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'TO THINE OWN SELF BE Tit UK, AM) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE, DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE rj?0 A NI MAN." .
By STECK, 9HELOR & SCHRODER.
ALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1008.
New S?riel No. 924.-Volume LIX.-No. 20.
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Tie a cord around your wrist. Kot too tight!-just so
you feel a gentle pressure. In half an hour you will
faint from that gentle pressure. So with the pressure
of hadly-fitting shoes! That's why you feel so tired
when night comes. But "Queen Quality' Shoes will
quickly relieve that tired feeling. ? H shades and leathers.
C. W.& J. E. Bauknight
HORROR IN AIKEN COUNTY.
Little Girl Assaulted by Unknown
White Man at Langley.
SECOND FIRE STRIKES ATLANTA
Probity Valued at $100,000 Con
sumed by Flames.
Augusta, May 9.-Lula May1'Leo- i
pard, nine-year-old daughter of Mrr.
Dolliver Leopard, of Langley, 8. C..
was criminally assaulted this after
nomi by an unknown white mnn and 1
ls in a critical condition. Her assail
ant escaped and up to a late hour j
to-night had not been caught.
About 4 o'clock this afternoon as
the little girl was returning home
from Behool she was approached by
the man, who told her that he had
lost four dollars and would give her
half of it if she would assist him in
his search. The child agreed, but
later showed signs of fear and turn
ed back when the man seized her to
force her to accompany him. The
girl made an attempt to call for help,
but her captor tightened his grasp
and choked the little one into in
flexibility. He dragged her almost
lifeless body to tho edge of a swann)
'Vi?d there she was found some time
afterwards. Sne hld been assaulted
and the man had escaped.
ELEOTRIC THE BEST FOB
hJiifS ?ILIOUSNKSt?
BITTERS AND KIDNEYS.
Atlanta, Ga., May ll.-One hun
dred and seventy-five horses, two of
them show prize winners, half a
block of buildings burned, with a
loss of $100,000, a threatened panic
in a theatre nearby, and half a dozen
persons injured-none seriously,how
ever-summarizes a fire which to
night started in the business portion
of Atlanta, and for an hour threat
ened to make a clearer sweep than
did the flames which last week de
stroyed a million and a quarter dol
lars' worth of property. The block
In which the fire started was made up
chiefly of one-story wooden and brick
structures. The flames started in.,
the Piedmont stables on Marietta
street. Half a block away the Or
pheum theatre was crowded from
floor to balcony with persons watch
ing a vaudeville performance. An
endeavor was made to empty the
theatre by announcing that owing to
some trouble with the negroes in the
gallery the performance would close,
but some one In the audience called
out that there was a Are, and a panic
came near being the reBult. Fortu
nately cool', heads stopped this be
fore anything of a serious uature
occurred. Half a dozen negroes wore
bruised In the first crush, but no seri
ous injuries wore reported.
Economizes the use of flour, but
ter and eggs; makes the biscuit,
cake and pastry more appetiz
ing:, nutritious and wholesome.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
This is the only baking
powder made from Royal
Grape Cream of Tartar.
lt Has No Substitute
Tb** mt? Atmm and Phosphate ot Ll?? arixfaWM ?old at
. Inrw ?rte?, but houNkNpir rogordlsg th? fac*Ub
of ht UmUf cern effort te tm them, 9
Tf?^ FORK8T PRKHKltVE.
An Open Letter to Governor Ansel
Showing Its Great Importance.
West Union, S. C., May 8.-Gover
nor Martin P. Ansel, Columbia, S. C.:
My Dear Governor-In view of the
Congress of Governors and other
prominent citizens from all over the
United States, which is to be held in
Washington, D. C., about the middle
of this mouth for the purpose of con
sidering and discussing the conser
vation of our national resources, I
wish to emphasize to you Just one
point as regards the preservation of
the Appalachian forests.
