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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning. Subscription. o iv, Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By STECK, 8IIELOR ?t SCHRODER. Communications or a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundr-jd words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one ceut a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY ld, 1008. GOOD STOCK MARKET. Solidi Carolina Has Omit t'OSSlbilt / ties within its Grasp. Washington. May 8.-Special: '?With the wonderful development of Agriculture throughout the South which is now in progress, the ques tion of getting tile animals needed for working the farms and hauling the produco either to market or to the shipping points, is of almost us much importance as the labor prob lem. In fact they run hand In hand, and one without the other is of no use. The South now lias all the ani mals needed, hut from the following . extract from a report of the Depart ment of Agriculture lt will be seen ? that wo are paying high prices for animals and also for feed for them, 'both of which we could rnlso in the .South and get a higher grado of both: "It certainly seems anomalous to contemplate a vast section of our -country spending millions annually for horses and mules, for beef and pork, and for commercial fertilizers, ? and selling hundreds of millions of i dollars' worth of fertility as cotton seed meal and cake, when we realize that the condition of soil and climate generally throughout the South are excellent for animal production. Tills condition is still more surprising when we know that, properly fed, .-cotton seed meal is probably the most valuable protein-hearing feed the country produces, and that Its fertilizing value after having gone through an animal's laxly is almost as great as Its feed value. lt ls also more than passing strange that a Southern farmer will buy hay .shipped from the West at from $15 to $23 per ton when his own land will often yield more hay per acre than the land where the Western I hay was produced and of as good a . quality." According to figures of the bureau ?of stat' tics of tho Department of Agriculture, there were 83,020 horses in South Carolina on January 1, 1907. These horses had a total /arm valuation of $10,437,182. an average of $126 a head. On the snme dato there were 13 4,090 mules in the State with a total farm value nf $20,598,121, an average of $153 ?a head. George M. Rommel, of the bureau i of animal Industry, has studied the situation in South Carolina, and hy his calculations, the average lite of a horse in South Carolina from the time he ls mature may he estimated at eight years and that of a mule at Len years. The stock of horses and anules must be replaced once in eight ?. :ir ten years, respectively; or, to .xpress lt differently, 10,000 horses and 13,000 mules must be raised or brought Into tho State annually. ~'There are three reasons why -.South Carolina farmers should raise j.lioir own horses and mules," says .MT. Rommel. "The first ls to keep A'lthln the State the great sum which Ott paid annually for stock shipped in iicom the North and West, lt ls es timated that probably about two rPunsand of the horses and one .thousand of the mules used annu . ally ure raised in the State. Estimat ing (' cost of the horses delivered i-io the Sout h Carolina farmer at $126 '.inch and the mules at $175 each. ?the amount of money sent out of the State annually is $1,000.000 for oorse.s and $1,925,000 for mules $3*000,000 in round numbers, which fould be retained In the Slate to good advantage. "The second reason ls that by pro 1 luclng its own horses and mules the ; 3outh has stock already adapted to -.is use. No time is lost in getting ian animal to do the best under : Southern conditions. Furthermore, .11? } would be produced at oost.with ? out having to Include in th,, expense i??ili .n profit to another producer or middleman. Not only that, but after a.Tiorae or mule is two years old he will earn his way, and a moderate amount of work ls good for him. in this way thc animal has been raised to five years of age at a minimum ..VJOSt." Mr. Rommel also points out in de i tail tho great Jiinporlance of know lag ul) about the breeding of an anl KrJbtt ""Tho third reason why the South 0 HKORA VS COMME NCEM K .VT. Interesting I '?"i'.i .i iii for lin Occa sion-The Graduating ( lass. Greenville, May 7.