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35,000 KILLED BY ACCIDENT. ?tun an of Labor Scores Negligence in Giviug ?nnunl Figures. Warmington, Jan. ll.-The total annual mortality from accidents in the United States among adult wage earning men is between 30,000 and 35,000, of which at leaBt one-third and perhaps one-half should be saved by intelligent and rational methods of factory Inspection, legislation and control. There also were approximately 2, 000,000 accidents that were all fa tal, curtailing the normal longevity among those exposed to the often needless risk ol industrial casualties These conclusions are announced in a bulletin by the bureau of labor, which advocates a more earnest effort to profit by the Industrial methods of European countries. C3 JSk, GI T i Bears th8 y? The KM Yoa Haw Always Boggy Signatur? ?rf Locals from New Hope. New Hope, Jan. 7.--Special: John Burroughs, of Plckens, was a visitor here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Knox, of Sen eca, visited relatives here during the holidays. Harrison Morgan and Eddie White visited friends In Easley and Green ville the first of the holidays. Miss Edna Wood and brother, Horace, of Seneca, visited relatives and friends In this community the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Kennemur and little daughter, Claudie, of Plckens, visited Mrs. Keunemur's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kelley Saturday ?nd Sunday. Miss May Belle Tolllson, who has Jjeen attending the graded school at ;Seneca, was at home Christmas, to the delight of her many friends. O. A. Kelley, of Anderson, spent :the holidays /1th homefolks. He ls always a welcome visitor. Miss May Belle Tolllson entertain ed during the holidays in honor of her guest, Miss Edna Wood, of Sen eca, Friday evening. The young people of New ifope .gave Miss Beulah Elrod a surprise party which was enjoyed by all. Misses Bessie and Vettle Wood ?entertained Tuesday evening from 7.30 until 11.30. Miss Virginia McMahan gave a Leap Year party Thursday evening from S until 12 o'clock. Miss Alloe White entertained Sat urday night from 8 until ll o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wood and two little daughters. Heber and Vera, have been visiting relatives and friends in Spartanhnrg. We are all rejoicing over the thought of having Henry Glazcser and family with us. Mr. Glazener bas lately bought the Austin place. The school at this place ls pro gressing nicely under the manage ment of Miss Bessie Wood, one of New Hope's most accomplished young ladles. J. B. Kelley visited friends In Jo .cassee rocen tl j. Mrs. J. W. Miller and son, Paul, are visiting relatives at Poplar Springs. Miss Olivia Barron, of Chlcora Col lege, spent the holidays with home folks. Walter Willlmon, of Plckens, has been visiting here recently. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Miller visited relatives at Plckens Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Ben Cox and two daughters. Misses Wynona and Blanche, hav-9 been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bryce at Asheville. Garland Seaborn and Bruce Hun? nlcuett, of Plckens, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller dur ing the holidays. Miss Ruth HunnlOUtt, of Newry, spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hunnlcutt. C. This is the trade-mark of Scott's Emulsion and ison every bottle of it sold in the world-which amounts to several millions yearly. W?y-Becatise it has made so many sickly children strong and well-given health and rosy cheeks to so many pale, anaemic girls and restored to health so man" thousands in the first stages of Consumption. Send this advertisement, together with name of pnper tn which lt apocara, your address and four cents to -over postage, and we will send iou a "Complete; Handy Atlas of the World." bCoTx & BOWN?, 400 Pearl St., N.Y. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Program off Secosd Annual Meeting of County Association. Following is the program of the Second Annual Sunday School Con vention of the Oconee County Inter denominational Sunday School Asso ciation, to he held with the West minster Presbyterian church Thurs day and Friday, January 28th and 29th, 1909: Thursday Morning, Jununry 2Hth. 10.00-Devotional Exercises - Rev. J. It. Moore, Westminster. 10.15-Annual Address-Prof. T. W. Keitt, President, Clemson College 10.30-The Sunday School Teach er-J. M. Way, General Secretary, Pelzer. 11,00-Enrollment of delegates. 11.30-Appointment of commit tees and acquaintance meeting. Thursday Afternoon. 2.30-Teacher Training-Rev. T. B. Eptlng, Walhalla. 3.00-Vital Purposes of Sunday School Work--Rev. Thos. H. Law, D. D., Spartanburg. 3.30-Primary Work-J. M. Way, Pelzer. Thursday Evening. 