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_"TO THINE OWN 8?LF BE TRUE, A Xl) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER._WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SE1?T. 10, 1014. New Serie? No. 8?0.-Volume LXV.-No. :?7. Just Unloaded CAR Fine, Young HULES, 4 TO 5 YEARS OLD. All Mare Mules with Lots of Style and Finish. PRICES RIGHT. C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, WALHALLA, S. C. "IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH." Oconee's Crop in 1914 Was 21,360 Bales. What will it "be in 1915? The difference in price will probably mean Three Hundred Thousand Dollars more for our County. This, with the increased grain crop, will put us . in good shape. Another year of the same kind of manageir /nt will mean still greater things. Deposit your money and think twice before spending it. "Westminster Bank, WESTMINSTER, S. C. Marcus C* Long, Esq? Official Court Reporter for Fourteen Years, To Teach a Class in Short hand and Typewriting at Walhalla, S. C. For tho reason that a large num ber of yoting men and young ladies have requested me to teach them Shorthand and Typewriting, I have decided to lake a (dass of 20 to be gin November 1st, 1915. 'My charges for the complete course will he $7."?, in advance. I teach t'>e famous Eclectic Sys tem, which I used successfully as Offi cial Court (Stenographer for M years. Any one who will apply himself can easily complete tho full course within two months. Three young men whom 1 taught are now Official Court Stenographers, earning $2,600 per year, and others are drawing good salaries. Now ls the opportunity for any young mau or young lady in Oconee county who desires to take a practi cal business course In Shorthand and Ty pew ri ting. M. C. LONG, WALHALLA, S. C. Wilsonian to the Core. Editor Keowee Courier: Please al low me space to say a few words in reilly to J. Russell Wright, of John ston: Dear Mr. Wright: You insinuate that President Wilson is not "mak ing good on the job." All right; that's your way of thinking, but you have very few of your kind. Few there are, I Imagine, who believe Woodrow Wilson is Incompetent to ho at thc steering wheel of this great country. Name one of your party (the Republican?) who could fill the place moro satisfactorily to the peo ple than Woodrow Wilson? You can't do itt. lt is a blessing for the country that Roosevelt is not Presi dent at such a trying time. Had he been, this country would be in mighty bad shape. In the next Presidential campaign we aro more than likely to have two "colonels" in the race-Col. Bryan and Col. Roosevelt --hut neither of these "has-beens" .stands any chance compared with Woodrow Wilson. Wilson is going to be re-elected "as sure as two and two make four," and those who are against him haven't enough Influence to amount to a hill of beans. John J. Reeder. Savannah, fla., Oct. 2. ( ard of Thanks. Editor Keowee Courier: Please al low us space tc? thank our many friends and the citizens of Walhalla for the valuable assistance rendered last Wednesday night in saving our home and other property from being dost roved by lire. The work done was a magnificent example of what can be accomplished by loyal work ers when an emergency comes. N'o human effort could have saved the machine shop which was destroyed, bul the efforts put forth and the re sults accomplished in saving the other buildings aro indeed appreci ated by us. We thank one and all most sin cerel v. Mrs. H. H. Schroder. W. John Schroder. Two Killed in Auto Knee Accident. Fresno, C; I., Oct. 2 Dane Francis, Of San Francisco, driving a car In a l?O-milo automobile race here to-day, was killed and his mechanician. Prank Tuttle, who was fatally hurt when his car went through the fence, died several hours later. > 2,000,007 li A LUS TO SRPT. 25. Almost Hall' Million Halos Lett* lilian Samo Unto Lust Vonr. Washington. Oct. I. The socoml cotton ginning report ot the season, com piled from reports of census bu reau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt and is sued at lt) a. ni, to-day. announced that 12,?MHl.uO? bales of cotton, count ing round as half bales, of the growth of 1915 had been ginned prior *.o September 2~>. This compared with 3.3i?3.7r?2 bales, or 2 1.2 per cent of the entire crop, ginned prior to Sep tember 2.". last year; 3,246,655 bales, or 2'.',.2 por cent, in 11(12, and 1?.0II7, 27 1 bales, or 22.:! percent In 1911. Included in the ginnings were 32, 2(!1! round bales, compared with 3, 394 last year. 26.983 ill 1 !. 