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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-08
ALCOHOL FROM sAW.DUsT.
by New Process, Daily Deficit is
Changed to Profit.

Changing q deficit of $50 per day
to profit Of 500 daily by the utili-
&zation Of saw-dust and other waste
at the mills of the Atlantic Coast
Lumber Corporation, Of Georgetown
s.. c.. has attracted no little atten-
ferent States to the novel process.
The lumber company Is one Of the
largest in the South, having a daily
capacity Of 100000 feet. From the
saw-dust and waste, alcohol Of 1873
per cent proof Is made to-day by the
Wood Waste Company, Of George
town.
In view Of the general interest in
the subject, A. l.. King offers the fol-
lowing information relative to the
success Of the innovation:
'"rhe method by which the juice
from the saw-dust is transformed
into alcohol of high grade is known
to one man only G. II. Tomlinson, a
Canadian, who discovered the pro-
cess. The plant at Georgetown Is
operated by the E. r. Dupont de Ne
mours Powder Company, and Mr..
Tomlinson is the manager. The gov
ernment maintains for employees at
the plant, three store-keepcrs and
one gauger The plant covers three
quarters OF an acre and Is several
stories in height. Through a cover
ed viaduct running from the nearest
lumber mill to the second story Of
the plant the saw-dust is transferred.
1T is put through a process by
which the Juice is extracted, then the
Juice, with certain other materials,
Is discharged into fermenters, Of
which there are nine. Each has a
capacity OF about 10000 gallons.
This liquid Is known as beer" Az
ter 70 hours fermentation it is
pumped into the stills and distilled
into ethyl alcohol. When running at
its full capacity the distillery is
capable Of turning out 500 to 1000
gallons per day. There are three re-
ceiving cisterns, each having a ca
paoity OF 100 barrels Of "spirits."
up to the present time all ship
ments have been made to one OF the
: Dupont Powder Companys denatur-
Ing warehouses in New Jersey, and
after denainrization is transferred to
the powder plant of that company in
Wilmington, Del, where it Is used
in the manufacture Of smokcless
powder and dynamite. 1t is drawn
from the Georgetown warehouse
without tax payment to the govern
ment. 1t is said that it is not nee
essary for the saw-dust to be from
pine trees, but that alcohol may be
procured from saw-dust Of any kind
found in that section.
''Since the item of loss from waste
Is a big one with every manufactu-
rer there is keen interest taken in
this process for turning loss into sub
stantial profit, and it is likely that
the plant at Georgetown will be du~
Dlicated in many places"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-08
WT. MiHa@'S New Life pills
The best i'm the world.
Thinks Rats Started Fire.

Florence, Feb. 2.-R. M. Ncttles,
we'll known citizen near Palmetto,
lost his store and stock of merchan-
disc by fire Monday night. Mr.. Net
ties is Of the opinion that the build
ing was set on fire by rats scratch
ing a match. The flames were dis
covered by Mrs. Ncttles some time
after the fire had started, and it was
useless to do anything towards try
about $1,000, without any insur-
ancc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-08

A man naemd NJ. G. Church has
been arrested for defrauding bank
good name will not do man any
good.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-08
Fole>yv;s
.KidHn@ @V
I .PEi: i: I L 7 $
What They Will Do for You

They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, cor.
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre-
vent Bright's Disease and Dia.
bates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes
BARTON'S PHARMACY, Walhalla
w. j. LUNNEY, Seneca.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11
Beware the Burglar

Nearly all burglars get in. not through
the door, which the householder Is so care
full to bolt and chain, but through the win
dow. In London in one year 357 burglars
got in through windows, only eighty-five
entered through doors, fifteen through fan
lights, and eleven by breaking out" False
keys were used twenty-five times. The
favorite hours are 2 to a. m. The house
holder falls into his soundest sleep about
an hour after doing off. and is least
likely to hear burglar, say, between l
and a. m.
But the policeman, on duty since 10
o'clock, must be growing tired by cock
crow, and that seems why the burglar
selects the later hours. The housebreaker
chooses either the very early morning,
when only the servants are about, or the
afternoon. when the family is likely to be
out or the dinner hour, when people are
rot apt to be thinking about him. Between
and s a. m. there are Ss3 cases Of house
breaking Then, during the next five
hours. from to 10 o'clock, the total is
only ia
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11
Wise Widows Philosophy

