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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23
RICnulAND NEWS BRIEFS.
Boys Organize An Athletic Associa-
tion-Locnl News Items.

Richland, Nov. 19.--Spccial: Mrs.
Nj. j. Mcdonald is visiting her sister,
Mrs. s. G.. Carpes, Of Lavonia, Ga,
who is dangerously ill.,
Hon. e. E. Werner is in Columbia
attending United States Court as a
juryman.
Mrs. S. n. Hughs returned last
Wednesday from an extended visit to
her brothers in Arkansas.
Mr.. Cochran, Of Greenyille, made
business trip to Richland Tuesday.
The trustees OF Richland Academy
are having the school house painted,
which adds greatly to the appearance
and durability of the house
49, Mrs. Lucy Burriss returned re-
Gently from Anderson.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Berry returned Thurs
day from visit to Greenvile and
Easley. She was accompanied home
by her granddaughter, little Miss Oh
i've Perry
The Oconee County Farmers Un-
ion met at the Richland warehouse
yesterday evening, and 1t was an
nounced that A. Fl. Ellison, of Bonn
'ty Land, won first prize, making a
little over 100 bushels of corn to the
acre, and j. d. McMahan, Of Rich
land, came second, making over "a
bushels.
James Berry is in Greenville at
tending a business college.
The Richland boys organized an
athletic team Tuesday evening, and
were challenged by the Seneca High
School Friday to run a relay race
from Richland to Seneca on We'd
nesday, the 23d. OF course Ricbland
accepted, fer the boys want chance
1i,
not had as much practice as they
need, we feel sure That black and
white will be the prevailing colors
after the race. The race will start
at 3.16, or rs near that time as pos
sible. Richland may be little in size,
but you wal! and see.
Now, Mr.. Editor, Richland Is gem
orally in the lead. For instance, in
the Boys Corn Club Richland fur
n1shed nine members, and these nine
members produced nearly five hun
dred bushels of corn Oh nine acres of
land. No other school in the county
has made such a showing. Then,
too, the Richland walking club walk
ed by anything in its class while It
was blessed with Power The old
maids OF Richland won't admit being
swift, but several Of them have al
ready walked or rushed 6ntO matri-
mony, and several others, we think
will prove winners in the same con-
test In the near future, as some are
still practicing for the final contest.
Enough to say tkat If Seneca wins in
This relay race thny will have to burn
the wind.
A tenant house on the farm OF J.
II. Dendy, and occupied by Ernest
Nimmons, colorcd, was totally de-
stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.
The fire originated from an unknown
cause. Nothing was saved at all.
The unfortunate family Is staying
with nearby relative.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23
Opal No Longer Unlllcky.

New York, Nov. 20.--An opal, con-
sldered by many as an i'll omen,
saved the life of Samuel Alkon to-
night. When he was fired upon from
4 distance OF four feet, the bullet
struck and smashed the stone which
was In tie pin, then embodied itself
IN the frame Of the pin. A youth
who said he was Louis Brody, 10
years old, was charged with the
shooting.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23

with Westminster, and especially
considering the grace with which our
boys took defeat, we are at loss
to account for the disgruntled spirit
manifest in the newspaper accounts
Of the race. The only way we can
account for it Is expressed in re-
mark made by prominent West
minister citizen to a prominent Sem
eca citizen, viz, that Westminster
expected to make a complete walk
over" and she didn't!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23
Champion Girl Corn Grower.

Columbia, Nov 1S. - Hannah
PloWden. pretty 15-year-old school
girl OF Clarendon county, Is the
champion girl corn grower of the
world
1t wac announced by the Depart
ment of Agriculture last night that
she had produced 1870 bushels Of corn
on one acre.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23
Win Promote Rcallfy-

Women desiring beauty get won
dcrful help from Bucklen's Arntca
Salve 1t bapishes pimples, skin
eruptions, sores and boi1s. 1t axes
the skin soft and velvety. 1t glori-
fes the face. Cures sore eyes, cold
sores. cracked lips, chapped HANDS.
Best for burns, scalds, fever solos,
cuts, bruises and piles. 25c. at ali
druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23
Homicide in Pickens County.

