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"TO THINE OWN SELF BB TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO AN* MAN." . Wy Jayne?, Shelort Smith & Steck. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,fJ$jw9T 18, 1907. New Serle? No. 804.-Volume LVUI.-No. 51. We Walk on Stars, so Gan You. Maybe you have been wearing Shoes that hurt, bumed and blistered your feet. There is no occasion for y ou to do that now, for we have shoes mad: for your feet that w?U be a?cpmfort at ail times. These shoes are "STAR BRAND," made in St. Louis by ROB JRTS, JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. This ompany owns and. operates ten big specialty fae |V tories that have a daily capacity of 52,000 pairs of good shoes. Think of it-ten big fac tories. More people are "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." C. W. & J. E. BAUKNISHT. New Fall Stock! DRESS GOODS Broad Cloths, Bilks, Panamas, Voiles, Poplinettee, tlrst-class line of WAIST GOODS, etc READY-MADE SKIRTS Shirt Waists, Under Skirts, Corset Covers, Oowns, etc CLOTHING Rest line of M ION'S CLOTHING I have ever carried. Also, BUYS' SUITS, Men's and Boys' Odd Pants. SHOES-Men's, Ladies' and Children's Nothing erf/Als our "Ladles* Soft Shoes for Tender Feot," Ono , pair win or 4vlnce you. /?fT/E MLAKE A SPECIALTY OF EMBROIDERIES AND INSERTIONS. TRUNKS AND A GENERAL LINE OF NOTIONS, and suoh Articles as are usually kept in a first-class Dry GoodB Store. M. S. STRIPLING. WETraR S. C THE CROSSETT SHOE! Ki?KES^LIFE's/ WALK EASY. - ,..;V - - I FOR SALE BY CW. Pitchford Co., WALHALLA, S. C._ SAY, MR. FARMER: IR-?- TV If you want to hold your Cotton, why not Insure it? I am now orepared to Insure your Cotton at your homo or anywhere in the oounty at a low rate. JAMES H. DARBY, REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURANCE, Walhalla, S. C. * Office in People's Bank._Houses for Rent. > Big Display of y Xmas Goods. f TOYS ! TOYS 1 ! TOYS 1 ! ! * Soe our lino bo fore buying your bill, for the little ones. C Eolls from Cc. to $1.50. jL Vasos from 10c. to $2 tho pair. V Midget Sowing Machines (a real Sewing Machino) % for the littlo ladies, only $2.50. V Firecrackers, Salutes, Roman Cannons, Sky Rockets, I* % Torpedoes, Paper Balloons, etc. % Christmas Troo Ornaments of ovory description. w Something for everybody. I J. G. HUFF, f ?sr SENECA, S. C. & NEWS FI IO M WESTMINSTER. * Westminster's Big New Bank-Rev. Boyle Takes Pastoral Charge. Westminster, Dec. 16.-Special: Mrs. W. J. Lunney, of Seneca, ls the guest of her Bister, Mrs. J. H. Bibb, to-day. Rev. Rhett R. Doyle, the laew preacher in charge of the Westmin ster Circuit, preached his introduc tory sermons at Hopewell, Nazbi roth and Westmtnsh. r ?on last Sun iay. His discourse nere at nigh' was very edifying. Rev. Doyle's rext appointments are Center and nock Springs on nest Sabbath. Mrs. R. Callaway & Company have bought the millinery stock of Mrs. T. P. Moore, and they movi?d yester day to the room occupied by Mrs. Moore, next door to M. W. Jones's boarding house. Mrs. Moore -wishes all who are indebted to her to call at once and settle, a*j she is going out of business. Mr. McKnight, of Toccon, has ac cepted a position with the People's Store. The Westminster Bank was organ ized here on December 10, and will begin business January 1, 1908, with a paid-in capital of one hundred thousand dollars. It will succeed and take over the business of the Peden & Anderdon Banking Com pany. The officers of the now bank, elected last Tuesday, are: W. P. An derson, president; B. H. Cross and J. P. Strlbling, vice presidents; T. Peden Anderson, cashier; J. M. Nor ris, assistant cashier. The board of directors ls composed of the follow ing well-known men: W. P. Ander son, M. S. st riblin.e,, B. H. Cross, J. Carter, J. P. Strlbling, P. P. Sulli ^an, J. W. Benrdon, D. L. Norris and T. Peden Anderson. Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Singleton ann their little daughter, Lillian Lucile; returned to Blackstock last Tuesday, after spending a few days very pleas antly with the family of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Singleton. Mrs. Annie Burcle, of Verona, Miss., returned home on December 10, after having spent a week very pleasantly with her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Ligon, of Westminster. Clifton L. Moss, a highly esteem ed colored man, residing on the Mc <'la?aban place, at Retreat, had the misfortune to lose his big fattening hog one day last week. Paul Armstrong left on December 10 for Ardmore, I. T. Dr. S. J. Broome, Westminster's colored physician, reports the arri val of a son at his home. Broome says it is perhaps the first birth in a negro doctor's family in Oconee. J. K. Lathem, of near Easley, spent a few hours in Westminster Satur day. Mrs. O. M. Stockston, of Atlanta, formerly Mis3 Hattio Zimmerman, of Westminster, arrived on December 10 and will spend several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Zimmerman,, and family. Sam C. Moon, of Atlanta, arrived last week for the Holiday season. Rev. JOB. T. Dendy, of Kershaw, passed through Westminster Mon day, returning from i'occoa, where he preached on Sunday. He spent Monday night at his old home at Richland. Sam Ables has recovered from a spell of sickness. All who heard Gilbert A. Eldridge on Wednesday evening were delight ed. The house was full. A daughter was boru unto Mr. and Mr3. J. A. Durham, at Pelzer, on De cember 9. Rev. John R. Moore returned last Wednesday evening from the Baptist State Convention at Orangeburg. G. E. Singleton killed a thirteen months-old hog yesterday that net ted 466. A. L. Gossett. For that Dull Feeling After Eating. I have used Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for some time, and can testify that they have done me more good than any tablets I have ever used. My trouble was a heavy, dull feeling after eating.-D^vld Freeman, Kempt, Nova Scotia. These tablets strengthen the stomach and improve the digestion. They also, regulate the liver and bowels. ..They aro far superior to pills, but cost no more. Get a free sample at J. W. Bell's, Walhalla, or W. J. Lunney's, Seneca, and see what a splendid med icine it is. Special Sale of Millinery, Notions at Cost, Until January, Sst. 1908. We have just acquired the ENTIRE STOCK of Mrs. T. P. Moore, consisting of MILLINERY, RIBBONS. SILKS, VELVETS, and NOTIONS, and to enable us to reduce this largo assortment before January 1 we are going to offer the people of this sec tion some REAL BARGAINS. So we oxtond to you all an Invita tion to call and Inspect this largo and beautiful assortment?of goods. Come and convlnco yourself that wc can savo you money. Mrs R. Callaway & Co., WESTMINSTER, S. C. THINGS NOT HARMONIOUS. - Farmers' Union Not Working Well. Columbia Meeting Called Ott. Greenville, Dec. 12.-While offi cers of the Farmers' Union, South Carol?na Division, are not taking the general pu1??lc !n their confidence, it is very evident from notices and or der H that; bave made their appear ance recently in the newspapers that all in not as tranquil and smooth as lt might be in the big association. Yesterday there appeared in the newspapers notices of a State meet ing to be held in Columbia on De cember i8;>and to-day another notice makes its appearance calling off "the presumptuous call." As was noted at the time, the call for the meeting was hot signed by the president of the State division, O. P. Goodwin, of Laurens, but bore the signature of B. F. Earle, secretary and treasurer and State agent, T. T. Wakefield, vice president, aud W. L. Anderson, sec retary of the executive committee. Tho notice in which the ^proposed State gathering is called off is signed by President Goodwin and four of the five members of the State.execu tive committee, including J. B.~ Pick ett, the chairman. From these contrary notices it ap pears that there is some decided dls sention among the State officials in South Carolina, it ls very likely that there "will be somebody on hand in Columbia on the fixed date for the meeting and a big fight can be ex pected. Probably an effort will be made to oust President Goodwin and other officials, but whether the secre tary-treasurer and those allied on his side will be able to control the meet ing remains to be seen. President Goodwin spent yester day in Greenville, and while here had a conference with four members of the executive committee. It was at this meeting that the following no tice, calling off