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WALHALLA, S. C.:
Wi: OMIS HAY, l>KC. 80, 1008.
PI HST THINGS IN AMERICA.
Hates (but Mark Hie Birth nf Cleat
P,vents lu the United States.
The Hist mail between New York
and Boston was established in 1672,
"for a more speedy intelligence and
dispatch of affairs." The letters
were carried hy a messenger, who
was directed to ge and return once
a month. This mont hy dispatcher
was sufficient for thirty years, when
lt was ( hanged lo a foi l night service.
The earliest record of coal in
America is hy father Hcnncpln, in
his "New Discovery of a Vast Conn
try in America," published in Lon
don, IdiiS. A "coal mine" had been
discovered on the Illinois river, near
the present city of Ottawa.
The first coal working was In
Richmond (Virginia) coal fields
about 17">t).
The (list United States stocking
factory was std up at Cohoes, Now
York, in ls:?2. The machine for
knit ling was the invention of Lee, an
Esglishmnn, who took out a paten!
in I s50. The Leo machine was In
troduced in the Colonies during the
Revolution, but a sharp Yankee im
proved on il. anti set up the first
factory at Cohoes.
Massachusetts organized the Hist
historical society in 1791. Since
that time, more than one hundred
anti sixty have been formed, most ol'
Which still exist. Several ol' tho
v Western stales begad their state
life with tin' orgn'iitnztlon of a his
?rlcal society. Tho Minnesota so
, ciety was created by an act ol' ils
i Territorial'- Legislature.
The Dutch housewives of obi New
York, ever noted for their house
keeping qualities, created the agita
tion which resulted in the appoint
most of (lie first public street cleaner
in New York, 1692. Ile was Lau
rens Van Der Spelgle, a baker. His
daughter married Bip Van Dam. who
afterwards became Governor of New
York.
The Hist Thanksgiving Day was
celebrated in the autumn of 1621.
The second was in July, 1623. A
long anti severe drought had pre
vailed, and the Governor appointed
a day ol' fasting anti prayer. Dur
ing the prayer, "soft, sweet anti
moderate showers" foll, continuing
for two weeks. The lasting and
praying were changed into devout
thanksgiving.
Tlie earliest movement math" to
ward forming a Board of Trade was
on April ">, I7i>s, when twenty mer
chants of New York organized them
selves into the Chamber of Com
merce. This association is still in
existence, the only one dating from
the eighteenth century with the ex
ception of the New Haven Chamber
of Commerce, organized 1794.
Next to Hie mayor, the most an
. clent olllclal of New York City lathe
recorder. His office dates hack to
April, 1686. Prom tho recorder
sprang, In 1821, the old court of
common pleas, which later became
tho Supreme Court. Due of tho re
corder's duties was to pass on com
petency for citizenship. The lirsi
recorder was James Graham, appoint
ed by charier.
lt was In the city of Brotherly
Love thal the Hrs! bank was estab
lished in 17x1. ii was Incorporated
by Congress, lintier I he name of
"The President, Directors and Com
pany ol' the Bank Of North America."
Three years later, tho second hank
In tho country was opened In Bo ton,
and called the Massachusetts Hank.
In tho same year tho Bask of New
York wtts founded.
The first United States Bank was
founded in 1785, anti the second In
1810, In which year the first savings
banks were established one in
Philadelphia, the other In Boston.
i Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that
V may develop Info pneumonia over
\night nre quickly cured by Foley's
Vloney and Tar, as lt soothes Inflam
<\l membranes, heals fho lungs, and
oJtpels the cold from the system, .f.
\j\ Bell,Walhalla; Stonecypher Phar
mlcy, Westminster.
WE HOLD DIVORCE RECORD.
On?: .M;tiri?Ji??' lu Every Do/on F.mls
in Separation-Desertion 1? Cause.
