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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
FEEDING CATTLE OR TICKS &?
When the Tick Goes Out, Then the
Dollar Comes In.

Asking farmers whether they de-
sire to feed cattle or ticks, the Uni
ted States Department of Agricul-
ture is about to embark on a spec
tacular campaign throughout the
tick-infeSted region Of the Souh to
arouse farmers to take steps that will
stop the annual tribute of $5O,000,-
600 now being paid to the tick. At
tractiVely colOred and illustrated lit
erature will be used in this work.
AS the result Of the anti-tick cam
paign, one third of the tick-infeSted
area of the South, a region as large
as the German Empire, has been
cleared since 1906, but 1t is now de-
sired to push the work much more
rapidly than in the past, as the coun-
try needs the meat which the South
could profitably supply if the tick
were banished, and the South needs
the dollars that will roll in when the
tick goes out.
The department stands ready to
cooperate with any county that
wishes to engage in this work.
Agents Of the Southern Railways
agricultural department will also aid
farmers in warning on the tick wher-
ever possible and will cooperate
with all agencies engaging in this
work
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29

roof at the north side (see illustration)
extends across the house. This door
Is opened in warm weather to venti-
late the house and create draft to
cool the interior. 1t Is closed in win.
tor This is a valuable Improvement
for Southern poultry houses and
should always be provided.
The interior has at the north side
two roosts and a dropboard to catch
the droppings. The dimensions are
given in the drawing. The drop board
Is feet wide.
Nests and Hoppers.
The six nests can be made of old
egg crates, orange crates or packing
boxes, They can ho placed on rails
ed Platform together with tho water
vessel This keeps both nests an3
wates clean. Dry mash is fed IN q
hOl5er or seif-teeding hoX which Will
De described In q }atel article
-.e a0or O1 ,Ac nousc Should be
well-packed dirt filed IN till level with
the top Of the sill. A concrete floor Is
best of all and you should try to make
an earthen floor as near a concrete sur
face as possible. Chickens are injured
by having to live il a house full Of
dust? Board floors soon rot and har-
Dor rats and mice unless raised high
off the ground, as In a squad plalt
Cover the earth floor to a depth Of 6
inches with straw or clean litter. Scat
ter the grain in this litter and make
your hens sratch for every kernel.
FRANK G.. HARE,
Extension Poultry Husbandman,
Clemson Agricultural College.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
MeXicans Kill U. S. Trooper.

brownsville, Texas, Sept. 24.-
MeXicans attacked a detachment of
United States soldiers at Progresso,
40 miles west of here, and killed
Private Stubblefeld, Troop B, 18th
United States Cavalry, according to
advices received here.
The MeXicans approached from the
direction Of the Rio Grande, a mile
from Progresso. An American de-
tachment was camped in front of a
house. The Mexicans opened fire.
and Stubblefield fell.
1t is reported that two American
soldiers were wounded. The SOL
diers returned the fire, and moved to-
ward the house, firing every time a
Mexican showed himself. The Mexi-
cans retreated toward the Rio
Grande.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
BlaCkman to Aid Manning.

Columbia, Sept. %. - william
Blackman, special agent Of the Fede-
raj Department OF Labor, is expected
to help Governor Manning in settling
on a system OF inspection for the CO.
lumbia Railway, Gas and Electric
Company. The task was delegated
to Governor Manning in the settle
ment last week Of the street car strike
which tied up traction traffic in Co
iumbia for eight days.
Mr.. Blackman was sent in response
to a letter from the Governor asking
for an expert in framing a new sys-
tenn of inspection. Through misun-
derstanding the expert was sent to
assist in settling the strike.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
N. Y. SUBWAY EXPLOSION.
Seven Bodies Removed from Debris.
Explosion Accidental.

