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?foc Jflcat? (fourier. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ll Y JAVNES, SIICLCI?, SMITH & STECK. lt. T. .IA Y NKS. IV, . .. I I). A. SMITH, J. W. 81IKI.0K, j 1 1.1. A. S'IT.C K. SUBSCRIPTION. $1.00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING HATES REASONABLE. Ctf ' Communications ol' :i personal character charged l'or as advertisements, tl} ' Obituary notices and tributos of respect, of nul over ono li und 1*0(1 words, will lie printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at tho rate ol' ono cont a word, ( ash to accompany manuscript, WALHALLA, K. C. : tv I:I>.\ I:SI>,% v, .1111,1 '?ft, moo. OUR STftNDRRD BEARERS. For President WILLI AM J. BKYAN. Ol Nebraska. For Vice President ADLAI E. STEVENSON. Ul Illinois. CLEMSON COLLEGE. A visit lo Clemson College will con vince the most skeptical thal thal inst i tulum is tilling well a long felt want, and thal the trustees have made no mis take in the selection of a president of the institution. II. s. I lari/.og, LL. I)., has made a grand success of tho college and much more may be expel led fr..ni Ids .vise management. Tho junior editor of Ibo t m 1:11 1:. with his little family, visited Clemson olilho I Ith instant and bad the pleas ute ol' spending the day with Hr. Hart: lg and his most pleasant w ife and family, w hore we were made lo feel that Southern hospitality had nut yet per ?shed from the cai 1 h. Tho college is furnished with all nec essary apparatus for the acquirement of all agricultural ami mechanical train lug. We were kindly shown through the different apartments of the college liv Mr. Carson, win. is a student of the institution, and we saw many things that it would pay all to see. and we as sure all, tho most humble, that ai Clem son they will be treated willi the utmost courtesy at tho college of tho people, ami that il will repay them to make a visit to that institution. Tho popularity of thc college is shown by the fact thal lhere are applications now on tile for admit?ame lo tho coi loge in double the nuillhcl that eau bi' accommodated. Clemson, under the management ol' Dr. ll a rt/og, is doing a great work tor thc state and surely its ?icenin plishnicnts are not yet what they W ill be. ls il H i H li t lor an Editor to Itocoinniontl Pat ent Medicines? hToiu Sylvan Valley New ^. I Ire va rd, N. ('. ll may he a question whether the edi tor ol a newspaper has the riejit t.. nub Hely recommend any of tb. various pro prietary medicines which Hood the mar ket, yet as a proven 11 ve td su tiering, we fee! il a duly to SIIJ a good wold for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ami Diar rhoea Keniedy. We have known ami used this medicine in our family for t went y y.ai s am I have always found it reliable. In many eases a dose (d' this remedy would save boms of sn Hering while a physician i- awaited. Wo d?> not believe in depending implicitly 011 any medicino for a cure, bul wo do be lieve thal If a bottle of Chamberlain's Diarrhoen Itemed*, were kepi on hand ami administered at thc inception ol' an attack much sult'cring might lie avoided and 111 very many eases ibo presence ol' a physician would not be required. Al least this has been om. experience dur ing the past tweidv years. Por salo hy J. W. Kell. Walhalla. W. .1. Lunney. Seneca. II. K. Zimmerman, Westminster. I HIE ROCK ACADEMY. THIS HLD SCHOOL HAS A OHA NI) SEMI CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. III III ur, Prcparod and Hoad hy Prot. W. A. Dickson at Ibo Semi-centennial. Held July IO. W i -1 M i \ s 11 i ;, .Inly -.?. Thursday, July lt), HUH), Ike day. oil which lin- lilli | elli anniversary of 1 bc ton m 111.:: ..1 White I Kock Academy, al South I nion, was celebrated, will forever tm a red letter day in tho history of thal school. White Kock is the name given Hui School house by Mr. C. II. spears, its Hi Kl teacher, and why it was s.i named 1.ho seems ; to know. South I mon is th.- nairn* ol a ; P.apiisi church, bu thc Op p?sito side . . t ! the road. This noted school house is, situated in a bountiful section ol Oconcc count y, eighteen miles soul h of Walhalla, J the cornily seal, twelve miles lion. Seneca, six nubs from Pail Play lind near Ibo Heorgin lino, (?real prepara lions bail boon made for ib.- Semi Con leilnial and il was quito 11 success, Kc tween I,(Mil) and I .'.00 pei .-.ons weil pies nut. Nim-oui ol the t won I,y lom lench ors thal ha\e laugh! school ?ll U Idle Kock, wen- present, vi/.: Mr. .1. T. King, ,1, K. Sandels. | sq.. Ml*. *-. P. Sllihlilig. Hon. .1. A. Johnson, Kev. W. W . Loath ors. Prof. W. A. Dickson, Mrs, l annie Sheldon K?bier, Kev. M. C. Karton ?md M i*. Wm. I '. I' .11 mei. At I0.::<) tho teachers ami pupils lissom bled al tho church and then m.neb. .I lo the platform, which had been arranged in Ibo grove nomby, where tho cxoi eisos (if lin- dil) w ci c held. Three w hu? Hags lloaled in tho air. having ou Ihcui Hie following iuserip lions: ..CM. j)., . ?. W I,,,,- (;." u school. ' ' ' W bile w c i i ve I"' tis len ii Kev. W. IV, I cai Ina ... nu e \ t. aehor, ill 1 rod need 1 lie speakei s, Miss Mattie IS row n presided ni lite organ. Sea ted on the plat form was M r. Samuel Md union, ai. >7 yeal Old gentleman who is tho only surviving patron ol tho Iii si ici m 1.1 school laugh! at "A bile Kock. The lirsl ildn;: on lin- programme was a som:, ..Web,mi.