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&fet Jiwrtot* ?anxux. . U?LI?H*0 tVKNV WrONCVOAV MOBNINO -?V JAVNK8, 8HKLOR, SMITH * 8TEOK IL T. JA?.NM. I wua , p..,,. I D. A. SMITH. J. W. BHBLOR, I . rva*- \ J. A. 8TKCK. 9u??cm?TioN. ?LOO Pen ANNUM. AOVKNTiatNO RATKS RlAKONAHU RI" Communication? of ? porsouii1 oh ?rac ter charged for as advertisement* iXf Obituary notices and tributen 01 reenact, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. C'aah to accompany .Manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C. I WKDNIHDAYi MAY 4, HMM. PLEA FQR GOOD ROADS Mails by Senator Latlmsr Balero Beacon Society In Boston. Senator Latimer's admirable ad dress ou good roads before tho Bea con Sooiety iu BoBton Saturday night bas elicited much favorable comment all over the country. He said in part : The subject that has been assigned to mo this evening for disoussion is as old as tho government itself. Tho improvement of the common roads of the country engaged the attention of our ablest statesmen from 1802 to 1832, and during that period about $14,000,000 was appropriated for road purposes. All thu great minds of that, period wore ono in conceding this question to be of the highest im portance and of tho mo; t far-reaoh ing effect in determining 'I, * happi ness and prosperity of tho american people. It is to-day, as it was then, a question which demands the earn est consideration ol every American citizen. Tho mud tax, levied on our people by the miserable condition of the common roads, is the highest and most onerous that we have to pay. lt will astonish you to know that it costs tho people of the United States every year $300,000,000 more to transport the surplus products of the farm and tho forest to tho ship ping point, than tho total cost of transporting all of tho freight, pas sengers, mail and express over all the railroads of the United States. In 1869 tho railroads recoived from all sources a little over $700,000,000. Every dollar of this revenue was re turned to tho people in tho employ ment of labor, the use of material, in taxes to tho States, and in interest on invested capital. Tho one billion dollars or moro spent in cost of trans portation over tho dirt roads was a total loss, not one cent being re turned to tho people in taxes or as interest on invested capital. And yet this is only a small propor tion of tho loss caused by the poor condition of our roads. The loss of surplus product which cannot be put on tho market; thc necessity of maintaining millions of draft animals, which would otherwise bo unneces sary ; the loss of capital in vehicles ; the depressed and dissatisfied condi tion of our agricultural classes on account of the hardships and isola lion of their lives, and the consequent falling off of production and thc decrease in values, aro all sources of tho loss of millions to the people. It is evident that some change in our method of road improvement must bo adopted. The local com munity is not able to build roads alone. Many of the States aro not able to do so, and even if they were, there is a feeling, which, in my opinion, is justly founded, that it would be an unequal burden laid upon them to be compelled to do it. Realizing that this burden cannot be equitably distributed except by placing it on the people, and that the most remunerative powers of raising revenue, originally held by the States, arc now in tho Federal government, it is only by an appro priation out of tho Federal treasury that the improvement of our roads can be accomplished with justice to all the people. The next question which presents itself is as to the power of Congress to make such au appropriation. I think that the power exists by ex press grant in tho constitution. Basing my opinion on the views of such eminent men as Madison, Mon roe, Gallatin, Webster, Calhoun, Clay and Adams, and taking into consideration thc legislative history of tho country, I hohl that the power is clearly established. It is contended by many who op ose this appropriation that it would ankn.pt ,he Federal treasury. Let us see if this contention is based upon sound judgment. During thc last five years we have spent more than $600,000,000 in tho Philippine Islands; $168,000,000 on rivers and harbors, and have more than doubled our appropriation for thc army and navy, and still wo have surplus in the treasury of over $200,000,000. With the war over in tho Philippine Islands there ought to be from $-10, 000,000 to $70,000,000 annually above the necessary expenditures which will go to tho surplus, if prop perity continues. An expenditure of $50,000,000 annually for road pur poses would not be a heavy drain upon the treasury, but, on tho other hand, as I have shown, would tend to enrich the people, enabling them to becomo larger consumers, and thereby reimburse the treasury. There are other considerations more important than any financial advantage which would follow tho improvement of the roads. Tho un rest and dissatisfaction of our agri cultural classes I* attributed in a largo measure to tho condition of our roads. They aro cut off from the centers of progress. Lifo on the farm is unattractive and means mental and social isolation. The brain and manhood of the rural com munities is seeking opportunities elsewhere. All the lines of trade and industry are becoming congested, and the farms are becoming depleted and left to the thriftless and unambi tious. The mero statement of the case is sufficient to arouse our deep est appreciation. Upon that class of our people depends, in the last analysis, the happiness and pros perity of the country. It is import ant, therefore, that something should bo done to rovive their interest, en courage their Inborn, and brighten their lives. They1 have asked for few favors, but have always been the bulwark of the government in pence and war. Rheumatism. Rub the swollen, painful joint or muscle with Elliott's Emulsified Oil Lini ment. Relief will come in a few minutes and a permanent euro result if its use is persisted in. Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment is very penetrating and sooth ing. It quickly relieves inflammation and disperses congestion. It cures lameness, stiffness, soreness of joint or muscle, bruises, swellings, contusions ana sprains. Full half-pint bottles, 2o cents. Walhalla Drug Company, Walhalla ; Seneca Pharmacy, Seneca. FOR THE CANDIDATES. A Seech Iron th? Pul that May Appeal to th? Speaker? of th? Present A aubsoriber from a distance sends u? a copy of the Keowce Courier, published at Old Piokeu? Court House, November 20, 1866. It is suggested, for the benefit of Ocbnee'ji present crop of candidate?, that we republish the speech of "Old Steve," delivered at Alexandria, Fla.', on September 4, 1869. We follow the suggestion and reproduce here, in full, for what it ?B worth : TUB 8I>BRCI1 OP o? o BTBVK. Gentlemen and fe! 1er-citizens : I am a long ways from home, rope bridle, meal bag for a saddle, to ask you to send . mo to the Legislatur. Keller-cit ivens ! you all know "old Steve." ' Where waa the corn shuokin' or log rollin* whore I wasn't there V Where was there aoow in a bog hole, or a hog in the oraok, that I didn't get'em out? Where was "old Steve" when tho Injuns was tem in' the hair off'n the Leads of your wives and children, and makin' fiddle bows of it? Wad in' through the oypress up to my mouth, in the saw grass, mud aud tadpoles, shouten' at thu rod devils in the language of General Jackson, "siok tranoit gloria mundi 1" Boys, you kuows mo, 'cause your granddaddy H did before you. I was born and sucoored among you. I was here when the Spanish tuok down their flag; waa here when old Jackson give the Injinu particu lar, and treated him to as good a class of whiskey and strychnine as any man ever drunk. And when old Tom Jefferson sent for rae to go to Washington I was still here, with fifteen childorn and as good a hoss as any man ever rid, only she was blind and had the bellus's. Yes, feller citizens, I'vo inharited tho office, and I knows you'ro a gViue to give it to me. Feller-citizens, I'm nono of your grammar men, and knows notbin of your jaw-brakin' words, but odioation dusn't make tho man, because 'tisn't what Washington sed in his farewell address, "ad oalling dttm bona defuncti !" Kin yeu beat that? Wasn't ho right, and ain't that my hand ? Fel ler-citizens, jest put mo in the Legis latur if you waut to see a whole team. I'll turn Columby upside down, bust up the railroad sistem, turn the Gulf of Mexico into tho Suwanoo river, and build a bridge to tho city of Now Orleans-that's mo, that's "old Steve," up to tho baok bone, "Legis non capti horticultulo rum robis," as Lord Coko sod when he lived at the cross roads. Yes, feller-citizens, I'm a whole team, wnggiti, drivor and all, and when yew send me to Tallyhasse, ef they don't divide Columby, I'll bring the darned place down hero and make a gin house out'n it. And now feller citizens, I've explained my pints, and yer know what I'm at, I'm in for Hplittin' up Columby, for in a little while the placo'U be so big you can't find tho way home-I'll have the Court House at my placo, and I'll be tho Judge-I hain't a lawyor, but then I've hera 'em talk in Court an' whoo you want to settle a pint como to mo an' I won't charge yo a red, for as Blackstone says in his Com missaries, "Cujus ad solumjus tena rum plexit ad celum." Ain't I sum? And uow fuller-citizens, give me yer votes, for blame my buttons of I hain't the man ye've been lookin' fur all the time! 'Lect me, and when I gits to the Governor I'll give you some of the best old rye in tho coun try. All you've got to do is to come to the polls, put yer tickets in tho box, and like the American Eagle, which roosted on the head of Queen Victory, we'll spread our wings and shout to the balmy breezes, "multum in parvo, facit perse !" Are Your Lungs Sound ? ? ? Hydalo's Elixir cures woak lungs. If you think you have a bronchial affection, or if you fear you have consumption, roly on Hydalo's Elixir. This modern scientific discovery kills the gorms that cause chronic throat and lung diseases, assists nature to restore those organs tu health. Hydalo's Elixir is also a certain cure for acute throat and lung trouble, such as coughs, colds, hoarseness, etc. Hydalo's Elixir is a splendid family remedy for young or old. Walhalla Drug Co., Walhalla; Seneca Pharmacy, Seneca. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. Items of News of the Past Week Gathered from Various Sources. Caleb Powers, the formor Socretary of State of Kentucky, now under sentence of death for tho murder of Governor Goobel, is writing a book concerning his personal oxporiencesduring tho troublous days ot' Kentucky's fierce partisan war for control of the State. As a result of tho recent examination in this Congressional District Repre sentative Wyatt Aiken has selected J. M. Mars and .1. II. Ihn I::.dale, both of Greenwood county, for principal and alternate candidates for naval cadetsbips at Annapolis. Hon. Isaac H McCalla, of Lowndes villo, and one of the largest farmers in Abbeville county, recently sold 207 bales of cotton at Mi cents per pound, for which ho recoived $17,000 cash. Farming would seem to be paying down in that neck of tho woods. Uso about 2 ounces of Paris green with 2 gallons of finely slaked limo on your potatoes as soon as they come up. Usc again in two weeks. About threo appli