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OF INTEREST TO THE D. A, lt. ?riff Sketch of tho Early H H to ry of tho Sloan Family. Greenville, July 17.-Editor Keo weo Cornier: I enclose a little sketch of the early history of tho Sloan family, which 1 clipped from an issuo of The Courier about eighteen years ago. There are so many descendants of tills patriotic couple in Oconco and upper Carolina that I thought it might bo interesting reading for a great many of your present subscri bers. The D. A. R, are seeking Infor mation about patriots, and I thought lt might be Interesting to thom also. I hope you can publish it In The Cou rier again. Yours truly, J. Capt. David Sloan, tho progenitor of his race in the United States, was born in County Down, Ireland, In tho year 1753. Ho emlgratod to the United States and settled in the western part of North Carolina. He waB a captain of a company of North Carolina troops In the Revolutionary War. Capt. Sloan married Su an Ma jors and moved soon theraf'er io Pendleton District, South Carolina. He settled on Seneca River, ten miles west of the present site of Anderson Court House, and made that place bis home until death, which occur red on the 9th of October, 1826, at Ibo age of 7.1 years. His wife. Su san, lived at the old homestead until her death, which occurred on tie? r>tli of September, 1853, at tho age of 92. This honored couple had born unto them twelve children, six sons and six daughters. The first born, which event occurred on the 19th of May, 1787, were twins, and were named for their parents, David and Susan. The motlier said she often put these little children to Bleep at night and then hid them in Ihe canebrakes while she took her bag of corn on her shoulder and went to the nearest mill to have it ground. On her return her hear; was always in her mouth, for she ex pected to find her innocent babes butchered and scalped by tho wily, treacherous Red Men. We give below the names of the children of this well knowo and pa triotic couple, tpgether with the names of their wives and husbands as tho caso may be: David married Nancy Trimmler, daughter of Obadiah Trinimler and his wife, Lucy Stribling, both of whom came from near Mount Ver non, Va., and settled on Toxaway Creek, In tho territory now known as Oconee county. Susan, the twin sister of David, married Robert Bruce, of Georgia. William died when about 23 years ol age, unmarried. Mary died when about 18 years of ave Benjamin Franklin married Eliza Earle, a da ighter of Cen. .lohn B. Ea rle. Thomas Majors married Nancy Blassingame, a daughter of Cen. .lohn blassingame. William (the second) married Eliza Hackett, a daughter of Robert Hacket t. James Mallison married Rebecca Linton, of Abbeville. Elizabeth married Jesse Stribling, of Anderson. Rebecca married Dr. J. B. Earle, of Anderson, and moved to Mobile, Ala. Nancy married Col. Joseph Taylor, of Anderson. Katherine married John P. Ren son, of Anderson. The following obituary notice, whi<h appeared In the newspapers Hi the time, gives an interesting ac count of the family: ' Departed this life, on Tuesday, the 5th of September, 1853, at her residence on Seneca River, Mrs. Su san Sloan, in the !)2d year of her age, relict of Capt. David Sloan, Sr.. who died October 9th, 1826, aged 73 yean;. "Sixty-seven years ago, when the country was a wilderness and Inhab ited by tho Red Man. Capt. Sloan, with hla wife and their twin chil dren, their first born, (Capt. David Sloan. Jr.. who died 29th of October, 1834, at i he age of IV ye. rs, and Mrs. Susan Bruce, who still sur vives), [.itched his tent on the cane brakes oil tho western bank of tho Seneca. For years they encountered and endured all tho privations and dangers of a border life, bul by in dustry, economy, energy and enter prise the many obstacles incident to the settlement of a now country were overcome and the means of comfort and ease gathered around them. After the death ol' her hus band Mrs. Sloan continued to occupy Ihe homestead, and in tho manage ment of her farm and domestic mat ters exhibited a skill truly remarka ble, "More than a half century ago she became a member of tho Presbyte rian church at Roberts, in Anderson District, under the ministration of Rev. Mr. Simpson, and In all proba bility she was the last of that gener ation to be called to the spirit land. She was the mother of twelve cllil Y O AMOURIST TRIAL SK KS RIOT. Attorneys and Court OilierT Mee Others Thrown from Room. Viterbo, Italy, July 21.