.TO THINE OWN SELF Bli TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DA ?: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN."
By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER.
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WALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1908.
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TWO DEAD ; TWO INJURED.
Resisted Arrest IR Finally Shot to
I)? adi by Hotel Porter.
Warrensburg, Mo., April 20.-Jas.
Ryan, chief of police, and Byron
Hall, aged 30, son of J. N. Hall, a
farmer living near Warrensburg,
were killed and James B. Basham
aftd Robert Pollock, night officers, I
were wounded last night in a pistol
duel In the corridor of the Estes
Hotel.
The three officers were attemnting
to take a revolver from Hall, when
he shot all three. . The officers re
turned the Are and Hall was shot
twice. Two more shots were fired at
him by Lewis Littleton, the negro
porter of the hotel.
After the shooting Hall .an up
the stairway in the lobby and stood
on the landing as the porter fired at
him. He then staggered Into an al
cove off .the landing and another shot
was heard. When Hall was found
he was dead, and his powder-burned
shirt showell that he had been shot
a third time, through the heart, sup
posedly by himself. Basham is not
expected to recover.
He Got What He Needed.
"Nine years ago it looked as If my
time had come," says C. Farhtlng, of
Mill Creek, Ind. Ter. "I was so run
down that life hung on a very slen
der thread. It was then my drug
gist recommended Electric Bitters.
I bought a bottle and I got what I
needed-strength. I had one loot
Fin the garve, but Electric Bitters put
i it jhack on the turf again, and I've
V^jfoc well ever since." Sold under
l'??urantee at all druggists. 50c.
--When hot and tired try the
loreen Front for something refresh
ing. They fix you.
ENGLANDS!
IO ALUM
IN FOOD
A
and strictly prohibits
the ?ale of alum
baking powder
So does France
So does German;
has been made illegal in Washin
bia, and alum baking powders i
Wt* Toprotecty
when orae
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and very tura you get R
A Royal is die only Baking Poi
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.oneness ol the food.
$3.00
rr?ved !
lity Oxfords
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FARMERS INVITED TO KUMTRR.
Secretary Wilson to l>ellvt?r an Ad
dross-Largo Attendance Desired.
Sumter, April 19.-President R. I.
Maiming, of the Sumter chamber of i
commerce, has requested B. Harris,
of Pendleton, the president of the
Farmers' Union of South Carolina,
and Commissioner E. J. Watson, of
the Department of Agriculture. Com
merce and Immigration of South Ca
rolina, to use their efforts to have
every county union or organization
of farmers in thlB State send repr?
sentatives to Sumter next month to
greet Hon. James Wilson, Secretary
of Agriculture, and to attend the far
mers' meeting, which will be address
ed by Secretary Wilson.
Mr. Wilson will be In Sumter for
two days, May 7 and 8. Whether
the farmers' meeting will be held on
the 7th or 8th has not yet been de
cided, but the, date will be set lu the
noxt few days and notice will be
given through the newspapers ami
otherwise.
Messrs. Harris and Watson are in
closor touch with the farmers and
their organizations than any one
elfe, and' they know the name? of
the presidents and secretaries ahd
their post office addresses.
Reduced rates will be granted by
the railroads, all of which are much
interested in Secretary Wilson's visit
and aro doing what they can through
their executive and traffic depart
ment officers to have a big crowd of
tarmers in Sumter to meet Mr. Wil
son.
West Union Democrats.
The West Union Democratic club
will meet next Saturday afternoon at j
the school house at 4 o'clock to re
organize, elect delegates to county
convention and transact other busi
ness. . 1
HTS
The tale of alum foods
gton and the District of Colum
ire everywhere recognized as
ourself against alum,
iring baking powder,
9
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ry ?et made from Royal Grape
o the digestibility and whole
THE NEWS FROM BOUNTY LAN H.
What the People of a Prosperous
Community are Doing and Saying
Bounty Land, April 20.-Special:
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shanklin and chil
dren, of Anderson, spent from Friday
until Monday with relatives In this
community.
Mrs. Julia Davis, after a delightful
visit in Anderson, has returned to
her home here, to the delight of her
many friends.
MisB Bertie Smith delighted her
pupils with an Faster egg hunt last
Friday afternoon.
Our people are rejoicing over the
prospective change In the public road
near Richland creek. Since the re
cent heavy rains the road between
the Hamilton place and the creek is
almost Impassable.
Miss Ora Bagwell is visiting in
Westminster, the guest of Mrs. Sam
Dickson.
Grover Davis, of Athens, is with
home folks for a few days.