cations will keop tho bugs off. They aro hore waiting for tho potatoes to ap pear nbovo the ground. Tho Pennsylvania Democratic btato Convention, held last wook, refused to instruct tho national delegates from Pennsylvania to voto for the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, for president. Tho delegates will go to St. I .nuis uninstructed and will go bound by tho unit rulo. The Virginia Democratic State Conven tion was held on Wednesday. It is said that thooponing was ono of tho stormiest over hold in Virginia, but things quieted down and tho convention ended in harmony and enthusiasm. Tho four dele, egates at largo and all tho district d?lo gatos except two aro for Gorman for president Hist and Parker second. Govoruor Ayoock, of North Carolina, and Governor D. C. Hoyward, of South Carolina, inspected tho school for tho Deaf and the Blind, at Cedar Springs, recently, and attended the class exorcises at Converso College tho night following, Governor Ayoock making an address in honor of Founder's day. Five miles of tho eloctric railroad from Carncsville to Athens have been graded, and it is said that a great doal of enthu siasm is manifested by tho pooplo of that section of the country as to tho progress of tho road and they aro deter mined to have it built and completed at onco.-Hartwell ((Ja.) Sun. Mrs Lizzie Goodwin, a woman who carno to Plokcns county from North Carolina about a year ago, committed suicido with a rope in her own room. She had been separated from lier hus band and lived with her daughter. Her act is supposed to havo been tho result of brooding over her unhappy domestic relation. OASTOniA. There are more John Browns than any other name in tho now city directory of Philadelphia, but they load the John Smiths by only one. Thore aro 317 John Browns and 310 John Smiths. Among the 600,000 names recorded are 1,200 Whites, 450 Blacks, 0 Greens. 1 Red. 17 Blues, and ft Lavendars. In the bird Hoe there are Canary, Robin. Eaglo, Crow. Hawk, Sparrow, Buzzard, Peacock and Bau tara. .I Saved Hi? Crop from Grasshoppers. A gentleman who used to live at University placo was growing wheat in Southern Nebraska when the grasshoppers struck bim, vaya the Nebraska Statu Jouruu?. lio had a forty-acre field ot* wheat that year, promising a big yield, and the pros pect of its having to go to feed his eueinies, the grasshoppers, was gall ing almost beyond endurance. Very soou after the vanguard of tho hop pers appeared, however, this gentle man made an entomological discov ery that saved his orop. "I found," he said, "that grasshop pers were in the habit of olimbing the wheat stalks every morning to spend the day feeding on what was intended to feed me and my family. I used to go out to the field to soe how' they were getting on every morniug, and in my impatience at the liberties they were taking with my wheat I would occasionally strike a clump of them as they hung to a Ht ?ilk and knook thom to the ground. "/Vfter awhile I notioed that when a grasshopper was thus dislodged he made no further effort to get his dinner, but i einainei. on the ground until the regular time to climb the stalk next morning. Immediately on making the important disoovery I went and took down our long olothes line, and called my wife to come and help me. Then we went through that forty-aore field, drag fing tho clothes line over the wheat etween us, and kuooked all the grasshoppers to the ground. There they stayed till the next day. "Next morning wo gavo tho hop pers just time enough to get well started up the stalks when we went out and repeated the proceeding of the day before. Tho result was the same, and in course of a few days every grasshopper in that field had died of starvation. Our neighbors came out every morning to jeer at us, and called us a pair of old idiots, but we harvested tho only wheat crop in that part of Nebraska that year." Congress has disapproved of the proposition to oust clerks over 70 years of age. Russia has purchased several steam ers belonging to tho Hamburg-Ame rican line. Five colton mills belonging to the J. & P. Coates Co., at Pawtucket, R. I., have adoptod a schedule of five days a weok. Russia is said to bo fooling tho pulse of the bankors of the world on a proposition to raise a loan of $100, 000,000. Miss Helen Gould has subscribed $1,000 to a fund that is hoing raised to protect young women visitors to tho World's Fair. A Pennsylvania man bought Bible at auction for six cents and found a $10 bill iu it. Save your | Bibles ; also search tho Scriptures. If Mr. Bryan will spend as much timo and energy lighting the Repub licans as he is spending in fighting I the Democratic party it will bo better for him and for all concerned.-An derson Mail. An Austin, Texas, dispatch says that over 1,500 head of cattle wore killed by a hail storm in -the Las Cruces district of tho State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, recently. Tho corn crop was completely destroyed in tho path of tho storm. Dr. D. K. Pearson will send $50, 000 to Rollins College, Winter Park, the Florida institution for helping Cubans and children of American residents in Cuba to a higher educa tion. He pledged this amount a year ago on condition that $150,000 bo raised independently. A London newspaper gives this little item of American nows : "If a whito man kills a negro in the town of Lake Charlas, La., ho is fined 50 cents. This has led to a good deal of grumbling among the white in habitants." Prohibition has been forced, by constitutional amendment, more or lo88 in Kansas for twenty-one years. In five out of 105 counties the pro hibitory law is not enforced. Those five counties have seventeen per cont of the population and