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FATHER SHOOTS DAUGHTER.
Once 1*1 ominen! New York Physician
Fatally Wounds His Child.
Asheville, N. C., April 15.-En
raged at his 16-year-old daughtor,
Nellie, becauso of a harmless school
girl prank, Dr. C. O. Swlnney, who
recently came hero from Now York,
fired two shots at her, fatally wound
ing tari and then turining the revol
ver ?<n himself, he placed the muzzle
in his mouth and pulled tho trigger,
dying almost instantly. Badly wound
ed as s.vo was, with two bullets em
bedded in her skull, Miss Swlnney
ran fron tho room and upstairs to
the principal'?? room before she fell.
The tragedy occurred In the recep
tion room of the Normal and Colle
giate Institute, a largo girls' board
ing school in thlH city, where Miss
Swlnney had been a pupil for the
pasl session. Just what occurred
prior to the shooting is not known,
as there were no witnesses, and the
girl, while still conscious, could give
but a vague account. Dr. Swlnney,
who up to a few yearB ago had been
a prominent physician In New York
city, has for some time been In poor
health, and of late, lt ls alleged, his
mind had been unbalanced.
When Dr. Swlnney called on his
daughter at the school this afternoon
about 3 o'clock he was shown Into
the reception room, and a few min
utes later his daughter came down
and went Into the room, closing the
door behind her. She sat down at
the plano, her father sitting beside
her. Half an hour later girls and
teachers were startled by four shots
ringing out, and a second afterwards
Miss Swlnney. with blood streaming
from the wounds in her head, cimc
rushing from the room. In a few
minuets the wildest confusion reign
ed, school girls and women teachers
running here and there, but Miss
Robinson, the principal, speedily re
stored order and hastily summoned a
physician.
Miss Swlnney was desperately
wounded and there ls little chance
for her recovery.
The room In which the tragedy oc
curred showed signs of a hard strut" .
gie. Chairs were overturned, and the
plano stool, with one leg broken, was
lying in thc middle of the room. The
father was lying on the floor at one
side of the room, face downward,
with the revolver, with four cham
bers empty, under him.
The attempted mulder and suicide
were evidently deliberately planned,
as before going to the school Dr.
Swlnney bought a revolver and two
rounds of cartridges at a pawn shop.
Although It is said that his mind
has been unbalanced for some time,
he had never been violent, and his
family were totally unprepared for
the dreadful tragedy. He was the
father-in-law of Dr. J. A. Sinclair, a
prominent dentist of this city, and
since his return from New York a
few weeks ago, Dr. Swlnney had
mude his home with him.
S. L. Bowen, of Wayne, W. Va.,
writes: "I was a sufferer from kid
ney disease, so that at time? I could
not stand straight. I took Foley's
Kidney Cure. One dollar bottle and
part of the second cured me entire
ly." Foley's Kidney Cure works
wonders where others are total fail
ures. Sold by all druggists.
Patrick's Adenda.
An Irishman was traveling through
the West Virginia hills and spied a
cemetery. Going Into lt he road the
inscriptions and epitaphs on the
stones, one.bearing the following:
As you are now so once waa I,
As I am now you soon must be,
Prepare for death and follow me.
"Faith and begorra," said Pat,
"I'll lani him how to beg me to toi
ler him. Jest because he's in the
lake that burns with far and brum
corn, there's no sign he shud want
me to go to tho same place." Pat
took his pencil and wrote under the
Inscription,
Where you are now I wish you well.
If up in Heaven or down in Hell,
But to foller you I'll not consent,
l'nles8 I know which way you went.
Then he walked off as If the bur
den had been taken off of him and
he had accomplished his work In that
place.
An Insidious Danger.
One of the worst features of kid
ney trouble ls that lt ls an insidious
disease and before the victim realizes
his danger he may have a fatal mal
ady. Take Foley's Kidney Cure at
the first sign of trouble as it corrects
irregularities and prevents Bright's
disease and diabetes. Sold by all
druggists.
Ground to Death on Track.
Lindale, Ga., April 17.-Henry
Pressley, colored, was Instantly kill
ed at Chambers, one mlle south of
thin place, by northbound train No.
7 of the Southern Raliway, Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock. He was alt
ting- on the track on a curve appar
ently asleep whon 6truck by the train.
