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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TMUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AB THE NIGHT TH* DAY, THOU GAIT BT NOT THEN BE FALBE TO ANT MAN. BY J AYN KS, 8HEL0R, BMITH ?s STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 10, 1907. NEW SERIES, NO. 468.-r-VOLUME LVIII.-NO. 16. AH Kind; Close ?a Wu <&? J? Ea IT PAYS TO Bl Iii I jj m TOST SWEEPS THROUGH LOUISIANA, MISSIS 8IPPI AND ALABAMA. New Orleans, April 5.-A Booro of per* sont were killed to-day by s tornado whiob swept over 800 miles noross por tions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala bama. Parts of four towns were deva?* ? tated with damage exceeding $60,000. j The wind damaged property, crops and | telegraph wires throughout lu course. The tornado began at Alexandria, La.,1 , soon after 1 o'olook this morning, killing P four persons, probably fatally injuring three and seriously injuring thirteen others. Boon after daylight it .'neared the Mississippi river, killing five persons at Jackson, La., while at Bauyou Sara, La,, at least a half dozen others were re ported killed. ' There waa one fatal in* jury at Jackson. The tornado next appeared at Carson, Miss., where the greatest property dam age waa done, and disappeared about | noon near Sol ma, Ala., where the inhabi tants saw whirling olouds rise 'into the] air as they oroesed the river. A negro j was reported killed near Selma. At Jackson three female Inmates of the insane asylum and two negroes were killed. Alexandria, a town of about 16,000 In habitants, bad a fearful experience, When the tornado struck, the electric lights went out, the oraoklng of falling buildings could be heard above the noise of the wind, and vivid lightning flashes showed suoh sight? as an empty Iron Mountain passenger train rolling over and over. A heavy hall storm added to the general discomfiture. The main portion of Alexandria escaped the worst of the tornado, whlob out a path through the northern portion of the town, a real* denoe quarter. About a soore or homes were demol ished, fifty were damaged, and alto gether Knnnt one htindred buildings were wreoked, inoludlng several business houses, A freak of the wind drove a small seotion of a house into an empty passenger coach, wedging these two bodies almost inextricably together. In D ' the woods about that town the tornado cut down trees for about nine mile?. Several houses were blown down at Pine* ville and injuries were reported. The j bail did much damage to orops. At Jaokson, La., the insane asylum j was wreokod, with a loss of about $200, 000. In addition to three inmates being killed many others were injured. Seve ral oases of ohronio hysteria are reported to have been shocked into what their physioians deolare may prove permanent reoovery. At Bauyou Sara several passengers on the steamer Betsy Ann had a thrilling esoape. The Betsy Ann was severely wreoked. While breaking timbers from the steamer and from the shore flew through the air the orew got all the pas sengers safely aahore. At Carson, Miss., the Mississippi Cen tral depot was blown down, also a ohuroh, a sohool house, two business buildings and several oablns. From Carson the storm oros?. - I *'\e State Una into Alabama, where lt began to lose much of its power. Peonllar weather conditions prevailed all day throughout South Louisiana and Mississippi. Sudden rain? were followed hy olear skies and gust? of wind were in cessant. Details are slow as many wires are %*' down. TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT TH? DAY, THOU CAW ST NOT THEN BE FAL8E TO ANY MAN. B\ JAYNES, SHELOR, SMITH A STECK. WALHALLA, 80UTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 8, 1906. NEW SERIES, NO. 441_VOLUME LVI.-NO. 40. SENKCA. Seneca, April 9.-Wo oall th? ?t ten Mon Ot th? member? of tb? library association to th? quarterly meeting, which will be held At the residence of Dr. E. A. Hine? OO Friday evening next. The mooting ia a meet Important o xe and % fall attend? ano? ie urged. Tho public I, luvited, a? a program Of entertainer et t Will be given, whioh alway? prove? M delightful feature. O CB oe ra will also be elected, and it will be well for the members to bear this feet In mind that they ?nay take intelligent action ia tb? ??lection of officer* for another year. The several chairmen and officers of tho Oivio Association are roques ted to meet at the residenoe of Mrs. T. E. stab ling on next Monday afternoon for the purpose of arranging important business wbioh I? before them. It is hoped that the chairmen will not lose sight of tho dato and will make lt a point to attend. Their barnes aro: Mesdames E. A. Hines, W. J. Looney, O. V. MoOsrey and J. E. Sit ton. of section? 