Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 23, 1907, Image 7
Oar newspaper* are taking hold of
things in the interest of the farmers
in no half-handed way these days.
They Beemed to have rolled up their
^sleeves, spit on their hands and taken
fast hold on the big stick and are
hammering with all their might,
knocking out bucket shops, (and
their Lin,) the lien law and many
other obooks in front of the wheels
of progressive farming in the South..
Our newspapers are a great power
in the South for either good or evil
^ttour farming interests and it is
encouraging to the farmers to
see th? manly position they are tak
ing in the fight to rid the State of
vile cotton gambling and speculative
dens, and the lien law. Sheridan, a
man of great power and influenoe in
Great Britain in his day, spoke thus
of the power of the press : "Give the
people a corrupt House of Lords,
give them a venal House of Com
mons, give them a tyrannioal prince,
give them a truckling court, and let
me have but an unfettered presa, I
will defy them to encroach a hair's
breadth upon the liberties of Eng*
land." Cotton bears use the press
of the South to deceive the people
and hammer down the prioe of the
South's cotton to the injury of all
our Southern people and we must
unite in informing our country peo
ple through the country press and
knock them out again through the
same hole they come in.
The Lien Law in a Nutshell.
Before we had the lieu law the in
telligent white population iu South
Carolina controlled the produotion
and sale of her cotton and rice, the
products of the State. Now, under
the lien law system more than half
the cotton growing and marketing of
the State is in control of irresponsi
ble, reckless, improvident negroes,
who, by the use of money obtained
through the supply merohants and
others, from foreign cotton spinners,
ooutrol both the production and the
prioe of cotton by placing themselves,
through the medium of this lien law,
absolutely at the meroy of cotton
bears.
Tbe lien law enables the incompe
tent negro, who does uot own any
thing but his labor, to rent land, give
a lien ou the prospective orop, mako
conditions that boss the land owner
and puts the negro in suob an inde
pendent condition'that he will not
hire himself to the owner of the land
to work at all.
In short, the lien law, to a large
extent, puts the farming lands under
the oontrol of incompetent laborers
who own no property. Progressive
farming cannot thrive under suoh
conditions.
Some argue that before sve kill the
lien law we should kill tbe home
stead law. Now, this reminds me of
what the old lady said, that ber son
should never go near the oreek or
river until he learned to swim. We
oan never do otherwise as long as
we have the lien law. What is in
the way of any one waiving the
homestead law now, if he wants to
do so?
Remove the lien law and then the
more intelligent property owners will
be forced to seoure advances made
to produoe the orops, and incident
lolls/ the land owner will have to look
Sjfer bis interest in both orops and
land, all of which will tend to im
prove the land and place the sale of
cotton into the hands of a more busi
ness-like clans of farmers.
The lien law is a handmaid of the
cotton bear. The New York Cotton
K>change is nothing less than the
big stick to be used by foreign specu
lators to hammer down prices of cot
ton.
Take away the use of the mail and
the cotton wires to these exchanges
and remove the lien law, their main
arm in South Carolina, then the in
telligent land owners and the better
olass of business men oan run our
cotton business to the benefit of all.
Plain living and high thinking on
the farm is the plaoe where many of
the big men grew that hold down
the lid over many of the big enter
prises About our towns and cities.
Both the business world and the
politioal world know where to go to
(g?t men of sterling worth and
starr oh oharaoter. Cheer up, ye
sons of the soil, the world not only
looks to you for all the food and
clothing for her teeming millions, bot
she siso looks to the men who are
daily in communion with nature's
fauna and flora and there have grown
ap to know and will never forget the
lessons there taught by nature's God
every day of bis growing life-for
the men who are to save the nation.
Special Announcement Regarding the National
Puro F ...od and Drug Law.
We are pleated to announce that Fo
ley's Honey and Tar for coucha, oolds
and lung troubles is not affooted by the
National Pure Food aud Dm/ Law as it
contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs, and we recommend it as a tafe
remody for children and adult*.
Dr. J. W. Bel'.
Tribute of Hc-peot.
Oak City Dividion, No. 889, B. of
L. E., Haleigh, N. C.-Gu Decem
ber 29th, 1906, near Peaohland,
N. C., o. E. Maxwell waa killed in a
railroad accident. Death is at all
times a terror. We mourn st the
death of a babe at its mother's
breast; our hearts are made sad
when an old person, with a long life
of usefulness, passes to the great be
yond, but to a man in the full pride
of perfect, health, with a devoted
wife, an innocent babe and old parents
to mourn for him, it is truly horrible.
