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WALHALLA, 8. C. t
WJBDPfBNDAY. AV?. SIS, lOOT.
SECOND ANNUAL REUNION
Of the Harriss Family Held on Au
gust 14-A Pleasant Day.
(Anderson Mall, August 14.)
At Old Salem church, four miles
above this oity, Wednesday a great
reunion of the descendants of Joshua
and Mary Burriss was hold. Proba
bly 800 persons were present, repre
senting four generations of this large
and well-known family. Prominent
vir.itors were on hand from Arkansas,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and
California, representing branches of
this flourishing kinship whioh have
gone Westward, as so many of Caro
lina's noblest sons and daughters
have done in the past, to enrich the
citizenship of the newer country.
Tho Carolina contingent of the
family were present in very large
nnmbors. They reside mostly in
Anderson and adjoining counties,
and malo up a considerable part of
the vast citizenship.
The place for the meeting was
ideal. The oi? ' rick church, which
was founded by the Burriases long
ago, and half of the members of
whioh are now of that kin, stands
snugly and beautifully on an emi
nence, surrounded by tho verdant
green of the original oak forest, uug
geBtive in its freshnoss of the old
days in whioh lived the 'orefaihers
who were to-day memorialized. It
SH tho religious center of a prosper
ous people, and many of the ances
tors of those who were present to
day lie buried not far from it, among
them being the Revs. Jacob and
Bryant Burriss. The breezes whioh
rustled the leaves of the forest
brought from the fields the odor of
the fodder, suggestive of the agricul
tural atmosphere in whioh the Bur
nsses originated and throve and in
which many of them yet live. It
was a happy throng, and your re
porter is tempted to essay fanoiful
language in its description. The
exercises were semi-religious in eh ar
not or, as all family re-unions should
be, and suoh as this family would be
expected to have, for reverence is an
inheirited Burriss characteristic. The
picnic dinner, which was served upon
the grounds, was abundant and ele
gant and served admirably in adding
to the good fellowship of the numer
ous kinship.
After an hour's greeting and social
intercourse in the yard boneathj.thc
spreading oak, the concourse assem
bled in the church, whioh g was
thronged and orowded, while many
woro unable to get in. The audi
ence was made up not only of the
Carolina contingent, but with mem
bers of the family from Mississippi,
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas,
Oklahoma and California. Thej lion
of the occasion with everybody] was
the Rev. Jas. N. Buroughs, of Oak
land, Cal. Mr. Buroughs left South
Carolina in 1854, when a lad of four
teen and rode horseback to ^Cali
fornia, ho and his older brother,
Lewin, and Mat Stephenson, of this
county, driving a drove of cows
across the whole continent. The
performance was amazing and ro
mantic. Mr. Buroughs ia nowjsixty
Hoven years old and this is his first
trip back to Carolina. He is the
only surviving child of 18 of tho
Rev. Bryan Burriss, though there
.aro hundreds of the next generation
to his in South Carolina. Mr. Bur
oughs is handsome and as^spirited as
e> thirty-year-old young man in his
activity. He walks erect and wears
A long gray beard. Ho made one of
the principal addresses to-day, and
it was intensely enjoyed. Mr. Bur
oughs, it will be observed, has
changed the spelling of the family
name in his family, though he stoutly
avers that bis way-"B-u-r-ou-g-h-s"
-is the right way to spell the name
and that all the rest ought to come
over to his way of spoiling it.
Among the prominent visitors
present from other points were : Mr.
and Mrs. Bass Shelton, Miss Annie
Shelton, Mrs. Kate Killian and chil
dren, Misses Mamie and Ida and
Master G&dus, Woodlwan, Ala.;
Mrs. Laura I larkin?, Fayette, Ala. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Burriss and
Master Wm. and Osoar, Colombas,
Mi?. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Harper
Spencer, Birmingham, Ala.; Rev.
V, I. Masters, Abbeville, Ala. ; Rev.
Bryan Sergent, Duluth, Ga.; Dr.
and Mrs, G< W? Bnronghs. Hingo,
I. Tv, J. E. Buroughs, Little Rook,
Ark.; R. E. Barr?as, Boaz, Als.;
Rev. Jas. N. Buroughs, Oakland,
Cal.; Miss Ida Diokerson, Tifton,
Qa. ; Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Ayer,
Macon, Ga. ; Mr. and Nra. L. R.
