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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-05

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. Soc.
tober LIST Is moving day" in Washing.
ton, Il is also the day when landlords
sign up their leases for the forthcom-
ing year-a fact that has been too
long established to need any particu.
lar comment were not this election
ing Of this year being discussed by the
realty men Of the Capital. Leasings
In the District-whfch is largely made
up of residents who follow the politi.
cal fortunes Of their party-are just
as good straw vote as any. and. in
this particular case, even better than
the usual one in this particular case.
Without exception. almost. the real
estate men of the Capital predict a
Hughes victory. And why?
They have been flooded with re.
quests during the last two weeks that
rent renewals be for q period Of six
months only instead OF year.
An Assistant Attorney General and
Q number OF lesser Democratic offic.
tals, It Is said, are among those who
have made the requests. Other offic.
ials while signing full year leases,
have taken less expensive quarters.
The Interpretation put on these re-
quests Is that Democrats concede the
election Of Hughes and do not want
to be paying rents on Washington
quarters after they have moved back
home.
} According to figures issued by the
geological survey this week. West Vir.
ginia stands third in the order of pro.
duction gasoline this year. Oklahoma
10 drst with As per cent. OF the total
production. California second and
West Virginia third. Vast increase
In the production OF raw gasoline from
natural gas resulted from the expans.
lon OF the casing head industry during
the year. From the figures Just issued,
50, 1854, 665 gallons Of raw gasoline were
extracted and sold during the year.
That was gain Of So per cent. over
1914. A everage Of 10 cents a Ga.
lon for the unblended product was re.
ceived at sources Of production, and
the entire value Of the years OUTPUT
was over 100000.
r West Virginia led in the production
OF natural gas Of which there was
moro used In the United States dur.
tng 1915 than ever before. The value
Of West Virginia's production ia es.
tinated at $36.424,263. The average
price Of the gas at the point OF con.
sumption was 1912 Thousand cubic
feet Thirty-hve per cent. Of the gas
was used by domestic consumers the
remainder distributed to industrial
consumers.
At meeting Of the pure gasoline
committee Of the Merchants Associa.
ton Of washington yesterday, steps
were taken to staudardize gasoline,
not only for Washington. but for the
euttre country. The matter has been
under consideration here for some
time and this week Secretary Redfield.
after Q conference with other officials.
ordered immediate action to end mix.
Ing and short measure evils" which are
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21

zer's will in the graduation of the
classes of the School Of Journalism
has now gone on for four years.
Half Of it's men are at work outside
Of New York; Oh the New York pa
pers it has more than 80 men. Its
work is as much needed in the rural
weekly as in the metropolitan daily,
and will be as valuable.
Never was this task greater or
more momentous. A journalist, Ben
jamin Franklin, at the Colonial Con-
ference in Albany in 1855, drew the
outlines Of the Federal constitution,
which went into operation 81 years
later. Through half the 18th CEN
tury the colonial press prepared the
colonies to become federation. The
American press, South and North,
through all the 10th century, culmi-
mating in the Spanish war, turned
the federation into a conscious ma
ton. The greater task remains to
make this nation the instrument
through which, under Providence, a
league to enforce peace shall end war
for all time to come. The declara-
ton Of President Wilson in favor of
such league summons the nation to
this great duty. BY the American
people alone can it be begun in a
warning world, and it is the Ameri-
can press, and most Of all the rural
American press, which must create,
educate and lead American public
opinion through the steps which will
make such league possible and give
an adequate reason for preparedness,
not merely in national defense, but in
the wider work of safeguarding the
world.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
WINTHROP COLLEGE
AND ENTRA NCE
EXA MINATION,

The examination for the award Of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
lcge and for the admission OF new
students will be held at the County
Court House on Friday, July z, at o
a. III. Applicants must not be less
than sixteen years of age. When
scholarships are vacant after July 7
they will be awarded to those MAX
Ing the highest average at this exam
ination, provided they meet the con-
ditions governing the award. Appli-
cants for scholarships should write
to President Johnson before the ex-
animation for scholarship examina-
tion blanks.
Scholarships are worth 800 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September 20, 1916. For fur
ther information and catalogue, atl-
dress President u. Il. Johnson, Rock
Hill, s. O. tide
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
HOw'S This &?

