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WALHALLA, K. C.:
WI .DM 'SDA Y, MAY 25, HMO.
ASHIA ILLL'S FAMOUS MUMMY.
Sister.in-I?aw Bringt) Suit for Recov
ery of Uody.
Asheville. N. C., May 17.-Because
the local undertakers, who have pos
session of the body of tho late
"Lord'- Percival Shalto Douglas,have
refused to nive lier possession of it,
Mrs. Watson, who gives Hot Springs,
Ark., as her home, to-day employed
lawyers to hiing suit to recover pos
sess:;;:!. She claims that she ls a
sister-in-law of the doceascd "noble
man."
"Lord'* Douglas is one of Ashe
ville's mysteri?s, Ho came hero
eight years ago from Norfolk, Va., a
very ill man. and shortly afterwards
ho died. Immensely wealthy he ap
peared to bo until his death, and then
nothing of value was found. Ile
claimed descent from tho historic
Douglas family of Scotland. Dili
gent search was made here, and all
part- of tho ?Ioho were searched for
relatives of the aristocratic man. but
in vain. His body was embalmed.
Numerous ones have arisen to lay
claim to him, but proofs so far have
been lacking. Perfectly dressed in a
Prince Albert suit, he has stood a
perfect mummy in tin: undertaking
establishment, and has hoon visited
by thousands of people yearly from
ail parts of Hie globe.
The undertakers have been offered
fabulous prices from Barnum and
oilier circuses for this perfectly em
balmed hody. hut the North Carolina
law-makers have decreed that corpses
are not for sale in tho Tarheel State.
Mrs. Watson means to press lier still
with all possible liaste, and was ter
ribly shocked upon her arrival here
lt) Irani for the fi rs I time that her
alleged relative was unburied.
Mystery Finally Sol veil.
Asheville, May lt?. The body of
Sidney Lascelle, alias "Lord Beres
ford," alias ('liarles J. Asquith, con
victed forget-, and said to hilve been
O bigamist sixteen times over, was
to-day shipped to Washington, D. C.,
to bc cremated and the ashes to he
neill to wife No. I, whose identity ls
kept a profound secret. Tho under
takers, attorneys and agents are
sworn not to divulge her name. That
she belonged to a prominent and
wealthy New York family ls admit
ted hy those who hav,. handled the
case. She ran away from her mo
ther, escaping while her mother's at
tention was occupied at a book store,
;md with Lascelle hurried to the ..Lit
tle Rrick Church Around tho Corner"
in New York and was married twen
ty years ago.
Thc name of Mrs. T. J. Summer
Held, Passaic, \. .)., is given as tho
woman. sister-in-law of wife No. I.
who, becoming horrified upon Und
ing tli.it her brother-in-law's remains
have been unhurried for eight yeats,
and were ticing viewed by thousands
of people yearly, took step-; to secure
Its cremation.
Complicated legal documents and
nu mei (ms affidavits, Including one
from "Mrs. I .ascidie." liad to bo tiled,
i<nr these papers arc linked in the
undei taker'.- safe, where the} are
forbidden property. Lasccllc died
here as "Asquith," In November,
1002. His operation.., besides cov
ering many Stales, extended also to
langland and the Continent.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will clear the sour stomach,
sweeten Ibo breath and create a
healthy appetite. They promote tho
How ot gastric Juice, thereby Induc
ing good digestion. Sold hy Dr. J.
W. Bell, Wallulla; C, W, Wickliffe,
West Union,
Saw ( omet, Dropped Dead.
Darlington, May IK. (lessie Sna
il colored woman, about 35
years of age, Using near Society Hill,
nrosc about I o'clock this morning
und announced to lier husband thal
nbc was going to soo tho "comlk"
about which she had heard a great
deal lately, and with much trepida
tion she wont Into tho yard. Her
husband heard her fall and on rush
ing to her aid found that she was
speechless. Ho removed her Into tho
house, but she died In a few min
utes, never having regained con
sciousness.
IO A lt i - Y GUIiTIVATION OF COHN*. \
Every Fanner Should Own a Harrow
and a Weeder.
(J. F. Duggar, Ala. Bxp. Station.)
Expressed in ono sentence, the
early cultivation of corn should con
sist in the prevention of the forma
tion of a crust from thc time the seed
ls planted, or even before. However,
there are various methods of attain
ing this end, some of them wasteful
of labor, and others ripld and eco
nomical of labor.
llroadcast cull h at lon, effected by
the use of either a spike-tooth har
row or of a weeder, ls the cheapest
method of cultivation lor any crop.
