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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 18 ll?.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Poi Annum. Advertising Hales Reasonable. -By STIX K. SHEliOR ? SCHRODER. Communications or a personal character charged for as advertise ment. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will bo printed free of charge. All over thal nu mtier must be paid for at tim rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manu.-, ri pt. WALHALLA, S. G.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, HM5. Till! SEVENTEEN-YEAK LOCUSTS Government Sends Out Warn lng Have ApiMNired in Oeonee. Washington, I?. C., Maj :? l Spe cial: li rood VI of tlie cicada (com monly known as the 17 vern- locust) is expecded to appear in May and Juno tins year in scattered localities covering much of the Northern and Central States lying bei ween the Hudson and Mississippi rivers, ex tending .Hon:; Hie Appalachian ele vated plateau Into Northern Georgin and Soul H Carolina. Tins particular brood made its la. i appearance In I Iiis territory in I Kits The 17-year locust covers in its range neatly all ol thc United Slates Mom Hie Mississippi Valle) eastward. The i in ion-, feature of its regular pe riodic appearances and i's long sub terranean life give it perhaps the greatest popular interest wliich al ta-bes to any insect on this conti ne.' t. a a d lead lo many inquiries with every reappearance of any Important brood. There are two races of this insect: i I i the 17 year i"ic<>, which occur- 'ti I r different broods over Ibo northern and central United States, mid i ..' i tin rt year race, which oc cur.- in di (Terell I broods throughout thc Southern States from Texas east ward. When any ol these broods are elm rac te ri zed by treat swarms they naturally cause fears for the safety of trees. The ac lu il damage, how ever is .slight and is accomplished by the female cicada when -be eilis thc? hark cn the tree lu the deposition of her eggs. While lim expected brood is not an importun) one, ii rovers a much wi der territory than any of the other 17-year brood.-. According lo tho records, the number ol' locusts to be expected over inns- of this territory is liol great, except in the Northwest and is thc Southeast. A careful investigation of Hie whole cic ada area was made by the Bureau of Entomology with thc as st tance of the state entomologists in IS9S. These reporis, if the) mil) he relied ti poll, extend the range ol' the periodical cicada in Wisconsin and Michigan much farther north than an) of thc old records. The localities assigned io this brood in North Carolina, South Carolina and (icorgin. and in eastern Kentucky ind Tennessee, are. in Hie main, in counties in the elevated mountain ous district, and tho correctness of the reference t<> this brood is estab lished by earlier records as well as indicated t?y the elevation. Probable Histrihuiion. The records ol distribution i par tial i given below are as published in a bulletin of tho Bureau of Enlo molog) of this depart men t. The starred com.ties indicate the occur rence of tho cicada in one or more characteristic, dense- swarm-: and counties followed I?) two star- are doubt u 1 records : Georgia Dade*. Elbert, l/loyd. Hubershani*. Paulding, Kabun*. Spalding, White. Hall*. North Carolina Alexander*. Illa den, Holicombe, Burke' Gabarras, Caldwell*, Catawba*. Henderson*, I reib ll, Lincoln*, McDowell*, Ma con*, Montgomery, Moore, Pender*, Polk *, Randolph**, Rutherford. Swain*. Transylvania*, Halon, Washington4 *, Wilkes*. South Carolina Oconee*. I hi muge .md Partial lt? unedle*. Ordinary reiiellenl substances, such m kerosene emulsion or enr holie u< ?ii solutions, seem lo have very little effect In preventing the ovlposWion of these insects. Some recent experience, however, indi cates that 'ives thoroughly sprayed with Bordeaux mixture or a lime wash ,arc apt to bc- avoided by the cicada, especially if there are other trees or woods in the neighborhood on which they can oviposit. The most reliable means ol' protecting nurser ies and young orchards is by collect ing the insects in hags or umbrellas from the trees in early morning or late evening, when they are some what torpid. Such collect!? ns should he undertaken at tho hr. appearance of the cicada and re peated each day. Vigorous young trees often re cover in three or four years from the effects of u loss of, or injury to, a considerable percentage of their branches. However, it ls difficult to overcome the unsymmetrical appear ance which will commonly result from the indiscriminate pruning of ten necessary as a result of the fe rnab- insects' work. Tho worst nffocted branches should be removed. The less In jured limbs may be coated on the wounded parts with grafting wax Ol moderately bard soap These pro tective coverings should be rem ?veil