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KEOWEE COURIERI ( ESTABLISHED 1840.) WALHALLA, S. G.; WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1907. TEN PAGES UNION BJUREAU. Our Cotton Letter. All ye that have a comfortable Beat on your cotton just sit BtiU and walt, for the game has been won Just as soon as the count ls In and the chaps Vthe cash to pay In. " hat bluff that has been passing rounds In the papers about the Texas merchants resolutlng about not furnishing cotton growers more supplies unless they sign a contract to turn, their cotton loose just aa soon as the cotton is ginned, sound? like a grower was just being made Co sell his cotton anyway, whether he paid his bjlls or not. The selling of . the cotton ls the main point In that bluff. It ls now In order for the Texas farmers to get together and pass res olutions not to sign away themselves to any such a proposition of slavery aa these merchants offer them. But on the contrary to pass resolutions to pin their faith and business to those that have proven themselves to bo friends to farmers in this try ing hard 'fight and stick to your friends that have stood by you in this, the toughest fight for right that the Southern farmer has ever won, and win he will. c Our Way Ont of lt. jH> We had better cut acreage in cot fy^r next year than to undertake a t large crop again, which is sure to weaken your strength by growing more cotton than you are able to hold for profitable prices. | Never once think you can g ? ow more cotton than the trade will be eager for at profitable prices to the grower, and load up with an > over production of unsalable cotton at profitable prices, unless you are one among that rare class of farmers that are able to put In the necessary additional capital to grow another crop while you carry over this sur plus or unprofitable crop for better prices. Commence now and prepare your selves for trouble again next year In another form. Be on the safe side, and never again bind yourselves over under the burden of debt that ties your liberty and freedom In ,the hands of your enemies. Do not un dertake the. job of acting the fool yourself and then expect some one else to pay for it. Panic Proof. Financial panics may come In all their force, destruction and woe, Sleety /snow., winter rains and ile ree v.,?-...Storms may blow, But the farmer who grows his farm supplies at home, can sit still, live off of his home-made supplies whilst he may wait for these pesti lential storms, to pass away without even entering his gate. Credit ls something like an edged tool. If you use lt too much in rough places it will become dull. . Low priced cotton and high priced fertilizer notes, corn, flour, bac/n and other bills are, rough.things to think ahouWHn '?rre^TOnectfoh. ('beer up, farmers, oil you that i^are- feeling blue, just go and call on some real good farmer who has plen ty of home grown supplies at his house and watch him go right along, working, eating, feeding his animals on home stuff nnd attending to his own affairs just the sanie as if a New York panic had not como to pass. That is the kind of farmer that is worthy of the name, "Independent Farmer."_ There is more catarrh In this sec I tlon of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local dis ease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced lt incurable.. Science bas proven ca tarrh to ne a constitutional diphas?, and, therefore, requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tolodo, Ohio, ls the only con stitutional cure on the market. It is" taken inte nally in doses from 10 rops to a teaspoonful. It acts di ectly on t\to blood and mucous sur faces of the system. They offer ono hundred dollars for any case it falls to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address-? F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 76c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation._. Tidings from Tugaloo. Tugaloo, Dec. 5.-Special: The health ot this community is very good at this writing. J. P. Powell gave a corn husk H? g lest Wednesday. A. P. Johns and J. P. Powell en Joyed a fine bird hunt Wednesday. Misses Alpha and Alma Powell sjient Friday night with Miss Pearle Lyles, of Deercourt, Ga. Tho school at this place is pro gressing nicely under the manage ment of Miss Pearle Lyles. There will be an entertainment nt the Tugaloo school house on Friday evenlug, the 20th, beginning at 7 o'clock, consisting of dialogues, reci tations, songs, etc. A nice time ls anticipated. X. Gr Passed Examination Successfully. James Donahue, Now Britain, Con necticut, writes: "I tried several kid ney remedies, and was treated by our best physicians for diabetes, but did not Improve until I took Foley's IKd ney Cure. After the socond bottle I showed Improvement, and five bot tles cured me completely. I have uince passed a rigid examination for life Insurance." Foley's ' Kldnoy Cure cures backache and all forms of kidney and bladder trouble. AU Druggists. ? THE LOOKOUT MAIM. Now listen, little chll'run, au' I'll tell a story true, An' better,you remember, 'cause