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/foe jLeotXK* tifaurm. /OUCHED EVER* WCONKSOAV MORNING. - av - IAYNE8, 8HEI.OH. SMITH A STECH K. T..TAYNKM, I L-. j i u"M I !>. A. HMITM J. W. 8HK4.0K. I Kl>* 1 1 i A 8TKCK SUBSCRIPTION. ?i.OO PCR ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATE? REASONABLE Jj?*- Communications of a personal oharaoter chargod for an advertisements. jgf- Obituary notices aud tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed froe of oharge. All over that number muet be paid for at the rate of one oent a word. Cash to accompany jianusoript. _ WALHALLA, 8. C. x VKDNKNDAl, HAU? ?I l l, IU06. A BATTLE IN THE PHILIPPINES Six Hundred Moros Killed in an Engagement on Mount Dajo-American Losses Small. Manila, March IL-An important ac tion between American forces and hos tile Moros has taken placo near Joh). Fifteen enlisted men were killed, four commissioned officers and thirty enlisted men wore wounded, and a naval contin gent Operating with tho military sus tained thirty-two casualties. The Moros lost six hundred men killed. Major-Oeneral Leonard Wood, com mander of the division of the Philip pines, reports as follows from Jolo, Capt i al of tho Sui ii Islands: "A severe action between troops, a naval detachment aud constabulary, aud hostile Moros has taken place at Mount Dajo, near Jolo. The engagement opened during the afternoon of March 0 and ended in the morning of March 8. Tho action involved the capture of Mount Dajo, a lava cono, 2,100 feet high, with a crater at its summit and extremely steep. The last four hundred feet were at an single of sixty decrees, and there were fifty perpendicular ridges, covered with a growth of timber and strongly fortified, and defended hy au invisible force of Moros. "Tho army casualties were fifteen en listed men killed, four commissioned Officers and thirty enlisted men wounded. Tho naval casualties numbered thirty two. Ensign H. D. Cooke, Jr., com manding tho United States steamer, Pampanga, was severely wounded and Coxswain Gilmore was severely wounded in the elbow. "The constabulary casualties were Capt. .John R. White, wounded in the thigh, severely; three enlisted men killed and thirteen wounded. Capt. Tyreo Hivers sustained a slight flesh wound iu tho thigh; Lieut. (Jordon was slightly wounded in the right hand ; Lieut. Wylio T. Conway, of tho Otb infantry, was slightly wounded in tho loft eye. All tho wounded aro doing woll. "Col. Joseph W. Duncan, of tho Otb infantry, directed tho operations. AU the defenders of tho Moro stronghold wore killed. Six hundred bodies wero found on tho field. "The action resulted in the extermina tion of a band of outlaws, who, recog nizing no chief, had hoon raiding friendly Moros, and, owing to thoir dcliauco of American authorities, had stirred up a dangorous condition of affairs. "Tho artillery wa? lifted hy block and tackle, a distance of :UX) foot, into a posi tion on tho lip of tho crator. "brigadier (Jouerai bliss and myself were present throughout tho action. "Tho attacking columns woro com manded by Major Omar Bundy, Capt. K. P. Lawton, Capt. Hivers, Capt. L. M. Koehler, Capt. McClachlin and Lieut. Johnston. "The officers and men ongaged highly commend tho Moro constabulary, who did excellent work, their casualties nuni iicring seventeen out of tho force of forty-four engaged. "It is impossible to conceive a stronger natursl position than that attacked." The fighting lasted two days among tho lava ridges, which had been strongly fortified hy the Moron. Artillery had to bo hoisted by means of ropes up the last ?ive hundred feet at au anglo of 00 de Slecplcssncss. Disorders of the stomach produce a nervous condition and often prevent .sleep. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets stimulate the digostivo organs, restore the system to a healthy condition ftnd make sleep possible Kor sale hy .1. W. Hell, Walhalla; W. .1. Lunney, Sem e a - - Townvillc Topics. Town ville, March 12.