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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
MaRsH ALEXANDER OWNS MINE.
General Activity in Asphalt Mining
Out In Oklahoma. tlE
.(Ardmore, Okla, Ardmoreite.)

lArdmore, Okla, Ardmoreite.)
Proceedings were had yesterday
which bear unmistakable evidence
that active work will begin soon to-
ward the development of the asphalt
mines in this county, The Parker
Asphalt and Refining Company filed
a mortgage covering 16O acres of
very fine mineral lands to secure an
issue of four hundred $50 thirty year
per cent bonds, aggregating $780,
600. This sum of money as soon as
it Is received from the sale of the
bda will be used in developing the
aspnalt deposit owned by this COM
pany In the Woodford community.
The company entered this field from
Atlanta, Ga. They have made many
visits to Oklahoma and have pur-
chased some of the lands and have
covered other lands by mineral leases
running all the way from five to
ninety-nine years. .s4.5s E.
There Is another feature that en-
ters into the deal that will be Of
interest to the people, that is, this
company cannot do much in the way
Of profitable development without
some means of transportation, and
they will at once enter into negotia-
tions with Oscar Ayres, of Olathe,
Kansas, who is promoting the inter-
urban west of here to Chichasha and
Lawton. The company has repre-
sentatives who have already moved
here for the purpose of actively car
rying on the work.
The asphalt industry means more
to Carter county and Southern Okla
homa than any other industry. NJ.
u. &e"ander, who, with Walter Col
BERT owns the old Downard-Lester
mine, near this city, reports that he
will begin active operations in his
mine. This property has been in
litigation and was cleared some days
ago in proceedings in district court
in Marshall county. The latter mine
is the one from which the asphalt
was taken that was laid on the streets
of this city, and its products were
also laid on the streets OF Kansas
City and is pronounced by experts to
be the best material for paving ever
used. Asphalt is no longer an eXper-
iment, it makes good paving and 1t
makes good paints, as has been thor
oughly demonstrated by the asphalt
takdh from this mine. The Alexan-
der Aane is variously estimated to be
worth all the way from $4,000 to
$50, 600 by different persons.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
QUARANTINE is REMOVER.
Government Declares Four Counties
Free of Texas Cattle Ticks.

A bulletin from the board Of ami
NAL industry of the Federal Agricul-
tural Department announces the rails
ing of the Federal quarantine against
the Texas cattle tick fever in Oco-
nee, Pickens, Greenville and Ander-
son counties. This means that these
counties are now absolutely free
from the disease, and it is the first
territory in the State that has been
SO declared free by the Federal gov
ernment.
The State Government maintains
separate quarantine against the
fever, appropriating $4,000 a year
for stamping out the disease. When
last reported upon, the State quaran-
tine covered Abbevil'e, Greenwood,
Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, Chefo-
kee, York and Chester counties. IS
The Federal Government action
Is taken as a result of the progress
made in the determination of the
ticks which spread The disease.
Since the beginning of this work in
1905 over $4,000 square miles OF
territory have been freed from ticks
and released from quarantine.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
TlLbMAN AND CLEMSON.
What he Says Regarding the Presi-
dency of Institution.

washington Cor. Columbia State.)
Senator Tillman says it's all nom
sense about his being president of
Clemson.
do you mind nay writing some-
thing about it?"
"Oh, 1t isn't worth writing about.
Nobody but a blamed fool would
ever think about such a thing
well, but, you know, i write for
the blamed FOOLS as well as the other
folks
Only blamed wasn't the word.
The presidency of Clemson" said
the Senator, requires some peculiar
training. The president should be
a man of culture as we'll as expert
ence in agricultural education, a man
OF executive ability for which he
must have good health and strength.
| might have some of these quo o,ities.
! don't know. But l have not had
any training as an educator, and at
my time of life would be fool to
branch out into new field. have
been doiD g all could as a me- l,ber
of the board to get everything to
running smoothly, to straighten out
the kinks and get down to business.
Yes, several men have suggested
1t to me at different times, but have
never given it serious thought be-
cause the thing was so manifestly out
Of the question"
Senator Tillman seems deeply in
terested in Clemson College, and
whenever the subject is mentioned
he drops what he is doing or saying,
becomes thoughtful and serious, and
talks about IL.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
Observation-Disclosures.

