Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, June 03, 1908, Image 2
PYTHIAN GUANI) OFFICER*.
JJ. S. Mut t ison Elected Grand Chan
cellor--Next Meeting at Charleston.
Aiken, May 27.-The convention
of the Grand Lodge Knights of
Pythias convened at 10 o'clock this
morning. After disposing of some
minor matters the election of offi
cers was then entered upon, with
the following result:
Grand Chancellor, L. S. Mattlson,
Columbia. ?*"?
Grand Vice Chancellor, A. G.Rem
bert, Spartanburg.
Grand Prelate, J. Walter Doar,
Georgetown.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal,
C. D. Brown, Abbeville.
Grand Master of Exchequer, Wil
son G. Harvey, Charleston.
Grand Master-at-Arms, J. W King,
Columbia.
Grand Inner Guard, J. Llgon
Reeves, North.
Grand Outer Guard, H. J. Coning
ham, Dillon.
After some discussion, Charleston
waB chosen as the next meeting
place.
The library movement was then
discussed. Talks were made advo
cating placing and providing read
ing rooms for local lodger lt. was
reported to the Grand Lodge that
good progress was being made in the
movement. The library committee
was requested to prepare a program
for discussion at the regular semi
annual meeting of the various dis
trict conventions. This matter ls
considered a very important ont; and
received careful attention.
The convention came to order this
afternoon at 3 o'clock kn regard to
the >Ti*i LL.-?* of erecting a monument
In memo.y of the late Grand Keeper
of Records and Seal, Dr* J. H. Thorn
well. A committee composed of M.
L. Bonham, B. A. Morgan and Ed
mund Bacon, Pa?t Grand Chancel
lors,, was appointed to prepare reso
lutions of respect to the memory of
Dr. Thornwell. and a committee of
five was appointed to raise hy such
menns as may seem advisable to
them a fund to erect a monument
to the late officer. The disposition
of this fund will be determined at
the next annual convention of the
Grand Lodge. The committee was
also requested to make recommenda
tions as to a monument and report
at the next meeting.
The committee on the State of the
order reported that the usefulness of
the Pythian organ, The South Caro
lina Pythian, had been Impressed
upon the lodges and the members of
the Grand Lodge individually and
commended the editor, E. H. Aull,
and recommended the continuance
of the publication together with the
recommendation of the hoard of pub
lication. The rei>ort was adopted
and the paper will be continued with
an increase tn th?4 salary of the edi
tor.
This afternoon the newly elected
officers were installed, after which
the convention adjourned after a
very successful session.
Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. Dr. Thomas'
Eclectrlc Oil instantly relieves the
pain-quickly cures the wound.
Not Much for Formalities.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
surprised his friends during the Con
ference of Governors, recently held
in Washington, by appearing on the
platform on the day he presided,
stunningly arrayed in a frock coat,
striped trousers, patent leatner shoes
and a shock to simple Democracy
silk stockings.
When Governor Johnson arrived
in Washington, he wore his comfort
able and now famous green suit, tan
tie and other light articles of wear
ing apparel. When President Roose
velt Invited him to preside at a ses
sion, he thought lt was time to aban
don, for the time being, his com
fortable clothing. As soon as the
day's session was over, Covernor
Johnson hurried to bia hotrt, donned
his green suit and heave j a sigh of
relief. He Is not much for to. mall
ties.
A man who is in perfect health, BO
he can do an honest day's work when
necessary, has much for which he
should be thankful. L. C. Rodgers,
of Branchton, Pa., writes that he was
not only unable to work, but he
couldn't stoop over to tie his own
shoes. Six bottles of Foley's Kidney
Cure made a new man of him. He
says, "Success to Foley's Kidney
Cure." Sold by all druggists.
I tam and Horses Burned at Piedmont
Piedmont, May 29.-The barn of
Ernest Gresham was burned here
Wednesday. Five horses perished in
the flames, and two of them were
especially valuable-ene belonging
to J. E. Richie and tho other to Erd
est Gresham. Both horses were con
sidered the finest that had ever been
In or about Piedmont. Two o? the
other horses burned were ones leased
to R. F. D. carriers, while the fifth
one was used In the carrying of thc
mall from the depot to the post office.
HOL? COTTON FOR MINIMUM.
Nothing to Lose by Holding mid
Much to He Gained.
Cotton has advanced $7.50 per
bale in ten days, and if we will hold
to it, and not be influenced to sell,
it will in the next ten days make the
same advance, and the minimum will
be reached. Remember the 1907
crop is 4,500,000 bales short. This
make? cotton scarce, not enough for
consumption. Cvop conditions the
lowest In twenty years.
