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fUotoet Courier. CUniUHEO EVERV WEDNESDAY MORNINO. -BV - JAVNE8, SUELOS, SMITH A STECK B. T. JAYNE?. ,KnM . tHima ? ? A. SMITH J. W. 8HKI.OK, I I U^_( J A. ?TECK SUBSCRIPTION. SI.OO PKR ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. Sj^- Communications of a personal character chargod for aa advertisements. jy~ Obituary uoticea and tributes of respect, of ?ot over oue hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany xianuaoript. WALHALLA, 8. C. : WKDMWDAY. IVIAY !J4, HMM. HERE, THERE AND YONDER. Walhalla is gottiug to be one of the pretty towns of South Carolina. Let every property owner do his part by [ beautifying his promisos. There aro two good places to put sur plus money. Ono is in tho bank; tho other in improvements on your proporty. Kach pays a good dividend and every penny counts. Try it. **. Daniel .1. s ni ley is now talking about 15 to 18-cont cotton this fall. With con tinued rains, fast-growiug grass and an already reducod cotton aoroago it seems this hope for high-pricod cotton is not entirely groundless. *#* The' Holy Hollers" is the name of a new religious sect that has hobbed up at Denton Harbor., Mich. They predict tho end of timo for August, 1010, olovon years from now, at which timo 150,000 "Holy Kollers" aro oxpoctcd to ascend into Heaven-just roll right iuto tho pearly gates, so to spCak. "Ain't that rollin' 'om some?" *.* Tho Union Times complains that its home and othor cities aro sufforiug at the hands and writhing in tho clutches of loo icc trust. Of course it is hard on the public, but wo can consolo ourselves with the thought that in tho world to como the ioo trust of tho prosont day will join fe ?ces with tho hoof, stool, coal and othor trusts in a useless offert to quench llamos. Bottor swoat boro than smoko hereat"I ci. %. Hy two widely divorgont mothods Wm. J. Brynn and Thoodoro Koosovolt havo .simultaneously readied tho same conclu sion-that this is no time to tn.k politics. Mr. Roosevelt is just "recovering" from a trip on which ho was constantly "loaded for b'nr," tp uso a familiar and very oxprorsivo expression, and Mr. Bryan has boon discussing religion in a Presbyterian Assomhly at Winona Lako, Ind. Thanks to religion and a boar hunt, all will bo quiet on tho Potomac and out in Nebraska-for a timo at leas! . Tho Greenville Herald is responsible for this vei.se, which appeared in a hatch of poetry descriptivo of tho girls of sove ral towns in this State: But tho ({loenville girl, when it comos to a kiss, As in other things, heats them all; Ono is willing to die after winning such bliss, And sleep until Gabriel's call. That verso doubtless explains why Mayor Thompson slips over to Green ville so often, and why tho blowing of whistles, ringing of bolls or anything short of Gabriel's hom fails to wake him before 10 a. m. Thc hoads of owls aro said to be tho coming rage as adornments for women's bats, lt should he horno in mind that, while tho owl is generally credited with having au exceedingly wiso look, it is a tact that it possesses a smaller brain than any othor bird. And yot it may bo safely said that the owl possesses as much brain as the mau who kills it or the woman who wears it's hoad on hor hat. Some of tho society sot, howevor, are so blank just under tho hat that tho wise look of an owl on top would ho ab solutely necessary to ereato ovon a vague hint at intelligence in that locality. . Just as the Anderson Mail and tho Xeoweo Courier had identified tho I'nitod .states consul at Vladivostok, U. S. ?iroonor. as a South Carolina negro, who was perniciously active in tho days of reconstruction in thia State, and had established to their joint satisfaction that ile had lost, his job at the Russian port, .ornes an ofhpial statement from Wash ngton that Greener is reporting his iCtivitiefl as representative of tho govern ment, his particular engagement at pres ent being in an interior town, far from tho dangors of the expected siego of Vladivostok by the Japanese armies. Charleston Post. With pain and anguish of soul wo must exclaim with our lamented friend, J. Oiesar "Kt tu, Brute I" Does Tho Post r eally moan that it givos credence to this government roport in tho face of The Keowoe Courior and the Anderson Mail? %* In the Juno number of Everybody's .Magazine published May 20th, Thoa. W. dawson gives a 20,000-word story of the first great orimo of "Amalgamated." This, he says, is the beginning of tho ! Imen' of his promise to tho Ameri can people a year ago to ox poso some of I'Joe spoctflo acts of piracy and high banded robbery practicod on tho Ameri can people by tho gigantic combination known as "Amalgamated." Mr. Lawson i ?un; that the pooplo woro