The above is the name of q Ger
man chemical, which ia one Of the
many valuable ingredients of Foley's
Kidney Remedy. Hexamethylene-
tetramine is recognized by medical
text books and authorities as a uric
acid solvent and antiseptic for the
urine. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy
as soon as you notice any irregulari-
Ties, and avoid a serious malady.
j. w. Bell, Walhalla.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
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PRESBYTERIAN,

Rev. Geo. NJ. Wilcox, Pastor.
Walhalla Church-Preaching I'd
and 4th Sabbath. Morning servi q,
/ a. M; evening service 7.30 p. m.
Sabbath School (weekly) 10 a. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday after
noon at o'clock
Bethel Church-Preaching I'd and
4th Sabbaths. Preaching service,
$50 p. m. Fifth Sabbath, II a. m.
Sabbath School, 8 p. m.
Ebenezer Church-Preaching on
1st Sabbath at p. m.
Richland Church-Preaching 1st
and Sd Sebbaths. Morning service,
11.30 a. m.
Sabbath School, 1890 a. m.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
Smith May Run for Attorney Gen.

1t Is understood that friends of
Representative Mendel l.. Smith, of
Camden, are urging him to become a
candidate for Attorney General next
year, the impression being that At
torney General Lyon may not be a
candidate for reelection. In that
case it is generally believed that M.
p. DeBruhl, Of Abbevilie, the assist
ant Attorney General, will also en-
ter the race.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15

Man, persons find themselves af-
fected with a persistent cough after
an attack Of influenza. AS this
cough can be promptly cured by the
use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
1t should not be allowed to run on
until 1t becomes troublesome. Sold by
J. w. Bell, Walhalla; G. w. Wick
life, West. Union.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
Atlanta Woman Kills Herself.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. S.-Despondent
because her son had moved away
from Atlanta, Mrs. George Land, so
years old, shot and killed herself
early to-day. Nearly half of her
head was blown away. The body
was found by friend who boarded
in the same house with her.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
Lutheran,

Rev. II. P. Epting, Pastor.
English services every Sunday
morning at IL o'clock; Sunday
School at 9.45 a. m.
Missionary Society meets on We'd
nesday after the first Sunday in each
month.
Ladies' Aid Society meets on We'd
nesday after the third Sunday in
each month.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
Importan, Case at Madiu, Okla.

- Important Case at Madili, Okla.
IN connection VII. tl- above we
pOrlish the following report of a
case recently settled by the Okla
bona Courts, NJ. l.. Alexander, for
nerly os C.oDee, being interested in
the case:
At the instance of the District In
dian Agent letters Of guardianship
were procured over the estate of
Marcelene and Stella Farve, Missis-
sippi Choctaw Indians, in the county
court Of Marshall county, and an ap-
peal was prosecuted to the district
court by Mercelene and Stella Farve
~ On the trial in the district court on
Saturday, November 27, after the tes-
timony was introduced on the part of
the United states Indian Agency,
counsel representing Mercelene and
Stella Farve raised the question of
law& to the jurisdiction Of the
court to entertain the cause further
hfor the reason that there was no
testimony introduced showing that
Marcelene and Stella Farve were
mentally incompetent to manage and
control their persons and estate.
Counsel w. F. Bowman, j. B..
Moore, Fl. A. Ledbetter and Guy Sig
Ter, representing Mercelene and Stel-
la Farve, took the position that even
though their clients were ignorant
and unlettered. this was no ground
IS ,e appointment of guardian.
YSse petitioners seeking for letters
OF guardianship were represented by
j. c. Denton, assistant United States
attorney for the Eastern District of
Oklahoma, w. w. Bennett and l.. A..
Baker.
The court in handing down its de-
cision, in part said:
To have guardian appointed
over an adult person 1t must be
shows that the person ior whom
the guardian Is sought is insane, an
idiot, an imbecile, or that his mind
has become so deranged from dis
SaoS, olu uSt VI OJneT cause as 10
render him utterly incapable to taxi
ing care Of himself and manage his
property Also he held that the fact
that the party was unlettered, igno-
rant of business affairs and untutor-
5sea and the fact that he or she was in
possession OF progeYty. tho value of
which he was unacauainted with, did
not authorize the appointment of q
guardian. He said that If such rule
were adopted, this country would be
divided into two classes-guardians
and wards.
He found that respondents, Mar
celene aid Stella Farve, were igno-
rantYunlettered, and had no knowl-
edge. OF the. value Of lands, and no
business capacity, but that the tes-
timony showed that they were men
tally capable of taking care of them
selves, attending to their household
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15

After exposure, and when you feel
cold coming on, take Foley's
Honey and Tar, the great throat and
lung remedy. 1t stops the cough,
relieves the congestion, and eXpels
the cold from your system. Is mildly
laxative. J. w. Bell,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
GINNERS REPORT Is BLLL,SH.
Shows Cotton Crop is Far Short OF
Average of Previous Years.

