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\ "TO THINE OWN SELF ME TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, \YRfwE81>AY, FEBRUARY ii, 1015. LACE AND EMR01DERY. W e are showing the largest and most complete line of LACES Al EMBROIDERY. we have ever had. See our window and note prices. C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, Walhalla, S. C. "IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH." Karly to bod and carly to risc makes most mon healthy, wealthy and wiso-maybe. Yon may work hard from early morn till late at night, but if you don't save your earnings, how are you bene fited ? doesn't -It Make Yet* Want to Save When You See Others Becoming Well-To-Do? No ono ever regretted what they saved-always what they spent or never bad. Open mi account WITH I S to-day and yon will lake pleasure in I iii ii k i uti; your earnings. "Begin to Save Now. Be lt Ever So Little." WBSTMinBTBB WAHK. "Begin to Save Now. Be It So Little." TAX ASSESSORS RECOMMENDED, Oroneo Relegation Hands in \iim>\ o? Those to Equalize Valuations. Senator E. E. Vernor, Representa tives P. H. Shirley and James 'H. Brown have agreed upon a list of those who are to be appointed as tax assessors for Oconee county, hav ing handed in their recommendation for the following named gentlemen: Center Township-H. L. Verner, Westminster; W. P. Mason, West minster, R. F. D. No. :5; B. J. Marett, Fair Play. Chattooga Township-L. A. King, Tamassee; W. H. Mongold, Moun tain Rest; Albert M. Brown, Moun tain Rest. Keowee Township--W. H. Lusk, .Salem; .1. Fulton llunnicutt, West Union. R. F. D. N'o. 1; .lohn .'. Ran kin, Tamassee. Pulaski Township-deo. Mathe son. Long Creek; J. Nathan Wat kins, Long Creek; D. F. Carter, Pat tie Creek. ? Seneca Township-J. O. Campholl, Settees ; J). A. Perritt, Seneca; J. B. Whitten, Pendleton, R. F. D. Seneca Town-John W. Harper, J. M. Barron, W. K. Livingston, all of Seneca. Tugnloo Township-A. IL Land, Westminster. R. F. 1).; C. H. Miller, Westminster; -. -. King, West minster. Wagoner Township-Marshall Ab bott, Walhalla, R. F. n. No. 1; John W. Shelor, Richland; W. M. Cobb, Walhalla. Whitewater Township-J. B. Bur gess. Sr., Jocassee; Jesse Lay, Ta massee, Route i ; Franklin L. Moody, Tamassee, Route 1. Westminster Town W. Sf, Dil lard, B. M. England, F. W. Cannon, all of Westminster. Walhalla Town-J. A. Steck, John A. Ansel, Thos. A. Grant, all of Wal halla. Commissions Beady. Governor Manning lias announced thal he will commission all those who have received recommendation at the hands of the O co nee delegation. For mal notice has been sen! to each by Clerk of Court John F. Craig, and as soon as each appointee has sub scribed to the required oath before a notary public, and the same is re turned by the Clerk ol' Court to Gov ernor Manning, the latter will issue the commissions. Fountain Inn County f lunks. (Columbia Record. 30th.) Information received at the Gov ernor's office Saturday lead to the be lief that the movement Tor the or ganization of a new county to be known as "Fountain Inn" county has proven unsuccessful, and the sup porters have determined to discon tinue their efforts in this direction. The territory which it was proposed to include in this new county was part of Greenville and Laurens coun ties, lt was said. Thank American Children. Washington, Jan. 30-Messages of thanks from the city Jf Nantes and the prefects of Legers and Lemana for the gifts sent by American chil dren to those of France have been received at the state Department through Ambassador Sharp at Paris. At Nantes a number of Belgian refu gees were among those to whom gifts were distributed. FA It M Kits TO MEET FEB. 13. r<> Meet. Ju Every County and Dis cuss Fertilizer Practices, Etc. Clemson College, Fob. 2.-Spe cial: "Fertilizer and Economy Day" will be held at each county seat in South Carolina on Saturday, Febru ary 13th. This announcement is made by W. W. Long, Stale agent of demonstration and director of exten sion work at Clemson College. At each county seat a meeting will :be held and there will be addresses on tlie two topics mentioned in the name of the occasion. .Mr. Long urges that all farmers note tue day and make inquiries of their county agents or others for the particulars of the meeting in order that they may attend and join in the exchange of ideas on these two very import ant subjects. The extension and demonstration forces of Clemson College had plan ned to hold "Fconomy Day" in South Carolina at an earlier date and it .s .announced that such ii "day" would be held the latter part of