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By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. Now Scries No. 001.-Volume IiXHI.-No. 30. CAR FINE Y( HULES t We have just 1 car of heavy Ye Closely Matchee Also some fine Mules. CASH OR OUR GUARAP SOME! C. W. & J. E Walhalla, Sc HE SCATTERED THE MONEY. Peculiar Conduct of Express Messen' ger Linds Him in ,luil. Waycross, Ga., Sept. 25.-Hun dred dollar bills, fifties and other smaller denominations were torn into shreds, and silver coins by the bagful were scattered about an express car to-day by C. P. Radford, express mes senger on Atlantic Coast Line train No. 21, before he finally was subdued and landed in jail here. Radford claimed that he insisted in Savannah that he should not be sent out on the run, because of his condi tion; that he was Intoxicated and did not know what he was doing lu throwing away the money from the safe. The loss, if any, ls not known until the money packages can be carefully checked. Between $?.000 and $10, 000 was In the box and most of this amount was recovered from Rad ford's bosom and trousers' pockets, according to the officers. Card of Thanks. I want to thank my relatives and friends, and especially the ladies of Westminster, who have contributed p roce rles, clothes, etc., to help to re lieve my destitute condition since 1 came from Oklahoma. I want the prayers of God's peo ple that, If lt bo Ills will, 1 may be spared to raise my five little chil dren, and keep them together, and pray that some way may be provided whereby 1 con make a living for ?them. May God's blessings rest upon each one who has befriended me. Mrs. Mary L. Gaines. Westminster, Sept. 23, 1911. Kills a Murderer. A merciless murderer is appendi citis, with many victims, but Dr. King's New Life Bills kill it by pre vention. They gently stimulate sto mach, liver and bowels, preventing that clogging that Invites appendici tis, curing constipation, headache, biliousness, chills. 25c. at all drug gists. Sc Ye Cot t HARRY Cotton Walhal OFFICE NEXT l>OOI )UNG \ND HORSES inloaded the best >ung Mares and I Heavy Horses. Pairs of Young . . . . . . . . . 1 CREDIT. sITEE MEANS [TIING. !. Bauknight, >uth Carolina. MIS MACHINE NUMBER WAS 13. Amateur Airman Morts Tingle Dentil-Hitchcock to Fly. Nassau Boulevard, L. I., Sept. <?. --Tho International aviation meet was marred to-day by the tragic fall of Dr. J. C. Clarke, of New York, an amateur, who was to try for his li cense to-morrow. He fell 206 feet in his Queen Blerlot monoplane, sus taining such injuries that he died at 7.f>0 o'clock to-night in the Nassau Hospital. Dr. Clarke had not intend ed to Hy to-day in his machine, which ls numbered 13. This morning, how ever, after Ignatz Semlnonk, the Russian aviator, had flown to Mine ?la and back In Dr. Clarke's machine, the wheels were smashed by a bad landing and the doctor was so eon corned over the accident that after repairs had been made he took the dyer up In order to test it. He had flown only 500 yards, rising rapidly, when he seemed to lose control and was dashed to the ground. As the aeroplane crashed on the ground lt turned over, catching the amateur aviator under it and crushing him. An examination at the hospital dis closed a fractured skull, compound fractures of both arms, a dislocation of the hip and numerous internal In juries. To-morrow Postmaster General Hitchcock ls to fly with Grahame White to 'Mine?la, carrying several sacks of United States mail in order to test for himself the possibility of aerial mail transportation. Throe Drunken Negroes Drowned. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 24.-Three negro men were drowned In the lake at Lakewood Park, a pleasure resort, to-night. Four negroes engaged the boat for a row on the lake. All were under tho Influence of liquor, and while one did the rowing the others amused themselves by standing up in the tiny craft and rocking lt. Finally lt capsized, throwing the quartette into tho river. One swam ashor? and the others were drowned. Al >ur tton o CARY, Buyer, la, S. C. t TO MOSS & ANSEL. TWO KJOJLED IN COLLISION. Wreck Near Armour's Hurled Engi neer oud Firemnu in DobriH. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 23.