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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning. Subscription, 91.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By STECK, SIIELOR & SCHRODER. Communications or a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. AU over that numbor must be paid for at the rote of one cent a word. Cash to accompuuj manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ?7, 1909. ASKS 9150,000 l'Oit SCHOOLS. Representative Coke I). Mann, of Oconee, has Introduced at the pres ent session a hill lo appropriate $150,000 for the public schools of the State, this amount to supplement the present public school funds. ISlsewhere will bo found his figures showing the comparai i ve enrollment and expenditures for public schools and higher Institutions of learning. They make a very Interesting study. We are not prepared to say, nor do we believe, that the Institutions for higher education are receiving more than ls justly due them, but there ls no question but that the public schools receive infltlitoly less than ls justly due them. The General As sembly should see to lt each year that every available dollar is thrown into th?> fund for the public schools. lt is through these schools that at least itt) per cent of I he citizens of South Carolina have received their education, and lt ls to the public schools ol' South Carolina that the State must, in the main, look for the education of her sons and di.lighters. FOR A FARMERS' CLUB. We most heartily endorse a sug gestion made elsewhere in this Issue that a meeting be called for the pur pose of organizing a Farmers' Club, ^tho purpose of which ls discussion of farm methods, interchange of id"as, ."nd Hie giving of personal ex perlences. There lie within the scope of such a club possibilities of untold value to the farmer, and through him to the entire country. The suggestion for this club comes from a farmer-wo might say from the fanner of farmers of South Caro lina, for we have an abiding faith lu the writer. Col. .1. S. Newman, as a practical business farmer. This statement contained in his article strikes us as being particularly note worthy, and '.t holds the secret of his success and attainments in agri culture: The writer ls too nev in the com munity to assume the lead amongst those of so much larger and longer experience, but needs to profit by learning from those ol' greater ob servation and experience in solving the problems which confront us. Col. Newman's experience may not he as wide or as long as some others, but if there is one tanner in South Carolina who is able to assume the role of Inst ruc ? to farmers, that man ls Col. J. s. Newman; yet he desires to learn more from his as sociates, and by a Katherine; to gether of farmers for mutual benefit he would gather information and knowledge. No man knows it all; no man so wise that he cannot learn from others: no man so Ignorant that he cannot teach others some thing. There is much in Col. Newman's suggestion, and we hope that Major Stribllng will lead off with a call, and that the farmers of Oconee will come out In large numbers, take an Inter est In organizing the club, and then In keeping it in a live and nourish ing condition. The suggestion is a good one. sv.d the organization will prove of in?..*i culable worth to the whole county. LENGTHENING THE LINE. There has been no little comment here and there regarding Capt. A. W. Thompson's proposition that the peo ple of Walhalla, West Union. Seneca, and thc citizens along the proposed route, join forces and build a trolley line from Walhalla to Seneca. We have heard some very favorable comment, and numerous estimates as to the possible and probable In come of such a line. Capt. Thomp son was In Walhalla for a short while last week, and his definite statement was, "Wc are going to build the line. Everything is favora ble." So much for a lino from Walhalla to Seneca. Now (tomes our friend of the Anderson Intelligencer, how ever, who, noting the proposition made by Mr. Thompson, remarks: "Now, we cannot but believe thal the energetic and progressive people of Walhalla, West Union and Seneca will at once grasp tho situation by recognizing the Incalculable value such a trolley line would be to those places, as also to those along the proposed electric road, and take the necessary steps looking to nu early construction of the Uno. Its con nt met inn would unquestionably brlug about the early development of a rich and fertile section of coun try which, but for this proposed line, may remain for year? undeveloped. "It is a matter now left exclusively with the people of tho territory af fected, and we have but one sugges tion to make, and that ls, do not rest content when the line reaches Seneca. Come on to Anderson. The people of this city and county are never lacking in enterprise, and it can be asserted, wo believe, with ab solute safety, that tho people of this section ?will meet the projectors of the proposed trolley lino half way and render what assistance may be necessary In the furtherance of tho project, the accomplishment of which will redound to the good of all." This suggestion of the Intelligen cer ls by no means a bad one. In figuring on the proposition lt would be well to consider lt In detail. If