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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 30 Day CONTIN ONE Remember, we will money for everything money back if you buy day.' Ci Wi & Ji Ei IT PAYS TO B jSHOOT UP HOTEL. Captured Tobacco Buyer and Threa ' tened a "Ducking." Dawson springs. Ky., Jan. 26. A band of fifty masked nigbt riders late last night took possession of the Arcadia Hotel here, and after ter rifying the guests by "shooting up" the place, took Health, an independ- i ont tobacco buyer, who was a guest, I to a river near by, and upon threats < of "a ducking," made him promise not to sell any more tobacco. The riders first tried to force the night clerk to r.how them to Health's room, but this he declined to do. The men then scattered to all parts of the hotel, shooting,as they went. The guests, terrified by the firing, rushed from their rooms into tho halls, only to be frightened back. Health was recognized by the night riders as soon as he appeared. He was quickly seized, and al though dressed only In his night shirt, was put on a horse and taken to the river, about a mile away, where, after throats of being whip ped and thrown into the river, he was forced to promise that he would not sell any more tobacco. He finally found,his way back to the hotel, and the masked riders disappeared. Lame Shoulder Cured. Lame shoulder ls usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and quickly yields to a few applications of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Mrs. P. H. McElwee, of BoiBtown, New nirunSwldk, writes: "Haying been troubled for some time with a pain in my left shoulder, I decided to give Chamberlain's Pain Balm a trial, with(/' > result that I got prompt re lief," For sale by J. W. Bell, Wal halla; W, J. Lunney, Seneca. v nm 1 rs UES TO Y FREE! give back the purchase sold one day. Your ' anything on the lucky UY FOR CASH. STATE FARMERS' UNION. Meeting in Columbia was Harmoni ous and Largely Attended. Columbia, Jan. 23.-At the meet .ig of the State Farmers' Union yes terday afternoon the following offl |cers were elected: President-B. Harris, Pendleton. Vice President-A. J. Perritt.Dar i llngton. Secret? ry-Treasurer-J. W. Reid, I Spartanburg. Chaplain-W. E. Bodle, Saluda. Organizer-B. F. Earle, Greenville Conductor-S. Quinn, Cherokee. Door-keeper-rA. F. Calvert, Ab beville. Executive committee-W.B.Parks lof Edgefleld, J. C. Stribling, of An I derson, O. P. Goodwin of Laurons, J. Frank Ashe of York, T. C. Wil loughby of Florence, J. L. Baker of I Lee. ' The following resolutions were [unanimously adopted: "Resolved, further, That our State Union of South Carolina, That the Legislature be urged to speedily pass a bill for the repeal of the agricultu ral Hen law, that our peoph may I have relife from its ruinous ei jets. "Resolved, further, That our State Legislature be urged to speedily pass a labor contract law that will stand the test of the courts." -The body adopted a constitution I which is more explicit than the old one, and will give better satisfaction |to the members, lt !s claimed. The utmost harmony prevailed land there is no schism or faction In the union. There never was a more harmonious meeting, those present I said after the meeting adjourned. One hundred and six delegates were present, representing 24 coun ties, and many others, not delegates, were also in attendance. AKIM only baking powder ide from Royal ape Cream Tartar m lin]? mora thia th? fejarioua ?tam o-pb*to of Km? powder?, but with you are tare ol para, healthful food. ! I -,-; IN nilO STATE SENATE. Facts About th? Schools-Railroad Uatcs--4D?nr*? and Judges. Columbia, Jan 28.-Special: Two weeks of the legislative session have | naus?e! aud there remains yet four weeks if the session hotdB the forty days, which it likely will. The bills now on the calendar number nearly one thousand, and they are coming in by the dozen every day. Of -onrso the greater part ot these billi, viii bo killed in the committees. There arc? only about three hundred, as a rule, that survive, and very few of those have any general application throughout the State. While there are many bills offered to change the general law in the State, very few of them get through. After a very stubborn ahd deter mined fight, thc bill which seeks to make the term ot offley of the County Supervisor'and County Superintend ent of Education four years instead of two has passed a Second read ing. It looks now like this will be come a law. Thal will cause au nlection tor county officers pnly once In four years. The only elections that will have to be held every two years are those for the members ot the Legislature and the State offi cers. This