STILL APTER BETTER HOADS.
u.M. Perry SUKROOS Some Changes.
Against Commutation.
Salem, R, F. D. NO. I.-Editor
Keoweo Courier: l feel somewhat
timid in entering upon n discussion
of tho road question. Nevertheless
1 feel lt to he a duty, as a citizen
and a tax payer of O-once, to speak
out; lu other words, to unfold my
flag and let my fellow-men know
where 1 stand in this Important mat
ter.
I am persuaded that there is no
one person responsible for the pres
ent conditions of the county. Nei
ther do I think that any one Doa rd
of Commissioners ure responsible;
nor do I think our legislative body
alone ls responsible; nor yet alone
the overseers, or the grand jurors.
Then who ls responsible for this
enormous debi that hangs over our
county, which, Instead of diminish
ing, ls growing larger and larger
every year? Blend the whole hunch
In one bundle and you have lt, with
myself in the bundle .lust put in
Mr. Politics as rooting right under
one end of the platier and old self
spooning oui of the other end of
the tilted dish, ll I were to go into
details this would take too much
space and time; nor yet would it
work our roads nor pay this enor
mous sum hanging over the county.
Now, if this part of my article hits
any one too hard, excuse me from a
controversy through the pres.*.
How are we lo get this continual
confusion down in our county? 1
think it ls an unfair thing to raise
the commutation road tax, for there
are as many or more men in Oconee
who own no horses or wagons as
there are who do. So, if you raise
this fax, Mr. A. with no stock at all,
has to pay just the same tax ns D.
his neighbor, with ten wagons and
teams. 1 may be wrong, but if I am
1 cannot see it at this time.
Let es do away with this commu
tation tax entirely mid give ample
labor to work the roads and only uso
what ls needed to keep them lu good
condition. Then take the three
mills for the bridges. If this is In
sufficient raise lt sufficiently to meet
the requirements. Then you will
stop this pay check business once a
month, with great long accounts
way over yonder somewhere where
the roads have never been seen
away over there where lt ls too far
to go for that little hit.
If you are going to have the road
scrape, keep it in Hie lower part of
the county; it will not work up here
in these gullies and rocks. Then
work our own convicts, and more 'f
you can get them right and need
them. Put them in the mud holes
and on the rocks and on snell places
as are above the average road work.
There is no such thing as one
man alone supervising Oconee. Ile
needs the co-operation of al least
. . ii li 1 men one in each OWtlship
to assist him. Allow these assist
ants something for their work more
than their road service, for this is
not enough for the aloise he will get
in twelve months.
There is a great deal more that 1
could say. but will give place to
those with better heads. In conclud
ing, however, i insist that we must
have a limit somewhere and have
some om; responsible, and under
good management, 1 think the neces
sities of the county can be met with
less fuss and howling.
Yours for better roads,
W. M. Perry.
Health and Beauty Ahls.
Cosmetics and lotions will not
? lear your complexion of pimples and
blotches like Foley's Orino Laxa
tive, for Indigestion, stomach and
liver trouble ami habitual constipa
lion. Cleanses the system ami is
pleasant to take. .1. W. Pell. Wal
halla; Stonecypher Drug Co., West
minster.
$20,000,000 Postal Deficit.
Beverly, Mass.. Sept. 2. Postmas
ter General Hitchcock had an Im
portant conference w it h t he President
regarding the plans he had formu
lated for cutting down expenses In
the postal establishment.
He told the President that, accord
ing to the latest estimates, tile Post
Office D?pannent will show a deficit
for the fiscal year, ended .lune 30
last, of more than $20.(MIK,linn. This
is the largest deficll the postal ser
vice has ever known, and Mr. Hitch
cock Informed the President that it
was his purpose ami his ambition to
show a material decrease in I he
amount every year that he has con
trol of the department. The deficit
for the llscal year ending .lune 30,
1908, was about $16,000.000.
Gem?an Diplomat to Die.
Santiago. Chile. Sept. 4.-Beckert,
the formel chancellor of the German
legation here, has been condemned
to death by the court of first in
stance on the charge of having mur
dered an employee of the legation on
February 5, last, and set fire to the
legation offices. The trial was held
umler the laws of Chile,
MOVI NU PIC?TItKS IN < III K? ll.
Novel Departure I? Services In An
Atlanta Cburch<
(Atlanta Journal.)
Pictures have boon adopted hy
Wesley Memorial church and will
henceforth form a vital and Inter
esting feature of the services of that
wide-awake congreeat io ..'
