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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published livery Wednesday Morning Substriptiun $1 Per Annum. Advertising li?tes Reasonable. -Hy STECK, 8HEL?R & SCHRODER. Communications ot a personal character charged ior as advertise* lucnts. Obituary notices ami tributes of respect, of not over ono hundred words, will ht; printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Ca.sli 'o accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: \V IO D X ICS 1 > A Y, SEPT, M, HMO. COHN MX POSITION DECEMBER. Vinni Arrangements for IMg Show Mado by Those in Charge? (The Slat?-, 10th.) Thc commission in charge of the South Atlantic Stales Corn Imposi tion, which is to be held in Colum bia from December G until December 8. met in Columbia yesterday for tho pm pose of milking final an nouncements as lo prizes lo be of fered by the exposition from tho sev eral st.'tes to bo represented. Tin work of the commission was not completed yesterday. Those present at the meeting were: A. 1). Hudson, president; B. J. Watson, \V. H. Per kins and l>. N. Harrow. This com mission waa na med it g tho result ol' an appropriation mado at the last General Assembly for tho exposition. Tho sum of $1,000 was given as prize money, willi a provision that $4,000 additional bo raised. The entire amount has boon secured by Presiden! Hudson. Presiden! Hudson Cm husiasl ir. "Thc "success of 11? . exposition ls assured and wo expect exhibits from North Carolina, Goorgia, Florida audi every county in this State," said | Presiden! Hudson ni tho conclusion j of the mooting, The ?nixes for Soul h Carolina will 1 be given by counties md the prizes for the other states named hy Con-1 grcssionnl districts. > There will bo a trophy cup. val ued at S1 .eon. io bc given for tho best 10 ears of corn lo bc exhibited ( at tile exposition. This cup has been donated by tho Amor! an Agricultu rist, which is one of tho largest farm I papers in I he conn 1 r> ".More ?iud I let toi < oro." The ?Hitter ol' seen ri nu special rates over all railroads from tho four States named has hoon taken upi with officials of tho diff?rent rompa-: nie-, and tho rates will ho announced in a few days. lt is tho purpose of 'he exposition Commission to make this show to thc South what Hie National Corn Show la to tho West. The slogan of tho ?..position will be: "Moro and bolter rom." Tho ultimate purpose ls lo move Hie corn cribs from tin- West lo tho farms ot thc South. The co-operation ol tho leading daily and weekly pa pot > of Ibo South bas been secured, also thal of the commercial bodies an t Chambers of commerce. Hoys' Corn Clubs, fra W. Williams, who has charge of thc i a rm demons! i itlon work In this Stato proposes lo hold a corn ? show for the boys enlisted in tho work of tho corn clubs, Mr. Williams ba- secured over $2,U00 lo bo given j in prize--. ||e will he :i ked by lllO commission to hold hi corn show in ! con ??eel i in with the exposition. wurr is A NUL HO V Hore Problem He fore Supreme Court ol' Hie dilled States, Washington, Sept, il, .lusl what Constitutor a negro in thc tinted States maj bo a (|ueslion which tlie United Slates Supremo Court wilt ho asked lo settle In tho noni future. One-sixteenth negro blood in an in di? ?dual classifies him .< ? n neuro in tho District of Columbia, according to a dei ?sion by .lus!. . Daniel T. Wright, of tlie Dlstrlc Supreme Court, in tho case of Isabel I, Wall, an b-year-old child. who recently was barred from a white public school because tho principal had Informa tion Ihn! she was of negro parent age, The lather of thc girl a ' >mptcd to force the hoard of educ il ion to reinstate the child, bul failed, Jus tice Wright deciding thal sho was a negro. Tho ease was appealed, Aped Man <'on\ l< ted, Knoxville. Tenn., Sept j)... fp tho criminal court hero to-day Charles Holloway, aged 7<i, was convicted of an attempt nt criminal assault on an 8-yenr-old girl and was given a sentence of 1?) years in the peniten tiary. Tlie attempt was made last (spring while tho lillie girl was at tending school, she with another email girl being enticed Into :? house on Ibo way to school. THE SOUTH UNION SECTION. I?V, W. H. Heller to Locate in Admita. Other Local Nows. South Union, Sept. 6.