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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28

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Hunt, John Ramey and 10. sS4 neid der,
and supposed TO contain six hundred
and thirty (630) , acres, be the same
more or less and having such forms,
.metes and bounds, courses And disc
tances as are represented and shown
by a plat of a surveyor the said
tract OF land made by EYan .Callas,
Surveyor, II heing the tract of land ]
that day conveyed to the said ~. Az
Hull by the said w. HI ,Mongold. &s
Terms OF Sale: Cash on day of flE
sale. That In the event of failure OF
the purchaser or purchasers TO COM
ply with the terms Of the sale forth
with, the Master do resellsth said
premises on the same saledayl or,
some convenient saleday theroafter,s
at the same place, and on the same
terms as heretofore set out, at the I
risk of the former purchaser or pur-
chasers, and that he do continIeag s.
to do until he has found ppxGh $50
or purchasers who shall cord &ttE,
the terms Of the sale. 49, is IS
Purchaser to pay extra for papers.
w. o. WHITE, 5
Master for Oconee County, Sc
December z, 1910. MI.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28
Big Things Of the World.

A recent number Of Harpers
Weekly gives an interesting list of
some Of the highest, largest, longest
or costiest things Of the world. Tie
tallest monument is the Washington
obelisk, 555 feet high. The highest
chimney, measuring 474 feet, is in
Glasgow. The largest acqueduct in
use is the Croton OF New York, which
is 3S miles long, but the longest ever
built is in Peru, $50 miles in length.
The deepest coal mine Is near Lam
bert Belgium, $500 feet deep; the
biggest dock IS at Cardiff. Wales, and
the strongest electric light at Sydney
lighthouse, Australia,o while the
largest lighthouse Is at Cape Henry,
Virginia, being 165 feet high. The
greatest bank is the Bang of Eng
land, in London; the oldest college
Is University College, Oxford, found
ed in 1850; the largest library, the
National. in Paris, containing nearly
100000 volumes. The largest
bronze statue Is that Of Peter the
Great, i'm st. Petersburg, weighing
100 tons. The biggest stone
statue is in Japan, A feet high; the
largest college is in Cairo, with over
10000 students and 80 teachers.
Damascus has tho honor OF being the
Oldest city. The most costly book in
the world is a Hebrew Bible, owned
by the German government, which a
few years ago refused the POpes Of
fer OF $l25, 900 for it. The most
costly medicine few years ago was
metallic gallium, which sold for
$l5O,OO0 a pound; but radium is
now the priceless gem of the mineral
world, selling for more than that
price an ounce. Though orchids fire.
qucntly bring prices that make the
poor man staggcr, the highest price
for a single flower was given for a
tulip in Amsterdam by an enthusiast,
who paid $250,O0O for 1t.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28
MASTERS SALES.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
In Court Of Common Pleas.


Pursuant to DEGREES Of the afore-
said court, in the cases named below,
will offer for sale, to the highest
bidder, in front Of the Court House
door, at Walhalla, S. c., on Tuesday,
the Sd day Of January, 1911, be-
tween the legal hours Of sale, the
tracts OF land below described:
William Fl. Mongold, Plaintiff,
against
F. A. Hull, Defendant.
All that piece, parcel or tract Of
land, situate, lying and being in the
County of Oconce, State of South
Carolina, on branches, waters of
Milestone Creek, waters of Chat
tooga Rive:, and adjoining lands OF
j. b. Jolly, J. G.. Powell, jolly lands,
Elias AlbeYon, Sam Hunt, c.. w.
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]. Allen Thrift, Plaintiff,
against

