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"TO THINK OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TUR NIGHTDAY; -frUOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, 8HELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHliiffisDAY; OCTOBER 2, H>12. New 8erlc8 No (r>l.-Yolunu? DXIV.-No. 10. ' 'ls ' ' ' * * 4* 4* 4* ?I? ?I* *!. 4* .!* * 4* 4* * One Car Extra Good * * Young' Western Horses * and Mares. .?* fy One car extra good, young, blocky, gentle, un v branded Mares and Horses. fy1 The prices are right on these young Horses, and we expect to sell them all in JO days. Unloaded them fy Monday-sold and traded 21 Tuesday; so you see we fy don't want to keep them. fy fy "** Also, Some Fine Young Mules. : C. W. & J, E. BAUKNIGHT, 4? Walhalla, S. C. fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy .''.watt The Westminster Bank, Westminster, S- O. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, ? $125,000.00 Deposits over.$170,000.00 Largest Bank in Oconee County. Strong m Resources, Conservative Progressive in ^Management, in Policy. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. SIX PER CENT Paid on Time Certificates, payable in twelve months. Yours respectfully, Wm. P. Anderson* President. KEOWEE SCHOOL CORNE K-STOVE Woodmen of World li ave Charg?. Ceremonies Next Tuesday. Tho Woodmen of tho World will lay ihe corner-stone of the Kcowee Graded School building next Tuesday. October 8th. The public are cordially invited to come and brinn well-tilled baskets, and all W. O. W. are espe cially urged to be present and take part in tho exorcises. Quite an interesting program has been arranged for the occasion. Come one, come all, and help to make this a day to be long remembered. S. W. Smith. Tho Program. Following is tho program of cor ner-stone ceremony to be held Tues day, October 8th, at Keowee Graded School building, by the Woodmen of the World: 10 o'clock-Music, by the Newry Hand. 10.30-Welcome address, by W. C. Hughs. 10.45-Response, by lt. A. Gentry. Music by tho Newry Band. I 1.00- Address ..Rural School Improvement"-by W. K. Tate. 11.30-Educational Address by Rev. J. IO. Grim. Adjournment. 2.00 o'clock - Music by band. 2,30-Corner-stone ceremony. H.00-w. o. W. oration, liv Rev. D, W. l l lott. Music. Steps to Stamp Out Hazing. Chapel Hill, N. C., Sept. 27. Steps to stamp out hazing al tho Uni versity of North Carolina were taken to-day as the result, of Hie faculty in vestigation of tho death of William Rand, tho Smithfield freshman who recently was killed while being hazed by Sophomores. Four students who were forcing Rand to dance on a barrel when he fell and cut his throat, on a broken bottle to-day were expelled. Two other students who witnessed the hazing also were expelled for aiding and abetting the principals. Ten members of the student body who were known to have engaged in hazing, either during (he present year or last, year, were Ptfcponded from the Institution for ono year. TIIIO FARMERS' UNION MEETING. Goonoo Fanners' Union Called to Me< I at Bounty Land October H. The Oconco County Farmers' Un ion ls hereby called to meet at Boun ty Land school house, with Bounty Land Local, No. t!8, Friday, October 1 1 th, at 10 o'clock a. m. A full delegation from each local In the county is very much desired. There is business of importance to bc brought before the mooting. Offi cers for another year will bo elected. Tho ginning and marketing of tho prosent crop of cotton is another im portant question that will be for dis cussion. A. H. Billson, President. J, W. Alexander, Secretary. Briefs from Richland. Richland. Rcpt. 30.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Demsio returned Fri day morning to their bonn; in Rome, Qa., alter spending several weeks with relatives in this community. Master Marlon Hughs is very sick and has boen for several days. Wo hopo for his speedy recovery. Miss Pearle Vernor, of Greenville, is visiting her homofolks here. Quite a number from this commu nity attended Presbytery at Walhalla Wednesday. Wo notice that another of tho "Old Maids" crossed Into the "sea of mat rimony" when Miss Emily Dendy be came Mrs. Simpson yesterday morn ing in Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. .loo Stribllng, who havo been visiting rein ti ves and friends in Seneca and Richland for the past month, returned to their home in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday. The Bichland school will open next Monday morning, October 7th, at S.!t() o'clock. All patrons and trus tees are requested to bo present. Mr. Singly, of Prosperity, is to be princi pal and Miss Mamyo Cromer, of New berry, as re-elected assistant. Fortunes in Faces. There's often much truth in the saying "her face ls her fortune," but lt's never said where pimples, skin eruptions, blotches, or other blem ishes disfigure it- Impure blood is back of thom all. and shows tho need of Dr. King's New Life Pills. They promote health and beauty. Tty thom. 2;")C. at all druggists. 