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Cfo* JLtjrjtoet Courier. I? UHUSHED (VERY WEDNESDAY MORNING - ev JAVNtEO, SHE LOU, SMITH A STECK B. T. JAYNKH, iKDH . PUHM |1><A. 8M1TH J. W. HHKLOR. I "iW> 1 X J. A. flTICCK SUBSCRIPTION, ?LOO PCR ANNUM. AuvtnriBiH? RATES RE ?SON AK..E XmT~ Communications of A porRooal character charged for aa advertisements. ? t? " Obituary uoticea aud tributes of rosnoot, of not ovor one huudred words, will be oi intel free of charge. All over that uumbor roust bo paid for at the rato Of one oeut a word. Cash to accompany nanusoript. WALHALLA, H. C. I WKDNENDAV, VKA 1. ino ? HIGH LICENSE FOR' SOUTH CAROLINA. What do you think of South Caroliua| actually going iuto tho high license busi ness? A bill has boon introduced by Sonator Williams providing that a license of $1,000 shall bo paid to tho State treasurer for each concoro handling cooa j cola, and that unless this license is paid a fine of uot less than $T>00 nor more tbao $1,000 shall bo forfoitod. Wo coufess that wo aro not sufficiently familiar with tho effects of cooa cola drinking to say whothor or not tho beverage is hurtful and deserves to be drivou from tho market or its salo re stricted hy means of a system of high license. If, howevor, it is injurious, for tho sake of uniformity and consistency, it would seem that tho State should mako >t unlawful for a porson or' corporation to handle it at all. Tho State should go into tho coca cola business at ouco if tho drink is injurious. Wo imagine tho "Dum Spiro Spero Spes" braud of oooa cola, furnished only over the counters of tho legally constituted State grog shops, would be great. Aud then, too, it might servo as a means of elevating ouco moro tho glorious old palmetto tree from the level of a common whiskey stamp. Had you ovor noticed how proud those ?State whiskey bottles look, and what an air of humiliation tho old palmetto tree bas assumed? THE NORTH ANO THE SOUTH. It is peculiarly giatifyiog to note tho evidences of a bottor fooling at tho North toward tho South as they appear, time and again, at tho gathoiings of public men at tho Nat ional Capital and metro politan contres. Whore, a few short years ago, tho opening speech at these gatherings was gcnorally tho signal for the turning on of a stroam of venom and unkind criticism and censuro, the resur recting of unpleasant memories of tho bitter struggle that dividod this groat country into partisan sections, to-day the great thinkers and speakers seldom utter aught hut sentiments of good feoling, and the banquet halls echo and ro-ccho these sentiments until a fueling of good fellowship is permeating the very life ?if the whole country. At a meeting of tho West Bod Republi can Club of Now York on tho anniversary of tile birth of President William McKin ley, Congressman Henry S. Houtcll, of Illinois, delivered tho speech of tho occa sion, KO far aa tho expression of good will and friendliness is concerned. There .were other speakers sud other excellent speeches, but Mr. Itoutell's utterances carry wit li them a peculiar fascination for the Southern ear. His subject was "Republican Policies and tho South," and while, being a staunch member of (?lie Republican party, Homo of his ideas as to party policies do not strike us so forcibly, yet his tribute to the South has the ring of truth and justice that drowns the minor sounds that have thoir source ni misconception. We reproduce below Mr. ttoutoll's tribute to tho South: "No people were over brought face to face with more utter desolation than that which confronted the men of the South on their return from Appomattox, It was not alone that they had lost the cause for which they had fought; that their ranks had been sadly thinned hythe war; that their lands had been laid waste, their property confiscated or de otroyed, Their whole social, industrial and political fabric lay in ruins. Their task was not the hopeful ono of restor ing au old ortler, but tho well nigh hope less task of bringing a new order ??ut of chaos. Hut they set to work with the - OU rage and patience that create hope and defy failure. And they have triumphod gloriously To-day they are enjoying the fruits of a victory greater than was ever won in warfare. And wo . >!' the North rejoice with them in their prosperity, for aro they not our people, bone of OUI bone and Heall of our flosh? "Tho loaders of Southern thought in 1805 aoceptcd tho results of the war ami wore willing to set to work to cicatea new order of things on the ruins of tho old. They should have been allowed to retain their natural leadership over the ignorant whites