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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-28
CROSS MISSISSIPPI ON ICE.
Hunting Rabbits With Ferret and
Snclx-Wherc Ice "GrowS."
Sabula, Iowa, Feb. 11.-Editor
Keowee Courier: | feel that | must

Sabula, Iowa, Feb. 11.-Editor
Keowee Courier: l feel that | must
writC again ~! tel my rclntiycs ana
tri@Nds about the cold weather. ort
huto in luwa, | Will 0rSl tr'l about
car .riH ACROSS unc AtsasUnDt river
oA .nu i.u. ine river seems to be
frozen solid. We went from our
home across the lake to Sabula;
there we went on the river on the ice
and drove two and a half miles up
the river to Savanna, III. 1t seemed
strange to me to so in the cutter over
the same water we went over in
boats last summer. lee harvesting
was on at this time, and We could
see great cakes OF clear ice, about
% inches square and 20 to % inches
thick, that had been taken out Of the
river. The ice is marked out with
a small marker into squares of about
p inches, then it is plowed with
plow that cuts about a half inch
crease in the ice both ways and
about 10 or . inches deep. Then 1t
is split off with the ice tool. The
small Ice houses are fitted with teams
and large fiat racks that draw from
. to 20 cakes at each load. The
large houses are fitted with steam
engines. working on an endless
chain that keeps steady row Of
cakes going all the time The cars
are loaded the same way and they
carry the ice to the large houses in
other towns. There is no ice manu-
facturcd in this country; everybody
uses natural ice.
This has been a very cold winter
unusually cold. The first cold spell
was from zero to 26 below, and last
cd twelve days; most Of the time
from 10 to 20 below zero. There
was but one day that the men and
teams stopped work on the ice, and
that was 26 below zero, and cold
wind was blowing. People here
think nothing Of working outside
when It IS from 70 to 20 below zero.
'''S '"ii i'ohS 'houSh IL WIS
about an hour high away down South,
and yet here t. has not started the
least thaw since January |. But the
cold here seems so different from
the cold Of the South. don't feel
the cold here any more than I did
when we would have cold spell
South, | don't go out very much
only across the lake to town, and
then we just skate across in few
We are we'll fixed for the
cold and | like It fine.
| must tell you about the rabbits
up here. The country is full of
them, and they are fat and fine. The
rabbits up here have burrows in the
We have the fcrrcts; they
are small animals like the mink, but
tame. They help to run the rabbits
olt Of their holes. They take a net
sack and put the ferret in the hole
and then put the sack over it and the
rabbit runs into the sack as though
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-28

it was shot in. 1t is real amusing to
see them. Mr.. Lowell has shot a
good many this winter. He has kill
cd with ferret, dog and gun and one
helper rs rabbits in two days. Our
dog often catches them and brings
them to the house when he goes
hunting by himself. Rabbits are so
thick they make a road in the snow
like flock Of sheep. They are O.
great nuisance where there are young
fruit trees and gardens.
Mrs. w. B. Lowell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-28
mGH WINDS CAUSE SUFFERING.
R2ports from the Blow that Came
Last Wednesday.
Havoc in Pensacola.

