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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
TO Test Mileage Law.

Columbia, Aug. 17.-Announce-
ment was made here last night that
a test case is to be brought in the
Richland county Court Of Common
Pleas by certain stockholders of the
Southern railway to test the validity
Of the present system of issuing
mileage books. The complaint was
served on ID. l.. Bryan, the agent Of
the Southern Railway in Columbia
The action may be brought at the
next term of civil court. 1t Is under
stood that a prominent attorney Of
Washington has been retained to rep
resent the plaintiffs, who arc all
stock holders in the Southern Rail-
way. The Southern will be repre-
scnted by b. l.. Abncy, of Columbia,
division counsel.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
OUR VICE CONSUL MURDERED?
American Diplomatic Agent to Col
IOmbia Shot to Death.

Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 15.-Foul
play Is suspected by Americans here
to have been connected with the death
OF VIM. NJ. MacMaster, the American
vice and deputy. consul at Cartagena
whose body, riddled with gunshot,
was found few miles outside Of
that city last Monday.
The vice consul according to ad-
vices received here, had started out
on a hunting trip the day before, and
when he did not return searching
party was organized. An eXamina-
ton of the body showed that death
had ben caused by the gunshot
wounds.
The authorities Of Cartagena,
which is a Colombian seaport on the
Caribbean, and the capital Of the de-
partment Of Bolivar, are investigat-
ing the case.
The tragedy recalls the attempt
made against the life of Mr.. MasMas-
ter three years ago. when he was at
tackled by two Colombians and stab
bed several times in the head, face
and abdomen while in charge of the
Cartagena consulate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
MRS. RAYMOND BEATTY BACK.
Reports n Most Delightful Trip by
Auto to Baltimore.
{ (AnderSon Mail. 5th.)

A few weeks ago Mrs. Lee G. Hol-
leman and Mrs. Raymond Beatty left
here for Baltimore by auto. Both
these ladies are expert drivers, and
know machines, so when anything
gets wrong they can tell just where
1t is and what is to be done. How
ever, they did not calculate on bro
ken springs, which they got in the
Virginia mountains. still they man
aged to have them repaired so they
could reach Baltimore.
Mrs. Beatty says the weather must
have been ordered for their benefit.
as 1t was ideal, and that they were
treated with every courtesy on the
trip.
In commenting on the trip the
reporter said, well, you were brave
women to undertake such a trip"
Mrs. Beaty's reply was, Eyes, some
said that, and others said we were
just plain fools. Anyway l wouldn't
take anything for the experience, and
would gladly go again"
Mr.. Holleman will go to Baltimore
next week, and will return with Mrs.
Holleman in the auto.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
Addresss~f ~fs sxf a by RI. 3. Dial,
Candidate 2pr ". $. Senate.
To the Democratic Voters Of sop. Il

To the Democratic Voters 81 So,th
Carolina:
| am glad to state that have con
Quoted my campaign for the Tn cd
States Senate upon a high plane vf,h-
out prejudice or saying anytime; an
kind about any one.
was born and reared on the Gurn
and have been interested In RIriuui-
ture all my life. feel hrdly o..
wards all mankind and have 4 pc al
lar interest in young men end he
laboring classes. have spent over
a quarter Of century In buff Hg
various Industrial plants and b e
given employment to hundreds ri
people. Besides, 1 organized ID
built the second warehouse In ha
State for storing cotton and have .ul-
ed farmers and others for II pE
number of years in marketuH Z cir
crops and have helped a great u ~
ber of people to procure homes ny
securing for them money on i.on
N,
desire to be elected to tuc aya te
to advertise our State in a bro. n
way, thereby letting the out i@
world know the advantages We :.
sess and endeavor to have laws aa.
ed to help the South. Ny rAE' g.
ECONOMY and Progress ucouuGsg
in all branches Of the govcrNmcg, 50
that the burdens of life vii be
cned. and living made cheancr d.
grcss, in order that we mHy doH, 7p
the South. My platform IL tha OF
the Democratic party and OF my rc.
I desire to see the principles ot ha
progressive Democratic part put into
execution. The main points are tr-
if for revenue only, reduction tW
Yankee pensions, lower express unn
postage rates, the abolis Umcnt Of
useless army posts, nal. ing trade
and peace treaties with all fore 20
nations, thereby extending our COM
merce and lessening the nccosait! 'lr
expensive battleships. We dcsir 70
use the Panama Canal for The b. G.
fit, primarily, of trade in .ho Uu .vG
States. We want to build up ,ur
harbors, open our navigabln sG"A ms
and encourage the draininE ~ .ur
low lands. We desire to enC0u gp
merchant marine, extend oxrcril.4n-
tai stations, free rural routes n0
have the national government ana
good road building-thereD incy'as-
ing the facilities for rural scbu3is,
etc.
Tadrocatn the rororm Of 9ur h2nk-
lnG Nwa; nc ISSUANCE u goYmn"
meuu receipts FOR uou-porishahlG,Wo
a1ata Of tho S0il, stoIaD d. 'a6%oj
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
DEATH OF WM. L. MAULDJN.
Had Been Senator from Greenville
County for Many Years.

