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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
TO We'd Girl by Proxy.

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 22.-Be-
cause Of the inability of the bride
groom, Louis Untermohlen, to be
present at his own wedding to pretty
Miss Alice Mack, who is attending
the University of California, proxy
marriage, In which the male con-
tracing party will be relative of
the young bride, will be performed.
Untermohlen is stationed on the
island of Java. The bride-to-be in
sists on going to Java as a married
woman because she will have no com
panion on the voyage. She applied
for permission to have her prospect
i've husbands substitute appear at
her marriage, and her request was
granted
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
7,74O,634 BALES GINNED,
Ginning More Active this Season than
Any Previous Year.

Washington, Oct. 25.-Cotton gin
ming throughout the South since the
picking Of the 1911 crop began has
been carried on with greater activity
this season than any year i'm the his
tory of the industry.
There were 7,7i0.634 running
bales Of cotton ginned to October IS.
The census bureau reports show that
greater quantities were ginned dur
ing the season in every cotton State
except Oklahoma.
In Texas the ginning surpassed
previous records by more than 6OO,-
600 bales, in Georgia by 42S,OOO
bales, Alabama by $4,000 bales, in
North Carolina by $4,000 bales, and
in South Carolina by 1872, 900 bales.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
GOOD SCHOOL FOR EVERY CHILD
a Suggestion to Teachers, Trustees,
Parents and School Children.

Columbia, Oct. 2S.-Editor Keo-
wee Courier: The country schools Of
our State are now beginning the ses-
sion Of 1911-1912. In my visits
among these schools find only one
third to one-half Of the children in
attendance. The fields are white
with cotton to be picked and | real
ize the difficulty, and in many cases
tho impossibility, Of putting all the
children in school at the beginning
OF tho session. Allow me to make a
suggestion which grows out OF my
own experience as a Doy on the farm,
eager to enter school at the begin
ming OF the term, but unable TO do so
because Of the pressing farm work.
Let every parent see that the chill
dren are at the school at least one
day during the first week for Classi-
fication. The ambitious boy can then
get his books and, in many cases,
can do enough work at home to en-
able him to enter his class without
serious loss when the farm work is
done, and he can attend school reg
ulaflE. There are many days when
he cannot work on the farm. On
these days he can go to school and
get assistance on points Of difficulty.
Let every country teacher in the
state make a list Of all pupils Of
school age in her district and en-
deavor to get every one to attend
schooi this year A little personal
work with parents and children will
yield rich harvest, and broader
acquaintance with your people will
make the work in the school itself
less difficult. Let us do all in our
power to help the pupil who is at
work and trying to study at home.
Let every school trustee in the
State lend the weight of his influ-
ence to secure this year the best
country school attendance in the his
tory Of South Carolina. In this way
YOU will not only make better and
more efficient men and women Of the
children who attend school this year,
but YOU will also increase your school
appOrtionmcnt for next year. Let us
adopt for our watchword in South
Carolina for this year: A Good
School for Every Child; Every Child
in School.
Just word to the boy who works.
which makes you do your work we'll
will enable You to surmount the diff
iicultics You find in your books. If
yon cannot enter school now. get
your books and by a little home
study each day try to keep pace with
your class. Nearly all the men who
have achieved success have Sur
mounted difficulties in acquiring
an education. w. *. Tate,
State Supervisor OF Rural Schools
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
STAYS HER TEASING LOVER.
Both Marricd-W0man Watches Him
Die, Then Surrcnders.

Cumberland Md, Oct. 2G.-
Prompted by jealousy. and as she
claimed, the man tormenting her
about girl named Cross, from West
ernport, Md, Mrs. Walter Williams,
aged 80, better known by her maiden
name OF Fannie Law, yesterday rush
ed at her lover, Clarence Button, aged
~. while he was lying near her on a
hillside above Cumberland, and with
knife she had obtained from him
early In the day, stabbed him, caus-
ing his death in about three minutes.
She then Strengthened out his legs.
laid his hands on his breast, placed
an umbrella over his head to keep off
rain that had started and went
down to the police station and gave
hersell up. Button was twice mar
rlcd, ana leaves a wife in Wheeling.
Mrs Williams has husband in
Pittsburg. They had been sweet
hearts from childhood.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
Buying Beef Cattle.


