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mm m wm SOM .?TO THINK OWN SEIiP BB TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGH^THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. By STECK, NULLOR & SCHRODER. -,-,-_. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROIJINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1?, nu-,:. Now Scries No. 050.-Volume LXIV.-No. 42. fy fy fy .J. fy fy fy fy Better Shoes for Your Money |+ You know that price doesn't always determine the quality of an article; lt matters not what you buy. \ The best evidence ?B tho number of satisfied customers and the continual repeat sales. Ask any wearer what he thinks of "Star Brand" Shoes. You'll find them all to be well satisfied. And why should they not? Kvery "Star Brand" Shoo ls mado of the best tanned leather. No substitutes ar? ever used. Each pair is made over comfort-giving lasts, with just enough style to mark their Individuality. You can get them in any of tho pop ular leathers. Soino of Our Popular Sellers: " The "Patriot"-"A fine shoe for men." The "Pilgrim"-"The business man's shoe." "Stroager-Than-The-Law" -"Tho strongest and longest wearing work shoes." The "Soft & Good"-"A work shoo true to name." Tho "Our Family"-"For every member of tho family." "Toss and Ted"--School shoes for girls and boys. Look bet ter, flt bettor-wear longer. Try a pair. "STAR BRAND SHOES^ ARE BETTER" C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, Walhalla, S. C. j& IT PATS TO BUT FOR. CASH. fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy oney is Power ! Labor is Power ! You work a week for $10.00. That ten dollars represents a wefek of your life work. You are a week older, and as the weeks, months and years go by your strength is gradually exhausted; you have put your strength into dollars. What nave you done with these dollars? Have you spent them as fast as you earned them? If you nave, you are poor indeed; but if you have spent only a part of the dollars and kept some of them, you ha Ve in these dollars stored up energy and strength to provide for you in your old age. How much better still is your position if you have put these saved dollars to work for you I A good way to do this is to deposit them in some good, strong bank. The Westminster Bank, Westminster, ?S. O.... is a good place to put these dollars. W. P. ANDERSON, P. P. SULLIVAN, President. Cashier. J. M. NORRIS. Assistant Cashier. A NHRVY HXPKHSS MESSENGER Bullies Four Bandits-Shot, Wound cd and Captured One of Four. Fort Smith, Ark., Oct. ll.-Pour masked bandits held up a north bound Kansas City Southern train between Hatfield and Potter, Ark., early this morning'. Tho express messenger was beaten. Ono robber was shot. The express messenger was badly beaten, but refused to disclose the hiding places of valuable packages. He shot, wounded and captured one robber. The others escaped. Hid Valuables. The train left Hatfield a little af ter 2 o'clock this morning. Hurgett was busy in the car when the ban dits clambered up the side door and smashed the glass with their revolver butts. Hurgett hogan hiding the most valuable packages while thc robbers poured into the car a deadly hall of lea 1. The robbers then stop ped firing and tried to undo tho catch by reaching through and breaking tho giana. Hurgett fired at them, but tho robbers got the door open and sprang into the car. The messenger leaped to the shelves be hind a pile of baggage and was met with a revolver and a shotgun. The train wa? going thirty miles an hour and no ono but the messenger knew of the attack. The last shot fired by Hurgett be fore tho robbers gained the inside wounded one, who cried that he was hit. One robber assisted the wound ed mun and thc others ont ult ibo air and the train stopped. The wound ed robber and his companion alight ed after a few more shots. Burgett's I shells were gone 'and the two rob bera, rejoined by tho third, unwound- I ed, closed In on tho messenger, who fought back desperately, wielding thc ! butt of his gun. Tho bandits clubbed him repeatedly over tho head and crashed their lists into his face, de manding to know where tho money was. Hurgett stood tho heating, but kept silent. The robbers varied their search for the valuables by beating and klcking.tho messenger, who was crouched In a corner. They cut off tho air again. The conductor feared something was wrong and began an investiga tion. As* the conductor came for ward with a lantern the robbers took OCONEE COUNTY COHN EX HI HIT, Hoya and Mon of