Il Havoc in Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla, Feb. 21.--A mile
a.lninute gale blowing early This
morning wrought considerable havoc
With Pensacola's shipping, sending
one ship adrift, moving and damag-
iny number Of others, although the
snip masters had taken exery extra
prscaution possible to prevent injury
10 their ships. Smaller shipping,
such as fishing smacks, lighters and
small tugs, suffered the most dam
age. Coastwise steamers scheduled
10 steam last night waited over until
this morning, when they attempted
TO put to sea, but in each instance
he steamers were compelled to turn
bnck, each sustaining more or less
injury.
Much Damage in Texas.
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 21.-Heavy
~ ind storms yesterday and last night,
AGcompanied in some sections of
Texas by heavy snowfall, did thou
sInds of dollars damages to property
u wrecked buildings, demoralized
telegraph and telephone communl-
alton, and in the Panhandle coun-
~ completely disarranged railroad
>chedules.
San Antonio and Austin, where the
damage appears gratest, report a
wlnd averaging 70 to 100 miles an
Nour, which unroofed many resi-
dcnces, blowing down chimneys and
uDrooting trees.
At Texline the temperature drop
ped to 10 degrees above zero, the
lowest reported. At El Paso much
damage is feared from freezing wea-
ther to fruit trees. which were in
BLOSSOM.
In the Texas Panhandle the snow
iall averaged four inches, but little
suffering was caused to live stock.
Fire Follows Storm.
Bluefield, w. Va, Feb. 21.-JNine
dwellings, were blown over and
" ecked by violent wind storm at
North Fork, w. Va, tonight at )
o'clock. The wreckage took fire and
Durned for an hour. Several people
arc reported missing and woman
and child were severely burned.
North Fork is in the section devas-
tated by the great Elkhorn flood in
1901.
Middle West in Binding Storm.
Chicago, Feb 21.-A binding
snow storm, backed by 50-mile-an-
hour gale, swooped down on the Mid
Z! West to-day, blocked traffic, Grip
Died wire. communication d. t0-
nighr swept eastward in the direction
.. NoJ thern Ohio. Pennsylvania and
nav York The temperature ranged
between 20 aud 81 degrees above
zero, but no great suffering was re-
ported.
The storm reached it's greatest in
tensity in Chicago and Northern and
Central Illinois, although Eastern
Iowa and Missouri, Southern Wiscon-
sin and Michigan and Northern Indi-
ana felt the blizzard to a considera-
BILE extent.
Worst in Years in Michigan.
Detroit, Mich, Feb. 21.--The
worst blizzard experienced in Michi-
gan in years was responsible to-day
for the loss Of at least one life and
the injury of possibly 25 persons as
the result of collisions between trains
or street cars, due to binding snow.
Steam and electric railroad traffic Is
paralyzed. Several trains are buried
In snow drifts.
CABLE BROKE; ELEVATOR FELL
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-28
AN OCONEEAN IN MONTA Ns.
Some Interesting Facts AboutSpaopie
and Climate--a. Greeting

Deer Lodge, Mont, Feb. 10, -,YiTetsi :
tor keowee Courier: Withpfly re-
! newal subscription send aGgrGetSbP
to all my friends and. relatiyes affsi
the other readers Of The CoulSpr,
wishing for the young that. their
brightest hopes may be realized, agxd
to those farther OH In the jouSnesfor +
life the following will apply:t M
when in the midday march /. Sc
meet
The outsretched shadows OF thc
night. {
AT eventide it shall be lights
There has been no cold eether ia
the western part of Montana since
| January 11th. The snow in tho va p
| leys has about all gone; the nights
are frosty, but the days arc warm
and shrubbery Is budding. Thla
means there will be no lilacs, as tn
buds will be spoiled by late frosts.
People who went to California arc
coming home to escape the rainy seq
son there. never knew it to be-
! damp in this climate before trha
cause is that the prevailing wfnaa
have been from the south and west
the waters OF the warm japan cur
; rent west Of California have beer
unusually active this winter 8fWa
are on the Pacific slope, ives OF tho
main range of the Rocky Mountatns
! and get some of the benefit Of that
current. The last Of January, while
! the thermometer stood 20 or 30 do
grces below zero at Helena, only SO
miles from Deer Lodge, (but across
the main range), we had warm,
thawing weather. Montana has had
none Of the cold that tho Ni9dlo
! West and Northwestern States have
! had lately. We had our severely
! cold time in December and the frst
two weeks of January. l don MIND
! being out when the thermometer
marks below zero when the sun
! shines and there Is no wind. Thp
air is much lighter than in lower al-
| titudes, and one does not feel the
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-28
FIERCE WIND DRIVES FLAMES.
Fire Sweeps Through Houston
Loss About $T,OOO,OOO.

