Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, October 07, 1908, Image 3
A STATEMENT AS TO TICKS.
In Correction* of False Reports Con
cerning tho Pest.
Clemson College, October 3.-Spe.
lal: Stock owners have recently re
ported the presence of Texas fever
ticks on rabbits and dogs. Others
claim to have seen them on persons,
and a few state that they found thesn
ticks iu woods and fields where cat
tle have never grazed. These state
merits are false, although In the ma
jority of cases the persons making
them were undoubtedly sincere.
These reports have done some dam
age, and for this reason persons
should not circulate these tales unless
they first examine tho ticks very care
fully and prove beyond doubt that
they are dealing with the true lexne
fever tick.
Many of these reports have been
?Investigated by skilled veterinarians,
who report that they have found four
distinct and separate species jof ticks,
which might easily be mistaken for
fever ticks, In the northern counties
of this State.
The fever tick is only found on
cattle, and occasionally on horses and
mules. It never attaches itself to
dogs, rabbits or man; therefore, these
animals need not be taken into con
sideration wheu forming plans for
. the eradication of this pest from pas
tures.
Eight different species of ticks re
sembling the Texas fever tick have
been found in the southern portion
of the United State. Probably the
most common tick In South Carolina
is the "Lone Star Tick," so caiiecl
because of tho white spot upon its
back. This tick is often found on
dogs, horses, sheep, hogs, cattle and
man. Even a casual examination
will enable an unskilled person to
recognize these ticks and distinguish
them from the fever tick, which has
no star or spot on its back .
Other common ticks are the castor
boan and tho dog or wood tick, which
are found on cattle, goats, sheep,
dogs, cats and horses. The last men
g tioned tick is very common, aud a
' v person's clothing ls often covered
with thom after walking through
woods and abandoned fields.
Another common tick ls the "star
tick," which ls found In the ears of
horses, mules, cattle and other ani
mals.
These ticks are all blood-sucking
parasites, but do not take any part
in the transmission Of Texas fever,
(commonly called murrain, distem
per, etc).
Reports similar to those just men
tioned are confusing and discourag
ing to cattle owners who want to
eradicate this dangerous parasite. In
a few Instances we have met farmers
who have become discouraged and
have given up in despair after finding
ticks on rabbits, dogs and other ani
mals. Fever ticks are never found
on these mimais.
I would be glad to receive ticks,
resembling the fever tick, which are
found on dogs, rabbits and other ani
mals. M. Ray Powers,
State Veterinarian.
Saved His Boy's Life.
"My there-year-old boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and
was in an awful condition. I gave
him two ?loses of Foley's Orino Laxa
tive and the next morning the fever
was gone and he was entirely well.
Foley's Orino . Laxative saved his
life."-A. Wolkush, Calmer, Wis.
Sold by J. W. Bell, Wa'halla; Stone
cypher Drug Co., Westminster.
THIS RAILROAD TO BE SOLD.
Elberton Air Line to l>e Put Up to
Highest Bidder.
Elberton, Ca., October 1.-The El
berton Air Line Railway will be sold
at public outcry to the highest bid
der, for cash, at Elberton on No
vember 3d. Hugh J. Rome, of
Athens, the special commissioner ap
pointed by Judge Newman, will con
duet the sale.
It is supposed that thia sale ls a
sequel to th? suit filed some time ago
by Dr. A. S. Oliver. In which lt was
allegefl the road was doing business
without a charter. It will be remem
bered that Z. C. Hayes was appointed
receiver by Jubge Worley. Later,
by consent, the came was transferred
to the United States court, and Hon.
A. B. Andrews was named as re
ceiver.
It ls thought the salo will wind
up tim operation of this road as an
independent line, but this is uot cer
tain. Of course, the Southern Rail
way will buy lt In, as it is under
stood that it already owns 998 out
of a thousand shares of stock.
Stomach troubles would more
quickly disappear if the Idea of treat
ing the cause, rather than the effect,
would come into practice. A tiny,
inside, hidden nerve, says Dr. Shoop,
governs and gives strength to the
stomach. A branch also goes to the
heart, and one to the kidneys. When
these "Inside nerves" fail, then the
organs must falter. Dr. Shoop's Re
storative ls directed specifically to
these falling nerves. Within 48
hours after starting the Restorative
treatment patients say they realize a
gain. Sold by J. W. Doll.
