Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, August 05, 1908, Image 3
THE EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION.
Reports from Various Counties Show
Remarkably Good Effects.
The Courier ls lu receipt of a letter
from J. L. Harley, State Superintend
ont., a prominent prohibition leader,
in which some very interesting facts
?re set forth. Recently letters were
sent out to Clerks of Court in prohi
bition counties asking for answers to
the certain questions. Following are
the questions and answers for Edge
field county:
. How long has your county been
dry?
About two aud a half years.
2. What effect has it had on busi
ness ?
I think the general impression is
that business is more satisfactory.
3. Have you been able to enforce
the law?
I think the law ls pretty well en
forced-as much so as was expected.
Of course there is occasionally some
whiskey sold here and in the county,
but I think the sale of it in town and
county is on the decrease.
4. What effect has lt had with
reference to sobriety and good or
der?
It has had wonderful effect In im
proving good order and decreasing
drunkenness.
5. To what extent has the sale of
liquor and drinking been reduced?
I don ot think there is more than
10 per cent of drinking*and drunk
enness now as when whiskey was
sold in town of Edgefteld.
W. B. Cogburn, Clerk of Court.
The following answers were given
by other officials, the questions same
as above, but omitted here to save
space:
1. Since December 1st, 1904.
2. I think business has increased
25 to 33 1-3 per cent.
3. Yes; occasionally we have a!
few cases In the courts for violation
of the law, but not more than for
merly.
4. A most wonderful effect. I
think drunkenness has decreased 60
to 75 per cent.
5. No liquor is sold In the, county
except occasionally by parties who
open up blind tigers, and they are
soon caught and dealt with. A con
siderable amount of liquor ls shipped
in during the fall and winter months.
My opinion is that the entire sale
from all sources has decreased 60 to
75 per cent and possibly more, and
the drinking reduced in the same
proportion.
3. E. Jefferles, Clerk, Cherokee Co.
1. Five yea vs.
2. Helped business.
3. Yea.
4. Splendid effect.
5. Open public drinking has been
discontinued. J. S. Brice,
For Clerk, York County.
1. Three years.
2. Improvement.
3. It has been enforced as well or
better than the dispensary law was
enforced.
4. Wonderful Improvement. It Is
GO per cent better than when we had
the dispensary.
5. Fifty per cent less.
A. J. Bogga,
Clerk of Court, Plckens County.
1. Three years.
2. Neae that I can see.
3. Yes.
4. lt has had a good effect.
5. At least 75 or 80 per cent; pos
slbly more. Clerk of Court,
Lancaster County.
1. Th ret* years.
2. Business has improved.
3. Yes.
4. According to police records,
crime has been reduced about 75 per
cent.
5. Seventy-five per cent.
J. F. Floyd, Mayor Spartanburg.
"I suffered habitually from consti
pation. Donn's Regulets relieved
and strei jthened the bowels, so that
they have been regular ever since."
A. E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs,
Texas.
License Tax One Million Dollars.
(Christian Observer.)
Through a mistake In a local op
tion election, a Massachusetts town
voted wet when the majority of the
voters favored a dry town. To pro
tect the town from tho invasion of
saloons, through what was a techni
cal error, the town council fixed the
license at one million dollnrs. It ls
needless to say the town is still
"dry."
Ironing Made Easy.
Mr u'setUfid hy
S>?OO"HIMO iaOM HEATER CO..
Sumter, S. G.
Saves Fuel,
Time and
the Ironer.
Only $2.
Sand orilem U J
JNO. T. BRYANT. L?v?l Land, 0. C.
CODKTT AOXNT.
July 8, 1908-28-40.
SOUTH IN SPLENDID SHAPE.
Southern Ballway Officials Gratified
at ?usines* Conditions Here.
Washington, July SO.-At a con
ference which hag been in progress
th* past two days between President
Finley, executive officers of the South
ern Railway Company and affiliated
companies and officers of the traffic
and operating departments of the
Southern Railway System, and which
was concluded Wednesday, general
conditions of business in the South
a. '1 prospects of the future were thor,
oughly discussed. It was the consen
sus of opinion fhat there is a trend
in the direction of improvement of
business throughout the Southern
States. The agricultural outlook is
encouraging. Southern fruit and veg
etabje crops have generally been very
good and have found a ready market
at prices which, although, In some
cases below those of former years,
have been profitable. The present
condition of the cotton crop and the
grain crops of the South are good.
If there is no deterioration in cot
ton between now and tho close of
the season the yield will be large. .
