Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, November 11, 1903, Image 1
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WALKALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA. NOV- ll. 10?8.
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lower than you ever saw.
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Legal Advertisements.
Notice of Registration.
THE Registration Books will be open
at C. W. Pitohford CO.'B store from
Ootobor 21st, 1003, to January 13th, 1004,
for the municipal election to be held
January 18th, 1004. Bring your county
registration certificate and tax receipt.
8. N. Pitchford,
Supervisor of Registration.
Ootober 14, 1008. 41
Money to Lend.
T OAN8 Dogotiated on mortgage of
Jul real enlato at 7 per cent in sums of
$1,000., a**d ever, and 8 per cent on less
ina ii $1,000. Borrower to pay for papers,
but no commissions oharged. No loans
less than $800. Loans made only to one
third value of improved farms.
J A YNES A SHELOR,
Walhalla, 8. C.
October 1,1903. 39-52
YALU ABLE LAND FOR SALK
THE UNDERSIGNED is authorized to
make salo of the Connors land, near
Walhalla, 8. C., to wit: Ono tract or lot
of ten acres, fronting west on tho public
road from Walhalla out by Col. R. A.
Thompson's to Coonee Statiou; adjoins
Wm. F. Ervin, Mrs. Henry Biemnun and
others. Also ono traot of 107 acres on
^Jan?^Creek; adjoins Wm. F. Ervin, W.
I A. Strother, J. W. Holloman and others.
\ Price and tonen reasonable.
S. P. DENDY, Attornoy,
' 40-52 Walhalla, S. C.
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18 THE BEST
CLOTHING
j na WYLER, ACKERLAND & CO.,
Makers? Cincinnati.
Ask VMf DMltr or Writ? for Booklet.
LAND FOR SALE.
IDE8IRE to sell, at private salo, the
following valuable farming lands, to
Vit: All that piece, parcel or traot of
And, situate, lying and being in tho
wunty of Ooonee, State of South Caro
ona, on waters of Little River, contain
ing two hundred and fifty acres, moro or
less, adjoining lands of Mrs. M. E. Huu
nioutt, Mrs. L. K. Knox, P. A. Brown
and others. There are about seventy
aores in a high state of cultivation, also
good tenant houses, splendid water
power; well timbered, convenient to good
sobools and churches. Located on rural
mail ionic. Fur moro particular de
scription, termR, etc., oall on or write
J. FULTON HUNNICUTT, Agent,
R F. D.-No. 1,
86 44 Wost Union, S. C.
/CITATION NOTICE.-THE STATK OF
SOUTH CAHOMNA, COUNTY OF Oco
WEK.-^ON THKCOUKT OF monATK.)-By
*~rrA; Smith, Esq., Probate Judge.
Whereas, William E. CIICHWOU has
nade suit to me to grant him Lot
hra of Administration of tho estate and
)ffeots of Sarah R. Cheswell, deceased
These are tboreforo to cite and admon
sh all and singular tho kindred and
creditors of tho said Sarah R. Cheswell,
"eoeased, that they be and appear
^ro me, in tho Court of Probate, to be
at Walhalla, 8. C., on Saturday,
-er 14,1003, after publication hore
aro o'clock in the foronoon, to show
thirtyiy they lia ve, why tho said ad
and con should not be granted.
Irk^vndor my hand and seal this
Lsith'dny of Ootober, Anno Domini 1003.
la^TT? D. A. SMITH, Judge of Pro
) ) bate? Ocouee County, S. C.
Published on the 28th day of October,
1003, In The Keoweo Courior. 43-44
jtice to Trespassers.
NOTICE is hereby given to all porsons
not to trespass on any of our lands
In any way whatsoever-by hunting,
fishing, digging roots, cutting timber,
setting out fire, hauling pinn, or tres
passing in any manner whatsoever. Par
ties entering said lands after publication
of this mil icu will bo dealt with to the
fullest ox tu.id of the law.
W. A Bowen, Ernest. F. Cochran,
W. U. Phillips, L. O. Phillips,
11 on ry Walker, Miss Alice Phillips,
(Mrs.) Graco G. Cochran.
