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? . -- KEOWEE COURIER ( F S T A H ! -1S lil ; I ) 18 Published Every Wednesday Morning. Hubs? ript HUI, Ki .un fi >r Annum. Advertising Kales Reasonable. -By 8TBCK, SHBLOR & HCHRODICK. Communications or a personal ?character charred for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be i aid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash '<> accompany manuscript. WA MIA M.A. S. C.: \\ I.DNLSD.Y v, w.n. io, num. TUM DAM IT .M id STA Condemned by the Legislative Com mission-What Will bc Outcome? Columbia, Keb. I. Thc commis sion appointed by tho last Legisla ture to investigate the dam across thi Savannah riverai Augusta to-day made n report alleging bad faith on thc part of the city of Augusta and a similar commission appointed by the -Governor of Georgia. The Carolina commission reports thai the llsh-wny ls entirely Inade quate, and soys the Goorgla commis don, after agreeing lo remedy ibis .>n the plans of tho Federal commis sion, and at the expense of tho Geor gia owners of the dam, not only re fused to do so. but de< lined io an swer letters and refused lo meet the Carolina commission ill Augusta for a conference. The Carolina commission recom mended legislation to pul o patrol boat oil the Savannah river from Au gusta lo Mi,, coast lo cul up nets and enforce tho fish laws, and thal the attorney general bring suit lo compel the Georgln OWIKM'H of Hie dam to put in proper lish-wnys or abate the nuis ance by destroying the dam. HASKELL WILL NOT RESIGN. inalares Indictment Against Him mis Itel urned I leen lise ol' Malice. Vllltbrle, OUIa.. Keb. I. Frc mis of Governor Charles \. Haskell de nied to-day the truth ol' rumors thal i bc stale's Chief iOxecutivo would re sign Ills O fllce as a resit ll of the ju liet aunt returned against him yes terday by the Kedernl grand jury at Muskogee. Kriends of the Governor staled that the story was absolute!) without foundation in tact. Governor Haskell Hus morning, when asked ii be had further state mcnts to make regarding bis indict ment on a charge of conspiracy against the government In connection with Hie townsite frauds, said: "I will buln lin- case to Hie bittet ?.nd, and carry ii' i>> the highest conns. The evidence submit led io the grand Jury ls false, ami an In dictment was secured only through malice." ? The Goi eim r i ; roi <i v inn tele grams assuring bim ol' the sender's support. Alans prominent men have offered io sifAii the Governor's bond. FOHLST l illis IN GEORGIA. Trains Stopped by Flames anil Tur pentine I arms Destroyed. Albany, Ga., Feb. I. The whole Vaco of the earth in this section is covered with a thick pall ol' smoke this evening, the result of woods lires which cover a wide area. Reports coming into Albany to-day by tele phone, incoming trains and parlies who have driven through tim country in buggies and automobiles, indicate that tho lites are burning every Vv hil ". in many places turpentine farms Lave been Invaded by Hie Hames, which have fed on undergrowth dried hy the di vest tall and winter this sec tion bas experienced in many years, and the loss will be exceedingly heavy. Thc lires have been buming for several days, but have aol reach ed their height till to-day. Railroad trains coming into Albany to-day have had to stop numbers of limes Vor the crews io exth. :"*K1I tires that bad begun to feel on cross-ties. The tires are still burning furiously to night. Dead Operator at His Key. v. _ Atlanta, Keb. 5. Kay Larkin, aged 35 years, a telegraph operator on a block station in Hie suburbs, was found dead sitting in a chair wllh lils hand reaching for tho open key, here to-day by Hie engineer of a freight train after the engineer had waited a few minutes for orders, which were md received. The body was warm when found and the man's report showed that he had just signalled a train a few min utes before. The cause ol' his death was hean failure. A lazy liver loaV? to chronic dys pepsia and constipation-weakens the whole system. Dean's Regulets (20 cents per box) correct the liver, tone the stomach, cure constipation. WIDOW AND LOVER VIEWED Corpse of Die Husband Who WUM Done to Deutli. Newark, N. J., Feb. fi.