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TO THINS OWN 8KLF BS TBUS AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TBS NIGHT TBS DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT TBBN BB ?ALBS TO BY JAYNE?, SHIS LOR, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 24, 1908. NEW MARIES, NO. 878.-VOLUME lilli.-NO. M5*. Dr. G. C. Probst, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ?ss Store, sss IT ?-is : 8.30 A. M. TO 1 i\ M. AND 2 TO 0 P. M. ICatoh 24. 1808. Dr, W.F.Austin, DENTIST, SENECA, . S. C. OFFICE DAYS : MONDAYS, THURS DAYS, FRIDAYS AM) SATURDAYS. January 15, 1001. It. T. JAYNKS. -lo/ J. W. SHKI.OIt. J AYN ES & SH ELOR, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, WALHALLA, 8. C. PROMPT attention given to all busi ness committed to their care. WM. J. STMBLINO. r \ E. L. HBRNDON. STRIBLiNG & HERNDON, Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. C. PliOMI'T ATTKNTION (JlVKN TO AM. BlJSI NKHS ENTHU8TKD TO TlIKM. January 0, 1808. Fired Out of Post Office. Washington, Juno 17.-James T. Metcalf, chit'f of thc money order division of the post oflice department, was to-day summarily dismissed from his position by Postmaster General Payne. No criminal charge will bo preferred against him. His removal was based on the ground of grave indiscretion. Mr. Payne cried while announcing the dismissal of Metcalf. Ile paused several times to regain bis self-eontrol. Ile said Metcalf was a capable, honest em ployee. Mr. Payne added that forth-coming developments were such as to cause him more personal grief than any that could be antici pated. It wa? intimated that one or more men high, in public repute, would be taken into custody. It is understood that the post office department will go before the grand jury here and ask for an in dictment of A. W. Machen, former superintendent of free delivery, on the charge of forgery. No good li eal th unless the kidneys are aound. Foley's Kidney Cure makes the kidneys right. For sale by J, W. Bell. Walhalla. The county delegation of Spartan burg county are to secure a loan of $50,000 for tho county, t" be used in replacing the bridges washed away on June 6. The commissioners esti mate their loss at $7f>,000. "The square peg in the round bole" figuratively expresses the use of means unsuited to the desired end. A great many people who have been cured of dyspepsia and other diseases of the stom ach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition by the usc of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery say: "We tried many '..."'.i<-;opg with only temporary benefit. It was not"urtil we began thc use of ' Golden Medical, Discovery ' that we found a complete ni i.'-tasting cure." It is undoubtedly true 'bat Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery bolds the rec ord for the perfect and permanent cure of indigestion and other diseases of the stomach and associated organs of diges tion and nutrition. It is not a palliative. It cures the cause of disease and builds up the tnxly with solid healthy flesh, not flabby fat. "it ts with pleasure Hint I tell yon what Dr. Pierce's (?nlden Medical Discovery and ' Pellets' hnve done for inc," writes Mrs. T. M. Palmer, of Peede, Knitfinnn Co.. Tcxns. "Two years ago I wa? takes with stomach and bowel trouble. Kverythiiiff I ute would pill me in distress. I lived two weeks on milk and even that nave inc pain. , I felt as though I would starve to death. Three doctors attended nie one said I hail dys pepsia, two sail', catarrh of the Itoniflctl and bowels. They attended nie (one at a time) lot one year. I stopped laking their medicine and trica other patent medicine ; ?ot no better, snd I (trew so weak and nervous my hean would ?mter. I could not do any kind ?l work Now I can do my house work very v. ! : nm Mininfk in fltth and strength, and ian i.it anything I want." Accept no substitute for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser ls sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send il one cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf frlo, N. Y. Few of Our Sp DRY G < Yard-wido best quality Lonsdale Cai Yard-wide AndrosoogginB Bleaching. Yard-wido Farmers' Friend, an extra J yards Bleaching. Yard-wido Sheeting, unbleached.... Best quality Drills (short lengths) All Calicoes at _. Po also have have a nice line of Organ j, wo havo the best lino of Wash Goods aro right. W. & J. E. E WHAT PRAYER CAN DO. "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" to Save from Foreclosure of the Mortgage. "No," said the lawyer, "I shan't press your claim against that man. You can get someone else to take the ease, or. you can withdraw it, just as you please.