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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
Big Brothers Visit, Mothers
Message and "YeIoW Cur"
Cause It.
BOY IS NOW MAKING GOOD
Seems to Be More Afraid OF Brother
Than Of Germana and II is Pro-
dlcted He VIII Make Good
Fighting Man.

camp WauswOrth, Spartanburg, 3.
C.-Among the Maryland draft n,en
sent here some weeks ago was a chan
from Baltimore who claimed e1emp-
tion from military service on the
ground that he was q conscientious OBJ.
Jector Of war. His name will not be
made public, for 1t has developed that
he belongs to good family. He was
placed In the casual deta achmeDt for OBJ.
servatton. and tho machinery Of the in
telligence department was put to work
to learn something as to his antece.
dents.
A few days later a tall, grim-look.
Ing man appeared In camp and asked
where tho conscientious objector could
bo found. He was directed to the
casual detachment, and there intro
duced himself to tho commanding Of
ficer as brother Of the soldier in
question and asked permission to have
talk with him. Tho permission was
granted, and he went to his brothers
quarters. Part of the conversation
was overheard, and those who heard
1t say 1t was heated, although one
sided.
Brother Said Something.
"YOu yellow cur" exclaimed the
visiting brother. 1--WE are all ashamed
of you at home. but you are going to
do mans part In this war Mother
told me to come down here and make
YOU withdraw that fool conscientious
objector claim, and If you don't do It 7
am going to bent you to death right
here In this camp. What possessed
you anyway" There was n good deal
more Of the same kind.
At the end Of about an hour the
two brothers went before Major Coffin.
the personnel officer. MAJOR" said
the visitor. "my brother wants to
withdraw the affidavit about being
conscientious objcctor. Can he do
~"
"Well," replied Major Coffin, at
must be voluntary act on his part"
Ana, turning to the soldier, who had
made the claim, he asked: "Do you
want to do this voluntarily. Is it Of
your own free will7"
The soldier moistened his lips and
glanced at his brother, and replied:
"Ycs. sir, it Is Of my own free will,
and l want to withdraw It,"
Is Now Making Good.
Major Coffin found the affidavit and
tore 1t up, and then Issued an order
transferring the soldier to an active
regiment. and the soldier left.
After he had gone the visitor turned
to Major Coffin and said: Major, I
thank you. had determined there
would be no yellow ours in my family,
and II that boy hadn't withdrawn that
affidavit I would have beaten him up
right here. But I'm glad he did 1t Of
his own FREQ WILL"
The soldier who thought he was a
conscientious objector has been MAX
Ing good ever since the visit Of his
brother. He seems, in fact. to be moro
afraid Of his brother than Of the Ger
mons, and those who have been watch.
Ing him are Of the opinion that he will
make as good fighting man as
any when the time comes to 60 over
the top.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
Piles Cured In 6 to II Days

Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure Itching. Blind Bleeding or Proruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles and you can get
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prove the digestion, and act as General Strength
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In perfect health. Pleasant to take 60c per bottle
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
INITIALS OF ALLIES
IN BABYS NAME

Kirkwood, Ga.-The big war
has resulted In the coming Of
new name. A baby girl born to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Williams has
just been christened "Abife."
The letters composing the name
are the Initials Of America, Bel
glum, Italy, France and Eng
land.
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RlllousneSs

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WITH pEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the public by Paris Medi-
cine Co., manufacturers OF Laxative Bromo
Quininc and Groves Tasteless chill Tonic
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Giving Rooster Its Due.

Giving Rooster Its Due.
On my way to the railroad station
with Victor, with whose parents I was
spending my vacation, 1 remarked that
he had lovely hair. Whereupon he
said: eyes, but our rooster has Il bet
ter comb than have hair."-Chicago
Tribune.
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The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
GHOST, IS ONLY FUGITIVE
Patient Gets Out Of Hospital and Runs
Two Miles Clad In
Sheet.

