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6Ufc'3t?>TION. K OO PRK ANNUM. ADVERTISING ?".AT?? REASONABLE t?F~ Communications of a persoual aharactor ohargod for a? advertisements. OT**" Obituary notice* aud tributes of respect, of not over ouo hundred words, wilt be printed free of charge. All over that number niu.u be paid for at the rate of one oeut a word. Cash to accompany Jtanusoript. WALHALLA, 8. C. S ' WBDNMHDAV. AWJl'ST 3? 1904. Rock Hill Educational Conlerence. lion. ?. B. Martiu sent out the following invitation : ,{lf you will como to Kock Hill to tho conference your expenses will be paid by the Southern Board." This invitation was accepted by club women, teach ers, lawyers, preachers-and all will return with a desire to improve the schools. We left Soneca at noon, going by way of Blucksburg, and arrived at Bock Hill between 10 and ll o'clock. Wo had a storm on the way, but when we arrived nt Bock Hill we saw tho beaming fnco of Hon. O. B. Martin, who was t?tere to meet our party. We were driven to Winthrop College. While it was Btorming without, nil within was gay, for in the Indi was assembled the teachers of the summer school. The women were very handsome, lt was com mon to hear it said, "The handsomest women I ever saw," and they were beautifully gowned. Cupid wat sending arrows all around thc hall One speaker at the teachers' associa tion said of these women that "Solo mon in all his glory was not arrayed like one Of these." The teacher! pul lob much stress on dress, am thus kept many a teacher from th? State Summer School. The Summer School was sus pended for the Conference and State Teachers' Association. INI ?ss Berti? Smith, tho treasurer of O. R. S. [. A. was the only Oconee teacher present but I met quite a number of lonchen who were once Oconee people. Win do WC let our best teachers ?40? At lo o'clock, on July I4j the con foreuce began. Quite a number o the speakers were absent. The cen tral subject was "Needs of Ou School System." I will give tb speakers and their subjects: Hon M. I<\ Ansel, "Physical Needs o Schools;" Dr. Thomas, "Consol i dated Schools;" Hon. .lulius E Boggs, "Sentiment;" Rev. Bold ridge, "Libraries ;" Mon. Richard? "Legislative Needs." Prof. Hughes, of Greenville, ha< Iiis school band and the manly lilli fellows furnished the music. The conference mot again at o'clock and such subjects as tites were discussed : "Local Taxation, "Bolter Houses," "Teachers," ot? Dr. Mann made n short talk, whicl was in limo. Me said that "til people depended too inlicit oil taxi to keep up the schools. The way t build np a school was to go dow into your pocket." in all my selim work 1 have never tailed, where had consolidated interests, to in prove the schools, oven in tho pooi'Ot districts. What Oconee needs is nc consolidated schools, but the poop! consolidated in the (). R. S. I. A. Short talks were made by seven present, but Major G ISBN struck iii key note when he said that th Superintendent of Education's oft)? must be a place of honor and an edi oaled man to lill it, who will ha\ control of our schools as tho suporit tendent of graded schools. Miss Lena Bussell and Kev. M Moon: told of their work in the can paign last Bummer. Ii was a grei pleasure to me lo meet my co-worl ers, Miss Bussell, Rev. Mr. Moot Miss Whitmiro and Miss McDufii Miss ^oppenheim told what the eli women had done and were dolli She was loudly applauded. One of the speakers said that "I wished the day would come win tho children of South Carolina con be educated without blood money May this day early dawn. Hon. I F. Ansel said, "We have gone this movement wrong. We shou have had a conf?rence in each conn and go among tho people we wish teach." After tho meeting I aski him if lie would come to Ooonei "Gladly, back to my old home at tell the good news." So, truste) invite Mr. Ansel over and have rally. Thus ended tho conference. ' I in so many nice people and heard much good speaking 1 nm at a h to write i* up. And I am sure tl editors will be glad to know that t teachers were asked to put mc stress on spelling and will be glad havo ns, tho correspondent, go Behool. Tho afternoon and early ovoni wore spent in (ron vers?t ion. I u Mr. Beed, who had a lovely bas!1 of bead work made by tho ebildr of his rural school. My great pleasure was to meet Miss Arde Mills, one of my class-mates at Agi Scott. I also met a charming woman a was a Daughter of American Rovo lion. We talked over tim history Oconee and said wo wished tho A. B. of tho State would go lo wi and goth tho Federal Government Wa appropriate money to build at 8l< W Church a monument to tho gr W hero, Andrew Pickons. At tho Summer School 1 foi tho young ladies very much ?ni ested in bird Btudy. They wo oven get up early in tho morning go ont to liston lo thc bird calls, will give tho county boards a seo "If you want groat interest taken n single teacher I tko the one at ll- I ?*M munson, ol iddree* 01 which wa* rod. Morai training in ie hool was beautifully handled rof. W. H. Uanda. I regret that I bad lo I" ?ve Frida* un??ningi, f'..?r *h? meeting wa? full of interest to me, for tho Sunday school problem was disoussed. I loft Hock Hill aud went to Char lotte On the way ; I wan en tertained by Mrs. Carver, of Spartan burg, who is very much interested in domestic science. She will be at the Science Convoution at Clemson, and the women and teachers will do wdl to hear her tell of hor pion to bet/er rural schools. Friday I went to Mooreaville, N. C., to meet a friend. That afternoon we went to Davidson College. We attended an entertainment given by tho town to the pupils of the Pied mont Summer School. Piedmont Summer Sohool is a consolidated teachers1 sohool of several counties. With tho building .ut Davidson they find this place far better than the old. Why not try this in South Carolina and have three or four counties unite at Clemson ? The oampas at David son is tho loveliest I ever saw. The "campus course" is Very popular in tho afternoons. I saw tho president ot the college, Dr. Smith. He asked of the O. R. S. I. A. and of the peo ple he