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&EOWEE COURIER (ESTARMSIIED 18-10.) Published livery Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Anmitii. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -"y KTK?K, SHEI.OR A SOU KO DER. X _ Conimttnlcntions of a personal char acter charged for aa advertise ments. Obituary notices ind tributes of re spect, of no* over OIK; hundred words, will I)?' printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid tor at tie? rate of ono cen I a word. Gash to accompany manuscript. WAMI AM/A, K. O.: WEDNESDAY, I-'KRRUARY 7, 1012. THE ROOK III?.I, PLAN. We publish this week again tho ?;(l Hill ti in full, and lo (his is added some very interesting matters (hat wert; liol before given out. Our larmer friends should, we (bini;, give careful consideration io Ibis plan, lt ci II t ?t i ns Ibo moans of salvation to iii? South -tho curtailing of the acreage planted in cotton. During (Iiis month o ve ry farmer in Oconeo will he visited by men se lected 1? canvass the county to take pledges for the reduction of cotton acreage, and it is to bo hoped that there will not be one who will refuse to agree lo cul down the acreage he has been planting lu cotton. And when that pledge ls made, stick to lt. Don't bother about what your neigh bor is going to do. Do the square and honest thing yourself, and leave your neighbor's conduct to his con science. This tpiest ion of acreage reduction is but a question of self-help. lt means your salvation. Diversifica tion of crops is the end that will be accomplished by carrying out the plan, and diversification ls what, the i South needs, We have been depend ing upon one thing too long already so long that cotton is liol only ; "king."' hui tho Southern farmer has become a slave to this tyrant. We ot the South have got to de clare our independence of cotton be fore we can have anything like Inde pendence anioi.g tiloso who follow agriculture as a business. When the canvassers for the Rock Hill Plan ! i us 1 ll villi '.vii who* ? . : . your pledge will tell io me ?.,?1...... where you stand. ll is to be hoped Hint tin? signature of every cotton p'anter in Oconee will be found on the pledge blanks. ! We cannot soe how any larmer who 1 really thinks for h i'm sc If ("an do otherwise than pledge a substantial reduction. Surely the experiences of the pnsl lon years in cotton growing are suflllconl lo convince any man j thal we have for years been working our own undoing hy giving too much attention to cotton and loo little to oilier crops. We believe the Rock Hill plan. If carried out. viii result in untold ben efit to every Southern farmer. SLEEPING DYER HIS RIGHTS. Recently our Richland correspond ent expressed the hope Dial the edi tor of tho Tugaloo Tribune would "gel a helpmeet and ho able to say wi''." To which our friend Gossett replies: "The Tribunte wishes it could pul it 'we' in the sense the Richland writer suggests." All of which would be very well and to the point, indicating that Gus Gossett has don.* his pari and failed in malters matrimonial. Rut listen. Ill the same column containing the comment or should wo say la ment? ol' our friend, wo find tho following: '.Three ladies called at tho Tribune office one day last week, and as they took their departure ono of I hom smiled and said. ' 'Tis leap year, you know' " Well, what do you know about i hat " Does Hie editor of the Tribune ex pert some fair one to come to lils office with a bludgeon, crack him over the "snoot" and carry him cap live to her east le" "R> my halidon)." Gustavus, this is not the custom nf to-day. That fair one caine as ..ear practicing the old Mme custom, however, as present day modes and methods permit when she suggested, as you yourself re port . " 'Tis leap year, you know ! " Really you should learn to take a hint. Thc days of knock-down-and ?1 rag-out methods of securing a hus band aie past and gone. Wake up to the more modern met boils, friend, and when the next fair one comes to your simp anti .even intimates that it is leap year, show her that you aro wise in your own generation- and grab her. If Mr. Wilson should be placed at the head of navigation on the Demo cratic boat, do you really think be Woodrow ? On tho 22d of thia month. The Manufacturers' Record wilt cel? bralo Hit; thlrleth anniversary or Us birthday, and under the tltlo of "Thirty years ol' Southern Upbuild ing," the South's material Interests -past, present and future will ho fully covered. 