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PUBLISHED r.VERV WEONEVDAY MORNING. -BY JAYNE8, SHELOR, SMITH A STECK. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. ??ty- Communications of a personal character charged for as advertisements. ??cjp" Obituary notlccH and tributos of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bo printed freo of charge All over that uumbor must bo poid for at tho rate of ono cont a word. Cash to accompany mummel ipi. WALHALLA? 8. C. t WKDNKNDAVi MAY 14, IUO'J. A JUDICIOUS COMPROMISE. The Settlement ol the Clemson Difficulty. Cadot Thornwoll Reinstated. Anderson, May 10.-Tho investigation of tho recent troublo in tho collogo has boen concludod and tho trustees have adjourned and gono homo. Tho not results of tho investigation aro theso: Cadot Thornwoll lins hoon reinstated. Tho sophomoro class will bo allowed to rel m II and resumo thoir studios on con dition that they will ho ready to stand their examination in September for entrance to tho junior class. Tho charges which wore proforred by tho committee of students against President Hartzog woro withdrawn. President Hartzog has tendered his resignation, to take flffect at tho plea une of tho trustees. Tho resignation will not bo considered or acted on until the regular meeting of tho hoard in Juno, at commencement. Presidont llartzog's resignation was placed in thc hands of tho board several days ago. Ho said ho tondorcd it so tho trustees might not feel any embarrass ment or hesitancy on his account in making tho most rigid anil thorough in vestigation. When tho trustees met this morning Cadet Ciando Douthlt, chairman of tho student coinmittco which preferred tho chai '.'.es against tho president, submitted tho following signed statement: Whereas, tho students of Clemson Col logo have preferred charges against Pres ident Hartzog, and theso charges havo developed sufficiently to show to the Hoard of Trustees that there is a wide spread dissatisfaction against President Hartog ou tho part of tho students, wo are, therefore, willing to leavo tho fur ther investigation of this matter in thc hands of tho trustees. Pending this in vestigation wo will not press our charges. Signed: Claude Donthit, M. P, Zeiglor, T. .1. Robertson, .Ir.. S: M. Ward, .Ir., David Kohn, tS. H. Hoykin, W. E. G. Blaek, H. H. Gardner, Newton D. Wal ker. "Do I understand," asked Senator Till man, "(hat tho committee proposes to drop these charges and leavo this whole matter now to tho trusteos, willing to accept and abide by our decision?" Cadet Douthlt said that was tho inten tion. "Then," said Senator Tillman, "there is nothing for tho Hoard to do but to go into executive session and make up its decision regarding young Thornwoll and tho sophomores, that is, unless Presidont Hartzog wants to go on with tho investi gation of tho charges. What do you say, Mr. Hartzog ?" Presidont Hartzog replied that ho was ready and willing now, as he had been all along, to go into a full and complete investigation as to his conduct and ad ministration of tho college. "Tho com mittee have withdrawn their charges on their own volition, not in any way at my suggestion or request,'1 ho said, "and it is no compromise on my part. I am willing to gt) on with an open investiga tion, or I am willing to leave it all in tho hands of thc Trustees. 1 believe they will do justice and that is all 1 want. Tho matter rests entirely with thom." "1 would like to say," said Cadet Donthit, "that our coinmittco has taken this st ep only after matine consideration and with thc good of Clemson Col loge the solo purpose in view." "Then," said Senator Tillman, "I move that thc board now go into excen tivc session." This was carried ami tho board retired. They were in session over two hours. Finally, when it was stated that thc trustees were ready to announce their decision, thc faculty and tho students reassembled in tho chapel. Tho deci sions wore read by Senator Tillman. Ho read them in a very impressive, manner. Tho students cheered roundly tho deci sions in regard to Cadot Thornwoll and to tho sophomore class, but there was no * disorder or unseemly demonstration. Tho decisions arc as follows: "The board, after a most soarching in vestigation into tlic causes which led to tho suspension of Cadet Thoruwoll, and tho action of thc faculty in refusing the petition of thc class for reinstatement, lind as follows: First, that tho Offence was not of such magnitude and serious ness as to warrant tho sentence, imposed, and that tho punishment was entirely disproportionate to tho seriousness of tho offence. Thc evidenco shows that the faculty was never In possession of all the facts iii tho case, and, while there was some grounds for its action, wo feel that tho trial was not conducted with that seriousness and thoroughness which should obtain in any case which involves the character and good name of a