-. b\ Hie si hool,Hf tel w hu h Kev. J. M. Melin 10 idleiod lin eaiiiesi and d...pon? prayer, Sdiig. "iipcii Wide ibo Window-, w. Pray." Kev, Moi ris I handle Kai ion delivered ntl appropriate address ol welcome, willoh was t n!l ot 1 bi :si ?ali I hough! and u .1 - attentively listened lo by ill! present, '.ll ?sion ot W I.nc Ko. k ' Aladdin .' b\ Prof. W. A. Im ks,,,,. ot Kioylos,"S. C.*. was the next Illing lu indi 1. This was veiv inlei esl in - from hCgiiiiihlg lo end. ami as it is published ni iud wc trust no one w ill lad loi ead it. Prob Dil ks,,n binghi school nt f lat Kock for lom y eil rs, Ile is 11 toaohei id ?lpn experience, having viven ?iii cm scout ?vc years nf Ins life to ibo work. li n ip.n .', fort j minutes foi Prof. lind, soii io i m lim histor*! ?.! ibo school Just bet,,ic 1)10 next speaker was iii I rod need Mr. Loathers called for order. Voice: ' . A lillie louder; they don't hear you." I lon. J. p.. Hoggs, of I';, 1 . ns, was in I md need, who spoin bu ibu iv live infinites on religious Iraini.ng in schools. "ll I please ll rs e|'OWl| .is w. ll as Hie Crowd phases inc, the whole lion;: will lie a success, ' Mini Mr. Hoggs, "i am llCit llCI a plcaihcl liol the -.on ol ; preacher, but you sc.- where they hav< placed inc' Mi. Hoggs Used a ?'leal deal of Kibic in his speech, which on pl essed his hen ci H v c 1 y linn h. "Valut* of Higher Education to Parin? ?l'?' Son?" WAH thou discussed by Mr. S. P. Striblvng, ono of tho ox-toachors, ' 111 a Hf tool) minutes speech. Mr. Stri b Ung stated that a discussion of educa tion wits always in order. Ho is a lino educator and a successful farmer and it would have been difticult for tho com mittee to. have ehosen a man bettor titted for that subject. Hon. J. A. Johnson, of Washington, 1). C., a former teachor of White Hock Academy, was tho next speaker. Sub ject: "Why tho mother should be Edu cated." ll e spoke impromptu. Ho said lie did not come down to mako a speech. Kor 15 minutes ho bundled tho subject in a masterly manner. Ho is a gifted speaker and has a clear distinct voice. After this speech, Prof. .las. M. Moss, of Walhalla, at. tho request of tho Wal halla Semi-Centennial Cominitteo, ex tended au invitation to all to bo present at Walhalla tm August 23d and 24th. At ono o'clock an intermission of one hour and ii half was given for dinner. This was ono of tho most important features of thu programme-tho basket picnic. Tho people around South Union aro noted for their hospitality and un bounded liberality, especially on festive occasions Uko this. Thcro was plenty of every thing good tocal. Sovoral families grouped together and spread tho con tents of their basko's. Nobody was over looked and there was tin abundance of food left. The ladies suro did their nari well. At ..!.:;n 1*. M. the crowd reassembled iitiil for lifteen minnies there was sumo excellent singing led by Hov. C. Wardlaw, of Seneca. Kev. W. W. Leathers made a fow ro marks relative to the organization of a union of the teachers and pupils of White bock Academy. < hi mot ion of Prof. W. A. Dickson, Kev. Leathers was elected chairman of this meeting. Prof. Dickson was elected secretary and treasurer. Tho names of ox-teachers and pupils wore solicited for enrollment. owing to ibo fad Hutt passenger train No. .!"> Wiis several hours lalo, Capt. ?J. A. .Mooney, who was appointed to speak in tho forenoon, did not got lhere in timo. Ho iii rived, however, in time to spoak in tho afternoon. Clint. Mooney is a mom ber of tho li reen vii lo bar. Ho was intro il need al L'..V. and spoko twenty-three minutes on educational advantages of to day, ll" evidently foll for his audience ;ind lie : II by saying that tho meanest di nih is io be talked to death. Ho made some very encouraging remarks. Additional pleasure and interest won) .nilled to the afternoon exercises by the ari i val of tin ce handsome young ladlos Misses Ada Walker, 11 cariotta Turnbull and fora Kdge, who played delight fully on stringed instruments nt intervals. Kev. C. Wardlaw spoke brielly on be half of the White Kook Library Asso ciation. Kev. Leathers thanked Hie audience for their attention, good be havior, otc. The last thing on tho pro gram was "Dixie," sweetly rendered hy Misses Walker, Turnbull and Kdge. Itofreshmouts were sold on tho ground for tho benefit of the library. Miss Mary Sholor is an enthusiastic worker in tho matter of establishing ii library. Many persons regretted that. Dr. A. P. Montagtie, of (.loenville. Hon. Nat Davis, of Texas, and Prof. Jennings, of S'ort li Carolina, who were assigned duty on tho program, wore not prosont. Candidates were Humorous. They ?ill appeared to bo good natured anil greeted everybody with a hand-shako ami a smile. s.uith Inion is a very scholarly section of the county, lu Huit section resille some of the best families of tho Stale, nourishing