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'?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. I 30 Day CONTIN Februar ONE DA Remember, we will j money for everything money back if you buy day. Gi Wi & Ji Ei IT PAYS TO Bi v??? -.m?..? ^ 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.