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KEOWEE COURIER ( ESTABLISH Kl) 184V.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Hates ItenMonable. -Hy ?TECK, SHKLOR Ai SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over one hundred word . will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate orono c nt ti word. Cash io accompany raanusci I pt. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEIT. M?. H)LL COTTON CONDITION IS LOWER. Deteriorated tt.t Per Cent Since the July RepoH Was Issued. Washington, Supt. ?I. Announce ment yesterday by the department of agriculture that the condition ol the growing cotton crop of the United Stales was r.s.2 percent of a normal m August 25, disclosed the facts that the crop had deteriorated II I per cen? .-ince ibo July report was taken. The.August ligures were the same as those of Augu.it. 1900, and the condition at this ito fi od had been lower only three? times luring the pas? 22 years; in ism;, when it was ?1.2 percent; in 1902, when it was ?I per cent, and in 1909, when it ?was I"'!-." per cent. The greatest deterioration was in Oklahoma. where the condition dropped 36 per cen! to 15 por cent. In Texas the condition of 64 per cent ?bowed a d?t?riorai ion of IT per cent. Deterioration in other States In the part of the bolt stricken by d rou j; ht was: Arkansas, 15 per cent; Missouri, 14 per cent; Louisiana, 12 per cent; Tennessee. 10 ..?or cent; Mississippi, S per cent, and Alabama, 7 per cent. Tn all the States the condition was much lower than the 10-year average report. Comparisons of conditions. Slates, follows: Hy States. Aug. 2."? 10-yr. 1913 1912 Av. Virginia .SO SO S2 N, Carolina . 78 75 TS S. Carolina .77 7:> 77 Georgia .70 7 0 7 7 Florida . 81 7 3 7 8 Maha m a. 7 2 7 5 70 Mississippi .69 7 0 75 Louisiana .or? 7 4 69 Texas .64 7 tl 7 2 Arkansas.72 TT TT Tennessee .SO 76 S3 Missouri . 7 2 7 S 84 Oklahoma . 45 84 7 0 California .96 it."> - United States.r.s.2 74.8 T LT Since the July report growing con ditions had been generally favorable rhroughont the Lastern section of the colton belt, and the condition of tho pian! in the States east ol' the Mississippi was expected to show up well. In the Stales west ol' t he Mis sissippi conditions were not >o favor able, drought in Texas and Oklaho ma, pints of Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana marking the early part of ".he period which to-day's report cov ers. High temperatures prevailed throughout most of t his sect ion. The drought was partially relieved during the lasl week of tho period. l ucie to Wed Niece. Providence, lt. I., Sept. 1. An uii ?ie and his niece, on marriage lieut, were made happy here to-day. Harry Kandc r. aged 23, an iron dealer, and his brother's daughter, .Miss Bessie Kandel, aged 22, traveled all the way from their homo in Howling Breen, Ohio, to 'his city to secure a license to marry, their ret]nest hav ing been denied In all Slates in the Middle West. The couple arrived in Providence and visited the city hall, accompanied by Rabbi David Bach cab, of the Congregation Sons of Zion, this city. They were granted a license, bul will have to wait live days before being mar. led. Alter tome search they found that In Rhode island uncles and nieces of thc- Jew ish faith could marry. They will he married here and return to Ohio. - Killed hy Accident. Greenville, Sept. :?. Cicero Pier son, a young white man, was acciden tally shot and killed near here while iunting to-day. This is tho first fa tality of the hunting season in this tounty. - --?-. .- . -. Caught Had Cold. "Last winter my son caught a very had cold and the way ho coughed was something dreadful," writes Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan, of Tipton, Iowa. "We thonght sure ho was going Into consumption. We bought just one bottle of Chara?er!aln'& Cough Rom edy and that opo bottle stopped his eought and cured fols cold complete ly." Fdr sMe by all dealers. adv. FLAGMAN AX? KNGINF.KK HF,!'?. Both Aro Arrested After Giving Tes timony at Inquiry. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 4.