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"FIRST IiADY OF THE LA ND" Boging Her Sway-She ls WeB Fit ted for Posltl H. Washington, March 7.-Mrs. Wil liam Howard Taft, "first lady of the land," has assumed duties without nubile ceremony or oath of office, which, in weight of responsibility, magnitude of importance, delicacy of execution, and absolute lack of com pensation, except in love for her hus band, the President, and loyalty to the nation ar, its ?ii. 1 woman, have no comparison. President Taft ls charged under his oath with "executing the office of President." Mrs. Tat.1 Is charged, without oath, with administering the social and domestic aft . rs ot the bite House in a manner consistent h allowing that revered and his ric pile to be the public property of the nation, and at the same time the official place of entertainment of the representatives of foreign na tions and domestic dignitaries. Mrs. Taft will execute these requirements primarily by means of her long ex perience In public life. As the wife of Mr. Taft she was "first lady of the land" in the Philippine Islands; she was his wife as a federal judge and as a cabinet member. In the latter position Mrs. Taft learned the re quirements of Washington society. Mrs. Taft is to-day in full possession of the detailed requirements of her position, and ls already making the minor changes in the administration of the Executive Mansion necessary to meet her own ideas. Making it Homelike. The addition of the executive office building permits bf entire divorce ment of the official1 business of the President from the White House pro per. That the main entrance of the White House may present as near as possible the appearance of a private .esldence, the uniformed police offi cers and frock-coated door-keepers have been eliminated and In their place are negro footmen In livery. The rights of the public are rec gnized by the maintenance of the hour from noon until 1 o'clock, when admission is granted thr.ougb the I east entrance to the historic east room and the parlors of the man sion^ Mrs. Taft has abolished the posi tion of steward and will conduct her domestic arrangement through a wo man house-keeper. While the season of prescribed offi cial dinners is over, it may be pre dicted that the new tenant of the White House will conduct a Berles of informal social functions during the special session of Congress, which will bring renewed animation and social life to the sedate and sombre structure during the first few months of the Tn ft regime. Mrs. Taft is 46 years old, although her appearance and natural anima tion would not indicate that fact. To relieve the President from domestic cares and social adjustments seems to be the platform of her adminis tration, and her first few days of duty Indicate that she is as compe tent for the rank as ls her husband for the duties to which he has been called by the nation. OABTOHIA. B?art the J* IN Kind You Haw Always Bougfc A Priest Assassinated. Newark, N. J., March 10.-Rev. Erasmus Auston, curate at St. Stan islaus Polish Catholic church, was assassinated In the parish rectory this morning by three men. The house-keeper of the rectory was also shot. The priest died on his way to St. Barnabas Hospital In the police ambulance. The woman will die. The cause of the shooting has not been learned. The men who did the shooting escaped. k Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney or bladder trou ble that ie not beyond the reach of medicine. Cures backache and ir regularities that If neglected might result in Bright's disease or diabetes. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster. A Sanitarium Binned. Greensboro, N. C., March ll. Fire at 2.30 o'clock this morning de stroyed the Biggs sanitarium. The oss was total, with insurance of $7,000 on the personal property, and $3,500 on the house. Frank Greene, an aged patient, wns burned to death. Several others were injured by ju..iping, none seri ously. Tlio origin of the fire is not known. Plant Wood's Seeds For The Garden & Farm. Thirty years in business, with a steadily increasing trade every vear-until wo havo to-day one of tho largest businesses in seeds in this country-is tho best of evidence as to Die Superior Quality V of Wood's Seeds. f We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats. Cow Peas. Soja Beans ana ?ll Farm Seeds. Wood's Oesorlptlvo Catalog the most useful and valuable of Garden and Farm seed Catalogs mailed free on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, . Richmond, Va. ?4 UP ON LITTLE RIVER. New Finn ot Salem-Heavy Wind Storm-Personals. Little River, March 6.