schools aro taught at White Kock ami immy men and women have been sent out to bless thc world, wdio re ceived their I i rsl mental training there. Thursday, tho loth, was a most enjoy able day to all :ind will bc remembered with pleasure by tho pooplo of that pro gressive community and by those who caine from a distance. A. L. COSSKIT. Thc Historical Sketch. In tho year ISIS a school was taught in a small log house which stood within Ililli' a mile ol' this spot and near the present residence of Mr. Samuel IL Marett. The school was in nhargo nf Mr. Waddell IHlIllOUSO, who thirteen years Inter, perished on tho Hold of thc h irst Maunssas, being ii victim of tho ac cidental explosion of a shell which wat carelessly handled by tho raw soldier?' the (la\ after the battle, ?ill incident which many persons here to-day willie rall. The nest year Mr. Kotiert li. Harrison a yoiin;; man fruin (leorgia, who suliso lineally became a Methodist preacher and, who after tho close of tho Civi War, was murdered while at prayer will Ids family in Kdgclield county, Soutl Carolina, taught tho school. There was something of a revival ii school nuil tors during his term, in wilie! he seems to have been tho moving spirit and ii was determined to build a large and better house in a more nearly centra location. Accordingly, a spot in tho un broken forest, a few foot wost of th present school building, was sol coted and during tho year ISM tho house, frame structure, twenty by thirty-si: feet in dimensions, coiled, lighted wit] glass windows and healed by chimneys w as com ploted. ll will be borne in mind Huit at Ihi time South I niou church had not bee: erected, ami Huit tho now school hons was shut in by woods on all sides. The cost of I he house was borne elli'll hy Joseph H. Sholor, Morgan Harlin I lumias H. Sholor and Cloavoland Marett who weie men of means, and, wdio nut they moved away or woruout with agi h.,,|;, d closely aller tho welfare of tb "hool. Tho Slieloi brothers, Joseph lt, an Tl.eis H., Cleveland Marett, Samuel ( l;. . .h r. Morgan liai bin, A. J. Hun Moses s. Messer, William llibb, Hov. I M. Halton. Sa muni M. Crawford, Sam tn ll. Marett, William Jolley, Stephen Mi u ti. Alexander (denn, Asa Loathers, tit Kcoses, the Masons ami others wore pi Irons and supporters of tho school m ig nally ami for many years afterwards,ail in-day the school is made up largely < descendants <>f I hose. Ono of the patrons of the fi rat schoi was Mr. Samuel S. Me.lunion, who hil just removed hither from Krankll eonnly, (ieorgia, the determining facti in inducing loin lo settle hero, willi h vonni; family bein;; tho establishment < ito-, school, and il is worthy of remai th.it he. at ci g li ty so von, is tho only su vivoi ot the original patrons, lt is d ervine, ,,i mention further that ll i hool 'has never bad il IUOI'0 SllhstiUlli II ieml and supporter I ban he. I he bi toi j of W hite Kock Acailom II in properly willi thc year ItWO, tl dale ot the lust school laugh) in Hie nc I.sc ni i be present silo. The original house was burned in tl I i . i ? .. i I Si ,. bul Hie pai t il ion walls ? Hie house on ibo school lol known as tl parsonage were taken out, and fhn soho in chai ge ol Mr, Wm. A. Sheldon wt removed I hil ber ami thc exorcises we ou w it bout a day's intel nipt mn. la (he I.ill and winier of I SOI tim pre enl house, a Iwo-storind strm tm iwenl> lour hy thirty-six feel, w oreo I ed, the idea hoing lo uso tho secoi ? is as ,i ball im neighborhood nie? ?Ogs. Mr. John W. Sholor was ehaiiin: ,.| Hie building committee a. I to Ins i sunroof illness ami persistency Hie sn ol t he i ntel pi iso was ill il lill | m. asuro duo. I 'ol many yeal s lie li been chairman of the board of liustei ami Hie degree of intelligent, wholcsoi supervision which ho maintains over I s, i.I is not lound in ?very noigbl>o hood. In Ibo absoonce of records il has bc ,i (liltlcull mat lei lo make a list nf I men .nul women s\ho have taught lu tomi the beginning io the present tin preserving Hu- chroiioligical ordi but as the result of painstaking Inqul believed Hui) i he follow lng roll, I ginning with H.stahli sh in en I of W li Hock A' idemy, is correct: Hov, Chris plier II. Spears, Itobort Pulliam, Ki Homy Mart in Harton, Klijah KCOKO, Mibs Bitza Bibb, Mis? Fannio Dumas, Josopli I'aylor King, David Mossor, Josopli Derry Sandors, Hov. Jamos II. Sul ivan, William Cephas MoCurloy, Neill IVttbstor Macaulay, John AltheuH lohuson, Samuel l'otigru .Stribling, Itov. William W. heathers, Hov. t?oorgo T. Gresham, Hov. R, Horatio ?innis, William A. Sholdon, Mumford stokes Stribling, Hov. John B. Dickson, Itov. D. Bedford Waito, William Alox mder Dickson, Hov. James Michaol McUuiro, Hov. Morris 0. Harton, Miss Patudo Sheldon, William Franklin Kalinor. lt appears, thoroforo, that thoro have ir cn twenty-six teachers si nco tho ichool hogan, and that tho average torin utRhocnlono and twolvo-thirtocutlis years filoso making tho longest periods of lontiuuous sorvloo wore Hov. 0. II. spears, Hov. (J. T. Gresham and W. A. dickson, tho two last named teaching our years each. Of tho twenty-six