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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-30
THINGS ABOUT TOWNVILLE,
Mrs. ID. A. FAINT, of Piedmont, Dead.
Local News.

Townville, March 2S.-Special:
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Dickson, of West
minister spent Sunday with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. N.
Woolbright.
The b. Y. p. u. has elected the
following officers for the ensuing six
months: III. w. Speares, president; !;
5. j. Martin, vice president; Miss
JAMIE Gaines, secretary; Grady Hol-
land, treasurer; Miss Marion Camp
bell, orHanist, and Miss Jennie
Bruce, assistant. We hope for much
success, and that all the young and
old will attend these meetings.
S. Il. and J. II. Fant attended the
funeral Of Mrs. w. A. Fant at Pied
mont Tuesday. She is pleasantly re-
membered here as Miss Mamie Dal-
rymple. She leaves a husband and
eight children and a host of friends
to mourn her death
Born, unto Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Whitfield, on March ii. daughter.
b. ID. Campbell visited his daugh-
ter Mrs. Jesse Cole, near South Un-
ion, recently.
Miss Carrie Grant, who has been
attending the high school at this
place. has returned to her home near
"alnalla.
Rufus Mays has returned from a
visit to his sister, Mrs. George Smith,
of Tennessee.
Mrs. Jesse Campbell and J. f..
Campbell spent the past week end
in Anderson.
G. S. Shirley, Tugaloo Herring and
Otis Holland have returned from
Florida.
Miss Meta Bruce, Of Westminster,
is visiting her aunt, Miss NJ A..
Bruce
II. d. and julie Grant visited their
brother, w. A. Grant, of Anderson,
recently.
Rev. and Mrs. NJ e. Peabody. of
Westminster, attended the Easter
exercises at the Presbyterian church
Sunday and the former made an ad-
dress. The exercises were greatly
enjoyed by all present.
Mrs. J. S. Mcclellan, who has
been spending while with her ia
ther, j. p. Ledbetter, has returned
to her home in Anderson. C.F.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-30
A CRUELTY TREATED WIFE
Ends Her Own Life and Blame 1
Placed Upon Husband.

Camden, March 27.-The tragic
death 0 Mrs. Sam Kirkland was wir-
ed the daily papers Friday. Since
that time fuller details have been
obtained, which are shocking in the
extreme.
In brief, Sam Kirk land was a
drinking man, according to all ac-
counts, and when under the inlu-
ence or liquor was turbulent fell
low, and treated his wife brutally.
On Thursday he Is alleged to have
asked her to get in his buggy with
him; that he wanted to talk to her.
A neighbor, who saw them in the
buggy, is reported to have said that
their actions were suspicious, and he
detected that Kirkland was drinking.
lie Is said to have left home with
jug Of whiskey and imbibed freely
OF the ardent spirits. When he re-
turned home in the evening his
wife's face was swollen, and there
were scars and bruises upon her.
Her bonnet was lying in the foot of
the buggy in a bloody condition.
In her desperation she is alleged
to have said that she could not stand
IT any longer; so she saturated her
hair with kerosene oil and set fire to
1t, dying as result early Friday
morning.
Coroner Dixon was notified, as was
also Solicitor Cobb, who attended the
inquest. The verdict Of the coro-
ners jury was that Mrs. Belle
kirkland came to her death by self
inflicted wounds caused by her hus-
band. y A warrant was accordingly
issued FOR Kirkland, charging him
with murder. and he Is now confined
III jail In Camden to answer for the
death Of his wife.
Mrs. kirkland was the mother Of
seven children
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-30
Girl Lurcd from Home and Murdered

New York. March 2G.-The body
OF Ruth Wheeler, the little girl grad
uatc. who was lured from her wild
owed mother on Thursday last by d
dccuy offer OF employment, was
found late this afternoon, huddled in
n gunny sack on fire escape out
side tho apartment OF Albert Wolter,
tho man charged with her abduction.
She had been stranglcd with a short
end OF three-eighths rope. hacked
with q knife. burned beyond recogni-
tion and thrust carelessly out of
doors II so much rubbish.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-30
Tick Ban Raised in Georgia.

