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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25

Washington, D. C.-The following
letter has been addressed to the pub
lie by Mr.. Fairfax Harrison, president
Of Southern Railway Company:
THE automobile has greatly in
creased the comfort and convenience
of life. and it has been an important
factor in the improvement of country
highways and SO has contributed to
the progress Of civilization of our
time, but, just as the railroad did
when it revolutionized commerce, the
automobile has introduced new social
complications and new risks, moral as
well as physical.
THE American people are said to
be enthusiastically reckless Of hui
man life, and perhaps in nothing is
this statement more justified at the
moment than in relation to the use Of
sJiomo3h~a-~Lo, even the railroads
lay particular infcrast u tNr mo5-
t,uu Is where my gNNIc rraQonsiUibty
Ilsa. ~ the combination OF The two
IT, ihn acCiQpuls y hiyr nGcpr 10 au'o.
mobiles and their occupan,s "heTe
highways cross railways at grade: and
this Is question Of sufficient import
ance to warrant the attention OF every
thinking man in the South.
Record For One Year
''The following table shows the ap-
palling record Of such accidents on
lines operated by Southern Railway
Company in the South during the year
ended June 80, 1915.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25
rrimIth Men Investigated.

Lincoln. Neh. Aux. "i.--Scient.sts
from Harvard University are investi-
eating ruins Of the homes Of a prim-
tive people who lived in Nebraska
Kansas, Iowa and Missouri, along
the Missouri river before the advent
OF the Red man to the Middle West
ern pans. The Harvard party has
recently been working in the vicinity
Of Nebraska City and the village of
Rock Bluffs.
According to some scientists this
primitive people were more advanced
and also more peace-loving than the
Indians who over-ran the country
later. These ruins, in some spots,
are said to be in good state Of pres
ervation owing to the fact that they
have for centuries been covered with
earth like the ruins Of Pompeii.
In some instances the charcoal and
ashes of fires have been found in
what remained of fireplaces, together
with the fragmentary remains of
crude cooking utensils.
Near Rock Bluffs traces of what
appears to have been a populous vii
lage have been uncovered, much of
the remains being under fifteen to
twenty feet of earth.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25
New Hope Local Notes.

New Hope, Aug. 19.-Special:
The meeting at New Hope Aas come
to a successful close. 1t was con-
Quoted by Rev. l.. D. Mitchell and
the great evangelist singer, Frank
McCravey. We feel that much good
added, IA by baptism and Z by let
ter. They were baptized Sunday
morning at Robinson's Shoals.
Miss Duie Lee Malone and brother
Calhoun, of Columbia, who have
been visiting the family of r. NJ. El-
rod. went to Central this morning to
visit. relatives.
Mrs. V. r. Hadden and little chill
dren. Of Spartanburg, who have been
visiting Miss Bessie Wood, returned
Tuesday morning to their home.
Mrs. D. f. Collicutt and Mrs. Jay
Abbott, who have been stopping
with Mrs. T. NJ. Elrod, left Wednes-
day, Mrs. Collicutt to see relatives
at South Union and Seneca, Mrs. No.
bott to join her husband at Coneross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Sanders OF
Bolton, have been visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. B Eggs.
Miss Daily Fendley has been visit
ing her cousin, Homer Boggs.
J. b. Kelley, Of Liberty, has been
Visiting homefolks during the series
! Of meetings.
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Red Hill Graded School.
8th Grade-Annie Cox, J. D. Cox.
7th Grade-Leon Davis.
9th Grade-None.
5th Grade-Bruce Davis, r. b.
Eads.
4th Grade-Ashmead Davis, Les
ter BrOadwell
Sd Grade-Flora Smith, Leonia
Cantrell, Elijah Chapman, Mary
Cox.
Sd Grade-Elgin Owens.
1st Adv. Grade-Rosa Lee Roper,
Eva Holland, Beatrice Rankin, Azel-
lie Keaton, Clarence Smith, Oda
Pearson, Nora King, Ollie May
Jones.
1st Grade-Taft Rankin, Fred
Owens.
Kate f.. Harrison, Principal.
Beulah Holland, Assistant.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25
Your Cough Can BE Stopped.

