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KEOWEE COURIER (I ST Al i!, is: n; I) 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription, $1.00 Ter Annum. Advertising Itatos Reasonable. -By STECK, SHELOIt & H( IlitODI K. Communications of a personal character charged for as adverllsc tnents. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. Ail ovor that number must be paid for at tho rate of ono cent a word. Cash m acdohipaiiy manuscript. WALHALLA, H. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1000. AN AI KEN HA NK VICTIMIZED. Clever Forgery Worked ott Fanners' mid Merchants' linuk. Aiken, May 27.-A elevo/ forgery has just laen detected lu Aiken. A party whose endorsement ls "Henry Williams," carried a chock to tho Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, cashed it, and made good his escape, and up to this time no trace has been lound. Tho check was drawn upon (J. L. Toole, Esq., and the amount on thc face of it was $10. The forgery was one of the cleverest pieces of work of Hie kind ever seen in Aiken. The check was drawn upon one of Mr. Toole s checks, torn noni lits check book. The willing on Hie front of the cheek lu a splendid imitation of Mr. Poole's writing and the Bigna tlire, pul ported io be Mr. Toole s, is nlmosl pened. On the hack tho name of Henry Williams, vrltten in an entirely different hand, hardly more than a scrawl, is given as en dorsement. The check was present ed at the Fa miora' ami Merchants' Hank, on which hank it was drawn, on last Saturday, and was cashed, lt was not discovered, however, un!il some lime later, when Mr. Toole had occasion to call for his checks, and found this forged one among them. Tlie police an> now on the lookout for "Henry Williams," but Inquiry fails lo locate such a person in this olty, or hereabouts. The bank offi cials state that the man who had the check cashed was a negro. OA.BTOIIIA. H..-.-; th? _A llM Kind You Have Always Boi??? Combating Cancer lu Belgium, Consular Report.) Consul ll. Allie.' Johnson, at. I*!ego, reports thal ike new organiza tion tor combating cancer in Bel gium held a meeting at Brussels re cently .and outlined a comprehensive | plan for its future activity. The | association will affiliate with the In ternational association for the sys- \ temntic study of cancerous diseases.! One of its first tasks will be to ac- j quire and systematize all knowl edge ol the disease, lt will endea vor to give lo the medical profession the results ot its researches in order that the disease may be combated with better results, lt was also pro posed to establish one or more insti tutions in Belgium lo be devoted es pecially to the study of cancerous disent AFTER SUFFERING TEN YEARS Cured by Lydia E. Pink*; ham's VegetableCompound MAHI.TON, N' .l. -I fool that Lydia H. Pinkham's Vegetable Compon?a! has given me new lite. 1 suffered lor ten years with serious ten?ale troubles, In llummation, ulcer- j at ion, indigestion,. nervousness, a n .5 could not sleep. Doctors Have me; up, as they - aid my troubles wero chronic. I was i i despair, and did iud care whether I lived or die,!, when | read about Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so I betrau to 1 ake it, and am well again and relieved of all my suffering.' -Mrs. '? G KOKO K J OK DY, Box to, Marlton, N-J. Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com fiouiid, mad" from native roots and lOrbs, contains no narcotics or harm ful drugs, and today holds tho record for thc largestnurabor of actual cures of female diseases we kno v of, and thousands of voluntary tostii > mialsare on lilo in tho Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass., from women who have b' pii cured from almost every form of female complaints, Inflammation, til coral ion, displacements,fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodiopains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every suffering woman owes it to her self to givo Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound a trial. If you would like special advice about your case write a confiden tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free, and always helpful. 0HJN8U? DIRECTOR IWSK?.VS. North's I ti ?..inn ?i? ion Due to (.'lush with Secretary Nagel. Washington, May 27.