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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-10
THE TOWNVILLE OIL MILL.
Books of Subscription Opencd-It is
Passing Into New Hands.
(Anderson Mail, 4th.)

(AnderSon Mail, 4th.)
The books of subscription to the
capital stock of the Fork Township
Oil Mill were opened to-day at the
Peoples Bank, and the charter will
be applied for at once. The capital
stock will be $4,000 Messrs. John
n. Bleckley, J. J. FretwelI, Lee G..
Holleman and d. o. Brown will be
the incorporators. The mill, which
was formerly known as the Town
Vile Oil Mill, and later as the Farm
ors' Oil Mill, was recently sold at
auction and bid in by Mr. Bleckley.
In talking Of the mill to-day Mr..
Bleckley said that he had associated
the gentlemen named with himself
and expected to make some extern
sive improvements on the mill and
property, which is situated near to
Townville. The mill has a capacity
of twenty tons, and besides operates
a large ginnery business.
The mill has been in operation
since Mr.. Bleckley purchased it, the
same men having charge. but he now
intends to spread out the business
and put it on better footing. 1t Is
situated in a splendid section, and
Mr.. Bleckley is confident that it will
succeed from the start.
When the charter has been Sc
cured officers will probably be elect
ed, and the improvements planned
will then be begun.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-10

"My three-year-old boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and
was in an awful condition. l gave
him two doses OF Foley's Orino Lax
ative and the next morning the fever
was gone and he was entirely we'll.
Foley's Orino Laxative saved his
life" A. Wolkush, Casimer, Wis.
j. w. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher
Pharmacy, Westminster.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-10

Section >. That II, prescription
shall be filled except upon the day
upon which It is issued or the fol-
lowing day, md no more than one
half pint of alcohol shall be sold and
delivered on any one prescription,
and when such prescription is filed,
IL shall not be refillcd, but shall be
delivered to the druggist filling the
same, and at the end of the month
IN which the same is filed, it shall
be iiiled by such druggist in the Office
or the clerk Of court of the county in
which said druggist Is engaged in
business: Provided, no druggist, who
rs also pract!cing physician, shall
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-10
Take No Substitute. 1um

Ten thousand wheat growers of
Washington Oregon and Idaho, men,
bers of the Farmers Union, have
agreed to pool their wheat crops,
totaling 30,O0O,0O0 bushels, in order
to secure better prices.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
FOrerSt Area of The South.

The South, with twenty-seven per
cent Of the total area of the United
States, contains about forty-two per
cent of the total forest area of the
country. The forest by states IS
as follows: Alabama, 10000, 900
acres; Arkansas, "a, 300, 900; Florida,
20,000,000; Georgia, 22,300, 900; Ken
lucky, 10000, 1000; Louisville 10000
600; MARYLAND, 100000; Mississip-
pi, 1900 900; North Carolina, 49,
100000; South Carolina, 12,O00,OO
Tennessee, Is, ,000, ,000;Texas, 30,00O,-
900; Virginia, 14,000,000, and West
Virginia, 100000.
The South, it will be seen, has still
much of the virgin forest of the
country. This forest must be used
of course, in order to meet the stead
lily expanding wants of this section.
1t must be used in such a manner,
however, that the very most may be
made from its annual cut. while at
the same time this cut is being re-
placed by new growth. In this way
it's timber will remain a source Of
perpetual wealth.
The Importance of forest conser-
vation to southern interests is clear
Iy understood by the people of the
South. The future of the South is
more nearly bound up in the plan
of forest preservation, with its ac-
companying protection to water
sheds, power-streams, and wood
working industries, than is anything
now before the people of this part Of
the country. Not only is the pro-
lection Of the watersheds, which will
some day furnish the power to run
all manufacturing establishments in
the entire South, an important mat
ter to the South, but the industries
depending upon the forest products
will also be benefited by the protec-
ton thrown about the remaining
timbered area.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
Canada'S Care Of Its Food.