1 ( FIMO LANDS AT HMAMJ COST. Former Oconcean Calls Attention to Possibilities in Oklahoma. (Advt.) In another column will be seen where the government will sell, In November, 1912, two million, nine hundred acres of land to the highest bidder on three years' time. There are a great many people lu South Carolina who do not know that at one time tho Indians owned Okla homa and Indian Territory jointly. In the last ten years the Indians have been required to allot three hundred and ten acres each, which leaves lands unallotted to the amount of two million, nine hundred acres be longing to tho Chickasaw and Choc taw indians. As stated before, these lands will be sold to tho highest bidder, and the majority of the lands lo bc sold aro as fine as there is In the State. 1 own one thousand acres of land with in three hours' drive from Ardmore (my home), a town of twelve thou sand inhabitants, and there are ten thousand acres of this . unallotted land to be ?old adjoining my farm. The land to be sold has scattering timber on lt, and can be put In culti vation for three dollars per acre. The land will not bring over $3.50 or $5.00 per acre; one-fourth cash, bal ance in two years. THJO OBJECT. My object In putting these facts before the people of Oconee county ls that 1 expect to make my home some day on this thousand acres, and I am very anxious to have South Carolina farmers for my neighbors. We now have good schools and churches In two miles of my farms, and the chances are we will have a railroad within less than six miles In less than twelve months. If any Oconee man cpntemplates coming West he will never again find as good land and as cheap as this land to be sold in November. I will be pleased to locate this land for any one who may be interested. A PROPOSITION. I will make this proposition to any man from South Carolina who will buy and locate on this land:. If he will buy as much as 80 acres, ,put in cultivation 50 acres, fence tho SO ' acres, build a tWo 1 or "three-room house, I will loan him $800 for 8 per cent interest on ten years' time, al lowing him to nay any part of the money loaned any time during the ten years and stop the Interest. There ts no better cotton land in the United States than this land. 1 have four hundred acres of the same grade of land adjoining the land re ferred to which 1 will rent for one fourth of cotton If rented to a South Carolina man and cultivated as they cultivate lands; and if he does not make one-half hale per acre without the use of any fertilizer, 1 will not charge him any rents. I have good six-room houses, fine water-as healthy as any place on earth. If interested, write me and I will send you some literature, giving full part?cula rs. I would be pleased to have some of those Oconee farmers for neighbors and tenants. Yours truly, M. Ii. ALEXANDER. Ardmore, Okla. ACCEPTS FART OF REWARD. Father of "Decoy Girl*' Dahl Trap Unintentionally. Roanoke, Va., Sept. 29.-Frank Iroler, of Carroll county, father of Maud Iroler, the girl whom the de tectives, in the pursuit of Wesley Ed wards and Sldna Allen, followed to Des Moines, Iowa, to the hiding place of the fugitives, was in Roanoke to day. In discussing lils daughter's connection with the Allen case cap tures he denied with much indigna assistance to the officers. She had tion that she had knowingly given not the faintest idea that she was be ing followed until after Shina Allen was arrested. Speaking of his own part In the affair, Iroler said: "I did not intentionally give In formation to the Baldwins. 1 spoke to Oscar Mundy concerning the rela tion ot my daughter and Wesley Ed wards, and of their meeting after the Millsville shooting, but I did not know at that time that Mundy was in any way connected with the Bald win agency. "I have been greatly incensed at the report that I was helping the Baldwins In order to get Hie reward. "I did not want the reward at all, and I at first refused to have any thing to do with it. Mr. Baldwin, however, pressed lt upon me and I finally consented to take lt." The mother of Wesley Ed wards is now a Mrs. Mundy, she having been twice married. Mrs. ll. E. Dennett Awarded $25,000. Wi onshore, Sept. 28.--After about two hours' deliberation the jury In the case of Hattie IO. Bennett, admin istratrix, against the Southern Rail way Company returned a verdict foi $25,000. The case was tried under the Federal statu lo and ls probably one of the few to he tried under this law Instead of the South Carolina statute. The action was for $75,000 for damages alleged to have been sus tained by the negligent killing of plaintiff's husband in a wreck near Farrs on August 20th, 1911. The Judge took under advisement the matter of reducing Hie verdict. PICK- (?UN ! IOU SHOT RY LONG. Mob TO\ treat on K Lynching-Officers HnvW Prisoner hy Clover Huso. (Special to Charleston Nows and 'jr'!. Courier.) Alkejfr Sept. 28.