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MA USU ALEXANDER OWNS MINE. (.?lierai Activity ill Asphalt Milling Out In OK lal ioma. (Ardmore, Okla., Ardinoreite.) Proceedings were had yesterday which bear unmistakable evidence that acttve wm k will begin Boon to ward the development of the abphalt mines in this county. The Parker Asphalt and Refining Cor.ipuny tiled a mortgage covering 1G0 acres of very fine mineral lands to secure an issue of four hundred $50 thirty year 6 per cent bonds, aggregating $20, 000. This sum of money as soon as it i^received from the sale of the lu(j^ will bc used in developing the aspirait deposit owned by this com pany In the Woodford community. The company entered this held from Atlanta, Ga. They have made many visits to Oklahoma and have pur chased some of the lands and have covered other lands by mineral leases ruining all the way from five to ninety-nine years. There is another feature that en ters into the deal that will he of Interest to the people, that Is, Ibis company cannot do much In the way of profitable development without some means of transportation, and they will at once enter into negotia tions with Oscar Ayres, of Olathe, Kansas, who is promoting the inter urban west of here tu Chichasha and Lawton. The company has repre sentatives who have already moved here for the purpose of actively car rying on the work. The asphalt industry means more to Carter county and Southern Okla homa than any other Industry. M. Ii. Menander, who, with Walter Col bert* owns the old Downard-Lester mine, near this city, reports that he will begin active operations in his mine. This property has been in litigation and was cleared some days ago In proceedings In district court in Marshall county. The latter mine is the one from which the asphalt was taken that was laid on Hi?' streets of this City, and its producta were also laid on the streets of Kansas City and Is pronounced by experts to he the best material for paving ever used. Asphalt is no longer an exper iment, lt makes good paving and it niakes good paints, as has been thor oughly demonstrated by the asphalt ta kern from this mine. The Alexan der .?tine ls variously estimated tobe WortH all the way from $20,000 to $?o.ooo by different persons. v Important Casi- al Madill, Okla. '" th cou io . above we i;u 'itali Ch? following rt port of a c.- i> recently settled bj the Okla homa Courts, M. I. Aloxander, for merly J:' O&? >ee, being Interested In the casi : At th? instance Of the District In dian Af<ent letters of guardianship were prbcured over the estate of Mnrcflene and Stella Farve, Missis sippi Choctaw Indians, in the county court of .Marshall county, and an ap peal was prosecuted to the district court hy Mevelene and Stella Farve. V (?ii the. trial In the di^yid court on Saturday, November 27, after the tes timony WA? .ntroduced on the part of the United States Indian Agency, counsel representing Mercelene and Stella Farve raised the question of !awj? * to the Jurisdiction of the court) to en'ertaln tho cause further 'for the reason that there was no testimony Introduced showing that Marcelene and Stella Farve were mentally incompetent to manage and control their persons and estate. Counsel W. F. Howman, J. B. Moore, H. A. Ledbetter and Guy Slg ler, representing Mercelene and Stel la Farve, took the position that even though their clients were ignorant and unlettered, this was no ground ? ?'f?Brie appointment of a guardian. \ petitioners Booking for letters of guardianship were represented by J. C. Denton, assistant United States attorney for the Fast ern District of Oklahoma, W. W. Bennett and L. A. Raker. The court In handing down its de cision, in part said: To have a guardian appointed over an adult person it must be shows tluU the person or whom the guardian is sought ls Insane, an Idiot, an Imbecile, or that his mind has become so deranged from dis ease, old age or other cause as to render him utterly incapable to tak ing care of himself and manage his property. Also be held that the fact thro the part) was uni.