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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-12-09

sporting man | would like to lay
a wager that | could take any four
of you gentlemen in my car and on a
drive from here via Easley, Liberty
Central, Seneca, Walhalla, Westmin-
ster, Townville, Anderson, William
ston, Pelzer, Fork Shoals, Fairview.
Fountain Inn, Simpsonville and back
to Greenville (this covers all your
territory and stop at nine out Of
any ten Of the hundreds Of country
homes on the road and give the good
lady Of the house one hour to get
supper and guarantee you a better
su pper than any Of you had at home
last night; and don't believe that
one Of you would be fool enough to
take the bet,
| do not know conditions in other
portions Of the South but | do know
that while the farmers in the counties
from which you come may be sick
and in the hospital, they lack a whole
lot OF being charity patients, and all
Of this hue and cry about our condi-
ton is hurting our credit and will
keep away from us the friends we
now need so much.
We all agree and know that the
farmers will lose a great deal on ac-
count of the decline in cotton, and it
will hurt some of them badly, for
which no one sorrows more than !;
but let us not lose our self-reliance,
let us not NOPE over it and feel that
Of all men we are the most misera-
BILE. Let's not get to pitying our.
selves. Whenever il man begins to
pity himself he has three parts lost
out. 1t just simpl" won't do 1t IS
foreign to the tradi ions oE our an
cestry.
Other men have lost money. There
has been more money lost on cotton
mill stocks in the counties YOU repre-
sent in the past three years than the
losses would be on cotton this year
If the entire crop was sold at five
cents a pound. EVERYBODY gets left
some time, and all our people are
suffering now. We have our lands
they are the same good lands. We
have health and sun and rain-yes,
and food to eat. Let's quit grumb-
ling, forget the war, make a virtue of
our losses, and start in on a new
track and help feed the world. They
can do without clothes. but they
must have bread
Our lands are much better adapted
to grain than to cotton. May it not
be to lis special providence from
God to i'ut us into greater and better
things? We can never compete with
the true cotton belt. 1t is only when
high prices come that we can profit
ably make cotton in our section.
If this change is to come it must
begin with the bankers OF the Pied
mont. You must advocate it and
finance the people while the change
is being made. 1t is for this reason
that | have gone into existing condi-
tions. Cooperation among the so
banks located in these counties can
bring and desired change. Will you
do it? And again, will you make
your banks 80 schools where the doe
trine of Paternalsm will be decried,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-12-09

one ever suffered as they are suffer-
ing now. Now, are these men diff
ferent from their fathers or different
from what they have been? | say
most emphatically, No! They are
the same honest men, but their ideals
have been changed; and unless they
wake up and see their mistake they
will have their ideals so much
changed that it will destroy the finer
and n0bier instincts OF their natures
For this situation we are all to
blame, and we are dangerously near
to changing from an independent
people to mere wards Of a Paternal
Government, which, if carried out,
will bring to us that degeneracy
which no amount Of adversely in the
past has been able to accomplish
That these baneful ideas are abroad
in the land is evidenced by the fact
that we have only to look at what
has transpired in our country in the
last 90 days. We see some Of our
members in Congress trying to get
legislation passed, which, if it had
been succe sful, would have risen up
in future years to curse us; and, be-
sides, we have seen our own Legisla-
ture, composed of some of the ablest
and best men of our own State
u,bn
so completely lose their heads that
they actually passed bill for the
State to vote on proposition to pay
to the farmers 80 per cent more for
their cotton than it's market value
and saddle a debt upon our people
that would go down to our children S
children as a souvenir Of the great
war Of nations.
Wise men say that Europe has
gone crazy, and that that is the rea-
son Of this awful war.
Have not we, too, lost our heads?
After what has been proposed and
done in Souyh Carolina in the last 90
days, | understand notification.
no longer wonder at secession; nor
are some other things which have
come to us in later years so hard to
understand. We have made the i'm
preston upon the world that we are
at starvation's door. Let me read
you these lines:
New York, Nov. 13.-The cotton
ball, given under the auspices of
the Southern Society last night for
the benefit Of the fund to aid South
"erners in need and increase the use
"and popularity of cotton fabrics, at
"tracted a large assemblage."
THE Christian Observer circulates
lin the Southern States, and a large
"prOpOrtion of its subscribers are de-
pendent on cotton. Many Of these
ARE hard pressed for ready cash,
land we are glad to wait on them
"for payment of their subscriptions
until they have the funds. We
count it a privilege to cooperate
with them in this emergency"
What do you think Of them? Do
any Of your people need the help
from the Charity Ball in New York?
Is it necessary for any poor church
paper to do without its money on
account of the poverty among the
customers of your banks? If were
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-12-09

