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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 18IU.) r-. _ I PDbUshed Every Wednesday Morning M? ?.?c: ri ii i ?on, jl.OO Per Annum. Advertising Rate? Reasonable. -By STECK. SHEIJOR ? SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character char ?ed for as advertise ments. Obituary notices ai d tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bo prlntod free of charge. AU over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, DEO. 22, 1009. MERRY CHRISTMAS ! With this the last Issue of The Cornier before the happy Christmas Day arrives, we wish for each and every one of our friends, subscribers and patrons, and for every citizen of OU? county, our State and our na tion, a merry Christinas. May the day be one of happiness, peace and plenty to all! The Courier noes to-day into every nook and corner of Oconeo, to al most every county in South Carolina, to thirty-two States in the I nion, to ('nba, to Mexico, to China and the Philippines. Our Christmas wish, therefore, goes oui to tho inhabi tants of the ?renter part of the civ ilized world, and w? extend to all, of every class, of every belief, of every station in life, our heartiest good Will and good wishes for this great festal day. and for the days to come. May lt be tho happiest, the brightest, ?he most pleasant and profitable of all our lives. May we all realize the fullness of this day as expressed by tin glad shouts of the angels as they heralded the coining of the Christ. "Glory to Cod lu tho highest! Peace Oil earth, good will to men!" DEFRAUDING THE GOVERNMENT ls the general government of the United Stales (I.lawful prey" of the trusts and big corporations' lt would seem so. judging hy the re ports published in connection with the recently discovered frauds in weighing pei pet t ated by the immense sugar Interests. To us it would ser m thal those who defraud the] government ol ?ts revenues are noth ing more than common thieves and should be punished as such. It is reported that the Arbuckle.; weie notified by the government that they liad defrauded the latter of $700,000 of duties under a system of fais?' weights. The Arbuckles at once naid the government $700,000 with no question. lt ls stated that the American Sugar Refining Com pany's steals by the same system of /abe weights will uxceed that of the Arbuckles, and the latter concern Is reads and wafting to pay as soon as the government notules them just how much they have stolen. ls lhere to be no prosecution? Are these big men cn' the big concerns to go free and unpunished for their steals, being allowed simply lo pay back ? ha? they stole? in some re spects the administration of the gen eral government bears tho appear ance of behm "of the people, by the people, for the ric h." If the Arbuckles defrauded the government ol $700,000 they should liave been mad. to pay back the full amount stolen with a penalty equal to the steal. \\ , need not ex pect much oi the.-e big corporations If we virtuatl.v say to them, defraud If you ?an: if j'ou are caught you Ti) ii st pay b:uk: If not, what you steal is youi..; anyway, you shall not be hurl. A few millions cn' money paid in by these big tish of commerce would help l ucie Sam finances materially Tiwi at the sam.- lime serve as a warning to othei and If they pre ferred to hold their millions, a few of the million: ire buccaneers ol finance peeping lunn behind steel bars would have a salutary effect upon others similarly Imbued with the Iden that tho government is the lawful prey ol' linne who grow big enough financially to imagine them selves greater than the government. DELIVER THE HOODS. There may be some very interest ing developments in the Courts of this Slat? and the Federal Courts be fore long. Tin; following from tho Columbia Slate of Sunday gives rise to much speculation as to what may be the outcome of suits pendln? and others to be brought : L. V. Dibble, a cotton buyer, who' has been engaged in business in Cd-j lumbla for four years, ls threatened] with bankruptcy proceedings. "The! defendant ls a son. of Samuel Dib,-! ble, a former \Congressman, and; highly regarded eUizen of tho State, and is hlmeelf 'a man of considerable force and talent". . ' , . ' '. ,' There ls much lhv-olvbd In thc pro-1 ceedings (or bankruptcy which have been hied with a firm of lawyers in Columbia. It ia said that the peti tion in bankruptcy has been flied with the Federal Court, Judge W. H. Brawley, of Charleston. Mr. Dibble's liabilities are alleged to be $75,000 and his available assets but $25,000. However, it ls