-The most violent scene at the camorrista' trial wa8 provoked to-day by a personal dispute between Capt. Fab ron I and Lawyer Lloy. In the tumult all the other law yers lied from the room, Burloo Al fano and Gennnre Abnttemagglo, the informer, were thrown out bodily by the carbineers, Giovanni Bartolos*! fell in a flt and President Blanchi, helpless to maintain order, declared tho session adjourned. Throughout tho hubbub, Fabroni, captain of the Neapolitan carbineers, stood pale but impassive. As the court room waB being cleared, he said: "Tho camorra, in or out of court, can't Intimidate me." Alessender Lioy, now attorney for the defense, formerly edited a news paper. Fabroni has testified that revelations against the camorra made by Editor Lioy were not in harmony with the claim set up by Lawyer Lloy in defense of his clients. This reflection on rho lawyer re peated by Fa?ronl to-day, raised the first storm. A.loy screamed like a mad man, Ablatemaggio joined In the. row in support of tho captain, and Enrico Alfnno, the alleged head of the camorra, led in a chorus of invectives directed against Fabroni and Abbateinagglo. Carbineers Seize Alfnno. Finally the president ordered Ab bateinagglo and Alfnno removed from the room. They were not dis posed to meet this order quietly and had to be seized by carbineers and dragged from the place. For a little time there was calm and the president took advantage of the opportunity to admonish all to avoid personalities. With much feeling Fabroni re plied: "For years I have stood the insults of this man Lloy without try ing him before the courts, because I considered him not a criminal, but a person whose mental faculties were unbalanced." Lloy retorted in fury, calling the witness a hypocrite. I "A greater hypocrite than your self does not exist," replied Fabroni. The exchange again stirred the prisoners and opposing counsel, and the din that followed fairly shook the court of the assizes. All of the lawyers for the defense, except Lloy, shouting their indignation, stalked out of the room. Lloy jumped about, gesticulating and hurling epi thets at the crown's witness. .Meantime the prisoners in thc great steel cage were hissing and cursing their accuser and applaud ing their lawyer. At last Giovanni Bartolozzl and others pressed their hoads between the bars of the cage like wild animals struggling to reach their tormenter. Foley Kidney Pills are composed of Ingredients specially selected for corrective, healing, tonic, and stimu lating effect upon the kidneys, blad der and urinary passages. They are antiseptic, antilithic and a uric add solvent. Barton's. Pharmacy, Wal halla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. To Supply Anti-Typhoid Bart erin. Columbia, July 20.-South Caro lina will be the second Slate In the Union to furnish free to Its citizens through the physicians anti-typhoid bacteria for immunity against ty phoi. Florid;? was the first. The State Board of Health decid ed this afternoon to manufacture the bacteria In Its own laboratory here for free distribution. The board will be ready to supply physicians with the bacterin within a short time Pay from Two Sources, Washington, July 20.-From the moment when the name of Senator Terrell, of Georgia, was dropped from the roll of tho Senate, at his request, the salary attached to the job began to accumulate for Gover nor-Senator Hoke Smith. If the lat ter does not como to Washington to present his credentials until Decem ber, he will, nevertheless, bo paid from July 17, I !" 1 I. This would mean drawing a State and a Federal salary at the samo time. 344 arc now living. To them she bas left an example of industry, en dren, only five ol* whom survive her, H'7 grandchildren. 2i:\ great-grand children-113 descendants-of whom orgy, piety and Christian spirit wor th) o? all imitation, "September, I 853." Hay Fever and Summer ('(dds must bo relieved quickly, and Foley's Honey and Tar Compound will do lt. E. M. Stewart, 1034 Wolfram street, Chicago, writes: "I have been greatly troubled during tho summer months With hay fever and find that by using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound I gel great relief." Many others who suffer similarly will b( glad to bene fit by Mr, Stewart's experience. Bar ton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. ?ODY FOUND IN PICKLE VAT. Occupants of Ruggy Uninjured-De vi val Meeting in !