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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27

then as he is now, because there is
no homestead or exemption against
the supply debt.
The two Houses met in joint as
sembly last Thursday for the pur-
pose Of electing a Chief Justice to
succeed the Hon. Y. j. Pope, who
resigned on account Of i'll health. AS
sociate Justice Ira b. Jones was
elected to this office.
The two Houses will meet We'd
nesday for the purpose Of electing an
Associate Justice to succeed Hon. Ira
b. Jones.
Both Houses will vote in their re-
spective halls to-day at IL o'clock
noon for United States Senator to
succeed the Hon. Frank B. Gary, who
Is filling out the unexpired term Of
Senator A. G. Latimer. The only
name that will be presented is the
nominee of the primary, Hon. e. D..
Smith.
1t is most probable that the election
of judges, trustees. directors, etc,
of the various State institutions will
take place one day next week.
Speaker Whaley, Of the House. was
indisposed several days last week,
and Hon. NJ. l.. Smith, former speak
er Of the House, presided.
Governor Ansel and all the other
State officers were inducted into
office last Wednesday.
p. p. Sullivan has introduced a
bill to submit the question of repeal
ing of homestead laws to the voters
OF the State.
MIR. Mann has introduced a bill to
make a supplementary fund Of $780,
600 for the common schools Of the
State. The purpose Of this is, of
course, to help the weak districts,
and it Is reasonable to suppose that
the strong districts will not favor It.
Messrs. Mann and Sullivan have
jointly introduced a bill providing
for the copying Of certain records at
Anderson and Pickens, and the re-
indexing in the Clerks office. A bill
providing for this necessary work
was passed two years ago, but the
person who had engaged to do the
work did not accomplish it.
Mr.. Mann has introduced a bill to
repeal the high school law. This
measure has been in operation for
two years, and $4,000 has been ap-
propriated each year. or the appro-
priations for the two years there now
remains unused about $4,000.
Q Yours respectfully, j. r. Earle.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
RILEY LOT IN WESTNiI NSTER
FOR SALE.

Notice Is hereby given that on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1909, at
IL a. m, / will sell, to the highest
bidder, at public auction, In front of
Walhalla Court House door,
All that certain lot Of land situate
In Town Of Westminster. Oconee
county, South Carolina, fronting on
the Methods, Church lot 83 feet, and
running back $50 feet, adjoining
lots now o" formerly owned by j. A.
Watkins, j. e. Ballenger and j. s.
Carter, and being the lot conveyed
to f. A. and J. A. Riley by j. e. Bal
lenger on January Is, 1906.
Terms: CASH. Purchaser to pay
extra for papers.
r. r. JAYNES, Agent.
January 13, 1909. "a
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Four Perish in Hotel Fire.

Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 90
Four men were burned or suffocated
to death, and another fatally burned,
here to-day in a fire which gutted
the Southern Hotel, on Jones street.
An explosion of a gasoline stove
caused the fire, which also heavily
damaged six other buildings in the
same block. All were frame struc-
lures, and the fire spread rapidly.
The bodies of the dead were found
near the windows where they were
trying to escape. Several women
employees of the hotel suffered slight
burns.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27

struction would unquestionably
bring about the early development
of a rich and fertile section Of coun-
try which, but for this proposed line,
may remain for years undeveloped.
at Is a matter now left exclusively
with the people OF the territory af-
fected, and we have but one sugges-
ticn to make, and that Is, do not
rest content when the line reaches
Seneca. Come on to Anderson. The
people Of this city and county are
never lacking in enterprise, and 1t
can be asserted, we believe, with alb
solute safety, that the people Of this
section will meet the projectors of
the proposed trolley line half way
and render what assistance may be
necessary in the furtherance Of the
project, the accomplishment of which
will rebound to the good of ALL"
This suggestion Of the Intelligent
Ger Is by no means a bad one. In
figuring on the proposition it would
be well to consider it in detail.
II comparatively few men in each
Of the towns interested could be fired
with an amount of enthusiasm and
zeal equal to that of Mr.. Thompson
there is no doubt but that the line
would be a thing of the very near
future
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
NOW FOR "STATE-WIDE."
Committee Reports Favorably on the
Bill-Anscl Will Not Veto.

