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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Pe* Annum. Advertising Hules Reasonable. , -By STECK, SHI4LOR A SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char actor charged for ns advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over ono hundred words, will bo printed free of ehargo. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALKALINA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ?ii, 1012. SENATOR STRAIT'S BILL DEAD. Wished to Abolish Oillco of Cominis stoner of Agriculture. Columbia. Jan. 27.-By a vote of j 22 to 10 tho bill to abolish the office of Commissioner of Agriculture, Com-j merco and Industries was killed in i tho Senate Wednesday afternoon. ? Tho bill was introduced by Senator j Strait. A prolonged debate marked tho consideration of tho bill. Senator Waller moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill and debate was precipitated. Senator Wailer's motion was carried. Senator Strait argued that Clem son Collego could do all tho work j that is now being done by the com- i missioner, and that tho abolition of ; the ellice would be ol' great financial I saving to tho State. Senator Sullivan stated how the! word "Immigration" in the title of i the office had been changed to "indus tries," and he said 'that no depart ment of the government ls doing more for tho good of the people of the State than is the Commissioner of Agriculture, and that the people are daily benefited hy Its work. Senator Carlisle spoke in favor of the bill, saying that he had heard many farmers say they wished ilie oflice abolished. He said if tho office wero moved to Clemson the same revenue would come in and the ex pense of tho office would not go out. He said tho figures now Issued by the department can all !>,-> obtained from tho Federal government and he rec ommended that the ol?ice bo removed from tho realm of politics. Senator Sullivan spoke again in fn for of the unfavorable report, as did Senator Hardin. Senator Hardin ar gued that the department had been of great aid to tho farmers. Senator Weston said that tho agri cultural department is of great ad . vantage in one feature, "if not in oth ers, that of the enforcement of labor laws of the State. He said If the office were abolished he would Intro duce a bill to create the oflice of com missioner of labor. Me made a plea for the working people of the State. He spoke of tho labor conditions that years ago existed in (his State, hut which had been abolished by laws. : which laws tho agricultural commis sioner had been instrumental in en forcing. He called attention to tho fact that the Governor had taken the appointment of factory inspectors from tlie hands of the commissioner and had paid an Inspector out of his contingent fund. WK AK ARGUMENT FOR RACING. Charleston Men Virtual!) Admitted It Induced Much Retting. Columbia, Jan. 20.-II was a re markable hearing before 'he Senate1 and House committees on judiciary that was held In tho House Thursday! afternoon-remarkable In at least1 two respects. In the first place, Mr. Erek man, tho youthful representative from Charleston, who, with Mr. Os borne, of Spartan burg, has introduc ed a bill against race track gambling, In opening tho argument In favor of ! the hill, which the two committees j had under consideration-Mr, Erek-: man candidly said that he could I plead guilty to tho charge of hoing ! a Sunday school man, thal he de-, dined to stand for anything that was subversive of Hie morals of his community and bin State, and that j he did not stand for lawlessness in any form. One of tho most distin guished and most experienced mein- j hers of tin; General Assembly re marked afterwards thal the boldness and candor of Mr. Brckman's speech had never been equalled in lils ex perience in tho Legislature, lt was a straightforward idea for a moral measure, regardless of ibo monetary consideration thal might como to his community, On tho other band, the opposition of other Oharlestonlans was equally remarkable. One of them said that strychnine, though a deadly poison, was ft tonic prescribed in certain ail ments, and that business in Charles ton needs Just, such a tonic, evon lt race track gambling ls a poison. All tho arguments for tho race track were based on tho financial advant ages purely. It was urged th fit Charleston TOO MANY SMALL CHURCHES. I Tho "Got Together" Iden May Result in Consolidation. A recent dispatch from Now York says: One result of the "get together" id^a, which ls one of tho marked fea tures of the twentieth century Prot estantism, ls llko'.y to ho a move ment for tho consolidation of churches in small towns. That In many of the smaller communities throughout the United States there aro more churches than can bc prop erly supported ls a fact. As a result none of thom aro able to do effective work. There ia many a community which could and would support otu