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KEOWEE COURIER (ES I A Un ?HU 101) 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning. tabsar*ption, fi.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By BT ECK, SHELOR & KCI1RODER. Communications or a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notlceH and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must bs paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manusorlpt. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1008. AS TO SHOOTING IN TOWN. The shooting of guns and pistols within Hie incorporate limits of the town of Walhalla ls of too frequent occurrence, and lt is in direct viola tion of tile laws of Hie town. Since the ? j nlng of tho bird season num erous complaints have hoon made that hunters, before reaching the town limits, frequently discharge their guns, with tho result that shot are rattled promiscuously about the residences and premises of citizens. This ls not only exceedingly unpleas ant, but very dangerous, and tho practice should be stopped at once. Only about aweek ago a valuable horse was shot while standing lu the owner's stable. The horse died, en tailing a heavy loss on one of our citizens. And for What? Simply that some irresponsible, thoughtless per ron, or criminally careless neighbor, saw ilt to Uro a shot with no just reason for it. This practice should and muri be slopped. In order that our cltlezns may Know the exact local law on this point we (piote below Section 8 of Ordinance No. I, which reads as fol lows: "Section 8. That lt shall be unlaw ful to shoot guns, pistols or other firearms, fire-crackers or slingshots, or to throw fire halls within the in corporate limits of the town, and any person or persons so doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Puvlded, a person may shoot fl rear ms on his own premises for the liona Ade pur pose of protecting his property Hom damage by animals or birds wild by nature: Provided, further, that the discbarge of balls or shot from any ll rearms by any person for the pur pose aforesaid, within the incorpo rate limits, shall be confined to the premises owned or occupied by the person shooting." The tem?a Of this ordinance are very plain and to the point. The firing ol' guns and pistols in Hie In corporate limits of the town is prac tically prohibited, for, brought down to Its last analysis, there ls not one case in a year, taking in the entire town, where the firing of a gun is necessary. This ordinance will in the future bo strictly enforced, and ii is the duty Of every citizen to aid the olfi cera In enforcing it. This ls very easily done by simply reporting to the officers each case that comes un der your observation, and by back ing up tho report with direct evi dence to coin iel. If we will all vlo our paris as individual citizens the ollh eis will do theirs, and there will soon be no Dring of juins and pistols to disturb the quiel or Imperil the lives of citizens or their stock. The Elberton Star says: "A week or two ago a local was made ol' sec ond-crop June apples. Since then the Star office has been receiving them from many sources." It has long been a debatable question whether lb.lit or ol' the Elberton Star is a gentleman or a lady. The above quo tation does not jiro ve necessarily that the editor is a gentleman, but we submit that ll is proof positive Hint the editor Is not a lady. A lady would have taken those second-crop .lune apples and made pies of them, whereas the editor ol' tho Star made a local of then.. Let. us in the futur.1 hear no more ol' "the red-headed lady editor of the Elberton Star." Sin is a myth, not to say a snare and a delusion. Night l?id' is Attack Soldiers. Memphis, Tenn.. Nov. 28.-A dis patch Hom I nion ('itv confirms the report ol' an attack by a band of supposed night riders on a detail of militia at Gleason's saw mill, near Samburg, last night. According to thc dispatch one soldier was wound ed in the ha d. and about fifty shots were exenanged net ween military and the attacking party. Spasmodic Hi ing continued tor several hours and was followed at midnight by a fusi lado. When tho lire was returned by Hie soldiers the band disappeared. Evidently there were about thirty men in the attacking par!;.. Sumter Man Ends His Life. Sumter, Nov. 27.- The citizens of Sun,ter were shocked early this morning by the discovery thal \V. A Mcilwaine had taken his own lifo yostorday by shooting himself in the mouth in a small vacant house. Mc ilwaine had been missing from his home since lu o' .o,d< yesterday morning. Ile acted ni a queer man ner before leaving home. He left his watch and keys at home and took lils revolver with him. No tract; of Hie missing man could lu; had and suicide was feared, as he had been very des pondent of late over his continued ill health. This morning his body was found. MOIM I, MINK WAH ?KATH THAI*. From 125 to SOO Minora Perish In Pennsylvania Mine. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 28.