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I Tabor Items.
"N^abor, Feb. 10.-Special: Wo have
had, and continue to have rain, sleet,
and snow in abundance, ard cold
weather to spare.
School at this place is progressing
very nicely with Miss Qalnes and
Miss Mary Reader as teachers.
Also we are glad to say our Sun
day school seems to be on the mend.
We invite all in reach to come and
help us make a goon munday school.
William Dickson has been very
sick, but we are glad to learn that
he ls on the road to recovery now.
We aro sorry to learn of the Ill
ness of Hepple Dickson. We hope
for him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. R. B. Aldridge and Miss Liz
zie Harbert, both of Westminster,
were visiting relatives and friends in
our community Sunday.
Mrs. J. T. Porter, who has been
Very sick ls improving.
On account of the various changes
made by the Southern Railroad, Clif
ton King has be?n transferred back
to the 'night work at Harbins.
Ira King has been staying with
his brother and attending school at
Madison;
We are glad to say that Eugene
Singleton, who was accidentally
struck with some stray shots from
the gun of a friend, Is fast improv
ing, and we hope that he will soon
be well again.
Miss Mary Reeder visited home
folks In Westminster last Saturday
and Sunday.
Willie King was at home last Sun
day.
We are glad to state at this writ
ing that Mi:;. Robert Craig, who has
been suffering with "pneumonia, is
much better. ' Finis.
PIHEU1.ES for the Kldnm
SO DAYS' TRKATMKNT FOR SI.OO
Confie
when eating, that
highest wholesome
nothing in it th
distress you i- n
doubly comfortabl
This supreme
have when the io
ROI
Baking
The only baking
with Royal Grape
There can be nc
Jence when eating
der food. Chemist
less of the alum po
alum or alum salts i
lUES TO
y 17th.
Y FREE!
give back the purchase ,
sold one day. Your
r anything on the lucky <
BAUKNIGHT,
UY FOR CASH.
HOLDING TWO OFFICES.
Representative Mann Thinks that
"There are Others."
Columbia, Feb. 10.-Special:You
will kindly ask, through the columns
of your excellent paper. The Keowee
Courier, that my friends and constit
uents in Oconee county suspend
judgment until further develop
ments, and until I can be heard In
reply to the Hon. E. E. Vernor's
stricture in your issue of Wednes
day, February 5th, on my violating
the Constitution of the State of
South Carolina by preparing to hold
two offlcet at one time. And you
will also please, ask them if they
ever heard of any man, while a mem
ber of the House of Representatives,
in Qconee county, holding the oilier
of Tick Keller or Exterminator, at
a salary of $75 and expenses per
month, for a period of four and a
half months. I would observe that
those who live in glass houses ought
not to cast Btones. Oh, consistency,
thou art a Jewel! Respectfully,
Coke D. Mann.
The annual report of W. B. West,
the dispensary auditor, shows that
during the last twelve months the
liquor business in South Carolina
brought In $2.691,663.43, ot which
amount $695,056.61 was net profit,
or a profit of 35 per cent on the busi
ness of eelllng Intoxicants under the
authority of the StAte. During the
month of December the gross sales
of the county dispensers in twenty
four counties aggregated $431,052.
48. The sales during the last quar
ter in these same twenty-four coun
ties aggregated $1,150,719.86, show
ing a profit of $314,160.06.
RINaS DYSPEPSIA T1BLETS
Relievo indigestion and Stomach Troublot.
lenee
your food is of
?ness-that lt has
at can injure or
takes the repast
e and satisfactory*
confidence you
od is raised with
i
! powder . iad?
Cream of Tarter
? comforting confi
alum baking pow*
s say that more or
wder in unchanged
remains in the food?
MATTERS IN THE SENATE.
Tho Railroads and thc Trip to thc
.Groat City of Cliarlestou.