Shamokin,, Pa.-Rushed to the state
hospital after he had been catapulted
through the windshield Of an automo-
bile when front wheel few off and
the car swept into a fence, Edgar
Stokes recovered from shock and
asked to be discharged. The surgeons
believed him delirious as result Of
the accident and placed him in a ward.
Refused his clothing by an orderly,
Stokes picked up sheet, leaped from
window, wrapped the sheet about
himself and started barefooted by
night toward this city, two miles from
the hospital.
Along the Pennsylvania railroad the
ghostlike figure put the track walkers,
night trainmen and others to fight
and started rumor that spread like
wildfire Of the appearance, of ghost.
Reaching the outskirts Of the town,
Stokes borrowed an overcoat from a
trainman, proceeded to his home and
despite many bruises and lacerations
reported for work In the morning.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
BOY IN TRANCE
SEES WARS END
April, 1923, Is Date He, Names
For Final Victory of
Allies.
YANKEE MIGHT WINS
Twenty-Year-oId Youth In Subscon,
seious State Makes Remarkable
Predictions - Americans to
Chase Huns Across Rhine.

Neutrality-suspicious. tense and
tragic circumstances, several physi-
clans and nurses in Emergency hos
pital listened to a remarkable predic.
ton by twenty-year-old Washington
boy, in a mysterious subconscious
state Of mind, that peace in the great
worlds war will be definitely and
finally concluded April 20. 1928, at
$50 p. m.
This peace will come as result Of
100000 American officers and sol
diers having crashed their way across
the Rhine and started last march to
Berlin, having VIGOROUSLY fought
their way over the historic stream.
Final Disaster for Germans.
The Germans will get taste Of final
disaster before another year has
passed by being badly defeated by the
allies in France, and from then on un-
til peace is signed they will be almost
constantly on the defensive, losing
ground steadily until American man
power and military science conquer
the stubbornly fighting Teutons.
When it Is all over the allies will owe
the United States billions Of dollars
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
RIGHT HANDLING
SAVES HAY CROP
Proper Time Of Cutting and Rak-
ing Are important Factors in
Harvesting.
BEST time OF DAY TO NOW
With Small Acreage Il Is Customary
to Wait Until Dew Is of-Grow.
er Should inform Himself by
Making Experiments.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
There is considerable difference Of
opinion among hay growers as to the
best time of day to NOW hay. Some
never cut hay when the grass is wet,
others start moving at any time, and
some NOW In the afternoon only.
= When considerable hay Is grown 1t is
necessary to keep the mowers going
most Of the day. Some growers Of al
falfa in the South and East NOW hay
even when light rain is falling, be-
cause unfavorable weather makes it
impossible to get the crop in time If
the moving Is all done in good weather.
When the acreage grown is small, it
Is customary to wait until the dew Is
off or to cut only in the afternoon.
While this practice is desirable in some
cases, in others it Is merely wasting
valuable time and it should be follow
ed with careful judgment. In other
words, the hay grower should inform
himself by experiments or by the expe-
rience Of his neighbors as to the earliest
possible time in the morning after a
heavy dew at which it is safe to start
moving under different conditions, con-
sidering the amount of moisture con-
tanned in the upper surface Of the soil,
whether the yield is light or heavy,
the weather, and whether or not a ted
der is to be used. All possible loss Of
valuable time, such as is entailed by
having hired help idle or employed at
work which is less profitable and neces-
sary than making hay, should be avoid
ed.
It is important to know how much
hay to have down at one time. It is
not good practice to have two or three
times as much hay cut down as can be
hauled or taken in in one day. Loss
Of quality can be avoided somewhat
by having the mowers only one day
ahead Of the crew hauling; then If a
rain comes up minimum amount Of
hay will be damaged.
Tedding.
The best way to cure out freshly cut
hay is to stir up the swath with ted
der before the top leaves dry out.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
S4sps4easHsHsHsHsasHeqsas
GET FERTILIZER ORDERS IN
Essential That Dealers and Manufac
turers Know Needs Of Farmers
Soon az Possible.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
1t is important that farmers who ex.
pect to use fertilizers on their wheat
this fall place their orders early so
dealers and manufacturers know farm.
ers' needs as soon as possible, so
that orders can be combined and
car space used to the best advantage
Transportation difficulties require
that freight cars be loaded tc
their rated capacity. Delay in order.
Ing, 1t is said, may result in a repeti.
ton Of last springs experience when
m;-ny farmers failed to receive their
mixed fertilizer and acid phosphate
until after planting time.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
TRACTOR GAINING IN
POPULARITY IN WEST
Machine Reported Profitable by
Owners in Corn Belt.
Principal Advantage Reported Is AbiI.
ity to Do Heavy Work Quickly
Saving Of Man Power Also
Of Importance.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)
Evidence Of the growing popularity
Of tractors on corn-belt farms. Is
shown by reports made by more than
60 tractor owners, nine out Of every
ten reporting that their investment
in a tractor had proved profitable.
These data were obtained in the sum-
mer and fall of 1917, and in the spring
Of 1918 on representative Illinois farms
by specialists of the United States de.
partment of agriculture, in order to
determine just what conditions justi-
fed the purchase Of tractor in that
section. Experienced tractor owners
who made reports stated that tractors
will prove profitable on most corn-belt
farms Of 180 acres or more, while in
their opinion they should not be ex-
pected to do so on farms of much less
than $50 acres. The report of the in
vestigators, published as Farmers
Bulletin 963, states that while the fig
ures were obtained in only one state,
they are applicable throughout the corn
belt and that the prospective tractor
purchaser may reasonably count upon
equaling the average performances re-
ported in the study.
Nearly three-fourths (71 per cent?
Of those who reported owned tract
ors capable Of pulling three plows.
Eleven per cent recommended two
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
CLINGS FOR HOURS
TOFL0ATING BODY
Porto Rico Girl Adrift on Lovers
Corpse After U-Boat
Attack.

