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SHOUT CASHIER KILLS HIMSELF. Another Official of Hank In Juli on thargo of Misapplication. Tarboro, N. C., Juno 14.-Luther V. Hart, cashier of the Hank of Tar boro. ls dead, and E. H. Hussey, as sistant cashier, ls In jail charged with complicity In the misapplica tion of $50,000 In bank funds as a result pf a visit to the bank this niling >,y .j. K. Houghton, State bank examine,-. Hart died from a self-inflicted platt* wu..?.i. iUUi the arrest o? Hussey followed when o?..u . official* and Mr. Dough ton made a hasty investigation of the bank books. This morning Mr. Do u gb ton called at the bank for the purpose of mak ing his regular Inspection of the af fairs of tho Institution. The exami nation was deferred until noon, and Hart remained at his post until tho regular dinner hour. Going home for dinner, he went directly to his room, and a few minutes later his wife was startled to hear the report of a pis tol. Hushing to tho room, sho found Hart lying across the bed with a bul let hole through his bead. He died two hours later without having re gained consciousness. The misapplication, it is believed, will not exceed $50,000. Hart had recently been Involved In numerous business transactions, and lt is be lieved a series of failures was re sponsible for bis act. Following the exposure the affairs of the bank were placed In charge of State officials, and they immediately closed Hs doors pending further In vestigation. Tho Institution ls capi talized at $20,000. Its deposits ag gregate more than $200,000. Hart was about 35 years old, and was a member of one of the most prominent families In Eastern North Carolina. Shortage May Amount to $100,000. Tarboro, N. C., June 16.-J- K. . a??io bank examiner, re ported to-day afu>r a uuiwi? cx?ml nation that tho shortago of Luther V. Hart, cashier of the flank of Tar boro, who committed suicide yester day, and E. H. Hussen, assistant cashier, who is in Jail In default of bond, will probably reach $100,000 and may run considerably In excess of that sum. The bank ls said to be practically . - lr- ; /. , - . . ty?), ncr be' * m-*\ i \i.|i>ihiov took \c" i.?'dt Developments to-day showed t?at Hart premeditated committing sui cide. He told his wife some timo ago that men whom he had accommodat ed by permitting them to overdraw their accounts woro leaving him to bear the brunt. She urged him to take her property and square himself with the bank, but this he refused to (io, saying he would take his medi cino when caught. The letter ad-' dressed to his wlfo, which was found on the body, was typewritten at tho hank yesterday prior to tho suicide. Hussey is still in Jail unable to fur nish ball. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C ASTOR I A Fourteen on Ono Ticket. (Brooklyn Citizen.) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott, of High land, Kans., are seeking a home in Oklahoma, with plenty of land. They will need it, for, although they havo been married not quito ten years, they aro the parents of nineteen chil dren, all boys, and thirteen of them aro living. They hold the record for triplets, having five sets to their ? redit, and two sets of twins. All of the thirteen boys are under 5 years. Recently the Scotts, deciding that they must find more land, went to Alberta, Canada. They were not sat isfied there and returned. On the return trip Mrs. Scott and her thir teen children nil rode on one first class tieket. At Omaha tho conduc tor made ;i vigorous protest. "Madam, yon cannot carry a winde Sunday school along with you on thal one thket," he said, "and yon need not <<ii me mose are all yours. Von will have te pay for some of them." "The ml.'s of this railroad pro vide that a child under 5 years may lido free when accompanied by its parent with a first-class ticket, don't they?" retorted Mrs. Scott. "They do, but you will have lo show me." Mrs. Scott dug down into her va llso and brought ont the family lii bk< in which were recorded tho names and ages of each of the chil dren. Tho conductor had to glvo In, Tho mother and children occupied five douhlo seats In tho homeseekors' ear and paid for only one. Heavy, Impure blood makes a mud dy, pimply complexion, headaches, nausea, Indigestion, Thin blood makes you weak, palo, sickly. Bur dock Blood Bitters makes the blood '.''h. red, pure-iT.