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-,-^ KEOWE? COURIER (ESTABLISHEL IMO.) .-^-^=^F=== Published Every Wcunesdoy Morning. 1 - - ? -. -By J ayn es, Shelor, Smith A Steck. Subscription, 91.00 Per Anntun. Advertising Rate? Reasonable. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. , ObKcfcry notices and tributos of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHAIJiA, 8. C.: -1-U^H- ( WfEDNESDAY,JP*gB, 5, 1?08. AMERICA. 70 YEARS AGO. / 1 Ai.' ( >.vi O if .Wipre Very Few of the Modero . Implements in Us? 'Then.' *-J:>;* ^ (Everybody's Magazine.) j , In 183? the American people were iree, but they held In their 'hands the tools of slaves. They had to labor and sweat lu the'flel?s, With the rude implements that had been produced by ages of slavery. For two generations the sickles, flails, and wooden plows, with which they had tried to build up a prosperous republic, had held back agricultural progress. Let us try to reconstruct mentally the American / of those days. Enterprise was not /then a na tional characteristic jptxo few men who dared to suggest /improvements were persecuted as enemies of so ciety. The first iron plows were said to poison the ?oil. The first' railroad was torn up. The first tel egraph wires werejcut. The first sewing machine was smashed. And the first man who sold coal In Phil adelphia was chased from the State as a swindler. Even the railway was a dangerous toy. The telegraph was still a dream in the brain.of Moree. John Deere had not Invented his steel plow, nor Howe his sewing machine, nor Hoe his printing press. There were no stoves nor matches, nor oil lamps. Petroleum was peddled as a medicine ai U a bottle. Iron was $75 a ton. Money was about as re liable as mining stocks are to-day. ' and all the savings In all the banks would' noi now buy the chickens in Iowa. The total expense amounted to no more than we paid last year fordla monds and champagne: Chicago was a twelve family village. There was no West nor Middle West. Not nae grain of wheat had been grown in Minnesota, the Dakotra, Nebraska. Colorado, Kansas, Washington, Ne vada, Idaho, Montana, NeW Mexico, Oregon, Utah,' Arizona, Wyoming, 'Oklahoma, or Texas "Health Coffee" la really the clos est coffee Imitation ever yet pro duced. Th's, the finest coffee ?u; -ti tute c\ar made, has recently been produced by Dr. Shoop, of Racine, Wis. Not a grain of real coffee In il e'C er. Health Coffee is made from p ire toasted cereals, with malt, nu{$. etc. ReaHv lt would fool an oy;/erl -who might drink it for cofoe. No twenty or? thirty minuto?' botl'ng. "Mado In a minute," sa', s the doctor. A P. Crisp. .-'. ??? - LIFE A ERM FOR MURDER. Jury Finds Johnts Beard Guilty with Recommendation to Mercy. Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 29.-Johnts Beard, charged with killing his fa ther-in-law, W. O. Hammond, in Roberts district, Hall county, in the summer of 1904, was this morning at 10 o'clock found guilty of mur der with recommendation to life Im prisonment. 'K-ul Beard was put on trial at the Jan uary, 1908, term of Hall Superior Court for murder. His attorney flied a plea of insanity at that trial, which resulted In Beard being sent to the, State insane asylum. Under tho lav/ which sent Beard to the State asylum three years ago he was to bo rcturnod to Hall coun ty to be tried for murder should he regain his reason. After three years' treatment, Beard was declared by the authorities at Milledgeville as being of sound mind last Novem ber. Accordingly the Hall county authorities were notified, and an of ficer was sent to Milledgeville for him. He was brought to Gaines ville and placed In jail to await his present trial at the present term of the Superior Court. His attorneys flied a plea of in sanity at the present trial, but the Jury decided that he was sane and guilty of murder. Chronic Constipation Cured. One who Buffers from chronic con stipation ls in danger of many seri ous ailments. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures bhronlc constipation, as lt aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels, restoring the natu ral action of these organs. Com mence taking it to-day and you will feel better at once. Orino Laxative Frufc Syrup does not nauseate or grlpo, and ls very pleasant to take. Refute substitutes. Sold by all druggists. TEXA? BUZZARDS IN DEMAND. [Few Carloads Wanted for Shipment 1 to the North. f --- (Ban Antonia Express.) Htnry Fielding, of Bangor, Me., arrived in the oity recently and ls stopping at the Boxar Ho'ol. His mission in the Lone Star State ls to purchase and acquire Texas hussards of /various ages for shipment to Maine for scavenger purposes. He is representing a number of the boairds of trade, chumbers of com merce, business clubs, etc., of Maine cities, which have recently awaken to the fact that the supply of bustards in Maine ls rapidly decreas ing, which is injurious to the rural districts nf Maine. ' Mr. Fielding was Instructed to