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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1849.) . -IIM I - Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription, 91.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By STECK, SHELOR ?ft SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. .4.11 over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WA I.I i A i.i .A. S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, lOOO. $*SH3t$ mmm fy T E N P A ti E S . fy mm? mm m m mmmm mmrnm VERDICT IN "BLACKLIST'' CASE. uni County Jiu*)' Finds Adverse ly to Granby Mills. (Columbia Record. 4th.) In the case of O. M. Rhodes against the Granby Cotton Mill, the jury last evenlhg returned n verdict for $10, 000 damages in favor of the plaintiff, the damages being divided Into $2, 000 ?ctual and $8,000 punitive dam ages.) Thjis is the first case ever tried in this State for "blacklisting," and the points of fact and law Involved are most] important. Rhodes, who is a one-i|rmed man, brought suit, alleg ing ([hat his name had been included in a hist sent by President Parker, of the granby mill, to other mills in the Stat-?, saying that he was a striker and that by reason of this letter he had ibeen unable to secure employ ment at certain mills to which he ap plier, among them the Columbia Duck Mill. He claimed that he was not ? striker, but that after his sons struck the superintendent told him he must get off the grounds of the Granby mill, where he and lils fam ily lived, Rhodes himself being em ployed as a truck band. President Parker's position was that he did not sond; out a "blacklist," but merely wrote; to nbout fifty mills In the State, the management of which was friend ly to him personally, correcting erro neous statements contained in a newspaper account of the strike. He testified that no agreement or under standing existed between the mills as to tl? employment or non-employ ment ol labor and that nothing In the r iles of the cotton mill associa tions relaies to this subject. Tin strike was the outcome of the superintendent lefusing to let a loom ftxer i ff to pla) base ball. The mau agcim nt claimed that there was an Understanding when the Granby base ball ? uh was organized In 1907 that lt wo d confine Its match games to Satu iv ays >o .'s not to Interfere too seriously with the nilli work, and that t i's man v ns refused permission to get off iii the middle of the week winn the mill was short of loom fixers'; Tuc man who caused the trouble about (he base ball claimed, as dh other a embers of the team, that the under: landing was that a base ball player might get off any time if be put on a substitute at the mill. , In this instance lt is claimed he offered to put the substitute on. The', verdict In the Rhodes case is one. of' the most important in the his tor, of mill cnses In tho State, and ls of great Interest" throughout the South. Judge Memmlnger, in charg ing the Jury, said lt was the most Im portant case that had ever come be ?fore him. It is the first trial of a blacklist case in the courts of this State, and the final outcome when the issues are passed upon in the Su preme Court will be watched with the keenest Interest. There are thir ty-six names on the list sent out. A member of the Jury said to-day thal the jury agreed that, the Rhodes case was the cleanest con ducted prosecution any of them had ever :<at In. Five minutes after re tiring the foreman called for a hand primary as to how many members of the Jury believed that every alle gation in the complaint had been ?brovodi and every band went up. gqihe only delay was In fixing the n .mount of the damages. It was fin ally agreed to award $2.000 actual damages and $8,000 punitive dam ages. Tie?, greatest danger of influenza ls of its resulting In pneumonia. This can be obviated hy using Chamber lain's Cough Remedy, as it not only cures Influenza, but counteracts any tendency of the disease towards penumonln. Sold by L. C. Martin, Clemuon College; The Seneca Phar macy, Seneca. Bigbam Obeys Bishop. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6.-After visit ing Bishop Hendrix at Searcy, Ark., and be) nig told "Newnan ls your charge; go there and do your duty," Rev. fi. J. Bigbam returned to At lanta to-day and prepared to resume hhs iiurch work nt Newnan, where he wat?] stationed last year previously to be'fij; changed at the recent con ference held here. The bishop's decision brings to a Clone i he fight which promised to sp'llt Methodism throughout the Stat*>. Mr. Blgham was appointed to St. John's church, at Augusta, at the conference, but a protest from "lltat church caused tho Bishop to , chajige bini to the presiding elder ah'?p 0? the Atlnnta district. Here , . . pmtest remited, and to set fl^ifpil 'difficulties, Bishop Hendrix sen?* hi m back to his former charge at Newnan. ? VIII) COUNTY 8. 8. CONVENTION. Program of Meeting to be Held with Scm ( ;i Baptist C" urch in January. The followlug is the program for the third annual convention of the Oconee County Sabbath Schools, to be held at Seneca January 12th and 13th, 1910: (Some few changes may occur in the program later.) First Day-Wednesday. Morning Session. 10 o'clock-Prayer and praise ser vice. 10.15-Report of organized town ships: Center township, Mrs. J. Q. Graham, secretary; Wagener town ship, W, C. Hughs, secretary. Re uort of County Superintendent of Home Department, A. P. Brown; report of County Superintendent of Organized Adult Classes, Joseph H. Burgess; report of County Treasu rer, Rev. J. L. Singleton. 11 o'clock-Song service. 11.10-Enrollment of delegates and acquaintance meeting. Appoint ing of committees. Afternonn Session-Devoted to Sun day Behool Teachers. ' 2.30-Song service. 2.45-In the Footsteps of the Great Teacher, Prof. D. W. Daniel. 3.15-Teacher's preparation for the class (5-minute talk), John T. Lawrence. Teacher's week-day du ties to the class (5-minute talk), J. T. Bryant. Some o'" Mie common er rors made by Sund.ty school teachers (5-minute talk), W. N. Bruce. The teacher's duty to the superintendent (5-minute talk). F. M. Cary. 3.40-Round Table, by J. M. Way. 4.00 - Teachers' meetings and teacher training. Rev. M. E. Peabody. Night Session. 7.15-Song service. 7.30-Twentieth Century Sunday School Awakening, by Rev. J. L. Vass. 7.55-Song. 8.00-How the Organized Sunday School Movement Helps the Denomi national Interests, by Rev. W. H. Fra zier. 8.30-Pledges for 1910. 8.45- On to Rock Hill, J. M. Way. Second Day-Thursday, January 13. Morning Session. 9.46- Devotional exercises. 10.00-The Sunday School Super intendent, by Rev. J. G. Graham. 10.30-The Home Department, by County Superintendent A. P. Brown. Song. Second Session-Devoted to Organ ized Classes. 11.00-How to Get Men to Take An Interest In Sunday School Work, by Rev. T. B. Kp t ing. 11.20-The Organized Adult Class - Its Possibilities, by Rev. C. S. Blackbu rn. 11.40-Reports from organized classes in Oconee county. 12.00--Round Table, by K. W. Marett. Afternoon Session. 2.15-Report of committees. 2.30-Election of officers. Closing of main session. 3.00-The Primary Department, conducted by Miss Grace W. Vandl ver, of Spartanburg, State Superin tendent of Primary Department, as sisted by Mrs. J. N. Herndon, of Sen eca, County Superintendent of Pri mary Department. To the Superintendents of Oconee County Sabbath Schools: The Third Annual Convention of Oconee County Sabbath Schools will be held at Seneca on January 12th and 13th, 1910. If your Sabbath schcol sent dele gates to either Walhalla or West minster lt is not necessary to call your attention to the benefits to be derived from these meetings. If, however, you have not taken part in these conventions we wish to call your attention to a ' ew facts. At the convention at Seneca we will have some of the best Sunday school workers of upper South Caro lina of every denomination to deliver addresses on Sunday school work, which you will note by examining program. You will also note, spe cially the session set apart for Sun day school teachers. Your teacher will be greatly benefited by this ses sion. Note the session set apart for