'?TO THINE OWN PELF BB TRUE, AND IT MUST
FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO AN* MAN.? .
By Jayne?, Shelor, Smith & Stuck.
WALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. fi, 1*>0H.
New Serie? No. 511-Volume LIX.-No. 0.
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30 Day
CONTIN
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money for everything
money back if you buy
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^ SENECA SAYINGS.
Personal Paragraphs-More Johna In
Soak--Mass Meeting.
Seneca, Feb. 4.-Special: To-night
at the opera house, Prof. W.H. Hr.ml.
of the University of South Carolina,
will address a mass meeting of our
citizens. The meeting, as stated last
week, Is called for the purpose of
discussing ways and means of build
ing a new school house.
Beginning Wednesday evening at
the regular prayer service at the
Presbyterian church preparatory
services for communion on next Sab
bath will be held, continuing on
thrc .h Thursday and Friday even
ing.
Rev. Mr. Andrews will hold ser
vices at the Episcopal church hore
next Sabbath afternoon at three
o'clock.
On next Monday evening at 7.30
o'clock Bishop Querry will be at the
Episcopal church and will confirm
a class. The services will naturally
be most interesting, and our church
going people will be glad of an op
portunity of hearing the new Bishop.
Hon. C. B. Verner, of Tuscaloosa
.Alb., is visiting his mother and
other relatives here and in the
county.
Mrs. T. M. McCutehen's rendition
of an exquisite selection from Be
thoveu last Sabbath at the Presby
terian church, on the violin, was
greatly enjoyed by the congregation,
Mrs. Mary Clarkson entertained
the Once-a-Week Club last Tnursday
In a delightful manner. The contest
ENGLANDS?
NO ALUM
IN FOOD
and strictly prohibits
the sale of alum
baking powder
So does France
So does Germany
has been made illegal in Washing
bia, and alum baking powders a
injurious. y
when or<
Sapplainfy
WW
and be very sure you get R
Royal is the only Baking Pov
Cream ol Tartar, lt adds t<
Bomeness of the food
rs' Sala
i
IUES TO
y 17th
Y FREEI
give back the purchase
sold one day. Your
anything on the luoky
BAUKNiGHT,
UY FOR CASH.
i "A Musical Romance," was a bright
feature of entertainment, which waa
entered into heartily, and resulted
In a tte for the prize between Miss
Kirkpatrick and Misa Richardson.
Upon a draw the prize went to Miss
Kirkpatrick. Delicious refreshments
were served.
The friends of Mrs. C. K. Living
ston regret to learn of her continued
indisposition in Greenville. They
earnestly hope to hear encouraging
news of her improvement.
Mis. D. P. Thompson, of Walhalla,
passed through Seneca to-day en her
way to Greenville to see her mother,
rs. ' Livingston.
Hon. J. C. Cary, of Greenville, was
lu Seneca last week,
v Miss Sue Ellen Hunter is td<d< with
grip. f
Mrs. J. M. t;nilson, who is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Strip
ling, has been sick with pneumonia,
out ls improving. Mrs. Stripling and
her baby boy have also been al'-k.
but we are glad to report that they
too are better.
- The vacancy on that town ticket
will be filled all right. We have sev
eral Johns In soak, and as "there are
as good fish in the sea aa ever were
caught," there peed be no fear about
a full ticket from our side. M.V.S.
Call Meeting.
A call meeting of Oakway Local
Union will be held on Friday even
ing at 2 p. m., 7th Instant. All mem
bers urged to be present. Very im
portant business. W. H. Cole,
County Business A'" at.
H?UFT THAW NOT GUILTY.
Acquitta I of Murder-To Honpital
for Criminally Insane.
New York, Feb. 1.-"Not guilty
on the ground of insanity."
This was the verdict reported at
12.45 o'clock to-day by the Jury be
fore wbora Harry Kendall Thaw was
tried for murder of Stanford White.
