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NEWS FROM LITTLE RIVER. Marriage of Miss Mooro and Mr. Nix. Other Local Item?. Little River, Feb. 3.-Special: The continued rain 'keeps the farmers out of the fields with their work. The health of this section is only tolerably good a t this time. Oscar Wlglngton has been very sick with neuralgia for the past few weeks. His many friends are glad to know, however, that his condition is more favorable at this time. The many friends of Mrs. Frank Alexander will be very1 sorry to hear that she ls very sick with pneumo nia at her home in the Whitewater Beotion. We hope she may soon be restored to her usual good health. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Childs, of Salem, died on Jan uary 31 and was burled the day fol lowing, after appropriate funeral ser vices conducted by Rev. C. R. Aber crombie. ,The little one was about five months old and was the only child of the parents. They have the deepest sympathy of many friends In their sorrow. Rev. C. R. Abercrombie filled his appointment at this place on tho first Sunday. The congregation was very good, but very uncomfortable with out a stove, for which tho money was made up a long time ago. What are you going to do with the money, brethren? You cannot use Lt for any other purpose than that for which it was appropriated Rev. J. 0. Burnett filled his ap pointment at Whltmire last Sunday After the sermon two members were baptized and received into the church-George R. Pike and Miss Ida Holden-after which a short church conference was held and the church roll revised. The first quar terly meeting will be held with Fair view church February 16th and 16th. Give your stewards a good sendoff for the new year. Vance Galloway, Elisha Holden and Winfield Corbin have joined Alf Barton with his work on Oathey's Creek, in North Carolina. ParkB Martin killed two hawks af ter night a short time hack. George and Lawrence Alexander and their families have moved to Crow Creek, in Plckens county. These are some of Little River's people whom we are loath to give up, but wish them much BUCCOSS in their new home. Whooping cpugh is in Salem, but the people hope that it will not got In the school. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hopkins have another inmate added to their home. It's a girl. Married, by Rev. C. R. Abercrom bie, at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moore, of tr-o Saicm section, on January 28th, al 11 ?. m., Miss Lona Moore and Mack Nix, all of Salem. After the ceremony the guests were Invited to the dining room, where a sumptuous dinner was served. The bride is the ?eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moore, and is a charming young lady of many noble traits, and numbers her friends by the score. Mr.- Nix is^.one'of our most highly esteemed . ?gentlemen and a prosperous farmer. He has done well in winning the >heart. and hand of this charming young lady. Tho bride and groom are on an extended trip In Plckens county and other parts. After their return they will welcome their fri cads to their home In the tipper Salem section. We join with their many friends in wishing them a long and happy Journey through life. Mothers Can Safely Buy Dr. King's New Discovery and give it to the little ones when ailing and suffering with colds, coughs, throat or lung troubles; tastes nice, harm less; once ii sod, always used. Mrs. Bruce Crawford, Niagra, Mo., writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery changed our boy from a pale, weak, sick boy" to the picture of health." Always 'helps. Buy it at all druggists, adv. Jas. A. Hombree Dies Suddenly. Westminster, R. F. D., Feb. 4. Special: On Wednesday, January 29, James A. Hembree died suddenly from heart failure. While the mem bers of the family were vo/y much shocked, they were not surprised, as their family physician had given them warning that Mr. Hembree was liable to drop dead at any time. Mr. Hembree loaves a host of friends In South Carolina and Gorgla. He was born In Anderson county, South Car olina, July 29th, 1832, and in April, 18f>9, was married to Miss Amanda Cox, who ls about nine years his jun ior. He served in the war between ti ' States and was on the field nt 'the si render of Gen. Lee. He had been a faithful member of the Baptist church for more than fifty years. He leaves to mourn his absence his wife, three daughters and two sons. Tho children are all married except one. He was well posted on the Bible and enjoyed going to church. His remains were placed in the Mount Tabor cemetery on Friday, January 31st. Released . from Asylum, Takes Ufe. Columbia, Feb. 1.