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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNES, SHELOR, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 10, 1Q0C. V. NEW SERIES, NO. 403.-VOLUME LVI.-NO. 2. Com, 80 cts. per bushel; Best Clipped Oats, 6 Red Rust Oats, 65 cts. per bushel; Winter Ora bushel ; Ship Stuff $1.50 per 100-lb. sack ; Bran, ? Best Choice Timothy Hay $1 20 per 100 poi Meal at $1.25 per 100-pound sack. We will also make a specially low price ofl. larg ^tuff, and Corn specially cheap in 50 and 100 bu* cars of Feed Stuff just unloaded. C. W. & J. E. BA?K IT PAYS TO BUY FOR C Don't Irritate Your Lungs. Every cough racks and irritates tho lungs. Stop coughing. Lumiey's Whito Pine and Spruce Expootorant will enable you to stop quicker than by any other means. It is a harmless veg etable remedy for colds and tho results of colds. If you are troubled with a cough at night, take a doso just before retiroiug and SLEEP IN COMFORT. You can rely on Lunney'B White Pine and Spruce Expectorant. It always euros coughs as quickly as any safo remedy oau. Price, 25 and 50 couts. THE DRUGGIST. Yellow Front. Seneca, SJ. O. ?feto v\ lui i i 11 ' I slpar Death ol R. S. (Bud) Hays. WANTED, good whito mon to work on farms in healthy and dosirable section of Fairfield county, near church, schools aod railroad station. Good wagoB. Address I jonN J. MCMAHAN, I 51-tf Columbia, S. C. If you want Early Cabbage Order your plan:s from me from January )0tb to April 1st, and I will furnish you with tho best frost proof plants and sure headed cabbage grown. Varieties: Early Summer, Succession, Charleston Wakefield, Jersey Wakoflold. Price; $2 por one thousand plantado livered at Walhalla, Soneca, Westminster, and Madison, and $1.75 per thousand in lots of live thousand and over. 1-13 J. H. BARNETT. Tho Year Was Very Prosporous. Now companies were organized during tho year 1005 to thu 3Um of over $10,000,* 000 in this State, according to tim report of tho Secretary of Stato. Tho exact figures are $10,683,400. This does not include railroad charters and tho figures aro tho largost in tho history of the Stato. Tho most gratifying showing in tho ta h ul at eu list now being proparod is tho largo numbor of small companies organized, whio' shows diversified in dustries, and tho Vit that tho peoplo generally aro going into businoss for themselves. There aro not so many largo cotton mills, but tho gonoral mer chandise concerns and tho independent Stores with home capital invested is very large.-C^' umina Record, January 8. [' umhin Recor liv ff? Double Suioide. Charlotte, N. C., January 7.-W. II. Hood, aged 83, merchant, of Raleigh, and son of ox-Register of Doods, W. M. Hood, and Violet Page, aged 22, com mitted suicide in a rented room in Ra leigh to-day. Hood leaves a wife and two cbildron. He left an insuranoe polioy on tho table for his wife and a ring and lookot for bis ohildren. Nine empty bottles of laudanum were found in the roora. Hood, it is alleged, had been drinking heavily ainoe Christmas day. The subject of this sketch, R. S. (Bud) Hays, was born in the year 1840 in what was tbon Piokons District, but now < ><.<> ooo county, South Carolina, and departed this life December 20th, at his home in Tom Bean, Texas. On July 80th, 1808, bo was married to Miss Hattie E. Hol lingsworth. To them were born eight children, of whom seven-four sons and three daughters-aro living. The young est daugbtor, Miss Effie, a sweet young lady of seventeen years, prcccdod bim to the jjravo one year ago. Bro. Hays gave his heart to God early in lifo and joined the Baptist church. He loved bis church and evor stood by his pastor. A kind father, an affectionate hnsbaud, a patriotic citizon and a noble man bas quit the walks of mon and entered into tho joys of lifo eternal. At God's right hand ho waits [and watches for loved onos left behind. May they be reunited in heaven. All his living children, with tho exception of W. II. Hays, who lives in Pheonix, Ariz., were with bim whon ho passed away. His denth was uot un expected, as his health had bcon declin ing siuce tho death of his daughter a year ago. He said that ho folt as if bo wanted to go and bo with ber. Ho was perfeotly conscious to tho ond and died as ho had lived-triumphant in tho faith -tolling those around him that thoro was not a shadow of a doubt in his mind but what bo would ontor that rest pre pared for tho faithful. Tho