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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
BOUNTY LAND.
(Unavoidably Omitted Last Week. }

(Unavoidably Omitted Last Week.)
Owing to the extreme cold weather
the lecture at the school house last
Tuesday evening by Rev. w. II. Fra
ger, Of Anderson, was sparsely at
tended. The few who attended, how
ever, were most delightfully."- enter
tanned. Refreshments were sold af-
ter the lecture and the entire pro-
ceeds amounted to something over
Sis. Our improvement association
is one of the few like organizations
in the county which furnishes food
for thought and mental development
as well as humorous entertainment,
in the way OF lectures from able
speakers, giving a regular lyceum
course at 4 very low cost We hope
by this method to inspire and stim-
ulate interest in the entire commun-
ity along educational lines.
The latter part Of the week will be
a general homecoming for this COM
munity. Misses Mae Hubbard and
Lura Perritt, OF Winthrop College;
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Rollins and chill
dren, OF Charleston; Mr.. and Mrs. o.
G.. Skinner, Of Augusta, Ga; Miss
Cary Doyle, Of Oak Grove; O. H.
Doyle, OF Columbia; Miss Clyde
Smith. Of Iva; Miss Cora Hubbard,
OF Greenville, and probably many
others will grace the festal boards Of
their respective homes during the
Christmas holidays.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
FAILURE AS A CANCER CURE.
Says Prominent Physician, Speaking
Of Use Of Railium.

After exhaustive tests upon rats,
mice and guinea pigs, the use OF rs-
dunn as cure for cancer and tumors
has been found to be failure, ac-
cordinr to the annual report Of Dr..
Francis &. Wood, head Of the Crock-
cr Cancer Research Fund OF Colum-
bia University, New York, made pub
ii" last week. For cases on which op-
Grafton IS not possible. radium is sue
ccss!u! rs a palliative only, the report
states.
'It is unGucstionably possible to
UrOlOng lie in h few instances. DR..
Wood says. land to make the pa
tients more comfortable by the Judi
cious and intelligent employment OF
large quantities OF radium. On the
other hand Il is equally certain that
the use y! small lnantitcs--say 90
20 30 miIGrammoS OF radum clc-
mcnt--Oltcn result in Il rapid cXlen-
"ion Of the tumOr so that the pa
TENTS condition it, worse than If he
had been let alone"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Are They Snakes or Worms?
(Bamberg Herald.)


j. A. j. Rice exhibited quite curl
osity a few days ago in Bamberg. He
had two snakes, or worms, as you
choose to call them, enclosed in
glass jar. He told rather remarka-
Bile story in connection with the rep
tiles, Or varmints, or whatever they
are. Some time ago Mr.. Rice possess
ed very fine bird dog. The canine
became i'll, and failed to respond to
any treatment given it, The dog
gradually grew worse, until 1t died.
Thinking to find what the matter
was, Mr.. Rice had the body dissected.
Just under the skin over the dogs
heart was found sack or pocket, and
n this sack the two worms were
tound. One Of the "serpents" was 81
inches in length and the other was
even longer. They were about the
size Of lead pencil, and looked
strikingly like snakes. One Of them
was brown, and the other had a sug-
gestion OF streaks upon it. They we're
not found in the cavity Of the dogs
body, but were imbedded in the flesh
over the heart. The mystery Ia what
are they, and how did they get into
the dogs flesh?
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
AS VETS. GO TO WASHINGTON
iTfley Will Make Trip Over Railroad
They Constructed in Sixties.

COnfedel nte veterans who travel to
Washington over the Southern Rail-
| way to attend the annual reunion,
May 2Sth-Junc Cd, 1917, will ride
| over one stretch-4S miles in length
which was built by Confederate
soldiers, and has remained as per-
hars the most permanent monument
Of any work done by the Confed-
| eracy. This is the line between
| Greensboro, n. c., and Danville, Va,
now part Of the Southern's Atlanta
Washington line.
When the war began there was no
| railroad connecting the Richmond
| and Danville with the North Carolina
system of railroads. The Confede-
rate authorities saw the strategic
value OF such a line and were able to
bring to bear sufficient pressure to
| overcome the obstacles, which had
| previously stood in the way Of the
| construction, owing to the rivalry Of
North Carolina and Virginia, each
State seeking to protect it's own rail
way interests. The necessary rail
was procured by tearing up other
| roads and when at the close OF the
| war the line was conftsct,ted by the
United States as one Of the assets of
the Confederacy, there was prolong-
| ed litigation before the Richmond
and Danville secured undisputed
title.
The origin OF this line is remem-
bered in many local traditions and
| names, among them Tennessee
Curve" said to have been so called
because the grading at this point was
done by men OF Tennessee regi-
ment.
Since the Southern Railway under
took the extensive improvements this
entire line has been double. tracked,
but despite the many improvements
that have been made, the location as
determined by the wartime engi-
neers. has never been changed. So
well did they do their work when
the double-tracking was undertaken
very few changes we're found neces-
sary, and, in the main, the work was
simply the construction of a parallel
| track.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Constipation Causes Bad Skin.