furnish over j thirty per cont of tho crime. There was a collision between a through freight train and a local freight in the side track of the Sea board Air Linc at Chester ono day last week. M. G. Tucker, an opera tor in the Spring Stein cotton mills, who was standing in the front end of tho cab of the through freight into which the local crashed, was caught between tho cab and box oar and in stantly killed, his head hoing crushed. Six or sevon persons killed and at least 40 or 50 injured is the record of a cyclone which passed over por tions of Texas and Southern Indian Territory one day last week. Tho wind struck Mount Pleasant and Winnsboro, Texas, injuring many people, several seriously. Nono in Texas were killed, but at SaPaula, Indian Territory six aro reported to have perished. Much of tho resi dent portion of Mount Pleasant was wrecked ; fifteen buildings wore de molished at Winnsboro, and some damage was done at Titus. Twolve people wore badly injured at that piaco. Thc sturm reached hore and did much damage. oABTortiyv. Bean tho J* Kin<1 You Hate Always Boufljtt Considered by States New York loads in population, with more than seven and a half million; Pennsylvania exceeds six and a half million and Illinois has passed live millions; Texas has over three million, having passed Missouri, lint twenty-two Statos now havo less than a million inhabitants and fourteen exceed two millions. Tho rural freo delivery postal service appears to bo spreading rapidly over tho oountry. According to latoBt reports, thero aro nearly 22,000 routes in opera tion, and sevoral hundred moro havo boon favorably reported upon. Besides theso there aro on hand smoothing over 5,000 petitions for other routes. This branch of tho postal sorvico has already become one of its mont important feat ures and promises io the near futuro to rench all sections of the country. It is holping groatly to mako rural lifo moro comfortable and attractive Tho commencement exercises at Con verse College will bo held on Sunday and Monday, May 20 and 80. The baccalau rate sermon will bo preached by Kev. Dr. .1. J. Tigert, of Nashville, Tenn., a distinguished and eloquent divine of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The annual address to tho two literary socie ties will bo delivered by Col. Bennett II. Yoong, of Louisville, Ky., a famous lawyur, noted for his eloquence and lite rary attainments. In tho Confederate anny ho played a conspicuous part in the struggle of tho South against the North. Tho graduating class numbers 41 mern ! bora. Forty-Six Perish in Mine. Johannesburg, April 20.-Tho col lapse'of a cage in the Robinson mine precipitated forty-six natives 2,000 feet to tho bottom. All were killed. The bottom of tho shaft is a quag mire of human remain?, C. T."ul*| itUtf A AMOK )M?KWMMttUL^a How un Idiot Savoo HI? Hom?. Not long ?(tar I entered the min. iotry I went to a certain town to bold a ?eries of mooting?. It wot one of these good ola Southern towns, the inhabitants of which banked on aristocracy and fed their souls upon the glory of departed days. They hod never known what it was to be spiritually warm. Tho first night I was there I preached to j a great audience. That was in my I early ministry, when I made many propositions. The first one I msde that night was for any one to stand who wanted prayers offered for their friends. A Soon as I made it a little boy got up and walked out iii the aisle, where he stood looking me square iu the face. I said, "God bless you, little man," and he sat down. I then asked any one who wonted the prayers of God's people to riso. That boy got out in the aisle again and looked me in the face, and again 1 said, "God bless you." I asked if there was anybody present j who was willing to accept Jesus. That boy stood up again snd looked me in the face, and again I said, "God bless you." Nobody else stood up that night, and I began to think that I had struck about the hardest and coldest orowd I had ever ran up against. The next night I preached as hard as 1 knew bow to sinners, sud when I finished, I asked anybody who wanted to be prayed for to stand up. That same little rascal popped out into the aisle aa he had done the night before and stood looking at| me 'util I saw him and said, "God bless you." I thought I'd vary tho thing a little, so I asked if anybody present was willing to oome forward and give me his hand SB an indica tion that he would acoept Jesus. That same boy esme shuffling out of his seat, straight down the aisle and gave me his hand. I saw smiles on the faces of some in the congrega tion. Nobody but the boy showed any interest and I went off some what disheartened. The third night I preached, and when I asked all who wanted prayer to rise, that boy popped out in tho aisle. The people had begun to regard it asa joke, and they nudged each other with their elbows, while a broad smile flared from one side of the house to the other, When I asked anybody who was willing to Sooept Jesus to como and give me their hands, that boy oamo, and tho congregation smiled broader than before, and some! actually tittered. After tho meet ino tho deacons came to me and told me that the boy must be stopped, as he was a half idiot, and was throwing a damper on the meeting. I said : "Stop nothing I How are you going to throw a damper on an ice-house ?" For tho whole of that week the boy was tho only person in the houso who showed any interest in the meeting. Then he wanted to join the ohurch. Tho pastor was absent, and I was to open the doors of the church. The doaoons oarae to me and said 1 must not reooivo that boy as he didn't havo sense enough to i'oin tho church. I said ! "Look tere, brethren, I won't take