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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription, $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising Kates Reasonable. -By 8TECK, 8IIEIX>It & BOHRODER. Communications of a personal cbaractor charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over ono 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. WALHALLA, 8. O.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I?, 1000. Till", "MOONSHINE" BUSINESS. Case of Retribution Furnished in Dalmo County, Georgia. (Atlanta Journal.) lt is considered a plain case of ret rlbullon. Something over a week ago tho revenue office heie hoard that there w;is a still tucked away in a rugged part ol' Kabuli county. Two officers were sent on a raid. and. early ono morning, came on Hie still Just as preparations were Peing completed for a run. They cut the still to pieces and threw out the "innsit" it hdd. .lust alter i hey got back to At lanta, ll h iter caine from flic owner of tho still saying thal another still was being run within a mile or soot where his own was captured. Ho gave a careful ?lesli ipi ion of the place at which the still was to be lound. il was down by a small brunch in ;i close thicket. Off lo one si,le grew ll ile.nl I ree. Olllcer J. ' 'ii illin was sent on the raid. Ile followed the directions that had been tivoli, sighted the dead tree, and lound tho still 111 the thicket down by the branch. Ile and the deputy with him cut up the still ] and started len k. Their route led i hem tow aid the place where the (irst still had been found. lt was reached by going down a small path, then cutting off into the woods. Noise in the Underbrush. Olllcer Cl ri flin and the deputy were following lids path when they heard some one moving along in the under brush that fringed tile side. Tiley dropped down in a covert thai some blackberry hushes made by growing III a milby, ami wai tod to have a look al the fellow in the underbrush. Alter a minute Ol' so. tin1 fringe of bushes al the side of the road was carefully parted and I hey saw an obi man with long white beard and moustache. Ile carried a lille in the crook of bis arin and (wo pistols wi re stuck in his belt. Ile was a fierce-looking obi fellow as he stood peering this way and thal, with his min b< ld so (hat ii could be used in a flash. Ile stood tor a minute or so re connoitering, half concealed in the hushes. Then he stepped hack and the fringe along the side of the road became a thick curtain again. The revenue men listened for a while lo him going easily along in the under brush, then they followed. Held His ititle. Ile cut off up through the woods a lon ii a w ay tba! they had traveled before. They kept just within sight ol' him, and were always prepared to dodge behind a tree or hush, for be kept turning and looking ba. k. with Iiis arm crooked about his long lille. Ile went along I brough the woods for half a mile or more, and came finally about, then shouldered his gun and went away. The officers lound in the hollow under the hill, a brand new still. lt was in exactls the same place where the flrsl still was which they de stroyed and they lound thal prepara tions were being made io use the mash that they bad I brown out from the lils! still. lt later tm .ed Olli thal the old fellow with the while beard was the father of tin- men who owned the still and thai when the revenue men trailed him he was out scouting lo se,, thal no officer* were around. The ow ner of the still bad gone on the presumption thal revenue men would liol look twice in (lie same place tor a still. So. instead of hunting him out a new hiding place, be wem back to the hollow under the bill. His reasoning was sound, and, if il lind not be.-n tor his desire lo gel a rival distiller lu the same boat as himself, il would probably steer ed him ch ar of future danger. Hut his informin;; on his neighbor brough! the olltcei i down on his lather, who was oui as scout. ?md set them oil the latter's trail The sec ond capture was made within lour days aller the hist. Owing lo the amount of illicit dis tilling that is leus being done, thc local loree ol' revenue officers needs ;MI increase. Willi conditions as the) are al present, the officers in charge are themselves compelled to take part in many raids L:ist month >;.'