CAROLINA'S TEA PLANTATION.
Yielding Almost Twice us Much to
Hie Acre ns < luna's.
Washington, May 27-Whether or
not it ls true that American consum
ers aro paying sixty cents a pound
for twelve-cent tea, some interesting
information relative to the efforts of
the government to encourage the in
dustry In the United States has been
brought out In the Senate. lt is
not generally known that so far the
best results in this country ha'vo
been obtained at the Summerville
tea farm of'Dr. C. U.>-Sheppard, near
Charleston. ,*
Reports have just been made to
Chairman Aldrich, of the Senate Fi
nance Committee, showing what has
already been accomplished here and
what may be expected in the futuro
if tlie industry Is encouraged.
George H. Macy, an expert on this
subject, has just written Senator Ald
rich as follows:
"The tea industry of South Caro
lina is now raising 15,000 pounds
annually, which is ten times the
amount of tea which the Island of
Ceylon produced in 1875. To-day
Ceylon ranks among the largest tea
producing countries of the world,
having exported last year 182,000,
00 0 pounds.
I understand that tho experi
ments of the Department of Agricul
ture show that South Carolina is
producing six hundred pounds of tea
pei annum to the acre, whereas In
China and Japan the maximum
reached is ?>'.'>0 pounds to the acre.
. "The tea trade of the United
States ls fast being monopolized by
foreigners, and in this connection I
would call attention to the fact that
the Japanese government is now
paying a subsidy of $95,000 gold to
Japanese vessels, carrying Japanese
ten, for each round trip between Ja
pan and the United States. The
Japanese have, under subsidies, es
tablished distributing agents of tea
throughout, the United States, and it
is a well recognized fact In the trade
that within a few years they will
control not only the growing, ex
porting and shipping of tea to the
United States, but also Its very dis
tribution in this country. It was
demonstrated, under the Spanish
war revenue tax, that a duty on tea
involving a cash transaction upon
withdrawal from bond such tea
severely curtailed the operations of
these foreign firms.
Those who aro usking for a duty
on tea claim that such a duty of ten
cents a pound can be relied upon
even in times of business depression
as a revenue producer of about $10,
000,000 per annum and can be col
lected with but little expense. The
government is now under a heavy
charge in the administration of the
ten law of 1897, which protects the
consumer from adulterated tea; and
even if the consumer paid half the
tax, a por capita tax of four to five
cents per annum would be a small
price to pay for this protection.
W. A. Courteney, of New York
another man who ls well versed in
tea industry, bas written to Senator
Aldrich. He says that during the
years 1 90(5, 1907, and 1908 he held
the position of Ceylon tea commis
sioner to the United States. During
t hose years be distributed in this
country $75,000 per annum In aid
of tho encouragement of Ceylon tea.
He states that at the outset he was
met with the fact that America was
consuming tea of the poorest average
quality, but which retailed at prices
from 60 to 100 per cent higher than
those charged in London, where n
revenue of five pence per pound ls
first collected.
That there ls a tremendous profit
In selling foreign tea in the United
States is evident from the fact that
the total capitalization of five of
these largest concerns ls more than
$2."),000,000, and that three of them
have a chain of almost 1,000 stores
-scattered all over tho country.
it is highly Improbable that any
chango in the present tea rates will
be made in the tariff bill, but it is
interesting to note the progress that
is being made here and to estimate
the extent of the industry during the
next teti pr fifteen"'years.
Minie Unid in Dark Corner.
Greenville. May 27.- Keveline Of
fner Merrick and two of bis deputies,
( om and Goldsmith, hn\o returned
to the city from another raid in the
' Dark Corner." They left tho city
Sunday afternoon, and yesterday de
stroyed a still on Devil Fork ('rook,
near Panther Gnp, where they se
cured thirty gallons of whiskey,
which was brought to the city with
them. The second still destroyed
was at Gap Creek, near Potts* Cove.
Here they found five gallons of whis
key, but lt was boxed up In such a
way that they could not handle lt
and were forced to pour lt out. No
arrests were made.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Cures Cold*. Croup and Whooping- Cough.
INTERESTING SITUATION*.
Autos ?UK! Furn* \Vi?t-??!s Assume l?u
ties of <'corgi.i Railway.
