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\ c iUflto? Charier, #. J BLI ?HID CVCRV WKONKtOAV MORNING. -?V - J AVNK8, 9MELOR. SMITH * 8TKOK H. T. .1 AYN KU, j , H__. j I>. A. SMITH I. W. s UK LOU, I "D#- 1 PoMi J. A. STECK. euHh.RiCTiON. Sl.OO PtR ANNUM. AOVKRTISINO RATE? REASONABLE. UT Communication? of a personal oharaoter charged for as advertisements. .jy- Obituary notioes and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one oent a word. Cash to accompany jaannsoript. WALHALLA, 8. C. t ?VKDNBSDAY. JAN. 31, I un?. 'Squro W. F. M. Fan! Dead. W. F. M. Fant, a well known and highly respected citizen of Ander son county, died at his home, near Townville, yesterday afternoon after a short illness. . The interment took place at Townville this afternoon. Mr. Fant was 72 years old. He was a younger brother of the late O. H. P. Fant of this city. Ho was one of the leading citizens of his sec tion aud was held in the highest es teem by all who knew him. He WUH for noarly forty years the magistrate in Fork township, holding the oflico ever Biuce tho Civil war until a few years ago, when ho resigned. He had been for (nany years a deacon in the Townvillo Baptist church, and through his long life he exerted a potent influence for good in his com munity. Mr. Fant is survived by a widow and seven children. Ile has a bro ther, Ed. Fant, living in Texas,- and two sisters, Mrs. Bruce, who lives at Townville, and Mrs. Grubbs, who lives in Texas. - Anderson Mai), January 24. SORB WHERE ALL Eist FAILS. I Vost CouKh Syrup. Tastos Good. Use | In limn. Si IM t>y druaslsts. MM g BB EapCTSI S Negro Blood in the Public Schools. BennettBville, S. C., January 26. Sometime ago two of the trustees of Dargan school district, A. J. David and James Webster, decided to ex clude from the Edgewood school the children of Buck Koller on the ground that they were not of pure Caucasian blood, and were causing disturbances in the school. Holler protested against this action of the trustees and appealed to the county board of education to reverse the trustees and reinstate his children in the school. He employed Judge Townsend to represent him and the trustees retained T. W. Bouchier. The county board of education, which is composed of Superintend ent W. L. Stanton, tho Hon. H. H. Newton and the Rev, E. P. Easter ling, hoard tho case one day last week. A number of witnesses were examined and evidence produced, pro and con, to show tba; Roller's children contained more than one eighth negro blood. Mr. Bouchier based his argument on tho following clauses in thc State Constitution : Article III, Section 88. Tho mar riage of a white person with a negro or mulatto, or persons who shall have one-eighth or more negro blood, shall be unlawful and void. Article XI, Section 7. Separate schools shall be provided for children of the white and colored races, and no child of either race shall ever be permitted to attend a school pro vided for the other race. Mr. Bouchier said that he regret ted that no provision had been made for people of Holler's class, but the line was clearly drawn by the funda mental law of the land, and no child which had one-eighth negro blood should bo allowed to attend a white school. Judge Townsend argued that the first provision of the Constitution applied only to tho intermarriage of thc races, and that the lines were not so closely drawn in separating tlx schools. He also argued that Holler's children were white enough not to be excluded, even if tho intermar riago provision should apply to tho schools. After carefully considering the evidence and the arguments the board of education rendered a de cision sustaining the trustees, so that the children in question aro debarred from attending the school. 