active, wide-awake Protestant church, hut which is utterly unablo to support churches of two or three denomina tions. If some means can be found to consolidate tho churches In some communities it would bo a good thing. Not all of the missionary secreta ries who took part In the recent Kan sns-to-California survey of home mis sion conditions agree that the great need of Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast regions ls for more churches. A congregational secretary. Rev. R. L. Breed, said that 10,000 towns, 300 to 1,000 population each, aro with out churches or religious influences of any kind, and l-nat the overlap ping of church work is so small as to be negligible. Now, J. E. Mc Afee, a layman, who is one of the secretaries of the Presbyterian board, declares thero aro too many churches, but admits he could find few of his associates on tho survey drip who would agree with him. "I found a church In almost every small town," ho said. "Sometimes there were two or three of them. Most of them were dead. I think one live church is a better proposition for any town than two or three dead ones. The great need is that home missionary boards get together. Now ;?ch works in its own way, ignoring i the existence of others In each coin ! munity. The rural church depart I mont of our board dennes a country j church as one that serves the coin ! munity along all lines. Manifestly ? there can bo hut one such in each community. Yet I found men who . insisted there shall be three or four, so as to insure healthy rivalry. In j my philosophy there is too much rl ! valry already. ! "There Is colossal Ignorance on i the part of the churches concerning , the home field. And this ignorance I extends to tho boards, which expend 1 homo mission funds. We are plnn ; nlng surveys of fifteen States, with , Arizona and Utah, to be 'completed : by February 15. The school district is to be the unit of study, for these districts are made up on thc basis of family life and of children. When we learn of the actual number of churches in a district, tho religious bodies represented, tho population, the occupations of the people, the enrollment of Sunday schools, whe ther churches receive Eastern money, and the language spoken is other than English, we shall be in fairly good position to map out work. Mis sion boards are working together as they never have done. That much ls to bo said." ---^4. i>--. Some old bachelors are afraid they will get married and sonic spinsters are afraid they won't. The Appropriate Hymn. ( .Macon Telegraph.) At a Baptist convention in ha (Jrange some years ago tho preacher who delivered the convention sermon read from manuscript. He used small sheets of paper, and as he read one he laid it aside on tho pulpit. As the sermon was long (and many leaves) the minister in concluding, said: "We will close the service by the choir selecting some appropriate hymn." And that choir, by association of Ideas-perhaps unconsciously-sang, "Leaves, Nothing hut Leaves." Can't look well, eat well or feel well with impure blood feeding your body. Keep the blood pure with Burdock BlpOd Bitters. Eat simply, lake exercise, keep clean and you will have a long life. needs something to stir things up in a business way, and that the race track has already put lots of monej into circulation. It was not denier j that gambling ls Inseparable fron ! racing. Mr. Erckman had stresset i tho point that his bill does not out law horse-racing; that lt only out laws betting on horso races, as bet ting on other sports is already out lawed. There were other business men o Charleston present who opposed th< race track and advocated the passage of the Erckman-Osborne bill, and I was urged by representatives of th Mothodlst Conference tho Baptls j State Convention and othor religion bodies. Tho bill will douhtloss pass botl Houses by a very substantial vote. m. I'I KIO LOSSES IN DECEMTBEt 185 Blazes in State, Aggregating Damage of $nn>,((0 I .:?V. (News and Courier.) There were 185 Arcs, ontail.ng a loss of $199,091.37, In South Caro lina during tho month of December, according to ligures made public by Insurance Commissioner McMaster. Tho causes, number of fires and total loss for each c?uso follow: Adja cent property, 12, $20,063.92; care less handling of matches, 5, $504; careless handling of lights, 3, $171; ?areless smoking, 5, $5,130; care less placing of clothing near fire, 2, $171; careless placing of hot ashes, 3, $20.3 1; coals from stove or fire place, 1, $9; children playing with fire.. 2; defectivo flues, 12, $1,993.59; defective electric wiring, 1; explo sion of oil lamps, 1; explosion of oil stoves, 1, $9; foreign suhstanco in machinery, 5, $86,110.85; gasoline, 2, $1,035; hot hox in machinory, 1, $216; kindling fire with kerosene. 