-Mcred, Igno rant of business Mtv . and untutor n Rd I he fad i hal he or she was In possession or property, clio value of which he was unacquainted with, did not authorize the appointment of a guardian. He said that If such a rule were adopted, this country would be divided Into two classes-guardians and wards. He found that respondents, M;ir celftme a'.id Stella Farve, were igno ranrtpnnlettered, and had no knowl edge, of the. vnlue of lands, and no business capacity, but that the tes tlmony showed that they were men tally capable of taking caro of them halves, attending to their household OXJAKANTINK 18 KKMOVHI?. Government loriares Four Counties Free of Texas Cattle Tickt?. A bulletin from the board of ani mal industry of the Federal Agricul tural Department announces the rais ing of the Federal quarantine against the Texas cattle tick fever In Oco uee, Bickens, Greenville and Ander son counties. This means that these counties are now absolutely free from the disease, and it is the first territory In the State that has been so declared free by the Federal gov ernment. The State Government maintains a separate quarantine against the fever, appropriating $5,000 a year for stamping out the disease. When last reported upon, the State quaran tine covered AbbeviPe, Greenwood, Laurens, Sphrtanburg, Union, Chero kee, York and Chester counties. The Federal Government's action is taken as a result of the progress made In the extermination of the ticks which spread the disease. Since the beginning of this work In 1906 over 80.000 square miles of territory have been freed from ticks and released from quarantine. After exposure, and when you feel a cold coining on, take Foley's Honey and Tar, the great throat and lung remedy. lt stops the cough, relieves the congestion, and expels the cold from your system. Is mildly laxative. J. W. Bell. Dog that Saved Forty Lives. (Our Dumb Animals.) Near the Hospice of St. Bernard, Switzerland, is a monument to Barry, one of the dogs which always Inter* ests tourists. This animal died some years ago, and the following story is told of him: During the ten years he was at the Hospice he saved the lives ol forty persons who had lost their way in the snow. On one occasion he found a child, lon years old. lying in tho snow under the lttfluen.ce of tile fatal slumber which precedes death. The dog warmed the child with its breath, and then roused it from sleep by licking it. This much accomplished, Barry, by lying down on his side, gave the child an obvi ous Invitation to get upon hi? back ani! ride. Tho child did so, und was thus carried to the monastery. Par ry was killed by some unknown per son, prohabl) in mistake. The in scription on the monument ls: "Barry, the Heroic. Saved the lives of forty persons, and was killed by the forty-first." Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O A S X O R I A duties and other matters which usu ally arise with persons in their sphere of life, and that Ibero was no reason shown why a guardian should be appointed. Ho further held that under the statutes in force in Oklahoma, that a guardian' could not be appointed over the estate of an adult alone, but that Hie only provision for the appoint ment of a guardian over an adult poison was where was shown that such adult was mentally incapnble of taking care of himself, and his prop erty, and the duties of mich guardian involved the care of the person as well as the management of the prop erty. The court further found that both of the women were likely, through ignorance and want of ability to know the value of their property, to sell same for a mere pittance and squander the proceeds, but that un der the statute he had no authority to appoint a guardian, although they were likely to be imposed upon by persons to their own burt. i p. p. p. P. P. 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Says Regarding the lVesl deney of Institution. (Washington Cor. Columbia State.) Senator Tillman says it's all non sense about his being president of Clemson. "Do you mind my writing some thing about it?" "Oh," 'lt Isn't worth writing about. Nobody but a blamed fool would ever think about such a thing."" "Well, but, you know, I write for the'blamed tools as well as tl>e other folks" Only "blamed" wasn't the word. "The presidency of Clemson," said the Senator, "requires some peculiar training. The president should be a man of culture as well as experi ence In agricultural education, a man of executive ability for which he must have good health and strength. I might have some of these qualities. I don't know. But 1 hr.ve not had any training as an educator, and at my time of life 1 would be a fool to branch out Into a new field. 1 have been dolo*? all 1 could as a ur .iber of the board to get everything to running smoothly, to straighten out the kinks and get down to business. "Yes, several men have suggested lt to meat different times, but I have never given It a serious thought be cause thc thing was so manifestly out ol' the question." Senator Tillman seems deeply in terested in Clemson College, and whenever the subject ls mentioned he drops what he is doing or saying, becomes thoughtful and serious, and talks about lt. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of GINNKltS REPORT IS lil LDISH. Shows Cotton Crop is Car Short of Average of Previous Years. Washington, Dee. 8.-There were 8,878,277 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1909 to December I, compared with 11,008, 661 for 1908, according to a cenr.ns bulletin issued to-day These ligures count round as half bales and exclude linters. The pro portion of the last three crops ginned to December 1 is 8 1.1 per cent for 190S, 70,5 per cent for 1907, and 77.2 per cent for 1906. Round bales included this year are 133,919 against 204,180 included for 1908 and 154,636 for 1907. Sea island bales Included are 77,776 for 1909, 68,39 6 for 1<K)8 and ,05,299 for 1907. The distribution of sea island .cot ton for 1909 is: Florida .25,b06 Georgia .44,118 South Carolina . 8.752 The total cotton crop for 1908 was 13,086,005 bales and for 1907, 11, 057,822. Corrected statistics of quantity of cotton ginned this season to .Novem ber 14, 8,112,199 bnles. Cotton ginned from the 1909 growth to December 1 in the follow ing States was: Florida. 55,95 8 Georgia . 1,677,232 North Cnrollna. . 536.163 South Carolina . 998.340 Alan; persons find themselves af fected with a persistent cough after an attack of influenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the uso of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, lt should not be allowed to run on until lt becomes troublesome. Sold by J. W. Hell, Walhalla; C. W. Wick liffe, West.Unlon. Augusta Sues tile Southern. Augusta, Ga., Dec. ll.-The city council of Augusta has entered suit for $50,000 against thy Southern Raliway Company for the destruction of a city ridge which spanned the Savannah /.ver. The suit was flied in tlie Federal Court. The PR.V bridge was destroyed by the flood of 1908, and the city al leges in the petition that an old bridge spanning the river just above the city bridge, which was the prop erty of the Southern Raliway, and which had been condemned by the Federnl officers of this district, was first washed from Its piers, and hit ting against the city bridge, caused the city bridge to be wnshed from Its piers. Hexmethylenetetrumlne. The above Is the name of a Ger man chomlcal, which is one of the many yaluable Ingredients of Foley's Kidney Remedy. Mexamethylene totramlne la recognized by medical text books and authorities as a uric acid Boivent and antiseptic for tho urine. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy n8 soon as you notice any irregulari ties, and avoid a serious malady. J. W. Bell, Walhalla. CLOTH We have th of Pall and Wi town. The pri by the tariff. Our Shoe3 line is full. Al cheapest. If y [fbuy from us. ? Carter & FRESH LINE Ol WA XT ARMY TO USU COTTON. Movement to Have Government Dis card .lut?> Cor Cotton. Washington, Dec. 10.-An effort ja being made by certain Southern cotton mill representatives to get the War Department to substitute cot ton bags for jute bags in the various uses in the army. The quartermas ter's department of the army uses a large number of bags for Inclosing the food of man and beast and the material now used is imported jute bagging. For several years this Idea, backed by the Farmers' Union, and the Southern cotton mill operators, has been exploited, and now an ap pointment has been made by lt. D. Bowen, of Pari:;, Texas, an officer of JO Farmers' I nion, to talk over the latter with the secretary of war. The cotton mill men are convinced that if the government will make a change it will open up a wider Reid for the products of the cotton mills, especially those of the South. One of the Texas members, Morris Shep pard, introduced a resolution In Con. gross a year ago directing the war department to substitute the cotton for the jute bags. Atlanta Woman Kills Herself. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 8.