Keowee courier.(Walhalla, S.C.) 1905-03-15.
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rj WHITNEY. i On« sf IK'. Great Inventors of Modern Times. Few inventors have wrought so great a revolutiou iu any iudustry as ¿li Wbituey wrought in tho industry of growing cotton and preparing it for market. His cotton gin multi¬ plied by 1,000 thc number of pounds of ootton a slave could clean in a day. The impetus it gave to thc produc¬ tion of this great staple is shown by the fact that in 1791, two yoars before Whitney applied for his first patent, tho exportation of cotton from the United States was but 189,500 pounds, wbilo in 1803, ten yoars after his first patent was applied for, the exportation of it was 41,000,- O00 pounds. Thc cotton gin, accord¬ ing to tho decision of Judge Johnson, paid off tho debts of tho South, in¬ creased its capital and trebled the ValuO of its hinds. While others were greatly profiting by his ingenuity, Whitney waa gain¬ ing nothing by it but calumny and lawsuits. Ho was ultimately com¬ pelled practically to abandon tho cotton gin an 1 ^etako himself to another linc v .lanufacturing to . make a living. Gratitude nus seldom been more completely overcome by avoricc than it was in tho caso of those who profited by his genius. Whitney was a nativo of Massa¬ chusetts. His natural aptness as a mechanic began to show itself early ; at 12 years of ago ho contrived a fiddle which made pretty fair music. At about thc same ago he took his father's watch to piocos and put it together again in tho latter's absence. During the Revolutionary war there was a large demand for nails, and the older Whitney, at his son's sugges¬ tion, bought a kit of tools with which Eli, then If) or 10 years old, sot him¬ self to nail-making, deriving there¬ from a good profit. When 19 years «old Eli decided to got a liberal edu¬ cation, and by teaching school and ?exercising his mechanical ingenuity he managed to scrape together money ?enough to prepare himself to enter Yalu College, from which ho gradu¬ ated in 1792. '1 h j next fall be was offered a place as tutor in a private family in Georgia, but when ho went there ht found to his chagrin that the place had been lilied. Tho widow of thc Revolutionary leader, Gen. Nathaniel Greene, who lived near Savannah learned of 1 is ill-luck and invited him to make his home at her plantation Ile accepted her invitation and tool up tho study of law. While residing with Mrs. Greene Whitney had BOV oral opportunities to show his in genuity. One evening a number ol planters who had gathered at th« Greene home wore discussing th« prospects of tho cotton growing in \lustry. The only thing needed tc make the South prosperous, thej agreed, was some botter moans foi separating the cotton from the sood The possibility was suggested tba this might be done by machinery, i anybody had the ability to invent it "Gentlemen," said Mrs. Greene, "ap ply to my young friend, Mr. Whit ?ioy ; he can make anything." Whitney modestly disclaimed mo chanieal genius and said truly tba ho never bad seen cotton seed. Hu his interest was aroused, and bo a »nee got some uncleaned cotton, madi a few tools and took up tho task o contriving the nee-led amohine. Iii worked all winter. The only person who know what he was about wer Mrs. Greene and a neighbor, l'hinca .Miller. As spring approached tb nvention neared completion. A soon as it was exhibited in action i was seen to answer perfectly thc pm pose for which it was intended. The first gins made by Whitnc wore in principle ibo same as a which have since been manufacturée although, of course, some improve monts have been introduced. Tb cylinders arc mounted firmly in strong wooden franni. One cyliiuh ñas grooves cut in it about half n inch apart into which arc titted ci cular saws. Tho other cylinder boa brushes, tho tips of who ¡sties ai in contact with the tooth of tho saw The saw tooth tear the cotton fro: Hhe seed and the brushes remove from the tooth. A revolving fan thc Wows il into a receptacle provide 'for the purpose. Whitney tried to koop his work «ecret, but rumors of it finally g< oui, «nd thu importance of such an in vin lion to tbe agricultural interest being generally recognized, the news spread rapidly throughout Georgia and the rest of the South. Crowds c imo from every direction to see the machine, but it was not considered safe to gratify their curiosity until a patent had been secured. Whitney and Miller, with whom he had formed a partnership, were confident ihey were about to make a fortune, when ouo night some miscreants broke into the building where the machino was kept and stole it ; and before Whitley could get his pateut a number of cotton gins modelled on his were in successful operation. Before the invention of tho cotton gin the cleaning of one pound of cotton was a good day's work for otie man. As soon as it came into use one man could clean 1,000 pounds in a day ; and it was not long before it beoame possible for one man, with two-horse power, to clean 5,000 pounds in a day. Whitney & Miller at once took legal steps to proteot themselves from unscrupulous competitors. Years of litigation followed which ( availed them almost nothing. Thu decisions they got in their favor cost almost as much as they were worth, and down¬ right perjury caused some decisions to go agaiust them. The Legisla¬ ture of South Carolina honorably granted Whitney *50,000. North Carolina gave him a royalty on every saw used in cotton gius in the State. This is about all he ever got out of his invention. Seeing