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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Aiinuin. Advertising Ilutes Ilensonablo. -?y STECK, SHELOtt & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. I Obituary notices and tributes of re-1 Bpect, of n<>t over ono hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rato of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 11)12. COLE L. HIJEAKE, GOVERNOR. Hy IIK- action nf iii?> investigating committee yesterday in Columbia Governor Coleman Livingston Dlease is the nominee of the Democratic party for Governor of South Carolina. | On thc face of Hie findings this is as it should be. Governor lt lease will be re-elected in November. Two years ago. after standing squarely opposed to Mr. Iliense itt bis race for Governor, we were disap pointed in the result of the election, bul acquiesced, wi? think, with good grace, expressing our belief that Mr. Dlease was amply able >to make a good Governor-or, as Senator Till man recently so aptly put it, that ho was "eminently qualified so far as brains go" and expressing tho hope that ho would uso bis recognized ability wisely and for the best inter ests of tlio State. The two years just past speak for themselves. That his administration did not measure up to our idea of what a good, wiso and strong administration should bo is evidenced by the fact thal tn tho re cent primary we opposed his nomina tion for re-election. We are again disappointed in his selection as tho head of our State Government for another two years. Nevertheless we how again to the will of the majority, reaffirming our faith in Mr. Blease's ability, and hoping that the next two years will record for .bim an administration of which not only The Courier, hut. every other opponent of tho Governor throughout the State, can be justly proud. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Vf a y o , i v Co evolt 1 . . . i , SR ion has crenion some considerable comment In not a few quarters. Mayor Gibbes bases his refusal to extend the lulvtation, officially, upon the ground that he "does not wish to give Mr. Roosevelt any advantage over tho two other candidates for tho < Presidency." Which, of course, j sounds very peculiar -much more lill tho nature of an excuse than a rea son -especially in view of the fact that the exposition wll Ibo held lu January, two months after the Presi dential election. it would have been very much bet tor had Mr. Gibbes, objecting as ho does to Mr, Roosevelt's visit, said plainly that the Ex-President and his Views, politically and socially, are so repugnant in the main to tho people ol' tho South that his proposed visit would tend toward discord rather than harmony, at this gathering, which will be somewhat national in its scope. That is the view take of it. Mayor Gibbes may bo more far-sighted than wo, however. A \isii from Mr. Roosevelt, wo !.< Hove, would lend strength to the Democratic nominee rather than work toward the political advantage of thc former. The past of Mr. Roosevelt is on ti rel j too close to tin prop'uil I > be so soon forgotten or laid aside. When ii comes to national politics the South as a ?hole ma\ ho said to bc "from Missouri." We must know that there is no possibility of the antlered Moose sprouting Elephant tu.-', s bef?le we :i tl noli ourselves to ; lu mena gerle. The protection that wo need in the South against new panie- Invading our domain must he internal in Its nature. The Republican Elephant will never sore Hie Democratic Mule to death in South Carolina, nor will i he Moose rip his hide with his Hill iers. Our greatest danger lies in per mitting the Demo, ral ic Mule to de generate into a con-u m ma t e Jackass. A [.'renell countess was last week killed in a wild boar hunt near Paris, she probably preferred to die in a wild boar hun; in thc country than to be bored to death in Paris. Wo don't know ii ibo editor of thc Gaffney Ledger is as sporty as he once- was, bltt we've got an idea that it was none other than Ed DeCamp who put tho gaff in Gaffney, "Tho National Gas Men" are to meet in Atlanta in December. Some how this seems mighty dangerous. Lot us hope for the boat, however, lt may ho that mixing National Gas with Natural (Jas will not make either more combustible. Answer to Inquiror: Yos, the let ters "S. O. S." aro used as a danger signal (wireless) at sea. They aro never Hashed, however, (so far as we know) as a warning against Stand ard Oil Sharks. If an "I for an I and a tooth fora tooth" hold as great significance now as lt did some years ago when Moses was the Big Cheese as a world fac tor. wouldn't Teddy hy tho Loud Noise I i our national politics? We nie of tho linn belief that we are approaching that delightful con dition