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KEOWEE COURIER (Established I8t!>.) Published livery Wednesday Morning Bubucription $t Tor Annum, Advertising Hates Reasonable. -Hy STKC'K, SIM,M)K A SCH HODlClt. Communications of a personal character charged for aa advertise ;M nts. Obituary unties ann tributes of respect, ol' not over ino words, will bo printed free of < barge. All over Chat number must Ix? j>aid for nt the rate of on<> coal a word. Cash tv) ?. o m pa II y manuscript. WALHA I.I iA, S. C.: wi:i>.MCSHAY, ?HOC. MU, HM.-?. MPXTKXW?IH) A WAK NATION. Fighting Iii?- l ui'..s Hits Always lb-en IIK ItllSillOSS. ' *, H t ene .. r<i. upon wlio-e compicst ami subjugation Hie Austrians ure .-aal to liavo tletcimined, is distin guished in history as the i (instant, ir repri ?sihlo. lan nie, midge) foe ol' 'be Turkish Empire, beging a statement lasl issued by the N'ational f!eo grnphie Society which reviews the tu multuous history ol Hie lilacs Moun t a : II people, .. ho, lo-da y def) lng grouter powers (han the Tur1', are tm in;. Hie it.* na. e ol national e\,ino 5 ion ami oblivion Tho pri mer COI". - Hum s : 'I'bo Montenegrins, as ... people, wi io horn of th . licree struggles that pref oded Turkish mastery ol Hie La! kans In I h.- Middle Ago*. Montene gro belonged io Hie Serbian kingdom. Over i he hilt lelield ot Kossovo ( I'LVM, the Serbian St ne was swept awa.i. The Prince ruler ol' dontene glo, of royal Serbian blood, gathered lib mou n I ailleurs about him. together w th tin- reninaiits ol the folk who tied norn the plains, and began the centuries-long, deadly drama ol the Turkish-Montenegrin rend, one ol' the ami.'..-!, most bitter and relentless feuds of history. Wave after wave ol Ottoman inva sion dashed its force in vain against Hie inaccessible Illach Mountain country, and Ind weeli the times of lurkisli efforts at conquest, upon '?ie ? ast or no provocation at ill. the Montenegrins sought the Turk in iiis own country, carrying deal I. and de struction to the plain- Ly I IS... til? Montenegrins found themselves .-nut fast within their mountains. Their last socalar prince ga\o up Iiis 0 IO ce in l"? lt?, leaving Hie eon nt ry under the leadership ol' its bishop. the Porte continued to (daim the (and. and. ainu generations ol loss and endeavor, ronquen d it temporar ily in 17 11. Til? Turks had no sooner clambered down the mountain s !'-. than the Montenegrins reassert ed their independence. They obtain ed th.- support ol' Lns ia. the eundi 1 ot - being an anuna1 subsidy from lin Psai and coan.mal liarrassmenl i the Tinks b> the Montenegrins. Loll? -id. - ha .e kepi iheir agreement vit ti steady faith over since; for the I'sar lias never li ni fourni wanlili ; in his financial help and the Montene grins im v e nev m hi tn opportunity co by when they could, with decency, gol into a wa r wil h Tu rkoy As ex amples, liny iM'gan Iii - trouille in ? '? . V . nml .v ere i Im li rsi tn declare rt I hi I . I J. ii I s.'d. i he las! prince-bishop d . d for his sue, ossmr, 1 > milo I. hopped his religious functions and appeared as a sei ul ir prim e Sine, .hen tue tiny si,ile, dedicated to war. has < ?n.heil Mid i limbed, it- amb: Hons iee t!v overlooked or smiled a! by the powers, until io day it ls a full fledged kingdom, with a daughter of 1 ! ! roy a ! i a III i ly upon the Italian Ihloue. Tho independen, .. o? Mouie negio was rccogn i/.cd h.? 'he nival na I mils al the I tel lill con fm .-a- ,.: ' s ". S. A close person . ! and pei it ?cal iriemisliip exists bolvvi-on the impe rial house ol Itussia and 'he re niling house oi Montenegro, and this friend ship, probably. on.