Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DEATH COMES TO T. C. MARTIN. Father of Supt. O. D. Martiu Passes Away in Plckens County. A Anderson, June 3.-A telegram ?ras received in the city to aa y an nouncing the death of Thomas C. Martin, which occurred suddenly at the home of his step-daughter, Mrs. L. T. Earle, in Plckens county, this morning. Mr. Martin was a native of Ander son county, and was born January 1, 1830. He taught school in the coun ty for several years during hts young manhood. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as a private in Company D, in Col. Sloan's regiment, sand was afterwards promoted to Peutenant. He was a gallant Boldier and was desperately wounded in bat tle. After the war he moved to Plckens county and lived there until 1899, when he moved to Greenville. He was always actively interested in public affairs, but was never a can didate for ofhce but once, when he was prevailed upon to offer for the position of county commissioner for Plckens county, and he headed the ticket. He was for many years a deacon in the Baptist church, and also superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. Martin is survived by three sons, B. F. Martin, of this city; O. B. Martin, of Columbia, Stat? Su-w perintendent of Education, and F. H. Martin. CONVICTED IN NORTH CAROLINA t. Ye?gllien who were Captured by Cit izens of South Carolina. Raleigh, N. C., June 4.- T'ie triul of Leonard, Williams, Scanlon, Show and Hallan, for the robbery of the postofilce at Dunn, N. C., on Decem ber 2i;th last, was concluded here this afternoon at 5.3u o'clock, resulting in the conviction of all five men, sen tencea of five yearB and fines of five hundred dollars being Imposed upon each. The Jury was out Just twenty min utes. The trial was begun at ll o'clock on Tuesday morning, and 50 witnesses were examined for the gov ernment, while there was none for the defendants. These mon had ope rated in several Southern States, and some of them had already begun the serving of sentences. Say Mrs. Outness Lives. Chicago, June 4.-A dispatch to The Record-Herald from LaPorte, Ind., says: Herman W. Worden, ot counsel for Ray Lamphere, held on a charge of murdering Mrs. Guiness and her three children by setting fire to their home, in a statement Sunday indi cated hat the defense would make ,i determined effort to prove that Mrs. Guineas ls alive "We have every reason to believe that she is alive," said Mr. Worden. "I expect letters to-morrow which will Indicate the readiness of the man who received a letter from Mrs. Gui ness as late as May 4th to come to LaPorte to prove the fact." Perfectly Legitimate Expense. ( Farm and Factory. ) The Keowee Courl?r is right about newspaper paid advertising being the mort, legitimate of all legitimate methods for a candidate to use in getting his qualifications and plat form before the people. This paper holds Its columns open to every can didate in that manner, at its regular rates. A six-Inch card In either of the two leading county papers will reach more men in a week than a per sonal tour will see in the whole cam paign, and will not cost more than a horse and buggy for one day. The people read It carefully and study lt because they read their paper when the day's work is ended. Usually the personal visit catches them when they are busy, sometimes out of sorts, and they will tell a man most anything to get rid of him. Revenge was Complete. (New York Sun.) It happened on a crowded Broad way car. Two nortly gentlemen were occupying a largo amount of snncp, "HI, there," said i he con ductor; "shove up and glvo this here iady a chance." The men, ungrudgingly uncovered some four inches of seat, and ''this here lady" balanced herself cau tiously on the edge. She was a little slip of a school girl, but even she couldn't bo comfortable on four in ches of car seat. Tho men were burled in their papers and showed no intention of yielding furthor. The school girl waited till a mas sive scrub lady, pail and all, entered the car. She quickly roso and of fered hor seat. Tb^ original offend ers were lost to view, burled under 250 pounds of scruu lady. Then the school girl laughed. Her rovongo was complete. WE WANT our friends and patrons to leave their Printing nnd Engraving orders with us. Prompt attention and best service. Call and Seo our lino of samples. THE KEOWEE COURIER, Walhalla, S. C. "WHAT BRAND IS IT?" Former Cabinet Officer Recalls Lin? coin's Remark About Grant. (From the New York World.) Gen. John W. Noblo, former Sec retary of the Interior, and at one time comman?er-ln-chlef of the Grand Army of the Republic, say? Gen. Grant left the army of his own volition, and that he was not forced out by fear of court martial. "I was with the general the great er part of the war,,, said Gen Noble. "I went down the river