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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning KlllkSCIUPTION PRICE). Ono Your .$1.00 Hi* .Months . Threo Months.?10 Advertising Itutos Itousonuhle. lly Btoek, Sholor, Hughs X Sholor. Communications or a pomonal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices, cards of thanks and tri hu tes of respect, either by Individuals, lodges or churches, aro charged for as for advertisements at rate of ono cent a word. Cash must accompany manuscript, and all such notices will be marked "Adv." in conformity with Federal ruling on such malters. WA td ?A it a, s., c. WFDM'SDAY, .\c<;. to, mat. j The Story of I Our States i By JONATHAN BRACE XXII.-ALABAMA MlKdiscov j o v y of . A I a h a ma is ? credited to He ? Solo In iain. I The IOngllF.1] f claim to this j j territory and included it In tho I i graul to North Carolina. But j t il was the Crouch who tirst set- . ? lied here erecting In 170'J Cort j * St. Louis on Mobile Hay and . . founding the town of Mobile nine t i years later. Mobile was for i i many years the capital of Loulsi- j j una. France in 17051 ceded the f . territory east of the Mississippi j j to Cngland and the northern part j t of the present State of Alabama ! \ was joined to tho Illinois terri- j * tory. The southern portion was . ". known as West Clorida. Serious j ! conflict with the Indians was \ '? . kepi vip for many years. In fact, J 1 T even as lute as 1812, there was ? I . un uprising of the Creeks which j Iresulted in terrible atrocities and f massacres, t During tho R?volution West | ? Florida remained loyal to ling- * lund, but was seized hy Spain . !only to be turned over to the . i United Stutes In 181?. This Mo- j bile section WAH then added to i . the northern district and the t t Slate of Alabama was formed . 4 mid became tho twenty-second I j Mate of the Union iii 1811?. 1 The meaning of the name Als- ' I bama is variously Interpreted. ? j It was the name of au Indian j ! tribe which Inhabited this ter- j J rltory nt the time of De Soto's j tlrst visit. After this tribe the j river was named and the State f was called Alabama after t;-e j rt fer. The Jmlinn word was sup- j peged to mean "Here wc rest," ! and these words ure used on the t state's coat of uriii.s, but this In- j terpretatlon ls doubtful und its j J real meaning ls uncertain. Alu- . ? bama is sometimes called the j j Plantation State. Its ?rea is ?l,- j i POS square miles. j (?br Mot'lur? Ne\T?|iui?pr Syndicat?.? $ 1 * l'A BM FR KIT F. FXDORSKS SIAM) Taken by Mr. McDonald - Farmer* Should Stand for Rights. Fal i I or Keowee Courier: In reply lo Mr. McDonald's article in your issue Of Aug. ?RI, I wain lo say this: 1 was glad ttl read his ar ticle, and l would stn ely Uko lo shake his hand. Mr. McDonald looks al this qaes on as i: should be looked upon. This Southland of ours would bo bel ter il* every fanner in ii were to see things as he does and liol only see. hut act. The farmer is Ibo backbone of Ibo world; therefore they (tho farmers) should stand up for the rights of their wives and children. Why Iel ..our wife kill herself by so much drudgery because of Hie little neces sary Illings you cannot afford your comrade? Mr. Carmor, why not do as the city dudes and cotton gam blers tell Ibo Legislature io pass a law to prohibit country children working inore i han eight hours per day? if ?hal wei? a law, children would ha v.. a few hours for daily study. Tho farmers' children stay at home and work 'while the city chil dren go lo school. Then, when the lest comes, where are the fanners' children? What standing have they in the business and educational cen ters? Yes, the fanners can feed and Clothe the city people, and then be pushed back, while the City loafer triumphs over the farmer because he is a dirty, uneducated working man. The schools for thc illiterate will aways have to be kept up If the ris ing generation is not given a better opportunity tor an oducation than they have been given In the pa?fc I hoard a fanner say the other day that when he was a little boy he couldn't go tb school more than half his time befranse he was afraid that when he had worn out the clothes he had be would ?tot be able to get more. Half his school days were spent in cutting and hauling cord wood and cross-ties to help support the family. This farmer dow has a family. Can he educate his children with any more ease than his parents in their efforts to give him the little education he has? No. Tho colton gamblers have caused the farmers to suffer moro llnaneially than tho war. Many hard-working farmers do not know the news in the surrounding communities