A dull and pimply skin is due to a
sluggish bowel movement. Correct
this condition and clear your COM
plexion with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. This mild laxative taken at
bedtime will assure you full, free,
non-griping movement in the morn
ing. Drive out the dull, listless feel
ing resulting from overloaded intes-
tines and sluggish liver. Get bot
tie to-day. At all druggists, Csc. ad |
A Japanese florist has been success
ful in growing chrysanthemnms nn'
der cheesecl0th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Salt Shortage Serious.
(Orangeburg Times-Democrat.

(Orangeburg Times-Democrat.)
J. p. McLaurin, of the firm OF Nc
Lanrin & Thompson, says the coun-
try is facing a salt shortage and he
advises the farmers to be certain they
can secure salt enough to take care
of their meat before killing hogs.
Mr.. McLaurin says his firm Is unable
to buy salt at any price and that other
wholesale grocers are facing the same
problem. The most OF the salt used
in this country comes from Europe,
being sent over as ballast in ships
that have no return cargoes, but the
shortage Of ships has created a strong
demand for shipping room in trans
Atlantic bottoms and therefore the
more expensive cargoes take prece-
dence over salt. The serious part Of
the situation is that there is no sign
of relief as long as the war continues.
and the longer the war continues and
the greater the demand for shipping
accommodations the more serious
will become the salt shortage. There
was time during the Civil War
when the salt supply became so
scarce that people had to send
wagons to the coast and extract salt
from the sea water.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
The Cowboys Prodignl.
est. Louis GlObc-DcmOcrat.) }

est. Louis GlObc-Democrat.)
a Texas preacher talked to cow
boy audience about the prodigal son.
He described in detail the foolish
boys extravaganza and dissipation:
his renury ard his husk eating with
the swine; he told Of his return; his
fathers loving welcome, and the pre-
paratiOn Of the fatted calf.
The preacher in his discourse no.
ticed cowboy staring at him very
hard. He thought he had made a con-
vert, and addressing this cowboy per-
sonally, he said from the pulpit: "My
dear friend, what would you have
done if you had had son returning
home like that?"
"Me?" said the cowboy promptly
and fcrcely. ara have shot the boy
and raised tho calf"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
CANCER Is NOT HEREDITARY.
Neither Is it Contagious-Dread Dis
ease Takes Annual Toll of 10000.

Two years study of original insur-
ance statistics indicate cancer Is nei-
ther hereditary nor contagious, ac-
cording to paper presented to the
Association Of Life Insurance Presi-
dents in New York one day last week
by President Arthur Hunter, OF the
Actuarial Society Of America.
After referring to the annual toll
Of $4,000 deaths from cancer in the
United States, Mr.. Hunter said:
"No sooner do we become interest
ed in the wide prevalence Of a dis
ease like cancer, than we begin to
wonder whether it is conta gi0us or
hereditary. Such questions must be
in the minds Of hundreds OF thou
sands OF relatives OF persons who
have died from this disease and Of
others who are suffering from it,
"There seems little to support the
view that cancer is the result of con-
tagiOn. Twenty thousand applica-
tons for insurance were reviewed,
and it was found that in 48S cases
only one Of the parents Of the appli-
cant was stated to have died from
cancer and in four cases both parents
were stated to have died Of that dis
ease. There were 1872 times as many
cases in which one parent had died Of
cancer as Of those in which both
parents had died of that disease
There could hardly be stronger
test than the case of husband and
wife"
AS to heredity, Mr.. Hunter said:
"NIy first investigation consisted of
cases Of persons insured in six com
panies, both parents having died of
cancer prior to date Of application
for insurance. OF i72 grandparents
OF the insured, the cause Of death
was given in 234 cases, OF which two
were from cancer; the cause of
death was stated in 1874 of these as
"Old age the average age at death
OF which was so. In 70 Of the
Tie cause Ol uealn was
not known, but the age was given,
the average being 60; in 155 cases
neither the age nor the cause Of
death was known. It is reasonable
to conclude that if only two died Of
cancer out of 234 parents of persons
who died of cancer, that disease is
not hereditary.
''T he possibility of heredity in
cancer has generally been studied by
experiments On animals. In the case
of human beings there has been no
previous attempt, so far as I am
aware, to Investigate the problem in
families where there has evidently
been cancer strain, If such a thing
exists. In the present investigation
one Of the groups consisted Of cases
in which both of the parents had died
from cancer; and in another Of tho
groups, parent, and a brother or a
sister of the policyholder, had died
from that disease. 1t might be ex-
pected, therefore, that If cancer were
hereditary, it would be shown very
clearly in the family records OF these
persons. but this has not appeared.
Men and women who are in anx-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27

