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TO THINK OWN SELF BE TRUl* AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TUE NIOUT THE DAY, THOU CANSTyNOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. Y JAYNKS, 5HELOR, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 15, 1907. NEW SERIES, NO. 473._VOLUME L VIII_NO. 20 CLOTHING! CLOTHING! We want to show the Best Line of $10, $12.50, $15 and $16.50 SUITS to be had. This line of CLOTHING is made by SAMUELS BROS., New York, and you get all the style and flnish you get in Tailor made SUITS, AND AT HALF THE PRICE. |rr We guarantee the Fit and Finish and Wear of these Suits. See tile ?well effect of the new 3-btitton SacK Coat. Our line of Men's Kain or Cravenette | Coots is right tip to the Minute. G. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT. New Fall Stock? DRESS GOODS Broad Cloths, Silks, Panamas, Voiles, Ponlinettes, tlrst-clnss line of WAIST QOOD8. etc. READY-MADE SKIRTS Shirt Waist?, Under Skirts, Corset Covers, Gowns, etc. CLOTHING Best line of HEN'S CLOTHING I havo ever carried. Also, BUYS' SUITS, Men's and Boys' Odd Pants. SHOES-Men's, Ladies' and Children's Notl pair equals our "Ladies' Soft Shoes for Tender Feet, lu convince you. One WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF EMBROIDERIES AND INSERTIONS. TRUNKS AND A GENERAL LINE OF NOTIONS, sud suoh Article? aa are usually kept In a first-class Dry Goods Store. M. S. STFJBLING, WKTKm' Did it Ever Occur to You that this Trade-Mark, which you have so often seen, has a very direct bearing upon your domes tic economy? It means to you the possibility of reduc ing your full expenses to a minimum. Let us show you how this can be accom plished, and we shall also be glad to demonstrate to you the many other distinct advantages of these exceptional Stoves. SEE THEM TO-DAY. SENECA HARDWARE COMPANY. Bryan Says Don't Blame Roosevelt. Binghamton, N. Y., October 24. W. J. Bryan stopped in this city for a short time to-day. Speaking of the financial situation, Mr. Bryan said: "I notice that one of the officers of the banks that closed its doors yes terday attributed it to the President. That is not the reason. Don't blame tne sheriff, but the horse thief. Don't blame 1 ii officers who make and en force the laws. Blame tho unscrupu lous financiers who have piled up predatory wealth, who have exploited a whole nation." Prohibition Wins in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., October 28. Jo?ferBon county, after one of the hottest campaigns in its history, has gono dry. While it is impossible at 10 o'clock to give the majority, the indications are that lt will go to 1,500. When the news came that Ensley, the suburb where the steel mills and furnaces are located, and probably the greatest industrial city in the South, had gone dry by 34 majority, the remainder of the coun ty was at once conceded to prohibi tion. The city of Birmingham gave a majority of 320 against prohibi tion. A TRIPLE CRIME. Love Letters Make New York Mur* derer Tell of lt. Goshen, N. Y., October 24-In tell ing on the witness stand how he ob tained a confession from Charles H. Rogers, on trial here to-day for kill ing Fred and Willis Od ney and Alice Ingerick in > t?0f>, Chief of Police Mc ; Cook, of Middletown, said that Rog ! tra agreed to tell the truth if his cap tors would return to him a package of love letters written by a girl in Chicago. When the letters were given to him he c**ied. like a child, the chiof Bald, and tore them up. Thon he signed the confession. Killed Brothers. The confession told every ctep he made almost from the time he left home until the time cf the murder. He asid he went to the Odney farm and killed Fred and Willis Odney. doing to the house, he asked Mrs. Georgia Ingerick, housekeeper for the Odreys, for water and clothes, as one of the Odneys had been shot. Mrs. Ingerick took the water to tho horse stable, where Rogers beat her over the heat with an iron pipe and afterward covered her body with hay. Beat Down Little Girl. Returning to the houBO, he found Alice, the 9-year-old daughter of MrB., Inge rick, playing in the kitchen. He told her to go down and close the cel lar door and followed her. At the foot of the cellar steps he crushed her head with several blows of the iron pipe. Mrs. Ingerlck, who had identified him as her assailant, broke down at the point when he told of the murder of her daughter. She shrieked in agony and was led from the court room. While this story was being told, Rogers was cool and collected, gazing straight ahead of him with a vacant stare. FROM BOUNTY LAND. New Church Wanted at Poplar What People are Doing. Bounty Land, October 23.