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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-31

have been In more homes In Oco-
nee than, perhaps, any other woman,
/ for have been around the county,
and even in the humblest I found
the mothers teaching the fashions
and forgetting to read the back part
..Cf the magazine where 1t told of
homie betterment
1t is right to dress up the body,
but to dress the mind after the fash
ion of Clara Barton, Francis Will
lard, Miss Havigal or some noted
and good woman is far more to be
desired, Give the girls books to in
spire them to be good and learned.
i One educated woman, If her heart is
educated, can do wonders.
Rev. Weltner said Christmas, "If
nude child should appear on your
streets you would either dress it or
punish its parents, but the State of
South Carolina is letting nude minds
appear on the Streets Isn't 1t time,
to demand compulsory education?
The horrible crime committed in
our county recently proves that we
must educate the hands, heads and
hearts OF our people.
The brilliant president of New
berry College said Christmas, in his
address before the teachers, "The
children in school of to-day know
more Of the life of Napoleon than
they do of the life Of Christ"
Col. e. G. Watson, of Columbia,
has published a book, "The Hand
book of South Carolina" He will
send every school copy II the IL
brarian will write to him.
A book on all subjects of schools
and agriculture can be had for the
asking at the Department of Agricul-
ture in Washington.
Sunshine Society News.
Mrs. Shanklin, the organizer for
Oconee, sent in a fine report last
month. The mite box at the Clerk
Of Courts office catches pennies for
her work.
The box at Brooks store in SEN
eca caught $l.35 for the State lead
er's work.
Miss Clara Hunt sent stamps and
wanted box of magazines sent her
to pass on. This was done.
Viscountess De Rails, Madrid,
Spain, sent her friend, Miss Shelor,
copy Of her latest novel written in
French 10 pass on.
1t takes at least SO week to carry
on Sunshine work. Our work is
Luke 1913. We gladly receive do
nations.
Miss Lou Pitts, Madison, S. c.,
writes: 81 have been in bed sixteen
years. Will your Sunshiners please
send me bright pictures to look at,
or some good reading?" Readers,
two cents will take her magazine.
The poor boy was disappointed
because he did not get his chair.
We asked the children to get up
money for him, but not a cent came.
We just asked one cent from each
child.
/ can use two wheel chairs in
Oconee. Who will help get them for
these poor shut-ins?
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-31
NOTICE OF spEcmL MUECTloN.


Notice is hereby given that, pur-
suant to an order OF the County
Board Of Education of Oconee coun-
ty, South Carolina, an election will
be held at the Oak Grove school
house on FRIDAY, APRIL 9th, 1908,
between the legal hours, on the
question of levying an extra three,
mill tax for school purposes on the
real and personal property within the
said Oak Grove School District, the
said tax TO be in addition to the
taxes now collected for school pur-
poses as authorized by law; that
said election shall be conducted as
provided by law for the conduct of
general elections; that at said elec-
tion each elector fayoring said pro-
posed additional levy shall cast q
ballot containing the word "Yes''
printed or written thereon, and each
elector Opposing said levy shall cast
ballot containing the word "No"
printed o, written thereon.
j. II. BARNETT,
VIM. r. COBB,
JOHN FENDLEY,
Trustees of Oak Grove District, No.
%, of Ocon se County.
March "a, 1900. 1914
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-31
GREESvILLE coTTos BALE
Presented TO Mr.. Taft by the F.rn-
ers of Fairview.

