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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-07-14
INNOCENT OF CHARGE MADE.
William Morton Returns Homo After
Trip to Alabama to Face Charge,

VIII Morton, Of Rural Route No.
2, Of Seneca, has returned to Ocones
after an absence Of some weeks. Mr..
Morton was arrested by Sheriff John
w. Davis on warrant sworn out in
Alabama (Blount county,, charging
Morton with the murder OF Cullen
Campbell Mr.. Morton willingly re-
turned to Alabama without the for
mality Of requisition papers, giving
the Alabama authorities ample op-
pOrtunity to make all necessary in
veStigationS, after the conclusion OF
which he was released from custody
and allowed to return to his home.
In returning Mr. Morton brings with
him the following from the trial
judge who would have heard the case
had there been found any ground for
the holding Of trial:
"Oneonta, Blouht County, Aia-r
July 8, 1915.-Mr Will Morton,
City.--Dear Sir: Since you must re-
turn to South Carolina, deem it but
Justice to you that | state, over my
own signature, that I, as the trial
Judge in the case Of the State against
you, in which said case you were
charged with the murder Of Cullen
Campbell, made a thorough investi-
cation Of said charge in open court,
and / have found that you had abso-
lutely no connection with or knowl-
edge Of the death of Campbell until
it was telegraphed to you from
Blount Springs to Jasper by friends
of the deceased.
81 make this statement in your be-
half because | have learned during
my long experience in public life
that simply to charge a man With
crime is to convict him in the punlic
mind entirely too often, and I am
convinced beyond all question that
you had no connection whatever with
the killing of Cullen Campbell.
"You go back to your home in old
South Carolina with the best of
wishes from your friends here
Respectfully,
(Seal.) John f. KeltoRr
Judge OF the County Court
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Important Meeting at Coneross.

Friday, July 23d, has been seA
apart by the Baptist Minister'S Con-
ference Of the Beaverdam Associa-.
tion as asSslay of prayer for Codes
blessings upon the many protracted
meetings that are to be held within
the next few weeks in our midst.
We cordially invite all ministers
and laymen Of the Beaverdam Asso-
citation to come to this meeting at
Coneross, and urge those who cannot
attend to remember us and the pur.-
pose Of our meeting in prayer.
Let each church he represented by
some earnest Christian man or We
man. l.. ID. Mitchell, Sec.
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The Court Of Sessions

closed Wednesday, evening OF last
week with the completion OF the case
Of the State VS.. Allen Green, colored
charged with assault with intent to
rape. The verdict of the jury was,
"Guilty, with recommendation to the
mercy of the Court" Judge Sease
sentenced the prisoner to serve on
the public works Of Oconee county,
at hard labor, for a period of 13
years, or like term in the State
penitentiary. Green was taken to
the chain gang Wednesday evening
Immediately after the closing of
Court
Roy Owens, for whom a bench
warrant was issued early last week,
was brought back to ,Walhalla from
White county, Georgia, Thursday
evening. He is now in the county
jail awaiting the fixing Of bail for
ms appearance at the next term Of
Court. owens is charged with at
tempted assault with criminal intent.
The case has been continued until the
next session Of criminal court.
The Common Pleas Branch
was opened with the closing of Gene
raj Sessions, but Judge Sease left
Immediately for the lower part Of the
state owing to the illness of near
relative. The Common Pleas act
lively began business yesterday
CIuesday) morning, taking up the
case OF Brown VS.. Rankin, this being
an action for the recovery Of certain
mules purchased by the defendant
Rankin over which the plaintiff held
a mortgage. This is the second
trlai OF the case in Common Pleas
Court, the first trial resulting in a
verdict for the defendant Rankin. A
new trial was secured through appeal
to the Supreme Court
Two other cases have been dis
posed of, but were not given to
jury for consideration.
The case Of Thos. NJ. Camp vs..
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Southern Railway was compromised
without going again to the jury. The
defendant railway agreed to pay to
the plaintiff the sum Of $1,000 and
settle all costs, and the case was
stricken from the civil docket.
marked settled. This case had run
the gauntlet of the Circuit and Su-
preme Courts. the jury in the first
trial finding for the railway, and the
plaintiff appealed, the Supreme
Court reversing the lower Court,
thus bringing the case back for
second hearing in the civil court.
The case of Watkins vs.. watkins,
an action brought to settle disputed
land titles, was referred to the Mas
ter Of Oconee for the taking Of testi-
mcny and report on findings.
No other matters so far have been
gone into.
This morning the Rankin-Brown
case was postponed until tomorrow
morning at o'clock, this action be-
ing due to the fact that one of the
jurymen, w. II. Lee, was summoned
home on account OF serious illness in
his family. II he is able to return
by 9 o'clock tomorrow the case will
be gone Into further, otherwise q
mistrial will Of necessity have to be
ordered.
The case Of Cheek VS.. Carter, an
action for damages in an automobile
accident, has been taken up and is
in progress as we go to press.
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rison, assistant. Both are from
Walhalla. Let every pupil in the
district be present on opening day,
at 9 o'clock.
j. l.. Hall,
w. NJ. Murphree,
j. II. Hunnicutt.
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Advertised MaiI,

