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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTAHLI8HED ?H49.) Published Every Wednesday Muralug ??hH< i ipi ion Ml 1'er Annum. Advertising Rutea Reasonable. -Ry BTKCK, SIIELOU & SCHRODER Communications of a personal char acter charged for a? advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over ono hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rato of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. O.: WEDNESDAY, OCTORKH ? t. HU ? MANY TRAIN ARE TAKEN > - v. Southern Curtailing ?<> Moot Stagnant Traille * 'ondit ions.. Columbia. Oct a llocauso of de creased business brought about hy the European war thc Southern Illili wa) will discontinue local trains be tween several points in this Slate, au ntder to this effect having been is sn,,! h j the Railroad Commission giving the Southern permission after holding au extended hearing on the mat 1er. The Railroad Commission allowed the discontinuation of the service of the trains upon tho following condi t ions : The railways showed that the trains were being operated al a loss. That the i rains are to be restored as soon is business conditions im prove. If serious complaints are Hied a hearing will be ordered and a full in vestigation made. The through trains are to make all stops previously made by the local trains discontinued. Under the ternis of Hie order tin1 Hrs) and second sections of trains No. :!7 and "S, between Washinglond and Atlanta, are ti. he consolidated. Trains number Cl and 14, between Charleston and Asheville, are lo bel discontinued. Trains No. 27 and 28 thc "Carolina Special," will assume their work. Trains lil and 20, bet weet, Colum bia and Augusta, will be discontin ued. This business will be handled l>y trains 1 and '!:;, the through fast t rains t rom I he Not t h. Trains No. 23 and 21, between Co lumbia and Jacksonville, are to be discontinued. This was one of the "summer trains" of the road, accord- ' lng to tlu petition. Two of thc local trains between Charleston and Summerville are to be d?seoul inned. The commission also granted per mission io discontinue (tains No. IO, 20, L'I and 22, between (? reen ville, Relton and Creen wood. The rail way officials said that it was neces sary to take off thee trains because of the extraordinary servite offered by lin interurban railway between these points. I (Senora! Manager Coaptuan told the members of (be commission thal hi- company was losing money heav ily on the trains and that a policy of jet rench men I was absolutely neces sary. Ile is making a trip through out the South and will v isl I all of the railroad commissions The retrench ment plan is lo be extended all over the system and mau) trains are to be discon t inned. "All of the >u. pensions of certain service in South Carolina \ lo mee the presen I conditions. lt is onl> asked as a temporary expedient." said Mr. Coapman. \ccording lo Mr. Coapman. the loi es of the Soul bern Railway in ' South Carolina recent!) hu4'c beep ! heavy. There is au understanding thal w hen business conditions are restored the service is to he automatically re stored. Tile through trains, under tim lentis ol' the order, afc lo make all stops previousl) made h) the local trains Not one single connection is lo lu- missed and in no instance will there !>?. less than a double daily ser vice. In onie instances a better scr \ ice will be offered. How s This ? We offer one hundred dollars re ward for .ms case of catarrh that can not bc cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. V. I. Chene) & Co., Toledo, o. We, the undersigned, have known E. J. ('heney for the last ir? years, and believe bim porfoctly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially abb' to carry out any obliga tions mad?' hy his firm. National Rank of Coin tuerce. Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of thc system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Rills for con stipation. Adv. A patriot ls a fool in every ago. Rope. Sudan Grass Va] That Su.lan grass, which Is closely related to thc cultivated sorghums, is an excellent forage crop in the Central Plain South of North Dakota, and promises t<> HU ;i long foil want tor a hay grass in the South, is the concludion of farmers' bulletin No. 605, shortly to be published by the United States Department of Agri en pc re The grass also doe? re markably wei! nude'- irrigation in the Sou tb west. Sudan grass is an annual. the leaves of which are broader and more numerous than those of John son mass, lt is distinguished from Johnson grass, to which it is related, by the absence of rootstocks, and while this necessitates annual plant ing it also prevents Sudan grass from becoming an obnoxious weed like the perennial Johnson grass. When seeded broadcast or in drills, it aver ages about three to five feet in height .?md has stems a little smaller than a lead pencil. When mown in rows and cultivated, it reaches a height of six to nine feet, with rather large stems 'I'lie hay of the cultivated crop is somewhat coarser than that of the broadcast crop, and is not so desira ble for market hay. Sudan .mass does best on a rich loam, bm P has been grown success fully on almost every class of soil from a heavy cluj to a light sand. Where the soil is unite sandy a light yield maj he expected. The ground must be fairly well drained. When given plenty of room the grass stools very freely, especially af ter the Hist inning, and it is not un common io lind over 100 stems aris ing from one crown, j Ia rom seeding to Hist cutting. 