declared, had Mr. Dibble been given the cotton which bo bought on a basis of future de livery he would to-day be able to pay all Indebtedness, and in addition would have a comfortable fortune. Mr. Dibble's troubles, it seems, are due to refusal on the part of many farmer? who had contracted last win ter and spring to deliver cotton, I J come up with the cotton after they saw the price had advanced so sharp ly, contending that they were not legally or morally bound by the agreement, inasmuch us. in their opinion, the transaction was a gamb ling one. Mr. Dibble was, therefore, unable to deliver to the linns he con tracted with, and they, having in turn sold, are now fnliing back on him for the cotton. His c?se ls .slir' lar to that of the Bprunt firm of Wil mington, which, it is understood, has lost about $250,000 in this way. lt is said that one tuan living in the lower part of the State, who is worth $50,000, has repudiated con tracts he has made with half a dozen cotton factors. Calculating on mak ing a comfortable margin, he agreed to deliver cotton this fall at prices ranging between 9 to 12 cents. When the fall came on and the price went up. ho reneged. Mr. Dibble, it ls understood, will turn over his contracts to his credit ors, and an Interesting line of suits ls expected to follow against South Carolina fanners nnd small mer chants who agreed to deliver to Mr. Dibble. lt is noted that some of the farm ers refused to deliver the cotton, holding that, In their opinion, the transaction was a gnmhling scheme, and that they were neither legally nor morally hound by the contract. Had colton gone dov. Il below the price al which they agreed to deliver, would ii still have been a gambling st heme, in their opinion, and would tin? haver ol their cotton for future delivery have been justified in say ing to the producer, '.This ls a gamb ling scheme, and I am neither legally nor morally hound to take your cot ton"? There is no question in our mind thal ii is a gambling scheme, hui un' seller of futures is just as mu eli a gambler as is the buyer of futures. li looks to us as though somebody is in honor hound, whe ther legally or morally so or not, to "deliv er t ho goods." Our farmers who this year sold for future delivery had better de liver tho Koods like men and k^en out of "gambling schemes" hereaf ter, remembering that all gambling schemes are two-sided affairs. Deliver the goods, and look pleas ant while you are at it, if you can. If you ran t, well, grin foolishly and make the best of a bud bargain. And in the future keep out of these "gambling schemes" and do your farming on a business basis. Yesterday was the shortest day of the year. Oh, you lazy hones! ? ? ? * . The Anderson (?as Company was formed last week. About the eas iest thing ever undertaken in Ander son, we Imagine. The Christmas edition of the Greenwood Journal was a piece of art. The covers were of beautiful design, and the reading matter was of the choicest selections. The num ber consisted of thirtv-six pages. . ? * * . Elsewhere in this issue will be found au article. "Echoes from the t'on vent ion". "Observer" request:! thal we express our opinion on the matters treated therein, but we re frain. Dr. K?per expr? ,ses our sen timent quite as well as- -doubtless better than we could ourselves. Really consecrated church members are, we believe, seldom lound in such places or engaging in snell practices as are mentioned in the article. Oil and water will not mix, and "the world, the Mesh and the devil" find little in common with the church and Christianity. ll has been our obser vation thal there is more of tin spirits of corn and rye to be found about the dressing rooms at balls and fiances than there is of the spirit of Christ in t li ? - ball room proper. COLt'MIHA GETS THE SEMINARY. Offered Choice Between Two Sites, With $17,OOO Additional. Columbia gels the Lutheran Semi nary. Al the recent meeting the vote was: Columbia, lt?; Charleston, I: Salisbury, 4. Charlotte dropped out of the contest. The respective of fers were: Columbia $ 1 7.722 and choice Of sites; Salisbury. $14,350 and sites; Charlotte, $8,000 and sites. Rebuked hy Husband, Wife Rills Self Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. li?.