a comparatively few men in each Of the towns Interested could be fired with itu amount of enthusiasm and /eal equal to that of Mr. Thompson, theiv ls no doubt but that the line would be a thing of the very near future. Doubtless Congress laiset^Hthe President's salary from s ii,tH, to $ t on,OOO a year because lt folt/that anybody could be worth twice' as much to this country as Mr. "Roose velt. lt ls stated that "the real thing" to do when entertaining the Presi dent ls to serve some dish peculiar to the section entertaining. Hence Atlanta made much of the opossum, and the President-elect is said to have been dee-lighted. Why Char leston failed to serve Royal Bengal a la Chlcco along with lier other dis tinctively Charleston relishes we have fallid to figure out. Became Bride by Corpse of Father, New York, Jan. 29.-Married In the same room where lay her father's body in a collin, Miss Daisy Helme, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., ls now the bride of Francis M. Oliver, of Lon don, longland. The ceremony was performed Saturday night, but It was not generally known until yesterday. 'Ibo bride's father, John C. Helme, an accountant, was asphyxiated at his home Wednesday, accidentally, according to the coroner's verdict, but arrangements for the wedding were not halted. The same minister was in charge of both the funeral ser vice and the wedding ceremony, and relatives who gathered for the fune ral were present at the quiet and sor rowful wedding. Two Men Killed Over Woman. Gainesville, Fla., Jan. 20.-As the result of a tragedy at Jonesville, nine miles west of Gainesville, to-day, Sam Mussell White and Sapp Wat son, well known white mon, are dead, and H. R. Owens ls lu jail here charged with the killing. Tho trou ble ls said to have been caused over a woman. Watson was killed first, and Mussell White, who interfered, was shot by Owens. Owens surren dered. lour Perish in Hotel Fire. Fort Worth, Texas. Jan. 20. Four mon were burned or .suffocated to death, and another fatally burned, hore to-day in a fire which gutted j tho Southern Hotel, on Jones street, i An explosion of a gasoline stove i caused the fire, which also heavily j damaged six other buildings in the I same block. All were frame struc 1 tures, and the lire spread rapidly. ! The bodies of tho dead were found near the windows where they were trying to escape. Several women employees of the hotel suffered slight burns. Two Dead; Twenty Injured. Cheyenne. Wyo.. Jan. 20.- The I'nlon Pacific passenger train No. f>, known as the Oregon express, west bound, struck a broken rall near Dana. lf.O miles west of here, at 45 this afternoon, and was wreck ed. Flvo coacher; are in the ditch. Two were killed and twenty injured, several seriously. Fire Destroys Big Lumber Plant. Orangeburg, Jan. 2f>.-Nearly four million feet ol' lumber were destroyed by a supposed Incendiary (Ire at Rowesvillo, this county, yes terday, causing a loss of $200,000. The plant was owned by A. M. & J. II. Mlake, and was one of the largest mills in the middle section of the State. Shoots Bride. Then Suicides. Pine Bluff. Ark., Jan. 2;">.- Be cause his bride of two weeks left him and refused to return, Buck Hunter, aged 2 0 years, entered his wife's home at Dermot! last night, and, af ter shooting and seriously wounding her, blew out his brains with the same revolver. Neck Broken 17 Years Ago. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 23.-At a coro ner's Inquest hero to-day Into the death ol' F ra irk Carter, 00 years old. it was testified that he had broken his neck 1 ? years ago and had lived without serious inconvenience from the accident. Carter died of apo plexy. When the police found that his nock was broken they suspected foul play and ordered the inquest and tho testimony that his neck had been broken for 17 years wr.s accepted as sat Isfactory. WK WANT our friends and patrons to leave their Printing and Engraving orders with us. Prompt attention p.nd host service. Call and see our Uno of samples. THE KEOWEE COURIER. Walhalla, S. C. Dr. King's New Life Pills The best In the world. WORK IN SIGNATE AND HOUSE. Several Hills Introduced by Oconee Delegation-The Lien Law Again. Columbia, Jan. 26.-Special: The General Assembly has been in session now for two weeks, and while there Is very little that the general ob server can see that has Deon accom plished, there has been a great deal of hard work done. In fact, we be lieve that the members of both sides have come together with greater de termination to accomplish something than we have ever seen. Of course the greater part of the first three weeks of the session ls usually con sumed in the preparation of mea sures to be offered and In the inves tigation of the merits of the measures by 'the various committees. Every bill that ls offered affects somebody's Interests, and they want to be heard, both pro and con. There has been such a wonderful growth in corpo rations in South Carolina within the last few years that a great deal of the legislation is Mined at correcting evils that have grown up among them, some of them injuriously af fecting the Interests of the public, and some affecting the rights of the corporations as between themselves. There has been something like fifty bills Introduced seeking to