- Special: Rev. Arthur Vaughn, of Piedmont, assisted by Rev. A. L. Mitchell, of Monea Path, closed a very successful series of meetings ut this place last Friday. Twenty-three were added to the church membership. The meet ing was well attended day and night. Tho community was greatly revived and much interest was manifested in the meet lng. Rev. and Mrs. A. Walters, of Ma con. Qa., after assisting Rev. H. F. Stovall In a series of meetings at Rock Hill and visiting relatives in this section, left last week in their touring car For Bowersvllle, Toccoa and Mount Airy. Ga. After visiting friends and relatives there they will be at home to their friends at Macon. Mr. Walters, who owns several hundred acres of land in South Georgia, is going into the hog busi ness. From the way he talks and the business in which he is engaged, met hinks he is no Jew. The many friends of Dr. W. P. Heller will be sorry to learn that he has leH Fair Play. Dr. Hood is lo cated at Townvllle for the present, but will leave soon for Atlanta, where he will locate for a while. His departure from our midst was great ly deplored. He carries with him the best wishes of a wide circle of friends, not only in Fair Play, but throughout I he surrounding commu nities. W. P. Marett and Harry Sheldon i went to Atlanta on Hie excursion, j Mrs. Annie Wiley, of Atlanta, af ter spending quite a while with her j parents, Mr. and Mrs. .1. .1. Dee. re turned home last Thursday. Miss Daisy Bnughmnu left last Thursday for Marietta, S. C.. where she will be employed as saleslady in the Jarran! Pros.'s store, bul on Fri day news reached hero that tin" Jar ra rd Pros. Company's store was en tirely destroyed hy (ire. Miss Minnie Walters of the Rock Hill section, after visiting at Viola and Rowersvllle, (?a., returned home recent ly. Misses Laura Marett and Hassle Thomas. M. \\\ Gibson, wife and children, Mrs. James Price and chil dren, of Townvllle, W. P. Marett and Host Thomas, spent several days in the mountains recently. They report a nice time. The ('lory ol' Work. The late Govornor Johnson, of I Minnesota, was one?' taunted with having worked as a boy for his liv ing, doing some very commonplace tasks, but bis reply should give a thrill of inspiration to every boy. "Yes." he said, "I (hopped wood. So ? li l Washington, so did Lincoln. 1 carried food io cattle. So did (irani and Sherman, and a thousand others. I did the (hore work of a printing oilice to help support my mother. Thou ands of honest men have done ilia'. I am proud thal I did these things. If it is ngainsl nie that I did I'.icm, I prefer to be defeated at the polls on the platform ol' honest work. Honest work keeps Hu? imis cles taut. Honest work keeps worry from tho mind and conscience. Hon est work brings sweet sleep to your pillow at ninht. Honest work stands you oreel before your Hod and your fellowman. Honest work may, and does, oil the hands, the ( lothes and the boots. Honest work brings cal lus's here and bumps there. Hon est work al times tries every nerve and keeps the blood afire with en deavor. Put, .cent leinen, honest work never calloused, soiled or broke any haman heart." ALMOST REACHES TIM; LIMIT. Soiiib Carolina Has poi rowed S??O, 000 Since January First. Columbia, Sept. it. Tho- sum of '..unn has been borrowed by tho State Treasurer since ibo first ru' th.- year io pay tho necessary ex penses of i he Slate government. Tlii- money has been secured in three loans of $200,000, $200,000 :? el -f ! ..H.uno. The se?, eral loans were made through tho Palmetto National Dank of this city. At tho lasi session of tho General Assem bly tho Slate Treasurer was anlhor 'zed to borrow liie sum of .$000,000. Tbl w a.