Oconee County, Dring in Youl' liest Corn. The National Corn Exposition meets in Columbia in January, and the State of South Carolina must be represented in a creditable manner. One way of doing this ls for every county In tho State to have an exhibit in the place assigned to South Caro lina. Then Oconee must be repre sented, and In order to get the ex hibits in shape, all the boys in the Hoys' Corn Club contest, and any men who wish to enter tho State con test, are requested to bring their ex hibits to Walhalla and let them be placed on the 7th day of November. On that day tho winners of the best ten-ear exhibits will be decided /for the boys. Tho prizes, however, will not bc awarded until later, as the other matters cannot bo decided that day. There will be no money prizes for tho men. They will merely get their corn examined by experts in that line and have thc opportunity of sending their exhibits to Columbia, where they may enter tho State contest. Let every ono remember the day, and bring along an exhibit as you come to court, so that your neighbor may seo what you cnn do when lt comes to raising corn. Then let the State seo what Oconee can do and does do. Bullet Passed Through Hedy. Newberry, Oct. 12.-(leo. Domi nick, a whlto man, was shot and fa tally wounded at. Helena, ono mlle above Newberry, to-night, in a dy ing statement ho says liiat as ho was walking along tho street, John Grif fin, a negro, pulled a pistol and shot him without a word. Dominick was shot In tho left side with a 1 r>-enllbre bullet, which passed almost entirely through lils body. Ho ls about 20 years old and unmarried. Tho ne gro charged with tho shooting has not yet been located. fright and fled. The messongor fell In a heap at. the conductor's feet. A special train hore a posse to tho scene qf tho hold-up near which tho wound ed bandit was found. Tho bandits secured nothing. NORTON COX IS NO MOKE. Wu H Substantial and R?spcic'ted Olti xcn o? Oconeo County. Norton Cox died at ids borne in the Return section of Oconee last Sat urday and was burled at the Return cemetery Sunday afternoon, funeral services being conducted, in tho pres ence of a large concourse of sorrow ing relatives and friends, by Rev. L. M. Lyda, of the Baptist church. Norton Cox was widely known as one of Oconee's most substai.Mal cit izens. Ho wag a great church W'irkoi> In which he had been an ofllcer for a number of years, lils lifo was an open book, and his name was synony mous with honor. He was a farmer by occupation, and was one of Oco I nee's largest and most successful ag riculturists. Mr. Cox was stricken suddenly [^Thursday with appendicitis, and Sat urday evening he breathed his last. He was about f>0 years of age, and leaves a wife and one child to mourn his death. Before marriage Mrs. Cox was a Miss Stone, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stone, who re side near Seneca. In the death of Mr. Cox Oconee has lost ono of her most cubstantial citizens, tho church a valued and consistent member, and In the home 'his death is an Irrepara ble loss. We join with a host of other friends of the family in extend ing sympathy to the bereaved ones. Mrs. Cox and child will, lt is un derstood, make their home in the fu ture with her parents, ber husband having requested durln;-' his last hours that their present home be dis posed of and residence taken up with Mr. and Mrs. Stone. Sick headache is caused by a dis ordered stomach Take Chamber I Iain's Tablets and correct that and the headaches will disappear. For sale by all dealers. adv. NO PARDON FOR JOHN J. JONES. Governor Blease Promises Reduction of Sentence Later, However. Columbia, Oct. 12.-John J. Jones, who ls under sentence of ten years and thirty days in the State peniten tiary for killing Abe Pearlstine, of Branchville, and whoso sentence will begin on .Tuesday, wrote a letter to Governor Blease beseeching him for a pardon. Replying, the Governor told Jones that after studying the case thoroughly he was satisfied that the verdict of manslaughter against him was just from a legal standpoint and that he could not set aside the verdict of the jury, but said: "Tim sentence of the court, in my opinion, is excessive, and at some future date 1 will reduce it." The Governor expressed his sympathy for Jones in his letter of reply. A pardon for Jones was recom mended by the board of pardons at its recent meeting. lt is expected that Jones will be brought to the penitentiary to begin serving his sen tence on Tuesday. He is now in the Orangeburg jail, where