*' "Think there isn't any money in it?" "There would probably bo a little money in it ; but it would como from the sale of the little house the man occupies and calls bis 'home.' But I don't want to meddle with tho matter anyhow." "Got frightened out of it, eh?" "Not at all." "I suppose tho old fellow begged hard to bo let off?" "Well, yes, be did." ' "And you caved in, likely ?" "Yes." "What in creation did you do?" "I believe I shed a few tears." "The old fellow begged you hard, you say ?" "No, I didn't aay so, ho didn't speak a word to me." "Well, may I ask whom did he address in your hearing?" "God Almighty." "Ho took to praying, did ho?" "Not for my benefit in tho least. You see, I found tho littlo house easily enough, and knocked on tho outer door, which stood ajar, but no body heard me ; BO I stepped into tho little hall, and saw through tho crack of the door a cosy sitting room, and there on the bed, with her silver head high on the pillows, was an old lady, who looked for all tho world just like my mother did the last time I saw ber on earth. Well, I was on the point of knocking ag.iin, when she said, 'Come, father, now begin ; I am all ready.' Down on his knees by her side went the old white-haired man, still older than his wife, I should judge; and I couldn't have knocked then for the lifo of me. Well, he began. First he reminded God that they were still his submis aive children, mother and he, and no matter what Ho saw fit to bring upon them, they should not rebel (?gainst his will. Of course, it was going to be hard for them to go out homeless in their old age, especially with poor mother so sick and help less ; and ob, how different it might have been if only one of tho boys had been spared ! Then his voice kind o' broke, and a thin, white hand stole from under the coverlid, and moved softly over bis snowy hair. Then he went on to repeat that noth ing could over be so sharp again as tho parting with those three sons unless mother and he should be sepa rated ! But at last he fell to com forting himself with the fact that tho good Lord knew that it was through no fault of his own that mother and he were threatened with tho loss of their dear little home, which meant beggary and the almshouse-a place they prayed to be delivered from, if it could bo consistent with God's will. And then ho quoted a multi tude of promises concerning the safety of those who put their trust in the Lord. In fact, it waa thc most thrilling plea to which I over listened. Al last he prayed for God's blessing on those about to demand justice." Then the lawyer continued more slowly than ever, "And-I-beliovo I had rather go to the poorhouse my self to-night than to stain my hands and heart with tho blood of auch a persecution as that." "Little afraid to defeat tho old man's prayer, eh ?" "Bless your sotd, man, you couldn't defeat that prayer. I tell you ho left it all subject to the will of God ; but ho claimed that wo wero told to make known our desires to him. But, of all the pleading I over heard, that moved mo nioHt. You see, I was taught that kind of thing myself in my childhood, and why I was aent to hear that prayer I am auro I don't know-but I hand tho case over." "I wish," said the client uneasily, "I wish you hadn't told mo about the old man's prayer." "Why so?" "Well, because I want tho money the place would bring. I waa taught the 151 Me straight enough when I waa a youngster, and I hato to run counter to what you tell me about it. I wish you had not hoard a word about it; and another timo I would not listen to petitions not intonded for my ears." The lawyer smiled. ' "My dear fellow," he said, "yon aro wrong again. It was intended for my ears and yours, too ; and God ecia? Values in > O D S. nbrio. 10o. . 8?o. i good value.,. 7?o. . 60. . 5o. . 5o. . 