cadet. Tho meagreness of thc minutes, and ina bility of tho faculty to present to tho board, in written form, a record of tho proceedings, is censurable, and wo shall e ? .peet it never to occur again. Wo can understand how there might bo a differ ence of opinion, as appears to have ex isted in the faculty, on account of tho incomplete evidence boforo it. Tho fac ulty divided evidently on thc question of intent. On tho ono hand, there was a belief that the students understood their obligation in regard to this property. On the other, tho contention of tho cadets, that custom had led them to boliove thov had tho right to take theso tubes, influenced tho judgment of nomo mom bora of tho faculty to the extent that tho voto for suspension was fifteen, while ilm. e who voted against such punish ment woro thirteen, ami the error was in not giving tho benefit of the doubt to tho boy. lt is also an extenuating circum stance as to tho severity of punishment that at tho last mooting of tho Hoard lt laid groat stross, by resolution, upon tho lax discipline and somewhat looso way in which tho college was hoing run, and ordorcd a strenuous effort to remedy it. Tho action of tho faculty upon tho first soriotiB case that had como boforo it was possibly tho result of its desire to com ply with tho express demands of tho Board. It la therefore ordered that Cadet Thornwoll be reinstated to his rights and privileges aa a oadot in" the college "The action of the sophomore olass in leaving the college, without exhausting all remedies and making appeal to the board for a redress of grievances, is one of great seriousness. No college can be successfully run at whioh discipline is net nt...ct ly maintained, least of all au Institution with ouch a large number of students as wo havo boro, and situated as Clemson College is, in the oountry. It is tho purpose and intention of tho board to require from any student who may avail himself of tho opportunities that wo offer hero implicit obedience to all lawful authority. Any combinations having for their objeot the destruotiou of disciplino and subversion of good ordor will ho punished to the extent of our power. Understand, we want it dis tinctly understood, that the idoa whioh seoms to provail to somo extent amoug tho cadets, that thoy have the right to assemblo in mass mooting or class meet ing and loglslato on college affairs, can not bo too strongly condemned. Tho faculty is clothed with authority to gov orn tho collogo under rules and regula tions whioh sro accossiblo to the students, and there is no exouso for the olaim of ig norance of tho right of appoal to the trus tees in any case involving thoir rights. Tins board lins on soveral occasions previ ously shown ita willingness and purposo to ".ive a pationt hearing to tho studouts and to redress grievances. Wo want to stress, with all duo solemnity, the fool ing of the trustees, that rather than sub mit to mob law takiug control of Clem son and having tho studeuts attempt to cooroo tho faculty, or to resist tho col lege authorities, wo will lay it down as a general principle of tho OOlloge ?enveni ment boro that wo will in futuro, if nec essary, dismiss tho ontiro studont body and begin snow boforo wo will tolorato the continuance of any such spirit. In tho case boforo us it is tho first that has como before tho boa?d in tho history of tho college, wo lind that tho sophomores did not appoal to the trustees, which they should havo dono, hut thoy loft tho college without that duo consideration which they should have given such a serious stop. It may bo stated in ex tenuation of thoir <> nv ii ce that thoir sonso of justice li ai i boon outraged, nnd thoir hot and impulsive young blood had led them to resort to this revolutionary actiou because thoy were sonsiblo of tho wrong dono thoir classmate and unwilling to subject themselves to similar treatment. Wo sympathize with tho chivalrous fool ing which lcd thom to do this. Wo have sons of our own, somo of us, and woro boys ourselves onco. Thoroforo wo aro ready to mako duo allowances for this blunder of youth, and permit such of the class as desire to do so to rnumo their studies immediately or at tho be ginnlng of the noxt session, as they may olect. Such students as avail themselves of this privilogo will bo received in tho college upon tho following conditions: First. They must present a potition to tho I'resident nf the collego asking rein statement. Second. Thoy must mako Rood, by oxtra labor, tho time lost and tho work that is required in tho courso, and "~?mi!