Pickens, Nov. 19.--Yesterday af-
ternoon about 3 o'clock, near Liber-
ty, this county, Henry Boggs shot and
killed Sam Boggs. Both were about
25 years old, and 1t is said we're
drinking. They are prominently
connected.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23
INCREASE or HALF MlLEroa.
Ginners' Report Shows 8,704,1 ,1ES
Ginned to November IA.

Washington, Nov. 21.--The census
bureau issued report on cotton
ginning to-day, showing S,764,163y
bales ginned from the growth OF
1910 to November IA, compared With
S,112,199 for 1909.
The total amount ginned shows q
percentage of tho last three crops
sos for 1909, 1913 for 1908 and
66.1 for 1907.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23

New York, Nov. 21.-Cotton OPEN
ed strong and active, 81 to 43 points
higher as result of census bureau
ginning report. Opening: Decem-
Der, 1853; January, 14.53; March,
1464: May 14SS &3t
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
ROCK ISLAND ROAD
CHANGES HANDS
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Sir En-
nest CaSSeI New Owners.

Chicago, Aug 8.--A cable dispatch
from London says that a conference
was held in London at which final de-
tails in connection with the taking
over by the Kuhn-Loeb-C Cassei syndi-
cate of the Farquhar-pearson interest
in the Rock Island were settled
The meeting was attended by Sir
Ernest Cassel, on behalf Of the syndi-
cate, and Farquhar, who will return to
America to carry out the details.
While Farquhar and Pearson still
retain small interest in Rock Island
the ReidMoore interests have lost the
controlling interest in the concern,
which now rests with the Kuhn-Loeb-
Cassel syndicate absolutely. The in
formant says one of the first things
the new organization will do is to re-
organize the whole system, making
sweeping changes in the active man
agement of the line and re-establish.
ing it with the most modern methods.
With Kuhn, Loeb e Co. and Sir Err
nest Cassel are associated a powerful
group of French bankers, and it is
stated that they paid s20,00O,000 for
the Pearson interests.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
JOHN LIND MAY ACCEPT
Son Says Father Has Not Declined
Nomination.

st. Paul, Aug. S-That John Lind
will accept the Democratic nomination
as governor is indicated by two let
tiers received in st. Paul from Mr.
Lind's son, Norman Lind, of Everett
Wash.
Frank A. Day, chairman of the Dem
ocratic state central committee, re.
ceived one of these letters.
In this the interview purporting to
be from John Lind and saying he
would not serve as governor if elected
is branded as false
According to Norman Lind, John
Lind gave out no interview after the
nomination was made.
All the messages received at Ever.
EFT and Seattle following the action OF
the state convention were kept sealed
and handed to Mr.. Lind as he was
leaving for Alaska
John Lind's statement of accept
ance, or at least for permission to use
his name, is expected as soon as he
returns from the North
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
ENDS LIFE FOR INSURANCE
Detectives Say Mayor of Ridgeway,
Va, Blew Himself Up.

Roanoke, Va, Aug. ,8.-That Mayor
A. S. Bousman of Ridgeway deliber-
ately blew himself to pieces with dy-
Mantle bomb is the startling conclu-
sion reported by the detectives who
have been investigating Bousman's
death on July "a.
Bousman was sitting in a hammock
before his home in Ridgeway when
the explosion occurred and was hor-
ribly mutilated, both legs and arms
being torn from his body. 1t was be-
lieved at that time that Bousman had
been murdered.
Bousman is said to have been deep
ly in debt and it is believed by the
detectives that he planned to destroy
himself in order to save his family.
He had an accident policy for $4,000
and $4,000 in life insurance. Shortly
before his death Bousman had been
conducting some experiments with
dynamite.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
AIMED AT MRS. LONGWORTH
Resolutions Adopted by Cincinnati W..
c. r. w..

