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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-04-21

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-04-21

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE.
MENT AND DISCHARGE.-Notic
Is hereby given that the undersigned
will make application to d. A. Smith,
Judge Of Probate for Ocouee county,
In the State Of South Carolina, at his
off1ce at Walhalla Court House, on
SATURDAY, May 1st, 1909, 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 Warren Dean,
deceased, and obtain final discharge
as Administrator of said Estate.
w. s. DEAN,
Administrator.
April z, 1909. 14-17
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

! ing must be placed upon L tax sis
tenn. When national, State, county
and city taxes are combined they
amount to a very serious tenn. the cost
| of which ultimately fails entirely
unon the either iii his rent
or in an enhanced cost of the necessi-
ties which ne buys. Public eXtrava-
gance increases the tax burden enor-
uOuSly.
Financial conditions show great I'M
provement. Banking and credit al
| fairs are sound; capital IS plentiful
for legitimate purposes, and all the
tendencies Of the times are toward re-
covery. Railroad stocks are held very
high: so high as to remove many oil
them from the speculative fieid,
| bringing into prominence many OF the
cheaper issues. coincidence is gaining
among investors, but the latter still
| show a decided preference for bonds.
! which offer surer, if smaller. returns
than stockc. AS a result the bond
market is in good condition. Money
promises to be reasonably easy during
the next six months. New applications
for capital will probably be large,
especially from the railroads, and this
will stimulate certain lines of industry
and give employment to labor. The
mercantile outlook has improved
greatly during the last three month
and trade promises to expand more
freely in the coming year. Our rail-
cad are expecting much better times
than in 1908. Dur steel, textile and
other mills are fairly active, but are
not by any means running on full
time, probably not more than 80 to so
per cent. of their capacity. Tariff UNI
certainties may possibly cause tenn
porary du1lness, but actual revision is
little feared, because our industries
are better able than ever to stand
alone, and many would be positively
benefited by lower sche 'ules, which
would mean cheaper raw materials
and larger markets for their products.
The political outlook is much better
tina for many years. Necessary re-
forms initiated by President will be
carried on by Pesident-elect Taft, II
in a less irritating fashion. Public
opinion is also becoming more rational
in its attitude to corporations, and new
legislation promises to be less radical.
With the rise of confidence in business
circles, and an abatement of political
scares, the coming year should be
of growing Industrial activity. The
wise ones, however, will move eau
tiously and not indulge in excessive
optimism. The moderate course Will
be the safest one
HENRY CLEWS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

tory and its cost. General Petit
grew anxiously watching h contest,
he say; the enemy giving away on
their last line before the desperate
charge of the regiment, with Colonel
Lane at its head, exclaims: 1T is the
bravest act | ever saw" As described
in the body Of this ar
ticle, Colonel Lane was thought to
pc mortalIy wounded, but escaping
capture, he returned to dnty N the
fall of 1868. Wounded at the Battle
Of the Wilderness, May 5, 1854. he
refused a furlough. Again wounded
in right leg at Yellow Tavern, south
Of Petersburg, in the summer Of 1864,
Reanls' Station, August %, 1864. he
was wounded in left breast just over
the heart by q piece of shell, %fractur-
ing two ribs and breaking one, and
tearing open the flesh to the bone.
Supposed to be MORALLY wounded, he
wonderfully recovered and returned to
duty November, 1864; remained in
command until broken down by cX-
poseure and suffering from his wounds
ne went to the hospital for treatment,
and was at Daiville, Va, when the
remnant of his heroic regiment sur
rendered at AppOmattoX. He was pa
rolled at Greensboro. n. G., on May ?,
1865, and returned to his home 20
take up the struggle for a living he
had laid aside our a before.
Since the war Colonel Lane has be-
come q prosperous merchant and large
land owner in his native county, all
accumulated by his untiring energy,
business ability and thrift. He was
conspicuous for his 1iberality n de-
votion to the DID comrades of his i'm
mortal regiment.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
CHARTERS GRANTED.
-Four New Corporations Formed hes
tcrday.

