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..TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE. AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAV: THOU CANST NOT THEN HE FALSE TO AN1 MAN." . By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, lf)10. Nov. Serlos No. 541,-Volume LXT_No. ?1. ^.*?M'I**I* *J?J? ?J? ?$.?!. ?j? ?j? ?j? ?|? ?j? ? Town Talk 1 Majecti Cl? We can make you t on the above. All Hinds of Corn, Oats, Hay, B I*- Meal, Purina Alfalfa Hors* Dairy Feed. Let us make you pr "It pays to bi ; C. W. ?? J. E. WALHALLA, C. cV W. C. TRAIN BURNED. Engineer and Eireimm Killed-Sev eral Passengers Injured. Augusta, Ca., July ?il. -Passen ger train No. ii on tho Spartan burg division ot' the Charleston ft West ern Carolina Railroad, due lo arrive in Augusta froth Spartanburg at 6.15 i>. m., ran into a burning tres tle about a mile and a half from ^Woodlawn, resulting in the total de struction of tho train, the death of Engineer Hank Taylor and Fireman Simon Dunbar, colored, of Augusta, and slight injury to sixteen passen gers. When the train was entering a reverse curve Boggngemaster George Rox directed the attention of Con ductor W. B. Verdery to large vol umes of smoke, which he believed to be coining from the trestle, then a mile distant from Hie train. Con ductor Verdery watched the smoke until the train had rounded tho curve, when he saw that the lire was on the trestle. Immediately lie pull ed the danger signal, and ran from the baggage car back to the first class passenger coach and pulled the emergency brake, but already Hie j engine had run onto tho trestle, and plunged through to the little creek below, pulling with it tho lender, , baggage car and the front of one of the passenger coaches, The coach tilting from the wreck age to thc roadbed above formed a flue through which the llames from the trestle debris were carried lo the train proper, and in less than five minutes Hie entire nain was In fi?mes. Engineer Taylor and Fireman Dunbar went down with tho engine and wore caught under tho tenden-. Paggagemaster Rox also went down With his car. but succeeded in escap ing from Hie five with slight inju ries. Mall (Merk Bloom, of Spartan burg, did not leave his car, and was seriously, though not fatally injured. No passengers were injured be yond minor cuts and bruises. A Card of Thanks. Editor Keowee Courier: As we are about to bring our pleasant visit to old friends and relatives in our old home to a close, we desire lo thus express publicly our heart-fell thanks and appreciation for the many acts of kindness and universal hospitality shown us on al) sides. Our visit has been one round of plea sure from the time we struck Oco nee soil, and dear as the old county and her people have ever been to us, they have been made doubly so by the knowledge that we were not for gotten by the older ones and that the hearts of the younger ones were open and ready to receive us of a former generation Into their lives and to make us feel that we are in deed yet members of the present. We extend sincere thanks to all for the great kindness that we have received on all sides. Wishing one and nil Hie very best of all that (bey can wish for themselves, and with the assurance that even when we have reached our faraway homes wo will still remember most kindly and pleasantly our trip to tho old home In Oconee, we remain, Your old friends, J. Hen Abbott, George W. Abbott. E. P. Abbott, Wm. T. Abbott. ) In buying a cough medicine, don't he afraid to get Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no danger from ll, and relief is sure to follow. Especially recommended for coughs, colds and whooping cough. Sold by L. C. Martin. Clemson College; Sen eca Pharmacy. Flour, c Flour, over Leaf. i interesting prices j jj Feed Stuffs. ?I ran, Shorts, Cotton Seed T z Feed, Chicken Feed and ? ?I? ices on any of thc above, .ty for cash." BAUKNIGHT. t sc X '% ?J? ?j? ?J? ?J< ?|? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?|? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J-, 'WHATIOVKH V?ll MISS I TOOK." Wider Muk?s Confession and Adels "I Never Had a Chalice." New York, Aug. 1.