J. J. i)?ivis is a little in advance of
the majority of the farmers in this
community. His crop of cotton is up.
Mrs. Mack Milam and two children,
of Sandy Springs, are spending a few
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j; B. Pickett.
Mrs. H. R. Smithson and daughter,
Miss Laura, of Westminster, si RMI;
yesterday at. the home of J. M. Gllll
Bon.
Mrs. D. A. Perrltt entertained the
missionary society of the Seneca Bap
tist . church last Monday afternoon.
Sixteen of the members were present.
C. R. D. Burns and wife and Capt.
John C. Neville, of West Union, were
recent guests at the home of J. M.
Gilllson.
A. C. Whitten and Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Shanklin, of Clemson College,
and Mesdames Matthew and James
Davis, of near Seneca, were recent
guests In this community.
J. J. Davis's friends sympathize
with him In the recent loss of a valu
able horse, which is the eighth he has
lost within the inst fifteen years.
D. A. Perrltt and daughter, Misa
Lt'i/.<?, attended the burial of E. P.
Earle at the family burying ground
near Earle's Mill.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Lillie Reese Doyle to
Dr. Jamos Mendenhall Dunlap. The
marriage will take place at the home
of her cousin, nr. and Mrs. E. L. Con
nelly, in Atlanta. Miss Lillie is a
daughte- of the late Prof. E.R.Doyle,
of Westminster, formerly of Bounty
Land, and has a host of friends here
who wish her unlimited happiness.
We can sympathize with our Rich
land correspondent In his or her (we
do not know which, as there ls no
clue as to who ls the writer) embar
rassing position in that the expected
guests who were reported "will spend
Easter" at Richland did not arrive.
"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind," and as we have been guilty
of making errorB of like magnitude
we keenly appreciate the situation.
Now, as Richland has adopted the
aggressive policy,1 we feel that lt
would noe be ur pardonable In us to
remind Richland of the fact that
Bourity Land ls wide awake. How
evdr.sbould Bounty Land feel Inclined
to doze, she might take a lengthy nap
and on awakening find Richland far
1?\ the rear in "tho production of pro
fessional men. While Bounty Land
cannot boast of having turned out
more than one lawyer, she had an
active part in educating some of
Richland's boasted lawyers, who
never received any part of their edu
cation at Richland, but their early
educational training was attained
within the walls of old Bounty Land
Academy. Two of the five mentioned
lawyers received a preparatory edu
cation at Retreat. Unless Richland
counts the last admitted to the bar we
fall to see her grounds for boasting of
more than two. One of her young
lawyers has entered the ministry, and
while the other is a brilliant and most
promlnlng young lawyer, he has not
arisen to prominence In the profes
sion. We would not speak a word of
discouragement nor hinder his efforts
to the highest attainments, but some,
times the most brilliant anticipations
aro blighted by the direct disappoint
ments.
Ah! Richland, you are too young
to take issue with as venerable old
place as Bounty Land. Think of the
able men whom Bounty Land has
sent but-Judge William Doyle, of
Texas; the late Dra. John Doyle, S.
J. McElroy, George Phlnnoy, and Dre.
Wm. H. Wright. W. R. Dendy, Revs.
John Phinney, W. B. and R. R. Doyle,
S. Y. Stribllng, president of Roswell
and Habersham mills, were all
Bounty Land men, and we are edu
cating others "in our quiet way" for;
the different vocations of life. Yes,
"still water runs deep," hut soniet
times the moss of self-< onfldence will
accumulate on the pebbles 'in the
quiet depths of its channel. Now as
to our last o concerning the
Behool grounds at Richland: We are
B?rry to have made such a mistake,
or rather we are sorry that lt ls a
mistake, but we feel that any one
else would have arrived at the same
conclusion we did when the teacher
of this school reported to us that they
wore In advance of our article on the
Improvement of school grounds. Our
article only suggested the sodding of
sohool grounds, and as we made no
mention whatever of mound build
ing we naturally supposed that they
had sodded the grounds. We wish to
say that we bear no 111 will toward
POR THE CALHOUN STATUE.
Crowded Condition of Hall Likely to
Hender Location Difficult.
Washington April 20.-South Ca
rolinians in Washington are already
beginning to discuas the unveiling of
the Caltu un statue in the National
Capitol and many of the Incidents
that will be connected with the occa
sion.
When Governor Ansel <md the
other members of the Calhoun statue
commission were hero a few days ago
on their return from New York,
where they had been to inspect the
model, they made an informal insp e
tlon of Statuary Hall with the I?1' i
in view of picking out a good loca
tion for Calhoun. When it comes to
a permanent location there may be
some little trouble in finding a plac??
because the halt is already full now.
and in order to place any more
ntatues in it it will be necessary to do
a considerable amount of shifting and
moving from one point to another.