because of the fact thill they canot afford to sub scribe for any of tho papers of their county. Why'.' The cotton buyers knew the reason. Farmers and farmerettes, don't be afraid to express yourselves, I am a farmerette, and bave expressed my mind. Yours truly, (Miss) (lessie Powell. Westminster, s. C., Itt. I. i DODSON'S MYKIt TOM: KILLS CAIJO.MKL SALK. Oon'l sicken or salivate yourself or paralyze your sensitive liver by taking calomel, which is quicksilver. Your dealer sells each bottle of pleas ant, harmless "Dodson's Liver Tone" under an Ironclad, money-back guar antee that it regulates the liver, stomach ?ind bowels helter than cal omel, without making you sick-1 million bottles sold - adv. COL. Jt)ll\ MARTIN HAS PASSF.I) To MN Kc wa rd-lU'lievod to Itv La-d Survivor Confederate Congress, Oeala, Fla., Aug. 10. Col. .lohn Marshal Martin, believed to be the last surviving member of Hie Con gress of the Confed?ralo states of America, died at his home here early to-nighl after an illness of several mon t hs. Col. Martin had been con ll lied to his bed since ho sustained a fall sev eral months ago while assisting a servant in lifMng a heavy object. He was horn in Hampton county. South Carolina, in 1832, in what was then known as Beaufort district. He was graduated from the Citadel at Char leston and came to Florida in 18">r>. At the outbreak of the Civil Wat he organized and commanded the Marlon Light Artillery in this coun try and served in the '.Western" army. Ile was wounded in the hattie of Richmond, Ky., late in lSi?2, and returned to his home here. Ile was admitted to the Confederate Con gress on March 2",, 1863, to repre sent ibo Eastern district of Florida. l'pou conclusion of his term he was urged to seek re-election, but his wound having healed he re-entered the military service with the rank of colonel, and was placed in command of the Ninth Florida Infantry. With this command he saw service in the second battle of Cold Harbor, the battle of The Crater, and much of the other sanguinary fighting around Richmond and Petersburg during the declining days of the Confederacy. Following Leo's surrender at Ap pomattox he returned to his home, and his plantation near here was typical of the "Old South." H$ moved into Oca la in 1881, and dur ing President Cleveland's adminis tration served as lo'-ul postmaster, his only post-war public office. Col. Martin was married twice, his second wife. Mrs. Sallie Waldo Martin, surviving him. Ile is also survived hy two sons, three daugh ters .lohn M. Martin. Jr., and Rd inund \Y. Martin, of Atlanta, Ca.: Waldo W. Martin, of Oeala: Mrs. Howard C. Monroe, of Hiltmore. N. C., and Mrs. Albert ll. Birdseye, of Savannah. Ca. He was the grand father of Mayor .lohn W. Martin, of Jeckson ville. /X TONIC Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to tho cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic, value, drove's Tasteless chill Tonie is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Crip germs by its Strengthening, In vigor* Illing Effect. (>0c. To (iraduate front llihlc Institute. K. Archer hillard, formerly a member of the Presbyterian church of Westminster, is one of a class of eighty who graduated from the Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago on August I 1 th, He will spend his va cation In pastoral and evangelistic work, after which he will continue his studies at the University of South Carolina. Ho ls preparing for mis sionary work in South America. THE REDEDICA LAND PRE? CHU MOMA UK S 11V lt. T. JAY X KS OX CATION OF HICKl/AXl) I SUNDAY, AUC (Dy request the substance of the remarks Intended to bo made are committed to writing, as tho speaker was interrupted by sudden storm.) ? CHURCH.' Lord of tho worlds above. How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of Thy love. Thine earthly temples, aro! To Thine abode .My heart aspires, With warm desires To seo my (Sod. The interesting and impressive ex ercises of this day, inciden: to the rededication of this historic church, bring vividly to mind these lines of the poof, Cowper. In which ho paints for us such a true and beautiful pic ture of the House of Cod. Let us learn anew the lesson they teach, and lind here within thee walls, though built by the hand of man. tho sacred precincts that constitute tho sweet trysting place of the *:<'Ul and Truth. Religion is life-Hie life of God in the soul of man, the response of man's spirit lo tile attractions of the Divine SpirJt. Rut thc religious lifo must find expression; il must have a place (it for growth and hab itation a pli.ee of meeting and com muning with tho Author nf all life and bein?. Hence these ear;hiv