The Secretary Of Agriculture has
ordered, effective April 1, the re-
lease from Federal quarantine for
Texas tick fever Of cattle areas
amounting to over $4,000 square
miles. This action IS taken as a
result OF progress made In the exter-
mination Of ticks. The territory re-
leased In the South includes White,
Habersham and Stevens counties in
Georgia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-30
Farmers Executive Committee.

The executive committee Of the
Farmers Union OF Oconee County
will meet at Richland at half past
nine o'clock sharp on April 9th, the
day Of the county meeting. | make
this change on account Of the push
Of work with farmers.
j. Is. Pickett,
Chairman Executive Committee.
March 2S, 1910.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-30
Census Enrmcrators Appointed.

John c. Moss has been appoint
cd ronsua cnumorator for Walhalla
and West Union; c. r. D. Burns for
tho Northern half Of Wagner, and
J. a, llutchison for the Southern balf
OF Wagner township.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-30

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets Invariably bring relief to wo-
men suffering from chronic constina-
ton, headache, billousness, O ziness,
sallowness Of the skin and dyspepsia.
Sold by Seneca Pharmacy, Seneca;
l.. g. Martin, Clemson College.
The wageworker., 1910-12-09
TeIegraphers Moving Ahead.

The Order Of Railroad Telegraphers
will celebrate its twenty-fifth ami
versary in June. 1911, and has adopted
as a battlecry, Complete and thor
ough organization" Cash prizes to
the amount of over $1,000 will be
given away during the coming year to.
those who assist in gathering in new
members This order has shown re-
markable growth in recent years. and
it is anticipated that great results will
follow the adoption of the latest move
ment for further building up the or
ganization.
The wageworker., 1910-12-09
FILED A DEMURRER.
st. Louis Laborer Shows Up an Evil
That is too Prevalent

That is too Prevalent.
The other day in st. Louis, man
whom the dispatches describe as
foreigner working for two dollars per
day, was sued for an Old grocery bill.
When judgment was rendered against
him, he Immediately fled demurrer.
He did it in new and dramatic way
by calling attention to the fact that
he had six youngsters at home.
"You have taken away their breal'
he said to the judge, at the risk of
being in contempt, "now feed them
yourself
Here we have situation. The groce.
was not to blame for suing. The judge
was not to blame for rendering judg
ment. The man was not to blame for
being a foreigner or for being able to
get such a small amount for hard work
no man can get such a small wage
as two dollars without working very
hard. The youngsters were not to
blame.
In this case the dispatches report
a remedy which was purely local: the
judge and others about the court roam
The wageworker., 1910-12-09

Locomotive engineers are balloting o1
the proposition to strike. Two hun
dred thousand rs ilroad workers Will Ia
affected if the engineers go out.
In recognition of the increased cost
of living III Italy the pope has re-
Gently increased by 25 per cent thu
wages of all the minor employees OF
the Vatican.
The wageworker., 1910-12-09

all, children in Austria beginning work
before six years old and child laborers
in France drilled to disappear through
trapdoors at the approach of inspec-
tors and q generally Indifferent en-
forcement of the laws through which
employers find it more profitable, to
pay the nominal fines imposed than to
obey the regulations are some Of the
conditions described. ~
The general conclusion is that child
labor laws abroad are in many essen
tial respects poorly enforced and that
the penalties imposed for violations
are ridiculously small and Of practi-
cally no deterrent value The report
indicates that in most Of these coun-
tries it would be a physical fmpossi-
bility for the inspectors to do more
than fractional part of their work or
to do that part thoroughly and that
the courts are astonishingly lenient
with offenders.
In Austria child labor is not regu-
lated in workshops, in household in
dustries or in commercial establish
ments. A recent official Investigation
showed that about half the children
began work before they were eight
years old, while large number be-
gan before they were six years old.
Their pay varied all the way from
food and certain articles of clothing to
$14 year for those in agricultural
occupations. A large proportion re-
ceived from so cents to $1.5O a month.
| In Belgium many violations escape
detection. One-fourth Of the laborers,
under sixteen get no money wages at
all or earn less than 10 cents a day.
more than half receive between 10 and
20 cents day, and less than one-fftn
receive 30 cents or more.
In France, DR.. Veditz says, some OF
the glass workers go so far as to drill
their child laborers in quickly disap-
pearing through trapdoors to avoid de-
lection, and the employers offer prizes
for the children most agile in that per-
formance Among the most frequent
and most fragrant violators of the
rules are religious and charitable in
stitutions, such as orphanages, In
which the children usually get no
wages, are worked overtime and under
conditions violating the law and the
ordinary rules Of hygiene. A traffic
has sprung up, especially among the
Italian children imported into France
in droves for employment mainly in
glass works, brickyards and as Chin
ney sweeps and bootblacks.
Germany's industrial code was rec
ognized as having not so much abol
ished child labor as having forced it
out Of the factories into home indus
try.
In Italy factory inspection is of SO
recent date and so poorly organized
that it may be said to be nonexistent
in large part Of the kingdom.
| In Switzerland conditions do not diff
fer essentially from those in Germany
and France.
The wageworker., 1910-12-09