As a result of the general prosper
ity among the farming communities
retail business in most Southern
towns has kept up fairly well. Mer
chants have been buying conserva
tively, however, and the effect has
been a curtailment of wholesale busi
ness and depression in some lines 'of
manufacture.
Goods of all kinds in the bands of
dealers have been reduced, and, with
the good agricultural outlook there
is reaso.i to expect a gradual Im
provement In all lines of business.
Ten Years in Bed.
"For ten years I was confined to
my bed with disease of my kidneys,"
writes R. A. Gray, J. P., of Oakville,
Ind. "It was so severe that I could
not move part of the time. I con
sulted the very best medical skill
available, but eould get no relief un
til Foley's Kidney Cure was recom
mended to me. It has been a God
send to me." Sold by all druggists.
TIRE BURST; SANDS KU.I,CD.
Wreck Took Fire-Step-Son of W. K.
Vanderbilt Burned to Death.
Paris, July 30.-In one of the most
terrible accidents in many years in
France, G. Winthrop Sands, a step
son of W. K. Vanderbilt, was killed
yesterday morning Just outside the
grounds of Mr. Vanderbilt's beautiful
country seat, the Chateau St. Louis
de Poissy, twenty miles from Paris.
Mr. Sands was driving his 50-horse
power car along at a terrific clip, in
a desire to reach the chateau, where
Mrs. Sands and her"lnfant daughter
were staying. He has always been
known as a reckless driver, and, as
he had been delayed at a railroad
crossing, be opened the throttle wide
as he approached the chateau
grounds.
Almost Immediately a tire burst
and the machine crashed into a tree,
turning turtle and burying Mr. Sands
under the forward part, and pinning
the chauffeur, Plcklns, to the ground.
An explosion followed and In a mo
ment the car was In flames.
Peasants working In the adjoin
ing field were the only witnesses to
the accident. They managed to raise
the rear of the car and release the
chauffeur, both of whose feet had
been held tight, and a little hiter,
after heating down the fire, they
dragged out the torn, bleeding and
burned body of Sands.
Mrs. Sands was not Informed at
once of her husband's death, but Wil
liam Duke, trainer of Mr. Vander
bilt's racing stable, advised Mr. Van
derbilt by telephone, and he and Mrs.
Vanderbilt, accompanied by Stephen
Sands, went to Poissy by train, arriv
ing there at 2.30 In the afternoon.
All was over when they anlved.
Mrs. Vanderbilt broke the news to
her daughter-in-law, who bore up
bravely under the strain.
OA?TOHI,
Bun a, _? Th? Kind You Haye Always Boujjrt
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Man Shot in Florida Street.
High Springs,'Fla., July 30.-W.
H. Moreland, representing Ridley,
Williamson, Spain Co., of Atlanla,
Ga., was shot and killed by an un
known man on the street here at n
late hour last night.
Mr. Moreland had just arrived here
yesterday and rented a sample room.
He was shot from ambush on one of
the prlnclpnl streets and bis assail
ant escaped.
A telegram has been sent to New
borry for bloodhounds to put on the
trail. Letters In Mr. Moreland's
pocket show that his home ls at
Woodbury, Ga., and a telegram has
boon sent to bis mother notifying hor
of his tragic death.
OAMTORXA..
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Force
What ls medicine for? To cure you, \f s ck, you say.
ButooeiT^dl^w^ not cure ev?y ktud of aickness, aiiw^
medicines act oh dBfeiwiparts ofthe body. One mefldne gees to thy Uvgr.
another to the spine, Wine of Cardul to the womanly organs* So that ls why
Wine of Cardui
has proven so efrkacious In most cases of wornanly disease. Try ft,
Mr?, Wm. Turner. cTBertcnitBe. m.. ?rites t 1 suffered (or years with female disease* arid defered
vttnout re?ef. My back and head *rould hurt me, sM I Buffered agony vith bearing-duwn palo*. Attest
I took Wine of C**xiu! and hov I am tn good health," Sett everywhere, tn ?1.00 bottles,
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CAN SEE LYING DOWN,
But Blind While ?Unding Up-Core
Will Probably Be Effected.
New York, August 1.-On a cot in
the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Nose
Hospital ls a patient Buttering from
an extraordinary case of blindness.
He ia a young mau and in all other
respects ls not only healthy and vig
orous, but a trained athlete. When
he ls Btanding or sitting in an up
right position, be is almost totally
blind, but while lying recumbent he
sees objects distinctly and with lils
normal visual powers. That has been
hts strange condition for about six
months, and during that period he
has remained most of the time in a
recumbent position.
