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BX JAYN1?B, SUELOB, SM ITH *V STECK. TO THINK OWN 8BLF BS TRTJB AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIOHT 1 ITT* DAY. THOU CANS'T NOT THJBN BB F ALBS TO ANY MAN. WALHALLA, HOT"? H (?ABOLINA, FEB. 15. I ?Oft. NBW H F? ttl KM, NO. 357.-VOLUMB LY._NO. 7. Our Candy Dep We havo put lu a big line of of our store. We want*to uso FANCY CANDIES, ment, to get more people lu our store, than to make mouey out of it. Ou Fine Chocolate and Bon-Bc tb Our ll Also, a big lino of STAPLE CANDIES at 10 con ts per pound. These Candi & Sons, Now York, and are the samo as used by tbe big departmeot stores of tl Tteso Candles are pure and as good as eau be made at any price. Drop in a C. W. <a J. E. Bauknig'Ht -IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH_ Keep the Chaps Away. . . It is tbo little things of life that annoy us.' "Wo oan dodgo an elephant, but not a fly," says some philosopher. You can't very well avoid annoyance from ohappod and roughened skin those days unless you rely on Almond Cream. It rolioves at once and heals in a few hours. If we know of anything better wo would recommend it. Customers Bay there couldn't bo anything botter. Price, 25o. LUNNEY, The Druggist, Yellow Front. SENECA, S. 0. M'CUE DIES ON GALLOWS. Mounted Gallows After a Confession and Was Strangled to Death. Charlottesville, Va, February 10.-J. Samuol MoCuo, former mayor of thin city, was hanged at the county jail at 7:34 this mornig for the murder of his wife on Sunday, September 4, last. Me emi was pronounced dead nineteen minutes after the trap was sprung. After tho oxeoution, a signed coufession was given out by his spiritual advisors as follows: "J. Samuol MoCuo states this morning in our presence and requested us to make public, the statement, as he did not want to leave the world with suspioion resting on any human being other than himself, that he alono was responsible for the deed, impelled to lt by an evil power be yond his oontrol, and he recognized his sontonoe as just." MoCuo listened oalmly to the reading of tho death warrant this morning, and when Sergeant Rogers asked : "Do you think that if I give you my arm you would be abie to walk to the soaffold?" Ile roplied calmly: "loan walk without, your aid." On tho way ho stumbled once or twice and tho officers proffered assistance. It was not needed, however. There was no weakness. MoCue had morely slipped upon the frozen snow. Watched by tho silont orowd of per haps thirty poople, McCue mounted tho scaffold. Hy this timo the sunlight was streaming across tho housetops around him. Not a muscle of his face moved. Sorgeant Itogers and the two guards ascended tho scaffold with him. The prisoner wan placed over the trap, hin arms pinioned and his ankles strapped. The blaok gown was folded around him ami t he noose adjusted. lief oro he placed the rope about Mc (AMH neck, Sergeant Kogors put his arm over the condemned man's shoulder and whispered something to him. When everything was ready, Mr. Rogers again j spoke to MoCuo, asking him if he had any statement to make. "None at all," was his answer. Tho trap was sprung, and 10 minutes later MoCuo was pro nounced dead of strangulation. His neok was not broken. All this while MoCne stood without moving. The hope that he might make somo statement before he died finally EHRH.,tl away. The oowl dropped over lu head and bo i.:?d soon his last of this world. Not a word had he uttered. The guard took hold of the rope that was to release tho trap. Rogers, standing alone upon the soaffold beside MoCue, turned his back and liftod his h And. The trap fell and MoCue was hanging in space. In order to thwart the . a iosity of the morbidly inclined, the sh : nf kept seoret tho timo of tho execution. After the execution ono of MoCuo's spiritual ad visors said : ?Mr. McCue loft this world with feel ings of bitterness toward no human be ing. Ho was earnest and tender this morning in our presence. Ile offered to God a fervent prayer for his family, for his brothers aud their wives, for his sis ter, for his uncles and aunts, for l|is children, no called them each by name. He invoked the blessing of Almighty God upon thom all." The body will be taken to "Brooks ville," near Afton, for burial. THU FINAL STKUCOLK. With the setting of yesterday's sun, faded the last ray of nope that shone but faintly on the pathway of J. Samuel McCue, during the previous day, and all efforts to save him from tho gallows having failed, he paid the penalty for tho awful erinn-, of wife murder after tho hour of 7 o'clock. The day was full of thulling and soul-stirring scenes, both in Richmond and in Charlottesville, and last night in Charlottesville, where the innocent lifo-blood of his wife was spilled, tho saddest pict ure of tho entire tragedy was witnessed, when tho con demned man, with but a fow hours tc live, said fare wei 1 to his children and rotatives, and