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UP ON LITTLE) RIVER. Considerable Loss by Eire-Proba bly the Youngest Oconee Mother. Little Uiver, March 15.--special: A. It. (?alloway happened to a very painful accident a short time bark. Ile stuck a snag in his right band, which made a very sore place. Ile was unable lo work tor some time on account of this trouble. Ile ls better at this time, however. Miss Ida Talley spent the second Sunday with the Misses Grant, of the Cheohee section. Miss Myrtie Perry spent lust Sun day with her cousins, tho Misses Burgess, of Jocassee. .1. L. Talley had the misfortune to lose a very line milch cow the past week. She fell through an under ground ditch. The cow was dead when found. 10. A. Perry made a business trip to Picketts last Monday. Surveyor J. II. Wigington visited Greenville and Asheville on business the past week. Lawrence Alexander has his face all wreathed In smiles-a big boy at his bouse. Mrs. Alexander ls the youngest mother lu this section, hav ing not yet reached ber sixteenth birthday. " Hx-Cotinty Commission?'!* .las. L. Talley bas picked up bis saw and hammer and gone lo work. This doesn't look much like politics, though the politician ls ahead of the June bug this time. J. B. Burgess had the misfortune lo lose a good tenant house by fire last week. The tire was sid out by someone or got away from some Held and came In on bis place, lt cleaned up fences and did considerable dam age. Mr. Burgess bad a good tenant bouse on the back side of bis place, with goo?l out-bulldings. The whole was cleaned up. James Nichols also lost a barn and stable lu the fire and came very near losing some of bis bouses. No insurance so far as the writer knows. Your correspondent nt this place spent last Sunday with bis brother in-law, William Burgess, of the Jo cassee section. Mr. Burgess ls a very sick man, suffering from dropsy. He lias not been able U) do any work since last. September, and very little then. lils condition ls slightly bet ter at this time. Ills many friends hoi e for bis speedy restoration to bis usual good health. M. TILLMAN OFF FOR Kl BAL ll OM H. Wanls to He With Flowers and Hear the .lune Bugs Sing. (Tho State, 17th.) Washington, March ld.-Senator Tillman left here at 4.15 on the Southern Ballway for Trenton. He is accompanied by Mrs. Tillman and Misses Lona and Sophi?- Tillman, bis daughters. The Senator walked about 100 yards down tho platform at the sta tion to take the train. Just a few minutes before time for him to leave bis apartments, he got up and dress ed, then took an auto car for the station. H?> dbl not walk down the steps at the station, but went down in the baggage elevator. Then for sein?? 1."? or 20 minutes he wailed in one of th?, small service rooms, sitting down in a ?'bair and talking with several friends, who ?ame to see him off. On bis way to the station the Senator drove hy tb?' Capitol, .just to give it a last look. Ho drove up lo th?? steps, where he was espied by Senator Hale, of Maine, who came out to see him. Senator Uah-, one of the "big four" of the Senate, told Senator Tillman I ?lat he would look alter all i he 'oca! malters in which Senator Tillman would he interested during his al? seme. The Maine Senator has served many years on the naval affairs com mittee with Senator Tillman, and tho I wo men are (dose pei ona' monds. Senator Tillman will go lo Tren ton and remain there as quietly as possible. There are no oilier plans for him. although lils family have been trying to persuade him lo go to a sanitarium in Atlanta They thought it advisable for him to stay here several weeks longer before going down, but ho insisted on going to-day, declaring thal ho wanted to gel out In his yard, where he can set bis Howers and hear the June hugs sing. Ile has great plans in his bead tor building a cattle barn and raising cattle. Tillman Honchos Trenton. Trenton, March 17.-Senator 13. lt. Tillman arrived here this morning seemingly not tho worse for his trip from Washington. He stood the trip remarkably well. Ho walked from the train to bis carriage without as sistance. Il?' was accompanied by bis two daughters and his wife. Would Have Cost Him His Life. Oscai Bowman, Lebanon, Ky., writes: "I have used Foley's Kidney Remedy, and tako great pleasure in slating it cured ino permanently of kidney disease which certainly would have cost me my life." J. W. Bell. NOTES PROM CLEMSON COLLEGE Touches on Several Mutter? of Public Interest. Ok-nison, March 15.