-The confes i?n of Erwin Wider, arrested Fri day for tho i lief i of $600,000 from i lie Russo-Chineso Hank, whs con tained in a letter which he wrote; to the ban h on July 21. The letter reads: "Gentlemen: I might as well tell you thal in a few days 3,200 shares Of Pennsylvania railroad stock have to be shipped tb the National Bank of Berlin, Germany. You won't lind them. I took them. "You will also lind a large num ber of shares of other stocks miss ing, which I alSo took. I meant to put them back, but the markov went against me, and lt was tho blamed cotton situation that broke my heck. 'It was all your own fault any how. Yon should not have put one man in charge of everything from A to '/.. My wife does not know tba* anything is wrong, but I am going to tell her to-day. Whatever else yon lind missing, I took. "Yours respectfully, "Erwin J. Wider." In his cell In the Tombs, Wider made last night Hie following state ment to the newspaper mon: Didn't Count Consequences. "I never thought of the probable consequences of my act. I never thought of anything except that I had an opportunity in Wall street to make money, and it seemed safe, t oo. "My pay at Hie bank was so small 1 could not live and keep my family in the way I saw my friends koop theirs." Willer's pay is said to have been $ 1,200 a year. "I kept thinking about, the way in which money was made in the Stock marked. I lum rd how easy it was and that any one could get In there and speculate. The risk, I was told, was nothing. "I talked the situation over care fully with men who told me they knew all about stocks and specular lion, Then 1 doclded to lake a (hance. Cry for More Margins. "But I never had a chance, ll was always, always messages from the broker for 'more margins, more mar gins.' They seemed insatiable. "Not, however, until I was in so deep thal I could not soo the way Olli did I get reckless. At least, 1 did not think I was reckless nt tho beginning, but I realize lt now. "Then when I had got In practi cally ni) to my neck, I went - the limit. lt couldn't be much WO?iO I I bought, and any day lt might turn lu my favor. And here I am." Ebenezer Personal Items. Ebeneser, Aug. 1.-Special: Crops aro looking very good in this section, and farmers are busy laying-by. School opened last Monday with Miss Hattie Rutledge as teacher. Sixty-five pupils have been enrolled. Wo wish for ber a pleasant and suc cessful session. Miss .lanie Boyd, who has boon spending several weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. I). Huskamp, and among other relatives, returned to Anderson last week. Waldt spout Inst week of Mr. and Mrs. Prod of the High Palls section, .lames McCuen, of G roon and children are visiting rela in this community. homo her home In Miss Mona al the Waldt, Mrs. ville, lives Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter, of Greenville, are visiting nt tho bonn; oe her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Morgan, and other rein ti ves. 1,000 HA HIES IHK FROM ll KAT. That is Ton Day's Record in Noiv Voik City Aloin-. New York, July 3 1.-- With a (hou. sand habit's dead from tho boat of the last ten days and over fourscore recorded as killed by each succeed ing course of the sun. all New York is to-day rising to back the battle of the authorities against this start ling slaughter of the innocents. Squads Of doctors and nurses are be ing hurriedly scattered over the fetid streets, at almost every corner of which white hearses tell their pitiful tale. Milk, Ice and baby bathtubs have been rushed to the scone of this critical conflict of the life-savers with deadly infant blight of the blazing skies, Fifty, seventy-live and even eighty per cent more hablas lilith succumbed last summer have sunk to death in the recent hot spells that are taking their tedi in hundreds from the older and more robust. A million mothers are to-day being provided with the council of the health officers in this einergei.cy and yet there is no sign of a turning In the fatal tide. Though thousands of (balk-white infants now lie lighting for life throughout the torrid town, it is hoped that the forces of the massing relief army may yet. check the saddest ravages of the sun. Street Split. Millions of dollars worth of struc ture is to-day being prepared to he shorn for the fifteen feet ol extra street space that (rallie demands across the short stretch ol' Forty-sec ond street approaching