*"*ion8 which are customary must bo passed as though nothing had occurred. In view, howovor, of tho time already lost and of tho nearness of tho end of this term, such oxaminatious will not bo required until tho opouiug of tho next session." It was nearly 1 o'clock when Sonator Tillman finished reading, and, as all tho Trustees wore in a hurry to got away to catch a train to < .Teenville, a motion to adjourn was quickly put and carriod. There was no speech-making, nothing but tho simple reading of tito Hoard's decision. In a few minutes the Trustees had all left tho college grounds and tho show was over. Tho members of tho sophomore class, who came hero to attend tho investiga tion, have decided to accopt tho terms laid down by tho Trustees and will ro main until tho end of tho session. Not only aro thoy doing this, but thoy aro telegraphing to their classmates to como back. Cadet Thornwoll wont homo yesterday, hut will bo back to-morrow. Won't Follow Advice After Paying for it. In a recent article a prominont physi cian says, "It is noxt to impossible for tho physician to got his patients to carry out any prescribed courso of hygiene or diet to the smallest extent; ho has but ono resort left, namely, tho drug treat ment." When medicinos aro used for chronic constipation, tho most mild and gent?o obtainable, such as Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, should bo employed. Thoir uso is uot followed by constipation, as they leave tho bowols in a natural and healthy condition. For salo by Dr. J. W. ?ell, Walhalla. Thc Levcrett-Land Wedding. Dean, May H.-At 12 o'clock, May 7, at the beaut iful home of thobrido's paronts, Mr. and Mrs. J. ?. Lovorott, in Hall township, Miss Lucy Leola Lovorott and Dr. Josoph Norton Land woro united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Tho wedding party onterod tho hall, which was beautifully decorated with roses and evergreens, in tho following ordor: Miss Pearl Doan and Mr. Chris S ?ber; Miss Alico Hall, of Oroonvillo, and Mr. .1. C. Hcoso, of Elberton, Ca.; Miss Alma Spearman and Mr. Ernest Lovorott. Then carno tho bride loaning on tho arm of tho groom attired in a beautiful white organdio with lace ribbon and pearl trimming, carrying a hoquet of bride's roses, and took their position under tho wedditig boll of ferns sus pended from an arch of evergroons. Fov. W. ?. Hawkins then performed a beautiful and impressive ceremony that joined tho young OOUplo togothor for lifo. After tho congratulations tho wedding party retired to tho dining room whero an elegant dinner was served. Tho room was artistically decorated, tho color scheme being yellow and whito. The wedding cako was then placed on the tablo and everyone, anxious to know who would follow suit, wioldcd tho knifo into the cake and ono hy ono loft with a sad heart until at last they woro happy to know that tho wrong cako had boen used and that thoro was a -tTftssible chanco for thom in tho futuro. No ono knows what became of tho real wedding cake, hut the supposition is that somo member of the bachelor guests disposed of it carly in tho morning. Tho bride was tho recipient of many beautiful and useful presents. Notico able among thom was an elegant silvor servico, Tho brido and groom left for thoir future homo at Fort Madison, S. C. Andorson Mail. How it is Done. Tho first object in life with tho Ameri can pooplo is to "get rich;" tho second, how to regain good health. Tho first can bo obtained by energy, honesty and sav ing; thc second (good health) by using Green's, August Flower, should you bo a despondent sufforor from ;\ny of tho effects' of dyspepsia, liver complaint, appendicitis, indigestion, otc., euch as sick headache, palpitation of tho heart, sour stomach, in 'ni nal costiveness, diz ziness of tho hoad, nervous prostration, low spirits, etc., you need not suffer another day. Two dosos of tho well known August Flower will roliove you at once. Co to J. H. Dalby, Druggist, Walhalla, or Stribling Drug Co., Seneca, and get a sample bottle free. Regular size, 76o. Cot Green's special Almanac THE TOWN OF ST. PIERRE, ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE, OESTROYEO BY YOLCANO. m mim PERISHED. Martinique was the Birthplace of Empress Josephine-A Veritable Pompeii. Taris, May 0.-The commander of the French cruiser Suohet has telegraphed to the minister of marine, M. DeLanes san, from Fort DeFrance, Island of Mar tinique, under date of May 8, at 10 p. m., as follows: "Have just returned from st. Pierre, which has been completely destroyed by an immeuso mass of Oro, whioh fell on the town at about 8 in the morning. The ontire population (about 20,000 souls), is supposed to have perished. I have brought baok a few survivors, n,bout 30. All tho shipping in tho harbor has boen desiioyrd by fire. Tho eruption con tinues." St. Piorro, it was announced from St. Thomas on Saturday last, had boon cov ered with ashen to tho depth of a quar tor of an inch as tho result of the out break of tho Mout Pelee volcano, and appeared to bo enveloped in fog. The town, whioh is the largest of the Frenoh West Indios, has a population of over 25,000 souls. St. Pierro ts ono of tho moBt pictur OBque towns of the Went I ndies. It is built along tho