60. dies, Lawns, Madras, Cloths, Crashes ; that we have ever tarried. And the SAUKNIGHT. Almighty intended it. My old mother used to sing about 'God moves in a mysterious way,' I re member. "Well, my mother used to sing it, too," said the client, and he twisted the claim papers in his fingers. "You can oall in the morning, if you like, and tell 'mother and him' the claim has been met." "In a mysterious way," added the lawyer. ' - The Railroads Kill Many. Tho Inter-State Commerce Com mission has just issued a summary of its report on tho railroads of the United States for the fiscal year, which closed Juno 1. It shows that the total number of casualties to perBons on account of railway acci denta for the year was 73,250, in cluding 8,588 killed and 64,662 in jured. Of railway employees 2,969 were killed and 60,524 were injured. Tho number of passengers killed was 345 and the number injured 6,683. One out of every 401 em ployees was killed, and one out of every 24 employees was injured. One passenger was killed for every 1,883,706 carried, and one injured for every 97,244 carried. Itatios based upon the number of miles trav eled, however, show that 57,072,283 passenger miles were accomplished tor each passenger killed, and 2,846, 272 passenger miles accomplished for each passenger injured. Tho number of passengers carried was 649,878,505, and the number of tons of freight 111,089,347. The gross earnings of all tho roads for the year was $1,720,380,267, and the gross expenses $1,116,248,747. The total dividends declared for tho year were $185,421,239. Tho total single track railway mileage on June 1 in tho United States was 202,471 miles, having in creased during thc year 5,234 miles. The increase was greater than that for any other year since 1890. Including side tracks and double tracks, the total trackage is 274,195 miles. Thore wero 41,288 locomo tives and 1,640,220 cars, not includ ing privato cars used during the year. Of these 36,991 wore in tho passen ger service. The total numbor of employees was 1,189,315. Tho amount paid in salaries and wages was $676,028,592. The compensation of the railway employees for 1902 is equivalent to 60.5 per cent of the operating ex penses of tho railway companies, and 39.16 per cent of their gross earnings. The amount of railway capital outstanding on Juno 1, 1902, was $12,134,182,964 or $62,301 per mile of line. The funded debt was $6,109,981,669. Tho amount of capi tal stock paving no dividends was $2,686,556,614, or 44.60 per cent of tho total amount outstanding. Omit ting equipment and trust obligations, the amount of funded debt which paid no interest was $294,175,243. Mental Strain Affected Gen eral Health. Doctor's Doses Weak ened Stomach. Dr. Miles' Nervine Cured Me. Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine brings rest and sweet sleep to the tired brain worn out with the cares and anxieties of the sick room. Read the following: "I have always been healthy with the ex ception of a touch of rheumatism since my age came on, up to the time of my husband's last illness some years ago. I assisted in nursing my husband for nearly three months when ne departed this life and the mental strain I think caused my trouble. Aside from extreme nervousness my trouble com menced with sore throat and neuralgia. My physician gave me purgative doses which weakened me very much and my stomach for a time seemed inactive. Mental strain and the dormant condition of my stomach soon told upon my general health. I had little appetite and wai soon forced to stay in bed a greater part ol the time. Within a week ai'er the time I began taking Dr. Miles* Restorative Nervine and Tonic I was up about the house. 1 continued their use until completely cured. My faith in Dr. Miles' Remedies has been strengthened by experience of other people, our daughter hav ing used Restorative Nervine with splendid results in a case of paralysis and a friend to whom I sent a box of the Anti P.un Pills re ports that she has been completely cured of neuralgia by their use. I know of a number of others whom your medicine has helped in a large degree. I wish you continued success." -Mas. FRANCK? COFFMAN, Dayton, Va. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies, ?end for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. THE CONGAREE RECEDES. Throe Hundred Feet ot the Canal Dam Went Down with the Flood. Columbia, S. C., June 17.