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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
BOUNTY LAND AND VICINITY.
Scourge of typhoid Among ColoIcd
pcODle---A Tribute.

Bounty Land, Sept. 1S.-Special:
Our farmers are busy picking cotton.
Mrs. Julia ID. Shanklin, who has
been spending the past month with
relatives In Savannah, Americus and
Helena, Ga, returned last Wednes-
day, to the delight Of her many
friends here. She was accompanied
home by her nieces, Mesdames Julia
MoOrehead Hunt and Lou Moorehead
New, and three little daughters, Of
Savannah, whose friends here are
glad to learn Of their intention Of an
extended sojourn among relatives in
tho community.
Mrs. II. G.. Marett and son John.
Of Oakway, wore guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Walter Rankin recently.
Mrs. J. NJ. Gillison and Jasper
Doyle spent the week with Mr..
and Mrs. Elijah Gillison in the
Mountain Rest section.
Lowell Smith and sister, Miss Ber-
tie Smith, were guests Of Dr.. and
Mrs. J. r.. Heller Of Fair Play, Sat"
urday and Sunday.
Miss Clyde Smith left Friday for
Rock Hill. where she enters as 4 stu
dent of Winthrop College. Her many
friends wish her a prosperous term.
Miss Lura Perritt spent Friday
night in Seneca and attended tho de-
lightful reception by the Phi!athca
class to the Baraccas.
The friends Of Joseph Rankin will
learn with regret that he Is PROSTATE
with typhoid fever. Recent reports
Of his condition are favorable and
we hope for his early convalescencc.
There are quite number of ty-
phus patients in the community,
mostly colored children who attend
ed school at Phinneys Station, the
attending physician attributing the
cause to the school we'll. A colored
girl, Hattie Parks, who lived on Jas
per Doyle's place, succumbed to the
disease last week. Other patients
are very low.
We learn with interest OF the
prospective high school soon to be
established embracing the districts
Of Coneross, Poplar and. Bear
Swamp. and heartily commend the
people Of those communities for their
zeal in the cause Of education. Would
that like wave Of educational in
tereSt would sweep over Bounty
Land. There seems to be a growing
lack Of interest manifested on the
part of number Of the patrons Of
our school in regard to the educa-
tiOn Of their children which almost
amounts to criminal neglect. We have
had some OF the finest teachers the
county affords, and yet our school
dwindles down to only eight or ten
pupils during the last few weeks OF
each term. We are becoming more
and more an advocate of compulsory
education Why employ good
teacher at fairly good salary to
waste her energies on so few? When
parents are non-interested and keep
their children from school on trivial
excuses, very naturally the children
lose all desire for knowledge.
Passing Of Noble Life.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
MERCHANT SLAIN BY ACCIDENT.
Prominent Citizen Had Gone Out to
Catch Joy Riders.

Atlanta, Sept. I'D. o. Dough-
erty, one Of the most prominent busi-
ness men Of Atlanta, was found dead
early this morning, on the rear porch
of his Peachtree street home, with a
bullet through his heart and a pistol
lying at his side.
Members of his family think that
Mr.. Dougherty went out during the
night to look for some one who had
been tampering with his automobile.
There was every indication that his
own pistol caused his death, never
theless his family assert that his
death was accidental.
The coroner's jury reached YER
dict to the effect that Mr.. Dougherty
came to his death through the acci-
dental discharge Of his own weapon.
The fact that Mr.. Dougherty's auto
mobile was found outside the garage.
from which it evidently had been re-
moved during the night, bore out the
family's story that he was looking
for trespassers.
MIR. Dougherty was president Of the
ty-Little-Redwine Company,
one Of tho largest wholesale dry
goods houses in Atlanta.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
ASSAULTS WOMAN, KILLS MAN.
Black Ficnd Then Shoots Sheriff and
TWO of Posse.

