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mr ?ase TO THINK O WN 9I|LF BS TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW A? TH? NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANB?T NOT TURN BB FALSE TO ANT MAN. BY ?J A YNES, Hill? LO il, ??VI ITU & 8TKCK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPT. t>, I908. NSW H BU I BB. HO. 984.-VOLUME LUI.-NO. 80. We have jus Q=y Thrt ?nd ono thing moro-that is, AN ACOUTL cost amounting to hundreds of dollars a \ ^manner from other shoes, and you rocognl FOR SALE BY Q. Dr. G. C. Probst, r> is rv rr i s rr , Walhalla, S. C. Office Over I W. Pitchford Co.'s . . . '"A . . . HOUBS : 8.30 A. i J?. M. AND 2 TO (1 March 24. 1808. j W Dr. W. F, Austin, DKNTIST, SENECA,.S. C. OFFICE DAYS : MONDAYS, THURS DAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. January 15, IDOL B. T. JAYNK8. I J. W. SHKLOK. -?O/ J AY NES & SH ELOR, ATTORNEYS-AT-L AW, WALHALLA, 8. C. p ROMPT attention given to all busi ness comrnltttd to thoir caro. WM. J. STIUULINU. \ \ E. L. HKKNUON. Attorneys-At-Li w, WALHALLA, S. C. PllOMPT ATTKNTION GI vKN TO ALL Boa* NK88 ENTUU8TKI> TO Til KM. January 0, 1898. Seneca River Association, Colored. Chalmers, Soi)teinbi!r 7. - Editors Courier: Wc aro pleased to report through tim cul 1111, i is of your paper our meeting of tho .Seneca River Association, colored, which met with the St. Paul Baptist church, August 21-23. It was one of the most successful scissions that we have ever witnessed in the history of our association. It was largely attended throughout tho session, and especially Saturday and Sunday. Wo feel safo in saying that there wore between l,;*>00and 2,OX) people present on the last day. Wo are proud to say that quietness aud peace prevailed during the whole ses sion. Wo allowed no selling of any kind on the ground. Those who wished to purchase anything from tables had to go nearly a half milo. Wo believe that this step was tho priuoipal factor in tho good order that reigned during our asso ciation. \\ e wish to rot urn our sincere thanks to Messrs. S. P. Strlbling and J, Maul den for not allowing i'.uy tables to bo put up on their lands, which aro adjoin ing our church grounds. Wo believe that (.od will bless them for this gener ous deed. Wo believe that when wo try to help ourselves our white friends will help us. G. G. Scott, A. Hunter, I. Henson, CommittOO on Arrangements. Foley's Kidnoy (Jure makes tho dis eased kidneys sound so they will elimi nate tho poisons from tho blood. For sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla. Tho quarterly report of the auditing committeo of the United Mine Workers of America was oom ploted last Thursday evening. With a membership of ;12(),(HM), scattered throughout, the States from coast to oast less than 2,<HX) men are on strike. The report shows that this or ganizath i now bas $000 010.04 in cash in treasury and an income approximating (00,000 a month. The situation as far as tho mino workers are concerned was uever more gratifying In the history of their union. The stomach is a larger factor in "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" than most people are aware. Patriotism can withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. The confirmed dys peptic "?8 fit for treason, stratagems and spoils." The man who goes to the front for his country with a weak stomach will be a weak soldier, and % fault finder. A sound stomach makes for good citi zenship ns well as for health and happi ness, Diseases of the stomach and other organs of d i C e s tiou and nutrition are promptly and {permanently cured >y the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery. It builds up the Ixxly with sound flesh and solid muscle. "After I rc Jved the advice which yon ffnve mc ?a rcnn.il to my treatment," writes <;eo. Horner, Kso,., of 1915 1 Pulaski Street, Hitltimore, Mnrylnud, "I used I your 'Ooldea Medical Discovery' according to directions. After tuting four littles ? considered myself cured, ns I have not felt nny symptoms ?Ince. li.nl tried almost nil remedies Hint I heard of thnt were xood for dyspepsia, but with out relict, i 111;i 11 v. I become discournK?'d, BOO wrote to you for advice, with the nttovc result." The dealer who offers a substitute for the " Discovery " is only seeking to make the little more profit realized on the sale of less meritorious preparations. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser ls sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered book', or 31 stamps for thc cloth bound. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y. ? 