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KEOW?? COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every WedneKdny Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Kates Reasonable. -Ky STECK, SHKLOR & 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 be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, loll. STATE WAUK HOI SE SITUATION. Committee from State Farmers' Un ion Consider Cotton Holding, (Columbia Record.) "Farmers1 Union Day'* was opened Thursday morning by II meeting of the executive committee ol' the Stale Union in the office ol' Hie state secre tary, .1. Whitnor Kohl, in the Hook building, at o'c lock. A meei lng of the warehouse committee will bc brid Thursday evening in thc? oftlcc Of the secretary at 7 o'clock, and the day will be climaxed by the general open meeting of the Union Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the Richland county court house, on Washington st reet. All the members of the committee were present at the meeting Thurs day morning, which opened at o'clock. President li. W. Dabbs. of Sumter, is a member ox-olllcio, as also is Mr. Reid, the secretary. The other members are ll, T. Morrison. McClellansville; Douglas McIntyre, Marion, and A. D. Hudson, New ben y. lt was staled al the conclu sion ol' tho meeting that oily routine malters bad been transacted, and thal nothing of especial interest to the general public had taken place. A meeting of the warehouse com mittee- was to have been held Thurs da> morning, but was postponed un til Mir evening. This committee is composed of seven members, from thc di ff oren I Congersslonal districts of the Stale, and has supervision over thc Farmers' Union Warehouse! Com pany of South Carolina, recently commission by the Secretary of State With a present capital of $200,000. Stock subscriptions are being solic ited for this scheme for cotton stor age, from members of tho Union throughout the Stale, the fi rsl in stallment of which, .'jo per cent, is due on December I, The committee "will look Into the Situation generally, to find what progresa has been made, and what further steps aro to be lake it, etc, The members are, in the order of their districts: ] i. T. Morri son, McClellansville, chairman; Al fi- I fi. ?driel!. Hal ii well; H. Harris. Pendleton; H. F. Keller, Spartan burg; .1 ll. O'Neal Holloway. New berry; W. II. Curry, Uhems. and W. A. sm. key. Kishopville. Double Suicide Agreement. Wooster. Ohio. Nov. 2.- What ap peals to have been execution of a double suicide agreement was discov ered when ihr body of Rufus Hll liard, aged 22 years, was found in the cemetery, an empty strychnine hoi ; le at his side. Discovery of Hilliard's body occur red HOI long alter his Hailee, Miss ('anuru Uuiliphrc.VS, died in convul sions. In a noir boo!- ?a Hilliard's room a letter was found addressed to his motlier, li implored forgiveness and Trad: .'Univ ns together. Hilliard's body was found (yu the lot in which Mi.-s Humphrey's body will lit; buried. For coughing, dryness and tickling in Ci.- throat, hoarseness and all coughs au,', '"dds. lake Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Contains no opi ates. .1. w. Hedi. Hull' oi Children <??u of Selimd. Washington, Nov. j. "One-half of Ibo children of ibo nation are oui of school," aid p I? Claxton, United States Coiumisslniici of Education, to-day. '.one of the greatest prob lems of the ago is i > gel Hie hov s and thc girls in the schools and keep them lhere uni il they secure a fair ed nea lion." "More than four millions and a quarter children have <iuii school after finishing (heir eh.menlar.v edu ca! lon w ho ougli! i v> he in high schools. Another problem wc ?ace is tho hedor training cd teachers for their work. Our high school courses, most of all, need revolutionizing," "Donn's Ointment cured mo of ec zema that had annoyed me a long time. The cu ru was permanent.'V Hon. S. W. Matthews. Commissioner Labor Statistics, Augusta, Maine. ALL COUNTRIES PAY TOLL, Sonto Figures Showing Advance lu Trieos lu Foreign Countries. Washington. D. C., Nov. 3.