n
FAN. Howard was III. He had to stay home
from the office all last week. He wrote
to me twice a day. Poor fellow, be wasn't
able to get out of the house" a,- -.
The girl in blue stared hard, then blinked
, rapidly sat-as ....
''Merciful goodhess!" she gasped. "oh
dear-if this isn't-what shall / do? 1 don't
suppose I ought-yes, I must. See here,
my dear" she said with determination,
i've got to tell you something. 1 hate
to do It, but it's my duty. Howard Miller
--lied-to-you. Yes, lied. He may have
been Ill, but he wasn't too III to get out
Of the house. Why. my dear, he-he went
TO the theater five times last week. My
brother saw him there. Five times. Just
think of itl'
The widow grabbed her handkerchief and
gloves.
LET me out of here quick" she said
went to the theater five times in one
week. did he? And yet he wasn't able tC
On one occasion this lad was taken e
spend the day with an uncle in the su
burbs At dinner he ate so much tina
finally It became actually necessary tC
forbid him to eat any more. Later, when
the family were taking their ease on thu
| porch. the irrepressible William pulled
something from his pocket and begaI
away from Ftdo"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

tain between the lowlands of single and
double blessedness. But the man who
talked showed that he was bored by the
period OF probation; and the others agreed.
Since the new Thought was Injected
among my old delusiops, I have been at
tentive. And about the only thing that has
seemed TO wake you 10 interest and ami
nation is your trousseau- The number OF
yards OF ribbon required to run through
the lengths OF beading is your serious prob
lem. You consider II with devotion which
you should. be giving 20 the question, "HoR
TO be interesting though engaged"
Men are always trying TO hurry up the
wedding. OF course. you ana 4 have
thought il was because they are so terribly
In love. With this new illumination. 1
hazard the guess that it Is because they
are so terribly bored
II you have attracted a man so that he
proposes, he naturally believes In your
charm When il oozes away during the
engagement ne looks for reasons. He finds
OF single and double blessedness. But the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11
Counting Customs in Other Lands

THE way of a man with a maid" is al
ways a thing worth noting, and the vari-
Gus methods OF courtship which obtain in
different parts of the world are most re-
markable.
In Roumania. once every year a fair Of
marFiageabie girls is held. The girl, with
her relations gets into a wagon, which
also contains her dowry-linen, furniture
and household matters-and all set off for
the fair When they arrive, the girls are
drawn up in one line and the men in an
other. with their parents behind them.
Then, II young man likes the looks of
any particular girl, he steps out Of the
line goes up 20 her and enters into talk
with her, while his parents and her par
ents compare notes as to their possessions
and their circumstances in life. II all is
found satisfactory, the couple are married
then and there, and the bride Is driven
away BY her husband TO her new home.
The custom in Russia Is very much the
Same. On Whitsunday the girl. dressed
in her best clothes, IS taken by her parents
to the Winter gardens in the nearest large
town, where she meets a number Of young
men walking up and down on the lookout
for wives The girl carries In her hand a
silver spoon, a piece OF embroidery OF some
uLuoF valuable uOuheAolu posHe1hiour 10
show that she is a person OF property, and
the young man brings with him as many
roubles az he has been able 10 save. II
the parents see that young man is at
tractsd by a girl, she IL promptly handed
over TO a woman. who II a sort OF marrl-
age agent, and whose business II Is 10 in
trOduce the couple and make arrangements
about the dowry.
When japanese girl has been sighted
By her lover. she revenges herself accord
ing 70 the following quaint custom; In
the dawn Of the early morning she rises,
puts on a white robe and white clogs.
Round her neck she hangs a small mirror.
which falls 10 her breast. and on her head
she puts a metal crown with three points,
each point bearing lighted candle. In
her left hand she carries a small figure
OF straw or rags-supposed to represent
her mfaithful loVer-and this she nails 70
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

I'overheard three men talking about you.
one Of them advanced the idea that It
would be fine TO get married without hav-
ing the engagement period TO worTy
through You know who he w6s.
The others agreed 1 became excited
mad never looked at the engagement in
that way, And neither have you.
But 1 have been observing since. And
1 have seen you, who were so animated,
30 fun Of humOr and OF charm. such a de-
Ightful companion, dToOp In a kind Of
battle. resting On-the-oars" IN
ertia. You seem TO have gone stale"
What is the matter? Has the tricky
blind SOD seen enough 10 punch out your
sense OF humOr with one Of his arrows
Has his love OF mischief robbed you OF
your best allyg
Ingerson called life a barren peak be
tween the chasms OF two eterhities.
have-and so have yout-thought OF the
snsassmeht period as the enchanted noun
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

