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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTARLISIIED 1810.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -Ry STECK, SHKI.OR & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over thal number must bo paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. AVA Ul A Mi A, S. C.! WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, HMO SENATOR TILLMAN'S ILLNESS. The people ol' South Carolina have I for a week watched wit li anxiety the news from Washington) where Sena tor R. R. Tillman lies seriously ill, having been stricken last Thursday wi'h a return of his old malady, ac companied by partial paralysis. For (several days he was unable to use his limbs at. all. and lay speechless and almost as helpless as a child a pitiable condition for a strong and active man. In Iiis Affliction tho sym pathy of the entire people goes out to liim, and political and personal friend and foo alike, in his own Stale and in the nation, have been deeply concerned for his welfare. The latest reports from Senator Tillman are favorable to recovery, or at least to a restoration to u condi tion that may yet permit, of lils re suming later lils public and private .duties, though it is hardly probable that ii?' will over again be Hie same hardy, aggressive man he has been In the past. in great part The Coulior has al ways differed from Mr. Tillman In his mei hods and in many of his poli cies, yet we have always been able to i ? 0 in him no small degree of good, and we hope he may be spared for still further labors for his State and country. Ho lnus ability such as few men possess, and his taking away would be a distinct loss. We hope, with the balance of tho State, thai he may soon bo restored lo health. The latest news I rom the Senator ii summarized in the following, taken from the dispatches from Washing ion : 2 Isl.-Tho ?ont inned improve ment in the condition of Senator Till man has inspired renewed hope for ultimate recovery from lils present serious illness. In the opinion of his physicians the chances are now much in Iiis favor. There lias been KOii.a abatement ol' ti.o paralysis to day, and he regained the use of his right ann and leg to a limited extent. The aphasia lias markedly improved, and he is now abb' lo speak. Tho change for tho better was said to be most remarkable, and is attrlhu od to the Senator's temperate life :>t oiig physique and his generally goo., con dition.. * * * If his condition continues to Improve he may bc able to leave for Ills Soul li Carolina home in a month or six weeks, bul hardly before. In all likelihood ho will not bo permitted by 'm., physicians to occupy his seat iii Congress during the present session. l?'Jd. The Improvement in the con dition of Senator Tillman continued to-day. and it |,s believed that he is gradually approaching recovery. Ills mind is alert, and he ls able to talk to some extent. Darring some ii n fore noon complication, all danger is over. SECTION lii.KIH WAS AMENDED. Substitute .'or the (iiisque-Gruydon Kill RecoincN Law. (The State, 20th.) The house yesterday agreed on the Gnauue-Oraydon bill relating to tho .Mille ; ii % of a lather to dispose of a child, and the following substitute was adopted : Section 1. Thal Section 2689, vol ume I, Code ol' I,av. ; of South Caro lina, 1002, bo amended .so as to read as follows: 'The father ol' any child or chil dren under Hie age of li 1 years, and not married, If tho mother be dead, or the mother ol any such child or children, tho father being di id, who. (her such father or mother be under the Ugo of 21 years, or of full age. may, hy his or ber dcotl, executed and re o riled according to law, or by his or hoi* last will and testament, made and probated according lo law. dis- I pose of the custody and tuition of ?neil child or children for and during Blich tillie US I e, sh" or they, respect ively, remain under the age of 21 years, lo an> pe IMO n or porsons, in possession or remainder. Dut no .such deed shall be valid unless signed h.\ Loth lather and motlier, i! both be liv ie.'-;: Provided, that nothing .contained herein shall be const t iled to abr?gale, lessen or interfere with tho righi and du!y of a court of coin peteitl jurisdiction at. any time, as her oto foro io transfer and assign tho custody or a child for its best inter est." Entertainmei. .... South Union. South Union, Fob. 22.