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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) ITiiblishcd IO very Wednesday Morning ?ubscription $1 fer Annum. Advertising Rates Rcnsonablo. -Uy STECK, BRELOH & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal ?haraeter chained for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of rasped, of not over ono hundred words, will bo printed freo of charge. All over that number must be paid tor at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. ~ ~\VALHALLA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE lil, 11)11. SEEDS FROM FOREIGN LANDS. .Millions of Dollars Paid Annually to Foreign Countries. Washington, Juno 16.- Special: A high record Importation ot $20,000, 000 worth of flaxseed in the fiscal year 1011 is indicated by tho records .of thc bureau of statistics, depart ment ot commerce and labor, now completed for the ten months ending j with April, 1911. During that period .the imports of flaxseed or linseed ag gregated 8,250,000 bushels, com pared with a little over 3,000,000 bushels last year and 35,000 bushels in thc corresponding period of 19 09. 'The growth in value is even greater, the ten months' ligures of the cur rent fiscal year being $ 1(5,750,000, against $5,000,000 In 1910 and but $73,620 in 1009. The estimated Im portation of $20,000,000 worth of .flaxseed in tito flseal year which ends with tlie preset?; month exceeds by r?orc than $10.000.000 the value of ?hat imported in 1900, is nearly $18, 000,000 above the record of 1001, and is hy far greater than that of any other year. During tho ten years -190 1 to 1910, Inclusive-a total of (13.000,000, or an average annual 1 .no port at ion of $l,300,0?0, is shown, :?IR against $20,000,000 tor Ibo sing'le : ...ar CU 1, now drawing to a close. ! Flaxseed furnisher tho tm Ik of Ibo 128,000,000 worth ol seeds of vari llas hinds imported during the year. '. u. other leading classes im lade the ?vigar beet, clover and castor heans. Of these the imports of clover seed during the year will bo nboul .>:'.. 000,000, and those of sugar heel and ?castor boan seed each about $700, ^<)0. The remaining $3,750.000 wo: Iii of seeds Imported includes grass, mustard, heel, cabbage, poppy and Mower seeds, also a largo nutn fiM?r of seeds valued by eason of the volatile oils and perfumes contained, .-.ic)) as anise, caraway, coriander and fennel. The price of imported flaxseed lends to increase from year lo year.! l'.n IS97 the average price per bushel! \v.:fcs $1.0.:, in 1901 $1.27, in 1003 tfH.fiO, in 100!) $1.10. in 10 10 $1.70, and in ION $2.01, for the high-rec ord importtaion ol' 8.250,000 bushels ia liie ten monti1 ending with April. I Argentina is the chief source of tthe flaxseed imported into the United States, about 60 lier cent of the im port during 19 10 Having been from P.hat country, compared with about "25 per cent from Canada and about i per cent from the British Fast In dies and Belgium. Nearly ."ll the WsUgar beet seed imported is from Ci ?..rm any, while clover seed is im pv/rted chiefly from Germany, Canada .and France. riu- very large increase in Impor tations of flaxseed during 1011 is duo to tho partial failure of the crop last year. 'The flaxseed crop of the 1,'ni ?d States is, according to Agu res of r.tara bureau of statistics, chiefly pro tlneed in .Minnesota and North and South Dakota. The crop in North Dakota last year was to a large ex tont a failure, reducing the domestic production by nearly one-half, and the amount available for market pur rs** ?es, aside from seed, fully one .. .. i hence tie- large importations in U.he current year from foroign coun tries. The shortage in CK- domestic crop . ol' flaxseed, and presumably in the production of linseed oil. is reflected ? ;< the large Imports of oil of that ?><..'.icier during Hie current fiscal yoi?! Dining the nine months end ing - 'a March, iou, the Imports for .'. .si :r,jiiion of linseed oil aggregated 3,207,425 gallons, valued t $2, i 03 ('<'< '.?. compared with 167,tit*, I nal ivns, rained ai $258,390, in the en ire fiscal year 1010, and bul 28,102 ^gallons, Valued al $13,2 19, in thc ; i se. tl \ear 1009. .'Millionaire Giri Would Help Others. i Chicago, June ic>. Catherine nar ho*?., 12 years old, of LnPorlc, Ind., . tie, by her father's will, receives an MR? na! income of $60,000 for her od loallon and sustenance, has applied ?;c tho circuit, court for permission to . Kv*rte hor income with charitable In ctHntlons of LaPorto and Mchlgan fi?ity, Ind. Miss Barker received $JO,000,000 as her sbaro of her fa r.'nor's estate, which is held in trust. A TALK WITH LE*). Tho General's View