- Mrs. Weisenburg, wife of the manager of the cigar department of a drug com pany boro, committed suicide to nighi In lier apartment by drinking carbolic acid after her husband had rebuked her for receiving a man friend in lils absence. Mrs. Welsen burg did not drink ?ho acid until brr husband had left the apartment on his way to take a train for New York. .A sprained ankle will usually dis able the Injured person for three or four weeks. This i? due to lack of proper i treatment. When Chamber lain's Liniment ls applied a cure may bo effected in three or four days. This liniment ls one of the best and most remarkable preparations in use. Sold by 3. W. Bell, Walhalla; C. W. Wickliffe, West Union, TWO A G IO O S i HT K HS I Ol VI? DMD Hat IMn In One, While Other Hunns from a Clothe? Line. Newark, N. J., Dec. 19.-Two aged spinster sisters, Frances and Isabel Ritchie, were found dead to-day in their home here. The sisters had lived quietly and alone fo> the past twenty years in the dame house. Their source of income was as mysterious as their secluded lifo, but they kept their house in or der and paid their bills regularly. The older woman, Frances, was 56 years old; the sister a few years her junior. Frances was found dead lying on the floor, while the body of thc other sister dangled from a piece of clothes line ulade fast above the door lead ing from the dining room to the kitchen. The first Indications were that Frances had died from natural causes and that isnbel had hanged herself In a pnroxlsm of grief. This theory was dispelled when a small y-)X was found In the dining room, on che cover of which had been written these words: "Frances hung herself at 2% Sat. Me, too." This led to the belief that the two old women had carried out a suicide pact, Frances hanging herbclf first and the body being cut down by the Bister. Hut further investigation brought to light more gruesome de tails. Underneath her clothing and sticking in the breast of Frances was a hat pin, buried In the flesh up to Its black head. The pin had been driven close to the heart to a depth of about four Inches. Similar wounds, but not of such a serious nature were found on the other body, which leads to the belief that the sisters may have quarreled and fought. Whether Frances deliberately hanged her sister, then killed her self with the hat pin, or whether tho sister found hanging stabbed the other and then ended her life, will perhaps never he known. The hands of the body on the floor wer?? carefully crossed and the head rested on a sofa cushion. There ls a possibility that both were murdered, but the house shows no trace of having been entered by si rangers. short Cotton Causes Bankruptcy. Chester. Dec. 1S.- In the case of .1. H. Daniel, a prominent merchant for 20 years at Kort Lawn, papers for adjudging him a bankrupt have been ! Hied In the United States Court In Charleston. Mr. Daniel had sohl in the summer 1.000 bales of cotton, expecting to supply this from his own farms and from what he could buy in the surrounding country. From the j rise in price and short crop on his | farm, he could not. raise the cotton and hence the embarrassment. Converts Undergo Ordeal. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. Dee. I? - j Charles Walker, of Kingston. Ja- , inaica, has established a new relig- , lOUl sect among the colored poop!?? j lie.e. and this afternoon he baptised j two converts In the loy waters of the i Hudson. The converts were attired I in loose robes and stood on the wharf j shivering for half an hour after the J baptism. A short time ago "Kider" i Walker baptized in the Hudson Mrs. Pleasant Greene, who became vio lently insane. Three Perish in Icy Waters. Bedford, Ind., Dec. 1?.-Laura Currans, who had just received the prize "for the prettiest girl in the j school district," Alina Utterback, her chum, ami Wm. .Johnson, the girls' I school teacher, were drowned last ; night as they were trying to reach ' their homes after a school social, by Crossing Indian creek, in a row boat. The boat upset and they were unable to reach the bank through the Icy water. GOD'S COUNTRY-GARDKN SPOT. A Little Friendly Rivalry Between Tiles?* Two Sections. Pleaso.nl (?rove, Dec. 21.-Special: The health of our community ls very , good at this time, though there have hoon several severe cases ot, la grippe. Mrs. Florence Ballenger, of King's Mountain. N. C., has been teaching school here the past few weeks. Mrs. Hallengor is remembered as Mis.; Norris. W. H. Craig ls sawing lumber on i E. T. Price's land. Some time ano men who didn't be long to the Fanners' Union were re ferred to as "the little fellows with the sour belches." What disease do you suppose the I nion men who sold cotton futures for lOc. a pound aro suffering with? Acute Indigestion, isn't it? lt must he, for it seems they couldn't digest the food tender ed by th?? Union. Tell J. Hussell Wright to ge? in an air ship and make a trip through OUI burg via Taber and see what ha Hii".ks of Cod's co'".... lie refers to isak way and South i mon sectionn as beinn "the garden spot of o?o noo." lt is true that Pleasant Grove and Taber have no fifty-acre fields thal will produce 50 to 7."