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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
Death Of Mrs. H. B. Harris.
>(Tugaloo Tribute, 4th.)

(TugaloO Tribute, 4th.)
On Monday afternoon, April 26th,
Mrs. Bertha Harris, wife or H. B.
Harris, died at their home a few
miles below Westminster, Of heart
trouble. Mr.. Harris lives at the
Jones place, known to the older citi-
zens as the D. e. Smithson old home
place.
Mrs. Harris was 80 years old and
vas before marriage Miss Bertha
Brown. She leaves her husband,
three children and three step-child-
rem to o u her death. The young
est child Is only a few months old.
Mr.. Harris has the deep sympathy
Of many friends in his sore bereave-
ment.
Mrs Harris WIS a member CT
Chauga Baptist church for many
years. Interment vas in tho ceme-
terry Of the First Baptist church last
Tuesday afternoon. the funeral SER
vices being conducted by Rev. J.
A. Martin.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
TURNER TO ELEoTR1o CHAIR.
Virginia Judge Imposes Extreme
Penalty-Death Set for July z.

L%ynchburg, Va, May 6.-John
Williams, alias Joe Turner, negro,
was sentenced to the electric chair
July 7 in the corporation court here
to-day by Judge Frank p. Christian,
for the murder of Police Detective
Mann, March Is. The negro was
tried yesterday under a plea Of gull
ty and with waiver Of q jury. The
shooting occurred in the heart of the
city when two policemen attempted
to arrest Williams.
Williams was also wanted at
Greenville, s. c., for the murder of
two policemen there.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
DRY ENFORCESiENT COSTLY.
Congressman Cites Figures AS to
Number Jof Stills Captured.

washington, May 4.-Prohtbitioni
enforcement will cost $8S,003,000i
annually, REPRESENTATIVE Gallivan,y
Democrat, OF Massachusetts de-
clared to-day In the House.
There are more Illicit stills now
than before prohibition became ef-
fective, he said, adding that the hulk
of Anti-Saloon League funds are
used to hire special agents !. locate.
%stills.s q
There were 1900 stills found in
Georgia in 1915" he declared.
Blind tigers are now surrounded
by romance, IL not respeotability.
Members Of Congress could tell In
tteresting interviews with ibootleggers
who have been respectable citizens
OF the communities in which they
live.
During the year when prohibition
was young over 5000 stills were cap
tured by prohibition Inspectors and
100000 gallons of moonshine confs-
Besides the stills raided in Geor-
gia, North Carolina and Nebraska,
Mr.. Gallivan said, 752 had been
found in Alabama, 4S8 In South
Carolina, 388 in Tennessee, SAG In
Virginia, 121 in Kentucky, 191 in
Florida, 40 in Michigan, Al in Texas.
and 40 in West Virginia.
Is. Control of Congress and the Presi-
Genital election may be decided by
the prohibition question, Mr.. CALI
van declared.
/, you can no more settle the pro-
hibition question or Keep it out Of
politics than you can sweep back the
ocean," he said.
Every tea kettle and stew pan is
placed under suspicion since the Vol
stead act. has become effective. It
prohibits everything with more than
one half Of n per cent alcohol, and
yet the sap Of every tree flows In
violation Of that law
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
Can't Electrocute wooden Leg.

Ossing, N. Y, May 5.-The cleo.
trio chair here has never had a
wooden legged victim, and when
John Egan, whose conviction Of muir
dering John Klein on June q, 1919,
the Court Of Appeals upheld, comes
to be executed his wooden leg will
have to be removed. Major Lawes,
Ing Sing PRISON warden, said that
electrical contact upon one leg, in.
stead OF two, will undoubtedly be
sufficient to carry the execution
through without a hitch.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
$4,000 Damage Suit Begun.
(Anderson Mail. 6th.l

(AnuerS0n Wall, 5th.1
Suit has been filed by Dickson &
Miller, attorneys, in. behalf OF their
client, NJ. G. Pearce, against the An
derson Cotton Mills, damages in the
sum of $4,000 being asked.
This suit arises from an accident
which occurred on March oath of
this year. 'Pearce was caught in a
carding machine and suffered a
mangled hand. r
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
Tornado Injuries is in Kansas.