5t received a Hands? se-Strap Question-and it's a Fa WHY SHOULD YOU BUY TH ERK AUK HUNDREDS ither words, why should you pass by all tl mis of women do just this thing-so there i li?t is it? lt ?B this: "Queen Quality" giv \TK FIT. To accomplish this it requires vook. The whole construction of the sh KO this whon you wear a pair. "Queen Qu W. & J. E. E THE FAMOUS TOXAWAY DAM. Some Interesting Statemonts as to the Con struction. Tho Asheville Citizon publishes tho following interesting information con cerning tho much-talkod-of Toxaway dam in tho mountains of North Caro lina: So much has been said of tho supposed or probablo danger of a break lo the dum nt I nike Toxawny mid the conse quent devastation Of tho valley below, that tho Citizen bas had tho entire mat ter personally investigated with tho ro suits and conclusions herein statod. lt is perhaps entirely true that should such a break occur serious damago would bo dono down tho Seneca river as far as Portman Shoals, 50 milos away, where tho dam there would doubtless bo washed away and tho groat electric plant, which furnishes power for cotton mills and other enterprises ns far away as Anderson, South Carolina, put out of business. As a matter of abstract right, such dams should bo erected only undor government supervision and by direction of skilled hydraulic engineers, but at present tboro is no provision or law on this question. No more Johnstown disasters should bo either permissible or possible That tho director of tho Toxaway company, however, fully roalizos tho necessity of having this dam scientifically built is shown both in tho amount and charactor of work doua on it, and tho fact that a skilled engineer, Prof. Ketchum, assis tant to C. B Raker, tho professor of en gineering of the Illinois University, spent two months in personally superin tending its erection. Tho actual work of construction was under tho imme diate supervision of Capt. T. S. Roswell, the Toxaway companies very ablo engi neer. That tho dam was entirely safe beyoud tho remotest possibility of danger is shown by a brief description of its character and surroundings. It is 600 foot crest length, 200 feet wide at base, 60 feet wide at water lino^ 52 feet high and lias a 14 foot roadway along the top, the whole costing about $34,000. Near it is a bridge over which tho road continues and under willoh is a spillway 10 feet wide, with a solid rock bed, whoso level is ten feet below tho top of the dam. Tho water after passing from the lake through tho spillway bas a fall of :5()0 feet within a distanco of one fourth of a mill. It is here tho Toxaway river, later tho Kcowee, and (?nally tho Seneca. In building tho dam tho ground was stripped down to solid rock, which, tho engineer explains, was carefully exam ined. Above tbeso ditches wore cut four feet deep In tho solid clay and carofully puddled with good clay. A lay of stone and cement waa then built across tho solid rock from puddle ditch to puddle ditch. From tho bottom of tho dam to the water line there is a prism of clay puddlo varying in thickness fn ni l?O feet at tho bottom to 10 feet at tho top, tho re mainder of tho dam being thoroughly packed down during construction. In addition to this a stone willi 10 foot high and 20 foot thick was erected on tho lower sido of tho dam, whilo tho whole uppet lace is rip-raped with largo stone from 20 feet to 7 foot abovo water line. This rip raping increases gradu ally from 4 feet thick at top to 10 feet thick at bottom. To this is added a facing of plank two inches thick fastened to heavy timber and baoked with puddled stone, extend ing several feet abovo and below water lino. Thus tho danger from seepage, leakago and wavo action aro provided against. For each 80,000 pounds of water pressure thrust a million pounds refliBtauno weight is offered, which is thrco times as favorable a proportion as given in tho famous Quaker bridge dams. As to ovoi (low : Its possibility may bo determined by a single simple calcula tion. There is ten feet of margin for tho lake to rise on tho darn beforo going over. This would, of course, raise tho water ten feet in tho spillway, whilo a six foot rise would carry Oft* in 12 hours' time tho averago rain fall on tho entiro watershed, in which tho lake is located, for a whole your. The heaviest rains of the season bavo not raised tho water in tho spillway moro than four inches. Thus it may be seen that all causo for alarm on account of this tho last source of danger from work of this charactor is, liko tho others, entirely eliminated. -^ i '04>^- i John Gary Evans on tho Presidency. Kx-Oovornor John Oary Kxana, of Spartanburg, has