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KEOWEE COURIER (E8TAUL18HBD 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Mornlug Piibserlpt lon 91 Per Annum. Advertising Rutes Reasonable. -Hy BTECK, S HELOR * BOHRODER. Communications of ti personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. Dbltuary notices and trlbnteB of re spect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for ??! the rate of one com a word. Ca?h to accompany manuscript. WAI HALLA, S. C.: TUESDAY, VOVK.MItKK lil. HUI. V Illili DOES MOST OA MAU E 7 I nu-- Strong Drink Hurt Youth ot' Country Moi?- (dum Cigmvttes? Editor Keowee Courier: While lunch has been said -and written in regard to thu liquor trafile and its uwful consequences, it seems that bol h ibo pulpit atol the press have been silent in lenard to cigarette smoking, which, I believe, ls doing more real damage to the bodies and minds ol tb" men and boy.-; of m-day than ans Other one (bing. I admit thal the liquor traille has been the direct cause of more bloodshed, mur der and violence titan cigarette Kinoking. Liquor del hornes reason; ii breaks the laws ol' (?od and man; ii desecrates the holy Sabbath; it tra ni pies under tool the tenderest feelings ol humanity; ii is a moral pestilence that blights tb?- very at mosphere; ii is a dark slain upon honesty, a blur upon purity, a clog upon piogress. Wc go farther and say that tin- liquor I rallie is an Incen tive to falsehood, deceit and crime. lt has bred d ru n ka rds. thieves, mur derers and cowards; it blights homes and .lannis souls; it corrupts the ballot box. bribes legislation and tampers with the courts ol' justice. Jt says to the political party, you straddle this question (this bill) and stab :t. and the wriggle-back strad dler, and stabs The cigarette habit, we admit, docs no: produce brain-storm, does not have tli< effect upon the body and mind as the whiskey; but it does produce a deadening effect upon the whole system, lt dries up the blood, the foundation Of lite; it fills up the cells of the lungs with, poisonous nicotine; it clouds the vision; it dulls t be brain; it be numbs tbe mental faculties; it weakens the vi tal lt; and kills om all padiotism and courage; it blunts manhood, takes the youthful, healthy color from the lace, the brilliant lus tre fioni the ives, makes one's face swarthy and sallow, the eyes hollow and sluggish; it will make you care less and cowardly and as sure is truth i; truth, smoking cigarettes will ?hoi ten one's lifo. "The Rook" says, "Your sins will lind you out." ht does not matter what sort ol sin we commit, nature will wrl?e il in our face or upon our belies. it is nlarming to see the awful hanit of cigarette smoking and coca-cola drinking. These two things constitute thc greatest dual cnrr.e thal confront-; the American youth today. lt i?, more damaging! lo tin young men and hoya than whiskey, lt here is any one who doubt* these statements, jost visit the collen mills and ether places. | ii-k j ei to go down,lo Horse-Creek Valley, In Aiken county, win re there are about eighl cotton mills on one Fl roam, an I where ?here are hun dreds 01 nett ind boys who are rea' I < it! .1 : < ?: I e fiend:!, and thin loll nie I what your verdict ls, I asked a man ! the ethe'- d i> il I i! did tu?: think ci ga ret ti smoking was sapping away I his Iii.-. " Vos." h . sahl bul I can't quit i:." Well, I ..ul. are you golna. to let .i i igareilc two inches long con trol Nour will.' 1 am it' 'p.- opinion tba! a tani who hi; been a ?lave lo this I; il-it lon.; \?. o n,it mal.c a good soldier on a b.iltlelloid; the pl rain would be moro than ho could rt-HI. There u as ii mic m my life >\ hen lt wie considered an act of Impolite ness or a gentleman to smoke in the presen ci of ladies. Not so now. l have seen boys so very anxious to go to pntniiK thal thej would no; walt to get otu Ol the church of the Hvlllfi Ood before they would be blowing the smoke through their nostrils. Hut ot course Hiere have been many changes in nature but not in grace. J. Russell Wright. Johnston. s. c. Don't Delny Treating Your Cough, A slight cough often becomes seri ous, lungs get congested, bronchial tubes lill with mucous. Your vital ity is reduced. You need Dr. Hell'? IMne-Tar-Honey. lt soothes your ir ritated air passages, loosens mucous nnd makes your system rosUt colds. (Jive the baby and children Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It's guaranteed to 'help them. Only 25c. at your druggist.