-Special: Far mers aro moving things In this neigh borhood. We have had a good deal of rain, and gardon work ls going on. Our roads have boon In bad Bx. Wo have seen a good deal about county affairs and about ovr County Super visor, but they have done all they could do with no money. Then the I next tiling to come up was Clemson College going off; then Brother Mann and Hon. J. lt. Earle raising smoke about what they did. I don't think they did enough to fuss over, but 1 thank them for what they did do and thank Cod they did not do any more. These gentlemen ought to meet and pray together, kiss and blow off their dogs. They are both my friends and I love both of them, but it is a shame to think thal our law-makers will disagree so. The next thing is a crazy move on tho court house. I think it is at the right place, and if Seneca had lt. there what benefit would it be ex cept to a few men? I am in favor of the couti house staying at Walhalla, and hope men enough will vote for it to slay there or put one up ut i t Seneca, Westminster ami all other little Hag stations. Hob. Harsh physics react, weaken the j bowels, causo chronic constipation. Donn's Regulets operate easly, tone the stomach, cure constipation. 25c. Ask your druggist for them. A GLARING COMPARISON. What Fertilizer Ignorance Costs l's in a Single Year. (Progressive Farmer and Gazette.) According to the best obtainable statistics, the farmers of six contigu ous Southern .-Rales-Mississippi, Al abama, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia-spend over $50,000,000 a year for commercial fertilizers. The total public school funds of these States amounts to $11.000,000. And of the $50,000.000 paid for fertilizers, it is not too much to say thal over $11,000,000 is wasted through ignorance of crop ami soil needs. In other words, our Ign?rame tax on the one single, solitary item of commercial fertilizers alone is more (lian Hie total amount we are spend ing on public schools for increasing the intelligence of our children! If the $50,000,0(10 spent by these States is profitable now, reasonable knowledge of fertilizer fads would make it twice as profitable. Or to put it differently: Reasonably care ful study of soil needs, crop needs, the functions of different fertilizing elements, etc., etc., would add $50, 000,000 a year to the profits of our Southern funnel's. And $50,000,000 a year profitably j expended in bond issues, as interest and sinking fund, would put an eight months' centralized graded school within reach of every farm boy and girl in tb States, would put a macadam . ..id in these States, and would carry on a campaign against tuberculosis, typhoid fever, malaria and hookworm diseases that would probably lacerase by one-fifth the average length of human life. How fearful the waste of ignorance on one despised commodity! Accidents will happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil for such emergencies, lt subdues Hie pain and heals the hurts. Sues for $25,00?. Mrs. IC H. Twigg . of Spartanburg, through lier attorneys, lias filed a suii against the Spartanburg Streel Railway Company for $25,000 for in juries received oh ibo night of De cember '_".?. She was -trink hy a ear and injured. "Suffered day and night thc tor ment of Itching piles. Nothing bellied ino until I used ! loan's < ?int ment, lt cured me permanently." Hon John lt. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala, Plant Wood's Seeds For Superior Crops Wood's 30th Annual Seed Book is one of tho most useful and com pleto seed catalogues Issued. It givos practical information about the bestand most profitable seeds to plant for The Market Grower The Private Gardener The Farmer Wood's Seeds arc grown and selected with special referenco to tho soils and climate of tho South, and every southern planter should have Wood's Seed Book so as to bc fully posted as to tho best seeds for southern growing. Mailed freo on roqucst. Write for it. T. W. WOOD & SONS, edsmon, . Richmond, Va, We are hindquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds. Seed Po tatoes, Seed Oat?. Cow Pea?, Soja Beans, and alt Farm and Carden Seed?. ? - fi FANNIE CAUSON FREE AT LAST. Woman Loaves Prison After Serving Fifteen Veal's. (News and Courier.) Columbia, March 16.