7 "> to SP days are usually necessary. The second cutting comes about 1 "> days after lite Inst, and in sections where the growing season is al least six mouths, a third cutting can be made 50 to *>." days later. By cutting the grass earlier each time, four cuttings can he made in some sections, but it ts probable thal three cuttings give an equally large yield of hay of bet ter quality. The total yields varj from one lo eight tons of cured hay per acre Feeding Quality. lt has lieen demonstrated that Su dan .mass is palatable, and analysis shows it lo he about the same in chemical composition as Johnson grass and timothy hay. The percent age of protein decreases from the heading period until the seed is ripe, but the hay is as valuable about blossoming time as at any previous st.me. Peing an annual, it can be Ht ted into any rotation without much trouble, but very little benefit to the soil will result from growing it. as it is a rank feeder and leaves nothing in the soil for improvement except the il.'caving roots, lt is suitable for growing ?ll mixtures with cowpeas, so> beans and oilier legumes, because its stiff stems support the vines of the legumes and make harvesting easy, and allow the legume vines to cure more quieklv |>y preventing thc i matting of the leaves. lt ig admirably suited for ase as a soiling crop, since ii makes a large yield and is very palatable in the meen state, as well as when cured for hay. Enormous yields are secured under Irrigation, because i be growth is so rapid and the recovery from cutting so prompt. A small area in t he South, where the rainfall is adequate or where initiation is possible, can be made to support a goodly number ol' animals by this method. No I rial of Sudan grass as silage has yet been carried out, but, judg ing from il palatability and its succu lence, ?i -,n.mid be excellent for this purpose, espe ally in mixtures wf'h legumes A mixturo of Sudan gr; i and cow peas or . >y beans could be grown for silage as well as for hay. Cast ure. No pasture tests have yet been completed, bul Sudan mass seems to lack several of the essentials of a .nod pasture. first, it is an annual and the mound would necessarily be soft, and considerable injury from trampling would result, since ii does not form a turf; second, live stock pasturing on it would, no doubt, pull out quite a number of plants; and. finally, being a sorghum, it may. in .some cases, be a carrier of prussic acid, which, when occurring in con siderably quantity, is quickly fatal t o cal i le, In tho central great plains the Ummers are sufficiently warm and long enough to mature one cutting, and in some cases t wo cuttings of Sudan mass, thus giving this region a hay of good quality to roplace the millets. This grass promises to be come of most importance as a bay plant throughout Texas, In Western Oklahoma, Western Kansas, Western Nebraska and Central South Dakota. !n the southern part of (he United States the climatic conditions are also favorable to the production of this luable for Forage. grass, but there are found there seve ral other grasses and legumes which partially fill the need for a hay crop. In the southwestern part of the Uni ted States Sudan grass will no doubt be extensivedly grown under Irriga tion, since the yields of both hay and seed have been highly satisfactory. lt is likely thal Sudan grasa will supersede the millets as catch crops in most of the regions east of the Hoc ky Mountains, south of the south ern boundary of New York, and north of Tennessee. Near the Gulf coast the humid and continuous heal favor the development of the red spot disease (sorghum blight) and thus reduce the yield. This ls tine to some extent also on the Atlantic coast of the Southeastern States. Continued cool weather, such as one encounters in high altitudes, ls detri mental to the growth of Sudan grass. While the value of Sudan grass na der conditions of extreme drought h.13 not been definitely established, reports from the South where the lack of moisture has been combined with extreme drought have, in gene ral, been favorable to this grass in comparison with millets and sor ghums. Further north, the grass grown under extreme drought condi tions seems to produce loss than millet. However, during 19H?, when the drought was especially ni - vele in tht> central great plains re gion, the grass seemed to make bet ter yields than the millets, and where it bad been planted at the most favorable time it showed the following yields per acre: lu Western and Central South I)a kola, 1 Yt to 2 tons. In Eastern South Dakota and Southern Minnesota. 