-Editors Courier: Tho Old Congareo has dropped baok into her channel and seems harmless as a lamb, while last week she 'vas a sea of mud that gave you the horrors to look at. While she broke no records by five feet, yet more houses, barns, dead animals, timber, trees, otc, came down with the flood than ever before-(so the old-timers tell us.) Trees over three feet in diameter, washed up root and branch, kept up a perpetual asping on the dam at tho head of the canal until over 300 feet of it was torn from its head, so the superintendent of the oanal told mo, and this must be rebuilt before tho water gets so low it will not feed the oanal properly, ac? it will cause a shut down of all machinery in the mill distriot of the city and dose the light plants as well. Many bales of cotton were fished out of the river and are being shipped back to the owners. The small farmer along the Con garee swamp will suffer most. Ho as not been left with oven seed to replant his land, and much of it is still under water and will be until the sun dries it up. The water backed in on him and it can't get out. This is plain enough, as it came over tho sand banks when the river was vory high and could not climb back after the water receded below a given point, and was left standing on low linds. Now nature must do tho rest for them, and this will cause much siokness from stag nation. It's an ill wind (or rain) that does not prove a blessing to some one, and this deluge is no ex ception to the rule, and while it did much harm, it did clean tho streets of Columbia-a thing not known before in many moons. Yesterday we got dispatches from out in far-off Oregon telling us 500 lives were lost in one storm ; so it would scorn that the storm god has not vented his wrath upon tho South alone. In viow of tho present agitation over tho race question in tho Ohio convention, and as a warning to all chambermaids out in Indiana, not to mention the many white sinners in Oconee and elsewhere, I'd like for you to publish the following as a warning to us all, and lot us nope it may improve tho spiritual condition of our brother in black. Yours most truly, j. Q. c. ? Uncle Zeke's Dream. I dre mp' a dream do udder night, I thought dat I wuz dead An' dat ray Hpcrit. tuck ita flight To mansions oborhoad. Sain' F?tor mot mo at do do' To shako mo by do han', Au' sed dat ho'd bo glad to show Mo thro' do promis' lan'. He laffed an slapped mo on do back An' ast mo of I'd liko To inako do jou'noy in a hack, Or wud I take a biko? "You'so sorter lato in snoakin in, I thought perhaps you'd died Widout ropontin' uv yo' sin, An' Satan got yo' hide. "You may git kind o' loncsomo boab, Do poporlation's small, An' do next consus will, I feah, Show no incroaso ortal!." _ .. - Wid lightnin' speed thro' woods an' Aol's, 'Long roads widont a flaw. Wo pedaled on our chninloss wheels An' dis is what I saw: Fat chickens roosti:?' in do troos, On fencep an' on lawgs, An' hnngin' roun' in lazy oaso, Ton tin Misan' 'possum dawgs. Mg simmon trees plum loaded down Wid 'possums fat nn' plump. An' millyuns more down on do groan* Wid young 'uns in do stump. Fiol's o' millyuns los' a layin' Spread out befo' do oyos, An' great big stawks o' sugar cane A roachin' to do skies. Uig washtubs full o' lomonado, Jes' spilin' to bo drunk, Sweet tater pies do angels mado An' ico cream by de chunk. Olo coons a-layin' in do shade, A-sloepin' outdaro naps, While all day long do young 'us played At sevon-up au' craps. DOBO niggahn WM? n]\ strange to mo Not nary Coontown faco, An' in my roun's I failed to soo A white mnn on do placo. Do choir commenced to sing "Praise | Gawd From whom all blossin's How" Dat finished up my trip abroad, For Cindy 'gin to sno'. Cud iieher dream dat dream orgin Ef I sloop night or day, My dreams nm 'bout di ) lan' o' sin, Whah nlggahs watch an' pray. Chronic bronchial troubles and sum mer coughs can bo quickly rolioved and cured by Foloy's Honey and Tar. For salo by J. W. Dell, Walhalla. Tho doors of tho Charleston Hotel wero closed on illino 16th by tho presont managers, who decided thnt in tho faco of the outstanding debts against thc hotel and the determina tion of tho hotel's creditors to place it in tho hands of a receiver, it would be best to close the hotel for tho present. This is tho first time in ovor half a century that tho doors of the Charleston have ever been shut. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Tho Atlanta cotton mills have closed down indefinitely on account of scarcity and high puco of cotton. , Fair Play Newt. Fair Play, June 18.