1; lightning, (old,) $9; matches in cotton, 5, $2,011.50; rats and matches, 6, $3,645; rubbish accu mulation, 1, $2,574; sparks Com fireplace, 1, $54; sparks on roof, 13, $3,691.80; sparks from locomotive, 5, 630; stoves, (overheated), 4, $29S.3.">; spontaneous combustion, 1, $7.34; supposed incendiary, 7, $5, 355; tornado, (old), $190.24; un itnown, 86, $56,204.44. Totals, 185, 8199,694.37. Number of fires and losses by counties follow: Abbeville . Aiken .... Anderson . Bamberg . . Barnwell . . Beaufort . . Berkeley . . I Charleston Cherokco . . j Chester . . j Chesterfield ! Clarendon I Colleton . . I Dillon i Dorches: er 1 6 ll 3 7 3 1 17 3 2 3 6 I 3 3 Fd ge fl eld . 3 fairfield . 3 Florence . 6 Georgetown .... 1 Greenville . 9 Greenwood. 5 Hampton . 2 Kershaw . 3 Lancaster . 5 Laurens. 10 Lee . 4 I Lexington. 3 Marlon . 2 Marlboro (old) . . 0 Orangeburg .... 7 Bickens .. 2 Richland . 13 Saluda . Spartanburg . Sumter. Union . j Williamsburg I York . 1 15 6 3 3 7 1696 50 9585 00 828 00 2242 03 * * 3375 00 1737 34 1935 00 1148 99 3703 50 2776 50 360 00 2749 50 2371 50 1957 50 17635 72 8113 50 13?0 00 3030 97 749 84 1080 00 291ft 00 2577M 38 3987^ 00 356 ir b?' 21217 50 531 42 1939 50 11133 00 1350 00 70?.8 7 4 6 488 38 5353 20 1457 10 1019 70 2859 84 Total.185 $199694 37 ?Not reported by companies. Rendue Kate Shelly Dead. Boone. Iowa, Jan. 21.-Kato Shel ly, heroine of the Honey Creek flood district in 1881, died to-day at her home, a quarter* of a milo from tho Molngona Bridge across tho Des Moines river, tho scene of her horolc act. Six months ago she was ope rated on for appendicitis and before sho recovered, Bright's disease set in. During a violent storm 30 yen rs ago, Miss Shelly, who was station agent at Moingona, crossed the bridge ovor the Des Moines river on her hands and knees at midnight to flag a passenger train on tho Chi cago & Northwestern railroad and save It from plunging into Honey Creek, over which tho brldgo had boen washed away. For her bravery the Iowa Legisla ture awarded her a medal and a sum of money. She also received sub stantial recognition from the railroad company as well ns many contribu tions from various parts of tho coun try. There Are Melons and but the rich, sweet, j'uicy on those that had plenty of av: OTAS to insure normal ripening with ra] 'Hie rigid kind of fertilizer is a gix) t<> l>c;ir melons of first quality instead ol then a HITCHCOCK TO LEAVE CABINET? Hiucs-Hitchcock Breach is Rapidly Approaching Climax. Washington, Jan. 20.-A situation is fast developing hore which Indi cates that olthcr Frank H. Hltch cock will have to leave the cabinet or tho Prosldont will lose the political soi vices of Charles D. lillies, his present secretary. Many of Mr. Taft's friends acknowledge that tho bitter ness and antagonism that havo de veloped between Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. lillies cannot go on Indefinitely, and that tho climax ls hound to como heforc many weeks. Tho general Im pression In Washington ls that Mr. Hitchcock will go. Mr. Ilillos ls now tho foremost fig ure In handling tho President's pre election campaign, and Mr. Taft has practically staked bis political for ' tunes upon Mr. lillies' efforts. lillies and Hitchcock never have pulled to gether, but the breach between them has been gradually widening. Hilles was first brought forcibly to The feeling between Hitchcock and public attention when Mr. Hitchcock opposed tho naming of Harry New as chairman of ibo committee of ar rangements for t' o Republican Na tional Convention. Mr. Hilles, ap parently with the authorization of the President, had st'eeted New for tho place, and tho postmaster gene ! ral was bitterly opposed to this be cause he believed lt would humiliate his friend, Ex-Governor John Hill, of I Maine, who, as chairman of the na tional committee, would ordinarily bo entitled to this Important com mittee post. President Taft stoort by Hillos in this matter and Mr. lillies succeed ed in carrying his program through at the national committee meeting. Since the postmaster general's government ownership episode the feeling botween him and Secretary Hilles has been Intensified. Mr. Hitchcock apparently holds Secretary Hilles responsible for a good deal of tho embarrassment that resulted from bim In that Incident. Friends of the President do not look for an immediate broak with Mr. Hitchcock, but tho situation is such that eventually lt ls predicted, Mr. Hitchcock will retiro if Mr. Hil les ls to continue to command tho President's complete support. \ -. \f Foley's Kid. ney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure yo \v backache, ?trengthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre vent Bright'? Disease and Dla. kates, and restore health and .strength. Refuse substitutes. J. W. BELL, WALHALLA. Doctor Out of Place. (Lippincott's Magazine.) A doctor living In rural parts was recently called upon to visit, a patient some way from his office. Driving to where the sick man lived, ho tied his horse to a tren In front of the house and started to walk across the grounds. It happened that work was In progress on a new well, of which the doctor know nothing, until he found himself sinking into the earth. He fell just far enough to be unable to get out of the hole unassisted and lustily yelled for help. When he was finally pulled up, the hired man remarked to him: "I say, doc, you had no business down there." "No, T don't think I had," replied tho doctor. "Don't you know," continued the hired man, "you ought, to leavo tho well alone and lake care of the sick?" WSBSBmWmW?mmWmVmEKX Melons cs arc diable pi cl sugar format ion.