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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
End OF tho Farm Boom.
(Anderson Mail.)


The land boom in Kansas, Iowa
and other agricultural States Is now
bearing bitter fruit. Farmers who
bought land at two and three times,
It's pre-war prices, on a basis Of in
tlated commodity prices, are now fac
ing payment for it on a basis Of
prices not much above normal. They
cannot do 1t. Most of the land that
has been bid up to $40O OR $500 an
acre never paid more than fair
return on $500 an acre before the
war, and cannot be expected to do
much better than that hereafter, at
least for the next few years.
The city spectators who hold q
large proportion OF the farms bought
at fancy prices need not be given any
great amount Of sympathy. They
might have known better. They were
primarily responsible for the absurd
imitation to which so much farm land
was subjected and which played
havoc with farm values generally.
They took n chance, just as they
might have done in the grain mar
ket, and got stung. The farmer, pro-
fessional or amateur, lurcd into buy
ing at top prices, is a more pitiable
figure. In hundreds Of cases he must
lose his farm, fOrfeiting what he has
already paid, which represents tho
savings OF years.
1t Is the old story Of cxcitable peo-.
pie being carried off their feet in tho
time Of booms, and fancying that the
high prices and profits will last for
ever. They never last. Tho lesson,
however, may do agriculture good.
Farmers swept off their feet by the
speculative fever may now settle.
down to serious farming again.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
WHAT ARE
YOUR CHANCES
OF SUCCESS?
DO You Step Out with Snap and
Vigor?-Are You Able to
Get Things Done?
DON'T STAND IN YOUR OWN WAY
People with Thin, Weak Blood Hayc
Il Hard Time of It-They
Should Take Pcpto-
Mnngan.

Look at the facts Of your health.
SO much depends on having red
blood. If you stand up in front Of
your work with half starved blood
in your system you are standing in
your own way. You are blocking
yorr own progress.
Thin blood makes you dull 1t
makes you pale. You take no enjoy
ment out Of your work. 1t is only
half as good as it should be.
You can remedy that condition so
easily. Begin taking that fine tonic,
Pepto-Mangan, to-day, and keep it up
for a while. Your blood will become
nourished. Pepto-M -Mangan makes red
blood corpusclos. YOu will get en-.
ergy and strong power 0f resistance
Instead Of standing IL your 9wn way.
you will push yourself ahead ho-
cause Of greater vitality
But be.sure YOU get lc genuine
Pepto- Mangan. It il put up in both
liquid and tablet form Ask for
"Gude's s"--and be sure that the name
is on the package. The tablets or the
liquid have the same medicinal value.
adv
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
COLORED FOLK COMING BACK.
Anderson Man Finds Numbers Who
Arc Tired of the North.
(Anderson Mail.)

In returning from Charlotte, NC,
where he had gone to get colored
prisoner, Deputy Sheriff Baz billiard
returned home in the colored COM
partment Of the railroad trains with
his prisoner, and says that he met
several negroes he knew, returning
to the South from Philadelphia and
other Northern points.
~ saw some negroes l knew" said
Mr.. Hilliard, land on speaking to
them | found that numbers Of the
darkies are coming back South, just
as fast as they can raise the fare TO
come on. saw seven families, four
Of which were going back to their
old homes at Spartanburg, and three
more back to Florence. There were
many others that did not know, but
who were coming back South, and
from the way they talked, they were
whole lot happier to be coming
South than they were when they
started to the North.
Don't you like the North?" Mr..
Hilliard asked one Of the negroes.
mo, sub, deed | don't. 1t gifts cold
up thar, an for the last few weeks
white man'd most knock niger
in de haid II he asst for Job. Jobs
Is too scarce up thar, an de weat ther
gifts too cold for me. I'm going back
whar | knows / kin make out some
how
Mr.. Hilliard stated that from talk
ing to the negroes he found that they
were returning South in large num-
bers, and that more Of the unemploy-
ed would come, and will come as
soon as they can raise the money
to get South, or to work their way
back home.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applcntlons. AZ thoy cannot reach
only one way to euro catarrhal deafness.
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
famed condition OF tho mucous lining Of
tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10
perfect hearing. and when It Is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result Unless the
infia animation can be reduced and ~inis tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing
Will be destroyed forever. Many cases OF
deafness are caused By catarrh, which 10
an inlamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on tho mucous surfaces Of the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hairs Catarrh Medicine. Cir.
culars FREQ. All Druggists. 76c.
F. j. CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo. o.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
HELD KILLING JUSTIFIABLE,
Man Kills Fellow Who Had Entered
Homo and Ruined 1t.
(Anderson Mail, Dec. 1G.)