Using care to avoid draughts. ex-
posure. sudden changes, and taking
a treatment of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, will positively relieve, and in
time will surely rid you Of your
cough. The first dose soothes the
irritation, checks your cough, which
stops in short time. DR.. Kings
New Discovery has been used sue
cessfully for 45 years and is guaran-
teed to cure you. Money back if it
fails. Get bottle from your drug
gist; it costs only a little and will
help you so much.-Adv. g.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25
CaroIinian Attempts Suicide.

Elberton, Ga. Aug. 20.-T. C.
Greer, a Western Union operator, So
years old, of Abbeville, S. c., was
found early this morning on a vacant
lot near the office Of DR.. Stovall with
his throat cut. He was taken to the
city hall, where medical attention
was given him.
He regained consciousness and
stated that he had cut his own throat
with a razor he had bought yester-
day. His reason for attempting his
life was that he had lived long
enough. He had been missing from
Abbeville two or three days. His
family was notified and they took
charge of him to-day. 1t is learned
they will place him in a hospital.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25
Stromboli Erupts Lake of Fire.

Messina, Sicily, Aug. 19.-The
Of a large quantity Of lava
from Stromboli volcano is reported
by the chief signal officer at Strom-
bOli island, forming a lake Of fire
between the craters and the sea.
Emissions are accompanied by loud
detonations and smoke clouds.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Cui-;rc and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quiniue drives yut malaria, the
I;on builds up the system. 50 cents
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25

Weather reports from Gibraltar
are sent to London daily by wireless
telegraphy.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25
A Medicine Chest for 35c.

In this chest you have an excellent
remedy for tOOthaChe, bruises.
sprains, stiff neck, backache, neural
gia, rheumatism and for most emer-
gencies. One 25c. bottle Of Sloan's
Liniment does it all-this because
these ailments are symptoms, not
diseases, and are caused by conges-
ton and inflammation. If you
doubt, ask those who use Sloan'S
Linimcnt, or better still, buy a Csc.
bottle and prove it. All druggists.
ADV. 3.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-25

The railways of Egypt exceed l.
500 miles in length.
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-11

sos-Marrase of Thomas Lincoln
Kentucky.
sosAbsham Lincoln February (nO Rss county,
1s16-Fanily o county, dlana.
1s1s-Deah Abrahams Nancy Lincoln
ss-Thomas Lincoln
Kentucky.
s30-Lincoln family Illinois, settling
sansamon county,
1924 Black war;.
1s33-Appolnted
1894 election o the
1s35-Love with Rutedse.
1S36-Second election
1s37-Licensed
10 he legislature.
eosla
1842-Married November o
1s43-Birth o
1946-Eected
184S-Deegae Philadelphia
o m
o Lincoln, 4.
1s56-Asssted formation Republican
and to Presidency
President
s63-Issued emancipation proclamation.
to
Wilkes a.
Springfield, H., May
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tess where she bought Il and the hos
tess told how Mrs. Tabor had made it
to order. One or two of them called
on the minister's wife and asked her
to make candy for them. She made
il and after awhile she was getting
one or two orders a week for candy.
There wasn't much profit for the lit
tie woman. When everything went
we'll she had few dollars above ex-
penses as the result of many hours of
work, but when she made the slightest
mistake in the cooking most of the
profit was lost. She liked to make
candy. 1t was the one thing she liked
to do better than anything else Why,
she asked herself, couldn't she turn
the talent she had in this direction to
making a living for herself and fam
lily? Nothing was more suited to her
needs. She could remain at home,
near her stricken husband, and watch
over her little household. II it were
not for the fact that occasionally a
batch of candy spoiled in the making,
she could make a profit, however
small IL might be, on every order. If
she only could guard against these
mistakes she would be safe, but how
could she? A friend with whom she
consulted pointed a way out.
"You have gift for candy making, -
said this friend, but there are various
things you have to learn. There must
be a way to prevent the failures you
sometimes encounter. Read up on
candy making. Find out what the sci.
entists who have made a study of the
subject have to say. You may dis
cover something of profit"
She followed this advice. She found
that the great candy makers had ther.
mometers by which the heat of the
melted matter was registered so they
could know the exact moment it had
reached the proper consistency. Pre-
viously she had cooked her candy as
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FEW ARE BUYING DIAMONDS
Prosperity to the Dealers in
Precious Stones.