New York.-A vivid account Of her
escape from death, following the sink
ing Of passenger ship in the Allan
tic, is told by Miss Edith Donate
Virola, an eighteen-year-old Porto
Rican girl, who was on her way to
the United States to marry. For ten
hours in the night, after the boat had
been sunk off the Atlantic coast by
German submarine, she flOated on
the body Of her drowned lover, be-
fore she was dragged out of the wa
ter to safety.
Miss Virola, who arrived in New
York city few days ago, where she
is being cared for along with other
survivors Of the sunken ship, told
how the vessel had been but few
days out from Porto Rico when the
passengers were summoned to the
deck by gunshOt across the bow. A
submarine was near by and the Ger
man officer told the passengers they
would be given half an hour to escape.
In clearing away from the doomed ves-
sci the boats capsized and passengers
and crew were thrown into the water.
I'm some manner lost the life
protector that I thought was securely
tied about my waist" said Miss VI
rola. "When I came up was with
out protection Of any sort.
'Then I noticed with horror that
near me was floating the body Of the
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

loaned to them, but they will be so
grateful that they will early begin to
repay the debt.
President Wilson will again have
been reelected to another term in the
White House and, aided by Taft,
Roosevelt and Hughes, will have put
through congress a universal training
law by which every man above eight
cen years of age, up to forty-five, will
have to take military training.
The patient was Edward r. Dean,
son Of the late DR.. Julian Willis Dean,
himself distinguished Washington
physician, who died in 1905. Young
Dean was stricken as a child with Sc
we're spinal meningitis, and the father
predicted that from sixteen to twenty
one years of age the boy would be
subject to convulsions. If his health
was able to resist the strain until the
twenty-first year the young man
would become strong and robust, with
keen mental development.
In Care Of Specialist.
The convulsions came on at sixteen
and have continued, despite special
medical treatment. Recently the
young man was taken to Johns Hop
kins college, where the best medical
talent carefully watched his condi-
ton and marveled at the super
natural utterances Of the patient when
In an unconscious state after a con-
vulsion. Under their recommendation
young Dean was brought back to this
city and put under the care Of DR.. D.
Percy Hickling, a noted specialist In
brain and nervous disorders.
Accompanied by a member Of his
family the young man was on his way
to Doctor Hickling's Office when at
tackled by the nervous disorder that
troubles him. He was promptly taken
to Emergency hospital and given tenn
porary treatment. Following the con-
vulsion he remained in an unconscious
state for two hours, during which, In
the most beautiful language imagin-
able, he talked wonderfully on subjects
presumably far removed from the
thoughts Of a boy Of that age under
normal conditions.
Physicians and nurses, amazed at
the language and predictions, stood at
his bedside without asking questions
or prompting him In any way. They
had never seen or heard Of q similar
case.
The patient not only made the pre-
dictions quoted, going into details, but
talked fluently in German. italian and
Latin. He never studied or read any
Of these languages, being compelled to
leave school when in the eighth grade.
When again in normal mind young
Dean remembered nothing Of what he
had said. and the subjects seemed to
re far from his thoughts.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

