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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 18IU.) Published Every Wednesday Morning iubscriptton $1 Uer Annum; Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By BTECK, SHELOR Afc SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for aa advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over ono hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for nt tho rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1011. II. L. BRANDT AS A FARMER. "Ill the Shade of tho Old Apple Tree"-Work ?nd Rest. lOditor Koo wee Courier: lu an ag ricultural section everything con nected with fanning is of interest, and from time to time new "plans" an- brought to the attention of our people. The most conspicuous in recent years has been the William son plan. This plan has accomplish ed much good, especially in stimulat ing thc farmers to n more liberal uso of fertilizers. Tho "stunting pro cess," however, 1 do not think advis able in our mountain section, where 1 (Ind ii best to push the crop from start to tlnl-jh, or where il is desired to make two crops on the same land during one year. Thc concentration of capital and labor on one acre has proven what eau bc done and ls encouraging, but not always safe or practicable to the small tanner. When n one or two horse tanner reads "used thirty loads ol* stable manure on the acre" ho ls ruled out, for generally he has not thal much for los whole crop. And it is so again when two mules are put In front with a turn plow, two behind them and two ince bo-1 bind with subsoil plow six mules when ho only has one or two. In summing up expenses the cosl ol the lnuhs is given during tho Hine thal they are ACTUALLY at work. Should the ordinary larmer use six nuiles it i-i generally necessary lo feed them daring tho entire year and win n idle as w-ll as when at work. Many of our small fanners are adopting the plan of having a "pet" ac re, or two, wit Inuit concentrating all of their means on it or abandon ing their usual farm method on the remainder of their farm, and this, I think, is wise. This is experiment ing on a safe basis - not casting everything on tho turn of a die. For many years I have been in terested in the "Brandt plan." When H. L. Brandt aottlcd on a blackjack ridge at the odgo of Walhalla it was predicted that he would starve, but Mr. Brandt had no intention of starv ing. Instead ho got married, secur ing a wife who has been a helpmeet Indeed. He then went to work to Improve that blackjack land. Ho kept his stalls well littered with leaves and vegetable mould and hauled wood, and leaves to litter the livery stable stalls, to town, and brough! back stable manure. The Herman provorb says. "No stock, no manure; no manure, no land; no land, no crops." Mr. Brandt keeps two mules and a herd of cattle and hauls out enor mous piles of manure, which he scat ters broadcast, supplementing, -Alien advisable, with commercial fertiliz ers. Ile rotates his crops and has brought his land up to a fertility which makes it a pleasure to farm it. Ile cultivates less than twenty acres. On Roven acres of this blackjack land, when he plants for grain, he generally make; moro than two hun dred bushels of wheat, and utter wards about two hundred bushels of corn. When he plants for cotton he generally makes, on seven acres, from seven to nine ii 00-pound bales Of cotton. In tho fall of IftOO 1 looked over Mr. Brandt's nop. which was (Inc ami In good order, In sp?r of Ibo un-i favorable year. My attention was attracted to a pioi <. of corn which had been pl.inieii sixty-one days be fore, aller cutting oats. I? w.t. then in, or past, Hie roasting ear, and looked as if it would approximate I he com for which Ibo old preacher ls said lo have prayed, "Non,, of 'our little nubbin's, bul corn with ears as long as my arm ami grains like iron wedges." Mr. Brandt hoped to make fifty bushels lo tho .e re. Mr. Brandt raises everything at home, Not only is his colton a sur phis crop, bul bo generally has corn, wh.ai. butler, milk and eggs for sale. "Unto every one Which bath shall bo given" bas proved true lu Mr. Brandt's case, several legacies having been left to him or his wife. For many years ho has been quite an extensive money lender, but ho has never taken an advantage of a debtor and foreclosed a mortgage lo get his land for less than lt ls worth, or taken any one hy tho throat, demanding t ho uttermost furthlug. He does not want any ono's land, but he likes to receive his Interest promptly. Sometimes when people cannot pay him he looks very sorrowful and perhaps mutters a few words lu Gorman. As most of those who know him do not understand Gorman they naturally think that he is sorry for them and invoking blessings on their heads and Ko away thankful that they owe so good and kind a creditor. Mr. Brandt is a good liver, and, like most of the German farmers, he has a large barn In which