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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
EXECUTORS SALE OF FIVE
SHARES OF WALHALLA COT
TON MILL STOCK

BY virtue Of decree of Court of
Common Pleas, of Oconee county, in
case of j. Frederick Pieper, in his
own right and as sole Qualified Ex-
ecutor of the Last Will and Testa-
ment Of Frederick w. Fieper, deceas-
ed, Plaintin, against Henry W.Pieper,
Julia A. Cappelmann and Otto H.
Schumacher, Defendants, signed by
Judge d. e. Hydrick on September
3, 1907, I will sell, at Walhalla
Court House, on salesday in October
next, within the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder, at public auc-
tion-- I
FIVE SHARES OF CAPITAL
STOCK IN WALHALLA COTTON
MILLS.
Terms: CASH.
]. FREDERICK FiEPER,
- Executor.
September 4, 1907. 36-40
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
Long Creek Locals.

Long Creek, September 19.-Spe-
cial: The health of this community
Is very good.
The farmers are very busy, taking
care of their fodder crop.
j. w. Reynolds has closed his
school at this place. Mr.. Reynolds
is an up-to-date teacher. He and his
family are now visiting relatives on
Toxaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus G.. Arve and
Ramsey Pitts and wife visited rela-
tives at. Westminster recently.
]. II. Cannon and family made a
flying trip to Franklin, N. c., last
week. -. r.E.
John Chambers and family, of An
derson, vino have been visiting rela-
tives and friends here, have returned
TO their home. G. H.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
Many Koreans Killed by Japs.

Toxic, September 20. = Japanese
statesmen admit that their country
will annex Korea. Just now bands of
Korean insurgents are gathering in
and around Seoul and are threaten
Ing to attack the capital itself.
Several villages have been destroy
ed by Japanese troops as punishment
for mistreatment Of Japanese OFF,
cials. Thus far the losses among the
Japanese soldiers have been trifiing,
but it Is believed that thousands of
Korean rebels have been killed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
10000 Persons See Aeronaut killed.

Troy, OHIO, September 19.-1n the
presence of over 10000 people, most
OF whom had never before seen q
balloon ascension, Edward Richards
met an awful death yesterday at the
Miami County Fair.
The balloon shot upward more than
1900 feet, Shortly after cutting the
parachute loose, a wind and rain
storm came up and damaged the par
achute, when Richards was let fall.
Richards lit In a tree, the weight
Of his body breaking limbs. He was
dead when found.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
Kidnaper Commits Suicide.

Norfolk, Va, September 10
Rather than spend twenty years I'M
the North Carolina .penitentiary for
kidnapping Kenneth Beasley. the lit
tie son of State Senator Beasley, q
crime of which one OF his last acts
was to declare himself guiltless,
Joshua Harrison shot himself in the
New Gladstone Hotel here at $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon, dying
eight hours later.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
SUA..,DONS FOR RAjLIEF.

SUN..~ONS FOR RALIEF.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
In Court of Common Pleas.
John Alexander, Plaintiff,
against
Sam Mckinney, Defendant.
Summons for Relief Complaint
g Served.)
To the Defendant Above Named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action, Of which copy IS here
with serveu upon you, and to sorve q
copy Of your answer to the said COM
plant on the subscriber, at his office,
on the Public Square, at Walhalla
Court House, South Carolina, within
twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the day of such service;
and If you fail to answer the COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the
Plaintiff In this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
Dated this fifth day of September,
1907.
(SeaD G. R. D. BURNS, G. G. P.
r. II. JAYNES,
37-42 Plaintiffs Attorney.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25

One of the worst features of kidney
trouble Is that 1t is an insidious dis
ease, and before the victim realizes
his danger he may have fatal mall
ady. Take Foley's Kidney Cure at
the first sign Of trouble, as 1t corrects
Irregularities and prevents Bright's
disease and diabetes.
J, w, Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
Girl Shot Dead by suitor.