iety of mind on account OF the ap-
pearance Of cancer in their ancestry
or immediate family, may dismiss
such anxieties, as there is no statisti-
cal evidence at the present time that
the disease of cancer IS transmitted
by inheritance in mankind"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take OrOye'S

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as q
we'll known tonic properties of QUIN1NE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. so cents,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Rabun's Iiog-Killing Sheriff.
(Clayton Tribune.)

J. B. Dockins, sheriff Of Rabun
county, killed four hogs yesterday
all the same age, about 12 months
old. Two Of them weighed 476
pounds each one weighed 474, and
the other one 454, making a total OF
1880 pounds Of meat. Some hog
killing sheriff!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
!. !. j. !. !. !. i. !. i. !. i. j. !. !.
!. A SAILORS IDEA OF i.
!. "BILLY" SUNDAY. 4.
j. !. !. !. j. !. i. i. !. !. i. i. !. !.

~ - - ~ y ~ y TT ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
itev. NJ. o. Alexander recently sent
The Courier his impressions Of Mr..
Sunday, the great evangelist, and
promised to give our readers a sal
lor's idea of him. 1t follows:
U. S. S. Melville,
Navy Yard Boston, Mass,
December 10. 1916.
"Billy" Sunday is on the level. He
is often spoken of as "grafter" and
"clever actor" and man who is
'Out for the COIN" but as he hurlS
his warnings at us we are impressed,
most Of all. by his sincerity. He is
violent. He swings his arms as he
talks, and rushes forward and from
side to side with such energy and
aggressveness as to remind one Of a
skilful boxer. No worlds champion
ever fought with more force and fire
than does Mr.. Sunday in his daily
battles with the devils OF indiffer-
ence and greed and lust as he finds
them in the hearts OF the thousands
who daily crowd his tabernacle. His
awful earnestness makes him speak
with every muscle and fiber. He SO
wants every one to feel the truth Of
his message that hands, arms, feet
and body talk, as we'll as the voice.
The whole man speaks.
BY some Mr.. Sunday is character
,.,~l~
But imagine how you would strain
every muscle and use every ounce Of
strength to save your dearest friend
from an enemy who would take his
life. Think what YOU would feel
should some iiend try in your pres
ence to pour poison down the throat
Of your boy, or attempt, before your
eyes, to wreck the young life Of your
daughter. Would you not fight?
Would you then choose the most po-
lite combinations Of the English Ian
guage to express your emotions? Mr..
Sundays eyes are open to the hun
dreds OF thousands of boys and girls
who fall yearly-daily, hourly-be-
fore the mocking devil in the glass
held out by the greedy liquor dealer
manufacturer or advertiser). and
the viper, lust. Can the preacher be
too violent in opposing these? Can
there be found words so vulgar as
the evils themselves?
Mr.. Sunday has helped many sal
lors from the United States ships at
the Boston Navy Yard. know seve-
raj who have quit the booze, and
who now keep their tongues with
all diligence" lest they profane Gods
name; men who have new light In
their eyes-the light Of love, which
would do good always to all men;
and the light OF courage, which will
face Satans host on land or sea, in
storm or sunshine, cold or heat,
trusting the great Captain and Pilot
to give us victory and bring us to
port at last-and not us only, but all
on life's sea who will take Him al
His word and learn to obey His all
wise commands.
Edwin G. Millard,
Yeoman Sd Glass. u. S. Navy.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27

Wireless messages have been re-
ceiyed with a detector made of the
lead 0! q broken pencil and two
safety razor blades.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
CLERKS GET LESS THAN IN 1858.
Government Now Pays 500 Less for
Clerk Hire than 02 Years Ago.