adult classes. Your adult class ls a proposition in your Sabbath school. Send a good worker to take this ses sion In. You desire to make your Sunday school better; you desire to see lt grow. Attend this convention yourself and bring along two more members of your Sabbath school and note results next spring in your school. Tho superintendent and pastor r,f every Sabbath school .is expected, and also two delegates from every school In Oconee county. Send in names at once to W. D. Holland, chairman re ception committee, Seneca, S. C. W. wisii to call especial attention of your primary teachers to the ses sion to be held on th<> second day of the convention of primary teachers in Oconee. Miss Vandivor is recog nized as one of the best in the State in this particular work and your pri mary teachers cannot alford to miss this session. Now act promptly. Take this mat ter up next Sabbath and elect two delegates from your Sabbath school, and remember the superintendent ls also expected. Send in names prompt ly to the chairman of the reception committee al Seneca and entertain ment will be provided. Study the program and you will see that you cannot afford to miss tho convention. T. Peden Anderson. Chairman Executive Committee. Jos. H. Burgess, County Secretary. Miss Leah Harpert, Asst. Secretary. More Danville Proof. Jacob Schrall, 4 23 South street, Danville, 111., writes: "For over 18 months I was a sufferer from kidney and bladder trouble. During the whole time was treated by several physicians and tried several different kidney pills. Seven weeks ago I commenced taking Foley's Kidney Pills and am feeling better every day and will be glad to toll anyone Inter ested Just what Foley's Kidney Pills did for me." J. W. Bell, Walhalla. FARM SCHOOLS MAY RESUliT.** If Legislature Will tirant Request of Swearingen and Watson. State Superlntto'ent of Education Swearingen and Commissioner Wat son hnve about decided to join in a request to the Legislature for State aid to the high schools of the State conducting practice schools, and if this aid is given the en'j may be a graduul development of a number of high class agricultural schools over the State, which will serve as cen tres of scientific information to the farmers of the communities contigu ous to the schools thus established. The Federal government will, of course, lend the assistance of its ex perts working in this State. The schools now conducting these practice farms with great success are the Sumter Memorial Institute, In Sumter county: the Downer Insti tute, at Beach Island, near Augusta; the Bronson High School, in Hamp ton county; the State Industrial School for Boys, at Florence, and the negro industrial school at Greenville. Commissioner Watson gives the negro school at Greenville credit for accomplishing the best work of tills kind among all the negro schools of the South, Tuskegee not excepted. Col. John J. Dargan, the head of the school in Sumter county, says not only all his boys, but many of his girl students, are manifesting great interest in the agricultural fea ture of the school, and all of the teachers are enthusiastic about it. In the few years the school has been In this work lt has brought up the productivity of the lands being work ed several hundred per cent. The part planted in corn has Increased In average yield from 15 bushels to the acre to 85 bushels. The school In Hampton and the Downer Institute have several years been doing work that has attracted the admiration of all of the experts. If you ure suffering from bilious ness, constipation, Indigestion, chron ic headache. Invest one cent in a postal card, send to Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa, with your name and address plainly on the back, and they will forward you a free sample of Chamberlain's Sto mach and Liver Tablets. Sold bv J. W. Pell, Walhalla; C. W. Wick liffe, West Union. SAILORS BATTLE Pl lt H AND IGE. Several Lives liost in Docent Zero Weather on Great Lakes. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. lt).