| OCOnee's stanchest and best citizens
of the past, which was delivered be-
fore the gathering OF South Carolina
(GrOup No. II bankers, whose session
was held in the city Of Greenville on
November 18th. The division known
as Group No. /" comprises the bank
ers of the counties of Oconee Pick
ems, Anderson and Greenville.
Entering with his usual enthusi-
asm the theme on which he was to
speak--"The Present Crisis and the
Lessons it Brings to the Country
Bankers Of the Piedmont"-Mr. An
derson spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen:
The conditions existing in the
world to-day are new and strange to
MS all, and the whole world, Of both
! politics and finance, seems to be out
OF Joint, and the great body of our
| people. like men on an unknown sea
! without chart or compass.
TO such an extent do these condi-
| tions exist that all kinds of peculiar
and strange. and many Of thcm wild.
schemes are being proposed for their
b2ttcrment
will not in the brief time allotted
me attempt to take up these world,
nation, or even Statewide conditions,
but COntine myself as far as possible
to conditions existing in that part of
! the Piedmont country covered by the
four counties represented by you gen
tlemen present. Nor will | try to
cover the varied interests of even our
own limited territory, but will talk
to You as Il country banker with
business experience Of one-third Of a
century with the country people to
country bankers who must for the
next quarter Of a century deal with
and finance for these same country
people; and, therefore. | will try to
make what have to say largely ap-
ply to you in your relations to your
farmer customers.
| want to say at the outset that |
do not believe there exists under the
shining sun a sturdier or more hon
est citizenship than the farmers OF
tie four counties which you repre-
sent My long experience in dealing
With them (and my bank has been
largely farmers nanD has taught
me to honor and respect them. and |
count my best and trucst friends
among the splendid manhood Of the
farmers OF Oconee; and the fact that
in the long years Of my banking ca
reCr, in which my total loans to them
aggregated over two millions Of dol
lars. on which my losses were less
than one Thousand dollars. speaks
louder OF their honesty and thrift
than any culOgY could deliver, were
the siNcr-tongued Bryan himself,
and what say OF them feel applies
| equally to all the counties repre-
s"ntcd by YOU.
Descended almost exclusively from
a Sco1ch-IriSh ancestry, our people
have been born and bred among the
foothills OF these beautiful blue
mountains. They have for almost
two centuries maintained the sturdy
character and habits of their noble
ancestry. and no misfortune or ca
lamtty has been able to destroy their
Independence of character or their
sterling virtues. Many miSfortunes
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-12-09
Cures Old Sores. Other Ro,asacs Wont Cure

Ehcworst cases, no matter OF ho.v long S;andirE.
uc cured by the wonderful, oh reliable l..
p0rtcr'a AntseptiC Healing Oil. 1t relieves
Vain and Heals al tho same tiInc csc, SOC. ST.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-12-09

Concluded on Seventh Page
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
And Still the Good Work Goes On

| continually taking something or other,
but experienced only n little occasional
relief, and with some of them not even
that Eio was Just about disguised
with medicines, ana says he intended
TO step taking anything for awhile and
lot nature have her own way, when his
attention WIS called to Tho work OF
QUAKER. re was very skcptical of
even the results being shown; at FIRST
was Inclined 10 pass the Quaker Rene
dies BY also. But after seeing so many
reports made ny those nc knew no
decided 20 give the remedies q fair
trial He called Al Traglea drug store
and was told that his case was iden-
teal with many hundreds that had
been cured by the use OF quaker, so
ne took home a treatment Of them.
What was the result? After just about
Two weeks use he now says: II have
taken dozens Of so-cnlled cures. and
had gotten olsneartened II. my failure
20 set tho proper results. began
using quaker Remedies. and can say
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08

