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KEOWEE COURIER ( HfcTAHI, i SM ISD 184?. ) Published livery Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Hates Reasonable. -Hy BT?0CK, SIIKLOR & SCHRODER. i;? Communications of a personal Bbaraetcr charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of uot over one hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript, WALHALLA, S. Cl WK I) NHS RAY, I HRRUARY IS, 11)11 I ) H .> IO X ST 1 i A 'PIO N WORK, State Has Appropriated Stu,ooo to Aid in (be Work. One of tho mast important items eanied in the appropriation bill re cently before the Honorai Assembly is that of $10,000 lo aid tho United Stales farm demonstration work in South Carolina. Pile national govern ment will give over $20,000 to thc work in South Carolina during the year. There was uo objection lo Ibo appiopriat lon by Hie Honorai Assem bly. The farm demonstration work lu this State is looked upon as a model by il>e Untied States department of agriculture. The success of the work in tin.-; State is ilue to Ira W. Williams, the State agent, who, by bis untiring efforts, b:is built up the system to meat < lllciency. As a result of Hie appropriation of $10,000, which i- douhe Ibo amount given 'ast year, tho work will be in creased in ibu Stale. Agents will bo placed in six additional counties, li is expected thal agents will be ap pointed in several ..?linties lo base executive charge ol' Ibo Hoys' Corn Clubs. This ex peri men I was tried last year in i larendon county willi remarkable result-;. There wore over I 10 boys lu Clarendon county lo en gage in t he club w ork. Last year over ll,OOO boy.- joined the corn clubs, ll ls expected thai al bast "... bey.-- will join thi- year. Thine wore ovei '?'?"> boys to produce moi ' i ban I 00 bushels of ocr II on one arie of bind. .lorry Moore was a ni em ber of the lto.\s' Corn Club in Florence county, and he has given the Stale, bj ins wonderful work in producing 22S bushels and ihre" |>oi ks on one acre, thou-.iuds o'' dollar;' wo rill ol' the kind of advertising Hutt pays. -, ? - - - - - Hue kn che, Rheumatism, Sleeplessness Result from disordered kidneys. Fo ley Kidney Pills have helned others, I hey will help you. Urs. .1. li. Miller, Syracuse, N. v.. says; "For a loni; t i i ? i . . I suffered with kidney trouble and rheumatism. I had sever.- hack-j arin-, and fell all played oat. After taking two bo:tie- of Foley Kidney Pills iiiy backache is gon . and where I used io lie awake with rheumatic pains I now si in comfort. Foley Kidney Pills did wonderful things for M e." Try ih un now. Carton's Pharmacy; W. j. Lunney. Seneca, Win-less Message Across Pa? itu . San Francisco, Feb. ll. The wire less operator al a station in ibis city held conversation l'or an hour oh Mondai night willi ?be operator at C: li os i Slilmosa. on tho coast ol' .la pan. i?,70U mile- ?iway. Tho mes sages were passed across the Paelllc willi one relay. Tlie performance establishes a lu i\ Paelllc retford with om relay, am! a new rei ord for wire? less work iii this q uar ter of Hie globe. The operator gol into coiuiniinlcn lion with twp ot the Paelllc Mail Com pa ii y's stc.iihcr.s--t ho Manchuria, Which vas X,2ir'.-? miles away, hound fer Hong Kong and Hie Korea,which \vas on her w;r. io this perl. ami about TD milos nearer, Holli vessels look hi. message iq the Japan .-ta lion, a king foi' in.- weather report ai Clio i Shim is .. iiiui boto received Ibo reply, and relayed it. Tin dots and dashes caine distinctly and wit lion i in i en II pt ion, ( '.in liam S i\ a miall Liver. A dispatch from Washington says i hal i be House. b> iiiiauimoi a con sein, has p?ssed thc bil! authorizing Hugh MeRao & Co., ol' Wilmington, Xi c.. to construct ?ind maintain a dani aero.-,- the Savannah river in I ween Ulbert county, (leorgla, and Abbeville county. South Carolina, near Cherokee Sholls. An ad to au Ihori'xo the construction of this dam by the same parties Was passed Mareil 2, 1007, bill owing io Hie iitianclal depression of that year i: v a - liol built. This a I is in Offed an extension of Mme ii which thi work may be done. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CA3TO R I A LETTHll FUOM OH1FXTH, CUBA. ? i _-. j Interesting Observations from Former Oconeonn Traveling in Country. Felton, Orlente Cuba, Jan. 22. IS ?li tor Courier: 1 will write and tell you something about what u nice time we are litivlllg. Wu are enjoy ing Haning very much. Wo are right on the bay, and ?Bhillg is (Ino sport. Laut Thursday evening Mr. Lovell and I 1 look a boat and went ai ross to Saet?a, three miles across the bay. Mr. Lovell's son gave us a letter of introduction lo Mr. Domots, tho man ager. Ile treated us with a great deal I of courtesy. Ho could talk English, and carried US around and gave us an introduction lo thc hotel keeper, who could not speak a word of Kng lisll, Mr. Demols had a volante bitched up next morning and sent us out over his fruit tarni. I can't say 1 was very nun h pleased al the hotel. lt was pretty rough tare. They had a gOod many things for dinner, they call it Wo call it supper. lt was cooked ia such a way that I could not eat. I will give you a recipe tor one dish, but I am not going lo tell you the name they call ed it. ns I didn't understand: hut it was Uah boiled and rice and toma toes put in Hie tish, all cooked to gether, .lust such concoctions as thal ls the way they teed. For breakfast they call it lunch.we had hardtack and black coffee. The way they have thoir coffee ls to parch it brown and then put sugar in it and burn it just as black as can he, then the coffee is black and as bitter as quinine; ami the hardtack is a roll made out of Hour and water. Mr. Lovell laughs at me. Ile can get along all right, as ho spent some time in Mexico. When tho volante cami- for us next morning it was a line Cuban lurn-oul a two-wheeled vehicle, Hie wheels seven fool high, with shafts eighteen , feel long, the body a alco covered carriage, hung between Hie sim Itt close lo the axles. li is hun;; l>> heavy leather Btraps. one ho rsi travels between tho shafts near tin \ iron; end, ami then lhere was ano ; tiler horse hitched to a swingletree i which projects ont to one side. Th? traces of ibis arc very bum. so thi: I horse is a little ahead of the other ami is ridden hy the driver, who lead . thc other horse and keeps him golllj ! with whip or spur, li was one of th' ! inosi amusing things I ever saw. Th driver look tts through the o reba ri four miles 2,000 acres of bananas There were bananas as far as on eyes could sec. Then we turned an struck th'' orange g rovo. There wer wagon loads on Ibo ground wnstliif There were also several other kind i ol' fruit s growing here. I.aier \\ a hired a boat and wen across on tho west shore. WV foun a Kood many nice -hells and sea pan: Itel u ruing to i he hotel we spent I h night, and next morning took the ho; hark in Felton. The hotel here i nice and large, and is kept nice an ? lean by the Spanish boys rai lu young men. The rooks are Chin? men. Tho work here is all done li i he men. There is no church here. Son work on Sunday, some llsh, son hunt, some play hall and cards. Tin do anything tor amusement don seem to i bink of eternity. 1 have told voa what a beau Hf country this ls. I will now loll il had side ol' it. as es cry .-.weet has i hitter. Tin re U a little black gnat ho tho j call habenlos. They seem lo i nothing bul bite. The wind otth blows or the hahonlcti bite, i ha thon itu I disliked the wind io hie more ; lian an> mir. hi:* I prefer i wind io the hahenies any tim Then t hele i.. the f> leen li/.aill. I I ii very pretty thing, bul I don't li i;. li is a pretty, light grot j Wi! ll ?it ! le black spots on its bea and big black eyes, with a Ult lc r : -poi und? r Its neck like a lio. T one i saw was aluin; twelve Indi long. They slay in Ibo park and the shade trees. People here s Hiere i;; no hann in them. Soi ?ad ie - have them for pels. Inn I do waa' thom ?o even look al me. Y Imo read of thc stinging scorph Tho} arc here in Cuba in ll ll ll 111 i I numbers. They come into the hon and hide, and when lhe> gol a chai hey sting. Kvorbody herc seems have been stung hy them some .-. eral times, They saj thc sting hu dreadfully am) maids some peo vcr} Sick, while il docs liol affect o ( l s se; loilSly. There is a snake hore they < Maiia. Nlr, Lovell's son has a s of one. which he and throe oilier ll ran cht, li was i lurleen feet four ? les long w il bout I he head, and leen ?aches around. Tho skin is v mach like Ute color ol' ?he ra 11 lem in South Carolina. They say I are perfectly harmless. They gol hon i u oinci inies and catch t he r I will loll von abont our trip ll Ino iron mines. They are I w< miles away, up on tito mountain f Felton. The trip requires tho ll clangorous ?"