been on a month's va cation in Now England, and on bis re turn makes the surprising statomont that (?rover Cleveland, as tho nominco of tho Democrats, can carry evory State in Now England, and New York also. Ho predi cates this opinion upon tho Attitude of the Kastern States against Roosovolt, and says . jvoland is tho only man who can beal .dm, but at tho name timo he thinks loveland does not stand tho ghost o. a chanco for tho nomination. Rooscvt. ;may bo unpopular in Now Eng land to a certain extent, hut ho will re ceive tho solid vote of New York and tho Eastern States in tho convention, and Clovcland could not take away a singlo State from him at tho elootfon, unless it was Now York. onie Line of Sandals. ir One^ " QUEEN QUALITY" SHOES WHEN? OF OTHER KINDS ON SALE? fi? ? iese others and ohoose ^VUEEN O must be a reason for it. \^tiALITY . j OB you what every othor shoe offers you of the manufacturers an added faotory oo is different. It is made iu a different lality" shoes and Saudais insure comfort. &AUKNIGHT. Chattanooga to Anderson. Audorson, Septomber 2.-W. D. Frink and Morrill Skinner, of Blue Ridge, Ga., promoters of the Tennessee, Georgia and Soutli Carolina Railway, wore here to day in tho interest of tho road, and President Po own called a meeting of the Chambor of Commerco in the afternoon. This is the road that was survoyed from Chattanooga, Tenn., to this place some months ago. Messrs. Skinner and Frink stated in the mooting that satisfactory progress had beou made in getting the enterprise launched. They have com pleted tho surveys and have obtained rights of way for most of tho route, but found that in order to float bonds it would bo necessary to place $500,000 along tho lino of tho road to show the faith and interest of the people benefited. They wauted tho city of Audorson to take $50,000, th 3 money tobo paid af tor tho road is oompteted from Anderson to Chattanooga. Thoy stated that the road would be built aud in operation by January, 1005. Resolutions were adopted favoring the soborno, and a committee was appointed to go boforo tho city council and urgo that bqdy to order an elect ion on thc question of issuing $50,000 worth of bonds in aid of tho road, said money to bo paid when the road is completed, and that to bo within two years of the dato of tho election. STATS OF OHIO, CITY OF TOI.KPO, I LUCAS COUNTY, J Frank J. ('heney makes oath that he is thc senior partner of the iirm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in tho City of Toledo, County and Stato aforesaid, and that said linn will pay the sum of Ono Hundred Dollars for each and every caso of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by tho uso of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FHANK J. CHKNKY. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence, this 0th day of December, A. D. 1880. ^-^-s A. W. GI.KASON, i BEAL > ? > Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mu cous surfaces of tho system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHKNKY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills aro tho host. Tried to Hug Pretty Girl. Now York, September 0.-Scores of infuriated women havo boaten John Nutly, recently discharged from tho navy, into insensibility in Madison square because ho attempted to hug Fortunito Lorito, a pretty girl of 14 years. Fortunito, with her two sisters, w as listening to tho baud playing in tho park when Nulty came along. "I'm going to kiss you," bo said to Fortunito, and grasped hor in his arms. Tho girl screamed for help. Instantly bundi cds of women rushod to the scene. They rained blows on Nulty and finally foiled bim. Ho was kicked on his sides and bis face was torn by sharp (inger nails and bands full of hair was torn from bead. Nulty oriod for mercy, but the women gave none. Mon tried to get him, but tho women waved thom back: "Wo'll attond to him!" they cried. "Lynch tho curl" shouted tho mon. Tho cries of Nulty for aid had sunk to low moans when two offlcors arrived. After forcing their way through tho crowd of struggling women tho police found that Nulty had fainted. Ho was carried to tho police station and looked "P._ Used fm- Pneumonia. Dr. C. J. Bishop, of Agnew, Mich., says: "I have usen Foley's linnea and Tar In throe very sevore cases of pneu monia with good results in every case." Refuse substitutes. For solo by J. W. Boll, Druggist, Walhalla. The Usual Crime in Kansas. - S Kansas City, Mo., September 5.