-On the eve of the convention of the Ameri can Mining Congress, which assem bles here next week to consider min ing Problems in the various States in general, and particularly ns to disas ters, and provide means for their pre. vention, there occurred shortly be foro noon to-day an explosion in Marianna mine of the Pittsburg-Buf falo Coal Company, which entombed and almost beyond doubt, killed all of the employees in the mine, the number being variously estimated at from 125 to 300. The uncertainty as to the exact number that prevailed throughout the afternoon continued when darkness enveloped the new mining town from which the owners had expected so much In the way of safety and comfort of the men through tho extraordinary study and expense that had been devoted to this featuro of tho development of the new coal field. President John H. Jones, of the company, said to-night that the number of entombed men would not exceed 125, but neither ho nor any other o ill dal of tho company has been able, up to this time, to locato the books which contain the names or numbers of employees, and show those In tho workings at the time of the explosion, .state Mine Inspector's Close Call. Tho workings In which to-day's catastrophe happened ls known as the Rachel and Agnes mines in reality a double mine with underground connections. Construction work was practically finished, and Deputy State Mine Inspector Henry Louttit, a few minutes before the explosion, had completed a two days' Inspection, which had revealed no cause for ap prehension, ile and General Mana ger Kerr, of the con.?.any, came to the surface In thc cap;?? operated In one of (hp shafts a few minutes be fore 11 o'clock. Mine Foreman Henry Thompson and two miners entered the cage and lt was started towards the bottom of the 500-foot shaft. There was an ominous rumbling, then a trembling of the ground round about the mouth of the shaft as from an earthquake, and an instant later there was a terrific report and the cage was hurled ?ip the shaft and through the roof of the shaft house, the mine foreman and the two men still in it. Tho bodies of the men were hurled through the top of the building and far beyond it. Thomp son was dead when picked up, while the others, although mortally Injur ed, were hurried to a hospital. Shattered portions of tho wood work about the mouth of the shaft were blown into Ten-M Ile creek, 8,000 feet from the shaft. Portions of nt. least two other bodies were blown from the shaft and were found in the field nearby. The ventilating fans were put out of commission by the explosion, and for several hours no air could be forced Into the mine. Immediately following the explosion a dense volume of smoke issued from the shafts, but ceased a short time afterwards. Cause of K\plosion Unknown. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. Two theories are entertained. One ls that a pocket of gas was struck by one of the miners, quickly tilling the workings and then Igniting from a lamp. The other theory Is thal gas from a well on the Pulton farm, under which the mine ls localed, penetrated the workings. The land in the vicinity is said to he gaseous, and it ls possible that gas may have seeped through the coal stratum until lt accumulated in . uln clent volume to cause tin* disaster. Marianna, the scene ot* to-day's dis aster, is a new mining town in Wash ington county, Pennsylvania, forty miles south of Ibis city. It was laid otu and bulli up by the Pittsburg R u ff alo Coal Company, with a view to making it. a model town in every respett. Every modern device and feature that could he found in the mines of foreign countries to provide for the safety and comfort ot* the miners were adopted. Ali exceptionally goon class of min ers was secured for the new work ings, many of them being either Americans or Knglish speaking nit n. All were Smothered. Pittsburg, Nov. 28.-The last ray of hop?! of the rescue of any of the 1 ._'."> or more miners who were en tombed by the explosion at the Ma rianna mines of the Plttsburg-Buffalo Coal Company shortly before noon to day, was dispelled at 8.30 o'clock to night, when the first rescuing parly reached the workings anti found the dead herlies scattered about the floor ot* the mine. Pew, If any of the bodies are mutilated, and the men were undoubtedly smothered by the deadly vapors which followed the ex plosion. The bodies have not yet been counted, but lt ls known that there ar?, at least 125, and the num ber may he larger. All but two of the bodies in the mine, it Is said, are hos?> of foreigners. No effort has yet been made to remove the bodies from the mine. Instead the rescuers and the mining experts are making a complete exploration of all of the workings to see If they are now safe. This work ls expected to occupy seve ral hours. 110 < 'orpses Rescued. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 30.-Mari nana mines are yielding up their toll of dead. At 1 p. m. to-day 1 1 .? bodies had been recovered, and of these 100 were removed to tho tem porary morgue. More than 60 have been Identified. How One Doctor .Successfully Treats Pneumonia, "In treating pneumonia,'' says Dr. W. J. Smith, of Sanders, Ala., "the only remedy I use for the lungs ls Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. While, of t ourse. I would treat other symptoms with different medicines, I hase used this remedy many times In my medical practice and have >.?( failed to lind a case where lt has not font rolled 1' 6 trouble. 1 have used lt myself, as has also my wife for coughs and colds repeatedly, and I most willingly and cheerfully recom mend it as superior to any other ?ough remedy to my knowledge." For *alo by Dr. J. W .Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. tl Took Mic Dynamo Route. Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 28.-William Braach, the wife slayer, was electro cuted in the death chamber at Au burn prison this morning. NOTICE: TO THE: HEIRS-AT-LAW OE, JOSEPH BLACK, DECEASED. J. A. Black et al., Plaintiffs, against! John G. Black et al., Defendant. Notice is hereby given to the helrs at-law of Joseph Black, deceased, to prove their Identity as such hell's be fore me, at my ofllce. In Walhalla. S. C., on or before the 4th day of March. 