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Pioneer Printers of tho Piedmont. Clemson College, November 8. In the history of tho Old Stone church, recently j ublished by the Old Stone Cburcb and Cemetery As uncial ion, there is an ii ; 'resting | paper by Mrs. Julia Miller- Br wno uti ".lohn Miller ami bis Deseen., nts." This pioneer journalist of the up country, wau established and pub lished the first uewspapir in this sec tion, "Tho Pendleton Messenger," was an interesting character, and the sketch by bis descendants is given below : Three John Millers are buried at the Stone church : father, non ard gwJWson. The first John Miller was born in Ic onion, England, about 1780; he was one of the fifteen parties who owned and published the London Evening Post and the Advertiser at the time that the famous "Junina Letters were pub lished, in those papers. He, with two other partners, Henry Sampson Woodfull and Mr. Almon, were tried for libel before the General Assizes in London in 1775 for publishing the letters. History says that the largest crowd ever seen assembled in the house and in the streets of Lon don during the trial and evinced the greatest enthusiasm when they were found not guilty. Those three men, Henry Sampson Woodfall, Mr. Al mon and John Miller, no doubt knew who was the author of tho Junius Letters, but the seoret died with th?nT Many believed that John Miller himself was the author, as bis handwriting and that of the Junius ".Letters were very much alike. John Miller's penmanship is very neat and peculiar, aB is shown by the ledger kept by him of the London Evening Post from 1769 to 1778, which ledger is well preserved and is in the pos session of his descendants in this vicinity. In 1782 he oame to America, land ing at Philadelphia. From there he came with his family to Charleston, S. C., in 1783, and began the pub lication of the South Carolina Ga zette and General Advertiser, one of the first papers ever published in the State. After tho treaty with the Indians in this part of the country, ne waa given a grant of land of 640 acres by Governor Benjamin Pendle ton and including tho site on which the Old Stone Church now stands. He, or his son, Crosby Miller, deeded the site to the trustees of Hopewell church. After getting this grant of land, he and his family moved from Charleston to Pendleton in 1785; this was then known as Pendleton District. He then commenced the publication of the Pendleton Weekly Messenger and continued to own and publish it until bis death in 1809. It was the brat paper published in upper Carolina. . After his death his son, the second John Miller, took possession of the paper acid, published it until bia death inif?822. The second John Miller was born in the city of Lon don in 1770, and carno with his father to Charleston in 1783. He married Jane Gray in 1791 ; to them were born twelvo children, many of J whom are buried besido himself and his wife in tho Old Stone Church yard. The third John Miller was one of Ithese twelve children. Ile was born in Pendleton in 1794. Ho was for thirty a printer in the Pendle on Messenger office, and was known enerally as Printer John Miller, n 1818 he niarri* I Lydia Ano Per reau, ward and adopted daughter f Col. Samuel Warren, who was a brave soldier in tho Revolutionary war and a man of wealth and eui? tt'wre. John and Lydia Miller bad six 3hil?licn. lie died in 1862, and she P Si 876. Both of them, willi four jhodren, are buried ?it the Old Stone - /h?reh. On., of their daughters, |hj) is buried there, married Patri?le Idler, ono of the Scotch-Irish liters of Abbeville, in no way re tdjl to the English Miller family, osby Miller and two of his s aro buried there. Ile was the n|)f tho first John Miller. Tb680 iljrs are buried in the northwest TWr ?* tn0 OBuroh yard, nearest bjeluiroh. Only a few of tho Kij^ve tombstones, i Sarah Calhoun Miller, buried the center of tho grave yard, rst married to Mr. Ledbetter, as tho mother of Col. Daniel [Uer, of Orr's Kegimont, who tilled at thc second battle of M a nasa aa. Uer last husband waa John C. Calhoun Miller, a descend ant of the Scotch-1rish CalhounB and Millers, of Abbeville, and one of the signers of the ordinance of secession, as a member of the Legislature from Pieken* ami Oconee counties. Note by iho Editor-Mrs. Browno writes in a private letter : "The in formati?