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THE EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION. Reports from Various Counties Show Remarkably Good Effects. The Courier ls lu receipt of a letter from J. L. Harley, State Superintend ont., a prominent prohibition leader, in which some very interesting facts ?re set forth. Recently letters were sent out to Clerks of Court in prohi bition counties asking for answers to the certain questions. Following are the questions and answers for Edge field county: . How long has your county been dry? About two aud a half years. 2. What effect has it had on busi ness ? I think the general impression is that business is more satisfactory. 3. Have you been able to enforce the law? I think the law ls pretty well en forced-as much so as was expected. Of course there is occasionally some whiskey sold here and in the county, but I think the sale of it in town and county is on the decrease. 4. What effect has lt had with reference to sobriety and good or der? It has had wonderful effect In im proving good order and decreasing drunkenness. 5. To what extent has the sale of liquor and drinking been reduced? I don ot think there is more than 10 per cent of drinking*and drunk enness now as when whiskey was sold in town of Edgefteld. W. B. Cogburn, Clerk of Court. The following answers were given by other officials, the questions same as above, but omitted here to save space: 1. Since December 1st, 1904. 2. I think business has increased 25 to 33 1-3 per cent. 3. Yes; occasionally we have a! few cases In the courts for violation of the law, but not more than for merly. 4. A most wonderful effect. I think drunkenness has decreased 60 to 75 per cent. 5. No liquor is sold In the, county except occasionally by parties who open up blind tigers, and they are soon caught and dealt with. A con siderable amount of liquor ls shipped in during the fall and winter months. My opinion is that the entire sale from all sources has decreased 60 to 75 per cent and possibly more, and the drinking reduced in the same proportion. 3. E. Jefferles, Clerk, Cherokee Co. 1. Five yea vs. 2. Helped business. 3. Yea. 4. Splendid effect. 5. Open public drinking has been discontinued. J. S. Brice, For Clerk, York County. 1. Three years. 2. Improvement. 3. It has been enforced as well or better than the dispensary law was enforced. 4. Wonderful Improvement. It Is GO per cent better than when we had the dispensary. 5. Fifty per cent less. A. J. Bogga, Clerk of Court, Plckens County. 1. Three years. 2. Neae that I can see. 3. Yes. 4. lt has had a good effect. 5. At least 75 or 80 per cent; pos slbly more. Clerk of Court, Lancaster County. 1. Th ret* years. 2. Business has improved. 3. Yes. 4. According to police records, crime has been reduced about 75 per cent. 5. Seventy-five per cent. J. F. Floyd, Mayor Spartanburg. "I suffered habitually from consti pation. Donn's Regulets relieved and strei jthened the bowels, so that they have been regular ever since." A. E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. License Tax One Million Dollars. (Christian Observer.) Through a mistake In a local op tion election, a Massachusetts town voted wet when the majority of the voters favored a dry town. To pro tect the town from tho invasion of saloons, through what was a techni cal error, the town council fixed the license at one million dollnrs. It ls needless to say the town is still "dry." Ironing Made Easy. Mr u'setUfid hy S>?OO"HIMO iaOM HEATER CO.. Sumter, S. G. Saves Fuel, Time and the Ironer. Only $2. Sand orilem U J JNO. T. BRYANT. L?v?l Land, 0. C. CODKTT AOXNT. July 8, 1908-28-40. SOUTH IN SPLENDID SHAPE. Southern Ballway Officials Gratified at ?usines* Conditions Here. Washington, July SO.-At a con ference which hag been in progress th* past two days between President Finley, executive officers of the South ern Railway Company and affiliated companies and officers of the traffic and operating departments of the Southern Railway System, and which was concluded Wednesday, general conditions of business in the South a. '1 prospects of the future were thor, oughly discussed. It was the consen sus of opinion fhat there is a trend in the direction of improvement of business throughout the Southern States. The agricultural outlook is encouraging. Southern fruit and veg etabje crops have generally been very good and have found a ready market at prices which, although, In some cases below those of former years, have been profitable. The present condition of the cotton crop and the grain crops of the South are good. If there is no