-Spo clal: That prices have advanced in other parts of Hie world as well as in the United States ts evidenced hy a statement prepared hy the Bureau of Statistics, Department ol' Com merce and Labor, comparing Import prices at the present time with those ot' certain earlier years. The im port ligares of the United States gov ernment represent, under existing law and regulations, the prices of tho articles in question in the whole sale markets of the country from which imported, and a comparison, therefore of tho average Import prices of the prlnclpjll articles Im ported at the present time compared with those of corresponding periods in earlier years Indicates, in some degree at least, the fluctuations in prices in the countries from which these articles are Imported. This comparison of prices is ren dered practicable by reason of the fact that the Bureau of Statistics publishes in its Summary of Com merce and Finance a table showing tin? monthly average import prices of the principal articles brought into tho country, and stale? at the head of the table that "The value of the goods represents their value in the foreign markets." These statements of average Import prices are obtained by comparing quantity with value for the period in question, or in other words, hy dividing the stated quan tity of the article uniter considera tion into the stated value thereof and thus determining the import value per unit of quantity. This table shows, for example, the aver age price of coffee imported In Au gust. 1911, as 11.8c. per pound, against t'?. ic. per pound in August. 1901, a decade ago; India rubber, an average ol' 83.4c. per pound in Au gust. 1 ;> I 1. against 46.9c. per pound In August, 1'MM ; clothing wool, I 22.9c. per pound in August. 1911, against 12c. per pound in August, I !?oi ; combing wool, 33.9c. per pound in August of the present year, against l!?. Sc. in August a decade ago; tlax. $438.05 per ton in Au gust. 1911, against $210.82 in Au gust. 1901; hemp, $210.10. per ton in August of the present year, against $105.01 in August. 1901; tin plates, 3.9c. per pound In August of the cur rent year, against 3c. in the corres ponding moni h a decade ago; tin In bars, blocks, etc., 41.2c. per pound in August, 1911, against 26.5c. In August. 190t; and tea, 18.2c. a pound In August of the current year, against 13.3c. a pound in the cor in the corresponding month a decade ago. Rv en in the single twelve-month period from August. 1910, to Angus'. 1911, a large number of articles show a marked advance in prices. Coffee, for example, which, as al ready indicated, showed an average of ll.Sc. per pound in August, 1911, averaged 7.Sc. per pound in August, 1910; rice imports in August, 1911, avearged ."..li-, per pound, against 2.4c. per pound in August a year earlier; cement. In August, 1911, 38.8c. per hundred pounds, against 28.4c per hundred pounds In Au gust of last year; bananas. 29.8c. per hunch in August of the present year, against 27.6c. per bunch in August. 1910; currants, I.Sc. per pound in August. 1'.i 1 1 , against 3.7c. j per pound in August of last year; tigs, t;.7c. per pound in August. 1911, against .">.:!c. per pound in August a year ago; almonds. I 1.5c. per pound ill Angus) of tho present year, against 10.3c per pound in the cor responding . i nt h ol' 1910; calf skins. 29.2c. per pound in August, 1911, against 24.lc. per pound in August, 1910; till plates, 3.9c. per pound in August of tho current year, against 3c. per pound in August, 1910; olive oil, edible, $1.44 per gal lon in Auvust, Oil, against Sl/J'.i per gallon in August, 1910; black popper. S.L'c. per pound in August. I 9 I I. against 7.3c per pound ill Au gust a year ago; champagne, $15.49 per do/.en quarts in August, 1911, against $14.64 ill August 1910; lill in liars, blocks, etc., I I.2c. per pound | in August ol' tho current year, against 32. I c. in August of the pre vious year; loaf tobacco, suitable for wrappers, 1.1 7 per pound in August of t li is yea r, against !'lc. per pound in August pf last year; cloth ing wool, *..'?_'.!.(.. per pound in August, 19 11, against 21.2c. per pound in Angil.--. 1910; combing wool. 33.9c. per pound in August of the current year, against 30c, per pound in Au gust a year ago; and wool carpets and carpeting, $4.48 per square yard ! In August. 191 I . against 17 in August, 1911. Tills advance in prices, however, does nol extend lo all articles. Ni trate of soda ls materially lower in price than a year ago -$26.55 pel ton in August, I ?I 1 I, against $34.75 per ton in August, 19 10J guano, $12.12 per ton in August, 1911, against $25.79 in August of last year. Coca ls slightly less In aver age import price, 22.2c. per pound in KOKI ll-: KS ION ACT THAUE1>Y. Ijnwyor Shot to Death hy Men Who Hobbed His Home. New Orleans, Nov. t.