A Washington dispatch says:
The divorce rate? appear, to bo
much higher in the United States
than in any of tho foreign count iles
for which statistics relating to the
.-.abject have been obtained, not less
than one marriage In twelve in this
country ultimately terminating in
divorce. This fact has been ascer
tained by the census, which has just
completed a compilation of statistics
of marriage and divorce (overing the
twenty years from 18S7 to 1900, in
clusive. Similar statistics for the
previous twenty years were gathered
some years ago.
Tlw figures show that at the end
of the forty-year period divorces
were Increasing about three times as
fast as the population. The divorce
rate Increased per 100,000 of popu
lation from 29 in 1870 to 82 in 190;"?,
lhere being one divorce for every
?,14 1 persons In the former year,
while In the latter there was one for
every 1,218 persons.
During the twenty years from 1887
to 1906 the total number of record
ed marriages .vas 1 2,832,04 4, while
the number ?>' divorces granted dur
ing this period was 945,025. For the
previous twenty years the number Ot
divorces was ?528,71 0. At tho begin
ning of the forty-year period divorces
occurred at the rate of 10,000 a
year, while at the end of the period
the animal number was about liG,
000.
A more significant divorce rate ls
that which is based, not on total pop
ulation, but on the total married pop
ulation, since lt ls only married peo
ple who can become divorced. These
statistics show that in 1870 the di
vorce rate per 100,000 married pop
ulation was 8 1, while in 10 00 it was
L'on. This shows that divorce h. at
present two and a half times as com
mon, compared with the married pop
ulation, as it was forty years ago.
Only two States in (he Union, ac
cording to the statistics, show a de
crease In tin? divorce rate between tin;
years 18S0 and 1 900. These are
i tali and Connecticut. In the for
mer the rate dropped per 100,000 of
population from 114 in 1880 to 9 2
per 100,0?; J population in 190G,
while in the Hist decade of the pe
riod they Increased only about two
and two-thirds as fast. In the six
years from 1900 to 190G, population
increased 10 per cent and divorces
1".?.:! per cent. Divorce rate in Con
necticut dropped In 1900 from 01 to
.".0 per cent.
Six cases were discovered in I tali
lu which the husband obtained a di
vorce from his wife on the ground
of "neglect to provide."
Two-thirds of the total number of
divorces granted in the twenty years
covorocl by I be investigation were
granted lo the wife. Desertion is
shown lo be the most common ('?msc
of divorc,', I'.S.'.t per cent of the total
being for this cause, almost half of
the cases in which the divorce was
granted lo the husband being for this
cause, while about one-third of these
granted to the wife for the same
cause.
Ol' divorces granted to husbands
28.8 per cent were for adultery,
while only 10 per cent of those grant
ed lo wives were for this cause.
More than one-fourth of the divorces
to wives were for cruelty, and aboii'.
10 jier cent of those to husbands.
Drunkenness was the ground for
divorce in about live per cent ot the
cases in which the wife brought suit,
and In about one per cent of those
i;< which the husband brought sib
Only fifteen per cent of the divorces
were returned as contested. Alimony
w.e; demanded in 18 per cent of the
divorces granted to the wi? and
grunted io >2.7 per cent. Tie pro
portion of husbands who asKed 1er
alimony was 2.8 per cent and ?. per
cent obtained lt.
The average duration of marriages
terminated by divorce ls about ten
years, 00 per cent of them being less
than ten years. The number of
years from marriage to separation
was ascertained lu the cases of 7,
770,929 divorced couples. Of those
98,400, or 12.8 per cent, separated
in the first year of married life, and
11.2 per cent lu tho second year. The
surprising fact was revealed that 3.1
per cent of the total number sepa
rated and became divorced after
more than twenty-live years of mar
ried life.
Madisoii School Honor ?toll.
following is the honor roll ol' the
Madison school for month ending
Dei ember IS, 1908:
first dade Bva Arve. Otis Arve,
Maud Cleland, Addie Cleland, X.
Cleland, Roy Duke, Lula .Iones. I hil
lie O'Kelley, Bva Spencer, Mary Sul
livan. Ki bel Kol heb. Mary Walters,
Colena Whltt.
