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By STECK, 8HELOR & SCHRODER. JICHT THE DAY; THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN." WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913. New Sortee No. 007.-Volume LXV.-No. 1. LOTS OF YOUNG Horses and Mules Good Draft Bred Horses with good, flat oone and plenty sub stance; can turn up the subsoil. Come quick and take a look. We own these Horses and Mules, so we ?an sell them quick. -:- -:- -: G. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, Walhalla. S. C. PERSEVERANCE is grit applied to tho pursuit *^ of purpose. ORDER is the systematic and intelligent direc tion of purpose toward accomplishment. WILL is the ability to set adversity by the ears and to master circumstance. EJNTHUSIASM is the hoart-engredient w hich * makes the hardest work seem easy. RECTITUDE is the basic virtue without which achievement has a sinister meaning. AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL POSSESSING THE COMPOSITE OF THESE VIRTUES KNOWS THE VALUE OF A Savings Account -IN Westminster Bank, Westminster, S. C. FK1/IX DIAZ IS RECOVERING. Hts Assault Precipitated by Ills Re- , marks A inuit Carranza. Havana, Cuba, Nov. 8.-Gen. Felix Diaz, the Mexican refugee, is rapidly recovering from the effects of the su- j peiTiri.il wounds inflicted Thursday evening hy a party of Mexican Con stitutionalists as ho was walking . near the sea wall. Gen. Diaz was i stabbed twice, behind the ear and in ; the neck, and was beaten with canes, ! but none of the. injuries was serious. ' The attack, it lias been definitely j ascertained, was the result of no pre- , meditated plot, but grew out of re marks of Diaz, that reflected upon I Gen. Carranza, the Constitutionalist I leader, and his followers. Pedro Gu- j errero, a young Mexican adherent of | Carranza, heard the remarks and told a party of his friends what Diaz had said. The party rushed toward Hie refugee and attacked him. Police rushed in and stopped the quarrel, although not before Guerre ro was seriously wounded by a bul let from an officer's revolver. The entire party was placed under arrest. Diaz is in Havana after fleeing from Vera Cruz, where he thought j his life was In danger from followers ! of Huerta. Would Make Them Ile?er If They Could. The makers of Foley Kidney Pills know that they have absolutely the best combination of curativo and healing medicines for kidney and bladder ailments and urinary irreg ularities that it is possible to pro duce. That ls why Foley Kidney Pills aro the best medicine for the purpose you can buy. Bell's drug store. adv. / Advertised Mull. The following is a list of letters remaining uncalled for in tho Wal halla post office for the week ending November ll, 1913: Lee, J. M.; McCuen, Boyce; Hay, W. J. C.; Sanders, Mrs. Jane; Wil liams, Mrs. Amanda. When calling for the Abo v? ploase say they aro advertised. N. Fant, P. M. \ ii N* FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE. One Truiii Completely Demolished No Ono Killed. Gaffney. Nov. 8.-A head-on col lision of two freight trains occurred at Thickety, 15 miles from Spartan burg, this morning, disorganizing traffic on the Southern) railway to day. The wreck occurred about half mile south of Thickety station, and one train was completely demolished, while the other suffered little. According to local employees of the Southern the accident was due to the engineer of south-hound train No. 77 failing to read his orders. The result of the wreck is a carload of cattle killed and two carloads of cot ton burned, as well as the engine and train being reduced to kindling. The two trains are supposed to meet every morning at Cowpens, and this morning the onglneer of No. 77 presumed that this would again be the case; therefore when the orders were handed in to him by the opera tor at Thickety ho presumed that they were concerning a later train and did not walt to read them. The wreck one-half mlle past the station was the result. The firemen and en gineers on both trains jumped and escaped without serious injury. Thc i wreck at once caught fire and sev eral cars loaded with cotton were burned. Meeting Coneross Local Union? There will be a called meeting of Coneross Local ( P, E. and Co. II. of A.,) next Saturday, November 15th, at Blue Ridge school house, at two o'clock sharp. All members are urged to attend "personally" or by proxy. Business of importance. J, YV. Alexander, President. F. H. Burley, Secretary. For Children there is Nothing Better, A