Warrcnton, n. c., Sept. 17.-Geo
Marshall, a negro. said to have come
here from the North, late yesterday
afternoon criminally assaulted the
wife Of respectable farmer al
Vicksboro, fourteen miles from here,
killed her father, who attempted to
rescue his daughter, and later shot
the sheriff and two members Of his
posse. after the negro had escaped
from the scene Of the assault.
The negro barricaded himself In a
house. When the sheriff came to ar
rest him, the negro shot him and two
other members Of the posse.
This morning, after the house had
been watched all night, the negro's
father. by ruse, entered the house
with other negroes and overpowered
him, when the posse rushed in,
bound him and brought him to Jail
here.
The whole Of two counties Is arous-
ed over the atrocious deed, and it IS
reported that a mob will ATTEMPT to
lynch the negro tonight.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
NOTICE OF
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to an order of the State Board os
Education, the regular fall eXamina-
ton for teachers will be held at the
Court House, at Walhalla, on Fri
day, October 9Th, 1911. The exam
nation will begin promptly at 9
O'Clock a. m. and close at S o'clock
p. m. All applicants are urged to be
on hand at the hour stated, as it is
very annoying, both to tho County
Board and those who do como early,
to have others dropping in at all
hours of the day.
Applicants will furnish their own
stationery and pencils, or pens and
ink. w. G.. HUGHS,
County superintendent of Education
September 20, 1911. 1910
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20

A watermelon seed, lodged in The
windpipe, caused the death of the lit
tie 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. l.. Dalrymple, Of the Five
Forks section Of the county, here to-
day. The little one had been brought
here to DR.. w. II. Nardin, who was
making preliminary examination in
his office when the child tainted away
and failed to rally.
Friday Of last week the child was
eating watermelon, when she swal-
lowed seed, which became lodged in
the windpipe. Dr.. w. S. Hutchinson
was summoned and gave relief, but
was unable to remove the seed. To-
day the child's condition became
worse and she was brought here to
DR.. Nardin for an operation to re-
move it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
Married on Her DelthEcd.

Aiken, Sept. 1S.--Information has
been received in Aiken OF the death
at Decpstcp. Ga, OF Mrs. l.. l.. Burck-
halter, who was Miss Eula May
Brooks. Miss Brooks and Mr..
Burckhaltcr were married just eight
days. Miss Brooks was to have been
married some weeks ago, but before
the time set she was stricken with a
fatal Illness. and her affianccd deter
mined to carry out his resolution be-
fore the end came. Cor Sequcntly
they were married at her home at
Dccpstep on the brides deathbed
Miss Brooks taught school in this
state and was well known in Aiken
being a near relative OF the Bro0kses
in this vicinity. and Il frequent visitor
here. Mr.. Burckhalter resides at
Saluda, whore ho is a prominent mer-
chant
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
A Fierce Night Alarm

is the hoarse, startling cough of a
child, suddenly attacked by Group.
Often it aroused Lewis Chamblin, of
Manchester, Ohio, Rural Route No.
2, for their four children were great
ly subject to Group. Sometimes in
severe attacks" he wrote, I'VE were
afraid they would die, but since we
proved what a certain remedy Dr..
Kings New Discovery is, we have no
fear. We rely on it for Group and
for coughs, colds or any throat ,or
lung trouble" So do thousands iof
others. So may you. Asthma. hky
.rIeI Ia -r!DNe. whCopiuE coue,,
Nemor7h2g&s ~ aeiure Il, SOC ald
y" frial bottle 'rc@ Snld by sil
Sod n Throat Causes Urafh.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20

Augusta. Maine. Sept. 1S.-Com-
plctc official returns from last Mon
days election, when Maine voted on
the question of the repeal of the con-
Stitntional prohibitory amendment,
as canvassed by the Governor and
council tonight, showed a majority
OF twenty votes in favor Of repeal.
Various discrepancies we're found
In the official returns as compared
with the tabulations compiled by the
Secretary Of States office. The lat
ter indicated majority for repeal
of 1856.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
Boy Burns Baby Sister.

