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BENTLEY AND McCLESKEY. miething Moro About Them, und Also About Hitchcock. EMtor Keowee Courier: I prom ised to say something more in my next article concerning Lieut. Eont ley, of Baltimore, and Lieut. McCles key, of New York, and 1 will say something of A. J. Hitchcock, of Pennsylvania, also. Bentley was, I think, a member of the Fourth Maryland RegliHent. He decoyed me into the Yankee line, and I suppose he thought if ho got me there I would disert the Con federacy, or he would have me sent North to prison. I was not ready at that time. I saw ho did not like tho Ourse I took to get away from ere. Lieut. McCluskey (or Mc Cleskey) told me to send for the officer of the day, and when he came Lieut. Bentley did not have any thing more to say to me. When Adjt. Gen. Earn had mo taken back to the Yankee line he called for the man that decoyed me to the line, and I think put him under arrest. I don't know what the charge they made against Bentley was. Earn seemed to bo quite boisterous and did not ask him any questions. Ho did not seem to want any quiet talk with me. and I think he thought he was too noble to talk to the soldiery of his command. 1 will say I don't know of a man whose family ls un der better discipline than the Yan kee soldiers were under. When the private soldiers would gather around me one of their officers would say, "To your places, men!" and then they would get away from me at once. 1 would like, if McCleskey (or Mc Cluskey) is living, to correspond with him. He has a green place in ? my recollection. I have no ill feel ing towards Lieut. Bentley, though he knows, If he ls living, that he attempted to do me a great wrong, while if Lieut. McCleskey is.living he knows he played the part of a gentleman. If he ls dead, peace to his ashes! When 1 received orders from Gen. Orrd that If I was ever caught at or li ld< ' his line again, I would be did not go any more, only lamented Bob Lee ordered . we moved from In front of lien. Orrd'8 army post up the line to near the Darbytown road. I am not sure as to who was the comman der of that army post, but I formed acquaintance with Adjt. Gen. A. J. Hitchcock, of Pennsyivanla| We spent many hours in the woods between thc lines of the two armies, and we enjoyed social converse and some re freshments. At one time, 1 recollect, he had some fine drinks with him. He told me that Lieut. Bentley had been courtmartialed and reduced to ranks for decoying mo over to the r.Yankee line. He (Hitchcock) did he could to get me to go to his rterH with him. He brought mes es from his general and an invi tion to come and take dinner with lem, and they would see that I ime b.ick when I wanted to. I told hem, or told him (Hitchcock) to ed his general that Gen. Orrd had told me he would have mo killed if 1 came there any more. He said that Orrd was not in command of that army post. Notwithstanding all of his promises, which seemed so fair, I did not go with him. I think Hitchcock was a gentleman. If he ls living I would like to know lt. I would be pleased to have some correspondence with him. I will here say that I saw some fine fun while In the Confederate army. The recollection of it lingers around me yet, even in this late day of my life. Wm. O. Singleton Co. B, Palmetto Sharpshooters. (The State please copy.) One Man Kills Four. Q Anderson, Texas, Jan. 1.-During holiday frolic here yesterday Bruce and James Gales, brothers, and Sam Lowe and Bill Howard quarreled with Tom Estes. Estes drew a pis tol and killed all of them. Bad blood had existed for somo time between Estes and his four victims. OJSLB TOR X A. - near, the J* The Kind You Hate Always Bough? Parents Kiss Bend Child; Kill Selves New York, .Inn. 1.-Worn-out by their long vigils and heart-broken ovor tho death of their little daugh ter, an only child, Prof. James P. Gordy, of New York University, and his wife committed suicido to-day. The death agonies of the child, their terrible gn . and tho exhala tion of nursing thc llttlo one proved too much for thom. Calmly kissing 'he cold brow of the child, they In haled chloroform and died. Tho Gordys were prominent In ed ucational and social circles. The three will be burled side by side In ono grave. 