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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
GREEKS CAPTURE STRONGHOLD.
Turkish Garrison, With $4,000 Men,
Lays Down Arms.

Athens, Greece, March 6.-The
Turkish fortress of Janina, key to
the possession of Epirus Province.
with its garrison Of $4,000 men sur
rendered to the Greek army to-day
after a defense which stands out as
one of the most brilliant episodes of
the Balkan war.
The surrender was preceded by a
fierce bombardment, continuing two
days and nights. Every available
gun, including Howitzers, lent by the
Servian artillery, was brought to
bear on the forts defending the be-.
leaguered city.
Thirty thousand shells were fired
by the Greek guns during the first
days cannonade. Gradually the
Turks batteries at Bizani, Manoliara,
Sakni and elsewhere were silenced.
The Greek commanders, by a feint,
led the Turks to believe that their
attack would be made from the
right. AS oon as the attention Of
the defenders had been distracted,
the Greeks hurled large bodies of in
fantry on the Turkish left. The OF
toman troops, utterly surprised, fell
back in disorder.
Batteries on the heights of Bizani,
the mainstay of the defense, had
been unable to stand the pelting Of
the shells and were reduced to COM
plete silence at II o'clock yesterday.
The Greeks pushed their forward
movement during the afternoon and
occupied the Turkish batteries on the
Sakni and Elias hills, capturing all the
guns and 40 a~rtillerymen. Then
the Greek b%attalions gradually de-
ployed on to the plain in front of the
city.
The Turkish flight Immediately be-
came general. Whole detachments
succumbed to panic and TONED In a
mad race into the city. The Greek
troops followed almost to the walls.
With all the defending batteries in
the hands Of the Greeks and the Hell
lenic soldiers at the gates OF Janina,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12

there was one dinner which cost So
600, and the social functions during
that administration were remarka-
BILE for their elaborate display.
without u Private Income.
President Roosevelt, while not
overburdened with wealth, was a
mar of comfortable income. Presi-
dent Taft also has a small income,
and Mrs. Taft was not forced to any
economy, but President Wilson is a
mar with practically no private in
come. Under the present manage
ment, the Presidents wife Is not bur-
dened with the cares Of actual house
keeping, this being under the watch
full eye of Mrs. Jaffray, the general
supervision being all that the Chief
Magistrates wife has to attend to.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12

Essad Pasha, Turkish commander, at
6 O'Clock this morning, sent messen-
gers to Grown Prince Constantine, of
Greece, announcing the surrender of
the city and all the troops under his
command.
The fall Of Janina was announced
by the Crown Prince to the Greek
war office.
Wild enthusiasm reigned in the
streets Of Athens on announcement
OF the news. All houses were deco
rated with flags. Excited people
thronged the thoroughfares singing
the Greek national anthem.
The Greek advance on Janina be-
gan late in October.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
THE GREAT MAJESTIC MALLE-
ABLE AND CHARCOAL
IRON RANGE?

You, make no mistake in buying
the GREAT MAJESTIC-it's the
range with THE REPUTATION
ask your neighbors. Then, too,
it's made just right and of the
right kind Of material-MALLEA-
BILE AND CHARCOAL IRON
riveted together practically air
tight-lined with pure asbestos
board-parts being malleable
can't break-has a movable res
ervoir and an wen that don't
warp-that's why the MAJESTIC,
uses SO little fuel, bakes just
right every day in the year
(browns bread just right all over
without turning), heats Is gallons
water while breakfast is cooking
properly handled lasts a life
time, and costs practically nothing
for repairs. -
Don't buy the range you expect
to last a lifetime "unsight UNI
seem" you'll be sure to be disap-
pointed. Come to our store dur
ing demonstration week, see the
GREAT MAJESTIC - have it's
many exclusive features explained
find out why the MAJESTIC is
800 per cent stronger than other.
ranges where most ranges are
weakest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
Died at Age OF 1O4.

