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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1849.) jpuoiislicd Every Wednesday Morning. -By Jayncs, Shelor, Smith & Steele. Subscription, 81.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes ot respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that nuinbei must bo paid for at the irate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27, 1907. ST ATEME NT TIME. -1 Each year The Courier (and every other business, for that matter,) finds itself confronted with the neces eity of mailing to patrons statements of accounts. We have reached that point in our business and are mail ing statements to all subscribers who uro in arrears one year or more. This is an unpleasant task, as well as a tedious one, but, nevertheless, one that brings us, now and then, a very great pleasure. The first remittance In response to our statements comes from one of our very best of friends, and he "did the handsome thing" by us in send ing double the amount of our state ment. Then, too, these very encour aging words accompany the remit tance: "Yours enclosing statement of my account to hand. I enclose you check for $4.u0, which 1 understand will pay me up to March 1, 1910. Let me congratulate you on the ex cellent paper you are giving us these days." This the first response to our calls on our friends has left a bright little spot that will shine for ns for a long while. We hope that all the others of our friends will view tho matter as this gentleman has and respond promptly and cheer fully. There is no call for any one to "get mad" because we send state ments. It Ss not a personal matter with us, but simply business. When you receive your "gentle re minder" from The Courier just drop in and see us, or drop us a check, post office or express order, or drop the cold cash-drop something-but whatever you do. don't "get mad" and drop The Courier, because that would be a clear case of "cutting off your nose to spite your face." SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS. In the light of recent events it now appears that two suspicious charac ters were seen about Columbia sonn; time back, and that they answer pret ty well to thu description of two who were seen about Seneca just prior to the safe blowing there. Speaking on this line The State has this signifi cant paragraph: 'There is no sa ter way for the smaller towns to get immunity from the operations of safecrackers than by picking m> all suspicious charac ters and holding them pending an investigation and tin* post office de partment urnes that this be ?lone, and wherever suspicion is great enough to warrant ashia , for a secret ser vice agent to lake a look at the sup posed crooks n telegram is generally sent by wide-awake officers to the Post Office Inspector in Charge. At lanta, Cia." This is a subject well worth care ful consideration by municipal au thorities They cannot be two cau tious about suspicious characters w ho are unknown to them. The prompt arrest of suspicious looking persons who five no signs of proper means of honest livelihoods will doubtless be the means of materially decreasing vagrancy as well as preventing occa sional crimes by cracksmen. Russia is operating her own rail roads at a loss. She is also a dead failure in her governmental condi tion. But as long as there is life there is hone! ***** Tho rural mail service is growing in favor. There are moro than 38, 000 routes in operation. Over 15, 000 new routes are pending. The present dells erv costs $35,000.000 a year. ***** The new town of Resina, in Italy, was bulli over the ancient city of Herculaneum. The new town ls to be removed so that the old elly may J>e brought to Hf?' again, if that be possible. ***** The cotton crop of 1906 amounted to 13,439,734 bales. The crop of jin? present year is estimated at 11, -11 2.829. South Carolina is given credit for a larger crop Ibis year than that of last year. ***** President Roosevelt is very insist ent in ills efforts not to be President for n third ter . Rt adlng between the lines it has the appearance of meaning that openly he is planning ngainst nomination while secretly praying for it. ***** The railroads' death toll ls alarm ing! For tho year ending June laftt. 5,000 persons were killed In this country, and 76,286 injured. Tho increase of casualties over the pre vious year Is not only large, but hor rifying. The financial loss to the va I rlou8 roads thereby runs up into the many millions. ^ . * * * . There are n considerante number of Presbyterian churches in South Carolina without pastors. Important places like Uock HUI. Greenwood, Newberry, Camden, Florence, Gaff ney, Palmer Memorial at Greenville, Mount Zion near Sumter, Laurens, Piedmont and Pelzer, are all vacant.. Why should this condition obtain? T. W. Wood & Sons, seedsmen, of Richmond, Va., have been awarded the KO ld medal at the Jamestown Ex position on their exhibit of farm, gar den and flower seeds. They came into competition with the world's famous seedsmen. The carrying off of the gold medal by the Virginia seedsmen is an honor greatly appre ciated and unquestionably deserved. Sheriff Wm. M. Kay poured out several gallons of liquor into the Btreet between the jail and The Cou rier office Monday morning. This fact should bo notod by th6 Charles ton Deutsche Zeitung and Evening Post as subjects for editorials on "Some Ugly Facts" and "The Sin of Waste." They are experts at moral izing when anything happens to a few gallons of "bufc juice." The Synod of South Carolina over tures the Presbyterian General As sembly, which meets in Greensboro, N. C., in May, 1908, to appoint an ad Interim committee to consider the constitutional and other objections that have been or may be raised against the action of the Birming ham Assembly in the approval of the "Articles of Agreement," and pro pose a year later some action that will, if possible, remove said objec tions, and also safe-guard the Inter ests of the Presbyterian church, as a whole, and of its several Presbyteries. There must be a beginning! Thus to-morrow, Thursday" November 28, 1907, we will have Thanksgiving, recommended by President Roosevelt and seconded by Governor Ansel. In Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, In 1636, this time-honored festival com menced, in this wise: "In ye meet ing house, beginning some half hour before n,lne and continuing till after twelve o'clock, ye day being very cold, beginning with short prayer, then a Psalme sang; then more large In prayer; after that another Psalme; and then the Word taught; after that prayer, and then a Psalme. Then making merry to the creatures, the poorsortbeing Invited by therlcher." Turkey these? How to Cure a Cold. Be as careful as you can you will occasionally take cold, and when you do, get a medicine of known reliabil ity, one that baa an established re putation and that is certain to effect a quick cure. Such a medicine is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has gainod a world wide reputation by Its remarkable cures of this most common ailment, and can always bo depended upon. It acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, aids expecto ration, opens the secretions and aids nature In restoring tho system to a healthy condition. During tho many years in which it has been in general use we have yet to learn of a single case of cold or attack of the grip having resulted In pneumonia when this remedy was used, which shows conclusively that lt is a certain pre ventive of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy con tains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney.Seneca. Postell Gets Thirty Vrais. Asheville. X. C., Nov. 23.-After a trial of bul two days, Hugh Postell was yesterday evening sentenced to serve thirty years at hard labor in the State penitentiary, hy .lodge (in ion, in the Superior Court, for the murder ol* his cousin, Edward Ed wards. Tho sentence was the result of a compromise, the prosecution agreeing to a verdict of second de gree murder at the suggestion of the defense. A Significant Prayer. "May the Lord help you to make Bucklen's Salve known to all," writes J. G. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N. C. It quickly took the pain out of a felon for me and cured it in a won derfully short time." Best on earth for sores, burns and wounds. 25c. at all druggists. Gompers Re-elected. Norfolk, Nov. 23.-Samuel Gomp ers was to-day unanimously re-elect ed president nf the American Federa tion of Lain r. The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \V. O. Potty, of Atlanta, i was accidentally scalded to death In a pan of hot water last Saturday af ternoon. Have One Doctor No sense in running from one doctor to another. Select the best one, then stand by him. Do not delay, but consult him in time when you are sick. Ask his opinion of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds. Then use it or not, just as he says. A Wo publlih our formula* i/ers from our m?dioln?? Wo ure? you to ooncult your Always keep a box of Ayet 's Pills in the house. Just one pill at bedtime, now and then, will ward off many an attack o? biliousness, indigestion, sick headache. How many years has your doctor known these pills ? Ask him all about them. - Mad* by th* J. O. Ay?r Oo.. *bOW?U, M???.???* NEW ADVERTISEMENTS CITATION NOTICE.-The State of South Carolina, County of vOcouee, in Court of Probate.:-By <S? JR. D. Hums, Clerk Circuit Court? Acting Probate Judge.-Whereas, Georgia R. VanDlviere has made ?nit to rae to grant her Letters of Administra tion of the Estate of and Effects ot i M. Rose VanDlviere, deceased These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred aud creditors of the said M. Rose VanDlviere, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Wal halla, Court House. South Carolina, on Thursday, the 12th day of Decem ber, 1907, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of November, A. D. 1907. (Seal.) C. H. D. BURNo, Clerk Circuit Court, Acting Jud&e of Probate for Oconee County, S. C. Published on the 27th day of No vember and the 4th day of December, 1907, in the Keowee Courier, and on the Court' House door for the time required by law. 48-49 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED ITORS.-All persons indebted to the Estate of Joseph Sharp, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate will present the samo duly attested with in the time prescribed by law or be barred. B. S. SHARP, Administrator of Estate of Joseph Sharp, Deceased. November 20, 1907._47-50 ROAD TAX NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the books for the collection of the Com mutation Road Tax for the year 1908 will be ope:' at the County Treasu rer's office, Walhalla, S. C., from No vember 15, 1907, to February 28, 1908. All male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 years, (except those exempted by law), residing out of incorporated towns, are liable for thiB tax. Penalty for non-payment of this tax is two days' work on the public roads of the county. W. J. SCHRODER. County Treasurer. November 13, 1907. _46-48 MASTER'S SALES. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF OCONEE. i Court of Common Pleas. PURSUANT to a Decres of the aforesaid Court, in the cases named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, the 2d day of December, 1907, between the legal hours of sale, tho tracts ot laud below de scribed: Mary Ann Erskine, Plaintiff, against George Edgar Markam et al., De fendants. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and be ing In the County of Oconee, of the State of South Carolina, supposed to contain one hundred acres, be the same more or less, adjoining lands of J. P. Cantrell, Mary Cowan, Mrs. A. Lay and Lit N. Smith, and being the tract of land whereon Wm.? W. Ers kine resided on the 30th day of Jan uary, 1906. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. VV. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. November 13, 1907. John Alexander, Plaintiff. against Sam McKinney, Defendant. All that certain, piece, parcel or lot of land, sltunte, lying and being in the town of Westminster, of the County of Oconee, of the State of South Carolina, known in the plan of said town as Lot No. 4 7, fronting fifty feet on Main street and running back one hundred .and five feet, ad joining lots of Henry Davis, Dr. C. M. Walker and J. A. Earle, being the same lot conveyed to Sam Mc Kinney and John A'exander by W. W. Leathers by deed bearing date the 21st day of December, 1901. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. November 13, 1907. William Oscar Johns, Plaintiff, against Alice Miller et al., Defendants. I. One tract or lot of land at Re treat, containing three and one fourth acres of land, more or less, and adjoining lands of Eliza Mc Whorter and H. M. Harbin. II. One lot of land in the Town of Westminster, containing seven acres, more or less, and adjoining track or right of way of tho Southern Rail way and Lot No. 3. III. One lot of land In the Town of Westminster, containing 'bret acres, more or ht.s, and adjoining Lot No. 2. Sold as tho real estate of Sam'l. ll.' Johns, deceased. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. November 13, 1907. R. T. Jaynes et al., Plaintiffs, against Samuel M. Chambers et al., Defend ants. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being In the County of Oconee, the State of South Carolina, on Sullivan and Sourwood branches, waters of Big Toxaway creek, waters of Changa creek, adjoining lands of Ira Butt, T. A. Spencer, Wm. Carson and J. W. Smith, containing one hundred and sixty-three acres, more or less, known as tho Johnson land, hoing the remainder of a tract of three hundred and ono and one-half acres, after the salo of 26% acres to B. Blackwell, 12 acres to Ira Butt and one hundred acres to W. T. Cham bers, said remainder being ono hun dred and sixty-three acres, on tho southeast corner of said original' tract. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconeo County, S. C. Novombor 13, 1907. 46-48 THIS TRADE ? MARK HAS r w -;' ?Af..,/ AN ACTUAL .COMMERCIAL VALUE !N EXC?SS OF $1,000,000, Did the reason for this ever occur to you? It is because tho Trade mark has been made to stand for the highest Stove merit in tho minds of millions of people-because a constructirn bearing it has become generally recognized as tho staruL-d in Stovedom. Come and soe those extraordinary Stoves to-day. 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In order to suit EVERYBODY wo havo a VARIETY of EVERY KIND of GOODS and wo take pleasure in SHOWING YOU THROUGH OUR LINES. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.-We have a large line of DRESS GOODS OF ALL KINDS, for SUITS, SHIRT WAISTS. Wo can show you the Prettiest Patterns in the Newest Kinda of DOMESTICS, Sheet ing, Drilling, Plaids, Bleeching, CHEVIOTS, CHAMBRAYS, JEANS, CALICOS. J Ix FACT, ANYTHING IN CLOTH, RlimONS, LACES AND EMMIOIDEBIKS ; ANYTHING AND KVKKYTHING 1?T NOTIONS. j SHOES-Wo have put in a completo lino of the Celebrated BROWN'S STAR (Five Star) White IIouso Shoes for Men and Ladies, and BUSTER BROWN for tho Children.. FURNITURE-Bedsteads from $2.25 up. Bureaus *4.50 un. Washstands $2 up. Bed Springs, Mattresses and most anything in FURNITURE. Our line of GROCERIES is complete and fresh. COOKING OIL, RED TOP HAMS AND CRACKER-JACK COFFEE ALWAYS ON HAND. WALHALLA, S. C. CARTER HARDWARE COMPANY MAKE A BID FOR YOUR PATRONAGE AND ARE OFFERING GOOD, GUARANTEED vSewing Machines for $15 and up. They also have a carload of COOKING STOVES that they aro selling at the old price before the advance. They have a com plote line of the celebrated IRON KING STOVES at right prices. They havo the largost stock of TURN PLOWS they over carried and bought beforo tho advmce, so if you want to save money on an AVERY, KENTUCKY, LYNCHBURG or OLIVER CHILLED, seo them bofore you buy. CUTAWAY and SOLID DISK HAR ROWS, different kinda and sizes. Also a completo lin? of HARDWARE, CARPENTERS' TOOLS, BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS and BUILDERS' HARDWARE, at right prices. Carter Hardware Company, WALHALLA, H. O. A GOOD STOCK OF THE AMERICAN FIELT> FENCING AT THE OLD PRICE.