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KEOWEE COU HIER (Established 1849.) (Published Every Wednesday Morning SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. One Year .?1.00 Six Months . JMJ tTtiroo Months.80 Advertising Ratos Reasonable. By Stock, siiolor, Huglis & Sbelor. Communications of a personal ebaractor charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices, cards of thanks ?nd tributes of respect, either by Individuals, lodges or churches, are charged for as for advertisements at rate of ono cent a word. Cash must accompany manuscript, and all sucb notice? will be marked "Adv." ID conformity with Federal ruling on such matters. WALHALLA, S. C. WEDNESDAY, FER. 8, 1022. ^^..?....................?........?..............?.?....^....???-41 The Story of j Our States By JONATHAN BRACE j XLV.-OKLAHOMA OK L A HO- j MA holds j j the record j for rapid j j growth. It li was In the first term of President ! 4 Benjamin Harrison that Okla- j ' ] homu was opened up. Goud farm ' land available uuder the Home- j "! stead Act was difficult to ?nd \ . so the United States bought from 1 . ! the Indians, who had been segre- j J gated In Indian territory, a large ; j ? tract of some 40,000 square miles ? " that had been used largely by \ ! 1 - the Indians as pasture for their j cattle and horses. This was t I . called Oklahoma, a word mean ing "fine country," and was ar- ; ranged to be ready for sole to ; homesteaders at 12 o'clock noon , . of April 22, 1889. Troops were - placed on guard to prevent any j '; settlers entering before that time ? for more than 100,000 "boomers" ! ][ as they were called, came from ; ! - all over the country to obtain 1 i ! farms or places for business. On ti the stroke of tho hour, bugles ' ? sounded and the mad rush by ! j men, women and children to lo- < 1 ? cate claims began. The govern- \ 1 ment had arranged lund officers I at many places at which claims ? - could be filed for the farms or ii! city lots, and all that day these j were besieged by fighting mobs - . to register their selections. Be fore nightfall hundreds of farms j " were staked out and Oklahoma j |? ? City and Guthrie were well on ? their way to become cities. Til UH was developed this re glon which came Into the pos 2\ session of the United States as ? a part of the Louisiana Purchase Iv! in 1803 and which was set aside ! . for BO many years as Indian country. Previous to the forma tion of Oklahoma territory, con gress had forbidden white set tlers in this part of the country, . and this edict was enforced by ;j federal troops. As the demand !! ' for more land was felt and as the ?j ! indians decreased in numbers, ' Indian territory was added to I ! Oklahoma territory, and In 1907 lt was admitted to the Union as ? the State of Oklahoma, adding ; another star to our flag, which for eleven years had contained .; forty-five. The state has flour ished to such an extent that lt has ten presidential electors, which ls more than double that ! of many of the older states of largor sise. <?br MoClu?* Now?i>?p?r Syndioai*.) -< (i.. m .*.<*. * . i '?"i??i?'?'?"t'<?i">?i"?..?<4* .-~ 9 - ~" KP1DEM?C OF FLU IN N. V. CITY. Drastic Action Against Landlords Furnishing Insufficient Heat. 'New York. Fob. 2.-.Seventy-five policemen wore assigned yesterday to special duty with the city health department, enforcing house hosting und sanitary rules laid down by City 'Dealtlt Commissioner Copeland in p.n effort to check thc furlhor spread of tho influenza ?pid?mie. Dr. Copeland announced (hat he would take Imme diate legal steps against house own ers who failed to provide sufficient boat. Particularly drastic action would, ho said, be taken against landlords who provide Insufficient heat in ?he houses where either influenza X)f pneumonia patients are being cared for. "Fortunately," he said, ' tho ?upi dom IO is very mild. All Indian ?ions of the prosont epidemic Indi * i hat Hie disease this year is l>r<. :[,/, tar loss fatal than it did in .the 1018-1!) and I ii 20 epidemics." To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablet?.) u ?toMtheOMMh and Headache ?nd works off the tfc-oJd. E. W. GROVE S BUjnaturo ou each box 30c. TAX-PAYEW SUGGESTS A PLAN Tor Cutting Taxe?-"County Should be the Tax Unit. | (Poo-Doo Advocate.) 