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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26
May 10, 1909.
sHERIFF's SALES FOR TAXES.

l will sell, on MONDAY, JUNE z,
1909, the same being salesday, 1T
the usual hour OF public sale, in
front of the Court House door, at
Walhalla, s. c., the following de-
scribed real estate, to wit:
3 acres land, about one-fourth mile
south of corporate limits of town of
Walhalla, adjoining lands of John D..
Werner, Eliza Reid, Dock Holloway
and others, on public road. Levied
on as the property of r. G. Williams
at suit of the State for taxes.
rs acres, about miles northeast
Of Salem, in Keowee township, in
the Fall Branch District, adjoining
lands of J. w. Fendley, ID. w. Will
banks and others. Levied on as the
property Of II. p. Sitton at the suit
of the State for taxes.
~ w. M. KAY,
Sheriff Oconee County, S. G.
May 3, 1909. 1929
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26
LIGHTNING KILLS TWO NEGROES
Cabin on Plantation in EdgcficId
Struck and Occupants Perish.

Johnston, May 20.-AleX and Jack
Brown, two negro boys, were instant
ly killed by lightning this morning
about $50 o'clock on the plnatation
of VIM. Toney, near Johnston. There
were five in the one-room dwelling
and all received a shock. A falling
brick from the chimney, on either
side of which the two boys killed
were sitting, struck younger bro
ther in the eye, inficting bad
wound. One end OF the house was
entirely shattered.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26

Hoarseness, bronchitis and other
throat troubles are quickly cured by
Foley's Honey and Tar, as it soothes
and heals the in1amed throat and
bronchial tubes and the most obsti-
nate cough disappears. Insist upon
having the genuine Foley's Honey
and Tar. Sold by all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26

* The annual meeting Of the South
SAprolina Bankers Association will
be held at Wrightsville, N. c., June
1918. Hon. Chas. Fl. Treat, Treasu-
rer of the United States, will de-
liver an address.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26
Dispensary Sales for April.

Columbia, May 19.-The dispen-
sary auditors report for April, made
public, to-day, shows gross sales Of
$242,657, over seventy thousand dol
lars behind last year.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26
BIG PROFIT IN PEANUTS.
A'Virgmia Farmers Clears S158 from
-Four Acres.
Progressive Farmer. J

Last summer planted in peanuts
four acres of land which was in cow
peas in 1907. Peas were cut for hay
and oats and vetch sowed broadcast
and disced in. Peas had been fer
tilted with 800 pounds per acre of
1926 fertilizer. Oats and yetch were
not fertiliZeG at all. In March, 1908,
the oats and vetch were top dressed
with 1000 pounds per acre of burn
ed limestone, water slaked to dry
powder and spread with manure
vAspreader.
~ Oats and vetch we're cut for hay
when grain was in the milk, and as
,soon as hay was off, |; nd was plowed
inches deep and narrowed level and
fine with heavy 2-horse drag Next
sowed with gran drill 800 pounds
per acre Of a home-miXed fertilizer
made by mixing LOO pounds of 16
per cent acid phosphate and 800
pounds of muriate Of potash to make
ton. Then the land was marked off
in 30-inch rows with q sled marker
drawn by two horses, and marking
four rows at trip. This made a
mark on the smooth, level ground
about like buggy track, and in this
mark | ran peanut planter, plant
ing carefully selected seed of the
bunch peanut, one seed in place, ~
inches apart. A W eel running be-
hind the planter firmed the soil over
the seed and left the row a very lit
tie lower than the general surface of
the field
Freqeunt cultivation was given,
first with the weeder, then with a
goth Century" 2-horse riding culti-
JNTator, working both sides of a row
: at one trip, and each time working
just little soil in around the plants,
so that when laid by the rows were
on a broad low ridge, about two
inches higher than the middle. No
turning plow or one-horse cultivator.
was used from start to finish Two
and one-half days hand hoeing was
done to cut out some sheep burrs and
other weeds that came up in the
rows.
The crop was planted June 10th
and dug in the usual way October 23.
After curing in shocks until Novem-
Der 10th, the nuts were picked off by
hand at cost of 10 cents per bushel,
which was by far the heaviest item
of expense incurred and one which
| hope to eliminate next year by US
ing a peanut picker.
The product Of the four acres was
sold the last Of January at cents
p" pound, delivered at the railroad
station near the farm, and weighed at
the-time 6.505 pounds, which came to
$195.15. The vines were very heavy
and nicely cured and could be sold
for $50, which makes the total value
of the crop $255.15.
The total cost Of production, in
Guiding preparation of land, fertili-
ger, seed, cultivation, harvesting and
picking and bags was $9S.7S, which
leaves clear profit from the second
crop on four acres of $156.37. All
the work up to the digging time was
done by myself and my 16-year-old
son and charged at the rate Of 81
per day in the account. A man and
two horses were charged at the rate
of SO per day. John B. Lewis.
Norfolk County, Virginia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26

