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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1810.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Hates Reasonable. -Hy STECK, SHEIiOll & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over ono hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must he paid for at tho rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEIT. 20, 1011. GOOD WOMAN PASSED AWAY. Mrs. O. P. IslHdl Died Suddenly Au gust 1 I tb. Fair Play, Sept. 15.--Special : On Friday. August 1 Uh, tho death angel visited the home of O. Prank Isbell and took from him his beloved wife. Mrs. Isbell was stricken with paraly sis about 7 o'clock and lived only about ten hours. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church, con ducted by Rev. E. (?. Lavender, of Westminster. Mrs. Isbell was in her 51st year and leaves a husband and seven chil dren to mourn her death. Her life was modest, and anything preten tious was peculiarly distasteful to her. Quiet and unassuming, a great lover of home, her life was best known to those most intimate and directly connected with her as friend and neighbor, in which capacity she wac ever true and unfailing. She always considered it her duty to visit the sick and those In distress, and was ever ready to cheer and sympa thize with those undergoing sad trials. Mrs. Isbell before her mar riage was Miss Mary Pope Ogilvie, and WAS raised In Oglethorpe county, Georgia. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. David, of Bowman, Ga., and Mrs. Pierce, of Athens, Ga., and one brother, J. B. Ogilvie, of Greenwood, all of whom wero present at tho funeral services. The family have many friends who deeply sympathise with thom in the le deej) sorrow. Wo commend the stricken ones to tho all-wise Eather, who never makes a mistake. THE COUNTY FARMERS' UNION. Regular Meeting Will IV? Held on September 2Ji at PaJrview. The Coonee County Partners' Un ion will meet in regular session at Fairview, with Fairview Local, No. 85, on Saturday, September 2:id, at 1 0 a. m. This meeting has been call ed to take the place of the regular meeting in October, as there is busi ness of Importance that ought, to be attended to before that time. A full delegation from each local ls request ed, and also as many of tho members as can possibly al teni! are requested to do o. A. H. Ellison, President. J. W. Alexander, Secretary. Struck by Limb, Ctrl Killed. Metcalf, Ga., Sept. 1 ",. Miss Lau ra Bussell, the I V yea i-?id daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Russell, of this place, ?lied from injuries received when she was struck by a fragment ol' an obi ??ak tree in thc yard of her home. Miss Bussell was in a hoard ham mock when the limb, which was one of tho '.sing's supports, crumpled up, a portion striking her in t lie stomach with such force as lo Indict a fatal wound. She waa one ol' the mos! charming young women in this section of the State, and since lier death tier par ents have received many expressions of sympathy. WITHE'S WARNING. Walhalla I 'copie Must Recognize und Heed lt. Kidney ilks come mysteriously, l'on nature always warns you. Notice the kidney secretions. See if the color is unhealthy - lt there are ud Binga and sedi ment . Passages frequent, scanty, painful. lt's time to usc Donn's Kidney Pills. To w a rd oft sei iou diseases. Donn's have di. great work in Walhalla. Mrs. .Martha Driscoll, No. ii, Fac tory Hill. Walhalla, S. C., says: "I took Donn's Kidney Pills with highly satisfactory results when I was suf fering from kidney trouble. My kid neys were in bad shape ami I had severe attacks of backache ami pains In my sides. I was also subject to dizzy and nervous spells. Seeing Donn's Kidney Pills advertised, 1 got a supply at Dr. Bell's drug store, and they restored mo to good health." For sale by all dealers. Prlc.o 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, solo agents fur tho Uni ted States. Remember tho namo-Doan's-. r,rid take no othor. HOLD COTTON I/OR 15 CF,NTS. Convention of Planters at Montgom ery Declare Staple Worth That. Montgomery, Ala.. Sept. Iii. -Five hundred farmers and as many hank ers. Congressmen, United States Sen ators and business men, representing every cotton growing State in Amer ica, declared in convention to-div that tho farmers' cotton ls worth ir? cents a pound, and resolved that the farmer should hold his cotton for ?hat price. The resolution followed a committee report iii it the crop in America would not exceed I '_'..".on.OOO bales. For financing tho crop of this year, a resolution was adopted to the effect that the farmer should deposit his cotton in a warehouse and use his re ceipts as collateral until he could sell his cotton a* not less than 1 '5 cents. There was also a resolution urging that the several Stale Legislatures should pr?vido for a system of bond ed warehouses. Organization and Co-operation. Declaring that organization among the farmers and co-operation among them with tho bankers and financiers was the solution of tho problem, the convention resolved Itself Into a permanent organization to be known as the Southern Cotton Congress, and adjourned to meet 111 Atlanta at the call of the president, F. J. Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture of South Carolina. The meeting in Montgomery is to be followed by a similar convention in every Southern State, to be called by the Commissioner of Agriculture of each State. By these conventions the action of tho Congress ls to he ratified and reinforced by further steps toward securing a better price for cotton. Senator Smith Speaks. Among the spoakers at the conven tion to-day were Senator F. D. Smith, of South Carolina, who received the thanks of tho Congress for his atti tude In Congress toward the govern ment colton report; Congressman J. T. neilin, of Alabama; Congressman H. D. Clayton, of Alabama, and D. M. Hughes, Congressman from the Third District of Georgia; Oscar W. Underwood, majority leader of the House of Representatives, chairman of the ways and means committee, sat In the audience. It was Senator Smith who perhaps made the speech which decided the congress in Its naming tho price of cotton at 15 cents, for Congressman Ileflin wanted to make the price 15 or 14 cents, with 14 cents at the minimum. Congressman Clayton, In his speech, declared his belief that in ten years' time tho world would bo using 25.000,000 or 30,000,000 bales Of American cotton. No Bumper Crop. President C. S. Barrett, of the Kariners' Kducationnl and Co-opera tive Union, delivered an address on co-operation. He denounced as base less the reports of a bumper crop, den it d the charge that the Farmers' I nion was a combine to hold up civil iza: iou. and asserted thal lhere is a combination for Ihe purpose of ham mering down Ihe price ol* coll?n. W. I', G. Harding, presiden! ol'the Ki rsl \ai ional Bank ol' Birmingham, spoke on "Financing tho Colton Cri?;'." During his speech he de clared il?.ti tho present crop could at b> st lie only an av< rag . ono. He ad vised against fixing a minimum price al which cotton should be sold, hut urged farmers to ntaket their coll?n lowly and gradually. Heated Debate. A resolution, reponed to tho con vention from the co m m lt toe on le? Islation aroused prolonged discussion and heated debate. This resolution provided for tho establishment of Si ?ie bonded warehouses where col ton could be stored and held and receipt, issued which would be hon ored the callie as currency, not only lu ibis country, but abroad. ll was a good resolution, all ad mitted, bul a majority thought that such a resolution should have receiv ed more consideration. Congressman ll. B. Clayton staled thal Ibo resolution was too bu a thing lo settle righi away and asked that it be laid aside temporarily. On a vote of tho convention it was laid aside, lt was tho consensus of opin ion of tho convention that only mat ters relating to tho present crop and aiding the farmors al this special time should be taken up. Among the most important, mat ters taken up by the con ven I ion was I he report of the committee on legis lation. This committee recommend ed thal a department of statistics he established in each State, under di rection of the agricultural depart ment, and that each agricultural commissioner of each Southern State take up with his respectivo L?gisla ture tho question of such depart ment. At certain periods of each year, tho figures aro to bo compiled by each State, and then strike an aver age of crop conditions, estimates, otc, of all tho States together and nom ti-: KS l?HVV MONTREAL I JA N K The Great VauH is Cracked ami $.115.000 Stolen. New Westminster, British Colum bia, Sept. 15.