Ayer, Maoon, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. O.
L. Martin, Masters Osoar and Wil
liam, Barnesville, Ga.; Mrs. Mattie
Looney, Toceos, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs.
Chamblee, Duluth, Ga.; Mrs. B. Bolin
Allen, Lowndesville, S. C.; Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Keys, and Lavinia?
Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Burriss and Morris Barton, Pied
mont, S. C.; Floyd Watson, Mrs.
Ellen Barton, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Dobbs, Fair Play, S. C. ; Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Wood, Commerce, Ga. ;
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Eskew, Pendle
ton, S. C. ; Mr. and Mrs. J. William
Burriss and son, Lowndesville, S. C. ;
Master John Burriss and Miss Lu
cille Moore, Barnwell, S. C. ; Miss
Jane Buroughs and Claude Bur
oaghs, Piokene, S. C. ; Mesdamos
Martha Graham and Nellie Fowler,
East Lake, Ala. ; Rev. Watley Hall,
Lincoln, Ala.
The exorcises of the day were pre
sided over by the Hon. J. Belton
Watson, grandson of Jacob Burriss,
while in the pulpit sat the Revs. Jas.
N. Buroughs and V. I. Masters, son
and grandson of Bryan Burriss, and
the venerable Rev. J. R. Earle, a
long-time friend of the Burriss fam
ily. After appropriate words by the
viuauuinu) buu ..j ...... . ..v>..v ?.MW
Tie that Binds," was sung and fer
vent prayer offered by Rev. Jas. N.
Boroughs. Then a speoial welcome
hymn was sang. An address of wel
come was made by L. M. Glenn, a
great-grandson of Jacob Bnrriss.
Mr. Glenn was happy in his remarks,
in whioh he gave a special welcome
to the members of the family who
are from other States. Miss Meta
Allen read in a olear voice and at
tractive way greetings from numbers
of the kindred who were unable to
be present at the gathering. At this
juncture Rev. V. I. Masters deliv
ered the principal address of the day.
After this address there was a recess
of two hours.
In the afternoon the program
called for an address by Rev. Jas. N.
Buroughs and other addresses by
Reva. J. R. Earle and O. L. Martin,
J. B. BurrisB, of Woodlawn, Ala. ;
T. O. Burriss, of Columbus, M?BS. ;
W. W. Keys, of Greenville, and
others. This, and much detail busi
ness looking to the permanent or
ganization of the reunion for histori
cal purposes, was the work of the
afternoon.
The praises of Miss Lois Watson,
of this city, were on the lips of all at
the reunion. To her, more than any
other person, has been due the great
success of the reunion, and she has
accumulated an abundance of family
history. On tho walls of the church
hung a system of charts, prepared by
Miss Watson, showing history of
different branches of the family.
The next reunion will be held in
1010. Miss Watson was asked to
continue her special historical work,
and that ono person from each of the
seven branches of Joshua Burriss's
descendants be re\ ested to co-ope
rate with Miss Watson and gather
tho history of his branch of the
family. It is intended thus to gather
thc material for a published history
of the family.
Warning.
If you have kidney and bladder
t rouble and do not uso Foley's Kidney
Cure, you will have only yourself to
blame for results, as it positively
cures all fore s of kidney and bladder
diseases. Dr. J. W. Bell.
$1?0,000 Stolen.
Lincoln, Nob., August 24.-Three
registered mail sacks, containing
about a quarter of a million dollars,
disappeared from the Burlington
train between Den vor and Oxford.
Nob., last Sunday night and tho post
office officials have Just made tho
thort public. Tho train left Denver
with seven sacks and but four re
mained when lt wa? discovered. De
tectives and post office officials are
at work on the case.
HMM KIMON HAS ESCAPED.
Convicted of Murdering M. Drake lr.
Anderson County.
Anderson, August 21.-J. Allen
Emmerson,who was convicted of the
murder of Thomas F. Drake at the
February term of Court and sen
tenced to life imprisonment, es
caped last night from ?he county
jail, where he had been confined
pending a decision by the Supreme
Court on appeal for a new trial, and
has not been captured yet.
Tb?? ?arrape had been carefully
planned and the prisoner had aid
from outsiders. Some of his friends
had made a key which would unlock
the door to the cell and after the
cell was unlocked the escape was
made without difficulty. The she
riff has o Perd a reward of $500 for
the capture of the escaped prisoner
and the sons of Drake have offered
a like amount. Solicitor Doggs has
wired the Governor to Increase the
amount.
