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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03
HERE'S AN OCONEE FARMER.
4 Visit to Paul Stribling, OF Kich-
land, South Carolina:
G.. F.. Hunnicutt, Editor Southerh
CultiyatOr.)

CultiyatOr)
As we meet the farmers at Farl-
Gus points, they tell us that they ell
ioy reading the Editors accounts or
his visits to the successful FARMERS
ol the different sections through
which he travels. We. are delighted
to have a fine example or the truly
successful farmer to present to our
readers in this issue. Our progress
siye farmers everywhere are inter-
rsted in the ideal types OF corn and
cotton. How many have ever pictur-
ad in their mind the truly ideal far
mer? We have score cards for corn
and cotton, why not get up score
card for the farmer himself? Now
liking corn, we have this score card
to Judge an ear By:
Joints. Perfect Score.
Uniformity and shape Of ear. .15
color Of ear =. .Oo
Market condition and quality of
ear ..... ...... .......' .1H
Tips Of ear ID
Butt of ear go. 10
n''o' ,'i.' "'" ~
80 . ~
10,
A., -,
..,s,. na 60, ,ho t.r
ING '' - 49,
. n.so. coor,
o,'...s,s. .,o mnov.,,n
80 oann ,,,aa. a,a hon,o snn
Al
., ,u ,..,, o,,no,s
care o, 'he SOIL ''r" '''''''''S
,."o,,;no ~ 'l, -. ,.oo,,,,,o ,,,,,,,,or 80
oo.ro ~
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Ja,,;,u ..ts,,. ..
,,. ar
r1o,,,,m aoe,;.o .,a.. ,.,,, oE
o,. ,va,,,,, ,,.o.,o
~. ,,,;,,.a "a
,,o,onoo T., ~, ,,,.,, nc. -
,oo
Every tarmer'Should use thls STAN
dard TO Judge himself by, or he
ahould put these three pertinent
questions 10 hlmself:
L. What am "orth 10 my Iarm
IN the matter OF personal superVls-
q. "hat am l worth to my home
the matter or proper control and
"s an Inspiration 10 my chldren!
'" GA, an "orto !" my cong
A'oh'tH ID ,cHStssss;3 ;3Aa'"pse ana AS q o'Eec~
%3f tp' ssSSffSfpH'li'N c. aAn means
OF Us H%s2S
"cil' 1Sts 4'ls'i' 5s11S we nave
SHOWN iaui o1ilpilhs' ms haCher
dled "heh he was Dut IL years ola'
ana he early telt the responsibility
u managing 'he larH lell 10 MS mo-
ther' ana u poCh setIlhs all eaoca-
tioi lo' hi''sell ana 'haI OF MS oio-
thers ana SISTERS re "orkeo Oil 'he
laihi ior Se'eral years. went u
Sohooi se'e'al years ana 'heli la"sl'
schooi year VI '"o' Du'' al'ho"sn
graduate VI coi'ese' ne sooh re-
turheo ana serlleo upon Ihe iariii'
ne went OH lhe prihciple Vi making
MS l'rnl seli-S's'a'hihs ana I'M
proving HIS SOIL IL was io "oiioer
IT, u ne MADE money re soon was
sh"oieo 10 puS oo' 'iio o'he' mems III
.ie noiles'e"u. AS ne ''t'ue ''ioneS
ne maoe Juolcious investments III
l"hu-poyihs Plecc whenever Oh
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03

Itch relieved In 80 minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never
fails. Sold by j. w. Bell. druggist.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03

Suffered day and night
ment Of itching piles. Nothi
ed me until | used Doan's O
The result was lasting. He
II. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, a /.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03

increase the Yield - :. .gUain cN~
tent by using more guano, but the
increase will be bought with the eX-
ira expense, and you are making an
over-prOductiOn and lowering the
price OF your entire crop. BE salts
fled with making only enough, as we
are already producing more cotton
than the world needs. Cut 1t down.
r. n. Smith.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03

ed MS late as July 1st, and the far
mer will be a great deal better off
II he raises less cotton and more
corn, for in the end he will get as
much for small crop as he would
IL he raised large one, AND HAVE
ALL HIS CORN CLEAK
J. G.. Anderson,
Originator Crock Hill Plan"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03
FEW FACTS AND FARM FIGURES.
Keep Acreage Down to Meet Only
tho Worlds Needs.