fiually that the cotton gin would never make his fortune, Whit¬ ney determined to ongage in the manufacture of firearms. Oliver Wol¬ cott, Secretary of tho Treasury, got him the contract to make 10,000 muskets for the United States Gov¬ ernment. Whitney bought a site for his works called East Rock, near New Haven, Conn., where Whitney- ville now stands. A waterfall fur¬ nished the necessary power. A severe winter and the inexpertness of work¬ men at first delayed his operations, but in the course of years he estab¬ lished a factory so perfect in ovory respeet that on it all the national armories since built have been mod¬ elled ; and before he died he had amassed a considerable fortune. "Arkwright, Watt and Whitney,' said Robert Fulton, "were the three men who did tho most for mankind of any of their contemporaries," and Macaulay declared : "What Petei the Great did to make Russia domi¬ nant, Eli Whitney's cotton gin hat more than equalled it in its relation tc thc power and progress of the United States." s. o. D. Due West Female College, Abbeville County. This college has long been th« property of individuals, paying pn- nually a fair dividend on the capital invested. Recently it has passed into the possession of thc Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, whioh will en¬ large it« facilities and opportunities It has been decided to erect a building with all domestic conven¬ iences as a hom for young ladies who desire to reduce thc cost of col¬ lege education by doing their owr cooking and housekeeping. They wil educate their hands as well as theil hoads and bc prepared for any lint of life work that the futuro may brilia them. The new departure is most com¬ mendable and other female colleges State and denominational, will havi to meet the competition.-Barnwcl People. DR. WOOLLEYS OPIUM and WHISKED ANTIDOTE Will Cure Permanently al Your Own Homo. T. M.'Rrown, of DcQucen, Ark., says: "Ove sovon years ago 1 was cured ol the opium babl hy your medicino, and have continued In th VerV liol Ol health Hinco." W. M. Tunstall, of Lovings!. Va., says: .. am glad to say that I lirmiv lielleve that I nu entirely and permanently cured »f the drlnl habit, aa I have nevoroven *,> muon as wanto* ;« ilrmk in any form »ince I tonk your eradicatoi now 18 months ago. It WM tho host money over invested." Mn*. Virginia Townsend, of Shreveport, I.a writes. "No more opium. I have taken no otho remedy than yours, .uni I make no mistake win; I *.i> thal div health Is hotter now thai» lt eve waa In my life, ami i owe it to you mid you remedy. lt hus hoon twelve years since I wa cured by your treatment." Dr. Windley has thousands of snob testtuu nlals, with permission to uso them. A treat ???cut witti so many recommendations from ph] Sloans ami cured patients must ho good. I»r. Wooli«-?'» % ni,,Lo. has imitators (n all good articles have)-perhapa yon have trie jonie ol tl.i-hut .herc is nothiiiK like Wool Iry'n. It has stood the test of thirty yeara. N luau or woman who usos opium or whiskey 1 «ny form, or who ha« friend« so iiltllcted, slioul hesitate to write to DR. lt. M. WOOLLEY, 100 North Pryor .St. P. O. Box No. .kr. Atlanta, Georgia. for his i.ook on these diseases, which he will son FREK AND CONFIDENTIAL. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES TO BE DESISTED. Aol Paned by Legislature Recently Will Give Local Communities Additional Protection. Following is the text of an Aot to prevent the spread of contagious dis¬ eases, a very i.«portant measure : Section 1. Ti »t «»aoh incorporated village, town anu :ty of this State shall have and in:. . um a board of health, undor the dil tion and con¬ trol of the State hour it health. Section 2. That all i oal boards of health shall forthwith quarantine such contagious diseasos t smallpox, dyphtheria and scarlet fe> r, as soon as the knowledge of tho oourrence of such disease comes or * brought to their attention ; they a. di cause to be placed notices at the mtrance of the promises where the disease may be located, stating the disease and that the building infc« ted is quarantined. The quarantine shall remain in force until the atte. ding physioiau shall certify that the lan¬ ger of the contagion is passed ot Te- moved ; that no person shall eutei or depart from the premises so quara . tined during its quarantine, exeej attending physician, without a special permit from the board of health. Section 3. That when infectious diseases such as enumerated in Sec¬ tion 2 occur outside of incorporated towns, the attending physician shall quarantine the premises whereon the same occur, give notices and assume the duties of tho board of health in the premises ; and he shall report the samo to the nearest board of health ; and that in the case of such quaran¬ tine of a country house by the at¬ tending physician, no one except himself shall enter or depart the premises without the permit of the attending physician. Section 4. That any person vio¬ lating the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and sbil^ be fined not exceeding $100 or im¬ prisoned not exceedeing thirty days; and teat each member of the counoil of any town neglecting or refusing to establish and maintain a local board of health shall be deemed to violate this Act, and upon conviction shall bo subject to the foregoing penalties. STATU OK OHIO, CITY OK TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY, J Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ho is tho senior partner of tho firm of F. J. ( heney A Co., doing business in tho City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said lirm will pay tho sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by tho use of Hall's Catarrh Curo. FltANK J. CHKNKY. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Docombor, A. D. 1880. A. w. GLEASON, j BEAL j Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken internally and acts directly on tho blood and mu¬ cous surfaces of tho system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHKNKY & Co., Tolodo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hull's Kam v Pills aro tho bcBt. "Our Mountain Parsonage." I fool that it is due tho friends, who have so kindly holpod the Walhalla Cir- cuit with its parsonage, that they should know how much has boon secured to liquidate tho dobt. In January 1 sent A. P. Crisp, treasurer of tho circuit, ono hundí ed and thirty dollars. In a lotter acknowledging tho receipt of the money he said tho principal and interest amounted to 1After paying tho $1:10 on tho noto, $802 was still loft due. Tho Woman's Home Missionary Society has promised $200 for tho last payment. So #102 only is needed to pay for tho proporty in full. I still desire to secure the remainder of tho $200 I set out to raise. Ono of our elect ladies rocontly sent mo $5 and just as this is goiug to press ouo of our most liboral laymen and wife gavo mo $5 moro, so now I havo only $60 moro to procure. The treasurer, Mr. Crisp, is confident ho can raise tho bal¬ ance.-Mrs. W. A. Hogers in Southern Christian Advocate. Court Sustains Beguest for Furman. Columbia, March 9.-A decision just handed down in the Supremo Court hore sustains and finally and fully validates tho will of the Kev. W. J. Snider, a Baptist minister of Orangeburg, who loft an eBtato of $26,000, $18,000 of which ho left to church institutions. The will gives $G,000 each to Furman University, at Greenville; the ¿Baptist Sominary, at Louisville, and thc Foreign Mis¬ sion Board, at Richmond. The re¬ mainder of tho estate goes to rela¬ tivos living in Georgia. All efforts to break tho will have failed and the Supremo Court now orders it to stand. ? .to-- Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar will ouro your oough. Large bottlo for 860. WI YOUR DOCTOR ll PRESCRIPTION. Ho will not worry about it if you toll bim that tbe prescription (s coming here to be filled. From long experience with our Pre- 8orjptiou Work the d motors of Seneca have come to rely absolutely upon all medicine bearing our label. The Seneca Pharmacy, Phone No. 12. Hotel Block. I AM DETERMINED TO DO THE LIVERY BUSINESS for this community. Come on and get your teams. Hauling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt and polite service at reasona¬ ble m ices. Teams 8ont out at any hour, day or night. Phono 10 or ll for quick foams. G. K. HOUCHINS, Walhalla, S. C. E PLANTS Al SEA ISLAND COTTON SEED. Cabbago Plants foi «lo and now ready for delivery. "Early Jersey Wakefield" and "Charles¬ ton Large Typ© Wnkotlt " two earliest sharp-head varieties and bead in rotation as named. "Succession," "Augusta . ckV'and "Short Stem Flat Dutch," tho three best flat-hoad varie¬ ties and head in rotation a» mned. Prices : Single thousand, 91-50; 5.000 and over 91.26 per 1,000; 10,000 and over. St per 1.000. l'émis : Cash with order; or plants sont C. O. D., purchaser paying return chards on money. Our plant beds occupy 35 acres on South Carolina Sea Coast, ana wo understand growing thom in tho open air; tough and bardy, they will stand sovere cold without injury. Plants crated for shipment weigh 20 bounds per 1,000 and we have speolal low rates for prompt transportation by Southern Express Co. I know of other plants you can buy cheaper than mine, isol) good plants. No cheap "cut-rato" plants shipped from my farm. I guarantee those that I ship to be true to type and name, and grown from nigh Krade seeds purohasod from two of tho most reliablo seed houses in tho United States. I will refund purchase price to any dt* sati8tled customer at the end of tho season. OUR COTTON 8KED. Lint of our Iiong Staplo Variety of Sea Island Cotton sold last year in Charleston on December 2 at 32c. per pound. Seed 91.20 per busbol; lots of 10 bushols and over $1 per bushel. My specialty : Prompt Shipment, True Varieties and Satisfied Customers. I havo boon in the plant business thirty-five years. 1-13 Wm. C. Qeraty^ÄWÄnÄYoungs lsland,S.C. JOB PRINTING Sond your orders for Sta- tinuery and Advertising Mat¬ ter to The Courier and got Tlie 13est is Always the CJhea/pest. THE Slew Women With Hammer. Chestor, Pa., March 10.-Mrs. Isaac Abrame, aged 50 years, was beaton to death, and Mrs. Sadio Chatham, aged 80 years, her daughter, was [ fatally injured by the younger woman's husband, John E. Chatham, 35 years old, a prominout druggist of this placo. After murderously assaulting the women, Chatham attempted to kill his one-year- old child, aud thon shot himself in the hoad with a revolver, dying later at a hospital. Tho baby's hoad was grazt d by a bullet and ono of its oars was badly lacerated, but tho little ono is uot se- riously burt. Tho weapon used by Chat¬ ham upon his wifo and mothor-in-law was a hammer. Beside Mrs. Chatham was a large carving knife and under tho body of Mrs. Abrams was a pair of scis¬ sors, and the police are of tho opinion that tho women used theso as weapons with which to defend themselves from tho murderous attack of tho fron/.icd man. A Twice Told Tale. We wish to repeat what wo havo said once boforo in those columns, that KJ- Mott's Emulsified Oil Liniment, is