Columbia, Jan. 26.-By a major
ity Of one the House dispensary COM
mittee to-day made a favorable re-
port on the Statewide prohibition
bill.
For prohibition were J. G. Rich
ards, Jr., w. S. Utsey, G. A. Smith
and Arthur Kibler. Against it were
r. J. Wade, G. FultZ and j. Berg.
The absentee, ere p. B. Carwile, C.
w. Harris and w. G.. Mauldin. Mr..
Mauldin says had he been present he
would have voted for prohibition. J.
S. Bowman was present, but did not
vote.
Ansel Will BE Good.
Governor Ansel will not veto a
Statewide prohibition bill, which
appears certain TO pass the present
Legislature, although the prohibit
tionists are not strong enough to
pass it over his veto, and although
he was elected on local option
platform, he would not say to-day
positively what he would do, but the
prohibitionists have been led to feel
sure that he will not oppose them.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Sees Mother Grow Young.

''It would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother
since she began to use Electric Bit
ters," writes Mrs. w. l.. Gilpatrick,
Of Danforth, Me. although past 20
she seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
she could neither eat, drink nor
sleep. Doctors gave her up, and all
remedies failed until Electric Bitters
worked such wonders for her
health" They invigorate all vital
organs, cure liver and kidney trou-
bles, induce sleep, impart strength
and appetite. Only soc. at all drug
giStS
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
"ALHALLA, s. c.:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1908.
ASKS $15O,OOO FOR SCHOOLS.

Representative Coke ID. Mann, of
Oconee, has introduced at the pres
ent session bill to appropriate
$150,000 for the public schools of
the State, this amount to supplement
the present public school funds.
Elsewhere will be found his figures
showing the comparative enrolment
and expenditures for public schools
and higher institutions of learning.
They make very interesting study.
We are not prepared to say, nor do
we believe, that the institutions for
higher education are receiving more
than Is justly due them, but there is
no question but that the public
schools receive infinitely less than is
justly due them. The General AS
sembly should see to it each year that
every available dollar is thrown into
the fund for the public schools. 1t
Is through these schools that at
least 90 per cent Of the citizens of
South Carolina have received their
education, and 1t is to the public
schools of South Carolina that the
State must, in the main, look for the
education of her sons and daughters.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
NJ OSS & AN S EL,
CEMENT FRONT. WALHALLA S. G.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Oconee.
Court Of Common Pleas.

Court Of Common Pleas.
Campbell Courtenay, John ]. Ballen-
ger, Stiles n. Hughs and Charles
p. Ballenger, on behalf Of them
selves and all other stockholders
Of the Seminole Securities Com
pany, who may come in and seek
relief by and contribute to the ex-
penses of this action, Plaintiffs,
against
Seminole Securities Company, a Cor
poration created by aud existing
under the laws OF the State of
South Carolina, Southern Life In
surance Company, a corporation
created by and existing under the
laws Of the State of North Caro-
lima, John Y. Darlington, J. S.
Young, j. H. league, G.. D. Young,
Nj. G.. Jeans, Willie Jones, w. A.
Clark, II. S. Bryan, G. J. Cooper,
c. j. Hebert. The Citizens Bank
and The Seneca Bank, Defendants.
Summons for Relief.-Complain
Served.)
To the Defendants Above Named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action, of which a copy Is here
with served upon you, and to serve a
copy OF your answer to the said COM
plant on the subscriber, at his office,
on the Public Square, at Walhalla
Court House, South Carolina, within
twenty days after me service ',ereof,
exclusive of the day Of such service;
and If you fail to answer the COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiffs in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
Dated this 10th day of December,
1908.
(Seal) C. r. D. BURNS, C. C.P.
r. II. JAYNES,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
To the Absent Defendants, Southern
Life Insurance Company, John Y.
Darlington, j. s. Young, C. J.
Cooper and G. j. Hebert:
Please take notice that the Sum-
mons, Complaint and Temporary Re-
straining Order with rule to show
cause were filed in the office of the
Clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas
Of Oconee County, South Carolina,
on the 10th day of December, 1908.
r. r. JAYNES,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
January 6, 1909. 1-6
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCONEE.