Editor .Keowee Courier: Please
allow me space In the columns, Of
The Courier to show some facts that
I have learned from observation and
experience. 1t is evident that ad-
vice Is the cheapest thing before the
people to-day, and If 1t were possible
for man to remember all he hears
on farming he could get a good ag-
ricultural education in a few days.
Those guano men who don't know
ragweeds from cotton will tell you
that II you want to. make success
double the amount Of guano you use
and then add a side application oc-
casionally.> i received a letter few
days ago telling me that If I used q
home mixture I would make a great
mistake. will agree with my ad-
visors. / would, but 1T would be to
my benefit and his loss Of about
four dollars on the ton. 1t will pay
every farmer to mix his guano at
home and use just what he knows
will pay dividend. Last year 1t
took, on an average, a fourth Of the
cotton to pay for the guano used in
Oconee county. For example, take
two acres Of common land for cotton
to SEQ how the people are going from
year to year. On an average 1t takes
two acres, or more, to make a 500
pound bale Of cotton. Example:
Cotton, 500 pounds $40 90
Seed, 700 pounds -. ....... S 60
Total receipts -. $45 60
Expenses.
Man and team, 2 days, turn
ing ....$ 6 90
500 pounds guano o......... Q GO
Two bushels seed .... g.. 2 90
Planting and putting in
guanO ...... ..... | SO
Hoeing three times -. 49,. 4 SO
Flowing five times ...... SO
Picking, ginning and hauling s So
Total expense. ....... $50 90
Tho Result.
Total receipts .... .$45 60
Total expense .......:.... 80 95
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03

Every farmers should use this stan
dard to judge himself by, or he
should put these three pertinent
questions to himself:
1. What am / worth to my farm
IN the matter of personal supervis-
lon?
2. What am worth to my home
the matter Of proper control and
IS an inspiration to my children?
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03

Net profit .......$ G.
This is the result on two acres of
land and the taxes not paid. This is
about the way the average farmer is
making cotton. Stop and think, and
don't plant an acre more than you
can cultivate yourself as surplus.
You can make 40 bushels Of corn to
the acre with the. same amount Of
""ano "a yOn use to make $40
wurlh uf cotton Theu too, nyWra
yuyrui'r ana o>y Just as near the
aaU"c OF 4unno .a the acre as Oh
klo~ vii, pay T. UYi1sul Yuu may
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12

