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KEOWEE COURIER (I S I -A Kl, I SM Kl) 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning. Subscription, 91.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By STUCK, SHE LOB & SCHRODER. Communications or a personal character charged for as advertise ments. . Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed froe of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. G.: WEDNESDAY, <M'TO11ER 21, 10OK. '.COMPARISONS MM, ODIOUS." lirynn showed Great Superiority Over Taft at Banquet. Chicago, Oct. IO.-Business men of Chicago and the Mississippi Valley States have had occasion to measure Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft by the same standard. Their appearance at the banquet of the Chicago Association of Commerce afforded that opportu nity, and Mle result was decidedly to the advantage of the Nebraskan. While the event was entirely non-par Usan, Mr. Bryan showed hts ability to grasp and handle the situation much better than did Mr. Taft. His remarks dealing with business con ditions and economies. production and commerce and exchange upon broad general principles convinced his hearers that he was no mere aca demic student of affairs, but that he had given deep study and thought to those subjects. Ho spoke freely, enlivening his address with pleasan tries which showell lils marked ver satility, and the applause which his telling points made showed clearly that he had made a profound Im pression upon his distinguished audl ? nee, composed ?is it was of both Democrats and Republicans. Mr. Bryan spoke wit ii perfect ease and evidence of sincerity, in marked con trast to the labored efforts of his opponent, who, although he was greeted with loud applause when he arose to speak, proved a disappoint ment even to his warmest admirers. While Mr. Bryan addressed hlniselt to a line of thought which was in keeping with the occasion, and which was one of Interest to those gathered at the dinner, Mr. Taft, after a few pleasant rles in opening, digressed to si discussion of court procedure which had little or nothing to do with economic conditions. In fact, it was a worked over, revamped edi tion of a previous address which he made to the State Bar \ssociation in Virginia at the opening of the campaign. It was heavy and lum erlng and by reason of the fact that he was forced to read lt, lost much of the effect which it might other wist have produced. While Mr. Bryan held the undivided interest and attention of his listeners throughout, because of the earnest ness with which he presented his views. Mr. Taft's remarks following threw a wet blanket over the entire proceedings. Those who had gathered at the dinner were at the outset ready to admit that Mr. Taft as an orator was not In the same class with Mr. Bryan, but they were happily surprised at the evidence of superiority which Mr. Bryan displayed over Mr. Taft In treating lils subject, and in his grasp of the fundamental principles under lying business conditions. These business men of Chicago and their guests from States of the Mississippi valley formed an opinion of Mr. Bryan as a statesman, a view which many of them had never been able to comprehend liefere. The result was a great triumph for the Democratic candidate. as those In attendance were aide to compare him with his political op ponent, and the general opinion was that Mr. Bryan made a much more favorable impression than did Mr. Taft. Not >s? Crassy. t Pioneer Press. ) Mrs. Henpeck (to her husband): "What would von do if I were to die?" Henpeck: "lt would drive? me crazy." Mrs. Henpeck: "Would you marry again ?" Henpeck: "I don't think I would be as crazy as that." The world's wealthiest inventor was Cyrus McCormick, who devised the harvester, and died leaving an estate of $20.000.000. Vulcanite Roofing is fire-resisting, (taking tho same insurance rateas metal or slate) the most powerful acids will not attack it; the fiercest ravages of freezing weather will nutcrack or make it brittle. It is cheap enough for the most -'linary, temporary sort of structures, anil is durable enough for the finest perma nent buildings. Kvory roll ia ,.ni.-. .1 under tlio reputation it has made for fio years aa tho bett Roofing in the world. Don't l>CKin erv building or repair work until you writo for anil road care fully our booklet. "Thc Righi Roofing mid the RtOBOn? Why." Norman Co., A#t. WALHALLA, S. C. VULCANITE ROOFING r \ M <.<.!:?> YKGG FOH FIFTKKX. Prisoner Got Funny with the Judge and. Got Flv? Years Extra. Charleston, Oct. 14.