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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25

one-horse wagon and brought to the
back door, where my little trunk was
placed in 1T for my departure to the
University Of South Carolina. 1t was
there in the back yard, underneath
the old oak tree where ] had reclined
in hap piness for seventeen years, that
/ kissed my widowed mother good
bye. AS ! went down the long road
from the hous@ and looked back Tor
the last time upon the OLD, haDDy
homestead, sGU. nay mother take The
corner of her COOK apron and wine
away the drirpng tears from her
eyes. When I found myself OuG Of
sight of that blessed old place, |
thought of the university and Of my
future life. ! thought of the trials
and temptations that would come be-
fore me while in the city of Column
bia, but l resolved that those tears
and the cook apron should be my
prayer and guiding star while at the
university. And while a student of
the university ! never went into a
place where my mother would not go,
or would not have me go.
There are two things that caused
me to be member of the General AS
s0mbly to-day. One Of them is the
amhi lion born in my heart and mind,
" hicn was carefully nourishcd by my
gooI mother, to become a leader of
men; and the other is the university
that gave me my education
Not having had the opportunity Of
high school education, / entered the
freshman class greatly handicapped
by reason Of being insufficiently pre-
pared for the work. Consequently |
did not make the progress in my class
that | had hoped, though | had work
ed diligently and earnestly. AS re-
suit of my inefliciency in my studies,
the president of the university, Major
Sloan, told me l had better quit col
lege. ! told him that | would not do
1t; that there was no such things as a
failure when one had the will power
and the determination to succeed
and that | was going to do so in the
end. | remained student Of the in
stitution, learned how to think for
myself and learned something of
books and men. In the fall Of 1908
/ began the study of law, and upon
the final examination, in June, 1910.
under Prof. Thomas, he came to me
and said that he wished to congratu
late me upon my success: that | had
made greater improvement than any
other member of my class.
Il am greatly indebted to my mo-
ther and to the university for the sue
cess already made by me The uni
verslty has and is doing a great
work"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
Tried to Elope With Married Man.

Sparianburg, Feb. 19.-While her
father was in Spartanburg t., secure
a license for her to marry uother
man, Fay Bogsdale, the pretty young
daughter Of Charles Bogsdale, -. mill
operative, of Woodruff, attempted to
elope with d. B. Wnddell, a middle
aged married man who has a wife
and one child.
When the father returned home he
found his daughter gone and soon as
certained the reason. A warrant was
sworn out for tie pair, and they
were arrested in an automobile near
Simpsonville, 90 miles from the girls
home
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
'S' u Il II !. !. j. !. !. J. 20 J.
!. HONOR ROLLS. J..
'' 's' Il '$' + .s' j. !. !. i. !. j.
Fair Play High School.
(EOurth Monthly
(Eourth Monthly

InoSe whose names appear on this
ron nave made an average of 90 or
more on examination and have not
fallen below 9S on department:
Tehth Grade-Davis Glenn, Gilman
Thompson.
Ninth Grade-Marian Compton.
Claude Dooley.
Eighth Grade--Dewitt Glenn, John
A. Johnson.
Seventh Grade-Gatha Davis, Clay
born Davis, r. NJ. Davis, Wade Mar
ett.
Sixth Grade-Mildred Heller, Lu-
cile King.
Fifth Grade-H0yt Wooten, Will
ton Davis, Gary Watson John viii
GruDDs, McSwain Pullen, jamie Rae
| Isbell.
Fourth Grade-Roderick Heller.
Landrum Hanvey.
Third Grade-Joe Davis, Prue Da-
Wis, Fred Isbell, Lester Glenn. Billy
Woods, Louie Marett, Bessie Glenn,
Claire Heller.
Second Grade-Johnnie Wood
Arrie Wood, BERTHE Wood. ToIsie Wi
burn, Cecil Isbell, Kate Pullen. Lush
Patrick, Wyatt Grubbs, Leste:
| Woods, ]. G. Brock, Jimmie Hanvev,
Virgil Davis, Norris Richardson, Den
mis- Worley. y
| First Grade-Leland Virgins, J.
B. Virgins, Sam Wilburn, Bnb King.
Matte Nixon, Jessie Nixon, Juette
Brown, G. B. Callahan, Hubert Da-
Wis, Roy Davis, Lindsey Durham, Ka
tie Davis, Paul Fant, Willie Glenn,
Ida Hays, Rude Patrick, Walter Rich
ardson, Will Dobbs Watson, Eva
Wood, Clarine Wooten, Lester Wor-
ley. G. G.. Ryder, PRINCIPAL.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
"I WAS DRUNK" SAYS DUNN.
Gives Officers Strange Look When
Told of Shooting Robertson.