Second Grade Ralph Whitehouse,
Dewey O'Kelley.
Third Krude Pr?da Rolhel, Jack
Brown, Dora Long.
Fourth Krude .lohn ('leland, Ern
est Cleland, Zerah Kong, Claude
Duke, .lames Sullivan.
linnie Frasier, I'eacher.
Fifth Krade Karrie Bryan, Anna
Kelle Jones, Clifton McAlister, James
Spencer.
Sixth Krude Paul Cleland, Roy
Jones, Will McAlister, Mattie Watt.
Seventh tirade Lula Cleland,Evie
Jones, Burke Jones, l'diiiund Cle
land, Sallie Spencer, Lula Spencer,
Ora Arve, Clyde Adams.
Eighth (Jrade-Lucy Jones.
Honorable Mention.
For scholarship and deportment
llessie Arve, Esther Arve, Lloyd
Arve, May Drown, Clyde Duke, (iru
cia Jenkins, Nina Jones. Julius
Jones, Clarko Arve, Grace K?thel,
James Whitehouse, Fairy Drown.
For attendance and punctuality
lien Cleland, GUFSIO Duke, Gus
Jones, Ha Spencer, Willie Silencer,
Grace K?thel, Claude Jones.
Monitors-Durke Jones, Gus Jones,
Ed. Cleland, Lloyd Arve.
i Emily Compfon, Principal.
NATULC TELLS VOU.
AH Many a Walhalla Kendor Knows
Too Well.
When tiif kidneys ure Bick,
Nature (ells you all about it.
The urine is nature'? calendar.
Infrequent or too Frequent action;
Any urinary trouble tells ot kidney
ills.
I loan's Kidney Tills cure all kidney
111B. ?
Walhalla people testify to this.
W. W. Moss, living on Faculty
HUI, Walhalla, S. C.. says- "1 Buf
fered from weak kidneys for over
three years. I had a dull nagging
aching across the small of my back,
and my nystem .seemed to be Ulled
with uric acid poison. 1 had a con
stant desire to pass the secretions,
which caused me to arise often dur
ing I he night and the passages were
attended with a scalding sensation. I
felt weak and nervous and was In a
serious condition. I finally procured
Dean s Kidney Pills at Dr. J. W
Hell's drug store, and since I began
using them I have obtained great re
lief. I cannot speak too highly In
favor of your reliable remedy."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, solo agents Tor tho Uni
ted States. (
Remember tin- name-Donn's
and take no other.
.New .Medical Discovery.
A recent discovery that promises
to be of great value to the medical
profession is that of a process enab
ling oil to be put Into powdered form.
Practical use has already been made
of this discovery by a Herman scien
tist who has succeeded in reduclsg
castor oil. that wonderful, but gene
rally disliked, aperient to a tasteless
powder.
('astor oil was first discovered in
1764 by Peter Canvane, when lt was
immediately hailed by the medical
world as one of the greatest discov
eries. lt is the best, aperlost or pur
gative, but its nauseous taste has
prevented its universal adoption.
The new idscovery bas made lt possl
b t to eliminate the objectionable
features of ordinary castor oil, with
out interfering with its restorative
virtues. In fact, it is claimed by
physicians thal in the powdered
state it is even superior to the oil, as |
it does not decompose in th" sto
mach and does not repeat or gripe. \
Another great advantage of the pow-j
dered castor oil is tint it can be
mixed willi milk or other liquid or
any cereal food or pudding without
being detected, and can thus be
readily given to children when it
cannot be in the ordinary state.
Castor oil In powdered form is
now sold in Hie United States under
the name of "Castor Lax," and ls
endorsed by the highest medical au
thorities.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Gail Hamilton used to say: "If
you wish to know whether you are a
Christian, ask yourself these ques
tions: 'Am I a comfortable person to
live with?' 'Am I pleasant to have
about?'" No amount of high prin
ciple or giving of tithes or church
work and attendance will weigh
against a ne^ntlve answer to these
searching influirles. If we are "ill to
live with," something ls radically
wrong with our religion.
