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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published E. TV Wednesday Morning. Subscription, $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -I By ST10CK, SIIELOH ? SCIIHODEK. Communications or a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of rospect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. G.: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 92, 1008. TIIIO ?LUE RIDGE SCHEDULE, j That the new schedule ls becoming dally more obnoxious to tho citizens of Walhalla ls being ovldonced by the fact that complaints are more numerous and general every day. Those who at first felt that the coup ling of passenger coaches to the freight train at Seneca and carrying them up to Walhalla would lu a way take the place of the afternoon pas senger train are realizing now that lt means nothing, or at most hut lit tle more than nothing. The authorities of the Blue Ridge road unquestionably know that, even Sf the road has not been operated sit a profit during the past few months, they have taken as a basis for their estimates the months dur ing which tho passenger trafile to and from Walhalla is off, at the very leasi, one-half; and lt is equally well known that the curtailed schedule was forced with no notice or consul tation at the very opening of the sea son for travel to the mountains. Whether or not this is au intentional stab at Walhalla as a summer resort, iis well as the logical railroad point for resorts further up in the moun tains, the fact remains that lt ls a Stab, and a serious one. Granted that the Blue Ridge road has been operated at a loss, where is the justice lu making retrench ments entirely at one point, and es pecially at a point where lt is known business will increase 2G to 7 0 per cent In the immediate future? We do not wish the curtail meut of service or the cutting of forces at any point on the road, nor do we be lieve it to be essential to the Blue Ridge being operated at a profit dur ing the summer months. The sched ules in operation at present are not only not calculated to induce travel by way of Walhalla, but, on the con trary, are against every interest of this point. The people of Walhalla will move Tor some recognition at the hands of the Blue Ridge, no small amount of whose revenue comes directly through this end of tho line. We want a schedule that will meet the t eeds and convenience of travel from Charles ton and Columbia, Washington and Charlotte, Louisiana. Florida and Georgia points, and wo are entitled to lt. _ rino COURIER'S MOW FIRM. Last week the personnel of The Courier firm was Bllghtly changed by the addition of a new member In tho person of Fred. A. ll. Schroder, who bas been for eleven years connected with The Courier force. By leason of Mr. Schroder's long service ns an employee of tho office, and In recog nition of his ability as a newspaper i nan, it was a pleasure to the other proprietors to associate him with them in business. In the retiring of Mr. Jaynes from the firm on April 1st we lost one of the ablest writers in South Carolina journalism; hut. for several years his time had been so completely occu pied with legal and other matters that The Courier was not lu a posi tion to enjoy tho benefit of hts abil ity as a writer, and ho felt called upon to relinquish his adopted pro fession as journalist In order that his whole time might be given to his "first love"-the law. We regretted Hbo severing of our partnership rela tions with him, but lt waa only the {severing >f active relations, as we B?11 have his good will and free access to his counsel. For the new member of the firm we bespeak a hearty reception at the hands of the public of Oconee. Mr. iSchroder is well and favorably known if rom center to circumference of the .county, and needs HO introduction at our hands. 3n tho production of The Courier wo shall endeavor to kee]) the paper wltere lt now stands at the top of f-'iif ladder in tho field of weekly newKpapers. Wo shall take no step bsclcvArd, but move forward at every opportunity in giving the news Of this . section, as well ns In standing firm afor v'nat wo ho. eve to he the best S ute reals Of Oconee and the country ..ot large. The News and Courier announces r.haf. W. will hereafter charge regular ad vert?s an g rates for Senatorial can didates' announcements of with drawal from the race. Good scheme. ?Safe as selling baby carriages and ?offlns-catch '.em coming and going. Smell anything peculiar? Rotten gubernatorial campaign opened over In Georgia. . . . . * John Jay Gould positively refuses to discuss his personal affairs. Can't say that we blame him. Might give us something about Anna, though. ***** By the death of the late William A. Courtenay a vacancy was created on the Peabody Educational Board. (invninnr M. KV A nicol lin* hpon sug gested as a worthy successor to Mr. Courtenay. Unquestionably the lat ter filled the seat on the board In a manner that wrought great good to this