-News was re celvcdjnere lato this afternoon that Hug^m^Long, of Wagener, in this countySCwho was recently nominated in th^MQCond Democratic primary to the HOUBO of Representatives, had ??hot. I Sickens Gunter, a prominent cltlzenf?f hiB home town, lt ls stated that trapshooting ls a result of threaraagalnst Mr. Long immediately following his nomination. It isMpecnlled that the Nows and Couri^jJ published an Interview re ceutty,Uh which Mr. Long confirmed rumgtsS[to the effect that ho would be seyefoly dealt with if he attempted to gowack to his homo town, of wh'ohJ.raHb mayor. Mr. Long at the time s?ped that he did not fear trou ble, at* wa? must certainly going back taJHWagener so soon as he fin ished ilia business in Aiken. The nomination of Mr. Long waa after ajjj?rd contest, in which a great deal of 'fact ional feeling entered. Long Ixxlged in Aiken Jail. AikeiL Sept. 29.-After eluding a mob'ott determined men bent upon wreaking vengeance upon him after he had?flhpt Pickens H. Gunter, pres ident oftilie Bnnk of Wagener, on the streets pt that town yesterday after noon, .abd after sucering many hard ships aim traveling under serious dif ficultly s?'riioro than 25 miles through the ralfe' last night, Hugh Long, Mayor. Cj?r Wagoner and ReproBenta tive-elcj?t; was brought to Aiken this mornihg.'by two rural policemen and placed^ 3n< jail. MUBCOO Samuels and S. E. Hj)}loy, the officers who accom plished ?otie of tho cleverest ruses ever worked In this county to protect a prisoner from violence, arrived in Aiken, haggard and worn out with the n?WBhips of a wild night, at 7 o'cl?ekAW?' Whoji Sheriff Rabon and his depu ties ;Teafcn?d Wagener last night they foui?ji, a?t j$??ry mob surrounding the house ijrtwbjoh Long had, barricaded himself.Jjjiong,. Who was apparently r^v^stliR^ revolvers and a shotgun, and holding his ground with a determination that convinced the officers beyond doubt that if he had been attacked by Die mob he would have sold his lifo dear. Prepared for Rattle. * According to thc sheriff, Long had taken up a position which he could have held against the onslaught of the crowd until his ammunition was exhausted, and before he could have been killed, it was apparent that he could have shot down at least a dozen of the attacking party. Long's wife and child. and another family, were in tho house with him. Upon his arrival Sheriff Kaboo ad dressed the crowd, hut his words of advice were unavailing. In a gin house a few yards away were gath ered a large number ol" men. These Long could see through a window from his station at the head of thc stairs. Their dark forms were mov ing about continuously, and occasion ally the glow of their cigars and cig arettes resembled the dispaly of si many fireflies. Other men formed a cordon a rou nc ?the house in which Long had taker refuge, and the mob kept their eyet upon tho big black automobile ir which the sheriff and his men made the trip from Aiken, thinking tba tho officers would attempt to carr] him away in the machine, when the] would have a better opportunity t( make an attack. The sheriff, however, had no sud Intention, Realizing that to attomp to carry Long away in the face of th? mob would mean, at the very least the death of his prisoner, he asket the leaders of tho mob what they de mended. They answered that the; would bo satisfied If Long were kop In Wagoner until daylight-presuma hly to await word from the bedsid* of Gunter, the desperately woundoi man. At last, about midnight, one o the deputies, finding that the guar at the rear of the house had relaxe its vigilance, lie reported tho matte to the sheriff, and the sheriff, realls lng that this was his opportunity told Long to go with the two dopi ties. A ( lever Ruse. Long kissed his wife good bye, an In tho custody of the officers, wh themselves were heavily armed, sli ped out of the back door and Into th woods. For twelve miles the thre mon walked through the rain an ?he darkness, keeping away from th public roads and following by-path through tho woods. They lost thol way, and were near Salley when oi of thc officers realized their locatioi Thirteen miles from Aiken they si cured a buggy, and, wot to (he skit worn and fatigued, they drove th remainder of tho way. At Wagoner, however, the sheri and his other deputies malntainc their guard ol' the house In which th mob supposed Long still to bo hob This guard was kept up all night,an this morning when those of tho mo who had boen watching tho big, bl nc automobile all night asked conc?n lng Long, they were told that he Wi probably In Aiken by that time. As it developed, tho mob ha guarded doubly against the law oil cers taking Long away