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KEOWISE COUIUER (ESTABLISHED 184U.) Published livery Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 l'er Annum.' Advertising Kates Reasonable. -Hy STECK, SHF.LOK & SCIIKODKK. Communications of a personal charm ev charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will he printed free ot charge. All over that nu in bor must he paid for at tho rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, K. C.: WI .DM 'SDA Y, MAY 25, HMO. ASHIA ILLL'S FAMOUS MUMMY. Sister.in-I?aw Bringt) Suit for Recov ery of Uody. Asheville. N. C., May 17.-Because the local undertakers, who have pos session of the body of tho late "Lord'- Percival Shalto Douglas,have refused to nive lier possession of it, Mrs. Watson, who gives Hot Springs, Ark., as her home, to-day employed lawyers to hiing suit to recover pos sess:;;:!. She claims that she ls a sister-in-law of the doceascd "noble man." "Lord'* Douglas is one of Ashe ville's mysteri?s, Ho came hero eight years ago from Norfolk, Va., a very ill man. and shortly afterwards ho died. Immensely wealthy he ap peared to bo until his death, and then nothing of value was found. Ile claimed descent from tho historic Douglas family of Scotland. Dili gent search was made here, and all part- of tho ?Ioho were searched for relatives of the aristocratic man. but in vain. His body was embalmed. Numerous ones have arisen to lay claim to him, but proofs so far have been lacking. Perfectly dressed in a Prince Albert suit, he has stood a perfect mummy in tin: undertaking establishment, and has hoon visited by thousands of people yearly from ail parts of Hie globe. The undertakers have been offered fabulous prices from Barnum and oilier circuses for this perfectly em balmed hody. hut the North Carolina law-makers have decreed that corpses are not for sale in tho Tarheel State. Mrs. Watson means to press lier still with all possible liaste, and was ter ribly shocked upon her arrival here lt) Irani for the fi rs I time that her alleged relative was unburied. Mystery Finally Sol veil. Asheville, May lt?. The body of Sidney Lascelle, alias "Lord Beres ford," alias ('liarles J. Asquith, con victed forget-, and said to hilve been O bigamist sixteen times over, was to-day shipped to Washington, D. C., to bc cremated and the ashes to he neill to wife No. I, whose identity ls kept a profound secret. Tho under takers, attorneys and agents are sworn not to divulge her name. That she belonged to a prominent and wealthy New York family ls admit ted hy those who hav,. handled the case. She ran away from her mo ther, escaping while her mother's at tention was occupied at a book store, ;md with Lascelle hurried to the ..Lit tle Rrick Church Around tho Corner" in New York and was married twen ty years ago. Thc name of Mrs. T. J. Summer Held, Passaic, \. .)., is given as tho woman. sister-in-law of wife No. I. who, becoming horrified upon Und ing tli.it her brother-in-law's remains have been unhurried for eight yeats, and were ticing viewed by thousands of people yearly, took step-; to secure Its cremation. Complicated legal documents and nu mei (ms affidavits, Including one from "Mrs. I .ascidie." liad to bo tiled, i<nr these papers arc linked in the undei taker'.- safe, where the} are forbidden property. Lasccllc died here as "Asquith," In November, 1002. His operation.., besides cov ering many Stales, extended also to langland and the Continent. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will clear the sour stomach, sweeten Ibo breath and create a healthy appetite. They promote tho How ot gastric Juice, thereby Induc ing good digestion. Sold hy Dr. J. W. Bell, Wallulla; C, W, Wickliffe, West Union, Saw ( omet, Dropped Dead. Darlington, May IK. (lessie Sna il colored woman, about 35 years of age, Using near Society Hill, nrosc about I o'clock this morning und announced to lier husband thal nbc was going to soo tho "comlk" about which she had heard a great deal lately, and with much trepida tion she wont Into tho yard. Her husband heard her fall and on rush ing to her aid found that she was speechless. Ho removed her Into tho house, but she died In a few min utes, never having regained con sciousness. IO A lt i - Y GUIiTIVATION OF COHN*. \ Every Fanner Should Own a Harrow and a Weeder. (J. F. Duggar, Ala. Bxp. Station.) Expressed in ono sentence, the early cultivation of corn should con sist in the prevention of the forma tion of a crust from thc time the seed ls planted, or even before. However, there are various methods of attain ing this end, some of them wasteful of labor, and others ripld and eco nomical of labor. llroadcast cull h at lon, effected by the use of either a spike-tooth har row or of a weeder, ls