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KEOWEE COURIER (Established iHitf.) Published lOvory Wednesday Morning srikSCHMMION PRICK. Ono V?nr .?1.00 Rix Months .55 Three Months.BO Advertising Rates Reasonable. By Stoek, Sliolor, Hughs Ai Slielor. Communicntiona ol II personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices, cards of thanks and tributes o? respect, either by Individuals, lodges or chinches, aro Oharged for as for advertisements at rate of ono cent a word. Cash must accompany manuscript, and all such notices will bo marked "Adv." in conformity with Federal ruling on such matters. i __ WALHALLA, S. C. WKDXI-?SOAY, .IAN. 2?, 11)21. DRY DFCISION IS HA RI? 111,OW To Ant?? Owners-United Slates Su preme Court Hands Its Decision. i AHanta Georgian, .lan. 111.) A decision was announced Mon day hy the United .states Supreme Court, in the case of the .1. VY. Gold smith-Crant Company ol' Atlanta, in which the right to confiscate auto mobiles containing illicit liquor, re gardless of the guilt or innocence of the owner, was upheld, lt is con sidered ot* great importance to all owners of automobiles or other vehi cles. The Atlanta automobile concern has sold an automobile on the title retention plan. lt. was confiscated by Federal prohibition agents before the payments had been completed, and when the title sitll was retained by the automobile company, Suit was tiled as a test case, and the right of the government'to confiscate the au tomobile was upheld in the Federal District Court in Atlanta, in the Fed eral Circuit Court of Appeals, and finally Monday by the United States Supreme Court. The fact that thc Uoldsinllh-Grant Company had no knowledge of Ibu purpose for which it was purchased, and knew nothing of the use to which it was being put, was declared by the Federal courts not to affect the right of the Federal authorities lo confiscate the automobile if used in illicit liquor trafile. Although the money tho antonio bile concern desired lo have i?.funn ed was not large, the principle vas considered important enough lo car ry the litigation through. The decis ion affects every private owner of au automobilo or other vohich-. and is of especial Interest to dealors who make a large proportion of their sales on the deferrod payment and title retention plan. DANDERINE Stops Hair Coming Out; Thickens, Beautifies. A few cents buys "Danderine." Af ter un application of "Danderine" you cannot find a fallen hair or any dandruff; besides every hair shows new life, vigor, brightness, more col or and thickness adv. 1)?? I,a Howe's Xecils, Columbia, Jan. ? I. The Stale Hoard of Public Welfare has reported that the .lohn de l.i Howe School al present needs: '"The coin plot ion of the neu liiiilding. the installing ol' machinery that will utilize the waler power of the place for tho domestic and indusirial needs ol' the school, and an adequate appropriation for the car?; .md I raining of a larger number of children. "At the time of (he board's visit Hie academic department was well conducted, the home was well organ ized and (ho wholesome atmosphere was apparent. The remoteness of the institution from towns ls shown In ?ho ruddy mpearanco of thc boys and girls fl 1 In their freedom of views and manner." Jo thant's fable of tho trees, recit ed In Judges, ls tho oldest fable ox tant, NINE MILLION IIALKS SURPLUS Predicted by July ist Next-Thin IM Evidence nf Needed Curtailment. Columbia, Jan. 20.-Tho pledge which each farmer is being asked lo sign requijjes (hat lie "not plant in colton more than one-third of the lands cultivated" hy him (luring Ibo year lu 2?. and not that he cut his cotton acreage In half, according to a slaloment issued yesterday by the Satitlt Carolina division o* the Amor icm Cotton Association, lt has boen* figured tii.ii If all of tho farmers will agree not lo phial more than one third of their cultivated lands in col ton, tho lota! acreage will be around .Mt per cent. '.There arc many fanners who have not been planting over one-third of their cultivated lands in cotton for Hiv past several years." nays the statement issued by the association. "The pledge, of course, does not re quire that they make any further cut III their cotton acreage unless they desire so to do. fhere are many far mers, however, who have been plant ing nearly all of their lands in cot ton, and the great majority of thom have been planting al least .">n per cont in cotton. The committee which considered