-There wore sensational development:? in the ease of Frank Wilhelm, the contrac tor, who was found murdered in his home here Monday, though the ac tual clearing up of the mystery that surrounds the tragedy has not yet come. The revelations included the charge that Wilhelm had three wives living ami that he had never been divorced. Another occurrence of Interest was the action of the police in suddenly bringing Mrs. .Mary .1. Wilhelm and Ni< hulas Sicca, her alleged love'", and a hoarder in the Wilhelm home, both held in connection with the murder, into tho pr?seme of the body of the murdered man. Mrs. Wilhelm and her alleged lover weir taken to the morgue at mid night and suddenly confronted by the corpse of the slain husband. Wollum Became Hysterical. When the sheet which covered ht r husband's body was suddenly remov ed slie became hysterical, fell to ber knees and frantically declared ber love for lier husband. As her hys teria increased, Mrs. Wilhelm became incoherent, and thc detectives who were watching ber and listening could make nothing ol' wita! she said. When she was taken lundi to the po lice* station again she was In a state Of Utter collapse. Sicca was much shaken by the or deal, but be made no statement. Mrs. Wilhelm and Sicca, however, were in such a slate of collapse thal the arraignment in court had io be post poned. Wilhelm's Other Wives. Tho allegation regarding the do mestic life of the murdered man caine during the progress of thc funeral of Willi.dm. Mrs. Fredericka Wil helm, of New York, claimed she was married to Wilhelm in .Jersey ('itv in IS'.M, soon after he had deserted his Hist wife. Hannah Wilhelm, w ho was also his step-sister. Two y;?ars later, sin said, she discovered Iiis perfidy. When she accused him he desert ed her. slie all -ged, and her year-old daughter and baby soon lo bo born, and lied with his stepsister wife. Since then she had not beard from bim until Hie child, then unborn, and now a lad of twelve years, read of his murder in a newspaper Tuesday and recognized lu. picture in the paper a.s fha! of tho man whose picture In their boni" he had been told was his i father. Patterson's Veto was Overridden. ! Nash?. Hie, Tenn., Feb. 1. The bill prohibit lui", tho manufacture ol In I toxicnting liquors In this State caine up in the House to-day for passage over Ibo Governor's veto. li was ' passed over thc veto by a vote of iii) to ;!7. Tho law goes into offed .lan uary !. 1910, The House is largely State-wide, ami (hero was no doubt hut thal the hill would be passed over Ibo velo. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of Little Georgia (dil Assaulted. W'.si Point, Ga., Feb. ft. After liulvdng little Velma Pennis, six years old, to accompany him to the woods, ii is ni leged thal slie was criminally assaulted by Joe Chappol, a while boy. li; years old, both resi dents of Pani;.-dale. Ala. Feeling ls very strong against Chappol, and ho was carried to La fayette. Ala., which, in all probabil ity . prevented a lynching. Plant Wood's Seeds For The Garden 6 Farm. Thirty years in business, with a steadily increasing trade every year-until we have to-day oin. of tho largest businesses in seeds in this country-is tho best of cvidt ncc as to The Superior Quality of Wood's Seeds. We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, Soja Beans and all Farm Seeds. Wood's Descriptive Catalog tho most useful and valuable of Gardon and Farm seed Catalogs mailed free on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, . Richmond, Va. WE WANT our friends and patrons lo leave their Printing und Engraving orders with us. Prompt attention Mid best service. Call and s^-o our line of samples. THE KEOWEE COURIER, Walhalla, S. C. / "PELLAGRA" MENACES SOUTH. Deadly Disease May BOCO0ie Epi demic in this Section. Washington, Jan. 30.-Looming up as a grave menace to health con ditions in the South is the recent ap pearance ot a deadly disease known to medical scientists as "pellagra." This strange malady is a veritable scourge lu the old world and the possibility of its becoming epidemic in Hie .Southern States is by no means remote. Por several centuries "pellagra" ls known to have existed In the old world, but Its presence In the South has but recently been discovered, lt probably has existed for several years in thal section ol the country, but medical men have failed lo recog nize i's presence. Now, however, this peculiar dis ease has been diagnosed as true pel lagra, and the credit for its discov ery in the South belongs to Paused Assistant Surgeon C. H. Lav in 1er, of the public health and marine hos pital service. He has made a thor ough Invest igai iou of the disease anti has bul recently made an exhaustive report on his observations to Sur geon General Wyman. "Pellagra" is a malady caused by thu ealing of spoiled "maize" and produces in persons afflicted with il a siirt ol' Intoxication. Tho disease generally occurs among tho poorer classes of the rural population, who subsist largely, or exclusively, mi emu, most usually prepared by boil ing corn meal in salt water called "polenta" in Haly. Dr. I,aviador states that In pellagrous countries the corn is often of a poor quality, gathered before maturity and liol properly cured and stored, so that parasites mote easily develop upon it. Pellagra is both an endemic and epidemic disease, which occurs in I hose who feed on diseased maize, and is characterized by an erythema of the skill, digestive disturbances, and nev rous disturbances, lt may terminate