1t takes woman or q phonograpl
cylinder to talk while running
around.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-26

Never can tell when you'll mash a
hnger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn
or scald. Be prepared. DR.. Thomas
Ecieotric Oil instantly relieves the
pain-quickly cures the wound.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

The -four Bennington banks have
all had a good year, indicative of the
basic prosperity of the community.
Our banks here are all sound and
prosperous. The Bennington county
savings bank has no superior in New
England. 1t is the strongest savings
bank in Vermont, having the largest
surplus and reserve in proportion to
its deposits. The bank pays four per
cent annually on deposits and is still
able to add constantly to it's reserve,
making the bank steady stronger
1t has gained handsomely in deposits
during the past six monts and the
assets of the bank have practically
doubled during the past five or six
years. The present trustees of the
bank are l. E. Gibson, j. r. Judson,
John Robinson, Il. l.. Sibley, E. d.
yelling, e. II. Putnam and A. b.
Gardner l. e. Gibson is president.
J. r. Judson. vice president and
Charles H. Dewey treasurer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
The January American Boy

Old Indian tribal superstitions and
modern civilization are finely depict
ed in the handsome picture lin col
ors) of the boy prospector and the to-
tenn pole that decorates the front COW
er page of the January American Boy
and every page of the magazine is
full of entertaining and instructive
matter A new serial entitled Roger
Jackson at Ramsbury begins in this
number and promises to be one of
the very best school stories yet pub
lished. Red Treasure, that fine ser
ial story of the Great Lakes is con-
tinued three more chapters and Bobs
Prize Wolf Is concluded. The I'm
lucky Year, a story of two boys
search for gold in Alaska, fittingly be-
gins the New Year. Then there are:
A Double Victory, a high school bas-
ketball story; Jimmy's Second Oppor-
tunity, a railroad story; A Mascot in
Action, a school story of cleverness
and quick wit; The Commissioner
and Tommy, a story of the grit and
resourcefulness of a young reporter,
and the Homecoming of Little Eagle,
an Indian story. In the matter OF
instructive and practical articles,
readers of the magazine will be de
lighted with On Friendly Terms with
the Squirrels; How to Cure YOURSELF
Accomplishments for the Boy; The
Junior House OF representatives The
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
FARMERS INSTITUTES
To Be Held Next Week at Hoosck
Falls

There will be held under the direc-
ton of the State Department of Agri-
culture four Farmers Institutes in
Rensselaer, county this season, at
Stephentown, January 10 and Il; Cen
ter Brunswick, January IL and 10;
Hoosick Falls, January IA and 10;
and East Greenbush January II. All
ofthese meetings will be in charge
of Edward Van Alstyne of Kinder
hook. assisted by force OF Compel
ent and practical men.
In arranging the programs the sub
iects for discussion have been sell
ected with reference to the -agricul-
tural conditions of this particular sec
ton, and the speakers have also
been chosen with this in view Large
and interesting meetings are report
ed from the institutes held during
November and December, and it is
expected that January will mark even
greater enthusiasm.
Every person interested in better
agriculture for New York state as
we'll as those determined to make
farming paying business, should not
fail to attend the institute held near
est his home. Come prepared to
take part in the discussions and to
ask some pretinent questions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
SAWS WOOD AT 90
Ira Smith of Passumpsic Cut 1872
Cords Last Season