". j. Thrift ct al, Defendants.
All Of that piece, parcel or tract
Of land, lying, situate and being on
Fall Creek, Pulaski Township, Coun-
ty Of Oconee, State of South Caro-
lima, adjoining lands Of John Moore,
Southern Woodland Company, II. Y.
Shed and others, containing two
hundred and fifty acres, more or
less
Terms of Sale: One-half cash on
day Of sale, and balance on a credit
Of one year, credit portion to bear
interest from day Of sale, to be Sc
cured by bond Of the purchaser or
purchasers and a mortgage Of the
premises, with privilege to the pur-
chasers to anticipate the payment of
the credit portion within thirty days
from day of sale; that in event of
failure Of the purchaser or purchas-
ers to comply with the terms Of sale
promptly on the day OF sale, that
the Master do resell the said prem
ises on the same or some convenient
salesday thereafter at the same
place and on the same terms as
heretofore set out, at the risk Of the
former purchaser or purchasers
and that he do continue so Ia do
until he has found purchaser or
purchasers who shall comply with
the terms Of sale.
Purchaser to pay extra for papers.
w. O. WHITE,
Master for Oconee County, S. G..
December IA, 1910. 50-52
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28
MASTERS SALES.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
In Court of Common Pleas.

In Court of Common Pleas.
Pursuant to DEGREES Of the afore-
said Court. in the cases named below,
l will offer for sale, to the highest
bidder, in front Of the Court House
door, at WALHALLA, S. c., on Tues
day, the Sd day Of JANUARY,
1911, between the legal hours of
sale, the tracts Of land below de-
scribed:
Luther Williams ct al, Plaintiffs,
Jas. Lee, as Administrator, Etc, ct
al, Defendants.
All that piece, parcel or tract Of
land, situate, lying and being in the
County Of Oconee, State of South
Carolina, on waters Of Oconee Greek,
waters of Cane Creek, waters Of
Keowee River, adjoining lands of
the Norris Estate, Rexford lands,
Erwin lands, lands of James Lee,
lands Of the estate Of Mrs. Margaret
T.. Ross and others, and supposed to
contain four hundred and seventy
acres, more or less, it being a part
OF tract of one thousand acres con-
veyed to the said James Lee by
Samuel Lovingood.
Terms Of Sale One-half cash on
day OF sale, ana balance on credit
Of one year, credit portion to bear
interest from day Of sale until paid
in full, at the rate Of seven per cent
per annum, and to be secured by
bond Of the purchaser or purchas-
ers and a mortgage of the premises,
with privilege to the purchaser or
purchasers to anticipate the pay
ment of the credit portion at any
time; that in the event of the fail
ure Of the purchaser or purchasers
to comply with the terms of the
sale within five days from day OF
sale, that the Master do re-adver-
tise and resell said premises on the
following salesday, or some conven-
lent salesday thereafter, at the same
place and on the same terms as
heretofore set out, at the risk of the
former purchaser or purchasers, and
that he do continue so to do until he
has found a purchaser or purchas-
ers who shall comply with the terms
of the SALE
Purchaser to pay extra for papers
w. O. WHITE,
Master for Oconee County, S. c..
December ii, 1910. 50-52
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28
HORSE SWAPPING.
In the Good Old Days it Was Sport,
Not COmmercialism.
lWalt Mason, in chlcago News.l