The following Is list Of letters
remaining uncalled for in the WAL
halla post Office for the week ending
July 13, 1915:
Mrs. Annie williams; Rev. and
Mrs. l.. r.. Higgins.
When calling for the above pleasas
say they are advertised.
N. FAINT, P. NJ.
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Double Springs School

will open next Monday morning,
july 10Th, at o'clock. All pupils
are requested to be present on the
opening day. Parents are asked to
be present. G. w. Merritt will be
in charge,
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Red lyill Graded School,

July 10th, with Miss Kate Harrison
as principal and Miss Beulah Hol-
land assistant. All parents and pu-
pills are urgently requested to be
present.
II. b. Eads,
j. w. Cox,
NJ. G.. Holland, Trustees.
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The day before Ben Alexander re-
ceived his telephone call from Dallas,
the impostor had telegraphed to Jas.
NJ. Alexander, superintendent Of the
PelZer Mills, located at PelZer, asking
his brother to forward him $25 by
wire Mr.Alexander, thinking his bro
ther ON. o. WAS in need of the
money, Immediately forwarded the
$25 as requested Courier.
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own life to save other lives that he
considered worthy. Why, at the time
the Lusitania sailed on her fatefaIJ
voyage, do you know who it was thaS
warned Vanderbilt and the rest not
to sail on her? 1t was Erich Muert-
ter. He knew what was going to be-
fall this British liner. He not only
sent messages to large number OF
people that he knew were going to-
sail on the ship, but he personally ap-
pea!ad 70 Charles Trohman not to
make the yOyage
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OcOnce Creek School

will open next Monday morning,
July 10th, with Miss Elizabeth Strib-
ling, principal, and Miss jamie Har-
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Appeal to Americans,


"Just as Muenter appealed to
Frohman, Vanderbilt and the others
not to sail on the Lusitania, so now
appeal to worthy Americans in this
country not TO sail on the British
mule ships leaving this port. If my
warning goes unheeded the Ameri-
cans that sail on the British-oWned
ships must expect the fate that befell
Vanderbilt and the rest Remember,
| am Mucnter's pupil and very, very
seldom has Muenter failed. Much
ter's methods are my methods.
have his determination and his GyUE-
mite behind me. And l am going tor
carry out his plans. ] am working
with enough explosives to wreck this
whole town. And besides this,
am working to aVenge Muenter. Z
have a program to follow: British
ships, Morgan, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
and then oblivion. Halle failed COM
pletely, Muenter succeeded partly, z
am going to succeed completely. Z
am but one among millions, but q
have Muenter's backing, and / have
dynamite.
eff there be any one among the
readers of this that doubts these
words, let hin wait and watch; the
early part OF next week will witness
the completion Of Muenter's plans
that is for the beginning of the com
pletion. If you will look up the
records you will discover the names;
OF two of his majestys ships that
have just left port--perhaps never
to return. One OF them Is called
Howthhead, the other Baron. Have,
you relatives on either OF these
ships? If you have feel sorry fog
you If you are an American. Il yTS2
are a subject OF his majesty, coEA'~
gratulate myself. Watch the career
Of some Of these mule ships.
(Signed): "Pearce-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
ALASKANS OPTIMISTIC

