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QUESTIONED BY CITIZEN. Several oncsiions ASKMI Relative to Local Matters in Walhalla. It ls not often that anonymous communications get past tho waste basket in Tho Courier olllco. As a matter of fact, unsigned articles almost invariably take tho quickest route to the ample hamper that sits alongside tho business desk. How ever, there aro exceptions to all rules, and the communication below gets past the ..anonymous receptacle" by reason of thc fact that the ques tions asked pretuin to matters of public interest, with which, to an extent at least, the editor of Tito ( ourler is familiar, and the conduct of willoh lie ls partially responsible for. The questions submitted aro printed below, and tho answers tnerete ?we given by meas a member of tho Public Works Commission and not as editor of Tho Courier. Thc Quest hms. Mr. Steck, Bditor-Dear Slr: I would appreciate it vory much if you would publish and answer in your paper the questions written be low: 1, Why is it that tho town officials and the light commission do not make reports to the public? 2. Is it a fact that the town officials and the light commissioners get electric lights and power free of charge? :t. If so, what legal or moral right havo those bodies to give to themselves something that is not theirs, but belongs to the public? 4. Why is it that some people have nover paid over ono dollar a month for lights and power while ethers havo meters and pay three to four times as much? Sincerely, An Interested Citizen. Tho Answer. 1 will undertake lo answer as fully, yet briefly, ns possible the above questions, taking them up hy r.umber as they aro propounded: 1. I will not attempt to answer as to tho town officials' report to the public. "They are of age; let them speak for themselves," if 1 may be permittod to paraphrase from a very high authority. As to the Commis sioners of Public Works, they have no funds available for tho purpose of publishing reports of the commis sion's transactions. Monthly re ports were, until a few months ago, made to Council. As secretary of th? ".OmnitpsiriVi ! v a.- rMipouwi fol tih?Ho repeyts hoing linois and am re .'. < '???'.?;> foi' the s . v .; f fal I bri >w item; i'ln dun i ?on ?.? solved own business should be neglected or tho commission's reports bold over until such lime as I am able to take up that part of tho work again, and 1 chose to abandon the monthly re ports temporality rather than sacri fice my own business, if the City Council sees Hot to publish the com mission's reports, or un annual ab stract of Hiern, no citizen will bo more pleased than the members of the Public Works Commission. 2. lt is not a fact that the mem bers of City Council get either their electric lights and power free. The three members of the Public Works Commission do receive, as compensa tion for their services, free lights in their homes. For their business places they pay the same rato as ether citizens, and each member of the commission, though receiving freo residence lights, is numbered among tho paying patrons of tho local lighting plant, as each is in business and uses oithor lights or power, or both Tho buslnoss with which I am connected pays the Light Commission from $f> to $10 a month for current, or an average Hie year around of about $S a month. The otb or two members use less current nt their places of busness, but what they use is paid for at the samo roto Charged for similar service when furnished lo any other citizen. .'I. As lo the legal right of the members of tho commission to re ceive frei; lights in their residences as compensation for their services, "interested citizen" will have to COI1 FUlt some lawyer. Frankly, 1 do not know whether we have anV legal right to free lights, bul morally, it teems to me. we have the same right to receive this slight compensation for our services as a merchant bas to receive money from the (own for goods sold to the municipality, or a lawyer to receive a fee for legal ad vice, or the Mayor his salary, or the Councilmen their m ea gr 0 stipends. There is no compensation fixed for the services of the Commissioners of Public Works, and Ibo only ground upon which to base tho practice of furnishing free lgibts io the three commissioners for their residences is that "the laborer is worthy of bis hire." That is tho only "moral" ground upon which the meag.e "com pensation," self-granted, 1 suppose, could be based. To my way of think ing, it is an all-sufficient ground. I. Interested citizens will have to go back to tho "gonesis" of tho municipal lighting problems to find out why theie are not meters at all ot tho residences in town. If wo go hack to tho starting point it will he found that the commissioners have from the very beginning, had to wrestle with tho knotty problem of pm chasing, erecting and maintain ing and financing a plant costing