-Au gust B. Miller, engineer of the White Mountain express, and Charles II Murray, ilagman of tho Bar Harbor express, the two trains involved In the fatal North Haven wreck oil the Now York, New Haven and Hartford railroad Tuesday morning, ?vere placed in $5,000 hail under tl coro ner Mix late to-night, charged with having "criminally caused the death ol Royal H. Hotchklss," one of the victims of tho disaster. Knell was palced in $5,000 bail under a coro ner's warrant eftective until 24 hours after i he coroner has rendered a ver dict in the inquest into the catastro phe which ho began In private to day. Hail for Miller was furnished by i he local Brotherhood of Locomotive Kn gi nee ra and Firemen. Murray was locked up for lack of a bonds man. Both men, who have been detained by the coroner in the county jail Since last Tuesday a.s material wit nesses, were arrested alter they had given testimony at n night session of I the inquest lt is said that they told widely conflicting stories as to the causes of the accident. Miller, though gaunt and nervous, was in a lighting mood after his release on hail. "They have called me a scape goat," he said. "I am no scapegoat. I want to say that I have nothing to fear. I am going to clear myself. I have been demoralized by all that has been printed about this wreck, hut I don't care so long as the truth comes out. Hint's all 1 want." Ins]K?ctor Belnap said to-night that he had been informed that Murray had testified Tuesday at the joint pre liminary investigation hy tho coro- j nor. public utilities commission and railroad officials, that he had placed , tho torpedoes "six or seven telegraph poles back," a distance of from !Mit; to 1,162 feet. Engineer Miller tes tified, Belnap said, that tho torpe does were only two poles hack, or j ?H5 2 feet, when he bearii them go off. "In either case," said the chief In spector, "it appears from their testi- j immy that the torpedoes were too near to give adequate warning." Victims I toi >!><?? i hy dionis. New Haven, Sept. 5 -Wholesale | and disgraceful robberies are declar- I ed to have been made from dead j bodies at the New York and New ?Ha- i ven railroad wreck at North Haven on Tuesday morning, in a report made to-day by Coroner Mix to Chief of Police Smith, requesting him to apprehend the culprits. Hands Cut on foi Kings. Coroner Mix said to-day that dur ing his inquest witnesses told of men cutting linders off dead passengers to get rings and of persons searching | clothing of injured passengers to se- j cure money or valuables. Engineer Miller, of the \\ nlte Mountain Express, testified that he saw a man cut off a woman's finger on which were ser* al rings. Ile also saw a tuan strip a dead woman's hands: and afterwards he saw a man lean over an injured woman and snatch away a locket. Another railroad man told of a man with a pillow case picked up Jewelry and other articles of value. Pursued across t he fields he escaped. ?ECIDK YOntSFLF. The Opportunity is Here, Bucked hy Walhalla Testimony. Don't take our word for it. Don't depend on a stranger's state ment. [lead Walhalla endorsement. Read the statements of Walhalla citizens. And decide for yourself. 11?re is one case of it : .1. H. Hughes, railroad engineer. Faculty Hill, Walhalla. S. C., says: "Cor many years I worked on a lo comotive and tlie constant jarring] weakened my kidneys. I had sore ness in tin* small of my back and through my shoulders. I felt miser able in every way. As soon as I be gan taking Dean's Kidney Pills, pro cured at Dr. Hell's drug store. I was relieved, lt was not long before my health improved. I do not think there is another medicine like them. I have publicly recommended Doan's Kidney Pills before and I am pleased to say I haven't had any kidney ! trouble since." For sale by all dealers. Price .">0 cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the Uni ted States. Remember the name -Donn's-? and take no other. adv. Where Sheep Grew Largest. Some of tho largest fleeces ever produced come from the State of Washington. Sheep grow to large size on the ranges In the Snake River Valley. What Is believed to be the largost fleece ever taken from a sheep wa? brought to Pullman, Wash., by .1. Ross Husby, a rancher. The fleece weighed sixty pounds. At the pre vailing price for wool Lnis fleeco is worth almost $8. Three fleeces from the same flock of Rambouillet sheep weighed 142 pounds, and another one Upped the scales at 50 pounds. BROUGHTON ON WOMAN'S DRESS Say? Devil Would Enjoy Walk Down Broadway, Now York. Atlanta, Sept. 4.