appears to be a v?ry strange condition of affairs. Tho purpose of the Constitution is to frequent elections so that the people may be informed of the public con duct t.i the officers. Where the term of office ls longest, as a rule, the more often Is mismanagement found. The bill which I Introduced pro hibiting throwing sawdus* into run ning streams has passed the second ronding in the Senate, and looks now like it will get through without any trouble. There are very many bills which have been offered on the sublect or the public schools-quite a number seeking to amend the high school law, a large number probably In tended to affect local schools or dis tricts only. There are some very Interesting facts concerning the schools of this State that are probably not generally known. The population of the State ls about 1,250,000. Of this over 800,000 are negroes, and the bal ance white. The proportion in the different counties makes a very in teresting study. The number of pu pils In the schools of whites and col ored show that the negro ls desper ately in earnest about getting an ed ucation. In the counties named the following showing ls made as re gards whites and negroes in school: Whites. Negroes. Abbeville . 2,895 6,049 Anderson ....... 9,277 8,541 Beaufort . 629 2,588 Charleston . 5,096 9,142 Greenwood . 2,612 5,450 Oconee. 4,703 1,623 Orangeburg ..... 5,241 10,528 Total for State..144,068 169,731 This shows a very large attend ance of the negroes upon the public schools, but the percentage propor tion of the population is less than that of the whites. It will be Been from these figures that the per centage of attendance of school pop ulation is about 8 1-3 per cent,while the percentage according to popula tion would be about 33 1-3 per cent. The total number of white teachers in the State is 3,688; negroes, 2,540. On the percentage basis, the length of school sessions ls: Whites, 23.3; negro, 14.8. The amount of money collected from all sources tor school purposes for Oconee county was $41, 202.62; taxable polls 3,880, dispen sary funds 11,727,73, dog tax $985.50. The total amount of money expended for common schools In this State for last year waa $1,85 3, 571.r?'i. These figures show a very prosperous condition of both white und colored schools. The public schools were established in a mea sure in this State in 1860. The first annual expenditure was $77,949. The total expenditure since that time is $23,479,806. 'i his shows an im mense expenditure of money by the people of this State to sustain schools for the masses. The railroad rate bill has consum ed very little time except before the committees up to the present. Al most the whole of last weeV. was given by the railroad comml'.t'.os to the hearing of the officials and attor neys of the various railroads of the State. They are fighting as hard as it is possible against any legislation upon the question of railroad fares, but at the same time they are offer ing voluntarily to reduce the fare to 2 V6 cents per mile and sell the mile age books at a less rate. There ls a very large number of bids and amendments which seek to make the reduction which has been offered by the Southern Railway a law, with a sufficient penalty to carry lt into ef fect, but there ls so much division among the friends pf these bllln that !t is not certain that auy legislation will be accomplished at this session. That is the very condition which the railroads desire. The present rate of fares ls three cents per mile, and the present expense of carrying a passenger per mlle ls less than two cents, including all fixed charges. One year ago the railroads were com plaining of having more traffic than they could handle. Now they are complaining that their cars are run ning empty over their roads. This condition cannot be charged to the agitation for the reduction of tariffs, hut must be laid to the officials and managers of the roads for bringing about the financial condition/ The bill which sought to regulate the. notions for libel and Blander, or in other words not to allow any re covery against a newspaper for pub lishing a libel against a person.where an apology was ale^ published in the same paper, was rejected one day lust week. There is a proposition before the Legislature now seeking to erect a new building on the present State House square for the use of the Su preme Court and other offices. There is plenty of room for such buildings here, and the temple of Justice would be a great ornament to the Capitol K rounds. In this connection there is also an undercurrent that is agi tating the question of enlarging the Capitol building so as to accommo date all the government officers. We have ?o many