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A FAIR BOOSTER FOR OCONBB. Newspaper Correspondent Write? of Mis? Eunice Macaulay. (W. F. Caldwell In the Charleston Sunday News.) One rf tho rural free delivery routes which radiate from Walhalla to all parts of O oneo county serves the country bordering on the North Carolina line and is composed of what, is a part of the mountainous section of South Carolina. Following this route as it winds its way through valleys and over mountains, gradu ally ascending as the distance from Walhalla Increases, some of the most beautiful spots with which nature has so endowed the hill region are seen. It is the part of Oconee county which will he within tho area soon to be opened for the passage of trav elers in automobiles to the resorts of Western North Carolina, when the Columbia- Anderson- Walhalla- Lake Toxaway highway, which was Hrs! suggested by Coin missioner Watson, is completed. One of Oconee county's sturdy cit izens, N. W. Macaulay, is the carrier of this route, and his substituto is his gifted daughter. Miss Eunice A. Macaulay, a young lady still in her teens, ami. when not out delivering ('neb' Sam's mai] to th?' prosperous citizens, spends her time as stenog rapher in the office of Col. R. T. \ .layncs, ono of the most prominent members of the Walhalla bar. Health and Strengt h. Horn in the Invigorating climate of Walhalla, nurtured and teared in fa vorable surroundings, and blessed witli parents of good Christian char acter and patriotic purposes, Miss Kunico Macaulay is one ol' the best liked of tin? many charming young ladies of which Walhalla boasts with pardonable pride. While inking ad- ? vantage of the educational opportu nities which were hers, Miss Macau lay did not neglect the bountiful gifts which nature offers to all her children. People who are reared in the beneficial climate of Walhalla are usually furnished with good health if they will only avail themselves of their privileges, and this Miss Macau lay did. Consequently she is budding into that rosy cheeked, charming wo manhood which has made the Pied ? with the hand of the master the horse as the mail wagon is pulled over the mountain roads in its daily journey to the homes of the farmers who inhabit this pari of the country. Carries tin- Mall. Whenever her lather does not go out on Iiis route Miss Eunice hitches the sensible and reliable horse to the mail wagon, goes lo the post office and gets the government's mail for her patrons and sets forth for Jier all-day journey. She is beloved by every patron and often as sile stops at a rural home to leave the daily mail the good woman or sturdy head of the house will press the food of the season on her. In the summer time it is a watermelon or maybe fruit, or at another time the tempt ing fried chicken and buttermilk, or maybe grapes, apples, peaches, or just any of the products which that favored county produces in such great abundance. That cheery smile and happy countenance wit li which Miss Macaulay greets every one makes her daily passage like a ray of sunshine to many of her patrons, especially to those approaching the evening of life, and tho gallant youths drawing towards man's estate. Optimistic Over Future. Living in a county which has shown rapid and remarkable strides in agricultural and commercial lines, in educational advancement and Im provement in everything. Miss Mac aulay is. of course, a great believer in the future which she rightly be lieves is just about to dawn for Wal halla and Oconee county. She is a "booster," and. like all her neighbors ami friends, is certain that if only the Hine Ridge railroad will com plete its line across the mountains to Tennessee, and if the Interurban will include Walhall;1, on its network of commercial arteries, a reawakening will come, bringing more people, manufacturing enterprises and all the commercial lifo which marks the passage to a city. 'The natural ad vantages ari there the climate, the scenery, rich, an agricultural coun try as ian be found anywhere, and as line and hospitable a set of peo ple as the world possesses. Miss Macaulay's county is alive to the need of mo', railroads and closer intercourse with other parts of tho country. They promptly did their part in raising the share of the money wanted from them for putting tin? public road across Stumphouse Moun tain to the North Carolina line into prime condition so that this link of the automobile highway to Lake Tox away and the Land of the Sky would be opened for passage for people from the southern sect lo of fbi? .1 other States, who Animal !.. r-> the PROHIBITIONISTS TO MK KT. Call Issued for Conference In Colum bia-May Organ!74? Tarty (The State) Prohibitionists of South Carolina are called upon, in an open letter Is sued by Georg? Gary-Lee, State chairman, to meet in Columbia on tho evening of October 30th-Thurs day of fair week-'"for the purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a State prohibition party." The call is as