% d investment. Thc vines will continue yielding Only one or two pickings and lot of unmarketable culls, dement the compost with iooo to 1500 i of 5-8. io goods, tho ammonia to bo I mainly from organic substances like tankage, fish or cottonseed meal, i is equally good for cucuml>crs, pump id squashes. i un for Pot null prices T% 1 in >books with formu- 6 nf?l'ill PflV? directions. 1 * ?J? JERMAN KALI WORKS. Inc. 1 Con 11 nc ni.il Building Chic,ii;o: Monadnuk Block Nit Orliann Whitnty Cinlral Bank Building Atlanta People Are Dunifouiuled by of Strange New Liquid (,'ures Continuo CAN NOW UH OBTAINED Home People Will Have Opportunity Causing So Much Excitement Certain Citron Atlanta, Ga.- (Special Dispatch.) --There seems to be no end to the excitement that has been created here by the strange and mystifying results following tho use of the new Hoot Juice treatment in cases ol' sto mach and kidney disorders and rheu mat ism. Some of the severest cases that could he found have been treated successfully with the new liquid and so quick have tho results been In many cases that tho sufferers and their friends were dumfounded. Persons who wore helpless from rheumatism for months and who had to be carried about have recovered as If by miracle after using the strange now medicine for a very short time and aro now walking tho streets enjoying the best of health. Sufforers from stomach trouble, who could not drink a glass of water without suffering afterward, and who claimed to have suffered agonies from Indigestion, headaches, belch ing, bloating, pains after meals and other similar distresses now declare they have a hearty appetite, can eat anything and never suffer from any of these symptoms. Many prominent and Influential people of this city have used tue treatment with pronounced success and a number have given out state ments for publication. Among these is H. P. Seay, 10 E. Pavilion street, whose wife has been practically an Invalid for four years. When seen and asked about his wife's experi ence, Mr. Seay said: "lt. ls true that Mrs. Seay has been wonderfully ben efited by the new treatment. She has been suffering from stomach and kidney troubles for four years and iately these became complicated with nervous prostration. Wo tried seve ral doctors, but they did not seem to help her and then we started trying every remedy we heard of. During her Illness Mrs. Seay has used one hundred and forty bottles of various well-known medicines with but little ! (.i no relief. Sbo is now on the third bottle of this new Root Juice treat ment and we aro delighted with lue results. She has gained In strength, has a splendid appetite, sleeps well at night and feels beter than she has in four years. In fact, the throe bot tles of this new medicine has done more for hoi* than all tho hundred and forty I spoke of." At almost any hour of tho day In the drug store where the new medi cino is hoing explained one may hear stories of startling results obtained by those who have been using it. A very Interesting and remarkable experience was related hy Wilson Gaines, of 318 Western avenue, who ls well known in railway circles, hav ing been employed as switchman by tho Central Railway of Georgia for eight years. Mr. Gaines explained that he had been troubled on and off for five years and that he Buffered intensely. When asked to give a de scription of his case he said: "I suf-| fered fearfully from rheumatism in my joints and lt vas especially se vere during wet or changeable wea ther. My digestion was poor, and I would sometimes belch gas after eat ing. I suffered also from headaches, backaches, painful urination and was nervous and irritable. Sometimes I could not sleep at night, and I grew weak and run down. 1 tried several HI,HASP, COMMISSION IHOPOHTH. Say Ansel Commission, Lyon and Kohler Impeded Work. Columbia, Jan. 2~>.