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KEOWEE COURIER ( I v ?TA HLISH ED 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription, $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising Hates Reasonable. -By STECK, 8IIELOR & SCHRODER. Communications of a personnl ebrracter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bo prlntod free of charge. AB over that number must be paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, H. C.: WEDNESDAY, NOV. J?, 1 DOO. THC LAST SKJN'EH. In a recent issue ol' Hie ('oin nib ia State appeared an article relative to th? secession convention. This arti cle was written by Col. Robort A. Thompson, of Walhalla. In 1001,and was reprinted, In bin used in connec tion witli the death of the lamented Dr. .la*, l-l. Carlisle. In this connec tion the State says: "By tho death of Dr. .las. H. Car lisle, Col. Thompson becomes the last survivor of those 121 men whose names ari1 appended to the Ordinance ol' Secession. And il is a singular fact that his name was dist on the roll-there were t!0 before him and 00 niter him. Col. Thompson was for years editor of the Keowee Cou rier of Walhalla. Evon so late as 1?.O0 he was a member of the Legis lature. Ho always tnl.es atl Interest In what ls going on." And to-day, we m l<?ll1 add. this sanie venerable gentleman ls one of the most interested and careful fol lowers of the proceedings of the Court of Sessions in Walhalla. In np.', iii his advanced years, day af ter dav he drives from lils rural home to his ollie' on Hie Court House Square and spends his time reading and in the stud) of his legal cases, ile pays little attention to the crimi nal side of Court save as a student of ea. h case for bis own satisfaction, but on (he ch il sid.- he i? still fre quently heard arguing points clea ri j and logically before .lu.lue and jnr.'.. Not Infrequently, by preference, he walks the two ii>i' - from his home to Walhalla, and back in the evening, "for his health.'' an I his energy and nclivii' would do credit lo a man ? Men" who have liiosseu ..... villi their noble lives, have yoi be fore bim seals of peace and honor und plenty. HOLDING COTTON IN GEORGIA. The farmers of Georgia are to-day enjoying the help of the banks of thal State in their efforts to secure 1 ."> cents a pound for cotton. The At lanta Constitution ol' last Saturday contained this ann.nine, nient of th" united action of a number of promi nent banks and banker.-- over the State: Hanks in Georgia have agreed to loan, upon codon stored in Farmers' I nion warehouses in this State, a sum aggregating several million dol lars, io the end thal the commodity thus tinan. ed II.av be held until i he price roache - 1 ?. couts, Thal w as i he announcement made yesterday on behalt ol the 'Farmers' Union by R. F. Duckworth, former Slate president, and now chairman of the national executive committee. Thc agreement has actually been executed. Mr. Duckworth says, an.) it will go hilo effect lo-da>. Thc bank- subscribing lo the ar rangement will advance money up to n basis ol' l :! cents a pound valua tion For (iii - accommodation, it is understood, interest ls charged on a basis of s per con). The annoiinceiiKuil bj Mr, Duck worth yesterday comes as th.- culmi nation of a year's effort in this direc tion. Negotiations of various nature and evlenl have been under wa J for that length ol time, gradually matur ing, until yesterday an agreement was reached entirely satisfactory lo all parties. The arrangement will become ef fective al once, KO thai members own ing colton stored in warehouses and press,.! for Hinds, may lo-da.v ap proach the banks designated bj their officials and obtain SM Hi. lent funds to rollo*, n I heir Immediate needs. This action on the part of I lie Gool ;ln banks will be ol material ben.fu io ibo farmers of that State, ami noi alone to ibo farmers, but to the business men |n general, and it gives the planter a much better op portunity lo meet his obligations and still hold his own for the protection of his own best Interests, lt will, of course, be held hy the cotton gamblers thal this "holding movement" for ,"> cents ls unjust and unreasonable, but wo fall to see lt lu that light. If the 1909 cotton crop ls sold out of the fanners' hands