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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15
SCARCITY OF RADIUM HINDERS
Curative Properties in Treatment of
Cancer Not Yet Determined

CHICAGO. November l5.-Scarcity OF
radium has prevented a thorough test OF
its curative properties in cancer accord
ing TO the report made to the clinical
congress of surgeons III session here by
the cancer campaign committee The
committee reported on the educational
campaign of the last year carried on by
the American Society for the Control of
Cancer.
only time Will tell what percentage OF
cases can be cured with radium,' the re-
port states. I'm the meantime the public
should be informed through every DOS
sibIe source that early surgical treat
ment offers the best chance for cure.
Few surgeons in this country have
enough radium To give 1t thorough trial.
1t has appeared that extensive doses have
sometimes cured when smaller amounts
have had little EJECT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15
The Canning Industry.
ilI.-ltS Modern Methods.
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

Occasionally, when YOU are about to
partake of food that you know has been
preserved in a tin can, If you are q bit
squeamish, wonder vaguely IL 1t is good.
and hope devoutly that it will not make
you i'll, YOU experience in a mild and
feetIng form the great fear that ever
broods over the canning industry. You
may be afraid that this particular bit of
food is unwhoiesome. but at the worst it
Will only disagree with YOU"
The Gamer has much more than that to
think about. 4 spoiled package OF goods
Injuries him in more ways than one. If
the defect is discovered before the pack
aye leaves the factory. II is a simple
money loss If it is discovered in the
grocery store il is money loss and an
injury to trade reputation. If it goes on
and is not discovered until ii reaches
the family kitchen, then ii is COM
pound injury involving money loss, in
Jured trade reputation and injured gen
eral reputation. the last the worst of all
As II this We're not enough. the can
ners must ever fear the circulation OF
stories of canned food poisoning, not one
IN hundred OF which is founded on
fact, but which. unfortunately. the wild
er and more improbable they may be.
cause the greater injury. For instance.
II several persons who have attended
wedding reception should become ill, and
newspapers should print. honestly enough,
that the physicians suspected the illness
originated in canned shrimp, then for
several weeks there will be a falling off
in the consumption of canned goods in
that community.
To cite concrete case: short time
ago. following a wedding reception in a
suburb of Philadelphia. twenty-five of
the forty-one persons present at the re-
Ception we're taken ILL., A story was cir
culated. although perhaps il did not reach
the newspapers, that the illness was
caused by eating canned goods.
Ellt In q few DAYS il deyelnn. hat Ii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

St Mary's Episcopal Church of Flee
ton. Northumberland county. Va. held
a bazaar and $500 was cleared. Among
the donors were Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Mrs William Jennings Bryan and Mrs.
Josephus Daniels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15
Constant Danger
of Minute Leaks.

sweils II the leak is large enough TO
he seen with the eye, there is no diff
Guilty. But sometimes a leak will be so
minute that il viii admit a little bit of
air and with II an organism which will
set UP putrefaction- Then the leak will
be closed from the inside. gases will be
formed. and the can will swell
II IN the case of non-ac!d foods the
swelling in the can has been caused By
the development of spores, the conclu-
sion must be reached that the can was
not sufficiently sterliZed in the begin
ming. On the other hand IL Tactic acid
bacteria. the cause OF fermentation are
discovered, then the conclusion is in
evitabie that the can has leaked
To avoid these leaks, which are a
source of much trouble. the most care
ful tests are made OF the sheets OF tin.
in the first place. and of the finished
cans. improvements in soldering devices
and IN the composition of the solder used
are continually being made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15
Got Typhoid Fever
From Water Cress.