<d roughtosl travolli . ver did. Wo had to ?;<> up I wo clines the first 2,000 feet. Tho . .j* CLEMSON EXTENSION WOKE % *. Article XXXIV. ??* V's* >|**t*,f"Il>*I**I*.I??J??J??J??J??|? .J??J???? Varieties of Vegetables Especially Hcroimnomlcd Cor Homo (?arden. in tho spring when tho gardener is preparing to place his order for gar den seed he is frequently at a loss lo determine just what varieties aro tho best, as the seed catalogues usually recommend all their varieties very highly. The following list of varie ties of vegetables is especially rec ommended. We have been testing at the college and station for yours, and the ones given in this list, haye given best results. Irish potatoes-Irish Cobbler, Tri umph or Ked S?ss, Peerless. Cabbages Charleston Wakefield, Henderson's Succession. , lb-els -Crosby's Early Egyptian, Extra Early Bassano, Crimson Globo. Can li (lo wer-- Earliest Snowball, Extra Karly Erfurt. Celery-Winter tineen. Giant Pas cal, Golden Self-Blanching. Lettuce-Boston .Market, Improved Hanson. Kale Curled Siberian. Onions (from seed )-Yellow Globe Danvers, Prise Taker. Onions (from sets)-Yellow Dan vers, white multiplier, yellow multi plier. (?arden peas-Philadelphia extra early. 2% feet tall; Alaska, 2 Vi feel tall; I lorsford's .Market Harden, feet tall ; Telephone, 1 feet tall. Radishes -Extra Early Scarlet. French Breakfast, Long White Na ples. Parsnips- -Yellow Crown. Parsley .Moss Curled. Spinach-Round Thick-leaved. Salsify-Mammoth Sandwich Is land. Tm nip Extra early white Milan, red top white (Hohe, White Kyc Asparagus Conover's Colossal, Palmetto. The above list of vegetables should ! he planted during the month of Keb-| i na ry. Cucumbers-Arlington White Spin and Dais Perfect, (?arden corn Karl\ Adams,Tried;-j ers' favorite. Sugar corn--White Evergreen, L Country Gentleman. Cantaloupes-Rocky Ford, Extra Early llanover, Baltimore or Acme. Okra-White Velvet. Hunch Beans-Bountiful, Early Speckled Valentino, Currie's Rust Proof Wax. Lima heans (butler beans)- Ford hook, Bunch Lime, Ford Mammoth Podded Lima, Small Lima. Hole Heans-Old Homestead or Kentucky Wonder, Fal Horse or While Creas.? Back. I'Jgg IMants Black Beauly. Hell Peppers.Chinese (?iain. Hell or Bull Nose. Small peppers-Long Red Cayenne. Tho above list should not he plant ed until alter tho middle of Mandi, except in the southe n part of the state, where they may be planted ear lier. C. C. Newman, Horticulturist s. C. Exp. Station. Pneumonia Follows a Cold, But never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar, which chocks the cough and expels tho cold. M. Sloc k well, Hannibal, Mo., says: "IL beats all the remedies I over used. 1 on t rac ted a bad cold and conch and was threatened with pneumonia. Ono bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar com pletely cured me." No opiates, just a reliable household medicine. Bar ton's Pharmacy; W. J. Lunney, ; oca. Figures foi Each Staple. Washington, Heh. h. Congress man Lever, of South Carolina. has h.-en informed by Director Durand, of thc census bureau, that hereafter, when cotton report S 'a re made sepa rate statist ?es for long and short sta pie cotton will bo furnished, l p lo tho present Hine only the totals have been given lo thc public, and il has been impossible, under these reports, to tedi what proportion of the crop was short staple and what long staple. Dyspepsia is America's curse. Bur dock Blood Hitters conquers dyspep sia every time, lt drives out Impuri ties, tones the stomach, restores per fect digestion, normal weight, and rood health. was pulled up this incline with a it-inch steel cable over a '-'."