officers now that they are compelled to rent rooms away from the Capitol building, which makes it inconvenient for them. I don't think the people of the State are ai present in a condition to spend another million or two on their Capi tol building. Two hills have passed the House which seek to allow the Legislature to elect th? Justices of the Supreme Court and fix their term of office. The real'purpose of these amend ments is to gee two more Justices on the Supreme Hench. There are nt prese*, i four Justices wh ch seem to ?be plfcnty for the work thoy ought to do. There le a very strong tendency in this General Assembly to create new offices and make easy places, and I expect the people will be heard from in this respect next summer. I have introduced a bill requiring the Clerk of the Supreme Court to keep a contingent docket, on which shall bo placed all appeals perfected after the hearing of the clrcu.it in the Supreme Court, and all cases not reached in the time allotted for the circuit, and requiring ali cases on tue contingent docket to be heard consecutively a'ter the time allotted for the hearing of the circuits. The purpose of this bill is to expedite the hearing of appeals in the Supreme Court. At present the cases are hung up on appeal sometimes for more than a year, which is entirely unnecessary. There is no good rea son why the appeals should not be promptly disposed of. I have also Introduced a bill per mitting a judge to order an extra ?term of-a Circuit Court at any time during the holding of the Circuit Court in the circuit in any county in ! tho circuit. This will permit the judges, if they are disposed to dose, to work off all of the unfinished busi ness on their circuits while they are presiding, and avoid the necessity of special terms or any additional number of circuits. We have at pres ent ten circuits in the State, and as many judges, solicitors and stenogr j raphers. There ls now a clamor for two additional circuits, and unless ?there ls some agitation to prevent it, I fear that two additional circuits will be put upon the people within the next two years. Of course those who desire to be judges NV!.' not favor the legislation which I have proposed. Respectfully, The Pure Food Law. Secretary Wilson says: "One of the objects of the law is to Inform the consumer of the presence of certain harmful drugs in medicines." The law requires that the amount of chlo roform, oplqm, morphine, and other habit-forming drugs be stated on the label of each bottle. The manufac turers of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy have ulv yu claimed that their remedy did not contain any of these drugs, and the truth of this claim is now fully proven, as no mention of them ls made on the label. This remedy ls not only one of the safest, but one of the bebt in use for coughs and colds. Its value has been proven beyond question during the many years lt has been In general use. For sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Notes from Ramsay's Creek. Ramsay's Creek, Jan. 27.-S] clal: James, the little fifteen-year old son of Jefferson Dowls, died January 14 and was burled on the following day. His mother died eight days later, January 22. Both deaths resulted- from measles, and they were laid to rest in the Cross Roads cemetery. The parent and husband, who has himself been much mulcted during the past year, has - the sympathy of many friends in his hour of sorrow. Bud Cobb ls recovering from a protracted spell of the grip. Mrs. John B. Cox is slowly recov ering from the painful injuries she received some weeks ago. Chas. W. Lyle has moved his saw mill in this vicinity. Several young folks enjoyed a play here Friday night. Success to The Courier, the best paper yet. W. I. D. Toxaway. Happenings. Madison, Jan. 23.-Special: Mn. S. J. Lyles and daughter, Miss Josie, visited Mr. and Mm. S. C. Smith ?donday evening. J. T. Carter, of Deer Court, Ga., visited at the home of 8. J, Lyles, Saturday and Sunday. Dn J. L. Henson, of Clayton, Ga., passed through this vicinity last week. Miss Geraldine Hughs ls teaching a flourishing school at Toxaway. W. O. Carter has moved into this section. We gladly welcome bim. SUCCORS to The Courier and Its readers. B. K. J. R. Earle. SENECA SAYINGS. Locol Politico Warming'-Civic Asso ciation and Other Matters. Seneca, Jan. 28.