seashore at the foot of a high rango of mountains. Its houses are gayly painted and itscathodral is quaiutly imposing. Its st reels aro clean and bor dered with trees and flowers, aud it has quito an extensivo club lifo with a French vonoor. The volcano of Poleo or La Polee dominates tho town, rising to a height of 4,000 foot. Martinique has a romantic interest from being tho birthplaco of tho Empress Josephine, and the island on which Madamo de Maintonou lived when a child. A FOI.I. ACCOUNT. Point-a-Pitro, Guadaloupo, May 10. Tho flrBt mato of tho Horaima thus des cribes tho disaster at St. Piorro: "Between OJIO and 7 o'clock in tho morning on Thursday, without warning, t here came a Sort of whirlwind Of si cam, boiling mud and Uro, whioh suddenly swept tho shipping and tho roads stead. "There were some eighteon vessels anchoring in tho harbor, including tho Koraima, tho French sailing ship Tania ya, four larger sailing ships and five others. All fivo vessels immediately oanted ovor and bogan to buru. Tho Tamaya was a bark from Nantes, Captain Maurice, and was on her way to Point-a-Pitre. "All tho boats oxcopt tho Koraima sank instantly and at tho samo timo. "Every house ashore was utterly do stroyed and apparently burned uuder tho ashes and burning lava. An ofllcor, who was sont ashore, penetrated but a short distance into tho city. Ho fouud only a fow walls standing and Hm .si, cet s literally paved with corpses. "Tho Governor of tho island, who had arrived only a fow hours beforo tho ca tastrophe, was killed. " 1 '.ot h tho English and American con suls, with their families, woro reported to have perished. It. is oertain that no more than forty out of about 25,000 could have escaped." Tho cruiser Suchet was hero yesterday buying provisions for tho survivors in the outlying districts. Sho sailod for Fort do Frauco last night with a largo quantity of stores, which was immedi ately put under military guard. Negroes aro (locking in vast numbers into Fort do Franco from tho surrounding country, demanding food. A telegram from Fort do Franco says that hot mud and cindors have boon fall ing all night throughout tho island and still continue doing great damage, and that when final reports aro rocoived it will bo found that many people have boon killed or injured in other parts of M arti ni quo. The Quebec Lino steamship Korona arrived at tho island of Dominica yester day, bringing a number of survivors from lier sister ship, tho Koraima. Tho cap tain of tho Korona says that tho eruption at St. Piorro was apparently from a now crater and that accompaying tho erup tion there seemed to bo a tidal wave which overwhelmed tho shipping. A message from tho island of St. Vin cent says: "The Soufiero had boeu in a stato of eruption for nine consecutivo mornings. On Thursday morning the day broke with heavy thunder and lightning, which soon changed into a continuous tremendous roar. Vast columns of smoke rose over tho mountain, becoming douser and denser and tho scorched like hail chang ing later to fino dust, foll upon all the adjacent estates, destroying a vast amount of property. At Chateau Kolalr tho ashes woro two foot deep in tho streets. In Kingston they woro fully an inch deep and many largo stones foll in tho parish of Georgetown. "The earth shook violently and at 4 o'clock in tho afternoon a midnight dark ness spread ovor tho country. Thirty people aro known to be killed and the damage to proporty in tho Windward district was vory hoavy. "Tho Storm roared about Soufiero all night without cessation, bul. on tho fol lowing morning it bocamo intermittent and fainter. "A report from Barbadoos says that on tho 7th the sky was heavily overcast, tho heat was excessive and thoro was a distant sound of thunder. Later, oarly in the afternoon, dense darkness sot in and a great quantity of vivid dust foll and continued falling until a lato hour. No damage is roportcd. Hopes aro raised boro that moro of tho population of St. Pierro than indi cated in the earlier dispatches havo boon saved. It ls believed that a number of people woro i es.-mal from tho stricken town by steamers running to Fort do Franco. Tho work of clearing away tho dobrls in the city of St. Piorro has already com menced, and even now somo semblanco of order has boen restorod. Tho smok ing ruius havo boen partially cloarod. It has been agreed by tho municipal and other authorities to burn all corpsos found in tho streets. Tho authorities of Fort do Franco aro sending all procura ble necessaries for tho sufferors with medical aid for the injured, tho food supplies of St. l'ici i e be:ng all destroyod. Tho oruisor Suchet, is rc vii nailing Mar tinique and ( ia mia iou pe. FOIITY THOUSAND I.OST. i.oud.m, May 10.