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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTAIUJISHED 184?.) S UI>IIHIH <I Every Wednesday Morning flabtn ?? i|?i;<?ii 91 i*?T Annum, Advertising Kates Reasonable. -Hy QTECK, SH Kl/OR A SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as udvortlse -.1,I'll ls. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not ovor one buudred words, will be printed freo of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, NOV. I, HM I. Till?; M<?HT SITUATION. I ,?r iii.' pas) lew days the Ugh I sit uation for Walhalla bas appeared io i". ,i very dark one. Work has been abandoned on I lie dam below West Union, and there is scarcely a eiti/.en ol the dun who ha.; not been asking of oile rs what is lo bc the outcome. vVo have no authority lo speak, ami all sources of authentic informa tion seem io have dried np complete ly. Hui we have in forma t ion that something is going lo IM- done in the near future 'hat will give Hie citi zens of Walhalla electric lights. Thor*! are rumors and more ru mors as lo what is coin;; I > lie done, and The Courier frankly admits thal it knows nothing us lo what will be the li na I out onie in I be da III Ilia I - ter." The most hopeful sign ?lia! we have heard ol', however, is thal negotiations aie on fool looking io arrangements whereby both I he power plant and the McMahan mills can la run without Interferonc?? from one a noi her. What these plans are We do liol know, but il would seem thal such i piar is both feasi ble and eminently desirable. We hope thai sinh an arrangement can be perle' ted speedily. A ND IT IS WELL. liiere will be no bi.nd issue ot $24,ooo,hoo or j>:ir?. ooo, ooo for South C.trolina, for the citizens ol' South Carolina lo pay in annual in ter?s;, al ?' per cent, through an ex ti'n levy, ,the burdensome amount of money somewhere between {51.-00, 000 and $ 1,7!i0,000. There are those who iitif|ticstionuhlx had lost sight ot this feature, the inevitable payme'il of annual int?iest. which though at the mollien) some slight relief might have been afforded, In the end would have proved an ox pensive luxury. We can hui feel and doubtless all over the State, both for and against the proposed bond issue, but I hese voles are now null and void. We ?'an best explain the case by reproducing here tho re port of the judiciary committee on the stains of the bond issue measure as recorded in the Columbia State of yesterday, which is as follows: The repot! ol the House Commit tee on .indiciar.? on Hie Governor's message follows: " The Commit toe on Judiciary, to win)m was rewired Message No. 21 of Hie Cove,nor a< to the lime when lin art referred lo will become law without the (iovernor's signature, begs io re po ri : "I. Thal Hie constitutional pro vision reads as follows: If a hill or join I resolution shall liol be returned by Hie Governor within three days alter it shall have been presented to him, Sundays excepted, it shall have I he ..same force and e ff oe I as i! he had sicned ii. unless Hie (?eneral Assem bly, bx a d iou rn men I, prevent its re turn, ill which case it shall have such tone ;iiul ellet UlllcSS returned within i wo days al ler the next meet ing.' That, In the opinion ol ibis committee, the computation ot lime ?ti this case should be made bv ex cluding the day on which the act was presented to tho (inventor. This be ing so, Erlday is excluded, and the three days will noi he completed un til midnight Tuesday, November ?5, 1011. "This is in accord with Hie opin ion of our own Supreme Court l:? the case of Corwin vs, ComptrnM r (?eneral .'? S. C., Tot. "The language ul ibo Court is tm fol lo w s . 