robbed of *Jft,000,000 hy this one schomo, through the agency of tho National City Bank ot New York. It is the working of thia s?beme which he expo??? in detail. There ia some mighty interesting reading in this the opening chapter of Mr. Law son's "exposure." We give a few ex tracta from opening paragraph? that shmv tho general trend of hie woll-told story: "As we had agreed that the pu hi ie should be aold but Ave millions of the stock, that meant that we proposed to rotain seventy millions of it ourselves, but to obtain this allotment legally, we must comply with the conditions of tho advertisement exactly as outsiders bad. 80 it was necessary that we have a bid in before noon on Thursday for our seventy millions, accompanied by a check for $3,500,000, whioh would seoure ?B our quota provided the public sub scription was uo moro than Ovo millions. If the public subscription ran over five millions, then the bank must throw out all additional subscriptions over that amount, for the advertised contraot specifically declared that all accepted subscriptions would he allotted pro rata. By my suppression of the usual condi tion that the bauk reserve tho right to rejoot any part of any subscription, it was absolutely preoluded from the com mon method of dealing with such au emergency "and BO could not reject part? of subscript ions. There was a way out -without practicing fraud. If at noon on Thursday the public had subscribed ten or fifteen millions, then the insiders must put in bids of *140,000,000, to $210, 000,000 in which event tho outire subscrip tion would be divided by allotting each subscriber one share for ovory two or three subsoribod. . * ? And BO ho (Henry H. Hogers) let things run, trust ing to luck and Standard Oil's motto, 'To boll with tho peoplo anyway,' to ad just tho matter at tho last moment. To day Henry II. Rogors, James stillman, and William Rockefeller would each give five millions from his privato fortuno if this seemingly unimportant detail had thon boon provided for. Its neglect is the bloody finger-print ou tho knife handle of tho murderer; it is tho burg lar's footprint in tho snow. In this case it furnirhes tho evidence of tho crime of Amalgamated." How to Ward Oft Old Age. Tho most successful way of warding off tho approach of old age is to main tain a vigorous digestion. This can be done by natiug only food suited to your ago aud occupation, and when any dis order of tho stomaob appears take a dose of chamberlain's Stomach and Iii vor Tablets to correot it. If you have a weak stomach or are troubled with in digestion, you will find these tablets to bo just what you ueed. For salo by J. W. Boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney. Seneca. LUCAS WINS OVER MILLIKEN. Old Board Turned Out at the Meeting-State Court Issued Injunction. Laurens, May 19.-An injunction served at tho moment after nominations had boon mado for uiuo directors in tho Lau rens Cotton Mills stockholders' mooting this afternoon prevented most of tho Milliken interests from voting their stock. Most of tho Milliken mon left tho mooting and tho Lucas stockholders proceeded to olect a board of directors. This board, aftoi ,xio mooting, re-elected W. E. Lucas Prot ident and Trcasuror for j tho ensuing year al his prosont salary. It unanimously ratified compact trado by Mr. Lucas for tho mill and J, P. Stevens ??fr Co., of New York, by which tho lat ter's firm contracted to sell tho goods for five years at 2 per cont commissions. Tliey have tho option of renewing tho contract for another five years. Tho mill lias the option of selling goods directly. Tlio mill has boen paying Deering, Milli ken ?fr Co., four por cont on most of its output and titree per ?ont on apart. Tho new board of directors consists of W. E. Lucas, C. C. Featherstone, J. I). M. Shaw and Alexander Long, of Lau rens; W. M. Bird, F. J. Polzer and W. W. Ball, of Charleston, aud J. Wilkon son Norwood and Joseph E. Sirrino, of Greenville. All wore present except Mossrs. Pelzor and Shaw. Mr. Shaw is a Laurens farmer, who was sick and who refused to sell his stock to the opposi tion at any price. About 3,405 of 3,500 votes woro represented. C. C. Feathor stono was elected chairman of the stock holders meeting, William Banks, of Co lumbia, secretary, and M. L. Copeland as datant secretary. After routine business, including the loading of tho president's report, which showed a small profit for tho year, Au- j gusti ne Smythe, o? Charleston, moved to go into an election of nine directors. He then nominated a ticket, tho latter to bo part of tho record of tho meeting and that they could not bo withdrawn. Q. H. Milliken, John B. and Jusso Cleveland, Jr., Walters. Montgomery, 1). D. Little and