Washington, Dec. S.---There were
S,S1S,2T running bales of cotton
ginned from the growth of 1909 to
December /, compared with II ,OOS,-
6G1 for 1908, according to census
bulletin issued to-day.
These figures count round as half
bales and exclude linters. The pro-
portion OF the last three crops ginned
to December l is S4.1 per cent for
1908, 75.5 per cent for 1907, and
77.2 per cent for 1905.
Round bales included this year are
133,919 against 204,4SO included for
1908 and 154,636 for 1907. Sea
island bales included are 77,776 for
1909, 6S,396 for 1908 and 5000
for 1907.
The distribution of sea island cot
ton for 1909 is:
Florlda $500
IeoiSla ....... "A, / IS
South Carolina STEP
The total cotton crop for 1908 was
l3,OS6,0O5 bales and for 1907, H.
057,S22.
Corrected statistics Of quantity of
cotton ginned this season to Novem-
ber IA, S,112,199 bales.
Cotton ginned from the 1909
growth to December i in the follow
ing States was
Florida :..... ....... 55,95S
Georgia ........ ..... 1,677,232
North Carolina 536,163
South Carolina ......... 99S,34O
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15

The man who feels certain that he
VIII not succeed Is seldom mistak en-.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15

WE WANT our friends and patrons
to leave their Printing and Engraving
crccrs with us. Prompt attention
and best service. Call and see our
line of samples.
THE KEowEE COURIER,
Wslhalla, 8. G.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
|LYNCHIMG IN OLD VIRGINIA


Hurley, Va.-Following the killing
here on Christmas Eve of Samuel Baker,
and the serious w~ounding Of his wife and
two children by the formers enemy,
Henry Pennington, a mob of n hum
dred citizens took Pennington from an
improvised Jail, where he had been in
carcerated under heavy guard, and
hanged him to a steam PIPE.
Pennington shot Baker while the lat
ter was on his way to a Sunday school
Christmas tree with his wife, his two
children and a friend, Wyatt Meadows.
Seeing that he had killed Baker, Pen
nington started to run away. Mrs. Bak-
er called after Pennington and inn
plored him to help her take the body
home.
The ruse worked, and Pennington
went back to the spot where his victim
lay dead. Bent upon avenging the deed
Mrs. Baker grabbed P~ennington's pisto
from his. pocket, and shot twice at him
Her aim was bad, but she succeeded il
wounding him in the hand and thigh
Pennington recovered possession of tn
pistol and then shot the woman and at
tempted to kill Meadows and the tw'
Fchildren.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
STEAMER WRECKED.
Five Million in Property Destroyed in
Vicinity of Boston.

Boston, Mass.-Masses of wreckage,
apparently from the ive-master schooner
Davis Palmer, of Boston, were found on
the beach at Hull Monday, and it is be-
lieved the vessel struck on one OF the
outer lodges of the harbor during Sun
DAVIS storm and went to pieces, with
the loss of all on board, a total of twelve
men.
Five million dollars loss was the esti-
mate made of the havoc wrought in and
around Boston by the blizzard as it
swept New England and drove a record
tide over the coast.
On land no fatalities have been re-
ported besides the four known to have
occurred in Chelsea, where a tidal wave,
bursting through the dyke along Island
End river, flooded eighty acres of homes
and forced $500 persons to flee, s%cantily
clad, into the raging storm.
The storm was the greatest that New
England has experienced in eleven years
All along the coast phenomenal tides
were reported. In many places sea walls
were battered to pieces, boulevards razet
and curbs and houses along the shor'
destroyed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
ATTEMPTED TO KILL MOTHER
Would-Be Murderer Is Barricaded in
House and Heavily Armed.