them in your absorption in lace rutfles and
dressmakers. And he believes that, once
yeu are married you will return 20 him
in the old, sweet. gay companlonship. You
VIII consider him as you did before the en-
gagement.
The trousseau is not the whole eXplana-
ton; but II Is as we'll 20 let him think so
The fact that you are engaged makes you
ease up" I'm your endeavor to please him
You say the clothes are meant Just for
that, But that is polite prevaT!cation.
You know he would like you just as well
with half as many gew-gaws. But you
want them,
BE careful Some men get impatient
when they are bored. And you must have
him 10 be engaged You and the clothes
alone cannot achieve IL. Really, when you
exhaust your originality and become a
human stick, Just for the sake Of the
trousseau, you are performing the risky
feat OF "hitching the cart before the
horse" There IL no telling when the horse
viii resent the treatment-and b0lti
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

''1f you Would keep the love OF any man
never let him know that you have caught
him in lie" said the wise widow to a
St. Louis Republic reporter. III you do,
he never will forgive you. II will make
him uncomfortable, and to his dying day
man holds a grudge against anybody
that has made him uncomfortable. There
is nothing that so endears a woman TO a
man as trustful absorption Of his choicest
lies Contrarywse, there is nothing that
so weakens her hold on his affections as
an accusation of untruthfulness backed up
by indisbutable proof.
ut is pity all women cannot learn this.
II they could. the divorce courts would
get a chance to shut down every day on
schedule time. learned It, An aged
woman who had four husbands gave me
a tip on that before married, and played
It strong all the way through. 1 admit It
was hard work. There came times when
my common sense fairly shouted for vindi-
cation. when the pretended ability TO see
beyond my own nose or even 70 the end
of It drove me to desperation; but the
simulated virtue paid in the long run. My
husband lived and went to his reward sus-
tanned in an unfaltering faith in my
stupidity. Consequently he loved me tc
the end.
Il am going to manage the next one the
same way. Will there be another? Oh,
why, didn't you know? Well, yes, 1 am
OH to Howard Miller Oh, 1t hasn't beer
definitely settled yet. Some time in May
believe"
The girl in blue beamed upon the widow
admiringly
No doubt your philosophy is sound" she
said but never could live-up TO 1t. By
the way, I suppose you had fine timS
going to the theater last week?'
mo" said the widow II didn't go al
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

How many rugs and how often must
they be taken up and beaten?'
How many children and how long have
you been mRrriedT'
How far IL It to the nearest Presby-
terrain church?'
what are my days off and when do
get a raiser s-.--.. 81.
one after another the battered derelicts
OF the kitchen propounded these auesuohS
to the Post Graduate Husband.
At first he looked them over with crit
cal eve. but soon ne became obiivious OF
everything but the necessity of capturing
one OF these strange animals and taking 1t
home to Mountainvile. which animal dlo
not particularly matter. When all seemed
so hopeless It was vain to discriminate
II was new experience for Her Hus-
hand to have a tuberculous coiored woman
look him over from head to foot, ask him
every impudent. question she could think
Of. and then, answering that she didn't
think she would like the place, back out Oh
the room.
II was also strange to him that the how
erinR agent always announced that the
last person she brought in was the very
best girl on our books" - --,
Husband achieved a middle aged hump
backed Irish woman. who could make
"pies, pastry and chocolate .eclairs' for taO
month, and conveyed her in triumph to
Mountainville.
His wife greeted the newcomer with pc
fitting rapture, and but for one sunto~aFo
incident all would have been well
The .untoward' incident was the elmer
Nothing ike it was ever served even to-
defenseless orphan asylum.
And at the end of the meal even the
Post Graduate Husband felt epolosetic~
shell be all right after She had q, few
lessons" he said humbly. What do you
think of her?" he asked. Don you think
she has the making Of a good COOKE
Perhaps said the Aihatepf Wife
perhaps she has, dear. But did'you buy
her return ticket to New York;.
Copyright, 1911, by the N, ". Herald Co
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11
Lovely the Squirrel
April ii, 1911.
Name and Address.

