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KEOWEE COURIER ( HST A BUSHED 1810.) Published Hvory Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Vor Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -Hy ST KC K( SHEIJOR ? SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged Tor as advertise? men ts. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over ono hundred words, will l)e printed freo of charge. All over that number must be paid for at tho rate of ono cent a word. Cash lo accompany manuscript. WALHA IiIiA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOREH I, IOU. A VERY FOOLISH THING. What is tlie inost foolish thing you ever heard of a person, or a lot of people, doing'.' Who did it.' And why was it dono-; There are so many foolish things done every day all around us. and wc all do so very many foolish things ourselves, that thc above questions are hat d to answer. Nevertheless, taking into consider ation all tlie foolish things that are done, we have found nothing so fool ish, to our way of thinking, as the thing that is hoing done five or six times a day in every city, town, vil lage and hamlet in the South where a hale of cotton is bought. Our farmers in the early spring plow their Holds, plant cotton seed. fertilize ami cultivate the crop, gather it, take it to the gin, and then offer it for sale. How? lias he farmer figured his cost of production and added his per cent of pro tit? Possibly he has; hut the probability ls that, he has tun 'ven the matter a thought. Am? t ?ht there is where, it seems to us, the most foolish thing in the world conies into play. Thc man who has produced the stuff turns to the buyer and asks him. "What is my cotton worth?" And then, lo caji the climax, the buyer will probably tell the producer that, a half hour ago, it was worth lOVfa couts a pound, "bul," lie may add, "I don't know what it is worth just at this time. I'll hear from New York again in a few minutes." Think of lt! Telegraphing lo New i - ? I : the crop that her fanners produce Of all the ridiculous farces that are daily enacted, thal one with the Southern farmer, the Southern cotton buyer and the stock exchange manipulator in the leading rons, stands at the hoad. An,I v, ho is to blaine .' Tlie cotton buyer? The speculator? Tim far mer? The two former cannot he blamed, certainly. The buyer asks the speculator what io do, and then does i: it' ; hr- farmer hus hun. Ile can't force the farmer to sell his rot ton to !iini ai in cents when ii is worth i i. I le only bu j s i hat w hlch i he t.u nu I h ts him buy. Who is to blame? Steady yourselves, farmer friends, Von hm? gol a gooil thing, Thc ques tion i . are you going io ltd some few people in New York or Liv erpool tell you what your South Car olina colt on is w on h Rill? down the curtain on this dis astrous farce. If you think yon ha v flit had enough of it, t hen > ou simply ito not know when sou have enough. Let 'ii.- question of suppl) and de mand biko ca re ol' t le? situai ion Tho Southern producer and the Southern consunici ian arrange prices in such mannet as will be satisfactory .md profitable to both, and al the same linn sci tho standard f : the bal aie.' 111 lin? world. Knell ol' these two great Southern industries is to day suffering at the hands of specu lation, and lioi li of them ,i re dirt I tl g with it. Cm il out ' Carolinian's Invention Stands Test. W i- ?lia litOU, Sept. ;?0. Trial-; ol' tho aeroplane balancer, invented by John i'. I a rbox, of Georgetown, s. C. have been m ?de > Iiis week at College Park, near Washington. Aviator Hitcher tested I he dev lee m so\ eral iii ?lr.