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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

sand years ago IN fair bethlehem.
For weeks before the festival thou
sands and thousands of trees are
brought by rail and water from the
forests OF Thuringia and Mecklen-
burg to the capital where they are
sold by dealers on the public squares
and places. In the last fortnight be
fore Christmas the trim grass plots
vanish beneath forest Of Christmas
trees ranged up in endless lines,
each resting on a roughly tackodto
gether, deal wood stand. And here
from eight in the morning till eight
at night, according to paragraph SO
and so Of the police regulations, the
millionaire captain OF industry, the
uniformed official, the bespectacled
professor. and the miserably paid
hungry looking school teacher rub
shoulders. haggling and bargaining
over their Christmas tree. The lat
ter can be had at all prices, from GO
marks for a forest king to 60 pfen-
nigs for a stunted dwarf. The one
may be destined to be hung with cor
uscating electric lights and decked
with diamonds for the bankers wife,
the other feebly illuminated with
farthing dips and miserably ricked
out with a handful of nuts for the
workingman's family. The men on
duty ut the electric plant stations on
Christmas eve have their tree, as dc
the engine drivers as they sit In their
quarters at the railway yards waiting
for the night shifts.
The soldiers in the barracks, this
sailors at sea, the patients in the
hospitals, the convlcts in the prisons
even the poor, miserable wretches
the submerged tenth, covering abou
the fires in the refugees for the home
less-they all have their Tanner
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
Obscure.

Then it is understood you will join
our party on Saturday? We must
have you-the best shot in Paris-for
the opening of the hunting season. But
what will you do about your business
office?"
THAT will be easy enough. shall
justin put up a sign; Closed on &C
count OF the opening lie Figaro.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

trees in the windows of the gabled houses
Some so years ago. before the German giant had
awakened sleep centuries, this idea Of the
peaceful German Christmas correct But of OF the
burghers of old Berlin returning from making his Christ
purchases Christmas TO be tansplanted
into the roaring hub of empire which his Haupstadt has
become the good would probably expire the spot
Fifty years ago, when Berlin dirty, unpre-
tentious provincial town. with ill-lighted, illpaved
streets, with a population renowned in those days
for its suy and uncouthness and with the iron
hand OF mlitarism unchecked ALL the Christmas
festival the tranquil celebration Of which has
read. In the Lusgarten, before the castle Christmas
fair annually established which the king and royal
family used to visit to buy jumping jacks and ginger
bread for the palace Christmas trees like other Ger
family. The Lustgarten fair has passed away, the
king of Prussia has become German emperor Berlin has
developed into fair and beautiful city, and all that
mains Of the Christmas of upon time is the spirit
indeed, a precious inheritance That still holds SUI
sway and rests concealed in the branches of the
myriads of Christmas trees which rich and alike set
up in their homes the Of the feast
Otherwise the old German simplicity has vanished
In the house of the rich merchant electric lights take the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
COULDN'T STAND THE OUTLAY
Wombat's Personal Appearance Did
Not Count Under the Existing
circumstances.

Excuse me, Wombat," said the
well-dressed one, but personal friend
ship prompts me to speak"
What is 1t, old chap?"
81 fear that. unless you improve
your personal appearance, you may
lose your job"
81 hope not"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

HE Anglo-Saxon notion Of the German
Christmas Is drawn from childhood hours
spent over Hans Andersen and Grimm, and
the sight of a Christmas tree brings to
mind the woodcutter tramping home
through the snow-laden forest trailing be-
hind him the fir tree for his family Christ
mas celebration. while, in the towns, the
black quadrangle Of the venerable market
place Is picked out in lights blazing on the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
FIGHT FOR PEACE
CONSERVATIVE 5APTHoLDT is
BY NO MEANS ALONE NOW
IN CONGRESS.
WAR scAREs ARE EXPOSED

s.,,,or Thomas Of Colorado on the
commerclaIlzlne Of Rational Rival
,ies and Race AntipathIes-Hens-
lev Attacks the Naval League.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
HELPING SANTA CLAUS.