'This Issue ol' tho Manufacturers' Record will he well worth securing and preserving, lt will contain much that will boot vital lutero?! to every ono who is Inter* ested lu what the South has done, ls doing and what is in store for her in tiie future. Wc direct attention to the article on the second pago ol' this lssu?, "How Some Oconeo Corn Club Roys .Made Their Crops." Tills article is Important in a two-fold sense: lt tells how these crops wert; made - what, was done, and how and when it was done. My studying the methods we may lin.I when; they were suc cessful and also where they proved faull.v. That is what we need lo do find out I he best methods and suit them to our different soils. To tho boys of the Oconeo Corn Club for 1912 wo suggest thal they preserve these crop records for reference, for study. Tho Atlanta Georgian has changed hands, William Randolph Hearst hav ing purchased tho plant and business of that paper. The ronner publisher, K. L. Seeley, of St. Coals, has made of the Georgian one of tho greatest dailies of the South -ono whose use fulness will long survive. Tho work accomplished by the Georgian under the management of Mr. Seeley has been of untold value not only to the South, but to the country at large. 'He set. a high standard for tho daily press of the country, and the name Of F L. Seeley will stand for all that ls highest and best In the field of newspaper work tor years to come. We can bui regret that he has relin quished his work iii connection with the Georgian. His successor, how ever, advocates the same principles that have ever dominated him, and it ?.an bo safely predicted that the paper will continue t'lto work that has been so well begun. "Tn Thine Own Self Me True." ( Laurens Advertiser, i Do not listen to the argument that the other fellows are not going to fellow? hi ll tre<iehei\nii( ?? i!ic .ii.-/-.l. iii? in?1 their j i ? ? ? ? ? i . . ery, conon h">-" profit that you would not have made had you not, with the others true to tiie cause, curtailed. And then, If you do not make the profit on cotton that the other fellow does, you make it on other products. If the farmers would come to realize this, no organ ization would be necessary. Why Mounted Polieo '.' I notice Senator Karie and Repre sentative Harris have introduced a hill for mounted police in Oconeo county. And for what purpose? ls there need for extra police in Oconeo county? Why pay out near $2,000 for ser vices our efficient sheriff und bis dep uties are doing well, ls it not a re flection upon the moral atmosphere of the county? Docs it not. virtually say thal lawlessness, violence, blood shed, riot, arson, etc.. rule the coun ty, and that the execution of the law ls a failure? The asking for such a law is a re lied ion upon thc peace and dignity of i he county. If the gentlemen want to impress their usefulness, as experts in intro ducing bills, it would bo well for them to remember the fate, last year, of the county government bill. A farmer. Westminster, lt. V. 1)., Fob. ft. , Items from Over on Chunga. Changa. Pcb. ft.--Special: J. E. Burnside sustained painful Injuries by an accident while working al Thomas Roach's saw mill, getting Iiis fool badly mashed. He is doing very well al present. Our school is progressing nicely under the care of Miss Delia Phil lips. C. W. Lyle is moving his saw mill to tho farm of W. H. Lee. ?I, lt. Sullies lias just completed a nico cottage residence on his farm, and he is also adding two rooms to his dwelling, which will Improve its appearance very much. J. L. ("ox gave an old-time work ing-a barn-raising- recently. About twenty of his friends and neighbors responded to the call with axes and other tools. They raised his barn from tho ground up, hewing the tim ber as they went. As to rations, they were there In abundance, and of the very best, prepared by Mrs. Cox and her daughter. After partaking of two hearty meals tho workers bade each other good-hyo and departed homeward, wishing that such occa ?lona might como oftener. / PLANNING FOU TUB NKXT CROP. Diversification is the Salvation of tho Southern Fanner. Walhalla, Feh. r>.