-Special: P. G. Holden, of Georgia, spent a night recently with Mrs. J. S. Holden and family. Miss Namma A. Alexander has , closed her school at Fall Creek and , is at home at present. Tom Owens foll from a shade tree in his yard a short lime back and was painfully hurt, l}ut not seriously. Norman Moore has moved his shingle mill to E. A. Perry's place and ls cutting some good shingles nt thl$ time. Miss Iner Alexander is attending ; school at Salem. Supervisor Phillips and Commls "sioner Hill were circulating in this section the past week. John M. Holden will move his pin mill to W. M. Perry's place in tho near future to cut dogwood and per simmon pins. John is a hustler in the pin business. Salem will soon have another mer- ' cantile firm, controlled by the Little ton Bros. They will have a room GO feet long with width to correspond, with nice glass front. This will add much to our little town. This firm will carry a general line of merchan- ; dise. ! Mrs. T. P. Alexander has been quite sick the past week. She is bet ter at this time. F. M. Crow, of North Carolina, made a business trip to this section j the past week. The dry wind storm that swept over this section last Wednesday j night tore down trees, fences and gardens, blocked passways in gene ral. No serious damage has been ! heard of so far. Mrs. L. G. Lusk spent a few days last week with her parents in the Cheohee section. I Married, on the fourth Sunday in February, at Salem church, after the service, R. E. Smith and Miss Minnie Colley. The bride and groom have many friends In Plckens and ; Oconee who will wish them a long and happy life. M-. Accidents will happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr. Thoma*' i Eclectrlc OH for such emergencies. It subdues the pain and heals the hurts. Oakway Items. Oakway, March 10.-Special: Last ; Fi Iday moaning we were highly en-! tertained at the Baptist church. Mr. Williams, of Clemson College, and MISS Mary Nance, of Laurens, made grand speeches to the Oakwny High School pupils and other nearby I schools and patrons. I am sure j every one was benefited by hearing j these two noble persons speak. With them also was Mr. Harris, of Pen- I dleton, and Mr. Hughs, our BU perin- ' tendent of education. Mr. Hughs gave an interesting talk to the mo thers. Miss Zola Hutchins spent the week-end with her parents at Llb- . erty. She was accompanied by Ed- ; gar Mears and Cephas Myers. They report a pleasant time, and are an- j tioipating visiting Liberty again. Misses Ollie and V?ssle Prichard, t?f Westminster, visited the family of H. J. Myers Saturday and Sun day. Mrs. L. C. Graham and little son. Oscar, spent last week with relatives r.nd friends In Westminster. We are glad to see Miss Daisy Moore out again, after having a 'swell time" with the mumps. Miss Cordelia Bearden, of Fair Play, spent the week end with her parents. Mesdames Lewis King and Tuga loo Konx, of Toccoa, spent last week with (he family of S. B. King. Carl Myers and mother spent last week with the family of James Bates, near Pendleton. Our pastor, Rev. J. G. Graham, is some better. Misses Fay Walker, Lizzie and Mil He Sheriff, of Friendship, spent last Wednesday night with the family of John Pittman. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Meredith and brother, Ligon, of Seneca, visited the family of Tom Meredith last Sunday. Mr, nnd Mrs. Waymon Mason vis ited his parents last Sunday. Miss Jane Grant spent last Satur day night with the family of Wilton Mason nt Cross Roads. J. J. Haley, of Westminster, visit ed J. W. Bearden last week. Mrs. Cary Poore Is visiting her parents, A. L. Foster, this week. Claude Moore visited friends at Friendship Saturday night. K. W. Marett, of West minster, was down Sunday and organized a Hillie class. J. W. Bearden ls president; Cephas Myers secretary and treasu rer. X. Y. "Kentucky Joe" Hosentcnccd. Lynchburg, Va., March 12.-U.C. Miller, known as "Kentucky Joe," who escaped from the Federal prison nt Raleigh, N. C., ten years ago and was recaptured at Bluefleld, W. Va., last December, vas resentenced to tho Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., yesterday for four years. This is the remainder of his sentence for rob bing a Virginia post office in 1898. ? ' . ' ?? OA-IBTOXlXili.. Beareth? y?The Kind You Haw Alwaji 8twM \ \ WOMEN'S WC ES. Many Walhalla Women are Finding Keilor at I .asi. It does seem that women have moro than their share of tho aches and na i ii s that afflict humanity; they must "keep up," must attend to du ties in spite of constant aching of backs, or headaches or dizzy spells, bearing down pains; they must stoop over when to stoop means tor ture. They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many aches from kidney ills. The kidneys cause more suffering than any other organ of the body. Keep the kidneys well and health is easily