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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABHyiED ?849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning .ubecrlption fl Ter Annum. Advertising Imites Reasonable. ^Ry ?TECK, S HE LOR & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over one hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manusci I pt. WALKALLA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, JULY ?ttl, HM?. UK URCES EA RM INSTRUCTION. Congressman Lover Delivers Able Ad dress to Cldcago Audience, The following from thc- Chicago Inter-Ocean oi July I Uh, will be rend with Interest by the friends of Representative Lover, whose work in behalf ot tho country's farming classes is receiving national recogni tion : Congressman A. E. Lever, of South Carolina, chairman of the House committee on agriculture, and au thor of the Lever agricultural exten sion bill, was tho guest of honor at j the Union League Club yesterday at a luncheon of the National Soil Fer tility League. He advocated direct education of the individual farmer with a view to conserving the soil resources of tho United States, before a large gathering of financial loaders, economists and agricultural educa tors. That the latest Investigations of government experts show a decrease in proportion to population in recent years In the amount of ground de voted to their raising of food pro ducts was disclosed. Statistics were quoted to prove that the farm land in America is producing only one-third as much per acre as land in Europe, which has produced crops for more than 1,000 years. Souffl the New l?ind of Promise. The famous advice of Horace Greeley to the young mon of Ameri ca was reversed by the Congressman, who declared that the land of pros perity for the youvh of this genera tion is the awakening South. "During the early history of this nation there was more or less atten tion paid to agriculture by the gov ernment heads," said Congressman I/ever. "Washington. Jefferson and other early Presidents endeavored to .stimulate a proper regard in the minds of the people toward agricul- j tural conservation, but nothing was j done in the way of Federal support of the agricultural industry of this country until the passage of the Mor rill Act in 186!!, establishing the land grant for State agricultural col- ; leges. Twenty-five vears later came the experiment station". Now we propose to ?stablish and maintain a ? public service of tremendous value to every interest in the land when we place a skilled farm demonstra tor in every agricultural county. "The Lever agricultural extension bill, which has the unqualified and keenlj active support of the National Soil Fertility League, provides for tins service, the F?deral government appropriating a sufficient fund, also the Slates, and apportioned according to the rural population. From obser vation of foreign and occasional do mestic application of these methods it will be a tremendously profitable Invest ment. Paraphrases Horace Greeley. "I desire to say a word for my own section of tho country. If Horace Greele y were here to-day, I am salis- i fled, with his keen observation and! practical conception of things, thal ? instead of his famous utterance, 'Go ! West, young man, and grow up with the country,' he would turu and say, "(So South, young num.' "Here we see 1 (to,OOO people each year going Into Western Canada, yet we have in the South millions of acres of magnificent farm land as good ns anywhere In the United states, which could be purchased at from $5 to lu an acre?, and I assert on absolute proof and record that we can produce ns much grain and raise as much live stock of as fine a grade as anywhere in the United States. "In my own State of South Caro lina we hold tho corn-producing rec ord (K r acre of tho United States; in my own State we have the original alfalfa-growing tract of land. Your great Western ranges have been cut up and are being cut up into forms, and the South will become the natu ral and radical meat producing sec tion of the United States. Nature Wi Ii solve Problems. "Our race and labor problems na ture can take care of. All this agi tation and disturbance ls due to the Individual endeavoring to make capi tal, and is largely and almost inva riably-the effort of some local dis turber or demagogue. We ask you Northern and Western business men NO DECISION IS ANNOUNCED. Special Coon eil of Baptist Ministers Will Report to Church. (Urbenville Piedmont, 17th.) No il .' 