Ootober 21, 1U03. 42 45
Summons for IVelief.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I
COUNTY OF OCONBK. J
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Maggie Brown, Plaintiff,
against
Thomas Bleckloy, Arie Bleckloy, Jaspar
mookley, 8am Bleckley, Joe Bleckley,
Frank Bleckley, Oussio Bowers, Ella
Honk and John Neville. Defendants.
Summons for Relief-(Complaint not
Served.)
To the abovo namod Defendants in this
action :
YOU are heroby summoned and re
quired to answor the complaint in
.his action, which is filed in tho offlco
>f the Clerk of the Court of Common
Meas for the said county, and to serve a
>opy of your answer to the said com
taint on the subscriber, at his offlco, at
mrtanburg, 8, C., within twenty
ys after the servico hereof, exclusive
the day of such service; and if you
I to answor tho complaint within the
no aforesaid, tho Plaintiff in this action
./ill apply to the Court for tho relief
demanded In tho complaint.
STAN Y ARNE WILSON,
Plaintiff's Attornoy.
Walhalla, S. C., Ootober 20th, 1003.
it. 8.1 C. R. D. HUH NH, C. C. P.
The Defendant, Gussie Bowers, will
.akevnotioe that unless within twenty
lays ?fter service hereof application ls
(nade for appointment of a guardian ad
lltom for her herein, snch application
Will, in her behalf, be made by plaintiff.
8TANYARNE WILSON,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Ootobor 21, 1003. 42-47
a STOCK OF ME]
UNG. We are now
td we have a line we
viii hear from it all
ough. IT PAYS TO
ile in New York, and we can sell you
E, NEW, NOBBY SUITS-only th
PANTS?
We PAN IX f bought this lot of
for * them, nud yet ur
how you that IT PAYS TO BUY F
OOL GOODS IN SUMMER AND P
. BAUKNIOH"
Hot Supper Near Anderson.
The negroes had a hot supper last
week on Stonewall Watsou's place,
four miles above Anderson, and, of
course, a shooting serape took plaee.
One negro, whose name oould not
be learned, was promoting the fes
tivities with a pistol. He fired two
shots, which went wild, but the third
bullet ploughed its way through Jim
Dennis's cheeck and struck Henry
Aiken in the mouth. Aiken caught
the bullet between his teeth and
spat it out on the ground. Neither
of the negroes is badly hurt, but tho
bullet was battered out of all resem
blance to its original shape.
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J. Bishop killed his wife in Louis
ville and narrowly missed . being
lynched by a mob. He was saved at
the point of pistols by officers whom
he tried to shoot.
NOTICE TO STOCK RAISERS.
NED, tho Morgan and Blaok Hawk
Bay Stallion, will .stand at my
stables, near Westminster. Service guar
autoed. Fee $10. His weight is t,000
pounds. li. H. SMITHSON,
30 44 Westminster, S. C.
Executors' Sale ol Real Estate.
WE will sell, to tho highest bidder,
in dont of the Court IIouso, at
Walhalla, Oooueo county, So. Ca., during
tho logal lu m rs of salo, on salcsday, Mon
day. December 7tb, 1003, tho tract of
land situato on Keowee river and thc
Southern Railroad, and known as tho
Liddell homo tract. It has been divided
into tbreo tracts.
Tract No. 1, next to tho river, aud
which contains a line body oj river bot
tom, with good dwelling and roomy
barus and throe tenant houses, contains,
as por recent survoy, t-iiiI acres, bo tho
same moro or less.
Tract No. 2 adjoins No. 1 and contains
75 acres, moro or less.
Tract No. 3 ai1 joins No. 2 and South
ern Railway ana contains 164 j- acres, bo
the samo more or loss.
Plats of samo can bo aeon by calling on
li. F. Sloan, Seneca, S. C., until day of
sale.
Torms of sale will bo ono-half cash;
balance in twelve months, with interest
from day of sale. Tho credit portion to
bo secured by bond of purchasor aud
mortgage of the premises. Purchasor to
pay for papers aud has privilege of
anticipating payment.
li. F. SLOAN,
J. E. LIDDELL,
Executors of Will of John T. Liddell,
deceased.
November 4, 1U03. 44-48
FOR CHEAP RATES
TO ,
TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA,
OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY,
CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH,
WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON, and Other Points
West, Horthwest and Southwest,
Write or oaU on
J. G. HOLLBNBECK,
Dluti tot Passenger Agent,
Louisville and Nashville R. R.
