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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. - BY - JA YNEO, S H E LOR, SMITH * STROM K. T. JAVNKH. i " ll? A. 8MITH I. W. H HELOR: f KO?' 1 KDB8, 1 J A. 8TKCK SUBSCRIPTION. St.OO PCR ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATE? REASONABLE. jy~ Communications of u personal shuraoter oharged fur a? advertineiiitnits. ^.iT" Obituary notices aud tribute? of respect, of uot over one hundred worda. will be printed free of oharge. All over that number must be paid for at the rat?* of one cent ? word. Cash to accompany Jilin u HO ri pt WALHALLA, H. C. : WBDNKMDtVi (SEPT li, l?M)S. Greenville Mayor's Salary Not Cut Down. Greenville, September 8.-Counoil refused last night to rescind its ac tion of a month ago in raising the salary of Mayor Mahon from 1900 to $1,800, and confirmed the vote by adopting a regular ordinance making the salary of the position $1,800 a year. There were petitions and counter petitions, most of the objections to the higher salary being based, not on personal animus against Mayor Ma hon, but on the ground that Green ville is not able to pay that amount, however great the Mayor's services may be. Mayor Mahon'B report made a most excellent showing for the year's work. Indiana County's Odd Crops. Clark county probably raines the most varied crops of any section in the State of Indiana and has several peculiar industries, ono of which is a skunk farm near Maryville, where the animals are raised for the pelts. Not far from this highly scented place is a dog farm in Washington township, where various breeds arc reared and sold. In Charleston township is another ?log farm, where nothing but coon dogs are looked after, the proprietor of the industry getting high prices for them. Near Nabb is the headquarters of a side show where snakes are bred for sale. There is a farm not far from Joffer sonville where turtles are raised in large numbers. In Bethlehem township a number of farmers devote a good part of their land to the culture of the sun flower, which is grown for its seed, and the|crop this season ?B expected to reach 100 tons and bring in a revenue of $3,000. In the same lo cality butterbean raising is a paying industry, and hundreds of gallons are now being shippid to Louisville and Cincinnati. A ginseng farm on Camp creek, Washington township, is attracting considerable attention. Next year the first crop of roots will be gath ered. On the knobs in tho vicinity of St. Joseph's Hill is probably the largest grape vineyard in Indiana, nearly the entiie crop being used in making wine. Near Henryville is one of the few forest reservations in the country, and in this Mongolian pheasants are being raised in large numbers. A Unique Coon Family. Nestled in a soap box in the kitchen of the farm house of John Pooler, near Neury, is a family of six raccoons being nursed by the family cat, after the little animals had barely escaped death at tho teeth ?. ? the cross cut saw which Mr. Pooler was working, says the Lewis ton (Me.) Journal. Tho mother of the raccoons was killed by thc saw, being unable to escape from thc log through the same hole that she had entered late last fall. If the orphans thrive in the future as they have in the last few days, they will live to maturity, much to the delight of the Pooler children, who have already named them after the children of President Roosevelt's family. Mr. Pooler's cat immediately took a lik ing to the coons when they were brought to the house and since then has nursed them assiduously. An old colored woman in Wash ington, after having been treated for several weeks by a physician of her own color, called in a white doctor. She was asked by her new attend ant, "Did the other doctor take your temperature ?" The patient replied, "I dunno. I haven't missen nothin' but my watch so fur." Georgia's Big School Fi'Pt. With ?.he increase in the liquor tnx from $200 to #800, made at the reoent session of the General Assem bly, and added income from other sources of taxation, Georgia's school fund this year will reach #5?,000,000, if it does not run over that figure, the largest in thu history of the State. J UM*, half this sum, ?1,000,000, cono-a from direct taxation, while the balance will come from various sources prescribed by law. The in crease in the liquor tax will make the income from that souroe nearly $275,000, all of which goes to schools. Then there is half the rental of the Western and Atlantic railroad, amounting to #210,000, which goes every year to the common school sys tem. The poll taxes, all of which go to schools, aggregate some #275, 000, and the net convict hire comes to something over #200,000. Here then is a total of #1,900,000, which the fertilizer and oil inspection fees, show tax and other minor sources of inoome given by law to public, schools, will carry thc total consider ably beyond the #2,000,000 mark. This will be equivalent to about #8 for every child of school age in the entire State, a larger per capita appropriation for education than the State has ever before made.