Words of Praise
For tho several ingredients of which Dr.
Pierce's medicines aro composed, us Riven
by loaders in all tho several schools of
medicine, should havo far moro wninht
than any amount of non-professional tes
timonials. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion has TiiK iiAnoK op HONESTY <>n every
bottle-wrapper, in a full list of all Its in
gredients printed In plain English.
If you aro an invalid woman and suffer
from frequent headache, backache, gnaw
ing distr^Q in stomach, periodical pains,
disagreeable, catarrhal, pelvic drain,
dragging/down distress In lower abdomen
or pelv>$, perhaps dark spots or speck9
dancl/fg beforo the eyes, faint spells and
kindle symptoms caused by female weak
ness, otfthoy derangement of the feminine
organs. Vf i/can not do better than tako
Dr. Pier/eK Favorito Prescription.
The h/sfiltal, surgeon's knife and opera
ting tahjt/may bo avoided by the timely
uso of (?Favorite Prescription" In such
ca--es. Thereby the obnoxious examin
ai ions ?^S?sSOSStwSs 55SnSOafflM
physician can be avoided anil a thorough
?OuTs? oj sui'cT^'fiiTTreatinent carried QUj
Prescription " ls_c? ?in posed ol Ike very best
native medicinal roots known to medical
science for tho euro of woman's peculiar
ailments, contains no alcohol and no
harmful or habit-forming driiRS.
Do not expect too much from "Favorite
Prescription; " it will not perform mira
cles ; lt. will not diso!VS or cure tumors.
No medicine will. It will do as much to
establish vigorous health In most weak
nesses and ailments peculiarly incident to
women as any medicine can. It must bo
given a fair chance by perseverance In Ita
use for a reasonable length of time.
You C,!t"'*i afford te n^cpt. n secret..nos
trum a,i a substitute for lhl.1 Cfilaadf "j
Sick women are Invited to consult Dr.
Pierce, by lotter, free. All correspond
once is guarded as sacredly secret ?nd
womanly conlldcnccs aro protected by
professional privacy. Address Dr. It. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. V.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets tho nest
laxativo and regulator of tho bowels.
They Invigorate stomach, liver and
bowell. One a laxali .'e ; two or three S
cathartic. Easy to tako as candy.
ii
StopR
The MONEY PAN
The WIFE has hear*
Put a little sunshine
one of our SUPERB ST
lain Kitchen Ware. \7.
some time ago, and the pr
you. J* J*
Roof your barn with
Paint you home with
Dress your horse witt
And last, let us ?urn?;
Building. We have a 1
Farming Tools than an>
We lead ; others follow.
HATH ES
A Mounce to Good Government.
( Greenwood Journal. )
Tho liquor league which recently
met in the city of Washington deliv
ered itself as follows :
"That the wave of opposition
i throughout the country to the liquor
I trade seems to he receding, was the
! keynote of the reports from various
i State organizations made to-day at
j thc closing sessions of the National
Liquor League. The concensus ex
pressed at the convention was that
! thc best Interests of the liquor trade
i would be conserved hy having the
number of snloons limited according
to population."
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that "the industry has been overleg
islated, over-abused and over-taxed
in the furtherance of a creedor a cult
that is basically un-American and at
nboslute variance with every princi
pio ol' liberty, civic righteousness,
economic common sense and common
' justice."
lt was further resolved that "tho
Anti-Saloon League ls a menace to
good government, the quietude ol'
i eommunitles and vested property
lights, and exists for no other pur
1 jse than to provide occupation and
r venue for the members of a close
cirporatlon by the process of perpet
ual agitation; and that local option
is but another name for prohibition,
and is equally cnoilscatory in its as
saults upon property rights."
This proves conclusively that the
liquor Interests are hard pressed.
