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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
Attempts to Burn TrunsDort

Boston. Mass, April ia Ger
man agent, allowed on the transport
Patricia to look out for German pro-
perty, attempted to set fire to the
vessel last night as it was nearing
Boston with more than 1000 Ameri-
can sailors, according to Major Frank
w. Cavanaugh, OF the l02d Field Ar
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
why Take CaIoEn,el2 z
DIR. Thacher's Liver & Blood Syrup
will doall that calomel will do and
without the latter effects"

Yenrs ago, when people were bilious,
wheu the liver got lazy and failed to dti
its work Or the stomach was out OF
condition, calo'nel was the standby.
By and by the users of calomcl found
tn"t tt:s "aftcr effects" Of taking the
drug wero as bad and more often worse
than the ailnlcut for which it was
tlkcG.
Ar. THaaler, in seeking a medicine
80 t.lrc The place OF calomel---ono that
~ 10 al Tho good that calomel
i~-::":.,,1 10, and yet leave mono of its evil
;icai: rericc.cd Cr. Thacher's Liver &:
Cicc.. Syr"p. IT,; was in 1852, md
cAcG vcarSilce has added to tho conf
Camc3 OF those who have used il.
'fiiGz Susie Brewer, Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, tred 1alomcl. She was suffer-
iEg Y: n WY serious cold and grippe
end i!;i no o3pc:ite whatever. After
the Ca,oI:Cl i:.ilcd Sac tiled Dr. Thach-
c7's Liver fs Blood Syrup. She felt
better ac.cv tG&icG three doses and she
soon got cI .IvciY we'll. 81 think DR..
Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup is q
wonderful medicine" she said, "and +
Em very tla:ik.ul + tried it,"
For nea.!y three H-lartcrs Of g. century
this sterli%g pre- ,,ar,ilion has been an
sold standby" il ,nouaant.s OF homes
III t.ealing zbcu:>,a'Sn, dyspepsia, in
digestion mQ u..lcc s;o.ic..tA and liver
complaints ItisG powerful tonic and
blood pu:iier and Can DO used with
the utmost confidence.
Write Thacher Medicine Co., Chat
tanooga, Tenn. for a copy Of "Thacher's
Family Doctor" book giving cause,
symptoms and treatment Of AZ COM
mon diseases.
bDr. Thacher's Liveran Blood Syrup
for sale by dealers; in medicines every
where.
For Sale at
NORMAN'S DRUG STORE,
Walhalla, 8. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
$2Oo, 900, 900 TO HANDLE COTTON
Cotton Men Endorse Proposed Mar
keting Corporation.

Columbia, April 6.--Meeting here
yesterday with members Of the South
Carolina delegation in Congress, the
twenty delegates from the South Car
olina Cotton Association to the con-
vention in New Orleans next month,
headed by Governor Robert A. Coop
er, passed a resolution endorsing the
proposed cotton marketing corpora
ton, but suggesting that It's capital
stock be made $20O,0O0,000 instead
Of 00,000,000. as proposed. To
further enable Tie South to finance
the cotton crop, the committee also
urged that banks be urged to in
crease their capital SO per cent
Attending the meeting were the
Governor and the Lieutenant Cover
nor Of South Carolina. two United
States Senator'S and three members
Of the House Of Representatives.
A committee was appointed to take
charge Of the question Of securing
large government warehouses to han
die cotton, and after discussion Of
possible amendments to the national
banking law, this question was
placed in the hands Of Representative
w. +. Stevenson.
The resolution summing up the
result Of the meeting is as follows:
Tho Resolution.
Resolved, That this special COM
mittee appointed by the South Caro-
lima Cotton Association do heartily
endorse the proposed organization Of
a cotton marketing corporation, with
capital stock Of one hundred mil
lion dollars 00.000,000), and its
scope be enlarged to deal in and with
cotton seed.
This committee believes that it
would be practicable at this time to
raise the amount Of $20O,O0O,OOO,
especially if the stock be made pay
able in Liberty Bonds if desired by
the subscribers.
"It is essential, in the Judgment of
this committee, that the majority Of
the stock be owned by the farmers
Of the South, and this committee rec
ommends that proper provision be
made to secure this end.
Will DO Their Share.
This committee is confident that
the people of South Carolina will
take thoir proportion Of the capital
stock OF this corporation, whether it
be 100000 or $2OO.00O,OOO
and pledges its support to see that
said stock is taken.
This committee recommends that
all banks in the South increase their
combined capital stock and surplus
by 80 per cent, or to such amount
as they may find to be practica BILE,
for the purpose of enabling them to
make larger loans to individual bor-
rowers upon cotton collateral, and to
meet the increasing demands upon
all banks for financial assistance.
"It is suggested that there is
very large investment in Liberty
Bonds In the South, which may be
converted into this increase Of capt.
tai. with advantage both to the in
vestors and to the bank.
"State banks in the South not
members Of the Federal Reserve sys-
tenn are urged to join the Federal
Reserve system. The South will mar
let and finance it's cotton crop. This
will completely revolutionize the en-
1t means commercial freedom, pro-
gress and prosperity
"DANDERINF" FOR
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Pay in advance-Courier 81 year.