1 li and 19,574 in 1912. Sea Island cotton included num bered 19,094 bales, compared with 13,21*7 bales to September 2.". last year, 10,570 in 1913 and 3,051 bales in 1912. Ginnings, prior to September 2.">, by States, with comparisons for the last throe years, and the percentage of the entire crop ginned In those States prior to that date in the 8ame year, follow: Alabama : Year. Bales. Per Ct. 1915 . 3 09,672 1914 . 292,217 22.? 1913 . 325,735 22.0 11(12 . li? 2.2 Kl 1 4 . Ti Arkansas: ?915 . ?0,957 IS, "4 . 99.247 9.9 1913 . 70,080 6.8 191 - . 41,438 5.4 Florida : 1915 . 19.000 1914 . 25,579 28.2 1913 . 16,367 24.5 19 12 . 9.770 16.6 Georgia - 1915 . 71 ."?.9 2 7 1914 . 768,095 2S.2 1913 . 491,511 20.9 1912 . 2 7 2.:!::.". i ">. o Louisiana : 1915 . ll 1,356 1914 . 9 1,119 20 . 8 1913 . 77,sr.:? I 7 . 8 19 12 . 72.992 19.7 M ississippi : 1915 . 17 9.9 S li 1914 . 163,298 13.4 1913 . 120,593 9.6 '912 . 67,393 5.6 North Carolina: 1915 . 82,918 1914 . 84,5.17 8.7 1913 . 49,952 6.0 1912 . 101,683 11.2 Oklahoma : 1915 . 2.130 19 14 . 104,154 S.4 191 3 . 1 18,979 1 7.7 1 9 1 2 . 77.394 7.7 South Carolina: 1915 . 259,070 - 1914 . 303,79 1 19.f) 1913 . 19 3,318 13.fi 19 12 . 174,251 14.2 Tennessee: 1915 . 9,143 1914 . 1 fi,03 2 4.3 1912 . 18,359 5.0 1912 . 990 0.4 Texas: HUT. . 1,143,486 1914 . 1,334,342 30.4 19 13 . 1,727,039 45.8 19 12 .2.002.975 43. 1 All Other . tates: 1915 . 3,362 - 1914 . 8,258 G. 0 1913 . fi,2r, 1 5.2 1912 . 2,740 2.0 The next ginning report of the cen sus bureau will be issued at 10 a. m. October 2~>. and will show the quan tity of cotton ginned prior to October I 8th. (Trop ('onditiou Very Low. Washington, Oct. i. A heavy de cline in the condition of the growing cotton crop, almost double the aver age decline of Hie last ten years, dur ing September, has decreased the production prospects forecast earlier in thi> season by almost a million baU-s. The Department of Agricul ture to-day estimated the crop at 10, 950,000 equivalent ?OO-pound halos, which would be the smnllest crop since 1?109. In announcing the condition report and production estimate, the crop re porting board made this statement: "The cotton crop condition de clined 8.4 points during the month August 25 to September 2?>, which LEON IUD FROST ll 11.H ?HAD. Young Ainu Met Death in California by Electric Accident. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Hill, of Horse Cove. N. C.. will regret to learn ol' tlie sad death ot' their son, Leonard C. Hill, which occurred in Los Angeles. Cal., on September 20. Mr. Hill, at the time of his death, was electrician for the Pacific Light and Power Corporation, and was in stantly, killed, while at his work. In coming in contact with a live wire charged with i ."..ooo volts. Though having lived away from his native hills a number of years, he is lovingly remembered here by .scores of friends who knew him in his childhood and young manhood days. Known as "Len" hy his school mates and friends, he was noted for his cheerful disposition and generous heart. .'Better than grandeur, Better than gold. Than rank or title A hundred fold. ls a heart large enough to enfold All men as brothers, No men as foes." Mr. Hill was a grandson ol' the late S. W. Hill, of Horse Cove, one of the pioneers of Western North Carolina, and a grandson of the late Hr. Charles L. Frost, formerly of New York. He leaves to mourn his loss, beside his father and mother, two sisters. Mrs. .T. J. Norris, of Hreenville. S. C., and Mrs. Willet Sloan, of Anderson; three brothers, .lohn Hoyt Hill, of Los Angeles, Cal., and S. W. and F. II. Hill. .Ir., of Horse Cove, N. C. .). Hoyt Hill accompanied his bro ther's body home from California. The body was laid to rest in the Hill cemetery at Horse Cove on Friday last, October 1st. Surrounded by many loved ones he sleeps in the bur ial place ol' his fathers within sight of the home of his birth. The funeral services were con ducted by Kev. Dr. Thompson. H. D. Westminster Loeal .Notes. Westminster, Oct. .">. -Sptcial: Svipt. Hand, ol' Coln .no', visited the Westminster High Sr tool last week. Mrs. .lana's Booker a.id little son, of Jersey City, N. J., are visiting rel atives here. Mis. J. E. Mauldin, of Atlanta, is the guest of her falber and mother. Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Hull. Ibis week. Born, unto 'Mr. and Mrs. W. IL Hunt, October 3-d, a daughter. At a recent meeting of the Town Council I), ft. Jones was elected night policeman. "N'ese" had been in the employ of the Southern Railway for two years past. Miss Mattie McClanahan left last Saturday for Jacksonville, Kia., where she will spend the winter. Mrs. A. W. Leathers and children, of Atlanta, are visiting here this week. Mrs. Hoyt Cartledge returned to her home in Atlanta Saturday, after a week's visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Hull. Miss .lennie Lu Ervin, of Elberton, Ca., is visiting at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Jane Vernor, near Retreat. W. 11. Cobb, of Belton, visited his sisters, Mesdames Mitchell and Ma son. Saturday and Sunday. Fu mian Poore and Eugene El rod, of Anderson, visited here Sunday. compared with an average decline in the same period in the past ten years of t "> points. The estimated condi tion of ?50.8 per cent of normal on September 25 forecasts a yield per acre of about 108 pounds and a total production (allowing a reduction of 1 per cent from planted urea for abandonment) of about 10,1150,000 bales. Last year's production was 16,135,000 hales, and the lit Hi crop 14,1 .y.."00. A crop less than I 1 , Olin.(mu hales would be smaller than any crop since 190!). "The unusual deterioration has been due principally to the extremes of weat her condit ions ; periods of ex cessive rainfall, cold weather and drought having characterized the sea son in most of the cotton ladt. Lack ol' fertilizer, and poor quality of that used has been an unfavorable factor in the eastern .portion of the belt. There is little promise of a top crop except in the northern portions of the belt, duo to the climatic conditions and the unusual activity of the boll weevil, and where a top crop ls set ting in the northern portions of the belt, the latest report of the crop there makes realization dependent upon future favorable weather and late frost." COURT TO MIOIOT (MTOHKK 20. Common Pleas lins Two \Ve?k8 at Its Disposal-May Not) Use lt. i Thc Court of Common Pleas for Oconee will convene In Walhalla on ! Monday morning, October 20th, and i will romain in session for (wo weeks if so much timo is necessary to carry ion the business ready for hearing at the October-November term. lt is probable, however, that the second week allowed will not be necessary Ito complete the work of the session. : In that case the jurors drawn for the second week will not he called, Ju rors for both weeks have been drawn I nevertheless, and the names are given below. Judge Ernest Moore will preside ' over the session of Common Pleas ' Court and the Ceneral Sessions tenn to follow, the latter term to begin on the first Monday in November. Below wo give the jurors drawn for the two weeks of Common Pleas Court. First W eek Jurors. 10. Pearson, Wagener. W. L. Long. Tugaloo. M. L. Phillips, Chattooga. W. K. Pitts, Tugaloo. T. W. Brock, Seneca. Frank Black, Tugaloo. 11. I). Bronzealo. Westminster. W. H. Duke, Tugaloo. F. W. Moore, Pulaski. J. A. Callaham, Center. C. D. Blackwell, Tugaloo. .1. H. Harkins, Koowee. Clint White. Tugaloo. W. P. Davidson, Wagener. C. B. Gillespie, Koowee. H. N. Smith, Wagener. .1. M. Hopkins, Whitewater. P. T. Hiter, Walhalla. .). L. Lee, Wagener. W. N. Holbrooks, Pulaski. C. A. Mooro. Center. , Sam W. Smith, Keowee. W. S. Ly les, Tugaloo. lt. L. Hall. Tugaloo. 10. N. Foster, Seneca. J. J. Wyatt. Wagener. Julien Grant, Center. Oscar Land, Tugaloo. H. H. Richardson, Center. 11. S. Childers, Keowee. lt. F. Orr. Keowee. J 1). Jameson, Wagoner. W. J. McLoskey. Center. J A. O'Kelley, Newry. W. IC Lynch, Wagoner. W. I. Hutchison, West Union. Second Week Jurors. Terrel) Uamby, Chattooga W. ll. Mongold, Chattooga. otto Fricks, Wagener. W. II. Illach well. Tugaloo. Will Hearson, Wagoner. J. S. Cox, Seneca. I. H. Harrison, Walhalla. C. M. Hunnicutt, Keowee, M. L. Uamby, Chattooga. F. C. Land, Walhalla. J. K. Dillard, Westminster. Ft. L. O'Kelley, Tugaloo. (?. M. White. Keowee. Ceo. C. King, Wagoner. .1. A. White, Keowee. .). M. Marron, Seneca (Town). L. C. Wilson, Keowee. W. IO. Alexander, Whitewater. W. .1. Smith, Tugaloo. W. L. longland, Westminster. C. I?. Anderson, Newry. ii. I). Hellams, Walhalla. .1. Hobt. Spencer. Tugaloo lt. L. Patterson. Center. .1. L. .Moser, Wagoner. J. It, Wright. Seneca. W. H. Pell, Chattooga. .I. L. Duckworth, Wagoner. Geo, Matheson, Pulaski. Charlie Davis, Wagener. H. Arthur Kelley, Walhalla. J. H. Powell, Tugaloo. W. s. Floyd, Walhalla. W. .1. Orr, Wagoner. J. H. Jameson, Wagoner. K. H. Fretwell, Wagener. BAILNWIOLL'S LIQUOR BURNS. Dispensary and Opera House Destroy? ed $?10,000 Itla/e. Barnwell, Oct. 2.