cough medicino for children must hell) their coughs and colds without bad effects on their little stomachs and bowels. Foley's Honey and Tar exactly fl ils this need. No opiates, no sour stomach, no consti pation follows its 'iso. Stuffy colds, wheezy breathing, coughs and croup are all quickly helped. Bell's drug store. adv. OTU KB MATTKRvS IN COURT. I Proceeding* of the Kirnt Week Con tinued-The Common Pleas. The following cases have been dis posed of in the Court of General Sessions since we went to press last Wednesday morning: The case of the State vs. C. C. Thrasher, charged with disposing of property under mortgage, was given to the jury last Wednesday morning, and the jury was deliberating over the case when The Courier went to press. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence: That the defendant be confined upon the public works of Oconee for a pe- > i ?od of 20 days, at hard labor, or a like period in the State penitentiary, ' or pay a fine of $10. Sentence sus- i pended until the second Monday in March, 1914. The Stale vs. Hub Lig?n-murder. Guilty willi recommendation to mercy. Sentence: That the defend ant be confined upon the public works 01 Oconee county for tba po riod of his natural life, or a like pe rlod ii the State penitentiary. at bard labor. Motion for new trial re fused. Notice ot' appeal given. The State vs. Napoleon Johnson violation of dispensary law. Plead guilty. Sentence: That, the defend ant be confined upon thu public j works of Oconee, at hard labor, for I a period of one year, or pay a fine of i $2<i0. On the payment of $60 the | I balance of sentence was suspended j during good behavior. The State vs. Will Weston-mur j der. Guilty of manslaughter. Sen tence: That the defendant be con I fined upon the public works of Oco ; nee for a period of six years, at hard ! labor, or a like period In the State ? penitentiary. I The State vs. Harrison Barle-vio ! lation of dispensary law. Plead ! guilty. Sentence:" That the defend ant serve six months at hard labor i on the public works of county or like period in State penitentiary, or pay a fine of $200. On payment of $2 5 balance of sentence suspended dur ing good behavior. The State vs. W. P. Hall and .lack Hughs-grand larceny. Not guilty. (The defendant, W. P. Hall, having failed to appear for trial, and bench warrant, having beeu issued for his arrest and the defendant having been brought into court thereon, it was ordered that W. P. Hall and his surety, W. R. Harris, appear before the next term of Court for Oconee to show cause why the bond of $200 should not be estreated and judg ment entered thereon for that sum. A similar order was issued in the case of Frank Morton, charged with failure to support wife and child, in j which case a mistrial resulted. W. R. Harris is the surety, the amount of bond being $300.) The State vs. W. R. Davis-assault and battery with Intent to kill. De fendant failed to appear for trial, and it was ordered that the defend ant and his surety, R. H. Boyd, ap ilar at the next tenn of Court to show cause why the bond of $200 should not be estreated and judg ment entered thereon. The State vs. Geo. Tate-assault and battery. (Action to recover bond). The bond of $200 was paid, and tho <Mse dismissed upon the pay ment of all co?ts. The Grand Jury made its final presentment last Wed nesday afternoon and that body was dismissed from further attendance upon this term of Court. The pre sentment is as follows: To His Honor H. F. Rice, Presiding Judge: ^ We herewith beg to submit our final presentment for the year 1913, as follows: We have passed upon all bills of indictment that have been handed us by the Solicitor. We have, by committee, visited the county jail and county chain gang and found these well kept and man aged. We recommend that, certain repairs be made io ihe aieei cage tor prisoners, which we have called to the attention of the County Supervi sor. We would recommend that the al lowance for dieting prisoners be in creased from thirty to thirty-five cents per day because of the increas ed high cost of living. The chain gang is clean and well kept, and it has done splendid work on the public highways, which high ways we find to be in very creditable condition. In this connection we wish to recommend that the ollico of County ConiiYiissioner be abolished! and that all the duties now perform ed by County Commissioners be de volved upon the County Supervisor, whose salary, we recommend, shall be increased to nine hundred dollars per