Sunday evening tho temporary
quartern of tho church on Houston
street were packed with people who
sat spellbound while the life of
Christ was Hashed scene by scene
upon a great canvas just above the
pulpit. Besides films there were Il
lustrated songs, just as there are In
the picture shows, though the selec
tions were, of course, In accordance
with the occasion. O. W. Stapleton
sang "Throw Out the I.ire Line" to
an accompaniment of beautifully col
ored films, and Miss Nell Harrell
sang "Lead Kindly Light." Fred
Miles handled the machine behind a
hood of black cloth, and proved him
self an expert.
lt ls a singular thing to see Ibis
institution which now makes up the
chief amusement of half the world,
ami which In the United States alone
is capitalized at more than the Stan
dard Oil Company, entering tin* pul
pit and preaching sermons. Mut th?'
people of Wesley Memorial believe
that it can be turned to a great
power for religion, ?md they have
seized upon it accordingly, lt Is be
lieved chat other churches will fol
low suit, and that soon motion pic
tures will be a patt of many religious
services.
Monday evening at S o'clo? k the
pictures will again be brought into
use at tho quarterly sociable meet
ing of the members of the church,
which ls to be held on the sward in
the rear of the hall on Houston
street. Three hundred Hims of hu
man and artistic interest will be ex
hibited.
"Donn's Ointment cured me of ec
zema that had annoyed me a long
Hine. The cure was permanent."
Hon. S. W. Matthews, Commissioner
Labor Statistics, Augusta, Me.
Aeroplane,'1 tb?' New Hat.
(Mileage. Sept. 4.-The National
Association of Milliners assembled
at the Fine Arts Building Wednes
day night, launched the "aeroplane"
as tho new style of headgear; put a
ban on the peach-basket hat and de
creed the three-cornered hat. of the
Louis XVI days as the stunning bon
net for the coming winter months.
The new creation In millinery art
resembles an air ship in shape, hav
ing two long feathers at either end
and a curved rim. Its dimensions
are 20 by IS inches, and because of
its light trimmings it weighs consid
erably less than one pound.
SOI 1 11 CAROLINA Li;.A HS.
Interesting Statistics of the Southern
Cotton Mills.
(The Textile Manufacturer.)
Our Southern Cotton Mill Direc
tory, which has just been completed,
contains ?lata which can be compiled
into very Interesting ligures relative
to the cotton mills of the South.
The directory docs not Include
any woolen mills and no knitting
mills except those sp.nnlng their own
yarn, and these facts should be re
membered in considering the statis
tics gi > en below.
The territory embraced covers
Texas and Oklahoma, to the West,
and Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia
to the north.
There are 762 cotton mills in the
South with 11,720,100 spindles, and
267.430 looms. The total capitaliza
tion is $115,717.000, which ts re
markably low, being only about $10
per spindle.
On i basis of $20 per spindle,
which may be said to be the aveiage
cost, tho amount Invested in South
ern mills is estimated at $240,000,
000.
The average size mill in the South
is 1"?,400 spindles, which is an In
?rense over recent years.
Only a little over half, or 423
mills, have looms, and the average of
Hies?1 is t',:?2 looms to the mill.
North Carolina leads in the num
ber of mills, having 31 ft, or more
than twice as many as South Caro
lina, but the South Carolina mills
No. Mills.
Alabama . 66
Arkansas . 2
Georgia . .138
Kentucky . S
Louisiana . 4
Mississippi . 18
Missouri . 3
North Carolina .3 1 f>
Oklahoma . '
South Carolina .152
Tennessee . 23
Texas . 18
Virginia . 14
Totals
FOR
ALL
CREATION
The one
great ^
remec/y1
fora//
aches am
pains /n
man a nc/
beast
/s
I Beat for rheumatism, sciatica, lam?
GUARANTEE!
PKMJAGUA SPREADING FAST.
Almost un epidemic of the Disease
in Asylum ut Haleigh.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 4.-Pellagra
has become almost an epidemic at
the Slate Insane Hospital here, and
Dr. .lames .McKee, superintendent,
has announced that there are four
cases being treated, none being dan
gerous.
The Hrst case diagnosed as pellag
ra occurred eighteen months ago.
and there have been a total of nine
cases. A ft v days ago one patient
died. Alvin Adams, of Newborn,
brought to the hospital as insane
because of sickness fruin pellagra.
Dr. .McKee says that he uses only the
best grade of water-ground corn
meal in the corn bread eaten at the
hospital, and that he does not think
pellagra is caused by lt.
Auto Smashed; Three Killed.