- ot tin- strongest mi hors lo the win twa rd that t ?ie li ; ? tb kin uloiu iris m 11 s prosenl da v ol j I \\ a- liest Man, \|| Hi^ht. Why Moriarty." sid : he ein i io. '-r t ? his hook keeper, ?. Whal hav .? , | ?,doing ? Vour eye is bbl 'kened, your noe iplil and yuu I" * lie? k ?wollen." Well, aor." replied Moriarty last night mo sister was married. She lives wad oar ri m aunt and th.- wed ding was i swen (H..-. i attended, av ?m rsc. There was a frien I of t lie bridegroom lhere, ;, dude who was r-lushin' no und. ordcrin' everybody nboul and fakir.;; thargo of ovcry 1 bing. It was ni anni s home and mo o,vu sister's wedding, so I ?.,tep I-ti un to hun and said: "iou seem io he bossltl' this job. Who are you anyhow, me bold bucko?' " I'm the IHVSI man,' be said. " 'You're what?' said I. I'm ?he best man,' said he. and, ior, he was." HAI? lll .MAN INTKLlilOKNCK Cluck Awoke Owner, Handed Mini Kool and I ttl i 11 I ire. f Mil wau kee Journal, j Thu lamons clock of the late lohn Maier, the noted naturalis) and ex plorer, which not only awoke him up ti liic moitMiw*. lott dumped him oat J: lied; which delivered his hook to inn in regular sequence when lie was undying and which I i gil ted his fire in i he morning, has inst been presented . the Wisconsin Stale Historical So i I . s M II -eu tn a, ' ol ison. bj the W cousin Alumni \ iodation ot' Wi ni II California. Tuc clock w is used by Muir during his - -hold days at Wisconsin Culver sit > in the earlier 'do?. Hera use of his desire to work, he kept late hours u,d round it hard to get up. Kirai he i icd iviiii; a string to his too and hav!ng the janitor pull ii al .". a. ni. This .verkeil until -OHIO ol tho stu dents non ri > pulled him out ot hod. Then in hu ia dock which would do Hie work. I le built a hod ol' pine boards w it li throe legs. I WU il the hoad ami one .it tho foot. The lc; at tho foot .vas iii two section- and miora lcd on au elbow. This elbow was held bj a pet; so that ii the peg was released the hod would drop In ail anule o? l"? degrees. A strong cord fastened to i he peg led to t he 1 lo? k on the end of tho cord near the clock was a large stone. Before retiring the cord was attached io the dock and al ."> the do? U would do its ileadlj work. The noise of .lohn falling on I of bed and the i a 11 i II i'. stone awai <en- d every .. . in i he building. While teaching in a countn school house he IIS?M| the clock to stan ?1 lire before he arrived at school The dock upsel a tube of sulphuric a id into a mixture ol' chlorate ol' nota i' and sugar placed under the kindling .md wood tho night before. Instant i oinbiislioil toe!? placo. He also used the 'dock to open ail I shut his books when he wished lo study. Hy arranging his books in a small car. which operated on his studj 'aide, they arranged themselves in i certain order and were placed before him at a stated time by the mo\ einen t of t ho clock. CK. I KAI- I'lC IX HA BUS. Mothers Sell Offspring to Almost Cer tain I leu! li-Inquiry Mude. A Baltimore dispatch says: The State-wide vice commission named hy Governor Goldsborough in January, 1913, has made public the results ol' its inquiry. Probably the most sensational feature dealt with is the alleged t rallie in hallies, lt is as serted ina. investigators found there aie inst ii ni ions in Baltimore to which the mother ol an illegitimate child maj consign her offspring upon thc payment of a certain sum and forever rid herself ol' legal responsibility for it. (>i tho hundreds of children taken by the institutions the commission avers that sn io un per cent die and aro buried hi le aps in small plots of ground, one - 11 li plot, approximately ">". fool square, having hoon the tomb of '..OOH babii s since I S s?'