A few ye?ra ago wheu the statue
of Frances E. Willard, the great tem
perance advocate-and the only wo
mat, in the hall-was being put in,
it was found that in order to give it
the place assigned to it a move of
Gen. George Washington would have
to be made. That was the only way
that the Willard statue could be
given a prominent place. Virginia
the State that had placed Washington
in the hall-raised a vigorous pro
test, iinil some of her people said they
would prefer to have Washington re
main where he was rather than place
him in an obscure posit ion to make
room for the Willard statue. The
latter was put in place, however,
with the result that Washington was
moved to the rear behind Frances
Willard and does not command at all
a good position.
Just where the Calhoun statue will
be placed is an interesting question
that will have to be decided when
Sculptor H uckst a hi has completed his
work.
Superintendent Elliott Woods, the
man who controls the Oe pito 1 and
grounds, was asked a day or two ago
where he thought he could place the
new Btatue. He said that he did not
know, because lt looked now like
every available Inch of space was al
ready taken, and in order to place in
more statues many changes would
have to be made.
There ts one small corner of Stat
uary Hall where some space may be
utilized, and that is the little cut off
?.lace now used as a ladles' reception
rcrm. lt is not a good location, how
ever, and it ls not probable that any
State would want it.
While no program has been an
nounced yet In connection vlth the
placiug of the statue, it ls almost cer
tain that in addition to whatever
ceremonies the State of South Caro
lina baa old Carolinians i\o\v residing
in Washington will also provide en
tertainment.
Richland, having once lived in her
beautiful suburbs, or perhaps in the
very heart of town, as the bounds of
Richland are beyond our ken. Re
gardless of what may appear here
after on this subject, our part of the
controversy ls at an end. E. M. D.
Chamberlain's Has the Preference.
Fred. C. Hanrahan, a prominent
druggist, of Portsmouth, Va., says:
"For the past six years I have sold
and recommended Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. It is a great remedy and one
of the best patent medicines on the
market. I handle some others for
the same purposes that pay me a
larger profit, but this remedy is so
sure to effect a cure, and my cus
tomer so certain to appreciate roy
recommending it to him, that I give
lt the preference." For sale by Dr.
J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney,
Seneca.
Dot? from West Union.
West Union, April 20.-Special:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ritter and Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Porter visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Biewer recently.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Knox visited
relatives near Poplar Springs Sun
day.
Miss Stella Miller, of Poplar
Springs, visited her sister, Mrs. J. C.
Knox, Saturday and Suuday.
H. H. Nesmlth returned home Sat
urday, after spending several weeks
In Manning.
On Friday night, April 17, the
young people of West Union enjoyed
a pound supper given at the home
of Mr and Mrs. J. R. Duncan. The
young ladles were Misses Janie San?
ders, Susie Miller, Roxie and Ruth
Stone, Stella Honea, Agnes and Min
nie McAlister, Ruby Carter, 'Carrie
Sanders and Clarice Shockley. The
young, men present were: Robert.
Sanders, Jas. Dodd, Marvin McAl
ister, Harmon Kell, Ernest Snead,
John Brewer, Burt Shockley, Luther
Sanders and Bub Millar. E. C.
South Union Democratic dab.
Pursuant to th? call of County
Chairman C. R. D. Burns, the South
Union Democratic club ls hereby
called to meet at the Academy on
April 26th, 1908, at 4 o'clock P. M.,
for the purpose of reorganizing, re
vising the poll Hst, to elect delegates
to the county meeting, and to trans
act any otho/ business that may
como before the meeting.
J. B. Harris. President.
S. M. Vandrver, Secretary.
MEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
What the High School ls Doing
Paragraphs of Personal Interest.
Westminster, April 21.-Special'
In last week's Issue of The Courier
we announced that several Clemson
professors, with some others, visited
the A. P. M. Ledge of Westminster
on Saturday night, April 11th. We
take pleasure In reporting the names
of these gentlemen this week: O. R.
Doyle. D. G. M., Profs. Martin.Klugh
and Hook, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Schll
letter and Dr. Lewis; Messis. Look
and Dendy, of Walhalla. A nice lit
tle spread was given In honor of the
visitors In the apartments of G. W.
McConnell.
Prof. D. L. Bramlett, of the Cen
tral Hi?h School of Greenville,
brought ins ball team over last Fri
day and pi.iyed the Westminster
High School two games, one Friday
ufternoon, the other Saturday morn
ing. Central school rook the first
game by score of 5 to 3. Westmin
ster took the second, score 9 to 5.