-Special: In vitations are being sent out to the commencement exercises of Chlcora College, which takes place May 24 27, and also to the recital given by Vit graduating students of music, which occurs on the evening of May' 15th. The following young ladies will receive degrees: Miss Erin Addison, Chappells, B. S. ; Miss Lalla Ballen gor, Richland. B. A.; Miss Ellen Childers, Piedmont, B. S.; Miss Fan nie Davis, Greenville, B. A.; Miss Sarah Evans, Abbeville, B. A.; Miss Lucy 10vans, Clemson College, B. S.; Miss Mary Flanagan, Clover, B. A.; Miss Nellie Griffin, Greenville, B. A.; Miss Annie Kilgore, Woodruff, A. Mus.; Miss Ruby Little, Oarnesville, Ga., A. Mus.; Miss Louise Miller, Martin, Ga., B. A.; Miss Drusilla Means, Moore, B. S. ; Miss Blanche Rose, Tlmmonsvllle, B. S. ; Miss Rob ert Spratt, Fort Mill, B. S.; Miss An nie Elizabeth Wilkinson. Greenville, B. A.; Miss Lutle Young, Laurens, B. A.; Miss Jennie Young, Laurens, B. S. The program of the commence ment exorcises is as follows: On Sunday, May 24th, at 11 a. m., Rev. F. D. Jones, of Charlotte, will preach the baccalaureate sermon In the college auditorium, and at 8.15 p. m. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, of York ville, will preach the sermon before tho Young Woman's Christian As sociation. On Monday, May 25th, from 3 to 5 p. m., the college parlors will be thrown open for the annual art re ception, and at 8.30 p. m. a recital will be given in the auditorium by the department of expression. On Tuesday, May 20th, at noon, the Alumnae Association will hold their annual meeting in the college parlors; at 5 p. m., class day exer cises, and at 8.30 p. m., the final re cital by the college of music. On Wednesday, May 27th, the board of trustees will hold their an nual meeting at 4.30 p. m., and at 8.3 0 p. m. the graduating class ex ercises will take place. The llter erary address will be delivered by Rev. Samuel M. Smith, D. D., of Columbia. S. C. Byrd, President. There is a Pink Pain Tablet made by Dr. Shoop that will positively stop any pain, anywhere, in twenty min utes. Druggists sell them every where as Dr. Snoop's Headache Tab lets, but they stop- other pains as easily as headaches. Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets simply coax the blood pressure away from the pain centres-that ls all. Pain comes from blood pressure-congestion. Stop that pressure with Dr. Shoop's Head ache Tablets and the pain is Instant ly gone. 20 tablets 25 cents. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla. Alexander Robinson Dead. (Pickens News, May 6.) On Tuesday morning Alexander Robinson, who lived about three miles north of Easley, dropped dead while at work In his garden. Death ls supposed to have been brought about by heart disease. Mr. Robin son was one of the most highly es teemed citizens of Pickens county, and a most excellent farmer. He was about 65 years of age and had been twice* married. His second wife and four children survive bim, one of his sons being George Robin son, of Easley. Carolina farmers should breed horses and mules ls that the State has ex cellent possibilities for stock raising, and that when tho supply ls increas ed beyond the local needs the de mands of outside markets can he flited. The greatest horse-raising State in the country is Iowa, and the greatest horse market for the number han dled ls Chicago. However, lt is esti mated that at least half of these horses are sent from Chicago to other points, some for final sale, oth ers for further fitting for market. The highest class of horses will gen erally be found In the Fast, In New York and Boston, and the highest prices for good horses are to be had In these cities. Des Moines, Iowa, and Columbia, S. C., are quite near the geographical center o? their re spective States. Columbia is over 4 00 miles nearer New York and Bos ton than is Des Moines. Columbia ls Just that much nearer the coun try's best horse market, and there are three largo cities and gu ports on tho Atlantic seaboard 1? tween Columbia and New York, all of them on a direct line from Co lumbia. "So far as the markets are con cerned, the South Carolina farmer has as good advantages as the Iowa larmer. These advantages are not developed, lt is true, but the condi tions are full of latent possibilities. If good horses are bred in the South the buyers Will soon find it out, and there need be no fear that good prices will not be obtained for good products. W. W. Price. HAPPY