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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Noxt Session of Stale Convention at Union, April 1st, 2d, 3d. Clemson College, March 9.-Spe cial: To the Sunday School Workers of Goonoo county: My Dear Friends -On the 1st, 2d and 3d of April next, the 31st annual convention of the South Carolina Sunday School .Association will be held in the First Baptist church of Union, B. C. This ls going to the, be the greatest Sun day. School Convention ever held in South Carolin?. Every Sunday school In Goonoo count* should be repre sented. The superintendents of the Sunday schools will please bring this matter before their schools at once, and elect delegates. Every superin tendent should attend this conven tion, and should take as many teach ers with him as he can get to go. The Southern Railroad has granted one and one-third rates, plus twenty five cents. The delegates will pay full fare going, and the difference will bo made on the return trip. All delegates should take receipts for fare paid, and carry them tx? the con vection. If you expect to attend, send your name at once to Gao. H. ?etzel, chairman entertainment com mittee, Union, S. C., and he will se cure you a home. Also send your name to J. M.- Wey. Pelzer, S. C., telling him that you will attend, and he will send you a combined" pro gram and songster, such as will be used at the convention. Let me urge you to act promptly, elect dele gates and send in the names. V Fraternally, Thos. W. Keltt, President Oconeo County S. S. A. A Pleasant Physic. When you want a pleasant physic give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets a trial. They are mild . and gentle in their action and al ways produce a pleasant cathartic effect. Call at the drug stores of J. W. Bell, Walhalla, or W. J. Lunney, Seneca, for a free sample. r--r-r:-*9-.--. Important Notice. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Interdenominational Sunday School Association,cf Oconeo County Is hereby called to convene in the office of Dr. J. H. Burgess, Seneca, S. C., the 21st day of March, 1908, at 3 o'clock p. m. It is hoped that all members of the committee will be present. The members are as follows: W. J, Schroder, A. P. Brown, J. T. Bryant, T. M. Elrod, T. M. Kelley, W. B. Guinn, G. C. Arve, Rev. J, R. Moore, Rev. J. J. Harrell, chairman. By order of the chairman: Jas. H. Burgess, County Secretary. Schilletter Will Manage Hotel. (Anderson Mail.) A. Schilletter, who has charge of the commissary department of Clem son College, has leased the Glenn Springs Hotel property for the ap proaching season. He will open the hotel early in June, about the time the college closes for the summer vacation. The Glenn Springs property is con sidered one of the best hotel proper ties in tho' State. Mr. Schilletter, who ls well known throughout the State, will doubtless make tho sea son at the springs a successful one. He will remain with the college, the hotel season not conflicting with the college sessions. For Diseases of tho. Skin. ' Nearly all diseases of the skin, such as eczema, tetter, salt rheum and barbe-s' Itch, are characterized by an intense itching and smarting, wihch often makes life a burden and disturbs sleep and rest. Quick re lief may be had by applying Cham berlain's Salve. It allays the itch ing 'and smarting almost Instantly. Many cases have been cured by Ita use. For sale by J. W. Bell, Wal halla, W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Ministerial Conference. Editors Keowee Courier: The Union and Ministerial Conference will moet at Mount Carmel church the fifth Saturday and Sundny In this month. All ministers and dea cons are requested to be present. E. B. Alexander, Frank Henton, Taylor Stewart, Committee. From Holly Springs. Holly Springs, March 9.-Special: The farmers of our community are beginning their farm work. W. A. Lee and family are confined to their rooms with grip. Wo hopo they will BOCO, be out again. We aro s?rry to ^arn of tho seri ous illness of Fud Lee and his fam ily. Wo hope for them a speedy re covery. They are also suffering from the grip. Jesse Butt has returned to Central College, after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mra. Ira Butt. Ho was ac companied by his faithful Sundny school teacher, Miss Dora Williams. W. S. and I). E. Chambers went to Walhalla Friday on business. M. depend on having a little capl Isn't lt ahout time you began .y aside a part ot your earnings n opportunity may come along any tuno, and 'tis Bald that ortunity never knocks twice." pen? an