The Governor of Illinois has made
a requisition for Mrs. E. C. Hogan,
of Charleston, who is said to be
wanted in DeWitt county, Illinois,
on a charge of perjury.
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BIG MEN OP THE NATION
To -Discuss tho Preservation of Coun
try's Natural Resources.
Washington, April 17.-James J.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
Railroad, will make one of the lead
ing addresses at the White House
conference In May on tho conserva
tion of natural resources. His sub
ject will be, "The Relation Between
Rail and Water Transportation." It
is understood President Hill's sub
ject will load bim Into a discussion
of the competitive relations between
the railroads and canals of this
country.
President HUI ls one of the five
distinguished citizens who have been
personally Invited to attend the con
ference. The others are Grover
Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan,
John Mitchell and Andrew Carnegie.
These guests, with the Governors of
the States, will be entertained by
President Roosevelt at a dinner on
the evening of May 12. The session
will begin the following morning.
The plan is to hold two sessions a
day for three days. Prebident
Roosevelt will open the conference
with an address and he Is also ex
pected to preside at each session, if
not throughout each session. The
meetings will be held in the east
room of tho White House.
Indications already are that that
room will bc crowded. Each Gover
nor will be attended by three dele
gates and some forty great national
organizations will be represented.
Cabinet members, the Justices of the
Supreme Court and members of Con
gress, and the Inland Waterways
Commission have been Invited, and
arrangements will also be made for
the accommodation of newspaper and
magazine writers.
The importance of the conference
and its notable personnel, as well aa
Its non-partisan character, ls Indlcat.
ed by the fact that it happens that,
practically all the Republican and
Democratic Presidential possibilities
are on the invitation list.
Taft and Cortelyou will be there In
their capacity as cabinet members.
Knox and Lafollelte are Invited as
Senators. Fairbanks and Cannon
have received invitations because of
their positions as presiding ofl'cers
of the two houses of Congress.
Hughes will be on hand a* Governor
of New York. Bryan ls one of the
live to receive a net "mal invitation.
Johnson has the same standing ns
Hughe*, by virtue of Ohing Governor
of Minnesota. Judge Gray will at
tend as a delegate from Delaware.
A Card.
This is to certify that all druggists
aro authorized to refund your money
If Foley's Honey and Tar fails to
cure your cough or cold. It stops
the cough, heals the lungs and pre
vents serious results from a cold.
Cures la grippe coughs, and prevents
pneumonia and consumption. Con
tains no opiates. The genuine Is in
a yellow package. Refuse substi
tutes. Sold by all druggists.
Jeff Davis Hus host Prestige.
'News and Courier.)
Jeffries Davis has returned to
Washington from Arkansas, where he
has had a strenuous time for Borne
weeks. Tho Washington Herald wel
comes him back to the national capi
tal and Informs him that "things
have been pretty dull around the
Senate since he left." But the Jeff
ries Davis of to-day ls not the Jeff
ries Davis that he was when he aim
ed his first crushing blow In the Sen
ate at the hosts of predatory wealth.
Somehow or other he is not nearly so
much to be feared now as he was
when he first started on his reckless
course. The licking he got in Little
Hock took a good deal of starch out
of him and proved to the country
that he ls not the only "bad man" in
Arkansas. The shame of lt Is, how
ever, that any Southern State should
be represented lu the most distin
guished leg'slatlve body In the world
by so miserable a creature
Tl?e New Pure Food and Drug Law.
Wo are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles ls not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug Law, as lt contains no opiates
or other harmful drugs, and we rec
ommend lt as a safe remedy for chil
dren and adults. Sold by all drug
gists.
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Aiken County ReiiuihiH Wet.
Aiken, April 16.-Though the re
turns are Incomplete by three boxes
Aiken county ls known to ha vu voted
against prohibition yesterday by
more than 100 votes. With the
Wards, Sunnyside and Oak Grove
.boxes yet to be reported-tho vote
stands for prohibition S4 :t, for dis
pensary 883, of tho 40 majority for
the dispensary. The three missing
boxes will poll about 17f? votes, and
tho prohibitionists concede the elec
tion to tho dlspensaryites by from 90
to 110 votes. It ls unofficially re
ported that tho Wards box polled 60
fer the dispensary and 10 against.