7.30-Devotional Exercises-Rev. J. L. Singleton, Westminster. 7.45-Report of County Secretary Treasurer-Jos. H. Burgess, Seneca. 8.00-The Sunday School as an Educator-Rev. E. M. Poteat.Green vllle. 8.45-Finances-J. M. Way, Thos. W. Keitt, Rev. J. C. Yougue. Friday Morning, January 29th. 10.00-Blackboard in the Sunday School-J. B. Du M an, of Return Baptist church. 10.20-Echoes of Louisville Con vention-Dr. Thos. H. Law, Spartan burg. 11.00-The Graded Sunday School and Homo Department-J. M. Way, ?elzer. 12.00-The Sabbath School tin Church Work Shop-Rev. J. R. Moore, Westminster. Friday Afternoon. 2.30-Organized Alult Classes (15-mlnute talks)-C. E. Gray, K. W. Marett and Rev. J. C. Yongue. Reports of committee and election of officers. Adjournment. To Our Co-Workers: Westmisster is a good, live Sunday school town. Westminster extends a corlial in vitation to the Oconee County Sun day School Convention to hold its annual convention within her borders Won't you come and give us the benefit of your very richest experi ence in the work? Each Sunday school allowed two delegates. Won't you see that two of your very best workers represent your school at this meeting. Be there at the opening service; remain until the close. It will help you. Bring full statistics from your school. Be prepared to pledge a defi nite amount from your school for next year's work. Won't you bring a contribution to help defray the ex penses of this convention? County Officers. Prof. Thos. W. Keitt, President. T. Peden Anderson, Chairman Ex ecutive Committee. Jos. H. Burgess, County Secretar Treasurer. Miss Leah Harper, Assistant Sec retary. Deception Committee. K. W. Marett. Chairman; B. O. Whitten, Frank Sheldon, Miss Mai gie Stribling. CASTOR IA Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature Roosevelt (?Iven Rebuke. Washington, Jan. 8.-After hav ing made him the tai'get all day for criticism, with here and there words of commendation, the House of Rep resentatives to-night, by a vote of 212 to 35, rebuked tho President, by tabling so much of his message ar reflected on members of Congress in connection with his recommenda tions regarding the secret service detectives, and also declaring it to be the sense of the House that they shall decline to consider and com munications from any source which are not, In its own judgment, re spectful. Toward the close of the debate, Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts, vainly en deavored to secure, first, the adop tion of a substitute for the resolu tion in tho shape of an nmendment expressing confidence in the commit tee on appropriations, and then the postponement of the whole matter until Monday, but he was overwhel mingly out-voted. At 7.27 p. m. the House adjourn ed. NIGHT RIDERS DURN COTTON. BOO Bales of the Fleecy Staple De stroyed in Arkansas. Little Rock. Ark., Jan. 7.-Night riders are charged with setting fire to the large cotton warehouse of Wil son Brothers, Russellvlllo, which burned this morning with a loss of 500 bales of cotton, valued at $22, 000. Oil was poured on the bales before the match was applied and thc entire building was a mass of flames when discc ered. Bucket brigades prevented tho fire from spreading to adjoining ware houses, whero several thousand bales of cotton wore stored. Ono hundred of the bales lost belonged to Indi vidual farmers, who were holding their cotton for better prices and had no Insurance. Virginia Lawyer Falls Dead. Washlsgton, Jan. 7.-Stricken with heart disease while talking with n friend, Judge Frank Dodd, 58 years old. of Stafford county, Virginia, died suddenly yesterday morning in the ! lobby of Congress Hall Hotel. - ".- \ ~ A HAR? STRUGGLE. Mauy a Walhalla Citizen Finds the Struggle Hard. With a hack constantly achiug, With distressing urinary disorders. Daily existence ls but a struggle. No need to keep it up. Donn's Kidney Pills will cure you. Walhalla people endorse this claim. J. R. Cobb, living on Faculty Hill, W'ln?ila, S. C., says: "During the past year I used Doan's Kidney Pills and found them to be a very reliable remedy. The> quickly disposed of the excess of uric acid in my system and regulated the disordered condl tios of my kidneys. At times I felt languid and dull and the pains across the small of my back caused me a great deal of suffering. Doan's Kid ney Pills were procured at Dr. J. W. Bell's drug store, and it required but a few doses to give me relief. I have kept them constantly on hand, and when feeling a little out of sorts I appeal to their use and they have never failed to bring me relief." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. FoBter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for tho Uni ted States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. Will Move Back to Anderson. (Anderson Mail.) Dr. H. C. Smathers returned to day to his home at Westminster, af ter a short business trip here. On tho 15th Dr. and Mrs. Smathers will return to Anderson and will make their home here with Mrs. Leila Sul livan, on South McDume street. Dr. Smathers has taken oflices in the new Bleckley Building and will be ready for business soon after the 15th. Be fore going to Westminster he was located in Anderson and has scores of friends here who will welcome his return. The friends of Mrs. Smath ers, formerly MISB Nina Sullivan, will receive with delight the announce ment that she is to return. Torturing eczema spreads its burning area every day. Doan's Oint ment quickly stops Its sureading, in stantly relieves the Itching, cures lt permanently. At any drug store. Explosion Rills Two Children. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 8.-As a result of an explosion of a can of kerosene, two children, aged two and th reo years, are dead from terrible burns received late yesterday at the home of their mother, Rosa Lang, a Creole. The little ones had been left alone In front of a wood fire, their mother having Just stepped out. In some manner they dragged a can of kerosene to the fire, and poured some on the blaze, which was followed by an explosion. Harold Lang died first, and Beatrice this morning. Both were frightfully burned. The mother is almost dis tracted. Thomas Roden, a painter, saved the house from destruction by heroic work. You would not delay taking Fo ley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder trouble If you realized that neglect might result in Bright's disease or diabetes. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects Irregulari ties and cures all kldnev and bladder disorders. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; St onecy plier Pharmacy, Westmin ster. Texas Ranger slain. Amarillo, Texas , Jan. G.-Texas Ranger "Doc" Thomas, member of a company stationel here, was shot and instantly killed this morning by Deputy Sheriff Janies Keaton, In the Court House. It ls said that bad blood had existed between the two mon since the smuggling from the county jail here several days ago of Arthur Binlster, wanted at Hot Springs, Ark., tn connection with the .inrder of Mrs. Ada Riecher last .Inly. Keaton was arrested. GARRISON WILL SURRENDER. Man Who Killed Hin Daughter's Sweetheart Goes to Pen. Columbia. Jan. 7.- Henry Garri son, of Laurens, sentenced to two yearg at hard labor in the State peni tentiary is in Columbia and will sur render himself to the penitentiary authorities to begin his service. He was convicted on October 2d, 1908, of manslaughter, with a recommend ation to tho mercy of the court, and sentenced by Judge Memmlnger. On July 31, 190S, Garrison shot and killed Louis Williamson. Tho homicide occurred at the home of Garrison lu Gray Court, Laurens county, where Williamson wns visit ing as the suitor of Miss Mary Garri son, who testified at her father's trial that she and Williamson were engag ed to be married. Garrison asserted that he discovered that Williamson was taking undue libortlcs with tho I young lady as they sat together on the sofa in the parlor, and that he shot him with his shotgun through he open window near which the cou ple were sitting. Simple Remedy for La Grippe. Racking la grippe coughs that may develop into pneumonia over night ure quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. The sore and In flamed lungs are healed and strengthened, and a dangerous con dition is quickly averted. Take only roley's Honey and Tar In the yel low package. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westmin ster. Killed Little Son, But Goes Free. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 8.-John Martin Speyer, of New Orleans, who, on July 17, 1902, murdered his five year-old son, Freddie, by cutting his throat, has been released from the county Jail hero. Speyer had been convicted three times, but each time tho Supreme Court reversed tho de cision and then remanded the case. Virgil Conkling, the prosecuting at torney, appeared in the criminal court and petitioned for Speyer's re lease on the ground lt was Impossi ble to again convict him, as practi cally all of tho witnesses for tho State had been lost track of. So Tired It may be from overwor '., but the chances are Its from an In active i ivro - With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent te ones earning capacity. It can be kept in healthful actlos: bj, and only by TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. BIG HICKORY FOR GERMA NY. Monster Sold to .Make Tongues for Cannon Munni-. Brazil, Ind., Jan. ll.