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..TO THINK OWN SELF BK TR^fB. AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO AN\ MAN." . By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WFDNLSRA V, SEPT. 21, HMO. , Now Series No. .TIS.-Volume LX1.-No. il?. FALL and Stocll Now WE- ARE NOW READ STOCK OF MER CLOTHING, ? NOTIONS, INGS Our store is full of tl in dependable best prie IT l'A YS TO G.W.&J.E.I WALHALLA, CONN KHOSH AND VICINITY. boeill lUHl Personal Itoins-Mr. Har ker Loses Good Horse. Conneross, Sepl. I iL - Special : CotllloroSH Local Union will meei al Conneross nexl Salarday. September 21tll, at 7.30 p. ni. All members aro1 urgently requested lo be present, as I some Important business is to be I transacted. Arrangements aro to j be made for an oyster supper to lu; j given some Hine tins fall. Boys and i older mon. join Hie Conneross Tarni- | ors and take a part in this grand oc casion. Miss Jessi0 Doyle returned to ber j home near Walhalla Saturday, alter U week's visit at Conneross. She was tho guest of ber cousin, Miss Lie.'1'. Patterson'. She was accompanied bom?' by Blake Gainbroll. ^ Mrs. Robert Crnmpton and til ree children, ol' Conneross, were rece?? visitors al tho home ol' the former's brother. David G'osnoll, near Courte nay's Crossing. Miss Rosa Dilwortli was a visitor at the home ol' W. M. Kay. Walhalla, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. .las. McDonald, ol' North Carolina, who aro on an ex tended visit lo Mrs. McDonald's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. C. Powell, ol' Westminster, spent last Friday and Saturday willi Henry Arve and fam ily here. Hov. L. D. Mitchell paid a very pleasant call to friends in our vicin ity last Tuesday. ile was en route to Walhalla from Kail' Play. He loft Wednesday for Greenville, where lu? will euler Ku minn University. Mr. Mitchell spent a week at Conneross recently and assis'od Hov. McDavid Pi the protracted services boro, ile made numerous friends, who wish him abundant success in school and through lifo. Mrs. 13Me Dean, of Avalon, (?a.. sponi last Saturday at tho home ol' Mrs. Susan llunsingor. She was ac companied as far as Westminster by Mrs. Crover Rochester. o. M. Abboit. of Georgia, was cir culating among friends in this sec tion Inst wook. Miss Dasie Denton, of Toccoa, was Ibo RHOS! ol' her cousin, Miss Ora Arve, nf this community, Friday and Saturday. Tom Snypes, of Anderson, spout last week willi .1. \V. G ll mer. Ile has just completed a largo now barn and ls now recovering the house. This will add much lo the appear ance of lils place. .1. \V. Walker and family visited al llie home ol' Ryland Cooper, at New Hope, ibo past week. Tho ma il y friends of Plumer Ab bott wi . bo glad lo learn that, lie is reported bolter. We hope I he suf ferer will soon bo restored to health. He bas been con Unod to bis room for tho pasl lise weeks with typhoid fever. Misses Kl bel and Beulah Barker spent Saturday and Sunday very pleasantly In Seneca. They wore tho guests ol' their friend. Miss Lula Morgan. Miss Ropa llunsingor will leave to morrow for Creenville, where she will enter Ibo Greenville Female Col lege. She is a bright young lady. We sincerely regret her departure. She will be sadly missed both in our social circle and In our church work. She lins boon a faithful tea ch or of the advanced class In our Baptist. Sunday school al Conneross for the past year. She was also a very en thusiastic worker in our Y. W. A. and B. Y. P. U. and other organiza tions. Miss Minnie Barker was elected lo take charge of her Sunday school class. Miss .lanie Sanders and Mrs. Liz zie Sanders and children, of Poplar Springs, were guests of the former's sister, Mrs. .Inila Hopkins, of Con neross, last Wednesday. Clinton Barker and sister. Miss, Lot hie, spent Saturday and Sunday in tho Whetstone community as guests of their uncle. F. (5. Barker. They will return homo to-day. Y WITH OUR FALL CHANDISE-SHOES, ?ANTS, DRY GOODS, , GENTS" FURNISH , HATS, ETC. ETC, tie very best value? goods at tine very ;es. Call to see tas. HUY VOU CASH. BAUKNIGHT, COTTON OKOI? DAMAfJMI). Tho Loss iii South Carolina ls Esti mated nt S I,<><><>,OOO. Columbia. Sept. 10.