achievement, cannot at this time
humiliate their sons, whose valOr on
the fields Of Flanders is a heritage
for America as we'll as for their
native State, which taught them
how to live in love Of country and
how to die, If need be, that honor,
patriotism and virtue might endure
forever. TO fail to support our
government now, and to the limit,
even at great sacrifice, would be to
dishonor the memory Of our sons
who endured and who died"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
Murdered by I5Olshcyiki.

London. April 7.-Eighteen hun
dred persons. including 400 women.
were murdered by the Bolsheviki at
Ufa, according to a telegram from
Omsk, received in official quarters
here.
Ufa. one Of the principal cities in
the Orenberg district near the Sber-
ian border, was taken by the Bolshc-
Wiki early in the morning
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
ALLEN NOT GETTING ANYWHERE
His Proposition to Prosecute Cotton
Growers Declared Absurd.

Washington, April I6.--Attorney
General Palmer said this afternoon
that he had not received any request
from Secretary Of Agriculture Hous-
ton to render an opinion on the con-
tention Of Governor Allen, of Kansas,
that cotton producers violate the anti
trust laws when they agree to reduce
acreage. In tho absence OF re-
quest from Mr.. Houston, or from
some other member Of the Cabinet,
the Attorney General added, no opin-
ion would be rendered by the De-
partment Of Justice on the subject,
Efforts to obtain an expression from
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston on
the matter were unavailing. How
ever, Assistant Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Clarence j. Ouzley had no hest
tatfon In characterizing the demand
Of Governor Allen for tho prosecution
OF cotton growers for self-protection
as absurd.
You cannot indict n whole peo-
ple,' MIR. OuZley declared. 1.-The
Southern farmers are merely trying
to keep cotton within the limits Of
demand. or course nothing will come
OF this proposal to prosecute them.
They are merely trying. in self-de-
fense, to prevent the accumulation of
Il vast surplus Of cotton, which would
result in Il heavy loss to them in
their chief business.
"The Department Of Agriculture"
continued Mr.. Ouzley, has not pre-
sumnd to instruct cotton farmers as
to the precise acreage they should
plant, but 1t has taken pains to in
form them as best it may as to the
supply and the probable demand, and
has urged that each farmer make
sure the production OF his own staple
food and feed supplies, because con-
ditions in large part Of the world
are such that food and feed supplies
will be in great demand at high
prices.
with the carry-over Of 3,l6O,lSS
bales at the end Of last summer, It
will be seen that Il normal yield on
normal acreage in 1919 might
cause the accumulation of disas
trous surplus. If the crop Of 1919
should exceed consumption by mil
lion bales, or two million bales. and
add to the carry-over that much
more, the probability is that cotton
farmers are solicitous and that the
bankers and merchants in the cotton
belt who are carrying cotton on a
credit basis quite above its present
quotations are taking thought Of the
value Of their assets, as they will
necessarily be affected immediately
by the acreage and later by the yield
Of 1919"
The attitude Of the Department of
Agriculture is sufficiently shown by
it's publications encouraging cotton
farmers to reduce their acreage of
this crop Postmaster General Bur
Lesson, a member Of the Cabinet, Is
himself cotton grower and under
stands the situation. There is no in
dication that Governor Allen is get
ting anywhere at Washington with
his grand-stand play about prosecut-
Ing the cotton growers for observing
the first law Of nature, which is self
preservation.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23

Eandruif causes q feyerish irrita.
ton Of the scalp. the hair roots
shrink. loosen. and then the hair
comes out fast. TO stop falling hair
at once and rid the scalp Of every
particle Of dandruT, get a small bot
lie Of "Danacrinc' at any drug store
FOR few cents, pour q little in your
hand and rub it into the scalp. After
several applications the hair stops
coming out and you can't find any
dandruf. Your hair appears soft.
glossy and twice as thick and abund- :
ant. Try it!-ady.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
Narrowly Escapes Death.

