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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08

wen. nc. nav, a AoNCIJ Ai...o ..o4AG,
all their own, and they are happy,
for two dear little girls came last
July to make their home with them.
Ali were .iell at the last writing.
Being away from all Of her old ac-
quaintances, and out in strange
country, | thought letter telling
the latest news from home would be
appreciated, and the answer repaid
me for the attempt.
|, too, have certainly enjoyed the
many long letters | have gotten from
different ones since living here. In
April, two years ago, ELLA Vollrath
came to visit me-a week of real
pleasure renewing memories Of other
days. (This spring or early summer
I am anticipating with pleasure
promised visit from dear friend.)
She was the same Ella, only richer
in the experiences Of this busy old
world. She deserves great deal Of
credit; no need to write it; you all
know her merits. Make her vain,
(swell her head, the slang express
sionO l hear you say. No, indeed;
If we all heard more Of the good and
not so much Of the less worthy side,
we could appreciate each other bet
ter. Why is 1t the most good is said
OF people after they are dead? If
q II nr,
them now; do not wait to deck the
silent brow; we need them most here
In the hours Of care, for we'll have
bountiful share in the "Home"
over there.
The North Is the place for the
busy worker. 1t does not matter
what your work is, so it is honest.
Each one can work with that free
and easy feeling that each has as
much right in the world as the other,
and the world is better off for your
having lived in it.
This letter is longer than | in
tended. | am afraid | have taken up
too much Of your valuable space. If
welcome | will write again, and If
all are welcome to tell, through
your poultry department, their eXpe-
rience at raising chickens, ! will tell
how | got 2,S97 eggs from 90 hens
in one year and expect to do Detter
this year
Thanking the kind editor, ana VIII
best wishes to all the readers
Very truly,
Maud Fahnestock'
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May BE Identified.

The slight scrutiny OF the uniden-
titled tonight led to what may mean
the identification Of two of the vic
Tins. One Of those whose name was
not learned, said he recognized one
Of the bodies as that Of J. f.. p.
Clark, assistant purscr Of the III
tanlr, while letters found on another
body bore the name OF Arthur White.
The letters had been mailed from
Newark, \. ].
There are only five women's bodies
among the unidentified. AS one OF
them appears to be that OF Swed-
ish woman and the other four those
Of Italians, there is little hope ap-
parcntly OF recovering the body Of
Mrs. Isador Straus.
\ baby girl Of about two years lies
among the unclaimed and nameleSs
Or all the bodies picked up hers was
the only one that the waves bore
without aid of a life belt.
Despite predictions to tho con-
trary nearly all Of the bodies bore
indications that the victims had died
swiftly, If not almost painlessly In
many cases their features were calm,
and wi H ta" "NrCntion OF those who
had be- acyrEaly injured they were
remarl H1iN rom the stamp Of
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08
FOR A LONG LIFE
Those Interested, Please Read

Those Interested, Please Read
Fresh air and exercise, with proper
food and a sufficient amount OF sleep,
are the essentials.
Under such regime OF living,
germs cannot develop, and many dis
eases arc prevented.
Should the system require tonic,
take only such as you know their in
gredicnts--such is Vinol, which Is a
delicious combination Of the health
giving properties Of the Gods livers,
with all the useless grease eliminated
and tonic iron added, happily blended
In mild, medicinal wine.
For this reason Vinol Is regarded
rs one OF the greatest body builders
and invigorators for aged people. 1t
invigorates and builds them up. and
keeps them up.
We sell Vinol with the understand
ing that II 1t does not give satisfac-
tion the price will be returned.
DIR. j. w. BELL, Druggist,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08