.. The high death rate is attributed to Hie s. par.M.,m of tho infant from its mother r hirth, thereby depriving i> of lin? imlividual attention ii would have ith< rwise received. No evidence was adduced that ibo haloes were neglect! d ai t lie ins! inn iou. Since Ibo commission 110ea 11 its work the police 'nave clo; . d Hie re sorts in tho segregated districts bete. Inn, accoiding io ino report, ihore .-; no . ?(lonee ' hal iinmortilit v ls aol practiced tis extensiv elj as over. Much ol' lliis evil is carried on cian do lindy, says Tao commission, and limitless piacs. oflices. boarding places and even homes a re sahl lo have hoon iou ad i ll u rea I lllimhci ? where immorality is introduced and ' ont inned in praci ice. Much nt I ?'itt ion is given to social . .ondit ions in fiii'lorics, stores md (li the buildings, and manj inst mees are given of immoralii) forced upon girls by Iheir oniplovers or their superiors al their plue-; ol' employment, the penalty ol' rel usai Ind nu Hie loss of post I ion. The hon ' il belie*, es 1 ha 1 a eon linn* a I ion of ibo inquirv is desirable, and reconnut lids I ile creation ol' a perma nent hoard. Hoi Himself Disliked. "\\"n> does the bride hate hin "He's one of I hose practical jokers whom everybodv hate-. The brid" asked him lo come over and try some ol' her biscuits "llldll'l he go?" "Yes, and took a hammer and a cold chisel with him." I ill yee Kill" Conunit.s -uncido. Boston. I iee, I s. \v m K. I lanson, kim: ot forgers, hanged himself in Iiis cell ti the city prison hore to-day. CHICHESTER S PILLS DIAMOND //i?f\?A BRAND LADIES t Auk IMA ! G Ki DM.... DI .MONI? nit A Nil PI 1,1,8, for twrntr-flm yearn . >t>nrd?*d ns Brnt,Safest, Always Reliable. SULD BY ALL DRUGGISTS UMP rucnvuiM r:oc WORTH ? The Rroat tn moderi U MOLA8SI dann the feed bill and fi RED HORSE AND MULE ?^^?|?|r It's something tho horses and ^wisM^ aPP?tHc-starts the saliva r '^fsW Far superior to an nil grain I WMb mules a treat, and at the sante I SSM? und pure came molasses, and anal} v t (),,r RED SHIRT (first grade) 1 contains Corn, Cats, Ground Alfi Molas* Carbohy Protein JU' || PIEDMONT HORSE & MULE MOLASSES <oi 12'.; ; ( arbohydratca ffSWAMP FOX HORSE & MULE MOUSSES FEEL I PERFECTION HORSE & MULE FEED <I>ryAI rj Protein 12 *,V ; Fal 3?;5 ; Fibre W,\ : ? ?rain ?nd ground Allalfa Meal. I RED SHIRT I First Grade: A balanced ratio-! containii keeps thom in K??>?I condition. Increase? th? at a reduced cost .>f fccdinir. O ntains Ki" Ground Alfulfn. Pure Cane Molo:.cs and : Fibre 12'"< ; Carbohydrate? 60'.'c. I PIEDMONT DAIRY FEED r;^^ combination ?f screenings! very ti SS Wc manufacture also KED SHIRT Scratch St I RED SHIRT HOG FEED A ' "SEVEN EGGS A WEEK" HEN MASH g? Ripe, Cottonseed Meal, ('ow I'cas, Meal Protein ts'.'u; Fat r,._; Fibre 12'.; ; d Aa shown on the bans in our ad. nearly product?, even to thc bau? und twine for Outs, Corn, Wheat, Alfalfa ll Wc alno carr;. II full ta AM) SI Our feed? an shown on srieiuilic princip greatest naurishm? Cl.lt. !.'-t nu sh? cul your feed bil ti" fur prii n?Say Sc CH VRLKS1 lUvMOt i: \ I H NAT. COJI'MITTKK (hail niau M ('Combs Issues I orinal ( all for St. Louis Meeting. New York. Doc. ll. Wm. K. Mc t'omhs. chairinan of the Democratic National Committee, issued a formal call to-day for the Democratic Na tional ( "?m v i tu ion in St. Louis, .lune I I, lain, and announced the person nel of ihe committee on arrange ments. The committee consists of Clark Howell, Georgia; Charles Itocscheiisfoin, Illinois; 'Phos. Tag gart, Indiana; W. W. .Marsh, Iowa; Robert Kwing, Louisiana; Rd win (). Wood. Michigan; E. F. Goltrn, Mis souri, .1 Uruce K re mer, Montana; Eugene K Reed, New Hampshire; Robt. s. lludspeth, Now .Ie rafe* j Nor man E. .Mack, New York. H. 11. Mooro. Ohio, chairman; Homer S. Cummings. \ ire chairman. Rolla Wells, treasurer; 'rims. .1. Pence, secretary, are members ex-ofheio. The statement eilis attention to the plank in the party platform di recting that in ead; State when i: is not provided by law "all expres sions ol' preference for Presidential candidate shall be given and the se lection of delegates and alternates made through primary elections con ducted hy the parly organization in irh ! I e Two dele ales and two alternates for every Senator, and two alternates for every Representative itt Congress from each State, based on tho Con gressional apportionment the .'. ;th Congress, and ix delegates and six alienates ea<\. from the District ol' Columbia. Porto Rico, Hawaii and 'h" Phillipines are to ho chosen. I'or Rheumatism. . . - soon (ism begins Don't waste sar> agony. an attack ol rheuma ipply Sloan's Liniment, une and .-infer unneccs A few drops of Sloan's Liniment on the affected parts is all you need. Tho pain goes at once. A grateful sufferer writes: "1 wa. -aiferin,' for three weeks with chronic rheumatism and stiff neck, although I tried many medicines. the> failed, ?Hld I was under the care ot a doctor. Fortunately I heard ol' Sloan's Lini ment and after using it three or four days am up and well. I am employed at the biggest department -tore in i. w here I hey em ploy dgllt hundred hands, and .viii bea r all a boil t Sion n's ll. I'.. Smith, Sm Kran ial:.. I ii I :.. A I all drug San Krauel? from six to r hey sn rely Liniment, risen. Cal gists.- \d\ A xi-:xv DI:i KXKIVH IDEA. "l?e't I.?ne" Around I oiled Slates Would Ward DH All Xii (lions. A d eiisive railroad built around the rim ol tho ('lilted States, about which thousands of coast defense guns could ?liase and ward off the combined navies of the world is the skeleton of a preparedness plan Just submitted tn War Secretary (?arrlvon by Ceo !.. Campbell, of Williaius ! oi I Pa, Campbell says this would be such ?ideipi itc defense for New York. San Kr.'Micisco, and our coasi cities gene rally, that we would not need much hf a standing army nor much of a nav> lie adds thal the "belt line defense system" would be economic because freight ami passenger traffic would pay for thc road in times of peace. The vulnerability of this country lies i-? its unprotected Atlantic, I'a cifii ..nd gulf coasts. A navy large enough to defend such a coast, line involves expenditure sure to arouse antagonism In a people unused to considering sacrifices involved in pro tection against the menace of mod ern warfare. "To protect these coasts by fortifi cations of the usual type ls impossi ble. Au intermediate course could i (?flt linn ; i feeding KS. It cot? I.'iii.I - up the stock MOLASSESFEED inuit s likt>-gives thom uniting and aids digesti?n, food, (?ivt* your horst's and lime save money, lorse and Mule Molasses Feed ilia, made appetizing with salt , /rs as follows : . 12',\ : Carbohydrate* G7r,'ti Pro rrpn Second Grail? - Analyzes: T trLV tein 9./:.'.< : Fat 2Wei i ig t i.lrd Ornd<0 This analyzes : Protein 9%J ? . Fat2','c; Fibre 12',< ; Carbohydrates 55'/c. vj, ix ed ) We manufacture also a dry mixed (no ? i-f . linnie and Mill?- Feed, which analyzes: ; dru tva ?7','t. This is composed of straight J >AIi!Y FEED j tig Molasses. Cattle are very fond of lt - J (low and enriches thc quality of thc milk f mind Corn, C. S. Meal, Wheat Middling, : lull. Analyzes: Protein 15*7e ! Fat Z'Yoi I fl .natyies: Protein l?r,'i : Fat 2<?r: : Fibre- S il? s 55*71 . i Dlgcstivc Tankncc. Ground Coin. Itice ?s ?ttcnitlg. Keeps tin- hog? in wood -ondition. Feed and RED SHIRT Haby Chick Feed. i,m mposed of Ground, Corn, Ground ts. tir o u n il Wheat, Harley. Maize, t Meal nifl Linseed .Meal. Analysis: irbohydrates IO',;. all of mir feed is m. '.. from Carolina We aie, therefore, n Ute market ay and any other kind ol" Hay oek of CRAIN. HAY 'KAW. nhove nre mixci les lo furnish UK .ni nt the lowest wu you how to ls ?lowu. Write .