-Jim Brown and wife, of Oak way, recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Hob Price, of this place. Kools Marett, of Westminster, made us n business call roeently. Misses Annie ami Ada Cromer, of Al pino, wore among friends and relatives boro for a short while not long since. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dickson, of West minster, spout Sunday at her father's, W. N. Woolbright. Mr. and Mrs. Price visited his father | at Yoo. Mr. and Mrs. Ciando Prator spout sovoral days among rolativos near Lib erty. Mr. and Mrs. Waymon Hoggs spent {Sunday at his father's, J. C. Hoggs. Tho way tho farmors aro hustling it seems as though thoy would soon bo planting. '.. ??. Tho House has passod the army appro priation bill, carrying a total of nearly *70,000,000. HORRIBLE MINE DIS Eleven Hundred Operative are Horrifying-Force< Paris, Frauoe, Maroo 10.-A mining catastrophe of incalculable horror aud magnitude has strioken tho great coal co?ter of Nortberu France. Au explo sion of lire damp at ' o'clock this morn ing carried death and destruction throughout the network of coal mines centered at ( 'mil rieres, and die followed tho explosion, making rescue difficult and almost impossible. The intense excitement and confusion iu the vicinity prevented early estimates of tho exact loss of lifo, hut a dispatch received hero at 4.35 p. ru. K??Vo 1|404 minors entombed and probably lost. At 8.46 o'clock this evening a brief dispatch from Lille announced the total of 1,108 dead. All Franco has been profoundly shocked by tho magnitude of tho disas ter, which is said to bo tho greatest in tho history of Continental mining. Tho scotio of the catastrophe is the mountainous mining region uoar Lons, in the department ol' l'as-dc-t'alai s. Here are huddled small hamlets of minework ers, who operate tho most productive coal mines iu France. About 2,000 min ors woYk in tho group of miuos. Tho catastrophe took placo shortly aftor 1,076 nun had descended into the mine this morning. There was a deafen ing explosion, which was followed by tho cages and mining apparatus being hurled from the mouth of tho fourri?res mine. Men and horses nearby outside tho mine were either stunned ol killed. Tho roof Of the mine office was torn off. Immediately following the explosion Hames burst from the mouth of the pits, driving back those without who Fought to enter and dooming those within. Tho work of attempting to rescue tho imprisoned miners was hastily begun, and heroic efforts wore mado to pene trate tho smoko and foul gases aud bring out tho imprisoned men. The families of tho entombed miners crowded about the shaft, seeking fathers or husbands, and threatening, in their efforts to obtain details, to force back the gendarmes, wdio kept them from tho mouth of the pit. Tho populace of tho district ls appalled by tho disaster, which affects every household. Those persons who were rescued were terribly burned. Tho latest estimates place those taken out at 501. Throughout the afternoon tho heroic efforts at rescue were continued, but nightfall brought tho conviction that tho cntombod men had been suffocated. A Horrible Disaster. Paris, March ll.-Tho worst fears as to tho enormity of tho mine disaster in tho fourri?res district Saturday morning have hoon realized. Tho death list num bers 1,1(10, and tho whole of tho region stands appalled at tho terrible tragedy, which has brought sorrow to 0,000 fath ers, mothers, wives and children. Tho last groat mine disaster in France occurred in 1885, when 203 persons woro killed and 80 injured; but that and all others sink into insignificance before Courrieres. The vast mortuary camp is under mili tary guard, 400 soldiers having arrivod there, to assist in holding in check tho . crowds of distracted mourners. lt is roportcd that a rescue party, num bering forty, has been cut off by the cav ing in of ono of tho galleries. Minister of l'ublic Works Gautier, Min ister of tho