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'o "TO THINE OWN SELF BE THUR. AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DA Yt THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO AN1 MAN." . By STECK, SHELOH St SCHRODER. Why Pa WHEN YOU CAP AX PRICES QI Clover Leaf, Fancy Patent Flour Best Timothy and Clover Hay, No, li Timothy Hay, $1.25 per Hos? CH pited White Oats, per Kiln-dried White Corn, 91.00. Hoiiie-nuide Corn, $1.10. Pure Wheat Shorts, $1.50 per Pure Wheat limn, $1.50 per Checkerboard Chick Feed, (we Checkerboard Scratch Feed, $2. Pi'otena Cow Feed is being used fin?* to mix with your Cotton Seed l'urina, or Checkerboard, Alfalfa l'urina Alfalfa Feeds are const most palatable <<> all kinds of stork, needed digestible protein, in which lng feed, therefore, blends well is heating. Purina regulates both mais and keeps (hem healthy, thus dit ion powders. Yours C. W. & J E a IT PAYS TO LOCAL MATTHUS ABOUT SENECA Brief Hits of Local News Picked Up Here and There. Seneca, May IO.- Special: On next Sunday morning there will be gin, at the Baptist church, a series of meetings, which will he conducted hy the pastor. During the Hist week service;-, will only he held at the evening hour, and announcements will he made later for the second week of tho meeting. Miss Margie Holland spent seve ral days recently visiting her home folks at Covington, (?a., and with friends in Atlanta. .Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ebenezer Vernor have issued invit?t hms to Hie marriage of their daughter, Henri etta Dart, to Furman Hughs Burns, ? on Wednesday evening, May 18th, at S.:iO o'clock, at their home at Rich land. Prof. 1). h. Nicholson spent the past week-end in Atlanta. The young set enjoyed a delightful social function at the home of Mrs. L. W. Vernor Monday evening. On Thursday next Miss Mary .Julia Reid will reach her home here after j a successful sehoo' year at the Col-, logo fer Women at Charlotte. Miss Reid also finished with distinction in music at tills school. Ile/ friends here will welcome with open a, ni and hand her return to Seneca. Miss Lynn Veiner, ol' Richland, spent the week-eiid with relatives here. Ed Vernor also visited Seneca re cently, attending (he social affair at Mrs. L. W. Vernor's Monday evening. The Once-n-Weok Cl h was delight fully entertained hy Mrs. Wm. Neill last week. The recent heavy rains have given the black-eye to business, and on Sat urday last there was a continuous downpour, greatly interfering willi th?' usual Saturday trade. Miss Clara Hunt attended tho cotillion at Clemson Friday night. T. M. Lowery luis returned from Americas, On., where he made exten sive business deals. We can all but hear I he echo of Absolutely Puro y More ? * BUY FROM us IOTED BELOW ? , $<?.:15 a barrel. $1.40 pei* hundred, hundred. feet ly clean, 70r. per bushel. Sack. Sack. sell hy (he (un), $2.50 per sark. HO per Sack. by (he very best dairymen, ami i( is Meal. $2.00 per Sack. Feed, $1.00 per Sark, audy growing in popularity. It is lt adds to corn feeds a much eorn is deficient. Purina is a cool? with corn, which, when fed straight, bowels ami kidneys of work nil!? avoiding tile necessity of using con truly, BAUKN1CHT. HY FOK CASH." TAFT "UTTKRIJY HOPKIJKSS." The Country is Saving; Itself from Ks chief Executive. (Zach McGee, in The State.) Washington, May S.-The utter "hopelessness" ol* President Tall, seems to grow on Washington Crom day to day. ll* the country were not so thoroughly awake there ls no tell ing what vicious legislation might get through Congress, not that Mr. Taft is himself vicious or corrupt or yet aligned with those that are, but that he is as near to absolute Insanity as it is possible for a man lu the White House lo be. "Poor fellow! ll* he were not a tragedy, he would he a joke," expresses the sentiment which seems to pervade the atmosphere. And with such a man lu the White House; and the established habit, had as it is, of legislating, according to som?, administration program, there are those In Congress, of whom Ald rich and Cannon are the most con spicuous lypes, though not personally the worst met) in Congress, who would pass through what the rail roads, the powerful and plundering banks of New York, the grail inj', manufacturing interests of New lang land and the Middle West want. Put Fortunately the people are alive to the situation and they are calling on their Congressmen to vote down the so-called Taft program, Whereupon those Congressmen, enough Republi cans at least uniting with the Demo crats to kill the vicious railroad leg islation. And so the Taft "policies" are go ing to fall. Already the railroad bill bas been denatured, and it looks now as if the whole thing ls going to be killed. wedding bells, Hie echo in this in stance preceding the ringing of the bolls. Mrs. C. V. McCnrey and daughter ?and Mrs. T. IO. Strlbling arc visiting at Pet reat t his week. Duke W. Vernor spent Sunday with his hnmofolks. M. V. S. Grapes? Vicious, healthful-^ the most valuable ingre the active principle, to ikingPowder rares wholesome and BlieSons food for every day Sa every frome NO ALUM CKOKCE V PROCLAIMED KINKI. Heralds, Witii Trumpet Blasts, Sum mon Populace to St. James Palace. Pondon. .May 0.