>n I gnve you is reliable, culled from data in my possession. I am the great-great-grand daughter of tin- first John Miller, great-grand daughter of the second John Miller, grand-daughter of the third John Miller, and daughter ot Surah J. Miller, all of whom are buried in the Old Stone Church yard. My mother married Patrick J. Miller, my father, who was a hrothor of John Calhoun Miller, whose wife is alH-i buried in this ^-?-ave yard/' "A. ti. ?." Letter to Hovey Greene, Walhalla. Dear Sir: Have you found this out? You need less Devoe lead uurt-ziuo for a job than of anything elt>e: less gallons; le?s money. M. A. Thomas, painter, Lynchburg, Va., bas found it out; he writes: "The Hist job I did with your paint I estimated 37 gallons; had 12 gallons left over. Since thou I have not used any other kind of paint but Devoe lcnd-andzinc; 1 recommend it to all my customers. When I commence a job, I tack up a card reading as follows: M. A. Thomas, contractor; Devoe Paint." Petting it ou ousts two or three times as much as the paint. Have you found this out? You can paint Dovoe in less time: ?ess time; less ninney. Have yon found this out? Devoe wears longer than anythiug else. You dou't objeot to long time between jobs. Your customer likes it. And you liko what he likes. It keeps your custo mers. Yours truly, 83 F. W. Dovoe & Company. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; G. W. Gignilliat, Seneca; Matheson Hardware Co., West minster, sell our paint. Ticket Agent Goes Wrong. George W. Dewee, Southern ticket agent in Charleston, bas beeu ar rested on tho charge of embezzling three thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars. Ile waived pre liminary examination and was re leased on bail to await the act ion of the grand jury. This shortage, which covers a period of six months was discovered by G. P. Zealoy, trav eling auditor of the railroad, to whom Dewee had made full confer-B'on. The accused frankly staled thal he had not spent the missiiui money in riotous living, but bail los?, lois in a Charleston policy shop, where many other young men had been fleeced. Dewee has been in the employ of the Southern Railway for '21 years during which lime bis efficiency se cured for bim substantial recogni tion in the way of promotions. impo??is?efl Soll Impoverished soil, like impov erished blood, needs a proper fertilizer. A chemist by analyz ing the soil can tell you what fertilizer to use for different products. If your blood is impoverished your doctor will tell you what you need to fertilise it and give it the rich, red corpuscles that ire lacking in it. It may be you need a tonic, but more likely you oed a concentrated fat food, md fat is the element lacking in your system. There is no fat food that is .<> easily digested and assimi lated ns Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil li will nourish and strengthen tho body when milk and cream fail to do it. Scott's Emulsion is always the same; always palatable and always beneficial where the body is wasting from any cause, either in children or ad ul ls. We will send you a sample free. tHe sure flint this pic ture in tho form of n \ lube) is on the wrapper \ of every bottle of Emul sion you buy. I SCOTT & BOWNE 9 CHEMISTS bf ?09 Pearl st. jew York I j?T 50c. and $1.00. **?5-^*^? All Druggists. Newt from Long Creek. Long Crook, November 4.-The farmers -ire now buey gathering corn and sowing grain. Thomas Harney killed some fine pork this week. Some of om- citizen* arc talking of moving lo town. Miss Frances Moore is very ill. Mrs. Like Ly lee is also very ill and has beeu for some time. Grover Watkins han gone to Southwest Georgia. We iegret to give him up. Tu oin as liiuiey and son, Andrew, made a busiuuss trip to Clayton lust week. Miss Stella Kuney and her brother, Iv? Fayette, visited their cousins, Mi^es Dovie, Vma and An druw Karney, last Saturday night. We have a new olerk in our little town-G. C. Arv?. This is a hustling little place. Misses KOSH and Etta Phillips were the guests of Misses Do vie and Vina Karney recently. Mr. ami MrH. E. M. Sh littler visited the family of P. K. Phillips last Sunday. Miss Con y HU Allen visited Mrs. J. II. Cannon last Sunday. Tho wedding bells are going to riug again soon. M.D.V.A.X. TutTs Pills This popular remedy never falls to effectually cure Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness And ALL DISEASES arising- from a Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion The natural result ls goou appetite and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant ly sugar coated and easy to swallow. Take No Substitute? The Clemson Exposition Car. In a letter to the State Dr. P. H. Mell, President of Clemson College, tells of the extension work proposed to be done by the college by means of the oar furnished by the Southern railway company. "This car," he writes, "will leave Clemson College about the middle of November and will go through the Southern part of South Carolina, equipped not only with scientific ex perts and practical men in scientific farming, but there will also be found in this car apparatus for enabling the people to inform themselves con cerning the subjects of agriculture, mechanical and electrical engineer ing, textile industry, and other sub jects upon which Clemson College is engaged. OA IS TOIIIA. Bean tho J* T|B Kind You Have A,wavs B?ufiW Woman Meets Horrible Death in Anderson. Anderson, November 2.- Mrs. Maud Broad wick, wife of Charles Broad wick, an aeronaut with Kid doll's Southern Carnival Company, fell from a balloon hero this after noon and was instantly killed. She was an experienced balloonist herself and had made two ascensions whilo here, but was not to go up this after noon. Her husband was to make the ascension and parachute drop and she was standing by to give the sig nal to cut the ropes when all was ready. She gave the signal all right and when the balloon shot up into the air she'was seen hanging to tho ropes between the balloon and the para chute. After she had reached a dis tance of 200 or ?ICO feet she dropped to tho earth, striking on the hard ground, and was instantly killed. The balloonjvvent straight up into the air and she fell within a few feet of the?; spot (?from which she started. A crowd of possibly 1,000 persons witnessed the tragedy. Broad wick, who was fastened into the parachute with a belt, went on some distance higher and then cut loose and descended injsafety. Most of the carnival people aro inclined to believe that Mrs. Broad wick's (loath is due toi suicide rather than accident. --- Notico|lo Taxpayers. For the convenience of taxpayers I will visit tho places below, on tho (latos men tioned below for the purpose of collect ing State, county, school and special taxes: IK CT.? Westminster-Thursday and Friday, November flt li and 10th. Seneca-Monday and Tuesday, Novem ber 18th and 14th. Newry-Wednesday, November 15th. Clemson College-Friday, Novombor 17th. Tho ofllco at Court House will bo closed on abovo days. W. J, Schroder, Treasurer Oconoo County. REUNION OF THE ALEXANDER FAMILY. A Happy Occasion- Some Interesting Family History-Th? Old Homestead. The Alexander reunion, at the old homestead on Conneross, which is celebrated yearly on October 27, was a happy occasion. The day w.as an ideal one and Miss "iiuth" Alexan der, the unstress of ceremonies, had everything tastily arranged, and, with her aids, looked after the com fort of all. Fourteen years ago, on the above date, Mrs. Frances Crosby Alexan der, widow of the late Jana s D. Alexander, died, and it has siuce been the custom of her children lo re-assemble at the old homestead aud, with a few invited guests, renew the tie that binds memory to memory and heart to heart, and review the scenes of childhood, where lights and shadows vied with each other as eaoh chased the other over the dingy walls. "AH the twig is bent, so is it inclined." It was within the walls of this an cient cottage and about its sacred heath, that Elizabeth, Theodore D., Wilburn O., Marshall L., Louisa, Harriet, Susan M. and James took their first lessons. Within these same walls Thos. Alexander and wife, Jane Wood, a generation before reared eleven children, seven boys and four girls, all reaching maturity except Thomas, Jr., who died at the age ofjseven and whose remains wore the first to be buried in tho family cemetery on a mound overlooking Conneross, a few hundred yards dis tant. They were Andrew, of Mis sissippi, James S., who was a soldier in the late war and near its close died in Virginia, Memory, John Henry, of California, Joseph, also a soldier and died in the service of his country, and Isaac N., the only survivor of the boys who lives near Greenwood. The daughters are Eleanor, now Mrs. William peaton ; Mary Ann, now Mrs. Elijah Deaton ; Lovey, now Mrs. Alf O. Adair ; Martha