-Samuel K. | Williams, alias James P. Kelly, alias Oakland Sammy, alias Sam Ray mond, yeggmnn and burglar, after making a well-planned attempt to es cape last night from the Charleston juli, In the mldsi of his trial here for carrying burglar's tools, faced Judge Prince this morning In the Court of General Sessions, after the Jury had brought in a verdict of gull y, was given sentence of ten yean> aud one month nt hard labor In tho State penitentiary. Sullen and persisting to the last that his guilt had not been proved, Williams asked Judge Prince why his honor did not give- him the limit while he was about it. "Bring Williams back to the stand," ordered the Judge, as the prisoner had stepped down. "I am going to reform your sentence, Wil liams," announced his honor. "I sen tence you to fifteen years at hard labor in the State penitentiary." Under a heavy guard of deputies Williams slouched hack to the pris oners' room, apparently eased in Mind about Ids sentence. A big crowd of spectators throng ed the court room this morning to hoar the verdict of the jury on the Williams case, for the news cf his attempted escape last night at the jail and bits of Information about his previous record, made notorious hy three previous escapes from cus tody that Inspector Gregory had got word of, together with his history of crime, drew hundreds of men to the trial. This morning at 5.30 o'clock, when Capt. Oradlek went to pay Williams a morning call he found the cage doot and thc corridor door open. Tho hird had flown. Capt. Gradlck had taken every precaution that he could think of, warned "nd taught by ex perience. Here the yeggman had got away under his very pyes, so to speak, as mysteriously ?F nightfall. How could the man have escaped with apparently not a tool to help him? Before doing anything else Capt. Gradlck ran down from the -vest wing of the third door, where Wil liams' cell was located, to nie jail yard, to look for traces cf an escape over the high jail wal!. Ile found no evidence that the man had scaled the wall, and so made a thorough search of the lower floor of the jail. No Williams could he sighted. Then the captain returned to the empty cell of the yeggnian to look for clues. Williams had been Wked up ina steel cell within a locked steel cage, which opens into a corridor on the third door, having heavily barred windows and shut off from the stair case by a sheet Iron door, always kept locked. Williams had been placed in a cell directly on the corri dor that, he might be better watched from without. To reach the stair case, where trace of him was lost, he had to pick a heavy Yale lock. This allowed him to raise the lever that unlocks the cells In his cage. Then he stepped out into the cell cor ridor within the steel cage. A heavy Yale lock secured the cage door. Williams sawed the three eighths inch ring of this lock, getting at lt by thrusting his arm through the bars. After he had opened the cage door, he passed into the corri dor and was confronted hy the heavy iron door that shuts off the cells from the staircases. This door bears a heavy mortised lock that ls opened with a huge brass key. How he got through this was a mystery, as well as was his location. Comforting himself with the de duction thal Williams, although a jail hird, could not fly. Capt. Gradlck then proceeded to search In the only place where the prisoner could possi bly he. namely, the jail loft. Over the stall way eorrlder is a trapdoor which gives entrance into the jail loft above. It ls some 1 ."> feet above the floor. There was no ladder or rope lu sight, hut Capt. Gradlck had it figured out that Williams must be hiding up in this dark and huge loft Calling *o him ti tall negro trusty named "Mink," Capt. Gradlck secur ed a stepladder and ordered Mink to mount lt and climb Into the loft where, by striking a match, he might see If Williams were hidden. Calling out that he would shoot Williams on sight if he made resistance, Capt. Qradlck drew his revolver and sent Mink up the ladder and Into the loft to take the last chance of nosing Oakland Sammy out if he were about the Jail. lt was a tense moment for the tailer when Mink disappeared into the loft, and the match was struck. A light flared up, and then Mink, big eyed and shaking, stuck his head through the trap door and said: "He ls dar, cap'n." Seeing the jig was up, Williams caine from tho recesses of tho loft, and said he was caught. He made no resistance and slowly hacked down out of the opening. He had to hang by lils hands to touch the stepladder with his feet. Williams looked glum and baflled, but was game, and stated to the captain that he had failed to escape because he did not have time. After Capt. Uradick got Williams again In custody, tim prisoner wab placed In another cell, untampered with and closely guarded, until lt was time to take him ovei to the court room. He ls now um'er a heavy guard, and will not bo un watched while the Charleston au thorities have him in charge. Tho story of Williams' plan of the escape ls Interesting. It Is thought that he had assistance from the outside, or within the Jail. Sus picion points to a white man recently sentenced to the gang for vagrancy, a stranger here, who has been sick for the past two days and stayed in the Jail. William? uhcd a picklock not yet found to open the lock which, held down the cell lever to let him into the cage. To gej out of the cell cage he sawed through the lock ring on the