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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) .Published Every Wednesday Morning. Hu burri pt lon, ff .00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. Communications or a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will bu printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manusorlpt. WALHALLA, S. O.I WEDNESDAY, JULY 32, 1008. CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. Senator and Solicitor. Lexington, Tuesday, July 28. Saluda, Wednesday, July 29. Edgefleld, Thursday, July 30. Aiken, Friday, July 31st. Hamberg, Saturday, August 1. State Officers. WInnsboro, Monday, July 27. Chester, Tuesday, July 28. Yorkville, Wednesday, July 20. Gaffney, Thursday, July 30. Spartanburg, Friday, July 31. Union, Saturday, August 1. Walhalla, Wednesday, Aug. 10th. ARE THEY DEMOCRATS ? The reports come now that Mr. Tait is receiving such a volume of mail that it has become necessary for him to increase his force of pri vate secretaries, and to abandon even the thought of answering all these letters, "hundreds and hundreds of which ernie from 'prominent Demo crats' all over the country, pledging their suport and work to the Repub lican nominee." We doubt the truth of the state ment-In fact, there car. be no truth in it. How could a "prominent Dem ocrat," an obscure Democrat, or any kind of a Democrat, write to the Republican nominee pledging him Ids support? Tho fact that a man is a Democrat precludes tho possibility of his pledging his support to the Re publican nominee. As well herald the news that "prominent Christians" all over tho country are pledging their support to the devil. A Christian cannot support the devil, nor can a Democrat sup) jrt the Republican nominee. The one proposition ls as impossible as the other, and both are absolutely incosistcnt. You may, however, find policy Christians who relinquish thc prin ciples of Chlrstlanity and serve the devil in the hope of gain; you may also lind policy-Democrats who will "flop" to the Republican nominee in the hope of political gain. They aro, however, Democrats in name only political parasites, nothings, non-en titles-bolters from Democracy be cause one of the main principles of Democracy-the rule of the majority -may not accord always with their wishes. Their accession to tho Republican ranks adds nothing to the party; their leaving the Democratic camp is but the release of an undesirable incumbrance. Independent Democrats and Inde pendent Republicans are all right and looper in their place, which is out side the confines of either of the two great political parties of this country. They are respectable and respected, and their position ls not only consist ent, but honorable. The policy-Dem ocrat and the policy-Republican, how ever, are different things - and "things" is about the proper name for them. They are wanted by nei ther party and loathed by both. They never help the party to which they holt, nor do they hinder the party from which they bolt. No matter from which party they "holt," their going leaves behind a feeling of relief to the regulars and 'heir coming to the other part.? ls thc signal for political nausea, and it ls but a question of time when the political belly will uncontrollably revolt and snow them out. NO LAW FOR THIS? The following item is taken from the IMckens Sentinel-Journal of last week : "Tuesday evening an automobile, containing, beside the driver, a fairly good-looking man and a handsome young lady, stopped in front of (!rav. elly's stables in IMckens. and the man engaged a team to carry the couple to the home of Mr. Edens, above IMck ens. Telegrams were sent out from Anderson to be on the lookout for the parties and to arrest them. Sheriff Jennings and party, consisting of A. C. Gravelly. E. A. Lewis and Karie Jennings, made the drive Wednesday morning and apprehended the couple at MIN Edens". "From best information obtainable, it appears that the man. Elliott Keith, who was lihrnrian at the public li brary In Anderson, (and who bas a wile and two children living there,) had become enamoured of the young lady, and she being Infatuated with him, they decided to skip the coun try, so hired an automobile and came to IMckens, and from hore were going, hy easy stages, lo Texas, where Mr. Keith said he Intended (o got a di vorce and marry tho lady. "The young lady, Miss Sullivan, who is a member of one of the best families of Anderson, practically cor roborates this statement. Mr. Keith was passing the young lady off as his niece. "Sheriff Jennings carried the par ting to Anderson this morning. "Under tho circumstances, and from the testimony picked up, a law yer, commenting on the case, said there ls no law to reach the parties. However, we do not know any of the Ircum8tances or what charges, If auy, will be brought against them. The lady claims to be 22 years old and the man looks to be between 35 and 40." There may be no law to reach a case like this. Nor do we know the facts and circumstances concerning lt. If, however, the man In the case, as reported, has a wlfo and two chil dren, become enamored of the young woman, and was on his way, with her, to Texas, where he was to get a divorce, there certainly ought to be some law to reach him. In the ab sence of such a law, if no such law exists, a bucket of tar, a sack of feathers and a ten-foot rall would make a mighty good substitute. A KIOMA UK A ULK TOWN. Stewart Starr, of