tho best Liniment over producod for uso in tho family and on animals. Best for rheumatism, lameness, st ill ness and sore- ness of joints or muscles. Best for bruises, contusions, sprains and swell¬ ings. You got a full half pint for 25o , and got your money back if it does uot do all it is recommended to do. Wal¬ halla Drug Company. Refused to Pay the Price. Pooplo of Pittsburg aro rojoioiug ovor tho action of Miss Klizabeth Howe in re¬ jecting an Italian count sho was about to many. Miss Howe, who is ono of tho woalthiost young women in Ponnsylva- nia, was disposod to follow tho example sot by so many Pittsburg girls and marry a foreign nobleman of high rank. Count (¡barios do Olni, a nophew of Popo Leo XIII, suited her and her money suited him. Ho, however, insisted on $.">0,000 cash down and an annuity of $10,000 for lifo, and Miss Howe declined to pay the prico. Instead she married a prominout attorney of Pittsburg, who had boon her lover in childhood. During tho month of Fobruary, which is tho second mouth of prohibition in Charlotte, N. C., tho physicians of tho city wrote 1,604 prescriptions for whis- key. Theso proscriptions were filled at. sovon drug stores. Ono drug store filled 686, wbion is too highest number of tho seven, tho lowest being 71. During tho month of January the numbor of pro¬ scriptions for whiskey filled by tho drug storos of Charlotte was 848, or about half as many as tho socond month of tho prohibition ora. Those facts wore com¬ piled by tho oity recorder and made pub- lio last Friday afternoon. To Cu Toke Laxative Bron Seven Minion boxes sold in patt 12 n A Quadruple Murderer. Danville, Ark., March 10.-James Ince, confessing that ho is a quad* ruple murderer, was brought back to jail hore last Tuesday, after a visit to the scene of the crime, near White¬ ley, fifteen miles south wont of here, whore, confronted with the dead bodies of his wife and three children, tho latter ranging in age from 4 months to 4 years, he broke down and confessed his guilt, saying that it seemed impossible to mako a living for his family, hence his act. Take Murray's Horehound, Mullein aud Tar and stop coughing. 2f>c. tor largo bottle. Your druggist or Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C. THE HEGE LOG BEAM SAW MILL WITH HEACOCK-KING FEED WORKS ENGINES ANO ROI LICKS. WOODWORKING MAOIIINKKY, COTTON QINNINO, BIUCK- MAKINO AND S II I NO Ii K AND IJATH MAOIIINKKY. CORN MILLS, ETC., ETC. GIBBES MACHINERY CO., Columbia, S. C. THE GIBBES SHINGLE MACHINE FOR CHEAP RATES TO TEXAS. ARKANSAS. LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREXJON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Points West, Northwest and Southwest, Writ« or Call on J. G. HOLLIAN M TOOK, District Passengor Aft. LOUISVILLE A NASHVILLE R. H. No. 1 North Pryor St, Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Ga. re a Cold in On ito Quinine TaMet*. ont*». This signature, J. H. MOORE- M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Calla left at residence or J. H. Darby's Drug Store will receive prompt attention, DAY OR NIGHT. Phones : Residence 98, Drag Store 18. 12-8-04_ WM. J. STBIBLINO. f i E. L. HERXDON. & HERN Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, 8. O. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALI. BUSI¬ NESS ENTRUSTED TO THEM. Januarv 6, 1898. J. P. Carey, Piokene, S. C. J. W. Shelor, Walhalla, 8. C. CAREY & SHELOR,. Attorneys and Counsellors, m Walhalla, S. C. £ Will praoticein the State and United States Courts. Business entrusted to our oare will re¬ çoive- prompt and careful attention. E. T. JAYNES, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bell Phone No. 20. Praotioe in State and Federal Courts. Business entrusted to my caro receives prompt attention. 1-06 ff. J. CARTER, fl -Dentist-- om re two doors above the BarT;, In Carter's Pharmacy. Westminster, S. C. Dr. G. G. Probst, OEJIVTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s : : : Store, : : : HOURS : 8.30 A. M. TO 1 p. M. AND 2 TO 6 p. M. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, SENECA, S. C. OFFICE OVKB NIMMONB' STORK, DOYLE BUILDING. Ofrico Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 P. M. " M 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. April 20, 1004._10-tf Dr. W. F. 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Transcript of Keowee courier.(Walhalla, S.C.) 1905-03-15.
rj WHITNEY.iOn« sf IK'. Great Inventors of Modern
Times.
Few inventors have wrought so
great a revolutiou iu any iudustry as
¿li Wbituey wrought in tho industryof growing cotton and preparing itfor market. His cotton gin multi¬plied by 1,000 thc number of poundsof ootton a slave could clean in a day.The impetus it gave to thc produc¬tion of this great staple is shown bythe fact that in 1791, two yoarsbefore Whitney applied for his firstpatent, tho exportation of cottonfrom the United States was but189,500 pounds, wbilo in 1803, ten
yoars after his first patent was appliedfor, the exportation of it was 41,000,-O00 pounds. Thc cotton gin, accord¬ing to tho decision of Judge Johnson,paid off tho debts of tho South, in¬creased its capital and trebled theValuO of its hinds.
While others were greatly profitingby his ingenuity, Whitney waa gain¬ing nothing by it but calumny andlawsuits. Ho was ultimately com¬
pelled practically to abandon thocotton gin an 1 ^etako himself toanother linc v .lanufacturing to
. make a living. Gratitude nus seldombeen more completely overcome byavoricc than it was in tho caso ofthose who profited by his genius.
