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TO THINK OWN SELF BE TRUl* AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TUE NIOUT THE DAY, THOU CANSTyNOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. Y JAYNKS, 5HELOR, SMITH & STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 15, 1907. NEW SERIES, NO. 473._VOLUME L VIII_NO. 20 Th* Avon Ians are "The" Thing Made over special w< Natural Shape" low shoe lasts-non slipping heels famous comfort bringers. SHOE "Can't be beat" for style and service. Convince yourself get a pair. They're ready for you to step right into -and no breaking-in. Most rtyles $5.00 C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT. Walhalla, TWO IADS IN CHESTER DROWN. and Jesse Chalk Meet Death in Brushy Creek. Chester, July 20.-One of the sad dest tragedies eVer recorded in Ches ter county was enacted in the waters of Brushy Creek, near Chalkville, yesterday afternoon when Jesse, aged 10 years, and John, aged 12 years, the two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Chalk, were drowned. The two little fellows, accompa nied by Perry Woods, the little sou of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woods, left their home yesterday afternoon about ^?frclork ami strolled down lo a lake I! rush y Creek in Mr. Mills':; pas ture. By and by little Perry Woods returned alone; the afternoon wore away, and still the two other little boys didn't como home. The par ents naturally became alarmed, and the Woods boy was questioned as to where they were. No satisfactory In formation could bo obtained from him, however, and Ell Wilkes, J. B. Carter and others organized a party and proceeded to tho swimming place to look for them, fears being had from the first that some accident had befallen them on the creek. Their colthes were found on the bank of the lake, which ls about lad feet long and several feet deep In places and the search began. The two boys were found about four feet apart. Ono little body was rigid, while the other was not. Neither of the victims could swjm, and lt ls likoly that they ventured In beyond their depth and were engulfed In tim water, which ls deep at places. President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have boen helped by the president of the Indus trial and Orphans' Home at Macon, Ga., who writes: "We hove used Electric Bitters in thia institution for nine years. It has provod a most excellent medicine for stomach, livor and kidney troubles. We regard it as otoe of the best family medicines on^Carth." It invigorates tfie vital organs, purifies the blood, aids di gestion, creates appetite To strengthen and build up thin, pale, weak children or run-down people it has no'equal. Best for female com plaints. Only 50c. at all druggists. LOCAD MATTHUS ABOUT SENECA ComiitK und Going of the People of Our Sister Town. . Seneca, .Inly 20.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith have returned to their home in Washington, Ga. M rs. M. E. Braddy, Mrs. B. D. Stone and Miss Vivien Braddy visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Simpson last week. Sam Holland spent Sunday hereon his way to visit his honiefolks In Georgia. Miss Kittie Sllgh ls visiting In the family of J. E. sitton. l'rof. J. E. Sanders is in Seneca. Miss Leah Harper will entertain the young society set at a lawn party to-night. There Is a great deal ol' complaint here about the telephone service. We do not know where the trouble Iles, but lt ls certainly a subject for In vestigation by somebody. We sup pose the Chamber of Commerce is sorter like the-burnt child. therefore ls chary about tack Ung lt! The Intense heat of the past week is broken by a delightful change of weather, n. strong east n ind blowing this morning. Mrs. Ed. Hlott Is visiting the fam ily of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Harper, Mrs. Annie Brown Lowery hn8 been visiting In Seneca for a week, and her friends were pleased to meet her again. To-day she accompanied Mrs. J. H. Bryan and family to At lantn, from whence they will go to Bristol, Tenn., for the summer. The friends of Dr. and Mrs. Lea voile, of Oxford, Miss., will be Inter ested In learning that the Doctor has been retired from teaching on the Carnegie appropriation. Dr. Lea velle has taught twenty years con secutively in the University of Mis sissippi. Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick is at his church in Anderson county, Flat Hock, holding a meeting. He ls be ing assisted Ly Rev. G. R. McLees. After his return to Seneca he will go to Montrent for a rest of several weeks. Miss Bessie Wilson leaves this week for a visit to Montreat, when; she will join the family ol' her bro ther, Rev. .lames A Wilson. The friends of the latter here, who are always Interested in his movements, possibly do not know that he is now located at Greensboro, N. C., having moved there recently from Dillon, this State. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Glgnilliat and children visited In Marputa, Ga., last week. Automobiles ire getting so com mon in Seneca now that a body can almost continue reading or writing without looking up when one passes. F. S. HoUeman's new residence on Fair Blay street ls about completed and IP one of the most attractive and convenient houses In the place. Tho many friends In Seneca of the beloved Dr. Chas Manley will be In terested In this blt of Information: On the 19th of Juno he received from the Baptist church lu Tuscaloosa. Ala., a set of souvenir spoons, com memorative of the 50th anniversary of his ministry. His first charge was with the Baptist church of Tuscaloo sa, and lt will be most gratifying to Dr. Manley's friends to hear of this testimonial of the fact of his subse quent faithfulness In the Gospel min istry. Dr. Manley was pastor of the Baptist church here for twelve years. The Southern Railway water tank is receiving a coat of paint, which Im proves Its appearance. Dr. John Hopkins ls putting in a new glass front to his store room, re cently vacated by John Sullivan. The store will be occupied when d?ne, by a new firm, which will be composed of two of Seneca's staunch business men, M. A. Wood and J. L. Marett. We wish for the new firm a full mea sure of success. Miss Carrie Hunter Is visiting in Greenville. She spent last week with the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Car penter at Caesar's Head. Rev. Geo. IL Judd will preach in tho Baptist church next Sundny morning and night. Rev. J. R. Moore filled the pulpit of the Baptist church lad. Sunday night. Miss Flossie Brown, of Mars Hill, ls visiting Miss Bertha Lee Cox. The Seneca friends and acquaint ances of Miss Grace Ammcrson were shocked to learn of her death last week. She had visited her sister, Mrs. Clive 'Folger, here fre quently, and made many friends, who are grieved over her untimely death. Sam Sherrard was called last week to the bedside of his father, S. W. Sherrard, lu Georgia, where the lat ter died Thursday morning at o'clock. Mr. Sherrard was married In early life to Miss Caroline Shelor, who was a sister of tho late Joseph and Thomas Shelor, and was there fore well known to many friends of that time, A large family was rear ed by tho union, Sam Sherrard, of Seneca, being the youngest. We ex tend the sympathies of the commu nity to the family in their sorrow. Douglas Seaborn spent last Sun day here. M. V. S. Don't Get a Divorce. A Western judge granted a divorce on account of Ul-tomper and bad breath. Dr. King's New Life Pills would have prevented lt. They cure constipation, causing bad breath and liver trouble, the ill tem per, dispel colds, li.misii headaches, conquer chills. 25c. at all druggists. GAY MAKRIKD MAN ARRESTED. Girl Very Repentant-Father Takes Her Hume-i-Gives Rond. (Greenville News. 18th.) Charged lu a warrant sworn out by the father of Miss Louise W. Nor ris, of Greenwood, who had eloped from her home In Greenwood with him. with being a fugitive from jus tice, N. E. W. Slstrunk, a merry-go round operator about twenty-four years of age, whose home ls lu .Spar tanburg, where his wife and her mo ther live, was taken Into custody hy the ofllcers here -esterday morning and held until lat- In the afternoon, when his mothor-iu-iaw, Mrs. Emma G. Cash, of Spartan burg, ?Md to be worth considerably more than $50, 000, gave bond In the sum of }500, for his appearance before the court In Oconee county within the next three months. The father of the girl -she is about twenty-two,years old -came here In company with his friend,. J. K. Durst, president of the flank of Greenwood, who took the young woman home. She confesses to have left McCormick, where she had been visiting, with Slstrunk and followed him to Augusta, Atlanta and back to Seneca, where be was ar rested and where she paid his Ano of $40. She drew out of the bank $300, all the money she had, and leCt with the man, whose wife was In Spartan