*rogress. Madison, July 21.-Special: The literary school at this place ls now In session, under the management of Miss Alma Powell. Our Sabbath school lg progressing nicely and is conducted by W. P. Ablos, superintendent. A singular accident occurred near Chauga creek, on the road leading from Westminster to Long Creek, last Tuesday, the 18th, when a fall ing tree struck the horse of R. J. Vinson, killing lt Instantly. Mr. Vin son and little son were In the buggy at the time, but escaped uninjured. A series of meetings are being con ducted at Unity church tills week by UevB. H. F. Long, R. J. Vinson, R. Cobb, Ma8siah Cobb and F. T. Pur ion. The people seem to be taking great interest in the Lord's work at this place. Rev. S. E. Stephens will preach at Unity church the fifth Sunday in July, also Saturday night before. Kidney Diseases are Curable under certain conditions. The right1 medicino muBt be taken before the disease has progressed too far. Perry j A. Pitman, Dale, Texas, says: "I was | down In bed four months with kid-' ney and bladder trouble and gall ! stones. One bottle of Foley's Kid ney Remedy cured mo well and 1 sound." Ask for lt. Barton's Phar macy, Walhalla; W J. Lunney,; Seneca. Discovered at Medical College De served for Dissection Purposes? Mease Turns Down Chautauqua Offer Columbia, July 20.-Governor Iliense refused yesterday an offer of a chautauqua lecture engagement, ile was offered $150 per night for Sunday lectures, less for lectures on other evenings. He said he was too busy to undertake such a tour. Richmond, Va., July 19.-The body of Ola Thaxton, the Raleigh girl who died In the city home here March 30, was located to-day in a pickle vat In a local medical college. Tho corpse was received by tho col lege May ll, according to the rec ords and, as the session was then practically over, lt was decided to keep lt for dissection purposes in the fall. Though badly blackened by preserving acids, the body ls in an excellent state of preservation. It is not known at this time whether or not the body will be shipped to Raleigh for burial, as Lee Thaxton, the girl's brother, who came here yesterday to make an investigation, has made no application for lt and has not been seen by the police au thorities since yesterday afternoon. lt develops that Robert Riley, who, it 1B alleged, Induced the girl to leave home and come to Rich mond BIX months ago, dropped dead In his home here several days ago. He was formerly employed by the girl's father, John Thaxton, In Ra leigh. According to the story the girl told shortly before her death, Riley and she caine to Richmond together last winter. She soon found em ployment, but the wages were Biiiall and In a few weeks she lost her posi tion. Riley soon grew tired of her, she said, and cast her off. She tried to find work again, but this time there was no work for her. March 20 she was arrested as a vagrant and was sentenced to serve 00 days In jail. A week later she was taken ill with pneumonia and died three days afterward at thc city home. The plano retails for $400 cash. Get Votes ! Subscription Contest JbVom. To-Day To and Including August 26. From to-day to and includ ing Saturday, August 26, we are giving Piano Contestants and their friends another opportunity to get votes by working for New and Re newal Subscriptions to The Keowee Courier. In this Subscription Con test we are giving the following PREMIUMS VOTES. Each Now Subscription.... 3,000 Each 5th New Subscription. 5,000 Largest List of Now Subs.. . (10,000 VOTES. Each Renewal Subscription . 2,000 Each 5th Renewal Sub. 2,500 Largest List of Renewals. . ..10,000 3 1 DAYS There were 67 days from the beginning to thc close of this Special Subscription Contest-JO days in June, 31 days in July and 26 in August, with 9 Sundays to bc counted out. There now remain only 31 days. Try to get at least one New Subscription during each working day. Take your pencil and figure out what that will mean for you in thc way of votes-and don't forget that in addition to the v.tcs given for New and Renewal Subscriptions, we are going to give, on August 27, two extra premiums to the ones having turned in the largest lists of New and Renewal Subscriptions. A few days later-on September ? st-Mr. C. W. Pitchford is going to give to some one the Handsome Upton Piano now on exhibition at his store. Any one wishing to enter The Courier's Special Sub scription Contest by mail can do so. Send in subscriptions, simply stating that you wish to work in this contest, and an accurate list of your subscriptions will be kept and the premium votes issued in your name. Enter To-day ! 