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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 We Wa?R Maybe you have been wearing Shoes that hurt, bumed and blistered your feet. There is no occasion for you to do that now, for we have shoes made for your feet that will be a comfort at all times. These shoes are " STAR BRAND," made iii St. Louis by ROB ERTS, JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. This ^Company owns and operates ten big specialty fac tories that have a daily capacity of 5 2,OOO pairs of good shoes. Think of it-ten big fac tories. More people arc "Walking on Stars" every day, that is why the demand increases so rapidly. The sooner you get these Shoes, the sooner you will know that "STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER." G. W & J. L BAUKHIGHT. New Fall Stock! DRESS GOODS Broad Cloths, silks, Paulinas, Voiles, Ponlinettes, fireUolass line of WAIST GOODS, oto. READY-MADE SKIRTS Shirt Waists, Under Skirts, Corset Covers, Gowns, etc. CLOTHING Hest Uno of MEN'S CLOTHING I have ever carried. Also, BOYS' SUITS, Men's and Boys' Odd I'ants. SHOES-Men's, Ladies' and Children's Notliluc equals our "Ladies' Soft Shoes for Tender Feet." One pair will convince you. WE ?Vf AKE A SPECIALTY OF EMBROIDERIES AND; INSERTIONS. TRUNKS AND A GENERAL LINK OF NOTIONS, sud nuob Artioles as are usually kopt in a first-class Dry Goods Store. M. S. STRlBLING, *?s?ffT' You have seen this Trade-Mark before, have you not? And so have millions of others. They have come to associate it with the highest possible Stove merit. ? It means to you the possibility of reduc ing your fuel expenses, if you buy a BUCK'S - Let us show you their many advantages. SENECA HARDWARE COMPANY. ? 'os! ly Station in Washington. Beginning last Sunday morning, November 17, all Southern Railway tral i entering and leaving Wash ington, D. C., used, the new $20,000, 000 passenger station,, one of the world's most elaborate and costly passenger terminals. The trains go Into the city over the company's new double-track steel bridge across the [Potomac river. They enter a dou [ble-track twin-tunnel under Capitol H''il, at the northern end of which the trains enter the new terminal station, connections being made with diverging lines for ail points east and west. UNCLE SAM TO KESOUE. Will issue $100,000,000 in Interest Hearing Treasury Notes. Washington, Nov. 17.-Secretary Cortelyou, with the approval of the President, has announced an issue of Panama bonds to tho extend of fifty million dollars. The Treasury will also issue inter est bearing certificates of indebted ness to run for one year, to tho ex tent, If necessary, of one hundred million dollars. This action is the result of the series of night confer ences at the White Houso, ending with Saturday night. aMMnHSSmaHBEQil NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER. G. W. Dean Rle? Soddenly-Other Local Matters About Town. Wost m i n nt or, Nov. 19.-Special: Tbe dead body of George W. Dean, master mechanic of the Cheswell Cotton Mill, was found in hed at his room In the mill vlUage Saturday morning, 16th* Instant. Ii ls not known at what hour he died. He waa at hlB post of duty on Friday, and had' retired some time about midnight. Between 8 and 9 o'cloek Saturday morning an entrance was made in his room and his lifeless body was found. Mr. Dean had been complaining of feeling unwell for a few days, and had not been eating breakfast at the usual time. The family with whom he boarded did not think anything' strange when he failed to put in his appearance at meal time on Saturday. A physician yus called, who pronounced his neath due to heartfailure. Mr. ^Dean waa brought up In Greenville bounty, in the section known as the Dark Corner. He was an expert In his line of work, having served an apprenticeship with R. M. McDon ald, a well known founder and ma chinist of Greenville. He first work ed in Oconee for the Courtenay Man ufacturing Company, at Newry, and was later employed by the Cheswell Cotton Mill at Westminster. He had a number of friends, who deplore his untimely death. The body was shipped to Shelby, N. C., on Sunday for interment. G. C. Dean, of Shel by, a brother of tho deceased, came down Saturday night and took charge of the remains. Mr. Dean was 47 years old. His mother is living at Shelby. Mrs. W. J. Stribllng is In Colum bia atendlng the meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Union of the Bap tist church. Several, hundred bales of cotton were sold here Wednesday and Thursday. The