FARMER makes a mistake in TAX
ing chances on fertilizer for a DIFF.
ference In price that does not amount
70 ten cents an acre. He only makes
one crop Of cotton year; he wants
FERTILIZER that he can count on. The
crops made where our goods were
used speak for our goods. Try some
OF our goods this year alongside of
any other goods you have already
Dought, and notice the difference in
the crops That's all we ask.
IT LOOKS as If cotton would bring
fair price next fall. White cotton
out of sixteen million bale crop is
lowering around II cents. Il WIN Be
scarcer early next fall than ii ia now
Your early cotton Is usually your
best cotton. 1t will probably pay you
to push your cotton forward and haYv.
lot of white cotton to sell early.
We guess you know how to do this.
To show the value Of fertilizer in
growing cotton we herewith give you
the following statistics for the last
ten years:
In States where no fertilizer is
used an acreage increase of 81 per
cent results in an increase of 20 per
cent in yield Of cotton
In the older cotton States, where
no fertilizer is used, an increase Of
3S per cent in acreage resulted in an
increase Of 12 per cent in yield Of
cotton. While in the States where
fertilizer is used an increase Of 2G
per cent in acreage resulted in an in.
crease Of IA per cent in yield in cot.
ton. These figures speak for them
selves. They are gotten up by cot,
ton experts.
1t is reported that the cotton acre
age over the South will be reduced
Is to 20 per cent.
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Rules and Regulations,

Any farmer, resident Of Oconce
county, may enter the contest, i'll
Guiding all boys from 12 to 81 years
of age, in or out OF the Boys Corn
Club contest, by paying an entrance
fee Of one dollar per acre. The acre
may be laid off in any form desired
in single lot, either in bottom or
ter and have their crop laid Off be-
fore the first day Of June, 1912. The
acre must in every case be laid off by
some competent person and accepted
by the committee
The subcommittee that is ap-
pointed for each contestant to super
wise the harvesting and weighing Of
the corn, and the contestant and the
committee, will be required to make
affidavit as to how much is gathered
in the shuck and how much shclled
corn, by weight, obtained from one
hundred pounds in the shuck OF av-
erage corn, taken from the heap after
0ll Is gathered, ana h,r the SnIy#
With tho chairman os ,re committee
~ ~ hefurn lie rom ~ %Uvehl|lcF7
'@I.. The nommUtcn w1N awp.l uto
or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The subcommittee must be com
posed of persons Of integrity and 81
years Of age.
The corn must be gathered in dry
condition and weighed from the field.
The prize funds viii be divided as
follows:
First prize, 80 per cent
Second prize, % per cent.
Third prize, 20 per cent.
Fourth prize, % per cent.
Fifth prize, 10 per cent.
The county committee shall have
full power to settle all disputes or
controversies, if any shall arise, and
to award tho prizes.
Contributions arc solicited for the
contest. All contestants are requir-
ed to send their names to the chair
man Of the committee, T. Y. Chal-
mers, Walhalla, r. T.. ID. No. 2; also
send entrance fees by June lst, 1912.
There will also be corn club con-
test this year. Any farmer in the
county can join this club by paying
into the treasury s. by May 18th,
1912, and sending his name and adj
dress to the county chairman. This
contest will be governed by the same
rules and regulations that govern the
general contest, except that the acre
shall be upland. No funds will be
solicited; will only award for prizes
the amount paid In by the contest
ants. The same acre can be entered,
If desired, that Is entered in the gen
cral contest.
Any person not complying with the
above rules will be ruled out.
Il. Y. Chalmers, Chairman,
\. II. Ellison,
II. i. Werner, Committee.
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a SOUu pIIIG.
How about that county fair? 1t
would be a grand thing for Oconee,
and there is no reason why you could
not have the best in the State. They
have their fair here in Lancaster
every September or October, and in
Maytown they have the farmers in
stitute in January or February, this
being a small fair within itself. Had
the milking machine in operation at
Lancaster last fall, showing the far
mers what Il labor-saving as well as
sanitary invention it is. The South
has some in use. saw one at work
in Greenville, S. c., four years ago.
| have often been asked which |
like the best, North or South? / like
them both. Each has its advantages
and disadvantages | miss the
sweet song birds and the climate Of
the Sunny South" Owing to the
dampness OF the atmosphere the cold
and heat is very penetrating here
and most all the water is limestone.
The past winter was a long and
cold one; the mercury hung close to
zero, above and below, for two
months or more, and went down as
far as 80 degrees below This, of
course, was unusually cold-the old
est citizens say the coolest since
1910. 1t seemed to have been the
same everywhere.
am glad The Courier is having a
poultry department, being interested
in that way, as I have SO single comb
white Plymouth Rocks. | have had
over two years experience while here
and a great daPl at home on the
farm, but there is so much to learn;
one does not really ever know it all;
always something new each day to
make one wiser. | take two poultry
journals and six others with a poul-
try column, but | know there will be
many things OF value | will gather
from your poultry department. |
trust every one will take part in it,
which will cause many who are not
now subscribers to say. 81 am going
to take The Keowce Courier, too:
they nave a poultry department Gas
well as other good reading) that is
getting so interesting, and you can
learn so much from it. too"
Yes, the newspaper mirht well be
termed travelling school. 1t brings
one in touch with the world at large,
nome snd abroad, as well as being
instructive.
That reminds me: 1t was through
your paper found an old school
friend, Della Morgan, as she was
known u us in those good old school
days, bit she Is now Mrs. Harry
rope, ana lives in Trinidad, Colo.
fcrhaps some Of her friends would
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08