Greenville, Feb. 1S.-"Tom Rob-
ertson is dying in the City Hospital"
Jafler Kellar told Lynn Dunn last
night. The man sighed as he
turned over on his rude pallet in the
county jail and gave the turnkey a
searching look. He did not utter a
word, and this has been the attitude
OF the prisoner since his incarcera-
tion Monday night. Dunn showed
surprise, either genuine or feigned,
when told Yesterday morning that he
had committed an act likely to re-
suit in murder. 81 was drunk" he
said stolidly. He also showed sur
prise when told he had resisted ar
rest.
The story Of how he shot Tom Pob-
ertsou, man of almost three times
his age, in drunken quarrel out in
Davis's near-beer place on the Pied
mont road, and how he furiously re-
sisted arrest when seized by the coun-
ty authorities, was listened to by
Dunn with singular amazement His
eyes bulged and he gripped his hands
as If fighting off an imaginary foe.
Dunn is said to have been in such an
intoxicated condition when brought
to the county Jail as to render him
unable even to give the officers his
name.
At an early hour this morning Tom
Robertson was said to be dying in
the City Hospital. The victim Of
Dunn's drunken wrath is 50 years Of
age. He is a widOwer and has three
children, his wife having died seve-
arl years ago. Robertson was un-
conscious when carried to the hos
pital early Monday night, and has
since that time been in a state of
partial coma. The three children of
the dying man are being cared for at
the Duncan Mills.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
s1cLAURIN's BILL is REFERRED.
Back to People BY Senate for Appro-
val at Ballot Box.

Columbia, Feb. 1S.-The Senate
this morning passed the McLaurin
warehouse bill, hut added an amend
ment to submit the question to the
qualified electors OF the State at the
next general election, and if they ap-
prove 1t by majority vote then the
appropriation Is to become available,
but not until the referendum is had
by the people.
The appropriation was cut from
$15O,000 to $4,000, and the bill
was finally passed in it's amended
form by vote OF 81 to II. every
Senator being in his seat.
Debate on the measure occupied
the entire time OF the Senate this
morning and consumed much discus
sion
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
HE SPOKE TO COW AND MULE.
Representative Mcdonald Got His
Start Between PlOw Handles.

August Kohn, writing to the News
and Courier from Columbia under
date of February 5, has the following
to say regarding Representative NJ.
r. Mcdonald, OF Oconee:
There sits in the hall of the House
or Representatives a young man who
mas very little to Say-in fact, in the
two years Of his services as a men,
Der from OcOnee county he has hard
~ consumed ten minutes Of time; but
ne is thinker, and If the occasion
arises knows how to talk. There are
times when he wears a red neck tie,
put this is of no particular signifi-
cance. A week or two ago the Rich
land County Alumni Association ten
dered dinner at the Jefferson Hotel
to the alumni who are members Of
the South Carolina Assembly. There
were a number OF speeches made, and
the last OF them was made by Mr.. Nc
Donald, OF the OConee delegation. 1t
was surprise, and it was also a
gem. 1t was such an unusual and
perfect specimen of eloquence that it
is here reproduced for the first time
What Mr.. Mcdonald said was:
Gentlemen of the Alumni Associa-
ton OF the University of South Caro-
lima: The first speech that | ever
made was to an audience Of two-the
old mule | was blowing and the COW
in the nearby pasture. Being a far
mer-boy, and not having had the op-
portunity Of going into a well-fur-
nished library for preparing my de-
bates for the Saturday Night Debat-
ing Club at Richland, S. c., | was
compelled to prepare them under the
lonesome canopy Of Heaven and be-
tween the plowhandles. While plow-
ing ! spoke so enthusiastically until
the old mule would turn his long ears
to and fro, wondering what was hap
pening behind him. And the COW
in the nearby pasture would come and
hang her head over the fence and
look at me in amazement. 1t was
there and in that manner that my
ambition to obtain an education and
TO become leader of men was born
On the 23d of September, 1906,
the faithful old mule that | had plcw-
Cd FOR many days was hitched to a
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
Shake 1T OFF.
Rid Yourself of Unnecessary Burdens.
A Walhalla Citizen Shows You How.
Don't bear unnecessary burdens.
Burdens of a bad back are heavy.
Get rid Of them.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for bad