Columbia. April 16.-Geo. Weston,
chief Of rural police in Richland
county, narrowly escaped death yes
terday when his automobile collided
with a street car. His inquiries are
painful, but physicians say not scri
Gus. He is patient at the Colum-
bia Hospital. The entire front por
ton Of his automobile was torn up
by the street car.
Pay in advance-Courier 81 year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23

Tho Strong Withstand tho Winter
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You must have Health. Strength and En-
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When your blood is not in q healthy
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GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
Fortifies the System Against Colds. Grip
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It contains the well-known tonic prop
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End Is pleasant to take. You can soon feel
-" STRENGTHENING, Invi8orating Effect. 60c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
DIR. Caldwell's
Syrup. Pepsin
The Pe17sc1 Laxattve
THE Pe,Jsct Laxatt:ve
Sold by Druggists Everywhere
SO cts. (sTiw.:ss) $1.OO

A combination of simple laxative herbs with
pepsin, mild and gentle in it's action, that re-
lieves constipation quickly. A trial bottle
can be obtained free of charge by writing to
DR.. W. B. Caldwell, 458 Washington Street,
Monticello, Illinois.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
EOR SAIIE.-GOOd

FOR SALE.-Good Marc and
2-year-old Horse Colt; good stock.
in good condition: marc extra good
buggy animal and fine saddler; colt
promises we'll. First $500 cash offer
gets both animals. Prefer to sell
both together; will sell separately.
J. A. STECK, Walhalla, s. c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
Piles Cured III 6 to Il DAYS

Druggists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT falls
to cure Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrudins Piles
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can set
restful sleep after tho first application Price 80c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-23
HOW TO AVOID
BACkACHE and
NERVOUSNESS
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
Own Experience.
Providence, R. LEI was all run
down In health, was nervous, had head.

aC Ao6, my d &C X
ached all the time.
l was tired and had
no ambition for any
thing. ! had taken
a number of medi-
cines which did me
no good. One day
| read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's 8 Vege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
women, 80 I tried
1t. My nervousness
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headaches disappeared. gained in
weight and feel fine. so I can honestiv
recommend Lydia e. Pinkham's Vere-
table Compound to any woman who is
suffering as was. - Mrs. ADELINE B.
LYNCH, 100 Plain St., Providence, r. I.
backache and nervousness are symp-
toms or natures warnings, which in
dicate functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel-
ops into more serious ailment.
Women in this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound-and for special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. Lynn. Mass.
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FEEL that | must write and tell
1 you the great benefit I have ex-
perlenced from using DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sim | had always suffered from indigestion
but since taking Syrup Pepsin am no longer
troubled in that way, and cannot praise it
too highly as a laxative.'
from aetter o D. uwrtten by\
Mrs. Geo Schaefer West Ave-
Utica, N. Y
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Rev. }. b. Tramel. OF Walhalla r.
T.. ID. No. | has handed us the fol-
lowing letter, which he recently re-
ceived from friend of his. Private
Joe Barker, Of Oconee:
Evening star., 1919-04-27
English and American.