-An unknown negro, caught in the act of strangling Mrs. Margarot Gorahn, a white woman, in hor homo at ArmoiT dale, Kan., a suburb, this afternoon, escaped to tho Kansas Rivor, whore he drowned himself rather than run tho chances of hoing lynched, a crowd hav ing dissed bim to the hank of the stream. Mrs. Gornhn is a widow, 45 years old. Her husband, who was a packing houso otnployco, and son, woro drowned in tho great Juno Hood, and sho livod alono. Tho negro, who was about 30 years old, called at tho bouse about noon aud, en tering stealthily locked himself in. He surprised Mrs. Doralin at hor work and demanded hor money. When sho in sisted that there was none about the house, tho negro tbroatened to kill her, and, seizing her by tho throat, hogan choking hor. She becamo unconscious and ho locked her in a closet. When she had rovivod he dragged hor from the oloset and, upon ber persistent rofusal to tell him whore she kept her monoy, tho ne gro repeatedly choked her. Neighboring womon broke into the house, when tho negro ran from tho houso. Avoid sorious results of kldnoy or bladder disordor by taking Foley's Kld noy Curo For salo by J. W. Bell. Revised flgures based on nearly deflnito reports from all Pacifie coast districts, including Alaska, show that tho salmon pack of this year will be 1,000,000 oases smaller than that of last year and 1,750,000 smaller than the paok of tho previous year. A general ad vance in prices appears to be inevitable, -, EDUCATIONAL MATTERS. Hits Shelor Visits th? Schools In Pickens. Compulsory Education a Necessity. Tugaloo Farm, September 12. Editors Courier : I will tell you of my visit to the rural schools in Piokens county. Superintendent Riohard Halium is a graduate of Clemson and has his whole soul in his work. He bas tanght for years and knows what to ezpeot of a teacher. He has placed his sohool books with the Piokens Drng Co., and this will let him visit the sohools. I had the honor of meeting Miss Jane Bright, the daughter of the late and much loved Superintendent of Education, W. H. Bright. Miss Bright is the first woman to fill the office of Superintendent. Her father died and she was allowed to fill out his time. The teachers, as a whole, are very good. They are not permitted to teaob in the sohools in tho fall if they have not attended the summer school. Assistants must stand the examination-the same law as we have. Has the assistant attended the summer schools ? Superintendent Halium went with me to nearly all the schools and told the history of tho Ogden movement. He will receive aid from them for his sohools. You see it is "the early bird that oatches the worm." Ile has taken groat interest in the work tho Southern Education Board has asked me to do. The whole people are interested aud Piokens will get good results. The crowds were large at all places. The officers at the Court House helped Mr. Halium map out the program. It was so arranged that tho schools could unite, and, while I visited only eighteon schools, I could meet every teacher in Pick? I ens county with ino children, and only have a few miles' drive each day. At each school a big dinner was spread with the nicest things to eat, with no end to fruits. Tho trustees invited the best of speakers, and those who aided in this educational campaign were Prof. Hughes of Greenville, Hov. Robertson of An derson, Rev. McClain, Rev. Lowis of Liberty, Rev. Wade of Easley, Mr. Sojourner of Anderson, Solicitor J. E. Boggs, Rev. D. Gillespie, Judge Newton, Prof. Daniel aud Laban M.Tilidin of Easley. Prof. W. E. Dendy made six or seven fino addresses. Prof. Dendy is very popular as a teacher in Pickens. At Glassy Mountain school, She riff Brown got up in the meeting and said if the trustees were willing they would appropriate $20 to tho school library. That afternoon books, dictionary and an encyclo paedia were ordered. Mr. Brown is a very fine trustoo. At Gates Jake Garrett said if the others would raiso $200 ho would give $100 to have a nine-months' Mellool-a graded- country school. Ho said it was far better to have the children under your wing than to let them go off to school until older and tho way to have a good school was to go down in your pockets. I have since heard that they got tho money. Pickens is truly awake to . her interest. I wrote to Mr. Upham about my work. Ile replied : "I will give four flags to Pickens county, as they aided you so much." I found only one school with flow ers in tho school roora, and ono with pictures on tho walla. Oconee is ahead of Pickens on that line, lint. Piokens is ahead in many other ways. Oconeo has been aided by tho South Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs, the Youth's Companion and Lcnd-a-IIand Societies for ono or more years. Superintendent Halium told of BIG