then returned to his Bible j and to communion with his God. Three Anal efforts had been made, all simultaneously, it may bo said, to prc I vent tho hanging of Medic, but ont after anothor in quick succession thej Erovod as fruitless and unavaling as du is defenso, wbou ho stood at the bar ol tustice in tho Oity Whoso richest honor. e had enjoyed. His little daughter, Ruby, wooping at though hor heart would break, appealed to the Governor in person for the life ol hor environed father, and then, with bet uncle and aunt, turned her faco ?me ward, to boar tho sorrowful stor. ml. his lonely coll, that no shadow of hop< wa? left nd to say farewell to bim for ever. It was early in tho day that I ht Hrs adverse nows was heard, and then it cami at frequent intervals, until at night Governor Montague issued a statement sealing tho doora of the mao, deolarins that mindful of his public duty, be couh not sot aside tho judgment of tho courts Previous to this, Justice Harlan, of th. United States Supreme Court, had denim the writ of error sought, declaring tba no Federal questiona were involved, am if thore had been errors at the trial, the; woro not for tho Federal oourts to review The insanity plea fell to the groom and was novor brought officially to th attention of the Governor, because th export physiolans sent to Charlottesvill failed to see the prisoner. TUB CHIME OF M'OOK. It was on a quiet Snnday night in Sop tombor, less than six months ago, thu the oruel murder of a woman shocke the community in the best life of whio she had been wont to move, and marke artment. bioh we expect to make quito a feiture is Department more aa ?n advertise ine can't be excelled. We are Belling ^ _ _ * ao Cents per pound. al 5 Cents 1-4 pound. es aro manufactur?e! by D. Auerbach hat oity for tLeir famous special bales, nd get a pound for a trial. Walhalla. the beginning of a tragedy that was eventually to stir the entire common wealth to ita depths. The woman was Fannie Crawford Mo Cue, the wife of a former mayor of Char lottesville, a man prominent tn both the business aud the social life of the city. The scene of the tragedy waa the beauti ful Park streot borne of the family, the very heart of the roost attractive resi dential sootion of the town. The time was the early evening, when neighbors still Bat upon near porohes and pedes trians had not yet deserted the street. The theory of the crime was burglary, frustrated by tho unexpected return of the husband and wife, each of whom it waa supposed had beeu attacked by a marauder frantic in his efforts to escape. Both McCue and bis wife had beeu absent from tho city several days-the one in Washington on a mission nov?r explained; the other with several of her child rou a short distance outside the town. Tho ox-mayor roturnod on Sun day, September 4, and upou reaohing his home found that his wife had a ino got ten back. That uight tho two were aeon at tho Presbyterian churob. MTB. Mc Cue left tho house ahead of her husbaud, who subsequently Bald ho delayed to answer a call. At t he church they occu pied tho same pew, and upon tho con clusion of tho sorvico walked homo to gether. Thoy woro joined by a relative, Marshall Dinwiddio, who accompa nied the couplo to the gate, where, after a brief conversation, he left thom. This was tho last soon of Mrs. McCue alive. The hour was abouti). 15 p. m. or perhaps a few minutes earlier. At or about 0.30 p. m. Dr. Frank C. MoCue, a j brother of the ox-mayor and a physician, received a telophono message summon ing him at once to tho bouse. The voice he heard over the wires was that of his brother, and the words: "Come down here rieht quick, Frank. There is some body in the house. Ile bas knocked me senseless and probably shot Fannie." Tarrying only long enough to slip ou his clot lies and seize r.n emergency grip, the physician hastened to the house without ) waiting to* spread the news broadcast. De went quite alone. When he entered tho front door his brother was half way down the staircase. Ho was partly un dressed; had a light wound upon his face, from which the blood had trioklod to his undershirt, and appeared "dazed." Tho first thing he said was, "Go hunt for Fannie." Tho fumes of Brooke filled the bouse. The ex-mayor seemed to know nothing of tbe whereabouts of his wife, and the physician left him standing on the stair way while bo personally conducted a search. The Bound of running water attracted him to the bath room on the second floor. There was no light in the upper hall. With tho aid of matohes Dr. McCue found his way to the room, where he turned on a gas jet. He turned at onoe to tho tub ana tbore discovered tho murdered wife. The body was still warm, but pulBolees. Tho woman was lying upon her back, with one limb straight out and the other flexed. Hor arms woro partly foldod over her stom ach or a little above it. Tho corpse was almost nudo. The tub in which it lay lacked a few inches of being