We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of catarrh that
cannot 'be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
Halls Catarrh Cure has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the
past thirty-five years, and has be-
come known as the most reliable
remedy for catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure acts through the blood on the
mucous surfaces, expelling the poi
son from the blood and healing the
diseased portions.
After you have taken Halls Ca
tarrh Cure for short time you will
see a great Improvement in your
general health. Start taking Halls
Catarrh Cure at once and get rid Of
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free
f. J. Cheney & Co., Props,
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.-Adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
NATURE v Arms
Against Using CaIomeI.

The sickening, nauseating feeling
that follows the use Of calomel is the
natursl result OF disarranging your
entire system. Doctors everywhere
are agreeing that the action Of calo-
mel is much too strong, and leaves
the body sick and weakened
IhV-VER-IAAX is a wonderful sub
stitute for calomel, that has all Of it's
good effects and none OF its bad
ones. 1t acts soothingly. but thor
oughly on the liver. cleansing it of
bile, and Kidding the entire system
Of stagnating poisons.
LV-VElt-I.AX is strictly a harm
less vegetable compound. and is
guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
your money will be returned. Insist
on the original, bearing the likeness
and signature Of l.. X. Grigsby. For
sale here at soc. and 81 at Norman
COmpany's.-Ady.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
Young Camper Drowned.

Spartanburg, June 14.-Harry
Taylor, ID years old, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Taylor, Of this city, was
drowned in Linville River. near Lin
vile Falls, N. c., Tuesday, according
to a message received here last night.
He was member Of camping party
OF boys, accompanied by Rev. w. II.
*. Pendleton, rector of the Church
Of the Advent, Of this city, who left
Spartanburg Monday morning. The
message stated that the boys body
had not been recovered at midnight
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
Stronger Headlights for Engines.

Washington, June 16.-Railway
locomotives in road service between
sunset and sunrise are required by
an order Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to have headlight suf-
ticicntly powerful to enable persons
In the locomotive cab to see an OBJ
ject the size Of a man for a distance
Of 900 feet or more ahead under
normal weather conditions.
Locomotives required to run back
wards in road service must have a
rear headlight Of the same type and
will be required to carry two lights
strong enough to make a man-sized
object visible at distance OF 800
feet or more.
The order is made applicable to all
new steam locomotives put in service
after October I, 1915, end TO others
given general ovehauling before that
date. All engines now in service
must be equipped with the lights not
later than 1920.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
Tcutonic Sons Of America.

Chicago, June 13.-The Teutonic
Sons of America, through their ma
tional council, to-day announced the
adoption at meeting here Of reso-
lutions felicitating Charles E.
Hughes and Charles w. Fairbanks
upon their nomination.
The resolutions also call upon "'all
American citizens of Teutonic eXtrac-
ton or sympathy to give their voice
and support to the cause of securing
the election Of Charles E. Hughes to
the Presidency and Charles w. Fair
banks to the Vice Presidency Of the
United States"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
SOLDIERS AND BANDITS BATTLE
Two Soldiers Killed Seven Others
WOumdetl-Six Bandits Killed.