RESULTS. Have Made Many Walli:.Ila Residents - Enthusiastic. No wonder scores of Walhalla cit izens grow enthusiastic. It ls enough to make any one l^ippy to And relief after years of suffering. Public statements like tho following aro but truthful representations of the dally work done In Walhalla by Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. John Hamby, living on Fac ulty Hill. Walhalla, S. C.. says: "I have not been In the best bf health for several years, and th? doctors said my blood was in bad condition. I suffered from pains all through my body, but especially in the small ol my back. Headaches were also of frequent occurrence, and I was sub ject to rheumatism. Some time ago I was advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills, procured a box at Dr. J. W. Bell's drug store, and since using them I am feeling much botter. The pains in my back have greatly di minished, the secretions snow im provement and I give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit for the grea*. change which ls noticeable in my condi tion." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agentB for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. CLUB WOMEN' OF THE STATE. Session of Federation Closed at Greenville-Thc New Officers.. (Greenville News, 8th.) The annual election of officers of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs took placo at the meeting yqsterday afternoon, in the auditorium of the Greenville Female College and resulted as follows: President, Mrs. W. B. Burney, Co lumbia. First Vice President, Mrs. Lewis W. Parker, Greenville. * Second Vice President, Mrs. Geo. Gibbon, Chruleston. Recording Secretary, Mrs. Vice Da vidson, Rock Hill. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. El wood F. Bell, Blacksburg. Treasurer, Mrs. Mitchell Levy, Su niter. A^uitor, Miss Dargan, Statesburg. The election of officers occupied a goodly portion of the afternoon ses sion. Sumter was decided on as the next place of meeting. Mrs. M. F. Ansel, as the first chair man of the Industrial School, was called to the platform and was warm ly welcomed. She told of the pro gress of the work on the Industrial School and of the probability of Its being ready for occupancy In Sep tember. Miss Mary T. Nance, president of tho Rural School Improvement Asso ciation, made a most interesting talk, and paid a beautiful trlhute to the work of the retiring president. A very notable social feautre of the federation was the afternoon re ception given yesterday by the club women of Greenville at Sans Souci Country Club, to honor the distin guished women who this week have been the guests of Greenville, and this affair was among the most en joyable and possibly the largest of the affairs of the week. The officers of tho federation and the newly elected officers received In the west parlor, and in the hall and back parlor, refreshments were served. TonxA.. The Kind You Hare Always BougW Bftfcn th? J* wno io? "aw Always The champion Absentminded Man. (Philadelphia Record.) A very absentminded professional man, with offices in a Chestnut street building, came downtown the other day and discovered that he had left his keys at home. The superintend ent of the building let the abient minded man into his office, but he was still as bad off as ever. He could not get Into his desk or at his safe. He pondered a little while over lils dilemma; then he decided to return home for the key?. "Why not send a messenger boy after the keys?" was the thought that struck him, but that was immediately put out of the question hy another thought to the effect that the hoy would not be able to get In the house In case the absentminded man's wife had left home. "That's right; I must go myself," decided the trou bled man. and home he went, arriv ing at the very door of bis house before lt dawned upon him Hint ho without his keys was as bad off as a messenger boy, and tho poor man's wifo had gone ow* all right. "Oh, hang it anyway, said tho absent minded man, "I ought to have tele phoned her to wnlt for mo: Why didn't I do that? Well, I will r;o right back to the ofllco and pilone." And he did. He phoned and phoned for some time before lie could un derstnnd why Iiis wife did not an swer; then he gave up work for the day. CASTOZlIAi Bear, tb? /, The Kind You Hat? Always BaugM SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Program of tho Annual Mooting to He IlelU with Keturu church. The annual Sunday School Con vention of the Beaverdam Associa tion will convene with Return Bap tist church on Saturday and Sunday, May 30th and 31st, 1908. Follow ing ls the program: Saturday. 