Lake City, was In Walhalla Monday and Tuesday, and proved a pleasant and entertain ing visitor in The Courier office. Mr. Starr is a newspaper man, owning a couple of papers In the lower part of the State. Speaking of his home town of Lake City, Mr. Starr said: "We've got a good town, about the same size of Walhalla. We haven't got a negro property owner in the town, however-not a negro barber, carpenter, painter, driver, nor a negro restaurant. There isn't a negro church or schcol house In the town. Lake City ls the negro's Jo nah. Down with us the negro makes himself scarce, and if he don't be have himself lt's "23" for him, with a hop, skip and a jump. "We raise things, too. We ship out car load after car load of beans, strawberries and all kinds of vege tables. But the really productive season ls when tho government gives us a negro postmaster. When that happened a year or two hack there was more h-1 raised In Lake City In one day than the whole Republi can party could harvest in a week. Yes, we liad a negro postmaster, and he went Into the office quick enough, all right, but you oiifcht to have seen the exemplification of the real article in double-quick tactics when he start ed out. Negro postmaster? Yes, we bad, but we haven't". Evidently the colored bro .her knows lils place and keeps lt In Lake City. In fact, South Carolina has, we believe, the bes) negro population of any of the Southern States. They get along better with their white friends than anywhere else, are bet ter treated in return, and their con dition ls better in every respect. There ls seldom a breach of amicable relations where the negro knows his place and keeps lt, and where the white man knows and keeps his place. Only when there ls an attempt at Intermingling of the races does serious trouble arise. When this ls attempted each loses respect for the other, then trouble comos. A book agent was held up and robbed In Columbia last week. ls the robber in lino for a pension or a fine? Mr. Crace, of Charleston, charges that "the newspapers of the State are subsidized by Mr. Rhett." Well, hardly. Mr. Grace only mistakes public sentiment for private subsidy. The charge comes with Poor Grace, to say the least. * . * . . Don't forget that you want to boost the Pullman service for all it is worth. It means much for Walhalla and everything to the traveling pub lic when convenience and comfort are considered. Don't miss an opportu nity to patronize it or draw attention to lt. We want lt made dally Instead of every other day. Twenty-Five Cents ls the Price of Peace. The terrible itching and smarting, incident to certain skin disease?, is almost instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. Price, 25c. For sale by Dr. J. W. Bell. Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Clearmont Dots. Clearmont, July 18.-Special: Clearmont church has done some much-needed work on the yards, by preparing the ground, and setting out bermuda grass. Miss Nettle Wilson will take charge of the Pleasant Hill school Monday, July 20, In Bickens county. We wish her much success. W. C. Driver is making some im provements on his farm In the way of building thereon. There are about five or six hun dred bushels of wheat and oats to thresh In this settlement. Where are the threshers? Miss May me Wynne, one of Clear mont'8 young teachers, will open school at Mountain Grove Monday, July 20. Misses Cena and Alma Wilson, of Kasley, have returned home, after spending a week among friends and relatives. L. O. Pitts and J. D. Wynne have the best averago cotton wo have seen. Quite a number of young folks at tended tho picnic at Cross Roads Sat. urday. They all report a nico time. Prof. Gus Patterson and sister, Miss Beatrice, gave some very ex cellent music at Clearmont Sunday evening. S. W. V. CAMPAIGN MK RT INO YESTERDAY Largo Crowd Attended-Court Room Crowded and Overflowing. The campaign meeting yesterd: y was held In the Court House. A large crowd was present, tho Court House being Ailed to its utmost ca pacity, with hundreds on the out side striving to gtt in or calmly re signed to their fate of listening at long range and talking politics In little groups on tho Court House square. The meeting was called to order by County Chairman J. W. S^elor and opened with prayer by Rev. J. C. Yongue, of the Methodist church. Tho audience Inside was atten tive and respectful, though uncom fortable in their close quarters, and each of the candidates was given close attention. The first speaker was E. D. Smith, who spoke mainly on the bearing of the cotton situation in national af fairs, pressing his claims on the sup port of the people by reason of his knowledge of the needs of the masses of the people. He gave a brief re view of his fight for the Southern farmers, then outlined his views on the currency question, and spoke with eloquence and force upon the Imperative need of eliminating gamb ling in high places, faud and dis honesty and distortion of facts In the department of statistics. He was deeply In earnest, and at the close of his speech took his seat amid loud applause. .lohn Gury Evans was the next speaker. His conten tion was for a more elastic currency and of sufficient volume to meet ail tho needs of the country's commerce. He wanted to see the government Is sue all the currency and tak? from the national banks their privileges In that direction. National hanks make money tight or money easy as their interests, dictate. Tho people's