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GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER DEAD. The Hero of Two Wars it No Mora-Pneu monia the Cause of His Death. New York, January 25.-Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A., died here this afternoon at 5.35 o'clock. He was stricken with a severe cold last week, which rapidly developed Into pneumonia, and from the first it was feared that he could not recover. Gen. Wheeler has boon at 'he home of his sister, Mrs. Ster ling Smith, in Brooklyn Heights, for some days, and it was hore that he die?!. In addition to Mrs. Smith, the eon and four "daughters! of Gen. Wheeler woro at his bedsiile when tho end cunio. Sketch of Gen. Wheeler. Joseph Wheeler was born in Au gusta, Ga., Septomber lo, 1830. He graduated from Wost Point in 1859, and has been a conspicuous figure in military and political life ever since that time. Though scarcely more than a boy at tho outbreak of the civil war, only a short timo served to display his peculiar worth. At Shiloh he won more distinction thau any other offi cer of his rank. One of tho most noted of Gen. Wheeler's military operations was his destruction of Kosecran'a trains just after the battle of Chiokamauga. It Was perhaps the most hazardous un dertaking, an?! propably tho most perilous and important duty ever as signed to a cavalry commander. "Joe" Wheeler, at the outbreak of tho war, entere?! tho Confederate ar tillery with a commission of first lieutenant. Because of his military bearing and dashing prowess he rapidly rose, and became colonel of infantry, later brigadier general of cavalry, major general and corps commander, and at tho close of the war was lieutenant general. During the war Gen. Wheeler was Wounded three times, sixteen horses wore shot under him, eight of his staff officers were killed and thirty two were wounded. So great was Gen. Wheeler's love of battle that at the beginning of the Spanish-American war he volunteered hiB services and wa. \ppointed major general of volunteers, U. S. A., May -1, 1898, and was assigned to the com mand of the cavalry division, army of Santiago. He was senior officer in the field at the battle of San Juan and was senior member of a commis sion which arranged the surrender of Santiago. Gen. Wheeler also saw active duty in the Philippines, and participated in a number of important engage ments in the conquest of those islands. From August 18, 1899, until Feb ruary 7, l9oo, he commanded the First Brigade, Second Division, in the Philippines. In June, 19oo, ho was appointed brigadier general of tho regular United States army, and was in com mand of the Department of the Dakes until September of that year, when he was retired. Gen. Wheeler's career in Congress was on the same lines as his military (methods. Ho was ono of the oldest members in service of the House of Representatives, and during the time he was in the National Legislature ho was one of its most popular mem bers. Always courteous and oblig ing, he was never moro happy than when complying with requests from fellow-members for information on topics with which his study an?! re search had made him familiar. His Congressional career com menced in 1881, when he was elected Congressman from the Eighth Dis trict of Alabama, serving until 1899, a period of eighteen yoars, broken only by his absence during the Span ish-American war. A prominent man, long a resident of Washington, eminent as a writer, student of public affairs, and a states man, in referring to Gen. Wheeler's speeches, said : "On great public measures his speeches, prepared with infinite caro, have proven profound, concise and /like propositions in mathematics, un assailable. Some of them would have done credit to John C. Calhoun or any other master of debate." Gen. Wheeler's speech on the "fore?:" bill attraoted great attention, an?l was commended by tho Demo crat ic pn-ss throughout tho United Slates, ns well as by tho greatest constitutional lawyers of this coun try as the strongest and most pro found argument ever made on thc SPIED DIT LIFE" -That's what a prominent druggist said of Scott's Emulsion a short time ago. As a rule we don't use or refer to testimonials in addressing the public, but the above remark and similar expressions are made so often in connec tion with Scott's Emulsion that they are worthy of occasional note. From infancy to old age Scott's Emulsion offers a reliable means of remedying im proper and weak develop ment, restoring lost flesh and vitality, and repairing waste. The action of Scott's Emulsion is no more of a secret than the composition of the Emul sion itself. What it does it does through nourish ment-the kind of nourish ment that cannot be ob tained in ordinary food. No system is too weak or delicate to retain Scott's Emulsion and gather good from it. tWe will send you a sample free. Bc sure that this picture In th? form oi a label ts on thc wrapper of cTcry bottle