Interior Dubief and the sec retary of President Fallieres remain on the ground, endeavoring to comfort tho distressed families of the minors. Fal lieres has given $2,000 to aid in relief measures. Tho ministry will add a fur ther sum to this, and the Chamber of Deputies will he asked to vote $100,000 for tho purpose of alleviating distress. Doctors are Puzzled* Tho remarkable recovory of Kcnnoth Mciver, of Vancoboro, Me., is tho sub ject of much interest to tho medical fra lei nity and a wido circle of friends. Ho says of his case: "Owing to severe in flammation of the throat and congestion of t he lungs, three doctors gave me up to die, when, as a last resort, I was inducod to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and 1 am happy to say, it saved my life." (Jures the worst coughs and colds, bronchitis, tonsilitis, weak lungs, hoarseness and la grippe. Guaranteed by all druggists 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. Pine Grove News. Pino Grove, March 12.-Several of tho people in our vicinity gathered at this place to have a singing Sunday, but, alas, no singist came, and all wont homo dis appointed. J. A. McPhail was called Sunday to the bedside of his aunt, Mrs. Mary Mar tin, who is very sick. J. II. Martin and wife visited kinfolku in Townville Sunday. We have no school at this placo at presen t. Very little farm work has hoon dono yot. K. H. Singleton, one of our best farmers, who hasn't dono much farming this spring, says ho will mako as much as anybody. Good hands will bo scarce if cotton coutinues to bo a good price, and by another year ovorybody will bo able to work their own stock. Mr. Martin and Miss Ktta Singleton wm shipped at ( 'loss Hoads Sunday. Little Misses Kmma and Hertha Heovos, from Cross Hoads, visited in our burg last wook. Pansy. FOIEYSHONinr^TAR Cure? Ooldsi Proventa Pneumonia BASTER IN FRANCE. s Entombed-The Scenes i to Stop .Rescue "Work. It is thought .hardly possible that roany bodies wMl be reeovered to-morrow ow ing to tbo difficulty of roaching tho bot toro pits, the runners on which the cages descond hoing brokon or bent. A director declared that the impris oned moil nu m lie red 1,100. Minister Dubiof inquired: "Have you still any hope?" The di reo tor replied: "No, I believe all of them are dead." This was whispered into the ear of tho ministor, in order that his words might not be overheard by the pale faced min ers who stood anxiously about tho mine building waiting for an offloial view on tho state of affairs. The mine building has been trans formed into a mortuary chamber, and all about in it lie tho carbonized and almost unrecognizable bodies of minors which wore taken t hore as thoy were brought up from tho mino. Stricken relatives ar rive at tho mme building from time to time, soarching for missing membors of their families, J ml indescribable scenes of grief occur as womon recognizo their loved ones. Heartrending scones, too, are wit nessed about tiio mouth of pit No. 4, whoro the bands of rescuers aro continu ally descending and returning with bodies. Tho women with children in their arms attempt to bioak through tho cordon of troops, which form a lano through which tho body-bearers proceed to tho mortuary chamber. Sometimes thc burden consists of a mero heap of burnt flesh, and. in nearly every case Cue body is terribly lacerated. Only one half of tho bodies recovered have boon identified. Despite tho danger incurred, tho vol unteers, who include a number of thoso who wore successful in escaping at tho timo of tho explosion, do not hesitate to descend tho shaft. Sumo of them havo been down moro rhan a dozen times. One of them, after having brought up fourteen bodies, was suffocated on his tinrent h attempt, and it is feared that other fatalities among the volunteers will follow, as tho air in the mines is still im pregnated with noxious gases. A num ber of tho mon engaged iu rescue work havo already been brought to tho surface