Houston Texas, Feb. 21.-In the
wake OF the most destructive fire II
the history OF Houston, smoulderinl
wreckage tonight covers an area
about one and half miles In length
varying In width from 200 yards tC
half mile, in the northeastern sec
ton of the city. More than dozen
OF the city's most important indus
trial enterprises are In ruins; 200
or more dwellings and store build
ings are in ashes, and approximately
1000 persons are homeless. The
most conservative estimate Is that
the monetary loss will reach at least
$7.000,O00. Tho Insurance carried
will not exceed 40 per cent. No cas-
ualties attended tho fire.
Buffalo bayou, q narrow coffee col
Ored stream, was the scene OF the
battle royal cgainst the flames. Here.
after the fire had swept on, with
scarcely semblance OF control for
four hours, the fremen made dcs
perate stand. and although the fire
migration was checked.
The Beginning.
The fire started early this morn
ing in a twO-stOry frame structure
and spread to a feed store. Then 1t
jumped simultaneously to three more
frame boarding houses and the roar
OF the flames on a 35-mile northwest
wind began to be ominous. The Star
and Crescent Hotel, brick struc-
ture, next caught.
From that moment the fire seemed
beyond control. Driving ahead with
frightful rapidty, 1t swayed from
side to side, and tongues Of sparks
sometimes seemed to reach out
three blocks ahead, all the time eat
ing steadily toward the more thickly
populated section Of the city across
Buffalo bayou.
At times bolts Of flame would be-
come detached, lighting on houses
perhaps two blocks distant and firing
them. A score OF Tines women had
just time to seize their babies and
dash madly to tho streets.
With hundreds 1t was 4 race for
life, and these made no effort to save
property.
AS the flames advanced a perfect
army of night-clothes clad men, wo-
men and children formed and dash
ed on and on, being driven from one
place Of refuge to another by the
progress Of the flames. Cool heads
finally realizing the danger, assum-
ed charge Of the situation, and in a
short time compelled refugees to &C
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-28
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TALK

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We urging this the for
red lands make satisfactory crops has less potash in it. This
ashes from oaks and other trees
gro a red lands make IKE that win take the hair and
These sandy land
ze difference 1t the difference in
growth any
hopper below Columbia, other
The secret selecting fertilizer
potash but
n wS ay oy for son ted grows and ma
will grow for hundred Besides s and ss
H viii cost you and 600 Bounds Of 1o2 , @ @ M e
Using s-4-4
at cost $3.50 and using 600
~ pounds of ammonia and - pounds potash
s716 When 200 he acre he
not farming he marking time He is exertng himself
heavily ammonaed with fish, which is the best ammoni
the is
little fish put in 1922 for the simple
to use it. You don't want to buy aer You
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their living the all in
the deal fertilizer which another saying is the best fertilizer
When this have the satisfaction
fertilizer
We advocate using from 600 500 pounds to the acre. but we don't
applied
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in
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-28

'ts' |Itf.'' SO Z. ..t \ VI ..l.l.'I.'.r
them in othdr sections Of the city
was begun. With the advent Of day
organized relief was begun. Practi-
cally every home in Houston was
opened to the refugees.
Never before had such conditions
been confronted here. and in many
OF the burned homes there we're
cases OF illness. but the sick and af-
tlictcd alike were forced to get up
and run for their lives.
AS cvidcncing the ficrccness Of the
fire and luridncss of the scene, in
stances arc known in which families
calmly sleeping at points five miles
distant were aroused from slumber
by the glare and sprang up in the
belief that their own homes were
aflamc.
The fire was raging over at least
five blocks before 1t was an hour old.
At one time the skyline appeared to
be a solid sheet Of flame a mile in
length. Gradually the fire ate its
way through the residential section
of the NTH ward and then struck out
on direct line for the congresses
located near tho bayou, sweeping all
before It,
Several hundred thousand feet of
cedar had been stored near the Hud-
son pencil factory, and when this
caught 1t caused n fire from which
the heat was so intense that spccta-
tors perched on railroad bridge
were forced to retire to a bluff above
the bayou.
Fight ut the Bayou.
AS the fire ncarcd Buffalo bayou.
desperate preparations were made to
get It under control
Hill stree; bridge was turned, 30
as to prevent the fire crossing that
structure. A few minutes later
workmen turned the International
and Great Northern Railroad bridge.
At one point. however, the sparks
did sweep across the bayou and gain
foothOld This WAS near the plant
OF the Houston Packing COMPANY.
Sparks set fire to hay In the barns,
but the private fire lighting appara-
tus managed to keep the flames con-
fined to the barns for several hours,
until the danger had passed.
Two tramps asleep near the Hud-
son pencil factory did not awaken
until that plant was roaring mass
OF flames. They attempted to re-
treat in the direction Of the railroad
tracks, but were driven back by the
heat and smoke. The bayou was the
only avenue to escape left and into
it's chilly waters the men plunged.
They swan to safety before the gaze
Of thousands on nearby bluff.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-19