-Editor Keoweo 'oui.cr: I want to thank you and your force for your kindness ly the past in assisting us in our efforts to open tho eyes of the blind as to pro gress in agriculture. As wo view tho present outlook for 10 12, Hist of all consider who you an- and what you are, and your ability to butt against the world. Think! Think! Do not depend on the other fellow's thinking, for it is not to your interest, but against you. Continue lo hold that cotton. This spurt in the market means that some contractor has a contract that must be Ulled; hut as soon as tho pinch came here comes the cotton -the farmer, banker, lawyer and nearly every one else came in with their cot ton. In tho Spanish-American war. when tho Americans saw that they were overpowering Spain, lt vessels and arms and money and troops had been rushed into the hands ol' the Spanish generals, who would have won the victory? Spain of course. The same condition confronts the South in this cotton question. Stay by your country as you should do, and be men, not so-called things. ; Decrease your acreage of cotton: sow oats, sow forage, plant peas, sorghum, potatoes, turnips; make a good garden; sow beardless barley; raise hogs, cows and colts and chick ens. Improve your lands and the happiness of your home. Be free! Get out of the agricultural chain gang and he somebody; quit acting the fool, working nine months In the year for your enemy. j I lavo you waked up? If so, join the Fanners' Union and learn what tho other fellow knows. Join the grain contest. Let us get togther Uko wo should. Put your boys and girls In thc corn and cotton clubs. ? If we could only get the brains of a few to act on this great question for an hour, surely there would be new life Injected into this step to the front. O. B. Martin, assistant in charge, Columbia; Prof. C. B. Had don. Clemson. Superintendent of Rel ocation W. C. Hughs and J. P. St rib ling, president of Oconee County Boys' Corn Club, are doing all they can to push this work, and I have done all the department would give me time to do. And now that we have the co-operation of all these in flue', 'al ?n?u le? hs see vh.it wo can db th thin groa) void: Fe'low* ci ME of all class?s, we iv tun ><. . plan ; ; io make m oro native meui und v.'.-'.on oui. of tho fis ug geneva' lion, borne seem io thin*, that the plans are not carried out as they should be. We are all aware of that, but we hope that good will grow out of it. j I want to appeal to the teachers throughout the county. You can and are expected to do all In your power to advance this work. If you have no knowledge of agriculture you ? should seek to get it. In fact, you . are unprepared to teach in a county where agriculture ls the principal oe- i cupntion. Now a word -is to tho preparation for the present cotton crop. 1 would not plow IO and 12 Inches deep. The j late freezes have brought up tho pot-, ash and the land will hardly get dry! enough in time to get the best re- j suits. I believe that one per cent of ? potash for cotton, under present con- : dltlons, will be all that is needed; deep preparation for corn, f am sat- ! isfled, will always be advisable In 1 South Carolina. I have been put on the demonstra-1 Hon work one month earlier this year. I am at your service now ex cept on Sundays. I want to thank the. demonstra tors for the interest they have taken ! heretofore, and I hope we may have | a prosperous year. M. G. Holland. Indictments Handed Down. Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 6.