-With tho time honored ceremony of a brilliant and Impressive character, George V this morning was publicly proclaimed Kin? or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British dominions beyond the seas, defender of the faith and Emperor of India. I Sharply at the stroke of !). four heralds, arrayed In mediaeval uni forms of scarlet, heavily braided with gold, mounted the balcony of I Friary court, at st. .lames palace, where Queen Victoria presented her self to the people upon the opening lot* her memorable reign, and blow a ; fanfare through their long silver ( trumpets. j , The precincts of the palace by ibis time were a great mass or peo ple, many of whom could secure but. the briefest glimpse of the proceed ings. The balconies and roofs of the ancient palace, which had been draped with red cloths, were reserved for the notables, all of whom wore In the deepest mourning. Members of the royal household, the ministers and their wives and high officers of Slate;, all In brilliant uniforms, were gathered around the court. Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, with tho Duke of Norfolk and two Officers bearing the staves of office, stepped to the front of the balcony, and In a volee which could be heard across the court and in the streets adjoining, read tho proclamation, while great throngs stood uncovered in the driz zling rain. The duke and Sir Alfred then called for three cheers for the Mug, and the people responded with fairly deafening hurrahs, which were silenced only by the reappearance of the heralds, who sounded another fanfare. The last note hardly died away whim the bard and the Coldstream Gunrds, which had taken up a posl iion in the square, struck up "(?od Save ibo King." As the national ant bom was concluded, the first gun from the battery in St. .lames Park ? belched a royal salute, and the peo ple in I hi* square and st reets at the same moment took up the refrain. Poth Houses Take Oath. The House of Lords reassembled to-day, and the ceremony of taking the oath of allegiance lo tho new king was continued and 50 peers were so sworn. The House of Com mons also met to permit Its members to swear allegiance lo King George. Tlie law court, which will resume sessions io-day, made it tho first busi ness of the judges and other officers to take the oath ol' allegiance. Five Reigning Families Affected. Five reigning families of Europe besides thal of Creal Britain are di rectly affected by tho King's death. They aro Germany, Russia, Spain, Denmark and Norway. The British royal family ls a prolific one, and de scendants of Queen Victoria, mother of King Edward, married into reign ing families of four of the principal nations of Europe, while Queen Alex andra herself is a daughter ol' tho Danish royal lino. Queen Alexandra is the eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, and ls a sister ol' the dow ager empress of Russia. Through Queen Alexandra, Hui courts of Den mark and Russia are directly affected by King Edward's death. tineen Maud of Norway, wife ol' King llaakon VII, ls a daughter of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. Emperor William or Germany, is a nephewoof King Edward, bis mother, tho late Empress Frederick, having boon a sister of the King. Victoria Eugenie, Queen e' Spain, before her marriage to King Alfonso, was Princess Ena of Battenberg, Her mot ber was the late Princess Henry, of Battenberg, a sister of the King. Tho late (?rand Duchess Alice of Hesso was a sister of King Edward. Her daughter, Alexandra Fodorovo ?na. King Edward's niece, is the pres en i c/.a rina ol' Russia, i Through collateral family connec IUC HI;AND'S NEWS LETTER. Coining Murringo Announced-'Hie Ladies Enjoy "Spcnd-tho-Dny." Richland, .May 9.-Special: We have had a good season of rain that was much needed. Revs. G. M. Wilcox and A. 10. Drlg gers, of Walhalla, were in town Mon day evening. Marcus McDonald and Henry Hughs, accompanied the Seneca base hall team to Westminster as catcher and pitcher respectively. Although they fought n good hattie the game was lost in "the dark," for they went up on No. 11 and started to playing. lion. 10. 