-D. M. Latham, of Camden, committed suicide in S. R. McMaster's sporting goods store here this morning. He stepped into the stoic, and asked to see a shotgun, : Inserted a cartridge in the gun and shot himself in the head in the pres ence of the clerk. He died later at the Columbia Hospital. Mr. Latham was released from the State Hospital for the Insane only a few hours be fore the tragedy. He had been pro nounced mentally cured and released to be allowed to return to his home. Hotel Walters Give In. New York, Jan. 31.-The strike of hotel walters was officially declared off to-day. This action was taken at a meeting of the waiters' organiza tion. It was declared that tho men would return to their hotels and seek their former positions. Several hundred striking walters attended the meeting. The discus sion was acrimonious, but the ma jority declared the organisation was losing ground and the vote to end the strike prevailed. RICHLAND NEWS IN BRIEF. Shower Tendered Mit? Davis, Bride. to-Be-Other Local Matters. Richland, Feb. 4.-Special: W. H. Coe spent last week with hts wife and children ait Clover. Mrs. J.. P. Blackwell and children and Little Miss Edith Foster are on a visit to relatives in Reidvllle and High Point, N. C. Miss Ada Wyly has returned to her home here after having taught a, very successful school at Evatt. G. W. Davis, of Atlanta, is visitin? here. / S. N. Hughs spent last week with his work in Georgia. Mrs. Lucy Burriss is visiting in Co lumbia and attending the Corn Expo sition. Miss Lalla Ballenger expects to leave to-day for Atlanta, where she goes for medical treatment. Charlie Vernor and Will Coe left yesterday for Columbia to attend the Corn Exposition. Mrs. C. 0. Walton, Sr., is visita g In Jacksonville, Fla. The latest "get up" from the Old Maids' Convention was a farewell shower given to the bride-to-be, Miss Myrtle Davis, by the Misses Verner, at the "Haven of Old Maids' Rest," Coneross, on Saturday afternoon last. This hospitable and roomy old coun try home was becomingly arranged for this all-important event At 2.30 the few remaining old maids, some of the young matrons and several of the sixteen-year-old maids (called in to make a quorum) gathered in, and the performance began. As the roll was called it was plainly seen that out of a score of original members all had crossed the great divide (matrimony) except as many as could be cunted on the fingers of one hand. Surely Cupid ls blind and deaf, too, or some of those remaining would have been taken long ago. Each guest was asked to write a sentence of advice to the bride-to-be, and If all this ad vice is carried into execution the groom will be a very "mixed up" man In the days to come. A parcel post contest was engaged in to see who could tell the most artic?is that could not be delivered by parcel post. The bride-to-be won the prize. After this contest the guests repaired to the dining room and enjoyed a deli cious salad course, after which Misses Lynn Verner and Laura Smithson, as parcel post deliverers, entered fa tigued and out of breath from bear ing their heavy burden of packages through post and they showered them upon the bride-to-be. Fortu nately no bones were broken, but the bride-to-be suffered some slight in juries and will hardly be herself again, though she will be some one else soon. / The many useful, dainty and artistic remembrances spoke vol umes as to the popularity of this member of this quaint old convention. A goodly number were present and the evening shadows were dwindling into twilight as the associtaion ad journed. A little more advertising in our ,time-honored, well- edited, splendid ly-published county paper and the original Old Maid Convention will be a thing of the past. Misses Laura Smithson and Hor tense Jones, of Westminster, attend ed the shower given in honor of Miss Davis. We suggest that a branch associa tion be organized in our sister town and advertise in Tugaloo Tribune and allow the handsome and versa tile editor of that thrifty paper to frame the advertisement. Surely this will bring him and his paper fame and very likely "fortune." We think this would bring him around. ; Frank H. Shirley, one of Oconee's Representatives In the Legislature, waa in our town Sunday and was seen wending his way to the "Old Maids' Haven of Rest." Pellagra in thc United States. There were from thirty to fifty thousand cases of pellagra in the United States within the last six years, with a death rate of about 39 per cent. These figures constitute only a rough estimate of the number of cases, owing to the defective ma chinery for securing vital statistics In