in such serious conditions as grave cachexia or insanity; it is periodic in its manifestations, and usually appears with the beginning of spring, ameliorates during sum mer, and ordinarily in winter the symptoms disappear to such an ex tent as ellen to give the false Idea of recovery. So long as the cause persists, however, it reappears each year. "The disease usually begins with gastro-lntestinal disturbances." says Assistant Surgeon 1.aviador, "follow ed shortly by the erythema of the skin, ami in a brief while there is more or less hiv oh emt .t ol' the nerv ous syst mn. lt is a slowly advancing toxemia, ibo brunt of which, in the end, 's home by the nervous system, and each annual recurrence leaves a deeper ami more indelible mark on tho mental and novous condition of the sufferer." Tho great gravity and danger ol' the disease, it is pointed oui. lie in the number ol people af fected, and in its immediate and remote consequences not only to in dividuals, but to lite race intellec tual feebleness, lessoned resistance, economic loss, physical deterioration of the race, etc." An Interesting theory advanced by Dr. Lavinder is that if the cause of "pellagra" be accepted as feeding on spoiled maize, then the maize crop of the I'll i ted Slates must in recent years have undergone decided change in some respect, for maize has always been very extensively used as food in the Southern States, and "pella gra" has not appeared in former years. This is a subject which, be declares, will require extensive in vestigation should the disease con tinuo to advance. Concerning the etiology of i ne dis ease, ii is said to be an Intoxication duo io using as food Indian corn (maizei. which, under the Influence of unidentified parasitic growths (fungi), lias undergone certain changes willi 'the production of one or more toxic substances of a chemi cal nar ti re. In Ibo preface of his report. Dr. Lavinder declares thal lhere is rea son lo believe that perhaps "pella ' g ra" may be quite prevalent in the Southern Stales, but is unrecognized. Within the past two or three years, for some reason or reasons unknown, this disease has rapidly increased in numbers and extent of territory af fected. "Pellagra" bears a close re semblance io the accepted descrip tion of "pellagra" as it occurs In the old world, though differing in some particulars, and the acute cases greatly preponderate and the mortal ity is high. I "Since it is of ii serious nature, ami ?pid?mie in character," declares Dr. Lavinder. "knowledge concerning it is becoming of much Importance lo the American physician, and es pecially to ibo practitioner in the Southern States." OASTOHIA. Boara the I-18 K,nd Yon Wm Always Bougft Bridge Destroyed. Fayetteville, N. C., Feb. C. Fire Thursday destroyed tho massive wooden bridge which spans the Cape Fear river in this city. This bridge originally cost M?,OOO and waa in sured for s 2 "?,000. 20(1 \egroes Arrested. Piltsburg, Pa., Fob. G. Because scores of young women and school girls bav,. been molested by negroes in Ibo past few weeks, tho police on Wednesday night arrested 200 ne groes. The attacks became so fre quent thal the police determined lo arrest every negro who could not prove that he was employed. - Texas House Defeats Prohibit hm. Ansi in, Texas. Feb. 5.-The House tO-day, by fl vole Of Sa to I !. defeat ed the resolution to submit State wirb? prohibition to a popular vote. The prohibitionists lacked two votes of a necessary two-thirds majority. SOMETHINQ TO YOUR . INTEREST ! We have a few good Horses and Mules for sale cheap. Be sure to see them for this is a chance that does not present itself every day. Come in and let us talk to you about Fertilizers and Plantation Supplies. We also have a good stock cf those celebrated Corbitt Buggies, and Birdscll and Thornwell Wagons. WALHALLA, S. C. WE SELL CHEAP FOR CASH OR ON TIME. Carter & C "WH ITH SLAVER" CONVICTED. Touching Story is Told in Chicago Court [(oom. Chicago. Hi.. Fol). I. - A |>itiful story of a beautiful girl snatched from the streets of Paris and lured to the United States, has resulted in the conviction of Henry Hair, charg ed ' y the government with promot ing "white slave" traille in this coun try. Lair was sentenced hy Judge Landis to serve two years in the government prison at Leavenworth, Kan., and to pay a ifL'.?oo line. The next case to he tried ls that of Lucie d'Arvaille, Lair's supposed wife, who was Indicted with him on charges of importing French girls to this coun try in violation of the immigration laws. Marie Peuroy, nineteen yeats old, was the Chief witness for the govern ment. When fourteen years old, she said, she met in the streets of Paris, .Inlcs Du four, who later Introduced her to Louis Paynt, now in the gov ernment prison at Atlanta. Ga. Paynl induced her to come to Amer ica, and brought her to Chicago, where she full into the hands of Lair, who came from San Francisco. Mlle. Peuroy informed immigration offi cers of her plight, and she was finally rescued. Jules Du four, who met the girl in Paris, is a brother of Alphonse Dltfour, who, willi a woman known as Eva Dufour, forfeited !? 