(Continued from page 1)
 to see that this measure, when en- acted into law, does not in any way encroach upon the functions which properly belong to the territorial legislature. This is, however, mere ly a detail which can be provided for and does not effect the main value O this great constructive measure which is Of equal import ance to all sections of Alaska"
 Editcr stone, in speaking of the great change that has taken place in the Seward-Cook inlet section this last year, said that over 200 homesteads had been taken up in the Manauuska and Susitna valleys and in the vicinity of Knik. He spoke glowingly of the mining pos
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
Echoes of the War.

A year of war has ended and a cen tury of regret beglns.-ChicOgo Herald.
 Would it be a surprise If the war should stop as quickly as 1t beganF- Pittsburgh Dispatch.
 Write on the credit side of the war ledger: An increased knowledge of the proper care of wouuds.-Chicago News.
 The war is in Its second year, and there never was q more terrible young stcr of its nge.-Clevcl0nd Plain Dealer.
 One drawback to cutting war melons in Europe is that each slice has to come out of some other fellows mel Washington Post.
 When the number of trading ships that have been sunk is considered ii is clear that the United States is not the only country that is going to need a new merchant marine when the wal ia oyer.-Indiuuapolls News.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
GOOD WORD FOR
 YUKON'S MEMBER

Dawson News: Mrs. Bryson, wife of the Hon. George Bryson, senator for Quebec, writing to a friend in Dawson, says:
 "I received the cOpy of the Daw- son News, giving the account of the arrival there of Dr, A. Thomp- sou. member for Yukon. He was received right royalty, and they should think a great deal of their mem5er for he is highly thought Of in Ottawa, and certainly gets every thing he asks for the Yukon ter rit0ry. His little daughter visited herr two weeks, and had a good time. She is such a bright and clever child. Mrs. ThomI son writes the doctor likely will be pack early in the fall. They will be glad to get him back, as they certainly are lonely when he is far away"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
HE IS REMEMBERED
 AT HIS OLD HOME

(Continued from page 1.)
 Yukon boys now at the front and the only Klondiker whose parents reside in Dawson, the chapter voted a handsome present in money to the young soldier. The donation has been sent to W. B. Close, of Lon den, England, who takes a deep interest in everything pertaining to Yukon affairs, and has already un- dortaken to look after tha inter ests of other DawsOnites with the colors. He has been instructed to spend the sum In field comforts as he thinks fit for Phil.
 Phil is a graduate of the Dawson public school and was studying at Toronto university when he enlisted
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
SAY NEW KOYUKUK CAMP
 Is ASSUREDLY PERMANENT

The Nome Industrial Worker says. John Le Mountain, writing from the mouth of the Kovuk, where he is running a store for Chester of Chinik, says that Dime creek is looking very good. There are twenty-two men now working on Sweepstakes creek and twenty-five cu Dime creek. This is not count in. natives who are working at subsidiary labor. Le Mountain is engaged among others in putting up permanent buildings for perman- snt camp is now regarded as as sure5. The creek (Dime) is show iug up very well. The miners are crasscutting on ground held on lease from George Leonard by cur lev Lowell of Council The cross GU. has developed three to four feet of pay ranging in value from s to 10 cents. The crosscut has be=n run 30 feet so far and the pay still holds up wonderfully uni form. There are others also en- gagged in work, but the main mining will be carried on during the winter Le Mountain is very sanguine or the camps future.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
Local Happenings

