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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
BERNIEIM MAKES RESTITUTION
Big Liquor House Admits Having
Made "OVprChargcS" of 100000.
Crhe State, 2Sth.)

The Bernhcim DStlling Company
has announced its intention to pay to
the State OF South Carolina 100000,
the same being restitution for over
charges.
This firm was represented in South
Carolina by J. S. Farnum, who Sat
urday was declared by Il Richland
county jury to be innocent under the
charge of bribery.
The action of the Bernheim Dis
tilling Company is all the more re-
markable because it is an act OF res
titution, and is not settlement of
an open account. The ledgers of
the late State dispensary showed that
every cent had been paid these peo-
pie. And yet the firm acknowledges
its indebtedness to the State Of South
Carolina III the sum Of $4,000 for
"OverchargcS."
This restitution was brought about
through the efforts of the Atlanta
firm of lawyers, Anderson, Fielder,
ltOuntree Y Wilson, who have rem
dered the ttorney General assist
ance of great value in ferreting out
the graft and corruption under the
old diSpensary regime.
The settlement was effected by the
commission in charge of the estate
OF the late dispensary, w. J. Murray
avery ration, John McSween, J.
Steele Brice and A. n. Wood. They
approved the matter several days
ago, but Attorney General Lyon
would not agree to the settlement
until 1T was understood that it would
not include transactions with certain
"dummy' houses in which the Bern
helm Distilling Company was reput-
ed to be interested.
The Bernheim Distilling Company,
along with jim Farnum, ~ NJ.
Block and the Lanahans, were al
legged to have owned and operated
the Richland Distilling Company of
this city. Certain firms which were
favored with heavy orders found it
convenient to be financially interest
ed in other concerns so that they
would not appear to be getting as
much business as they really were.
Attorney General Lyon declined
last night to make any statement
about the matter other than to say
that the Bernheim Dstilling Com
pany had decided to make restitu-
ton to the State of South Carolina
through the commission to wind up
the affairs of the State dispensary,
and that this had been ACCOMPLISHED
through the agency of the Atlanta
firm of lawyers.
He declined to state whether any
other firms or corporations are likely
TO follow the example of the Bern
helm Distilling Company, but a men.-
ber OF the commission stated a few
days ago that the State might recover
) 100000 in this manner
From a sOrdid, financial stand
point. it appears that the expensive
investigation and litigation incident
TO prosecuting the So-called graft
erS has been more than paid by the
money saved from whiskcy house
accounts. and now comes this rcsti-
tu':on OF 100000 from a concern
''ch had no open account with the
state diSpcnSary: had got its money
when the impending crash was seen
and the death knell Of the old State
diSpcnSary was sounded in the elec-
tiOn of 1906.
Some Of the brands sold by the
Bernhcim Dstilling Company wnrn
"Shaw's Malt and 81. w. Harpcr."
And j. S. Farnum was the agent
in this State.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
Why Druggists Recommend Cham
bcrlnin'S Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhOca RcmcIy

Frank G.. Hanrahan, prominent
druggist of Portsmouth, Va, says:
For the past six years l have sold
and recommended Chamberlain's s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoca Rem
cdy. 1t is great remedy and one
Of the best patent medicines on the
market. | handle some others for
the same purposes that pay me a
larger profit, but this remedy is so
sure TO effect a cure, and my Gus
toner so certain to appreciate my
recommending it to him, that | give
1t the preference" For sale by DR..
}. w. Bell, Walhalla; w. j. Lunney,
Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
was the agreement not to indict Wy
lie in consideration for his "confes-
sion -
WHEAT AND OAT CONTEST.