deterioration in cot ton between now and tho close of the season the yield will be large. . As a result of the general prosper ity among the farming communities retail business in most Southern towns has kept up fairly well. Mer chants have been buying conserva tively, however, and the effect has been a curtailment of wholesale busi ness and depression in some lines 'of manufacture. Goods of all kinds in the bands of dealers have been reduced, and, with the good agricultural outlook there is reaso.i to expect a gradual Im provement In all lines of business. Ten Years in Bed. "For ten years I was confined to my bed with disease of my kidneys," writes R. A. Gray, J. P., of Oakville, Ind. "It was so severe that I could not move part of the time. I con sulted the very best medical skill available, but eould get no relief un til Foley's Kidney Cure was recom mended to me. It has been a God send to me." Sold by all druggists. TIRE BURST; SANDS KU.I,CD. Wreck Took Fire-Step-Son of W. K. Vanderbilt Burned to Death. Paris, July 30.-In one of the most terrible accidents in many years in France, G. Winthrop Sands, a step son of W. K. Vanderbilt, was killed yesterday morning Just outside the grounds of Mr. Vanderbilt's beautiful country seat, the Chateau St. Louis de Poissy, twenty miles from Paris. Mr. Sands was driving his 50-horse power car along at a terrific clip, in a desire to reach the chateau, where Mrs. Sands and her"lnfant daughter were staying. He has always been known as a reckless driver, and, as he had been delayed at a railroad crossing, be opened the throttle wide as he approached the chateau grounds. Almost Immediately a tire burst and the machine crashed into a tree, turning turtle and burying Mr. Sands under the forward part, and pinning the chauffeur, Plcklns, to the ground. An explosion followed and In a mo ment the car was In flames. Peasants working In the adjoin ing field were the only witnesses to the accident. They managed to raise the rear of the car and release the chauffeur, both of whose feet had been held tight, and a little hiter, after heating down the fire, they dragged out the torn, bleeding and burned body of Sands. Mrs. Sands was not Informed at once of her husband's death, but Wil liam Duke, trainer of Mr. Vander bilt's racing stable, advised Mr. Van derbilt by telephone, and he and Mrs. Vanderbilt, accompanied by Stephen Sands, went to Poissy by train, arriv ing there at 2.30 In the afternoon. All was over when they anlved. Mrs. Vanderbilt broke the news to her daughter-in-law, who bore up bravely under the strain. OA?TOHI, Bun a, _? Th? Kind You Haye Always Boujjrt tifBStVS cf Man Shot in Florida Street. High Springs,'Fla., July 30.-W. H. Moreland, representing Ridley, Williamson, Spain Co., of Atlanla, Ga., was shot and killed by an un known man on the street here at n late hour last night. Mr. Moreland had just arrived here yesterday and rented a sample room. He was shot from ambush on one of the prlnclpnl streets and bis assail ant escaped. A telegram has been sent to New borry for bloodhounds to put on the trail. Letters In Mr. Moreland's pocket show that his home ls at Woodbury, Ga., and a telegram has boon sent to bis mother notifying hor of his tragic death. OAMTORXA.. ism the The Kind You Haw Always BoogJH ftgaatttn Sf All the news for $1 a year in The Keowee Courier. ? jj ' S MK Builds Force What ls medicine for? To cure you, \f s ck, you say. ButooeiT^dl^w^ not cure ev?y ktud of aickness, aiiw^ medicines act oh dBfeiwiparts ofthe body. One mefldne gees to thy Uvgr. another to the spine, Wine of Cardul to the womanly organs* So that ls why Wine of Cardui has proven so efrkacious In most cases of wornanly disease. Try ft, Mr?, Wm. Turner. cTBertcnitBe. m.. ?rites t 1 suffered (or years with female disease* arid defered vttnout re?ef. My back and head *rould hurt me, sM I Buffered agony vith bearing-duwn palo*. Attest I took Wine of C**xiu! and hov I am tn good health," Sett everywhere, tn ?1.00 bottles, WRITE US A LETTER j^^gg^^^^S^ _'_!_'-!- .-.-' CAN SEE LYING DOWN, But Blind While ?Unding Up-Core Will Probably Be Effected. New York, August 1.