cage door outside with a stool saw made from a corset rib. And to unlock tho corridor door that admit ted him into the main hallway to the trap door he used an Ingeniously con trived wooden key that worked to perfection. Taking his canvas cell hammock, lie cut and tore lt Into strips and knotted 'a stout rope. Wrenching off a piece of iron from his washstand, he bent it into the shape of the letter S and had a hook attached to the rope, hy which he could grip the edge of the trapdoor above him in the main hall and pull himself into the loft. A tiny three sided file was found on him with which he made the saw teeth. Ile must have worked for hours on his joh, but Capt. Gradlck, leav ing him at midnight and coming back at 5.30, did not give the yegg man time to perfect his escape His plan was to make his way to the roof and find or saw out an opening and then let himself down into tho jail yard and scale the wall with bis rope and hook. He carried along two extra hammocks to lengthen his rope with. The hook and hammocks were found to-day lu the jail loft by Assistant Jailer Rice. The steel saw used by Williams ls only about five inches long, with some three Inches of teeth cut into one edge on the corset stay or rib. The key used to unlock the corridor door is of hickory, with one end rounded for the stem and pin. The ward le made of two pieces of wood closely fitted into a silt cut into the stem and tied with cord. The ward and stem were waxed. It is thought that Williams or a confelerate ob tained a wax impression of tho door key, which ls carried sometimes by a trusty. The corset rib and file were probably handed to Williams by a con federate. Not since the successful escape of Woody has the decorum of the Char leston jail been so disturbed. There ls no Hr. it to a sentence for the offense committed by Wil liams. He was defended hy Watson C. Finger, who did as well as he could with a bad case and a guilty client. Williams was taken to Co lumbia this afternoon to begin the serving of his sentence. Three members of the Anderson police force have resigned because the council has adopted a rule forbidding policemen to walk In twos, to stop and talk or to smoke on the streets. The officers think their liberties are being cramped. . BILIOUSNESS BITTERS AND KIDNEYS. You can carry it about and care Brass oil font holds 4 quarts bur ished in japan and nickel. Every The R&yo Lamp ; winder eve brilliant light to read, sew or knit brass, nickel plated, latest improve bumer. Every lamp warranted, If not supply Perfection Oil Heater write our nearest agency for des? STANDAR? OIL COM (Incorporated) "Somet? Is one thing, and OUR Our large stock that oui is now ready tor your inspect will assure you that you will CLOTHING! \ have ever carried, and at prit of DRY GOODS, and they v them accordingly. OUR STOCI and, in fact, our stock in evoi you need, and bo sure to see Como to see us whether our store your headquarters A CARTE ii Stop El The MONEY PANT The WIFE has heard Put a little sunshine one of our SUPERB ST] lain Kitchen Ware. We some time ago, and the pri you. *** Roof your barn with < Paint you home with Dress your horse with And last, let us furnis Building. Wc have a h Farming Tools than any We lead ; others follow. MATHES w BRYAN'S LETTERS ARE STOLEN. Carrier Confessed Taking Letters Contiilniug Campaign Money. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 16.-In the po lice court to-day Thomas F. Broad, substitute mall carrier in the em ploy of the Lincoln post office, con fessed that he had taken letters ad dressed to William J. Bryon's news paper and containing funds for the Democratic campaign fund. Broad admitted taking eleven letters Mon day. Letters have been missed for several months. Broad was hound over to await the action of the Uni ted States grand jury. China decorators use brushes made of spun glass, as flue and soft as silk. There never was a pretty girl so stupid that she couldn't fool the cleverest man of her acquaintance. f Turn the Wick as high as you can-there's no danger-as low as you please -there's no smell. That's because the smokeless device prevents smoke or smell - that means a steady flow of glowing heat for every ounce of fuel burned in a PERFECTION 00 Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) for it just as easily as a lamp, ning 9 hours. Handsomely fin heater warranted. tdds cheeriness o the long nings. Steady, by. Made of id cenbt.1 draft your dealer can or Rayo Lamp :riptive circular. PANY _ GOOD MER HANDISI price is another. r buyers bought in the Eastern tion, and if you will try us for get the lowest prices that csrrcc Ve have the largest and most u] 3cs to suit the timos. We also 1 .