-Adv. A REVENUE OFFICER TALKS. R. o. Merrick Tells of Conditions Now Compared to Previous Vrais. ( Anderson Mall, 1 9th. ? H (?. Merrick, general deputy col lector of the Slates of South and .North Carolina, is spending to-day in thc elly In company with Mr. Brad ley, one of the employees or agents of the revenue department. They came to Anderson on business con nected with i lu? department. Mt. Mel l ick is a native of Walhalla and has visited Anderson on many occasions. Ile has many friends here who were delighted to see him again. Mr. Merrick has been engaged In thc government reveille department for many years ind mis worked him self up to the present position. He talks interestingly about the condi tions in the .meint, ins now as com pared with conditions of scvor.il ? years ago when blockade distilleries were more numerous than school houses and churches. The blocki.de business in the mountains is or the wane, as tue records of the activities of revenue officers will show. The number af cases of this kind called every months in Greenville when the Fede ral Court convenes diminishes with every term of court, and this is due, probably, to the increase in the num ber of convictions and the sentences i inposed. Mr. Merrick says that at the Octo ber. HMS. term of the Federal Court there wcl'e MM rCVOIIlie cases de posed Of: at the next term of this Conn in April, lill I. the number of revenue eases dropped to pe, and ai the recent October terni. MM I. there were oiilv revenue case- There wei:- probably 7."> cases in all a! I Iiis tenn, hut only .".!. revenue ca.-es. and Of this number :'.*> defendants cathe forward and entered pleas of guilty, 12 were convicted when placed <>n trial and the Court continued two ol three eases. Mr. Merrick says the section known as the "Dark Corner" (Green ville county) no longer maintains ?ts repa ta! ion. "When I first went into the business several years ago it was a common occurrence for us to cut up four or five distilleries a day in our raids of several days. On one or two days I recall we cut as many as twelve stills." declared Mr. Merrick. "Now, however, it is a rare instance for us to cut a still in that part of the country. I don't suppose we av erage more than eight or ten stills there a year now." j Mr. Merrick tobi of the ex|>erlenee he and his men had in locating and j destroying some of the stills. Ile told ol' one way up in the mountains which was most d illicit ll to locate. He said t hey had informal ion that 1 whiskey was bein;; distilled up thor but they could no! lind any tracks: leading to a distillery. "Finally,one day we bearii a man over in thc woods chopping. We went in his di rection, and we noticed that thc path out io where he was rutting wood was slick, as if being used fre quently. The path came to an end in the branch right near when lii was chopping wood, and the Hrs! im pression we had was that the path j led to the stream for water for thc house," said Mr. Merrick. "The path looked like it had been used too much just to gel water, so we gol out in the mid.lb- of the stream and no ticed that on some of tho rocks ?ii' midstream the moss had been worn away. We noticed this as wc pro ceeded up the stream. Finally, after going np stream about lou yards, wo found a slick path, similar to the one we liad found when wo entered thc .trenn. This path led across t he mountain and to one of the most' complete and hiriiesl distilleries I' ever saw. The distillers used a <-ir dillons route and one thai led through the water for some distance, hoping that the stream would oblit ?rale their tracks." \ not lier incident Mr. Merrick tobi of was the catching of Hen Ward, Hamp Sui beria nd and hall Lee. three well known men of the Panther Gnp section, lust before the Vorth Caro lina line is crossed up in the Chat looga Uiver -cition. Mr. Merrick says thal he had mn iced on several of; his visits to that section before that these tuen were mashing their apples' liol storing hiern in vessels In their buildings around the house. Ile sus pect d that they were preparing lo manufacture brandy, but they de clared they were gelling ready to ? make vinegar, and the government laws lo not prohibit the making of vlnegni. Mr. Merrick says that on his last visit h. that