made up purse for the fellow Bet
even that was an isolated palliative
and doesn It touch the millions Of 9th
ers in the same fix
Perhaps society is to blame for al
lowing such state Of affairs that law
cannot be enforced without starving
children.-Ellis O. Jones, in Life.
The wageworker., 1910-12-09
THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

The United States government is to
store it's gold in bulk and not coin
much of it hereafter There is no need
for the gold whatever, the paper money
issued being cheaper and better, but it
will be long time before we are
sensible and smart enough to stop delv
ing after gold.-P Labor Press
The wageworker., 1910-12-09
THINK THIS OVER.

In Rhode Island silk and cotton mills
wages range from 81 to SO a week, and
over 70 per cent of the operatives are
foreigners. This is the way American
labor is protected by the tariff.
The wageworker., 1910-12-09
Toll OF CHILDREN
Shocking Conditions Shown to
Exist In Europe.
INFANTS GET NO WAGES.

Expert Investigator Reports That Laws
Are Usually Disresarded-Many Be-
Gin Work at the Age Of Six-Worl-
shops Insanitary.
Sensational charges of repulsive con-
ditions in child labor in continental
Europe are made in a special report
published in a bulletin of the United
States bureau of labor. The report
was made by DR.. G. w. A. Veditz,
professor of sociology in George Wash
ington university, who made a special
investigation in Austria, Belgium.
France, Germany, Switzerland and It
ally. He gathered all his data from Of
fetal records and sources of informa-
ton.
Child labor in Belgium not paid at
The wageworker., 1910-12-09

Says the Optimist.
There is one good point about big
troubles-they cat up little ones
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON

MY little son, when about a year
and q half old. began to have sores
come out on his face. / had a physi-
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then on other parts of
his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then I
called another physician. Still he
grew worse. At the end of about a
year and a half of suffering he grew
80 bad that | had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
flesh. He got to be a skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk.
MY aunt advised me to try Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. I
sent to a drug store and got a cake Of
Cuticura Soap and a box of the Oint-
ment and followed directions. At the
end Of two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores
Of any kind since. l can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. I used only one cake of
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
of Ointment.
9" am a nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
lilies and 1t is always a pleasure for
me to tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don, Litchfield, Conn, Oct. 20, 1902"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
PUTS sToMAcHs IN ORDER.
Mo Indigestion, Gas, Sourness or Dys-
pepsia Five Minutes After Taking
a Little p%lapepsin.

There should not be a case Of indiges-
ton, dyspepsia or gastritis here If read
ers who are subject to Stomach trou-
BILE knew the tremendous anti-ferment
and digestive virtue contained In Dia-
pepsin. This harmless preparation
will digest a heavy meal without
the slightest fuss or discomfort, and
relieve the sourest, acid stomach In
five minutes, besides overcoming all
foul, nauseous odors from the breath.
II your stomach ia sour and full of
gas, or your food doesn't digest, and
your meal don't seem to fit, why not
get q 50-cent case OF Pape's Diapepsin
from any druggist here in town, and
make life worth living. Absolute re-
lief from Stomach misery and perfect
digestion Of anything you eat Is III
to follow I'VE minutes after. and be-
sides, one ifty-cent case is sufficient
to cure q whole family of sseh trouble.
Surely, q harmless, inexpensive
preparation like Pape's Diapepsin,
which will always either at daytime
or during night, relieve your sick,
sour. gassy, upset stomach and digest
your meals, is about as handy and val
liable q thing as you could have in the
house.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18