No. 1 North Pryor St., Opposite Union
Depot, Atlanta, Ga.
MILLINERY!
I have just returned from Atlanta
with a full line of
JZ> Fall Millinery JZ>
including all tho latest styles in HATS,
BIRDS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS, BELTS.
BABY CAPS, and everything to bo found
in a first-class Millinory Estnblishmeut.
PATTERN HATS A SPECIALTY.
All my old customers and friends are
cordially invited to call and inspeot mv
stock beforo buyit.^-and don't forget
THE AMERICAN BEAUTY CORSETS
-AT COST.
COME ONE I COME ALL !
Mrs. Nannie Barron, Westminster.
Mimi Martie ai
Westmine
ALL
KINDS OF
MONUMENTAL
DESIGNING.
WE
GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION.
Rattan", Ea
Itali
Barre, Qninc
Pneumatic
satisfaction
estly solicit
prompt ant
C ES* <
JOB PRINTING
Send yom
tlonery an
ter to Th?
The liest iw Alws
JOTHING
ST'S, YOUTHS' and
making a specialty
i are going to make
around. Gome and
BUY FOR SOAH.
Good Suite for less than the
oy had but a dozon or two of
and styles-and the prioes are
Pants so we cnn sell them at
iako money on them. Come
OU CASH. TbHt is bow we
AYING CASH FOR THEM.
, MERCHANTS.
Contempt of Court.
In the oase of a famous oriminal
trial in a Southern State last month
the attorneys for the State treated
one of the witnesses to such injus
tice in a severe crus? examination
that the judge sent the jury from
the room that he might express his
disapprobation. He protested that
if such oross-examinations were al
lowed "no men of delecate fooling
will dare to come luto this court
house as a witness," and he expressed
tho opinion that the method of the
oross-examination was simply part of
"a plan to browbeat and beat down
every witness offered." He said :
"If tho witness oomes into court he
has a right to protection by the court,
and I shall attempt to proteot him,
otherwise every man that comes in
the court will run the risk of having
his charaotor blackened." The judge
should not have stopped at talk. He
should have punished for contempt
of court, either by fine or otherwise,
the offending attorneys. One of the
greatest drawbacks to the adminis
tration of justice to-day is the con
tempt into which the courts have
como by permitting browbeating and
badgering not only of witnesses, but
also of talesmen for jury service.
Respectable men hesitate to perform
their duty to the Stato as witnesses
or as jurymen because of the license
in handling them permitted to at
torneys, tho majority of whom nar
rowly escape shysterism. Many
judges who arc extremely sensitive
about contempt of court in other
particulars permit officers of the
oourt, to-wit, the lawyers, to treat
the court with contempt. A bit of
respect for itself in this particular,
manifested in fine, imprisonment or
disbarment of offending lawyers,
would increase the reaped of the
common people for the courts.
W. A. Horron, of Finch, Ark., writes:
"I W?BII to report that Foloy's Kidney
Curo lina euron a terrible case of kidney
and bladder trouble that two doctors bad
given up." Sold by J. W. Boll, Walhalla.
Carolina Regiment at Gaines's Mill.
At thc battle of Gaines's Mill,
fought June 27, 1861, Orr's Rifles,
tho famous regiment from South
Carolins, curried 537 men into action.
Of these 81 men were killed, 284
wounded and 4 missing, making a
total loss of 819 mon. The regiment
was commanded by Col. J. Foster
Marshall, who said in his report of
the battle that in front of the place
where the regiment fought there
were 253 dead Pennsylvania Buck
tails and 32 dead Zouaves, and that
23 wounded mtn wero captured by
tho regiment. Speaking of the ex
cellent firing done by the regiment,
Col. Marshall says that in his front
there were no bullet marks on the
trees less than three feet nor more
than six feet from the ground. The
editor of the Medium was upon the
detail to bury tho dead and tho view
of the battlefield was certainly appall
ing.-Abbeville Medium.
-- '
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and
Cobla; reliable, tried and teated, safe and
sure. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla.
Governor Rey ward has ordered an
election on tho question of the crea
tion of a new county from Edgefield
and Aiken counties. The now county,
if established, will lie along the
Savannah river opposite the oity of
Augusta. The new county is to be
known ns Hammond. The election
will tnke place on the 16th day of
December next.