account and by making 1 deposits regularly you will amass a neat sum. ital ?30,000. kink of Walhalla, Walhalla, s. <;. .DEATH OF RANSOM LEE. I Aged Confederate Veteran Passed Away Last Wednesday Morning. Ransom Lee, an agod Confederate veteran, one of the survivors ot the horrors of the "Crater" at Peters burg, died last Wednesday, March/4, 1908, at the home of lils son, John H. Lee, near West Union. He wah about 82 years of age, and served throughout the war as a member of Company B, 22d South Carolina Vol unteers. Hie service was marked for Its bravery and fidelity to every com mand. Mr. Lee had been in feeble health for several years", and his death was not unexpected. He re I celved several wounds during his war service, and was crippled through life. He was a member of the Wal halla Baptist church, and on Thurs day afternoon last, his remains were laid to rest in the Baptist cemetery here, after appropriate funeral ser vices conducted by Rev. L, T. Wel don, the pastor. In the death of Mr. Lee one more of the old landmarks of Oconee is removed. He was born in Pickens county, but moved to Oconee many years ago, residing in and near Wal halla continuously since. He leaveB two sons, John H. Lee, of West Un ion, and Lafayette Lee, of Poplar. The relatives of the deceased have the sympathy of many friends In their sorrow. ?.?>??? ' ' Unequaled as a Cure for Croup, "Besides being an excellent rem edy for colds and throat troubles, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is un equaled as a cure for croup," says Harry Wilson, of Waynetown, Ind. When given as soon as the croupy cough appears, this remedy will pre vent the attack. It is used success fully in many thousands of homes. For salo by J. W. Bell, Walhalla: W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Pleasant Grove Gossip. Pleasant Grove, March 9.-Spe dal: What excellent farming wea ther!.. And .the farmers in our sec tion are obeying the command, and hy the sweat of their brow are pre paring to make a living. The sick in- our community are all convalescing, and they don't give the grip a very good name either. We are glad to note that little J. Y. Martin, sou of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Martin, Is getting on nicely, after an operation for white swelling. We hope the little sufterer may nave a speedy recovery. D. W. Fendley was V.urled at the Mount Pleasant Paptlst church bury lng ground Saturday, March 7. He died Friday evening, after a ' long illness of paralysis. He had been speechle. s some time. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved rela tives. He was a member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist church and a deacon. Please give us space lu your valu able columns to congratulate the two pupils of tho Taber school for their nice compositions. We are satisfied Taber has a teacher of the right type. Observer. Four Square Mlle? Under \v"tcr. \ Chicago, March 9.-Four square miles of territory, as large as many cities the size of Oh'ittnnooga. is still under water in Chicago, phi has been for thia making the fourth day. lt ls impossible to reach some of tho houses and families are suffering for food. Killed in Shafting at Marble Works. Fairburn, Ga., March 9.-Elmer Klser, an employee of tho Fairburn Marble Works, was caught In some shafting at the works at 12 o'clock to-day and Instantly killed. Mr. Kl ser had been employed by the marble I works for some time. It ls not known for certain how the accident occur red. He was 28 years of age. He ls survived by a wife and four small children. The Family Phys Kian The best medicines in the world cannot take the place of the family physician. Consult him early when taken ill. If the trouble is with your throat, bronchial tubes, or lungs, ask him about taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Then take it or not, as he says. A W? publish our formula* m We baulah alcohol ?y . from our m o .1 iel upii We urga you to oonault your dootor tjers Bilious attacks, sick-headaches, Indiges tion, constipation, dizzy spells - these are some of the results of an inactive liver. Ask your doctor if he endorses Ayer's Pills in these cases. The dose is small, one pill at bedtime. --M?do by Mi* 3. O. Ayer Co., towen, Hui, . THE FARMERS' UNION * NEWS BUREAU. Conducted by tho Executive * Committee, South Caro? * .'v . . Una Farmern' Union. . Good. The amount of fertilizer tags sold In South Carolina up to .March Ut ls eighty thousand tons less than same date last year, and one hundred and twelve thousand less than year be fore at