he has been for some time. AS TO THOSE OKLAHOMA LANDS. Many Ocoiieo People Are Toking In borest in the Big Land Sale. Ardmore, Okla., Oct. 14, 1912. I lind it impossible to answer all the questions that are being asked me with reference to the sale of the un allotted lands In the State of Okla homa. Hence I have prepared a let ter to J. Geo. Wright, of Muskogee, Okla. If interested in the sale of this land, clip from The Koo wee Courter tho printed letter you will find be low, sign your name, giving post of fice address and State, and If you wish a blue print showing tlie unal lotted lands enclose f>0 cents In stamps or money order, and you will promptly receive full Information with reference to tho sale of these unallotted lands. If a sufficient number of Oconee county farmers become interested in tho sale of (his land, 1 would suggest that you get together and select ono or more good farmers on whom you can rely ns to what he or they may tell you, send him or them to Ard more, Oklahoma, and I will take pleasure In showing them over a few thousand acres of this land, and when they have mado tliolr re port to you, as your representative, you will better know what to do with reference to being on the ground for the purpose of buying this land on the 18th day of November, 19 12. Yours truly, M. L. Alexander, Ardmore, Okla. ?J? ??(??J? ?J? ?J* oj? ?"j? ?.J? ?J? **-X"* tytytytytyty *\4tl*'?* if 4 Clip this, HU out blanks and J mall at once. [? Mr. J. (?co. Wright, Muskogee, Okla.: Please send me price Hst and j? literature, giving me full pnr ? tlc ula rs with reference to the ;<. sale of unallotted lands In Love J '? and Carter Counties, Oklahoma. JU ??? Enclosed find f>0 cents to pny .[ ?A for blue print for Love County. Name . Post Office. State . adv. .J? ? J? ?J? ?J? ?J??J?^-.?f??J? >t??|<?V?|??|? ?J?vJ??J??J??.J? Ex-President 1 '%hot While . ''S: His^vVound is ISTot Though More Serious than Susi sailant in Custod 'Xor Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 14.-Col. Roosevelt was shot In the breast by a would-be assassin as he entered the automobile in front of the Hotel Gil patrlck to sta. i. for an auditorium, where he was to speak to-night. He insisted on going to the hall, ther^iquieted the crowd that heard he.had been shot, ?poke from 8.20 until;'0.45 o'clock, though apparently wealth and then was taken to an emergency hospital. Physicians do not know bow badly he unhurt and have decided to use tho X-ray. The bullet struck a roll of manuscript of his speech delivered to-night aad this probably saved IIIB life. After an hour's questioning theas sasBlit gave his name as John Schr?nk, of 370 East Tenth street, Now York." From notes found in the prisoner's clothes, lt ls evident he la demented on the subject of Col. Roosevelt's running for a third term. Probably Saved by Speech. Col. Roosevelt's life probably waa saved- by a manuscript of the speech which he delivered to-night. The bul let struck the manuscript, which re tarded Its force as it passed through into the flesh. Ills assailant was pre vented from firing a second shot by Albert H. Martin, one of Col. Roose velt's : two secretaries. .Col? Roosevelt had just stepped In to an 'automobile when the would-be assassin pushed his way through tlu crowtf'ln the street and fired. Martin who.waB standing In tho car with thc Colonel, leaped onto the man's shoul ders and bore him to the ground Capt;f A. O. Girard, of Milwaukee who tyas on tho front seat, jumped almost at the samb time, and in an instant, the man was overpowered anc disarmed. o /'.'^lonel Prevents Lynching. .ItUiji cry of-"lynch'^hibi" wem up. Col". Roosevelt spoke to tho peo j plo and told them to spare the man who then was taken into the hote and held until he was removed to tn< police station. In spite of the entreaties of physl clans; Col. Roosevelt insisted upoi delivering his address. "1 will mawe this speech or die one or the other,' he said. Henry K. Cochems, one of the Wis cousin Progressive leaders, told th< great crowd assembled in Hie audi torlum.that Col. Roosevelt had beet shot and asked the people to be calm The crowd was thrown almost Into j panic by the announcement, but Col Roosevelt himself (aimed the pcoph by rising and assuring them he wa not badly hurt. Then he began bl address. Several times he seomei to bo growing weak and members o his party rose to help him. He mo Honed them to sit down. "Let m alone; I'm all right," he said. The shooting occurred in the stree In front of tho Hotel Gilpatrick. Al ter dinner