-Spe cial: Bounty Laud school will open Monday, November 4th, with Miss Bertie Smith in charge. Bennie Milam made a brief visit recently to his sister, Mrs. J. E. Pickett. Little Lou, the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Corbin was in terred in the Richland cemetery at 11.30 o'clock laBt -Wednesday. J. B. Pickett made a business trip to Greenville last week. Cards are out announcing the ap proaching nuptials of Miss Eunice Ballenger to Rev. Hubbard Knox, of Mayesville. Th? marriage will take place at high noon on Tuesday, No vember 5th. Misses Julia and May McDonald, of Franklin, N. C., were guests of their aunt, Mrs. J. B. Pickett, a few days last week. Miss May, together with Mrs. Sallie Gilmer, who arrived Sunday from Madison, left yester day for Sandy Springs, where they will be several days with Mrs. Mac Milam. Mesdames Robert and Walter Ran kin have been visiting Mrs. Clifton Rankin, who is very ill at her home at Jordania. Miss Lol zo Perritt closed a suc cessful term of school at Whitewater last Friday, and ls with her parents for a short vacation. Masters Wilkes Dendy and Warren Qignilllat, of Seneca, spent Friday night and took a 'possum hunt with Oscar Doyle. No 'possums caught. Efforts are being made to raise a sufficient sum of money for the erec tion of a new church at Poplar. The committee appointed to secure sub scriptions is composed of the ioilow Ing: Misses Agness McAlIster, Janie Sanders, Carrie Addis, and Messrs. Jim Davis and Sloan Addis. The school house at this place, which we mentioned last week, although your type erroneously left the reader In league uncertainty as to its location, Is nearing completion, and will be ready for use at an early date. Mrs. J. R. Heller, of Fair Play, spent Friday night at the home of lier parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. 3mith. J. J. Davis and J. P. Strlbllng will ittend Synod, which convenes In An lerson. It will be gratifying to the friends >f Miss Maude Ellison to learn that she stood the operation nicely and svith no unfavorable results. Miss Sue Dendy Is with her sister, Mrs. C. M. Gaines, in Seneca. Mrs. S. N. Hughs, Jim Hughs, Hayden Coe and Edgar Shanklin at tended the Greenville fair. Miss Geraldine Hughs has return ad from a delightful visit to friends in Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burris, of South Union, were guests of rela tives here last week. Miss Myrtle Davis returned yestor lay from Central. C. D. Corbin visited In the com munity Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. Martha Hall was unfortu nately bitten on the hand a few weeks ago by a hog which she was reeding. The bite has caused her great suffering, and it ls feared will result in blood poison. Her friends ire anxious about her. Mrs. J. M. Barron and two chil Jren, of Seneca, were recent guests af her parents, Capt. and Mrs. A. H. Ellison. ( E. M. D. -Star brand shoes are better. 3old hy C. W. & J. E. Bauknight. NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER. Missionary Society to Give Entertain* Mien t-J M ical Plck-Ups. Westminster, October 29--Special: Miss Jessie Strlbling is teaching in the Townville High Schpol, having charge Of the primary department. This Une of teaching ls one in which she takes great pleasure,, having given lt Special study in Atlanta and Charleston. Rev. J. J, Harrell left for the South Carolina Synod, at Anderson, to-day. Elder M. S. Strlbling will probably ?go to-morrow. Mr. and Mrs. John Hammond, Wal ter Owens and Miss Cynda Martin, from Anderson county, visited the family, ot T. D. Poore last week. Mrs. Lila Ford Moore will move her millinery stock into the room next door to M. W. Jones boarding house on November 1. This room has been remodeled by Capt. Ches well during this year. With its plate glass front it will be an elegant room to display millinery goods. Joab L. Steward left Saturday for Texas to see his son, Grover Stew art, who ts ill In that State. If*Mr. Stewart Ands his son getting along all right he expects to spend several days in looking over the country. J. M. Vernon, who lives below the Old Westminster Bapt'Bt church, says,people are bringing dead horses and cattle In the patch of woods near his