22 THE KEOWEE COURIER, I Per Year. WALHALL.., S. C. $1 IV, ?J? ? J. ?J? ?I? ?J. .J? ?J? ?J? ?J. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J?. J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? .J? Cut out this coupon, and pro- wt? oj? sent it at C. W. Pltchford's ww Ju store and ho will oxchaiiRO lt WW WT? for Twenty-five Votes in tho ww ?J? Upton Plano Contest. tW >J..J.frJ..J??|..Ja.J?.^??J??|? .J??J?.J. .J.oj.? . NOTICE.-Under no circum stances will wo discontinue a paper to one member of a fain By, changing to another, and counting smile ns a new sub scription, A RH?N COM III NATION" STRONG. Fir?? Hug Trust Covers Country Headquarters ill Kan sus City. Chicago, July 20.- That there ex ists a gigantic, country-wide arson trust, with headquarters in Kansas City and representatives in nearly all the larger cities, the members of which make a business of setting fire to buildings to enable the owners to collect large sums of Insurance, was tho charge made yesterday by C. -J. Doyle, State fire marshal, in an ad dress before the Chicago Association of Commerce. "The country ls facing ono of the most gigantic, organized arson con spiracies the world has ever known," said Mr. Doyle. "The State fire marshal department of Illinois has combined with the State fire mar shals of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to wipe out the band of fifteen men at the head of this conspiracy. The head of the fire bug trust ls in Kansas City, from which city tho operations of tho entire gang ls di rected. The tentacles of this octo pus have extended, as the daring of those behind the plot has grown, into a dozen or more cities. They have been found at work at Bloomington and Springfield, 111.; Pittsburg, Cleveland, New York, Buffalo, St. Louis, Chicago and elsewhere. Two of the gang have been convicted and are now imprisoned in a Southern city. The others will be behind the bars before long If we are successful in following the clues we now are working on. "The fire bug problem ls one of the most Important which confronts the country. Even without the cases of arson, the fire losses of the coun try are appalling*amounting to about $500 a minute. In Chicago the loss is $5,000,000 a year, while In Ber lin the animal loss docs not exceed $200,000. We should adopt the fire protection plans In European cities." "Had dyspepsia or Indigestion for years. No appetite, and what I did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me."-J. H. Wal ker, Sunbury, Ohio. ?j. ?j. ?j. .j? ?|-|-|-|-|? I ask every Sunday school super intendent to ask every pupil to give five cents towards Miss Shelor's mon ument the first Sunday in August. I hope every school In the county will respond. That will give the chil dren time to make the money them selves. They will enjoy giving it so much more ll* they do. As 1 know no one at Townville except Hov. T. C. Llgon, and think lt is too much to ask of him. I will ask the superin tendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school to forward all the money col lected nt that place. 1 do not Intend to slight any part of the county. There are places where I know no one, but will be grateful to any one who will go for ward and lend a helping hand. What are Sunshiners for but to help each other along? Without walting to bo asked, Mrs. Higgs, of Clemson, sent a personal check for $5. Some are walting to see what others give. I hope to hear from all the helpers by tho first of August at the latest. Send the money by check or postal order to Mrs. Julia D. Shanklin, Westminster, S. C., Route No. 4. I want my International Young Men to pay as a society, and when they give to so stato lt, or pay to the chaplain, Rev. Ceo. M. Wilcox. "Have a thought about those who are shut In from active life, and those also who are bearing the weight of years, and see if there is not some thing you may do for them." lt takes so little of heartfelt sympathy to brighten the day for a friend just a bright smile or a hearty hand shake may change a dark day to one of sunshine for some one. "Wo love the friend with a smile and tho one with roses on his tongue-tho man who sees your boy's dirty face, but mentions his bright eyes; who notices tho shabby coat, but praises the studious habits; the man who secs all the faults, but whoso tongue ia quick to praise and slow to blame." Thanks aro due Mrs. Darby and Mrs. H. P. Alexander for magazines, Mrs. Sallie GUIison for Christian Heralds and The Holden Agc. , Mrs.) Julia D. Shanklin. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound ls effect Ivo for coughs and colds In either children or grown persons. No opiates, no harmful drugs. In tho yellow package. Refuse substitutos. Barton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Inoculating Soldiers for Fever. Norfolk, Va., July 21.-In conso quenco of typhoid fover In tho train ing camp at St. Helena training sta tion, tho Inoculation of every man in camp who has not boen attacked by tho disease has been ordered. Thir ty or forty men in camp have devel oped typhoid. SUNSHINE HAYS. NEXT MONTH ENDS CONTE8T. Several Contestants SHH Piling Votoj. Ilito tho .Millions. * > There are now about live week: left In whleh to add votes tn tho Un ten Plnno Contest at C. W. Pitch fold's store, Walhalla. That there is still great interest beirig mani fested is evident from the record of votes. A comparison of this woek's report with that of last week will show plainly whore the energy ie be ing expended. Tho Itceord to July IO. Following is the record of votes aa compiled up to July 19: Contest ant No. No. Votes. Contest ant No. No. Votes. 1.2,586,405 2. 2,235 8. 6,820 4. 10,470 5. 51,205 6. 14,965 9. 5,970 11. 29,830 12. 12,550 14. 1,237,270 15. 25,125 20. 2,160 24. 0,320 26. 65,515 27. 15,035 28 . 429,655 86. 2,605 37. 4,417 38. 5,230 39. 109,215 .10. 46. 48. 40. 50. 215,110 3,230 4,370 3.180 5,270 54. 202.17C 55. 10,165 58. 4,280 64 . 88,200 Never can toll when you'll mash a finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or scald. Be prepared. Dr. Thomas* Eclectic Oil Instantly relieves tho pain-quickly cures the wound. 65. 66. 68. 71. 75. 77. 83. 85. 87. 92. 97. 68. 104. 108. 109. 110 112. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 121. 124. 131. 132. 133. 134. 144,485 22,005 21,170 2,440 40,790 4,005 7,485 6,015 14.800 3,035 205,089 71,630 59,885 17,560 578,870 17,255 2.555.030 90,665 0,005 11,308 2.098.785 . 541.780 0.041 8.215 2,230 7,730 15,025 15,410 Four Women Killed. Troy, N. Y., July 20.-Fou:- wo , men were killed and a chauffeur so 1 riously injured In an automobile ae cic'-nt at Racevllle, se- - north of Granville, late The automobile was stn grade crossing by a Del. Hudson passenger train ai mobil ist s were returning liamstown, Mass. Ostrander, who was running the automobile, saw the train approaching and shifted his gear from low to high In an effort to get across. In shifting the gear, however, he lost the spark and the big touring car stopped in the mid dle of the tracks. .. 'dai i arv and ho auto ft/h 'A ;.! CASTO li For Infants and Chi ireib The Kind You Havs Always ?uughi Bears tho Signatura of 4? Overrun with Army Worms. Little Kock, Ark., July nn r,?'-" ('bowning, of Little River ty, has brought to the cit; il army worms taken from fields, which, ho says, e . with the pest. The wor : i yet dont, practically little damage, but they only made their appearance last Sunday. They came in battle array from the West. The pest in past years did great damage. Think of it, a plano given away DON'T SU? FER WITH Neuralgia when a 25 cent bottle of Noah's Liniment ia guaranteed to drivo thia terror away-or money re? funded. At ?he first twinge, applied as directed, Noah's Liniment will give immediate and eftectunl relief. lt quieta the nerves and scatters the con gestion, penetrates and requires very little rubbing. Nosh's Liniment Is tbo 'host remedy for Rheumatism, ?pintIcu, bruno Buck, Stiff .lolntH and Muscles, Moro Throat, Colds, , Strains, ?praliw. Cuts, ^g23ggggj UniISOS, (kale, Cramps, \ mmm^^mxm^m fl Neuralgia, 'Toothache, and all Nervo, Bono and Muscio Adios (md Pallis, Tho K<'iiiiliio lina Nonb'a Ark on ovory nnekngo nixl looks Uko inls cut, but lum lt KD band . 'Iront of prickr?"o i " Noah'* Linim*.. ' al ways In UKO Ink. Bo waro of Imltatlonn. I.ar?O bottle, '?r, coats, amt poid by all dealers In medicino, (hinrnntccd or money refunded by Noah Remedy Co., Inc., Richmond, Va. 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