neighborhood he lound one of the men out in the woods culling wood, which he car ried down tho branch to a stlllhouse, which bad been built only recently. "I watchem the man go into ?he stlllhoufe with the wood and I walk ed up to the bouse while they we'? engaged in making tho run at the still. I had no ono with me to cor roborate testimony, but 1 took a chance and walked In. The mon gave up without resistance-one of them, Ben Ward's brother, skipped out and got away. The other three were haled into Court at Greenville, and they each entered a plea of guilty. Ward was given three months, Sutherland one month and I.IM- two months. The sentence on i lu' drat offense is very light." Following the crusade against the liquor trafile made hy the city an thon ti.- Mic govern men: sent men hore to collect revenue li euses, and several collections were ai.ide. lt Heatly linos Relieve Khcuniatlsni. Everybody who is aMIicted tiwi th rheumatism in any form diould by all means keep a bottle of Sloan's Lini ment on hand. Tin- minute you feel pain or soreness in a joinl or muscle, bathe it with Sloan's Liniment. Do not i n!' it. Sloan's penetrates almost inime h.Hely right to the seit of pair., relieving the hot, tender, swooten feeling and making the pari easy .md comfortable. Get a hettie of Sloan's Liniment for 25 cents of any drug gist and have if in the house - ngainst colds, sore and swollen joints, rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and like ailments. Your money back if not satisfied, hut it does sive almost instant relief. Adv. Settling Itoiuidary Disputes. Wash i nut on, Nov. 20. After de elding in favor of North Carolina ;,i the boundary controvert between that State and Tennessee, the Su preme Court has determined to pro ven I t uri her disputes by drawing an cxaci outline of the location ard not relying upon verbal descriptions of the line. The drawing, done !>:> Justice McKeuna, will bc inserted into the printed opinion, vvhiea will he the fl rs I in a decade to be i'.lus trated. The Court has given tho State.; I'l days in which to name commission ers to mark the boundary line as es tablished. Should the States he ti il - . bio to agree upon offici rs. the conn will selecl them. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Tuke Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless .hill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propcrticsof QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cculs. Will Aid Foodstuff Daisers. .Montgomery, Ala., Nov. I'.?. There will be no money in Alabama next year for farmers who v-Ant to raise cotton, but there will be plenty of money for those who want to raise foodst u ffs. This is the ultimatum delivered by the Alabama Hankers' Conference, in session here, lo the farmers of the State. At the same time the bank er;-, endorsed the Wade plan for car ing for the surplus crop now on the ma rkel. Try this for Your Coughs. Thousands of people keep coughing because unable to get the right rem edy. Coughs aro caused by inflam mation of throat and bronchial tubes. What you need is to soothe this In flammation, 'lake Dr. King's New Discovery, it penetrate the delicate mucous lining, raises the phlegm and quickly relieves the congested mem branes. Get a 50c. bottle from your druggist. "Dr. King's New Discov ers rpiickly and compeltcly stopped my cough," writes J. R. Watt.-. Ploy dale, Texas. .Money back If not satis lied, but it nearly always help-.-Ad. (?en. (arbu.jal Killed. Washington, Nov. li?.- Gen. Jose Carbajal was killed in battle near Puerto, Mexico, yesterday. Ile joined Villa's troops ?md attacked Jesus Carran/a, the Constitutionalist chief's brother. Designed t and Patented -f ?887 Twenl the first Corti The Standard EverSince They're sti the only atter coat of paint In addition Fireproof, St BALLENGER HARDWA SBNEC Have You Pou Cure thc liver and you cure the t all poultry troubles are due to a disc Thousands of poultry raisers who UJ round to keep their flocks in good ti recommend Bee Dee*T** It's a Ll (rer Medicine. Also a strengthlng Tonl< CAPTURING STILLS ON COAST. | Offlcere Now Engaged in Enforcing the War Stamp Tax. (Anderson Mall, 19th.) W. L. Bradley, formerly of Abbe ville, but now with headquarters in <; emilie, where he is employed as a revenue officer and internal tax col lector, is in the city on a business trip. Mr. Bradley