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4tTO THINE OWN Sf.XF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST rmOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN DE FALSE TO AN\ MAN." . By STECK, SI IE LOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1008. New Series No. 581- Volume LIX-No. 27. You may pay a trifle more for this Famous Flour, but you get bread that is better iii color, flavor and nutrition, lighter rolls, more delicious biscuits and more flaky pastry than yon can get from other flours. Your money back if it does not please you. Every package warranted. Ask for "Town Talk." C. W. & J. E. Bauknight. LOW CUT SHOES For Men, Women and Children in Patent Colt, Vlei Kid, Gun M?tal and Tan. Mem's Oxfords at $8.50 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, we can save you money. J. W. BYRD, s SENECA, CAROLINA. THE OTON EE KNITTIN MI lili. Making Better GOOCIH and More of it. The "Issaquena" Brand. The new brand of hosiery-"Issa quena"- being manufactured by the Oconee Knitting Mill ls attracting no little attention from the merchants of this and adjoining States. The "Issaquena" brand has only recently been put on the market, yet tho mill is already receiving duplicate orders for the goods. ! Not long since this mill was thor- < . mentsoughly reorganized in Its vari- , . 4K011S departments, and to use a term liot wholly unfamiliar to many of our older citizens, has "gotten down to its knitting." "IsBaquena" hosiery will represent ?? the standard of excellence in the out put of the Oconee Knitting Mill. Quite a handsome design has been gotten up, and all of this grade of hosiery will be sold under the name and brand of "Issaquena." The mill has staked its reputation on the "Is saquena brand, and will uphold it to the highest notch of excellence. Recently the capital and capacity of the Oconee Knitting Mill were -^doubled, and from the very start of Hjffe enlarKed plant the standard of ^frailty was more than doubled. No one need fear to buy the output 'of this mill, and the "Issaquena" brand goes out with the mills' guarantee of every pair perfect, and your money back if not satisfactory. To the merchants of Oconee; we would direct special attention fO this new product of the local mill. There is no better way to help to success an enterprise in your midst than by lending lt your support and patron age. Ask for "Issaquena" hosiery when you buy, and show it to your customers when you sell. You have the absolute guarantee of the mill behind every pair, and you run 'ho risk. You can purchase from some large mill hundreds of miles away a poorer grade of goods at a higher price, and possibly sell It on its name, but why do lt? Take up your home products and push them for what they are worth. It ls time to turn down home products for the foreign article only when the first has proven unworthy of your consideration. Try vlssaquer.<?" hosiery, made by the Oconee Knitting Mill, and push lt Ju id as long as it ls worthy of be ing pushed. You cannot Injure your self, but you can materially aid a1 local industry that ls fast making its reputation for better goods. Just Exactly Right. "I have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for several years, and find them Just exactly right," says A. A. Fel ton, of Harrisville, N. Y. New Life Pills relieve without the least dis comfort. Best remedy for constipa tion, biliousness and malaria. 25c. tit all drug stores. t KITCHIN WON ON OOTH BALLOT. CoiigrcHHiiian Nominated for Gover nur of North Curolina. Charlotte, N. C., June 27.-Con gressman W. W. Kitchin was nomi nated for Governor on the sixtieth ballot at 8 o'clock to-night by a ma jority of sixty votes. Following the announcement of the 59th ballot Col. Ashley Horne withdrew. The effort to make the nomination unanimous precipitated a riotous demonstration which the chairman was powerless to quiet. Congressman Kitchin has been a member of Congress for the past twelve years, and has been one of the leading spirits in the Democratic par ty lu North Carolina from the year he became of age, and was placed at the head of the party in his own county, Person. He is comparatively a young man still, and in appearance ls one of the most striking charac ters in public life. As a public speaker and debater he has few equals in the State, and in his former political battles for Congress he has had to face such op ponents as Thomas Settle, son of the late Governor Settle, one of .the brainiest members of the Republican party In this State. I .neals from Bear Swamp. Bear Swamp, June 30.