-All the vay across the ocean to help root for the Atlanta hall team. Dr. I^en G. Broughton, fresh from London, was an enthusiastic figure ai Bonce de Deon Park yesterday afternoon, and lifted his ,oice with the other At lanta fans to cheer the crackers. "We don't have hase ball In I.lin don," said Dr. Broughton, "and it ls a rare treat to be back auain where I can enjoy seeing my old home team play." Dr. Broughton will he here through Saturday of this week, will visit Other SoutheVn towns, and will he back in London by October 1st. The former Atlanta preacher, now world-famous, says that the (1res.- of Atlanta women is not as extreme or immoral as in New York. Ile says he doubts very much whether ?the devil would enjoy a walk along Peachtree to the extent thal bis Sa tanic Majesty would enjoy a like stroll on Broadway." "The women who affect the ex treme style of few (dollies are bul a coterie' of rapid ones who do not in any way represent the great bulk of American women." declared Dr. Broughton when asked to further en large his views on the interview he gave on landing in New York. "The slit skirt, shadow dress and other styles of dress, or lack of dress, can hardly be other than the devil's own invention," he reiterated. In sharp contrast to what Dr. Broughton says are the views of Dr. Lincoln McConnell, who, by a coinci dence, arrived the same day as Dr. Broughton to take charge of the Tab ernacle pastorate, which was Dr. Droughton's old charge. Dr. McConnell takes the view that many women do not mean to be "bad" by wearing the slit skirt and other scanty garments. "Modern woman." he says, "does not mean near as much by her fads as people think. Neither is she bad. nor has site given up her ideas of virtue. The fact that she has gone to extremes n dress, as in other things, is simply an indication of tho general trend of the times to throw off restraint. Poo pie should not be needlessly alarmed j at the bad. for the pendulum will ! swing back again, and only then will ? we be able to understand the good : that has been reaped from the pres- ! ent movement. Woman will then have universal suffrage." ... Beware of Ointment* for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will' surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range tho whole system when enter ing it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputa ble physicians, as the damage they will do is ten-told to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, contains no mercury, and is taken internally, j acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure ! you get the genuine. It is taken in- ; ternally and made in Toledo. Ohio, 1 by F. .1. Cheney & Co. Testimonials j free. Sold by druggists. Price 7 5c. ? per bottle. Take Hall's family Pills for const!- ; patton. adv. I LIEUT. LOVE MEETS ll IS DEATH. Army Officer Killed When His Aero plane Dashes to Marti). San Diego. Cal.. Sept. 4.-First Lieut. Moss L. Love, a native of Vir- j ginia. signal corps. United States army, was killed to-day when his aeroplane plunged 300 feet to the ground at the army aviation school near here. Shortly before the acci dent he began to descend from an al titude of approximately 2,000 feet. When 300 feet from the ground watchers say they saw a puff on the machine and it dropped like a shot. Lieut. Love was a native of Vir ginia, was born in 1879, and appoint? ed to the United States Military Acad emy at large from Virginia. After graduation from West Point lie was assigned to the cavalry, serving in 1911, after a course in the graduate army signal school. Tho Death Toll to Date. Washington, Sept. 4.-Eleven avi ators have been killed in the army and navy service since experiments were started with heavier-than-air machines in 1908-ten in tho army and one in the navy. In aviation tho world over, 333 persons have been killed since 1908, I I 2 In 1913. Two German OHlcers Killed. Brleg. Germany, Sept. 4.