by automi hilo. On every road leading out < thc town barricades were placed to stop or hinder the progress of any 1 conveyance. Telegraph poles were felled across tho road In several | places, and in others logs were lilied ! up as barriers. Late last night before the main body of the mob dispersed an attack was made upon the office of the Wag oner Edlsto News, a weekly news paper, which Long established about a year age and which hus been edited and published by him during his res idence in Wagener. With brickbats, sticks and stones the windows and doors of the shop were battered in, and the front of the olhoe completely wrecked. Two Other Arrests. The sheriff this morning arrested Dr. -O. B. Portwood and Hays Gun ter, of Wagener, and brought them with him to Aiken, placing them In jail with Long. These men are charged In the warrant on which the arre?is were made with being acces sories to the crime with which Long is charged, lt being alleged that Dr. Portwood, who is a prominent citi zen of Wagoner and who operates a drug store there, gave Long the pis tol with which he shot Pickens Gun ter. Hays Gunter, lt ls alleged, had hold of Pickens Gunter when he was shot by Long. With his stocking feet against a smouldering fire in a walting room at the Alkon county jail this morn ing, Hugh Long, whose stormy career since he took up his residence In Aiken county a little more than a year ago, led to the sensational events of last night, this morning greeted two newspaper men who called upon him. He was smoking a corn-cob pipe when his visitors entered. What he had passed through dur ing the previous twelve hours told plainly upon him-he was haggard and worn, still a little nervous; but he smiled pleasantly and Introduced his fc'iow prisoners, Dr. Portwood and Hays Gunter, to the newspaper men. Long said that he had no state ment to make at this time. When told that the mob had practically wVecked his newspaper shop, he re marked, "I am not surprised." Hardly had the , sheriff reached ^Aiken' thia inprnhig w?en he'jrj&e^Ved *?&t?lbphon? W?'sage from;,WaK?ji'?rf stating that ? he sit uatlo^'fllHlBWWW bled town ls still.bad ana growing worse. The sheriff was requested to return to Wagoner at once and bring with him the entire rural constabu lary to preserve order. Two deputies wer? sent at once to the scene and In another automobile went Robert L. Gunter, Solicitor of this circuit-a cousin of Pickens Gunter-and Mayor Herbert Gyles, of Aiken. No definite word has been received here to-day from Wagoner as to the condition of Bickens Gunter, who, however, is so desperately wounded, being shot through and through, that the physi cians entertain not the least hope for his recovery. The fight between Long and Gun ter occurred about 6 o'clock yester day afternoon on tho main business square of Wagoner. Pickens (?unter Dies qf Wounds. Wagoner, Sept. 30.-Pickens N. Gunter, preskb nt of the Ttank of Wagoner and an extensive planter, died to-night at 7.46 o'clock from tho efforts of a gunshot wound Inflicted Saturday afternoon by Hugh C. Long intendant of Wagoner and Represen tative-elect from Aiken county. Long In company with two constables, es caped a vloelnt mob and is now in jail at Aiken. The death of Pickens Gunter has been hourly expected since ho wai shot. Mr. Gunter was a man of con siderable means who lent himself tc every movement for the welfare ol Wagener. He established the haul of which he was president, was asso elated In other local enterprises, ant owned two large farms. His follow citizens held him in the highest es teem. Ile was 43 years of age aiu had lived In Wagoner all his life. Mr Gunter leaves a wife and three ehil dren, two (laughters and one son. Town Very Quiet, lu Wagoner to-day it was dilllcul to imagine that a vengeful mob couh have inaugurated a reign of torro here Saturday night, defying tho she riff and forcing him to resort to i ruse to get Long to jail. The litth town was quiet to-day. lt is trm that groups of mon on the pilbil square wore still discussing the shoot lng, for the affair stirred the sur rounding country. The only vlslhh signs left by the mob were the bro ken show windows In the ellice o tho Edlsto News, of which Long wa editor. It was stated boro to-day that tlv solo reason for Long's escape Satur day night was tho fact that ho tool refuge in tho house of his neighbor Henry Gardener. Consideration fo Mrs. Gardener, an invalid, is said ti have prevented the mob from storm lng the house and dragging Long oil nt any cost. The house In whlcl Long lived since coming to Wageno is about 100 yards down the sam street from the nome of Hardener, li which he took refuge after leavin the scene of tho shooting. Garden er's house ls in a cotton field on tb outskirts of the town. Long and th two constables who nccompanio him must have spent some tense mo monts in the open field after the left tho house, guarded by the mo Saturday night, before they roache the comparative shelter of the wood about a quarter of a mlle distant. Causes Obscure. The causes which lcd to tho dill I1LKAHH DF.CIiAHlCD NOMINEE. There Were Not Enough Disputed Voles IK) Afreet Nomination. Columbia. Oct. 1.