? per cent grade. Tho upper Incline was 7.?I00 feet, and pulled up by a ii-luch stool cable wed :hing (Hi long ions. This grade ls per rent also, hui it scorn ed lo mo wo were going straight up. The elevation of tito mines above tho sen i . i ,800 fool. The capacity of the mines is 10,000 tons per day Workmen get good wages, hut If they didn't they could not live. Every thing ls very high here. li is awful lo yee how some of tho people in this country live; yet l hey seem happy and contented. They do not Know what happiness is. N. G. L. Dean's Regul?is cure constipation without griping, nausea, nor any weakening effort. Ask your drug gist for thom, 25 cents per box. 7 This same shoe In our "AulourtWh ' 'liront!, $2..50 -$3.00 ls Goody eur Welt Sewed; In our College Woman's Walking Shoe. S3.00- $3.50 - $4.00, lt eauals the best custom make. SOI $2;0I is made in all leathers, broad, easy lasts, on narri With high, low and med arch, etc., etc. We inclu nobby patterns, and also along plain and simple li best of leather, honest mi line at our dealers' store in Look for the Rei CRADDOCK-TERRY ?21 li I l.t.I N'CS ON HA I MVA YS. Tidal roi' a (?Hurter Was 2,1) IH as Shown hy Commerce Hoard. I Mil ln:; thc months ot' .Inly, Au gust and Soptomhor lasl tho number ol' persons killed in train accidents was 321. while 3.S92 won- Injured. These lacis are disclosed in a bulle tin Issued by Ibo Interstate Com mon c Commission, Ibo Hrs! under i he revised ai'; ideal law. ii Includes many accidents not hereto To re Includ ed in bulb i Ins, The total number ol' casual!los ol' all kinds for the (piarter was 22,328, ?r is killed ami 19,380 injured, on steam operated railways. The totals ire largely Increased over correspond ing periods in previous yours, lie cause of the Inclusion of highway crossing accidents and those to tres passers OU the (racks, etc. Al lite -ame lime the totals of certain ( lass s of accldonts to employees are dimin ished by tho exclusion of accidents w hich . .?. not peculiar to railway op eration. For tiie (piarter in question i he iota! is 2 I. I ?IO I 32 killed mid ._' I .itu:' injured. The accident statistics of those electric lines on which interstate i rat lie ls carried show I 111 persons killed and I ,u7II inju red. I.n Orippe Coughs Strain and we.(Ken the system, and If not checked may devolop into pneu monia. No danger ol' this,when Fo ley's Honey and Tar is taken prompt ly. lt is a reliable family medicine lor all coughs and colds, and \ Ls quickly and effectively in .n.e. o croup. Refuse substitutes. Harton Pharmacy; W. .1. Lunney, Seneca. Sherill' hilled; Deputy Kills. Cumberland, Md., Feb. Sheriff i Noel Hahlen was shol and killed to day by .lohn Sweitzer, on whom lie was serving ojectnioni proceedings. Deputy Sheriff Waller Clay mi ned bis revolver on Sweil'/.or and instantly killed bim. (* Thc Oru Mr. Royste Manufacturer c above other co idea Twenty-S? to-day; the res Factories to sup F. S NORFOLK. VA. MACON, QA. I Mittlern Girl ade Especially For You. au may be real fussy your foot wear-you i real hard foot to fit ;as of style may be and ordinary, or you an elaborate shoe i you have a tender r some pet spot that > be favored - in any kt, go to the nearest raddock dealer and let him fit your foot. THE UTHERN GIRL )-SHOE-$2.50 all widths and sizes, on :>w lasts with high insteps, lum heels, high arch, low de the best styles in our make a number of shoes ties. With each goes the liking, long wear. See the i your town. i Bell on the Box CO., Lynchburg, Va. KOK KA IO! I JIPI IO V RMI?NT. rimmed to Mold Conference III doni son llmiiiH Hu' Spring. Columbia. Kob. I". A eon fe ronco will be bold u Clemson Collogo dur ing Ibo spring for the purpose of dis russing tho agricultural situation in South Carolina. All of the agencies looking to an Improvement in con ditions in the rural lifo o'' tito Slate will be represented ni tl," conference. The first agricultural conference in South Carolina was held last year al Clemson College and vas partici pated in by well Known workers. A second conference was to have been held in Columbia during the month of I lecember. There wine present at the confer ence last year the presidents of all of i he State colleges, representatives of the Tinted stales tarni demonstration work, including Dr. Seaman A. Knapp and O. i>. Martin, of Washington; representatives of the Slate depart ment ol agriculture, of tho Clemson extension work and tho olllco ol* farm management. The program of tho conference will so on be announced. Speedy Itelief from Kidney Trouble. "I had an acute attack of Blight's disease with Inflammation of Ibo kid neys and bladder. and dizziness.' .