or all the factors which determine
the profit in feeding beef cattle the
buying of the cattle is one of the
most important, and one Of the most
difficult with which farmers in this
State have to contend. Clemson Col
lege has lately been doing everything
possible to induce the railways to
grant reasonable freight rates on
cattle from st. Louis and other large
stock centers to Washington, Rich
mond, Baltimore and New York with
four months feeding limit in South
Carolina, and we still hope that this
arrangement can be made. The pres
ent practice Of buying in North Caro-
lima and Tennessee Is unsatisfactory
and expensive, as the supply of cat
tie Is limited and the quality badly
mixed and the expense of buying
greater than is necessary Buying
In the large stock centers would re-
duce the expense and enable the far
mers to purchase desirable cattle at
any time instead Of having to buy
early IN the season before many of
them are ready to start feeding as IS
now the case.
There is an old saying that cattle
well bought are half sold, and, to as
slst farmers who are inexperienced in
this work, Clemson College will fur
niSh competent man without charge
for his services to assist in selecting
cattle where sufficient number are
to be purchased at one time.
Shorthorns, Herefords and Aber-
deen Angus are the three popular
beef breeds, and there is practically
no difference in the value Of these
breeds for feeding purposes. Ell
deaVor to buy cattle as uniform in
color, size and quality as possible, Of
the low set, broad backed smooth
type, weighing from 900 to 1000
pounds and carrying sufficient flesh
TO enable them to finish we'll in 100
to l2O days, counting on a gain of
R to pounds per day.
In buying cattle from dealers in
sist on keeping them in dry lot
without feed or water for twelve
hours preceding weighing or Of de-
ducting per cent in weight to avoid
paying beef prices for feed and water
and an excessive shrinkage in, ship
ment. Don't buy young cattle or thin
cattle or scrubs, as they will not fat
ten readily and will have to be sold
at low prices. Count on an increase
IN the value OF cattle OF to ~
cents per pound and buy only cattle
that Will fatten quickly and increase
IN value as they put on flesh.
Clemson College will gladly fur
nish all the information nece. ,ary
regarding the proper methods Of
feeding cattle, and will furnish
competent man to visit each farmer
free Of charge to render any assist
ance necessary The experiment
station will also feed two carloads of
cattle this winter to study further
the most economical methods of pro-
ducing beef. A. Smith,
Chief Animal Husbandrv Division.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
(In Court of Probate.)

Gin Court Of Probate.)
John A. Ansel, as Administrator Of
the Estate Of Robert Keith, de-
ceased, Plaintiff,
against
Rebecca Steward, Sam Keith, Robert
Lawrence, Mary Marett Anna
Aiken, Ella Johnson. Mamie
Owens, Ben Johnson, Bub John
son, Jim Johnson. Son Johnson,
Sue Craig, Reuben Keith. jeff
Keith, Matte Dukes, Victoria
Brown, Bob Earle, Tom Earle,
Warren Earle, Agnes Earle and
G. w. Pitchford Company, Defend
ants.
Summons for Relief.-(Complaint
not Served.)
To the Defendants Above Named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action, which was filed in the
Office Of the Judge of Probate for
Oconee county, South Carolina, on
September 22d, 1911, and to serve a
copy Of your answer to the said COM
plant, on the subscribers, at their
office, on the Public Square, at Wal
halla G. H., South Carolina, within
twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive Of the day of such service;
and II 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 September 22d, 1911.
(Seal.) d. A. SMITH,
Judge of Probate for Oconee Coun-
ty, S. G.
STRIBLING & DENDY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
To the Absent Defendants Above
Named:
Please take notice that the Com
plain IN the above stated case was
filed in the Office Of d. A. Smith,
Judge Of Probate for Oconec County,
South Carolina, on September 22d,
1911 !, and is for the purpose Of sell.
ing the real estate Of Robert Keith,
deceased, to pay debts.
STRIBLING & DENDY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
October II, 1911. 11-46
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
II * OTICE.
COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE,
Walhalla, S. c., Oct 3, 1911.