-es, etc. Carter Co. I ON, S. C. A FT EH TH K FIO VEA KS Walhalla Testimony Itemains Unshaken. Time ts the host tost of truth. Hero : a Walhalla story that has stood thf test of time, lt is a story with >i poini which will come straight home to many of us. Mrs. Ida Heliums. Factory Hill. Walhalla, says: "I suffered from backache and a tired feeling and couldn't do my work as I should. Af ter taking Donn's Kidney Pills 1 could sec an improvement. Others in the family have also been benefited by Donn's Kidney l'ills." (Statement given April 8, 191 1. i On December IT. HUI. Mrs. Hol laing said: "I have taken Donn's Kid ney Pills situe giving them my <>n dorsement, and they have acted as a tonic to my entire system." I ad vise any one suffering from kidney trouble to try Donn's Kidney Pills, as they arc the best kidney medicine I know of." Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Donn's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Heliums had. Poster-Milbiirn Co.. Props., Buffalo. N. Y.-Adv. Sobering F If ec ts ol' War. . Petrograd, Dec I. The effect of he war on the common soldiers and their families in the villages bas been studied and reported to tho Imperial ! co graph ic Society by I. I. Hlyanoff. rn the basis ol' letters thal have pass I- ! through bis hands. Mr. Plyanoff examined l I letters written about the -ame time from i he Dvinsk from and : " equal number ol' letters written from a village in the no.them prov ince of Perm. ():' course there was no soleetlon Without exception all e village b't ter-writers declared the war had to be fought to a victorious -(inclusion, no matter wh it the cosi ;.> i be country or io themselves. Tin* soldiers w riting from the i tf .t. some on the eve ol' battle. t-x p'.tssed unfaltering confidence in Hie final outcome whether they should live to see it or not Hut what was more .striking was that practically all the soldier letter-writers had obvi au-tv undergone, in their lonely waldies or in their quiet trench con lersal ?ns, moral experiences that Mr. Plyanoff characterized as conver sions. I'liey expressed the Intention, if spand, to me according to the lidates i?: i hoi r consciences. Some -poke m '.o.vs by themselves and by ?oinpa i: as no; to fall in future into the error ol" their past, lo be sober .nd industrious, gentle ami kum. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of lie followed ivhereby we could hold ibo combined Heels nf the world al tay without lix- expense of building t navy with practically no expendi ture for the lt ual permanent typo of .oast fortification . M would silgeos! that a standard cauge. double-Hack, military rail road be built around our coasts: hat each standard gauge track be Hither gauged on Ibo outside for qicciat trucks for mounting mobile; ivavy defense guns. Mn peace times such a road could ! am its own maintenance. Standard I ?n '.ines, in war liin<\ could move : M-g trains of the wide gun trucks .apldly to any part of these coasts md standard trtins could follow .villi troops machine guns and the ike. Thus we could employ thou sands of guns against an attacking ? bet's hundreds. Coast cities like ? Now York would be lifted from their ?resent defenselessness." TA X NOT IC K County Treasurer's Ofllcei Walhalla, s. c., Sept. 29, 19ir,. Thc books for the collection of State, County, School and Special Taxes tor