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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
IN MEMORY OF LINCOLN
The Fiftieth Anniversary OF His
Death is CANE ally Observed.

Washington, April 15.-Business
of the United States government vir-
tually was suspended day in recog-
milton Of the fiftieth anniversary of
the death of Abraham Lincoln. In
the national capital, as elsewhere
throughout the country and in for
eign lands wherever the American
government is represented, the event
was being observed in accordance
with President Wilson's executive or
der. The President himself laid
aside the cares Of office, as did other
officials OF The government, to pay
silent tribute to the memory of Lin
coin.
All government Offices were closed.
Flags on all government buildings
throughout the United States wc:.
at half mast as tribute to Lincoln's
memory, as were they also on all
forts and reservations, naval stations
and warships and upon all American
embassies, legations and consulatcs
throughout the world. All post Of
fees were closed part of the day.
The owners and captains of all Amer
lean merchant vessels had been re-
Quested to display the national en-
blem at half mast.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE

| had gotten SO weak could not stand.
and | gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, | could tell 1t was helping me. I
can now walk two miles without lis
firing me, and am doing all my work."
If you are all nm down from womanIy
troubles, don't give up In despair. Try
Cardu, the woman'stonic. 1t has helped
more than a million women, In Its 80
years of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
1t will do. Ask him. He will recon-.
mend 1t. Begin taking Cardi today.
Write TO-: ChattanooSa Meiieins Co., Lsslea'
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for Special
Instructions on your case and 64-paee book. Home
Treatment for Women" sent In plain wrapper. j-Es
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
MORE OF THE HOPKINS CASE,
Wife Says She Occupies Position of
"Paupcr i'm n Palace"

New York, April 1G.-''A pauper
in palace" is the description given
of Mrs. IMcKie Bennett Hopkins, who
is suing DR.. John r. Hopkins, one of
the wealthiest men in Atlanta, for
divorce, by Almuth c. Vandiver, her
lawyer, who to-day appeared before
Justice Giegerich, in the Supreme
Court, asking that Mrs. Hopkins ali
mony be increased from $4,000 to
$4,000 year.
According to the lawyer, Mrs. Hop
kins is virtually in pawn at the st.
Regis Hotel because she cannot pay
her board bill.
There is landlords lien upon her
property, which includes $175,OO0
worth OF furniture, rugs and jewelry,
and other valuables.
Inventory Opposed.
Justice Giegerich suggested that an
inventory be made by the lawyers on
both sides Of the property now at the
hotel, and thereby arrive at a conclu-
sion which would help him determine
the amount of alimony the wife
should receive.
DR.. HoDkinss attorney, Eugene
Black, Of Atlanta, opposed this pro-
cedure on the ground that the ref
cree who is trying the divorce case
refused the wife decree because she
was eXtravagant.
He described Mrs. Hopkins rs
going down Fifth avenue, purchasing
anything and everything that struck
her fancy, regardless of price.
To-day's proceedings also revealed
much of the evidence Of the Southern
doctors alleged friendliness with
other women given at the referees
hearing. Three white women, known
as Martha Harrison, "Nell" and
West Virginia." and a negro woman
known as Matte" are mentioned by
witnesses.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
Special Car for Baptist Convention.
(Greenville PiedmontD