John E. Hamilton, consul in Corn
wall, furnishes the following infor-
nation relative to the Canadian law
requirements in the preparation OF
meats for foreign markets:
The act to regulate meat and can
ned foods provides official inspection
of all animals for slaughter and of al!
carcasses and portions or products to
be packed in cans and intended for
expectation. The inspection applies
during the whole process Of prepar-
alton and packing, and these process
ses are subject to reinspection. The
act laws down as an absolute prln-
ciple that all animals, carcasses, fish,
fruit and vegetables prepared for
export shall be sound, wholesome and
fit for food. All articles packed mark
ed with the name and address of the
packer; a true and correct descrip-
ton of contents; but the Governor
in council may exempt articles Wher
he is satisfied such markings woulc
hinder the sale in British or Other
foreign markets.
Inspected carcasses or portions
thereof which have been passed as fl
must bear an official distinction
mark, viz: Canada approved" thu
crown and number of the establish
ment.
The penalties for violation of tn
act are as follows: First offence, on
years imprisonment,a and for the sec
ond or any other offence, two years
Imprisonment. Establishments fail
ing to comply with the requirement
of the act may be closed. For tam
pering with marks a fine Of 500
imposed. Other violations, such a
bribery of inspectors, unlawful re
movals, etc., are subject to fines no
exceeding $500.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
Eating His Way.

Freddie despised the multiplica-
ton table. 1t made you ache all
over to say your tables. And you
couldn' remember.
Mamma got up and went out of
room. When she came back she had
glass jar Of tiny colored candies.
She was opening it, and pouring out
a splendid heap on the tablecloth.
Now" said she, brightly, "here
are five little candy dots in row.
Here are eight rows. How many
candy dots?"
Forty" promptly.
Eyes. Now make seven times five
and four times five and the rest.
When you have made the whole
table, learn it. When you have learn
ed it, eat it,'
"Ohl"
It was the most splendid way tc
learn your tables. Freddie went tc
work with a will, and when the teach
er (that is, mammal, said, Schools
out" he had learned five tables. He
didn't eat it till after school.
The next day they went back anc
reviewed the two table, and the nex'
day after the threes, and the mex
day after that the fours.
! One day the next-door twins
teacher was making their mother
call. Freddie was making one OF
the next-door twins.
Don't you go to school, llttl'
boy?" the teacher asked him.
ooh, yes'm," politely.
ooh you do? Well, | presume yol
think the multiplication table is per
fectly dreadful too?' she asked
smilingly.
ooh, no'm!" eagerly. I'm yer
fond Of mine'
Indeed! How far along are your
eve only eaten as far as seve
times seven yet," said Freddie. An
he went home, wondering why tn
next-door twins teacher had opene
her ewes so wide'-Youth's Compar
ion.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
For the Daughter That Wasn't Married.

There will be very unique social
affair in Atchison early in July. A
certain girl has never been married
and as all her sisters married and en-
joy pretty clothes and wedding pres
ents her father announces that he
wants to do as well by her and will
give her a mock wedding.
She will have as much money to
spend on clothes as If she were to be
bride, and after she has them all
made her father will give her party
and notify all the kin that they must
carry presents as if to bride. Then
he will send the girl on trip to the
seacoast, where she can wear her new
clothes and have more fun than if
there were man tagging along.
Atchison Globe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
SOUTH COOLER THAN NORTH.
Difference In Temperature In Two Sec
tiOnS During Heated Term.

A few days ago the New York Sun
published a story of the great heat
in New York, over which it put the
head, South Cooler Than North" !"
The Sun seldom deals in such plati-
tudes and connraonrlaccs cf know
ledge as this.
Ofcourse theSouth is cooler than the
North. During the heated spell that
has had South Carolina and the rest
Of the country in it's too ardent and
too moist embrace for some days
past, it has often seemed that no
other place could be hotter than the
South. But we may always comfort
ourselves with the reflection that We
are blessed in respect of heat.
The New York newspapers have a
confirmed habit OF recording the
temperature of Gotham on what
they term the first day OF summer,
June p. For that day, in this year
Of grace, the Sun makes this record:
Hail Columbia was upside down
yesterday from the viewpoint of the
meteor0logists. Down III jackson
vile, where heat is practically per-
ennial, the highest temperature of
the day was 8S degrees, and up in
Portland, Me-, usually one of the
coldest spots in the dominion of
Uncle Sam, the mercury astonished
the natives and the summer visitors
| by vaulting over rung 92,"
Since that day New York has been
in the grip of a protracted hot spell.
Heat prostrations have been numer-
Gus and there have been many deaths
due to the heat. We have heat
prostrations in the South only rarely,
so rarely that we might say that we
never have them. This does not
mean that we do not have hot
weather. Hardly. 1t gets hot here
and it stays hot longer than it does
in the North; but the temperature
seldom rises to the dizzy attitudes
familiar to the mercurial tube in
New York, Philadelphia and other
northern cities.
The South is cooler than the
North. 1t is, at least, more com
Portable in the heated season. We
nave more heat, but it is lot SO IN
tense, and there is so much differ
ence between the hottest part Of the
day and the coolest part of the night
We are, all things considered, com
Portable, more healthy.
| One Of the metropolitan dailies re-
Gently wrote up New York as sum-
mer resort. Of course. Summer
resorts there in her most torrid
mood.-Columbia State.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
NUMBER 30.
Time Enough.