this re sponsibility on my hands. I'm go ing to put that boy on you, and if iou choose to rejeot him, his blood e upon your hands." At the con clusion of tho morning service, I in vited all who desired to unite with tho church to come forward. That boy came. I asked him if he had accepted Christ for his personal Saviour. That's all I ever ask. He said ho had. "Brethren," said I, "you hear what this boy has to say. What will you do with him? An ominous silence fell on the congrega tion. After a while from way back by tho door, I heard a muffled and rather surly, "I move ho bo received." Another painful silence followed, and then from the middle of the church I heard a muffled, "I second the mo tion." When I put the motion, about half a dozen members voted "aye" in a tone so low that it seemed as if they were scared. I gave tho boy the right hand of Christian wel come awaiting baptism, and then dismissed the congregation. Tho next day the boy went out to seo his old grandfather, a man whoso feet were taking hold upon the shift ing sands of eternity. "Grand father," said he, "won't you go with me to church to-night and hear that preacher?" We always feel kindly toward those that are afflicted, you know, and aro willing to please them; so the old man agreed to go. That night I saw the boy aud the old roan sitting way back near the door. When the sermon was finished ono of tho members of the ohuroh arose and said : "I have a request to make. Wo have with us to-night Mr. Blank, ono of our oldest and most respected citizens, but he is out of Christ. I want speoial prayer for this, my speoial friend." With that ho laid his hand upon tho head of tho old man, down whose far rowed cheeks the tears were stream ing. Tho next night I saw tho old man sitting about half way down tho aisle. When all who wanted to accept Jesus were invited to come forward and give mo thoir hand, I saw thc half idiotic boy coming down tho nislo leading tho old man by tho hand. That little boy's father kept a sa loon. Tho following day the child went there, and climbing up over the counter, ho peeped down upon his father and said : "Papa, won't you go with mc to churoh to-night to hear that preacher ?" "You get out of here, child, go out of here, said the father, "don't you know you mustn't como in here?" Strange, Btrangu how fathers will keep places into which their children cannot go. "But, papa," continued the boy, "won't you go with me to church to night?" "Yes, I'll go, but you get off hero." That night tho man oamo with the half idiotic boy nnd sat about where tho old man had sat the night before. When I asked all who would accept Christ to como for ward, ho walked down tho aisle and gave mo his hand. Ho asked if he could make a statement, and when I said "yes" he faced tho congregation and said: "My friends, you all know me, and I want to say that so long ns I live I will never sell an other drop of whiskey, for I have given my heart to God to-night, and from this day forward I propose to servo him." The meeting warmed up at lau, the town was sot on fire for God, every saloon keeper was oon vorted and every saloon in town was closed. The feeling spread and a saloon soven miles in tho country was olosed and the keeper was con verted to God, At the close of the meeting I sat ou tho front seat and saw the pastor load three generations into the bap I is nal waters, the old man in front, his son behind him, nnd the last in the line the little half Idiot boy, Our money winning book* written by men who know, un you alt about Potocsh They are needed by every man who owns a field and a plow, and ?'ho d*?!res to ?,*>*. 'tv* mast out of them. They %t%frt*. Send postal card. CABMAN KAU WORK* Kew Y.rk-v* HMM Mrnl, Allants, H.. Bm? A4. The only mistake that was made, to my mind, was that the boy who had led the others to Christ, should not have been first in the line. Whore ?B the little half idiot boy now ? He has grown rauoh brighter within the last few years and is now going to school. Ho says he wants to be and will be a missionary. Oh, ray friends, my heart thrills within me to think that, off yonder in some dark conti nent, there are heathen souls who are waiting for tho sound of the voice of that hnlf idiot boy, to pro claim to them thc glad tidings of sal vation, and to send a stroam of light] into their bonighted lives. Oh, let us all learn that peruistent, self-surrendor, ever doing tho best we oan, is a never failing way that leads to viotory.- Kev. Lon. G. Broughton, in Index. -?? The Causo of the Bluet. Nine ti m en out of ten that mortal con dition which results iu dopressiuo, de- j spoodeuoy-the blues-is caused by a torpid action of tho liver. In faot, the conditions described abovo aro usually tho iirst manifestations of a sluggish liver. If tho attack continuos, sallow ness will soon appear- Tho next time you feel "bluo" take Bydnle's Liver Tab lets. You will be surprised to see how quickly tho blues will vanish aud how bright and cheerful you will fool. Ky dalo's Liver Tablots make tho liver healthy and keep it healthy. Tboy regu late the bowels and keep them rogular. Fifty tablets for 25 cents. Walhalla Drug Co., Walhalla; Soneca Pbarmaoy, I Seneca. Preacher Beat the Ban<<. Butte, Mon., April 2o.