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K KOW EE COURIER (),sni;i;i.-iiKi) 184?.) i'uhlisht d Every Wednesday Morning Subscription, $1.00 Per A.nu. Advertising Ratos Reasonable. -By STUCK, SHKLOR & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notlcos end tributes of respect, of not over ono hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid ?Vir at tho rate of one cont a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. O.: WEDNESDAY, JULY 2?. 1900. SKA WALL SAVES (.ALVESTON. .Mighty Mass of Water Held Hack by stone Parapets. Galveston, Texas, .Inly 21.-Man's Strength and skill were pitted against the liny of the elements to-day, and man won, when the city of Galveston, safely entrenched behind her impreg nable 17-foot sea wall, withstood, with comparatively trilling loss, a tidal wave and hurricane equal in in tensity and destructive force lo Hie one which destroyed Hie city on the 8th or September, HOM?. In ? I,il\ e.,ton and ? vicinity not a Single life is believed to have been sacrificed, inti Hie material loss is ; llOUghl to he quite extensive. The hurricane swept 'he entire Gulf coast with an intensity and vicious ness (dil has seldom been equalled in a country where destructive storms aie'nol unusual. lt had its a.igln on the Atlantic coast, and, swinging westward and southward, devastated Hie entire Gulf coast as far South as Matagorila Hay. The hurricane struck Galveston about ll o'clock this morning. The wind, attaining a velocity of about seventy miles an hour, whipped the treacherous waters of the Mexican Gulf into a fury of destruction. Willi the pent-up anger of ten years ol' hale the waves blindly assaulted the .jrim tiara pets of stone which man had buildod to restrain its attacks. In vain it hurled its thousands of tons ol' water upon the splendid breastworks. Only a feeble hurst of spray and a lillie waler reached its objective, and Hie beleaguered city lay calm and safe behind thc wall. Communication with the outside world was resumed al '.) o'clock to night. Outside ?he limits of the city, where the wall hail not been ?-eared, and where the city had not been elevated, the waters had their way. but they wrecked only deserted huts and abandoned territory. In this .section of the eil. , which is low and sparsely settled, the water rose to a height ot seven feet, bul the warn ings of the weather department had been heeded, and the inhabitants had moved their possessions out of Hie danger zone. 'l'en I ii ves I jost. Galveston, July 21. Ten dead is Hie total number of lives lost so lat as is known in Hie hurricane which swept .nev the Huir of Mexico and and struck Galveston this morning and continued until arter mid-day. While the city ol' Galveston was held safe against the fury of thc storm by 'he new $2,000,000 sea wall, far oui HI th-' gulf, on Tarpon ilshing pier, seven miles from the eily, where the -torin whipped over the jetty into the bay, len persons were washed norn ih" rocky promontories into Hie gulf Moats lo night are search ing thi hay lor Hie bodies, lint so far lia ve been unsuccessful. Thu r drowned were members of i risking l ally and employees of the Tarpon 1 1er, marooned on the jetty. Boan were soul io their assistance l.'i< to-day, and il was learned that h. hoax in which they had sought refuge had been washed away. Friends in Calveston set forth a faint hope thal it might have been posibb thal all, or a pail, of thu party on Hie pier might have se ?ured wreckage Hom the pier and lout? .1 t.i the llollvar short. In vii w ol' tlils report tho launch Cll.'ton, owned bj Capt. Benison, made (he inp to Bolivar lids even ing, ri turning shortly after 7 o'clock, the capt? in. however, reporting thal no trace of the part) had been found I i opie Reported Sale. Bei ont, Texas, July 21. He f.xveeti . ami r>00 people who have been thing in hotels, cottages and along tho Gulf shore, between High Island and Bolivar, on the Gulf and Interstate Railroad, are now re ported safe at High island. Ten miles of the Gulf and Inter state Railroad track has been washed away. Seven Supposed Victims (liven Up. GalvesR , .inly 22. - As if the bot tom of tho sea. seven of the storm wrecked victims from the Tarpon fishing pier were picked up alive late to-day off Red Fish reof in tho upper A NNW AIRSHIP RECORD. Orville Wright Stays in Air One ll out mid Twenty Minute.