Greenville, Aug. 15.-Senator Will
liam l.. Mauldin died at his home H.
this city at o'clock Tuesday even
Ing after an extended illness. Seve-
raj weeks ago he was taken to the
mountains Of Western North Caro-
lima in the hope that the high alti-
tude might prove Of benefit, but on
last Saturday he grew rapidly worse
and he expressed desire to be
brought home at once that he might
die on his native heath.
Senator Mauldin's service to his
State had been conspicuous, having
served as State Senator and Lieuten-
ant Governor, holding the former Of
flee at the time of his death.
William Lawrence Mauldin, we'll
known throughout South Carolina as
business man and legislator, was
born in Greenville June 13, 1845,
His parents were Samuel and Caro-
lima McHardy Mauldin His father
was a merchant, sterling man of
Scotch-Irlsh descent. His childhood
and youth were spent in Greenville.
He was fond Of outdoor sports and
combined with this love Of activity
a passion for reading.
After attending the village school
he entered the school Of Stephen D.
Lee at Asheville, N. G. He entered
II IInirnrcitI- ~ h,,t Soh,
1861, before his course was COM
pleted, he enlisted in the Sixteenth
South Carolina Infantry. In June,
1863, he enlisted in the Second South
Carolina Cavalry and served in this
command until the end of the war.
In 1867 he began his active bust
ness career as clerk in a drug store
In Greenville. Later he became pro-
prietor Of that store and also became
interested in other commercial en-
terprises.
For six years Senator Mauldin was
chairman of the finance committee,
one of the most important, If not the
most important, committee positions
In the Legislature. For four years
he was president pro tenn of the Sem
ate. and at the time of his death was
Greenville countys representative in
the State Senate. When it became
known last winter that Senator Maui
din would retire from public life af-
ter the adjournment of the Legisla-
ture the finance committee presented
him with beautiful silver fruit dish
as token of the love and esteem in
which he was held by his colleagues.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
Pension Agencies Must Go.

Washington, Aug. 14.-The Senate
to-day yielded to the demands of the
House for the abolition Of the pen
sion agencies throughout the United
States and passed the $15O,0OO,OOO
pension appropriation bill with pro-
vision for the abolishment of the
agencies January 81, 1918.
The action Of the conferees was
the elimination Of a dispute which
has held up the payment OF over
$9,O00,0O0 OF pensions payments,
due civil war veterans, on August 4,
and has thrown the financial opera
tions Of the pension bureau into
chaos.
Under the Senate provision, the
payment of all pensions would, after
the date named, be made directly
from the pension bureau at Washing
ton. at present the bureau has moth
ing to do with the actual payment Of
veterans, the checks going out
through the hands Of the eighteen
district pension agencies. The change
would abolish eighteen $4,000 jobs
and result in the retirement or the
removal to Washington of several
hundred district clerks. A saving Of
about $25O,000 in administration Of
the pension laws would follow.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

