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TOO POOH TO KFF.P CHlLDItKN. Tonant** in Nortli Texas Offer to Give Little Ones Away. Dallas, Texas, March 17.-W. S. j Noble, secretary af the Land League | of Texas, told the Federal Com mis sion of Industrial Relations to-day that ho had this week found two land tenants in North Texas so poverty stricken that they were offering to give?bheir children away. He testified at the hearing on American farm land conditions. Noble said he had found these ten ants in a sea ich tor what he consid ered a typical example of the poorer class of tenant farmers. Not believ ing them typical, he said, ho had tiroughL to Dallas, as a voluntary witness, L. T. Steward, a farmer, whose experience was similar, it is said, to some 50.000 tenant families in tho Southwest. Steward then took the witness stand. Alongside sat his wife and six of his eight children, ranging from three to twenty years old. Three of the smallest were barefooted, their feet showing sores from frost hites. Efforts te Ruy Farm. Steward described Iiis efforts for twenty years to buy a tarni, begin ning in Arkansas and finally coining to Texas. Alter his first year's far ming, he said, ho sold his mule to get "square of debi." Next year he borrowed a mule and 'carno out $ 1 "> lo the good." Then he bought a small farm on six years' time, but was toned lo give it ni? for lack of $40 to meet payments at the end el' ibo first year. After several years he go! $L'OU ahead, and bought an 85-acro farm in Arkansas. He did well, but two children died and their doctor bills cul into his savings so that he gave up the farm, unable 'to meet 'the in terest. He told the commission that one year he had lost money when eolton was seven cents a pound, birt thal, he saved a little Hie next year when ho received only tour cents per pound. He saved by reducing living expenses, ile said sometimes his wife "got to town" only once in two years. At times he had lived too far from a school house for his oldest boy to attend. Thru when he lived near town later on, the boy was ashamed to go on accouivt of his clothing. Ile said he never kept any track of the amount of such expenses, except .to live on as little as possible, buying but. one two-?piece ready-made suit in the lani five years. When his profits were high, he said, these bills al ways about equalled the profits. He said he had paid on credit from $1 .to $1.25 per bushel for corn, which was selling for cash at 7") cents a bushel. Several weeks age hi? hogs, his .only remaining food supply were sohl under foreclosure for debt. Hind late of Mrs. Steward. Mi's. Steward, the mother of eleven children, was questioned by Mi-?. .1. Horden Harri man, a member of the commission, in Arkansas, she de clared, she worked in Hu? field every year except one. Her routine, she said, was to get breakfast al 1 in the morning, work in the fields until nea ri j noon, then return 'to the house to liegin house hold duties, and take "one day out of a week" to do Ibo washing. For several years she made her husband's clothing, her own and her children's. Mi's. 1 larriman asked about farm ten ant housing conditions. "Some houses aro tolerably de cent," replied tho witness. "Some are not. I have carried water myself a mile from the nearest, well to the house." After coining to Texas, Mrs. Stew ard s'topped Held work, replacing it with sewing ll inti 1, she said, her sew ing machine was taken away a week ago to pay ( hts. She said she had known many women who worked as hard. Since the fl rs t of Ibis year, MTS. Darriman brought out. the fam ily has not had enough to ea*. "Don't you worry?" asked Mrs. Ha rri ma n. "I always say," replied the witness, smiling, "that I never let any more trouble liv over my head than I can kick off with my heels." "Hood philosophy," commented Mrs. Ila ninian. How Credit System Runs. Prof. M. W. Leonard, of tho De partment, of Economics of tho Uni versity of Texas, gave the commis sion figures from 'his investigations, tending to explain how Hie credit sys tem in vogue made it impossible for 'louants to get out of debt on many farme. He testified 'that many land owners co-operate witto their tenants with Hie purposes of building up good esta.;.???, ?.nd 'that on such farms ten ants usually are prosperous. Rut he said there is a class of land-owners who practically compel their tenants to keep moving to other farms by driving 'bard ^bargains, and another class who,'through the general BIKKMI latlve rise In land value* in the 'Southwest and their need or desire for an ordinary nato of Interest on .I? THE EUROPEAN WAK. ?fr I?