-Edgar H. Farrar, Jr., son ol' l?dgar H. Farrar, former president of the American Uar Association, was shot and in stantly killed here to-day, when he gave chase to two men who are al leged to have robbed the Farrar home last night. Leon Canton, alias J. C. Holmes, ami Lucien Canton, brothers, aged 23 and 2 1 respective ly, wore captured after an exciting chase Immediately following the shooting, aro hoing held by the po iice, who state that the men confess ed both to the robbery of the Farrar homo and tho killing of young Far ra r. Mr. Farrar was on his way to his olllce in the Hibernia Hank building when two men, at the intersection of Magnolia and Henlston streets, were pointed out to him as the men who broke into tile Farrar home. Mr. Farrar started in pursuiLlhio of tho two men fired at him, ajaras he fell to the street dead both dashed away. A crowd of citizens Immedi ately started in pursuit and mounted policemen joined in the chase. Tho opolus Rodgers, a negro, captured Lucien Canton and Loon was taken in custody by the police a few min nies later. The prisoners were taken before the district attorney, where, accord ing to the police, they confessed to the crime and admitted that they had robbed Farrar's homo. Police visited the Canton .home and found the articles stolen from the Farrar residence. l?dgar H. Farrar, Jr., was 32 years old and had boen married only flvo months. He was a member of the law linn of which his father is tho senior member. Itch relieved in :!0 minutes hy Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by .1. W. Bell, druggist. A HAPPY HOME m ls one where health abounds. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. revivify the torpid LIVER and restore | its natural action. A healthy blood. LIVER mean? pure Pure blood means health. Health means happiness. Take no Substitute. All Druggists. | August. 1911, against 20.7c. per pound In August, 19 10; also cop per, 11.4c. per pound In August, 1911, against 12c. in August. 1,910; pig iron. $27.l!i per ton in Auaflst, 1911, against $34.09 in August of last year; while copper, cotton cloths unbleached, manila, hemp, si sal grass, hides of cattle, raw silk, and lumber show a slight decline in August, 1011, compared with Au gust. 1910. Stops Lameness Sloan's Liniment is n relia ble remedy for any kind of horse lameness. "Will kill the growth of spavin, curb or splint, absorb enlargements, and is excellent for sweeny, fistula and thrush. Here's Proof. " I used Sloan's Liniment on a mule for * hi^h lameness,' and cured her. I am never without a bottlo ol your liniment; have bought more ol it than any other remedy for pains." HAILY KIRBY, Cassady, Ky. "Sloan's Liniment is the best made. I have removed very lai^o shoe boil* off a horse with lt, I bivi: killed a quarter crack on a marc tb it was awfully Iud. I have also healed raw, sore necks on three horses. 1 have lie.lied grease ',Ct:' on a mare that could hardly walk." ANTHONY tl, IMYKK, Oakland, Pa., Route No. i. is good for all farm stock. "My hog? had hog cholera three days before we gol your liniment, which f was advised to try I have used it now for three il tys and my botts are almost well. One hog died before 1 pot the liniment, bul I have not lost any rance." A. J. MCCARTHY, Idavtlle, Ind, Bold by all Dealers, Prico 60c. &o $1.00 rn' Sloan's Book on Hones, Cattlo, Hogs and Poultry sont froo. Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan Boston, Mast. ?J? ?J? ?J-1 ?J? ?|??|??|??|??J??J? ?^??|? lyA lliWl >|wj?? J? ?J. TH IO GHOST .{? V OX RAMSAY'S CIU0I0K. .j<. * - * .J? "It Turned, Hot raced Its Stop?. .{. ?j. * * * My Last Night io ?le ?J? ?j? Lowland." -I ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j. ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?J? ? j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? Editor Keowee Courier: lt would hardly bo necessary to say anything about thc weather. I suppose every body knows about that. Any way these are the kind ol* days when most people have little else to do than to "set" 111 the corner and think ol" days that have passed into the mysterious unknown, or take a poe"*p at the fu ture; and they don't know what that has in store tor them. Then, too, it is an easy matter for us to reverso our thoughts and think of soino'thlngs, or incidents, which occurred months or years ago. I started in writing this to tel' of one of Ibo strangest Incidents which ever occurred to me. From every outward circumstance ll looks liken "haunt story," and lt happened