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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISHED ISO.) Published Every Wednesday Norning i *' = Subeczijpfion fl Per Annum. Advertising II?tea Reasonable. -By STECK, SHE LOB ? SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over one hundred words, will bo printed free of charge. Ali over that number must be paid for at tho rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1, 11)12. SURVIVAL OK DOOM? ls tlie primary system in South Carolina to survive, or is it doomed? That question, we believe, will be answered to-day by the .Hate Demo cratic Executive Committee when it announces the result ot' its delibera tions. That tho ligures produced by last week's election are indicative of fraud in the State ar?' evident. Kow there ate who believe thal South ('undina eau east 140,415 legal and honest voles oven under tho wide scope given in the Democratic party's primary system. The party strained it vlf two years ago when it gave a total vote of 106,855, and certainly there is no manner ol' reasoning whereby we can figure that tho vot ing strength ol' this Stato could be Increased, in th?? space of two years, by such figures as 35,831-and this is tile showing on tho face of last week's returns. Such an increase would indicate thal the State's white population had in two years been increased by tho enormous sum of 107.800 souls, granting that there is one voter in every five of population. We had. during the progress of the campaign, the peculiar spectacle of the Governor of the State pro claiming from every political stump, "Watch tlie election: the Jones peo ple are enrolling their names on two and three 'lab lists in order to de feat me." As the results of the elec tion began to Hash into Columbia we find the iones people studying fig ures and soon finding the totals mounting into unreasonable and un believable thousands. Then ls added IV i io. : ? i iiltiilbt: n?i.-> til? iUiajO'l i'.j and then it is that he is overwhelm ed wit li righteous indignation al the mere suggestion ol' irregularity or fraud in South Carolina. The figures, however, will bear close study. We produce them be low thal ari easy comparison may be made, and we asl? (ho question, Is it reasonable to believe thal these in creases in some of the counties could bc mailt without fraud somewhere and by somebody? The figures point lo fraud, ami both sides to the eon test have charged fraud. Study these figures ant' draw your own conclu sions : Count? Abbc\ ?Ile AI ken Anderson Hamberg Da rn well Beaufort . . Berkeley Calhoun . . Charleston Cherok nc Chestei . . Chesterfield Clarendon , Colleton . . Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgi field Kn I rib ld Klorotu e C?eorgeiow n Oreen \ Mle ( ; reen w ood I la m pt on 1 lor rv Jasper . . . Kersha n . . Lancaster Lanrens . . Lee . Lexington Marion . . . Marlboro Newberry . Oconee . Orangebu rg Dickens . .. Richland .. Saluda . . Spa rt 'nbu ry, Sumter . . . Union .... Williams!)'? York . Totals. . 1106,8f*5| 1 10,11 r> ??i.??OO Excess vote over lil 10, ?5,831, * Jasper not a county in 10 10. ??Voto in 1010 moro than in 1912. But, you say. PROVE the fraud. And you say well, It may bo proven, or lt may not. The figures on their face point so conclusively to fraud that there aro thousands of good citizens who hereafter will refrain rrom binding themselves to support tho nominees of the party under such questionable conditions. Two years ago this same condition, in modified form, was forced down our throats, yet wo have again gone into tho primary only to have tho un palatable dose quadrupled. The Ex ecutive Committee can pass these conditions up unchallenged, can rat ify the election of last week without showing grounds for doing so, but if it does lt will drive the first nail into the coffin of the primary system lu South Carolina. The system will survive If proven pure; without sound argument and figures based on fact to support a result so unbeliev able, it is doomed. We do not speak thus In condem nation of Bleaselsni, nor In support of Jonesism. As was so aptly said during the recent campaign, "Please is nothing. .Iones is nothing; South Carolina is everything." Tho condi tions now prevailing should be sifted to the very bottom, thus proving pur ity or fraud; and if the latter is found, let the responsibility rest where lt falls. South Carolina's good name ls at stake, and where she ls concerned neither Governor Blease nor Judge Jones should be given a thought. Many Hurt in .Southern Wreck. Macon. Ga., Aug. ?il.