Hie maller carefully found a flor a study of tho situation, that If all farmers would agree to plant only one-third of their lands in col ton, the reduction of acreage over thc bell would aggregate 50 per cent. "Wo are delighted to report that' the farmers of South Carolina are signing the pledges unhesitatingly. They realize the fact that another largo cotton crop would mean finan cial disaster to the South, and while it might seem at llrst blush that to plant only one-third of their lands in cotton would entail a hardship on them, a little study of the situation convinces thoilAi that the hardship vould not bo tis great as to plant more in cotton and be able (o get ! nothing tor it next fall ! The following ligures, which have been prepared by the cotton acreage reduction committee at Memphis. Tenn., will, we believe, convince al j most every one that a drastic red lt c I lion is an absolute necessity. "The ton-year average amount of American cotton on hand un spun nt the beginning of each fiscal year is 1,200,000 hales. "At Aug I, 1921., beginning the present fiscal year, according to Hes ter, the unspun American cotton on hand was 6,080,000 hales. "The probable amount of the American cotton on hand unspun on July 2 1112 1. as now Indicated, will be ino than 0.000,000 hales, or 'J, 000,Of, .. .iv s larger than any amount ever carried over before. "The greatest consumption of all kinda of cotton ever known in a sin gle year was less than 2 1,000.000 bales. "The greatest consumption of American cotton ever known in a sin gle year was less than 15,000,000 hales. "The ten-year average consump tion of all kinds of cotton, includ ing American, prior to the great war was 17,500,000 bales. "Consumption of all kinds of cot ton (1910-1920.) basod on Unltod States census figures, was 18,181.000 bales "An American crop of 13,000,000 bales In 1921 would Indicate a world supply of all kinds of cotton, includ ing American, of 29,000,000 bales. "The world carry-over may roach a total of, or may exceed. 12,000, 000 bales. "The world during the present fis cal year is now likely to consume moro than 1 5,000,000 bales." Where Autos Are Never Seen. Suchten, China, Jan. 20.- There is not a single auto in this city. Thirty business men have combined to buy two trucks. The natives saw their first auto ti few weeks ago. Millie r\ Packets Of Flower Seeds Free We bollovo In flowers around tho homes of tho South. Flowers brighton up tho homo surroundings and glvo pleasure and satisfaction to thoso who have them. Wo have filled moro than a million packcta of soeds, of beautiful yet easily grown flowers to be glvon to our customers this spring for tho beautifying of thoir homes. Wouldn't you Uko to havo fivo packots of beautiful flowers froo? YOU CAN QET THEM ! Hastings' 1931 catalog la a 116-pago handsomely illustrated sood hook with twenty bountiful pages showing tho finost va rlotlos in their true natural colors. It Is full of helpful garden, flower and farm information that ls nooded in ovory homo, and, too, tho catalog tolls you how to got thoso flower seeds ab solutely froo. Wrlto for our 1921 catalog now. It is th? finest, most valuablo and beau tiful seed book ?vor published, and you will be mighty glad you're got it. There ls no obligation to buy any thing. Just ask for the catalog. H. 0. HASTINGS CO., 8EBD8M8N, ATLANTA, UA. Ml. GARDNER ENTERS PROTEST. Grieved by Appearance of Parody lo Tho Cotirtor-.Mock Marriages. Kdit or Koo woo Courier: When I read that miserable parally on tho Twenty-third Psalm in last week's Courier I was both grieved and shocked at what I considered blasphemous, irreverent aad unlit to repent, much less to print, and 1 could scarcely keep from writing "ml registering my protest. But I ?tn truly glad that I did not do so. for Harry H. Hughs has expressed my views far bei tor than I could lia ve done, and I simply wish to take him hy the hand and thank him for his splendid and most timoly rebuke. 