Washington, March 25.- Repre-
sentative johnson to-day presented
Ex-senator Smith, on the floor Of the
Senate Chamber a paper-weight, in
the form cf a miniature cotton bale,
souvenir gotten up by the Fairview
Stock Show Association. Mr.. John
son received the little souvenir some
days ago, with a request that he pre-
sent 1t to Senator Suith. The lat
ter returned the compliment" by
presenting a similar token of esteem
~fgQm the Fairyiew farmers to Mr..
hnson, which he had similarly
sbeen requested to do.
Senator Smith accompanied Mr.
Johnson to the White House on
Tuesday and was present when Mr..
Johnson presented one of the little
souvenirs to the President, with the
compliments of the association. Mr..
Taft expressed his thanks very cor
daily, and stated that he highly ap-
preciated the sentiment which
prompted the action Of the South
Carolina farmers. n#"
The president Of the association is
J. L. Sprouse, one of the leading far
mers of Greenville county.
Senator Smith and Representative
johnson made the formal presenta-
tion and Mr.. Taft gratefully and gra.
ciously acknowledged the gift, which
he safd, was, regardless Of the mar
ket price of cotton, gift which he
would prize for the spirit and the
manner in which 1t was given, and
forthwith he placed 1t not out in the
back yard where bales of cotton are
usually kept, but plum smack upon
.Nhis mahogany desk in the executive
"6ffice. The bale when weighed was
found to contain one pound Sf
South Carolina cotton. Representa-
tive Johnson made the presentation
speech, in which he told the Presi-
dent that while not Of any great
value, 1T represented an industry in
which many millions of American
people were engaged.
On the bale presented to Mr.. Taft
were the words: presented to the
Hon. w. H. Taft by the Fairview
Farmers Club Of Greenville County,
s, c."
The miniature bale was bound in
blue silk instead Of jute and tied
VITA narrow nickle bands manufac-
tured by Mills Henderson, former
resident Of the club.
,rhe Fairview Farmers Club is
quite an institution. For nearly 80
ears it has given an annual fair,
and never a single day has there
been anything but the fairest wea-
Their on the days Of the fair. 1t is in
Greenville county, near Fountain
Inn, and people from many counties,
II ON far and wide, all go to that fair
as a sort of annual pilgrimage The
club sent two other bales of cotton
similar to the Presidents. Upon
one is inscribed "To the Hon. Joseph
II. Johnson" and on the other is
ITO the Hon. e. D. Smith," together
with the date and the name of the
donor, The Farmers Club.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-31
what H. Was Allowed 10 Do.

$s,s58 sSsas$S IournoI.)
A PfSsGterlan delegate who was
accustomed to being sent 20 ienomi-
nationai~convenIions to extend fra
ternal greetings was delegated to
the General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church.
a. Rising to speak, he said it wa: al
lays an interesting study TO him to
mote the different receptions accord
ed him at the conventions Of the va
rious denominations.
whenever ! attend a convention
of the Episcopal church, for exam
ple," said he, Il find / can do any
thing like except preach in the pull
pit. When I go before the Baptist
church l am accorded every privl-
lege except that of taking commur
ion. And" he said with a smile
when l appear among the Metho
dists / notice I am allcse every
privilege except taking the collec
tion!"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-31

Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs quickly, strengthens the lungs
and expels colds. Get the genuine in
a yellow package. ]. w. Bell, Wal
halla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, West
Minister
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-31
Sheriff's Posse Kills Eight.

Henrietta, Oklahoma, March 25.-
Eight negroes were killed in a fight
with a sheriff's posse at Hickory
Ground early to-day. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
Work and Years.

From the Springfield Republican
John Bigelow of New York, who last
month celebrated his ninety-first BIRTH
day. has issued IN pamphlet form dis
cussion of the tariff on imports. with a
substitute provision for an equitable dis
tribution OF the wealth Of nations" which
is suggested in a letter addressed to Gov
Charles E. Hughes. This would be
noteworthy production from a publcist of
middle age. 1t becomes more remarkable
when appearing as the work of a man
who has already passed beyond the age
of four score years and ten.
We have several contemporaneous ex-
amples of high intellectual powers remain
ing active and unimpaired at a very adj
vanced age. Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son at eighty-five continues nearly as
active as ever in literary work Prof
Goodwin Smith at the same age still
demonstrates his right to a conspicuous
place in the councils of men. Edward
Everett Hale Is not perceptibly broken by
his eighty Eight years IN pursuing the
work to which most OF his life has been
given Many other examples equally
striking might no doubt be given If it
be true that the age at which men can
be useful in business and Industrial affairs
Is decreasing under the high pressure of
our modern life, Ii Is evidently not true
that this life of today in its more COM
prehensive character Is showing q capacity
to reduce among men the years naturally
allotted to them on the EARTH Rather
the contrary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
The Return to Greek.
om the Boston transcript