And today Thursday, be logical
progress of reasoning, eh?"
, Jaw, yiss, sor."
"And what's the time?"
Danny consulted O'Rourke's watch
on the bureau. "A quarter av twilve.' y
Then bestir yourself, ye lazy good
for-nothing, and pack up me things
"Aw!" cried Danny, expostulant.
Our train leaves at two. Ye have
an hour and a half"
Jaw, but yer honor, is ut no rist at
all we'll liver be havin'?"
I'VE can rest on the train,' said
O'Rourke. I've just ten days left in
which to reach Rangoon, where I've an
appointment to keep with lady, Dan
ny, to wit, Madame O'Rourke. Dye
mind her, and do we blame me, Dan
N.Y."
Danny became suddenly eXtraordin-
arily busy. why did we not say as
much to begin with, yer honor?" he
complained. LAS if 1 wouldn't work
me hands to the stumps av
"'Tis now Thursday noon," con-
llAuSu " lNoui nc hS
two o'clock trains scheduled to land
us in Calcutta at ten Saturday night.
At eight Sunday morning a steamer
leaves Diamond Harbor for Rangoon,
scheduled for a fair-weather passage
of three days. Thatll leave us lit
tie leeway. barring accidents. But
we've 10 time to waste
But how'll we be catching thot
steamer at Di'mind Harbor, sor? How
fairs that from Calcutta, now, an will
there be thrains at that hour av the
night?"
That's to be dealt with as it turns
up, Danny. There's only forty miles
between the two places, and if there's
no train, We'll charter a motor-car or
a boat down the Hughli. :"
The latter expedient O'Rourke final
ly adopted, although he could have af-
forded comfortable night in no.
tel at Calcutta, had he deemed it wise.
But in the fifty-six hours of unmitigat-
ed sweltering that he and Danny en-
dured in their flight across India he
had leisure to think matters over very
carefully, with the result that, all
things considered, he felt justified in
assuming the world to be in league
against him and in shaping his course
accordingly. Therefore it were un.
wise to permit himself to be seen and
recognized in Calcutta, or even to lin
ger on the soil of India an instant
longer than absolutely necessary.
Within an hour, then, of his arrival
at Howrah, he had, by dint Of per-
sistence and rupees, succeeded in hir.
ing launch to take him from the ter.
minus by water to the steamer at Dia
mond harbor-
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CHAPTER XVIII.