known as international peace, ll' tho governments known as world powers continuo experimenting with anny aviation we will have no "fighting mon" left to carry on a war. Wc have soon lots of reasons given recently ns to why the South ls Dem ocratic, hut the excuse generally lui tided out hy the small hoy covers tho ground admirably- "Just 'cause." And really, in view of tho past po litical experience of tho South, the "nigger In the woodpile" constitutes the just cans??. SOLICITOR BONHAM IN.) UH M I). Kllp|K'd on Wei Steps-,). I?. Carey, Jr., Acting Sol lei toi'. (Picketts Sentinel, Sept. 20th.) Proctor A. Monham, the popular Solicitor of tho Tenth Circuit, mot with a painful accident at the Hia watha Hoted Monday night, when he fell down the steps of the hotel, bruising his hack and chest and cut ting a ?ash in his chin. The rain duriai; tho day had made the stops very slippery and Mr. Bonham start ed to KO down them with a lamp In his hand. His foot slipped on the steps and he fell with the above re sults. Mr. Bonham made the speech for the State in the Cantrell case Tues day morning and suffered so Intense ly that he asked the court to excuse him so ho could go to a Greenville hospital for treatment, as ho thought ho was hurt Internally. He was ex cused and went to Greenville Tues ' day afternoon. ! James P. Carey, Jr., was appointed ! to act as solicitor for the balance of ! this term of court. Fell Throe Stories; Doses Tooth. i Savannah, Ga.. Sept. 2(5.-Little Robert Kent, tho ntneteen-months ohl child of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kent, i j who fell out of tho third-story win I dow of his parents' home on Park I avenue and Barnard streets yester ft is now ' too ghi ?ho lit t?o iello . j will gel oil . l.h n (he loss of two j kUOUKbd OUL u m n ut) lill till? [)d?e ment. The child fell from a chair In which he was looking out the win dow, and he would have been killed had ho not struck the top of a porch just before hitting the ground. Bounty Laud Notes. Bounty Land. Sept. 30.-Special: Miss Sallie Davis returned Saturday from a pleasure trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga. Paul Gillison ls operating a grist mill at his home here, which supplies a long-felt need to the people ot the community. Joe Davis, of near Walhalla, was a recent visitor hero. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis, of Sen eca, wore guests at tho home of .lohn Sanders a few days ago. Another Jones man arrived at the linnie of Mr. and Mrs. T. (). Perry a few days ago -too late, however, to casi a ballot. Mrs. .1. 15. Tarrant. Jr., is spending a few weeks with her mother, Mrs. A. C. Stone, at Newry. Mrs. Rachael Auld and son Hob, of IClbcrton, Ga., spent a part of last week with her sister, Mrs. John B. Pickett, returning Wednesday. Jasper Doyle and son Oscar at tended tho meeting of Presbytery ni Walhalla Wednesday. (Maude Tarrant is attending Behool al Newberry. Brondus Bagwell, of Soon ca, is ni home recuperating from a spell of lover. Julius McDonald, of Newberry, ls spending a few weeks with his uncle. W. J McDonald. Louis Rankin visited his brother, c. K. Rankin, at Jordania, the week end. Paul Morris, of Sandy Springs, was with homefolks recently. HDDS POISON DRINK I NO WATER, A New Menace Added to Hie Mexican Revel Ut lou-Soldiers Iv'.cited. Mexico City, Sept. 28. Death by poison ls a new menace added by thc rebellious Indians about tho City of Oaxaca, capital of tho State of the same name, whore residents now fear to take a drink of water, and whore chemists aro engaged In making tests for traces of cyanide of potassium. A group of rebels is declared to have entered tho Natividad mining camp, in the Ixtlan district, and de manded strychnine, declaring their intention of poisoning tho drinking water in the regions which are not under their cont roi. They were una ble to secure strychnine, hut a man who had worked in the reduction plants of mines suggested that cya nide was much better for their pur pose. Delighted at the discovery, the band rode away, carrying 200 pounds of that poison. The rebels said they would Hist uso the cyanide to poison the springs at San Keltpe, from which much of the water used 111 tho City of Oaxaca ls pllied. MATTHUS OF NKWS AT SENECA. Once-u-Weok Club Resumes Ito Work, llrlef Mit M of Clint. Seneca, Oct. 1.