A DMlRAL SIMS, at y luncheon In
London, hit Off admirably the dif-
ference between English and Ameri-
can carriage or department.
AN Englishman." said the witty
admiral, walks into a restaurant ~
IL he owned 1t. An American walks
in as IL he didn't care who owned it."
Evening star., 1919-04-27


between blacks and whites was usu-
ally between the slaves and the non
slave-holding and landless whites.
when the OWL war came on many of
the slaves left the farms and came to
Washington and it's environs, and the
probabilities are that the greater
number of them settled around the
forts and military camps on the south
ern and eastern sides of the Eastern
branch. These forts and camps ex
tended along the Eastern branch
highlands from Benning to point
nearly opposite Alexandria. Begin
ming on the s. r. Scaggs farm. near
Benning, there were Forts Mahan.
Chaplin. Meigs. Dupont, Davis. Baker,
Wagner, Ricketts,. Stanton, Snyder.
Carroll and Greble, the latter being
on the Berry farm (William Berry, if
the Rambler's memory is trust
worthy on the heights above Blue
Plains, which is the present site of
the District Home for the INDECENT
and 1nnrm.
There were several other earth
works and supporting batteries in
TINS line. the names OF which the
Rambler cannot at this moment re-
call. The number of colored people
settling around the forts was quite
large. but it was negligible part of.
the colored population of southern
Maryland. The vast majority of the
colored people of lower Prince
Georges, Charles and St. Marys coun-
ties remained on their home lands,
even though they were slaves, and
even though it was at that time very
easy for them to get away.
4 +
The Rambler does not mean to give
out the impression that he believes
the colored people were satisfied with
their servitude. but merely to point
that they were not eager to try their
fortunes in new locality and among
strangers, even as freemen The condi-
tions of servitude were by no means
as calling as in some other parts of
the south. The same kind of colored
settlements sprang up around the
fortihcations on the Virginia side OF
marcy and Ethan Allen, above Cha in
bridge, down to Fort Willard, below
Alexandra south of Hunting creek
ana between the old Accotink turn
PIKE and the gravel road This was
the origin OF the colored villages in
the beautiful lands beyond the East
ern branch and in the neighborhood
OF Arlington. The colored people set
tling on the Virginia side were near.
ly all Virginia slaves.
AFTER the proclamation of emanci-
patton many more of the colored folk
came TO the District and the vir.
gian environs of the capital. hut
stiii' both in Virginia and in Mary
land, vast majority of the freed.
men elected to stay where they were
born and raised" and in yery mapv
instances continuing to live with the
same families that had owned them
picking up such meager pay for their
labor as the impoverished white peo-
pie could afford to give them. Hun
dreds Of these colored people and
thousands OF their children and
great-grandchildren are on their an
cestral lands yet, though there has
been greater shifting of population
since the war and the resulting biph-
wage period than at any time be-
tween the civil war and the out
break Of the world war
In the neighborhood of Washington
Evening star., 1919-04-27

for company and prepared food for
the parties which the young folk
were always giving. and she con-
tributed to the church suppers. all
out OF slim pantry. She was a
wizard in that way And the dear
woman was not exceptional in Mary
land and Virginia. She was typical.
So far as the Rambler remembers.
she never talked about her dis
tinguished ancestors-that is, she
that line of conversation. She never
sat for an oil portrait in her life.
Portrait painters used to travel
through the country, carrying their
portraits, generally at s. a portrait.
with board and lodging thrown in
until the job was done. They were
also sign painters, house painters
and wagon painters. They would
take any sort of Job at painting
they could get These men turned
out a good many OF the Joshua
family portraits that hang on the
walls of homes today. Daguerreo-
typing had not been discovered and
the only way people had Of getting
their picture taken" was to have it
painted. And painters went after
their customers in the country just
like lightning rod agents. One day
painters drove over to the house,
which was far off the main road.
Aunt Aggie gave him supper, lodging
and breakfast and old Uncle Nose
fed his horse, but there was nothing
doing in the portrait line at s. per
portrait. Aunt Aggie would have
liked portraits of the children, but
more money than there was in the
family. There was more to eat in
those days than there Is now, but
cash was scarce. But, although Aunt
Aggie did not talk much about her
ancestors, she thought well of them.
She kept the family burying ground
down yonder by the big box bushes
in a neat state of upkeep. She would
take old Unc.e Abe and Aunt Matilda
down there quite often. and with
hoe and rake they would clean out
the weeds and chop of the shoots Of
locust trees that were always spring
ing UP. She trimmed the big crepe
myrtle and spirea bushes that grew
there, and, though every other fence
on the farm might fall down, that
around the family burying ground
WAS kept strong and tight.
Although the Rambler never heard
Aunt Aggie talk much on the subject
of family pride, everybody in the
county, high and low. black and
white, knew she was queen, and
please understand that by queen" the
Rambler does not mean highborn
woman, but a high-living woman. The
nearest thing to class prejudice which
the Rambler ever heard her say came
about something like this:
Sam Doe had moved away from the
county to the city and had made
money in some other way than writ
ing poetry and philosophy. He was
hard and avaricious man. who made
money and kept it. He prided him
self on being practical and on never
yielding to such a thing as sentiment.
He never had what you and / would
call a good time in his life. His great
est pleasure was in getting the long
Evening star., 1919-04-27