1t gives us pleasure to note that
the Oconee County Farmers Union
Is going to offer prize for the best
crops of wheat and oats grown on
an acre next year 1t Is a stimulus
that is sadly needed in Oconee as in
every other county in South Carolina
to-day. Why our farmers pay so
little attention to corn and small
grain crops Is a mystery. There Is
not a farm in Oconee that IS not
capable Of being made absolutely
self-suStaining If 1t Is worked in
telligently and for all 1t is worth
and not only self-sustaining, but, a
source Of profit over and above the
maintenance Of the farmers family
and his stock. And yet we doubt IL
there are two dozen farmers in Oco-
nee who do not have to go to town
every fa!! and spring to buy wheat,
oats and corn. 1t Is not at all prob
able that they can buy either wheat,
corn or oats, paying the merchant
his legitimate profit, the freight
charges for transporting from the
West. and the producers cost, with
his living added, cheaper than they
can raise these crops on their own
farms. Why, then, do our farmers
continue the practice? They can
best answer the question for them
selves. We cannot answer it, nor
can we see how our farmers can do
so satisfactorily.
We hope that the prizes offered
this year for the best acre of corn
will have the desired effect of show
ing our farmers what they can do on
small acrcagcs cultivated on an in
tensive plan, and that the intensive
plan will be adopted as the rule
rather than the exception in the
near future. This, we think. is the
real reason for the Offering of prizes
for best yields on single acrcs-that
our farmers may see the folly OF
cultivating carelessly 80 or 100
acres, when, with half the actual la
Dor, and but little if any added en-
pense, they could raise more and
better crops on % or 30 acres.
Let our farmers take up this mat
ter of prize acres of wheat and oats
thoughtfully, and study the cultiva-
ton of small grain for their own
! good. The ultimate salvation Of the
Southern farmer lies in the produc-
ton OF all that he uses on his farm,
with Il surplus to sell for ready cash
to supply the cities and towns of his
own section of country. The rails
ing OF cotton to the neglect of feed
crops and food SIuffs is suicidal, and
our Southern farmers will never be
independent until they apply bust
ness methods to farming and live at
home.
We urge our farmers in Oconee to
take hold of the prize contest in
wheat and oats for this ii ne, and we
| hope that hereafter our farms will
prove practical demonstrations that
every acre on them can be made prize
| acres. The prizes will come i'm the
shape of large yields and financial
profits.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
Auction Sale of Thirty-One
Tracts of Original Forest
Land at and Near Six Mile
Church, Pickens County.
South Carolina.

We will sell, to the highest re-
sponstble bidder, on TUESDAY, OC-
IOBER 26, 1909, at SIX-MILE
CHURCH, in Fickens County, at
ii o'clock a. M, the above mention
ed 81 tracts of land. This land lies
In one OF the finest sections of the
entire Piedmont Region and is di-
vided into small tracts suitable for
farming, and is exceedingly produc-
tive and fertile; is well timbered in
original forest and has plenty of
water all through the entire tracts:
Is situated close to good schools and
churches; located five miles north
or Southern Railway, very close to
the towns of both Norris and Cen
tral, and Is also within eight miles
or the County Seat and in a first
class neighborhood of fine peopIe
and progressive farmers.
Terms Of Sale: One-third cash.
one-thiri payable in one year, and
the balance in two years with inter
est and mortgage to secure deferred
payments.
Purchaser can anticipate payment.
If he tsires.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, SHAKEN.
Rocked by Ecarthquakc-Foun
tions of Buildings Damaged.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 27.-One Of
the most serious earthquake shocks
since that of 1867 shocked Spring
field at $50 this morning. Build
ings were shaken and in several cases
foundations were damaged. Reports
from all over the city are coming in
of crockery being thrown around.
Many persons, fearing q second
shock. remained up until daylight.
Beds rocked like ships and caused
dizziness to their occupants.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
Fishing Party Drowned.

New Orleans. Sept. 24.-News
reached here last night that ten
members of a party from Morgan
City, La, were killed in Mondays
hurricane. They were in a fishing
camp in Tcrre Bonnc parish. The
dead are: Capt. Charles Grant, two
ladies and a child named Adams;
three children, names unknown:
Taylor BOyan and Robert Duger.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29

Mr.. Bryan feels sure that "the
North Pole is a Democratic State"
and the Charleston News and Cou-
ric" is inclined TO the belief that it is
at least "doubtful." 1t all depends
on the relative numbers OF qualified
electors in the Poles somewhat mi
gratory population. The whales and
seals would doubtless be Democratic,
while the Republicans could safely
count on the sharks and suckers.
Until the census is taken we object
to the admission Of the Pole as a
free and independent State
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
THE NORTH POLE FOUNDING