Emmerson is about 5 feet 8 in
ches '.all, aged 38 and his right leg
ls shorter than his left. ' He is a
desperate fellow and it ls thought
that if he is captured he will have
to be killed first.
The killing of Drake by Emmer
son caused a big sensation in tins
county, for both men were well
known and both stood well. The
trial of Emmerson was attended by
large crowds and there was much
excitement. Emmerson killed Drake
on the night of August ll, 1906, nt
Drake's own home. The murder
was a shocking one, Emmerson hav
ing invaded Drake's home for ille
gal intercourse with his daughter.
He was discovered by Drake and
Emmerson claimed that Drake was
fixing to shoot him when he fired
and killed him. A big effort is be
ing made to capture the escaped
prisoner and an effort will also be
made to apprehend the allies who
made the key and who assl.'tod in
the escape. The escape of Emmer
son has caused a small sensation
hero. Ch
Headache and constipation disappear
when Ring's Little Liver Pills are used.
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ly. Sold by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla;
W. J. Lunney, Seneca.
Pulling Tooth Neck was Broken.
Chicago, August 21.-George Da
vis, 38 yars old, died at the county
hospital last night of what was di
agnosed by the physicians as a
broken neck, probably caused by
a dentist's efforts to pull a tooth.
Davis came to the hospital one week
ago, complaining of a pain in his
neck. He told the physicians at the
hospital that he had gone to a den
tist to have a tooth extracted. The
tooth was difficult to extract and
Davis said that the dentist had
jerked him severely. It is believed
by the physicians that the dentist
dislocated a portion of the spinal
column.
If you suffor from bloating, belching,
sour stomach, indigestion or dyspepsia,
take a Ring's Dyspepsia Tablet after
each meal, and overcome the disagree,
able trouble. It will improve the appe
tite and aid digestion. Sold by Dr. J. W
Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca.
Rich Men Going Broke.
New York .August 24.-More than
2,000 New Yorkers, some of them
ranking as millionaires, says The
World to-day, have sold their auto
mobiles within the last few weeks.
Almost as many more, lt ls estimat
ed hy the trade, have canceled or
ders for new machines. These auto
mobiles represent a total cost of
over $15,000,000. They are now
worth $7,000,000.
"The 'rich man's panic' in Wall
street has made all the touble," an
automobile dealer is quoted ns say
ing, as he exhibited several letters
and telegrams canceling orders for
machines.
Every dealer in high-priced ma
chines, American or imported, has
stories to tell of orders canceled by
New Yorkers, who, until recently,
were generally supposed to be rich
enough to afford any luxury. Some
of tho stories are pathetic. The av
erage rich New Yorker has an ex
pensive family, and his expenditures
are on a large scale. Any curtail
ment of income cuts off tho luxuries,
because he lives up to his Income.
So the automobile has been sacri
ficed.
Sent Engine Into Another.
Dcatur, Ala., August 23.-Jake
Mester, a negro laborer, employed In
tho Louisville and Nashville round
house at tho New Decatur shops,
climbed into the cab of a locomo
tive standing in tho round house,
pulled the throtttle wide open and
then jumped from the locomotive
and fled. Tho locomotive, under high
speed, dashed into anothei locomo
tive standing on the track, causing a
damage of about $1,000. Mester wa?
arrested by railroad detectives while
in hiding in Oklahoma, a negro sub
urb. Mester could give no excuse for
his act and was taken to Jail.
WHITTEN BY THE SAVIOUR?
Atlanta Man Claims to Have a Let?
ter Written by Christ.
(Edw. Y. Clark, in Atlanta Journal)
[The following clipping was sent
to The Courier by a Georgia reader
for publication. As to tbe claim of
Christ as the author we, of course,
simply lay it aside as so much
"stuff." If the possessor of the letter
believes it, what matter? "As he
believes, so be it." In it there is
much of what might technically be
termed "rot.." Take !t for what it
ls worth, which Is not a great deal.]
There is in > he possession of an
Atlanta man, a W. H. Pasco, who
lives at 62 McDaniel street, and who
works for the Southern Saw Works,
a letter which he believes was writ
ten by the Christ. So firmly does he
believe this that he ls trying to obey
its mandates, and wherever he goes
has it published, for fear if he does
not the curse pronounoced in it for
failure thus to do will fall on his
head.