Of course, from an agricultural,
commercial, Industrial and aesthetic
point of view, we all sympathize with
the movement looking to the estab
lishment, by the National Govern-'
ment, of the Appalachian and Wime
Mountain Forest Preserve. Expert
forestry authorities, of one nccord,
tell us that if the present rate of for.
est depletion ls not checked the whole
country will be face to face with a
timber famine within the next ?0 to
25 years, and that as other disastrous
results, the mountain sides, denuded
of their forests, will lose the recipient
condition of their soil and thus allow
the heavy rainfall in those regions to
be precipitated into the streams that
drain them, carrying silt, soil, sand
and debris, choking the channels
throughout their course to the seo."
causing the overflow of rici; allu;*til
lands all along tim way. destroying
pi ionising civ hump-.?in? inland
navigation and supplying endless
work for the dredge*:* In our har
bors. The condition ti.at would act
to increase the maximum flow of
st remus to these disastrous _ pro por-1
tions would also act to minimize
their minimum flow, and thus come
in for serious Injury to water power
properties located along their course.
This I conceive to be the most seri
ous phase of the whole problem, If
not to tho present generation, cer
tainly to those that are to follow.
This brings me to the point which
I wish to emphasize, namely, That
our various forms of fuel do not; ex
ist in inexhaustible quantities, and,
in consequence, as a source of power,
light and heat are destined to fail,
and hydro-electrlrity, as ls now be
ing OenioiiRtk-nted throughout the in
dustrial world, Will lie required <o
supply these needs. Hence, it would
be hard to overestimate the import
ance of maintaining that condition
in the mountainous parts of our wa
tersheds which would operate to give
us tho most satisfactory results In
the mutter of conserving our water
supply.
For the last few years I have spent
considerable tiree In the mountains
of North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia purposely to make In
vestigations as to storage basins, and
found that, though such basins are
not numerous, nor yet very large,
still they exist In sufficient number
and size, I think, to store all the
waste water that would gather dur
ing the years of the greatest rainfall.
But, of course, If these mountains
should be deforested, and their sur
face exposed to consequent erosion,
lt would be useless to think of es
tablishing reservoirs, for they would
soon be filled with erosion from the
mountain-sides, and would thus cease
to serve the purpose for which they
were built.
The value of theso reservoirs as a
source of added water supply, and
consequent added water-power, can
be best seen by taking a proposition
located on one of the streams flow
ing through these mountains and
noting their effect upon lt. Take,
then, for example, the first twenty
five miles of the Chattooga river,
beginning at its mouth-having 750
feet fall and a minimum flow of 250
second feet. Now, this portion of
thiB stream, if developed on the basis
of 250 second feet flow, would give
something like 30,000 horse-power
for day running. But If the waste
water could be conserved and util?
ized, then the 250 second feet could
be Increased to about 760 second
feet and the amount of power devel
opable therefrom 90,000 instead of
30,000 horse-power. And then, too,
this water, when used through this
development, would flow on dowu,
effecting In similar manner any other
developments that might be located
along the Tugaloo and Savannah, ail
the way down to Augusta, and then,
from there to the sea do a good part
by navigation.
The main thing to be gained for
ATLANTA'S LOSS OVER $1,000,000
Two lluNlncRg Hincks Wiped Out.
Fire Started In Bakery.
Atlanta, May 8.-A million and a
quarter loss is conservatively esti
mated; on the fire which started at
3.30 o'clock this morning and swept
two blocks of business property.
Late to-day the police and fire de
partment dynamited what was left
of the ragged walls. To-night half
Atlanta, ns a fire-fighting force, is
playing water into a dozen ruined
structures.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
It was discovered in a building oc
cupied by the SchlesBinger-Myer Bak
ing Company. From there it ran lu
all directions until lt struck the Ter
minal' Hotel, one of the largest in
the city, which was gutted.
Every one in the Terminal Hotel
and numerous smaller hotels In the
district were warned and there was
! no loss of life.
Insurance men place the Insurance
on the property destroyed'at $750,
000. One of the heaviest losers is
S. M. lum. ii, of Atlanta, who owned
the entire block bounded by Forsythe
and Mitchell and Nelosn streets, and
i Madlson avenue. His loss is four
hundred thousand, with Insurance of
about 80 per cent.