San Antonio, June 15.-Two
American soldiers were killed and
seven wounded in fighting with ban
dts near San Ignacio, 40 miles
southeast Of Laredo. say reports to
Gen. Funston. Six bandits were kill
ed and several believed wounded,
but were carried away by their COM
rades.
Action OH American Soil.
Laredo, Texas, June 15..--The
fight at San lgnacio, in which two
American soldiers are reported kill
ed, took place OH the American side,
say reports here. One hundred and
forty men, troops l and NJ, Four
teenth Cavalry, under Major Gray,
participated. Over 100 bandits we're
in the fighting.
Mexican Bodies Found.
San Antonio, June 5.-Mexicans
numbering about 100 attacked
troops l and NJ, Fourteenth Cavalry.
At the end Of half an hour the Mexi-
cans fled. Six bodies of Mexicans
and seven horses were found in the
brush. Water-soaked clothes of the
dead Mexicans indicated they cross
ed the river from Mexico.
At the time Major Gray reported
he had not ascertained the name of
the bandit leader. Gray started pur-
suit with two troops. 1t is assumed
he has already followed or would
follow the bandits into Mexico.
Wouned Soldier Has Died.
Laredo, Texas, June 15.-Word
reached here later that one wound
ed American soldier, shot through
the head, had died. Latest inCorma-
tion here says eight raiders were
killed. Forty-two horses were cap-
tured in the pursuit Col. Brown
has requested county officials to warn
all Mexicans in ranches near here to
get away from the river.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
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THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
(MrSt Article.)
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(Under this heading we will pub
Iish series of six articles prepared
by the North Carolina State Board OF
Health. Each is brief, interesting,
instructive. They are worth clipping
and preserving.)
National Disgrace Slowly Lifting.
That typhoid fever, our so-called
national disgrace, is disappearing at
least from the larger cities is shown
according to figures giv>n out by
the American Medical Association.
The mortality rate from typhoid
fever for Americas 81 largest cities,
those having a population over 1OO,-
600, was S.65 per 100000 in 1915 as
compared with 12.77 in 1913. Other
figures showing that our national
disgrace is growing less each year are
that 80 cities had a rate under 10
during 1915 against "a in 1914, and
10 in 1913. Five cities, Newark, N.
j., Seattle, Wash, Milwaukee, Oma-
.ha and Cambridge have a rate of less
than per 100000. These consti-
tute the honor roll and set the stand
ard for other cities and towns.
"These figures" says the State
Board of Health, represent only the
deaths from typhoid fever and none
Of the expense, the suffering, the dis
abilities and complications that usu-
ally arise and persist for life. Be-
sides these serious after-effects, there
are the carriers and other sources of
infection made possible by one or
more cases. Typhoid breeds typhoid.
A town or community which permits
an epidemic Of this disease not only
brings upon itself the stigma Of dis
grace, but moral and a social re-
sponsibility.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
Notes from Mountain Rest.

Mountain Rest, June 14.-Special:
J. J. Woodall is very i'll at this writ
ing.
Born, unto Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Lee,
twin boys.
Mrs. Lola Chambers has been Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. w.
Woodall.
Miss Lille Woodall is visiting in
Greenville.
The infant Of Mr.. and Mrs. AlonZo
Phillips was laid to rest in Mountain
Grove cemetery last Saturday.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
Survived by Wife and II Children
(Honea Path Chronicle. }

(Honea Path Chronicle.)
w. Andrew Magaha, a well-known
citizen Of the Barker's Creek section,
died Friday afternoon afte" a faw
d2vs' illness from pneumonia. lie
was about 54 years old and was Il s"a
of the late Joe Magaha. He was
born in Pickens county, but had live,i
IN this community practically all his
life. He is survived by his wife and
II children The intermen! took
place at Barkers Creek.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
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George Fitch, in Constitution