has just returned from Horry county, (the conni y in the extreme eastern part of the State*), down on the coast, where ho located and destroyed three of the largest blockade distilleries ever seen in South Carolina. Thc general Impression is thal blockade liquor is made only in tho counties in the mountains and at the foothills of the mountains. But Mr Bradley says the work ls not con tined to those counties. I he three stills found and destroy ed in Horry county were within two miles of each other, and. Judging from the .surroundings, they must have been in operation for a great many years. Mr. Bradley came to Anderson to moot R. 0- Merrick, one of the head government men of this section. Mr. Merrick raided a section of the coun try known as ChattOOga Ridge, seve ral miles above Walhalla, a few day ; ago. and two stills were destroyed. Mr. Merrick is expected to arrive here this afternoon. He and Mr. Bradley are now engaged in enforc ing the war stamp tax. which be came effective a short while ago. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Vour druggist will refund money if PAZO OIXTMKNT fails to euro nny ense of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pilen ln6to M days. The first application gives Ease and Rest, soc Sheepskin is used as a substitute for almost every ether kimi of lea ther. HAVE YOU A CHILD? Many women long for children, but because of some curable physical derangement are deprived of this greatest of all happiness. The women whose names follow were restored to normal health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. Write and ask them about it. Mrj Mose Blakly "I took vour Com pound and have a fine, strong baby " - Mrs. JOHN MIT^^ELL, Mas sena, N. Y. "Lydia E. Tinkham's Vegetable Compound is a wonderful medicine for expectant mothers. " - Mrs. A. M. MYERS, Gor donville, Mo. " I highly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound before child-birth, it has done so much for me. " - Mrs. E. M. DOERR, R. R. 1, Con shohocken, Pa. "I took Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Com pound to build up my system and have the dearest baby girl in the world."-Mrs. MOSE BLAKELEY, Imperial,Pa. ? praise the Com pound whenever I have a chance, it did so much for me before my little pir) was born." - Mrs. E. W. SANDKRS, Rowles burg, W. Va. "I took your Com pound before baby was born and feel I owe my life to it. "-Mrs. WINNI io TlLLIS, Winter Haven, Florida. TRI GUT AL SHINGLES ll on-still in good condition, and ktion they've had is an occasional to tho lasting qualities, they're ormproof and inexpensive. For Sale by RE & FURNITURE CO. A, S. C. Itry Troubles ? lird. Nearly irdered liver. ie it all year lealth, highly POULTRY [CINE Bee Dee STOCK & POULTRY MKDICINK I? a splendid cure lor liver trouble, roup and chicken cholera. Oiven regularly willi the feed, In small doses, it ?Iso makes an excellent tonic F. J. Stowe. Purcell. Okla. 25c, 5Oe and (l. per caa, At your dealer*?._ _P B. 5 TKl'TIf TRIUMPHS. WaUiaUa Citizen? Testify for the Public Benefit. A truthful statement of a Walhalla citizen, given in Iiis own words, should convince the most skeptical about the merits of Donn's Kidney Pills. If you suffer from backache, nervousness, sleeplessness, urinary disorders or any lorin of kidney ills, use a tested kldnej medicine. A Walhalla citizen tells of Donn's Kidney Pills. Could you demand more convine ing proof of merit V J. Et. Hughes, railroad engineer, Walhalla, s. C., says: "For many years I worked on a locomotive and the constant jarring weakened my kidneys. I had soreness in the small of my back and through my should ers. 1 felt miserable in every way. As soon as I began taking Doa n's Kidney Pills, procured at Dr. Bell* drug store, 1 was relieved. lt was not long before my health improved. I don't think there is another medi cine like them. I have publicly rec ommended Do,m's Kidney Pills be fore1, and I am pleased to say I haven't bad any kidney trouble since they cured me." Price 50c. al all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy- get Donn's Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Hughes bad. Eoster-Milburn Co., Props.. Buffalo. N. Y. - Adv. Program Inion Meet i Ul The union meeting of the appel division of Rea verdant Baptist Asso elation will convene with Madison Ha pl ist church next fifth Saturday and Sunday, November 28 and Program as follows: Saturday Mot tiing. I 0.30 to I 1 Devot ional exercises conducted hy A. P. Duke. I I to 12-The importance of per sonal work in evangelism. .las. C. Shockley, j. I, Vaughan, Thomas M. Kl rod. IL* to 12.30 The present condi tion of the Bea ve fd a m Association. Hound table, conducted by the Mod era t or. 1 2.30 to 2- Dinner hour. Saturday Afteilioon. 