'That (he 11. ive days within 'which (he Governoi is lo return a 'bill w ith his objections ls Lo lie com .puted hy exclu.ling Hie day in which ? ; he bili ls t ransinltlcd to him.' In that case I he bill w as 1 ra n * milted to the Governor on Thursday, and it was held thal he could return it up to midnight of Monday night. nd thal failing lo do so it became law ai midnight ol Monday night, the (?''tn ia! Assembly still being in ses sion. In this instance the bill was Iransiui!ted io Hie Governor on fri day, October lill, and b\ the same cal culation will noi become law until midnight Tuesday, unless signed by i li?' I lox crnor, oi rel ti med with his objections without signing. and pass? d over Iiis veto. However, if the General Assembly adj turns be f?te Tuesday night, it will liol he roine law without Hie Governor's sign?t ne until Hie ?eeond da> of tho next regular session. "Re> pcctfuliy submitted, (Signed I "A. Valider Horst. "W. E, Stevenson, ' Geo s. Mower, "Eor the Committee." The bond issue', therefore, is dead, it is not passed as n law, and tho people cannot ratify by ballot that which does not exist. Even were this bond issue to become effective after thc second day ol tho next reg ular session of the General Assem bly, it would be practically worthless to tho j>eople o? thc State-at least, lt would not be worth the millions of (lollara that would l>e paid out by the people of the State lu Interest year alter year. These are plain features thal can be seen by looking the proposition squarely In the face Mut thc big feature" thal would have had to i?e reckoned with would have boen thc bonds themselves. Who would hay I hem ? There is to-day nu tumhdug over one another by finan ciers to gobble up oven gilt-edge se ( unties. Issue hondo to the farmer for his colton ?toled and held? Nice theory. So far aa actual benefit is concerned, however, he would be about as well off it' he were handed a string of beads or any ot IHM- value less gew-gaw. Cotton bonds to-day would be worth infinitely less than cotton itself. Wo can but view the "Hunk" of the bond issue proposition with ap probation. I? mimili have worked .-.onie good: it certainly would have worked incalculable harm. At the worst, we are as well off as we would have heen with the bond issue, and we will be saved somewhere between one anil two million dollars annually in interest. The farmers' cotton is worth .inst as much as it would have been, and it is worth certainly twice as much as a cotton bond. Let us be thankful that we are well rid ol' the bond proposition The warehouse bill is good; the acreage reduction bill is good. lt they arc both carried out bone Ll> and conscientiously fand we believe they will be) South Carolina will be a hundred per cent better off a year from now than she has ever been at her most prosperous moment. lt is our candid beiiel that, when the few clouds ol' adversity that h MIL; about us have heen brushed away. 'Ix- sun of prosperity will shine tar brighter and fuller than we have dared to hope tor. The South ;s l> ai nins; a hard lesson, but it is quite as valuable as it is hard. Ul.MCI I'.Y SIMICIAI, SI C XMKIt. . applies foi- Belgians to (io to Rotter dam-Need is Pressing. New York. Oct. :?u. A special steamer carrying food for the stn rv hm Belgians soon will be sent to Rotterdam, according to announce ment to-day by the Belgian relier committee. The step was decided on after -several days' communication bj cable with Ambassador Page in London .md Minister Van Dyke in Holland. Prom Rotterdam the food will be distributed through the London American committee's agents at Hinsels. Client. Liege and other point... in co-operation with the com mittee central de secours el d'ali ment ion Beige. The Vmcricau London committee airead} has distributed in Belgium it,OOO tons of food purchased at a cost of S?oo.OOO, but Ambassador Direct ca'?!eg! a ins from tho com mittee's representatives indicate that news reports of conditions In Bel gium are conservative. Ambassador Page in a cablegram to-day, said: "Need in Beleium cannot be exag gerated. Owing to shortage ol food here and in Holland it is imperative that a supply be started from the United States Immediately." "MOAT TIM ll BOYS OK HI ST." Slogan for Thanksgiving-Creal V. M. C. A. Project for Clemson. Clemson College, Nov. _.' Special: The chief event of the past week for the Clemson cadi's was the ('?Molina fool ball game. The war bein;; on. the corps could not go to the fair nor see the game. A matinee was given in the chapel and nearly all the boys attended. At the cloie of the name, which ended lill In ti in our favor, such II yell went np in the hall as hasn't been g i \ ? ? 