December. Mr. Long saw, however, that unex pected increases in the burdens of the organization were going to make necessary the postponement of this occasion. .lust at <hat time, also, there began to pour into various of fices at Clemson College requests for information about what fertilizers to use auder present abnormal condi tions. Farmers by the hundreds have been seeking information from the college on the fertilizer practices to be followed in lilla. The demand became so large that Prof. J. N. Har per, dean of the agricultural depart ment, prepared a special 'bulletin on the subject and copies of this bulle tin-Extension Bulletin B-are to be ._had upon application to Cte exten sion division. Because of the conditions existing, Mr. Long decided to put off thc "Economy Doy" program and to combine it at a later date with a program in which information on fer tilizers would be given to farmers. This IhiJie is February 18th, and the occasion bas been named "Fertilizer and Economy Day." Th? meetings will bc addressed by speak ers who will confine themselves to short, practical addresses. "Wc can promise those who attend thal there will be no long speeches," said Mr, Long. "Fertilizer and Economy Day" is to :be as much fer the farmer's ?wife as for the farmer. Much thought has been given by ext eris at Clemson to the preparation of an outline ol methods in which saving can be ef fected ?n the farm and io thc farm house. Mr. Farmer is urged to b"in.? Mrs. .Farmer to the meeting v itl him. Posters will be prepared and placed in conspicuous positions throughout the State and the meetings -will in other ways be brought to the atten tion of the public. The idea hat very strong support among those who have been consulted for theil opinions. Leading bankers have ex pressed themselves as enthusiastic over the prospects for good results from meetings of the sort proposed. COTTON CHOP HY COI XTIKS. Present Crop Now Exceeds that of 1013 tty 50,170 Hales. Win. .1. Harris, director of the census, Department of Commerce, announces the preliminary report of cotton ginned by counties in Sont' Carolina for the crops of 19 14 and 1913. (Quantities are in running bales, counting round as half bales. Linters are not included). Crop. County Abbeville Aiken. 'Anderson . . Bamberg . . . . Barnwell . . Beaufort . . . . Berkeley . . Calhoun. Charleston . . . Cherokee . . Chester. Chesterileld . . Clarendon . . .. Colleton . . Darlington . . . Dillon. I Dorchester . . . 1914. 32,410 4 7.72:1 54,265 27.42G 59,683 0,010 16,383 30,610 10,882 16,100 33,672 33,526 48,462 2;:.jori i ?.7 ti s 37.0.". 1 1 8,2h I 32,049 47,206 70,588 27.367 56.554 7,732 13,356 27,031 15,700 17,681 32,022 20,822 .10,01 3 10,230 37,440 36,062 16.607 32,476 1013. Edgefleld . . . . ANOTHFH VICTIM OF KXTHACTS. Mart S. Swwwy Succumbs to Effects V* Alcohol and Extract Mixture. " .rt S. Sweezey died at his home in he High Falls section of the coun ty last Saturday night from an attack due to alcoholic poisoning. During Saturday Ito called Dr. J. J. Thode into his shop on Main street and asked him to give him some simple retted.v that the physician had fre quently proscribed for a common ail niot, and this Dr. Thode did. Only a wort while later Mr. Sweezey again hafed the doctor and asked him for tho same medicine, and was told that herbad already gotten it. Sweezey stoutly maintained that he had not onfy not gotten the medicine, hut thjji't he had not seen Dr. Thode I e foffe that day. ibis peculiar condition of the man's mind attracted Dr. Thode's at teijrtion to the gravity of the situa tion, and he noted then that he was unujsr the influence of some drug or drink. Inquiry finally brought the udnptoBion that he was drinking a cqnjpction of alcohol, lemon extract nriB;""Hot Tom." He maintained. hoaRfcver, that he had drunk but two bottles of the mixture, but it found later that he had mad?' 1th some eight or nine of them, fr, "Hot Tom" stuff to which he red is a liquid used In manufac g certain soft drinkr and a chief lent is Cheyenne pepper. He that he used this to kill the bo&^effects of the other ingredients of'jjihe mixture. He was urged to quiche stuff, but the only reply the physician got was tbat he was going to drink a lot of the d- stuff and gi to" hell." yrhts conversation between the rp ind :th*?t0iun.took place during Saturday, and it was Saturday night that Sweezey died. There 1s no doubtt that his death was due to the I effects of the concoction that he had I been taking. A jury of inquest made inquiry into the facts of the case, .and their Unding was to the