Within few years there have been organized several
associations whose it is to assist parents espec
mothers the DEVELOPMENT of their Children
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

she needs a new feather in her
hat."-Judge.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

My ideal Christmas Home, the country, snow, holly,
Christmas tree carols and kind faces hearts
about you.-Mrs. Brown-Potter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

In the house OF the rich mercf
place of the Christ candles"
and the motor car or the
steam yacht which he gives
his son as a Christmas pres
ent can find no place under
the Christmas tree, as did the
wooden comforter, the hand
full of gingerbread, or the
new skates in the day OF his
father. Caruso or Destinn on
the gramophone take the
place OF the Christmas hymns
which used to be sung as an
act of pious reverence to the
"Tannenbaum," or perhaps
even, horrible dictu, the tree
will be fastened to a clock
work contrivance which, on
being wound up, revolves to
a tune tangled out by a
musical box. The bullying
one-storied shops with ginger
bread and gilt angels stuck
in their diamond-paned win
dow fronts have vanished.
and their places are taken by
stores built on the same style
of palataial magnificence as
across the Atlantic. From the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
OUT FOR CONGRESS.

Victor V. Cheshire, for six or seven
years owner and editor OF the An
derson IHtelligencer, has cold his
paper to syndicate of Anderson
business men, and has retired, for
the present at least, from the news
paper field. Mr.. Cheshire will enter
politics, and his energies for the time
being will be devoted to the presen-
tation Of his claims for the suffrag ges
of the voters of the Third Congress-
ional District.
Mr.. Cheshire is one OF the hardest
fighters and most untiring work ers
in the district, and will doubtless
make himself felt in no small degree
in political circles. The Courier and
the paper from which he has with
drawn have for some years taken op-
pOsite sides in matters Of State poll
tics, and while we seldom agreed
with his position, we have been
forced to admire the fairness and
franknesS which characterized the
was for the best. We are sure that
he felt as he fought, though we by
no means agreed with the IN lsures
for which he fought. nor favored the
men whose causes he espoused. How
ever we may differ from another in
opinions. honesty Of purpose Is one
Of the most admirable traits, and one
we are always glad to recognize.
During Mr.. Cheshire's years Of
service in connection with The Intel
ligencer he made an enviable record
as newspaper man, as the circula-
tion and patronage Of The Intelli-
gencer will bear witness. He will
doubtless enter the political arena
with characteristic energy and de-
termination.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
THE GOVERNOR IS RIGHT.

We may be put down as heartily
in accord with Governor Blcase in
one move at least. The policy Of the
State in leasing ConviCts to private
parties and to corporations for the
purpose Of manufacturing articles of
commerce has never met with cur
approval, and the GoverIor's strong
stand against continuance of such
a course is, we think, entirely cor
rect.
The prisoners sent to the State
penitCntiary have no business to
come into competition with the free
labor Of the State, and the articles
they might manufacture have no pro-
per place in competitive commerce
alongside the products of free labor.
There is but one place, as we see it,
for the convict, and that is upon the
public works Of the State or those of
the several counties, where they can
serve the public best by making good
roads for the benefit and enjoyment
Of the whole people, whose laws they
have transgressed
We have long been convinced Of
the efficiency and practicabilty Of
the public rock pile, where cOnvicts
may be kept at work day in and day
out for 313 days each year, breaking
rock and making it possible for free
labor to build macadamiZed roads
for little more, If any more, than we
now build ordinary roads for But
that is question upon which there
is much difference Of opinion, and is
not material, so long as the convict
is taken out Of competition with free
labor. He has no right to make
shoes in competition with free men;
no right to make hosiery in compe-
tition with free men and women; no
right to make corn and cotton, wheat
and oats in competition with the free
men who are engaged in the arduous
labors of the farm for the purpose of
furnishing support and living for
themselves and their families.
Let the convicts be kept "eyerlas.-
ingly at it," doing something for the
betterment of the country at large
something that will benefit every
man, woman and child. The only
place in which he can do this is on
the public highways or on the rock
pile, either on a system Of Court sem
tences direct to the works of the sew
eral counties, or by the counties leas-
ing the convicts from the peniten-
tiary authorities for work on the pub
lie roads.
Not a single convict should ever
be leased out to an Individual or a
corporation for the purpose Of COM
ing into competition with free labor,
no matter in what branch Of industry.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
NOTICE OF TEACHERS EXANII-
NATION,