-Tho cotton ['iop ol* South Carolina bas boon damaged to Ibo oxton! ol' several million dollars by anthracnoso, a new disease that has attacked the plant In many sections ol' the State. The; State Department of Agriculture has I boen for the past week Hooded with ; samples ol' Hie havoc that bas been : wrought and many ol' the farmers ; aro seeking Information as to how conditions may be ivmodtod. The ? department has given information to j all letters as to how tho disease may i be eradicated. Various estimates of Hie damages wrought have been made. A conservative estimate of the damage is about $4,000,000, Those in charge of tho work of giving information for tho protec tion of the cotton crop state that lhere is no way of doing anything | for the relief of the present crop. Tho only hope is great care in seed ? selection and rotation ol' crops as : a preventivo measure. "Can bo depended upon" is an ex- i pression we all like to hear, and i when lt is used in connection with j Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and ! Diarrhoea Remedy il means that lt j never fails to cure diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel complaints, lt is pleasant , to triko and equally valuable for children and adults. Sold by Seneca Pharmacy; h. C. .Martin, Clemson College. Mis. Dora Archer and babe, of An derson, were guests ol' ber sisters, Mesdames Hattie Alexander, Janie Hambrell and Miss Lucy Patterson, several days last week,' returning home friday, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kubanks, of Oak way, were in our community Sat urday ami paid Mrs. Hattie Alexan der a brief visit. Mr. and Mrs. .M. Abbot) were thc] spend-lbe-day guests of relatives In Westminster recent ly. The Sunbeam Hand will meet next Sunday morning at '.' o'clock. Let all ol' (be members be present. May the Sunbeam Rand grow and be a shining light to the community. .1. M. Abbott, who bas a position with D. S. Abbott al Seneca, spent last week al home at the bedside of lii3 brother. .las. Abbott and wife spent last Wednesday willi Harris Stone and wile at Hie bono? of Mr. and Mrs. T. ,1. stone, near Bounty Land. Wade ll. Armstrong, ol' Richland, was welcomed in our midst recently. A horse that was being pastured here by .1. C. Barker died Saturday, death being due lo broken blood vessels, it bad the misfortune to mire up in a small ditch, and in some way bu rsl ed one ol' its large blood vessels and died immediately alter being gotten out. The horse be longed to W. 0. Barker, who lives in the Bethlehem section. The Y. W. A. met with Mrs. T. S. Alexander last Saturday at I o'clock p. m. and bad a very interesting meeting. The society will have Rs next regular meeting with Mrs. .1. W. [Rimer. W. O. Alexander is at. home, lo the IClight of his many friends. Ho will probably bo in tins com mu ni ly for iOVOral days, as he bas some work to lo lu and Hoar Conneross. Mr. and Mrs. W. Abbott spent yes erday in West minster visiting their laughter, .Mrs. Sallie Cox. The committee on arrangements >f tho Sunbeam and missionary rally A'i 11 meet at Coimeros? church Sai irday afternoon at 3 o'clock. All iv ho want to take ii part in the rally 11*0 requested to be on hand Salar ia.v. .Mrs. Julia Arve and five children oft yesterday for a visit lo the for mer's parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Rollie! 1, Of Tococa. They will also ,'lSlt other relatives near Toccoa. ti HY? T. Qi CQ?iK SUICIDIOS. News <>?' "is Death Caiike as Surprise to Many Friends. Nows of tho (lentil of Rev. T. O. 'Joie, of the South Union section of Oconee, caine to -Walhalla last Sat urday afternoon, ho haying taken lila :nvn life at his home there Friday af ternoon. Rev. Mr. Cole was a young man, not over :50 or 32 years of age. and was held lt) high esteem hy many friends throughout tho county, where he was known as a very promising young minister of the Baptist church. Ile was a son of thc late A. A. Cole, and about six months ago married a .Miss Waiters, a daughter of 'Phos. Walters, of Georgia. Ho left a note, In which he stated that inability to meet his debts wt ? ono of the causes that prompted him to take his life. Magistrate Jeff B. Marett, of the South I nion section, acting as coro ner, on Monday empanelled a jury of inquest, who, after due deliberation, returned the following verdict: "That the said T. O. Cole came to his death from a gunshot wound in flicted at his own hands some time during the afternoon of September 16th, li< IO." The mtt^V friends of the un fortunate yo tug man will join with The Couriei U\ extending sincere sympathy t.? the bereaved relatives in their bou. of sorrow. - - ? . Enjoyable Occasion at Ebenezer. Ebenezer. Sept. IO.