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POULTRY IN OCONEE. The Industry Pays in thc North and th? South Offers Greater Opportunities. Editors Courier : In all the States north of the Ohio river the poultry industry is receiving more mid moie attention. Pennsylvania produces much coal and steel, but from Pennsylvania comes the news that all the ooal marketed in that great State does not bring so much money as the pro ducts of the Pennsylvania chicken yard. The American Poultry Journal, published in Chicago, has about fifty thousand subscribers, and it, is esti mated that a quarter of a million peo ple read it. In the West, whore tho cow-boy has bad his day, the "old hen" is en joying life ind laying dollars for her owner, while the incubator saves her tho trouble of abiding on the nest until her logs aro too stiff to help her over a log. One woman in Indiana told me not long ago that during the last three years she had made on |her chickens, above expenses, fifteen hun dred dollars, and she is not specially 11 the poultry business, but simply keeps chickens in tho right way. While tho hen is so profitable in tho North and given so much atten tion in tho Great West, why should not the Southeastern States give the chicken a chance ? So far as our knowledge goes, there is no spot of the United States so well adapted to paying poultry rais ing as is Oconee county. So far as the price is concerned this county has good advantages. In some Southwestern States poultry is quito high-priced. Put as a rule chickens ?ell for more in Mobile, Ala., than in Indianapolis, Ind., and bring as fair a sum in Charleston, S. C., as in Charleston, W. Va, As to a market-it is not "far to ?eek." In twenty-four hours a coop of chickens or a crate of eggs can be sent from Oconee to Knoxville, Ashe ville, Charlotte, Columbia, Charles ton, Atlanta, Birmingham or New York, to say nothing of smaller, but good markets. It sometimes pays a man to ship a thing if he know it. Wo once vis ited in Greenville, S. C., and heard our hostess complain that eggs could hardly be bought there, and when in the market could be bought for no less than 25 cents per dozen. We got on the train there, and in a few hours our train stopped at a~ town in Kast Tennessee, and we heard a man outside ask, "What aro eggs worth ?"' and we heard the auswer, "Seven cents," and that too in seven hours run of Greenville, where people were hungry for eggs at more than two cents apiece. lu tho colder States, where "chickens pay," the weather is un favorable to little chicks for eight or niue months in the year, but not so !U Oconee. In the colder States poultry houses h ive to be built tightly, often double Hoots and walls. Stoves have to be put in the chicken roosts and fuel bought to keep tho "old rooster" warm from November lo March. During the long winter, while the carib is covered with snow, ami icc two feet thick bridges tho rivers, the ben in Ohio is put into a small run indeed, while her cousin in Oconee bathes in the sunshine. If the hen pays in Ohio, why should she not pay ten fold more in Oconee? Again, in a great part of the United States ohiokons cannot pick np grit. They must havo grit, but it is not there and it has to be bought and shipped. While I write this the wagon is on the way to bring from tho depot '200 pounds of grit that I ordered for my fowls. Nature has thrown a good coat of sharp-cor nered little stones upon the hills of Oconee, such as we pay dear for in other sections. In some parts of the country green feed has to be bought at a high price ?luring eight months in tho year. If the hen lays sho must have green feed. So in tho North they cut grass and clover into fine bits and dry it for winter "green" .feed, whilo in Oconee tho oats are green in De cember, and collards grow well and ?tay green in wintor. In tho extremo Southern portion of tho United Statos there aro two things which arc a monaco to fowls, viz.: Sorohoad and stick-tight fleas. Sorehead is a raro thing whore tho altitudo and latitude are such ns in his country, and the mick-tights are almost unknown. It is true that people on reading thin will say : "Chicken feed is too high here." That, however, is not the oase. I am persuaded that chickens eau be kept on as little money in Oconee as in' Alabama or Illinois, so far as feed is concerned, and on less money so far as other things go. Corn in higher in South Carolina than in Kansas, but sun flower seeds are better for chickens than oom aud sunflowers "do bloom" in Oconee. Green collards are oheaper in Oconee in Jauuary than dried clover in Indiana. A obioken, to do well^ must have these things : Charcoal, grit, green stuff, warmth. Oconee has these by nature. To pay in money the hen must have these : A price, a market and shipping facilities. Oconee has them. But who furnishes eggs for America? W. Bruce Doyle. Letter to C R. 0. Burns, Walhalla. Dear Sir: Here's a l?