General Agent F. B. Wurzbacher Of the ". p. < Y. E. is iu White horse on official business.
 The Northwestern from the south and the Alameda from the westward are both due Thursday.
 The Princess Sophia will be in tomorrow morning at : o'clock with II passengers, 167 tons of freight, 16 heal of cattle and 50 head of sheep.
 The regular 1ortbbouud train this morning did not carry Passen- gers be'weeu Skagway and Carcross on account of taking over a ship ment of explosives.
 Messrs. Cozenve and Nesbitt were arrivals from Dawson on yester- days train on their way outside. lIr. Nesbitt has been connected with the Dawson Daily News.
 LUX is the pure essence of soap. Get it at Kellers' and uza it for fine laundering. f.
 The Womans Church Auxiliary will meet at the annex Wednesday afternoon. The business meeting will be held Wednesday 18th, in stead of the 9th, with Mrs. H D. Clark.
 The yrung friends of Miss Pris- Cilla and Miss Nada Putnam, who are expecting to leave for Portland, Oregon, on the Princess Sophia Thursday night, rendered them farewell dance in the A. B. hall last nigl+.
 LUX contains more real soap thaA five times its weight in Ordi- nary soaps or soap powder. Get it For 1Oc at Kellers'. tf
 Roger Bryant and Geo. Dillon, Jr. who went into the mountains back Of Glacier last Wednesday on mountain goat hunting trip, have returned and brought with them as a result of their prowess the. carcass of one of the species of animal which they set out to find
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
SIRES AND SONS.

Faaerewski could play the plano when he was three years old.
 General August von Mackensen of the German army was born in 1s40 in Saxony.
 Antonio Salandra, Italy's premier of war. was not so long ago professor of public law in the University of Rome and Is described as simple, modest and domestic in his tastes.
 James Ford Bell, the Minneapolis miller, whose ancestry goes back to England through Philadelphia, is the sixth of his name in direct descent to be engaged in the milling business, and he proposes bringing up his infant son to be a miller.
 Henry Suzzallo, professor of phnoso' phy in the Teachers college of Colum- bia university, who has been elected president of the University of Wash ington, is well known as q public lee turer, author and contributor to edu- cational magazines.
 Professor W. c. Foye of the liar. yard division of geology has been sent by the Sheldon fund to study the coral reefs, the uplifted limestones and the volcanic rocks in the Fiji islands. His investigations will occupy the better part of a year and are expected to add materially to the scientific knowledge of the regions covered.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
J. C. FORD PUTS QUIETUs
 ON PERSISTENT RUMORS
IContlnued from page D

"A movement has been begun in San Francisco for the enactment Of Legislation allowing foreign7built vessels to come under American registry and enter the cOastwse trai' e. Such Legislation might bring about a condition that would drive our American-built ships off the sea. All our vessels were. built in the United States and therefore cost much more than the foreign built boats of the same type and class. They have to earn a much greater return than the foreign+built boats to pay interest on the invest ment. The latter, accordingly, could undercut the American yes sels." l..
 The vessels mentioned in the San Francisco report as sold to the Ward Line are the Congress, President, Governor, Umatilla and City of Puebla.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05

sibilitieB oil the KenA peninsuia and Willow creek regions. predict ing a most prosperous era of de- yelopment for this section with the completion of the government railroad now under construction MT. Blum also spoke optimisticaliy of the future.
 "CordoYa will this year rank as one of the leading copper export ports of the world" he said. "Cop- per to the value of s1,5OO,OOO a month Is passing through Cordoya in transi. to the Tacoma and East ern smelters. CordoYa's future will be assured when we can use the immense dposita of coal lying tri- butarv to this port tor the Bmelt- ing of the great bodies of ore in adjacent regions. Present condi- tions are resulting not only in a great waste, but in holding back the development of our region. The opening of the coal fields will re- suit in the building of a large smelting industry at CordoYa.
 'In the territory adjacent to valdez are a number of small rich minns that are now active produc- CTS. These assure the future pros perity of Valdez. Like other sec tiona of Alaska, we badly feel the great Dged of wagon roads, and every effort should be made to Re- cure and adequate appropriation from important work"
 Mir. Blum, in behalf of the Cor dova Chamber of Commerce, and in appreciation of the work of the | Alaska bureau, tendered the bureau the exhibit prepared by the CordoVa Chamber and now being displayed a. the Panama-Pacific exposition.
 A telegram was read from Maur- ice D. Leehy, member of the com Imittee, who is at present at Anchor age, stating that there were 15O children there without school ia cilities. This condition has been wired to the governmental authori- ties at Washington.
 r J. J. Underwood, introduced by the chairman as an old friend of | AIas'a, stated that his efforts were based entirely on his love of the country. That Alaska was now en- terlng upon an era of great pros perity, he had no doubt.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
Envy