He was little old man who sat oppo-
site me in the restaurant, and what do
you suppose he ordered with his soup7 A
piece Of pumpkin pie and two cups OF
chocolatel And don't forget the whipped
cream said he to the waiter
They seemed queer things to eat with
soup--and two cups Of chocolate! When
they had been placed. he said quite loudly,
Your supper is here, Lovely. will you
eat?'
Somewhere in his clothes heard a queer
"Chick-click," two bright eyes peeped from
his pocket then out shot the tihiest gray
squirrel 1t ran along his arm. crept to
the cup and lost no time in eating the
! whipped. cream. Having eaten the cream
from one cup she daintily nibbled at the
pie, her front paws on the edge of the
plate while she crouclfed on his arm. She
wore a tiny collar with long fine chain
that fastened to her matters buttonhole
you see" said the gentleman. she is
my family. One night a terrible spring
storm dashed her from the trees into my
room-a baby squirrel bruised and fright
ened. She was too little to turn out, so ]
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11
Her Husbands Voice
by AMERE MAN.

Rarely had the Amateur wife spent such
a tragic awful day. Never had she FELT
% unhappy, 50 discouraged. so Inundated.
The feminine reader Will not need 30 be
told that she had been looking for cook.
The masculine reader will feel as con-
temptuouslY impatient as was the Post
Graduate Husband when At the end Of
two long, desperate days in the city,
His wife informed him that she had been
unable 20 find handmaiden Of any de-
seriptlon to replace the faithless Mary Nc
Googan.
DO you mean 20 say that there we're
no servants at all IN the employment
sgency7" inquired Her Husband incredu-
lousy.
HIS wife was tired and cross
MOI she responded petulently. Il
mean that ! couldn't bass the examination
Of any OF the culinary professors gath
cred there when-it came to the subject
OF children and l said we had none they
81 gave me % per cent They took off 10
per cent for the collie, you see, but when
/ admitted that we dined at /half-past
seven and that we had nine rugs-they all
ask how mary rugs you have, you know
they turned me down."
The Post Graduate Husband had lis
tened to this plaintlve explanation with q
constrained Smile.
1T all comes from. the feminine lack Of
system" he Announced. 'If you would go
in and pick out the girl you want and not
lower yourself by answering any aues-
tons at all you would find a competent
servant without any trouble! But women
never can attend to anything property
Give me the address of that employment
place and IA bring you home a cook to-
morrow"
The Amateur wife smiled rendlsh
smile.
That will be perfectly lovely OF your
she said sweetly-and forthwith gave him
y specific directions for reaching the dingy
hack office fn which she had spent two
gingy. er-to-be-forgotten days.
The Post Graduate Husband departed
next day with a light heart to find hand
Maiden he had decided to devote his
lunch hour TO that worthy purpose and u
o'clock found him In the emporium Of
Madame Celeste, spurveyoF Of refined do
mestics to '6lite employers"
He had climbed, a long flight OF uncar-
peted stairs. lie had withstood successfully
the mute examination Of the unshaven
youth who bad TO decide whether q person
came to offer a job or to get one, and tenn
per his manner accordingly
The unbaEbered youth walked the Post
Graduate Husband to a rear room and
there BUSTING blllowy and officious little
woman. representative, OF the invisible
Madame Celeste. took him in charge.
one after another she brought before
hlme the prize hapdmaidehs. OF her estab'
lishment o. s-3 rss rs ~ - e..
Cock-eyed, sfovenfy, hhpudent and slack
Of manner each denoaed queen Of England,
France. Sweden or ireland, put the Post
Graduate Husband 'thr6uehf the third de.
gree. rs,. 49, bst,.f cr
GLOW manss ht the famiiy?" ,sa
s'.tiow 'f9d ff87p7 the STATION f'-' p" f''
How many minutes from New York;
rs there running water9iu the servants
room"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

nursed and fed her. and after that she
didn't want to go. l use this chain only on
the streets; in the park she goes free, but
always comes back when cali her She
runs all over my two rooms, and my bal
cony is wired In, with branches to play
among. In my sitting room there's a. real
tree set up, with little bark house for
her to sleep in. We are great company
Lovey and WE'VE only each other now"
Lovey sat turning her bright eyes around
the restaurant. ..-st
Her treat is this pumpkin pie and
whipped cream. At home she eats nuts
and squirrel things Now Lovey, eat your
desert, for we must be going" ~
Like a flash Lovey's little paws were on
the edge Of the second cup and her bright
eyes watched me over the rapidly disap-
pearing cream.
AS the old gentleman made. his pohte
farewell bow he said: fLovey, say good
night to the lady" She made her little
squirrel speech. Chick cHekl" then sprang
into his pocket with only her bright eyes
showing, and she and her Kind old friend
passed out Of the restaurant door. ga.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