--Pour train men and a number of passengers were hurt when Southern railway train No. 13, north-bound from Jack sonville to Cincinnati, struck an open switch and co?'ided with a freight train in the Macon yards early to-day. What We Never Forget, according to science, are tho things associated with our early home life, such as Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that mother or grandmother used to cure our burns, boils, scalds, sores, skin eruptions, cuts, sprains or bruises. Forty years of cures prove its merit. Unrivaled for piles, corns or cold sores. Only 2 5 cents at all druggists. To the 1'eoplo of Oconee County. Many, many thanks, my friends, for cite good will, esteem and confi dence manifested to me by your bal lots In the last primary election. 1 most profoundly appreciate your kindness. The kind hospitality ex tended to me everywhere converted my tour into a pleasure trip. \V. P. Marlin. A Card. To the Voters of Oconee County: I take this method of thanking;you for ? W. eldridge watte. Master. I Appreciation ol Support. To the People of Oconee: I desire to express deep apprecia tion to tho voters of this county for the handsome vote given mo in the primary of August 27th. By your will I have been placed in the run-j ning in the second race for a seat In the House of Representatives,, and 1 j appreciate your confidence thus ex pressed as an honor of which I shall ever bc proud. I earnestly solicit your support ami votes on the 10th of September, I and il elected will give to the peoolo ; of Oconee the very best service of which I am capable. Respect fu Hy yours, Frank II. Shirley. West minster, Sept. ::, 1 l 2. To the V<?tcrs of Oconee. By your favor I have been placed in the second race for Supervisor of Registration for Oconee, and I ap preciate your confidence in me thus Indicated. Then? are, however, mani of the voters of Oconee who do not know me personally, and whom I may not be able to see he lore the election next Tuesday. To these I will say that I am a plain larmer of the Salem section of Oco nee, and served as Magistrate for :>ne term, discharging the duties of I thal office conscientiously and to the liest of my ability. 1 will appreciate ? your support and vote in my present lace, and If elected will serve you as ' ix representative on the Registration Hoard to the very best of my ability. Very truly yours. VV. H. Talley. An article that has real merit j should in time become popular. That | Ditch ls the case with Chamberlain's Cough Itemedy bas been attested by | mam dealers. Here is one of them: H. VV. Hendrickson, Ohio Falls. Ind.. | writes. "Chamberlain's Cough Rem-j edy ls the best for coughs, colds and croup, and is my best Belier." For sale by all dealers. A Card to the Voters and Public. To the Voters and General Public; I take this method of thanking 'the voters for tho handsome majority glvon me In last Tuesday's primary, lt was my pleasure during the cam paign to visit many parts of the county new to me, but in each com munity I was most cordially received and in the homes of tho people was royally entertained. For this I anil also very grateful. I hope In a way to be able to re pay these kindnesses during my ten ure in office by kind and courteous treatment to all, ever looking to the best Interests of Orondo. Very respectfully, I). A. Smith. Few, If any. mod Iel nea have met with the uniform success that has at tended tho use of Chamberlain's Ced lc, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy. The remarkable cures of colic and diarrhoea which it has effected in almost every neighborhood havo given lt a wide reputation. For salo hy all dealer*. / ft ?rt *??