-ays Mrs. Cora Thorp, .1 tcksoil, Mich. "A bottle of h'oloy's Kidney Remedy overcome tho attack, reduced thc In (lainination, toole away the pain and math the bladder action normal. I wish Qvorj one could know of tills wonderful remedy." Barton's Phar macy; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. <A> W i'xat il ? I [Oil I.AUUK. SM A Ll* ?In f **' .g*' i i ir iMlvf fur lic/.cinii, itch, Itlnttworni ( Cn4....I, o ,if, iud, (;| a , tc. AU skin KriiptlonH. Jj mu? ? i"nl|> AliiiK'iu.A. > Vim m i-ii not un li, lin- .sulphur Spi-ln^j.; t li IM Kl Von S you II |>uric'ciiSiii|iiiur linili ami IHM IUWIUK ronlo S brink. \ MNTMPMT bAlUJK .lAlt.fiOc. SMAI.l. Sh?. A Vin I lil CN i. bwollliiKH, InllnmiMl m i hnffil l ui S| IMI IM for I lie < <iiii|i|.'.\ HUI: kirpH till! ?Kin mil nil' rror Salo by DruKRlMA, Manfi'dli) HANCOCK I. tr your healer can't mpiily you, min by Mull Vor Side by NOUMA.\ .V: COMP Sin of Royster F( jr believed that succe >f Fertilizers who wou! nsiderations. This wai sven years ago and t ult has been that it ?ply the demand for Roy . ROYSTER GUANO COMIM FACTORIES AND SALCS OFFICES. TAHBOHO, N. C. COLUMBIA, 8. C. 8PAHT 30LUMI1U8, GA. MONTQOME1IY. ALA. Bi SOl'TH AND III ll RESOURCES. Thousands Viewed Hie Exhibits of Southern Agricultural Products. Washington, Fob. 10.-Special: Aa the result of exhibits made by tho Southern Hallway and alllllated Unes at various fairs and expositions In tho North and West last fall, the land and Industrial department of tho Soul bern has tho names of several thousand people who tire interested in the South with tho view of looking lor homes. Exhibits were maintain ed by the Southern and alllllated lines at ibo Pittsburg Land Show, the Illinois State Fair al. Springfield, the Wisconsin State Fair at Milwau kee, and the New Yolk State Fair at Syracuse. These exhibits Were view ed in the aggregate by over a half million people, according lo reports just compiled by the land and indus trial department of the Southern Hallway. In addition as large a number visited the exhibit ol* the South and Hs resources made jointly at the Ohio Valley Exposition In Cin cinnati by the railroads of the South east. Tho agricultural possibilities of the Southeast were displayed to magnill cent advantage at these fairs, the Southern Hallway exhibits receiving most favorable notice at all of them. From 1 O.OOh to If..OOO persons visit ed the exhibit daily at the Pittsburg Land Show, coining front all the Mid dle States and from Canada. A large number of thrifty ("orman fanners were among those most interested at tho Wisconsin Slate Fair. The exhibit of the varied products of the Southeast at the Illinois State Fair and the New York State Fair In terested thousands who had previ ously considered cotton practically the only product ol' the South. Thou sands ol' pieces ol' literature were distribul ul, showing tho opportuni ties for profil lu other lines of agri cull u re in t ho soul h. SORE THROAT AND CHEST. 1 am so enthusiastic concerning tho virtues ol' Hunt's ^,?LHTNING that J always keep a hollie of it in I he house, and to my particular friends 1 glvo a bottle unless they live so near thal 1 can pour out front my own supply to tide them over an." double. i use this liniment for colds, rubbing it on my throat and chest as a counter irritant. *'.*?* I won't say any more, but you see how enthusiastic 1 am. Mrs. Ida H. Judd, 1 West. 87th Street. New York Oily. BOC. and 2i5e. Potties. For Sale by NOUMA X CO., DRUGGIST. Within two years lhere bas been so groat an increase in frozen meat ex ports from Australia and New Holt land thal sometimes there i.s a glut In thc London market, during which tho Imported lamb lb ..'most unsala ble. HANCOCK SULPHUR COMPOUND TAMI PTQ I'arltoHlclW trtblotyJVVi. lioauluar* I H L* ft? u I O ? Kiln ?ri-I li titi l! ;,. AI ll) < orrn'tlvi?, I'linryhifi th* Mood, I'onlnKthu Si imnch, una in tho Ire,on un.I |ir?vi'ii(l<ui ,.: I N MU KS | ION, Hy*. II ,-.1 ' I.IIIIIIIBKO, Catarrh, r.liniiiwitisiii. omit, N.'i'innl M ,,i,r. M<IW lr I hu Kidney mid lllodilor, mu? 1110*1 -< i.i ri.--, i Ivor and St omno h Aiimonis. . M AO I ti WONDK.lt for H?morrhoid?, ilion, soron. ls. I urns. llrulM'X, Stir Allin, mo. i remove* l'Impie*, lllemUhc?, nlneklien 'H. cte. i ry lt. JOUI ll SUI.PH UH CO., Hall I more, Md. ur i xnroiM, propala, write fur imoklol on Sulphur. ANY, Druggists, Walhalla, S. C. ?ADE MARK REGISTERED. Ttilizers. ss awaited the ld place quality 5 Mr. Royster's his is his idea requires Eight ster Fertilizers. .NY, ANOURQ, 8. O. U.TIMOME, MD.