| (AndersOn Mail, Dec. 49,
Details Of the killing at Ware
Shoals yesterday, in which Jim Shan
non, a young white man, was shot
and killed. are told to-day by cor
respondent OF the Daily Mail at Don
aids. and tells OF tragedy, the result
| Of which is that. a young man is dead,
a young woman's character stained,
and fathers hand dyed in the
blood Of his fellow-man, and once
happy home turned into Il house of
mourning.
Writing Of the killing, D. NJ. Hum
phreys, the Mails correspondent,
says:
Being informed by his physician
on Wednesday morning that his
young daughter was mother, Judge
Ben T.. Mattison, Of Ware Shoals,
learned that James Shannon was the
despoiler Of his home, and he went
in search OF shannon.
Judge Mattison found Shannon
near the post Office at Ware Shoals
and demanded Of him that he marry
his daughter. Shannon refused, and
the infuriated father shot him twice.
the bullets going through Shannon's
head and killing him instantly.
Judge Mattison then telephoned
the Greenwood sheriff to come for
him, and an officer, together with the
coroner Of Greenwood county, came
to Ware Shoals and held an inquest
over the body, and the jury, we now
learn, found verdict OF justinable
homicide, and Judge Mattison was
released.
Judge Mattison moved to Ware
Shoals when the mill was being built
and has been magistrate since that
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22

It lying there, almost at hfs very feet
big, fat wallet, with not q person
nearer than hundred yards Of him.
Plainly someone had lost It in their
mad haste to get home.
Tom stopped and scooped It Up like
q flash. Around the corner he surrep.
titiously examined It. Bills-both
green and yellow. of large denomina-
tions-they fairly stuffed itl There
were seven hundred dollars or more!
"A small fortune to the miserable boy
who had not even eaten for fourteen
lours. Money! Money! Money I
Far more than he possibly could need
even in his most extravagant dreams.
With gurgling cry, Tom stuffed the
wad Of bills into his trousers pocket.
threw away the fine leather purse and
made mad dash for the nearest de.
partmcpt store.
No need now TO keep his sinister.
criminal appointment-no more neces-
sity for
But the most gladstone feature Of
young Toms Homecoming that next
day was his blushing announcement to
the old folks that he had had enough
Of the big city; that he had come
home t. stay, as they had prayed he
would.
t@. 1920. Western Newspaper Union,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
Spartanburg Man Shot by Son.

Spartanburg, Dec. 17.-J. Munro
Inman, well known travelling sales
man Of this city, was shot and killed
this morning at his home by his son,
Manning Inman, aged 21, following
a family difficulty, in which several
members OF the family were en-
gagged. Attorneys for the young man
state that the father had attacked
the son with a knife, and that the
latter shot in self-defense. The
young man went to nearby resi-
dence and phoned to the shcriff's Of
fec and surrendered.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
MAKE EVERY COUNTY BEST.
''N1Oral SuasiOn' and "Winking" ut
Liquor Evil Won't DO.
(Newberry Observer.)