%au ?I?: MATTHUS OF NEWS Ar . v:1-v:< .\. Brief Items of Local New- frt>ih O?*!4 Sister Town. Seneca, Sept. 8.-SpecNi. Hunter la in Now York ' nyia*; his fall stock of goods. Mrs. Emily Rivers Tbomp??ou has Issued Invitations to the marriage of her daughter, MTB. Eva Th? upson Manlgault, to Ellsworth M i inty Rust on Thursday, the fi it ti 01 Sep tember, at her homo, "Maple . :," In Seneca, the ceremony to bc . 'd at 5.30 o'clock. Mrs. Manlgault <>r several years has boon a I | it visitor to Seneca and ha bei i |?< | i larly known here to a d Ughtful r cle of friends. These a . ox tl'ii ig best wishes upon the event bf her marriage to Mr. Rust, y ; i ? a i ?I dent of Birmingham, Al; I in . lg roupie will be at hom" lo ll lr friends after October 5ti- at ?lr residence In Pirmlnghun Mr. and Mrs. W. M. PI '< v c Boe, S. C.. will visit Mr. ? .<. Mn V. P. Reid for several day? bli . . We eal! attention again to th? n trlbution ol' canned goo ' vV he Sunday school of the . .-'< ttl church will make to th? i'ho ill Orphanage this week, wier, ls preferred, cash can he j." m ty member of tho comm ':, .. ch consists of A. P. Prov ;s dames J. W. Byrd, W. J nd E. C. Doyle. Tho c. (ls can be left at the Senec ile Co.'s store. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Lower vc been visiting their friends a tives here, at West minah r ai s sell's the past week. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. I re spending two weeks midi io mountains. Mrs. W. P. Reid will ?Vt ?c little tots of her Sunday io ss at a picnic at the park r? f ternoon. The Pee Hive is ?cci d Bome, roomy quarters up ?wp In the large store room fo ne u pied l>y R. Anderson. . is greatly increased and pr. el I .t tractive appearance. A number of business tl re booked for the coming w?a o Mr. and Mrs. .lames M>'< l >. ti ley, visited their paren*;. td Mrs. John Myers, the past w Miss Verna Strlbling w t urday for a visit to friends ? i etta, Da. A large number of Sonnet le attended the meeting of Ibo < AP. Church Association the pi st. Mrs. J. E. Hopkins an ! Vii . ta Pincannon have returns'' ii at lanta, where they pure)' iso lr fall stock of millinery f 1 'e preparing for a large tr. l< >c already under headway I ha i ing, the date of which l{ in I cdt. Mesdames O. V. McC P. Reid and T. 10. Strlbling M ; i r ua Strlbling and Clara Mi Cai ont the past week-end with 1 i.s. It. S. Vernor in tlie cou Harry Bryan is visiting ro ther. who is spending the ho iou is in Seneca. ?Ai P. Brown ls lit Now V< k on a .. , , i 1.1V th a?ul ? Alex Lu....?. is tidiing \\ia a,, , ia) vacation, which he is spending at his old home, Philadelphia. Mrs. Rosa Arnold died at lier borne here last Thursday afternoon at "> o'clock. She had suffered v. stroke of paralysis a week previous to her death and never rallied. She was a sister to F. J. P. Hopkins, of Seneca, and Julius Hopkins, of West Union. Sile leaves, besides these, to mourn their loss, an aged mother and Hi ree children-E. Clayton, J. NT. and Miss Bil lio Arnold-with whom their friends here are feeling thc tenderest symapthlea. O. P. Paeon spent last week in Marietta, Ca., with his daughter, Mrs. J. J. Daniel. These annual visits are a green spot in the life of Sen eca's veteran citizen and tend to keep liim in possession of perpetual boy hood. Mrs. J. C. Cary, of Greenville, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. D. P. Thomson, Mrs. Laura W. Pates has been a welcome visitor to Seneca for a week, and numerous friends have accorded her the glad hand. STORMS RAGE IX TWO STATES. l-'ifteon Lives Lost-Pennsylvania and West Virginia Arc Swept. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 2.-Fifteen persons are known to have hoon drowned and many others were lost, it is feared, in a series of storms that swept over Western Pennsylvania and the Pan Handle of West Virginia early to-day. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the Pan Handle were badly washed, and it is stated that traille, will be delaven several davs. Through trains wore maroon ed dining Hie night in Hie flooded district. Many manufacturing plants are under water and the property damage will be heavy. Reports from Colliers, in the Pan Handle of Wesi Virginia, are that nine persons lia ve been drowned there and many more are missing, but the exam loss of life cannot be ascer tained until the searching parties along thc valley of Hannon's ('reek have completed their work. The storms caine after a day of unusual heat and hurst with little wa rn i ag, IO Dead; Loss ^-.i,ooo,ooo. Pittsburg, Sept. 3.--A total of forty dead and a property loss of two million probably measures the toll of Sunday night's flood in lives and dollars, but the effect of tho cloudburst will be felt for several days in many stricken communities. List of fatalities: Colliers, W. Va., 18; Cherry Valley. Pa., fi; Purgotts town, Pa., t; Avella, Ps., 3? Canons burg, Pa.. 7; Woodland and Wells burg. Pa., 1 each. Fifteen bodies have been recovered from the debris in tho valley of Harmon's Creek, near Colliers. I'mlo Bara Says: "lt don't take moro'n a gill uv effort to git folks Into a peck of trouble" and a little neglect of constipation, biliousness, Indigestion or other liver derangement will do tho same. If ail ing, take Dr. King's New Life Pills for quick results. Easy, safe, sure, and only 25 cent? at all druggists. IN THK BOUNTY I<AND SECTION. I J. K. Pickett Resigns ?t Clemson---. Will WHte at Norfolk, Va. Bounty Land, Sept. 2.-Special: Misses Nettle Cleveland, of Dunnel idn, Fla., and Lula Klug, of Central, are guosts for a few days of Miss Agnes Willson. The friends of Broadus Bagwell will regret to learn that he ls suffer ing from a case of fever. Ho ls at the home of his father. B. li. Bag well. Mrs. A. C. Ballenger ls expected this week at the home of her sister. Mr8. J. B. Pickett. She has been at tending a camp meeting at Hoad ville. Va. Miss Agnes IOU Ison spent last week with relatives at Greenville and Cen tral. Miss Hattie Podgers, o' Abbeville, and Miss Scott, of Greenville, were recent guests at the home of J. B. Pickett. Mrs. Howell Smith spent Wednes day in the Corinth section with her father. G. B. Cuntharp, who lias been unite indisposed for several days, suffering with rheumatism. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kni est Smith sympathize with them in the deatli ol* their infant daughter. The little body was interred in the Richland cemetery yesterday after noon at I o'clock. Rev. Vaughan con ducting funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pickett spent Wednesday with their son. J, K. Pickett, at Clemson, lt will ho a source of regret to the many Oconee friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Pickett to learn that Hie former has resign ed his position as foreman of tho hor ticultural department at Clemson and accepted a similar position at Nor folk. Va., and will move his family to that place in a few days. May success bc with them in their new home. Martin Stephenson and daughter. Miss Rubye, of Oklahoma, spent Mon day night of last week at the home of H. A. Perritt. Misses Mate and Hettie Guntharp, of Corinth, were guests a few days last week of their sister, Mrs. Lowell Smith. Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Wright are the happy parent? of baby daughter No. 2. Miss Carrie Strtbling, of Atlanta. ls a guest of her sister. Mrs. .loe McDonald. Burns Gillison, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. A. Schlllctter and two sons, of Clemson, spent yesterday with Mrs. J. M. (Millson. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Magill and chil dren returned Thursday to their linnie in Hartwell, Ga.. after a Week's visit to the families of I). A. Perritt and Jasper Doyle. J. ll. Wells, of Town ville, visited at A. II. Billson s home recently. Miss Myrtle Davis, who spent last week witli homefolks, returned to Anderson Saturday. Morris Shanklin, of Oraugeburg, spent Saturday night and Sunday at home here. T. C. Conch if Toc??a, Cu.. '..