-S. N. D. North, director of the census, has tendered his resignation to President Taft, und lt was accepted to-day. Ills resignation IS a direct result of his recent controversy with Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel. Tho following statement in con nection with the case was given out at the While House: "Director North, te itlered bis res ignation as <!...cc!or jf the census. lt was ?acceptid and. the nani'' ol' E. Dana Durand, now deputy commis sioner of corporal ions, has been sent lu to the Senate to succeed him. Mr. North':; resignation was based on the ground that on account of conditions existing and likely to contine", his administration of the census office would not probably be successful." lt had been supposed up to within the last few days that the contro versy between Secretary Nagel and Director North bad been amicably adjusted. The friction between the two continued, however, and last Saturday Secretary Nagel put the matter squarely up to President Taft, saying that either be or Mr. North would have to leave the ser vice, as existing conditions between them were Impossible. Director North hold to the belief that the census bureau was an inde pendent institution, and that lu* was responsible only lo the President. A Congressional enactment put the census . i rea ii under the department of commerce and labor, however, and Secretary Nagel felt that in spite Of the great powers conferred by Congress upon the director, that offi cial should he subordinate to the cab'nel officer in charge of the de part nient. lt was because of this friction thal Director North Anally was loll ed to step out. If the charges made against Dr. North more than a month ago art' true, and lt' is apparent from his resignation that they must be,' the President was placed in u position where he either bad to uphold bim and ignore Secretary Nagel, or up hold Nagel and allow the former to go which latter course he pursued. lt appears that Dr. North bad been guilty of lobbying in Congress to ob tain more power for himself and to make his bureau practically Inde pendent of the department of com merce and labor; obtaining conces sions from Congress by appointing friends of Congressmen to places In his bureau; using his clerk for the preparation of magazine articles In stead of for govorntnent work; let ting contracts for government manu factured tabulating machines for the next census without knowing that they would do better work or could bo secured cheaper than ma chines purchased by regular methods from private contractors. These are some of the Mi in gs that are said to have forced secretary Naged to tell the President that either ho or Dr. North would have to quit the gov ernment service, as there was not room for both. Colds that hang on weaken the constitution and develop into con sumption. Foley's Honey and Tar cures persistent coughs that refuse to yield to other treatment. Do not ex periment with untried remedies, as delay may result in your cold settling on your lungs. .1. W. Hell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster. Prom Ramsay's Creek. Ramsay's Creek. May 24-Special: People are badly behind with their work, owing to so much rain. Tho Cobb bridge on (Mianga and tho Strihiing mill bridge, on Conneross, ?.vere washed away during the r.xint last week. Sloan Pendley, who bas been at Piedmont for some time, is spending a few days with his parents near Pleasant Hill. His many friends were glad to meet him again. John Held and Walter Thompson, two of Pleasant Hill's boys, spent Sunday near Walhalla. Smiie mysterious 'something" has been playing havoc with poultry around lu re recently, lt is said that ri fox was seen near here, and we would be glad for some lui ll ter and his dogs lo capture or run it out. Wedding bells will be heard around here 'ere the frost falls on Hie Howers again. Watch and seo. W. (. D. Preferred Death to Arrest. Augusta, Ga., May 27. George P. Humphreys, white, baggagemaster on the Southern Railway, who was on the Hain on the night of tho re cent sensational express robbery, cut his throat on tho streets here last night and died shortly after mid night. Pinkertons searched Iiis hoine yesterday. In a noto to his wife lie denied participation In tho robbery and said that bo would kill himself to savo her and their two babies the disgrace of bis nrresL When the woman saw tho note she alarmed the man's brother. Tho brother went In search of Hum phreys, and under an electric light a square ahead saw bim slawb his throat with a razor. O ^ SUNSHINE COLUMN. ? ? Ml?? Lou Pitt?, M..!; a "aust in," wishes nomo qul'.c scraps and reading. Send a peat card to ano ther shut-in, R. M. Fitzgerald, West minster. The Sunshine wheel chair given to Miss Shelor hy Dr. Harris, of Co lumbia, is being used by Mrs. King, of Oak way. We apple, ?ai"- th? beautiful help of M"3. Shanklin. Mr. Rankin wrote in The State, in Ids "I'pllft" column, a very line arti- ! de on Sunshine work. The Sunshine Society is ibo largest philanthropic society in the world, and the only so ciety which has a bliud baby kinder garten. Over five hundrol letters are received datlj by Mrs. Alden. Subscribe io Sunshine Bulletin and see winn if, being done. Miss shelor in her Slate work last year used over two thousand sheets of paper and one thousand envelopes. Tlie Keowee Courier printed her sta tionery at the lowest rates, and il was beautifully done. Over sixty dollars were used in Stamps, express and railroad ex penses. AH the leading educators and ministers are interested in this beautiful work. Twenty-five letters are unanswered for want of stamps. In Sunshine work anything can he used and no one is too poor to be a Sunshine!