In Court Of Common Pleas.
Pursuant to a decree Of the afore-
said Court, in the case named below,
I will offer for sale, to the highest
bidder in front Of the Court House
door, at WALHALLA, S. c., on
MONDAY, the 1st day of February,
1909, between the legal hours Of
sale, the tract of land below de-
scribed:
Mrs. S. j. Stribling, Plaintiff,
against
Wade H. Rice, Margie Rice, Blanche
Rice, May Rice and Sarah Rice,
Defendants.
All that certain tract, parcel or lot
Of land, lying and being in the State
of South Carolina, County Of Oconee,
containing fiftythree and 55-100
acres, more or less, and bounded by
lands Of Mark d. Stribling, G. A.
Kay, S. j. Stribling and others, and
having such form, markings, bear
ings and measurements as are repre-
sented by plat Of same made by John
V. Stribling, C. e. and Surveyor, Oct.
2S, 1905, viz: Beginning at stone
corner on public road leading from
Fair Play to Westminster; thence
north soc. 1916 to dead P. O., n.
64k E. 11.50 White O., N. 2R e.
GIG to stone pile. S. rs n E. x 6.62,
S. Sc e 11.75 to stake S. 5OA w. "a,
25 to alder, S. SOA w. 20.79 to
stake, N. 13 IL w. 13.49 to beginning
point.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash, and
the balance in five equal annual in
stallments; the credit portion to
bear interest from the day of sale at
8 per cent per annum, and be secur-
ed by bond OF the purchaser and
mortgage Of the premises; that in
event Of failure Of purchaser to COM
ply with the terms OF sale at once,
the Master do resell the same on the
same sale day or some convenient
sale day thereafter at the same place
and on the same terms and after the
same advertisement at the risk of
the former purchaser, and that he
do continue SO to do until he shall
have found purchaser who shall
comply with the terms Of sale.
w. o. WHITE,
Master for Oconee County, S. G.
January 13, 1909. "a
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
PLEA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Rev. Coke ID. Mann Directs Attention
to Some School Matters.
(From The State.)

" ioih lhe oIatc'l
The following comparative state
ment as between the State colleges
and the public schools Of South Car
olina; why this discrimination in
favor Of the State colleges as against
our public schools? There can be no
good and sufficient reason for such a
course Of procedure. l do think that
this Legislature ought to stop and
see where we are at in this particu-
lar. | invite the attention of every
member of the House and Senate to
examine these figures and see If we
don't owe duty to the public
schools Of South Carolina?
Coke d. Mann.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Two Men Killed Over Woman.

Gainesville, Fla, Jan. 26.-As the
result Of tragedy at Jonesville. nine
miles west of Gainesville. to-day,
Sam Mussell White and Sapp Wat
son, we'll known white men, are
dead, and II. r. Owens is in Jail here
charged with the killing. The trou-
bic is said to have been caused over
woman. Watson was killed first,
and Mussell White, who interfered,
was shot Ivy Owens. Owens surren-
dered
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Shoots Bride, Then Suicides.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Jan. 25.- Be-
cause his bride of two weeks left him
and refused to return, Buck Hunter,
aged 20 years, entered his Wife's
home at Dermott last night, and, af-
ter shooting and seriously wounding
her, blew out his brains with the
same revolver
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE.
AENT AND DISCAARGE - NatIna

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE
MENT AND DISCHARGE.--Noti
Is hereby given that the undersigned
will make application to d. A. Smith,
Judge OF Probate for Oconee
county, in the State Of South Caro-
lima, at his office at Walhalla Court
hnuse, on Thursday, January 28th,
1909. at II o'clock in the forenoon,
or as SOON thereafter - said applica-
ton can be heard, for leave to make
final settlement Of the Estates of
Fred and Jemima RILEY, deceased,
and obtain final discharg: as Admin
istrator Of said estates.
J. r. 0. MCKEE,
Administrator.
January 6, 1909. IA
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Two Dead; Twenty Injured.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 26.- The
Union Pacific passenger train No. 5,
known as the Oregon express, west
bound, struck a broken rail near
Dana, $50 miles west of here, at
3.45 this afternoon, and was wreck
ed. Five coaches are in the ditch.
Two were killed and twenty injured
several seriously
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Fire Destroys Big Lumber Plant.