-Three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars was stolon early this morning from the branch ot the Hank of Montreal in thia city. Five robbers entered the hank by tho front door. brottO through tho thin metal coaling of tho vault, blow the safe by a charge of nitro-glycer ine and made their escape with their booty without being soon except by a Chinese caretaker. There was in all $350,000 in the bank safes. The robbers^took all they could carry, leaving all the si' ver and notes ot' small denominations as well as damaged $5 and $10 bills. The first known of the robbery was when a Chinese caretaker appeared at the police station at 5.30 o'clock and gave the alarm. Ho had been tied, but managed to work his bonds loose after the robbers had departed. lt ls not known just when the mon got into the bank, but lt ls presum ed that lt was some time about I o'clock this morning, for when the Chinese janitor arrived shortly after 1 o'clock to clean up, ho encountered the three mon, and boforo the Chi nese could give the alarm he was Handbagged and gagged and Hod to a chair. Robbers I* ft $100,000. The robbers collected the gold and bills in the vault and left the build ing some time before 5 o'clock, tak ing more than a quarter of a million dollars with them and leaving about $100.000 behind. That the robbers are still in the vicinity ls apparent by the finding of a powerful automobile stolen from T. J. Trap's garage, broken down in tho street. It ls thought the safe robbers started to got away in the machine and then had to abandon lt. Taft Celebrates 51th Birthday. Beverly, Mass., Sept. 15.-To-day was President Taft's fifty-fourth birthday. Congratulatory messages poured Into tho executive offices from all over the world. One came from Klug Georve V of England, lt read as follows: "Balmoral Castle, Sept. 15.- Pres ident of the United States: I have great pleasure lu sending you my most hearty congratulations on the anniversary of your birthday, and trust that the friendly mations ex isting between our two countries may ever continue.*' Chamberlain's Gough Remedy Cures Colds. Croup and WhooDin? Cough. publish them the same as does the government each year. Criticize Crop Reports. The government was severely crit icised at the committee session this morning for alleged Inaccuracy in crop estimate and ginning reports. lt was the opinion of the committee that the South no longer should de pend on the government for tho crop reports, but make them out at home. Commissioner Watson, ol' South Car olina, and Presiden! Dabbs, of tho South Carolina Farmers' Tulon, were severe In their arraignment of the United States department of agri culture in gathering cotton statistics. Commissioner Watson stated that the government has had a statistician in his State for the past ten years, gathering data for the government's crop reports, and during his admin istrai ion he had never met the man or seen him at the State Capitol nor had any of his <>5 agents in the Stale seen bin "The whole thing is a farce," he declared with much indignation, "and we should no longer rely on the government for a correct report." Congressman ll. D. Clayton stated thal the government did a whole lot of things of value which the Stales could not do. but thal he, too, be lieved the cotton and crop reports were inaccurate. Ile stated that he knew it to bo a fact that men em ployed In Washington figured on the cotton and ginning reports who had never been In a field of cotlon or who bad never seen a boll of cotton in ?heir lives. "Wo must go back to home gov ernment," shouted Mr. (/layton, "and gel up our own information." Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy Ihe sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never bo used excopl on prescriptions from repu table physicians, as tho damage they will do is ten-fold to tho good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, contains no mercury, and ls taken Internally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfftc.es of tho system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get tho genuine. It is taken Internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Prlco 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pill? for con stipation. FIRST DIFFERENTIAL GEAR. .John V. Stribling, of Anderson, Se cured First Patent in 1882. (Anderson Mall.) While it is not generally known, it ls nevertheless a fact, that an An derson mau was the first to perfect and patent the differential ?car, which is probably one of tho ni >st essential paris iii tho construction of the present automobile, and is also belli? pressed Into almost dally use in the building of vehicles, otc, of other and varied kinds. Alon? about 1880 and ISSI tho plan was thought out by John V. Stribling, of Anderson, and ho set about to ?et up a woiklng model. In 1882 this had been completed, work ed perfectly, and a patent was secur ed from thc government patent of flce at Washington by Mi. Stribling. The ?ear was exactly the same that. ls now used in all automobiles and other vehicles of the kind. At that time Mr. Stribling was workin? to perfect a road buggy the same thin? that ls now tho auto mobile-and had perfected