. stills were captur ed, and August will probably show an increase over this number, ll ib< present revenue force were doubled it would not be unnecessarily larg.; to cope with i he sil ital lon. DON'T WAI' SCOTT'S EMULSION would build you up, increase your weight? strengthen your weak throat and lung? und put you in condition for next winter, you would begin taking it now. T?ko lt In . little ?old milk or water 50c and $1.00. All Druggist* f H E STANDARD C S THE .WORLD THAW HACK TO MATTEAWAN*. Ho Stuggors Backward und I .ill Ont?? Cot When News come?. White Plains, N. Y., Aug. 13. Harry K. Thaw was yesterday ad judged Insane by Justice Mills in e decision handed down in tho Sm prenio Court, and ordered to be soul back lo the Matteawan Sta', o Asylum for the criminal insane Immediately. Tho order ot* Justice Mills wat turned over to the Westchester coun ty authorities by the clerk of court, and Thaw himself, in Jail at Whit? Plains, was informed of the decision, Arrangements were made to take him back to Matteawan to-day. Jus tice Mills, lu bis decision, finds that Thaw Is now Insane and unable to properly caro tor himself. The de cision contained 3.ooo words, and thoroughly covered the insanity hearing that had been held before Justice Mills. Thaw awaited the decision in his cell in the jail at White Plains. He was plainly nervous, and paced np and down, almost unnerved. Ar rangements ha<l been made to let him know the decision as soon as it was made public by the clerk of the court. Wheo he learned lils fate, Thaw slopped his nervous walk up and down tho cell and stood stock still. He did not seem to compre hend what had been told him. Then, when he realized thal he must go back to Matteawan, he stag gered backward and fell upon the cell cot. He covered his face with his hands, and for a time could not he aroused. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, the prisoner's mother, and his sister, tile former Countess of Yar mouth, were almost overcome at the news. Alice Thaw tried to comfort her mother, but the aged ?vornan, who has battled so long and so un tiringly for her son. showed plainly that the decision was a terrible blow to her. Some Oilier I list it,it ?un. Immediately alter the decision ol' Justice Mills had been bled with the county clerk he informed counsel for Thaw that at his chambers in Mount Vernon on Friday he would listen io argument on tin- part of the Thaw lawyers ?ts lo why the patient should be commit led to some other State institution other than Matteawan. Lawyer Morschauser at once Inform ed the court that he would appear before him to-morrow and argue the matter, stating that although Jus tice M i liss decision ordered Thaw back to Matteawan. be believed that he should be confiend to sonn1 other institution than the one in which ho has been confined for the past year. Decision wa? Strong One. Justice Mills's decision was the strongest against Thaw that bas been hapded down by any judge since the two trials of the prisoner. His decision can be aimtned up as follows: That the insai itv that. Harry K. Thaw was a ttl lc ced with in June, 1906, the date of the shooting of Stanford White, was chi >nic delu dive insanity, generally known as paranoia; that Harry K. Thav has not yet recovered, and that in para noia recovery is very doubtful. Danger to Public Safety. That the enlargement of Harry K. Thaw now would be a danger to pub lic peace and safety. "Therefore." he said, "I dismiss the writ ol' habeas corpus and re mand Harry K. Thaw to the custody of the defendant by whom he was produced." ( Dr. Baker, of the Mat teawan asylum ?. lu his decision Justice Mills said that be based bis belief that Thaw had paranoia on a substantial, but not very strong, trace of Insanity in Thaw's ancestry. He quoted the let ter that Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw wrote to Prof. Heck when Thaw was eleven years old. In this letter the mother said thai she feared her on's mind might bo affected. "Perhaps it is not all badness," she wrote, "but an affection of the brain." Thaw Believed Evelyn's story. The cou rt laid stress on the fact that Thaw believed the story of White's actions told to him by Eve lyn Nesbit. In regard to this. Jus tice Mills said: "In 1901 Harry Thaw met Eve lyn Nesbit, became enamored of bol and subsequently married her. She was the mistress of Stanford White. Ile knew this. She told him various wild and grossly Improbable stories lol the inception of ber acquaintance I with White. Thaw was far from a moral maa, as is shown by the story ot Mrs. Susan Merrill, but be had implicit faith in the stories told him by the woman he later married. Thal he should believe these stories is, tn my mind, evidence that he was suf fering from a delusion." The Crime, i Harry Thaw shot and hilled Stanford White, architect, June 25, 1000, on I he Madison Square roof garden during the performance of Madam