their place in n oonclavo for the cleo
ton OF a new Pope. Another prince
OF the church, formerly papal delegate
at Washington. has been reduced by
nervous ailments TO something akin to
mental wreck.
Tho welfare of tho church, there
fore, demands the reinforcement Of the
Sacred College. ana the only thing that
can possibly delay tho consistory will
be the state OF Plus ks health, and
whether Ito is sufficiently strong to
undergo the fatigue OF the ceremonies
In connection herewith
AT tho present moment the foreign
members OF tho Sacred College num-
Der Twenty-Five, and tho Italians only
twenty mine, 1t is consequently an
uclpated that only n small number OF
red hats Will he bestowed upon Tor
eien preiates, not moro than five at
tho most. and that n least eight will
be conferred upon Italians. so as to
maintain moro fully than at present
tho traditional numerical superiority
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08

truthfully that / have received moro
real relief from them In that short
time than from all tho other stuff com
bined feel better In every way: the
Pains are leaving my limbs. and have
better rest, good appetite. and am
stronger than ever before in ali my
trouble. Quaker Herb Extract GER
tainly deserves the support OF any ALL
ing as l was"
This Is but one OF tie seven cases
reported. and only serves TO show whir
n really remarkable remedy IS In the
city. and what grand work Il does In
cases Of stomach, liver. kidney, blood
and female troubles. II you have not
already called at Tragle's drug store,
Si7 East Broad Street, you are surely
missing an opportunity OF being cured
OF your trouble. Quaker Herb Eek
tract. sl00; three for $3.50, six for
$500. OH Of Balm. so cents.-Adyer.
tIscmcnt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
BRYAN ENDORSES
BIG LOAN TO CHINA
Money to Be Expended by Re
public in improvements to
Hwai River.
MOVE FAVORED BY RED CROSS
Action Will Mean Raising OF Sum
Of $2O,o0O,OOO by Ameri-
can I'inancicrs.
Especial to The rlmcs-Dlspatch, ]


Washington. February T-Sccretary
Bryan, urged on by The American Red
Cross. has given Endorsement TO loans
OF 100000 by American financiors
TO the Chinese republic TO he expended
in improvements to tho Hwai River,
China. and prevention NJ flood III the
liWai Valley.
The co-opcratior of the state Dc
partment In financing this loan incl
Gates a change by President wilson in
his foreign policy The President an
uounced last April this government
ogould not underwrite forcgn loans,
and would not act as collector of In
tereSt on moneys loaned by bankers
OF this country 10 foreign governments
Bv reason Of this announcement the
pending Chinese loan of Sl25.00o,000
was called OF. and a smaller loan OF
S2.cOO.00o TO Nicaragua was blocked.
Mr. Bryan Is said TO have urged on the
President consent to this latter loan
with approval by this government.
Charles j.. Norton. former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, is the ac-
tive agent between this government
and China in bringing about the Hwni
loan. The Red Cross was moved to
support the proposition through hu-
manitarian reasons. tho floods in tho
Iwai River Valley annually billing
many Chinese and destroying much
property. j. w White & Co., London
and New York contracting firm. has
agreed to take UP the Improvement
work and the loan.
Under the terms OF tho proposition"
tho Chinese government is TO guaran-
tee the loan and give az securitY the
taXes ana. revenues from the lands
which will 10 benefited in tho con
servancy" area. Tho negotiations un-
dcrtaken by tho American Red Cross
are on bonds OF the government OF
China The bonds are to bear per
cent interest.
"4All government revenue now or
hereafter derived from government
loans in the defined conServancy area,
and also All revenues which may ac-
cruz TO the government Of, China rs
result OF conscrVancy work. runs the
revised proposition which may ac-
rruc 10 the government of China rs a
result OF the conscrvancS work, In
Guiding special conscrvancY taxes to he
levied by the Chinese government on
all lands benefited Ivy tho conservarcy
work." arc converted IN the agrcc-
ment relative 10 securities.
Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman Of
the relief board Of the Rcd Cross said
81 was the desire OF the association to
DO some preventive work in the Iiwai
River Valley, ana sent Charles u.
jameson 10 make q technical engineer
ing study of the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
FORK UNION
Especial to The Time.-Di.patch. +,

Fork Union Va, February Nv. w.
Tabscott OF Buckingham County. returned
after a visit to his daughter. Mrs. Gilmer
Snead.
Tho faculty OF the Fork Union Military
Academy gave tho atudont body an oyster
Bupper this evening.
4 bazaar will DO 'givon hero on tho 10th
In tho intcrest OF tho Presbyterian Church
j. w. Carmarck. OF the Religious Herald
staff. preached hero last Sunday.
in honor OF tho younger set.
Frank Snend and Paul Sncad are visit.
Ing In Florida
ralph II. Snead and John Townes have
returned after a visit TO II. +. Daniel and
wife. in Weldon, n. g.
REV PIummor Jones nilea his rcgula,
appointment here on Sunday ut tho Pres.
bytcrian Church.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
Pope Plus x. Will Call for Con-
sistory for Creation Of Addi-
tional Cardinals.