Harsh1 physic*] react, weaken the
bowel?, cause chronic constipation.
Donn's Regul?is operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation. 25c.
Ask your druggist for them.
Richland to Bounty Land.
Lo, the goddess of all wisdom sits
upon her throne,
Pouring out her vial of wisdom as
she used to do in Rome;
She li.is changed In her great good
ness; she now deals with partial
hand,
For she pours most all her wisdom
down upon fair Bounty Laud.
From that land of untold wisdom
pomes a voice o'er hill and dale,
Bringing us some profound message,
which with joy we always hail.
Yesterday that voice came to us, with
a message harsh and cold,
Scolding us for beli\g little, scoffing
us for being old.
That most wond'rous of all pinces
which the gods have ever seen
ls the one spot of this earthdom
which we bow to as our queen.
High above us In the heavens, up
upon her golden throne,
She sits judging all the people who
by her were ever known.
Alas! we children of the dust, placed
under condemnation,
Seek forgiveness of our queen-a glo
rious consolation!
We would not seem impudent, we are
all by nature meek
To be forgiven of our sins; this only
do we humbly seek.
We know that we are very small ; our
smallness is our shame;
And yet we love our little town and
glory in her name.
lt ls said that little ones should be
seen, but never heard,
Yet the smallest, when ill-treated,
will complain with some small
word.
In shame we heard the harsh rebuke;
in meekness we submit;
For 'twas the Judgment of our queen;
wo dared not question lt.
'Twas from the Hps of our fair
queen, the fairest of all queens
A queen whose courtiers are her
ploughmen, whose livery is blue
jeans.
Few are blest ns we are blest to look
upon a queen so fair
A queen who of her boundless knowl
edge to her subjects gives a share.
When she speaks forth her great
knowledge, we fall stricken to the
ground
By the greatness of her wisdom,
which exists alone In sound.
Hall our queen, fair Bounty Land!
Most noble Bounty Land!
Thou'rt the rarest known creation of
that eroater Master Hand;
For thy greatness ls most marvel,
and thy smallness more so still.
For thy smallness can thy greatness
all consume at Its own will.
We would see thy noble greatness;
'tis to this we would be led,
But alas! thy marvel greatness lies
within thy marvel head;
And of all themarv'lous marvels that
we ever marvelled at,
I That is the most novel marvel that
we marv'lers marvel at.
"Greatness comes with greater wis
dom," so the prophets say of old.
But we beg to be forgiven, If In dif
fering we are bolo.
For the bounteous '.lountiness of this
bounteous Bounty Land
Would be greater with less wisdom,
such as flows through that fair
land. -Harry R. Hughs.
That languid, lifeless feeling that
comes with spring and early sum
mer can be quickly changed to a
feeling of buoyancy and energy by
the judicious use of Dr. Shoop's Re
storative. The Restorative ls a gen
uine tonic to* tired, run down nerves,
and but a few doses ia needed to
satisfy the user that Dr. Shoop's Re
storative is actually reaching that
tired spot. The indoor life of win
ter, nearly always; leads to sluggish
bowels and to sluggish circulation in
general. The customary lack of ex
ercise and outdoor air ties up the
liver, stagnates the kidneys and oft
times weakens the heart's action.
Use Dr. Shoop's Restorative a few
weeks and all will be changed. A
few days' test will tell you that you
are using the light remedy. 1 You
will easily and surely note the
change irom day to day. Sold by
J. W. Bell.
Rev. Bridewell I)ismiH.sed.
Atlanta, April 16.-Yesterday, at
the meeting of the spring session of
Atlanta Presbytery the morning was
taken up with routine work, the ex
ception being when the dismissal of
Rev. C. P. Bridewell, formerly pas
tor of tho First Presbyterian church
of Atlanta, came up for disposal.
A motion to dismiss him to the
Presbytery of Watchman, Ark., was
introduced. This was strongly op
posed by members of the body, who
took the Btnnd that Dr. Bridewell
was not n member In good and regu
lar standing of this Presbytery, he
having been dismissed for reason
nt a former meeting of this body.
After a lengthy discussion, in
which many of the most prominent
ministers engaged, the motion dis
missing him wus carried.