1, 2, 8 and 4 respect ively. Other members of the association who ar? Interested are asked to be pres ent. Don't forget tho date, Monday afternoon, April 15th, at 4 o'clock. Ws are res tress over the deferred house to-house canvass whioh oar Mayor promised in tho enforcement of the vagranoy law. Whils the Mayor did not tell your cor respondent ss muoh, yet th? very air is pregnant with tho promise, and as wo said last week, "that will do more to settle the vexed (not um as you made me say) servant problem thoo anything else." We think, with a large number of other house-keepers, that the time I? ripe to do something and some thing is going to be don?. Were th? question justly settled the ?hoe would be on the other foot, and the colored popu lation would undoubtedly have to ?eek work and terms; wheres* with the pres ent situation fscing us, it ls next to an impossibility to secure ABLIABLB help. There would be nothing easier than to handle the subject, were it taken ap in m determined way, and we think, for tho present, the step the Mayor proposes will prove a wonderful power toward right ing what is growing tc be a prodigious evil. A delightful meeting of the Gossipers was held with Mrs. L'oyd Trimraier on lest Wednesday afternoon. Beautiful preparations iu the way of decorations aud entertainment were made sud the occasion proved one of great pleasure. The dub colors were used in the parlor and ball, and in the dining room pink and white were used to strikiug and beautiful effect. I Anagrams were played, after which the guests were bidden to the refreshment room, where- a delicious salad course was served, followed by loee and cake. Mrs. Trimmier's entertain ment will be one of the pleasantest remem brances of the dub during lu brilliant and charming history. On Monday evening a number of the town boy? mot with Edward Stribling for the purpose of orgsnislng a tennis dub. Election of officers resulted as fol low?: President, Joe Todd; vice presi dent, FrauoiB Adam?; secretary and treasurer, Edward Stribling. Theos young men hope to make the organisa tion one of pleasure and profit, and even in its infanoy is promising to throw oat challenges to neighboring dubs. The ladies of the Presbyterian ch??w? are arranging to give an ice oream and strawberry festival at an early date. Mrs. D. P. Thomson, of Walhalla, is visiting her mother, Mrs. C. K. Living ston. Mrs. E. A. Hines' friends are glad to know of her improvement from a few Hon. S. Y. Stribling, of Roswell, Ga., spent last Sunday here Miss Maude Hopkins left yesterday for a visit to friends at Wilmington, N. '('. Q Mrs. J. Townes Holleman, of Ander son, visited her sister, Mrs. M. E. Sligh, last Sabbath. M. v. s. Old Veteran Slabs Fly? People Dayton, Ohio, April 6.-Five oivil war veterans were stabbed while asleep on their cots last night in the Soldiers' Home here and two of them will proba bly die. William H. Huffman wielded the knife. Hi? mind is weakened by exoesaive drinking and he imagined his old com rades had plotted to kill bim. The ories of the men awakened from their slumber by the knife thrusts aroused the Inmate?, who attacked tho guards uuder great excitement. Huffman was overpowered after a ter rible struggle. David Calle and Joseph Connor? aro in the hospital in a critical condition. John Doherty, Howard Smith and David Gavin will recover. Congratulations te Corinth. Editors Keowee Courier: Please allow me spsoe in your valuable paper to ex tend congratulations to Corinth for her prosperity and upheaval ippopulatlon. Well-wisher. WESTMINSTER. Westminster, April 9.- -Io the death of Mrs. Ars Phillipa, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Bulli TM, at Madison, on last-Thursday, thors passed ?way a woman full of years and possessing a -largs family connection in 000 nee ooah ty. Shs was in ber 98d year. Mrs. Phillips ls survived by the following ohildren: Joop M. Phillips. Carnesvtlle, Os.; Jame? K. Phillip?, Westminster; Mrs. R. T. H. Lowery, Seneca; Mrs. J H. Sullivan, Madison; Mrs, A. P. Hunt? Fair Play, and Mrs. B. L. Sisk, of Geor gia. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Phillips was ?. Miss Abbott, a daughter of Jobo Abbott, who resided on Little Conneross creek and ls remembered by many of the old settlers of the oonnty. The deceased mothers of Daniel 8. Hall, John M. Gilli son. Sloan Diokson and Mrs. Thee. Hal! wore ali daughters of Joho Abbott and sister? of Mrs. Phillips. ROT. Wilburn Abbott and O. M. Abbott are half-broth ers of the deceased lady. Mrs. Phillips was an excellent lady. She was on?, of the oldest members of the Old Weat m ' istor Baptist ohoroh. The body arrived on No. IS Saturday and was taken to the old homestead on Colonel's Fork crook, and interred in tho family burying ground, whsre tho body of her husband, the lats G. W. Phillips, was buried 16 years ago. A large ooneoxurse of relatives and friends attended tho burial. Mrs. Rhoda Harbin, wife of John Har-' bin, a well-to-do farmer, residing near Changa trestle, died about midnight Friday? She was tbs eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper N. Adams, of near West minster. She had been in delicate health for a year or more. Mrs. Harbin had ton living ohildren and leaves besides her husband and family, several brothers and sisters in this section. She was a .member of Changa Bsp*int church, and her body was laid to rest in the cemetery Of that chu i ch on Sunday, April 7. Mrs. J. H. Bibb went to < 'olinobia to day whero who will upend senora 1 days. The town authorities are to be com mended for their good work in trying to break up drunkenness and the handling 1 of whiskey. Ono of their prisoners wes caught witb.au'israpty keg, a fuunol and several other .vessels containing whiskey. -Wo can see ?j snow-capped mountains agafn this morning. In faot a few of the white flakes fell her* about nins o'clock. Tbs spring meeting of South Carolina .Presbytery will convene st Pelser Tues day, April 16. Miss Tillie Ford, a charming little Isdy of Liberty, ?pent lest night in West : minster as shs wss on her way to At I lanta. Mrs. Clarence 8. Mason, of Charlotte, N. C., visited Mrs. J. H. Bibb last week. Westminster letter In Greenville News, April 6: "On next Tuesday morning, ai 10.80 ofolock, Mrs. Ella Waite, of tbli placo, will be married to Andrew Gil roath, of Greenville. Ths ceremony will be performed, by Rev. John R. Moore, pastor of the Baptist ohoroh. Soon af tei the ceremony the oouple will leave fot Greenville. After spending a few dayl in G roon ville they will return .to West minster. Mr. Gllreath ie a prom!noni citlsen of Greenville and his many fi tend, will congratulate him." Mesdames H. M. Peden and T. C Peden ?pent Wednesday in Walhalla vis ?ting Mrs. W. T. Stoddard. Mrs. i). L. Norris and little daughter Virginia, are visiting in Waynesboro Va. Thoa. Simpson, of Seneca, was ol rou Inting here on last Friday. Miss Ada Durham spent a few days ii Walhalla and West Union last week. W. A. Dickerson bsd the mlsfortom to lose one of bis tensnt houses on hil Campbell place, near Johns' Mill, ol Thursday afternoon. Tho house wa occupied by Thomas Oglosby, a worth] colored man, who is well known in thi section. This house was the home o John V. Stribllng some twenty o twenty-five years sgo. It was wortl perhaps $1,000 and was not insured The fire was of an accidental origin. D. C. Davis, of Laurel, Miss., visiten his uncles, T. K. and Caloway Davis, las week. He ls a son pi James Davis, whi formerly lived in the Hopewell section J. B. Dickerson bas bought a oruehe and is running it in connection with bi grist mill. Mr. Dickerson grinds ever; day. E. G. Poors spent a few days last wee' at Hartwell, Ga. Yesterday 0. B. Gray ?hipped to Ar dsrson for Dr. Burt Mitchell a very banc some monument to be pieced over th grave of Mrs. Ida Mitchell, who died o Joly ll, 1906. It was of Whitney granit and cost one hundred dollars. Miss Missouri O. Hammett and Samu< E. ErvIn ?pent Saturday afternoon i Seneca. O. M. Stockum sod Miss Katie Stool ton, of Atlanta, were guests of friend here Sunday. The officers of Westminster Conolav Improved Order of Heptasopbs, wei installed . on Monday evening, April Resp? Sto V^IVE it food th V Vjfretard thc perfi functions, ahd it wil agreeable and comf No single ingre largely toward wh< agreeable food as Ro Royal Baking P< , dient, Grape Crea most healthful of til This is why R< makes the food fine tizing and anti-dysj stomach and good Imitation Baking P "The use of alum ai food should be PRC , slant use of alum deleterious effect organs and an ?n i after absprj "Ht ROYAL P4K!?.G f< John B. Sloan, of Rook Hill, prodded at the installation sarrios. The conda ve ia growing very rapidly, ten nsw mom boT having recently been added. Next Sabbath at the morning terrioe ia