Atlanta, May 27.-Reports to-day
from the strike district brought naws
of nu interesting economic develop
ment, the product of American re
sourcefulness and fair play. When
three days ago communities were
sending out appeals for necessities
of ??fe lhere now exists a wagon and
automobile service so well developed
that the last vestige of want bas dis
appeared. This service is uniform
and governed by well defined regula
tions, though outside the scope of
State or interstate commerce. Not a
complaint of unfairness or of extor- j
donate prices was among the many
reports coming in to-day. This gen
eral content is particularly notewor
thy because the makeshift transpor
tation service is not thc result of
communal effort, but of private en
terprise. At Thomson, Qa., to-day
every merchant was running a line
of wagons to Augusta, 37 miles
awa^y, and a traction engine and car
were working under a lease at the
rate of $25 per day. By carriage
and by automobile the round trip to
Augusta was from $3.50 to $7 per
head, depending on which calss tho
passenger wished to travel. A car
load of provisions opened at Cnmak
nearby became exhausted to-day with
the result that general provision
prices rose; but the hens of the
countryside and the spring sunshine
brought out enough eggs and vege
tables to keep the poor from suffer
ing or even from paying more for
their frugal meals.
in the neighborhood of Lithonla
hungry gazes were evidently being
fastened on the cars of perishable
provisions sidetracked lhere, for in
to-day's telegraphic dispatches the
number of cars increased from ll
to 2 6 and the presence of two car
loads of beer was bulletined'. Thirty
nine wagon louds of ice were applied
to this trainload for refrigeration,
l.ii hon ia is 25 miles from Atlanta
and the price by motor for the dist
ance is $2 one way, not a high rate
judging by the "corporation" losses
evident in a number of stalled and
broken automobiles lying In the rain
by the roadside.
In the vicinity of Crawfordville
farmers have rented their wagons to
merchants for almost nominal sums.
Carloads of provisions side-track
ed a few miles from their destina
tion have been in some cases releas
ed by the original consignees to
merchants near the siding. It is
customary for the stores of North
Georgia to stock up with supplies at
or near the first Tuesday In the
month, so that some of them are
running very short with the approach
of June.
Camnk reported no wagon trains
in use, notwithstanding that a big
barbecue was bold to-day.
Costlngton, which is on the line of
another railroad as well as the Geor
gia, and silence had plenty of provis
I Ions, offered to sell to? adjoining
towns less fortunately situated. Au
tomobile fares from there to At
lanta were $5 to $10 for 40 miles.
This fare, though In competition
with railroad service, was about the
highest rate In the strike district
Many of our citizens are drifting
towards Bright's disease by neglect
ing symptoms of kidney and bladder
trouble which Foley's Kidney Rem
edy will quickly cure. J. AV. Bell.
Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy,
Westminster.
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Because it's economical.
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Because its flame can be
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Because it will not over
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Because it is better than
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like the modern steel
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Men ami Women, Old mid Young.
Kidney ills seize young; and old. 1
Come quickly with little warning.
Children surfer lu their early years
Can't control the kidney secretions.
Girls are lauguld, nervous, suffer
pain. .
Women worry, can't do daily .work.
Men have lame i\n? aching backs.
Tho cure for mau, woman or child
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Greenville, S. C., says: "1, as well as
other members of my family, ,have
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best of results have always been re
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in tho system and regulating tho pas
sages of the kidney secretions. Doan's
Kidney Pills proved to be a most val
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house all the time."
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Wolf Stake Items.
Wolf Stake, May 24.-Special: We
are having plenty of rain, but the
farmers are about through planting
and some few have thinned their cot
ton.
The pastor, Rev. A. P. Marett,
failed to lill his regular appointment
here yesterday, to the disappoint
ment of a large congregation.
Our Sunday school is getting along
nicely with Mart Gantt as superin
tendent, and we think we will organ
ize a Sunbeam Society, which will be
a benefit to our community.
The heulth of our neighborhood is
bettor than a few weeks ugo, al
though we are sorry to know that
Mrs. Hand ls sick nt this writing.
Miss Pearl Brown, of Newry, vis
ited homefolks Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Edwards, of the Return sec
tion, ls visiting her daughter, Mrs.
W. J. Orr, and family.
Mrs. M. V. Orr has just returned
from Anderson, where she visited
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lee, of Ander
son, are visiting Mrs. Lee's pnrents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Browning, and
family.
Miss Allison, of Piedmont, ls vis
iting her sister, Mrs. Walter Brown
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Sullivan, of
Town ville, visited the latter's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Saturday
and Sunday.
Harrison Orr has been visiting his
brother and sister, W. C. Orr and
Mrs. L. M. Ward, at High Falls. .
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Dig Cloudburst in Virginia.
