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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $i Por Annum. Advertising Kates Reasonable. -Dy ?TECK, SHELOK & SCI I BODE It. Communications of a personal eharacter charged for as advertlao .aents. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bo prlutod freo of charge All over that number must bo paid for at tho-rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY ?I, 1011. II0PKINS-CLEM8ON SUIT. , The United States .Supreme Court bas handed down Its decision In the case of Dr. John Hopkins, plaintiff, against Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Caro lina. The decision caine Monday af ternoon, and lt reverses the Circuit Court and the South' Carolina Su preme' Court, both of which bad held that Clemson College., being a State institution, was a part of the State government, and that any suit brought against that Institution was in effect a suit against the State of South Carolina. The State cannot be sued except by its consent, and this it would not give. Thereupon the case was taken to the United States Supreme Court, where In No vember last lt. T. Jaynes, represent ing Dr. Hopkins, and Jas. P. Carey, representing the College, argued the case before the Justices of the Su preme Court. At that time, how ever, there were vacancies on tho United States Supreme Court hench, and the decision was held up until these vacancies should be filled. It "was recognized as a ver> important caiC, the delicate questions involved heinze of such far-roachlng conse quences (hat the Justices withheld their decision, calling later for a re argument before the full Court when) all vacancies had been tilled in their ranks. The case lias been a very Interest ing one throughout, every Inch of ground being hotly contested, lt now i no way equivalent to a suit against the State ot South Carolina, the case may nssume even larger proportions, there being oilier property owners whose lands, il is alleged, suffered similarly lo those of Dr. Hopkins, who alleges damages to tile extent ol' $S.non by reason of water being di verted over his lands in snell man ner as to destroy the fertility of lils land.- and rendering them ui produc tive for agricultural purposes. This condition. Dr. Hopkins alleges, is due to the building ol' a dike hy (lie Clem son authorities. The case has occasioned no small Interes) in the past, each stage of the procecnillg being watched closely by ih. citizens of the State at large as well as those of Oconee. Vor several years the case has been passing through the Courts, each stayo piling up costs, which, up to the present -time, by reason of the latest decision favorable to Dr. Hop kins, fall upon Clemson. These costs will doubtless equal, and possibly ex ceed, the damages claimed by Dr. Hopkins. THE PASSING OE DIA/. The passing of Diaz is sad indeed, lt had been better for him and bet ter for Mexico it the final summons could have come -to Diaz to lay down Iiis work on earth and enter upon his long rest. Then? was but one man. v..- believe, big enough and great enough to hold the Mexican people in check, and thal man was Diaz. Diaz, passing from action by deatli mlghi have still Influenced Mexico: Ida/, overthrown bul leaves Mexico :1. Hi.- mercy ol' Hie Mexican. Hui io all intents and pur poses, so tar as Mexico is concerned, Diaz is n ? more. The creator ami creature of a revolution some thirty years ago, to day lie is Hu- victim ol' a revolution ,i man self-exiled from the . ountry be lias ruled so loni;, and. comparatively speaking, so well. Tyrant in- maj have been, and doubt less was; hm ss il 1 ans one. lor yeal s to come, hold Mexico in check save by tyranny'.' He was a tyrant from necessity, not from choice. Ile knew that the day he relaxed his iron uriji upon tin- people of Mexico, Huit day sealed his doom. Ile knew the pen pie he ruled- and bow wadi ho know* them ?H shown by Hie fact that stripped of ilia power, he prefers ir change Iiis country, relinquishing even bis citizenship in tin country of lils making rather thai fall victim to the prejudice and cow ardice of Hie rabble of Mexico who glory in following a revolution 1st. Wo do not believe that wa magnify the ability or the courage, o Diaz; we do not believe that wi minimize that of Madero and tho ot lier revolutionists, yet wo hope that wo have minimized the latter. Time only will tell. As Diaz brought order out of chaos In Mexico thirty years ago, and maintained it. so. we believe, Madero and his fol lowers have paved the way for chaos again. lt is a debatable question Whether or not the Mexican people to-day are capable of self-govern ment. MILLIONS LOST AT "COXKY." Fire Started in "Dell Outo" and l>o Ktroyod Ml>reainland.M New York, May 27-Coney Island, the playground of New York, suf fered tho worst disaster of its his tory to-day. "Dreamland," thu larg est of the amusomeut parks, was wiped out and about four blocks ad joining, covered with booths, restau rants, hotels, moving picture thea ters and^resorts of varied types, wore I destroyed. The fire broke out at 2 o'clock in the ^toxniug, and was not under,,con trol '..