[?I Branite ff ?&M
itor, &m C??
DEALERS IN
ist Dorset, Manchester, Pittsford,
an and Georgia Marbles,
' -AND
y, Westerley and Oilesby Granites.
Tools used in the works, and absolute
i guaranteed. Correspondenoe earn
ed. All orders and inquiries given
I careful attention.
GrRAY, Proprietor.
? orders for sta
rt Advertising Mat
? Courier and get
tym the <Jliea.pe&t.
FOR LAW ANO ORDER.
Legislature Will be Asked to Allow Towns to
Vote on Dispensaries.
[Greenville Mountaineer.]
The following is a condensed re
port of the proceedings of the
oonference held in Columbia on
Wednesday night, October 28th,
in which all the people of
Sooth ' Carolina are interested,
whether or not they become mem
bers, of the organization proposed
by this conference. The work in
contemplation ought to appeal di
rectly to every law abiding citizen,
and it will be* seen whether public
sentiment approves of the effort to
place a check upon orirae aud law
lessness in this State. The general
admission that something ?B needed
to enforce the laws and diminish the
prevalence of cr imo hos called into
being this organization, which is
along non-political lines and simply
means that ita work will be direoted,
as the name implies, to the promo
tion of tempor?neo, the enforcement
of law and the preservation of order.
The organization cannot fail to com
mand the respect'and confidence, of
right-thinking persor ., but to make
it effeotive there munt be a generoua
oo-operation throughout the State.
The conferenoo'oalled by a com
mittee of oitizens was held in the hall
of the Y. M.C. A. Col. James A. Hoyt,
of Greenville, waB requested to act as
chairman, and Thos. J. LnMotte,
of Columbia, as secretary. Tho ob
jeot of the conference, as was stated
by the chairman/ was to initiate
s MIK? practical measure on non-par
tisan and non-political lines to im
prove the present condition of af
fairs in the State, and to concentrate
into Borne |klnd of organization all
the clement ? that are willing to work
for the destruction of those forces
that tend to perpetuate and enlarge
the sphere of intemperance and the
reign of orime in South Carolina.
Law is a mookery and order is be
ing turned into chaos under present
conditions, it'is oharged, and surely
the men and women of South Caro
who aro lina worthy of tho past and
mindful of the future staud ready to
make needful sacrifice for the better
ment of our condition.
The chairman announced that tho
meeting was open for a full and free
conference, aud there were no re
strictions upon the members present.
This was followed by an offering of
suggestions as to the method of pro
oedure, remarks being made by J.
W. Hamel, J. S. Beasley, P. L.
Sturkey, II. Morrell, W. L Herbert,
Vernon I'Anson and others.
Under a resolution the following
oommittee waa appointed to report a
imitable name and plan of organiza
tion : LaMotte, Sturkey, Beasley,
Hand and I'Anson, whioh subse
quently reported as follows :
"Your committee recommond that
an organization be formed under the
name of 'The South Carolina Tem
perance, Law and Order League.'
"That this conference elect a
chairman, and a sccrotary and
treasurer, with an executive com
mittee, consisting of ono member
from each Congressional district, of
which the officers shall be members
ex cilicio, and that organizations be
made in eacb county, tho chairmen
of which shall be ex-ofiicio mem
bers of tho State executive com
mittee.
"That the county organizations
shall consist of a. chairman, neenaary
and treasurer, with such executive
oommittee as may be deemed
proper."
Under tho foregoing plan of or
ganization the following officers and
members of the State executive com
mittee were elected : J. W. Hamel,
of Kershaw, chairman ; Howell Mor
rell, of Horry, secretary and treas
urer.
Executive committee-First Con
gressional district, Simeon Hyde,
Charleston ; Second, George H.
Bates, Ham well ; Third, P. L. Stur
key, Greenwood ; Fourth, Thos. J.
LnMotte, Columbia; Fifth, W. C.
Thomson, Lancaster ; Sixth, II. H.
Newton, Bcnnettsville ; Seventh,
Joel fi. Brimson, Sumter.
A resolution was adopted that the
executive oommitteo bo authorized
to prepare and promulgate a consti
tution and by-laws of this organiza
tion. Also, that tho executive com
mittee be empowered to fill all va
cancies in their body.