deceased was a Master Mason in good standing, and after a vory impres sive funeral sorvico by Rovs. Cameron and Teague, former pastors, his remains wore tondorly laid to rest by that order in tho Vitotoo cemetery, near Whito Wright, Toxas. It is seldom wo have ever soon a lar ger attendance at a funeral than had gathered to pay a last tribute of respect, to a departed friend and extend their sympathy to tho beloved wife and mother and weeping children and grand children. Brother Hays moved from Oooneo oonnty, South Carolina, to Texas twelve ?ears ago, and during his residence hero as made friends of all with whom he came in contact, not only those of ma ture ago, but tho young as well. e.D.H. Awful Fir? In Jap Mine. Loudon, January 8.-A dispatch from Tokio to the Daily Telegraph says that on January 4 an explosion sot Are to a mine at Akita, on the main island of Jnpan, and that 101 persons were burned to death. -FS. 5 cts. per bushel ; Best .zing Oats, 65 cts. per fei per 75-lb. sack, ands and Cotton Seed quantities of all Feed shel lots. We have 8 [NIGHT. ASH. New Connection tor Coal Field. Report? of tho building of a branch road thftt will run from Lako Toxaway to Walhalla, and from thoro connect with the main line of tho Southorn Railway at Seneca, above Toccoa, ia of special inter est to tho Atlanta railroad circleB just at present. The line ia said to have re vealed only a 1 per cont grado in the sur vey thar has been made, aud as tho dis tance is only some 20 milos, the work could be completed in a short timo. The advantages to Atlantaus and all those living in this section would bo obvious. Vast amounts of money have beeu spent by tho Southern Railway in making Lake Toxaway and the Sapphire country among the most beautiful and famous resorts in the ontiro oouutry. Just now the traveler must go to spat - tanburg junction, and from there to Hendorsonville, N. C., and,then go up the Transylvania road through Brevard to Toxaway. With tho completion of a branch from Walhalla to Toxaway, trav elers could reach the Sapphiro country by a direct route rather than by the great circuitous route at present. But the greatest advantage to Atlanta and this entire section would be the add ing of another route to tho Knoxville coal region from Atlanta. A road to Maryville, in the rich coal region below Knoxville, to Hillsboro, is rapidly near ing completion and with the line extend ing from Hillsboro to Toxaway by con necting with tho reported brauch from Walhalla to Toxaway, almost a straight line to the main line of tho Southern at Seneca, would be tbo result, and in this way Atlanta would tap the coal region by a new and praotioally direot lino. Whilo it was impossible to secure a confirmation of this report from officials in Atlanta, it is generally believed that suoh a road will soon bo connecting both tho famous resort'taud the cuni fields which would mean very muoh to Atlanta and this section. As previously reported, the Transyl vania road running from Ilendorsonvitlo to Toxaway via Brevard|has boonsocured by the Southern Railway and yosterday was the first day of this little mountain system undor the now management of St i them. It has long been roportod that many new improvements will bo made immediately in this road that loads to the Land of the Sky and make tbo trip still more enjoyable to tho rapidly increasing number of travelers to tho mountains of North Carolina.-Atlanta Constitution, January 2d. Constitutionality ot Brice Act Argued. Columbia, January 8.-The constitu tionality of the Brice law WM argued beforo tho Supremo Court to-day. Dun can Bollinger opened against tho law. Captain John G.iCapers, of Greenville, also spoke in support of tho auti-dispou sary injunction. Stanyarno Wilson in bis argument said tho dispensary was a pure and clean child at first, but now it is a monstrosity. TherO wero a number of interested spectators. This tost of tho constitu tionality of a law that allowed tho coun ties to vote out the dispensary, provided thoro is a half mill tax levied, was brought up some timo ago whon injunc tion proceedings wero startod in tho counties of Anderson, Groonvillo and Spat tanbm /; to requiro the dispensaries to remain open. By agreement it was decided to have a hearing on all consti tutional questions on Jauuary 8th. Among the attorneys present this morn ing were Mr. Welsh, Duncan Bollinger, Stanyarne Wilson, John G. Capers and Assistant Attorney General Vunmans. The arguments were most interesting, and a decision will be made later by the emit. Upon this deoision will depend action by the Legislature on the dispen sary. _'_ For any disease of the skin there is nothing better than Chamberlain's Salve. It relieves the itching and burning sensa tion instantly and soon effects a eure. Sold by J. W Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lun ney, Seneca. NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER. Westminster, Jam?.