|-I?|-1-tftwt-|? ?|? A ?|??|? ?|? ?|? ?^? ?|? (Homo and Farm.) Wo have from a reader a request for a brief account of tho war in Bu- | rope, as to its causes and results up i to the present. It lias to 'be traced back to the trouble in tho Balkans in ty 12, when those mutions undertook to throw off t he Turkish yoke. These wars brought into direct op position Russia and Austria. Servia, practically a now nation, was developing power and strength, and Austria, feared an effort ito bring all Servians (or Serbs) into one na tion. On Juno 28, lill i, a young Serb IS years old assassinated itpe Arch duke Franz Ferdinand, tho heir ap parent to tho Austro-II un garlan throne, and his wife, tho Duchess of Hohenberg. Tho Austrians charged that, tho crime was the culmination of a conspiracy encouraged by load ing statesmen of Servia. Austria de manded reparation, ap:.bu y and as surances for the future. July 2.T the Servian reply was delivered to Aus tria. lt was declared insufficient, and on July 28 war was declared by Austria against Servia. This drew Russia into the conflict as tho protector ol' Servia, and Qer I many into the conflict as the ally of I Austria. July 20 Russia ordered tho mobili zation of her army. .Inly 21 tho Ger man ambassador at St. Petersburg presented his government's ultlnva t um to Russia. August I the Herman government ordered the mobilization ol' its army and at 7 in the evening Russia was informed thai a state of war existed between Germany und Russia. August ti Austria declared war against Russia. August the French government declared that war existed in consequence of tho inva sion of French territory by Herman | troops. August I the British govern ment sent ils ultimatum 'to Germany to respect tho neutrality of Belgium. August r> tho British government declared the existence of a slate of war between Great Britain and Ger many, and later between Great Bri tain and Austria. August 1 21li the French government declared war against. Austria. At once the German tinny moved tOvvard Paris and came within forty milos of that city. She was confront ed in Belgium with the Belgian army, backed by tho British forces, and the Bnglish troops reinforced the French lino. The German movement toward Paris was checked and the German army fell hack to entrenched posi tio: s. On thpse I'inos tho two great forces have faced each other since Septem ber. The conflicts have been many and serious, hut the gains to either side have been insignificant. Belgium has been devastated. A large part Of Northern France, with its cities and ancient churches, libra ries and universities, has suffered all of the evils of such n conflict. The superiority ol' the. English Hoot, or of the allied fleet ol' England, Franco and Russia, on tho seas could not be contested, and in a few weeks the foreign commerce of Germany was destroyed. Russia invaded Germany from the north and was driven hack, and the conflict has raged between Germany .and Austria on tho ono hand against Russia on the other, with varying fortune. The latest development of tho con flict has beer th< attack of the allied (loot upon Che Turkish forts that pro tect Constantinople. This conflict is now raging. Many ol' tho forts have been destroyed, but the allies have not at this writing landed any troops. lt seems to ho admitted that itt ls only a question of time before Con stantinople shall fall. National Forest Activities. Soll'ing some billion and a half board feet of timber and supervising the cutting on several thousand dif ferent arcas, overseeing the grazing of itnoro than 1,500,000 cattle and 7,;">00,000 sheep mid building more than 000 miles of road. 2.000 miles of trail, 2,000 miles of telephone lino and 700 miles of fire line are some of tho things which tho government for est service did last year, as disclosed in the report by tho ch ?