Roanoke, Va., May 27.-Over two
miles of track or the Virginia An
thracite Railway were washed out,
bridges were damaged and the Mer
ri mac coal mines, near Blacksburg,
Va., were Hooded by a cloudburst
yesterday afternoon. Oillclals of the
road say it will be at least five days
before the track cnn be put in shape
for traille again. Meanwhile' all mull
and passenger service between
Blacksburg, where ls located the
Virginia Pyrotechnic Institute, and
Christiansburg, must be carried on
by a hack line. The cloudburst ex
tended over three miles, between
these two places. Reports Indicate
muid? damage to crops by high water.
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(New? and fourier.)
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Samuel H. Wilson died last week.
He was one of the most UBeful citi
zens of this community, closely Iden
tified with all Its activities and deep
ly interested in its welfare. Ile had
Tew intimates, and, so far us we
know, few enemies. For more than
thirty years his place qf business In
King street has been one of the land
marks of the town. He was just in
his dealings; having "just balances,
just weights, a just cphah and a just
bin," and so it came to pass that his
customers and his neighbors had
faith in him and in his promises.
What he had was his own, made by
his own hnnds and accumulated by
years of unremitting toll and after
struggles with poverty and want that
would have discouraged a less self
reliant soul. He did not talk to
many persons about himself and his
experiences with the world, but they
were full of encouragement to those
who would succeed against appar
ently Insurmountable conditions.
"Sam" Wilson, the boy eating a loaf
of bread on the sidewalk In the city
of New York because he had no
where to go and only himself and a
kindly Providence, in whom he never
lost faith, to depend upon for work
for his ready hands: "Sam" Wilson
driving a delivery wagon for a New
York grocery house and serving its
customers on Staten Island, was the
sanie who In later years and by vir
tue of his never-fajllng Industry be
came one of tho chief retail mer
chants of Charleston, president of
the Dime Savings Hank, vice presi
der.,' and managing director of the
Charleston Consolidated Company,
president ol' the Charleston Bridge
Company, one of the principal own
ers of the Charleston Hotel, and an
active force In the community to
which he was devoted with all his
heart.
There was never any doubt where
he stood and what he would do In
any matter affecting the Interests of
this town. He was treasurer of the
South Carolina Inter-State and West
Indian Exposition Company, and one
of the most liberal contributors tc
the success of that great enterprise,
lt was through the pledging of bit
personal fortune that the Consoli
dated Company was saved from ti
ruinous receivership about ten yean
ago; It was in time of financial st rest
that he used his own resources foi
the good of the community, and ii
none of bis work did he seek the ap
plause of men. He did better-ht
merited their confidence, and. dying
he left behind him a good reputa
Hon for spuaro dealing, for Intelll
gent Industry, for sincere loyalty tc
his town and to his people. Mort
than this, and better than this, ir
his last will and testament, whlcli
was probated on Saturday, after pro
viding in a modest way for tho com
fort of some of his relatives, he left
all the residue and remainder of hil
estate, which at the time the will
was made was estimated to be worth
about $250,000, to the Charleston
Orphan House.
We do not know how much the
bequest will now amount to, because
there has been sharp depreciation
In the value of some of the Invest
ments In outside securetles, but In
this benefaction" the heart of thc
man ls opened for the first lime ?.c
the world.
if there aro any here who did nol
think that Mr. Wilson was as gener
ous ns they thought ho ought to be
(lt Is remarkable how easy lt Is foi
those who have nothing, or who hole
on to what they possess,to give awa>
other peoples' money) they wonk
doubtless like to have him conn
back so that they might tell bin
how "taller he seems in deal h." llb
gift will enable tho managers of thll
splendid institution to bel)) yet othoi
friendless boys to become what Sam
ucl Wilson was-a successful mer
chant, a good citizen, a generou:
friend.
SHAKE INTOIOUR SHOE*
Allen's Koot-KUMP, ?I powder, lt CHIPS paint II
sinai tlug, nervous feet and Ingrowing nails, an
Instantly taken thc* stinji out ol corns and Inn
hm.-. H's the greatest comfort'b jnvery of th
nge. Allen's Koot-Kast: makes ti^ht or net
?hoes fool easy, lt is a certain eure, for swea!
lng, cations, swollen, tired, oohing leet. Try I
to-day. Sold Inf all DraggiBtS and Shoe Stole:
Hy niall for 2Ac. In stamps. Don't accent an
substituto. Trial package FRTO, Address, A
len S. Olmsted, 1,0 Koy, N. Y. ,
Hero (Jots the Money.
Qr eon WOOd, May 27.-J. H. Gold
man, tho man who was recognize!
for his bravery by tho Carnegie hen
commission, has received his ched
for $1,000; which Was given to hin
to buy a farm, am with this and Uv
gold modal awarded to him he ha
received the full award given by tin
commission. Mr.^Goldman got hi
check for $1,000 last week.