'on will ho publicly an nounced, vas stated to-day, by the special council of Baptist ministers of Ibis city who have been in session here for tho past two days Investi gating charges preferred against Rev. J. J. Payseur, pastor of the Ww Westminster Baptist, church. Tho special council, to whom this matter was referred, examined a number of witnesses Tuesday, and have been giving careful considera tion to tho matter, lt is understood they have adjourned, and will make a report to tho church at Westmin ster. The general understanding is thal upon this report it will be de cided whether Mr. Payseur is to re main pastor ol' the church, or whe ther his resignation will bo de manded. A number ol' charges of a some what sensational nature, embracing general unminlsterly conduct, were preferred against Mr. Payseur hy UK lube rs of his congregation. A number of witnesses, including mem bers and officers of the church, were examined by tho special council which the church selected to try the case. This council, it is said, is composed of the following Greenville ministers: Dr. \V. E. Wilkins, chair man; Dr. T. M. Bailey, Dr. E. M. Poteat, Dr. D. M. Ramsey. Dr. Geo. W. Quick and Dr. W. T. Derieux. Rev. Mr. Payseur came to the Westminster church from Fountain Inn, lt ls said, and was formerly serving at several points in North Carolina. Since he has been at Westminster a number of the mem bers of his congregation, it ls said, have made a fight against him, and in order to settle the matter, the church elected a special council to try the charges, each side, it is said, agreeing to abldo by the result of Its decision*. Divorce Proceedings. It is charged that Mr. Payseur left North Carolina between 1908 and 1909 for Seattle, Wash., where he entered divorce proceedings against his wife. She resisted the proceed ings, and he then went to Reno, where, lt is charged, he secured a J divorce by swearing falsely as to the whereabouts of his wife. Charges of improper relations with his sister in-law were also made, and lt ls al leged that he achieved his position ; with the Westminster church by false statements. Asked to Resign. The church congregation, it ls ' said, asked Mr. Payseur to resign, ' which ho did. Thereupon, it is al leged, Mr. Payseur persuaded a number of forme members of the church to return to the congrega tion, had a new elution, and was re-elected to the position of pastor. The prosecution in the case, it is un derstood, is led by J. G. Breazeale, ! of Westminster, a member of the ? congregation. Testimony Secret. Nothing in regard .to this matter has been made public by members j of the council, and the bearing of the testimony is not known. The matter has stirred up much discus- ; sion in tho Westminster neighbor- j hood, especially among the members j of the church. Last Survivor of Mexican War? Columbia, July 16.-By the death in Marion county Saturday of Mat- j thew B. Stanley, James A. McKee, of Pickens. who at last report was alive, became, it is believed, the last sur vivor in South Carolina of the Pal metto Regiment; and Mr. McKee, provided he shall outlive the handful of his comrades-in-arms who are said to bo yet alive in other States, will in due course become invested with exclusive title to the famous "Jack son vase." This solid silver vt.je was given to the survivors of the Palmetto Regiment "of my native State," by President Andrew Jack son. and community leaders to support the Lever agricultural extension bill -to help us, and we will help you. Turn the tide of emigration, keep our people under the old flag. Come South and we will welcome you and wo will mako you rich." President II. H. Cross reviewed the work of the league during the last two years, in which its principal efforts have neon devoted to the sup port of the Lever agricultural exten sion bill, which In a measure pro vides for tho establishment and maintenance, in every agricultural county in the United States, of a skilled farm adviser, who will bring to tho individual farmer the fund of valuable knowledge gathered and developed by tho department of ag riculture, the State agricultural col leges and the State experiment sta tions. Mr. Cross expressed the be lief that the measure would pass Congress at the present session, or without doubt In the early days of the next regular session. SAYS NEVER NEGLECTED DUTY. Senator Tillman Wroth Rt Governor'? Hendersonvllle Statement. Washington, July 17.