"Come to the bridal obamber, death ;
Come to the mother when she feel's her
first-born's breath;
Come in consumption's ghastly form ;
The earthquake's ?hook, the ocean's
storm;
Come when the heart beats high and
warm
With the banquet's songs and dance and
wine,
And thou art terrible."
Brother Maxwell's heart beat high
and warm, but not with wine, but
with every noble as well as tender
emotion. He was handsome in face
and figure, with a clean life, and he
died as heroes die, at his post, with
out a thrill of fear. Caught between
engine and tender, leg crushed
against tho hot firebox, he Buffon d
as few men suffer for several hours.
But, although his mind was clear,
there was no whining, no craven fear,
no thought of self. He had done
his duty ; with body crushed and
burning, his thoughts were for his
loved ones alone.
May our Heavenly Esther deal
tenderly and mercifully with the
heart-broken wife, the little babe and
old parents, and be their consolation
and support, is the heartfelt and
earnest prayer of the members of
Division 889, B. of L. E.
D. M. King,
D. K. Wright,
G. F. Gill,
Committee.
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How to Avoid Pneumonia.
Tou oan avoid pneumonia and other
serious results from a odd by taking
Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops tho
oough and expels the oold from the sys
tem, as lt is mildly laxative. Refuse any
but the genuine in the yellow package.
Dr. J. W. Boll.
Emerson round Quilty of Murder.
Anderson, Jan. 17.-Tho jury in
the ease of the State vs. Allen Emer
son, charged with the murder of T.
F. Drake, returned a verdict of
guilty of murder with a recommend
ation to mercy to-night, after delibe
rating about one hour. The defend
ant displayed little if any emotion
when tho verdict was read. Thomas
Allen, of counsel for the defendant,
gave notioe of intention to apply for
a new trial. Emerson, who was a
guard on thc county obain gang,
killed T. F. Drake in the house of
the latter on the night of the ll th of
last August. Drake found Emerson
in a . room with one of Drake's
daughters in a compromising posi
tion and he fired one shot at Einer
Bon, who returned the fire, killing
Drake instantly. The plea was self
defense.
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I
Governor Marlin F. Ansel.
It hi now Governor Ansel. The'
new Governor took the oath of office
Tuesday, January 15tb. Thc inau
guration ceremonies were brief and
simple, as the new Governor is not a
man for show and display.
Governor Ansel is a nativo, of
Charleston, but was reared in Wal
halla, whither bis parents moved
when he was a child. He attended
the schools of that town. Ile never
enjoyed a collegiate training, but the
early training he received was an ex
cellent toundation upon whioh to
build in after years. He learned to
work early in life and the out-door
exercise and manual labor in the
shop developed n vigorous manhood
which has stood bim well in hand
through the intervening years.
He entered the law office of Major
J. II. Whittier, of Walhalla, and
I was prepared for admission to the
bar and was admitted before he
reached his majority. For a short
while he practiced law in Franklin,
i N. C. In Januar,, 1876, be moved
to Greenville and entered upon the
practice of his ch OH en profession.
Slowly, by diligence, clone attention
to business, patience and persever
ance he built np a good practice.
! His cordial, courteous manners and
! bis exemplary habits won for him
the confidence and respect of the
i people, who were not slow to rccog
i nize his ability and worth. As an
1 evidence of this they elected him to
'the Legislature in 1882, re-elected
j him in 1884 and in 1886. In 1888
be was elected Solicitor of the
Eighth Judioial Cirouit, whioh posi
1 tion he held for twelve years, when
he voluntary retired from office Janu
ary 1, 1901.
In 1902 he made the race for
Governor in the primary elector,
and received a handsome vote. His
friends persuaded him to enter the
[ race again in 1906, and although he
1 waa opposed by men of great ability
and popularity, ho received the nomi
nation, and to-day has entered upon
his duties an . 'overnor of all the
people. He was on a platform that
I was vigorously opposed, but the ma
' jority of the people stood with him,
favoring the abolishment of the State
dispensary, and providing* for looal
option as between prohibition and
oounty dispensary. It was evident
all during the oampaign last summer
that there was vigorous and deter
mined opposition to the views of
Governor Ansel on this subjeot, ?nd
that opposition has not surrendered.