Columbia, March 6.-Abraham
TRACER, 1914 years Of age, died here
last night. Mr.. TRACER was a life
long resident Of the city, except for
an absence Of about ten years. He
On me back TO Columbia in October
last year. He is survived by two
daughters.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12

When the chest feels on fire and
the throat burns you have indiges-
ton and you need DR.. NJ. A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine to get rid Of
the disagreeable feeling. 1t drives
out badly digested food, strengthens
the system n purifies the bowels.
Price Csc. per package. Sold at
Bells drug store. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
WHICH SHALL IT BE?

Do you intend to continue la
boring, burning valuable fuel and
destroying high-priced food with
that old, WORKOUT cook stove?
You KNOW that old stove eats
up a lot Of fuel each year.
You KNOW you have trouble in
getting it to bake just right-in
fact, spoil a batch of bread every
once in a while-you know it costs
considerable for yearly repairs.
Stop and think and figure.
Wouldn't it pay you to buy a
good range-a range with a repu-
tation-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
$500

AS a special inducement dur
ing our demonstration week
only, with every MAJESTIC
RANGE sold (prices always
the same) we will give FREE
ose handsome Sc t Of a as
illustrated here.
Every piece of this ware is the
best Of it, kind. Not a piece
that is not needed in every kit
chen. 1t cannot possibly be
bought for less than $500. This
ware is on exhibition at our
store, DON'T FAIL TO SEE 1T.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
piles Cured In 6 to II DAYS

Your druggist will refund money II PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to I4days.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. soc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
To Cure a Cold IN One Day

Fake LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. 1t stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure.
II. w. GROVES signature on each box. 25c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
SPECIAL

All during this week a special
demonstration, direct from the
Majestic Factory will be glad to
show you "ALL ABOUT
RANGES"-SHOW YOU why
the MAJESTIC is the best range
on earth at any price.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
THE PAY OF OUR PREsIDEEr.
Chief Executive Receives $3.50, 900,
While Gar Gets 8 1900, 900.

While thousands Of persons each
year condemn Congress for providing
a salary so small for the President
of the United States, in comparison
with the fortunes paid annually to
rulers of foreign countries, few per-
sons realize that the cost Of mainten-
ance and the general expenses of the
White IIouso to be met yearly
amount to the comfortable sum of
$259,900, says the Washington Post.
This is not too large, however, con-
sidering the heavy expenses the Pres
ident has to bear, and few, indeed,
Of the Presidents, even, the latter
ones, have been able to retire at the
end Of four OF eight years with much
saved.
The sum is really large in contrast
to what was paid in the early days
OF the republic, but vast have been
the changes. Mr.. Adams found the
$4,000 paid in his administration
insufficient. President William
Henry Harrison went to market,
bought a COW for $50, and saw the
animal safe at the White House. This
illustrates conditions in his time.
Yet, he. too, found appropriations
too small.
Cost Of the Entertainments.
The President now, however, rep
Tesents 10000, 900 people and faces
expenses for things unknown in the
earlier days. Therefore there is a
belief prevalent that the salary Of the
President has not kept pace with the
progress Of the nation. Out Of the
$259,90O must come the cost Of
keeping the Executive Mansion in the
best of condition. the cost of light
ing, heating, Of the large rctinue of
servants, Of the staff Of clerks in the
Executive office, and Of the travelling
expenses Of the Chief Magistrate,
who can never leave Washington
without carrying with him a large
staff Of secret service men, stenogra-
pliers, clerks and others. And in ad-
dition to all this is the cost Of state
dinners, Of the garden parties, the
receptions and the teas, which are eX-
pected, not only by the diplomats and
officials in Washington, but by
society, which each season flocks here
from every city Of the United States.
The state dinners, of which there
are three each year, cost more than
$4,000. The cabinet dinner, begin
ming the season, averages between
$500 and $500. The diplomatic din
I.l. switch IS the ...~i rrc.o~t'or~ "f
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
rs Children Poisoned at Party.