teachers, twolvo, lamely, N. W. Macaulay, J. A. Johnson, i. IN Stribling, W. W. fjoathors. G. T. Heshani, H. H. Hurriss, \V. A. Sholdon, M. S. Stribllug, J. H. Dickson, I). H. iVaito, M. C. Harton, Miss Fannio Shol lon and W. F. Farinor havo liad moro o? os? eollogo training, and sovoral of hese aro full graduates. To Miss Fanuio Sholdon belongs tho listinction of hoing a member of tho Hist ?lass graduated by Wiuthrop Collogo, vnd to Mr. W. F. Farinor that of hoing Jio only graduate of tho South Carolina Military Academy in tho list. Hov. C. H. Spears, of Franklin county, Gioorgia, thou thirty-two years of ago, .vas chosen to teach tho Hist school, ill Iced, I am informed tho house was built with a view of securing Iiis services, and io acceptable did ho provo himself to bo, 'Aising tho educational spirit to so high i pitch, that ho was bold for four or live fours, lt wat; during this period that ho school rose to nigh water mark. Voting mon and women cunio from a dis Milloo in numbers to attend tho school, md tho animating spirit imparted by the lOnohor pormoatod, not only tho school, >ut tho ontiro neighborhood. Thoro was i big exhibition, so popular in aiitt-bol uin times, every year, and on ono occa liou thoro was a barbecue at wldoh thoro rVOrOBOmo tinco thousand pounds of bar becued moats. in many respects Mr. Spearos was a ro nat kable man. Not educated in tho nod om acceptation of tho torin, ho nov n tholess became a highly practical and successful teacher, roaching and holding i place in the front rank. Ho did not Hitor school until ho was fairly grown, iud so awkward did ho feel among the Hilo follows of his class that he was on be point of giving up. Hut bis teacher UlCOliraging him, ho bold on, and before Axo year was out he bad outstripped lovoral classes which stood above billi at ,bo beginning. He soon hogan to teach Hld so rapidly did his fame, as a toucher, inroad and so fast did his pupils advance bat. he often found himself hut a day's nardi ahead of them, lie was a local iroachor in tho Methodist, church, and ivbile ho was a fairly good preacher, the irilioipnl charm of his pulpit efforts was lis maguilicent singing. About the year 18(111 the people here railed him hack, and raising something if the enthusiasm of former times bo aught four years moro and died in lnir less, Octobor, 187?), aged fifty livo years. His body found sepulture ill thc grave yard here upon the scene of bis richest md most abundant labors. Hut he rests II an unmarked grave, and tho forma ion hero to-day of a Speares Memorial \ssooiation would ho a graceful tribute o the man and bis work. The second teacher, Hohei t Fulham, it Georgia, taught but. a year, and later .ost his lifo in t he service of tho Confodo ney. Ho was succeeded by Hov. II. M. Kar loo who, however, broke moro of the broad of life to this people than he found for their children tho grain of earthly loiowlodgo. Ho preferred preaching to leaching, and if Kit Spears excelled as 111 instructor of the young, Martin Har ton shone brightest as a herald of thc Dross. I cannot lot this occasion pass to emphasize his wonderful gift of ora tory. He knew nothing of tho arts of tho trained elocutionist, timi lacked the graces of the polished speaker, perhaps, luit be often swept his auditory With lashes of the purest eloquence. He, too, rests in South Union gr a voy ard, bul tieiioatll a shaft raised by popular sub .e ri pt ion. Tho next teacher in order was Kl i jal Ivoeso, horn and reared in this neighbor hood, and 1 suppose, a pupil here of Mr Spears. He did not teach long, hut he sanio a printer and died some years ag< it thc head of an inlluential liowspapoi it Kdgoflold, S. C. Miss Kl iza liilib, also a pupil of Mr, Spears, now Mrs. Samuel Hums, of Har tow county, Georgia, taught next. Hov. J. II. Sullivan taught, ono year ifterward sold goods successfully at For Madison, where he died a few years ago David Messer taught, ono year, in Kstll md now lives in Atlanta, Ga. Tho year 1S(!."> found tho school ii shargo of Miss Fannie Dumas, of Goor ria. She had to deal with young mei who had been in the army, hut sie made thom toe tho mark, and John .lol loy, a survivor of thc crater incident a Petersburg, told nie in ofl'oct, the otho day, that the boys would as willing) risked fooling with the Yankees as will her. Mr. J, T, King, of Westminster, tailgll teaching and engaged in other pursuits Ile was a good instructor and disciplina rian, and tho cause su ff o rod a los when ho abandoned the work. J, li. Sandors, Ksq., of Oakway, oami next, and it will bc a surprise to man, Lo know that he ever taught school, fo lie has been out of tho business so lone, linding land surveying and tin; dispon sing of justice in tho name of the Stat far mon; congenial than cutting am using hickory withes from the forests o South Union. W. C. McCarloy Knight ono year, wen bo merchandising and died at Soneos ii 18117. Ho was followed hy N, W. Macaulay >f Mecklenburg county, North Carolina who taught two years and was late sleeted School Commissioner of Oooiio County and served two terms. Ile is HOI Leaching in bis native (anility. J, A. Johnson, of