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KEOWEB COURIER ( ESTA I ll J I S! 1101 > 1840.) Published Every Wcd?oo<!Ay Morning Subscription $1 Tor Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -Ky BTEOK, HHIOMHt Xi SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for aa advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over ono hundred words, will bo printed freo of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at tho rate of ono cent ii word. Cash to accompany manuscript. ? - WALHALLA, .S. O.: WIOHXKSRAY, JUNE B, 1012. COMPARISONS ODIOUS. Ono of tho protflesl spots in Oco nec ls St, J oil ii 'ti Lulhoran cemetery ju Walhalla, lt is kopt lu such con dition that th* exclamation ol' tho visitor there is always ono in admi ration ol its cleanness, its beauty and the general air of careful attention. Contrast it willi Westview ceme tery, jasl across tho street. Crown up in weeds, washing into ruts and gullies, gales down or swinging oil one hinge, with objects hero and there lo attract attention to its un sightliness, little wonder that many lot-owners havo neglected to koop individual lots clean and attractive, and lesa wonder still that tho visit or's remarks about this cemetery are always uncomplimentary, save as to tho natural beauty and tho possibili ties of the place for an attractive resting place of tho dead. We understand that the Civic League is contemplating doing some work of improvement for Walhalla. We do aol know the nature of this work or where il i.-; contemplated to do it. hut we suggest the advisability of thc Civic League transferring its energiis, for tlx; present at least, to putting into pr?sentable shape the public, cc metory. lt is a pity thal just across one street front a cemetery that would do credit lo any lance city the (own cemetery should stand day aller day as ti disgrace io a civilized commu nity. _ _ PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. We congrat?lalo the local author ities on tho evidences thal are hoing given that something in tin* way of public Improvement is to again be taken np. Such malters always fur nish ground for congratulation and appro\.il. Put dey nevertheless call for careful consideration and though! beyond simply the work [in mediately in hand. Take, tor instance, two good pieces of work that liavo just, boen done I he paving ol' a seel lon ol' College st roe! and the lowering of the sidewalk on Main street, between College and Katherine streets. There is no tj nest lon as to each being an improvement so far as tho work is viewed individually, bul aro they snell when considered in connection wit li Hie town at large? Thc privnto citizen should bo com pelled io conform, in making Im provements, to definitely located property lines. How much more, then, should tho town Itself see that its property lines aro correct, espe cially In making some permanent Improvement? lt titrikos us most forcibly thal there should have been no permanent paving on College street until tho street line was dell IIRely located. Il ls a well known fact thal tho building known as i ho "City Hall" sits far mit on tho side walk feet and 7 Inches ii mem ory bas liol played US a mean trick. This i town property. Th"ii why not move the building so to con form lo 'reel lines, il ltd lay tho side wall; ia accordance with tho lines thus properly established? Then tho lowering of Hie side walk on Main si reel is another Im provement. Rut it may bo question ed .. i}.i pla ii adopt od , considered : II connection with ibo remainder of the block alread> paved, and also in con nection willi its relation to tho nexl block .vest, is a wiso one'.' ll would have been much helter, wo think, to hav< Liken as (ho basis of gradin:; here n direct lino from the paving at the post office clear through to the ead of the street, giving an easy md convenient grade, In making which I not a lice neel havo been injured, and tho property lines could have been left intact without in ju o or In convenience. Tho general results, wo believe, would have, boen infinitely better, though tho sidewalk would hiivo been .somewhat higher. Hut Main street should bo graded gradu ally down east and west of College street, bringing the dirt into tho