The United States government now
pays its employees 500 less year
| than 1t did 62 years ago, Ethelbert
Stewart, chief of the Bureau Of La
Dor Statistics Of tho Department Of
Labor, an authority upon the subject,
| has declared.
This decrease comes at time
| When the cost Of living has scared
! two-told and three-fOld from the
! lcvels OF 1854.
! The salary scale Of the government
! clerks was fixed by act OF 1853. Prior
| to this there had been no regulations
| in pay for employees a certain
number would get, for instance,
$%I9 per annum. another $&37, 9TH
ers $S69.10, and so on. The work OF
including so many scattering items in
| the appropriation bill veXed the com
m!ttee, who decided in that year to
put all OF these in n lump appropria..
ton at $S40. This is an example Of
the plan that was followed in the fix
ing OF the rates Of governmental pay
to its employees.
These classes have not changed
since that day, save by the creation
Of lower grades Of pay. There were
no 1920, $3.50 or $540 per annum
employees of the government at that
date, rs there are now.
In lShi no clerk got under 1900
q year. Now clerks are listed at
$50.
There are higher positions to-day
than there were in 1871, but these
are comparatively few and are Occu-
pied mostly by experts. The chief
n &c
ment employees in the District Of
Columbia is shown by the statistics
to have been in the lower grades of
the service.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic,
GROvE'S TASTEI.IsSS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria .enriches the bICod nd builds up the sys.
TEN. A true tonic. For adults and children. Soc.
Pay and Feed of French Soldiers.
This is what the French govern
ment has given to each Of its soldiers
to eat and drink during the first two
years Of the war:
Bread, 1908 pounds, the making OF
which took 994 pounds Of wheat; po-
tatOes, 260 pounds; coffee, 58
pounds; butter, lard, etc, A pounds;
wine, 100 gallons; tobacco, 80
pounds; salt, 35 pounds; vegetables,
70 pounds; sugar, sc pounds; cheese,
4 pounds; macaroni and spaghetti,
ID pounds.
This has cost the French govern
ment an average Of 40 cents a day per
man for the men at the front, not in
cluding an allowance Of 5 cents a day
that Is made to each soldier to buy
little extras"
For clothing the French govern
ment has used up to date in the man
ufacture of all the various garments
necessary about 80,000,O00 yards Of
cloth. Each soldier has also had four
pairs OF shoes, the greater portion of
the leather for which came from the
United States. The bulk of the manu-
facture, however, was in France.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27

used to such severe weather will be
the cause OF the death OF many Of
them.
Evening star., 1916-03-30
Don't delay any longer
if you want one of these pianos

Copyright, 1916, Newton Piano Company.
Evening star., 1916-03-30

Goucher. founder of Goucher College.
spoke on the menace of Roman Cath
olics as a spur to increased effort by
Methodists.
Church and conference politics began
to hum today Two new district super
intendents are TO be appointed and ten
delegates to the general conference to
be held at Saratoga Springs. Five are
ministers and five laymen. There is
considerable rivalry for these positions
one of the vacancies as district su-
nerintendeDt occurs in the Baltimore
east district. where Rev. DIR. ]. St. Clair
Neal Will be retired on account of the
siX-year occupancy limit. The other va
cancy occurs in the Frederick district
where Rev. Dr. George G. Bacon Will
he retired on account of the age limit.
Conference runiors arc that Rev. DR.
John r. Edwards. pastor of the Wal
brook Methodist Episcopal Church. Bal
timore. will succeed Dr Neal Rev. pr
John T. Ensor. pastor OF Mount Pleasant
church. is also a strong candidate for
this post Rev. pr. Neal is scheduled to
succeed Rev. Or. Charles w. Baldwin
as general secretary Of the Baltimore
City Mission and Church Extension So
ciety
Ministers in the conference who are
Evening star., 1916-03-30

companies charge full
II h time.
Saturday xuaord-
opportunity small initial five dollars You
hundred and dollars hundred
dollars Newton PaFn for three hundred and dollars worth
hundred and fifty dollars You then
ordered for The balance
dollars wyh a week take
which
had by
amdayn nigh-to be delivered when wish
Evening star., 1916-03-30
is all it takes to start you
No firm combination interests afford sell like Newton