of lils Own Abil ity und Sphere of Action. (Atlantic .Monthly.) Gen. Lee knew his own training, his own character, knew his own work and did lt, letting others do theirs If they could, lt ls with this explanation In view that wo should read his-colloquy with H. II. HUI to ward the close of thc war. "General, I wish you would glvo us your opinion as to tho propriety of changing tho seat of government and going farther South." "That is ? political question, Mr. Hill, and you politicians must, deter mine lt. I shall endeavor to take care of the army, and you politicians must make tho laws P'.ul control the government." "Ah, general," said .Mr. Hill, "but you will have to change that rule and form and express political opinions, for If we establish our Independence tho people will make you Mr. Davis's successor." ? "Never, slr," ho replied, with a dignity that belonged only to Leo. "That I never will portait. Whatever talents I may possess (and they aro limited) are military talents. My education and training are military. I shall not do the people tho Injustice to accept high civil office, with the questions of which lt has not been my business to become familiar." "Well, but, general, history does not sustain your view. Caesar and Frederick of Prussia and Bonaparte were great statesmen as well as great generals." "And great tyrants," he replied promptly. "I speak of the proper rule In republics, where I believe we should have neither military states men nor political generals." "Bul Washington was both and yet not a tyrant." With a beautiful smile he re sponded, "Washington was an oxcop tion to all rules." Your Neighbor's Experience, How you may profit by it. Take Foley Kidney Pills. Mrs. E. G. Whit ing, :U?0 Willow street, Akron, Ohio, ? says: "For some time I had a very serious case of kidney trouble, and I ; suffered with backaches and dizzy i headaches. I had specks Moating be fore my eyes, and I felt ali tired out ' and miserable, I saw Foley Kidney ? Pills advertised and got T. bottle and took them according to directions and results showed almost at once. Tho pain and dizzy headaches left ? me, and my eye-sight became clear, j and to-day 1 can say 1 am a well wo man. Thanks to Foley Kidney Pills." Partons Pharmacy, Wal I baila; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Smith Sworn in as Federal Judge Charleston, June I r>.-Judge H.A. M. Smith succeeded Judge Wm. H. Brawley yesterday as Hie presiding o dicer of tho United States Court for thi> District of South Carolina, the oath being administered by tho re tiring official with hut little cere mony. Mr. Smith was escorted into tho court room by Judge H rawley. They ascended tho platform together. Judge Brawley then announced that the commission of Mr. Smith had ar rived, and handing the paper to Clerk R. W. Hutson, he asked that . the court official read and spread lt upon the record. Tho oath of office was then administered, and Judge Smith took charge of the business of the court. Cotton Dropped $1.85 Per Pound. New York, June 16.-A bale of cotton that sold at auction a few days ago In Houston, Texas, for %2 a pound brought only lf> cents a pound here to-day-less than the spot price-on the steps of the New York Cotton Exchange. In Houston tho hale brought $1,016 and bereit brought only $75. It will next be sold in Liverpool, and tho proceeds Of all three sales will go to charity. The hale was pressed from the first cotton of the new crop and dif ference in price Is purely sentimen tal. It Is understood that tho Com mercial Club of San Benito, Texas, where the cotton was grown, will trace it to England and after the last sale, will havo it woven Into suits for King George, President. Taft and the Governor General of Canada. Foleys Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure yourbackache, strengthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularitica, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre vent Bright's Disease and Dla, bates, and restore health art strength. Refuse substitut BARTON'S PHARMACY, Walli W. J. LUNNEY, Seneca. t ,J, ?J. .J. ?^'? ?J? ?J? ? J? .J? > J. .J? ?fr ?|? ?fr*,|??|< ?|? ?I? .{. FARMERS' UNION BUREAU. ?J? ?J??J??J??J? ?J? .J.. J. .J. .J. .J. >^??|?