Passumpsic, Dec. 29.-Although Ira
Smith, Passumpsic's Oldest resident,
reached his 93rd birthday Monday he
still spends his winters this favor
tie pastime of saving wood and has
already this season got up quite a
respectable wood pile.
Mr.. Smith was born in the town of
Dalton, n. H., but was brought up on
a farm in Lunenburg In his early
days he drove stage from Lancaster,
N. H., to Portland, Me-, through the
Crawford notch. In 1913 he married
Mary Jane Powers of Lunenburg and
they soon moved to St. Johnsbury,
where he went to work for E. and T.
Fairbanks and Co., before that firm
began to manufacture scales.
He begun work in the factory at
$40 month and at the end of his
first year the late Gov. Erastus Fair
banks showed his liking for the
young man by presenting him with an
oyercoat and a Testament. The Tes-
lament lettered with the name of the
donor, is still one of Mr.. Smiths
most priced possessions After AZ
years service with that company he
CsilllS W llllS lOWu WHERE ne mas SlllCS
made his home.
In 1876 Mrs. Smith died and two
years later he married Anna Fuller of
Barnet who at the age of 80 is still
living and they are among the most
popular people of the town. Mr.
Smiths only son, Jerome T. Smith is
member of the police department
at st. Johnsbury.
An idea of Mr.. Smiths vigorous
health and mentality at his advanced
age can be gained from the fact that
last season he sawed and piled 1872
cords of wood, beginning his task in
September and finishing in time to
begin his summers work around the
place.
He can be found also each year at
the Caledonia county fair where for
AZ years he has tended gate and his
eyes are still too good for those who
would pass without credentials. He
comes of a long lived family, his
father and five brothers having lived
to ripe old ages and his mother hav-
ing attained the remarkable age of
103.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
DOING THEIR DUTY
Scores of Bennington Readers Are
Learning the Duty of the Kidneys


Learning the Duty Of the Kidneys
To filter the blood is the kidneys
duty.
When they fail to do this the kid
neys are sick.
Backache and many kidney ills fol-
low;
Urinary trouble, diabetes.
Doans Kidney Pills cure them all.
Bennington people endorse our
claim.
r. ]. Taylor, South street road,
Bennington, VT, says: 1T was three
years ago that l gave my original
public statement, recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills. | suffered for
several years from backache and
pains across my kidneys. / had head
aches and dizzy spells and was an
noyed a great deal by too frequent
passages of the kidney secretions. At
times the secretions were also unnat-
ural. | was finally advised to try
Doans Kidney Pills and I procured a
supply Shortly after commencing
their use, the pain in my back disap-
peared and the difficulty with the kid
ney secretions was corrected"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
AN ORAL WILL is VALID
That is, in New York, When it is
Made by a Sailor at Sea.

New York, Dec. 30.-The state of
New York lost in it's attempt to get
possession of the estate of George
O'Connor, steamship engineer,
when Surrogate Ketcham in Brooklyn
decided that when OConnor told the
captain and chief mate of the steam
ship Dorothy on his last voyage that
he wanted his stepdaughter Elizabeth
Hughes to have all his property he
made a valid will.
The surrogate based this conclus-
ion on the ground that while the old
English law which was enacted into
an early statute of this state placed
restrictions upon oral wills it exempt
ed soldiers in actual military service
and seamen at sea.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
Easy to criticise

How easily some small slip in the
discipline or some untoward circum-
stance for which the management
was not to blame, might have made
mischief among the patients at the
state hospital for the insane during
the fire Friday and not only brought
sorrow among the people of Vermont
but exposed them to the reproach Of
their neighbors. The public is cas-
lily inclined to be censorious of the
conduct of public servants at such a
time and to hold them personally ac-
countable for things that it is hardly
within the power of human beings
sometimes to foresee or prevent.-St
Adams Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
ACCOUNTING ITCHING
Eczema for a Year-Got No Relief
Evenat Skin Hospital = In Despair
UNTIL CUTICURA CURED HIM