health service were detailed to investigate
the outbreak. A careful investigation
was made, of all of the things eaten and
drunk by the guests at the reception.
Among the various things served We're
watercress sandwiches. Only twenty
three guests had eaten these. and of
these twenty-three twenty-five had con-
tracted typhoid fever. and the other guest
was immune. because he had had the dis
ease only few years before. And yet
all this was at first charged to canned
shrimps.
The National Gamers Association
makes il point religiously to investi-
gate every story OF ptomaine poisoning
caused by eating canned goods. and. as
has been said, in nine cases out of ten
the tales turn out to be baselesS. There
is much more danger in eating green
vegetables uncooked. or that have been
improperly washed. than in almost any
other kind OF food. Yet the public gen
orally has no instructive fear of such
products.
All this merely to show that the can
ners have the greatest possible interest
in putting out goods that are We'll pre-
served At this point it is impossible TO
ignore the great controversy raging in the
preserved food world concerning the use
OF chemical preservativeS. Undoubtedly,
the weight of scientific opinion is on the
side of those packers who protest that
the use of small quantities of preserva-
tives, such as the familiar one-tenth of
I per cent of benzoate Of soda. Is not
physoiogically harmful; that is. that this
small quantity OF the chemical of itself
Hill not harm the person who eats of the
product containing 1t.
On the other hand, the preponderance
of expert opinion indicates that such pre-
Servatives should be used, If at all. only
under the most stringent regulatory pro-
visions, since by their use food not other
wise lit for human consumption may be
preserved with every external appearance
of freshness and wholesomeness.
Leaving aside this controversy and also
aayinP ont Of the eullatiou fboSa ir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15
Modern Methods
Used by Gamers.

y up fybynigh
concerns that soon are killed by tn IT
own cupidtty. il remains a fact that the
average canning factory. a member OF
Tie national association. L. availing itself
Il the best and most modern methods
lat can be devised by practical experts.
psychologists and chemical engineers
The packers knowing that their goods
must be sterilized. and that in non-acid
l-oducts double sterilization must be en-
loved to kill. first the bacteria. and sec
oud the spores of spore-bearing organ
tsIns. subject all their products to rigid
laboratory test before sending them out
n the trade. A test room is maintained
INTO which from each cooking few cans
are taken. carefully marked and kept
for about five days, in which time any
unkilled organism viii have had time to
develop. The cans are then examined
both physically and microscopically. IL
anything abnormal is found. the CORE
spending batch. which will still he in
good condition. is located in the ware
house and the goods are destroyed or
subjected To retreatment. depending on
their condition and the cause of the
trouble
This restroom is maintained at a con-
slant temperature OF blood heat. tenn
perature which gives the micro-organisms
the best opportunity for development, but
which. Of course, makes their growth
much more rapid than in the normal
temperature OF storage room.
BY testing finished products in this
way many Irregularities have been
found and. by arriving at the cause OF
all cases OF spoilage. many improvements
have been devised In methods of steriliz-
ing. Thus, I'm some factories II has been
found that the cans had been put in but
never cooked, or else they were taken
out before they had cooked long enough
10 overcome this. stop clocks-most of
them automatic-haye been attached to
The cooking retorts and these clocks auto
maucdli5 turn on and shut off the cook
ing steam at tile proper time. In other
Eases, where only part OF a package of
cans was spoiled. il was found that the
temperature was uneven. and this re-
CURED the designing of new system OF
steam regulation and circulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

But even when the goods stand ali
these tests AZ the factories and go out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

water because of the high wind. The
water soon muddied and put an end to
fishing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

But in few days it developed that the
twenty-five persons were suffering from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

Leaving aside this controversy. and also
.eaving out of the equation those ir-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

John T. O'Hara of Baltimore is now in
charge OF a section of the pressroom
having been recently promoted from the
position of pressman
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
WAR AGAINST BOIL wEEvn.
Department of Agriculture Advises
Early Destruction of Stalks.

Washington, Sept. 27.-The de-
partment Of agriculture Is sending
out warnings to the farmers in the
cotton belt cautioning them against
the spread Of the boil weevil. 1t is
| also advising them through field
agents how to destroy and prevent
the spread Of the insect
destroy the cotton stalks early in
October, if possible" advises the de-
partmcnt. Destroy your stalks even
If your less progressive neighbor
does not. 1t will pay. Clear off and
and other alternating places for the
wccvil This should be done early in
the fall.
"Do not plant cotton after cotton.
but plant your cotton on land that
has grown a heavy crop Of cowpeas,
velvet beans, LeSpcdcza or some
other lcguminOus crop to supply the
land with nitrogen and vegetable
matter. Break the land in the fall
or early winter that is to be planted
to cotton next year.
"Whcre sufficient teams and tools
are available to plow under and COM
Dlctcly burn the stalks this should
by all means be done. Where it is
impossible to plow the STALKS under
they should be uprooted, raked into
windrowS and allowed to dry for a
few days. They should then be
burned"
To prove the value of destroying
the cotton stalks, tho department
conducted experiments in Amite
county, Mississippi, last year and the
following results are shown:
On III acres where no stalks were
destroyed, but where all other in
structions Of the government were
followed, the average yield was 619
pounds Of seed cotton per acre. On
2S acres, where the stalks were de-
stroyed before October 10th, and the
same cultural methods applied, the
average yield per acre was 1850
pounds Of seed cotton, or gain Of
AL pounds of seed cotton per acre,
worth at that time $l1.64, was Sc
cured by early fall destruction Of
stalks. If it pays few men $l7.64
per acre to cut their cotton stalks be-
fore October 10th, what would it
mean to a county if every stalk in it
were cut before October 10th?
On the other farms in the same
county, where none of the govern
ment instructions were followed, it
took from eight to ten acres to make
a bale Of cotton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
Still on the Map.
(Easley Progress. }