The fire was discovered in the ele
vator shaft of the SchlcBslnger-Meyer
building, and is supposed to have
originated from crossed wires run
ning to thc motor which operated the
elevator. - By the time the firemen
arrived the flames had broken
through the roof of the building, and
owing to light water pressure ls was
impossible to check their progress.
After gutting this building the fire i
jumped across the street and. made ?
short work of the Terminal Hotel,
Terminal Annex, Childs' Cafe and
Hotel, at which point the firemen
succeeded In checking the onslaught
jn the north side of Mitchell street.
On the north side of the street,
however, the flames contlued to
sweep everything In their path until
Forsythe street was reached-the
buildings occupied by the McClure
Ten-Cent Company, branch bank of
the Central Bank and Trust Corpora
tion, Paragon Suspender Company,
Moon Shoe Store, and Liquid Car
bonic Company.
A strong west wind fanned the
t?nmes, scattering the burning em
bers over the whole business section
of the city and threatening for a time
even a greater loss.
Firemen had narrow escapes from
falling walls, but no Injuries of a
serious nature were reported.
The guests In the hotels and board,
lng houses in the burned section
saved most of their effects and many
trunks were piled high on the plaza
In front of the terminal station. AV.
mall and most of the equipment in
the branch pout office were saved,
but the building waa destroyed.
A Californian's Luck.
"The luckiest day of my life was
when I bought a box of Bucklen's
Arnica Salve," wi tes CharleB F.
Budahn, of Tracy, California. "Two
26c. 1 xes cured me of an annoying
case of Itching piles, which had trou
bled me for years and that yielded to
no other treatment." Sold under
guarantee at all drug stores.
Negro Hanged lu Walterboro.
Walterboro, May 8.-Protesting
his faith In Qod and avowing his
readiness to meet his death, with a
prayer on* his Hps, Thomas Washing
ton to-day paid tho penalty for killing
Frank Richardson. ?
TL J execution took place In the
corridor of the Jail, where a scaffold
had been erected, in the presence of
about thirty people. The rope was
cut at 10.55 and fifteen minutes later
the physicians pronounced life ex
tinct. His death was easy.
posterity by present? forest preserva
tion ls that lt would make practica?
ble the establishment of a system of
reservoirs that would be permanently
effective. While the government
shim ld not be required to build res
ervoirs, lt ?oes seem that, If possible,
lt should preserve the natural con
ditions whereby the establishment of
such a system of increased water
supply would be made available for
both Industrial development and aid
to navigation.
But I am saying more than I meant
to say when I began this letter. With
best wishes for a pleasant and profit
able trip to Washington, I ara,
Yours truly, Jas. F. Neville.
NEWS PROM WESTMINSTER.
School Will Soon Close-flood RUNO
Rall-Improving the Town.
Westminster, May 12. - Special:
Rev. W. M. Thompson, of Frederlcks
burg, Va., will preach in the school
hall next Sunday morning, May 1.7th,
at ll o'clock. The public is cordially
invited to be present. This will not
be a commencement sermon, but a
sermon that will signify the begin
ning of our closing exercises. Mr.
Thompson's work is in Brasil, but
for th? past year he has been study
ing In Richmond to better prepare
himself for the great work of mis
sions in Brazil.
Dr. O. O. Fletcher, professor of
philosophy in Furman University,
Greenville, will speak in the Baptist
church Friday evening at 8 o'clock
to the B. Y. P. U. All the young
people of the town and vicinity are
cordially invited to he present. Dr.
Fletcher will give us something good
and of especial benefit to our young
people.
The Postal Telegraph Company
will establish an office at the Oconee
Bank soon. This service has been
needed for quite a while. The West
ern Union always gives better service
where competition is entered.
Mrs. Q. W. Marett, after spending
several weeks with relatives and
friends in Westminster, returned to
her home in Atlanta last Thursday.
Mrs. Vada Marett and children,
of this place, and her sister, Mrs. G.
W. Marett, and little son visited rela
tives and friends in Fair Play last
week.
Mrs.Clifford Walker and little son,
of Monroe, Ga., are visiting Mrs. W.
J. Stribllng and family this week.
Dr. J. A. Zimmerman is spending
his vacation in Arkansas.