at least once a year, preferably in tbe ?pring, until the wounds are en tirely healed oser. lt may be expe dient, in the case of a badi) wound ed recently budded or grafted tree, io cut it hack neatly lo the bini or Kraft, so that an entirely new top may be made. In the case of older trees, the main object ol' tren I men I is to secure thc rapid bealing of the wounds and I prevent their being used as points lot secondary Infection tty oilier In sects, the worst injured limbs in such trees should also he cut out, so : that all the vigor ol the plant may be I accelerated by thorough cultivation ami the use of fertilizers on tho land about i ne t rees attac ked. The Courier receive,! notice late I hist week ?bal considerable bodies of locusts are within comparatively I close proximity to Walhalla. in driving into the country one dav last i week .lohn Busch's attention was I attracted by a peculiar sound at the toot of lin- mountains. Xot certain a.- to the unusual sounds that came ! down tlc mountains to him. Mr Husc h stopped his team, listened al I lenitive |> for a time, and he report ed to us that Ihe peculiar buzzing, whirring noise came from a consid erable body oi locusts, lt was un mistakable, be said. Cor several weeks apple growers on ibo <! 'orgia side have benni coili ! lng to Walhalla to buy lime with j which to make a spray for using on I their orchards, the locusts having ap ! peared there in large numbers. Cit ies AN IMPORTANT STUDY. I - Superintendent Smith Exhorts Teach ers te? 'lake this Course. The Course- in civics offered In tlu? j Oconee County Summer School J should be taken by every teacher who has no! had a good course on this ! subject. In order to c hoose the bes: men tor public office, each .OUT should know the duties and powers , ol' public officers. Doubtless before many more years shall have? parsed the women of South ( arollna will 'have- the privileges (and the corres ponding responsibilities) of the bal lot thrust upon them. No matter what vv<? may think of the wisdom j ol' such a step, tin? signs of Hie limes j point io tin- early enfranchisement of j women. This armies the? necessity of teaching the girls as well as tin boys "a practical knowledge of our ! government as it is daily adminis tered." Hiiing the year ending .lune 30, Cl I. then- were . 7 Iwhite- chil dren enrolled in the sc hools of Oeo I nee county. These c hildren were 'taught hy I L's teachers. Of these teachers Int. or more than SO per j :cent. were women. lt will thus be j seen that he responsibility of train ing tin' future voters of the? county is almo.;i entirely committed to these i noble, self-sacrificing women Recently, while berating Hie men for their "policy of patiently vvnit I inti" in itrern.ition.il affairs, a good , sister asserted that if the offices were? tilled by women they would exercise? ; more judgment and display more courage Mian Hie men are showing. : She was silenced by the retort thal ; tilt? men of this country have? been reared and trained by women, and if the men an- no; capable' ol' conduct ing public affairs tho responsibility , rests ii lion ?he mothers and teachers who have trained them. lt is not our province to say whether Hie latter assertion is true, tint we think the teachers of to-day should prepare themselves so well and do their work so thoroughly that no such indict ment could stand against timm. \o? long since, wo heard a mem ber of a certain County Hoard of Bd ? ucation say that the teachers who bad stood a recent examination seemed to know nothing about tlu> duties of the Clerk ol' Court save that, in tlu'ir county, he issued marriage licenses. This mue h is good, Doubt , less eac h one of these women believes and we would not discourage such belief that a marriage license will ? be a passport to a happier and greater career than the school room i offers. Hut the fact that they are predestined, ere long, to enter thia happier and greater sphere does not relieve them of the responsibility resting upon them while they con tinue in the school room. While they teach they should put forth their best efforts to teach, so far as practicable, everything which will COLLEGE FOLKS RETURNING. | Ki. M..mi Ready to Receive Thom - Visitors to the (iront Exposition. meilland, May 31.-Special: Will Berrj is in Atlanta visiting his bro ther, Sam Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Coo, ol Doer eourt, tia., spent last Wednesday with their mother Mrs. S. H. Coo. Miss Aila Wyly has returned noni I losch ton. Ga., where she taught school the pasl session. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Blackwell a iv spending two weeks with his brothers in Columbia, Bock Mill and Riedvillc, Nor!h Carolina. Mrs. II. P. Ilollcman, ot* Seneca. s|ient several days last week with lier mot her. Mrs. M. J. McDonald. Jack Poster, of Winona. Miss., ar rived Saturday to visit his parents ile and his father, K. I). Foster, left this morn i ii g for Richmond, Va., to attend the Confederate reunion. Misses Annie McMahan and Beulah Morry leave this week for the Pan ama Kxposition. They expert to be gone a month. Mr. and M rs. Sam K. Dendy, of Walhalla, and Henry Sittoil, ol' Pen lleton, visited Mrs. W. H. Hugh- and family yesterday. Messages received daily from W. I II. Hughs, who lias boen in Massa chusetts two weeks with his son, .lanie.-., say ho continues critically U! 'ami there has been no Improvement. This family have the sympathy of the entire communitx in this hour of dis tress and anxietv, and hope foi an I I immediate recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. C Poster and the Messrs. Hubbard attended ibo Sun I day. School Convention at Karie's Grove Sunday. Dur young people are coming home irani college for vacation. Miss Belle Strihling, of Winthrop, and David McMahan arrived Saturday. Mrs. L. M. Berry is at Rock Hill, winne her daughter. Miss Ruth, will graduate this week from Winthrop. j Miss Christine Anderson will also finish this session. Misses Pauline Vndorson and May Hubbard will re i t ti rn this week front that college. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McMahan ex pect to attend commencement at Clemson nexl week. Their son Rd-I gar will receive his di ploma t Iiis i i me. ? Mr. and Mrs. J, P. Striblin : vv il! j also attend the closing exercises at] Clemson, where their sons. Stile- and i Bruce, aro at college. Mr. and Mrs. J, J. Ballenger nave gone to Clinton, where their son .lohn will graduate. They will visit their children, Dr. and Mrs. Otis Winnen, ai Cross Hill, before returning home. j To 'hose children who are coming ii une with their sheepskins, as they go ont in the world to lill ?heir dif j ferenl places, here's wishing them j the very best of everything that life can possibly hold In store for them, and hoping thal they will cause the ones who sent them to ever and al ways be justly proud of them. With the many refreshing showers and everything looking so prosper ous, and so much to be thankful for, j suppose we all rise and S??L; tho Long Metre Doxology. Greenville s Chief Dies Suddenly Greenville, May 30.-Chief of Po lire J. R. Holcombe, who was seri ously shot Maj 1 1 by Walker White. | died suddenly here to-llighl at IO o'clock when it was believed he was j convalescing and on the road io re covery. The chief was shot through j the right ainu, and his left (high was i broken by the bullets from White's gun. Another officer was also shot. bul bas boen discharged from the hospital. Friends who called to-day on chief Holcombe found bim cheer ful. He bad been connected with (he police depart mont for several j years and was known for his bravery and coolness in times of danger. c. F. (?ray Bereaved, i Tugaloo Tribune. June I. ) Clarence B. Gray received a mes sage a few days ago conveying tho sad intelligence Of the death of his tallier. Augustus H. Gray, of Troy. N. v.. which occurred Wednesday, May L'I'.. Mr. Cray was S.'? years old. About seven years ago he spent the winter in Wostmi.'ster with his son ami made many friends who sympa thize with the bereaved ones in their sorrow. 11 is wife died in IOU. Although Mr. Cray was a Northern man, a native of Vermont, lie was an i officer in the Confederate anny. Hav ; lng married at Salisbury. X. C., he was in Ihe South when i ne War Be ' tween the States broke out. I make tho future mon and women good citizens. All praise is duo our teachers for their loyal efforts in Hie past. They have measured up nobly to their op portunities, and we believe their past ' record ls hut an earnest of greater \ achievements in the future. A large class took the course in civics last , sumiller, but we think every one who : did not do so last summer should enroll for the course this year. Very respectfully, Thos. A. Smith, County Superintendent of Kducation. NEWS NOTES FROM SENECA. Warren Cignilliut Takes Honors at Davidson-Oilier Loral Items. Seneca. .June I.-Special: Con tinuous rains have fallen in Seneca and vicinity for several days, and fanners report serious injury to small grain. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Jones, who lin ve been visiting in Seneca for two weeks, left Monday for Lowndesville, where Mr. .Iones has accepted a po sition. Mrs. W. O. and Miss Lucile Hamil ton are among those who will leave from Seneca this week for the expo sition. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gignllliat at tended Davidson commencement last week, where their son Warren was graduated, having made the distinc tion of lust honor In a large class. This, with other at tain men ts, has given Warren a splendid record in this time-honored institution. Rev. (Miarles Holland is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Holland. Miss (?ladys Ramsay is in Seneca fora visit to Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Aus tin, having finished Inst week at Win ston-Snlein. . .Miss Emma Strihling is visiting in j Seneca. Miss Etta Claikson loaves on Tues day for Atlanta, where she will spend a month "brushing up" in stenogra phy, preparatory to accepting a per manent position ni Clemson. Mrs. J. W. Byrd and Mrs. Jasper Hoyle will attend commencement al the University of South Carolina next week where their .-ons. Charles and Oscar, will be graduated, the latter from i he la w school. (!. W. (Haut and Broadus Bagwell have bought the business ol' .lohn T. i Moore, who deali in farming imple nienis. harness, etc. Miss Maud Hopkins will go to Or angehurg on Wednesday for a visit of several weeks. Miss ('lara Beth Ballonger is with ber parents, Rev. and Mrs. N. G. Hallenger. having finished al the Walhalla High School at the recent commencement. Misses Nellie and Nancy Hines will arrive on Thursday from Winthrop, where they have been attending school. Misses Louise Lawrence and Sue Ellen Hunter are at home from Lan der, where they have been al school. Miss Hunter having finished. Engineer David Cant delivered three lectures in Seneca last Sunday, j Mr. Fant spoke in the Baptist churc h, which was tilled at tho three services. I. D. Fincannon and Mrs. Ethel Ashe left Sunday for Richmond, ivhere they will attend the reunion of Confederate Veterans. From Rich mond they will go to Lynchburg for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Fincan non. Miss Margie Holland is with her homefolks for the holidays. Prof. and Mrs. A. Bramlctt, of Clemson College, were in Seneca Sun day afternoon. The Ladies' Aid Society ol' the Presbyterian church will meet with j Mrs. W. I'. Reid next Monday alter-! noon. The election to till vacancies in the high school faculty has not been held yet. There are several vacancies. WIND AND BAIN WERE HEAVY. Mun Killed, Another Injured Near Pinewood, Clarendon County. Pinewood. S C.. May :in.- Three, heavy rain and wind clouds met here yesterday about fi o'clock and eight inches of rain fell in two hours' time. Ditches are overflowed, bridges and crops washed away and railroad track crew? are out to night repairing trestles and washed tracks. Cut at the Lides' old plantation a la ree oak in the yard was blown across a servant's bouse. killing Marion Reems instantly and fatally wounded Hamilton Johnson, farm hands of T. s. Smoak. Johnson's head ls cul open and he is internally mashed. No hope is held out for bis recovery. The wind rocked the house occupied by Mr. Smoak so se verely thal the fire in the stove was spilled out on the floor. Big Hole in Submarine l -l. Honolulu. T. H., May 29. After discovery of a largo bole in the side of the submarine F-t. submerged since March L'"?, outside Honolulu harbor, attempts were made to-day to remove from the vessel the bodies of its crew of 21. Tlie hulk is now within 2 l feet of the surface. Some naval officers said the hole probably was formed by constant pounding of the hulk ot Hie ocean beti in the heavy seas of tho last few days. Others thought it was the result of an explosion. No bodies of officers and crew were found In the forward hold o' tho F-t when a diver entered It yes terday. The diver was unable to enter tho middle hold. Another < WINC Ar DOC Bought Before 20 PER CE and we arc uoiti",- to give I Iiis building, or contemplate hui .viii SAVE many a Dollar Wo arc in shape to sell von etc., for less money than UM direct from thc mill. Otu* Warehouses arc cht TERIAL,8uch as LIME, Cl COMPOSITION UOOEI? UIDGE ROLL. VALLEY rJ Our stock is complete, fur thc SPOT CASH - and 1 M PLEMKNTS, WAGON TOOLS AN I) .MACIII N El I Irop ns a linc for Mal?' ID name vmi prices. We wi Matheson H W^cstmin? BARB WIRK, FIELD FENCING, Weather Forecast (or One Week. (Special to Keowee Courier.) U. S. Department ot Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Atlanta, Ga., .lune I, 1915.- Following is the weekly weather forecast issued by thc U. S. Weather Bureau, Washington, I?. C., for th ' week beginning Wednesday, .) uno 2, 1 9 1: For South Atlantic nuil Fast Gulf States: The cloudy, showery weather of the beginning of period will give way to warmer, fair weather Thurs day or Friday, and the latter will con tinue until the end of the period. .Mrs. A 1)1 M ii i I inproving. Coneross, .lune I .-??Special : The many friends of Mrs. W. Abbot! are sorry to learn of her illness. she is suffering from a stro'e of paralysis, which occurred last Tuesday morn ing while in Walhalla. She was car ried to the home of her son, J. S. Abbott, where she remained until to day, when she will he taken to her home. We are glad to note that she is improving, and hope sim will soon be completely well. Her children have all been at her bedside. Those present from a distance are Rev. H. T. Abbott, and daughter. Miss Her tha, of Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Abbott, of Columbia; .1. W. Abbott, of Gaffney, and Miss Min tie Abbott, has returned from Lime stone College. INdncare Total Abstainer. Maris. May 29.