Wadley, Ca, March 6.-Twenty-
eight Of ~thirty-four children, who
were guests at a local party here
Tuesday afternoon, are i'll with pto-
maine poisoning. The hostess served
ice crea ordered from Macon.
Physicians telephoned to Barlow for
help and six doctors worked the
greater part Of the night before the
patients we're relieved.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12

At the diplomatic dinner the num-
Der Of guests is usually about 90, and
for this, as at all large affairs, the
services Of a caterer are required.
All %luncheons and dinners of less
than 40 owe are taken care Of by
the staff at the White House. There
are on an average about three a
week of these during the winter.
Economies OF the Past.
At each state reception the guests
invited to the blue room, generally
about 100 in number, are entertain
ed at supper at the close Of the re-
ception. These entertainments cost
about $500.
The cost of the dinners of cour-
tesy to visiting foreigners depends
largely upon the rank and import
ance of the visitor. The expense OF
II these is borne by the President.
Then, too, the fact must be taken
into consideration that the cost of
living has increased from 80 to SO
per cent IN the past 80 years.
The march Of civilization has been
SO rapid that the housewifely virtues
Of dolly" MadiSon's time have who'll
~ disappeared. Mrs. Madison churn-
ed the butter used at tho White
House, but such al exhibition of
thrift on the part Of Mrs. Taft or
Mrs. Wilson would call forth criti-
cism. While Mrs. Madison was high
~ commended for recovering some
of the White House furniture, in or
der to stretch the appropriation, the
same action by Mrs. Taft or Mrs. Will
son would not be commended. AS
the public taste grows more luXuri-
GUS so the public purse strings must
grow more liberia! In proportion.
Salaries for Foreign Rulers.
The present Presidents salary APP
pears as a mere bagatelle when COM
pared to that Of many of the rulers
of Europe. The King of Saxony re-
ceives a salary or $72, 900 annually,
n the population Of his country is
only a bare 1900, 900. The Car of
Russia has q state income Of $1,000
600 a year, besides deriving millions
n year as chief of the house Of Ro-
manor. The King of Italy has a
salary Of $2,S50,0O0 each year.
Presidents Of the United States
have heretofore not ranked as rich
men. President Wilson is no excep-
ton to the rule, and neither is Mr..
Taft wealthy. Gen. George Washing
ton might be called the most wealthy
President, when one takes into con-
sideration conditions in his day. At
the time Of his death his estate was
valued at 100000, equal to many
times the sum to-day.
President Arthur was not a rich
man, though worth about 100000.
Di,rino tho Grant rppimp ~ io coid
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12
COME, If YOU INTEND
TO BUY OR NOT.

EDUCATION lies in KNOW
ING THINGS-KNOW why the
oven of a range is heated
KNOW how the water is heated
HOW the top is heated
WHY the MAJESTIC uses so lit
tie fuel-KNOW how a range
is made inside and outside.
TNic education may serve you IN
the fmture. tDN'P OVERLOOK
q chance to ENCW TUNES
stfH5N oy on" Who Nhow8.
COigE,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-12

The ideal is the other fell
lows wife.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20

u cry as q zippy song, as happy a. I
lark. But now he's shaky at the knees, az
sad as prehistoric cheese. as doleful as
course. he has his bonds n stocks and
acres fat n herds and docks and
Hmousines n cuckoo clocks. mayhap q
butler, too. And dividends come tumbling
IN as furious as the wage Of sin, with
Just about hat kind Of grin, but Just the
same he's blue. From us the thought 10
most remote to chortle at the man or gloat
because at last they've got his goat and
led 1t to their lair. Our simple duty Is to
show the cause Of this unseemly woe
that's plunged him to the depths below
and firmly holds him there.
Well. then. this erstwhile jolly chap
whom fortune handled on her lap and fed
the choicest Of her pap and soothed his
one-1nch brow-this chap who never paid
a cent for what he got or where he went.
put just kept gathering in the rent-well.
that's all over now Your Uncle Sam has
bit his lip n got this fellow on the
hip and with a grip he couldn't slip and
sam would not relax. a law was fash
Toned there and then to reach the widest
of men and take a portion of their yen
to-wit, the income tax.
And that's why everyone you see, from
editors to old John D., whom once you en-
We'd, az did we, must file and pay the
score. So let US watch them as they
writhe as Samuel s~harpeneth his scythe
and, careful not to be too blithe. rejoice
becaus we're poor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
LIVING COST up So
Per CENT; WAGES Is
Government Investigator About
Kansas City Makes a
Striking Report.