s<* ?ne date. There are several reasons for this shortage, among which are the de termination among those tnat were forced to sell cotton below the mini mum prloe to pay for fertilisers. An other class have not paid" for last year's fertilizers and neither the deal ers or this class of fanners care to trade more until last crop bas been settled, and many that paid cash for fen il i zers do not care to nell out their cotton at a \or.a on coat of pro duction aud use the Bame money to grow another crop, with fair pros pects of getting much less than cost out of this year's crop. To all those that h?ve not sold cotton li ia like exchanging a good and safe lot or bales of cotton for ? very uncertain lot of acres of cotton In the field. Indications print this aftermath of the recent panic ai: forcing condi tions upon tho larmer that will ultl mately result In his gcod .-nstead of Inj irv. John C. Calhoun Knew How lt was IGoing Half a Century Back. In olgglng du- n in tho archives pr the old Penuleton Firmers' ?Society for material for our history ol' this F rand old farmers' In tittil./ii, -e find that John C Calhoun made a speech rofore this Boclety in October. "843. hin toast being: "Agriculture: The Most Important, but the De pressed Branch of Indnr.lfv." At FOTI Hill, where Mr. Calhoun Hve1 ami farmed when he made this speech b?foro the Pondloton Farm ers' Society, is located Clemson Ag ricultural College, that grand insti tution that was planted there to teach firmere' sons the ?(.lenee? o' farming and educate the youths of the craftsmen of the Soil how to ele vate their calling to that standard where the agriculturalist of this age may arise to that position of power tl-at will enable these son-: of the poll to down any efforts to oppress tho farming industry' that Mr. Cal houn alluded to in his ad dress sixty-five years ago. The Far mers' Educational and Co-Operatlve Union of America may accomplish this worl* Help us do lt. Your local or county union ls about as good as Its members make lt. Good material,, well put together, makes a first-class house, though we have seen some shackly buildings thrown together out of good material, and some good buildings well made out of very ordinary material by men who knew their business. Farmers' unions are built on similar plans. Our Farmers' Unions need men with unusual ability for organizers; we need men with diplomacy, strength and conservatism, who possess the tact to do effective work In welding the different factions of our farmers into one harmonious compact of the whole. The time for oratorical spread-eagie speeches and resolutions of hell and damnation to Wall street and cotton exchanges has passed. We have got to get together und do the right thing first ourselves, then we can upproach others with a clear conscience and win out. Abuse, bluff nor slander can e or bring strong men of worth into the union. We must have good men to go after good men. ?Union News. State President B. Harris ls now stirring up things In Union, Marlboro and Orangeburg and other lower counties of thlb State. When you want a speaker or an organizer In your section strat at it In time to complete the arrangement In due time for effective business. Arrange for only one good speaker from a distance, it costs too much to send so many, and besides you have not the time to hear more than one good speaker from a distance. Splice out with good local talent; you've got them. Advertise the place and hour for your meetings, then open up business to the minute. If you have but five men on hand when the time comes go at lt. Not one of four meetings we have attended commenced busi ness in less than one hour late. At one meeting when the railroad fare was paid on two speakers from ,a distance, tho members did not ar rive In time tb hear flve-rnlnuto talks from their speakers before the train arrived to take the speakers to the next place. Cotton. While Congressmen A. L. Lever, of South Carolina, and Culberson, of Texas, are working to establish a national standard for different grades of cotton, we are pleased to note in this connection that T. F. Alexander, of Walhalla, S. C" ls the first ex pert cotton grader from the cotton school of Clemson Agrlcultuarl College to report to the farmers of this State for duty. When wo consider the fact that lt was the movement of members of the Farmers' Union that ls behind this cotton grading at Washington and the cotton grading course at Clomson, too, lt Is very encouraging to the union to noto ?he good results growing out of farmers' union work. This working of the grading and classifying ot cotto . at both ends of the business should remove all ap portunlty for rake off here by un scrupulous handlers between growers and spinners. If the extremely large movement of fertilizer to farmers at this time three years ago bore down the price of cotton then, why not tho extreme ly small amount of fertilizers going cut now raise the price of cotton to day? "Nuf sed.'