-Special: The Sun day school of the Presbyterian church held Hally Day exercises on Sunday last. A varied program was rendered and the occasion was one of great profit and pleasure to the members of this nourishing Sunday school. Wyatt Aiken was In Seneca Sun day mingling with lils friends, his visit partaking of the nature of a thanksgiving, since bc has not had an opportunity, since tho recent election, to soe his friends hero and else where. Miss Sue Thompson, of Charlotte, is spending the week with Miss May Hamilton. The following clipping from The State in regard to foot hall at Clem son will prove of Interest to the friends of J. W. Strtbling, a Seneca boy: "The biggest problem that Conch Dobson has on his hands hs to select a running mate for Lewis, last year's light hut aggressive end. At present four men seem to have the inside track in Hie race-Strlbling, Magill, Mollette and Schroder. The li nal selection will not be made for some time." Miss .May Schiflley, of Charleston, is visiting her friends. Mrs. Ruskin Anderson and Miss Dora Dumas. Mr. and Mrs. Rust are spending several days in Seneca en route from their wedding tour in the North to Ri rm ingham. They are with Mr. and Mrs. .1. L, Marett, at whoso home the nuptials were held several weeks ago. Miss Louise Farmer entertained the following young people charm ingly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \V. S. Hunter last Friday evening: Misses Norina Gigntlliat, Lucile Hamilton, Florence Reid, Marguerite Adams and Verna Strlbling; Messrs. Francis Adams. Carl Moore, Rupert Nlmmons. Charles Lawrence and Whit Holle maii, Miss Helen Fant spent Monday in Seneca on her way to Montgomery, Ala., Reusacola, Fla., and other j points, where she will .spend a vaca-1 Hon of two weeks. Your correspondent ls reliably in formed that there will ha one dozen weddings In and around Seneca be fore Christmas. And this ls not a good y tsar for weddings either! Mrs. Joe Lawrence, of Toccoa, was in Seneca on Monday. Miss Leila Doyle, of Calhoun, was a recent attractive guest, in our town. Mrs. Burriss, of Richland, spent Saturday shopping in Seneca. Joe Byrd's (Jr.) friends are glad to see him out again after a recent illness. A peculiar death occurred here on Monday when a young child (col ored) was poisoned from drinking an overdose of whiskey. It ls said that another child gave the whiskey to the victim, of which he drank freely, death resulting from alcohol poison. Mr. and Mrs. Ellas Earle were in Seneca last Thursday, Mrs. Earle coming over for the opening .meeting of ?h? Once ? Week Club, c. S. llotlemu!! visited Ch ' i n >oga, 'Fohn' , Ift?l w>?oK. Mrs, M. Sj St i liding spe.n1 ?jcvprjtij days l??t week ip Atlanta, nun. ann Mrs. S. V. Striming, at Ros well, Ga., last week. Miss Carrie . Hunter ls visiting in Anderson. Miss Asa Dickinson, of Charleston, ls visiting Mrs. W. S. Hunter. Mrs. J. C. Cary, of Greenville, was In Seneca for a few days last week. | Miss May Hamilton spent the past' week-end with Miss Pearle Vernor at ; Richland. I Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Holloway are ? moving Into their attractive new! home on First North street. The missionary society of the Tres byterian church will send over a j strong delegation to thc Union at West minster. The opening meeting of the Once a-Week Club was held with the pres ident. Mrs. Luke Verner, on Thursday : afternoon last. This being an open meeting a number of friends of the1 hostess were Invited. As the year's i study will ho taken from France, the' hostess arranged a program fitting] the occasion. The music, was selected j from French compositions, and the contest was In the nature of a draw-j lng of France's greatest general, Bon- ' aparte. In the decision tho judges; agreed that Mesdames M. R. Kirk-] patrick and O. F. Bacon and Miss I Margaret Morrison tied, tho draw giving the prize to Mrs. Kirkpatrick, j The president had previously put Into '; readable shape a dream, which she ret?n es ted Mrs. Leslie Strlbling to j read, detailing somewhat the possl-1 hilities of club work in tho Once-a Week Club. An original poem, with Napoleon as the theme, was read by Miss Kittie Sligh. Which was also greatly enjoyed by the members. Punch was served by Miss Verna ! Strlbling, and later a delicious sweet 1 cou rse. Sick headache is caused by a dis ordered stomach. Take Chamber lain's Tablets and correct thal and tho headaches will disappear. For sale by all deah-rs. ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty I OCTOBI M [. "-_- GO BYRD & Senece - FOR S ty Tiley clo wear o * about it. * ty J Buy all you cai % THEY APPRECIAI 4* ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty NOTICIO TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. AU persona indebted to the Estate R. C. Strother, deceased, aro hereby notified to make payment to the un dersigned, and all persons having claims against said estato will pre sent tho same, duly attested, within tho time prescribed by law or be barred. MRS. F. C. STROTHER, Executrix. West Union, s. C. Oct. 2, I 9 I 2. 