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WALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1008.
New Series No. 547.-Volume LIX.-No. 48.
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FACTS FROM FAIR PLAY.
Happenings in und Around (lie Liv?*
Little Town.
Fair Play, Oct. 19.-Special: The
unveiling ceremonies of Sovereign
J. M. Marett took place at Fair Flay
on Sunday afternoon at 3.30 p. m.,
quite a crowd of visiting camps tak
ing part In the exercises. The hand
from Westminster furnished appro
priate music for the occasion. Wade
C. Hughs and Senator J. R. Barle, of
Walhalla, made ex?:ellont addresses.
Ottoway Marett, from tho Westmin
ster camp, was present and recited a
Utting poem.
Mr. and Mrs. .lohn W. Shelor, of
South Union, were tho guests of S.
P. Strlhllng last week.
Mrs. A. P. Marett and son, Otto
way, of Westminster, were among
relatives here last week.
Mrs. Hayae Lowery, of Seneca, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Anderson ami
son, of Westminster, passed through
our burg last week.
Mrs. T. B. Wyly. of Richland, has
returned homo after spending quite
a while with Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Strlhllng.
Mrs. 1). H. Harris and Mrs. D. V.
Wright are visiting relatives at An
derson.
The friends of Mrs. A. T. Thomp
son will bo glad to learn that sho ls
slowly convalescing from a long selge
of sickness.
We have neglected to say in our
locals that Pelton Marett Is a pupil
at Furman University. We wish him
much success in this Institution.
Harry Sheldon ls a pupil of the
Westminster Graded School.
Miss Ethel Marett, of Westmin
ster, was among homefolks tho week
end.
Leslie Strlhllng, pharmacist, of
Seneca, was with relatives here Sun
day.
Miss Anna Marett, leader of tho
Sunbeam Band here, and Mrs. J. E.
Dobbs, assistant leader, are prepar
ing a "Mother Goose" entertainment,
to be held nt the Baptist church next
Sunday afternoon. A cordial welcome
is extended to all.
Tho many friends of Mr. Rico will
sympathize with him In the serious
ilhmss of his wife. We trust Mrs.
Rice will soon change for the bettor.
James Brown and wife, of South
Union, spent Sunday night with W.L.
Dobbs and family. **.
For ('happed Skin.
Chapped skin, whether on tho
hands or face, may be cured in one
night hy applying Chamberlain's
Salve. It Is also unequaled for soro
nipples, burns and scalds. For sale
by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lun
ney, Seneca.
Forest Fires in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.-From near,
ly every mountainous section of
Pennsylvania come reports of forest
and brush bros, tho fiamos in some
Instances endangering villages that
aro surrounded by wood lands. Most
of these fires are believed to have
been started by hunters near Wil
llamsport In tho central part of the
State,
Johnstown, Pn., Oct. 20.-Forest
fires throughout tho Allogheny moun
tains are spreading rapidly and tho
conditions are alarming. Tho east
ern slope of tho mountains ls ablaze
for several miles and a number of
villages ore threatened with destruc
tion.'
Noted Pendlet Found Dead,
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 18.-J. S. Jar
vis, the last member cf his family in
tho famous Kondall and JarvlB feud,
of Scott county, was found dead in a
stable on his farm near Georgetown
to-day. His death is thought to have
resulted from apoplexy.
t. .?''
esterday a fine line
which we are sell
low prices. This
y to careful buyers
s.
he line won't last
BAUKNIGHT,
liLA, S. C.
THE NEWS FROM BOUNT? LAND.
Personals Picked U|i-Some Philoso
pity-The Juicy 'Possum.
Bounty Land, Oct. 19.-Special:
The year i:; drawing to a close, and
with lt is dying many a glorious
throng ol vain but happy dreams,
forcibly calling to mind the Hues of
Pope:
"Hope springs eternal in the human
breast;
Man never ls, but always to be
blessed."
But we are greatly blessed, and
while our people have sustained a
heavy loss In holding their cotton,
still wo have a great deal to bo
thankful for.
We believe that ir every farmer
would each buy a bolt or two of cot
ton cloth, the price of cotton WOUld
be raised. Many of the mills have
shut down, not for the want of col
ton, but because they have no sale
for their goods. The conditions re- I
mind us ol' tho usual fall chango of
residences. Say a dozen or more
families wish to move and each must
walt till some other family vacates
the house he Is to occupy before he
can move. The empty house must
first be Ulled, and evidently the far
mer's ls the empty house. At any
rate, we are sure that a bolt or two
of cloth would greatly relieve the
conditions nt each home.