At small hour of the morning they
made Diamond Harbor in pitch dark
ness and without misadventure were
successful in causing themselves to be
transhipped. bag and baggage, to the
twinscrew steamship Poonah, which
vessel rode at anchor in midstream.
Toward eight o'clock Of the white
hot forenoon that followed, O'Rourke,
in the shadow of long boat on the
Poonah's promenade deck, stood fin
ishing matutinal cigar and watching
narrowly tender ferry out a final
boatload of passengers from the east
ern river bank.
Slowly the tender forged toward the
steamers side; and as 1t drew near,
O'Rourke forgot to smoke and bent
over the rail to inspect with unremit
ting interest those upon its decks.
The forward deck of the tender held
his regard but briefly; those who
waited there, cycling impassively the
towering TANKS of the liner, were one
and all of the east, of races, creeds
and types too numerous to catalogue
These the adventurer might not read,
save individually upon personal con.
tact. If trouble was to come from
them, collectively or individually, he
would not know until the blow had
fallen. On the other hand, he might
be able to hazard shrewd surmises as
to the potential animus inherent In
any one of the Europeans who were
to be his fellow passengers.
The latter were a mere handful !;
half a dozen commercial travellers
from London. Paris, Berlin, their avo
cations evident beyond dispute; a sal
low English missionary with his with
cred wife, sombre figures in the stark
sunlight, a red-faced deputy-sub-some
thing-or-other of the Indian govern.
ment. complacent in white drill and
new pith helmet with a gay puggaree;
a lone English girl, and a Frenchman
The two latter held the Irishman's
attention; the girl because, even at 9
distance, her slim white-clad figure
and well-poised head seemed singu
larly fresh and attractive; the mar
because-well, because O'Rourke wat
susceptible to premonitions.
He was a tall man and broad, the
Frenchman-well-made, well-groomed
carrying himself with an indefinable
air of distinction. His face was rath
er pale land therefore notable in that
concourse Of dark skins), its features
strongly modelled, the mouth and CHR
masked by neatly trimmed ant
pointed beard and mustache.
O'Rourke could not have said tina
he had ever seen the man before; ye
there was this and that about hin
which struck spark of reminiscenc'
from his memory. A suspicion flashed
through his mind which he put asid,
with disdain, as absurd and far-fetch
ed. On the other hand HI
knit his brows In puzzlement.
The very fixity Of his regard drew
the eyes Of its object upwards. The.
encountered O'Rourke's. fingered brief
Iy in an unveiled, inquiring stare fl
which there was not to be detected
the least hint of recognition, ant
passed onward casually, indifferently
ignoring the impertinence.
The tenders passengers began t.
stumble up the gang-plank to lowe
deck Of the liner; and O'Rourke. witt
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: suuer lace. went below, taxing some
care to avoid contact with the incom-
ing crowd.
He found Danny was in his state
room, engaged with some details of
repair to the adventurer's wardrobe.
ORourke remained for brief space
standing in the middle of the cabin,
visibly distracted. Then abruptly
some whimsical consideration seemed
to resolve his dubiety-as lightning
will clear sultry, brooding air; smile
deepened the corners of his mouth,
the flicker in his eye merged magically
into a twinkle, the shrug of his broad
shoulders conveyed an impression of
casting care to the winds.
Danny, lad he remarked reflect
lively, throwing himself ungracefully
upoE the cushioned transom opposite
to his berth. Danny, We wouldn't lie
to me, would We now"
"Aw-w," reproved Danny. "Shure,
yer honor knows ut isn't in me at ALL"
And to himself; "Phat the divvle
now?"
Then tell me, Danny, truthfully;
did we ever see a ghost?"
AVN. oCCihS SauSS " bahS thS
query as joke.
"a ghost that had grown a beard
since it had become ghost, Danny"
"Aw-aw-w!"-still willing to be
amused, if himself chose to be face
tious.
Because" continued O'Rourke with
slight frown, Il have, and that not
five minutes since"
"Aw?"
"Wance l left a man for dead, Dan
ny, with a clean sword-thrust through
the body of him-a misbegotten black
guard he was; but l killed him in fair
fight, sword to sword, and no ia
vor. And this bright and
beautiful morning, 10 and behold ye!
who should come tripping up the gang
plank but his ghost, as lively as we
please. and with neat new beard!"
w?"-incredulously
O'Rourke frowned impatiently. "Des
Trebes," he explained.
"Aw-"
stop it, We parrot, Stop it, say,
Have We no word in the dark lexicon
of your ignorance other than 'Aw-aw'?
Get up, ye omadhaun, and take me re-
spects to the purser and ask him
please will he show ye the passen-
ger-list."
The valet left with circumspect ala
Gritty.
Alone, O'Rourke rose and turned
thoughtfully to a revolver that made
a conspicuous black spot on the white
counterpart of the berth, with nerv-
Gus, strong fingers Numbering the
weapon and taking account of the
brass dials Of the cartridges that
nestled snug in its six-chambered
cylinder. The machine was in perfect
condition; O'Rourke snapped the
breech shut and thrust it in his peck
ct. Then he sat down to think, sub
consciously aware from noises with.
out that the tender had swung off and
the anchor was being tripped.
Could the resemblance be acciden-
tai? 1t seemed hardly possible. The
Des Trebes he had known had been a
type distinct. SO clear and aloof from
the general Frenchman that not even
the addition of beard to his physiog.
nomy could have proven a thorough
disguise And it seemed reasonable
enough to assume that, Mrs. Prynne
having failed in her undertaking, Des
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CHAPTER xxx.

AS time went on. however, II his un.
easiness were not sensibly dimin-
ished, nothing happened, the voyage
proving entirely uneventful; and
O'Rourke was forced to the conclusion
ly the vicomte des Trebes. he was
strangely content to play waiting
game.
The Irishman, however. had known
stranger things than that one man
should seem the counterpart Of an.
other. And by nothing more than
this questionable accident Of resem
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12