"Easley is still on the may. y."-Eas-
ley Progress. "Yes, quite still."-
Keowee Courier
"H,llo, Brother! Come over to
Easley to the circus on the 9th, and
again to the fair on the 23d and Gath
Of October, and you'll see that while
Easley is still on the map, yet she
can make a noise when necessary
The sound of the hammer and the
saw and the trowel, and the hum of
thousands Of spindles in her cotton
mills, and that Crunching sound made
by wagons loaded with cotton and
seed coming to market, and that
swishing sound, like wind among the
leaves, which is caused by the CASH
iers of the banks passing the money
out to the farmers, is the best music
YOU ever heard. Come over and lis
ten to it while and when you re-
turn you'll think that Walhalla looks
more like a shoe-string than ever"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF OCONEE.
(In Court Of Common Pleas.)

(In Court Of Common Pleas.)
Green Wright. Solomon Wright, Mag
gle Brunei, Carrie Mack, Charlie
Henderson, Addie Henderson,
Mary Knox, Elizabeth Jenkins,
William Dean, Frank Dean, Char
lie Dean, Mamie Cobb and Eliza
Mitchell, Plaintiffs,
against
Samuel Wright, Charlie Wright, Ma
hala Wright, Carrie Wright, Silas
Wright, Charlie Wright, Jr., Annie
Brock, Elnora Wright, Lucius
Wright, Jesse G.. Neville and Mack
Neville, Defendants.
Summons for ef-(Complaint
not Served.)
To the Absent Defendants Above
Named: Carrie Wright, Mahala
Wright, Annie Brock, Elnora
Wright and I,rc.us wright:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired ~ answer the complaint in
this acton, which was filed il the
office Of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for the said county, on
the 2'd day Of September, 1913, and
to serve copy of your answer to the
said coh: Dlaint on the subscriber at
his Office IN the Public Square, at
Walhalla Court House, South Caro-
lima, within twenty days after the
service hereof, exclusive Of the day of
such service: Ind If you fail to an.
swer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded In the complaint.
Dated this 23d day of September,
A. ID. 1913.
| (Ofhcial Seal) JOHN f. CRAIG,
Clerk Court Common Pleas, Oconee
County.
| NJ. G.. LONG,
| Plaintiffs Attorney.
To Elnora Wright and Lucius Wright,
Minor Defendants, Above Named:
You will take notice that unless
you apply and have some person ap-
pointed as Guardian ad Litem for
you iR the above entitled action
within twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day Of such
service, the Plaintiffs will apply and
have some suitable person so appoint
ed to represent your interest in said
action.
Dated this 23d day of September
1913. NJ. C. LONG,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Sept. "a, 1913. 39-43
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP
Management, Circulation, ct :, of The
Kcowcc Courier, Published Week
ly 40 Walhalla, =. c., Required by
the Act of August 81, 1912.