and blacks. Tho most unfortunate result of our miserable re construction polioy was that it destroyed tho influence of the old leaders, in stilled into the minds of the blacks feel ings of "hatred, malice ?md all uncharit ableness" to their natural and wisest, guides, and arrayed the whites of all classes in solid opposition to the negroes. Tho foar of ignorant negro domination lias persisted long after tho danger of ?neb domination lias passed, working often an injustice to thc negro and al -ways a greater injury to thc whites. "The amelioration ofjhe political Hitu ?tom in the South is a problem that must for years to como tax thc wisdom and patience of our greatest statesmen and philanthropists. We of the North tuve in years past made the solution of this problem more difficult for our Southern brethren. Wo now owe them generous sympathy aud forbearance. Their task is a long oue, and beset with peculiar difficulties. We should coucede that thoy have done and are doing what wo would do uuder similar circurostanoos. Thu solution of this grave and compli cated problom caunot be bastoued by coorcion, throats or abuse. "But whatovor we of the North may do, whatever the government may ac complish, tho real burdeu of this prob lom restb on our brethren of the South. In her work of solving this problem the South could have no better, no firmer frioud, than President Roosevelt, for all that tho South Deeds, besides time, ls a square deal; and no one knows better than the President that a squaro deal for the South means simply intelligent sym pathy from Northern men-unpreju diced, even-bauded justice from tho Federal government.1 ' Such expressions never fail to bring forth an abuudant harvest. They aro ap preciated in the South, and thoy are forming the ground work for the build iug up of a seutiment over the whole country that cannot fail to oblitorato all traeos of seottonal feeling and prejudice in this count i y. TALK about fallen humanity! The curso IB spreading. During the past fow days of slootand ice, humanity's literally boon fallin' all over itaolf. GKAVKS, like poets, are born, not dug -in Atlanta. At least that is tho caso at the home of a prominent editor of that city, into whoso homo last week another Graves was born. D. W. NASH, a woll-to-do farmor of DeKalb couuty, Goorgia, has boon ar rested on a charge of possessing throo wives. Ono mau-three wives-great Scott! And the whole country overrun with bachelors, too. All this in our neighbor State, and Goorgians claim to be bandy with tho hemp. MANY of our farmors eau woll afford to road carefully and thoughtfully tho suggestions of J. P. Stribling, which ap pear elsewhere in this issue. These aro not tho idoas of a theorist. They repre sent tho known results of practical farm ing. Mr. Stribling makes farming a business and makes it pay. His is one of tbo best farms iu upper South Carolina, and t here is not a year that it does not put into his pockr. something substan tial in tho way of .ividouds. HALI. CAIN, tho famous duck shooter from somewhere about Gooso Crook, who was recently tried in Greenville for con tempt of court and sent to jail for four mouths, has been quito unwell since his confinement in tho Charleston jail. Cain roasts tho Greenville jail and jailor in groat shape, and says that "tho coll gave off an awful odor, and would Bavo givon a hog tho cholera." This is serious. Tho Charleston authorities should bo cau tious. Connecting Cain's assertion with tho tho fact that ho is not woll makes it ontirely plausible that a case of cholera is dev eloping now in tho Charleston jail. Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar wi . cur?, your cough. Large bottle for 25c. Ton women wore killed by a passenger train while out sleighing in Now York last Friday. dim Wilson, colorod, was crushed to death on Tuesday night in tho Chester oil mill. Ho lost au arm while at work in tho sumo mill two years ago. Miss Minnie Hutto, a beautiful and popular young woman, committed sui cide with laudanum on Moudav morning in Blackville. No cause is assigned. Tlic -South Atlantic. States Music Festi val will bo held at Spartanbnrg at tho Converse College auditorium on May :>?.">. lt promises to la; tho most successful of the kind ever hold, Capt. Ernest E. West, a well known naval officer, whoso loone is Atlanta, has boen givon tho signal honor hy the navy department of being placed in command of thu United States marines on board tho cruiser West Virginia. Tho jury in Greenville Court in tho ease of Toni Wakefield, charged with tho murder of Janies Hicks at tho Block House, near Tryon, failed to agroo, and after remaining out from 12 ? 