South Carolina is a State Of per-
petual irritation, situated between
Georgia and North Carolina, and
somewhere between the Revolution
and the Civil War. 1t is the fight
INCEST State in the Union, and is the
unsafest spot between the Atlantic
and the Pacific in which to discuss
the emancipation proclamation or to
edit a newspaper with trenchant
pen.
South Carolina is about as big as
the front yard Of a Texas cattle king.
1t contains 10000 square miles, is
shaped like five-cent cut Of pie, and
its population includes Republicans,
Chinese and Indians not taxed. The
population is almost equally divided
between whites and negroes, but one
white Carolinian when he gnashes his
teeth and draws in his breath with
a low, Kissing sound can make one
hundred colored residents go away
IN search of rest and a change Of cli-
mate without waiting for the next
train.
South Carolina was settled about
ESQ years ago, but has remained un-
settied ever since. 1t has always
been noted for it's nervous disposition
and its willingness to rise up and
smite the universe on all occasions.
The British were having an easy time
IN the revolution when they struck
South Carolina, but Gen. Marion soon
MADE them look like a Republican
who has criticised Gen. Lee in Char
lesion. The State helped win the
Revolution, but threatened to take
its doll things and go home in Jack
! sons administration, and in 1861 It
opened the Civil War by seeding
with prodigious explosion. Later
1t contributed Tillman TO the United
States Senate and has listened TO the
uproarious results with pride ever
eince. South Carolina was severely
shaken by an earthquake in 1886,
| but did not secede at that time.
South Carolina raises cotton, rice
and sweet potatoes, and supplies tur-
pentine and resin to the world at
large. It begins at the Atlantic
Ocean in modest way about six feet
below high water, and for many
miles inland is so moist that the far
mers keep life belts handy on their
wagons. 1t has many fine old towns,
| full of polite and chivalrous citizens,
Int the population peters out In the
| western mountains, where the people
eat clay instead Of Ice cream and
lobster, and empty the hookworms
| out of their Sunday shoes by pound
ing the soles with a stick. There are
three religions in the State-Prot-
estant, Catholic and States Rights.
Charleston, beautiful petrified
city on the seacoast, is the metropo-
lis OF South Carolina. The hope Of
the State is in it's public schools, but
the cotton mills, which are spreading
all over it like a heavy rash, are
driving hundreds Of teachers out Of
employment
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
The Strong Withstand tho Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak

Old people who are feeble, and younger
people who are weak will be strengthened
and enabled to 20 through the depress-
ing heat of summer by taking regularly
aud enriches the blood aud builds up
the whole system. soc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21

Near Kurna, on the Tigris river, Is
the tomb Of Ezra. supposedly to be OF
Biblical fame. covered by great,
rambling wooden building, probably
the largest structure in all Mesopo"
tamia. Hebrews from many parts Of
Asia Minor make pilgrimages to the
place.
A woman will believe anything a
man tells her II he puts It in a letter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21

Department Of Agriculture experts
have demonstrated the practicability
OF making good print paper from
vacation, grass which grows extern
sively in the southwest and as far
south as Argentina.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
VIII SlOan's Liniment Relieve Pain

VII '''VtF" I1TflIItCHN ItCIICF0 I'Itln
Try 1t and see. One application
will prove more than column of
claims. James S. Ferguson, Phila-
delphia, Pa, writes: 81 have had
wonderful relief since | used Sloan
Liniment on my knees TO think af-
ter all these years Of pain one appli-
cation gave me relief. Many thanks
for what your remedy has done for
me-" Don't keep on suffering APP
ply SlOan's Liniment where your
pain is and notice how quick you get
relief. Penetrates without rubbing
Buy it at any drug store. 25 cents.
ADV. 3.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21

Geo. A. Whitman, member OF the
State Senate from Saluda county, has
filed his pledge as q candidate for
Secretary Of State.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-11

Chile With Chicken Cut, the
meat of a boiled chickenintO inch
cubes. Brown a cup Of uncooked
rice in hot olive oil. Add@the Tice-to-
the chicken broth and cook. When
the rice is perfectly soft but not
broken, add the chicken meat and
the pulp of five chiles, with season
ings of tomato, onion, salt and cay
enne. Cook slowly until thick. =
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-11
TO-DAY. M ILLINOIS HISTo

Sept II, 17z7.- Philippe de Roche
blaYe, commandant for ~the British
in Illinois, summoned a court of in
-quEy to investigate the conduct of
Thomas Bentley and other mer-
chants and inhabitants of the Illinois
villages, who were suspected of sym
pathizing with the American. colo
Hists against Great Britain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-14
(By Clio Harper.l