burial of the body of little Harold Wilson, who died last Tuea ? day morning, took place at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Funeral ser vices were conducted at the ceme tery by Revs. J. S. Beasley, G. T. Harmon, Jr., and J. R. Moore, in the presence of a number of sympa thizing relatives and friends. Whi i about the track meet for Thanksgiving afternoon? Westmin ster wants a game with one of the schools in the county. In their introductory remarks, the management of the Radcliffe) Bureau has the following to say of Luther Mailalup: "In presenting Mr. ' Manship, let us say that his is not a lecture, but rather an evening of en tertainment, blending humor and pa thos in a most charming and origi nal way. He takes a sunny view of i life, brightening and bi tuging, hu ! man hearts closer together. There is a thread of conversation pud oratory J running through his "evenings" and , from this dangle stories which never fail to idease. Prominent and possi I bly his best efforts refer to the Old Time Southern Negro-the Lights and Shadows of the Olden Days. Of 1 the children of slavery lt has been said. 'He knows them accurately and presents them truthfully, as only one can do whose Ufo bas been spent i with them lu the Sou\h.' '* Gover nor Bob Taylor says: "Luther Man 1 shin is the rising star of Mississippi." i W. N. Cox, of Greenville, ls here for a few days. 1 Mi's. J. J. Harrell spent last Wcd ! nesdvv afternoon in Seneca. The fourth quarterly conference ! of the Westminster charge was held at this place on last Thursday. Mrs. Anna Parker has been sick the past week. Her daughter, Mr8. Albert Campbell, of Shreveport. La., I arrived last Sunday. Mrs. Parker is reported to be better this morning. "Lights and Shadows of Slavery . Days" will be the subject Luther Manship will lecture on next Mon day night. Mr. Manship is ex-Gov ernor ot Mississippi. With the ex ception of pupila of the graded school, those not holding season* t tickets will be charged 2? cents ad TillbSiCll. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gllrcath vis \to? ir Greenville last week. Mrs. J. S. Carter ls visiting at f Gainesville. Mrs. C. B. Vaughn returned Satur day from a week's visit to her par I enta, Mr. and Mra. C. E. Miller, at Lavonla, Ga. Me8damea A. P. Marett and J. BE. I Vandlver went to Greenville Friday to spend a couple of days with Misa Ada Marett, of the Greenville Female College. John L. Cox, of Pelzer, waa here . this week. ' R. F. White, of Greenville, la here to-day. . We are not authorized to announce I poaitlvely that all the storea of Weat minster will be closed on Thanks giving Day. Wo have heard aeve ral of the merchante expresa them selves as being willing to cloae, and it is pretty certain some will CIOBO. lt might be beBt for everybody to look to making their purchases on Wednesday. The bank will be closed and the post office will observe Sun day hours. A. L. Goaaett. Blown to Bits by Explosion. Freedom, Pa., hov. 18.-A tuft of red hair clinging to a piece of skull, two vertebrae and a foot wore all tho evidence of a human being found lnj?t nihill after a terrible explosion near here. It is auppoaed the man fell into a magazine containing nitro glycerine and waa bio ' n to piece?. THE NEWS FROM MGNECA. Disorder Reproved-No Clue? to Robber?-General Local News. Seneca, Nov. 19.-Special:. The cir nival in here, and notwithst ?ding the mud and slush, Seneca is happy! The friends of Rev. C. S. Black burn are pleased to know that he is able to resume work, after a slight operation, which waB performed in Anderson last week; Mr. Black burn Allied his usuel appointment in Anderson county last 8abbath. In a recent editorial of the Seneca Journal the editor of that paper some Very opportune statements rel ative to some ill behavior in the ope ra house. We deplore the fact that the opera house ls not the only place in which disreputable conduct has been note?, and particularly the fact that lt was In one of our churches. There is no use to dwell upon the whys and wherefores of this kind of thing; it is enough to say in this in stance that it is not a cace of "show ing their raising," as we are accus tomed to say, but rather a disre gard for the house of God, a wor shipping congregation, and an entire loss of self-respect. We know for a certainty that the home-training in these cases is beyond reproach. The following pleasing news has been recewed in Seneca by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Cary: In a recent baby show in Paris, Texas, the baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Loy Cary took the first prize, the fact being particular ly gratifying inasmuch as the "class" entered was open to all children, boy or girl, under three years, and the competition was consequently very strong. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Cary have not seen their young grandson, but are immensely happy over this piece of news. Lester Dalton, a former Oconee boy, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dalton, of the return section, ar rived in Seneca last Saturday from Greensboro, Penn., and is visiting his parents and other relatives in the county. While In Senpca ho visited his aunt, Mrs. John carper. Mr. Dalton holds a responsible positiorf in State affairs in Pennsylvania, be ing State Policeman. He has, how ever, stood successful examination and is waiting his appointment to go as United States Police Inspector to the Panania Canal. He ls a grand son of the late W. W. Hamilton, and possesses some of the sterling traits of character which were marked in his grandfather. He received his schooling at the Return school, and with indomitable courage and push has reached the prominent position which he now occupies. Witzel Brothers are opening their large stock of merchandise In the handsome new store room just com pleted by Harper and Cllnkscales. Thcv readers of The . Courier are already Informed through the dally papers about the post otllce robbery here last Thursday night. No clues have as yet been found, there being no evidence against tUe suspects who were arrested the morning following tho robbery. The Job was done by skilled hands, nitroglycerine being used. The report was heard by num bers of citizens. Mrs. Hal Poe, of Greenville, visited Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sloan last week. * The oyster supper given by the la dles, society of the Presbyterian church last Tuesday night was a pro nounced success. The Seneca Lodge, Knights of Pythias are planning a banquet sup per, lo which a large number of guests will be invited. Mrs. T. E. Dickson has moved Into the house recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Isbell. Mrs. W. F. Strickland will move this week ihto the house vacated by Mrs. Dickson. ..curra ls going to have a new school building, realizing a long-felt want and canceling a debt of long standing. We say this confidently, having the word of the committee, which is equal to having the school house. And we are reminded of the fact that the chairman of the, Water and Lights Commission promised us lights by Xmas! We wonder if the commission remembers what became of the little boy who was always "going to' ? (History says the bears eat bim up!) Mrs. Spearman is visiting ' her friends in Seneca, who are always pleased to see her. Mrs. North and Miss Turner, of North Carolina, have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brock. W. J. Lunney has returned from an extended visit North, leaving Mrs. Lunney with her relatives at Char lotte. The Once-a-Week Club was enter tained by Mrs. W. A. Lowery last week. The meeting was a full one, a delightful feature of the after noon's entertainment behg the sing ing of Miss Annie Verner The hos tess served an elaborate shlad course with coffee, followed by fruits. The club <is enjoying the banne* year of its existence. # A telegram wes received here this morning by H. P. Boggs announcing the death of his brother, William R. Boggs, in Mexico. Mr. Boggs was a mineral engineer, and a man of con siderable means.- The funeral will take place In Winston, N. C., the former home of the deceased. Mr. Boggs and his son William will at tend the funeral. M. V. S. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping cough. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. G. n. Sampson Fires His Gan Acci dentally and Load Takes Effect. (Anderson Mall, 19th.) A most distressing accidental kill ing occurred on Aullen Martin's plan tation, near this city, oh Saturday morning. Ernest Snipes, a colored man of 30 years, was killed by Geo. E. Sampson, a gentleman of Hinton, West Virginia, ?who with bride of several days, ls visiting his aunt, Mrs. Wm. Shelb, on East Orr street. Mr. Sampson arrived in the etty several days ago to spend part of his honeymoon here. He Is quite fond of hunting, and while out walking on Mr. Martin's place Friday after noon, he came across the house where the Snipes family live. He got Into a conversation with Snipes, the father of Ernest Snipes, about partrHge shooting