Abbeville count} succeeded Mr. Macaulay, teaching bu nie year. Ile soon quit the business, ci lered the profession of the law, and i now a prominent attorney at the Nation: Kapital. S. P. stribling has seen much servie is a teacher in the schools of the count] mid it was during his term as Schot Kommissionor that. Oconoo county wa laid off in the present, system of SCllOl districts. Mr. Stribling taught here set ural years with success. W. W. Leathers carno next, bul hoot ing a call to thc ministry he was ordaino by South Union church,and now, wit his boluc at, Anderson, S, C., he givi his entire time to I he preaching of (li gospel. Hov. <K T. Groshom, a Virginiai taught ami preached several years for Hi people with a large measure of succ?s Ho is stationed now in Hu; eastern pa if the state, ?iud bas abandoned Hi work of teaching, H. II. Hurriss taught here one year ?in is now preaching the gospel in virgil!il W. A. Sheldon, then hut I'CCOHll [graduated from thc North Goorgin Agi Hillturn! College, (aught one school, lu lie studied medicine and is making th: profession his life-work. M. S. Stribling tangid next for oi sear, hut like many others, he very soo left oil Leaching and has been for som rears in commercial pursuits. .lohn H, Dickson taught herc one yea Im) obeying the summons lo preach tl gospel, he entered the ministry of tl t ' h ri st ??ni Church, ami is now station* in Tennessee, D. H. Wiiite, willi characteristic coi IcIoUSllOSS, taught one year and waft fe lowed hy W< A. Dickson, whoso tor .overed a period of four years. Ho in turn was followed by Kev. J. > McGuire, a native of Western North C roi i lia, and a sou of a martyr to the Ko Cause, and who has consecrated his tin md talents to thc pulpit and school root Kev. M. ('. Karton, following the foe iteps of his falber, the lamented Kev. I M. Karton as a preacher and tcac.hr ?linc after Mr. Mel luire. Succeeding Mr. Harton was Miss Fa nie Sheldon, who taught llotll'ishil schools at Oakway ami Hotroat befo the bade adieu to tho work of tcachh with her tenn at this place, Tho quality of tho work dono hy tho probont incumhoDt must by no moans bo in fot rod from tho youthfulness of his looks or tho diminutiveness of hi? physical proportions, for ho is io do mand/nud timi, nf tor ntl, is a fair tost of tho toaohor's worth. Some twonty-sovon years ago Mr. W. II. Sheldon, a nativo of I.aurons county, hccmio a ri ti/.en boro, and at once iden tified himself with tho fortunes of tho school. Ho was a student at Erskine College whoa that institution was in its infancy, and ho has always boon a friend of education. Two of his children and ono of his sons-in-law havo been teachers hore. Others who carno into tho community in comparatively rocont yoars, and who have boon steadfast friends and support ers of tho school aro: James L. Hurriss, Simpson Wai to, Samuel ' . Harbin, W. L. Thomas, Thomas h. Gibson, Thomas Wiley, Janies Harris and Mr. Malone. At tho prosont time tho board of tins tees consists of John W. Sholor, J. H. Hurriss and S. II. Marett. Mr. S. II. Marett assisted when tho foundation of tho first houso was laid in 1840, and again forty-two years lalor, whoa tho foundations of tho present houso woro put in placo. Whoo tho South called hor sons to arms in defense of her constitutional rights, nono responded with moro alac rity than tho White Kock boys, and many of those soalod their devotion with their lives. Tho naines of but tinco of these do 1 recall: Pink MeJunkin, Sam Bibb and Nat Harbin. Many of tho Whito hook boys havo w ?ll success and prominence in after lifo. As illustrative of this, lot mo instance Theo dore Gaskin, a pupil lu tho fifties, who is now Vico President of a leading insu rance company in Now York at a salary of thirty thousand dollars a y oar; Dr. John Mo Junkin, in medicine and surgery : tho Hon. Nat L, Davis, in polities and law, and Joseph W. Sholor, ICsq., in law and newspaper work. All honor to tho foundois of Whito Kock Acndomy! Building moro wisely than they know, it may have been, little did they dream that in establishing a school to mool, their needs tho Y were founding a place of learning, which, ad justing itsolf to changing conditions, would survive tho ravages of time, ami that on tho tiltieth anniversary their de scendants and a great multitude would assemble here to honor them and their work, and gather inspiration for the years to como. AU honor to tho school teacher, tho common Behool teacher, if you please, who toiling in comparativo obscurity is nono tho loss sure of his plaoo among tho benefactors of tho world, who, felling tho forest of primitive ignorance, so to speak, lays bare tho rich virgin soil and sows in its bosom tho seed from willoh ill after tuno is. to bo harvested the jun feel crop of human wisdom. W. A. DICKSON. Speech of J. Althens Johnson. Kclow will bo found a brief synopsis of the speech delivered by Mr. J. Althens Johnson, of Washington, I). C., at the Somi-Contonntal of White Kook Acado my, hold at .South Inion, July l'.ith. Tho subject assigned Mr. Johnson by the programma committee was, "Why tho Mother Should bo Kdueated ?" His