10. Vernor, J. D. McMahan, X. S. Sligh and .1. I?. Strihllng at tended the Democratic meeting in Walhalla on Monday of last week. Invitations were sent out during the past week which were worded as follows: "Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ebenezer Vernor rennest the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter. Henrietta Dart, to I'urmaii Hughs Burns, on Wednes day evening. May the 18th, at half past eight o'clock. At home, Rich land. S. C." Miss Lynn Venter spent the week end with friends and relatives In Seneca. The chief event of the week among the young ladles was the "spond-the day" party given by Miss Belle Strih llng last Friday. The guests arrived between IO and 11 o'clock. They played ball a while and then went In doors for a rest and chat about school days and other things until dinner, which was served about 1 o'clock. The report ls that it was nu excellent dinner. After dinner was over they took a wild bower hunt, but as tho, weather was threatening they were called into the house, where they found a quilt square for each ono to "sew up," and Mrs. 10. R. Strlb ling acted as judge. Five of the young ladies tied, .so they had to draw straws. Miss Lula Wyly being the lucky one. Each one was given a thimble as a souvenir. Delicious lemonade was served by Mrs. J, P. Strihllng. The guests reported hav ing enjoyed the day Immensely. J. P. Strihllng and son Stiles at tended the teachers' examination, the former as a member of the coun ty board of education and the latter lo stand the examinai lon. A new departure in the questions sent out by the State Board of Edu cation for teachers' examin?t lons was a well-selected set of questions on agriculture. This department was placed in charge of our veteran far mer, J. P. Strib.ling, who ls a mem ber of tl " county board of education. He said it was rich to hear the ques tions asked him by the would-be teachers as to tho meaning of cer tain agricultural terms, '.-'.c. The teachers promised to do better next time and be better "up" oil this all important branch. Looks like the bottom soil is getting on top at last. Agriculture must be taught. In ?.he public schools from now on. I luck. .lohn D. Rockefeller would go broke If he should spend his entire Income trying lo prepare a beter medicine than Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel complaints. It ls simply Impossible, and so says every one that has used lt. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell. Walhalla; C. W. wickliffe, West Union. Hons, the other reigning families Of Europe, with the exception of two of the Balkan States, Servia and Monte negro, are blood relations ol' the lat?? King. The British, Cern?an and Spanish embassies and the legations of Den mark and .Norway lu Washington will observe the customary 30 days' mourning. During this lime no en tertainments will be given at the embassies or legations. Funeral Will Be Held May 20. London, May 9.-May 20th is the date ol' tho King's funeral. The body will be removed on May 17 from Buckingham Palace lo Westminster Hall, when; it will lay in slate for three days. On the third day it will bo taken to Windsor Castle. Thc body ol' the late monarch will be borne on a gun carriage through the streets ol' London to Paddington station and again through the streets of Windsor lo the castle. The pro cession will be similar lo that on the occasion of the funeral of tineen Vic toria in 1 90 1. Above the casket will be placed the royal insignia, the crown orb and sceptre. King George, mounted, will ride Immediately behind the casket, followed by other male members of the royal family, foreign monarchs and special ambassadors. The Queen, Queen mother and ladies of the royal family will come next In carriages. The remainder of tho cortege will be made up of representatives of the army and navy, members of the Im perial household and high officer's of State. -. ?. -- The splendid work of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is dally coming to light. No such grand remedy for liver and bowel troubles was ever known before. Thousands bless them for curing constipation, sick headache, biliousness, jaundice and Indigestion. Sold by tho Seneca Pharmacy; L. C. Marlin, Clemson College. CONN Kl tOSS AXI) VICINITY. Heavy Hains Causo Damage-Mar? I'lagc of Popular Couple. Coimeros?, May !).