maintained. Read of a remedy for kidneys only that helps and cures the kidneys and ls endorsed by people In this local ity: Mrs. D. W. Tlppens, of 1050 Tow ers street, Anderson, S. C., says: "I suffered a great deal from rheuma tism and kidney trouble. There was a weakness through my kidneys that at times caused me much suffering. I could not sleep well and felt dull and languid. I was also bothered with pains in the small of my back. Some one Anally advised me to try Donn's Kidney Pills, and deciding to do so, I procured a box. They help ed me so greatly that I am willing to advise other persons afflicted In a similar manner to use them." For sale by all dealers. Prlco BO cents. FoBter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the Uni ted States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. THE MULE AND THE CANNON. Au Incident of Interest, Especially to the Veteran. The following story ls told: "Dur ing the Civil War a small party of Confederate soldiers were left at Fort Smith, Ark., to guard the cross ing. The boys found a small can non, so they determined to mount and load lt and give the boys in blue a shot before they vacated. It was suggested that they lash the loaded cannon on a big mule, and after the shot take it along with them. All things were ready Just about the time the blue coats ap peared In force on the west side of the river. The mule was led to the edge of the water, and the new made gunner sounded out-"Match her off!" The old mide stood quiet un til the match was touched to the fuse that had been introduced into the touch-hole, but when it began to sizz and the fire to fall upon his neck and withers, his discomfort caused him to turn round and round. The boys, except the one holding the mule's bridle, instantly fell to the ground. The command, "Down, boys!" attracted the captain from slumber in the old storm fort. See ing the regiment In blue across the river and his men in i scattered con dition on the ground, ne commanded, "Up and Into line, boys!" No one stirred. The con.m ind came again and again with deeper earnestness, when Sam Moore re plied: "Up, thunder and lightning! We will stay down till that mule shoots." In another Instant the gun fired, the mule tumbled down on his knees, and the shell struck far from its mark on the hillside and ex ploded. The captain cried: "Every man take care of himself; they are all around us!" The laugh was on the captain, and all retreated in order with the mule and gun Mrs. Leavltt Granted Divorce. Lincoln, Neb., March 12.-Ruth Leavitt, daughter of W. J. Bryan, yesterday was granted a divorce on the ground of non-support, and was awarded the'custody of her children. Leavitt made no appearance. HER PHYSICIAN ADVISED Taking Lydia E. Pink-ham's Vegetable Compound Columbus, Ohio-"I have taken i's Vegetable Com pound during change of life. My doctor told mo it was good, and since taking it I feel so much better that I can do all my work again, I think Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Com pound a line remedy tor all woman's troubles, and I never forget to toll my friends what it has clone for mo." -Mrs. E. HANSON, 304 East Long St., Columbus, Ohio. Another Woman Helped. Granitevillo, Vt. - "I was passing through the Change of Lifo and suffered from norvoubness and other annoying symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound restored myhealthand strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me. For tho sako of other suffering women I am willing you should publish my letter." - Mus. CHAKLKS BAKCLAY, R.F.D., Granite ville, Vt. Women who are passing through this critical period or who are suffering from any of those distressing ills pe culiar to their sex should not lose sight of the fact that for thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills. In almost every commu nity you will find women who have been restored to.health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lydia E. lMnkha FROM RAMSAY'S CREEK. Aged* Lady Tells of Tiling? of the Fast-I.(Kal Nows. Ramsay's Creek, March 8.