Columbia, Feb. lt -Special: The
General Assembly lier now bosun on
its fifth week of this session. There
have already been delivered on our
desks twonty-flve different reports
from the different departments of
the government. These reporta em
body a great deal of. information,
and will make a book of more than
a thousand pages. A great many
of these departments of the govern
ment are not familiar to the peo
ple of the State.i For instunce, we
now. have a Board of Fisheries .whose
duty it ls to look after the Bhell fish
of the coast, 'ihls board lins made
Ita report for this year and shows
that the canning Industry of shell
fish amounts to more than $500,
000 per annum. There are eleven
canneries now In operation and two
others are being constructed. The
amount of money paid out for wages
in these canneries last year waa
1326,000. The amount of revenue
received by the State from the shell
fish industry amounted last year to
$11,729. This Industry at present
is developed alone by homo capital
-citizens of tne State-and the
Board of Fisheries recommends very
strongly that it be thrown open to
citizens of other States. ' We have
many miles of coast marsh lands
where oysters and other shell fish
can be grown very profitably, and
lt only needs capital to plant and de
velop those fields. This is at pres
ent a great industry, and the same
might be said of the Inland streams
of this State were they properlyi
protected. The Audobon Society, for
the protection of game, is extending
its operations to fish also, and it may
be that in a few years all of the In
land waters of the State will be so
protected as to prevent the Indis
criminate destruction of . fish, so
that this may become a source of
a great deal, of profit to the people
of the State. ? This is only one of
the departments of the Ht at o govern
ment at present, and it will be seen
that there is a great mass of Infor
mation that must be perused in the
departments in order to thoroughly
acquaint one's self with the condi
tions that exist throughout the
State. These reports are all made
on the first of January of each year
and are printed and laid upon the
desks of the members during the
first half of the session, unless de
layed. It certainly requires a great
deal more time than one can give
while in Columbia to familiarize
himself with the workings pf these
different departments of the govern
ment.
There ls another department
which ls called the Public Buildings
Insurance.' This is carried to a
large extent by the State. The
amount of insurance now in force
is over $700,000, and this saves the
people of the State several thou
sand dollars a year that would, other
wise go out of the State and into
the Northern money centres.
Then there ls the Military Depart
ment of the State, which is under
the supervision of the Adjutant and
Inspector General's office. HiSyi-.
port this year covers i60 pages, A
great many of us thought- a few
years ago that the State could very
well do without this department of
the government, but the Spanish
American war gave an impetus to
the development of the militia of the
States, and all of them now have
adopted uniform laws, and the Uni
ted States government has contrib
uted largely to the maintenance of
the State's militia. There was spent
last year for the maintenance of che
militia of the State $33,293. There
are many other reports that make
very Interesting reading matter,
but they are too numerous to men
tion. 1
The appropriation bill, mentioned
last week, seems not to have'been at
that time complete, and since then
the committee has added toltenough
to make the grand total $1,000,000.
I do not believe that this amount
will be passed by the General As
sembly, and l hope to see it re
. duced.' The largest item on the
appropriation bill ls alway.? the in
terest on the public debt, which
amounts to about $300,000. The
total public debt now outstanding is
$6,686,774.27. About $6,000,000
of this was funded under tillman's
administration at 4% per cent. The
balance of it is still paying 6 per
cent. The rest of the appropriation
bill Is mode up of a great many
items.
The greater amount of speech
making has been on the railroad
situation in this State, and lt ls not
yet ended. The railroads are com
ing to the Legislature with a poor
mouth and asking that they be let
alone. But there seems to b? a de
termination to do something that
will come nearer being Just between
the people who support the railroads
and the high financiers who do noth
ing but collect their tribute from
them. The income of the railroads
last year amounted to $17,267,684.
Their total expenses amounted to
$14,143,399. This leaves ? conf<
slderable balance to be divided up
among the financiers who have fos
tered various schemes for financing
public enterprises. In mentioning
these matters I want to give some
information with reference to the
railroad which lg nearest home, and
one which we all appreciate. The
Blue Ridge railroad a good many
years ago was leased to the Rich
mond and Danville Company, who
ran lt down lo the point where they
could buy lt, and then put il through
the processes of court in order to
get good title for lt. bousht !t in for
$100,000, borrowed every dollar of
the money to pay for lt, and it has
gradually improved as a money
making proposition ever since. This
little road earned last year$169,391.
Ita expenses were $159,531. It
paid 5 per cent on the $100,000 or
bonded lndobetedness and 3 per cent
on the $100,000 of common stock,
which represents nothing but water
-in other words, not a dollar of
hard-earned money in thia common
stock. This is a very small example
of high financing in railroad cir
cles. This $169,000 is paid by the
people along the line of this rail
road, and is a heavy trJvute, itt
Would neem, to pay by tue people
who earn their dollars by hard licks.