>|> Many Cote tn Farmers Aro Slaves. Some wiso man has already said that li belongs to tho negro to grow mortgaged cotton crops, and a pro gressive white man to live a ?free and Independent Ufo by growing homo supplies and uso cotton only as cash balam e. No one having a reasona ble calculation can deny tho state ment that it requires tho best busi ness . tact and extraordinary good judgment LO buy corn, moat, hay, mules, clothing, guano, and all gro ceries necessary to lill the absolute needs of tho forco that goes to gro>v the cotton crop, and then market this one crop-cotton--In a business way to have a reasonable profit to tho grower of cotton sufUclent to buy for ca? ! all these supplies for ano ther cotton crop. If the "all-cotton-crop" farmer does not make cloar profit enough out of his cotton to pay cash for his supplies for the next crop, fr * has driftod into tho slave class of eoUon growers. In tho outset tho man that buys everything that is necessary to grow a crop of cotton with, on credit, pits himself against the business qualifi cations of his supply mon, and the treacherous "weathor man," too, which forces seven-tenths of the time buyers into the slave yr lien class of cotton growers. Fanners' inion Warehouses. Some, of our Farmers' UuioV peo- ' pie have been lcd to believe that our. warehouses are "no good" lp pro tecting cotton prices, because their I net earnings have not been sp good during the last season. Well, in the same light we may as ! well say that our forts and wir ves-1 sels are "no good," because we do not uso thom in actual hatti every year. Yet, it our government were to become so fanatic as to lestroy j our fortifications, navy aid our' standing army, our nation w uld bo' an easy prey for our onomiu and our government would go to the' pow-wows at once. , Destroy the Farmers' Union-our standing army-and our f irmers' warehouses-our fortiflcatiois-and our farmers' interests will gi to the pow-wows. Some of the F inners' Union warehouses that have good business men, commanding he con fidence of the membors in charge, arc making good money by Hindling 1 vy supplies through thc r own wa re ho ust> management Sonio of our short-slghtti mer chants protest against farine s going into this kind of business, oitstdeof his path between the plow undies, but lo all such inconsistent ion the farmer should object to an' imer chant growing crops of any kind or owning a cow. To the slave cotton grower, whose, crop ls mortgaged, cotton warehouses arc only temporary relief. Cotton growers that are not In position to , hold cotton are on a parity with the man that tugs at. his boot-s*,r;ajs try lng to lift himself out of tho (mud,! when he expects cotton warehouses I to hold his stress-cot'.on bc yo lld a: reasonable limit. All farmers or ganizations, corn clubs and hog and hominy clubs and poultry clubs are the very best strongholds or? props for profitable prices for cotton as well as good educational institu tions that brighten the minds of alli that attend these meetings. Remem ber that it is true that if a gold and silver coin are carried In your pocket for some time that the rubbing to gether soon makes the silver piece look like gold-the finer metal Im parts ifs substance to brighten the baser metals. So when these farm ers ri'b their minds together, the blighter minds impart knowledge and wisdom to those In need of this education, which in time shows that these co-operative movements make a prosperous community o: fanners -and prosperous farmers make everything else prosperous around them. A Lending California Druggist. Pasadena, Cal., March 0, 1911. Foley &. Co.-Clent lernen: We have sold and recommended Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for years. We believe it to be one of tho most effi cient expectorants on the market. Containing no opiates or narcotics it can be given freely to children. Enough of the remedy can he taken to relieve a cold, as it has no nause ating results, and does not. Interfere with digestion. Yours very truly, C. H. Ward Drug Co., C. L, Parsons, Secretary and Treasurer." Get the original Foley's Honey and Tar Com pounds in the yellow package. Bar ton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. io,(MID (billons Liquor SclzcW. Asheville, N. C., June /?.-?The largest seizure of liquor ye? recorded In this .section was mail/ last night al Henderson ville, when the police raided a store on the/main business thoroughfare and soped lO.O(M) gal lons of liquor. Thy alleged proprie tor of tho place, fi. X. Carson, was arrested and plac/d under bond. Car son, it is said. Js bul the agent for tho real owners A the "wet goods." Negro Asslst/ht Attorney General? Washing/". June li..After a fight last Us more than two months the Senate to-day confirmed tho ap pointment of William ll. Lewis, the Mosto/negro attorney, to be Assist ant /strict Attorney General of tho I'ni/d States. Tho fight on Lewis' co/urmntion was waged by Southern miers, who, until to-day, prevent act lon. --?. Most of us are too busy looking for to-morrow's possibilities to seo those of to-day. DR.K. 