-With fear ful impact two trains collided on a high trestle within two miles of Brookwood Bridge, Atlanta, at 8 o'clock Friday evening. One was a freight, the other an in-bound pas senger train. The freight eugine was battered from the track and dropped into thc ravine, 30 feet below, burying Its en gineer and fireman beneath lt. crush ing one and scalding the other to death. The passenger engine tottered un certainly for a moment, and then steadied square upon the track. In that moment the lives of a score or moro of passengers were saved. Many passengers were Injured, some of them seriously. One mall clerk sustained what the doctors say may bo fatal internal injuries. The cause of the gruesome mistake that put two trains going in oppo site directions on the same track at the same time and made them meet on the trestle may never bo known. An Investigation will he conducted by the railroad authorities, but the secret may be burled with the dead engineer and the fireman, who paid the price of it with their lives. Passenger train, Southern No. ll, i had the right of way over the other. It left Chamblee for Atlanta some j twelve minutes late, but with a elnar | block ahead Into the city, according j to its conductor. The freight train, pulled by engine 170(1, was apparently on its way from ! Inman Yard around to Decatur I street. Engineer J. A. Farris was at the throttle of the freight engine. Be side him, firing, was N. M. Robinson, making his first special run as a fire man-and his Inst. Ile was a son of Blent. Robinson, of the Fulton coun ty police. The inaccessibility of the place I where the collision occurred delayed for hours the giving of aid to the wounded and the recovery of the dead. The two trains, one of them hideously headloss, blocked tho tres tle. It was an hour until relief ar rived from Atlanta, lt was a matter of hom's after that before the relief could reach the sufferers. lt was half past 3 o'clock before the body of Fireman Robinson was taken from beneath the fallen en gine-over five hours after the wreck. Two hours earlier the man gled remains of Engineer Farris had been recovered. Two of tho freight ears were load ed with cotton. It had caught on fire and burned slowly. The freight engine, almost unrec- ! ognizable as such, lay twisted and misshapen on the Seaboard tracks below tho trestle. On tho other side of the trestle, uearly in the creek, was the freight engine's coal fonder, a battered mass. At the very end of the freight train was a wrecked car. None of the other cars was off Its wheels, but this one, far back from the point of collision, was a splintered and un tracked wreck. The force of tho col lision had seemingly snapped lt from the rails. After the first shock of the collis ion there was turmoil. Women shrieked and fainted In the dark ness, i'he Impact had extinguished the lights. There followed a period of confusion and horror. No one within tho coaches knew just what had happened or would happen next. Any moment might see the coaches caroon over the side of the trestle and carry them all to death below. Mail Clerk Seriously Hurt-. E. W. Hiott, ono of the mall dorks, In the mail car near the engine, was thrown against the mail rack and stunned. Recovering, he realized the collision and in his dazed condi tion rushed to the side door, whence he would have thrown himself into a slicer fall ol' '10 feet or more had not his companion, W. A. Singleton, seized him around tho waist and wrestled to save him. Singleton held him until he recovered lils senses. Hiott was In tho Atlanta hospital Saturday morning. Tho physicians said bc was suffering from Internal injuries that looked serious, and that his shoulder was wrenched and bruis ed and his head lacerated. Others on the train would have thrown themselves out into tho dark ness and fallon to death in tho ravine had there not been rational ones with them who calmed them till the first, few moments of panic, were passed. T. M. Bowery, of Anierlcus, ono of tho passengers, bruised about tho head and forehead, was one of tho first of the Injured to reach Atlanta. Ho says ho was thrown over tho seat lu front of him. Tho man on the soat beside him was thrown almost through the window. When he re gained consciousness ho saw heaps or people piled up in the ear. Book ing out of the window, ho was just in time to seo tho freight engine fall. Oconeeans injured. Two of tho Injured, E<1. W. Hiott and W. A. Singleton, are former Oconee boys, both well known in Walhalla and other parts of the county. Mr. Hiott Is said to bo seri ously injured. Mr. Hiott Is a son of Rev. D. W. Hiott, now residing in j Anderson. Mr. Singleton has a large number of relatives in tills county, his home being near Westminster. . There are hosts of friends who re- ! LOCAL NEWS PROM SENECA. Track Team Getting Ready for Race Octolier Oth--Local News. Seneca, Sept. 26.-Special: Mrs. S. D. Cherry continues right sick, and her friends hope to hear of an Im provement in her condition. Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Gray, of Ander son, spent Sunday In Seneca, Invitations have been received hero to the approaching marriage of Dev. G. M. Wilcox, of Walhalla, to Miss Marion Coe, of Richland. The event, which will take place in the Rich land Presbyterian church on the evening of October 4th, will be a large affair and will be attended by a number of friends from Seneca. The announcement of the mar raige of Miss Esther Cary and Joe McOonnaughey, at Walhalla, was a surprise to their friends here. The interesting news evoked many ex pressions of good wishes, however, Miss Cary having at one time resided in Seneca. Miss Leila Doyle, of Calhoun, was visiting her relatives here tho early part of the week. Mrs. J. E. James will arrive on Saturday to spend the week-end with relatives hore. Mr. James recently accepted a call from Newberry to the Presbyterian church at Unlontown, Ala., and Mrs. James ls en route to their new homo. Nows has been received hero of the operation on James S. Vernor at a Columbia hospital on Monday for appendicitis. Mr. Vernor was strick en on Sunday night and an operation was thought necessary. S. K. Dendy spent Sunday with his family here. Our track team ls beginning prac tice and a challenge has been accept ' ed from the Westminster school for a relay race for next Friday week, the 6th of October. Miss Margaret Morrison spent last Sunday with her homefolks at Clem son. Yancey, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Strlbling, entertained his young friends at a birthday party last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. R. S. Vernor returned last Saturday from Brevard, N. C., where she had been visiting relatives dur ing the hot term. , Tho Once-a-Week Club will hold the opening meeting with the presi dent, Mrs. J. H. Adams, on Thurs day afternoon. TheVmeetlng will he a social ono and tho president is ar ranging an interesting program. DAUKNIGHT'S SLAYER CAUGHT. Prisoner Claims White Man Partiel pated in Card Game. Winnsboro, Sept. 2r>.-BIB Suber, tho negro who shot and fatally wounded James P, Bauknight, a white blacksmith, at Blairs last Sat urday morning, was brought to Winnsboro Sunday night In an auto mobile hy Sheriff Hood and lodged in jail. The negro was captured through the vigilance of the sheriff, who fol lowed him on this side of Broad river, and after crossing the river on the Newberry side Saturday night, continued the hunt, and finally lo cated him in a body of woods on Capt. lilli's plantation. The Prisoner's Recital. The story of the killing, as related hy the prisoner, which ls corroborat ed by the other negroes who were present at the time, and who are the only eye-witnesses to the difficulty, ls substantially as follows: That he, with a few other negroes, was in the blacksmith shop of Janies Bauknight Saturday morning playing cards with the latter, and after the game had been in progress for a few hours, Bauknight lost his whole "stake" and quit the gnuie, leaving the shop. Suber said he next saw Bauknight at the door of the shop, with a pistol In each hand, calling to each of them to hold tip their hands or he would shoot, and just ns he (Suber) was complying with the order, or before he could raise ids hands up, Bank night commenced bring at him. Four of the shots struck him, and ho then pulled his pistol from his pocket, while he was on his knees, and while the white man was still shooting, and fired twice. Doth shots took effect, one striking the calf of the leg and the other wound, from which Bauk night died, after lingering for an hour, was received In tho abdomen. Hi Meet Death in Apartment House. Chicago, Sept. 2 fi.-Twelve per sons are believed to have boen burn ed to death In their beds In a fire which destroyed the four-story apart ment house at 336 South Sangamon street at. daylight this morning. Five bodies have boen recovered and seven are missing. Dozens were res cued by the heroic efforts of tho fire men and police. All tho bodies re covered wore found squeezed In a narrow passageway, leading to the Aro escnpe. Twenty families occu pied the building; all foreigners. joice at their narrow escape and hope for their complete recovery. T. M. Lowery, formerly of Seneca, was also hurt, being painfully bruised by being thrown from his seat In ono of the ears, and il waa he who first entered Allanta, giving the news of the wreck and summoning assistance from the city. Tho Hst as given out officially states that two were killed and the moro or less seriously Injured num ber ? 7. BETWEEN 300 AND BOO DEAD. Battleship Liberte, Finest in French Navy, Ul ow n Up and Bunk. Toulon, France, Sept. 25.