burg. When the train from Seneca arrived In the city lu the morning of yesterday the conductor Informed Officer McLeskey of the trouble the man had been into In Seneca and that he was then in company with the girl. Slstrunk was at once arrest ed and the girl went to tho Mansion House, where she registered as Miss Louise W. Norris, Greenwood. She was assigned to room 5 0. After be ing locked up the man sent for an attorney, and employed James Price to defend him. He sent a telegram to his wife and she and her mother came to the city on train No. ll. In the meanwhile the father .had gone before Magistrate Stradley and sworn out a warrant charging the man with being a fugitive from justice. Attor ney Price went before the justice of the peace with the wife and mother in-law of the accused and Mrs. Cash gave a certified bond of $500. The man accompanied his wife to Spar tanburg in the evening. At first lt was thought that the charge of abduction would be lodged against Slstrunk, but lt seems that such a charge could not be substan tiated, the woman being old enough to know her mind, and so lt was said by the attorney for the man, cogni zant of the fact that Slstrunk was married. Just what charge will be J preferred against him is a matter of I conjecture. Mr. Norris Is one of the best known gentlemen of Greenwood. For a number of years he was the agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad there and for a long time his daughtdr worked In the oItlce with him. Re cently she went to McCormick to visit friends, and while there met I Slstrunk, who was operating a merry go-round, and who boarded at the same house with her. He ls alleged to have persuaded her to leave with him. They went to Augusta and i from there to Atlanta. They are al leged to have registered as man and wife at the hotels they visited. Mr. Norris went at once to the po lice station, where the man was con fined, and talked with Chief Kenne dy. A telegram was sent to the au thorities In Greenwood asking them to be ready to meet the train upon which the prisoner would be sent, and to guard against any violence, a report being received here to tho ef fect that Hie people of Greenwood were much incensed because of the actions of the man. The arrival of the wife of the accused with her mo ther made lt unnecessary to take him to Greenwood. Attorney Price, in speaking of the case last night, said that he was con fident that lils client would be charg. ed with nothing more serious than disorderly conduct, and that th? case would not appear as sensational as it at first seemed. Many people hero know Mr. Norris and sympathize with him because of the misfortune. Every ono would be benefited by taking Foley's Orino Laxative for stomach and liver trouble and habit ual constipation. It sweetens the stomach and breath, gently stimu lates tho liver and regulates the bowels, and ls much superior to pills and ordinary laxatives. Why not try Foley's Orino Laxative to-day? J. W. Dell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster, S. C. Ten Drowned in New York Dny. New York, July 18.-Sixteen per sons, five of thom women, met death by drowning In the waters either surrounding or in tho vicinity of New York to-day. Ten of the victims per. Ished after the capsizing of the ex cursion sloop Roxana, carrying twen ty-two passengers, which was struck by a sudden squall in lower New York bay, midway between Coney Island Point and Hoffman Island, late this afternoon. Of the survi vors, one woman, Mrs. C. Knudson, of Drooklyn, is in such a serious con dition that she probably will die. Her two daughters were drowned. The other drownings, with but one exception, were swimming accidents. J. T- HOIiLEMAN DISAPPKAR8. Cashier of Bank of Anderson ?hort #:?.->,ooo in Accounts. LOST IN FI.'TUIIE SPECULATING. Ix?ft Letter Making Confession-The Bank's Hoi id I ty Not Affected. (Anderson Mall, July 20.) Anderson, S. C., July 20. 