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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 39 Da) CONTIN Februar ONE DA Remember, ?ve will money for everything money back if you buj day Ci Wi & Ji Ei IT PAYS TO B 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. (