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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every Wedneeda/ Morning laoscriptlon, $1.0? Per Annum. Advertising Roten Reasonable. - By ?TECK, SU IO IX (lt A SCH KO!) 10 R. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices aid tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. Ail over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cont a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHA LIJA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, ?EC. l??, IOOI?. GROWING OE PECANS. How They Grow in Georgia and Whut An < M ono,. .Man Says About Them. ( Al hinla Jou mal. > Opee upon a time, runs the old nursery tale, a boy lound three nuts Uiiig at the fool ol' a hill. They were brown, ugly (binns, seemingly use ) ?bs, but when, after a season they \mrst. one brought forth a coach and six horses, one a castle and one a ban Of gold. The slots has come true in Geor gia: Not many years ago, the pecan nut was considered as something fit to crack at Christmas time, but not more seriously than that. To-day, it ls one of the Stale's in. i profitable resources. Almost unnoticed, pecan orchards have grown up until in Southwest Georgia they cover more than ten thousand acres of land and contribute annually something like two millL.u dollars ol wealth. In the current issue of "Progress," . hat always vital and Interesting llionthlj ot the Atlanta Chamber til Commerce, is (old the history of our pecan industry, lt reads like a fairy legend Itself. Twenty-seven years ago G. M. Bacon, who lives al the lit tle vlllan<> ol' DeWitt, twelve miles out from Albany, received from a Texas kinsman a sack of pecan nuts for the children. Musi of them were oaten, bul tour ol' '.hem were planted along with collards and marigolds in (he garden. They lay lhere forgot ten through shirt un Aprils and Octo. liars, until one tiny ii was observed that tour babyish green shoots had (limbed into the sunlight. These : ?edilugs. Mr. Uncoil dun up and transplanted. Ile is now the presi dent of a compati) owning fourteen thousand trees upon seven hundred acres, each a veritable ban of gold. One of the four sturdy pioneers still Rtnnds and each autumn (linns down Its russel treasure with Hie careless freedom of youl h. II ls estimated that the pecan yields (wo hundred dollars .'in acre, net. Without the slightest crowding 20 trees may be planted to the acre. With ample room and soil sustenance bet wt Mt thi' rows for cotton, corn, peas or other crops. Each tree heats t. won tv pounds Of nuts. The market price ol paper-shell pecans through out the United Stales is one dollar a pound. Every acre thus has a nross value lo its owner of four hundred dollars, so that the estim?t'' of two hundred dollars an acre is severely conservative. Many men have grown rich through utilizing apparent trilles. Here is an opportunity for Georgia. Over ten thousand acres of pecan trees are already under cultivation near Albany and in various other quarters they are coming to receive practical attention, indeed, investors from the Easl and the West are buy ing Georgia land specifically for this purpose. The lice is an easy-going Kort, able to shift for Itself in almost an) soil, frugal in its demands, long, lived and prolific. Its adaptability lo climate ls shown hy the fact that Boveral beautiful specimens are now flourishing on Atlanta lawns where thoj have boon se; primarily for tho charm of their lorin and foliage. Col. Philip Cook, State Treust: er. luis planted a pecan nut a few paces from bis o Ul oe window al the Capitol, declaring thal tn* intends it as his monument, ll will bo thal and more, for when visitor' took upon it. thoj will behold a liv im; symbol of a g rea I Georgia industry. A Seneca friend sont ns the above clipping and asked (hal it be pub lished, which il affords us pleasure io rio, In commenting on the article from tb" Journal (bis friend says: "People can raise the same pecans hore in < ic.e. I hav e a t ree t hree years old thal boro some nuts this year thal would readily sell for io cents a pound." The people of doo li .. should, by all means, nive tho pecan a place in their orchards. Foley's Honey and Tar ls (hebest and safest cough remedy for chil dren. At the first symptoms of a cold, ni'?.' as directed, and ward off danger of croup, bronchitis, soro throat, (old II (he head, and stuffy breathing. lt brings comfort and ease to (lu; little ones. Contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. Keep always on le.nd, a.v.l refuse substitutes. J. W. Bell. It is often assorted that persovor ence can do all things, but the un varnished truth about the matter ls that lt keeps lt humping to run down a scandal that