-Two more officials of the Oerman army's flying corps were killed in an aero plane accident here to-day. Lieut. Von Eckenbrecher and Lieut. Prinz, both young roen, wore testing a new aeroplane over the military aero drome when the left wing collapsed. The aviators were crushed to (loath. Curst QM Serti, O?wr Remedies Won't Curt. Thc worst cane*, no matter of how long nt andino-, are cured br the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter'* Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves '.sd?! and Heats st thc sume lime. 25c, 50c. fi.00 "INOCULATION AGAINST FEVER. | Growing Practice By Guarding Against Infection by Disease. (Spriuficid Republican.) It ia only a question of time when vaccination against typhoid fever will become so general as not to excite remark. Now that tho vacation sea son has come around again, with the exposure to typhoid germs it brings, tho public health authorities are urg ing upon the people In many parts of the country the use of tho preventive. Our own State Hoard of Health, for example,has sent letters to large cor porations throughout the State urg ing thal all salesmen who travel widely throughout the country, es|>e cially through the South, be inocu lated with anti-typhoid vaccine. The .Massachusetts death rate from ty phoid fever last year was 7.VX for every I .ono persons, but in the South, for example, tho incidence of tito fever runs up in many cases as high as ten times our record. Ol' course, typhoid acquired in other lo calities is a contributory cause of this State's death rate, and for this rea son tile board urges inoculation. The material for this is furnished free by the board to citizens of the State. In Philadelphia the director of the department of health and charities. Dr. XelY, is prepared to vaccinate all persons who may apply for treat ment. He makes the positive state ment that typhoid fever, like small pox, can now be prevented by vacci nation. Ho particualrly urges that those who are planning to visit coun try districts take the treatment. Thus are the public health authorities agreeing that the efficiency of anti typhoid fever vaccination in prevent ing, or in lessening the severity of tho attack in tho small proportion of cases In which the disease occurs in spite of vaccination, has been estab lished beyond question. Further more, the vaccination against ty phoid, when performed in a surgi cally clean manner, is as simple and harmless a process as that against smallpox. It requires three injections of the typhoid vaccine under the skin at intervals of from seven to ten days, am) about twenty days ls re quired for the vaccinated person to develop Immunity or protective re sistive power against typhoid fever germs. There is a mild reaction af ter each injection, causing some mi nor discomfort such as weakness and | perhaps a chill or slight nausea, hut in the thousands of vaccinations per formed in the United States army j and elsewhere no serious harm has ever resulted. THE AGE OF TH E ALPHABET. Prof. W. M. PUnders Petrie Says It ls Older than the Phoenicians. (Boston Globe.) Tho celebrated Egyptologist, Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie, has published a new work called "The Growth of Signs," in which he attacks the the ory that our alphabet is Phenician. ( Prof. Petrie says that the most com- j monly accepted theory is that the Phenicians derived their alphabet from the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing, that they developed lt and ; added to it. and passed it on practi cally in the form we have it. to-day. Tlie professor, on the other hand, ' maintains that the signs composing | the alphabet originated in many parts ! of the world as far apart as Asia .Minor and Spain, Hi at. they were j gradually brought together by the na tions dwelling around the M?diter ranean and .condensed hy them Into, our convenient! system, and that while the Phenicians used this sys tem, tiley were in no sense parents of it. Ile was first started on tho way to those conclusions when ho discovered in Egypt signs similar to those of the alphabet that were older than hieratic or hieroglyphic writing. Ile found these signs dating from the twelfth dynasty. Ho then traced the existence of other alphabetic signs in other vari ous parts of tho world, which could have been derived from the Pheni cians. He has compiled a Hst of signs found in 36 ancient, languages | from which ho undertakes to show ' that our alphabet was derived. He attacks the old idea that our letters are drawings of animals and tilings that suggest the sounds that we give to the letters. For instance, it has been said that "A" represents a hull's head, because tho lotter sounds like tho bellowing of an ani mal; that "S" represents a ser|>ent because tho sound of the letter ls Uko the hissing of the reptile, and so on Prof. Petrie argues that the signs from which the alphabet ls derived were in uso before the art of making plcturfo arose, and that, therefore, lt is absurd to suppose that the al phabetic letters and pictures were derived In this way. He cites a'.pha betic. signs 7.000 years old. At the CIORO of last year about 10 per cent o the roads of the United States coull be classed as Improved, a gala of 1 % per cent in three years. $?,000,000 LOSS BY STORM. North Carolin!? Coawt Swept hy Gale. Many Reported Dead. Washington, N. C., Sept. 4.