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"THAT old, reliab public, except Model T Commerc same Model T Cha shield. Gas Lamps, If this were the annou might bc skeptical of the car's n best known car on earth. Mor of thc world than there arc of a This is the fifth season c reliability has been proven by 8C Think how that car has been t hard service. Ford owners in tell you to-day that their Mode TIIIC BLUE AMI (?HAY REUNION. Interesting Letter i>y On? Who At tended and Enjoyed. Editor Keoweo Courier: Taking advantage ol* the cheap rates offered to Memphis, Tenn., and return, tho occasion being the reunion of the Hine lind Cray, my w. ?d I started from Westminster September 23d. On account of a head-end collision on Peachtree trestle we were delayed some four hours or more, arriving In Atlanta sufficiently hungry to enjoy our breakfast. We spent the remain ing part of the day sight-seeing and resting, leaving Atlanta at it o'clock, Central time, for Memphis. We pro cured berths In a sleeping car and immediately went to bed. and woke up at 6 o'clock next morning in Nash ville. What progress the world is making! To think that one can go to hod in Atlanta and wake up in Nashville, hundreds of miles tipari, oblivious of time and distance, dash ing through the country, over rivers, through towns and cities at a speed of forty miles an hour, the rocking of tho train lulling one Into forgetful ness and dreams as pleasant as if at home. The ride through Middle Tonnes-| see was pleasant, the scenery pictur esque, but I was not impressed with that section of thc country-loo many rocks in the way to make farm ing pleasant and enjoyable, The towns generally were small and to mc appeared lacking in growth and progress. Creal Vegetable Section. We changed cars ai MeKlnsev from the N., c. & st. L. i.? i he L. & X. That is where I would ca!! (he begin ning of West Tennessee, Ero m Ibero ?MI lo Memphis is a line section ol' conn; ry. We slopped off at Milan. Tenn., Ibo crossing of tin' L, & N. and tli?- I. C., some ninety miles from Memphis, and spent several days very pleasantly visiting friends and rela tives. Thal part of Tennessee we found rici! and fertile, (lie lands level and easily cultivated, the people pros perous and contented. On . thing that struck me most forcibly was the number of small farms and nice lit tle cottages, all painted white, with well kept yards, from ten to thirty acres being considered a good farm. Gibson county is considered the finest tomato section in the United States, and on all those little farms they ^row tomatoes, strawberries and other vegetables, cotton and corn be in^ their secondary crops. Not Ilia! il does not pay to grow cotton and (oin. but there is more money in other things, tomatoes usually net ting from three to Ibo hundred dol lars per acre, and strawberries the same. Al all the depots in that sec tion you see large sheds built near t!ie depot, on the sitie of the railroad track, where tlie tomatoes and other fruits are sniU| .ed and sold, just like we sell codon here. The buyers from Chicago, Cincinnati and other large cities stand under t hose sheds ami buy and pay for any and every thing that man can eal. and load and ship bj the car load. Tho land ls rich and will make a h. le or more of cotton piT acre without any ferti lizer, and half worked, as wo work cotton here, and oom does equally as well. Tho country I was in was all fenced, and on every farm could be seen stock ol' all kinds, especially hogs, i don't think 1 ever saw as many fine hogs. They don't have lo relj on one crop as we do here. They have something to sell all thc ti. All seemed to have money, and are more oil an equality iban we are here. The people are honest, whole hearted, friendly, hospitable and kind. lint still I do not want to live there. I would not swap our numb and rugged hillsides for their rich and fertile lovel lands. There is no! enough water there for me. On every firm could be seen a lode dug In tho ground that caught thc rain water for thc Stock. They would stand in it. churn ii np until our red <lay mud boles looked nico compared to them; the creeks looked like they were too lazy to move and too nasty for anything to live in; mosquitoes and gnats, horseflies and chills can bo found in many places. Tho well water, where the wells are properly (lug, ls very good. All that section of country ls fine and desirable lo live in. yet you lind a groat many things like they are here especially tho public roads. Will thc country never learn how to work and make good roads? On many of the roads over which I traveled I lade in -What le 4-cylinder, 5~pa for a few refinem* :ial Roadster for $5 issis for $700, Th? Generator and Spe nccmcnt of a new model you ?erits, but Ford Model T is the e of them are on the highways ny other motor car. >f the Model T and