< .: ?i 'recent visitor in i,hc comn un?y .i ? i ? ? ? . , : Anderson this week. Mss Irene Stone, who has been 111 for several days, ls Improving. Mrs. Hamp Bruce and daughter, Mrs. L. C. Patterson, of Seneca, were visitors at thc home of J. fJ, Cleve land recently. .Miss Clyde Smith, who ls teaching in the Ebenezer school, was at home during the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. James McHugh, of Clemson, spent Hie week-end at the home of Thoa. Hubbard. Notes from Richland. Richland. Sept. 2. Special: Tile election last Tuesday passel' off very quietly here. More votes were poll ed here than usual. Enthusiasm was ver.' high that night and next morn ing when Hie other places were heard from. Mrs. Lucy Burris returned last. Wednesday from a visit to friends in Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Foster and chil dren lett Wednesday tor their homo in Greenwood, Miss., alter a two weeks' visit to homefolks. Mrs. Perry and children, ol' Was ley, are visiting at the home ol' L. M. Berry. Mrs. M. J. McDonald is on a visit to relatives at Anderson. Laurens and Columbia. Mrs. O. R. Doyle and Mrs. Strick land, of Calhoun, visited Mrs. W. II. Hughs one day last week. Miss Bert Morris returned to-day to her home in Carncsville, Ga., af ter a six weeks' visit to her aunt, Mrs. J. I>. Strlbling, Mrs. T. IO. Stokes and son Theo dore, or Greenville, arr gue::!:; of Mr. anti Mrs. S. X. Hughs. Kittle Miss Sue K?ster, daughter ol' Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Poster, is very sick witli scarlet lever at Hie home ot lier grand lat her, 10. H. Foster. J. I). McMahan and family return ed home last Monday from a tm Hi's stay in tim mountains. Stiles and Belle Strlbling are spending a lew days witli relatives around Carncsville, Ca. Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Foster and chil dren, ot' Columbus, Miss., are visit ing al (lie home of IO. I). Hosier. Miss Clyde Walton spent several days last week with friends in Greenville. Robert Davis leaves to-day for Dahlonega, (Ja., where he will enter the North Georgia Agricultural Col lege. He ls the Hist to leave for col lege. Edward Vernor leaves to-mor row for Tuscaloosa, Ala., whore ho will enter the University of Alabama. Those young men have the best wishes of their many friends for a prosperous and beneficial year. Mr Singley, of Prosperity, bas been elected as superintendent of our school for tho coming year. Miss Mnmyc Cromer was re-elected last spring, and it is hoped that she will come back. She ls an excellent pri mary teacher. Mrs. Lucy Burris and iOdgar Shanklin gave a lawn party on W. C. Foster's lawn Friday evening. Games were played, and last but not least, ?Upper was served on the lawn, oach guest having brought a box. * i Our Representative is now in The Northern and Eastern Markets making selections of, Fall and Winter Dry Goods and a Full Line of Notions and Novelties. ? BE SORE TO COME IN ??j INSPECT. MOSS & ANSEL, Walhalla, S. C. LIT AOATKUS OR THE. and a DO YOUR FAITHFUL, GOOD HORSES WHICH SERVE YOU SO WELL GET THE CARE THEY OUGHT TO ? THINK THIS OVER, THEN YOU'LL COME TO OUR STORE AND BUY LOTS OF THINGS YOU NEED TO TREAT YOUR HORSES RIGHT. CARE FOR THEN BETTER AND THEY'LL DO BETTER WORK. WHY NOT LET OUR HARD WARE STORE BE YOUR HARDWARE STORE? Matheson Hardware Co., Westminster, S. C. Yes-you buy something more than a marvelous automobile when you buy the Ford. No matter where you are-nearby you'll find a Ford service station. There's something better than a guarantee back of the Ford-and we'll sell seventy-five thousand of them this year. Tlic world over Micro ls no other cor Uko tho Ford Model T. lt's lightest, rightest most economical. Tho two?passenger car costs but $500, t. o. I). Detroit, completo with all equipment, the five-passenger hut $000. To-day get Catalogue. L. O. White or R. C. Carter.