needs are not considered, lie did not agree with Mr. Smith, and ridiculed his fanciful ideas as to the raising and lowering of the price of cotton. Give us more money, he said, and me price will go higher. Evans closed amid applause, and was several times applauded during his talk. Mr. Grace followed, pursuing his usual course of ridicule of Mr. Rhett. Said the Democracy of "the other Chaiiesto nian" was spurious, and said the financial plank of his friend was dif ferent from the lumber used In the Democratic platform. He felt lt his duty to go over the State to unmask his fviend. that ls. to tear the mask from heresy and hypocrisy. His time was given more to his oppo nent than to direct Issues, though he touched on national questions with earnest zeal, and received applause at the close of his speech. George Johnstone Injected the first real humor of the day. he opened by artful reference to the two candidates from Charles ton. He did not think the people of the State were called upon to settle the differences of the Charleston can didates, but felt that lt was best for them to be loft out of the Senatorial race so that they might return to the "bot-ter-ry" to fight out their dif ferences, and in the end let the best man give the vanquished a good ducking and close the Incident. He favored the issuing of money by tho government, not by banks; wanted plenty of lt, sound money, and am ply elastic. He was with tho farm ers in their fight, and was holding his cotton, and favored an unrelent ing fight on gambling in farm pro ducts. Col. Johnstone was the only candidate to receive a floral tribute, which was sent up by one of the ladies of the audience as he closed. Col. VV. W. LnmpUn soared with tho ease and grace of the lark far Into the flowery realms, painting beautifully a vivid picture of the dew-drop, the sapphire and the emerald, the virtues, beauties and loveliness of all of which he lound embodied In the Oconee girl. He recounted the stirring times of reconstruction and stood first, last and all the time for white suprem acy. He has faith In prohibition and favors lt. and made an eloquent plea for the salvation of the youth of the country from the damning Influence of whiskey. He closed amid loud and long applause. O. II. Joyful Martin, who was born, reared, educated, mar ried and had worshipped all over the State, followed. Paid his respects to The News and Courier's attack on his record and proceeded to answer the attack, reviewing his record while State Superintendent of Education. Said tho three mill tax should be a State tax and not a county tax. Cur rency, tariff and notional Immigra tion would be the great issues before the t'nlted States Senate, and he outilnd his views briefly on these sub jects. Ills doctrine was "America for Americans." He was applauded as he closed. "Rhett, the Other Candidate" from Charleston, closed tho perform ance for the Senatorial side of the meeting. The remarks of Mr. Grace had put him on his metal and he was cocked and primed for "his friend." He spoke forcefully, giv ing a few passing shots at Grace and others of tho candidates, but he had little time to waste on them. He got down to business, and discussed the financial question, which he han dled ably and presented clearly, showing how his position was in har mony with the plaform of the Demo cratic party. The platform speaks of emergency currency, while his po sition ls taken on tho permanent hanking system. Favors restriction of the present centralized system so that the people can control their own finances. What we want, ho said, is more business capacity and less po litical oratory In the Senate. At 2.20 o'clock Mr. Rhett closed, being given a hearty round of applause, and the meeting was adjourned for dinner. Congress and Solicitor. The afternoon session of the cam paign meeting was given over to can Are You Building? If you contemplate Building a HOME, BARN, or doing any Repair Work it mears "DOLLARS" saved for you by getting in touoh with us. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR WINDOWS, DOORS, BLINDS, PAINTS, LEAD A ND OIL, LIME AND CEMENT. Just Received One Car (400) Kegs Wire and Cut Nails. Send or Brine us Specifications for your "BUILDING MATERIAL." 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, didatos for Congress and Solicitor. Congressman Aiken gave an account ol' his record tn the House and stat ed his position on various national Issues. His opponent, Hon. J. E. Hoggs, stated hi.s position on the same lines, which were not materially different from Mr. Aiken's. At the close of the remarks by Messrs. Aiken and Hoggs, the candidates for Solicitor-J. J. McSwain, Marcus C. Long, P. A. Bonham and A. H. Dag nail-addressed the audience for a short period. Their remarks were on the same line ns followed at other points in the county. Over Thirty-Five Years. In 187 2 there was a great deal of diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera In fantum. It was at this time that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was first brought Into use. It proved more successful than any other remedy o: treatment, and has for thirty-five years main tained that record. From a small beginning its sale and use has ex tended to every part of the United States and to many foreign coun tries. Nine druggists out of ten will recommend lt when their opinion ls asked, although they have other medicines that pay them a greater profit. It can always be depended upon, even in tho most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by Dr. J. \V. Bell. Walhalla; W. J. Lun ney, Seneca. --.