Georgin Cotton Crop Short.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hud
son, of Georgia, says: "The cotton
crop of Georgia will be the shortest
In years. A conservative estimate of
the total yield ls 1,300,000, as against
2,100,000 bales last year." Accord
ing to Commissioner Hudson's state
ment the decrease for the year will be
800,000 bales.
droning Made Easy.
red f
H
Ma- (.f-i-tiirrJ by
MOOTHING DION HEATER CO.
f?mi Artix Sumter, S.C.
M.
Time and
'Saves Fuel,
the Ironer.
Only $2.
Sand orders to
JNO. T. BRYANT, Lev?! Land, S. C
COUNTY AOCKT.
DOWNWARD COURSE.
Fast Being Realized by Walhalla
People.
. A little backache at first.
Dally increasing until the back is
lanie and weak.
Urinary disorders quickly follow";
Diabetes and finally Bright's Dis
ease.
This is the downward course of
kidney ills. ,
Don't toke thia course. Follow the
advice of ? Walhalla cilium.
B. R. Moss, living in Walhalla, S.
C., says: "I am recommending
Donn's Kidney Pills in the hope that
others suffering from kidney trouble
may learn of this remedy and be ben
efited. I was never In a serious con
dition, but for some months I no
ticed that my kidneys were disorder,
ed. I also suffered from pains
through the small of my back and
the secretions were irregular lu ac
tion, and unnatural in appearance.
I went to Dr. J. W. Bell's drug store,
procured Doan's Kidney Pills, and it
required but a few doses to relieve
me. I am now entirely free from
kidney trouble, and am pleased to
give Doan's Kidney Pills my endorse
ment." j
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other.
Sweetness Long Drawn Out.
Oh, joy, oh, bliss for the lover!
Oh, life that goes like a song!
Courting a girl in Lapland
Where the nights are six months
long. - Boston Transcript.
A Hard Slap.
"Very well, slr," cried Dr. Kwack,
after his quarrel with the under
taker, I'll make you sorry for this."
"What are you going to do,"
sneered the undertaker, "Retire from
practice?"
Ten Killed ut Spencer.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 1.-A pow
der house at Spencer, forty-five miles
north of Charlotte, blew up to-night,
killing ten and injuring two score.
Many buildings were wrecked by the
terrific explosion.
Are Vou Only Half Alive ?
People with kidney trouble are so
weak and exhausted that they are
only half alive. Foley's Kidney Rem
edy makes healthy kidneys, restores
lost .vitality, and weak, delicate peo
ple are restored to health. Refuse
any but Foley's. Sold by J. W. Bell,
Walhalla; Stonecypher Drug Co.,
Westminster.
Times ure < 'hanging.
(Sabetha, Kansas, Herald.)
More and more we men, the lords
of creation, resign our rights to the
women. In passing through Mayette
last week we saw a down-trodden
Indian buck carrying the baby while
his f8t old wife rubbered at the train.
The United States submarine boat
Octopus was last week operated at a
depth of 107 feet below the surface
of the bay at Newport, R. I. This
Is the record for actual operations
under water with a full crew.
The back is the mainspring of
woman's organism. It quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
tells, with othor symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the hedy, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases tho one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy, normal condition is
LYDIA IL PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Mrs. Will Young, of 6 Columbia
Ave., Rockland, Me., says:
.* I was troubled for a long time with
dreadful backaches and a pain in my
side, and was miserable in every wny.
I doctored until I was discouraged aud
thought I would never get well. I read
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try lt ; after taking three
bottles I can truly say that I never felt
6o well in my life."
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa., writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"I had very severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains. I could not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia K. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like a new woman."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegotable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands ol
women Avho have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizzincsstor nervous prostration.
P. BROWNIE, THE POET,
Portlier Walhalla Boy Writes Poetry
in Cuba.