REC CANE MILLS, EVAPORATORS AND FURNACES. Como and sc the prices right. Big Reduction in Sum? Organdies, Muslins and Lawns yard, lo closo at 7| to 8 cents per yare Goods that are worth 8 to 10 c cents per yard. A few light and medium wei duoed prices. Wo aro putting a prim, move them. So como quick-be foro I A job lot of Ladies' Nico Lace 4? and 5), to oloso at 85 cents. A job lot of Ladies' Medium worth $1.25, to closo at 85 oonts. Siz Mon's and Ladies' Fino Shoes country. Do not fail to inspect our si We are also headquarters for (i Oils, Varnishes, etc. W. P. NI SENEC Bear Swamp Behool at nearly all the plaoes, bnt I found one aohool which, in point of building, was moro of an ideal than Bear Swamp. Bear Swamp has tho improved aids while Cedar Hook has au improved build ing. The house was nioely painted aud bad blinds. In front were a cloak room and lunoh closets. The room oould be made in ono large or two small ones. The roomB were fitted up with patent desks and nico stoves, but no libraries or piotures. '.Vi I ar Rook sohool building is worth going to see. It is the best rurul sohool building I ever saw. I had the pleasure of a call from Governor Heyward. Ho said he would be sure to come to Ooonee and wanted to see the members of the O. H. S. I. A., but ho would not speuk in town, but wnnted to go to the rurul districts. He asked that I arrunge a meeting in the country for him. Our O. H. S. I. A. is attract ing great attention. This should make us work moro for tho up build iug of Ooonee. Governor Hey ward's visit will muan great things for Oco nee. Ho will have in his party tho South Carolina representatives of tho Southern Education Board, and every Oconeean should make his ptay with us one to be remembered. All the schools should close to go to hear the speeches at tho rally. Time and place will bo mentioned later. I thanked the Governor for mak ing an Oconee man colonel on bis Btnff. Ho replied, "I know a good thing when I seo it." Dr. Cromer's address was fine and very much ndmired. State Superintendent O. B. Mar tin hopes to bo able to visit some of the rural schools in Oconee Boon, and lot each child try to make the build ing beautiful before he comes. Ile will visit only rural schools. In Piokens, as well as Oconee, I find that compulsory education is a necessity, for a certain clasB of peo ple will not send their children to school, and after while the courts will have their hands full and it is far better to aid them now and stop po much crime. If our young ladies will only try to givo sunshine to some one each day the world will bo brighter. Christ said : "Go preach my gospel to ^cvery creature." Aro we doing it when BO many people are not able to read and children aro growing up in idleness ? Marye Ii. Shelor. s Doctors Could Not Help Her. "I had kidnoy troublo for years," writos Mrs. Raymond Conner, of Shel ton, Wash., "and the doctor's could not help mo. I tried Foloy's Kidney Curo, and tho very fi rat d?so gavo me relief and I am now cured. I cannot say too much for Foley's Kidney Cure." For salo by J. W. Roll, Walhalla. To Build a New Bridge The county commissioners have decided to build a bridge over Seneca river at or near the site of the free ferry. Thia bridge has been asked for by the people of Fork township for a long time, and they will be re joiced to learn that tho commis sioners have decided to build it. The decision was readied by tho com missioners at their monthly mooting this wck. Bids from contractors will bs called for as soon as plan? can bo prepared. It has not been decided yot whether the new bridge will bo a wooden or a steel Htructure. -Anderson Mail, September 10th. The Newark News notes that the poultry and egg crop in the laat cen sus year was valued at $281,178,000, which was moro than tho value of tho cattle and hogs slaughtered the Barn? year. Had the egg crop of tho year, it adds, been loaded into ono railroad train, when the engine nulled into Newark the caboose would have been passing through Davenport, Iowa. Chicago eats 80, 000,000 eggs a year, and New York twice as many, and thirty or forty million aro exported. )UCTION ileet what you want. We will make mer Goods. that ato worth 12^ to If) cents per 1. outs per yard to close at f> and 0 ght Men's Suits to go at greatly re i on th ess goods that must and will hoy are all oloscd out. ShocB, worth $1.26, (sizes 3, 3.