Whitney was a nativo of Massa¬chusetts. His natural aptness as amechanic began to show itself early ;at 12 years of ago ho contrived a
fiddle which made pretty fair music.At about thc same ago he took hisfather's watch to piocos and put ittogether again in tho latter's absence.During the Revolutionary war therewas a large demand for nails, and theolder Whitney, at his son's sugges¬tion, bought a kit of tools with whichEli, then If) or 10 years old, sot him¬self to nail-making, deriving there¬from a good profit. When 19 years«old Eli decided to got a liberal edu¬cation, and by teaching school and?exercising his mechanical ingenuityhe managed to scrape together money?enough to prepare himself to enterYalu College, from which ho gradu¬ated in 1792.
'1 h j next fall be was offered a placeas tutor in a private family inGeorgia, but when ho went there htfound to his chagrin that the placehad been lilied. Tho widow of thcRevolutionary leader, Gen. NathanielGreene, who lived near Savannahlearned of 1 is ill-luck and invited himto make his home at her plantationIle accepted her invitation and toolup tho study of law. While residingwith Mrs. Greene Whitney had BOVoral opportunities to show his ingenuity. One evening a number olplanters who had gathered at th«Greene home wore discussing th«prospects of tho cotton growing in\lustry. The only thing needed tcmake the South prosperous, thejagreed, was some botter moans foiseparating the cotton from the soodThe possibility was suggested tbathis might be done by machinery, ianybody had the ability to invent it"Gentlemen," said Mrs. Greene, "apply to my young friend, Mr. Whit?ioy ; he can make anything."
Whitney modestly disclaimed mo
chanieal genius and said truly tbaho never bad seen cotton seed. Huhis interest was aroused, and bo a»nee got some uncleaned cotton, madia few tools and took up tho task o
contriving the nee-led amohine. Iiiworked all winter. The only personwho know what he was about wer
Mrs. Greene and a neighbor, l'hinca.Miller. As spring approached tbnvention neared completion. Asoon as it was exhibited in action iwas seen to answer perfectly thc pmpose for which it was intended.The first gins made by Whitnc
wore in principle ibo same as awhich have since been manufacturéealthough, of course, some improvemonts have been introduced. Tbcylinders arc mounted firmly instrong wooden franni. One cyliiuhñas grooves cut in it about half ninch apart into which arc titted cicular saws. Tho other cylinder boabrushes, tho tips of who ¡sties ai
in contact with the tooth of tho sawThe saw tooth tear the cotton fro:Hhe seed and the brushes removefrom the tooth. A revolving fan thcWows il into a receptacle provide'for the purpose.
Whitney tried to koop his work«ecret, but rumors of it finally g<
oui, «nd thu importance of such an
in vin lion to tbe agricultural interestbeing generally recognized, the news
spread rapidly throughout Georgiaand the rest of the South. Crowdsc imo from every direction to see themachine, but it was not consideredsafe to gratify their curiosity until a
patent had been secured. Whitneyand Miller, with whom he hadformed a partnership, were confidentihey were about to make a fortune,when ouo night some miscreantsbroke into the building where themachino was kept and stole it ; andbefore Whitley could get his pateuta number of cotton gins modelled on
his were in successful operation.Before the invention of tho cotton
gin the cleaning of one pound ofcotton was a good day's work forotie man. As soon as it came intouse one man could clean 1,000 poundsin a day ; and it was not long beforeit beoame possible for one man, withtwo-horse power, to clean 5,000pounds in a day.
Whitney & Miller at once tooklegal steps to proteot themselves fromunscrupulous competitors. Years oflitigation followed which
(availed
them almost nothing. Thu decisionsthey got in their favor cost almost as
much as they were worth, and down¬right perjury caused some decisionsto go agaiust them. The Legisla¬ture of South Carolina honorablygranted Whitney *50,000. NorthCarolina gave him a royalty on everysaw used in cotton gius in the State.This is about all he ever got out ofhis invention.
Seeing fiually that the cotton ginwould never make his fortune, Whit¬ney determined to ongage in themanufacture of firearms. Oliver Wol¬cott, Secretary of tho Treasury, gothim the contract to make 10,000muskets for the United States Gov¬ernment. Whitney bought a site forhis works called East Rock, nearNew Haven, Conn., where Whitney-ville now stands. A waterfall fur¬nished the necessary power. A severewinter and the inexpertness of work¬men at first delayed his operations,but in the course of years he estab¬lished a factory so perfect in ovoryrespeet that on it all the nationalarmories since built have been mod¬elled ; and before he died he hadamassed a considerable fortune.
"Arkwright, Watt and Whitney,'said Robert Fulton, "were the threemen who did tho most for mankindof any of their contemporaries," andMacaulay declared : "What Peteithe Great did to make Russia domi¬nant, Eli Whitney's cotton gin hatmore than equalled it in its relation tcthc power and progress of the UnitedStates." s. o. D.
Due West Female College, Abbeville County.
This college has long been th«property of individuals, paying pn-
nually a fair dividend on the capitalinvested.
