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KEOWEE COURIER! (ESTA III - IS 11 Kl? 1840.) Published Kvery Wednesday Morn lug. Subscription, fl.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By STECK. SHELOR & SCHRODER. Communications or a personal ebaracter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bo printed free ot charge. All over that number must be paid tor at tho rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. G.: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, Hum. '?t'?ii?'i'?'N' KO H S. (' Local Option forces Have Control. Too Ijiitc for HUI lo (io Through. Columbia. S. C.. Feb. 15.- After a sensational filibuster, lasting several days, it appears tba! prohibit ion bas been killed lu Ibis Slate. The Senate has a majority of four for local option, and the house ls equally as close. Tho local option forces In the House are well organ ised to demand roll calls on hundreds ol' amendments. Tho General Assembly will adjourn Saturday, which means thal tho pro hibition movement will fail, without a special session, which ls practically impossible. South I nion Tanners' Meeting. South Union, Feb. M.- -I am au thorized to call a meet ?tm of the members of South I nion Local Un ion on tho 20th ?lay of February. Hoys, come! Wo have business of Importance io Iransact, Also, I am authorised bj Hie si aie oilicials to call n meeting on the 27th day of February, which is the following Saturday. Lei all members lay aside their work on the datos above and be nt South Union al :i o'clock p. m. without fall. The only way to find oui what la going to be done ls to bi! there. Come. J. S. Massey. Secretary. Meeting Oakway I/oenl Union. Westminster, Feb. 16.-Special: Oakway Local Union will have a spe cial meeting on next Saturday even-' lng, 20th instant, at 2 o'clock, and1 all members in good standing, and those who are in arrears for dues, are urged to be present at the school house promptly at 2 p. m., as very important business is to come up be fore the body. W. H. Cole, Secretary. THAIN BANDITS GET $85,000. Western Train Looted by Three Rob bers Who Stopped Engineer. Denver, Colo., Feb. 13.-That the hold-up of the Denver & Rio Grande passenger train No. I, near Denver early this morning, was the work of three instead of two robbers, and that the robbery of the mall car gave them a loot of possibly $35,000 is indi cated by the investigation of the po lice and railroad olin dals to-day. So far no tangible clew io the identity or the whereabouts of the robbers has been found, bul lt seems proba ble that the men came to Denver, and are now in hiding lu Ibis city, Eighteen packages of registered mail were secured. One of the pack ages is said to have contained a large sum of money, bul nul il a thorough checking np ?d' the missing packages is possible, the exact amount secured by the robbers cannot be ascertained. . The robbery was remarkable for its originality and daring. lt took place within eight miles of Denver, within less than two miles of Fort Logan, the United states military reservation, and at tho spot where ha1 talions are plentiful. Vol so thorough was the work of tht> rob bers and so well were their planst laid, that they had fully an hour and n half start of the o moors. Search of Ibo vicinity of tho hold-up Indi cates that a third man and possibly a fourth were engaged In tho robbery, (hal a rubber Bred buggy was ir waiting for the hold-up. and thai tor pedoes and rod signal tires wore used unsuccessfully in an attempt to stop the train before the automatic revolvers of the two men on Hie en gine lender succeeded in doing this. From the manner in which tin- hold- up was accomplished, it ls thought possible the robbers aro the ones re sponsible for the hold-up of tho Den ver .V Rio (?randi, train last May, < when express messenger Wright was killed. Amid a fusilado Of revolver shots from one of the robbers, another toned the mail clerk to open the ! ?loor of his car. Tho second rob ber then coolly searched every piece ol' registered mall In tho car, threw the packages he desired into a sack and jumped oil". Al the point ol re volvers the engineer, fireman, bag gageman and mail clerks wore man lied up the Hack a (l?stame and then told to gel back to their train. The robbers then disappeared with their booty. Mill Workman Torn to Biocos. Alnbany, (?a.. Feb. 13.-While at tempting to put a bolt on a lath ma chine nt the lumber mill of Corbett & Taylor, at Bridgoboro,, yesterday afternoon, c. c. Carroll, 35 years of ago, was caught lu the shafting and literally hurled to pieces. Fifty sep arate pieces of tho unfortunate man's body were gathered together. Car roll leaves a wife and two children. .'if)t> Persons Cremated in Theater. Mexico City, Mexico. Feb. 15. Three hundred people were burned to death yesterday, When tho Teatro Floros, of the city of Acapulco, was destroyed, several Americans being among the victims. The telegraph omeo was burned, and for that rea son tho news of the disaster has Just been received. SESSION DA WINO TO A CLOSE. Wrestling With the Liquor Question. May Lie usc Surveyors. _____ Columbia. Feb. 16.-Special: We hope that th!? is the closing week of this session of the General Assembly, but it ls not yet certain. The action that ls to be taken on the liquor question ls not yet defi nite. The sale of whiskey for last year was three ar " a half million dollars in this State- more than was ever sold under the old system. There are now twenty-one counties that have dispensaries and the samo number that have not, so lt is evi dent that the vote will be a close ono either way. To see the bad effects of the sale In an adjoining county one just ha? to be at Hodges on a Satur day afternoon and see the men loaded down With jugs, boxes, sacks, grips, etc. There must be from lift y to two hundred gallons going away from Ab beville in this way on Saturdays, and considerable amount every day. 1 ha??; never stood for the legal sale or Intoxicants, or liquors as a beverage, by any system, b' t I am now more convinced than evor that the present arrangement ls worse than the other. Of the twenty-four acts that have been rall (hal only one is of general | operation, lt releases students In the j colleges of the State from the obliga. 