, warehouses; abolishment Of trusts
and monopolies In restraint OF trade
and equal laws for the protection of
all.
have not criticised or said any
thing unkind about either of my op-
ponents. However, they are both
old men, and Edgefeld county has
! held the Senatorship for thirty years.
Senator Tillman has been an exceed
ingly able man, and has attracted
all the honor we can possibly bestow
upon a Southern man, having been in
office twenty-five years. Therefore,
think he is making mistake to
six-year term. l am not asking him
to resign, or running against his term
Of office, but am asking the people to
elect me to succeed him. He says his
make any speeches; he has not been
to single meeting. If he is too fee
BILE to make some speeches, his
health must be too weak to discharge
ture Of things there cannot be a sub
stitute in a legislative body. If the
Senator is i'll, his seat is vacant. You
can appoint an agent in nearly any
other business in the world. 1t
would not do to say that he can pair;
we do not send men to the Senate to
pair. Besides this is only a tempo
rary device. We expect to elect a
the work devolving upon the Sena~
tors will be very great, such as hay
ing appointed new poStmasters, rCve-
nue. officers, consuls, etc. Besides,
we want constructive legislation. IT
is more important to have two Scna-
tors now than it has been since 1860.
No doubt, Senator Tillman has great
influence with the departments, but
the heads of these departments will
be changed If Wilson Is elected, aud
younger men appointed. The Sena-
tor taught us for twenty-odd years
that a man should be strong, other
wise he should not ask for public
office. Suppose the best man you cal
think of, whose health is in the con-
dition of Senator Tillman's, desired
election to any office, how many votes
do you suppose he would receive?
I do not claim to be the best man
in the State for this office, but have
made success in a modest way, and
l do know the requirements Of all Of
""r neonle. believe and know that
J c&n ua OF service 60 them, and
would appr ciate yopr Suffrage ard
,n3r,uy%.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
JOHN JACOB AsTOR, JIs,
$3,OOO,OOO Baby Arrived In New
York Last Wednesday.

New York, Aug. 14.-Mrs. Made
line Force Astor, survivor of the III
tanic disaster, in which her husband,
Col. John Jacob Astor. lost his life,
gave birth to son at SIS this
morning. The new arrival has been
named John Jacob Astor after his
rather. The boy becomes a direct
heir to $3,OOO,OOO of the Astor for
tune.
News Of the arriva. of the Astor
baby was made known in bulletir
issued by DR.. Edwin B. Craigin, the
attending physician. The bulle-
tin reads: Mrs. Astor has a son,
born at SIS o'clock. His name is
John Jacob Astor. Mother and son
are in good condition"
The fact that his father proved
himself hero in the Titanic disas-
ter and that the wife from whom he
then parted was his bride of only a
few months, coupled with tho large
fortune which was provided for
post-humous child, have lent unu-
sual interest to the arrival of the
young Astor.
The new Astor baby will be one Of
the few children ever born with
fortune as large as $3,000,0O0 in it's
own right. Col. Astor had provided
that whether the child was boy or
girl, 1t should receive $3,OO0,0OO.
Even If the stork had brought more
than one child, Col. Astor's will COW
cred that contingency, because it
reads as follows: 81 bequeath such
number Of separate sums of $1,000
600 each as shall be equal to the
number of my children who shall
survive me other than my son, Will
liam Vincent Astor, and my daught-
er, Ava Muriel Astor."
The latter children are by Col. AS
tors first wife, Mrs. Ava Willing AS
tor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
senator Tillnan'S 05th Year.

Washington. Aug. Ex-senator
Benjamin II. Tillman, of South Caro-
lima. last Sunday celebrated his G5th
birthday. The day was spent quietly
at his home in this city. He was
born August lth, 1S47.
Senator Tillman Is much wrought
up over the political situation in
South Carolina at present and has
stated that he is disguested with the
dirty flngs OF the candidates.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
Another Interurban System.

Columbia, Aug. 17.--A commits
sion was issued Thursday by the Sec
retary of State to the Carolina and
Georgia Ra. road Company of North
Augusta with minimuln capital of
100000, payable 20 per cent upon
organization and the balance upon
the call Of the directors at any time
thereafter, the petitioners being J.
U. Jackson, A. A. Waldon, l.. j. Will
liams, j. l.. Barksdale, w. NJ. Jack
son, Dr., OF North Augusta, S. c.. and
F. l.. Frank and E. Courtney, of Au-
guSta, Ga.
The company proposes to build and
operate railroad between Columbia
and North Augusta, a distance of rs
miles. and will pass through the city
OF Columbia and thence or wholly
through the townships Of Congaree,
Lexington. Platt Springs, Boiling
Springs and Black Creek in Lexing-
ton county and the townships Of
Glddy Swamps, Rock Springs and
such towns as may be along such
route, and also the townships of
gregg ana Shultz and the towns Of
Graniteville, Warrenville, Bath,
Langley and North Augusta in Aiken
county. Electricity will very prob
ably be used.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
EVERY STREET. IN WALHALI.A
Has It's Share of the Proof That Kid
ncy Sufferers Seek.
Columbia, s. G.,
3ackachc? Kidneys weak?