Memphis, Tenn--Heavily barricadei
in a little house on Fay avenue, armed
with a heavy shotgun and a pistol, and
swearing that he will kill the first man
who attempted to take him, James Frank
lin Roach, the young man who attempted
to kill his mother, Mrs. Sallie f. Miller,
is hemmed in by a posse of officers, who
slowly but surely are drawing the lines
of their dragnet closer about the man,
who, from present Indications, will never
be taken alive.
Goaded to desperation by the thought
that he had killed his mother, and igno-
rant of the fact that physicians have
strong hopes of saving her life, Roach
is a desperate
Frenzied with rage because his mother
had upbraided him for an alleged theft
Roach, who is 20 years old, walked into
the rear room of his mothers little dwell
ing, and without a word of warning sen
a bullet crashing into her head Will
a groan she staggered to her feet, am
then, after tottering several steps
pitched forward on the floor
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
TELLSOFCOOWS FLIGHT
IN DISGUISE, HE WENT TO
EUROPE UNDER AN ALIAS.
Had His Moustache Shaved OF and
Changed His Clothes When He
Was Making His Escape.

New York-Just how DR.. Frederick A.
Cook, the discredited pole finder, fled
from New York in disguise, took an as
sumed name and sought refuge in Eu-
rope was made public Sunday by
Charles Wake, formerly a staunch Cook
supporter.
Just before he started north for the
pole he asked me to accompany him"
said Mr.. Wake, but l was unable to go.
The next l heard of him was when he
cabled from Greenland on his way south
that he had reached the earth's top.
II met him on his arrival in New
York. / was in more or less constant
touch with him until he went to the
Hotel Gramatan, where he thought he
could work undisturbed on his data for
Copenhagen. Later he asked me to see
him about a plot to deprive him of his
records. He had received various let
tiers, he said, and believed that his enc
mics might ever take his life to get pos
session of his adta.
Il also received similar letters,
threatening death to DR.. Cook. What
also made me share in the apprehen-
s~iveness of DR.. Cook and his wife was
the knowledge that large sums of money
were spent to shadow him and myself,
His telephone leaked and so did mine.
cat last the doctor became so fearful
of harm that at his request | spent
every night at the Hotel Granatan from
Nov. 10 up to the time he left. He wal
unable to get any sleep, and became
nervous wreck. Meantime he grew NOR
taciturn. / could get hardly a word on
of him.
at was finally arranged that MI
Lonsdale, DIR. Cooks secretary, shout
, sail for Copenhagen with a typewritte
, copy of the records and that the docto
and his wife, with the originals, shout
sail for Genoa under assumed names o
the Cedric, leaving Nov. 81. Lonsdal
was to meet DIR. and Mrs. Cook at Ste
}, tin, Germany.
"They left the Gramatan the afte
noon OF Nov. "a, and by = circuitot
route reached the Pennsylvania static
Jersey City. On the way the doctor hs
his moustache shaved off and exchange
y his derby for a SLOUGH hat"
F.! "The next heard from DIR. Cook was
" letter from Toronto, received on No
!. 81 by his wife. He asked her to me
- him in Europe. In it he said, My wi
- is more important than the polar ms
~ ter On Dec. 4 Mrs. Cook sailed +
" Europe with the original records. I
!! Dec. 10 ! received a cablegram from !
Cook from Lisbon, Portugal. l ha
no idea where the doctor is now"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
PEARY'S DATA VERIFIED
SCHLEY'S DEMAND AROUSE6
BIG PROTEST.
Submission of Peary's Proofs tc
Copenhagen Would Reflect on
Geographic Society.

Neutrality-suspicious. Admiral w. 5.
Schley's demand that Commander Peary
submit his polar data to the consistory
of the University of Copenhagen for YER
iication, following that body's repudia'
ton of DR.. Cook, has raised a storm
among the membership of the National
Geographic Society, which gave Peary =
clean bill of health. The leading MEM
beers claim that the scientists of the
United States would be %demeaning them
selves if they acknowledged that their
findings needed veritication. There seems
to be no disposition to withhold from
the Copenhagen board the data filed by
Peary, but there is a well defined oppo'
sition against turning it over to the
Danish scientists for official action.
Nothing can be gained by submitting
Commander Peary's data to the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen" said Prof. Gannett,
who was chairman of the committee who
passed upon Peary's proofs, "and | 40
not see any reason why he should. The
committee which passed upon his papers
is fully qualified to arrive at an un'
biased conclusion, notwithstanding that
almost every member is acquainted will
Commander Peary. l need not say thai
the investigations were carried on along
scientific lines, without regard to tn
personality or standing of either claim
ant"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
AMERICANS