-More than half of her crew of 793 officers and men mot their death early to-day when fire broke out in the ammuni tlon hold of the battleship Liberte, one of the finest vessels of tho Freneh navy. The explosion which followed wrecked the great ship. The fire was discovered at five o'clock. At first It was not thought serious, but gained headway over the sailors who were fighting lt. Suddenly it roached the magazine, which had not been flooded owing to the apparent slight blaze. The ex plosions were terrific, slinking the vessel fore and aft, each stronger than that preceding. They opened U|) great fissures in armor and framo work. Tho vessel Immediately became a mass of fire and smoke and soon sank below Toulon harbor. At an early hour unofficial esti mates ?dace the number of dead at. five hundred. Estimates by the naval men vary widely. There ls no doubt the loss of life was as high as three hundred. Scores of seamen died iu their berths. A few saved them selves by jumping overboard. Many of those injured leaped into water and drowned before other boats in the roadstead could reach them. Two hundred of the crew escaped death, because they were on shore leave. Commander Jaur?s was not aboard. The explosion was without warning. Scores were hurled high Into the air accompanied by great fragments of armor-bursting shells and blinding powder smoke. The men below were killed in their sleep. Others, awakened by tho explosion, started to jump overboard and were caught by the second detonation. Many vessels were in the harbor at the time, Including several warships. A hundred men saved themselves by jumping, Scores of others would have escaped but for rl0id discipline, which held them at their posts. When awakened and about to throw themselves overboard an order call ing them to their stations rang out. These men were blown to pieces a seconde late** Between three hundred and three hundred and fifty of the Llberte's crew nod about a hundred men from other warships who were sent to help extinguish the fire, disappeared. Tho Democratic lost twenty dead and fifty injured. A piece of armor plate, blown from the Liberte, struck cruiser Replique on the port side with great force, damaging her plates. mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa -fa FARMERS1 UNION MEETINGS 4> mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa mfa .fa .fa mfa mfa mfa mfa Bounty Land Local Union will meet, on Saturday, October 27th, at 1 o'clock p. m. All brethren aro urged to bo present, as there will be some very important business to transact; and don't forget that it is the day to pay your annual dues. Don't fail to come. M. M. Morris, President. O. B. Guntharp, Secretary. !<\>r Business Association. As business agent of Oconoe coun ty I call a meeting of all local busi ness agents for the purpose of form ing an association of tho county agents, to be held at Coneross on next Saturday, September 29th, at 1 o'clock p. m. sharp. Every local sending a delegation will be recog nized, whether said delegate be a business agent or not; but all locals that have an agent are expected to soe that hs is present at this meet ing. It Is important. M. G. Holland, Agent for Oconee County. The County Union Met. The Oconee County Farmers' Un ion met with Fairview Local last Sat urday, September 23, and held a very profitable session. M. G. Holland, county business agent, ma do a report of the business agents' meei lng at Columbia on September "1, and he desires all local business agents to meet him at Coneross on Saturday afternoon, September 30, at 1 o'clock, to form an association of tho local business agents of the county. Al) local business agents should be on hand promptly. After routine business the union passed a resolution resolving to hold cotton for hotter prices, and in this mattor wo desire the co-operation of all union and non-union farmers, also the hankers, merchants and business mon generally of tho county, for this is a matter that affects us all. J. W. Alexander, County Sec. Angry Woman (/anses Tragedy. Wellsville, Ohio, Sept. 24.-Anger ed because she had been arrested on a charge of alleged violation of local option laws and suspecting her com mon law husband of having informed on her, Clara Balley, 22 years old, early to-day, following her release on bail, shot Arthur Campbell, lier supposed husband, through tho sto mach three times. Ho died five hourn later. For bowel complaints In chlldrer always give Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil. lt is certain to effect r cure and when reduced with watei i and sweetened ls pleasant to take No physician can prescribe a bottoi remedy. For sale by all dealers. WESTMINSTER'S LOCAL NEWS. Dont h Colls TWO to Last R?Str General Now?. Westminster, Sept. 26.