There were four charters granted
from the Secretary of States office
Yesterday. The WaynesVille Print
ing Company, of Waynesville, will do
a general printing business, its au-
thorized capital stock being $4,000;
paid in, $5,400s The principal IN
corporatOrs are: Messrs. w. Z.
Allen. w. r. Lee and II. A. Love
E. Turnage & Co. of Ayden. will
do a general mercantile business with
an authorized capital stock of $4,000;
paid in $4,000.
Pillow and Company, of Hamlet,
will do a g%eenral mercantile business
with an authorized capital of $4,000;
paid in. $4,000. The incorpordtors
are: Messrs. G.. w. Pillow, @. Z.
Goodwin. and j. c. Neimyer.
The Reid Hardware Company, of
Lincolnton, with an authorized CAPT
tai of $4,000. will do. a retail hard
ware business. The company will
begin business with $4,000. H. T..
Reid, NJ. c. Merritt. ct a. i~ncorpora-
tors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
WHEN WILL RANDOLPH'S Die
MOCRACY DIE?

New Bern JoIrnal.0
when will Randolph's Democracy
de-"
When Radical editors cease to lie,
When R~adi-doodlers of office get sick,
When renegade Democrats no stamps
will lick,
When the Radical Presidents shall
punish one trust,
When the carpet-bagger'S e with
brains doth bust.
"Oh. when will Rando!ph's Democracy
expire?
When it's not abused by a single liar,
When decent folks no longer protec-
ton shall need,
When the Radical party the trusts
Won't bleed,
When all of our schools are forever
closed,
When all radi dirtiness shall have
been exposed.
'AVhen will our Democracy this life
depart?
When the carpet-bagger gets a pure,
clean heart,
When the South no longer needs a
government pure,
And Radical papers M trust money
shower,
When the need for decency has for
ever flown,
Then RandOlph's Democracy will be
gone.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
BEST METHODS IN
TRAINING NEGROES
Discussed Before the
Southern Education
al Association
Or. MESERvE SPEAKS
Day Given Over to Discussion of the
Educational Requirements of the
Negro and Best Methods 10 be Pur-
sued in Training Negro YOuth-GOy-
crnOr HOke Smith Addresses the
Convention.
(By the Associated Press.)

Atlanta. Ca, Dec. 30.-This WAS a
day given over to a discussion of the
educational reuuirements of the negro
and to serious consideration of the
best methods to be pursued in train
ing the youth of that race, by the
Southern Educational Association, n
it's nineteenth annual session here. 1t
was agreed that the question of edu.
eating the negro, as We'll as the So
called negro question" in It's entfi"ty,
should best be left to the Southern
people, and it was urged that the Deo-
pie of the South should devote to
these matters serious, patient n
logical efforts.
Governor Hoke Smith addressed the
convention today on the education of
the negro.
The great bulk of the negro race
is engaged and must continue to be
engaged in the humber walks Of life,
and in the humber lines of labor,
said Governor Smith. The real
problem is to teach them to do that
work well, to do it thoroughly and
then later we can teach them to do
something better. We are not trying
to the race We are trying
to see truth and to really help the
negroes.
1T is the Southern mans burden
and the Southern woman's burden.
L 1loz real DTODlGIn is ours. we KNOW
the negro better than anybody else"
The Governors ~utteranceS We're ap-
%plauded.
AT the night session of the conVen-
ton an address was delivered by
Supt. G. b. Gibson. Of the chOol of
Columbus, Ga, N Industrial Iduca
tiOG. J
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with officers of The Conference
for Education in the South" to the
end hat these associations may work
Jointly in 1909.
Ex-Governor Northern, of Georgia,
delivered al address on the Education
of the Negro.
At the morning session a paper by
Chancellor Barrow of the University
of Georgia, was read, in which he
urged the teaching of music in negro
schools n said that the teaching in
the elementary branches should in
clude constant study of the ten COM
mandments.
The Relation of the State to the
Education of the Negro" was dis
cussed by DIR. Thomas ]. Jones. of
Hampton, S. c.
In discussing the Results of Higher
Education of the Negro, President
c. IF. Meserve, of Shaw University,
said that negro colleges SHOULD be At
least so to 100 miles apart and To-
Gated in the country.
Dr. G.. S. Dickernlan, agent Of the
Slater fund, discussed The Past.
Present and Future of Mission
Schools in the South for the Educa-
ton of the Negro
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
Miss Margaret PlOtt Dead.