^ B??T? th? _/91 he Kind You Haw Always Signatur? OUT IN THE LONE STAR STATE. Capt. 8. K. Dendy Writes of His Trip Getting Ready to Return. Cranbury, Texas, March 4.-Edi tors Courier; I premised to write you a short letter, which 1 now hopo to do. We spent two weeks at Cor dell, Okla., with Mrs. A. P. Holden and family at the Cordell Hotel, own ed by Mrs. Holden. We found her and son Sam and daughter, Miss-Bes sie, dangerously sick with measles, grip and pneumonia. Miss Bessie, in the very bloom o? youth, died soou after we got to Cordell. We did all we could tu assist them in '.heir great suffering. The floral tribute placed upon Miss Bessie's coffin was lovely to behold. It was placed there by her schoolmates and newly-made friends, who were many. These are as good people as live on the earth. When we left, two weeks ago, Mrs. Holden and her sons, 8am and Char lie, were very much better. We nave long anticipated visiting ?our relatives and friends in the great State of Texas. We are now enjoy ing that pleasure immensely here in Cranbury. We are visiting our nephew and nieces, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. B. Wilson and family; Mr. and Mrs. James H. Doyle and family; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Doyle aud family, and some of our old South Carolina friends, lt has given us great plea sure to meet all these good people. Surely they muBt bo God's chosen people, as their great hospitality is unceasing. f We were Invited out to see our old South Carolina friend, E. P. Abbott. Capt. Doyle very kindly drove me out to this hospitable home. Here we hr.d a reunion of Company F, Orr's Ri?es. What few were abl? to at tend roll call were Capt. W. G. Ter rell, J. Ben Abbott, George W. Ab bott, myself and Capt. J. H. Doyle, ot the Seventh Cavalry, S. C. V. I had not met these old comrades and friends, some of them, in over forty years. It was a sad. but pleasant ' meeting. I am sure we all enjoyed this small reunion more than I nm able to evpress. I was more than delighted to meet them all. We had a most delicious dinner, prepared by M v.-,. E. i". Anbot t and her handsome .laughter. 'Miss Pearl, and assisted by Mrs. Rate Abbott Shaw. We old soldiers did ample justice to this splendid dinner. I am still thank ing Mrs E. P. Abbott, Miss Pearl and Mrs. Shaw for this good, boun teous dinner. We had good music on the violin and guitar to enliven the pleasant surroundings. Capt. Terrell, Ben and George Abbott all look well--have good farras and plenty of this world's goods. Bi.t while wo are ld rds of passage, here i to-day and there to-morrow, It ls | the part of wisdom to adopt our selves to our surroundings. In this lies contentment. True contentment ls nature's bent, gift to man. Theso good men and women all seem to be contented. It ls my wish that it may always continuo Capt. W. G. Terrell, J. Ben Ab bott, George W. Abbott, Capt Jas. H. Doyle-to you, old soldiers and comrades, I say, may God be with you till we meet again.' Thus ended one of the most pleasant days of my life, i We have been mixing this thing aP along the line. W^e are shooting jack rabbits with our fgrlends here. James Thompsou and his son, Al, and my boy, Julian, had not met old Bro. Jack Rabbit, so we went out on Capt. Cook's ranch by invitation. We saw some six to seven hundred fine steers being put in condition for the sp ri UK market. Capt. Cook, and his splendid, genial wife escorted us over his fine ranch. The writer was the first to bring down a fire jack. The South Carolina boys soon had his ears and feet in their pockets as tro phies of their first Texas hunt. We thank Capt. Cook and wife for this first pleasant outing. We were next Invited to visit our Texas friend, Pumroy LaCross Dem ocrat Carmichael, and were escorted by his brother, Dr. A. Carmichael. Here we met the pure Texan. These two brothers are over six feet tall, wear the, high-crown, wlde-brlm Texas hat, are fine looking men, and genial and clever. We hunted Jack rabbltr, on their ranch, and the boys got more ears and feet to show their South Carolina friends. These gen tlemen have a pack of fine wolf and fox hounds-splendid looking dogs. After