-At lanta Constitution. CASTOR IA For Infants and children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Sharp Points from the Press. Augusta Chronicle : Anyway, this talk of Tom Lawson as the Demo eratic candidate for President is no worse than this talk of Cortelyou ns thc Republican candidate. Gaffney Ledger : Congratulations to Newberry on voting out the dis pensary. Now if they will leave Cole Blease at home next year they will add to their lustre. Atlanta Journal : Sonic persons have the notion that Milton county commemorates John Milton, the author of "Paradise Lost," etc. But it was establisher1 in 1857 to honor the memory of Col. John Milton, a brave soldier and Soc rotary of State of Georgia in 1789 Boston Globe : In running a cross cut saw as in getting ahead in poli tics, pull counts for a good deal more than push. Florence Times : We doubt if Atlanta's mayor was the only one in the crowd at Toledo who had a load of O be joyful, but the trouble is that he was the one it made the big gest fool of. Washington Post : Now Metho dist brides promise to "keep" in stead of "orey" their husbands. In these days a woman is apt to find it harder to keep a husband than to obey him. Atlanta Constitution : Southern cotton growers are wearing lapel buttons inscribed : "We will bust Wall Btreet." A skeptical Northern oontempora? v observed : "They press the button and W all street doeB the rest." Orangeburg Times: Mr. Ansel says he wants tho dispensary que? tion settled by the qualified voters in each county. Under this rule about one-third of the white men in each county would not bo allowed to vote on thu question. The old Columbia Female college, property of tho Methodist church, has been sold to F. H. Hyatt for #80,000. Mr. Hyatt will either con vert tho property into a sanitarium or an apartment house. THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR $1.50. Hy n clubbing arrangement with thc Charleston Somi-Wookly News aud Cou rler we aro offering that paper and Tho Kcoweo Courior for #1.60 por yonr. Tho Kooweo Courior is recognized not only ns tho best pnpor in Oconee county, but it is rated among the host county pnpors in South carolina. Tho Somi-Weokly Nows and Courior is an excellent jour nal, published on Wednesdays and Satur days, gives the detailed news of South Carolina as a special feature, and carries thc full Associated Press dispatches j from all ovor tho world. The combina tion of tho two papers at #Li>0 gi vos our present roaders, as woll as new sub scribers, an opportunity to secure two of tho best papers in the Stato (tbroo papors a week) for f>0 cents more than the rogu lar price of oithor. Let us send you two of tho vory I ost papors in South Carolina for almost tho price of ono. Cotton Growers' Picnic at Richland. The Coonee Cotton Association ia hereby called to meet at the academy, at Richland Station, on September 18tb at 11 a. m., for the purpose of reorganizing for the coming cotton soaso; AU cot ton growers are invited and urged to come. All others interested directly or indirectly in the success, advancement and prosperity of the cotton growers are invited to come and help us. The ladies especially are invited to como and brina* tho children. (We want to show the children the way they should go ) We want to have a day off, a general picnic and a general farmers' conference. Come one and all and bring the well-tilled bas kets. We will have several speeches. E. I). Smith, President of the South Caroliua Cottou Growers' Association, has already premised to come and speak for us. Mr. Smith is a polished and en thusiastic speaker, fully awake to the future interest? and welfare of cotton growers. He will come with information you want to hear, you need and you must have if you march in the onward procession of the gigantio cotton pro ducing world. Doo't miss it! P. H. Hyatt, Treasurer of the State Association, is expected to speak. He is thu Uuanoial backbone of the state Asso ciation, a splendid talker, a man of busi ness, olear and practical. Come and listen to bim. Maj. Wm. J. Stribling, of this county, has consented to speak for us. He ls a warm supporter of the association and will prove to you that it ie your duty as well as your interest to help in this cot ton movement. We hope to have other speakers. No pains will be spared by the people in and around Richland to make the day a suc cess. Cotton growers, oom?! We have already be'pea you. Now we want you to help us help you again. September 18th at Richland at ll a m. Come! J. P Stribling, President Oconce Cotton Association. Food Value of Banana?. Professors of dietetics tell us that the banana is not, as many fruits are, a flavor and nothing more, but a Bource of real nutriment. It is at once useful and delicious. It not only gratifies the palate, but supplies material for combustion and the maintenance of animal heat, while it also builds up the muscles and re pairs the worn and threadbare nerves. The flour made from it in its dried Btate is equal in nutritive value to rice, and how invigorating and sustaining rice ?8 bas been demon strated in tho recent achievements of the Japanese. Dried and sprinkled with sugar, a form in which it has re cently been introduced in this coun try, the upstart banana is, weight for weight, as nutritious as the venera ble fig. But it is in the fresh state that the banana chiefly appeals to us. Its creamy succulence and delioate odor are inviting and its pleasant sapor is a prelude to good digestion. De pendent as that sapor is in ethereal body, which the coal tar investiga tors have not yet been able to imi tate by chemical essence, it is a subtle stimulus to all subsequent elementary processes. And thus it is that the banana is an emi nently digestible food. No sense of oppression or drowsiness follows a meal of it, and a meal of it may be bulky enough.