10 a. m.-Devotional and song services by Rev. J. H. Stone and Prof. *v. NV. Grubbs. 10.JO-Enrollment of delegates. ?vAo-Reorganization and elec tion of officers. 11.00-Topic: How can the su perlrtendent best awaken In his teachers such love for their classes that they will esteem their work a joy? John B. Harris, F. M. Cary, C. E. O. Mitchell and W. N. Bruce. 12 m.-Instituto work, Rev. J. D. Mooro, State Sunday School Field Secretary. 12.30 p. m.-Recess until 2 p. m. 2 p. m.-Devotional and song ser vices by Rov. L. T. Weldon and Prof. J. F. Morton. 2.30 p. m.-The teachers prob lem, and how can lt he best solved in tho upbuilding of the school? By T. M. Elrod, J. D. Stonecypher, S. C. Smith, R. A. Sullivan. 3.30 p. m.-Institute work. Rev. J. D. Moore. 4 p. m.-Announcement of com mittees and miscellaneous business. Adjournment. Sunday-Second Day. 9.30 a. m.-Scripture reading and prayer service, led by Rev. A. P. Marett. 10 a. m.-Methods of increasing attendance. Rev. C. S. Blackburn, R. L. Symes, J. C. Cole, William M. Brown. Ila. m.-Song service, conducted by Prof. J, A. Durham. 11.30 a. m.- Topic: How may enthusiasm, and at the same time a high standard of spirituality, be maintained in the school? Jos. W. Shelor, J. R. Moore, to be followed by general discussion of superintend, ents. 12.30 p. m.-Recess until 2 p. m. 2 p. m.-Institute work-The teachings of Jesus. Rev. J. D.Moore, State Secretary. 2.30 p. m.-Conference of super intendents. 3 p. m.-Parting words, profusely interspersed with songs. 4 p. m.-Cloding song and bene diction. We hope to see the largest gather ing oi Sunday school workers ever assembled in our association. Some distinguished speakers from adjoin ing counties are expected to be with us. Rev. J. D. Moore, State Sunday School Field Secretary, has written that he will attend, and bring a spe cialist in this great work. He will stir up superintendents and teachers to do greater things. We want all the pastors and officers and teachers to come to this conveution, and let us make it the best lu the history of our association. C. R. D. Burns, Chairman Executive Committee. THE EXPERIENCE OF A POUL TRY DEALER. Only in recent years has poultry keeping taken a place among recog nized industries. Many of the suc cessful poutry men of to-day wen not experts when they began, but had to learn by experience. "In regard to Sloan's Liniment for poultry diseases." writes E. R. Spaul ding, of Jaffrey, N. H., "a disease called roup is one of the greatest drawbacks in raising poultry. It ls somewhat similar to distemper in a horse. After trying and experiment ing with about everything recom mended, I found that Sloan's Lini ment was the speediest and surest remedy for roup, and I can especially recommend it for canker in the windpipe." Send for Dr. Sloan's free book on Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Poultry. Address: Dr. Earl S. Sloan, 015 Al bany street, Boston, Mass. Mixing of the Hares. (Yorkvlllo Enquirer.) A lot of New York cranks, white men and white women, have organ ized to promote the breaking down of color Unes with a view to encour aging intermarriage between the races. They gave a big dinner one night last week and the features of it were a number of respectable wo men-respectable in New York seated by the side of negro men, and speeches by white men in advocacy of Intermarriage of the races. Possi bly these foolish people, both white and black, think they have entered upon a meritorious crusad- Possi bly they think they are working for peace on earth and good will toward men. But we think they are a lot of degenerate idiots. We do not believe that God ever intended such a eon summation as these people have In view, and we do not believe He will permit such a thing. These Now York men and women are instigated by tho devil rather, and if their of ferts have any result at all, those re sults will go hard with the poor negroes who allow themselves to be influenced by such Idiotic example. In passing, however, we would re mark that there is absolutely no ob jection on our part to those New York women marrying the negroes with whom they sat at table, If they want to do so. ?OLBYSKIDNEYCURB Makos Kidneys and Dladdor Right A white man occupies a cell at the