HGod In Heaven!" Cried O'Rourke.
so thot whin he failed to kill yersilf
and had got his strength back, he wint
TO Paris and had an imitashun av ut
made there-someho be fusing chape
stones together and all thot, l behave.
Twas ixpinsive an him tight up for
money, SO he takes Missus Prynne in
to partnership and she puts up the
cash. Thin-they've been watchin'
yersilf all the time. sor-they sets
Cap'n Hole onto We to get the stone
Afther We escaped from the Pelican,
he goes ashore and mates the lady
at her hotel and daylivers the stone
to her. getting his pay and the imita-
shun into the bargain, he insistin' on
fhot because he knows yell be comm
back for the Pool av Flame, and he's
afraid av ye-afraid yell kill him II
he can't turn over a ruby to we like
the wan he stole. So twas the faxed
stone we TUX from him thot same
night and the same we brought aboard
the Rance and the same the serang
sthole from ye."'
II begin to see. But how about the
serang? What did Cecile have to say
in explanation of him?"
"She couldn't account for him at
all, sor, save thot mebbe the natives
in Rangoon had somehow got wind av
the fact that the stone was comm
back and a gang av thin set out to
stale ut. She SEE Missus Prynne niv-
er cud account for the way they dis
covered she had ut, but they seemed
to know pretty certain sure, sor, for
yell recall they niver bothered We at
all at first, and twas only be chanst,
like, thot the serang got the imitashun
from ye.'
But what about Des Trebes? Did
the maid say?"
mo more than he'd been lift in
Paris, sor.'
And what 'ev we done with the two
Of them, Mrs. Prynne and the maid ?
Are they still locked up safely?"
'Divvle bit, yer honor. Twas i'm.
possible to kape them SO, Dravos said,
wild Missus Prynne threatening to yell
bloody murther out av the poort and
kick up such row thot the authori
ties wud be down on us-if we didn't
let her go. Besides, we'd got what we
wanted out av her, and pwhat was the
use av holdin' her amy longer?"
$50 we let them go?"
"Yissor."
81 could kill ye for it." said
O'Rourke, land Dravos, too; fol
there's a deal of matters I'd like tc
be inquiring into with the lady this
blessed minute. But, Danny boy
there's nothing in the world / can,
forgive ye now, for what we've done
for me, and twill be a strange thinf
II don't serve ye handsomely wher
come into a fortune. Nov
don't be standin' there like a ninny
but be of with we and pack me thing.
before l lift me hand to ye IT'S IL
haste we are-with Des Trebes aliv,
and Mrs. Prynne on the loose; an,
there'll be no such thing as rest To-
either Of us until we reach Rangoon
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CHAPTER XVII.

Danny said O'Rourke
without looking up from the occupa,
ton which had engrossed his atten.
ton for the last three hours; and for
the first time in that period he spoke
audibly, making an end to the mum.
bled Capitalization he had been hold.
ing with himself, Murray's Guide, 0
Bradshaw, an Indian railway guide,
several steamship folders and a large
colored map of the Indian empire.
What days this day. Danny?"
Danny thought laboriously. Twas
this morn we lift tn Rance, sor?
Thin yestiddy was Wednes-
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t1,o be continued

Doughspoon water is beginning
to come down from the mountains a
little now. 1t will seem nice TO have
water that Is liquid enough to sym
bolize with spoon"
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-04-12
Copyright 1909. BY Lop,4 J,>eph Vance

4 was afraid of that" nodded
O'Rourke. The next time we meet,
Des Trebes and /, there'll be no mis-
take about it,
She seq thot befure he fought wild
We he'd taken measurements av the
stone and made wax mould av ut,
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Trebes would resume his office as &C.
tive head Of their conspiracy. II it
were indeed he whom O'Rourke had
Just seen. there was every chance i'm
aginable that the final chapter In the
history of the Irishman's connection
with the Pool of Flame would prove
an eventful one.
Maybe not" admitted O'Rourke.
maybe I deceive meself. But I'm
persuaded I'll do well to keep both me
eyes open until the day I'm rid of the
damned thing"
At this juncture Danny's knock took
him to the door. "Mongsere Raoul do
Hyeres," announced the valet breath
lessly: "'tis thot the purser says his
name Is. yer honour"
Yes" assented O'Rourke dubious
ly. but perhaps the purser's mista-
ken-misinformed."
Middletown transcript., 1912-10-12
TO DENOUNCE FRAUDS