-Special; Cot ton Is opening rapidly in this section and farmers are busy gathering their short crop. A most enjoyable day was spent last Friday by the Ebenezer schools, Nos. 1 and 2, at Ebenezer No. I. Af ter all arrived several games of ball were played, and everybody seemed to have a good time. At 1 I o'clock tho bell was rung and all entered the school room, and were very attentive to tho address of County Superin tendent Hughs, who made an excel lent, and inspiring speech on "School," Following him were C. R. D, Ruins and C. O. Mann, who also i made excellent addresses. The as sembly was then dismissed for din ner and in n few moments a lengthy labb- was prepared in the beautiful front yard and au abundance of good things spread on it. About thirty minutes were pleasantly spent talking and laughing. In the after noon M. (5. Holland made an address on agriculture. This was a most delight ml affair and will long be re membered by those present. Mrs. Annie Jones and three chil dren, who have been spending a week among relatives and friends, will return to their home In Green ville Tuesday. Sam 121kIn, who has been working in Georgia, returned home last Wed nesday. Kl EES ONE, WOUNDS ANOTHER. Then Revengeful Lover Sends Bul- | let Through His Head. Abbeville, Cu., Sept. 10.-Insane because his attentions had been re jected by Mrs. Eugene Royal, a widow of this place, and crazed by the alleged effects of protracted drinking, B. Manass, shot and kill ed Mrs. E. H. Williams, wife of ex Mayor Williams, a sister of Mrs. Royal, dangerously wounded Mrs. Royal, and then turned his revolver on himself, inflicting mortal wounds. Physicians say that lhere is a possi bility that Mrs. Royal will recover, but that Manass''death la only a finest ion (. f a few boni s. The tragedy caused the greatest sensation in Abbeville. All of the parties are prominently connected, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Royal hav ing a number of relatives throughout Hie State. Manass, who is a widower, ls said to have been in love with Mrs. Royal for a loni; time. She had rejected his snit on several occasions, but Manass had shown no signs of at tempting to revenge his rejection until to-day. Manass is alleged to have believ ed that Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Royal's sister, was responsible for Mrs. Royal's declining lo marry bim. Meeting the women this morning, Manass drew his revolver and began Illing. Mrs. Williams was shot and Instantly killed. Turning his revol ver on Mrs. Royal the frenzied man H red nt her. dangerously wounding her through tho thigh. As she foll Manass turned the revolver on him self. Placing tho pistol against, lils hoad he sent a billie! crashing Into lils forehead. With the gun still re coiling from the first shot ho fired a second bullet, which also took ef fect in bis bead, lt ls said thal Ma nass had been drinking for about, a week. Will Re Married October ?. (Farm and Factory.) The following invitations have been received by friends of Ibo voung couple in Seneca: . Rev. Milton Randolph Kirkpat rick requests the honor of your pres ence at the marriage of his daughter, M innis Morgan, io Rev; William If. Hamilton on Tuesday afternoon, Oc tober tho sixth, at half-past five yclock, nt the Presbyterian church, Seneca, South Carolina. "At homo after October eighteenth it Ninety-six, South Carolina." I ACTS FROM FAIR I'LAY. Hov. I. 10. McDavid Qtltto 111-Other Locul Nows. I'air Play. Sept. lil.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sheldon returned home last Wednesday from a pleas ant visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. denn, of Liberty. Miss Dossle Mays is on an extend ed visit to her sister. Mrs. H. 1). Whitworth, ol' Lavenia. Miss Sallie Leathers Is visiting her brother, J. E. Leathers, ol' Spartan bu rg. Miss Pearle Marett and brother ?eltOn, ol' Westminster, returned home Saturday, after spending a pleasant week with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Marett. Wallace (?lymph and C. Q. Marett are attending the Westminster High School. Mrs. Thos. Isbell and children nro visiting the family of P. H. Isbell. of Seneca. Miss Ola G "tibbs is attending the Walhalla, High School. The friends ol' Mrs. B. IL Qlymph will be sorry to learn that she has been confined to her bed for the past two weeks. We hope she will soon l>e abb; to be out again. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church met at the hos pitable home of Mrs. Elizabeth Har ris on last Friday afternoon. Deli cious refreshments were served. Miss Laura McAlister, of Atlanta, is visiting her sister. Mrs. I). H. Mar ett. L. Q. and C. 1). Marett, of West minster, visited relatives here the week-end. The Buraca class or ?he Baptist church met last Friday evening with I heir I cacher Mrs. W. L. Dobbs. An Interesting feature of ?he program was an address by A. Belton Marett, of rumian University, formerly of Pair Play. . Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wooten, for merly of ?his |)lace, but now ol' La vonMa, visited here Sunday. W. B. Dooley and F. B. Watson were in Anderson Monday on busi ness. Quite a number of tho young peo ple of this place attended a lawn party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .1. B, McJunkln, of South Union, last Tuesday evening. This lovely home, so well adapted to social enjoyments of ?bis kind, was Inviting in every detail, and all report a med pleas ant time. There was no service nt the Bap tist church las? Sunday owing to tho illness ol' ?be pas?or. Rev. [, E. Mc David. We wish for bini a rapid recovery. Ile is at his fa?ber's home near Pelzor. Hon. j; R. Barlo and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thod?, Of Walhalla, were tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hun? last week. There will be prayer meeting at the Rapt ist church every Sunday night. We earnestly desire a full attendance. The Pllllathea class have organ ized a Rible study class under the supervision of Mesdames W. L. Dobbs and E. P. Callahnm. I? will nu et every second Saturday after noon ni the Raptist church, E. S. Stribling will leave soon for Florida, where ho will spend ?he winter. J. Freeman, of Anderson, "ill bo in charge of Stabling's mill. Brynn Holts Party Nominee. Lincoln, Nob.. Sept. 20.-W. J. Brynn bas bolted tho nomination of .lames C. Dablman, of Omaha, Dem ocratic nominee for Governor. Dal.'.man defeated Governor Shal lenberger for the nomination. Dabl man is opponent of county option on the liquor question, and be defeated the Bryan faction, which wanted a county option plank In tho platform. Dablman ls known as the "Cow boy Mayor" of Omaha, and be led tho Bryan forces at tho last National I lomocrntlc Convention. Confesses Father's Ml order, Arkansas City. Kans.. Sept. 10. Ebby Shepard, IO years old, daugh ter of J. W. Shepard, who. with his brother, Taylor, was murdered a? their borne in Newkirk. Okla., Fri day morning, confessed to-day to County Altornoy I'.urns and Sheriff Ratler that she killed ?bo two men. In her confession she declared the cause of tho crime was thal the men whipped ber. She wen? to the wood shed, secured an axe. with which tho crime was committed, and gave I? to tho Officers, The girl bas always been considered feeble minded. As to Mall Delivery. Editor Koo woo Courier: Owing to ?he fact thal several letters and other mail matter have been picked up on the streets of the (own af (er delivery from post office, lt seems necessary (o stop the promiscuous delivery of mail to children, and we will hereafter enforce the provisions of Section 034, Postal Laws and Regulations, which provides "that tho delivery of mail matter Should be to ?he person addressed, or ac cording to bis writ (en order." A. 0. Merrick. P. M. ( 'ard of Thanks. Editor Keoweo Courier: I wish lo express my heartfelt thanks to all my friends who voted for me in ?ho Hist and second primary elections. I wish thom health and every other blessing Ilia' Ihoy need to make Diem happy ?brough lifo; and to those who did not vole for me 1 bear no ill will. I wish ?bern good luck and long lives,'and I am still their friend. Jackson L. Miller, THE QVKSTI?N pKTrlitlD, County Cliiiii'ifitin Hight in Ordorlii'g Third Primary. After County Chairman Wade C. Hughs had ordered the th i rd pri mary in the race for County Com missioner between .las. H. Brown and Jesse H. Smith, who received (ho largest,, votos in tue second pri mary, neither of whom, however, received ft hlt?j?rlly ol* the voles cast for I hat olllco, the question was raised by some as to tile correct ness of .Mr. Hughs' position in ordering the third primary. Tin; claim was made that lie should have declared elect od the candidate receiving thc largest vote. In order to settle tho matter Mr. Hughs wrote State Chair man Wilie Jones to rule on tho question, giving him the circum stance's In connection with the Brown-Smith case. The following telegram in reference to the mutter was received this morning: Columbia, S. c., Sept. lil-\V. ?. Hughs, County ('haii'imin, Walhalla, S. (J.j Let 1er received. 