-Special: As the time approaches for the town elec tion things municipal are interest ing our citizens. We don't mean to hu.t the feelings of anybody; we don't know who the candidates are; but we want it understood that we are pulling for a ticket from this Bide of the railroad. Wo are mak ing no kicks against anybody, incum bent or prospective, but we Just want interests centered on our side-that is all. Don't forget the Civic Association meeting, which will be held early in February. The date will hw given next week. At this meeting there will be* held the election of officers, and also plans made for the year's work. There is a disposition on the part of some to revive the flower show, which we hope Will material ize. Other business- matters will come up, and lt would be well for the members to begin to consider questions which go toward making the association a live and progressive one. A mass meeting of our citizens will be held at the opera house next Tuesday night, February 4th, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of discuss ing ways and means of building a hew s'liooi house. Tbis is a ques tion which ls vital to all, and every citizen of this Behool district should make an effort to be present. None will deny the need of a school build ing, but the whys and wherefores and the - bows will have to be dis cussed, and lt ls well for our citi zens to think intelligently on the subject, and come prepared to ex press themselves. Prof. W. H.Hand, of the South Carolina Universlty.will be present. Let everybody turn out and hear what the distinguished ed ucator has to say. Everybody was delighted with Florence Davis at the opera house last Wednesday night. A good crowd saw her ir "A Question of Husbands," and the verdict was fa vorable. The., total absence of music was comment ul upon and was a dis appointment to some, but we little folks must bear in mind the fact that we have no orchestra, cul shows of this class are accustomed to play houses that do! There was a perfect avalanche of young men from Seneca last week. Dr. E. C. Doyle and Bright Lowery left for South America; Chas., Dan. and Lester Mills for South Georgia; Otto S'.lgh for his home in Georgia, and Mazyck Smith for the. lower part of the State. Seneca feels a dis tinct less, but extends a hearty God speed to all. Louis H. Cary is contemplating a trip to Oklahoma in the near future. Louis say*,, however, that it will be purely a pleasure trip; that he con siders South Carolina good enough to live and better to die in, so after a few weeks in the Wild and Wolly West he will return to resume his duties here. Miss Annie Vernor's friends are pleased to have her in Seneca again. Sho arrived yesterday, and will open her classes in art, music and elocu tion to-day. Rev. Edward Andrews, the newly appointed rector for the Episcopal church here, preached bis first ser mon last Tuobday evening. Mr. An drews made s most favorable im pression, and ia extended a hearty welcome to the lear ts and homes of our people. Dr. E. A. Hines left this a. m. for Columbia, where he is called on bu siness connected with the State Med ical Association. On yesterday the District Medical Association met in Anderson. The meeting was a pronounced success from every point of view, a program of which 1B furnished your corres pondent. Dr. E. A. Hines' name ap, pears on the program for a paper, the doctor being also secretary of the association. >, W. H. Neill has purchased the residence formerly owned by H. P. Boggs on First South street, near the school house, and at the rear of the Baptist church. H. P. Boggs and family left last Saturday for Greer's, where Mr. Boggs has entered the newspaper business. L. F. Sloan, of Charleston, is vis iting Major and Mrs. B. F. Sloan. Mon ls SV.nklin was In . Seneca yesterdny. Frank Alexander's family has ar rived and is with Mr. and Mrs. H F. Alexander for the present. We extend A hearty hand-shake to these good people In behalf o our citi zens. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Propst and daughter, Miss Floride, are in Sen eca again, after an absence of some months. We are pleased to say that Mr. Propst's health is improved, on account of which the family bas h**?n ii* Pu niter. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Doy'o, of Har mony Grove, Ga., have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Alexander, where they came to meet Mr. Doyle's brother, William Doyle, of Te^as. J. H. Adams ls offering marvel lous bargains in wrecked railroad goods. This sale opened last Satur day. The Lyman Twins, of whom wo have all heard, will appear at the opera house soon in "The Yankee Drummers/' A chorus of twelve girls will be an attractive feature, and at prices of 60 and 76 cents, I will draw a full house. Tho date i will be given later. Ma e _^ I T.esl?e Stripling is a victim ot grip. J. Lee Carpenter, of Greenville, was in Seneca yesterday, the guest of Mr. and Mre* W. S. Hunter. Miss Stella Fiucannon is better from an attack of grip. The storm of Sunday night did