-Privato dispatohes rooelvod lato this afternoon from the West Indies say tho oruption at Mar tinique was decidedly worse than at first roportcd, The Frenoh Cable Co. has re oelved cablegrams announcing that the emptions continue and that ships aro afraid to go near the island. The latest messages i nd toa to that the number of deaths will bo about forty thousand. Several smaller Islande uoar Martinique also suffered.. Lloyd's agent at St. Lucia oablos later news, which fully cou fl rm s the disaster at St. Pierre. He aaya he oannot ascer tain the names of the v?asela lost, but they inolude one Italian bark and two steamers, ODO probably being the ?oap fier, a cable ah ip belonging to the Weet ndla and Panama Telegraph Company. The total loss of life ia estimated at thirty thousand. Lloyd's agent at st. Thomas cables: "St. Pierre waa totally destroyed and all the inhabitants perished. All the v?a sela in the harbor were lost. FOUR HUNDRED ANO FIFTY RESCUED. New York, May 10.-The Frenoh oable offices in thia city were advised that their repair atoamer, Pouyer Quoentier, baa arrived at Fort de Franco, having rea died 460 persons from St. Pierre. She returned immediately to the sceno of the disaster to search for further survivors. UNITED STATES TO HELP SUFFERERS. Washington, May 10.-The Senate has Kassed a hill, int rod need by Senator Lair anks, appropriating $200,000 for the purchase of supplies for tho relief of the sufferers by tho disaster in tho Island of Martinique. West Indian Terror Increases in Horror. Fort do Franco, Island of Martiulquo, May ll.-AdvicoB roooived boro to-day from the vicinity of St. 'Pierre, (ton miles from hero,) contain further details of tho terriblo volcanic upheaval which re sulted in tho uttor destruction of that town and tho death of nearly all its in habitants. The orator of Mont Poleo has been woaring its "smoko oap" since May 3, but thero was nothing until last Monday to indicate that thero was tho slightost danger. On that day a stroam of boiling lava burst through the top of tho orator and plunged into the valley of the rivor Blanche, overwhelming tho Ouorin Sugar Works and killing twonty-threo working peoplo and the son of tho proprietor. A commission was appointed by tho Governor to investigate tho outbroak and it roturnod a reassuring report on Wed nesday ovoniug. But about 8 o'clock on Thursday morning a shower of fire rushod upon St. Pierro nod tho coast from Lo Carbet, which had a population of 0,000, to Lo Prochour, which had a population of 4,000, burning up every thing in its path. Tho heat in the vicinity of St. Pierro was so intonso and tho stroam of flowing lava was so unremitting that it was im possible to approach tho town during tho early part of tho day. Ats evening approached tho Fronch oruiscr Suchet, arter a horoio battlo with tho heat, suf focation and sulphur fumes, succeeded iu making a dash toward tho shoro, near ing tho land enough for her to take off tho survivors of tho disaster, all of whom wore horribly burned and mutilated. St. Piorro at that timo was an absoluto smoking wasto, concealing 30,000 corpses, whose rapid decomposition necessitated in some eases instantly completing thoir cr?mation, which was only partially ac complished by tho lava. Tho inhabitants of Fort do Franco wero panic-stricken on tho morning of tho dis aster, when tho sky suddenly blackened until it was as dark as at midnight. Tho sea shrank back thirty yards, and hot rain bogan to fall, whilo gravel, tho size of walnuts, poured down on tao towu. This lasted about fifteen miuutos. The 450 survivors who wore brought hero yesterday from tho vicini ty of St. Piorro by tho Fronch cabio repair ship Pouyor Guortior, carno from tho town of Lo Prechuer, whore, surrounded by flowiug lava, they woro nearly roasted to death and expected momentarily to bo engulfed. Tho work of reliof is progressing hero on tho most extensive scale possible, but in anticipation of disturbances tho trea sury building and the warehouses aro guarded by troops. Tho latest reports received hero show that lava continues to pour down tho slope of tho mountain, slowly ongulflng tho whole north sido of tho island, whilo fresh crovassos aro continually oponing. Tho Horror Grows Still Worso. Fort do Franco, May 12.-Briefly put, last Thursday morning tho city of St. Piorro disappeared within 10 minutes in a whirlwind of firo, vomited from Mont Poleo. Thirty thousand persons were instantly ann horribly killed and tho voloano, whoso ancient crater for more than fifty years had hoou occupied by a quiet lake in which picnic parties bathed, suddenly discharged a torront of fiery mud, which rolled toward tho seo, engulfing everything before it. Not a living thing is loft on tho islam".. Thirty thousand corpses aro st. own about, buried in tho ruins of St. Pierre, or oise floating, gnawed by sharks, in tho surrounding seas. Twenty-eight charred, hall" dead human beings wero brought hero. Sixteen of thom aro al roady dead and only four of tho whole number aro expected to recover. No Loss of Time. I havo