'clock until ? .'50 p. m., and not reaching a verdict, Judge Gary ordered a mistrial. six of the largest office and store build ings weie destroyed or badly damaged by lire in Fast. St. Louis last Friday. Several persons were injured. Tho property loss is estimated at$205,000, partially covered by lusuratioe. Street oar trafilo waa com pletely tiod up ami ibo telephone service in the distrlot was badly crippled. .lames P, Harmon, of Gainesville, Ga., while lying in beti with his son Friday night, heard someone tap on the window and as he raised up to see who it was some one fired a pistol at bim, the hall breaking Iiis collar- bono, A short time after the Harmon shooting a horse belonging to lt Palmour was shot ami bailly wounded. Miss Eleanor Tay lor, a Brenan College teacher, waa shot at the night, before in the samo manner. Afi to who this modern Mack, tho Assas sin" is, tin? people do not know. Price Buntyn, Of M l Ashby street, \t lauta, struck Ed. Jordan, a supposed burglar, two violent blows on thu head with Hie butt end of a singlo barrelled shotgun at 1 o'clock last Friday morning, crushing his head, splintering tho gun stock, and killing him instantly. It was at hist supposed that Buntyn had slain a burglar, but later developments load to the belief that Jordan had simply made a mistake, whilo under tho influonce of di ink or drug, and t bought ho was try ing to get into his own home. This , theory is given credit from tho fact that Jordan's nome ls a small house, almost exactly liko tho buntyn homo, and lo cated only a short distance away. -- . For Coughs-at your druggists or direct from Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C.-"Murray's Horehound, Mullein ?nd Tar." 25c. for large sizo bottle. Whips, Stoves, Ran of Farmin T?mese goods are now i bought with the spot ca at the lowest prices. C &*" Next door to Ar MATTERS IN THE STATE SENATE. Nineteen Acts Ratified-New Trespass Law. Ire .nd Tax Returns Public Records. Coln February 7 -Editors Cou rier: The.. avo boon ninetoon act? rati- j fled, aud of this n ember only throe aro of general and pormanent effect. Tho greater number provide for such things a8 tho ried ion of trUStOOS in BOmO school district or tho building of school houses. I Seotion 480 of the Criminal Code has I been repealed by ono of tho aota ratified. That section made the county auditor koop secret all matters in respect to tho returns of persons who are Hablo for tho income tax. By this aot these returns are public rooords and subject to public inspection just as any other returns. It may bo that tbis will encourage sonic to muk e. returns. The now provision as to foremen of tho juries isas follows: "Tho foreman of each jury, after being thus empanelled, may bo appointed by the court, or the jury may retiro and choose their foro mau." 'This now becomes Section 21)41 of tho codo. Tho other act of gonoral import is to carry out the constitutional provisions as to the liability of stockholders in banks. Tho constitution of 1805 makes the' stockholders Hablo for au amount equal to their stock in addition to the stock. Ex-Judgo J. H. Hudson was sworn in .as Senator from Marlboro last Wednes day- He is tho oldest member of this body and ?B (he says) as green as a baby on legislation. Ile sits and watches in tently tho proceedings of the body while tho othorB have a go-easy time, reading or writipg or engage in conversation. But oven with this there is nothing that ? passes that does not have the closest scrutiny. NEW Tit KS PASS LAW. Tho new trespass law that has passed both houses and is ready for rat i beat ion is as follows! "That from amf after tho approval of this act, any porson or per Bous entering upon thc lands of another for any one of the following purposes of hunting, fishing, trapping, netting, gath ering fruit, straw or surf, vegetables, herbs, or cutting timber 011 same, with out the consent of tho owner or mana- j gor thereof, shall be doomed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction there if. shall pay a line of not moro than j twenty dollars, ?ir bo Imprisoned a*, hard labor not moro than thirty days, for each and every offense." All acts inconsist ent aro repealed. J. K. Karlo. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice of Dissob .ion. fl IHK firm of .J. T. Lawrenct vt Co. JL have, by mutual consent, dissolved copartnership. Parties owing tho above Urra will please make payment to tile undersigned and savo costs. J. T. LAWRENCE, Seneca, S. (.'. February 8, 1006. 0 ?VTOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDl JLI Ttl H.S.