-On a cot in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Nose Hospital ls a patient Buttering from an extraordinary case of blindness. He ia a young mau and in all other respects ls not only healthy and vig orous, but a trained athlete. When he ls Btanding or sitting in an up right position, be is almost totally blind, but while lying recumbent he sees objects distinctly and with lils normal visual powers. That has been hts strange condition for about six months, and during that period he has remained most of the time in a recumbent position. In its cause as well as in its effect this peculiar form of sightlessness is remarkable. The patient, whose name the hospital physicians prefer not to reveal, was a member last win ter of a well known team of basket ball players. In the course of one of the match games the ball struck him sharply In the eyes, but the blow seemed neither serious nor painful. The young athlete made light of his mishap and for a time seemed to suffer no lil effects. Later his eyesight began to trouble him and then the peculiar ailment began which made him sightless ex cept when lying down. As soon as he noted his poor sight thc yeing man consulted a physician, and when the condition of sightlessness devel oped it was decided 'that the blow from the basket ball had so effected the retina and ?other parts of the inner eye as to disturb the delicate adjustment of tl'ose organs and to canst' the peculiar result noted, the retina being thrown out of Its proper relation when the patient held his head in certain positions. For six months the young man bas been under special treatment before a new x-ray method known as the x-ray Mashes, and the results are reported to be encouraging as to warrant the belief that within another period of six months his sight may be com pletely restored. Served as coffee, the new coffee substitute known to grocer's every where as Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee, will trick even a coffee expert. Not a grain of real coffee In lt either. Pure healthful toasted grains, malt, nuts, etc., have been so cleverly blended as to give a wonderfully satisfying cof fee taste and flavor. And it is "made in a minv e, ' too. No tedious 20 to 30 minute Jolling. A. P. Crisp. Japan's New Policy. _ Tokio, July 29.-In an Interview Teracbl, minister of war and acting minister of foreign alf.Mrs. said that Japan regaredd America as a real friend. He intimated that the future policy of Japan did not tend toward military expansion, but toward pro ductive expenditures. - Weak Kidneys Weak Kidney?, rarely point to weak klein?? t?arrc?. Th? Kidner?, like the iHeart, and the Stomach, find their wea knew, not In the organ Itself, but in the nerve? that control and guide and strengthen them. Dr. Snoop's Restorative le a medicine specifically prepared to reach these Controlling nsrvei. To doctor the Kidner* alone, ls futile. It is a waste of time, and of nioner M well. If your back ?ches or 1? weak, if the urine Maids, or is dark and strone;, if you ha ve symptoms ot Bright? or other distressing or dangerous kid ney disease, try Pr. Shoop's Restorative a month Tablet? or Liauld-and see what it can and will do for rou. Druggist recommend and sell Dr. Shoop's Rostorotivo J. W. BELL. Pncolet Mill? Close Imwn. Spnrtnnburg, Aug. 1.-The Paco let Mills closed down indefinitely to day. President Victor Montgomery snys that during the shutdown the employees will receive half pay and will have to pay no rent for their rot, tages. There are rumors that o'.her mills will follow this course, but there ls no confirmation of tho report. Warning ! If you have kidney and bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kid ney Cure, you will have only yourself to blame for results, as it positively cures alt forms of kidney and bladder diseases. Sold by all druggists. REASONS FOR IMPEACHMENT. A Bold Arraignment of the Georgia Prison Commission. The Atlanta Georgian of July 30th contained the following arraignment of and reasons for the Impeachment of the Prison Commission of Georgia. "The members of the Prison Com mission should be impeached at once -Just as the conductors of a de bauched and insolvent bank would be removed and their office turned over to a receiver. "If the Governor knew as much about a State bank that showed as hopeless a condition as the Georgia prison system, how long would he be seeing that the men In. charge were suspended? "The Prison Commission should be Impeached "Because of the unspeakable cru ellies and inhumanities practiced by their leave. Humanity comes first of all. And men almost without num ber have been beaten to death by the commission's appointed wardens. "Becaupo it has been plainly shown that the State of Georgia has been mulcted of millions of dollars to the enrichment of private individuals,and that the commission recommended "unhesitatingly" the enactment of another lease law five years ago making this possible while the very chairman himself bad six years pre viously asked that the State be rellev. ed of the Intervention of the middle