<; fores perfect health. TA LE OF BARBAROUS CRUELTY. Woman Died from Boating ?Ivon by Husband-Murd?** Held. Spartanburg, Juno li.-Because she objected to ber husband's selling whiskey, Mrs. Mary Lawler, who re cently came to Arlington, in a re mote section of this county, from near Saluda, N. C., was so severely beaten by him with a hickory stick that she died from the effects of it, according to the Unding of the coro ner's jury, which rendered this ver dict at tho inquest held by Coroner s 8. Turner Tuesday evening: "We, the ^,ryt flnji according to the evi dence, tit?? Mary Lawter came to her death from a whipping at the hands of Andy Lawtor, husband." Lawter was at oiiv,, arrested and committed to jail. As ?ho alleged whipping occuired In Polk county, North Carolina, the authority, 0f that county have been notified, a,<| Lawter will be held here until the sheriff of Polk county comes for him. The witnesses told a tale of bar barous cruelty on the part of Lawter. Ho whipped his wife several times, they said, and onco seized a gun and tried to kill her, but was restrained. Mrs. Lawter finally left him, saying she would live on dry bread and water before she would live with her husband and take tho beatings such as he had been giving her. She went to live with her sister, Mrs. Lucy Owens, at Arlington, and it was at her homo that she suddenly died last Tuesday morning. The most severe whipping had been administered, It was testified, last Sunday two weyks ago. Broadus Lawter, her 9-year-old son, testified as follows at the In quest: "My father whipped my mother with a hickory as big as a fishing pole while she was making up the bed. Ile ?ot the gun three times to shoot mother with. Ben Garrett kept fa ther from shooting mother." hawter followed his wife to Arling ton, where he was arrested after the coroner's jury had rendered its ver dict. An Old Book. (Anderson Intelligencer.) Col. J. C. Stribling, of Pendleton, brought to this office this week a copy of the "Memoirs of the Phila delphia Agricultural Society," pub lished in 1785. This bo^v woo nr<>. )..'.. 'd ' tao old Pondie!oi Agricul tural ;?\.te; \v 1 short time a?o !>:. Col. . I ?lllei >'iek-.?wY the ?'i '?\d?.i,.V.i nS.ji i is ten ? " .-.nn.liu), organized in 1815, which is still In active existence, Is the oldest society I in the United States. In the book presented to the Pendleton society by Col. Pickens is a copy of a letten written to the society by Georg/ Washington. 7 The book also contains a report/) f a crop of corn and potatoes raped hy a man named Lorlng, a res I de fi of Maryland. He made 13 4 hushrfs of shelled corn and 263 bushels ogrish potatoes on one acre of land bynlant ing tho potatoes In the middle/ This record was made In ISip. Col. Stribling, himself, has loig followed this plan of raising Irish potatoes, and this year has raised a good crop on the same plan. Will Discontinue New 'Means Mint. Washington, June C.-The his toric New Orleans mi.it will cease to exist as such after July 1. After that time it will he conducted as an assay office and a storage place for 22,000, 000 silver dollars, which will be Stacked In one of its old vaults, con sidered burglar-proof. HE purpose tn erecting arnon? umcnt is to perpetuate the sacred memory of loved ones that have passed into eternal rest. That monument, then, should be the best; one that will stand the test of time and not crack or rot away, at the same time sparkling with beauty and replete with dignity, li it is carved from WLMNSBORO BLUE GRANITE "The SUIt ol the Trade" it will stand for aeons and aeons the end ni time will find it as beau tiful and unbroken as thc day it was set. Winnsboro Blue Granite will not crack or smut; tts contrast when lettered renders the inscrip tion plain and readable from a dis tance. In selecting a monument, specify Winnsboro Blue Granite. FOR SALE BY C. E. GRAY, Minster. BOOZER CONVICTED OP M BROKIL Newberry Negro to Hung August 1W. In Pe? Her Safo Keeping. Newberry, June 14.