the Presbyterian ohuroh an oppor tunity will be given for all who desire to contribute to the famine sufferers of China. Mrs. Ella 8. Tannery Waite, of Weat* minster, and Andrew Qilreatb, of Green ville, were married this morning st 10.80 o'clock at the bride's home on Luckie street. It was disagreeable again on last San day ant! the girls had to defer wearing their spring, hats and drosses until a brighter Sabbath. We have failed to see any peaches no injured by the frost, lt now looks like there will be some cherries, plums and possibly some apples. Mrs. Sallie Dickson T ouro, of Belton, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. C. E. Diokson. John Moore and family, of Seneca, vis ited the family of his father, W. H. Moore, Saturday and Sunday. Miss Jennie Rae Auld, an accomplished young lady from Elberton, Ga., is visit ing her oousiu, Miss Daisy Poster, of Westminster. Miss Eloise. Harris is at home again after an absence of seversl months. She has boen teaching school at Pendleton. Rev. W.JT. Derieux, of Greenville, as sistant BOC rotary of the Baptist State Mis sions, spent Wednesday night here as tho guest of Rev. J. R. Moore. He preaohed an exoellent sermon in the Baptist ohuroh Wednesday evening. Misses Bessie Har, of Eaaley, and Ber tha Lee Cox, of Seneoa, visited their friend, Miss Myrtle Zimmerman, last Sunday. ? Miss Ila Bearden, an accompli shod young lady of Oakway, is spending a while in Westminster. J. H. C. Durham, of Rome, Ga., is vis iting bis daughter, Mrs. A. J. Brook, In West End. J. R. Martin and f?niily returned last night from near Camden, where they have been making their home for soms months. So far it would appear that March and April have exchanged places on the oal endar. Revs. Kirkpatrick and Car tied go spent last night hore. About seventy dollars was oolleoted by the council on Monday for fines. It ls said that "bug Juice" flowed freely Sat? urday night and as a result tho treasury of the town has been augmented consid erably. VOUR mach at will not irritate or amanee of its natural 1 reciprocate in a way orting. dient contributes so olesome, nourishing, yal Baking Powder, ?wder's active ingre m of Tartar, is the LC fruit products, j >yal Baking Powder r, lighter, more appe >eptic, a friend to the health. owders Contain Alum nd salts of alumina In >HIB1TED. The con compounds exerts a upon the digestive talion of the internal 7tion. ?VARD S. WOOD, M D. ?.I^rofefsor of Chumistry irvurU Medical School, boston." CO., NSW VOSK W. ld. Gossett ha? a, field of early wheat. It commenced to head on April 6th. It was the Methodist pastor, Rev. Geo. T. Harmon, Jr., that performed the mar riage ceremony recorded in oar tatt week'* letter instead of Rev. J. J. Har rell. We bear the wedding bells will ring agaiu ip a week or two. I Mrs. Nancy Merritt, wlf? of Rev. A. A. Merritt, ls dead. Rev. Merritt ls a bro* thor of Mrs. Oambrell, who lives one mlle above here. ' The pnblio road leading in tho direc j tion of the county poor farm ia hoing ' changed on better ground. The base ball boys will have their dia mond ott A. Zimmerman's lot, near tho depot, this season. A. L. Gossett, Beer Swamp Locals. Bear Swamp, April 0.-Miss Margaret nen is visiting friends in Belton. Jae. li. Burley, of Anderson, spent Saturday and Sunday with homefolks. Mrs. Ellen Hutchison and Miss Suo Hutchison, of West Union, were among friends in the Swamp Thursday. Mrs. R. H. Dil worth and ohildren, of Walhalla, spent Monday with her mother, Mrs. J. B. Kell. Misses Annie Jones and Marie Isbell were the charming young guests of Miss Bessie Kell last week. J. L. Parker is still on the siok list. W. W. Burley was at Newry on busi ness Friday, The publio roads of this school district are being worked this week. Mrs. 8. E. Burley and daughter, Miss Maude, spent Tuesday with friends io Walhalla, Adger Alexandor, of Westminster, was in the Swamp Monday. Reporter. Freight Wreuk near Hichland. A box oar of a freight train was de railed yeeterday afternoon about five miles south of Seneca and an engine was dlspatchod from this place to draw lt b .ok on the track. Tba engine, how ever, when it reached the scene, bumped the caboose of the train and made the wreok muon worse, necessitating tho sending of the wrecking train there. South-bound trains, Noa. 87 and ll, and trains Nos. 88 and 40, north bound, were held below the wrack until 0.80 last night. Train No. 88, when the track va? oleared, made the mn of 40 miles to Greenville in 46 minutes.-Greenville News, April 0.