(d' forester for 1914, These activities were all on the national forests, willoh at present, total about 18.r>,000,ooo acres. Re ceipts from all sources were $2,437, 710.21. capital represented in such lands, ex act ruinous rents. Tenants on those two classes of farms, bo said, seldom got enough money ahead to pay cash, but mortgage their next year's crop for living expenses. TIM Quinine That Dost Not Affect The Head Became of Ita tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE I* bettert?ian ordinary Quinine and doea not cause nervousness nor ringing tn head. Remember the lull name amt look for the aignature of K. W. GROV3. 25c. "THKKK TO ONE FOK I?HOHI." Aunt-Saloon League Now Actively at \\'?>rk-Some Resulto. Spartanburg, March li).-Editor Kcowcc Courier: Wc think it well lo say a few things to the f riends of pro hibition just at this lime. It' over a State had reason to rejoice, our Stare bas. Truly wo'have had "wash-day." Both the hills prepared by the Anti Saloon League and Introduced by our friends in the House and Senate at the last session of the Legislature passed hy overwhelming majorities. The anti-shipping bill, taking ad vantage of the Webb law, wont into effect March 12th, and has hoon a great surprise to blind tigers and clubs. The tiger can no longer gel liquor and beor in case goods nor by freight. This forces all liquor pack ages through 'the express office, In one gallon lots, once a month, and virtually destroys the jug trade in regard to beer. As liquor and boer cannot be stored except In private homos, liquor in tho social clubs is a thing of the past. Tho nd'orondum bill means that South Carolina will vote, on tho 14th of next September, on the prohibition question, making the State the unit instead of tho county. If the State votes "dry" it will be dry by October 1st. for there will be a rush for a last supply and every dispensary will be empty in two weeks That will wind up the liquor business, and it it joy ous to think about. This should stir C.-." !.cr?rt of every man and woman to action. Thia is the goal-tli*- end we have prayed and hoped for so long. But, brethren an?d friends of our cause, this means work, more work and harder work. K ve ry county in tho Slate must have a good central committee and every precinct a precinct committee. The liquor forces aro already organ ized, and for several weeks have been circulating most pernicious literature in our State. Wo are to be congratulated that nearly every local and daily paper in the State is with us in the light, lt is imped that we have nothing to fear from vicious attacks, at least from any pa]>or in tho State. Our principal trouble will come from 'pernicious methods that the li quor trust and its friends will em ploy among the negroes, the loreign element and tho ignorant. Our friends must bo on the alert, looking after the registration of voters, dis tribution of literature, and Organiza tion. The Anti-Saloon League will do all it can, but wo need your help. Our work just at this time is in the Piedmont section. Wo have al ready organized several counties and have the names of committeemen on ftle- in our office. In the near future each man on a county or p reel nd commit too will receive our manual of instructions Appeals for help have been coming in I rom different parts of the. State. As soon as we have completed the work of organization In 'the upper counties, wo shall begin in the middle and lower parts of Wie State. If our friends who have already made subscriptions to our work will send in their dues it will aid us much in distributing literature and in other ways. We aro getting good assist ance from men like Dr. Clinkscalos, of Wo ff O rd College, and Hon. Heriot Clarkson, of Charlotte, N. C., In our public meetings on Sundays. Wo have arranged with Dr. Janies Cannon, Jr., of Richmond, Va., the leader of the Virginia forces last, year, to come to this State In Juno. Wo had hoiied to make South Car olina the 16th dry State, but three other States have gone dry by legis lative enact nient, to become dry Jan uary 1, llllO, so we must be content to take 19th place. Our slogan is: "Three to ono for prohibition." Send this down (ho line and work to that end. Our mot to is: "Organization, agitation, edu cation -\ ii tory ! " J. L. Harley, Stale Supt. Anti-Saloon League. Proof Positive. Little Ada carno in to her mother from ber play, and asked: "Have gooseberries any legs, mo ther?" "Why, no, dear," replied Ibo