From thousands OF pulpits in all parts
of tns United States, fake cures for con-
sumption will be exposed and denounced
on tuberculosis Day, October 27th. This
is part of the movement announced to-
day by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Literature giving info rmation on fraud
ulent and alleged cures" for consump-
ton will be sent to clergymen all over
the country, and an organized crusade
against the traffic in these drugs aud de.
vices will be instituted. The literature
will be sent to ministers directly from the
National Association Office in New York
or through the state and local anti-tuber-
culosis associations scattered throughout
the country. 1t is estimated that over
1000, ,uO0 clergymen will be reached in
this way.
From actual records on file in the Office
OF The National Association, it is estima-
ted that the volume of business done an
nualy by the various concerns who sell
fake remedies for tuberculosis amounts to
well over Sl5,OOO,OOO. The number OF
these remedies now being used as SOCIAL
led cures is over 500.
Three classes of cures are distinguished
by the National Association. In the first
class are included hundreds of devices
and drugs which can be bought for any
sum ranging from ten cents TO five dol
lars at drug store. The second class of
cnres the institutes, professors or compa-
MES of doctors, who for a consideration
guarantee to cure consumption by some
secret method of which they are sole pro.
prietors There are nearly $50 of these
institute frauds in the United States,
cheating the people out of millions of dol
lars annually.
In the third class of cures are placed a
number of homemade remedies, which
either through ignorance or superstition
have been advanced as treatments for
tuberculosis. Some of these are onions
lemons, rattlesnake poison, coal dust, lime
dust, pigs blood, milk striplings and
even alcohol.
None of these remedies will cure con-
sumption, declares the National Associa-
tion. No drug, gas or other material has
yet been discovered, which, when eaten,
inhaled or injected into the system; will
kill the germs of tuberculosis without do
ing serious injury to the body. The only
real cure for tuberculosis recognized
by the National Association consists of
the combination of fresh air, good food,
and rest taken under the direction of a
competent phyician.
Middletown transcript., 1912-10-12
NEW PENSION RULE

In accordance with 9 recent ruling OF
the Pension Office, the pensioners IN this
town and vicinity have received notice to
the effect that they will no longer be COM
PEELED to go to a notary public to get
their vouchers filed out before they can
draw their quarterly pay from the govern.
ment. The checks due each pensioner
will be sent out every quarter from the
Pension Office direct to the pensioner
without the filling out Of the usual vou-
cher, the only thing required of ire PEN
sioner being, when be receives his check.
be must, exhibit bis pension certificates to
two persons who must attach their names
to the check as witnesses, and at the same
time certifying to the exhibition Of the
pension certificate at the time Of attestinp
the signature of the pensioner. This rul-
ing will affect the notary publics through
out the country, but will be great con-
venience to those drawing pensions and
also be a great saving of labor IN the PEN
sion Office.
Middletown transcript., 1912-10-12
GUN ENDS LIFE

I'll for some time, Jacob Tush, 70 years
old, one of two brothers who have farmed
near Townsend for many years ended bis
life on Saturday afternoon in corn crit
there. Coroner Chandler found theiI
was no foul play and issued certificate
that the man had committed suicide.
Tush, on several occasions bad made
attempts to borrow weapon from neigh
bors saying be intended to kill himself,
On Saturday he managed to get an old
rusty shot gun and going to the corn crib,
made careful preparations to end bis life.
After loading the gun he placed the but
on the floor and leaned over the muzzle
which be pressed against his stomaehe.
He then pushed the trigger with stick.
tie load of shot entering bis body terrib.y y
mutilatipg him.
The report of the shot was heard by
members of bis family, and they found
the bleeding form on the floor of the corn
crib. DR.. ]. D. Niles, of Townsend,
was summoned, but life was extinct.
Tush was a widower. He is well know
in the community where he lived, having
spent all bis life there. He suffered from
illness for some time.