1 Hon to teach in the schools of the State when they are appointed by the Federal Government to the anny 01* na\ y. I have a bill pending, with a favor- ? able report, to provide a law for sur- | veyllig land, lt requires a license for every surveyor, lo be issued by the Clerk of the Court upon the payment of five dollars, to persons who are competent. They are authorized to survey and locate and (?stablish lines aller giving ail persons interested twenty days' notice of the time and place to begin the survey. This will, we hope, save the people many vexa tions law suits over little strips of land that are not worth having. We have seen several cases of this kind In Oconce within the last few years. Several thousand dollars were spent at the last two or three terms of the court In expense of litigation, while all the land in controversy would not be worth one hundred dollars. This (dass of lawsuits docs more to divide the people and make family feuds than any other. We should have competent surveyors and when a sur vey ls made lt should mean some thing. There is a joint resolution In holli houses, with favorable report, direct ing the Attorney General to bring an action to remove the Augusta dam as a nuisance if the owners do not at once comply with their obligation not to "obstruct the free passage of tish and the free navigation of the river," which was in the grant under which the dam was built to the South Car olina bank. This case has already been In the courts, but the owners satisfied the Individuals and the mat ter was dropped. We expect this res olution to go through with but little or no objection, and 'f the Governor and Attorney Gem .il are vigorous in their action we expect results wi i bin a few months. Georgia agreed to put In the fish-way re quired by the South Carolina commit tee, but they failed to do anything, and we were obliged to appeal to the courts. There ls plenty of law on this subject now If lt was just en forced. The people up the river for more than a hundred miles are de nied the pleasure and profit of fish ing just to save the owners of this dam a few thousand dollars. If we can gel a proper fish-way in this dam at Augusta, we believe, within a few years, the migratory fish, such as shad and channel cats, will again run up these streams. The older people remember when these fish went down the river by the million In the fall. No doubt cutting them off from running these streams has re duced the supply of these fish on the oast. One of the strongest fights )f this session lias been over the low .ountry methods of catching fish. The way they fish at the mouth of Ll streams practically prevents the passage of the fish, thus giving the low-country exclusive possession of the State llsh industry. They should ertainly allow the up-country some ipportunity to enjoy nature's luxu ries and delicacies. When the value >f the fish as they used to be is es limated it is an enormous waste, lt A'ould bc worth a million and a half dollars annually to the citizens on he Savannah river and its tributa ries. Thc bill which I introduced to irevent commercial discrimination passed the Senate and is now on the House calendar with majority favor able and minority unfavorable re ports. The friends of the measure ?tj lhe> will gel it through this . . lon, but the time is dangerously . I...rt. The effect of this measure will be io prevent Hie Standard Oil people from running out the inde pendent oil companies. At prose nt >\. ls Kelling from thc- wagons in the Augusta district from 8 to 10 cents i gallon, and ollie- places at 1 8 j [.eats. Then the Standard would be forced to sell good oil where they i have sharp competition. The Stand- ' ard Ol! Company sells 05 per cent or ? all the od used in this State, and lt is evident that we will continue *o gel such oil as will not pass the In spectlon laws of other States until we gel an inspection law. People who buy oil cannot afford to prose cute them for selling bad oil, and no matter bow stringent the require ments, unless there ls some one to see that they are enforced, it will not be effective. The only reason given why such a law should not be passed ls that lt will be a hardship upon the Independent men. This is fully mel by the small proportion that the Independent men sell. The railroad rate bill passed the House by a greater majority than lt ever has. It seems that som? who have ?>een so persistent in voting the way 'he railroads wanted them to vote have taken up other occupa tions. We hope lo take up the rate bill In the Senate to-day or to-mor row and pass lt. lt fixes the mini mum fare at 2 V? cents, and requires tin; conductors to pull the mileage on the trains instead of requiring the hobler of a mileage book to ex change his mileage for a ticket. Everywhere I go the traveling men ere complaining of the hardships that COMPLAINT PROM PENDLETON. People Want "Their Money's Worth or Their Money Back." Pendleton, S. C., Feb. 15.