State and the South, and we know of no man better qualified to lill the unfortunate vacancy than Gov ernor Ansel. ***** A move was made last week at the session of the Medical Associa tion at Anderson to have a larger representation from the medical fra ternlty In the State law-making bo dies in order that the boult h of tbo State may be looked after more closely and intelligently. The move ment ls doubtless a good one for the State at large, directly and Indirectly. The doctors could frame the neces sary laws for the preservation of the health of the people of the State, and ut the same time be on baud in suffi cient numbers to administer the proper remedies when the Legisla tive and Senatorial livers get torpid or otherwise, as they unquestionably do at each session. The latter ser vice would doubtless require moro of the doctors' time than would the peo ple at large. ***** No. dear down-State contempora ries, the sulphurous darkening wave that ls floating down from the Pied mont is not Stump House mountain gone into volcanic eruption. K ls simply Walhalla and the Keowee Courier fuming and lowering over Blue Ridge trains Nos. 9 and 10 making Seneca their western termi nus.-Farm and Factory. Mistaken again, friend. We are always ready to stand up for our own Interests, but we never stoop to t ho level of working against others. The Blue Ridge may operate a dozen trains with Seneca as their terminus, and Walhalla and The Courier will rejoice with Seneca In her good for tune. We ask only what ls due us, and Seneca ought to join a fight to help Us secure lt. We would be glad to see expressions from Farm and Factory that show as much of friend ship as the above sentiment does of gloating jealousy. Plenty of Trouble is caused by stagnation of the liver and bowels. To get rid of it and headache and biliousness and the poison that brings jaundice, take Dr. King's New Life Pills, tho reliable purifiers that do the work without grinding or griping. 2?c. at all cl ruggists. Oakwny Items Oakway, April 20.-Special: Rev. J. L, Singleton filled his regular ap pointment at Center Suuday. Quite a largo and attentive congregation was present Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bearden, of Conneross, spent Sunday with his father, Andrew Bearden. Mr. and Mrs. Thad. Gaines, of Pownvllle, spent Saturday and Sun day at the home of J. J. Haley. Leard Moore, of Seneca, and cou sin. Miss Onida Moore, of Greenville, spent Sunday with the family of As hil ry Moore. Rev. j. G. Graham, who has been in Michigan the past year, is at home for a vacation. He visited his bro ther here last week. Alvin Henderson made a business trip for the firm of Bearden & Gra ham to Anderson last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Craig and Wm. Craig, of Walhalla, and sister, Miss Ada, of Plckens, were guests at J. W. Bourdon's Sundav. Froft-. McCraw and Wilkerson were in Westminster Friday night at '<and practice and the ball game Sal nrday. Miss May Haley took In the ball game at Westminster Saturday and visited friends Friday preceding. Mrs. I. W. Bearden's friends are ? glad to know that she ls Improving In health? She has been quite sick with measles and lumbago for the past week. Mis? !la Bearden and brother,Win fred, have recovered from an attack of measle:-. Miss Ella now iv.is chem. The Easter egg hunt, with which Miss EthelEubanks was to have en tertained her friends Saturday after noon was rained out, much to their sorrow. Much interest ls being taken hy the school boys and girls In their en tertainment, which ls to take place May first. Profs. McCraw and Wil kerson aro taking much pains, to make it a success. B, "One Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World Kin." When a rooster finds a big fat worm he calls all tho hens in the farm yard to come and share it. A similar trait of human nature ls to bo observed when a man discovers something exceptionally good-he wants all his friends and neighbors to share the benefits o' his discov ery. This is the touch of nature thal makes the whole world kin. This explains why people who have been cured by Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy write letters to the manufactu rers for publication, that others sim ilarly ailing may also use it and ob tain rr?ef. Behind every one of these letters ls a warm bc .rted wish of the writer to bc of use to some one else. This remedy ls for sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Knocked Cassie Silly. Paris, April 19.-Cassie Chadwick and Mme. Humbert have been out classed by Henri Rochette, a thirty year-old Frenchman, who, in four years, has taken $20.000,000 from French and Spanish investors In ex change for bogus eompnny shares. Rochette has been arrested, and his trial will bring to light financial methods, that will make Cassie Chad wick turu In her grave with envy. MONEY IS NOT HAPPINESS. Frank Gould'sWife Suing for Divorce Mrs. Vanderbilt Wins Suit. New York, April 18.'-Broke!