cor rect abuses by the railroads of the State. This luis called in a large number of railroad attorneys i>nd lobbyists in order to defeat this leg islation. lt sometimes occurs that railroads, as between themselves, are asking the Legislature to correct wrongs, .and every time that there ls a measure proposed which seeks to protect the masses ol' the people against some unjust discrimination, hordes of lobbyists are right on the ground ready to use every means to defeat it. Senator Claydon, of Abbeville, bas offered a bill to make a Hat rate on railroads of 2'/2 cents for passengers, and in this provides that in case mileage books for passenger travel are sold, that they must be accepted on the trains by the conductors or ticket-takers for passage. This bill ls being vigorously opposed by the railroads and by our State Railroad Commission. While the present method in operation by the railroads does not affect the masses of the peo ple very much, yet lt ls a serious in convenience to men who travel a great deal on roads,and especially the drummers. lt sometimes occurs that, on account of this extra amount of work that ls put upon the station agents, lt ls Impossible for them to get their work done and sell the nec ?essary tickets for travel, lt looks to the ordinary observer like a process i of swapping tickets that ls wholly unnecessary. The traveling men ot" the State are very anxious to get this or some similar measure through, and they are looking after their In terests here, and they generally get what they demand. , I'p to the present, there have been laid on our desks about 2,;")00 pages of reports of the different officers and departnr nts of the State gov ernment. Probably this ls not much over half that we will have. It ls the duty OL' every member of the General Assembly to examine these reports as far as possible, hut you can see at once that it is a physical Impossibility for them to read every thing that ls submitted to them. These reports at present are printed lu very elaborate form. Some of them read almost like antiquated es says on various topics. I have offer ed a bill seeking to correct this evil, and reduce the reports to a concise statement of the transactions in Hie di li?rent otllces and departments. Resides this inconvenience to thc members of the General Assembly.lt cost the people of the State la?? year $26,000 to do the public prim .ig of the State, when less than $10,000 was sufficient to do all the printing of tile State on i y a few years ago. In addition to the business that goes through these otllces they undertake to suggest to the General Assembly lengthy documents which they call proposed bills-most of them in the interest of the officers themselves, but some of them probably necessary for the proper conduct ol' the busi ness. A bill has passed the Senate strik ing out the forty days that have here tofore been allowed for the registra tion of legal Instruments. This means that a man who has a deed must put it on record at once, or it' a subsequent deed should be execut ed and put on record first lt would take precedence from the date of Its record, or other papers affecting title to real estate. A fifteen-day limit is allowed for papers affecting title to personal property. Two joint resolutions have been introduced to amend the Contsttu tlon so as to allow the Legislature to elect five Justices of the Supreme Court instead of four as at present. Those measures stand upon the cal endar at present with unfavorable majority reports, and can hardly pass. Mr. Gibson's bill to levy a $1 tax on dogs instead of 50 cents as at present, after considerable discus sion, was defeated by an overwhelm ing vote In the House. Mr. H?cker, of Anderson, had a bill requiring all secret societies to pay a $1 license tax to the Clerk of Court. This bill was Intended to orevent the secret organizations of negroes, which ls alleged In different parts of the State are carried on for the purpose Of combining against the Interests of the white people. There was quite a little discussion on this measure, but it was finally killed by a vote of 54 to 46. The bills, to repeal the Hen law have started on their way in both Houses, and ns usual will go up on majority and minority reports. The light will be practically the same as heretofore for tho last twenty years, but lt ls more than likely that the measure will pass the Sonnte at Ibis session, although it \<* not absolutely certain yet. Our opinion ls that this measure either way will have very little effect upon the farming Inter ests of the State, lt may, as claim ed, serve to prevent the raising of so much cotton, and enforce the rais ing of more supplies on the farm. Should this he the result, of course every one will admit that it will be beneficial. Should the lien law be repealed Hie merchant will be Just ns well protected In making advances PLEA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Ilev. Coko O. Mann Directs Attention to Some School Matters. (From The State.) The following comparative state ment as between the State colleges and the public schools ot South Car olina; why this discrimination in favor of the State colleges as against our public schools? There can be no good and sufficient reason for such a course of procedure. 