(Greenville Piedmont.)
Arrangements are being made by
the Southern Railway to handle the
Baptist delegates and others from
this section who contemplate attend
ing the Southern Baptist Convention
in Houston on May 1917, inclusive.
special car will be operated from
Greenville to New Orleans and ano-
ther will be operated from Anderson
to New Orleans.
The Greenville car will leave here
Monday, May 10, at 11.4O a. M, at
tached to train No. 80 as far as At
lanta. From Atlanta to New Or
leans it will be part of No. 81. The
same operation applies to the Ander-
son car, except that 1t will leave that
city at 11.50 over the Blue Ridge
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
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The Keowee Graded School will
close Friday, April 23d.
Despite the hard times this has
been the best session since the school
was consolidated.
The school has added the fourth
teacher to the faculty and purchased
a first-class piano since the present
term began.
A three-acre demonstration plot is
maintained and cultivated under the
direction of the demonstration agent
of this county
The enrolment OF the school has
been large and the attendance good.
On Friday night the school will
give play, "Josiah's Courtship." 4"
The play is exceedingly interesting
and amusing ali the way through. In
addition to the play several music
selections will be rendered. An ad-
mission fee Of Is cents will be
charged. The funds will go toward
improving the school. The public
is cordially invited.
&. w. Irby, Principal.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
"A BOTTLE OF TEARS"
'E v McNabb the Palmetto of the
Dumb

I'D ana Blind.)
the loss Of my health through grief;
Of other efforts to keep the wolf from
the door; Of the times | have fled by
night, with frightened children, from
rum-crazed husband and father: of
a cheerless home, of a bare table,
and the birth of the third child in
the midst Of the squalor to which
only drunkard's home. is familiar;
of my many vain efforts to keep the
children fed and clothed; of the
deeper depths into which you pulled
my now helpless husband. One
morning, with the rising OF the sun.
as he came staggering up the road,
our little Mary met him, and throw
ing her arms around his neck, said
TO MIN, %, my sweet papa, you won't
drink any more, will you?' With
an oath, which might become only a
demon, he raised his strong arm and
dealt the child blow which sent her
sprawling to the ground, and left her
bleeding and weeping, while he came
on to curse and beat me- You can
read 1t all in the bottle of tears-the
only thing | had in my own name
and right to leave you as a reminder
or what these possessions have cost.
"Only three mornings ago four or
your obedient henchmen bore my
precious husband home to me, at
break OF day, and laid him dead on
the floor, and hurried back. | sun
pose, to the gambling table, over
which your victim had Just been
shot. | found some friendly negroes
to dig the grave in what I Thought
was my garden, and we buried him
under his favorite apple tree. | in
tended to put flowers there in the
summer and shells in the winter. and
teach my girls how noble he was bn.
fore he fell into your clutches and
became hopeless drunkard. But if
seems | buried him in your garden.
ana under your apple tree! Indeed,
lie was laid on your floor. 1t is
marked with your victims blood.
After some kind colored friends
helped me to shroud him, and while
sitting up with his precious corDse
that night, | tried to wash out the
stains Of blood from the floor where
your henchmen had laid him, think
ing | could not bear to constantly
look at those blood stains and walk
over them. Eut it turns out that It
Is your floor, Oh which he gave YOU
his last property, his manhood. his
lamlly, his very soul; here he
found cooling board. You will find
1t, sir, in the bottle of tears. You
order me to vacate. I obey.
when you read this | will be on
my way down the road east, as | take
that route only because it leads me
away further from you and your den
or destruction. I don't know where
], with three girls, will spend the
night. But one thing promise you:
Wherever there is a widows wall.
or an orphans cry, we will meet Won
at Gods judgment bar. there to tell,
and the truth to say, as to how YOU
came by this home which we now
leave. You will find it all, sir, in
the bottle Of tears"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
State of Ohio, City Of Toledo,
Lucas County.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
ne is senior partner of the firm of
r. }. Cheney & Co., doing business in
the City OF Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum or One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure. Frank ]. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
IN my presence, this 9th day Of De-
cember, A. d. 1886.
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Q.
Sold by all druggists, T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Con-
stipation.-Adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
After Four Years of Discouaging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upin Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-In an Interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with womaniy troubles, and during
this time, | could only sit up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, l would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called In, and his treat
nlent relieved me for a while, but I was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21