THE NORTH POLE FOUND.-We
have the best book published; giving
Cooks own story and Peary's expedi-
ton. Agents Wanted. Outfit Free;
send 10c. to pay postage. Best
Terms; . also valuable premiums
given to agents who work thirty
days. Be first in the field. Act at
Once. Phillips-Boyd Publishing Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29

An election has been held in New
berry and Spartanburg counties on
the issuance Of bonds for building
and improving roads in those coun-
ties, and in both the measure was
defeated-in Spartanburg by a small
majority and In Newberry over
whelmingly.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
Good for BiliOusncss

II took two of Chamberlain's Sto-
mach and Liver Tablets last night,
and I feel fifty per cent better than
| have for weeks, says j. J. Fire
stone, OF Allegan, Mich. "They are
certainly n fine article for bilious
ness" For sale by DR.. J. w. Bell,
Walhalla; w. ]. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
Will Bring Home Body of Bishop.

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 25.-A ca
blegram received here to-day from
Kobe, Japan, announced that the re-
mains Of the late Bishop Seth Ward,
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, who died last Monday, will
leave Kobe on October 3, and will
reach San Francisco about October
%. The remains will be inferred at
Houston, Texas.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
Killed Wife and Self.

Lyons, Neb., Sept. 27.-Albert Ba-
ker, owner of the Baker Theatrical
Company, shot and killed his wife
and then killed himself at the home
of his son here to-day. Jealousy Is
said to have been the cause.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29

Corporations are called soulless.
Yet some companies have consci-
ences. Take, for instance, the Bern
helm DiStilling Company, who have
Just refunded to South Carolina
100000 conscience money" But
1t took Attorney Gener Lyon and
half a dozen Georgia law. ers almost
a year to awaken the conscience.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
Y A " y . &c T..
COUNTY TREASURER'S OFF

SoU y L lliEAS y REk > OFFICE,
Walhalla, S. c., Sept. 20, 1909.
The books for the collection of
State, County, School and Special
Taxes for the fiscal year 1909 will
be open from OCTOBER 10, 1909,
to DECEMBER 81, 1909, without
penalty, after which day one per
cent penalty will be added on all pay
ments made in month of January,
1910, and two per cent penalty on
all payments made in the month Of
February, and seven per cent penalty
on all payments made from the first
day of March until the fifteenth day
Of March, 1910. After that day all
taxes not naid viii Sc :::;;::1 ,H.yuiiuu
and be placed in the hands Of the
Sheriff for collection. Taxpayers
owning property or paying taxes for
others will please ask for a tax re-
ceipt in each Township or Special
School District in which he or they
may own property. This Is very i'm
portant, as there are so many Spe-
cial School Districts. The tax levy is
made up as follows:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
II GOOD & SLOAN.
3S-42 EASLEY, s. C..
WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK
Ending Tuesday, Sept. 20-OHlcjal
Weather Record.

observations made at $50 D. m.
on Midway Hill, Walhalla, s. O.:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29
FOR THE MONUMENT.
W. j. n. Brandt, Charleston. 81 90
u. l.. Brandt, WalhalIn . , 90

II. l.. Brandt, WalhalIa w , 90
Ar" W" going to let 0nc family con-
tribute all that is needed to raise the
funds for the Confederate mOnu-
mCnt?
Who will be next?
Both the above gentlemen have
contributed before. What will YOU
do?
The monument will he built. You
can depend on that.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-29

Every male citizen from 81 to 60
years is liable for Poll Tax, except
Confederate soldiers, who do not pay
after 80 years of age, and those ex-
cuscd by law.
Parties wishing information from
this Office, by mail, will please en-
close postage.
w. j. SCHROEDER,
Treasurer OcOnCr County, S. G..
September 20, 1909. 80
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28
rmE EVENING NEWSPAPER.