-Cole L. Dlonse was this afternoon declared tho nom inee for Governor by tho Democratic State Committeo and B, II. Tillman declared tho nominco for Unltod States Senator. A second primary to decide between Lyon and Peoples for Attorney General was ordered for October 1 Bth. Tho sub-committee Investigating the alleged frauds and irregularities of the primary made their report this afternoon to the full State Commit tee, recommending that the State Convention of the party be called In August of next year to make a new constitution and rules for primary elections and safeguard tho primary. The committee also recommended legislative action along the same lino and severe punishment for any one violating the election laws of the primary. They also recommended vigorous prosecution for violators of tho election laws. The report showed that not enough votes had been brought into question to affect the result and recommended that tho investigation be dropped. The report goes into detail and pre sents ?nany charges of irregularities, such as repeating, voting of minors, non-residents, aliens and in some cases, negroes. The matter of calling'a Stat.o Con vention next year to amend the rules of the party was discussed at length, but was not adopted. A motion to request the General Assembly to pass .laws restricting the right to vote In the primary to qualified electors was voted down. A stib-ccunmltteo to suggest the changes In the constitu tion and rules and to report to tho full State Committee before January i, 1914, was appointed and perfect harmony prevailed to-day. CHARGE .HOWITT WITH MURDER. ('(tintinar/.ut in Session--Federal Authorities Refuse to Interfere. Aukusta, ,Ga., Oct. 1.-The court tjal .wliiei zens and for tho Violation of certain articles of war, heard testimony until late to-night, and will sit again to morrow. About twelve witnesses were ex amined by tlie court before a roces?? for supper was ordered. Witnesses swore that guardsmen under Capt. dewitt tired on them without even a challenge and one man claims to have seen Capt. Jewitt draw his re volver and Aro on 1). G, Baker, one of the men killed. Another witness says he was fired on by the captain. The courtmartial will probably l?e in session through Thursday. Pleads Not Guilty. Jewitt pleaded not guilty to the charge of shooting Maker, Dorne and Christie. Ile pleaded not guilty also to the charge of ordering his enlisted men to fire on the th reo dead men and tho two other citizens. No Federal Interference. News was received here to-night from Washington that the Interstate Commerce Commission, after looking over the lOrdman act, will not Inter fere with the trolley strike here, and Mayor Barrett, of Augusta, will bo notified to that effect. Mayor Barrett to-night refused the street bar Officials permission to arm the strike breakers and attempt to operate ears, so there will be no cai s to-morrow, Should ail attempt be made to ope ate a car K will be in violation of both civil ami military orders. When you lixve a bad cold you want the best medicine obtainable so is to cure it with as little delay as possible. Hero is \ druggist's opin ion: "I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for un cen years," says linos Lollar, of Sn.rat.oga, Ind., 'and consider it tho best pu the mar ket." For salo by all doaVjrs. Clllty between Long and GllllW aro buried in a muddle of local politics and were not at. all related to ibo question at issue last summer In nve primary. Long came to Wagener In September, 1 !? 1 1, started the lCdlsto News to boost primarily tho move ment for a new < nut y with Wagoner for Its court house town. Ile moved herc from Bennettsville, hut ls a na tive of North Cnrolina. He ls an at torney, a man of some parts and a forceful speaker. Long was elected Intendant of the town and ran for the Legislature in thc recent primaries. lt was during tho latter campaign that the situation in Wagener be came acute, Long was warned not to return to the town, after ho was elected to Ibo House In the second primary, but did BO last Wednesday, when his opponent from Wagoner for the House. 3. C. L. Busbee. had been declared elected lu tho third pri mary. Accounts of tho affair between Gunter and Long last Saturday after noon differ in several partlCualM Liked in Reiinottsvillo. Benncttsville, Sept. 30.--The many friends of Hugh Long regret the af fair In Wagoner. Several hundred prominent citizens of Marlboro coun ty, whero ho formerly made his home, would glady certify to his high , character. .-.J