-Pall Mall Gazette. Don't Knock. The following oard sent out by a Detroit commercial club is worth reading and pasting in your hat : "If there is any chance to boom business, boom it. Don't pull a long face and look as though you had a sour stomach. Hold up your head, smile and look io? better things. Hide your little hammer and try to speak well of others, no matter how small you really know yourself to be. When a stranger drops in, jolly him, tell him this is the greatest town on earth, and it is. Don't discourage him by speaking ill of your neigh bors. Lead him to believe that he has at last struck a place where white people live. Don't knock. Help yourself along by becoming popular, and push your friends with you. It's dead easy. He a good fel low, and soon you will have a pro cession of followers. No man ever helped himself by knocking other people down in character or businoss No man ever got rich by trying to make others believe ho was tho only man in town who knew anything. You cannot climb the ladder of suc cess by treading on other people's corns. Keep off 'he corns and don't knock." A telegram received in Brooklyn tho other day states that Commander Peary telegraphs that he loft Kuh, Greenland, on August 10 for tho Farthest North, with 23 Kskimos and 200 dogs. All members of tho expedition for thc Pole are reported well. Our Slaughter Sale Will Continue Until the Goods are Sold ! They are moving rapidly and every day reduces your chances to get your share of the bargains. Come early. As long as the goods last the slaughter of prices will continue, and you can save dollars on your purchases. =Special Offer= I am selling Stoves, Furniture and Sew ing Machines at big reductions in price. You can get them on credit till Novem ber 1st, or we will make terms to suit purchasers. For everything at reduced prices, call on Ruskin Anderson, SENECA, S. C. The Good Drug Clerk. "I noticed," said the druggist, to his assistant, "that a gentleman came in with a proscription and that you took it and gave him the stuff in about three minutes. What do you mean by that ?" "It was only a little carbolic acid and water," replied the assistant. "1 simply had to pour a few drachms of acid into the bottle and fill it lip with water." --Never mind if you had only to do that," the druggist declared. "Don't you know that every pre scription must take at least half an hour to dispense, or the customer will thiuk he isn't getting anything for his money ?" "When a prescription for salt and water or peppermint and cough syrup is handed to you, you must look at it doubtfully, as if it wore very hard to make up. Then you must bring it. to me and we will both road it and shake our heads. After that yon go back to the customer and ask him if he wants it to-day. When ho says yes, tell him that you'll make a special effort. "Now, a patient appreciates a prescription that there has been so much trouble over, and when he take? il he derives some benefit from it. Hut don't you do any moro of that throe minute prescription busi nesss, my boy, if you want to become a first-class druggist." John Jasper on Baptism. Hov. John Jasper, the celebrated colored preacher of Richmond, Va., in his argument in favor of immer sion as tho proper mode of baptism, said : "Hrcthring, even a tarrnpin know how to bo baptize'. When he's er sunnin essef on a log en yee a shower comin' across d*5 pon' 'scoot he goes offen dat log into do pon' ; he can't oven let Goid Almighty sprinkle Mm." John also argued that Christ was a nigger becauso ho associated with NigcrdomuR. What is a Baby ? Here ate some good definitions of a baby : The bachelor's horror, the mother's tteasure, and the despotic tyrant of the most republican household. The morning oaller, noonday, crawler and midnight, bawler. The only preoious possession that never excites envy. The latest edition of humanity, of which every couple think they pos sess the finest copy. A native of all countries, who speaks the lauguage of none. A few inohes of coo and wiggle, writhe and soream, filled with suo tion and testing apparatus for milk, and automatic alarm to regulate sup ply. A thing wo are expected to kiss and look at as if we enjoyed it. A little stranger with a free pass to the heart's best affections." Conductor (after the railroad col lision).-Are you much hurt? Passenger (very foxy).-I can't tell until I seo my lawyer. The following explanatory note accompanied a Liberty (Mo.) young man's wedding gift to a friend : "M\ dear girl : You will find in thc box a thingamajig, which has something to do with eating. It's a cross be tween a harpoon and a hayfork. It may be for spearing pickles or stack ing chopped cabbage. Any way, you will bc so happy that you won't care." District Attorney Jerome, of Now York, whose father, Lawrence Je rome, was a celebrated wit of his day, says that on a certain occasion, when he was a little chap, h ?J was riding on his father's knee in a Fifth Avenue stage, every other scat being taken. At the corner a lady entered and hi? father said to him in severe tones : "Why, Travers, my hoy, I am ashamed of you I Why don't you get np and give this lady your seat ?" N. W. Trump, of Columbia, has been made Grand Treasurer of the J Knights of Honor. Some one asks why there are twelve jurors. "Because the pro phets were twelve, there were twelve Jewish judges, twelve patriarchs, twelve stones in Aaron's breastplate, twelve gates in Jerusalem, twelve apostles and twelve signs in the zodiac. Meena Store I am now working^for W. C. King, at j Ct'cns Roads, known as Tokeena, and will I during this week open up a full line of Dry GoodB, Notions, Hats, Shoes, Gro ceries and Hardware, and I would bo pleased to have my friends to call and gee me bofore buying elsewhere. Yours for trade, J. A. Callaham. August 30, 1905. 36-88 Farm Lands for Sale. If it is a Farm you want, why not como and look over my list nnd see what I have to offor? Thousands of iuvostors aro making money every day on Roal Estate - why not you? Farm Lands aro advancing so rapidly that it takes but a cas ual glauco backward a few years for a business man to see tho advisability of placing his cash in good Land Titles. I havo here some choice selections of both-Tlie Homo-Seeker and Tho Investor-to offer on roa sonable terms. J. H. Darby, Real Estate Broker. Office : People's Bank.