home and the odor from the de caying carcasses ls very unpleasant. He wishes to give fair warning and wants It stopped. John Carter, of Gainesville, was In town Saturday and talked Interest ingly about his trip to China. He was on the road 37 days going and 48 days returning home. Mr. Carter is very much enthused over foreign mission! since he has been there to see the needs of the Gospel. W. E. Rhyne went to Atlanta last week to join his family, who are on a visit to that city. Mrs. Robt. M. Simpson died In Georgia a few days ago. She was a daughter of Mrs. M. J. Vickery, de ceased, and lived here several years ago. The Westminster OH and Fertilizer Company will give 5 cen*s apiece for good cotton seed meal bags. G. O. Simpson ls with the Mathe son Hardware Company. Somebody down town ls mighty careless in- allowing about a half dozen shoats to run at large, which have given us a lot of trouble almost drily for the past four or five weeks. . Following is the program of en tertainment day exereises of the Wo man's Missionary Society, to be held In the New Westminster Baptist church on Monday, November 4th, 1907, at 4 p. m.: Song-"Take Time to Be Holy." Lord's prayer in concert. Scripture reading-103d Psalm. Prayer-For the needs of the day. Original papers-Enlistment, and what it means to the individual, by Mrs. Ira S. Pitts. Enlistment, and what lt means to the Society, hy Mrs. O. K. Breazeale. Song-' Must I go,and empty hand ed?" by Mrs. Will Carter and Mrs. J. R. Moore. Welcome to new r*embers. Reasons why I am a member of a Missionary Society, by Mesdames A. P. Marett, James Breazeale, J. T. King, Vada Marett, M. E. Messer, J. M. Hull, Effie Dickerson and Hugh Bibb. Song by Mrs. Wilton Mason. Prayer. Adjournment. William Dillard spent a few days In Atlanta and Buford last week. Oscar Pitts took In the fair at Greenville last Thursday and Friday. George Queem, of Lavonla, is clerk ing for the Stonecypher Drug Co. Miss May Hamilton, Messrs. Bright Lowery and Sam Holland and Dr. E. C. Doyle, of Seneca, took supper with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith on Thurs day night. Joe Lee, who lives in the moun tains above Holly Springs, sent a twig gathered from one of his peach trees to town Saturday that had seve ral open blooms on lt. Peach blooms are rarely ever seen In October. Miss Mary Messer went over to Toccoa last week to see her aunt, Mrs. Davis, who has been very sick. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Moore have rented rooms where R. B. Elliott re sides and are keeping house. Miss Bertha Smith, Mrs. Moore's trimmer, ls boarding with them. A. L. Gossett. I have been afflicted with sore eyes for thirty-three years. Thirteen years ago I became totally blind and was blind for six years. My eyes were badly Inflamed. One of my neigh bors insisted upon my trying Cham berlain's Salve and gave me half a box of lt. To my surprise lt healed my eyes and my sight came ba?k to me.-P. C. Earls, Cynthlana, Ky. Chamberlain's Salve ls for sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. 90,000 Race In Quaker City. -zut Philadelphia, Par?, October 25. Twe men walked into the sub-treasu ry here this morning, grabbed $9,000 that was being paid out to a national bank teller and started to run from the building. Clerks and others gave chase and the two men were so hotly pursued that they threw their moi?ey under a street car. Both men were captured and are now in the city hall. One of them carried a revolver. The money was in notes and was all recovered. FACTS FROM FAIR PLAY. The Ebb ?nd Flow of^ th? Haman Tide in Lower Oeonee. Fair Play, October 28.-Special: This lovely autumn weather la fine for gathering in the crops, and farm ers are busy preparing their h.nd and sowing grain for another year. Mrs. W. ti. Dobbs and Miss Mary Sheldon went over to Townvllle last Thursday and heard an excellent ser mon by Rev. Mr. McLees, Synodlcal Evangelist, who preached from Mat thew 18:24. Mr. McLeeS ls a preacher of great power, and ls partially blind. They were pleasantly entertained at the hospitable home of M. L. Thomp son. Mrs. Dr. C. B. Floyd and little daughter, Lillian, of Fairburn, Ca., and Mrs. Hugh Bibb and little son, Mason, of Westminster, visited rela tives and friends here last week. Mrs. Floyd ls pleasantly remembered here as littia Pauline Mason, and many pleasant memories cluster around the home of her childhood, and the "old school house on the hill," where