othors then witlidrow. Mr. Smythe navo notice before this Withdrawal that tho voting proceed to oloot directors. J. O. C. Fleming, ono of tho Laurons directors, who sold part of Iiis stock and is allied with thu Milliken party, also witlidrow, as did X. B. Dial and ono or two othors. Mr. Dial has sold no stock and is not allied with oithor party. Mr. Smytho's tickot was thou eloctod by a voto of 1,293 shares of stock. Tho Millikons nominated no tickot, but young G. IL Millikon rose to Dominate a tickot and at that momont Deputy Sheriff A. R. Sullivan outerod tho crowded mill eilion and served tho injunction on him and also on W. M. Bird, tho lattor as roprosontativo of tho mill. Apparontly tho Millikons woro taken by Burpriso. They asked for a recess, of 15 minutes and rotirod. Roturning, John B. Clove land asked on behalf of tho Millikons an adjournment for two weeks. This was voted down by a viva voco voto of Bagwell, Gorbitt, Peerless ANOTHEI SCREEN DOORS . Cultivators, Side Plows, Weeders, St ICE CREAM FRE NORMAN' Specially Low Prices on S Trunks, Val Wall Paper. Window S ALL KINDS SEEDS. 5 20 to 13. Mr. Cleveland stated then that the Milliken part vould withdraw and asked for the return cf their proxies. Mr. Hatch, S. M. Millikon's son-in-law, remained in the mooting and was ono of tho tollors. Mr. Mosserve, Mr. Millikon's nephew, and H. K. Carson, of Spartau burg, ono of their attornoys, also re mained. Tho Lucas oloment held a ma jority of tho stock roprosentod in the meeting exclusivo of the enjoined stock. Tho mooting was free from excitement, but tho serving of tho injunction was a dramatic episode. Who tho MillikonB intended as Mr. Lucas's successor is not known, but one of their party said privately that W. S. Montgomery, who was present, was tho man. He is now president of tho Spar tan Mills and is a director of tho Watt? Mills, of which Mr. Luoas is presidont. His brother, V. M. Montgomery, was uutil to day diroctor of the Laurens Mill and the relations between Mr. Lucas and the Montgomerys, it is said, have been of warm friendship. Tho injunction is based on a suit brought by Mr. Lucas against Mr. Milli ken, alleging substantially that Mr. Mil liken some six weeks or more ago agreed to sell him his 500 shares of Laurens stock if ho would arrange to pay the debt of tho Darlington Mills within 30 days. Mr. Lucas settled tho debts of tho Darlington Mills, sending Mr. Milli kon's tirm checks and asking him to send tho Lacr?os stock certificates to tho City National Hank of Greenville, where thoy would be paid for. Mr. Lucas made tho financial arrangements to meet Mr. Millikon's draft. Mr. Millikon's firm accoptod tho chocks for Darling ton's debts, hut did not sond tho Lau rens stock. Tho suit further alleged that otbor shares were bought to enable tho Millikens to dispose of Lucas so that their commission house would con tinuo to recoivo four per cont commis sion from a management of theirtnaming. There is considerable fooling hore. Two of tl?e former directors aro with the Millikens, Mr. Flcmiug and Col. J. W. Ferguson, Tho latter was formorly an attorney of thc mill, lt is said that ho sold stock,' but ho was represented by proxy by the Millikens. Ho was not in thc mooting. A few davs ago ('harlie Ducket, a ne gro carpenter, was offered $">(X) for his two shares by Millikon's broker. Ho advised with his attorney, who told him wliy such a price was offered. Tho negro then declared that no prico would buy los stock and tho Lucas party voted his proxy to-day. Tho old board of directors mot boforo tho stockholders assomblcd and declared tho usual six per cont semi-annual divi dend, payable July 1st. Saved by Dynamite. Sometimes a Haming city is saved by dynamiting a spaco that the firo can't cross. Somotimos a cough hangs on so long you feel that nothing but dynamito would euro it. Z. T. Gray of Calhoun, Ga., writes: "My wife had a very aggra vated cough which kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, windi cased her cough, gave her sloop and finally cured ber." Strictly scientific euro for bronchitis and la grippe At all drug stores, prico ">0c. and |il; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. Six Men Torn to Fra .lents. Columbus, Ohio, May 22.