Kansas City. Special: The cost OF
living in the region of Kansas City
has increased So per cent in 10 years
while the wages of skilled workers
have been augmented a fraction more
h 20 per cent. according to con-
illusions reached by George A. Trayer,
agent Of the department of labor. Mr..
Trayer left for Washington today to
prepare his report after an extended
survey OF labor conditions and the cost
OF living in this district. Mr.. Trayer
said NAL reports on the result of in
vcstigations being made in 40 of the
larger cities Of the United States
would be issued January /. For the
unskilled laborer," Mr.. Trayer said,
there has been almost no change in
wages. The supply being greater than
the demand. wages nave not increased.
The common school has proved a
factor in increasing the cost Of living
by teaching higher ideals, until we
cannot live as we did several years
ago. What was luxury 10 years ago
now Is necessity.
I'm my OWE state, Virginia. where
the piano used to be considered q
luxury it now is regarded as necessary.
The 16-year-old daughter of a man
earning $3.50 q day. il she has had
average training. desires a piano. He
must buy 1t for her On the installment
plan."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
Billion Dollar Mortaaae.
From the New York Times Annal

From the New York Times Annalist.
After having risen steadily since April.
the average price OF 10 savings bank
bonds. the fluctuations of which are
treated graphically In the Annalist bond
chart elsewhere, turned suddenly down
last week again. This incident conceded
with a fit OF gloom among SPECTATORS on
the New York stock exchange, and has
been ADVERTISED accordingly. 1t need not
1t reflected only dealers selling under the
sentimental influence of the announce
merit that the Pennsylvania railroads
stockholders would be asked to authorize
an amazing figure. 1t cannot BIZ compre-
hended In terms of money. It marks the
beginning OF transition from million to
billion dollar units in American nance.
gage Of $1,000. 900, 900 does not mean that
an avalanche OF new bonds will come
upon the market. An open mortgage is
one under which bonds may be issued
p~rovements, and for new constructions.
under certain definite restrictions. The
greater part OF the authorization would
they come due. MI. Hill in 1911 created
for the Great Northern an open mortgage
OF $500. 100000, which was the largest rail-
road authorization that had eve been
then hat 1t nov has toward the Penn
sylvania railroads proposal. 1t wagged
It's head and refused to imagine figures SO
big; besides, who wanted to buy into a
$500. 000, 600 mortgage? But in two years
only $685. oo. 900 of those bonds nave been
sold. There Is an obvious advantage in
having a large open, mortgage under
which property can be. pledged as ere
ated and bonds drawn from the trustees
and sold to reimburse the treasury for
new work performed. 1t eliminates the
piecemeal mortgage and unif1es the debt.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
LONDON IS TANGO MAD:
FASHIONABLES HAVE FAD

London. Special: Tango mad" IL
the only phrase which Adequately de-
scribes h fashionable craze Of the
moment. Even those who extol the de-
lights OF the waltz welcome the tango
as a relief from ragtfme.
One OF the most amusing contribu-
tons to the literature of the Argetine
dance came from the pen Of a member
Of an exclusive West End club who
wrote that there need be NO fear Of
tango invading respectable bali
rooms" inasmuch as hostess such as
vagh. to mention only two OF a great
number. have given frequent tango
teas. oA
The solemnity Of tango" saws the
clubman. sis appalling. The dancers
wear III corrugated brow Of a
cIs.omeu mental effort. There Is no
tango" - D Luz
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
Didn't Talk Shoo.

The New York Times Annalist says
that while shop was talked In the Rusi-
ness meetings Of the bankers at Bosbon
they talked anything else in the foyers
OF hotels. A dictograph there. It saysv
would have caught such fragments as
these:
"You want to get the very best bulls
you can buy, and then make your state
legislature" ~
"-if he pitches tomorrow Ill
The very best cyliader oil. take It
doesn't that make three straight
games?"
could dance a little. too. when I
was younger"
THE only way you can teach = farm
.er anything is through his"
THAT Deadwood girl was the belle Of
the ball all RI"
until the town closed up"
Got any corn u your way7''
and we'll charge it up on the ex-
pense sheet"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
An Unfortunate Abb.