/com. pletely in spirit, and decrying bis wealth,which he declares bas brought only curses upon him, Frank Gould, who is separated from his young and b- lutiful wife, started last night for Hot Springs, Va., white his wlf0 and their two children remaiu at the n?..t i v.- ann nim. ?_.-.w. Y VJ U UIU I1UIIIV, ...... 1 llvil UI U ll Ut). ?ti t\ li extraordinary interview he made no secret of the fact that he ls a most miserable man. He admitted not only that he and his wife had parted, but that she had begun suit for a legal separation. "I never reali/ed what a curse lt is to have money," he said. He says he is not to blame and does not blame his wife. "We were Just driven to it," he said. Mrs. Vanderbilt Wins. New York, April 18.-Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt has won her suit for absolute divorce. Mrs. Vanderbilt ls free to marry again in three months. The referee recommends she be al lowed alimony of $5,000,000. Van derbilt ls worth $40,000,000 to $50, 000,000. A Twenty-Year Sentence. "I havo Just completed a twenty year health senten?e, imposed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which cured nie of bleeding piles Just twenty years, ago," writes O. S. Woolever, of LeRaysvllle, N. Y. Bucklen's Ar llca Salve heals the worst sores, bolls, burns, wounds and cuts in the shortest time. 2 5c. at all druggists. Fairview Locals. Fairview, Apr!' 20.-Special: Rev. Rhett Doyle will All his regular ap pointment at this place next Sunday at ll o'clock a. m. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Cox, .Tr , of Greenville, are visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry McMa han. Little Johnnie Morris is quite sick with pneumonia. We hope he will soon be restored to his usual good health. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Barron attend ed Presbytery at Walhalla last Thurs day M. O. Alex nder, of Hlawassee, Ga., is visiting lils father. Hon. J. C. Alexander. Milton is a former Oco nee boy and a native of this commu nity, and he ls always gladly wel comed by his many friends. Miss Nannie Barron and niece, Miss Mary McMahan, visited ' >io for n.ar's brother, M. E. Barron, near Seneca, recently. Miss Janie Boggs visited her sis ter, Mrs. Gregory, at Newry, the lat ter part of last week. V. Rheumatic Pains Relieved. Thos. Stenton, postmaster of Pon typool, Ont., writes: "For the past [eight years I suffered from rheumat ic pains, and during that time I used .nany different liniments and reme dies for the cure of rheumatism. Last summer I procured a bottle of Cham berlain's l ain Bain, and got more re lief from lt than anything I have |e?er ose'?, and cheerfully recommend this liniment to all sufferers from rheumatic pains. For sale by J. W. Bell. Walhalla' W.J. Lunney,Seneca. Doings on Little River. Little River, April 20.-Special: The fruit crop ls not all destroyed yet. Most of lt ls killed In places, however. Ret . R. R. Doyle's sermon at Whit mire's on the first Sunday was most . cellent. J. H. Harrison, of Walhalla, made a business trip to this section re cently. J. H. Wiglngton and son, Oscar, of Picketts, were visiting in this sec tion a short time hack. G. R. Pike and family, of Salem, spent last Sunday on Little Uiver. Rev. Mr. Bond, of Walhalla, lilied the pulpit at this place on the third Sunday. There will be an all-day singing at Whitmlre's on the first Sunday in May. Preaching at ll A. M. hy he pastor, Rev. R. R. Doyle; dinner on the grounds. Come, everybody, with well-tilled baskets and a bundle of oats for Jack. Everybody ls cordi ally Invited. Rev. D. Hudson, of North Carolina, attended church here on the third Sunday. M. All-Day Singing. Mount Pleasant, April 20.-There will be an all-day singing at Mount Pleasant Baptist church the first Sun day In May. Everybody Invited to come and bring well-filled baskets. We extend a special Invitation to all the good singers, as this among the first all-day singings we have hear of .his year. Let's do our best. G. Singing Convention in May. West Union, April 20.-The Sentl Annual Singing Convention will meet with the Poplar Springs Baptist church the second Sunday in May, 1008, (the 10th.) Prof. J. B. Vaughan will he here from Athens, Ga. That will be a treat to those who have never heard him, and also to those who have. J. F. Morton, President. Norton Cox, Secretary. INTERNAL REVENUE .SERVICE, District of South ('andina. Deputy Collector's Offlco, Greenville, S. C.. April 20, 1008. Notice Is hereby given that the fol lowing described property, having been seized on the 20th day of Amil, 1908, near Walhalla. S. C., for vio lation of Sections 3296, 3 150. 3452, 3 4 53, and 3454 R. S. U. S., parties claiming the same must Alo bond In thc Collector's office within 30 days of the date hereof or the same will be forfeited to the United States. One gray mule, one set single har ness, one open buggy, six gallons of corn whiskey; seized from W. D. Roach. Ono black mule, one set single buggy harness, one open buggy, foui vallons of corn whiskey; seized from John Smith and Will Carver. JNO. P. SCRUGGS, De.nity Collector. 