-Special: Ow ing to tho inclemency ot the weather, our pastor failed to HU his appoint- i meats here Saturday and Sunday. Mack Sanders, wife and Children spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Westminster visiting relatives. Mrs. Mary Ahhott was in West minster Friday visiting her daugh ter. Mrs. W. W. Mitchell. She was accompanied hy Mrs. Maille C?ruhhs, of Walhalla. Mr. Snipes, of Anderson, was In this section Saturday and Sunday. T. I... Alexander was in Seneca Inst Thursday on business. M. M. McFlrath has returned to his home in Sparlanhurg, after a pleas ant week's visit at the home of ,1. W. Cilmer. .1. 1). Ahhott visited relatives in Walhalla recently. W. C. Harker, of Tamassee, was at the home of the Harker family here Wednesday and Thursday. He was necoinpanie dhy his little son, hld wa rd. S. M. Muiltlicutt was recently call ed to the bedside of his brother, W. F. Hunnictltt, of New Hope, who is quite indisposed. The rains on last Saturday and Sunday were very heavy all over this community. Farm lands and roads were washed very badly. The streams were badly swollen and much damage is reported to crops on hotlom land. .1. C. Harker was among the busl ness visitors in Westminster last Thursday. Mrs. Sallie Alexander returned to her nome here last Tuesday, aller having spent some time with rela tives in Westminster. The ordinance of baptism, which was io have been solemnized last Sunday, was postponed on account of the unfavorable conditions of the weather, and for the same reason, the Y. W. A. failed to have Its reg ular meeting at 2 p. m. Tile Y. W. A. is expected to be represented at the missionary meeting at the First Baptist church al Westminster next Thursday, and we are anticipating nil interesting meeting. The marriage of Wayne Hopkins and Miss .Inila Sanders was (inletly solemnized at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. .1. M. Sanders, in the Poplar Springs section. Sun day evening, in the presence of a few relatives and friends. The ceremony was performed hy the bride's pastor, Kev. D. C. Williams. The "room ls a prosperous farmer of this commu nity and the bride ls one of Poplar Springs' popular young ladies. They will make their home in this vicinity. We extend to Mrs. Hopkins n cordial welcome to our community. The couple have many friends who will join us in wishing them every hap piness and a full measure of pros perity through life. K. 15. H. A Man Wants to Die only when a lazy liver and sluggish bowels cause frightful despondency. Hut Dr. King's New Ufe Pills expel poison? from the system; bring hope and courage; cure all liver, stomach and kidney troubles; impart health and vigor to the weak, nervous and ailing. 25c. at all druggists. Auto Hollonds Woman in Chicago. Chicago. May 10.-An automobile with blood stains on the wheels, found abandoned lu an alley hero to day, ls believed to be the machine, which caused the death of Mrs. Al bert Hebr last night. Mrs. Bohr and her husabnd, a car penter, were about to cross the street when the car is said to have swerv ed Into Mrs. Behr, who was almost decapitated before the eyes of her husband. 'Die chauffeur did not stnn. it is reported, and quickly dis appeared into Lincoln Park. The al ley In which the machine was found by detectives to-day is several miles ?rom the scene of the accident. A police captain, whose son is be lieved to have been one of five men in tho car, ls active in conducting the. Investigation. Three saloon-keepers and tho driver are said to have been ! he ol her occupants. Doctor Guilty of Minder. Paton Itouge. La.. May !t. -"(?nilly as charged, wit hon I capital punish ment." was tho verdict of tho jury In tho case of Dr. 10. C. McWowen, a prominent physician, charged with tho murder of IC. K. Judson, an in mate of the Louisiana Insane Asylum. McKowen ls one of the most widely known medical men in the State and is connected with many of tho mosl prominent families. The murder of Judson occurred near Jackson, La. Circumstantial evidence showed that McKowen and Judson, between whom there was a strange weird friendship, were soon together In the woods; that McKowen returned lu a buggy a little later with something like a body at his foot. There were many other links in the chain of evidence which finally led to his conviction. A proposition ls on fool to estab lish in the ancient city of Palos, from which Columbus sailed to discover tho Now World, a permanent agricul tural and Industrial exposition to in crease the friendly and commercial relations between the nations of America and Spain. in KILLED; no IND KI ID. Explosion Wrecks Canadian Powder Pliint mid Despoils Country. Ottawa, Ont., May 8.