sold Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhtca Remedy for years, and would rather bo out of coffoo and sugar than it. I sold flvo bottles of it yesterday to threshers that could go no farther, and they aro at work again this morning-H. R. Phelps, Plymouth, Okla I homa. As will bo soon by tho above tho threshers wore ablo to keep on with thoir work without losing a single day's time. You should koop a bottlo of this.remedy in your homo. For salo by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla. Rev. T. C. Ligon Dead. Tho Rov. T. C. Ligon, a Methodist minister in chargo of tho Gospel Taber nacle, in Columbia, died in that city on Monday, 12th instant, after a short ill ness from peritonitis. Ho was editor of "The Way of Faith" and minister in chargo of the Gospel Tabernacle. Ho was a nativo of Loxington county. In his death tho church and tho State has lost one of its purest and most useful men, and thoso who know him havo lost a most dearly loved friend. Ho was married December 18, 1870, to Miss Mary Klizaholh Towers, daughter of Mr. A. B. Towers, of Anderson, S. C. He leaves a wifo and six children to mourn their great loss. Mr. Ligon's body was car ried to Anderson for burial on Tuesday afternoon, tho fnnoral services being con ducted by Rov. Mark L. Carlisle, of Co lumbia. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent ?hat it ls not uncommon to. a child to be born 2? afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin ates too often, If the urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child reaches an age when lt should be abb to control the passage, lt ls yet afflicted with hed-wetting, depend upon lt. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the Immediate effect of Swamp-Rcot ls soon realized, lt is sold by druggists, in fifty cent and one dollar i alzos. You 11 ay have a | sample bottle by mall free, also pamphlet tell ing all about lt, Including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Homo of Swamp Koot. Dot? from Taber. Editors Courier: Not seoing anything iu The Courier from thia section in tome time, I will try to give you a few dota. The farmera have about caught up with their work aud are nearly through plant ing. Harrowing and thinning cotton ia the order of tbe day. Not much wheat baa been ?owed. Some few patches, how ever, look very promising. Ur. J. E. Singleton, our energetic mer chant, ia doing a good business at Taber. This community could hardly get along without Jim. We are right np with the times, with a few exceptions, and one of them is that we have no school, and have not had for the last three montha. It ?eeras to ua there ought to be a school at Taber at leaat oight montha in the year. We have aa good a school building as there ia auy where in the eounty and a large number of ehildren that ought to be going to aohool every day-and money plenty. 80 you see we have the building, the children and the money, but no school ; and I don't hear anything said about it. Something wrong somewhere. Mr. Cowan Drive, in charge of Mr. Lu m ki n's saw mill, is sawing tho timber on landa of Messrs. J. W. Tannery and E. O. Singleton and loading the lumber at Harbin's. He is sawing a lot of mighty nice lumber, and will be there some time. Mr. J. W. Tannery haa built a fine up-to-date dwelling house on his farm and has been making a great many other improvements in the way of barns, yards and yard-fences and so on. Uncle Sam Tannery is on an extended visit to Toxas visiting his Bon, brother and a great many other old friends. Mr. aud Mrs. J. A. Knox are visiting ?the family of Mr. 13. J. Johnston this week. Mr. W. E. Singloton is visiting his B?B tor, Mrs. W. P. Teal, of Catoecnee, and will take in the big May meeting at Six Milo iu Piokens county. Rev. MoGuire preaches at Taber every seoond Sabbath at ll o'clock and Satur day bofore at 4 o'clock. Sunday sohool ovory Sunday at 10 o'clock, Mr. J. S. Porkins superintendent Mr. A. White Singleton and bis wife aro spending some time with his father's family, Mr. M. P. Singleton. Well, Messrs. Editors, dont't let the candidatos crowd you out, for I think that tho way thoy have boguu to como up thoro is going to bo a good stand. With boBt wishes to The Courier and all of its readers, I am yours, Agricolo. Sciatic Rheumatism Cured After Fourtoen Years of Suffering. 1 "I have boen afiliotod with soiatic rheu matism for fourtcon years,'* says Josh Edgar, of Germantown, Cal. "I was ablo to be around, but constantly suf fered. I triod ovorything I oould hoar of and at last was told to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which I did and was imme diately rel i e ved, and in a short timo cured, and I am nappy to say it has not since rei urned." Wliy not uso this lini ment and got woll? It is for salo by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla. Another Letter from Mr. Cook. Fort Madison, May 12.