4% to 5 tons. In Eastern Colorado and Northern Texas, 1 to 2 Vi tons. In Eastern United States (Mary land and Virginia). 2 Vi to % tons. Farther south (Tennessee, Missis sippi. Louisiana and Florida), 2 to tons. Seed. The seed habits of Sudan grass are nearly perfect, as it produces seed freely and high above the ground, where it can be harvested easily. The seed is retained well and loss from .-haltering is much less than in other wild forms of sorghum. Seed harvesting is accomplished economically with an ordinary grain binder, or cradle, after which the seed can be bandied in the s-vpo manner as grain. The seed yields range from 450 to 1,400 pounds per acre under ordinary conditions, and under irrigation, up to 2,201? pounds. Seedsmen at present are charging up to .$2.2."? a pound for their seed, but In a few years it will no doubt be produced In quantities to reduce the price to I or 5 cents a pound. It requires from lt'? to 24 pounds of good, clean seed per acre for broad east sowing, and from two to six pounds per acre for seeding In rows. ( Uiltivatdou. A rattier firm seed bed is host. vVhen the seed are drilled. the ground should be plowed in the spring and harrowed down well, as for corn. A cool soil delays the ger mination. No fertilizers are neces sary in the West, where the soil ls reasonably good, and In the East and South it i.s advisable to use sOme com plete fertilizer, such as is applied for corn, lu the extreme South th<- best time for seeding is between April 1 and 15; in the Piedmont region about May 1st; in t bi' latitude of Oklahoma and Kansas. April 1". to May 15, and north of that, in the latitude of Nebraska and Sou'h Da kota. May I to .lune 1. In regions of abundant rainfall a common grain drill is the best ma chine for seeding. In semi-arid re gions for hay, and In any loca lit\ for seed production, better results will be obtained by seeding it in rous far enough apart to allow cultivition. W here ordinary grain cultivators are used, the rows should be llfi to 12 inches npart; but where beet ciiltl v a to rs of similar tools are used, lar ger yields can be obtained from rows is to 2 1 inches apart, the latter dist ance being the most practicable. lilias Holmes Dead. I Tugaloo Tribune, 6th. I Ellas Holmes, a farmer of tho Oak Grove section, died last Thursday af ternoon at 5 o'clock, aller a linger ing illness of Bright's disease Mr. Holmes had been confined to his room the greater part of this year and his death was not unexpected. He mar ried Miss Lucy Stone about 25 yoars ago. He leaves his mother, widow and six children. lils body was burled In tho cemetery of Old West minster Baptist (burch Friday after noon In the presence of many sor rowing friends and relatives. Mr. Holmes was a qulot, Industrious citi zen and will be missed in bis com I munity. He was t.". years of ago. QUESTIONS AS TO OUR FUTURE, Sonic- "Supposes" that Load to tJ?o Most I mp?'ii.m (i Question. Editor Keowee Courier: Suppose the special session of the Legislature, now in session, should pass a law reducing the cotton production next year one-half, or even prohibiting the planting of any cotton at all next year: suppose ever.* other Southern State should follow suit, and it should be guaranteed by law that. there would be only a half a cotton crop, or even no cotton at all raised next year -then what would wc plant? And where would we sell 'What we do plant? Wo don't want less money; we want more money. And there is absolutely no difference in dollars and cents between an 8,000,000-bale crop of cotton at 16 cents and a 1 fi,000, 000-bale crop at 8 cents. If we were to plant no cotton at all next year ??nd be able to market our present crop at 20 c" ts in consequence, we would not receive any more money than if we marketed it at 10 cents and made another crop Of the same size at the same price. The gist of the matter is just this: If we are going to cut down, or cut out, the cotton crop, we have got to plant and sell something else or cut down our money supply. We are not looking at the profil thal will accrue to the individual farmer, but we are looking at the bulk of money that will be coming into the country as a basis for business. And if wo are going to plant anything else besides cotton, on an extensive scale, we have got to look out for a market for it. We heard a farmer say the other day that he was not going to plant cotton next year: thal he was done with "the nasty stuff": that he was going to plant corn