SAtA SAS MAR1Zinn
The following is a story Of a pris-
lawyer and took his case into hia own
hands: "' wv
"A western lawyer. whose practice
seldom goes beyond the justice cot1rts
strayed into the Lawyers club ona
night. ostensibly to look for an &c.
someone told this one about him eoA0
Blacks chief fault said the man
IN front OF the fireplace. is his disno-
sltlon TO ask leading duestiors. THESE
questlons. as anyone can see. are In
tended to warn the witness how to
ansWer. Once. not long ago. this man
ENDANGERED his clients liberty. or the
client thought SO. for. at any rate. he
uddenly took the case into his nu,n
lands lou have no case, Mike, the
~uasconlnted lawyer whispered. .You'I
rum yourself. You hit that Chfnamani
h hnn acs = q eop know 1t. The judge
alibi. q good witness TO cali, q an!
Tim Maginnis.' said Mike.
pointing into the audience. I spoke to
MIN: He knows what to say.
Fine. Take your case. nv haa,
enolsn OF It. When Fong Foo has,
finished his story you call Masinnis
and . him g question to show whars
you were when the Chink was strncs .
At the proper moment Mike. lootr.
ing very wise and very self Imperial
called Tim Maginnfs.
MI. Maginnis.s he began. do vo,,
unaerstand the nature of an oath?,
~ t'inkEI do Tim replied. a Bit
Well. sor.' said Mike. holding n.
nead high. VIII o please tell the
court where I was whin / str,,ck the
In front av the hotel?'
Ye were home in bed, waa IN.
astounding reply. But poor Mike was
convicted" AAAe W va
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
Shortening Common School Course.


A committee of the National Education
association reported Inc the government
bureau of education Is publishing their re-
port fayoring the condensation Of the
courses of study. shortening by two years
the time between primary and college
graduation. This. they agree, should be
done in the elementary grades. using only
enable boys and girls to get vocational
training after their 18th year.
Emphasis Is laid OF the necessity of con-
centrating on a few aluable studies:
The great mistake Of our education is to
suppose that quantity and strain consti-
tute education. Education is q question
of doing a few essential things well and
without overstrain. Thu college has com
mitted a grievous mistake in demanding
ever more in quantity rather han in quail
ity produced under condition Of healthy
normal development"
All Of which is well; and 1t is to be
hoped that a way will soon be found to
make all the education given up to high
nc graduation more practical than 1t
now is. Much time il almost fooled away
over things which are OF little use in aftel
years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20
Genuine Al<ex We.t..

Yes-it'ssanother. Professor Van
asD11sen NJ yainly trying to unlatch
~ aefrcnt door with ! cigar. TO the
~el1nuseiment 81 q friend who had &C
SonnnApatied hirishome % talk oyer. the
p1rth dimension.
Too here. man said the friend
Nhsa "a could talk without betraying
- aanusennent, do you know what
sore trying "a open that door
MtS
AZ professor looked. then rave I
0kenxtof dismay.
otaciousss he blurted out, Il must
80 smoked my latch key!
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20

At Fosdyke. q tiny village In Eng
land. there Is held every year q most
feast. Some gentlemen, many years
back, left q sum Of money with which
. number Of Bede houses were to be
built, and once q year he directed that
the occupants were to havs a feast.
Every year tho SIX old ladie. and tho
six old gentlemen meet the trustees
and have dinner. Some OF the trustees
are county councillors and the like. but
according to- the terms OF. the viii they
have to serve the old people first and
make them comfortable. The guests
always st In the same order as the
number OF their houses, and the menu
must include q bowl Of punch and
veal pie with plums In II.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20

ing. was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
q dragging sensa-
ton r the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 5
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-11-20

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
aod and he felt himself again. He says
~ has been benefited and blessed by
H. use Of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
loEal months later he wrote: I have
Dot ckanged my faith in your remedy
Atnce the above statement was author
80. Correspond with Rev. q. Hes
- about this wonderful remedy.
0edds Kidney Pills. Soc. per box at
our dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
DuiEalo. n. 7. Write for Household
p3antes also music OF National Anthem
,e1nSlish and German Words and re.
- Tor dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
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