-An explo dion wliicl) late this afternoon wreck ed tho plant of tho General Explo sives Company of Canada, situated a mlle from Hull, Quebec, and four miles from this city, killed 1G per sons and injured f>0 others. Tho force of the explosion was terrille. The country for miles around was laid waste and many small dwellings in the city of Hull, on the side near est the scene, were flattened to tho ground. A base hall game was lu progr688 a short distance from tho powder works when a lire was seen In ono of the small buildings of the powder plant, and the crowd began to swarm up the hill to get a heller view of tho blaze. Some men in the crowd, aware ol' the possibilities of the danger when the main magazine was reached, pleaded with the crowd to go still Ta rt her hack, and many of them heeded the warning. The base ball game broke up and the remainder of the spectators and the players rushed up to join tho crowd at the lire. It was then (hat. the magazine exploded. There were two stunning detonations. Every thing within ix radius of a mlle and a half was torn and shattered. Giant trees were snapped off close to the earth, barns and dwellings were con verted hilo kindling wood, and even In Ottawa, four miles from the scene, hundreds of plate glass windows woro broken. The scene where the crowd from the ball Held stood resembled a bat tlefield. Headless, armless ?ind leg less bodies were lying about a ni n og scores of unconscious forms. The terrille shock brought thou sands ol' terror-stricken people Into tho streets (rt' Hull. Some thought it was an earthquake, while other cried out that Halley's comet had struck the earth. At lt) o'chxk a police estimate placed the number ol' dead at Ifi and Injured at r>0. Rideau Hall, tho official home of Karl Grey, and the buildings on Par liament Hill, caught I he fuji forco of the explosion, being i wo miler, nearer the powder plant than the main sec tion of tho city. Every window lu Rideau Hall was blown out, and two great stone chimneys toppled over. The Parliament buildings were also damaged greatly. Florence Man Shot. Florence, May 8.--Karl Campbell, a clerk at .1. F. Stack ley's Hast Flor etee grocery store, and a sou of D. \V. Campbell, ..' this city, was shot in the head last night, while al work In the store, in a most mysterious manner. Mr. Campbell and the other clerks in the store were preparing to closo ti]), and were arranging the stock ac cordingly. While in the act of hang ing a bunch of bananas thc report of a gun was heard on the outside of tho building and Campbell was seen to fall, at the same time exclaiming that he was shot. Upon examination il was found that he had received a bullet wound in the head, from which blood was How lng freely. Ile was quickly taken lo a physician, and lt was then found that the hallet from a 44 or <18 calibre rifle had struck him in the head, just behind the fore head, passed around under the skin through the temple and out behind the ear, making an ugly, though not as yet a serious wound. In the meantime the police and others were searching for the direc tion from which came thc shot. ll. I was found that a shot had been fired from W. P. Rogers'* livery stable, across the street, directly lu front ol! Stackley'a store. ? Kogers, it is slated, had been drinking during the evening and had become enraged with sonic one at his, house and picked up a 44 calibro rille and fired at the party. The ball, missing It.s mark, went through tho window ol' the second story of thu stable building, where tho row wa.f going on, across the si root, through the open door of Stackley's store, striking Campbell in (he head, a? above stated. Rogers was at once placed under arrest and carried to the Station house and locked up on tl " ehargu ol' dring the gun. Rogers.-. "dilldron were arrested as witnesses mid were also locked up. Campbell iH doing as well as could be expected and will get along all right unless hood poisoning from tho bullet develops. Il was certainly a close call for Campbell and tho others In tho store at the time. Hied to Save His Wife. Keb Roy, Ark., May !>.-Caught on a narrow trestle of the Cotton Kelt Railroad with his wife and two other persons, Frederick t!. Zolslet, a con struction engineer, Hu ow his wlfo from the trestle and thea niel almost instant death under tho wheels ot the train. Henry Dobson, of Leaven, worth, Kans., and lils wlfo wore also struck by the engine and narrowly escaped dying In a sanitarium at Pino Bluff, Mrs. leisler escaped with onlj? slight bruises. ' .,.",,>.j