Backachc? Kidneys weak?
Distressed with urinary ills?
Want reliable kidney remedy?
Don't have to look far. Use what
Walhalla people recommend. Every
street in Walhalla has its cases.
Here's one Walhalla wOman's en-
pcricncc.
Let Mrs. Hunt tell 1t:
Mrs. Mary NJ. Hunt, S. Broad St.
Walhalla, $. c., says: 81 suffered a
great deal from weak kidneys and
my back and head achcd. was sub
ject to dizzy and nervous spells, and
| seemed unable to get relief until |
obtained DOan's Kidney Pills at Dr.
Bells drug store. They soon made
a marked Improvement, and I con-
tinued their use until all symptoms
Of my trouble had disappeared. My
experience with Doan's Kidney Pills
has been so satisfactory that can
recommend the remedy highly"
For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the Doan's-
and take no other.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

y dwY1ach rom Washioaton says:
senate HrandGSeo to-day REQUEST.
ed LnaL senator Roots speech OF no.
tification and President Taft's ac-
ceptance be printed as a public docu-
ment. Permission was given.
Senator Culberson also asked that
the speeches of Governor Wilson and
Representative Ollie James be treat
ed in the same fashion. Granted.
With grin, Senator Poindexter
requested that the speech OF Col. r..
Roosevelt be also made a public doc
ument. Also granted.
Il do not know whether Debbs has
been nominated" remarked Senator
Gallinger, "but | do not want to see
anybody sighted"
Senator Jones asked that the plat-
forms of all three parties be printed
as public doucment in one volume
This aroused Senator Overman, who
said the Democrats did not desire to
have their platform mixed up with
that of any other party, and he OBJ
jected. Not granted.
These documents can now be sent
broadcast through the mails under
Congressional franks, thus saving
much money to the campaign COM
mittees.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

the totals for help being for July
$3.50 ($3S4 for white helpD The
commandant, J. p. Caldwell, is paid
only $50 month.
If Major Richardson and Dr.. But
Ter have resigned from the commits
sion and have thus made themselves
legally eligible for employment in the
institution at salaries, why does the
Major still sign the vouchers as
"chairman?" And why have not sue
ccssors been appointed as members
Of the commission? Why did they
not resign before they were employ
ed? In the English-speaking world
1t is violative Of every principle Of
government and Of law and equity for
anybody handling public funds or
trust funds to employ himself or fix
his own compensation.
If Major Richardson Is still "chair-
man of the commission, and Is also
by its appointment treasurer at
salary, or if he would justify his
salary upon any ground whatever. as
technically not compensation for
services" forbidden by the acD, how
does he get around the State consti-
tutional prohibition against holding
two Offices? Article 2, Section 2.
contains the prohibition: "But no
person shall hold two Offices Of honor
or profit at the same time"
1t is claimed that the office Of mem
Der Of the commission is not an Office
of honor? Let us have light.
John J. McMahan.
Coin mbia & c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
They Blame it OIL the Cat.

Springfield, Mass, Aug. 17.-Off-
GERS Of the local health department
believe they have traced the source
Of infantile paralysis to the house
cat. The inspectors have discovered
and will send the affected animals to
Boston for observation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

suffered habitually from consti-
patton. Doan's Regulets relieved and
strengthened the bowels so that they
nave been regular ever since. ID.
Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

A wife Is supposed to be mans
better half, but sometimes she turns
out to be his bitter half.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

Cheapest accident insurance-Dr.
Thomas Eclectic Oil. For burns,
scalds, cuts and emergencies. All
druggists sell 1t. 25 and soc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

For any itchiness Of the skin, for
skin rashes, chap, pimples. etc, try
Doan's Ointment. soc. at all drug
stores,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