from Inc Boston transcript.
It needed not that Dr. Mahaffy himself
should come to the Lowell Institute to
stem the tide OF disioyalty to the ancient
canons of education which always de
manded Greek as the test and founda-
ton and standard Of the so-called lib
erai education The hasty judgment
which a generation ago decided that
Greek was a "fetich," and that it should
be ranked no longer among the neces-
has long since been largely disavowed
even by soma Of it's champions. There
has grown up a truer standard for estl-
mating the value of education than that
which subjects 1t to the question, what
will best pay in the scramble for place
and pelf?' The age of material expan-
sion in this continent. with every thought
promoting development to bigger and big,
ger big things" as big things. is past
There has come the reaction, the rapose
from the strenuous combat with the phys
ical and economic problems. There has
come a restoration of polite learning.
philosophy and art to their rightful and
eternal prominence as distinguished from
the so-called practical or "bread-and-
butter branches of college training. And
whenever and wherever that reaction
and awakening dawns there. by the very
law of it's being, the Greek literary prim-
acy rises and spreads like a religion.
When the highest and farthest springs
Of all western culture-the western
against the Asiatic lore-are sought for,
both the source and the stores of the
richest and purest are ever In the Greek
letters, the Greek historians, the Greek
poets. the Greek dramatists, the Greek
thinkers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
Imperial Superiority.
From the London Chronicle.

from the LONDON SnIOnlcte.
The Chinese emperor of whom modern
records speak most frankly is that high and
mighty potentate Kia-king He claimed to
hold the universal sovereignty of the
EARTH" and his successor in the twenties,
who rejected Lord Amllerst's embassy,
was even more arrogant. 1t was his in
sistence upon the "ko-tou,'' or three
kneelings and nine knocks Of the head
upon the ground as token Of obedience
and vassalage. that led to the departure
OF Lord Anlherst's embassy. His majesty
sent back the ambassador and suite in a
rage because. after travelling all night
Lord Amherst declined Ito come in
stanter with the said genuf1exionss and
knCckings into the imperial presence
In the public proclamations respecting
the treatment of his lordship on his re-
turn homeward the emperor referred to
the English tribute bearer and when
the emperor publicly explained the faults
that led to the non-reception Of the en-
bassy he very coolly remarked that con-
tempt was improper toward our interiors
those who from an immense distance and
vast seas had come to present with re-
spect letters of due consideration and
obedience. :" He added that of the Of
ferings brought by the embassy he had
selected some trifiing presents and re-
turned certain more valuable ones as
reward. In observance of the maxims of
Confucius: Give much, receive little"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
THE FOREIGN STAGE.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. December 3

LONDON, December so. 1908.
Joseph Harris Polly Pickles Pets
From Petland," one-act phantasy
especially designed for the children. has
been put on at the Coliseum with Hart
himself in command In coming to the
big London vaudeville house he joins his
wife. Carrie de Mar, who is still in the
bill. and is now referred to as 1.-The in
imitable'' by an increasing band of ad-
mirers. AS performers many American
actors and actresses have taken part in
the English pantomimes in the past. and
are included in the casts this year. but
Hart is the only American producer to
invade the field which English managers
have grown to regard as exclusively their
own. Some of them are now wondering
If this Is beginning OF another Yankee
invasion.
Curtis Browns four-act comedy. Man
agement." which was loaned to the Eng
lish Play Society for its two initial per
1ormances, was given before large and
apparently appreciative audiences at the
Kingsway Theater this week The first
night went of especially well, and the
author had TO bow his acknowledgements
The play evidently rubbed the critic of
the London Times the wrong way. how
ever. The comedy deals with the humor-
Gus aspects of the difficulties in which
an energetic and overconfident young
girl is likely to involve herself and every
one else by undertaking to manage other
folks affairs without sufficient expert
ence. Madge Titheradge was to have
played this difficult role, but unfortunate
ly was too Ill to go on with the rehear-
sails. and Miss Dorothy Desmond had to
take the part at short notice and in face
of great difficulties. Many DISTINGUISHED
folk saw the play. including the kings
sister and brother-in-law. the Duke of
Argyll and Princess Louise, Duchess of
Argyll. Sir Charles Wyndham and some
of the other London managers were also
present.
Pinke and the Fairies" which Beer
bohm Tree is presenting at His Majesty Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