1 think Brown end Smith should run in the third primai,y. Wilie .Iones, state Cbaimtan. The Stnte Chairman sustains thc County Chartman in the ruling, and the third primary will be held as originally ordered. Furniers d'oing West. Fairview, Sept. 19.-Special: What is thc matter with the fanners in oki Oconec? Several of the young men are starting to Temple, Okla., this morning - -Messrs. Taylor. McMahan and Guntharp-with Mr. and .Mrs. Lowell Smith to look after them. Much success to them In their new tinderla king. Our people are building new resi dences nil along tho road. Mr. Fin ley will soon have his ready for oc cupancy; P. Hubbard ls erecting ii cottage to move io this winter, and .las. Johnson ls going ahead with his building. By the way, we have not learned who ls to occupy il yet. but time will tell. Miss .Nannie Barron has boen quite sick, but wc are glad she can meet her class in Sunday school n galil. Fairview is to entertain the Sun day School. Confer?-neo e" Walhalla Circuit Hie llrsl Saturday and Sun day in October. Rev. A. J. ('an thon, the presiding elder, ?ind J. M. Way, of Spa rt an burg, have promised to lecture the Sunday schools of tho circuit through their delegates, A treat is In store for the teachers and pupils of the Sunday schools. Miss Minnie El rod, of (?reen ville, visited her cousin. Miss Lilian Meures, Saturday und Sunday. Geo. A. Flits, of Picken*, spent Wednesday with Iiis brother-in-law, W. T. Meares. We ure glad to learn Miss Ruth I lunnicutt is improving from a re cent Illness. Mrs. Lena Meares Cochran left last Thursday to visit lier brother, S. Iva Meares, of Seattle, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Ceo. W. Meares, of Pelxer, visited Iiis brother, W. T. Moa ros, recently. Patient shoots Down Physician. (Atlanta Constitution, 21st.) As Hr. J. Robert Sewell was in the act of (dosetine: himself in bis ope rating room with William M. Cox, a initient from Austell, Ga., yesterday, Cox sent a bullet crashing through the physician's brain and then at tempted suicide by shooting himself iii the head. Dr. Sewell was Instantly killed. His slayer, w'.iose motive for the crime tho police have been unable to lind, is a! the Grady Hospital with only a fractured skull and will re cover. A coroner's jury ordered him held for Investigation by tho* grand jury, ?ind bis arrest will be mude as soon ?is he hus sufficiently recovered. Dr. Sewell was IO years of ugo und 'leaves ?i wife und six children, Cox is 36 years of age and single. He bus been ;i chronic suffeivr Holli n physical ailment for years and was being Healed by Hr. Sewell. Tho po lice advance the theory that Cox was teniporurily insnne over lils failure to be benefited by Dr. Sewell. Tried (o limn (?In House. (Fnrm and Pnclory.) Unknown persons made un unsuc cessful attempt to burn li. c. Wal ker's cotton gin one night recently. Xot the slightest clue ns to the gull ly parties hus been found. Members of the family, returning from n so cial gathering nt (ho home of a neighbor, discovered the blaze in time to extinguish H. Kerosene wns found poured on the door und a quantity of trash was near by. Mr. Walker is entirely ?it a loss ns to tho parties gullly, or us lo tho cause Which led them io mnke the ntlompt to destroy his property. The gin bus just recently been placed In re pair for handling this senson's busi ness. A .Mun of Iron Nerve, Indomitable will ami tremendous energy are never found whoro sto inach, liver, kidneys and bowels nro out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring, use Hr. King's New Flic Pills, tho matchless regulators, for koeii brain and strong body. 25c. (it all drug stores. nounous Tino miva HABIT. Mrs. II. lt. Joseph Tflipk StryolinUio foi' Morphine. (Thc State, 10th.) Mistaking strychnine for morpliino tablets, which she was in the habit of taking. Mrs. ll. lt. Joseph, a young woman ol* (?alena, 111., met a tragic end yesterday morning at 7.80 o'clock in room 17 of the City Hotel. Dr. I*. V. Miked was summoned by* the woman's husband, but she died soon alter bis arrival