and Sr.ipc? Invited him to return Saturday morning, and told him that he would not only allow Mr. Sampson to hunt on his premises, but that his son, Ernest Snipes, would accompany him in or der to locate the birds. Early Saturday morning Mr, Samp son and Master William Shelb left for the Snipes house. They found Ernest Snipes and started out hunt ing. Soon ofter going a short distance, the dogs found a covey of birds. Messrs. Sampson and Sheib got in position to shoot as the birds were flushed. The negro happened to walk in front of Mr. Sampson, and Mr. Sampson's gun fired. The trig ger had caught on his leg. The negro was only about two or three feet in front of the muzzle of the gun and the entire load took ef fect In his left leg, a little above his knee. The bone was shattered and the arteries were cut and blood flowed profusely. Mr. Snmpson immediately saw that the accident was a fatal one and he tried to stop the blood by putting some clamps, which he had, around the negro's leg. This had no effect in stopping the blood, so the negro was picked up In V.r. Sampson's overcoat and carried to Snipes's home. Mr. Sampson then telephoned to the city for a doctor. The darkey died about two and a half hours af ter tho shooting. Coroner Pruitt empanelled a Jury and this jury rendered a verdict In effect that Ernest Snipes came to his death from the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of George E. Sampson. Mr Sampson deplores the accident more than words can tell. He left considerable money with the wife of the dead negro and told her that he would pay all the expenses of the burial, etc. He is terribly distressed and tlie pleasure of his bridal trip has been greatly marred by the accident. He Fought nt Gettysburg. David Parker, of Fayetteville, N. Y., who lost a foot at Gettysburg, writes: "Electric Bitters have done me more good than any medicine I ever took. For several years I had stomach trouble, and paid out much money for medicine to little purpose, until I bogan taking Electric Bitters. I would not take $500 for what they have done for me." Grand tonic for the aged and for female weaknesses. Great alterative and body builder; sure cure for lame back and weak kidneys. Guaranteed by all drug gists. 50c. Death of F. A. Cox. Seneca, Nov. 19.-Special: F. As bury Cox died at his home, near Re turn, November 14, 1907, in the 78th year ot his age. In tho death of Mr. Cox the com munity and county at large have lost one of their most substantial citi zens. He was a man noted for his many commendable traits of charac ter. His Integrity and honor were withjrfut question; his heart and hana were ever open to the neigh bor who might be in trouble or want. For many years a staunch member of Return church, h? stood over ready to aid his church in all her work. His pastor found in him a loving, sympathetic and faithful fellow-ser vant. Yea, verily, a good man has gone to his reward. Mr. Cox was born September 12, 1829, and was married to Miss Mary D. Brooks on January 12, 1860. He Served in the Confederate army dur ing the years of civil strife that fol lowed the bombardment of Fort Sum ter. To Mr. and Mrs. Cox was born six children, two of whom survive, Mrs. Cox, it will be remembered died about fourteen years ago. In addition to other relatives, Mr. Cos leaves a sister 82 years of age. Tc her, and to the son, Norton, the sym pathy of their many friends and neighbors is extended. Funeral services were conducted at Return church on Friday by th? pastor, Rev. S. A. McDaniel. C. Woman Dived to Her Death. New York, Nov. 18.-Mary Mit chell, also known as Mary Lyons made a spectacular dive to death In to a crowd of men on the Bowen from the second story fire escape o: the Salvation Army Hotel for women Frequently for two months the wo ma H "had obtained a night's lodglnf at tho place, and as lt is not i tn policy 6f the army to burden guest with troublesome questions, little li known of her life or antecedents. . I is believed she was only ono of th' unfortunates of a great city. CAUGHT SHORT OF COTTON. Price and Other Rears Have SoUt More than They Can Deliver. New York, Nov. 18.