he can work In wet weather, and has the reputation of being a very Industri ous man. Generally when I go lhere I lind him at work, but several years ago, late one summer's afternoon. I was passing by his held. A man was ploughing and another scated on a log In a clump of bushes. When 1 rode up the man on the log was Mr. Brandt. The log had been worn smooth by much sitting and the ground tramped hard all about lt. Mr. Brandt explained that this was a favorite resort of his uncle, who generally came from Charleston every summer to see him. When I was there in the fall of 1900 the uncle was no more and the log and bushes had disappeared, but there was an apple tree with a large, flat rock under lt. I could not but ad mire the forethought of my friend, for now when fruit ls ripe the longer lie rests the more apples he can eat, and the more apples he eats the longer ho can rest. This discovery has been a great comfort to me. for the part about work which I Uko best ls the resting, and now when I feel that I am resting too long I think of tho industrious Mr. Brandt under the apple tree, and rest a lit tle longer. In farming I have never been able to excel Mr. Brandt oxeop? in one thing, and that ls. whereas he has one apple tree to rest under 1 have two, and a persimmon tree. How ever "the host laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft aglee." Last summer Mr. Brandt greatly improved his house, and the piazza and balcony were extended around Mic east side. To the uninitiated tins may appear a small matter, but it has not proven so to Mr. Brandt. From the end di' the balcony Mrs. Brandt has a view of the entire Held, including the rock under the apple tree. When people work out of doors in hot weather the sun and perspiration hurt their eyes, and lt is a great relief to close them. Mr. Brandt when he ls resting, can now close but one eye at a time. The other must be kept on the balcony. When I was last there he was talk ing ol" putting blinds to the end of the balcony "to keep the sun out," but I told him that it would be of no use-Mrs. Brandt would have them made movable, so that she could look through them. I am sorry for bim, but we all have our crosses. V. F. Martin. Foley's Kidney Itemcdy Acted Quickly. M. X. George, Irondale, Ala., was bothered with kidney trouble for many years. "1 was persuaded to try Foley Kidney Remedy, and be fore taking lt three days I could feel tts beneficial effects. The pain left my back, my kidney action cleared up, and I am so much better. I do not hesitate to recommend Poley Kidney Remedy.'' Barton's Phar macy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Tlio Prevaricators' Club. In a little country village, a crowd of loafers around a store go to talk ing about echoes, and Jim Sanders said, down whero ho was born and 'Vised, there was an echo, and he uaed to put it to a peculiar use, says Mack's National Monthly. Ho said that every night before ho went to bed he would put his head out of the window and say: "Jim Sanders! Seven o'clock; time to get up." Ile would start that echo going, '..id next morning at 7 o'clock lt would get back and say: ".Hm San dors! Seven o'clock; time to get up." Deacon Witherspoon said he didn't know much about echoes, but he'd seen it iain about as hard as any body ever seen lt rain. Somebody said : "Deacon, bow hard did you ever sec ii rain'.'" "Well, sir," said the deacon, "once upon a time, when 1 was at home, we had an old cider barrel laying ont in Ibo yard with both ends out and the buns; bob- ii|>, and would yon believe it, it rained so bard into that bung bole that water couldn't run out of both ends fast enough and it swelled up and busted." We I bought that was pretty good foi' a deacon. Reuben Henry said he'd never seen it rain MTV bard, but he'd seen some mighty cold weather. Somebody said: "Knbe, how cold did you ever soe it get ?" Ile said: "Well, sir, one Hine when I was living down in Pickaway coun ty, in bog-killing lime, we had a ket ti?' of bolling water selling on the ?tove, and wc took :t out in the yard and il froze so dog-gono quick t he bc was hot." Bo Von Have the Hight Kind of Help? Foley Kidney Pills furnish you the right kind of help to neutralize and remove the poisons that cause back ache, headache, nervousness, and other kidney and bladder ailments. Barton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. ONE CONTESTANT HAS SOO.OCO. ' Throb Others Havo .Mon- Than 200,. 00?