-Editors Koo weo Courior: Our friond, Mack Perry, of Salem, seems to think wo aro not satis fied with tho work of tho chain gang. Wo aro not complaining of tho quality of their work. What little they havo dono, I suppose, is good onough. Wo onco know a sect ion master on tho railroad who noglocted his business and was dis charged. Ho asked tho road master what ho had dono that ho should bo dis chargod. Tho road master says its noth ing that you have dono that caused you to bo discharged, sir ; but that which you have not dono. Now its pretty much the samo with tho convicts. It is that whioh thoy havo not dono that causes complaint. Now it is truo thoy have done onough of sinne things and too much, such as gambling and drinking whiskey. I nm told that this is tho way thoy spend tho Sundays in their camps, and that their present guard is iu tho habit of joiuiug tho convicts in their gaines. Hut as to tboir work, it cer tainly shows up very badly. Thoy woro moro than five months on Chauga crcok in building about two milos of road, with an avorago of oight men. Most any good man would havo built tho samo road (with tho samo gang) in thirty days. Their expenses whilo thoro would havo built three such roads, if the road had heen lot by contract. Tho gang was moved from Chauga to tho shuttle fac tory, at Westminster, and was more than two months in building one quart ri ot a milo of road. Now, what kind of work ts this for eight convicts, and tholr expenso somothing liko a $150 per month? 1 am told that their ration Gill is over $150 per month. Wo could board thom at the hotel for that kind of a price. If this bo truo that thoy woro two months in building one-fourth of a milo of road at Westminster, and their total oxponscs $150 per month, this would bo $1,200 por milo for building roads. What kind of work is this? What do you think about it, Mack? Do you think this kind of work in our county will help Mr. Pool any in his canvass for re-election? If Oconoo county ever gets out of debt, it will bo a wonder to mo. YourB, otc., J. A. Cook. Caros Blood Poison and Cancer. Eating soies, swollings, falling hair, mucous patches, ulcers, scrofula, aching bones and joints, itching skin, boils, pim plos, otc., by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) made especially to euro malig nant blood and skin troubles. B. B. B. heals overy soro and makes tho blood puro and rich. Over 3,000 cures of worst and most obstinate cases by taking B. B. B. Druggists, $1. Describe troublo and trial bottle sont free by writing to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. For salo by J. II. Darby, druggist. Suicide at Greenwood. Groonwood, May 0.-W. T. Witchor, a travelling man, committed suicido hero in tho Oregon Hotol last night, about half past 0 o'clock. It was ono of tho most doliberato acts of its kind on record. Ho carno in from Donald's on tho night passongor train, went to tho hotol and asked for a room apart from anyone elso, stating to Mr. Wilson, the night dork, that ho was sick. Ho was assigned to room No. 45, on the west side of tho hotol. Not long aftor ho had entered tho room a pistol shot was hoard. A number of people wore in tho hotel lobby and on tho vorandas, but no ono hooded tho shot, supposing that it was in tho roar of tho hotol. Tho occupant of tho room underneath hoard somothing fall overhead and called for somo ono. In about three or four minutes thoro was a second shot and again a heavy thud. Charles McLondon, a travelling man, and Frank lt. Logan, of Greenwood, who woro in tho hotol togothor, woro tho first to roach tho room. Finding tho door locked nnd tho room in darknoss, they climbed up to tho transom, struck a match and saw what had boen done. Witchor was lying prone on tho floor, in front of thc hearth, blood flowing from his head. Th? door was forced oj.on and it was found that ho had shot him ?elf twico. Tho first bullet striking him hack of tho right oar had glanced around the base of tho skull, making a flesh wound. - Tho shock, however, had knocked him down. Ho got up, mado] his way to tho washstand, put some poi son in a glass and drank it. Tho print? of his bloody fingers woro clearly shown on tho wall whoro he supported himself whilo Btanding there and also on the glass whore ho grasped it. The tableta, too, were not entirely dissolved, and were still in the bottom of the glass. He thou fired tho eocoud and last shot, the bullet entering just in front of tho right temple. Tho clothing in which be wished to be buried waa found lying on the bed. Ho had prepared clean linen, and had even put bia caff link? into ?leap cuffs, Fruit. Its quality influences s the selling price. * Profitable fruit growing insured only when enough actual Potash is in the fertilizer. Neither quantify nor good qualify possible without Potash. , Writ? torpor/rv* booka giving detail*. GERMAN KALI WORKS." 