- President Poin care, replying to-day to a request made by the National Alcoholic League, smit to secretary the follow ing let ter: "You ask the President of tb<> He public to follow the example of other heads of stales and take an engage ment to abstain from all spirituous liquors during the war. This is an engagement the President takes will ingly and without difficulty, and nol for tho duration of the war, bul even afterwards. He never drinks alco holic liquors." NOTICIO OP SPECIAL ELECTION. lu accordance with Section ITU?, Civil Code Of South Carolina, IV 12, and pursuant lo an order ol' tho County Hoard of Ed nra t ion of Oco !!?.<> County, Sont li Carolina, notice is hereby given thal a Special Election will !><. held i.t tho school house in Hine Midge School District. No. 21, on urdny, .lune 12th, 1915, for thc purple of voting upon the question of levying a Bpecial tax of two mills upon all the real and personal prop erty of said Hine Itidge School Dis trict, No. 21, for school purposes. At said election each elector favor ing tho proposed levy shall cast a bal lot containing tho word "Yes" print ed or written thereon, and each elec tor opposed to said levy shall cast a ballot containing tho word "No" printed or written thereon. AL tho said election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation, and who ex hibit their tax receipts and registra tion certificates as required in gene ral elections, shall be allowed to vote. Polls will bo ojiened at 7 o'clock a. m. and will closest 4 o'clock p. m. C. E. CAM Hit ELL. M. ABBOTT, S. M. HUNNICUTT, Trustees of Blue Ridge School Dis trict, No. 21, Managers of Election. Juno 2, 1915. 22-23 Carload of tows SID : the Advance. NT SAVED, to our customers. It' you are kling in tho near future, you by gelt inti in touch with us. Letter VIN DOWS, DOOKS, ?st. ot thc merchants eau buy ,ck full of BUILDING MA CA] ENT, GALVANIZED and JG, METAL SHINGLES, TIN. NAILS, TAINTS, Etc. Wc have thc goods- -bought I wc can save you money on AND BUGGY MATERIAL, tY SI P PI.I KS. rial you will want, and ask us 'll sell you. ardware Co., ?ter, S. C. HOG WIRE, GARDEN WIRE. NOTICIO TO CREDITORS. Thc State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. (In Court of Common Pleas.) Whittier K. Livingston ami .lohn K. Livingston, as partners in trade, ?Sic, et al., Plaintiffs, against .lohn P. bowler and Thomas T. Fow ler, &c, ct al.. Defendants. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, made in the above stated case, notice is hereby given to ail and singular the creditors of John I', fowler and Thomas T. Fowler, as partners in trade, under tile style and firm name of Fowler Brothers, that they are hereby required to prove their claims and demands against the said John 1?. Fowler and Thomas T. Fowler, as said partners, before me on or before the 3d day of June, 1915, at ll o'clock a. m., and upon their failure so to prove their said claims and demands, as herein required, that such creditor or creditors be barred from the bene fits of this action. W. o. WHITE, Master for Oconee Count v, S. C. May 12, 1 !> 1 7,. 19-2 1 WIMHOP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col lege ..nd for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July '2, at 1) a. m. Applicants must not he less than sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examina tion, provided they meet Hie condi tions governing tho award. Appli cants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson before the ex amination for Scholarship examina tion blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 15, 1915. For fur ther information and catalogue, ad dress President D. lt. Johnson, Kock Hill, S. C. 23* NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. .\oHce is hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for .Oconee County, In tho State of South Carolina, nt his office at Walhalla Court House, on Monday, the 281 ll day of JUNE, 1015, al ll o'clock in tho forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo heard, for leave to make final settlement of the estate of Henry A. Wilson, de ceased, and obtain fl ti a I discharge as Administrator of said estate. DAVID W. WILSON, Administrator of tho Estate of Henry A. WilJon, Deceased. May 20, lil ir?. 21-24 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to the Estate of Leonard Rogers, deceased, aro hereby notified to mako paymont to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said Estate will present the same, duly attested,, within the time prescribed by law or bo barred. s J. H. WIO?NOTON. Administrator of the Estate of leo nard Rogers, deceased. I June 2, 1915. 22-25