? bushels of corn and a bale and a half of codon per aero, but lil tell you what they have got: They are as full of con genial people as any section in tho county. Our land was created good enough by the Creator to make i good living for anybody and some to spar??, or ?it l?-ast a goodly number from out "the garden" haul their corn from off Tugaloo river and Choestoe creek. Anil if we had spoilt as much for fertilizers on our land ns the farmers over In "the garden," lt would be so rl?-h lt wouldn't be flt for a thing only lo raise cabbage and tomato plants to he transplanted over in "the garden." We have a good many hills and no automobile roads and don't want any. A merry Christmas to The Cou rier. J. C. I*a\vyer Stabs Client. Atlanta, Dec. 18.-G. A. Cnrter, a Confederate veteran, and a well known attorney, stabbed and Tatally wounded J. A. Smith, a client, in tho office of Justlc? of Peace Landrum here to-day. Smith, lt Is said, accus ed Carter of accepting a fee and not preparing to defend him In a ponding case. ri. .c 'i. 'i, r#rr#."# ^F."Y. TKTrrtrrirT rf rrt "rTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Useful We have some very mers' Samples. We ha have some very pretty S? Suspenders, Gloves, Poe bargains. We have the larges ever brought to this mar We thank you for f a Happy and Prosperous MOS ll CEMENT FR( ..?..^.?^?JaaJ* ?|?J??f?ay *I* T,4"*V*T**?* >1*>I**T*>H THIS TIMK WHITE MAX JAILED. Hoy Wood, of Laurens County, Charged witli Attempted Assault. Laurens, Dec. 20.-Roy Wood, a young white tuan connected with the best people in Sullivan's township, was to-day lodged in jail on the charge ol' attempted assault upon the person of a young white girl possi bly fifteen years of age, the alleged crime said to have been committed last Thursday morning. lt ls not likely that ball will be obtained for the young tuan, owing to the nature of the charge. According to a statement from the officers it seems that the young wo man had gone to the pasture, not far from the house, to take the cows for the day. Young Wood, who had been at the home of the gril a few min utes before, heard the Instructions given by the mother about the cows and made his way by a round about patch to the pasture. The young woman, when attacked, screamed and ran to the house, where the ? ider woman was, the rest of the family Inning meanwhile gone to Hones Path. Some neighbors were notified and for a while trouble seemed Im minent. Constable Abercrombie armed with a warrant for the young man's ar rest, apprehended him at his home Saturday afternoon. He was kept by the constable until this afternoon, when he was lodged In jail. lt is stated that the attempt at assault was not successful and that the young woman suffered no Injury other than fright. Young Wood ls apparently twenty-one years of age. Looking One's Rest. It's a woman's delight to look her best, but pimples, skin eruptions, sores and bolls rob life of joy. Lis ten! Rucklen's Arnica Salve cures them; makes the skin soft and vel vety. It glorifies the face. Cures pimples, sore eyes, cold sores, cracked Ups, chapped hands. Try lt. Infalli ble 'or piles. 25c. at all druggists. SOME RAILROAD WRECKS. Zero Weather Makes Rails Snap Eas ily and Suffering Great. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 18. - In a collision between a Lake Shore pas senger train and a switch engine In this city early to-day, three persons were killed, two probably fatally hurt and len others were bruised. The coroner's jury holds Engineer Lee Hinger, of the New York Cen tral Express, and George J. Sllgb, of Cleveland, rear flagman on Boston Special, No. 10, on the Lake Shore, responsible for the rear-end collision between these two trains. Cold Rail Snapped. Chicago, Dec. 18.-Thirty-five per sons were severely injured and a score or more bruised and lacerated when the Oriental Limited train on the Burlington Route, from Portland, Oregon, en route to Chicago, was wrecked at Western Springs before dawn to-day. The zero cold ls believed to have caused the wreck, snapping a rall while the train was passing at a speed of a mile a minute, The pas sengers were pinned In the wrecked ears and had to be chopped out. Half clad and in pain from their In juries, they suffered acutely from the piercing cold till the villagers of Western Springs, roused by a pas senger, who ran (brough thc SHOW half clad and barefooted and pulled the fire alarm bell, caine to their res cue and gave them refuge. Ten are seriously Injured. One Head; Two Dying. Canton, Ohio, Dec. 18.