--An enter tainment, consisting of songs, music, ?Inns ami dialogues, with tableaux, will be given for the benefit of the Routh Union school, at tho South Union church, on Friday night, Feb ruary 25th, from 8 to 11 o'clock. A cordial invitation 1s extended to all to como and enjoy tho occasion with us. Admission, Hi couta. X. HOW TO VALUE FARM LA NHS. Advance itt Next Five Years will be Equal to tliat of Fast Twenty. (Augusta Chronicle.) Newspapers throughout tho South have Jolnod with the Chronicle In ad vising Southorn farinera against sell ing-giving away would bo the bet tor term-their lands. The Greens boro, N. C., Record, referring to the Chronicle's editorial on this subject, has the following to say: "Tho Augusta,Ga., Chronicle wants to know why so many farmers In that State are advertising their lands for sale-most of them at very low fig ures. lt says that lt carries many of these advertisements and has never understood lt. lt is strange, for the farmer who knows how to farm ls making money. One case ls cited by the Chronicle where a Geor gia farmer raised, thia year. 117 hales of cotton on 130 acres, together with 50 bushels of corn on 10 acres. Here was a gross return of not less than $9.000 from 140 acres of Geor gia land, or an average yield of ap proximately $65 per acre. Why a fanner who is a farmer, fairly well situated, wants to soil out we are unable lo say, unless it is that he wants to 'move to town*-the very last place he ought to go if he wants to live. Of course not every man knows liow to farm. Some of them are untiring workers, bul they do not know how to work. They take every tldng from the land, and then won der why lt ls unproductive. Land must be fed just as a horse or cow. One man in this county last fall rais ed 7 20 bushels of corn on ten acres, but he knows how to farm." The day ls near at hand when tho farmers of the South will regret hav lng parted with their lands-but it will then be too late. Lands that they now lot go for live and ten dol lars an acre will be wort ii forty, fifty and sixty dollars an acre, or even t more. I Sunday's ?Chronicle carried Hie ! three-column advertisement of a well known local real estate dealer, offer ing for sale just 82 farms in Geor gia and South Carolina near Augusta. Two-thirds of these farms were offer ed at an average price of $10 per acre. Some were offered at as low figure tis four and live dollars per acre. Think of it-four and live (loi la rs per acre for farm lauds, when white .sand is worth fifty cents per two-horse wagon load for building p u rposes. \Ve are, of course, not trying to Interfere with this real estate man's business, or any other real estate man's business, but we do say that the farinera of the South are simply "giving away" their lands. Wo would go even farther and venture the as sertion that if a man had the money with which to buy every one ol' those s2 farms, and should take them all at the price placed upon them with out looking at them, he won'ni more than double Iiis money on ?he entire purchase within the next four or live yea rs. Righi here let us call the Southern farmer's attention to the Western farmer's method of valuing his land. Land is worth, according to the West, ern farmer's and real estate man's way ol' valuing it whatever it will pay ten per cent net on - that is to say, if lie gets $50 net from an acre, tltat acre of land ls valued at $r>00. If he gets $100 net per acre, he val ues thal acre at $1.000, avid so on. lt makes no difference what is on tho land, whether an orange grove, a Held of strawberries, or whet lier any thing at all-the value is based on a ten per cent net earning basis. On the same basis, then, what ls an acre of Southern cotton land now wort li? If an acre o Southern land will grow a bale of cotton, worth $60, anti it costs $40 to raise that bale, the net return is $2 0, or ten per cent on $20n, so that the land is still worth $2 00 per acre. lt' it is land thal will ?row only half a hale to the acre, making a net return of $10 per acre, then the land is wort li $100 per acre. Surely lhere ls very little farm land in the South, whether cotton land or corn land, that will not pay a net return of $5 per acre if even half-way cultivated. Then, accord ing to ".he Western farmer's method of valuing his land, that land is worth $.".0 per acre. And tin- truth of thc matter ls, there ls mighty little tarni and in the South that isn't worth $50 an acre- and np. We are to-day selling lands in th South at $."> an acre Huit are worth $2.".. and at $20 an acre that are worth $101?. while our $50 an acr< land is not worth less than $2on an acre and all ol' it will be sidling foi even higher prices within the next ten yea iv. This may sound extravagant now hut it won't ten years from now. Nothing ls so certain io enormously increase in value during the next. 2d years as the cheap farm lands ot' th? South, and Ilse increase will, in all probability, be as great within tin next five vers as it has been in tin past twenty, lt is foolish to part with farm lands at double the price t hey are now selling at. li' troubled willi Indigestion, con stipation, no appetite or feel bilious, give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets a nial and you rill be pleased with thc result. Those tab lets invigorate tho stomach and liver and strengthen the digestion. Sold by Seneca Pharmacy; L. C. Martin, Clemson College. Four Hundred Foll Into Cellar. Patten, Fa., Feb. 20.