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KEOWEE COURIER _ ( ESTABLISHED 1849.) Published livery Wednesday Aloruing Labs, i i pt ion $1 Uer Annum. Advertising Kates Reasonable. -Hy - STECK, SH K LOR & 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 that number must be paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHA LU A, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY li, 11)11. AUGUSTA CANAL IN COURTS. Attorneys from Augusta Have Sub mitted Offer to Mr. Lyon. (The State. Jan. tit h. ? Attorneys representing tho city Council O? Augusta, conferring with the Attorney General, J. Fraser Lyon, yesterday proposed to erect a llsh way at a cost of approximately $S, 000 around the dam across the Sa vannah river above I he city of Au-j gusta, provided the suit now pend ing in titi1 Supreme Court against the c ity he dropped by Hie State of South j Carolina. Mr. Lyon received the pro-i position, hut will continue the suit jd he Slate against tie- Augusta' council unless the proposal is accept ed by t he Legist -.turi-. Tho General Assembly directed him to bring suit aga hud tho clt> of j Augusta for not maintaining an ade-, ? ?nate li. lt way around the dn 1)1 across' ; he Sa \ umtali, Attending tho conference yester day were: J, Fraser Lyon, Attorney < louerai; 13. M. Rucker and J. R. Eurie, members of Ute legislative commission appointed to investigate 1 he matter of a proper llsltwa> for the Savannah rlvoi dam. Represent ing the city of Augusta were Harry Cohen, eily attorney of Augusta: I). S. Henderson, ot Aiken, and \V. ll. Harret I, Of Augusta. 'Wo have had a most satisfactory l?onfereneo." said Mr. Cohen, follow ing tho conference with the Attorney General. The injunction proceedings iu.ti tulcd hy the Attorney General were to have come before tho Supreme Court on December I!), bul the hear ing was postponed until the fi rsl Mon day in February h.* consent of coun sel for holli sides. Tho petition Hied willi Ute South Chi roi I na Supreme Court by the At torney (leneral asked that thc city council of Augusta show cause wh> thal pan of the Savannah river dam lying within the hounds ot South Carolina should not he demolished. Should (his order have bOCIl carried mi! ii would have done great damage rn pr--Moally all of the manufactur ing plants of the city of Augusta, as the dam supplies the Augusta canal. The canal is owned by the oily. Many of tin' factories aro supplied with .now or hy I tte canal. MARSHALL'S WARM MESSAGE. .'Makes Recommendations Unit Hut Ililli in Lino as a "Trust linster." I ndblliapolls, I nd., Jan. ii. I II his message to tho Indiana Legislature to-day, Governor Titos, lt, Marshall told the members "to bo careful of tho man who wanted to show them n good time tho day after he had boen Introduced," and also lo bo wn "0 of I Ito "high Dyer." "Tho fellow who wants to show you a good time." said Ute Governor, "has tm axe to grind and he intends to ( hop his own wood with ii. Thorn is no money in honest public servile rind thc mau vv'ho Hies high in office has some one holding Ute string to | his kile." How io Regulate Trusts, tm the state regulation of trusts the Governor recommends: "If von ?vans to eli nina te the trusts enacf a law forbidding any corporation o! this Stale ?ron. hold ing or owning Cue capital stock. or stViy portion thereof, of oilier corpo ral ions and compelling thc sale of finch stock If i; now own:- ll; mak ing ?i unlawful for any foreign cor porations whose capital slock or a controlling interest th.-rein, is owuod or held hy hn> other corporation, holding comp.i i.\. voting trust or syndicate, lo do business in this Slate; forfeiting Ute charier of a domestic Corporation offending against ibis lau. forfeiting ibo . uUit of ,i foreign corporation offend ing against Iltis law to do business lu tho State, and preventing tho uso ?>1 tho courts of tho State io enforce contracts made i,y corporations vio lating this law. and providing addi t ional p< nail le i for tho v lolallon 1 ii i oof," Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR! A TH KI It TIMK SOON IX) KXPIHK. No Parolo for Greene or Gaynor from Ut S. Prison. (Atlanta Georgian, 6th.) That Bonjamln D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, convicted of the embezzle ment of funds from the government on the Savannah river harbor con tracts and sentenced to serve four years cadi in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary, will not he paroled by the Attorney General of tile United States, was learned on Thursday by The Georgian from an authoritative source. The parole board met Thurs day morning and adjourned to Fri day. While no definite information as to whether the two had applied for pa role under the recently enacted pa role act could be obtained from War den William ll. .Moyer, it has been generally believed that they had. but a prominent government olllcial in Atlanta in speaking of their case said: They Cost Too Milch, "The government will never