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THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
County Chairman Burns Issues Call
for Reorganization of Clubs.
Pursuant to the constitution^ the
State Democratic party, lt becomes
my duty to call the local Democratic
clubs of the various precincts in the
county to meet at their respective
places of meeting on Saturday, the
25th day of April, 1P08, (I would
suggest that the hour of meeting be 4
o'clock p. ni,) for the purpose of re
rganlzatlon and election of delegates
(ono for every twenty-five members,
or a majority fraction thereof,) to
attend the Democratic County Con
vention, hereby called to meet at
Walhalla Court House on Monday,
the 4th day of May, 1908, at ll
o'clock a. m.
This convention will elect dele
gates to the State Convention, called
to meet on Wednesday, the 20th day
of May, in Columbiu, S. C.; to recog
nize the f?rmatlon of new clubs, and
for the transaction of any other busi
ness that may come before it.
Where a new club is desired the
Democratic votera should meet on
the same day and time and elect offi
cers and delegates to the County
Convention. The only way a local
Democratic club can be formed or
recognized is by action of the County
Convention. C. R. D. Burns,
County Chairman.
Pain, anywhere, can be quickly
Stopped by one of Dr. Shoop's Pink
Pain Tablets. Pain always means
congestion-unnatural blood pres
sure. Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets
si ni ply coax congested blood away
from pain centers. These tablets
known by druggists as Dr. Shoop's
Headache Tablets-simply equalize
the blood circulation and then pain
always departs in 20 minutes. Twen
ty tablets 25c. Write Dr. Shoop, Ra
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Rev. C. CS. Mayes Called.
(Rock Hill Herald.)
At a copgregatlonal meeting of the
Ebenezer Presbyterian church Sun
day, with Rev. W. T. Hall, of the
Columbia Seminary, as moderator,
Rev. G. G. Mayes, pf Blackstock, was
called to the pastorate of the old his
toric church. A committee had been
In search of a pastor for some time,
and after careful consideration the
gentleman in question was named
and the congregation unanimously
voted that the call be extended to
him. Rev. Mr. Mayes is said to be
an able preacher and an enthusiastic
worker.
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PROHIBITION IN DANVILLE, VA.
That City Has Voted to Stop the Sale
of Whiskey.
Danville, Va., April 16 -The city
ot Danville Wednesday vot?d against
licensing saloons, the majority
against licensing being 45 votes.
Each side carried two wards. The
city voted against license April 9,
1903, by 203 maj'orlty. but on Sep
tember 14, 1905, a second election
resulted in a plurality for license of
18. Wednesday's election causes the
pendulum to swing back to the dry
cause.
The result Wednesday was the eli
mination of a campaign which has
been hotly waged for a fortnight or
more, in which both sides used the
columns of the local press freoly, and
the opponents of license held many
mass meetings, addressed by widely
known prohibition advocates.
Winchester Also Goes Dry.
Winchester, Va., April 16.-Win
chester gave the drys 104 majority at
Wednesday's local option election,
out of a total of 84 9 votes cast, over
turning a majority for license two
years ago of 62 votes.
"Suffered day and night the tor
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R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala.
Travel in Canoe.
Greenwood, April 16.-Will Mas
ter, of this city, and Hugh Cromer,
of Abbeville, left Clemson College
last Friday morning in a canoe. They
traveled on the Savannah river for a
distance of about sixty miles, to Mill
wood which ls near Calhoun Falls,
S. C., arriving there Saturday even
ing late. The boys say that but lit
tle trouble was encountered while on
their voyage.
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CYCLONE NEAR JONESVILLE.
\ Two Residences Destroyed and Three
People Badly Hurt.
Jonesville, S. C., April 15.- -A cy
clone passed south of Jonesville this
afternoon about 3 o'clock, doing con
siderable damage. The dwelling of
J. C. Spears was demolished, and Mr.
Spears was baoly hurt. The top of
W. Fowler's barn and his well house
were blown away. The dwelling of
W. F. Hames was torn to pieces, and
Mr. ilium's and his wife were both
badly hurt. ?
Trees and fences suffered consid
erably. The storm travelled from
west to east and was precisely in the
track of a cyclone that passed
through a few years ago.
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