the (?rand Central Depot. Following tile recent wedging apart of the wails of Fifth avenue for the same distance, the borough heads have called for a beating back of the fronts of this cross-way that now chokes with Its press of horse and motor vehicles. Clangs of laborers are just .starling to tear down the elaborate facades of the hig buildings thal must yield by Inches to the cry for ?dhow room in this swarming street. Tons of ornamental stone work and pyra mids Of brick are soon to be strewn away along a few, blocks. Before frost comes again it is prophesied to-day that Forty-second street will be entirely ref roil ted and widened to suit the urgent demand for traffic room I hat must soon shake apart all Manhattan. .lohn (>'. Carlisle Dead. New York, July :? I.-.lohn G. Car lisle, former secretary of the treas ury, who had been critically ill for the past two days, died al his apart ments in New York at lO.?O to-night of heart failure, accompanied by oedema of the lungs. John Griffin Carlisle was born In Kenton county, Ky., September 5, ISl'?. He was educated in the pub lic schools, later studied law and was admitted to the bar. Always a con sistent Democrat and Interested in public affairs ns a young man, he rose from the Kentucky House of Representatives to the state Senate, served as Lieutenant Governor and dually graduated into national af fairs. From 1S77 to 1890 he was a mem ber of the National House, and from 1883 to 188!? was Speaker of Hie House. He resigned to lill tho un expired term of James lt. Reid? in (he United Slates Senate, from which he again resigned in IS!?:; to become Secretary of the Trensur.. under Presiden! Crover Cleveland. With the retirement from power of the Democratic party in I Sh? lie withdrew from politics and took np once more the practice of law, this lime In New York city, where he con tinued to live until his death to night. ATLANTA AUT?IST RILLED. T. R. Dial Meets Fate When Auto i rashes Through Fcifcc. Speedway, Atlanta. July 'll- Put ting on his brakes with Iiis gear in neutral while' turning tho second curve on the Speedway. T. R. Dial, a mechanician, who was driving the Marion No. 31, in a trial spin, skid ded through the inside fence, struck the ground with tremendous force and was killed almost instantly, The (rar had just passed the grandstand, turned tho first curve and was rounding into Hie second curve at a Clip Of about' ?? miles per hour, when the brakes wore thrown on with tho gear In neutral, causing Hie car to skidd through tho fence on the inside of the track and roll down the steep bank and rn to the jagged rocks below. Who \ help reached the scene the body ol Dial was lying st riddled on the g rou.ul just a few feet from the upturned car, bis head crushed and life almo.'t gone. A rock near the unfortunate young man told the story of how he und death. The plucky driver bad clear ed the ear when it turned, but his head struck the rock when he foll, - ? When the digestion is all right, the ludion Of the bowels regular, there ls a natural craving and relish for food. When this ls lacking you may know tb?', you need a doso of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver. TabeitS. They strengthen tho di gestive oigaits, improve tho appetite and regulate the bowels. Sold by Dr. J, w. Bell, Walhalla; Chas. W. Wickliffe, West Union. liOCAIi MATTERS ABOUT SENECA Coming Murringo Announced-New Citizens-Personal Paragraphs. Seneca, Aug. 2.-Special: T. M. Lowery, Wales Lowery and Will Ed wards left Tuesday for Amerieus, Ott; Tiley are making the trip in Mr. Lowery's touring caf. Mr. and Mrs. It. Li. Ni minons spent Sunday on Keowee with the family of W. E. NM m mons. Miss Nan Nimmons spent several days here last week. Several of Seneca's leading mer chants are having mid-summer re duction sales. Among them are lt. Anderson, The .1. H. Adams Co., The Hoe Hive and The Fair, Judge William Doyle, of Texas, arrived in Seneca on Friday last, joining his daughters, Misses Cary and Hortense, and will visit with fhem (heir relatives In Oconeo. Misse.