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. E. Gllllson, of Bounty Land, visited the latter's brother, W. M. Fennell, aud family, Sunday. Miss Beulah El roil, of New Hope, was the fair visitor of Miss Florence Burley Sunday. Geo. Kell and sister. Miss Bessie, visited friends at Rocky Knoll Sun day. The friends of Mrs. Kittie Kell Brandt will be glad -to learn that she is convalescent. Mrs. Brandt was bitten hy a snake several weeks ago. Martin Fricks, of Walhalla, was a Sunday visitor In the Swamp. Mrs. S. E. Burley and son, Fitz, spent Sunday In West Union. Jay Gill?8on, of Richland, was in the Swamp recently. Chas. Burley and sister, Miss Maude, are on the .sick Hst this week. J. L, Parker, a railway mail clerk, from Atlanta, spent the 24th and 26th at the home of W. W. Burley, with his children, Master Eugene and Miss Edna. W. Stiles Barron, of Newry, was among friends here Monday. Wm. Oliver and H. L. R. Kell were Sunday visitors at Seneca. Arthur Brown, of Walhalla, was In the Swamp Sunday. Miss Maille Abbott, of Poplar Springs, was a week-end visitor to Miss Kin rena Burley. Miss Maude Burley spent last week with relatives and friends at Newry. W. T. Alexander, of Cdnnaross, was In the Swamp Sunday. R. , ? ?'-1 ii 'kt' NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER. Shipping Peaches-Clerk of Court's Salary-Tannery-Mason Marriage. Westminster, June 30.-Special: All of the members of the Old West minster Baptist church are requested to be present at the next apolntment for preaching, Saturday, July ll, at 3 o'clock lu the afternoon. Matters of Importance are to be attended to. Mrs. J. G. Breazeale and two chil dren visited her parents at Russell's last week. W. B. Terrell and Mrs. J. R. Gar ner and little son, J. H., Jr., are on a visit to the family of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Terrell. Rev. J. H. Clark, residing on West, minster R. F. D. No. 4, malled us'a cottom blossom last Wednesday, lt was open on June 2 2, but was re ceived too late for last issue. N. L. White, also ou R. F. D. No. 4, re ported blooms on June 22. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Collins and their little daughter, of Walhalla, were in Westminster last Thursday. We had the pleasure of meeting .L J. McSwalu, of Greenville, who IB in the race for Solicitor of the Tenth Circuit, at Walhalla last Tuesday. He Is a very pleasant and affable gentleman, and we hope to see more of bim in the future. Mrs. T. D. Poore has for her guests this week her sister, Mrs. Sarah Spearman, and two daughters. Mn. Maggie Prince and Miss Dora Spear man, of Pelzer. Many people In Westminster will be sorry to bear that Rev. Dawson Heiiery ls dead, lt will be recalled that be spent several months in Westminster lu 1901, and worked for a while In the Shuttle and Bobbin Factory. The Christian Observer of June 24 contains the following ac count of the death of this most wor thy young mau: "Rev. J. D. Henery, the pastor of Bream Memorial Presbyterian church, Charleston, W. Va., died June 13, at his home of acute tuber culosis, in his tewenty-flfth year. Mr. Henery was born in South Carolina. Ills early education was received at. Thorhwell Orphanage. Later he studied theology at Union Seminary, Richmond, graduatiug. there before he was twenty-one. His first pasto rate was at iron Gate, Va., where be labored for two years. Afterward he was nastor for about two years at Malden, W. Va., from which place he came In 1907 to the charge In which he laid down his life. In the Bream Memorial church his efforts were being greatly rewarded. During the time he served the church its mem bership was doubled, and his Sun day school was said to be the largest In the State. He leaves a wife and two small children. He had become a great power in the community, and his place there will not be easy to hil. He was laid to rest in Spring Hill cemetery." Good-bye, shade trees! Last week we heard several loud reports down town and thought some one was blasting in a well. Later we