The friends of the dispensary will
continue to fight for its continuance
and Governor Ansel and those in
sympathy with his views will find
that those opposed to his views will
do everything in their power to de
feat his purposes and make his ad
ministration in this respect a failure.
The majority of tho House of Rep
resentatives seem to be against the
dispensary, but the Senate is almost
evenly divided. This is not an en
couraging situation, and it is possible
that the friends and opponents of the
dispensary may effectually hlcok each
others' way. s
Whatever may be the action of
the Legislature the people of South
Carolina are fortunate in having
Martin F. Ansel as their Chief Ex
ecutive. He will endeavor at all
times to do his duty. He is honest,
he is impartial, he is fearless, and he
is conservative. He is a man of good
habits, pure life and a Christian gen*
tleman. He will be the Governor of
all the people, regardless of parties,
or races, or conditions. He is not a
man of unusual prejudices, and we
predict that he will deal fairly with
the moneyed interests, and the labor
ing classes, and will protect corpo
rate as well as individual rights. He
stands for law and order and will be
found, trying to enforce and exeoute
the laws.
Governor Ansel oomes into his ad
ministration at a fortunate time in
one respect, especially, that he fol
lows a good Governor, a man of
great personal popularity, who has
the respect of the people, and whose
administration has given general
satisfaction. Governor Hey ward has
manifested good judgment and has
been fair and impartial in his ad
ministration. He has been progr?s*
sive and yet safe and conservative
enough. He has given the people,
so far as he is concerned, and as far
as he could bring it about, a clean,
and an honest administration, and
the people cannot hold him responei*
ble for the graft and mismanagement
incident to the State dispensary, for
bil recommendations to the Legisla*
tare on that subject were never oar
ried ont. Governor Hey ward retires
from his honorable and respectable
position with the love and respect and
confidence of all the people. They
wish him only wo)l, aa they see bim
retire into private life again, and yet
he will not be permitted to retire al
together, for bis business interests
will keep him before the public in
f!0 ?.nail degree. . We wish for him
continued health, happiness, useful
ness and prosperity. South Caro
lina is to be congratulated upon the
fine administration of Governor Hey
ward, and also upon the faot that he
turns over the duties of the position
he has graced to such a worthy suc
cessor as Governor Ansel.-Baptist
Courter, January 17.
Floods the body with warm, glowing
vitality, makes tho nerves strone, quick
ens circulation, restores natural vigor,
makes you feel like on? born again. Hol
lister's Rooky Mountain Tea. 35 couta.
br. J. W. Bell.
The extreme accuracy with whioh
modern engineering problems are
solved is illustrated in the boring of
a railway tunnel beneath Thirty
third street, Manhattan Island, where
two i ndependent bores have just met
two headings, being only seven-thou
sandth of an inob ont of grade and
th reo-h und roth s of an inch oat of
line. If two pencils of the same
diameter were placed end to end
with jost that much actual difference
of Alignment, the eye would not bc
able to deteot the difference. Yet
here are two borings, under ground,
yards wide, and they are made to
line np with this marvelous exact
ness.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the sn/f 'SJjgJZEp
Signature of W*sV9ST^%-?I-W
Pension Nolice.
I will be in tho Auditor's office eaoh
Saturday during th" month of January,
1007, to receivo appila itlons for pensions.
Those v.ho aro already on the roll need
not at tomi; but I wish tho representa
tives of the veterans in each township to
find out aud notify me of the o a mes of
all pensioners who havo died or removed
from the State and County during the
year 1000. The County Board of Pen
nions will meet tho first Monday in Fob
ruary, 1007, to pass on all new ap: doa
tions, hear.complaints or to transact i. .j
other husiness that may be brought be
fore it. . J. W. Holl oman,
Pension Commissioner Oconoe County.
OA.BTOnZA..
Baan tits sf ?M Kind You Have Always Bought
Delouris Elizabeth Harrison, al?
though only fifteen years old, has
filled for the last two years the re
sponsible position of engineer at her
father's saw mill, near Needham,
Ind. During the threshing season
Miss Harrison is often seen in the
cab of her father's traction engine.
# -.?>.-.
That's the house the doctor built,
The biggest, house you see;
Thauk goodness ho don't get our money,
For wo tako Hollister's Rocky Moun
tain Tea. -Dr. J. W. Bell.
Big Fire at Stattsvilio.
Charlotte, N. C., January 17.