gion within which they must lie has been
designated by the concurrent action of
both houses of the Australian parliament
The exact boundaries of the site now
fixed upon have not, as we have said,
been determined, but both houses OF the
Australian parliament have agreed as to
the district In which the federal capital
shall be laid out. Their choice has fallen
on the Yass-Canberra country, which lies
1913 miles to the southwest of Sydney and
395 miles from Melbourne. 1t will be
easily accessible, for the main railway
between the two principal cities of Aus
tralia passes near it. The Yass-Canberra
district has an altitude OF from 1000 to
5000 feet and a good supply of water.
fronting as it does on the Murrumbidgee
river one of the most important of Aus
tralian waterways. Within the era are
deposits Of sandstone and marble. which
viii furnish the needed building material.
1t remains to be seen, however, whether
the productiveness of the adjoining re-
eion. which seems to be suited rather for
pastoral than for agricultural purposes
will be able to meet the needs of the fed
eral capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
Savage Eaglehawk.

From the London Standard.
Perhaps the deadliest foe of the Aus
tralian sheep farmer Is the eaSiehaWk'
and many and wonderful are the comriV-
ances invented for it's destruction or
capture. A correspondent at Singleton
says it is no uncommon thing for farm
er with a run of quite average extent to
lose a hundred sleep in season through
the depredations of these carnivorous
birds. "Their strength" he writes. rs
so abnormal that 1t is practically lmpos-
sible for the sheep on which one pounces
10 resist the attack and their appetite for
live mutton appears to be Unsuitable. They
are occasionally caught by means of d
trap attached to the carcass of sheep,
and sometimes poisoned; but their num-
beers are nevertheless continually increas-
ing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
The New Australian Capital.
From the New York Sun.

The selection Of a site for a federal cap
ital has proved a source of trouble to the
Australian commonwealth, just as it did
to the United States and to the Dominion
of Canada. Over a dozen years passed
before the compromise was effected by
which Washington was fixed upon, and
about ten years elapsed before the Cana
dams, unable to arrive at an agreement.
delegated the choice of a locality to Queen
Victoria. who selected Ottawa. Even now
the precise boundaries of the federal dis
trict have not been defined, but the re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
Priceless Gift Of Humor.

From Iady's Pictorial.
1t is fine thing to be able to make
hundreds of people laugh heartily. To
have the power to achieve this purpose is
little less than a gift of the gods, and
the price of a real national characteristics
in common.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
Experts at Colonizing.

From Handelsblad. Amsterdam.
The only two countries which draw some
benefit from their colonies and under
stand how to manage them are England
and Holiand-two countries which have
MANY national characteristics in COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

Theater is remarkable for the inclusion
Of an astonishingly good child actress.
For the sake of advertisement the name
Of this young actress was withheld untli
the opening night, she being referred TO
on the program as "a young lady who
makes her first appearance on any
stage" Although only ten years OF age
and small for her age, she dances with
pleasingly that she quite relegates to the
background Ellen Terry. Marie Lohr and
the other eminent members or the great
company which Tree has brought to-
gether.
At the conclusion Of the opening per-
Torrance. in response to insistent ap.
plause and calls. Tree led the little girl
before the curtain and introduced her as
Elise Craven. 1t is said that she has been
an accomplished actress almost from her
cradle, but that her parents have refused
to allow her to appear publicly until now:
She is a slight, golden-haired child, OF
singular beauty. and her playing OF the
part of the queen of the fairies is a Joy
to the beholders. She has taken Lon
don by storm, and already it is impos-
sible to get seat in the house for the
month of January. anu although nun
dreds of applications are pouring IN the
management have refused to book any
farther ahead than that.
1t is alleged here that the now famous
"Danse des Apaches.' which has become
Merry Widow waltz out of business in
England originated in the Bowery. This
discovery is announced by Michael Nor
ton: the playwright author OF Her
of 1.-The Richest Girl Already it is
being danced in four Of the principal
variety houses of London. and half OF
the pantomimes to be produced within
the next week will include it as a fea-
ture.
Robert Fitzsimmons and his wife. who
have been playing in Ireland, have arrived
tn London and are showing at the OK
ford Music Hall. He has been telling
everybody who would lend an ear that
he Is ready to meet any one, white or
black. light or heavy. II he had come a
few months sooner. that is. before Gotch
appeared in his sketch at the Coliseum,
Bob would have been called an innovation
by the English press for introducing his
boxing and bag punching exhibition as
the incidental feature of sketch.
London is keenly interested in the news
that William Faversham is seeking to ar
range an appearance here in 1.-The World
and His Wife OF course, the English
rights in that play are controlled by Mar
tin Harvey. but it seems very probable
that Faversham will be able to secure
as it may SEEM although Faversham is
an Englishman, he has never appeared
in London except as an amateur Be-
fore he went to the United States his
professional appearances were confined to
the provinces.
Slowly but surely the vaudeville sketch,
as known in the United States. is making
it's way into English favor. 1t has been
hard fight, and even today 1t is COM
plete success only in those houses which
are frankly run on American lines. such
as the Palace, or which draw upon
class of people who have travelled and can
appreciate the worth of clever idea
briefly expressed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

