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The J DIED NEA It DOUBLE SPRINGS. Alex. Harden, Eighteen Year? Old, Meets Tragic Deuth. Mountain Rest, Feh. 14.-Special: A sad tragedy occurred near Double Springs on Sunday night, February 6th, when J. Alex. Harden was drowned near his home. He left his home about dark to spend tho night with ono of lils friends. Ii ls thought that while on his way he was BOlzed with a fainting spell and fell into the creek. As he did not return on Monday morning, his fa ther becamo uneasy about him and went to the place where "ho was to spend tho night. Learning that he had not been there he started out to look for bim. Ho had not gone far when he found him lying In the crook. Alex, was just coining into young manhood, having but recently entered his eighteenth year. He had a very promising future ahoad of him. He possessed many noble traits of character, and numbered his friends by the score. Ho was always full of lifo, having a cheerful word for every ono with whom he came in contact. The Interment took place nt Dou ble springs Tuesday afternoon. It was the largest funeral which has been witnessed at Double Springs In a long time. The pall bearers were all lils old schoolmates, save one, namely, Rance Hunt, Obie Lyles, Ern est Frctwell, B. Kerr, Hugh Symes and Charlie Hunt. To the grief-stricken family Is ex tended Hie heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends. A. F. FEARFUL MUHDF.H IN FLORIDA. A (??H of Fourteen Was Literally Chopped to Pieces. Tampa, Fla., Feb. 1 il.-Following the finding of the horribly mutilated body of 14-year-old Mary Tedder at the home of her father at Glenwood yesterday afternoon, Irvin llanchett, a 16-year-old white boy. was arrest ed this afternoon. He was Immedi ately spirited away by the sheriff to escape the enraged posses of citizens. Addi ional (letalis received here from tho murder are horrible. A bicycle, which the girl was riding, was found 1 Ot) yards from where ber body was discovered, indicating that her assailant had struggled with her for this distance after knocking her from ber wheel. The body of the girl showed 6.") knife wounds. She was literally cut to pieces. Following the organization of pos ses of citizens In search of a negro supposed to have committed the crime, the sheriff se uren! blood hounds and followed a trill in thc orange grove of William Woolsoy, where young Hauchett was employ ed. After a careful investigation the boy was placed under arrest. In his room was found bloody clothing and the knife with which it is believed he committed the murder. When he was arrested be seemed unconcern ed, hut strenuously dented that be had committed the crime. Paroled from School of Correction. M?ridien, Conn., Feb. 13. - Irvin Handlett, the 16-year-ojd boy, who was arrested for killing Mary Ted der, of Glnnwood, Fla., was an In mate of the Connecticut State School for boys here and bis home was in New Haven. While in the school the boy's behavior was of the best and bis conduct earned bis parole In the custody of William Woolsey, of this place, who bas an orange grove in Florida. Handsome Greenville Homo Horned. Greenville, Feb. 1 ?{-The residence of Mrs. Faun. Perry Beattie, one of the handsomest homes In this city, was totally destroyed at a late hour to-night. Some of the furniture and a few of the handsome paintings were saved from tho flames. The loss ls estimated at $15,000. Fire Destroys Charlotte Block. Charlotte, N. C.. Feb. 13.-Fire of unknown origin, which started this morning In the basement of a plumbing establishment, gutted a now brick block in the wholesale district, entailing n loss of $75,000. Tho fire, which was the stubbornest in tho City's history, burned for six hours before it wsa conquered, Pencil Pierces Child's Brain. New York, Feb. 14.- Nellie Wood ing, ll yen t's old, of Mount Holly. N. J., ls dying as tho result of a singular accident yesterday. The child while pla; lng foll, and a lead pencil, which she carried In her right hand, was driven Into her right eye and pene trated to.I be brain. Manchurian Fditor Guilty, Port Arthur, Manchuria, Fob. 14 Nichnil Augun, tho Korean editor who on October 20th assassinated Prince Ito, tit Harbin, to-day was con victed of tho crime and sentenced to death. Time for a Check. "Doctor," said tho patient upon whom the hospital surgeon lind Just operated for appendicitis, "you aro the samo surgeon that amputated tho first finger of my right hand when I had it crushed In a railroad accident a few months ago, ain't you?" "Yes," answered tho surgeon. "Well, you got my Index thou, and now you'vo got my appondix. I hopo you are satisfied." li ^| I White Goods I. H. Adan FOUR KlliUOl) IN COLLISION. I'assen gen Trains Collide 111 (?corgi a and Muny arc Injured. Macon. Ga., Feb. 14.