loading thought was sol forth tersely as follows : In tho divino economy for the mould big of individuals and thc elevation and betterment of tho race, thc mother is tho groat instrument lo ho used. lt was ordained that tho woman, who was tho ohiof instrument In man's fall, should be also tho chief instrument in bruising tho hoad of tho serpent of ovil; and when the Saviour of man caine lo earth to teach tho hotter way he came of a human mother, hut without a human father, and thus put the seal ami honor of divinity upon motherhood. In motherhood woman is admitted to part nership with (?od in the creating of i in mortal beings and tho shaping ami moulding of thom in body, mimi and soul. In woman, through the tender and intimate relationship of mother hood, lifo is touched at tho very foun tain hoad. Character and tho future man or woman is shaped in tho very carly and impressionable years of child hood when a mother's inliueiico is parn mount. Idovale motherhood and yoi: elevate childhood and in childhood yoi: have already the man and tho woman ol tho future. No really groat man wat over horn of ail ordinary mother. Al odticatod motherhood is tho great lovoi for tho elevation of tho race and accord mg as the mothers aro lifted, in bod.) and mind, for tho high and holy fune (iou of tho bearing and Hie training of ; child, will tho offspring bo improved (ind has made motherhood the crownim and culminating glory of tho sex am constituted it, tho matrix in willoi character is shaped and the human rata moulded. Whether tho "bruising o tho hool," willoh it was given to Satan tho evil ono to do, or tho "bruising o tho hoad," which it was allowed Hu woman through her sootl to do, shall bi in tho ascendancy, in any particular ag or country, is determined by the condi timi of the. women anti of mot herborn ami tho consequent impress upon child hood, and tho groat means to bo used i: bringing about lite lina) triumph am redemption of the race will boa mot btu hood, ed nea ted, purified and strongtli oneil in the light of ail intelligent poi coption and observance of tho laws u nature-tho laws of heredity and i environment, of right living anti righ thinking -the laws which give health > hotly and health of mimi. Mr. Johnson spends most of his tim at Washington, but preserves his leg! rosi dence in this Slate and votes at Du West in his native County of Abbevilb Tho residents of the District of Collin Ina aro not possessed of a vole. Coi gross, which exorcises exclusive logish lion miller thr Fedora! Constitution o vt tho placo selected for the seal of tho Ni tional Government, abolished sul?raj! within the District, in IsTI and provide for tho administration of local and nu n ici pal affairs by a Hoard of Com m i sinners appointed hy the President. M Johnson, like a groat many persons w i: gather at Washington from the di Oerel Slates for business and other purpose keeps his legal and voting resilience i the Slate of his birth. An Epidemic ot Diarrhoea Mrs. A. Sanders, writing from Coco nut G rovo, Fla., says lhere has bet quito an epidemic of diarrhoea Iber Ho had a severe attack ami was euri by four ?'osos of Chamberlain's Coli Cholera ami Diarrhoea Kemetly. I says he also recommended it to ollie and they say it is the best medico they over used. Foi'sale by J. W. Bel Walhalla, W. J. I.un noy, Seneca, ll. I /itu mei man, Wes I in luster. No Small-Pox in Jocassco Vallov. [.kilters Courier : Tho statement y< pu 1)1 ?shod in your paper two weeks ag that the small pox had made its appen ance in one or more families in Jocassi \ alley and community, is without lou dallon, as lhere has been no case or eas of said disease in the valley or nnig borhood. Nothing hui two or ihr eases ?d' chicken pox has been beard . Any one desiring to go to this beaut if mountain ami summer resort need ha no 'elrs id Ibo small pox. for I assn yo i .nulli is none of it lu re Tl 0 <. (pute a difference botwe?ii chicken p< ?Hid small pox. Kegrel that such a Rial mont should bo published without cai ful investigation. No excitement in t valley or vicinity and no ono is leavi mi account of thc untrue reports cv corning Hie.said malady, ('onie ami e joy tho most desirable placo in tho ron nf tourists. Yours respectfully, W. M. BUOM \. Jocassee, S. C., July ii?l, 1000. "We have .add many dillerenl cou; remedies, hut none has given bid lei si isfaction than Chamberlain's," says .V chillies llol/.hauor, Druggist, Nowai N. J. lt is perfectly safe and can bo i bod upon in ?ill cases of coughs, col or hoarseness. Sold by J. W. Hell, W: halla, W. J. Lunney. Seneca, ll. H. Xi merman, West mi lister. r meals cool and cooks You'll not need to regulate your cooking by the thermometer when you get a Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove. On the hottest days you can cook whatever you choose, in whatever way you wish, with out suffering any additional discomfort while cooking, The comfort you'll gain is only one of the advantages of using a Wickless Se Oil Stove It is handier than a coal stove and cleaner and cheaper. The Wickless Blue Flame Oil ?Stove is absolutely safe; it burns ordinary kerosene, without wielts and causes neither smoke, smell nor soot. Mndo In vurlouB sizes for vnrloiiB-sl/.od fnmlllon; ?old nt prlcon to milt nny Bleed pocketbook!)