-Tho Federal grand jury's investigation Into the dynamite conspiracy, carried on for six weeks through tho exami nation of three hundred witnesses, resulted in the return to-day of thirty indictments. i Fulled States District Attorney Charles W. Miller said arrests will take place within three or four days, and the names of defendants will not be divulged until after arrests are effected. Arrangements will bo made to have all arrests on the same day. The grand jury's report will resi.lt in important disclosures concerning the long series of explosions which culminated In the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building. Fully one hundred explosions of dynamite al points scattered over 17 States, and covering a period from the summer of litO? to October 16, lOlt. when dynamite was found be neath a bridge near Santa Barbara, California, just beforo President Taft's special train passed over lt, were inquired Into by the Federal grand jury which has investigated what the government lins regarded as a nation-wide dynamite conspir acy. Marshal Killed] Slayer Wounded. VJdalla, (ia., Feb. 4.-Sam Cal houn, marshal of Sopor ton, (ia., was shot through the body hy Norris Holmes at S o'clock last night, and died at I o'clock this morning. Holmes was pranking with a 22 calihre rifle, and tba marshal asked him to put up the gun. Holmes then turned on him and shot him through tho body. The marshal returned the lire, wounding Holmes so that he ls not expected to live. Both men are or prominent families. Illumed a Hood Worker. "1 blamed my heart for severe dis i tress in my left side for two years," writes W. IO va ns, Danville, Va., "hut I know now it was indigestion as ? Dr. King's New Life Pills completely cured me." Desi for stomach, liver and kidney troubles, constipation, headache or debility. 2 0c. at all d ruggists. NOTICIO TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to the Estate of David IO. Smithson, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to tho undersigned, and all persona hav ing claims against said estate will present tho same duly attested within the time prescribed by law or be haired. it. H. SMITHSON. L. T. .IONIOS, Executors. Westminster, S. C. February 7. 1012. 6-8 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Monday, tho 4th day of March, 1012, at ll o'clock In tho forenoon, or as soon thereaf ter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate or David E. Smithson, de ceased, and obtain final discharge as Executors of said estate. It. H. SMITHSON. L. T. JONES, Executors. February 7, 10 12. 6-9 COUNTY CLAIMS AUDITED. At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commission ers, held Friday, February 2d, 1012. the following claims were audited: No. Roads. Dist. Amt. 3301 Mert Robins.53..$ I 50 3:502 J I? Phillips . . . . 7T>. . 0 50 :i:!03 .1 S Abbott.72. . 12 00 330 1 W L McMahan ..34.. 8 50 3305 .1 M Davis .ll.. 6 00 3306 J M Ridley .-. . 14 00 i ell . . . -. . 4 00 ma ....ll.. 21 00 .roll . . -. . 2 00 I ;dgcs. i rley .$10 5 0 11 iollth . 1 00 . . . : ' ider . GOO 3312 ,i J etckens . 10 50 3313 J M Davis . 20 00 3314 .1 M Davis . 21 7 5 3315 J S Abbott. 3 50 3316 J S Abbott. 4 00 3317 John F Martin. 2? 81 3318 J B Whitten . 9 50 IT IS USELESS TO WRITE FOR CHECKS UNLESS STAMP IS EN CLOSED VOH RETURN POSTAGE. Road Machine. 3310 M W Cain .$4 2 15 3320 T L Land . 25 00 3321 J A Hunier . 5 C" 3 3 23 W ll Si ni mons . 4 5 10 3 3 24 W N Woolbright .... 22 fiO 332? J Y Hums . 63 00 3320 Gus Sullivan et al.... 100 00 3327 W R Cobb . 2 1 4 0 Borrowed Money. 3328 Enterprise Bank ....$350 00 Public Buildings, ri H 1>0 H C Busch .$00 4 4 333 0 J C Seaborn . 5 7 Lunacy Examinations. 33?? 1 I) A Smith .$23 1. 3332 D A Smith . 10 00 3333 Dr E C Doyle . 10 00 3334 Dr 10 C Doyle. 10 00 3335 Dr F T Simpson. 10 00 Aid to Soldiers. 3330 Pitchford & Reid .... fi 00 3337 Byrd & Cromer. 30 00 3338 Peden & Marett . fi 00 3339 W J Lunnev . 2 00 3340 C P Mills & Co. 2 00 334 1 C P Mills & Co. 1 00 3342 W L Thomas. 25 00 3343 T E Cambrel! . 4 oo Board of Education. 3344 J P Stripling .$27 30 Constables. 334.". J H Mason .$10 50 3346 A T Reid . 72 00 334 7 J S Rutledge . 2 00 3348 (ico L Jones . 20 70 3349 W W Mitchell . 10 05 3350 T W Allen . 7 10 Salaries. 33.". I X Phillips .$58 33 3352 J H Smith . 