over $11,000 with about $5,000 available casi?. Interested citizens will readily recognize, therefore, that tho commission has had a "hand-to-mouth" existence, the com missioners doing tho best they could to meet obligations outstanding and .heep the local plant in operation. Wo have been unable as yet to Hud any electrical supply house that will furnish us moires for tho asking. Hence we have to buy metres as wo can, and not all of the citizens have been supplied. At such times as tho commission finds itself la possession of small amounts of cash that are not at tho moment needed to meet obligations or pay for necessary sup plies, metres are purchased Recent ly we found ourselves in a position of this kind, and anothor dozen metres were ordered. Unfortunate ly, when they arrived lt was found that they were not "cycled" so as to be of service on our system. Hence twelve patrons who have been get ting current on a "flat" rato are, for March, still roceiveing "flat rato" current instead of on a metre basis. Wo have endeavored to confine this unavoidable "fl?.t rote" business to the smallest users of current, and if "An Interested Citizen" will point out to us any citizen now paying only $1 for three or four dollars' worth nf service, tho commissioners will be under lasting obligation to him. We have done the best we could under exceedingly adverso condi tions. Results are not what we would like to see. but they are cer tainly the best we could get, work ing under the numerous handicaps with which we have had lo contend. If "An Interested Citizen" is a real good business man, and will give tho commissioners the benellt of his counsel and advice, and lend his endorsement to some notes, (just ns the commissioners have done time ii nd again in order to get money t o finance the local lighting plant.) the commissioners are willing to go down into their own pockets and pay for "An Interested Citizen's" residence lights as "compensation" for such service at each of the monthly meet ings and the specials we sometimes have in order to meet emergencies, i 'ruf, nnntml?^T i.v.?tj. .>.-..-. ! lieht ' . redit, and ii hus been ubi I lui out 'a.,. .!.>. present commis-1 ?dot te fi gone < > the banks io i giving notes signed by themselves as j commissioners, and endorsed Indl I vidunlly, in ordor to make of them j such paper as the banks would accept I as security for the needed funds. I j do not believe thal wo bad any I "legal" right to do this. but it served its purpose and pulled "in i tores ted citizens" out of many "dark holes," of the existence of which ; they were not even aware, j Altogether, if I may be permitted j to throw such a fragrant bouquet lat the commission, (with which I am I connected.) it seems to me that the business has been conducted in pretty good shape. We have at least done the best we could under many adverse conditions. The commisioners will meet next Wednesday night at 8.00 o'clock at the office of Hr. W. R. Craig. Ordi narily our meeting would bo held on Tuesday night, the 11th, but I am compelled to give my attention to my own business the first of each week, many times till long after mid night, hence when the 11th falls on Monday or Tuesday night, tho moot ing is hold later In the week. Wo will be delighted to have with us on this and all other meeting occasions as many "interesting citizens" as will meet With us. Wo may bo bene fited; certainly no really "inter ested citizen" would be hurt by coming out and lending us assistance and iidvice in taking care of this part of tho community's business. Wo will look for you. Very respectfully, J. A. Stock. The Joy Recipe I Take Cascareis Regulate liver and bowels, and sweeten the stomach spend 10 cents and see Knjoy life! Straighten up. Your system is lilied with an accumula tion of bile and bowel poison which keeps you bilious, headachy, dizzy, tongue coated, breath bad and stomach sour Why don't you got a 10-cent box of Cascareis at the drug store and feel fine-Take Cas careis to-night and enjoy tho nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced dive t'asca rots to children also, they taste like candy Xever gripe but nevor fail. Sick, bilious children love to tako this laxative, adv. AVOID THE FLU BY KEEPING titi ACTIVE DOCtOlfl Kind Ca lo ta bs, the \< \ fau sealess Calomel, Host I uxirtlvo for Colds and Prevent! \'< for In itiions? and Pneumonia. To cut short a cold ov">i i ; tilt; to slop n ?oro throat, und tu4 .-\11 thc system in tho best possible ? ? '.lion to avoid inlluonza and pu? ii ?ula, doctors aro advising tho nov nausea less calomol, called Calohi Which are freo from the sickenim ti I sali vating effects of the old . calo mel. At the first sign of ?id or foro throat, it is best a Calotah at onco, before f . wn matioii has gone too for lay thus savo yourself a sae!' 