-Spe cial: Rev. A. P. Marett delivered his regular sermons at Pleasant Hill Sunday. A very large congregation was present: Rev. Masslah Cobb will preach bis regular sermons at Cross Roads next Saturday and Sunday at ll o'clock, If not Providentially hindered. A good congregation ls desired. Mary, the little three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Boggs, died Sunday morning, and will be burled in the Cross Roads cemetery to-day. This is the second child they have lost during the past few mouths, and they have many friends who sympathize with them In their hour of sorrow. George Reid spent yesterday with friends in Walhalla. C. A. Freeman, of Clearmont, was here a short while Sunday. J. R. Suttles ls a resident of our section now. We welcome him back to his old home. Mrs. Hannah L. Fendley will cele brate her 83d birthday to-day at the home of her son, J. L. Fendley, near Pleasant Hill. She relates some in cidents which occurred about seven ty-five years ago, which are interest ing to people nt this time. During her childhood days wolves were al most as plentiful as rabbits are now, and many times during the night they could be heard to pounce upon and scatter Innocent flocks of sheep. Some dogs chased a bear, and lt was "treed" on a hill near here, when some neighbors gathered and killed it. Pleasant Hill, which is consid ered to be an old church, was built after she had grown up. Grown men attended the services at Holly Springs bare-footed, and lu very cold weather at that. Log-heap fires were built on the ground, and around these fires men would talk politics and chew their good "home spun" tobacco. Election days were hotly contested as to who should preach and who should not. West Union had been named as the first town t in the county. Only two house's could be seen from the public road between her home and that town, a distance of eight miles. The road mentioned above passed along where the Main street of Wal l halla now ls. The site where this splendid town now stands was a dense forest of pine, oak, etc., which had scarcely ever been touched by an axe. There ls another old lady near here who is older by several years than Mrs. Fendley. She declares that she put her age In the "cub poard in time o' the war and has never seen lt since." W. I. D. A HAPPY" HOME Is one where healt?i abounds. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. 's Pills wi vlf y the torpid LIVER and restore ts natural action. A healthy LIVER meena pur.' , blood. ? i-? Pure blood incant health. Health means happiness. Take no Substitute. All Druggists, i Wolf Stake Dots. Wolf Stake, March 8.-Special: j K. C. Browning, wife and mother-in law, Mrs. Owens, spent last Sunday and Monday with relatives and^ friends at Libert". W. C. T?" '.or had the misfortune to lose a .aluable mule last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan made a fly ing trip to thia section last Sabbath, visiting at the home of Mrs. Sulli van's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Taylor. Rev. A. P. Marett filled his regular appointment here on the fourth Sun day. Superintendent W. C. Hughs and Senator J. R. Earle will deliver lec tures 'o the pupils and patrons of the Wolf Stake school on Friday af ternoon, March !0th. Come aU, and let's hear all the good, humorous, witty things that these good men will tell us. The Pleasant Ridge Sunday school invited the Wolf Stake Sunday school to sing with them last Sunday, and they all enjoyed the meeting very much. Messrs. Hopkins and Blair, of Westminster, visited their uncle, J. H. Hopkins, recently. Will Taylor and sister. Miss Hor tense, spent Saturday night In Wal halla with their uncle, Will Hunt. A. L. VVhltmire, of Jocassee, vis ited at the home of W. C. Owens j last week. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. W. Law rence Taylor, on February 22d, a son. C. Hov/ can any person risk taking some unknown cough remedy when Foley's Honey and Tar costs them no more? It ls a safe remedy, contains no harmful drugs, and cures the most obstinate coughs and colds. Why experiment with your health? Insist lipon having the genuine Fo ley's Honey and Tar. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster. A Boundary Line Dispute. Raleigh, March 12. - Attorney General Blckett at the direction of the Governor, has brought suit In the Supreme Court of the United States against the State of Tennessee to es tablish the boundary line between the two States. The disputed portion is in the Unaka mountain section, and is about fifteen miles long and three to four milos wide. Tho Kind Yow Havo Always Bought? and'which lias boen in use for ovor 30 years, has horne the Signatare of - and has been n*:ido under his per J^*, sonal supervision sinco its infancy. Allow no ono to deceive you In this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and ** Just-ns-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of. Infants and Children~?Experlence against Experiment What is CASTORIA Oastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil? Pare goric, Drops aud Soothing Syrups. It ls Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio substance. Its age ls its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It eures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-Tho Mother's Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Haye Always Bought In Use For Over SO Years. TM? CHHTAUPI COMPANY, ?V MUMMY STRUT. N tW YOBH OtTV. HB PLAYED JKAN VALJKAN To Escape ITlllon Prison-Got His pension* Too. (Atlanta Georgian.) How a soldier escaped from a coffin and got a pension is told by Capt. 