Notice is hereby given that the reg
ular fall teachers examination will
be held at Walhalla Court House, S.
c., on FRIDAY, October. Sd, 1913,
beginning at 8 o'clock a. m. and last
ing until examinations are completed
or until 5 o'clock p. m, when the eX-
aminations will close. All teachers
holding certificates that will expire
before the fall examinations Of 1914
will please take notice and be pres
ent at this examination, as no special
examination for teachers will be or
dered in January, 191 4.
The examination will cover the
nine customary subjects Of English
Grammar, Geography, Physiology
and Hygiene, Arithmetic, United
States History. Civics and Current
Events, Pedagogy, Agriculture and
Algebra.
All those standing this examina-
ton will please bear in mind the
fact that they must furnish their
own writing materials.
THOS. A. SMITH,
County superintendent Of Education.
Sept. 3, 1913. 3641
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
$4,000 POUNDS IN BLAST.
Panama Forces Blow Out Last Bank
and Let Water In.

Panama, Aug. 31.-The last re-
naming barrier at the racif:c end of
| the Panama Canal was blow out by
dynamite this morning 1t was an
intensely interesting spectacle. At
exactly $50 o'clock IN electric switch
was turned on and che 1900 specta-
tors, including the Shriners visiting
here from the United States and off,
GERS CT the British cruiser New Zea-
land, were rewarded by wonderful
sight. Hundreds Of tons Of mud and
stones were thrown high in the air
and the thundrous roar of the explo-
sions re-echoed in the nearby hills.
About 20 long tons, equivalent to
Al, 800 pounds, of As per cent dyna-
mite constituted the blast, which was
one Of the largest ever set off in the
canal.
The charge, which was planted in
54l holes at an average depth Of so
feet, tore a big gap in the barrier,
but not sufficient depth to permit
level channel was at low tide.
Equally interesting as the explo-
sion was the actual breaking of the
barrier this afternoon, the tide
creeping steadily up until at 1.35
o'clock it was level with the top of
the gap. a workman seized a shovel
and made 2 small trench through
which rill Of water trickled Grad
ually it widened, until an hour later
raging torrent, with a 35-foot fall,
poured through an opening 400 feet
wide into that part Of the canal be-
tween Gamboa dixie and the Mira
flores locks, which previously had
been eXcavated by steam shovels.
This cut, which IS 1000 feet long.
800 feet wide and fl feet deep be-
low mean sea level, was en- ntirely
filled by o'clock, when the waters
OF the Pacific laved for the first
time the solid masonry Of the Mira
| flores locks.
Dredges passed tonight through
the opening, and in a few DAYS the
last vestige Of the barrier will be re-
moved, giving practically compIet-
ed channel at the Pacific end. The
dredges will begin September 2 to
remove the last barrier Of the A tlan-
tic channel
! When this work is ACCOMPLISHED
ships may navigate to the lock ends.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
DIAZ WILL BE CANDIDATE.
May Not Proceed to Japan Even
Though Ordered To.

London, Aug. 30-'I am now def
nitely a candidate for the Office of
President Of Mexico" Gen. Felix
Diaz, who recently arrived here from
Canada, told the Associated Press to-
day.
MY friends in Mexico are work
ing in my behalf" continued Gen.
Diaz. Unfortunately at this dist
ance | myself am unable to do
much, but | am awaiting instructions
which may simplify matters.
Even If ! am ordered to proceed
to Japan it is not certain that | shall
go there. My action will depend upon
developments in Mexico"
Gen. FelT Diaz apparently is
pleased with the course of events in
Mexico. He said the contention that
Victoriano Huerta's candidacy for
the Presidency was barred by the
Mexican constitution was correct.
He declared the fact that he was
still an official representative of the
Mexican government debarred him
from discussing President Wilson'S s
message or the Mexican replies.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03

doubtless be modified. Mr.. Banks,
however, is not an extremist, and in
taking over the shaping of the Intel
ligencer's policies for the future we
feel sure that he can and will accom-
plish much that will be to the inter-
est of the community Of Anderson
and the territory covered by the In
telligencer.
We congratulate Mr.. Banks on the
record she has made at the head of
the Daily Mail, and we feel sure that
he will prove no less a valuable asset
to the Electric City in his new field
than he was at his old post.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03

eve hope" says the Greenville
Piedmont, that The Keowee COu-
rier's attempt to humiliate Billy
Banks will fail" If there were any
such attempt we would join most
heartily in the Piedmont's hope. The
Piedmont should remember always
that it is practically impossible to
get too much Of a good thing. The
Courier, for instance, has one Of
these big fellows, besides whom our
friend Banks looks like a little boy.
We wouldn't be as big and fat as he
is for $4,000, 0,0O0.26-and we need
the change worse now than we did a
week ago. No attempt to humiliate
anybody. We just wouldn't like to
be so fat-that'S all.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
A NEW MAN AT THE HEAD.