the Columbia meet ing, was adopted and ordered pub lished: "To the members of the Farmers' Union, South Carolina Division: We, the State president and the follow ing members of the State executive committee, in session assembled, hereby call off the presumptuous call sent out by one IJ. A. Watson, a pri vate member of Greenville, by circu lar, and later "sent out through the public press, calling a State meeting of the Farmers* Educational and Co operative Union of America to con vene in Columbia on December 18, signed by T. T. Wakefield, vice presi dent State Farmers' Union; B. F. Earle, secretary-treasurer, and W. L. Anderson, member State executive committee. "Any action taken by said meet ing will be null and void, and will not be recognized by the South Caro lina Division of the National Union. (Signed:) "O. P. Goodwin, President. "J. B. Pickett, Chairman Executive Committee. "W. C. Brown; "\V. L. Kennedy, "John T. Boggs, Executive Committee." As an Outsider Sees lt. (Greenville Piedmont.) A large number of the officers of tho Farmers' Union met in this city to-day for a conference. National President, Barrett, of Georgia, was in consultation with the officers and many matters of general interest to the union were discussed. It is, of course, impossible to give the result of the caucus on many things discussed, but the Daily Pied mont has it from good authority that the most important matter, deter mined was that the meeting called for Columbia on the 18th is unau thorized, and that if any action is taken *h?re looking to changes in the constitution.or the officers of the union it. will not be recognized by the National Union. As the meeting is declared unau thorlzedi nothing that it odes will be binding, now matter how many un ions are represented. Several conferences were hold and much discussion made, but it is said that the State. President and execu tive committee are backed by the National President, and will be sus tained in the position that the call for Columbia was illegal, and unau thorized. ? Oconee Ignore? the Call. At tho meeting of the Oconee Coun ty Farmers' Union, held at Oakwk.y last Saturday, the call for the meet ing of the State Union in Col'in.bia on the 18th, was ignored by the body, It not seeing whore the vice president and secretary-treasury and agent, and one member of the exe cutive committee, of the State Un ion had authority to call a meeting of the State Union. Badly Mixed Up. Abraham Hrown, of Winterton, N. Y.,hr\d a very remarkable experience. He says: "Doctors got badly mixed up over me. One said heart disease; two called it kidney trouble; the fourth blood poison, and the fifth stomach and liver trouble; but none of thom hoi ped me; so my wife ad vised trying Electric Bitters, which aro restoring mo to perfect health. One bottle did mo m ro good than all tho five doctors proscribed." Guar anteed to cure blood poison, weak noss and all stomach, liver and kid ney complaints, by all druggists. 5Uc. THE NEWS FROM SENECA, Social Calendar Full-Dickson,-Ad ams Wedding-Other Items. Seneca, Dec. 17.-Special: Seneca's social calendar this week ls full. Last night, and for three nights, the popular Empire Stock Co. is show ing at the opera house. To-night, at the home of Mrs. E. P. Lowry, the spelling bee and oyster supper will he gi von for the benefit of the ll- 1 brary. Thursday night the K. of P. banquet will be given. On Friday night, at the opera house, Miss Gor don will give a recital by her music pupils. The public is cordially in vited, and a delightful hour will be spent by the patrons and friend? of Miss Gordon. Following is the pro gram to be rendered: Chorus-The Glowing Days of Autumn-(Marzo Anschutz)-Class. Duet-Our Boys-Misses Julia Harper ?nd Carol Herndon. Solo-Fifth Nocturne-)Leybach) -Miss Verna Strlbllng. Solo-Good Bye, My Highland Lass-(Goerdeler)-Miss Christine Anderson. Duet-T.ittle Haymakerr-(Small wood)-Misses Irene Elrod and Nan nie Moore. Solo-La "Fontaine-(B?hm) - Miss Kathleen Gaines. Solo-Gtrarde Gavotte- ( V ondoy ) -Miss Julia Harper. Duet-Autumn Days-(Lindsay) -Misses Winona Cary and Rebecca Todd. Solo-Four Leaf Clover-(Heirs) Miss Pauline Anderson. , Fab'e in Pons-She Stoops to Conquer-(Weatherly)-Miss Edna Brock, Kathleen Gaines, Irene El' rod, Nannio Moore and Marie Grant. Solo-A Peaceful Evening' (G<iPBchal)-Miss Carol Herndon. Duet-Birthday Gavotte-(Behr) -Minees Marie Grant and Kathleeu Gaines. Solo-Catching Butterflies-(Al bert!)