unconscious, and as they wero driven to their homes in closed carriages the women followed and broko tho wiudows, Buspoctiug that bodies were being hur ried away. Several miners havo como up from pit ll, which is connected with pit 8. Thoy effected their escapo by moans of a lad dor, and as thoy enmo from tho mouth of tho pit they appoared to bo bordering on madness. Ali of thom wero more or loss injured. When asksd about their com rades, one of thom said: (. "It is horrible All of thom are dead." Another miner said: "lt is indescribable. Everything was demolished or has fallen in. I saw bodies lying in piles. My son is below." Replying to an inquiry as to whether hope romainod for the finding of more roon alivo in tho mino, an engineer who had been down the shaft said : "It is scarcely possible. Tho state of tho galleries is such that clearing them will bo a difficult task, while the flames woro so floreo that many of tho victims must havo boon reduced to ashes." Rescuers Forced to Stop Work. Paris, March 12.-All rescue work lia? boon suspended at tho Courrions pits, whore over 1,000 minors lost their lives Saturday owing to the dangor of gases and emanations from decomposing bodies. The engineors foar another explosion and therofore ordored up the roliof gangs at 7 o'clock this morniug. The engineors will attempt to venti late tho chambers before attempting fur thor rescuos. Items Irom Conaeross Conneross, March 18. - Rev. .J. H. Ayers filled his regular appointment Sunday. Ho preached a very interesting sermon to a largo congregation. Kastor services will bc held at this place tho third Sunday in April, con ducted by Rev. J. H. Stone, of Senoca. Miss Emily Compton and Mr. Martin, of Retreat, attended services boro Sun day. Miss Ruth Hunnicutt and Norman Morgan, of Soneca, visited J, L. O. Harker and family Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ada Marett and brother, of West minster, visited their uncle, W. O. Alex ander, Sunday. Edd .Julian and family, of Return, vis ited Iiis sistor, Mrs. .J. S. Abbott, Sunday. Robert Crisp, of Walhalla, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Aloxandor. Wo are glad to noto that Wade Alox andor is improving. s. s o. Afflicted With Rheumatism. "I /ran and am yot afflicted with rheu matism," says J. C. Rayne, editor of The Herald, Addington, Indian Territory, "but thanks to Chamberlain's Pain Ral m am ablo once more to attend to businoss. It is tho best of liniments." If troubled with rhoumatiBm givo Pain Halm a trial and you aro certain to be more than pleaser with the prompt ro liof which it affords. Ono application roliovoH tho pain. For salo hy J. W. Hell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. PrincoBS Ena, bride-elect of the king of Spain, ronouncod Protestantism and joined tho Roman Catholic church ro cen tly. If she had joined boforo sho got ongagod to Alfonso tho public might havo had moro faith in tho Sincerity of her conversion. A Land Slide dearin SALE On SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IO, Carter ?fe Co 's Walhalla Store will start their Annual Mldwiutor Dissolution Sale. This opportunity to ?ot reliable- goods at about half price, is made possible by the neod of room for the incoming Spring Stock. We And in every department great quantities of Goods that should have boon sold last fall. Those will be sold at a narri lier. A few articles from each department are quoted below to show what surpassing bargains we oOor: T^T>T?QQ, nnnnQ Blaok, 36 inohTaffota Silks, $1 kind, now 76 cents a yard. i^llJjJkJ? \JKJ\JIJKJ? A large assortment of Silk Waistings at 60 oents per yard. Serges, Xihiliee. Mohair, Venetian Cloth, Drees Flannels, that formerly sold from 00 oents to 76 oents, now 46 cents por yard; also, a large assortment of Waistings for 26 oents poi yard. Trieos, Worsteds, Granate Poplins, Serges, Mohairs, Dross Flannels, that formerly sold for 36 cents to 60 oents, now 26 couts per yard. Twilled