follows: "To the Prohibitionists of South Carolina -Greeting: "Whereas, the greatest asset of a State or nation is its boys and girls; and "Whereas, their proper develop ment means so much to them and to the generations following; and "Whereas, they aro now being de bauched and led to eternal ruin by those who value dollars above men; and "Whereas, local option cnn never settle, once for all, the liquor ques tion in our State "1. George Gary-Lee, having been appointed State chairman by author ity ol' tho national prohibition con ference, held at Indianapolis. Ind., in January, 1913, respectfully urge every man who stands for the high est moral interests of South Caro lina to assemble in the Y. M. C. A. building in Columbia, s. C., on Thurs day, October 30, 1913, at s p. m.. for tile purpose of considering the ad visability of organizing a State pro hibition party. "George Gary-Lee, state Chairman." How's ibis ? We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any ease of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. .1. Cheney & Co'.. Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known P. .1. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially able to carry ont any obliga tions made by his linn. National Hank of Commerce, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. - tpnttlo <2r?ia liv pll rt m purists. ? w< VtillJoi Los! Rv- c\ \ cnr Washingtub, wu, . .. -ino luau,, crop suffers an annual loss of about $2,0 00,000 as n result of the disease known as cotton anthracnose, or boll rot. In a report on the subject the department of agriculture says that since the fungus can live on dead cotton bolls in the Held for at leas' a year and in the se? d for two O" three years, there should be rotation of crops; cotton never should bo planted on land where anthracnose was prevalent the year previous, while fully as important ls the selec t ion of healthy set d. The department says the disease ii reported as present in every cotton Held In Georgia, in every county of South Carolina, in ali parts of Mis sissippi, being worse in the delta and bottom lands. Its occurrence is more or less general throughout th? entire cotton belt. Young Duke Kills Man.' Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 16. - Henry G. Farr, a saloon proprietor, was killed and Alfred C. Hogland and Tlios. G. Simmons were probably fatally in jured last night when they were run over near foster, nine miles south of Seattle, by a racing automobile driven by Lawrence Duke, said to ne a nephew of .las. H. Duke, president of the American Tobacco Company. The victims were replacing a tire when Duke's car crashed into them killing Farr Instantly, '.nike was ar rested and brought to the county jail, where he is held on a charge of reckless driving, pending an investi gation before the coroner. Parr Shoals Suspects Freed, Winnsboro, Oct. 15.--The prelim inary in the eas?? of the State against .!. H. Fraser, Jr., and Bissel! Big ham, of Chester, charged with rob bing the paymaster of $ lt;,ono, at Parr Shoals, was held to-day before Magistrate F. K. Mann, and resulted in the magistrate holding that there was a failure on the part of the pros ecution to make out a probable case against tho defendants, who, there fore, were discharged. mountains w hen July and August sun makes living in the lower climes bur densome. Miss Macaulay had nothing to say about tiie "votes for women" propa ganda, which is taking so much of tho time of the fairer sex of some other States, but she is of that splen did and ideal typo which has given the women of the South the first place In all that is noble and of the ? IiOOK AFTKH STRAWBEKIt clemson College Extension \l-?rk. Bulletin No. 127-Methods. (F. i Arider, Associate Profess of Horticulture.) A po.'len of every home gt should he devoted to the growl strawberries. By planting the per varieties and renewing th bed, a continuous supply of fruit may be had from early i spring until late into summer, are very easy to grow and do v? practically every kind of soil i all climates. From now until tho last of ber is the best time for plautin t . strawberry plant delights in season and if set during tho fi become weil established by and be able to resist the d which occurs more or less eve) mer. Many failures in plant due to the fact that the pla put out too late in the season In selecting plants for t i i bed, only the strongest and the present year's runners si used. To distinguish new from tho old, the roots are white in color while those plants are always black, lt able, previous to planting, ti all tho younger leaves, allow a few of the older ones to which will greatly lessen Hon. Also, the ends of t should be sheared into ab third to one-half if they long. While planting, c plants in a pail of water. There are many methods lng. A common mistake of in to scoop out a shallow thrust the plant in it, lea roots a ern milled mass wi tips near the surface wht quickly dry out. To avi make a deep hole with a : ? l< long-pointed