learned that t <e beautiful spreading oaks were the victims, and the trees that had been furnishing shade for the sons and daughters of Westminster were being blown un by their roots. Rev. F. C. Iglehart s;'ys the oak speaks. "It reminds the flock of sheep and herd of cattle of its grate ful shade in the summer, and prom ises swine the acorns in the autumn. It puts on the robes of royal purple smiles with fascinating feature, and makes love to the artist who takes its picture. It asks the man of sci ence to watch the acorn break its shell, to follow the rootlets down into the soil in search of food, to notice its skilful carpentry in build ing up the stem and joining the branches and sawing out the figures of the leaves. It bids him put his ears close enough to its bosom to hear the breathing of the lungs and the beating of the heart as lt sends Its vital current to the farthest Anger tips of the twigs. It speaks to the Christian, telling him that it is also of a divine origin, and asking him to look through the gauze veil of leaves and branches and see the In finite Personality, the benign Heav enly Father." Two carloads of peaches were shipped last week by J. S. Carter and W. A. Dickerson. They were consigned to New York. Another car is being loaded for shipment. Mrs. D. L. Norris and children have returned from Virginia. Rev. J. J. Harrell and C. E. An derson attended the call meeting of South Carolina Presbytery held at Seneca yesterday afternoon. J. W. Mcee stopped In Greenwood for a few days with relatives, as he was returning from Charleston. We agree with C. Q. 'r.yne's Iv. re gard to the pay of the Clerk of Court's office, as suggested in his ar ticle In your issue of June 10. We thought it would be a little Impolite to say anything until some of the gentlemen he named at the close of his letter spoke out. The tax-payers of the county, especially those re biding in towns, need something to come to their rescue pretty soon. It ls time we were beginning to use economy, and as soon as the people Ree it in that light the better it will be for ali. If the Clerk of Court's o iii ce was put on a legitimate salary basis there would be a balance for something else. Lee Harrell, of Frederlcksburg, Va., spent a few days with his uncle, Rev. J. J. Harrell, last week, while on hie way to Monticello, Ga. On Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock Miss Ploma Maye Tannery and Way . ? ? mon Mason were quietly married at the home of Mr. and M ra. A. N. Gil reath by Kev. J. J. Harrell. Mra. Mason ls the eldest daughter of A. P. Tannery, of this county, and has many admirers here, having worked as saleslady in the store of her un? ele, L. A. Tannery for several years. The groom is a son of Wesley Mason, of Oakway, and clerks for J. Q. Breazeale. Their friends wish them a full measure of happiness and pros perity. They are staying at the Gil reath house. The following from Westminster went io Charleston last Thursday on the Smith excursion: Misses Mary S. Messer. Ruby McGee. Bernice Can non, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Cannon, C. H. Stonecypher, A. M. Alexander, Clarence Hobson, J. W. McGee, J. C. Barton, John E. Mason, C. L. O'Kel ley, Mr. Shuttleworth, Robert Par ker,'Homer Breazeale and D. M. Hol ley. Mr. and Mrs. Brockman spent yes terday here with friends as they were returning to Greenville from Wal halla. Miss Rena Harrell spent a few days last week with Miss Limn Smithson. On last Thursday the Easjey ball team came here and were defeated by the score of 16 to 2. The West minster boys appear to be the cham pions of upper Carolina. Rev. 8. A. McDaniel occupied the Presbyterian pulpit Sunday night and preached a most interesting ser mon. Rev. J. J. Harrell, the pastor, preaches at the West End Chapel on fourth Sunday evenings. Hon. E. E. Vernor and Rev. C. D. Mann were here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. P. Brad well and two children, Robert and Epsie, of Sumter, are on a visit to the fam ily of Major and Mrs. B. ll. Cross and other relatives. Mrs. Bradwell was formerly Miss Mamie Cross, and is being warmly welcomed on a visit to her old home. Mrs. J. B. Vandiver and little daughter, Guy Nell, spent two weeks recently In Baldwyn, Miss., with her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Vandiver. W. L. England is occupying his new store room. Warren J. Deaton and his daugh ter,' Miss Daisy Deaton, of Toccoa, visited'the family of R. U. Powell Sunday and Mondny. Mr. Deaton's aged mother, Mrs. William Deaton, is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Powell. The Powell family moved here last winter, having |bought the Lem mons . property, near the Knit ting Mill. The Citizens' Band of Westmin ster will furnish music for the Rich land Grange picnic at Clearmont on July 4, instead of the cotton mill band, as previously announced. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith were welcome visitors here last week. Mr. Smith was formerly connected with [the People's Store here, but Bold out some time since Christmas and moved to his old home at Washing ton, Qa. Belton Cor. Greenville News, .fane 22: "M'as Genevlve Breazeale, of Westminster, who has been the guesl of her aunt, Mrs. Asa Brown, for soine time, returned home Mon day." Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Walker have returned from their trip to the North and East. A. L, Gossett. Help for Those Who Have Stomach Trouble. After doctoring for about twelve years for a bad stomach trouble, and spending nearly Ave hundred dollars for medicine and doctors' fees, I purchased my wife one box of Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which did her so much good that phe continued to use them, and they have done her more good than all of the medicine I bought before. Samuel Boyer, Folsom, Iowa. ThlB medicine ls for sale by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Sen eca. Sample? free. Missloimry Rally. The Woman's Missionary Union of the Beaverdam Association will meet July 10th at Fair Play. A full at tendance ls deslr?"-1. Program : 10 a. m.-Devotional exercises Mrs. 0.. K. Breazeale. Welcome-Mrs. W. L- Dobbs. Response-Mrs. J. H. Bibb. Roll call; minutes; Informal re ports from societies. Paper-How to Interest Our Wo men In Missions'. Mrs. J. A. Wat kins. Discussion of Annual Meeting and Sum mer Assembly. Address-Mrs. I. W. Wingo, pres ident of W. M. U. of South Carolina. Recess-Dinner on grounds. .30 p. m.-Devotional exercises - .Irs. J. T. Kay. Talk-Life of a Missionary . in Persia. Mrs. C. S. Blackburn. Paper-The Imoprtance of Y.L.A. Work. Mrs. J. R. Moore. Paper-The Why and How of Sun beam Bands. Miss Emily Compton. Discussion-How to Interest Boys in Missions. Collection. Notice of Meeting. Members of Bounty Land local un ion are requested to meet at 1 o'clock Saturday, July 4th, at Bounty Land. Let every one Come, as arrangements will be maje for county meeting. A. H. Ellison, President. JAR. Wright, Secretary. SENECA NEWS ITEMS. NUUK rous Social Evente-'-Onco-a Week Closes Year's Work. Seneca, June 30.-Special: The friends of Capt. L. W. Jordan, who are always interested In his where abouts, will be glad to learn that he ls again in the United States. Capt. Jordan is at Vancouver Barracks, Washington State, and will visit his relatives and friends in South Caro lina during the summer. The following from the Atlanta Journal will convey with lt a deal of interest to many friends here and elsewhere ia .the State: "Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lamb Clarke announce the engagement of their daughter, Mattie Nell, to Frank Lorton Cherry, of Seneca, S. C.. the marriage to take place In October at St. Luke'B Epis copal church." Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. F:;<nk Hammond, Jr., Mrs. J. D. McGee. Miss Maude Ham mond and Master Eugene Hammond, of Greenville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Herndon last Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, Jr., were recently married In Birming ham, and while on a visit to their parents at Greenville ran over to Seneca, dining with Mr. and Mrs. Herndon on Wednesday. The young men's union was held at the opera house last Sunday af ternoon, at which Dr. A. L. Smoth ers, of Anderson, made a talk. The Seneca Orchestra furnished the mu BiO, On next Saturday. July 4th, the Rowland family will picnic at Davis' mill, the occasion being the annual reunion of this family. A Hi.tlc stranger arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Mc Lees last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mason