Tho letter, which is said to have
been written more than two thou
sand years ago, fell tnto the hands
of a family living 11 Virginia, who
have kept it in their possession from
the time they got it until 1879, lt
having boen handed down from fa
ther to son and so on. .
At that time a copy of lt was given
to Mrs. M. F. Towson, a near neigh
bor, and she gave a copy to Rev. P.
C. Fletcher, of Rome, Ga. A copy
of the letter also got Into the hands
of Mrs. W. W. Gillam, who, up to
the time of her death lived near
Cowpens, S. C.
W. H. Pasco fell into possession
of a copy of the letter while on a
trip recently to Spartanburg, S. C.,
and prizes the same very highly. He
says that all those who have a copy
of the letter prize lt very highly and
believe the lotter to have been writ
ten by Christ Himself, never for a
moment doubting its genuineness.
The preface to the letter is as fol
lows:
"This letter was written by Jesus
Christ,and found under a great stone
round and long, at the foot of the
cross, 18 m ii..., from I con lum, near
thc village called Mesopotamia.
Upon that stone was written and en
! graved:' Blessed ls he that shall
turn me over.' All the people'that
saw it prayed God earnestly and de
sired that He would make known to
them the meaning of this writing,
that they might not attempt in vain
to turn it over. In the meantime
there came a little child about six
years old, and turned it over with
out help, to the admiration of all
the peolo that stood by, and under
this stone was Cubasses' family and
in this letter was written the Com
mandments ot JOSHS Christ, signed
by the Angel Gabriel nlnety-nln^
years after our Saviour's birth."
The Wonderful latter.
The letter Itself reads as follows:
"Whosoeverworks on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. I command you
to go to church and keep the Lord's
day holy without any manner of
work. You shall not idle nor mis
spend your time In debecking your
selves In superfluities of costly ap
parel and vain dressing, for I have
ordered it a day of rest. I will have
the day kept holy that your sins may
be forgiven you. -You shall not only
go to church yourselves, but also
your servant and maid servant. Ob
serve my words and learn my com
mandments. You shall finish your
labor every Saturday at 6 o'clock in
the afternoon, at which hour the
preparation of the Sabbath begins.
I advise you to faHt five Fridays In
the year, beginning at Good Friday,
and continuing the five Fridays fol
lowing, In remembrance of the five
bloody wounds I received for you
and all mankind. You shall dili
gently and peaceably labor In your
several vocations when lt hath pleas
ed God to call you. You shall love
one another and cause them that are
not baptized to come to church and
receive that holy sacrament, that ls
to say baptism and the supper of the j
Lord, and bo made a member there
of, and In so doing, I will give you
long life and many blessings, your
land shall replenish and bring forth
abundance, and i win comfort you
in tho greatest temptations, and
surely ho that dooth to the contrary
abai! be cursed. I will also send
hardness of heart on them till I
have dostroyod them, but especially
on hardened Impenitent unbelievers.
Ho that hath a copy of this letter
written hy isy own hand and spoken
with my own mouth, and kcepoth lt
without publishing it to others shall
not pro. ; f r, hut ho that puhllsheth
lt to otho s shall be blessed of me,
and If their sins be ns many as hero
are stars In tho sTcy, and If they
truly believe, they shall bo pardoned
Pineu
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guaranteed or money
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Emulsion*
ALL DRUQOieTSl 6<
ana they that believe not this, my
writing and my commandments, I
will send my plagues upon you and
your children, food and cattle and
all other worldly enjoyments that 1
have given you. Do but once think
of what I have suffered for you. If
you do, it will be well wHh you, both
in this world and in that which is to
come. Whosoever shall keep a copy
of this letter and keepeth it in their
houses nothing shall hurt them, nei
ther pestilence, lightning nor thun<
der, and if any woman bo in birlh
and put her trust in me she shall be
delivered of her birth. You shall
hear no news of me, but the Holy
Scriptures, until the day of judg
ment. All goodness and prosperity
shall be in heritage where a copy of
this letter is lound.
'.Finished."
Celebrate Marriage Anniversary.
Central, August 19.-Special : Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Hopkins oelebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their
marriage Tuesday, August 13. At
an early hour friends and relatives
of the bride and groom of twenty
five years began io arrive at their
home, near Six Mile. Relatives
from Greenville, Anderson, Greer's,
Central and Piokens were present.