'G'S NEW DISCOVERY W'j Surely Stop That Cough? Tl HE BUHST; FATAL WRECK. 17-Y'cur-Olu Lad Killed and Four Tech students Injured, (Atlanta, Journal, 16th.) Tho death of Robert L. Bowen, ti 17-ycar-old lad, of Jowell, Ca., who had just boen graduated front the Staunton Instituto, In Virginia, and was visiting his cousin, J. A. Jew oil, of tho Tech, before returning home for the summer, and tho Injury of four Tech students, is the sum mary of an auton*obile accldont on Peachtree road shortly aftor mid night Tuesday, when a roar tire burst, throwing the occupants of the car to the pavement. Young Bowen was pinned honoath tho overturned car and horribly man gled, dying at tho Grady Hospital at :*.30 o'clock Thursday morning. Ills instant death was averted only by tho heroic work of his companions, when M. B. Forrester, whose leg ia brokon, and T. P. Richardson, both on tho verge of losing conscloxtsness, from tho shock, dragged tho lad from thc machine and to tho side of the road just before a speeding in-com ing trolley car crashed Into tho auto wreck and totally demolished the car. Every effort was mado to Hag tho trolley, but lt could not bo stoppod until it had crashed Into the wreck. Tho young men In the car declared that a sories of little complications caused tho accident. A rough placo In tho road caused the car to bounce and bot I? lights were suddenly extin guished. Another bad place in the road followed, and then came the explosion of Tho tire, which com pleted the wreck, turning tho light car over directly on the trolley line tracks. In the automobile at tho time of the accident were T. P. Richardson, who escaped serious injury, but was painfully hurt; B. M. Forrester, of Yale, 111., who was driving the car, log broken; A. P. McCrary, of Sa lem, Ga., bruised about the face, and li. C. English, of Warrenton, Ca., ear torn off and painfully bruised. With' the exception of young Bow en, all the occupants of the car were Tech students and were members of the Sigma Xu fraternity. .The in jured young men were taken aboard the trolley car and rushed to the Grady Hospital, where Bowen died. Young Bowen was a member of a prominent family of Jewell, (Ja. lin had just, completed a course of study at the Staunton Institute, and, with his diploma safely tucked away, was ou his way home to spend the sum mer vacation. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children? The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of 3: / Spficia OB 1! 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Charlotte, June 16.-Tho Avalon Mills at Mayodan, Rockingham coun ty, woro totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin early last night, en tailing a loss of $250.000. Tho Uro started In the machinery room, and as tho village ls without Ore-fighting apparatus, tho flames met no resist ance. There ls only partial Insur ance. Tho plant was established 1 2 years ago, and was of 25,000 spindle capacity, employing 4 00 people. St. Louis, Juno 15.-Losses con servatively estimated at more than $1,000,000 wore sustained In a fire that raged for hours to-day In a manufacturing district bordering for four blocks the terminal yards In the southwestern part of the city. The Aro ls believed to have started in the Huttig sash nnd door plant from a spark from a locomotive. The tenants of moro than 50 flats and dwellings left tholr domiciles, carry ing all they could of their posses sions, when lt was thought their homes were doomed. The exodus was found later to have been unnec essary and veering winds carried the flames In another direction. Middle Aged and Elderly People uso Foley Kidney Pills for quick and permanent results In all cases of kid ney and bladder troubles, and for painful and annoying Irregularities. Barton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. SDiEYSKlDMYCRRB Makes Kidneys and Oladdsr Rlfiht RED M WE HOLD up Red Meat-the chew for men. Always good-better now than ever. No spice to make your tongue sore-no excessive sweetening to make you spit yourself away and ruin your stomach. Just high-grade North Carolina tobacco, properly sweetened by a perfect process. Sure s you 're born, it's the real thing in good chewing. Get busy today and find out for yourself! Cut out this ad. and mail to us with your name and address for our FREE offer to chewers only. Name. Address Made only by LllPFERT SCALES Co., Winston-Salem, N.,C. TOBACC I Bargain Sale - AT f. PHchford's. 52d of June we will give some big es"* and Children's Slippers. pers; $L "HildreiYs ?Flippers, 50c. itiful line of Figured Lawn at mci lOc. Per Yard. > Contest Votes for each one dollar Special Sale* .j? .I? ::