-wherovor moves aro sold. If Ibo douter does not IIAVO thom, wrlto to tho STANDARD OIL COMPANY. For Sale by T. N. CARTER, Agent for Walhalla and Westminster. Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. OFFICE DAYS : MONDAIS, Fill DAYS AND SATURDAYS. Soptcmbor 7, 180?. IVotico ol' jpinal Wot ilemexit timi J.Ms NOT I CK is hereby given that tho un dersigned will iniiko application to I). A. Smith, Esq., Judge of l'robato for Oconeo county, in tho Stato of South Carolina, at his ollico at Walhalla Court Ilouso on Saturday, tho 1th day of August, MOO, at ll o'clock in tho fore noon, or as soon thereafter as said ap plication can bo beard, for lea YO to make lilia) settlement of tho estate of W. lb White, deceased, and for ilual dis charge as Kxecutor of said estate. w. o. WHITE, Executor of l?state of W. li. Whito deceased. July I, 11KI0. '27-.10 Notice ijejte af Creditors" AI.Ii persons indebted to tho eslato of W. lb White, deceased, aro beroby notified to make payment to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate wdll present tho sanio, duly attested, within the timo prescribed by law or bo barred. W. O. WHITE, Kxeculor of the last Will and Testament of W. ll. White, deceased. July 4, moo. i>7 80 CUT-PRICE SUMMER SALE! 1,000 Shirts bought at half price. Be sure and see them before buying. 2,000 yards 39-in. Sheeting, slightly damaged, worth 5c, at 2 i c. A big lot Ladies' Slippers, cost $2.25 wholesale-wrecked, but not damaged, to go at $1.00. 250 pair Boys' Knee Pants, worth from 25c. to 75c, to go for only 15c. Have put all my 15c, 20c. and 25c Wash Goods on Bargain Counter, to be sold at lOc Everything in Clothing at reduced prices that will close them out. Don't buy anything in Furniture until you see the great bargains I am offering. Can sell you a Stove cheaper than anybody. A FULL LINE OF COFFINS AND CASKETS ALWAYS ON HAND. ORDERS FILLED AT ANY TIME. A NICE HEARSE .... SENT WHEN WANTED .... J.H. ADAMSJhe Poor Mans Friend. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Fuman University, GREENVILLE, S. C. rilli F. next session opens on Die ii?it li o' .1. September, limo. Kuli ?ind (.lie otlgll inst rind ion, leading to (lie dogr< CH nf ll. A. timi M. A., is offered. Ho ril ing in private families moderate: in ..less Hall oxcolloill fare may lie had at less expense. Coi respondeiiee solieited. Ap plications for places in the Mess Hall should not he deferred. For further particulars apply to the President, A. I'. MONTAU UK, 1.1.. 1 ). ?Inly 25, MIOO. ?10-?VJ 'I he Sunday Si hool Cou vent ion of the Colored Association of Oconoc County mel with the Mat Kock baptist Sunday School on Friday, .Inly HO, and closed Sunday the -J2d. There are twOllty-lhi'OO schools composing tho hotly. A lengthy program was carried ?mt. The conven tion fosters and controls the high school known as the Seneca Institute at Seneca. The sidiool is reported as hoing in a nourishing condition. The number of students las! term was eighty-tivo. The amount paid to the teachers last year was over $1100. Prof. .1. ,J, Starks is principal. Mrs. Julia Starks is assistant. The next lorin will open tho first week ill October, MOO. The board of trustees has been instructed lo devise plans to build a dormitory at once. The sum o'* >.">:'.'J.*i was collected at tids session. Tin following ollieers wore elected: Presi dent, W. .). Thomas; clerk, N. A. Doyle; treasurer, C. F. Harrison. Tho school is controlled by tho following board of trustees: W. .1. Tho.mis, N. A. Doyle, ll. Wiggins, li. Williams, < '. F. Harrison, A K. DuPrco, C. C. Smith. The body adjourned to mool with Abel baptist Sunday sch?.ol .1 uly, 1000. A. K. Hi nu i.. There are no hotter pills made Iban Do Win's Finie Karly Itisors. Always prompt ami certain. .1. W. Hell. Disastrous Drouth in North Carolina. U.M.KM.li, .Inly '?0. -Tho weather ob sei vcr slates that the drouth now pre vailing is Ibo worst ever known in North Coolina. Tho rainfall ia on I) one-third of ono inch thus far while the normal rainfall for.Inly is IA i nobes. The aver ago daily temperature is live degrees above normal. The observer says the drouth promises lo be exceedingly disas Irous lo crops. Tempor?neo minks in this Stale are ?mw sometimos very appropriately called Hoyt's cologne. li is now proposed lo construct ocean greyhounds thal will cross the Atlantic in four days. The object seems to be to hurry the passel igor across before he has time lo rocovci from his seasickness, This would elVcct a groat saving in tho steward's depart mont. NERVI TA PILLS Restore Vltnllty, Lost Vigor nail Manhood ('uro Imp0loncy< Nlfflit Kmlsstons, Loss of Mont? ,orv, all vv(willoi tllsousos. ntl offoots of Rolf'Ubtiso ur IOXC089 and indiscretion. JA norvo tonic Anal Llblood builder. Brina* | ?v --/'h') pink ?dow lo pulo W-jT^fcC cheeks mid rOStorOS the ?(V?