full. The hot water spigot was still running. A bloody baseball bat was loaniug against the wall of tho bath room. A shotgun was found in tho hall u fow foot away. Tho body was lifted from the tub and stretched upon a rug on the bath room lloor. The mutilation hitherto partly ooncoalod, was now apparont. Tho woman had ovidontly been struck over tho right ear, which was uoarly torn off. There were superficial flesh wounds on tho left side of tho nose and on the back of tho hoad. In hor broast, just undor I tho collar bone, was a gaping gunshot1 wound, partially smoked by powdor. Subsequent finger marks woro di. cered on tho throat, indicating that in - dition to being bludgeoned and shot. M? A. Mo Cue had boen choked by her slayer. Tho condition of tho house at the time Of tho murder was peculiar. Nothing whatsoever bad beon disturbed. No property, largo or small, was missing. A window in the room of tho daughter of thc cx-mayor was open. Tho front door was uulat-hed and two front win dows, ono on tho .. icond floor and one in the parlor, woro open. Through any of these window exits an intruder might havo escaped. Mitti Al, OK M'OUB. Charlottesville, Va., February ll.-Be side the gravos of his father and mother, in a peaceful spot just outside of Afton, the mortal remains of J. Samuel MoCue, onoo mayor of Charlottesville, who was executed yesterday for the brutal mur der of his wife, were laid to rest to-day. The relatives and a fow intimate friends of the family were tho sole witnesses of the interment. The last rites were oou duotod by the Rev. Q. L. Petrie, of this oity, friend and pastor of the doad man, and selected by bim to officiate at the sorvloe. COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION To be Hold lr Walhalla To-Morrow, 16th. Plan ol Organization. Riohland, February 13.-Editors Cou: Her: The ootton growers of Ooonee couDty'roet at Seneca Academy on the 11th instant at 12 m. Owing to bad weather and muddy roads only about 76 farmers were present. F. M. Cary, one of our delegates who attended the New Orleans convention, was present and gave quito an interesting and instructivo account of that convention. During our session definito instruction as to thor ough organization of the "Southern Cotton Association" was handed me (a copy of whioh T enclose you). Il was deoided by motion to organizo as well as possible all our school district ? on the 14th, at 2 p. m., and sond two delegates or representative cotton growers, to moot at Walli illa on the 16th instant, at ll a. m., there to organize a per manent "Southern Cotton Association" for Oconee county and to send two delegates to the State Association to meet in Colombia on the 21st instant. Also a number of blank pledges as to cutting the aoreage and amount of fer tilizer for the present year were sent out to be signed up by the farmers. All cot ton growers oome to Walhalla on the 16th. J. P. Stribling, President. PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. Whereas, all tho various industries of the world are under thorough and sys tematic organization to proteo!, develop and manage their special interests ; and, whereas, the ootton interests of tho Southern States are not organized, and by reason of not being BO organized there is no uniform system for regulating pro duction, securing markets, nuanoing the products and generally supervising and advancing such interests; therefore, bo it resol ved, 1. That there shall be ono supromo or ganization known as tho Southern Cotton Association, etnbraoing all of tho cottuu producing states and Territorios, to evolvo and execute practical and ellie ie nt plans with reforonce to cotton produc tion, Co*con .supply, ootton markutiug and financing, by systematic', and care fully adapted organization of all cotton inion. I? and by legislation as expert ouoe suggest* to o licet and onforco tho pm poses of tbis organization. '2. Tbo purposes of tho association shall be to regulate ootton produdtlon, ootton supply and financing, and especially cot ton marketing, using every effort to seem o broader markets and to limit tho produotiou to the demand at remunera tive prices, and to reduce to a minimum all expense of handling cotton and its products from the time it loaves the field until it reaobos tbe oonsumor. 8. That tbero shall be an organization in each cotton-growing State and Terri tory subordinate to tho central organiza tion, to be known as tho State and Terri torial organization. 4. That thoro shall bo an organization iu eaoh couuty or parish producing oot ton of each col ton-growing State, subor dinate to the stat?; or Territorial organi zation. 5. TliAt thoro shall ho an organization elToctod iu eaoh of the civil subdivisions of the county or parish subordinate to tho county or parish organization, and under rogulatiotiB of the county or par ish organization. 