Cincinnati, Aug. S-The Walnut
Hills branch, w C. r. IT, of Cincinna
ii, with Or. Sarah M Siewers, presi.
dent. presiding, adopted resolutions
asking prominent persons in every
community to refrain from using
cigarettes and advocating the raising
of standards of conduct and morality
in women rather than lowering the
standards Of women"
When President Siewers was asked
ii the resolutions were aimed at Mrs
Alice Roosevelt Longworth She an.
swered:
Yes; the resolutions were aimed at
Mrs. Longworth, Miss Eleanor Sears
of Boston and a dozen other promi-
nent women who have been mentioned
in the newspapers as indulging in
cigarette smoking, and copies Of the
resolutions will be mailed to ali Of
them, including Mrs. Longworth."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
woman Ward Superintendent.

Chicago, Aug. 8.-Miss Anna Muir
ply has been assigned to the position
of ward superintendent of streets In
the Twenty y-ninth ward, which Health
Commissioner Evans some time ago
designated as the "dirtiest ward In
Chicago Miss Murphy was formerly
q newspaper woman.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Premier iaurier in Wreck.

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 8.-Sir VIII
frid Laurier, who is making political
tour of Western Canada, was slightly
injured near Pense. Sask., when the
train he was on collided head on with
q freight. The fireman was killed and
Laurier injured about the legs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08

affairs and that previously as a mem
Der of the house he had been for four
teen years a member of the house
committee on Indian affairs
He also related that Mr.. Sherman
had been chairman of the house com
mittee previous to his election to the
vice presidency. That, said the sem
ator, accounted for their having been
called to the White House to discuss
the McMurray contracts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Prominent Physician Dead.

New York, Aug 8.-Dr Charles
Jewett, president of the Medical so,
ciety of the state of New York and the
Medical society of the county of
Kings, died at his home In Brooklyn.
Ne was In his seyenty.first year DR..
Jewett was the author of number Of
medical text books and member Of
many scientific societies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
PEDRO MONT AT BEVERLY
President of Chile Visits President of
United States.

Boston, Aug S.-President Pedro
Montt of Chile went to Beverly to
visit President Taft
The party boarded the Mayflower
and that yacht headed down the har-
Dor and steamed over to the north
shore to land the distinguished guest
at President Taft's summer home at
Burgess point Chandler Hale, Major
General Carter and Captain II. Mel.
H. Huse accompanied the party as
official Representatives of the United
States government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
COMPANY REJECTS PROPOSAL
Citizens Committee Fails in Effort to
End Columbus Strike.

Columbus, o., Aug. s.-Rev. DR..
Washington GLADDEN. and other mem.
bers of citizens committee met with
failure in efforts to settle the street
car strike A new arbitration agree
the company by DR.. w. o. Thompson,
president of the Ohio state university
The company did not accept it, but
offered instead proposal to take back
discharged men held by the state arbi-
tration board to have been unjustly
treated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Actor Dies TO Save Woman.

Chicago, Aug. 8.--Local theatrical
people are lauding as hero Robert
Zizick, known on the vaudeville stage
as Bob Roberts," who lost his life
after saving Miss Ella Paris from
drowning. Zizick was resident of
Chicago, but was well known through
out the Western vaudeville circuit.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
SCHlFF is WELL PLEASED
Banker Optimistic Over the Resources
of Alaska.

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 8.--Jacob III.
Schiff, the New York banker, has ar
rived here from Alaska, where he has
been examining the resources of that
district in the behalf of investors. He
Is quite optimistic at the outlook there
and made a careful note of every
phase of the country and is ready to
present an interesting report to Wall
street
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08

