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TIM H?RIE? SMEP?R.! MEN WHO DESPOILED SOUTH CAROLINA PASSING AWAY. Columbia. May 15.-Ono by cue the men who despoiled South Caro lina and ga? e the excuse, the rea BOOB, for tho rovolution of 1870 aro passing away. A recent issue of the New Yorn Herald contains this notice : "Timothy Hurley, a civil war veteran 72 years old, died on Sun day, in his home, at No. 1,930 Eightieth street, Brooklyn, from the ills incident to old age. Mr. Hurley was born in Boston. In 1809 he went to Columbia, S. C. He was State Treasurer under several Gov ernors, a member o? the Constitu tional Convention ard chairman of the electoral board of the State in the election of President Hayes." The statements herein as to Hur ley's career are by no means accurate. Hut his career M'as interesting enough. From faotB contained in "Reconstruction in South Carolina," by John H. Reynolds, supplemented by statenijnts by a well-informed gentleman of this city, a resume of Hurley's history in South Carolina has been obtained : Timothy Hurley came to South Carolitia with tho Federal army, in which, it is said, he served as sutler. Ho was a delegate from Berkeley district in the CoiiHtitutional Con vention, called uuder tho Recon struction Acts of Congress, and as sembled in Charleston in January 1808. Ile wa? not prominent in thal body. When tho ii rat Ueconstructior .Legislature met in Columbia, in July 18GH, Hurle; appeared on the scent as an avowed lobbyist "on th? make." His first conspicuous per formance waa in helping on the pas sage, at the session of 1809-1870, o thc bill granting to cortain persons for the term of 21 years, the right t< dig aud mine phosphates in the navi gable streams of the State, on i royalty of a dollar a ton. Gover^o Scott having vetoed the bill, Hurle; was active in procuring its passag over the veto. Ho spent at leas $25,000 in bribing member* of th House - Frank Moses receivin] $1,000 for his services as Speakei and each of several members receiv ing #300 or more for bis vote. When, in 1870, tho syndicate wa formed by Chamberlain, Scott Kimpton aud others of the ring fo getting control of the Greenville an Columbia and the Spartanburg an Columbia Railroad, Hurley was a active member and received stock t the amount of #20,000, supposed t have been his fee for getting throug the Houso the bill authorizing th sinking fund commission to sell th State's stock. Speaker Moses r? ceived #25,000 for various "services, and a number of members each #50 or more for voting as tho syndicat desired. Under this scheme stool which cost the State #20 per Bb.ar aggregating #133,900, was sold to tl: syndicate at #2.75 per share, tl: whole amount received being lei than 160,000. Ho was elected to the Houso froi Charleston in 1870 and again 187*2. Hurley had a large sbaro in tl frauds of the Republican Printin Company, in connection with tl public printing. In procuring tl passage of an appropriation of #250 000, (December 19, 1873,) A. ( Jones and Josephus Woodruff, coi stituting that company, spent near! $42,000, Tim getting #0,300. For helping on the passage (187: of tho resolution to pay certai claims, ($90,550,) for furnishing tl legislative halls and comm itu rooms, the difference between tl actual bills of the claimant? (# 10,IS! and the mun above stated was d vided among different mon.hers i tho House, Hurley receiving $2,40 He wa? believed to have receiv< large Hums other than these for h support of other schemes to dofrat tho State. One purchase ot tl"- land com m i sion was of several tracts, aggrega ing 17,53:5 aeren in Charleston ar Colleton counties. For this propcri (known ns "He;! Hole Swamp") tl State paid an average of $6.87 t acre and after holding it for stiver years sold it at a groat sacrifice 15,000 aores bringing 35 cents 1 aero and the re t one dollar tn aor Hurley was active in promoting tl deal by which this property was sol to the State for #120,754. Hurley never held any State office, ile was treasurer of Charleston county for a short while, and was a Republican olootor in 1876. Hurley was a comical looking fel low, very short, rather broad-shoul dered and decidedly bow-legged. He never affected virtue and did not attempt to conceal the fact that he was here "on the make." He was said to be good-hearted and free with hip money. At the session of 1871-72 Mr. Thomlinson, a Northern man, re porting for The Charleston News, was attacked with a cowhiao by Ben Byas, a mulatto member of the House from Orangeburg-this on ac count of an exposure by tho corres pondent of some corrupt conduct of that worthy. Byas got in one glancing blow, when Thomlinson promptly