New York, September 19.-Johan-
ma Hoffman, aged %, employed in
the coffee house of her uncle, Carl
Fisher, was shot and killed to-day by
her insane suitor, Henry Fischner,
aged 81, baker, who then sent a
bullet though his own brain and was
taken dying to Roosevelt hospital.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25

Don't worry about your kidneys
when you can obtain 80 days treat
ment of Pineules for 81. These little
globules bring relief in the first dose.
Backache, Lumbago and Rheumatism
yield quickly. If not satisfied your
money refunded. This is fair offer
you can't lose. Sold by DR.. j. w.
Bell, Walhalla, and w. ]. Lunney,
Seneca '
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25

Mothers with little children need
no longer fear Group, colds or whoop.
ing cough. Bees Laxative Cough
Syrup tastes good. 1t works off the
cold through the bowels, cuts the
phlegm, clears the head. For young
and old. Guaranteed. Secure bottle
at once. Sold by DR.. j. w. Bell,
Walhalla, and w. J. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-09-25
ANNUAL REPORT
of
w. .. SCHROEDER, Treasurer.
Oconee County, So. Ca.

To His Honor ID. T.. Hydrick, Presid-
ing Judge OF General Sessions,
October Term, 1907, for Oco-
nee County, South Carolina:
Schedule of claims paid from coun-
ty funds for the fiscal year commenc-
ing January 1st, 1906, and ending
December 31st. 1905.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
White Fly Again.

Last week we commented upon the
statement that the life of an orange
tree or grove after it was attacked
by the white fly was not to exceed
three years. We disputed the asser-
tions, knowing that at least one grove
in this settlement had been infested
by the white fly for several years.
Since then we have visited the grove
and questioned the owner, Mr.. M. S.
Moremen, who is we'll known among
the orange growers of this state. Mr..
Moremen said that there had been
white fly in his grove since 1888, and
that he had not lost a tree from that
cause. Some years it has been so bad
that he was obliged to wash much of
his fruit on account of it's being COW
cred with the sooty mould caused by
the presence of the fly. Mr.. Moremen
had quite lately finished spraying his
trees and has but little trouble, that
is, by means Of this spraying he can't
keep it down SO that they do not black
en- his fruit. AS his grove is sur-
rounded by hammock on three sides
which contain water oak trees, which
breed the white fly, it is impossible
for him to get entirely clear of the
pest.
We do not wish to be misunderstood
by our California brethren; we do not
blame them for doing all in their
power to prevent the white fly from
spreading to other parts of the state.
We should consider the money which
it has cost, we'll spent if it proves
effectual But we wish to assure them
that its presence is not necessarily
fatal to tree or grove.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Correction.

By mistake of the printer in max
ing up the forms, several lines in the
opening paragraph of our editorial on
"Why Cassava is Not More Generally
Grown" (see paper July 3I), were SO
transposed that it is impossible to tell
what we did mean. We missed that
paper and did not get it until yester-
day, August 7, too late for a correc-
ton to appear in last weeks paper.
We will give the first few lines as
they should have been printed:
''The question has been asked, why
it that, if cassava is such good feed
for stock, it is not more generally
cultivated That is an interesting and
important question"
From here on the article was all
right, except that the fourth line, as
it was printed, belonged near the end
of the paragraph, just after the line
which reads: "It is excellent for fat
TENT should read, "fattening stock,
but is too heating for general use,
especially in hot weather."
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Clearing Land.

A reader Of the Southern Cultivator
asked how to get rid of stumps, and
the editor advised him to get stump
puller. In the last number another
subscriber takes issue with the editor
and says that he has the most power
full stump puller on the market and
that with a team Of two 1900 pound
mules he cannot pull a stump a foot
in diameter unless the stump has been
dug around and the roots cut off,
Any one who has had any experience
with pine stump tap roots will under
stand that he is correct We saw a
machine in operation, years ago, which
would pull good sized pine trees by
h1tChlng chain to the top several
feet up from the ground and then
pulling on it, the trouble then was
that it was very difficult to get chain
that would stand the strain. The own
er died soon after and the machine
lay idle for many years. It was finally
sold, and the new owner bought some
heavier fittings and used it quite sue
cessfully in clearing some hammock
land We have no doubt that several
makes of stump pullers can be had
which will work very we'll on hammock
land among trees which do not have
a tap root which is as large as the
trunk Of the tree.
The writer in the Southern Cultivat-
or says that he has not found any
way SO satisfactory as the use of dyna-
mite. His plan is to dig down and
then bore into the stump and put in
a charge of dynamite sufficient to
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
A Profitable Irrigating Plant.