ST was troubled by a severe itching
and dry, security skin on my ankles, feet,
arms and scalp. Scratching made it
worse. Thousands of small red PIN
Piles formed and these caused intense
Itching. 1 was advised to go to the
hospital for diseases Of the skin. I did
SO, the chief surgeon saying: I never
I got little or no relief. Then tried
many so-oaIled remedies, but I became
so bad that almost gave up in despair.
After suffering agonies for twelve
months, / was relieved Of the almost
unbearable itching after two or three
applications of Cuticura Ointment. I
continued its use, combined with Cuti-
cura Soap and Pills, and was completely
cured. Henry Searle, Little Rock, Ark,
Oct. 8 and 10, 1907"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
WRONG Beliefs.

And when it comes to children
How many parents expose their chill
dren, when very young, to Infection
of "children's ailments"-measles,
whooping cough, chicken poX, etc
with the idea that they are quite like
ly to have these maladies at one time
or another and that it is better and
safer to have them while young?
There are hundreds of thousands who
do, and thousands of unnecessary
deaths result. In the first place, a
mild case may give rise to serious
one and there is not the slightest rea-
son to assume that the child must
necessarily have the diseases at any
time. One attack does not necessar-
lily afford protection from another,
moreover, and, science and statistics
against ancient crones, the fatalities
among children are almost always
greater than among adults. AS a
child grows older the liability of at
tack diminishes rapidly. Sixty per
cent of the deaths from measles oc-
cur during the first two years of life,
75 per cent during the first 3, and
over 80 per cent among children UNI
der 5 years of age. With respect to
fatal cases of whooping cough, 40 per
cent, occur under year, rs per cent
under years, and 90 per cent under
years.
And do not put cobwebs on a cut
to stop bleeding, as you are likely to
give the patient blood poisoning or
lockjaw, cobwebs being infested with
all kinds of disease permS And do
not hold a burned member near a fire
to draw out the Inflammation" 1t
does nothing of the kind. The thing
to do is to exclude the air as quickly
as possible and for this any soothing
oil or cold cream will serve.
And the worst part of it all is that
we are convinced every day of the
truth of the assertion that ito I'M
learn is harder than to learn New
York Sunday Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
a skIn Of Beauty 10 a JOY Forever.
TAR. 7. Felix Gouraud'z Oriental
- Cream or Magiosi Beau<'f1es

Coming of Halley's Comet; Winter
Sports for Boys; Cromwell c. Dixon
and His Airship; The Boys Poultry
Yard. The usual Departments of
The Boy Mechanic and Electrician;
The Boy Photographer; Stamps,
Coins and Curios; For the Boys to
Make; Tangles and the Fun Column
are full of particularly interesting
and timely articles for the boys who
do things. In addition there are IS
Illustrations $l.00 year. The
Sprague Publishing Co, Detroit,
Michigan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
CARRIED MAN FOUR MILES
Woodchopper Saves Life of compan-
ion Who Had Cut Foot

ion Who Had Cut Foot
Pittsfield, Dec. 3O.-With his right
foot nearly severed, John Thomas, a
woodchopper. employed by Charles
Elser of Washington Mountain, was
carried four miles on the back of his
brother, Frank Thomas, out of the
woods to the nearest telephone and
his life saved.
The two brothers were chopping
wood near Harry Payne Whitney's
game preserve yesterday when Johns
axe slipped and injured his foot. The
snow drifts were from four to six feet
deep but Frank picked up his brother
who weighs 140 pounds and ploughed
his way through the snow.
They started at night at O'Clock
and reached Elser's house at $3.50 in
the morning. Frank Thomas fell ex
hausted on the doorstep with his bur
den The injured mans leg was tied
up with an old meal sack and DR.
George II. Reynolds who drove
through the drifts up the mountain
says John will get well. He is "a
years old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
SAYS WIFE HAS NEGRO BLOOD
New York Man Asks to Have His
Marriage Annulled

New York. Dec. 30.-A claim that
his wife has negro blood is the basis
of suit for annullment of marriage
brought by w. S. Horton, a prosper
GUS contracting plumber here. He
won the preliminary move when JUS
tice Seabury of the supreme court
appointed a commission to take tes-
timony from the woman's relatives
in Connecticut.
Gladys l.. De Val of Bridgeport and
Mrs Burstella Burkes of Danbury,
aunts of Mrs. Horton. are among
those to be examined.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
BANKS DEFER ACTION
Consolidation of Baxter National and
Rutland County Put of for Week