the speculators uro going to hold lt af ter lt 1? In their hands. The mills will have to pay tho advanced price, and lt Is a great deal better that they should pay it to the producer In tho South than to tho speculator in the North. We would be glad lo see the banks o? South Carolina fall in line with the Georgia hanks, and agree to lend money liberally on the security of warehoused cotton, lt would be of vast benefit to the State. There ls now much nloney in the banks lying idle, on which the banks might Just as well be drawing interest; many merchants are handicapped by un paid accounts of planters, and the latter are harrassed in their efforts to hold cotton by reason of their In debtedness. A united agreement on the part of the hanks to lend money liberally on stored cotton would rein, edy the whole matter, enabling them to put out at Interest mindi money now lying Idle; the fannel could then liquidate his debts to the mer chant, and then have no one pushing bini to sell his cotton. This ls, we think, a wise solution of tho matter that the Georgia banks have adopted, and we would be glad to see a similar movement on the part of the banks of this State. The thing for the South to do ls to aban don the practice of getting the South's main money erou out of the planters' hands at a low price. An advance ls always paid to the specu lators later, and why not pay the ad vance to the ones In our very midst who produce this crop, and who In turn spend their earnings in the South? Prom Illira! Westminster. Westminster. R. P. I). No. 1, Nov. I.-Special: Mrs. W. V. Hancox,who has been sick for some time, ls im proving. L. Joneg and wife, ot' Madison, vis ited here the past week. .1. 1.. Hancox, of Cordele, tia., ls nt home on account of the Illness of his mother. ll lakes Dr, Cook lo tell a boil I the Niiri h Pole and .1. A. Cook to tell about the roads to Madison. Frost and ice last week. Colton is almost all open, picked oi:t and sold. '1 boinas Wyly. of Westminster, vis ited i.ere last week. T. <). Cole, ol' Oakway, visited here ! recent ly. Re\. s. A. McDaniel, of Rocky Ford, (?a.. visited lu re lust week. Mrs. Statis i.. Hunter visited seve ral day? in town last week. Misses Mamie and Vera Simpson, ol' Westminster, visited homet'olks Sal urday. W. O. Johns is erecting a nice six room house on the louer cud of hist pint e. Wyly & Armstrong, of Rich land, are i he cont motors. The swool potato crop is short in ibis seel ion. T. W. Hallenger spent several days in Spa ? I anim i g on business last! week. *** What Would Voil Do ? case r* a burn or scald what <1 you ?lo to relieve th,' pain'.'! i Injuries are liable to occur In any family, and every one should bo prepared for them. Chamberlain's Salvo applied on a soft ( loth will re lieve the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is a very severe one. will cause UK- parts to beal without leaving a scar. For sale bv Dr. .1. W. Bell, Walhalla; \V. .1. Lun ney, Seneca. A Dakota Story. ( I lousckeeper. t I was talking willi a Dakotan the other day. "Speaking of farms." be said, "we have some sizable farms om in Dakota. Ves, sir, I've seen a lunn on one of our big farms start mil in i lie spring and plow a straight furrow lill fall. Then be turned around and harvested back." "Wonderful!" said I. "On our Dakota farms," ho went on. ?l's tho usual Hiing to send young married couples out to milk the cows. Their children bring back tho milk." "Wonderful!" I repeated. "Once," he said. "1 saw a Dakota tanner's family prostrated willi grief. I'be women were weeping, the dogs were Parking, the children were squalling, and i be tears ran down the farmer's cheeks as be hitched up his twenty-mule leam and drove off." "Where was be going'."' said I. "ile was going half-way across tho : fa nu lo Iced 1 he pigs." "Did he ev er gol hack ?" I asked. "lt isn't time for him yet," was Mle reply. i omi nei s. Morrison and Mitchell, tho National labor leaders, have been adjudged guilt) of contempt b) 'he Fulled Slates Supreme Conn of Appeal-, and sentenced io jail. "...* House Burns With li..nates. Pinefield, W. Va.. Nov. 2.