The Agriculturist is especially graft
fed at being able to present to its
readers this week an interesting article
by Mr.. J. w. Hoard on Irrigation at
Isleworth" This article has been in
hand for several weeks awaiting suit
able illustrations, but it has been found
inconvenient to secure satisfactory
photographs While these illustrations
would have embe11ished the article the
description is so complete that they
are not needed to make it thoroughly
understood.
This is one of the most successful
irrigating plants in Florida, and will
probably pay it's entire cost this year
in the increased yield of oranges. Mr..
Hoard is one of the most progressive
horticulturists in the state, and has
made a great success of the IsleWorth
grove and nurseries at Gotha, Florida.
We would be pleased to have de-
Scriptions of other irrigating plants,
both for grove and trucking purposes,
as irrigation is one Of the important
factors in the growth of fruits and
vegetables in Florida.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14

when the remedy is within reach Of
the cattle men. If all the owners of
cattle would unite, the plague might
be stopped in single year 1t is no
wonder that so many range cattle in
this state are poor when you see how
many ticks each one has to feed. Why
not use a few barrels Of crude oil
and put an end to this drain on the
vitality Of the stock?
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IA, 1907.

Mr. Connolly, manager OF the Agrl-
cu1turist, has been confined to his bed
with illness for several weeks, but has
sufficiently recovered to go to the
mountains of North Carolina, where
he will remain until he regains his
health and strength. In the meantime
contributors are asked to send all mat
ter for publication to Mr. w. c. Steele,
Switzerland, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14

shatter it, and then leave it to dry
a few days and then set it on fire
and it will burn out completely. We
saw the dynamite tried on some trees
near here, a few years ago, but the
result was not very satisfactory, prob
ably because the charge was not large
enough. We see no reason why this
should not be the best and cheapest
way to clear land.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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scope Of this paper solicited
We cannot promise to return rejected
manuscript unless stamps are enclosed.
All communications for intended publica-
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a guarantee Of good faith. No anony-
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Money should be sent by Draft, Postof1ce
Money Order on Jacksonville, or Registered
Letter, otherwise the publishers will not
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sonal checks are used, exchange must be
added. Only 1 and cent stamps taken
when change cannot be had.
Subscribers when writing to have the
address of their paper changed MUST give
the old as we'll as the new address.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14

value have come to all our people
through that policy.
The imphees, sometimes called Sorg-
hum, was introduced into this country
from Africa and China through French
markets. The experiment cost $4,000
The annual crop is worth $40, ,OOo
The sum Of $1,000 or thereabout, was
expended in introducing kafir corn
a plant especially adapted to the arid
west. The annual crop is valued at
$I5,ooo,ooo.
Expenditures aggregating $4,000
Our people in Durum wheat Today,
half million acres of land, too dry
to produce any other variety, are an
nually honoring the confidence of hum
dreds of industrious husbandmen. The
crop is valued at $1o.ooo,ooo year.
The sum of $4,000 was expended in
introducing Japanese Kiushu rice. The
variety is an important factor in the
rapid growth of the rice industry in
Texas and Louisiana. In 1890 there
were 2Io,3o6 acres devoted to this crop
in the states named; in 1904, 6Io,7oo
acres. Lands that could be purchased
at $I.oo to $3.50 an acre previous to
the introduction of Kiushu rice, now
command SIS to $50 an acre. In 1890,
the output of cleaned Kiushu amount
ed to 18o,ooo,ooo pounds; 1904, 55o,ooo,-
900 pounds.
The government invested $1,000 in
a determination to introduce Swedish
select oats. This variety seems to have
found a congenia1 soil in Wisconsin.
The crop in that state is valued at
ST 5000 year.
Fultz wheat was introduced in 1871.
1t is today one of the most valuable
and popular varieties to be found in
this country.
Would you believe 1.-THE cost of
this praiseworthy work by the general
government from 1852 to 1905, inclu-
sive, has been $4477,4o2. To whom
good? The annual value of few of
the varieties introduced through the
national department of agriculture is
far in excess of 500, 10000 annually.
Let's cease talking through our hats.
If there be abuses, ferret them out,
but do not unreasoning1y and uniform
edly array yourselves against a sound
public policy.
This is very interesting-a very i'm
portant subject. We shall, therefore,
reCur to it again at an early date.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Free Seeds.