Recently it has passed into thepossession of thc Associate ReformedPresbyterian Church, whioh will en¬
large it« facilities and opportunitiesIt has been decided to erect a
building with all domestic conven¬iences as a hom for young ladieswho desire to reduce thc cost of col¬lege education by doing their owr
cooking and housekeeping. They wileducate their hands as well as theilhoads and bc prepared for any lintof life work that the futuro maybrilia them.The new departure is most com¬
mendable and other female collegesState and denominational, will havito meet the competition.-BarnwclPeople.DR. WOOLLEYS
OPIUM and WHISKEDANTIDOTE
Will Cure Permanently al Your Own Homo.T. M.'Rrown, of DcQucen, Ark., says: "Ovesovon years ago 1 was cured ol the opium bablhy your medicino, and have continued In thVerV liol Ol health Hinco."W. M. Tunstall, of Lovings!. Va., says: ..
am glad to say that I lirmiv lielleve that I nuentirely and permanently cured »f the drlnlhabit, aa I have nevoroven *,> muon as wanto*;« ilrmk in any form »ince I tonk your eradicatoinow 18 months ago. It WM tho host moneyover invested."Mn*. Virginia Townsend, of Shreveport, I.awrites. "No more opium. I have taken no othoremedy than yours, .uni I make no mistake win;I *.i> thal div health Is hotter now thai» lt eve
waa In my life, ami i owe it to you mid youremedy. lt hus hoon twelve years since I wacured by your treatment."Dr. Windley has thousands of snob testtuunlals, with permission to uso them. A treat???cut witti so many recommendations from ph]Sloans ami cured patients must ho good.I»r. Wooli«-?'» % ni,,Lo. has imitators (nall good articles have)-perhapa yon have triejonie ol tl.i-hut .herc is nothiiiK like WoolIry'n. It has stood the test of thirty yeara. Nluau or woman who usos opium or whiskey 1«ny form, or who ha« friend« so iiltllcted, slioulhesitate to write to
DR. lt. M. WOOLLEY,100 North Pryor .St. P. O. Box No. .kr.
Atlanta, Georgia.for his i.ook on these diseases, which he will son
FREK AND CONFIDENTIAL.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES TO BE DESISTED.
Aol Paned by Legislature Recently Will GiveLocal Communities Additional Protection.
Following is the text of an Aot toprevent the spread of contagious dis¬eases, a very i.«portant measure :
Section 1. Ti »t «»aoh incorporatedvillage, town anu :ty of this Stateshall have and in:. . um a board ofhealth, undor the dil tion and con¬trol of the State hour it health.
Section 2. That all i oal boards ofhealth shall forthwith quarantinesuch contagious diseasos t smallpox,dyphtheria and scarlet fe> r, as soonas the knowledge of tho oourrenceof such disease comes or * broughtto their attention ; they a. di causeto be placed notices at the mtranceof the promises where the diseasemay be located, stating the diseaseand that the building infc« ted isquarantined. The quarantine shallremain in force until the atte. dingphysioiau shall certify that the lan¬ger of the contagion is passed ot Te-
moved ; that no person shall eutei or
depart from the premises so quara .
tined during its quarantine, exeejattending physician, without a specialpermit from the board of health.
Section 3. That when infectiousdiseases such as enumerated in Sec¬tion 2 occur outside of incorporatedtowns, the attending physician shallquarantine the premises whereon thesame occur, give notices and assumethe duties of tho board of health inthe premises ; and he shall report thesamo to the nearest board of health ;and that in the case of such quaran¬tine of a country house by the at¬
tending physician, no one excepthimself shall enter or depart thepremises without the permit of theattending physician.
Section 4. That any person vio¬lating the provisions of this Actshall, upon conviction, be deemedguilty of a misdemeanor and sbil^be fined not exceeding $100 or im¬prisoned not exceedeing thirty days;and teat each member of the counoilof any town neglecting or refusing toestablish and maintain a local boardof health shall be deemed to violatethis Act, and upon conviction shallbo subject to the foregoing penalties.STATU OK OHIO, CITY OK TOLEDO, I
LUCAS COUNTY, JFrank J. Cheney makes oath that ho is
tho senior partner of tho firm of F. J.( heney A Co., doing business in tho Cityof Toledo, County and State aforesaid,and that said lirm will pay tho sum ofOne Hundred Dollars for each andevery case of Catarrh that cannot bocured by tho use of Hall's Catarrh Curo.
FltANK J. CHKNKY.Sworn to before mo and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of Docombor,A. D. 1880.
A. w. GLEASON,j BEAL j Notary Public.Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken internallyand acts directly on tho blood and mu¬
cous surfaces of tho system. Send fortestimonials, free.
F. J. CHKNKY & Co., Tolodo, O.Sold by Druggists, 75c.Hull's Kam v Pills aro tho bcBt.
"Our Mountain Parsonage."
I fool that it is due tho friends, whohave so kindly holpod the Walhalla Cir-cuit with its parsonage, that they shouldknow how much has boon secured toliquidate tho dobt. In January 1 sentA. P. Crisp, treasurer of tho circuit, onohundí ed and thirty dollars. In a lotteracknowledging tho receipt of the moneyhe said tho principal and interestamounted to 1After paying tho$1:10 on tho noto, $802 was still loft due.Tho Woman's Home Missionary Societyhas promised $200 for tho last payment.So #102 only is needed to pay for thoproporty in full. I still desire to securethe remainder of tho $200 I set out toraise. Ono of our elect ladies rocontlysent mo $5 and just as this is goiug topress ouo of our most liboral laymen andwife gavo mo $5 moro, so now I havo only$60 moro to procure. The treasurer, Mr.Crisp, is confident ho can raise tho bal¬ance.-Mrs. W. A. Hogers in SouthernChristian Advocate.