-ry 8 -Mrs. A|bi?rt Campbell returned to Pine Bluff, Arl-., to-day, after a visit uf five , weeks wiih her'soother, M rv. T. O. Parker. Mrs. J. 0. Bearden returned to Atlanta to-dny, after spending two wecka with ber pa -eut?, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McLin. Mau i'd, on .Sunday, January 7, by Rov. J. M. Sandei s, of Poplar, Miss Luoy Farmer and J. C. McDonald, both of Westminster. Hov. Geo. T. Hai nine, Jr., will preach in tho Westminster Methodist chu rob next Sabbath at ll a. m., aud at Kook Springs in tho afternoon. For tho prcs ont the appointments for preaching on tho Westminster charge will remain as borotoforo. The third anniversary of tho Baptist Young People's Union will bo observed in the Baptist church on Friday evening, January 10. Bov. J. D. Chapman, D. D., of Anderson, bas been invited to lecture Special music will bo rendered. Repre sentatives from other young people's organizations in this and neighboring towns will be present. A cordial invita tion is extended to the public. Dr. J. JJ. Johns, of Atlanta, was hore last wook. D. P. Moon, a leading citizen of Co mer, Ga., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. Ht Stonecyphor. G. L. Sorrells accidentally cut his foot very severely one morning last week while chopping wood. A clothes wiro caught bis axe, causing him to make a mislick, the blade of the tool striking his foot and chipping out a piece of the boue. Dr. C. M. Walker was called at once and dressed the wound. It will bo some time before Mr. Sorrells's injuries will heal. Dorn, unto Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. O' Kelley, on January 3, a daughter. Married, by S. H. Johns, Esq., on Jan uary 2, W. M. Humphries and Miss Ola Weaste. Miss Louise Breazeale returned to Limestone College at Gaffney on January 4th. Augustus Carver, a young man resid ing in the West, end, died a few'.lays ago from an attack of pneumonia. He was a son of Wilburn Carver and was reared in this section. He leaves a wife to whom tho sympathies of mauy friends are ex tended. The remains wore interred in Chunga cemetery last Thursday, the ser vices being conducted by Bev. J. J. Har rell, of Westminster. Mr. Carver was only 23 years old. J. J. Haley, of Oakway, has purchased a valuable lot from Mrs. C. E. Diokson and will erect a handsome eight room residence on it at an early date. Mrs. J. H. Bibb and little son, of At lanta, are at the homo of Wm. Bibb, near town. J. T. Simpson, formerly of Westmin ster, but now residing near Pelzer, was in town last Friday on business. Matthew Broazoale, of Belton, was the guest of his brother, O. K. Brenzoale, last week. The Westminster Graded Schools have enrolled 285 pupils. Every department is getting along nicely. . Albort Flynn, of Atlanta, is visiting at tho homo of C. C. Simpson. Last week prizes were awarded to Misses Lucile Zimmerman and-Mary Ha ley, two pupils of tho Graded Schools, who prepared tho best essays on "Christ mas Corals." Tho prizes were given by tho committeo of tho Westminster Ly ceum Club. Miss Zimmerman won tho first prizo of $4. and Miss Haley won tho second prizo of $1. There woro eight pupils of tho sovonth, eighth and ninth grades, who competed for tho prizes and all had excellent pap?is. Prof. B. E. Goor, professor of English in Forman University, examined tho essays and de cided in favor of tho two young ladies above montioued. Prof. Goer stated that tho papers woro abovo tho avorage of High School pupils. Mrs. J. Ii. Cox, of Pelzer, was visiting here aud at South Union this week. W. S. Haley and wife visited nt Lavo nia, Ca., during Christmas. The next Lyceum attraction comes off in Fohruary. Tho man i age of Miss Sallio Boid Ram sey, of Madison, to K. P. Caines will occur on Monday, January 10. Rev. J. J. Harrell, of Westminster, will officiate. Mr. Gaines is a popular telegrapher of the Southern Railway and is at piesont located at Madison. His brid?is ono