Columbia police station charged with killing two sitting hens on their nests and stealing three dozen eggs, which were fast nearing the "pip ping" stage. F O F* ALU CREATION THE Connect tho Ark With a liniment NOAH'S I and you have the world's groat external aches ?nd pains. G For Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back. S'S: Strains, Sprains, Cut?, j?rUUMM .olio. Cr.im.t4, and Muscle Aches and Pains, j.ur? ..u::ie uV! ?1.00 by all dealers ID medicines. ouaranteed It A RB COLO?? IN MOLES. Particular Varieties Confined to Cer tain Fields-Piebald and White. (London Globe.) Mole-catching first became a regu lar occupation about a century ago, when English mole-catchers were In troduced on the lands of the then Duke of Buccleuch. The handsomest varieties belonj; to tho "sllvei gray" class. If these could bo ob'alned In any quantity their skins would bring a high price In tho fur market. Mr. Service, of Dumfries, late?v lectured beforc tho Edinburgh Field Naturalists' Association, stated that he had never seen a really white mole, and he believed lt to be a great rarity. Nor had he ever seou a piebald variety. He had little doubt that variation of color In moles ran In ce'tain families. The regularity with which a part! . cular variety occurred repeatedly In tho same field or on the same farm was well known to every mole catcher, while no abnormal colora tion would, perhaps, occur in any other part of the parish. Notice to Our Customers. Wo are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affect ed by the National Pure Food and Drug law, us lt contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we rec ommend lt as a safo remedy for chil dren and adults. Gold by all drug gists. Monument to Pocahontas. Washington, May 8.-A monument to Pocahontas ls to be erected at Jamestown, Va., according to a bill reported from the committee on commerce by Senator Daniel and passed by the Senate to-day. The measure appropriates $5,000 for the memorial provided an equal amount is supplied by the Pocahontas Memo rial Association. The monument 's to commemorate the first permanent settlement of English speaking peo ple in the Western Hemisphere through the intervention of the Ind ian maid. OA0TOTIXA.. jbtn th, j* II? Kind You Have Always BotigM Cs? NEW PEI Wick Blue Fiann Because it's clean. *S Because it's econom ical. Because it saves time. 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Every fall New York prepares to clean the streets of snow in a miraculously short time, and every winter Ands the Street Cleaning Department un able to do so. The city ls not quite in tho class of Chicago, when- i. was recently 'discovered that men were still being carried on the pay rolls for the purpose of removing the big snow of 1906, but lt ls never able to do much In tho way of actually get ting rid of the fall. After every storm all squares and parks are filled with miniature mountains of snow, shoveled together theoretically, to bo hauled away and dumped in the river, but In reality to await the destroying influence of a good thaw or rain rainstorm. A heavy snowfall, too, has como to mean the piling up in each gutter of an Impas sable bunker. Naturally, in the light of such conditions, suggestions for handling the snow have been many. Tho latest and by far the most Inge nious does not contemplate the hand ling of tho snow, but Its complete abolishment. A chemist In this city claims to have discovered a chemisai which, if sprayed Into tho air during a storm, would Immediately change the snow to rain at a height of 100 feet above the pavement, and at a much lower cost than ls now neces sary for snow removed. Those per sons who fatten on street-cleaning contracts aro naturally contemptuous and call it visionary and impossible. But stranger things than the abolish ment of snow have happened, and should it como to pass only those per sons whose offices aro above the tenth story could ever expect to seo a son v-storm. "Dv. Thomas' Electric Oil is the best remedy for that often fatal dis ease--croup. Has been used with success In our family for eight years."-Mrs. L. Whlteacre, Buffalo, N. Y. Bo'y Prays for Boy Victim. New York, May 9.-While playing "Wild West" with several boys to day, Frank Green, eight years old, was shot over the right eye with an air rifle In the hands of Joseph Fin ley, aged nine, and died shortly af terwards. 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