-All persons indebted to tho estate of .lames M. McGuire, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to 1 tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against, said estate will present tho same, linly attested, within tho time proscribed by law or he baned. MA HY M. MCGUIRE, Qualified Administratrix of tho Personal Estate of .lames M. McGuire, deceased. February 8. 1005. 0 0 Teachers' Examination. The State Superintendent of Educa tion notifies County Superintendent J. S Colley that the next teachers' exami nation will be held on tho 10th day of May. lllo*? ll was decided by the State Hoard of Education to include in tb" next teachers' examination questions from Hughs' Mistakes in 'leaching, Peter man's civil Government ami Current Events. The board also recommended that, the teachers read tin- Little Chronicle, published in Chicago, tor current events. I will be woll for tho teachers who expect to stand the exami nation to secure th? above named books and read them between now and the next examination. Ho also sent mo tho following list of colleges, whose diplomas will exempt teachers from examination : South Caro lina College, Wofford College, Purman University, Clemson College, South Carolina Military Academy, Erskine Col logo. Nswborry College, Greenville Fe male College, Chicora College, Limestone Female Colloge, Converso Collogo, Co lumbia Female Collega. Presbyterian Col- ! lego for Women, Winthrop College, Lan der Female College, Presbyterian Collego of South Carolina, Duo West Femalo Collego, Charleston Colloge, Momminger Normal School. Colorod- "laffin Uni versity, State Colored College, Benedict Institute, Avery Normul Institute, Allen University. J. S. COLLEY, Co. Supt. Education Goonoo County. Fobruary 8, 1005. New1 H m Sh will be opened in Wal of February, witt* C ges, Turn Plows, D g Implements, and < n transit and were isn and will be sold orne and see tis. tsel's Furniture Store. Notice to Administrator.-!, Executors, (Guardians and Trastees. Ail Administrators, Executors, Guar dians and Trustees are horeby notified to make their Annual Returns to this offico during the months of January and February, as required by law. D. A. Smith, Judge Probate for Oooueo county, S. C. January 18, 1005. NOTICE. AS ray time will bo taken tip largely outside my offico I have thought best, for the couveniouoe of tho public, to give the Walhalla Drug Co. charge of tho salo of school books in Walhalla. Tho publio oan bo promptly waited on at all times by applying to the Walhalla Drug Co., business on Main street. Many would necessarily bo disappointed at times if these books woro kent at my offlco, as I am absout, on official business frequently. Respectfully, J. S. COLLEY. Supt. of Ed. Oconeo County. MASTER'S SALE. Tho State of South Carolina, ) County of Oconee. f Court of ('amnion Pleas. BY virtue of Decretal Order by the Court, in the casu named below, I will soil, AT PUBLIC AUCTION, in front of the Court Houso door, in Walhalla, South Carolina, on salesday in March, 1905, between tho legal hours of sale, the following described real estate, tO-Wit: Palmetto Hank and Trust Company, Plaiutiff, against E. E. Vernor ot al., Defendants. The land describod in the complaiut in tho above entitled action, as follows, to wit: Tract No. 1-All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the county of Oconee, of tho Stato of South Carolina, on tho east side of Changa creek, adjoining lands of .John Harbin, R. A. Gilmer, Tract No. 2. hereinafter dcsciibed, Jesse Bryan and others, containing ono hundred and ten (HO) acres, more or less, accordiug to plat of same mado by C. L. Dean, sur veyor, and dated Dcoember 7, 1U08. Tract No. 2-All that certain piece, parcel ur tract of land, sit nato, lying and being in the County of Oconeo, State of South Carolina, on branches of Changa creek, adjoining lands of R. A. Uilmer, Elbert Davis, Hai l ison Harbin, Jesse Bryan and Tract No. 1, above mentioned, containing one hundred and twenty (120) acres, more or less, according to plat mado bv C. L. Dean, surveyor, dated De cember 7. I00S. Terms of .Salo: One-half cash on day of sale, and balance in one annual install ment, with interest from day of sale, to he scoured hy bond of tho purchaser and mortgage of thc promises, with leave to the purchaser to anticipate payment. Purchaser to pay for papers. Sold at risk of former purchaser. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconeo County. Februar; 8, (p05. ? 