with him to Vicksburg. During all the time that I was in his command I nevor saw bim under the influence of liquor. He always was cool and calm and level-headed. I don't know whether he drank or not; but if he did the rest of them ought to have done so, too. "You remember when some one complained to Lincoln that Grant drauk, the President asked, 'What brand ls lt? I want to send some to the other'commanders.' "I don't believe that Grant drank enough to affect him. Secretary Taft exercised poor Judgment when he made the statement. I don't think much of the whole speech." Gen. L. C. Woodward, vice com mauder of the Loyal Legiou, who was with Grant duriug the early part of the war, said: "1 don't think that Grant was afraid of being court martialed for drunkenness when he left thc army. He resigned for personal reasons. I know nothing of the general's per son n! habits, and Taft may have got ten his Information from the War Department records, to which he has access. But he might havy kept the Information to himself, or used lt on a more appropriate occasion." PROP. KOCH VISITS LEPERS. He Declined to Express H Ims?lf Con cerning Peminnent Cure. A dispatch from Honolulu, under date of May 31st, says: Prof. Robert Koch, German bacte riologist, who for some time bas beea staying in Honolulu on his trip around the world, returned to-day from a visit to the famous leper set tlement on the Island Molokai, whith er he went to investigate the method of treating leprosy, which has long been a perplexing question in those islands and in the Orient. Dr. Koch was taken to Molokai as the guest of the German consul, Wil liam Pfotenhauer, on the Chilean steamer Ke Au Hon, especially char tered for the trip, and he was ac companied by Dr. Walter Beyoker hoff, in charge of the Federal leper sarlum; Dr. L. E. Cofer, president of the United States marine hospital service at Honolulu, and H. Focke, Chilean consul. Dr. Koch made a careful examination of the settlement, taking notes ou what be saw and in terrogating many of the lepers, but he was reticent in expressing himself as to his experience except on the general conduct and condition of the camp. As to the scientific treatment >f leprosy and as to whether perma nent cure may be discovered as a re sult of experiments now making by scientists, Dr. Koch declined to be quoted. "I visited the settlement," said Dr. Koch, "principally to learn three things, namely: The method of ad ministration, the contentment and surroundings of the lepers and whe ther climatic, racial or other condi tions resulted in special forms of de . velopment of the disease. I found tho type of disease the same as that existing in leper stations of other countries that I have visited. The buildings, general arrangements and equipmeut compare favorably with those exist i nc, in the great leper sta tions in other parts of the world. I found the patients well provided for in every respect, especially in treat ment and nourishment. The lepers have every reason to bo as well satis fled and contented as could be ex pected." Dr. Koch visited first the building erected for the Federal lepersarlum and Baldwin Home for Boys. Here he examined many of the patients, asking them their age and length of confinement In the settlement. From the boys' home Dr. Koch went to the Bishop Home for Girls, which is in charge of the Franciscan Sisters, and thence to the Bay View Home, where the patients in advanced stages are cared for. He conferred at length with Dr. W. J. Goodhue, settlement physician, regarding tho treatment and progress of the disease, display ing much interest in Dr. Goodhue's experience. Dr. Koch visited tho grave of Fa ther Damien, who gave up his life in the service of the lepers, and talked with Brother Dutton, Father Dam ien's companion. Girl Killed by Lightning. Charlotte, N. C., June 4.-Miss Pearl Shepherd, aged 18, was Instant ly killed, and her mother, Mrs. Wil liam Shepherd, fatally Injured by lightning near the famous Alamance battlo ground, Alamance county, this afternoon. Tho two women were picking cherries in tho orchard nenr their homo when n storm came up, and both were stricken by tho same bolt while making desperate efforts to regain the house. The older woman ls unconscious and ls not ex pected to recover. TO TEST INSURANCE TAX LAW. Content io.* of New York Life to Be Carried to Courts. Columbia, June. 3.