Walhalla, S. c., Oct. 3, 1911.
The books for the collection of
State, County, School and SpeciaY
Taxes for the fiscal year 1911 viii
be open from October IS, 1911, tp
December 81, 1911, without penuItT.
after which day one per cent penalty
will be added on all payments made,
in month Of January, 1912, and two
per cent penalty on all payments
made In the month Of February, and
seven per cent penalty on all pay
ments made from the first day OF
March until the fifteenth day az
March, 1912. After that day aM
taxes not paid will go into executions
and be placed In the hands OF the
Sheriff for collection. Taxpayers.
owning property or paying taxes fox
others will please ask for a tax ,r4
ceipt in each township or special
school district in which he or they
may own property. This is very inf..
portant, as there are so many sps-
cial school districts. The tax levy is
made up as follows:
H'".' '"N % u iHaA!&
Ordinary County 63. jnilk
oNhooi '"A ..... d M4lB
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
Chief Outraged Over Parole.

Columbia, Oct. 27.-"I will de-
tail several men to watch him. 1t is
a pretty come off to have man like
that turned loose just before the
State Fair" said Chief Catchcart. of
the Columbia police department,
when informed that Joseph Beck
worth, alias "Red Mike" notorious
pickpockct, serving a sentence of ten
years, had been paroled by the Gov
ernor. lie was convicted here for
robbery during the fair in 1906.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
Nanadium Il steel TOughcncr.

remarkable claims are made for
the toughncss added to steel through
the use Of small quantities of the
metal vanadium, according to a re-
port OF the United States Geological
Survey. It is declared that after
treatment with vanadium steel has
great resistance to the strain, or as
1t is termed the fatigue, caused by
constant bonding.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

"Doan's Ointment cured me Of &C.
Zcma that had annoyed me long
time. The cure was pcrmancnt."-
Hon. S. w. Matthews, Commissioner
Labor Statistics, Augusta, Maine,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

For the five-ycar period from 1901
to 1905, inclusive, the number Of
births thousand of population in
six leading countries Of Europe was
as follows: In Holland, 1855; in
Germany, 149; in Great Britain, 121;
In Austria, 13; in Italy, 10G, and in
France, IS.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
-----------------------s1 . b----------a--
Recorder Werner Better,
columbia State. Oct. 2G,O

For the first time in three weeks
James S. Werner. city recorder, at
tended police court yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Werner has been absent as
the result of an operation for ap-
pcndicitis.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

Special Levy for High Schools.
DIST. Mills. Dist. Mills
1..........2l 5........2
Interest and Sinking Fund to Retinr
Bonds.
Dist. Mills Dist. MSjIss.
l7...........ll 63. .........2
Poll Tax, $1.0O. Dog Tax, soc.
Every male citizen from 81 to 6&
years Is liable for Poll Tax, except.
Confederate soldiers, who do not hay
after 90 years Of age, and those er-
cused by law.
Parties wishing information from
this Office, by mail, will please ep-
close postage
w. J. SCHROEDER,
Treasurer Oconee County, S. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

Regulates the bowels, promotes
easy, natural movements, cures con-
tipation--Doan's ReguIcts. Ask your
druggist for them. 25c. box.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

The Greshams have bought a lot
near the Union Station in Columbia
and will build a SIS, 900 hotel. They
may build one in Greenville also.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
How We Use Cobalt.

The principal uses Of cobalt in the
United States are i'm making glass and
pottery A beautiful blue is given to
glass by the oxide OF cobalt. Sym
pathetic inks, according to a report
OF the United States geological sur
vcy. are made from cobalt acetate,
chloride, and nitrate that are colored
when heated or cOo,rlcss when cold.
This interesting phenomenon is due
to the change in color Of the salts
on the absorption Of water. When
dry they are blue and easily seen on
paper; when damp they are pink;
and when diluted, colorlcss. A puZ-
Zlng application Of this principle
may be in doll whose dress Is blue
in dry weather, b It changes to pink
when subjected to dampness, as in
wet weather or when the doll Is held
in the steam OF tea kettle. Artin-
cial flowers are made to show the
same effect.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