- an Increase Of $ I no,ooo over tho amount borrowed in 1000. Tho statement was made at tho treasurer's office that il would not ho noce sn ry to borrow any more money for the present year. The first tax money will bo received by Novombor i . ih. "Can be depended upon" ls an ex pression we all like lo hear, and when it is used in connection with Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Romedy ii means that lt never falls lo cure diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel complaints, it. is pleasant lo lake .'iud i equallv valuable for children a td adults. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Wal I halla; c. w. Wickliffe, West Union. KOOKKYHI/T MAY COMM BACK. Docs Not Deny Possibility of Return* lng to 1'ubltc Lifo. Freeport, Ills., Sept. 8.-Col. T. Roosevelt admitted to-day there ls a possibility of bis returning to public life. In this connection he issued a ..varning to corrupt corporations that any aid they might extend lo bim In obtaining any official place would be ?it their own peril and not with the idea of getting official favors or pardons later. The statement was in bis address In connection with the fair of the various national organ iza-, lions of railway employees for tho benefit of the home for aged and de crepit railroad men of America at Highland Park, Ills. P. J. Morrissey, former grand mas ter of the Brotherhood of Raliway Trainmen, introduced him. Ho talk ed of railway men and then turned to the subject of corporations. "I don't suppose 1 ever shall be in pub lic again," be said, "but if I am, there is always the chance that some Hine it may come up when ? shall make my words good. "No corporation, no politician, must ever support mo for anything under the idea that I will pardon thal corporation or that politician if lie or it is corrupt. "If either corporation or politi cian, one or the other, helps at any time to put me In a position of In llueuco, let them remember thal If they hcnclll by it themselves, they help me at their peril, for I will burl them if I get the chnilCO." Col. Roosevelt especially warned men of the (ive brotherhoods of rall- ? way employees that it should bo their ' dlttj to see thal their organizations. I were managed In obedience to law, ! and he Insisted thal if they should over Indulge in violence, the resull would be to injure them In Hie esti mnHon of tho American people. Col. Roosevelt also read an open j lotter by William Rv Hearst In which Mr. Heart advised tho Colonel to return to New York and take up the fight on the Republican organization! there, saying if he did 80 Mr. Hearst i j would he in sympathy with him. Tho ; Colonel said : "I am going hack to my State, as mentioned by Mr. Hearst, to light against the bosses. I will welcome thc support of any man who wishes to aid In that light." PLOT WAS A l 'A I lil K H. . Two Men Disguised as Soldo rs Try to (?et at Czar. Herlin, Sept. -Cern?an ollieial 1 dom has been given a slunk by the attempt on the life ol' Czar Nicholas, IOHO of the cleverest yet made. Tho authorities to-day connect the plot i with the plans of thc anarchists now assembled in secret international I convention at Zurich, Switzerland. Detectives familiar with the work of extreme radicals are to-day hunt ing two men, who, disguised as offi cers of tho lOighty-olghlh regiment, | I passed all the guards thrown around tho castle where tho Czar and thc Czarina are visiting at Friedborg, failing to reach the ICinporor because they lacked tho passport to,ihr pal- ? ' nco gates. Their detection is believ ed to rest with thc provocativo agents ? among the extreme radicals rather i than the police, though strenuous el' forts aro being made to trace them ' 'and learn where they SOCIII'Od tho uniforms, which were those ol' a cap tain and a lieutenant. Forty Years in One Depart nicol. I Washington, Sept. 0. Farly years of continuous service in the diplo matic branch of tho government, I mostly in high stations, is the recorjl accomplished by Second Assistant Soc rota ry of ?State Alvoy A. Adco to day. Two score years ago iM. Atlee j was appointed secretary of Ibo lega tion al Madrid. In due course he became a dork in the Stale dopart . men I, July p, I S 7 7 ; chief of i he ' diplomatic linet-,ni in .Inn?, 1878, and third nsslstanl secretary ot Slato In July, 1 882. ; Ho was appointed second assist ant secretary of Stale August 3d, 