No house could 60 on from
day to day, month in and month
out, and give such liberal conditions of
sale. The profits are too small-and no
house can continue in business unless
it makes some profit. In our first an
nouncement we likened this sale to an 'excur-
sion' And as it has been like an excursion
in its economies. so it is fact that railroad
Evening star., 1916-03-30

baed buyers We. ourselves know number persons who fully
tended taking advantage of the SALE and who for
another have been prevented from doing This still gives them the
opportunity.
We wish be understood however: The sale will positively close
Saturday night After that orders for Newton Pianos
Newton PayerPano will be received these these
upon these conditions of sale Until that orders will be
received and filled the order All thus ordered
will be personally selected and tried inspected by after they
All thus ordered will be subject the cond-
tons of sale though selecting from
the privilege of 30day trial your home and giving you
money back if you satisfied.
Evening star., 1916-03-30

vTS ALL OVER By the this ad reaches the last piano
originally ppoioned to US for this great Newton sale will have
been sold few may reman-and possibly two three OF the
,laver-niano But these will be snapped up in the morning
After that we will take orders until the close Of business Saturday
This is concession % belated buyers.
i ,a our original intention sell $50 Newton Pianos and 100 New
~ on this wonderful plan But the sale simply
h rs Large Its its success was SO
spontaneous that practically sold out today In all our estimates
e had h,lv exnected the sale to take weeks longer.
So we saw that booking orders for later delivery concession to
Evening star., 1916-03-30
Recruiting Station for Church.

Or. Bl:ummitt discussed the progress
made by the leagues official organ dur
ing the year:
The Epworth League is an expert
rlent in democracy and initiative on the
part of the young people of the
church." said Dr. Brummitt, "and is
fast becoming the recruiting station of
u new life in the church"
Resolutions calling upon Congress TO
pass the Sheppard bill. providing for
prohibition of the sale and traffic in
liquors in the District of Columbia,
We're passed. Other resolutions urged
favora BILE action on the Heating bill to
close barber shops in the District on
Sunday. and the Smith Hughes bIli for
national censorship Of the moving pic
lures
Efforts being made 10 unite the
Methodist Episcopal South with the
Evening star., 1916-03-30
President Will Address
Methodists Tomorrow
at the ASbury Centenary

With President Wilson a. the princi-
pal speaker and Bishops Theodore s.
Henderson and Earl Cranston deliver
ing the other addresses. the chief exer-
cises in celebration Of the centennial
observance in honor of Bishop Francis
Asbury. first bishop Of that denomina-
tion in the United states. VIII be to
morrow Hi@ht at O'Clock in Foundry
NJ T. church. 18th and church streets.
There are to hc two programs m
honor % BiSnop Ashur., 20 whom an
equestrian statue is 10 hc erected in ne
National capital These are both to-
morrow. at and pm
Evening star., 1916-03-30
Remember, player-pianos can
also be obtained upon the
same conditions

hundred Newton PayerPanos also being sold dur
ing this sale.
The price OF these payerpanos is five hundred and
fifty dollars each
The SALE PRICE three hundred and dollars
The payer-pano will also be delivered Immediately upon
the payment Of five dollars.
The payments dollars and twenty-five week
giving YOU hundred and seveny-four weeks time
in which to make your payments.
The unconditional guarantee that is the piano
is given o the playcr-pano.
You get your money back any within thirty
days.
get privilege of exchanging within year
that given with the piano.
All unpaid balances voluntarily Cancelled
of death.
Also player piano bench rolls (your
selection) included without extra charge.
payers they play every the piano the
music is motion These player pianos have
shifter, which compes the music play perfectly.
PLAYER pianos sold from hundred hun
dred and fifty dollars than these WILL NOT PLAY
PERFECTLY.
All OF the features OF this unusual sale carried out
offering Newton Playcr-pianos. with the SINGLE EN-
CEPTION that the the payer-piano dol
and twenty-five week instead of-as the:
piano-one dollar and fifty a week.
Evening star., 1916-03-30

alumni of Johns Hopkins University are
arranging for reunion and banquet to-
morrow night There are twenty-ei
of them attending the conference
Evening star., 1916-03-30

ster Baltimore: treasurer. William l..
Evans, WaShington, superintendent for
the Junior Epworth League. c. Roland
MAYS, Baltimore.