In its cause as well as in its effect
this peculiar form of sightlessness is
remarkable. The patient, whose
name the hospital physicians prefer
not to reveal, was a member last win
ter of a well known team of basket
ball players. In the course of one of
the match games the ball struck him
sharply In the eyes, but the blow
seemed neither serious nor painful.
The young athlete made light of his
mishap and for a time seemed to
suffer no lil effects.
Later his eyesight began to trouble
him and then the peculiar ailment
began which made him sightless ex
cept when lying down. As soon as
he noted his poor sight thc yeing
man consulted a physician, and when
the condition of sightlessness devel
oped it was decided 'that the blow
from the basket ball had so effected
the retina and ?other parts of the
inner eye as to disturb the delicate
adjustment of tl'ose organs and to
canst' the peculiar result noted, the
retina being thrown out of Its proper
relation when the patient held his
head in certain positions.
For six months the young man bas
been under special treatment before a
new x-ray method known as the x-ray
Mashes, and the results are reported
to be encouraging as to warrant the
belief that within another period of
six months his sight may be com
pletely restored.
Served as coffee, the new coffee
substitute known to grocer's every
where as Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee,
will trick even a coffee expert. Not a
grain of real coffee In lt either. Pure
healthful toasted grains, malt, nuts,
etc., have been so cleverly blended as
to give a wonderfully satisfying cof
fee taste and flavor. And it is "made
in a minv e, ' too. No tedious 20 to
30 minute Jolling. A. P. Crisp.
Japan's New Policy.
_
Tokio, July 29.-In an Interview
Teracbl, minister of war and acting
minister of foreign alf.Mrs. said that
Japan regaredd America as a real
friend. He intimated that the future
policy of Japan did not tend toward
military expansion, but toward pro
ductive expenditures.
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Weak Kidneys
Weak Kidney?, rarely point to weak klein??
t?arrc?. Th? Kidner?, like the iHeart, and the
Stomach, find their wea knew, not In the organ
Itself, but in the nerve? that control and guide
and strengthen them. Dr. Snoop's Restorative le
a medicine specifically prepared to reach these
Controlling nsrvei. To doctor the Kidner* alone,
ls futile. It is a waste of time, and of nioner M
well.
If your back ?ches or 1? weak, if the urine
Maids, or is dark and strone;, if you ha ve symptoms
ot Bright? or other distressing or dangerous kid
ney disease, try Pr. Shoop's Restorative a month
Tablet? or Liauld-and see what it can and will
do for rou. Druggist recommend and sell
Dr. Shoop's
Rostorotivo
J. W. BELL.
Pncolet Mill? Close Imwn.
Spnrtnnburg, Aug. 1.-The Paco
let Mills closed down indefinitely to
day. President Victor Montgomery
snys that during the shutdown the
employees will receive half pay and
will have to pay no rent for their rot,
tages. There are rumors that o'.her
mills will follow this course, but
there ls no confirmation of tho report.
Warning !
If you have kidney and bladder
trouble and do not use Foley's Kid
ney Cure, you will have only yourself
to blame for results, as it positively
cures alt forms of kidney and bladder
diseases. Sold by all druggists.
REASONS FOR IMPEACHMENT.
A Bold Arraignment of the Georgia
Prison Commission.
The Atlanta Georgian of July 30th
contained the following arraignment
of and reasons for the Impeachment
of the Prison Commission of Georgia.
"The members of the Prison Com
mission should be impeached at once
-Just as the conductors of a de
bauched and insolvent bank would
be removed and their office turned
over to a receiver.
"If the Governor knew as much
about a State bank that showed as
hopeless a condition as the Georgia
prison system, how long would he be
seeing that the men In. charge were
suspended?
"The Prison Commission should be
Impeached
"Because of the unspeakable cru
ellies and inhumanities practiced by
their leave. Humanity comes first of
all. And men almost without num
ber have been beaten to death by the
commission's appointed wardens.
"Becaupo it has been plainly shown
that the State of Georgia has been
mulcted of millions of dollars to the
enrichment of private individuals,and
that the commission recommended
"unhesitatingly" the enactment of
another lease law five years ago
making this possible while the very
chairman himself bad six years pre
viously asked that the State be rellev.
ed of the Intervention of the middle
man. ?
"Because the chairman of the corn
mission himself admits that while
bids for convicts were to be competi
tive, he, upon seeing that the biggest
bidder the State has ever had, had
turned In a bid tco low to get his
desired allotment, telephoned the
gentleman and permitted him to raise
his bid on seven hundred convicts.
"Because, whether the commission
shared in lt or not, they knew of
graft and gross Irregularities In near
ly every branch of the department.