For anne, weak and aching lack.
LSS3 endorsement proves their
sag. Rowland. Main street. Wal
h0llfk s. c.. SAYS. "Ml kidneys were
disc hered, as was shown Dy too fire.
queit passages of the kidney secre-
tions. | had backache and pains in
my oins and sides and felt miserable
in every way. Doan's Kidney Pills,
which | got at Dr. Bells drug store,
soon relieved these symptoms Of kid
ney complaint and made me feel bet
ter in every way. My advice to every
one having disordered kidneys is to
give Doan's Kidney Pills a trial"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25

and the price is only SO cents and
one dollar n bottle, the latter for fam
lilies who need it regularly.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has no
equal as cure for constipation, in
digestion, biiionsness, headaches,
sour stomach, gas on the stomach,
liver trouble and kindred complaints
1t has so many advantages that those
who once use it forever after discard
cathartics, salts, pills and other
coarse remedies, for they are seldom
advisable and should never be given
to children.
Families wishing to try free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by
addressing DR.. w. b. Caldwell, 419
Washington street, Monticello, Ill. A
postal card with your name and ad-
dress on it will do.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25

the Work"
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All good druggists sell ROOT JUICE
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ask for it and not word Of argument.
That's how good ROOT JUICE Is. That's
the strongest possible proof on its
merits. Get it now and stop expert
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
Georgia Suffragettcs Organize.

Atlanta, Feb. Statewide ac-
tion in the matter of furthering the
cause Of woman's suffrage" is given
as the purpose OF the woman's suf-
frage party, Of Georgia. in articles of
incorporation granted here to-day to
that organization. The incorpora-
tors were Mrs. Mary McClendon, Mrs.
Amelia Woodall and Miss Katherine
Cook. The corporation will be afil-
lated with the National Suffrage AS
sOciatiOn.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
Kidney Trouble?
Oh,YES; | Forgot! /!
You'll Soon Forget Yours, After
Trying Wonderful ROOT
JUICE. Guaranteed.

How would you like to forget your kid
ney trouble, your backache and those
knife-lilte pains2 Glory! Can you i'm
that you had at last cast off that burden
and could enjoy life again? Think Of
going to bed at night feeling that you
peacefully till morning, that you're not go
ing to feel the necessity of getting up half
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
ROBBERS MADE $4,000 HAUL.
Mail Train Held Up i'm Alabama
Three MASKED Men Did the job.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 20.-Rail-
way detectives with bloodhounds
early to-day began searching for the
three robbers who held up the Queen
and Crescent passenger train, No. /,
2 miles north Of here last night and
robbed the mail pouches Of registered
packages said to contain $4,000.
The exact amount taken cannot be
ascertained until the post Office au-
thorities check up.
in their haste the robbers over
looked sack containing n consign-
ment OF $4,000. The train was
crowded with passengers to Mardi
Gras at New Orleans. and had just
left Atilla when three masked men
emerged from places Of hiding, on the
tender, covered the engine crew and
forced them to stop the train, uncou-
pie the engine and mail car With the
detached section the robbers ran two
miles down the track, stopped and
forced an entrance to the mail car,
and rified the pouches. Five mail
clerks were covered with revOlVers.
Chief Mail Clerk Merville was
stabbed in the shoulder with dirk
when he hesitated to disclose the
whereabouts of registered mail.
After the pouches were rified rob-
bers ran the locomotive several miles
toward Birmingham and abandoned
1t. The passengers were not inter-
fered with.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
The King of All IIaXatives.