-J. H. Pullen and wife, of Spartanburg, are spend ing the monte of June with Mrs. Button. R. F. Leathers has returned from Atlanta muoh improved in health. Horaoe Whitworth was visiting relatives here last week. R. H. Marett and Miss Hattie Wright made a flying visit to Ander son last week. ? Miss Hettie Lee is at home for the sun me* months, to the delight of her many friends. John Leathers, of Durham, N. C., is at home for the summer months. Misses Mary Sheldon and ?una Maya are attending the Bummer aohool at Walhalla. Prof. Manuel has been elected principal of the Fair Play High Sohool. ' He expects to attend the Summer Normal at Rook Hill. Fair Play is to be congratulated on scour ing Mr. Manuel as teacher for an other term. Mrs. Nannie Grubbs has returned from Texas, where she has been vis iting relatives. She reports a pleas ant and delightful trip. Capt. T. D. Long, of Tugaloo, the pleasant chronicler of Tugaloo news items, paid our town a visit on Wednesday last. P. H. Isbell, of Tokoena, took a few days outing at his old home on Tugaloo river last week. Mrs. J. S. Malone is one of the succesaful silk growers of Oconee county. She han a quantity on hand that abe expects to send to Washing ton at an early date. Dr. Heller and wife visited at Bounty Land on the 14th instant. George Baker, of Anderson, filled Mr. Prince's appointment at the Mcthodiat church on the second Sun day afternoon. He preached a force ful sermon on Christian oharaoter. Miss Elinor Knight, of Seneoa, visited the families of Mesara. Shel don and Marett recently. She ex pecta to leave for Mississippi soon. lier new friends wish for her every possible happiness in her new home. Our section was spared the visita tion of the hoavy rain storm that passe il over thc northern part of the county receutly. Rex. The Final Penalty. Queen Draga has paid the final penalty of tho fatal gift of beauty that placed this obscure daughter of the people upon tho Servian throne, and she now stands in the halls of history haloed with the tragedy of romance that envelopes tho figures of Mary, Quceu of Scots, Marie An toinette, and Lady Jane Groy. What a brimming and sparkling cup of life did these "dead ladies" quaff 1 Beauty, honors, homage, overy thrill and throb of human passion and pleasure were theirs, and then, to crown all, a tragic death that embalmed their memory forever in tho pity of tho world. Interesting to Asthma Sufferers. Daniel Baste, of Ottorvillo, Iowa, writos: "I havo had asthma for three or four years aud havo triod about all tho couglf?hd asthma cures ic ?ho mar ket and havo recoived treatment from physicians in New York and other cities, but got very little bonoflt until I tried Foloy's Honey and Tar whloh gave me immediate relief aid I will novor bo without it my IfbuBe. I sincoroly recom mend it to all. For sale by J. W. Boll, Walhalla. Preston B. Mitchell, a well known citizen who lived two miles from Belton, waa found doad in thc woods near his house last week with a gun shot wound in his breast. Ile had strayed away from home, as ho had been accustomed to do, but his wife, noticing that the gun was gone too, with the assistance of others, bogan a search for hor husband. The gun was tied to a tree near his dead body with a string tied to the triggor. Ho waa 50 years old and had boon in the insane asylum. Tho board of trustees of Clemaon College at their meeting last wook decided to erect an agricultural building, and appropriated $40,000 for a beginning. always OA A Food fe* fight*!*. "It may Interest you to loam tba ts being served at breakfast sever each week to the members of the Boc Uncut, N. ?. P., now on duty at this "HASUY W. W-10 J HON. LEW J. KILBURN ON LABOR. Short Address Delivered at Macon Before the r Georgia Federation of Labor. T?ie many friends of "Lew" J. Kilburn, formerly of Walhalla, will be pleased to lern of the prominenoe he is gaining in the State of Georgia. He is now in his seoond term as a member of the Legislature from Bibb county, and is also president of tho Georgia Federation of Labor-the latter being a position of trust and honor of which so enthusiastic a trades-unionist as Mr. Kilburn may well be proud. The faot of his being chosen as the leader of tbis representative body ot wage-earners is evidence of the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow-mon and the confidence they repose in him. Mr. Kilburn is one of The Courier boys whose course in tho oity of Macon we are watching with interest. His address in brief was as follows : "Many important questions will come before you, gentlemen and ladies, for your consideration, but none more so than the devising of some method of putting the federa tion upon a better financial basis. The income of the