On the 24th Texas and Oklahoma
were visited by the most destructive
Hood that has ever been known.
On May 10th our National Presi
dent, C. S. Barrett, issued a circular
letter asking the Union men to plow
up 10 per cent of the cotton planted
and put it in food crops. One million
acres have been reported plowed up.
This looks af? if the boys mean busi
ness and will stand behind their
guns.
Do not listen to those who tell
you to sell, it ls going lower, when
they know lt will go upward during
June.
Do not forget that corn is $1.10
per bushel and plenty of time t^
plant yet. Well-filled corn cribs and
smokehouses will always make cot
ton bring the minimum price.
Both the European and American
mills ure about out of cotton, so hold
to your spots and get the minimum'
price. ' B. Harris,
State President. ^
Pendleton, May 26, 1908.
"Health Coffee" Is really the clos
est coffee imitation ever yet pro
duced. This clever coffee substitute
was recently produced by Dr. Shoop,
of Racine, Wis. Not a grain of real
coffee in it either. Dr. Shoop's
Health Coffee is made from pure
toasted grains, with malt, nuts. etc.
Really lt would fool an expert-who
might drink it for coffee. No 20 or
30 minutes tedious boiling. "Made
in a minute," says the doctor. Sold
by A. P. Crisp.
Starting a Criminal Factory.
(Atlanta Georgian, 29th.)
The usual dally monotony of the
city stockade was relieved for a few
minutes Wednesday afternoon, when
a great crowd of prisoners gathered
to witness the marriage of Isaac Ha
ley, one of the negro prisoners.
His bride made all of the arrange
ments for the ceremony and went
out to the prison in company with
the negro minister. Haley still has
thirty days to serve, but his bride
said she would patiently await his
release.
After the happy prisoner had kissed
his bride and she started hack to the
city with the minister, the negro wo
men prisoners present sang "(?od he
with you till we meet again."
HELPFUL
ADVICE
Yon won't tell your fantily doctor
the whole story ahont your private
iUnens - you are too modest. You
need not r>e afraid to tell Mrs. l*ink
ham, at Lynn, Mass., the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
lotter will be held in the strictestcon
lidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
fained the very knowledge that will
?lp your case. Such letters a? the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es
tablish l>eyond a doubt the power of
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman lt. Jiu mdt, of Allen
town, Pa., writes :
11 Ever ai noe I WM ai steen years of
age I had Buffered from aa organic de
rangement and female weakDea? j ia
con sequen oe I bad dreadful headache?
.nd wa* extremely nerTOUR. My physi
cian seid I must go through an opera
tion to get welL A friend told me
.bout Lydia E. Pinkham*e Vegetable
Compound, and I took kt and wrote yo?
for .drice, following your directions
carefully, and thank? to you I am to
day a well woman, and I aaa telling
ail my friends of my experience."
.TACTS ron ?ICK WOMEN.
For thirty rears Lydia K Fink
hai.i ? vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy tqt female ills,
and has positively ou rod thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizzines8,ornervouspro8tration.
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I.oss AND GAIN.
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The departure of the companions
of our childhood is loss irreparable.
Fortune may scatter the pearl of pure
friendship all along a life path. Even
the aged have won utterly the heart
of the young. It was wrinkled, gray
headed Naomi who grappled to ber
soul the sweet spirit of Ruth, so
strongly that in the crisis-hour the
warm-hearted young woman said,
"Entreat me not to leave th.ee, or to
return from following after thee; for
whither thou goest I will go, and
where thou lodgest. I will lodge; thy
people shall be my people, and thy
God my God; where thou dlest 1 will
die, and there will be burled." Let
no one mistake. The power of form
ing Arm friendship continues in true
hearted, tender people to age and
feebleness extreme. Yet the loss of
our early companions ls beyond mea
sure. It ends the sympathy and sup
port that began In boyhood and that
lasted through all vicissitudes till
the faithful heart ceased to beat. It
ends the outgo of the self-same sym
pathy and support to our friend that
he gave us. It is like tearing off an
arm on which we loved to lean or the
taking away of one that loved to lean
on us. It banishes sunshine from
life, cheer from the heart, balm irorn
spirit. Ah, there are no wordt to
tell it.
Yet th*?re is compensation. The
departure of a true and tried friend
teaches lessons of life that lt is gain
to learn. We turn away from the
grave of one so missed and mourn.