- The charred bodies of three members ol' i Co- family of George Hood, an need , willie man. were found to-day in the ? ! ruins of the Hood home, at Harper, j and the body ol George Hood was; ! removed while the Haines were still at I heir height. The bouse was de stroyed l?v lire last night tor the purpose, the police believe, of cover I lng up a quadruple murder. Rob i ber) ls believed io have been thc mo I live for I he crime. Forced into Rxllc. Wm. Fpchuroh. of filen Oak. Okla homa, was an exile from home. [ Mountain air, he thought would cure la frightful lung-racking cough that j had defied all remedies for two years, j After six months he returned, dca th dogging al lils stops. "Then I hogan lo use Dr. King's New Discovery," he writes, "and after taking six bot tles I am as well as over." It saves thousands yearly from desperate lung diseases. Infallible for coughs and colds. It dispels hoarseness and sore throat. Cures grip, bronchitis, hemorrhages, asthma, croup, whoop ing cough. fiOc. and $1. Trial bot tle freo. Guaranteed by all drug gists. A RECIPE FOR CURING HAMS. Thc I .mu.us Virginia Method Fully Explained. Select six fresh pork hams, 16 pounds each; nih over tba flesh o?do of mose a mixture of '? pounds of brown sugar, % pound of saltpeter, VA pound of black pepper, and Mt pound of red popper with salt enough to cover tho hams-about 3 quarts to the 100 pounds. Pack In a tub or box with tho skin downward. Let thom rema In six weeks, thou hang by strings and smoke with greenwood (hickory ls preferable) a few hours each day for ten days. Hub over with hickory ashes, and leave them hanging for three weeks, after which wrap In paper and put In bags. They are best from one to two years after curing. Hams cured as above, being un surpassed In quality and flavor, need to bo bolled in water only. To cook the ham, soak in cold wator six to eight hours, wash and scrape thor oughly, put in a closed boiler nearly full of cold water; let come to a boil, then simmer slowly, allowing LT? minute's to thc! pound. When t'one, lot the ham remain in the li quor until cold, remove the skin, spread over with brown sugar, mois tened with sherry wino, cover wit li cracker dust, and put in a hot oven a few minutes until a nut brown. Servo on a platter garnished with parsley. Lutheran Synod to Meet. Tho eighty-flfth annual convention of tho Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina will be held In St. Stephen's church, Lexington county, commencing Wednesday, November 10th, at IO o'c lock a. m. This ls ono of the most important events in the Slate. ricura th? J* T8 Kind Yuu Hava Always 8ottgV. THE BANKING BY MAIL SYSTEM -OF (?ERMANIA RAVINGS HANK Ol' CH A KLFSTON, S. C. GIVES THEIR DEPOSITORS CAREFII, SERVICE/ Write them. Resources Over - . - $2,000,000.00. ;IH Broad Street. I*, o. Box 807. CHARLESTON, S. C. November I DOO. 11-17 NOTICE ol' FINAL SETTLEMENT AM? DISCHARGE. Notice ls horeb} given t isl the undersigned will make nppi .lion lo D. A. SMITH. Judge of Pro-j baie for Oconce County, In the Stale of South .Carolina, al his. Office at Walhalla Court House, on ' Thursday, December 2d, 1909, at ll ' o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon i thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make Anal settle ment of tho Estate of B. lt. Watson,] Minor, and obtain Anal discharge as Guardian of .said Estate. G. B. WATSON. Guardian. November 1 909. 1 I-1? Expert Horsestow. Notice.-We have on hand a few kegs Of horse and mule shoes that I we would like io dispose of during tho next ;?(i days. So if your horse needs shoeing and is worth shoeing, why not have ii done right ? I do both laney and draft shoeing. PRICES FROM l."ic. TO $1.50. Gentlemen, remember I have spent nearly one-third of twenty-one years in shoeing dumb animals to travel WITH PERFECT EASE. Remember, cheap and careless shoeing has ruined many a good ani mal. Choose the one you wish to shoe your horse or mule. Your friend, .1. E. HELL, Horseshoer, AT LA V'S BLACKSMITH SHOP, Walhalla, S. C. Nov ember 3, 1909. 11-17 FINE HORSES FOR SALE. I have just arrived from Wyoming with a lol ot' FINE WESTERN HORSES AND MARES-PA RTLV BROKE. Will soil cheap for Cash. Call at T. E. Alexander's old stables. Wal halla, and .see them. Vou will bc pleased with them. Will be in Walhala until Novem ber st h. JAMES CROW. October 27, 1909. 