4( OA.8TOH.IA. Be?? th? J* The Kind You Hara Always BougW THE "SEMliOLuE'S" HISTORY. A Little Inside Information About Homo Hit,h Financing. (James A. Hoyt, in the Greenville Daily News.) When this correspondent discov ered and published that there had been a rake-off of $76 per share, par valuo $100, in the transaction In which the Seminole Securetles Com pany purchesed 1,500 shares of the Southern Life Insurance Company stock, lt was thought that a big graft had been uncovered. But it now turns out that whiie this story is true, it was only a small piece of high financing compared to what had been accomplished previously inside the Seminole Securetles Company. To summarize the developments at yesterday's meeting of the stock holders, and o state the muddled matter as clem y as possible, the fol lowing was brought out: John Young Garllngton, a native of Laurens, who has lived in Colum bia and Atlanta, and is now in Chat tanooga, was the genius behind the Seminole Securetles Company.. He was its originator and its guiding star, and he secured the consent of three prominent citizens of Columbia to lend the use of their names as trustees, nominally, but under the agreement they were trustees, not of the stockholders, but of thu com pany, and merely did what the board of directors Instructed them to do. This board .of directors was com pose J originally of Laurens men friends and some of them relatives of Garllngton. Garllngton had b?ten State agent for the State Mutual Life Insurance Company of Roma, Ga., and he form ed a company called the Carolina Agency Company, of which he was first president and then W. A. Clark, to take over thia State agency to the Koine company. A number of promi nent citizens were put on the board of directors, and other prominent citizens were induced to tako stock. It was a good proposition-all of Gnrlington's propositions aro good the company getting the renewals on all policies in the Rome company written in this State. Just like sit ting down and having candy handed to you, it appeared. For this agency Garllngton was paid $75,000 of stock in the agency oompany, the same to be issued to him when the company should pay twenty per cent annual dividend, ll has paid one an nual dividend of ten per cent, and the stock has of course never been issued to Garllngton. But Garllng ton retired from the agency com pany actively, and Mr. Clark was elected president. Garllngton then proceeded to or ganize in Laurens-not in Columbia -the Seminole Sccureties Company, with a capital stock of $300,000, the purpose of the company as set forth being to organize and hold the stock of a casualty company, the like of which there was none In this part of the country-a Southern accident company which should keep the Sou thern people's money at home. When the company was organized it was moved to Columbia, and tho three aforesaid prominent citizens were selected as trustees. Garllngton took $75,000 in stock in the securetles company, for which he paid the $7.r>,000 stock in his name In the Carolina Agency Com pany. The small detail that the stock was not yet Issued to him, and was not In reality his, seems to have been overlooked in certifying to the Secretary of State that the necessary porportion of stock had been sub scribed and paid for. All of which oversight may yet result In a crimi nal action If tho stockholders' de mand ls fulfilled. Then to dispose of the stock, Car lington employed "expert" sales agents. These agents justified his Judgment of "exports" all right. The head office of the company was the most conspicuous office in fhe city of Columbia-the corner office, on the ground floor of the Carolina Na tional Bank Building, at the heart of the business section of tho city. Around this corner the tribe of Semi nole gathered on Saturday evenings when thoy came in to make roports of the week's work In this and other States. They wore the most expen sive and flashy clothes, loud neck ties and louder socks, and suits that fairly dazzled. They rode in auto mobiles or they ogled the pretty girls from the corner of the Carolina Bark building. And by the way lt ls only fair to state that the company em ployed tho prettiest stenographer In town to set off the handsomely equip ped and prominently located fTice. The Semin?lo agents spent nj? ney freely In Columbia with merchants and with places loss respectable. The game was so evident that few citizens of this city blt. But In other towns it wns differ ent. Coming with the letters of rec ommendation and endorsement from the prominent citizens of tho capital city, the sales agonts found ensy marks In ail parts of tho Slate and in otho Slat? H lt tlei < lop i I hui there w r< sold n all ?2 ? 0 ? I hs ..... par val".' $1 each M fhst tho stork was placed at par, but later lt was disposea of at a premium of fifty cents on the dollar-the thiug was so easy, li was represented that the premium was to be used < a surplus for the casualty company that was to bo organized, but it de veloped at Tuesday's meeting that at first tho agents wore paid a com mission of 25 per cent out of every hundred dollars, but later they were paid the 25 per cent commission out of the premium and in addition a bonus for sales for cash or certifi cates of dqposlt, which of course meant that If they sold stock at 150 they got the fifty. For this reason the agents became anxious to secure certificates of deposits, and they would take a prominent citizen'1' note to the bank, offer to discount lt and leave the money on deposit, taking a "certificate of deposit." Plans Changed. In October, lt was announced that the plan of organizing a casualty company had been abandoned and that