Wash out old sores, fostering
wounds and ulcers with Darby's
Prophylactic Fluid. It is wonder
ful disinfectant and healing remedy.
r. heals up running sores Of long
standing that will not yield to an
ordinary liniment, because 1t destroys
poisonous germs, cleanses the sore
of foul matter and helps nature to
repair the damaged flesh. Price soc.
per bottle. Sold by Dr.. j. w. Bell
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08

.'h A!.u h'hi' N' LtS .SOUDS thIS 4
whom ,hc rcfora@aaa arc mada. --Wd
Courier.
We were shown some drawings
this week, executed by Miss Maud
Fahnestock that are evidence Of
unusual talent. One especially, an
original child study, that is very
mirth provoking. 1t represents the
child sitting to have its rhoto taken,
and evidently had been asked to sit
very still. a mischievous fly is
creeping over the child's neck and
the "tickle" is depicted on the child's
face, but the courage to stand the
sensation and not move, is also very
plainly depicted. Altogether, no one
can study it, and not imagine the
predicament the child is in, and how
it must feel to be in it's place; the
result is good laugh. An original
verse below the picture explains the
child's expressions:
"Tho Bestest Yet"
"Do you know the weason wy?
'Taus l had to waf.
Don't you see at nauty fy
On my to to daft?
Said pittur man, 'teep twiet dare!'
How 1t TITLED me;
Touldn't det it off, but I don't tare,
So | let 1t be-"
Miss Maud Fahnestock, our tai
ented local artist, Is successful
poultry woman as we'll. The white
Plymouth Rocks are her favorte
breed and in her flock are fine speci-
mems Of the Fishel strain. She told
us any one can get eggs for Matching
and we can vouch for their excellent
oua]ities. You will tarry long at
the table where white rocks are
served.
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Sold at Bell, Drug Store, Walhalla.
horror or suffering. All were in a
remarkable state Of reservation.
Samuel Wailach, who inspected
part of the unidentified to-day, said
he had but faint hope of finding the
body of his brother-in-law, Henry B.
Harris, the theatrical man.
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LETTER FROM WALHALLA GIRL.
Miss Fahmestock Writes Interestingly
From Pennsylvania Home.