man. ? "Because the chairman of the corn mission himself admits that while bids for convicts were to be competi tive, he, upon seeing that the biggest bidder the State has ever had, had turned In a bid tco low to get his desired allotment, telephoned the gentleman and permitted him to raise his bid on seven hundred convicts. "Because, whether the commission shared in lt or not, they knew of graft and gross Irregularities In near ly every branch of the department. "Because, If they pleaded that they did not know of this graft and inhu manity, they are thereby convicted of negligence and incompetency so criminal that even the spotless char acter of Gen. Clement A. Evans can not atone for lt. "Because they allowed Jake Moore, their chief warden, to resign when he was threatened with exposure, and sought to hush the matter up, Instead of having the alleged crookedness Investigated by the State's attorney. "Because they permitted Goodloe Yancey to remain as secretary of the commission when his son was in the confidential employ of the biggest, lossee in the State, and was himself engaged in convict traffic. "Because, In the face of all the dis closures of the past three weeks, they have not raised a finger toward bring ing to the bar of justice even the most flagrant, violator of the law. "Because the disgrace that has como to Georgia under the adminis tration of these gentlemen can never be removed in the eyes of the world until justice is meted out to them." When the stomach, heart or kidney nerves get weak, then these organs always fall. Don't drug the stomach nor stimulate the heart or kidneys. That ls simply a make-shift. Get a prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr. 3hoop's Restora tive. The Restorative is prepared ex pressly for these weak inside nerves. Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr. Shdbp's Restorative tablets or liquid-and see how quick ly help will come. Sold by J. W. Bell. Value of Tears. Dr. Rc mme, the well known French medical authority, speaks c' ?quently of the ubofulness of tears, lr. the cur rent Isstu of I.aRevue. Tears, he writes, a'e most useful in cases of great depression or deep sorrow. Cry ing creates a kind of cerebal torpor, and mental indifference, which acts as an anesthetic. One drowns sorrow In tears better ever than In alcohol. "We should never restrain tears. They form, especially with children, a safety-valve, which does nothing less than preserve the balance of the brain." Will cure any case beyond the reach of n FOUGHT ABOUT BALL GA MF. Young White . Man stubs and Cut? Another at ?GafTney. Gaffney, July 29.-Joe Camp and Dock Parrie, two young white men, got into a difficulty yesterday after noon about a ball game between Gaff ney and Greer, which resulted in Camp being fearfully stabbed and cut in fifteen places by a knife in the hands of Parrls. At the begluning of the difficulty Parris, the larger of the two, had a knife, and was told by Camp that if he would give lt up he would fight fair. He gave the knife up, but had another concealed on his person, with which he did the carv ing. Camp is a son of the late Audi tor Camp. Parrls works at the Gaff ney Manufacturing Company, a cot ton mill, In I his city. The physicians who attended the wounded man say that there ls a chance for his recov ery. So Tired lt may be from overwork, bul tho chances are ita from an In active i iire-as With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. lt adda a hundred per cant ta ones earning capacity. lt can bc kept in healthful actJos by, acd only by Tuft's Pills TAKE NO SUBSTITUT?, Johnson to Help Bryan. Minneapolis, Minn., July 30.-F. B. Lynch, Democratic national com mitteeman from Minnesota, and manager of Governor Johnson's ct.ni paign for the Presidential nomina tion, will leave in a day or two for Lincoln, Neb., where he will consult with Wm. J. Bryan relative to the Democratic national campaign in Minnesota. Mr. Lynch will bear with him the good wishes and assurance of Btipport from Governor Johnson. Soothes Itching skin. Heals cuts or burns without a scar. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, any Itching. Donn's Ointment. Your druggist sells it. Cleveland's Estate Worth $2rt0,000. Princeton, N. J.. Aug. 1.