Julia MarIowe. who is presenting her
new play. THE Goddess of Reason In
Philadelphia. will come to washington
before the month Is out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

Nine Blanche Marchesi. who will ap-
pear in concert February o, will be sur
rounded by her own company of Euro
pean artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

a Waltz Dream made a new seasons
record at the Columbia Theater last week,
the house being sold out at nearly every
performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

The plot of William ]. Hurf5ut's new
play. THE Writing on the WALL" Is based
on the tenement holdings of Trinity par
fish New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

De Wolf Hopper will abandon musical
comedy at the end of this season TO re-
enter straight comedy. He has already
begun to search for a suitable play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

George All, the animal fmpersonator,
has gone to London to create the part
of Dick Whittington's cat in the big
pantomime produced by Arthur Collins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

Laura Nelson Hall, who will be seen
in the support OF Frances Starr In The
Easiest Way" has been leading woman
of note for several seasons. She orig
mated the principal role in Girls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

Anna Laughlin. singing coincidence
often conspicuous in Broadway musical
connections. has been on the stage all
her life, beginning with children's parts
In support of Helen Blythe after she left
DaIy's Theater
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

The Vampire by Edgar Allan Woolf
AMI George Sylvester Viereck, opened In
Bridgeport Conn, December 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

Harrison Grey Fiske has acquired for
Mrs. Fiske. from Hauptmann and the
Resented brothers Of Berlin, the Amer
lean rights to "Hannele." 1t is Mr..
Ifske's intention to produce the work in
New York next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

"Pinkie and the Fairies which Beer
bohm Tree is presenting at His Majesty's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

engagement Mrs Potter and her daughter
Fiji were reconciled after being parted
for several years. friends of both bringing
them together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

OF the five walters that Lew Fields re-
hearses in 1.-The Girl Behind the Counter
three are manufactured according to the
laws of stage makeup, while the dwarf
and the fat boy are finds of Mr.
Fields, who is ever on the lookout for
fypeS
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-20

Leavenworth, Wash, Oct 20
Monday night about 1890 o'clock,
w. F. Nye, advertising agent for the
Leavenworth Department store,
heard a slight noise on the veranda
of his residence, and his wife in
formed him that she had heard the
same noise while he (Mr. Nye) was
in Seattle a few days before. Mr..
Nye slipped out of the house on the
opposite side from the veranda AMI
going around the house saw prowl-
er on the steps, at whom he opened
fire with his six shooter The prowler
made a dive off Of the steps and
went under the veranda, when Mr..
Nye fired two more shots at him in
the dark, and the only reply was a
groan. Mr.. Nye Immediately came
to town and Informed Marshal AL
corn and Dr. Hoxsey of what had
happened. They got lantern and
made a search of the premises, but
the only evidence to be found was
marks Of someone in the dust, and
tracks leading to the Wenatchee Val
ley & Northern tracks.