6. There shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer of the Southern Cotton Association, and of the organization of eaoh State, Terri tory, county and parish, who shall hold office for one year, and until their suc cessors are elected and qualified. 7. The duties of eaoh officer shall be f>rescribod iu the constitution and by aws for eaoh organization as hereinafter provided. 8. Tho executive oommittee of the Southern Cotton Association shall be composed of twenty-six members, chosen by States and Territorios, as herein pro vided; no State or Territory to have less than one nor more than five membors. The first meeting cf said association shall be held at Asheville, N. C., on the loth day of August, 1005. t). Each State and Territory Associa tion shall bo composed of ono member from each cotton-growing county or ?arish of each oottou-growiug State and 'orritory, whioh association shall meet for the first timo at the oapital in each cotton-growing State and Territory on the 21st day of February, 1005, and shall moot annually, or oftonor, thereafter at such timo and place as it may determine. At its first meeting it shall immediately organizo by elect ing tho officers as heroin provided, and shall at onoe elect, the State's or Territory's representatives to tho Southern Cotton Association, and when so elected, they shall take tho plaoo of tho executivo committee heroir provided for. All of whioh officors shill hold for one year and until their suc oesours are elocted and qualified. 10. That the cotton produoors, mer chants, bankers and others, of eaoh vot ing precinct, of each county or parish shall moot on the 11th day of February, 1005, organizo by oluutiou of officers, and. after so organizing, shall at once proceed to elliot two representatives from tbe oot ton produoors of that preoinot to tho county or parish association to bo held on the lOtb day of February at tho parish or county soat. Eaoh county or parish association shall on the dato to be named, oonvono at tbe county or parish seat, and organize by tho election of its own offloers and ito representatives to the State organization. 11. The exeoutivo committee of the Southern Cotton Association shall bo chosen by the representatives of eaoh of tho States and Territories h e assom blod. and that the president and vioe president of this association shall be ex oftloio members of tho oxecutivo commit tee, and hold the same positions therein. 12. The exeoutive oommittee thus con stituted shall prepare a constitution and = A Mal Qt! There is a qn ?aking Powd* the food more wholesome. T of Royal has I physicians, an ingiy endorse mend it. ROYAL BAKING POY by-laws for this assooiation, and for oaoh of the State, Territory, oouoty and par ish associations ; and shall overlook suoh organisations and oarry out the purposoa above expressed, and shall lix the dates of the meetings of the various uentral and subordinate organizations. 13. That we reooramond Ilarvie Jordan for prosidont and E. S. Peters for vice president, and that tho executive com mittee shall soleot a secretary and a treasurer; and pr?vido for the bonding of officers for the faithful performance of duty, and that the president and vice prosidont, if the exeoutivo committee think necessary, may each seloot an as sistant secretary. 14. That the funds for the organization and operation of this institution shnll bo derived by initiation foes and annual duos imposed upon its membersbip aud' n charge on eaob balo of cotton produced by its membership to be assessed and colloctod in the manner to he provided by tho constitution and by-laws. ir>. That ton members shall const ?tuto a quorum of the exeoutivo oommittoe, whioh committee shall have authority to fill vacancies in their own body ana in the offices of this association. 16. That the membership of tho executive committee shall be diesen by the members of tho different State and Territorial organizations here represented, and presented to this body; and the membership of oaoh State and Territory on this committee shall bo as follows: Alabama, 3; Arkan sas, 2; Florida, 1; Georgia, 3; Louisiana, 2; Mississippi, 8; North Carolina, 2; South Carolina, 2; Texas, 5; Oklahoma, 1; Missouri, 1; Indian Territory 1. Signed : Alabama, F. S. Moody, II. Y. Brooke, T. C. Bauks; Arkansas, W. Y. Foster, Dr. L. B. Love; Georgia, Thomas E. Watson, E. T. Steed, W. L. Peek; Louisiana, F. L. Maxwell, P. M. Potts; Mississippi, S. A. Witherspoon, John MoC. Martin, W. Clark; North Carolina, J. A. Brown, J. ii: Fairloy; South Caro lina, E.sD. Smith, Wm. S. Lipscomb; Tennessee, W. G. Davis; Texas, C. H. Jenkins, O. P. Pyle, J. II. Connell, John Latham, F. M. Green; Oklahoma, L. B. Irvin; Indian Territory, G. W. York. Harvie Jordan, President. Richard Cheatham, Secretary. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ute Mother's Favorite. Tho soothlug aud healing properties of this remedy, its pteasant taste and prompt and permanent oures have made it a favorite with people everywhere. It is especially prized by mothers of small children, for colds, croup and whooping cough, as itcontaiuB no opium or other harmful drue. It may be given as confi dently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla, and W. J. Lunney, Soneoa. News from Reedy Fork. Boody fork, February 13.-Mrs. W. II. Broom has boon very sick, but is ablo to bo out again. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Sam cleve land, February 1,a son. Mrs. Millie Cleveland and son, Grovor, aro vory sick at this writing. Wm. King, of Madison, was tho guet t of M. II. Broom last Saturday and Suu day. Mrs. Alma Mills and ohildron aro visit ing at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Gil strap this wook. *. Woman Killed a Peddler. Charlotte, N. C., Fobruary ll.-A kill ing took place, noar here this morning about 6 o'clock. A peddler uamed Greenbnrg frequently visited tho home Of J. D. Bivous, in Dorchester county, South Carolina, up to about a week ago, when he made advances to assault Mrs. nivens and was arrested. He promised to pay a fino and leave the oountry if they would free him, which was done. Ile oame hack and entered the Blvens houno and made the same advances towards Mrs. nivens, when she shot bim with a shot gen, the load entering bis neok. The soene of the killing, is abont 10 milos from Summerville ant 26 miles from St. George, the oonnty seat of Dor ohoster. Maglstrato Cummings was notified of the killing and summoned a Iury of inquest, verdiot being justifiable lOmioide. Mr. Iii venn was in Columbia at the time attending the Legislature. lality in Royal iv which makes digestible and 'his peculiarity been noted by d they accord ! and recom I'DER CO.. HEW YORK. NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER. Westminster, February 14. -The first quarterly conference of the Westmin ster oharge convened here Saturday and Sunday. The attendance was numil. Rev. Mattison Wilbur Chase will ap pear at the school house next Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Those who do not hold season tickets can get them for this attraction at tho bank or at tho school house on the evening of the lecture. Miss Rosa Mc Donald was at homo last wook. She vacated her school a while on account of the severe weather. I T. D. Poore visited Anderson last week. Jamos .Tonos, the agont at Madison, has opened up a boef market in that fast growing town. Mrs. C. E. O. Mitchell and two chil dren wont to Anderson Saturday to soo Mrs. pr. Burt Mitchell, who is seriously sick at the home of C. S. Sullivan in that oity. Last Wednesday and Thursday tho young mon and ladies could he seen sleigh riding. The sport seemed to bo koonly enjoyed. J. A. Cook, pf Madison, was in West minster a few hours last Saturday. Miss Jessie Stribling, who is in ohargo of a kindergarten school in Bolton, was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stribling, last week. Jai.>es McGuffln, of Tooooa, Qa., is spo.iding awhile with relatives in thia section. Ho is a son of the late Rev. A. W. McGuffln. Miss Hattie Norris, of Philadelphia, arrived one day last week and will spond some time with her mothor, Mrs. E. A. Norris, and family. She graduated as a trained nurse last fall. Dr. T. M. Merewether, of Elberton, and a Miss Kendrick, ot Dawson, Ga., wove married the lattor part of last De cember. Dr. Merriwether was located hero before moving to Elberton. T. D. Poore bas purchased tho A. G. Cox house and lot near the depot. Miss Ethel Leathers has boon quito sick during the past week. Mrs. Loo Leathers has boon filling her place aa operator at tho telephone exchange. n. B. Zimmerman visited Atlanta this week. He was accompanied home by Mrs. Zimmerman, who has hoon spend ing several weeks with their son, W. M. Zimmerman. A. L. Gossett. Townvllh Moms. Townville, February 14.-Mrs. W. E. Pant is spending awhile with Mrs. J. B. Felton at Ebeneser. W. T. Hunt is having his house re modeled. It presents quite an up-to-date appearance. Miss Annie Fair, Elizabeth and Frank Dickson visited the family of Dr. W. K. Sharp at "Rivoli" quite rooently. Mr. Ellis, who has been having the machinery put down in tho oil mill, has completed his job and .eturnod to his home in Atlanta. The will ia now roady to begin work again. Miss Lizzie Woolbright was tho guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. N. Bruce, at Oak way. Miss Maude Walker, a charming young lady from Birmingham, Ga., who bas been spending awhile with Mrs. H. D. Grant, has returned home. She mado quite a number of friends while here, who regretted to see her leave. Mr?. James Grant visited hor mother, Mrs. Moore, at Oak way, recently. M. Abbott, of Sesee:?, was the guest of J. C. Boggs recently. Your soribo has been suffering with a severe cold for the past few weeks, but is recovering. Mrs. William Crenshaw, of Pendleton, visited Mrs. Richard Thrasher recently. Miss Helen Speares has been quito sick with sore throat. Pansy.