Col. Roosevelt went to hi room on the second floor of the hote! and shortly before 8 o'clock ho start ed for the auditorium. His automc bile stood In front of the door an about it was a big crowd walting t catch a glimpse of tho Colonel as h started off. Fired at Close Range. Col. Roosevelt stood up, wavin ?his hat in answer to the cheers c tho crowd. The assassin was statu lng in the crowd a few feet from th automobile. Ho pushed his way t the side of the car, and raising bl gun fired. Martin leaped over the car a sc ond after the bullet sped on Its wa; Col. Roosevelt barely moved as th shot was fired. Before tho crow knew what had happened Marth who is six feet tnll and a former foe ball player, had landed squarely o the assassin's shoulders and Iva borne him to the ground. Ile tine his right arm about the man's uer with a death-like grip and with h left arm seized the hand that he the revolver. In another second 1 had disarmed him. Col Roosevelt Calm. Col. Roosevelt stood calmly on j though 'nothing had happened. Ma tin picked tho man up as though 1 wore a child and carried Jilin a. fe feet, which separated them from tl car and almost to the side of the Co onel. "Here ho ls,' said Marth "look ut 'him, Colonel." All this happened within a fe seconds and Col. Roosevelt stood ga lng rather eurlcusly at the man wi attempted his life before the stu nm crowd realized what was g*lng o Then a howl of rage went up. "Lynch him! Kill him!" cried hundred men. The crowd presse in on thom and Martin and Capt. ti rard, who had followed Martin ov< tho sido of tho automobile, we caught with their prisoner In tl midst of a struggling throng of ma doned men. lt seemod for a momo: that ?he would be torn to pieces, ai it was Col. Roosevelt himself wi 'ntervoned on his behalf. He ralsi his hand and motioned to tho crov to fall bncn. "Stop, stop," he cried; "stai back; don't hurt him." i Tho mon in the crowd at first we Roosevelt irk MilwatiRee. t to bo Dangerous, Though >ected at First-His As y, Pleads G-mlty. not disposed to heed his words, but at length fell back and permitted Martin and Capt. Girard to carry the man into tho hotel. Assailant Give? Up. After a short struggle tho assassin gave up and was carried without re sistance out of reach of tho crowd. "Are you hurt, Colonel?" a hun dred voices called out. "Oh, no," he responded with a smile. "Missed me that time. I'm not hurt a bit." "I think we'd better be going on," he said to the other members of his . party, "or we will be late." No one in the party, including Col. Roosevelt himself, entertained the slightest notion that tho Colonel had been shot. He felt no shock or pain at the time and it was assumed that tho bullet went wild. As soon as I Col. Roosevelt had assured himself ! the assassin was safe in the hands of the police he gave orders to drive on I to tho auditorium. I They had driven hardly one of the I four blocks from the hotel to Mie au ditorium when John McGrath, ano 1 ther of Col. Roosevelt's secretaries, ? utterred a sharp exclamation and I pointed to the Colonel's breast. I "Look, Colonel," he said, "there ' is a hole in your overcoat." Discovers Blood. Col. Roosevelt looked down, saw the hole, then unbuttoned the big, brown army coat, which ho was wear ing, and thrust his hand beneath it. When he withdrew it his lingers were stained with blood. Was Not Hismnyed. ! Col. Roosevelt was not dismayed by his discovery, j "lt looks as though 1 have been hit," ho said, "but I don't think it is I anything serious." . \. Terrell of Dallas, i Texas, Col. Roosevelt's pnyi)le!;m, who had entered the auto-.nbllo just ? before lt started off, insisted that the Colonel return to the hotel. Ho paid no attention to the suggestion. As soon as they reached the building Col. Roosevelt was taken into a dress ing room. Determined to Speak. Dr. Terrell, with tho help >f two other doctors who were in tho audi torium, carno to the dressing room on a call from tho platform a ad made a superficial examination. They agreed lt was impossible to hazard a guess as to the extent ol' tho Colonel's injuries, and that he should by all means go at once to a hospital. "1 will deliver this speech or die, ono or the other," was Col. Roose j volt's reply. Col. Roosevelt rose and walked to the edge of the platform to quiet the crowd. He raised his hand and in stantly there was silence. Then slow ly he unbuttoned his :;ont and placed his hand on bis breast. Those in the front of the crowd could catch the sight of the blood-stained garment. "I'm going