-Infor mation received here to-day stated that the vessel that burned off South east Shoal in Lake Erie last night was the freighter Clarion, of the An chor Line. The first mate and one of the crew perished, while the cap tain and eleven of the crew are adrift somewhere on the lake In a steel life boat. They have not been heard from since leaving the ship. One of the victims froze to death and another was drowned. Six men were taken off the burning boat by a steamer bound for Buffalo, lt ls feared that some of the thirteen men adrift In the life boat will succumb to the cold. The survivors of the Hanna were brought here. According to their story all attempted to leave the Clarion as soon as they realized she could not he saved.' Bight men remained on the Clar ion after the unlucky boat load had put off. The mate was frozen to death, having been overcome by smoke and exposed to the weather too long be fore being discovered. An effort was made by the survivors to enter ano ther life-boat, but it eluded them. One sailor fell overboard and was drowned in his efforts to save the lire boat. Sailors (io Down with Ship. Buffalo. N. Y., Dec. 10.-The W. C. Richardson, a big steel freighter, sank early yesterday at a point five miles up the lake from Buffalo har bor and five members of the crew went down with the ship. ? Capt. Grfesser and the life-saving crew went to the rosene and saved tho other members of the crew, most of whom had grabbed life belts and jumped Into the water. Foley*? Orino ?/axa.iive For Stomach Trouble, Sluggish Liver and Habitual Constipation. It cut es by aiding fill of tho digestive organs-gently stimu l?tes the liver and regulates tho bowels-the only way that chronic constipation can be cured. Especially recommended for women and children. Clears blotched complexions. Pleasant to take. Refus? substitutos. J. W. BELL, WALHALLA. Stonccypher Pharmacy, Westminster. COUNTY CLAIMS AUDITED. At the regular monthly mooting of the Board of County Commission ers, held Friday, December 3, 1909, the following claims were audited: Roads. No. Amt. of Claim. 809 Owens, Henry-Dist ll. I 1 00 810 Collins, J M-Dist 42.. 25 10 811 Smith, W P-Dist 19.. 2 25 812 Lee, F B-Dist -_ 18 00 813 Lee, J L-Dist -. 50 814 Woodall, J V-Dist 56. . 5 00 815 Ramey. J T-Dist 52... 22 00 816 Phillips, A L-Dist 63.. 3 50 817 Alexander, I L-Dist 13. 1 00 818 Timms, L C-Dist 30.. *0 00 819 Myers, H J-Dist 5_ 13 65 820 Lee. W H-Dist 24_ 4 60 821 Addis, O W-Dist -.. 4 00 822 Keese, E B-Dist 74.. 10 00 823 Harris. E C-Dist 6... 12 00 824 McClellan. W L-Dist 63 ll 50 825 Stewart. J F-Dist 12.. 2 00 826 Albertson, J T-Dist 38. 10 50 827 Hunnicutt. M R--Dist 31 2 00 828 Marett, B J-Dist -.. 14 82 829 Driver. N-Dist 18_ 26 00 830 Collins, R B-Dist 75.. 34 75 131 Taylor. W A-Dist -.. 10 00 Bridges. 832 Hawkins. C W.$ 10 64 833 Wood. E P. 271 77 834 Giles, WE. 21 il 835 Phillips, ML. 5 10 836 Albertson, .IT. 7 00 S37 McClellan, W 1. 2 25 838 Vaughan, J ll. 1 50 839 Carter. N H. 16 4 8 840 Gaines, JE. ll 57 841 Smith, WE. 12 '10 812 Dnvls. J M . 18 90 84 3 Stewart, RM. 2 00 84 4 Hamilton. WO. 2 91 845 Crompton, J H. 1 50 846 Nicholson, LAP.... 1 00 847 Watkins, GS. 27 90 84 8 Hunnicutt, MR. 12 50 849 Lusk, W II. 3 05 850 Garrison, IL. 4 50 851 Rowland, DH. 27 08 852 Uamby, John. 6 06 853 Driver, WC. 8 72 S5 4 Taylor, WA. 5 bO limul Machine. 855 Cain, M W.$ 31 50 856 Brewer, H A. 4 00 857 Callas, Sam . 27 00 858 Moss & Ansel. 20 04 859 Lee, JW . 15 54 860 Neal, W A & Son. 25 00 861 Neal, W A & Son.... 15 00 862 Perry. MP. 5 10 863 Bauknlght, C W & J E. 224 31 86 4 Thomas. W L. 1 3b Hoads mill Bridges. 865 Vaughan. J H.$ 1 50 866 Chapman, ll C. 13 95 867 Abbott. J S. 8 50 868 Moss & Ansel . 6 95 8 69 Stewart. J J. 14 00 870 Kelley. WA. 3 21 Poor Farm and Poor. 871 Carter & Co.$23 60 872 Moss & Ansel . 60 7i 873 Bauknlght, C W & J E.. 62 63 Contingent. S7 4 Hnpp Bros. Co, convict clothing .$3 S75 Moss & Ansel . 876 Kay, W M-dieting pris oners . 38 10 877 Kay. W M-lunatics, wood, etc . 47 18 878 Worrell Mfg The-disin fectants . 4 0 00 879 Atlantic Relining Co disinfectants.51 10 880 Bauki ight, C W & J E oil fo Jail . 