1 was surprised thal such a thing could ever have found place in a paper of tho high ideals of Tho Courier, bul I know that wo all make mistakes, and the articles of Mr. Hughs may. in a large measure, atone for it. as it will set people to thinking. Wo of len seo articles in which the Ten Commandments, In Imitation of the Commandments of tho Lord, aro set forth against certain tilings. This is altogether irreverent, and should never he printed, though some peo ple think it very smart to got such things off. And while writing, permit me lo enter my further solemn protest against the mock marriages which are pulled off over the country, itt which children are made the actors. Sometimes this is done to raise money, even hy churchos. lt ls flie get her wrong to degrado and dese crate this holy and blessed estate, es tablished by Hod himself, by ?itch performances, and it should bc con demned hy all right-thinking people. I hope Mr. Hughs will glvo us au ar ticle along this lino. Tho holy and blessed estate of matrimony hold.', far too low a place any way in 'he minds of far too many persons. | Q. w. Gardner. Greenwood, S. C.. .Ian. 20, 1921. MOT?R?FWD For Expectant Mothers USEO BY THREE GENERATIONS ?HT! PO* BOOKLET OK MOTUIMHOOD AMD TM BAIT. Pdf BRADFIELD RtauLATOR Co,, Oin, S.D. A?LAMA. QA. Salvation Army Arranges Dread Line Norfolk, Va., Jan. 20.-Because of the hundreds of seafaring nun idle here owing to slack shipping condi tions, the Salvation Army has ar ranged for "bread linos" to feed tho mon, and the Cition Mission is hold ing opon house. Other charitable or ganizations are furnishing lodging.-). It is estimated that about SOO sea men aro stranded here, many of them without funds or friends, an a result of tho tying np of their ships. Most of them are Scandinavians. Bramlett to Appeal. Greonvillo, Jan. 20. - Hugh T. Dramlett, contractor, convicted on Jan. 8 of tho murder of his mother in-law, to-day served notice through I his attorney of Intention to appeal tho case to the State Supreme Court. Madonna and Child on Stamp?. Religious subjects are not commonly used as the basis of stamp designs, al though figures of the Madonna are known en the early stomps of the Vir gin Islands and more recently on the high values of^Bavarla. A set of three special postage stamps, newly Issued tn the small principality of Lichtenstein, In honor of tho eightieth blrthdny of the reigning prince, Johann II, repre sent the vlalon of the Virgin and the Holy Child appearing In the heavens above the capital town of Vaduz. The stamps are lithographed In large for mat, and comprise the denominations 50 heller green, 80 heller carmine and 2 kronen blue. Woman Best Hunger Striker. Could a woman sot the world's rec ord for hunger striMng? Deports from Vienna, where the American relief administration Euro pean children's fund ls feeding 100, (XX) boys and girls a day, ludiente that a woman can live longer without food (hun a man. "Girls show more resistance In fighting malnutrition than boys," said Ignatz Panzer, representative of the New York Produce exchange, who has just returned from Austria, "Physi cians have found that a girl cnn go longe: ci less food with less serious results than a boy of the sam? age." --New York Sun. New American Industry. Establishment of a new K?stern fac tory with 50,000 sq aa re feet of fl?or space, for the manufacture of arti ficial pearls from fish scale essence, marks the beginning of a new Amer ican Industry, formerly dependent on Imports from France, Germany and Italy, rays Popular Mechanics Maga zine. Tho common herring Is the base of supply for the Iridescent ma terial used, and removing lt is an arduous task, because each scale, taken from certain parts of the fish, yields only a tiny spock of luster. Subscribo for The Courior. (Best.) AH TO PERSONS LIABLE TO PAY HOAD TAX. To tho Public: Tho subjoined Act of tho lust Leg islature makes such a radical change in tlie law as to tho persons liable to Hoad Tax that I feol lt my duty to publish the same for the Information of these interested therein. lt will bo noticed that ES VE KY M ALFI PERSON IN THE COUNTY between the ages of twenty-one and Hf ty years, inclusive. WITHOUT EX CEPTION, I? liahle to Rood Tax. not excepting min hitor;! of tho Cospel and school tins.ees. and others horol.0 fore exempt ?rust now pay tho tux lt will ba noticed also that failure tri pay tho x within the tune prescrib ed makes the defaulter guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a line. The following ls a copy of tho Ac? as passed hy tho lr.at Legislature: "XII. :ISM>. "An Act to rix the Commutation lion?! Tax for Oconce County ami to Provide a Penalty for the Fail ure to Pay Same by Those Liable Therefor. '.Section l. Commutation Road Tax for Oconce County -Failure to Pay a Misdemeanor-Penalty. - Re it enacted by tho Ceneral Assembly of the State of South Carolina: That all the mule citizens residing in Oco nce County between the ages of twen ty-one and fifty years, inclusive, shall each bo liable to the payment of an annual Commutation Road Tax of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), Which shall be due and payable be tween the fifteenth day of October 'and tho fifteenth day of March of each and every year; that in event of the failure to pay same within said dates of any one liable therefor, ho shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall pay a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor less than twenty ($20.00) dollars, or be con-j tined to public work on the roads of! Oconee for not more than te.n days. "Section 2.