trowed, insert, and spread them out fan-: lowing them to hang d length. In this way ever the root system will be I with the soil and kept < moist. Be careful not te he plants too high or too lov crown or heart is below th after tho soil settles it is si if much above, the roots ?nt The aim should be t . In th ig runnevri ?. il bet ;? LO . triiuijig these . all ot which iiavc sire: ann ad orate;. How ever, for the home grower system ts undoubtedly the n factory. Tho plants are pit teen to eighteen inches api row and all runners kept except a few, trained with to produce ne' plants. T not he quite so much fruit as with some of the matted terns, but it will be much li .. of superior quality. The first season all the fruiting steins are pinched off as tiley appear so that the entire strength of the plant will he directed to the development of the crown and foliage pa rt 8. By tho end of the sea son the plants should have thick, broad crowns, each holding the rudi ments of several stalks of herries and containing plant food to aid in the production of a maximum crop tho second season from planting, A strawberry bed may bear from three to live crops if given extra good care, but it ls belter to allow the plants to fruit only twice. As the beds get older tho plans become weakened and often diseased. For the highest grade berries tho plants should be allowed to fruit only once and a new bed set annually. In planting strawberries there are a large number of varieties from which we may choose, yet only a comparative few are especially ad apted to Southern codifions. Tho Ex celsior as an early berry, the Lady Thompson and Klondyke as medium berries, and tho Grandy and .' roma as late varieties are among the best for the Southern homo grower. These will give a succession of choice fruit. MAMMA, DADDY AND CHILDREN A Dh LOVE "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FlCfS." Harmless "Fruit Laxative'1 Cleanses Stomach, Liver and Bowels. A delicious euro for constipation, biliousness, sick headache, sour sto mach, indigestion, coaled tongue, sal lowness- take "California Syrup of Figs." For the cause of all this dis tress lies in a torpid liver and slug gish bowels. A tablespoonful to-nigh constipation, poison, wat fermenting food and sour .iioved out of your syster lng without griping. P think-of "California Syn as a physic. Don't th ii drugging yourself or yoi because this delicious fr cannot causo injury. Ev? child can take lt as safely man. It ls the most harp Ive stomach, liver and bc tor and tonic ever devise Your only difficulty mt ting the genuine; so ?st rom Kist for a 50-eent bottle ula Syrup of Figs." S druggist, "I want only t r,. / the California Fig Syrui This e ? t y hais n tty cv. ..-?? -?n.? syrupt;." ?o watch on:. THE FINE CROI?S IN OCONEE. II. Barnett Conducting Expert? .ms for FertlHater Concern. (Tugaloo Tribune.) .1. H. Barnett, who resides in the 'Jrove section of the county, has ? crop of tho Cooke variety of t ' a. He lias a field near big resi I o that is bard to beat, lt ?B well ld from bottom to top, and Mr. ett thinks a portion of it will ige close to four bales per acre, \ ided the frost does not come too early. r. Harnett has the greater part of :ro|) planted in Cooke cotton, and s hifcbly pleased with the out for a big yield. Hr? is experl ting on a field this .ear for the man Kali Works, of Atlanta. On i -fourth of an acre be used no fer- j /.er; another quarter acre was ! . isured off adjoining lt, on which complete fertilizer was used, and j . third quarter of an acre was usu red adjoining this, on which utilizer without potash was used, j ?lr. Barnett will keep the cotton scp- j ate on each and report results. Mr. Barnett has his farm in a high Uo of cultivation and is about as ell fixed as any farmer in the conn- j He farms with up-to-date ma- j dnery and methods. He is culti iting crops with a view of progne- ' g a high -grade of all kinds of seeds, e already has his Improved variety ' of cotton seed sold. He lias several 1 .res of strillgless heans, which are! ow ready to gather and can. Oconee needs more thrifty farm- I : rs like Mr. Barnett. He is au ad- j ocate ol' good schools and colleges j nd believes in educating the boys : nd girls for tarni and house work , s well for all professions and call- i . ngs. For the State Fair. ! Mr. Barnett left at this otflce yes erday a stalk of cotton with eighty dd bolls, fully matured. This was y lathered from his field of Cooke cot on. Mr. Barnett expects to take one if his best average stalks to the ; annual State Fair at Columbia the .atter part of this month. At the County I'oor Farm. The county poor farm is in a most ! . ?irosperous condition under the man- ! .i w ?. iv? saved in Sejitezrlber, beside? ? cres of corn land will average tu i ushels or more to the acre. Over 50 gallons of syrup was made dur ig the past two weeks. The cotton rop is as good as hoped for. Mr. ! obb planted the Cooke variety and I expecting an average of something ke a bale and a half per acre. The I rops of turnips, peanuts, potatoes, ! dc, aro unusually large and promis lng. Providence has smiled on tho poor farm and all the crops arc yield- j ing abundantly. One reason we at tribute this to is the fact that Mr. Cobb named his boy "Woodrow" and his yard dog "Marshall." Democrats aro in office this year. AFTER 50 YEAHS SAW FRIENDS. Pierce Butler, of Pennsylvania, On a Visit to Greenville. Greenville, Oct. IC.