75 881 Grubt:-:, R W-postage. 1 50 882 Schro ?er, W J-postage 3 7i 883 Abbot , D S-chalis for Cour House . 21 60 Aid to Soldier-. 884 Newry Store .$24 00 885 Byrd, J W & Co. 16 00 886 Hunter, W S & Co.... 31 00 887 Brynn, The R L Co-sta tionery . 8 70 888 Strlbllng, J P-board of education. ... 25 9 Constable. 889 Harbin. II C.$73 00 890 Mitchell, WW. 6 40 891 Sltton, F Lee. ti' 20 S9 2 Lee, John. 12 3! 893 Blackwell. 10 J. 5 10 89 4 Stewart. RM. Kt 895 Hunnicutt. OA. 6 41 Magistrate. 89 6 Hopkins. J E.$ 5 3? 897 McCnrley, J L. 25 00 898 Kubanks, J A. 20 00 .899 Lay. Jesse . 25 00 Lunacy- * ('uses. 900 Hines, Dr E A.$10 00 901 Wickliffe. Dr J W. 10 00 902 Bell, Dr J W. 10 00 903 Smith, DA . 20 00 9(11 Kay. W M-lunacy ... 17 20 Salaries-November. 905 Butler, 10 C-janitor..$ 7 00 906 Schroder, W J-Treas. 31 94 907 Grubbs, R W-Auditor 31 94 908 Kay, W M- Sheriff.... 83 33 909 Hughs, W C-Supt of Education, 4th quarter., 116 67 910 Phillips, N - Supervisor 58 33 9 1 1 Hill. J B-Po Com. . . . 33 33 912 Allen. J ll-Co Com.. 33 33 913 Seaborn, .Ins-Clerk of Board, express, postage 21 27 There are no funds In the treas ury for payment of claims at pres ent except where school districts have a balance of commutation road tnx. Certillcates will be issued to all approved claimants when desired. N. PHILLIPS, Count." Supervisor. JAMES SEABORN, Clerk of Board. New Hope Locals. New Hope, Dec. 6.-Special: Jas. White, of Old Dickens, was among friends and relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Miss Hassle Gla/.ener and Miss Al loe While returned" to their homes Sunday, after spending the week-end with friend, and relatives at Wal halla We lia vlng a most sn' < . school with vliss Kate Lush teach* . Rd. Whit -, of Easley, made a brief vlsil home last. week. Man\ fri? nda were glad to see bl tfgain. - m?m . ' tirs s Joyce, Claremont, H., wri os "About a year ago 1 twe bottles <>f Foley's Kldne? dy. lt cured mo of a severe kid N trouble of sevoral stai ing? it certainly is a gi (?nd, goo ir"di'?ne, and I heartily rocom mei lt; J. W. Bell, Walhalla r A Shoe for GentteitM <> THE HAND LAS1 "'l*T? THtt ? BRAND V ?ad? r*f SMITI You have Steadfast shoe superior feati quality in thei find in other si to .*>0 per cent patterns aro i cannot bedupl shoe stock, graceful ap pcs except maae-tc $10.00 to $15.0 in Steadfast si fore you wear lasting is 80V leather will nc Call and en Carried in tan the stylish dui C. H. Hur Walhalla LABOR LEADERS SCORE POINT. IT. S. Supreme Court to Review the Contempt Cam's. The Supreme Court of the United States has granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in the contempt cases of Samuel Gompers,Frank Mor. rlson and John Mitchell, officers of the American Federation of Labor. The effect of the decision will be to bring the entire record in the Buck's Stove and Bange case against these men to the Supreme Court for re view. Gompers, Morrison and Mitchell, who were present in Court, at the time of the decision, did not at first seen' to comprehend the announce ment, but when J. H. Ralston, their counsel, Imparted its purport to them their faces were wreathed Jn smiles. They immediately filed out of the Court room. Attorneys for the American Fede ration of Labor will ask to have dis missed the original anti-boycott In junction issued by Judge Gould in the now famous Buck's Stove and Range Company case. Samuel Gom pers, Frank Morrison and John Mit chell, the officers of the Federation, who nve now under a contempt of court sentence for violation of the in junction, are also parties to the ap peal. This move, in short, puts it up to the Supreme Court of tho United States to decide if the American Fed eration of Labor boycott of the Buck's Stove and Range Company in Its official organ, The Federatlonlst, was a lawful procedure. The Court of Appeals of the District of Colum bia has held that lt was not, and with some modifications has sustained Judge Gould's injunction. Torturing eczema spreads its burn ing area every day. Doan's Ointment quickly stops its