comparatively little damage. J. A. Brock's awning blew down and broke one of bis windows. Fortunately lt was not the display windows, and the loss is comparatively slight. The awning at th?; corner of the Mercan tile Building was also blown down. The storm was, however, severe and a number of nur citizen? dressed and sat up until it was passed. There are some folks who regard this column as an Information bu reau. In one sense this ls so, but in another lt is hardly ao. However, we are always glad to enlighten an enquiring public when we are able to do so. Th;., time we are asked to tell "why children always obey their fathers more readily than they do their mothers?" There are seve ral reasons, easy ones, which -we will give some other time. We have the grip, and what can a body do with the grip in her headt Upon second thought we have de cided to give our ticket for Town Council, upon the theory, possibly, that the "early bird gets the worin." Mayor, G. W. Glgnilllat; Aldermen, Dr. John Hopkins, JQJJH Barron, John Harper and John Brock. If anybody can suggest a better one. we will consider lt, provided it is from this side. M V. S. LATER.-We are told that tho last named is not eligible on account, of hiB residence being outside the in corporate limits. For the sake of harmony, we'd like to leave it as it is, but we will fix that later. M.V.S. Dr. Thornton's Essy Teether pass ed the Pure Foodjind Drugs Act, June 30th, 1305. This our. govern ment guarantees an being pure and \ harmless. We guarantee it to cure teething troubles, flux, indigestion, stomach and bowel diseases, colds, worms, la grlppo, etc. If Easy Tee ther falls to cure we will refund your money, lt never fails and cost * nothing to try it. Stonecypher Drug >, Co., Westminster, S. C. BIG FIRE AT RENNKTTSVBLLE. Estimated that Loss May Amount Close to $150,000. Hen nett ?vii le, Jan. 24.-Benn?tts ville to-day suffered a heavy loss by Are, amounting to $125,600 to $150, 000. This morning about 6 o'clock the sky Hotel building was found to be on Are. In a few hours the entire business block was in ashes, and several residences had also burned. J. F. Jones, proprietor of the Hotel Skye, discovered tho fire, which was then on the second floor of the hotel, or in the music room adjoining. He aroused all of the guests, and saw that every one was out of the building. J. J. Heckert, president of the Scott Lumber Com pany and manager of the Bennetts vllle and Cheraw Railroad; had tr? '..mp from a second story window d fractured one of the small bones of his leg. This is the only casualty. A strong wind, blowing in a south easterly direction, caused the fire to burn very rapidly, and the laok of fire protection made' futile all ef forts to check the flames. Strong wind carried sparks and burning pieces of timber more than a block. These fell on the roofs of the A. J. Bristow home, lgnltmg that, and in a short time it bad burned. It was only a few minutes until the resi dence of Judge J. H. Hudson bad caught m a similar manner, and it, too, was destroyed. The flames spread from this residence to the ! hor-ie of j^d. Rowe, then to the home I of C. T. Moore and both of these were burned. The Skye Hotel block was made up of the Hotel 9*ye, thc Marlboro Drug Company, F. J. Pearson's jew elry store, Carl Brown's furniture store, E. L. Hamilton's grocery store, Excelsior Hardware Company, R. D. Rogers & Bro., groceries, Crosland & Tyson'8 Insurance office, the law offices of Townsend & Rogers, Eason Uros.'s book store, Marlboro Motor Company, E. G. Morrison, eleotii cian, offices ot the Bennettsvllle and Cheraw railroad, Rouse Furnituro Store. Over these stores was the Commercial Club, J. E. Spencer, photographer, Coi. Knox Livingston's law office, Br. E. G. Stockton, den Idist. Twentieth Century Library, sev eral rooms occupied by young men, and the music rooms of Mrs. W. C. Carlisle and Miss Hallie Lytch. Bennettsvllle thus has seen this morning over #150,000 worth of property destroyed and injured by fire. This removes the newest and most modern block of business houses in the town. ? own ville News. Towr.vills, JanTsi^-Spwial; M?riH Grace Cromer, of Double Springs, ls attending school at.this place. Thomas Wright, of Indiana, is vis iting his sister, Mrs. J. A. Wooten. Mr. Todd, of California, ls visit ing his sister, hire. S. R. Fant. J. J. Haley, of Oakway, was int town last Monday. Wayinuj Bogga has mored to his place near Westminster. Married, at ino parsonage, Sun day, January 19th, by Rev. C. L. Mc Cain, John Zachni v and Miss Lillie King, both ot Tokoeha. Master Harbert Felton ls sn ff erin tr ?with pneumonia. I B. S. Ashley and family have moved Ito Anderson. 0. M. F.