-Ono Other Exceeds 100,000. The conn tin? of votes up to Wed nesday, April 26th, shows that tho workers are busily engaged In getting votes, No. 14 having amassed 325, 020; No. 1 has 27 1,370; No. 112 has 268,445; No. 28 has 228,535, and No. 29 comes fifth In leadership with 104.335. There are numbers of others well in the fighting ranks with ten, twen ty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, sovonty, eighty and ninety thousand votoB to their credit. With-the special voto getting opportunities offered by C. W. Pitchford and The Keowee Cou rier there ls no reason why any one should feel discouraged. There is plenty of time yet for "bumper crops" of vote? to bo raised by any one who will put a little energy into tho contest. The Courier's special May ofter should appeal to some of our sub scribers and young people generally, and several have entered this con test as a means of Increasing their votes. This propostlon costs tho contestants no money. If you have not considered this proposition do so and get In the fight In earnest. You not only get the regular number of votes for each new and renewal sub scription, but on every fifth ono sent In there ls a good prize offered, and nt the close of the month of May some one ls going to get a prize of 50,000 votes for tho most now sub scriptions handed us, In addition to another special prize of 25,000 vote.: for the one handing in the largest number of renewals during May. Below is the standing of the con testants up to the counting on April 26th: Contest ant No. No. Votes. S.. . 9... li).. . ll. . 12... 13.., ll. Io. 1(5.. 17.. 18.. 19.. 20.. 21.. 22.. 23.. 21.. Contest ant No. No. Votes. . 271,320 2.235 0.320 10,470 51,205 14,965 2,0U> 2,(XX) 5.970 2,tHX) 20,880 12.50(1 2,000 325.020 . 25,125 2.000 2.(XX) 2,000 2,000 2,160 2,(XX> 2,000 2,000 0,320 2,0001100 0,515! 101. 15,035 102. 28. 228,535 ?103 70.. 77.. 78.. 79.. 80. . 81.. 82.. S3.. 84. 85. SO.. 87.. S8.. 89. 90. 01. 92. 93. 04. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 29. 30. SI. 32. 33. 34. 35. 30. 37. 38. 2,000 4,005 2,000 2,000 2,(XX) . . 2,000 2,000 7,485 2,(XX) 0,015 2,000 I .. 10.125 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 3,035 2,000 2,000 2,(XX) 2,000 1.0.615 2,3(15 2.000 2,000 2.(XX) 2,<XX) .. ' 2.(XX) ?,OOO; 104. 25,850 2,000 105. 2,(XX) 100. 2.(XX) 2,(XX) 2,000 2,(XX) 2,005 4,417 5,230 39. 104.335 40. 57,335 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 3,230 2,(XX) 2,000 4,370 3,180 5,270 2,000 2,000 2,000 54. 51.560 55. 10,465 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 2,000 2,(XX) 2,(XX) 4,8?0 02,420 4,030 2,000 112. 268.445 113. 2.000 114. 11,625 115. 9,0951 116. 11,393 117. 194,100 2.(XX) 2.(XX) 4,280 2,000 2,0(X) 2,000 2,000 2,000 64. 80.940 65. 47,015 56. 67. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 60. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 22,095 2,000 19,085 2,(XX) 2,(XX) 2,440 2.CXX) 2,(XX) 2.IXX) 118.., 119.. 120.. 121.. 122.. 123.. 124.. 125.. 126.. 127.. 128.. 129.. 130.. 131.. 132.. 133.. 134.. 135.. 136.. 137.. 138.. 139.. 140.. ill.. 142.. 143.. 144.. 145.. 146.. 147. 148.. 149.. 40.265 150. 2,(XX) 2,<XX) 2,(XX) 6,040 2,(XX) 2,(XX) 7,405 2,(XX) 2,000 2,(XX) 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,230 7,7301 15,02 15,410 2,(XX) 2.(XX) 2,<>00 2,(XX) 2,000 2.?XX) 2,(XX) 2,(XX) 2,000 2,<XX) 2,(XX) 2,(XX) 2,(XX) 2.(XX) 2,000 2,000 A Constituency's Demand. (Washington Star.) We're strong for tariff (loin's down at Pollick on the Crick. We want protection modified an' modicflcd right quick. We want a good big profit on the t nings we have to sell. A nd when wc buy we want to save our money .just as well. We want our products recognized and used the whole world o'er Pollick has rights, e'en though lt's not as big as Baltimore. We're Industrious and honest, and we're not a blt afraid That wo won't produco thc goods If wo gel a (banco to trade. i Wo ain't concerned 'bout what they do on coal or iron ore, I And as fur lumber, Micro's a load of wood at every door; But organs and plaons should be made a heap more cheap, An' the price of a good motor car ls too tarnation steep! Of course, on buller, eggs an' corn and cabbages an' hay There ought to be a good stiff charge to make the old farm pay. We want plain, simple business, free from all deceit or trick, With proper deference to tho rights of Pollick on tho Crick. PYTIIIANS SI E ON POLICIES. Interesting C?80 in Richland Court. liaise1 lu Duos Involved. (The State. 27th.) A test suit of State-wide Import ance against tho Insurance depart ment o? tho Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias has been filed In the Rich land county court. The suit has been tiled to test the right of the or der to raise tho rates on Insurance of tho fourth class of policyholders. This action follows a long tight on the part of several hundred policy holders in South Carolina, who claim that a prohibitive rate has been plac ed upon thom by the Knights of Pythias. Two suits have heon filed involving the same Issue. Tho cases were brought on April .6 by Edward McC. Clarkson and S. L. Miller, of Columbia, against tho Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias. The complaint of Edward McC. Clarkson alleges that on January 5, 1885, the flied with thc Knights of Pythias In Columbia an application for insurance, and, upon the accept ance of thc application, entered upon a contract for Insurance where by it was agreed that Mr. Clarkson should pay a certain membership fee. The fee ls not stated in the complaint, lt being about $5 per month. The amount of Insurt nee was $3,000 to bo paid to the beifl clary upon proof of death. "Since Hu said date above men tioned," the complaint continues, "this plaintiff has faithfully perform ed the dulles placed upon him hy the said contract of insurance, pay ing all monthly dues and assess ments as stipulated up to and In cluding the intuit li of December, 1910. "That beginning with tho first day of January. 