( Maytown, Pa, May 1.-Editor
Keowee Courier and Readers: Just
a bit of news to one and all. The
newsy old Courier has been well
come visitor for two years. | must
be very busy If do not take time
to glance over It's pages the ,no-
ment it arrives. 1t comes like a
sweet messenger laden with tidings
of my old home town, and the
friends ] hold most dear. Though q
silent reader, l have been with all in
their joys and gladness and to note
the many improvements that have
taken place in 80 short time (three
years.; the progressive ways taken
to benefit school, farm, social circles,
and last, but not least, charitable
work. May they ever prosper. My
sympathy has been with those in
their hours Of darkness, which come
to one and all in different ways. On
returning home some day | will find
many new faces among the old, fa-
miliar ones, and many Of whom will
greet me in memory only, they hav-
ing been summoned to a higher life.
This is beautiful country; farm
ing Is carried on on a grand scale,
different in many ways from the
South. They never pull the fodder
here. 1t is cut off, stalk and all, af-
ter the corn is ripe. a great deal be-
ing used as ensilage for the silo. The
rest is made into large shocks, left
in the field to be husked for two or
three cents (according TO size) a
shock, the husks being left on stalk,
! corn thrown in piles and hauled IN.
Leaving the fodder on the stalk so
long makes it very poor for feeding.
Most Of 1t is cut up and fed with
ground feed, the other being fed, but
the most is trampled under feet to
be taken out in the spring and put
more than in the South-alfalfa, clo-
yer and timothy--and a great deal of
mill feed is used. Wonder what the
people here would think OF the South
em husking bees, the corn being
brought in under shelter to be husk-
ed by dozen or more neighbors,
with a big supper when the work Is
all done? Tobacco IS the leading
crop, as cotton is in the South. To-
bacco is more troublesome, think,
to the grower, as he has to keep the
leaves off stem, sort each size leaf,
etc.--so much handling-and when
ready for market it cannot be stored
ir warehouses Coy higher Wicca like
.raNo nNt is ut".G Do 'at go nt What
cvt> pri. is niIe cll. g.Iuleu aua
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Fastcd SO Days and then Died.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 2.-Mrs.
Cora Blanche Parkhurst, of Ocean
Beach, died here yesterday after
fasting for sc days in an effort to
reduce her weight.
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po,,14,. ,uomon and Artist.

We clip the following mtele''.ns 49, 3
,toms from recent issue of the
Maytown (pa.) Journal. These viii
prove Of interest, as "e s..oa.
above letter will, 10 ''""'
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aIIsTHoDIsM LOSING PoNylSts,
"N0xious Innovations Have inter
vened," So Say Bishops.

Nv . 4. .
Minneapolis, Mimi, MAY 2--4Crit-
icism Of the condition which enabled
the church to gain "less than 2 per
cent of its membership In tha last
year." and charges that. the church
press was being used "as fYee 70.
rum by the promoters OF disatfcc-
tion," were made in the bishss@ re-
port to the Quadrennial geuer& con
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church to-day.
The report contains the bishops
recommendations for the futuEc pol
icy Of the church.
In the last year." said he report,
"the church has made a net Eatr o.
but $1,000, which Is less than nec
cent, as the outcome OF the years
;ctivities and the OUTLAY of many
millions of dollars. The statistical
paradox gazes US out Of countGnanco.
1t shanes and humiliates us What
are honors Of office worth IN any
army that does not win BATTLES? NO
marve' that some are proposing 70
reduce the major generals 10 post
duty"
This reference was to Pn1ppsal
which would limit to a ocst% DISTRICT
the activities of the bishops whose
jurisdiction now Is universal
Nfcagcr Membership
Among the reasons for the t0caa er
growth, as set forth, we're O. 90
strict application Of tho Law og he
church. demanding that al ~ mbcrs
who remove from a given community
without their church lHlrcg8 be
year.
"IHair calculations" tho raport
said, "revcals the astounding TACT
that probably not less than d 900
members disappeared from or oils
by reckless use of the 'drupp'a. aro-
cess.
"Nevertheless, we still the
patent fact that our liscincli.e doc
trjnes are not being emphas.>od as
they once were, or, where freaChed,
are discredited for the tine Ny a
uoineovinp world druuI, ,,s,. rain
PHILOSOPHERS and sated viii jd,ton-
ous indulgences
Pleading for an erphaSis 20 the
distinctive Wesleyan Gocl.I,rs. the
| report said that they were tie only
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08

For any itching skin trouble, piles,
eczema, salt rheum, hives, Itch scald
head, herpes, scabies, Doan's Oint-
mcnt Is highly recommended. SOC.
at all stores,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08