the fiscal year 19 1", will Wo open Hom October 15th, 19 1a, to De cember :iist, i 9 ir?, without penalty, alter which day one per cent penalty will Ix1 added on all payments made in the month of January, 19 ld, and two per cent penalty on all payments imnb- in the month ol' February, If)lt?, and seven per cent penalty on all payments made from tho Hist day of Mardi until the I.".tb dav of Mareh I P l fi. After thai day all taxes not paid will go into execution and h. placed in the hands of tho Sheriff 'Oi' collection. Taxpayers owning properly or pay ing taxes for others will please ask for a lax 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 School Districts. The tax levy is made up as follows: State tax . 7 mills School tax . ?5 mills Ordinary county tax .... 7 Va mills y. Total.17 % mills Special and Local School Tax. o _ o I ll I 1 i 3! l ll 1 7 I 8 1 n -i? V} 2S| 24j 2 "> . ' 2fii 27 2 S 321 33| 34 35 3 7 39 40 12 15 16 17 IS 50 51 ll 57 59j 621 fi:', r, fi 7 fiS fil 7 I 7 1' 7 ."> 7 fi1 I I 6 I 2 4 I ?i fi .1 .'; 1 31 8 ? .? 1 I s s S' 31 s ' i 3 31 3 V4 i 0 1 s 2 S 8 t 1 I \? fi . i 6 l 3 s 4 <> 1 4 8 8 3 s I 3 1 3 3 =! II -I 3| -' 81 fil -I 8! -I 4 -I 4 Poll Tax, $1. Dog lax, 50c. livery male citizen from 21 io fiO years of age is liable for poll tax ex cept Confederate soldiers, who do not pay after -r>0 years of age, and those exempted by law. Hoad Tax, $2. livery male citizen from 18 to HO years of tige is liable for road tax, except those exempt by law. This tax is payable from October 15th, 1915, to March 15th, 10 10, after which limo four days' work will be required. R. ll. ALEXANDER, Treasurer Oeonee County, S. C. "Halse" or "Hear" Them i New berry < ibsorver. ) A render of Ihe observer's inti cism of Ihe Winthrop News for speak ing ol' a man as "raised" reminds u ol uh il Sam .Innes, the noted evange list, said on the Bubjoct. When mak ing a speech somewhere Kentucky probably he said something about "rai.-dng" children. A good woman took him lo task for it. ami said: "Wo rear our children, Mr. Jones; we raise horses." "Yes." replied the evangelist, "you raise horses worth Hire" hundred dol lars apiece, and you rear children wort h t bree Tor a tpia ncr." Well, lhere is something in thal; it's a '.'omi deal in the rearing .md Hie raisin", li doran'I make so much difference what von call it. just soil's done right. Keowoe Courier, Progressive Par mer and Housewife one year SI fia Easy to Take, No Pain or Ache. lt's no longer necessary to bear Ibo weakening sickness and terrible nau sea that always follows a dose of calomel. IilV-VPH-LAX cleanses the torpid liver and livens up the whole system by ridding it of the (dogging poisons. Yet it works so gently and pleasantly that you hardly know you've taken it LIV-VPR-LAX, being purely vege table, is absolutely harmless, and does not tear up the system like cal omel. And it's guaranteed to be sat isfactory, or the druggist will return your money. For sale at .".Oe. and $1 at Norman's Drug Store, Walhalla, S. C.-Adv. MAKE vom TAX RETURNS, Auditor's Office, Oconee County, S. C. December 17. I'>15. Thc Auditor's o dice will be open m receive returns for Personal Prop? ert> for taxation from the 1st day of January, OMI, to thc 20th day of February, ! !. I 6, inclusive. 'l in' Township Boards of Assessors arc roo. ul rod hy law to list all those who fail to make their own returns within the time prescribed b} law. Hence the difficulty of delinquents es caping the 50 per cent penalty, as well as the frequency of errors re sulting from 'his practice. Uv all means make your own returns and thereby save expenses and confusion. All personal property must be item ized. ?veal lis?ate not returnable this year, except property that lias been .bought or sold, In which case same should be noted is such. Be sure and L>i\e your correct school district. AU persons between the ages of 21 and i:u years, except ex-Confederate soldiers and tho--.