At 7 o'clock to-night Harry K.
Thaw entered the State asylum for
erl mi mil insane at Matteawan, there
to remain until a lunacy cou mission
shall .determine him sane enough to
be released.
He was happy and cheerful and
bade a smiling and hopeful farewell
to Lawyer Dan O'Reilly, who accom
panied him from the Tornas,
"I will be out of here more quick
ly and easier than I got out of the
other place," he laughed.
Evelyn Thaw reached her home in
Park avenue at 4.30 o'clock. She
stepped from her, automobile, In
which' she had come up town alone,
and hastily made for the door When
asked her impression concerning the
finding of the Jury, she smiled and
said:
"Considering everything, the ver
dict was very satisfactory and all we
o ld expect under the clrcum-,
stances. Further than that I must
not say anything, for my lawyers
have forbidden me to talk."
Thaw Very Indignant.
At 12.45 o'clock in the afternoon
the Jury whioh heard the second trial
ot Thaw brought in this Verdict:
"Not, gu i Ky on the ground of Insan
ity."
Scarcely an hour later the mem
bers of the Thaw family were in con
ference with their lawyers as to the
advisability of applying for a writ
of habeas corpus. Thaw was greatly
enraged over being committed to the
asylum and argued strenuously for
the application to be mad9. It was
finally ' decided to defer this action
at least until next week.
At 4.89 o'clock Thaw was taken
on a train from the Grand Central
station to Matteawan.
At 6.30 o'clook he arrived at Fish
kill and was driven to the asylum
to remain at least until his mental
condition Is determined.
Jury Out Twenty-Five Hours.
New York, Feb, 2.-After deliber
ating twenty-five hours, the Jury
having ur der consideration the case
of Harry Thaw for the killing of
Stanford White brought in a verdict
of "Not Guilty" at 12.45 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
The verdict was arrived at on the
ground that Thaw was Insane at the
time the deed was committed.
Although practically oleared of
the charge of rau.der, Thaw ls not
yet a free man.
On the recommendation ot Justice
Dowling he was taken to the insane
asylum at Matteawan as a danger
ous person and one whose malady
ls likely to recur at any moment.
Two Ways to Escape.
Here Harry Thaw slept last night,
surrounded by the Insane, and here
he will remain until pronounced per
manently sane by the proper author
ities or until released by writ of ha
beas corpus.
And so, atfer all, in fulfillment ot
a thousand prophecies, the gold of
Harry Thaw will eventually pave his
way to freedom.
When the heavy doors of Mattea
wan clanged upon him the ghost of
Stanford White was laid, and unto
all eternity the dead will rest. But
Harry Thaw will come among us
again with his swagger and his strut,
his millions and his mania. Steps
are now being taken to that end.
Had he been a poor man he would
have been shocked to death, buried
and forgotten a year ago.
Thaws aro Displeased.
The Thaw family are not at a
pleased with the action ot Jostle
Dowling. Harry Thaw was especial
ly bitter. Ho thought that in view
of the verdict of the Jury lo should
be released.
Mrs. WillUm'Tha^ Wa? also dis
pleased.
There were several conferences in
which Mesera. Littleton. O'Reilly,
Peabody, Josiah Thaw, Harry Thaw
and his wife took part. Thaw pro
tested loudly. He did not se*m to
realize his luck In escaping the chair.
Mr. Littleton, after a talk with
Justice Newburger, of the Supreme
Court, announced to Justice Dowling
lhat no writ of habeas corpus would
be applied for at this time, and that
Thaw would obey the Court's order
/ . ? Vii' ...?<
FOR STATE PROHIBITION.
Mr. Talbert's Bill to Be Considered.
Other Interesting Matters.