Rutland, Dec. 29.-Final action on
the proposition to consolidate the
Rutland County and the Baxter Nat
ional Banks has been deferred until
next week by vote of the stockhol-
ders.
1t was voted at a meeting OF the
stockholders on Monday to reduce the
capital stock of the County bank from
100000 to 100000 and to pay back
the surplus at the rate of S125 a
share The stockholders of the Bax-
ter bank voted to reduce the capital
stock from 100000 to 100000. No
action was taken as to the rate for
payments to stockholders.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

When we see the Woodford stage
come in on winter morning like
this and think that in the days of our
grandfathers all land transportation
was by stage we mentally resolve to
kick the next man who says anything
about the good old times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
GOLD COINS IN CELLAR
PittsfieId Man Turns Up $500 While
Digging

Pittsfield, Dec. 30.-While digging
a cellar at Depot and Liberty streets
today. Michael Noonan found gold
coins valued at $500. Most of the
pieces were tied up in small bags
Early in the SOS Rudolph Schmidt,
known as "Fader" Schmidt had cafe
over this cellar. 1t is believed that
he hid money in the ground in his
own cellar. He was known to be OPP
posed to banks.
Five years ago Schmidt returned to
his old home in Germany and died
there without revealing it is believed,
the secret of the gold in his cellar
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

This attempt to get the walks
shoveled by assuring us that the air
is purer during and after snow
storm, making it healthier out of
doors. is too thin. Shoveling snow,
like peeling onions, is best done by
DrOXV
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

There is one thing likable about
Forester Clifford Pinchot, when he
throws stones he comes out in the
open to do it. He doesn't try to
hide behind his job as some do-Bal-
linger for instance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
MR.. PHELPS ONCE SAID IN RE-

ply to the question. DO women like
insurance. Widows do. and so
they do, but this is also true of all
women to whom comes self-care or
an enforced provision for dependents.
Goth year. National Life Insurance
Company, Montpelier, VT (Mutual)
Earle S. Kinsley. Agent, Rutland, vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

The candidates seem to be getting
warm on the trail of the collectorship,
but who wouldn't be enthusiastic
with a job worth $4,000 year in
view if not in prospect.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

We shall not know the whole
damnable horror of the increase in
the consumption of beer until we see
the next number of the Vermont Issue
or hear from Supt. Ferguson.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
FRANK E. HOWE. Editor and Pub'r

1t will take more than Judge
Cants decision to scare off a mother
in-law when she thinks her daugh-
ter's husband needs little attention,
as he often does
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
TO DISTRIBUTE s3,15o,ooo
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Declares Special Dividend

Philadelphia, Dec. 29.-The board
of directors of the Lehigh Coal &
Navigation company has declared a
special scrip dividend of 10 per cent
payable March 1, 1910 to stockholders
of. record January 81, 1910. This
amount means a distribution of 49,
10000 and brings the capitalization
up to $24,150,000
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30
RECORD PRICE FOR HOGS
Sell from $3.50 to $3.50 Per Hundred
Pounds on Different Exchanges

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 2S.-Hogs
brought the unusual price of $3.50 on
the Kansas City market today. This
is the highest mark attained here
since 1882. Receipts were. heavy
Packers did not explain the high
price except to say it marked another
step in the constantly increasing val
ne of hogs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

st. Louis, Dec. 2S.-Two loads of
hogs sold on the local market today
at 1915 per hundred pounds This
is the highest price here since 1890.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

Pittsburg. Dec. 2S.-Hogs were quo
ted today at $500 the highest ever
recorded here. The cause given for
the high price is the lack of supply
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

PILES CURED IN 6 TO II DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching, Blind, Bleed
ing OF Protruding Piles in 6 to IA
DAYS. or money refunded. Soc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-30

Entered at the Post-office. Bennington.
VT, Dec. IL. 1903, as second class
mail matter.