Reading, Pa.. Sept. 3.- * Penn
sylvania train this afternoon struck
an automobile at Douglassvllle, this
county, and killed three persons
Wm. L. Graul and wife, of Temple,
this county, and the wife of Dr.
S. E. Siegel, a well-known dentist of
Reading. Dr. Siegel's legs were bro
ken and he cannot survive.
Many people ?delude themselves by
saying "it will wear away," when
they notice symptoms of kidney and
bladder trouble. This is a mistake.
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy, and
stop the drain on the vitality. It
cures backache, rheumatism, kidney
and bladder trouble, and makes every
trace of pain, weakness, and urinary
trouble disappear. J. W. Dell, Wal
hall; Stonecypher Drug Co., \Vest
minster.
average 29,000 spindles as against
an average of 10,250 for the North
Carolina mills. The total spindles
In South Carolina are 4,404,679, and
in North Carolina 3,236,781.
Georgia has almost as many mills
as South Carolina, but they average
only 1 1.000 spindles, which is about
half the size of the average South
Carolina mill, and the total spindles
in Georgia is 1,908,564.
Alabama has almost an even mil
lion s; indies, which, divided among
her 06 mills, gives an average size
of 15,300 spindles, or slightly larger
than Georgia.
Statistics show that the South
is now consuming approximately
1,250,000,000 pounds of cotton.which
ls an average of 100 pounds per
spindle per year, or about two
pounds per spindle per week. Al
lowing for waste, this would show
that the average number spun in
the South was about 2 2's yarn,
which is higher than a few years
ago. and shows that, the South is
making advances in spinning finer
yarns.
Mill building In the South has. in
our opinion, just begun, and we pre
dict that the next decade will show
remarkable ad\ anees.
lt is estimated that between $15,
(MMUMio and $20.000.000 will be ex
pended for new mills and enlarge
ments this year, and should business
boom this fall the above figures will
be greatly exceeded during HMO.
The following table shows the dis
tribution of the cotton manufactur
ing industry of the Southern Stales:
Capital. Spindles. Looms.
6,385,000 1,008,190 38,270
215,000 14,952 2 10
12,958,000 1,908,564 49,011
l.r.30.000 it 1,008 1,445
I.!i0t?.000 Ul,SOO 2,350
3,334,000 17!?,as l 4,787
1.4.30,000 42.080 1,018
34.382,000 3.230,781 57,108
150.000 5,712
40.010,000 4.404,079 96,117
3,350,000 249,905 4,281
2.01 1,000 130,256 2,493
8,062,000 350,488 10.274
267,430
NERVE,
LUV
Contains tho old-fashioned ing
liniments used by your grandpi
it also embodies the latest and
discoveries. It is therefore the
over remedies that have been befr
lie 25 or 50 years, in that it is u;
its ingredients, it is Triple Streng
Most Penetrating, therefore Mos
Sold by druggists everywhere.
Noah Ile
bark, ?(lit |oln<a and maaclea, aore (linn
> AND SOU) BY DR. J. W. BEIJL,
SOMETHING HAPPENEI>.
Ilrillianl Meteor Keen and Big Noise
Heard-Earth Trembled. (
(Anderson Mail. 3d.)
Something happened in this vicin
ity last night, but nobody kifows just
what it was.
This morning a number of people
have told of hearing a peculiar rum
bling noise about midnight.and some
have claimed that it was accompa
nied by a tremor of the earth.
One citizen tells this experience:
He was in bed, hut was awake. A
light Mashed across the window, but
he did not get up to Investigate. A |
few minutes later he heard a heavy J
rumbling noise, and about the same
time a lattice door on the back plaz
! sa began rattling as if some one
I were trying to get in. The citizen
I got up then and looked all about the
house, but could not find anything
wrong.
This morning a gentleman from
Belton was In the city. He said he
was attending a holiness meeting at
that place last night. Just before
midnight he saw a brilliant meteor
flash across the southern skies, ac
companied by a loud rumbling noise
and a perceptible tremor of the
earth. The gentleman said that the
meteor, after going some distance,
burst into fragments. He says that
when the thing happened the congre
gation fled from the church, and that
the preachers conducting the sendee
led the way.
This morning the Daily Mail had
several telephone messages from
people in differ nt parts of the coun
ty who had seen the meteor and
heard the noise, and who wanted to
know something about it. All the
persons milking Inquiries gave about
the same account ol' the occurrence.
lt waa at W'illianiston, Too.