spreading, instantly relieves the itching, cures lt perma nently. At any drug store. "Overwhelmed" by Liquor. (Sumter Item.) Statutory prohibition exists In Sum ter county, but total, or even any thing approximating total abstinence ls far from prevailing amongst the people. The express company ls al most overwhelmed by the liquor business, and if it keeps up the local office will have to be enlarged. If any one wishes to see how prohibi tion does not prohibit let him call at the express office any morning, lt is but fair to state, however, that de spite the numerous quantity of liquor that is brought in by the express company every day, there has been less arrests for public drunkenness since tue dispensary closed, and the city recorder has had little to do since November 15. Electric Bitters Succeed when everything elie fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVEWAND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter. TO Sit K PIYTCD SHOE THAT MAKES TH? /ORTH CALUINO FOR" X-BftlSQOC SHOt CO. (In*.), Lynchburg, V?. but to examine a pair of ? and you will detect tho ires of stylo and n that y ou will not hoes that sell for fully 26 more money. Steadfast nodeled along lines that icated from tue ordinary They have an elegant, -trance not found in' any ?-order shoes costing from 0 per pair. The leather mes gets its testing he it. The process of hand ere, and flanky or poor it stand it. ; amino them thoroughly s, patent leather and all ll leathers. n ph ries, , S. C. -Ali . m TAFT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. Brief Resume of th? Main l'oints rpoii Which Ho Touches. President Taft's first annual mes sage to Congress was read In both Houses of that body Tuesday of last week. His views on different public mat ters are thus briefly stated: Favors a ship subsidy. Recommends that no moro tariff revision be attempted for the pres ent. Urges the most rigid economy In all appropriations. Expresse? satisfaction with tho progress of the work on the Panama Canal. Promises to send to Congress, at an early date, a special message deal ing with the anti-trust laws. Recommends tho establishment of a national bureau of health. Promises, at an early date, a spe cial message on tho subject of conser vation of national resources. Advocates reform In the poBt offlco department, with a view of cutting down the large deficit in that depart ment every year. To do this ho would restrict the second-class mall privilege. Favors the establishment of a pen sion system for tho civil employees of the government. Urges a reform In the rules and practices of the courts, so as to bring about a more speedy disposi tion of all cases. Recommends legislation to prevent the granting of Injunctions without notice. Calls attention to the need of law? to break up the white slave traffic. Recommends the establishment of postal banks. Postpones discussion of the Nica raguan trouble until a later date, when he will treat lt In a special mes sage. Tells Congress that the time-hon ored Monroe doctrine ls still in forco and effect. Reports friendly relations with all European and Asiatic governments. Recommends the admission of tho territories of Arizona and New Mex ico ns separate States. Promises vigorous prosecution of all who have been shown to be con cerned in the frauds in the customs department. Declares that the Increase In H.3 cost of living cannot be charged to the protective tariff system. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OAS TOR ? A Senator Mooney Heads Minority. Washington, Dec. 10.-In caucus yesterday afternoon the Democratic Senators elected Senator H. D. Mooney, of Mississippi, as minority t?nder of the Senate to succeed Sen ator Culherson, of Texas, whoso res ignation was presented. Senator Mooney, who Is now serving the last jnear of his term, has been In tho Senate twelve years and was vice chairman of tho caucus when Sena tor Culherson resigned. Senator Shlvley, of Indiana, was elected vice chairman. -i Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds Croup r nd Whooping Cougu, ,