The diamond trade in Europe Is
well-nigh wiped out by the war. The
great diamond monopoly in South AT
rica, it is said will pass its dividends
and maybe suspend business entirely.
The custom of "valorizing" diamonds
holding back part of the output to
keep up prices-has left the big min
ing company with a heavy stock on
hand.
This winter, at least, many people
in Europe who wear diamonds, far
from wanting more, are going to find it
convenient, not to say necessary, to
sell those they have. This will lower
prices and more than satisfy the fee
BILE demand. 1t would not be surpris-
ing If goodly stock of European jew
erly were to find its way to this coun-
try at bargain prices
Europe is in no mood to buy gew-
gaws. Cold cash looks as good to
thousands of property owners as food
to millions who own nothing. A dia-
mond mine is no place to look for
job yet awhile.
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GREAT MANS DEATH
Country He Served So Well Re-
members Lincoln'S Work
With Gratitude.

AT TWENTY minutes past ten
n o'clock Friday evening, April IA,
1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot by
John Wilkes Booth in the back of the
head behind the left ear and 'mortally
injured. At % minutes past seven
o'clock the next morning, Saturday,
April is, 1865, he died.
There have been many and vast
changes since that fateful day, and the
prayer which Lincoln prayed that the
country might be one again has been
answered in way that would have re-
joiced his great heart. Not an ami
versary of his birth and death has
passed since his cruel taking off on
which some tribute has not been paid
to his memory and so 1t will be to the
end of time among generous Ameri'
cans, wherever their residence or in
herited sentiments; for, however he
may have been misjudged in the con-
fusion and stress of antagonistic opin-
ion, there is none now who does not
praise him for his courage and his
AhllnlulnCbb W hAo hOhCob SOhNAN1OAe'
He was born in Kentucky February
IL, 1909, and died in Washington April
Is, 1865, in his fifty-seventh year at
the very zenith of his powers. The
books are full of the story of his life
and work, but there are still many in
teresting facts connected with him
that have not yet been noted, notwith-
standing the industry of those who
have collected great masses of every
thing they could find in any way con-
nected with his life and death.
Mr.. Lincoln, as everyone knows,
was shot by Booth while he was at
tending a theatrical performance at
Ford's theater in Washington. Our
American Cousin" held the boards that
night and Laura Keene was playing
the part of Florence Trenchard for
the last time. She had already per
formed the same part for a thousand
nights Five years before she had
played the role at Mcvicker's theater
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She exercised great care In the So
lection of a helper She also had to
get aid in putting up the candies. She
had to keep books, too, and became
more and more of a regulation busi'
ness woman.
Within year Of her arrival in Mont
clair, Mrs. Tabor was known through
out the whole Montclair district, and
Mrs. Tabor's homemade candy had be-
come an institution. Then, by de-
grees, she and her candy became
known to Glen Ridge, Bloomfield
Verona, Caldwell and the Oranges.
That portion of New Jersey is one or
beautiful homes, owned by people
of wealth or considerable means. TO
deliver to all the people in this wide
section who gave orders to her be-
came more and more difficult for the
little woman who had made business
for herself. There is a lot of entertain
ing in the Oranges and the Montclairs.
For banquet or party, wedding or
luncheon, dinner or reception to be
without Mrs. Tabors homemade
candy came to be a rarity. She estab-
lished a regular delivery service, and
this led to some families giving or
ders for a certain quantity OF candy
each week.
1t is three years since Mrs. Tabor
arrived in Montclair with her chill
dren and her stricken husband, and
with very few dollars to provide for
her needs. Mr. Tabor is no better.
The physicians have done their best
for him, but it is doubtful if he ever
will be we'll His wife, who never sus-
pected she had an atom Of business
sense, has developed into a most
capable business woman. The knack
she had for candy making, and which
she employed at church socials in
Texas and elsewhere hastbeen the sal
vation of the family in a material
sense. Today she cannot fill the or
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in Chicago the night of the day on
which Mr.. Lincoln was nominated for
president by the Republican conven.
ton, in May, 1860, and all unconscious
of the terrible tragedy, she splayed with
uncommon cleverness, and while yet
the theater was ringing with laughter
and applause, came the crack of the