^, 4, Weight Button Shoes, good stock, os G, G?, 7 and 8. -tho greatest lino shown in the up Look before buying. Irocories, Hardware, fctovos, Paints M MONS, A, S. C. Million Halos Cut from Crop. LaQrango, Ga., September 8. Hon. George W. Truitt, Troop county's well known largest farmer, who is known throughout JJ?e South as an authority on matters agricultu ral, ostimatOH that the severe drought throughout tho cotton belt for the past ten days bas cut a million bales from tho South's cotton crop. According to Mr. Truitt's estimate the ton days of dry weather have coat tho farmers of the South $50, 000,000, calculating that the staple will bring $50 per bale during the en tire season, which is quite a conserv ative figure at tho present prices. Thia makes the daily loss to the farmers from the drought $5,000,000. UIO LOKS IN ALA n.\ M A. Montgomery, September 8.-Com missioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole stated to-day that the cotton crop ?ms deteriorated 25 per cont in the cotton belt of Alabama within the past two weeks. The commissioner has just returned from an extended trip through the oe-I on belt. "Tho hot weather, the boll and army worm are injuring the orop and will cut it short," said the commissioner. "I predict that the next report will show a woree average condition of the crop than we have had for years." TEXAS 1,000,000 BALES SHY. Unless there is an organized effort on tho part of press correspondents all over thc State of Texas to falsify concerning existing conditions in their different localities, the ravagof of the boll weevil in that State have been under estimated rather thar over estimated by tho reports thal have been sent out before this time and tho condition of the Texas cot ton crop is very bad. It is evident from the tone of th( telegrams from Texas and the crof I information published in the news I papers of that State that the Tex ai idoa of what this crop will be ii very different from the idea of i great many northern cotton men. Ii Now York there is plenty of tall about a 4,000,000 balo crop for Texas and the figure is very seldom placet below 3,500,000 bales, while ii Texas, whore it is fair to bo pre sumed the situation is bettor under stood than it is in New York, a mai receives newspaper notoriety as ai optimist of the most pronounce! type if he estimates the crop a 3,000,000 bales. In forty two reports from diff?r?e Texas cotton centers only three c J four are indicative of as large a oro j this year as there was last. Aboi ? two thirds of tho telegrams tell < the ravages of boll weevil and otb? pests ; a number of thom say th crop in certain sections has bee ruined, and from every placo com? tho report that the crop is unusuall late. Allowing for the fact that son correspondents may have somewhi exaggerated thc conditions existir detrimental to a good crop, tho r ports from all over tho cotton bc are undoubtedly in tho main very a curate, and the condition they sho is certainly not a favorable ono. A Now Jersey Editor's Testimoney. M. T. Lynch, editor of tho Philipsbui N. J., Daily Post, writes: "I have us many kinds of medicines for coughs ai colds in my family, but uovor anythi so good as Foley s Ilonea and Tar. cannot sav too much in praise of it For salo by J, W. Hell, Walhalla. The Printer. Tho recent convention of printe in Washington brought from T Post of that city tho following tri ute to tho "poineers of tho army human progress and cmancipatior thc men without whom there wou bo little intelligence in tho countr "Without, them the teachers of t ages would havo taught in vain ; t dreams of philosophers would ha vanished with tho tapers that burn for their meditations ; Luttv Shakespeare, Goethe, Weal Swedenborg, Newton, Jenner, S' phenson and Rousseau would unknown beyond a narrow aud jeal< circle ; tho Dark Ages would s brood over tho human race, fl ignorance and fear and superstit hold us in degrading bondage." Men may write and write and n may think and think, but with? the printer their thought, would of little value to the world. Ame all the trades there is not ono mi honorable or important than that the printer, tho man who edges thc metallic messengers of thou) with nimble fingers or who mani; lates with dexterous hand tho k board of that marvelous invent which continually excites intellig wonder and admiration, tho linoty that monument to Otto Merg thaler's genius which the wisest n should bo proud to claim. 