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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.