pistol shot from the presidents box
that plunged the country into mourn
ing.
After Mr.. Lincoln had been shot be
was removed across the street from
the theater to the residence of Will
liam Petersen, a highly respected mer.
chant tailor, who lived directly oppo'
site the playhouse, at SIC Tenth street.
This house is still standing, as is also
the old Ford theater, and both are now
owned by the government. There have
been few changes in the Petersen
house.
For 40 years Osborn II. Oldroyd
has been devoting himself to the as
sembling together of an invaluable
collection, in which are included more
than three thousand relics, which con-
stitute, as Elizabeth Porter Gould has
said, "one of the most interesting and
valuable ever collected in behalf OF
a human being" The collection con.
tains $50 funeral sermons, about sew
enty pieces of music, thousand vol
umes relating to Lincoln, 300 portraits.
busts and medals, photographs OF
Booth, pictures of the assassin, the
family cradle in which the Lincoln
children we're rocked, an original black
locust rail split by the young man,
then never dreaming OF the place he
was to fill in the history of the world;
the family Bible from which Lincoln's
mother read to him when he was a
boy, and literally thousands OF other
things in some sort associated with
the murdered president.
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natural cooks do foods-judging by
appearance of experience and not al
ways being exact in results.
Learned to Avoid Failures.
She studied candy making from the
scientific end. She got thermometers
and used them so well that thereafter
she made no failures. She studied
the proportions of the various ingredi-
ents that went into the different things
she made and never departed from the
formula. To all the knowledge she ac-
quired from her reading she added her
great natural ability.
One thing which she did from the
start operated in her favor. She
charged price that seemed very high,
but which made people appreciate
what they got For everything she
made she charged one dollar a pound.
Her orders increased so fast that
her little girl could not attend to all
the deliveries. She had to hire a boy.
Then she paid what seemed a stag
gering price to have boxes designed
for her that would be distinctive and
add to the attractivene3s of the
candies. Many days she was at the
range for hours at a stretch, and then
she put in other hours boxing her
product. She never let anything go
out until she was fully satisfied that
it was as near perfection in quality
and appearance as she could make it.
1t was hard, very hard work. Money
came in, but 1t seemed to go out fast
er than she earned ii. Her husband
did not improve. He was helpless, and
the bills of the physicians and the
druggists made heavy inroads on her
earnings. The more she worked and
the more she earned the more she
seemed to need.
But while she tofled her business
steadily expanded The people she
served came to know of her brave
struggle and this, added to the salts
faction those who knew good candy
felt, widened the circle of her patrons.
Someone suggested that Il would
be good thing II she could place her
candy on sale in town. There is an
establishment in Montclair that caters
to the most exclusive trade. It's busi-
ness was confined largely TO fine
books, high class stationery and
dainty furnishings. The head OF this
establishment made a radical depart
ure when he put Mrs. Tabor's home
made candies on sale. but it proved
good stroke of business for him. His
price was one dollar pound, the same
as Mrs Tabor charged other custom
ers, but he charged her a commission
on the sales.
Business Expanded Rapidly.
With the placing of her goods on
sale in town. Mrs. Tabor had so much
to do that she had to get assistance.
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Comparatively few seem to know
that John Sharp Williams once fought
a duel.
II was when John Sharp was over
in Germany attending Heidelberg uni
versity. He and a German student
sassed each other and the German
challenged him. John Sharp Will
liams, being the challenged party,
had the choice of weapons. His oppo-
nent, forgetting all about his being an
American, supposed he would pick sa-
bers, just as any German would; but
there was where John Sharp came
along with a neat little joke. He said
they would fight with United States
army revolvers.
The idea of shooting a man with
revolver two feet long was new TO Ger
man dueling, and the native student
was a wreck when the morning ar
rived for them TO kill off one another.
John Sharp, on the other hand, ate
heartily OF ham and eggs, as the say
ing is, and seemed perfectly composed
a.. thew toad fhovnoolvoo mn for tho ono
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IRELAND'S NEW WCEROY