(Walt Mason, In Chicago News.)
81 have been reading that David
Harum story" said the ancient liv-
eryman when his cronies were COM
fortably seated in his little office. "a
friend told me that story was the last
word on horse trading, but the man
who wrote 1t didn't understand the
spirit Of the game at all. David Ha-
rum would have been skinned out of
his teeth If he had blown into any
Western town in the palmy days of
horse trading twenty-five or thirty
years ago.
81 tell YOU, my friends, all the
dead game sports are asleep with
their fathers. Nobody Is willing to
take chance nowadays. If man
buys a cigar he wants a bill of sale
with It, The other day a cheap skate
pestered me whole afternoon talk
ing about buying horse. He tried
out all the nags in the barn and
finally decided that the glass-eyed
bay would suit him. And he actu-
ally wanted written guarantee that
the nag was sound! A written guar
antee! No, gentlemen, am not jok-
ing. That baldheaded travesty on
man actually asked for such docu-
ment. / regarded 1t as an insult,
and after had rebuked him they
had to pour four buckets of water
over him before he recovered.
''In the good old days horse trad
ing was game, not commercial
transaction. If a man wasn't willing
to take the chances when he went
trading he was advised to try some
other line Of business. Many. and
many time had the harpoon ad-
ministcred to me. One day Major
Charlie Slaughter drove to my barn.
81 have quite neat package of
horsetesh here said the major. and
i have sort Of presentiment that
he can travel few lines when the
wind is blowing in the right direc-
ton
IL,
regular peacock for style, with his
head away up in the air so you'd
need stepladder to see if he had a
star in his forehead. And the way
he hit the road was sin. Talk about
gated horses! That roam handled
his legs as though he had taken spar
ring lessons, Now, my weak point
in the horse business is that when
want a certain nag the worst way |
can't conceal the fact. | just cant
sleep or eat my victuals until that
horse is in my barn with new hal
ter on him. The major was wise to
my weakness.
It's no use, Jake says the ma
jor. This hoss isn't on my swap
ping list. Every roam hair on him
just suits me, and I'd be chump to
let him 60
well, Of course got the roam all
right. The major was just bluGing.
And / gave him the biggest trade you
ever heard of-gave him a matched
team and several bills for that gang
ling roam. And when I took the
roam to the water trough for a drink
found that he couldn't lower his
head. He had to carry it about ten
feet in the air all the time, owing to
some injury in his neck. He had to
eat his faxed rice off a shelf and
drink from a garden hose, and man
needed an aeroplane to put bride
on him.
did raise fuss with the ma
ior? What sort of skate do you take
me for? Next time met him I told
him | liked the roam better than any
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28

Faith is not much to you when it
stays with you on your way only
when you are feeling we'll; faith is
faith when it will shine, whether the
shadows are nigh or you have a
cloudless sky.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28

which, however, had suffered from
short crops, as had other parts we
had passed through. Don't think
the trouble will be overproduction
as heretofore. We arrived in At
lanta I'm time to be left and causing
stay Of three hours, which time we
took up In sightseeing. At about
o'clock we boarded the Southern for
Seneca, where we .arrl ed about 5
o'clock p. IN. j. II. Zachary.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28

Woman loves a clear, rosy com
pleXion. Burdock Blood Bitters pu-
rifles the rlood, clears the skin, re-
stores ruddy, sound health.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28

Torturing eczema spreads its
burning area every day. DOan's Oint-
mcnt quickly stops its spreading, in
stantly relieves the itchingy cures 1t
permanently AT any drug store.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28
Foley,;s
TX id IN eY
P:i / I $
What They VIII Do for You

They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, cor.
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. PIE
vent Bright's Disease and Dia.
bates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes.
BARTON'S PHARMACY, WaIhaIla,
w. J. LUNNEY, Seneca.
In the British museum library
there are more than thirty-two miles
OF shelves filled with books.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07
A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FAILURE

A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FAILURE
Many failure with alfalfa and clo'
yer seems directly traceable to the
fact that the soil on which the seed
was sown was sour and needed sweet
ening with an application of lime al
the rate of two or thre tons per acre,
Where such treatment has followed
previous failure with alfalfa really
remarkable results have been secured.
The lime should be applied to the lann
In manure with a spreader or spread
with a seeder of some kind which VIII
insure an even distribution. While
sour condition of soil may be inferred
from the fact that clover Will not
grow and from the presence OF sorrei'
It can be determined much more den
nitely by running spade into the
earth a few inches and inserting
piece of blue litmus paper. which may
be got at any drug store. II the SOIL
is acid this test paper will turn from
blue to pink. OF equal importance
with the lime treatment is the inocu-
lation of the soil wirh bacteria In the
soil from an established alfalfa field.
The tract intended for such use should
also be we'll drained and have porous
subsoil Of good depth.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07
| FAIR PROPOSITION
: Proposed Ncsmith County Merits Sup
port Of Voters.