when I was a boy ol' about l? years. I shall explain every incident relative to it as plainly as 1 can so the reader can get a fair idea ol' what hap pened. About a century ago my grand lather Dickson purchased several hundred acres ol' land here on Hani say's Crook. He built and lived in a little pole cabin upon the hill on thc west side of the creek. Then, in later lite, or about 7f> years ago, lu decided to build a big log house ll the upper corner of the bottom. Jusi on the opposite side of the creel* from where he then lived. The hes heart pine trees in the nelghborhooc were hewn down and used in makin] the walls of this house, lt was hull on a parallel from east to west ant covered a space of ground about r>i feet in length by 2f> feet in width There were only two rooms in th house. The west room was know; as the kitchen, while the one tower tile east was known as "the bi house." There was also a ten-foe open hallway, or entry, betwec these rooms. A cou ide of big roc chimneys had been built-one n each end of the house -and thel wide fireplaces proved a great con lori during Ibo winter months. Hov ever, it was not healthy to live dow near the creek. Once or twice over member of Hie family was down wit the grip at the same time. For th cause my father determined to bull a new house up on the hill a fe hundred yards from this place, an before the new house was more ilia hall llnished we moved out. The the kitchen chimney, together wit the floor and overhead planks fro* the room, were removed to furn is material for the new house. M eldest sister, with her husband ail family, now moved in and occuplc the remaining part of the old hons It was about this time that son things began to happen that no 01 could fully explain. It was in Hie logs in Hie nort west corner of the old kitchen, ai on a love, with the sleepers, wbe the floor had been, that the nol cou d be heard. It sounded lil light strokes from a hammer at could be heard at all hours of ( night, lt was as regular as a clo and did not vary any. lt would gi a couple ol' light taps every eighte seconds until daylight, and tb cease until dark on the folio ?vi night. This was kept up for lour live years, when the house was I moved. Nothing like rats or chic ens was responsible for this. A pi son could get within a few inches where the noise was. ami it seem to jar in Hie logs. .My sister's husband was aw .'rom home most ol' the time. H wanted one ol" tis "lesser ones" spend each night with her and t children. This just suited me cause I wanted to play with the bo Before bed-time we would go aron and ask the old "liant" what wanted. Haler on some one gave me a fe lah idea. I was mid that if I wo bow on my knees and ask it what wanted thal il would give me a chi full of gold, or at least impart so valuable information lo nie. I li this method, lon did not enjoy i self SO well as some might he led believe. Before going io bed one nigh asked il several limes (on my kne what il wanted. \'o reply came copi the couple of light taps. e\ IS seconds, as usual. We talked some lillie time a going to bed, and then nil w asleep except myself. Due mit succeeded another, and hour a hour passed away. H von the ci els which came lori h upon hearth to chirp their little songs long since returned to their ho in tho chimney corner. lOvorytl appeared to be as silent and ( and lonely as the grave itself. "Listen! What was thal?" asked myself. Aie my own oars lng to deceive me? After 11 stol again i knew they were nol. strange being had now started f those; quarters where the knocl had boen. Very slowly, and seemingly willi a great deal of labor, lt began cross ing Ibu old sleepers, ono by ono. All the while it was making a drive for the door, which was at tho hoad of my bed. At last, when the sleepers] had all been crossed, it climbed upon and came trudging across the entry lloor and stood just outside the door from me. Its moving across the (Mi try door sounded exactly like a very old man who was wearing a pair of coarse shoos. After walting a few seconds, as If it didn't know what to do, it then dealt a terrille blow upon tho door. lt sounded precisely like a pair of heavy brass knocks wield ed by a powerful arm. Elven the old door, massive as it was, seemed to quake and tremble tn the presence of 1 this monster. No doubt a groat many people re member having been scared until they turned sick, and every member of their body was numb and help less. It was even so