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KBOWEE COURIER i (ESTABLISHED 1840.) .bushed Every Wednesday Morning. Jayncs, Shelor, Smith A Steck. lubscript'on, $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising Kates Reasonable. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred .words, will be printed free ot charge. pa.ll over that number must be paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DEC. ll, 1907. TEN PACES, OUR SCHOOLS. Published Monthly. MOTTO: "in it not time we wert doing some thing to keep the rural districts from being depopulated by people seeking better school* than thoy have? ^whenever rural commu nities have been drained of their best blood ?nd brain, and tbe remaining citlEenshlp re duced to a kind of peasantry, South Caro lina's prosperity is at an end."-W. H. Hand. Communication? for this column should be ad dressed to M'"s Marve H. Shelor, Westmin ster, South Carolina. Tho Death of Prof. Brodie. The death of Prof Brodie, of Clem son College, causes a great gap in the educational circles of the State, for he was a learned man, who taught to better humanity and raise the standard of teaching. "To know him was to love him." Some twenty years ago Prof. Bro die was elected to teach White Rock school. He accepted, came to go to work, but on arriving was told that as he was a college bred teacher they did not need him. One trustee pleaded for the bright young man, but in vain. The manly bearing of Prof. Brodie won the heart of the trustee, and notice his life after ward, which proved what ho said that bay at White Rock. Prof. Bro die always had a high regard for the trustee and showed his daughter many kindnesses, and his word of encouragement and advice in her work will be kept in memory and be "passed on." ***** We are glad that Lieut. Julius Knox wrote home of his army life. The readers of this paper remember his letters, t'uch letters are helpful and tho thoughts that prompted this letter (love for Oconeo) is to be .valued greatly. Teachers, get "Ca det Days at West Point" for the boys in your school to read. ***** Do encourage the children to us? the library freely. There ls plenty time that children can read, x When are the flags donated to the schools by the Youth's Companion? Mr. Upham requested the trustees to make a flag pole; the teacher to ap point a child to be color bearer for each day, to raise and lower the co lors. There are great, lessons tb be learned, lyijt&ia: WrYat if Jasper had .not ftived his flag and tho same spirit had not been in tho Americans; would they wave now? No; so let us teach that sentiment. When a fcchool does not love the flag, close tho door and write "Ichabod.'.' ***** We pass so many schools in vaca tion with doors wide open, windows up, with a silent invitation to tramps to come in. While school visitor we ssked a child why his school house was not locked. He replied: "Taint nothln' in thar to loco !" The meeting of tho Woman s Ru ral School Association during Christ mas, in Columbia, will be splendid, and our teachers sh?uld count it in their Christmas pleasures. ' Why not try to have a teachers' as sociation in Oconee? We have some splendid teachers. ***** /We are delighted to know that Superintendent Craig is to visit the schools in December. The superin tendent is the maker or destroyor of the school's progress. "Like priest; Uko people." We aro sure when Superintendent Craig visits tho schools V'cy will move on. ***** Oconee has made rapid progress in the last few years, but thore is . room for a vast amount, yet, for we were told recently there is a trustoe in one of our once prosperous dis tricts who can not read. ***** "God to human soul,. And all spheres that roll, Wrapped by her soul, in their robes of light, Hath said: 'The primeval plan Of all the world and man Is forward! Progress ls your law, your rights.' " -Maryo R. Shelor. ***** How to Itond Properly. Nature confers tho blessing of a volco of adequate strength upon man kind. Shu soldom adds the desirable flexibility or modulation desired in a good reader. 'te roador must ac quire this flexibility and moderation' of tones largely by willing it Into his posession. A bad voice is n bad habit to bo got rid of, just as any other bad habit ls to be disposed of, by turning tho will against I*., and set tho will to acquire a good voice. Listen to your own reading in pri vate and become familiar with the sound of your own voice. Unloss you read with a full comprehension of your subject, you will not hold the attention of your listeners; then, too, you roust forget self and read as if reading to self, bringing out tho full meaning of the author in tones roost expressive as it appeals to you. Articulation should bc clear. It is impossible to over-estimate the Importance cf a good trustworthy, uniform articulation to the appre ciated reader. Indistinctness ls a vice to be cured by remembering yourself and think ing of your object, by aa exorcise of tue will; by turning an ear upon your own voice and knowing what you are about. Even whispers when clear nnd distinct will penetrate a large room. One ot the most ac complished articulators of our age was a woman-- Charlotte Cushman. She said when asked about her elo cution, "God gave me a demonstra tive soul and power to use lt. What ever I feel, I speak Just aa I feel it, with the passion, the utterance which nature dictates." Another function of the will is to compel the lips to form 'the words and the throat to maka the tones. To become a good reader one must possess self-reliance. The reader must first conquer himself lt he would conquer his hearers. Be natural in manner. Read as If only to one Intimate friend who : wished to enjoy the selection as much aa yourself, never dreading cri ticism. Try to Interpret as near' - as possible the author's thoughts by giving expression to his words. Katie E. Harris. Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, grows In favor dally with young and old. Mothers should keep lt on hand for children. It is prompt relief to croup. Ii ls gently laxative, driving th? , olson and phlegm from the system, li ls a simple remedy that gives Immediate relief. Guar anteed. Sold by J; W. Bell, Wal halla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Rev. O. T. linriii xi, Sr. (Laurens Herald.) Rev. Geo. T. Harmon, Sr., on his way to the annual conference of the Methodist Church, held at Gaff ney this week, spent Monday night and part of Tuesday with friends in tho city, all of whom were glad to see him, and where he ls so pleas antly remembered as the earnest, able pastor of the Methodist church here during the conference years of 1885-'86. Although he is now on the superanuated list, and not in the regular work, he still labors In the Master's cause with all his former devotion and consecrated efdeiency. His present residence ls Williamston. (Mr. Harmon ls the father of Rev. G. T. Harmon, Jr., who has been in charge of the Westminster Circuit during the past two years', and he ls known and loved by many In Oco nee county.) Danger in Asking Advice. When you have a cough or cold do not ask some one what is good for it. as there ls danger in taking some un known preparation. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs, colds and pre vents pneumonia. The genuine is in a yellow package. Refuse substi tutes. All Druggists. Methodist Statistics. At the recent session of thc South Carolina Methodist Conference, held in Gaffney,, the following . statistics were givon out: Local preachers (not including members of the conference) 77 ; members, 85,084. Total 85,161. Infants baptized, 1,886 ; adults baptized, 2,072. Epworth Leagues, 51 ; members, 1,701. Sunday schools, 681; teachers, 4, 813; scholars, 44,612. Raised for worn out preachers, their widows and orphans, $10, 488.49. Contributed for misbions: Foreign, $21, 813.01; domestic, $16,454.49. For church extension, $5,887.10. American Bible Society, $630.48._ Paid to Presiding Elders, $22, 582.10. Paid to pastors in charge, $174, 961 97. For bishops, $3,069.56. Number of church societies (or ganizations) 775; houses of worship. 764. Value, of houses of worship, $1, 412, 300. Indebtedness on samo, $41,049. Number of pastoral charges, 235; number of parsonages, 190. Value of parsonages, $36?, 526. Indebtedness, $14,219.50. Number of districts, 12; district parsonages, 9. Value of po.sonages, $50,000. Indebtedness, $1,300 Number of churches damaged by fire or storm, 6. Amount of damage, $2,113. Insurance carried, $509,983.50. Losses, $1,615. Number of schools and colleges, 6. Value, $573,000. Endowment funds, $115,560. Preacher Files Suit for $50,000. Malvern, Ark., Dec. 1.-Methodist Episcopnl church circles, south, have been stirred from center to circum ference by the reinstatement of Rev. J. S. Hawkins, and by a sensational suit for $50,000, brought, fqr alleged slander by Rev. Jamos Thomas against G. W. Hester, a Texas bank er, living at Devine, who is accused of having formally charged Rev., Thomas with leading a Jokyl and Hyde life in his domestic life, nnd with being a horse thief. Rev. James Thomas is a central figure in a church war which has disturbed the Methodist church, south, for lour years. The suit was brought to secure service on Hester, who accompanied by his wife, came here to testify before the Little Rock conference in regard to his often re peated charges that Rov. Jamos Thomas was nono other than Otto Brock, alleged to havo deserted his wife and children in Texas years ago, after having been accused of steal ing a horse. This suit ls just the beginning, says Mr. Thomas' lawyors. This ls under stood to mean that a number of other suits will be brought. This is the season of decay and weakened vitality; good health ls hard to retain. If you'd retain yours, fortify your system with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, the surest way. 3Bc.-Tea or Tablets. J. W. Bell. HIGHLAND NEWS. Dentil of A. Cal lo way Stone?-Local and Personal Paragraphs? Richland, Dec. 2.-Special: Miss Verna Strlbling, of Seneca, spent tev eral day.: last week with Miss Lynn verner. Miss Ella Sltton, ot Pendleton, vis ited Miss Amy Hughs recently. Miss Pauline Davis ls recovering rapidly from a recent illness. Misses Pauline and Christine An derson, of Seneca, spent several days last week with Mrs. S. N. Hughs. Mr. and Mrs. Sam lurries and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burrlss spent Thanksgiving with M?v. M. J. Mc Donald. Miss Mao Haley, of Oakway, vis ited Miss Henrietta Vernor recently. Misses Ada and Janie Wy ly spent several days with Miss Mary Shelor, at Tugaloo last week. Rev. Ceo. T. Harmon preached his farewell sermon at Rock Springs the fourth Sunday. We regret very much to lose Bro. Harmon. ' A. Galloway Stone died at his home In Newry last Tuesd.