organization has hardly ever been sufficient to meet the aotual necessary expense account, and such work as h^s been done has always been paid for by the worker himself. Your officers have been compelled to give their time, and ofttimes their money, toward the up building of labor's oause in the State. It was not until the present year that we were able to get assistance from the American Federation of Labor in a financial way. Through the ex - ertions of our effioient representa tive to that body an appropriation was secured for organization pur poses in Georgia. Tnat tho expen diture of this money has been bene ficial is proven by the fact that more delegates have been elected to this convention than were ever elected to a convention in Georgia in a pre vious year. That the Georgia Fed eration of Labor should have a fund for the pushing of the interests of organized labor in tho State is dearly apparent. How to secure this fund I leave to the good sense and clear judgment of this convention. I sim ply point out what I know to bo a orying need of the organization. You can apply the remedy. Tho Federa tion has passed the experimental stage, and it would bo a very igno rant person indeed who would say that it had not proven of vast bene fit to almost every class of skilled labor in the State, and its influence has been felt all ovor our broad land, for in tho estimation of tho parent body we stand second to no similar organization. This being true, we should stand ready to put the or ganization upon a safo financial basis, and it is for you to decide how this can best be done. This mattor is an important one and should receive your most careful and thoughtful consideration. "One of the primary objects of the Georgia Federation of Labor is to secure a passage of such legisla tion as is of vital interest to tho working people as a class, and look ing to this end great strides have been taken in the education of those who composo our law-making bodies to the knowledge that '.ve are only asking for equal rights in these mat tere and do not want anything that is unjust to others. At first tho friends of labor were few and far between, but by persistent and intel ligent work friends have boon made in all sections and the outlook is bright for organized labor to got some of tho good things asked for at tho hands of the Georgia Legislature. One of the most important measures now before the Legislature, and one in which we feel the most intense in terest, is the one introduced by your own secretary, Hon. C. C. Houston, to prevent tho working of children of tender years In the workshops and factories of tho State, commonly known as the "child labor bill. Every effort should be mado by this convention to secure the passage of | this measure and if tho right kind of work is put forth the successful finish of the matter is assured. "There are several other labor measures before the Legislature of interest to the Federation, which VT im Dumps on Independence Day, laid : " Force freed us from Eng land's sway. Kow Independence let's declare From indigestion's tyrant snare, rood friends, shake off this despot grim. Twas ?Force' that freed your ?Sonny Jin..? M t ?Force? al times ond Keg. place. Bao wv." should be looked after, among them being what are known as the "double - header" and "fall orew" bills. Your legislative committee will probably give you the present status of these bills in their report, therefore I will not dwell further upon the subjeot. "The operatives in the cotton mills of the State compose a large class of our oitizen8 and' should be lookod after with greater interest than has been displayed heretofore. Mills are now being ereoted in all parts of the State and the demand for faotory labor is al most depopulating the farms, and the early age at which tho children are being put to work in theso mills completely denies them the privilege of a rudimentary eduoation-a Qoa giveu privilege to which every one should be entitled. I believe the remedy for this condition lies in the organization of these people, and a campaign of agitation and education should be carried on among them until the desired goal is reached Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will suroly destroy tho sonso of smoll nnd complotoly derange the whole syst um when ontoring it through the mucous surfaces. Snob articles Should never be used except on proscrip tions from roputablo physicians, as tho damage t hey will do 18 ton fold to the good you cnn possibly dorivo from thom. Hall's Catarrh Curo, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., con tains no moroury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of tho systom. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you get the genuino. It is taken internally, and mado in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney ?fe Co. Testimonials free. Sold by drug gists, price 75c. por bottle. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. Wild Man With an Ax. Criok Davis was lodged in jail at Jefferson, N. C., recently; charged with a terrible crime. Ho was visited by two former friends, Alfred Barker and son, Levi, who lived in Virginia. Davis seemed very clevor j and insisted on their spending the night with bim. The two visitors occupied one bed. Davis and his wife occupied another bed close by, possibly in the same room. Hardly had they retired when Mrs. Davis heard a noise, and on looking toward where tho Barkers wero sleeping, saw her husband with the ax, cutting the Barkers to pieces. She sprang out of bed and tried to keep her hus band from killing the old man, and immediately Davis gave her two blows that sent her to the Moor. Levi had boen killed by the first blow, which split his head half open. Alfred had crawled out of bed and into a field of rye, close by. Ile was bleeding like a hog and will did, hav ing received the ax up to tho hilt in his stomach. Alfred says that as he lay in the field ho hoard the awful blows that followed on tho body of Mrs. Davis, and hoard her groans grow fainter and fainter. But the woman was not yet killed, and after the excitement had subsided Davis took his wife into the house and washed his wounds and washed him self. Davis' little girl, with the baby in her arms, was the one who gave tho alarm, she having escaped for her life at the outset. When neigh bors came in Davis said : "I guess I have killed them, but I don't know it." _ Ten Years In Bed. R. A. Gray, J. P., Oakville, Ind. writes: "Forton yoars I was confined to my bed with disease of my kidneys. It was so sovore that I could not move part of tho timo. I consulted tho very best medical skill availablo, but could got no roliof until Foley's Kidnoy Curo I was rccommended to mc It les been a Godsend to mo." For salo by J. W. Boll, Walhalla._ As to Rural Delivery. Some time since it was announoed in a dispach from Washington that it was the intention of tho pdsl office department to discontinue a great] many rural routes, because they did not pay, but were established at the instance of Congressmen who wero looking after their political fortunes. It was further said that South Caro lina would be among tho States which would suffer moro than tho rest, the imputation being that Congressmen from this State had been very ac tively working in their own interests. All rural routes in this State are more or less undor the control of tho Columbia postmaster, ho receiving | all tho funds direct from them, and he says that ho has received no in structions to discontinue any routes in this State, and ho does not know that any of them will bo discon tinued. Theso routes aro especially numerous in the Piedmont section, and their patrons havo been muoh concerned over their contemplated discontinuance, and many inquiries have been received about them. The best that Postmaster Ensor can say now is that he officially knows noth ing about any contemplated dis. onu ance.-Columbia Correspondence of Nows and Courier. Rev. Arthur Buist, a distinguished Baptist minister, died at his home in Blackville on Juno 12 at the age of 75. Despite his yoars Mr. Buist was pastor of four churches in Barnwell county nnd County Superintendent of Education, which office he has held for several terms. Dr. Colemon B. Walker, professor in Clemson College, has been elected to the chair of chemistry and biology in Wofford College and has acoepted. Prof. Halo Houston, of the Toledo, Ohio, Polytechnic Institute, has been elected to succeed Dr. Walker. On the first indication of klndney t rouble Btop it by taking Foley's Kid ney Cure. For salo by J. W. Boll, Wal halla. 