What the unnamed Judge said in
regard to Oconee could be truly said
OF almost any county in the State
that, "but for the liquor traffic, this
would be the best county in the
State"
The poorest county in the State Is
better than the best, If one is free
from the miserable traffic and the
other is not. And all the counties
can be made free, or practically free,
of the traffic If the executive and ju-
dfcial officers, State and local, will do
their best to make it So
The moral suasion" policy-the
small fine and "winking" at the evil
will never do it . They have been
tried long enough to prove that they
are ineffective, and that sterner
measures must be resorted to. Local
officers and judges on the bench
should take a lesson from the farmer
in the old Blue Back Speller, who
found youth up his apple tree.
Come down." commanded tho far
mer-. and the youth iluRher at him.
Then he farmer pulled up some tufts
Of grass and threw thnm ar the
youth, who laughed the louder.
FF&ding sor; words ana SOFT tufts Of
grass OF no avail, tho farmer gath
orcl hatiul OF stones and began to
pelt the youngster in good fashion.
1t wasn't long before the youngster
cried for mercy and Skinned down
the tree in great haste.
A boot-legger or blind tiger-or
by whatever name one may call the
man who sells liquor--laughs, in his
sleeve at least, when a judge i'm
poses n fine Of fifty or one hundred
dollars; he can run still and make
that back many times over in a short
whiie, and will take the risk. But r
he gets a year on the chain gang, or
a fine of five hundred dollars, he will
hesitate long before he will try It
again-and others, seeing his fate,
will hesitate also.
Some officers and judges are tri-
fling with the law.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
Not Rounding Up tho Slnckcrs.

Washington, Dec. 16.- Charges
that the War Department is taking
no action looking to the prosecution
OF draft evaders and deserters were
filed with the House Judiciary Com
mittee to-day by representatives Of
service mems organizations
The committee is considering a bill
to- extend the statute of limitation
from three to six years for prosecu-
ton Of violators of the selective SER
vice act
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
a TONIC

Groves Tasteless chill Tonic restores
Energy and Vitality by Purifying and.
Enriching the Blood When you feel its
strengthening invigorating effect. see how
it brings color to the cheeks and how
1t improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
Groves Tasteless chill Tonic is simply
Iron and Qunine suspended in syrup. So
pleasant even children like it. The blood
needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and
Grip germs by its Strengthening. Invigor-
ating Effect. 75c
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package Of genuine Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during 81 years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If you see
the bayer Cross on tablets. you can
take them without fear for colds,
headache, neuralgia, rheumatism,
earache. toothache, lumbago and for
pain. Handy tin boxes Of twelve tab
lets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin Is the
trade mark OF Baycr Manufacture Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Salicylicacid.
..-adY
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
Rainfall and Temperature.

Below Is record OF meteorological
observations taken by II. w. Brandt,
cooperative observer OF the Weather
Bureau Of the u. s. Department Of
Agriculture, during the week ending
Dec. 18th, 1920, at p. m. (The
instrumental readings are from gov
ernment standard instruments ex-
posed in the manner recommended
by the chief of the Weather Bureau):
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
HabituaI Constipation Cured
in 4 to u DAYS

.LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is specially
prepared Syrup pTonic-Laxativc for Habitual
Constipation. 1t relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for i4 to II days
to induce regular action. 1t Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c
per bottle.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22

time. He has reared q large family,
ali OF whom are prominent and pop
ular. Judge Mattison and family
have the deepest sympathy Of the
entire community in this deplorable
affair."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22

The Greek silver talent was worth
about $1,000.
In Japan the women raise silk
worms and feed them, after which
they reel their silk to help meet tho
high cost Of living.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
CASCARETS -
"They Work while you Sleep"

Stop growing around like cross
bull pup. You are constipated, bn-
ious, and what you need is CasacTets
tonight sure for your liver and bow
els. Then you will wake up wonder
ing what became Of your nervous
ness, dizziness, sick headache, bad
cold, or upset, gassy stomach. No
griping-nO Inconvenience. Children
love Cascarets, too. 10, %, SO cents.
adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22

j. w. Patterson, reputcd to have
been the tallest man in the United
States. died recently at his, home at
Texarkana, Texas, Of Bright's dis
ease. He was seven feet five inches
tall
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
>lon1a and the
r62@ifts9'| j
kn2 De E>)sle y
~ Forroe casS