-The court of genornl sessions was engaged all day yesterday and to-day In tho trial of the case of Sam Boozer, colored, and John C. Hipp, white, Indicted for tho murder of James S. Gilliam at'Hipp's Old Town plantation on March 3 last. Hipp was acquitted and Boozer con victed. Mr. Gilliam was killed with a shot gun by Sam Boozer, and /Hipp was charged with being -ccesfeory before the fact, lt was charged by tho State that Hipp purchased a gun and gave lt to Boozer, and that he (Boozer) was to do tho killing. After being out just 49 minutes, tho jury returned with a verdict of guilty as to Sam Boozer, an/' not guilty as to John C. Hipp. nudge Gary sentenced Boozer to hang on vriday, August 18. Boozer's counsel Ka e notice of a motion for a new trial, which will he hoard at Laurens next wc^. Boozer vat} carried to the peni tentiary tn ^lumbla for safe-keeping on order of Go ernor Bloaso. For a mild easy hetlo^of the bow els, a single dose of Doa??x Regulets ls enough. Treatment euro, habit ual constipation. 25 cents x box. Ask your druggist for them. N. Hall Destroys Cotton. PIERCE HURRICANE IN ITALY. Eight Bodies Recovered, Many More Under Ruins at Bresci. Bresci, Italy, Juno 15.-A spinning mill was demolished by a hurricane to-day. 'Many wero killed; eight bodies have beon taken out. Hundreds of women and girls are hurled under tho ruins. Seventy-Five Dead. Trieste, Austria, Juno 15.-A ter rific hurricane raged here this morn ing. Several vessels were lost. Sev enty-five people aro dead and the property loss is very heavy. "Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil is the best remedy for that often fatal dis ease-croup. Has been used with success in our family for eight years."-Mrs. L. Whiteacro, Buffalo, Now York. -- Finds Daughter at 00. Benncttsvillc, June 15.-The hail storms Sunday and Monday evening did great damage to cotton and C'rn in this section. In this vicinity a,0"t 1.200 acres were so badly ipured that replanting has been comTenced Others have begun to plantvover Uy running the seed In the prient fur row. Where the cotton ra( attained some sizo the damage w/y less. After traveling 15,000 mileB, tramping most of the way, and living on his peusions from the Mexican and Civil wars, and searching for the 14 children from whom he was separated in tho Galveston (Texas) flood, In 1900, Frank Schromm accidentally stumbled into tho arms of one of his daughters In Indianapolis, Ind., last week. From her he loamed that only four of his fourteen children were h,?ng. Schromm is 99 year? old, and now tn?t ho has found ?ls relatives he is the happiest'man in the world. The reunion came about almost Uko a miracle The aged man was slowly walking down the street when a lit tle child caught hold of his hand and led him to his daughter. Stops itching Instantly. Cures piles, eczema, salt rhetta, tetter, itch, hives, herpes, scabies-Doan's Oint ment. At any drug store. Votes ! ypeBption ' Contest . .Kn >m '.To* IH'n.y lo and Including August 26. From to-day to and includ ing Saturday, August 26, we are giving Piano Contestants and their friends another opportunity to get, votes by working for New and Re newal Subscriptions to The Keowee Courier. In this Subscription Con test we are giving the following PREMIUMS VOTES. Euch Now Subscription. . . . 3,000 Each f?th New Subscription . 5,000 Largest List of New Hubs.. .60,000 VOTES. Each Renewal Subscription. 2,0O0 Each ?til ^Renewal Sub. 2,500 J-tfirgost List of Renewals. . . ; jo,ooo 5 8 DAYS There arc 67 days from thc beginning to the close of this Special Subscription Contest-JO days in June, 31 days in July and 26 in August, with 9 Sundays to be counted out, leaving 58 days for active work. Try to get at least one New Subscription during each working day. Take your pencil and figure out what that will mean for you in thc way of votes-and don't forget that in addition to thc votes given for New and Renewal Subscriptions, we are going to give, on August 27, two extra premiums to the ones having turned in the largest lists of New and Renewal Subscriptions? A few days later-on September 1st-Mr, C. W. Pitchford is going to give to some one the Handsome Upton Piano now on exhibition at his store? Any one wishing to enter The Courier's Special Sub scription Contest by mail can do so. Send in subscriptions, simply stating that you wish to work in this contest, and an accurate list of your subscriptions will be kept and thc premium votes issued in your name. Enter To-day ! $1 22 THE KEOWEE COURIER, 11 Per Year. WALHALLA, S. C. ?J? ?J? ?J? ? \* ?Jo?J. .J? ?J. ?J? ?J? ?J. ?J? > J ? . Jl ?J? ? J * > J? ? J . t J , .I? Cut out thia coupon, and pre- ?J? sent lt at C. W. Pltchford's A* storo nnd he will exchango it 4 for Twenty-five Votes in tho *}? Upton Piano Contest. ?