New York, Sept. 22.-Six bodies
wreck of a section of the 7th avenue
subway excavation, destroyed to-day
by a dynamite blast. The task Of un-
covering the wreCkage was proceed
ing rapidly. Another victim died in
hospital
Two Of the dead were passengers
on a trolley which plunged into the
excavation when the explosion de-
stroyed the temporary shoripgs for a
block between 24th and 25th streets.
They were l.. Krugman, %, and Mrs.
NJ. V. Newton, 65 years old. The four
others were laborers engaged in sub
way work.
Comparatively few Of the 100 pas
sengers who went down with the car
sustained serious injuries.
Tonight four distinct investiga-
tons were under way to fix RESPONSE
bility for the accident. In an effort
to fix the blame the police search
turned to Augusta Newzanotte,
known also as August Midnight, the
blaster, who is missing. He is wanted
on charge Of homicide.
The death list was increased to
seven late tonight when Mrs. Zaidee
c. Stewart, who was among those in
jured died in n hospital
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Another Tattrred Ensign.
minneapolis Journal.)

minneapolis JOurnal.)
Another tattered ensign that
waved proudly over men who were
making history for the United States
is about to be torn down. The old
sloop-of-war Portsmouth is to be
broken up. How many of those in
terested in our records as a nation
know that this was the vessel which,
in l846, took possession of the Bay
Of San Francisco for the United
States?
1t is a wonderful and romantic
chapter in our history. California
had passed from Spanish rule to that
Of the Mexican republic in 1921. 1t
was seized by the United States,
practically without resistance, at the
time Of the Mexican war, in 1916,
ceded by Mexico at the close of the
war and admitted as a State on Sep
tember 8, 1850.
the gold discovery and the swift crea-
tion of a vigorous American Com
monwealth by the su iden horde Of
adventurous pioneers and gold hunt
ers, perhaps the most remarkable
monument in our history to the ge-
MUS of the American people for self
government.
And now comes the breaking up of
the old sloop Portsmouth, that had
so great a part in this wonderful
chapter. We need another Holmes
to sing her passing as he sang the
song OF "Old Ironsides":
"Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rang the battle shout
And burst the cannon's roar
The meteor of the ocean air
snail sweep the clouds no more"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Can Save Submarine Cost.

New York, Sept. 23.-Henry Ford
Of Detroit, was in New York to-day to
take a trip in one of the submarines
with the New York navy yard in fur
therance Of his promised attempt to
perfect gasoline motor for use in
such craft. Mr.. Ford said that he did
not intend to be submerged in a sub
marine, but intended to look them
over.
Mr.. Ford was insistent to-day that
an efficient undersea craft could be
built at one-siXteenth the cost of the
present vessels. When he was asked
how many Of them he would suggest
ITilding, he replied none"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Far From Crop Limits.
(Cleveland Leader. }


In this year Of record-breaking
food production in the United States
there are many proofs that the coun-
try is still very far from the limit OF
It's possibilities in such vital sources
Of sclf-suppOrt as crops and live
stock. Other countries no moro fay
cred by nature show that neither in
proportion 20 It's population noC its
5crcagC is the United States any
where near the ultimate BOUNDS OF
its capacity for feeding it's people and
the world.
For examplea this country has bro
ken all records in the production OF
wheat, but the crop is only a little
more than four times as large as the
one raised in Canada, and the United
States has twelve times as many in
habitants. If the American wheat
yield were equal to that of the Do
miniOn, relatively 10 the population,
it would be nearly three billion
bushels instead Of not quite one bill
lion.
Similar possibilities are indicated
by comparisons based on area. The
wheat crop Of the United States this
year is less than four times as large
as that Of France, while this country
is fifteen times as extensive. In pro-
portion to the area the wheat crop
might be multiplied by three and one
half without exceeding the French
standard.
Other crops make similar demon
strations Of the possibilities Of food
production. With only about 7 per
cent Of the area Of the United States.
Germany grows four times as many
potatoes. With 3 perT cent Of the
area OF this country, New Zealand
has about half as many sheep. A like
proportion in the United States would
give a total Of over $50, 900.
Food possibilities in this rich, and
favored land are immense. It can
easily be made to yield ample susie
nance for 00,OOO,OO0 people. Ger
many grows about 50 per cent of all
that it's 68,000,000 inhabitants eat,
in time Of peace, on a total area OF
POT 900 square miles, which Is much
less than the single State Of Texas
contains.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Clcmency is Denied.
(The State, 24th.)