-.y, utter a few weeks' Illness. He was In his 47th year. He leaves a wife, one daugh ter mid eeven sons, two brothers and three sisters to mourn his death. Af ter appropriate funeral services, con ducted by Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, OL' Seneca, his remains wera laid to rest in Rock Springs cemetery. We ex tend our sincerest sympathy to the bereaved ones. Miss Pearle Vernor left last Mon day for Tama8see, where she will ?ve chareo 'ti* the school. We wish ber much success. Mrs. Dr. Stokes and little son, of Belton, spent last week with Mrs. S. N. Hughs. Charlie Vernor carried a number of his friends on a "straw ride" to Seneca ot the carnival Friday night. The party consisted of Misses Janie Wyly, Henrietta and Lynn Vernor, Cornelia Fostor, Amy, Fredda, Pau line and ? Theodocia Hughs, Maria, j Sue and fc-mily Dondy and Verna Stribling; and Crover and Doan Da vis, ' Marcus McDoi-.aid, James and Henry Hughs, Edgar Shanklln, Byrd Wyly, Charlie and Ed. Foster. All report a pleasant time. Miss Callie Blackwell returned to her home in Rock Hill last week, af ter a visit of several weeks to her aunt, Mrs. J. P. Blackwell. Oliver Wyly, of Carnesville, Ga., viPlted his brother, T. B. Wyly, last week. He will soon leave for Texas, where he w'll make his future home. Mrs. N. S. Sligh visited in Seneca last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Blackwell are on a visit to the former's mother at Rufflo. N. C. Mrs. Mildred Williamson, of Bel ton, visited her t Isl ter, Mrs. S. N. Hughs, last week. Mrs. Trimmler and two sons, and Mrs. Lloyd Trimmier and children, of Seneca, visited at the home of W. T. Hubbard last week. Misses Ada and Cora Wyly spent Friday and Saturday with relatives in Fair Play. Miss Maria Dendy spoilt th? latte?* part of last week in Simeon. F. S. When the stomach, heart or kid ney nerves get weak, then t hos o or gans always fail. Don't drug the sto mach, nor stimulate the heart or kid neys. That is simply a makeshift. Get a prescription known to drug gists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Re storative. The Restorative is pre pared expressly for these weak in side nerves, build them up with Dr. Shoop's Restorative-tablets or li quid-and see how quickly help will come. Free sample test sent on re quest by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Your health ls surely worth this sim ple test. J. W. Bell. Townville Nows. (Received too late for last Issue.) Townville, Dec. 3.--Special: Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Dickson, of Westmin ster, spent Thanksgiving with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Woolbright. Miss Ailee smith, of Fair Play, visited friends at this place Sunday. J. C. and Wyman Boggs spent Sat urday In Anderson. Miss Jessie Stribling spent the lat ter part of last week in Westminster with home folks. Miss Louise Farmer, who is at tending tho high school in Anderson, came homo Wednesday evening; and stayed until Sunday. Dr. W. K. Sharp, of Rivoli, was In town Saturday. Rev. R. J. Williams, of Greenville, has been elected pastor of the Bap tist church at this place. Mrs. N. W. Grant, who has been very ill, is improving and we wish for her a speedy recovery. Rev. C. S. Blackburn, of Seneca, and Rov. J. A. Campbell exchanged pulpits Sunday. The Knights of Pythias gave an oyster supper at the school house Thanksgiving evening. Elijah Trlbble and family have moved to Anderson. F. M. C. Union Meeting nt Madison. Below is the program of the union meeting to be held with tho church at Madison December 28th and 29th, 1907. The two divisions will meet together and all the churches aro urged to send delegates. Speakers appointed please come and help mako the union what it ought to be. Saturday, 10 a. m.-Devotional ex ercises, to be conducted by T. M. El rod. Introductory sermon by Rev. A. P. Marett; alternate, Rev. J. H. Stone. Adjourn for dinner. First Topic: What is the highest exercise of Christian freedom? Second: Aro wo, as Christians, do ing our duty as laid down in God's Word? If not, why not? Third: What general courtesies are due to pastors in their office as pas tors? Sunday at ll o'clock: Sermon by Rev. C. S. Blackburn. Sunday school mass meeting at 10 o'clock. Each subject open <> general dis cussion. Study the queries and come prepared. T. D. Poora, for Committee. RINUS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Relieve Indigestion ?nd Stomach Trouble?, arm ntple Chattanooga 6 VI ! Reversible Disc Plows Remember that I have a car load of these PLOWS, two and three-horse sizes. They have been tried by many farmers in all sections of our country and have proven perfectly satisfactory. They have passed the experimental stage, and stand master of all PLOWS tooday. See them at SENEGA and WESTMINSTER. IMPROVED PLOW?! I have about 100 Two-Horse IM PERIAL CHILLED PLOWS, about 15 HILLSIDE PLOWS, 5 MALLORY PLOWS, 30 Disc Harrows, 7 Farmers' Favorite Grain Drills and a lot of other Implements-the p?*me kind I have been selling for four y oars-that I will close out Ai Cost and Below Cost. Nothing wrong with these goods. I am simply going out of that line of business. Horses, Mules? Wagons, Harness, Buggy, Wagon and Harness Stock always full. Will have Stables full of all classes HORSES AND MULES from now until April 1st. I build and repair Harness. Shop at Seneca. If you will come to see us, we can trade with you. m J owery Seneca Westminster