William Banks, for some time past
editor Of the Anderson Daily Mail,
has been chosen by the syndicate
that has taken charge OF the Ander-
son Intelligencer as the editor of the
latter paper. We congratulate the
new editor OF the Intelligencer. He
is thoroughly familiar with the field
In which he has been laboring, and
this field will not be changed, though
the political policy of the paper will
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
South Carolina Gets $57, 200.

Washington, Aug. 29.-Announce-
ment was made to-day by the war de-
partment Of amounts allotted to the
various State militia organizations
under t"c ppTopriations Of $4,000
600 each, one for promotion of rifle
practice and arms, equipment and
camp purposes, the other for supplies
and ammunition. The money was
aLportioned according to enlisted
strength, New York heading the list
with t4,900 men. Among the aIlot-
ments are the following:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03

That part Of the proposed new
highway from Anderson to Walhalla
between Oakway and Townville, we
are informed, is being put into fine
shape by the citizens of that section
Of Oconee, who have been given
great assistance by Supervisor Fos-
ter. Last week, we are informed,
there were some forty or fifty teams
actively at work on that section Of
the road, which was being made a
uniform width of thirty feet, the wild
ening being accomplished by taking
all in the path that was necessary to
be removed to accomplish the pur-
pose. Cotton, corn and every OBJ
struction that came in the way Of a
thirty-foot roadbed went down, and
the citizens were more enthusiastic
than ever over the proposed road.
That is the spirit that makes good
roads. We are glad indeed to hear
of such things, and it speaks volumes
For the community that turns out
ana does things that way. Hats off
to Oak%ay and Townville!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
sHERIFFs SALE FOR TAXEs.

Notice is hereby given that | will
sell, on Thursday, September 18th
1913, at II o'clock a. m, in front of
the Court House door, Walhalla, S.
c., the following described personal
property, TO wit:
One Blue Mare Mule.
Levied on as the property of w. J.
Duckett at the suit Of the State for
taxes for the year 1912.
Terms Of Sale: CASH.
j. w. DAVIS,
Sheriff Oconee County, S. C.
Sept. 3, 1913. 36-3S
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03

nee gives one high hopes for the
present and future Of this section as
the banner agricultural section of
our State. We have to-day some far
mers from other counties who sold
out their farms and bought property
in Oconee, and to-day they would
not exchange their Oconee farms,
acre for acre, for their old farms
that were sold for double what they
paid for their holdings in Oconee.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
Do You Fear CONSUMPTION?

No matter how chronic your cough
or how severe your throat or lung
ailment is, DR.. Kings New Discovery
will surely help you; it may save
your life. Stillman Green, of Mali
chite, Col, writes: 1.-TWO doctors
said I had consumption and could
not live two years. used DR.. Kings
New Discovery and am alive and
we'll" Your money refunded If 1t
fails to benefit you. The best home
remedy for coughs, colds, throat and
lung troubles. Price soc. and 81.
Guaranteed by all druggists. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
Pension Board 1013-'14.

At the annual meeting held Mon
day last the following Pension Board
was elected for Oconee county for the
ensuing year:
j. w. Holleman, Chairman and
Commissioner.
NJ A. Terrell
William Brown.
E. A. Perry.
Dr.. J. w. Bell, Physician.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE.

V. F. Martin, Administrator Of the
Estate Of Mrs. Lucia H. Martin, de-
ceased, will make application to Hon.
w. p. Nicholson, Judge of Probate of
Anderson County, to be discharged
on Saturday, October 4th, 1913.
Sept. 8, 1913. $3.50
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03

ne latest thing in garters is said
to be an above-the-kne affair, on the
buckle of which is a silver, gold or
inlaid watch, according to the die
tateS Of fancy or finance. Note,
please, that we say this is said to he
the fashion. Ever since we saw this
fashion note we have been afraid to
approach a lady and inquire the time
of day
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03

Peculiar, isn't it? Here we are
just itching to pay an income tax,
and we cant. And yet every fellow
who has an income to pay tax on
kicks like a bay steer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
AUTHOR IS STABBED TO DEATH
By Man Who Sought TO Prevent Him
from Chastising His Daughter.