of < jennee's lovely young ladies. Both partios have many friend in'this seotion who extend congratulations and best wishes. A. L. Gossott. A Jamaican Lady Speaks Highly ol Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. Mrs. Miohael Hart, wifoof tho super intendent of cart service at Kingston, Jamaica, West Indes Islands, says that she has, for some years, used Chamber lain's Cough Remedy for ooughs, croup and whooping-cough and bas found it Tory beneficial. She has implicit coule denoe in it and would not bo without a bottle of it in her home. Sold by J. W. Boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Texas Farmers to Hole* tor Top-Notch. At a meeting- of rho Cotton Growers' Association, held in Aus*in, Tex is, last Wednesday, ( (Hoers wore eleoted foi' tho ensuing voar, and strong resolutions were ari opted urging tho far mers to re duce the cotton acreage io Texas during tho coming season and insist upon top notch prion?. In line with the suggos tion'made by the executive oommittoe, the convention Hued up strong in the endorse in en t.,of the proposition of build ing warehouses in which to storo oottou. It is believed that by such au arrange ment, and market i ng tho cotton slowly, prices can bo held at ? bout 14 cents. North Carolinians. With over a hundred dolegatos fropx thirty counties out of forty-sovon, tho North Carolina Division of tho Southern Cotton Association closed a long sossiou at 1 o'clock last Wednesday morning. Ten delegate? worn elected to tho New Orleans mooting. Tho association de cided to'assoss ono cent a balo for the national and two cents a bale for the State association, the county associa tions to assess as they wish. The deter mination to bold to tho reducod acreage of 1005, and not to dump cotton on tho market in the fall, but to market slowly, was exprossed in an address to the cot ton farmers, while building warehouses to storo cotton and hold for top-notch prices was advised. The mooting was held in Haleigh. Palmetto State Farmers. The South Carolina Division of tho Southern Cotton Association mot in Co lumbia in annual convention last Wed nesday. Tho old officors wore unani mously re-elected', as follows: E. D. Smith, president; H. B. Tindall, vico president;??. H. Weston, Secretary; F. H. Hyatt, treasiiror. An executive oommittoe, coraposod of K. M. Cleveland, Richard Singleton, F. M. Farra, |K. M. Pogues, Wade Staok house land J. E. Wannamakor, was eleoted. Resolutions providing for a financial agent, the reduction of 25 per cent acre age, except where it had been done in 1005, and where there was only one plow to ten acres; a 10 per cent tax on each' balo is "asked," were adopted. Eight delogatos-at-largo wore eleoted to the New Orleans convention. Dangers ol Colds and How to Avoid Them. More fatalities have their origin in or result from a cold than from any other oause. This fact alone should make peo ple more oareful as thore is no danger whatever from a cold when it is properly treated in the beginning. For many Sears Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has een recognized as the most prompt and efTootual medicine in use for this dis ease. It acts on nature's plan-loosens the cough, relieves the lungs, opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Sold by J. W. Roll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Senooa._ Tokeena Dots. Tokeena, January 8.-The health of this community is very good at prosent. C. T. Phillips and family, who have boon residing in our community for sev eral years, have moved away to the regret of their many friends. We feel assured that ho and his will be greatly missed hero, but know tbat tboy will be a gain to tho community they havo moved to. Frank Grayham and family, of Tertia, havo moved in our community. We gladly welcome thom. The school is in a flourishing condi tion tinder the management of Miss Johnson, of Piokons, and Miss Sharp, of Monea Path. Sunday School is still moving on nicely and we are glad to soo so many tako part in such a noble work. A largo crowd was dissapointcd at church Sunday, as we wore expecting preaching by Rev. Mr. Carswoll, of West minster, but from some causo or othor ho failed to come. Tfioro will bo pi-caching tho second Sunday evening by Rev. W. E. Huff, of Soneca. We hopo to seo a large crowd out. Thoro will bo prayer mooting ovory Sunday night as usual. We hope to soo moro interest manifested in this work, for it will he a groat help to tho church and community. Tho money which was raised to re model tho church bas boen used up, and not being enough to do tho work whioh was neodod, loaves tho churoh in about as bad a fix as before. We would liko to know if there are not a few willing hands to help in this repairing, for it is most too bad to quit after making suoh a nice start. o. w. Thousands Starving In Northern Japan. Victoria, B. 0., January 9.