1909. The boa.d of directora of the Bank of Anderson make the following statement lu regard to the shortage of J. T. Hollemun lu his accounts as cashier, which carno to tho knowledge of the officials last night. Atter carefully locking Into lae af fairs of the bank we lind the amount will be about $35,000, und Inr.sinuch ns thc capital stock ls $1 r>0,000, and Cn. surplus (225,000, lurking a total of $375,000, lo which ls to be added tho liability ol' the stockholders. $150,000, making a total available for creditors of $525,000, the public will readily seo the standing of tho bank is not Impaired end thur the business of Hie bank with its well known ability to accommodate Its customers will not be lessened. The loss will be charged off to-morrow when the Bank Examiner ascertains the exact amount. B. P. Mani.lin. President. J. A. Brock, V. Prosldent. Jos. N. Brown, Attorney J. II. Anderson. J. E. Barton. Fred. G. Brown. H. E. Llgon. J. M. Sullivan. Directors. This statement was Issued by the directors or the Bank of Anderson at noon to-day, and lt ls probable that no announcement ever made In Anderson has occasioned greater sur prise and consternation. Mr. Holleiuan was one of the most popular men in tho city, and no man enjoye ' the confidence of the people to a greater degree. The officials of the hank knew nothing of the'matter last night. Mr. Mollentan left the bank Saturday af ternoon with the Intention of going away for a vacation of a week or two. Be told his associates In the bank of his Intention last week, and he left with their fullest permission, and thep- did not dream that there was anything wrong. He is supposed to have left the city some timo Sunday. It is not known where be has gone. The bank was opened as usual on Monday morning and everything ran smoothly during the day. When A. M. Sharp, the assistant cashier, went to balance the cash last night he found in the cash box a letter 1 dressed to B. F. Mauldin, the presi dent. Ho also saw that there was something wrong with the cash. Mr. Sharpe sent for Mr. Mauldin, who was at home, and the letter was opened and read. In lt Mr. Holle iuan made a complete confession. He said he had been sp?culai in;-, in futures, and had gone from bad to worse, until he finally became des perate and decided to leave, as he could not face his friends. He turn ed over all his property to the bank, hut this will not cover the shortage. The directors of the bank were summoned, and after an examination M>ey placed the facts before Giles Wilson, the State Bank Examiner, who happened to be In the city on one of his regular trips, and he is now going over the books. The di rectors, however, have already satis fied themselves that the shortage is not more than $35,000, and, of course this will not in any way crip ple the bank, which Is one of the j strongest In the up-country. Every thing will go on ns usual. The bank has a large surplus fund, seven or eight times sufficient to take care of the shortage. Mr. Hollemnn, in his letter, said ho first began speculating In futures about a year ago with $600 which he had saved. He lost that, and then borrowed $1,000 from the bank with which to recoup his loss. This soon went, and other sums In rapid succession. It is the old story of a small be ginning by a man who was the soul of honor and had no Intenlio >f de frauding anybody. Mr. ! lol inna ii ls a'native of Wal halla, and has lived In Anderson about twenty years. He has a wife and several children. He has held several responsible positions In the city, and has been with the Bank of Anderson about six years. He was first assistant cashier and has been cashier for about two years. He was frugal in his habits, steady and industrious, and had always lived within his Income. He was just about the last man in the city that would have been suspected of being short lit lils accounts. The announcement of his trouble will be received with the greatest surprise throughout the city and county, and there will be the deep est sympathy for him. He was uni versally Hked. It ls not known whero he has gone, and no statement was made to day as to what steps would be taken to npprchond him. All of his friends and tho hank directors were too stunned to-day to map out any course of nction. In the midst of the grief over his downfall about the only comfort ls that the solidity of the bank has not been impaired in the slightest de gree, and of course it does not affect any of the other banks in the city. Mr. Holleman's popularity is M.WS FROM WESTMINSTER. Loral and Personal Mont ion . Picked I % Up Her? und There. Westminster, July 20.