= (By CIlO HarpeI.l
 Little Rock, Jan. 13. --One thing has been discovered m,Ie uncertain than the weather-and thai Is X, kan sas politics.
 Six mon hs ago, an] later. no po1i- tician was in sty4e unless ne was being "menticned" for governor. The weeding out process continued until the field was narrowed down to 3 possible seven or eight and finally, as late as last week, there seemed no douht whatever that four names would be submitted, 10 the primary. But Dame Pclitics proansel a more exclusive gave even 'han that, and one morning the Dem 'cracy awaken cd to find that it must choose it's next gcverncr from three candidates, for1sr Congressman Thos. z. McRae having withdrawn. It was the biggest surprise of the whcle cam2algn, and the first developmen'. since "Wcs" Crockett announced tnar he would not make the race, but nal accepted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-14
Arkansas Political Situation {. As Seen from State Capital

the position of secretary oi the rivers and harbors committee of congress.
 The dope-sheets are being revised in consequence, and the strength of Col. McRae being anpor,ioned out among the three remaining candi- dates. Each claims the retirement Of the Prescott statesman will help his cause. Dr.. Brough and Mi. Hedges are especially optimistic. and are preparing to make the next three months the most vigous ca:rpaigu that has been waged in years for the gubernatorial nomination. Campaign headquarters are open with staffs of managers in charge, and while the cfiefs are "stumping- the state," the headquarters are sowing the state thick with literature. Judge L. c. Smith alone has not opened head quarters in Little Rcck,. declaring that he does not see the necessity ot doing so, and that he will conduct his campaign from his office in Dewitt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-14

and he cannot care for all the patron age offered him by his fellow couIl- trymen. There are no physicians there from this country, though the native physicians and surgeons there are very capable. Ambassador Jsf- freys says the British surgeon th6re has all of his time taken up with American patronage, most of which would go to native of the United States, if one would locate there.
 Ambassador Jeffreys. will sail from New York March to return - his post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-14

able man and a Christian gentleman.
 The press everywhere IS, also liberal in it's praise, and there is none to say he would not have made governor
 who would have reflected dignity
 upon the office, and credit upon the state.
 Col McRae's clarion call for fight
 against conditions that have been de- yeloping in the state :, fer several years, his vigorous declaration that 1t is unorganized people against an
 organized official and political ma
 chine that has long existed and has
 already accomplished a practical de-
 struction of elections by the people"
 will, if keeded, do muchnto clarify ,.he political atmosphere. His indictment of "the bosses and the ringsters" is fearless but impersonal, and since no
 one is mentioned, only these whom it may fit need wear shoes. No of fense intended for those who are
 guiltless. As has been said. ring" need not necessarily be malignant. no 1aore than politics is essentially bad,
 but rings and factions and ma
 chimes" are Sc often wholly bad in their influence that the evil has
 ntutralized the good that might come from beneficient cooperation.
 In the election that Is approaching,
 Col. McRae's parting prayer should
 be needed by every patriotic voter, "that the credit of the state may be
 restored, cxiravagant expenditures stopped honesty and fidelity on the ~R zee v~~onf}noA < hon nC elections provided for. the law en-
 forced and better public schools seured."
 :: The saloon has disappeared from i Little Rock like baddreaT. leaving nly it's memory lehind. Tho trou-
 bles that had been expected by some
 have failed to materialiZe. With suf- ficient time to plan for the inevitable, the men who had engaged in the
 business have engaged or are plan
 hing to engage in othei; lines nf b.s,.
 ness. The buildings that hai been
 used as saloons are being remodcled l and even the history of their past plotted out by liberal applications oi paint. Many have already heen turned into cafes. soft-irink stands,
 and pocl-halls.
 There has been ggeat increase
 in pool-halls. Last year there were 1l4 tables in the city, aud alrsady there are applications pending before 1 the council for. permits far twicc aa cany. The city last week c!ostd spe
 plae where gacbling hal been per- cited, and stringent regl,ations have been provided tor. their cparaien in l the future. Every precaM- m will he taken to prevent thei- being ussd as sshield for. blind tigers and poker- games. Pursuing the pc.,es that she administration has always followed the city must cleanup morally where it has not already donH co. l Tks gambler, ahe crook and ths illicit [liunpr dealefs are aot en rapport ltjsaths city. z
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-14

Little Rock to have dental work done for Mrs. Jeffrsys, who accompanied him, and the fact that it was neces- sary that this work be done in the United States led the official to re- mark of the great opportunities for professional men from this country ill
 Uruguay and other South American countries.
 Ambassador Jeffries is located in a town of 100000 inhabitants, among whom are thousands of people from the United States. There is but one dentist there from the United States