--C. E. Hendor I son, a Methodist miuistor, 00 years old, lost his pulpit in Salt Lake City a year i ago on account of his age, and oame to Butto with his wife aud two children. Since then ho has boen uuablo to get a ca'l as pastor, and has oked out a scant living for himself and family. Ho han worked in the streets, washed dishes at hotols, but could not supply his wants. To-day he oallod at tho oity employment ngonoy, whoro ho had for a year boen a daily oaller, and anuounccd that he was going to Los Angelos. Ho had a prosperous appearance and Bald that ho had suf fered from want long enough; bo had turned gambler mid fortune had smiled upon him. ' I would hnvo commit ted crime to savo my family from hungor, for I could got no assist anco," said tho old preaohor. "I bo liove it was God that put it into ray head to try my luok at roulotto. I played ray last dollar on tho red aud won. I doubled and won again. I played them all and Providenoo romaiuod with mo and lifted me from tho quagmire of de spair. Every day for two woeks I have played and continued in luck, aud to-day I havo $1,500 in my pocket and wo aro goiugto California to start lifo over." Sour Stomach-Heart-Burn. noart-burn results from an acid or sour condition of thc stomach. This acidity is caused by indigestion. Thc food is only partly digOBtod, the indi gested portion ferments, producing acid and gas, these produce heart-burn and sour stomach. Itydale's Stomach Tab leta speedily relievo these conditions. They neutralize tho acid and food, re storing normal conditions. Hydale's Stomach TabletB CUBE all forms of Stomach trouble. Walhalla Drug Co., Walhalla; Seneca Pharmacy, Sonoca. Thomas Jefferson's Last Hours. "Tho Last Hour? and Death of Thomas Jefferson" is an extract from ono of his biographers, and tho scene of his departure is graphically de scribed. Ho calmly gave directions for his funeral, expressly forbidding all pomp and parado, and he asked with a smile, "Do you think I fear to die ?" He called the family and friends around his bedside, and uttered distinctly tho following sen tence : "I havo ?lone for my country aud for mankind all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God, and my daughter to my country." These wore tho last words ho articulated, his last solemn declaration to tho world, his dying will and testament, bequeathing his most precious gift to his God and to his country. Ile. Bank away imper ceptibly, and breathed his last with out a struggle or a murmur, on the groat jubileo of American Liberty tho day and tho hour on which the Declaration of Independence bad re ceived its final reading, and on the 50th anniversary of that momentous day. Jefferson was born in 1713, and ho was only 33 years old when he wrote tho Declaration of Inde pendence, dying on the 4th of July, 1820, aged 83 years. Tho Peary Arctic Exploration club has been organized under the laws of tho State .of New York for tho purpose of raising funds for ex ploration purposes. Did Not Close For a Week. Heart Trouble Baf fled Doctors. Dr. Miles'!Ie&rt Cure and Nervine Cured Me. There is nothing more necessary to health than sleep and rest. If these arc denied von, if you rise in the morning more tired than when you went lobed, there is an affection of the nerves plainly present. If your henri is weak, or there is an inherited tendency in that direction, your weakened nerves will soon fo affect your heart's action as to bring on serious, chronic trouble. Dr. Miles' Ner vine is a nerve tonic, which quirts the nerves, ?o that sleep may come, and it quickly re stores the weakened nerves to health and strength. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is a great blood and heart tonic which regulates the ac tion of the heart, enriches th? blood and im proves the circulation. ".Some time ago I wai suffering severely with heart trouble. At times my heart would seemingly stop beating and at others it would beat loudly and very (sst. Three to four hours sleep each night in ten months was all I could get One week in last September I never closed my eyes. I got Dr. Miles' Nervine and Heart Cure at a drugstore in Lawrence burg, after spending ?300.00 in medi cines and doctors in Louisville, Shelbwllle, Frankfort, Cincinnati snd l.awrenceburg, and in three days have derived more benefit from the use of your remedies than I got from all the doctora and their medicines. I think everybody ought to know of the mar velous power contained In your remedies." W. H. HUCHES, Fox Creek, Ky. AU druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, lad. .* th? Oran* L^J.JU Kiuyiit? ol Honor. Folombia, Aprisa-The Gram'. Lo.:K?! Knight? o? Honor nm? hero at B o'clock lust uight, Grand Diotatot J. J. V. vf Well?oi.i p.iH.diurf. All the 50 mdges of tho Sta te, ?Uli twa or three exception, were represen fed. The ati?ndame, in eluding delegate? aud otnoem td the Uiand Lodge, waa about 100. Reports were rendered showing th order to b? lu rino condition In this Stale, with an increased membership. Oue of tho i en,,rig t,RU]: ?'IQ the 8< years of Its existence the oidor has palo more than $80,000,000 in death claim.-, and more i hau $16,000,000 to sick anti disabled brethren. Jt has paid ever) just claim in full, and paid it promptly, and at the pieeout time is paying it? claims lu from 10 to 80 day? from date of death. .-.There were 58 claims paid li> th is State last year, aggregating $109,000 " Tho reports showed a net Increase in membership for tho State of 10. This was au encouraging showing Inasmuch a? net losses have been recorded for the past several years. An entertaining feature of tho session was the initiation o? two members ol Columbia Lodge, No. 850, in whose hall tho Grand Lodge ls holding its sessions Columbia, April 21.-The Sooth Caro lina Grand Lodge of the Knights ot Honor at lt? concluding session held here to-day voted unanimously Ju favoi of admitting women to membership, anil so instructed tts de loga tos to tho Supreme Lodge, of which the Hon. John C. Shep ?