Editor. j. a. SteCk, Walhalla, S. G..
Managing Editor, Same.
Business Managers, J. A. SteCk and
+. \. Ii. Schroeder, Walhalla. S. G..
Publishers, J. A. Steck and T.. A.
II. Schroeder, Walhalla, S. G..
Owners: Stecl;, Shelor e Schro-
der. Partnership j. A. Stcck, J.
w. Shelor. +. A. II. Schroeder.
Known bond-holders, mortgages,
and other security holdcrs-None.
J. 4. STECK,
Editor and Publisher.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this lst day Of October, 1913.
(Seal.) JOHN f.. CRAIG,
Clerk Of Court OF Common Pleas and
General Sessions for Oconee Coun-
ty, S. G..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
(Anderson IntelligencerD

II had three hard cars for the sec
ton bosses whe n took charge of the
Blue Ridge" said Cant. John r. An
derson. The Captain is a modest
man, and this information was pulled
out Of him. He was running freight
conductor on the Columbia and
Greenville when tie Richmond and
Danville bought the lines now COM
prising the Southern, and left the
Blue Ridge a waif on Anderson s
doorstep. 1t has been an achievement
for Capt. Anderson to do what he
has with the founding. He now has
five locomotives and large number
Of freight cars, and has done a great
deal OF permanent track work. The
Blue Ridge Is good little road and
has a most accommodating and pop
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01

goods and merchandise sold by Plain
tif to the Defendant, William J.
Duckett:
These are therefore to require you
to appear before ME in my office at
Walhalla on the 21st day after SER
JVlce hereof, exclusive of the day Of
service, ton answer the complaint
of said Plaintiff, or judgment will be
awarded for the said Plaintiff for
the possession Of the property de-
scrfbed in his affidavit, together with
the costs and disbursements of this
action.
Given under my hand and seal at
Walhalla, S. c., this tho 18th day of
September, 1913.
(Seal.) A. P. CRISP, Magistrate.
TO the Absent Defendant, William J.
Duckett:
Take notice that the Complaint in
this action was filed in the office Of
A. p. Crisp, Magistrate, Walhalla,
S. c., on the 18th day of September,
1913. j. B. S. DIGNDY,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Sept. II, 1913. 3S-41
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
MAGISTRATES SUMMONS.

The State Of South Carolina,
County of Oconee.
(In Court of Magistrate.)
Walter d. Moss and George NJ. Ansel,
as Partners in Trade Under the
Firm Name of Moss & Ansel, Plain
tiffs,
William j. Duckett and Mrs. William
j. Duckett, Defendants.
Summons to Defendant.
To William j. Duckett and Mrs. Will
liam j. Duckett, Defendants:
Complaint having been made unto
me by the above named Plaintiffs
that you are indebted to them upon
an account for the purchase price Of
one Tip Top Range, No. 8, purchased
by the Defendant, William J. Duck
EFT, on MS own account individually.
These are therefore to require you
to appear before me in my office at
Walhalla, S. c., on the 21st day after
service hereof, exc usive Of the day Of
service, to answer the complaint
of said Plaintiffs or judgment will be
awarded for the said Plaintiffs for
the possession Of the property de-
scribed in their affidavit, together
with the costs and disbursements OF
this action.
Given under my hand and seal at
Walhalla, S. c., this the 11th day OF
September, 1913.
(Seal) A. p. CRISP, Magistrate.
To the Absent Defendant, William J.
Duckett:
Take notice that the Complaint in
this actor was fled in the office of
A. P. Crisp, Magistrate, Walhalla,
s. G., on t.o 1th day of September,
1913. j. 3. S. DENDY,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Sept. H. 1913. 38-41
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
j. i i i j. j. !. j. 4. .ss !. j.
j. AMONG OUR EXCHANGES. j.
J. 70 =. =. !. 4. =. q q
We Need to Be Civilized.
(Gaffney Ledger.o


A negro named Will Fair was ac-
cused OF assaulting white woman in
Spartanburg county; a mob attempt
ed to lynch the unfortunate black
man, but brave sheriff, remember
ing his oath, stood off the cowardly
mob and saved the man. Later twelve
brave jurymen, t"e face of the di-
rect testimony Of 80 alleged victim
"a white woman-broughtt in
righteous verdict Of not guilty. or
course there was ample testimony to
show that the negro was innocent,
else no such verdict would have been
rendered. Suppose some putty-like
white man had been sheriff and yield
ed to the clamoring of the mob. the
result would have been the staying of
an innocent man. And yet there are
somo so-called men who will say,
"Well. it wouldn't have made any
difference if they had hung him; it
would only have been one negro
less Men, we need to be civilized,
and the only way to bring about civ
iliZatiOn is by education.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
A Marvellous EScnIi1.