The Belton High School played the
Westminster High School two games
of ball here last Saturday. Both
games were fast and Interesting from
start to finish. Westminster took the
il rs i game by a score of 12 to 3, and
Belton took the second game by a
?core of 7 to 6. A feature of the
games was the tenor of good feeling
that prevailed. The Belton boys
were well pleased with their treat
ment, and Mr. Rice, captain of the
team, wishes to come back next year.
The Belton boys wish to have a
game with the Westminster bevs^ In
Belton In two weeks. - Simpson and
McDonald were the batteries for the
locals. Simpson pitched a good game
in the morning, but in the afternoon
he waB not quite ht his best. Wil
liams would have pitched In the af
ternoon but for a hot liner that in
jured one of his fingers. Both of
the i earns made some excellent plays,
but space will not permit of my men
tioning the Individual plays.
Prof. L. W. Courtney is a fine fel
low and knows how to keep hlB boys
together. Much success to him in
his work.
The medals for the different con
tests that are to come off next week
are on display In the show windows
of Carter's Pharmacy. The medals
for scholarship and oratory, contrib
uted by J. S. Carter, are very beauti
ful, as is also the one for expression.
The 1V08 five-dollar gold piece, given
by Miss Katie Harris for the most
Improvement lu writing, stands for
itself In intrinsic value.
The public is cordially Invited to
attend all of the closing exercises at
the school hall. As announced be
fore through this paper the exercise.
will not consist of drills and marches
and plays, as has been the custom
heretofore, but of things that have
more of an educational feature, such
as debating, expression and oratory.
The first exercises Will take placo on
Tuesday evening. The judges for
th? oratorical contest Tuesday are to
bc lavld W. Smoak, attorney, Green
ville; Wade C. HugliB, attorney.Wal
halla, and Rev. J. L. Singleton, of
Westminster. '
W. A. Harrison left yesterday for
Toccoa on a business trip. He will
return Saturday^
The work on the stores being built
by Caleb Mitchell, B. M. and W. L.
England and A. Zimmerman is mov
ing forward at a rapid rate. Before
many weeks these buildings will be
ready for occupancy.
Have you noticed the improved
appearance of our town since the
warehouses are being moved off the
Southern's right of way? Let the
good work go on. When we get
shrubbery and grass instead of lum
ber piles visitors will have a better
opinion of us. The way to attract
capital is to have a clean, up-to-date
town in every respect. Some pri?es
offered for well kept premises would
not be amiss. Other towns are br
ing inspired Ly such things. Why
not Westminster? What our town
needs ia just a little more public
spirit and town pride. - Already West
minster is becoming the metropolis
of Oconee county. It would become
so at a rapid rate if all our citizens
would pull together for Westminster,
opinion. AU who know anything of
the history of Atlanta know that
town pride is what made that city,
the New York of the South. This
spirit will work wonders In a mere
hamlet. Westminster is Incorporat
ed under a city charter now. Let's
take on some city ways. Thre* rahs
for the city of Westminster! 1
W. D. FitsHugh, of Culpepper, Va.,
visited friends in town Saturday. He
was en route to Atlanta an<i other
points in the Stu th on a business
trip. M. E. D.
Card of Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. noss Mitchell wish
fe'W ?ECA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
M/, tte rs of Local Interest--Mis? Gor
don's Music Recital.
Seneca, May 14.-Special? The
mealing at the Baptist church contin
ues and is drawing large congrega
tions. On Sunday night there was
not a vacant seat-In fact, chairs
were used in the aisles, to accommo
date the people. The meeting will
continue through this week and pos
sibly longer.
Seneca High School will close its
present session on Friday next. There
will be no public exercises, but the
pupils of the higher grades will pic
nic at Clemson.
Mre. M. W. Coleman has been in
Seneca this week.
It is said that during a recent
visit of t?*e superintendent ot tho
Southern Raliway to Seneca expres
sions were made by him which dis
courage the plans for cutting up tho
park into lots.