Charlotte, \. c., Sept. 1S-The
burning Of the two-year-old child of
T.. &. Friday. Il prosperous farmer of
lredcll, by her brother, four years
old, came 10 light to-day. The older
child deliberately ignited a small
torch and applied it to the clothing
OF the baby sister, the latter dying
shortly afterward. When asked his
reason for committing the act. the
child replied: Just because" 1t is
said he has been caught repeatedly
in the act of setting fire to furnish
ings OF the house and is possessed of
a mania for fire.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20

an error crcpt into the commune
cation from Seneca last week which
we greatly regret. The omission OF
me sometimes makes a wonderful
amount OF difference in the sense of
sentence, but these omissions will
occur at times "cvcn in the best reg
ulatcd oiliccS.' Try as We will. there
are times when errors Of this kind
Will creep in in spite OF all we can
do. The tact is, We arc not sure who
mad" the hiundcr. so We Just law il
off on the linotype. That wonderful
machine saves a lot Of work, causes
a lot OF trouble, but it has more than
one good fault, and one Of them is
that it never talks back" when we
lay an error to its charge.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.

Inerc are always some very inter
csting AMI obstructive features Of the
cotton crop bobhtng up. and ~ is we'll
indeed for the farmers to keep posted
on these matters and TO think and
reason calmly and intelligcntly
thereon. The fact that too much
cotton for the needs Of the country
is bad thing for the producer is
clearly demonstrated by compari-
son Of tho figures showing tho num-
number Of bales produced and the
amount Of money received for the
crops Of 190S-09 and l9O9-10.
For instance, tho crop Of 1909-1O
was 100000 bales smaller than the
crop of 10000, yet the actual fig
ures show, according to the esti-
mates made by Secretary Hester, of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
that the smaller crop sold in 1910
brought to the producers 1884, ,000,-
900 more than the bumper crop sold
I'm 1909.
These figures seem almost incredi-
BILE. and yet the statements made up
by Secretary Hester (and he is re-
garded as one Of the highest authori-
ties on all cotton statiStics.) repre-
sent no random guesses, but are
from actual figures from the marts
OF trade.
These figures show that the South
ern farmers were paid handsomely
for holding the cotton acreage within
reasonable bounds. They show very
clearly that increased acreage and
bumper crops but serve to beat down
the very men who make them. 1t
took long time for the Southern
farmer to get this lesson thoroughly
learned, but it Is becoming more and
more evident every day that he has
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20

shown, there Is no account taken of
the other profits that came to him
through the additional corn and
small grain and forage that entered
his barns and saved thousands of
dollars to the South and tho Southern
farmer that otherwise would have
gone to enrich other sections had the
Sonth's land been planted more
largely in cotton. Verify. cotton is
king in the South. but the success Of
his reign is dependent upon the man
ner in which his subjects hold him
in cheek.
The day for all-cotton in the South
is ended. Diversitication OF crops
should claim the attention Of every
farmer. To produce his cotton crop
he IS compelled to have corn, oats.
wheat, hay. They are Just as essen
,ial rs the soil upon which the cot
ton Is raised. There is no need to
1t will be a far distant day when the
South produces a normal crop OF cot
ton ana has an ovcr-prOd Oduction Of
feed StuffS.
The thing for the Southern farmer
TO do is to take all these facts and
figures and adducc thercfr0m a les
son that may be applied most proiita-
bly, every day upon the farm. where
advanced methods, careful study and
constant attention to detail arc as
necessary as in the successful con-
duct OF any other business.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20

Back to the FARM" We hear
that slogan every day and wc see II
in print in every newspaper in the
country. There's whole lot in it.
too; but yesterday, for the first time
this season, we saw 1t demonstra ted
In a substantial way. when two farm
ers brought their cotton to be ginned
and, not being able to got their price
for the staple, 1t went raightway
Back to the Farm" Even the early
cotton these days does not have to
go on tho market at just any price
in order to meet fertilizer bills.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20