0 MASTER'S SALES. Tho Stato of South Carolina, ) County of OoOOeo. ) In Court of Common Pleas. James W. Brown and others, Plaintiffs, against. Kusb H. Brown and others, Defendants. COMPLAINT rou PARTITION, RKLIBK, AC. BY virtue of a dociotal order mado by Hon. Ernest Gary, Judge Presiding in the 8th Judicial Circuit, on tho ;t0th 1 ?lay of January, MK)."?, at his Chambers, i in Greenville, s. C., I will sell, to tho ; highest, bidder, at public auction, before i he Court House ?loor, in Walhalla, S. : c., on salesday, Otb day in March next, between the legal hours of salo, the real estate of tho lat? Mrs. Mahala A. Brown, de* eased, as follows: Tract No. 1 - Known as the North western part of the Rowland Cebu tract, situate in Oconee county, South Carolina, adjoining lands of J. A. Cook, Charles Leathers, T. H. Hobson and others, con- ! faining one hundred "?>?i twcnty-sevon (127) acres, more or less, being part of thu real estate formerly belonging to tho lato George Percival. AI so, Tract No. 2-Known as tho remainder of tho howland Cobb tract, being parti off the real estato of the said George Pore.ival, deceased, situate in Oconee county, .South Carolina, adjoining Tract No. 1, above described and others, con taining ono hundred and thiny-threo (188) acres, moro or less. These lands aro moro fully dcsoribcd in tho deed of Riobard Lewis, Master, to Robt. S. Percival. Otb February A. D , 1888. Seo Book "M." Pairos 2'2f? 230,231 anti 288, Mesne Conveyance, Oconee county, South Chrolina Terms of Salo: one half cash on day of salo, tho balance on a credit of 12 months, interest, from day of salo, so enred by bund of the purcliRser and mortgage of tho premises, with loavo to anticipate paymont, and power to the Master to resell at risk of former bidder in caso of failure to comply. Purchaser to pay extra for tho papers. To bo sold in separate tract*., W. O. WHITE, Master Oconeo County, S; C. February 8, 1005 0-9 halla about the lOth. i complete line of S, SADDLES, LAP ROBES, isc Harrows, Cultivators, and all kinds Complete Line of Hardware. Carter Hardware Co., WALHALLA, S. C. Fertilizer for 1905.... Wo are not going to urge you to buy Guano, but want to say that if you are going to buy somo wo are ready and anxious to quote you prices. Wo bave a good stook of Genoral Merchandise at prices aa low as anyone. Come to soe us before buying, either for oaah or on time. Wo try to treat you right. )J. W. Byrd & Co., Seneca, S. C. FULL LINE OF PIPING AND FITTINGS FOR MACHINERY. Quick work and a close price on any kind of a job. Foundry work on short notice. No charge for patterns. SHEET METAL AND ROOFING WORK OF ALL KINDS. SENECA IRON WORKS, SENECA, - - - - S. C. ELIAS EARLE. President and Manager. JOB PRINTING Send your orriors for Sta tionery and Advertising Mat ter to The Courier and get Th? 13?Ht i? Always tho Cheapest. THE BEST f How's the S Stove ? COOKS If it isn't pleasing you, come in and let us sell you a brand new Buck's. You're absolutely stove safe with a Buck's, T?~ E GREAT WHITE ENAMEL LINE. Will last for years and years, causing things to mn smooth in the kitchen. linTi?ir nr nu HOL ur nnrnin tum NOT UT. is hereby given that an elec tion will bo held at tho Offio? of K. M. Cary, lu the Town of Seneca, S. C., <?n Thursday, February 28, 1905, 00 tho question of levying an additional lax of three mills 011 tho roal sud personal property iii Soueca School District, No. 03. 111 addition to tho taxes collected tor BU hool purposes now authorized hy lnw ; t hat at said election each elector favor? lng said proposed levy shall cast n hallet cont a i id in; tho word "Yes" printed or written thereon and each olector opposed to said '.evy shall cant ? ballot containing tho word "No" printed or written til creon. Only Hiioh oleotors as return real or pomonal property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general eloetions, shall bo allowed to voto; thal said oleotion shall bo con ducted aa provided by law for tho con duct of general elect ions. Polls open at 7 a. m. and olose at 4 p. m. F. M. CAUY, S. K. DENDY, Ju., W. P. AUSTIN, Trustees Seneca School District, No, 03. February 1, 1005. 5-8 THINK OF IT! A FIFTY-FOOT FAXiL. A SPLENDID UNDEVELOPED WATKK-POWKU enhances tho value of a tract of land to an indefinite amount. Tho water-fall on tho A. G. Stapol tract of land, Whiob I am offering for -?ale, is undeveloped and is considered ono of tbe finest opportunities for a water-powor factory site now offering in or about Walhalla. Tho land is good. This property is worth easily from $1,500 to $2,000-but less will buy it. Address J. D. Cappolmaun, 40-48 llroad stroet, Charleston, S. C. January 18, 1005. 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