43-44* NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE? MENT AND DISCHARGE.-Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate foi Oconee county, In the State of South Caro lina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Saturday, November 27th, 1900, nt ll o'clock In the forenoon, or ns soon thereafter as said applica tion can le hoard, for leave to make f.iinl settlement of the Estate of ,1. F. HINCKLE, deceased, and ob tain Anal discharge as Administrator of said Estate. J. EISTACE HOPKINS, Administrator. Oc tober 27, 1000. 43-4?i FOR SALE-270 acres of land, 40 per cent Inside Incorporate limits of Pendleton, one-quarter of milo from Graded School, oil mill, cotton mill and depot. Would sell for one fourth cash, balnnce to suit ; ur chaser. Write E. H. SHANKUN, Easley, S. C., or apply to A. Z. WIL SON, Pendleton, S. C. 42-52 MX*) FALL AN Our Fall and Wii for men have arrived Lasts. SUNNY JIB HAPPY Hr SIOUX OA] These are the be antee every pair. MOS H CEMENT FR< trfi't ?M"M V'I"I'TT WW TTTTT ?M^M FOR SALE ! SIXTY-FIVE ACRES OF GOOD, STRONG LAND, lying on Snow Crook, in Ocoiicc coun ty, embracing a good shoal, well lo cated Tor mill, gin and ot lier machin ery. One mile from Cross Roads and six miles from Seneca; on main pub' lie road. Some money needed, but terms reasonable. For information apply to REV. II. L. SINGLETON, Lancaster, S. C. November ::. 11)09. d 1-4 r> Horse-Shoeing 40c. SET. .lim Moore will stioe your liorses ;.! lOe. sei. Guarantee thom to stay on till worn om. or ?it least a month. Will shrink tires nt 10c. each. All oilier work in wood or iron in pro portion. Guarantee satisfaction or money back. All we ask is a trial. IT noi satisfied come and tell us about it and we will give you credit for same by returning your money. Rut ii you talk behind ?mr backs we cannot give you credit for it. FRED. RIEMANN, AT TUE BRUCHE OLD STAND, 40* WEST UNION, S. C. FERTILIZERS ! Yes, sir ; and just what you want for your small grain. We claim that we have the best Fertili zers on the market for wheat and oats and you will find this out if you try our goods. Come and sec us. We can please you in quality and price. Westminster Oil an? Fertilizer Co. JUST RE- * CEIVED A ( SECOND 1 SHIPMENT OF COAT SUITS. CALL AND SEE THEM. RESPECTFULLY. C. W. P -..J? .J. .J. .J. mmmffifflfflufflfflmmu D VViNTER SHOES. ater Stock of Walkover and Just Wright Shoes Come in and let us show you our Special ?, JIM DUMPS, r, THE BTJNNION, UT, THE WIZARD. st Shoes on the market to-day, and we guar >S SL ANSEL. DNT. WALHALLA, S.O. :i| ? ,I,*I*t|',I?*I' ?t??|??t??Ti>|? ?t..T.?t?.T..f< ?T.?l??|.?f? ?|? .J..j.?*. ?J. ?J? ?J. ?J. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J. ?J? ?J. ?|??f..f.?f. ?|.?|?>J.?|<?|? ?j? .j. .j? ?j. ?j. .T..j..j? ?J? ?*. -i- ?j. ?j. AAAA WHAT ABOUT THIS? We want to buy your Cotton and Cotton Seed, and sell you a good Shovel, 65c; one Alarm Clock, 75c; one 10x14 Roasting Pan, J 5c; one 2-quart Steel Saucepan, J 5c; one Horse Brush, 15c ; Blankets, 50c to $5 per pair ; one Big Tablet, 5c. ; other Tablets, 3c. to 10c; Corn Popper, 10c\V? and many other things of good value. Give us a chance to 7 show and price our goods before you buy. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE. J. W. BYRD & GO., Senca. P, S. : If you have an account with us prepare to pay it at once ; don't wait for us to write or send a man to see you. Hy A Shoe for Gentlemen THE HAND LASTED SILK FITTED "MTS THE SHOE THAT MAKES THE ' BRAND WORTH CALI.IN? FOR" Mad. by SMITH-BRISCOE SHOE CO. (Ino.), Lynchburg. V*. Von have but to examine a pair of Steadfast shoes and you will detect the superior features of stylo and quality in thom that you will not find in other shoes that sell for fully 25 to 50 per cent, more money. Steadfast patterns are modeled along linos that cannot be duplicated from the ordinary shoe stock. They have an elegant, graceful appearance not found in any except made-t o-order shoes costing from Stu.00 to $15.00 per pair. The leather in Steadfast shoMs gets its testing he fore you wear it. The process of hand lasting is severe, and flan ky or poor leather will not stand it. ("all and examine them thoroughly Carried in tans, patent leather and all the stylish dull leathers. C. H. Humphries, Walhalla, S. C. sm