this country. Lavlnder, of the United States pub lic health service, has gathered fig ures on the prevalence and distribu tion of pellagra In the United States. Figures have been secured from State authorities, from public Institutions and from private sources. A map shows that pellagra has been report ed from every State in the Union ex cept New Hampshire in the East, and a group of Western and Northwestern j j States comprising Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, the two Dakotas, Utah, Wy- j oming and Nevada. The greatest prevalence ls found In the group usu ally spoken of as the Southern States. I In only one State ls the disease re portable by law. Pellt gra cannot be compared In prevalence with such a disease as typhoid fever, for exam ple, yet the large number of cases and the high mortality rate, together with Its wide and apparently Increas ing distribution, make it a disease of national importance, and afford an additional reason why every State Dot already giving adequate vital sta tistics laws should at once enact such !&w*. The md which accurate figures and facts concerning this important disease would give in the solution of the problem of pellagra, says the Journal of the American Medical As sociation should alone be sufficient to demand the enactment of such laws in the coming Legislature of every State not now within the registration area. Mole's Kick Worth $3,800. Enid, Oklu., Jan. 30.-A kick on the head by a mule was worth $3,800 to John All m, a farmer living near here, lin mo ll a lol y after Allen was operated on to-day for a fracture of the skull which the mule's hoof had inflicted last Saturday, he remem bered where he had buried that amount of money during the financial panto of 1907. Allen's memory was Impaired by an injury he received when his team ran away and threw him out of a wagon, a few days after he had bur led the money. BLKASE TO BIJOCK BOND SAUS. Says Will Carry Case to United States Supreme Court. Columbia. Jan. 31.-At a meeting of the Sinking Fund Commission late thu afternoon Governor Blease of fered a resolution to rescind the* ac tion of the former commission, pro viding for the refunding of the $5, 622,000 bonds of the State debt. The motion was lost, 4 to 2, Attorney General Peoples voting with the Gov ernor for the resolution and Comp troller General Jones, State Treasu rer Carter, Chairman Hardin, of the finance committee, and Chairman Dick, of the ways and means com mittee, voting against lt. The Governor was reported as stat ing to the commission that there would be no bonds sold before the next session of the General Assem bly, for he was going to carry the case against the Refunding Act to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Governor sent the rejected resolution to both branches of tho Legislature to-night with a message asking that it be referred to the judi ciary committee of each House. In his message he said that it was for the best Interest of the State for the two factions of the Sinking Fund Commission to get together. A NATIONAL INCOME TAX. Now Possible-88 Stabes Now Favor Its Adoption. Washington, Feb. 3.-Direct taxes on the incomes of citizens of the United States, whether derived from idle capital or from the conduct of business, were made possible to-day by tho ratification of the 16th amend ment to the Federal constitution. Delaware, Wyoming and New Mexico indorsed the income tax amendment through their respective Legislatures, completing a list of 38 States that have approved it, two more than the three-fourths necessary for its final adoption. Following is the list of States which ratified the income tax amend ment: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken- ; tucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, ; Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, i South Carolina, South Dakota, Ten- I nessee, Texas, Washington, Wiscon- ! sin, Louisiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Wyoming. The following rejected it: Connec ticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, . Utah. No action, or only partial action, 1 was tagen in the eight other States. Leaders in Congress predicited to night that through this authorization the law which will be passed to levy the tax upon Amercian incomes will be introduced as soon as the extra session opens. Its exact terms have not been decided upon, but it is be lieved it will exempt all incomes be- I low $4,000 or $5,000 and will pro vide a tax of 1 per cent upon the i majority of personal incomes that do ! not run to an excessive figure. CAROLINA BOY STILL LEADS, j No One Has Vet