she, In company with others of her age, enjoyed many happy hours. But those good old times have past into obliv ion, and we can only look back and recall pleasant memories which will never come our way again. The past 'is forever gone; the present is o\?rs; God alone knows what the future has in store for us. Mrs. Pennell and Miss Jennie Hunt, of Boston, Mass., are visiting their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Thomp son. They will return home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Davis and little daughter, of Westminster, were the guests of F. M. Davis last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Anderson, of Roberts, were up last week to see the families of Mark D. Strlbling and T. R. Harris. The friends of Mrs. An derson are glad to know of her rapid recovery to health. Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Pullen were shopping in Westminster last Thurs day. ' Dr. anl Mrs. J. R. Heller returned Saturday from Atlanta, where they have been taking h> the fair. They report a most delightful time. Mrs. Dr. John MeJunkln, of Too con, and Mrs. Claude Burrlss, of South Union, spent one day last week with the former's son, Dr. Spencer Mc Junkin, at the home of Mr. Dooley. James Lawrence BUrrlss, of Ander son county, is up on a visit to his children at South Union. Mrs. Eugene Callahan and mother, Mrs. Lucy Lindsay, were shopping in Westminster last Friday. School will open at this place next Monday, November 4th, with Misses Sheldon and Thompson as teachers. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dobbs and niece, Thelma Watson, spent a pleas ant day last Sabbath at the hospitable home of John Mays and family, who reside in the house formerly owend by Bay! as Hix, now the property of J. R. Earle, Esq., of Walhalla. - Stamp Creek Dots. Stamp Creek, October 25.-Spe cial: Farmers are having fine wea ther to gather their crops. The young people of this place en joyed a singing, given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Smith last Sunday. Little Misses Olive and Maud Bil lingsley visited Miss Amy Smith last week. Frank and Miss Lluzie Alexander of Plckens conty, spent last Satur day and Sunday with John L. Smith and family. A small, though attentive, congre gation worshiped at Stamp Creek church last Sunday. The health of the community is good at present. Misses Laura and Maggie Smith visited their sister, Mrs. Emma Wlg ington, at Salem. Creighton Oliver was in the com munity last week. Z. Q. Hard Times in Kansas. The old days of grasshoppers and drouth are almost forgotten in the prosperous Kansas of to-day; al though a citizen of Code!!, Earl Shamburg, hms not yet forgotten a hard time he encountered. Hi" roys: "I was worn out and discourafc^ '. "'ty coughing night and day, and could find no relief until I tried Dr. King's New Discovery, .t took less than one bottle to completely cure me." The safest and most reliable cough and cold cure and lung and throat healer ever discovered. Guaranteed by all druggists. 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. Murdered ill His I lome. Columbia, October 27.-At Dun barton, a small town in Barnwell county, the dead body of R. F.Weeks, a prominent merchant, waa found in the living room which he occupied over his store. The window near which his body lay was demolished, and Mr. Weeks' body was peppered with buckshot. He closed his store about ll o'clock Saturday night, and lt Is thought that the assassin was in hiding and shot him as he was un dressing preparatory to retiring. His cash was found to be unmolested in his room. No arrests have been made. Mrs. Weeks and children were away from home on a visit to Au gusta. Wanted-1,000 bushels of sweet potatoes, yam variety; will pay 40 cents per bushel. J. II. Barnett, Westminster. 45* THE NEWS FROM SENECA. Town Supplied with Good Music News in General. Seneca, October 29.