Printers ink. which has come to
Doe accepted ass an authority by INC
newspaper craft in tho course of an
article ON inc relative values of the
morn ng and afternoon newspapers.
avs
The day Is ended Fortunes have
been won and lost Statesmen and
Soliierf, writer's, adventures and
done the deeds Of the day: and
night has fallen. The news has been
gathered by q marvellous system
from all continents. ID has been sift-
ed, arranged, illustrated. commented
upon printed and published. and is
served hot from the press, still pal
I.'a,aE. as ii were. with the action
OF the events recorded, interesting
and s,ai ling with the freshness and
eNcitement of the present Reaers
over thoir soup learn what had hap
rpNrd tu he wide world while they
have been busy each i'm his little
round OF duties toiing i'm his shop.
arguing his Gaze in court earning
his daily bread They sit nj ease and
cad no leisure. The evening is ahead
'f them. and needed rest after the
fatiguos OF tho daylight hours viii
cap It all.
Fourteen hours later. while he
hoits his breakfast with one eve on
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28
AZ IS az olAGs4ov,
Schedule in Eject
JUNE 20. 1909.

Leave 7:2O a. m for Roanoke
Norfolk and all points on the Shep
4doah division. Pullman Slcapar
Roanoke to New York. via Hagerg-
own, Pullman Par.or Car Roanoke
o Norfolk.
8:55 a. m for Roanoke, Rich
nond Norfolk Pullman Sleeper
)iring Car TO Roanoke. Parlor Cal
roanoke 90 Norfolk.
l2:40 D. m. for Roanoke. Lynch.
lurg and Intermediate stations ami
ne shenandoah valley Philadelphia
ind New York Sleeper 10 PhIla
phia and New York. Cats car Cary
ud Roanoke.
9:l8 p. N. FOR Roanoke. Lynch
iurg Richmond. Norfolk. PailmaE
sleeper TO Norfolk. Roanoke 70
Richmond.
Leave Blueneld 8.2O D. m. for Ken
wa, Columbus and all points Wet
ma Northwest Pullnan sleeper for
ColuHpu and Cincinnati Cafe cas-
8.lO m Pullman s eeper for
Columbus. Cafe Dining Car.
Leave $3.50 @ m. and 2.05 p. ~
isi.y for Tazeweu. Norton and 81
ations ON CIiech valley division
Arrive from Norton and points 9r
Doc Cii1ch Valley d'yisioa o. i2.g0 o.
q and 1905 p. m
Leave 500 o. M FOR we CD ana
Intermediate stations
Leave l0.f5 a. m for william
on AID informed ate etatfora
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28
THE MAN WHO DOESN'T NEED
ACCIDENT NND HEALTH IN
SURANCE

cannot be sick; cannot be cut or
bruised; cannot slip or fan; have
sprains; dislocations or broken bones
never rides on a boat, cars, buycles
automobile, horse or carriage; never
walks on the sidewalks or crosses the
street; cannot he struck by lightning.
cannot fan or have anything fall up
"r him; whom fire viii not burn:
water will not drown. dogs viii no.
bite. horses will not Kick. nor in
sects will not sting. nor have any
fun all Others should have a poll
cy in the
FIDELITY n CASUALTY co,
Of
NEW YORK.
Assets $9,379,827O4.
e. II. EA5LEY, Agent.
BlucGcld, w. v
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28
THE SONG or THE ROWING SONS.


" ~. Tue Su"s'. > barriers Just
ct" '5S 'h' 'ar'heSt Sea,
'''''" % ,.oS' Illusions lies
'', '7'' OF 'S'd 10 BE-
TO-. u 81 DOT '"'' We sailed from
- '''S 'uI' mower In the
''o"' 81 June
,,o
NV" '"e' O'Egeu that we should tar
~ ere we launched our dar-
e... nus '"'N'
s',, ''o'" Sou."erh sunlight
10 Inc realm OF winter dark;
'' '','' p'eaued we should never
oI"1' inc breakers and the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28
HOW'S THIS.