-The first lyceum attraction of the season was given in tho school auditorium laBt Friday night by tho Noll Burmell Concert Co., which is composed of three charming young artists. They presented an entertainment of great variety, yet classic enough to delight the entire musical as well a3 popular audience. It consisted of vocal and Instrumental solos, readings and child impersonations. T. M. Lowery, of Americus, Qa., was in town one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. Zimmerman loft Saturday for Memphis, Tenn., to at tend the reunion of tho Blue and Cray. PUffle Cot.hran, of Draughon's Business College, Greenville, spent a day or two of last week with his mother and father, Mr. and M ra. W. IO. Co th ran. Jas. G. Dreazeale has just com pleted a new warehouse near tho old roller mill. W. F. Sheldon ls building a six room house on his lot on Luckie street. Mr. and Mrs. Henry ZI nun orin an are visiting In Atlanta. Miss Lula Brown, of Anderson, vis ited friends in Westminster Monday. Little Miss Catha Davis has re turned to her home In Fair Play af ter a very pleasant visit to relatives here. Mrs. Lillie Holbrooks, of Bowen ville, Ca., ls visiting her father, lt. O. Harrison. Mrs. J. H. Ligon left Saturday for Corinth, Miss., to soe her daughter, Mrs. Cole, who ls sorlously lil. Mrs. T. D. Poore and son Kolfer, Mrs. .1. R. Orr and two children at tended the burial of Mrs. T. Holland at Deaverdam cemetery, Fair Play, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Taylor visited ut Liberty the latter part of last week. Rev. J. A. Martin, of Cross Hill, ls visiting his daughter, Mrs. Burt Mitchell. B. O. Whitton left last Thursday for an extended visit in Oklahoma and Texas. The series of meetings in tho Methodist church, conducted by Rovs. Singleton. Donnhoe and Duffie, closed last Sunday night. There were 16 additions to the church. Mrs. N. S. Harper and daughter, Mrs. M. A. Terrell, of Atlanta, aro visiting Mrs. A. W. Leathers this week. Ceorge Norris, of the Macon Nows, ls here to-day. Ile was called Itere on account of the death of his bro ther, Eugene Norris. A very interesting event ol' tho week was tho party for the little folks, given by Miss Anna Marett Tuesday afternoon In honor of her pretty cousin, Miss Catha Davis, of Fair Play. Delicious plates of candy were passed to the guests as soon as they arrived. Then, after spending some time in playing games, they were served lee cream and cake, after which the little ones reluctantly de parted for their homes. Death of Mrs. Teoora Hollaud. Last Friday about 12 o'clock Mrs. Teeora Ida Holland died at her home In Westminster. Mrs. Holland had been In feeble health for some time, but was stricken with paralysis about three v/eeks ago and grew steadily worse until her death. Mrs. Holland was In her 53d year, and was a consistent member of the Baptist church. On Saturday morn ing her body was carried to Fair Play and laid to rest by the side of her husband, who died about seven years ago. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. P. Marett. Mrs. Holland leaves no Immediate relatives except, her two sons, Ed. C. and Alexander, and a sister-in law, Miss Sallie Holland. To those the heartfelt sympathy of many friends ls extended. Pound Dead in Alabama. The death of Eugene Norris, of Alabama, was quite a shock to his relatives and friends hero. This news reached hore Sunday morning. He was an employee of tho Southern Railway, having held a position with the bridge force for five or six years. It is not known In what way Mr. Nor ris lost his lifo. His body was found early Sunday morning lying near a trestle about a mlle from Cordova, Ala. Ills chest was badly crushed. His walch stopped nt 8.37, and lt ls supposed that he breathed his last at that hour. Mr. Norris was about 3?"? years old and was a son of Ft. R. Norris, of this place. lils body arrlvod hero yesterday afternoon on No. 4 0. Fu neral services wore held In the Meth odist church at 2 o'clock this after noon, conducted by Rev. J. ti, Single ton. Besides his father Mr. Norris / loaves throe brothers and three sis ters- Frank and Will Norris, of Westminster, and Ceorge Norris, of Macon; Misses Sallie, Bettio and i Pearl Norris, of this place, -.-.--mw-rn Won't. Desert, Says Laurier, Ottawa, Ont., Sopt. 23.-"I will remain In Parliament as leader of i the Opposition for some Hmo; I , should ho a deserter of my party if I I ran away now," sahl Sir Wilfried i Laurier to-day. p He undoubtedly will go through . tho next session, a leader of tho Op r position. Though 70 years old, his health is good.