has a good day's start. This is Worth Remembering. Whenever you havo a cough or cold, Just remember that Foley's Honey and Tar will cure lt. Re member the name, Foley's Honey and Tar, and refuse substitutes. J. W. Bell. TO AN AU' (Orace D. Goodwin, In Ooi I have a humble longing that has ? A longing I have striven in vain to 1 J want to take a ride once more, wh< Behind a little Jogging horse In Home I oft am hurled along the road In ! At such a ?'ace I cannot toll a brown I want to amble on nt peace, unbcedi And watch with loy an ancient horse I m ver see a landscape now that ls i In gales of wind and clouds of dust I The pensive cows are galloping, the If anything* seems peaceful I know I I have no great ambition and I doi As a heroine of accidents in the auto This my plebeian longing, without i I want that shabby buggy and 1 wai POUR BOYS MSlf WASHINGTON. Secretary of Agriculture Honors Win net's in Boys' Corn Contest. Washington, Dec. 2 1.-Special: There was an interesting occasion in the office of the Secretary of Agri culture December l l, HM)fl. at It.?O o'clock. Secretary Wilson presented diplomas to Bascom!) Usher of South Carolina, DeWitt Bundy of Mlsslslp pi, Kilner Haller of Arkansas, and Ralph Bellwood of Virginia. These boys wore among the I 2.00 in the Boys' Demonstration Work in the South who planted one acre of corn apiece and worked it under in structions from the Knited States De partment of Agriculture. Dr. S. A. Knapp, who has charge of the farm demonstration work, offered a trip to Washington io the hoy In Missis sippi who should get the best results. The State Bankers' Association In Arkansas offered a similar prize in that State. Citizens of South Caro lina and Virginia duplicated the of fers (here. The above named boys, all under eighteen years of age, visited the De partment of Agriculture and other interesting sights of the capital, and Wi ?o received hy (he Preslednt. Thousands of dollars' wort li of prizes have been offered this year to these Boys' Clubs in Hie South hy merchants, boards of tindo and pub lic spirited citizens generally, under regulations furnished hy the Knited States Department of Agriculture. These r?gul?t otis do not encourage freak yields, hut are drawn to en courage profitable fanning. The basis of awards rests on showing of profits, written records, exhibits of ears and stalks, and yield per acre. The great, est yield does not get the prize in e erv case. Still there wert? some line y ields this year. The prize win ner from South Carolina made l"?2'/? bushels per acre; a hoy in Mlsslsippl made 117 bushels; a hoy in Xorth Carolina made 135 bushels, ann the Virginia winner 122 bushels. .More than lilly boys made over 100 bushels per acre. In several counties no hoy fell below 50 bushels per acre, and the (duh average was about .><>. Arrangements are being made In all of the Southern Stall's to send the prize winners to Washington next year. In a brief address to the hoy's Sec retary Wilson declared that they and Hie boys engaged in like work nre "the only hope we have for the con tinued greatness and 'prosperity of Hie country." He pointed out that Hie South now. in agriculture and In manufacturing, was prospering as never before, because the men and women of the South had put into the work the''- own energy and ability and In no sense were dependent upon the capital or Hie industry of peo ple from other parts of the country. "Those diplomas." lie concluded, "are unique. No boys ever have re ceived a similar recognition of their merit. Not liing I hav/o done since I have hetti Secretary ol' Agriculture has given me more pleasure than to present them to you. Von have earn ed them. You have begun right. You are now in the line to achieve the highest honors ol' your respective Slates." Prof. W. ll. Smith, County Super intendent of Holmes county, Missis sippi, ami one td' the leaders in Hie Roys' Corn Club movement of the farmers' Co-operative I letionst rat ion Work, caine lo Washington lo witness this interesting event. I ll .? I Ill IIIS Ulff-11 ?!.UM P. P. P. I p. p p win pv.rifr and Tit<u your blood, rrcatea gotxl appetlteand givoyour whole system tono ?ml strength. A prominent railroad superintendent nt Savannah, Muttering with M ilan . Dyspep sin und Rheumatism says: "After tailing 1'. IV I* lu* never (flt MO well Iii his Ufo, lind fei ls a? if ho ci.ul,1 live forever, if ho could always get V. I'. P." If you aro tired out from ovor-work and close confinement, tuLo P. P. P. If you are feeling badly tn the ffprlng and uta of sorts, take P. P. P. If your digestivo organs need toning up, tate P. P. P. If von suffer with headaehe. Indigestion, dohifity and weakness, laka P. P. P. 