Washington, Aug. 30.--William
l.. Altdorffer, a special writer and
author, was stabbed to death last
night in his home in Chevy Chase,
Md, a suburb, and VIM. J. Fisher,
connected with the isthmian Canal
Commission, and for ten years a
boarder in the Altdorffer home, early
to-day was arrested and taken to the
county jail at Rockville. The trag-
edy, according to the police, resulted
from Fishers Interference when Alt
dorffer sought to chastise his It.
year-old adopted daughter.
DR., j. l.. Bolt, of Pickens county,
has been nominated by primary as
Representative to succeed the late
Representative Fred Williams, of
that county.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-13

PHILADELPHIA Sept l2-After pitch
Ing fine ball for six innings Benz weak
en,d in the seventh session Of today game
rnd as his successor Russell WAS no .m-
provcneut. Philadelphia defeated Chicago
: 90 B. Philadelphia used four pitchers.
Plank was taken out in the first inning,
Taruo.k in the thud and Houck in The
scgrlj.. Bush twirlcl the last two innings.
The score: r II T..
Cl.csgo ..... got 600 300 5 II !
Philadelphia o.. olo 600 COX 0
Batteries BENZ, Russell Lathrop and
EaJurly ~cbWk: Plank Penuock, Houck,
Bush and Thomas SchanG
The summary: Iwo.hase hits. Coll
Inns Weaver. Threc-hasr hit - Oldrlug.
Home runs - Weaver Baker Hits - of
Plank Q .in oue-third inning of PeGnuck 3
en- two and two-thirds innings of liouck
3 iu three innings OFF Bush in two innings,
Of Benz in six and onethird innings,
off Russell in two-thirds inning off La
Nrup none in unc inning Sacrifice hits
j. Collins, Benz, Z. Murphy Sacrifice fly
e Collins stolen haSc-Barry. Double
plav-Borger 10 Weaver 10 Chase Left on
bases Chicago 8, Philadelphia !. First
base ON errors Philadelphia ]. Struck out
By Benz L. pcuaock g. Houck 3, Bush ?.
Wild pitch-Bcnz. Time-IwO hours. I'm.
prcs -Dinscn and Connolly
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-13
RESULTS YESTERDAY


First race About five furlongs
scling-Abrupt III (Strang). 90 /,
won. wild west. III tReese). 10 /,
second. Garys Favorite, 1O5. Grady
TO 2, third Time 1907 2-5. Strike
Out Julia 3. and Billy Myers also
ran.
Second race-Four and "A half fur
longs. -CarondOlet. 1Og. CMon-
dom. TO 9. won. Minnie r, 103. CE.
Smith. s o. 5: second; Mawr Lad.
fOg, (Dominick). Go 1. third. Time:
1:02 1-5; E. b., and Dan Carson alsc
ran.
Third race-One mile and twenty
yards. selling-Dipper, 10g (Feeney)
even, won: Ben Basca, III, Jensen),
TO 8, second: Hawley, ia (McCow-
am, 2 to /, third. Time 1855; Flying
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-13

Alcroy schuri and Charley Ward also
ran.
Fourth race-About five furlongs-
FoIlane 1O3, (Finley,) 4 to 1. won:
Chiffon Dance, 103, (Feeney). s to 8,
second; Wild Irish 10g. (Osmers). 8
10 1, third. Time 1.05 As; FL Molino
st. Joe and Ilzie also ran.
Fifth race-About seven furlongs
Plantland III, (Osmers). 4 to won;
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-13

valetta Ice. (Chinnl to 1. second:
Pretend los. (Feeney), 5 TO .. third:
Time: 1:3S 3-5. Little Blonde and
Ruth Ester also ran.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-13

Bananas are beneficial TO sufferers
from chest complaints.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-13

Dates are exceedingly nourishing
and also prevent constipation.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh. New York postponed, darkness
Ciucinnati-BOston rain.