hol low. Thia would make tho street practically level and In good shape in its relation to tho sidewalk. As the sidewalk now stands, considered in connection with its continuation west, it is, wo think, much worse than heforo tho work was done, savo that Its dangerous condition lias been remedied. To make a similar chango ou tho wost continuation of thia walk would work untold damago to tho property -and wo bel levo that tho property owner has rights besides tho privi lege of paying taxes. If similar work ls continued tho property-some of lt-will bo loft six or eight feet off tho sidewalk lovel. Must a citizen, after owning prop erty for twenty-live, forty, Hf ty years on a recognized plane, If not on a tlxed grade, suffer his property to be left high above or far below the side walk level simply because our local officials think such is tho proper thing? Another set of officers may ?m?o in hiter ?md decide differently. Whore do wo stand? Simply at tho mercy of changing officials. We have illustration of this In the recent past. At tho corner of Col lege and Main streets tho street and sidewalk loved was lowered material ly, leaving a house on the corner with no convenient means of ingress or egress. The street was materially improved; of that there ls no doubt. Mut what of tho property? Since that time tin? store room, we are told, rents for two dollars a month less than lt did before, and lhere has never beon a renter for the resilience part of the building since the lady who owned it when tho grading was done disposed of tho property at tho Hist possible moment and moved to linolber part of town. We believe in public Improvement, bul we also believe that property owners have rights as regards the property owned ami the sidewalks on which ir fronts. A continuation of arbitrary cutting down of streets and sidewalks without regard to un -li rights must, inevitably result In tho material lowering ol' property values. A purchaser of property un der such conditions ought to be told that tho sidewalk level as recognized for the past fifty years is at a given point, but you buy at your own peril. You may build here on what is now the sidewalk level, bul the local ofll (dals have the righi to cut the street and sidi .valk ten feet below yon, and you have no remedy. How nundi property do you waul In Walhalla under such circumstances and condi tions? How much are you willing t > pay for it ? Too much like "buying a pig In a poke," gentlemen. In tho absence of a fixed grade in tile town of Wal halla you have got to recognize old levels and make the best of them, or you will run property values to a level where even a "cheap dirt" spec ulator would bo afraid to buy. There is another matter upon which not a few citizens find cause for complaint-a tendency to con tine lo one spot all work done. It is righi and proper to Improve perma nently when possible, but this should not bo done to Hie neglect of cit izens in general, many of whom are forced in rainy weather to wade through water ankle deep on bad sidewalks whore woods have been permitted to grow waste high In the water ways al the edge, thus throw ing the water on instead of draining the walks. This condition, with un even, washed-out gullies, prevails on sections of Tugaloo, Matlldln and College si reets, and wo presume that similar conditions exist elsewhere' off Main street. Citizens off Main street pay taxes just, the same as those who live on the main thor oughfare. "if." says Ibo Holton News, "the Dino Ridge train would lay-over at M.'lion every oigi?t. instead of Wal halla, they would have no trouble in getting up steam and making sched ule time." Nevertheless, Capt. Anderson will do well lo let things rock along as at present until he installs engines that . an be run with liol air. Melton will bo a good supply station when thal is done. Met Heath Under Calling Timbers. Wilmington, N. C., .lune I.