- ami it proved eminently suc cessful. H ha, not I.H tried in a wind blowing moic than twenty miles an hour and lest - under moro dilli euli eomlli ions ar ? vol to be made. The Ta rbox "alabilizer" weighs only L'.". pounds, bul tho weight is ap plied hy (he pendu lu m principle and has the effect ol' a weighted keel in stead;, ing a light boat. evidence in Hawkins Case. Ilendersonville, Sept, ito, it is whispered among the business men hore that when the grand jury meets during the first week in October tho Myrtle Hawkins ease will bo pre sented to lt with some newly-discov ered evidence to re-enforce the facts and circninstanc.es adduced at tho coroner's Investigations. lt ls not known how this evidence was dis covered nor what ls Its nature, but lt ls believed that it will be sufficient to warrant tho return of a true bill against several persons. ADMIRAL SCULLY mini's ULAI). lloro in War With Spain Stricken Suddenly in .Ww York. .Vow York, Oct. L\ Roar Admiral Winfield Scott Sell loy dropped dead to-day near the corner o? 44til street and Filth ."venue, while on lila way down town. Ho had been out of town over Sun day and on his return here had gone to the New York Yacht Club on 1 Ith street. Alter a short stay at the club Admiral Scaley started to walk along llth street toward Fifth avenue when he was taken suddenly ill. A hurry call was sent for physicians, but before aid could roach Ililli, thc admiral was dead. Sketch of His Life, Admiral Winfield Scott Sc lil ey was born in Frederick county, Maryland. October 9, lSHO. Ho was graduated from the United Slates Naval Acad emy In 1800, and during the follow ing year served on the frigate Niag ara. In 1801 he was promoted to "master," and attached to the frigate Potomac. Ile received his commis sion as lieutenant July 10th, IS02. During I St! l-l? be was on the Wa t ree, steam gunboat of Hie Pacific squadron, anil distinguished himself in lsti."i during the insuriection of Chinese coolies on tho Middle Chin cha island, and in tho same year was al La Union, San Salvador, whither his vessel was ordered for tho pro tection of American interests during Hie progress of a revolution. On duly 25, 1 S(>i?, he was commissioned lieutenant commander, and later was Instructor in languages at the United States Naval Academy. He was assigned to the Benn ia, Ultra rate, in i870 and was on Hie China station for three years. Iii1 saw some snarp fighting in .lune, 1871, during the capture of thc Korean forts on Sit lee river, leading the as saulting column. In 1873-0 he was again at the naval academy, being appointed commander .lune L 0th, 1871. In 1877 he commanded the Fssox, third rate, on the South American station, and rescued a ship wrecked crew from the Island of Tristan d'Acunha. He was light house inspector (1880-3) al Boston; attached to the bureau of equipment, ISSU; in 18S4 volunteered for and was placed In command of the relief expedition sent into the Arctic re gion to search for Lieut. Creely and his companions. Honors Paid Bim . Tba' the credit of this achieve ment belonged entirely to Comman der Scllley was universally acknowl edged, and in recognition of his her oism the Maryland Legislature gave him a vote of thanks and presented him with a gold chronometer, and the Massachusetts Humane Society gave him a gold medal of the first (dass. To further honor him and to perpetuate his fame for all time, a wide territory west of ('ape Sabine was named "Schley Land." During 1 8S.">-*) he was chief of the ' .-rr*'Ofnir. i iitidcUlt i .- ut'.- 'ii'.!. He was com missioned to carr) LU Swede. mains ol' .lohn F.ricsson. the famous inventor, for which service King Os car awarded him a gold mena!. In 1892 he was made lighthouse inspec tor, and from 1895 was in command of tao armored cruiser New York, flagship of the N ,,th Atlantic squad ron, until March. ?97, when he be came chairman ot' the lighthouse boa rd. In February, I89S, he was ad vanced to commodore. Previous to the outbreak ol' the Spanish Ameri can wai' he was ordered to the Brooklyn ami given command of the living squadron. On May in he was ordered by Sampson io blockade Ci en ruegos* where it was thought the Meet ol' Admiral ('. '.era might have secreted Itself. Schley having been ordered to Santiago by the uavj de partment, discovered the Spanish Loci there on Maj and there it remained completely blockaded by ; he A merle i i hool until .Inly Rd. On his return from this duty he was placed on waiting orders. Dur ing this period of rest he visited New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Rich mond, Atlanta, and other cities, where he was banqueted ami feted and praised for the work of the fleet under hi.