-. The wink of planning and answering all letters is quite heavy on the Slate h ailer, who keeps a record of every letter written, every cent donated and suent and all things passed on, and record of reports of leaders on r the State. We hope you will send Mrs. Shank, lin your name and Iel Oconee be tho Sunny count) of Ibo Slate. if you cannot join a circle you can be a member <>r Con zn les or Carlisle Club and do 'und deeds around you. We are ulad Walhalla is to have a civic club. What a lovely place the Court House could he made. Plant a vine on it and roses around it, and pul pictures up in the hall. Honor our Oconee judges and Governor by having their pictures on the walls. We should also look aller the ref ormation of prisoners in jails. Often a prayer, a book or a kind word will make them look upward. I want one lady teacher to offer her name and start a Sunshine libra ry for teachers to be kept in the Office Of the County Superintendent of Education, where teachers can get hooks on teaching to read free. Miss A t h ena .Mollette is doing this work for Calhoun county I now make one more plea for the wheel chair. .lust a cent is all I ask. If I cannot get it in Oconee my faith ful Sunshiners elsewhere will help nie. Por eight years 1 have worked for Oconee in au uplift way. Now I ask you If 1 have done you a kind deed or bettered the schools just help me get Ibis poor boy a chair. If 1 get more dian the ( hair costs I will put il on tho funds for another chair, for I have many calls for chairs. Teachers, lake up the offer of the Charleston News and Courier. Have a scrap book in your library and clip out historic articles for it, and you will nevi v regret lt. Thc Home Beautiful. The world does move and the trend is upward. He who is looking for Of Internst To Women, -To such women as aro not seriously out Dil health, but who have exacting duties U>|perform- either In the way of house hilld caresVor In social duties and func tiAajJvihij?bXserioiisly tax their strength, as weVaVio\|ursine mothers. Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription has proved a most valuable SUpSrarting tonic and invigorat ing nervine. By Its timely usc, much serious sickness"*'Mid 535555 ">">' gg n4vojd-?d. The. OjjcrathiK table and the seldom have to_hcemployed If this most v'iiliiid.K^woiiiajrrrT?TACiTY. W'r(' resorted. to in good timo. _ The "Favorite Prescrip tion" has proven a Rreat hoon to expectant mothers hy preparing the system for the coming of baby, thereby rendering child birth safe, easy, and almost pa In les?. Bear in mind, pienso that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Proscrlptlt n is not a secret or patent medicine, against which tho most Intelligent people .'ire quito naturally averse, because of tho uncertainty as to their composition and harmless character, but is a MKOICINK OV KNOWN COMPOSI TION, a full list of ail its Ingredients being printed, lu plain English, on every bottle wrapper. An examination of this list of Ingredients will disclose the fact thal it Is non-alcoholic In its composition, chemic ally puro, trlplo-rellned glycerine taking tho place of tho commonly usc.! alcohol. In its make-up. In tliis connection lt may not bo ont of place to state that tho ?Favorite Prescription" of Dr. flore?is tho only medicino [int up for tho euro of womans peculiar weaknesses and ail ments, and sold through .druggists, all tho Ingredients of which have tho un animous endorsement ol all tho leading medical writers anti teachers of all tho several schools of practice, and that too as remedies for tho ailments for which "Favorite Prescription" ls recommended. A little book of theso endorsements will bo sent to any address, post-paid, and absolutely free, if you request same by postal card, or letter, of Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pollets euro con stipation. Constlimtion ls tho causo of many diseases. Curo the cause and you oura the disease. Easy to Uko as candy. i FOR SPRI> OR SUM* Lo\ For Men, New and i CART *!*-T"7 .wi-? I5* S.-A few Good wktn *!? -I- -I- ?I* ?I? ?I--I* ?! Vi i i !. * ? ? ? * ? ? hopeful sinus ol* progress may find MUMU without far searching. As a nation we arc awakening Lo the value of thc many practical suggestions Mutt are heing made for the better ment of conditions; and thrice val uable are (hey when in MUMU we (ind beauty combined with utility. Hy the time this issue of To-Day's Magazine has entered the homes of its almost countless readers, there will have begun a general out-door housecleaning in thousands of wide awake, progressive cities, towns and villages where a lew years since there was hut a limited conception of the influence for civic righteous ness that may be exerted by whole some, cleanly and beautiful sur roundings. lu many of the cities and towns that have become awakened there exists a sprit of friendly rivalry be tween residents of the different blocks and streets, each striving to outdo the other in the neatness and beauty shown in yards-back as well as front in the cultivation of flow ers, Mu- planting and trimming of trees and in painting bouses, barns and fences. And so great is the In terest in the work each one in the I home has a hand in it, from the aged grandparents to the little toddler. This spirit of progress has also in. vaded the country; and where once hut lillie attention was paid to mak ing the home surroundings attract ive, we now lind wel'-kept lawns and beautiful flowering shrubs and many Howers. The civilizing and refining Influ ence of this movement is far g.. :.