We have at various times, within the
past two years, denounced the pres
ent policy of Congress in sending out
millions Of packages of the most COM
mon varieties of garden and flower
seeds. But we have always added that
the original idea, the introduction of
new and desirable kinds of seed, was a
very 1audab1e one and should still be
kept up. A writer in the Atlantic Jour-
nal has seen some Of the bitted denun-
Citations of the free seed fraud in the
agricultural press and takes up the
cudgels for Congress, and attempts to
show what a good thing the distribu-
ton of seeds has been for this country
He missed the point of the object
ors entirely. So far as we know, not
single editor, of any agricultural
paper, objects to the importation and
distribution of new and valuable vari-
eties Of fruits and vegetables. What
is objected to, is the buying and send
ing out by congressman of common
seeds, such as can be had at any coun-
try store at five cents a paper, and
often Of better quality.
What the writer in the Atlantic Jour
nal has to say about the value to the
country Of the importation of certain
seeds is all true, and we quote it be-
cause some Of you may not be ac-
quainted with these facts:
Within recent years considerable un-
reasonable talk has been indulged in
on the question of the distribution Of
free seed by the federal government.
There has been, and there may exist
today, cause for complaint on this sub
Ject, but the abuse of good work
ought not to be regarded as proof
conclusive that good custom should
be unceremoniously abandoned-dug
up by the roots and thrown with the
weeds into the public road.
The. free seed policy is wise. It has
done incalculable good to the country
to no section more than the South.
The original purpose to introduce
from abroad, and gather up at home,
seeds of rare value, or to use the
language of the statute-"rare and
valuable seed," and distribute them
among the few who always have faith
enough to test such seed and to ex-
spect good results from them.
The first appropriation made in pur-
suance of this wise policy of the fed
eral government was in 1880.
Let us see what results of superior
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Instinct or Reason?

The following editorial, from the
Modern Farmer, puts this question
and answers it most emphatica1ly. We
can hardly doubt that dogs, horses
and some other animals do have
some reasoning power; they are pro-
badly of lower order than those
OF the human race, but instinct will
not account for the strange things
which they do. The editor says:
The editor of the Kansas City
Times, in discussing what he is pleas
ed to call mature fakirs," says: ''To
attribute moral qualities to beasts
controlled entirely by instincts is to
stultify the whole social d1uO(a8 lwb
nature study" Wonder where he
learned that animals are controlled
"entirely by instincts"? What does
it mean by instincts? Surely, the
man in this age who asserts that ami
mails do not reason may rightly be
called a ''fakir" himself Here are
some definitions of instinct "a pro-
penslty prior to experience, indie
pendent Of instruction" "-Pa1ey "A
blind tendency to some mode of &C
ton" Whate1y. can agent which
performs blindly and ignorantly a
work OF Intelligence and knowledge"
Sir w. Hamilton. Surely, no man
who ever owned collie dog, an in
telllgent horse or COW, or even a duck
or goose, would venture to say that
the total of all their actions is COW
cred by these definitions. Our ex-
perience with animals has convinced
us that they do not always do things
blindly, but that they think and rea-
SON and have a vast deal more in
te1ligence than can possibly be COW
cred by the word instinct" as de-
fined in the minds of most people.
This many not fatter the egotism of
a certain animal with two legs, who
presumes to deny to all the rest of
the animal kingdom, to which he be-
longs, the ability to reason, but it is
true nevertheless. Whether this is
performing on both sides of the
fence at once," we will leave it to the
editor of the Times.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Losses From Tick Fever.

An item in the American Cultivator
says that the Department Of Agricul-
ture has estimated that the loss from
Texas fever, caused by the cattle ticks,
amounts to from $4o,ooo,ooo to $780,
100000 within the last year. This is
a wide margin, but taking the lowest
figures it is a vast sum to be lost
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-12
c., M. & ST. p. REPORT.
Net Earnings Less Because Of Cost Of
Operating.

