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OA ?OTTO WAREH?' New Cotton V Only Warehoi five Storage pf th Warehouse R collateral, if hold Gt. W, GIGNILLI Pres. and Treat ? BEAOTlF?L_eiRL KIDNAPED. BIRMINGHAM GIRL MYSTERIOUSLY DIS APPEARS AND LATER RETURNS HOME Birmingham, Ala., Oot. 27. Eighteen-year-old Fannie Fennell, | regarded as one of the most beauti ul girls in Alabama, baa been kid aped. Both police and deteotives are j searching the oity from one end to the other and absolutely no traoe of the missing girl can be found. Miss Fennell, who is the daughter of Mrs. J. H. Sidebottom, wife of a railway conductor, mysteriously dis appeared from the family residence, 729 North Twenty-first street, last night. For some time Miss .Fennell has been receiving anonymous letters from an unknown admirer in Colo rado. The writer professed his love and said be would kill her if he did not get her. ROOM 18 CHLOROFORM KD. There was no suspicion on the part of the family that any one in tended harm to the beautiful daugh ter when she retired last night. Mrs. Sidebottom believes that her daughter was chloroformed and kid naped between midnight and 5 o'clock thia morning. An examination showed that the girl had slept in the bed and had left her olothea undisturbed on a chair. A pane of glass was removed from the window and there waa ah odor of chloroform in the room. ' AN UNKNOWN ADMIRES. Mrs. Sidebottom and her daugh ter visited Denver, Colo., last Au gust and after their return, Misa Fennell, it is claimed, began receiv ing letters from an unknown man, who said he had seen her first out West and had followed her to Birm ingham. The letters have been turned over to the police, who are working on ?he case. "lt is said that a mysterious man in a haok visited the house twice last night, and a gate man at the union depot describes a young woman much like Miss Fennell, who took the 5 o'clook train this morning for Montgomery. The police are greatly puzzled over the case and are making every emmto find some due to the miss ing girl. GIRL OK UNUSUAL BEAUTY. Miss Fennell has always been re garded as a young woman of groat beauty and had admirers by tho score, la Colorado, where she vis ited, she attracted great attention. The girl's mother and her friends are of the opinion that the girl was removed from the houso by the uso of chloroform and kept in a semi dazed condition until carried away. Returned Home in Male Attire. Birmingham, Oct. 27.-Miss Fan nie Fennell, who so mysteriously disappeared from her home last night, and who, it is believed by the police, was kidnaped, reappeared at her mother's home at midnight* practically dressed in men's clothing. She does not remember anything that has taken place during the day. She says she recovered consciousness a ?hort time ago and found herself alona In a strange room, from which she fled. She cannot looate the h?te}? and does not kuow how she managed to find her mother's home. USE COMPANY. m ? ?Tarehouse at Seneci ise in the County bi e Farmers' and Mei ^ceipts accepted by sr desires to borrow AT, Fire at Townvlllo. Townville, October 25.-About 6 o'clock Monday afternoon fire was discovered in the prese room at the gin of J. W. Shirley at this place and in a very few minutes the entire building and ita contents were com pletely enveloped in flames, against whioh nothing could be done. It was only by continned hard work that a large stable near by was kept from igniting, whioh, if it had, the entire town would have been in grave danger, as the houses were very dose and the wind from the east, blowing direotly against it. The loss is con siderable. The amount of insurance on the ginnery could not be ascer tained, but it will lack much of cov ering the loss. The eohool at this place opened upon the l?th instant under the direotion of Roy L. Bowen and wife. The indications are that the term will be a prosperous one. O. D. Giles, who bas been quite ill for a week, is muoh better and hopes to be up again soon. Mrs. VV. K. Sharp and Miss Ova linn Sharp, of Pendleton, are on a visit to relatives. PASTORIA 2?or Infants and (Killoren. Till KM You Have Always Bought Bears th? Signature of Death ol W. B. Baines, er Central. Central, Oot. 26.-W. B. GaineB, an old Confederate soldier and a highly esteemed citizen, died here yesterday at the home of his son-in law, Dr. L. T. Shirley. Mr. Gaines was 75 years of age. Three daughters survive : Miss Estelle . ..ines, Mrs. Shirley, Miss Ina Gaines, and one son, O. L. Gaines, of Greers. Numerous other relatives also survive. 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Any lltUe exer tion would cause palpitation, and I could not He on rty left sido without Buffering, They advised mo to try Dr. MileH Ifoflrt Curo ?nC Nervino, which I did with tiie result that I am in better health than I over was before, having gained t l pounds since I com menced t?ktng lt. I took about thir teen bottles of the two medicines, and haven't boen bothered with my heart sinoe." MRS. I4WI.HJ THOMAS, Vpper Sandusky, Ohio. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure ls sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first bottle will benefit. If lt falle he will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind Ei now open. lilt foy tbs exclu reliants' Cotton. ? I tu * etl? no t* ? ifOQ'a {H.ol tri? n^pft^y on same, j a Cotton I tff- ' rro( (ll ..