lt means a lot to you. An' ir you heed tb' lesson, then when Chris'mas time ls hore You'll git a lot of pleasure, an' a lot o''Chris'mas cheer. /Th' Lookout Man is walkin' when th' stars begin t' peep To see if little chll'run air In bod an' fast asleep; An' all who act up naughty an' don't mind their ma's abd ya*u Th' Lookout Man is watchln'-an' he'll .tell Ol' Santa Claus. I knowed a little feller wunst wbo got real bad an' said ' He didn't care fr Santa Claus, an' wouldn't go t' bed; Said that he didn't have V mind-O, he was awful ba*', An' didn't care th' leastest mite 'bout makin' folks feel sad. put when lt come t' Chris'mas time he didn t git a thing 'Cause banta Claus had heard o' him an' not a thing he'd bring. He knew that bad boy's rcrord-better mind your ma's and pa's; Th' Lookout Man is watchln'-an'he'll tell Ol'Santa Claus. I also knowed a little girl who was just awful bad, She wouldn't learn her lessons an' she allus ?ot so mad If anybody ?told her f be still an' hash her noise Well, she was allus winbin* fr a lot o' Chris'mas toys, But'when 'twas Chris'mas mornln' to her wonder an' surprise . Kn empty stockin' hangln' in th' corner met her *y.ce. Yon see she acted n au Kb ty-better mind your ma's and pa's; Th' Lookout Man is wAtohln'-an' he'll tell Ol' Santa Claus. Th' Lookout Man ls peepln' thro' th' winders ev'ry night, An' countin' up th* chll'run who air allus actin' right An' goln' oft t' bed at wunst when told it's time t' go, Au' never pou tin', not a blt, or takln' clothes off slow. He puts 'em in.his good book, but but th' bad ones in th' bad; An' when he write's a bad one he looks, O, jus' awful sad. 'Cause he knows they won't git no thin'-better mind your ma's and pa's; ' ? .* Th' Lookout Man io watchln'-an' he'll tell Ol'.^santa Claus. -Bryan's Commoner. Tillman Calla for Investigation. Washington, Dec. 9.-senator Till man to-day introduced resolutions,dl recting the committee on finance to Investigate the recent proceedings of the secretary of the treasury In con nection with the financial crisis, and also to make Inquiry concerning clearing house certificates. The resolutions were presented in two series, the first dealing with the operations of the treasury depart ment, and the second with clearing house certificates, both being divided into three sub-divisions. The first of the resolutions direct the committee on finance to investi gate amL-report to the Senate. Notice to Our Customers. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles ls not affect ed by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as lt contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we rec ommend lt as a safe remedy for chil dren and adults. ?ll Druggists. A Peculiar Case. A jury in San Antonio, Texas, this week, fallad to agree in the now famous case of Rufus Williams, charged with robbing a Columbia (S. C.) woman, Mrs. Sallie Gibson, of $(31,000, and as a result, Williams will have to stand trial agaln!^ He can get ball now, however. Williams ls charged with enticing Mrs. Gib son, an eccentric woman, with a lot of money, to San Antonio, and there attempted to kill her and did rob her of about $6.1,000. Most of the money was recovered. Mrs. Gibson is a native of Columbia. ".""A^ tlckling cough, from any cause, ls quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. And lt is so thoroughly harmless and safe, that Dr. Shoop tells mothers everywhere to give lt without hesitation, even to young babes. The wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung-healing mountainous shrub furnish the cura tive properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough and heals ? the sore and sensitive bronchial membranes. No opium, no chloro form, nothing harsh used to injure or suppress. Simply a resinous plant extract that helps to heal aching lung-?. The Spaniards call this uhrub which tho doctor uses, "The Sacred Herb." Demand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other. J. W. Bell. Killed Himself in a Swamp. Hawkinsville, Ga., Dec. 8.-The body of Oscar Taylor, a prominent young man, was found this morning In the swamp below the city by a crowd of searchers. Taylor disap peared from home last Tuesday and it was feared that he had taken his life. Before killing, himself he crawl ed into a cypress log, made a pillow of his coat and fired a bullet into his heart. The >ody was in good state of preservation, owing to the cold weather prevailing. No cause other than despondency ls known for his act. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Haie Always Bought Bears the Signature of Baptists Against Carey-Cotliran Law. A special dispatch from Orange burg says: The State Baptist Con vention hit the Carey-Cothran law a severe rap and a memorial to the State Legislature praying that the law be repealed, was adopted by a unanimous vote. There can be no misunderstanding the voice of the body. Congress ls also to be memo rialized and petitioned lo amend thc inter-State commerce law so as to prohibit shipping liquor Int," dry. territory and to put a stop to the issuance of United otates licenses to men living in dry territory. Tho re port prayed for the passage of the Dolliver-Littlefleld bill now pending before Congress. HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Bury Medicine for Buty Poop** Briner Qold?n Health and Ren owed Vlwr. and Backache. Ita Rocky Mountain Tea in tab let form, Sr> coota a box. Genuine made by HOI.MHTBR DHVO COUPANT, Maddon, WI?, SOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE --r~ Duel to Death in Georgia. Valdosta, ua., Dec. 9-News haa just boen received here ot a tragedy in Echols county? in which C. E. Mercer was shot dead by W. W. Pen nington. Both men were in the em ploy of T*. G. Culbreth, Pennington being the book-keepar. Pennington was In his buggy on his way. to take a young lady to ride when he drove to the commissary, where Mercer and two other citizens were. Mercer and Pennington quar reled over some former transaction. Mercer is said to have fired on Pennington, who jumped from bis buggy on the opposite side and be gan shooting at Mercer over his horse. The animal ran away and the two men stood face to face in a duel. Pennington was unhurt, but Mer cer received two wounds, either of which would have killed him. Pennington then drove to the home of Mercer's brother-in-law and informed him of the killing, at tho same time offering to givo himself up to the sheriff. Pennington ls one of the leading young men of the county, and ger cer was the son-in-law of former State Senator Louis Roberts. Both worked for Lt'-presentative Culbreth. To stop that pain in the back, that stiffness of joints and muscles, take Plneules. They are guaranteed. Do not suffer from rheumatism, back ache, Kidney trouble, when you get 30 days' treatment for $1. A single dose at bedtime proves their morit. Get them to-day. Sold by J. W.Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Ul) Miles au Hour. Clayton, N. J., Dec. 7.-It was dem onstrated here by the speed tests for locomotives, made by the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, that the steam-driven engine is still king and can run as fast on a curved track as on a straght track. One of the big j steam locomotives, in the test, made a fraction more than 99 miles an hour. When the engine ended the run it was covered with Bnow that was sucked up In a cloud from along the tracks. . Write at one? and learn Why wo secure beat poaitiona, and bent ealarfee for our graduates. Ll.' EUOKNB ANDKR8QN, Pres. ARE YOU GOING HOM IO ? (By Hugh J. Hughes.) Are you going back for Christmas to the valley where the stars Rise clear above the mountain;, crowned with timber lattice bars; Where the farmsteads nestle closely up against the hills' ascent, And the brook creeps hither-thither in Its maze of wllderment? Are you /"toing home for Christmas to the old house by the tree: To the old foks waiting-waiting through the many years that be; To the faces and the memories and phantoms that recall The music of the summers before you left it all? Tho eyes are growing dimmer that look down the valley side, Evermore a watching-watching for a swinging boyish stride; The hair ls growing whiter and the face thin and drawn Of those who 'mid the twilight stand walting for the dawn. Lock up the shop-the office! Go hack your thousand ways Along the lines of living to boy hood's dawning days! Go set the old home ringing with laughter's music bars, And find your lost youth waiting In the valley 'neath the stars. -Yout'-s* companion. When the stomach, heart or kid ney nerves get weak, then these or gans always fall. Don't drug the sto mach, nor stimulate the heart or kid neys. That ls simply a makeshift. Get a prescription Known to drug gists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Re storative. The Restorative is pre pared expressly for these weak In side nerves,'build them up with Dr. Shoop's Restorative-tablets or li quid-and see how quickly help will come. Free sample test,sent on re quest hy Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health is surely worth this sim ple, test. . J. W. Bell, I I I I Far m pie me nt s Chattanooga Reversible r Disc Plows. Remember that I have a car load of these PLOWS, two and three-horse sizes. They have been tried by many farmers in all sections of our country and have proven perfectly satisfactory. They have passed the experimental stage, and stand master of all PLOWS to-day. See them at SENECA and WESTMINSTER. IMPROVED PLOW?! I have about lOO Two-Horse IM PERIAL CHILLED PLOWS, about 15 HILLSIDE PLOWS, 5 MALLORY PLOWS, 30 Disc Harrows, 7 Farmers' Favorite Grain Drills and a lot of other Implements-the same kind I have been selling for four years-that I will close out At Cost and Below Cost. Nothing wrong with these goods. I am simply going out of that line of business. ? '>.''-. , .* ."i.. if ? ? Horses? Mules, Wagons, Harness, Bug^y, Wagon and Harness Stock always full. Will have Stables full of all cia*ses - HORSES AND MULES from LOW until April 1st. I build and repair Harness. Shop at Seneca. If you will come to see us, we can trade with you. 3 ? Lowery Seneca Westminster KN