Il .'l|.ElrHS ltLHtN ~ IiJ... s, y.
ties Of blood claimed her warmest
and Durest affections.
For the past six years Miss Maude
had been an invalid, scarcely leav-
ing her room for day. but during
all these years she bore her suffer-
ingS uncOmplainingly. exhibiting
fortitude that is only revealed in the
lives Of the children Of God Early
in life she gave her heart to the Say
iour, uniting with the Presbyterian
church Of Richland, and through the
short remainder Of years beautifully
eNemplitied His life on earth. scat
tering rays of sunshine into the lives
OF the many who sought her genial
companioShip. Her exemplary life
was a bencdictiOn to all who came
within its influence, being character
lied by kind thoughtfulness for.
and generous liberalty to, those
around her. and adorned by the
many Christian virtues which spring
from a true love for the Saviour in
whose service her hands were never
idle so long as her physical strength
permitted her to labor for the Joy Of
others. Even during the long period
Of years when the hand of afIlction
lay heavily upon her. little tokens
her and distributed among those
whose hearts were pierced and Ovcr-
shadowed by many sorrows.
She will be sadly missed not only
by those Of her own community. but
by all who knew her, for to know
her was to love her. TO the grief
stricken relatives, and more cspe-
cially to the devoted parents, whose
tast-cOming evening Of life drawcth
near. and to the faithful sister who
so untiringly watched H. her bed
side, arc extended the sympathieS Of
a host Of friends. whose tears min
gle with thcirs. But tears Of SYM
pathy can never alleviate the an
guiSh OF a sOrrow-crushed heart;
only He who wcpt at the grave of
Lazarus can speak comfort to their
souls, and with His loving arms
around them whisper Of a blessed
reunion pointing them to their star
in that bright upper world brilliant
~ shining. alluring them to heaven,
where there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow nor crying. neither
shall there be any more pain. for
saith lie, II am the resurrection and
the life; He that bclcvcth on me
though he were dead. yet shall he
live" Mandc is not dead, for al
though her brief span Of years on
earth is finished, she has only fallen
asleep in Jesus and is waiting on the
other shore to welcome her loved
ones as they. too, shall cross. one by
one, over the river into that land
from which none ever returned.
At | o'clock August 18th all that
was mortal OF this young Christian
was laid to rest in the Richland ccm-
ctcry. where a large assemblagc of
relatives and friends had gathered
to pay the last sad tribute to her
memory. Funeral services were con-
Quoted by her pastor, Rev. John G..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20

AS usually treated, a spraincd an
kle Will disable a man for three or
iour weeks, but by applying Cham
Derlain's Liniment freely as soon as
the injury Is received, and observing
the directions with each bottle, a
cure can be effected in from two to
four days. Fer sale by all dealers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
arms for
SAIL {: {:

In order to wind up the
Estate of JAS. II. Adams,
and settle with the heirs, |
offer the following property
for sale:
One Faini-TwO miles
from Westminster, on pub
lie road, containing 1i11a
acres; three houses; barns
and mill site.
One i"aITn-!Thrcc miles
from Seneca, on public
road, containing O2 acres;
dwelling and outbuildings.
One FaIm-Ncar Oak
way, on public road, con-
tanning 82 acres; T-room
dwelling; large barns;
good pasture.
One Faim-Ncar Oak.
way, on public road, COM
tanning l3 acres; dwelling
and barn.
"HICKORY CREST"
in Seneca, containing 80
acres, with fi-rOOm colo
nial homc; hot and cold
water; sewerage. Will sell
entire place or will sell
lots.
Two Lots, nicely shaded,
near School Building.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
Advice to the Aged.

II You Wish to Sell That farm,
timber land, store or residence,
write us at once and send full
description, as we have an attractive
proposition to offer YOU
LIGON LAND CO., Sumter, s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-20
(Anderson Mail, 1Sth,)

sa,d m Tm,oar Causes urath.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-07-28

now and the time to vote tor
president next year, it would get
a great many votes which in the
past either went to the Repub-
licans or the Democrats. A prom
inent Seattle man was heard to
say one day this week, 81 desire
to see the Republican party beat
en- in the next presidential cleo
ton, but it is like gaul and worm
wood to think of it being beaten
by the Democratic party, for L
hate the name of Democracy to
such an extent that | do not think
any good can ever come out OF it.
There is no doubt in my mind but
that the trusts of the country abb
solutely control the great leaders
of the Republican party and the
people as a whole realize it and
would vote to GUST it from
power, if they could get an OPP
portunity to vote for some party
other than the rotten old Demo-
cratic party" AS this man has
spoken so are others speaking, but
as he has intimated, they prefer
to permit the trusts to again con-
troll the country rather than to
see it controlled by the Demo-
cratic party with Champ Clark at
it's head, who had no sooner been
elected speaker of the house OF
representatives than he placed the
craftsmanship of every important
committee of the house in the
power of the flibustering South
erners, who are always against
the government.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-07-28