Governor Manning announced yes
terday that he would not Interfere
with the Judgment of the court in the
cases of the State against Meek Grif-
fin, Tom Griffin, John Crosby and
Nelson Brice, four negroes sentenced
TO be electrocuted for murder, from
Chester county. The Governor feels
that the verdict OF the jury in these
cases should not be over-ruled The
board of pardons heard this case at
its meeting on September and unan-
imously recommended that there be.
no interference with the judgment of
the court
These negroes were sentenced to be
electrOcuted on September 3, but on
August 13 the Governor, on account
of representations made to him that
there would be presented to the board
Of pardons good reasons for commut-
ing the sentences Of the negroes to
life Imprisonment, granted d reprieve
staying the execution until September
29th in order that the matter might
be presented to the board Of pardons
at its meeting on September Sth. This
action of the Governor means that
the negroes will be electrocuted next
Wednesday.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
FARM PROGRESS IN THIS STATE.
Corn Average Has Risen from OF to
16.2-Cotton from 1885 to 223.4.

Clemson College, Sept. 24.-Agri-
cultural progress in South Carolina is
wildly shown in the monthly crop
report Of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture for August. The
greatest relative gain in production
per acre is South Cardinals record for
the last 25 years. The average for
corn has increased from 81 bushels
an acre to go in the last ten years.
Cotton has developed an increase
from 1886 pounds to the acre to
223.4. The report says:
During the last % years the
yields per acre OF crops in the United
States have been increasing more or
less steadily, but the greatest relative
gain has been in South Carolina.
The yield per acre of corn in
South Carolina has increased from an
average OF 81 bushels in the ten
years 1S93-1902 to 1872 bushels in
the last 10 yearS-an increase Of rs
per cent. In the same period the
United States average increased II
per cent; that is, from 23.9 bushels
to 26.6 bushels per acre. In the ear
!ier period the South Carolina yield
per acre Of corn was only 3S per cent
Of the United States average, but in
the last 10 years it has averaged 61
per cent of the United States average.
"The average yield of cotton in
South Carolina has increased from
1856 pounds per acre in the 10
years ending 1902 to an average Of
| 223.4 pounds per acre in the last 10
years-an increase Of A per cent. In
the same period the United States av-
eragn yield increased only z per
cent, from 1857 pounds to 1877
pounds per acre. Thus, South Caro-
lina's average was 90 per cent of the
| United States average in the earlier
period and 119 per cent Of the United
States average in the latter period.
Corn and cotton cover about so
per cent of the total cultivated area
Of South Carolina"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
BRYAN VISITS AT WHITE HOUSE.
First Meeting With President Since
Resigning from Cabinet.

washington, Sept. 22.-President
wilson and VIM. j. Bryan met at the
White House to-day for the first
time since Mr.. Bryan resigned as
Secretary OF State three months ago.
Mr.. Bryan sought the interview "to
pay respects. For nearly an hour
the two were together in the Green
room and they parted smiling.
What the President had said Mr..
Bryan declined to reveal, nor would
he intimate what subjects he himself
mad broached. The White House
gave out no information beyond the
statement that there had been
general talk pleasant and cordial.
From the fact that Mr.. Bryan is
contemplating trip to Europe in the
interest of peace, and from the Oppo-
sition he already has expressed to
large expenditures for national de-
Tense, official Washington assumed
that he had touched on both subjects
to-day. 1t Is understood the Presi-
dent is not disposed to approve or
disapprove the idea Of the trip to Eu-
rope and that he has not yet formed
his own conclusions.
MIR. Bryan told friends later that
he himself was undecided as to whe-
ther he would go to Europe, and that
he had speaking engagements up to
November |, so that it was unlikely
he would reach a decision before
then. He left to-day TO continue his
lecturing on peace and also will
make number OF speeches on ma
tional defense. During the tour, MI
Bryan said, he will visit his home at
Miami, Fla.
Mr.. Bryan'S visit to the White
House attracted wide attention. He
arrived at noon, a few minutes be-
fore Secretary Daniels had presented
Henry Ford, the automobile manu-
facturer, to the President. Later in
the day Mr.. Ford and Mr.. Bryan con-
ferred at Mr.. Bryan's home concern
ing the forwarding of the peace
movement as against national pre-
paredness.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
MAN SHOWS UP WITH LAWYER.
Mezzanotte Says that He Gave the
Customary Signals.