1880, and al almost any limo since might have become first assistant j secretary had ho cared to nu tho post. N'o American diploma) is so extensively known in his paitieulnr field of ucl ltd ty ns ls Mr. Adoo and few of the great diplomatic notes is sued from tho state department dur ing the past (pi M ier of a century have failed lo receive his Cfll'Oful 0(1 Iting. - . - Money Fer Capita III United Slates. l)\ i ry one in tho United Slates should have 20 COnlS more I his month than ho had last. Thero was j $3,1 fifi,726,8-17 in circulation on Sep. I om bpi 1 and the nation's wealth per capita then was $2*1.83. Tho other 20 cents ls accounted for by an in crease of about twenty-two millions in circulation during the month. There was a large Increase in de I i ?is of gold. HFF.D TH H WARNING. Many Walhalla People Have I tour, 'So. Whoa Hie kidneys ave sick they give unmistakable warnings that should not he Ignored. By examin ing the urine and treating the kid neys upon he llrst sign ot' Jlsot'der, many days o'! suffering may bo saved. Siek kidneys expel a dark, ill-smell ing urine, tull of "brick-dust" sedi ment and painful tn passage. Slug gish kidneys cause a dull pain In tho small of the back, headaches, dizzy spoils, tired, languid feelings and frequently rheumatic twinges. Donn's Kidney Pills are for the kidneys only; they cure Rick kid neys, and rid the blood of uric poi son, if you suffer from any of the above symptoms you can usc no bet ter remedy. B. B. Moss, of Walhalla. S. C., says: "l am recommending Doan's Kidney Pills In the hope that other sufferers from kidney trouble may learn of them and be benefited. 1 was never in a serious condition ?is tho result of kidney complaint, but for some months I suffered from pains through the small of my back and the kidney secretions were ir rgular in passage. I Anally procur ed Donn's Kidney Pills at Dr. J. W. Pell's drug store, and it required only a few doses to relieve me. I am now entirely free from kidney trouble and ant pleased to give Doan's Kidney Pills my highest en dorsement." For salo by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.t sole agents for the United States. Remember tho name-Doan's and take no other. Kennion in Honor ol' .Mrs. Met 'arcot. Ebenezer, Sept. 5.- --Special: A most enjoyable day was spent by a happy crowd at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sceh Morgan, of this com munity, hist Tuesday. The occa sion w;ts in honor of Mrs. Morgan's sister, Mrs. Esther McCarrol, and four chlldrei of Charleston. By in vitation it was the pleasure of quite a number Of relatives and friends to meet at this delightful home and en joy their hospitality. After ?ill had arrived and were ushered into tho spacious rooms ibero beg u a "feast of reason and How of soul." Tho beautiful yard had boen arranged for tho accommo dation of tho largo number of guests. In an hour or so a lengthy table was prepared in the grove in the rear of the house and an abundance of good things spread on lt. About thirty minnies were very pleasantly spent, talking and laughing, and a general unod timii was had. The (lay was most enjoyably spent,' and its pleas ant recollections will long be remem bered by the relatives and friends who were prosont. About 07 relatives and friends were present to partake of the pleas ures and enjoyments. This reunion was a mosl dolightful affair and will long be remembered by those present for its pleasure-thc hospitality and the kindness of the host and hostess and the genial disposition of Mrs. McCarrol and children. May they all live long and prosper. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Vcqilifs Browne in Bribery ('ase. Boars tho Slgnaturo of Chicago, Sept. !t. Attorney Lee O'Xeill Browne, of Ottawa, lils., Democratic legislativo loader, charg ed with bribery in connection with tho olotlon Of Wm. Lorimer, of Chi cago, lo the United Slates Senate,] was acquitted by a jury in Judge Ooo, K 'I'Sten's division of thc crimi nal court to-day. Tho jury, which took olghl ballots, was out :.'I hours. On Hu' first ballot ii sfood olghl to four for acquittal. The lina! juror standing.out for convict ion was won over to sign tho verdict of .acquittal at i!.:;.