*?. Establishing a new record for avi ation In America. Orville Wright in the Wright aeroplane late last Wed nesday afternoon nt Kort Meyer, Washington. D C.. made a spectacu lar flight of ono hour, twenty min utes and 46 seconds duration. His longest previous flight was 71 min utes, made by Wright at Kort Meyer last fall. During the entire (light the ma chine was under perfec t control, but sos <ual times appeared to the 8 pee ta tors to be on the point Of diving for ward. The machine traveled a distance of about 7i) miles, lt was estimated by Wilbur Wright, and ai one time dur ing the Hight the height attained between 2f>0 and 2S0 feet, exceeded tho highest point ever attained by a heavier-than-air machine on this con tinent. The most wonderful part of the Hight was tho execution of three complete "ligure eights," which re quired careful manOQUVertng in di recting. To the amazement of the crowd the machine described a second eight, and then a third one, after which lt w as guided back to its former course of large ovals. With the determination of making a longer Hight than heretofore at tempted, the Wrights ordered the aeroplane taken from its sited to the starting apparatus shortly alter fi o'clock. Three members of Presi dent Tait's cabinet Secretary ol' Hie Navy Meyer', Attorney General Wlck ersham and Postmaster General Hitchcock-were on hand early to witness the expected (light. In the night Mr. Wright met every requirement sid forth by the govern ment except 'hal of tarrying one passenger and making the (Ive mile straightaway run. Wilbur Wright, replying to a com ment, that the Hight would have covered the width of the English channel, which Hubert Latham un successfully attempted to cross, said it. would have been possible for lils brother to have crossed from Franc to England and to have returned to France again without landing. Ile also remarked that it would have boen easy to have continued to-day's Hight as far as Baltimore. Annual Singing C on ven t ion. Tl>e Annual Singing Convention will be held with Beaverdam church, Fair Play, on the ttrst Sunday In .Vugust, (the 1st,) and the Saturday before. A large gathering ls desired and all will be welcomed. Come prepared to take part In the exer cises. J. F. Morton. Galveston Hay by the launch Maud. lt is reported from Laporte that two negroes thought to have been drowned at Tarpon pier have been picked up unconscious on the beach. With tho report of the rescue of these men, hope for the safety of the Other five persons is much stronger, ? although lt ls feared the others have succumbed iii Hie salt water. Life and Pro|M>i'ty Loss. New Orleans, July 22.-Eighteen persons dead and 1 ?J seriously hurt and property damage exceeding $ 1 , 000,000 as far as can be ascertained at a late hour to-night ls the grim record resulting from Hie destructive sweep of yesterday's hurrincane along the Louisiana and Texas coasts. The number of dead as reported from various towns and cities is as follows: Texas Bay City. ::; (?alveston. 1: Palacios, i; Eagle Lake, I; Wharton, I: Kendleton, l; Ramsey I; El Cam po. I. Louisiana -Mud Pass, 2. The number seriously injured Is reported from Texas points as fol lows : Eagle Lake. I ; Pay City, 1 5. Captain and Wife Sink to Death. Houston, July -'?'>. The bodies ol' Capt. lt. L. Renison and his wife, scantily clad and girded with lite pr< eivers, were found lo-day by Usher boys at Morgan's Point. The corpses were lashed and clasped to gether in the tangled seaweed where (hey were deposited by the receding waves. Capt. Bcttlsoil and his wife were among the party of ten who were sv.epl off a pier, near Calveston, by the hurricane on Wednesday. Simultaneously with the report of the i eovery of the bodies ol' Pet li sons ?ou?es the news tn t Ernest A. Booth, a dining room boy, who was one ol" the party on the pier, was ICSCued alive near Morgan's Point to da v . Pool h had been noating on d i1 ft wooil for ena riv IS hours and ?.vas nearly dead fren ex|>osuie and hunger. He will recover. The Abernathy family, living near High Island, has been accounted for and no additional deaths have been reported from the country about the Matagorda peninsular. Tho storm situation along the coast ls improving. Buil?ingp are being repaired and farmers are re turning to their Holds. KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL. Health ls Worth Having, und Wal halla P< mile Iv now Mow to Save lt. Many Walhalla people take their lives In their hands by neglecting the kidneys when they know these organs need help. Sick kidneys are responsible for a vast amount of suffering and ill health, but chere is no need to suffer nor to remain in danger when all diseases and aches <nd pains due to weak kidneys can be quickly and permanently cured by the use of Doa.i's Kidney Pills. Here is a Walhalla citizen's recom mendation : W. W. Moss, PaOUtly Hill. Wal halla, S. C., says: "I suffered from weak kidneys for over three years and I had a dull, nagging ache across the small of my back. .At times the passages of thc kidney secretions were very irregular and my system seemed to be Ulled with url" acid ! a!:;o had *t constant desire to void the/secretions, and this obliged ?u to arise often during the night. I felt wonk and nervous and was in a serious condition. I finally procured Doan s Kidney Pills at Dr. J. W. Hell's drug store, and since using ..hem 1 have obtained great relief.