'J. W. Lindsey, commissioner of pen sions, and it has to do with one of tho most daring escapes which the prison records of the Civil War re cord. "This applicant for a pension," said Capt. Lindsey, "claimed that he was a veteran of the Civil War and that he had been a soldier in one of the Georgia regiments. 1 investigat ed the records and they showed that he was marked up as a deserter, hav ing been placed on a po: from which he mystei penred. I could not ap) sion, although there v proof that he had been "A short while later . . and said he was ready to show that be was not a deserter. He proved that he bad been captured by Fede ral soldiers and put In prison, from which he later escaped. The story of his escape was peculiar. "One night six collins containing tlie bodies of men who had died were brought into the guard house where he and other prisoners were con fined. The soldier Induced one of his fellow prisoners to assist him in lak ing out one of the bodies, which they hld in a pile of old rags. Then he climbed in and had his comrade to lightly nail down the lld. 'Next morning the collins were car ried oi't some distance from the pris on to bc buried. You can imagine what happened when that fellow burst out of Hie coffin with a blood curdling shriek. Graves and grave diggers fell pell mell back to camp and the Confederate soldier hurried Into the '.hieltet and was lost. I ap proved the pension." Twisted Mule's Tall. Tallulah, La., March 10.-Because he twisted the tail of a mule, a ne gro youth named Blackman is in jail here with the charge of manslaugh ter hanging over him. An aged ne gro was riding the mule when its tall was twisted. He was thrown from the rearing animal and sus fained fatal Injuries. C. O. MYERS, SURVEYOR, Prompt Attention to Colls by Lotter or Person. (Oakway.) R. F. D. No. 3, Westminster, S. 0. DR. W. F . AUSTIN, Dentist, Seneca, So nth <? Inn Office over J. W. !o DR. D. P. TH Walhalla, Ul CaroUlta? Office ovex ?. W, Pitchford Co's Store P?I? IK So. 30. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, Seneca, South Carolina. Office over Witsell Bro.'s Store, Cllnkscales-Harper Building. Office Hours:-9 A. M. to 1 P. M. 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. E. L. HERNDON, A ttorney-at-Law, Walhalla, South Carolina. PHONE No. 61. J. P. Carey, J. W. Sholor, Plckens, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. W. C. Hugbs, Walhalla. GABEY, SH Fl/OK & HUGHS, Attorney? and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Practice in State and Federal Courts. R. T. JAYNES, A ttornejr-at-Law, Walhalla, Sooth Carolina. Practice in State and Federal Courts. Bell Phone No. 20. VISITING ? ;viu>s-All the latest styles. We want your orders for first class work in the Engraving line. We can furnish any style or any quantity you may desire. Write or call on THE KEOWEE COURIER, Wa'balla. S. C. No Land So Rich That Fertilizer Cannot Make It Better You ur.e fertilizers for the profit you get out of them-and the better thc land thc more profitably a good fertilizer can be used on it. Do not imagine because land will produce a fair crop without Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers that these fertilizers cannot bc profitably used on it, or that they were made only for land too poor t'o produce without them. If poor land will show a normal increase when fertilizer is used, good land will show at least double the increase. Use Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers to increase thc quality, as well as thc quantity of the crop-and you will increase thc profits from your land. "I have been using your fertilizers for a number of years" says Mr. William Fraiser, of Ginsburg, l.a.,"andfind that it not only pays to fertilize, but to do plenty of it, and use the best fertilizers to be had, such as your brands. 1 have used a number of them and found them to be as recommended and to give better results than any other fertilizers that I have ever used." Every planter and farmer should have a copy of the new 1009 Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Ycar-Book. Get a free copy from your fertilizer dealer, or write our nearest sales office. Virgin ia-Carolina Chemical Co. sain ofctt ^JM?P^i?^&?BB?? *w"0ffU" Richmond, Va. Bi^B^?i?^^ Durham, N. C. Norfolk, Va. HB^11^U^I?JB|M Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S.C. MAIftrln LTOinfWIflft? Baltimore, Md. Atlanta, Ga. ?K?K.C^n^nlBMI Columbus, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Ba7 Cr/?i MontRomery, Ala. Memphli, Tenn. MWfWWl < li?nffl Wk Shreveport, La.