The woodland has donned her man
tel of many colors and is picturesque
Indeed. Surely there has never been
a more fruitful year. The woods are
full of nuts and berries, and now
nourishes "de 'possum and de coon,"
and we believe there ls a 'possum for
every "coon." Sam Parks, a colored
man In this vicinity, has already
caught sixty-six this season, and be
sides has treed quite a number of
mysterious "halnts." Says his dog
ls "no^ more afraid of a haint than
he ls of a 'possum."
Ernest Smith ls on an extended
visit to his homefolks.
Miss Bertie Smith has been suffer
ing Intensely from a felon.
Miss Maude Ellison, who has been
seriously ill. ls Improving.
Miss Sallie Davis leaves to day for
Anderson.
Miss Ethel Lawrence, of Central,
visited her cousins, the Misses Davis,
Saturday and Sunday.
J. B. Pickett attended the fair tn
Anderson last week.
Bounty Land school will open No
vember 2, with Miss Bertie Smith as
teacher.
Miss Haley, of Oakway, was the
guest of Miss Lelze Perrltt Friday
night.
Miss Nora Cooley, of Seneca, vis
ited her sister, Mrs. Swaynghamo,
last week. E. M. D.
Would Mortgage the Farm.
A farmer on Rural,Route 2, Em
pire, Ga., W. A. Floyd by nnmo, says:
"Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured tho
two worst sores I ever saw; ono on
my hand and one on my leg. It ls
worth more than its weight In gold.
I would not bo without lt If I had
to mortgage the farm to get lt." Only
2He. at all drug atores.
Dig Cotton FUe ut Rock Hill.
Rock Hill,?October 18.-Seven or
eight hundred bales of cotton, valued
at $35,000, estimating with the local
price of cotton ns a bnsls, woro de
stroyed lu a fire which consumed Ed
ward Fewell's warehouse hore at an
early hour to-day. The loss on tho
building ls placed at three or four
thousand dollars. Speculating, much
more was lost, because the cotton
was for the most part stored because
tho owners wero not willing to take
tho market price. The cotton was
Insured upon tho above basis. On
tho building Mr. Fowell had about
three thousand dollars' insurance.
This warehouso was badly damaged
on the 18th of September, and two
hundred bales burned.
SENECA NEWS ITEMS.
Aiiotlier Election-The Flower Show.
' "Somebody Lied!"
Seneca, Oct. 20.-Special: Seneca's
city council has ordered another elec
tion on the water and light question.
It seems that a majority ot free
holders did rot vote in the former
election. Tnc election ls Bet for No
vember 2d.
The efforts of the council to keop
clean streets and a clean town are
richly rewarded In the fact that Sen
eca Is the cleanest, neatest town In
the up-country. Your correspondent
has noted with Interest every morn
ing, particularly those following
show days the town mule and wagon
out early gathering papers and other
debris and hauling It off. There are
few eye-sores in Seneca, and th~?e
are beyond the control of the connel.
Altogether Seneca people have rea
son to be proud of their town.
J. A. Brock has on display lu his
window the vaso he ls offering as a
premium at the flower show. The
?vase Is an elegant specimen of Lib
bey's best, and ls valued at $2."?. lt
will be awarded for the best speci
mens of six cut chrysanthemums, all
different. Thin has created a lively
spirit of competition, and Just now
there's something doing among
chrysanthemum growers here.
At the meeting of the lloral com
mittee of the Civic Association last
weok, the following chairmen of com
mittees were appointed. Their as-.
slstants will bo given next week.
Chairman cut flowers, Mrs. O. F. Ba
con; chrysanthemum plants, Mrs. L.
W. Venter; ferns and begonias, Miss
Mary Cherry; household department,
Mrs. C. V. McCarey; fancy work, M rs.
J. W. Todd, baby show, Mrs. J. W.
Byrd; music, Mrs. S. K. Dendy, Jr.;
entries, Mrs. T. E. Strlbling. Tho
date set for the show is November
3 and 4. Cottee and sandwiches will
be served both days, the following
committee of young ladles being ap
pointed to serve: Misses Carrie Hun
ter, Inez Dickson, Eleanor Richard
son and Ethel Kirkpatrick. A meet
ing of the floral committee is callod
for next Friday afternoon at four
o'clock at the home of Mrs. T. E.