-Governor j Moase transmitted to tho Legisla ture this morning the printed report of the Bloase dispensary commission, composed of James Stackhouse. J. V. Wallace. F. II. Dominick, T. H. Brantley and IO ll. Thomson. Tho report contains til printed pages, mostly tho Itemized OX pon se accounts of Ibo members. The Ansel boa rd Is accused of de laying and obstructing the lllcase hoard at its work. Attorney General Lyon is reported to have done not li ing to help tho board and Thos. H. POlder ls accused of holding np the needed records which it was Ids pro fessional duty to surrender. Tho An sel hoard consisted of W. .1. Murray, Avery Patton, J. Steele Brice. John McSweop and A. N, Wood. The Bloase board reports that it has caused a Cincinnati hank to hold Up indefinitely tho distribution of a fund of $7,500, deposited there be fore the trial of the label caso In Co lumbia last September, lo he paid out, half Lo Felder and half to tho State. Tho board thinks tho whole amount should come to tho State. Tho roport says, in conclusion, "tho commission thought at first that it would bo in a position after a few meetings to make a final roport on tho condition of dispensary affairs to your Kxcelloncy, but lt found at the outset that tho records wero in such Shaken ny are Excited! Sensational Results that Follow Cse and Reports of Startling to Appear. IX Dill (j STORMS ll EKE. to Investigate New Liquid That Is by Its Wonderful Cures of lo Diseases. doctors and at least ten or twelve medicines without finding a cure. I have been using this now Root Juice treatment twenty days now and am reeling better every day. I havo spent at least $2")0.00 seeking a euro without even getting relief, hut 1 lind tho juice treatment ls rast curing me. Tho medicine has proved to be worth Its weight in gold to me." Mr. Gaines's story started others telling their experiences with it and were lt not for the fnct that many of the people gathered there were well known In social and business circles, some of the stories would seem too good to be true. H. L. Bassinger, of 118 Bim street, Macon, said ho had suffered from rheumatism and stomach trouble for nine years and that although four doctors had told him there was no cure for him, the first bottlo of the juice trentmont had given him relief and that he was feeling fine. A lady, who gave her name as Mrs. Mattie Colqultt, ?nd her address as 4 00 Gromley street, spoke up and said: "I suffered thirteen years from Indigestion, gas on the stomach and belching. I used to throw up half what 1 ate and suffered fearfully. I spent a lot of money on doctors and medicines, but got no relief. When I heard about Root Juice and tho great things it was doing for the sick, I tried lt and although ? have taken only one bottle, I am beginning to feel fine. My food digests now and what I eat stays down. I know this new medicine ls doing me a world of good and I believe lt Is going to cure me completely after thirteen years of suffering. 1, for one. can certainly recommend It to any one In my condition." Lack, of space makes lt Impossible to print all of the many similar sto ries that were told, but it is safo to say that at least a dozen people re cited equally Interesting and start ling experiences. Wonderful Medicine Cnn Now Ile Obtained Here. Local people are to be given an op portunity to lest the new Root Julcd treatment which has been effecting these marvelous cures and which bas created so much excitement in At lanta during the past few weeks. Tho main laboratories at Fort Wayne, Ind., where the medicine ls prepared, havo made arrangements so drug gists can now procure lt through their wholesalers and those who havo not already placed lt In stock can easily get it. Any person who suffers from indi gestion, belching, bloating, pains ar ter meals, loss ot appetite, headaches, sleeplessness, nervousness, back aches, weak kidneys, Impure blood, rheumatic pains or other symptoms ot' disordered stomach, liver or kid neys, can, therefore, obtain the Root Juice in one dollar bottles at any good pharmacy or by writing direct to tho Root. Juico Laboratories at Fort Wayne, Ind. in view of the phenomenal cures tho medicine has effected elsewhere it is believed that homo peop suf fering from various forms of stom ach, liver, kidney and bowel troubles, will find In the new treatment the same wonderful results which havo been experienced hy those who have already used it. condition, and wo Invito your atten tion to thom, that it would bo a most difficult task to ascertain tho true status of affairs." "My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and chest. I applied Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. The pain ceased and tho child sank into a restful sleep."-Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, Hamburg, N. Y. Long Creek Locals, Long Creek, Jan. '?2.--Special: W. T. Barker, of Thomson, Ga., spent the week-end with his mother-in-law, Mrs. W. II. Thrift, and among other relativos and friends. We are glad to noto that tho little son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wllbanks, who has been con ll ned to bis bed With pneumonia the past week, ls convalescing. Ansel McCraekln. of Tollen, Colo., bas been visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Thrift. Ho was heartily greeted by many friends here. Miss Dolla Phillips, who ls teach ing school at Cross Roads, was with homofolks Saturday and Sunday. Root Juice, Wine Oardui, Oastoria, Sold by NORMAN.