mo ther, "of course not. Why do you ask ?" Ada looked solemn ns she raison her face to her mother's. "Why, then, mother," sho said. "I've been ca!in' caterpillars!" CHICHESTER S PILLS BRAND LAPIRfl t Aik your l>rursl"t for CITI-CH ?8 TKR 3 A DIAMOND BRAND PILLS in RKD-anel/MV GOLD metallic boxea, sealed with Blue Klbl>on. TAKB MO OTIIRH. Draaftlit an<t Mk fop ??HI.1 Ol .MC NI? BRAN? FILLS, for twenty fir? y ;u ? '. ": reed ni Ucr.t, Sst feat, Alwa?i Reliable, ft*it BY Ml DRUGGISTS I?V f ''UPC WORTH h flt TH8T8D Children Cry 1 CAST Tho Kind You Have Always 1 In uso for over SO years. ?mi lin sonni s Allow l All Counterfeits, Imitations a Experiments that trifle with Infants and Children-Espei What is Ci CJastor?a is a harmless subst goric, Drops and Soothing f contains neither Opium, M< substance. Its URO is its gua. and allays Feverishness. Ft has been in constant use foi Flatulency* Wind Colle, all Diarrhoea. lt regulates t assimilai es tho Food, giving Tile Children's Panacea-Th? GENUINE CAST Bears the S In Use For Oi The Kind You Hav THE CENTAUR COM Pi BLUF miMiK IIA I Ii WA Y-F.KTW TIME TA HI JO NO. 15-EFFECT EAST-BOUND EASTBOUND Leave Walhalla. Leave West Union. Leave Seneca . Leave .Jordania. Leave Adams's Crossing. Leave Cherry's Crossing. Leave Pendleton . Leave Au tun. Leave Sandy Springs. Leave Denv< i . Leave West A ulerson. I^eave Anderson (Passenger Depot) . . Ixvave Anderson (Freight Depot) .... Leave Erskine's Siding. Arrive Relton. . NUMBER OF TUA IX. WESTBOUND Leave Belton. Leave Erskine's Siding. l/oave Anderson (Freight Depot) .... I-icave Anderson (Passenger Depot) .. Leave West Anderson. Leave Denver . Leave Sandy Springs. I yea ve Antun. Leave Pendleton. Ix?avo Cherry's Crossing. Leave Adams's Crossing. L? a ve Jordania. Leave Seneca. Leave West Union. Arrive Walhalla. X UM I IE It OF TRA IX. Flag Stations: Anderson (Freight Sandy Springs, A>.tun, Cherry's Cross: Steam trains will stop at followin passengers: Weich, Toxaway. Phinne; Motor 'rains will r.top at followin eagers: One-Mile Crossing, Keys' Crt bins' Crossing Harper's Crossing, Pro Avenue. HUSBAND I DESPA After Four Years of Discouraging Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave Up in Despair. Husband Came to Rescue. Catron, Ky.-In an interesting letter from this pla?*, Mrs. Bettie Bullock ! writes as follows: "I suffered for four I years, with womanly troubles, and during this time, 1 could only sit up for a little j while, and could not walk anywhere at al!. At ?mes, I would have severe pains ! in my left side. I Thc doctor was called in, and his treat 1 ment relieved me for a while, but 1 was ! econ confined to my bed again. After i ? that, nothing seemed to do me any good. Willie, aged six, and just from thc I country, had been taken to a large! city church wliere, for tho first time, he saw and heard a vested choir. He was greatly interested, and when for Fletcher's Sought, and which lins been has horno tho signature of s been mudo under lil? ner upcrvision since its Infancy? no ono to deceive you in this, md " ?Just-as-good " aro but and endanger tho health of rienco against Experiment* \STORIA Ituto for Castor Oil, Pare Syrnps. It ls pleasant. It irphino nor other Narcotic ranteo. lt destroys Worms >r moro than thirty years it ? tho relief of Constipation? I Teething Troubles and ho Stomach and Bowels, healthy and natural sleep. 5 Mother's Friend. ORIA ALWAYS Signature of ^er 30 Years e Always Bought iNY, N K W YOHK C ITV. KKS MOI/l'OX A NT) WAbHAbbA. IVK OCTOBER IS. li?.Ol A. M. 1014. I ; Depot), West Anderson, Denver, lng. Adams's Crossing, Jordania, g flag stations to take on and let oft r'ti, Jan.es. g points to take on .