Corn lends Itself especially well lo
this economical method of cultiva
tion, for tho young corn plants are
not easily uprooted, and, moreover,
there are usually In the South more
plants In a hill than will finally be
left, a condition that is generally
wise, in view of the danger that the
stand may be greatly thinned by the
ravages of bud worms during the
first few weeks of thc plant's lile.
The uso of the harrow should bo
begun before the corn ls planted, so
that when the seed is put Into the
ground lt will find an abundance of
moisture retained in the soil, as the
result of thorough preparation and
the presence of a soil mulch, or loose
layer of surface soil, made by the
harrow. If rain follows planting,
another harrowing before thc plants
appear is usually advantageous.
After corn comes tip the weeder ls
somewhat preferable to the harrow
for soils in excellent condition and
of a mellow nature, but an observing
farmer can usually make excellent
usc of either Implement.
Where the stand ls thin or where
there are few If any more plants per
hill than the number intended to be
left, some farmers prefer to omit the
use of the harrow for a week or two
alter corn comes up, this being tho
time when the young plants are most
brittle and most easily uprooted.
Yet when corn ls planted as usual,
two to four grains In a hill, I have
found thal harrowing al this time
seldom destroys an entire bill, and
j that the use of this implement, and
still more of the weeder, ts thorough
ly practicable at this lime provided
some judgment be used in giving the
proer slam to the teeth, in prevent
ing the clogging of teeth with trash,
and in tho direction in which thc
team is driven.
As a general rule applicable to
! corn planted either on ridges, on the
level, or in a deep furrow, the best
direction In which to drive the har
row or weeder ls obliquely across
the rows. Crossing the rows at
right angles may be just as good,
except on land thrown Into high beds
on which, in this direction, the draft
and depth of cutting are more Irreg
ular dian when the harrow is driven
obliquely to the rows.
Precautions to be taken to secure
th,? best work and the least possible
uprooting of plants by the harrow,
consist chiefly in setting the teeth
with a decided backward slant In
preventing their becoming choked,
for If this occurs the tooth and the
accumulated trash may gongs out
sonic hills ol com. Of course, the
use of the harrow is not advised
where the soil is extremely rocky or
where lhere are many large pieces of
stalks which might bo dragged over
the young plants.
Kol' land in excellent mechanical
condition the weeder is slightly pref
erable, partly because of the fact that
tho weeders in luosi common use i\re
drawn bj one mule while a two sec
tion harrow requires two mules. Fol
land with much clay or that has be
come rather hard, the harrow will
usually do better work than the
weeder. lu fact, clay and clay loam
soil does not usually stay long in
the beal condition for effective work
by the weeder, ll' too hard, the teeth
of i he light weeder merely make a
scratch without breaking the crust.
On tie- other hand, If the teeth of
the weeder simply leave cuts through
the soil, one may be sure thal not
Only is lue soil loo wet, bul that an
attempt at cul, vallon with the weed,
er results in harm, since ?vaporai ion
I- tuot'o rapid from a surface thus
scarred than from one not cultivated.
With a brisk team one may expect
lo cover about twice as many acres
per day as the width in feet, of the
weeder or harrow. This assumes
that there is no lapping, for which,
however, some deduction should bc
made. Cultivation willi the weeder
may he continued later than with tho
harrow. I have used the weeder sat
isfactorily on corn a foot high, run
ning diagonally across the rows.
In my opinion the Iwo-horse har
row ls the most Indispensable imple
ment Oil tho farm, exclusive of UlOSO
tools and vehicles which are in ?I:!
serval use. The cost of a spike
tooth harrow and of a weeder aro
not very different, and every farmer
working two or more head of live
stock should certainly own such a
harrow, and preferably both a har
row and weeder. The weeder can be
used In the cultivation of almost
CATASTROPHE IN PINAR DKL RIO
Hundred Peraoiia Dead as Result ot'
Dynamite Explosion.
Havana. Cuba, May 18.-Two al
most simultaneous explosions of dy
namite, supposed to consist of 3,000
pounds, completely destroyed the
rural guard barracks In the city of
Pinar Del Kio this afternoon. Kully
a hundred persons were allied and
nearly as many were wounded.
Most of the dead were rural
guards, but the entire families of
several of the o lucers of the rural
guard, it Is reported, were also kill
ed, as well as several employees of
the publie works department and
residents of tho city, on which fell
a deluge of masonry and debris from
the blown-up building.
ll 's not known whether the explo
sion was the result of an accident or
was due to an *\ct of conspiracy, but
the former hypothesis ls considered
tho more probable. Several relief
trains, carrying surgeons, oflleers and
men of the rural guard and govern
ment officials, started this afternoon
from Havana to the scene of the ca
tast rophe.