1911, the defendant above named increased the monthly dues above mentioned to a prohibi tive amount. Thal said Increase be ing so prohibitive and unreasonable as to amount to a vloaltlon of the above mentioned contract with the plaintiff and was instituted by the defendant, as a result of fraud and mismanagement on tho part of the defendant and Hs agents and ser vants. "That on the 10th* day of Janu ary, 19 11, this plaintiff tendered his regular monthly dues, $5:50 in legal tender to the defendant, through its agents and servants, which legal ten der was then and there rot used and declined and this defendant's con tract of insurance was duly declared if el tod. .'"That by this action on the1 part of defendant; the contract of insurance as above mentioned was broken and this defendant deprived of his rights thereunder, and that by reason of the said breach of contract,the plaintiff herein has been damaged in the sum of $2,200, the said amount being that paid in by this plaintiff In monthly dues during the existence of said contract above mentioned and interest thereon." It is further alleged that although Mr. Clarkson has made demand upon the agents of the company to return the amount paid In as premiums that his requests have been Ignored. Judgment in the sum of $2,200 ls asked by Mr. Clarkson against the Supremo Lodge. Will Interest Many. Tho announcement that suit has been brought to test the legality of the Increase in rates by the Supreme' Lodge Knights of Pythias wUl lie re ceived with Interest by several hun dred South Carolinians. The mem bers of the fourth class policyhold ers are old men who have been mem bers of the order for many years. The fight that is being waged by the fourth class policyholders is gen eral throughout, the United States, it. ls said, and the determination of the case In Richland county will have a most far-reaching effect. The case was appealed to Insurance Com missioner Mc.Master, but under thc law he has no power to Interfere. , .- -* . *~ - - Foley Kidney Pills take hold of your system and help you to rid yourself of your dragging backache, dull headache, nervousness, impair ed eyesight, and of sill the Ills re sulting from the impaired action of your kidneys and bladder. Remem ber lt is Foley Kidney Pills that do this. Fierce Forest Fires Rage. Boston, April 28. Thousands of acres burned, many dwellings and other buildings destroyed, and hun dreds of thousands of dollars worth ot' valuable timber, cut and standing, swept away by (lames, are tho results of. tho forest and brush fires raging in various sections of Massachu setts and New Hampshire Hun dreds of men are now fighting the flames, whose devastations win bo tho worst in twenty years In the (.ape district. The Sagamore, Adams, Middleboro, Lake Ville and Mans field districts are bea?'? losers. -- "Suffered day and night tho tor mont of itching piles. Nothing help od me until I used Donn's Oolnt mont.. It cured me permanently.' --Hon. John R. (innott, Mayor, Cl raid; Ala. 1CORTRIC THETIGHTRC 3 Never Leak~Never Nee* proof-Handsome-Inexpen buildings. For further detai SENECA HARDWARE C< TAliE OE TWO SHERI IT'S. On Weighs 220 Pounds; Other Just Twice ns Much. ( Newberry Observer. ) Sheriff Buford ls much of a man, and tips the scales at 220 pounds; but he felt exceedingly small on Tuesday when be lined up with She riff King, of Anderson, who ?weighs Just 440. The Newberry sheriff happened to bo in Anderson, and called upon his brother oflleer, and had a delightful time with him. for Sheriff King has a big heart as well as a big body. During the visit Sheriff King pro posed to show the Newberry sheriff over the city, and sent for his buggy for tho purpose. Sheriff Buford did not make any objection, but he kept on thinking to himself that it would be out of the question for both of them to ride comfortably In one bug gy. He was much relieved, though, when the buggy came, for it had been made to order, and was built on tho same generous proportions as Its owner. The horse was large and strong and spirited; so the "turn out" was all right, and the two she riffs had a fine time riding over the splendid roads of the electric city. Sheriff King ls 42 years of age. Ho ls well proportioned from his head to his heels, being tall and straight and massive; lie ls much of a man, and ls active and good grit. He served for