Hf IA MAR0UISE DE TONTENOY.
n JUS y. Is preparing to Issue his
summons 10 the Sacred College,
n for consistory, which Will
probably DO held towards tho end OF
April, that is TO say, Immediately af-
ter Easter
The remarkable mortality In the
senate of the church renders tho early
creation OF additional cardinals i'm
pcrntivc There are no less than six
teen vacant red hats at present, which
means that the number of the cardinals
has been reduced TO ffty-four. OF
these. eight are octogenarians, and
eighteen scptuagenarians. Several of
them arc in such feeble health that
they are debarred from any active
part In tho administration Of the af-
fairs OF tho papacy. and would be In
all probability prccludcd from taking
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08
Had Rhenmntism and "a severe Stomaci
Trouble, hut Read What lie Says.


Tho only real way TO learn whether
OF not Quaker Herb Extract and oil Of
Balm are making all the local cures
that are published is 70 Visit Trag!e's
ana listen 70 the reports of the people
who have used The remedies ana learn
what Quaker Extract WIZ 90 IN your
living IN this city who had yheuma-
t!gm and stomach trouble FOR Z. long
time, The pains we're az times almost
.unbes rable when he rose 81 the
nan before ietirirF He would have
rauseated feeling, and his appetite
T6s ,heneesblc Headaches we're fro
is-, aac pslus in hls sto'aach. sides
Nao BACK Kept him IL misery. His
nns arhcd nearly AL the time, and 81
z1He8s 3, timeg assaiicd hi;1
Ae various medicines used by tho
]-a would eecwlneiy have done some
Nr hut IaE 40 not. lie was almost
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-08

In the retail drug business hero for
remedies that real
with marked in
by addition slightly
three
mend for lnens
n is
which high,
Perun
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-11
due CARE
And Diligence on the Part Of
Live Stock Owners Urged
bysWHIiams.

CHARLESTON, Nov. 11.-Howard
3. Williams, commissioner Of agri-
culture Of this state, has issued the
following relating to foot and mouth
disease:
On account Of the very widespread
OF the contagious communicable dis
ease known as foot and mouth dis
ease among the live stock in several
of the middle western states, includ-
Ing Ohio, and in view OF the fact that
we have upon our statute books no
legislation authorizing o general
Quarantine, l desire that all persons
who own live stock In West Virginia
use due care and diligence In guarding
them SO far as possible against feed
ing Of imported feeds and against the
passage and shipment from one sec
ton OF the country to the other, and
that in case Of an outbreak OF any
disease which might have some OF the
symptoms of foot and mouth disease.
that notice be given at once to the
state department Of agriculture at
Charleston, w. Va, and that the ami
mails or herds so affected may be
separated from all other animals or
herds, and that such Quarantine be
maintained until proper investigation
and determination can be had.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-11
RECOUNT
.Ofvotes for Lucas and Crews
is to Be Made. by the
County Court.

On the face Of the returns as can.
vassed by the county court, j.. j,
Crews, Democrat, was elected county
clerk by twelve votes over Basil II.
Lucas. Republican. A recount as to
them will be made at once by the
court. \
All other Republican candidates re-
ceiyed substantial pluralities as fol-
lows:
i. Wade Coftman for circuit clerk,
627 votes; Isaac L. Dayisson, for
county commissioner, 627 votes; Roy
e. Parrish, for the State Senate, AL
votes; Flauvius B. Davisson and Dr..
]. H. Rinehart, respectively for the
House of Delegates, 339 and BOG votes
over S. G. jackson and Lucian D.
Lowther, respectively; Carl s. Law
son for county superintendent, 1853
votes besides about 200 Progressive
votes; Howard Sutherland. for con-
.gressman-at-large 333 votes; and
George p, White, for Congress, 107
votes.
The Socialists polled 1,040 votes in
the county and the Progressives only
about 200, or only about two-thirds as
many as the Socialists polled.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-11
VACANT HOUSE
RUINED 'BYF|
Two Explosions Are Heard and
Neighbors Find the Building
insFIarnes.