*, o'clock in the afternoon, im mediately the couii room was in an uproar. lt was ton .minutes before bailiffs could sion Ibo cheering. Ile i- under indictment on the same Charge and will have lo face trial at Springfield, In* Sangamond county. Regulates tho bowels, promotes easy, natural movements, cures <-7*?11 -filiation Doan's Itogulets. Ask your druggist for thom. 25c, a box. SCARS AND BA RS AT WU DDI NC. _ Prof. Blair 00, and Mrs. Huntington (HI, Aro Married Chicago, Sept. 8.-With the Stars and Bars over tho wedding cake Mrs Violet p, Huntington, Of Now York, and Prof. Frank s. Blair, of Guilford Collego, North Carolina, were mar ried boro yesterday. Mrs. Hunting lon ls GO and Prof. Blair nearly 70. The ceremony 'ook place at the Church ol tho Transfiguration, Rev. Herbert S. Webster officiating. Mrs. Huntington was a delegate a var ago to tho International Peace ConforOIICC In Now York. lt was here she mel Prof. Blair. She ls a member of tho Daughters of the Con federacy. HHPOHTK ON (JKNKHAF* CHOPS. 300,824 li?tes of Cuttun Weite Ginned i"i> tu September 1. Washington, Sept. 8.-The num ber of bales of cotton ginned to Sep tember 1, from tho growth of 19 10, was 350,824 bales, round bales count ed as bah bales, according to the re port of the census bureau made at ten o'clock this morning.? The 1000 total was ?88.242 halos, tho 1008. 402,220 hales, and tho. 1007, 200, L?7S. Compi rat Ive statistics by States of cotton .vinned follow: States- 1010. 10(10. Alabama . 4.5 ur, 1 :{.."?:;:. Arkansi s . 2 7 4 10 Florida . 004 3,642 Georgia. 2,8 18 100,201 Louisiana. 1,100 2,450 Mississippi . 535 1,070 N. Carolina. 4 1,070 Oklahoma . 10S 18,040 s. Carolina. ios 18.010 Tennessee '.- 4 Toxa.s . 228,025 2 ?17,001 All other States . 5 1 Report on Crop Condition. Tho September crop report of the department of agriculture, showing the average condition of various crops as compiled by tho crop re porting board, says the average con dition of corn on September I was 78.2, com.tared with 70.2 last month, 74.6 a year ago, and 70.5 tho ten year average. Spring wheat, when harvested, was OU. I, compared with 61.0 Inst month, SS.O a year ago, and 78.0 the ten-year average. Harley, when harvested, was 00.S. compared with 70.0 last month. SO.5 a year ago, ami 83.1, tho len year average. The oat crop, when harvested, was 53.3, compared with S 1.5 last month, 83.6 a year ago, and 70.5 tho ten year average. Comparison of condition on Sep tember 1 for important corn States follows: 10-yenr States - I'.ilf). average. Texas.7 5 71 Oklahoma . 50 73 Georgia . s sr, Tennessee .S 5 SO Kentucky .s-_> si Alabama.0 2 SI Mississippi .0:? SI North Carolina .Sr, s:'. Arkansas .0 1 7 7 Louisiana .0 0 Sil South Carolina.St; 70 Virginia .SU SO The average condition of tobacco on September I was 77.7. against 7S.5 last month, 80.2 a year ago. and S2.8 the ten-year average. Hy im portant tobacco States the condition was: Kentucky, T<*: North Carolina, 70 :. Virginia, sc,; Tenn esse, 82; Sontl? Carolina, 7 1: Florida, sn. I le wa 1*0 ol' Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy tho I sense of smell and completely de-I range the whole system when enter ing it through I lie mucous surfaces. 1 Such arlicles should never be used j 'Xcopl on prescriptions from repu labte physicians, as tho damage they will do is I (>n fold lo Hie good you ! can possibly derive from them. Hali's Catarrh On rc, manufactured hy F. .1. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.. con tains no mercury, and is taken in- j lornally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the tystom. in buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure yon ty;! the genuine. ? it is taken internally and made in : Toledo. Ohio, hy F. .1. Cheney & Co. ' Test ImOllials flee. Sold by druggists. Price 75c. peri bottle. Take Mall's Family Hills for con- I st ipa)ion. ***' i Peculiar Accident) in Chicago, 1 Chicago, Sep', s. Two women and one man were burned to death here to-nigln when the automobile in which they wen? riding st rind; a ladle lilied willi molten metal standing outside t!:e Illinois Steel Company's plant. TIlO oilier vvoiua> was binned seriously, but not fatally. (Prickly ABH, Poke I . WAKTO POSITIV? OUKKfl OTT . l'hynlrlrtiin endorflo P. P. P. an a nplcn dld combination, find proAorlbo lt willi groat BotlafacUon for tho euron of all forma ?nd atagoa of Primary, Socondary ?nd Tertiary Byphllla, flyphllitlo lihou matlam, Bcrofuloua Ulcers and Borea, Glandular ?wolllngi, ttlionmatUm, Kid ney Complaint*, old Curonlo Woore that CATARRH liatorebuted all treatmont,Catarrh, ttkln Ulaoaaea, Kctmnft, Ohroulo Yemalo Complaint?, MorourUl Polaon, 'Potter, ?caldhood, ctr)., oto. p. P. P. li a powerful tonio and an excellent appltltor, building np Uio ?yalom rapidly. If yon oro vroak and feeblo.tnd fool badly try P. P. P., and r c e c m c G C ?\ MUN KILLHD; 7 IXJUIUOD Hy All lO.vp?osion on tho %Jt S. Hattie? ship North Dakota. Washington. Sept. 8.-Throe coal passers aro dead and. so ven machin ists and firemen Injured a* the re sult of oil catching Ore on tho bat tleship North Dakotu. This was received at tho Navy Department from Hear Admiral Schroeder, commander of tho North Atlantic lied. The dead are: W". Schmidt, Jos. Streit and R. Gilmore. All of the seven injured will recover. The dead and Injured have been transferred to the hospital ship Sol;1, ve. An Investigation bas boon ordered. The explosion resulted from a tost OL" oil as fiiel. The North Dakota is a first-class battleship, and was launched from the yard of the Fire River Shipbuild ing Con pa ay on November 10, l;)08. She ls ."iio feet long in load water line, with a breadth of 52 feet 3 inches at the same point. Uer dis placement ls '20,000 tons, 2,000 tons In excess of tho original British dreadnought. She carries twenty four guns, and is of 25,000 horse power. The North Dakota cost ?7, 000.000. The commander of the North Da kota is Charles Plunkett, and includ ing her officers the crew numbers more than 900 men. SCOWS EMULSION io the only emulsion"--imi tated. The reason is plain it'ft the best. Insist upon having Scott's-it's ,the world's standard flesh and strength builder. ALL DRUGGISTS Stamp Creek News. Stamp ('reek, Sept. 5.-Special: Fort George school is progressing nicely with .lames Fendley as teach er. Mr. Fendley ls one of Fort George's former teachers and ls con sidered one among the best. .lohn R. Smith and son Frank spent a few days last week itt the moun tains. They visited Rake Toxaway and other points and report a tine time. Miss Sadie Stewart, of Picketts, ls visiting friends and relatives in this community, lier friends are always glad to see her. Mrs. W. M. Harker spent las? Sat urday and Sunday wtib ber brother, W. N, Todd, of the Pleasant Ridge sect ion. Miss Ida Alexander. of Picketts cornily, visited her cousin. Miss Mar gie Smith, recently. Misse;.- Mary and St?lln Alexander are visiting on Little River this week. F. II. Smith bas erected a nico residence on bis farm, which adds much to I he com mu nit y Mrs. Joshua harker daughter, Mrs. John J. cent iv. The young people of the coinmu nil enjoyed a nice singing last Sun day a ernoon. given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Smith. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OASTOR I A New Vork's Population R7(Kl,SH:?. visited her Smith, re Crea ter New York has a popula tion of I.Tilt;.ss:', under the thir teenth decennial census, according to ligures issued by Director of the Census Durand. This makes New York the sei omi largest city in the world, and as large as nuy two for eign cities, excepting Rond?n. toot and Potaflnlum.) rax ronMa AND BTAQES OP you will regain flonh ivml filr?nf(th. Wim to of onor^y and all dlnoanoH remitting from OTortiviIng thosyotom are euroa by tho ni?? of P. P. P. lAdlMwhoso ?yntftmfiaropolfioiiocl/iml whooeblood lu In an imp tiro condltlondno to menstrual irrogulnritlea arepocullarly bonoflted by tho wonderful too lo ftud SCROFULA blood cloanslng prorxrltoa of P. P. P., Prickly Anli, roko Koot ?ml PoUwalurn, Sold by all Druggists. P. V. LIPPftfAN Proprietor Savannah, - Ca.