the cheapest method of cultivation lor any crop. Corn lends Itself especially well lo this economical method of cultiva tion, for tho young corn plants are not easily uprooted, and, moreover, there are usually In the South more plants In a hill than will finally be left, a condition that is generally wise, in view of the danger that the stand may be greatly thinned by the ravages of bud worms during the first few weeks of thc plant's lile. The uso of the harrow should bo begun before the corn ls planted, so that when the seed is put Into the ground lt will find an abundance of moisture retained in the soil, as the result of thorough preparation and the presence of a soil mulch, or loose layer of surface soil, made by the harrow. If rain follows planting, another harrowing before thc plants appear is usually advantageous. After corn comes tip the weeder ls somewhat preferable to the harrow for soils in excellent condition and of a mellow nature, but an observing farmer can usually make excellent usc of either Implement. Where the stand ls thin or where there are few If any more plants per hill than the number intended to be left, some farmers prefer to omit the use of the harrow for a week or two alter corn comes up, this being tho time when the young plants are most brittle and most easily uprooted. Yet when corn ls planted as usual, two to four grains In a hill, I have found thal harrowing al this time seldom destroys an entire bill, and j that the use of this implement, and still more of the weeder, ts thorough ly practicable at this lime provided some judgment be used in giving the proer slam to the teeth, in prevent ing the clogging of teeth with trash, and in tho direction in which thc team is driven. As a general rule applicable to ! corn planted either on ridges, on the level, or in a deep furrow, the best direction In which to drive the har row or weeder ls obliquely across the rows. Crossing the rows at right angles may be just as good, except on land thrown Into high beds on which, in this direction, the draft and depth of cutting are more Irreg ular dian when the harrow is driven obliquely to the rows. Precautions to be taken to secure th,? best work and the least possible uprooting of plants by the harrow, consist chiefly in setting the teeth with a decided backward slant In preventing their becoming choked, for If this occurs the tooth and the accumulated trash may gongs out sonic hills ol com. Of course, the use of the harrow is not advised where the soil is extremely rocky or where lhere are many large pieces of stalks which might bo dragged over the young plants. Kol' land in excellent mechanical condition the weeder is slightly pref erable, partly because of the fact that tho weeders in luosi common use i\re drawn bj one mule while a two sec tion harrow requires two mules. Fol land with much clay or that has be come rather hard, the harrow will usually do better work than the weeder. lu fact, clay and clay loam soil does not usually stay long in the beal condition for effective work by the weeder, ll' too hard, the teeth of i he light weeder merely make a scratch without breaking the crust. On tie- other hand, If the teeth of the weeder simply leave cuts through the soil, one may be sure thal not Only is lue soil loo wet, bul that an attempt at cul, vallon with the weed, er results in harm, since ?vaporai ion I- tuot'o rapid from a surface thus scarred than from one not cultivated. With a brisk team one may expect lo cover about twice as many acres per day as the width in feet, of the weeder or harrow. This assumes that there is no lapping, for which, however, some deduction should bc made. Cultivation willi the weeder may he continued later than with tho harrow. I have used the weeder sat isfactorily on corn a foot high, run ning diagonally across the rows. In my opinion the Iwo-horse har row ls the most Indispensable imple ment Oil tho farm, exclusive of UlOSO tools and vehicles which are in ?I:! serval use. The cost of a spike tooth harrow and of a weeder aro not very different, and every farmer working two or more head of live stock should certainly own such a harrow, and preferably both a har row and weeder. The weeder can be used In the cultivation of almost CATASTROPHE IN PINAR DKL RIO Hundred Peraoiia Dead as Result ot' Dynamite Explosion. Havana. Cuba, May 18.