Butterfly, a musical comedy. He was tried later and a mistrial re Milted. On the second trial he was acquitted of murder, but sent tn Matleawai, asylum for the insane, il,' lias made repealed attempts tc regain Ins liberty. The killing was a result of White's alleged attentions to Kvelyu Nesbit Thaw.) For indigestion and all stomacl trouble take Foley's Olino Laxative as it stimulates the stomach alic liver and regulates the bowels and will positively cure habitual consti pation. J. W. Hell, Walhalla; Stone cypher Pharmacy, Westminster. A Good Suggestion. (Nashville Herald.) lt has been frequently suggested and the suggestion is a good one, foi every farmer to place bis name am the name ot his farm on his roto gate. Not only would a person diiv lng to a placet moro easily lind lt, bu it would add moro pleasure and lu forest to people driving from place lt place. This last result would havi specific offoc? with regard to well kopt and pretty houses. An observ ing person will seldom pass a boan tIfni farm without desiring to knov who Is Its enterprising owner. WHITE GIRL SLAVE THARK. i startling Disclosures Follow Investi gation by \i la i. ta Police. (Atlanta Georgian.) That the "white slave" traffic is I being carried on In Atlanta and that a systematic effort ls being made to catch unsuspecting and unsophlsti I cated girls, ls the strong belief on Which the police are making a rigid . Investigation and which may result ? in stnrtling disclosures. Tho latest Instance, tending to dls ' (lose the existence of the "white slave" traille here, and which has ' sot the police machinery actively at work, Is the case of a 16-yoar-old country girl, Oma Harrison, who was rescued in the nick of time Wednes day. Sho was placed in the Home tor the Friendless Thursday morn ing hy Recorder Pro Tem Preston on request of Probation Officer (?loor. Oma Harrison Saved. This girl, an orphan, arrived in At lanta Wednesday morning from La fayette, Ga., ami from tho story she related to Probation Olllcer Gloer and Mrs. Bohnfleld, police matron, lt is firmly believed she has been singled out as a victim and that she would? have been enmeshed lu tin; web of destruction had it not been for timely interference. Of late several similar cases have been brought to the attention of the police and Mrs. Rohnfleld, all of which leads to tho belief that systematic operations are being conducted in Atlanta for the rain of young girls, especially those who ?and in the city friendless and unaccompanied. Probation Officer Gleer has start ed a vigorous investigation of the Oma Harrison case, in connection with the other similar incidents, and should evidence bo obtained tho guilt y persons will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Tho Harrison girl an orphan, who had been 1 i \ i ti IA with an aunt in La fayette, came to Atlanta Wednesday morning in scatch of work. She had no money and np friends here, and when she alighted from the train in tho Terminal Station was in a (luan da ry. Slie was tired out and, not knowing just what to do. walked into tho waiting room and sat down, (hive Her a Note. Site had been there hui a few mo ments when a stylishly attired wo man, who had noticed her disconso late appearance, approached her and engaged her in conversation. Con tinually smiling and conversing in a most pleasant manner, this woman soon won the confidence of the un sophisticated country girl and bogan to question her as to her plans. Find ing that the girl came here to seek work, the woman offered to aid her. Writing a note on a slip of paper, slie handeu it to Hie girl, with the remark : "You go to this address and the people there will give you a home and treat you line. You'll have noth. lng to do and they'll take good care of you. . I would go with you myself, hut I've got to go away on a noon train." The girl thanked the mysterious woman for her interest, and at once started out to find the place, the stranger bidding her a sn,liing adi* a. A stranger in the city, the girl was unable to .Ind the place, and, stop ping a man in the street, asked him lo tell her what direction to take. And it was this that saved her. She handed the note to the man to read the address. He read the note and was astounded. The address was that of a certain dive. He informed the girl he would show her the place and the two started off to gether. Rut instead of going to this dive, this man. whose name has not been learned, escorted the girl to the po'lco station. There she told thc si -y of the mysterious woman and the note. She appeared startled when informed of the narrow escape she had. Probation