-Prop erty valued at more than $3,000,000 is reported to have been destroyed, and rumors aro current of a heavy loss of life, as tho result of the de structive storm that swept the east ern Carolina coast yesterday. Wire communication with tho stricken dis trict only was meagre to-night. Ef forts to verify hy wireless reports of many casualties on Ocracoke Island, in Pamlico Sound, have been fruit less. All wireless stations in that vicinity are believed to bo wrecked by the storm. Tho greatest damage to property was in Beaufort county. Havoc was wrought by the storm among the fish ing craft in the Pamlico river. In Washington business bouses and manufacturing plants along the wa ter front were partially swept away. The total damage in this county alone was roughly estimated at :?2, 000.000. HU Son nd Towns. The fury of the galo chiefly was centered on towns along Pamlico Sound, among these being Morehead City, Beaufort, Newborn, Washing ton, Bayboro, Belhaven and a score of smaller places. A deluge of rain accompanied the wind. Tito tide in Pamlico Sound was many feet above the ordinary water mark. In Wash ington the streets were flooded to a depth of several feet. All points along the coast report heavy damage to shipping. Off the coast of Hatteras the six-masted schooner George W. Wells was driven ashore and pounded to pieces by the heavy surf. The crew were rescued only after desperate work by life savers. An unidentified British oil ship is reported ashore a few miles north of Ocracoke inlet. Life sav ers were attempting to reach her. Three miles to the south a sci 'Coner with one mast standing and no signs of lifo on board is reported pounding in the brea kera. sundi Craft Wrecked. At Beaufort, N. C., many small craft were capsized or smashed against harbor breakwater over which the seas were running. The steamer M. M. Marks had her pro peller and rudder damaged. Mall boats from Core Sound reported.that all wharves for 25 miles along the shore had been destroyed, many houses blown down and hundreds of cattle and horses drowned. No loss of life was reported in that section. The Hatteras wireless station is near the scene of tho reported Ocra coke disaster. It also was reported that the revenue cutter Seminole had been ordered to Ocracoke Island, where it is rumored several hundred lives were lost. Efforts to verify this rumor at a late hour to-night were futile. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OH., a sur gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. $1.00. IMPOSE PENAI/TY OP $1 A BALE. That Penalty on Every Bale Not Con forming to the Standard. Washington, Sept. 4.-A penalty of $1 a bale on each bale of cotton which does not conform to tho stand ard 27 by fi 4-inch size will he assess ed hy the railroads and steamship companies beginning Tuesday past. Notice of this penalty was given ?ix months ago, and hearings have been held hy the House committee on In ter-State and Foreign Coniemrce, of Which Representative Adamson, of Georgia, is chairman, with, the view of securing an agreement among all lia rt les as to the size and density of cotton bales. Despite all this advertising, some persons only woke up Tuesday to the fact that the penalty would be exact ed. Congressmen from cotton-grow ing States were urged by telegraph to take the matter up with the Secre tary of Agriculture and the Inter state Commerce Commission to see If something could not he done to avert this jienalty. After looking into the matter fur ther, several Senators who originally agreed to join tho delegation changed their minds. They believe the uniform bale ls a good thing. They say lt is a comparatively sim ple matter for ginners to change their gin boxes to conform to the new regulations; that the ginners had ample notice, and could have eas ily met the requirements of the transportation companies. A great many ginners did so, but. those who didn't will cause a loss to the farm ers on the bale gini.ed and baled In tho old way of $1 a bale. Wanted Son Born in America. New York, Sept. 4.