-Despondent because her son had moved away from Atlanta, Mrs. George Land, 50 years old, shot and killed herself early to-day. Nearly half of her head was blown away. The body was found by a friend who boarded in the same house with her. E I PrTPlf TBK BEST FOR ^?rif ? J5?3?L BILIOUSNESS BITTERS AND KIDNEYS. More Time Asked to Mark Graves. The marking of the graves of the Confederates who died In Northern prisons probably will occupy all of next year, and Secretary of War Dickinson has asked for an extension of time for performing th.is work af ter February 26, when the legisla tive authority will expire. Gen. Wm. C. Oates ls the commissioner charg ed With the duty of marking these graves and Secretary Dickinson says that while General Oates has been dil'gently at work the task ls still In complete He thinks, however, that lt can be finished within the next cal endar year. Woman's Some women retain th age. But women, who rc rapidly, for suffering lea them. Nearly all women sufi form of ft male trouble. I Avoid the pain-treat yo1 Cardui, as thousands of Begin at once and give Cai it winn Mrs, Kntie Burlison, Gorevil "I Buffered with female troubles, t on my feet. Finally I bogan to min ct, Now I am able to do all Witer hen I tit than I waa before." AT ALL DE UNG AND e nobbiest and mos nter Clothing ever Lees are way dow: Call and examine 01 are "blue ribbon" ways best, most ou want to look n< 'Always something ? RAISINS, CURRANTS fy CHURCH DIRECTORS, fy Presbyterian. Rev. Geo. M. Wilcox, Pastor. Walhalla Church-Preaching 2d ' and 4th Sabbath. Morning servi r?, Ila. m.; evening service 7.30 p. m. Sabbath Sc'tool (weekly) 10 a. m. Prayer muetlng Wednesday after* ' noon at 4 o'clock. Bethel Church-Preaching 2d and : 4th Sabbaths. Preaching service, j 3.30 p. m. Fifth Sabbath, ll a. m. Snbbatb School, 3 p. m. Ebenezer Church-Preaching on 1st Sabbath at 4 p. m. Richland Church-Preaching 1st and 3d Srbbaths. Morning service, 11.30 a. m. Sabbath School, 10.30 a. m. Lutheran. Rev. T. P. Eptlng, Pastor. English services every Sunday morning at ll o'clock; Sunday School at 9.4 5 a. m. , Missionary Society meets on Wed nesday after the first Sunday In each month. Ladies' Aid Society meets on Wed nesday after the third Sunday in each month. A cordial invitation ls extended to all to worship with us. 60 YEAR8* EXPERIENCE PATENTS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS Ac. Anyone pending a sketch and description msy quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an liiTontlon ls probably patentable, <\>nimunl?a tlon? strictly con?ldont lal. HANDBOOK on Patouu sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patenta taken through Maun .1 Co. receive tptcial notice, without o na rae, In tb? Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. I.arcrost dr dilation of any scientific Journal. Terni?. |3 a ?ear : four months, fl. Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN jCo.86?B^w3W?orl( Brauch O m ce, ?26 K BU Waabli .on, D. C. Sin if h May Run for Attorney Gen. lt ls understood that friends of Representative Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, are urging him to become a candidate for Attorney General next year, the Impression being that At torney General Lyon may not be a candidate for re-election. In that case lt Is generally believed thal M. P. DoDruhl, of Abbeville, the assist ant Attorney General, will also en ter the race. The man who feels certain that be will not succeed ls seldom mistaken. ; Beauty Leir beauty to an advanced igularly endure pain, age ves its lasting marks on er more or lc ss with some t should not oe neglected, urself at home by taking! other women have done, 'dui a fair trial. elp You le, 111., tried Cardui anti writes t ind was BO sick I could not stand take Cardui, and soon began to my housework and am in much* Try it JG STORES t complete line shown in this n-not affected ir line. winners. The up-to-date, and Bat and dressy new." Walhalla !, CITRON, ETC. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the Books of Registration for Municipal Election, Town of Walhalla, S. C., are now open for the registration of qualified electors in snid municipal ity. It ?B necessary to present county Registration Certificate and evidence of the payment of all taxes due be fore a Municipal Registration Certifi cate cnn be issued; residence in the State for two years and within the corporate limits of the Town of Wal halla for a period of four mouths prior to tho election are also neces sary qualifications. Books of Regis tration are now open and will remain open until Saturday, the 11th day of December, 1909. Supervisor's office ls in the People's Bank. OEOROE. SEABORN, Supervisor of Registration. October 4, 1009. 40 DAN?EL E. GOOD, Walhalla, S. C. 11A RRISON'S V A?i VELESS, WtcklCNS Oil-tins Stoves. Rooting, Guttering, Painting, Etc. - Repairing of All Kinds. All Work Attended to Promptly. Satisfaction Guaranteed. PAINTS-ALL COLORS T. E. ALEXANDER. The Land Man WALHALLA, S. C. B. S. LOOK. Heating Stoves, Cooking Stoves, Tinware. All kinds of repairing, WALHALLA, A*. C. IONAL ENGINEERING, SURVEYING, TERRACING, LEVELING AND DRAINING. 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