\uUll three hours and a half later. The IOBS will amount to be tween $2.000,000 and $3,000,000. In all about 200 buildings wert burned and perhaps 2,000 pensons, j concessionaries and employees, were turned Into the Btrcets, homeless and penniless. . No lives v/oro loat. The humed ?r?a represents '-nearly a tl Ird of the amusment city, allot whloh would undoubtedly have gone in the teeth of the strong wind, but for .he fact that Coney Island, with a high-pressure water system, espe cially d?Blgned for fire protection, guarded against a diasster of this kind. Tho Aro was discovered, a tiny blaze, In tho tarred scaffolding of "Hell Gate," a scenic railway close to tho entrance to "Dreamland." Twenty minutes af tor a frightened watchman had turned In three alarms, one after another, as fast as his tlmmh could press the key, all "Dreamland," ten ?cres of closely packed buildings, was one blaze. The Hames, urged by a strong wind, were visible for nearly fifteen miles. Close to "Holl Gate," where the fire started, wa? the Bostock animal show, and nearer yet the infant in cubator, a charity nursery, in which were six infants and their attendant! The children were taken out in their little glass houses and rushed out of danger hy the police. Man-lOating Lion lvs<n|M>s. Then came the work of taking om the animals, a costly collection, In cluding several dangerous man-eat ers. Tile animals were in a panic. Their roaring could he heard for mai.y blocks above the crackling of M,., ii...?- .,,,,1 throbbing of ti??? OM. . .? Ij the i un ways into the emergency vans, which are always ready. All went well until the transfer was nearly concluded. Then the big gest of (lie lions, in panic. broke from his bonds, smashed Iiis way through the harriers and leaped into tl:e streets, all packed hy a throng of spectators, ile dived straight into the middle of the throng. Con sternation seized the multitude and Hie crowd rushed pell-mell in all di rections in panic. He was finally killed by mounted policemen. Sixty of the 105 animals were left to die hy tire. The cause of the tire will probably never be determined. In the "Hell Gate" scenic railway, workmen with tar pails had been causeways to protect against tile weather, the tire somehow had its origin from Hie hot tar. Dreamland was worth $2,500.000 and there was less than $500,000 In surance. smearing tho tile scaffolding ll ls supposed Starts Much Trouble. If all people know that neglect of constipation would result in severe indigestion, yellow jaundice or viru lent liver trouble they would soon take Dr. King's New Life Pills, and end it. It's the only safe way. Best for biliousness, headache, dyspepsia, (?lillis and debility. 25c. at all drug gists. THE LAST, ?TRIBUTE H E purpose in erecting a mon? liment ?S to perpetuate the sacred memory of loved ones that have passed into eternal rest. That monument, then, should be the best; one that will stand the test of time and not crack or rot away, at the same time sparkling with beauty and replete with dignity. If it is carved from WINNSBORO BLUE GRANITE "Tlie Silk ol the Trade" it will stand for aeons and aeons thc end of time will find it as beau tiful and unbroken as the day it was set. Winnsboro Blue Granite will not crack or smut; its contrast when lettered renders the inscrip tion plain and readable from a dis tance. In selecting a monument, specify Winnsboro Blue Granite. FOR SALE BY C. E. GRAY, Westminster. .I? Cut out this coupon, and pre-!?" ? sont lt at C. W. Pitchford'* >| . . storo and ho wlil exchange it'-, . . for Twenty-flvo Voto.? in the? -? . . Upton Piano Contest. . . ?J? ?Jv ?J. ?J. ?J? .J. ?Ja tja ,|? ?|??J' WANTED-You to ship yoi Hides and Beeswax to UB and i more money for 'hem than you. p ? getting. We pay 27c. per pound 1 Beeswax. Drop us a card arid > our prices. No amount too large - too small to ship. FANT BRO i' Box 195. Anderson, S. C. 24? Free Tuition, ? For the purpose of advertise , the Spartanburg Business Coll? . ['offers FREE TUITION to one peria r(from thlB county who enters %] ?;fejchool on or before June 20th, au< ,'?8 accompanied by ono student w I Hylll take the full course, or two sr dents who will take each a" sin; course, either book-keeping or sho hand. For catalogue, etc., address Ju NEEL VERNON, Principal. May 31, 1911. 