This Should BE Done Before
Leaves Become Dry Enough to Shat
ter When Raked.
When the leaves lose their moisture
and become dry before the moisture
from the stem Is removed, the process
Of curing is very much retarded. The
tedder is especially valuable in curing
alfalfa and clover hay, or heavy yields
Of any kind. No set rule can be given
for using the tedder, but it should fol-
low the mower fRom two to six or more
hours later, depending upon yield, kind
Of hay, velocity Of the wind, tempera-
ture, clouds, etc. The function Of the
tedder is to kick up the hay and allow
it to cure out evenly. The tedder does
more damage than good by breaking
off the leaves, If used after the leaves
have become dry. It is used on hay in
the swath, seldom on hay in the wind
row.
To induce rapid curing, it is the GUS
tom OF some hay growers to ted the
hay twice the same day.
Raking.
The practice Of raking hay into wind
rows with either sulky dump or
side-delivery rake is almost universal.
The exceptions are where the hay is
loaded on the wagon directly from the
swath by means Of hay loader, or Is
gathered from the swath with q sweep
rake. These practices are rare, be-
ing followed usually only when the
yield is heavy.
It is safe to say that most hay is
cured almost entirely In the swath; in
deed 1t Is a common practice to COM
mence hauling or stacking hay imme-
dlately after 1t is raked. Under GER
tain coDditious this practice is allow
able. When the yield is light, or when
q heavy yield Is stirred several times
with the tedder. and especially. If the
day is cloudy and there is good breeze
stirring, hay can be entirely cured in
the swath and good quality made.
During hot, dry, sunshiny weather in
the middle of the summer, however,
this practice of curing in the swath
will not produce the best grade of hay.
Under such conditions hay, especially
clover and alfalfa, should be raked in
to the windrow just after 1t is all well
wilted aad before the leaves become
dry enough to break off when raked.
After being raked, the hay may be
left In the windrow until 1t Is ready to
be moved, or 1t may be put into cocks
and left Uatii thoroughly cured.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
Flowing Not Difficult Task for Farm
Tractor.

TiO"iU9 NOg 1iuICuIG dSN IOT 6oIH1
Tractor. =.
plow machines, while 13 per cent ad-
vocated the use of four plows. In an
swer to the question '.sWhat do you
find to be the principal advantages Of
q tractor for farm work?" the answer
indicates that its ability to do heavy
work and do it quickly, thus cover
ing the desired acreage within the
proper season, was considered the
principal advantage. The saving Of
man power and the doing away with
hired help, enabling a man to farm
a larger acreage and thus increase
the crops he can raise, was next in
Importance. The ability to plow to
good depth, especially in hot weather,
was also emphasized.
Under disadvantages the difficulty Of
efficient operation was the principal
point, and this fact should be kept in
mind by everyone who considers the
purchase Of a tractor, says the bull
letin. In this connection it suggests
that tractor owners take a course of
training under competent instructors
in this line, as the results of such
course usually amply justify the time
and expense involved. Packing Of
the ground when damp was mentioned
by several owners as disadvantage,
but not as frequently as was the case
when more Of the older and heavier
machines were in use. The expense
delays, and inability to use the tractor
for some kinds of work for which
horses could be used were disadvan-
tages mentioned by several owners.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