-__ NEGROS BANDIT LEADER. His Trick to Secure tho Allegiance of the Superstitious Islanders. (Seattle Post-lntelllgencer.) A war of extermination against the bandits in the Island of Negros, in the Philippines, with the killing of several hundred natives, is the prediction of the Rev. Harry Max field, missionary of the Tabernacle Baptist church to this Island, who is now at home on a furlough. "The bandits of the Island gave j the Spaniards trouble for eight years, I and lt was only a year ago that our troops wiped out the leader and broke up the hand," said the Rev. Mr. Max field. "The leader of the band was an ox-driver named Dlonlcl, who was oppressed by the Spaniards In 1590 and fled to the hills, where he quickly gathered a hand around him. The band he later Increased to several hundred men. In 1900 he could mus ter 2.000 men. "He found that lt was difficult to govern such a large band of wild and unruly spirits and so he manufactur ed aschenie of worship. He dressed one of his lieutenants In a black suit, I put a mosquito net over him, and between the mosquito net and the suit placed thousands of huge fire flies. "Then he manufactured a mechani cal device to slide up and down, by which this man slid down during the night, making it appear as though he came from the heavens and ns though he were clothed In fire. The bandits thought he was the Lord, and when he spoke every ono grovelled on the ground. The manufactured lord then appointed Daniel his mountain pope and called him Papa Yslo. "After that the bandits, who were very superstitions, obeyed every com mand. Every time they began to for get their obedience Yncenlos, the manuafctured god, would appear and frighten them again. Finally they were stirred up to such a fanatical frenzy that they would do anything for the pope. In a battle with Span ish troops In 1890, 200 soldiers were killed. When the Americans took the Islands Papa Yslo was at lils height, hut the troops drove him Into the mountains. Later the troops were recalled from the islands and the native scouts loft in charge." St rik i tig un Average. The children were not allowed in tho kitchen, but nobody had ever forbidden their sniffing outside the door to catch the delicious odors which could he obtained by a close application of a small nose to a crack. "Why, Ethel," said Mrs. Harwood, who discovered them In the entrv outside the kitchen door one Sun day morning, "why aro you twitch ing Tommy and slapping him?" "Cause he Isn't playing fair, moth, er." ?aid Ethel. "He's had five smolls and I've only had four, and lt's my turn." "I am, too, playing fair," assorted Tommy, his utterance smothered as he again applied his nose io the crack. "I've got an awful cold and I can't smell half as much as she can!" A LARGE AND COMPLETE TOCK White Dress Linens and Lawns, Fancy Muslins, Silk W.iistings in new Plaids and Stripes. Swiss and Cambric Embroideries, Torchon Laces and Gauze Vest, J? Ladies' and Chil dren's Low Cut Shoes, newest styles in Patent Leathers and Tans. **. Men's and Boys' Light Weight Choth ing. J* Most of this entire Stock must be moved v-ithin the next 30 days, J* DO not fail to examine our stock and prices and see what we have to offer you. ?J* Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Lime and Cement, J* Paints and Oils at lowest prices. W. P. NIMMONS, SENECA, S. C. I David's Heavenly Attribute Four-year-old Joe ls very fond of Bible stories and evidently follows the example of his best-loved hero as to meditation "In the night watches." He wakened his mother one night, after midnight, with the question: "Mamma, where is David now?" "In heaven, I guess, Joe." "Will I go to heaven when I die?" "I hope so, Joe." "Mamma," tho little voice was very eager now, " do you s'pose when 1 get there David will just let me hold his slingshot a little while?" Delin&itor. Au Anticipative Burial. (Tho Wasp.) The ship doctor of an English Huer notified tho death watch stew ard, an Irishman, that a man had died In state room 45. Tho usual Instructions to bury the body were given. Some hours later the doctor peeped Into tho room and found that the body was still there. He callod the Irishman's attention to tho tor and the latter replied: "I thought you said room 46. wlnt to that room and noticed one of thlm In a bunk. 'Are yo dead?' says I. 'No,' says he, 'but I'm pretty near dead.' "So I burled him." Aiken Complimented. (Andorson Mall.) You can never tell. Here, for In stance, we have been thinking that Hon. Wyatt Aiken, while the best worker In Congress, was not much of a speaker, and yet bis speech on tho tariff during the Inst session v?aa the best that has been delivered on that subject In recent years, and lt has been given a place In the Democratic campaign book. Mr. Aiken has forged to the front and ls now recog nized as one of the leaders In Con gress, as an effective speaker as well as an effective worker. Ho has ap plied himself to the work given him to do and has succeeded splendidly. World's I Greatest, Pain ' Killer For Rheumatism, Sciatica. Lama Back, Stiff Joints, and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, *ji aim, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises .Colic, Cramps, Indiges tion, Toothache, and all Nerve, Boneand Museta Aches and Pains. 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