"Because, If they pleaded that they
did not know of this graft and inhu
manity, they are thereby convicted
of negligence and incompetency so
criminal that even the spotless char
acter of Gen. Clement A. Evans can
not atone for lt.
"Because they allowed Jake Moore,
their chief warden, to resign when he
was threatened with exposure, and
sought to hush the matter up, Instead
of having the alleged crookedness
Investigated by the State's attorney.
"Because they permitted Goodloe
Yancey to remain as secretary of the
commission when his son was in the
confidential employ of the biggest,
lossee in the State, and was himself
engaged in convict traffic.
"Because, In the face of all the dis
closures of the past three weeks, they
have not raised a finger toward bring
ing to the bar of justice even the
most flagrant, violator of the law.
"Because the disgrace that has
como to Georgia under the adminis
tration of these gentlemen can never
be removed in the eyes of the world
until justice is meted out to them."
When the stomach, heart or kidney
nerves get weak, then these organs
always fall. Don't drug the stomach
nor stimulate the heart or kidneys.
That ls simply a make-shift. Get a
prescription known to druggists
everywhere as Dr. 3hoop's Restora
tive. The Restorative is prepared ex
pressly for these weak inside nerves.
Strengthen these nerves, build them
up with Dr. Shdbp's Restorative
tablets or liquid-and see how quick
ly help will come. Sold by J. W. Bell.
Value of Tears.
Dr. Rc mme, the well known French
medical authority, speaks c' ?quently
of the ubofulness of tears, lr. the cur
rent Isstu of I.aRevue. Tears, he
writes, a'e most useful in cases of
great depression or deep sorrow. Cry
ing creates a kind of cerebal torpor,
and mental indifference, which acts
as an anesthetic. One drowns sorrow
In tears better ever than In alcohol.
"We should never restrain tears.
They form, especially with children,
a safety-valve, which does nothing
less than preserve the balance of the
brain."
Will cure any case
beyond the reach of n
FOUGHT ABOUT BALL GA MF.
Young White . Man stubs and Cut?
Another at ?GafTney.
Gaffney, July 29.-Joe Camp and
Dock Parrie, two young white men,
got into a difficulty yesterday after
noon about a ball game between Gaff
ney and Greer, which resulted in
Camp being fearfully stabbed and cut
in fifteen places by a knife in the
hands of Parrls. At the begluning of
the difficulty Parris, the larger of
the two, had a knife, and was told by
Camp that if he would give lt up he
would fight fair. He gave the knife
up, but had another concealed on his
person, with which he did the carv
ing. Camp is a son of the late Audi
tor Camp. Parrls works at the Gaff
ney Manufacturing Company, a cot
ton mill, In I his city. The physicians
who attended the wounded man say
that there ls a chance for his recov
ery.
So Tired
lt may be from overwork, bul
tho chances are ita from an In
active i iire-as
With a well conducted LIVER
one can do mountains of labor
without fatigue.
lt adda a hundred per cant ta
ones earning capacity.
lt can bc kept in healthful actJos
by, acd only by
Tuft's Pills
TAKE NO SUBSTITUT?,
Johnson to Help Bryan.
Minneapolis, Minn., July 30.-F.
B. Lynch, Democratic national com
mitteeman from Minnesota, and
manager of Governor Johnson's ct.ni
paign for the Presidential nomina
tion, will leave in a day or two for
Lincoln, Neb., where he will consult
with Wm. J. Bryan relative to the
Democratic national campaign in
Minnesota. Mr. Lynch will bear with
him the good wishes and assurance
of Btipport from Governor Johnson.
Soothes Itching skin. Heals cuts
or burns without a scar. Cures piles,
eczema, salt rheum, any Itching.
Donn's Ointment. Your druggist sells
it.
Cleveland's Estate Worth $2rt0,000.
Princeton, N. J.. Aug. 1.-While
nothing In Mr. Cleveland's will,which
was filed several weeks ago, indicates
the amount of his fortune, and al
though no officiai announcement has
been made as to Its extent it be
came known here to-day thRt his per.
sonal and real property amounts to
$250,000.
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LEf?TRIf? THIS BEST FOB
BITTERS AND KIDNKYrt.
QUARTERMUS & TANNERY,
Contractors and Builders,
ARCHITECTS.
Plans furnished with all estimates for
Contracts.
Write or cnll on us,
WESTMINSTER, S. C. 40
RE-E N HOLLME NT AND REGIS
TRATION NOTICE.
The Books of Registration will be
open at the Court House tho 1st day
July, 1908, and will continue open
I every day (Sundays excepted)
through July and August for the pur
pose of re-enrollment and registra
tion of the voters of Oconee county.