-Thou sands are starving in Northern Japan on account of the famine there, according to advices received here by the steamer Empress of Japan. Already thousands in those provinces are obliged to eat shrubs, root? and bark of trees to sus tain lifo and a million people are in ex treme condition. THE NEWS FROM SENECA. Seneca, January 9.-The death of Mrs, J. S. Strlbling. yesterday, at the honre ot* her mother, Mrs. C. K Livingston, was a shook to tho friends of the family here. While it was known that. M re. Strlbling had not been well for some weeks, news of her improvement had eueourapod her friends to. think ?be would soon bo out again. There has not been a death io our midst that has excited the universal Borrow and sympathy that this has. As Miss Sarah Livingston, she was esteemed and admired by all who knew her, and was the subject of the teodor and affec tionate devotion of her family. The fao$ that she was the bride of only a fow months, makes tho untimely death pe culiarly and, and expressions of sympa thy are henrd at every turn for the afllictcd, distressed family, and particu larly tho bereaved husband. On Sunday eveuing tho young wife chatted cheer fully to tho family, making plans for the. future and particularly the winter, as the young couple wore coon to occupy their new home. She . coined as well as usual until eleven o'clock, when a sudden chango alarmed the family, and in two hours time tho angel of death claimed the fair spirit aud the house was indeed desolated. Doubtless the sad intelli gence will carry great sorrow to the wide* cirolo of relatives and friends of the family. M. V. S. Chief Constable's Report. [The State, January Otb.] The animal and quarterly reports of U. B. Dammet, ohief constable, havo been flied with the Governor and some very interesting figures are given. For the quarter ending November 30th the salary and expenses of the const ablon were as follows: September. $ 0,101 28' Ootober. 5,840 88 November. 0,157 00 Total for quarter-$18,108 ll (< Tho seizures for the quarter ara as > I follows : . .. ju Whiskey. Gallons: Yaluo. September.885 7-8 $ 577 50 October.633 1-2 785 25 November,.781 3-4 1,172 02 Beor. Dozen. Value, September.389 1 2 $ 109 76 Ootober.178 1-2 89 26 November.228 3-4 114 8-7 Total value.$2,008 74 There were also seized 84 stills, 3 teams and 1,824 gallons in kegs that were dumped. There were 28 persons sent to the ohoingang, 100 convictions, $2,755 in fines paid and $6,215 in fines imposed. There are a numbor of cases on appeal. The summary for the year is as fol lows:' Total cost of constabulary.... $71*364 24 Total cost of seizures. 10,708 74 Fines imposed. 10,888 00 Fines coll?e i <sl. 8,472 00 Number convictions. 412 Sent to the ohaiogang. 108 Teams seized. 8 Stills seized. Ill In addition to the figures presented above thoro have also boon prepared tables showing the cost of keeping the constabulary in certain counties where tho dispensary bas been voted out as compared with the seizures. They are r?? 'olio vt a . County. Credit. Debit. Bickens . $124 22 Cherokoe.$ 8 27 York. 58 18 Lane asl er. 65 32 / Darlington. 0 57 Oconeo. 91 09 Newberry. 5 02 Union._ 103 63 National Ginnors' Report. Dallas, Texas, January 0.-Following is tho compilation of the reports from cotton ginnors over the South, issued yesterday by the National Ginnors' As sociation : Total ginned. Per cont. Alabama.1,170,703 97.9 Arkansas. 500,870 02.9 Florida. 71,404 99.0 Georgia.1,007,628 99.1 Indian Territory.. 292,153 94.2 Louisiana_..... 464,440 "6.4 . Mississippi.1,010,078 95.0 Missouri. 86,640 96.G North Carolina ... 627,669 97.7 Oklahoma. 279,697 98.8 Sooth Carolina.... 1,061,800 99.1 Tennessee. 248,966 96.7 Texas.2,224,148 90.0V Va, and Ky. 16,971 98.0 Total.9,694,041 The report is of cotton ginned to De cember 31st and shows the total per sent picked 98.6 and total ginned 97.8. Tho amount ginned from December 13 to 31 inolusive was 402,041 bales. This, added to tho last oensus report, makes I 9,694,041.