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J* Cfc* ^taixutt <&amm. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. -?V - JAYNI8, SHELOR, SMITH A STECK J. W. SMBLOB, { EM< ! rcB*- J Jl A. STECK: SUBSCRIPTION, si.oo PER ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. Xjff" Com muni cn tiona of a personal character charged for as advertisements. ?-JT" Obituary notices and tributes of respeot, of not over ono hundred words,' will be printed free of oharge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one oent a word. Cash to accompany mannsoript. WALHALLA, g. C. S WBDNBSDAV.iriAV IT, IVOS. South Union Locals. South Union, May 10.-Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Shirley and Misses Vera Crawford and I lassie Thomas visited relatives near Lavonia last week. Miss Ethyl Thomas, of Avalon, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Ottie Burr?8B. O. F. Isbelle and daughter, Zelm a, apent a part of last week with rela tives at Bowman, Ga. Mrs. M. J. McDonald and son, Monroe, visited Mrs. J. C. Burriss last week. Miss Kate Hnrris visited the , Misses Crawford last Thursday. Dook F. Isboll and wife visited at the home of S. L. Burriss Sunday. Clarence Callaham and wife, of Fair Play, visited here Monday. * t Letter to a Walhalla Doctor. Dear Sir: For your house, no matter what's tho mattor with it-it isn't a Jmman you kuow-a prescription: Dovoe lead-and-zinc. Apply with a brush, from ono to three coats-get a painter to do it. Seveu State chemists know all about Devoo; have analyzed it; report it pure; will analyze it occasionally. They buy it in the open market whenever they liko. You kuow what the color and dryer are tor. do you know what the lead-aud-zinc ai": oil are for? Not being a painter, you may not choose to know; but we'll toll you. Lead-aud-ziuo and oil combine to form a rubbery waterproof coat to keep out dampness. That's tho whole business. Tho oil would do it alouo; lead-am I-oil would do it, without tho ziuc; zinc and oil without tho load; but tho tbroo to gether are best, bocauso tboy wear best. We say to you, "get a painter," as we'd say to him "got a doctor"-ovory man to his trade. Can't all bo paiuters and doc tors; don't want to. You will bo more successful in a pros perous looking house, and he in good health. Tako good caro of one another. Yours truly, 71 P. W. Devoe A Co. P. S.-J, W. Bell, Walhalla, Gt. W. Cignilliat, Seneca, and Matheson Hard ware Co., Westminster, Boll our paint. Married by Telegraph. Mary C. Slaughter, of Bowling Green, Ky., and James Murrell, of Fort Mackenzia, Wyoming, although separated by 1,000 miles, were united in marriage on Thursday through tho medium of tho Western Union Tele ^fgraph Company. A minister was at each end of the wire. The bride was attired in a white wedding gown and the usual veil. She was accompa nied by a number of friends who witnessed the novel ceremony. Mur rells regiment will leave in a few days for the Philippine Islands. His wife will accompany him. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature of They tell the following story of a good looking, well-to-do bachelor in Murphysboro, 111. He was being badgered by tho young ladies of a club there for not getting married. Ile said : "I'll marry the girl of your club which, on a secretNvote, you elect to be my wife." There were nine members of the club. Each girl went away in a corner and used great caution in preparing her ballot and disguising her handwrit ing. A popular travoling man, who tells the story, says (?hat the result was that there were nine votes oast, each girl receiving one. The young man remains a baohelor, the dub ie broken up and the gir!a are all mor tal enemies, united in the determina tion that they will never apeak to Hf that nasty follow again." An election will be held in Piok ens county ou tho 20th instant on the question of voting out the dis pensaries. The outcome will be awaited with interest. Cleveland on Women's Clubs. Grover Cleveland, twice President of the United States, has an article on "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs" in tho currant number of the Ladies' Home Journal. He says, in part : "One who oan remember a mother's love and a mother's care in child hood, or who hss known in later days the joya a devoted wife bringe to the life of man, ought to be able to cal culate upon general experienoe so largely tallying with his own that he need not fear protest or dissent in treating of the scope and character of woman's mission. It is a melan choly fact, however, that our subject is actually one of difiioult approach ; and it is a more melancholy faot that this approach is made difficult hy a dislocation of ideas and by false per spectives on the part of women them selves. To those of us who suffer periods of sooial pessimism, but