Both games were Interesting and ex
citing, especially the first. The sec
ond was played under difficulty, the
game being called at end of the fifth
inning on account of rain. Spain, in
the box, handled himself well for a
high school player. He would do
credit to a college team. Beaurgard,
catcher, ::id fine work for Central.
Other Individual players of tho vis
itors did good work. Among some
who did are Foster, at second; Rabb.
at short; Abercrombie, pitcher of
second game, and Dillard, (M.). was
a good hitter for the "icltors. Wil
liams, Simpson and .lull did fine
work for the locals. In the first
game Williams yielded only flvt. hits
in nine Innings. In the second gune
Simpson yielded only two hits In the
fifth Inning. O. Marett, B. Manett,
Dillard, Carter, Leathers and Zim
merman all played well. The double
by Zimmerman Friday w?r. a ?ne
play. The line-up of the visitors aa
follows: Spain, p.; Beaurgard, c.;
Foster, s. s.; M. Dillard, Ii f.; B.
Dillard, c. f.; James, r. f.; McLeod,
1st b.; Abercrombie p. and 3d )>.;
B. Marshall. 1. f. and 3d b.
Mrs. J. S. Carter entertained the
visiting team and the local team at
uer beautiful home on Main street
Friday evening. All the young peo
ple enjoyed themselves to the fullest
extent. There were : *?jut seventy
five young peoplovpresent.
Among the visitors to the town
were: Prof. D. L. Bramlett, Misses
Theresa McDavld, Mary James, Hat
tie Walker, Totsle Mackey, Abbie
Stokes, Henry Cushman, H. Chan
dler, H. Deal,-Perry, all from
Greenville.
The visiting team conducted itself
in n very gentlemanly manner and
made many friends in the town dur
ing Its brief stay.
Miss Irene Howell and a few mem
bers of the ball team remained in
town until Sunday afternoon. All
th?8e guests were entertained by
different people In the town.
On account of the addition of a
tenth grade in the high school de
partment of the Westminster Graded
School, there will not be a graduat
ing class this year. We hope- to have
not less than seven In the 10th grade
next year. For all the work done
in the tenth grade this next year,
those taking the course will get
credit for it in college when they
enter. In this way parents will snve
at least the cost of a first year In col
lege .0"' course we don't Intend to
convey the Idea that we will give a
pupil as much as he woudl get
from a first yoar course In college.
What we do will compare favorably
with any high school course in the
State. By remnining In the "high
school pupils can enter higher than
they otherwise would should they
leave out of the 9th grade. The
work done will be credited by our
colleges In South Carolina.
Our commencement will not be
elaborate this time. We will have
an expression recital by the girls
Monday evening, May 18th, short ex
ercises by the primary grades Tues
day morning, and the boys' oratori
cal! contest for the Carter medal
Tuesday evening. There will be a
beautiful medal given to the girl
who recites the best; five dollars in
gold to the pupil who improves most
in writing and a scholarship mednl
to the pupil making the highest in
scholarship throughout the school.
This medal ls given by J. S". Carter.
Mrs. Geo. Marett, of Atlanta, ls
visiting friends and relatives In
town and Fair Play.
The Pedple'8 Store has changed
hands again. It was bought by
Mills Bros., from Seneca. They have
opened up their stock ot goods.
W. L. and B. M. England, A. Zim
merman and Caleb Mitchell have un
der construction a block of six stores
on the plot Just beyond, the Magnolia
Hotel. All the store rooms are to
have uniform glass fronts, When
completed these stores will be about
the best of their kind- la town and
will add much to thia end of the
town.
Westminster ls growing rapidly.
In five years from now it will sur
pass any town In this section in every
particular.
A. L. Gossett Is slowly improving.
His strength seems to come bj de*
grees. We hope that in the near
future he will be able to do active
work.
Otaway Marett, Apple Johns, A*.
Gaines and Rev. J. R. Moore were
delegates from Westminster to the i
B. Y. P. U. Convention, which met i
In Greenville on the 8th Instant.
Tb^y all report a great convention.
SENECA NEWS ITEMS.
The Death of Hom. E. 1*. Earle-Mat
tera of Local Interest.