Gee, Uncle Bill there's times when I wisht wuz as big all over as you are"
 "IIum-aud when Is thatT'
 "At meal times. "-Pittsburgh Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
NUGGET MOVIES Broadway, between Gnd and 3rj'
 Open .-A y .glt

Hard Cash" from Chas. Reade's s uoyeI.--AD Edison drama in two parts, featuring Chas Ogle, Robert Broma, BiglUw Cooper and other EdisOG fayCrites.
 Mrs. UptOnS Devise. " - A Wit agraph comedy.
 ''Fragmeuts of Ash. An Edi- sen drama.
 Music by Miss Gladys Butler.
 Commeu,cs at a.3C D. m.
 Next week "Tcss of the storm Country"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05

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The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05

shore line between Fourth of July creek and Joe Hofman's ranch and landing on this shore in front of the Seward Iron Works. The dis tauce is at least three miles across the bay and the water is cold, and it must have taken at least two hours to swim over. The other horses in the bunch left this horse aloue over there and it just swan over co join the bunch. some men here took it for a moose and came near taking a shot at it.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
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 You cannot cure DandrufH ana c., ness bv rubbing on hair lot!9.s. e.. rubbir' m vaseline. etc.
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The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
NOTICE

The common council will meet tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1915, sit ting as an equalization board for the purpose of reviewing and re- vising the 1915 assessment or real and personal property and will continue to meet from time to time thereafter, until such revision and equalization has been com pleted.
 D. MCKAY, 1O-5-2t. Town CIerk'
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
A GREAT RACKET

That is what a number of yis- itors have said abou. the new "HorsemGu" tennis racket, of which VIC have just received a complete lire direct from the manufaCturers. Princes range from $2.5O to 5000. All are guaranteed against defects. Come in and look them ever. Ke'. lar Bros Drug Co. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
HORSE SWDIS ACROSS BAY

Seward Gateway: One of the big sorrel horses recently brought here fT J. R. Worth, performed one of the most remarkable feats for animals of his kind in these parts, by swimming the entire distance across the bay somewhere on the
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-05
D. MCKAY,
 Town Clerk.

Send the Daily Alaskan to your friends. It's easier than writing letters.
 WANTED.-Figures for lumber hauling from. wharf to new bridge site Quote price ner thousand. B. D. Blakeslee, c. E., box 421, Juneau Alaska. 9-9V-t,
Evening star., 1915-04-18
More Facts About Booth.

HE fiftieth anniversary of the as
did not pass without a faint revival
of two stories associated with the
great tragedy that crop up annually.
One of these is that Boston Corbett
Of the 10th New York Cavalry. from
whose carbine sped the bullet that
killed John Wilkes Booth, is still liv-
ing in Mexico. The other story is that
the man who was slain in the Garrett
tobacco barn not far from Port Royal
and Bowling Green in Caroline county,
Virginia. and whose bones rest in the
Booth family lot in Greenmount ceme-
terry. Baltimore, was not John Wilkes
Booth. the slayer of Lincoln, and that
he still wanders about the earth.
The Rambler, in the course of the
years, has told a great many facts
relating to these men and to the great
crime. but the old facts are always
new to a large number of Americans.
1t may be that Corbett still lives, but
there can be no doubt that the man
he Killed was Wilkes Booth.
Corbett. if still in the flesh, is eighty
five years old. The last man to see him
and who knew him as Corbett was a
farmer near Neodesha, in the southern
part of Kansas, who reported that
Corbett had passed that way with
the intention of going to Mexico, and
there Is every reason to believe that
he reached that country. That was in
1888, in which year Corbett escaped