-R. .1. Taylor, a carpenter, ">7 years old, was almost instantly killed tills morning when a building on which he was at work at Sans-Souci farm, near the eily, collapsed. lie was caught bj falling limbers and his neck was broken and other bones fractured. Ile lived only a few mo ments after the arrival of an ambu lance and a physician. His 15-yenr old son was near by and heard the failing timbers. He rushed to the spot, bul found bis father uncon scious. Mr. Taylor was well known nut highly esteemed. Ile leaves a wile and I n children. His Cnoo will lie In Evidence. A dispatch from Atlanta says: "When ii. ii. Cruse, of Rome, Ga., appears in court lo accuse his bride of running away from him without just cause, lils face will bo pul In evidence by tho defense. "Pretty Mrs. Cruse, who wa- ,a ken into custody here on a warran! sworn out by her husband, says ho is simply so, ugly that sho cannot live with bim. '! would rather have my ibroat cut than go back to him,' she declares. "You simply can't Imagine how ugly he ls.' " .* . ?- . - "Move on, Now," says a policeman to a street crowd, and whacks heads if ll don't. "Move on now," says the big, harsh minorai lilli to bowel congestion and suffer ing follows. Dr. King's New Dlfe Rills do not bulldoze the bowels. Tho/ gently persuado thom to right action and health follows. 26o. at all drug stores. AVIATOR PARMALEE KILLED. Gust of Wind Caught Tull of If in Ac replane and Turned lt Over. Northyaklma, Wash., Juno ^ Aviator Phillp O. Parmaleo was kill ed hero while attempting a flight In nu aviation exhibition to-day. A giiBt of wind caught tho tall of his aeroplane and overturned tho ma chino. Parmalea had been up about threo minutes on his tlrst dight of the day and had traveled almost threo niilea from the fair grounds at a height of ?IOU feet when a gust of wind struck tho machine. Tho biplane craehed to the ground crushing the aviator be neath lt. Parmalee's mechanician rushed to the scene of the disaster in an auto mobile, but did not roach Parmalee for 15 minutes after tho fall. Tim aviator was dead whon tho mechani cian arrived. Nowa from Ebenezer, Ebenezer, June ?1.- -Special: far mers have about finished planting their crops. Tim many friends of Mrs. J. n. Wald! are pleased to seo bei- out again. Miss Mabell Tolllson spent last week with her sister, Mrs. S. II. Knox, of Seneca. O. C. Eyles spent Saturday night and Sunday at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. C. il. Whltmire. His friends were pleased to seo him again. Misses Mario Duckett and Marie Hutchison were week-end visitors at the home of tho Misses Taylor. Dorn, unto Mr. and Mrs. J. C. j Mulkoy, on May 29, a daughter. News was received here Friday of | the death of Henry M. Tolllson. of Anderson. The deepest sympathy is extended to thc bereaved relatives. In Father's Footsteps. A feature of tho commencement exercises at the General Theological Seminary in New York recently was the graduation of Walter Ovid Kin solving, son of Bishop Kinsolvlng, of Texas, who presented tho diplomas. His entrance Into tho ministry will make five members of the family in tile ministry of the Episcopal church, two of whom aro bishops. Curt? of Thanks. Editor Keowee Courier: We wish through your columns to extend thanks to the many friends at Rich land and elsewhere for their many kindnesses shown us during our re cent boreavement. May God bless them all. and when the dark hours (rome to them may they find friends as kind and loving as they showed themselves to be. lt. R. Stevenson. Quarrel Ends in Tragedy. Pelham, Ga., Juno 1.-Following a quarrel nt Hie house of Dug Lewis yesterday afternoon, Lewis nhot and Instantlv killed Jasper Glover ".iM a sh [Jlovei agai mile neig well aftei The Titanic's Successor. New York, June 1. - The new fifty thousand ton White Star liner, which will take tho place of the Titanic in the fall of 19 EL will be named the '. Driltanic." lt will be the same length as tbe Olympic, 809 feet. Death lu Gasoline. ( Clias. W. Emerson.) In the United States the igniting of the vapor from gasoline burns to death more than twenty persons' every week and (l?ngerem' burns! more than sixty, No hour passos ? without a house being set afire by a gasoline explosion. Gasoline, the lightest and most; dangerous fluid derived from petro-! lenin, continually gives off vapor that ! makes au explosive of the air with which it mix?. A canful of ci. or a roomful of air which mixes in it as nundi as one twelfth of the vapor of gasoline, is more dangerous than a canful or roomful of gunpowder. Air with ? that much or'moro gasoline vapor In I it explodos hardin' and make.