1 composing and press rooms of great modern daily nowspnper ne censo to bc impressive to the thou; ful man, oven though his days i nights may bo spent therein. ' world cannot do without the prin -Tho man who will trndo on tho n tatton of another, and offer you a nul tuto for nomo well-known brand of f or medicine, is no bettor than the S' dior who offers you a gold brick. I obances to one his own artiole is al I as ohcap as tho brick. Killed Child .0 *>lt>aso God jojMMtate Go? Columbia, Septomber^r-A horri ble oase of infanticide, attributed to religious fanaticism, occurred last night in Broadway township, Ander son county. John Qraffenreid, a negro, and his wife had been attending a "holiness mooting" and had beoomo greatly wrought up over the excitement at tending it. They went home from the meeting and spent the greater part of the night praying. Just be- j fore daylight Qraffenreid says bis| wife awoke him and asked him whioh he loved best, bis wife or child, a | baby about sixteen months old. She said the Lord was going to take one of them and asked whioh he would rather give up. Ile replied that if it was the Lord's will he would rather give up the child. He says the woman then got out of bed and took the child in her arms and declared she was going to offer it as a sacrifice. Ho says he was standing by her trying to quiet her when she suddenly exclaimed, "Here, Lord, lake this ohild," and threw the baby against the wall. He says his wife thou threw her arms around bira and tried to choke him, saying something about both of | them going to heaven together. They had a scuffle which awakened the other children who ran into the room and took the child and placed it on the bed. The woman then jumped out of the window and left the place, going to the farm of W. Q. Hammond, where she appeared early in the morning, acting in a strange mnnner as if demented. Fearing that she would do injury to herself or others, Mr. Hammond took her in charge. She said something about hor hus band killing her baby, and this aroused Mr. Hammond's suspicions. He telephoned the sheriff for in structions, who ordered both hus band and wife arrested. The woman is either raving mad or an adept at I feigning insanity, and spent the day in rolling on thc floor or climbing ] the wall of her cell. Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs. "Several yoars siuco my lungs were so badly affected that I baa many hemor rhages," writes A. M. Ako, of Wood, Ind. "I took troatmont with several physicians without any benefit. I then startod to take Foloy's Honea and Tar and my lungs are now as souud as a bul let. I rocommend it in advanced stages of lung trouble. For sale by .J. W. Hell. An Army of Rodents. From Calhoun county, Michigan, there comes to tho Smithsonian In stitute a sensational story of the in vasion of that county by an army of j 5,000 rats in one pack. A big gray rat is said to bo leading thc vast! army of rodents. Michigan papers devoto considerable space to tho pe culiar occurrence, and some Battle Creek citizens who have become in terested in the migration have writ ten to tho Smithsonian Institute for an explanation, if possible. The story of the rat raid as told in the Michigan papers is that about twelve days ago about a hundred large rats were crossing a highway three miles east of Tekonsha village, Calhoun county. They aro said to have been under the leadership of a large gray rat of venerable and dignified aspect, and this leader marshaled his forces in most authoritative manner. A few days afterward a farmer in Clarondon township, in tho same county, was aroused about three o'clock in the morning by a squeal ing noise of great magnitude, such as might be made by a score of litters of young pigs. As the sound con tinued to grow in volume tho farmer arose, hastily put on his clothes and went out doors. The air seemed filled with strange sounds, and the man climbed his windmill to see if he could discover tho cause. He oould see a dark wave rolling across a field toward his barn, it is said, and as it approached nearer ho could soe that it was composed of hundrods of rats squealing loudly as they ran. Into the barnyard they came, halting in front of the barn. Then a large gray rat seemed to select about twenty husky rats from tho bunch and led them into tho build iug. When they emerged ton minutes later they were accompanied by about one hundred of the Clarendon man's rats. They took their places in tho ranks and the procession moved on again across tho field. When last soon thohordo was said to havo been crossing the highway east of the village of Tekonsha. iii. claimod a traveler had to wait nearly five minut.es for thom to orosa tho road, and ho estimated their number to bo not less than 6,000. They wero still under the leadership of the big gray fellow, who appeared to be a walking delegate in the most extensive strike in the history of Rodoutdom.