When a life-long friend falls on sleep,
one more has vindicated manhood,
womanhood. And what an inspira
tion is the flawless record of a faith
ful friend! The unsullied memories
remain. We can recall the earliest
associations, when hand in hand we
wandered over the hills, through the
villages. Sometimes the words of
childhood come back, the strange
ideas of life, the curious opinions of
men, the high purpose for the future.
They were but visions-dreams-buf
they always meant something good,
never anything selfish or mean. The
very plays of those days, When we and
the world were all young, are roraem.
bered-the miniature farms framed
on the roadside and people with tiny
.scraps that stood for lowing herds or
neighing steed. We build them again
in fancy and the heart ls young for a
moment. The little experiences rise
up, the flight from vicious bird or
beast, the overflowing rivulets cross
ed, the dangers faced and difficulties
overcome. Intermingled with them
ls the fact that the child was true to
us, and we are true to him.
Later scenes return. The school
days and their trials,the boyish strug
gles, In all of which the two were as
one-the very sports ask remem
brance. The life of young manhood,
of maturer days come so vividly that
It were easily possible to repeat the
converse on hard problems. Through
all is the golden thread of unfailing
faithfulness. '
lt Is the character that was reveal
ed and so lifted all from common
place into value. And such charac
ter goes into the most sacred place
of the soul to dwell there while life
and being continue.
It helps one to stop occasionally
and let his memory run back to child
hood, when a bare-foot boy, playing
In the brook, as the c?ws came home
from the meadow. So many happy
associations cluster about those good
old days, and the dear friends that
have long since gone to the great
beyond; and then the dear old home
where we were reared. Home! that
is a charmed word; lt calls up un
told melody, the laughter of children,
the sound of well-known footsteps,
and the voices of undying affections.
I see In the word the suggestion of
boyhood and girlhood days, and the
shadow of tender sorrows, and the re
flection of ten thousand fond memo
ries. Home! It seems to rise and
sparkle, and weep, and whisper, and
thunder, and pray, lt twinkles like
a star; it springs up like a fountain;
lt thrills like a song; lt leaps like a
flame; glows like a sunset; sings like
an angel.
And If the word Home should be
cast from the language, the children
would cover lt with garlands of wild
flowers; the wealthy would hide lt
under their diamonds and pearls, and
kings would hide lt undor their
crowns, and some bright warm day
it would flash from among the gems,
and breathe from among the flowers,
and the world would read lt, bright
and fair and beautiful, and resonant
as before-Home! Home! Home!
J. Russell Wright.
Walhalla, S. C.
The Pessimist and Optimist.
'Twixt optimist and pessimist
The difference ls droll
The optimist sees the doughnut,
The pessimist th? hole.
W. S. Brown, of Lancaster, a trav
eling man, was almost suffocated by
gas at Wright's Hotel, in Columbia,
one day last week. His life was
saved by hard work.
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910,000,000 LOSS TO HOADS.
420 Miles of Track and 43. Bridge*
Washed Away.
Galveston, Texas, May 28.-To the
railroads the present floods are the
most destructive iii the history of
Texas. The railroads estimate their
damuge at between $10,000,000 and
$12,000,000. The estimated amount
of track washed away is 420 miles.
Thirty bridges have been destroyed
and forty-three damaged. Orders for
2,000,000 new ties, 6,000,000 feet of
bridge Umber, and 4 80 tons of bridge
metal have been placed. Fifteen lo
comotives were wrecked and thirty
nine damaged, while 300 freight cars
were damaged. Freight depots,
round houses and car shops suffered
damage aggregating over $2,000,
000.
Dallas is still isolated as far as
railroad communication ls concerned.
Thieves are pillaging flooded homes
and more than a hundred extra offi
cers are on duty.
Otho Elliott was thrown from his
horse into a raging stream near
Brownwood yesterday and drowned.
Ernest Staetler and Wade Owens, two
14-year-old boys, were caught In the
flood of the Brazos river near Wi
chita Falls and drowned. Fourteen
year-old George Burns was caught In
an overflowed creek, near Calorado,
Texas, and lost his life.
Arkansas River Overflows.
Memphis, Tenn., May 28-The.Ar
kansas river has overflowed its banks
and heavy damage is being done In
the low lying country on both sides
of the stream. Crops have beon
washed out of the ground, houses
washed away and buildings under
mined. The tributaries of the river
are upon a rampage and the mone
tary loss will be heavy from this
source. Planters living in the low
lands are fleeing to high ground with
the'r families.
Constipation causes headache, nau
sea, dizziness, languor, heart palpi
tation. Drastic physics gripe, sicken
and weaken the bowels, and don't
cure. Donn's Reg?lete act gently and
cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask
your druggist.
Admiral Crowlnshleld Dead.