-Referring to affairs in South Carolina, Senator Tillman said to-day: "I notice that Governor Idease has broken loose again. lie makes a misstatement, to speak mildly, and I feel compelled to'correct him. Ile went to llendersonville the other day and In a telegram to the Columbia Record he is made to say: " 'Senator Tillman ruined himself with the people of 'South Carolina in just the same manner when he went about lecturing instead of remaining in Washington and attending to the business In tho Senate.' "I have lectured very extensively throughout tho country, but I never neglected any Senatorial work to do it, as the record will show. I do not recall ever having left Washington while the Senate was in session ex ceeding half a dozen times to deliver lectures. Then I went to nearby points, which I could reach after the Senate adjourned for the day, deliver the lecture that night and return to Washington the next morning. I have received offers lime and again to lecture while Congress was In ses sion, but I always declined. I could have made tens of thousands of dol lars had I believed it right to do so. Subtle and Cunning. "Governor Blease has recently done two things about which I want to say something. I have been amused at the subtleness and cun ning he has shown in getting out of the militia muddle. 'He double-som ersaulted instantly, and was so anx ious to comply with the requirements of the War Department that he tele graphed his acquiescence to the Sec retary's demands. The mail was too slow for him. "Another thing tho Governor has done recently is the letter he wrote to the supervisors of registration, ordering them peremptorily to regis ter all white men. His exact words are: 'Let no white man be refused.' "I have examined the law care fully to see just how far the super visors ought to go, and I take the liberty of advising them to obey the law and register only men qualified under fhe law who will take the oath required. Might Ca ii M< Illegal Yoting. "I am very anxious to have all white men who can take the oath register, and thus be able to fulfil their duties as citizens. But lt will be a fearful blunder and crime for anybody in South Carolina to lay the foundation or give excuse for the House of Representatives or the Sen ate of the Unite'' States to throw out a Senator or Congressman elected from South Carolina because of ille gal registration. The Republicans are not now In power, and the danger is not as great as it once was, but even a Democratic Senate and a Dem ocratic House cannot afford to tole rate anything smacking of illegality or fraud. "Tho law as lt stands how requires the people to elect Senators by direct vote, and I do not want to see South Carolina jerked up for illegal voting. Until we get our primary law amend ed by the Legislature, so as to re IN SUCH PAIN WOMAN TORE HER CLOTHES Testifies She Was Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Malone, N.Y.,- " Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has cer tainly done me a lot of good. I first heard of it when I was a girl and I always said that if I ever had fe male trouble 1 would take it. " I suffered from organic inflamma tion and would have spells when I would be in such pain that I would tear my clothes. One day my husband got the neighbors in to ? ee what the matter was but they could not help me. My first thought was for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I sent my hus band out for it and took it until I was en tirely cured. I am a woman of perfect health and my health and happiness came from Lydia E. Pinkham's medi cine. You may rest assured that I do all I can to recommend your wonderful medicine to my friends."- MRS. FRED STONE, Route No. 3, Malone, N. Y. The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled. It rosy be used with perfect confidence by women who suffer from displacements, Inflam? mation,ulcei?tk)n,tumort,lrregularitie?, periodic barna, backac?*, 'jearing-dowta feeling, flatulency1, indlgt ..tfon, ditttlness, or nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound lethe stan dard remedy for female illa. move all possibility of the charges ot fraud and bribery In the primary, we cannot afford to take any chances. An Opportunity for Blease. "If Governor Blease will exert himself to see that the Legislature at Its next session passes a reasonable and just law to insure honesty and fairness in our primary, all will be well. I want to emphasize this, and I say it with all due solemnity. "If money buys the n?xt Senator ship in South Carolina, as lt may do, and as it is charged it has dono lu the recent Congressional race in the First District, I will feel compelled to object to the seating of any man sent here