-Daniel Buell, a farmer living near Bowling Green, Inls county, has sold a hick ory tree to a representative of the German government. The tree was 38 Inches In diameter and the dist ance to the first limb was 70 feet. lt ls the largest tree in Clay coun ty, and was desired by the German government for cannon carriage tongues. It will be sawed up and : hipped to Germany at once. writes Mrs. Mary Hudson, my advice, which was, tc staying with me and was i: dui helped hor at once. "Last spring," Mrs. ] I in a rack of pain. The doe to take Gardul., The first am in better health than i Every girl and wornt j irregularity, falling feeling similar female troubl?e, scion tifie. Try Cardui, AT ALL DR1 Aged Vetoratt Commniits Suicide. A dispatch from WaycroBs, Ga., says: "Henry Revel, a well known Confederate veteran, aged 60 years, committed suicide Wednesday near Waycro88 by firing a shotgun, with the aid of a Btick. The entire load of shot passed through his head." WANTER.-Second hand bags and burlap; any kind, any quantity, any where; we pay freight.. RICHMOND DAG CO.. Richmond, Va. 53-9 COME OUT AND MAKE YOUR TAX RETURNS. The Auditor's ofilce will bo open from the 1st day of January, 1909, to the 20th day of February, for the purpose of receiving returns of Per sonal Property for taxation is Oco nee County, South Carolina, for the year 1909. For the convenience of tax-payers the Auditor or his depu ties will also receive returns at the following times and places: Westminster, Wednesday and Thursday, January 13 and 14. Adams' Crossing, Friday, Jan. 15. Clemson College, Saturday, Jan. 16. No wry; Monday, January 18. Seneca, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 19 and 20. Clark's Store, (near High Falls,) Thursday, January 21. Salem, Friday, January 22. Little River, Saturday, January 23. A. E. Wihtnilre'B, Monday, Jan. 25. Tainassee, Tuesday, January 26. Cherry Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 27. Mt. Rest, Thursday, January 28. Henry's Store, Friday, January 29. Cannon's Store, Saturday, Jan. 30. M. H. Lee's Store, Monday, Feb. 1. Tu ga loo Academy, Tuesday, Feb. 2. Madison, Wednesday, Feb. 3. Richland. Thursday, Feb. 4. Returns will he taken at all places from 10 o'clock in tho morning until 3 o'clock in tim afternoon. Every male citizen between tho ages of 21 and 60 yoars, except ex Confederate soldiers and those Inca pablo of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, shall be deemed laxable polls. Note all transfers of real ostato since making your last return; from whom acquired or to whom sold. ' All tax-payers aro required to give tho number of their School Dis trict. They aro also requested to state whether tho property is situ ated in town or country. It is absolutely necessary to make all returns before tho 20th of Feb ruary. After that date 50 per cent penalty for non-returns ls prescribed by law. TL W. GRUBBS, Auditor Oconee County, S. C. December 16, 1908. 51-2 ig Sister*5 of Eastman., Miss., "tooK > take Cardui. She was u terrible misery, but Oar RDM J 30 lelp You lu (Ison continues, "I was tor did no good, so I began dose helped me. Now I n three years." m needs Cardui, to cure ;s, headache, backache and Cardui is safe, reliable, ??& STORES ANGEL'S STABLES, Livery, Feed and Sale. I have opened up a General Livery BualneBs in the Brown Building, cor ner Main and College Streets, and am prepared to accommodate the public promptly and satisfactorily. See me when in need of any kind of conveyance, Saddle Horses, etc. Good service; reasonable rates. Your patronage will be appreciated. C. L. ANGEL, WALHALLA. S. O. DAN E. GOOD, Walhalla, South Car. Hoofing, Guttering, Painting, Etc. Repairing of All Kinds. I All Work Attended to Promptly. Satisfaction Guaranteed. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. Farm Lands, Mountain Lands, Timbered Lands, "Water Powers. Call on me M.S. STRIBLING Seneca, S. C. Office Over Seneca Hardware Co. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. New Rome Sewing Machines IN ALL STYLES. These Machines are not the cheapest, but they are undoubtedly i lie best. Call and seo my many styles ; lot me show you the ii ne mechanism of these machines, and convince you that what I say is right. D. S. ABBOTT, Walhalla, S. C. Blacksmith and Repair Shop. I have opened, In connection with my other business, a Blacksmith and Repair Shop, on the Corner of Main and Tugaloo streets, opposite C. L, Reid nid stand, and keep al ways on hand all kinds of Material, Paint, etc., ready to do your work while you walt. Can build you a Wagon any size, and guarnatee sat isfaction, Repair and Paint your Bug gies and Carralges. Now Cushions, Extra Wheels, Tops, etc., kept lu stock. Horse-shoeing a specialty, ant? If not satisfactory I do it for nothing. Give me a trial and see if I don't do the work right. W. M. BROWN, .WALHALLA, S. O. B. S. LOOK. Heating Stoves, Cooking Stoves, Tinware. All kinds of repairing. WALHALLA, A. C.