tem ples, so prennent and so fair, aro given to the children of men as the lit and peculiar place for divine wor ship; for tho supreme exercise and experience of the human spirit in contact, with the Di vino Spirit; for tho vital con nection of human love with divine love. This it isth at gives them their permanence and security. ' I pon this rock," declared Christ to Peter, "I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." To these earthly temples come at stated intervals the great body of believers, who constitute the Church of Christ on earth, of different names and orders, but one in faith. "For as the body is one, and hathjinany mem bers, and all the memlers of that L. one body, being many, kW one body: so also ls Christ." Of this spiritual edillce lt is that John, the apostle, speaks in Revelation, when in a vis ion he saw the church "prepared as a bride adorned for her husband," and to whom ono of the seven angels declared: "I will show theo the bride, the Lit nib's wife." What a beautiful figure of speech! How sweet and fragrant its meaning! How it touches the tenderest chords in human life and destiny, and links them with things spirtual and eter nal! For three generations or more this church has been to this community a center of light, life and love, ever shedding its gentle radiance into many Christian homes. In very truth it can be said with becoming modesty that the Richland commu nity has ever been noted for Ita Christian homes, in which dwell solid piety and the homely virtues. How memory recalls the familiar forms and faces of the fathers and mothers, the heads of the homes of forty and fifty years ago! True and faithful were they in their day and generation. Hard were the lines on which their lot was cast. It was in deed the day of small things. The biigiiting scourge of four years of civil warf, re had ravaged our fair Southland until all wealth was ex hausted, and tho surviving veteran returned to his home amid wreck and ruin. Oh! how thc heroes and hero ines of the sixties and tho seventies rise before our oyes to-day in their sublime grandeur, and challenge our love, homage and admiration ! How ? the labor of I heir hands bulldod ?mew the humble home; bow their self-denial and self-sacrifice niado possible first their meagre support of tho church of their choice, and then enabled them lo open the school house door, made possible only by a subscription Ms) al so much per pupil. Nothing short of an abiding faith in tho Supreme Author of all Good could have .sustained and soothed them in iholr labor of love. There remain, and are present here with us today, three survivors of that heroic past Dendy, Ellison and Armstrong. Venerable men! You stand as the connecting link between the age of our fathers and ours. Alike with your comrades, most of whom have answered ibo last bugle call, you have fought well tho bat tles of lifo, whether of war or of peace, and the greatest of them all are for the peace and unity and glory of your reunited country. This occasion ls highly favored by your TION OF RICH 5BYTERIAN RCH. THE OCCASION OF THU llKDHDl ?llKSIIVTBKIAN CHURCH, ;CST 7th, ll>:il presence, and we are helped hy your example ot" duty well done. In affectionate regard stand both tho Richland Presbyterian church and the Rock Springs Methodist church. Betweon the membership of these two organizations there has ever existed the highest type of Christian fellowship. They have both made their rich contribution to the life of this community. Yea, more! At times tho ranks of the ono have been Invaded by the other, and we recall especially one muong the many instances of the grafting of Method Ism on good old Presbyterian stock, or vice versa - for love laughs ut locksmiths as well as denominational j lines. And lt must be confessed thai the church militant luis not suffered in the process of grafting, for yon have just heard from one of the scions of the special process in mind an able discourse on the "Christian Momo." Truly, the followers of Cal vin and Wesley, when thus united, constitute a mighty army to do bal-! ? tie for the Lord, and for the spread ; of Scriptural holiness and righteous-j i ness throughout the land, i Rich is the heritage bequeathed to : this community by the men and the j women who have gone on before. ; They being dead yet speak; their In ? lluence abides, and .is potent for ? ; good. Ours is the task to preserve j and perpetuate this heritage without' j spot or blemish or any such thing. 1 j While Uley have faded out of sight. 