For coughing, dryness and tickling
in the throat. hoarscness and all
coughs and colds, take Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. Contains no OPT
ateS. j. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01
Observation-Disclosures. .!..!..ls.i..l..i..;..l..i.
II u T's, =
LIGHTNING OIL

Is the one unfailing scientific dress
ing which instantly relieves and per-
hnncntly cures all hurts, cuts, burns,
bruises, sprains and wounds of every
Kind. Pain leaves at once because
tho air Is excluded, and the oil cov~
cring acts rs artificial skin, The
quickest, fastest healing oil known
HUNTS LIGHTNING, OIL. 25 cents
and so cents bottles.
a. Is. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO..
Sherman, Texas.
Sold by
NORMAN COMPA NY, DRUGGISTS.
'S'''''I''y''S''I''S''S'.3 S.S..s.g.l.l..ss.S..g.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

Beauty is the glory Of God dwell
ing where kind hearts are.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-11-01

Baby won't suffer five minutes with
Group if You apply DR.. Thomas Eclcc
tic Oil at once. 1t acts like magic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

gether raised $S,932,0OO, making
a grand total of $27, 1856, 900 given
in one year for the work Of Pro-
testant evangelization. This vast
amount is expended in furthering
the work Of evangelical christian
ity in pagan lands, in opening
schools, establishing hospitals and
training physicians and nurses for
work in localities where they are
most needed. This sum does not
include what is contributed for the
extension Of the home mission
work of the Protestant churches.
When compared with this, how
meagre is the financial assistance
given to Catholic missionary work
in the foreign field; and were it
not for the consciousness that the
Holy Spirit directs and promotes
the spread Of Catholic truth our
missionaries would grow discour-
aged in their work against such
odds.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
ALCOHOL AND rDrocY.

Investigators have shown that OF
1891 juvenile idiots, epileptics and
weak-minded and historical children
admitted to charitable institutions, 43.2
per cent had drunken fathers, 3.6 per
cent drunken mothers, and i'm 10 per
cent both parents were drunken.
Blueler, of Zurich, showed that 70 per
cent of epiIeptics admitted to a large
asylum had alcoholic heredity, while
Lunier claimed that so per cent OF the
idiot and imbecile children OF France
had drunken parents. 1t has also been
shown that in Norway idfocy increased
or decreased according to the amount
of drunkenness. These scientific facts
mean that about so per cent of the
unfortunate cast upon society for sup
port could be kept as self-supp
and useful citizens If proper measures
were adopted. They mean that mil
lions of dollars spent annually in car
ing for such unfortunates could be
spent for number of useful things if
only the greatest cause of idiocy were
removed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
A STUMBLING BLOCK.

A priest-student now at the Apos-
tolic Mission House, Washington, ID.
G., who was pastor of souls for about
fifteen years before going to follow the
Mission House courses, says in the
Missionary: "One of the big pleasures
OF my experience in the priesthood is
centered i'm the fact that it was my
privilege to instruct and receive into
the Church 100 converts. It will no
doubt interest all Missionary readers
to know cause that fully two-thirds
of these 100 gave me as reason for
staying out of the Church-the Amer
lean saloon evil. Among their ac-
quaintances they knew many Catholics
in this hateful occupation; many other
Catholics of their locality, to their
knowledge, upheld these men by word
and act. And even when the light of
Gods truth appeared SO clear to them
through this dark cloud, so that there
was no mistaking the truth of the
Catholic Church, non-Catho1ic friends
used this stumbling block as a basis
of opposition with telling effect"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13

The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of
Topeka, Kan, says that he be-
lieves every Protestant pastor
should have a confessional where
members of his church can tell
their troubles. It will be news to
Catholics to learn that the confess
sional is a place where they can
"tell their troubles Confession,
in the proper sense Of the word,
has always been a stumbling block
to non-Catholics. Few of their
ministers seem to have the correct
idea Of what it implies. Wherever
they have attempted to institute
confession it has always proved a
failure, for their followers know
that, with the exception Of the
Catholic priest, no man has any
authority to examine into the real
state Of another persons soul.
When non-Catholics go to confes-
sion, so-called, they never do more
than "tell their troubles. Their
serious sins are locked away from
the gaze of their spiritual advis.
ers and the latter are powerless to
assist them because, deep down il
their hearts, they know that they
have no right to class themselves
among the number of those tc
whom were addressed the words
"Whose sins you shall forgive
they are forgiven them; and
whose sins you shall retain, they
are retained
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
O'cONNELL's LAST SPEECH