Two little squirrels out in the sun,
One gathered nuts, the other had
none:
Time enough yet" his constant re-
frain,
Summer is only just on the wane."
Listen, my child. while tell you his
fate:
He reused him at last but reused him
too late;
Down fell the snow from the pitiless
cloud
And gave little squirrel a spotless
white shroud.
Two little boys in a schoolroom were
placed,
One always perfect, the other dis
graced;
Time enough yet for my learning" ;"
he said,
"I'll climb by and by from the foot
to the head.
Listen, my darling: Their locks have
turned gray,
One as governor is sitting today;
The other, pauper, looks out at the
door
OF the almshouse, and idles his days
as of yore.
Exchange.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
When and How to Lay.By" Cotton.

Millions of dollars are lost in the
South annually by improper methods
of cultivation at "laying-by" time.
The three great mistakes that many
farmers make, are: Q) Laying-by
too early, (2) cultivating too deep,
and (3) plowing tee Wet.
The first Of these will cause the
cotton to have stunted growth and
become foul and grassy if we have
wet fall. | have seen some very fine
prospects very much injured by the
owners getting in too big a hurry
to lay-by; and my observation has
been that where one cottOnpatcn
has been hurt by plowing too late,
ten have been hurt by quitting toe
early. The cotton should be culti-
waited until it has reached sufficient
size to shade the ground so as to pre-
vent the growth Of all weeds and
grass that may come up afterwards.
Deep cultivation should never be
resorted to at this time. The culti-
vation Of cotton should always be
rapid and shallow. Use no instru-
ment that tears up the little white
root-hairs. Never practice the bar
barous methods of using turn plow
to lay-by with. No up-to-date farm
er will be guilty of such blunder.
Whenever you see sO-called farmer
laying-by cotton with turn plow or
any other tool akin to it, he is gen
orally trying to hide a multitude OF
sins in the shape of crab grass, the
result of former improper cultiva-
ton. Always lay-by the cotton as
nearly level as practicable. 1t will
suffer less by drought and no more
by wet. Any good cultivator with
sweeps will do the work effectively
Land so wet that ridge farming has
to be resorted to had better be plant
! ed in some other crop.
1t is never too dry to plow cotton
1t is always hurtful to plow wher
wet. Perhaps this is, next to the
improper preparation Of the land, the
most costly mistake cotton farmer
make. S. H. Hobbs, in Raleigh, IN
c. Progressive Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
Hoes Ills Garden at 95.