-Fifty years and more ago, when the Butler Guards, of Greenville, then known as Company A, Second South Caro lina Regiment, were encamped near the battlefield of Bull Run, the mem bers of the company were fed in a sumptuous fashion by the family of a non-combatant, a native of Penn sylvania, who had moved to Viriglnlfl tor his health. And strange to say the head of that family hore the same name as the man for whom the com pany was named, tho great soldier who died in the Mexican War Pierce Butler. Yesterday Pierce Butler, of Car bondale. Pa., arrived in Creen ville, having come with the express pur pose of renewing acquaintance with any of the members of the Butlers Guards who went to the war from this section. As yet he has seen only one man who was at Bull Run in the early days of the war. Mr. Townes, hut the latter knows of several oth ers and will arrange for a meeting between these men and Mr. Butler. Mr. Townes recognized Mr. Butler as soon as they met, and the first thing ho mentioned was tho Christmas dinner that. Mr. Butler and his wife, who, with a daughter, is in the city also, provided for the company from Greenville in 1801. One Killed, Three Hurt. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. io. man was killed, one fatally inji and three seriously burt at an e hour this morning, when an auto hilo crashed into a freight trail, a crossing near hero. Tho Im] caused the automobile to huckle . hurdle a flat cai ' lt landed on opposite side of tho train, lt i snid a dense fog hid tho train fr WAH AGAINST "WHITE PLAGUE. Half Million Seals Ordered by lied Cross Commission ol' S. C. Columbia, Oct. 17.-"Five hun dred thousand Red Cross Christmas seals have been ordered from Wash ington as a preliminary for the State wide sale in South Carolina," accord ing to a statement issued by the Ked Cross Seal Commission of South Ca rollna. "This order," continues tho state ment, "includes placards, signs, blot ters, envelopes for packing tho seals, newspaper cuts and colored lantern slides of the seal to be used in the motion picture shows." Tho plan of the commission is to secure some organization or indi vidual in every city, village and ham let in the State to push the sale of tho Christmas seals. As the entire movement is a volunteer effort to raise money for tlie fight against ".Mankind's Worst Enemy," tubercu losis, the commission feels sure of the most hearty co-operation. lt is a well established fact that tuberculosis is nearly always cura ble in its early stages, and above all is preventable. The disease is fought with the simple weapons ol' fresh air. bot li day and night, good food and plenty of rest. lt is to spread this gospel of the means of good health thal the commission is devoting Its energies to the sale of the Ked Cross seals. Already at the headquarters in Co lumbla unsolicited requests for Un seals have been received from peo ple who wish to sell them in their respective communities. Th o so in South Carolina who aro interested in this movement and who deb i re to be of assistance as agents aro asked to send in their names to Tho Red Cross Seal Commission of South Car olina, 509 Union National Rank Building, Columbia, S. C. The Family Cough Medicine. In every homo there should bo a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, ready for immediate use when any member of tho family contracts a cold or a cough. Prompt use will stop tho spread of sickness. S. A. Stid, of Mason, Mich., writes: "My wholo family depends upon Dr. King's New Discovery as the best cough and cold medicine in the world. Two 50c. bottles cured me of pneumonia." Thousands of other ! ive betti equally benefited J entirely upon Dr. King's i very to -mre their coughs, 'oat ana lung troubles. j helps. Price 50c. and $1. sts. H. E. Buckles & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. adv. :*,000 Ministers Get Under $500 Year Washington, Oct. 15.-Moro than 3,000 Methodist ministers in the Uni ted States preach and work r. year for less than $500. This was the report of the bureau of sustenance when the board of managers of thc Metho dist Woman's Home Missionary So ciety began its ;i2d annual meeting here. Tho bureau lamented that such a steile of affairs could exist. MONEY REFUNDED WITH A SMILE. .ending Drug Store Will (?ive Money Hack Should There Ever Be a Case Where Dodson's Liver Tono Fails. Dodson's Liver Tone is a mild veg 'tablo Liver Tonic which operates so successfully in cases of constipation, torpid liver or biliousness that it has practically taken the place of calo mel-the drug which is so often dan gerous. Bell's Drug Co., who sell Dodson's Liver Tone, recommend it ns a reliever of constipation, sour stomach, biliousness and sluggish liver. lt works gently, surely and harmlessly. If a bottle should ever fal] to give satisfaction Bell's Drug Co. will refund tho price paid with out question. The price of Dodson's Liver Tone is 50 cents per bottle. Be sure you get Dodson's Liver Tone and not some medicine put up in imitation that is not backed up by a guarantee and that may contain harmful drugs. adv. Five .Millions in British Isles. London, Oct. 15.