New York Sept. 23.-The work of
clearing up the section Of the new
7th avenue subway, in which q cave
in yesterday caused the death of
seven persons and the injury Of near
ly 100 others, proceeded rapidly to-
day. No additional bodies were
found. Reports from the hospitals
were that most of the injured would
recover.
Investigations by city departments
have not yielded definite results as to
the cause and responsibility for the
accident
August Mezzanotte, the blaster
who directed the explosions which
are generally believed to have caused
the collapse Of the wooden pavement,
and who disappeared Immediately af-
ter the accident, to-day appeared at
the district attorneys office, accom-
panied by counsel.
MeZZanotte said he took the usual
precautions yesterday morning, send
ing out flagmen to stop traffic, and
when this was done he gave the sig
nal that the blast be fired
I'm three or four seconds" Mez-
Zanotte said, "the deck (woodep
pavement) began to go. 1t started
where the blast went off and rolled
away like a wave.
THE street then sank in," he then
added. The scene paralyzed his
senses, MeZzanotte said, and when he
recovered he ran from The place.
District Attorney Perkins was i'm
pressed with the sincerity OF Mezza-
notes statement and did not order
him placed under arrest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Huge HailStOneS.
(LOndOn It'd Bits. }

Recent hailstorms deposited some
fairly large hailstOnes in various
parts OF the country, including one
three inches in circumference, and a
dozen gathered at random, which
weighed one pound, an average of
one and One-third ounces each But
these figures are long way behind
existing hailstone records, for on July
8, 1898, several hailstones, each as
large as a good-siZed orange, fell at
Richmond, Yorks, as detailed in the
archives Of the Royal Meteorological
Society, where also are photographs
Of some six and seven inches in cir
cumference.
In 1907 hailstorm visited part
Of Indo-China, and the director of the
Central Observatory reported after
ward that at first the hailstones were
as large as eggs, but as the storm pro-
gressed they increased in size. A
soldier picked up one "as large as a
mans head" and another was placed
on the scales and tipped the beam at
y ounces. In January, 1911, too,
giant hailstones fell at Molepole,
Bechuanaland, Of such a size that 90
natives were killed by being struck
with them.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
THOROUGH WORK.
How II Walhalla Citizen Found Free
dom from Kidney Trouble.

If you suffer from backache-
From urinary disorders
Any durable disease Of the kidneys,
Use a tested kidney remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have been
tested by thousands.
Walhalla people testify.
Can you ask more convincing
proof of merit?
B. Oelkers, w. Main street. Wal
halla, says: My kidneys were out OF
order and the action was irregular.
My back also ached used Doan S
Kidney Pills and they soon gave me
relief" Statement given March 16,
1919
Still Uses Doan's.
On December II, 1914, Mr.. Oelk-
ers said: 81 have every bit as much
faith in Doan's Kidney Pills now as
wHr1 tlrmoriy RECOMMENDED ;hcm
Since the" when r baye noticed a
anght rotHrr OF Hidneg trouble. due
to vo'd" have always used Doan $
i<tju"s Nl.* and tbgy have never
ralnd 10 .jrr ME prompt relief"
Price soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Oelkers had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. Y.-Adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Woman Instantly Killed.

Villa Rica, Ga, Sept. 23.-Mrs. w.
b. Gambler, Sr., wife Of the president
of the villa Rica Bank and sister-in-
law Of Asa G. Gambler, Bishop w. A.
Gambler and Judge John s. Gambler,
all of Atlanta, was run down and in
stantly killed here late to-day by a
Southern Railway passenger train.
She was crossing the track on her
way home from visit to her daugh-
ter's house when the train struck her.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Get Rid Of Those Poisons in Your
System!