Mr. Hamel offered tho following
resolution, whioh was adopted :
That tho executive committee
memorialize the Legislature to ennot
snoh legislation ns may be necessary
to give the voters of t? municipality
the right to vote a dispensary out of
their community.
The conference was harmonious
and earnest throughout tho proceed
ings, and the point was stressed by
several speakers that this was an
effort to organize the citizens without
roference to politics and solely for
the improvement of present condi
tions, upon a broad and non-partisan
baais. An address will be issued to
the peoplo of the Stato when the
constitution and by-laws have been
framed by the exeoutivo committee.
Foley's Iloney and Tar always stops
the cough and heals the lungs. Refuse
substitutes. Sold by J. W. Hell, Walhalla.
WW. C. T. U.*l
Bitt??i1?tfflfflfMMM ttWfrfllMlslD'Mt'^^
Masters Made Slaves.
Edward W. Bok, of the Ladies'
Home Journal, says :
"One thing that led me to make
up my mind never to touch liquor
was thu ruin which I Baw it bring to
Borne of the finest minds with whioh
I have ever como in contact. I havo
Been, even in my few years of profes
sional life, some of the smartest
literary men dethroned from splendid
positions, owing to nothing else but
their indulgenoe in wine. I have
known men with salaries of thousands
of dollars a year come to beggary
from drink.
"Only recently there applied to rae
for any position I could offer him
one of the most brilliant editorial
writers in the newspaper profession
-a man who two years ago easily
commanded one hundred dollars for
a single editorial in his special field.
That man became so unreliable from
drink that editors are now afraid of
his articles, and, although he oan to
day write as forcible editorials as at
any time during his life, he sits in a
cellar in one of our oities writing
newspaper wrappers for one dollar
per thousand. That is only one
instance of several I could reoite.
I do not hold my friend up as a
'terrible example.' He is but one ol
the type of men who convinced me,
and may oonvinoe others, that a cleat
mind and liquor do not go together.
"I know it is said when one bring*
up such an instanoe as this, 'Oh, well,
that man drank to excess. Oneglasc
will not hurt anyone.' How dc
these people know that it will not'
One drop of kerosene has been knowr
to throw into llame an almost hope
less fire, and ono glass of liquor may
fan into flame a smoldering spart
hidden away where we never knevs
it existed. Tho spark may be there
and it may not be. Why take thc
risk ? Liquor will never do a health}
boy or young man the least partioh
of good ; it may do him harm. A
man who will wittingly tempt i
young man whom he knows has :
principle against liquor is a man foi
whom a halter is too good.
"Then as I looked arouud nm
came to know moro of people anc
things, I found the always unanswera
bio argument in favor of a young
man's abstinence ; that is, that th?
most successful men in America to
day arc those who never lift a wiix
glass to their lips. Boooming inter
ested in this fact,'I had the ouriosit]
to inquire personally into it : I fount
that of twenty-eight of the leading
business mon in the country, whosi
names I selected at random, twenty
two never touched a drop of wine
I made up my mind that there wa
some reason for this. If liquo
brought safe pleasures, why did thes
men abstain from it? If, os som'
Bay, it is a stimulant to a busy mar
why do not these men, direoting th
largest business interests in thi
country, resort to it? And when
saw that these wero the men whos
opinions in great business matter
were accepted by tho leading cou
cerns of the world, I concluded the
their judgment in tho uso of liquc
would satisfy me. If their judgmoti
in business matters oould commun
the respect and attention of th
world, their deoiBion as to the use e
liquor was not apt to be wrong."
# # *
Drunk Vs. Sober.
Tho accounts of tho destruotion c
Corvora's squadron reveal one roaso
why tho Spanish man of war's me
could not hit anything smaller tha
tho Atlantic Ocean. They wei
drunk. When picked up by 01
sailors they showed it plainly. Sue
men can do nothing with model
naval fighting machines. Oppose
to them were cool heads and stead
norves. Liquor has boen founel wort
than useless to explorers in tho Arel
region or in Africa. It is not pe
mitted to engineers or other railrof
employees, nor is it served to ot
navy. Tho English campaign
Egypt demonstrated the benefit i
total abstinence, and hero again
Santiago tho utter folly of drunko:
ness becomes clear. Pretty soon,
this country, at least, laws will 1
tho only thing wo shall dare to lea'
tho making of to men who drink ale
holio liquor.-Kind Words.