1t was sixty-four years ago that the
Great Agitator" made his last speech
in the House of Commons, writes Rev
r. B. Gregory in the Chicago Citizen
Three months later the "Uncrowned
King" while on his way to Rome
was stricken with death in the city oil
Genoa. His seventy-tWo years had
whitened his head, but there was no
winter in his heart, no paralysis in his
mighty brain, and one of the most re.
markable men that Ireland or the
world has produced had finished his
earthly course.
1t Is safe to say that since that Feb.
ruary day OF 1847 no such voice as
O'Connell's has been heard In
the Commons. Disraeli pronounced
O'Connell's voice the finest in the
world Every cord OF the harp oil
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
A COSTLY BIBLE.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Paid for Pre-.
Reformation Copy Of the Bible.

The first book ever printed from
movable type brought the highest
price ever paid for any book at a
sale in New York last week. The
prize was the Gutenberg Bible, which
was purchased by Henry e. Hunting
ton of Los Angeles, for the sum OF
$50, 900.
The purchase was made at the open
ing session of the sale Of the library
of the late Robert Hoe, New York, the
largest public auction sale of books
ever attempted.
The highest price previously paid
for the Gutenberg Bible was 10000,
for which Bernard Quaritch purchased
it in England fourteen years ago.
At private sale he disposed of it
shortly afterward to Mr.. Hoe at a
profit of $4,000, and it has remained
in the Hoe collection ever since. The
copy was printed some time between
1850 and 1855.
Bidding for the Bible was spirited
with Bernard Quaritch, son Of the
former owner, participating until the
bids had passed the $4,000 mark
From there it jumped by thousands te
$45, 1000. At $4,000 P. B. A. Widenel
of Philadelphia, who had been the
most determined of the bidders
dropped out of the race, and the ever
$4,000 was bid by Mr.. Huntington
The Gutenberg Bible was printed
SEVENTY wears before the SO-ca1lef
reformation began in Germany.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-05-13
SPEAKER CLARK ON DIVORCE

Hon. Champ Clark, Speaker of the
Sixty-second Congress, is not Cath
Ollie, but he is an observer, and he
had this to say in an interview which
appeared in recent Sunday issue of
the New York Times:
"The Protestant Churches are too
tolerant, by far, of indiscriminate di-
vorce. You can estimate the number
of Catholics in state by considering
the number of divorces in proportion
to it's population. Just in proportion
as the number of Catholics increases,
the number of divorces decreases"
This is a matter" he said, ito
which the lawmakers of the states
may very well turn their attention. 1t
is a sad commentary on our civiliza-
ton that divorces are more plentiful
in the United States than in any other
country.
'tIt is a great pity that we can not
have uniform divorce law in the
United States, but the scheme of Sc
curing one by an amendment to the
National Constitution is dream and
nothing more. After much thought
on the subject I have come to the
conclusion that it is almost as impos.
sihle to amend the Constitution of the
United States as it is to invent a
machine that will provide perpetual
motion.
Therefore, the only way in which
uniform divorce law could be OBJ
tanned within any reasonable length
Of time would be through the efforts
Of society, competently organized
and adroitly managed, and with money
enough to carry on literary bureau
of high intelligence, which would la
Dor to induce the various legislatures
to subscribe to standard law and
pass it, each acting individually, oil
course, but all cooperating.
"That, think-a combination of the
states-would be the only way to
secure uniform divorce legislation, but
it is possible to accomplish things In
this world without passing laws
through legislatures. IL all the Pro
testant clergy would set their faces
against solemnizing weddings between
people who have been divorced, as the
Catholic clergy do, the number Of
divorces would very quickly fall off
and fall off very largely, Throughout
the nation.
II belong to the Christian Church
vulgarly called the Campbellitt
Church, but I have not the slightest
hesitancy in saying that the Catholics
beat the Professionals all hollow IL
handling this important question O
divorces