Topped Jerry Moore's 228-Bushcl Record. For raising 135.14 bushels of corn last summer on an acre plot, the I largest yield ever produced by a Min nesota boy or man and believed to be ' the largest yield In the Northwest, | Arthur Hoese, a 16-year-old boy of j Mayer, Carver county, last week was awarded the title of State champion . corn grower by the agricultural ex- ' tension division of tho university I farm. With this reputation went a scholarship valued at $200 and put up by a Minneapolis newspaper, which entitles the winner to a year's j tuition, board and room at the Col- j lege of Agriculture In St. Anthony Park. Myron F. Wallace, of Zimmerman, Sherburn? county, finished second with a yield of 130.8 bushels for the acre. Miss Florence Stegner, who lives near Sauk Center, Stearns coun ty, by raising 97.5 bushels on her acre, established her right to the title of champion woman corn grower of Minnesota. Doth she and tho State champion, Arthur Hoese, procured their seed corn through the agricul tural extension division of the State University. Jerry Moore's South Carolina rec ord of 228% bushels for one acre ls still untouched. The State-wide contest for boys and girls, in which 1,200 started last spring and 600 submitted their nnal reports last fall, demonstrated that tho farmers of Minnesota can more than double their corn yields by ad opting the methods which these young contestants have followed, at very little more cost than the average farmer puts Into his crop. Not one of tho 600 reports submitted men tioned a loss on the investment, after including the labor and all other items of expense. The profits ranged from a few dollars up to $60, which Hoese obtained by selling part of his yield for seed corn at $2 per bushel. There ls no better medicine made for colds than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, opens the secre tions, aids expectoration, and re stores the system to a healthy con dition. For sale by all dealers, adv. Eighteen Pension Agencies Abolished. Washington, Felv 1.-When Dr. A. H. Thompson, long time employee of the pension bureau, took the oath of office to-day as disbursing officer, the pension agencies that existed for years passed away. Hereafter all pensions sent veterans rt III be for warded from Washington by check. Eighteen agencies were abolished un der the consolidation reform. Dr. King's Now Discovery ' soothes irritated throat and lungs, stops chronio and hacking cough, re? lleves tickling throat, tastes nice. Take no other; onoe used, always used. Buy lt at all diuggists. -adv. ?CHICAGO IS. ST. LOUIS I M0RRIS1 * Supreme" "Southern Big" an ..Packing House" bra THIS The farmers tilizers last sprinj leaching rains ag wastes of leachir Our gu?rante follows: "To tho Parchcmer of this Caan? CENT PL ANIMAL MATTER di Animal T?,Jtag*, mad* and selected It it th* first choica from six of t [ M. G. H MOBK AS TO OUR ROADS. Perpetual Vigilance ls Uie Price It Takes to Get Good Ones. Editor Keowee Courier: In a pre vious -article the writer called atten tion to the importance of better roads. Now it will be my object to offer a few suggestions, in the hope that general improvement may be reached and result in a more econom ical system. For years lt has been the custom of the Supervisors, once a year, to run over the roads with a scrape, with four mu loa attached, taking the roads as they come, working where not needed the same as where need ed. The road scrape ls a most ex cellent tool, but it should not be used indiscriminately. There are places where its use ls harmful, and it is used only to make a beautiful land scape and to correspond all alor g, at the expense of utility, thus 'having an eye single to beauty-to please the fools. Few have learned the lesson taught by the poet "Beauty is but skin deep, Ugly ls to the bone; Beauty may fade away, But ugly holds its own." . Th<> wayfaring man wanta a road that w'.ll hold Its own and not lose its foundation every time It ral us. The Supervisor md his sat?lites should look beneath the exterior of a road as well as that ot an lndiv'uual, otherwise they may be deceived as to foundation. Water and boys should not be al lowed to collect without proper safe guards. One who has spent more than six years on the road, in all ' kinds of weather, would be regarded as stupid if he did not learn some thing by experience and observation, and if a patriot he wishes others to benefit by it. Remedy. Let those In power employ a relia ble man to go over a certain beat as often as necessary with a cotton hoe and remove the rubbish from side ditches that empty on the road side; empty the cups that form