some. No desire on mothers part
was SO dominant rs to be rid Of Ler
offsprings, so that she might be AZ
liberty to come and go al she pleas
ed. 1t was really fortunate that these
unfortunate ones might receive the
ministration of the Children's Home.
Little Eva's mind, however, was flled
with serious thoughts while speeding
Homeward on the train. Her. large
blue ayes looked up into those OF the
district superintendent so patheticall I
when she asked, what do you think
of a mamma who would give her own
child away?"
Two district superintendent are
busy ifty-two weeks in the year gath
ering In the homeless and finding sat
able homes for them. Last week elev-
en- were placed. five going to the
Black Hills region and Wyoming. The
week before four babies, two of which
were twins, and ore boy were tskan
at one time to homes In the western
part of the state. 1t required the at
tention of both district su~periutend-
ents to care for this precious human
consignment %enroute. During the last
year, hundred and seventy-nine
children we've cared for. Sixteen hun
dred have been touched by .ov rs
hands, ministering unto their wants In
the seventeen years of the Homes
existence. Are all these children low
ed by the Home people? Do they re
ceive any particular and loving atten-
ton while passing through this & eat
children's clearing house? Wall just
visit the Home and find out for your
self. Ask the boys and girls il thy
love and are being loved. They Will
tell you the truth. Few children are
as well loved and AIRED for. Host of
friends all over the state are inter
ested in this work. They have year
after year contributed to its support
No solicitor is sen out only the twelve
thousand copies of the little D 4nsr
each month, THE Children's Fri nd
The Thanksgiving and Christmas
season have long been a time of spe-
cial effort for the Home. This Is Tie
time when enough fun u should ~
be sent in to carry the work through
the year. This year should If p SSH
bic give the Home a greater fund for
extended work. Let all show latitude
by large giving for a charity which
should be close to the hearts Of every
one. Your dollar will aid in the res
cue Of the homeless, needy child and
bring them inestimable comforts.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
WOMAN TELLS STORY
OF INTENSE SUFFERING

AT the age Of about 40 years, I wal at
lacked with hemorrhage Of the kidneys or
bladder which continued for several years
without q check. / finally took advantage
OF your generous offer and procured .
sample bottle Of Swamp-Root. Believing
It helped me, I purchased . ffty-cent bot
tie, which convinced me that II was help
ing me. Three other bottles cured me. In
two or three years, over-work brought ry
Ailment back, but one bottle stopped IL.
! feel as if ] owe my life to you for the
great blessing DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
has been TO me. / recommend IL to all hui
man beings suffering as / was. You have
my permission to publish this letter and
II any person doubts it, if they viii write
me, enclosing stamp, I viii give full par
Sculars. Yours very truly,
MRS. T. b. PHELPS,
Rocky, Ark.
Personally appeared before me this 3lss
day of August, 1909, Mrs. T. B. Phelps
who subscribed the above statement and
made oath that the game is true in sub
stance and in fact.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18

~Aberdeen-At the recent election
Aberdeen cast 9 few votes over a.
600 on governor, placing the city,
automatically, under the South Da-
kota law, in the first class. The
total vote east was z265. but the e
was some opposition 10 the city entsr-
ing the higher class at this time and
a number refrained from vot ng on
governor. presumably on that &C
count. However. the total IS lerge
enough to carry the city into the de-
sired class. The new fla ssif alton
enables the city coun il to DO row
money for certain purposes without a
bond election. increases the salaries
OF mayor and city officials, and gives
the right TO increase the number OF
wards. In Brown county, final re-
turns give majorities ranging from
$50 to 1900 for all republican candi-
dates for state and county OH ia 9.
The majority against county option
is sol.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
MORE THAN EVER
Increased Capacity for Mental Labor
Since Leaving Off Coffee.