parole Greene and Gaynor. They are the last two prisoners in the country to expect clemency from the govern ment. The long chase over the world and the tight which they made to keep out of jail cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and the govern ment does not feel thal they have yet paid their debt. '.So determined was the govern ment to prosecute thom ?ind bring them io justice, that sec re I service agents were sent to every quarter of the globe, and no matter where they VVOUl they would have been singled DUI and brought back to justice. "The Ugh I to extradite them from Canada was holli lengthy and ex pensive and they are believed to hilve now some of tho money for willoh I ll ey are serving line-. The government is siiii on n sen re h for thi~ money, and the} will doubtless hnve ti hard time spending it." Thc specific charge against Greene and Gaynor was the embezzlement of $575.7 lil.00 from Ibo government In Hie Savannah river harbor contracts, for comp 1 ici I y in which Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, of the United States engi neering corps, was convicted and served his term in thc Fori Leaven worth penitentiary and is now at llb eriy. though he "s being sn, 1 y thc un vern ment for money which ho is believed to have. When ilnclly extradited from ('a? ada they were brought bach to Ceor gla, tried and convicted and sentenc ed hy Judge IO mo r.v Speer, of the Uni ted States Conn for the Southern Dis trict of Georgia, to serve? four years in the penitentiary. Accordingly they entere.' tho Atlanta prison on Hie morning of January 8, Unis, and with a time allowance for good be havior will be released within the nexl On days. Improved in Prison. Al the time of their imprisonment Gaynor was broken in health, being a sufferer from locomotor ataxia, bul it is said thal his condition lias great ly improved under the treatment re ceived in tho penitentiary. Greene, being ?i civil engineer of note, bas rendered tho government valuable assistance in the building improvements nt the penitentiary, and especially In tho construction of the massive wall around tho prison. During the flrsl winter of Gaynor's imprisonment his wife, Mrs. Annie Gaynor, and his son. John F. Gaynor, Jr., spent the season In Atlanta ..' the Piedmont Hotel and were fre quent visitors at the penitentiary. Trips lo Atlanta followed at close in tervals, bul neither tho wife nor son has been to Allanta within the las? year. However, it is said thal Mrs. Gaynor Will arrive in Atlanta shortly to meet her husband when be gains his liberty. Young Gaynor is not her son. bul thal of Gaynor's firs! wife. Holl Weevil Killed by (obi. New Orleans. Jan. .".. That the ef fects ol the unusual cold weather, which bas hilled much of tho fruit III Louisiana, mid which has caused fuel famine in several Iowas and vil lages of the state, as well as two death- b.i freezing, will not ho al together had, is believed hy cotton row ci in I lils Slate. i ; meany dealli to tho boll weevil, il ls said her... while reports from oilier parts ol Hie State from growers of coi ion s.i> i hal i lie boll weo\ il ls doomed and thai a big boom in Mn- ? dior I industry will result from HlC lo\\ I temporal uro, FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges th0- whoa system, and produces SICK HEADACHE,_-> Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheo HUI ti sm, Sallow Skin and Piles There is no better remedy for thest common diseases than OR. TUTT'; t I vi ii PILLS, as a trial will prove Take No Substitute? PROTECTORATE FOR HONDURAS? To Shut Out European Powers, Amer* kan (joltl Will Re Put Up. Washington, Jan. G.-In order to avoid any possibility of the interven tion of European powers in the af fairs of Honduras in contravention of tho Monroe doctrine, tho United States government is endeavoring to straighten out the tangelo* financial affairs ot' that country. There ls no present Intention, it | is said, at the State Department, of establishing a financial protectorate over Hondura? similar to that which ! exists in relation to San Domingo. Much dissatisfaction is expressed by j the foreign holders of the Honduran i builds, especially 'hose in Great Bri-! tain, and the course of tho Ameri can government is directed in an ef fort to bring about a settlement that will be satisfactory to both Hondu ras and bondholders, American Interesta Will SulVer. Tho interest of the United States lies lu the possibility of foreign in tervention of Honduras, unless some ! satisfactory arrangement ls conclud- | 'V lt is said that tho debt of lion- 1 ( aras, with its arrearages lu accrued interest, amounts to more than one' hundred million dollars. Tho incep- i Hon or the debt dales back to 1807, and has berni increased from time to time. The bonds have greatly depre ciated in values, and to-day it is said' they are being quoted on foreign ox- j changes at I 2 Vj and 1.'