with me. I then asked myself if I was able, and would lt be a good idea for nie lo dart out at tho east door and attempt to run home in the darkness? Xever, never, a second thought told nie. Why. if I should undertake anything like thal "it" would "ketch mo" before 1 could gel hall way across tho yard. "ll" struck tho door yet four or five times, and each lick sounded as if it would knock the poor old door into splinters. I was almost deaf ened by the noise. Well, reader, do you think you would have been anxious to "lindo (ho latch" had you been in my placo? I don't think yon would. "lt" turned about and retraced its Steps, as il had come, while I was spending my last night in the low land. W. ?. Dickson. J. E. Parker, 2021 Tenth street, Fort Smith, Ark., says that he had taken many kinds of kidney medi cine, but did not get better until he took Foley Kidney Pills. No matter how long you have had kidney trou- j hie, you will find quick and perma nent beneilt by the use of Foley Kld noy Pills. Start taking thom now. J. W. Bell. - Fire destroyed several stores in the bli' MOSS section ol' Laurens early last Friday morning. Loss about $.">(), OOO. 'J : ? . .. . PPIC?25 NOAH'S LINIMENT give and Muscle Aches and Pc other remedy known, triple strength and a pi PAIN REMEDY. Sold b ?..jo per bottle and mone WHAT OT1 Cured of Rheumatism "I lind l)?'on snllcrlm: with rheumatism for thieu yenni, I In vc been II M!HM Noah's Lini ment, anti will say timi lt cured ino com pletely, Can walk better than Ihnvolntwo years.' Hov. S. K. Cyrus, Donald, S. C " For Cuts and Druiacn "While working at my trade (Iron work) T get bruised and cut frequently ,and I find timi Noah'i Liniment takes all the soreness oui und heals tho wound Immediately, Edward Ryan, Bwansboro, Va." r Rheumatism in Neck "I received the lx>ttleof Noah's Liniinont, and think lt has helped mo greatly. I have rheumatism In my neck and lt relieved lt right much. Mrs. Marlha A. Lambert, Hea ver Dani, Va." Pnlnn in the Back " I suffered ten year? with a dreadfully Boro pain In my hack, and tried different re medies. Less than half a bottle of Noah's I .in?mont made a norfeet euro. Mrs. Hov. J. I). Ullllngaloy, Point Bastera, Va." For Sale by J. W. BELL, WALU Never need repair? -Inexpensive-Stormproof -Will last AS long ns the building, put on over twenty years ago are as good a? For further detailed information *pply to ?ll'AN?t 8liNKOA, S. ?J. I'rank M. Calvo Dead. (Tho Stnto, Nov. 2.) Frank M. Calvo diod yesterday at his homo in this eily, alter an illness of two years. Mr. Calvo was tho son of Charles A. Calvo. Jr., at ono time editor of the Columbia Register. For fourteen years Mr. Calvo was a lino type operator on the St. Louis Qlobe Democrat, and was very prominent in union circles. He is survived by his mother. Mrs. C. A. Calvo, Jr., seven brothers and two sisters. At Cost. I am closing out my entire line of Clothing, Men's Shoes and Ladies' Oxfords, at or below cost. ?* M. S. STRIBLING, Westminster, S. C. Four Killed by Train. Paris, Ky., Nov. 2.-While cross ing the Louisville & Nashville rail road nt Houston'., Crossing, In Bour bon county, this afternoon, Miss Lena Hughs, her sister, Mrs. Barton Harp, and her two children. Ruth and Wil liam, aged years and "> mouths, re spectively, wore struck by a fa-1 train and instantly killed. a relief for all Nerve, Bone tins more quickly than any IT PENETRATES-It is owerful, speedy and sure y all dealers in medicine at y back if not satisfactory H?ERS SAY! Cured of Neuralgin "For live yours I sufTored with neuralgin nuil ililli; In shle. Could not sleep. I tried Noah's Liniment, nm! tho first II pollen Hon mudo mc fool heller. Mrs. M H rt Im A. Soo. Richmond,VA " Stiff Joints and Backaches "I hftVO used NOMII'A Liniment for rhoil mutism, stllT Joints mid bnckncho, und I cnn imy ll did nie more good then any pain reme dy. Hov Qcorgo w. smith, Abbovllo, H. c." Bronchitis and Asthma "My non hus hoon Bullering with bronchitis find asthma und a very had cough. Was confined to his bcd. Homo ono recommended Nonh's Liniment, mid I nibbed his ehest and hack with lt and gave him six dropson sugar, and ho was relieved Immediately. Mrs. A. L. Whittaker, 618 Holly Ht root, Iliehinond.Va." Detter Than $S.OO Remedies "We h A vo obtained na good If not helter ro MiltH from Nosh's Liniment than wo did from remedies costing $r,.oo per hot t in. Norfolk find Portsmouth Transfer Co., Norfolk, Va." ALLA; \V. J. LU NN KY, SION MIA.