22-2* NOTICE UV APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD. State of South Caroona, J jfcounty of Oconee. ' j Notice 1B hereby ?Ivon] that Mrs. R. aV. Rochester, In bel alf of herself apC mlndr children,, bas'Hied in my ofhxe hor p?tition' for a. homestead exemption in the estate of her hus band, John F. Rochester, deceased, and; that the same will tm heard be fore me in my office at Walhalla, S. C., on June 23d, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m. W. O. WHITE, Master "or Oconee County, S. C. May 31, 1911. 22-25 AEIBURG'S PRESSING CLUB $1.00 Per Month. 4 Suits fl .00. $1.00 91.00 Per Month. Four Salt?. ill IL. IL. BEARD. m Sixty-Five Thou to $55.00 EASY HOUSTON BEST OOUN1 WRITE Strother (J ula- Strother.) PERRY, V_ The Ear New Roi Corn Feed Crush* New plant has been p Beaverdam, and it is now Ready for Thc best of machinery thc mill is strictly first class ? Fully equipped with the latest No expense has been sf product strictly first class, You will get as good make, as it will be tested with Corn cleaned and sec ground on a Grandfather Burr If corn is not shelled, grind thc cobs. If not shuck cob and all into feed. If you have a mill to make meal out t We grind your own cc separately or with other feed, GIVE EARL'S CITATION NOTICE. h. itate of South Carolina, Coun. v m ?) once.- (In Court of Probate) Hy ]>, A. Smith, Judge of Probate Whereas, Mrs. It. V. Rochester bas td lit to nie to grant ber Lottors ot Administration or tho Estate of and Kc'ects of John P. Rochester, de ceased- T Thoso are, therefore, to cite and idmonlsn all and singular the Un Irt ti -.nd creditors of the said lohn .'. Rochester, deceased, that v be and appear bofore mo, in the ourt of Probate, to be held at Wal nula court House. South Carolina, SATURDAY, tho 10th day of NE 1911, after publication here oi at 1.1 o'clock in the forenoon, to (how au so, If any they have, why the salir) administration should not .>? J: ..i';ted. ft 1 /en under my hand and seal this tjfth il ty of May, A. D. 1911. (Seat,) D. A. SMITH, '.ntjv-- ?f Probate for Oconee Couniy, South Carolina. " ' Published on the 31st day of May uni . i day of Juno, 1911, In The ?we? Courier, and on the Court 0U3e Door for the time prescribed by law. 22-23 ^llElVlFF^S SALES FOR TAXES. I will sell, on MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1911, the same being salcsday, at the usual hour of public sale, in front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., the following described^ real estate, to wit: '' Three acres land, about one-f?urth mile south of corporate limits .of town of Walhalla, adjoining lands , of John D. Verner, Eliza Reid'- and others, on public road. . Levied on as the property of D. S. Vandlyer at suit of the State for taxes. " V..' One acre, moro or less,' south ?f corporate limits of town of .''Wal halla, near Westminster road, ad joining lands of Martha Owons, Eliza Alexander and John D. Vernor. Levied on as the property of Louisa Crayton at suit of the State for tax'e?. Forty-two acres, In Seneca town ship, adjoining lands of -. -. Ripple, B. Simms, John Milligan and E. C. Doyle. Levied on as tho prop erty of Martha Johnson at suit of tho State for taxes. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. M. KAY, Sheriff Oconee County, S. C. | May 3, 1911. 18-22 sand Acres $5.50 ? per Acre. TERMS. COUNTY, rr IN SOUTH. OR BEE & Smith, QEORQIA. j ut in at the old Larle Mills, on Grinding. and talent have been used, and md up-to date in every recpect. designed machinery. >arcd to make the quality of thc a turn-out as your wheat wili j improved grain testers. lured the same as wheat and '? the mill will shell it for you and ed, mill will grind shuck, corn, bring the stalks and fodder, we sf them, itton seed into meal and hulls MILL A TRIAL. ?in . '- COME TO SEE US AND WE WILL SHOW YOU MANY CAMI* NECESSITIES. ..., HAVE YOU A STRONG KNIFE. A POCKET AXE. OR WATERPROOF MATCHBOX? BUY YOVR OWN GUN AND THINGS, DON'T BORROW. YOU ARE GOING OUT FOR FUN. YOU CAN HAVE LOTS^MORE OF IT IF YOU FEEL INDEPENDENT IN USING YOUR OWN THINGS. OUR LINE OF OUTING HARDWARE WILL MAKE YOU HAVE A BULLY FINE TIME. MATHESON HARDWARE CO. Westminster, S. C. High Grade Fertilizers, Heal and Acid At lowest prices for money or cotton. We carry vi [juli and com pict t? stock of (..".>.rvji?, Shoes, D.css Gv>ork, Hals ? ??c? 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