The people of Southern Lane and
Northern Douglas counties, number
ing more than eight thousand souls,
feeling that they are qualified to &C.
onomically administer their own af-
fairs from governmental standpoint,
have initiated a bill for the creation
of new county to be known as Nes-
NTH, in honor of James Willis Mes
mith, a pioneer whose name shines in
the armament of illustrious Oregon
ians. The proposed county would con-
tain 1910 square miles, Of which 1,472
would come from Lane and 46S from
Douglas. leaving the former 2,9OS
square miles and the latter 1894
square miles, a sufficient area from
which to still form several counties
the size of Multnomah, Hood River,
Columbia and washington. The total
assessed valuation of Nesmith county
would be $5,S09,575, leaving Lane $1S,-
100000 and Douglas over $27, 900.
The country within the proposed new
county is capable of maintaining an
organization that would, we believe,
be to the best interests of the people
embraced within the territory, and at
the same time not deprive any other
people affected of their rights, nor in
crease their burdens, nor work them
any injury whatsoever.
Owing to the large area Of the two
old counties affected many residents
ara r,,t IN great Inconvenience delay
and expense in transacting business at
the county seats. To compel residents
to travel from twenty to sixty miles
over bad roads in order to pay their
taxes, serve on juries, or as witnesses,
is to inflict a hardship upon them; yet
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07

to all is to beware OF coughs and
colds on the chest; as neglected they
readily lead to pneumonia. consump-
ton or other pulmonary troubles.
Just as soon as the cough appears
treat ii with Billiards. Horeh0un5
Syrup the standard cure Of America
Use as directed-perfecuy harmless
A cure and preventive FOR an diseas-
es Of the lungs
Price 25c. soc and sI.O0 Der bottl.
Sold by Conrad Stafrin.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07

We usually think of conservation Of
resources in connection with forest.
wafer powers. ETC., yet there is more
modest way in which the principle can
be applied by the individual in his
everyday work. Many housewife
in doing her sweeping and some other
forms of work eXpends much more en-
ergy than is really necessary. while
in hoeing many man uses more
force than he needs to do the work In
hand. and especially Is this true II his
hoe Is dull Where one is at job
but a few minutes the question Of an
expenditure Of extra force is not so
vital. but where his labor extends over
hours the matter becomes one of real
importance
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07

it is more a matter of government
for which the progressive people OF
this proposed county are contending.
Taxation and representation should go
hand in hand, but not so under pres
ent conditions. For instance, Cottage
Grove, the second city in size and inn
portance in Lane county, has never
been permitted to name county Judge,
and IL has been quarter century since
it had representation on the county
board Of commissioners; while the
territory taken from Douglas county
has never had either county judge or
commissioner. The representatives in
the state legislature are from the coun-
ty seats-Eugene and Roseburg-thus
leaving a large tax-contributing COM
munity without voice in either local or
state affairs, Ninetytwo per cent of
the residents within the proposed Mes
mith county signed the petition, pray
ing the voters of Oregon to grant them
f-government by the creation of the
new county, while one particular sec
ton Immediately outside the original
boundary lines petitioned the Mes
mith committee for admission to the
new county, preferrlng to take chances
with the new rather than to remain
with the old. This shows conclusively
that the sentiment of the taxpayers of
the proposed new county are practical
ly unanimous in favor of division.
The boundary lines of Nesmith have
been drawn i'm strict adherence to the
topography of the country, its natural
watersheds having been considered in
every particular. The people of the
new county have no desire to do any
thing that would result detrmentally
TO either of of the old counties.
Jointly Lane and Douglas have g.
500, 600 acres, or more than the entire
willamette Valley. and of this vast
area, only a million and quarter are
asked by the new county.
The people within the territory OF
proposed Nesmith county are present
ing their case to the voters Of the
state without the slightest misrepre-
s-ntation, pinnlng their faith in the
voters to support their contention that
local self-government is the ideal form
Of government; that the nearer home
government is cheaper; that laws are
more effectuaily enforced; that great
er development OF country Is possible:
that better highways are attainable;
that It's citizens are convenienced by
nearness to the seat OF government;
that taxation and representation
should so hand In hand and that by
the creation Of Nesmith county the
efforts Of a large and progressive COM
munity would be rendered more ef-
fcctive in increasing population. de-
veloping the resources and enhanc-
ing the greatness OF regon.
(Paid Advertisement by Nesmith
County Committee.)
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable,
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
reuires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. is the
only constitutional cure on the mar
ket. 1t is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It
acts directly on the blood and mucus
of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case IT fails
to cure. Send for circulars and testl-
monials.
Address: F. ], CHENEY & CO. To-
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for eonsti-
patton.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07