1 do think that this Legislature ought to stop and see where We are at In this particu lar. I Invite the attention of every member of the House and Senate to examine these figures and see If we don't owe a duty to the public schools of South Carolina? Coke D. Mann. Higher Institutions of Learning. Appro Colleges. Students. prlatlOU. S. C. University.. 285 $ 42.539 25 S.U.M.A.. Citadel. 170 25.000 00 S.C. -Med. Col... 1 82 17,500 00 S. C. Deaf and Hlind Institute. 183* 36,199 37 Clemson . G73 193,500 00 Winthrop N. and I. College. 626 121,756 68 Menuninger Nor mal School.... 400 12,000 00 Colored A. G. School . 69 2 26,000 00 Totals.3.211 $514,621 65 Public School. Enrollment of pupils June 1, 1908: White . 14 6,647 Negro . 172.967 Total.319.614 Total expenditures. . .$1.595,986.36 Percentage. Percentage of college enrollment as compared to ?.he public school en rollment- 3,211 plus 319,614 equals ; 01-1-22 per cent. Percentage of appropriations for colleges as compared to appropria tions for public schools-$514,621. 65 plus $1,595,986.36 eq.pals 32 1-4. Sccs Motlier Grow Young, "lt would be hard to overstate the wonderful change In my mother ??nee she began to use Electric Bit ters," writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick, of Danforth, Me. "Although past 70 she seems really to he growing young again. She suffered untold misery from dyspepsia for 2 0 years. At last she could neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors gave lier up, and all remedies fnlled until Electric Bitters worked such wonders for her health." They Invigorate all vital orp ins, cure liver and kidney trou bles, Induce sleep, impart strength and appetite. Only 50c. at all drug gists. NOW FOR "STATE-WIDE." Committee Reports Favorably on the Hill-Ansel Will Not Veto. Columbia, Jan. 26.-By a major ity of one the House dispensary com i inittee to-day made a favorable re port on the State-wide prohibition j bill. For prohibition were J. C. Rlch I ards, Jr.. W. S. Utsey. C. A. Smith ! and Arthur Kibler. Against it were R. J. Wade, J G. Fultz and J. Ben;. I The absentee, ? ere P. B. Carwile, C. I W. Harris and W. C. Mauldln. Mr. I Mauldln says had he been present he I would have voted for prohibition. J. I S. Bowman was present, but did not i vote. Ansel Will Re Good. Governor Ansel will not veto a ' State-wide prohibition bill, which I appears certain to pass the present ? Legislature, although the prohibi tionists are not strong enough to pass lt over his veto, and although he was elected on a local option platform, he would not say to-day positively what he would do, but the prohibitionists have been led to feel sure that he will not oppose them. then as he ls now, because there is no homestead or exemption against the Supply debi. The two Houses met in joint as sembly last Thursday for the pur pose of electing a Chief Justice to succeed the Hon. Y. J. Pope, who resigned on account of 111 health. As sociate Justice Ira H. Jones was elected to this office. The two Houses will meet Wed nesday for the purpose of electing an Associate Justice to succeed Hon. Ira B. Jones. Both Houses will vote in their re spective halls to-day at 12 o'clock noon for United States Senator to succeed Hie Hon. Frank H. Gary,who ls filling out thc unexpired term of Sen.?tor A. C. Lathner. The only name that will be presented ls the nominee of the primary, Hon. E. D. Smith. It ls most probable that the election of judges, trustees, directors, etc., of the various State institutions will take place one day next week. Speaker Whaley, of the I louse.was Indisposed several days last week, and Hon. M. L. Smith, former speak er of the House, presided. Governor Ansel and all the other State officers were inducted Into ollice last Wednesday. P. P. Sullivan has introduced a bill to submit the question of repeal ing of homestead laws to the voters Of the State. Mr. Mann has Introduced a bill to make a supplementary fund of $150, 000 for the co'ninon schools of the State. The purpose of this ls, of course, to help the weak districts, and it ls reasonable to suppose that the strong districts will not favor lt. Messrs. Mann and Sullivan have jointly introduced a hill providing for the copying of certain records at Anderson and Plckens, and the re indexing In the Clerk's office. A bill providing for this necessary work was pnssed two years ago, but tho person who had engaged to do tho work did not accomplish it. Mr. Mann has Introduced a bill to repeal the high school law. This measure has been In operation for two years, and $50,000 has been ap propriated each year. Of the appro priations for the two years there now remains unused about $48,000. Yours respectfully, J. R. Earle. CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. We beg to announce thatStrouse & Brother*, of Baltimore, mak ers of High-Art Clothing, will send their representative to our store on Friday and Saturday, February 5 th and 6th, to take orders for Spring, from those men who prefer a Suit made to measure, and expressive of their own individuality.. Strouse & Brothers have devoted nearly half a century to the making of Clothes, and their skill, energy and success ai'e reflected In the High-Art character of their product. We extend a cordial invitation to all men of discriminating taste, to call and view the magnificent line oi fabrics, and to have their measure taken for such Clothing as they may require for spring and summer w -ar. , C. W. PITCHFOkD, - Walhalla, S. C. "JUST RIGHT" and "WALKOVER" Shoes for Men. "KRIPPENDORFF-DITTMAN" Shoes for Ladies. Every pair guaranteed. MOSS & ANSEL, CEMENT FRONT. WALHALLA, S. C MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. * Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, In the cabe 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 1st day of February. 