mot at Seneca. Sunday I attended church in Mooreaville. This church scuds a missionary to Cuba. At night I went to tho A. R. P. church. The singing of Psalms was new to me. As I returned home 1 met in Char lotte, and had the pleasure of lier oompnny to Greenville, the charming Miss Francis Whitmire. Cady we chatte?! ns the cinders Hew, of our rural work for schools. Our parting was not sad, for we shall have the pleasure to enroll her ns a member of the O. ti. S. I. A. soon, when she changes her name and conies over. Ocenee, aw well as the fortunate young man, is to bo congratulated on winning her. I now close by Raying I am glad Oconee was not behind in the list of new libraries. There is no country like Oconee, and let us push her to the front by educating all her chil dren and diminishing crime. Chris tians, do you know there are hun dreds of bornes without a Bible or any books? Save your old periodi cals, place them on the shelves in tho depots, jail, lonely homes, or s^iid to some one who cannot get them. Teachers, remember I am still col lecting books for a teachers1 library in the Superintendent's OtDoO. People, remember I want a few stamps to pay postage. I have asked for this three times before, but "There is no race won without dust of race path," and I shall never give up until tho poor, neglected children of tho rural schools have advantages. Marve fi, Shelor. Biliousness is Dangerous. When thc bile is not Mowing freely into the bowels, it is taken up hy the blood and is deposited in all parts of thc body. Kvery important Organ, in fact every tissue nf the body, even to tho skin layers, are affected by the poison ladened bile. It saps the energy, dulls thc brain, weakens thc lungs and kidneys and in viles disease HUI ins. lt affects the heart, stomach ami bowels, causing marked functional disturbances that may result in disease. A bilious or jaundiced con dition of th.- system is very dangerous and should be corrected at once. Ry dale'8 Liver Tablets speedily cure biliousness. They act specifically on the liver, bile bladder, bile duct and the bowels. They never fail to cure liver and bowel trou bles. Price per box, containing 50 tab lets, ._'."> cents. Walhalla Drug Company; Seneca Pharmacy. Bill Arp's Ideal Girl. Here is Bill ^Arp's bit of wisdom that fits every clime, every race, every nation ami all time: "Once 1 was young, but now 1 am old, and I never have Boon a girl wini went back on her mother who evor came to be worth a one-eyed button to her husband. It is the law of Otad. It is not exactly in the Bible, but it is* written large ami lawful on the 1 i vi H of many misfit homes. If one of you chaps ever run across a girl with a face full of roses, who says to you when you come to the door : 'I can not go for thirty minutes, for the dishes are not wiped,' you wait for that girl. Sit right down on the doorstep and wait for her, because some other follow will come along and marry ber off, and then you lost; an angel. Wait for her, ami stick to her like a burr on a mule's tail." ?D Xik. STOH.I A - Bean the J* itl9 Kind You llavo Always Bought More than 200 acres of land be tween Columbia and Camden have been purchased hy a native of Nova Scotia and Rhode Island as a result of advertising the Statt; by tho De partment of immigration. The pur chase was made by I). II. Crandall, and he will move his family here at once and engage in truck farming. The Fidelity and Deposit Com pany ol' Maryland has paid to tito authorities ol' Barnwell county (ll 1,800.44, in full settlement of the claim of South Carolina under surety bond issued by said company on be half of K. D. Free, lato treasurer of Barnwell county. . With a textile strike in New lang land and tho butchers1 strike in the West, throwing soon t hing over 100,? 000 men out o? employment, Presi dent KoosOVClt starts his campaign it oder difficulties.-Anderson Mail. The Center of Life. Wo live only by tho food that is di gested and assimilated, honoe tho sto mach is tho "conter of lifo." If tho stomach is woak, tho body will ba pro portionately weak. Strengthen tho "conter of lifo" by using Kydale's Sto mach Tablots. They digest the food and rest tho stomaoh. They not as a tonic to tho digestivo organs and help nature rostoro tliom to hoalth. Theso tablets aro guaranteed to relievo at onco and speedily euro indigestion and dyspepsia. Trial si/.e, couta. Family size, con taining two and a halt times the trial eiste, 50a. Walhalla Drug Co. ; Seneca I'lmrmaoy. , ? tong tn tiie thr?<?t.?>f a Wi J), And loud be tan*. ?Wi '?* U r*ny. for bit heart wat ?tr?n? ely ?flirts?, And W HW tor the very Joy ot <K?iy, V'lUi uo thiHitjht ot une win t . *rd .Wi i h?i. tb* luttoer'e w??wurd to ul A hetvenly |>atLrn?e ?tr* ; He (tree On hit way with a be ni ?on On the ?in??-. who never knew How the vt rv ??rt* tong of tn idlv hour Had tliaped a Ufe anew. -Alice Williame Urotliettou in ."Poeta and Poetry ol Indiana." LOVE'S TRAGEDY How a Girl Was Won. ???O^-O-'-CO-*-?* Tho vu i waa looking out of tho wlu dow, liuiuinlug softly, with a Uno air of indifference. Thc mau waa baning his huck ugnlnst the mantelpiece, gloomily observing the points of his hoots. They were good boots, but hardly worth the amount of serious observa tion he was giviug them. To any per son of moderate understanding tho sit nation was obvious. To tho two actors lu it it was becoming embarrassing. Tile man moved tlrst. "You are sure your mind ls made up, Georgie ?" Thc girl stopped humming abruptly and turned round. "What ls the uso of * beginning again?" she sahl, with an iinpatleut movement. "You know oue cannot serve two masters, I am going to give my life,to my art." . ) "Hut, Georgie, you know what lt ineanij to me. 1 mean you know I could never change or forget." "Why not'/" ?bo returned quickly. "That ls Just what I wanted to speak to you about. You see" -and her proud head was raised a trifle higher-"you only want a wife who eau see that you get a good dinner every day and sow the buttons on your shirts. You have known us all for years. Why do you expect nie. the unpractical one of the family, t?? .snatch at the offer of this post? You would have shown move sense In asking Madge or Lillian, and I ?hire say ono of them might have had you." For a moment there waa a dangerous gleam In his eyes, but it changed to n tender look of amusement us the girl .lung herself viciously Into u chair with the air of a sulky child. "I suppose lt would have b?