Corinto-A great sensation was
caused here Sunday when it was learned
that Zeyala had escaped on the Mexican
gunboat Guerrero. When Zelaya ar
rived here Saturday afternoon he had a
long secret interview with the Mexican
minister at which arrangements were
made for him to take fight on the Mex
lean ship. ~4ts4
Americans here are %anxiously await
ing word from Washington as to the
stand the Americans will take in Mexico
aiding Zelaya to escape.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31

Chicago.-Samuel Freudenberg, said to
be an agent of the Royal Saxony lottery
and the Hamburg CITY lottery, and Her
maj Kompel, said to be an agent Of the
Royal Saxony lottery, were arrested
here. Advertising matter found in the
Freudenberg house stated that the total
of money to be distributed would be
16, Gas, 200 marks, which would be over
s4,0O0,0 900 in American money. There
we're, according to these lottery pam
phlets, to be $4,000 prizes and one pre-
MUM of $2Oo, 900. a4gl5 l &
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
so PERISH IN STORM
BLIZZARD GREATEST EXPERT.
~ENCED IN YEARS.
Five Million Dollars in Property
Destroyed in and Around Boston
Hundreds Are Homeless.

New York.-Eighteen persons in and
near New York persisted in the Christ
mas blizzard or from accidents caused
by it. Six of these died from exposure
after being caught in snowdrifts. 9th
ers were drowned and several were killed
by trains.
Blockades on railroads created a short
age of food supplies and a consequent
increase in prices, which contributed to
the hardships of the poor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
Runaway Boy Returns Rich.

indianapolis, Ind.-From Nashville,
the seat of Brown county, a capital yet
untoched by a railroad, comes the story
of the return to his parents in the lonely
hill country of John Frenshaw, whom
the old folks had not seen or heard from
for twenty years, and who brought back
to them not only their lost son, but
also a Christmas present of $4,000. John
Frenshaw was ~ years old when he
quarreled with his father and ran away
from home.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
Renames His Baby.

New York.-John Henry Thirey, of
Long Island City, philanthropist, scholar
and educator, is trying to settle the ques-
ton of how he will bring about the re-
naming of his latest son, born September
IA, last. The child was named in honor
of DIR. Frederick A. Cook. Since Cooks
exposure Mr.. Thirey has been seeking the
means of relieving the youngest born
from bearing the name. He does not
know whether to appeal to the courts or
simply to have the child rechristened.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31

National budgets appear to be the
chief source of worry to European
governments. France is the latest to
experience trouble in this direction.
Her proposed budget this year is $40,-
O00,0 0 greater than the preceding
one, and provides for new taxeS which
make the taxpayers sit up and take
notice. AS the taxes were pretty
heavy before, the additional burden
will o make the people any more
%contented.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
Kills His Wife.

New Orleans-Because his. wife had
expressed "A desire to go to her parents
home to spend Christmas, James X.
Blakely shot her several times and then
killed himself. Responding to the APP
peals of the little 4-year-old son of the
couple, n~eighbors went to the house and
found both Blakely and his wife lying
dead on the floor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31
FEAR LYNcHING OF NEGRO.
Slayer of Charles Lowery Brought to
Paducah for Safety.

.Paducah, Ky.-Being threatened with
lynching, Homer Bridges, a negro, who
shot and killed Charles Lowery, a young
white man of Murray, KY, was brought
here and lodged in Jail for safekeeping.
While Lowery was walking along the
railroad track near Halle, KY, Bridges
shot from a coach, stating at the same
time, "Watch that fellow jump"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31

Director Lowell OF the observatory
at Flagstaff. A. T., reports the discov-
cry of the first Antarctic snowfall of
the season on Mars. Is it not now
I'D to the director of some other OBJ
servatory to demand at once samples
of the snow before tne report can be
believed? Discoveries are not taking
the words OF other discoveries with
out proofs these days.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-12-31

The top record of American building
permits in October were: Seattle, L.
BAT: Brooklyn Borough, 1925; Phila-
delphia, 1853; Chicago, 1856. In cost
Brooklyn and Chicago we're nearly
alike, with New York county, which
erects few buildings but big ones, far
ahead of either.