Jane, now Mrs. William Gibson-all living in Oconeo, in usual health and at ad vanced ages, with large families. Of Thomas Alexander, little is known, save that he was born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, in 1795, became an orphan at an early age and went to Spartan burg, where, in 1817, he married Jane Wood, and in 1821 concluded to; emigrate to Missouri on pack-saddles, in company with Andrew Ferguson, his step-father. While en route his wife took sick near Conneross and they were forced to stop until she re covered. With his wife and an only Bister they rented thc Jenkins farm, now owned by Hud Hall, on which they raised a crop. It was while living at the Jenkins place that Mr. Alexander, while squirrel hunting, fancied and bought 350 acres on which he was to spend his days for the consideration of $300. Here his trip to Missouri ended. His wife paid for the clearing of the land by the needle and loom, and the peddo wheel, spinning jenney and loom are still to be seen in the garret of the old home in au excellent state of preservation. There were present 5 children, 34 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and 8 relatives by atlinity. Total, 54. Guests present, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. H. Gibson, J. S. Colley and Mr. and Mrs. W. li. Loo hr and chil dren, of Walhalla; Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Broazeale and child and J. Dur ham, of Westminster ; Ed Smalley and sister, Miss Maggie, of Estanol lee, Ga. ; J. S. En tr ikon and family, N. W. Macaulay and family and Bal Brozedle, of Conueross. To this connection providence has been gracious and so far as human divination can penetrate, no mark of his displeasure is manifest. We oh ron ide only two deaths since the last reunion, a grand daughter, Ruby Htinsingor, and a great-grand son, liobie Alexander, aged, respectively, fourteen and three. A light mor tality out of a ?Onneotiotl whose name is legion. We loam that three sisters and one brother of this distinguished family had thirty-six children in the district school at one time, and that quite recently ; ami when wo add that these children were highly fa vored with sound minds, in sound bodies, coupled with parental caro and training, wo claim for them the applause ot* our country and no longer call it Conneross, whose abo riginal significance is "duck's nest," but Alexandria or Alexandriana, in honor of Thos. Alexander, thu early pioneer, who did so much to subdue the soil, drive out the bear, wolf, tiger and oat, and whose blood courses the veins of so many of our best oiti/.ens. OA.BTOXl.Tjtl.. Beare the j* I "B Kind You Have Always Bought ?V?getable PreparationFor As similating iticFoodandKcgula ling thc Stomachs and Bowels of lNr AN ?S??C Hi I DKKN ' Promotes Digcslion.Checrfur ness andRest.Contains neither Opium.Morphirte nor Mineral. NOT "NARC OTIC . AWipe ar OM Dr SAMUEL PtVCHKIi Han/Jo* Seul' J/x .Vf.ina * Am.'r .w<y t ^r?!rbc!t*tfSti? * hfrm/?ad' (trftA'?d Aifpr^ Apetfecl Remedy forConslipa lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .(Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YOBK. GASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of '.' Ait? mon His old ] ) Dosi s - |^ C i N.i s |fc EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. J In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA tur OKNTJkun OOMPANT. n* TO Pl IS O TTY. Let President Roosevelt circum scribe his dootrine on "raoe suicide" and when he comos South sing, "Happy is the man who hath his quiver full." Had Thos. Alexander's children remained on their native heath, we predict, by geometrical ratio, that in another generation his descend ants would be a power behind the throne in a county election. But they did not do this. The world had too many attractions. Several went abroad and oarried their sturdy man hood and habits with them, and, so far as heard from, all aohiovcd, in a reasonable degree, suooeas. John Henry Alexander, who will bo remembered by Major S. P. and Capt. Samuel K. Dendy, having been schoolmates at Clearmont, went to Missouri, where he spent a year, thence to California, where he grew very prominent, and acquired a for tune mining. Tho following poem, written at a mining camp in 1855, while quite young, and dedicated to his favorite sister, Lovey Alexander, indicates his genius and regard for duty and the love for those