-Special: Friday evening, on T. N. Carter's lawn, the' Phllathea classes enter tained the Hara? a class and a few other friends. A delightful evening was spent. Rev. J. R. Moo'e and K. W. Marett made short addressee. Anecdotes were related and time passed swiftly. Delicious refresh ments were served. , Mrs. I. S. Pitts ls spending the week at Greenville attending the Summer Assembly. Mrs. C. J. Mulkey has returned from a month's stay in Indiana. She ls greatly Improved by her trip. Misses Luelle and Dorothy and Master Clarence Mason, ol Charlotte, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bibb. Mrs. W. J. Strlhllng and Misses Grace, Miriam and Eleanor Harton have returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. "M. C. Harton, ot Piedmont . Misses Satterfiold and Willie Van diver, of Hartwell, Ga., are visiting Misses Mary and Neille Lou Carter. Rev. J. R. Moore ls attending the Summer Assembly In Greenville this week. MISH Ruth Mitchell, of Toccon, is visiting her college friend, Miss Win nie Carter. E. H. Smith, the Southern's depot agent, has been visiting in Georgia. Misses Christine and Nella Jame son, of Macon, are visiting relatives here. Dr. and Mrs. W. J, Carter enter tained al fresco Monday evening in honor of their slbleis, Misses Florrie, Robbie and Winnie Carter, of Gaines ville, and Miss Ruth Mitchell, of Toccoa. Progressive conversation made the evening speed delightfully. Cream and cakes were daintily served. The drive out to Dr. Car ter's summer home was delightful in the cool of thc evening. Rev. S. P. Hair, of Blackville, preached af the Baptist church Sun day morning and evening. He also gave an Instructive lecture to Sunday school teachers at 6 o'clock. Rev." Hair is superintendent of Sunday school teachers' training work in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McMurray ac companied Miss Peabody, Miss Hall and Master Frank Hall home from their visit to Mountain City, Ga. Mrs. P. W. Matheson delightfully entertained on Friday afternoon In honor of Mrs. McMurray, Miss Pea body and Miss Hall. Misses Gussie and Ella Harper, of Clinton, are visiting Miss August.i Smithson and Miss Merle Pitts. Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Smith, of Washington, Ga., spent Friday after noon with friends in town. Mrs. M. E. Sullivan, of Madison, spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. J. lt. Moore. Baylor Hickman, who has been visiting T. N. Carter, Jr., has return ed to his home at Gainesville. Mrs. Bessie Reeder and daughter, Lillian, of Chernw, are visiting Mrs. J. P. Keese. Mrs. J. B, Wilson and Miss Emily Doyle, of Cranbury, Texas, are visit ing Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Strlbling. Misses Nannie and Harriet Stewart and Miss Mabel West, of Greenville, are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Anderson. S.A.M. Tragic Home-Coining. . Brunswick, Ga., July 18.-Within half an hour after he had reached home after an absence of a year, and while distributing presents among members of the family, J. Edgar Smith, aged 20, shot and instantly killed his- 14-year-old sister, Reno, who was watching him show his fa ther a pistol he had brought home for him. The ball entered the girl's fore head. Reno was the young man's favorite sister. Ebenezer items. Ebenezer, July 19.-Special: Far mers are making good use of the beautiful sunshiny days. School will begin nt this place next Monday morning, July 2Cth, with Miss Wannle Morgan as teacher. All the patrons should be there promptly at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Julia Glauss, who has been seriously ill for the pnst week, is improving. Cotton and corn crops aro begin ning to look better since the recent sunshine. li. S. G. Pulled fl?>?gVeV^th7l'oe. Fort. Mill, July 19.-John Owens, a white farmer about 66 years old. who lived in the upper part of this township near the North Carolina line, killed himself Saturday after noon in the kitchen of his home. The dead man so arranged his shot gun ns lo pull the trigger with his toe. Ti;J load took effect in his face and neck, severing the jugular vein and horribly mangling the right side of the face. He died almost instantly shown by the fact that sevoral of his friends said to-d?y that if he had told them of his trouble they would have furnished the money to cover his shortage and give him a new start. I The above account was read in Walhalla with deepest regret by our people last night. Mr. Holleman la well known here, being a former Walhalla boy, and he was held In the highest esteem by all our people. He was recognized as one of the leading ? business men of the up-country. THU KID Hill HT HM T MON. Col. Kt rlbllng issues Statement < 'on coining <lathering- Pro^nuii. Col. J. C. Stribllng, the temporary chairman of tho Uetl Shirt reunion to be held In Anderson on August 24th and 25th, has Issued the follow ing statement and progrnm: In accordance with the action of the council of Red Shirt, men held at Anderson on the 14th of June, I am authorized to announce that n rally of the Red Shirt men of South Caro lna will bo hold lu the city of An derson on the 24th and 25th of Au gust, at which time a State organi zation of the survivors of tho mem orable campaign of 187G will bo formed. 