'Mr. Editor: It has about reached tho point where When a man has built a barn, Go and tax him; When he has cleared another farm, Go and tax him! When he lays another roof, When he grows another hoof, Hustle round and get the proof Then go and tax him! Has a man a pot of money? Don't tax him! Though it is eweet Uko honey, Don't tax him! Lot him reap what others sow People are rather fools, you know If they were not, they would go AND TAX HIM! In 1905 the assessed value of pro perty in South Carolina was $220, 000,000. The revenue, at a rate of 5 Vi mills, was $1,550,000. Ten y?uis later the assossed value was $310. 907,101. The levy was 7 mills. So that in ten years the incroaso in tax able values was loss than 5 per cent, and the increase in expenditures was 100 per cent. In 1921 the assessed taxation was $6,767,135 on a 12-mill lovy. Tho assessed values wore $4 5 2, ?190,600, so that the mills Increase, instead of growing less, continue to ! increase, thu? doubling the burden j of taxation. Can this continue? During this period there has boen an increase of about 15 per cent in! population. Now, all experts in tax- I ation agree that when taxes increase . faster than wealth and population, ! an unbearable burden is placed on the people. Who is responsible? ! No State, county or town official will admit that this condition is the result of his administration, lt is not. It is the system which piles up , the expense account, which the tax payer is compelled to settle. We have built up a spoils system from . the little town to the Congressional ' pork barrel-a government by bu-? reau instead of a democracy. The . tax-payers of this State have been ' bullied and brow-beaten by a bunch I of pretentious tin-horn politicians I until they have got into the habit of | standing in Une to have their pock-. ets picked. Useless boards and commissions are created each year, because of the growing horde of spoilsmen, seeking a reward for services performed for j the machine, and this demands a ! constant extension of the system. | There has been little effort in this State for a real business administra- j lion. Taxes in South Carolina have trebled In twenty years, yet who dares say, in the maintenance of law or emcloncy, that wo have been bet tered? This State and every other Stalo in the nation is flooded with politi cal leeches performing no essential work, but bonding their energies to keep up a machine which will per petuate their Jobs-food inspectors, oil inspectors, internal revenue agents, special tax collectors, whis key constables, charity inspectors, pellagra experts, horse doctors, hog doctors, bureau agents aud hundreds of trustees-all moving up and down tho land at heavy expense, everlast ingly drawing salaries and piling up expense accounts to the profit ot the political machine and the impover ishment of the ordinary citizen, who "pays the freight." IT venture the assortion that, leav ing out the lately enfranchised wo men, that one voter out of twenty in the primary is on either State or Federal pay-roll in somo capacity. | Only voters ate useful-to the politi cian, nnd this means the balance of power ls hold by the machine. Whore ls it to end? 'Any man knows that such a course I would bankrupt any private business I within six months, and this govern-j mont, State and national, ls only able to survive tho incroasing drain al tho oxpense of the tax-payers. Efficiency is the only basis for | progross, and the economic struggle demands it. | Tho entire nation is in the dead season of its fortunes. The roactlon from the exertion and fears of the war are at their height. Wo wore moved beyond endurance, and never in the world has the universal de ment In the soul of man burned so feebly. For who does not seo that we do not end war when we put a stop to actual conflict between nations? This Is only a superficial view, Any wido social and industrial struggle that is attended in its natural courso with groat suffering is war. Tho essence of war is a noodless competition bot woori states, corpora tions and individuals that rosults in ^Widespread Buffering-and surely wc aro in the midst of that. Tho Itemedy. Tho rapid concentration of pow ers takon away from the ?States in " v; ifs f .. >,.. : r^'V^f *-*'vii Washington d? alarming, but this will never bo romodled except through aclion at home. Send good go vor ninon t and economy to Wash ington and lt will come back home to bless. Send extravagance and it ls returned ten-told to curse. Tho Power to Tax is the Power to Destroy. Lot us as a people guard this right. We need 1st. to get the assessment o' all property out of politics. So long as the ofllcials assessing property are aspiring politicians there will be favoritism. 