>ard, of Edgefleld.is the Supremo Dicta or. The Grand Lodge had the ploasure of listening to an address from Governor Sheppard who stands high in the ordor. The question of holding bl-ennial in stead of annual sessions oame up again. The vote stood 85 for bi-eunial sessions and 20 for annual. As a two-thirds vote ls necessary to change- the constitution the resolution was lost 'and annual ses sions will continue to bo held. The following officers' were elooted for the ensuing year: Grand Dictator, J. J. Vernon, of Wellford; Grand Vioe Dic tator, Jas. E. Herbert,! of Charleston; Grand Assistant Dictator, .('. P. Quut'le baum, ff Conway; Chaplain, IB. G. Clif ford, of Union; Grand Heporter, L. N Zoaly, of Columbia; Grand Treasurer, J. T. Robertson, of Abbeville; Graud Guido, D. Maher, of Columbia; Graud^ Guar dian, W. C. Meredith, of Pelzor; Grand Sentinel, .loll n K cn neil y.1 of Hodges; Grand Trustees, J. O. Ladd, B. C. ,Du Pre.and J. R. P. Goodlett. A FACT ABOUT THE "BLUES" What la known as the "Blues' ls seldom occasioned by actual exist" lng external conditions, but In the great majority of cases by a disorder ed UVBR_--w. THIS IS A PACT which may be demonstra ted by trying a course of Ms Pills They control and regulate the LIVER. They bring hope and bouyancy to the mind. They bring health and elastic ity to the body. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. To Settle Alliance Claims. Columbia, April 23.-Judge Gray has issued an important dooisiou in tho now celebrated Farmers' Alliance case, which will probably dispose of tho $10,000 uow in tho bank, which has boen awaiting | I the ordor for some months. The ordor I was that tho master of Richland county, .fohn S. Y ci ncr, should advertise for several weeks for all creditors and stock holders of the Farmers' Alliance Ex change to present to him all claims with proof preparatory to a settlement. Thero aro several hundred sub-Alli ances through tho State that own stock in the Alliance, each having about $100. Besides these, there aro a largo number of claims Hied, some of these beiug in tho form of suits, this being the cause of tho disruption of the Alliance. All of these will now bo referred to tho Mnstor, who will have tho power to pass upon tho validity of each. It is safe to say that all of tho fund will ho wiped out, although it is not thought that there will bo any shortage, or settlements of less than a hundred cents on tho dollar. The money is now in tho Palmetto Bank, of this city, Col. J. Q. Marshall having been appoiuted Receiver BOH?O months ago. RYDALES TONIC A New Scientific Discovery for the BLOOD end NERVES. It purifies the blood by eliminating the waste matter and other impurities and by destroying the germs or microbes that infest the blood. It builds up thc blood by reconstructing and multiplying the red corpuscles, making the blood rich and red. It restores and stimulates the nerves, causing a full free flow of nerve force throughout the entire nerve system. It speedily cures unstrung nerves, nervous ness, nervous prostration, and all other diseases of the nervous system. RYDALES TONIC is sold under a posi tive guarantee. Trial size SO cents. family ?lie $1.00 MANUFACTURED BY The Radical Remedy Company, HICKORY, N. C. von BALK ny J. H. DARBY, WALHALLA, S. C., SENECA PHARMACY. SENECA, H. C. Flood In Kansas. Fort, Scott, Kansas, April 24.-Fort) Scott is experiencing tho most serious flood in its history. Mai matoo riven and Mill creek, which runs into the formor stroam hero, have risen 10 feet in tho past 24 hours, the result of heavy rains. Several hundreds of persons have been rescued in boats. As fa** as known to-night no lives have been lost. Tho estimated loss to live stock drowned and property damagod is $100,000. CASTOR IA For Infant? and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Tho appropriations of tho present session of Congress have amounted ! to nearly *781,674,629. 1 F Superior t< It is sold ess :?3ON oo. JUL Mi _ ?\M. i *?"T^^^^^ - The Kind You Have Always 1 In use for over 80 years? and li soual Allow All Counterfeits? Imitations Experiments that trifle witl I IntUntM and Children-Bxp? What is C Castorla ls a harmless sahl Korie, Drops and Soothing: contains neither Opium, M substance. Its age ls Its g*u and allays Feverishness. It Colic. It relieves Teething- 1 and Flatulency. It assimlU Stomach and Bowels? g-ivin| The Children's Panacea-Tl GENUINE CASI Bears tho The Kind You Ha In Use For O TMS CENTAUR COMPANV, T? Mt Pyramid of Corn. A groat pyramid of corn, artisti cally arranged, and pictures made of grasses, is an interesting part of Indiana's world's fair display. Skill ful hands have worked for months on this beautiful display, which is I tho masterpiece of these men who havo devoted years to tho study of such matters. There is a great pyra- ' mid of corn as the centrai feature of I thc display. The pyramid is forty f 'et high. Near it arc similar pyra mids made of other grains. The corri pyramid docs not depend on size alone. It is picturesque and artistio ns well as gigantic. For| months tho architects collected corn of various shades, and these were put together in such a manner that tho colors blond together. Bean the Bignatnre of The Kind You Have Always Bought * ina Kind Yi Congressman Stevous of Minnesota, forwarded uot long ago to ono of his constituents in St. Paul a big packago of gardon seeds. In a few days a lotter, profuso in thanks, carno back from St. Paul, with this concluding paragraph: "Pleaso send mo a sack of barley, a sack of corn, a sack of oats, and as many trees as you can got at tho agricultural depart ment." All Kinds and for all Purposes. WUt n in tWe M ?rivet for ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, WOODWORKmBDMACHINERY, GRISTMILLS, BRICK MACHINERY, ETC, -WRITE TO "THE MACHINERY PEOPLE" W. H. Gibbes & Co, ?COLUMBIA, S. Cf