Philadelphia, May 27.-Admiral
A. S. Crowlnshleld, United States
Navy, retired, died at the Episcopal
Hospital here to-day. The admiral
had been at the hospital for about a
month, and an operation was per
formed on him for an affliction of
tile nose. He never fully recovered
from the shock of the operation.
Cloth
FOP r
Attractive Hats and G
Hats from $1 to $4. Men'
Caps from J0c. to $1.
Men's Fancy Vests, pi
Best 50c and $1 Shirt
Hosiery, Suspenders a
Best $10, $12.50 and $
Try buying your gooc
We sell everything in
correct prices, with an iron
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CORT!
?SHIN
are just the covering needed :
they're fire-proof, storm-proc
long; "as the b??d?ng ?tVclf-c<
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NORTH CAROLINA IS NOW "DR?T.'
Returns Indicate that ProItfbUiouiata
Have Won by 12,1 J ts.
Raleigh, N. C., May 28.-The re
turns of the election for State prohi
bition as received by' the' N?wfl and
Observer office and at State prohib?*
tlon headquarters place the majority
for* prohibition at 42.948, figures that
are expected to vary but slightly
from the offlc'al returns. The re
turns show that 77 counties gave ma
jorities for prohibition and 21 were
against it. The greatest majority
was given by Buncombe county, In
which the prohibition forces won by
?1,681 majority;
this popular remedy never fail* to
effectually cure
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick
Headache, Biliousness
And ALL DISEASES arising from a
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion
The natural result is good appetite
and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant
ly sugar coated and easy to swallow.
Take No Substitute..
Engineer Killed hy Woman.
Roanoke, Va., May 28.-William
H. Simpson, a well known locomo
tive engineer, was shot and killed
by Sadie Butler, formerly of Lynch
burg, Va., who Immediately drank
a bottle of carbolic acid and died In
a few minutes.
The woman was madly in love
with Simpson. She had often declar
ed that she intended killing both
herself and him.
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y/IEN AND I
aps for Men and Boys in all styli
s Straws and Panamas, from 1
4etty lot to select from; prices $1
s, cut full and roomy, pretty patt
nd Underwear, correct styles anc
>J5 Men's Suits, in many styles?
is here and you are guaranteed z
Men's and Ladies' wear and \
clad guarantee to please every o
RESOLVED "1
?THEY ALWh\YsJr\RcWI
JETS AT THOSE WHO'
IA/EL-L DRESSED,
z WELL DRESSED Go
HE PLACE" WHERE
< KNOW HOW.TO,
DP/^YOU WELL.
BUSTER,
for country buildings, because
>f, easy to put on, and last as
>me in and sec them.
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MJKK UKUNKON $5,0O0 SHORT.
Examination of Hooks Shows Flor
ence I la M k Cashier was Behind.
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Florence, May 28.-Tne officials of
the Rank of Florence gave out ?no
\?&r'statement jTiicsdky morning in
Irmgard to the' ly?e Brunson affair.
After going'overas'books very care
fully they nave found a shortage of
15,000. They have not yet finished
their work on his books, but it is
not thought that the shortage will
exceed this amount. The officials
state that be did hot carry all of this
amount with him at the time, as that
much in cash would have been miss
ed from the vault. The idea seems
to be that this amount was taken in
small sums.
When the statement was given out
that there was a shortage In Bron
son's accounts, his father, Judge W.
A. Brimson, and the other relatives
promptly made good the shortagA^
and nny other that may be found,
thus obviating any prosecution of his
bond.
Frunk Hunter Found Not Guilty.
Valdosta, Ga., May 28.-Frank
Hunter, who shot and killed Frank
Wilson on April 30th in a quarrel
over politics, was found not guilty
by the jury last night, after remain
ing out several hours. Hunter in
troduced witnesses to show that Wil
son was advancing on him with a .
knife when he fired. The State also
introduced witnesses to rebut this,
but the Jury gave him-the benefit
of the clash In testimony.
ToniA?
The Kind You Haw Always
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J Hats
BOYS
ss, best values. Men's Felt
10c. to $5. Boys' Hats and
.CO, $2 ana $2.50.
erns and good values.
1 attractive prices. ff^
igainst disappointments,
louse Furnishing Goods at
ustomer or money back.
May is upon us. Have you
not already waited too long to
prepare for Spring and Sum
mer. You have seen the
crowds in our store, does not
S
that tell you that the choice
tilings for the season are fast
disappearing. Remember, the
sooner you get your new
things the longer you will
have to enjoy thom, and can
anything give you more joy
than wearing attractive ap
parel . il
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