>en more sensible," be agreed, "only 1 don't love ?'ither Madge or Lilian. If you will on ly have me." he continued, a twinkle In ids eye and abject humility In lils voice, "I will do my best to overcome my disgraceful nppctlto and dine off u Sentimental song If you deem it best. I will also look out for some patent shirt fasteners which will save you the trouble of sowing on buttons." Georgie looked up quickly. "You needn't try to be funny, Hex!" she sahl severely. "You know quite well i should have to become a domes* tlcatcd woman if I married, und I won't. 1 am going to devote my life to music, und if I were to sacrifice that and many you I should stop loving you in a fortnight and hate you ln*0 month. There; that's nil!" Hex looked up quickly. "You would stop loving nie in a fort j night?" he naked. "Then I may infer you have begun already V" "You may Infer nothing, sir!" she re torted sharply, but her face was crim son. "Hy Jove, that's the nearest I've ever got!" thought Hex. "I believe she does half Uko me, but must make her cave ill before she'll respect me." There was a moment's pause, then he said gently: "I beg your pardon. Georgie. I be lieve you may be right, after nil, though it is hard to think of giving you up." And ho sighed softly, bul resign edly. "If you are not too angry with mo, will you tell m?* which you think lt would be best for ino to try to like, Lilian or NI nd go?" "1 am so glad, Hex, you ure sensible nt last! Really, I have thought lt out carefully, and. though Lilian ls awful ly sweet and and everything, I think Madge IS the one best suited to yotl. You see. she cooks splendidly und knows exactly how everything ?night t?> he thine in a hons?' and would be perfectly satisfied if you kissed her one?' a month or so ami occasionally sahl the dinner was excellent. She really would, she Is so easily pleased. While I Woll, you khow what I nm." "Yes, I know whut ; on are," lu? re plied quietly. "Yon are very young." She misunderstood him, as he had intended she should, ami assented eagerly. "Yes, I am young ?inly lt)-nut) you are nearly 30. Madge is nearest you lu ago, ami I believe yon could make ber love you if you tried." "Shall I try? Do you want me to?' "Yes, of course I want you to. It Is for your own sake. Sb?' would make you a better wife flinn I because I don't wnnt even to be loved. I inn satisfied with my life us lt If "All right. Georgie, In ti mouth I shall have made up my mind, und I will tell i tm. ( loodby." "tiootlby," she murmured, vaguely afraid of what she bad done. She tried to ronsou tint the cause of her tie pression, but lt seemed to have no cause, ami with a lagging step she lnatle her way to the sunny den which she shared with her sisters. Madge was sitting there alone, sew ing ami sluging gnyly. She looked up, with a smile, ns Georgie entered, ami an unusual merriment danced In her eyes. "Guess who's been here?" exclaimed Matlge. "Who?" "Rex. And he's got a box for 'Tili Loves of Henrietta' tomorrow, and he's asked mother and me lo go." "i'm so glad," said Georgie, but with singular wini! of enthusiasm. Ami Madge stole a furtive look nt her. and the corners of her mouth quivered. A month had passed, Once moro Georgie ?tooti ut the same wintlow, still ly humming. She was waiting for Hex, and lier fate was very pale. It Was the slime Ince si ill, but there was it difference, the difference which marks every girl's lace when she be comes a woman. She hml learned her lesson and borne her punishment in silence. Todlty she lind nerved herself for n supremo effort that she m. -hi tin im wrong to the sister ulm hud stepped into the |ilnce she hml voluntarily re signed, She hml though) love not worth thc sacrifico of art, niel if arl without love hml turned to dust uml ashes I? her hand who was to blame but herself? She wns wnlllng foi: Hex Hex, who] hml fallen sm h a helpless victim tu Matlge that he had hail scarcely a look or a word to spare for her the whole month. lt was this that had Hist taught her what she hml lost ami that had afterward nerved her to play hoi part for a week's experience had tntlghl her that lt was only n part-ol careless Indifference and entire nb Borpi hm In her url. When it seemed too hard for her, she reminded herself sternly of her own worth, "I nm sntislled with my life ai lt is." "They Rhnll never see I nm not satin fled," she snld und struggled on. Today there was n net, stern look on her fnce, for this wns to be the su preme ordeal, and at present lhere was no one to seo lier. Hut us she lenued her bead listlessly against tho window then- came from the hall tim sound of ?.familiar whistle, and instantly bel mut ^!i<? s.-rn, mi.'.- <l ii?in with playful " riif fonorni ?Itv?i wedding warrtie* if, "but i wu? walting to ciiiH, bv-Uvc. ii them till t have seen pom '".Vlmt Ilms my fhOe till y.uiV" li?' asked. . Shu looked nt bini critically. "That the uioiuenious question ls tn tie asked im Inter than this evening." ?he reprl?d. -Oom! luck attend you." "Wrong. Try again." "Ia lt possible it ?M lo in? postponed till tomorrow morning".'" And she held out her hand with a playful gesture of sympathy. "Wrong again. I see I must tell yon " Ho had Belied the hand she had offer ed and was hulking her straight In the fare. "What do von sav to the question having been nsked already Tho hist mouth hud wrought ninny changes In Georgie. She hud. for ono thing, learned to k?*?'p her face under control, ami oniy tho slfght?'st troin hiing ?if the eyelid shoyyed that abc was taken hy xurprise. "My dear brother tu 110," sh?' said, re gaining possession of her hand, "1 con sider I linvt' been grossly ill treated. In ha vim: tills fact sprung upon ino so suddenly. 