1900, between the legal hours of sale, the tract of land below de scribed: Mrs. S. J. Strlbllng, Plaintiff, against Wade H. Rice. Margie Rice, Planche Rice, May Rice and Sarah Rice, Defendants. All that certain tract, parcel or lot of land, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Oconee, containing fifty-three and f>5-100 acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Mark D. Strlbllng, C. A. Kay, S. J. Strlbllng and others, and having such form, markings, bear ings and measurements as aro repre sented by plat of same made by John V. Strlbllng, C. E. and Surveyor, Oct. 28, 1905, viz.: Heginning at stone corner on public road leading from Fair Play to Westminster; thence north SOE. 16.15 to dead P. O., N. 64 Ml E. 11.50 White O., N. 2 Vi E. 6.16 to stone pile. S. 75 % E. X 6.62, S. 56 E 11.75 to stake S. 50 Vi W. 24, 25 to alder, S. 80 V4 W. 20.79 to stake, Nf, 13Vi W. 13.49 to beginning point. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, and the balance in five equal annual in stallments; the credit portion to bear Interest from the day of sale at S per cent per annum, and be secur ed by bond of tho purchaser and mortgage of Hie premises; that In event of failure of purchaser to com ply with the terms ot sale at once, the Master do re-sell the same on the same sale day or some convenient sale day thereafter at the same place and on the same terms and after the same advertisement at tho risk of the former purchaser, and that he do continue so to do until he shall have found a purchaser who shall comply with the terms of sale. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. january 13, 1909. 2-4 RILEY LOT IN WESTMINSTER FOR SALE. Notice ls hereby given that on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1909, at ll a. m.. I will soil, to the highest bidder, at public auction, In front of Walhalla Court House door, All 'Jint certain lot of land situate In Town of Westminster. Oconee county, South Carolina, fronting on the Methodis' Church lot 83 feet, and nuning hark 150 feet, adjoining lots now ov formerly owned by J. A. Watkins, J. E. Ballenger und J. S. Carler, and being tho lot conveyed to F. A. and J. A^RIley by J. E. Bal lenger on January 15, 1906. Terms: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. R. T. J A YNES. Agent. January 13, 1909. 2-4 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. THE STATE OF SOUl^L CAROLINA, County of Oconee. Court of Common Pleas. Campbell Courtenay, John J. Rallon ger, Stiles N. Hughs and Charles P. Hallenger, on behalf of Them selves and all other stockholders of the Seminole Securities Com pany, who may come In and seek relief by and contribute to the ex penses of this action, Plaintiffs, against Seminole Securities Company, a Cor poration created by nnd existing under the laws ol' the State of South Carolina, Southern Life In surance Company, a corporation , ..eated by and existing under the laws of the State of North Caro lina, John Y. darlington, J. S. Young, J. H. Teague, G. D. Young, M. G. Jeans, Wilie Jones, W. ?. CKrk, T. S. Bryan, C. J. Cooper, C. J. Hebert. The Citizens' Bank and The Seneca Bank, Defendants. (Summons for Relief.-Complaint Served. ) To the Defendants Above Named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint In this action, of which a copy ls here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscriber, at his office, on the Public Square, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after 'ne service ' ereof, exclusive of tho day of such service: and if you fail to answer the coiu ? plaint within the time aforesaid, the I Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated this ldth day of December, 1008. (Seal.) C. R. D. BURNS, C. C. P. R. T. JAYNFS, Plaintiffs' Attorney. To the Absent Defendants, Southern Life Insurance Company, John Y. Darlington, J. S. Young, C. J. Cooper and C. J. Hebert: riense take notice that the Sum mons, Complaint and Temporary Re straining Order with a rule to show cause were filed lu the ofuce of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oconee County, South Carolina, on the 19th day of December, 1908. H. T. JA YNES, Plaintiffs* Attorney. January 6, 1909. 1-6 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE.-Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probato for Oconee county, In the State of South Caro lina, at his office at Walhalla Court i ?mise, on Thursday, January 28th, 190?. at ll o'clock In tho forenoon, or ns sou*.; ihereafter a? said applica tion can be heard, for le.we to make final settlement of the Estates of Fred and Jemima Rile), deceased, and obtain final discharge as Admin istrator of said estates. j. R. o. MCKEE, Administrator. January C. 1909. 1-4