( . !' ' "*v ABOUT THE BURNING OF SENEGA. MR. GARY MAKES STATEMENT CORRECT " INO FALSE REPORTS. Anderson, October 20.-F. M. Cary, a leading business man of Seneca, was in Anderdon yesterday, and made a statement concerning the reports that have been published in B?me of the newspapers as to trouble between the white people and negroes ?t Seneca. It will be remembered that about two weeks ago a negro college at Seneca was dynamited by unknown parties. It was said the negro preacher, who was at the head of the college, had made himself very objectionable to the white people. Following this a large part of the business (section of the town of Seneca Was destroyed by fire a few nights ago. Sensational reports were sent out to the effeot that the fire was started by the ne groes In retaliation for the attaok on the college. "To begin at the beginning," said Mr. Carey, "this negro preacher, William?, came to Seneca from Abbeville about two years ago and founded a rjegrb Presbyterfan church, ander the au?p??es of the Northern branch of that denomination. Ho bas built up a considerable following among his race, And . has, so far na I know, appeared to be a quiet, inof fensive negro. ' Ile also taught school for the past year or so in the church building. Some time ago bis North ern friends furnished him the money, or the greater part of it, to put up a school building. Ile called it a col lege, but it was more of a high school. "About the time of the Atlanta riots a letter was received in Seneca from some one at Abbeville, stating that Williams had been driven from Abbeville beoanse of his incendiary teachings to the negroes, and sug gesting that it might be a good idea to make him leave Seneca. A few days after this Williams received an anonymous letter, signed "Citizen," giving until a certain time in whioh to leave the town. Williams showed the letter to Mayor Austin and other good citizens, and they told him they thought he had nothing to fear, and promised him all the protection the town could command. In fact no body paid much attention to the letter. "Several nights later, though, two dynamite cartridges were exploded nnder Williams' school building. The building was not wrecked, as has been reported. I think $100 will cover the entire damage. There is another negro college at Seneoa, and the statement has been made by some that Williams' school may have been dynamited by thc negro friends of the other sohool through jealousy. I don't think there is any thing in that. There was no suoh jeal ousy between the two negro sohools as would oause any negro to try to destroy Williams' sohool, and I think a great injustice has been done the negroes by the circulation of suoh a report. Tho dynamiting of the col lege was strongly condemned by the white people of Seneoa, as was shown by the resolutions adopted at the mass meeting a few nights ago. The town council has offered a reward of SI00 for proof to convict the guilty parties. My own opinion is the dynamiting was done by some mis guided youth, or by some rasoally Charges : Fift thereof, weighing coyer Insurance, i until our side-trac If you have anj War?faotx white man. You know there are buch men ia nearly every community. "Now, as to th? fire. There is no reason, so far as I oan see, for any widespread belief that thc Mic waa started by the negroes, though there is, of course, a possibility that such was the caso. The fire was disco v. ered in the basement of Ellison's Hotel. The basement had several tons of coal stored in it and the out side door was looked about 5 o'clock the afternoon before the fire was discovered. The cause of the fire is not known, but there is no evidence whatever of any incendiarism. The theory generally accepted is that the fire was purely accident ni, though, as 1 stated, there is a possibility that it was due to incendiaism. That pos sibility is, however, very remote, and all the people ot Seneca agree to that. The sensational stories that have been oircuiated have been wholly without foundation and have been most unjust to the negroes of1 Seneca and to the white people as well. "T^here has been DO such race prejudice at Senece as has been re ported. Up to the time of the At lanta riot I had never heard anything against the negro preacher, Williams. Since then it baH been said that he had been teaching the negroes not to werk for the White people. Wil liams d?nie.* this bitterly, arid I have j never heard o' any good evidence j that he had been guilty of ' the utter ances attributed to him. I am not in a position, though, to authority- j tivoly condemn him or to defend him. ' I simply do not know. He is still'at Seneca, and nobody seems to be trying to make him leave. ' "On the night of the fire the ne groes worked as hard as the white people to save the burning property. They helped us to fight the fire arid to car? y goods ont of the burning houses. I baa about seventy-five bales of cotton on the platform. Half a dozen negroes oame to me as soon as I reached the scene and offered their services, and they stayed with me until after sunrise, and worked as hard as I did to check the fire. "There is not excitement or ill feeling at Seneca between the whites and negroes now, nor has there been any at any time. In fact, the rela tions between the races at Seneca are as friendly as at any place that