Statesville, \. c.. Jan. Miss Mar
garet Plott. h had been i'll a long
time, died Tuesday morning at the
old Plot homestead, at Eufola, seven
miles west of Sta~tesville, and was
buried Wednesday at Bethel church.
Her condition was critical for several
days, and death was not unexpected.
Miss Plott was a good woman and her
klndneS in the neighborhood, where
she has liVed all of her life, will be
greatly missed. She was for some
years a school teacher and is wen
known IN that capacity.
Deceased was a daughter of the late
Rudolph Plot and was about 40 years
old
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
DR.. MckELWAN HERE
Southern Secretary Of the National
Child Labor Committee.

DR.. A. J.. McKeIway, OF Atlanta
Ga. formerly of North Carolina, sevre-
tary for the Southern states OF I'm.
National Child Labor Committee. is
visitor TO Raleigh.
DR.. McKelway is one OF a hundred
well-knoNn American leaders in phil
anthropical movements whom PreSl-
dent Roosevelt has invited 10 a con
ference to be held in WASHINGTON City
January 18th ond 26Jh. This confer
in child saving work and all kinds al
care OF delinquent and d~ependent
children. interested in the child cay
ing cause, will study the problem %!
childhood. and much good is expected
from their efforts DR.. McKelwaN has
already rendered the South q high ser
Vice in saving much of It's human
seed corn for noblor purposes than
Ia torn mind and body in the factories
and mills.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

Especial to News and Observer.)
Statesville, N. c., Jan. IA sad
death occurred in Cool Spring own
ship yesterday morning when Mrs.
Laura Reid, wife of Mr.. Arthur Reid,
died after an illness of only a few
days. Mr.. Reid had only recently
built a new home on MS farm, had
furnished it and he and his wife We're
so happy because their future seem
ed bright, when the wife was sudden
~ stricken unto death. Funeral ser
vices were conducted at ProVident
Methodist church, of which the de-
ceased was a member, this morning
by Rev. T. Il. Wagg, of Statesyille,
and the remains were laid to rest in
the cemetery near by.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
BR ADsSTREET'S REVIEW
Holiday Quiet Has Ruled i'm Trade and
VnILtstlr

New York, Dec. 31.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Holiday quiet has ruled in trade
and industry. with p~re-inventory sales
among jobbers and clearance offerings
by retailers leading features.
Trade in regular retail lines felt the
influence of ~unSeasonably mild wealth
er early in the week, but toward the
close a cold wave in the West gave
some stimulus to business in season
able goods.
Results of the year are now being
arrived at i'll many lines OF wholesale
trade. While conditions are irregular.
preventing characterization as a whole.
the year was below 1907 and 1870 IL
many cities, and profits were certainly
smaller all around.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
Man Who Gave Four ear-OId Child
Whiskey and Made Him Drunk
Needs Thirty-Nine Lashes.
(Mt. Airy Breeze.

Tom Lowry, a white man, of this
city. was before Esquire T. B. McCargo
this morning charged with giving a
four-year-old child of Mr.. john Co
ings whiskey and making II drunk.
The evidence showed that Lowry on
yesterday went to the ho:1e of GOings
where GOings' wife aid her sister
drank. whiskey with Lowry and with
the mothers knowledge he gave the
little fellow the liquor. The warrant
charged assault, and q decision was
not rendered owing to the case be-
ing an unusual one and the attorney
for the defense was given time to
look up the law bearing on such cases.
The court is very much inclined to
punish the mar and expressed him
self freely upon the conduct of the
inhuman mother.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
THAT CHRISTMAS TREE AFFAIR
Joe and Jesse Lamm Held BIameless.
Kinchen Owens md Jim Iamm
Bound Over to Superior Court.


Especial to News and Observer.0
Wilson, n. c.. Dec. Sit will be
remembered by News and Observer
readers thai on the night of December
twenty-third there was quite q dis
turbance created at a Christmas tree
entertainment at the Light and Power
house near Barefoot's mill-how a lit
tie girls jacket caught fire from a fire.
work thrown from outside by some
one, and how the enjoyment of the
evening was marred by the occur
renee.
This morning the case came up in
Squire Barnes court, and Lawyer
Elijah Barnes appeared for the school
committee. Phere were four defend
Lamm, James Lamm. Joe
ANN and Kinchen Owens. From
the evidence brought out 1t was con-
elusive that neither MessrS Joe or
Jesse Lamm had anything to do with
the matter and they were discharged.
kinchen Owens and Jim Linn, how
ever, We're bound over to the February
term of Wilson Superior court. Law
yer Barnes said: IF these things are
permitted to go unpublished there is
no telling what may result from such
conduct"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
Sketch Of Col. Lanes Life.