effect that the deceased came to his death .as a result of poisoning tit his own hands. This is tile third victim of this horrible extract drinking that has taken pJnce here within thirty "days. On December 31st Will Kiser died noie from the same cause, and on the J day following J. F. Sweezey sue-j climbed. The two Sweezeys were brothers. J. F. Sweezey operated a shoe renal. - shop here, and after his death his brother came from the High Falls section to run the shop. Mart S. Sweezey is survived by a wife and several small children. He was about 32 years of age. The body of the unfortunate man was buried Monday afternoon at Wolf Stake burying ground by the side of his brother, who had preceded him to the grave only thirty days. Spare the Hirds. lt was stated recently in a nation al convention that protection of' hirds from slaughter would save to the farmers of the United States a largo part of their annual crop loss from insect pestr.. The same speaker estimated the annual loss from in sects at something more than $100, 000,000. This game seems well worth the candle. Fairfield . . . . 24,048 Florence. 4 6,515 Georgetown . . 5,250 Greenville .... 43,446 Greenwood . . . 30,761 Hampton .... 21,505 Horry. 11,974 Jasper. 6,529 Kershaw . . . . 30, Dis Lancaster..... 23,880 laurens . . . . 36,876 Lee. 11,505 Lexington .... 27,578 Marion. 14,705 Marlboro .... 60,34 S Newberry .... 32,748 Deon ec. 18,842 Orangeburg ... 83,536 Dickens. 10,942 Richland . 25,832 Saluda.t. 24.115 Spartanburg . . 68,790 Sumter. 51,706 ?UnM. 18,602 I Williamsburg . 34,934 ! York. 38,122 Totals. .1,424,950 1,368,77 4 I ACRKAUK REDUCTION MULE?. Now Ready for Governor's Signatar*. Will ile Approved. Columbia, Jan. ?9. -Tho cotton acreage reduction law is now re pealed. The Senate this morning gave dual reading to the bill already passed by the House repealing the cotton acreage reduction law and or dered lt enrolled for ratification. I? will be ratified and laid before Gov ernor'Manning for his signature early next week. There was no objection to the repeal voiced in the Senate this morning. The bill providing for a referen dum on State-wide prohibition and making the Webb act relate to the Shipment of liquor Into dr.V territory were made special orders for next Wednesday morning immediately af ter third reading bills. Senator John F. Williams gave notice that he was ioing to introduce a bill pro viding at the same referendum on September 14 that the people can vote not only on the question of whether the State shall go prohibi tion, but also whether they prefer the dispensary or high license as the best way of regulating the liquor traffic. Primary Regulations. The Nicholson bill putting into law the regulations and rules of the last Democratic primary is also a special order for next Wednesday. The bill designed to prevent peo ple from blocking the public high ways by ploughing in them was made a special order for Wednesday. The hill providing for a loan by the State of $87,500 to Glenison Col lege passed and was ordered sent to the House of Representatives. Senator Veiner explained his bill prohibiting the loaning vi money al pa greater, rate of .Interest thai ai lowed by law. It was made a spe cial order for Wednesday immedi ately after third reading hills and after the other special orders already set for that day. Ready <*> Re Ratified. The following hills have passed both Houses and have been ordered enrolled for ratification: Regulating the deposit of official funds by the State, county and mu nicipal officers; authorizing the trusteee-of Greenville schools to or der an election for issuing bonds; amending the act abolishing the county commissioners of Dillon coun ty; requiring the treasurer of Dor chester county to refund all license fees collected for the year 1914 un der Section GIO; amending the act providing for the issuance of $30, 000 school bonds In the townships of Allendale, Bahloo and Hull Pond, in Harnwell county; amending the act relating to the certlfiactes of wages; providing for educational exhibits at county fairs under certain condi tions; empowering the school hoard of Barnwell to mortgage the old school building; empowering the trustees of Ehitawville High School to charge a matriculation fee. A concurrent resolution authoriz ing the introduction of a bill to in corporate the Upper South Carolina Conference was introduced hy Sena tor Carlisle, of Spartanburg,' and im mediately agreed to. The resolution now goes to the House for concur rence. At 2.0? o'clock the Senate ad journed to meet again on ?Tuesday afternoon at t