11 since last year at a similar even' on the Carolina grid iron. The Clemson team wont on to Charleston and defeated the Citadel boys I I tn il Saturday. They go to Richmond and play the V. M. I. boys on the I Ith. The} will close tlie season in Atlanta on Thanksgiving dav with their old rivals, the Geor gia Tech boys. A larg?- number of the cadets will go over on a special train and try to "Beal Tech or Dust." Beginning to-daj we Will have re veille at fi.l? in the morning and illili only three hours a week. al noon. This gives us ?i little more sleep and. as it grows colder, a wa liner I i me to d rill. President \V. M .Kings left to-day for Chicago, where he will confer with celebrated architects in the in terest of the V. M. C. A. hall and gymnasium, which is almost assured now. The board of trustees will meet some time this month. and they feel confident thal arrangements ? a i bo made lo raise the proper amount of money so as to secure the > "MI.nun Rockefeller has promised, I he conditions being that the stu dents ra. e $ 10,001) and thc trustees $l"?.00n. With this amount a mod ern building and gymnasium eau In built, and it will be the,social Con loi o! t he college . The V M. C. A. has been giving illustrated lectures on Sunday nights, which aie ver} interesting and in structive and are largely attended. Besides this, Bible classes are taught in the barracks by the stu dents on Sunday nights. Dr. Biggs teaches a (lass of the leaders on Sunday morning. The cadets aie marched to tho different churches on sn II da > mornings. H. il. S. (borgia Warehouse Burns. Columbus, Ca., Nov. 2.-Fire early to-day destroyed a warehouse at Cay, Ca., containing 1,500 bales of cotton. The loss is estimated at (50,000, only partially covered by insurance, Many farmers of tho section had stored their cotton in the warehouse, but Ind not Insured it, and the losses will he most heavy on them. - - TAKE CARE OF YOUR TTO IF YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD ! ms In order to assist in caring for Cotton, so as to avoid losses from what is known as country damage, this Company will ORE AND INSURE any bal otton Ginned at Newry for SIX MONTHS, or any part th* for only THIRTY CENTS -- TStt ii And wi! w this offer for a second period of SIX MONTHS, or any j ereof, if desired by our customers. /ve issue a Warenouse certificate for the Cotton stored, backed by a Company with a paid in capi tal of $300,000.00. The Pioneer Cotton Mill of Oconee County. Courtenay Manufacturing Company. Cutting Acreage in Egypt. London, Nov. 2. A decree has been issued prohibiting the cultiva tion of cotton in the Upper Kgyptlan Hasina i" 101 fi, according to Rou ter's Cairo correspondent. .j. JA MKS \V. HARRISON, lt. s., A Mechanical and Electrical -U ENGINEER, .J. (Superintendent Walhalla Lighting Plant,) 4? .J. electrical and Plumbing ?j. Contractor, .j. dione No. 48, Walhalla, S. C. .$. ??? All Work Guarantee?! Strictly ?J? .J. First Class and According to In- A ?J? siirnnco Pules. .J. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Es tate of Samuel T. Dickson, deceased, are hereby notified to make pay ment to the undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said Es tate will present the same duly at tested within the time prescribed by law or be barred. f MRS.) EFFIE J. DICKSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Sam uel T. Dickson. Deceased. Richland Union Warehouse Co., is now open for business with room for 800 Bales of Cotton. SAME OLD CHARGES: 15c. p:r month for storage and insurance; 10c. for weigh ing in, W. C. FOSTER, TREAS. & MCR. li. Henno. P. Riemann. Henne ?? Biemann, GENERA IJ ( ONTRACTORS. Concrete and All Cement Work a Specialty. Wo Guarantee All Work nod Contracto. For particulars or any inforinatlon Call on or address HENNE & RIEMANN, Wcsft Union, 8. C. Brass Beds arc coming more and more into permanent fashion. The days of the old wooden beds arc numbered. The metal ones arc more cleanly, more artistic and more durable. Every home should have its brass bedsteads, and we arc ready to furnish them in most elaborate variety. They are strong, handsome and yet light to handle. We have a splendid selection of both Brass and Iron Beds in Colors and in White and will make a very close price. Ballenger Hdw. and Furn. Co-, Seneca, Honth C??i*olino,.