If there is another case approach
ing this in any part of the country
we do not recall it. Even the "old-
est inhabitant'' woitl6 hsve task
before him to do SO.
Mr.. John F. Lyon, Of this place,
father. of Messrs. w. S. and T. A.
Lyon, if he lives until tomorrow,
will celebrate his 95th birthday.
There Is nothing extraordinary in
this, though very unusual for one to
live to this ripe old age and remain
in good health, with his faculties un-
impaired and his bodily strength en-
abling hlrn to get in the garden and
hoe the truck" but there is some
thing quite out of the ordinary in
the life of this aged gentleman.
In 1852 he was caught in a thresh-
ing machine one of the old kind
made to stand but he came out
alive. though the machine was put
out of business. F'rc,n this accident
Mr.Lyon was laid up form SOME time.
In 1868 he was caught in the cog
wheels of big grist mill. The tur-
bine wheel pulling this mill was made
by the Surgent Manufacturing Com
pany, Of this place, and its weight
was l 500 pounds. The cogs caught
his clothing on his LETT side and he
was drawn in, MASKING his ribs and
leaving his bowels protruding. In
the revolutions Of the wheel it was
broken into eight pieces and Mr.
Lyon fell from the gearing a distance
of ID feet. No one was in the mill
at that time and it was hours before
he was found The late Or. Strud.
wick was sent for and quietly told
the family he could not live. He was
in bed four years and carries the re.
suits Of his injury to this day.
During this time he insisted on be
ing carried to the polls on a cot
where he voted every election. His
first Democratic vote was cast in 1872
and from that day to this he has nev
er scratched ticket and never miss
ed voting at an election.
He is a native of Grange county
and represented his county in tht
legislature from 1852 to 1856, defeat
ing the late Fred Strudwick. Some
years after the last accident he wa!
made county commissioner attended
every meeting, ridding from hi
home in the country to Hillsboro OF
side-saddle, being unable to ride
astride.
Mr.. Lyons health is excellent; h'
has a good appetite, digests what h'
eats, sleeps will and his memory il
good, while his heart action is strong
and unimpared. He lives with hi
son, Mr.. w. S. Lyon, on Cedar street
Greensboro Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
Flowers.

People who love flowers are usual
ly of gentle mold and know much of
real happiness is this world. The
man who sees more in the yellow
heart of a garden rose than in the
face of yellow coin is getting very
close to the best there is of all the
good things in this world, we sus-
pect. Those people who get the
maximum of pleasure from flowers
are they who appreciate them in
their simpler forms s-the morning
glories, the climbing honeyhuckle,
the violets along the walk, the rose
hedges, and the holl-hocks. Stately
and grand may be the irreproachably
magnificent thing that lives because
a thousand of it's kin have been sac
rifced that it might be, but of such
is not the real kingdom of flowers.
1t is cold, Unconditional and unfeel-
ing, and it can know no more real
warmth of affection than if it were
dead. If it loves any one or any
thing, it must be itself, for it was
fashioned and created in selfishness
it was designed to stir the emo
tions of one of two classes of people,
the blase or the devotees of idle
things. Good wine needs no bush;
beauty needs not the foreign aid of
ornament; and the sweetest flowers
need only that cultivation necessary
to protect them from the weeds, the
winds and the weather. Washing
ron Herald
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
What a Daughter Can Do.

do for her mother that it is hard to
know where to begin.
RSuppose we start with how she can
help with the housework and care of
the younger children.
For years the mother has had the
entire charge of both, and it is time
che was relieved.
Patiently and uncomplainingly she
has drudged along with no thoughts
but for her children's welfare and
comfort.
1t should be the daughters joy, as
we'll as duty, to bring little recre-
alton and pleasure into her mothers
life.
Remember girls, that all your lives
your mothers have been sacrificing
themselves for you.
Now you have chance to reverse
things,
Your shoulders are young and
strong; help lift the burden little
from the tired shoulders that have
borne it so long.
Let her see that you appreciate all
that she has done for you.
Take the heaviest part Of the house
work off her hands.
Make her stay in bed in the morn
ing while you get the breakfast.
Send her out to enjoy herself while
you look after the children.
Of course, you can not do this
every day, but you can do your share
of it.
If you are a business woman, you
can not do much Of this sort of thing,
but there are many little pleasures
you can give her.
Something pretty to wear will
please her. She is a woman, you
know, and likes pretty things as well
as you do.
Confide in her and tell her your
hopes and ambitions. She is better
than all the girl friends in the world,
and will never tell your secrets.
The trouble about mothers is, that
we get so used to them that we dom t
half appreciate them until we lose
them.
Then quickly enough we realize
what all that divine care and tender
ness meant.
No matter how much you do, you
can't begin to return all they have
done for you, but do the best you
can.
A little love and petting is always
appreciated by mothers; try it with
yours and see if she does not thrive
under it.
AS for the girls who talk and act
disrespectfully toward their mothers,
for them no criticism is too harsh.
If they only knew what outsiders
think of it, | think they would stop
it.
The prettiest girl in the world is
absolutely devoid of charm if she is
impertinent to her mother.
Begin to-day, girls, and save your
mothers all the worries you can;
show them all the consideration you
can, and give them all the love you
can.-Selected.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
SUFFERING GRAFT LOSS.
Sources Of Power dnd Profit are Being
Neglected.