'ick ncss. Ono Calotah at. hod titi' ha swallow of water-that's No sailts, no nausea, nor th. ratest interforonco with eating, i H or pleasure. Next morning i ?old has vanished, your liver itel Ive, your system is purified and . freshed and you aro fooling fine with hearty uppetite for breakfast. l'or? ips you can congratulate yourself thal a "stitch in timo" has saved y< n seri ous illness. Calot abs ;M? 1 only in original sealed package price thirty-five cents. Your : mg gist recommends and guarantees 1 alotrtbs ;ind will cheerfully give h,i -k your money if you are not delighted u|dv Letter from George Wyatt . I -Mrs. G. P. Wyatt has rec< /ed tho 'ollowing letter from her nephew, George Wyatt, now in Luxe .r : lirouch, Luxemburg, Fen. ', I ll tl' ?ear Aunt: 1 will try and write you ;< few Hues ibis morning to let you kn that I nm well and feeling fine n 'Al loying the best of health :> < ?Us t^ill find you safe and well 1 received a card from Mi li ing me of the deatn of ^'d. lt wos a shock to me to 1 '^at lie was dead. 1 can bardi) ihze lt. lt seems more like s .i to r. e. You have my heart ! .iym puthy. Hope the rest o< yoi mily tue well and enjoying lu alt. What is Walker doing mr i or pastime I have sent him v let ters, but haven't received ac swer yet. But the mails are slO 0U10 times, and I guess his letter on tho way somewhere. We have a good plac? ?o stay in now, but think that wo wi I leave herd bel oro long. . will t"!i von sdmeth^i^l nf the placea ! h..v' been.' r^ saiidod iii . , un : .toyed Mi '"rance most. ?nd thor. . ; and went through Heir ' II Luxem burg, and we have bi n for one month. 1 guess it ill he "moving day." Have you seen mother : how ls she getting alon she ls having good health ..'?? ter. Tell Walker 1 had som? i terdny. We were going t ovi spection, and we had to next town. There was sn JV on ground, and ice, and all o? ; had slick shoes on, and I inri tl af my mules on the groin.', ti cn -and after 1 had gone worst places the inspe* o v sailed off, and I had to go the hill, and that was w rsc soing up. Tell Will and all of the. ho] i For me. I would like to .. ind tho children. News is scarce and I ha-" tn Limo, so had better clos or t: time. Hope to hoar from >u soo ind a long lotter, and all i rjood-bye. Your loving ti nev Pvt. Georg-- yai Co. G, 108th Aniniunit \. E. P. Mayest' Mea tin ff Hot / Stops The Tickle Heals The Throat Cures The Collah Price 35c. A FREE POX OF GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATv: SftlVi (Opens the Pores and Pe etrnte For Chest Colds, Head ( is ant Croup, is enclosed with e\ cry 1 tie of HAYES' HEALING HOUl You got tho Cough Syrup om the Su for one price, 35c. Made, Recommended and Quarante^ (1 thc Public by . Paris Medicine Com) H Manufacturers of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonio AFTER THE TAX JX)IMJER8. Ilopo to <Jot Much Property on Tax Hooks of State. . j Columbia, .March C.-Tho Stato i i x Commission is planning a drive . j put oa the State tax books auto uobilos (lint nave heretofore es caped taxation and the property of Individuals that 1ms not been re turned ul propel" valuation. With an appropriation twice as large as it had last year tho commission is planning extensive work for this year, lt hopes to got thousands of dollars" worth of property on the hooks that has escaped taxation thus far. Regarding automobiles tho com mission ls planning to work in con jonction with tho Stato Highway ; Commission with a view to properly assessing all of the automobiles of the State. The highway commission will prepare a schedule, listing tho various makes and models of auto mobiles, so that taxation can bo ; properly fixed from this schedule en every car ia thc State. In addition, j the commission plans to go to cer- ', tain counties where there are lands escaping taxation and to see that these are assessed at a proper valua tion. The appropriation for tho commis- ' sion's work for tho year 1919 totals $28,000, double the amount appro priated last year. Of this . amount, ' $13,500 is for salaries of members, per diem, clerk hire, olflce expenses and contingent fund. The remaining I $15,000 was appropriated to allow; tho commission to "discover and have assessed for taxation property heretofore escaping taxation, for equalizing property and incidental duties of tho commission." Gov. Cooper Optimistic. Governor Cooper returned from the conference of Governors and mayors feeling very optimistic over the general situation. The employ ment problem was the chief topic dis cussed at the conference, and tho , Governor says that the reports were not at all discouraging. If there Is any unrest In the country it is not one to unemployment or low wages, but merely to a spirit of Bolshevism, says the Governor. Mr. Cooper does not think there ls any serious trou ble ahead In South Carolina or else where in the country. There may be somo agitation, but the safety of thc country from uprisings of