Instead, to save tho expense of organizing (which evidently would have been considerable) the Semi nole company had decided to pur shase control of a well-established life insurance company, and that control of the Southern Life Insur ance Company, of Fayetteville, N. C. had been bought. The headquarters of the Seminole wero then moved to Chattanooga and Darlington went with them, but the Southern Life opened a branch ofllce In Columbia, on the third floor of ?the National Loan and Exchange Hank building. Pretty soon it began to be whls pored that there were rake-offs of large proportions in this deal with the Southern Lifo, and lt was de veloped that while the Seminole company paid at the rate of $216 per $100 for 1,500 shares of the Southern Life, the Southern Life ac tually received only $140 per $100 shares. It. was explained that the difference went to C. J. Herbert, as commissions for pulling off tho deal. This knowledge led to Investigation, publication resulted and actions in the courts were begun, with the re sults familiar to all. This, briefly stated, ls the true his tory of Seminole. May the tribe ex pire! FIRM OF HENRY W. POOR FAILS. One of Lnrge8t Failures in Financial District for Some Time. New York, Dec. 26.-Henry W. Poor, a well-known banker and broker of Wall street, and for years the publisher of Poor's Manual of Railroads, failed to-day. His bank ing and brokerage firm, known ns ll. W. Poor & Co., with offices at No. 33 Wall street, made an assignment to Mark T. Cox, of tho firm of Robert T. Winthrop & Co., without prefer ence. No statement regarding liabilities or assets was forthcoming to-day, but as Mr. Poor has been prominent In the street, and has Influential con nections, lt ls believed that his lia bilities will orach at least $5,000 000 The entire brunt of the failure is borne by Mr. Poor, his former part ners having withdrawn from the firm. The failure is probably one of the largest that has occurred In the fi nanclal district in some time. Mr. Poor was looked upon not only as a very wealthy man, but his family has long held a high social position. Branch Office at Boston. Boston, Mass., Doc. 26.-Henry W. Poor & Co., of Ne.w York, has main tained a b'-nnch office In this City for many years, dealing exclusively In bond".. Local banks hold a consider able quantity of the paper secured bv various bond Issues, which are bein;*, curried for the firm. Tho local trunager is Frederick A'. Farrar. The fl? m was heavily Interested li. American Telephone Company and .?tim.a, Birmingham and Atlantic, railroad bonds. ? Square Deal Il assured you when you buy Dr. Pierce's family modiclnes-for all the ingredi ents ent?rine-Imn them are printed on the bottle-wrappers and their formulas are attested under oath as being complete and correct. You know Just what you are paying for and that tho ingredients aro gathered from Nature's laboratory, being selected from th? most valuable nativo medicinal roots found growing in our American fore?JB>mLwhTle potent to cure are perfeoto harmlesuL^Ven to the mont delicate wotne>>jv|^T7ilTufrlTTt~^ Not a drop ur armlos used |rt tftetuTyliT^uro. tripl? rvffuud *[Y?*'rlng- This agent possesses Intrinsic medicinal properties of Ita own, being a most valuable antiseptic and anti formant, nutritive and soothing demul cent. Glycerine plays an Importnnt part In Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and weak stomach, attended by sour risings, heart-burn, foul breath, coated tonguo, poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stom ach, biliousness and kindred derange ments of tko stomach, liver and bowols. Besides curing all tho abovo distressing ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery" Is a specific for all diseases of tho mucous membranes, as oatarrb, whether of tho nasal passages or of tho stomach, bowels or pelvic organs. Even In Its ulcerativo stages it will yield to this sovereign rem ody If Its use bo persevered In. In Chronic Catarrh of tho Nasal passages, it ls well, while taking th? ?Oold?> Medical Dis covery" for the neccssar, constitutional troatment, to cleanse tho passages freely two or thret times a day with Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course of treatment generally euros the worst cases. In couf hs and hoarseness caused by bron chial, throat and lum? affections, except Con sumption In Hs advanced stamen, the "Golden Modlcal Discovery" ls a most efllclent rem edy, especially In those obstinate, hantr-on co uah* caused by Irritation and congestion of the bronchial mucous membranes. The " Dis" corery " ie not so food for acute coughs aris ing- fro? sudden colas, nor must lt ho ex rtrtert to oura consumption In Its advanced ? ages -no medicine will do that>-hut for all t " i st In a te. chronic coughs, which, If necr 1. i '*>.!. or badly treated, lead up to consump tion, it Istha l>est medicine that can be taken. EXILES RETURN TO VENEZUELA. Castro's Deposition Iicads Many to Go Home-Venezuela Quiet. Willemstad, Island o? Curacao, De cember 27.