93 Nassau SC, No? Y otk City. Scores Meet Death in Flaming Torrent. Pittsburg, Pa., May 12.-The Sheridan yard of the Pan-Dandle railroad waa tho scene thiB evening of one of the most dis astrous explosions and fires known in this section for many years. A soore of lives wero lost and about 200 persons were so badly burned that 76 per oent of them will die from the effeots of their injuries. Whilo a train of naptha cars was being switched the rear oar tele scoped a oar forward. Th leaking nap tha ignited from a switch light, causing I an explosion which threw tho flames 60 { feet high. ? os? Stops the Cough and Works off tho Cold. Laxativo Bromo Quinine Tablets onre a I cold in one day. No ouro, no pay. Price [ 25 cents. ?IOS? May Need Jones's Prayers. Greenwood Correspondence Nows and Courier: "The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, an oxtra torna of Court and Sam Jones, all throo will happen here next wook. This concatenation promises to onliven things more than anything oise wo havo had in a long time." Legal Advertisements. BRIDGE TO REBUILD.-Tho County Commissioners will lot, to tho low est responsible bidder, at tho bridge, on MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1902, at ll a. m., tho contract to robuild the Kuhtmann Bridge, on road loading from Walhalla to Highlands. Board resorvos tho right to reject any and all bids. S. M. POOL, Supervisor. May 14, 1902. 20-21 BRIDGE TO REPAIR.-The County Boards of Commissioners of Oco neo and Piokens counties will lot, to the lowest ro8poriBiblo bidder, at the bridgo, on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1902, at ll o'clock a. m., tho contract to repair tho Lawrence Bridgo, over Keowee river. Tho Boards rosorvo tho right to rejeot ] anv and all bids. S. M. POOL, Supervisor. May 14, 1902. 20-22 BRIDGE TO REBUILD.-Tho Board of County Commissioners will lot, to tho lowest responsible bidder, at tho bridge sito, on SATURDAY, MAY 31. 1902, at ll a. m., tho oontract to rebuild the Ervin Bridgo, ovor Whitewater river, on Gen. W. F. Ervin's farm. Board ro- j servos the right to rejeot any and all bids. S. M. POOL, Supervisor. May 14, 1902. 20-21 NOTICE.-Notice is hereby given that a special election will bo held at Bounty Land School IJouso on SATUR DAY, 31st day of May, 1902, on tho question of voting an extra tax lovy of ono mill on all taxable proporty, real and personal, within Bounty Land School District No. 20, said extra lovy to bo used for school purposes in making re pairs and improvements on tho school houso used for white childron in said district. At said olootion each elector favoring said extra levy shall cast a ballot containing tho word "Yes" printed or written thereon', and each oloctor op posed to said levy shall oast a ballot con taining tho word "No" printed or written thoroou; that at said election such elec tors as return real or personal proporty for taxation, and who exhibit their tax rocoipts and registration certificates, shall voto. Polls opon at 8 A. M. and close at 4 P. M. May 12th, 1902. JOHN L. SMITH, J. B. PICKETT, Y. C. LANGSTON, Trustees Bounty Land School District, No 20, aud Ex-Oflioio Managers of Elect ion. C. L. CRAIG, Superintendent of Education. 20-2 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I AND DISCHARGE.-Tho State of South Carolina, Oconoo County.-lu tho j Court of Probate.-Salina Green, Execu trix of tho last will and testament of Garrison Groen, decoased, Pornecy Groon, Tecoa Green, Victoria Groen, Garrison Z. Groon, Mary E. Aloxandor, Sarah E. Orr, Cassandra L. Slater, Plaintiffs, against Wm. E. Groen, Ervin C. Groon, Margaret E. Piokelsimor, and tho hoirs at-law of Virginia A. Wright, deceased, to wit: Charles N. Wright, Eva M. Wright, Francos P. Wright, Sarah E. Wright, .lames R. Wright, George P Wright, Virginia Wright, Defendants. Take notice, That a final settlement of | tho ostato of Garrison Groon, deceased, will bo had beforo D. A. Smith, Esq.. , Judge of Probate, at Walhalla Court Houso, South Caroliua, on THURSDAY, tho 19th day of Juno, 1902, and there upon tho said Executrix will be dis charged. All porsons interested therein will take duo notico and govern them sol vos accordingly. SALINA GREEN, Executrix. May 7, 1902._19-241 -THE Mutual Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK. OLD, SAFE AND RELIABLE. Soo JAS. M. MOSS, May 20-02. Resident Agent. F. C. and American Beavty Corsets inj Will satisfy the demanda of tho most fastidious. Tluis guarantee -witH every pain .'Money refund ed after four .wee Ho' trial If corset is not oatls ffaotory" LooH for tHeee Trade Marhs-the slrfns of qual ity-on label of box and on inside of corset. Kalamazoo Corset Co. MAKERS Kalamazoo, Michigan. SOLD DY Mrs. NANNIE BARRON. Walhalla. S. C. r / LHHHLBLaaaaaaaal Pattern Hats at Cost ! We will close out all our Pattern Hats at cost. 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