Many former coffee drinkers who
nave mental work TO perform, day
after day, have found a better capaci-
ty and greater endurance by using
Postum instead of ordinary coffee. An
Illinois writes:
Il had drank coffee for about TWEEN
y years. and finally had what the
doctor called coffee heart l was
ervou and extremely respondent;
had little mental or physical strength
left, had kidney trouble and constipa-
ton.
"The first noticeable benefit derived
from the change from coffee to Postum
was the natural action OF the kidneys
and bowels. In two weeks my heart
action was greatly improved and my
nerves steady.
"Then ! became less respondent,
and the desire to be active again
showed proof of renewed physical and
mertal strength.
i am steadily gaining In physical
strength and brain power. ! formerly
did mental work and had to give IL up
on account of coffee, but since using
Postum I am doing hard mental labor
with less fatigue than ever before"
Read the little book. "The Road to
MELVILLE. IN Rkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above ietters A new,
lnre genuine. trues asia full ef humsn
tlnfsrcsf.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18

cd with blood and burned terribly. 1
became weak and debilitated. Soon aft
er I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills.
I improved and it was not long before
I was a well man.
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18

Managua, Nicaragua, Nov. IA. -
Twelve persons are dead at Leon and
a great many are wounded rs q re-
sult Of a political demonstration there
Yesterday. The government issued
riders prohibiting a liberal NANTES
talon. and when the liberals and their
adherents gathered In the streets to
carry out their plans, the troops were
ent against them. Cha les Teller, an
American, is among the wounded.
The American consul, Jose DeOli-
sares. went &c Leon this morning TO
investigate the situation. "A report
was received from him, stating there
was a renewal Of rioting today.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
Taking His Meals Out.

And do you take your meals out?'
asks the village probe, who is garner
ing information from the former resi-.
dent who is home from the city for a
few days.
mot until after l have eaten them"
YEARLY responds the unwilling vic.
tim.-Judge.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
Unfraternai.

TT seems cruel to slaughter all
those pigs for the market" said the
Chicago girl.
Il know that it's cruel" replied Miss
Cayenne. But when you think OF
what the packers charge for the meat
II does seem a little ~unfraternal."
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18

brought on my
kidney trouble. /
was confined TO
bed for days and
the pain through
my back and
limbs was the
worst | ever expe-
rienced. The kid
ney s%ecretions
were profuse, fill
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
Not Even Mother.

Little Bob was much distressed be-
cause the birthdays Of his sister AIDE
laide and his baby brother were going
to arrive before his did.
"All the burfdays before mine" he
mourned. Couldn't you make mine
come first, muvver1"
"No," interposed Adelaide, decisive
ly, nobody can change your birth
day-not even mothcr!"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
A Very Good Guess.

Foote Lghte-I understand there
were several dozen bad eggs In the
possession Of persons In the audience
last night and not one was thrown.
Miss Sue Brette-Because the au-
thor OF the piece refused to show him-
self, ] guess.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18

Aberdeen. Nov. 14.-Specisl: TIL
election OF Tuesday assures the return.
to the legislature at the coming ser
sion of j. l. Browne OF Aberdeen. Mr.
Browne formerly served seve as terms
In the legislature as a member from
Brown county. and was for two term
speaker of the lower house. In 1908
he was a contestant, as a sta wart
for the republican nomination for gov
sernor. being defeated In the party
primaries by Robert 8. vessey Few
members OF the legislative OF asll vii
have had more experience In legis
lative affairs than ,. L. Browne.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
STATES CORN CROP
Following is the Estimate of Bureau
of Statistics for 1910

Pierre-The estimate Of the state
bureau of statistics on the corn
crop Of South Dakota for 1910 show
a decrease of 10000, 600 bus els in
yield, on practically 100000 ares OF
increased crop. The estimate by coun-
ties is given:
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
L. P. PURVIS, ]. p.
Letter TO
Dr.. Kllner d Co.
B~iRghkmtoa, N. Y.


Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t will
sonvince anyone. You will also receive
Q booklet of valuable information, telling
ell about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-18
ray MURINE EVE neMEpY

IHI MuhINE EYE HEMEUY
for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c.
soc, $1.0e. Murine Eye Salys In
Aseptic Tubes, Csc, $1.00. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.