How's This ?
Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars Rowa
for any caso of catarrh that cannot
oured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. ,
P. J. Chonoy A Co., Props., Tolodo,
Wo, tho undersigned, have known
J,.Chonoy for tho last 1!> years, and 1
Hove him porfectly honornblo in all bm
noss transactions and financially ablo
oarry out any obligations made by tin
firm.
Wost A Truax, Wholesale Druggis
Tolodo, O.
Wabling, Kinnan A Marvin, Who
salo Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Curo ls taken inb
nally, acting dirootly upon the blood a:
mucous surfaces of tho system. Prh
75o. per bottle. Sold by all druggis
Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills aro the best.
In five years the number of appl
exported from this eontinent to E
rope bas inoroased from twenty-fi
thousand to more than a million ai
a half barrels. Somebody must ha
taught Europeans to make apple p
Texas Farmer's Advloe.
rHouston Post.]
To my fellow farmers throughout
the cotton growing regions, if we
ever expect to hold our own with
other callings, wo must organize.
The lawyer, doctor, merchant et al.,
organize for mutual benefit and pro
tection, and why not us, as we are
the carcass upon which all others
feed and grow fat ? Why should we
not enjoy the fruit of our own labor?
We oan if we will. I understand
that the mill men are willing to pay
14 cents for cotton if we will make
it a standing prioe. In my judgment
this is tho right course of prooedure.
Say we have one price, no more nor
less, it would cure all the evils to
whiob we are exposed. It would
knock dealing in futures higher than
a kile, because there would be no
chanco for fluctuations of the market
which is the basis for dealing in
futures. It would also obliterate
speculation in cotton, which is another
oanse of extreme fluctuations to
which we have been subjected of late,
and there would not be any more
millions pocketed by greed by corner
ing the crop and thus extorting from
the people unjustly. It would give
the farmer a ohanoe to pay for his
home. Of course cotton goods
would necessarily be higher, but he
would sci' a great deal more than he
would buy back ; hence his advan
tage.
The man who mortgaged his cot
ton would be all right ; he would
know what be was going to get for
it. There would be no suoh charges
as "speculators run the price down
until mortgages are lifted," but it
would be like our money, it would
pass for 100 cents on the dollar.
It is no doubt that 14 or 15-oent
cotton would encourage ootton grow
ing in other countries, but that would
cut no figure, as the boll weevil will
ourtail production throughout the
United States. Therefore it will be
necessary to broaden the field of pro
duction to supply the world's re
quirements. Mr. Weevil is here to
stay.
Hight now, fellow farmers, is the
time for you to act. The people, no
doubt, are ready to enlist. All that
is needed is for some one to announce
a meeting for organizing, stating
with the announcement the object,
and they will come. You oan or
ganizo a club of 100 in more than a
week if it is known that something
is going to be done. It is said that
farmers won't work together. That
is a mistake. When they see some
thing to be accomplished they will
work together. Let some one in
your community start the ball to roll
ing and form a nucleus. Get a list
of ginners from the Agricultural
Department at Washington, send a
notice to eaoh one that they are ap
pointed to organize their customers
into a dub to hold our cotton until a
contract is made with tho mills for a
standard price-say 14 or 16 cents
for middling cotton-and it will go
like wildfire Now, this is possible.
Will we be lords or dupes ; will wo
make our sons and daughters slaves
to the greody money-shark or will
we put them in the first rank, where
they rightfully belong ? Soloman said
there was nothing bettor than for a
, man t? enjoy tho fruits of his labor.
If the fruit of labor was righteously
i distributed there would be plenty
for all, and just so long as we sit
still wo will bo subjeot to tho scalp
ing knife of greed and avarice. Will
wo organize or will, we not? Let
me soon here that you are moving.
I want all papers friendly to thc
farmors to copy this until it roaohef
all over the South.
1 W. H. Rodding,
1 Gross, Grimes county, Texas.
i -?-.??
A Cough ls Only a Symptom.
i A cough is not a disease, but a sump
tom of disease. A cough always indi
1 eal en that either tho throat or lungs ar?