- command. On December - - he v. a.- presented with a magnili .e:M j, . clod and -'.old sword by t he .opie ot Pennsylvania at Philadel phia, ?in the evening ot' January 1 ?I, li o was presented, In New York. !>: the Royal Arcanum, with a mag nificent jew. P d su ord. On Febru ary 28, al a banquet given In his honor, he \sas presented with a gold medal set with jewels, hy I he peo ple ol' Maryland, the Governor mak in:; the presentation. Ile was married at Annapolis. Sep tember 10, 1808, lo Anne Rebecca Franklin. They were tho parents ol' two sons and one daughter, Lieut. Thomas Franklin Schley, United states Army; Virginia Montagu Wortley, and Dr. Winfield Scott Scllley, of New York city. NAVAL M.VBITIA CHAMPIONSHIP. Souili Carolinians Won Baie on Hie Hudson Hiver, New York, Sept. 30. In a choppy ebb tide and a cross wind oil the Hudson river to-day, the South Caro lina .reu of ten mon won the naval militia championship of the Unit . ! States, Tho South Carolinians, with Lieut. M. S. Sullivan as. coxswain, got their cutter three lengths ahead of the Now York men's boat. Ohio fin ished third. Th.' Massachusetts crow was fourth and Hie New Jersey crew las!. The New York crew led for Ihree fourths of the two-mile course, but the Southerner's hit up the pace in th?' final quarter, rowing ll to the minute and won handily. Four crews started in the six-oared whale boat race, which was won by the New York sailors by three open lengths with South Carolina second, Massachusetts third and Camden, N, J., fourth. Lame back Is one of tho most com mon forms of muscular rheumatism. A few applications of Chamberlain's Liniment will give relief. For salo by till dealers. Canned Tomatoes lllow Up. Lonaconlng, Md., Sept. :io.-While canning tomatoes at her home her? yesterday, Mrs. Thomas Holmes was badly burned whoo a jar which she had Just tilled exploded, dashing the contents and fragments of glass against her taco. She was obliged to take to her bed, and the attend in? physician says her Injuries are seri ous. Kicked hy a Mad Horse. Samuel Birch, of Beelown, Wis., had a most narrow escape from los ing his leg, as no doctor could heal tho frightful sore that developed, but at last Buck len's Arnica Salve cured lt completely, lt ls the greatest heal er of ulcers, burns, bolls, eczema, scalds, cuts, corns, cbld-sores, bruises and piles on earth. Try lt. 25c. at all druggists. T A X NO T I C I-', . COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE, Walhalla. S. C., Oct. 3, 1911. Tho books for the collection of state. County, School and Special Taxes for the fiscal year 1911 will be open from October 15, 1911, lo December 3 I . lilli, without penalty, after which day one per cent penalty will be added on all payments made In month of January, 1912, and two per cent penally on all payments made in the month of February, and seven per cont penalty on all pay ments made from the first day of March until the fifteenth dav of March. 1912. Alter that day all taxes not paid will go Into execution and be placed In the hands of the Sheriff for collection. Taxpayers owning property or paying taxes for others will please ask for a tax re ceipt lu each township or special school district in which ho or they may own property. This ls very Im portant, as there are so many spe cial school districts. The tax levy ls made up as follows: State tax . 6 % mills Ordinary County. (5 % mills School tax. 3 mills Total tax.16 Vi mills Special School Tax. Dist. Mills. Dist. Mills. 1.1 36 A.2 2 .2 36B.2 :5.411 3 9.2 ,, 1.2 l?.2 r>.4 i a.2 6.2 50.4 7.1 53.3 8. 2 54 .4 10 . 2 55 .:i ll. 2 5 7 .:i 14.2 ."?9.2 17.1 03.:i is.; in.i 19. 4 65 .2 2 0.I 67.2 2 1.:; 69.1 2 2. 7 1.2 24 .- 7 2 .1 25.2 72.2 .>.: .4 74.2 . . ' 7-. ?. jipoi bil 1 v> for v ../> \A. MPI* Interest and Sinking Fund to Retire Ronds. Dist. Mills. Dist. Mills. 