11? PEOPLE PERISN IN WRECK. Steamship Valencia Struck Rock Survivors 'ffM Ol Piteous Sights. Victoria, B. C., January 25-, Though there waa faint hope that incoming vessels to-day may bring a '.JW survivors of the steamer Valet . oia, which went ashore late Monday night and wbioh broke up on the rooks yesterday, there are only 85 survivors of the 154 persons who were on board the Valencia whuu she un nek near Klanawa Hocks, five miles from Cape Beale. The known saved are twenty persons who were picked up from a life raft by the steamer Topeka yesterday and the 15 survivors who put off from the wreck in two boats and succeeded in reaohing Vancouver Island. In an interview at Barnfield Greek last night, Boatswain MoCarthy told the first detailed story of the Valen oia wreck. He said the steamer had been going by dead reckoning and overran her distanoe. Soundings had been made three or four times an hour. The steamer struck at 11.45 Monday night, about amid ships, tho first officer, quartermaster and a seaman engaged in sounding, having ten minutes before gotten thirty fathoms. Capt. Johnson was on the bridge when the vessel struck, with the second offieei. He ran down and gave orders to have two of the seven boats lowered to the saloon deck rail. Instantly the passengers crowded to the rail and overcrowded the boats. During tho excitement they cut whatever lines they could lay hands on. The davits broke about the same time the lines were cut and both boats were smashed at the sides of the vessel, capsizing the passen gers and crew in them. The lifeboat threw lines out, and by means of Jacob's ladders succeeded in getting about six passengers aboard again. The boats when lost were mostly filled with women nnd children. One very sad incident was witnessed. A lady and gentleman with a little girl tried to get in one boat. The father succeeded and the mother tried to pass the child, but a wave struck her and tore the child from her arms. The child was lost before her eyes. One life r' *, was also lowered, but it was dashed to pieces. After this, four boats succeeded in getting away from the ship full of passengers. This left ono raft and lifeboat. The captain, after consulting with the officers, ordered Boatswain McCar thy to take charge and called for volunteers, and the five sailors who reached shore in safety responded. Tho captain instructed them to put along the beach and find a place to get ashore. They landed at 1.10 p. rn. Tuesday and made Cape Beale light house at 3 p. ra. The survivors aro of the opinion that the entire 3rew, with their exception, is lost. Tho condition of the survivors svas pitiable. They were half frozen ind practically unconscious from tho sxposure. A terrible sea was run aing. Within a half mile from thc raft a boat was lowered from the Topeka in charge of Second Mate Burko, who, with much difficulty, lucoeeded in making fast a line to .he raft. At last they succeeded in bringing :.he raft to the side of the steamer. The sight of the poor creatures on ,he raft brought tears to the eyes of Mo sailors on the vessel. Atter pioking up the raft tho ?teamer went in search of another raft which the rescued men said had left the ship earlier in the day The vessel ran fully twenty miles the :>ther side of the wreck, looking for the raft, but no sign of it was to be leen. wu.I.K l s' STORY, The following is the story of G? Willets, one of the passengers and &ne of the men rescued from the raft : "I was on deck, smoking a cigar, and was looking at my watch when Lhe first crash came. In an instant ill was excitement. There were dirieks of men and women, tho wails sf children and the hoarse orders of Lhe officers of tho ship. The vessel reeled like a drunken man, slid over tho reef and struck again. Tho com mand to back her off was givon and ?ho went astern at full speed, but it was too late. The water was pour ng in like a mill raco with a sound ?vhich drowned fill elso. Tho wind iwung tho vessel's stern to the beach md her head to the waves. This laved many lives, as sho was swept baok lo the ?hore and ht ruck once again, in such a position that abe re? mained partially above the /water) and on even keel. "Every wave now washed clear over her and many people who hastily rushed on deok went to their death without time to murmur a prayer. ^ "One roan waa swept ashore and succeeded in lauding ou a small rook. W shot a line to him and then be tried to climb tho cliff, bul fell and was killed before our eyes. Ono of the most pitiable incidents was that of a little boy, about five years old. His father and mother and two little sisters put off in one of the boats The boat was capsized and all were drowned. The little fellow waded amuud the deck, crying for his parents.. The last I saw of him he was clinging to the rigging. There were many similar cases. "When we saw the Queen in the morning we thanked God for sav us, but when she, in company witu the tug, sheered off and sailed away, she was followed by nothing but curses. "When the Topeka finally hove in sight wc determined