We offer One Hundred dollars re-
ward for eny case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls uatarrh
uTe. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo. Ohio.
We, the undersigned have known
= J. Cheney for the last Is years
ni believe hi = perfe, t!y honorable
all business Transactions and la-
ncially able to carry Jut any obli-
cations made by lis firm.
WALDING. IlINNAN &, MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, u.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Inter
ally. acting dire " upon the blooo
nd mucous surfaces Of the system.
estimonials sent free Price Use
eT bottle. Sold by all druggists
Take Halls family pills for constipa-
ton
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28

Gratitude seldom rewards virtue.
ospeciallyIf practiced towards others
And ii still remains shat virtue is
it own reward should. VIII ch, how
ever, make no one less honest or
virtuous.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28
Concord Normal
School
ATHENS, w. VA.

School begins Sept. H.,
1909. BE sure TO be on time
as work begins as soon as
pupils are enrolled.
Remember that Concord
Normal is one Of the best
schools of the State.
Address ali letters of en-
curry to
:. L. BEMIS,
Athens, w. Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28

Peary stiil leads the guessing. and
the fussing and The cussiu.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28

Charleston is safe i'm the position
10 ten all corners, II have troubles
of ny own
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28

The word opportunity" has just
about been copied by he voracious
trust magnatc.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28
a NTS

FOR SALE-Property and stocks for
sale. as / expect ~ Ieavc town tenn
porariiy about the 25th nst., will
sell all my personal and realty
holdings. Phone ct8-J. G.. NJ.
BARGER. 9-i0tw
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28

WANTED-Exericnced hand iroaer.
none other need apply. Troy aun-
dry. City.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28

How would YOU like 10 be- the coal
mani
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-28

The Leader is the best advertising
medium Ia this section.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-10-30

ASHINGTON.-Lieut-Gen. Nelson A. Miles comes
to Washington at intervals to visit his son, Lieut.
Sherman Miles, who is stationed at Fort Myer.
just across the Potomac. Gen Miles does not
show his years. He was in the capital when
Mr. Roosevelt made his 100-mile ride and he was
deeply interested in the performance.
Just before Lieut.-Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles
retired from active service he rode a horse 30
miles in nine hours. 1t is more than barely pos
sble that Gen. Miles did this thing in order to
show that at "a he was still fit to do something
which would have put many younger man on
the sick report for month. 1t was rather
spectacular feat Miles friends ad
nit that he is a little fond of the -
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-10-30

cellorsville that Miles received the wound that
the surgeon said would kill him. He fooled
the surgeons, got well and received medal of
honor from congress for conspicuous gallantry
on the field of battle and with the medal came
a commission which gave him the right to
wear star in his shoulder knot.
On that day at charlottesville, Miles was
holding line of abattis and rife pits against
q tremendous force of the enemy He was in
command of the skirmish line in front of the
first division OF the Second Army corps. In
order to hearten mis- men Miles constantly ex-
posed himself to the fire OF the enemy. He
stood upright in the open counting bullets and
possible death. The confederates couldn't hit
him for long time. The inspiration of his
conduct enabled his men to hold their ground
long after it seemed certain that the enemy
would drive them back Finally bullet
found it's mark, and Miles went down with
wound that ranged downward through his
body into his thigh, producing an injury that
made the surgeons say death" but neverthe-
less, death did not come.
At the battle of Fredericksburg, Miles was
shot in the throat. 1t was a Jagged wound
that bled pTofusely and caused great pain. He
was ordered to go to the rear The order
came from superior, and So soldierlike Miles
obeyed though he didn't want to go. At the
time OF the Fredericksburg fight Miles already
had won considerable fame as a soldier. He
was known to all the generals of the service.
While on his way to the hospital he came up
with Gen. Hancock.
Miles put his hand to his throat so that Han
cock wouldn't know he was wounded. At the
front was stone wall, behind which force
OF the enemy was located This force was do
ing great damage to the unionists Miles
pointed to the wall and told Hancock that
well-directed charge would take it, and then
he said General ] want to lead the charge"
uvIp ho
but he also knew a wounded man when he
saw one. lie made Miles 90 to the rear, be-
cause of his condition. but he took good care
that his courage was made matter of
mention.
II g. probable that military men regard Gen