Mrs. D. II. Kennemur was the
eldest guest. She is eighty-seven.
We will not attempt to give the
names of all for fear of omitting
some. A sumptuous dinner was
served to sixty-four guests, old and
young.
Some of the neighbors gave a nice
watermelon treat in the afternoon,
after whioh some of the older people
whiled away the time by singing the
old-time songs they had sung in days
gone by.
Late in the afternoon the guests
began leaving for their homes. Thus |
olosed a day that will be long and
pleasantly remembered by all present.
Some were heard to remark that
they hoped to live to attend the
"golden wedding" of this couple.
(Will any?) They received a num
ber of nice and useful presents.
Guest.
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W. J. CARTER, M. D.'
-Dentist
Office two doors above the Baak? lb
Carter's Pharmacy.
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DR. W. F. AUSTIN,
DENTIST,
SENECA,.S. C.
Office Over J. W. Jiyrd <fc Co.
l'HONK NO. 51.
E. L. HERNDON,
Attorney- at- Law,
WALHALLA, - - S. C.
'Phone 61.
J. P. Carey, I J. W. 8helor:
Piokens, S. C. | Walhalla, S. C.
CAREY & SHELOR,
Attorneys and Counsellors
Walhalla, S. C.
Will practice in the State and United
States Courts.
Business entrusted to our oare will re
oeive prompt and careful attention.
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GREENVILLE'S NEW MAYOR.
Mahon Re-elected by a Nice Majority
-Everybody Satisfied.
(Greenville Mountaineer, 23d.)
Mayor O. Hey ward Mahon, nomi
nated yesterday for a third term,
was carried last night by hundreds ot
his friends to the Record Building,
opposite the court house, where he
made a brief address,, in which he
expressed his gratitude to the nearly
800 voters who had again elected
him to the office of Mayor of Green
ville.
Mr. Mahon was evidently very'
much fatigued after going through
the severe strain of the last several
weeks, but he expressed himself as
experiencing at that time the hap
iest moment of his life.
A torchlight procession formed in
Grand Opera House Square about 9
o'clock and marched to the Record
Building, where Mr. Mahon was car
ried on the shoulders of several of
his friends to the head of the steps,
where he delivered a brief address.
Tim's Pilli
After eating, persons of a billons habit
will derive great benefit by taking uno
of these pill?. If you have been
DRINKING TOO MUCH,
they will promptly relieve the nauseu,
SICK HEADACHE-:_-?
and nervousness which follows, restore
the appetite and remove gloomy feel
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Take No Substitute.
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Blue Ridge Complaint.
. Columbia, August 23.-The Rail
road Commission,after consideration
of the complaint filed by Coralssioner
Sullivan, that the Blue Ridge Rail
road, on August 14, used an ordi
nary box car for the transport?t! >u
of all pasengers, regardless of afc,
or race, decided to hold a hearing
on September 3d. President An
drews will be notified, and other offi
cials who have charge of this line,
will also be summoned to attend.
PINE-ULES for lits hldnsys
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[BD TO DO THB
iUSINESS
for this conimunity. Come
on and get your teams.
Hauling Teams,
Single and Double Buggy
Teams and Saddle Horses,
Always on hand.
Prompt and polite servioe at reasona
ble prices. Teams sent out at any hour,
day or night. Phone 10 or ll for quio*
teams. C. R. HOUCHIN8*
Walhalla, S. C.
DR. F. F. COLLINS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
WALHALLA, S. C.-WEST END.
33T-PHONE
All Calls Promptly Answered,
8-8-00 Day or Night.
DR. D. P. THOMSON.
Dentist,
'Walhalla,, S. C.
Office 0vcr C. W. Pitchford Co.'s Store.
Phone No. 86.
DR. J. H. BURGESS,
DENTIST,
SENECA, S. C.
OFFIOK OVKll NlMMONS' STORE, DoYJt.B
BUILDING.
Office Hours: 0 A. H. to 1 p. M.
" " 2 P. M. tO 0 P. M.
April 20, 1904. 16-tf
R. T. JA YNES,
Attorney-at-Law, *
WALHALLA, - - S. C.
Bell Phone No. 20,
Praotioe in State and Federal Courts.
Business entrusted to my oare raoeives
I prompt attention. 1 06
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