Gnu Vi d DdTSdiH "Heu he 6Ol Olu he
bought rundown farm in the coun-
ty near Aunt Aggies. or course. he
bought it at foreclosure sale. He
turned the old house upside down and
bullt it over and painted it until it
was the showiest-iooking place in the
neighborhood. His carriage. horse
and harness were the sleekest and
shiniest thereabouts. He and his
sons and daughters never seemed to
overlook chance to display their
wealth and to rub it in on the families
that had owned land in that neigh
borhood for generations. Especially.
the sons and daughters seemed to be
very naughty toward their neighbors
Aunt Aggie's daughter. Charity Cor
della, one summer afternoon passed
Arabella Doe on the road Arabella
had on new and fashionable frock
with lots of ruff1es on it and plenty
OF high colors in it. and was driving
along the road in her new buggy.
Cordelia was driving old Bob-horse
whose harness was held together with
twine and wire The top of the buggy
was pretty badly torn up, the spokes
ratified and the wheels did not run
true.
Arabella just spoke to Cordelia and
that was all When Cordelia got home
and told of this Aunt Aggie, who was
IN the kitchen mixing cornmeal dough
10 rthe young chickens, scarcely look
ed up from her work when she said
Della, Sam Does father was negro
trader"
Ihat was the nearest that Aunt
Aggie ever got to the class question.
And the Rambler understands human
nature well enough to know that
Aunt Aggie would not have called tha
up against Sam Does father il Sam
and his family had comported them
selves in a plain and friendly way
toward the old people of the neighbor-
hood. But success and dollars had
made Sam and his children arrogant.
Sam and children sought to humiliate e
the older and gentler people by ap-
plying the money gauge as the test
of respectability and Aunt Aggie
countered with the pedigree test. The
charge that Sans father had been a
negro trader was enough to under
mine any social pretensions he might
assume. The Rambler understands
this, but doubts whether many OF his
younger readers will.
These old southern Maryland fami-
lies owned slaves. bought them and
sometimes sold them, but only what
were called hard masters" would sell
their slaves to be taken out Of the
state, winch meant that they did not
want them sold far away from the
lands on which they had been born
and raised"
Also. only hard masters separated
family by sale. The kindly master
and mistress. and these were quite
common in southern Maryland, did
not separate husband and wife by
sale, nor would they sell children
away from their mother. OF course,
such things were done, but the com
munity sentiment of the old planta- =
ton families was against 1t.
The colored folk were very much
attached to the neighborhood in which
they lived. That is a natural human
sentiment. but the feeling between
they belonged was generally friendly
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-10
AL ROBERTS KNOCKS OUT
SULLIVAN IN FIRST ROUND

AL Roberts, the big from
Staten Island, added another scalp to
his collection last night when he
landed the -sleep-maker on Soldier
Dan Sullivan. of Bayonne, I'm the first
round OF their scheduled eight round
The bout ended as many who
have seen Al in former bouts prophe-
sled. Roberts has fought but three
fights here and in every case he has
brought things to q climax In the in
ftfal round, having his man stretched
out before the end of the three min
utes.
Roberts started out after Sullivan
in his usual manner last night, fol-
lowing the Bayonne pugilist all over
the ring, landing blow upon blow
and when Roberts did connect there
plenty of steam behind his
punches. After a little more than a
minutes fast going Roberts landed
the punch in Sullivan's face which
spelled his downfall. Soldier Dan
Strengthened out and went down like
a rock.
Willie Graham. who was to have
met Young Carroll, of Carteret, sent
a telegram that he would not be able
to fight in the six round semi-fnal SO
Lou Urban. of Newark, was secured
as a substitute. Carroll lead Urban,
although the Newarker seemed to be
holding himself back at times and was
waiting for an opportunity to land one