-yoaryarn; you like yarns, don't you? It comes from Odoll Hardware Co., Greensboro, N. C. K. G. Glenn's house in that town was painted Devoe about 15 yours ago, and noxt, thia year. A houso, noxt door, waa painted about tho samo time with another paint, sup posed to bo good. Thia house was painted nguiu about !> years ago with still ano ther paint that professes to bo extraor dinary. Gloun's house, notoio it was painted jost now, was in as good condition aa that ono. Devoo 15 years ; tho other 5 yoars-guess that's about how to put it. But thia extraordinary paint is a bluff; Devoo is tho paint. Yours truly, 80 F. W. Dovoe A Co. P. S.-J. W. Boll, Walhalla; Seneca Mercantile Co., Seneca, and Matheson Hardwaro Co., Westminster, soli our paint. The South's Opportunities. Material prosperity is coming upon the So.'.th to such an extent that thousands of farmers, merchants, manufacturers, land owners, bankers and others will be enriched beyond their fondest anticipations in the past. tVealth will overflow the land, and to many it will come so rapidly that there will bo great danger of its not being utilized wisely. How shall tho South make tho best use of its new riches? If it should be tompted to speculation, to wild extravagances, to dissipation, its prosperity would prove a curse instead of a blessing. If with the growth of wealth there is developed a deepening sense of responsibility, a fuller realization of tho enlarged duties which enlarged riches bring, then this prosperity will prove a lasting blessing. Let it not be said that increased wealth in the South has marked tho decay of man, but rather let it bo seen that the people of tho South, with a true sense of responsibility, are wisely using their increased prosperity to ad vaneo every good work for the betterment of mankind. That would mean moro and bettor schools, better paid teachers, mot o liberality on the part of the rich in helping, not by charity, which impoverishes the manhood of the boy, but by wise and kindly aid to thousands of poor boys anxious to fit themselves by tech nical training for the great oppor tunities whioh the South offers. Let this sense of responsibility find ex pression in municipal improvements, in better roads and better streets, in better homes for the laboring people, white and black, in better churches and better paid ministers. With new wealth there is coming new op portunity for tho upbuilding of the higher life of every community, a new opportunity to make tho South the most attractive residence spot on earth, where the work of man in pro viding material comforts and in ad vancing the educational, tho political and the religious life of tho whole South shall to some slight degree at least bo commensurate with tho boundless natural advantages with which we have been fnvored. Let us as a people rise to the responsi bilities which havo como upon us and prove that tho South of to-day is worthy to be tho child of tho old South, where honor and virtue were esteemed above all price.-Manufac turer's Record, January 18th. Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar. Foley A Co., Chicago, originated Honoy and Tar as a throat and lung romody, and on account of tho groat morit and popularity of Foley's Honoy and Tar many imitations are offorod for thogonu ino. Tiloso worthless imitations have similar sounding namoa. Beware of thom. Tho gonuino Foley's Honey and Tnr is in a yellow package. Aak for it and i et use. any substitute. It is tho best romody for coughs and colds. J.W.Boll. An Outrage Near Atlanta. Atlanta, February 1.