annum, and that the Foreman of the Grand Jury and the Probate Judge, with tho County Supervisor, constitute a monthly auditing board, whose duty shall be to audit and pass upon all tho expenditures Incurred by the County Supervisor. These changes to be ruade by the General Assembly, to take effect at the be ginning of the fiscal year 191 ?. We find the other county offices neatly and well kept, and all those handling public funds are properly accounting therefor. We find that the Probate Judge's office should be supplied with better equipment for filing and preserving the public records therein, and nlso that some of the old books and papers should bo Indexed and re corded. i We find that there are sixteen THREE DEAD AND .ONE DYING As Result of Moody Duel on Streets Of ( .VIM gill Town. Cordele, Ga., Nov. 10.-As a re sult of a pistol duel at Raines, near here, this afternoon, R. E. llolliday, Troy King and Harvey Smith are dead, and Quin Smith is mortally wounded, lt ls said that the trouble arose when several of King's hogs es caped from his pasture and were taken up by llolliday, and he re quested charges, llolliday left home and King went to his place and gol the hogs. S'esterday the two men mot-on the road, when Holltday ls alleged to have accused King of stealing his hogs. llolliday acted liked a drunken man, though lt is said he was only feigning drunken ness. He is said to have cursed King and brandished a pistol in his face. The men separated. llolliday went to Cordele on business, and when the tr ?in reached Raines on its return Hol'iday stopped from the train with pistol in hand and began bring at King, who Immediately re turned the lire. A fusillade cf shots followed. They Wore a Happy Couple. (Farm and Factory.) Sunday morning the Blue Ridge train brought to Seneca a \ery hap py and exultant couple -happy in ? that soon they wore to be united in the holy bonds of wedlock, and ex ultant in that they had successfully eluded the vigilance of watchful eyes at home. The couple accosted Judge Hopkins at the station as they step ped from the train and informed him that they wished the ceremony said. Judge Hopkins immediately con formed to the wishes of the couple and furnished them with the neces sary equipment-a marriage license. Shortly after he had securely "tied the knot" J.he couple proceeded to Atlanta. The contracting parties were J. P. Vollrath and Miss Carrie Orr, both of thu Tamassee suction. Magistrates in Lhe county, moro than oue-half of whom are situated in such remotu parts of thu county as to have practically no dutius to per form. We would, therefore, recom mend that the number of Magls Istratus be reduced to seven, to be located as follows: One at Walhalla, one at Seneca, one at Westminster, one at Tokeena, onu at Salem, onu at Fair Play, and one at Double Springs. We recommend that the law be so changed as to authorize the appoint ment by tho Sheriff of two Deputy Sheriffs-one to be located below the Southern Railway, and the other above said railway, who shall per form all duties now required of Mag istrate's constables, rural police and bailiffs i" attendance upon the Cir cuit Court, because we believe such changes in our peace officers will re sult In a more efficient, as well as economical administration of law and order in our county. We have, by committuu, visited several times during the year the county poor farm, and find the in mates well cared for and contented. The t.xmf is in splendid condition, and the crops are among the best to be sue.i In the county. From a con servative estimate of the crops pro duced this year we think the institu tion is more than sustaining, and will net above all expenses approxi mately eighteen hundred do'lars. We recommend that the exact amount when ascertained, be published, giv ing itemized statement of income and expenses, so that the public may know just how this institution is be ing managed. Wo wish to specially commend thc County Board of Education for the great Interest they are taking in the bettering of our common schools and the great progress they are making in connection with our new Supervi sor oi Rural Schools in inducing in creased attendance of the children at thc schools, the caro exercised over the sanitary conditions so as to pre vent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases; tho Improve ment of school buildings, grounds and equipment, and in many other ways centering public attention to all matters pertaining to our free common schools. We desire to thank