any sort is assured. T'Y l I ; s \ \ I TKO' UV UAMtal><t/i| HOKitlHL'.! Calomel i- Oiilck.silvoi und acts Uki dynauiitt on your live**. Calomel loses you a day! You know what Calomel is. lt's mer cury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous, lt crashes into sour bile l'ko dynamite, cramping and sicken ing you. Calomel attacks the hones and should never be put into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of danger ous calomel just remember thal your druggist sells for a few cents a Inrge bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which ia entirely vegetable and pleasant to lake and is a perfect substitute for calomel. It is guaran teed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, and can not salivate. Don't take calomel! It makes you sick the next day; it loses you a | day's work. Dodson's Liver Tone j straightens you right up and you feel great, (live it to the children , because lt is perfectly harmless and 1 doesn't gripe.-adv. To Advance Clocks Again. Washington, March 4.-Failure of Congress before final adjournment to-day to take action on pending bills providing for repeal of the daylight saving act made certain that tho nation's clocks again would be ad vanced one hour during the period between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday In October. Tho Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head nc cruise of its tonic mid laxative effect. LAXA TIVK UKOMO Ol MN IN li is 1 ictter t lia n ordinary Quinine ?nd docs not cause nervousness nor ringln? In hend. Kcmemticr the lull mime mid took ior the signature ol li. w. OKOVXi. 30c. Kira in Compress. Vicksburg, Miss.. March 7. Fire of undetermined origin to-day de stroyed one of the compartments al the Churchill compress, causing a loss estimated al $75,000, Six hun dred bales of coll on were destroyed. A Tonic Laxative that will removo tho hilo from tho Liver end clcaneo tho System THOROUGHLY without ?riping or disturbing tho stomach ls truly a Perfect Lax ative. LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN ls the name of a Reliable and Perfect Laxative which soon relieves Sick Headache, Dizziness. In didestton. Stomach Trouble Gas and Piles caused hy a Torpid Liver and Constipation. Always use a Rcllnblo Laxative in tho ttcatruent of Colds, Grip and Influenza. LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN Is a Liquid Digestive Tonio Laxativo excellent tn its effect on tho bystem, both as n tonic and as a laxative. It is Just no good for Children CB for Adults. Pleasant to take. Children Uko it. 60c. ..Mada and recommended to tho public hy Paris Medic na Co.. 8t. Louis. Mo., monufacturcrs of Grove'eTasteleis chill Tonic be Courier, $1 per year. Pay |n advance. And thon bo sure to buy 8omo 1919 War Sr.vlngu ?tampa, DR. Caldwell's that it is clai always keep it in the need for my children, J I do not hesitate to rec Syrup Pepsin to my fri ? From a letter to Dr I Mrs. Esther Portci \ town Dr. Cal Syrup The Perfei Sold by Drugg 50 cts. (i A mild, pleasant-tastin? laxative herbs with pep naturally. Children lit ly. A trial bottle can b Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 4 Monticello, Illinois. PAINTED I* ICTF H li TOO HEIGHT. Russians Thought They Could "Quit and Co Home." Washington, March (5.-Raymond Robins, of Chicago, former head of the American Red Cross mission in Russia and one of those whose testi mony champions of the Bolshevik! government have insisted should be beard, testified to?ay before the Senate committee inve?Hgallng law less propaganda. He said among other things that before Russ! i failed as an ally, Allied and Ameri can propagandists unwittingly con tributed largely to tho downfall of Russian morale and what followed. "Posters were all over Russia," said Mr. Robins, "telling how great tho Allies were and how powerful America was. Some of the posters said the United States would have twenty thousand airplanes and four million men in France. The Rus sians, reading these declarations, raid to themselves, 'well, if all that is true, wo will go home for a.while ' Chore tb no doubt that fbi.- propa gan ti a mn'.or la \\. analV.tod ! : (ho dla; ,i >'grut I on ot ib..' Russian in?ralo, thal il bud exactly ibo opposite tmeci from what it was intended to flo." Mr. Robins described at the out set of bis testimony conditions as ho lound them when he went to Russia. Kven during tho early part of the Kerensky regime, he said, he became conscious of the fact that it was fail ing because it did not pay enough attention to affairs in the outlying districts of Russia. Kerensky's civil powor, the witness asserted, was In efficient and the soviet control grew up naturally. He discussed the economic paraly sis in Russia, saying that it bogan with the overthrow of the Czar and increased down through tho Keren sky regime. Mr. Robins said he was an anti Socialist when