The Gibbes Portable Shingle Machin?. BLACK - DRAUGHT STOCK ?nd POULTRY MEDICINE Stock and poultry have few troubles which are not bowel and liver irregularities. Black Draught Stock and Poultry Medi cine is a bowel and liver remedy for stock. It puts the organs of digestion in a perfect condition. Prominent American breeders and farmers keep their herds and Hocks healthy by giving them an occa sional dose of Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine in their food. Any stock raiser may buya 25-cent half-pound air-tight can of this medicine from his dealer and keep his stock in vigorous health for weeks. Dealers gener ally keep Black-Draught Stock and poultry Medicine. If yours does not, send 25 cents for a sample can to tho manufacturers, Tho Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat tanooga, Tenn. ROOIIKLLB, OA., Jan. 80,1902. Black-Draught Stook and Poultry Modloino la tho bent I over tried. Our stock waa looking bad when you eant mo the medicine and now they are getting BO fine. They are looking 80 per oent. better. S. P. BROOKINOTON. Sought* and willoh has been, has borne t'io signature off Las been made under his per supervlslon since Ito Infancy* t no one to deceive you In this? and '? Just-as-goodM are but i and endanger the health off irlence against Experiment. ASTORIA rtitute for Castor Oil, Pare Syrups* It ls Pleasant. It nrphine nor other Narcotic aran toe. It destroys Worms > eures Diarrhoea and Wind Troubles, cures Constipation ?tes the Food, regulates the ? healthy aud natural sleep? io Mother's Friend? rORIA Signature of ALWAYS ye Always Bought ver SO Years. jniiAY ?tntir. N?W YORK OITV. H. T. JAYNBH. ?jo). J. W. BUKI.OIt. J AY NES & SHELOR, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, WALHALLA, ?. O. PROMPT at t cm um given to all 1>UBI ness committed to their care. WM. J. STKIBLINO. } J, E. L. HKUNDON. & Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, 8. C. PllOMPT ATTKNTION GlVKN TO ALT. BUSI NKBB ENTHOBT!?) TO 'I'll I.M. January 0. 1808. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. - Notico is horoby given that tho undersigned n'U mako application to D. A. Smith, Esq., Judge of Probate for Oconoo county, in tho State of South Carolina, on I SATURDAY, tho 14th day of May, 1004, at 10 o'clock in tho forenoon, or as soon theroafter ns said appli cation can ho heard, for leavo to make lina! sci t lenient of tho personal estate of A. Gibson Waite, decoased, and ob tain final discharge as Administratrix of said ostato. ELLA S. WAITE, Administratrix of tho Personal Estuto of A. Gibson Waite, decoasod. April 18, 1004. 15-18 Notice to Trespassers. ALL porsons aro horoby forewarned not to trespass upon any of my lands in Ocouco count y in any manner whatsoever. Cutting timber, hunt inj; and fishing positively prohibited. Any one disregarding this notico will be prose cuted to tho fullest extent of tho law. . MRS. KATE O. V ANDI VIERE. April 13. 1004. 15-19 Notice for Election of School Trustees. HI UK County Board of Education of 1 Oconoo county hereby requests the patrons aud qualified voters residing in each School Distriot to hold an election at tho school house of suoh distriot on Saturday, tho 14th day of May, 1004, io tho afternoon, between the hours of three and six o'clock, for three persons to be appointed Trustees of such School District. Wo hereby request the prosont Trustees either to act as managers of election or appoint threo porsons as Buch managers, and that, with reasonablo diligence, they certify tho result of said election to thia board. . Wo earnestly request tho patrons'and voters of every School District togivo at tention to this important, matter and take part in said elect ion. The Trustees I hus elect ed will he commissioned on the 1st day of July, 1004, for a term of two years. C. L. CRAIG, R. T. JAYNES, M. C. BARTON, Members County Board Education. April 20, 1004. 16 10 KILLTH. COUGH ANO CURE THE LUNGS WITH Dr. King's New Discovery FOR C~ ONSUMPTI0N OUGliS and OLDS Price 60c &$ 1.00 Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or MONEY PACK. I BL?E RIDGEJAILWAY CO. BETWEEN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Timo Table No. 4.-In Effect Nov. 29, 1003. EASTIIOUNI> I.V l.v Ar Lv Lv l.v Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Al Lv Lv Ar Walhalla. West Union. Seneca. Seneca. '.Illillinna .lund ?mi .A (Innis. .Cherry. . Pendleton. .Antun. .Denver . .West Anderson.. Anderson - PassDep Anderson-PassDep .Anderson-ErtDep Belton. A M 8 36 8 40 8 58 0 00 0 14 0 17 0 26 9 82 0 39 9 65 10 00 10 0 P.M. 10 C3 lo 30 .> i n 2 03 2 IC 2 19 2 20 ? 33 2 40 2 63 3 00 3 10 3 l? 8 24 3 10 3 12 3 36 PU 3 10 3 15 3 46 6 St 6 36 5 66 5 69 6 12 0 26 0 37 0 67 7 06 7 30 7 33 7 68 I'M 7 60 7 62 8 20 WXSTBOUMD Lv Lv Al Lv Lv Lv Lv l.v Lv Lv l.v Ar Lv l.v Ar Belton. .Anderson-Kr't 1>0 Anderson-Pass l>o Anderson-Pass Do .west Anderson.... .Denver. .Ailinn. Pendleton. .riierry. .Adams. .Jordania Junction Seneca. Hom i %. We' . I ne .II. Walhalla. M 8 60 4 16 4 20 4 3? 1 -M 4 a i M 1 67 6 12 5 16 6 31 6 49 6 66 9 A M. 10 45 11 06 tl 07 .'. ll ll 21 ll 26 lt 32 ll 39 ll 42 ll 64 ll 67 1 05 1 20 1 26 A Bl rM ? 16 9 40 9 43 . Vlag stations. Will also - inp at the following stations to take on and let off passengers: Phtnuoy's, James's mid Handy Springs. Nos. tl and 12, first class passenger, dally; Nos. . and lo, dally except Sunday; Nos. 5 and 0, Sunday only; Nos. 4 and 7, second class, mixed, dally except. Sunday ; Nos. 3 and 8, second class, mixed, daily. ll. 0. BEATTIE, President. J. lt. ANDERSON, Superintendent. . . . I^O If/ ... JOB PRINTING in Gr?od Style Send to ft Keowee Courier, WALHALLA. S. C. Our? s OoUai sVsv-ts Pnsumsftl*