and chll dren, of Charlotte, will arrive in Sen eca'during the present week for a visit of several days to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lunney. Interesting services were held at the Baptist church last Sunday night, when the following deacons were ordained: Henry Cheek, W. J. Lunney and D. A. Perritt. M. Stokes Stribling and family have rented the Thompson cottage, near the Methodist church, which they will occupy for the present. The presence of Joe Stribling and his chumo. K bride, of Helena, Ga., was a pleasant event of the past week. Mr. Stribling is a former Oco nee boy, whose friends will be happy to learn of his recent marriage to Miss Minnie Timmie, of Camden, S. C., and to wish for the young cou ple every joy which their young hearts can anticipate. Warren R. Shelor, of Anderson, is in Seneca for a few days. No plans are made for the cele bration of the glorious fourth, as the date tails on Saturday, making the suspension of business Impossi ble. W. 8. Hunter visited Greenville laBt Week. Mr. and- Mrs. James H. Thompson and son Alf are in Seneca again, af ter an 'absence of some months, vis iting in Texas. Smoked glasses were much In evi dence last Sunday morning when the partial eclipse of the sun was viewed. Miss Emma Stribling is visiting in (.Valhalla, having gone there last week to attend the Baptist meeting. Miss Erne Kilburn leaves Seneca on the first fer her home at Oakway, where she will spend her vacation. The contract for the. new school building has beep let to E. B. Gentry, of Pickens. It is thought that the building will be ready for use by the new year. A straw ride was the delight of the young society set last week. Mr. Jones, of Anderson, visited his brother, T. B. Jones, here last Sun day. J. A. Brock visited Charleston la?t week. Misses Nina Frasier and Lillie Hawkins visited Columbia last week. J. L. McWhorter is in attendance upon the meeting of the Press Asso ciation nt Gaffney this week, Mrs. Mc who,, ri and children visiting in Greenville in the meantime. Charl3B Knox, a popular young business man of Seneca, surprised his friend? Inst week by bringing home his young bride, and they are now at home to their friends in their cottage home. Mr. Knox was mar ried last Wednesday, the 24th, to Miss Earlie Kelley, of New Hope, the Rev. J. C. Yongue officiating. Miss Carrie Hunter will reach Sen eca tho latter part of the week.which will be pleasant news to her friends here, who have missed her presence while she has been sojourning at va rious points In Mississippi and Ten nessee. Miss Willie Cherry lb visiting her sister, fars. Louis Gray, at Anderson, where she always receives marked and deserved social attentions. Seneca's social calendar is full this week, many of her homes being thrown open to the entertainment or attractive young visitors here. Mr. and Mrs. 8. K. Dendy will en tertain this evening in honor of MIBB Edith Morgan, On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Mit? chell Wltsell will entertain at cards in honor ot Miss Julia Tew, an at tractive young visitor from Colum bia, the hours running from four to seven. On Thursday eveuing Mise Mary Cherry will be at home to a large number of friends, Including a num ber of visitors from neighboring towns. The occasion ls given com plimentary to het charming visitors, Misses Almena Coleman, G. inwood, H^BBiHBIH^L^B^HHk^l^^HIH^BHHsH^ral isabel Douglas, Wlnnsboro, and Mary Mlles Jordan, Baltimore. Mrs. J. N. Herndon was hostess last Thursday afternoon to the Once a-VVeek Club, lt being the closing meeting of the year. The newly elected officers were installed, the re tiring officers, making encouraging and interesting reports ot the past year's work. The hostess, who ls also the secretary of the club, re quested the members to answer roll call with spontaneous quotations, re sulting In a hearty response. A de lightful program of music, inter spersed with readings, was provided for the occasion, after the rendition of which the hostess served, a two course luncheon. Decorations added a distinct charm to the otherwise ?it tractive surroundings, and t*e affair goes into club history as one of tho most successful In its long history of many years. One of the most delightful .affairs in Seneca's social life the present season was