rounding up what jacks we wanted we came in for dinner. My! how these good Texas friends feed you. We ate an enormous and gooc* dinner. Mrs. C. ls a fine, hospitable hostess. After dinner we enjoyed games and music, and we had a fine, all-round good time. We hope to meet these good Te\&S people again. It ls no trouble to find them out hero. We have had the great pleasure of I meeting R grandson of the Illustrious Davey Crockett, the Invincible de fender of old Fort Allmo, of San Antonia, Texas. I was delighted to see him. He Informs nie that his grandmother, Mi's. Davey Crockett, is burled near here In Hood cpunty, near Granbury. Texas. Those are very distinguished people.1 All lov ers of America should be proud of the history that Davey Crockett. Col. James BowU? and Travis have left us in the records of the defence of his toric old Alimo. May their immortal souls rest forever In peace with Al mighty God's people. I have met my old friends and former neighbors, Rev. Dick Whit aker and family. I was glad to see them, spent a few hours with them and took a good, old-time supper with these good people. They naked me many questions nbou* things In old South Carolina. They are well fixed In this life, have plonty, and 1 am glad of the fact. I was driven by my nephew, Jas. B. Wilson, out to seo my old friend, Larkin Cleveland, whom I find in feeble health. He ls well fixed-has plenty all around him. I was delight ed to meet him and his family. I fina Granbury a good, live town. The Court House is unusually well built, out of native rock, and Is an honor to any town. The merchants and bankers are live and progressive, well up to date. J. B. Wilson, a live dealer in country produce, bon9ht on last Saturday and Monday one THE FAMOUS OX BRAND FE RTILIZERS OF THE Tennessee Chemical Co., ARE FOR SALE BY Strother fif Phinney, West Union. J. G. Huff, Seneca, J. D. McMahan, Richland, Peden Bros,, Westminster, P. P. Sullivan, Madison. BUY THEM AND INSURE BIG CROPS. W. ?. HUNTER <a CO., SENECA, S. C. Aro just opening up their newline of Spring Goods, and all the latest stylos will bo on exhibition in all depart ments. We will be able to show the cleanest and most dependable liue of Merchandise ever opened in this market. We will not sell you a yard of Silk, "worth $1.50 for $1" ; we will not sell you a yard of Bleached Goods, "worth 15 cents for 10 cents," nor a "$8 Shoe for $1.50 ' and so on. Why? Because we cannot and get our money back. You can't get "a gold dollar for fifty cents." See the point ? We can and will give you as much for your money, quality considered, as any house in the State. See us and vry it. We give the values and a square deal. . . WATCH OUR SPACE EVERY W?EK W. S. HUNTER & CO., SENECA, S. C. Now price on Coat's Spool Cotton, 5 cents. Spring Hardware ! BLACKSMITH TOOLS. FENCING, ROOFING. PAINTS-S. ax N. Paints i full line. COLE'S Cotton Planters and Dis tributora. Disc Harrows. Acme Harrows? Cul* tivators. MILL SUPPLIES. PIPING FITTINGS. Etc, Car load Portland Cement. Ohio Steam Cookers. IN THE LOWERY, BYRD BUILD?NG. "The Best Shoes." We carry a first-class line of Shoes-wear unsurpassed. Nothing better on the markot than the Lewis A. Crossott Shoos. Pretty line of White Counterpanes-some genuine Mar seilles. Trunks, Valises, Rugs and some now Spring Goods com ing in. My lino of Spring plothing will be shipped soon. M. S. STRIBLING. WESTMINSTER, S. C. thousand dozen eggs. How is that for Texas hens? These eggs were brought *o town by the firmers and their wives. We expect to leave for South Car olina in a few days, after having spent a most pleasant visit to our rel atives and friends. We are all much better after a siege of grip and se vere colds. All of our relatives and old friends from South Carolina are well and In us'ial good health. 51r. and Mrs. James Thompson and son, Al, of Seneca, are here with their un cle, Capt James H. Doyle, and other relatives, having a huge time-the very best Hind of a time, ls tho way I know and express the thing. Wo ate seing fishing to-day tn the Dragos 5 Iver. There ar? plenty ot mud oats and large Buffalo fish hero in all the streams. The farmers are nearly all dono planting corn; gardens are looking fine; plenty of trjck large enough to use; the fruit trees in full bloom; wheat and oats aro fine; cattle and horses still grazing on these grain crops. Wo are loth to leave all these pleasant surroundings, and all theae good people; but we will nevor ceas? to love dear old South Carolina. In whose Bacrcd soil He the mortal re mains of our devoted ancestors. S. K. Dendy.