The General Assembly was invited
to take a trip to Charleston last
Saturday, and left Columbia on a
special train at 7 A. M., and returned
at 1.30 A. M. Sunday morning. The
people of Charleston treated UH roy
ally on this trip and showed us the
best side of everything in this grand
o)d city. The principal reason for
the visit of the General Assembly
was to get an additional appropria
tion for the Citadel Academy, in
order to put additional buildings
there for the accommodation of the
students. We were carried to the
Navy'Tfard, which has been recently
established by the United States gov
ernment, and where it has already
spent over $3,000,000. It ls said
that eight or ten million dollars
more will be spent here within the
next five years, and that this navy
yard will be the best on the Atlantic
coast. The dry dock is a magnifi
cent piece of masonry and will ac
commodate the largest battleships.
This ' will bring a population to this
city, necessarily engaged in the ser
vice of the United .States, of over
ten or twenty thousand people, and
will turn loose millions of money
every year. It is now hoped that
Charleston will soon be a coaling
station for the Atlantic caost ves
sels, and when the Panama Canal
is completed Charleston will be one
of the permanent coaling stations
of the world. On this trip there
were about one hundred members of
the General Assembly, about 125
ladleo, and about fifty of the latter
were employees of the State govern
ment.
Ratified Acts.
The following Acts have been rat
ified by the General Assembly:
An act to fix the amount to be
paid by persons liable to perform
road duty In lieu of working on the
public highways in the county of
Beaufort.
An act to validate the election held
and the bonds issued pursuant to
the terms of an act entitled "An act
to authorize and empower the trus
tees of School District No. 8 of Sum
ter county to issue bonds for the pur
pose of erecting school buildings,
equipping same, purchasing lot, if
necessary, and to provide for pay
ment of same," approved 25th day
of February, i907, and to relieve
and exempt any bonds heretofore
or hereafter issued thereunder from
all taxes, municipal, county and
State, and the coupons thereof re
ceivable for all taxes, and to pro
vide for payment of said bonds and
the interest thereon.
An act to abolish tne office of
Master in Beaufort county.
An aot to apply the provisions of
an act entitled "An act to provide
for the election of cotton weighers
at Plckens Court House and at Beth
une, 8. C., and prescribe their du
ties and fix their compensation,"
approved 2d February, A. D. 1906,
to Central, S. C.
An act to appropriate to general
county purposes any funds hereto
fore or hereafter arising from the
annual taxes levied in Kershaw
county to pay interest on railroad
bonds of the said county in excess
of such interest.
An act to require the Clerk of
Court of Hampton county to tran
scribe from the records of thc
Clerk's office and Probate Judge's
office of Beaufort county all matters
pertaining to M-.<1 estate located in
Hampton county, and to provide
compensation therefor.
An act to authorize and require
the County Board of Commissioners
of Clarendon county to isBue bonds
for the purpose of erecting and fur
nishing a court house at Manning,
and to provide a apeclal building
commission, and to prescribe their
powers and duties, and to provide
for an annual levy for the purpose
of paying the interest on bonds and
to provide a sinking fund to redeem
the aame.
A joint resolution to refund to
C. O. White, fi. H. Sparkman and
Arthur Lynah, trustees of the as
signed estate of A. J. Sallmas &
Sons, certain money paid by mistake
for taxe?. Respectfully,
J. R. Barle.
C
Dr. Thornton's Easy Teether pass
ed i he Pu re Food and Drugs Act,
June 30th, 1906. This our govern
ment guarantees as being pure and
harmless. We guarantee it to cure
teething tron?les, flux, indigestion,
stomach and bowel diseases, colds,
worms, la grippe, etc. If Easy Tee
ther talla to cure we will refund
your money. It never falls and costs
nothing to try lt. Stonecypher Drug.
Co., Westminster, S. C.
HE SOCIAL SIDE OF SENECA.
taning and Going of the Peoplo
and What they are Doing.
Seneca, Feb. ll.-Special: Seneca
as been in the embrace of sleet and
now since Sunday, the continued
ad weather holding business at al
tost a standstill.
On account of the bad weather on
undny night, services ".-ere called
ff at the churches, and also last
lght at the Episcopal chureh, when
lshop Guerry was to have held con
niption services. The latter will
e held to-day at ll o'clock."