33 33 3353 W R Hunt. 33 33 3354 lames Seaborn . 1 fi fifi 3::."..". W J Schroder . 31 9 1 3356 lt W O ru bbs . 31 9 1 ?3.".7 John F Craig . 25 00 3358 W M Kay . 83 33 3359 E C lintier . 7 00 Contingent. 3300 w J Schroder. office supplies .$ 0 15 33fi I H W d ubbs, postage and wood . 4 50 3362 R W Crabbs, stove coal and postage . 15 68 3363 W O White, wood and postage. l IO 3364 W O White, postage. . I 50 3.505 W M Kav, wood .... 4fi 00 33fifi W M Kay, conveying lu natics . 3 1 90 :<3fi7 W M Kay, dieting pris oners .121 20 .'I3fi8 James Seaborn, station ery and coal . 3 25 o3(50 Wm J Strlbltng, attor ney . 5 0 00 3270 Oconee Telephone Co., telephone service . 100 00 Claims for 1012 cannot bc (?aid now. N. PHILLIPS, Supervisor. James Seaborn, Clerk of Board. MAX WORKS KR WOMAN'S WORK At one time this was true, hut tho j labor saving machinery that men j use to-day makes it unnecessary for them to work from sun to sun; and they accomplish a great deal more a great deal easier. There ls still a bigger difference in the change of the woman's work who uses modern cooking utensils, such ns are found in our store.' Not only can her work be done quIcker, but more pleasantly and easier, to say nothing of the difference in thc re sults of her cooking. CARTER HAR Walhall Great Display c Goods and Wast Kinds-_ See our New ".fairfax Gilli rus. Always sold for Ific. ; ti 12'/je. "oods now 10c. This ? col ton. Wo have n great linc ul' Was Drosses, and mothers who waul l ore I he hot weal her will find al See our now Percales at 10 H U SENKCJ PLANT "TriBipIl Big Boll" COTTON. TIIK EARLIEST ?Ki ROLL COTTON GROWN. Yield, 1,650 pounds to acre, com pared with 1,2-10 for 00-day cotton and 1,110 for Toole. Linted 38 to 4 1 per cent for nn this year. Easily picked; will not fall out of burr, and resists drouth exceedingly well. Seed $1 per bushel iii2 pounds.) A. N. PRICHARD, Westminster, S. C. January il, 1912. HIGH GRADE COAL In Any Quantity $4,75 per ton $5.75 per ton Delivered. Jo per i at Mill. H ET RIG K HOSIERY MILLS Walhalla, S. C. (?I SU X TO BUN, IS NEVER DONE. For some purposes you want tin ware, for others granite ware; again copper and enameled ware or wooden ware. We have every article you want, and the way you want lt. Taking into consideration tho small expense of a properly equipped kit chen, tho amount of timo you spend in it, and how much depends upon your cooking, you can well afford to have tho proper utensils for the work. WARE CO., cl. So C.-. [{ Early Spring L Fabrics of All <?? t?? <J<& ghunms" and new style Mad tow 12y[?e., and tho regular <hows tho influence ol' cheap h (?oods for .Children's School to got their sewing done bo ll they need hore c. They ure great. ER'S, \, s. C. CITATION NOTICE. Tho State of South Carolina, Coun. ty of Oconee.- (In Court of Probate) - Hy I). A. Smith, Judge of Probate. Whereas, Louis E. Perry has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of tho Estate of and Effects of Kate Perry Lewis, de ceased These are, therefore, to cito and admonish all and singular tho kin dred and crodltors of tho said Kato Perry Lewis, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probato, to bo held at Wal halla Court House, South Carolina, nu Saturday, the 10th day of Febru ary, 1912, after publication hereof, at I I o'clock in tho forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why thc said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal this lilith day of January, A. I). 1012. (Soul.) 1). A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, South Carolina. Published on the ?list day of Janu ary and 7th day of February, 1012, [ in Tho Keoweo Courier and on the Court House door for the time pre scribed by law. f>-6 January 31, 1912. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS, All persons indebted to tho Es talo of w. P. OU.TZ, deceased, aro hereby notified to make pay ment to tho undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said Es tate will present tho same tested within tho Hmo proscrlhort oy law or be barred. . " W C MOORE, Admlnlstratoi. Seneca, S, OY, R. P. P; No. 4. January 24, 1912. 4"0