-Fannie Car son bas been pardoned by Governor Ansel. Tho woman, who, with two men, planned (be death ot* her own husband, will leave the State prison where lifteen years of her lifo have been spent. She may go bael; to that home now, where still lingers the memory of a dark night, many years ago. when .1. O. Carson lay asleep In bis bed and was murdered by Fd. Green and John Page, while the wife stealthily left the home. "De siring rather io err on the side of mercy, If 1 err at all, 1 do hereby grant unto said Fannie Carson a full pardon of the offense she has hereto fore been convicted of, and the sen tence for which she ls now serving." are the words, and a few strokes of the pen making the Governor's signa ture, that give Fannie Carson her freedom. To-night Fannie Carson is happy. Alternately laimhing with joy and sobbing from the fullness of ber heart, she awaits the morrow in ber cell at the penitentiary. She was seen late to-day and tobi of the fact that she had been pardoned. Natu rally, she was overjoyed to hear the news. One,, before, when seen at the | prison while her pardon was being j considered, she pleaded for mercy, and now that it bas come to ber she hardly realizes what freedom will mean to her. lins Repented. An humble woman now ls Fannie Carson. Out at the penitentiary they say that she bas repented of ber sins. Conducting a Bible class among her fellow prisoners, ii ls probable that she bas seen the error of ber way and is truly sorry for what she has done. Pity and the opinion that she bas suffered much are the moving powers in the securing ol* a pardon j for this woman. Frail of body, a ' physical wreck, according to the writ ten statement of phylsiclans. Fannie Carson is not a lit person, in tIn opia ion of those who considered ber case, to serve out her days in the State judson. Other Petitions Presented. Fannie Carson has not been with out hopi- in her prison life. Fight years after she bad been sentenced, a petition was presented *o Governor I ley ward, and ber pardon was then refused. Governor Mcsweeney, in 1902, also refused to pardon Mrs. Carson. Af ter seven years another petition was presented to Governor Ansel. Per : hails there never was a petition for ; pardon presented thal pleaded so elo ? fluently for the release of a prisoner. Letters upon letters from promi nent citizens ol' the community were presented. Only those who have seen the many petitions for pardon that are presented to the Governor's oillce can realize the difference be tween most of them and the Carson petition. Some of the letters were most pathetic, and in pleading tones begged for clemency. These letters bad their weight. The board of pardons, at the January meeting, recommended the pardon, and since then Governor Ansel has had the matter under advisement. After citing the history ol' the case in many details, the board gave its reason for the recommendation. The recommendation concluded : Doa rd's Decom mern lat ?on. "Because of the enormity of this crime, tin- board has with some hesi tation reached their conclusion. In consideration, however, that the peti tioner is a woman of no marked strength of mind or character, that Iber husband was addicted io drink and was at times harsh. If not cruel, in i he t real mont of his \\ [fe, I hal ?she had fallen under the influence of a crafty and designing man. who had. by his intrigue, secured her confidence, |f not her affection, and by bis stronger will largely dominat ed and controlled her conduct; that shortly niter the execution of thc crime, of which she was only an ac cessory, she repented and voluntarily gave testimony, without whic h it may have been impossible lo convict the principal In this terrible crime, and that, too. without, outside induce ment, and even without the promise and hope Of immunity; that she has already served fifteen years of im prisonment, during all ol' which time she has been not only obedient, but luis so conduct'' 1 herself as to Im press tho officials in charge that she is now an humble and penitent wo man; that from the testimony of the attending physician she is now a physical wreck, and that longer con finement will only hasten ber end, the board are of the opinion thal she has sufficiently suffered the penalty of ber guilt; that the majesty of the law has been vindicated; that tho ends of justice have been satisfied, and thal mercy should now prevail." WANTIOD.-Second-hand bags and burlap; any kind; any quantity; any where. Richmond Dag Company, Richmond, Va. GRANVILLE. 