A gentleman at Williamston tele
phoned the Daily Mall this afternoon
that the meteor was seen there last
night, and that was accompanied
by a rumbling noise. He' said that
there was a perceptible tremor of the
earth, sufficient to cause doors and
windows to rattle.
Was Seen at Asheville.
Asheville. N. C., Sept. 3.-Blazing
With amazing splendor a large me
teor formed a brilliant spectacle of
the skies for late pedestrians on the
streets last night. The meteor pass
ed over the Federal building and
midway in its flight lt became a glow
ing ball of fire about twelve inches
In diameter to the naked eye. A
shower of falling sparks followed Its
disappearance.
W. s. Taylor, Exile, Returns.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 4- Kentucky
has a visitor who, for nine years, was
an exile from his native State be
cause ol* his alleged connection with
the assaf- tatton of Governor Wm.
Goebel, former Governor William S.
Taylor, who now lives in Indianapo
lis, and who was pardoned about
three months ago by Govenor Will
son of all charges against him, grow
ing out of the Goebel murder.
This is his first visit to Kentucky
since he fled from the State soon af
ter Goebel was shot. He is appar
ently in good health. He says he
will never return to Kentucky to live,
ns the State has brought him too
much sorrow. Ills wife and daugh
tter died of broken hearts, ii ls said,
as a result of the accusations against
him.
P
fl say contumption can be
I cured. Nature alone won't
I do it, it needs help.
O cr oies
SCOTT'S EMULSION
is the bett help, but iU use
Imutt be continued in sum
mer a? well as winter.
Tika lt In ?little cold milk or w?ter
Gtt a tnvall bottle now. All DrugglU? I
I
BONE AND Ml
11 M Er
redients of
tirents, and
up-to-date
advantage
?re the pub
p-to-date in
fth, and the
t Effective.
Best for All Ne:
and Pains. It f
the cords, muscl
the body, givin
anjKother reme<
'cu liar p?n?tr?t
pure, for intern!
and beast. For
Monet refunded If lt fulls to do nil eli
?medy Co., ftoston and Richmond, U. S.
kt, coldr, ?tra?na, ?prut n?, cutn, bruine*, <
WALHALLA, AND \V. J. LUNNEY,
OXCK IX EVERY FIVE Y KA KS.
This ls Often KnoUgll for the IU*1
Shirt Reunions.
Editor T. C. Martin, of the Basley
Progress, attended the recent reun
ion of the Rod Shirts in Anderson.
Writing about it in his paper, he
has this to say:
"There was a great abundance of
barbecued meats, bread, cakes, liles,
fried chicken, pickles, etc., and the
dinner passed off in a very orderly
manner. There was no scrambling
or unnecessary haste. All seemed to
get plenty. The barbecued meats
were fine and the hash was hard to
beat. Like tho Anderson Mail, we
believe this meeting and reorganiza
tion was a good thing, but once In
five years is often enough to
have lt."
Call Meeting County Farmers' Union.
Oconee County Farmers' Union is
hereby called to meet In call session
at Bounty Land school house, with
Bounty Land Local, on Saturday,
September 11th, 1909, at 10 o'clock
a. m. Each local is requested to
send a full delegation, and as many
of its members are requested to at
tend as can do so, as lhere is busi
ness of importance to be brought be
fore the body.
J. Wade Dickson, President.
J. W. Alexander, Secretary.
Killed Girl und Shot Wife.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 3.-Pos
ses of officers and citizens are scour
ing the woods In the vicinity of
Grady. 30 miles out. for William
Stevenson, who this morning, three
miles from Grady, shot bis wife and
stepdaughter, mangling one hand of
the former and killing the latter al
most instantly, with a load of shot in
the stomach. Stevenson, who had
been separated from his family, used
a double-barreled shotgun.
The shots were heard by the 13
year-old son of Mrs. Stevenson, who
had gone out to the field to work,
and he rushed back to find bis mo
ther with one hand torn off and his
lS-year-old sister dying on the floor.
The man who had done the work
fled, leaving the boy to bear with
his own '.nirden of tragedy. His
cries soon brought neighbors and
these, after administering to the
wants of the injured, and laying out
the dead, joined in the hunt for the
culprit.
Stevenson came to the home of lils
family about 7 o'clock, and lt ls sup
posed demanded that he be taken
back, having been separated from
them several weeks. The farm and
property belonged to Mrs. Stevenson,
who was a Mrs. Vann three years
ago, when she mnrrled'Stevenson.
Just what passed ls not known, as
Mrs. Stevenson has not been able to
talk, and the neighbors, in fear of
the slayer, refuse to talk.