- a hot- , ter blaze than gunpowder. Gunpowder will ?.?y where it ls put and can bo seen. Gasoline va por, being a little heavier than air. falls ti) the door ami cannot be semi. If a panful of gasoline is loft in a closed room for n few hours the house is blown to pieces as soon as a match is struck in tho room or If a flying spark enters it. When vapor on the floor spreads until ll gets under a gas jet or lamp or stove, it is then drawn up by the curren) of air made by the heat of tho blaze ami lhere is an explosion. All oilier ignitable gases being light er than air rise and are borne away on tho winds. One who uses gasoline for any purpose in a room in which there ls a candle, lamp, fire or spark of fire of any sort is likely lo be badly burned. A lighted cigar or pipo car ried into a room in which it is being used will oxplodo the air. The ghost-like vapor will hunt for some thing to Ignite it. A beautiful girl of fifteen cleaned ber long kid gloves on a porch and had them on her hands drying. Her brother, as he left the house, struck a match to light a cigar. In tho ex plosion which followed ono of her arms was so deeply burned that sho can never stralgthen lt and her faco is disfigured for life. A man who had a pipe in his mouth while pouring gasolino from ono can to another was badly burnod by an explosion. THE CLEMSON A G BIC V LTV RA L COLLEGE. Enrollment Over HOG-Value of Property Over a Million and a Quarter-Ninety-four Teachers and OAlcora. Degree (.'ourses Agriculture. Agriculture and Chemis try. Agriculture arni Animal Indus try. Chemistry. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Civil Engl neering. Textile Bngineering. Ar chitectural Engineering. Short Courses One yt r course in Agriculture. Two year .ourse In Textiles. Pour weeks Winter Course in Cotton Grad ing. Pour weeks Winter Course for Partners. Cost. Cost per session of nine months, including all tees, heat, light, water, hoard, laundry and tho necessary uniforms $133.50. Tui tion $ I t?. o I) additional. SCHOLARSHIP AM) ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS Thc College maintains I (?7 four year Agricultural and Textile Schol arships and ? 1 one-year Agricultural Scholarships. Value of scholarships $ 100 per session and free tuition. (Students who have attended Clemson College or any other col loge or university are aol eligible for the scholarships unless there aro no oilier eligible applicants.) Scholarship and lOntruneo Exami nations will be held at the County Court House on July 1-th, I) a. m. Next Session Opens SEPTEMBER ll, 11)12 Write AT ONCE to W. M. Higgs. President, Clemson College, S. C., for catalog, scholarship blanks, otc. ll voa delay, you may bo crowded out. 23-28 NOTICE OP ELECTION OP TRUSTEES. Notice is hereby given that pursu ant to an order of tho County Hoard of Education ol' Oconco County, an election will be held In Townvllle School District. Xo. 1, at the school house, Saturday, Juno 1:">, 1012, for the purpose of electing three trus tees to servo for the next two years. . Notice is hereby given that pursu ant to an order ol' tho County Hoard of Education of Oconce County, an election will be held at the school house, in South Union School Dis trict. No. 7. on Saturday, .Juno 15, 1912, for the purpose of electing three trustees to serve in said dis trict for tue next two years. Notice is hereby given that pursu ant lo an order ol' tho County Hoard of Education of Oconce County, an election will ho hold at tho school house, in Karie's School District, No. 7 1, on Saturday, .lune 15, 1912, for Hie purpose of electing three trus tees io serve for tho next two years. VoHce ir ti hy given that pursu it' tho County Hoard Oconce County, an held at tho school :er School District, day, Juno 15, 1912, of electing three trustees for tho next two years. W. C. HUGHS, County Superintendent of Education, .lune :., 1912. 