In addition to this the Board will
appear one day or moro in each
township during thc month of Sep
tember for the same purpose; also
to establish two new precincts. The
dates of these appointments will be
given through the papers later on.
The law requires that there shall be
an enrollment of the voters every
ten years from the year 1898.
W. T. GRUBBS.
Chairman of Board.
June 24, 1908.
of Kidney or Bladder Dil
medicine. No medicine can
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Wo i ii ,u. Tougher than Man.
(New York Qlobe.) .
Although men as they run are per
haps muscularly stronger than wo
men, their inability to withstand the
oleiuents and their reliance upon
clothes places them considerably be
low the so-called weaker sex in the
matter of unclothed toughness. Wo
men wear olothes for ornament; men
use them as a protective covering.
A group of men marooned clotheless
on an island in the temperate zone
might be expected to die off In a
month from draughts and colds and
rheumatism. The health of woman
similarly placed would suffer little
from the enforced exposure. The
fact appears to be, therefore, that
In everything but muscle-in vital
ity, ruggedness, character, disposi
tion, brain power, etc.-woman is
the tougher, not the weaker, BOX.
Expert Testimony.
(Harper's Weekly.)
A mountaineer intimated that he
knew a great deal about a moon
shiner on trial In a Kentucky Court,
and thereby got free transportation
to Louisville to testify for the State.
"What can you tell us about this
man?" asked the district attorney.
"Wall," he answered, swelling
with importance, "I seen this feller
riding along the road In the het of a
hot day on a pacing roan nag and
a-wavlng of a flag and a blowing of
a horn, and I ax him If that war a
Blue (iras* horse or a Chltterliag
breed, and he said lt war."
* LEGAL* ADVERTISEMENTS. .
NOTICE OF HIGH SCHOOL
ELECTION.
Upon a petition that represents 40
per cent of tho free holders of Provi
dence School District, No. 3, an elec
tion Is hereby ordered to be held at
said Behool house, to determine whe
ther nv not said dlBtrlct Bhall remain
in the Center High School. The
election will be held SATURDAY,
AUGUST 15th, 1908. from the hour
of 2 to 5 p. m.
The Trustees will act as managers
lof the election, and no one will be
I allowed to vote who could not vote
I In the general election.
C. L. CRAIG,
I Cow i nv Superintendent of Education.
July 29. 1908._31-33
NOTICE FOR AN ELECTION TO
VOTE A FOUR MILL SPECIAL
SCHOOL TAX.
Upon a petition that represents
one-third of the resident free-hold
ers, and a like proportion of the
Qualified electors, of Bear Swamp
School District, No. 72, an election
to determine whether or not four
mills shall be levied upon all the
property of said district, for school
puposos, will be held at satd school
house from the hour of 2 to 5 p. m.,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1908.
The Trustees wi'1 act as mana
gers, and no one wi be allowed to
vote who cannot vote In a general
I election of the State.
C. L. CRAIG,
I County Superintendent of Education.
., Done upon certificate of the Audi
tor in the absence of the County
Board of Education.
July 29, 1908._ 31-32
I Dr.Klng'A NewLifo Pill?
Tho boot In tho world.
PI1!11"RAILWAY ?
BETWEEN HELTON AND WALHALLA..
Time Table No. 4-In Effect Juno 7, IMO.
EASTBOUHD
LvWalballa.
LvWeat Union.
LvSeoeea.
LvMordanla Junction
Lr* Adams.
Lv*Cuerry.
I.vPcr.d?ctoa.
Lv*Autun.
Lv8andy Springs.
LY*Denver .
Lr* West Anderson_
ArAucterson-PassDep
LvAnderson-PaiisDop
Lv* Anderson-FrtDfi?i
ArHeiton.
W*BTBOUWD
I .Vile] ti MI.
Lv*Anderson-Fr't l>e
ArAnderson-Pass De
LvAiulerson-Pass I>e
Lv'Wost Anderson....
Lv*Dcnvcr.
LvSandy Springs......
Lv*Autun.
LvPendleton.
Lv?Cherry.
Lv* Adams.
LvMordanla Junction.
LvScneca.
LvWest Union., .
ArWalhaIla....fc.
. Flan stations.
Will also stop at the following suttons to take
on and lot off pasnen {tors : Phinney's, Jamen's ?nd
Toxaway, Welch.
A. B. ANDREWS, President.
J. R. ANDERSON. Superintendent.
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sease not
do more.
Cures Backache
Corrects
Irregularities
Do not risk having
Bright's Disease
or Diabetes
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