Tim Full (?arden.
Get about the work at once. Do
not put it off. Clean off all weeds
and grass and get soil in good con
dition. Sow mustard, turnips, spin
ach and lettuce seed at once, or as
soon as the showers approach, lt ls
better to plant these seed In rows
If? to 18 Inches apart so as lo thin
and cultivate them, lt is generally
better to sow some lettuce seed in a
bed so it can be protected and when
large enough transplant lt. Spinach
sown now will bo ready to use by
the first of December. Onion sots,
or seeds, should be planted lu Sep
tember. The seed of the early varie
ties will make onions In the spring
that will be ready for use as soon ns
the sets. Lettuce sown now and
well cared for ought to be ready to
use by the middle of November. It
ls better to buy spinach seed in bulk.
A half pound of seed will cost no
more than three or four papers. A
second planting will bo necessary In
November, and a thrld one in March.
In r.owlng mustard get the large curl
leaf. It Is very tender and suculent.
Sow a few rows of seven top turnips
for salad.
?.
1 S C L E
4T
rve, Bone and Muscle Aches
?trikes almost instantly into
cs and nerves in any part of
g relief mere quickly than
ly known, because of its pe
ing properties. Absolutely
il and external uses for man
All Creation. Try it. 25c.
ilmcil. Sample on request
, A.
Mlle, cramp?, IndiBeattaii, ric, rte.
SENECA.
CEO. H. CROMER FOR GOVERNOR
Newberry Correspondent Suggests
Prohohitionist for the Mansion.
("Marcellus," In News and Courier.)
Since the prohibitionists have ali
broke down, cut up and defeated the
dlspensaryltes, horse, loot and dra
goons, and we will now pass over
into the land of Canaan, flowing
with milk and honey, and where str
and sorrow will trouble us no more^?^ v
lt behooves us-especially the be-^^
nighted dlspensaryltes-to seek out
and put forward our prettiest foot, In
the way of officers, t*> keep the
kitchen spick and span. Having re
covered from the rude shock admin
istered to us by the wicked "pro
hibs" and dusted the grime and sand
from our unhallowed garments, we
now proceed to nominate Hon. Geo.
B. Cromer, of Newberry, ns the next
Chief Executive of the grand old
Commonwealth of South Carolina.
He has said that he wanted no office,
(and we believe him), but he is too
good and true and competent a man
to hide his light under a bushel.
Cincinnati's was forcibly extracted
from between his plough handles to
preside over the destinies of Rome,
and we are sure that Dr. Cromer will
allow us to take him from his legal
plough to pull the bell cord over the
gubernatorial mule.
So much by way of pleasantry. To
be serious, Mr. Cromer has never
preached the blessings of a rotten
State dispensary lu one breath and
harped on the damning blight of 11
puor upon the morals and manhood
of the age In the next. He luis been
a prohibitionist from his mother's
breast lo the present and would he
naught else, though everybody be
side him should advocate the traffic.
He did not "bite his tongue" when lt
was unpopular to talk prohibition,
and now that his propaganda has
got us down, hard and fast, on our
hacks, we naturally want the best In
the shop.
The State is calling for men of his
stripe, and, while we do not agree
with him on prohibition, we know v
of no higher and purer and nobles*^
type of manhood in South Carolina
than George H. Cromer.
Slays Mother, Then Kills Self.
Pottsville. Pa., Sept. I!. - After
killing his mother, probably a week
ago. George P. Simons, 21 years of
age, shot himself dead last night at
the home of Violet llartranft. to
whom he had been paying attention.
The body of the mother was found
lu (he attic of her home this after
noon by the father. George F, Sim
ons, Sr. The door of the room was
fastened with large screws and the
crevices were sealed with paraffine.
The body ls in a badly decomposed
condition. lt is believed sin1 was
st rangled.
After the body was discovered,
thc husband notified the police, who
went to the home of the llartranffs,
lo ascertain the whereabouts of the
younger Simons. Upon seeing the
officers, the young man shot himself
in the head before any one could
interfere.
lt ls believed that the young man
quarreled with his mother about his
paying attentions to the young girl.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,
a mercury will su ly destroy the
s.nse of smell and completely de
range the whole system when enter
ing lt through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never he used
except on prescriptions from reputa
ble physicians, as the damage they
will do ls ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's0
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, con
tains no mercury, and ls taken hitch*,'
nally, acting directly upon tho blooV
and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine, lt is taken
Internally and made lu Toledo, Ohio,
by V. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free. Sold by druggists. Price 75c.
per bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
p?t!- ...