The barracks was a massive build
ing of Spanish construction and oc
cupied a site on the outskirts of the
city. During the late intervention
ii was the headquarters of Coi. Mar
ker's regiment, the I llb cavalry. Ad
jacent to the barracks was a long
row of oflleers' quarters. Recently
the barracks was occupied by the
public works department and four
troops of rural cavalry.
In consequence of tho alarm over
race disturbances, the government or
dered all deposits of dynamite in the
vicinity in the possession of contrac
tors for road construction and other
public works to be removed to Hu?
barracks for safe keeping. This af
ternoon the work of removing the
dynamite from tho barracks for
shipment to the government maga
zine In Havana was begun by em
ployees of the public works depart
ment, assisted by rural guards.
From Tullapoosa, (?a.
Tallapoosa, (la.. May 10.-Special:
We are having very cool weather In
this section of Georgia at present
plenty of rain and som<> hail. Crops
are late here on account of so much
cool weather, although some have
very good gardens.
We live in the thriving little city
of Tallapoosa, which is about iii',
miles from Atlanta. It has about
3,000 population, several stores and
blacksmith shops, one cotton mill,
one glass factory and several other
Industrial plants.
The sad news roached Tallapoosa
late yesterday afternoon of the death
of Howell McCurdy, of Krui thu rst,
Ala., which was a shock to his m c. ny
friends at this place, as this was for
merly his home. Mr. McCurdy came
to his death by the explosion of a
boiler at a large saw mill and plan
ing plant at which he was at work.
Ills many friends here feel a deep
sympathy for his loved ones.
There is not much fruit in this
part of H a ra Ison county owing to the
snow and sleet some time back.
lt seems like being in dear old
Walhalla lo read I lie news and hap
penings in and around your town
and throughout Oconee county in
the good old Keowee Courier each
week. An Oconee (ilri.
Foley Kidney Pills are antiseptic,
tonic and restorative and a prompt
corrective of all urinary irregualrl
tles. Rofuso substitutes. .1. W. Roll.
Col, Newman.
i ( ; reen wood I ndox. )
.-'outh Carolina lost a splendid type
of citizen in tile death of Coi. .1. S.
Newman, ''ol. Newman was fine who
knew, as few now living do know, tho
possibilities of our soil and climate.
Ile could on a sinai! hil of ground
make wonders grow, and he labored
all Iiis life to impart this knowledge
to ot hers.
Cullimbin Jailer Dead.
( 'oin iniua, Ma;. IN. 11 ilion Sin i t h,
the city jailer, who was skol by the
negro, John Un bb, lalo last night,
; died Lo-nlghl at a local hospital. The
negro was arrested this afternoon at
l?laynoy's, near Columbia, and is to
night in tho pon i I en tia ry.
THIN MILK
, How can the baby grow
strong if the nursing mother
is pale and delicate?
Scott's Emulsion
maker, the mother strong
and well; increases and en?
riches the baby's food.
every crop of the farm and garden,
notably In Hie early cultivation of
corn, colton, cowpeas and sorghum.
THAT ( LFMKON ANNEXATION.
Another Move Ha? Hoon Made-Next
Stop Will Soon He Taken.
(Anderson Mall, 20th.)
H. H. Greene, chairman of the com
mission in the matter of tho annexa
tion of a part of Oconeo to Anderson
county, has received the report of the
surveyors, F. H. Sweeney and D. N.
Harris, of Bickens county, who were
employed a short Hine ago to survey
the tract and make plats, etc. lt Is
shown hy the report that the terri
tory which, it is proposed to annex
contains nine and three-tenths square
miles.
Mr. Greene said to-day that the
next move in the matter will he an
Investigation of the statements made '
hy the pot ll loners in the petition
flied with the Governor, asking for
the holding of the election. A meet
ing of the commission will he held
In the near future, very likely In An
derson, and this matter will he taken
up at that time. Witnesses are to ho
examined as to the lines and dist
ances.
Tlie Hist of the report of the sur
veyors ls contained in Hie following
ihren? paragraphs or sections:
"First: Tho area of the territory,
as referred to in the petition, and as
described * * *, contains nine and
three-tenths (0.3) square miles.
"Second: Tho distance of the
nearest line of this territory to Wal
halla Court House. Oconee county, ls
thirteen miles.
"Third: The area of Oconee county
after hoing diminished hy tho above
territory is six hundred twenty-live
and seventeen onc-hundrcdlhs
(625.17) miles."
"Had dyspepsia or Indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what I did
eat distressed mo terribly. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me."-J. H. Wal
ker, Sunbury, Ohio.