-Editor Keowee Courier: At the request of tho people who live on the public road leading from Pendleton to the new Iron bridge over Seneca river (known as the Maxwell Bridge) I am Instructed to ask the Supervisor either to make a road to the bridge or refund the road tax paid by the public on the road. (This Is not my get up, but their own words.) I am Informed by the sub-commls. stoners of Anderson county that they will make a good road on their part If Oconee will do her duty. Now, ID behalf of the merchants of Pen dleton. I Insist that something be done, or (his portion ol* Oconee will petit! n to make Seneca river the line 01' the county, and put lt ull In Anderson county. These people are in earnest, and say they have to pay luxes for building this fine bridge, and, therefore, are entitled to a road in accordance with the brid ce. They don't want any patching of tho old road, but want an up-to-date graded road. Anderson county will do her part. M. N. Sltton. Notes from Madison. Madison, Feb. 14.-Special: Thc weather ls bad in this section at present. The store room of J. lt. Cleland ls nearing completion. Mr. Cleland has been having a story put on top of the old room, which adds greatly to Its a pea rance. Miss flattie Frasier, the assistant, teacher of our school, left Friday for a short visit to homefolks. The young folks enjoyed a dance last Thursday night, given by Miss Betsy Ramsay In honor of her charming guest, .Miss Hazel Hunt. School is progressing nicely at this place, under the management of Misses Emily Compton and Hattie F lazier. Miss Zadie Walters, who has been our most faithful postmaster for some time, lias given up her posi tion for a visit to friends and home folks. Miss Mary .iones will lill the ellice as postmaster during Miss Wal ter's absence. J. Price made a business trip to Greenville last week. M. Bi P. Seared With a Hot Iron, or scalded by overturned kettle cut with a knife-bruised by slam med door-injured by gun or in any oilier way-tile tiling needed at once is Buck len'a Arnica Salve to subdue Inflammation and kill thc pain. It's earth's supreme healer. infallible for boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles. 25c. at all druggists. Five Firemen Killed. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 13.-Two companies ol' firemen who were lighting the .lohns-Manvllle fire from the roof ol' the Netsow building fell into lower floor when the roof col lapsed. Five of the firemen are dead. A number of others are still missing. The stock In the plant of the Charles F. Netsow .Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of pianos and organs, situated near the .lohns-Manvllle building, was badly Injured, the loss being estimated at $40,000. An es timate places the .lohns-Manvllle loss at $200.000. MANIAC NEGRO KILLED. Arnual With Knife and Bible Mem phis Black Huns Amuck. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 13. - Henry Tate, a negro who ran amuck, at tacking women and children and throwing the fashionable neighbor hood about Poplar avenue and Dun lap street into a panic to-day, was shot and killed by VV. K. Clement. Armed with a knife, the negro made attacks on white people. Women were compelled to run from the streets, three men were knocked down by the negro and one sustained a cut In the iK-ck. Tate is believed to have become insane over religion. With a Bible in one hand and a knife In the other, he appeared at a g ) < erv store, and without a word, hit tho proprietor a heavy blow on the Jaw, knocking him to the ground Tate then rushed into the stree:!, pur sued by a mob. grow lng larger every minute. Clement overtook him and i shot him dead. Another Storm in Mississippi. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 14.-In formation bas been received in Bir mingham that two were killed and seven badly injured al West l'oint, Miss., this afternoon as tho result Of a heavy wind storm which passed over that section of Hie State. The rain and wind storms appear to have been general over Mississippi and northern Alabama this evening and to-night. An unconfirmed re port has it that one person was killed I at York. Ala. The wind in Binning- I bam was accompanied by a heavy rain, which lasted far into the night. The Augusta Dam. Columbia, Feb. 10.-Representa tive Rucker put in a joint resolution to-day "A bill to make effective the recommendations of the special com mission appointed to investigate tho Augusta dam." The resolution di rects the Attorney General to bring suit against the owners of the dam and com ind them to construct proper fish-ways. The bill aslo provides for a patrol launch running between Augusta and Savannah to protect the Ash. the present system puts on them. The ticket agents are often so rushed that they cannot sell tickets fast enough, and passengers have to board trains without tickets, and some get left. The State tax levy has not heon finally determined upon yet. We do not think that lt will he as much as last. year. Our total tax for Oconee will bo about the same as last year. The repeal of the lien law ls still In doubt In the Senate. The house passed lt by a larger majority than ever before. Respectfully, J. R. Earle. ABBOTT, AT THE OLD TOBACCO FACTORY." Schulz Organs. Sell by the day and pay by NOV, 15th, 1909. Solid Car Load to select from. All ORGANS guaranteed to give entire | satisfaction. Don't see them or you will be tempted to buy one. The words " New Home " are enough. Plenty of them on hand at right prices. To be pleased-never dis pleased-try the "White" for it is king of all Sewing Machines. SLEEP EASY Oil - tempered, Springs are the greatest enemy to lumpy and squeaky beds. You might need a gocd bed and Mattress too. Where will you And it? All styles of OaK and Iron Beds to se? j! lect from. If you were to need a Single Bed, ?J Mattress or Spring could you And it? Call at the Old Tobacco Factory and see for yourself. Bed Lounges of all Kinds. ?? All Kind of Reed and OaK RocKing Chairs. J& Don't sit on rocKs and stumps, but come to Abbott's and get a Chair cheap. J& J& J& J& J& J& D. S. ABBOTT PHONE 64 THE OLD TOBACCO FACTORY.