drew his pistol and fired the ball indicting a bad flesh wound in the negro's arm. There was great excitement in tho House lobby, where the trouble occurred with wild threats against Thomlinson's life. Hurloy was active in stopping tho trouble, and, Thomlinson being arrested, went with him to the trial justico's office and became surety for his appearance at court. The trou ble ended there. Hurley, as already stated, was a Hayes elector io 1876. There were rumors of an effort to get one of tho Republican.electors of this State to give to Tilden the one vote he needed to elect him, and the general belief was that Tim was open to an offer-if, indeed, he did not actually name his price. He left the State very soon after the Hampton government, in May, 1877, was fully installed. Hurloy, in 1873, built the houses on the square then and for a long time since known as "Hurleyville," in Columbia. It was Baid of him that he was very considerate of his tenants. These houses are located between the College for Women (Preston mansion), and the old C. C. and A. depot, and the property is now very valuable. Letter to W. w. Mos?, Walhalla, S. C. Dear Sir: Aman fed his heuB half meal and half sawdust; he thought they wouldn't know the difference. He con cluded they did when the eggs hatched woodpeckers. Another man painted his house with a paint that was made of half paint-aubsti tutea. He didn't know the difference not till he paid the painter. He had 20 gallons to pay-for, '20 instead of 10. Got fooled $12.50 on tho paint. He had 20 days' wages to pay-for, 20 instead of 10. Fooled $30 in wages. ne got a poor job besides. He paid too much for his oggs, and they batched woodpeckers. Yours truly, F. W. Devoo & Co., 13 New York. P. S.-J. W. Bell sells our paint. Strike on Panania Canal. Panama, May 16.-The strike of the steam shovel workers which be gan yesterday, the men demanding $300 per month, instead of their present Balary of $210, continues to day. Tuesday morning only eight steam shovels were at work. Col. Goethals, the chief engineer, is endeavoring to replace the strikeis with mechanics now employed in tho shops, and it is reported that be has sont a cablegram to Jackson Smith, the member of the Canal commission in charge of labor, to contract for engineers in the United States. The steam shovellers on strike went over to Colon this afternoon, and it is reported they have char tered a German tramp steamer to convey them north. Notice to Our Customors. We arc pleased to announce t hat Foley's Hom y and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affected by thc Na tional Pure Food and Drug Law, as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a sato remedy for children and adults. Dr. J. W. Bell. Oldest Odd Fellow Dead. Wheeling, W. Va., May 1 S. David Bell, aged 80, the oldest Odd Fellow in the world, last Saturday afternoon, while in the city building, fell down a long lligbt of stairs, sus laining injuries that have now re sulted in his death. During tho Civil War he served ns a commis sioned officer in the Union army. It's too bad to seo pooplo who go from lay to flay suffering from physical weak jess when Hollistor's itocky Mountain Toa would mako thom well. Tho great ?st tonio known. centa-Tea or Tab ots. Dr. J. W. Bell. Th? Judges are to Blame. [Abbeville Press aud lian nor.] The News and Courier says : "The ease with whioh bail is ob taiued in South Carolina is due to the well understood difficulty of con victing murderers. Judges know that there is little motive to the man slayer to flee and so they do not hesitate to consent to his relbase." Yes, and the well understood diffi culty of convicting murderers is to be found in the easy bail whioh is granted to everybody, no matter how aggravating the orime. The judges, ten thousand times more than the juries, are responsible for the light regard whioh is paid to human life. The judges, more than the juries, are responsible for the failure to pun ish orime against the person. Not until the judges discharge their sworn duty need we expect | juries to discharge their duty in protecting life. If judges placed an obligation on the slayers of men greater than tho stealers of pigs, to account for their | deeds, there would be as few mur derers in court as there are pig stealers. Tho way judges turn murderers loose on the community is practically a premium OD murder. Until judges refuse to grant bail juries need not bo expected to con vict. Holding tho views expressed, the Press and Banner believes that judges, more than all other forces, are responsible for the murderers that disgrace the State. Spring winds chap, tan and cause freckles to appear. Pinesalve Carbolizod applied at night will relieve that burning sensation. Nature's own remedy acts liko a poultice and draws out inflamma tion. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Why He Killed Himself. Chicago, May 16.-Six reasons why he killed himself were given by Beauford L. Leeds, a guest of the | Warner Hotel, who was fouud dead in his room Monday night, having) committed suicide by taking stryol. niue. The reasons were as follows "1-I have been dissatisfied since I was a child. "2-I have been handicapped throughout life wiib deformed feet.) u3-One side of my body has been partly paralyzed for the past ten years. "1-My right hand has been ruined by an acoident. "5-I have been a sufferer from neuralgia. "6-I have been up against a score of financial misfortunes." Leeds, who, it is supposed, was a] chemist, left a letter addressed to Miss Blanoho Koller, Swanton, Ohio, and it is believed his home was at I that place. Ile was about 30 years old. _^ _ Coughs and colds contracted at tim soason of the year should havo immedi ate attention. BOG'S Laxativo Cough Syrup contains honey and tar and is un equalled for hoarseness,croup and coughs. Pleasant to take; mothers endorso it; children liko to take it. Contains no opiates. Moves tho bowels. Sold by J. W. Boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Farmers' Union Opposes Immigration. Atlanta, Ga., May 16.-The Farm ers' Union of Georgia went on rec ord here to-day as opposing tho pres ent immigration movement. The resolution opposed the movement on the ground that it would bring into tho State undesirable citizens ; that it would crowd nativo Georgians from the factories by establishing lower wage rates, and that it would increase the production of cotton and thereby lower the price of tb? staple. Tho resolution furthor urge< upon tho General Assembly at its j coming session that no further ap propriations in furtherance of thc movement shall bo made. HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Visor. ' A sncclflo for Constipation, Indigestion, Liver and Kidney troubles. Pimples. Kczema, Impuro Blood. Had Breath. Sluggish Howels. Headache and Hacuacho. Il? Huck y Mountain Tea !r. tab 1er. form. 36 cents a box. Genuine mado by HOItUSTBB DaOO COMPANY, Madison, Wis. (?OLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE O. W. Kelsey, of South Carolina Publio Service Corporation, which company proposes to construct a trolley line from Charleston through a number of cities in the State, has appeared before council in a number of cities asking for franchises through tho streets. --. ~4 . - OA8TOI1IA. Bsars th? /) ^hfl Kind You Hays Always 8ought Ungrammatical. Lillie owlet in the glen, Tin ashamed of you, You are ungrammatical In speaking as you do. You should say : "To whom ! To whom !" Not "To who ! To who !" Your small friend, Miss Katydid, May be green, 'tis true, But you never hear her say : "Katy do ! She do !" The Presbyterian Ministerial Relict. Louisville, Ky., May 10.-The ex ecutive committee of ministerial eduoation and relief of the Presby terian ohuroh in the United States (Southern Presbyterian ohurch) issued its annual statement to be presented to the General Assembly of tho ohurch, whioh meets in Birm ingham to-day. It says : "Some time ago Hugh T. Inman, of Atlanta, promised to give $100,000 to tho fund of ministerial relief for aged ministers and the widows and orphans of deceased ministers on tho condition that #125, 000 be raised by the whole assembly. All this money has now been I raised with the exception of $9,000 and Inman baa paid $50,000 of the amount promised. This now gives an endowment of 1(190,000 with a sufficient amount pledged to make the total $250,000 "Altogether $253,000 has been handled during tho year by the com mittee and all records in the history of the ohuroh being broken." The committee reports that proba bly they will be ordered to increase tho endowment at once to $500,000. The Badge of Honesty Is on ovory wrapper of Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dlscovory becauso a (ul! list of thc ingredients composing lt ls printed there In plain Knglish. Forty years of experience has proven Its superior worth as a blood purlfior and invigorat ing tonic for tho euro of stomach disorders and all liver ills. It builds up the run down system as no other tonic can in which alcohol ls used. The active medic inal principle? of native roots such as Golden Seal and Quoen's root, Stone and Mandrako root, Bloodroot and Black Chorrybark aro extracted and preserved hy the use of chomlcally puro, trlplo rofinod glycerine. Sond to Dr. R. V. Pierce at Buffalo, N. Y., for free booklot