Charges Mortality to (?reed.
Washington, May 20.-"More men j
have been killed in the shambles of '
pitiless greed than ever wont to their
eternal count in all the carnage of
the Civil War," declared Mr. Stan
ley, of Kentucky, in the House to
day.
Coal to Hie amount of 200,000,
000 tons is wasted annually in this
country, said Mr. Stanley, and lie
charged further that the Knited
States is the only country which
makes no effort toward safety in
mining. The result has been, he
said, that this nation killed from two
to five hundred per cent more than
any other civilized country. He said
there were 1,000,000 engaged in
mining. Ile announced that he
would vote for $150,000, In addi
tion to the $100,000 already appro
priated, looking to tho safety of min
ers.
Fewer Railroad Fatalities.
On 159,657 miles of raliway in the
United States not a single passenger
was killed in the six months term
ending .lune 30, 1909, according to
figures just published hy the Bureau
of Railway .News and Statistics.
This is a gratifying record and ono
which should prove reassuring to Ibo
traveling public.
lt means that railroad travel is be
coming jj fer, despite the increased
speed hoing maintained and Hie lar
ger number of trains being run over
the same track.
Through tho operation of the safe
ty appliance laws put into effect by
Congress and State Legislatures, in
juries to trainmen are being steadily
decreased.
The bureau statistics show that
only twice In a half century havo the
railways of Croat Britain, including a
mileage of 23,000, shown a record of
no fatalities among passengers. The I
average rate of speed maintained ls
as high as thal in this country, the
public impression to the contrary not
withstanding,
Seventeen railroads of the United
States are said to have completed a
six-year term wt'hool a passenger
killed, ninety-five companies a live
year tenn. 177 companies a four
year term, 22S companies three years,
l's? companies two years, and 2 17
companies, out of 368 reporting, one
yeai- of Immunity.
Willi the Increase in the double)
t rai katie of railroads and the rigid
enforcement of safety appliances, etc.,
reducing tho risk of railway opera
tion, fatalities should show a steady
decrease.
A Decided Monstrosity.
A Lancaster dispatch says: A sow
belonging to J. ?. Vaughn, of Pleas
ant Hill township, gave hirth to sev
eral pigs a few days ago, and in the
litter was a decided monstrosity,
which he brought to town Saturday
afternoon and exhibited, tho unsight
ly freak being dead. It had the
head and bill of a duck and the claws
of a cat.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTO R I A
Remedies are Ne
Were wo perfect, which wo aro not, i
not often be needed. Hut since our s
come weakened, impaired and brokei
indiscretions which have (Jone on from
through eountlcss generations, remedie
aid Naturo in correcting our inhcritct
acquired weaknesses. To reach tho
weakness and consequent digestivo t
nothing so good as Dr. 1'iercc's Golden
cry, a glycerio compound, extracted frc
inal roots-sold for over forty years wi
Weak Stomach, Biliousness, Liver Com)
Heartburn, Bad Breath, H?lching of loot
Derangements, tho "Discovery" is a til
The genuine has on its ~
outside wrapper the Vs
Signature \
You can't afford to accept a scoret nt
holic, mcdioino op KNOWN COMPOSITION,
thereby make a little bigger profit.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regula!
bowels. Sugar-ooatod, tiny granul?e, c
$#2,024.2-1 STOLEN FROM DEPOT.
Willie Agent I,muled (luggage, TlirCO
Packages of Money l)isup|>cnivd.
Oil City. Pa., May 19-Three pack
ages of money containing $32,024.2'!
were stolen from tho Pennsylvania
depot here at H.'?O o'clock this morn
ing while .lohn .1. Trilby, the station
agent, was loading baggage on a
Buffalo train. The money was being
shipped by the Adams Express Com
pany to Philadelphia.
The railroad detectives investigat
ing Hie robbery are of the opinion
that the theft was the work of one
man. The packages were too bulky
for storage in the small station safe,
and .Night Agent Trilby placed them
under a sack behind the ticket coun
ter, covering them carefully.
At 3.30 this morning a train pulled
into the station, and Trilby stepped
out on the platform, closing the
office door behind him. The door is
self-locking. While about 200 feet
from the station olTlce Truby saw hy
Hie light in Hie station platform lamp
that the office door was not closed.
Hurrying back he discovered that the
three packages of money were niiss
A touch of rheumatism, or a
twinge of neuralgia, whatever tho
trouble ls, Chamberlain's Liniment
drives away the pain at once and
cures the complaint quickly. First
application gives relief. Sold by Sen
eca Pharmacy; L. C. Martin, Clem
son College.