His Honor and the other officers of the Court for courtesies extended to us In tho dis charge of our duties, and ask to be excused from further attendance upon the Court. Respectfully submitted, C. R. D. Burns, Foreman of Grand Jury. November 5, 1913. Hold-Over (?rand Jurors. The following grui lernen were drawn to hold over as, grand Jurors for tho year HIM: S. H. Collins, J. W. Reeves, J. J. Rankin, W. F. Shel don, W. R. Craig, M. Ii. Uamby. In Common Pleas Court the only case so far called ls that o? the Southern Power Co. vs. Traxler and Taylor. This is a suit to adjust dispute over right of way for power line of plaintiff company through property of the defendants. The de fendants In this casu originally asked $10,000 for the right of way, and a hoard of arbitrators fixed the sum at $3,300. From this finding the power company appealed. lt is probable that the remainder of to-day-pos sibly lonrrer--Will ho onnoiini^rl In this case. COTTON citoi? :W,JM>? s nou r For November i, 1013, CkMnpared With Same Date Last Year. Washington, Nov. 8.-The fourth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of census bu reau correspondents and agents throughout the cotton belt and is sued at 10 a. m. to-day, announced that 8;835,913 bales of cotton, count ing round as half bales, of the growth of 1913 had been ginned prior to November I. To that date last year 8,809,222 hales, or 66.8 per cent of the entire crop, had been ginned; In 19 11 to that date 9,970, 905, or 64.1 per cent; in 1908, 8, 191,55 7 bales, or 02.0 per cent; and in 1900 to that dato 0,906,395 bales, or 53.2 per cent of the crop, had been ginned. Included in tho total ginnings wore 01,820 round bales, compared with 54,539 hales last year, 08,313 bates In 1911, SI.183 bales in 191,0, and 109,021 bales in 1909. The number of sea island cotton bales included was 42,769, compared with 28,887 bab>s last year, 50.50:i bales in 19 11. 10,504 bales in 19 10 and 65,237 bales in 1909. Qinnings, prior to November 1, by States, with comparisons for last year and other big crops years, and the percentage ol' the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those years, follow: Alabama- cunnings. P. C. 1913.1,01 2,9 10 191 2 . 8011,0 0 2 0,1.0 1911 . 1,088,7 37 64.2 1908. 891,067 00.9 Arkansas 1913 . 430,557 1912 . 440,482 57.1 1911 . 444,401 48.9 1908. 536,785 53.9 Florida 1913. 4 7,317 1912 . 35,302 00.1 1911 . 50,070 59.4 1908. 43,234 61.2 Georgia 1913 . 1,602,482 1912.1,112,419 61.4 1911 . 1,908.704 08.3 1908. 1,387,641 70.2 Louisiana 1913 . 221,900 - 1912 . 201,701 69.8 1911 . 282,245 61.0 1908i. 287,885 61.7 Mississippi 1913 . 567,719 1912 . 51 1,678 50.3 1911 . 584,199 50.0 1908 . 893,148 55.1 North Carolina 1913 . 385,225 - 19 12 . 19 6,537 54.8 1911 . 597,940 53. 1 1908. 373,713 54.7 Oklahoma 1913 . 536,016 1912 . 559,190 59.0 fl 91 1 . 554,933 54.6 1908. 217,020 3 1 . 6 South Carolina 1913 . 861,190 - 1912 . 730,690 59.7 1911 .1,022,014 60 . 4 1908 . 821,008 07.6 Tennessee 1913 . 173,925 - 1912 . 118,485 44.3 1911 . 211,128 49.1 1908 . 198,783 59.5 Texas 1913 . 2.950,4 39 - 1912. 3,709,725 79.9 1911 . 3,211,752 78.2 1908. 2,502,802 69.0 Other States 1913. 40,204 - 1912. 43.291 48.1 191 1 . 58,302 42.0 1908 . 36,602 50.0 Tile ginnings of sea island cotton prior to November 1, by States, fol low: Florida- Ginnings. 1913.10,221 1912.11,067 1911.21,038 1909.19,7 4 0 Georgia 191 3 . 24,570 1912.10,97o 1911 . 38,841 1909 . 31,277 South Carolina 1913. 1,878 1912. 1,5 4 4 1911. 1,084 1909 . 4,220 Tho next cotton ginning report giving the (inanity ginned prior to November 14 will be issued Friday, November 2 1, at. 10 a. m. Local News from Homily l and. Bounty Lind. Nov. 10.-Spacial Our school opened this morning with only ten pupils. Farmers have not got their cotton picked out yet. Miss Rosine Singley, our teacher, arrived In the community Snturday and is boarding with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Doyle. Miss Clyde Walton leaves to-day for her home in Coleman, (ia., after spending a week or two with the Misses Davis. Mrs. Arwood Davis, of Greenwood, and Miss Agnes Wright, of Seneca, were guests last week at tho home of Ls. O. Lavis. The friends of Meade Davis, who is In a sanitarium In Columhia, will be glad to learn that his condition is Improving. Mrs. H. H. Smithson and daughter, Miss Laura, of Westminster, were recent visitors at the home of Mrs. J. M. Gllllson. Mrs. Jasper Doyle returned from Augusta, Ga., Saturday. We regret to learn of the illness of Mrs. Ju??a D. Shanklin and hope to hear of her early Improvement. OCONKK COTTON MARKET. Tho Market Rangea from te IS H Cents Pw Pound. Quotations below were secured over phone at 10.30 o'clock till? morning: Westminster: (Hy J, tl. Breaseale.) Cotton. 