The future of the United States
depends to a large entent on the de-
velOpfrerlt IF our water powers and
water courses. We are abundantly
supplied in this particular, but we
have in great measure neglected to
avail ourselves of the many oppor-
tunities for obtaining cheap power
and transportation. That we are
suffering great loss by this attitude
of Indifference is plainly evident. A
few points about the coast traffic
alone prove the fact
The coastwise trade of Dcleware
bay and Chesapeake bay combined
amounts :" more in tonnage than does
the entire foreign trade of the ma
ton. Yet all exchange between the
two must take the long detour by
way Of the ocean when they could
be connected by canal IA miles long
and a18 miles in distance saved.
In 1907 1S, 10000 ton of freight
went into Boston from the South by
water, the amount being four time
what would have gone through the
Panama canal during the same year
had it been completed. All this
shipping would have been saved 14S
miles around Cape Cod and the dam
gers of the most hazardous coastline
by the digging of canal seven and
one-half miles long across the cape.
The Delaware and Raritaan canal,
which virtually connects New York
and Philadelphia, was being operated
on basis of getting the business in
1916, and in that year handled as
much trade as did the Suez canal, it
aggregating 4 600, ,0OO tons of freight.
Yet, it was soon after bought by 4
railroad company and suppressed;
expensive freight rates by rail fol-
lowed with the alternative of an un-
necessary 164 miles by way of the
ocean.
The South is now producing more
than billion dollars worth of raw
material annually and consuming
hundreds Of millions of dollars
worth of manufactured products.
Yet all of these pay high freight
rates by rail or are forced to take
the long and hazardous trip around
Cape Hatteras. Yet the waterways
back of Hatteras but need improv-
ing to obviate the danger and great
ly shorten the distance.
In all TOO miles, nearly half the
distance by the present route, could
be clipped off the distance from Bos-
ton, Mass, to Beaufort, N. c., a
placid inland waterway could be SUBJ
stituted for dangerous open sea along
a treacherous coast, the cheapest Of
traffic, that of tugs and barges could
be established for the whole of the
Atlantic seaboard and a safe harbor
brought to every hamlet and city
along the route by the route by the
simple building Of the necessary
links to complete the water chain
Why delay? Virginian Pilot.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
This is an Easy Test.

Sprinkle Aliens Foot-Ease IN one
shoe and not in the other, and notice
the difference. Just the thing to
,,sc when rubbers or overshoes become
necessary, and your shoes seem to
ninch. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't
accept any substitute.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
There Has Recently Been Placed

in all the drug stores an aromatic,
pleasant herb cure for woman's ills,
called Mother Gray's Australian Leaf.
1t is the only certain regulator. Quick
ly relieves female weaknesses and back
ache, Kidneys, bladder and urinary
troubles. At all druggists or by mail
50 cents. Sample free. Address, The
Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

"Gencrally debilitatcd for yc;,rs.
Had sick headaches, lacked ambition,
was all Worn-out and all run-down.
Burdock Blood Bittcrs made me well
woman. Mrs. Chas. Frcitoy, Moos
up. ConT.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

Your brain goes on a strike when
vcu overload your stomach; both need
blood to do business. Nutrition Is
what you want, and it comes by tax
ING HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
So cents. Tea or Tablets. E. 1. White
head Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, la
horers reIv on Dir. Thomas Eclectric
Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts, burns
or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay
where it is used.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

Don't think that piles can't be cur
cd. Thousands Of obstinate cases have
been cured by Doan's Ointment. soc.
at any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
"Did you do much sightseeing
when Won went abrOad?"

"Nc," answered Mr. Cumrock,
Mother and the girls did the sight
seeing. | had to put in my time
finding the places where they cash
letters Of credit. Washington Her
aid.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve when you ask for it. There are
a great many limitations, but there IS
lust one original. This salvc is good
for ANYTHING where Il salve is needed To
be used, but it i especially good f"r
Piles. Sold by f. 7. Whitehead Com
lady.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

'T lTn nEIlSlS, Ill ilttY-
r.at and Crc-dol1ar
SIZE bottles. Eou may
have Z sample bottle
i3v mail free, also q
pamphlet telling all
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