-Two al most simultaneous explosions of dy namite, supposed to consist of 3,000 pounds, completely destroyed the rural guard barracks In the city of Pinar Del Kio this afternoon. Kully a hundred persons were allied and nearly as many were wounded. Most of the dead were rural guards, but the entire families of several of the o lucers of the rural guard, it Is reported, were also kill ed, as well as several employees of the publie works department and residents of tho city, on which fell a deluge of masonry and debris from the blown-up building. ll 's not known whether the explo sion was the result of an accident or was due to an *\ct of conspiracy, but the former hypothesis ls considered tho more probable. Several relief trains, carrying surgeons, oflleers and men of the rural guard and govern ment officials, started this afternoon from Havana to the scene of the ca tast rophe. The barracks was a massive build ing of Spanish construction and oc cupied a site on the outskirts of the city. During the late intervention ii was the headquarters of Coi. Mar ker's regiment, the I llb cavalry. Ad jacent to the barracks was a long row of oflleers' quarters. Recently the barracks was occupied by the public works department and four troops of rural cavalry. In consequence of tho alarm over race disturbances, the government or dered all deposits of dynamite in the vicinity in the possession of contrac tors for road construction and other public works to be removed to Hu? barracks for safe keeping. This af ternoon the work of removing the dynamite from tho barracks for shipment to the government maga zine In Havana was begun by em ployees of the public works depart ment, assisted by rural guards. From Tullapoosa, (?a. Tallapoosa, (la.. May 10.-Special: We are having very cool weather In this section of Georgia at present plenty of rain and som<> hail. Crops are late here on account of so much cool weather, although some have very good gardens. We live in the thriving little city of Tallapoosa, which is about iii', miles from Atlanta. It has about 3,000 population, several stores and blacksmith shops, one cotton mill, one glass factory and several other Industrial plants. The sad news roached Tallapoosa late yesterday afternoon of the death of Howell McCurdy, of Krui thu rst, Ala., which was a shock to his m c. ny friends at this place, as this was for merly his home. Mr. McCurdy came to his death by the explosion of a boiler at a large saw mill and plan ing plant at which he was at work. Ills many friends here feel a deep sympathy for his loved ones. There is not much fruit in this part of H a ra Ison county owing to the snow and sleet some time back. lt seems like being in dear old Walhalla lo read I lie news and hap penings in and around your town and throughout Oconee county in the good old Keowee Courier each week. An Oconee (ilri. Foley Kidney Pills are antiseptic, tonic and restorative and a prompt corrective of all urinary irregualrl tles. Rofuso substitutes. .1. W. Roll. Col, Newman. i ( ; reen wood I ndox. ) .-'outh Carolina lost a splendid type of citizen in tile death of Coi. .1. S. Newman, ''ol. Newman was fine who knew, as few now living do know, tho possibilities of our soil and climate. Ile could on a sinai! hil of ground make wonders grow, and he labored all Iiis life to impart this knowledge to ot hers. Cullimbin Jailer Dead. ( 'oin iniua, Ma;. IN. 11 ilion Sin i t h, the city jailer, who was skol by the negro, John Un bb, lalo last night, ; died Lo-nlghl at a local hospital. The negro was arrested this afternoon at l?laynoy's, near Columbia, and is to night in tho pon i I en tia ry. THIN MILK , How can the baby grow strong if the nursing mother is pale and delicate? Scott's Emulsion maker, the mother strong and well; increases and en? riches the baby's food. every crop of the farm and garden, notably In Hie early cultivation of corn, colton, cowpeas and sorghum. THAT ( LFMKON ANNEXATION. Another Move Ha? Hoon Made-Next Stop Will Soon He Taken. (Anderson Mall, 20th.) H. H. Greene, chairman of the com mission in the matter of tho annexa tion of a part of Oconeo to Anderson county, has received the report of the surveyors, F. H. Sweeney and D. N. Harris, of Bickens county, who were employed a short Hine ago to survey the tract and make plats, etc. lt Is shown hy the report that the terri tory which, it is proposed to annex contains nine and three-tenths square miles. Mr. Greene said to-day that the next move in the matter will he an Investigation of the statements made ' hy the pot ll loners in the petition flied with the Governor, asking for the holding of the election. A meet ing of the commission will he held In the near future, very likely In An derson, and this matter will he taken up at that time. Witnesses are to ho examined as to the lines and dist ances. Tlie Hist of the report of the sur veyors ls contained in Hie following ihren? paragraphs or sections: "First: Tho area of the territory, as referred to in the petition, and as described * * *, contains nine and three-tenths (0.3) square miles. "Second: Tho distance of the nearest line of this territory to Wal halla Court House. Oconee county, ls thirteen miles. "Third: The area of Oconee county after hoing diminished hy tho above territory is six hundred twenty-live and seventeen onc-hundrcdlhs (625.17) miles." "Had dyspepsia or Indigestion for years. No appetite, and what I did eat distressed mo terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me."