3d Div., Dist, of 1 7-19 South Carolina. COMING! J.L.Wood's Famous Shows and Merry-Go-Rou nd FIVE DAYS, COMMENCING APRIL 28th. THE BIGGEST TEN-CENT SHOW ON EARTH. Located on North Broad St. in front of Keith Property. Free Band Concert and Exhibition every night at 7.30. Carter & Company, Walhalla, South Carolina, Have a large Stock of Laces, Embroidery, Insertion, Lawns, Cambrics and other Summer Goods to close out at prices to suit the times. . Also a complete line of Brown's Star Five Star Low Cut Shoes for Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses and Children. CARTER & COMPANY, WALHALLA, S. C. e r ou Building If you contemplate Building a HOME, BARN, or doing any Repair Work it means "DOLLARS" saved for yon by getting in touch, with us. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR WINDOWS, DOORS, BLINDS, PAINTS, LEAD AND OIL, LIME AND CEMENT. Just Received One Car (400) Kegs Wire and Cut Nails. Send or Bring us Specifications for your "BUILDING MATERI?L." WE FURNISH OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIES. WE CAN FURNISH YOU IF YOU WILL ONLY GIVE US A TRIAL. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. We have a Car of Stoves, the "GOOD KIND" WE ARE OFFERING CHEAP. Don't miss seeing them when in Town. MATHESON HARDWARE CO WESTMINSTER, S. C Suicide nt Chapel Hill. Charlotte, N. C., April 20 -A spe cial dispatch to the Observer from Chapel Hill says that Philip R.Meade, alumnus of the University of North Carolina, and son of the Rev. W. H. Meade, Episcopal rector at that place, commit' 'a suicide Saturday after noon by shooting himself In the mouth. Meade went quietly to the room of a friend, while the latter was out, disrobed, lay down upon the bed and then fired the fatal shot. Meade j was in the best of health. He was a I base ball player of note. No cause can he assigned for the act. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ROAD TO Ii KT. The County Board of Commission ers will let, to tho lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, at "The Laurel," on Keowee River, on TUESDAY, the ?th day of MAY, 1908, at ll o'clock a. m., the cotract to grade about 300 yards of new road. Board reserves tho right to reject any and all bids. Successful bidder, or bidders, will be required to give bond In a sum dou ble the amount of bid. D. F. MCALISTER, supervisor. April 22. 100S. 17-18 ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF PERSONALTV. On Monday, May 4th. 1908, at ll o'clock a. m., in front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., I will sell, to the highest bidder, for cash, as the property of tho Estate of Wm. F. ErvIn, deceased, tho fol lowing: One certificate for ten shares of Stock In tho People's Bank of Walhalla, S. C., one certificate for one share of Stock in Walhalla Cot ton Mills; also certain Notes and Accounts of said Estate appraised "doubtful" or "worthless." J. B. S. DENDY, Administrator, with Will Annexed of Wm. F. ErvIn, deceased. April 22, 1908. 17-18 I LOW CUT SHOES For Men, Women and Children in Patent Coil, Vici Kid, Gun Metal and Tan. Mom's Oxfords at $3.50 down to $1.50. Ladies' Oxfords at $2.50 down to 75c. Misses' Oxfords at $1.50 down to 75c. Boys' Oxfords at $2 down to 50c. Children's Oxfords at $1.50 down to 50c. Call and look, wo can save you money. J. W. BYRD. S CAROLINA. Tamassee locals. Tamasspo, April 20.-Special" Bethel Sunday school ls progressing very nicely. Several children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt from 3 until ? o'clock at the home of J. E. Kelley last Satur day afternoon. Mrs. J. P. Beaty and children, of Walhalla, aro visiting her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rankin, at Tamassee, this week. Several of the Bethel congregation attended Presbytery at Walhalla on Wednesday and Thursday of Jast week. Easter Sunday was a beautiful day. M. O B. and D, D. Walhalla Democratic Club. The Walhalla Democratic club will meet noxt Saturday afternoon at tho Court House, at 4 o'clock, for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention and transacting other business. To Organize Democratic Club. Tho Democratic citizens of tho Picket Post community are hereby requested to meet at the Picket Post school house on Saturday, April 25, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of organizing the Picket Post Democra tic Club, and the transaction of other necessary business. Votors. Mount Pleasant Dots. Mount Pleasant* April 18.-Spe cial: The health of this community ls reasonably good, and prosperity seems to be inevitable. The outlook ls better for tho future. Rev. W. J. Spearman filled his reg ular appointment at this place tho first Sunday, and after tho sermon organized a lively Sunday school, with Mr.Pot Bruce as superintendent. There will be an all-day service at Mount Pleasnnt on the first Sunday In May. Everybody come and hiing well-filled baskots. B. P. \