1909. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. December 2, 1908. 49-52 NOTICE] TO DEBTORS AND CIOD ITORS.-All persons Indebted to the Estate of James P. Hoko, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate will present the sum . duly attested with in the time prescribed by law or be barred. ( MISS) ANNIE HOKE, Qualified Administratrix. December 2, 1908. 49-52 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT AND DISCHARGE.-Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, In tho State of South Carolina, at his oihee at W alhalla Court House, on Thursday. December 31st 1908. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settle ment of the Estate of .las. P. Hoke, deceased, and obtain final discbarge as Executrix of said estate. (MISS) ANNIE HOKE, Administratrix. December 2, 1908. 49-52 MORTGAGEE'S SALE! OF PER SONALTY. By virtue of the power and au thority contained in a chattel mort gage, given by S. L. Richardson to Maggie I. Robins, Guardian, on the 12th day of January, 1905, for $1,200.00, recorded January 12th, 1905, In Clerk's office, Oconee coun ty, In Chattel Mortgage Book G, page 470, I will sell, at public auction, at the site of the planing mill of S. L. Richardson, in West Union. S. C.. o.t SATURDAY, the 19th day of DE CEMBER, 1908, at ll a. m., the property therein described, as fol lows: Two Mules. Two Drays. Six Log Carts. One 25-11. P. Steam Engine One No. 3 Hedge Saw Mill. One U. S. Edger. Terms: CASH. W. M. KAY. Agent Mortgagee. December 2, 1908. 49-51 MORTGAGEES SALE OF PER* SONALTY. By virtue of the power and au thority contained in two certain chat tel mortgages, given by S. L. Rich ardson lo R. T. Jnynes, as follows: ( 1 ) February 7, 1905, for $2.500.00. recorded lu Clerk's office, Oconee county, Mareh 25, 1905, In Chattel Mortgage Book H, page 4 2, and (2) June 1, 1906, tor $9,143.33, record ed in Clerk's office. Oconee county, June 22, 190G. In Chattel Mortgage Book H. page 443, I will se!!, to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the site of the planing mill of S. L. Richardson, in West Union, S. C., on SATURDAY, the 19th day of DE CEMBER, mos, at ll a. m., the property described In said chattel mortgages, as follows: All Tools and Fixtures belonging to blacksmith and repair sin . of S. L. Richardson. One William Dort Planer. One Fay and Fagan Planer and Matcher. One Band Re-sawing Machine and Fixtures. One Band Scroll-Saw and Fixtures. One lux I 5 Side-Crank Steam En gine. Two 80-H. P. Boilers, manufactur. ed by R. D. Cole Mfg. Co. One Wheeland Trimmer. Om* Yance Edger. One Dry Kiln. All Machinery and Fixtures Com prising Rlaning Mill Plant. Lot of Iron I'i pi nc.'. One 25-H. P. Steam Engine. One Saw-Mill and Fixtures and Outfit, Including Edger, and lot of Carts and Drays, known as Big Saw Mill and Outfit of S. L. Richardson. Lot of Wagons, two-horse and four-horse. Terms: CASH. W. M. KAY, Agent Mortgagee. December 2. 1908. 49-51 MILLINERY ! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEHN OUR LINE OF MILLINERY THIS SEA SON. WE WOULD URGE THAT YOU CALL AT ONCE AND INSPECT SAME. WE ARE MAKING A SPE CIAL EFFORT TO GET TEE LAT EST THINGS AT THE VERY LOW EST PRICES THAT CAN BE HAD. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SWELL LINE OF H VTS AT POPU LAR PRICES. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF GOODS FOR LADIES, AND TAKE PLEASURE IN SLOWING YOU. R. CALLA WAY (Si CO. WESTMINSTER) S. C. { $25 Qraphophone Free 1 Wc are going to give away, absolutely free of cost to you, on December 3 J st, One Cylinder Graphophone, with ten records-your choice of the selections of music. THE PLAN. Thc party that buys the goods gets a ticket with a number upon it, and the number that draws the Graphophone will be made on December 3 J st by three per sons, who haven't any chances at the Graphophone. We will give a ticket with every twenty-five cents purchase. If you trade one dollar you get four tickets, but nothing less than twenty-five cents gets a ticket. Some one is going to get this Graphophone, and it might be you. Our prices arc right and stock complete, Craig-Verner Mercantile Company, JFHOHE: 63. WAIJEKAXtljA, S, C. New Store! New Goods! NEW PRICES. We Have A Large Assortment A Staple and Fancy Men's, Boys', Women's and Children's Hats, Caps, Clothing, Long Cloaks and Jackets, Un derwear, Shirts, Collars, Ties, Belts, Hosiery, Shoes, Rubbers and House Slippers ALL AT REDUCED PRICES. Largest Assortment of China, Crockery, Lamps, Enamelware, Tinware, Woodenware and Willoware in Oconee County. All grades and less prices. A few Specialties in Choice Groceries, Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Fruits and Nuts. Our Stationery and School Supplies arc complete. Musical Instruments, Jewelry and Silver ware. A large line of Post Cards always on hand. A complete assortment of Drugs, Patent Medicines and Toilet Articles. BEGIN NOW TO BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS GOODS. WE HAVE A LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT TO SELECT FROM. $1 WATCH OU? TEH CENfS COUNTER I WALHALLA NORflAN COMPANY, WALHALLA IV ext Door Lo Carter Hardware CJJompany. Auction, Auction Seneca, S. C., Friday, DECEHBER 4th, On Account of Rain Have Postponed Sale of Until FRIDAY of this Week, DECEMBER 4th4 SALE WILL BE HELD AT SENEDA, S. C., Instead of on the Grounds, at 12 O'clock Noon, in FRONT OF MY STORE. Sale comes off Rain or Shine 12 O'clock Noon, Friday. JAMES H. ADAMS.