8. ?.. Omeo of IHsmity Collec tor uf Internal Revenue Maren ll, 1010_ ?sotieo t? hereby given that thc following de scribed property having been seized on Mareil 8, 1010, near Ilattio ? reek, Oeonce County, S C, from Jume? Walters, Elijah Walter?. I ulrick Waitera and Kotiert Kop r, for violation of See. 3896, Ri S. If, S : Ono lilnck maro, ono urey mare, one top linroy, one open um luitrjiy, V aota -inuit1 barneys .nip roben and 1 itaftoilf) corn whiskey; on Marth 0. 18 0, seized from J no. 1). Knole, for violation ol See #200, ll. 8. U. 8., near Morrlttsvlho, < .???. ville County, s. c.. a gallons eoin whtsk.-y; and on Mareil 8, 1DI0, seized from Konnte' Clayton and Halie Harria, for vio lation ol *?00. HH'O, lt 8. C. H., near Can pobello, SpattailbUig .'minty, S.e., ono trallon of oom whiskey. Panie-, claiming the sante must lile bond In tin: Collector's olllco within thirty flay? of tills date, or tito same will lie forfeited"to tue United States. .INO. I*. 8CKUGO8, M-12 Dep. Collector, 3d Hiv., Dist. s. C. NOTICE OK FINAL. S F IT Id ] M F XT. Notice fs hereby given that l will make n Anal settlement of the l?s tate of J. S. Floyd, deceased, In the olllco of the Probate Judge of Oco liee County, at Walhalla, S. C., on Thursday. April 21st, 1910, at ll o'clock a. m., and Immediately there after apply for a discbarge as Exec utor of said estate. JOHN S. FLOYD, Executor of the Last Will and Tes tament of J. S. Floyd, deceased. March Hi, 1910. 11-11 NOTICE OF Fl N AD SETTLEMJENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, In the State of South Carolina, at lils office at Walhalla Court House, on Thursday, the o 1st day of March, 1910, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereaf ter as said application can be beard, for leave to make (Dial settlement of the Estates of Earle \V., Olive A., Bright A., Ullin S. and Chris S. Lowry, Minors, and obtain final dis charge as Guardian of said Estates. EUGENIA P. LOWRY, (Ina rd ian. March 2, in 10. 9-12 EXECUTORS' SALE. Ry authority of an order made by the Probate Court for Oconee Coun ty, dated the 10th day of March, 1010. we will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for CASH, on MONDAY, MARCH 28th, li) 10, at i i o'clock in the forenoon, and until sold, at the late residence of John S. Dickson, the following described per_ sonni property, to wit: Two Mules, One Horse, One Milch Cow and Calf, one Two-Horse Wagon, one One-Horse Wagon, One Ruggy, One Surry, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Imple ments and Tools, a Lot of Corn, Fod der and Shucks. Also, on the 28th day of March, 11110, at .'i o'clock in the afternoon, and until sold, at the Terrell Place, near Mount Tabor Church, the fol lowing described personal property, to wit: One lot of about Four Hundred Bushels of Corn, one lot of about Thirty-five Hundred Bundles of Fodder, lot ol' Shucks. JOSEPH A. KNOX and JOSEPH C. SPEARS, Executors of Last Will and Testa ment of John S. Dickson, deceased. March 10, 1910. 1 1-12 CITATION NOTICE. Tho State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.- (In Court of Probate.)-Dy D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate.-Whereas, J. D. Sheldon has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of tho Estate of and Effects of Herbert E. Thompson, deceased These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Her bert E. Thompson, deceased, that they be and appear before me, In the Court of Probate, to be held at Wal halla Court House, South Carolina, on Thursday, the ?Hst day of March, 1010, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be grauten Given under my band and seal this 14th dav of March, A. D. 1010. (Seal.) D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconeo County, South Carolina. Published on the I Gill and 23d days of March, 1910, in The Keo wee Courier and on Ibo Court House door for the limo prescribed by law. March 1 C, I 9 10. 11-12 MASTER'S SALI-]. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Com mon Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in the case named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest b' lder, in front of tho Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, the Hil day of APRIL. 