Years ago they paid no attention to
what they were pleased to call the
temperance fanatics; but now they
send up a dying wall which ls en
couraging to those who stand for
good government. Who but those
whose hands are steeped lu the
blood of their fellows would even
intimate that the temperance move
ment ls a menace to good govern
ment? Nothing ls so subversive of
good as the liquor business.
Mrs, Melloney's Kx|K>rience.
Mira. M. McRaney, Prentiss, Miss.,
writes: "I was confined to my bed
for three months with kidney and
Madder trouble, and was treated by
two physicians, but failed to get re
lief. No human tongue can tell how
I suffered, and I had given up hope
of ever getting well until I began
taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. Af
ter taking two bottles I felt like a
new person, and feel lt my duty to
tell suffering women what Foley's
Kidney Remedy did for me." J. W.
Hell, Walhalla; Stonecypber Phar
macy, Westminster.
Looking for something
without price, and you kn<
Our lines of Clothing,
ever carried and the prices
We have a large stocl
and La probes and a compU
A few Horses and Mt
ocking the Boat
IC is to bc forgotten.
1 this cry long enough.
! in your home and at the same time put in your kitchen
EEL RANGES with a line of thc Blue and White Porce
; have them marked "Way Down." We bought them
ices on these famous and well-known Ranges will interest
jfa ?ft Jf% ?tl ?0? 4?t j?>
our Vulcanite Roofing,
our guaranteed Water Proof Paint.
i our "Washington" Harness.
sh you with Doors, Windows, Nails, Locks, etc., for that
arger stock of Rubber Belting, Machinery Supplies and
r other concern in our county. Call and sec for yourself.
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iON HARDWARE CO.,
ESTMINSTER, S. O.
SOME RARE
BARGAINS!
Dress Goods, Dress Goods.
Big lot of mill onds in Dress Suitings and Broadcloths
in solids and plaids.
Serges, Henriettas and Brilliantines, worth $1, $1.25
and $1.50 per yard, to close out at 75c. tit 85c.
One lotof All-Wool, 51 inch wide, worth 05c. and 75c.,
to close at 50c. ; also big vallie in 15c. and 20c. goods.
Pal icos-blue, red and black-at 5c. ; best grade Gc.
. Outings, 5c. up.
Clothing, Clothing.
Our Clothing Stock is brand new and tho best values
and styles. Do not fail to see what we have to oiler
you before you get your Fall and Win tor Suit.
Big Stock of MIMI'S and Boys' Overcoats and Rain
coats and Ladies' and Children's Cloaks and .Jackets at
lowest price
Shoes, Shoes.
Men's Fine Shoes in Patent Leathers, Tans, (inn
Metals and Calfs, heavy weights for winter.
Ladies' Fine Shoes in Patents and Tans on all the
newest lasts and toes.
Children's Shoes in line quality and heavy weights
for winter.
Underwear, Underwear.
Big stock of underwear in wool or cotton. Can fit
everybody in quality and prico.
Trunks, Valices, Suit Cases, Embroideries
and Ribbons at lowest price.
A full and complete stock of Doors, Sash, Blinds,
Lime, Cement, Stoves, Hardware, Bagging and Ties.
We are also agents for the celebrated Mitchell Wagons,
Oliver Chilled Plows, Columbia Buggies and Carriages.
Do not fail to come and get our prices and see what
wo have to oiler you.
We pay the highest market price for Cotton and Cot
ton Seed.
Yours for business,
W. P. NIMMONS,
SENECA, S. C.
P. S. : NOTICE.-With each and every bill of Dry
doods, Clothing and Shoes, amounting to $10, we will
sell you a 25-pound sack of New York Standard Granu
lated Sugar for $1.25.
Faste Any Time!
\ for nothing? Adam got the apple without money and
DW the finish.
Shoes and Dry Goods are the largest and best wc have
are low enough to suit thc times.
c o? Surreys, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Saddles, Whips
?te line of Groceries.
ties for sale. See us ii you want to save money.
, Respectfully,
R & COMPANY.