Indian Says He Was Promised $25,ooo
if He Would Not Oppose Deal for
Disposing of Lands of Immense
Vaue-Senator Curtis of Kansas
Takes the Stand and Contradicts
Statements of Senator Gore.
Muskogee, Okla, Aug. S.-More
charges of attempted bribery in the
Oklahoma Indian land deals were
made before the congressional inves-
tigation committee. ID. G. McCurtain,
a Choctaw Indian, governor of the
Choctaw Nation and an attorney for
that tribe, testified that J. f. McMur-
ray had offered him $4,000 not to op-
pose the land deal
The contracts were those which
were disapproved by President Roose-
welt in 1908.
IL was called to the hotel by Nc
Murray testified McCurtain. while
there | was introduced to Cecil A.
Lyon, national Republican committee
man from Texas. When Lyon left
McMurray said;
Il have decided to give you $4,000
If you will. not. oppose these contracts.
If the contracts go through just as
they are you get the money If our
profits are cut down then your money
will be cut down in proportion"
McCurtain said the offer took place
at the Raleigh hotel at Washington.
The terms were that McCurtain was
not to oppose the approval of the con-
tracts by the secretary of the interior
and by the president, said the wit.
ness. The contracts were held by
Mansfield, McMurray & Cornish, a
law firm of McAlester OKLA and pro-
yided for the sale of about 10000
acres of Choctaw and Chickasaw lands
said to be worth from $4,000 900 to
100000 900, the witness testified.
Supplements Cores Charges.
McCurtain's charges OF attempted
bribery supplement those of Senator
Gore. McCurtains testimony came
as a climax following the appearance
on the stand OF Senator Charles Cur
tis of Kansas, who refuted previous
testimony by Senator Gore that Vice
President Sherman was interested
In the land deal now pending
Senator Curtis asserted that both
he and Vice President sherman were
on record as being unfavorable to.
ward the McMurray contracts where
by $3,000.000. or 10 per cent of the
proceeds from the deal, was to be
diverted from the Indians in the shape
of attorneys fees" Senator Curtis
testified that Senator Gore once had
remarked that he (Curtis) was "med-
ding too much in Oklahoma affairs by
fair means and by foul"
While ,on the stand Senator Curtis
related the details of a conversation
which took place at the White House
between President Taft, Vice Presi
dent Sherman and himself last April
The senator explained he was a mem.
ber of the senate committee on Indian
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Explosion on Submarine.

Portsmouth, Eng, Aug. 8.-Two Of
ficers and five men were dangerously
injured by an explosion of petrol on
the navy submarine A 1. So great was
the force of the explosion that the
coxswain was blown completely out of
the coming tower and fell into the
sea-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Troops May Fight Fires.

Washington, Aug. S,-Request has
been made for troops to protect ma
tional forests in Montana and Idaho
from forest fires and to assist n ex-
tinguishing the flames.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
WOULD OUTLINE
ALL LEGISLATION
Roosevelt FayOrs Tariff and
Ilarbor Boards.
PREDICTS GOOD RESULTS

Says This Method WouId Remove Lo-
cal Pressure From the Congress-
mans home District and Secure
River Improvement on Merits Only.
Tariff Commission Should Be Ex-
perts of the Highest Possible Grade.
New York, Aug. Appointment of
tariff and river and harbor commits
sions to frame legislation in outline is
strongly urged by Theodore Roose-
welt in an article published in the Out
look The former presidents advocacy
of the commission plan is based in
part ON the theory that it would pro-
vide the most effective means of re.
lieving members of congress of inn
proper pressure brought to bear on
them by special interests.
The Roosevelt article is entitled "A
Remedy for Some Forms of Selfish
Legislation" 1t is inspired by pa
per on Political Reform written by
congressman for the current number
of the Worlds Work, in which it is as
serted that until constituencies cease
to regard their representatives as So
licitors at the national treasury con-
gress will continue to enact iniquitous
groups of local favors into national
legislation.
Should Be Free From Pressure.
After recommending specifically the
naming of tariff commission, com
posed of experts of the highest pos
sible grade, and similar commission
to deal with river and harbor matters,
Colonel Roosevelt says:
These men, from the very nature
of the case, will be wholly free from
the local pressure of special interests
so keenly felt by every man who is
dependent on the vote of a particular
district every two years for his con-
tinuance in public life,
Such a river and harbor commits
sion could report. and probably would
report, great and comprehensive ma
tional scheme for river and harbor inn
provements fit to be considered by the
people as a whole upon its merits, and
not dependent for enactment into law
upon system of log rolling designed
to placate special interests which are
powerful in each of many score of con-
gressional districts"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
DYING BY THE HUNDREDS
City of Canton, China, Infected by the
Plague.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. S.-That the
city of Canton is infected with plague
is the news brought by the steamer
Nfngchow from the Orient. People
are dying by the hundreds and 1t has
been difficult to get men to bury the
dead. The hot weather of an unus
ually dry summer has made condi-
tions in the city extraordinarily un-
healthful
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08

Helena, Mont, Aug. $50 serious
has the forest fire situation in North
western and Western Montana become
that Governor Norris has telegraphed
the presidents of the three transcon-
tinental railroads beseeching their CO.
operation in fighting the flames.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Bitter Root Reserve AbIaze.