-Tho will of the late J. Pierpont Morgan was pro bated hero to-day. His estale in the Rritish Isles amounted to a total of $5,588,195. Tho government will receive about $190,000 In death lut ios. It is not only lightning proof but fire-pioof and storm-proof, too. CORTRIGHT METAL SHI last as long as the building and nev? Just the thing for town or country b meet every condition of comfoi For St Ballenger Hardware ai HOARD OF in : A D I D IS CLOSED, Disease Corms, trient Through Mails, Attack Almost l'ait ire Force. (Atlanta Constitution, 15th.) Au outbreak of diphtheria among the employees of the State Hoard of Health resulted in the announce ment by Dr. H*. F. Harris, secretary I of the board, yesterday that it would i be necessary to close the laboratory j for a few days in order that it might ! be thoroughly disinfected, and that those having tho disease might be I given an opportunity to recover. Dr. Harris reported the matter to I the city health authorities Tuesday afternoon, and they at once dispatch ed A. H. Qartrell, an inspector, to the capitol to make an investigation and to disinfect tho premises. Mr. Oar trell. said that, while diphtheria germs had been found in the throats of a number of the State department employees, nono of them was so seri ous as to bo called a well-developed case ofi tho disease. It would ho necessary, however, as a measure of protection to tho pub lie, to quarantine all of those who had been found with the germs in their ho m es for a few days and to disinfect the premises. There were ten of the working force ol' the department who were found to be afflicted with the disease in fact, the entire force, with the possible exception of Dr. Harris and Dr. I.. 1'. Pattillo. A culture made from their throats did not show any disease germs, but a later investiga tion may develop that they have con tracted it, loo. A diphtheria culture from a child's throat, sent carelessly through (he mails by a country doctor, without any precautions as to wrapping, is blamed by Dr. Harris for tho whole trouble. Ho talked indignantly Tuesday ol' the careless way in which doctors, in spite of tho express warn ing of the board of health, sent out I in a circular letter, persist in mail ing deadly disease germs to his office for examination without any regard to the safety of the public or of the office force of the board of health. "lt is a violation of the postal reg ulations of the United States," said Dr. Harris, "and I think it is a crime. lt certainly ought to he. I can scarcely conceive of more inexcusa ble criminal negligence. For an in telligent member of tho medical pro fession to send deadly germs through the mails that way would bo almost unthinkable, if they did not do it nearly every day." Tho changeable weather of early fall brings on coughs and colds that have a weakening effect on the sys tem, and may become chronic. Use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, lt has a very soothing and healing ef fect on tho irritated and inflamed air passages, and will help very quickly. lt is a well known family medicine that gives results. Bell's drug store, Walhalla. , adv. Would Probe Fertilizer Trust. Washington, Oct. 15.-Represen tative Raison, of the Third North Carolina District, to-day introduced a resolution directing tho agricultu ral committee of the house to make a full Investigation of tho manufac turers and dealers in commercial fer tilizers and guano in the United States, especially in tho Southern States, for tho purpose of ascertain ing whether sales, wholesale or re tail, are controlled by a trust or mo nopoly. Under (he special session agreement there ls no chanco for ac tion on the resolution at this session. Now Relieve (Jirl n Suicide. Thomasvllle, (ia., Oct. 15.--Tho theory that Miss Dorothy Haug, whose body was found In her room In a hoarding bouse hero Monday, was murdered, to-day was abandon ed, when at an autopsy a bullet was found in her skull. Tho authorities now aro virtually sure the girl com mitted suicide. lt had been thought. Miss Hang's skull was crushed with a club and that the revolver found on the floor in her room had been used by the girl in an effort to defend herself. Chamberlain' S Diarrhoea Remedy. Never falla, nuy it now. It may ?ave life. GUT IGHTNING PROOF ?ROOFING NGLES ;r need repairs, luildings, because they t, beauty and lecurity. ile by id Furniture Company,