*?ncl let off pnss >88.ing, Erskine's Sidirg, Welch, Rob ylos' Crossing, Toxawr.y and Jefferson i. li. ANDERSON, Superintendent RESCUED IRING WIFE I had potten so weak 1 could not stand, and I gave up in despair. At last, my husband got me a bottle of Cardui, the woman's tonic, and i com menced taking it. From the very first dose, I could tell it was helping me. 1 can now walk two miles without its tiring me, and am doing all my work." If you are ail run down from womanly troubles, don't give up in despair. Try Cardui, the woman's tonic, lt has helped j more than a million women, in lie* 50 j years of continuous success, and should surely help you, too. Your druggist has sold Cardui for years. He knows what it will do. Ask him. He will recom mend it Begin taking Cardui today. Write to: Chattanooga Meakin* Co., Ladlee' Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga, Tenn., for Spacial Instructions ?t. your rate and 64-page book, ' Hom? Treatment tt Wemen," tent In plain wrapper. J-6* later questioned as to what he had most liked about the services, replied eagerly: "Oh, Amitie, lt was Just lovely <o watch the preacher come out. with all hi? wives!" Rev. Wliiflcn'H Appui nt,nen ts. Following ls a schedule of Kev. H. A. Whi'tten's appointments: Fired Sunday-Whit mi re church i i o'clock, Salem church 3.30 p. m. Second Sunday-Zion church 1 1 o'clock, Ebenezer church I j), m., Walhalla Mill? 7..'10 p. Cl. Til i rd Sunday-Bethel Presbyte rian church ll o'clock. Old Pickeus i i?, m. Fourth Sunday-Double Springs church ll o'clock, Laurel Springs \ p. m. These will be the appointments and hours of services of <tiho Walhalla Circuit until further notice. H. A. Whitten, Pastor In Charge. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The OM Standard treue.-.-.i strengthening tonie. GROVK'fl TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Mulari?.enriches the blood,end builds tipthe aya tcm. A true 'onie. Por adults and children. 50c Pro'iiiuciit Episcopalian Dead. Na di ville. Tenn., March 17.-Kev. John B. Cannon, chaplain of the Uni versity of the South, Sowannee. and a prominent figuro in the Diocese of tho Tennessee Episcopal church, died her<> to-day. The receipts from the sale of ferti lizer tags to date (for Ibis year) a mon ml to $70,000 as against $201, 000 for tho corresponding date la. t. year. Proceeds from (his tax go to the support of Clemson College. DON'T WAIT. Take Advantage ol' a Walhalla Clti /? n's Experience. W'hcn iii?' lui ck begins to ache. Don't wa M until backache becomes chronic; 'Till kidney troubles develop; 'Till urinary troubles destroy night's rest. Profit by a Walhalla citizen's expe rience. Mrs. K. I). Oelkers, W. Main street. Walhalla, says: ''I had been reeling quite miserable for months. I had a (lull tube through my head and sore ness across the small of my back. Sometimes ! was very weak and nervous and had no appetite. Tho kidney secretions showed that ruy kidneys were affected. i send to Hell's drug store for Donn's Kidney Pills and they gave me great benefit." (Statement given February 21st, I 908. ) Over Six Years Later, Mrs. Oelkers said: "1 haven't noticed the least bit of kidney trouble since giving my for mer endorsement. I can now do as hard a day's work as I ever could and am in good health. 1 have advised scores of people to try Donn's Kidney Pills." Price r>0c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Donn's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Oelkers had. Fest er-M ll bu ru. Co., Props., Buffalo. N. Y.-Adv. 'I" "I* 'I* *I" *l* *I* ty *I* *I* "I* *I* ty PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ty ?J? .J? ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty DH. W. K. CRAIG, ty Dental Burgoo--. ty WALHALLA, 8. CAROLINA. Ofllte Over C. W. Pitchford'* 4* Store. ty OH i co Hours: ty O A. M. to 12 M. 1 P. M. to 5 P. M. ?ta - ty DR. W. F. AUSTIN, ty ty Dentist, ty ty Seneca, South Carolina. ty ty - + ty Phone 17. ty % MA KC US C. LONG, % ty A t to r n ey -a t -t-a w, ty ty Phone No. 09, ty ty Walhalla, South Carolina. ty ty -- + ty Ofllce Over Oconee New*', ty ty -?- + 4? Fi. L . H E R N I) O N , ty ty Attomey-at-Law, ty ty Walhalla, South Carolina. ty ty PHONE NO. 61. ty ty- ty ty R. T. JAYNE?, ty ty Attorney-at-Lsw, ty ty Walhalla, South Carolina. ty ty Hell Phone No. 20. ty ty - + ty Practice In State and Federal ty ty Courts. ty ty- * ty J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, ty ty Pickens, S C. W. C. Hughs, ty ty CAREY, SH EM)lt & HUGHS, ty ty Attorneys and Counsellors, ty ty Walhalla, South Carolina. ty ty Practice in State and Federal ty ty Courts. ty ty-+ 4? NOTICE. ty ty - ty ty Any ono wanting Surveying ty ty and Engineering Work done ty ty will please address ty ty W. 8. GOODMAN, ty ty Clemson College, S. C. ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty kl Kin-fees Paints and Oil. Gutter and Repair Work. O. Vim- GOOD, j TINNER, . . WALHALLA, S. CL,