The Courier ls In receipt of the fol
lowing from a former Walhalla boy:
Trinidad, Cuba, Sept. 27.-Editors
Keowee Courier: Please publish this
poem In your paper: ?
The roses nowhere bloom as white as
in Cuba;
The sun nowhere shines so bright as
In Cuba;
The birds Bing nowhere quite so
tweet,
And nowhere hearts so lightly
beat
For heaven and earth both seem
to meet
Down In Cuba.
Tho days are never quite BO long as
in Cuba,
Nor quite as Ailed with happy songs
as lu Cuba;
There is nowhere a land sc fair as
In Cuba
So full of song and free from cave us
in Cuba
And I believe that happy land
The Lord's prepared for mortal
man
Is built exactly on the plan
Of dear old Cuba.
I am enjoying good health and am
having a good old time as usual.
Respectfully,
F. B. Oelkers.
Co. K, U. S. Marine Corps.
Impure blood runs you down
makes you an easy victim for organ
ic diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters
purifies the blood-cures the cause
builds you up.
Girl Weds Dying Man in Hospital.
Boston, Oct. 2.-As he lay dying
at Somerville Hospital Walter Scott
Sawyer, Boston real estate operator,
married early yesterday morning
Miss Ella Paige Adams, of Roxburg,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F.
Adams. The bride's father is widely
known for his writing under the
name Yawcob Strauss.
Later In the day the bridegroom
died. The wedding had been planned
for last night and was to have been
an ev mt of social Importance. While
arranging the ceremony Mr. Sawyer
was stricken on Saturday with ap
pendicitis. As soon as the gravity
of the illness was realized the wed
wlng invitations were recalled. It
was believed -yesterday morning that
the patient might be improved if
the ceremony could be carried out.
The wedding took place In the
presence of the bridegroom's mother
and Ills brother, Henry Sawyer, and
the bride's parents. Mr. Sawyer was
a wealthy man and had built a beau
tiful new home which was awaiting
his bride.
Served as coffee, the new coffee
substitute, known to grocers every
where as Dr. Shoop'8 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 sat
isfying coffee taste and flavor. And
it is "made in a minute," too! No
tedious 20 to 30 minutes' boiling.
Test it and see. Dr. Shoop created
Health Coffee that the people might
have a genuine coffee substitute, and
one that would be thoroughly satis
fying in every possible respect. Sold
by A. P. Crisp.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
Call for t!ie Meeting of the Schools hi
WagOner Township.
Following is the program of the
second meeting of Wagener Township
Interdenominational Sunday School
Association, to be held with the Wal
halla Methodist church, ou Cctober
8th, 190S:
Morning Session.
9.30 o'clock-Devotional exercises,
conducted by Rev. J. C. Yongue.
9.45.-Enrollment.
10.-Object of meeting, Rev. C. D.
Mann.
10.20.-Use of Blackboard in Sun
day School (Illustrated), by C. R. D.
Burns.
Song.
10.40.-Methods of Increasing
Sunday School Attendance. Rev. L.
T. Weldon.
11.00.-Teachers' Meetings. Rev.
T. B. Epting.
Song.
11.30.-Duties of Township Offi
cers. Prof. T. W. Keltt.
12.00.-Benefits to be derived from
Township organization. Dr. J. J.
Harrell.
Song.
Noon recess.
Afternoon Session.
2.00.-Song service.
2.10.-Miscellaneous business.
2.4 5.-Election of officers.
Adjournment.
Let every Sunday school in Wage
ner township send ns many delegates
as possible. Every officer and
teacher should be on hand. The pub
lic also cordially Invited to be pres
ent. Work and pray for the meet
ing that lt may be the means of much
good.
Dinner to be served no the grounds
out of the well-flllea baskets that the
good ladies are requested to bring.
A Daily Thought.
"If the day looks kinder gloomy,
An' yer chances kinder slim;
If the situation's puzzlln',
An' the prospects awful grim;
An' perplexities keep, pressln'
Till all hope is nearly gone
Just bristle up and grit yer teeth,
An' keep on keepin' on."
Why, Indeed?
Spinster Jane was being condoled
with because sho had no husband.