1 3 Mi ; seed, $25. Walhalla: (By C. W. Pitchford.) Cotton. 13% t) 13Hi seed. $25. West Union: [Cy Strother & Phlnney.) Cotton. 13%; seed, $25. Beit OCA: t By Barron-Byrd Co.) Cotton. 1 3 % : seed. $25. Newry : (By Courtenay .Mfg. Co.) Cotton, t 3 Vi : seed, $25. GEO. lt. REMBERT PASSES AWAY. Candidate for Governor Succumbs to a laing, Illness. Columbia, Nov. it. (Seo. lt. Bom ber! Representative in the (louerai Assembly from Richland county and a candidate for Governor, died at his horne here to-nig'.t after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Reinheit was 3S years of age. Ile was born in Sumter county, but came to Colum bia several years ago. He worked ft rs I as mall clerk, then, rea J law, and after being admitted to the bar rose rapidly in his profession. He served several terms in the Legislature, be ing a member of that body at tho time of his death. Since the election of Governor Rlease Mr. Rembcrt had been administration leader in the lower house. Mr. Rcmbert married a daughter of Allon Jones, and a niece ol* Gen. Wilie Jones. She, with five children, survives. He ig also survived by two half-brothers, hld. Rembert. of Sum ter county, and Prof. A. C. Rembert, of Wofford College, and one sister, Mrs. Lawrence, who lives in the North. Mr. Rembert entered the race for Governor last spring. As tho result ol* strenuous work in behalf of his candidacy and the severe ?train of making speeches In varjous parts of the State he suffered a breakdown in health, which confined him to hie home. Prom the first fears were felt for his recovery, and for ri e past week his family bad abandoned hope. The end came to-night at 1 1 o'clock. Mr. Rembert was well known throughout South Carolina, and had many friends, who will mourn his death. He was popular in Richland county and Columbia, which always elected him io tho Legislature no matter who opposed him. Nous from Richland. Richland, Nov. 10.-Special: Clean-up day was verj appropriately observed at Richland school house last Friday afternoon. Miss Carrie Smith and the girls took charge of the inside and washed 1 lie windows and desk tops, swept the floors and put everything in neat order. Mr. Harnett took the boys and cleaned off the grounds and looked after the outward appearance of the building. Mrs. S. H. Coo left Thursday for Columbia, where she will help nurso her grandchildren, Willie and Wal lace Coe. Tile former is sick willi pneumonia, while the latter ls In a hospital to undergo an operation for a crooked foot. W. H. Coe has been transferred from Columbia to ripar tanburg and Mrs. Coe will stay with Iiis wife in Columbia until the chil dren get well. David McMahan spent Thursday and Friday in Spartanburg and at tended the county fair there. Geo. C. Hodges, of Greenwood, de livered an instructive lecture to a large congregation at Rook Springs Methodist church yesterday evening. Fairview l<ocul News. Fairview, Nov. 10.-Special: Will and Louis Whit mire, of Pickens. vis ited their Sister, Mrs. W. T. Hubbard, recently. Mrs. Lena M. Cochran is spending the winter with lier sister, Mrs. Fred Martin, near Anderson. Mrs. W. L. McMahan left this morning for Greenville, where she will be at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Nannie B. Barron, who is criti cally ill at the city hospital. io. A. Barron's intends are pleased to see him out again after a short ?(til neveiw ii'uieatt. Newton Crenshaw, of Walhalla, visited his niece, Mrs. Janies Wyatt, last week-end. ? Mesdames L. E. Knox and E. A. Barron will leave Wednesday morn ing for Easley, where they will at tend the annual reunion of the George's Creek school girls. The re union will be held at the home of Misses Bettie and Mary McMahan. Remember Sunday school afc this place next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Young Peoplo's Bible Class at 11 o'clock i .et all members, and any others who will, attend. Death of D. O. Crocker. (Tugal?o Tribune.) Died, at his home on S. W. Dick son's fa.-in, near Westminster, on Tuesday, November 4, I). C. Crocker, aged about 65 years. Mi. Crocker had been a sufferer of dropsy for several months. He was an honest, hard-working man and will be miss ed. He is survived by his wife and one son. His body was mirica at I Fair Play- last Thursday.