2d. A Govornor who will throw the responsibility for excessive taxa tion on the Legislature by a firm uso of the veto power. 3. Do away with so many boards, commissions, etc., by having one ad ministrative board of control all State institutions, thereby ceasing to dupllcato State machinery. 4th. The "rocall" to apply to every elective officer, from Governor to coroner, so that wo can fire the mon we biro. Our free institutions can only be preserved by getting back to first principles, and the matter of taxa tion will olthor force reform or rev olution will overtake our republic, as it has those In the past. No sav ing in more money will compensate for lowering our standard of life, hut popular governmont ls on trial tho world over. Amendments to rho Constitution can glvo four year terms and biennial sessions of the Legislature, saving election expenses and other items, amounting to at lon3t a fifth of our necessary ex penses. Tho greatest problom ls to equal ize taxation, and the county should be tho unit instead of, ns now, hav ing a rivalry betwoon the counties in the matter of low valuation. The General Assembly should first deter mine Ju?t what amount is necessary to conduct tho State government, and thin chould be apportioned among the counties in proportion to woalth end population. Then the county commissioners in each coun ty-elected by the people-should assess the property In the county and levy a tax to pay Its proportion ate share of the State government, and whatever they may determine to spend for tho county In addition The money would be kept in thc county, and it would be to the inter est of each citizen to see that all ol the property In the coiihty waB re turned for taxation, because. eVerj dollar that escaped would make lu; taxes higher. The burdon of taxa tion would be more widely dlstrib uted by ibringing the invisible prop orty out of hiding. Instead of so many trustees, om board, consisting of the Govornai and other State officers and five t( be elected by the General Assembly could look after every charitable ant ponai institution In the State. W< now virtually have three agrlcultu ral departments. The Stato ware house, Clemson College and tho reg ular department of agricultur* should bo combined under one head so that when an Inspector went t< a town ho could inspect warehouses attend to pure food enforcement am other kindred duties. If he is quail fled for one he can be for all. Wh: pay three men when one can do th work? Tho Railroad Commission and in surance department should be place In chnrge of the Socretary of Stat: and the Highway Commission in th charge of the Comptroller Genera because with this new mode of at 8essment he would have ample tim? In the Judicial Department th trial Justice at the county seat shoal be given jurisdiction in civil case where the amount involved does nc exceed one thousand dollare and ( criminal cases where the punish ment ls not over one year. This alon would save many thousands of do lars In court exponses and not do li justice to litigants. The Idoa that money for roads c other Improvements costs tho couni nothing when lt comos from Colun bia or Washington ls false. In til I long run we pay it, and f- r muc j rod tapo and bureau expenses in ai ditton. It if not charity, and is or of the means of encouraging extra nganco, graft and incompetency. Respectfully, Taxpayer. The Oulnina That Doo? Not Affect the He Because of Its tonic and laxative effect, I, AX TIVI? BROMO QUININIt iabettei than ordinfl ' Quinine and doe ' not cause nervoiisnea ti rliiKiiiK in head. Remember the full un me a j look for the signature of ?. W. OKOV?. 3 --M* . Victim of Snowball. Han Francisco, Cal., Fol). 1.-F what is said to bo the first time . tho history of San Francisco hosp I als, a man, A. L. 'McKinley, of L ! Angol?s, was troatod yoslerday ? i injuries resulting from being sno balled. McKinley carno to tho Cc i tral Bmorgency Hospital suffori from outs on his hands and ffi I which were received, ho said, wh j n snowball crqshod the wlndshb of his automobile. ? AI*I*OINTMBNTS TO ACADEMIES, Congressman Dominick Presenta thc Names of His Appointees. Washington, Feb. 1.