- Method of Collection. - It shall be tho duty of the County Treasurer of Oconee County to Col-1 lect this tax by keeping eight sepa rate receipt books for the payment of same, one for each Township, and when same is paid, the proper re-! ceipt book In duplicate form must show In what Township same is paid; that lt shall ho the duty of each per-j son liable to said tax, to make an annual return of the same to the County Auditor. I "Section -When Act Effective Repealing Clause.-That this Act shall take effect the fifteenth day of October. 1020, and that all Acts or parts of Acts Inconsistent with this Act ho, and the same are hereby, re pealed. "Approved the 2(Uh day of Febru ary, A. I). 1020." R. II. ALEXANDER, County Treasurer. Attorney General's Holing. The following letter from the At torney General ls self-explanatory: Ofliec of thc Attorney Ceneral, Co lumbia, S. C., Jan. 15th, 1021. R. ll. Aloxnndor, County Treasurer, Walhalla. S. C.-Dear Sir: Your favor of the 11th inst, received. You ask that Act No. 3 9 0, Acts of 1920, page 7(M, relative to commutation road tax for Oconee County, be con strued. It is the opinion of this office that, under the provisions of this Act, all male citizens in Oconee County be tween tho ages of twenty-one and fifty yours, inclusive, shall be liable for the payment of an annual com mutation road tax of $2.50, regard less of where tho said citizens live. In answer to your suggestion that some think it double taxation for persons living In a city or town to .viy both street tax and county road tax. will say that real estate within a city or town is taxed both by tho County and Town authorities. Hoping this answers your inquiry, I am, Yours vory truly JOHN M. DANIEL, Assistant Attorney General. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of the power contained in an Agricultural Lien Warrant, Issued by John F. Craig, P'sq., Clork of Court for Oconee County, S. C., dated the 1st day of December, 1 920, to me directed, and command ing nie*to seize thc crops grown on the farm of HOMER R. BOGOS. Landlord, rented and leased to W. II.Phillips, covored by the Agricultu ral Lion for Rent of tho said Homer R. Beggs, for said farm for year 1920, I will soil, at public auction, lu front of the Court House door, at Walhalla. S. C.. to the highest bid der. FOR CASH, during the legal hours of sale, on Salosday In FEBRU ARY next, being MONDAY, the 7th day of February, 1921, the following described property, seized as said crops at the suit of Homer R. Hoggs, towlt: Two Bales of Cotton, one weigh ing 117 pounds, more or lr and ono weighing 4 50 pounds, more or loss. January 17. 1921. W. M. ALEXANDER. Sheriff of Oconee County, S. C. 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Parks, a well known Jackson County lady, said: "I ?m getting up In years; my head is pretty white. 1 have seen medicines and reme dies come and go but the old reliable came and stayed. 1 am talking of Black Draught, a liver medicine we have used for years-one that can be depended up on and one that will do the work. "Black-Draught will relieve indigestion and constipation if taken right, and I know for I tried it. It is thc best thing I have ever iound for the full, uncomfortable NOTICE OF M KUTI.Mi OF STOCK HOLDERS TO CONSIDER IN CREASE OF CAPITA Ii STOCK. Pursuant to a Resolution of the I Hoard of Directors of The Drown Lumber Company, at a mooting held in the offices of said Company, at I West Union. S. C., on December il Otb, j 1920, for the purpose of increasing! the Capital Stock of said Company, j notice is hereby given that there will | he a meeting of the Stockholders of j The Brown Lumber Company, at. the j offices of said Company, at West Union. S. C.. on THURSDAY. Febru ary the 3d. 1921. at four o'clock P. M., for the purpose of considering the ! resolution of the Hoard of Directors I asking 'or an increase of the Capita' I Stock nf said Company to Seventy five Thousand Dollars. January nth. 1921. L. M. BROWN. President and Treasurer. D. C. BROWN. Secretary. Jan. 12, 1021. 