-Miss Edna Brock. Duet-Po dillon d Amour-(Behr) -Misses Christine and Pauline An derson. Solo-Le Revell d'Amour-(Mosz kowski)-Miss Rebecca Todd. dolo-Salon Mazurka-(B?hm) - Miss Winona Carey. Duet-Invitation to the Walt2 (von Weber)-Misses Rebecca Todd and Verna Stribling. Dickson-Adams. One of the prettiest weddings in the history of Seneca, and because of the popularity of the bride, one of the most- Interesting, took place ht the Presbyterian church the after noon of December 12th, nt 2.30 o'clock, when Miss Christine Dickson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Dickson, was married to Albert Ad ams, of inomaston, Ga. The deco rations, In bridal white and green, were simple, but beautiful, the rude light of day being s?iut out for the time, and the soft lights from many candles substituted with pleasing ef fect. Prior to the ceremony an ar tistic program of music was rendered by Mrs. T. M. McCutchen on the vio lin, accompanied by Miss Carrie Hun ter on the plano. The first notes of Mendelssohn's wedding march her alded the approach of the bridal party, which entered the church in the following order: The ushers, Dr. W. R. Doyje and Whit Livingston, of this place, and Claude SItton, of Sen eca, and Paul Dickson, of Anderson, entered by twos in the order named, up tho righi and left aisle? abd stood in a half circle in front of the pulpit, with the officiating minister, Rev Mr. M. R. Kirkpatrick, who had preceded the party. The maid of honor, Miss Inez Dickson, ontered the left aisle alono, tile bride following on the am: of her father. Simultaneously the groom with his best man, Shelton Leo, of Thomoston, entered hy the right aisle, the party meeting, in from of the altar, completing the cir cle. During the brief ceremony, af ter the manner of the Presbyterian church, the soft strains of "Fair Itosnmonde." Schubert, were heard from the violin, relieving the intense silence, and yet adding a sweet im pressiveness to the solemn scene. Af ter tho coremony the party left the church in transverse order to tho closing bars of Mendelssohn's. The bride's dress was a handsome tailored suit in tan and green stripe, with short coat, a fur hat with which a brown veil was used, and gloves and shoes to match. The costume was used as the going-away gown. The maid of honor wore an exquisite costume in champagne, the V waist of which was trimmed with applique wherein was found a faint suspicion of pink, and embroidered net guimo. A largo hat with immense coque fea thers and pompoms of lace, and gloves of the same delicate coloring were worn, completing the fetching costume. The bride carried an Im mense bouquet of bride roses, with long tulle streamers. The ushers wore buttonleres of pink carnations, and brown gloves. 1 he bridal party was mest remark able In that the entire number was made of handsome men and women, and a "fairer bride the sun ne'er phone on." As MIKF Dickson she was universally popular, having spent her girlhood hero. The groom is a popular business man of Thomaston, and is nongra tu lntod upon winning ?.o lovely a bride. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Burris. An doriion; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McElroy, Sandy Springs; Mrs. Tom Hill, An derson; Miss Ellen McCaslan, Lau rens; Mrs, O. R. Doyle, Calhoun; Miss Lelia Doyle, Chicora College, Greenville. The pastor of one of our ohurchea spoke last Sunday, from the. pulpit, of the commendable fight our Mayor 1B making to put down the whiskey traffic here, urging every Christian In the community to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Mayor. We are ot the opinion that our pastors may do better In dwelling upon subjects ot this nature than in telling us ot the Jebusites,. the Amorltee, the Ca naanites And the Hittites. A nice assortment of thin glass at J. A. Brock's, Seneca. One ot tho most delightful meet ings of the Once-A-Week Club was hold with Mrs. J.W. Todd last Thurs day. There was a full attendance, and after the business program, the hostess Introduced a