IMPRISONED AFTER :*2 YEAHS.
.Aged Man Sent Back to Serve Out
Ton-Tear Sen teure.
Atlanta, Gu., May 27.-Walter ll.
Holcombe. 7? years old, who con
fessed that be escaped from prison
in 1S77, was brought here from Ra
ima county, Georgia, preparatory to
being taken to prison to servo o\it
nine years of the sentence he ls al
leged to have lied fi oin U2 years ago.
Holcombe was sentenced to 10 years
for theft. He said that he went
West after his escape and returned
to Kabun only a short time ago,
thinking that his white hair and
be?ird would prevent him from being
recognized. Ile returned to bis Geor
gia home to live on the proceeds of a
modest Income, the results of saving
during his long freedom.
ltchl ir, idles provoke profanity,
but profanity won't cure them.
Donn's Ointment cures itching,bleed
ing or protruding plies nfter years of
suffering. At any drug store.
Madison Locals.
Madison, May 2f>.-Special: Far?
niel's are getting behind with their
crops owing to the rainy weather.
Mrs. R. U. Duprec bas returned to
her home at Slmpsonvlll?, after a
very pleasant visit here with friends
and relatives.
W. I'. Cleland has bought a lot
near the depot and will erect a two
story dwelling house on it In the
near future.
Mrs. Nellie White and daughter,
Miss Ulanche, of Westminster, wore
visitors here Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mary Jane Watt ls very sick
at this writing. We hope for her
speedy recover.
W. P, Cleland had the misfortune
to get his hand badly mashed Sat
urday while handling lumber. I\D.
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WINTHROP COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION.
Tho examination for tho award of
vacant Scholarships In Winthrop Col
lege an t for the admission of new
Students will be held at the County
Court House on FRIDAY, JULY 2,
at 9 a. m. Applicants must bo not
less than fifteen years of age. When
Scholarships are vacant after July 2
they will bo awarded to those mak
ing the highest average nt this ex
amination, provided they meet the
conditions governing tho award. .
Applicants for Scholarships should
write to President Johnson before
the examination for Scholarship ex
amination blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. Tho next session will
open September IC, 1909. For fur
ther Information and catalogue, ad
dress Pres. 1). ll. Johnson, Rock HUI,
S. C. 18-26?
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
ITORS.-All persons Indebted to the
Estate of Geo. Phillips, deceased,
are hereby notified to make payment
to the undersigned, and all persona
having claims against said estate will
present the same duly attested with
in the time prescribed by law or be
barred. C. E. GAILLARD,
Administrator.
May 19, 1909. -20-23
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE?
I MENT AND DISCHARGE.-Notice
?is hereby given that the undersigned
will make application to D. A. Smith,
Judge of Probate for Oconee County,
in the State of South Caro
lina, at his office at Walhalla Court
House, on SATURDAY, June 19th,
1909, at ll o'clock in the forenoon,
or as soon thereafter as said applica
tion can be heard, for leave to make
Anal settlement of the Estate of
George Phillips, deceased, and ob
tain final discharge as Admlnistra
trator of said Estate.
C. E. GAILLARD, Administrator.
May 19, 1909. 20-23
NOTICE TO DEBTORS and CRED
ITORS.-All persons Indebted to the
Estate of .las. H.Adams, deceased, are
hereby notified to make payment to
the undersigned, and all persons hav
ing claims against, said estate will
present the same duly attested within
the time prescribed by law or bo
barred. DEMPIE A. ADAMS,
Qualified Administratrix.
Seneca, S. C.
May 19, 1909. 20-23
PLEASE NOTICE.
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Plans, Specifications, Details and
Perspectives in colors, make esti
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for any style of building you want at
very low prices. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Call or write me.
ROBERT S. HAINES, Architect,
39-22?_Walhalla, S. C.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Oconee.
By virtue or an execution directed
to me by A. P. Crisp, Magistrate, In
the case of Wm. M. Brown, Plaintiff,
vs. S. L. Richardson, Defendant, I
will sell In front of the Court House
door, at Walhalla, S. C., on MON
DAY, June 7th, 1909, same being a
regular salcsduy, during tho legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder,
VOR CASH, at public auction, the
following described property, levied
Upon us the property of S. L. Rich
ardson, at. tho suit of William M.
Brown, to-wit :
One High Point Top Buggy, with
Side Springs, with Black Body, Steel
Tired, (Joining Style Bod;..
W. M. KAY,
Sheriff for Oconee County.
May 12, 1909. 19-22
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