1EN Tom left the farm to
60 to the city to make his
fortune he did it contrary
to the ominouS head
shaking and phophecies
Of disaster Of all the
neighbors. Even his fa-
ther and mother. with pnst
1,oo,.c nf toll rnrif3ly ho
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07

friends and relatives in tais county,
he told Mrs. Blanche Freeman, Red
Cross welfare worker Il want 70
get back to camp" he told the well
fare worker. II like army life al
right, but hope they don't return
me to the hospital"
Mash, police say is alleged 10
have deserted from Ft. Sill several
days ago. He came to this city and
is alleged to have disposed ci his
soldier uniform and purchased a
pair of overalls.
Declaring he was ''broke," Marsh
applied to Chas. Dayton, desk ser.
geant at the police station, for per.
mission to sleep on one of the beds
in the city Jail that night. while he
slept, officers gathered information
that led to his arrest when he
awoke the following morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
Breaks Into Army
By Way of Grocer
Shop Food Search

From cell in the city Jail to Il
soldier in Uncle Sam's army was the
step just taken by Barry Saxon, a
lad who was arrested here by jim
Dillon and Bill Elston, city police
men.
When arrested late in the nigat,
the lad is alleged to have admitted
that he had entered the O'Brien
grocery store, corner Third street
and Choctaw avenue. Il was hun
CRY and wanted something to eat. [
had no money and | had to steal it"
he is alleged to have told the Off
GERS. After being placed in the
county jail, the boy stated that h
was unable to find work and that
all he could find to eat during the
past several days was persimmons
and corn.
Authorities here granted the lad
permission to enlist in the army
where he could receive instruction
in the army training schools. He
signed up for the twenty-third infan-
try, second division-"Oklahcm
Own" He was sent to Oklahoma
City from which place he will be
sent to Camp Travis, Texas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
Asks for Bed in
City Jail, Wakes
Up Under Arrest

Two alleged army deserters were
placed under arrest here Saturday
by city officers. The men gave their
names at Alvin X. Trotter, from
United States hospital No 6, Fort
Ga, and Elwain Marsh.
Battery F., First F. A., Ft Sill.
Speaking from behind the bars,
at the city jail, Trotter admitted
having taken French leave" from
the hospital. ''They refused to give
me the necessary treatment, so |
left" he said, adding that he
entered the hospital after being re-
turned from France as a casual.
Before being placed under arrest
by officers here, Trotter visited
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
FARM LAND

100 acres good new room house.
barn, out buildings, so acres in cul-
tivation, SO native grass, 10 acres
{row alfalfa, 1 mile to school. Price
$50 per acre. $1,000 cash will handle
100 acres fairly well improved, 90
in cultivation, a good buy at $40 per
acre, some terms We have lots
of good buys in farm lands.
BUY A HOME
5 room new bungalow, lot 50X165,
well located on south 7th ST.. the
price is to sell $4,000 Some terms.
This is what you have been waiting
for so hurry.
A dandy building lot 50X165 on
Minnesota Ave, between 18th and 9th
The price is right
We have a real home, ideal loca-
tion on corner lot and if you want
something real choice and at bar
gain ask us and we will show you.
Now is good time to locate your
homes before the rush on the first
If the year Plenty money to loan
IN farm and city property.
T. H. Bennett Real Estate and
Loan Co
Office Phone 334. Res J4s and 1905
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
Kwick Aktion BARGAINS:

One OF the best quarter sections
to be had for the money; mostly
bottom, near Verden. Hurry.
Good sandy land farm, oil belt,
surrounded by drilling wells and 10.
cations; would trade for smaller
farm near town. or good city pro
perty. May make you rich, Investi-
gate.
5 room furnished house, rs it. cor
ner lot only $4,000 will take in good
FORD or light car,
Farms for rent. Nice bed room for
rent, 719 Iowa Ave. These and
many more.
A. N. Woodbridge
Room SOP First National Bank
Tel. so or 1873
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
ALI work guaranteed. Acetylene
Welding speciality. Call or write
MILLARD HICKS
Phone PIX 1890, or care
lndiahoma Gin
Mrs. Bullock Recommends Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy.