given by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Witsell In honor of their at tractive young sister, Mrs. Julia Tew, of Columbia, last Tuesday evening. The reception hall, parlor and piaz zas were used, th*? latter being con spicuously inviting with many chairs, rugs, etc., Japanese lanterns being used to striking and pleasing effect. Mr. and Mrs. Witsell received the guests in the parlor, where they met the young honoree,-after which the company partook of ivuit punch, which was served from a corner of the piazza. Mrs. Witsell was assist ed in entertaining the guests by Mes dames Mitchell Witeell, C. V. McJ Carey and T. E. Stribling, the latter presiding at the punch table. A de lightful innovation was introduced by the hostess, who, after distribut ing cards and pencils, requested the young men to engage periods of con versation of five minutes from tho young ladies. This served to bring about a happy and thorough com mingling of the guests, after which they were asked to vote for the best talker of each sex. The result gave the largest number of votes to Miss Tew and T. B. Jones, the former re ceiving a cut glas hat pin holder, the latter an evening tie, as prizes. De licious ices were served at the close of the evening. M. V. S. AS TO THE (Li; HIC S OFFICE. Mr. Ca. y Thinks $1,000 Salary Iff Too Small for Office. Seneca, June.27.-Editors Keowee Courier: Absence in the, mountains from June 3d to 12th, during which time I did not get The' Courier,1" placed me in posit lou of not knowing about Mr. Jaynes' request and article published in your issue of June 3d, relative to the county clerkship. I dislike publicity or appearance i. the limelight, but through courtesy to Mr. ,i.tynes, and what J feel my duty as a citizen of the county, I am constrained to accede to hin request, with no intention or idea of being understood as saying anything that would be helpful or. hurtful to any of the candidates, who are Pow offer ing for the position of Cvur-iy Clerk. I do not know what amount of money the office ls now paying, or has ever paid, and do not think' that past terms should figure in this ques tion nt this time, except in so far as tb determine whether the salary has been excessive. So far as I know, the salary has never been an issue prior to this campaign, and no mat ter who had been elected previously to this, the action, of either would have been to acc?pt all there waa ''lh the office, believing honestly their services wei o worth lt to the county. If I am correct, our Legislature passed an act after election four years ago, fixing the salary of Clerk for Oconee at thirteen hundred dol lars, without additional revenue from fees; that this act was declared void on the ground of being special legislation, and that our Clerk eon t limed, op the fee basis as prior to this act. Considering the importance of the office, and the kind of men we should choose to AU it, I am frank to say this salary mentioned is not pay enough, in my opinion. Considering the uncertainty of getting and hold ing the office any length of time, and Interfering with a man's business plans Incident to getting Into, and getting out of, the office, a salary of two thousand a year, with clerk hire, does not seem too high to me. As to settling what the pay shall be, If the Legislature cannot pasB an act covering the matter, lt should be eas.;, of adjustment, by letting the candidates who are running for the office get together and agree on a sum they think fair to themselves and the county, and for which they would be willing to serve. Should the office pay an amount in excess of this, my idea would be to reduce fees for recording papers Instead of plac ing the money to the credit of the county, as taxes appear high enough from time to time to take care of that part of lt. Yours truly, F. M. Cary. lt Can't Re Beat. The best of all teachers is expe rience. C. M. Harden, of Silver City, North Carolina, says: "I find Elec tric Bitters does all that's claimed for lt. For stomach, liver and kid ney troubles lt can't bi heat. I havo tried lt ned find lt a most excellent medicine." Mr. Harden ls right; lt's the befit of all, medicin?is, also for weak, lame back, and all run down conditions. Best, too,' for chills and malaria. Sold under gu&rnjiiee ftt ?jl drug ?tores. 5Oe.