2 to The State Mission Hoard, (a) What ii has accomplished; tb) Its present condition; (c) Its aim for the future. Kev. L. M. Lyda, J. W. Shelor, Rev. D. F. Carter. :i to ;!.:{() What should be the al titude of our people toward the so called holiness ideas being propagat ed in our midst? Rev. M. G. Hol land. Rev. W. T. Abbott. Rev. L. 1). Mitchell. 3.30 to 4-What are the public schools contributing to the religious development of our children? Rev. G. C. Mangunt, W. M. Brown. Evening Session. 7 to 7.110-Song and praise service. S o'clock-Sermon by Rev. J. H. Clark. Sunday Morning. 10 to ll-Sunday school exorcises. 11 o'clock-Sermon by Rev. L. M. Lyda. Visiting brethren are welcome to come and help us to make this out best meeting. .7. W. Shelor. L. M. Lyda, L. D. Mitchell, for Committee. Deaf ness Cannot Re Cured hy local applications, as they cannot reac h the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is hy constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin ing of the Eustachian tube. When j this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect bearing, and when it is entirely closed, deaf ness is the result, and unless thc In flammation ctin he taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous sur faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circu lai i, free. J. Cheney <K- Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by il ruge ist s, 7 ">c. Take Hall's Eamil) Pills for con stipation.- Adv. Typ I SUPP Ribbons - Pai We can supply all Den Bonds, Heavy, Light and Fe quantity, High quality Caroon Pa j We represent locally a Sales House. Best Silk Ribbc machines with but little delay* Orders for Supplies Han PRINTING SSS KEOWEE WALHAL TAX NOTICE. County Treasurer's Office, Walhalla, S. C., Oct. 6, 1914. Thc hooks for the collection of State, County, School and Special Ta\es for the fiscal year 1914 will bo open from October 16th, 1914, to De cember 3l8t, 1914, without i>onalty, after which day one per cent penalty will be added on all payments made in the month of January, 1916, and two per cen! penalty on all payments made in the month of February, 1915, and seven per cent penalty on all payments made from the first day of March until the 15th day of March. 1915. After that day all taxes not paid will go into execution and be placed in the bands of tho Sheriff for collection. Taxpayers owning property or pay ing taxes for others will please ask for a tax receipt in each Township or Special School District in which he or they may own property. This is very Important, as there are so many Special Schoo. Districts. 'The tax lev> is made up as follows: State tax .tl mills School tax.mills Ordinary county tax.7 VJ mills Interest on bonds . \'-< mill Total .17 milla Special and Local School Tax. 11) I I 1 :: I I I 7 1 S 1 D ' L'n 21 .) ?> 23 2 1 LT. 2 fi 2 7 L'S 34 sr,; 371 HO1 10: 42 45! i <; 17 I S :. i 51 ; f. n - r> 7 - .-.9' - fi 2 ' - fi;; 2 or,' - r>7' c, s1 _ T. :> : - 7 I - 7 t! - - ! 4 -I fi fi 2 I 1 3 fi' 2 2 I 4l 2 2 ' 3 ?I 1 ? 3 fi1 {tl 4 4 2' 6 4 fi o s s 4 2 2 1 2 2 .' 8 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 fi 2 1 4 3 fi 2 2 4 1 2 2 8 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 5 fi 2 2 3 G t; s 4 4 2 Poll Tax, 91. Dog Tax, 50c. Every male citizen from 21 to 00 years of age is liable for poll tax ex cept Confederate soldiers, who do not pay after 50 years of age, and those exempted by law. Road Tax, $2. Every male citizen from 18 to 50 years of age is liable for road tax. except those exempt by law. This tax is payable from October 16th, 1914, to March 15th, 191.r., after which time four days' work will bo required. R. H. ALEXANDER, 'Treasurer Oconee County, S. C. Oct. 7, 1911. INTER LIES ll }er - Carbons lands in Typewriter Papers dtiicr Weight-any size, any per always in stock. Standard Typewriter Ribbon >ns 75c. Fresh Ribbons for all died Promptly. nd that looks right and :, in Style, Workmanship, i rand Price. Write or call. COURIER, LA, S. C.