"Save your i.lty," she said inde
pendently. "I have a dog that growls,
a parrot that swears, a lamp that
smokes, and a cat that stays out
nights. Now, why should I get mar
ried?"
The health authorities of Pennsyl
vania are wrestling with what threat
ens to be a State-wide epidemic of
! smallpox.
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SWEET POTATOES MAKIO STAUCH
glenison College Bulletin That is In
teresting and Suggestive.
Clemson College-Bulletin No. 136
of the South Carolina Experiment
Station ou ''The manufacture of
starch from sweet potatoes," has
been issued. The bulletin ls by C. C.
McDonnell, who conducted the ex
periment here before accepting a po
sition with the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in Washington.
The bulletin discusses the history
of the sweet potato, the climate and
Boil necessary, the planting and culti
vation, the harvesting, the yield,
the cost of production and the
composition of the potato, and then
enters into a detailed exposition of
the process of manufacture of starch
from the potato.
The chief Bources of commercial
starch are corn, wheat, rice and Irish
potatoes. Corn ls used almost ex
clusively In the United States, though
irish potatoes and wheat are used to
a small extent. In England nearly
ail starch ls made .from rice and
wheat. The making of starch from
irish potatoes ls carried on particu
larly In Germany. The starch con
tent of coru ls about 65 per cent,
wheat 5 8 per cent, rice 75 per cent,
Irish potatoes 18 per cent.
The sweet potato contains a larger
percentage of starch than tho Irish
potato, vichis a heavier crop, and
can be grown more cheaply; and in
addition to these advantages, it has
a vine which makes good food for
stock, some varieties being very pala
table.
The development of cotton manu
facturing in the South has created a
demand, which is continually increas
ing, for starch vised in "sizing" yarn
and "filling" cloth. Experiments
which have been carried out In many
mills of thi'j State show that for uso
on cotton goods the starch produced
from sweet potatoes ls better than
corn starch and fully epual to the
best grades of Irish potato starch.
The amount of starch produced
from a good crop of sweet potatoes
per acre ls from one and a half to
four times that from Irish potatoes.
The annual production of sweet pota
toes in the South Atlantic and Gulf
States ls about 60,000,000 bushels,
which might easily be Increased ten
fold,,
The varieties most in demand for
table use are not necessarily the
ones best suited for the manufacture
of starch, for the varieties containing
the largest percentage of starch are
likely to be too dry and insipid for
table usc.
The data accumulated ls yet insuf
ficient to make any positive statement
as to whether the making of starch
from the sweet potato will prove a
paying Investment; for at the present
price of sweet potatoes their manu
facture into starch alone might not
be profitable. But, grown on a large
scale, a number of expenses would be
eliminated. At present only a frac
tion of the crop ls disposed of, all un
marketable potatoes being a dead loss
and thei e being other losses through
rotting, hiablllty to market the crop,
etc.
Grown for starch factories, all po
tatoes could be sold, no expense of
barreling or packing would be in
curred; modern machinery could be
used In planting, cultivating and har
vesting, heavier yielding varieties
could be grown, the by-products
pulp, etc.-could be utilized.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature ot
In special elections held In Indi
ana last week to fill vacancies in the
Legislature, the Democratic party
made very large gains as compared
With the Republican vote of two years
ago. In one district a Republican
majority was cut down from 3,000
to 236.
B. S. LOOR.
Tinware, Stoves.
All kinds of repairing.
Rooting, Guttering.
WALKALLA, ?. C.
FOE! ?GETI??I
At. thc coll llatlon of many of our
Walhalla friends we have decided to
open up an
Ice Business.
Our wagon, equipped wich scales,
will make deliveries to any residence
or place of business each day of the
week In Walhalla or West Union.
Wo will not sell Ice on Sunday, but
in case of sickness will cheerfully
give any person Ice freo of charge
upon prescription from physician.
Any patronage will be appreciated.
LIVINGSTON ICE CO.
31-tf
New Home
Sewing Machines
IN ALL STYLES.
These Machines are
not tho cheapest, hut
they are undoubtedly
the host.
(Jail and see my many
styles ; let mo show you
tho fino mechanism of
these machines, and
convince you that what
I say is ri gilt.