Col John Randolph Lane had pass
ed his seventy-third birthday on the
Fourth OF July, 1908, and until n
short time ago was in vigorous man
hood, having become after the war n
prosperous merchant and large land
owner in his native county. Rightly
placed among the bravest of the
brace, a soldier of soldiers. q man
among men, he was beloved and es-
teemed and admired by a great host,
friends who knew him and friends
who had only heard of him. That his
critical condition was not realized I'M
til a few days ago, when Mr.. II. G.
Brown, of this city, his nephew, ar
rived.
In Volume two of Judge Walter
Clark's Regimental Histories the fol-
lowing sketch of his life is given:
John Randolph Lane was born in
Chatham county. 4 July, 1895, and
was a direct d~escendent of Joel Lane,
Of Wake county, from whom the land
on which the city of Raleigh is located
was bought. General Joe Lane. the
Vice-Presidential candidate in 1850,
on the Breckinridge and Lane ticket,
was his near relative.
He Unlisted as a private in Company
G. and soon became a Corporal. On
the resignation of his captain, in 1851,
he was elected over the heads of all
his commissioned officers. to COM
mand the He was re-
elected Captain at the reorganization
of the regiment in the spring of 1862.
At the battle of New Bern, Captain
Lane was complimented for bravery
n GOODNESS under fire. and in the
night attack on June %, 1862, upon
his regiment, while on picket, referred
TO in the body of his history. his
company was ore of the three which
stood firm under such a trying or
deal.
On the promotion of Lieutenant
Colonel Burgwyn, to the C~olonelcy. the
position of the major also being va
cant. owing to the death of Major
Kendall, Captain Lane was promoted
over several senior Captains to be
Lieutenant-COlonel. After the bat
tie of Gettysburg, he was made full
Colonel, his commission bore the date
of July /. 1868, in recognition on that
battlefield. Seeing his Colonel fall, he
Immediately assumed command, and
realizing that if the death of their
Colonel was known it would have a
depressing effect upon the men. he
did not imDart it to the regiment, but
inspired his men with the cheering
words that fell from the lips of his
stricken commander. and Selling his
flag, calls upon his men to follow
him. All depended now on Colonel
Lane. There is a line of the enemy
yet to be broken. and there is only
a handful of his ,pen left to do the
work. We have now seen how the
crisis was met and the glorious vic
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
WILL CABLE MONEY FREE.
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
to the Relief of Italy'S Sufferers.

Manager Phillips, of the Postal
Telegraph and Cable Company's Of
fees in this city. last night received
instructions from the superintendent
or his company to h effect that the
Postal will transmit money to the
sea-nuake sufferers Of Italy and Sicily
free of cost save the meagre charge
of one PEI cent to pay the cable ex-
penSe.
Mony is being cabled to the desc
late victims Of the catac1ysm from all
parts Of the nation. and the Postal
evidenced in its offer to transmit the
money free the p~hilanthropic spirit of
the age.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
Santa Claus Speaks.

oh, say,
1t was Christmas Day
All right,
But | was out all night,
And
Wow,
The morning after
Is no cause for laughter,
Is it? And yet,
Don't yOu let
Yourself think
That Santy's on the blink.
I'm no SlOb
Jerry to my job
And all night long
| was n the jump
Chasing for stockings
Into which / could dump
Something or other
To make the eyes
OF somebody or other
Glad With surprise,
What's that? Little stockings?
OF course, now say,
You ought to know
I am built that way,
It's ME for the kids
Who swcctly dream
OF a jolly old chap
And his reindeer team:
It's me for the kids
Who know that I
Drive down through the chimney
Out Of tho sky;
It's mc-What?
Every tot
Knows that story's rot?
oh, say,
And that for Christmas Day?
And / was up all night
Doing what | could
To make good.
Gee WhiZ,
is everything paZZiz?
W. J.. hampton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
The Little Boy Who Moved.

TITO IH0NIV ION -IVNNW.
The fairies missed him when they
came
To play their evening game;
They searched the old red farmhouse
through,
They called aloud his name,
They ven looked inside the barn.
But vain their questions proved.
SO they made up their elfin minds
The little boy had moved.
Kris kringle missed him when he
came
Upon his reindeer ride;
He hunted for him high and low,
But not a trace he SDied.
But still he keeps q lookout sharp
To find him if he can
The little bov who went one day
70 live inside a a
Judge.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

Tier lips were glued to his"
The caustic citizen threw down the
o with a snort.
Reads like a toy Noah's ark ro-
NANCE" he commented.-Washington
Herald.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

Seycnty-Two Counties Were in Prohih-
itiOn Column Before Election of May
&c. When by Majority of E~orty-Eour
Thousand the People of the State
Made State Prohibition Effective on
January Fast, 1908.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
More to Learn.