marking Closing chapter III the
greatest sea disaster in history at
tended with more respectful silence
and lack Of morbid curiosity than
was the docking Of the Mackay-Bcn-
nett. Not half dozen Of those actu-
ally concerned visited the pier pro-
per and Of the general public not
more than 200. They stood In ST
lcncc overlooking the terrace into
the navy dock yard, 800 yards away.
They could see nothing but the up
per structure OF the ship, tents hous-
ing the collins and canvas lane in
which the dead were being carried to
the long file Of undcrtakerS' wagons
for transfer to tho morgue. 1t was
nearly 4 o'clock when the claimants
Of bodies began to arrive there by
twos and three. Nicholas Biddle. of
Philadelphia, who accompanied Vim
cent Astor here in a,private car, went
alone to identify the body OF Col.
Astor. and it was the first prepared
for removal to New York.
The body OF ISadOr Straus q few
minutes later was turned over to
Maurice Rothschild, Of New York,
and in quick succession with little
or no ceremony, the bodies Of Frank
D. Millet, the artist, II. j. Allison,
Of Montreal, and others were given
IN charge Of friends.
BY tomorrow all OF those claimed
will be on their way home for bur-
ial
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-05-08
Ricl, With tho Poor.

That there was no favoritism
shown In the reburial, in that the
bodies Of prominent persons were not
kept aboard to the exclusion of the
more humble, is indicated by the
White Star lines announcement that
among those bodies sunk again was
that of George ID. Widener, the Phil
adelphia capitalist. Although this
appears to be mistake in that Mr..
Widcncr'S son, now here, believes
from Capt. Lardener's description
| that the body was that Of his ia
theirs valet the name Widener
stands on the official list Of reburied
as issued by the White Star line.
The one great hope held out to the
bcrcavcd was the fact that there are
stretched in the rough pine collins
in the morgue GO bodies for which
there we're no claimants. BY morn
ing all will have been prepared for
close scrutiny and persons who found
only bitter disappointment in the
death house to-day will 20 back to-
morrow prepared to exhaust every
| resource before turning homcward.
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BROUGHT IN THE TITANIC DEAD.
Funeral Ship Arrives ut Halifax
Fifty-Scvcn Committed to Sea.

Halifax, N. S., May 1.-The cable
ship Mackay-Bennett, which came
with 100 OF the White Star liner II
tanic's dead into Halifax yesterday,
first cast sioom over the city by her
nero presence as a funeral ship, then
sent shock through those waiting
here for bodies with the announce
ment Of her commander that 81 Of
those reported by wireless AS identi-
fed had Of necessity been cast again
into the sea.
Yet none, not even the few re
whose friends Or relatives had thus
been reocmmitted to the Atlantic,
expressed any criticism Of Capt.
Lardner's action, believing him sim
cere in his explanation that lack of
space on board, shortage Of embalm-
ing materials and the mutilation Of
bodies were solely responsible for
his course.
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But Ono First Class.

A majority OF those cast again into
the sea were members of the Titan
les crew and second and third class
passengers. Eliminating Mr.. Widen
er's name from the list there re-
mains, so far as can be checked up
from the data here, the name Of only
one first class passenger recommit-
tod lIo was Frederick Sutton, Of
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Courier.

. -Ar ana Moan a tAe y0Mng LadN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-03
LOCKWOOD CLUB TO
 SUBMIT ITS OFFER
The Officers Expect That Athletic Club Will Acquire the
 Property

The Edgewood Country clubs propo- sition to the Birmingham Athletic club, looking toward a consolidation of these two clubs. will be given the Birming- ham Athletic club committee this week Solon Jacobs is president of the Bir- mingham Athletic club, and John T. Yeatman is president of the Edgewood club.
 At the annual meeting of the Bir- mingham Athletic club on May 2s W. D. Nesbit had a committee appointed by the club to investigate the proposition he had from the RoebuclS Country club.
 This committee consisted of MT. Nes- bit, R. F. Collins, George Huddleston, John Taylor and Solon Jacobs and it is stated there are several propositions besides those of Edgewood club and the Roebuck club for the Athletic clubs consideration.
 G. T. Brazelton of the Edgewood club said last night;
 Apparently because of some misun- derstanding I notice that Sundays Age Herald states that the Edgewood prop osition had been dropped. We have not made our offer yet, but It will be made this week. We are confident our offer will be accepted A lake one and one fourth miles long and one-fourth mile wide, with about 100 acres pretty land, suitable for tennis, baseball and golf, and a handsome clubhouse, completed up to date, with ball room, cafe, liv- ing rooms, etc. all within four miles of Birmingham, makes very attractive offer"