who, in the midst of it all, oling to our faith in the saving grace of simple and unadulterated womanhood, any discontent on the part of wo man with her ordained lot, or a restless desire on her part to be and to do something not within the sphere of her appointed ministrations, cannot appoar otherwise than as perversions of a gift of God to the human ra^e. "The restlessness and discontent to whioh I have referred is most strong ly manifested in a movement which has for a long time been on foot for securing to women the right to vote and otherwise participate in public affairs. Let it here be distinctly understood that no sensible man has fears of injury to the country on account of suoh participate J. It is its dangerous, undermining effect on the characters of tho wives and mothers of our land that we fear. This particular movement is so ag gressive, and so extreme in its in sistence, that those whom it has folly enlisted mey well be considered as incorrigible. At a very recent meet ting of these radicals a high priestess of the faith declared : 'No matter how bad the orime a woman commits, if she can't vote, and is classed with idiots and criminals and lunatics, she should not be punished by be same laws as those who vote obey.' This was said when advo ; oating united action on the part of the assembled body to prevent the execution of a woman proved guilty of the deliberate and aggravated raur j der of ber husband. The speaker is reported to have further announced as apparently the keynote of her address : 'If we could vote we'd be willing to be hanged.' It is a thou sand pities that all the wives found in such company cannot sufficiently open thor minds to Bee the complete lit ness of the homely definition which describes a good wife as 'a woman who loves her husband and her coun try, with no desire to run either'; and every mother, and every woman, whether mother, wife, spinster or maid, who either violently demands or wildly desires for women a greater share in the direotion of public affairs, could realize the everlasting truth that 'the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.' "There is comfort in the reflection that even though these extremists may not be amenable to reformation, there is a fair prospeot that their manifest radicalism and their blunt avowal of subverting purposes will effectively warn against a dangerous ly wido acceptance of their theories. "The real difficulty and delioaoy of our topic become most apparent when we come to speak of the less virulent and differently directed club move ments that have crossed the even tenor of the way of womanhood. I do not inolude those movements whioh amount to nothing more than woman'B association or co-operation in charitable, benevolent and religioua work, largely local in its activities and in all its qualities and purposes entiroly fitted to a woman's highest nature and best impulses. I apeak more especially of tho woman's clubs of an entirely different sort whioh have grown up in all sections of our land, and which have already become BO numerous that in the interests of .heir consolidated management a National Federation of Woman'? , Clubs has been created. I speak also of the vast number of associations lees completely organized, but not lese exaotingof time and attention, whose professed purposes are in many in , stances the intellectual improvement or entertainment of the women com Stock i flach in Days In order t tory in June, department, reduced price ber, the predi is good in thi this line, by s can furnish y way that you Dressers from $4.50 up to $3 Washstaud8, Safes, Chairs. Sideboards $15, $20, $25 and Hat Racks, $8.50 to $12.50. Dining Extension Tables froi Rocking Chairs from $1.25 t< Bed Lounges from $10 to $2 Mattresses from $1.50 to $7. Don't For RUSK posing their membersip. Doubtless in numerous eases the objeots of these clubs and associations are shown in Buoh a light and are made to appear so good, or at least so harm less, that a conscientious woman, unless she makes a strong fight against self-delusion, may quite easily porsuade herself that affiliation with them would be certainly iunooent and perhaps even within the dictates of duty. The danger of self-delusion lies in ber supposition that she is consulting tho need of relaxation or the duty of increased opportunity for intellectual improvement, when in point of fact, and perhaps imper ceptibly to herself, she is taking counsel of her discontent with the humdrum of her home life." After considering the woman's clubs as a weapon of retaliation upon man for nogleot of his home and sug gesting that the retaliation may fall upon tho innocent as well as the guilty, Mr. Cleveland says "lt may safely be assumed that among those who are most disturbed by the growth of woman's olubism the sentiment is universal that