*..>. than one can rightly conceive uni il he has seen !. tried out. There is not a home in this or any other coun try hut that needs environments that are sweet, beautiful and wholesome, in order to make of lt a "true home in which the light of love doth dwell.*' and the making Iles within the reach of all. Wheel Chair Punda, Previously acknowledged .... $ f> Ul Mrs. Shanklin, collected. 66 Mrs. John Hook. 'i Dr. J. M. Daw. 25 Marshall S. Strlbling. 20 lllock Sunday School. 7 1 l'air Play Presbyterian S.S... '{'<. Seneca Presbyterian s. s. . . . 2 80 Total.$10 17 Marye R. sbeior. Treasurer. How'.' This ? We oller one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot he cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cu re. I1'. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. (). We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obliga (ions made by his linn. Wabling. Kliman ,& Marvin. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O. ' Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter, nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface, af the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 7?e. per bottle. Sold by ?ill druggists. Take Hall s l/ninlly Pills for Co.. st I patton, Died <ui Mic Train. Monea Path. May 24.- Kev. M. A. Conner, pastor ol' the Baptist church at Monea Path, died on the train be tween Knoxville, Tenn., and New port, Tenn., this morning. Mr. Con ner's health had been bad for some Mine, and he had been in a sanita rium in Knoxville lo recuperate. Ile did not improve and bis wife and bis brother went to Knoxville seve ral days ago to bring bim home. They stnrted this morning and a telegram received here to-day brought the news of his death. Mr. Conner had been pastor of the Baptist church at Honea Path about three years, and wag a strong preacher and very pop ular. Mo loaves a wife anu six chil dren. 4L ** ** :* v JG AND vlER. FO O v=Cut Sh Women and stylish, Just I ER & CO., Horses and Mules Cheap fe F *r v -I* v * ?I? ?f ?I* ?I? I'.K. STORMS OUT YVKST. Some Cr<?ps Kntlrolji Destroyed Streams Out of Hanks. All Memphis. May 27.-A cyclone passed < ver Northern Mississippi to day, wrecking many, houses. Trains j are lied up and tlegraph and tele j phone wires are down, hut it is ! Known that t?tere has been great de I vastation in parts of the valley. Mis I sissippi and Arkansas seen to have I Buffered most. The Arkansas river is out of its hanks and Hood warn ings have been sent out. In both Slates crops are reported almost to tally (lestroved. A number of towns are partly under water and many families have been driven out. In Alabama and Mississippi. Mobile. May 27.--EJvery river and creek in lower Alabama and Missis sippi ls al flood stage. All lowland crops are under water and lhere has been great destruction of cattle and lumber. The Mobile and Ohio Rail road has suffered much interruption in I rallie because ol washouts. *o A o *x* o ant XA.? ?enra th? j$lh8 Kind You Have Always Bougjvl COLU DOUBLE-DI? A different sele< They fit a Thal: tells the that at 65 cents Double-Disc you on each side, than fore at $1.20 for I lions. Get a calal ?. W. WI WEST vi 4* V T * * R MEN AND R BOYS. oes Children^ Received at WALHALLA, SO. CA. sr Cash or on Time. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?|? ?J? . .Fl??? .I* 4* 'I* "J4 "I* 1 i r ir* A BIG EEK l'Oit A SHERIFF. Texas OHU ial Orts $4,512 for Escort In $1,SOS, 18:1 lour lllocks. Austin. Texas, Mn) 29.-Sheriff George Matthews was yesterday al lowed a iee of $4,? 12 by Judge Chas. Wilcox o? the Dist rici Court for hts services in escorting the Waters Pierce Oil Company's anti-trust fine of $1,808,183 from the bank to tho state Treasury, a distance of four blocks. The money was conveyed to tho Ireasurj in automobiles, which made n record breaking run up the street. Sherill Matthews and four special deputies accompanied the money. The amount will be paid out of the receipts of the company from its Texas business, which is in the hands of a State receiver. ELECTRIC BII!i?ras?R BITTERS AND KIDNEYS? I In by Drowned in Dishpan. Roanoke, Va., May 2S.-The ten months-old boy of Mr. and .Mrs, Jas. Martin fell into a dishpan containing two inches ol* cold water here last night and was drowned. 65c. ?MBIA 5C RECORDS :tion on each side ny machine whole story except for the Columbia get a beiler record,1 ou ever bought be e same two selec og! t [GKLXFFB, f ION, H. ??