in the road. In six hours the writer has known a cup that could be drained by a thirs ty ox to develop into a hole large enough to bury the ox in. This shows that a much-traveled road demands constant oversight. Any enterprise that is visited once or twice a year will bankrupt the county. Perpetual vigilance ls no less the price of lib erty than It ls of good roads. More anon. Odos. No Need to Stop Work. When the doctor orders you to stop work it staggers you. I can't, you say. You know you are weak, run down and falling In health day by day, but you must work as long as you can stand. What you need is Electric Bitters to give tone, strength and vigor to your system, to prevent break-down and build you up. Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when Elec tric Bittete will benefit you from the first dose. Thousands bless them for their glorious health and strength. Try them. Every bottle is guaran teed to satisfy. Only 50c. at all druggists. adv. Henry Grady's Mother Dead. Atlanta, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Ann Eliza G&rtrell Grady, mother of the late Henry W. Grady, the noted orator and statesman, died here to-day, af ter several weeks' illness. The body will be taken to Athens, Ga., to-mor row for interirient. Mrs. Grady was born in Nacoochee Valley, Georgia, January 23, 1831. NOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalls Court House, on Tuesday, the 18th day of FJelyruary, 1913, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, er as soon thereaf ter as said application can he heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Est?t o of Robert Keith, deceased, and obtain final discharge as Admin istrator of said estate J. A. ANSEL, Administrator. , Jan. 22, 1913. 4-7 IO. OMAHA KANSAS CITY ST. JOSEPH OKLAHOMA CITY Blood, Bone and Tankage Fertilizers ATLANTA, GA. GUARANTEE GOES WITH EVERY BAG paid the frightful penalty of short crops for buying cheap fer They saved at the spigot and lost at the bung. We may have ain this year. Now is the time to insure yourself against the ig by buying reliable, dependable and lasting plant food. ?e that goes with every bag of our ammoniated goods reads as ?t We guarantee the Ammonia in thia Guano to bo 100 PER triced solely and entirety from the highest grades of Blood and 1 for ns by our parant organbsution, Morris di Company, ha largest packing plants in the world. MORRIS FERTILIZER COMPANY, Atlanta. Go." For Sale by olland, Walhalla. METAL SHINGLES Kerfee's Paints and Oil. Gutter and Repair Work. r>. JE. GOOD, TINNER, - WALHALLA,. S. C. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. WE WANT to buy one-half million Dogwood and Persimmon Shuttle Blocks, from 12 H to 23 Inches In length. Prices range from $200.00 per thousand downward. See D. L. Norris, Manager, The Southern Shut tle & Bobbin Co., Westminster, 8. 0. Administrators, Executors and Guardians: TAKE NOTICE. Notice ls hereby given thst the un dersigned will make application to V. P. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalls Court House, on Tuesday, the 11th day of February, 1913, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of Robert Pettigrew, de ceased, and obtvln final discharge as Administrator of said estate. AARON PETTIGREW, Administrator. Jan. ll, 1913. 3-6 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Monday, February 17, 1913, at ll o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of W. W. Moss, deceased, and obtain final dis charge as Executor of said estate. C. W. PITCHFORD, Executor. Jan. 22, 1913. 4-7 Administrators, Executors and Guardians who have failed to make their annual returns (as the law pre scribes) are hereby urged to make them within sixty days or to show cause why they have not done so. V. P. MARTIN, Judge of Probate, Oconee Co., S. C. Jan. 16, 1913. 3-6 AUTO REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES. Gall ano see me or pb -?ne 84. Prompt attention to all calls. . AU work guaranteed. L. O. WHITE, Walhalla. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to the Estate of M. P. Singleton, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons hav ing claims against said Estate will present the same, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law or be barred. GEO. E. SINGLETON, Executor. Jan. 15, 1913. 3-6 mn JUST RECEIVED! A FRESH LOAD OF MULES! COME AND SEE US AT ONCE FOR BARCAINS. We want to show you the prettiest and best lot of real beauties that you ever saw in the way of Mules. We've got the real things, and prices are right. WESTMINSTER OIL AND FERTILIZER COMPANY, E. C. MARETT, President, Westminster, S. C. -