-Four hun dred person who attended a spirit ualistic demonstration at the opera house last night aro to-day feeling considerably impressed with tho per formance. About twenty-live of them have the brand of hot coals and many others the bruises of being trampled upon in a panic when the floor gave way. The audience was just on the point of leaving when lt was precipi tated, together with a hot stove, into the basement. The floor had buckled without warning No ono was killed, contrary to erroneous report last night, and no ono was seriously In jured. Tho loss by fire was small. COUNTY TAX LEVY THE SAME. State Tax Hali Mill Higher-Thinks null's Company Suit? Mr. Mann. Editor Keowee Courier: 1 ?ec that Representativo Coke I). Mann has trained his little poke-stock on me In your last Issue. Well, I want to say in the outset that I do not fee! lt my duty to get mad with every one who does not agree with me, or per chance who should nsplro to be a candidate for the same ofnee, but it is my wish to accord to every ono tho right of free speech and free thought. Mr. Mann's hill provided for an Increase of the County Com missioners from two to eight, with tho same duties as at present, but with a salary of one hundred dollars each. I could seo no relief In this plan, and 1 am satisfied that it would only bo a year or two until the sal ary of those eight mon would be Increased. The great complaint in county affairs is on account of paying too much for the many small con tracts. I could not see why a board of eight men meeting at the Court House once a month would or could give any bettor service or more at tention to the details of road work than the three. They would have to spend the time that they would get pay for driving back and forth to 1 the Court House. The plan that I substituted for Mr. Mann's was to have three town- . ship commissioners, whose duty lt 1 would be to have the roads worked j and small bridges repaired. The township commissioner ls nearer to : his work and could see and look after j the roads in his own community hel ter and with less expense than any one at a distance. I believe that the three men In a township would have more work done for the money than any way that can be devised, and lt is giving the people who pay the . taxes the right, to spend the money where it is most needed. Tho ap portionment of funds to each town ship would In this way be used to keep the roads in the best possible condition and put a stop to running the county In debt. 1 have carefully examined the op- , erat ion of the county government In many counties, and the township plan has proven more satisfactory. Some counties change their form of ten, but those counties that- have ' retained their township government for working roads are getting on the best. Mr. Mann says: "1 would rather plow a hull in new ground than try to legislate with Senator Karie." Well! 1 am sure the bull's company would be '.nore suitable and congen ial to lils nature than that of the gen tlemen of the General Assembly, as well as in keeping with his ability. lt ls not my purpose to character ize others' opinions ti's cussedness because they differ from mine. Abuse and epithets are appropriate for peo ple of some callings, but that does not suit my taste. On account ot ibis disagreement lite county commissioners as now constituted will continue for two ?nore years. I want to say something about the Soldiers' Home because there ls such a general Impression that it ls more like an unkept prison, lt ls a really nice building, splendidly kept in every respect, equipped with every comfort and convenience that is needed. There are over seventy of the Ve?s there, and they seem con tented and happy. They go out into the city or anywhere they wish, just so that they are In at meal times. We found the house In far better shape than we had expected. The ladles of Columbia have done a great deal towards beautifying the home and making the last days of the patriots happy. I made several visits to the State Hospital for the Insane and saw that all of tho patients from Oconee are reasonably well cared for. The asy lum ls badly crowded, bl., those in charge are humane and do all they can for the relief of the patients. The regular appropriation has been increased by fifty thousand dollars, and in addition one hundred thou sand dollars was appropriated to be gin the erection of new buildings on land to be purchased nea<* Columbia, where the colored patients, and the noisy and violent ones among the whites, will he provided for. The tax levy for our county is the .