8IX HUNDRED PER CENT PROFIT. Dr. C. 8. Pixley's Five Years' Experience In Shoep Culture. Sheep culture is an industry that is peculiarly adapted to South Caro lina, and a business that has been known to yield 600 per cent in five years is not to be despised. That is the return Dr. C. S. Pixley, of White Oak, has received from his investments in the neglected indus try of sheep-raising. The story as sent out by a Winns boro correspondent follows : "Five years ago Dr. Pixley pur chased twelve sheep for $24. The past year he sold from these sheep and their inoreaso $75 worth of mutton and wool. His flock has increased from twelve to thirty-eight. In his fifth year, therefore, bis returns were 300 per cent larger than bis original investment, and his working oapital that is, sheep-had likewise increased 300 per oent, making a total increase of 600 per cent. As a matter of fact, his real profita were muob larger than this, for these figures contain no count of profits aooruing during the first four yoars from tho sale of mut ton and ot wool. "While no expense items aro given in the above account, it is very oertain that the mutton for his own table and the improvement in tho land would easily offset any expense with sheep under ordinary circumstances. In the above oase, however, there was really no expense account, as the sbcop have been sus tained all the while in bis pasture, whioh is one of tho finest to be found anywhere. "Another instance of the profitable ness of sheep-raising is that' of Mr. W. H. Flenniken, who, last year, purchased fifty-one sheep at an aver age cost of $4 por hoad. He now has fifty-five lambs, whioh, at the market price of 8 conts per pound, would bring him in a return of nearly all the capital invested, as many of the lambs aro already worth $4 apiece at .the price mentioned above. The wool received from the above flook will moro than pay for tho expenses of keeping the sheep. Should Mr. Flenniken now sell his lambs ho would easily have 100 por cont on bis investment. He speaks of putting his whole farm in pastures for shoop, as ho has been so greatly pleased with tho small investment already made. From the above illustration it is easily seen that there is money in sheep-raising, where tho industry docB not come in competition with the "yaller" dog. It is herewith suggested that some legislator, who is willing to sacrifico his honorable position, if necessary, take tho issue against tho so-called poor man's friend and fight it to tho bitter end, thus making it possible for an indus try, that will pay moro than 100 por cent annually, to thrive."-Green ville Herald. ---m . ? Forty-two young womel wore graduated last week at the Green ville Female College - Jako Jeter, a 19-yoar-old white man, was convicted of murder in Union on Friday. He killed an old white man named Walter Nixon, about a woman. He was sentenced to tho penitentiary for life. -. Chief Constable Howie has boon transferred from Charleston to Beau fort, and Constable Holmes, of Barn well, takes his place. Tho raid of Mrs. Trenholm's residence is proba bly responsible for this transfer. During tho summer kidnoy irregulari ties aro often caused hy OXCCBS?VO drink ing or being overheated. Attend to tho kidneys at onoo by using Foley's Kidnoy Curo. For sale by o. W. Boll, Walhalla. A ten-aore map of the United States will be one of ho interesting features of the St. Loni? Exposition. It will be out of doors, on the ground, and paths for visitors will mako the boundary lines of States. In eaoh section will bo growing its chief Sroduot-corn in Kansas, rice in oath Carolina, oto. An exchange presumes that it will be kept pad locked to prevent any violation of the Monroe doctrine. Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys? Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. AU the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or Impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid In the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart ls over-working In pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning In kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy ls soon realized, lt stands the highest for Its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and ls sold on tts merits by all druggists in fifty cent and one-dollar alz-j es. You may have a sample bottle by mall iiomoof Bwsmp-Roo*.' free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out If you havo kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmei & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't mako any mistake, but reinem bor tho name-Swamp-Hoot-Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and tho address Binghamton, N. Y.-on every bottle,