NEW YORK, September 1.-THE annual
report of the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul railway for the fiscal year ended June
30. 1907. was issued yesterday. The income
account shows the following figures: Total
earnings, 44.115,059, an increase over last
year of S., l25 sol: operating expenses. $685.
4o3.542. an Increase Of $o.96i.O29 net earn
ings 81. O95. or a decrease Of 1888, 53S:
total income. So. 095,0l2. a decrease of
$1,U96. SS7; available for dividends, $l3 $685.
IT'S. a decrease of $1.6SO, 545; surplus after
dividends, 81 ,569, O16. a decrease of $3,442,-
53S; final surplus. $3.622. 14S decrease of
$2.165,3l7.
About the extension of the road to the
Pacific coast, President Earring says:
Companies organized under the laws Of
South Dakota, Montana. Idaho and Wash
ington have undertaken and now are en-
gagged In the construction of a line of rail-
way from the Missouri river to Seattle,
Tacoma and other Puget sound ports. 1t
has long been apparent that an outlet to
the Pacific coast would be of great benefit
to the property of your company, and ac-
cordingly your company has advanced and
is now from time to time advancing sums
of money to aid these companies in the
construction of this line.
Zach of the companies Is progressing
satisfactorily with its work and it is ex-
pected that the entire line will be COM
pleted during the year 1863. In the opinion
of the directors large and important bene-
fits will result to your company and also to
the western companies through the inter-
change of the constantly increasing traffic
between the great lakes and the Pacific
coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-12
THE GRAIN MARKETS,

CHICAGO. September 1.-THE wheat
market today opened strong on good
demand from traders and commission
houses. December. 90.
Germ weak-December, 5Sk
Oats easy-December, 52A
Provisions steady-January lard $50:
ribs, sl5. There were no early quotations
on pork.
Wheat prices advanced sharply about
the middle of the session on reports of cold
weather in western Canada. The close was
strong. with December up 1AalSs at 9S1S
a9Sa.
The prediction of the weather bureau of
unsettled weather in the corn belt and the
bulge in wheat caused firm corn market
in the latter part of the day. The close
was firm, with December rs higher al
J9lnaJg3a
ose-Wheat-September. "a: December.
!Sasa9Sa.. Corn-September. 62ls Decem-
ber 59l9a59As. Oats-September. $685. De-
cember, 5244 Pork-October. 1855; Janu-
airy, 1885. Lard-October. 3.l2k; January,
$50. Ribs-October. S65; January, S.171a.
Rye-Cash So. Barley-Cash S3a9l Flax,
clover and timothy-Nothing doing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-12
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, September 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady at an advance of 3
to ~ points. with near months relatively
firm owing to the bullish effect on sentl-
ment of last nights revision OF spot DIFF
ferenCes. At the advance there very
heavy realizing as well as selling for short
account, and the market broke sharply dur
Ing the early session. being about to 10
points net lower during the middle of the
morning. with the undertone nervous and
unsettled. The weather In the south seemed
favorable and Liverpool cables We're dIsap-
pointing. The strikes reported among dock
lthlr-rs At Galveston and New Orleans are
said go be causing September shippers some
EE.-dSingSS.
Futures opened steady; September 205:
q. tpaer, l2!2. December. 12.0i. January.
i2ll: March. l2.lI. April. go bid: May,
L -. June l2.25 bid. July. lbs bid; Au-
gust, offered II ~.
The market continued weak and unset
tied bate in the forenoon under liquidation
and bear pressure. with prices at midday
showing a net loss of l3a22 points on the
active months.
Spot. quiet; middling up'ands 1895 mid
ding gulf. 20
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
Loco To- bales. against s.si4 last week and
year Today's receipts at New orleans.
665 bales. against 2.6Sl last year
spot '4'Sct steady. 10 points lower. HlO-
ding uplauds. 1890: middlins gulf 1915:
sales. $500 bales
LIVERPOOL. September 12-Clusing:
Cotton. spot quiet. prices I points lower;
American middling. fair. SGT: good mid
ding, T-Si. middling, us; low middling
GID. good ordinary, sos; ordinary 5.45
TIL" sales OF the day were 5000 bales of
which 30 were for speculation and export
and included 300 American. Receipts
1000 bales. no American. Futures opened
barely steady and closed weak American
middliag. : DC. September. &. 6}t.: Septem-
b"r and October. G.J0H. October and No
Ncfuber 6 i6E November and December
y. December and January. d. 10; January
and February. 639H; February and March,
go, March and April. G.+oI.: April and
May, u II. May and June 64lI