-Special: It has been found necessary to post pone the meeting of the Civic Asso ciation until next Tuesday night, No vember 6th. The program commit tee ls preparing alnost excellent pro gram, in which is included some of Seneca's best talent, and a most de lightful evening is promised those who attend. The meeting will be held at the home of the President, G. W. GIgnllllat. The friends ot Rev. J. A. Wilson are pleased to see him lu Soneca again. He le visiting his sister, Miss nessie Wilson, and will go from here to Anderson to attend the meeting of Synod. Luke W. Vernor s??at Sunday with his family here, leaving Monday for Athens, where he enters his horses for the races. Seneca is wonderfully well off in the possession and enjoyment of splendid music teachers just now. Miss Janie Gordon, of Anderson, is teaching piano, Miss Annie Vernor vocal, and Mrs. T. M. McCutcheu vio lin. These are each proficient in her profession, and Our music lovers an ticipate hearing them frequently. A glee club has been organized by Miss Vernor, which proves a pleasing ac quisition to music circles here. Miss Mary Cherry entertained tho Gossipers most delightfully last Wed? nesrt.iy^ afternoon in honor of her guest, Miss Jenkins, of Texas. Mrs. L. W. Jordan ls in Seneca, the fact affording great pleasure to her many friends here. Marshall Jordan was In Seneca last week, joining his mother here for a few days. Dr. W. R. Doyle attended the fair in Greenville, where he acted as one of the judges at the races. Luke W. Verner has had marvel lous luck with his race horses thus far, having taken every race, save one, this season. H. P. Boggs attended the fair in Greenville last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carpenter, of Greenville; Major J. J. Lewis, of Pickens, and Frank Farmer, of An derson, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Hunter last Sabbath. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Herndon spent a few days In Greenville last week. M L. Thompson and daughters, '?lisses Maggie.and Lelia, visited Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Holleman on Monday. The opera house management did themselves proud last week, and gave show-goers the best show that has ever been here. Everybody ls delighted, and would welcome the "Sweetest Girl in Dixie" again. The opera house will again be opened this week, the 1st. and <2d, the Winter Stock Company being en gaged for these dates. Seneca ls said to he a good show town, but Seneca "knows a good thing when she sees it," so in bringing the Win ter Stock CA mpany here the manage ment is en savoring to continue to please our people, and their efforts are appreciated to that extent that there have been full houses for the most part this season. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Hines will visit Columbia this week. , The doctor will read a paper before the proposed tuberculoslr congress, whi.h con venes thore this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lunney are In tbe North for a VIBU of some weeks. We were in Greenville last week, and attended the fair for one day, where the elite cf the city was sup posed to be found. We had about concluded that for a sad fact the wo men of our country were growing uglier (to use an ugly word) at an alarming rate. Upon maturer con sideration, we decided that it was the new hat! Surely its like has never been equaled for shape, form or fashion. We would say, for the I ie nell t of our local milliners, (possi bly a doubtful compliment) that Se neca millinery is fully up to that we saw In Greenville. A fire alarm was given In Seneca on Friday night, when it was discov ered that the Seneca Mercantile Company's store was on fire. In closing the heavy front doers the Jar caused a lighted lamp to fall from a showcase. Promptness on the part o? the clerks In using blankets, etc., to smother the flames, no doubt, averted what might have been a se rious fire. We read an article In a late Satur day Evening Post entitled "The Real American Boss," by "A Discreet Frenchman," wherein this distinc tion is given to the wives of Ameri can women. We are not certain, but from the tone of the article, we be lieve he must have met der captain's family! M. V. S. A Certain Cure for Croup-Used for Ten Years Without a Failure. W. C. Bott, of Star City, Ind., hardware merchant, is enthusiastic in his praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. His children har? all been subject to croup and he has used this remedy for the past ten years, and though they much feared the croup, his wife and ho always felt safe upon retiring when a bottle ot Chamber lain's Cough Remedy was In the house. His oldest child was subject to severe attacks of croup, but this remedy never failed to effect a speedy cure. He has recommended lt to friends and neighbors and all who have used lt say that lt is une* quailed fon croup and whooping cough. For sale by J. W. Bell, Wal halla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca.