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,.. i? . . ... IN *J-^V^' ? ,V ' ,, .f.v !''''-.'.;' ";' ' J.J, . . ?"'i'K.'i THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO AFT MAN." . VFEB. g ?022? New Series No. 940. - Volume LXXL - No. K. Special F HATS I . Si Wc arc selling Hats at $5,00 to $7.00 for a hat wh< quality at $3,50?. One table Men's Hats, ? ? One table Men's Hats, ? One big lot at $2,00; worth ! C. W. & J. E WALHAL It Pays to Bt PROF. IiCKCO GUNTER IS READ. Prominently Connected with Educa tional'' Institutions Several Years. . Greenville Sept. V.-Prof. Lu eco Gunter, for the past two years he id of the department of* education at Furman University, and formerly professor ot pedagogy at the Univer sity, of South Carolina, died at his home hero this afternoon shortly nf-, ter 3 o'clock, after having been tin i conscious stace Monday. With him at tho timo of Jde^deuUi .were-Dc^V^ J,7; 'McGlOlhlln, president Of F.?ir-manT ;Prof. II. T. Cox, dean of Furman, and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Brodye, of Wagonor, und Mrs. IO. W. Able, of Saluda. 4 (Prof. Gunter was 4 3 years of ago. Ho was a nnlivo of Wagoner, having boon born near that placo March 1 1. 1879. Ho attended common schools in Aiken county, attended high 'school at Blackville, then was a stu dent nt tho University of South Cai P olinn, being graduated with thc A.^. degree. He became a member of tho Baptist church atN.be ago of 15, and following his graduation ho became superintendent of tho Beaufort high School. Throe years later ho became superintendent of schools at Rook Hill, After this ho was supervisor of rural schools for tho State of South Carolina, remaining in this position until about two years ago, When ho became head of tho depart ment of education at Furman. Dur ing hip. stay in Columbia ho taught . pedagogy in tho University. NEGRO LYNCHED AFTER ATTACK _ Surprised in Burglary by Girl, Ho Struck Her Over Head. \ .... Athens, Gn., Sept. 2.-Jim Reed ' Dong, a negro, ".at: arrested early >. to-day for striking Miss Violet Wood, tho 19-year-old daughjtor of Rev. > John Wood, of homo, Ga., over the ' i hoad with nu iron bar when she y screamed on finding him in the act . of burglarizing tho house of her ' aunt, Miss Poarl Saunders, of Win . der, Ga., whom she was visiting, was taken from Sheriff Camp lust out of Winder lalo to-day by a mob, and was strung up on tho limb of a pine \, treo and lynched. Shoriff Canlp had been successful . in spiriting tho negro from tho Bar tow county Jail in Winder, whore a / largo mob had gathered and was In tho act or taking tho nogro to At lanta for safe^-keoplng under, tho 0 orders of Judge Blanton Fortson, of the Superior Circuit Court, whon the road was blocked and tho nogro ta lton from tho sheriff. It is said Hint tho lynching was conducted lu an orderly manner and that no troublo ls anticipated in tho f future. Hundreds of automobllds gathered niter tho lynching, and many curi ous spectators vlowod tho bullet-rld dlod body of tho negro. Although Miss Wood's condition is said to bo serious, it is believed to-night that she will rocovor. 'rices on J HATS pre-war prices. Why pay 211 you can buy thc same . $ .65 ..... $1.50 $3.00 to $3.50. !,' Bauknight, LA, S. C. ny for Cash. FOCH ACCUSED LYNCHERS HELD Five Indictments Issued Against Men Connected willi 'Lynching. Macon, Ga., Sept. 1.-The Monroe county grand jury, .after indicting live Macon men for murder Wednes day in connection with tho lynching of John (Cocky) Glover, negro as sassin of Deputy Sheriff Walter C. Byrd, was expected to return two more Indictments Thursday. Tho Aye indicted .Wednesdays Tio^ain^'groc?r p^fn^W ae?t"*drihk 'denier;' Gordon Herndon, mechanic; IL L. McSwain, local agent and Issuranco man, and D.<L. Wood, clerk at the Hotel Lanior. Four of tho men were lodgpd In the Bibb county Jail on Wednesday night by Sheriff lt. C. BIttick, of Monroe county, who carno to Macon Immediately aft or tl<e Indictments were handed to bim by tho grand Jury Wednesday afternoon. Wood, against whom the indictments are also pending In Bibb county, was nat found, ll was said that ho had left. 'Judge W. E. Searcy ordered tho mon held without bail. Ile took tho position (hat tho indictments were returned for a capital offense, and that tho defendants were not liable to rocolvo bail. WORK OF Ttl M COUNTY, AGENT lu Home Economics-Summary of Miss Counts' Accomplishments. Tho Courier is In receipt of the following vory Interesting summary of tho work in Oconoe of Miss lOthel Conn is, h?rne demonstration agent. Tho . item comes from State head quarters of this service at Rock Hill: "Summing up tho work done In June, July and August by your county homo demonstration agent, wo dud that she has stressed conser vation of food to a great oxtont. Miss Counts has had eight calls for lier assistance, and visitod 34 farm wo mos to give thom help. Asido from tlieso emergencies sho lias not failed to meet her regular club meetings, In which sho lins given 22 demon strations. In this way abo has reach ed 233 people in Oconoe county. "Tho market is held at Seneca ono day each week, where country pro duco is sold by farm women. Tho sales during tho threo summer months amounted to $229.7.5. White Bermuda onions have been raised and marketed co-operativoly In car lots. "Poultry associations aro being organized so as to market poultry co-oporatively. . "Miss Ethel Counts spent six weeks out of tho county attending Columbia University. Slnco hor re turn on Aug. 20 sho feels moro of ficient ns an instructor nild can be of greator servloo to her county. "Tho co-operation of tho pooplo of Oconeo will bo greatly appreciated and will aid materially In advancing Ibis important work in Oconeo." Subscribe-for Tho Courlor. (Best.) (Advert? i Shall South Cai the Faith of Tl For gonernfilons Democracy has been Hie fliith of South Carolina. Born in tho days that tested tho hearts of men baptized in tho fires of war, and purified through shame ful years of suffering; under the bcd of Republican negro rule, it ls a faith that every true soe ami daughter of eur soil should bo as jealous of ip: honor itself, lt is our birthright, breathed into us lu the wombs of our mothers and mingled with tho milk that fed our Infancy, lt was the birthright of Hampton, Huller, (Jury, Tillman and tho hosts of lesser men who supported them in their stran gles. Shall this' generation sell it for a mess of pottage? Colo JJ .Blouse is again a candi date for the office of Governor of tho State. It is the highest honor in our gift; it is au leonor that should'not bo given lightly. Tho Governor- of a Stat? is as a light set on a high hill, on whom all men look, seeing in him (ito spirit of tho people who put ulm there. This spirit is necessary to our very hoing ns a self-governing race. To uphold and keep it pure is a "trust that wo hold for the honor and safety of our women. Can wo bear that lt should bo betrayed? Can wo submit that nny mun. who seeks 'our offices should have stained or trifled with, this faith tlmt,.ajirrlc^/4>u'r'Tery,-D01?i. ^W^STcvI^^^iot??O 'kept this faith of puro Democracy without which no man is held worthy of our public ofllccs? Or lias ho stn(iie<l it by deal ings with our political cuoinies, who would weaken tho firmness of tho white man's government of this State? Do wo not recall his Allon Univer sity negro speech, in which ho told tho assembled audience of negro men ami women tp demand their rights, which he explained in detail to homy Do not all men remember his hitter abuse of Mr. Wilson during 1017 and 1018? Did ho not attempt to nm for Congress, in 11)10, as an In dependent-nu individual denounc ed by Wade Hampton as worse than a Republican? He said: "I,et my friends stay out of the primary." There aro few Democrats in South Carolina who do not know of Joseph W. Tolbert. Ho is the "boss," tho over-lord of Republican patronage, on whom tho hands of Warren G. Harding havo been laid in approval and blessing. Ho ls the giver of all power, tho ruler of "The Black and Tan." Is it thinkable thal n Demo crat who has ot heart the good of his party and people would havo,any relations with tills man in politics? Colo Ii. Hlease wrote Tolbert, on May 21, 1021, a letter of approval j - Contribt DEMOCRAT .fr * * * * * * * * * * * ?fr ?fr ty POIriTICAli. ty ty -fr ?fr * * * ?fr ?fr -fr -fr * * ?fr Ml'? McDonald Appreciative. To tlio Citizens of Oconeo: I heartily thank tho people of Oco neo for their support in tho primary election on Aug. 29th.| I hopo to en joy your support in the election on Sept. 12th, and if clectod I will serve you to tho best of my ability. I will put forth every offoft for one hun dred per cont sorvlco and less taxa tion. Tho support of all In tho coming election will bo appreciated. (adv.*) . R. D. McDonald. Mr. Orr to tho Oconeo Voters. To All Oconeo Citizens: By tho votes of tho people of. Oco noo 7 have been honored with tho privilege of making tho socond race for tho Iloiiso. l approciate this evl1 somer ans rteiiiathers? lottCT Stty years of porty; ? eil Tolbj lender, w tilingo?, nothing p lowing l| Colo L. t ot TOlb.^Wo,; leadership of tho Re publican '{gerty in South Carolina; a gly commending Toiboid's '^.v|co and devotion to lils titer Intended to strength* , position as Republican .ii seemed to bo then in ere was nothing secret, 'hfo about tho letter, Kol indorsemcnt of Tolbert, se AVrote: "You uk^ nt liberty to read this letter to wliopi you please, or publish it if you mali, ns 1 presume every body ImoWs';' that I speak what. 1 think, regardless Of consequences. I luivo\wrlttoVi you freely, as you re quested ino'i^o.do. I am a Democrat; | not a Wilson so-called Democrat, hut a Jeffersonian Democrat, who re- | juiced at Harding's election and the downfall of-jideali^in." AV hy this. In terest of Colo li. lil ease. in. Joe Tol bert? Can' ^'pn point to any odor Dcmoprat sfiowhig the samo, inter est? /. . |>J, ,: tj NO word,pf that letter hos over been deuied'&y Colo tji Blouse. Ile cannot deny ;ltj ho meant if . "I pre sume ovcrybo^iy knows that I speak what I think)!*" What do tho ..Scrip tures say? n man thjnketh In his heart, HO is he." AVas-'tlVo* think ing et Colo Ii J Blouse wheh ho wrote ?.that letter ^liilciiirg; 0f i> sound un,a true j inoli't ever written of tho Democracy of Colo Ii*. Bloase--and ho wrote it himself! Aro tho white people of South Cnr olinn, tho political heirs of Hampton a>Ul.' Tillman, prepared to entrust their government to ii man who is tlio, confessed approver, adviser and comforter of Joo Tolbert, "thc politi cal heir of tho Scalawags and Carpet baggers? shall a mau sit In (he Governor's seat who dares not to answer the di rect, simple question whether or not ho voted in" 1020 for the nominees of the Democratic party? Shall wo lift to our highest ellice u man who found it in Ids heart to rejoice with Joo Tolbert, leader and poljtical comrade of the "Black and Tan" politicians of the State ever tho election of AVnrrcn (J. Harding and (lie downfall of Democracy? Tho Governor of Sent li Carol ino lis presumed to be tho leader of the State's Democratic forces. Do the people of South Carolina want to set up a Democracy that ls corrupted at its source? These aro questions .-flint every Democrat whoso love is for his State should answer honestly at tho bar of his conscience before ho votes in the coming primary. Proof ls held of every statement herein made. iited by 'S OF '76. -..._._. dence of the confidence of thc voters and will approcioto. tho support of all in the second primary on the'12lh of this month. If elected I promise to each and every ono that I shall render tho best service possible and in tho interest of tho majority at all limos. Your support and votes will bo groatly appreciated by mo. (adv.) J. R, Orr. All-Day Singing at Mount Carmel. There will be an all-day singing nt Mount Carmel church, near lo cas8eo, on tho third Sunday in Sep tember, Dot evorybody come and bring well-filled baskets, and lot us giyo tho Lord anothor day of praise in song sorvico. John Crow. Heneen Township Association. Tho Seneca Township Association will convono nt Hopewell church, two miles south of Sonoca, at 2 p. m. on Sunday, the 10th of Septem ber. Everybody ' cordially invited. Joo M. Abbott, President. IWo aro to-day driving nu Oldsnii (Jv? pa^scngor ci?r, which hi?s today and seventy-nine (11,170) milos, cents. Tho oar ls si ill running on li forming hotter to-day (han tho day THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED IX! right hero In Walhalla which huyo miles with practically , no expense i any car in the market that can equi looks' and endurance. Eighteen (l? lon of gas (incl from twenty-five lui C$000) milos to ono gallon pf hil) Four-Cylinder .Oldsmobile is doing Very few cars In tho country that ls antee. . GIVE US ?' - CHANCE TO PItOVJ MOBILE IS TUE Bli.ST Arthur Walha. "Oldsmobile .? BIG REDUCTION IX COTTON CROU ls Shown in August-Condition De clined 13.8 Ter Cent, Washington, Sept. 1.-A reduc tion of 87.4.000 hales In .the prpspeo rc?st bf a. hi??ith ago was shown in the Department of Agriculture's Sop tombor cotton report, Issued to-day, i forecasting tho total crop at 10, ?75,000 bales. Tho condition of the crop declined 13.8 points during Au gust, as compared with an average decline of 7.7 points in the previous len years, tho condition having been f?7.0 per cent of a normal on Aug. 2."), compared with 70.8 on July 25. In a special report, in response to a Senate resolution, tho Department of Agriculture announced the acre age of cotton abandoned between Juno 25 and August 25 amounted to 3i?7,000 acres, or 1.1 per cent of tho area in cultiva lion June 25th, leaving 34,485,000 acres in cultiva tion on Aug. 25. Tho Figures on Acreage. "As tho condition figures of the regular September 1 cotton report aro affected by tho acreage abandon ment," said tho department's state ment, "no additional deduction for tho abandonment here shown need bo made for tho present forecast of 1 0.575,000 bales, based upon the Aug. 25 condition figuro and tho acreage In cultivation on June 25." Tho cotton acreago abandoned between June 25 and Aug. 25, abd tho acreago remaining in cultiva tion Aug. 25, by States, was an nounced as follows: Virginia-2,000 abandoned and ?10,000 in cultivation. North Carolina - 1 4,000 aban doned and 1,587,000 in cultivation. South Carolina-33,000 abandon ed and 1,587,000 In cultivation. Georgia- 12 1.000 abandoned and 4,005,000 in cultivation. Florida- 1,000 abandoned and i 18,000 In cultivation. Alabama-1 2,000 abandoned and 2,083,000 In cultivation. Mississippi - 22,000 abandoned and 3.178,000 in cultivation. Louisiana-24,000 nhandoned and 1,287,000 \n cultivation. Texas-62,000 abandoned and 2, 833,000 In cultivation. Tennessee-5,000 abandoned and 814,000 In cultivation. Missouri-0.3 per cent abandoned and 156,000 in cultivation. Oklahoma-4 3,000 abandoned and 2,707,000 in cultivation. California-None abandoned and 210.000 In cultivation. Arizona--Nono abandoned and 105,000 in cultivation. New Mexico - 2,000 abandoned and 4 4,000 in cultivation. *. This year's cotton crop was fore cast to-day ot 10,575,000 bales by the Department of Agriculture, bas ing Its estimate on Hie condition of tho crop on Aug. 25th, which was V j ? * on Wheels. >bih\ Model iii A, four cylinders, (1(0110, eleven thousand one hundred ?Villi ii total fexli?iiso for paris of 75 ls orlgBpil (Iros, lt la actually per it was first driven. STANCE, hut. there aro Oldsmobilos run thousands and thousands of nt all. We do not. hellovo there is U tho OLDSMOBILE hi price, j?OO? H) to twenty (20) miles to ono gnl inlrerl (250?) to three iluMisand rlrntiiur oil is what tho now Model from day to day. lt is ono of tho sold with a twelve liionths' gunr 10 TO YOC THAT TUM "OLDS- * TH INC? ON WHEELS." Brown, la, S. C. fets tine Pace." B7.0 per cent of a normal, indicat ing a yield of 146.2 pounds per acre. There waK n declino of 13.8 points in the condition during August. ? Figures of Forecast. Tho condition of tho crop on Aug. 25 and the forecast of prpductlonL.hy v.'i& ^?^?i?h-'^.^^^ '". . " W v " States. Condition. Bales Virginia'.G3 23,000 ? , North Carolina. .. .05 750,000 South Carolina; ,. .40 087,00tt Georgia. ... 4 1 5)08,000 Florida . . . . ... .60 24,000 Alabama4.GO 820,000 Mississippi.GO 1,003,000' Louisiana.00 414, OOO/ Texas.59 3,044,000 Arkansas .. . ..03 909,000 Tennessee.G.". 278,000 Mlssourio.70 70,000 Oklahoma.53 7S0.000 California .91 130,000 Arizona.S7 55,000 New Mexico .S5 21,000 The California forecast includes 79,OuO ' los from Lower California, which . .e not included In the United States total. Price Declined on Forecast. Now York, Sept. 1.-The govern ment cotton report to-day caused .heavy selling on tho local markets for a time. December broke from 23.05 to 22.00. Tho trade was a. heavy buyer on tho break, and new outsido buying appeared, causing tho market to recover about eighty points of tho loss. Tho recovery was bused on tho idea that since tho report was com piled there had been considerable deterioration in Texas and Okla homa. DuPro Hurled at Abbeville. Abbeville, S. C., Sept. 2.-Attend ed by his father and brother, a few friends from At lulita and a crowdjof sympathetic and curious townsfolk, Ibo funeral of Frank B. Du Pre, li) year old "Peachtree bandit," who was hanged tn Atlanta Friday for tho murder of Irby C. Walker, prlr vate detective, was held hore this afternoon. Paymaster Shot; Payroll Taken. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 2.-S. H. Thompson, paymaster for tho B. IL Grayson Lumber Co. camp, six miles from Leeds, was shot down from am bush and robbed of $1,050 lato to day. Ho was taken to a local infirm ary, whoro his condition ls said to bo critical. Reports to tho sheriff's offlco lato to-night stated that two nogroos had boon arrested at Loesd In connection with tho alloged robbory. Killed His Daughter hy Mistake. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 2.-Shooting at what ho bollevod was a mad (tog, Stephen Conner, a farmer rosidlng near Kosciusko, accidentally killed his 14-year-old daughtor, Ilattlo, ac^ cording to word received boro to-day*