2.1,000 cash bail, following indict ment for white slaving in Chicago, and lied to France, where they were recently convicted in a French court. Hoarse coughs ;.nd stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia: over nigh! are quickly cured by Fo- j ley's Honey and Tar, and it soot lies j Inflamed membranes, heals the lungs and expels the cold from the system. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher I Pharmacy, West minster. World's K?nning Kccord is Broken. 1 Savannah, fla.. Feb. 4. - Fred ! Simpson, a Canadian Indian, o roko tile world's record for fifteen m Mes running it in one hour, twenty-seven minutes and four-fifth seconds. A large gallery in automobiles follow ed. Those w lio drove horses were I distanced. More than 2,omi people saw the finish. OCONK1'] liLOCIvADKH ARRESTED; Duri Allciii Who Escaped from the (hing, lias Reen Captured. (Anderson .Mail. 6th.) Deputy Sherih- W. W. Mitchell, of Oconee count v, cunio here this morn ing from Walhalla for Hurt Allen, a white man who escaped from the county chain gang there last March, a few days after he had been sen tenced to serve a term of four months i for blockading. Mr. Mitchell will re tarn to Walhalla with his man tills afternoon. \ Allen was captured by Deputy Sheriff M. M. Stewart yesterday af ternoon at the J. J. Fretwell lumber camp on the Hammond place, a few miles east of the city. The officers here had been on the lookout for him for some time, and in some way got wind that he was working at this camp. Officer Stewart and Tom Davis went there yesterday, and Allen was found in the act of handling a large log. .lust as soon as he saw the two ? strangers, neither of whom he knew, approaching, Allen threw down his log book and headed for the woods at a rapid rate. The officers gave chase for a short distance, but real izing that Allen bad a Steep hill to climb, decided to await develop ments. When he had reached the top lie was so nearly exhausted that he gave up, and was brought to Jail here. Allen ia about six feet In height, Of slender build, and on level ground, no doubt, would have given the ofll-! cers the ( base of their lives, had no shots been (ired. Ile lived near Oak way. A Charlotte .Man Suicides. Charlotte, X. C., Feb. Charles F. W adsworth, one of the most prom inent citizens In the business and social life of lids city, suicided to-day in a Greensboro hotel. Wadsworth wein to Greensboro Saturday on a? business trip. Last night the stran ger registered as R. lt. Varne, Vir- ' ginia. He shot himself in the head,; dying shortly afterward at a hos pital. He has been Identified as Wadsworth, No cause ls assigned for the rash deed. AFTER ROAMING TEN YEAHS Mun Wanted for Murder Surrenders at Dublin, (bi. Dublin, Qa., Feb. 4.-Drawn by Borne Irresistible Impulse to return to the scene where he killed a man when he was fifteen years of age, .Manly B, Tripp, after roaming over a good portion of the world for ten years, to-day surrendered to the she riff of Laurens county. For BOme days he has been hero, and was an interested spectator In the court house during a trial. He was not recognised until he volunta rily surrendered. He was a well known youth, and is prominently connected. He shot .lames Hood down on the street in ISM. He es caped, and effort to capture him failed. i NOAHS LINIMENT For Rheumatism, Sciatica. Lame Hack, Stiff Joints, and Muscles. Sora Throat, Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts, bruises .Colic, (."ramps, Indiges tion, 't oothache, and all Nerve, Uoneand Muscle Aches and Pains. The genuine li as Noah's Ark on every nackage. a$c., 50c. and $ 1.00by al IdeaI ersln medicine everywhere. Sample by mallf ree. KOAH UL M LU Y CO.. RICHMOND, VA., A D06TON,MA*a.,U.?.A. World's i Greatest Pain . Killer Train lillis Six Italians. New York, Feb. ?"?.--Six men were killed and several Injured yesterday when a construction train on the New York Central Railroad ran down a party of track repairers near Uni versity Heights in Bronx borough. A gang of laborers, all Italians, were working near a curve when the train swept around the bank, plunged Into the group and hulled the men in every direction. Foley's Honey and Tar Clears the air passages, stops the irritation in the throat, soothes the Inflamed membranes, and the most obstinate cough disappears. Sore and inflam ed lungs are healed and strength ened, and the cold ls expelled from the system. Refuse any but the gen uine in the yellow package. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonocyphor Phar macy, West minster, --?a~-!-!-? P?0 0*m