- Incapable ..? earn ing a support from being maimed or other causes, shall bo deemed taxa ble polls. Please don't neglect returning '.our dogs. For the convenience of tax-payers the Auditor or Iiis deputies, will re ceive returns at the following times and places: Tugaloo Academy-.Monday, Jan. 3. Madison Tuesday, Jae.. |. l'a bo: Wednesday, Jan. 5. South [inion Thursday, Jan. 6. I 'air Play Friday, Jan. 7. Farly's drove i Abie's Store) - Sa: urda}. Jan. s. Oakway- Monday, Jan. 10. Tokeena-Tuesday, Jan. ll. W. X. Woolbright's Wednesday, Jan. IL'. Friendship--Thursday, Jan. 13. Jordania Friday, Jan. 1 4. Richland-Saturday, Jan. 15. Adams's Crossing Monday, Jan. 17. S to 10 o'clock. Clemson College-Monday. Jan. 17. li to I o'clock. Newry Tuesday, Jan. IS. Ci'irk s Store-Wednesday, Jan. 10. Salem-Thursday, Jan. 20, Little Uiver Friday, Jan. 2 1. Tamassee Saturday, Jan. 22. Mt. Rest .Monday. Jan. 2 i. Henry'? Store-Tue day. Jap. ?~>. Cannon's Store Wednesday, Jan. 2 ii. West minster-Thursday and Fri day, January 27 and li. Seneca -Monday and Tuesday, January '! 1 and February 1. Returns will be taken at all places mentioned above from IO o'clock a. m. until 3 o'clock p. m., except those noted otherwise. D. A. SMITH. Auditor Oconee County. S. C. SH FBI IFS SALIOS FOR TAXES. By virtue of Tax ^executions to me directed by U. II. Alex ander, Treasurer of Oconee County, South Carolina. I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in front of tho Douri House door in Walhalla, S. C., between the legal hours of salo, on MONDAY, the 3d day of January. 101 (J, the following described tracts >r lois of land : i?o? -.c res land, in Oconee and An derson counties, on Seneca River, ad joining lands of J. I. Stewart. Estate i)f O. H. P. Fant, and known as the lohn T. Long place. Levied on as tho property ol' \V. X. Trow bridge at the suit ol' i he st ate l'or t a xes. One lol containing one-fourth acre, in town of Seneca, adjoining prop erty of Bill Brown, Eugene Loving good, on Pine street, and known as the northern half of Tot Xo. 320. Lev ii d on as the properly ol' D. M. MeAlister al still of the state for laxes. 7 "> acres land, known as Tract Xo. 2 of the estate of J. T. Liddell, ad joining lands of Wirren Davis, Os borne el al. Plat hy C. L. Dean dat ed October 23, 1003. Levied on as the property of A. II. Stokes at suit ol I he State for taxes. Terms of Sale: CASH. JOHN W. DAVIS. Sheriff, Oconee County, S. C. Dec. 8, 10 1 ".. ' 40-52 .NOTICE OK FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice la hereby given that the undersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the Stato of South Carolina, at his ofllce at Walhalla Conn House, on Thursday, January 20th, 1015, at il o'clock In the fore noon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo beard, for leavo to make final settlement of tho Estate of J. H. Hughes, deceased, and ob it in final discharge as Executrix of said estate. (MUS.? NANNIE U. HUGHES, Executrix of the Estate of J. R. Hughes, Deceased, He,-, s, 1015. 19-52 NO I M F TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of James W. Bourdon, deceased, are hereby not i lied to make payment, to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against Said estate will present tho same, duly attested, within the time prescribed hy law or be barred. JOE BELL BROWN, W. S. DEARDEN, Executors of the Estate of Janies W. Dearden, Deceased. Dec. 22, 1915. 51-2