40-43 NOTICE OF Fl NA Ii SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. iNOtice is hereby given that tho un dersigned will mako application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconeo County, in tho State of South Carolina, at bis office at Walhalla Court House, on Friday, the 25th day of October, lill 2, at ll o'clock lu tho forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo heard, for leave to mako final settlement of the estate of H. M. Harbin, deceas ed, and obtain final discharge as Ad ministrators of said estate. M. L. HARBIN. W. A. HA RHIN, Administrators. September 2 5, 1912. 39-12 T A X NOTIC E. COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE, Wa lim I la The books state, County Tax- s for thc be open f~om December 3 I, , S. C., Oct. 1. 1912. for the collection of School and Special fiscal year 1912 will October 15, 1912, to I 9 I 2, without penalty, alter which day one per cent penalty will ho added on all payments made in month of January, 1913, and two per cont penalty on all payments made in the month of February, and seven per cent penalty on all pay ments made from the first day of March until tho fifteenth day of March. 19 13. After that day all taxes not paid will go into execution and be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection. Taxpayers owning property or paying taxes for others will please ask for a tax re- ! celpt in each township or special school district in which he or they may own property. This ia very im portant, as there are so many special school districts. The tax levy ls made up as follows: State tax. 5% mills Ordinary County. f> Vi mills Interest on bonds. Vfc mill School tax. 3 mills Total tax .15% mills Special and Local School Taxes. tn a Hi ' ID t/1 tn S ? B K ?2 3 V, ?1 2 2 7 Vi I .I 4 2 I I I - \ - Poll Tax, $1.00 Dog Tax, 50c. Every male citizen from 2 1 to years !S liable for Pol! TUX. OXSCpt Confederate soldiers, who do not pay after 50 years of age, and those ex cused by law. Parties wishing information from this omeo (hy mail) will jilease en close potsage. W. J. SCHRODER, Treasurer Oconeo County, S. C. A * * * * * * * fy fy fy fy ER,1912 ; Tn ; CROMER i. s. C. HOES. = ort but will be slow & j& j& n from them. & VE YOUR TRADE. Immediate ? Indian Goveri DISPOSAL OP UNALLO IN NOVEMBER AT ALL TO HI( SEGREGATED MINERAI FOLLOW=?2,9( (Ad Muskogce, Okla., Sept. l l.- -Spe cial: Tho unallotted Indian lands in tho Choctaw and Chickasaw nations comprising approximately 900,000 acres will lie placed on the market within tile next sixty dava and 'sold al public auction to the highest bidder. I inmediately following tho salo ol' tho unallotted lands, tho surface of tho segregated coal lands, 445,000 acres, will he placed on the market, then comos the sale ol' tho timber lands in small tracts about 1,500,000 acres, and before the next fiscal year ends, on Juno 30, 1913, it is expected that (lie United States government will have disposed of practically ?ill the unallotted land in tho Five Civilized tribes. Tho first big salo or series ol' sales scheduled to take place is that ol' tho unallotted Chickasaw and Choctaw lands, which starts at Chicknsha, in (Mady county, on November 12, and closes at [dabei, in McCurtain county, on December 23. Tho greatest acre age is tn Pittsburg county, 1 1 S.S1)S, and the smallest in McClain County, il,SOD acres. The unallotted lands in the different counties is divided into various sized tracts, ranging from ten to 640 acres to the tract, and lt comprises every kind of land, including farming, grazing, coal, tim ber, asphalt and mineral. The land is to bc sold outright and a title In fee simple given by the gov ernment. Residence ls not required, and immediate possession is given after tho Initial payment is made. On some of the land there are good de posits of coal and asphalt, and in the western part of the Chickasaw nation gold, sil\er and vast deposits of gyp sum have been located. Up to tho present time, however, the geologists who have examined into tho land say that tho gold and sliver cannot bo mined in paying quantities. This ls not true, however, of the coal and as phalt deposits in thc Choctaw nation. Wright to Supervise Sale. The sale of the land is under the Immediate control of J. Geo. Wright, Commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes, . id t."1 bc presont ot pach sale In person it ir .. found onven-j lent. Tee gpverhmout has prepared booklets giving bj counties an "xa.