Seneca, April 21.-Special: The
death of Hon. E. P. Earle, which oc
curred at his residence here last Fri
day afternon at 6 o'clock, is a dis
tinct loss .to the community, and to
the church of which he was a promi
nent and devout member. Mr. Earlo
had been In ill health for some years,
and th? ?Aiml decline witnessed by
his physicians and loved ones here
for the past weeks was the natural
premonition which warned them that
the end was near. He was an in
tense, but brave, sufferer, and every
thing that the skill of local physi
cians and specialists could do waa
done, but nothing could'stay the in
roads of the dread disease, and so
consciously and bravely he awaited
the end. His immediate family was
ajmut his bedside continuously, doing
all that tender solicitude suggested,
and the home is indeed desolated.
The names of thoBe left to mourn the
Irreparable loss are his wife, Mrs.
Nettle Earle, his sonB, Elias and Wil
ton, his daughter, Mary, and sister,
Miss Fannie Earle, .who made her
home with the family. The funeral
services were held at the Baptist
church on Sunday, where many sor
rowing friends congregated to pay
the last tribute of respect. Interment
was made at Beaverdam, his old
home, a long procession following the
remains to the distant churchyard.
Following premium list has been
prepared by the floral committee of
the Civic Association for tho flower
show in the fall, and was handed
your correspondent for nubllcation:
Roses.-Largest collection ; best
vas,- red roses; best vase white roses;
best vase yellow roses.
Best collection geraniums, best
collection cut blooms, geraniums;
second best collection cut blooms,
geraniums; best collection ferns;
best palm; best design.
Chrysanthemums.- Best plant
grown by child; best dozen single
stems; best Bingle stem; beat plant,
three blooms; best plant, 5 blooms;
second best plant, 5 blooms; best
plant, 9 blooms; second best plant, 9
blooms; largest cut bloom; beBt vase,
(3) ono color; second best vase, (3)
one color; best vase, (6) different;
second best VSBO, (6) different; beat
vase, (6) one color; second best vase,
(6) one color; largest collection cut
blooms; second largest collection cut
blooms; largest collection plants;
scron<l Inrgest collection plants; best
collection pompons.
Those wishing to grow flowers for
the show will do /ell to save thin
list for reference.
Mrs. J. D. Hutchinson and daugh
ter, Miss Elvira Dudley, arrive in
Seneca to-day for a visit to Mrs. T.
E. Stribling and other relatives here.
Mrs. Hutchinson has been with her
daughter in .Virginia for some weeks,
where she has been at school, and
they are en route to their home at.
Columbus, Miss.
Judge J. <!. Lewis, of Plckens, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs W. S.
Hunter.
Mrs. L. W. Jordan left to-day foi*
Union, alter a ?-h?rt visit here.
Miss Susie Farr, of Greenville, and
a recent graduate from the Piedmont
Training Scnool tor nurses in Atlan
ta, spent a few days in Seneca last
week.
Hon. and Mrs. J. C. Cary and son,
Whltner, of Greenville, are in Seneca.
Mrs. Sarah Hunt, of Townville,
who has been visiting relatives here,
returned to her home yesterday.
James Adams's 10-cent show is at
tracting the public notice here now.
It was the merry-go-round last week!
Master Willie Veiner is entertain
ing a large number of his little
friends this afternoon, who assist
him In tho celebration of his natal
day.
The Easter egg hunt on the Epis
copal grounds yesterday was a pro
nounced success.
John Edwards is at home on a
sick furlough.
There were a few church-goers last
Sabbath, who were brave enough to
don that Easter hat. and these few
(the hats) looked f if they would
like to apologize.
News from Rov. W. H. Davis, who
was recently bitten by a mad dog, ls
most encouraging. M.V.S.
Mrs. Jesse Sloan, of Franklin, N.
C., has returned home, after visiting
Mrs. W. J. Stribling, Mrs. Jesse Mc
Gee and friends, Mrs. Sloan, as Miss
Georgia Neville, was a frequent vis
itor here, and her friends were de
lighted to welcome her.
Mrs. Clifford Walker, of Monroe,
Ga., will visit her sister, Mrs. W. J.
Stribling, this week, Mrs. Walker
Is a daughter of the late R.. A. Ma
thewson, to whose wise courbet the
early management of our. town owes
the planting of our Interests, morally
and educationally, on a,firm basis.
Tho woman's, missionary society
of the Baptist chnrch held a very in
teresting meeting Monday afternoon
with a large attendance. One very
Interesting feature "Was the treasu
rer's report, showing that all appor
tionments had been sent to the State
treasurer, the society having given
much more largely than last year.
The annual meeting In Septembev
will now have earnest attention.
Mrs. W. J. Str!b!i?S requests that
the next quarterly meeting be well
attended, so that all business can he
Fully discussed.
Westminster and Toccoa will play
ball thia afternoon. Sub.