ulso the hollow axle, now used in manufactur ing automobiles. His object was to perfect a machine that would run at least 2f> miles an hour, and to con tinue work on it. so that this might bo Increased as tho condition of the public roads were improved so as to permit of lt. Various parts o' the machine which Mr. Stribling was working to perfect wore ?nado by a? many differ ent concerns in different parts of the country, it hoing lils object to work out tho whole of the plan before any thing became known of his plans by the outside world. Many of the old drawings, and oven some of the working models that were made by Mr. Stribling, uro now In his possession or aro scatter-i ed about at the foundries, machine shops, etc.. where tho castings, etc., were to have been gotten out. Ul health, followed by financial embar rassments, forced Mr. Stribling to give up thc work, and the road bug gy was never perfected-by him. The records of the patent ofllce will show, however, that the first luttent for the present differential gear was issued to John V. Stribling, of Anderson, S. C.. In 1882. Thc patent expired in seventeen years, and at that time Mr. Stribling was not In position, either physically or financially, to renew lt, tho fortune! that was almost within his grasp slipping away. J Those circumstances which wore responsible for the lapsing of the patent, renewal of which-when lt j would easily have been dono on the ground that tho time was not yet ! right for the marketing of the Inven tion, would have been easy, are not pleasant for Mr. Stribling to reinem-! ber; but he is nevertheless entitled ?to tho honor thal is due him. Ills patent was the first Issued. In talkin? with a friend about the! matter the other day. Mr. Stribling said thai lie would never rorget what an old uncle ol' his had said when he had asked him io como up and in spect thc workings of tho piece of machinery, it was running perfectly, when ibo old man suddenly turned to his nephew and said: "Well, .lohn; all I've gol to say is this: Voil were bom just about KO years before you should have been." "And I told him." said Mr. Strib ling, "thal I was sorry, but that I, of course, had nothing to do with I hat." Mr. Stribling is of a naturally In ventive turn of mind. Ile has worked out a number of inventions in his time, some of which have been pat ented and some have not. Thc best of these, he says, ii yoi to come, and is one thal will bo Of just about as much importance as tho differential ?ea r. Kor some years now Mr. Stribling has been working on a wheel to take | the place of the rubber-tired wheel, at present used on automobiles. bug gies* and other vehicles; a wheel that will cost much less, look better and will do away with all the jar in crossing n rut or a hole in tho road. A model, made from bronze, has already been made from his plan and works perfectly. The trouble now ls in getting il made ol' some other and cheaper material, and Ibis, he says, can and will be done within the near future. No liaient has yet 1)0011 asked for this wheel by Mr. Stribling. Ile says he is biding his time, and Dial it will come in good season. The wheel is so COntsrilCtod (hat tho Bprlng is all within the hub. Tho weight, no matter from what, quarter lt may come, is always equal, so that each spoke bears Its part, pre venting even the slightest Jar. It may bo used either with or without rubber tires. "Some day," says Mr. Stribling, "TU get a patent on that wheel, and I know that when I do my fortune's made." Cheapest accident, insurance-Dr. Dr. Thomas' Kcleetlo Oil. Stops tao pain and heals tho wound. All drug gists sell it. 5 i Easily laid- cnn 'oe laid righ Fireproof - Stormproof - Last t need repairo. For further dctoilci SfclN MOA HARDWARE ( Stu lemont of tho Condition of TMIO ENTERPRISE RANK, located at Walhalla, S. C., at tho closo of business September I, 1911: Resources. Loans and discounts ....$64551 08 Overdrafts. 2 l :i 3 7 Furniture and fixtures. . . 1020 32 Due from banks and bankers. PG29 3 2 Currency. 1170 00 Cold . 7lU 00 Silver and ol her minor coin. 638 91 Checks and ca. h Items . . 70 15 Total.$78354 1 : Liabilities. Capital stock paid lu.... $20000 00 Surplus fund . 500 00 Undivided profits, loss current expenses and taxes paid. 2600 77 Due to banks and bank ers . 418 77 Individual deposits sub ject to check . 19880 78 Time certificates of de posit . 34 7 22 3 4 Cashier's checks. 231 49 Total.$7 835 4 15 State of South Carolina, County of Oconeo.