he left behind ignoring the spondees and dactyls. I'm sitting ou a log, Amongst tho shining rocks Where gold ?B said to grow; I'm thinking of tho morry folks I left BO long ago. My fare is btu1 so is my bed. My claim it, n .?mg out; I've worked until I'm almost dead And soon I shall play out. I'm thinking of tho better days Before I loft my homo, Before brain with gold had crossed And I bogan to roam. Those days no more are seen When all tho girls loved me. Then I did dress in linen clean, They washed and cooked for mo. But awful chango this is to tell, I wash and cook myself. With foot upon a foreign heath, Whero I must dig for self. I ne'er shall lie on clean white sheets, But in my blankets roll, And oh, tho girls I thought.so sweet, They think mo but a fool. A short sketch of the maternal side will appear next week, which will, no doubt, entitle tho descend ants to membership to the society known as the I). A. I\. Filius Fortunao. The Hicks Almanac tor 190G. Thc Kev. tri H. Hicks Almanac will not ho published for 1000, but his monthly journal, Word and Works has been changed into a largo and costly magazine and lt will contain his storm and wea ther forecasts and other astronomical features complete. Tho November num ber, now ready, contains the forecasts from January to Juno, 1000. Tho Janu ary number, ready December 20, will contain tho forecasts from July to I)o ccmbor, 1006. Tho price of this splendid magazine is ono dollar a year. Soo it and you will have it. Tito November and January numbers containing tho Hov. Irl H. Hicks forecasts for the whale year, and more completo than over, can bo had by sending at onco ???"> cents to Word and Works Publishing Company, 2201 Locust Stroot, St. Louis, Mo. Tho Court of Appeals at Albany last week denied tho motion for a re-argu ment of tho appeal of Albort T. Patrick, ululer conviction of murder in tho first degroo and sentonco of death for the killing in BMX) of W. M. Bice, an aged millionaire of Now York. This deprives Patrick of ins las? '.r-u of interference so far as tho oourt. concerned with tho execution of I In .tl) ?en t euee, first passed upon him in March, 1002. Execu tive clomoncy is now tho only hopo to save his lifo. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. Armed, bandit like, with two re volvers eaob, smoking cigarettes and liv ing in a oave, three boys were arrested recently near LaQrange, 111. In the oave the officers found what was left of 25,000 cigarettes, several boxes of cigars and several revolvers. Last Thursday, at Clemson Collego, Are destroyed a cottage belonging to the oollego, ocoupied by Prof. li. M. Parker. The building was completely destroyed,, together with practically ail the furni ture, etc. It was insured by the college,, but there was no iiiBurauoo on Prof. Packer's property in it. Besides the furniture many valuables were consumed At a recent (..coting of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, con siderable satisfaction was expressed over a communication received from J. J. Taggart, secretary of tho commission ap pointed by the Methodist church. South. saying that tho Southern church had ap proved the catechism agreed upon by the joint commission from the Northern and southeru churohos and which had already tho approval of tho Northern church. In the United States Circuit Court in Green ville last week J migo Brawley direoted a verdict for tho southern Rail way Company in a damago suit for $20, 000 brought by C. II. Cely, of Rock Hill. The testimony showed contributory neg ligence. Coly was tho station agent at Rock Hil) and he was struck by an en gine while crossing the track. Tho evi dence showed thnt if ho had looked up he could have BOOH the train. Farm Lands for Sale. If it is a Farm you want, why not como and look over my list and soo what I have to offer? Thousands of investors aro making money every day ou Real Estate - why not you? Farm Lands are advancing so rapidly that it takes but a cas ual glance backward a few years for a business man to seo the advisability of placing his cash in good Laud Titles. 1 have boro some choice selections of both-Tho Home-Seoker and Tho Investor-to offer on rea sonable terms. J. H. Darby, Real Estate Broker. Office : People's Hank. TBS "BOSS- COTTON PRESS1 SIMPLEST. STRONGEST. BfttT TN* MO WH AY G IN N 1 NO IWW Ola?. Fasset?, Cosdesaars. Et?. ^ OIBBEJ MACHINERY CO. Colombia, ?*. C.