Eureka, Kans., \ May 4.-Eureka
vas slowly recovering to-day from
the effects Of q tornado which
dipped" here late Monday afternoon
and resulted in injuries to eighteen
persons. Six were seriously hurt,
two OF whom are expected to die. A,
high school and fifteen residences
were badly damaged.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
Hugo Dividend Declared.

Winston-Salem, N. c., May 6.--The
r. J.. Reynolds Tobacco Company to-
day declared o dividend of 200 per
cent. 1t also announced that its
charter would be amended at once
to provide SUFFICIENT authorized capt.
tai,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
ASPIRIN FOR HEADACHE

Insist on "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
~ q "Bayer PACKAGE" containing proper
directions Dor Headache, Colds, Pain,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheumatism.
Name "Bayer' means genuine Aspirin
prescribed by physicians for nineteen
years. Handy tin boxes of II tablets
cost few cents. Aspirin Is trade mark
or Bayer Manufacture OF Ionoacetic-
acidester of Salicylicacid.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12

Whena doctor uses Il medicine him.
self 'besidea prescribing It to his patients
he must know that It has merit. s
This lie what DR.. J.H. Wagner, a prom,
tnene physician OF Skate, Kentucky, has
,toZsay about DR.. Hartman's Swell-knoWn
remedy. sPH-RUszNA; 81 nave used PNl
YRU-NA myself for catarrh and have;
given 1t to others for catarrh, bloating
after eating and other ailments. It has
proved g SUCCESS in all cases with old
and young men and women. All speak
we'll Of PE-RU-NA. It Is the best OF all
tonicB."
Dr.. Wagner, out OF the fuliness Of his
own personal experience, for the good OF
all sick and suffering, recommends d
medicine which he knows to be good.
You may be sure q Doctor would not, en-
danger his professional reputation by
endorsing PH-RU-NA unless satisfied be-
yond q doubt Of it's value.
Whether your trouble be q cough or q
cold, or q more subtle catarrhal election
OF the stomach. bowels or other organs,
give FE-RU-NA q trial. The immediate
improvement which you will see will SAT-
'H-RU-NA iswhat you need. ,
hased anywhere In tablet or liquid form,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
Habituai Constipation Cured
In Il to u DAYS

'LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" Is a specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxatlve for Habitual
Constipation. 1t relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for ia to 81 days
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 600
per bottle.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
Half Million Tire Plant Fire

Muskogeen, Mich, May Fire
yesterday destroyed the plant Of the
Curtis Tire and Rubber company
here, causing a loss estimated at
$500, 000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12

Geo. K. Laney, OF Chesterfield; B. G.
Mattox, field agent for the Georgia
division, and j. 8. Wannamaker, 81
ST., Matthews, president Of the as-
ISOLATION.
It was decided to-day that immedi-
ately after the convention a State
wide campaign for farmers ware
houses in ell the counties Will be
waged. ass
The convention stood firm also
forS60 cent cotton. &3
Groves T~asteIess chill Tonic
.estores vitality and enersy by purifying and. On.
gEichins the blood. You can soon feel its Strengths
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-05-12
DIR. ). II. WAGNER

lsy beyond q doubt that PN-RUlNA iswhat you need.
PE-RU-NA may be purchased anywhere in tablet or liquid form
The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-10
HAPPENINGS OF LOCALIuIEREST
 AROUND TOWN

A regular meeting of thC Northla Il Club will be held tonight at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Martin M Fry, of Mccarthy, IS a Cordova visitor.
 The steamship Alameda is due from the westward tomorrow.
 H. s. Dean and Teddy Thisted, who are with the steamshovel crew at Mile 67 spent last evening in town.
 Edgar J. Davis has returned from the fishing game to accept a position in the auditors office of the Copp 1T River Railway.
 Richard Bacon, who has been visit ing in the states, is returning to Cor dova on the Northwestern, which left Seattle this morning.
 After a visit of two months here with her son Tad, Mrs. M. Watson will return on the Alameda to her home at Polsbo, Washington.
 Mrs Dick Chapman, of Texas, will arrive here next week to join her husband who is spending the sum- mer in this section on a big game hunt.
 Fred Peterson and Emil Hagan have taken over the Alaskan Grill and it will be reopened as soon as some of the necessary repairs are made.
 Grant Bullock, after spending sev- eral weeks here visiting his sister, Mrs. Lou Hegg, and recovering from an operation for appendicitis, returned today to his work at Kennecott.
 A dozen or more of the tourists who came in from Fairbanks on the last train, and have been staying at the Windsor, left at nine o'clock this morning on Captain Raleigh Davis's boat, St. Martin, for Johnston Point to see the salmon traps brailed.
 The freighter Cordova is in port, having arrived from Nome and St. Michael At the latter place it loaded 5000 cases of salmon for the Car lis1e Packing Company and some ma
The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-10