A pleasing acquisition to the Pres
y tori an choir last Sabbath was the
resence ot Miss Janie Gordon, the
eacher of piano music here. Miss
Jordon is a delightful vocalist and
aug the beautiful offertory in ? plea
ing manner. The congregation will
ntlclpate hearing her again.
Mrs. J. W. Todd, who has been in
marleston two weeks, will return to
eneca to-morrow.
Whit and Will Livingston have
een with their mother, Mrs. C. K.
dvingston, in Greenville, for several
ays. Mrs. Livingston continues
lek to the great sorrow of her many
riondu here.
Dr. J. S. Strlbltng was In Green
Ule on Saturday and Sunday;
C. B. Vernor, who has been vislt
ng ids relatives in this place and
he county, returned to his home in
'tuscaloosa Monday.
Miss Effie Kilburn has been lndis
osed for a few days, but is better.
W. S. Hunter has likewise been on
he sick list, wrestling with thatarch
end, la grippe.,
The relatives' of Mrs. James D.
lutchinson, of Columbus. Miss.,will
e pleased to learn that she will pro
ably visit South Carolina in the
ear future. Mrs. Hutchinson is in
rirginia and promises to stop over
i Seneca for a few days en route
o Florida, where she goes to spend
no rest of the winter.
What is become of the Gossip
ers? Tbe very name suggests per
etuity, and we should have ques
loned the heavens themselves f?ll
ig rather than the Gossip pera!
Madams C. V. McCarley and T. E
tribling and C. B. Vernor visited In
Valhalla last Friday, remain!.a
ew hours between trains.
The Farm and Factory wisely ad
lses the Seneca voting public to
ee George if they haven't already
aw him.
Prof. W. H. Hand's address at
tie opera house last Tuesday
lght was greatly enjoyed by the
irge and appreciative crowd of
itlzens present. A committee meet
ig was held after the citizens' meet -
lg was adjourned, but your conf
ondent has not been officially
osted as to the result. We can
afely predict, we believe, however,
hat the ways and means for build
in the school house, for which the
loetlng was called, are assuming
roportions, and that we can safoly
ount upon the new building as a
urety.
A number of Seneca people attend
d the Reid-Holleman wedding at
Valhalla last week.
Miss Neill Strlbltng, of Roswell,
topped in Seneca a few hours oh
er way to Walhalla, where she at
snded the Reld-Holleman nuptials.
John L. McWhorter was unable
o resume his school work at the
peed's Creek school this week on
ccount of an attack cf grip.
Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Pickett, who j
?cently moved to their new home
oath of Seneca, attended services
t the Presbyterian church here last
abbath.
Miss Mary Earle is at home for a
sw days from school in Charlotte
n account of sickness.
Mrs. W. J. Lunney leaves this
reek for a visit to her parents, Col.
nd Mrs. R. E. Mason, In Charlotte.
We haven't heard a word about
ny Valentine affaira. We suppose,
lowever, that they will materialize,
s Seneca society never lets a chance
lip to have - something, from a
Vashington's ^birthday down to a
urprlse party^.the latter being the
Imlt naturally.
Mrs. J. M. Wltzell ls visiting her
elatives in the lower part of the
itate.
The Lyman Twins, which is book
d for Seneca early in March,passed
hrough here last Sunday, spending
teveral hours between trains. If
ppearances tell anything, the show
olng public can be assured of some
hing good. The company ls a'large
me, and taking lt all together, a
emarkably good looking one.
The Once-a-Week Club met with
ne president, Mrs. Ellas Earle, last
thursday. Tho meetings are con
plcuously full this club year, and
he last one was no exception. The
oembership ls larger than In the
lub's history, and splendid work ls
teing done. Mrs. Earle ls a charm
ng !.:-fltess, as well as a splendid
xecutive, and the business, under
ier leadershl*. ls always smoothlv
nd readily dispatched. A delightf
ul salad course was served, which
iras a most enjoyable feature of this
ileasant meeting. M. V. 8^
Suffering and Dollars Saved.
E. S. Loper, ot Marilla, N. 7.,
lays: "I am a carpenter and have had
nany severe cuts healed by Buck
en'? Arnica Salve, it has saved mo
[uttering and dollars. It ls by far
ho best healing salve I have ever
?ound." Heals burns, sores, ulcera,
'ever sores, eczema and piles. 25c.
lt all druggists. ?. .......
FOR DELAYING THE MAILS.