\ atleoted. When the mucus lining of tin
throat or lungs booomos inflamed the ir
' ritation causes coughing. Don't negloo
) a cough. It may be the symptom of se
rious throat or lung disease. Kydalo'i
' Elixir hills tho germs that causo tin
. trouble, soothes the irritated muon
membrane, gently stimulates the norvei
I that cont roi the respiratory organs am
. thus helps nature to speedily reston
normnl conditions and healthy action
i Sold hy J. II. Darby, Walhalla, and tb
- Sonera Pharmacy.
i An Historic *Pape7Weight.
! The paper weight which did servici
; on tho desk of the prosiding officer o
. the secession convention at St
. Andrew's Hall, on Broad street, do
Btroyed in tho big fire of 1861, ha
boon returned to the St. Andrew't
Sooiety, being formally prosentod t<
' tho sooiety by Rov. Alex. Mitohell
5 of Greenville, through Major R. G
Thomas, of the South Carolina Mili
. tary Aoademy on Saturday night.
The paper weight was among th<
" effoots saved by Capt. Ward Hop
J kins, of the Sumter Guards, at tin
time of the fire. The relio has sino
, boon in the family and for a lon;
time it has been the intention ol
Rev. Mitohell to^return the relic ti
- its proper custodians. This oppor
I tunity was taken advantage of at th
. meeting on Saturday night. Tb
relio is a common looking iron weigh
without any speoial design upon il
1 The St. ?Andrew's Society no\
owns the table, six ohairs, the gave
j and paper weight which did servio
3 in the historio convention.-Charlei
. ton Post.
l?ducatiorial I
Touchers are Born, Not Mada.
AB the country school is the ques
tion of the day, I should like to
speak a few thoughts on the subject.
What teacher among us does not
reeognize that rural teaching is the
ideal teaching of all? Just for a
moment picture the little square
school room, with tho teaoher iu thc
center, and the merry obildren com
ing in, with faces all aglow, ready to
do or say anything that the teaoher
might tell them. True enough, the
teacher is seldom exercised in more
than bis aoademio branches, but the
dear country children's minds and
hearts are so flexible that it is lovely
to teach them.
Now, from my experience in coun
try teaching, I believe the pressing
need of to-day is, not so mueh the
teaoher who has taken an A. B.
course in college, as the teaoher who
ha? natural ability to impart his
knowledge of the studies used in
the country school. Teaohers are
born, not made.
It is ray privilege to know several
good teaohers who have never fin
ished the oourse in any college ; jet
their minds, their hearts, and their
strength are so absorbed in their
work that very satisfactory results
are being obtained. To have fin
ished sohool is no objeotion-it is a
help ; but understand me when I say,
using my own experience as my
guide, that it is no essential element
in the country teaoher. I once had
a schoolmate who could translate
page after page of Latin with the
greatest ease, but had she been re
quired to help the blunt pupil see
the beauties in compound propor
tion, it would have been almost an
impossibility.
Teaobing is a Divine gift, and the
higher and nobler should be sought
therein. It requires something be
sides a knowledge of text books tc
take the little modest sohool ohild
and probe it sufficiently to bring to
observation the hidden treasure
which lies buried in thousands ol
these unpretentious ones, who might
be pronounced by tho unskilful
teaoher to bo stupids.
"Lot. us thon bo up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Loam to labor and to wait."
-w. A. J.
# # #
Tho Elephant Problem.
When Ah Chung, a Chinaman,died
it was fouud that he had left hit
property by will to his three sons, at
follows : One-half to the oldest, one
third to the next, and one-ninth t<
the youngest. When the proport]
j was inventoried it was fouud to cou
sist of seventeen elephants. Her?
was a dilemma, for it was impossibh
to divide the property according t<
the terms of tho will without chop
ping up the seventeenth elephant
Finally the heirs applied to a wisi
lawyer, Sum Punk, for advice, whicl
they promised to act upon. Sun
Punk had an elephant of his own
He drove it into tho yard with th
seventeen and said :
"Now, we will suppose that you
father left theso oighteen elephants
Furn Hum, take your half and dc
part."
So Furn Hum took nine elephant
and went his way.
"Now, Nu Pin," tMd the wis
man, "take your third and depai
also."
So Nu Pin took six elephants an
went.
"Now, Ding Bat," said tho wit
man, "take your ninth and begone,
So Ding Bat took two elephant
and disappeared.
Then tho lawyer took his own eh
phant and went homo again, feelic
very well satisfied with himself.