-t I description of the land, acreage abd , appraised vallie, and these hook I els j are now ready tor free distribution. Blue prints of the different counties can also be obtained at the Muskogeo office. The sales will take place on the days designated, and those who hld In the land will be required to put up a deposit of 10 per cent on tho spot if they are the successful bidders. Bids will also be received by mail if they are accompanied by check, but they must be up to tho appraisement. The time and place of the different sales follow: Place of Date of Acre County Sale Sale age Grady-Chickasha .Nov. iL? Ifi.?K? Stephens-Duncan .Nov. 13 38,056 Jefferson--Ryan ...Nov. 15 38,938 Love-Mauetta ....Nov. 18 61,825 ('arter- -Ardmore ...Nov. 20 59,115 Murray--Sulphur ..Nov. 23 16,71") earvin--Pauls Valley Nov. '27> 20,6 19 McClain-- Burcell ..Nov. 27 9,809 Pon to toe-Ada . . . .Nov. '_'!! 2S,S7'.l Johnson-Tishoiningo Dec. Marshall-Madill . . Dec Bryan- Durant .... Dee. Aloha Atoka .... I lee. Coal- -Coalgate .... Dec. I highes Calvin . . . Dec. Pittsburg- McAlestcr Ballmer Wilburlon i i 26,963 I 1,170 I 8,61I?7 '.HI.;) 07 1 I. 12 Dec. 12 ll 8.398 Haskell Ix; Flore Stlglor . Bolean Dec. Dec. .Dec. Iii Kl. 1 S 1 3 547 Tun i 12 Pushmataha A ii tiers Dec lil 37,829 A N N O U N i Thc mest rem a riva I the automobile cpoi operation October J been made possible crease in Ford pro brings thc matchless reach of the average Runabout Touring Car These new prices, f. o. b. D Any errly order will mean full particulars from J* L. O White or Sale of Lands ti me nt Plan TED PORTION STARTS CHICKASHA, OKLA, 3H BIDDER. . AND TIMBER LANDS )0,000 ACRES. vt.) Choctaw-Hugo ...Dec. 20 ?{2,441 McCurtain- - Idabel Dec. 2 ?I 45,490 Sale of "Lost Sections." On November 1 I sixteen sections of timoor land will be offered for salo at 11 ugo. There arc more than ten thou sand acres of valuable timber land to be sold at this time, and it ls con sidered the most'valuable land of its kind over offered lu Oklahoma. Num erous attempts have boon made to buy this land at private sale, but the government declined to consider any proposition and the land is offered as the result ol' a special act of Con gress passed during the closing days ol' the recent session. It is claimed that this land was purposely passed by the first appraisers of the timber lands. They i e known as tho "Lost Sections." Commissioner Wright slated Wed nesday that while the coal land ap praisers had until December 1, 1912, to complete their work, tho probabil ities were that the appraisers would make a partial report to the Depart ment of the Interior, and that some of the land will bo offered for sale at once, lt is expected to advertise this land for about forty days, and lt is expected that the Ilrst sale will take place early in December if the work of the appraisers ?B approved in Washington. While only the surface ol' the segregated coal land is to be sold, the government retaining the mineral rights for the Indians, lt ls conceded that the parties geitlng the title to the surface will have the ad vantage in the event that tho govern ment places the mineral rights on tho ma rket. Big Timber Salo. lt ls also tho Intention of the gov ernment to again offer for salo tho timber lands of the Choctaw nation. These lands were offered about six months ago, but the regulations were In such a shape that small bidders were completely shut out, and when the time came for the opening of the bids the lumber trust, or its repre ..nnfnMvo? ?/?ro tb? nnlv bidders. N'tjws of tho ito ni li i nation \v.i? flashed ti Washington, abd Lin goveruqieni r?fueod io conilriu ?hi sale, and >*:i bidu won: rejected. ;'ii- '-v: iitaliens i 'V ohangod, and i. the next sale lt will be possiolo tor me small mmuei and mill men to submit bids and buy in tho land. Dy the way of preliminary for the big sale, which starts in November, the government will sell several hun dred small parcels of land In the Five Civilized Tribes on which restrictions have been removed. Those are known as "remnant" sales, and ls made up mostly of fractions. Tho Indian has no use for the land, and he makes a formal request of tho Interior Depart mont to sell lt and when the request is granted the land is sold by the district or field agent and the money deposited to the credit ol' tho Indian. There are about twenty-live thousand acres of land to be sold, only forty of which aro in Muskogee county. The sale starts October 14. With several million acres of In dian land soon to be placed on tho market on this side ol' tho State, and the school lands being disposed ol' on the western side of tho State lt looks very much as if this ls lo be a pros perous year for Oklahoma, and that the population ol' Hie State is to in crease considerably by January 1st next. Some of the big financial in terests ol' tito lOast have their eves centered on Oklahoma, for the open in ?; ol' the Panama ('anal moans that the coal and timber lands ol' South eastern Oklahoma will prove very valuable by 15)14. ll also moans millions ol' dollars worth of land made taxable by the State.