to make an effort to reach her in the raft lift. Eightetn of us started. Hut we wero impelled by desperation and fought against the elements like demons. We held one man up right in the center of the raft and had him wave a shirt on a pole. When we saw the steamer we thought BIIO had overlooked us and was going away. If she had wo would have died right there. "There were many deeds of hero ism and many acts of cowardice, but on the whole tho people behaved well and met their fate like men." utt's Pill, After oatlng, persons of a bilious hnh will derive great benefit !iy taking or. of these pills. If you have been DRINKING TOO MUCH, they will promptly relieve thc nausee SICK HEADACHE_-. and nervousness which follows, reston, the uppctitc and remove gloomy feel ings, fclegantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. The post office department has given out the statement that there is to be retrenchment along the lines of the rural free delivery service. This is to bo done by cutting off such routes as do not seem to be "appreci ated," the standard of; appreciation being that the route must handle two thousand pieces of mail each month. It is not supposed that this measure is partisan in character, yet it can be readily seen that it will operate most largely against the South, this section being decidedly moro rhinly settled than the popula tion North. President Roosevelt turned over one new leaf last week by refusing, because he was "too busy," to re ceive a delegation of colored Metho dist preachers who wished to invite him to make a speech on the saffrage question. This was the first time the President ever refused to open the door of opportunity to colored visitors knockint^there. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. Advices have been received in the United States stating that all the villages of the [aland of Savaii, one of the Samoan group in tho Pacific, have been destroyed by a volcanic eruptioD. All the plantations have been ruined and thirteen thousand inhabitants are destitute and in the most extreme distress. One of the very few negro banks in the South will be opened for btisi-, ness in Albany, Ga., as soon as the necessary preliminaries can bo dis posed of. Deal L. Jackson, the negro farmer who, for a number of years, has been the "first balo man" of Georgia, and who owns a fine farm, is slated for president. The State Hoard of Education has announced that it will- adopt j text books at its meeting in June for the schools of the Statt for the next [ five years. A bill has been introduced in thc State Sonate to repeal the charter of tho Richland Distilling Company. fttLEY&KlDNEYCURE Maka? Kidneys and Bladder R'jiht Greenville Negro to Hang Greenville, Janu.try 26,-Andrew Thompson, colored,"was cou \ toted in the General ?Sessions Couti lt? re yes terday afternoon for ennui.al assault and waa sentenced lo be hang, d on March 2. Au appeal may be tiled to the Supreme Court: The uegro waa identified by Mrs. Jamea aa the man who outraged her. The crime Waa committed near Taylors, about seven miles from this city. There was no demonstration during the trial. Head Ache Sometimes? If so, it will interest you to know that it can bc stopped with Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills; and without any bad after effects, and this without dan ger of forming a drug habit or having your -'stomach disar ranged. They positively con tain no opium, morphine, co caine, chloral, ether or chloro form in any form. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills relieve pain, and leave only a sense of relief. Thc reason for this is explained by the fact that headache comes from tired, irritable, turbulent, over-taxed brain nerves. Anti Pain Pills soothe and strength en these nerves, thus removing the cause. They arc harmless when taken as directed. '.Wo uso Dr. Miles' Antl-Paln Pills for the cure of headache, and wo think that there ls nothing that will equal them. They will cure the ?everest spell of nervous or sick headache In a very few minutes. 1 nm of a nervous temperament, and occasionally have spells whet, my nerves seem to ho completely exhaust ed, and I tremble so I can scarcely contain myself. At these times I al ways take the Antl-Paln Pills, and they quiet me right away, lt ls re markable what a soothing effect they have upon tho nerves." MUS. F. io. KA UL. Detroit. Mich. Dr. Mlle*' Antl-r ?In Pills are sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first package will benefit. If lt falls, he will return your money. 