- I cannot speak too highly in favor of your reliable remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllbum Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Donn's and take no other. BANK EXAMINAT! >N FINISHED. Amount of I lol teman Shortage Be tween 935,000 and $80,000. Anderson, July 22.-A special meeting bf the hoard ol' directors of the Hank of Anderson will be held to-morrow morning to officially learn the result of tho examinai ion of the hank hy Stale Hank Examiner Wilson and his assistant,'Mr, Rhame. The examination was completed late this afternoon alter three days' hard work. The report will go before the meet ing through President Mau lil i ti and will be lu effect that approximately $:<>>,UO0 is .lissing, but this amount will probably be reduced to $:{.">,OOO, as there were several items in tile cash box that can probably he real ized on. The examiners say that they have found everything exactly as rep. resented by Mr. Hollem'an, the miss ing cashier, in lils letter of confes sion. The entries are correct and the records are clear and correct in every way. lt is understood that a successor to the defaulting cashier will be elect ed to-morrow and that some Une of action to apprehend llolleman will be adopted. . The Bank of Anderson is a mem ber of the American Bankers' Asso ciation, which will spare no expense or effort to bring him *o justice. It ls supposed that the association will be officially notllled of the defalca tion to-morrow. In the meantime Holleman's whereabouts remains un known here. Another Sensation ? ^Anderson Intelllgenccr.) It is rumored, and on good grounds, that there are two well known Anderson men, one a cotton man and the other a manufacturer, who are implicated in the defalca tion. Rumor says that one of them accepted large sums of money for speculation purposes and intsead of speculating with lt, stuck it In his jeans; that finally Mr. Holleman got wise and jumped him about it; .that the second man told him if he did not keep quiet that he would squeal on him to the bank officials. This young man, who is considered rather sneaky in all his dealings with lils fellow man. was questioned very closely hy the bank officials after tho discovery of the shortage, hut would not talk, only saying that as Mr. Hol leman was not here he was unwill ing to give out any statement. Al though everybody agrees that Mr. j Holleman did wrong, yoi many be" , lleve that this young rascal was at the bottom of the whole thing and thal Holleman was led deeper into Ute mire on account ..t being afraid ; thal this young rascal would suncal lon '.im. If tho whole truth were known, there would appear oil tho surface of the story a whole lot of blackmailing. ll ii very likely and highly prob able thai om- or two arrests will take place within the next day or two in connection with lite Holleman case. li* people wit li symptoms of kidney or bladder trouble could realize their danger they would without loss of time commence taking Foloy's Kid ney Remedy. This great remedy stops the pain and the Irregularities, strengthens and builds up these or gans rind there is no danger of Bvlgth'8 disease or other serious dis order. Do not disregard the early symptoms. J. W. Hell. Walhalla; SI onec y plier Ph a rm ney, West tn histor. Annual .Meeting Farmers' Mutual. The annual meeting of tho Fann ers' Mutual Insurance Association of Oconeo county Is hereby called to be held nt Walhalla Court House on Tuesday, August 3d, 1909, at 1 l o'clock a. m. Business of Im portance is to bo transacted, and lt ls earnestly desired that all mem bers attend. Let all como. J. B. Pickett, President. J. D. Isbell, Secrotary. ??????? ???????? ??????????????? ??????????????? ft & Do You Need vSee Us and *Save Money I CARTER & CO., VF (a S A Wagon, Buggy, Surrey, or any Harness, Mowing Machines or Rakes? If so, see us and get our prices and terms. * i j Also Hay Presses and Disc Harrows.^ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v ? X ? Walhalla. S ? TO?????? ??????? ??????????????? ??????????????? MOW yi KSTION IX BRISTOL. Talk of Ousting'the Church Members Who Voted "Wot" Ticket. Bristol, Va., July 26.-The ques tion of whether a church member may champion the cause of the sa loons and oppose prohibition is be ing discussed in Bristol, following the recent local option election. The opinion of the majority of the minis ters of the city ls that the saloon is one of the church's worst enemies, and that a person cannot consistently be lu favor of both. As a result of the agitation a prom inent member of a largo church la Bristol, who was an officer and took an active part in tho recent election, has resigned and left the church. A prominent Bristol minister and pastor of one of the largest churches, declares that he ls in favor of ask ing every church member who voted or worked for the return of the sa loons to 'cavo ?ho church. The the ory is