which quotes extracts from woll-rccognlted mod lcal authorities such as Drs. Bartholow, King, Scudder, Coe, Elllngwood and a host of othors, showing that these roots can be depended upon for their curative action In all weak states of tho stomach, accompanied by indigestion or dyspepsia as well as in all bilious or liver complaints and in all "wasting diseases" where there Is loss of flesh and gradual running down of the strength and system. The "Golden Medical Discovery "makes rich, pure blood and so invigorates and regulates the stomach, liver and bowels, and, through them, the whole system. Thus all skin affections, blotches, pimples and eruptions as well as scrofulous swel lings and old open running sores or ulcers are cured and healed. In treating old running sores, or ulcers, lt ls well to In sure their healing to apply to them Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salvo. If yourdrug glst don't happen to have this Salve In stock, send fifty-four cents in postage stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. Buffalo. N. Y., and a largo box of the "All-Healing Salve" will reach you by return post. You can t afford to accopt a secret nos trum as a substitute for this non-alcoholic, medicino or KNOWK COMPOSITION, not even though the urgent dealer may thoreby make a little bigger profit. Dr. Plerco's Pleasant Pellets regulate and Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granulos, easy to take SS candy. Human Flesh in tho Markets. Berlin, May 10.-A correspondent of tho Cologne Gazette, writing from tho South Cameroons, says that the Maka, the negro tribe inhabiting the territory between tho second and the sixth degrees north latitude, arc can nibals and not only eat captives, but criminals who have been condemned to death. Tho correspondent ob served human flesh exposed for salo in the markets. Thc smallest offenses, ho says, aro punished with doath in order to secure a constant supply for consumption. Claud A. Graves, of Waller bore, will begiu the publication of a news paper at Branchville in the near fu ture. Mr. Graves bas been connected with tho Press and Standard of Walterboro for a number of years. CASTOR IA JFor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho /^f y/jS^Z^ Signaturo of C^i^X/?^?^ Cures Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. Pleasant to take Li "Cotton Culture" ls pages, full of "meaty" grower. It discusses tl cotton plant, and gives v necessary to secure the g It will be sent free to GERMAN KAL New York 93 Nnu.u Street, or Address by Col. A. B. Andrews. At tho T. P. A. banquet, held at Ander son last Friday night, 11th instant, Col. A. B. Andrew?, President of the Blue Ridge Railroad, was called upon and made tho following very interesting aud impressive little speecb: Mr. Chairman: I never triod to mako a speech in my life, and when I accopted tho invitation to attend the bauquet nero to-night it was with tho oxpress under standing that I was not to be called upon to mako a speech, but in coming boro I met my personal and official friend, Mr. Fi uley, President of tho Southern Rail way Company, who thought I ought to say somothing in regard to tho Bluo Ridge Railway. I havo a very kiud feeling for the peo ple of Anderson, having spent nearly two years of my young lifo in this couuty, during which time I received many k?.mineuses at ?heir hands. Forty-eight yars ago last January I arrived in Andorsou, a boy sevonteen years old, on my way to Pendleton to work on thu Bluo Ridge Road, and from my recollection of its size at that time this city must have been about my age. I had charge of aud completed tho ma sonry at Six and Twenty, and also at Kigbteou-mile creeks. lu tho lattor part of tho year 1800, aft?r finishing this work I returned to my uative .'-tate-North Carolina-and wont into tho Confederate army, serving four years, most of tho timo under that soldier, patriot and gallant South Caro linian, Wade Hampton, whose memory will always bo dear tn me. During tho war I was shot through the loft lung, tho ball taking off nearly three-quarters of an inch of my backbono, so you see I havo uot as much baokboue now as I had whoo I first came to South Caroliua. But whatever backbono I have bad, whatever of talent or influeuce, it has all been givon fully and freely through the Southern Railway and its predeces sors, for which I have beeu an active officer for over thirty-one years, for the upbuilding of that section which is known as the Soutblaud, and in addition to my other du'itM I am now president of tho Blue Ridge Railway Company, and i' for uo other reason, my early con tibotiot. with Ibis road makes me anxious to complete