An effort is now being made in va
rious section of our State to elimi-
nate the curse Of the whiskey traffic
from our State. We thought the fol-
lowing true story appropriate, and
trust it will be helpful to many of
our readers. The story is vouched
for by minister of the gospel, liv-
ing in Georgia:
Some years ago noble young
man of Virginia was happily married
to one Of the most beautiful young
women of that old State. He pos
sessed a mansion and 26-mile
farm. An abominable bar-room was
near his home. The bar-keeper be-
came his personal friend and in time
induced him to drink and gamble.
AS the years rolled by his fortune
dwindled until his sole possessions
were an humble home and one-mule
farm.
One night in the gambling saloon
Of the bar-room near by he was shot
to death. After being buried by
some negroes under an apple tree
in his own garden his wife received
the following note from the bar
keeper: Dear Madam: This will
inform YOU that l hold mortgage
over your late husbands mule and
farm, and farm tools; also the
household and kitchen furniture, all
household goods, including trunks
and all wearing apparel. AS wish
possession, you will do me the kind
ness to vacate at once. | herewith
send man to take charge of the
premises, the keys, etc, and repre-
sent me in all thin"s. Signed:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
All! The Invigorating WhTT of the
Pine Forest

How it clears the throat and head
OF its mucous ailments. 1t is this
spirit Of ncwncss and vigor from the
hcalth-giving pncy forests brought
back by DR.. Bcll's Pine-Tar-Honey.
AntiScptiC and healing. Buy bot
tie to-day. All druggists, 25c. Elec-
trio BittcrS for Il Spring Tonic.-Ad1.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
England Releases Two More.

London, April 16.-.The American
steamers Llama and Muskogee, from
American ports, laden with oil and
detained at Kirkwall since April 6
and z, respectively have been re-
leased and are on their way to CO.
penhagen.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
Another New County Election.

Columbia, April 16.-Governor
Manning to-day ordered an election
for June on the question OF annex
Ing a portion Of Kershaw county to
Lee county.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21

line for Seneca, thence for Atlanta.
Greatly reduced round trip rates
are offered on account Of the con-
vention.
A great many Baptists, as usual,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21

are expected to attend this conven-
tion. Reservations for the Green
Vile and Anderson specials" will be
in order in a few days, it Is an
nounced.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21

The heart-broken widow replied to
the note as follows:
Sir: You demand the keys. |
send them herewith. The one with
a red string unlocks my wardrobe,
In the right side you will find my
wedding dress. | wore it but once
It is yours now, by action of my hus-
band, whom / never disobeyed. In
the folds Of that dress you will find
a small bottle with some tears in it
the last | had to shed. They
stand for the birth Of a little girl,
born under happy roof-of fifteen
Joyous, girlhood, school-day years;
of a short, sweet cOurtship and mar
riage to the bravest, best man I ever
knew, but for whiskey; of the beau
into, Of the sweet honeymoon spent
there. You will find all these sweet,
sacred pleasures in that bottle OF
tears. A change, sharp and sudden,
lou ltdu II, Sll, Ill TIE
bottle Of tears | bequeath to you.
They will tell you OF the first time
my husband crossed your threshold;
Of the first time | detected liquor on
his breath, and Of how he put me
gently aside with a shower OF assur-
ing kisses, saying that for my sake
he would never be brought under the
banefnl effects Of strong drink; OF
how he became constant tippler;
Of the first time his step was un-
steady; of his rapid decline in
housekeeping and home-love; of
the ease with which he would mis-
understand me; Of the first time he
spoke a cross word to me; of the
first oath in my presence. You will
find it all in the bottle Of tears.
ct was that night that our first
born, little Mary, came into the
world. You will find there what
part you played in my home that
night-for while one physician at
tended me, another, in an adjoining
room, was attending my crazed hus-
band, who was the victim of imagin-
airy serpents, gorillas and devils. In
reality he was only your victim. |
saw in the lightning's glare the
storm as it toyed with the shade
trees. | heard the rain dashing in
fury against the windows: the room
was Jared by angry thunder. But
louder than thunder, to me, were
the groans and screams and oaths of
my once noble, manly, but now fallen
and drunken, husband. You will
find it all in the bottle of tears
81 heard the low, strange cry
the advent Of the baby-a cry which
ordinarily fills mother with Joy,
but which filed me with a new an
guish, as | thought OF this pure
young life destined to be one Of
piercing shame. I at first prayed
that we all three might meet death
in the storm, which now seemed to
be urged on by all the furies of ma
ture. Then | asked that the little
one might live and win papa back to
the path Of sobriety, from which
you, for gain, had led him.
after coming through that terri
Bile debauch, he vowed he would
never drink again, but that VOW was
soon broken, and I need not tell you
of the next few sorrow-laden years,
and the coming of the second girl;
of the flight of luxury; Of the deser-
tion OF friends; of the absence Of
visitors; OF the curtailing OF ex-
penses and enforced economy in or
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure

lhe worst cases, no matter OF how long standin..
LTe cured by the wonderful, old reliable d:
E2rter's Antiscptic Healing Oil 1t relieve
''nN and Heals at the same time. 25c, soc, 81 q"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-19
C0NFESSES BURNING STORE
Fire Marshals. Also Uncover Goods on
Which Insurance Was Claimed

Clearfeld, April 19.-Fire Marshals
T. G. Ryan, of Philadelphia, and Jo-
seph Donnelly, of Danville, after sew.
eral weeks investigation, arrested
Herman Meyer as firebug, Saturday
evening at Philipsburg, and before
midnight had his confession to burn
ing store at Airport in the hands of
District Attorney Welch, and Meyer
under bail for court.
On January 81 last, the store of the
Airport Supply Company, owned by
Meyer and Anton Neuber, was burned.
There were many suspicious circum-
stances, and the fire marshals, after
diligent search, found $500 worth of
the store goods at the home of Moy-
er's sister, in Philipsburg. They then
started after Meyer and arrested him
just as he had completed arrangements
to get away in an automobile. The
store was well covered by insurance.
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with the lengthy diary does not say whether the
records include anything more than memoranda of
financial transactions and other statistics No doubt
he did not get very comprehensive glimpse of the
work, and does not know. If diary is to be worth
anything it should include accounts of the writer
impressions and emotions from day to day. The
mere chronicling of commonplace incidents has too
much sameness about it. Little wonder that the
keeping of diaries becomes tiresome when there is
no variety to enliven the pages
Pepys' Diary, work unique in literature, is an
example Of what man can find to say about him
self and his contemporaries if he only wills to ex-
press his thoughts unequivocally, and to keep his
records with regularity 1t was perhaps rather
unfair to Pepys to translate his inmost thoughts
from the shorthand in which he had recorded them,
and publish them for the worlds amusement yet
it would have been pity if that journal had per-
ished with its author
If more persons were to keep diaries these days.
and some of the diaries were to be published from
time to time, there might be some interesting read
ing matter and then again there might not be. The
trouble is that the secret DESIRES tastes and motives
of individuals which would make the most inter
esting reading matter not usually recorded by
the individuals for public perusal.
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ing caught in the shafting. A few
days after he had occasion to visit thi.
same town again, and out of curiosity
called at the mill to see in what way
this man had been killed.
1t developed that the set-screw
concerning which he had spoken to the
owner about two months before, and
had requested its. removal, was the sole
cause of this man s death. As he was
working near this shaft, he inadvert
emily backed into it, and the set-screw
caught in his clothing, and as a result
he was drapped around the shaft, and
finally died from the injuries he re.
ceived. ''s.,
This instance is one of the best il.
lustrations of what may result from
heedlessness to advice regarding the
safeguarding of machinery and danger.
Gus places. A few minutes time and
possibly an outlay of less than twenty.
five cents would have rendered that
particular point safe, and the owner
might have been living at the present
time.
The Department of Labor and In.
'dustry would accordingly advise that
as soon as any condition is found which
is unsafe, that immediate measures be
taken to remedy this defect Delay
may mean serious injury to someone,
and possible death. Let every one act
at the proper time, and prevent repe.
tition of an accident such as has been
described above-one due entirely to
heedlessness and carelessness.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-19
BUSY DAY FOR THE FIREMEN