that the church is unalterably against the open saloon, and that a man can't be for both. Tho ministers are engaged in dis cussing the question, and the general opinion here among the leading church men is that those who voted or worked for the wets should be ousted if they do not repent. Cheapest accident Insurance-Dr. Stops the All drug gists soil it. Thor/jVV Selectric Oil. pain and.heals tho wound Clemson Experiment Farm. (The State, July 2 2.) Col. M. L. Donaldson, of Green ville, arrived In the city last night from the Clemson College experi mental farm near Summerville. "The work at the farm," said Col. Donald son, who is a trustee of Clemson Col lege, "is progressing satisfactorily; in fact, I was agreeably disappointed at the progress that has boen made. The first and principal object ls to demonstrate the practicability of 'un der drainage' and everything points to the success of that demonstration. Land that will produce good coin, potatoes and peas will produce most other profitable crops and Mr. Garni son, the superintendent, has those crops mowing well. 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Wat son and tho census bureau it will be necessary for the manufacturers of the State to fill out only one sched ule, thus relieving them of much work. The Federal and State gov ernment will co-operate with each other in the matter of taking the census In this State. The method of gathering agricul tural statistics will be improved. An expert from the bureau of animal in dustry ls now available for this State whenever needed. Tuttis Pills FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE,_-. Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rh?n - matism, Sallow Skin and Piles* There ls no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTT'S LIVER PtLLS, as a trial wfll prove. Take No Substitute? Duncan Guilty in Contempt Case. Columbia, July 20.-John T. Dun can, of this city, whose righi to prac tice law was removed by the Su preme Court in September, 190s, has been adjudged in contempt in a de cision rendered Saturday. The court orders that Duncan pay a fine of $f>0 within ten days from the filing of the decree or be imprisoned in the coun ty jail for ten days. The contempt proceedings grew out of the charge that Duncan practiced law since he was disbarred,the case being brought hy Attorney General Lyon on affida vits furnished. Feel languid, weak, run-down? Headache? Stomach "off"?-Just a plain case of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bitters tones* liver and sto mach, promotes digestion, purifies the blood. L* suffering from any of the 3n, don't delay-take Car successful remedy for wo ?on have used Cardin and ot yon? Don't take any he old, reliable, oft-tried ages. rdvillo, Tenn., writes: ''For ten of life, and tried many remedies vor my body and nt timc3 I could i and now I can do my housework, iniui and rccommond it to all sick I tua STORES MASTER'S SALE. STATE OE SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant lo a decree of tho afore said Court, in the case namod below. I will offer for sale, to the highest \ bidder, in front of the Court House/V , door, at Walhalla. S. C., on Monday, the 2d day of August, 1909, between the legal hours of sale, the lot of land below described: Tani Edwards, by His Guardian ad Litern, Jas. S. Allen, Plaintiff, against Fannie Edwards and Rosa Walton, Defendants. All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being In tho Town of Westminster, of the County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, fronting on Spring street one hundred and twenty-live feet, ad joining lots now or formerly belong ing to Frank Simpson, and E. J. King on the east, lot of colored Methodist Episcopal church on the south, and lot of E. J. King on the west, con taining one-half acre, more or less, being the same lot conveyed to Mary Edwards by E. J. King by deed bear ing date the 21)th day of August. 1899, recorded in Clerk's office, Oco neo county, In Dook "W," pages 504-6, on the 26th day of November, 1900, and described in said deed as being part of lots Nos. 77 and 79 in plan of said town. Torms of Sale: CASH. That in the event of failure of tho purchaser v or purchasers to comply with the terms of sale within five days from day of sale, tho Master do ,re-adver ti8e and resell said premises on the following saleday, or some conven ient sale day thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms as here tofore set out, at the risk of former purchaser or purchasers, and that he do continue so to do until ho has found a purchaser or purchasers who comply with the terms of sale. Pur chaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. July 14, 1909. 28-30 WOFFOR1) COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL, Spin (anbin ;;, S. C. High tirade Preparatory School. 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