1 had heard of a delightful little book called 'Thc Right Word lu th?? Bight Placo'- ti heh) to those peo ple born devoid of tact 1 was going to purchase lt in thu assurance timi 1 sin m h i hud a paragraph entitled, 'What to say to a future brother-in-law.' or words to that ell'ect, gild 11 uv you pounce upon me like this ?uni Cl uah me. I fool unlit for convcrsiitlou. You lind hotter g?>." Ami she turned majestical ly away. "I will.- Only you must Hist allow ino to make bile remark. You dbl not ask what Mftdge auld to ni?'." Ile paused Impressively. "She has refused ni?'." It was his trump card, ami ho was growing desperate. Ile took advantage of (?corglo's hack being still turned to ward him. .and, creeping softly behind her, took ono glance at her face botore sh?> knew lu* had moved. It was enough. "Georgl?\" ho cried, "hasn't th?' play! gone far enough? I am tie d of acting, ami 1 want you. Georgie-- 1 can't tell you how much I want you!" There was passionate entreaty in his voice. "What ?lid you mean," she asked slowly, "by saying you were 'tlrotl of acting?' I don't understand." "No; I know," ho answered guiltily. "I've got to tell you. .Mudge and I have been playing at being lovers ?lur ing thc last month. I have even asked her to marry mc, and she has refused. It was tho nut ural climax to thc play, she said, and she told mc to d?> lt, be cause nothing else would put you off your guard. 1 had to know whether you loved me or not," ho ??ded ?1??S perately. "lt was very cruel," she whisp?>ro?l ul Inst. "Ah, Georgie, don't!" he cutreated. "I thought of that, but, honestly, would you ever have known you love?! nie If WO had gOUO' on lu the same old way?" There was n moment's sllcuc?. "I should never have known I loved you," sh?? answered softly.-Chicago Times-Herald. Real Your Dyes. Tho moment you are Instinctively In inclincd to rub the eyes that moment cease to usc them; also it ls timo to glv?? your ?>y?'s a mst when you become sensible of au effort to distinguish. Cold water ls about Hie safest applica tion for inflamed eyes. Never fc'leep so that on awakening the eyes shad open on the light of n window. Never read or sew directly in front of tho light of n window, the better light being that that comes from above or obliquely or over thc left shoulder. Too much light is nn evil, just as ls scant light. 1? cre ates 11 glare that pains and confuses th? sight. Bears tho A11,9 K'n(- You Haw Always ?oughl If Judge Parker becomes Prosldonl ii ii not at all improbable that h?; will 0IT01 a place in his cabinet to Senator Tillman, and it is not at all Improbable that thc Senator would accept, it. Then we would have a nice li?tlc scramble in tho State for tim Senate. - Newberry Observer. A woman of thc village of Tam kovu*, in Ktirope, boro live babies, who died within live days after tho birth, une ?'ticli day. Tho mother, a peasant wo man, is in thc best of health and was working in tho fields a week after, thc ovent. Tho live babies wein fully <lo velopetl as to head, eyes, oars and ai ins, which wei?'of the normal Bivio, but the h;gs of each were, only 21 inches long. Physicians secured tho corpses for scientific investigation. Thia is tito thirty-first ease of Ave births ?it ono time known to medical history. Case No. SO occurred some weeks ago in Austria, when four girls and ono hoy saw tho light on tho santo day. OABTOrtlA. Bear? the J* T|ie Kim' You Haw Always Bought All men hove brains, but pome havon't sense enough lo UK?- th? m. Tint government ustimato for thc cotton crop for 1904 is thirteen mil lion halos. The headquarters of tho Mormon church for tho South has been <-s tablished at Chattanooga, Tenn? State Commissioner Tai um lina issiH'il an order.to tho dispensary constables to k?'?'p out of politics. Senator Tillman is a man ?if con victions, good common sensu ami plenty of nerve, When mad, he swears ; when glad, li?' smiles. By a vote of 112 to '20 thc Georgia House of Representativos hits passed th? bill providing for an in croase from ?8,000 to *f),000 in salary of the Governor. Annual Pentecostal Conference will li?' li?'l?l at Greenwood, S. C., on August 20 to September I. Kev. A. A. Niles, Kev. N. J. Jl?>lmes and othors will bo in charo)- of the meeting. Tint Piedmont Baptist Association will meet with the Mt. Carmel Bap tist church, in P?ok?hs county, on Thursday before tho first Sunday in August, (ilm Ith of August.) Intro ductory Hermon by Itev, I>. W. Iiiott; alt ?'nial e, Kev. I >. f, Spear? in an. In tho municipal olcotlrYn in Wil mington, N. C., Inst Wednesday, umler thc Watts State law, upon tho question of tho establishment of a dispensary in the ?',ity "nd the ope ration of dist|))or?QS v ?hin tho cor poratio'i limits, the J iti-disponsary advocates won by a n jority of ??0 in a total voto of 1,012, and ?"?11 the operation of tho distilleries there was a majority of 401, . to?? t fe? cou tflk ?nd H ?tot ts 'iii? following communication to tba V. ashiiiKton Post *ill ho of interest to leaders lu the South dud lu ruauy part? ?I .li'.H iv.;o.: A? a colored mau i wish . i ?jail attention to : between the Republtt t ratlo .lattoual eoiiveutiouiL At the Re publican con veutiou the colored man wan ; treated aa a ooinpaulou, friend aud brother, There he wa? made to feel a? il he were not only a political, but a social ?.qu?l. Tin", delegated followed tho ad vice and example of our beloved Pre>-t deut Theodore Roosevelt, who te nobes that tho colored man deserves to be treated as a iio-Mal equal. To eniphasi/.o this fact, he had thu oouruge to have nt his table Prof. Hooker Y. Washington. If Roosevelt is elected it will so onoourago tbe colored men that we will demand that Prof. Hooker Washington shall be tho Republican candidate for Vice-Presi dent in 1008. "Let not roy colored brethren forget that scouo lu the Republican couveution when a beautiful white ?MI I was placed inion Mm ?t??uj?j und bj her "id? s, negro boy. They thou placed'(lags in their hands and allowed them to lead the oheering, thus making tbe hist and grandost ex ample of thu equality of the racos that history records. "lu the Democratic convent ion