Strlbling, when further details will
be perfected. Remember the dates
of flower show November 3 and 4.
A number ot Seneca people took
in the show at Greenville yesterday,
and everybody oise is going to An
derson to-day. For a fact, there's
scarcely seed left!
Mrs. C. H. Mayhew and children
are visiting In Atlanta.
W. G. Russell and Miss May Rus
sell spent Sunday at the home of T.
M. Lowery, and attended tho big
show in Greenville yesterday.
A. lt. Gossett, the versatile cor
respondent from Westminster, was
in Seneca last week. The Seneca cor.
respondent has the distinction of be
ing the only person who ever visited
Westminster who escaped the quick
eye of the correspondent. We've
felt hurt ever since about lt.
Deputies Corbin and Harbin un
earthed a blockade distillery Just be
low Jordania last night and destroy
ed the same.
Misses Carrie Hunter and Ethel
Kirkpatrick will go to Greenville to
morrow to hear N?rdica.
The Misses Strlbling, of Pendle
ton, attended the dance here last Fri
day evening.
The Sunday school of the Baptist
church will hold a rally Sunday, the
26th, at 10.15 a. m. A program will
be rendered by the children, consist
ing of songs, recitations, etc. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all. The
morning preaching sorvlco will bo
omitted. Services ns usual In the
evening at 7.30.
Mrs. Elias Earle and children are
visiting In Anderson.
L. W. Venter spent last Sunday
with his homefolks here.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fant, of
Town ville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Whortor last Sunday.
Mesdames W. J. Strlbling, W. L.
Vernor and J. B. S. Dendy,and Misses
Sallie and Anna Strlbling and Eloise
Strother, of Walhalla, wore In Seneca
shopping last weok.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Venter, Mrs.
CW. Baukngiht and Miss Annie Ver
nor, of Walhalla, were in Seneca Sat
urday.
The handsome store room next
door to the Citizens' Bank has been
secured for tho purpose of holding
the flower allow. This is done
th ?on gb tho courtesy of L. A. Ed
wards, president of the bank, which
ls grently appreciated by the com
mittee. There could not be found a
more suitable place, the largo win
dows bolus especially adapted to
elaborate decoration. Tho full mem
bership of the Civic Association is ap
pointed on the committee of decora
tions, and the show promises to be
the best In the history of Seneca
flower shows.
"Somebody lied! Somobody falsi
fied to me." Where's that big arc
light somebody promised us on the
corner of Fair Play and First South
streot? M. V. S.
Where Mullets Flew.
David Parker, of Fayo'm, N. Y.,
n veteran of tho civil war, who lost a
toot at Gettysburg, says: "The good
Electric Bitters have done ls worth
moro than five hundred dollars to me.
I spent much money doctoring for a
bad caso of stomach troublo, to lit
tle purpose. I then tried Electric
Bitters, and they cured me. I now
tako them at a tonic, and they keep
me strong and woll." 50c. at all
drug stores .
NEWS PROM WESTMINSTER. '
"tomi Improvement-IJOOUIN Picked
Up in uni! Around Town.
(By A. E. Gossett.)
Westminster, Oct. 20.-Special:
Miss Ida Martin, one of Westmin
ster's sweetest young idnies, will
leave to-morrow, October 21st, for
Gibson, Ga., where she will have
charge of the sehool at that place.
Her many friends wish for her much
success.
Mrs. Annie Amick and Mrs. Wil
liam Loonoy, of Belton, visited the
former's daughter, Mrs. O. P. Puck
ett, recently. f
Miss Anna Strlhllng, of Walhalla,
visited Miss Allie Strlhllng last week.
These young Indies are congenial,
both Interested in art. Miss Anna
has spent one year In New York
studying.
Misses Ida Martin and Alice Puckett
were guests of Miss Ellie Martin nt
Return Sunday.
T. P. Moore has moved into his
residence on Hobson avenue, which
he recently built.
Mrs. H. E. Wilson and Miss Anna
B. Rushton spent Saturday, afternoon
in Seneca.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Norris, Mrs.
W. P. Anderson, Mrs. K. W. Marett,
and Miss Virginia Norris attended
the Georgia State Fair 1ft Atlanta last
week.
Mrs. H. C. Terrell and two chil
dren went to .donut Airy, Ga., Satur
day to visit relatives.
Mrs. L. A. Leathers and babe, of
Seneca, and Mrs. A. W. Leathers and
babe, of Madison, visited Mr. and
M.rs. G. W. Loathers last week.