Last winter when my children
were sick with colds and were cough
ing a good deal l gave them Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy" writes Mrs.
G. M. Bullock, Gorham, N. Y. 1T re.
lieved them at once and under this
treatment all symptoms of the cold
gradually disappeared. My exper
ience with this medicine warrants
my recommending it to others"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS

$5,00000 to lend on first-class real
estate security Phone 2S0 or 496
Major Brothers. 63t
A modern discovery for the rapid
healing of flesh wounds, cuts, burns
bruises, sores and scalds is Liquid
Borozone. 1t is a clear, colorless
liquid possessing marvellous healing
power. Price. 3Oc, 6Oc, and $12O
Sold by Wren Drug Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
HOLD U. S. PHYSICIAN.

Riga, Dec. IA letter received at
the American Red Cross headquar
ters here signed by Dr. s. A. Jau
CUR, of Chicago. asserts that the doc.
tor, though an American physician,
is imprisoned in Moscow.
The letter ads that he was can.
tured by the Soviets while discharg
ing his duty as a member of the
American Red Cross.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
Farm Lands and Farm, Loans

No cultivation pasture miles
Of
100000 100000 cash. balance
$4,000
1913 cultivation Ia miles from Norge Price
per acre %
No 525 tract upland lays good three house Price
small
eight
all $12S000
$3.50 all tight 3h miles good
buildings
plenty money farms
attorney.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07

FOR SALE-Comneue and up-tc
date list Of tax payers Of Grady coun
ty. Printed and bound in pamphlet
form. Classified by townships. and
alphabetically. An authentic list for
mail advertising. Convenient for
Congressional, State and County
candidates. G. G. Courcier. at Daily
Express office. P. o. box 65, Chicka-
Sha. tt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07

Distress after eating is due to bad
digestion. Herbine helps the diges-
tive process, clears the system Of inn
purities and restores a feeling of
vigor and buoyancy of spirits. Price,
soc. Sold by Wren Drug Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

One 9 room modern house, newly
papered and painted inside, large
corner lot, price $450O. 500 will
handle
One 4 room house on pavement
close in, price $225O; $3.50 will han
die. Balance like rent. See this.
200 acres s miles of Amber, five
room house, 25 acres bottom land,
price SAL per acre
223 acres, $50 acres in cultivation,
so acres wheat, 3 room house, price
$65 per acre.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
NOTICE

If you have any OF our ice
cream packers please phone us
and let us have your address.
Phone 300 or 238 after 6 p. m.
CHICKASHA ICE CREAM co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07

RESTAURANT FIXTURES-Coun-
ter back bar stools, tables, chairs,
coffee urn, cooler, complete outfit,
never been used. Party lost location.
Will sell for balance due, small cash
payment, balance easy monthly pay
ments. Write or wire Gsosman Foun-
tain Company, Dallas exas. 22-15t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
WORTH CONSIDERING

Furnished bungalow for rent West Hill
north side large grounds east front
Price $1700; terms if wanted.
Five modern pavement Junior High school Price
$2200 if wanted
90 it. desirable vacant Hill for the ridiculous price
of $3.50.
40 good upland also adjoining town. See me
if you a truck garden chicken ranch
M. b
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07

FOR SALE-My residence at 72S
Kansas Avenue, 6 rooms, modern
Cave, outbuildings. Lot 100x165.
Paved on two sides. c. G. Courcier,
Phone 1887. 28-tf.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
Lester L. Price

Farms and loans. Oldest farm
loan agency in Grady county.
Established 190D Tye building,
Chickasha, Okla. Phones 6S5
and 1924.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
SODA FOUNTAIN--Cigar

SODA FOUNTAIN Cigar and
candy case, cigarette case. carbon
ator, chairs, complete confectionery
outfit, used short tine; like new. Big
bargain. Small cash payment easy
monthly payments. " or wire
Grosman Fountain Company, Dallas,
Texas. 11-22-15t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07
LOST and FOUND

LOST-Long black wallet, contain
ing statements of Western Oil Sta
tion Co., also $4. Finder may keep
money for return statements and
book Phone 240. 6-3t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07

FOR 100000 worth OF
furniture, stoves and ranges at a
bargain Tom Cheney, 502 Chickasha
avenue. Phone 499. $3.50
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-07

WANTED-Ladies 10 Know they
can get Hygenic Franco American
Toilet goods from DR.. II. w. Smith
524 S. 18th street. Phone 1888, Book.
let free. 11-11-3Ot