o'clock. New Dills in Senate. The following new bills of general interest were introduced in the Sen ate to-day: Mr. Earle: Relating to the rate of interest which may be charged hy re ducing the rate. Mr. Vernor: To provide for the establishment of ti new school dis trict in Oconee county. Mr. Odell: To authorize Liberty school, Dickens county, to charge and collect contingent fees of pupils. Mr. Carlisle: To provide for the assurance and registration of land titles. J. F. Williams: To require cer tain industrial and manufacturing companies to make annual reports. Mr. Sherrard: To require the board of county commissioners of An derson county to publish quarterly statements. Mr. Carlisle: Making lt a misde meanor to advertise the sale of alco holic liquors. Mr. Splgner: Relating to peremp DRINK OR DEATH" IS HIS ORV. Man Threatens u> Kill Senator Shep? piml for i ' i. -11 i 1111 i < 111 Views. Washington, Feb. 1.-An Irate anti-prohibitionist has threatened tho life of Senator Sheppard, of Texas. The letter, unsigned, was i>osttnarked Washington. It. reads: . in. o . heppard: Your days are numbered, ..vd you will pay for your prohibition views with your life. Tho people of the District are not going to put up with your despotism, and I am willing to go to the electric, chair for Hie .satisfaction of killing a devil like you. I have no Interest In the liquor business, and do not drink except a galss of wine often at din ner, and you have no rigid, legal or moral, to deprive me of it. Do away with saloons, hut lot a except a glass of wine often at d'-.. his own home. You canne* ?eprlve the people of their rights and expect to live. e :. make your peace with dod, and right soon, too. "One Who Will Die for Liberty." Card of Thanks. lCditor Keowee Courier: We wish a little space to thank our friends and neighbors for the assistance and many kindnesses shown us during the sickness and death of our be loved sister, Mrs. Sarah ti. Jenkins. We will long remember them and pray (Ind's richest blessings on them all. Miss Caroline Logan, Mrs. J. B. Logan. tory challenges in criminal cases. .Mr. Johnson: Relating to traffic in . seed cotton. J. F. Williams: To submit to the qualified electors the question of Mr. Goodwin: To provide for the branding ami labelling of maltresses, to pro 'de against the use of unsani tary o. unhealthy materials in the manufacture of mattresses, and to provide against Hie sale ol' mat tresses containing such unsanitary or unhealthy materials. Mr. Duck: A joint resolution willi reierence to taxation and assess ments. Governor Will Sign Promptly. Columbia, Feb. 1.-Governor .Man ning stated Saturday that he would sign the hill repealing the enactment of Hie special Legislature limiting cultivation in this State of cotton to one-third >f the arable lands, which will he presented to him late Friday for his signature. When asked whether he would sign the bill repealing the acreage reduction law, the Governor said: 'I will sign the bill repealing cot ton acreage reduction. I make this statement in order that our farmers may know definitely what to expect and to he able to pitch their crops and make their arrangements for the season. This action or the legisla ture relieves me Of the effort to en force a law for which no provision was made for enforcement, and it would seem an injustice to the small farmers to require such reduction by legal enactment when no other State in the cotton-raising bell required it. Material and heavy reduction in South Carolina's cotton acreage will he automatic by reason of the heavy losses incurred on last year's crop and the depression In business re sulting therefrom. "I trust that the lesson oT disaster from a single money crop will he lasting, and that In diversification of crops, ?attie and stock raising, our farmers will prepare for the condi tion that will he upon us in a few years from the approach of the boll weevil. The time ls upon us when we must meet this situation. I hoi>e that a campaign of education on this subject will awaken our people to the necessity of solving our market ing problems, so 'hat efforts to di versify our crops will not be abortive or bring less to those who try it. Halse home supplies and pr?vido a sane plan for leasing surplus crops and stock. Reduce the uso of ferti lizers by winter cover crops and stock. . "We must raise cotton more eco nomically-the largest item of ex lieuse is the fertilizer bill, and yet reduction of tho fertilizer bill should be by reducing acreage in cotton rather than in curtailing the amourt ?of fertilizer used per acre."