Although many of Harrisburg's volunteer smoke
eaters were weary after their seven-hour battle
with the flames hat early yesterday morning
wrecked the Pennsylvania Food Company building,
Just north of the city, they quickly on the job
to grapple with the big fire in the Montgomery
storage warehouse on South Tenth street in the
afternoon
The latter blaze was in closely built district in
which hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of
property was menaced, but the iremen of the whole
department prevented the spread of the flames to
structures adjoining the connected group in which
the blaze started.
The discipline among the firemen was fine and
the battle was fought with courage and intelli-
gence.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-19
THREE BROTHERS KILLED
Youngsters Thrown Beneath Heavy
Trucks and Terribly Mangled

Pittsburgh, April 19.-Three broth.
ers were killed and their father mar.
rowly escaped similar fate when q
fast northbound Pittsburgh, Harmony,
Butler and Newcastle interurban car
crashed into wagon at Warrendale
road crossing, Marshall township. The
dead:
Arthur Brewer, 6 years; Harold
Brewer, years, and Alvin Brewer, 4
years.
j. w. Brewer, farmer, father of
the three boys, was driving the wagon.
Brewer was hurled several feet but es-
capped injury. He said no warning was
sounded by the street ear motorman
until the car was within few feet of
the wagon. The car crashed into the
rear of the wagon, where the three
boys were sitting. The youngsters were
tossed beneath the heavy trucks and
terribly mangled. The two younger
children were killed instantly, while
Harold was unconscious when rescued.
He was taken to a hospital and died
within half hour.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-19
HOW TO REDUCE
YOUR WEIGHT
A Simple. Safe and Reliable Way


People who are over-burdened with
superfuous fat, know only too well the
discomfort and ridicule that over-stout
people have to bear.
If you are carrying around five or
ten pounds of unhealthy fat you are
unnecessarily weakening your vital or
gans and are carrying burden which
destroys the beauty of your figure.
There is no need of anyone suffering
from superf1uous fat. If you want to
reduce your weight in a simple, safe
and reliable way. without starvation
diet or tiresome exercise, spend as much
time as you can in the open air, breathe
deeply and get from any good druggist
box of oil of korein capsules; take one
after each meal and one before retiring
at night.
Weigh yourself once a week so as to
know just how fast you are losing
weight and don't leave off the treat
ment or even skip a single dose until
you are down to normal
Oil of korein is absolutely harmless,
is pleasant to take, helps digestion and
is designed to consume the excessive
fatty tissue by increasing the oxygen
carrying power of the blood. Even a
few daysi treatment should show a no.
ticeable. reduction in weight, footsteps
become lighter, your work seem easier
and lighter and more buoyant feeling
take possession OF your whole being.
Every person who suffers from super
fiuous fat should give this treatment a
trial. There is nothing better.-Ad-
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-19
COURAGE IN KEEPING A DIARY

There is Brooklyn manowho has kept a diarv
for the last seventytwo years. recording every day
even the most trivial incidents He started the
journal at the age of fifteen, and since that time
has made note of his every hair cut and his every
purchase of food and clothing Thermometer rec
ords he has also set down faithfully, together with
comments on weather conditions in general
Such diary must be very monotonous piece
OF literature. 1t may have some interest in that
part of it which deals with the writer's Civil War
experiences, but the chances are that even that
section would become very tiresome with its rec
ords of marches and hair cuts and weather.
Whatever the merits or faults of the diary NAV
be, however, the old man whose life record it is
must be commended for his industry and persist
ence during all these years Many diaries have
been auspiciously started in many Januarys, but
not all of them have continued to bear testimony
during the succeeding Februarys Nothing short
of the stoutest courage could have carried that old
mans diary through seventy-two years, causing
to be recorded the events of more than twenty-six
thousand more or less eventless days.
The reporter who discovered the Brooklyn man