-ame as last year, but the State levy is increased one-half mill. Hence wo will pay fifteen and one-half mills this year. One and one-hair mills is levied in Seneca School District lo pay past-due interest. The penitentiary authorities agree to hire our county a hunch of con victs for road work this spring If the County Commissioners want them. Respectfully, J. R. Marie. ? Do you know that croup can be ; prevented? Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse; or even after the croupy cough appears and lt will pre vent the attack. It is also a certain cure for croup and has never boen known to fall. Sold hv Dr. J. W. ! Bell, Walhalla; C. W. Wickliffe. West. Union. Train Derailed by Wreckers, Double Bun, Ga.. Keb. Iii. Un known miscreants attempted to wreck I lie nor! li lion nd passenger train of the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic at lids pince last night when the switch rod was broken, leaving the switch target showing a clear track. Tho engine, mall, baggage and day coaches dashed Into the sand, but the sleepers remained on the track. With the exception of Express Messenger Hanson, who was only bruised, none of the 18 persons on the train was hurt. Unclaimed Letters. Following Is a list, of unclaimed lottern remaining in tho Walhalla post office for the woek ending February 21, 1010: Foster, Mrs. Addle. Todd, Mr. James. Snider, Miss Essie. Walker, Mr. W. L. Persons calling for the above will please say they wore advertised. A. C. Merrick, P. M. THERE IN THE OLD ST JUST THE SAM I 1'llEHII WATER. OUR GR( WE STRIVE TO THE MARKET ING PUBLIC Kl Ol SHOES, CLOTH GENTS' COTTON SEED 3 Il EAD MOSS AN[ ROOSEVELT IS NOW BRONZED. Friends I? tho United states Would Not Recognize Former President. Gondokoro, Soudan tipper Nile, Foi). 20.-New York and Washington would not recognize Theodore Roose velt *o-dny. Gaunt {.nd bronzed to the degree of a coffee bean, his face is covered with a luxuriant growth of heard, but bis s'ep is Just as light and springy as ever, and the bright yellow khaki uniform in willoh he started his African hunt is torn and patched and scarred up generally. Col. Roosevelt han started upon the last week of his hunting. Then comes a series of tra\ols hy rall through the Capitals and principal cities of Egypt. Europe and the Brit ish Isles, when, Instead of meeting Zulu chiefs, whirling dervishes and Soudanese warriors, he will consort with statesmen and scientists. Scarcely a member of the party is recognizable. Even Kermit sports a Van Dyke beard, and ho ls as lean a greyhound. All, however, are In perfect health, President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphai>3 have been helped by tho presiden! of the Indus trial and Orphans Home at Macon, Ga., who writes: "Wc have used Electric Ritters in this institution for nine years, lt has proved a most ex cellent, medicine for stomach, liver and kidney troubles. We regard it as one of the best family medicines on earth." It Invigorates all vital organs, purines the blood, aids diges tion, creates appelite. To strengthen and build up pale, thin, weak chil dren or rundown people lt has no equal. Best for female complaints. Only 50c. at all druggists. A ('uni of Thanks. Seneca, Feb. 2 1.-Editor Keowee Courier: Please allow me space in your valuable paper to thank our neighbors for their many kind acts and favors shown us during the sick ness and death of our dearly beloved wife and mother. May God's richest blessing rest and abide with each of them. James Brock and Children. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of tho afore said Court, In the caso named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, In front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, 3. C., on Monday, the 7th day of MARCH. 19 10, be tween the legal hours of sale, the tracts of land below described: William F. Austin. Plaintiff, against. Rifle D. King, Defendant. All those two certain pieces, par cels or tracts of land, situate lying and being in the County of Oconee, of the State of South Carolina, de scribed as follows, to wit: One tract on branch of Snow Creek, waters of Conneross Creek, on north side of public road leading from Oak way to Tokeena, containing fifty-eight acres, more or less, adjoining 'ands now or formerly owned hy Kfile I). King, J, W. Haulbrooks. W. S. Prichard, R. H. King and E. \V. Mason, purchased by Ellie D'. King from Mrs. M. J. Ver nor, and more fully represented by plat made hy J. R. Sanders, Sur veyor, on the 2 I st dav of December, IS'iS. ALSO, That other tract of land, on branch Of Snow Creek, waters of Conneross Creek, on north side of public road ! leading from Oakway