-Mrs. Nina May D up ree, a young woman about 20 y.ears old, who lives with W. H. Grogan, a prosperous farmer, about nix miles from Atlanta, near Cornell, was assaulted by a negro last Tues day. After cutting her throat and leaving ber in a dying condition from loss of blood and nervous ex citement, the negro esoapod. The assault upon the young worn, r occurred some time between thc hours of 1 and 4 o'clock in the after noon. Mr. Grogan and bis wife, re turning home from Atlanta at thc latter hour, found her lying iu thc dining room in a pool of her own blood. Physicians, who were immediate!) summoned, despair of her life. She was too weak to say moro than thal a tall, blaok negro was the perpe. trator of the crime. She is well known and respeoted in the com munity in whioh she resides. Ilei former h^me was Columbus, Ga. OAHTOniA. i The Kind You Have Always Bought yf ins wno Protect Your Cotton Bales. One of the very best results of thc Southern Cotton Association is the enoour igement of the farmers tc patronize cotton warehouses. Thc farmer should not leave his cotton without shelter. Tho deterioration in cotton, which is left exposed tc tho weathor, is much greater thau has been supposed. This loss must ol necessity fall on the farmer. When tho farmer bolds his cotton back in Drder to got a bettor average price, it becomes very important to have it well housed. Tho cost of ware housing is cheap as compared willi the loss by rotting or weakening when exposed for a long time to the weather.-Greenville News. Tho reason Dr. Dado's Little Livei Pills Rive perfect satisfaction is duo tc (heir tonic effect on tho livor. Thoy aover gripe. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell. Duncan a Bankrupt. Thomas C. Duncau, former presi dent of the Buffalo and tho Union .otWon mills, and reputed tobe a man >f considerable wealth, was yesterday adjudged a bankrupt in tho United States District Court and John J. Karie, of Columbia, was appointed .eforee to administer tho affairs of ,he estate. Tho petition to have Thomas C. Duncan adjudged a bank rupt was filed on November 13 by ,he Union and Buffalo cotton mills ind tho Exchange Banking and Trust Company.-News and Courier, lanuary 81. The season of indigestion is now at land. Km;;'s Dyspepsia Tablets relievo ndigestion and correct all stomach dis miers. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell. Extensive Beds of Iron Ore. Greenville, January 20.-Iron oro was exhibited in thia city this week which ivas found in tho mountains above Green ,'ille, and analyses as high as OD per sent and not lesa than U.'l per cont. Tho n e was exhibited by H. K. Johnson, of this city, who has options oxtonding tcross an entire ridge and is fourteen niles in length. Mr. Johnson is ono of he largest timber and land denlors in (his part of tho country. Ho has boen I ea I mg in this Hort of roal estate for (fears und it was whilo bo was overlook ing a section of forest that ho noted tho >re. Ho paid little attention to it at [list, but when ho found that it was so .xteiisive he selected a numbor of sam ?iles from difTorent parts of tho ridgo. This is said to bo as high grado ore as s to bo found in tho world, with the litigio exception of a pockot miuo in Spain, lt has hoon hinted to Mr. John om by a steel company in Pennsylvania [hat $0,000,000 might not be too much For tho proporty. y> PISO'S CURE FOR' M T CONSUMPTIOKl y THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR $1.50. Hy a clubbing arrangement with tin Charleston Somi-Wookly News and Cou l ier wo are offering that paper and Th? Koo wee Courier for $1.60 per year. Th* Koo wei. Courier is reeognizod not onlj aa tho boat paper in Goonoo county, but it is rated among tho host county papen in : oui le ?( aiolina. Tho Somi-Wooklj Nows and Courier is an oxcollont jour nal, published on Wednesdays and .Satur days, gives tho detailed nows of South Carolina as a special feature, and carrior tho full Associated Bress dispatcher from all ovor tho world. The combina tion of tho two papors nt $1.50 gives om present roadors, ns woll ns now sub scribers, an opportunity to socuro two ol tho host papors in tho Stato (throo paper? a wcok) for 50 conts moro than tho regu lar prico of either. Let us send you two of tho vory host papors In South Carolina for almost tho prico of one. Any ono suffering from kidney pains, backnohu, bladdor troublo or rheumatism who will tako a doso of Pi nc. ides upon retiring at oiidit shall bo relieved before morning. Sold by Dr. J. W. Boll. / 4 Y, o Cu Toke Laxative Bron Sevan Million box*. . ?oW In past 13 ra Characteristics of Tress. I. If any tree would bark, -the Ans. Dogwood would. ?. If any tree would get Wot, jthe Ans. Beeoh would. 8. If any tree would take gin, the Ans. Cotton would. 4. If any tree would get in a tight place, thc Aus. Box would. 5. If any tree would look neat, the Ans. Spruce would. 6. If any tree would take water, the Ans. Bass would. 7. If any tree would hop, the Ans. Locust would. 