servant Girl Com
mitted by Three Men-None Of
The Women Seriously
Hurt.

Berlin, Feb. 1G-Tho mysterious at
tacks upon women on The streets of
Berlin, recalling the notorious rip
per- cases Of other cities, continue.
Five women of me working cl; SIS
we're wounded in fhls city and sub
urbs yesterday, while this morning
The wife Of a merchant was wounded
by an unknown assaiant. None of
the women was seriously hurt
The first attack occurred in the
Moabite quarter at 9 O'clock yester-
day morning on the open street, the
assailant stabbing his victim in the up
per part Of the arm. Another woman
was wounded in the thigh yesterday
afternoon in the northern section of
the city. AT three o'clock in the af-
ternoon a girl was attacked in the
western section of the city. She
warded off the blew with her hand,
which was wounded
In the evening the ripper attacked
a butchers wife in the suburb Of
Hohensehcenhausen. bur the blade Ct
his knife broke against the womans
stays. The assailant then beat his
victim unconscious and she was
found half an hour later and taken to
a hospital. Later in the evening the
wife of another butcher was wounded
in the thigh in the eastern section.
The attack on the merchants wife
occurred this morning in the south
ern part OF the city. The woman was
@ounded in tne thigh aud hand A
second attack was made today an
hour after the first on servant girl
by three young men. One of them
stabbed her in the abdomen.
This Is the fifteenth attack since
the outrages began.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17
He BOAST[O OF
R0BBING TRAIN
AND COWBOY GOT HIMSELF Ar
RESTED IN LORADO-HAD
THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT
SAID He SAVED TIT.

Denver, Col. Feb. lG,-Suspected
Of being one of the men who held uD
the Denver and Rio Grande passen'
ger train near Military Junction Sat
urday, Copper Lyman, who claims he
is cowboy and lives In New Mexico,
was arrested today and is being held
pending Investigation.
When searched at the station, Ly-
man had more than $1,000. Further
than to say that he had earned and
saved the money Lyman refused to
give any explanation. He admitted
that he had not worked for several
months.
Lymal's arrest resulted from his
own talk. The police say he had been
drinking and when asked by the pro
prietor of the small theatre where he
got the money he was displaying. Ly-
man said. Il am a train robber. This
is easy money, so let's have a good
time"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17
CAIRO SURVIVORS.
John 3. Shea, Jr., Tells Story OF Dis
aster-George Wichert Among
Injured.

Among the survivors of the wreck
were Mr. and Mrs. John b. Shea. Jr
and little daughter of St Louis who
were on the wrecked train en- route
to Cairo to visit the formers parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John b. Shea of Walnut
street.
The Shea family arrived in Cairo
last evening on No. / at G:35 o'clock
and by orders Of DR. w. F. Grinstead,
the Illinois Central railroad com
pany's surgeon We're conveyed at
once to st. Mary's Infirmary. Mr.
Shea had both shoulders injured, his
head leg and ankle cut. Mrs. Shea
suffered greatly from shock and had
frequent spells of vomiting which
iuries. Their little daughter was
badly bruised.
The Bulletin interviewed Mr.. Shea
at the hospital He said:
I'VE are hurt but we are thankful
that we escaped with our lives We
left St Louis at 500 O'clock about
80 minutes late having waited the
arrival at the station of q theatrical
company which was due to play at
Marion tonight. There was jolly
crowd in the chair car in which we
were seated which next to the last
car of the train. MY wife AMI
daughter, aged seven years, we've
seated back of me and | had taken
my wife's hat out of the rack She
was pinning IL on and | had not taken
my seat when we heard the wheels
grind along on the ties and the next
thing we knew the cars turned over
and went down into a ditch 25 feet
below The wreck occurred on a
high curve and We were going at a
high rate OF speed. When We came
to our senses we found ourselves
sprawling on the ceiling of the car.
NJ wife was near me and my daagh-
ter who had been seated back of me
was nearby about eight feet in front
of us. We called to her and when
she answered our relief may be
imagined. / broke a window with
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17
STtPHi NSON IS
INVESTIGATED
WISCONSIN SENATOR TELLS
STORY OF HIS 100000
CAMPAIGN.
PAID CHECKS SHOWN
Over $50,Co0 Issued TO One of His
Managers-instructe Them
to Always Keep With
in the Law.

Madison. Wis, Feb. Senat I
Stephenson today submitted to a
searching examination exten lin
over four hours before the Wiscon.
sin legislative committee which
started to probe the United State
senatorial prira m aylst afll.
senatorial primary of last fall.
Stephenson told the story of his
expenditure of more than SlO7. 1000
during the campaign. The money. he
said. was spent through his agents
who called upon him whenever they
needed money. Stacks of paid
checks were placed in evidence.
Checks for sums totaIling over
$4,000 were issued to J. A. Van
Cieve of Marinette. one of his man
ayers. and $4,000 was placed in a
Milwaukee bank for the usa of his
managers. Payments by checks for
various other small amounts were
acknowledged by Stephenson for
work done
Many expenditures were bei.t.ed
by the senator. He did not keep a
memoranda of everything he spent.
saying: Il keep them in nv head. i"
Stepenson's testim 1ny was not par.
tieularly elnightening. The statement
of expenditures was prepared by his
managers and he signed It.
He accounted for the spending of
$1,000 postage by stating that 40
600 letters were sent out by his man.
ayers IN two lays. He could not say
how an item of $4,000 Baid to an
advertising agency was spent. nor
could he tell if his manager. E. A.
EdmunIs received pay for his work
The senator smiled frequently
when questions which appealed u
him particularly were propunde /.
Asked as to whether he wrote any
political letters during the campaign
he said he hal. and added 4 have
several political letters the worlI
may see. some tire"
Stephenson said his managers had
been instructed to always keep
within the law" His examination
ended late this afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17

Murphysboro, H., Feb. 1G.--Thret
passengers were killed and SO in
iured today when Illinois Centra
train f05, southbound from St. Louis
to New Orleans, was wrecked by run
ming into a broken rail six mile
east Of here.
The Dead.
Walter b. Long, Joliet, III.
Mrs. Cerena Walton, Anna. Ill.
Miss Mollle Walker, Mt Carmel
Ill.
Harry Compton. of Carbonate
III.
c. NJ. Brady and wife of Murphys
boro
William Orth, of Murphysboro.
Thomas John, of Murphysboro.
Rev. H. NJ. Mcclellan, of Murphys
boro.
l.. 4. Cook, of Murphysboro.
Brakeman Moore, of st. Louis.
II. p. Linsday, freight agent N. c.
and st. L. Ry.
Guy Hollingsworth and seventeen
members of Percy Hastings show
troupe.
George Wichert. Cairo, III.
John B. Shea, Jr., and family, St
Louis.
Mrs. Mary Dayton, of Marion, Ill.
Three-yearold son of Mrs. Dayton.
J. f. Bentley, of Carbondale.
The train was running 55 miles an
hour on a trestle when the engine
hit the broken rail. The engine
passed over safely but the baggage
car and smoker went off the track
and threw the four remaining cars
down the embankment.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-17
PRoHls LOSE IN CAROLINA.

Columbia, s. c., Feb lG.-After a
sensational flibuster. lasting several
days. it seems that prohibition has
been killed in this state. The senate
has a maiorinty of four for local cp-
tion and the house is equally as close
The local option forces in the house
are well organized to demand roll
calls on hundreds Of amendments
Tho general assembly will adjourn
Saturday. which means that the pro
hibition movement will fail without
a special session. which is practically
impossible.