The plant of the Statesville Flour
ing Mill, at Statesville, N. C., includ
ing a wheat elevator and 2,000 bush
Bis of wheat, was entirely destroyed
by fire to-day. The plant of thc
Gaither Lumber Company, the Mor
rison Lumber Company and the
Southern Railway passenger and
freight depots, nearby, were dam
aged to some extent and several
loaded freight oars of the Southern
btirncd. The plant, the oapaoity of ?
whioh was 400 barrels daily, was one
of the largest in ho South. Spon
taneous combustion was the oanse.
Loss $85,000, partially covered by
insurance.
Cole Blease, the Senator from
Newberry, says he will shoot tie
man who makes the obarge that he
voted for himself in the recent race \
for President pro tem of the Sen
ate. Who said anything about it ?
With nine anti-bucket shop bills
before the Legislature this year
there ought to be a ohance of out
lawing gambling in futures.
The new State of Oklahoma hss given
one of her counties tho name of Tillman. ;
Oklahoma must contemplate starting an :
emigration movement from this State. 1
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J. H. Latimer is Appointed Chief.
Columbia, January 17.-Governor
\nsel bas announced the appoint
ment of John H. Latimer, of Green
ville, as ohief of the State constabu
ary, to succeud Chief Hammett, who
'esigncd several days ago.
Mr. Latimer has been clerk in the
mpervisor's office in Greenville for
l?verai years.
ter moy? th? bowtlt and ooatAlas no opiates.
SOLD BY WALHALLA DRUG CO.
E. L. H ERNDON,
Attorney-at Law,
WALHALLA, - - S. C.
'Phone 61.
R. T. J A YNES,
Attorney-at-Law,
WALHALLA, - - S. C.
Bo.l Phone No. 2?,
Practice in State and F?deral Courts.
Business entrusted to my oar > receive?
n orn pt attention. 1-06
I. P. Carey, I J. ' Shelor
Piokens, S. C. | Walhallu, \ 0,
CAREY & SHELC %
Attorneys and Counsello: ,
Wallialla, S. C.
Will pram icu In the State and Unitec
Jtates Courts.
Business entrusted to our care will re
rive prompt and careful attention.
I AM DETERMI*
LIVERY E
re a Cold in On
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wi?. This signature,
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
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For Over
Thirty Years
GASTORIA
TH* eCNTAUN c OM . ?NV. NM YOB? O ITT.
B. A. BENTLEY, I R. T. J A YNES,
Manager. Attorney.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
oolleoiione in the fount y. Try us.
AddreHB all communications .o
B. A. BENTLEY. Manager,
Walhalla, S. C.
DR. J. H. BURGESS,
DENTIST,
SENECA, 8. C.
I OFFICK OVER NIMMONS' STORK, DOYUI
BUILDING.
Office Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 P. M.
" " 2 P. H. to 6 P. H.
April 20, 1004. 16-tf
DR7 F. F. COLLINS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
WALHALLA, S. C.-WEST END.
J^-PHONE 87 ^4D3
All Calls Promptly Answered,
18-8-06 Day or Night.
W. J. CARTER, M. D.
-Dentist
Office two doors above the Baak? ls
Carter's Pharmacy.
WB?TMINSTKU, 8. C.
DR. W. F. AUSTIN,
' DENTIST,
SENECA, ..... S. C.
Office Over J. W. Byrd & Co.
P1I0NB NO. 51.
DR. D. P. THOMSON.
Dentist*
Walhalla, H. C
Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s Store.
Phono No. 86.
J. H. MOORE, M. D ;
Physician and Surgeon.
-Having disposed of my interest in
the Walhalla Drug Company, I will
hereafter give my entire attention to the
ttraotioe or medicine and surgery, mak
ng diseases of women and children a
specialty. My office is still in the Wal
halla Drug Company's store, where I
will be pleased to have my friends call
on me. Private consultations oan be
1 had at my residence. Phones: Residence
03, drug store 18.
VUY&fflDmC?RE
Vas Kidneye and Bladder Right
?ED 1? THE
tUS.NESS
for this oommunity. Come
on and get your, teams.
Harding Teams,
Single and Double Buggy
Teams and Saddle Horses,
Always on hand.
Prompt and polite service at reasona
ble prices. Teame sent out at any hour,
day or night. Phone 10 or 14 for quiok
teams. C. H. IIOUC1IIXM,
Walhalla, 8. 0.