will? a tainted title. "I join with Governor Dlease in urging our people to register. While it may be straining a construction of the law in any other than a general election year for supervisors tb go to places sway from the court house in each county. I can see no harm In thu*. They are' permitted and can go to any place they see Ht for the meagre salaries they receive. Dut every good citizen ought to seo to it that no illegal registration is permit ted, because as things are now in South Carolina, illegality. dishon esty or fraud, either in the primary or In the general election, will prove very dangerous. Every fairminded man wants honesty and fair play, asd every patriot will abide the re sult of an election so conducted, whether his side loses or wins." Wense Makes Reply. Columbia, July 17. - Governor Blease declared it as his opinion that Senator Tillman broke down his health by his lecturing tours and "ruined his usefulness to the people of South Carolina by running around over the country delivering lectures and overworking himself," in a state ment to-day, ,replying to Senator Tillman's interview in the morning papers. He repeated his criticism of Secretary of State Bryan for lectur ing while holding his present office. Says the Governor's dictated state ment: "Yes, I have noticed Senator Till man's interview. "The first part of it is brought about by a statement published in the newspa|>ers (which is absolutely untrue). 1 did not state, as quoted by Senator Tillman and as published In the Columbia Record: 'Senator Tillman ruined himself with the peo ple of South Carolina in just the same manner, when le went about lecturing insltead of remaining in Washington and attending to the business in the Senate.' What I said, and now repeat, was that Senator Tillman broke his health down and ruined his usefulness to the people of South Carolina by running p.round over the country delivering lectures and overworking himself. 1 repeat that now. "I was also misquoted in the pa pers as to what I said about Secre tary of State Bryan. I said nothing about him drawing two salaries, be cause anybody with good sense knows that a matter of holding a public office and appearing on the platform are not In conflict with each other, so far as the salary ls con cerned; but what I said was that I did not think that the Secretary of State of this great nation should be going around a chautauqua circuit under the management of some little fellow like a circus rider under a ring-master, and I still think it is be neath the dignity of the position which Mr. Bryan holds for him to so act. So far as money is concerned that, in my opinion, is not to be taken into consideration in the mat ter at all. lt is a question of dignity on his part. "As for the remaining part of Sen ator Tillman's interview, I care to have nothing to say. It shows what I have long since said and what I re peated at Henderson ville, that the old man is very weak-minded; he is now enfeebled, and I am satisfied that his past conduct in his own elec tions is working on his enfeebled mind, and no doubt the loss of Ufo in the Darlington riot is also playing its part in his reference to the militia situation In this State, and that he is moro to he pitied than to be blamed." Tragic. Encounter at Clieraw. Cheraw, July 16.-Last evening Benjamin L. Gardner, originally from Bethune, but now a Seaboard Rail road section boss from Cheraw south ward, shot and instantly killed Louis Trobough, section boss from Cheraw northward. They were neighbors and Gardner's cow formed the habit of going over a frail wiro fence into Trobough's garden. Yesterday the latter, lt is said, nailed up the gato' to keep the cow out. Finding out what had been done, it ls said, Gard ner took his gun and attacked Tro bough, shooting him in the eye. An inquest was held last night, the Jury returning a verdict to the effect that Trobough met his death at the hands of Gardner. The latter is now In Jail. It ls said that during the day Trobough had threatened Gardner's life. JULY *?'