he went to Russia and that his experience there had not changed his ideas in regard to Social ism. Plies Cured in 6 to 14 Days Droguista refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c. The Courier, $1 per year. Pay in advance And then be sure to buy some 1919 Wnr Ssvinss Stamps. MOTH EH! ?I VIO CH lld) "SYRUP OF FIGS" IF TONGUE IS COATED If cross, feverish, sick, bilious, clean little liver and bowels. Children love this "fruit laxative," and nothing elso cleanses the ton der stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. . . A child simply will not stop play ing to empty the bowels, and the result, is, Hiey become tightly clogged with waste, liver gels sluggish, stomach sours, thou your lil Ho ono becomes cross, half-sick, fevorish, don't oat, sleep or act naturally, breath ls bad, system is full of cold, has soro throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Liston, Mother! Soe if longue is coated, then give a tea spoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all tho constipated waste, sour hilo and un digested food passes out of tho system, and you have a well, play ful child again. Millions of mothers give "Cali fornia Syrup of Figs" bocauso it is perfectly harmless; children lovo lt, and it never fails to act on tho stomach, liver and bowols. Ask your druggist for a fiO-cont bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for bailies, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly printed on tho bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold boro. Got tho genuino, inado by "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company.", Tto fuso any other kind with contempt. -adv. Syrup Pepsin is all med to be and I will house as it is all that I ind grown folks as well, ommend Dr. Caldwell's ends." . Caldwell written by\ r Harrelson, George- I , S. C. / idwell's Pepsin :t Laxative ists Everywhere SS) $1.00 g combination of simple sin that acts easily and :e it and take it willing e obtained by writing to 58 Washington Street, TRAGEDY IN LEB COUNTY. IV. I). Watson, Jr., Shot and Killed by His Pathor-lll-Lnw. Bishopvllle, March 4.-E. C. bmith, a well known citizen of the Stokes Bridge section of this county, ."..not and instantly killed his son-in law, W. D. Watson, Jr., last nigh;. it S o'clock. The killing took place at Mr. Smith's home about four miles from town. It seems, from the facts gathered at the coroner's inquest, that Watson came to town yesterday lind returned to Mr. Smtih's home Into in the afternoon drinking, and began to abuse his -wife. She grabbed up her infant baby and ran out of the house and he threw a 'amp at her. When her father inter fered Watson pulled out his knife and made for Smith. Smith shot him with a shotgun, the load taking effect just above the heart. Death resulted instantly. Watson married Smith's daughter Kcveral months njjo rind rm<? sincc hoon ic tho army, but lie wa.: recent ly il?9ch?irg('fl and moved to hi* father i i i.^.v. plantation aioi was makin. ;>i i'pai allon- M t'nim. Smith came to town immediately and gave himself up and is now in jail. * * i * ? * * * * * * * .J. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. .J. .J. .J. .J. .J. ?J. .j. .j, .j. .j. ,?. .?. .J. C. L. I)KA X, .J. ?|. Surveyor and Civil Knginccr, ?J? ?J? H. F. D. Xo. :t, .j. CENTRAL, S. C. .J? i RUY WA It SA VI XS STAMPS. 4* * * * * * * * * * * * * *l* DH. W. R. CRAIG, .J. ?J? Dental Surgeon, .J? .J. WALHALLA, S. CAROLINA. .J. .J* Ofllce Over C. W. Pitchford's ?|* .J? Store. .|* *I* *!. *fc *i* *i* *?* 4* *I* .?. .?. .J. MARCUS C. LONG, 4* .j. Attorney-at-Ijaw, ?2* .J. 1*110110 No. 09, Walhalla, S. C. .J* 4. - * .J. Ofllce Over Oconoo News. .J? .{. J. ll. EARLE, 4? 4' Attorncy-at-Law, *|? .T. WALHALI/A, S. C. 4* ?J? State & Federal Court Practice. .J? 4- FARM LOANS. 4? 4? BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. .J. ?2? 4. 4? 4* .J. ?J. ?J. .J? .J. ?J? ?J? .J? 4? E. Ii. HERNDON, 4* .J. Attorncy-at-Law, ? 4? 4? WALHALLA, S. C. 4? 4' PHONE NO. 01. .J. .j. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS, .t. ?J? .J? ?J. ?J. .J. .J. ?J. ?J. ?J? ?J. ?J. .J? 4? R . T . J A Y N E S , 4? ?J. Attorney-at'Law, ?J. .> WALHALLA, S. C. .J- Bell Phono No. 20. .J. ?J? State & Federal Court Practice. ?J? ?f. ?j. .j? ?j? ?j. ?j. ?2* ?2? ?2? ?2* *I* ?I* 4. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, .j? .J. Bickens, S. C. W. C. Hughs, 4? .J. CAREY, SHEI/OIt & HUGHS, 4* ?Ji Attorneys and Counsellors, ?J. .J. WALHALLA, S. C. 4? .J. State & Federal Court Practice. .J. * * * * * * * * * * * * SURVEYING. I have purchased tho entire Sur veying Out tit and Implements of tho hito I. H. Harrison, and am prepared to do accurato Survoylng. I will ho subject to your call.. Write or call en me. J. L. MOSER. 29* Wnlhalla, S. C., *" \ 1. 1) Kurfees Paints and Oil. Gutter and Repair Work. JO. E. OOOD, TINNER, - WALHALLA, S. Ot