(k.l?i.' of youth. Hy mail <n VNK N?Oc per IM>X. O boxes for $2.50, with our bimkuble Kiturnntoo to euro or refund tho money paid. Send for circular iiml c 'py of om I ia ali a I ile cu.. ran tee hoi id. TOW* ass I'M Itlvoly fninrnntood rum for Losa of Power, Vaiinmolo, Undeveloped or Shrunken Or^nn?, I'arii-h., I.ocomotor Ataxia, Nervous Piostrie lion, Hysteria, Pit?, Insanity. Paralysis alni thu Itosnltn of Kxeosiivo I'm nf TOIMICCO, Opium or blqnor. By mail in i.lain pnCKARP, $1.00 a hiix, o for "$?.oo with our bankable fritar untoo bond to miro In ito days or refund Inuiiny paid. Addrosa NERVITA MEDICAL CO. Clinton A. Jackson St??., CHICAGO, ILL. Foi; SALK HY DI!. .1. W. UK LI?, Druggist, WM.HAM.A, S. C. Dr. G. G. Probst, i > I?J i\ T i s rr , Walhalla, S. C. Office two Doors East of Bank, Second Floor. HOCKS : s.:i<) A. M. TO 1 I?, M. ANO 2 TO li I?. M. Marett 21, 1808. Farm for Sale. ?TtOK SALK, in tito Town of Wostmin I* aler, one six-room lionso anti Hf-1 teen aerea ol' land, (loud now barn, fine ondiard and everything in good repair. Situated in tho most desi ra?do part of town. I?\n terms apply to Miss LILY lb DOY Ii K, West minster, S. C., Or Mrs. Myra A. Doyle. July is, mun. 20-.T2 Bridge to Let. 1WI 1.1, lei lo Hie lowest responsible bidder on .Inly L'Stb, 1000, at Ute bridge sile, Hie contract to build a bridge over watOl'H of DeonOO ('reid;, near A, Hay's mill. I will reserve (be right to' reject any and all bids. The lotting will lake place al 11 A. M. J. M. IIINNICTTT, Supervisor Oconoo County. July 11, 1000. 28-?IU NEW TURNIP SEED, BEETS, CARROTS, SPINACH and SQUASH, also GRASS and Clover, at NORMAN'S Up-Town Store. Summons for Relief. STATK OH SOUTH CA HOI,I N A, / OCONKK COUNTY. \ IN COUKT OK COMMON I'HH.AS. Kli/ahcth Abbott. Sallie Hand, Hebecea dubbs. William H. Ortlbbs, A. li. Crnbbs. lilanclie .Mcclintock, Sallie Williams, Mattie I shot I, Jodie M. Isboll, Hettie drubbs, Plaintiffs, against Klijall C. Mandi, as surviving partner of the bile linn of Marett A Isboll. Wil liam K. Harton, as Hie Administrator of the Personal Ks tn In of Wm. M. Isboll, in ceased, Perntelia Hand, Nancy Harton, Livingston (sholl, Hinton Ishcll, Leon I shel I, Willie Isl.ell, Hous ton dubbs, Knstacc dubbs, Defend ants. Coi'\ Si M MONS Koli I ii: 1.1 ll COM ci AI NT No r SKHV 141?. To the I )e fem I a nt s above named : \Tii| are hereby summoned and re I rpi i rod lo answer tho complaint in this action, which was tiled in the ellice of Hie Clerk ol Hie Court of Common Pleas for the said county, on Hie lilli day ni July, 1000, and lo serve a cony of your answer In the said euin pliiinl nu I he subscribers, al their ofticO, on thc Public Square, al Walhalla Court House, South ( amlina, within twenty days after Hie service hereof, exclusive of lin- day ol' such service; ami if you fail In auswci the complaint within the lime a Inresa id, the Plaint i Ils i ll t bis act inn will apply tn the Court for the relief demanded in t he complaint. Dated at Walhalla. S. C.. July li, KKK). I L. S. I J A.MKS Si: \mn:.v. C. C. P. IK ?HT. A. THOMPSON, A NSKL, COT 11 KAN A COTIIK?N, Plain I i O's' Attorneys. Tn HoilStOll dubbs. Livingston Ishcll, Linton ! bell, Ailinn dubbs, I .eon Is hcll and Willie Ishcll, minors, and do fondants in Hus notion : Take notice, Thal unless \ou iippi ar in this Com! ami hase a Guardian ad Iii? in appointed thereby, to represent you in this action, the undoisigned will make application to this Court for a like purp080. UOIi'T. A. THOMPSON, A NSKL, COTIIKAN ?V COTHUAN. July c., HUM). V's 33 u 0 ?X b o ? [Vj M L ai a H ft 0 ft JX OUR DRISSS GOODS DEPARTMENT Wo aro offering n large lot of I.awns mid Muslins at fi cents per yard. All liner pieces at reduced prices. sui i rr WAISTS AND CRASH SKINTS ami Ladies Muslin Underwear at COST. This is your chance to supply your midsummer wants. IN h'OOTWEAH we have an elegant line of Oxfords and Operas for ladies and gentlemen, misses and infants. We lil tho foot and pocketbook alike. PU IA * M NE OK HOSIERY KOll ALL. Our [indies1 Hosiery, though of excellent quality ami full length, don't always como high. Vol' SHOULD INVESTIGATE our line of Ventilated Corsets for summer wear. Wo aro handling two up-to-date lines now-the K & O and C. 15. AGENTS KOK HUTTERICK PATTERNS. M. W. COLEMAN & CO., Plume 'JD. Sen ec sx j S- <J. S ^0?jL "^re^ Katiffiiiann" S ?l j ^^hf^?'f?jjy'% 011 a Roi l?ieii? corresponds io ! (|?) 111 r'"^^y-^^^P^^ th? stcr',nK mark on silver I ig) 1 jviARK C. I. PITCHFORD CO.; I ^? LOCAL RrPRHSKMTATiVn | (U^)^) i^mflAriyXA AJIA/1A/YAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ lAAAAAAA/lAAarlAAAAA A AA AA *liAA/VA/\Ay\Z\A^AAAAAAAAA/\AAAAAAAftrtAAAAKron?Aro (u^^ Ti Ei ?LEM?NDER Livery, Feed and Sale . . Stable, . . WALHALLA, S. C. Good Teams and Saddle Horses. fertilizers ami Dynamite on Hand all tho Year Pound? I'lloNK No. ll. ?a T. .IAY.NKS, .1. w. SUKI.oit. I WM. .1. Sruiui.i.NO. \ { K. L. IlKIINOON. -/<?/ J AYN1 KS & SH1?LOH, ATTORNEYS AT-LA W, WA I,HALLA, s. <;. PROMPT attontion erivon to all hnsi L ness oommittod ft? their care. .January 12, 1805. li & I I I I I M I ' V/ M j Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. C. PltOMIT A riKNrio.N GlVKN TO ALI. HIMS NKSS KNTUHSI KO TO TllKM. January (1, 1808.