Flannels, wool, 16 cents to 20 oents. Seo our assortment of 10 cents Percales. We will OIOBO out all Outings from 6 cents to 8? cents por yard. Wo also have an assortment ol 6 oents Cali?os. There are ouly 16 pairs of $1.60 Blankots left that will go for 00 cents per pair. O Mon's Black and Fanoy Suits, usually priood at $9.50 to $12 to go for $4.60 per Suit. $V to $10 Overcoats $6; $6 for $3.75.. Ladies' Capes and Jaokets in proportion. Some splendid kinds fur rain or sun. One lot 45 couts. Another mixed lot for95 couts each. CLOTHING. UMBRELLAS. "\r/"\rpT/~i\TQ Wo have a largo litio of Sample Notions that will go in this Salo, suoh as-Ladies' and Gent's J_i \J JL 1.V/LI k_5? Gloves, lioso, Undorwoar, Shirts, Tios, Lucile Skirts, otc. 5 dozen Men's Sweaters for 40 cont? oaoh. All wool Sweaters for 85 con ts each. Sovoral dozon Heavy Knit OvershirtB, $1 kind for 65 couts. Big lot of Lap Robes bought at a price and to be sold at a sacrifico. Do not fail to soe thom if you have a buggy. Men's Leggins, big lot, from 25 cents to 86 cents por pair. Children's and Misses' Overshoes for 15 cents por pair. HARDWARE. f^i Ty (\f^ T UQ A complete lino of Grocorios. The bestand biggest Stock wo have ovor had. Prices VJTJAiV^ V Hi LY L GiO* will bo made interesting during this salo. Wo want a lively time duriug tho dull m >nth of February, our fault. 6 dozon Axes, 75 couts kind for 45 cents. 10 dozen Ditching Shovels to go at 60 cents each. Como to soo us and if wo don't do businoss it wou't bo Carter & Co., Walhalla. hand. P. S.: We have all grades of Fertilizers and plenty of Supplies NOW on VALUES Value is tho worth of any article. I'rico is tho supposed value. To buy an articlo at its actual value you must have all T'o loss olT. To sell goods un credit takes moro holp, -..uses losses, makes goods cost the man that pays mer*. ?ITV FOR CASH In these times of great progress it is dangerous to buy on credit. When cot ton was five centa per pound you were safo in buying on time, for if you did not make enough to pay out Christmas settled tho debt. When you buy your goods for cash you pay no loss on the other follow. You pay for onlj what you got. No accounts mixed. You don't buy too much. IT PAYS TO PAY CASH. 1 OPENING AND SPECIAL SALE lu order to show you our immense lino of Laces, Embroidery, White Goods, Small Ware, Novelties of all kinds, we will have our Opening and Special Sale of Embroidery, Laces, Novelties, etc., on Friday and Saturday, March loth and 17th. 1,000 yards Embroidery, your choice, 5c. per yard. 2,000 yards Embroidery, only 10c. per yard. This Embroidery will bo put on two soparato labios on tho morning of March Kith, and tho sale will con tinue for only two days. If you want to get the pick of those goods como early. They aro the greatest values ever offered by us. Kerosene Oil only 10c. per gallon, March loth and 17th. Only ono gallon to a customer. 20 pounds of Sugar $1, March ld and 17. Unless tho market changes this will bo your last chango to buy Sugar from us at 20 pounds for $1. If you are interested, a new lino of goods for close cash pricos, don't miss our salo. CRAIG, VERNER MERCANTILE CO SPOT CASH MERCHANTS, WALHALLA, S. C. JOHN F. CRAIG, BUSINESS MANAGER. Everything for the Builder, Carpenter, Farmer. We can flt you up not only in the Goods, but the Price. FOR THE BUILDER-Corrugated Roofing, V-Crimp Hoofing. Cortright Metal Shingles, Doors, Windowsand Blinds, Mouldings, Lime, Cornent and Plastering Hair, Paint?, Oils and Loads, Locks, Hinges, Nails, otc. FOR THE FARMER-Reversible Harrows, Cultivators, Weeders, Middlo Busters, Colo's Guano Distributors, ft Cole's Cotton Plantors, Barb Wiro, Turning Plows, Poultry Wire, Circle Foot Plow Stocks, Hog Fonco, Guano ? i Horns. FOB THE SAW AND SHINGLE MILL MAN-Atkins'Shinglo and Bolting Saws, Bolting, Valvos, Packing, Pinion and Feed Wbools, Sogmonts, otc. Full Line of Stoves, Ranges, Enamel Ware. Dynamite. MATHESON HARDWARE CO. WESTMINSTER, S. C. i