man'? negleot of woman is a dastardly offense and that the whipping post for wife-beaters would be a wholesome feature of our criminal law." Ile goes on : "I am persuaded that without ex aggeration of statement we may assume that there are woman's clubs whose objects and intents are not only harmful, but harmful in a way that directly menaces the integrity of our homes and tho benign disposi tion and character of our wifehood and motherhood ; that there are others harmless in intent, but whose tendency is toward waste of time and perversion of effort, as well as toward the formation of the club habit, and the toleration or active patronage of less innocent organizations ; that there are also associations of women whose purposes of oharity, religious enter prise or intellectual improvement are altogether laudable and worthy. Leaving this latter class out of ac count, and treating the subjeot on the theory that only tho other organiza tions mentioned are under considera tion, I believe t hat, it should be boldly deolared that the best and safest olub for a woman to patronize is her home." Clubbing Offer-Four Papers a Week. On April 1st the Atlanta Constitution hogan tho publication of a tri-weekly edition-Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days. We have made arrangements whoreby we can furnish our readers The Keowee Courior and the tri-weekly edi tion of tho Constitution-four papors a week-for $1.75 per year. We are now able to furnish the Weekly Constitution and The Keowee Courior at $1.40 nor year. Subscription to both papers to bo paid IN ADVANCE. Try this combination and we think you will bo pleased. s V> ? , < of Furniture, - ?????I Pil I I I .1 . HM ?? ? III ll I. es to go Duri -Cash or Time 0 reduce this stock 1 will make special This is your chanci >, for either cash or t of every prompt s department. If it small payments (we our home, from kit< . will hardly miss tl 6. up to $50. ia $!) to $15. > $7.50. 0. 50. Springs from $1.50 Bedsteads from $2 ('enter Tables, Libi Newing Maobinos fi Remember, tbo C I lome in ull grados. Thrco-pieco Suit? of Washstand and Bod) get that I am the Leader i IN ANDE The Dentist's "Bettie." "You Southerners seem to be ut terly unconscious of the drolleries of the negro race," said an Eastern woman to me. "Perhaps it is be cause you become so accustomed to them, that you seem to pay so little notice to their odd expressions and amusing ohatter. I was in the dental chair in old Dr. B.'n office, in a quaint little Southern city, when Bettie, the old colored woman attendant, parted the curtains that separate the doctor's private oflice from tho waiting room. The old woman has the privilege of an old-time family servant, and having never met with this particular type of "auntie," I was highly amused at the conversation which took place. "What is it, Bettie?" asked the declor. "Boss, honey, dey's a man out dar, what say he been bad de toofake all day and all night, an' he says, fo' Gawd's sake, won't you ax de person what's iu de cheer, to get outen it, till you kin jerk it out fer him." Having once in my lifetime sui te nu from a toothache of about live minutes' duration, I had enough of sympathy stored up for anyone simi larly afflicted to bo touched by this appeal, so I dimed down, feeling that I bad been granted a short reprieve, in order that an execution might take place. I went into tho waiting room and thrust my head as far out of the window as possible ( so that I might avoid any sound of distress from within. After waiting for what seemed to me a fourth of an otemity, some one touched my elbow and I turned to lind Rettie, white-capped and smiling, with a queer wrinkle at the side of her nose. "Did you heah him holler?" she asked. "No," I said. "Did he holler ?" "Good Lawd ! I thought to my soul do wholo top of his head was a-comin' off fo' sho ; I's hearn a lot o' 'em holler in my time, but I ain't nebbor heard no seoh hollerin' as dat. An' no wondah, miss, it was a reg'iar dawg-toof." "Ever seo a dawg-toof, missio ?" "No ? "Well, a dawg-toof, it jess twisses undah at de roots, an' lap ovah de jaw bone-tain't lak no udder pusson's toof ; dat's de reason it hutt's so to pull it out. We got lots er dem dawg toofs, heaps er folks has 'em. When dey don't take de toofs home we allua string 'em, mo an' do boss. When you heah 'em holler dat way you can allua know it's a dawg-toof." "I'm ready for you now," said the doctor, aa he opened tho curtains, but old Bettie's restraining hand waa again on my arm. "If you ain't nobber seed one er Stoves and ? ng the Next before taking my a prices on everytl 9 to furnish your on very easy tern paying customer in don't suit to pay ekly, monthly or ?hen to parlor, in si ie money. to $7 60. to $25. -nry Tables. -om $21.50 up. >ld Reliable Now Furniture (Dressor, from $7.50 to $75. Cuokiug Evory one f i ion or mont Special pr tain Polos ai Bc Bure to remember tl It will paj m. Dry G-oods, Clothing, Sli RSON, s< dem dawg-toofs, missie, I mebbe kin git dat one fer yor, atter de boss is gone an' you kin zammin it." "Oh, no, thank you, Bottio," I said, laying a small coin in her wide palm. She seamed amazed at my lack of human interest, and hastily assured me, ?B she shoved the coin away in her mouth, "Tain't no bad luok to look nt a pusson's dawg-toof." M. K. it. Murder and Suicide. Frederick W. Hill, a machinist, killed his wife and then took his own life in Richmond, Va., last Tuesday morning at an early hour. The dou ble tragedy occurred soon after 2 o'clock, in tho humble home, where the machinist, his wife and their eight children lived. Two or three of the children witnessed the awful deed, but were unable to prevent it. They endeavored to arouse neigh bors, but were unable to do so and had to see their mother slain and their father end his own life. Des I poudenoy and ill health are attributed 1 as the causes. These had preyed on the mind of Hill until his reason was impaired. Close friends had sus pected for some time that his mind was unbalanced. About a year ago be had the hallucination that some body was trying to kill him. Hill was about forty years old and was well spoken of. When employed ho worked in the bolt department of the Richmond Locomotive Works. Good Work of Rev. N. G. Ballenger. Please say to the brethren and friends that we have just completed and moved into our beautiful new seven-room cottage house, a house far superior to the one we lost by fi re tho 10th of January. Much of it waa done with my own hands, having worked for nearly eight weeks, with out losing one day, visiting at night the sick around my home, and preach ing without preparation. The best of it all is we have the best building we ever had, and by the last of this week we will not owe one dollar. The days have been dark and our experience most trying, but we are happy now.-N. G. Ballenger, in Southern Christian Advocate, May 11th._ Tobacco has boen discovered by M. D?lie, a French physologist, to have a selective action upon the au ditory nerve. He therefore cautions moderation in the use of the drug, and avoiding it altogether where deafness has already begun, or where there is a family history of such troubles. An eagle, measn. ing 6 feet and 7 inohos from tip to tip of wi, igs, was killed in the Wild Cat section of 1 Lancaster county last week. ?ewing Thirty nnual inven ling in this house at a is. Remem this section the cash in yearly) you Lich a small Stoves from $8.50 to $40 guaranteed to give satisfao >y refunded. ices ou Rugs, Mattings, Cur ad Laeo Curtains. visit this Department and lat your oredit is good, r you to call. LOOS, Etc af neca. Disastrous Wreck in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa., May ll.-Twenty passengers on Pennsylvania express train No. 19 from New York and Philadelphia were killed and more than 100 injured, some of them fa tally in a dynamite explosion which followed a collision of the express and eastbound freight in South Har risburg oarly this morning. Of the 169 passengers on express train not one is reported having esoaped in jjury. Following the first explosion there oatne two others eaoh greater in violence than the one preceding. Then the fire broke out in oaoh of the overturned coaohos simultane ously and found its way to' the dead, dying and injured pinned under the wreckage. The wrcoked train waa the second section of the Cleveland and Cinci n-> nati express and was oaused by the bursting of an air hose on the freight? The express then plunged into the freight and exploded two oars of dy namite, strewing the ground with tho dead and dying. The explosion was so terrific that it broke all the win dows in South Harrisburg. The en gineer of tho passenger train was in stantly killed, and his fireman wan thrown olear of the wreck down an embankment and escaped with a few slight injuries. Many who escaped death are badly burned and in some oases their clothes were almost en tirely burned from their bodies. - What is the use of spending time? money and thought to produoe a thing that won't pay for itself ? The farmer who is awake to his own in terests will not do so foolish a thing. I Have Opened Up a General Brokerage Business Buying and selling Real Estate, Water Powor and property of ab kinds, whether tu this State or out of it. If you have anything to sell or wish doveloped, if you will give me a chance at it, I will do my best to help you find a buyer. You may have some property that ls not paying you, while it may bo thc very thing some other person is looking for. By liberal advertising and ener getic search I will find that per son for you. J.H. Darby, Real Estate Broker. Office : People's Bank.