- A tire with the loss totalling around $:10,000 hit Barnwell about 1 ! o'clock to-night and made the most, spectacular blaze in the history of the town. Ono building was destroyed. It contained the opera house, the coun ty dispensary and the dispensary bot tling' plant. Tho wholo thing ls a total loss. Tho value of tho liquors destroyed, at conan mers* prices, waa stated to he about $23,000, with In surance of $8,000. The building was (K'ONKH COTTON MAI?KKT. Wednesday, Del. 0, I ttl 5. WnllijillJt-(By C. W. Pitchford): Coll?n, per pound .1 2 Vii Seed ( per ton ) .$30.00 Westminster-(By J. <;. Brenede) : Coll?n, per pound .1 li Ts Seed ( per ton ) .$30.00 West Cn ton (By Strother & Phlmiey): Col con. per pound .12% Seed ( per ton ) .$30.oo Heneen-(By Bnrron-Bywt Co.): Cotton, per pound .12V6 Seed ( per ton ) .$3 'J.0 0 Newry-(By Courtenay Mfg. Co.): Col ton, per pound .12 % Seed ? per ton ) .$30.00 Tuesday's Anderson Market. Col lon, per pound .1 2 li NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. New York, Oct. 5. An additional advance of approximately $2 a balo reflected a further Bealing down ot crop estimates In the cotton market this morning, but attracted heavy re alizing as well as some sidling for a reaction under which about half tho gains were lost, with the close steady, 16 to 23 points net higher, January ( losing at I 2.98. IB-Cent Colton Predicitod. New Orleans, Oct. a. Cotton roso 42 points this morning, or over $2 a hale. January went to 13.08. Mulls renewed IB-cent cotton predictions. TURKEY ACt'lcri'S EMIGRATION As Partial Solution of Armenian Per secutions at. their Hands. Washington, Oct. 2. Turkey has consented to the emigration of all Ar menians who actually will become naturalized Americans on their arri val here. Ambassador Morganthau, at Constantinople, has arranged with the Turkish government for the freo departure of all Armenians for whose intention to become American citizens he can vouch. An appeal will be made publie by a board of com missioners of foreign missions for Ibo money to make possible tho transpor tation and change of allegiance of such Armenians. lt is understood I hat Turkey will not allow the Arme nians to take residence in Europe. A large number of former Turkish citi zens are now under arms to strip from the country Armenian Turkey, near Van, now held by the Russians. The Turks fear others will alan en list with Turkey's enemy. The only restrictions tho United States makes on Armenians coming here Ls that they meet all require ments made of other foreigners. Unable nt> Reoover Body. Spartanburg, Oct. 2.-All hopo en tertained by members of his family to recover the body of William Mon tague Nicholls, second lieutenant in the British .Royal Field Artillery, who fell in battle, in France early this week, ended to night when Judge Ceo. W. Nicholl?, father of the young man, received a message from the British war offlee, in response to his Inquiry, saying: "Regret that the re moval of the body is impossible." Upon the receipt of the message an nouncing Lieut. Nicholls's death both the British war office and the Stale Department were appealed to by members of his family here in an ef fort to have the remains recovered and brought to Spartanburg for bu rial. Charlton to (Jo Erec ? | Como, Italy. Oct. 2.-Jurists hero believe that Porter Charlton, whoso trial on the charge of murdering his wife begins herc October 5th, will bo sentenced to a term of imprisonment shorter than he has already under gone, and he will be freed Immedi ately after sentence Is pronounced. valued at $6,000 and was insured for $5,000. The fire started in the bottling piont, supposedly from defect!.o electric wiring. This town has water works, bu? to-night the pressure was so slight that there was absolutely no protection. This fire simply burned itself out. Close to the huming building was the Baptist church, and at times lt scorned likely that sparks would ig nite it, hut fortunately only the ono building was a prey to tho flames. Smoko poured from tho burning stn duro fully 20 minutes before a blase was seon.