* *I* *I* *I* *I* 'I**!* *Ie*?* *I* 4* *?* "h "I4 NOTICIO.-Under no circum stances will wo discontinue a paper U* one member of a fam ily, changing to another, and counting same ns a new sub scription. TO MEET AT WESTMINSTER. Anderson I Hst ru t Sunday School Conference July ll and 12. The annual conference of the Sun-j day schools of tho Anderson District ; of tho Methodist church will ho hold at Westminster Tuesday and Wed nesday, July 11th and 12th. These conferences aro usually attended by about IBO delegates and are of much interest and benefit. Tho represen tation will consist of all of the Meth odist" ministers and superintendents of Methodist Sunday schools In tho Anderson District, nnd In addition each Sunday school !s expected to send two other delegates. Rev. A. J. Cauthen, of Anderson, presiding elder of the Anderson Dis trict, by tho laws of tho church, will be the presiding officer, and Jns. B. Marshall, also of Anderson, lay mem ber of the South Carolina Sunday School Conforence Board from the Anderson District, will act as secre tary. The/program arranged for the con ference is as follows: Tuesday Afternoon, July lt. 3.30-Opening service of song and devotion-Rev. A. V. Harbin. 4.00-"The Sunday School Work In the Anderson District, as I View lt Making My Rounds"-Rev. A. J. Cauthen, P. E. 4.30 - "District Organization; Work for the District Officers-J. M Way, field secretary. 5.00-Enrollment of delegates; one minute reports from delegates. Tuesday Evening. 8.30-Thirty minutes of song and prayer-Rev. G. C. Hutchinson. 9.00-"The Church and the Sun day School"-Rev. S. A. Donahoe. Wednesday Morning, July 12. 9.00--Prayer service-Rev. R. R. Doyle. 9.15-"Departmentlzlng Our Sun day Schools, Selecting Officers and Teachers, and Giving Every Member Work"-Prof. G. S. Goodgion. Open conference, 9.45-"When, How, Why Hold Circuit Sunday School Conferences?" -Rev. G. W. Davis. Open discus sion. 10.15-"How to Make the Cradle Roll a Success"-Mls3 Irene Prlhce. 10.30-"How, Why Teach Mis sions in our Sunday Schools?"-Dr. J. L. Stokes. I.V.. -"TrnV?rrtg ? ?' . T .b-rr Spvwlmon of Lesson from . Lag len ot Honor '-.1. M. Way. nc>J yoe re- j ! J1 SO - i';' lion 61 iji,Hti*ict .:.iwi.-.-> scnoo i otneers; selection of place of next conference. Miscellaneous business. Wednesday Afternoon. 2.00-Devotional service-Rev. P. K. Rhoad. 2.15-"The Superintendent, tho Key Man in Our Sunday School For ward Movement"-Rev. W. C. Kelly. 2.30-"Pastoral Leadership in Our Sunday School Work"-W. R. Osborne. 2.45-"How to Make the Wesley Adult Bible Class Attractive to the Mon and Women"-Rev. A. E. Drlg gers. Open discussion. 3.15-"Putting on tho Clincher" -J. M. Way, field secretary. 3.45-"All tho Church and All the Children in the Sunday School"-J. B. Marshall. Open discussion. 4.15-General discussion: "What] We Need in Our Sunday School Work"-Five-minute talks: Rov. J. W. Neely, Messrs. W. B. Cox, J. T. Lawrence, O. M. Heard, S. E. Press ley, M. B. Dunlap, F. C. Robinson. Wednesday Evening. 8.30-Devotional and song service -Rev. A. J. Cauthen, P. E. 9.00-Closing address-'Rev. R.W. Humph rles. Foley's Kidney Remedy is particularly recommended for chronic cases of kidney and bladder trouble. It tends to regulate and control the kidney and bladder ac tion and ls healing, strengthening and bracing. Barton's Pharmacy; Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Tho Appointments Illegal. Tho South Carolina Supremo Court, in a decision handed down last Wed nesday evening, holds the appoint ment by the Governor of two rural policemen in Greenwood county tobe illegal in that the appointment was made hy tho Governor without the recommendation of tho legislative delegation of tho county. Tho court held that "appointments to office, not being inherently an ex ecutive prerogative, it. is competent for tho Legislature in conferring tho power of appointment to attach such limitations and conditions to its ex ercise as may bo deemed proper." Although holding tho appointments to bo Illegal, the court orders that the two rural policemen be paid sala ries for two months. F. S. Roxford, G15 New York Lifo Building, Kansas City, Mo., says: "I had a severe attack of a cold which settled in my hack and kidneys, and I was in great pain from my trou ble. A friend recommended Foley Kidney Pills and I used two bottles of them and they have dono mo a world of good." MEXICO WAU ON MONOPOLIES, Now Government Announces Import ant Reforms-Affect Americans. Chihuahua,'Mexico, June 16.