-Southbound passenger train, No. 5, on the Geor gia Southorn and Florida Railway, collided with nortbound passenger train No. 2, 19 miles south of here this evening. Four white men wore Immediately taken from the ruins dead, and others are believed to be buried under the mass of smashed cars. Tho passenger, northbound, left Bonaire an hour late, and was mak ing tho curvo beyond Sandy Run creek at a high rato of speed. Agdnt Wallon had expected the t\yo trains to meet at Ilonaire, but for some rea son the passenger went on. Engineer Lusk and his fireman, of tho Shoofly, Jumped and were saved from instant death, but the engineer was badly injured. What became of the engineer and fireman on No. 2 cannot be learned at this hour. Tho known dead are a man named John son and Woodward Du Pro, a conduc tor, riding as a passenger. Two other white men, whose names were not learned, wore killed outright. Conductor Goldwire and Baggage master Steygar, of the northbound train, escaped Injury. Their train stayed well on the track, but the cars were telescoped. The lighter, Shoofly, southbound, was torn to pieces, and death followed there. The wreck occurred some distance from the station, and lt took consid erable time lo get the infoimatlon. Tho Latest Report, lt ls stated that the accident was caused by the crew of train NTo. 2 misreading orders to meet train No. 5 at Donaire. The dead are W. J. Yates, Macon, engineer on-train No. 5; Flagman A. It. Johnson, Macon; Conductor I. 13. Ingalta, Macon, traveling as a pas senger; Conductor rfu Pre, of Kath leen, Ga., traveling as a passenger; one unknown white man-a total of five killed ^ ^_ .MAY'S SENTENCE REPRIEVED. Dock Dill's Defaulting Treasurer a Sufferer from Tuberculosis. Columbia, Feb. 12.-Governor An sel to-day granted Charles S. May, the defaulting Kock Hill city treas urer, serving a three-year sentence in York jail, a reprieve for six months that he might be treated for tubercu losis in the State penitentiary tuber culosis hospital, which, by the way, ls about the finest'hospital of the kind in the South. At the end of tho six months tho Governor will take such action as tho case justifies. The papers set forth that May has had several hemorrhages in the Yorkvllle jail, and that the jail is damp and lacks the light and ventilation so nee. essary to a consumption patient. In the papers was a pathetic letter from May's sister, who ls In Hcnderson vllle for treatment for the same dis ease. Quinine as Anesthetic. Tho claims of Dr, Henry Thibault, of Scott, Ark., that quinine Injected ls superior to stovaine or any other anesthetic, have the support of Dr. Arthur B. Hertzler, assistant profes sor of surgery In the University of Kansas Medical College at Rosedale, and Dr, Ford B. Rogers, of the col lege dispensary, and Dr. Hoger B. Brewster, special Investigator. These doctors, after experiment ing for six months, have declared that Dr. Thibault's discovery will re sult in the elimination of cocaine as a local anesthetic. Fertilizer Plant Makes Dig Fire, Greenville, Fob. 1 3.-Fire break ing out at an early hour to-night did about $?50,000 damage to the $100, 000 plan! of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, located In the suburbs. The loss ls understood to be fully covered by Insurance. The blaze was spectacular, the fire having originated in tho acid chamber of tho main building, and while it burned the explosion of tanks of sul phuric acid attracted great crowds from the city. Are You Reading i make good every claim. If you could go to th South Rend, Ind., mid see thc hi{ the Studebaker; If you could see thc c selected and examined; If you could follow e\ from beginning to end ; If you could nt one g Maine to Mexico und see what spl aro giv' vj ? hen, you needed a wagon you You would get mmmmmm right awi C. W. PITCHFORD A Beautiful Line o , Linens, Percales, ns' Depart HAS 1) LIVING GRANDPARENTS And Also a Stop-Greut-Grnndmothor Thrown in for Good Measure. Return, Feb. 14.-Special: Return school ls on a boom now under the management of Prof. John W. Rey nolds. Tho average attendance for last month broke the record of any previous month. J. B. Duncan and family, accompa nied by Miss Leila ?lair and S. E. Drowning, visited the family of S. A. Williams Wednesday. They hoard some of that old time treble singing, by Mrs. Williams, Uko that we used to hear in our earlier days. Mrs. Clarence Miller is reported quite sick at this writing! also tlie elder son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Wil liams. Mrs. Dr. Ellis ls Improving. We hope will soon be restored to her usual health. Wo noticed recently an article lu The Courier about tho child who has the most grandparents, and think we can tell of one who has more than lt. Haskell. Dearden, who lives In this settlement, has a child who has niuo grandparents and a step-grandmo ther living. Its grandfather and grandmother on both sides of the house are living, and Us great-grand father and mother on both sides, and Us great-great-grandmother on Its father's side, and a greal-step-grand inother on Its mother's side. Mrs. M. M. King, who lins been making her home in Martin, Cu., with ber daughter since last Decem ber, has returned to her old home near Return and will make her home for a season with her son, W. E. King. M. M. Took All His Money. Often all a man earns goos to doc tors or for medicines to cure a sto mach, liver or klndney trouble that Dr. King's New Lifo Pills would quickly cure at slight cost. Dost for iyspepsla, indigestion, biliousness, constipation, jaundice, malaria and debility. 