-According to wireless dispatches received hore, the United States cruiser North Carolina was hundreds o?" miles from Curacao at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon bound for LaGualra. On board the crulsor ls W. I. Buchanan, special commission er of the United States to Venezuela. Another wirele ss message stated that the battleship Maine was following tho North Carolina at a distance of about 200 miles. Political exiles are ramming to Caracas at the summons of president Gomez, who, In order to unite all parties and factions In Venezuela, has ordered the prisons to bo cleaned and has Invited those long since banished from the country to come back. Exiles Returning. The steamship Seulla arrived here to-day from Maracaibo with eighteen former political prisoners aboard. Among the number were several who had been ns long ns eight years in fetters. Gen. Relio, the commander of Fort San Carlos, at Maracaibo, whose assassination was attempted recently, was also a passenger on the s.Miiia. He stated that a number of criminals were liberated at that place at the same time the political prison ers were given their freedom, but Inter lt was found necessary to Im prison them again. The Seulla left here this afternoon for LaOuira with the exiles, who rep resent all political parties. They were given an enthusiastic ovation by the people of Curacao and before their departure were presented with a paper bidding them ndieu on be half of 'the entire population. In this document lt was stated that only one man was the enomy of the exiles nnd of Curacao and that he had now lost his prestige. Gen. Gregorio Riera, who for a number of years bas been working here in conjunction with the revolu tionists against President Castro, joined tho exiles on the Seulla and ls now on his way co Caracas. He told the people of Curacao that they could consider him always as the best friend of Curacao. Situation is Good. Latest advices from Caracas say that the situation throughout Venez uela under the new administration is excellent. The new President's policy lias been directed towards repairing the injustice suffered by rho people of the Interior and In establishing har mony with outside powers. This policy has been received with enthu siasm by all parties. MANV SALOONS CLOSED DOORS. Dealers in Near Hoer Were Unable to Pay State Tax. (Atlanta Constitution.) One-third of the near beer dealers in the city, lt is stated, last night closed their places of business for all time. The report that they would do so became current during the day, and the reason Riven was that they could not pay the lax which had been im posed, especially in view of the fact that they would practically pay a double tax at the same time. Fighting off, by injunction, the payment of the 10 08 near beer tax until this week, finally paying it, nnd then having to pay the 1!)09 tax this week, too, became too much for some of them who were not taking in that sum a month, gross. Cc .ptroller General Wright has held that the tax is due on the first of the year In that it is In the shape of a license, and they are not permit ted to operate without lt. To keep open to-day would make them liable for the 1909 tax, which ls $200 for a retail dealer, $500 for a wholesale distributer, and $500 for a manufacturer. In speaking of this matter, one of the officials of the Near Beer Deal ers' Association said: "It will bo Im possible to say how many of the places will close on New Year's eve. There are some 130 places In At lanta, and lt will be safe to say forty of these will have to go out of busi ness." Saw Her Husband Stabbed to Death. Chicago, Jan. 1.-Rudolph Witte, an electrician, was the first victim u of a fatal assault in the new year when he was stabbed to death In the presence of his wife and son ns the result of a quarrel following a new year celebration. Daniel Rogers, a boarder, whom Witto had ejected from the house, ls charged with the crime. Prohibition in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 1.-The ringing of bells, screaming of whis tles, bursting of firecrackers and shooting of skyrockets, which In Ala bama last night announced that a new year was born, also marked the advent of State-wide prohibition. With the passing of the old year wont the saloon In the State where lt bad not been voted out by local option. As far as known the saloons throughout tho State closed their doors at midnight and tho new law will lie strictly enforced. For the past few days tho liquor trade has been heavy at all tho open saloons, and most of the dealors sold out their stock. GA Tho Kind "Von Have Always ! In lise for over ?SO years, i 11 I<I mid 1 All Count' r: ilts, Imitations Experiments that trillo wit Inlants and Children- Expt What is C Oastoria is a harmless sub goric, Drops nml Soothing contains neither Opium, M substance. Its ugo is Its gu and allays Fov jrislmess. Il Colic. It rolioves Teething and Flatulency. It assimil Stomach and Dowds, givln Tho Children's Panacea-Tl GENUINE CASI Boars the The Kind You Ha Pn Use For 0 THC r.r NTAun OOM PAN V. TT M ia? Items from i.iitlc Hiver. Little Uiver, Dec. 28.