! cents on the dollar. In view ol' til's situation, the bondholders are vt ry anxious to ef fect a settlement nuder the beal terms |)0ssible, and for Ibis reason' ilui republic is negotiating with American linancier.; for a loan. The i amount of the loan which bas been I suggested ranges from $7,500,000 ' to $10,000,000. Plan Will Amount to American Pro tectorate? New t'-rk. .lan. 0. - lt was sahl' t?'-day in reliable quarters that the negotiations by the commissioner ap pointed by tho Honduran govern-, nienl and New York bankers for rt?-' funding the Honduran government's indebtedness are still pending, andi thal the main feature of these nego tiations is a loan to bo secured by j tho customs receipts of Honduras,! which are to be collected under a , treaty to be arranged with the Uni ted Stales government. The details of tilt? foregoing plan have not been given ont. They would seem to contemplate the ap pointment of an American customs olflcer io see thai the customs re ceipts art1 collected and dispensed in . accordance willi the proposed treaty! with the United States. No confir mation can be obtained, however, of reports that this will amount to an American protectorate over Hondu ras, although it ls so Interpreted in some quarters. The refunding of the Honduran external debi bas been under discussion for the last year or mon?. This debt was origi nally contracted about forty years ago, and consisted of four loans, inaile between 1807 and .870. Tho total of the principal amounis lo !>2(?,0A2,8?2. Paymoni of Interest of thc loans began lo fa.1 off soon after the debt, was incurred, and the payments slopped entirely after 1872. Tho aggregate ol' unpaid In terest up lo .Inly. 1900, was esti mated al $85,359,700. This made a lol al indebtedness for principal and unpaid interest of about $109,017. ?XS. Tamasseo Local NeWS. Tamassee, .lau. 0..Special: Joe Rutledge bas returned after a very pleasant visit among friends in La venia, Ca. H ra ni let t Kelley has rel ii rued to (Memsen aller spending tho holidays with homofolks. W. C. Whit mil o's residence is al most completed. I! .viii be a great addition lo Tamassee. Jesse Rankin, of Albinia, is spend ing the holidays among relatives in tili.-, section. Mayne Jones 1$ very ill at this writing. His many friends hope for his earl"' recovery. Paul Rutledge, after spending, the holidays ai borne, bas returned to Kabuli Oap. (?a. A marriage In which no Utile In Icresl centered In Ibis community look place m ile- home ol' Dr. John i!. Law in Walhalla on December 25, was (hal o' Miss Pearle Cantrell and Rober! A. Rutledge. Both bride and groom a re I rom Ta mas ec | be groom being I lie fourth son of Mr. and Mrs Hoi ?amin Rutledge, and ls known ?i^ on of Tnmasseo's favorito VOUUM nu n. The bride is Ibo eldest flaughte" ol \l r. and M rs. J. P. Can trell, and ls one of Tainassoc's most prominent young ladies. We con gratulate Mr. Rul lodge on winning lite lieail ami hand of such a lovely bride. Child ror? Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O A 3 X O R I A AND ?8 s H?^ ^St j j tm*Ok FOR RAW BJ H H Inr w?01 on Comm ^m*w 99 ~ lilt nicntlonlnfl JOHN WHITE & CO. X RANDITS non HOTEL OFFICE. Secured Thousands ??t Dollars lu Cash and Jewelry. Fl Paso. Texas, Jan. 5.-T-TW0 masked bandits entered tho office ol" tho Angelus Hotel to-day and robbed the safe o? about $5,000 lu cash and jewelry. The (derk and porter were forced into the basement at thc point of revolvers. Thirteen safety deposit boxes were extracted and carried away. The boxes were found later lu the basement of tho Angelus The atre, adjoining the hotel. All had been broken open. Tho bandits forced the night clerk to deliver the key to the inner door of tho safe before driving him Into the basement. One pinn stood guara in the basement while the other opened and looted the safe. Tho com bination was not set. About twenty-live boxes, contain ing several thousand dollars lu cash and diamonds, were left untouched. The hotel cash box yielded $600. One box left behind ls said to have con tained $15.000 in gold. No arrests were made. SHH) Howard. #100. The readers ol' this paper will be pleased to loa rn' that there is at least one dreaded disease that sci ence has been able to cure in all its singes, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to tin" medical fra ternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting di rectly upon Hie blood and mucous surfaces ol' tho system, thereby do st roving tho foundation of tho dis ease, and giving tho patient strength by building up thc ( oust it ut ion and assisting nature ill doing its work. The proprietors have so nundi faith in ita curative powers that they of ter one hundred dollars reward for any ease thal it fails to euri'. Send for list of testimonials. Address - |?\ J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con st ipa! iou. TH KY Aldi WA NT MORK .MOX KY. The Relocation (d' Panama Railroad Will Increase Ex pense. Washington, Jan. 5. An appropri ation of $l.75o.ooo, in lieu of the $1,000,000 previously asked, for the expense for the relocating of the Panama Railroad, Including the sala ries, supplies, and other details, was asked of Congress to-day by the war dopa rt ment. The original plan was for the rail road to pass through thc Culebra Cut at 9fi feel nbOVO sea level. Thou, for numerous reasons, it was de cided to move the line back of the cut qnd east of Hold I lill. The $1,750,000 ls for use during j the next fiscal year. Resides, the war department also asked to-day for a deficiency lund of $1,000,000 for Hie same purpose, for tho cui ront fiscal year. These amounts ai o additional to the $2,000.000 which have been provided under the same head. A lazy liver loads to chronic dys pepsia and const ipatlon - -weakens the whole system. Donn's Rcgulets (25 cents per box) correct the liver, tone the stomach, cure constipation. 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Then standing above her body with the open knife gripped In his hand, lie shouted out: "1 wisli 1 were dead, too!" The insane man's cry was a futile threat, for he did not take his own life and is under arrest to-day. The tragedy occurred just after dark, within sight of tho lights of Morgan's beautiful home, one of the lilies! in this section. His wife had slltiped out of the house in terror at ber husband's queer behavior. She was almost within reach of escape when Morgan noticed her departure and dashed after her. Within a few steps of the house he overtook her. Morgan is 70 years old, his wife was 65, and il was said that for years not a cross word had passed between t hem. Foley's KicS.rie"y What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre vent Bright's Disease'and Dia bates, and restore health and strength. 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Tho Auditor's olllco will bo open to receive returns of personal prop erty for taxation from tho 1st day of Jnauary, IOU. to the 20th day ot February following. Inclusive. Tho Township Assessors are re quired by law to list for all thoso who fall lo make their own returns within the limo prescribed-hence the difllculty of delinquents escap ing the BO per cent penalty as well as the frequency of errors resulting from this practice. All able-bodied men, 21 to GO years of age, are taxable polls. Please do not neglect returning your ?logs. Note all transfers of real eslato since making your last rotttr "rom whom acquired, or to whom so. Return your now buildings that were erected during tile year 1910. For the convenience of lax-payers the Auditor or bis deputies will re ceive returns al the following times and places: NV. N. Woolbrlght'S, Thursday, .lan. 12. Friendship, Friday, .lan. 13? Tekoona (Cross Roads), Satur day. Jan. I l. Westminster, Monday and Tues day. Jan. 1 tl and I 7. Clemson College. Wednesday, Jan. 18, !>.:!<> to I 1.30 tl. m. Adams' Crossing, Wednesday, Jan. is, I lo .". p. m. Seneca, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 19 and 20, Newry. Thursday. Jan. I!*. Clark's store, Friday, Jan. 20. Salem. Sit tu rd ay, Jan. 21. Kittie River, Monday, Jan. 23. Tamassee, Tuesday, Jan. 2 1. Ml. Rest. Wednesday. Jan. 25. Henry's store, Thursday, Jan. 2G. Cannon's Store, Friday, Jan. 27. Tugnloo Academy, Saturday, Jan. 28. Madison. Monday. Jan. .",0. Richland, Tuesday, Jan. 8 1. Returns will be taken al all pla'03 (rom 10 o'clock In the morning until ?1 o'clock in the afternoon, unless otherwise specified. R. W. GRUB HS, Auditor Oconee County, S. C. December 2S. 1010. NOTICIO OF FI NAB SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that tho undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the Stato of South Carolina, at his otllce at Walhalla Court House, on FRIDAY, tho 20th day of January, 191.1, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereaf ter as said application can bo heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of R. H. Dil worth, Sr., deceased, and obtain final discharge as Administrators of said Estate. MRS. M. A. DI LWORTH, R. H. D1KWORTII, JR., Administrators. December 21, 1010. 51-2 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. SMITH, Judge of Pro bate for Oconee County, in the Stato of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Couit House, on Friday. Feb ru ra ry 3d, 1911, at ll o'clock In tho forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settle ment of the Estate oT W. K. TAN NEY, deceased, and obtain final dis hargo as Administrators of said Es tate. S. TANNERY, R. A. HAYS, Administrators. 848 Trlbblo St.. Anderson, S. C. January 4, 191 I. l-l NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to the Estate of W. K. TANNERY, 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 thc lime proscribed by law or be barred. S. TANNERY, H. A. HAYS, Adminisl ra lo rs. OKS Trlbblo St., Anderson, S. C. January I, 1911. l-l VMUKfr UUMMMOnUMIOtSK : U [AMP cigRKtH&miies ?nDUOI JU [?NDMITHROA. AND I?HG TROUBLES Gl/APANrSeD SAT/SFACrO/?V Of* AfO/V/?S'- JULW/fOED. .?._ ' ---rn mr m i.III wirf