its absolute ),000 satisfied Model T owners, ried and tested in four years of every quarter of the globe will 1 T Cars are reliable in every found it dangerous to drive too fast, especially In tito night time. The Hine and the dray. After spending several days pleas antly at this place wo hoarded the train for Memphis In time to be at the reunion of the niue and Gray. This was a grand time, one never to he forgotten. One was indeed re minded that the war was at an end The Mine and the Gray ate and drank together and talked and told war reminiscences all day long, lt was a grand time, and the forerunner of many more just like it. The most important action taken was the endorsement of a peace jubi lee and a general reunion ol' all Civil War veterans, to be held in Washing ton in 1913. 1 hope 1 may live tobe there. Memphis was proud of her guests, and the mayor, In making his speech of welcome, told the veteran soldiers to eat, drink and be merry and have a good time and not be afraid, as the policemen were all blind. (Be it said to the honor of the Blue and the Cray, I never saw one that had drank too much.) Great arches spanned the wide streets, which were decorat ed in red, white and blue as far as one could see, north and south, east and west. Pla gs were seen every where- Cition flags and Confederate (lags, big flags and little flags, old flags and new Hags, battle-scarred Hags, old and tattered. Bunting and drapery bedecked the many sky scrapers and every automobile. The whole people seemed jubilant. After the business meeting all repaired to Hast Bark, where the grandest barbe cue I ev.', saw awaited them. There they ate and drank until they could eal no more, happy and contented. Speech-making was now the order of the day. and well did tho Blue and Gray vie with each other in speaking of the war. No unkind word was said thal I could bear all was peace and good cheer. Sitte hy Side They Mari lied. That night the veterans of tin? Mine and Cray marched side by side through the si reels of Memphis to the strains of fife and drum, follow ed by the Sons ol' Veterans and the grand-sons of veterans. You ought to have seen those kids. In them and through them will the last ves tige ol' the war be wiped out and for gotten. Other organizations and mounted police followed in this grand parade. In honor of these veteran men I did not mandi, being too tired and worn-out from the day's exer tions, but the main reason being I wanted to see this grand demonstra tion. So, in comp.my with au old Tennessee veteran, we stationed our selves on Main street, where we could see il all. Spectators lined the wide streets as far as one could see, and cheered and hollered as this vast pa rade was passing by. I counted twen ty bands of music 111 that grand pro cession thal night, each trying lo drown i be noise and fuss made by that throng ot' people stationed all along. II was a grand lime, and Memphis did ber part well. I am glad I went; glad I saw thai grand city on the banks of the mighty Mis sissippi river, whose waters are a liv Ing mart of trade. Cotton upon col ton lines its water's edge. | know I never saw as mindi colton in all my lifo before. Memphis is a (? ra lld City, and to mo the most pleasant one I ever was in. Ilighi in the center of the city is Conn Simare, a beautiful park, thick with magnolia and other beautiful trees, with its fountain and basin of water stocked willi all kinds ol beautiful Tish, with ?is many drink ing stands, where one can slake his thirst al any limo. There ls a greal pavilion, where sweet music is ren dered all the lime, with its paved walks and comfortable seats, and idols of evergreen grass squirrels everywhere, sleek and fal and not afraid; the place beautifully lighted with electricity. Here one can go and rest and wail for paned com pany and bo liol afraid some burly policeman will say, "You bad belier move mi." Itivcrside Park is close-in and well kept, abounding In Howers and ever greens, Overlooking the grand Ca ther of Waters, one can sit and enjoy tho fresh and constant breezes wafted inland and cooled by this mighty sea. I think there is more public com fort shown in Memphis than any city I was ever in; yet, in an article like this, it is impossible to even give a lain! idea Of what one sees. lt was a big time; the Three States' Fttil'was on and in full blast; the city was teeming with visitors, and the city parado was almost equal to the vide -ONE-THIR America a Valuable Mei ssenger Model T 1 ents, put on the m; 90. The Model Tr sse prices include fi edometer. Is there emergency and of surprising el and all conditions. After all of have traveled, everybody knows And that's the same ste: J 912-75,000 of them-with ad it even more convenient and val the largely increased productior buying and making, the price reduced. SAVANNAH ll IV 10 H POWFR SOM?. - i Gigantic Concern Formed-Amount i Involved SI,550,000. Anderson, Oct. 25.