man I was going to marry in Amer
ica. He evidently had been knocked
unconscious by the boat when it over
turned. He was drowned.
II could not get his life preserver
off, and guess was too much over
come with grief to think of what was
doing anyway.
II only know that flung myself
on his body and then I must have
tainted, for do not remember any
more until I revived in the morning.
was still floating on my fiance's body.
The other passengers and some men,
bers of the crew were floating in the
water. We had been in the water ten
hours or more when sailing vessels
appeared and we were taken aboard"
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27


Police Magistrate Theodore
"Wheres the ncenseT
enlisted
des
hold modest official looking white futd the the
10 soldier
happen
they all
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

slightest her skirts bhode
thousand hundred
Of them said
sinking
recently the apartment of
with chill below the and investigating
vanished Carolina she
believe
reported
found against her three
friends
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

that his suit elsewhere Quickly
that willing call
bench
theman
regarded proceedings gravy
yusively
children the court will take Of
them And the widow and mother
thirteen
Elmer
neighbor,
boysh
the where freedom kept him to the small
ranked
thrashng
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
sasAsAsAsAsasas4s4sHs4sl
WORK IN OLD CLOTHES
prepared by the United States
Department of Agricultural

prepared by the United States
Department Of Agriculture.)
The idea of furnishing q uni
form for industrial workers,
while 1t appeals very greatly to
sentiment, appears to be alto
gether impracticable. Farm Ia
Dor does not suggest a uniform.
For the most part, farm labor is
done in shirt sleeves and over
alls, and such town people as
may be induced to do farm labor
will find 1t more economical and
convenient to use their old
clothes.-Clarence Ousley, As
sistant. Secretary Of Agriculture.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

the sultan and leader sounded more like than
Kissed ladies Of the sui
modern ethics Of
poiteness
of automobiles going
coming block sultan and
bidding defiance
continued to snort at them
middle the highway
despite the fact that the
shoves miscellaneous cudge
Evidently legion the better
ked proudly the highway followed BY
time had reached
stahen out the bewdeng
searched for the bowl
his that broken off In the battle.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

Tex, are fast married. Forrest came
up from Waco-he is twenty-nine-to
meet his blushing Maud Of thirty
three, who Is essaying her second
matrimonial venture. They motored
to Crown Point, Ind. On the way
down they had three blowouts.
But they got their license and
then bravely sailed forth for Ham
mond, there to have the knot knotted.
On the way black cat ran in front of
their car, and they nearly ran over 1t.
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
Have Had All the Hard Luck Coming to Them

shadow Of all the III
Cherub soldier home
with machine Waco
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

Ueen IOcKeu up III UeIduIC OI @IU1VVO
bail each, charged with, reducing the
financial swelling In the vicinity Of
her ankles. In view Of her costly ex-
!perience no one can blame Carolina
with vowing that in the future she
will keep nothing in her stockings but
her legs.
Every dollar Carolina has man
aged to save for years and years has
gone into her stockings, and as she
has been extremely thrifty her under
pinning bulged prominently at so many
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27

harem. Mr.. Drake, the sultan OF his
special flock, with the four Mrs.
brakes, were crossing the boulevard,
headed for a lagoon just above the
south entrance to the park, when
large notorious, loaded with MONDAY
shoppers, came rumbling along the
highway.
With furious and unrelenting
Quackings the sultan and his four
wives took to the middle Of the road
and charged the big two-storied bus
like a band of bowling Huns. The
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
An Traffic Held Up by Mr.. Drake and His Harem

not motorcycle "cop couple Of smashed
boulevard this
dawdng drake and unladke members OF his
The Twin City star., 1918-07-27
Some Tears and Little Laughter on the Side

Detention
But Friday afternoon the god
dess aughter amed upon