8. If any tree would preach, thc Ans. Elder would. 9. If any tree would stand straight, the Ans. Plum would. 10. If any tree would be naturally well seasoned, the Ans. Popper would. II. If any tree would make a good house servant, the Ans. Scrub oak would. 12. If any tree would mako shoes, the Ans. Sandal would. 13. If any tree would be a mourner, the Ans. Weeping willow would. 14. If any tree would bo a father, the Ans. Paw-paw would. Equally satisfactory for a garden party or toa drive is the harmonious literary interlacing, which herewith appears in its appropriate form of a pastoral. Bliud, bleeding, itching and protruding piles are instantly relieved by ManZ-tn. This rornedy is put up in collapsible tulles with nozzle attachment, so that the medicine may bo applied insido directly where the trouble originates. MauZan relieves instantly. Sold by J. W. Hell. t BARG BARG A first class line of Odd for tho next thirty days. Also a full line of Leathc All Clothing at greatly r< Making room for ray spri M. S. STJ Westmins COOK STOVES, RANGES, HEATING STOVES FULL LINE OF TINWARE, BICYCLES AND SUPPLIES. ROOFING, EAVE TROUGH AND ALL KINDS OF TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK MADE TO ORDER. Typewriters, Sowing Machines, Guns. Kc vu ive rs and Bicycles donned and ropaired. All work dono on short notice and guaranteed. . B. S. LOOK. Thc new Laxative that does not gripe or nauseate. Y T Pleasant to take. M . ] Lu III lier MATEF Doors, Sash, Blind Tile Hearths and F Description. Lime, Cen Devoe's Paint, th everything for the build W. L. re a Cold In Ott AO QU?n?ne Tablets. ^ tooths. This signature, BE. D. P. I>entist, Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ?toro. Phone Mo. 30. J. KL MOORE, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Calls left at resldouoe or Walhalla Drug Co. will receive prompt attention, DAY OR NIGHT. Phones t Residence 98. Drag M to re 18. 12-3-04 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cutes Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. WM. J. STHIBLINO. R -{ E. L. H KKN DON. & Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. C. PROMPT ATTKNTION GIVEN TO S.U. BUSI NK88 ENTRUSTED TO Til KM. January 6. 1898. T.HE ORJGINAl LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP LAXATIVE The red loiter "B"l?on Ovory bott),. Fr?n?r*4 bf Fia?!. M Mild?? Co., 1 KICMO HONEY-TAR SOLD BY DR. J. W. BELL. ??T?S Al NS Pants at or below cost ir GIOVCB at cost. Minced prices, ng line. i teY, S. C. I AH DETERMIN LIVERY B ORINO ixalive Fruit Syru For Sale by J. W. Bell. and tu tIAL OF ALL I s, Mantels from $ 1 to a $40 acings. Columns Turned an Lent, Plaster Paris, etc. e Fewer G-allons, Wears er. Send us your orders. Yours for Business, BRISSEY, T! ff. J. CARTER, M. D. . -Dentist Office two doors abore the Baak? la Carter's Pharmacy. Westminster, S. C. ?fe _ DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, SENECA, S. C. OFKICB OVBB NIMMONB' STORK, Do*rxa BUILDING. Office Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 p. u. M 41 2 P. -M. to 6 P. M. . . April 20, 1904._10-tf Dr. W.F.Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Office Over J. W. Byrd A Co. I AM NOW IN MY OFFICE EVERY BAY. PHONE NO. 51. J. P. Caroy, I J. W. Shelor, Pickens, S. C. | Walhalla, S. C. CAREY~&~SHELOR, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will practice in tho State and United States Coulta. Business cut rusted to our care will re ?oive prompt and careful attention. R. T. JAYNES, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bell Phone No. 20. Practico in State and Federal Courts. Business entrusted to my caro receives prompt attention. 1-06 ; SAW MILLS. LI0HT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY WOODWORKING MACHINERY FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK ENQINES AND BOILERS AND 5IZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. ASK POR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER. GIBBES MACHIN ERY COMPANY COLUMBIA, 8- C. FOLEYSnONEY-TAE Btopa tlx* couffli and heul? luntfi ED TO DO THE ?USINESS for this community. Come on and get your teams. Hauling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt and polito service at reasona- * hie prices. Teams sent out at any hour, dav or nield. Phone 10 or 11 for quick iomilB. C. It. JIOUCIIINS, Wulffalla, S. C. Cures Stomach and Liver trouble and Chronic Constipation. KINDS. Cabinet. d SoroU Work of every Longer kind. In fact. -IE LUMBERMAN, VNDERSON, S. C.