a long terni as chief of police of Anderson, and made a fine olllcer In that capacity, as he does now as sheriff. Catarrh Cannot He ('nerd with local applications, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional I disease, and in order to cure lt you must take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, lt was pre scribed by one of the best physi cians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. lt ls com posed of the best tonics known, com bined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous sur faces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients ls what produces such wonderful results In curing ca tarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney ft Co.. Props., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, prlco 7 5c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. The balance sheet of the Brussels Exhibition, which has just been pub lished, shows a deficit of $100,000, caused hy the disastrous flro which destroyed a portion of the exhibition. Foley's Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, ?trengthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary Irregularities, build up tho worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre-, vent Bright's Disease and Dia bates, and restore health and .trength. Refuse substitutes, BARTON'S PHARMACY, Walhalla. W. J. LUNNEY, Seneca. WANTED-Second hand bags and burlaps. Write for prices. RICH MOND RAG CO., Richmond, Va. 17 Afraid of Ghosh Mnny people nrc nfrnid of ?hosts, ore afraid of germs. Yet thc ghost ?., thc ger ni is a fact. If thc germ could to a size equal to its terrors it would i terrible than any fire-breathing drag can't be avoided. They aro in tho air the water wc drink. The germ can only prosper when tl of the system gives it free scope to sell and develop. When there is a < vital forco, languor, restlessness, a sc n hollow eye, when thc appetite is p sleep is broken, it is time to guard i fortify the body against ull germs by tl cn Medical Discovery. It increases t system of clogging impurities, enriche neb and organs of digestion and nutrit that the germ finds no weak or taint "Golden Medical Discovery" conti habit-forming drugs. All ?ts ingrcdic wrapper. It is not n secret nostrur COMPOSITION and witli a record of 4d aubstitutc-there is nothing "just as {j s WM m METAL ill SHINGLES d Repairs-Fireproof-Storm sive-Suitable for all kinds of led information apply to 3MPANV. SENECA, 8. 0. Strnngeled by Tight (-ollar. Now York, April 26.-Rose Doge ran, a cook, lay down for a nap on a sofa in tho home of a former em ployer last night and was strangled to death by a tight collar. Her for mer mistress found tho lifeless body with the collar drawn Into tho skin of the neck. Have you seen tho plano? tm) In Its ninth year of ?25i unrivaled j>qpular IHJ ity.with an annual ofpounds^ ^(jjJP sa^ ?^ Allions y0* iii'..JW il ?? if y 5J and moderate j>rice \J*WA ? , , " the exceptionalcirjality IM country over as the Y?jL ONE COFFEEMof THE REILY TAYLOR CO. NEW ORLEANS. U.S A. ESTATE NOTICE. .lohn ?aylus Karlo Moss and his heirs, having claim in the Kstate of VV. Warren Moss, late of Oconee County, South Carolina, will let their places of residence be known to tho undersigned within thirty days after publication of this notice, or bo barred of all rights of said estate. C. W. PITCHFORD, Qualified Executor of the Estate of W. W. Moss, deceased. Walhalla, South Carolina. April 19, 1911. IC-10 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. isotlce is hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his ofllce at. Walhalla 1 Court House, on Saturday, tho 20th day of May. 1011. at ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of Mid Craft, deceased, and obtain final discharge as Admin istrator of said Estate. E. L. K1IVLKR, Administrator. April 10, 1911. 16-19 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Es tate of Edmund Pugh, 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 the time prescribed hy law or be barred. R. T. SKELTON. Executor. Westminster. S. C. April 2I>, 19 11. 17-20 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that thc un dersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at hts office at Walhalla Co.ni House, on Friday, the 2)ith day of May, 1911, ?it ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of K DM UND PUGH, do ceased, and obtain final discharge as Executor of said Estate. R. T. SKELTON, Executor. April 26, 1911. I 7-20 Few people n fancy nod he magnified appear more ,on. CJcrms we breathe, lie condition establish it" Icficicnc.y of illow check, our and tho ugainst the germ. Yon can io uso of Dr. Pierce's (?old hc vital power, cleanses the :s tho blood, puts the stom ion in work in)? condition, so cd spot in winch to breed, un', no alcohol, whisky or nts printed on its outside n but a medicine ol' KNOWN . years of cures. Accept no lood." Ask your neighbors.