Miss Pearl Lyles, of Deercourt,
Ga., was a visitor hero last week.
The chango made this summer in
tho Rogues' Ford road, west of the
iron bridge on Chnuga, Is greatly
appreciated by the traveling public.
Before the change waa made the
wagoners had to travel over a very
steep hill just after crossing the
bridge.
W. M. Dillard. W. M. England, W.
A. and J. E. Dickerson, Loos Zim
merman, Mann Phillips, J. J. Stod
dard and a Mr. Kay boarded No. 36
yesterday morning for Greenville to
attend tho Piedmont Fair.
O. W. Pitts, Adon Dickson and
Miss Jessie Jones wero In Toccoa
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. T. P. Moore spent a few days
in Atlanta last week.
Miss Bonnie Freeman returned
last Saturday from a three weeks'
visit in Atlanta.
Errett Zimmerman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Zimmerman, returned
Thursday from the Poughkeepsie '
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. '
Y., where he has been since April.
He made a line record, his general
average being 95. Mr. Zimmerman
attended one of the best business col
leges in the South a few years ago,
and these advantages, with his prac
tical knowledge of book-keeping, j
makes him a young man of rare bus
iness qualifications.
W. N. Cox, of Greenville, was In
Wostmlnstor last Saturday.
Rev. Robt. Adams, D. D., of Clin
ton, was here last Friday and Sat
urday. Ills train made misconneo
tlon with the Southern at Greenville
Thursday and he did not arrive in
time to preach that evening.
Wo direct the attention of the
County Supervisor and Commission
ers to the dangerous place In tho
public highway leading in th direc
tion of Long Creok. At the shuttle
factory the wooden conduit has be
ome decayed and dilapidated and
needs attention.
If any one has captured a black
Poland China swine it belongs to
Arthur Whitney, a colored citizen.
Whitney lins been on the lookout for
tho whereabouts of his lost pig for
throe weeks.
I Only two weeks until the Presi
dential election conies off. May the
matchless Bryan win.
Fuller Wlshhart returned to Char
lotto Friday, after spending some
time with tho family of F. M. Davis,
of Fair Play.
Miss Grace Phillips was sixteen
years old last Friday and celebrated
the event by inviting eighteen of her
young friends to a candy pulling.
All tho boys suv they got "stuck up"
and th.c girls went home with blis
tered hands. Peanuts, apples and
popcorn were served. Miss Bessie
Foster and Lee Strlhllng won prizes
for pulling the best candy. Miss
Phillips' guests Included disses An
nie M. Anderson, Genevieve Brea?
zealo. Bessie Foster, Mary Harrell,
Annie, Ida and Mary Kay, Ida Mar
tin, Rosa Norris; Messrs. Homer
Breazeale, Will Dillard, Harry Fos
ter, Appleton Johns, Gray Macaulay,
Glenn Mitchell, Robt. Pnrker, Lee
Strlhllng and Fred Zimmerman.
We were in Anderson last w ek
and wero favorably impressed with
this busy little city. On Wednesday
Senator-elect Smith and Congress
man Lever drew largo crowds to the
fair grounds from different sections.
This was our first visit to the Electric
City, and we are persuaded to believe
that Anderson bas never bragged on
herself. The Staunch Intelligencer,
the Plucky Godfrey, of the Green
ville News Bureau, and tho Matchless
Carpenter, of the Dail> Mall, do not
say half enough of nice things about
their marvolouH littlo city.
S. M. Bibb, of Eastiulnster, bas a
fine colony of Bolglan hares, which
he prizes very highly. Sam says thr
chickens havo cleaned up his
"goober" patch, vines and all.
Wo havo never known tho connec
tions of the Southern and Blue Ridge
at Seneca to be so inconvenient and
HORRORS OF "NIGHT HIDERS."
Ono Man Murdered, Another Suppos
ed to Have Reen.
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Union City, Tenn., Oct. 20.-Col.
R. Z. Taylor and Capt. Quinton Ran
kin, prominent attorneys of Trenton,
Tenn., were taken from Ward's Hotel
at Walnut Log, Tenn., firteen miles
from here, last night hy masked
"night riders" and murdered.
Capt. Rank In's body was found this
morning riddled with bullets, and
hanging from a tree a mlle from the
hotel All efforts to locato the body
of Col. Taylor have been futile this
far, but it is believed that ho was
also killed.