precipitate Intervention; but so i'm
placable is the Party spirit that this
does not appear TO act as a deterrent
both being apparently willing to face
what they term the horrors Of another
Intervention" than submit to the rule
OF their detested opponents.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-19
STATION
SITE SELECTED

Douglas. Ariz., Oct 19.-General
manager II. J. Simmons. of the FL Paso
K Southwestern. causei the announce
ment to be made today that the site
of the new SIS, 900 station has been
chosen here. 1t will stand at the head
of H avenue and work is to commence
upon it at the earliest possible mo-
ment, when permission can be obtained
from the board of supervisors to make
certain changes in the public road
which viii be necessary. The station
will be the handsomest in the state
when completed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-19

". J. Roundtree, formerly a fireman
on the Southwestern. out of Tucum-
carl, now has a position as section
foreman on the s. P. at TUnis n. NJ
Mr.. Rouudtree worked for a while as
engineer in Mexico after leaving TU-
cumcari.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

Judge Martin of the Chicago
municipal court married a couple
last week whose license had been
obtained II years ago. Christopher
c. Owens obtained a license to mar
ry Miss Emma Brandy, August IS,
1900. We had a quarrel" he told
the judge, "and didn't see each
other for about IL years. Recently
We patched up the trouble"
John Campbell, a locomotive en-
gineer on the Pennsylvania line west
of Pittsburg, who retired from active
service September 8, has been on the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

board a cargo of 40. elephants, The
vessel was anchored in a perfectly
smooth e off the coast of Zanzibar.
but to the great surprise of the crew
the steamer began to roll. Then 1t
was revealed that the elephants had.
in some way, found that by swaying
to and fro all together a rocking
motion was produced that seemed to
please them immensely. The atten-
dants hurried down into the hold,
and, otter a great deal of shouting
and humping, managed to stop the
dangerous amusement.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

his sweeping, Witek came across
several canvas bags, and thinking
they contained nothing but rocks,
he threw them in a pile to be shovel
ed up when the wagon came along.
Just. after he had done so, two young
men drove W in an automobile and
asked him if he had seer any can
a bags. Witek pointed to the pile.
Then he learned that the bags con-
tanned $4,000 which the men had
collected at the street railways car
barns and were taking to the COM
pany's headquarters.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

nsh' was received last week at the
University of Washington in a tran
near Blaine, Wash. 1t is six feet
long, has a large head, and is with
out scales or backbone. 1t is of a
uuii Drown color. The first specimen
was caught at Quiniault, Wash, by
Oharles Willoughby in 1887 and was
described by DIR. Tariton Bean.
me next time Henry Witek. a
street cleaner at st. Louis, sees any
canvas bags on the street he is go
Ing to investigate their contents. he
saws. The other day in the course of
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

company's payroll continuously for
As years and he retired with a clean
record. Campbell never was sus-
pended or eensured and never had
an accident that cost the company
money. During the is years; no
person was ever injured by Camp
BELLS locomotive badly enough to
put in a claim for damages, it is
said.
George Scott, captain of a tramp
steamer which touched at New York
recently, related ant odd elephan
yarn. On one occasion he had on
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03
ODD ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE

Max, a 10-year-old Scotch collie
belonging to Miss Vera Drew of
Union, Me-, spends more money on
confectionery than any child in the
town, it is said. When given a
coin, Max will run to the candy store
and will hold on to the money until
he receives his %ooafection. Max is
said to be especially fond of ice
cream.
What scientific men say is the
second specimen ever caught of
Acrotus willoughbil, a rare deep sea
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-06
Attempts to Establish Wholesale
Murder Conspiracy Against
Gang.
ALLEGED PLOT TO GET EVEN.
Defendant Practically Loses Nerve by
Confinement, Pain of Wounds and
Demands for His Life.

Wytheville, Va, May 6.-The prose-
cution in the Floyd Allen trial continu
ed its piling Up of evidence of whole
sale murder conspiracy among the AL
len gang when sessions were resumed
here today. Witnesses after Witness
being called by the state to contrib
ute brief conversations which they
claim to have had with members of
the Allen gang, and all tending to in
dicate a plot to "get even" with the
Hillsvile court if Floyd Allen was
found guilty.
The defendant has practically "lost
his nerve" The strain of confine-
ment, pain of his wounds, and the
deadly earnestness with, which the
Commonwealth is demanding his life
as forfeit for the courtroom murders,
has almost broken him down.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-06

SITUATION IS DESPERATE.
Water Lapping Tops of .Levces-Lia-
bic to Crumble at Any Moment
Apprehension in Many Places.

New Orleans, La, May 6.-Thir5y
persons were drowned in the interior
Of Point Coupee Parish today when
waters from the break in the Mississ.
ippi levee rushed into the district with
out the slightest warning. Survivors
reported that twelve bodies have been
recovered and that the death list may
reach so.
New Orleans, La, May G.-Heavy
rains having prevailed throughout
Louisiana and parts of Mississippi
yesterday, the food situation at near
ly dozen Louisiana points were des-
perate today. Of the larger towns,
Baton Rogue, MorganZa, Melville and
Bayou des Glaces are seriously threat
ened and thousands of men are endeav
oring to strengthen the levees against
the rising waters.
At all of these points the water was
tapping the tops of the levees today
and only the piling of thousands Of
sandbags against the sides prevented
them going out. The relief, however,
may prove to be only momentary. The
constant rise of the river has caused
the levees to be so thoroughly water
soaked that they are liable to crum-
bic and break at any time.
On orders from Governor Sanders,
militiamen today rounded up every
negro in Morganza, Melville and Bat
ON Rogue and foraed them to work on
the levees.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-06
MINISTER DISCUSSES STRIKE
Declares il is the Beginning of Indus
trial Transformation.

Boston, Mass, May 6.-Declarlng
the famous Lawrence strike the mere
beginning Of industrial transtormat-
ion which will sweep the industrial
world. Rev. A. w. Moulton. rector OF
Grace Church, Lawrence, declared at
st. Pauls Church, that the struggle
which was won for laboring men by
the Industrial Workers OF the World,
vii go down in history as the first
successful protest of human element
in industry"
"The movement for more pay in the
wage envelope" said Rev. Mouiton,
"has spread. 1t is a winning battle.
On the very eve of a projected reduct-
ion in wages, and after protesting alb
solute inability Of their industry to
bear the burden of an advance, the
Lawrence mill owners were forced TO
Weld to the men who produce their
goods. The |. w. w. won the t1ght
for the workers against terrible odds
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-06
NRS. VANDERBILTS CON
DTTION FAVORABLE TODAY

New York, May 6.-Reports that
the condition of Mrs. William X. VAN
derbilt, Jr., who had been operated on
for appendicitis was alarming were
today denied by DR.. James |. Russell,
who with other surgeons performed
the operation. He said Mrs. Wander
bilt steadily improved after the op-
Grafton until Saturday when she had
a relapse. Hee condition later I'M
proved and according to Dr.. Russell
she is now making favorable progress
toward recovery.