there was not a singh- colored man. lt was lu word and in deed a white man's conven tion of a whito man's party. All bail to Roosevelt, who has givon the poor uogro so much to oncourago him to persist in his political and social rights. ' "Henry S. Raker." Tho above is not a declaration by the Republican party of its views or an ex pression hythe President of his aims, but it fairly roproBotits both. The spirit of tlio Republican party was shown by tho applause which greeted thu little ne-' gio boy and little white girl who ap peared on tho stage of tho Chicago con vention waving. Hags. This was a social - not a political-grouping of a uogro boy willi a white girl. Tho uogro boy would grow up to bo a negro man, the whito girl to he a whito woman. Titus tho Re publican party would pair off tho people of tile United States. And President Roosevelt showed tho Slime spirit whoil Lieutenant I I aie bl was asked to resign the position of militai y aid lo the president of tho Louisiana Pur chase Kxposition. Lieutenant Hnight's .inly oiicm o consisted in asking tho colonel of a negro regimout if his regi ment would consent to occupy a camp apart from tho white troops. Lieutenant Haight rondo no demand. Ho simply made a request in tho interest of tho ex position, and for this tho War Depart ment called for his resignation. Let no niau bo deceived. Social equality is the aim of tho Republican party lcd by President Roosevelt, and if it should succeed in electing biro it will pl.us- in power a mau who will bo ham pored hy neither precedent, law nor Con stitution ill his efforts to OllforCO obedi ence to Iiis will. Jacksonville, Fla., July 2?i.-Editors Courier: The foregoing is a clipping from tho Washington Post to which a friend called my attention, and together we sent it to Tho Times Union hero. They reproduced it with nu editorial comment which you will note. Tho lot ter needs no comment from roo, but coming from tho sourco it does, it. goes to show the trend of tho futuro so far as tho Republican patty and ovor-ninbltious negroes aro concerned. 1 ara Informed that Henry S. Raker is ono of tho most intelligent negroes in tho District of Columbia. When negroes of his intelli gence give utterance to such thought, it is time for all good men in the South to got down to hard reason, and throw theory, as regards tho race question, to the wind. I hope you will reprint this in your valuable paper with your usual sound and conservativo comment and pass it down tho lino so that otho pa pei s in tho State will take it np and thereby bring before tho people the actual aim of tho Republican party as at present ad ministered. Yours truly, Guy T. Grove RYDALES TONIC A REAL CURE FOR nVT_A-Xj^_]E^I-A.. It has recently Leen discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and from there spread throughout the system by means of the blood. This fact ex plains why Malaria is hard to cure by the old method of treatment. Quinine, Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and build up Hie blood, but do not destroy the germs that cause the disease. Rydale's Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freeing them from all disease breeding mi crobes. It also kills the germs that infest thu veins and arteries. It drives from the blood, all poisonovis matter and makes it rich and healthy. RYDALE'S TONIC is n blood builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will not disap point you. FOR SA LR nv WALHALLA DKLb' COMPANY. SENECA PHARMACY. Parker is a Salo Leader. Judge Parker's telegram declaring him sell tor sound money has made such au impression that bo n ay save tho Denni eratic party in spite of itself. Tho coin ments elicited from al) quarters show that Jiidgo Pal ker's action has won tho confidence of thc people, and that sort of confidence President RoOSOVOlt has not inspired. His imperialism and his dictatorial ways, together with his re vival of thc race issue in tho South and other Rough Kider fads, havo awakened among the people a distrust for Mr. Roosevelt and ibo Republican party quite as great as the distrust whjch I ?ry aniam, six^tcen-to-oue-ism, Populism and other ftoakish isms had excited with re spect lo tho Democrats. Mr. Roosevelt has tho support, of ins intimate friends and his political pro tegos, but conservativo people oyo him with distrust. They acknowledge that hois i'reproachable as an individual that hr. is a stanch patriot, a good hus band, a loyal friend. Rut they doubt Iiis apacity for self-control, distrust his judgment and question Iiis conception of presidential duties. Like tho Gorman F.mperor, ho wishes to meddle in ovory lotail of tho public sorvico, to control very department, to rulo ovory official to bc bulb tho law-maker and the oxeou live, to bo tho sourco of power and to ap ply il. between Mr. Roosevelt's views of tho President's duties and tho views of tho American people on that subject thorn is very wido diff?rence. Ho evidently thinks tho Prosidoul of tho United State is sort of dictator, while tho poopl -ightftllly regard him merely as their thief magistrate, ns tho OXeOUtive hoad il thc administration. This domineer lng oonooptlon of bis oflloial duties bas xeited wide-spread resent mont among Republicans ami has led him to make mistakes that would have provontod Iiis nomination if Ibo Republican party had had any other available candidato. As it was, however, he. had virtually a walk over, and the Democrats woro entirely out of Hie running until Judge Parker' telegram to Judge Sheehan at the st, Louis convention revealed to thom that they hail a candidate possessed of strong sense of statesmanship, Before his ult mal um was delivered lt was said in Tho Herald that Judgo Parker was thc sor vant of thc Democratic party, not its m isti r. His tolegram on tho gold quos lion proved the contrary, lt showed that thc Democrats who had nominated him, believing him to ho King Log, had really obosril King Stork. What tho Democrats needed was a master. They have found OHO in Judge Parker, and ho may yal haul them out. of the wilderness. -Now York Herald. Wasting