Columbia, Feb. 3.-Special: lhere
are a large number of bills on the
calender of each House in respect to
the handling of intoxicating liquors
In this State. There are four which
stand ?H special orders oh the Sen
ate calendar now for discussion on
the 4tl}. The bill which we are hop
ing to. pass Is that of Senator Talbert,
' of Edgeflold, providing for State pro
hibition, and no sale except for me
dicinal purposes, and then the re
quest has to be flied in the office of
the Clerk of Court. The present dis
pensary law ls the worst muddled
and patched up piece of legislation
that I have ever seen. About halt of
the counties are exempt from the ,
general provisions of the law, and lt
seems now like the other half are ,
wanting to. be exempt or change it
in some way. When this measure
was before the General Assembly
during the last session many prohib?- ,
tlonists fought for it as being a bet- ,
ter law than the one that we had at '
that time. We would Just like to (
give tho Bales under the operation
of this law for the last nine months. ?
The report of the dispensary auditor
for the nine months shows that there .
are in operation in tbe State 100 dis
pensaries. There were in operation ,
under the old law 92 dispensaries.
The salts under the present law for
the nine mouths of its operation ag- {
gregate'2,691,663.43. The sales un
der the o d law for one year amount
ed to 2,917,385.90. Thus it will be
seen that so far from being a mea
sure lp the interest ot temperance,
it has increased by about 20 per
cent the sales of liquor tn the ?tate,
and lt thc present law stands the
sales have not reached the maximum
yet. lt :1s due to the other part of
tho State that tills fact should bo
mentioned, that at present there are
In Barnwell county 10 dispensaries
Charleston 14, Richland 12 The
sales In Richland county alone
amount to S419.500.90. Isn't this
appalling? We may be able to pass
a prohibition n e.tsure provin .g that
lt shall- be submitted to a vote of
the people before it goes Into opera
tion. The prohibition bill which wa?
peudiii'.' bo'ore the House a few days
ago was killed by a majority of i 1
votes.
Our people are generally particu
larly Interested In our own financial
affairs in Oconce ?-ounty. We ex
pect the le"y for State purposes -.his
year to be 4 % mills. The appropri
ation bill whi'u has been agreed
upon by the Ways r.nd Means Com
mittee of i he House amounts to $1.
485,000. 1 fear this amount will be
increased to $1,.*>00,000. Usually
the i iou re ls more conservative io
making appropriations than the Sen
ate ls. We have a very hard fight
in the Senate to hold down these
high appropriations. There are only
about fourteen ot us who vote to
gether against the extravagant ex
penditure of the people's money.
Our county levy we hope to" reduce a
small amount, probably one mill.
That ls, whore a person paid $15
hu t year, he should only pay about
$14 this year. This reduction we
wil! be able to make on account of
the accumulation of the funda to re
tire the bonded indebtedness of the
county. On the first day of July,
1904, $45,000 worth of bonds of the
county were sold, bearing Interest
at the rate of 5 per cent, which are
exempt from all State, county and
municipal taxes. This shows a very
handsome investment for the pur
chasers of these bonds, as the ex
emption from taxes amounts to very
nearly 3 per cent. These bonds were
sok' in blocks of $15,000, due ten
K-'-rs after date, $15,000 due twenty
yoars after date, and $l".000 due
thirty years after date. The first
block will be dvo 1914. There was
levied a tax of 7-10 of one mill to
pay the Interest on th?s-? bends an?
nually, amounting to $2,250, and
one-half mill to raise a sinking fund
tor the purpose of retiring these
bonds at maturity. The . sinking
fund, including the collection for
1907, win lave amounted to about
$9,800, and there ls yet six years in
which to run, so that on account of
this accumulation, we are able this
year to reduce the levy for this pur
pose. Of the sinking fund there ls
at present loaned out $6,955.11 at 5
per cent Interest.