Lord Wimborne, who has succeeded
Lord Aberdeen as viceroy of Ireland,
is quite we'll known in the United
States, having visited this country
several times, his latest trip being
for the purpose of bringing over the
polo team that captured the interna-
tional cup last summer. Wimborne is
not especially popular though he is
affable, enthusiastic and very ambi-
tious. His first visit to America was
when, as Hon. Ivor Guest, he offlciated
as best man at the wedding of his
cousin, the duke of Marlborough, to
Consuelo Vanderbilt. Through his
mother he is descended from the first
duke of Marlborough. On his fathers
side, however, his ancestry is of a
less historic character, and he is de-
scended from John Guest, a self-made
man, who in the middle Of the eight
eenth century founded the great Dow
lais iron works, in Glamorganshire,
which still remain in the family, and
constitute the principal source of Lord
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in Tnf Twilight
ROUMANlA'S ENGLISH QUEEN

, After a lapse of twenty-one years
the carefully laid plans of the British
foreign office are bearing most timely
fruit, and today an English princess
granddaughter of Queen Victoria, sits
upon the throne of Roumania along
side the new king, Ferdinand !, whose
broken health and weak will make his
title more than usually empty sham.
But Queen Marie is every inch a
queen. 1t has been said of her that
she combines the qualities of Eliza
beth of England with the faults of
Catherine of Russia. The truth is that
she is a very beautiful, high-spirited
and strong-minded woman of nearly
forty.
She is the daughter of the duke
of Edinburgh, who later became duke
of Saxe-Coburg- -Gotha, and her mother
was the radiant Grand Duchess Marie
of Russia, the petted child of the ill
fated Car Alexander IL. When she was
a mere girl, barely over sixteen, she
was married "for reasons of state" to
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-11
WHITMAN'S SUCCESSOR

Charles A. Perkins, whom Cover
nor Whitman of New York selected as
his successor in the Office Of district at
torney, is considered by the people of
the metropolis to be safe, sane and
conservative. OF and on he has been
connected with the district attorneys
Office throughout his official life, and
he has prosecuted some notable cases
First and foremost Mr.. Perkins
gives one the impression of the profess
sional man, the man of quiet, scholarly
tastes. There is about him nothing
to suggest either the aggressive or
adroit politician. In spite of his up
standing figure and military, vigorous
physique, he gives a hint of an aca-
demic bent-which is not difficult to
account for His father, Albert G.
Perkins, was one of the most distin-
guished educators of a past genera
tion.
1t is not to be imagined, however,
that Mr.. Perkins takes the world about
him overseriously. His sense Of hu-
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"The First AmerIean.p

AS Lowell said of him, Lincoln was
the first American. Whitman calls
him "the sweetest, wisest soul of all
my days and lands" And today he,
the leader in a great Civil war. is
loved and revered by the South as by
the North. Some of the noblest trib-
utes ever paid to him have been those
paid by the Southerners. He belongs
to the whole nation, and he is the
only man since Washington Of whom
that can be said
The Yale expositor., 1915-02-11
Didn't Know what I, Was All About

A reporter for the Winfield Courier
dropped into justice court the other
day while case was on trial, and see
ing a well-known business man sitting
near the door, asked him what the
case was about. The man said II was
the hat case from ST. Louis. Who's
bringing the suit?" asked the reporter.
Il dunno" said the business man.
We'll, what's the row oyer?" Search
me-" We'll, where's the hat?"
Couldn't say" Are you a witness? 2"
mo, I'm a juror" said the business
man.-Kansas City Star.
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ders she receives from the wide terri
tory of rich New Jersey that has come
to know her and her candies. Long
since she passed the stage where she
had any worries about the money end
of her affairs.
And she never would have known
her capabilities had it not been that
necessity forced her TO develop the
qualities that had been dormant.
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Back From Europe.

The European porter doesn't paste
a souvenir label on your trunk any
more"
Nor"
NO; you have your choice of two
bullets, piece of bombshell OF frag-
ment OF shrapnel."
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Wimbones
lion dollars a
shortly
Alice
daughter of the late John Bgeow
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children
in
felicity The fond of her children each when
olde IS a
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is unobtrusive
conviction that it
getting lot
of indictments
county and making reputation keeping
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aspote eigh to o
completed the mornings
principals
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Her Small Beginning.

Mrs. Tabor never worked harder in
her life than she did on that order.
One batch Of candy that she cooked
was overdone and had to be thrown
away, but she made little money and
was very happy.
That party was a great success The
guests ate the candy and praised IL
highly. Some Of them asked the hos
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natural cooks do foods-judging by
appearance of experience and not al
ways being exact in results.