25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold In bulk. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind BARC BAR? A first class line of Od? for the next thirty day* Also a full line of Leat All Clothing at greatly Making room for my sp m. m. ST Westmiri COOK STOVES, RANGES, - HEATING STOVES FULL LINE OF TINWARE, BICYCLES AND SUPPLIES. ROOFING, EAVE THOUGH AND ALL KINDS OF TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK MADE TO ORDER. Typewriters, Sowing Machines, Guns. Revolvers and Bicycles cleaned ano repaired. All work done on short notico and guaranteed. 13. LOOK. The new Laxative that does not ?ripe i or nauseate. Y Pleasant to take. *.* Lumber MATEI Doors, Sash, Blin( tile Hearths and 1 Description. Lime, Cei Devoe's Paint, tl everything for the built W. L. ore a Cold in C s ino Quinine Tablets.^? month*. This signature, ^ DB. D. P. \mnnifnn 1 >4MH isl , "Wallialla, S. C Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'? Store. Phone No. 30. ? J. H. MOORE, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Culls left at residenoe or Walhalla Drug Co. ?lil receive prompt atteutinn, DAY OK NIGHT. Phonon : Residence 98, Drug Store 18. 12-8-04 WM. J. ST nun.I NU. J- i E. L. Il KILN i mis STRJBLING~1T~HERND0N, Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. C. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVKN TO ALI. BUOI NBB8 KNTHUSTKD TO TUKM. January 6. 1898. State Constable Killed at McCormick. McCormick, January 24.-State Constable J. C. Holstein, who was shot here Monday by Wade N. Coth ran, died in Augusta yesterday morn ing. Cothran had a fight with Napoleon Wideman, and, defying arrest, the town marshal asked Holstein to aid in tho arrest. In the souffle Cothrnn ?hot Holstein. The fight with Wide man was the result of a suit agiinet a friend of Coihran's, named Palmer, for seducing Widemau's daughter. Holstein's record as constable is good. Cothran has been lodged in^ Abbeville jail. Holstein was a mem ber of the first class at -Clemson Col lego. His father was once sheriff of Edgefield cojjpty- -w . .> OABTORZA. B?*ri tho Ito Kind You Haw Always SAINS >A!NS ? Pants at or below cost i. her Gloves at cost, reduced prices, ring line. i ister, S. C. I AM DETERMIM ORINO axatiye Fruit Syn For Sale by J. W. Bell andi RIAL OF ALL ls, Mantels from $1 to a $4( racings, Columns Turned an nent, Plaster Paris, etc. ie Fewer G-allons, Wears 1er. Send us your orders. Yours for Business, . BRISSEY, T: e Day Wk Or* la Two Day* on .vary box. 25c W. 1 CARTER, i D. - Dentist Office t\ ' doom above the Havk, in farter's Pharmacy. We?>iminster, S. C. D?L. J. H. BURGESS^) Dentist, SENECA, 8 0, OFKICK OVKB ? MMON8' STOKK, DOYLB Bl UMNO. Office Hours: A. M. to 1 P. M. ? i, P. H. tO 0 I*. ?1. April 20, 1004. _10-tf Dr. W. F. Austin, DENT1N1 , SENECA, ----- TC Office Over J. W. Byrd & Co. I AM NOW IN MY OFFICE KV Rh * DAY. PHONE NO. 5!. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, Bickens, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. CAREY & SHE LOR, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will practice in the Stato and United States Courts. Business entrusted to our care will re ooive prompt and careful attention. R. T. JAYNES, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA. - - S. C. Bo.l Phone No. 20. Practice in State and Federal Court?. Business entrusted to my caro receives prompt attention. l-n.< SAW MILLS. LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY WOOD-WORKlNd MACHINERY FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK ENGINES AND BOILERS AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. ASK POR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE PLACINQ YOUR ORDER. GIBBES MACHINERYCOIV/ANY COLUMBIA, S C. FOLEYSnOMYHTAR ?tops tn? cough and neala lungs) ?ED TO DO THE BUSINESS for this community. Come on and get your teams. Hauling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt and polite service at reasona ble prices. Teams sont ont nt any hour, day or night. Phone 10 or ll for quick roams. C. IL 1I0UCIIINS, Walhalla, S. C. Cures Stomach and Liver trouble and ip Chronic Constipation. ?uilding KINDS. ) Cabinet. td Scroll Work of every Longer kind. In fact. HE LUMBERMAN, ANDERSON, S. C.