Coughs. Lingering, wasting coughs, may end in consumption. Rydale's Cough F.lixir will smp tho COUgll and heal tho dis eased membrane ol tho throat and lungs. Rydale's 101 i xii' is tho most ollieacions remedy over discovered for all chronic, throat and lung trouble and thoso d?bili tai mg, "run-down" conditions of tho system, which KO stubbornly resist treat ment, ami Which, ii neglected, may end in fatal disease. Trial size, 200.: largo ll ZO, ?Vic. Walhalla Drug Co.; Seneca Pharmacy. ? ? . A coin tier who wont to wolcomn F n peror William on his northland trip tells ?if a peculiar watch bis majesty carrier in his pocket, namely, an alarm watch, intended to ndviso bis majesty of en gagements. For instance: If bis ma jesty has to take a pill thirty minutes be fore dinner, tho watch ls sot for tho ox act hour, and at tho given moment lings him up by pounding a tiny ham mer against his stomach or any othoi pa 11 ot i ho body where ba may onrry tb N Wo are autbm Wjau AiUu, ol candidate for re election to from tbo Tb I rd subject to tin- act).>n of : party in tho primary election. \\'?- ure- authorized to announce lion L H. MoColla, ?i Abbeville coinr a candidato ?or Congreso from the Thin Cougreosioual District, subject to tin action of ibo Democratic party iu tb? primary election. Foil THE SENATE. Tba friends of Joe W. Sbelor horobj anuounco him us a candidate for tin Senate, subject to the action of thc Domocratio party in tho primary election, We are authorized to announce J. it, Earle, Esq., aaa candidate for the Stat? Senate, subject to tbe aOtiOU Of tilt Democratic primary oleetiou. Tho friends of W. M. Brown announce him as a candidate for tit? Senate, sub ject to the action of Domooratio primary election. FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. We, the special friends of J. Mat. Whitmire, (The Sago of Jocassee,) feel ing i bat be comes up to that standard to winch all public or prospect i ve public men should attain, do most sincerely recommend bim to the voters of Ocuuee as a candidate for the I louse of Repr? sentatives, subject to the rules of the party and the primary oleotioji. The friends of Jehu D. Sheldon re spectfully announce him tts a candidate for the ?louse of Representatives, sub ject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election. Tile friouds of W. N. Since hereby an uounco him as a candoine for tho I louse >t 1 ie] .1 e, (ait al i ves, subject to tho actum it tlie Democratic party in the primary .lection. , Tlie friends of E. E. Voruer respect Tully announce him as a candidate for tho HollSO of Represent al i ves, subject to the action of the Democratic party iii the primary election. Tlie friends of J. W. Todd horeby-re ipectflilly announce him IM ft candidate Tor tbo House of Representatives, sub ject to the action of the Domooratio . arty in tho primary eloctiou. FOR CLERK OF COURIA I hereby nuuoiiuco my caudiilnoy for re-election to the otlico oT Clerk of Court j( ( lemme county, subject to the action if tho Democratic party iii the primary ?let ion. Respect tulls submitted, C. R. 1). Burns. FOU TREASURER." 1 hereby announce myself a Candidate For the otlico of County Treasurer, sub jeot to the action of tho Democratic party in tho primary oleotion. W. J. Schrodor. Tho friends of J. H. Barnett respect fully announce him a candidate tor L'ounty Treasurer, subject to the action >f tho Domocratio primary. 1 respectfully announce myself a candi late for tho otlico of County Treasuror, ?iibj' ct to tho action of tho Domocratio party in tho primary oleetiou. Maurice O'. Barton. Tho friends of Samuel K. Dendy, Sr., hereby announce him as a candidato for Bounty Treasurer, subject to tho notion :>f the Domocratio party in tho primary election. 1 respectfully annouUco myself a Can didate for tho ollico of Couuty Treasurer, subject to tho action of tho Democratic party in the primary election. W. Oldridge White. ~FOR. AUDITOR. Tlie friouds of T. M. Elrod respectfully in nomico him as a candidato for Audi tor, subject to tho action of the Demo cratic party in tho primary election. Signed: Stiles H. Kuox, M.. A. Wood, li. A. Kelley, II. O. Prince, W. J. Hunt, John A. Kelley, R. L. Boggs, R. H. Al axandor, B. P. Moore. Tho friends of John P. Keoso respect fully announce him a candidate for the Lillico of County Auditor, subject to tho lotion of tho Democratic party in the primary oleetiou. To tho Democratic Voters of Oconoe County in tho Primary Election: Try mo for Auditor for Oooneo comity. Respectfully, Win. J. Stribling. FOR SHERIFF. Thc friords of B. P. Fisher respect fully announce liim as a candidato for Sherill, subject to tho action of the Democratic party in thu primary election. 1 hereby announce myself ns a candi date for Sheriff, subject to tho action of tho Domooratio party in tho primary oleotion. J. ll. Kay. 1 hereby annnunco myself a candidate foi Sherill of Oooneo county, subject to tho notion of tho Democratic party in Hie primary oleotion. Respectfully sub mitted, Y. C. Langston. I hereby announce my. elf a candidate for Sherill" of Oooneo county, subject tc thc action of tho Democratic party in a primary election. W. M. Kay. At tho solicitation of many friends, 1 hereby announce myself a candidato foi Sherill' of Oconeo county, subject to th? action of a I icm. erat ic primary eleotion, W. B. F. Corbin. The friends of W. W. Moss respectfully nnnonuco him as a candidate for Sherill, subject to tho action of tho Democratic party iii thc primary election. Ft)li SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. The friends of J. S. Colley respectfully announce him a candidato for tho oilier nf County Superintendent of Education, subject to tho action of tho Democratic party in tint primary oleetiou. Tho friends bf William M. Pennell re spectfully announce him a candidate fot Superintendent of Education, subject tc tho action of tho Democratic party in the primary election. I hereby declare mysolf a candidate foi re-eleotion to thoofliooof Superintendent of Education for Oconoo county, subject to tho action of tho Democratic party in tho primary elect ion. C. L. Craig. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR. I hereby announce mysolf a candidato for County Supervisor, subject to tlie action of tho Democratic party in the primary election. J. M. Hunnioutt, By tho request of friends wo hereby anuounco 1). F. M e A lister as a candidate for ro-eleotion as County Supervisor, subject to tho action of the Democratic party in tho primary oleotion. The friends of L. H. "V. Hobson horoby aniiouuco him as a candidato for County Supervisor, subject to tho action of tho Domocratio party in tho primary olee tiou. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. The friends of J. L. Talloy respectfully announce him as a candidato for County Commissioner, subject to tho action of tho Domocratio party iu tho primary oleetiou. Tho friends of F. I). Rotbell respect fully announce him as a candidate foi County Commissioner] subject to tho action of tho Democratic party in tho primary election. By request of friouds wo horoby an uounco Nathaniel Phillips as a candidate for re-election as County Commissioner, suhjoot to tho nction of tho Democratic party in the primary election. By rennest ot friends wo horoby an nounce ,h R. Zachary ns a candidato for ro-oloction ns County Commissioner, sub ject to tho action of tho Domocrntic party In tho primary oleetiou. 1 horoby announce myself a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to thc action of tho Domooratio party in the primaryoloction. Jackson L. Miller. FOR CORONER. At the solicitation' of his friouds, (Ed ward Callas announces liimsolf a candi date for tho oflloo of Coroner, subject to the action of tho Domoorntic party in thc primary olooction. Tho friends of J. C. Tannory respect fully announce him a candidate foi Coroner, subject to the notion of thc Domooratio party in tho primary election. I boreby anuounco myself as a candi date for ro-oloction tp the otllce of Coro ner of Oconeo County, subjtiot to the notion of tho Dcmocratio party in the primary election. W. Lr. Harbin. I horoby announce mysolf a candidate for Coroner of Oooneo, subject to rbi aotlotr of tho Domooratio pffrty in the primary election. W. H. Cole. Tho friends of M. Cambrel I Holland respectfully nnnonnoo him a candidate for Coroner, subject to tho action of the Domooratio party in tho primary oleotion. Tho friends of Robert S. Rutledge hereby announce bim as a candidate foi i to tho action of th? mm AVcgetable Preparo! iou tot As simi?ating ihcrtwdaiKiltetf ula Uiif* the S towachs and Bowels of \St\ A M S y i lill DttLN Promotes ?igeslion.Checrftd ness andRcst.Contains neHkr ( ti iii Ink Nim litiiiii? nor Minoivil NOT NAlu: OTIC. /Mope pf. Ol J Dr SAM (ML PtTCtWi frmntk?. S etti sf/x.SlVltUT * Allitf Sf ti * Apcrfccl Remedy Tor Constipo Hon, Sour Stoinach.Diarrltoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature or NEW YORK. Al l> intu? Iii?. o.UI Dosi; s - y, C I N I S EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Campaign Mccliny at Nowry. Thero will bo a county campaign moot ing in Nowry Hall, at Newry Cotton Milln, on Thursday night, August 4tb, at 8 o'clock. All aro cordially invitod to j attend. M. S. Stribling, Cbairmau County Ex. Com. Campaign Meeting at Tamassee. Thero will bo a count" campaign moot ing at Tamaaseo Thursday, August ll. beginning at IOHO a. m. M. S. Stribling, Chair. Ex. Com. Send Delegates and Reports. Westminster, July 19.-Mn? >V. J. Stribling, superintendent <>f woman's missions in Heaver dum Association, requests that every missionary society mut huiiil semi deloirnles with written reports to the WOUIIUI'K meeting, which will con vene on the second ?lay of the association atCon ncross church. Oconeo County Singing Convention. Tho Oconoo County Singing Conven tion will bo bcld witb Clearmont oh uro h the first) Sunday in August and Saturday before. All Hinger? aro invited to bo present. J. K. Morton, President. Norton Cox; Secretary. Tho Neville Graveyard. All who aro interested in the Neville graveyard, and who have loved oues buried there, aro requested to moot there on the second Friday in August-tho Pith. Please come prepared *,o clean off the grounds and roncw too graves. The work is badly needed. It is roally a shaine thc way that graveyard has run down. Ida Kelley. Bcaverdam Baptist Association. Tito Bxooutive Committee of the Uea verdain Baptist Association has. formu lated tlio following older for tho Opening exercises for tho Association, to be held with Conneross Baptist church, August 9th, 10th and 11th. Song service, 0 a. m., conducted by J. F. Morton. Devotional exorcises, 10.80 a. m., con ducted by Cj lt. I>. Burns. Introductory sermon, Iba, m., by Kev. J. M. McGuire. It. is suggested and earnestly hoped by tho executive committee that moro at tention will bo devoted to the devotional feature ?>f tho ?aiming association, and that WO can have moro than the cus tomary number of sermons by our [strongest preachers in attendance. Tho executive com milt ce reques's the church elei I,s to send to Kev. ,1. M McGuire, Walhalla, S. C., at least tw?> weeks before the meeting of thc Associ ation, tho names of all delegates and their alternates who will attend, as this will greatly aid in tho organization of the body. F. M. Cary, For tho Exccutivo Committee. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Tho Vice Presidential Candidate in Brie!. Henry Gb Davis is eighty years old. Lott au orphan at an early age and bo gan bis career as superintendent of aj plantation. Became brakeman on tho Baltimore] and Ohio Kaili.omi at twenty and later was promoted to conductor. At thirty he was supervisor of trains. Invested in coal lands and laid tho ] foundation ol au immense fortuno. Founded tho West Virginia towns of Davis and F.lkins. Was a Unionist during tho war. Elected to tho b?wcr branch of tho West Virginia Legislature as a Union Conservative in 18(l."