CCopyriEbt 1911, by Union Pacific Ry; Coz
CC,onipiled by Charles J. Lane and ID. Z:
Buell. for the Union Pacific School OF
Rafroading for Bfnpldyes9 ''.
Continued from Yesterday
First American Railroads,
The first American railroad OF which we
have any record, was short suburban
line built. IN Boston in 1900, 10 facilitate the
. eonstruction OF public improvements under
tWav At that time. The second line was
completed some time during 1909 by Thomas
DEEPER and served his stone quarry, To-
Gated In DelawAfe county Pennsylvania
near Phladeiphia.
In 1918, an 4,dustriai line was built IN
Armstrong counts Pennsylvania. Early in
1925 a road was completed connecting
Granite quarry at Quincy, Mass. with New
port. a shipping point on the Neponset
river and the same year two coal carrying
roads we're put in operation in Pennsyl-
vania. one OF these was constructed out
4 OF Mauoh- Chunk. and the other was butt
nv the Delaware & Hudson Canal company,
TO connect their mines at Carbcndale. with
their canal docks at Honesdale, Pa, at
the head OF the LackawaXen canal The
cars OF the two latter roads were hauled
by Improylsed stationary power plants and
ny horses 81 EOS -r
- An tliese rosds. Il shohld be remembered
were constructed for private use. The Bal
timore & Ohio claims. me distinction OF
being Americas pioneer public carrier This
road was Incorporated in February. 1877
Ground was broken at Baltimore July T.
isss. and on May 10, 1880, the road had been
completed as far rs tiiiicott Mills tnoW
Fuioott CliEl, distance OF "a 40 miles
ny 1ss, 10 miles had been added to this
Like ather .early roads the Baltimore &
Ohio, stafted as a horse-ear line, and there
fore Wa not eonspicuously In advance OF
the Bmbs when ground was broken
starting construction, the cornerstone OF
a Snonument commemorative this even
WAS aid by Charles Carroll. the last sur
wing slgner Of the Declaration Of lnde
penaenre This fact n-latcr wears, Gale,
forth these words from President Hadle'
OF YALE college. zone mans life foVue,
the eqnnecung link between the polisica
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11
History of Transportation

revolution OF the last century and the in
dustrlal revolution Of the present
The Mohawk & Hudson. now the New
York Central g. Hudson River railroad
was organized in 1926 but construction did
not begin until 1880 The line from Albany
to Schenectady. seventeen miles in length
was opened for business in. the spring of
1881 In 1885 this line was extended to
Utica and In 1912 to Buffalo. In the mean
time the South Carolina Railroad company,
also known as the Charleston 81 Hamburg
railroad, had become active in the south,
and by 1894 1t had 1s7 miles Of line in oper-
alton This was the first railroad in the
world TO he built with the purpose in view
OF using steam locomotives exclusively, for
motive power
An adverse report was made on the
pracucability OF a canal 10 connect Pitts
burg and Philadelphia, for which ground
had been broken in July 1895, and It was
recommended that two sections OF rail-
road be built between canals to complete
the project One OF tho railroad sections
was to be elghty-one and one-half miles
long and to extend from Philadelphia to
Columbia, on the Susquehanna river. and
the other thirty-six and ons-half miles
long, across the Allegheny mountains, So
In 1925 the Philadelphia & Columbia rail-
road was Incorporated in Pennsylvania as
a state property, and six years later had a
line from Philadelphia to the Susquehanna
river. It's equipment consisted OF both pas
senger and freight cars, which were owned
by individuals or transportation companies,
who furnished their own horses or mules
and paid toll FOR using the road From
this seeding the great PennsyRan sys-
tenn has grown.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11

Winston Churchill, the young English
statesman. once began 70 raise a mnstaehe
and while Il was stll in the budding stage
he was asked 10 a dinner party to take
out 20 dinner an English girl who had
decided opposing political views.
Il am sorry said -MF. Churchill, I'VE
cannot agree on politics" .-.
No. we can't" rejoined the girl. FOR 10
be frank with you I like your politics about
as little as / do your mustaehe.
Well replied Mr.. Churchill 'femem-
her that you are not really likely 20 come
into contact with either ladies Home
Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-11
Quick Revenge.

A real Joke was sprung by a student at
the Western Reserve university last week.
This student suffers from the stigma OF
obesity; it appears that even professors
do not love a fat man. After a particu-
larry unsuccessful recitation in English
III, the professor said
Alas. Mr.. Blank. YOU are better fed
than taught"
That's right, professor" sighed the
youth, subsiding heavily, ''you teach me
feed myseIf."-Cleveland Plain Dealer,