1 j their precept and example remain j with us. for admonition and corree-! ! lion. . ! I i " 'Tis sweet, as year hy year we lose i Friends out of sight, in faith to muse I How ni'ows in Paradise our store." j lu yonder cemetery they sleep ! old age. serene and bright, and lojve-, ly as a Lapland night, having led j j them to their grave. We would do j I well to commune with them while we linger here, and learn again the ! lesson of their lives. "Tis faith-the | I faith born of religion-that builds' j a bridge across the Gulf of Death ; and lands thought smoothly on the further shore. As we think on those . j things we recall the lines by WU-j j liam Cullen Bryant, the great relig- ; I ious poet of America, on "The Fu ' ture Life." and apply them to our j departed friends and loved ones: "Yet though thou wear'st the glory of th? sky, Wilt thou not keep the same be loved name, I ; The same fair, thoughtful brow and 1 gentle eye, Lovelier in Heaven's sweet eli-j mate, yet the same? ! "Shall thou not teach me, in that calmer home. I The wisdom that 1 learned so ill I in this The wisdom which ls love-till I be come Thy fit companion in that land of bliss?" In conclusion I wish to express my . high appreciation of the honor and j j tho privilege of having part in the j , exercises of this day. lt is truly a home-coming for me, and words are j halting and language lame in giving expression to the feelings of the heart on this occasion. Dear old Richland, the home of our childhood, wo cherish thee! Wo aro proud of tho confidence doctors, druggists and tho public have in OOO Chill and Fever Tonic. -adv. i Shot Wife to Keep Her Homo. i Greenwood. AUK. 1 I.- To keep his j wife from leaving home sq, frequent- j ly, according to his own admission. Coleman Patterson, a negro, shot his wife Monday night with a shotgun at. Tranquil church, a colored church just over the line In McCormick county. Ho was arrested yesterday by Rural Policeman ll. L. Lyon at Bradley and brought to tho Green wood ' county jail. O ill cor Lyon ar rested Patterson only on suspicion, and later found that he had shot his wife. One of tho woman's arms was shot off and she is not expected lo live. Patterson admitted that ho shot his wife because, he said, "she kept go ing off from home." K\ pms ion Kills Hundred. Hiroshima, Japan. Aug. 9.-One hundred persons were killed or In jured here to-day when the govern ment powder magazine exploded. Tho origin of the accident ls not known. --rn? . Subscribo for Tho Courlor. (Best) BflflflBBBflflBBBfll f Colds Sc i ?? "For years we have used ll and 1 have never found any B place," writes Mr. H. A. Stacy, g cy, who is a Rutherford Couti mm Draught as a medicine that sb ?J hold tor use in the prompt trea g vent them from developing inte g THEDF g BLACK-D B 0 "It touches the liver ant iga declared. "It is one of the b J5 cold and headache. 1 don't k Jg family if it wasn't for Black-Di D dollars ... I don't see how a B out it I know it is a reliable i H in the house. I recommend m never without it." At all druggists. 1 Accept No miosio WIOHI: "SO.MK TATKH?." Dillon Furniers Comparo Notos as to j Merits oj' Their Products. ( Dillon Herald.) r The crowd was in front of the Car michael-Mooily furniture store, and they were talking about tho reports that had gone abroad that pellagra was ou the increase in tho South on account of the lack of proper foods. Tho general opinion was Unit if tho South could not raise its own food it ought to starve. "Why, everything in the food line can he made right here at home in the greatest abundance," said Dr. J, ll. Hamer. "We can produce right here in Dillon county almost every variety of food the human family uses. We can make the largest po tatoes, thc best cabbage and the finest hogs in the State. Which reminds me of a conversation I heard some days ago between two Dillon county men. They were bragging on the fer moy of their lands. " 'Why, man,' said one of the two, 'I made last year a watermelon so large that it broke loose from tho vine, rolled down a hill and killed several of my neighbor's cows.' " 'That was a pretty good melon,' replied the other man, 'but lt does not measure up to some potatoes that I made last year. Ono of tho potatoes grew under my neighbor's fence and he claimed half of it. We took the matter into the courts, and the court decided that we must cut that potato tn half and divide lt be tween ourselves. Wo put men to work with cross-cut saws, and it took us three days to wind up the Joh. I am not going to tell you how large that potato was, but when we got through with tho sawing operation we weighed up the sawdust and it totaled ninety tons.' " For Th ra o Generation* Have Made Child-Birth Easier By Using - WRITIFOK BOOKLET OH MOTHERHOOD AMOT'IC BABY, rill BRADFIELD