-, MnUd Hammond and Isa lnd Ilea? ham, of deauville, are house guests of Miss Carol Ilerndon this week. Miss Jeannette Holland's friends will he glad to welcome her to Sen eca this week. She will he the guest of Mrs. C. H. Ellison. Cherry Davis, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. lt. Davis. is sick with typhoid fever at their home near Seneca. Hts friends will hope to Hear soon of his improvement. Messrs. Hen, ICbenescer, George and vVlllian: Abbott, who have been visiting their old friends and tho scenes of their childhood in Qconee i foi] two weeks, returned to their j homes in Texas Tuesday. These inen have heel) warmly welcomed in OnoilOO, and they carry with them lon their homeward journey the liest. : wishes of many friends. Miss Mona Lumley returned to her home in Atlanta last week after I a visit of several weeks to relatives ' here and at Beaverdam. Miss Mary . l-airle accompanied her home and will remain for a visit of some j length to the Cate City. Crops in this section are needing rain and gardens In Seneca are dry : lng up. j There was no preaching in Seneca I last Sunday night. This does not of ] ten occur, and lt ls a source of re gret Hint it ever does, as our young ' people should always, when possl 1 Ide, be given the privilege of attend ing services at one of tile churches at least. Earle Samuel returned on Satur day last from a visit of two weeks to bis homcfolks at Tlgnall, Ca. Mrs. J. H. Moore, who has been visiting her relatives here, returned to her home at Ninety-Six the early j part ol* the week. Mrs. C. B. Smith returned to her home in Washington, Go., last week. The news of Mrs. Fondler's death, which occurred al Clemson, was re-i celved here with regret. She. was ! the mother of Mrs. J, ii. Clarkson, and to her and other relatives is ex tended the sympathy of many friends. Interment was made at Mountain View cemetery beside her late husband, Richard Horcher. Mrs. Prank'Cherry left Tuesday j morning for Atlanta after a visit of several months to relatives here. Mrs. Luke W. Vernor will visit An. derson this week, winne Mr. Veiner j is located with bis horses. Ile will enter some of bis best in the races t here. Miss Lynn Vernor, who has been a member of a party to the moun tains, will return to her home this afternoon at Richland, lt ts pleasant news to the friends Of Mr. and Mrs. Harbor Shank lin. of Anderson, to know that they will move to Seneca in tho near future. Wo welcome Hiern in advan ?e. and assure them a cordial welcome from the people of Seneca. Cards have been received here an nouncing the coming marriage of Miss Emily Vernor, of Greenville, to Charles Lively, of Allanta. Miss Vernor is the second daughter of the lato D. P. N'orner, and the news of her marriage will interest a large number of relatives and friends in tho county. Hon. C. B, Vernor, of Tuscaloosa. Ala., will arrive next week and will attend the Verner-Livcly wedding, while In South Carolina he will visit his relatives in this county also. Mrs. C. V. McCarey entertained last evening in honor of tho young folks composing the mountain party, of .which she was chaperon. A de lightful time was enjoyed by a large number of young folks, in cluding several attractive visitors. Farmers' Inst it ute at Conneross. There will be a fanners' Institute held a* Conneross school house on Thursday, August ll, at 10 o'clock, by Prof. D. N. Ban ow, of Clemson College. There will be several other speakers for the occasion. Each speaker will talk on some phase of agriculture. The public ls Invited lo al lend with well-lllled baskets. J, W. Alexander, for Committee. Staggers Skeptics, That a clean, nico, fragrant com pound like Hucklen's Arnica Salvo will Instantly relieve a bad burn, cut, scald, wound or piles, staggers skeptics. But gieat cures prove II'? a wonderful healer of the worst sores, ulcers, bolls, felons, eczema, skin eruptions, as also chapped bands, sprains and corns. Try it. 2ac. at all drug stores. EIASIVH CRIPPEN IS CAUGHT. Wonimi Collapses-Holli Will Ho Taken Rack 'to England. Father Point. Quebec. July 31. Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen ami lot bel Clare Leneve, his stenogra pher, who (led from London after the disappearance of Helle Elmore, the doctor's wife, wore arrested hen; to day aboard the Canadian Pacific liner .Montrose at the command of Inspector Hew, of Scotland Yardi The identification of the long sought fugitives on board the fog shrouded steamer by the English detective, who bad raced across tito Atlantic ahead of the Montrose, marked the culmination of one of the most sensational flight* in recent criminal annals. Accompanied by Hie Canad'.i l) officers, Ito boarded the vessel at 8.30 this morning, and Iii minutes later both tuan anti girl were locked in their state rooms, Crippen broken in spirit, but men tally relieved by the relaxed tension; the glrlj garbed in boy's clothes, sob bing hysterically. They were not long Hie Rev. John Robinson and son, as booked front Antwerp on July 20th, ? Girl Held ns Accessory. After brief delay, the Montrose continued her 160 rollo journey up th? river towards Quebec, where Jail awaited the pair. Crippen is charg- j ed with the murder of au unknown woman, believed to have been bis ac- ? tress wife. The Kiri is held as an accessory. In charge of Inspector Dew they will be taken back to long land for trial on Hie Royal line steamship Royal George, leaving Quebec on Thursday next. "Thank God, Suspense is Over." "Crippen. I waul you," said In spector Dew quietly, MS he approach ed. T.ho dentis! recoiled Involun tarily as be recognized Hie utan who arrested him, then the blood left his face, bis breath came short and fast and he gurgled incoherently. As Ite was heilig led away to the captain's cabin, whence he was transferred later to his own statt? room, he said gratefully: "Thank God, the sus pense is over, and 1 am glad." Ciippen's arrest accomplished, Dew hurried to Miss Lenevo's state room, where he found her on the j verge of a nervous break-down. IR appearance, when told sim was under arrest, was pitiable. All control that she had fought so hard to re tain throughout the voyage had left her. She cried out hysterically, and beanie so faint Hutt restoratives were administered. Shut in her room and restored to women's dress, she was closely guarded as the ves sel continued its journey for foar that she would take ber life or col lapse utter'./. Will Not Resist Extradition. Quebec, Aug. 1.-Dr. Grippen was arraigned to-day and held for fur ther beti ring on August ?. Miss Lo neve was too ill to appear In court. lt seemed to-day as though half the City's population bad deserted their usual pursuits and climbed tho heights to the Plais de Justice In antii iptition of the arraignment of Dr. Crippen and lot bel Claro Leneve, who were arrested under such dra matic circumstances yesterday. Everywhere bitterness towards Crippen was exhibited, but the atti tude toward the womal 'a the case, was strangely different, and words of sympathy were heard for the girl ish creature who luid pinned her faith to UK- man now (dunged with ?i crime so shocking as to seem al most ttnbolloveable. When Miss Leneve arose this morning she was handed a cable gram which read: "Tell all you know." Those who saw this message say thal it was signed "Papa." H is known that Miss Lenevo's father in London luis stoutly maintained that his daughter was Innocent of any knowledge of the erinn!, and that she believed herself to be Hit! lawful wife of Crippen, supposing thal his first wdfo hadlnet a natural death af ter deserting the doctor. Tho authorities are confident that the woman will give no mor?! trouble tuan ('rippon has thus far, and as soon as tito 1 f> days of grace pro vided by tin; extradition laws of Canada have expired, both prisoners can be returned to bon dun without any biddi. Sent to Hospital, Miss Leneve was transferred this afternoon from the Provincial jail to ii hospital. Tho girl has scarcely been able to stand si ll CO the col lapse of .yesterday, when sho was taken into custody. Her condition has excited much sympathy and the jail keepers to-day suggested to the court that she be sent to a hospital whore she could receive medical at tention, of which she is plainly in need. The court granted the request and went farther in making known Its in tention to send an oltleial to tho hospital to take her answers to the formal questions thal were asked of Grippen in open court. This will Spare the woman tho shock of ap pearing in court, and under thu cir cumstances it. ls deemed ndvisablo not to aggravate the strain under which sho lg already Buffering. Tho girl's family in London appear to bo doing all in their power to aid her M DMA? IX TEXAS HACK WAU. Vilgry Mobs Destroy Wife I? Olfts?l ou < J ii If Const. Palestine, Texas, July 30.-Twen ty negroes have boen killed lu tho nice riots. Four white men aro dead. An appeal has been sent to the Governor for troops. Austin, Texas, July 30.-Stato troops were ordered out this after noon to stop the race riots near Pal estine, Texas. A full regiment will he dispatched If necessary. Palestine, Texas, July' 30.- A tierce race war is raging about boro to-day. Fl ft eon negroes and one white man were killed and a score or more of whites and negroes Injur ed in a pitched battle in the streets of Palestine. Tho trouble fl rs t broke out som? distnncO fren? th? town. lt ls un derstood that a clash between crowds of whites and negroes occurred when an attempt was made to rescue a negro prisoner. Another report received here to-day said thal tho negroes rallied lo I he prisoner's aid when an attempt at lynching was made. The main battle occurred last night. Negroes for miles around to-day are being hunted, and. whenever: pos sible they are arming themselves. Within a sher time after the dist row tho whites of the entire country about had started a war. Scores ot' blacks wore pursued by mobs. In some instances they barricaded themselves in their settlements. When captured they were shot to death or lynched. Ono ls reported to have been burned to death. Special officers arc being sworn in as fast as reliable men can be found. Mounted posses WOCO this after noon dispatched from here to patrol all of Anderson county known to bo affected. Ibice Hint, is Over. Palestine. Texas. Aug. I.-In his charge to the special grand jury em panelled to-day, Judge B. B. Gard ner, of tho Third Judicial District Court, ordered that a thorough In vestigation of the race riots In An derson county be made. Four additional arrests were made to-day In connection with the clash between the whiles and blacks Fri day night and Saturday. Bight white men are now In' jail here, all of whom are charged with murder in the first degree, and held without ball to await the. action of the grand jury. Troop C, cavalry, of the Texas State Guard, under the command of Capt, L. ll. Younger', arrived boro to-day and is encamped in the court house yard. The troop will patrol the scene cf <hc riots and protect the prisoners ?ow in jail. According lo the authorities tho situation ls pow well in hand and no further trouble is anticipated. SOLDIER AND OH Hil) DROWN. Wollten llave Narrow Ksciipc When Poa' Sinks Near Savannah. Savannah. Ga., July 'A 1- Two per sons were drowned and several otil ?is had narrow escapes from death when a covered launch, owned by tho government and used by the sol diers at Fort Sc re von, was sunk In Lazaretto crook, near the fort, yes terday afternoon, while tho outgoing' tide was rushing through the creek at race-horse speed. The dead are: Sorgt. Henry Oli ver, aged lift, of the 121 st company, const artillery; Lonnie Drake, 6 yoar-old son oT Sorgt. Drake. lt is believed thal Sergt. Oliver, who was an old man, lost his Ufo while trying to save that of tho child. A woman member of tho party was caught by the tide and carried down the creek for several hundred yards, screaming for help until she lost consciousness. Fishermen fur ther down tile stream beard her and put out in boats. She was caught as sile was sweeping hy thom, hurried to the bank, and, after a long time, was revived. Cotton Slight!'- On*. Washington, Aug. 2.--The report of the Department of Agriculture, is sued to-day, places tho average con dition of cotton up to July 25 at 75.5 per cont of normal, as compar ed with 80.07 on June 25th, and 7 1.0 on July 25th last year. Virginia ls 80, against 71 last year; North Carolina 71, against 71 last year; South Carolina 70,.against 77; Georgia 7 0, against 78; Texas 82, against 70; Missouri 72, against 8 fi. and at the same time to promoto the cause of justice. Plead Not. Guilty. Quebec, Aug. 2.-Inspector Dew thinks that Ethel Clare Lcveno Is Innocent of any share In the murder of Belle Moore. Ile says she has told him her completo story and bo believes ber Innocent of any crlmo, but that she is trying to shield Crip pen and maintains that ho is also innocent. Tho girl Is In a stato o? almost total collapse. On tho other hand Crippen ls cheerful and noorna to have no fear of tho consequence. Both plead inno'-onco.