-A conference was held to-day between Attorney General Lyon and Comptroller Gene ral Jones, representing the State, and General Counsel McIntosh, of New York, and Col. Henry T. Thompson, of Columbia, representing the New York Life Insurance Company, with reference to tbe non-payment of State, county and school taxes by the New York Life in this Stat?. The company has made it plain through its general counsel that lt intends to resist the payment of all taxes levied On the gross collections of premiums in this State on the ground that such taxation is unconstitutional, Inas much as the premiums are sent out Of the State as soon as collected. It was decided at the conference that the New York Life should pay under protest the taxes assessed against lt in one county of the State and then institute action to recover the money. In thl? way the whole question can be brought before the courts and mean while no further action will be taken In regard to the matter by the State. If you will make Inquiry lt will he a revolution to you how many suc cumb to kidney or bladder trouble in one form or another. If the pa tient is not beyond medical aid, Fo ley's Kidney Cure will cure. It never disappoints. Sold by all druggists. An Historic Gavel. Cheater, June G.-Col. J. W. Reed, of this city, bas just had finished for e hibiUon and use at the approaching Confederate reunion al Birmingham, Ala., a mallet made of historic mate rial. The body is of white oak, taken from a tree to which Gen. Nathaniel Greene hitched his horse, near the battlefield of Guilford Court House. The handle of the mallet is made of a piece of pine lumber taken from the Interior of* the historic Confederate "White House" In Bichmond, Va., the residence of President Jefferson Davis-when the building was being changed to adapt it to the purpose for which it is now used, a Confede rate memorial or mtrseum. The mal et is appropriately inscribed, and Col. Reed, ns a member of the staff of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, had it prepared for presentation to the distinguished commander-in-chief of the associa tion of United Confederate Veterans at the aunual meeting in Birming ham, Juno 9-11. How's This ? We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known P J. Cheney for the last -io years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fi nancially able to carry out any obli gations made by his firm. Welding, Kilman & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, actiug directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Cheaper Postage Rate to England. Washington, June 3.-Postmaster General Meyer has announced that au agreement had been reached with the British government providing for a letter postage" rate of 2 cents an ounce between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland, to become operative October 1, 1908. J Plan for Sommer Comfort Don't add the heat of a kitchen fire to the sufficient discomfort of hot weather. Use a New Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove and cook in comfort. With a "New Perfection" Oil { daily meals, or the big weekly "b raising the temperature perceptibl room in the house. If you once have experience wi NEW PE Wick Bine Flm yon will be amazed enables you to drj'woi the kitchen and you The "New Perte usc Made in thi not at your dealt The er low- it then not smoke. Saf If not at your ONE HUNDRED TRUNKS BURNED,. Carload of Baggage of Winthrop Stu dents Destroyed at Rock Hill. Kork Hill. June 3.-About one hundred trunks belonging to Win throp students were burned at the railroad station here this morning shortly before 1 o'clock, after having been loaded into a sp?cial baggage car. While the car was being loaded a lamp on the inside exploded, and before the firemen .reached the scene .the damage had been done. The top 1 of the car was almost entirely de stroyed and all the baggage practi cally ruined. The car contained be tween ninety-five and a hundred trunks and a number of grips and packing cases, the property of stu dents going to Columbia or points' be yond. The loss is estimated at about $12.000, the damage to the car amounting to about $2,000, and the railroad company being liable for $100 on each trunk. -j "Health Coffee" IB really the clos est coffee Imitation ever yet pro duced. This clever coffee substitute was recently produced by Dr. Shoop, of Racine, W ls. Not a grain of real coffee In lt either. Dr. Slump's Health Coffee is made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an expert-who might drink it for coffee. No 20 or 80 minutes tedious boiling. "Made in a minute," says tho doctor. Sold by A. P. Crisp. The Million Dollar Express Wret-ktrd. New York, June 6.-The "Million Dollar Express," so-called, carrying valuaLle freight from Boston to Washington, and $11 r. 000 in cur rency from the Boston sub-treasury to Washington, ran into a switch en gine in the Port Morris yards early this . morning. Both engines were demolished and eight men badly in jured, The car carrying the money was deluged with water to prevent fire and the contents were Baved. A mistake in signals caused the wreck. AN OLD ADAGE SAYS - ..A light purse la a heavy carse" Sfcka.es? makes a light parse. The LIVER to the seat of amo tenths of ail disease. Ms Pills go to the root of the whole mat ter, thoroughly, quickly safely and restore the action of the LIVER to normal condition. Give tone to the system and solid flesh to the body. Take No Substitute m Abl?evllle to Buy Light Plant. Abbeville, June 4.