2 Fire that is believed to have
started from an explosion OF natural
gas practically destroyed a two-story,
frame dwelling house situated OF
Mechanic street next door to the
Kessler hospital and owned by John
F. Farrell, the druggist, early Wed
nesday morning. The house itsell
was valued at $1,000 and the dam
age TO 1t is estimated at more thar
rs per cent by an insurance com,
pany that had insured 1t to the exteaj
OF $4,000.
Just what caused the explosion IL
unknown. The dwelling has beer
vacant for a short time and neigh
bors say a strange man was seen en-
tering 1t about o'clock Tuesday
night. Wednesday morning neigh.
bors residing on both sides of the
property heard two distinct explo.
sions, the second ote following
shortly after the first. Aroused BY
the nose they found the rear part OF
the housetin flames. The fire depart
nient was summoned and the flames
were extinguished3 after water had
been thrown ON them for. some time.
Presumably tramp had entered
the building for the purpose OF
sleeping there and had turned on the
gas somewhere, but just how the gas
exploded no one can say. The fellow
may have been inside at the time OF
the explosion, as one neighbor heard
some one running along the street
and yelling Just before the fire was
discovered, yet this may have been
one of those who gave the alarm.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-11
BROOKS named
BY the Governor as a Delegate
to American Mining Con-
gress Convention.

CHARLESTON. Nov. 11-Govern-
or II. D. Hatfield has appointed ten
representative mining men of West
Virginia as delegates to the seven
teenth annual convention of the
American Mining Congress. to be held
In Phoenix. Ariz., December TIL. in
elusive.
The American Mining Congress is
the leading organization Of mining
men in the, nation. and the coming
meeting is expected to be one of the
most important ever held by thesor-
ganization.
The West Virginia delegates are
as follows:
j. G. Bradley. Clay; General E.
o'Toole, Gary; F. p Bayles. Eccles;
Percival Smith, Eckman; Ernest
Chilson, Raleigh: w. P. Mandt,
Longacre: Samuel Butler, Sharpless;
o. Tibbetts. Beryl; William Gillie,
Charleston: and John o. Brooks.
Clarksburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-11
JEALOUS HUSBAND
MURDERS HIS WIFE
IN Their Room in a ST. Louis
Hotel and Then Commits
Suicide.
! s.,lizssse.t1,r.,.n,.. !, ....s.s

Z ST. LOUIS, Nov. ia man and d
woman registered as q. H. Neely and
wife of Gushing, Okla, were found
dead in the, Terminal hotel at the
union station here today.
Apparently the man had shot his
wife and then committed suicide. Nine
bullet holes were in the woman's
body and one in .he man.
Love letters from another man to
the woman were found in the room
and 1t is thought jealousy prompted
the crime. The letters which were
signed Bill" indicated the writer
was planning to help the woman get
IA divorce. They indicated that Neely
and "Bill" were business associates
in Cushing or in Tulsa, Okla.
A telegram found in the room in
dicated Neely was a salesman for the
Petroleum Iron Company, of Sharon,
Pa, and that he covered western ter
ritory Under the direction of the Tul-
sa office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-11
SAW OFF EXISTS
IN THE S RUGCLE F
Conspiracy Breaks Out in the City of
Constantinople Against the Germans
and Young Turks
lBY ASSOCIATED PRESS. J

PARIS, Nov. 1.-THE French official statement to-
Day says that the fighting resumed yesterday morning
With between Newport and the Lys The
ETenchforces successful in maintaining their front
The communication follows:
SaEs Wing the fighting resumed
degree Of severity Generally speaking our front was
spite of the violence and the strength of the
German attacks directed against certain points of
support 70 the north euport we were even able to
and advanced beyond this town
but towards the end of the day the Germans succeeded
on the approaches to this town along the canal from Nie
port pres which has been firmly occupied The fight
was very hot at these places The British troops
tackled also at several points, succeeded everywhere
stopping the enemy.
the rest Of the front the general situation shows
no change with the exception of slight progress by
forces to the north Of Soissons and the region of the
west of Vay the right bank of the Asne Outside Of
these two points the state Of the weather permitted only
Particularly at concour three kilomeers north Of the
forest of Parroy, routed detachment of the enemy