For constipation use Dr. Kings
New Life Pills. Paul Mathulka, of
Buffalo, N. Y, says they are the
king of all laxatives. They are a
blessing to all my family and / al
ways keep box at home" Get a
box and get well again. Price 25c
At druggists or by mail. II. E..
Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or ST.
Louis. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
Corpse Taken from Blazing Hoarse

New York, Feb. 19.-The sight Of
an automobile hearse containing a
body and a6laze from end to end at
tracted 1000 pedestrians on lower
Broadway to-day. Harry Duris, the
chauffeur, swathed in a big fur coat,
also caught fire. The body was re-
moved from the blazing hearse by the
police: Piremen then put out the fire.
Ut had caught from the motor.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25

For Weakness and Loss OF Appetite
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic
and sure Appetizer For adults and children. SOC
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Qunine. it stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold
Druggists refund money IL i. fails to cure
T.. w. GROVES signature on each box, 25c
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-28
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
AT RAILROAD Y. NJ. G. A

The hundreds Of members belong
NJ 10 the Railway Young Men
Christian Association are very mucn
interested IN what promises 10 be
record social function in their pretty
association home.
President George W. Stevens OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio, and party, con-
sisting Of Dr. John L. Mum, John /.
Moore and II Y. Williams. of New
York j. # Dudley, of Toronto; and
&. X Roper OF Clifton Forge, are
making a tour Of the Chesa peake and
Ohio systems Y NJ. G. A 3, and Will
reach Richmond about noon or
Thursday, December }.
II IL proposed 20 give a dinner in
their honor at the association hall
tina. evening. and among the dist!n-
guished speakers at the banquet board
will be Governor II. G.. stuart and
Congressman Andrew J. Montague.
Kessntch's orchestra and one of rsle
oeE; local quartettes in the city have
been engaged for the occasion.
Covers Will be laid for one hundred
and fffty The nominal sum OF fifty
sents plate will be charged associa-
ion members, and those wishing 10
avail themselves Of this privilege
should have their acceptance in the
hands of the secretary by the morning
y December I.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-28
VILLA IN MEXICO CITY

Continued from First page
pico. and it is thought she will bs
moved up the river as close as posi-
BILE TO Panuco.
on Interests Seek Aid.
II was thought probable tonighs
that appeals would be made to the
United States on behalf OF the Brit
ish, Dutch and American oil interests
in that district fer the landing Of blue
Jackets to protect the Immensely val
liable oil properties there, but the
present indications are that such an
appeal will be fatty refused by the
administration.
Ambassador Riano, OF Spain. called
at the state Department today and
informed Secretary Bryan that he had
been notified by his government az
Madrid that advIces had been received
there of the staying of a number or
Spaniards in Mexico City on the ocea-
sion OF the occupation of the capital
by Zapata's troops The department
had not heard OF this.
Secretary Bryan said late today
that he did not know who was In con-
troll at Mexico City. that he had no
information OF Zapata being there in
person and that. according to his lat
est advices Villa was still forty mites
from the capital Nevertheless MI
Bryan has instructed the brazilian
minister and consul Silliman at Mexico
City to make the usual inquiries ana
representations to whoever is In con-
troll regarding the reported killing or
Spaniards and also regarding the loot
ing Of an American ranch. owned by
a man named Hill just outside Mexico
City This ranch was looted by
soldiers, but of what one of tfre num-
erous factions In Mexico is not known
there.
Established at Vera Crux.
At Vera Cruz Carranza has estab-
l!shed his government according IL
official advices. 1t became known to-
day that shooting has occurred on
several nights since the occupation
OF Vera Cruz by the Carranza forces
and that disorders have also occurred
These are said not to be serious, how
ever.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-28
Mrs. Rhetta Merchant.