and hay; that be could make more money out of these than he could out of cotton. We asked him where be was going to gell his corn and bay. Ile replied that he could sell till the corn be could raise at $1 per bushel and bay al $20 per lon. We asked him where, and he said "right here." We admit that for the past few years that has been possible Hut thal is so be cause s<> many farmers have not been raising their own feed crops in this section Hut if everybody is going to raising corn and hay, ns it looks now like every one will be compelled to do, there will be no local market for those things. And this will be true not only of this section in par ticular, but all over this State and the entire colton belt. The pros pects now are that the whole cotton belt will be planted largely to feed crops next year. And to find a mar ket for our food crops we will have io go not only out of our State, but out of the South. That means that we will have to meet the Western States in the open market. Are we prepared to meet them in this com petition? There is another way out. The most ready and most profitable mar ket for food crops is li\e stock. We have some marked advantages in this industry over the Wost, and while this war continues meat prices are not likely to decline. Cor us, in this section at least, it would seem lo ns that the only wise thing to do is to begin now to prepare to have live stoc k (?? feed our contemplated in creased yield ol' feed crops to next year. And this is a matter 11 in tl will demand co-operation l?etween the farmers and the business men ot' tho country just as much ns thc holding tff cotton and the reduction of the acreage of co til on ?loes. Some action should be taken along this line at once by Hie farmers' and business men's organizations ol' ibis county. I. E. W. Seneca. Oct. '.1, I '.I I 4. Two Extremes Meet. Atlanta, (?a.. Oct. "In lime of peace prepare for war" was demon strated in a peculiar way yesterday afternoon al the Atlanta auditorium when tin- ureat peace meeting was held. During a pause in the Im pressive services the audience was disturbed by a sudden rattling thump below. I * pon investigation lt WIS discovered thal while citizens above were praying for peace the Fifth Regiment (in tho basement) was having a little drill in the manual of arms. The auditorium is both a pub lic meeting hall and an armory, housing tho whole regiment. The peace meeting was exceeding ly Impressive and the big and ilium was thronged. Bishop Warren A. Candler and Bishop C. K. Nelson Joined In the service, and the great music festival chorus and the big pipe organ furnished the music. The Greek colon.) of Atlanta joined the Americans In the service and was well represented. If my soldiers should think care fully not one of them would remain in the ranks.-Emperor Frederick tho Great. S?C? Is it possible there is a woman in this country who con tinues to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound a trial after all thc evidence that is con tinually being published, which proves beyond contradic tion that this grand old medicine has relieved more suffer ing among women than any other one medicine in the world? We have published in the newspapers of the United States more genuine testimonial letters than have ever been pub lished in the interest of ai * other medicine for women and every year we publish .nany new testimonials, all gen uine and true. Here are three never before published: From Mrs. S. T. Richmond, Providence, R. I. PROVIDENCE, R. I.-" For the benefit of women who suffer as I have done I wish to state what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I did some heavy lifting and the doctor said it caused a displacement. I have always been weak and I overworked after my baby was born and inflammation set in, then nervous pros tration, from which I did not recover until Yh id takoji Lydia K. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. The Compound is ni.y?*best friend and when I hear of a woman with troubles like mine I try to induce her to take your medicine."-Mrs. S. T. RICHMOND, IUD Waldo Street, Providence, R. I. A Minister's Wife Writes: CLOQUBT, MINN. - "I have suffered very much with irregularities, pain and inflammation, but your wonderful medicine, Lydia K,. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, has made nie well and I can recommend the same to all that ure troubled with tliest- complaints."-Mrs. JEN NIE AKEKMAN, C/O Kev. X. AK ERM AN, Cloquet, Minnesota. From Mrs. J. D. Murdoch, Quincy, Mass. SOUTH QUINCY, MASS.-'-The doctor said that I had organic trouble and he doctored me for a long time and I did not get any relief. I saw Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ad vertised and I tried it and found relief before I had finished the first bottle. I continued taking it all through middle life and am now a strong, healthy woman and earn my own living."