-The sale of the Savannah River Power Company of Anderson to tho Georgia Railway and Power Company of Atlanta, which was consummated to-day. marks one of the highest business deals that has ever been made in the Piedmont sec tion of South Carolina. The amount involved is $1,550,000. The Savait- j uah River Power Company was or ganized several years ago with a cap ital stock of $1.000.000; it acquired Gregg Shoals and Cherokee Shoals. , on the Savannah river. With a bond issue of $550,000 Gregg Shoals was ( developed, producing '1,000 electrical , horse-power. This power is being , distributed hy contract to the cities of Greenwood and Abbeville, and to the Anderson Traction Company, the ( Townsend Twine Mill and the Cox | Manufacturing Company, of Ander- , son. i Cherokee Falls lias never been de- . voloped; the company had made ar- ? rangements to develop the falls three j or four years ago, hut the money ? panic came and called a halt on the , plans. The falls has a normal capac- , itv of ten thousand horse-power, but | electrical engineers say that the ca- ( I pacify can be speeded up to 30,000 1 horse-power by constructing a very high dam and by using the very best , machinery available. . Charles Magee, President. i The company has elected officers, and Charles Magee, of Toronto, Can- ' ada, is president. Purposes Building Town. : When the land for tho water shed at Cherokee Falls was bought up by tho Savannah River Power Company several thousand acres of farming la ml were also purchased. The Geor- ' gia company has decided to develop . all of this land not needed for the water sited and to bring in a large : number of farmers to cultivate it. An ofort will bo made to found a town nearby. The price paid by tho Geor- \ gia company for the Savannah River Power Company has not been given out to the public, lt ls thought to be ( over a million dollars. rans" demonstration, lt is wonderful I to see what all it takes to run and ; care for a big city like this. The city 1 parade was far superior and more in- I forest lng to me than any circus dis- I play I ever saw. ? The Return Home. As we all have to do some time, we bade Memphis a pleasant adieu ' and started for home. Stopping over lu Chattanooga we visited Chicks- ! manga Park and Missionary Ridge, viewing its battle-scarred fields and monuments reared to the honored dead; and Lookout Mountain, made historic for all time, overlooking the ' city and iis valley.; and mountains, ! where many a man lost his lite in de fense of what be thought was right and duty bound him to do. Those scenes are grand .and beautiful, and one would never grow tired of look ing nt them If he were not reminded at every turn that, death, carnage and destruction once stalked in ail that country. I was glad when I Icfl there too many signs of death, and war, and devastation; too many white ' tombstones, marking the graves ol* Ibo unknown dead. Rut still Chat tanooga Is a line city, beautifully laid off, and some day will be noted for its fine streets and perfect driveways. I traveled o\er one ol* the most per fect country roads I ever saw. Just outside the city limits, connecting the city with the government roads. The government owns .and keeps tip a hundred and ninety miles of road in Chicknmnugu Park. Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Why not tho government make and keep up all rural mail roads? Poad build ing is becoming a national issue, and I would like for some ono lo falber this move to make all rural loads na tional highways. We gol back home safe and glad to meet loved ones and friends. Yours, etc.. : A. Zimmerman. Westminster, s. c. ( toughing ut Night means loss of sleep, which is bad for every one. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound slops thc cough at once, relieves the tickling and dry ll CSS 111 tho throat and heals the inflamed membranes. Prevents a cold (level- i oping Into bronchitis or pneumonia. < Keep always in the house. Refuse ' .substitutes. J. W. Hell. IS VtJL JLAJLg Vaii villVXiM arket now for $69 rown Car for $900. ill equipment: Ext any wonder that ificiency and utility under any the millions of miles those cars j the Ford Model T is right, rling car that is being built for ded features which go to make uable for users. By reason of l, with consequent economy in i for 19 ? 2 has been largely THU ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Kolay Knee Humors Sol Hight-New Ollk'crs KIcetod. (Too Late for hast Week.) Seneca, Oet. 2 1.