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Washington, Dec. 21.-The hear ings on the estimates submitted for the agricultural department for the next fiscal year have been closed by the house committee on agriculture pnd when Congress reassembles in January the actual .work of framing the agricultural ?appropriation 1)111 will be begun. It ls expected to re port the bill a few days after the holi day recess, lt will probably carry ap proximately $13,000,000, exclusive of continuing permanent appropria tions. In the course of the hearings on the bill, at which Secretary Wilson and his bureau assistants appeared, lt was brought out that the cotton boll weevil parasites have become very busy and several species of the parasites in some sections have lie st roved ;")() per cent of the weevils. The scientists, it was testified, are Unding the boll weevil more difficult to control in tho Mississippi delta than In the uplands, partit" because the weevils breed more rapidly and have more opportunity for hiding away and hibern?t lng in the delta. The greatest danger of influenza ls of its resulting In pneumonia. This can be obviated by using Ch a mt. r laln's Cough Remedy, ns lt not o; iy eures influenza, but counteracts any tendency of the disease towards penumonin. Sold by L. C. Martin, Clemson College; The Seneca Phar macy, Seneca. iWO Thrilling Stories. In every family there ls a constant demand for stories-goods thrilling stories of adventure and heroism. That the Youth's Companion sup- j plies this demand is .attested in more (han half a million homes. j The serial stories for 1910 alone aro well worth The Youth's Co m pan- i lon subscription price. These In clude stories by Arthur Stanwood Pier. C. A. Stephens. 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Tho annual report of Superintend ent Kimball, of the service, shows that a woman "about io bo hurled over a bluff." was rescued by a life guard, while an Intoxicated man. about to fall off a deck, a man who had lost his way in a marsh, another who had broken through the Ice. two others who had climbed 100 feet up the face of a cliff, and were unable to descend, and still another who tried to commit suicide, were saved by the vigilant guards. Five automobiles, imperiled in marshes or quicksands, wert? rescued. Many Marine Disasters. During the last fiscal year hero were in the United States jurisdic tion 1,376 marine disasters. Involv-1 ing 8,900 lives, that called the life saving service Into activity . Seventy two vessels were totally lost.. al though only thirty lives were lost In consequence. Tile total value of the property In volved in these disasters was $10, 100,0S0. The value of property lost was $2.29r..380. Of the 1.370 ves sels meeting disaster, the life-saving service rendered aid to 1,319, val ued, with the cargoes, at $13,316, 8 l?. Superintendent Kimball comments upon the remarkable scope of power of the llfehoats used. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Squirrels Spread Bubonic Plague. A dispatch from Washington says: The possible spread of Bubonic plague through squirels to such an extent as to become a very real men ace to sections where no case has yet appeared, has been called to the at tention ol' the House Committee on Agriculture itv Secretary Wilson. The Public Health Service Bureau luis asked Hie biological bureau ol' I lie Department of Agriculture to devise some means for destroying Hie squirrels, through which, according to Chief Merriam, of the bureau, in fectlon has spread, in isolated cases, over Out? square miles in California. Nearly all women suf ailments. 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To the Defendant Above Named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint In this action, which will be Hied In the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for tho said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his ellice, on the PUBLIC SQUARE, at Walhalla I Cou ri House, South Carolina, within twonty days after tho ser vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and If you fall to an swer the complaint within tho time aforesaid, the Plaintiff In this action will apply to thc Court for the relief demanded In tho complaint. Dated this 29th day of November, A. D. 1909. (Seal.) JOHN F. CRAIG. C. C. P. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attorney. To c. II. Roxford, Absent Defendant! Please tnke notice that the com plaint in the above entitled action will be filed in the office of th. Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas of Oconee County, South Carolina, within twenty days from this date. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attorney. 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