-Before mo came George Seaborn, Cashier, of tho above named bank, who, bolng duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing state ment is a true condition of said bank, as shown by tho books of said bank. GEO. SEABORN, Cashier. Sworn to a'.d subscribed before me j this 9th day of September, 1911. (L. S.) JOHN F. CRAIG, C. C. P. Correct-Attest: GEO. It. BIKE. A. P. CRISP. JAMES SEABORN, Directors. ?J? ?J? ?Jo >|? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J* ?|? fj< ?J? WHITE TO i Arito & Reese, SHELLMAN, GA., \ in regard to Randolph County, ! Georgia Lands-well-Improved ! lands that you don't have to 1 work a life-time to build up; red and level; good coads. .S? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? *fa ?J? CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.- (In Court of! Probate.)-By D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate.-Whereas, C. lt. D. Barns has made suit to me ti) grant bim I Letters of Administration of tho ISs 1 tate ol' and Effects of Ellen Gadsden, ! deceased I Those are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of tho said Ellon Gadsden, deceased, thal they bc and appear before me, In the Court of Probate, to bo bold at Wal , balla Court House, South Carolina, on Saturday, tho 23d day of Septem ber, 1911, after publication hereof, at I 1 o'clock In thc forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why the I said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 8th dav of September, A. I). 1911. (Seal.) D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, South Carolina. Published on tho cub and 20th days of September, 1911, In Tho Keowcc Courier and on the Court House door for tho time prescribed by law. 3 7-3 8 Is Your Pu Mr, John Kruschw man Tuner and 1 and Organs, who 1 self at Seneca wit Abbot's Music r solicits the patronat public, promising % execution of work John Kn Abbott's Music Hoi \wwrwn M?TAL itt 1 SHINGLES IRE USED 1 /CRYWHTRE t over wood shingles ?f necessary - ?s^ long as tho building ?nd never J information apply to ?OM PA NY, SENECA, S.O. Statement of tho Condition of THU i IA \ xe or WALHALLA, located at Walhalla, S. C., at tho close of business September 1st, 1911: Resources. Loans and discounts . *211737 66 Overdrafts . 5039 89 Bonds and Stocks owned by Hie bank. 15000 00 Furniture and fixtures.. 2250 00 Banking house. 1500 00 Due from banks and bankers. 14533 50 Currency. 2135 00 Cold . 1015 00 Silver and other minor coin. 1003 88 Checks and cash items. . 270 13 Total.$254 485 06 Liabilities. OpaPil stock paid ln...$ 50000 00 Surplus fund . 12500 00 Undivided profits, loss current expenses and taxes paid. 6040 69 Due to banks and bank ers . 1438 43 Individual deposits sub ject to check. 56713 36 Demand certificates of deposit. 995 60 Time eertlAcates of de posit . 126796 98 Total. ..$254485 06 State of South Carolina, County ot Oconeo.-Before me came W. L, Vernor, Cashier of the above named Bank, who, being duly sworn, says that tho above and foregoing state ment is a true condition of said Bank, as shown by the bookfj of said bank. W. L. VERNER. Sworn to and subscribed beforo me this xth day of September, 1911. (L. S. ) W. O. WHITE. Master for Oconee County, S. C. Correct-Attest: J, W. BELL. J. D. VERNER, J NO. GORDON LAW, > Directors. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in tho cn^-i named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, the 2d day of October, 1911, between the legal hours of sale, the tract of land below described: M. C. Riser Co.. Plaintiffs. against Lit!'..ton Bros.. Defendants. That tract of land, containing 1 1 0 acres, more or less, situate lu tho County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, adjoining lauds of Maddon and Colley estates, and adjoining lands of W. ll. Lusk, all lying on the east side of Smeltzor Creek; said lin acres of land being tho same conveyed to W. L. and S. M. Little ton by Angeline Littleton, and moro accurately described by deed now on record at the Court House at Wal halla. Terms of Sale: Cash. That in even) of failure of the purchaser or purchasers to comply with tho terms of sale within five (lays from day of sale, the Masler do re-advortlso and resell said premises on the following salcsday, or some convenient, sales day therafter, at tho same place and on the same terms hertoloro set out, at the risk of the former purchaser or purchasers, and that he do con tinue so to do until ho has found a purchaser or purchasers who comply with tho terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconeo County, S. C. September 13, 1911. 37-39 ano Well ? ritz, the expert Gcr Repaircr of Pianos las established him h headquarters at louse, respectfully >c of the Walhalla >rompt and careful intrusted to him. ischwitz, jse, Seneca, S. C.