BILLET announced his engagement to
be married on the day he was gradual
ed from college"
"Well, that only goes to show how
little sou really learn at college,
Life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

Kisses are Intoxicating declared
he.
''NVell?" said she.
And I'm a Observation-Disclosures
CitV Journal
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
COL. JOHN R. LANE
HAS PASSED AWAY
Was Colonel of Famous
N. C. Regiment

valiant Leader OF the 26tli North Car
o,ina Regiment Passes Away at His
Home at ore Hill, in Chatham
County. after An Illness of Several
Months-Was a Brave Soldier, a
Valiant Office and One OF the
States Best Citizens, Loved and
Rcvcred by Thousands.
(Special to News and ObserverD
ore Hin, Y. c.. Dec. 31.-Col. John
r. Lane died at his home here TINS
afternoon at -four o'clock. Ills name
is known throughout n state ana
the South as the valiant leader OF the
famous Twenty-SiXth North Carolina
in the Confederate army
H. had been i'll for several months
and his death was not unexpected. YET
if comes as Il shock to his TRENDS
here. and the announcement viii
bring sadness to the hearts of the
veterans of tbs State. as we'll as tH
thousands Of others who knew him
as a citizen and soldier.
Col. Lane was one of the WealthleSt
citizens of Chatham county, but was
= ouict unimposing and un~pretentious
gentlemen of he very flower OF the
school of the Old South. He was a
kindly husband and father. q loVable
and congenial neighbor and q most
excellent citizen. His death is q dis
tinct loss to Chatham county. He
was a loyal member of the Baptist
church.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, one son. Mr.. Leon T. Lane. and
Mrs. r. N. Gorrell, all of Ore Hill.
The funeral will be conducted from
the residence Saturday at noon. and
the interment will be made in the
burying ground near by.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
Alamance Girl Dies of Burns.

Burlington, Jan. Miss Bessie
10y, whose clothing was hurried from
her body and who was badly burned
a few DAYS ago.. died Wednesday from
her injuries, and was buried yesterday.
Our idea of a foolish man is one
who argues with q friend.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05

Bill Growing Old a Habit" is by
OriSon SWEET Marden.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
REVIEW !
BY HENRY GLEWS
Lessons From the Panic
and America Recu-
peratiye Powers
GOOD YEAR F0R FARMERS

Mr.. Clevs breaches Economy-He Adj
yises q Moderate Course-iN Dlsap-
pointed Because the panic Dlo No.
Reduce the Cost OF ItNlH@ D"c
Season the Volume oil BUSINESS VIII
Return to the Notch Reached Be
fore the Panic.
Evening star., 1909-05-28
the great trust which has blighted their
hopes and desolated their. homes
Law Worked Well in Past.

Mr.. Bradley said the two principal OBJ
jections made to his proposed amendment
were that it opened the door to fraud and
rendered uncertain the enforcement OF
the tobacco tax, and that it materially
decreased the amount of revenue collect
ed. He asserted that no law could be
devised which would entirely prevent
fraud. and that the amendment was in
substance and effect the re-enactment of
the Mckinley bill. which, he said, oper-
ated well for three years both as TO fraud
and revenue. He could see no reason
why 1t would operate otherwise now.
He quoted Commissioner Yerkes in the
opinion that the decrease of revenue
would be comparatively small.
Bradley. would be that the farmer and
all others would be able to sell unstem-
med tobacco In the natural leaf without
the payment of any tax or charge.
In my judgment the passage of this
law will not only give justice to de-
serving class of people, but 1t will with
stand all lawless elements and restore
good order throughout the land" said
MIR. Bradley.
In concluding he made an earnest ap-
peal to the Senate in behalf of a million
Americans who, he said, have been
stricken down by the ponderous mace OF
an all powerful trust.
If that call shall go unanswered we
while our oppressors escape here there
will come time when they shall be
weighed In the balance of just God,
whose judgment will be: Thou art weigh
ed in the balance and art found want
ing