-Representa tivo Fred 'H. Dominick, of South Carolina, to-day appointed Benjamin Francis Tompkins, of Newberry, a Cltadol studont, and Jerome O. Dev lin, Jr., of Verdery, as midshipmen to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. As alternates to Tompkins he named Harold Simmons Tate, of Abbeville, and Marzie B. Garrison, of Ander son. James Henry Alexander, of Wal halla, a student of Clemson, was named as alternate to Devlin. ?Mr. Dominick also appointed ta West Point Thomas G. Roche', of Ab beville, a Clemson student. ?Robert C. MoCully Maxwell, of Anderson, was named aa his alternate. CALOMEL SALIVATES AND IiOOSENS TEETH Tho Very Next Dose of This Treach erous Drug May Start Trouble. You know what calomel is. It's mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous, lt crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sicken ing you. Calomel attacks the bones and should novor be put into your system. If you feel bilious, headachy, con stipated and all knocked out, just go to your druggist and get a bottle ot Dodson's Liver Tone for a few cents, which is a harmless substitute for dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful, and if it doesn't start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker than nasty calomel-and without making you sick-you just go bach and get your money. Don't take calomel! It makes you sick the next day; it loses you a day's work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightens you right up and you feel great. No salts necessary. Gi\ lt tc the children because lt is perfectly harmless and cannot salivate.-adv, TAX-PAYING TIMK EXTENDED Till June int-Hill to that Effect ls Passed, 72 to 80. Columbia, .Feb. 1.-The 'House ol Representatives today voted, 72 to 39, in favor of the Senate resolution to postpone tax-paying time to June 1. The record vote came on motion to kill the resolution, made by Rep resentative Kl lor bo, who held that a postponement in the matter of pay ing taxes woud injure the schoole and would leave them in worse con dition than ever. Distributing McGlothlin's Address. .Greenville, Feb. 4.-The Baptist Young People's Union of America has chosen for distribution through out the Unitod States and Canada an address entitled "iBaptlst Young People and World Fellowships," the address delivered by President J. W, McGlothlin, of Furman University, at the national conference of the D, Y.'P.U. in Des Moines, Towa, last summer. A letter from national headquarters of tho B.Y.P.U. states that the pamphlet containing the address is being called for by thou sands -by organizations In many ol the States of tho Union and In Can ada. Another Cure for "Fin." Now York, Fob. 3.-Here is an other cure for the "flu." Health Commissioner Copeland says: "Remain for half an hour In watei as hot a3 you can stand lt. The wa ter should be kopt running so thal the heat can be maintained. While in the tub drink about a quart ol lemonade, so hot that you will hav( to sip it slowly. 'Dry off well an<? get to bed between blankets. Remair thore for an hour. The perspiration wril then have ceased. Get up an< sponge off with cold water to C1OB< the pores, and get back in bod, this timo between shoots." Counterfeiting Postage Stamps. Now York, Fob. 2.-Counterfeit? of tho two-cent postage stamp have appeared for the first time since 1 895. Ono of the new counterfeit* came into the hands of a local col loctor to-day. It ls an ongraving the first on record. Two spurious is sues of 27 years ago were typo graphed. To the Cc ual glanco tho new coun terfeit seems familiar enough, bul comparativo examination quickly ex poses poor workmanship and roveaU many points of varianco from thc original. Washington's hoad ls a lit tlc shonor, the noso has a hook, UK eyos scorn to glanco furtively to tin aldo Instead of straight ahead. Tho paper of tho counterfeit ii choapor and thlnnor and the perfora Hons number 12 every two conti metors instead of ll. Cold? Cause drip and Influenza LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablets remove th cause. There ls only one "Bromo Quinine" E. TA GROVE'S signature on tho box. 30c. Graduates of 103 American col logos and universities aro now study lng in Fronch universities-524 li all, Here's Yot Progressive Farme $l.a00 year, The Keowee Oourie $1.00 year. Either paper well \ Price of Both. C ?I* *I* *t* *I" *!?* "I* "I* "I* 'I* *I* *I* *I* . J* *?* .J. HONOR ROLLS. ?f*| ?J. ?J* .J? S|t t|* *|? .J. .J. ?|? ?J? ?J. ?|? ?j. j Following is the honor roll of the Damascus school for tho month end ing Jan. 27th: First Grade--Mae Watkins, Cus tu8 Smith. Second Grade-Loma Carter, Clar ence Carter, Buna Patten, Lottie Patten. Third Grade-iHonry Carter, John Watkins. Fifth Grade-Grady 'Whitworth, Macle Whitworth, Mattie Rholetter. Sixth Grade-Emma Lee. Sophia Hunt, Teacher. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT folia to euro Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Hobing Piles, and you can get restful uleep after tho first o DUI lcatlon. Price 6O0 The most treacherous animals to deal with in captivity are said to be Jaguars and black panthers. 'Roosevelt's modesty as a young man is shown in his early letters presented to the Roosevelt 'Memoria! Association. m For Torpid liver "Black-Draught ls. In my opinion, the best liver medicine on the market," states Mrs. R. H. White side, of Keota, Okla. She continues: "I had a pain in my chest after eating tight, uncomfortable feel ing-and this was very disagreeable end brought on headache. I was con stipated and knew it was indigestion and Inactive liver. I began the use of Black-Draught, night and morning, and it sure is splendid and certainly gives relict" Thedford's DRAUGHT For over seventy years this purely vegetable preparation has been found beneficial by thou sands of persons suffer ing from effects of a tor pid, or slow-acting liver. Indigestion, biliousness, colic, coated tongue, diz ziness, constipation, bit ter taste, sleeplessness, lack of energy, pain in back, puffiness under the eyes-any or all of these symptoms often indicate that there Is something the matter with your (iver. You can't be too careful about the medi cine you take. Be sure that the name, "Thed ford's Black-Draught," is on the package. At all druggists. Accept Only the Genuine. 1.79 1 Chance Por Both For 12 Months worth Combination )rder yours now. ?j? ?j? *|? ?|? ?j? ?j? ?j? *|? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j. *|? ?I? 4? PROFESSIONAL CA HOS. .?. ?J? ?}.. ?J. ?J. ?j. ?J. .j, ??. ?J. ?J? ?j. ?j? .j< 4? J. R. EARLE, .j, .J? Attornoy-nt-Law, ??? 4? . WALHALLA, S. C. .J. .J? State & Fedora! Court Practice. 4? FARM LOANS. .J. ?J? .J. ?J* ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? *|* *|* ?J? ?I? *|? ?J? ?J? * '* * E. L. HERNDON, ?J. .J? Attornoy-at-Lnw, 4* Phono No. Ol, Walhalla, S. 0.4* **** I ? I I I J I lt ?J. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, .J? 4? Pickens, S. C. W. C. Hughs, .J. 4? CAREY, SHELOR & HUGHS, 4* 4? Attorneys and Counsellors, 4? WALHALLA, S. C. 4* ?J? State & Federal Court Pracltce. ?J. ^1 J I I I 4.4, 4= W. I). WHITE, .J. 4? LAWYER, 4? WALHALLA, S. C. 4* .j? ?j. ?*. ?j? ?j? -j? ?j-? ?j? 4? ?j? *|* 4? 4? 4* DR. J. G. STRANCH, Optometrist,, Austin Bldg. - Seneca, S. C. 4? ?J- ?J. ?|? 4? ?J? ?|?'4? 4? 4? *|? ?J. 4? GUTTER, and Metal Shingles. BAN M. Walhalla, S. C. MAKE YOUR TAX RETURNS. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Walhalla, S. C., Doc. 19, 1921. The Auditor's Office will bo open to receive Returns of Real and Per sonal Property for taxation from the 1st day of January, 1922, to the 20th day of February, 1921, inclusive. The real estate, lots and buildings are to be returned this year. Tax payers will be careful to list exactly the number of acres, number of lots and number of buildings on their re turns, as the assessment made now will stand for the next four years. The Township Assessors are required by law to list all those who fail to make their returns within the time required by law. Hence the difficulty of delinquents escaping the 50 per cent penalty, as well as tho frequen cy of errors resulting from this prac tice. By all means make your own returns, and thoreby save expense and confusion. All nblo-bodled men from 21 to 60 yoars of age are taxable polls. RALPH M. PIKE, Auditor, Oconce County, S. C. Dec. 21, 1921. 51-tx Hf Kl, WARNING TO TRESPASSERS. All persons are hereby notified not to hunt or trespass In any way on any of the land that is owned or con trolled by any of the undersigned parties. All persona, or any person, caught on any of the premises of the parties named bolow will be subject ed to tho full penalties of the law. ?MISS NETTIE JONES, J. E. KELLEY, T. R. CHATHAM, IIAYNE G. JONES. Jan. 25, 1922. 4-7* NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to tho Es tnto of Dr. John J. Thode, Deconaod, are hereby notified to make pay ment to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said ostato will prosent tho same, duly at tested, within the time proscribed by ?aw, or bo barrod. . M'RS. EULALIA THODE, Executrix of tho Estate of Dr. John J. Thode, Deceased. Jan. 18, 1922. 3-6 Subscribe ior The Courier. (Bes?.j