10 ac h county ls requostod to call a mooting on tho first Mon day lu August, or on some conven ient day thereafter, of the men who "wore the red," and send a large delegation to tho Anderson meeting. Every man or boy who was with tho Hampton Uer! Shirt campaign ls In vited to join In tho grand parade ot the 25th, either mounted or on foot, and wear a red shirt, which may bo made of cheap calico or other ma terial. Following Is the program for tho two days: Tuesday, August 24th.-Meeting called to order In the Court HOUBO nt ll a. m. Address of welcome by Mayor Sherrard and response by a Red Shirt visitor. Enrollment of tile Red Shirt men and adoption of con stitution nhl* by-laws. Afternoon session at 4 o'clock, at which time the State organization will be formed by tho election of officers. Wednesday, August 25th.-Purado at ll a. m. Column formed at Plaza. Order of procession-Band and tho speakers' carriage; Red Shirt men on foot, with boyB Inbred shirts fol lowing; motor cars with ladles In red; Daughters of the Confederacy, artillery, followed by mountod Red Shirt men. Fx-Govornor Sheppard. Senator Tillman and Judge Robert Aldrich have been Invited to make addresses. Dinner at Buena Vista Park. A list of the delegates should be sent some days in advance of the re union to Georgo M. Tolly or to J. L. Sherrard, Anderson, S. C., so that they can be assigned to homes In tho city. NEWS FROM MADISON. 10. H. ("leland Passed Away at Ago of 71)-Local Items. Madison, July 17.-Special: A. E. Rice, day operator here, ls very sick at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballenger, of Avalon, Ga., visited J. R. Cleland and family Thursday. S. Milton Singleton accidentally got his hand and shoulder hurt last Wednesday while moving rock for the Jones & Sullivan Gin Company. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cleland is quite sick, but wo hepo for the little fellow a Bpeedy recov ery. J. L. Watt, of Toccoa, was In town Monday. Dr. W. Leo Bnllenger, of Avalon, Ga., visited friends hero recently. . Misses Mattie Watt, Pammie Tay lor and Myrtle Cash were shopping In Toccoa Saturday. Last Tuesday E. H. Cleland passed to his reward at the advanced age of 79 years. He had been sick only a few days, suffering from disease and the Infirmities of age. He was a man of noble traits and had long been a consistent member of Madison Bap tist church, In the cemetery of which his remains wore laid to rest Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives, who had gathered to pay the last sad tributo to the deceased. He ls sur vived by his wife andNflve children: Mrs. Jeff Jones, J. R. Cleland, Will P. Cleland, L. A. Cloland, all of thia plaeo, and W. H. Cleland, of Char lottesville, Va. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. John R. Moore. P. M . The Edgefleld Mill Sold. Edgefleld, July 17. - Under an or der of Judge J. C. Pritchard, of tho United Statos Circuit Court, the pro perty of the Edgefleld Manufacturing Company was sold here to-day by Receivers T. I. Hickman and A. S. Tompkins. L. W. Parker, the well known mill man of Greenville, was the purchaser at $75,000. It is understood here that Mr. Par ker will double tho present capacity of the mill and will In tho near fu ture have lt operating. Tho peoplo aro well pleased at Mr. Parker's hav ing purchased tho property, as lt In sures Increased Industrial activity for the community. Jefferson Davis's I. uglitcr Dead. Colorado Springs, C do., July 18. Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confodcriicy, died to-night at. her home here after an illness of six months. Three Negroes Killed by Cave-in. Elloroe, S.k 0" July 10.-Three ne groes employed by tho A. O. L. Rail road were killed at Creston at 10 o'clock this morning while excavat ing sand from an embankment alon,: the railroad right of way. Tho ne groes were at work under a steep embankment when lt gave way, bury. lng them alive. Two of them were dead when removed and tho other lived only a short while.