it, and if this hostile legisla tion against railroads that is prevailing all over the oouutry can be proveuted, which, if continued, will make it impos sible to get capital, or to prevail upon moneyed mon who ?ire interested in buildiug railroads to put their rooney in the bonds or stork of the Blue Ridge or any other railway, I believe with the moral support of your people and the aid of the Southern Rtilway Company, that I have backbone left sufficient to build tho Blue Ridge railroad." Anisia Louise DeMassey, of New York, convicted of having killed Gustax Simon, was sentenced to seven years and five months in the State prison on last Thursday. Every ono kuows that spring is the sea son of tho year whon the system uoeds cleansing. Dade's Little Liver Pills aro highly recommended. Try then.. Sold .1. W. Boll, Walhalla; \V. J. Lunuoy, Seneca. ..PROFESS 6(101 W. J. CARTER, M. D.? -Dentist Office two doors above the Baak, li l in ter's Pharmacy. i W EST MIN ST K lt, S. C. DR. W. F. AUSTIN, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Of c Over J. W. liyrd A Co. PHONIC NO. 61. DR. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist, Walhalla, S. O. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s Storo. Plume No. ?fi. DR. J. H. BURGESS. DENTIST, SKNKCA, S. C. OKKICK OVKH NIMMONS' STOIIK, DOYLE BUILDING. Office Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 v. M. " " 2 v. M. to 6 P. M. Until further notico my office will be open only on Friday and Saturday of each weok. April 20, 1004. 16-tf ORINO native Fruit Syrnj For Sale by J. W. Bell. iverage fertilizer for cotton contain 3 per cent, nitro per cent, phosphoric acid >er cent. OTASH the title of a book of 90 suggestions for the cotton lie proper cultivation of the aluable hints on fertilizing reatest yield, all interested. J WORKS " Atlant?. O?.-1224 Cnniller Building Not Guilty of Embezzlement. Greenville, May 1G.-The jury in the cane of T. M. Hill, who waa un der indictment for the embezzlement of $3,000 from the Southern Railway while he was station agent at Greer's, j returned a verdict of not guilty after being out ten minutes. The case was brought on evidence given by Railway Auditor Lowery, who in spected Hill's bookb in January, 1905, and the case just come up for ti ?al. Hill was awarded tbe position as station agent by the Southern aa a reward for his refusal to turn over to highwaymen money whieh be-, longed to the company when they attacked and shot bim several times, in October, 1001, and he was, until the auditing of his books, a trusted and esteemed employee of the road. I A Live Wire Every nerve is a live wire connecting some part of the body with the brain. They are so numerous that if you pene trate the skin with the point of a needle you will touch a nerve and receive a shock-pain it is called. Aches and pains come from a pressure, strain or in jury to a nerve ; the more prom inent the nerve the greater the pain. When the pain comes from a large nerve it is .called Neuralgia whether it be the facial nerves, or the heart, stomach, sciatic or other prominent nerve branch. To stop pain, then, you must relieve the strain or pressure upon the nerves. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills do this. "I Buffered Intense pain, caused by neuralgia- I doctored and used vari ous medicines without sotting: rollef until I begnn taking- Dr. Miles' Antl-Paln Tilla. They did me more good thnn all the medicines I ever used. They never fall to euro my headaches, nnd their uso never leaves any bad aftor- >ffoets." MKS. WM. BECKMAN. ?57 W. Uh St.. lOrle. Pa, I Dr. Milos' Antl-Paln Pills aro sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first package will benefit. If lt falls, he will return your money. 25 doses, 25 cent?. Never sold In bulk. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind !f Alu CARDS.. ?DR. F. F. COLLINS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WALHALLA, S. C.-WEST END. Ey "PHONE 87 "?33 All Calls Promptly Answored, 8-8-00 Day or Nif?ht. E. L. HEKNDON, Attorney-at Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. 'Phone 61. R. T. J A YNES, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bed Phone No. 20. Practico in State and Fedora) Courts, llusinoss entrusted to my caro receives prompt attention. 1-05 J. P. Caroy, I J. W. Shelor. Piokons, 8. C. I Walbilla, S.C. CAREY-&~SHELOR, Attornoys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will practice in tho State and United States Courts. business entrusted to our caro will re ceivo prompt and caroful attention. Cleanses the system thoroughly and clears sallow complexions of pimples and blotches. It U guaranteed