^ Best Time to Plant CALLA LILIES FREI Mrs. Nevitt Fant, Walh TEE ANDERSON FLOR TILLMAN CRITICISES BRYAN. Says Secretary of State Should Quit the Lecture Platform. (New York Herald, 10th.) Senator Tillman, who confesses that at one time he made $25,000 a year on the lecture platform during vacations of Congress, said he never had neglected his official duties to fill lecture engagements. He re gretted Mr, Bryan's devotion to the ; platform, "lt is a perfectly legitimate way 1 to make money," he said, "but I re- ' grot to hear of Mr. Bryan doing lt. ' Just at this time, when there ls so much important work before his de partment, l would prefer to have him stay ia Washington. He could better afford to impoverish himself than to appear to neglect his official duties. "The impression prevails-though I don't, know how well founded lt is -that Mr. Bryan has made a great deal of money since 1896. He has published two or three books, owns Tho Commoner, which has a wide circulation, and has lectured exten sively. I love the man so much I hate to see him do anything that w?ll belittle him In the eyes of the people as thia certainly will do. Wh*le his speaking tours will serve a good purpose In that he always preaches true democracy and patri otism and Christian living, he can | never again appear as a Knight er rant of democracy." Wore SUt Skirt-Arrested. Richmond, Va., July 17.-Mayor Ainslie and Police Chief Werner yes terday afternoon made the first ar rest on record for the wearing of slit skirts. Blossom Browning is the name the blonde young woman gave at the sta tion house. Women friends bailed her for appearance before Justice Crutchfleld. The crowd following her was blocking Richmond's broadway in the picture show region when the girl was arrested. She claimed that her dress was the fashion, was bought in a licensed de partment store, and suited her taste; and she has retained counsel to de fend her. Unique Court Derision. New York, July 17.-A man who remarries after the death of his wife i ceases to bear any relationship to j the dead woman and therefore has , no control over her body. This, In , effect, was the decision of Justice Phtlbin in deciding yesterday that I Geo. B. Stone could not remove the body of his wife from a plot In Woodlawn cemetery to a single grave I In urde" that he might sell the plot. THE COCA-COLA Wt>tn?T*r r"tt ?et ?TIN O LIST foi* Winter Blooms. ?SIAS PANSY SEED alla, S. C., is- Our Agent. AL CO.. Anderson, S. C. DEATH OF MUS. AUGUST KOHN. Sh? Mad IJeen in Poor Health for Several Months. (News and Courier, 171 h.) Friends in all parts of South Car olina of M rs. Irene Goldsmith Kohn, wife ol' Col. August Kohn, of Co lumbia, will he shocked to learn of her sudden death, which oc< urre'' yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'oi >ck, on Sullivan's Island, where the fam ily had taken a cottage for the sum mer. Mrs. Kohn was stricken while at dinner with her sister, Mrs. F. N. Brunson, of Columbia, who was oc cupying the cottage with hor, and al though medical asslstanco was secur ed almost immediately she did not recover consciousness and died within a few minutes following the fatal at tack. For about a year Mrs. Kohn had boen suffering with angina pectoris, but her condition was not considered at all critical and latterly it had im proved to such a degree that one of her sons, August Kohn, Jr., had been sent to the boys' camp at Greenbrier Springs, Alderson, West Va. Mr. Kohn, who has been spending the week-ends on Sullivan's Island, had returned to Columbia last Monday night greatly encouraged at the pro gress Mrs. Kohn seemed to be mak ing. He was communicated with im mediately following her death yes terday afternoon and came to Sulli van's Island last night. Mrs. Kohn was the eldest daughter of the late A. A. Goldsmith, of Char leston. Born In September, 1868, she was married to August Kohn March 1, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Kohn went to Columbia to make ' their home. She was one of the most popular wo men in Columbia and numbered her friends by the score. First as State Secretary of the United Daughters oi the Confederacy and subsequently as president of that organization for two terms, her remarkable adminis trative talents and charming person ality made themselves felt. Mrs. Kohn was a woman of unusual gifts and as the news of her death spread hundreds of messages of sympathy poured In upon the bereaved family from those who had known her and had loved and admired ber. Mrs. Kohn is survived by her hus band and three children. Ve?, Something Worse. A friend once wrote Mark Twain a letter, saying that he was in very bad health, concluding with: "ls there anything worse than hav ing toothache and earache at the same time?" Twain wrote back: "Yes-rheu matism and St. Vitus' dance." The Best Beverage under the Sun Wk. ion to any party-\ any place. id wholesomeness. icious reshing ? Quenching Genuine ?stauten. At Sod? Fountains or Carbonated tn Bottle?. ' hue *: a (?IM" . ? .. COMPANY, ATLANTA, OA. BB Arrow ??Ink of Ceea-CoU. V