-Mr. and Mrs. Herman Marges hurried to New York from Paris so that a son, born here last night, might be beyond any doubt an American citizen. They ar rived with only six hours to spare. Barges was born in Prance, but ls now an American citizen. (?OVEItNOH?S WOKK ON KOA DB. Major, ot Missouri, and Hays, of Ar ktinsas, Lind tho Worker?. Little Kock, Ark,, Sept. :i.-Gov ernor- Elliott Major, of Missouri, joined the Arkansas "good roads" workers this morning, with Gover nor Geo. W. Hays, of this State, and hundreds of other prominent citizens. The Governors donned overalls and hurried to tito highway building sites in automobiles. More than 100 au tomobiles wore given over to tho sor vice, and by 8 o'clock at Capitol ave nue and Main st recd, the center ol' business activities In Little Hock, thousands of people gathered to watch the departure of the Guberna torial party and others to the coun try roads. Governoi Major, of Missouri, was enthusiastic over the big turnout. During breakfast, In a brief talk, the Missouri Governor pointed out how the recent "good roads" demonstra tion in his State had brought out popular sentiment. "You have great opportunities itere," said Governor Major, "and this good roads demonstration to-day in your city, the hub of the State, shows that your i>eople in tito cities as well as in the country are in earn est." " Governor L. E. Hall, of Louisiana, wired his regrets, saving that owing to an extra session of the General As sembly of that State, ho couldn't join the good roads workers here to-day, hut he pledged his good will in be half of the movement. It was reported that 50 of the 75 counties of the State went into the highway movement to-day, and that grading and other work will he done on 5 00 miles of roads. Never in its history has Little Rock seen such a demonstration as was witnessed this morning when the good roads workers "hiked" to the country. Mothers, wives and sweet hearts of the good roads workers joined in the movement, supplying friend chicken and other delicacies. A bunch of Hoy Scouts volunteered to supply drinking water. Under the proclamation of Governor Hays, two days, to-day and to-morrow, are to be devoted to the good roads move ment. Durant Whipple directed the "army of occupation" as it was call ed. During the afternoon a barbecue will he held In the country, thou sands of pounds of meat and other food articles having been donated for the feast. To Cure a Cold In One Day rake LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It atop? the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. G ii illiy of Manslaughter. Abbeville. Sept. 4.-Ben J. Ash worth, tried for murder on the charge of killing his motlier, was found guil ty of manslaughter. The aged wo man was killed In her home in this county on June 24. There wp re no eye-witnesses. R. C Bruce, rural policeman, worked up the evidence in this case. The Ashworth case came from Calhoun Falls, where the family lived In the mill village. SUFFERED AWFUL PAINS For Sixteen Years. Restored To Health by Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Moretown. Vermont.-"I was trou bled with pains and irregularities for sixteen years, and was thin, weak and nervous. When I would He down it would seem as if 1 was going right down out of sight into some duri: hc!cp and the window cur "Nl tains had faces that would peek out at me, and when I waa outof doors it would seem as if something was going to hap pen. My blood was poor, my circula tion was so bad I would be like a d?fldl person at times. I had female weak ness badly, my abdomen was sore and I had awful pains. "I took Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegeta ble Compound and used tho Sanative Wash and they certainly did wonders for me. My troubles disappeared and I am able to work hard every day. "-Mrs. W. F. SAWYER, River View Farm, Mor i town, Vermont. Another Case. Gifford, Iowa.-"I was troubled with female weakness, also with displace ment I had very severe and steady headache, also pain in back and waa" very thin and tired all the time, rcom rnoaccd taking Lydia E. Pmkham'e Vegetable Compound and I am cored of these trouble*. J I cannot praise you* medlr*^ too highly. ' '--Mrs. iHA/MllaV 8LAQL? 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