> and to tho Scnato two years later. Elected United States Sonator in 1871 and served until 1888, lins been a delegato to six National Conventions. Tho price ?a Tho Courier? Yes, only $1 por year. Host weekly in tho State. MRS. CECELIA STOWE, Orator, Kntro Nous Club. 176 Warren Avenue, CHICAGO, III., Oct. 22,1902. For nearly four years 1 suffered from ovarian troubles. Tho doc tor insisted on an operation as the only way to get well. 1, however, strongly objected to an operation. My husband felt dishearteued as well as I, for homo with a sick woman is a disconsolate placo at beet. A friendly druggist advised him to get a Lottie of Wino of Cardui for mo to try, and he did so. I began to i inprove in a few days and my recovery was very rapid. With in eighteen weeks 1 was another being. Mrs. Rtowo's letter shows evwy woman bow a home is saddened by female weaknes and how completely Wino of Cardui cures that sick ness and briners health and happi ness again. Do not go on suffer ing. Oo to your druggist today and secure a fl.00 bottle of Wine of Cardui. For loiaats and Children. M ????I??.?.i. ? ll I i ? I .??i---Jilli. I'MHI I The Kind You Hm Always Bought Bears the y ? Signature / % ? In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTOR! THC OINTAUR COMMNV. IUU YORK CITY. Delegates to tho Beavordam Association. Tho following is the list of churches in tho Beaverdam- Bapt'at A i social ion aud tt?o assignment of io delegates hy churches and their host?. The annual session of iliia body of Christian work ors will bo hold at Conncross Baptist ohurch beginning August Otb and con tinuing thrungli August 10th and 11th: Churches. Hosts. Heaverdara.ltev. A. P. Marett. Bethlehem .. .Kev. W. T. McAlister. Cross Roads.K. II. Dllworth. Chunga.Kev. J. M. Sanders. Clearmont. K. L. Gilatrnp. Double Springs (A)... W. O. Aloxauder. Double Springs (O).Hov. W. Abbott. Pant's Grove.J. ll. Barnett. Fort Madison.W. li Adams. M op?! bah .Marshall Abbott. Mount Tabor (O).T.-D. Alexander. Now flopo.S. M. Uunnioutt. Newry.Mrs. Henry Keil. New Westminster.T. D. Alexander. Old Westminster.. Mrs. 8. M. Hunsinger. O iUdale.J. C. Simpson. Pleasant Uidgo... .Mrs. S. M. Hunsinger. Pleasant Orovo..Enoch Breazeale. Poplar Springs..J. L. O. Harker. Kock Hill..... W. B. Dilwortb. Kuturu. .I.S. Abbott. Sin loll (A).J. Li O. 1 linker. Shiloh (()).Mrs. Effie .lufferBon. Seneca.W. O. Alexander South llniou. E. Pick Marett. Toxaway. W. H. Cobb. Walhalla.I. W. Alexander. Wolf Stake.S. F. Johnson. West Uuion. W. H. Bullen Corinth.W. H. Butler. Ifopowell.J. I). Abbett. Pleasant Hill.G. W. Meredith. Bothel.*....W. M. Kay. Old Liberty.W. T. Alexander. A FACT . ABOUT THE "BLUES" What ls known as the "Blues' is seldom occasioned by actual exist? lng external conditions, but in tho ' great majority of cases by a disorder ed LIVER._ ii THIS IS A PACT which may be demonstra ted by trying a course of Tuft's 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. Mentality Among Pensioners. Washington, July 2!).-Contrary to gonoral expectations, tho forthcoming report of Mr. -Waru, tho commissioner of pensions, will state that tho total num ber of pensioners on tho rolls is still less than one million. At the close of fiscal year I'.">:; there were l>lUI,u45 pensioners. Mr. Wain lins not yot received thc final and official figures for the month of .lune, but from unofficial est?mate? handed to him bo belioves that the record foi' 1001 will bo just about what it was a year ago, and that Um increase, if any ia small. There is only ono thing that keeps thc total below ono million, and that is tho hoavy mortality among tho veterans. They arc dying off at a rapid rate, but. their places aro filled by pen sioning widows and men with no other disability than old age. Moro than Hvo thousand pensioners died during tho month of May and tho monthly averages will soon bo six thousand. Commissioner Ware says that if it were not for tho widows ol' old soldiers tho ponsion roll would shrink with regularity, despito tho operation of order No. 78. Rubber Neck. Rubber nock ot joints with Klliott'a Emulsified Oil Liniment. It will remove all stillness and soreness. It is much botter than plasters for lamo back, or pain in tito chest, or sido. Elliott's Emul sified Oil Liniment cures muscular rheu matism. Full half-pint bottles, 25 couts. Walhalla Drug Co. ; Soneca Pharmacy. Tho biggest treo in tho world, so far discovered, has just boon located in Ksbom Valloy, Tularo county, California, hy W. Ti Hart, a mill tuan in that sec tion. Mr. 11 a i t sa vs t hal four foot from tho ground, and in spits of a burned spot that decreases tho si/.e, tho treo is 113 feet in circumference, lias a diameter of .Ul foot, and that it towers to tho height of -100 foot. Hart boliovos tho troo con tains moro lumber than any other treo in tho world. BLUE RIDGE_RAMAY CO. HETW.'CKN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Time Table No. 4.- In KiTect Nov. 20, loos. BABTBOUSD- la io ! o 1 ? ' vi Wallinna. West Union. Heneen. Soneos. Mordants Junorton ?Adams. .Cherry.,. r.'mil i -MI. *Auiun. .Denver . .West Anderson Anderson-PassDep Anderson-rnssDep .A ndorson - Krt I )ep Helton. A M 8 36 H 40 K 68 0 Ott a u ? 17 ? 26 0 WI o yo o 6? io no 10 03 10 '?> P.M. is oo 2 03 2 10 2 10 2 2t: 9 88 2 4Q 2 63 a iv? 3 10 :i 12 a PM PM 3 10 3 16 8 46 r> 3i r> 361 B 66 6 69 li 13 6 26 6 37 0 f-7 ..,7 00 3 10 7 30 3 12 7 33 3 36 7 68 WKSTIIOIINo - Lv Helton. Lv * Anderson-Pr't Do Ar Anflortion-PsM Dc Lv Anderson-Pit.?** De Lv ?West Anderson - Lv ?Denver . Lv .Ailinn. Lv Pendleton. UV .<"henry. ",v .Adam?. Lv .Jordan!? .Iunction. ,\i Beneoa. lo .'M iiccii. l,v Wi st Union. Ar Walhalla..... I'M 3 60 4 13 ?i'i? .I 20 4 33 4 40 4 47 4 64 4 67 6 12 6 16 B 31 6 40 6 66 0 A M AM IQ 45 io 48 li 06! 11 or. ll 07 ll ll il 21 tl 2? ll 32 ll 30 Il 42 I! 61 ll 67 lt ll ll 21 11 20 A M 10 20 10 20 10 41 10 60 PM 7 BO 7 59 rt 20 3 PM li IB t) 4? a 4? ll 32 io Mi ll 89 " ll 42 ll 64 tl 67 1 OB 1 20 1 26 ll Ott ll 13 ll 8> il al I OB 1 36 1 40 * I?'I na station*. Will also Htoi. nt tia- following station* to take on ?nd let off ?HSSUIIKCM: I'litnney'B, J?ine?'??nd Handy Hering?. I .Nr.-, ll and 12, fb*t chut? pAMoniter, dally, No?. 0 ai I io, daily . No?, a ly ?xeept Sund?y; hon. 3 ?ud ? pat. daily. H. 0. RKATY1] >KKHON, Superintend a.