The sheriff and a posse of armed
men left Union City this morning for
tho scene of the murder. If they
meet any of the night riders, lt ls ex
pected that a pitched battle will bo
fought. Sheriff Haynes, of Lake
county, is also on tho way with a
POSB?
Tl trouble which resulted tn the.
dent, of Capt. Rankin and the prob
able ..lUrder of Col. Taylor was caus
ed by tho passage of an act by the
Legislature regulating fishing In
Reel Foot Lake, a short distance
from Walnut Log. Ward, the man
ager of the Ward Hotel, at Walnut
Log, telephoned Sid Waddell, stock
holder in West Tennessee Land Co.,
stating that about 25 masked night
riders came to his hotel at midnight
last night. According to this report
tho night riders lined up outside the
hotel, pulled out their revolvers and
called Col. Taylor and Capt. Rankin.
The two men did not suspect trou
ble and came down Immediately. The
night riders covered tho men with
revolvers. Rankin and Taylor were
then bound, put on horses behind
night riders and carried away. At
the edge of the Reel Foot Lake a
rope was placed around Rnnkln's
neck nnd he was strung up from the
limb of a tree and his body riddled
with bullets.
Col. Taylor evidently witnessed the
murder of his law partner. Col. Tay
lor was taken to another spot, but
his fate ls not known.
Tragedy in Florida.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 18.-Eugene
Wood, engineer of a logging railroad
operated by a milling concern, was
shot and instantly killed yesterday
by Jack Gilbert, a naval stores ope
rator, near Panama City. It ls said
the engineer had passed Gilbert's
place without stopping to take on
some freight. On the next trip, lt Is
alleged, Gilbert placed a red flag on
the track, and when the train stopped
shot Wood.
Fire Destroys Santa Fe Shops?
Amarillo, Texas, Oct. 18.-Fire to
day destroyed the Santn Fe round
house and shops, entailing a loss of
$200,000. Twelve locomotives and
several cars loaded with coal, a large
number of coal chutes, the pumping
station, oil tanks and a great quan
tity of supplies were burned.
liottor Was Forged.
New York, Oct. 20.-.virs. Grover
Cleveland went before the grand Jury
yesterday to testify as to therauthen
ticity of the letter supposed to have
been written by her husband endors
ing Judge Taft and used by the Re
publicans in the campaign. Mrs.
Cleveland claims that the letter is a
forgery.
Farmers to Meet Thursday, 2Hth.
Columbia, Oct. 20-President Har
ris, of tile State Farmers' Union, to
day Issued a call for a conference on
tho cotton situ. 'Jon on Wednesday
night, October 28, during the State
Fair, at the Court House, In Colum
bia. He invites representatives of
all sections of the State and all in
terests. Senator-elect Smith will
spenk.
Shooting Affray In Mississippi.
Meridian, Miss., Oct. 18.-Eugene
Chestnut, of Birmingham, was shot
and killed, and lt. O. Henderson, a
contractor, dangerously wounded In a
sensational shooting affray on one of
tho principal business thoroughfares
of Mord?an to-night. A. L. Clay, a
well known business man of Merid
ian, has been arrested charged with
the shooting. The affair ls said to
have been caused by domestic trou
bles.
aggravating. The two roads seem
to be operating their trains Inde
penently of each other, and do not
'make close connections with any
thing.
Miss Ada Durham Is in Seneca for
a few days, visiting her sister, Mrs.
C. F. Adams.
S. By Freeman, of Atlanta, spent
Sunday afternoon in Westminster
with bl? mother, Mrs. Lizzie Free
man.
Cary Pooro is In Anderson.
Alfred Rodgers, of Finney, Vu., it*
visiting at tpe homo of T. N. Car
ter. This ls Mr. Rodgers' first visit
to Westminster.
Mrs. Thos. CHnltKcaloB and babe,
of Atlanta, visited tho families of A.
E. Cllnkscales and J. w. Simpson
last week.
Mrs. Rico died near Strlbllng's
mill, ten miles below Westminster,
yesterday. Her body was taken to
Anderson to-day for interment.
J. A. Durham went to Greenville
to-day. , ??
WILL BE A BUSY WEEK.
Bryan and Taft Both Have Strenuous
Programs.
New York, Oct. 19.-Putting forth
their greatest efforts in tho States
that are varyingly called doubtful
and pivotal, now that the Presiden
tial campnign is in its last week but
one, the various party managers un
fold a multiplicity of plans for tho
week that are well calculated to koop
politics ?h the forefront of the news.