-Special: Rev. A.W. Kelley, of Central, preach ed a m'oSt excellent sermon at this place on tho 3d Sunday. His next appointment is for the 3d Sunday In January at ll a. m., and Snturday before at 2 p. m. The public ls cor dially Invited to attend. The church members are urged to attend on Sat urday. Tho wood-chopping and quilting given by Mrs. Judy Alexander last Saturday was quite a success. After the day's work was over the young folks enjoyed themselves In Inno cent amusement till a late hour,when they departed for their homes with light hearts and happy thoughts of a day long to be remembered. Mrs. Alexander and her two charming daughters know how to entertain ?heir guests In a delightful way. In our last letter the type made us sn y Miss Naomi Alexander was teach ing school at Fall Creek, lt ls Miss Npmmor and not Naomi-probably my fault and not the press. Miss Anna Alexander, of Picketts, is spending a willie with lier sister, P'rs. W. H. Lusk, of this section. Her many friends are delighted to meet ?villi her again. John Harker and lils sister, Miss .lanie, of Stamp Creek, attended church hero last Sunday. Miss Jane acted as organist for the choir, and the music was highly enjoyed by all present. H. Smith and John Smith, of Stamp Creek, were in our burg last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. VV. Cannon, vis ited their son, A. Cannon, of Pick ens, the pnst week. These two old people enjoyed their trip immensely. Tom Owens and family have de cided to stay with us and not move to Salem. Vance Galoway and bride have moved to Oconee Station. We wish them much success In their new home. Dexter Lusk, of Ocala, N. C., made a business trip In this section the past week. He carried back some nice sheep with him to the blue hills. Mrs. L. R. Cantrell Is spending a while with her son and family, of Fall Creek. Mrs. Mary E. Holden ls spending a while in Jocassee with relatives and friends. A happy New Year to The Courier and all of Its readers! M. Humed Wife lr. Furnace ? Chicago, Jan. 1.-The police to day ore searching for Elijah Raffty, following the finding of human bones In the ashes taken from a furnace In an apartment building. The police say the bones are those of Mrs. Raff ty, and that she was choken, beaten over the head with an iron bar and then thrown into the Aro In the fur nace. The police case has been strength ened by a statement made by Raffty to Wayman Hawkins, colored. Haw kins told the police: ' When I saw Raffty there were blood-stains on his shirt and hands and I asked him what the trouble was. He told me he had choked and beaten his wife and then thrown l.or in the furnace and left her burning." .litis Pills After eating, persons of a bilious habit will derive ?rent benefit by taking one of these pills. If you have been DRINKING TOO MUCK, they will promptly relieve the nausea, SICK HEADACHE--~ and nervousness which follows, restore the appetite and remove gloomy feel-, lags. Elegantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. Bought, mu? w i Mri i has boon, has homo tho sljjrnatnro of ins been made under his per supervlsion since its infancy* /wo ono to deceive you In this? and ** Jnst-na-ivoo<l" aro hut li and endanger tho health of ?rlonco against Exporitnont ASTORIA silt ?do for Castor Oil, Pare Syrups. It is Pleasant* It or ph Ino nor other Narcotic tarantee. It destroys Worms L eures Diarrhoea and Wind Troubles, cures Constipation, ates the* Food, regulates tho g healthy and natural Bleep? lie Mother's Friend, rORIA ALWAYS ye Always Bought ver 30 Years. UNRAV oTntsT. N cw VORN crrv. _ PROFESSIONAL.? C. O. Ml.'ERS, SURVEYOR, Prompt Attention to CUIIR foy hotter oi- Person. (Oak way.) R. F. D. No. 3, Westminster, 8. C. W. J. CARTER, M. D., Dentist. OfBce two doors above the Bank, im Carter's Pharmacy, WESTMINSTER, S. C. DR. W . F . .tl 8 i'll*, Dentist, Sene< i. South Carolina. Office G.O. J. \'.'. U>i? & Co. DR. D . P . THOMSON, Dentist, Wnlhnlln, South Carolina. [Office over CW. Pitchford Co's Stor# Phone No. 80. 1) R . J . H . BURGESS, Dentist, Seneca, South Carolina. Office over Wltsell Bro.'s Store, Clinkscnles-IIarper Building. Oillce Hours:-9 A. M. to 1 P. M. 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. DR. H. C. SMATHERS, DENTIST, (Located over Westminster Bank Building.) Onice Hours: 9 a. m. to 12 m.; 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. ll-4-8-3m E. L . II ERNDON, A ttorney-at-Law, Walli' 1 a, South Carolin?. PHONE No. 61. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, Plckens, S. C. Walhalla, S. G. W. C. Hughs, Walhalla. CAREY, SHEJLOR A HUGH*, Attorneyr and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. 0. 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