That the rank and file of farmers
merely play horse at the hen business
is indicated in the reports of census
enumerators showing the average
number of eggs produced yearly by
the farm hen to be approximately FIVE
dozen-sixty eggs-while selected pens
Of laying breeds under intelligent care
have records which nearly quadruple
the above average. The hen that pro-
duces but five dozen eggs per year
barely pays her board bill. and this
assuming that her fare from May to
Oct. costs nothing. which is far from
the fact. Shining along with this
kind Of showing she belongs in the
same company as the cow whose feed
costs $35 per year and whose products
are worth from $50 to $32. The cure
lies in more careful supervision. in
cluding selection Of laying breeds.
elimination of the loafers, more atten-
tion to egg producing rations, the pro-
viding of better nesting places and at
all seasons of the year making the
hens scratch and work for the food
that is given them.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07

The splendid service which the
United States department of agricul-
ture is doing for the farmers of the
country might be considerably widen
ed and increased If more of the latter
would take advantage of the publica-
tions which are issued by the depart
ment and furnished to applicants for
little or nothing. The first publication
which the farmer should have In his
hand Is entitled Farmers Bulletin
Subject Index" which contains a list
of all bulletins published and is re-
vised and brought down to date once
or twice each year. These publica-
tions cover a great variety of subjects
and are all given titles and numbers
so that they can be easily referred to-
The most valuable single publication
of the department is the year book of
agriculture. which. In addition to CIV
ing a concise review of the progress
made along the great variety Of lines
In which the department is interested.
contains score or more valuable ar
ticles on selected subjects written by
competent and practical men. Besides
the publications above mentioned, there
is the monthly list of publications.
which will be mailed free to all per-
sons who apply. The farmers bulle-
tins and year book may be had for
nominal price by making application
to the department Of agriculture and
may be had free in most instances by
applying to ones senator or repre-
sentative at Washington. Uncle Sam
would like to have his agricultural de-
partment of the greatest possible use
to his big family, and this will come
about only through requests from them
for the literature which he has been to
heavy expense to prepare.
was plowed before Sept. I. This was
done to head Off the work of myriads
of weeds which usually get In their
work of seed production between har
vest and the first killing frost. We re-
member the farm In question. and the
titled fields were among the cleanest
In the locality.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-10-07

With prices for fruit land In many
sections OF the west reaching a level
which makes the purchase OF It well
nigh impossible for the person of lin
tied means the writer believes that
there are districts in Wisconsin, Mich
igan, Indiana. Missouri, Arkansas, Vir-
ginia and other states which might well
be Investigated by those desirous Of
going into the orchard business. II is
true that in some Of the states men.
toned only small fruits and hardy vari-
eties OF fall apples, like the Wealthy.
could be grown. but the growing of
these fruits and marketing them In at
tractive fashion could be made very
profitable. In several Of the states
mentioned stump lands can be bought
at from SO to $50 per acre which are
composed OF fat soils. rich in humus
and ideally suited to fruit growing. II
clearing the land OF stumps Is under
taken in a businesslike and effective
manner the cost OF clearing per acre
need not be excessive Another point
In favor OF growing fruit In a number
Of the sections referred 10 Is the fact
that markets are near at hand. which
prevents transportation companies from
absorbing 50 large portion OF the gross
returns in the shape OF freight and ex-
press charges. Inquiries addressed 70
the Horticultural departments Of the az
ricultural colleges In the several states
mentioned would elicit desired infOr-
nation as TO the probable price Of land
In given localities It's suitability for
fruit growing and the kinds Of fruits
that would do well on different sols