I know of. Of course we have some mean negroes there, just, as there are in every community. And we have some mean white people, too, and these cause as muon trouble as the mean negroes. But the mean peoplo are in the minority, and I do not think there are enough of them to oause any serions trouble. Our town has been done a serious injury, and I would like to have the actual facts published in the papers." WHITE'S Cream Vermifuge W GUARANTEED WORM REMEDY THE CHILDREN'S FAVORITE TONIC. BEWARE OF IMITATION?. TH? OINUINC enrPAWIO ONLY . ? Billiard-Snow Liniment Co* .X. l OTU?. MO. WALHALLA DRUG CO. W. J. LUNNEY, SENECA. SENECA COTTO] WAREHOH een cents per m< ten cents extra. T Storage, Brayage (t k is put in) and M? y Cotton to stoire, ir se JO FROM ROTTERDRMJO THE HUE. AN OCONEE BOY, TRAVELING IN EUROPE, WRITES INTERESTING LETTER. Aw Oconee boy, while traveling in Europe, wrote several very interest ing letters to his mother, and she has kindly consented to let US publish a number of them in The Courier. They will appear from time to time, and we feel sure that they will be read with interest by our subscribers. The letter this week is the arrival at Rotterdam and trip to The Hague and the many things of interest there. It reads as follows : We landed at Rotterdam yester day about 7 a. m., but have had very little sleep since 2.30, as about that time they began rolling up the bag Rage. The custom officers came on board about 4.30 a. m. and went through ult of our baggage. We took a cab at the dook and went straight to the railway station and bought tickets for The Hague. The trains here are the strangest I ever saw. The engines are very small, also the cars. Thoy are di vided into four or five compartments, and when you buy a ticket they give you a compartment and look you in. It has two seats, running crossways, and they are plenty long enough for you to lio down on, if you wjsb tp do sor It is ?host twenty miles from Hot Uo-?fim to The Hague. The coun try is low pasturo land, and has the prettiest grass I ever saw. It is laid off in plots about fifty yards wide, with ditches between to carry off the water. I suppose I must have seen thousands of,cows on my way here, and ali Holsteins. Occasionally I saw a drove of sheep, but they were not com mon. Looking out across the country you see nothing but grass, and the land is as level aa a table, with herd after herd of cattle. I only saw one thing planted, and that was a patch of beans. You often see large tank oars. These are used to collect and carry the milk to the creamery to be made into cheese. On our way here we passed through the town of Gonda, which is famous for its cheese. There are also windmills in every direction for pumping water. Now tor The Hague. As you sr rSE COMPANY. >nth or fraction he above charges o Freight Depot emember the KN T. MOORE, Weigher. know, this is the home of the Queen and her oonsort, and you never Baw the like of soldiers parading the streets in their very flashy uniforms of blue, trimmed with red braid. This is the prettiest town I ever saw, and BO very olean. All of the bouBes are of red briok, with tiled roofs, winch make a pretty show. Everywhere are little milk stores, where you can get a glass of milk for two oents. People seem to drink more milk than anything else. This morning we visited the pic ture galleries, and I really think it is worth a trip across just to see them. The col lection WAS made by the Princes of Orange, and they have all the best works of Rubens, Rem brandt and VanDyke. They also have Murillo's Madonna and Child, whiob is said to tm the moBt beauti ful ever painted. The thing that Struck me with the pictures is the expression. I do not think that photography will ever be able to pic ture expression as these painters do. The pioture that struck me most forcibly was "The Descent from the Cross," by Vander- Weyden. It pi? tures Christ as dead, and you can see the outs and nail prints, so that it makes your blood run cold, and then the faces of all tho people standing around the cross make it the most realistic thing I ever saw. I could have stood and studied that picture for hours if I had had the time to spare. Yesterday afternoon we took a oab and drove oat to the park. It is cer tainly beautiful. There is not a thing but woods, and the largest trees yon ever saw. It takes in miles of woodland, and was formerly the bunting grounds of the counts of Holland, put is now owned by the Queen. They do not out the under growth at all, so that suoh a thick forest of large trees is both beautiful and rather gloomy. There are num bers of fine driveways all through the park. After yon have driven for about two hours you eome to What is known as "Tho House in the Woods," which was the palace of Queen Sophie, grandmother of the present Queen. The house is very handsome, with large marble stops and four lions on eaoh Bide. t?. H. I, A cold taken at this timo of the year is generally hard to get rid of, but it will not be able to withstand Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar. That will oure all colds, i-1? in: ns, croup, whooping cough, etc, by driving them ont through the bowels. If you have a cold, try it and Ii not cured ?6t your money back. No opiates. Sold y J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, 1 ?Soneca. 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