-ere bought at the very lowest r. C OF SHOES, NOTIONS, ry department, are large and we us if you need any Buggies, Waj you buy or not. Tie your horst vhile in town. El & COIV peking Hi C is to be forgotten, this cry long enough. in your home and at the same EEL RANGES with a line of I have them marked "Way Do ces on these famous and well-k ?ur Vulcanite Roofing. our guaranteed Water Proof Pa our "Washington" Harness. ;h you with Doors, Windows, I irger stock o* Rubber Belting, other concern in our county. ON HARDW B. s. LOOK. Heating Stoves, Cooking ] Stoves, Tinware. All kinds of repairing, WALHALLA, S. C. MASTER'S SAIiES. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to decrees of the afore said Court, In the cases named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door, at WALHALLA, S. C., on Monday, the 2d day of NOVEMBER, 1908, between the legal hours of sale, the tracts of land below de scribed: Georgia R. VanDlvlere, as Adminis tratrix of the Estate of M. R. Van Diviere, deceased, Plaintiff, against John W. Smith, Defendant. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and be ing in the County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, on Toxaway Creek, waters of Chauga Creek, adjoining lands of W. M. Carson, the Spencer Chambers Home Tract of land, con taining fifty-eight acres, more or less, being part of the Spencer Cham bers Survey, and the same conveyed to John W. Smith by Mrs. VanDl vlere. Terms of Sale: CASH. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. October 7, 1908. Georgia R. VanDlvlere, as Adminis tratrix of the Personal Estate of M. R. VanDlvlere, deoeased, Plain tiff, against Vv'iiiiam Carson, Defendant. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being In thc County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, on waters of Little Toxaway Creek, waters of Tugaloo River, adjoining '.andr, of Mr:;. M. R. VanDlvlere, Albert Zimmerman, Mrs. Nancy Chambers and others, known as tract No. 4 of the Spencer Cham bers land, adjoining also Nos. 8 and "> of same lands, containing two hun dred and thirty-five acres, and more fully described or represented by a plat of survey thereof, made by I. H. Harrison, Surveyor, dated October 1st, A ). 1896. Term! of ?ale: CASH. That in tho ovent of tho failure of die pur chaser or purchasers to comply with tho terms of salo within five days from the day of salo the Master do re-advertlse and re-sell said premises on tho following salesday or some convenient salesday thereafter at tho same place and on torms as hereto fore set out, at tho risk of tho for mor purchasor or purchasers, and that ho continue so to do until ho has found a purchaser or purchasers who comply with the terms of sale. Pur chaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. lothing" l at the lowest possible markets at tho lowest prices whatouer you may need we t merellandiso will allow. >-to-date line of Clothing we lave a full and complete linc >ricos. Wo are going to sell (SORCERIES, ll selected. . Try us for what *ons or Harness. ) behind our store and make VPANY ie Boat ?j fi. time put in your kitchen he Blue and White Porce wn," We bought them nown Ranges will interest lint. N^ails. Locks, etc., for that Machinery Supplies and Call and see for yourself. ARE CO, c. TAX NOTICE. County Treasurer's Office, Walhalla, S. C., Oct. 7, 1908. The books for the collection of State, County and Special Taxes for the fiscal year 1908 will be open from October 15, 1908, to December 31, 1908. WITHOUT PENALTY, af ter which day one per cent penalty will be added on all payments made in the month of January, 1909, and two per cent penalty on all payments made in the month of February, and seven per cent penalty on all pay ments made from the first day of March until the fifteenth day of March, 1909. After that day all taxes not paid will go into execution and bo placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection. Taxpayers owning property or paying taxes for others will please ask fjr a tax re ceipt In each township or special school district In which he or they may own property. This is very Im portant, as there are so many special school districts. The tax levy- is made up as follows: State tax. 5 % mills Ordinary County. 2 mills Special County. 2 mills Hoads . 1 mill Special Local Tax. % mill School Tax. 3 mills Total tax.14 Vi mills Special School Tax. District No District No. District No. District No. District No. District No. 1.2 mills 2.2 mills 3.4 mills 5.2 mills 6.3 mills 7.2 mills District No. 10.2 mills District No. 17.4 mills District No. 19.2 mills District No. 20.1 mill District No. 2 0.4 mills District No. 2 7.4 mills District No. 35.2 mills District No. .16 "B".2 mills District No. ??a.3 mills District No. 72.4 mills District No. 7 4.2 mills District No. 75.2 mills Special Levy for High School. District No. 1.2 mills District No. 5.2 mills District No. 7.2 mills Poll Tax, $1. Dog Tax, 50c. Every male citizen from 21 to 60 years ls liable for poll tax, except Confederate soldiers, who do not pay after .">') years of age, and those ex cused by law. Parties desiring Information by mall in regard to their taxes Will please enclose postage for reply. W. J. SCHRODER, Treasurer Oc-oneo County. October 7, 1908. 41-44 Once Used A/ways on Hand 25c. EVERYWHERE