-Washington Star. A Call Meeting. The Woman's Missionary Union of tho Heaven! a tn Association will moet with ConnerosB churoh at 10 a. m. Saturday, September 10, to attend to some unfin ished business. livery delegate who at tended the mooting at New Hope is re quested to be present and every church not represented then will pleaso send representatives. Tho Lord has wonder fully blessed Woman's Mission work. Mrs. W. J. Stripling. Wes tm', peter, September 10. Priestly Ban on Printers. Milwaukee, Wis., September9. The slogan for what promises to be one of the biggest contentions in which organized labor has boon engaged has been sounded by Father N. J. Ward, of Beloit, who has declared that neither he nor any other priest of the Roman Catholic faith will give absolution to those who have taken the oath of the International Typographical Union. The oath of this union requires that the member's allegiance to his union shall have priority ovor every obliga tion, religious or otherwise. Father A. F. Suhinner, administrator of the archdiocese, said to-day that Father Ward was altogether justified in making suoh a statement and that he would himself say the same thing. Father Sohinner's name is included in the list forwarded to the Pope for a successor to the late Arohbisbop F. X. Katzer. i School -Improvement Societies. A representative of the Southern Education Board has recently or ganized tho following school im provement societies in Oconee : Return Library Association.-Mr. Dalton president, Miss M Hie Martin secretary. Andrew Piokens Sunshine Society, Tamasseo school.-Wm. Littleton president, Ed. Littleton treasurer, Mary Julia Reid secretary. Joe Brown Sunshine Society, Long Creek school.-Colors, red and blue. Miss Della Phillips president, Miss Ollie Watkins vice president, M?BS Del ph ie Lee secretary, Miss Etta Phillips treasurer. Organized with 38 members. Warren Lee, an old school-mate of Joe Brown, was made an honorary member. Long Creek is the birthplace of Joe Brown. Mountain View Sohool Improve ment Club, Neville sohool.-Colors, gold and black. Motto: "Climb higher and trust in God." W. L. Ballenger president, Miss Marie Isboll secretary, Miss Mary Miller treasurer. James Robertson (Horseshoe) School Improvement Circle.-Motto : "If I cannot find a way I will make one." Miss Ellen Duncan president, Miss Clarice Shockley secretary, Miss Marie Hutchison treasurer. This society is in West Union, and tho first thing is to get a library. The Foundation Club, of White Rock.-Clors, old gold and purple. Miss Rosa Johnson was tho first president. The society is a year old. Seneca and Bounty Land each have a society. Cohnerosa and New Hope will soon organize a sohool society. Which school will got the flag? Marye R. Shclor. o tm TORI A.. Besra the J* TB Kind You Havs Always Bought Tho Fishing Creek Disaster. L. W. Loutbian, coroner of York county, immediately after tho wreck at Fishing Creek last Thursday, im pannolled a jury charged with the duty of inquiring into tho oause of tho deaths of Henry C. Brickman, Fred. Rhino, C. J. Smith, Bob Burris and Richard Wagoner, who lost their lives by reason of tho disaster. Tho jury did not complete its work until Saturday afternoon. A number of witnesses, including several em ployees of the railroad, were ex amined. Tho verdict is in regular form, and nftor naming the viotitns, says "oamo to their death in tho train wreck on tho Southern Railroad at the aforesaid trestle, which trestle was in a dangerous and unsafo con dition, this dangerous condition being due to gross careleoouwcMi un the part of tho ofliccrs of thc railroad." Over-Work Weaken? Your Kidneys* Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood In your body passes through your kidneys once ?very three minutes. The kidneys aro your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or impurities In the blood. If thoy 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. . lt used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to thc kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning in kidney trouble, ? If you aro sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. Tho mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's S>wamp-Root, the great kidney remedy ls soon realized. It stands the highest for Its wonderful cures of tho most distressing cases and ls sold on Its merits by all druggists in fifty cent and one-dollar siz-| es. You may have a sample bottle by mail Hom? of swamp-aoot. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you havo kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't mako any mistake, but remem ber tho name-Swamp-Koot-Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the address binghamton, N. Y.-on every bottle,