Railroads Penalized Since January 1,
1000, In Sum Over $1,000,000.,
The railroads of the country have
been penalized in a sum aggregating
over $1,000,000 sinco January 1,
1906, for failure to arrive and de
part on schedule time with the malls.
This information ls given In a spe
cial report to the Senate from the
Postmaster General In response to!"
resolution of Senator Clay, of Gfo/*
gi a, passed January 20.
. The post office department keeps
no record of the arrival and depar
ture except that returned by the rail
way postal cl?rks. The compauies,
however, are required by law to sub
mit sworn reports at the end of each
quarter. Neither does the department
keep a record of fines. A statement
ls submitted showing that for the
year 1907 penalties were imposed
in the way ot deductions amounting
to $940,096, from which remissions
were allowed of f.57,898, leaving a
balance of f? rf el tv rei for non-per
formance aggregating $882,201.
Death of Miss Glande E. Chalmers.
On the morning of February 2d,
about 2 o'clock, after an illness of
several months, from a complication
of 'diseases, the spirit of Miss Claude
Ella Chalmers took Its Hight. She
was the third daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. Y. Chalmers, and was born
July 20th, 1891. It was one of her
chief delights to minister kind deeds
to all with whom she was associat
ed. She was universally loved by all
who knew herfc and many hearts are
made sad at her untimely departure.
She was a member of Bethel Presby
terian church, and her remains wei'e
laid to rest in the cemetery there
on Monday, " after appropriate ser
vices, conducted by her pastor, Rev.
L. W. Brown. The sympathy of
many friends goes out to the be
reaved family in their sorrow.
Result of Teachers' Examination.
Following ls the result ot the
teachers' examination held on Jan- '
uary 17th last:
First Grade-Myrtle Douthlt and
Ethel Angel.
Second Grade-Hattie Frasier,
Marie M. Williams (colored.)
Third Grade-Ellen Duncan, Ada
Wyly and Leila Martin,.
Ten applied and two received the
first grade, two Becond and three
third, am' three failed.
Certificates will be sent to those
entitled to them as soon as the board
can be called together for a meet
ing. Tho Inclement weather has so
far Interfered with the assembling
of the members, some of whom are
not convenient to the place of meet
ing.
Those who failed should not be
come discouraged, but should strive
to do better at the next examination,
and . those who mu-ie grades other
than the highest should not be sat
isfied with what they did. They
should study hard in order that
they, may yet attain to the highest
grade and receive a first grade cer
tificate us tho, ir wa iv. of their la
bors. The highest point in profi
ciency in books and school work
should be the aim ot all.
C. L. Craig,
County Superintendent Education.
Many Sleepless Nights, Owing to a
Persistent Cough-Belief Found
at Last.
"For several winters past my wife
has been troubled with a most per
sistent and disagreeable cough.whlch
invariably extended over a period of
several weeks and caused her many
sleepless nights," writes Will J. Hay
ner, editor of the Burley (Col.) Bul
letin. "Various remedies were tried
each year, with no beneficial results.
In November last the cough again
put In an appearance and my wife,
acting on the suggestion of a friend,
purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. The result was in
deed marvelous. After three doses
the cough entirely disappeared, and
baa not manifested Itself since."
This remedv is for sale by Dr. J. W.
Bell, Walhalla; W. J. tunney,
Seneca.
Notes from Fall Creek.
Fail v/reek, Feb. 10.-Special:
Mrs. W.T.Holden gave a pound sap
per last Saturday night. The sup
per was an elegant affair, and was
greatly enjoyed by a large number
of guests.
John W. Fendley ls remodeling
and repairing his residence.
Miss Amy Smith, of Keowee, vis
ited Misses oliv,, and Maude Blll
inguley last week.
W. W. Moss, of Walhalla, visited
his sister, Mrs. J. W. Fendley, last
Mrs. and Mrs. John Fendley vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Billlngsley
recently.
Misses Clara and Olive Murphree
were the guests of Miss Olive Bill
lngsley recently.
Miss Janie Barker visited friend?
in this community last week. L.H.
G. HerLSrt Sass Dead.
Charleston, Feb. 10.-George H.
Sass, who under the norn de plume
of "Barton Gray," was a well known
writer, and who for roany years had
been literary editor of the Sunday,
News of this city, died hero to-day.
He was a lawyer, and for twenty
years held the office of Master in
Equity for Charleston county.
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