-The election held yesterday to decide whether the town of Abbeville should issue bonds to the extent of $25,000 to purchase th? local electric light plant resulted In 104 yes and 1 no. Bonds will be offered for sale at once. These ' -nds should bring a good price, as the city's finances are in fine shape. There are now only seventy thou sand in bonds outstanding, with twenty-five thousand in the sinking fund to retire them, making the city's indebtedness at this time only $45, 000. All electric light patrons will be put on metres, the orice being about ten cents per kilowatt. th the - .b .i gundirt.orid * KFECTI0N ne 00 Cook-Stove at the restful way in which it k that has heretofore overheated irself. ction" Stove is ideal for summer nee sises atid all warranted. It it's, write our nearest agency. y? Lamp f ombiiB tion whether high ?fore free from disagreeable odor and can e, convenient, ornamental-the i "eal light dealer's, write our nearest agency. 'ANDARD OIL COMPANY iiNCORPORATKD ?fcgcwuu: Preparation l'or As - simlloting Ihe Food andP^f,? tia ting the SU)muele awl Bovwis of ifW'?JS . 'rr' t HJL'i> Promotes DigesUon.Cheerfur I ic ss and Restconlalns neither Opium.Moi-pnlne nor Mineral NOT NARC OTIC . /.?. v v cfottlJOrXtKtTSL PtTVf?C? Aperfeel Remedy forCorts?pa Uun, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Fae Surate Signature pr tXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. NKORO LOST "JIM CROW" TEST. Case Arose in Washington on Pas Benger for Virginia. Washington, June 5.-A case of considerable interest, Involving the "Jim crow" law of Virginia as it ap plies to passengers on cars between Washington and points in that State, was decided in favor of the defend ant to-day. Agnes Carver, a colored woman, sought to recover $20,000 from the Great Falls and Old Domin ion Railway Company, claiming that she was arrested in violation of her legal rights under the law of the District of Columbia. She claimed that she lived in Washington and went to Livingston Heights and was arrested because she would not vacate a seat on the order of the conductor. The railway company adduced testimony to prove that the conductor had not taken her fare until the Virginia side of the bridge was reached, cla'mlng that this made her a Virginia passen ger and not an inter-state passenj;<T. Kl LL THE COUGH AND CURB TM? LUMPS SP Dr. King's New Discovery AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. SUAK ANTEED SATISFACTORY? ? MONET REFUNDED. LOTH'S STOVES AND RANGES. CHICAGO AND COLUMBIA AIR TIGHT HEATERS. TINWARE, ENAMEL AND STOVE WARE. KITCHEN FURNITURE. GENERAL REPAIRING AND TIN WORK. -CALL ON B. 8. LOOK, WALHALLA, 0. C. .tot? tl*.? ootuffe and Xu ra rf o C. R. Hou^hins. WE ARE BETE RM I LIVERY B for Infanta and Children? The Kind You Have Always Bought pratt MS. W. J. CARTER, M. D., Dentist. Office two doors above the Bank, Ia Carter's Pharmacy, WESTMINSTER, 8. C. DR. W. F. AUSTIN, Dentist, Seneca, Sooth Carolina. Office over J. W. Byrd Sc Co. DR. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist, WaUiaBa, South Carolina. Office over CW- Pitchford Co's G toro Phone No. 86. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, Seneca, South Carolina. Office over Wltsell Bro.'s Store, Clink8cales-Harper Building. Office Hours:-9 A. M. to 1 P. M. 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. Makos Kidneys e id Bladder RlflM E. Ii. H ID RN DO N , Attorney-at-Luw, Walhalla, South CaroBna. PHONE No. 61. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, Plckens, S. C. Walhalla. 8. C. W. C. Hughs, Walhalla. CAREY, SHEIJOH A HUGHS, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Practice In State and Federal Courte. R. T. J A Y N IO H , A Ito rn ey-at-Ln w, Walhalla, Sooth Carolina. Practice In State and Federal Courts. Bell Phone No. 20. J. J. McSWAIN, Attoraey-at-Law, GREENVILLE, S. CAROLINA. M. O. LONG, Attorney-at-Law, (Office Over Post Office,) Anderson, S. O. Will practice In all Courts In South Carolina. 46-'08 I WEDDING and other invitations, Announcements, etc., either printed or engraved, as your taste may re quire. Only first-class work; any; style; best stock. Call or write THE KEOWEE COURIER, Walhalla, S. C. Louis A. King. NED TO DO THE USINESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. COMB ON AND GET YOUR TEAMS. HAULING TEAMS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE BUGGY TEAMS AND SADDLE HORSES, ALWAYS ON HAND. Prompt and polite service at rea sonable prices. Teams sent ont at any hour, day, or night, Phone IQ or ll for quick teams. HOUGH I NS A KING,