1910, be tween the legal hours of sale, the traci of land below described: Mrs. Carrie W. Pitchford, Plaintiff, against David Karney et al., Defendants. All that certain piece, lot or tract of land, situate, lying and being In the County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, on Long Creek, waters of Chattooga river, adjoining lands of Sloan Phillips. Frank Thrift, Henry Cannon and others, containing one hundred nnd ten (110) acres, more or less, being the sumo tract of lund deeded to David Karney by W. ll. Thrift, and being the same place whereon David Ramey resided on January 2Otb, 1003. Terms of Sale: Cash on day of sale. That in event of failure of the purchaser or purchasers to com ply with the terms of sale the Master do re-advertise and resell said prem ises on the following salesdny, or some convenient salesday thereafter, at the same pince and on the same terms ns heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser or pur chasers, and that he do continue so to do until be has found a purchaser or purchasers who comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay ex!ra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconeo County, S. C. March IG, 10 10. 11-13 Great Bargain Sale ! c I have decided to leave "Wal halla and will sell cheap for cash the following : Five Houses and Lots. Five Nice Building Lots ; good location ; new homes building all around these lots. One one-half acre Lot, with Nice Store Room and Two Tenant Houses, One Planing Mill Outfit complete. One 15-H. P. Geiser Engine on wheels. One Tract of Land six miles from town. I am also selling out my entire Stock of Merchandise, consisting of Groceries and Dry Goods, at Cost. All these Goods are new, clean stuff. Come quick and get some of these bargains while they last. Can save you money. D. H. Rowland, WALHALLA, S. C. A WOMAN'S RACK. Tho Adios und Pains Will Disappear if thc Advice of this Walhalla Citizen is Followed. A woman's back has many aches and pains. Most times 'tis the kidney's fault. Backache is really kidney ache. That's why Dean's Kidney Pills cure it. Many Walhalla women know this. Read what one has to say about it. Mrs. John Uamby, Faculty Hill, Walhalla, S. C., says: "I have been in poor health for several years and the doctors said my blood was not in good condition. I suffered trow pains throughout my body, but espe cially in tho small of my back. Head aches were common, and I was also subject to attacks of rheumatism. Some time ago I was advised to try Donn's Kidney Pills, and I procured a box at Dr. J. W. Dell's drug store. Since using thom I nm feeling much better. The pains In my back have greatly diminished and the kidney secret lons are more regular in pas sago. I give Donn's Kidney Pills the credit for this groat change." For sale by all dealers. Price ">0 cents. Foster-Milhurn Co., Du ff a lo, New York, sole agents for tho United Stales. Remember tho name----Donn's and tnko no other, Bubonic Pinn gue Appen. Washington, March is. Bubonic plague bas appeared in tho Hawaiian Islands. Rear Admiral ('owen P. Roes, commandant of the naval sta tion at Honolulu, cabled the navy depart moni to-day that there wore two doa tbs from the plaguo on the island of Kenokas and two on the Island of Hilo, hut that there were no other suspicious cases. THF WOFFORD SUMMED. Sf HOOT*. Another Session Will Be Held this Summer as Usual. The authorities of Wo ff o rd College will continue this summer the regu lar summer session for teachers. For the present summer tho school will last only four weeks, beginning on Tuesday, Juno 21, and ending Tues day. July lit. Twenty-five courses will be offered in the following branches: Drawing, Hug]lah, French, German, geography and physiography, history and civics, Latin, geometry, algebra, arithmetic, music, physics, pedagogy, physiology and primary methods. Additional advanced courses will be given when live or more re quest it. The school has received the en dorsement of the state Superintend ent of Fducatlon, Ibo county suporin. tendents and the Stale Ronni of Edu cation, Teachers who attended last session were granted renewal of their certifi cat os. Tho enrollment of last summer was I if.. The faculty will 1)0 made up from Wofford College, Converse College, tho Sparlanburg city schools and other institutions in tho State. A fee of $10 will be charged for all school privileges. Roan! may bo had for $16. The railroads will ho asked lo make reduced rates. A. G. Rombert, President, Sparlan burg. will gladly give detailed Infor mation. Virtue ls its own reward, but a lit tle cash helps ont. COKTRIGHTsMETAL SHINGLES ARE FIRE PROOF TMIKY will not burn. Will not split or curl like wood shingles. A Will not crack and roll off like slate. Will not rip at the seams like plain tin. Neither will they rattle during high wind storms. Thev never noed repairs and last ns loii^ as the bunding. And last of all, they make thc handsomest roof and are not expensive. SENECA 1IAKDWAKE CO., SENECA, S. C.