-One ls dead and two are believed to be dy ing as the result of an accident jil a crossing in tbis city. At Chaniblcc, (hi. A Southern passenger train was wrecked at Chnmblec, Ga., last Fri day. Several were painfully inj'ired, but none seriously. No fatalities. Postmasters for South Carolina. Washington, Dec. 21.-John (?. Capers stated to the News and Cou rier correspondent to-day that the commissions of the postmasters at Laurens, Westminster, Union, Winns boro, McColl, Ba-nwell and Allen dale would expire Jannnry 25th. He will recommend In each case the reappointment of the present In cumbent except at McColl, Barnwell and Allendale, and as to the three last named he stated that he was not yet ready to make any recommenda tion. Christmas Gifts ' useful Christmas Gifts in our Assorted line of Drum ve sold quite a large amount of these good, but we still impies in Hosiery for Men, Women and Children, Belts, ket Books, etc. Come and see them, they are all itg t and most complete line of Men's and Boys' Clothing ket. See us before buying. >ast patronage and wish you " A Merry Christmas and ; New Year." O >S & ANSEL. DNT. WALHALLA, S. C. j?|ll|l.|l.{l $ $$$$$ ?$$* $tti$ if^JJlflJ % t$$$ Ain't This Nice? Elegant Cape Cod Cranberries, l?c. per quart; Full Weight Seeded Raisins, 10o. por pound; Full Weight Cleaned Currants, 10c. .per pound; Condon Layer Three-Crown Raisins, 10c. pound; liest Domes? tic Marcaroni, 8c. pound; Italian Imported Mucca ron 1, 15c. per pound. Wheat Hearts, Dr. Price's Rolled Wheat, Cream of Wheat, Rolled Oat Flakes, Kellog's Corn Flakes, Grape Nuts, Fino New Orleans and Georgia Cane Syrups, New Orleans Molasses, Wesson's Cooking Oil, Wesson's Sahul Oil, Imported Italian Olive Oil; Flue Toilet Soap, 18c. box, worth 30c; 1'iinimo Hand Soap, 5c, cleans grease quicker than any; 10 cakes Laundry Soap, 38c; Henry Clay Flour for your cakes. Dove Hams and llrcakfast Bacon; '.Snowdrift," thc Queen of Com pounds; Flegant Canned Mackerel 10c. can; Fresh Mackerel 5c. each; Shrimp, Lobsters and Deviled Crab; Salmon from 10c. to 25c. cnn. WE LEAD IN GOOD COFFEE. F. B. Johnson & Co., SENECA, S. C. Day and Night Sessions. Individual Instruction. No classes to wait for. Enter any time. Terms lib eral. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed. Position ready when you are ready. 1910 term begins Janu ary 3d. Let us know your intentions now. ANDERSON, - - - SOUTH CAROLINA. 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, 15c; one 2-quart Steel Saucepan, 15c; one Horse Brush, 15c; Blankets, 50c. to $5 per pair; one Big Tablet, 5c; other Tablets, 3c. to 10c; Corn Popper, 10c, and many other things of good value. Give us a chance to show and price our goods before you buy. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE. J. W. BYRD & GO., Seneca. 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. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Kata te of EZRA CROMER, 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, with in the time prescribed by law. or bc barred. J. J. CROMER, Admlnist rator. December 2 2, 1000. 51-2 N'OTICI OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that tho undersigned will make application to D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconeo County, In the State of South Carolina, at his office, at Walhalla Cour'. House, on THURS DAY, JANUARY 27th, 1010, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be hoard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of EZRA CROMER, deceased, and obtain final discharge as Administrator of said Estate. J. J. CROMER, Administrator. December 22. 1900. 51-2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. Court of Common Pleas. Purusuant to a decree of the afore said Court, All persons having claims against the Estate ot W. B. F. Cor bin, deceased, are hereby notified to present the same duly attested to me at my oiuce at Walhalla, S. C., on or before the 171 h day of January, 1910 W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. December 15, 1909.-60-1. ANNUAL MCETI NO OF COUNTY" COMMISSIONERS. The annual meeting of tho Board of County Commissioners will be held in Commissioners' office on FRI DAY, January 7th, i9io, at 10 o'clock n. m. All persons having claims against the county, which have not been audited, will present them at that time or else be barred. N. PHILLIPS, County Supervisor. Decomber 21, 1909. ' 51-1 Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO RIA