News was received here last night of
the sudden death at her home. In Fred
ericksburg, OF Mrs. Rhetta Merchant
widow of the late Colonel Rufus h.
Merchant, founder and for many years
editor ef the Frcdericksburg Star.
Mrs. Merchant had not been well
for week. but yesterday afternoon
seemed in no immediate danger and
expected TO have come to Richmond
today to visit one OF her daughters.
She passed away, however. at o'clock.
She Is survived by six children, Mrs.
II. w. Stearnea. Mrs. Brawner Gates,
Mrs William somerviile. OF Richmond
Mrs Henry Gsrnett of Fredericks-
burg; Mrs. Henry Freeland. of New
Jersey, and Mr.. Rufus B. Merchant.
of Fredericksburg, One sister. Mrs,
Fannie Keene. OF Fredericksburg, also
survives She was an aunt OF Cap
tain Morgan Mills. OF this city. The
deceased yas sixty-fve years of age.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-28

r,,rerirtendeuts cannot possibly do
the work"
Mr.. Binford then told OF the
splendid work done by negroes In
some Of the counties of the State, by
private contributions. under the ieau
ership Of jackson Davis. former super
lntendent of Henrico County, and now
rural supervisor for country schools,
MIR. Bnford demanded:
Shall Virginia do less for 100000
Of aer white children than private
benefacticns do for the coiored chill
dren of the State?"
Mr.. Poilard's Address.
Attorney General Pollard, after nav
ing tribute to Superintendent Stearnes,
Secretary Binford, OF the Cooperate
League, and Mrs. Munford. the league
president, expressed his regrets that
Superintendent Glass, of Lynchbnrg
who was to speak on compulsory edu-
cation, could not be present. and de-
clared that it was great problem
which the people OF Virginia must Vet
face. He riddIed the argument that
compulsory school attendance Is an
infringement on liberty. and drew APP
plause by his aliusion TO the fact that
physical violence lis prohibited. and
demanding to know IL violence to
equal opportunity for education is any
less reprehenSiDle.
MIR. Pollard boldly declared that Nir-
ginia. while having done much for
the advancement of education, has not
done enough. When we think of the
many States ahead of us we must
hang our heads in shame he said.
Taking the report of the Russell Sage
foundation as a text, and admitting
that its classification Of Virginia as
fortyfirst in educational progress
among the States was unjust. he con-
tended that the fact. nevertheless, re-
mains that she is far. far down the
! line.
/ he declared I'VE are twentieth In
wealth. twentieth in population and
twenty sixth in manufacturing. Wash
lington State, not as rich as Virginia,
spends S32 per capita per year on her
public schools. We spend eight or
nine dollars"
| The speaker then pleaded for great
er interest on the part of the public
and greater cooperation with the au-
thorities.
Mrs. Munford's Report. ..
The annual report of Mrs b. 3.
Munford. president OF the co-opera--
tive Association, gave an outline OF
1.-The purposes of the association, and
pointed out that much has already
been accomplished. She, too, spoke OF
the importance of. compulsory educa-
ition. declaring that the cooperative
association had lighted the lamp ten
years ago.
! Her report showed that the assoc
cations work has progressed rapidly
in the ten years of Its history and es-
pecially during the last three years
In 1919 there We're 63S leagues; now
there are T7S. The total membership
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-28
SPEAKERS SUGGEST
CONTINUED from First page.)

CONTINUED from First page.)
not the necessary .!me properly to
supervise the schools OF their d.
visions. There are too many schoois.
The average time given by superin-
tendents to each school In their d.
visions .s two hours session. Thirty
hours are needed. he said.
This matter Of the superintendent.
he said, SIS the crucial point In TINS
discussion. Many will maintain that
ne can and ought to do this work OF
supervision. We nave a few small
counties In this State with not more
than fifteen or twenty small schools.
where the superintendent can do the
work. But taking the average county
In Virginia and the country at large.
authorities agrea with me that the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-28

Is now 2s,ST0. contributing to public
school work $4S,536.66.
Mrs. Munford closed with plea for
help to the public schools OF the
state, eioquertly apostrophizinE tho
gospel of service and leading Mr.. Pol
lard. the last speaker, TO declare that
he recognized no aristocracy Of birth.
no aristocracy of wealth, no aristoc-
racy even of intelligence. but only an
aristocracy OF service
With this meeting the conference
adjourned TO meet again next year in
Richmond at the same time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-28
DEATHS.

suddenly at 3:15 p. NJ.
Friday. November 81. 1914. at the
residence OF his parents. 1000 Han
over Avenue TALBOT. only son
OF G. c. and Eudora Slaughter Pate.
aged eighteen. Funeral from the
residence SUNDAY. November 20. at
$3.50 y. NJ