chinery of the Yukon Dredge Com pany.
 A good crowd is expected tonight at Eagle hall-A nice, cool evening to enjoy dancing Better be there.
 Mrs. w. J. Crooker is returning home on the steamer Northwestern, which sailed from Seattle this morn ing, after pleasant visit with friends in the states.
 The work of building boulevard around Eyak lake is progressing very satisfactorily. MT. Allen has a com plete construction camp near the com pany cemetery and with an exper- fenced crew of ten men, is completing one hundred feet of the roadway day. MT. Allen served in the European war from 1914 to 1918 with the Canadians and is one of twenty-seven members of his battalion who returned. He was severly wounded at Ypres, France and is in the possessor of a certificate of honor signed by King George.
 For weeks past Scoutmaster David Czerwenka has been keeping score of his scouts in a>eontest based upon such items as prompt and regular at, tendance at the Friday night meet ings, building of bird houses, wear ing uniform to meetings, refraining from the use of tobacco and unclean speech, etc. Last night the averages were calculated and tabulated in order Four of the scouts showed a rating decidely higher than the rest of the troop Their names, with their scores, are as follows: William Nc Gowan, 37.25; Raymond Johnson, 34. 16; Waldo Walker, 33.75; Matt O. Loughlen, 32.64
 Promptly at 9 o'clock last evening the freighter Skagway docked, bring ing cargo of gasoline, dynamite ant piling. She has 7S,OO0 feet of lumber for Seward and 100000 for the com mission at Anchorage. The piling she brought to Cordova will be used il repairing the ocean dock. Joe Ryan a local diver, put on his submarine overalls yesterday and went down un der the water to investigate the condi tion of the piling. Although the pres ent supports were treated with creo sote to make them less popular roost ing places for barnacles, teredos, etc. it is likely that extensive replacements will be necessary.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-10
TERRITORIAL NOTES

According to election returns re- Fairbanks Theo. Kettleson, Andrew Nerland, P. J. Rickert, and H. H. Ross have received the nomination as candidates for the territorial legis- lature. Joe Smith is just seven votes behind Kettleson. There are few returns yet to be received but it is considered doubtful if they will make any changes in the standing of the several candidates.
 Sister Mary Zeno, who established the St. Ann hospital and Catholic school in Juneau over 35 years ago, and who also established the Catho- lie hospital at Dawson, arrived in Juneau recently on visit accompan- jed by sister Alexandria, assistant general of the St. Ann society. S. J. Weitzmann, one of Haines old- est settlers died suddenly last Satur-
  day from hemOrrhage of the brain. Weitzmann went to Haines over thirty years ago and engaged in the mer- cantile business until less than a year ago. Last fall he promoted a pack ing company to can salmon and the , vegetables of the Chilkat valley in- corporated as the Chilkat Packing Go. Deceased was about 60 years of age.
 Father Allard, who recently ar- rived at Atlin, B. C.. narrowly escap- ed injury and possible death at the hands of Gus Brunich last week, aC- cording to SkagWay advices. Brunich came on the priest as he was talking to Larry O'Connor and Taku Jack, chief of the Allan Indians and tried to draw a revolver from beneath his coat. O'Connor grappled with him and in disarming him sustained a slight cut on the hand from the ham, mer of the gun A knife was also taken from off Brunich. Father AL lard says that Brunichs animosity extends back over a period of ten years when the priest and his sister were missionaries in Atlin. Brunich made himself very objectionable to Miss Allard and the young native girls and was finally forbidden by the police to go into the village.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-10

Cordova Jazz. Orchestra Dance at Eagle Hall on "Wednesday and Satur- day nights. Music by the Ragtme Trio. <N@
The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-10
NOTICE

The men of St. Joseph's Parish are requested to meet at the office of James Galen tomorrow afternoon at 800 o'clock. Important.
 VIM. MCMILLAN, S. J., Pastor
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-07-02
RAIL DECISION is PREDICTED
Government Board Is Expected to An.
nounce New Wage Schedules
For Railroad Workers.

Chicago.-The railway labor board
may hand down its decision fixing q
new wage schedule for all classes OF
railroad workers next week. No date
can be set definitely, however, accord
ing to Judge r. NJ. Barton, chairman
of the board, as reconsideration of the
assembled decisions may delay the
final award for a week or more
Judge Barton denied reports that
the board faced a deadlock because
of the widely divergent opinions OF
tise members representing the roads
and the men. Admitting that there
was natural difference of opinion as
to what increases should be granted,
the chairman said no insurmountable
difficulties had been encountered.
Publication in Washington of the
text of President Wilson's message
asking the board to expedite its award
cleared up the mystery which had
surrounded the te egram, receipt OF
Which had been denied by members
of the board. Judge Barton. after
reading the published text, announced
that the message was sent to him
marked personal and confidential
and that he had therefore withheld ii
from the rest of the board.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-07-02
RAIL DECISION
TO COME JULY 20
JUDGE BARTON, CHAIRMAN OF
BOARD, GIVES INFORMATION
TO ALLAY UNREST.
PROBABLE MEN WILL WAIT
Head of Brotherhood of Railway Train
men Declares the Men Would
Have Quit Work at Mid
night Saturday.

Chicago decision on the de
mands of railroad employees for wage
increases will be made on or before
July 20 by the Railway Labor Board
Judge R. NJ. Barton, chairman. said
in statement. The award would be
retroactive to May |, the statement
SAID.
According to w. G. Lee. president
OF the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and spokesman for union leaders,
who gathered here. the boards declara-
! ton would end all danger OF general
strike.
Mr. Lee said that secret plans had
been made by a disaffocted union eie-
ment TO spread the strike throughout
the ccr7trT because of the continued
delay in announcing The wage ruling
The men would hive quit 1t mid
night Saturday" Mr.. Lea said 1T
was impossible to hold them longer.
Men of my organization have been
waiting patiently for nearly a year
The railway boards statement de-
clared that an agreement on a method
OF working out the wage problems
has been arrived at and that NJ time
would be lost in reaching a conclu-
sion.
Lee and other representatives of the
organized railroad brotherhoOds who
met here to discuss the railroad wage
situation, said there was no doubt the
men would be satisfied with tho prom
ise Of a decision to relieve their inn
patience.
We came here TO prevent a strike.
and at the same time to obtain full
satisfaction for the men" Timothy
Shea. president of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen. said in COM
menting On the boards announce
ment
I'VE have held our men back for
three months, ever s,nce the outlaw
strikes began. We have lost 10000
men by revoking charters of unions
which called waIkouts. Wen not hold
the others another week, if the board
had not promised Us to announce its
decision in the immediate future.
The biggest walkouts have been in
the east. where the outlaw unions
have no organization. Definite an
nounoement 10 show they viii get a
wage Increase dating from May 1. and
not later than July &c, viii do much
to prevent a general strike of the
lines"
But the board would have done
much better to have PROMISED a de
cision before July I. Three weeks .
and a half is a long time TO wait in
the present impa5ien, temper of the /.
men"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-07-02
BIG PURCHASE OF
SUGAR EXPLAINED
GOVERNMENT WILL OVERSEE DIS
TRI5UTIoN OF $4,000 TONS
SECURED.
1T COMES FROM ARGENTINA
Upon Arrival in New York, the Sugar
VIII Be Distributed BY Govern
mental Agencies to Essen
tiaI Industries.

Washington.-Howard Figg, specia
stated that the 1900 tons of sugar
which Argentina has permitted to &c
exported to the United States was
purchased under the direction of the
L apartment Of Justice and representa-
lions made by the State Department
to President Irigoyen that the same
was purchased and would be distrib
uted under the direction of govern.
ment agencies.
Mr.. Figg's statement was issued
after he had read an Associated Press
dispatch from Buenos Aires saying
Argentine government officials had
been surprised by his previous state
ment that the only connection the
American government had with the
purchase was to designate the pur.
chasing company and to obtain the
permit for the expectation of the
sugar.
The purchase, Mr. Figg said. was
made by an American trading com
pany
The American trading company
with the assurance of the Department
of Justice that a permit would be is.
sued for the expectation of certain
sugars entered the Argentine market
and purchased these sugars at the
prevailing market prices Mr.. Figg
said. When 1000 tons had been Sc.
cured formal request was made for
permits to export In the meantime.
a decree providing cerain restrictions
had been issued by the Argentine gov.
eminent. When proper representa-
lions were made to President ri
goyen for the issuance OF the permit
he consented to do so on the assurance
that the sugars were for distribution
by the Department of Justice and not
by private American in.
terests
'On arrival in New York this sugar
VIII be distributed by the United
States, to essential industries and
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-07-02
SLANG IN CLASSIC
Pages Of CeFvantes Fun CT Gel,
l0quiaIiSmS.
Variety Of Terms BY Many Tboa-bt t-
Be Modern Can Be Found
Don ouixote" and III "a
beIaisf Works.

They now spurred ou toward the
Inn, and soon overlook en- rHe rad
a young fellow. beating It on the haaf
pretty leisurely" "N0. mo. f shan
never be said of me. the eaten bread
Is forgotten. or that I Thought Ed
working for a dead horse. beeaL~e
am paid in advance" Extracts from
a recent western noveI2 BY n0 means 3
quotations from "a world classic writ
ten 400 years ago.
/ In recent reading ~ "Don oulz-
/ ote" I have been struck by the fact
, that IL Is a vast StorehouSe 81 what
we fondly believe to be American
slang. And this is not BY any twist
ing Of the sense: the terms are used
strictly in their modern siEu I6cance
It IS true that I do not read the book
In fits original tongue. but the trans
lation is that of Peter Anthony Not
teauX, and was made more tbau 300
years ago. 81 that it has fair de-
gree of antiquity This HuEueuot
merchant who settled in London after
the revocation of the Edict of Nantes
picked up a remarkable knowfeaEe ct
hOmely. idiomauc English. anal bis
language is always raCy of the soil
Take it from me. y0u wif I1~e
your labor" says the Knight af the
SOrrOwful (not RuefuI or WaeHI lH
Motteaux) CounJenace To Donna EnF-
riguez. and this Is one ~ his [aErrfre
phrases. 81 had a mind ra cabbage
some of his cloth" coufes<e~ rhe tailor
brought before Saucho as governor rE
his island of Barotaria far iHHmerr-
When AltiSjdor0 sang her uers Sare-
made to the incorruptihle aaG uHg.H-E-
ing knight. she declared herself L ~E.--
gin pullet.~ tender chicken aHa
thought that Dulcinea "VeH maE bras
of such "a Kid" u had ue- cared
pin though She had died IS the pins.
was Sancho'S philosophy. HI h- he-s
his master not TO die merely ~ fhe
mulligruhs.
The squire complains that he had
been ''rihroasted bv above fHer lar-
dred Moors.s and admitted fhar r was
not for "Such scrubs as myself" Er le
mentioned The same day WIrh sn.zErs-
errant.
Although by his own admission q
mere clown. Sancho says II Euow
what's what. and have ALWAYS taken
care of the main chance" Ie tells
his master that The latter ~had the
wrong sow by the ear his shelly
cries cupboard :" he IS -roek~are- BIB
believed that the giant ln rle adven-
ture of the wine skins hand -4Hae ta
pot" and he reproached the Knight far
not "going snacks" In his haaHUE~-
One of the galley slaves wou5d have
gone free for % ducarS "-a haEe
creased the recorders fist" The dom
chides his niece that she should epre-
sumo to put in her oar and e-nsure
the histories of kuigh1S-erranr
Motteaux finished Sir Thomas Urgu-
harris partial translation of BahetaIS-
The Frenchman and the doughty Scot
fish cavalier had equal knowledge ar
coloquiaiiSlns AMI where
can one find more racE. pEn-eHr down
right English than in these tVn master
Prank ". Hoyt In New
! Ork Evening Post