Court Sustains Beguest for Furman.
Columbia, March 9.-A decisionjust handed down in the SupremoCourt hore sustains and finally andfully validates tho will of the Kev.W. J. Snider, a Baptist minister ofOrangeburg, who loft an eBtato of$26,000, $18,000 of which ho left tochurch institutions. The will gives$G,000 each to Furman University,at Greenville; the ¿Baptist Sominary,at Louisville, and thc Foreign Mis¬sion Board, at Richmond. The re¬
mainder of tho estate goes to rela¬tivos living in Georgia. All effortsto break tho will have failed and theSupremo Court now orders it tostand.
?.to--
Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tarwill ouro your oough. Large bottlo for860.
WI YOUR DOCTORll
PRESCRIPTION.Ho will not worry about it if you toll
bim that tbe prescription (s coming hereto be filled.From long experience with our Pre-
8orjptiou Work the d motors of Senecahave come to rely absolutely upon allmedicine bearing our label.
TheSeneca Pharmacy,
Phone No. 12. Hotel Block.
I AM DETERMINED TO DO THE
LIVERY BUSINESSfor this community. Comeon and get your teams.Hauling Teams,Single and Double BuggyTeams and Saddle Horses,
Always on hand.Prompt and polite service at reasona¬
ble m ices. Teams 8ont out at any hour,day or night. Phono 10 or ll for quickfoams. G. K. HOUCHINS,Walhalla, S. C.
E PLANTS Al SEA ISLAND COTTON SEED.Cabbago Plants foi «lo and now ready for delivery. "Early Jersey Wakefield" and "Charles¬ton Large Typ© Wnkotlt " two earliest sharp-head varieties and bead in rotation as named."Succession," "Augusta . ckV'and "Short Stem Flat Dutch," tho three best flat-hoad varie¬ties and head in rotation a» mned. Prices : Single thousand, 91-50; 5.000 and over 91.26 per 1,000;10,000 and over. St per 1.000. l'émis : Cash with order; or plants sont C. O. D., purchaser payingreturn chards on money. Our plant beds occupy 35 acres on South Carolina Sea Coast, ana wounderstand growing thom in tho open air; tough and bardy, they will stand sovere cold withoutinjury. Plants crated for shipment weigh 20 bounds per 1,000 and we have speolal low rates forprompt transportation by Southern Express Co. I know of other plants you can buy cheaperthan mine, isol) good plants. No cheap "cut-rato" plants shipped from my farm. I guaranteethose that I ship to be true to type and name, and grown from nigh Krade seeds purohasod fromtwo of tho most reliablo seed houses in tho United States. I will refund purchase price to any dt*sati8tled customer at the end of tho season.OUR COTTON 8KED. Lint of our Iiong Staplo Variety of Sea Island Cotton sold last year inCharleston on December 2 at 32c. per pound. Seed 91.20 per busbol; lots of 10 bushols and over $1per bushel.My specialty : Prompt Shipment, True Varieties and Satisfied Customers. I havo boon in theplant business thirty-five years. 1-13
Wm. C. Qeraty^ÄWÄnÄYoungs lsland,S.C.
JOB PRINTING Sond your orders for Sta-tinuery and Advertising Mat¬ter to The Courier and got
Tlie 13est is Always the CJhea/pest.THE
Slew Women With Hammer.
Chestor, Pa., March 10.-Mrs. IsaacAbrame, aged 50 years, was beatonto death, and Mrs. Sadio Chatham,aged 80 years, her daughter, was
[ fatally injured by the younger woman'shusband, John E. Chatham, 35 years old,a prominout druggist of this placo. Aftermurderously assaulting the women,Chatham attempted to kill his one-year-old child, aud thon shot himself in thehoad with a revolver, dying later at a
hospital. Tho baby's hoad was grazt dby a bullet and ono of its oars was badlylacerated, but tho little ono is uot se-
riously burt. Tho weapon used by Chat¬ham upon his wifo and mothor-in-lawwas a hammer. Beside Mrs. Chathamwas a large carving knife and under thobody of Mrs. Abrams was a pair of scis¬sors, and the police are of tho opinionthat tho women used theso as weaponswith which to defend themselves fromtho murderous attack of tho fron/.icdman.
A Twice Told Tale.We wish to repeat what wo havo said
once boforo in those columns, that KJ-Mott's Emulsified Oil Liniment, is thobest Liniment over producod for uso intho family and on animals. Best forrheumatism, lameness, st ill ness and sore-
ness of joints or muscles. Best forbruises, contusions, sprains and swell¬ings. You got a full half pint for 25o ,
and got your money back if it does uotdo all it is recommended to do. Wal¬halla Drug Company.
Refused to Pay the Price.
Pooplo of Pittsburg aro rojoioiug ovor
tho action of Miss Klizabeth Howe in re¬
jecting an Italian count sho was aboutto many. Miss Howe, who is ono of thowoalthiost young women in Ponnsylva-nia, was disposod to follow tho examplesot by so many Pittsburg girls and marrya foreign nobleman of high rank. Count(¡barios do Olni, a nophew of Popo LeoXIII, suited her and her money suitedhim. Ho, however, insisted on $.">0,000cash down and an annuity of $10,000 forlifo, and Miss Howe declined to pay theprico. Instead she married a prominoutattorney of Pittsburg, who had boon herlover in childhood.