REOULATO? CO.. DEPT. 9 D ATLANTA. CA. Commercial Value of a Mun. An employee of a paper mills com pany, tired of hearing men boast of their importance, dug up the fact that, according to scientific investi gation, the ingredients of a man, plus waler, are as follows: Kat enough for seven bars of .soap. Iron enough for a medium-sized nail. Sugar enough to fill a shaker. Lime enough to whitewash a chick en coop. ?Phosphorus enough to make 2,200 match tips. Magnesium enough for a dose of magnesia. Potassium enough to explode a loy cannon. Sulphur enough to rid a dog of ?ls Meas. This whole collection is won h ;is cents-ami this In a day when these things aro three times as high as they used to bo. \flOfl euros Malaria, Chills and Fe ver, Bilious Fever, Colds nod lal? Grippe, or monoy refunded.-adv. Philologists havo nover been able to determine the origin of the Etrus can people of Northern Italy. tanannoaaonunD "S Headache g Black-Draught in our family, JJ medicine that could take its B of Brady vii le, Tenn. Mr. Sta- B ty farmer, recommends Black- g ould be kept in every house- wm tment of many little ills to pre- 2 > serious troubles. g ORD'S S ?AUGHT S 1 1 does the work," Mr. Stacy est medicines I ever saw for a now what we would do In our raught. It has saved us many ny family can hardly go v/ith ind splendid medicine to keep Black-Draught highly and am g 8 Imitations , | 1,81 RS KS I ES BS ES D Q 0 E BS D S3 S3 ?3 LS SITJilVAN'S ISLAND I'OSTMASTKK Shot by Unknown Assailant-Was in Art ot' Opening Postolllce. (Charleston News and Courier, 10th) Henry L. Diefenbach, post master at Muuitrtevllle, Sullivan's Island, was wounded in the hoad yesterday morning hy an unidentllled man whom ilo' authorities expect to ar rest. The postmaster bad gone lo the olllce about T a. m. for the pur pose of performing some routine work, and was opening some blinds when, two pistol shots were bred at him. The man at once ran away. Mr. Diefenbach called for assist ance and was taken to the army hospital for treatment, lt was stated that his wound was not serious. County Sheriff .Jos. M. Poulnot had just arrived at his otlice from Sulli van's Island when ne'ws of the affair reached him. Accompanied by a ru ral policeman the sheriff went to Moultricville. and the two officers found clues that are expoctod to re sult in the arrest of Mr. Diefenbachs assailant. lt is not clear what motive the man had. It ls said that tho man en tered the building through a door on the beach aide, and lt Is thought that Mr. Diefenbach surprised the Intru der. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms have aa un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there ls more or 1 e93 stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC ?Ivon regu larly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, improve the digestion, and oct as a general Strength ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be tn perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. To Preserve Ohl Stage Coach, New York, Aug. ll.--A movement to preserve the largest stage coach in the country is now on foot, the stage in question, fifty years ago, be ing the pride of this section. The giant coach, capable of accommodat ing 120 persons, is decaying in Hrooklyn. The cost of reconstruction has been estimated at $5,000. When trolley cars were only a dream, Henry Hamilton, a prosper ous livery man. was operating a string of coaches in tho Williamsburg section. Chowder parties then were popular, and clubs complained that they couldn't get a coach that was big enough. So this vehicle was built. lt was drawn by twenty horses, and so long was the equipage that when a ferry was reached elgteon of the horses were unhitched and wailed for the craft to make a second trip. Bosldos the-driver there was a man to operate tho brakes on hills. Inside and oat it was <\ orated with oil paintings, In IST?; tho coach was exhibited : i the Centennial Exposi tion. The climate of 'he ..toe" of Italy, a few miles inland, resembles that of England. Keep Your Blood Pure In Summer Many feyer epidemics are caused by impurities in tho water supply and are ended only when the water is purified. Like wise, many blood disorders such as ec zema, tetter, pimples, bolts, blackheads and Rheumatism are caused by Impuri ties tn th* blood supply and can ba stopped only when these are driven out. Enrich your blood and keep it pure by t?UinS S. S. S. You could bave no bet ter health Insurance. For Special Booklet or tor indi' vidual adv io?. Without charge. write Chief Modical Advisor. S.S.S. Co., Dep'i439, Atlanta, Qa. , Oat S. S. S. at your druggiet. The Standard! Mood Purifier