-Special: The Oconee County Oratorical and Ath letic Association convened at West minster on Saturday, October 21st. W. C. Taylor, president, called the meeting to order. Business was dis pensed with and the association elect ad officers for next ensuing year as follows: IL W. Casque, Walhalla, i>resident; G. M. Barnett. Richland, vice president, and M. 10. Brockman, Seneca, sec re ta ry-treasurer. It was decided to hold the next county oratorical contest in the audi torium of the Westminster school, und to hold the county track meet at Seneca. After this year, where a student fails to make his grade, he will not l>e permitted to take part in any of the athletic features of the associa tion, such as relay races, track team ind base hall, lt will he seen that this move is far-reaching. It will prevent the entrance of a hoy simply for an opportunity to get on the track team or relay team. To be an all round, developed young man should be the aim of every hoy within our Eounty. lt was suggested that each princi pal get the pulse of his school and leam on a school exhibit for next spring. This would show still an >ther side to our school work. It would certainly encourage neat work >n tho pari of pupils and teachers llike. The plan is to have each ichool furnish an exhibit, with every thing in il gotten up hy the pupils ind teachers. Let us think about il md at the next meeting of the asso ciation be prepared to adopt tangible l>lans. Concerning the recent relay race between Westminster and Seneca, drong rumors gol into circulation that the Westminster runners were not all bona fide students of the ;choo] at the timo of tho race. As the rivalry between these two towns is very (dose these rumors became mr rent topic, and on their face seem ed to bo true, lipon careful investi gation we find that all the runners >n the Westminster team were enti tled, according to the rules of the as sociation, to be on the team, there Doing no age limit in the by-laws of ?he association. To show that tho runners are all bona fide students, ind that no foul play was indulged In i)y either school, the two superintend ants of each school have agreed to publish a list of the runners In the race and the number of days each runner was in school before the raci The following is a list of the runners given over the signature of each sn lierintendent: Westminster Team-Homer Brea ?ealo, pr?sout every day; C. J). .Mar ult, present every day; Bonnie Ab bott, present every day; Carse Mar Blt, missed three days; Gcorgo Mc Donald, entered on .Monday of fourth week, present every day until race Will Dillard, missed one day; Waller llagsdnlo, missed one day; lt benia Puckett, present every day; C. L Poster, present every day; J. M. Sin glelon, present every day; Joe King present every day; Lee Haley, pres Bill every day; Brunis Alexander, on Icrod Monday of third week; Hew loy Mitchell, missed one day. Seneca Team ICdward Veiner present every day after fi rsi week John Brock, present every day; (?us Kribble, present every day; McCnnts Adams, entered third Monday; Wel don 131 rod, present every day; Luke Veiner, present every day; J. W Strihling, present every day; Karlo McMnhan, present every day; Clifton fjox, present every day; .lt.Hus Shauk llll, present every day except throe, kepi oui on account of diphtheria in home; Thornley Cary, present ('very day; ('harley Byrd, present every day; Sterling Ml rod, present every day; Will Harbin, present every day. The misunderstanding has done good in thal it will make us all more careful hereafter. li was mutually agreed In the meeting on Saturday hal each superintendent make known the number of days each possible en trant had been in school Indore the race so that no misunderstanding might arise. We wain other schools 111 the conn ty to enter tho association. When WO say Ibis it moans every school that is interested enough to write and make application, for thal is about ill that is necessary in order to be .onie a member. Make your applica lion to M. IC, Brockman, Secretary Treasurer, Seneca, S. C. will forld ! - nged during its foi O-equipped to th And a new Dein ension Top, Autoi When Ford speaks We are now ready to < Dealers for 1912 business. Jno. I. DISTRIBUTE G reen woe FIVE. HUNDI SOUTH GEORGI FOR SALE! Within three milos ol' tho South Georgia College; fine Bermuda acres under American wiro fence; and grafted paper shell pecan trees buildings new and all in good condi farm houses; fronts three-quarters county, and touched by Seaboard Air place; school and church on boundary cash and balance on terms. Will also with this property, If buyer desires. This ls owned by me Individ have much other business to look heritnnce. This place is located in the habited mostly by South Carolina want lt, as no such place can be South (?eorgla with anything like This property adjoins a farm ter, R. P. D., Seneca, S. C. GEO. II. HARRIS, TH ERK IS MUCH IX A NAME. In Spite ol' Recent "Reforms,'1 Eoot Ball is Still Brutal. Editor Keowoe Courier: There ls certainly much in a name. Call lt roo! ball and ministers of the Cospel, ladies and church