-Pressure or the most pronounced sort is being brought to bear upon the cotton growers of the South to break up their holding movement and thus bring Into the cotton market such a mass of the staple as will enable the enormous speculative short Interest in this city to depress prices, so that the bears can close out their mar ket gambles by shifting their losses upon the growers of the south. As December draws near and tho members of the big bear pool are confronted with the possibility i ot paying prices at present ruling ia the South, or even highor prices, for cotton with which to cover their short December contracts, they ar?' resorting to desperate means in tho hope of extricating themselves from a most uncomfortable position. Sto ries of the wildest sort have been circulated freely with the Idea of convincing the banking interests that the cotton growers, by keeping their crop out of tho market until better prices could be obtained, have de ranged the entire normal market for foreign exchange and ar? adding to the money stringency from which the country is suffering. In thia their efforts have been entirely un availing. The banking interests? knowing the facts, have refused to take this view of the situation. They are satisfied that the trouble Hes with the exchange market and not; with the cotton market; that it Ia the Inability of buyers to finance purchases that is delaying the bring ing of fresh gold from abroad. The real trouble responsible for the threatened squeeze in December op tions in Now York is not due to a speculative long Interest because none exiBts; lt is due to the tremen dous short interest. The bear pool, headed by Theodore H. Price, ls cur rently reported to be short more than 300,000 bales of the December option. Against this speculative short interest are the hedges held by the spinners and exporters who need the cotton for legitimate manu facturing and exporting. The need of the hedge "longs ' has Inspired the current premium. This also has given an oportunity to the specula tive shorts to circulate a story that some thousands of hales were being; shipped u.tck to New York from Liv erpool to cover contracts. This re port, however, met a speedy death through the action of foreign spin ners in taking every available bale of spot cotton in the Liverpool mar ket on the very day after the re shipment story was started. The latest among Mr. Price's in teresting moves in the hope of in ducing the Southern growers to aid him to get cotton to New York for the purpose of covering the short contracts of his poool, ls a widely ad vertised offer to deliver currency to the South lu exchange for cotton. Aa his offer ls good only up to 90 per cent of the selling price of the cot ton, and as he announced that tho prevailing New York premium on currency, now ranging around 4 per cent, will have to be paid by the cot ton shippers, such a move is by no means benevolent on Mr. Price's part. It also shows how badly Mr. Price wants to get cotton hero for December delivery. The entire situation, as regards December cotton, has resolved itself Into a struggle between the Price pool on the one side and the tre mendous bona fide demand for tho actual cotton on the other. This de mand resisted all the Ideas of the men in the bear pool and now, satis fied that the cotton on their con tracts is required for spinning and exporting, Price and his associates appear to realize that their only chance of averting tremendous losses on their transactions lies in a com plete breakdown of the entire hold ing movement, thus forcing the grow ers to sell their crop at ridiculously low prices. It was not long ago that Mr. Price was speaking diso".r.".e,;ngly of what he termed the New York "paper con tracts." Mow that he ls heavily short of these 'paper contracts" he is sur prised to find that the delivery of actual cotton not only is wanted, but is demanded of him. . If the holding movement is main tained at its present strength the Price bear pool may be compelled to pay the growers the price to which they are entitled. It is the chance ot the Southern growers to make them pay on the full basis. Ends Life in Jail. I i Tili ; II ' X Donalsonville, Ga., Nov. 18.-A 'phone message was received hore yesterday from Crawfordville, Fla., stating that Samuel Brimson had committed suicide in Jail at that place. He was on trial at that place on a charge in connection with a prominent young lady and when the trial went against him he committed suicide. Brimson was one of the most prominent and influential plant ers In this section of the country. , Hammer <'aught , Brother Kilted1. Mead villi?. Pa., Nov. 18.-Thomas, the 13-year-old son of Hiram Staf ford, was accidentally shot by his older brother yesterday and Instant ly killed. Tho boys woro starting hunting and as they passed out the door, Thomas ahead, the hammer of his brother's gun caught tho door; ! casing and tho gua was discharged.