se lect the most strategic point as a fl headquarters in a section of tho Southwest well populated with the crimson headed creatures, and to be gin operations. Mr. Fielding says lt is a matter of general knowledge that buzzards are thickest in a cattle country, and inquiries by mail and otherwise proved that southwest iexas .s well stocked with what he ls seeking. The shipments will be In carload lots to various points of Maine. Most of them will probably move out of San Antonia, coming here in less than carload lots. How ever, if Mr. Fielding Becures a car load at any particular point In the Southwest the shipment will be made from there. Mr, FieUH admits that his mis sion ls unique and seems strange in community where bunards are plentiful, yet one that can be per fectly appreciated in a community where the sock of buzzards has been almost wholly destroyed. He says the last Legislature in the State of Maine passed stringent laws relat ing to the slaughter ot buzzards, and that during the next two or three years an effort will be made to undo the damage that has been done, and to remedy present, conditions. .?Naturally," said Mr. Fielding, "any one will admit that the buzzard ls a very necessary bird to rural dis* trtcta. He is not only a destroyer of carrion, but he is a great detect ive and calls the attention of many a farmer and ranch owner to the presence of nearby carrion, calcu lated to injure health if not disposed of. We believe that by a general campaign it will be possible to re stock the State of Maine in the course of two or three year?, and believe that the money will be well expended." Plnesalve Carboltzed acts like a poultice, draws out inflammation and poison. Antiseptic, healing. For chapped hands, Hps, cuts, burns. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lun ney, Seneca. Rev. Wardlaw Goes to Goba. (Greenwood Index.) Rev. F. H. Wardlaw, who has re cently been in Florida doing evan gelistic work wi Mi Rev. R. G. Mc Lees, has received notice from the I -Presbyterian church of Chester to prepare to leave for his work in Cuba. Sume time ngo this church agreed to send a missionary to Cuba and selected Mr. Wardlaw. I.J is now asked to take up the work in Cuba. Mr. Wardlaw expects to leave in the course of a few weeks. Mr. Wardlaw has made his home in Greenwood for the past three years, and has become, In the hearts and minds of- many, one of Greenwood'.s Lamlly. He will always he followed hy the prayers and best wishes of many Greenwood people. A Woman's Back Has many aches and pains caused by weaknesses and falling, or other displace ment, of the pelvic organs. Other symp toms of female weakness are frequent headache, dizziness, imaginary specks or dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw ing sensation in stomach, dragging or bearing down In lowor abdominal or pelvic region, disagreeable drains from pelvic organs, faint spells with gonofal weakness. If any considerable number of the above symptoms are present there ls no remedy thea wiKjflve quicker relief or a more per manent ch<o than Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prc^jripMbn^It has a record of over forty years of curb? It ls the most potent mvfgorattng tonic and strengthening pej Vino kno\yn tomedfcals?lenca. It la of the glyccrlc ex tracts-of native m ls made ot the glycerlo extracta" of native medici nal roots fonnd in our forests and con tains not a drop of alcohol or harmful, or habit-forming drugs. Its ingredients are all printed on the bottle-wrapper and at tested under oath SS correct. Every Ingredient entering Into "Fa vorite Proscription" has the writton en dorsement of tpo most ominent modlcal writers of all tue several schools of prac tice-mora valuable than any amount of non-professional testimonials-though tho latter are not treking, having boen con tributed voluntarily by grateful patients in numbers to exceed tho endorsements given to any other medicine extant tor th? cure of woman's Ills. You cannot a fiord to accept any medlctne of unknown composition as a substitute for this well proven remedy or KNOWN courosmoy, even though the dealer may make a little more profil thereby. Tour interest In regaining health ls paramount to any selfish interest of M$ and lt Is au Insult to your Intelligence for him to try to palm off upon you a substituto. You know what you want and lt Is his busi ness to supply the article called for. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the original ?Little Liver Pills" first put up by old Dr. Pierce over forty years ago, much Imitated but never equaled. Llttla sugar-coated granules-easy to take as candy. r Home Treat ment EAT IJEHS-IJI VE LONGER. 'Never Eat Quito aa Mach aa Yow Think You Want." The Romans Bald: "Bat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow you ile." And their banquets quite squalled those of the American mil lionaire of this twentieth century. They ate, and the Roman empire lied. But wo of America choose to live, and live long, ana . live well. \nd so the maxim of to-day ls, "Eat less, and be merry anyhow." Why eat less? Simply because,as \ nation, we eat too much. Thirty rears ago 50 per cent of the diet was neat. To-day lt has diminished to me-third. "Never eat quite as much as you think you want," is the continual advice of a learned physician to the young man who would gladly be a Roman if he could. The person who leads a physically active life needp plenty of energy Dullding food, because each hour hr ises up energy, and nature demands that which will create more energy, tie doesn't require stimulants, most ?specially not In excess, because the urti ftc! al excitement always has an jntoward reacting. But active j-er wns must eat heartily tc keep the jody's machinery well fed. Persona whose work ls dependent >n mental effort, on nerve and tact, >ught not to keep.the engine attire leat. When- the day's work ls end id, then is the demand for the food :o rebuild-for the rest or recrea lon to relax. An individual who returns home :oo tired to eat deprives the body of its need, and also overtaxes the irain, for when the blood has work to do in tho stomach lt leaves the brain, and the brain becomes less ?lort, and, as a matter of course In active. Sleeplessness at night is of ten overcome by a trifling night lunch. More and more among leaders in Itfe is the question of nutrition re delving attention. Rheumatic peo ple learn to. do away with a meat liet resolutely. So great ls the re ief that sweets and other question able, but much-liked, articles of diet toon follow. And while the prohibi tion and restrictions sound hard of practice, persons do it daily, and al ways staydethatho ways say that they don't care. Oddly, Ht is the women who are moro likely :o complain in the beginning. . "Eat to live." It is said that cow boys and men leading a rough life lave the strongest digestion, despite .he varying quality of their fare. Life, generally, is so luxurious to lay that even the digestive organs are saved unnecosseary labor, and predigested foodstuffs, minced pro jettes, and HO forth, lessen dally :he working power of these organs, naking them mor? liable to diseased conditions. And the hospital dis pensaries say that di3eased condi tions increase, and- slight disturb ances are often the beginning of nore serious troubles. "I did not think that you could afford td have appendicitis!" one person exclaimed o another. lt may seem a long stretch to say the food question can effect interna tional politics. Yet, because the la boring classes ot other nations eat ?ess, their living ls cheaper, and they svork without sacrifice for a lower wage than our republican born men. The American laborer ls fond of things fried and of pies. Ho eats heavily during the noon hour, not itopping to realize that he has fed his furnace with non-combustible (tuff, that brings unnecessary effort ipon tho digestive system. The for eigner at his side eats more sensibly -somehow the older nations have earned and not taught-and the for igner is more "flt," more contented. He is teachable, - and his work is at,-*od. Ho costs less money, and, therefore, the international problem. Soothes Itching skin. Hoals cuts or burns without a scar. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, any itching. Doan's Ointment. Your druggist sells it. Death Comes to Cardinal. Paris, Jan. 28.-Francois Benja min Richard, cardinal and archbish op of Paris, died here to-day of con gest ?.on oi the lungs after a short illness, Cardinal Richard was born at Nantes March 1, 18i9, and was made a cardinal in 1889. You naturally woul trouble? wouldn't you? be able to relieve or cu done, by proper use of t the well-known female Jo? Moorhead, of Arch Iba jrour edvk?. 1 gavo bor tho Cart WRITE IS A LETTE BOLD EXPRESS ROBBERY. Masked Men Enter Car and Get Away with Monti*. Mansfield, Ohio, Jan. 81.-Shortly after midnight two masked men en tered the office of the Adams Express Company, at the Union station here, knocked William De pew, agent, un conscious, and got away with $3,000 while nearly fifty passengers stood about the station walting for trains. A bag containing $4,000 in gold, ly ing near the $3,000, was overlooked by the robbers. Telegrams were sent to the police of all the nearby towns, and as a result John McCue and Joseph Ste vens were taken into custody ati New London, Ohio. They had tho sack taken from the express office containing the $3,000. This May Interest You. No one ls immune from kidney trouble, so just remember that Fo ley's Kidney Cure will stop the ir regularities and cure any case of kid ney and bladder trouble that ls not beyond the reach of medicine. Sold by all druggists. Seo* 4 Moonshining In Georgia. Augusta, Jan. 29.-A peculiar de relopment of thc State prohibition law has beon its effect upon the office of the Deputy 'United States Marshal. Report froii that office to day ls to the ep^ct that there bas not been a moonsb!ae raid since the tl rut of Januarv. Mr. Murray says the country people all over this dis trict seem lo be far more afraid ot the Georgia prohibition law than' j they are of the internal revenue law More proof that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound save? woman from surgical operations. Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner, Maine, writes : "I was a great Bufferer from female troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound restored me to health in three months, after my physician declared that an operation was abso lutely necessary." Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley bourne Ave.. Chicago, 111., writes : 'I suffered from female troubles, a tumor and much inflammation. Two of the best doctors in Chicago decided that an operation was ne cessa ry to save my life. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetabhj Compound entirely cured me without an operation." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positi vely cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, E?riedle i mi n.s, backache, tnat bear ig-down feeling, flatulenoy,indigcs tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick mmuii tu wi i if ii ?i foi advice. I-She has guided thousands to health? Address, Lynn, Mass. Bristol Has 9100,000 Fire. Bristol, Tenn., Jan. 30.-An en tire business block in the town of Big Stone Oap, Va., was wiped out by fire this morning. The loss ls es timated at over $100,000. Tho in surance is less than half that amount. The buildings burned are Hotel Eugene, Goodloe Brothers, John Willis's general store, the Mann grocery, Ambergos's Jewelry store, Kelly's drug store, the Ayers building, Western Union office and the Southern Express office. Will cure any case beyond the reach of i ? prefer to treat yourself at hon Wei!, it can be done* No rei ire your svtrerinpr; ?s thousanc he Cardul home treatment ? tonic _ For sale at all dragster kLlT.. wrttesi "My wita iul HotxjeTregtme^iind che hardiy SHIPB THAT NEVER RETURN. "Legion of the I jost Ones" la Much Greater than Supposed. The tolling of ihe Lut'ne's bell, at Lloyd's, London, tor a missing ve.?el SB large as the steampship Nicara guan .* fortunately a rare cv?nt; but "the legion of the lost ones" lu prob ably a much larger one than the pub lic know. Last year, for instance, 17 British and 14 foreign vessels were posted as missing, the passengers and crews totalling 1,000. The year 188:? was a record year, 147 sailing vessels and 35 steamers being posted; 2,000 pas sengers and crew went with that huge fleet. The Nicaraguan is not the first steamer to vanish this year, either, for lt ?vas only recently that hope was abandoned ot the fine steamer Dulverton. !" Tendency Toward Mysteries. Naturally, the "missings" tend to decrease in number amongst steam ers, Owing to improved methods of construction and increase in individ ual tonnage, but sailing vessels have the same tendency as ever to become mysteries. There ls every year amongst the "missings" a number of ancient Scandinavian craft, and the Vest country schooners which take salt to, Newfoundland and come back with' fish, to ewell the grim total. A board of trade inquiry is always held, to look for more or less proba ble reasons for a mysterious disap pearance. But, obviously, lt is sel dom that any definite verdict is ar rived at. "Though," added the un derwriter, "the reason for the disap pearance ls often obvious enough to a plain man, only some people are so sensitive that one has to be careful of one's words. And, you see, n such cases one can hardly get proof positive of negligence." Though absolute proof can never be got, it is morally certain that some vessels ' have vanished because a light load-line ia not insisted on, as is the Plimsoll mark to prevent overloading. That reason accounts for a host of missing sailing vessels. They were underballasted and turn ed bottom up. Excessive Deck Loads. Then there ls no doubt that exces sive (but not illegal) il eek load s of timber have caused many steamers to disappear in the winter in the At lantic. But in a large number of cases the niissin- vessel will always remain a mystei. . It is hard to account for the loss of Buch a une liner as the White Star Naronlc, ip February, 1893. She was of the company's cargo fleet, a steel screw steamer of 6,500 ions, nearly new, well-equip ped, and well manned. No excep tionally bad weather in the Atlantic was reported that February; no ice bergs were reported on the usual routes, and there does not appear to have been any collision with another vessel; yet she vanished, all that re mained for evidence being two life boats floating bottom up. In 1802 the Allah liner Huronlan, equally well found, on a voyage from Glasgow to St. John's, vanishod like wise. The cargo which hte missing liner Nicaragua was carrying was ono of phosphate. It is now thought proba ble, though it is not known definite ly, that she had passengers on board. Inquiries have been made by a Liv erpool gentleman for a brother whom he believed to be on the steam er as a passenger. Her accommoda tion was for 30 passengers. "I suffered habitually from consti pation. Doan's Reg?lete relieved and strengthened the bowels, so that they have been regular ever since." -A. E. Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Rogues in Office. . - (Washington Herald.) Jail 'em And ball 'em v mi Jail 'em once more, Queer 'era And Jeer 'era And yell for their gore. Fight 'em Indict 'em Pile fine upon flne, Chase 'em Disgrace 'em, They never resign. Roast 'em And post 'em Aloft and alow, Soak 'om And poke 'em Wherever they go. Rile 'em And bile 'em They whimper and whine, But never Will ever A rascal resign! I RINGS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Rellftv* Indigestion ?nd Stomach Trouble*. of Kidney or Bladder Dis nedicine. No medicine can SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. WWII ll.11 Mil IKBMfflfc?! ie? for any form of female ison why you should not Is of other women have segln by taking r years from female troubT*. On Mtf?f9at?!L" SoMfeydruggUAt. ??j?Booa;SV^?MkM. Vtrmtmt Aiattoal WORXiD'S GREATV-.S A' WEDD?NO. Over Twenty loousanus Persons Mar ried by One Ceremony. The biggest wedding ever known to history waa when Alexander the Great and over 10,000 of his soldiers took part in a wedding in tbe court of Darias, king of Persia, after the latter's conquest by Alexander. Twenty thousand, two hundred and two persons were made husbands and wives in one ceremony. The facts are these, says the Chi cago Tribune: After conquering King Darius, Alexander determined to wed Statiro, daughter of the conquered king, and Issued a decree that on that occasion 100 of his chief officers should marry i00 women from the noblest Persian and Medean families. He further stipulated that 10,000 of his Greek soldiers should take to wife 10,000 Asiatio women. For this purpose a vast pavllllon was erected, the pillars being sixty feet high. One hundred gorgeous chambers adjoined this for tho 100 noble bridegrooms, whilo for the 10,000 soldiers an outer court was enclosed. Outside of this tables were spread for the multitude. Each pair had seats and ranged themselves in a semi-circle round the royal throne. As lt would have taken several weeks for the few priests to have married thh. vast number of couples had the ceremony been per I formed in the ordinary way, Alexan I der Invented a simple way out of the difficulty. He gave his hand to Sta I tiro and kissed her, and all the re maining bridegrooms did the same i to the women beside them, and thus ended the ceremony that united the greatest number of people at one time ever known. Then occurred a five days' festival, which for grandeur and magnificence never has since been equaled. Stop That Cold To check early ookU or Gripp? with "Praventies" meaos sure defeat for Pneumonia. To stop a cold with PT?T?AUOI ia salar than to la? lt mo and ba obliged to eur? lt afterwards. To be buns. Pro vaamc* win eura avon a deeaty Seated cold, but b&oTtteUfe ac fe&sfes That's why they ar? callad Prarentlc?. \ Fror end ca ara 1 KU. e ?aad y Cold Corea. No Quin, ino. no phrslc, nothing sickening. Nice for tn* chi HyT you sno?e?iiyouacheiuoTorAhtaiof rieren ?os. Prom Pineas saar ulm save half roar , And doo'* forgot roar child. it ihn*?*, night or day. Herein p r?b ennos' greatest efficiency. Sold In PreYonUos' greatest efficiency. Sold... for the pocket, alto In 25e boxes of 4ft a. Insist on your druggist* giving you Seventies J. W. BELL. A halal Austrian Flag. (Baltimore Sun.) Once there was an epldemio of plague at Odessa, In RUSBIS, which lasted more than a year. It had a most remarkable origin, being due to a fatal flag. An Austrian vessel' ar rived at Odessa, bringing one of the crew who had died during the voy age. The sailor was duly interred in the Catholic cemetery at the port, i and at the funeral the Austrian flag was carried by two seamen. On their way back to the vessel the men entered a great number of sa loons and laid down the flag while I drinking. A very short time after ward the sailors who had carried the flag died, and before long lt was found that people were ill in all the houses where the men had called with the fatal flag. Soon the plague spread through out Odessa, filling all with terror and claiming a frightful toll. There is no doubt that the flag contained the plague bacilli in the folds, and so spread the disease. OAMTOIlXAi Bean th? sf ^ KM You Haw Alwaja 8ontt Anna Gould CominK to United States Paris, Jan. 30.-The Gliblas says that Mme. Anna Gould Intends to sell her property In Paris and vc turn to New York. This dei ir/.:,, i was determined upon because of the I notoriety attending her alleged en gagement to Prince Helle de Sagan, ?who was attacked in the stree/, re cently by her former husband oount ml.* Cures Backache Correcta Irregularities Do not riaV having jease not Bright's Disease do more? or Piabetes