of Hmu'don you SCOTT & BOWNE Chemists 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. nd 111 all druggists. question of expediency ns well as the constitutional right of Congress to enact a bill similar to that being considered. Ile was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revo lution, Sons of the War of 181?, the Society of Santiago, United Confede rate Veterans' Association, and the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War. Gen. Wheeler contributed numer ous articles to newspapers and maga zines, which dealt largely with tech nical military matters. Gen. Wheeler has long enjoyed the warm personal friendship of President Roosevelt, and has been a f equent visitor at the White House during the latter's term of office. He wrote monographs upon the lives of Admiral George Dewey, President William McKinley and President Theodore Roosevelt. Only recently Gen. Wheeler was prominently mentioned as Police Commissioner of New York City to succeed McAdoo. He promptly denied, however, that he was an aspirant for or would accept the high office under any circumstances. He avowed his intention at the time of ?eturning to his old home at Wheeler, Ala., where, for many years, he was a prosperous planter. Gen. Wheeler is survived by five children, one son, Major. Joseph Wheeler, Jr., and four daughters, Mrs. Julia Harris, of Georgia, and tho Misses Lucy, Annie and Carrie Wheeler. All were at the bedside of the stricken soldier when the spirit took its departure. Humorous Side ol the General's Lite. Several amusing anecdotes are told in connection wiih Gen. Wheeler's remarkable career during tho war. On one occasion, after ho had been severely wounded, he said, "What do you think of me, doctor?" The surgeon, being a humane man, dodged the question, and gave an evasive answer. "Now, look hore, Doc," said Wheeler, "I am not a child. Tell mo plainly what you think." "Well," replied the surgeon, "You will have to die ; there is no hope for you !" "I will bet you ten dollars that I don't!" was Wheeler's answer. And ho didn't. Gen. Wheeler, in common with other commanders, was sometimos given trouble by tho foo Stonewall Jackson said ho feared more than he did the Federal army. On ono occasion, in Middle Ten nessee, Wheelor applied Jackson's remedy and ordered a number of dis tilleries burned. Gen. -, who was not averse to taking a "nip" once in a while, protested against tb is. "Why," asked Gen. Wheeler, "should they not be burned ! You know, geueral, I am averse to the destruction of private, property, but these abominations are demoralizing tho men and impairing the discipline of the command." "Yes," replied Gen.-, "but you should not apply so harsh a remedy. You ought to order them ?to make better whiskey !' " A HlAfi Tribute. One of the highest tributes paid to Gen. Wheel*, was from the pen of a Northern writer, in wbioh he said in part : "Physically small, though wiry and enduring, be rises abovo mere stature in the eyes of those who hear him speak in the fervid eloquence of plain honesty. Mentally he towers over the stalwart men about him, as a i veritable son of Anak. "Briefly," continued the writer, "to i sum him up, Moe' Wheeler is that rare combination, a gentleman of the old school, grafted upon the progr?s sive man of to-day, which makes him the typical American he is." A Great Fertilizer. ! Elsewhere we print the advertise ment of the F. S. Royster Guano j Company and call the attention of < our readers to the same. The Roys- ! ter fertilizer people aro the largest of ? tho independent manufacturers re- ? maining. These people havo had a ! most wonderful success in their sales. < "Fanners' Bone" is their leading I brand of cotton fertilizer, and wo are < told that its sale exceeds that of any { other single brand of fertilizer sold f in the South. Owing to the fact 1 that they use fish for ammoniates, ? their goods are popular everywhere J they are sold. They claim theirs to ( be the original fish guano. They 1 have large works at Norfolk, Va. I Tarboro, N. C., two factories in | So Uh Carolina, and one at Macon, i Ga., and Vheir goods are on sale in nearly every town in the South I where fertilizers are used. Our read- ' ers will find it to their interest to consider Royster fertilizer before making their purchases. How's This ? Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney ?fe Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F I J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be- ' lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi ness transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by bis firm. Walding, Ximian ?fe Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Price, 75c. per bottle. .Sohl by all druggists. Testimonials free. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. C. F. Schulte, a highly respected farmer of Chester county, living on the York road, about five miles above the town of Chester, was the victim of a peculiar and very serious acci dent last Sunday morning. Noticing a hog in his front yard he attempted to drive it back into the lot, and while following it through a cotton patch, he stippled, lost his foothold completely and fell on a sharp cotton stalk. The sharp end pierced his eyeball and drove itself far into the brain. The physicians pronounce the injury a very serious one that will likely prove fatal. Increase \bur Yields Per Acre One Of Of liberally using OUr 1 tho old farm. Hoad the owners of tho Magnolia $000.00 from ono aero st woro used. Hight years acre. It was thon consl years boforo, but by Hbo Virgiaia-C n'wier poaa and velvet th i og, and havo been off experimented with a gre tho highest por contonoi Carolina Fertilizers wot you hud one? W*%11, don Vlrglnla-G Richmond, Va. Norfolk, Va. Durham, N. O. charleston, s. o. Baltimore, Md. A nu o unc?1 m ont has just been made nt a speoial meeting of the Univer nil y of Chicago Board of Trustees that John D. Rockefeller has recent ly given one million four hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the university. Of this sum one million dollars is for '.he permanent endow ment, three hundred und fifty thou sand dollars to cover the current ex penses or deficit of tho various de partments of tho university up ?o July, 10o7, and the remaining one hundred thousand dollars of the gift is to provide a futid, the interest of which is to go to the widow of Presi den W. R. Harper during her life time. An exchange very truly says : A boy's best friend is his mother, and the boy who endeavors to pay back what he owe? his mother is the one who will be the one most sought after by the people who are worth while, and bo apt to make the most successful life. IA.. Bear- th? ?* T8 Kind You Haw Always Bought NOTICE is her? by given that a meeting of tho Stockholders of The Seneca Mercan t i Io Company is called for the 20th lay of Pobruary, 1900, at 10 o'clock a. m. it tho office of The Citizens' Bank, at Seneca, s. C., to o> usidi r tho rosolutious if tho I rectors hereinafter SOt forth: Ropolvod, That the capital stock of The ioneca Mei cant ile Company, amount in;; o Ton Thousand ($10,000) Dollars be db .?ide,] into Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars >r fifty shares of cornmou stock of tho jar value or one hundrod dollars per share and fifty shares of preferred stock >f the par valuo of one hundred dollars >ach. Resolved, further, That the preforred itock shall be entitled to accumulative ^referred dividends at the rate of seven per centum per annum, payable somi-an lually, and it shall be preferred i n the wont of liquidation of the corporation to ho extent of its par valuo and accrued lividonds. No dividends shall bo paid upon the common s ock unless and until \\\ dividends on the preferred stock shall have boen paid and then dividends shall be paid at no greater rate than seven per centum per annum until tho preferred stock and all accrued dividends shall have boen redeeibed. At the ond of ten yoai s any portion of said preferred, to gether with the amount of all unpaid ao Dummulative dividends, if any, not re tired, shall be converted into first mort gage bonds upon the property, real and personal, of the corporation, and in lieu of dividends, shall receive interest at the rate of seven per centum per annum, payablo semi-annually, for a period of ten years from said date, when the whole amount shall become due aud payable. Resolved, further. That a meeting of the stockholders of The Seneca Mercan tile Company be called for Monday, the twenty-sixth day of February, nineteen hundred and six, at ten o'clock, at the office of The Citizens' Hank, at Senooa, South Carolina, to vote upon the issuing of the said preforred stock. Resolved, further, That the manager insert a notice in the Keowee Courier, a newspaper published in the County of Oconee, onoe a week for four successive weeks prior to the 'said Stockholders' meeting. A. POMEROY BROWN, Manager. G. W GIGNILLIAT, President. January 20, 1900. 4-7 FOR CHEAP RATES TO TEXAS, ARKANSAS. LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Point* Weet, Northwest and Southwest, Write or Gall on J. G. HOLLENBBOK, District Passenger Agi. LOUISVILLE A NASHVILLE R. H. No. 1 North Pryor BL, Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Gs, The Results fertilizers, is to pay off a mortfrngo on following from Messrs. Wherry & Son, Krult Farm, Durant, Miss.: " Wo mado rawborrlos, on whloh your fertilizers ngowobonght this place at $20.00 per idorod to havo boon worn out twonty rally using arolioa Fertilizers bonna, wo oan now irrow almost any orod $250.00 por nero for the placo. Wo iat many brands of fertilizers, but (Ind ipor.?' Now don't you think VlrKlnla ild onablo you to pay off a mortgnK" if ' t uso any other. irollna Chemical Co. Atlanta, Qa. Savannah, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. M i -111 j > 11 i,i, Tenn, ghrovuport. La. OOD, big out a liberal arr in the fertilizer ten per cent, I form of Sulphat highest quality. "Plant Food" and "True books which tell of the succ?s; other garden truck-sent free Address. OBRM New York -0.1 NUMU Street. or, MASTER'S SALES. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY OP OCONKB. J In the Court of Common Pleas. PURSUANT TO DECREES OF THE ABOVE NAMED COURT, in the oases named below, I will offer for salo, to the highest biddor. iu front of the Court House, at Walhalla, S. C., on MONDAY, the hf tb day of February, 1006, botwoon tho legal hours of sale, the tracts of land bolow dosOribed: M. F. Harbin, et al., Plaintiffs, against C. W. Hopkins, et al., Defendants. Lot No. 1.-All that pinco, parcol or tract of laud situate, lyiug aud boiug iu Oconoe county, State aforesaid, on wators of ConnoroBB creek aud bounded by Air Line railroad aud lands of L. E. Fincan non, A. C. Bruce and ostato of Fauuio Dumas, deceased, containing two acres, more or less, and boing tho same tract of land conveyed to Sarah Hunnioutt by Thomas Harper Lot No. 2.-All that lot of land situate in tho town of Seneca, oouuly and State aforesaid, ou tho west side of and front ing on the public square, it being tho same convoyed to S- J. B. Phillips by Q. W. Oignilliat, T. Y. Bligh and S. Y. Stribliug, and conveyed to thom from the assigned estate of W. H. Stanton and known in said ostate as lot No. 2, con taining 33 foot front by 105 feet deep. Lot No. 3.-All that certaiu lot of land situate in Oconoo county and State aforesaid, measuring fifty-two and oue half feot front on Fair Play street, aud running baok one hundred and two and one-half feet, it' being a portion of Lot No. 40 in tho pTan of said town, the portion herein conveyed, being the Southern part, next Dumas lot. Lot No. 4.-All that certain piece or Kareel or lot of land situ tte, lying aud oing in the town of Seueca, in Oconee county. State of South Carolina, measur ing (21) twenty-one feet and (3) three inches front on Alley street, and running back (100) one hundred feet, being the eastern part of Lot No. 47, as shown by plat of said town, including the building thoreon, said property being the same Surchased from S. P. Dendy and M. N. it ton by A.Z. Fleming on 4th day oi September, 1800. Lot No. 5.-All that certain pioce or parcel of land situate, lying and boing in the State and county aforesaid, in the town of Soneca, and known in the plan of Baid town as a portion of lots Numbers seven (7) and eight (8) and subdivided by W. H. Stanton and called Number on tho corner of Alley and Townville streets, containing twenty-six feet front ing on Townville street, and running back on Main street or Alley one hun dred and four and one-half feet. C. W. Hopkins and Minnie V. Hopkins, Plaintiffs, against May Stribling, ot ai-, Defendants. Tract No. 1.-All thatcertain lot of land situate in the town of Sonooa, said State, and known in the plan of said town a? Number ono hundred and thirty-two (132), containing one-half acre, moro or less, on south side South First street, being same conveyed to R. M. Richardson by Mary J. Keys on the 24th July, 1805. Tract No. 2.-All that parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in Oconee county, South Carolina, on tho east side of Martin's creek, and containing twolvc (12) acres, more or less, tho same being a part of a tract of land formerly owned by Stephen Baldwin, deceased, and pur chased by hinvfrom David Pinckney, and conveyed by Stephen Baldwin to John T. Moore and Warren Mooro, adjoining lands of Dr. Yarborough, Robt. Swingei and others, and having such shape, marks, etc., as are represented in a pla) bv J. W. Harper, Burvey, on August 14th, 1888. All that piece, parcel, or tract of land situate?and being in the county anti State aforesaid on branches of Martin's crock, waters of Seneca river, containing sixty-three acres, moro or loss, and more fully shown by a plat horounto annexed made by J. C. Hunnioutt, surveyor, ?nd certified for tho 21st September, 1880. Terms of Sale-One-third cash on dav of sale, balanoo in two equal install moots, payable in one and two ycart respect!voly, with interest on tho credit portion at the rato of seven per cent pei annum, from tho day of sale until paid in full, with privilego to tho purchaser tc anticipate paymont of credit portion at any time; tho credit portion to be se cured by bond of the purchaser or pur chasers and a mortgage or mortgagos of tho premises; that in evnntof the failure of tho purchaser or purchasers to com ply with tho torms of sale promptly on day of sale, that the Master do resoll the promises bid off by suoh purchaser, so failing to comply with tho torms of the salo on tho samo, or somo convenient salesday thereafter, at tho samo place and ??n tho samo torms as heretofore set out, at tho ritik of the formor purohaaoi or purchasers, and that ho continuo tc do so until he has found a purchaser ot purchasers who shall comply with the terms of tho sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Mastor for Oconoo County, S. C. January 11th, 1006. 