Orangeburg, Jan. 25.-Nearly
four million feet OF lumber were
destroyed by supposed incendiary
fire at Rowesville, this county, yes
terday, causing a loss Of 100000.
The plant was owned by A. M. G. j.
II. Blake. and was one OF the largest
mills in the middle section of the
State.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Neck Broken II Years Ago.

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 23.-At a coro-
ner's inquest here to-day into the
death of Frank Carter, 60 years old,
1t was testified that he had broken
his neck II years ago and had lived
without serious Inconvenience from
the accident. Carter died Of apo
pleXy. When the police found that
his neck was broken they suspected
foul play and ordered the inquest and
the testimony that his neck had been
broken for II years WIS accepted as
satisfactory.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27

1t is stated that "the real thing"
TO do when entertaining the Presi-
dent Is to serve some dish peculiar
to the section entertaining. Hence
Atlanta made much of the opossum,
and the President-elect is said to
have been dee-lighted. Why Char
lesion failed to serve Royal Bengal
la Chicco along with her other dis
tinctively Charleston relishes we
have failed to figure out.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27

WE WANT our friends and patrons
to leave their Printing and Engraving
orders with us. Prompt atten don
and best service. Call and see our
line Of samples.
THE KEOWEE COURIER,
Walhalla, s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27

Doubtless Congress raised&the
Presidents salary from S50. .UMArto
100000 a year because it felt that
anybody could be worth twice as
much to this country as Mr.. Roose-
welt.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-27
Percentage.

Total. .319,614
Total expenditures $1,595, 5,9S6.36
Percentage.
Percentage Of college enrolment
as compared to The public school en-
rollment-3,21 plus 319,614 equals
:01-1-22 per cent.
Percentage Of appropriations for
colleges as compared to appropria-
tions for public schools-$514 GEL
65 plus 1895, 5,9S6.36 eqpals .32 IA :.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
TWO KILLED IN AN
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
The Car Dashes Across Road Into
Ditch.
PINNED UNDER the BIG MACHINE.
Philadelphia And Camden Business
Men Meet Death And Other Occu-
pants or Car Are Injured-Auto-
mobile Running At Medium Speed
Say The Eye-Witnesses--The Res
cuers Are stopped BY Flames.
Dreadlng An Explosion.

Philadelphia, Pa. Especially. - 1t
lust became known that two promi-
nent business men. one OF Camden
md the other a Philadelphia, are
lead as result of an automobile
accident which occurred near Naza-
ieth, Pa. in which three other per-
IONS also received injuries.
The dead are:
w. H. Wagner. 206 Cooper Street,
Camden, vice president of ]. b. VAN
iciver & Co., instantly killed.
Charles A. Fleuhr. Second Street,
pike. Philadelphia furniture dealer,
lied without regainins consciousness.
Besides these fatalities the follow
rng occupants of the cars were in
lured: Albert +. Rolling. buyer for
J. B. Vancciver e. Co.
Henry Linde. furniture dealer, OF
1921 North Twenty-second Street.
Benjamin Ritter. chair manufac-
turer, 1854 Germantown Avenue.
The automobile party which ended
disastrously fter the machine swerv-
ed to the side of the road and plung-
ed over an embankment near Naza-
reth had been arranged for weeks in
advance.
Apparently the big machine struck
on obstruction in the road. 1t
swerved sharply to one side, almost
turning around, and plunged over
the side of the road into the ditch.
Not a sound CT me from the five oc-
cupants of the car, but an instant
after the machine turned turtle a
fash of flame and smoke went up.
Fearing an explosion, bystanders
were afraid to begin the work of
rescue for several minutes.
The body of Mr.. Wagner was first
picked up. He had been riding on
the front seat with the driver, and
when the machine toppled over he
was hurled across the road, the back
of his head striking one of the rails
of the Nazareth tro ley. His skull
was crushed, and death was instan-
taneous.
Mr.. Fleuhr was found by the res
cuers pinned underneath the wreck
ed car.
His skull was fractured, his face
badly battered and his body burned
by escaping gasoline.
By his side was Mr.. Linde. who
was unconscious when taken out, but
who escaped Sc. ious injury. Mr..
Rolling. perhaps internally injured,
was also pinned under the car. The
driver, Mr.. Ritter, was thrown across
the ditch and seriously lurt. He will
probably recover, although he sus-
tanned serious scalp wounds and
contusions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12