enjoyed it are ready to throw
both the boy and the drum into
the bay in order to get rid Of the
annoying nuisance. Seattle has
already gotten more cheap no
toriety out OF her recall election
than is good for her future Sue
cess, and if she keeps it up very
much longer she will be SO badly
discredited in other sections that
she will be a complete laughing
stock. In selecting Bob Hodge
as the opposition candidate to
Mayor billing those responsible
for it show just as little sense in
their candidate selection as they
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-07-28
SEATTLE'S RECALL ELEC-
TON.

Strenuous efforts are being
made to have recall election take
place in September, which recall
includes Mayor billing, Council
men Wardall, Blaine and Kellogg.
This recall business reminds one
of ten-year-old boy with his
first pair of red top boots and a
TOW drum. For a while he is very
amusing and the whole COMMUNE
ty enjoys seeing the little fellow
strut around and beat his drum,
but it is not long before it becomes
a nuisance and the ones who first
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-07-28
AFTER MANY YEARS.

After serving nearly forty years
in solitary confinement, prison.
er in the Massachusetts, peniten-
tiary has been given greater free
dom by the governor and will be
permitted a few of the liberties
granted other prisoners of good
behavior. The instance brings to
light a crime of many years ago,
and one which at the time created
universal horror and hatred. The
prisoner, Jesse Fl. Pomeroy, was
known as the juvenile monster,
and his record proved his fitting
ness to the title. From early
childhood he evinced symptoms
of brutality which have seldom,
if ever, been surpassed. When in
his fourteenth year, he was con-
victed of the murder of two chill
dren under conditions of astonish-
ing brutality. For this crime he
was sentenced to serve a life sent
ence of solitary confinement, his
youth being considered as war
ranting the suspension OF the eX-
IRENE penalty. For nearly four
decades this boy-brute has lived,
shut in from the light OF day and
away from all associates of his
race. He has been forgotten by
all except those under whose guar
dianship he has been kept, but
his crime has been held up as an
example of the most horrible de-
pravity that has ever been written
in the records of any court. Now,
through the head of the state,
. Pomeroy energies from the dark
/ chamber of solitary exile, and in
= place of the boy locked in the
: room many years ago, he comes
into the light of day, man well
: along in years and smitten with
: the marks of a punishment so
: severe that few men could have
withstood the terrors and suffer
1 ings of the penalty.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-07-28

president March Company, has sent
institution Seattle which will long toward accomplishing that
Mr. McDemot obtained good
publicity Seattle and feels perfectly willing
tihng making permanent association In other Words
business convinced that his
line harvest from
ground floor lie
has made and
liberal contributions for either that some
of the surrounding towns weeks
Northwest There denying that he
proving the sagacous business men that has ever
the Northwest Though he has come
about things the broad principles OF
handling business In dis
Building the New Years Number OF The Seattle
that publication made the follow
happens Of human events that requires more
successfully found It,
placing Frank McDerot president and director general
of of those building Seattle
under the class successful lie
became associated with after
the hunts its swaddng clothes
prominent street the city
and from condition TO so conduct
the business thrive and expand and not die with
his ambition becoming connected with It, and
no one can gany that he has been mineny successful 1t
Marche most extensive department
and is the oncensu OF opinion that one
Of the young the Northwest is at its head
in the person OF Frank McDermott
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-07-28
LOOKING FOR A PARTY.

There is no denying the fact
that, the disposition of the peo-
pie of the United States at pres
ent is to drift away from blind
partisanism, if for nothing more
than an experiment, and if some
new party with any plausible ex-
cuse at all for an existence would
put in its appearance between
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-07-28

are in trying to work up a recall
at this time. Talk about times
being dull in Seattle, but if that
recall business is kept up it is
nothing to what it is going to be.