We note that during tho contro
versy between Richland and Bounty
Land, in which "Old Grum" had a
Unger, and also in a letter from Sen
eca's versatile writer, N. B. Cary,
In which names o* prominent Oco
neeaus were given, f.hnt possibly ono
of the most prominent of the county,
or even of the State, has been left
out. His name is S. Phillipe. Ver
lier, L.L. D. Phillips Vernor was
born at the Vernor home on Conne
ross creek, near Richland station.
Mrs. Mitchell Witsell is visiting in
Greenville for a woek.
Miss Ina Witsell, who has been
visiting in the families of her bro
thers here, returned to Columbia
yesterday.
Last Tuesday afternoon from four
to six Miss Sue Nimmons entertained
a large company of her little friends
at a birthday party. Games were
played and delicious ices and cake
were served.
Mrs. Frank Martin and children,
of Greenville, are in Seneca.
Hon. J. S. Verner, of Columbia,
visited his mother and other relatives
here and in the country lact week.
A number of Seneca people attend
ed the funeral cervices of Mrs. J. J.
Norton at Walhp.Ba Int Sunday af
ternoon!
Mrs. T. S. Stribling has returned
from a visit to Roswell and Atlanta.
Miss Marye Shelor was in Seneca
yesterday on her way to Clemson,
where she attended a meeting of tho
Andrew Pickens Chaptor D. A. R.
The following delightful program
was given by foies Gordon's pupils
Inst Friday evening at- >,Y.Q> residence
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Todd. Tho
progress made by the pupils is mos',
gratifying, and the audience, com
posed of patrons and friends of the
school, spent a charming evening.
Recital by the Pupils
of Miss Jcnlo Gordon's plano class,
assisted by pupils from Mrs. Mc
('utchen's violin clnsn:
Two part waltz song-Joys of
Spring-Adam Geibel-Class.
Plano solo - Valse Styrlenne
Wallenhaupt-Miss Verna Stribling.
Violin solo-Carnival of Venlco
with Variations-Winner-M'ssFlor
ide Propst.
Plano solo - Smiling Spring -
B?hm-Miss Kathleen Gaines.
Plano duett - Wood Nymphs
Misses Edna Brock and Marie Grant.
Vocal solo-Silver Threads Among
the Gold-Miss Julia Harper.
Violin trio-Little Symphony
Eschmann-Messrs. Charlie Bryd,
Warren Gignilllat and Joe Todd.
Plano Bolo-Cosette-Bohr-Miss
Edna Brock.
Violin solo-Flower Song-Lange
-Master J. W. Stribling.
Piano solo-Llnoette Waltz-Hart
-Miss Marl? Grant.
Piano duett-Fanfare Militaire
Ahschutz-Misses Julia Harper and
Carole Herndon.
Plano solo-Grand Polka de Con
cert-Bartlett-Miss Rebecca Todd.
Violin solo-Fifth Air with Varia
tions- I ?alicia-J. N. Todd.
Piano trio-Grand Galop Bril
liants -Wallenhaupt-Misses Todd,
Ea.ie an Stribling. M. V. S,
Negra Lynched in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn., Miy 8.-Elmo
Harvard, a negro, who was arrested
Wednesday at Pulaski for attempted
criminal assault on Claudie Allen,
the daughter of a prominent farmer,
was lynched tblB afternoon by a mob
of 300 unmasked men. The mon
broke open the Jail over the protest
of the sheriff, carried the negro to a
bridge and hanged him. Several
shots were fired into the body, but
there was' no other disorder.
Nine Men Drowned.
Newburyport, Mass., May 9.
Caught by a big wave as they were
crossing the bar off Plum Island, at
the mouth of the Merrimac river,
nine men bf this city, who were on a
pleasure cruise in a naptha launch,
to-day were capslaed and five of them
were drown"ed.
to express, through the columns of
The Courlk , their heart-felt thanks
for the syrr.pathy and kindness shown
them during the illneei and at the
deatu of their U.Jo daughter, Lu
cile, Ood giveth and taketh away
these precious Jewels committed to
us only fir a reason - Just long
enough to tie ns to heaven, perhaps.
Max Hfc fe* ?ONO? -.T'- y, ; - -