23-24 N O T I C E . Notice is hereby given that, pur suant to order of the County Hoard of Education of Oconco County, tho school buildings and lots in High Falls School District and Wolf Stake District will he sold at publie auc tion, at the school house sites, on SATURDAY, JUNE 1st, as follows: House at High Palls No. 1, near T. W. Orogan's, at 10 o'clock a. m. House and lot of about live acres at Wolf Stake, at 2 o'clock p. m. House and lot of about two acres at High Falls No. 2, near R. E. White's, at I o'clock p. ni. Tho Hoard of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Terms: CASH; or upon terms with satisfactory security. E. II. LAN KO RD. J. P. HUNNfOUTT, J. L. KELL, '['r?steos. May 22, 1 !> 1 2. 21-22 WINTHROP COLLEGE SCH OHA RSM IP A N D ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. Tho examination for tito award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for tho admission of new students will he held at tho County Court House on Friday, July 5, nt f) a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of ago. When Scholarships aro vacant after July they will be .awarded to those making tho highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing Ibo award. Ap plicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship ex amination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. Tho nexl session will open September 18, 1012. For fur ther information and catalogue ad dress Pres. I). R, Johnson, Hock Hill, S. C. 27* J. I k G. ?? BALLINGER, -CN HERTA HERS. Successors *o THE J. II. ADAMS COMPANY. Mr. P. H. Adams In Charge. Day Phone O??. Night Phono 18. Ofllce nt Seneca Hardware Co., SEN IOC A, S. 0. NOTICIO OP FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will mako application to D. A. Smith, Judgo of Probato for Oconco County, In tho State of South Carolina, at bis oftlco at Walhalla Court House, on Friday, July 5th, 1012, at 1 I o'clock a. m., or as soon thoreaftor as said application can bo heard, for leavo to make final settle ment of tho Estate of John F.Roches ter deceased, ?nd obtain final dis charge as Administratrix of said es tate. MRS. R. V. ROCHESTER, 23-26 Administratrix. TOOLS IN OUR STORE ONLY THC BEST WE CAN'T BE ON THE LEVEL AND SELL POOR TOOLS. BE ON THE LEVEL WITH YOURSELF. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY POOR TOOLS. OUR POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST IS CHEAPEST IN THE END. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. WE WANT YOUR CONFIDENCE AND WE WANT YOUR GOOD WILL. COME TO SEE US. THE SQUARE DEAL IS OUR KIND OF A DEAL. Matheson Hardware Co., Westminster, S. C. Cooking Cooking: Steel Ranges, Cast Iron Ranges, Cook Stoves. Florence Automatic Oil Stov? wick less and valveless, One and Two Burners. Blue Flame Oil Stoves, Glass Front Oven. Steam SCREEN DOORS AND WINDOWS. MOSS & ANSEL, Walhalla, S. C. DRUGS KEEPING PACE WITH KING COTTON. READ THE PRICES BELOW AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. Dr. tireen's Sarsaparilla Com pound, $1 bottles tor 50c Dr. Kailey's Sarsaparilla Compound, $1 bottles for ."?Oe. Waverly Chemical Co.'s $1 size Sarsaparilla tor 75c Waverly Chemical Co.'s Bx tract of Cod Liver Oil, with hy pophosphltes, .? 1 bottle for 75?. Waverly Chemical Co.'s Hypo phosphites of Lime and Soda, $1 bottle for 7.">c Hunt's Lightning Oil, 25c. bottle for 15c. ; 2 for 25?. Hunt's ('ure, for skin and itching eruptions. 25?. size for 15c, or 2 for 25c St. Joseph's Liver Regulator, 2 5c cann, 2 for 25?. Raymond's Cough Syrup, 25?. bot Ho for 1 Sc.; 2 for 25?. Raymond's Nervo and Rono Oil, 2 5c size 15c, or 2 for 25c. Raymond's Relief, 2Gc. size, 15c, or 2 for 25c. Androw's Pain Relief, 25c. bottles 15c, or 2 for 26c. Androw's Chill Killer, 50c. bottlo for 25c. Androw's Sure-Shot Verm? fugo. 25c bottle 15c; 2 for 25c Andrew's Expectorant, 25?. bottle I 5c; 2 for 25c. Andrew's Llttlo Black Devil Rills, 25?. bottles 15c, or 2 for 25c Andrew's Cold and Liver Tea, 2 5?. can 15c, or 2 for 2 5?. Lightning Cough Syrup, 25c bottlo J 5?., or 2 for 25c Lightning Hot Drop, 25?. bot tle 15c, or 2 for 25c Andrew's Cold Tablets, 25 to a box, 2 5c boxen 10c Lax-Phos, 50?. bottlos for 25c. Pitcher's Cantorla, 20c. Soothing Syrup, 25c. bottles 1 5 c Colgate's Talcum Powder, 25?, ?ans 1 5c Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream, 20c. Prophylactic Tooth Rrushcs, 35?, kind for 25c. Rluo Seal Vasallno, 6c. bot tles for 4c. Celery Compound, $1 bottlos for 75c. Carter's Pharmacy, aaas c