Tho audit of accounts of the Coun
ty Commissioners for the year 1907
ls as follows:
Auditor .$ 275 00
Co. Cona. & Clerk. 1,549 81
Board Equalization. 125 60
Court . ?/Va 45
Clerk of Court. ?3t t>6
Road Machines. 0.235 04
Sheriff . 1,265 4$
Magistrates ft Constables 1,804 88
Coroner . 76 00
Poor House....... 1.507 69
Roads and bridges..... 16,208 28
Public building*. 8,163 '80
BOOKB, printing ft adv... 701 43
Treas, and Supt. of B..d. 976 16
Interest on note. 67 40
Contingent expenses.... 969 25
Total.$35,780 52
The estimate for the year 1908 ls
as follows:
Count> Auditor..$ 800 00
County Cora, and Clerk. 1.700 00
County Treasurer. 300 00
County Board ot Equali
sation. 160 00
Jury, Witness and Con
stable's ticken. 2,500 00
Clerk of Court. 300 00
Sheriff. 1,000 00
Magistrates ft constables 1,500 00
Coroner. 100 00
Poor house and poor.. ,, 800 00
Repairs on roads and
new bridges . 21.500 00
Repairs on public build
ings. 1,000 00
Books, stationery ft prin
ing.. 600 00
Contingent expenses.... 2,000 00
Public offices. 600 00
Post mortems, examining
lunatics and conveying. , 100 00
lury Commissioners and
Insurance . 100 00
Co. Supt. of Education.. 700 00
Physician and attorneys'
fees . 150 00
Total.v.. . .$35,3,0 ) 001
It will be seen from the above fig
ures that our county's expensen are
annually going higher and higher,
but we cannot hope to reduce them
BO long as there are so many de
mands by our County Commissioners
for the building of bridges and the
Opening of new roads. The County
Commissioners for the present year
contemplate building a new bridge
across Seneca River about the lino
between Anderson and Oconee coun
ties; one over Conneross near Conne
ros8 church, and one over Chauga,
near (Mimer's mill. These bridges
require a great deal of money. One
mill of taxes levied on the property
of Oconee county will raise about
$4,400. It will be seen from this
that every steel bridge costs the tax
payers about $1 per thousand. The
total taxable property for Oconee
county ls $4,661,110; that for the
State !? $267,438,037. The total
amount of taxes raised in Oconee
county for all purposes last year ls
$83,667. Of this amount $36,123
was for ordinary county purposes,
payment of salaries, roads, bridges,
etc. The remainder was for school
purposes. Thus it will be seen that
we are paying ..ore for the public,
schools In O' viioe county than Tor
all other county purposes.
Respectfully, J. R. Earle.
Dr. Thornton's Easy Teether pass
ed the Pure Food and Drugs Act,
June 30th, 1906. This our govern
ment guarantees'' as being pure and
harmless. We guarantee u to cure
teething troubles,' flux, indigestion,
stomach and bowel diseases, colds,
worms, ia grippe, otc. If Easy Tee
ther fulls to oUre we will refund
your money. It never falls and costs
nothing to try lt. Stouecypher Drug
Co., Westminster, S. C.
PENALTY OF DEATH.
First Time in Seventy Years White
Man is Hanged.
Augusta, Qa., Jan. 81.-The first
white man to hang In Richmond
county In seventy years was legally
executed In the county Jail yard hore
this morning. The drop fell at
10.18 o'clock, Eastern time. Ar
thur P. Glover waa the victim, and
be paid the extreme penalty for mur
dering Maud Dean Williamson in the
King mill here on October 19, 1906.
Practically overy resort known In
(he modern science ot law had been
triexl to save the condemned man,
but at last the oajesty of the law
;ould not be evaded and Glover went
to his deem on the gallows.
feen tl? k - ^Tfr KM Y? Haw Ahn? toefl
Bfettttuo
KING AND CROWN PRINCE
Assassinated-Portugal Under Reign
of Terror and Moue.
Lisbon, Feb. 1.-King Carlos ano*
the crown prince have been assasln
ited in the royal palace.
The three conspirators who com
mitted the crimes were killed on the
ipot before they could effect an es-?