Philadelphia. Especially This is
a declaration of war, My life is
openly staked on the result, for /
am prepared to meet you at any time
and place you may name. The
weapons l shall use are dynamite
and other high explosives.
Thus wrote Abram c. Eby, mayor
and referee in bankruptcy, of Burke
Vile, Va, to the President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadel-
phia," on July 23, naming $4,000
as the ransom for the safety of the
railroad, it's steamships and the trav-
cling public, and otherwise threate-
ening the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Eby was arrested in this city while
in the company of Oswald J. De
Rousse, chief clerk to President Nc
Crea, who acted for the latter in
inveigling Mayor Eby to this city.
He was given a hearing before Uni
ted States Commissioner Craig and
held in $4,000 bail for the Sep
tember term of court. At the hear
ing William l.. Calvert, postoffice in
spector, of Richmond, Va, furnished
evidence showing that Eby mailed
the threatening letters on the Rich
mond and Charlotte Railroad post
office.
De Rouse told of the receipt of
the letters and consequent coopera-
tion of the railroad authorities with
the Postoffice Department to bring
Eby to Philadelphia.
The first letter written by Eby
was signed Adam Smith" In it
he proposed to use explosives in
wrecking freight and passenger cars
along various lines of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
When You look for me in Penn
sylvania," he wrote, Il shall be in
Virginia. | shall take care that the
papers have details of all wrecks.
Every anarchist in the country with
nerve will follow this lead. am
ready to disclose my identity and
Keep the secret of this warfare and
its methods, provided you pay me
$4,000 and l have your pledge that
go free. IL you break your pledge
at this stage you will only get
me at the most for blackmail and
threatening letters. | take my pun
lshment and do my worst when | 20
free, and no one can control my
tongue or pen"
Eby sets forth further that he has
tried for 80 years to earn an hon
est living, but finds that "the cor
poration thieves get all and the rest
of mankind must starve or stand in"
In this letter Eby also specified that
he would meet no one except the
president or some high official of
the road.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12

Washington, d. c. Especially -
The tariff has been revised and the
extraordinary session of Congress
has been brought to close. Both
houses adjourned sine die officially
at 6 o'clock. That is the time en-
tered upon the journals, but as a
matter of fact the adjournment was
taken in the House at 5.3S p. NJ.
and in the Senate at 5.5S p. NJ.
The closing hours of the session
were attended by scenes of a most
uninteresting character. The revision
had been according to the desires of
some and with the hearty disap-
proval of others, and the last two
days had been consumed by mem
bers of the Senate in expressing their
satisfaction or dissatisfaction, as the
case might be.
The conference report on the bill
was agreed to by the Senate by a
vote of AZ to 81 when the vote was
taken at 2 p. NJ. and soon after
wards the concurrent resolution maxi
ing certain changes in the leather
schedule was adopted by both houses
President Taft arrived at the Capt.
tol at 4.45 p. NJ. and entered the
room set aside for the occupation of
the President on the concluding day
of a session of Congress. His ap-
pearance there, the first since his in
cumbency as President, caused men,
bers of Congress to desert the two
chambers and form in line to be re-
ceived by him. There was constant
~ har doh Iii ct
through the Presidents room from
the time of his arrival until his de-
parture at $50 o'clock.
Just as the hands OF the clock
in the Presidents room indicated
SOC the Payne tariff bill, as the
measure will be known, was laid be-
fore the President. He picked up a
pen supplied by Chairman Payne, of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee, and which had been used by both
the Vice President and the Speaker
in signing the bill and attached his
signature. After writing "Wm. H.
Taft" the President added, Signed
five minutes after five O'Clock, Au-
gust 9Th, 1909-W. II. T."
Bending over the President as he
affixed his signature were Secretary
Knox. Secretary MacVeagh, Attorney
General Wickersham, Postmaster
General Hitchcock, Secretary Nagel
and Secretary Wilson. Standing
about the table were Senator Aldrich,
Representative Payne and many
other members of the Senate and
House. Mr.. Payne stood with hand
extended waiting to receive the pen
with which the bill was signed. He
took II with picture OF boyish glee
overspreading his face. Another pen
was handed to the President and he
wrote the word approved" and hand
ed the pen to Representative Lang
ley, of Kentucky.