-While nothing In Mr. Cleveland's will,which was filed several weeks ago, indicates the amount of his fortune, and al though no officiai announcement has been made as to Its extent it be came known here to-day thRt his per. sonal and real property amounts to $250,000. E LEf?TRIf? THIS BEST FOB BITTERS AND KIDNKYrt. QUARTERMUS & TANNERY, Contractors and Builders, ARCHITECTS. Plans furnished with all estimates for Contracts. Write or cnll on us, WESTMINSTER, S. C. 40 RE-E N HOLLME NT AND REGIS TRATION NOTICE. The Books of Registration will be open at the Court House tho 1st day July, 1908, and will continue open I every day (Sundays excepted) through July and August for the pur pose of re-enrollment and registra tion of the voters of Oconee county. In addition to this the Board will appear one day or moro in each township during thc month of Sep tember for the same purpose; also to establish two new precincts. The dates of these appointments will be given through the papers later on. The law requires that there shall be an enrollment of the voters every ten years from the year 1898. W. T. GRUBBS. Chairman of Board. June 24, 1908. of Kidney or Bladder Dil medicine. No medicine can SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Wo i ii ,u. Tougher than Man. (New York Qlobe.) . Although men as they run are per haps muscularly stronger than wo men, their inability to withstand the oleiuents and their reliance upon clothes places them considerably be low the so-called weaker sex in the matter of unclothed toughness. Wo men wear olothes for ornament; men use them as a protective covering. A group of men marooned clotheless on an island in the temperate zone might be expected to die off In a month from draughts and colds and rheumatism. The health of woman similarly placed would suffer little from the enforced exposure. The fact appears to be, therefore, that In everything but muscle-in vital ity, ruggedness, character, disposi tion, brain power, etc.-woman is the tougher, not the weaker, BOX. Expert Testimony. (Harper's Weekly.) A mountaineer intimated that he knew a great deal about a moon shiner on trial In a Kentucky Court, and thereby got free transportation to Louisville to testify for the State. "What can you tell us about this man?" asked the district attorney. "Wall," he answered, swelling with importance, "I seen this feller riding along the road In the het of a hot day on a pacing roan nag and a-wavlng of a flag and a blowing of a horn, and I ax him If that war a Blue (iras* horse or a Chltterliag breed, and he said lt war." * LEGAL* ADVERTISEMENTS. . NOTICE OF HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION. Upon a petition that represents 40 per cent of tho free holders of Provi dence School District, No. 3, an elec tion Is hereby ordered to be held at said Behool house, to determine whe ther nv not said dlBtrlct Bhall remain in the Center High School. The election will be held SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th, 1908. from the hour of 2 to 5 p. m. The Trustees will act as managers lof the election, and no one will be I allowed to vote who could not vote I In the general election. C. L. CRAIG, I Cow i nv Superintendent of Education. July 29. 1908._31-33 NOTICE FOR AN ELECTION TO VOTE A FOUR MILL SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX. Upon a petition that represents one-third of the resident free-hold ers, and a like proportion of the Qualified electors, of Bear Swamp School District, No. 72, an election to determine whether or not four mills shall be levied upon all the property of said district, for school puposos, will be held at satd school house from the hour of 2 to 5 p. m., SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1908. The Trustees wi'1 act as mana gers, and no one wi be allowed to vote who cannot vote In a general I election of the State. C. L. CRAIG, I County Superintendent of Education. ., Done upon certificate of the Audi tor in the absence of the County Board of Education. July 29, 1908._ 31-32 I Dr.Klng'A NewLifo Pill? Tho boot In tho world. PI1!11"RAILWAY ? BETWEEN HELTON AND WALHALLA.. Time Table No. 4-In Effect Juno 7, IMO. EASTBOUHD LvWalballa. LvWeat Union. LvSeoeea. LvMordanla Junction Lr* Adams. Lv*Cuerry. I.vPcr.d?ctoa. Lv*Autun. Lv8andy Springs. LY*Denver . Lr* West Anderson_ ArAucterson-PassDep LvAnderson-PaiisDop Lv* Anderson-FrtDfi?i ArHeiton. W*BTBOUWD I .Vile] ti MI. Lv*Anderson-Fr't l>e ArAnderson-Pass De LvAiulerson-Pass I>e Lv'Wost Anderson.... Lv*Dcnvcr. LvSandy Springs...... Lv*Autun. LvPendleton. Lv?Cherry. Lv* Adams. LvMordanla Junction. LvScneca. LvWest Union., . ArWalhaIla....fc. . Flan stations. Will also stop at the following suttons to take on and lot off pasnen {tors : Phinney's, Jamen's ?nd Toxaway, Welch. A. B. ANDREWS, President. J. R. ANDERSON. Superintendent. RE sease not do more. Cures Backache Corrects Irregularities Do not risk having Bright's Disease or Diabetes V