-J. H. Wal ker, Sunbury, Ohio. Charges Mortality to (?reed. Washington, May 20.-"More men j have been killed in the shambles of ' pitiless greed than ever wont to their eternal count in all the carnage of the Civil War," declared Mr. Stan ley, of Kentucky, in the House to day. Coal to Hie amount of 200,000, 000 tons is wasted annually in this country, said Mr. Stanley, and lie charged further that the Knited States is the only country which makes no effort toward safety in mining. The result has been, he said, that this nation killed from two to five hundred per cent more than any other civilized country. He said there were 1,000,000 engaged in mining. Ile announced that he would vote for $150,000, In addi tion to the $100,000 already appro priated, looking to tho safety of min ers. Fewer Railroad Fatalities. On 159,657 miles of raliway in the United States not a single passenger was killed in the six months term ending .lune 30, 1909, according to figures just published hy the Bureau of Railway .News and Statistics. This is a gratifying record and ono which should prove reassuring to Ibo traveling public. lt means that railroad travel is be coming jj fer, despite the increased speed hoing maintained and Hie lar ger number of trains being run over the same track. Through tho operation of the safe ty appliance laws put into effect by Congress and State Legislatures, in juries to trainmen are being steadily decreased. The bureau statistics show that only twice In a half century havo the railways of Croat Britain, including a mileage of 23,000, shown a record of no fatalities among passengers. The I average rate of speed maintained ls as high as thal in this country, the public impression to the contrary not withstanding, Seventeen railroads of the United States are said to have completed a six-year term wt'hool a passenger killed, ninety-five companies a live year tenn. 177 companies a four year term, 22S companies three years, l's? companies two years, and 2 17 companies, out of 368 reporting, one yeai- of Immunity. Willi the Increase in the double) t rai katie of railroads and the rigid enforcement of safety appliances, etc., reducing tho risk of railway opera tion, fatalities should show a steady decrease. A Decided Monstrosity. A Lancaster dispatch says: A sow belonging to J. ?. Vaughn, of Pleas ant Hill township, gave hirth to sev eral pigs a few days ago, and in the litter was a decided monstrosity, which he brought to town Saturday afternoon and exhibited, tho unsight ly freak being dead. It had the head and bill of a duck and the claws of a cat. - - Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A Remedies are Ne Were wo perfect, which wo aro not, i not often be needed. Hut since our s come weakened, impaired and brokei indiscretions which have (Jone on from through eountlcss generations, remedie aid Naturo in correcting our inhcritct acquired weaknesses. To reach tho weakness and consequent digestivo t nothing so good as Dr. 1'iercc's Golden cry, a glycerio compound, extracted frc inal roots-sold for over forty years wi Weak Stomach, Biliousness, Liver Com) Heartburn, Bad Breath, H?lching of loot Derangements, tho "Discovery" is a til The genuine has on its ~ outside wrapper the Vs Signature \ You can't afford to accept a scoret nt holic, mcdioino op KNOWN COMPOSITION, thereby make a little bigger profit. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regula! bowels. Sugar-ooatod, tiny granul?e, c $#2,024.2-1 STOLEN FROM DEPOT. Willie Agent I,muled (luggage, TlirCO Packages of Money l)isup|>cnivd. Oil City. Pa., May 19-Three pack ages of money containing $32,024.2'! were stolen from tho Pennsylvania depot here at H.'?O o'clock this morn ing while .lohn .1. Trilby, the station agent, was loading baggage on a Buffalo train. The money was being shipped by the Adams Express Com pany to Philadelphia. The railroad detectives investigat ing Hie robbery are of the opinion that the theft was the work of one man. The packages were too bulky for storage in the small station safe, and .Night Agent Trilby placed them under a sack behind the ticket coun ter, covering them carefully. At 3.30 this morning a train pulled into the station, and Trilby stepped out on the platform, closing the office door behind him. The door is self-locking. While about 200 feet from the station olTlce Truby saw hy Hie light in Hie station platform lamp that the office door was not closed. Hurrying back he discovered that the three packages of money were niiss A touch of rheumatism, or a twinge of neuralgia, whatever tho trouble ls, Chamberlain's Liniment drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First application gives relief. Sold by Sen eca Pharmacy; L. C. Martin, Clem son College. (?uni Illumed for Pellagra. London, May 21.