You will find DR.. Kings New Life
Pills a most satisfactory laxative in
releasing the poisons from your sys-
TEN. Accumulated waste and poi
sons cause manifold ailments unless
released. Dizziness, spots before the
eyes, blackness and miserable feel
ing generally are indications that you
need DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Take
dose tonight and you will expert
ence grateful relief by morning. csc.
ADV. 3.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29

Every flock Of chickens should have
a house to live in. 1t need not be an
expensive building but it should be
bright and sanitary. The best place
to locate it is near some shade or
fruit trees. to protect the hens from
summer heat. The ground must be
dry and preferably Of sandy loan.
The front or open side of the house
should face the south. SO as to have as
much sunlight as possible on the
floor. Cut 4-by-4-inch lumber for the
stills, two pieces 10 feet long and two
pieces 7 feet 4 inches long, for tho
house shown in the accompanying H.
lustration. This will accommodate 40
laying hens. Thor erect hvc front
atuds Z feet long ali four back studs
b feet long Put UP tho two center
skud5, the plaLcq aud root Tafters
Cover the frame with vide umplaaed
boards luol recommended unlsss
cheapness 10 = primary consideration
and even then 1t Ia b tier to cover
these boards with roofing paper, ton
boarding) If you use tongued-and-
grooved flooring, lay 1t up and down.
In the front side leave an opening
7 feet long by feet deep and a door
space feet inches wide for the open
front and door. Both openings extend
TO Tie roof and the remaining feet
Cat the bottom) is closed to prevent
heavy wind or rain from blowing on
the chickens. The openings are COW
cred with 1-inch-meshed wire netting
to keep out sparrows.
Ventllating Door.
The door 12 inches wide near the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
rheumatism and Allied Pains-Thcy
Must Go!

The congestion OF the blood In its
flow causes pain. Sloan's Liniment
penetrates to the congestion and
starts the blood to flow freely. The
body's warmth is renewed; the pain
is gone. The imam or woman who
has rheumatism, neuralgia or other
pain and fails to keep Sloan's Lini-
ment in their home is like drown
ing man refusing a rope Why
suffer? Get bottle Of Sloan's. 25c.
and soc. 81 bottle holds six times
as much as 25c. sizc.-Adv. 3.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Mrs. A. S. j. Thomas Dead.

Florence, Sept. 22.-Mrs. A. S. j..
Thomas, widow Of the late editor Of
the Baptist Courier, died at the home
OF her sOn-iu-law, Dr.. Brooks Rut-
ledge, Sunday afternoon. Her body
was taken to Greenville for inter-
menl. Mrs. Thomas had been in i'll
was not unexpected. She leaves two
married daughters and one son. Mr..
Thomas has been dead about five
years.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury


as mercury will surely destroy the
sense Of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputa-
bic physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by j.. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio,
contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon tho
blood aud mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Eai's Catar rrh
Cure Oo sure you ct The genuine It
Is taken internally and made iu 70
iedo, Ohio, by h. ). Cheney & Co..
Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
tipation.-Adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Mine Sinks Big Dutch Steamer.

Amsterdam, Sept. 23.-The Dutch
steamship Koeningen Emma, 9,181
tons. had been sunk by a mine. Her
crew and passengers were saved, be-
ing landed to-day. The Koeningen
Emma hailed from this port.
The Koeningen Emma was sunk in
the North Sea and was the biggest
neutr&l-owned passenger ship de-
stroyed by mine since the war be-
gun.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29

Early in me nigh, berorc retiring
tho wounded man Thought he heard
suspicious sounGs without his win
dow, bat his wife persuaded uEu. Shat
there vas UU cause rrr alarm UyGn
refining ne lett ali the doors ol mis-
house open, as is his custom during
hot weather.
He was awakened during the night
by gunshot from some one who no
doubt was standing over him. A load
Of buckshot tore off the top of one
Of his shoulders and inflicted very
painful wound.
Deputies from the sheriff's office
went to the scene with dogs at an
early hour this morning, but so far
no arrests have been made. One
clew is said to point to rather sensa-
tional developments, but this has not
been sufficiently worked out to be
announced.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Must Disarm by October I.

Cape Haitien, Sept. 23.--The COM
manders Of the American battleships
in Haitien waters have sent an ulti-
matum to the rebel chiefs in the in
terror Of the island giving them eight
days in which to disarm their forces.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-09-29
Husband OF American Killed.

London, Sept. 23.-Capt. Roger f..
Draper, son of Rev. WIN. II. Draper,
Of Leeds, has been killed at the Oar
danelles. Capt. Draper was married
last December to Miss Anna Lowell
Gardiner, daughter Of Robt. II. Gar
diner, OF Boston, Mass.