"One-half of the world knowet
not how the other half liveth." Tl
population of India is almost thr<
hundred millions. A careful est
mate by Sir Robert Giffen puts tl
aggregate annual income of all tl
people at four hundred and sixt
eight million pounds sterling. Th
would make their average earninj
seven dollars and eighty cents
year, or two and one-seventh cen
a day. Another authority, a writ
who presents reasons for his opinic
that Sir Robert's estimate is t<
high, puts the gross inoome of tl
people of India at two hundred ai
ninety million pounds sterling, whi<
works out at one cent and ono-thi
a day. It should be borno in mir
that the popnlation of India is agi
cultural, that the people live for tl
most part on the produce of th?
soil, and that their need of clothii
and fuel is small. Visitors to t
country do not find that they a
in abjeot poverty.-The Youtl
Companion.
? ? -
Sir Frederick Tr?ves, the farao
English cargoon, who has just retire
established a record in performlr
1,000 consecutive operations i
appendicitis without a death.
\ 13 n?M '"'"Rh Syrup. Tiutoj OoudV Cue Mt
In time. Bola by drugglnU. Kf
THE OLD RELIABLE
Absolutely Pura
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
.i - . ., - 1
An Extraordinary Session.
According to the Constitution, the
President "may, on extraordinary oc
casions, convene both houses" of
Congress, or ?ither of them. The
President, who is the sole judge
whether the occasion is extraordi
nary, has called Congress together a
month earlier than the usual time of
meeting.
Extraordinary sessions have often
been held, and some of the most im
portant measures have been enacted
at suoh sessions. President Cleve
land summoned Congress to meet in
August, 1898, beoause of the preva
lent distrust and apprehension con
cerning the financial situation. In
response to his urging, the silver
purchase clauses of the aot of 1800
were repealed.
The Congress which President
McKinley called in speoial session in
Maroh, 1897, passed the Dingley ta
riff bill. For three years the na
tional expenditures had been greater
than the national reoeipts, and some
thing had to be done to inorease the
revenues.
It is neither to inorease the reve
nues nor to prevent domestio finan
cial disaster that Congress has been
called together this time, but rather
to fulfill tho national pledge to assist
a dependent republio. In urging the
adoption of reciprocity measures
the President, in June, 1902, said to
Congress that this country ought to
help Cuba as "it struggles upward
along the painful and diffioult road
of self-governed independence." But
Congress failed to act. Then the
President, in his annual message in
December, said that we were "bound
by every consideration of honor and
expediency to pass commercial meas
ures in the interest of her well-being.'*
Still nothing was done. Now Con
gress is urged for the third time to
keep faith. It will indeed bo an ex
traordinary session, and whatever
may be the result, the faot that it
was oalled at all roust always redound
to the national credit.-The Youth's
Companion, November 6.
A Policeman's Testimony.
J. N. Patterson, night policeman of
Nashua, Iowa, writes: "Last wintor I
had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at
least a half dozen advertised oough medi
cines and had treatment from two physi
cians without getting any benefit. A
friend recommended Foley's Honey and
Tar and two-thirds of a bottle eurea me.
I consider it tho greatest cough and lung
mcdi..inc in tho world." Sold by J. W.
Hell, Walhalla.
Hog-KlllTng
In all the swipe-producing States
of the South the best time for killing
hogs on the farms generally occurs
the Jast week in November or the
first weeks in December. The air
is then oool and frosty. Cold
enough to drive out the animal heat
is all that is required. In fact,
frosty weather is much better for
making good pork and -bacon than
freezing weather, for the reason that
the meat will absorb the salt and
other preservatives muoh more
readily in moderately cold weather.
-.^.m>
In Grayson county, Virginia, Ira
Halsey shot and killed his brother,
Diok, in a fight which was caused by
an old grudge.
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon tho mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
' or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that lt ls not uncommon
for a child to be born
1 afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin
ates too often, If the
urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, lt is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon lt, the cause of
the difficulty ls kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these Important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition bf the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis
erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root ls soon realized, lt ls sold
by^druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar i
sizes. You may have a I
sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet tell- BOOM ot 8wimt>R<x*. '
lng all about lt, including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be aura and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, hut remem
ber the name--8wamp_-Root-Dr. K1I
! mer's Swamp-Root, am* tho address
Binghamton, N. Y.-on overy bottle*