-Dr. Sambon, a member of the field committee which lias been investigating the disease pel lagra, telegraphs from Home that the maize is not the cause of pellagra, but that the parasitic conveyor of Hie disease ls the "slinullum reptans," a species of biting gnat. When shown positive and remedy had cured numerous any sensible woman conclude also benefit her if suffering w Here are two letters which E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coir Fitchvlllc, Oh down, .suffered 1 limbs, and could time. She cai prostration, had and scorned mc two doctors but Lydia 10. Pinl Blood Purifier proved so mucli another girl.** Irasburg, Ve say a few words Ju praise of y< taking it I had boen very sick bles and nervous prostration, tlc of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget greatly Improved. My friends a great change." - Mrs. A. II. S We will pay a handsome r prove to us that these letters -or that either of these woi their testimonials, or that thc their permission, or that thc not come to us entirely unso What more proof can any For 30 years Lydia E. Plnkh Compound lias been tho stand female ills. No sick woman herself who will not try this fai Made exclusively from roots J has thousands of euros to its cr MM? Mrs. i'inkliam invites HHtf to writ? lier for inly guided thousands to health i Address Mrs* Pinkhnj eded medicine? would ystems havo be* i down through tho early ages, is are needed to i and otherwise scat of stomach roubles, there is Medical Discov ?m native medic th great satisfaction to all users. For daine, Pain in the Stomach utter eating, j, Chronic Diarrhea and other Intestinal ne-proven and most efficient remedy. istrum as a substitute for this non-aloo not even though the urgent dealer may to and invigorate stomach, liver ?ad iasy to take as oandy. SPANISH JACK. I am offering the services of my Spanish Jack tho presest season at my stable one mlle south of Walhalla, on the Westminster road, near Flat Rock colored church. He is six years old, in fine condition and well de? veloped. Fee $7.fit). This Jack ls one of Hie best to be had, and stock rais ers should see him. CHAS. W. BURNSIDE. FOR SALE1 One 4-horse Eclipse Engine, on?-*? Cardwell Threshing Machine, Belts complete, one Cutaway Harrow, one McCormick Mowing Machino, one Drag Harrow, one pair Good Mules, one 2-horse Wagon, ono Horizontal Cano Mill, one 2-horse Cano Mill, two Evaporators, ono thirteen 2 horse Oliver Chilled Plow. J. W. OI,IVER, Walhalla, S. C. March 16, 1910. 11-21 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. . -. TEE STATE OF SO'/1 H CAROLINA, COUNTY Ol' COONEE. (In Court of Common Pleas.) Lena Viola Phillips, Plaintiff, against John Mart Phillips, Defendant, i (Summons for Relief.) To the Defendant Above Named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer tho complaint in this action, which will be flied in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint ou the subscriber at his office, ou the PUBLIC SQUARE, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the ser vice hereof, exclusive of tho day of such service; and if you fail to an swer the complaint within the time aforesaid, tho Plaintiff in this action will apply to tho Court for the relief demanded In tho complaint. April 2, 1910. E. L. H ERNDON, Plaintiff's Attorney. April 27, 1910. 17-22 reliable proof that a certain cases of female ills, wouldn't that the same remedy would i til the same trouble? prove the efficiency of Lydia ipound. lo.-"My daughter was all run 'rom pains in lier Hide, head and . walk but a short distance ut a no very nour lia vine; nervous I begun to cough a {rood deni, dancholy by spells. Bbc tried , got little help. Since taking thain's Vegetable Compound, and Liver Pills she lins im i that she feels and looks Uko Mrs. C. Colo, FitchvlUe, Ohio, rniont. - "I feel it my duty to our medicine. When I began with Icidnoy and bladder trou- s ^ I am now taking the sixth bot- ^ fy ablo Compound and lind myself w ho call te see me have noticed unborn, Irasburg, Vermont. eward to any person who will arc not genuine and truthful nen were paid in any way for ; letters are published without original letter from each did licited. one ask ? am's Vegetable ard remet? y for does justice to mous medicine, [ind herbs, and edit. n!l sick women dee. She lias tree of charge, m., Lynn, Muss.