from thc ef fects ol" Hie violent poison Which sit? bad swallowed. lt. D. Walker, coroner, and W. (5. Cathcart, chief of police, held an In esllgallon of the affair last nlgl i In Dr. Mikell's office. H. lt. .Joseph, tho husband of the dead woman. Mr. Mil ler, ber brother, and lt. W. Miller, ber father, wen? submitted to a searching' cross-examination, after which Coroner Walker and Chief Cathcart were both of the opinion tba Mrs. Joseph brought about, hoi* own death. No Inquest will be held. According to tho story Which tho husband told last night, bis wife bad been in the habit of taking morphine. Two weeks ago she made an effort to conquer ber craving for the drug and bad apparently succeeded. About G o'clock Sunday morning, Mr. Joseph said, bis wife waked bim and asked for morphine. Ho told ber that thor o was none in the room. Mrs. Joseph asked her husband about the tablets in box on the bureau and be in formed ber that they were strych nine and not morphine. She replied that they lasted exactly like mor phine tablets, His wife insisted,'.said Mr. Joseph, that she must have morphine, so ho got out of bed about 0,3.0 o'clock to g<d some from a drug store, leaving; his wife hy herself in the room. He was unable lo purchase tho drug without a prescription and soon returned to bis room. There he found bis wife writhing In agony and cry ing that she was going to die. Mr. Joseph said that be hurried Into Ibo next room and wakened his wife's brother, Mr. Miller. Then ho went for Dr. Mikol I. In spite of tho efforts of the physician .Mrs. Joseph died at 7.:'.0 o'clock. An investigation of Ibo box In which Hie strychnine was kept show ed that she had taken I ? of tho tab lets. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Miller, the la ther and mother d' the deceased, who before ber marriage was Jessie 1011/. 'abol.h Miller, were summoned from IOdgeHeld. Both were prostrated by i heir daughter's tragic death, H. lt. Joseph ls a young man of about "0 years of age. His wile was LT. years old. She bad boen a skive to tho drug habit for some time. The remains will be talion back to Calena, 111., for interment. Predicts I-cost October IO, Tertia, Sept. ii?. -Special: Tho summer school which was taught here by Miss Maggie Thompson, of Seneca, closed last Friday afternoon. The trustees wore well pleased with Miss Thompson's work bore. Tho many friends of Mrs. J. A. Campbell are sorry to learn of ber illness at tho home of bor father, Aleck Richardson, who lives near Fall' Blay. We hope lo? her a speedy recovery. Misses Bonnie and Bellah Tomp kins ?md Kale Isboll, of Oak way? wore recent guests ol' Miss May Able.'.. Proston Ables was numbered as ono among Ibo excursionists lo At lanta on the Smith-Brock excursion. Mesdames Walter H. Davis and T. A. I shel I woro welcome visitors in the community last week. Mrs. Susie Cunt harp, of Bounty Hand, bas boon visiting relatives boro. The Hooey staple is opening right along in tho community, hillas Karlo lias already bad 7 or S bales ginned, which is Ibo iii si wo have board ol' in (bis community. Jj, B. Shirley, of Townxlllo, is opo rutlllg a brick mill near boro. Lewis M. Shirley have gone to Tow m ille to act as foreman on tho farm ol F. K. Caines for the remain der of the year. Miss Pettigrew, of Anderson, has boon visiting Miss Jessie O'Bryant. Mrs. Ida Mau lt and son, Clayton, oi Double Springs, visited relatives bore recently, There are many signs to fordell frost, ll is said that, tho most infal lible sign ls to watch for tho first fog in August, and jusl sixty days after that date you may look for frost .sure. Tho first fog came on tho lOth ultimo. Accordingly, wo may expect frost on tho morning of Oc tober Kith. There will ho no services nt Cross Hoads Baptist church, near boro, Oil next first Saturday and Sunday, as the members present at ibo last coo lerem o mooting agreed to lot. their pastor, Rev. ?. IO. McDavId, of F.iic Play, lake a rest on that date. Anderson .Man Dies of Pellagra. . .Anderson, Sept. IO.-J. Perry Glonn died al bis homo herc at ti O'clock this morning after an illness of two months from pellagra. Ho was 00 years old and one of the prom inent and substantial citizens of Mia county. He had been in falling; health for two years, and recently* resigned as a member of the board of regents of tho State Hospital Tor tho Insane on thin account, lie ls sur vived hy his wife and ono adopted