17.1 63.2 Poll Tax, S 1.00. Dog Tax, 50c. lOvery male citizen from 21 to CO years is liable for Poll Tax, except Confederate soldiers, who do not pay after ">0 years of age, and those ex cused by law. Parties wishing information from this office, hy mail, will please en close postage. \V. .1. SCIIRODIOR, Treasurer Oconee County, S. C. TILMY AP * * * ._,_"_ * * Our stock of Fall Gc .j. is thc largest wc have ever * larg, .st ever brought to Oco . Our linc of Dress Gc .I* the designs arc thc cream of * Our linc of Clothing v thc latest; the goods the bei IT Every one has an in Iv _ ?I? (Cream Cheese z * ~ % C. W. PIT * .I? * * .!* * * 'I' * * v * * * ?fr .) HAVE ADDER BUGGIES, WA Gt STOCK Ol'1 DRY GOODS, XOTIO TINWARE, GROCERIES, HAR ME NTS. QI VE THEM A CHANCE TO SI PRICES WU ION YOU (?O TO SE HEY APPRECIAI tmm tm* . EVERYBODY-?end for free sam ple of Suet-ess Magazine and The Na tional Post-the healthy, vigorous and sensible American home maga zine containing the thrilling Oppen heim Story-"The Girl of the Thirty Thousand," and receive also our money-making agent's proposition. Permanent winier employment for right persons. Address Circulation Department. Success Magazine, New York. 10-1 ri NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to tho Estate ol (}. w. MOSER, deceased, are hereby notified to ?lake payment to tho undersigned, and all persons hav ing claims against said estate will present the samo duly attestod within tho timo prescribed by law or bo barred. J. L. MOSER, Administrator. October t, 1911. 40-43 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that tho un dersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge ol* Probate for Oconee County, In the Stato of South Carolina, at hts ollleo at Walhalla Court House, on Friday, the 27 th day ol* October, 1911, at ll o'clock In tho forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo hoard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of (1. W. Moser, deceased, end obtain Hanl discharge as Admin istrator of said Estate. J. h. MOSER, Administrator. October 1. IOU. 40-43 Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R IA Farms for SALE In order to wind up the Estate of .las. H. Adams, and settle with tho hell*?, I ??lier the following property for sale: One Farm-Two miles from Westminster, on pub lic road, containing ill 1 ? aeres; three houses; barns and mill site. One Purni-Three miles from Seneca, on public road, containing J>? acres; dwelling and outbuildings. One Palin-Near Oak way, on public road, con taining H'2 acres; 7-rooni dwelling; large barns; good pasture way, oil public road, du t : * 11 J i ? . i -. ?' ,' V :.: tlx: . i' ' ant. buivi. ifiCKORV Ci.J.', in Seneca, containing i?l) acres, with 14-room colo nial home; bot and cold water; sewerage. Will sell entire place Ol' will sell lots. Two Lois, nicely shaded, near School Pudding. Mrs. Deuipie A Adams, Adniiulsl rat riv Estate .J. II. Adams. ?I LE HERE, * _* nods is arriving daily. It * purchased, and by far the -j. ncc. ? )ods is fully assorted and thc weaver's art. 4 is large. Thc models arc . st. 4 vitation to call and sec. ? md Macaroni.) 4? - - * CflFORD. * > *v .V .> v "I* .> .!? -I* ?I? ?I? ?I- v CROMER, A.n ?4. ?J, [>NS AND HARNESS TO THEIR NS, SHOES, HATS, CROCKERY, DWARF AND FARM IMPLE I OW YOU GOODS AND QUOTE INE?A. ITO YOUR TRADE. TO BUY SEVERAL FARMS I want to buy, immediately, a farm of Two Hundred Acres, or more, with improvements, that lies well and in good location. Also, a Farm from Eighty to One Hundred Acres, with improvements. Also, several Tracts from Forty to Fifty Acres, with improvements. Write or call on me at once, giving a full description of your place, if you want to sell, giving price and terms. Frank H. Shirley, Westminster, S. C. EVERYTHING WESELl,. ISTHEBEST * THESE !5 IN HOT'S !M'\V rWK HA TC HBUT liKT i'lO ' H AT CHET Bh UNL' Jt oi/K rt A nib_toU I HEY ARE KYARRA? LED TO GO DEEPER AND CUT BETTER. WE KNOW THAT: AND WANT YOU TO KNOW IT-YOU, YOURSELF. COME IN WITH YOUR AXE TO GRIND AND WE'LL SHOW YOU OUR BEST LINE OF AXES. YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING GOOD IN HARDWARE IN OUR STORE. MATHESON HARDWARE CO. Westminster, 5?. C. * ?I* 4 * .I* * * * I* I* 4* * * 4* * 4* * 4? 4 * * 4? 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