-Mrs. JANE D. MURDOCH, 25 Gordon St., South Quiney, Mass. ?Write to LYDIA E. PINK HAM MEDICINE CO. (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, ll ASS., t or ad vie?-. Jour letter will bc opened, read and answered by a woman and hold in strict confidence. Jurors for Common Pleas Court. The fall torin ol" the Coni mon Plea? Court for Oconee county will convene at Walhalla on Monday, October 19th, Judge R. W. Memtnin ger, of Charleston, presiding. The term will last only one week. Tho following named gentlemen have been drawn to serve as jurors at thlj term : R. M. Davis, Wagener. J. M. Holden, Whitewater. I). P. Butler, Westminster. J. I'. Allison, Keowee. I.. T. Prater. Center. J. S. Smith, Center. J. O. Brock, Seneca (Town). IO. 10. Xix, Keowee. D. H. Stancil, Tugaloo. lt. J. Buchanan, Seneca (Town.) S. K. Reeder, Westminster. A. A. Kelley, Wagener. J. M. M ul key, Xe wry. J. IO. 1 lopkins, Seneca. Lee Porter, Wagener. W. X. Hull, Tugaloo. C. W. Bauknight, Walhalla. Roland Cobb, Tugaloo. .1. W. Cannon Jr., Keowee. .1. P. Heddon, West Union. .1. L. Stewart, Wagoner. .i. I?. Caines, Seneca. .1. H. flunnicutt, Keowee. H. L. McDonald, Seneca. A. M. Brown, Chattooga. 10. M. Sheller, Pulaski. 11. T. Duke, Tugaloo. IC H. Sorrells, Center. 10. A. Bowen. Center. 11. A. McLees, Walhalla. IO. C. Holland, Westminster. W A. Smith, Westminster. W. H. Gilstrap, Center. .1. B. Bu idette. Wagener. .1. X. Alexander, Whitewater. John M. George, Keowee. Treasury Support of Hanks. Washington, Oct. ll). lt was ofli cially announced ai the White House to-day that President Wilson approves the plan to ad iou rn Con gress as soon as the war revenue hill is passed. The President is interest ed in the cotton situation, hut inti mated al the While House to-day that lie is opposed to the plan agreed on last night at a meeting of Southern members of Congress for a hill to have the government lend cotton growers $250,000,000 through the hanks. The President said he be lieves private hankers, with the treasury's support, can relieve the sit uation. Hopeless Hiing Trouble Cured. Many recoveries from lung trou bles are due to Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey. It strengthens the lungs, checks the cough and gives relief at once. W. S. Wilkins. Gates, N. C., writes. "I used Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey in a caso gi von up ns hope less and it effected a complete cure." Get a bottle of Dr. BeH'n Pine-Tar Honey. If your cough is dry and hacking let lt trickle down the / throat, you will surely get relief. J Only 25c. at your druggist.-Adv. l'Yod Ii. Ki minerai <tn Married. (Tugaloo Tribune, 6th.) A marriage of interest to Westmin ster people was that of .Miss Rae Lu cile Alexander and Fred Leland Zim merman, which took place In tho Central Presbyterian church, Atlan ta, Ga., on Sunday, October 4th. The ceremony was performed in the office of the church by the pastor, Or. Og den, in the presence of many friends and admirers. The co-',de were un attended. Miss Alexander carried a pretty bouquet of bride's roses. Mr. Zimmerman is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Zimmer man, of this place, and has hosts of friends who congratulate him on win ning one of the Gate City s charming and accomplished young ladies. Ile bolds a lucrative position with the Kxcclsior Steam Laundry of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman will begin house-keeping at an early date. Seneca's New Chief. ( Farm and Factory, 8th.) At a special meeting of the city council last, night former Sheriff W. VI. Kay. of Walhalla, was elected chief ol police of Seneca, to succeed Mr. Pace, who has resigned. lt is understood on good authority that Mr. Kay some time ago put in his ap plication for tlie position and will accept the place. Mr. Pace will en ter the insurance business and will travel Oconee county. .lack Grant is acting chief until the new officer enters upon his duties. Council has made a wise decision in selecting Mr. Kay for the position of chief of po lice. During Iiis long service in the sheriff's office ho was a terror to the lawless and a faithful and efficient officer. lt is said 'his morning thal Mr. Kay will move his family to Seneca shortly and conduct a boarding and rooming house. Columbia, Oct. ft, F, ||. Weston, Dist rici Attorney for South Carolina, lias receded a letter from the Na tional Department ol' Justice, asking thal he investigate tile alleged cot ton seed trust in South Carolina. Ile will proceed with the investigation, according to a statement. Mr. Weston said that the depart ment had issued the instructions be cause of a "considerable cul in prices of cotton seed due to Hie trust." "I wa? notified that I will he re quired to investigate Hie situation," said Mr. Weston. War is patriotic murder in uni form. Douglas Jerrold. Cotton Seed Trust.