(?uni Illumed for Pellagra.
London, May 21.-Dr. Sambon, a
member of the field committee which
lias been investigating the disease pel
lagra, telegraphs from Home that the
maize is not the cause of pellagra,
but that the parasitic conveyor of
Hie disease ls the "slinullum reptans,"
a species of biting gnat.
When shown positive and
remedy had cured numerous
any sensible woman conclude
also benefit her if suffering w
Here are two letters which
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coir
Fitchvlllc, Oh
down, .suffered 1
limbs, and could
time. She cai
prostration, had
and scorned mc
two doctors but
Lydia 10. Pinl
Blood Purifier
proved so mucli
another girl.**
Irasburg, Ve
say a few words Ju praise of y<
taking it I had boen very sick
bles and nervous prostration,
tlc of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget
greatly Improved. My friends
a great change." - Mrs. A. II. S
We will pay a handsome r
prove to us that these letters
-or that either of these woi
their testimonials, or that thc
their permission, or that thc
not come to us entirely unso
What more proof can any
For 30 years Lydia E. Plnkh
Compound lias been tho stand
female ills. No sick woman
herself who will not try this fai
Made exclusively from roots J
has thousands of euros to its cr
MM? Mrs. i'inkliam invites
HHtf to writ? lier for inly
guided thousands to health i
Address Mrs* Pinkhnj
eded
medicine? would
ystems havo be*
i down through
tho early ages,
is are needed to
i and otherwise
scat of stomach
roubles, there is
Medical Discov
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th great satisfaction to all users. For
daine, Pain in the Stomach utter eating,
j, Chronic Diarrhea and other Intestinal
ne-proven and most efficient remedy.
istrum as a substitute for this non-aloo
not even though the urgent dealer may
to and invigorate stomach, liver ?ad
iasy to take as oandy.
SPANISH JACK.
I am offering the services of my
Spanish Jack tho presest season at
my stable one mlle south of Walhalla,
on the Westminster road, near Flat
Rock colored church. He is six years
old, in fine condition and well de?
veloped. Fee $7.fit). This Jack ls one
of Hie best to be had, and stock rais
ers should see him.
CHAS. W. BURNSIDE.
FOR SALE1
One 4-horse Eclipse Engine, on?-*?
Cardwell Threshing Machine, Belts
complete, one Cutaway Harrow, one
McCormick Mowing Machino, one
Drag Harrow, one pair Good Mules,
one 2-horse Wagon, ono Horizontal
Cano Mill, one 2-horse Cano Mill,
two Evaporators, ono thirteen 2
horse Oliver Chilled Plow.
J. W. OI,IVER, Walhalla, S. C.
March 16, 1910. 11-21
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
. -.
TEE STATE OF SO'/1 H CAROLINA,
COUNTY Ol' COONEE.
(In Court of Common Pleas.)
Lena Viola Phillips, Plaintiff,
against
John Mart Phillips, Defendant,
i (Summons for Relief.)
To the Defendant Above Named:
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to answer tho complaint in
this action, which will be flied in the
office of the Clerk of Court of
Common Pleas for the said county,
and to servo a copy of your
answer to the said complaint ou
the subscriber at his office, ou
the PUBLIC SQUARE, at Walhalla
Court House, South Carolina,
within twenty days after the ser
vice hereof, exclusive of tho day of
such service; and if you fail to an
swer the complaint within the time
aforesaid, tho Plaintiff in this action
will apply to tho Court for the relief
demanded In tho complaint.
April 2, 1910.
E. L. H ERNDON,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
April 27, 1910. 17-22
reliable proof that a certain
cases of female ills, wouldn't
that the same remedy would
i til the same trouble?
prove the efficiency of Lydia
ipound.
lo.-"My daughter was all run
'rom pains in lier Hide, head and
. walk but a short distance ut a
no very nour lia vine; nervous
I begun to cough a {rood deni,
dancholy by spells. Bbc tried
, got little help. Since taking
thain's Vegetable Compound,
and Liver Pills she lins im
i that she feels and looks Uko
Mrs. C. Colo, FitchvlUe, Ohio,
rniont. - "I feel it my duty to
our medicine. When I began
with Icidnoy and bladder trou- s ^
I am now taking the sixth bot- ^ fy
ablo Compound and lind myself
w ho call te see me have noticed
unborn, Irasburg, Vermont.
eward to any person who will
arc not genuine and truthful
nen were paid in any way for
; letters are published without
original letter from each did
licited.
one ask ?
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ard remet? y for
does justice to
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edit.
n!l sick women
dee. She lias
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