Butte, Mont, Aug. S.-The worst fire
yet on the Bitter Root national forest
reserve is reported on st. Mary's
mountain, near Stevensville, and a
large force of men was Immediately
dispatched to the scene. Another new
fire was reported at Nine Mile and
sixty men are being hurried into the
Clearwater forest, where an immense
amount of damage is being done.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
AGAIN APPEAL
FOR ASSISTANCE
Fire Situation More Serious in
Idaho and Montana.

Butte, Mont, Aug. S.--Advices from
Northern Idaho state that stiff winds
have caused the forest fire situation
to become very alarming again and
the forestry service once more sent
out calls for every available man to
fight fires.
Big fires are raging in the Coeur
d'Alene national forest, the Bitter
Root mountains and the ST Joe and
Clearwater country.
Rangers Ring and Finish are re-
ported to have made way through a
blazing forest for ten miles, keeping
in the bed of the stream, in portion
of which they had to crawl to avoid
the blistering heat. They reached
Stiles nearly dead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
SUPPLEMENTS
CORES STORY
Governor of ChOctaws AL
legeS Attempted Bribery.
M'MURRAY MADE OFFER

Indian Says He Was Promised S25,o0o
if He Would Not Oppose Deal for
Disposing of Lands of immense
vaIue-Senator Curtis of Kansas
Takes the Stand and Contradicts
Statements of Senator Gore.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-30
ST. IGNATIUS BOY
TO GO TO OXFORD
College Student Wins Coveted
Prize From Number of
University Men

For the first time since the Inaugural
ton of the Rhodes scholarships by the
late Cecil Rhodes the distinction of
representing California at oxford has
fallen to the lot of student not ma
circulated in either of the universities
Of the state. II was announced yester-
day by President Benjamin Ide Wheeler
OF the University Of California, who is
chairman Of the committee of award,
that Vincent K Butler Jr., a junior
student of st. Ignatius college, had
won the coveted academic plum.
Butler was one Of y candidates for
the scholarship who took the qualifying
examinations last September. He was
pitted against a number Of brilliant
students from the state university and
was the only student from a Catholic
college taking the test.
Five Of the applicants passed the ex-
sminations. and il remained for the
committee Of award to select one of
this number for the scholarship. The
examination embraced English, Latin,
Greek and mathematics, although in
considering the applicant his prowess
on the athletic field and his aptitude
for leadership were also considered.
Butler is 19 years old. He received
his preliminary training in the public
schools Of this city. graduating from
the Mission high school He entered
st. Ignstius college and is in his junior
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-30

will run through the building. Out
side staircase fire escapes will also be
provided, so that the danger of fire to
inmates will be reduced to a minimum.
Every precaution will be taken to
equip the entire building with the most
modern fire fighting appliances.
WILL ACCOMMODATES $50
The new orphanage will be planned
to accommodate 500 children and so
sisters. The first floor will contain the
classrooms, assembly hall, refectories,
parlors, reception rooms, offices and
two large playrooms for use during in
clement weather. The second floor will
have additional classrooms, sewing
rooms, inflrmaries and bathrooms for
sisters and children, pharmacy. sisters
dormitories, and the chapel, with a
seating capacity of 500. On the third
floor will be located the big dormi-
tories for the children, with Mushrooms
and accessories.
The exterior of the new orphanage
will be of red brick and light gray
terra Gotta, combining the simplicity
and dignity of the Tudor style of archi-
lecture. 1t is estimated that the build
ing will stand as an enduring monu-
ment to the charity of the people OF San
Francisco and vicinity mark of their
everreadiness and Willingness to aid In
the cause of humanity in caring for the
little orphaned children.