- The b??!u, of an ongino standing near tho Hocking Valley railroad round house oxplodod this afternoon, instantly killing six mon who woro at work nearby. Tho building I was damaged and quantities of the] dobris we.c ncattorod in all direotions. Tho engine v%as being tested for its first run after rebuilding. Four engines stand ing noarby woro wrecked. A Good Suggestion. C. li. Wainwright, of Lomon City, Fla., has written tho manufacturers that | much bettor results are obtained from the uso of Chamberlain's Colic, Choierai and Diarrhoaj Kerned y in casos of pains in the stomach, colic and cholora morbus by taking it in water as hot as can be drank. That when taken in this way the ! effoct is doublo in rapidity. "It seoms togotat tho right spot instantly." ho! says. For sale by J. W. Holl, Walhalla; W. J, Lunney, SonOOa. Four hundred mulos porished in a firo in Fast St. Louis yesterday. ? irreys, Hs t CARLOAD BAR AND WINDOWS. Harrows, Garden .ovesvand Ranges. SBARGAIN STOKE WALHALLA, S. C. .hoes, Hats, Pants, Shirts, ises, Lamps. Hades, CrocRery, Tin. AND 10-CENT COUNTERS. At the hearing in (?roonviii? yesterday ] as to the eauBcof tho wreok of tho Og don special on April 29 in that oity, the blame was placed upon Enginoer Hunter, ho not haviug tho train under control whoa it eutored tho yard limits. Major J. C. Hcmphill, who rounded out twenty- live yoars of service ou tho Nows and Courier last week, was pre sented by a number of bis friends a handsome check covering all expenses for a trip to ?uropo. The directors of tho paper have granted him the leavo of absence, and Major Hemphill will soon sail. He well deserves tho trip, aud it is pleasant to see that the arduous and un remitting labor which he baa given his I adopted city is appreciated. Too often such service goes unnoted and unre warded. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE.- NOTICE IS hereby given that tho undersigned will make application to I). A. Smith, Esq., Judge of Probate for Oconee county, in the State of South Carolina, at his I oflice at Walhalla Court House, on Saturday, the 17th day of June, 1905, at ll o'clock iu the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for lcavo to make dual sett le nice, of the estate of William Rowland, de..eased, and obtain tiual discharge as Administrator of said estate. C. A. ROWLAND, Qualified Administrator of Estate of William Rowland, deceased. May 17, 1905. 20-24 Free! T have bought a quantity of hand some i Reed Rocking Chairs that I am going to distribute among my cash customers. Please call at my store and inspect these beautiful Chairs and let me explain to you my plan of distribution J.T. Lawrence SENECA, S. C. AMERICAN HOG FENCING, ?12 in. high, 80c, per rod. ? ONLY ONE ( Ice Cream Freeze] White Mountain and Arctic. Keystone Weeders Very Low Price. BUCK'S AND CH Paints and Oils. 11 n#Mi<ff#je>ii^?>^^?Mjin^p^^f^ii Bagwell, Florence, Thornhill, arness, Etc. B WIRE JUST RECEIVED. PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES^ Carter Hardware Co., R. c. CARTER. WALHALLA, S. C. c. P. WALKER. SAY! A DOLLAR BSffiSi earned, BO when you need your Buggies and Wagons Repaired bring then to us. We will repair them for you aud shrink your tires not or oold. All wurk guaran teed first-class. We aro propared to do all kinds of renair work on short notice. Dring your mules and horses wheu you want them shod right. We guarantee satisfaction in all work. All done first class. Respectfully, W. S. GRAHL AND J. W. LEE. At the Shop near Court ilonsn.. fl' May 24, 1!K>5. 21-21 COOK STOVES, RANGES. HEATING STOVES FULL LINE OF TINWARE, BICYCLES AND SUPPLIES. ROOFING, EAVE TROUGH AND ALL KINDS OF TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK MADE TO ORDER. Typewriters, Sewing Machines, Guns. Revolvors aud Bicycles cleauod and ropaired. \U work dono on short notice and guaranteed. 13. S. JLOOK. SUMMER PRESCRIPTION WORK Having complotoly replenished our prescription shelves with all the drugs prescribed during warra weatbor, wo aro now very well pre pared to compound any prescription your physician may write. Careful, acourate work-always. Right prices charged. HUT I E B ' S CANDIES. The Seneca Pharmacy, HOTEL BLOCK. COME AND SEE Our now goods at new prices. Big lino White Goods at 5o. to 2?c. por yard. Erabroidory and Lace at lc. to 25c. por yard. Black, White and Colored (innis, suitable for waists, skirts and full drossos, at 5c. to $1.00 per yard. Come and See What We Have. Our stock of OrocorioH, Hardware, Shoos, Hats, Crockery, Cotton Planters, Sido Harrows, Plow Stocks, and Grain Cradles always oomploto. If you owe us an account that should have been paid in 1904, bring us White Cotton and get oui' proposition. We appreciate your trade. Come and See. Yours truly, JT. W. BTBD ?fe CH>. SEIS KOA., S. O. SEE MY LINE OF TWO PIECE SUMMER SUITS BEFORE YOU BUY. Prices Right. M. S. S T R I B L I N fl, Westminster, S. C. POULTRY NETTING ARB WIRE 4 ft. and 5 ft. high, PRICf" VERY LOW. 3 AR LEFT, AND PRICE STILL LOW. fs Screen Doors and Windows Doors, (1,15 and $1.50 each; Windows, 40c. each. Garden Plows Base Ball Goods For Hand Use-$2.50-Try One. Full Stock Reach's Goods. ARTER OAK STOVES AND RANGES SENECA, s. C.