During tho month of Fobruary, whichis tho second mouth of prohibition inCharlotte, N. C., tho physicians of thocity wrote 1,604 prescriptions for whis-key. Theso proscriptions were filled at.sovon drug stores. Ono drug store filled686, wbion is too highest number of thoseven, tho lowest being 71. During thomonth of January the numbor of pro¬scriptions for whiskey filled by tho drugstoros of Charlotte was 848, or abouthalf as many as tho socond month of thoprohibition ora. Those facts wore com¬piled by tho oity recorder and made pub-lio last Friday afternoon.
To CuToke Laxative BronSeven Minion boxes sold in patt 12 n
A Quadruple Murderer.
Danville, Ark., March 10.-JamesInce, confessing that ho is a quad*ruple murderer, was brought back tojail hore last Tuesday, after a visitto the scene of the crime, near White¬ley, fifteen miles south wont of here,whore, confronted with the deadbodies of his wife and three children,tho latter ranging in age from 4months to 4 years, he broke downand confessed his guilt, saying thatit seemed impossible to mako a livingfor his family, hence his act.
Take Murray's Horehound, Mulleinaud Tar and stop coughing. 2f>c. torlargo bottle. Your druggist or MurrayDrug Co., Columbia, S. C.
THE HEGE LOG BEAM
SAW MILLWITH
HEACOCK-KING FEED WORKS
ENGINES ANO ROI LICKS. WOODWORKINGMAOIIINKKY, COTTON QINNINO, BIUCK-MAKINO AND S II I NO Ii K AND IJATHMAOIIINKKY. CORN MILLS, ETC., ETC.GIBBES MACHINERY CO.,
Columbia, S. C.THE GIBBES SHINGLE MACHINE
FOR CHEAP RATESTO
TEXAS. ARKANSAS. LOUISIANA,OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY,
CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH,WYOMING, OREXJON, MONTANA,WASHINGTON, and Other Points
West, Northwest and Southwest,Writ« or Call on
J. G. HOLLIAN M TOOK,District Passengor Aft.
LOUISVILLE A NASHVILLE R. H.
No. 1 North Pryor St, OppositeUnion Depot, Atlanta, Ga.
re a Cold in Onito Quinine TaMet*.ont*». This signature,
J. H. MOORE- M. D.,Physician and Surgeon.Calla left at residence or J. H. Darby's
Drug Store will receive prompt attention,DAY OR NIGHT.
Phones : Residence 98, Drag Store 18.12-8-04_WM. J. STBIBLINO. f i E. L. HERXDON.
& HERNAttorneys-At-Law,
WALHALLA, 8. O.PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALI. BUSI¬
NESS ENTRUSTED TO THEM.Januarv 6, 1898.
J. P. Carey,Piokene, S. C.
J. W. Shelor,Walhalla, 8. C.
CAREY & SHELOR,.Attorneys and Counsellors, m
Walhalla, S. C. £Will praoticein the State and United
States Courts.Business entrusted to our oare will re¬
çoive- prompt and careful attention.
E. T. JAYNES,Attorney-at-Law,
WALHALLA, - - S. C.Bell Phone No. 20.
Praotioe in State and Federal Courts.Business entrusted to my caro receives
prompt attention. 1-06
ff. J. CARTER, fl-Dentist--
om re two doors above the BarT;, InCarter's Pharmacy.
Westminster, S. C.
Dr. G. G. Probst,OEJIVTIST,
Walhalla, S. C.Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s
: : : Store, : : :HOURS : 8.30 A. M. TO 1 p. M. AND 2 TO 6
p. M.
DR. J. H. BURGESS,Dentist,
SENECA, S. C.
OFFICE OVKB NIMMONB' STORK, DOYLEBUILDING.
Ofrico Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 P. M." M 2 P. M. to 6 P. M.
April 20, 1004._10-tf
Dr.W. F. Austin,DENTIST,
SENECA,.S. C.Office Over J. W. Rytd A Co.
I AM NOW IN MY OFFICE EVERYDA Y.
PHONE NO. 51.
BLUE RID&E RAILWAY CO.BETWEEN BELTON AND WALI! ALLA.Time Tahlo No. 8.-In Effect Jai. Í), 1905.
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. Flag stations.Will also stop at tho following h atlons to take
on and lot off passengers: Plilnnoy's, James's andHandy Springs and Toxaway.Nos. li and 12, first class par «ngor, datlv; Nos.0 ami 10, dally except Sunday; Koa. o and 6,Kiiii,lay only; Nos. 4 and 7, second class, ndxod,dally excopt Sunday; Nos. 3 and 8, second class,mixed, dally.H. C. BEATTIE, President.J. R. ANDERSON. Suporlnnmdnnt.
TIIK SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM.Unoxcellod Dining Car Service.
Through Pullman Stooping Cars on allThrough Trains.
Convoniont Sohodulos ou all Local Trains.
Winter Tourist Ratos aro now in offootto all Florida points.For full information as to rates, routes,
et«., consult nearest Southorn RailwayTicket Agent, orR. W. HUNT,Division Passenger Agont,Charleston, S. C.
te Daymd
Cares Cripin Two Oaya,
» - mm
everybox. 25c«)