members attend. Sall it a prize light and ll ls consid ered proper only for sporting gentry md roughs to be present, and most )f the States have enacted laws pro hibiting it. Nevertheless, according to si at is les, the former is the more dcadl) md brutal spoil of the two. During my life I have heard ol' only three or four persons being killed in prize lights, and in each instance the pa llors stated that tito matter would be investigated by the grand jury. In bree years ( 1 tiOS-P-1 n ) L'SN persons ?vere killed and seriously injured Ahilo playing foot ball, of which lumber the deaths amounted to GO. In IO?0, after some reforms were found necessary, the causes of death .vero: Body blows 1, injuries to iplne I, concussion of brain 7, blood poisoning 2, other causes 3; total Killed 14. Seriously injured amount ed to 40. The reason assigned for the recent [lefeal of Clemson-namely, that the victorious team was twelve pounds to the man heavier-sounds more like a slugging match than a game in which (as originally played) skill ?ind activity were the requisites, V. KV .Martin. Belmont, Oct. 2 1, ION. Suit Involving Dog's Head. Oreen ville, Oct. 21.-Praying judg ment in tho sum of $2,000, summons and complaint in an action against tho Southern Express Company was filed this morning in the ellice of tho Clerk of Court of Greenville county, for W. W. Miller, of this city. Tlie complain! alleges that the defendant, corporation, through negligence, carelessness, recklessness, wilfulness ?ind wantonness, failed lo deliver to Dr. K. A. Coward, director of labora tory of the State board ol' heall li, tho bend Of a dog. supposed lo have had hydrophobia, which bit two children DI' thc plaintiff. The head was sent Lo thc director for examination for hydrophobia, so the plaintiff would know whether or not his children were in danger from the bite of the mimai. The pla':.tiff alleges that the don's hoad V. as not delivered to I )r. Coward until two days aller il should have 1)0011 delivered, and thal when the di rector received the head it was so de composed that examination was im possible, entailing upon the plaintiff leavy expenses for medicines, nursing mil caro, which sums would not have been expended had Hu? examination :?f the don's head been made, for it was learned after the danger period for hydrophobia had passed that the [log was not infected. The ease ls one :>f the most unusual ever brought in Hie courts of this county, and prom ises to he of considerable interest when brought to t rial. Curd ?d' Thanks. Editor Courier: Will you kindly illow us space in your valuable pa per to I hank all of our friends and neighbors for tho kindness shown ns during the last illness and death if our bool ved husband and father W. li. McDonald'.' Mai tho Lord ?reserve each and every one of thom into his heavenly kingdom. Mrs. M. 10. McDonald and Children ur years before the Le last detail. The /ery Wagon ot* the natic Bras? \^fnd the Wo^l? U???eins.,,, :lose contracts with Agents and Chipley, NG DEALER, >d, So. Ca. RED ACRES A FARM LANDS In Tel foil* Ooxxn ty, Georgia^ court house, and within sight of tho pasture; two, good springs; 280 12?"I acres in cultivation; r>oo budded planted last winter; most of the lion, and of better than usual class of ol* a mile on best publie road In the Line Railroad on other side of the Uno; price $2f> per acre, one-third sell some tine slock and implements itally, and ls to he sold because I after, and acquired lt recently by in Welcome community, which is in people. Write me at once if you bought at the price anywhere in its advantages. recently purchased hy Mr. A. L. Pos MoRAlO, GEORGIA. Resolutions of Respect. Whereas, an all-wise God has re moved from us our sister, Mrs. Pope (Shell, therefore be lt Resolved, That in her death Boa verdam Missionary Society has sus tained a great loss. Resolved, That her example is wor thy of emulation, and whilst lament ing her untimely going away, we humbly submit to the will of God, confiding In tho wisdom of bis dis pensations, assured that as our sister peacefully fell asleep her gentle spirit was wafted to tho realms of eternal bliss, and there reunited with loved ones gone before". Resolved, That a copy Of these resolutions bc furnished the family, also the county paper and Baptist Courier for publication. Mrs. W. lt. Davis. Mrs. IO. P, Callahan!, Committee. Itch relieved in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by J. W. Bell, druggist. Age cherishes as many illusions about the past as youth about the future. CHANGE IN WOMAN'S _LIFE Made Safe by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Granitoville, Vt. - "I was passing through the Change, of Li fe and suffered i r o in nervousness and other annoying symptoms, tina I can truly say that Lydia IS. 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