to Tokeena, containing thirty and one-tenth acres, more or loss, adjoining lands now or formerly of Bf?le D. King. Ed. D. . King, J. VV. Haulbrooks. X. J. Oam broil and IO. W. Mason, being part of the tract of land bought, from Mrs. M. J. Vernor hy Fd. D. King, and I conveyed to Rifle n. King by said lOd. ! D. King. TERMS OF SALIO: CASH. That In even! of failure of tho purchaser or purchasers to comply with tho terms of sale within five days from day of sale, the Master do re-adver I Ilse and res'oll said promHes on the following salesday or some conven ient salesday thereafter, at tho same place and on the same terms as here tofore set out, at tho risk of tho for mer purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do continuo so to do until he has found a purchaser, or purchasers, who comply with tho terms of sale. Purchaser to pay oxtra for papers. Sold at the risk of tho former pur chaser, .1. S. King, who failed to com ply. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. February JG, 1910. 7-9 S A DIFFERENCE ALIO (? KOCH ll I MS AND THF NICK FRESH ONUS; <} AS THERE IS IN STA ONA NT WATER AND IN PURK OCERIES DON'T STAGNATE KEEP TUB HIGHEST CLASS OF GROCERIES ON -RUT WK DON'T KEEP THUM LONG. THF THAR ?OW WHERE TO COME AND RUY! WE DELIVER FRESH GOODS. (Rur? Food Law Kind.) UR OTHER LI NFS A RF ALSO PURE: LA DI HS* GOODS, INO, NOTIONS, FURNISHINGS, FINK DRESS GOODS. 1EAL AND HULLS, HAY, GRAIN AND SO FORTH. QUARTERS FOR ALL HEAVY GROCERIES. ) ANSEL, - - - WALHALLA. I HORSES MULES I have about thirty head of Horses and Mules in my barn that needs to be sold. Come quick ; some large and some medium size. All to go at a reasonable price for cash or on time. W. M. BROWN, Walhalla, S. C. THE FARMER'S HOME. You .should remember that BYRD & CROMER run and will give you a better value lu Fertilizer, ono and two-hoi's? Oliver Chilled Tum Plows I?nd Points, Roy Dixie anil Fixtures, Middle Burster.-. and Points. A tull line of Cole goods, snell us Guano Distributers, Cotton Planters, with and without fertilizer attachments; Corn and Cotton Planter^ combined, with and without fertilizer attachments; Fertilizer Spreader* with Cultivator attachment for side dressing; one and two horse Plow Storks; all kinds of plow shapes ami Cotton Hoes. A complot? Une of A. B. Hyde Diverse Cultivators and extras; also Poultry Netting, Barbed Wiro, Nails and Staples. Cnn also do you good ou Corn, Corn Meal, Flour, Sholls, Bran, Hay, Salt, Ked Bust Proof and Burt Seed Oats. A full and complete line of Dry Goods, Notions, Men's, Wo. men's and Children's Shoes and Oxfords, Hats and Caps. Best Standard Bleaching Still nt tOe, per yard. Wo always have a supply, and prices right. WK APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE. BYRD CROMER, SENECA, S. C. Ain't This Nice? Elegant Cn|ie Cod Craillierrics, 15e. lier quart; Full Weight Seeded Raisins, 10c. per pound; Full Weight Cleaned Currants, 10c. .per pound; London Layer Three-Crown Raisins, 10c. pound; Rest Domes tic Macearon!, 8c. pound; Italian. Imported Macearon!, 15c. per pound. Wheat IL. '.s, Dr. Price's Rolled Wheat, Cream of Wheat, Rolled Oat Flakes, Kellog's Corn Flakes, Grape Nuts, Fine New Orleans and Georgia Cone Syrups, New Orleans Molasses, Wesson's Cooking OH, Wesson's Salad Oil, Imported Italian Olive Oil; Fine Toilet Soap, 18c. box, worth SOc; Pitmmo Hand Soap, 5c, cleans grease quicker tl um any; 10 cakes Laundry Soop, S8c; Henry Clay Flour for your cakes. Dov? Hams and Breakfast Bacon; "Snowdrift," tho Queen of Com pounds; Elegant Canned Mackerel 10c. can; Fresh Mackerel 5c. each; Shrimp, Lobsters and Deviled Crail ; Salmon from 10c. to 25c. can. WE LEAD IN GOOD COFFEE. F. B. Johnson & Co., SENECA, S. C. NOTICE TO DEBTORS and CRED ITORS.-All persons indebted to tho Instate of W. R. Ables, 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 within tho Hmo prescribed by law or be barred. (MUS.) IDA ABLES, Administratrix. February 9, 1010. 6-9 LIVERYMEN, m * Concrete Stables, Main Street, WALHALLA, S. 0. Hair Goods ! Just received all the new Hair Goods now used. Real Human Hair Switch es, 18 to 39 inches long. Hair Turban Frames, ?* All new style Ornaments. 200, job lot, newest style Collars, ? 5 to 25 cents, All New Spring Millinery arriving. J* Call and see us for latest Notions, J> MRS. R. CALLAWAY, Walhalla, S. C. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Cold?, Croup ?nd Whooping Cough. Our Stabloa are stocked with good Driving and Riding Horsos, New Bug gies, Carriages, etc. Everything In first-class shape. Our prices aro right. Wo ar? go ing to do tho Livery Business of Wal halla If satisfactory service and rea sonable prices are an inducement. Houchlns & Brown, PHONE NO. 28, WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA. ?t?