25c. at all druggists. CONSCIENCE MONEY COMES IN. Meyer, Pitts & Co. Disgorge-Lyon (?ets Cheek for 9fl,4S7.R0. Columbia, Feb. 14.-More con science money came In 'o-day to At torney General Lyon from the Meyer, Pitts & Company, of Baltimore, In the shape of a check for $3,437.60. This money was secured by Col. Tom Felder, of Atlanta, the attorney for the commission. Meyer, Pitts & Company did busi ness with the old State dispensary, and all matters had been wound up with them. They did not have a claim against the State, neither was there an over-judgment against tho firm. The money came on the moral Influence exercised by the other whis key houses, who, becoming afraid, sent In conscience money. Unclaimed Letters. Following is a list Of unclaimed letters remaining In tho Walhalla post office for th?j week ending February l i. 1910: Bruie, Monsieur Petruce. Bryson, Miss Annie. Clark, Rev. and Mrs. Melton. Persons calling for the above will please say they were advertised. A. C. Merrick, P. M. Tallahassee Robber Identified. Mrs. derry McAuluj, of McKees port, Pa., was shown a picture of a man killed a few weeks ago, while attempting to rob the post office at Tallahassee, Fla., and she Identified lt as that of ber husband, who had boen missing for nearly a year. When dying the robber continually mut tered "Mc.Keesport." :tr> Cases Hookworm in ll Families. Montgomery, Ala.. Feb. 14.-Of 00 persons examined In Pike county for hookworm, 35 were found Infected. These were In eleven families. This Is the report made to the State Health Department by Dr. R. G. Per ry, working under the auspices of the office. Our Weekly Talks VEHICLES? { claims for your consideration, sure that the Studebaker will o great Studebaker factory at jh grade timber that goes into are with which every piece is 'cry process of construction, lance sweep the land from endid satisfaction these wagons t would not heiltat? a Studebaker iy from sra! Merchandise Walhalla Woolens, Etc. ment Ston Has Eleven Grandparents. Long Crook, Feb. 15.-Special: Speaking of having the greatest num ber of grandparents, we are satisfied that little Bert Moore, tho 3-weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Moore, of Long Creek, heads the Hst. He has two grandfathers, two grand mothers, four great-grandfathers and three great-grandmothers, tho total being eleven grandparents. Wo hope that little Bert may be the possessor of this number of grandparents for many years to come. Little Bert's grandfather, W. N. Moore, who ls only 44 years old. has seen six of his generations already. D. D. SPANISH JACK. I am offering tho services of my Spanish .luck the presest season at my stable ono mlle south of Walhalla, on the Westminster road, near Flat Hock colored church. Ho ls six years old, in flue condition and woll de veloped. Fee $7. This Jack ls one of the best to be had, and stock rais ers should see him. CHAS. W. BURNSIDE. February 10, 1910. 7-tf MASTER'S HALL. j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in the case named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in iront of tho Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, the 7lh day of MARCH, 1910, be tween tho legal hours of salo, tho tracts of land below described: William F. Austin. Plaintiff, against Eine D. King, Defendant. All those two certain pieces, par cels or tracts of land, situate lying and being In tho County of Oconce, of the State of South Carolina, de scribed as follows, to wit: One tract on branch of Snow Creek, waters of Conncross Creek, on north side of public road leading from Oakway to Tokeena, containing fifty-eight acres, more or less, adjoining lands now or formerly owned by Filie D. King, J. W. Ilaulbrooks, W. S. Prichard, R. H. King and IO. W. Mason, purchased by Ellie D. Klug from Mrs. M. J. Ver lier, and more fully represented by plat made by J, B. Sanders, Sur veyor, on the List day of December, 1 SO 8. ALSO, That other tract of land, on branch of Snow Creek, waters of Conncross Creek, on north side of public road leading from Oakway to Tokeena, containing thirty and one-tenth acres, more or less, adjoining lands now or formerly of Effie D. Klug, Ed. D. King, J. W. Ilaulbrooks, N. J. Gum brell and E. W. Mason, hoing part of the tract of land bought from Mrs. M. J. Vernor by Ed. D. King, and conveyed to Erne I). King hy said Ed. D. King. TERMS OF SALE: CASH. That In event of failure of the purchaser or purchasers to comply with the terms of sale within five days from ',-,y of sale, tho Master do re-adver i.. 3 and resell said premises on the following salesday or some conven ient salesday thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms as here tofore set out, at the risk of the for mer purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do continue so to do until he has found a purchaser, or purchasers, who comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. Sold at the risk of the former pur chaser, J. S. King, who failed to com ply. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. February 16, 1910. 7-9 A CALL FOR A MEETING OF THF STOCKHOLDERS OF BANK OF WALHALLA. A meeting of tho stockholders of Bank of Walhalla Is hereby called to meet In the Bank Building of Bank of Walhalla, at Walhalla, S. C., at 3 o'clock p. m., on tho 24th day of February, 1910, to consider tho ad visability of Increasing the Capital Stock of Bank of Walhalla to $T>0, 000 and consolidating Tho People's Bank with tho Bank of Walhalla. W. L. VERNIER, Cashier. J. D. VERNER, President. January 2?, 1910. 4-7 CITATION NOTICE. Tho Slate of South Carolina, County of Oconee.-(In Court of Probate.)--By D. A. Smith; Judge of Probate.-Whereas, Mrs. Annie Ilus kamp has made suit to nie to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and Effects of Mi.ss Ella V. Galbreath, deceased These aro, therefore to elle and admonish all and singular tho kin dred and creditors of the said Miss Ella V. Galbreath, deceased, that they be and appear before me lu the Court of Probate, to bo hold at Walhalla ('oort House, South Carolina, on Thursday, the 3d day of March, 1910, after publication hereof, at 1 1 o'clock In tho forenoon, to show causo, If any thoy havo, why tho said administra tion should not bo granted. Given undor my hand and seal this 14 th day of February, A. D. 7 910. (Seal.) D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probato for Oconeo County, South Carolina. Published on thc 10th and 23d days of February, 1910, in Tho Koo weo Courier and on tho Court House door for tho timo prescribed by law. February IC, 1910. 7-8 Frite for Samples. 3, Seneca, S. C. BS .|??|??!??|? ?J??!??!??!??!? .|.?|??|?.J?.J. ?J? ?J^?J??J? . J? ?J??J? ?J??|.?|.?|?.|.?|? ?J.?|??J.^??|? OVERCOATS Vi inter Lingers in the Imp of Spring. Nobbiest and Most Up?to?Date Line of Overcoats Ever Shown Here. Your Pick at Almost Your Own Price. CARTER and COMPANY, Walhalla, S. C. I OVERCOATS FOR SALE. Eleven room House on three fourth acre lot in Richland, suitably located for boarding house. Has servants house, barn and other out-buildings. Apply to Mrs. S. H. COE, Richland, S. C. Interesting Letters. Wo wrote a letter to a few of tho users of our Fertilizers, asking them to write us just what they thought of our goods and the results obtain ed. Below we give you three letters, all addressed to the Westminster Oil & Fertilizer Company: No. 1. Gentlemen: l used your Guano In 1009. lt gave good satisfaction, and 1 consider lt better for corn and col ton than any I have ever used. I ex pect to use lt again. Respectfully, T. E. KILBURN. Westminster, S. C.. R. F. D. No. 2. No. 2. Gentlemen: I have used your Guano for two years, and have boon well pleased with results. I expect to give It another (rial this year. It does the work for mo. 1 am, yours truly, J. S. SMITH. Westminster, S. C., R. F. D. No. 2. No. H. Gentlemen: Having used your Piedmont Guano last season, I think it ono among the best Fertilizers I over used. 1 made seventeen bales last year with two mules, on very or dinary land, with sorry cultivation. Respectfully yours, J. A. GALLAHAM. Cross Roads, Oconee County. Town Property. Dr. Thomson's Home, with four acres of ground. Will sell as a whole or cut up in lots. If you want a bargain in a home, call at once and get prices and terms. Farm Property. One 60-acrc Farm, about three miles from town, with good improvements, for rent. J. H. DARBY, REAL ESTATE AGENT, People's Hank. Walhalla, 8. O. You have tried the rest. Now try the Best. MILLINERY! COMPLETE STOCK NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED AT MRS. It. CALLA W AY'S Ml LLI NEK Y STORE, OLD POST OFFICE DOOM. All tho latest in Notions, Collars, Collar Stays; all kinds Veils, Gloves, Corsets, Dolts, Huttons, Barettes, Sido and Rack Combs, Washable Rats, Wire Rats, Turban Foundations and Underwear at lowest pricos. I am constantly recoivlng tho lat est Novelties for ladles. Will bo In Atlanta two weeks getting up tho lat ost spring stylo Rats and Novelties, Store open all day. You are respectfully Invited to in spect my line. MRS. IL GALLA WAY, 1 Walhalla, S. G. I have thc facilities, time and energy to give you best values in all kinds of insur ance. If you arc a wage earner, better see mc about health and accident policy, I can insure your homes, cattle, mules and horses. Start a savings ac count and protect your families by get ting a life policy. Have a $1000 acci dent policy at $1 per year. JAMES M. MOSS, General Insurance Agency. Office Over O. W. Pitchfork's Store, WALHALLA, S. O.