"My little boy had a marvellous es-
cape" writes p. f. Bastiams, Of
Prince Albert, Cape OF Good Hope.
at occurred in the middle of the
night. He got a very severe attack
Of Group. AS luck would have it, |
had a large bottle of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy in the house. After
following the directions for an hour
and twenty minues he was through
all danger. For sale by all dealers. ad
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01

ular set Of officials and train officials.
We hope that 1t will some day be
able, with the help OF the Southern,
to push on through the mountains,
but of this Capt. Anderson is not
privileged to gossip, although 1t Is
closer to his heart than to any other
mans, for he is thoroughly loyal and
has declined to leave this road for
places Of higher responsibility and
less worry and work.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01

" Our first baby Is
strong and healthy and
we attribute this re-
suit to tho timely use
OF your Compound. -
Mrs. FRED YoHANN,
Kent, Oregon.
" I owe my life and
my baby's good health
to your Compound. -
Mrs. w. .. SPENCER,
Il. f. D., No. 3, Troy,
a laOama.
" I have three chill
drcn AMI took your
Compound each time"
Mrs. JoIr, HOWARD,
Wilmington, Vermont.
&" | have a lovely
baby boy and you can
| toll every ono that no
is a 'Piukham' baby.
Mrs. Louis FISCHER,
! 32 Munroc St., Carl
stadt, \. j.
4 Il" We arc at last
4 blessed with a sweet
4 little baby girl. Mrs,
j G.. \. LArKRoU Sc,
Montcgut, La.
81 have ono OF the
finest baby girls you
ever saw. Mrs. G.. T..
4 GooDwIN, 1912 s. 9th
ST., Wilmington, NC,
i My husband Is tho
i happicst man alive to
4 day" Mrs. CLARA
DARBRAKR, 397 Maril
la ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
Now 1 have a nice
baby girl, the Joy o.
our home. Mrs. Do
SYLVIA CoTE, No. III
So. Cato st., Worces
tor, Mass.
~ have a fine strone
baby daughter now.
- Mrs. A. A. GILES
4 Dewittville, N. Y.
Route A.
~ have . big, fas
heAlthyboy. Mrs. A
A. BALHRaSR, RED
, Mol Baltimore, Ohio
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
MAGISTRATES SUMMONS.
The State Of South Carolina,
County of Oconee.

The State OF South Carolina,
County Of Oconee.
(In Court Of Magistrate.)
J. J. Ansel, by John A. Ansel, Mana
ger, Plaintiff,
against
William ). G@"kett and Mrs. William
J. Duckett, Defendants.
Summons to Defendant.
TO William J. Duckett and Mrs. Will
liam j. Duckett, Defendants:
Complaint having been made unto
me by the above named Plaintiff that
William ]. Duckett is indebted TO
him in the sum of forty-seven and
75-1O0 dollars upon claim as set
forth in the affidavit hereto attached
for the purchase money of certain
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
Prodigal Son Among Thieves.
(Sumter Watchman.)

Nouhlltl w dlCU
The story related by former Sena-
tor John l.. McLaurin Of his adven-
lures in high finance is interesting.
and has just that tough of pathetic
submission to the inexplicable rul-
ings of the higher power that ap-
peals to the sentimental. 1t has
what the fiction writer's term "hu-
man interest" and this does not rem
der it in any degree less effective as
campaign document. AS you read
the story, and the plot unfolds, you
recognize in the hero an unsuccessful
Moses, who not only failed to lead
the people out Of bondage, but by a
lightning change is transformed into
a prodigal son who fell among thieves
and was stripped of purse and raj
ment. Looking at it another way,
he is the little boy chasing the rain
bow to find the pot &C gold and fall
ing into the tolls of a. great big ogre
instead. But it is good story, we'll
told, and the hero, who supplied the
frame work, and the newspaper man
who licked 1t into shape and gave it
the literary touch, deserve equal
credit. Yet it leaves so much to be
explained that we look forward with
keenest anticipation to a sequel
perhaps a series.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-10-01
4 Young Financicr.
(Toccoa, Ga, Record.)

Joe Parkman, aged thirteen, and
his younger brother, Tom, aged eight,
were going to the savings bank to
deposit 80 cents which Joe's uncle
had given him for passing with hon
ors into the high school. Joe nwt his
bank book and his money on the
desk. The man said nothing less
than 81 could be deposited. Tom
said: Joe. | know what to do. Draw
out 81 from the bank and deposit
$1.50."