Officer Gloer, In speak ing of the case Thursday morning, said : "Other cases of a similar charac ter of where attempts have boen made and where girls have actually been lured into dens of vice have been found in Atlanta of late. Girls who have been rescued from these dens have told stories like the Harri son girl, of having been directed there hy some stranger, sometimes a man and sometimes a woman, and ev? ry effort is being made to run down these guilty people. We have not yet been able to got hold of defi nite evidence, but if these people are J ever landed they will be vigorously prosecuted. This infamous practice must be broken up.If possible. ' From the information already ob tained il is believed the people car rying on this "white slave" traffic "shadow" the two passenger depots and spread their net for girls who come into Hie city unaccompanied, who are strangers here, and have no one to look aller (beni. A close walch will bc kept for any such "agents" and they will be nab!,ed as soon as detected. i Extra Session Cosl About SoOO,<><)<>. i The extraordinary session of Con : wress which completed one week ago ? ils revision of Hie tariff law, cosl the American people, il lias been esti mated by some of the statisticians i around the capitol, according to n Washington dispatch, about $500, I nun. I Many different items enter into - tliis grand total, the chief ol' which is - mileage. The House's expense on this aCCOUnl aggregates $154,000, and that of the Senate $ 17,ono. Kx t ra pay allowed lo employees on both sides of the capitol amounted, it is estimated, to about $150,000. , Special employ?es engaged In com p piling Information for Congress and 1 ibo committees, relative to the tariff, 1 were paid good salaries. The government printing office him t not yet sup, Med a statement con - corning the cost of printing thc i tariff hill, reports and hearings, but 3 lt ls known that this will he large. WANTED-Second-hand bags and - burlap; any kind; any quantity, any V where. Richmond Ung Co., Rich mond, ?'n. 28-37 / Do Yo ? $ $ $ i ip A Wagon, Mowing Mac and get our \ Also Hay I ? A DIOTTIOlt FROM A SKXATOK. ?See I CA Saying a Wolli to a Friend in Soul li Carolina Almut Turill'. ( Newberry Observer.) The following letter was written by a Senator of the United States from South Carolina to a relative at home: "I have been detained here longer than 1 expected hy the procrastina tion of the adjournment; mainly by means of the tariff question, lt has passed the House and is now before the Senate. Its fate is doubtful. We will know in a few days, as we take il up to-morrow. lt excites much feeling, particularly in the South; and well it may. for 1 feel confident that lt ls one of the greatest Instru ments ol' our Impoverishment, and If persisted in must result eventually, I am sure, in an entire change of in dustry. You can form no Idea how much it has alienated that portion of the country. The most thinking men look on the present unequal action of the system with the deepest anxiety." The name signed to this letter ls not that of H. R. Tillman, nor that of F. D. Smith; it is John C Cal houn- May 4, 182ft. History repeats itself in some tilings: in some other things it doesn't. Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, laborers rely on Dr. Thomas' Selec tric Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts, burns or bruises at once. Pain can not stay where it is used. Before lt is Too Late. If you have a gray haired mother In the old home far away, Sit you down and write the letter You put off from day to day. 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What does Intemperance do for its votaries? Rev. W. T. McAlister, Rev. J. G. Huff, .1. S. Tollison. Lecture on Sunday school Sunday morning at 10 o'clock by C. R. D. Burns. Missionary sermon Sunday, ll a. m., by Rev. C. S. Blackburn. J. B. Becknell. J. D. Cater. R. L. Hoggs. Committee. Rev. .1. A. Bond, Moderator. People with chronic bronchitis, as thma and lung trouble will find great relief and comfort In Foley's Honey and Tar, and can avoid suffering by commencing to take it at once. J.W. Hell, Walhalla; Stonecypher's Phar macy, Westminster. Franklin Proverbs. A few proverbs of Benjamin Franklin that most, people might profitably ponder: If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. Beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. Fools make feasts, and wise men oat them. Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy neces sa rles. Wise men learn by others' harms; fools scarcely by their own. 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