D. S. ABBOTT,
. Walhalla, S. C.
Cramps
Thousands of ladies suffer agonies every month.
! If you do, stop and think. Is it naturalt Emphati
cally and positively-NO! Then make up your
mind to prevent or cure this needless suffering I
It Will Help You
J 82
"I suffered 9 years" writes Mrs. Sarah J. Hos
kins, of Cary, Ky. "I had female trouble and would
nearly cramp to death. My back and side would
nearly kill me with pain. I tried everything to get
relief, but failed, and at last be?an to take Cardui.
Now I can do my housework with ease and I give
Cardui the praise for the health I enjoy." Try.
AT ALL DRUG- STORES
28? SALOON'S CLOSED IN DAY.
Prob ll monists Aro Getting to Be
Numerous in Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 30.
Twelve counties voted yesterday un
der the Rose law, and all went dry
by majorities ranging from a few
hundred to more than 2,000. The
number of saloons affected ls 289.
Most of the counties which voted
yesterday are largely agricultural,
but Scloto and Lawrence counties
have a largo urban population in
Portsmouth and Ironton, respective
ly. Altogether 16 of the 88 counties
in the State have held local option
elections and all have gone "dry."
The total number of saloons voted
out ls 390.
Six Killed in Train Wreck.
O?.BT03aiA..
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 1.-Six lives
.were lost and a number of persons
wore Injured to-night when a Toledo
& Ohio Central passenger train, car
rying an excursion crowd from Bowl
ing (.?reen fair Into Toledo, was run
into from the rear at Sugar Ridge by
a freight train.
Up to a late hour only four bodies
had been recovered from the wreck.
The rear car of tho excursion train
was telescoped and two others were
jammed together. That more people
were not killed ls remarkable.
REAL ESTATE""
I FOR SALE.
The Kind You Haw Always
Warnings Posted on Gins.
Farm Lands,
Mountain Lands,
Timbered Lands,
"Water Powers.
Call on me
Huntsville. Aln., Oct. li-Night
riders or persons who are represent
ed to be night riders have posted I
warnings on gins In the northern j
part of this county and In Lincoln j
county, Tennessee. "We warn you !
not to gin any more cotton until fur- I
ther notice" Is the placard placed lk4" O CHPl!) TT*T TWT^
upon the door of the Rogers gin at JVJL. O. O 1 JVll>l_jJLlNO
New Market, Ala. The same notice j
was posted on the door of the Da- ' Seneca S C
vldson gin in the southern part of w*u*w?, VJ.
Lincoln county, Tennessee. Office Over Seneca Hardware Co.
Metropolitan Styles
and workmanship surpass. Small local
tailors may have late style charts and
fashion plates, published once every six
months, but it's the Kg metropolitan tailors
?ho keep abreast ol every fashion move
ment, and whose designers and tailors
embody that nicety of shape and dash of
snappiness to clothes that produce the
neatest and most satisfactory garments.
If you have our custom tailoring depart
ment take your measure for a suit of
clothes, it will be made up to the minute
in style bf those well-known Chicago
Merchant Tailors, Ed. V. Price & Co.,
who do nothing else but produce superbly
tailored garments for the person who is
to wear them.
Cost to you will be only $25 to $40 the
suit, from your own choice of 500 beauti
ful fabrics, among which we call your
?pedal attention ! o Nos. 4404 L, 4398 K,
4389 J, 4363 J, 43061, 4276HH.
By looking at designs Nos. 491,493, and
486 you will secure some novel ideas of
original and exclusive fashions. Aa* ??OT? cost I-th
Call and see our big line of Samples.
Moss & Ansel,
CEMENT FRONT,
Walhalla, So. Ca.
A Free Present for
A beautiful piece China Glass and other protty Prosonts
will bo given to each School Girl or Boy who registers their
name at Norman's Store, buying all your Pencils, Tablets and
School Supplies. Thc moro you buy tho better Present you got.
Every time you buy thc amount will bo entered besido your name.
Presents given on December 21st, 22d and 23d.
NORMAN5Si WAIiMAJLtEiAt Sd? OAs