2-5 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. i\otlce ls hereby given that the un derslgned will make application t< V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in tho State of Soutk Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Friday, the 11th day of FEBRUARY, 1921, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make Anal settle ment of the Kstate of Mary L. Br?cke, Deceased, and obtain Final Discharge as Executor of said Es tate. THOMAS BELLOTTE, Executor of tho Estate of Mary L. Br?cke, Deceased. Jan. 19, 1921. 3-6 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to the Estate of Mrs. Mary L. Br?cke, Deceased, are hereby notified to mako payment to the undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said es tate will present the same, duly at tested, within the timo prescribed by law, or bo barred. THOMAS BELLOTTE, Executor of the Estate of Mary L. Br?cke, Deceased. Jan. 19, 1921. 3-C I SHERIFF'S SALE, 1 By virtue of tho power contained In an Agricultural Lion Warrant, Issued by John F. Craig, Esq., Clerk of Court for Oconeo County, S. C., dated the 28th day of December, 1920, to mo directed, and command ing me to solzo tho crops grown on tho farm of S. E. VANDIVER, . Landlord, rented and loased to J. I W. Dooley, covered by tho Agrlcultu . ral Lien for Rent of the said S. E. ! Vandlver, for said farm for year ; 1920, I will sell, at public auction. In front of the Court House door, at i Walhalla. S. C.. to the highest bid der. FOR CASH, during tho legal hours of sale, on Salesday In FEBRU ARY next, being MONDAY, the 7th day of February, 1921. the following descrlbod property, seized as said crops at the suit of Samuel E. Vandl ver, to wit: Four Bales of Cotton. Three Two-Horse Loads of Corn. January 17. 1921. W. M. ALEXANDER. Sheriff of Oconeo County, S. C. Jan. IO. 1921. 3-'? en Pounds Jabama Man Was Weak, >tite, But is Now Strong. bad no appotRe, and at morning I didn't fool Uko getting up. I waa reading of Zlron and decided I would try it . . . "Will say that Zlron ls a good medi cino. I hara gained ten pounds In four months. Am strong and have a good appetite." Zlron is a mild Iron tonio, gooA*for young and old. R. helps to restore the system, when run-down by over* work, undernourishment, caused by stomach or bowel disorders, or M I result of some weakening illness. 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MRS. CHARITY MALONE, Administratrix (with Will annexed) Estate of J. S. Malone, Deceased. Jan. 5, 1921. 1-4* MAKE YOUR TAX RETURNS. Auditor's OfTlcc, Oconoo County, S. C., Dec. ll, 1020. Tho Auditor's offlco will be opon to rocoive returns for personal property, for taxation, from the 1st day of January, 1921, to the 20th of Feb ruary, 1921, Inclusive. Real estate not returnable this year, except property that has been bought or sold, In which caso samo shall be noted as such. Bo suro and mnkc your returns and savo trouble in tho future, and also thc ,r>0 per cent penalty, which is required by law. Bc sure and give ?your correct township and school district. All parties between 21 and 50. in clusive, must make road tax returns. None exempted by law. Please don't neglect returning your dogs. Failure to return dogs is a misdemeanor. For the convenience of the tax payers the Auditor, or his deputies, will receive returns at the following places and dates: Jordania, January 27. Richland, January 28. Newry. January I. Adams' Crossing and Clemson Col lege. Fobrunry I. High Falls. February 2. Salem, Fobrunry 3. unie River, February 4. Tamassoo, February .">. Mount- in Real, February 7. Whetstone February 8. Long Creek, February 9. Tugaloo Academy, February 10. Seneca. February 14 and 15. Westminster, February 16 and 17. Westminster Mill, February 17. The following hours will bo ob served: From 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. At Soneca and Westminster wo will hold from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. D. A. SMITH, Auditor Oconeo County. Jan. 12, 1921. 2-asox nit Quinto* Tort Osu Not ?fftet tbs Httd Because of Itt tonie ?nd laxAt(ve) effect, I,AX A riv it BROMO OUir?lNH ls better than ordinary Quinine and doea not cause nervousnes' nor imglng (n head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of it. W. OROVIt. 30c.