?apo. Wildest excitement prevails
:hroughout Portugal.
The double murder to-night grew
mt of the attempt that hos been
made to overthrow the kingdom
md form a republic.
Lisbon ls in the grip of a reign of
error and revolution, and a com
>lete overthrow of the existing form
A government is feared.
Mot)B are in control of the streets.
Ul authority is set at defiance. That
.Vilich b.-r-ry ono has been expecting
'or months, and which the govern
ment vainly tried to prevent by re
gressive measures, has come to pass.
Conspirators Under Ran?
Official orders were Issued Friday
)>. the crown to the cabinet to expel
ill persons from the kingdom who
ind been guilty ot exciting political
lisorders. This order was retroacti
ve, covering all cases daMng back to
he first of the present year.
While the details of the consplr
icy are as yet unknown to the police
ind military, it is believed that the
>rder of yesterday may^ have cott
ributed in a measure at least to the
ssasaination to-night.
Whatever might have been the di
ect motive, whether personal or po
ttiest in its nature,'lt is the ophi
on of the authorities that to-night's
rime came as a result of a move
nept, at times general In Portugal,
o overthrow the present mode of
government and establish a republic.
Brief Sketch of King's Life.
Charles I. king of Portugal, was
)orn September 8th, 1863. He was
he son of the late Kin{ " )uia and
Princess Pia, daughter of King Vic
or Emmanuel, of Italy. Carlos suc
? cc (lcd to the throne October 19 th,
L889.
The king was married to Princess
Amelie of Orleans, daughter of the
Countess Paris, and has two sons.
Prince Louis Phillip, duke of Bra
ranza, born 1887, and Prince Man
tel, duke ot no j t. born 1889.
' The reigning family belongs to
he house of Brigands, of King John
, (A. D. 1400).
Dr, Thornton's Easy Teether pass
ed the Pure Food and Drugs Act,
Tune 80th, 1906. This our govern
nent guarantees as being pure and
mr m less. We guarantee it to cure
eething troubles, flux, Indigestion,
itoinacb and bowel diseases, colds,
vomis, la : .ippe, etc. If Easy Tee
ner falls to cure we will refund
'our money. It never falls and costs
lothing to try it. Htonecypner Drug
3o., Westminster, S. C.
BRYAN LAU I/S ROOSEVELT.
3afs President Has'Played Part of
an Honest Reformer.,
Dover, Del., Feb. 1.-Wm. J. Bry
\n arrived to-day from Wilmington,
Del., and this afternoon addressed a
mass meeting in the Dover Opera
House. Mr. Bryan followed the
ideas he advanced in his Wilming
ton speech and said that if he could
io nothing else than to furolsh prin
gles for the President and the
American nation he would be exceed
ingly happy. Mr. Bryan said: "I
nive stood for certain principles of
jovernment and I appreciate these
jfforts of you who have been fighting
or these In and out of season. Roose
velt has rendered a service to his
ountry that ho Republican appro
bated as I do. His service to his
?arty is of incaiculabl,, good, for be
ias played the part of an honest ro
omier, and the reformer ls the salt,
hat seasons and saves his party."
4 an y Sleepless Nights, Owing lo A
Persistent Congli-.Relief F.mnd
at Last.
"For several winters past roy wife
ias been troubled with a most per
istent and disagreeable cough,which
nvarfably extended over a period of
everal weeks and caused her' many
leepless nights," writes Will J. Hay
ter, editor of the Burley (Gol.) Bul
otln. "Varlohs remedies were tried
ach year, with,no beneficial results,
n November last the cough again
mt in an appearance and my wife,
toting on the suggestion ot a friend,
lurcbased a bottle ot Chamberlain's
tough Remedy. The result was ta
lced marvelous. Atter three doses
ho cough entirely disappeared, and
ias not manifested itself since."
Nits remedy is for sale by Dr. J. W.
tell,. Walhalla; W. J. Lunney,
leneca.