The idea grew with the days. Cash
in finally decided to consult a physi-
clan. He had once been examined
by DR.. J. n. Ellis. He called on him
again
His plan, as bizarre as Poe ever
imagined, was submitted to the ply
sician as matter of fact business.
DR.. ellis at first gave the man no
hope. But Cashin was insistent His
own mind told him that the opera
tion was possible. He pleaded with
the physician. He finally succeeded.
1t was decided that If his optic
nerves are still serviceable afte, his
years OF blindness there is the possi-
bility that the eyes Of man that has
read the death sentence might make
him see.
DR.. Phinizy Calhoun, noted oculist
will be consulted and asked to exam
inc Cashin. He will decide whether
his optic nerves will admit of possi-
bility Of the transplanting Of the
eyes.
Here Is the plan:
AS soon as Clay has paid the PEN
atty Of his crime, his eyes will be re-
moved before the body is taken from
the death chamber They will be
placed'in a warm saline solution and
rushed to hospital, where Cashin
will be waiting, ready for the opera
ton.
The cornea, the seeing power of
the eye, will be put in place OF the
useless cornea Of the news seller and
sight that has for years been lacking
will be restored. if the blind mans
optic nerves still retain their long un-
used power.
The cornca is the anterior horny
transparent part OF the outer coating
or the eye ball, and on it sight large
ly depends.
Conficdnt VIII Regain Sight.
The possibility of success of the
operation is admittedly slight. but
tashin is supremely confident. He
believes that the days are not many
before he will see again.
Clay remains silent in the Tower,
waiting for the Supreme Court to an
Swer his prayer for rehearing. He
has spoken rarely since condemned.
His friends and lawyers say that he
is mad. If the court finally decides
that Clay must die his relatives will
be asked for his eyes. Whether they
will consent or not is another contin-
gent or which Cashin's hopes depend.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

Feel languid, weak, run-down?
Headache? Stomach "off"? A good
remedy Is Burdock Blood Bitters.
Ask your druggist. Price 81.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21

One way to lose friend is to en-
gage in a political argument
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
NEW EYES FOR BLIND MAN.
Cornea OF Wife Murderer's Orbs May
Give Paper Seller Sight.
(Atlanta Georgian, Aug. 15.)

ATLANTA Georgian, Aug. 15.)
Seeing through the eyes Of a MUIR
derer for the rest OF his life Is the
hope Of John Cashin, peaceful,
blind paper seller OF Atlanta. At his
earnest behest expert plans are now
being made to remove the orbs Of a
man that the law says shall not live
In order to restore Cashin's power to
see the things OF the world in which
he has lived for years in total, hope
less darkness.
John Cashin would literally apply
the ancient Mosaic doctrine of an eye
for an eye. The law has said that as
robert l.. Clay killed his wife, Rob
ert l.. Clay must die. Twelve jurors
have 'ac!ded that earthly use for
Robert l.. Clay has passed. His
physical being must pay tho cost.
But John Cashin can see hope
through the eyes Of the slayer.
Though Clay's body die, Cashin
would have his eyes see, but see from
the brain and for the soul of one who
has never offended man-made laws
and who Is therefore entitled to live.
One Hopes for Life; Other Sight.
Clay waits in the Tower in hope
that new chance for life will be
given him by the highest court of
his State, but as he waits Oh tho
judges SO Cashin waits on him. For
in hn ~ ~
pers In darkness at Whitehall and
Alabama streets, hopes for vision Of
sunshine. Of the power to see his fell
bowman. of the right to minglc as a
member, not as dependent, of So
ciety.
He has planned and specialists of
Atlanta have admitted that there is
so much feasibility in his scheme
that they are actually investigating
the possibility Of transplanting the
rornea of the murderer's eyes that
see into the head Of the citizen VINO
is sightless that he may see when
the law has been satisfied with the
wife-slayer's life.
The plan originated In the brain Of
Cashin. His earnest, repeated re-
quest was the cause of specialists
considering even for a moment an
operation said to be unknown to ocu-
lar science.
Consults Eminent Specialists.
Cashin has the papers that he sells
read him each day. One day early
this summer the news was read him
that a jury had imposed the death
penalty on Clav Tho 'narc hn1 -
2ngrd II, execution ju btly. Ny I.a.