music program, thereby contributing additional In terest to the pleasant occasion. Mrs. Strlbling sang "Then You'll Remem ber Me," with violin and plano ac companiment by Mesdames T. M. Mc cutchell and Ruskin Anderson, fol lowing with "Would You Care?" Miss Janie Gordon sang delightfully "Parted," using "Dreaming" as an encore. Tho hostess then served a delicious menu, consisting of a salad course with coffee, followed y?y a sweet courFe. Mrs Todd's reputa tion ns c. charming hostess waB fully sustained on this altogether delight ful occasion. Cake plates and salad bowls, in fancy china, hand painted, at J. A. Brock's, Seneca. The management of the opera house is to bo congratulated upon affording the public a pleasing serlea of entertainment this week. A fairly good audience saw the Empire Stock Company last oveuing. Gold and gold-filled bracelets at J. A. Brock's, Seneca, S. C. We would suggest to our resident ladies that they complete their Christmas shopping as early as pos sible, thereby saving the merchants and clerks tho rush which generally precedes the holidays. We fear that, we are, alas, too Inconsiderate of these faithful servants of the public, when with Just a little forethought we can thus follow the injunction, "Bear ye one another's burdens." -Ladles' umbrellas; price S3.75 to $17, at J. A. Brock's^ Seneca. We haVe only one objection to the visitation of the carnival, and that is tho aftermath. Daily we are aroused (rom our morning nap, and nightly put to bed with the ever re curring strnins of San-an-to-ny, An to-ni-ol -A complete line of gold and gold-filled, silver ( and silverlne watches, at J. A. Brock's, Seneca. Notwithstanding the so-called tight times in money.matters, Seneca merchants have placed before the public an unprecedented display ot Christmas goods, in point of quan tity there may be a slight falling off, but for quality, the lines are ele gant and tasty. In fact, the display of cut-glass silver and china ls most creditable to the town. -The largest line of cut glass to select from, at J. A. Brock's, Seneca. In view of the fact that tho Christ mas holidays are almost upon us, when Joyous, bright experiences are due us, and when there should be "peace on earth and good will in ward men," we would extend to the many readers of "The Courier and Its faithful corps of workers the very best wishes for a .merry Christmas and Happy New Year. M.V.S. Good Cough Medicine for Children. The season for coughs and colds ls now at hand and too much care cannot be used to protect the chil dren. A child is much more likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet feyer when he has a cold. The quicker you cure his cold the less the risk. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is the sole reliance of many mothers, and few of those who have tried it are will ing to use any other. Mrs. P. F. Starcher, of Ripley, W. Va., says: "I have never used anything other than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for my children and lt has always given good satisfaction." This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given -as confidently to a child as to ap adult. For sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Hainsay'N ('reek IxicalH. Ramsay's Creek, Dec. 16.-- Special: The health of our community is good at present. The fall term of school closed at Cross Roads Friday. Miss Lon White, tho teacher, has given general satis faction. J. L. Fendley is building on his land at the Muster ground place, uud he will have a handsome dwelling when completed. W. N. Long ?ind J. M. Justis don't hunt, ror fun altogether. They killed twenty rabbits one day recently C. A. Freeman and family, of tho Clearmont section, were vilstors here recently. Nearly all the good children, from East to West, oxpect a visit from Santa Claus about the middle of next week. No doubt he ls already busy packing his valise and making pre parations for toe long journey. B, Atlanta Negro Convicted. Atlanta, Dec. 12.-The jury in tho trial of Andrew Johnson, tho negro charged with tho murder ot Police man J. M. Manlor, December C, re turned a verdict of guilty after 30 minutes deliberation thia aftornoon. lie was sentenced to hang on Janu ary 3d. An appeal has been m ido.