-Ho fovnis Immediately affecting millions of dollars worth of American prop erty in Mexico wero announced to night. Governor Abraham gonzales declared that under tho new regime forolgn concessions which might be regarded us monopolies would not be extended or renewed and that every legal effort would be made to restrict foreign monopolies now existing In Chihuahua, one of the richest States In minerals and timber. Tho proper ties are largely controlled by Ameri can, British and German Interests. The Americans are the largest hold ers. "All Americans who grieved at the downfall of the Diaz administration will find that their grief was well founded," said Governor Gonzalo?. No Danger to tho Honest. "We do not intend to take away the riches of any foreigner who le gally holds them, but we realize that under the Diaz system the granting of concessions with their ruinous pay ments of large sums of money to Mexican politicians was a virtual selling out of Mexico. "For years Mexico has boon ex ploited by foreigners until the great body of the people have nothing. We were on the verge of becoming a na tion ol' paupers. Now all special priv ileges shall cense, If we can accom plish it. "We hope to maintain the friendli est relations with Americans and we shall Invite all foreign capital to come In, but there will be no more selling out of the country by piece meal. Invito Competition. "We will invite competition, not monopoly. If American capital wishes to come here, it must bo pre pared to compete with Mexican capi tal. No exclusive privileges will be given foreigners. "Undoubtedly foreigners, including Americans, who profited BO greatly under the Diaz system, will be hard hit by the new era, but the determi nation to upbuild Mexico and to im prove the conditions of her people, really a stricken people, will, I am sure, receive the hearty support of tho great body of Americans." finvornnr Onpvnlea stated that be ginning to-day tao export duty on c.iittUi shipped into o.c 1 --(i 3 lia to? would bo amoved. J >y ll Ililli I/O 111 ......Iv. ?: LttUij.'. Birmingham, Ala., June 15.-Dy namite and an ignition' cap placed In the lamp used by a negro convict miner, caused the death of two ne groes In a mine of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, at Belle Ellen, near here, this morning. Both tho victims were convict min ers. The one whose lamp contained tho explosives had Just entered the mine and lighted blB lamp when an other prisoner approached. The dy namite wont off and killed both in stantly. Who placed the explosives Into the lamp is not known, but it ls thought lt was done by some miner who had trouble with the ne gro. SHE QOT WHAT SHE WANTED This Woman Had to Insist Strongly, but it Paid j Chicago. 111.-"I suffered fromafe I malo weakness and stomach trouble, and I went to tho store, to get a bot I lo of Lydia E. Pink? ham's Veg et ab lo Compound, hut tho clerk did not want to let me have lt-' ho sttld it was no good and wanted mo lo try something else, but knowing till about it I in sisted and finally got it, and I am so glad I did, for it bas cured me. " I know of so many cases where wo men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound that I can say to every suffering woman if that medicine docs not help her, thero is nothing that will."-Airs. JANKTZKI, 2008 Arch St., Chicago, Ul This is tho ago of substitution, and women who want a euro should insist upon Lydia E. lMnkham's Vegetable Compound just ns this woman did, and hot accept something elso on which tho druggist can make a littlo moro profit. 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