For Taft as well as for Bryan, tho
activity is to be well nigh ceaseless,
as for Sherman and for Kern, and so
on down the line. Coming up from
his Invasion of the South, the Repub
lican candidate for the Presidency wl'l
speak in New Jersey in the forepart
of the week and then return to his
own State of Ohio for a day, there
upon making another Hight into In
diana, the cities of importance in tho
Hoosier State to be visited being Ev
ansville, Indianapolis and Fort
Wayne.
Bryan will have traveled In flvo
States before the, week ends-Indi
ana, Kentucky. Ohio, West Virginia
and New Jersey, finishing In Now
York, where he will spend the Sun
day Pi rest.
Ills Itinerary tn Ohio was urrnneod
with the special alni of enabling him
to reach with his arguments practi
cally the same people who hoard Mr.
Taft in bin last tour theer.
Mr. Sherman*tho Republican can
didato for the Vico Presidency, will
speak in Wilmington, Del., to-day
and in Philadelphia Tuesday and will
devoto the remainder of tho week to
meetings In New York State.
Mr. Kern, tho Democratic candi
date for> tho Vice Presidency, will
spend several more days In Now
York State. He expects to speak in
Ohio on Thursday.
Governor Hughes, ut New York,
who ls campaigning for re-election,
and Lieutenant Governor Chauler, his
Democratic opponent, will continuo
their speech-malting tours of tho
State.
Treasurer Bidder, of the Demo
cratic National Committee, will make
public on Tuesday an additional list
of subscriptions lo Hie funds for the
party's campaign expenses. Tho Car
negie Hall meeting in New York city
on Tuesday, at which former mem
bers of Cleveland Cabinets, including
Richard Olney, of Ponton, and Jud
son Harmon, of Ohio, are to speak,
and the mass meeting also In New
York city on Thursday night of Sou
thern Democrats, which is to be ad
dressed by Governor Swanson, of Vir
ginia, are other Democratic features
for the week of national Importance.
Tho weok will he rich in speeches
by members of Mr. Roosevelt's cabi
net. Secretary of War Wirght will ho
heard in New York city and othor
places, and Secretary of Commerce
mid Labor Straus will spend the en
tire week on the stump, visiting tho
cities of Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis
and Louisville.
A Card of Thanks.
Salem, Oct. 2 0.-Editor Keoweo
Courier: We desire through tho col
umns of your paper to express our
heartfelt thanks to the good people
of the surrounding communities for
the kindness shown us during the Ill
ness and death of our dear daughter;
also Drs. Meronoy and Wickliffe for
their prompt attention. God bless
them all Is our prayer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Talley.
Tammany ~OIVCH $10,000.
New York, Oct. 19.-A check for
$10,000, the contribution of the Tam
many Society to the Democratic Na
tional campaign fund, was received
by Herman Ridder, treasurer of tho
National Democratic Committee. This
ls the largest single contribution yet.
received hy the National Committee.
Abe Dill Shot to Dentil.
Greenville, Oct. 17.-Abo Dill, a
well known and highly respected far
mer of Saluda township, this county,
was shot and almost instantly killed
to-day by Posey Barton, according
to a report received in the city to
night. Barton is said to he at large.
No cause has been assigned for tho
killing. No particulars of the killing
could be obtained.
Election for New County Ordered.
Columbia, Oct. 19.-Governor An
sel has Issued a proc'amatlon order
ing an election for tho 15th of De
cember on the question of establish
ing the proposed county of Edlsto,
which ls to he formed from portions
of Orangeburg, Lexington and Aiken
counltes.
Atlanta Boy Kids Self.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 20.-With tho
fear of punishment haunting him be
cause he had taken $25 from his
father to buy a bicycle, John Arthur
Hilton, the 12-year-old son of W. B.
Hilton, drank more than an ounce
of carbolic acid Monday morning
while standing in the street in front
of .Alderman Frank Pitman's home,
and !r. tv/cn'y minutes waa doad.
Killed Merchant and Son.
j Newton, Texas, October 18.-Be
cause ho was rofused further credit
at a small storo, where ho has been
trading, Will Hest last night secured
a large revolver and fired at the pro
prietor, Osci r BroiiBsard. Tho buiiot
passed entlrhly through Broussard's
body abd entered that of his nlno
yoar-old son, killing the latter In
stantly. Broussard died at noon to?
iday. Heat 18 under arrest.