3 0 White Men on the Farm WANTED, good whito mon to worl on farms in hoalthy and dosirable soction of Fairfield county, near church schools and railroad station. Good wages. Address JOHN J. MCMAHAN, 51-tf Columbia, 8. C. fULEYSHONEY^TAR Ourea Coldai Prevents Pneumonia "mealy potatoes e produced with tount of POTASH - not less than t must be in the ^e of POTASH of k Farming" are two practical sfui growing of potatoes and the to those who write us for them. AN KALI WORKS. Atlanta. Oa.-22tf So. Broad Street. NOTICE FOR AMENDMENT OF CHARTER. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OK OCONKK. WHEREAS, tlu.ro was issued by the Secretary of State a charter, dated the 24th day of Docember, 1890, consti tuting and oreating C. W. Pitchford Company into a corporation, under tbe laws of this State, with its prinoipal nineo of business at Walhalla, in said County and State, with a cr. pi tai stouk or Ten Thousand Dollars, divided into twenty shares, of the par valuo of Five Hundred Dollars each, empowering it to engage in the business of carrying on a general merchandise business, buying and selling goods as retail merchants, buying and selling all kinds of property, both real and porsonal, and the doing of all things incident to said business; and, whereas, at a mooting of the Board of Directors and Managers of said corpora tion, hold at tho store of said corpora tion, in the Town of Walhalla, South Carolina, on tho 10th day of January, 1000, it was toBolved that the oorporate name of. said corporation be amended by changing the samo from "C. W. Pitch ford Company" to "Pitchford Company," and that all tho rights, privileges and franchises now or heretofore possessed and enjoyod by said "C. W4. Pitohford Company" be hereafter possessed and enjoyed by its successor in name, to wit: "Pitchford Company;" also, it was fur t her resolved that h call do issue for a meeting of the stockholders of said cor poration to be held at its place of busi ness, at Walhalla, South -Carolina, on Saturday, the 17th day of February, 1906, at. 10 a. m., for the purpose of consider ing the question of amendment and ! change of the corporate name as aforo I said. C. W. PITCHFORD, S. N. PITCHFORD, W. I). MOSS, GEO. M. ANSEL, Directors and Managers. January 17, 1900. 3-0 Summons for Relief. The State of South Carolina, 1 County of Ooonoe. J Court of Common Pleas. T. E. Alexander, Plaintiff, against M. H. Wall, Defendant. Summon* for Relief-Complaint not Served. To the Defondant abovo named : YOU are hereby summoned and re quired to answer tho ootnplaiot in this action, which will ho flied in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, on the Publio Square, at Walhalla Court House, S. C., within 20 days after tho servloe hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, th? plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated November 28th. A. D. 1905. [L. 8.1 C. R. D. BUHNS, (3. C. P. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attornoy. January 24, 1900. 4 10 Summons for Relief. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OK OCONKK. lu tho Court of Common Pleas. Norton Cox, Plaintiff, against Walter Lumpkin. Bettie Lumpkin and Charlie. C. Lumpkin, Defendants. Summonnfor Relief-Complaint Served To tho Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer tho complaint in this action, of which a oopy is herewith served upon you. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his oflico, On the Public. Square, at Walhalla Court House, Sonth Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of tho day of such sorvico; and if you fail to answer tho complaint within the timo aforesaid, tho Plaintiff in this action will apply to tho Court for the relief demanded in tho complaint. Dated December 28th, A. D. 1905. IL. 8.1 C. R. D. ?URNS, C. C. P. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attornoy. To tho Defendants Abovo Named: Please take notice that the Summons and Complaint in the abovo entitled ac tion wero (Hod in tho oflico of tho Chu I; of Court of Con. mon Pleas of Oconee county on tho 29th day of December, 1905: that the object of this action is tho partition of tho real estato described in tho complaint among tho partioBto this action as tenants in common according to their respective legal rights, or for the salo thereof anddivison of tho prooeods of sale among said parties according to their logal rights; for suob further roliof as may soom moot and proper. H. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's At. ^rnoy. January 8, 1900. t 1-0 Important Notice A' BATES by noto account or other wise will find tho samo loft with tho un dersigned at tho stoi o of J. J. Haley ?fe Co., Oakway, S. C., for collection, and the samo must bo settled without delay, hi L. JARRARD, Oakway, 8. C. January 10, 1900. 2-tf