to ask you to be very quiet," said Col. Roosevelt, "and .jilease excuso me from making a ve long speech. I'll do the best. I can, but, you see, there's a bullet in my body. But it's nothing. I'm not hurt badly." The crowd gave an outburst of tumultuous cheering. Thoroughly reassured by the Colonel's action that he was in no serious danger, the peo ple settled back Into their seats to hear his speech. Says Saw McKinley in Dream. A written proclamation found in the clothing of John Schrank, the man who did the shooting, reads: "September IB, 10 12. "September lf>, 11(0 1, 1.80 a. m.: In a dream I saw President McKinley sit up in a monk's attire, in whom I recognize Theodore Roosevelt. The President said: 'This Is toy murderer, avenge my death..' "September 12, 1012, 1.80 a. m.: Wh. i writing a poem, some one tap ped me on the shoulder and said: 'Let not a murderer take the Presi dential chair. Avenge my death.' "I could plainly soe Mr. McKin ley's features. "Before the Almighty God, I swear the above writing is nothing but thc truth." Another note found in the man's pocket read: "So long as Japan could rise to the greatest Power of Ibo world despite her surviving a tradition more than two thousand years old, as Hen. N'ogi so nobly demonstrated, lt ls the duty of the United States of America to uphold tho third-term tradition. Let every third-termer be regarded as a traitor to tho American cause. Let lt be the right and duty of every citi zen to forcibly remove a third-ter mer. Never let a third-term party emblem appear on tho official ballot. "I am willing to die for my coun try. God has called mc to be His Instrument, so help mo God. (Signed) "Innocent Guilty." Written In German: "A strong tower ls our God." Worse Than at First Thought. Milwaukee, Oct. 14.-At 1.80 a. m. j it was believed that Col. Roosevelt's wound was more serious'titan at Drat GENTLEMEN OF THF JUEY. Naines of Thoso Drawn to Sorvo First Week of November Tenn. Jurors for the first week of tho No vember term of Court were drawn this morning and are given below. Court will convene in Walhalla on Monday, November 4th, with Judge J. W. Devore, presiding. Oconee is allowed two weeks for this term of Court. First Week Jurors. Adams, A. H., Tugaloo Tp. Arve, J. I'., Madison. < Drewer, W. H., Seneca Tp. Brewer, J. ti,, Seneca Tp. Breedlovo, J. N., Whitewater Tp. Cater, J. D., Keoweo Tp. Cox, M. C., Seneca Tp. Carver, J. T., Tugaloo Tp. Edwards, J. C., Wagener Tp. Fowler, W. W., Wagener Tp. Gantt, Allen, Keowee Tp. Galbreath, J. R., Wagener Tp. Gambreil. E. M., Wagoner Tp. Games, J. E., Westminster. Isbell, S. J., Wngener Tp, Isbell, Thomas, Center Tp. Julian, A. W., Wagoner Tp. Jones, M. L., Center Tp. Kelley, G. A., Walhalla. Knox, C. R., Seneca. Kilburn, A. S., Westminster. Lee, B. M., Tugaloo Tp. Marett, B. J., Center Tp. MorriB, T. O., Seneca Tp. Miller, C. IL, Westminster. McL-ain, W. B., Wagener Tp. McClanahan, David, Westminster. Neal, H. E., Keoweo Tp. Phillips, P. K., Tugaloo Tp. Prichard, A. N., Wagener Tp. Sheriff, E. E., Seneca Tp. . Shockley, J. C., West Union. ] Strlbling, C. S., Seneca. Thomas, John, Seneca Tp. Whitten, J. B., Clemson College. Walker, H. C., Seneca Tp. Second-week jurors will bo drawn next Wednesday morning. A CALL FOR TUB YEAR 1013. Oconee Fanners Should Show What Can Ho Done Here. There will be a farmers' contest In wheat, oats" and corn (of ono acre cac]i) iov the year 1913. Let every ono join, prepare the land .Woll, sow ????Hvh^a%??fet? -before, if *e!sT,o . late,?arid we can porvo to tho world that we can ralso our own wheat, oats and corn at home. It will bo a great advertisement for the county. Rules and regulations will bo pub lished later. T. Y. Chalmors, County Chairman. Conference Is Called. (The State, Oct. l i.) Members of the General Assembly have been requested to meet in tho Governor's oillce on Wednesday ol' fair week to discuss proposed legis lation. J. W. Copeland, of Dayton, Ohio, purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for his boy who had a cold, and before tho bottle was all used thc boy's cold was gone. Is that not better than to pay a five dollar doctor's bill. Sold by all dealers, adv. thought, and just as tho Roosevelt special was leaving a sudden change In plan? was made nd the engineer was ordered to hold the train. lt was Bald Col. Roosevelt probably would remain here awaiting the ar rival of Dr. John B. Murphy, a Chi cago surgeon. Penetrated Abdomen. Chicago, Oct. 14.-Reports re ceived at Progressive headquarters here state that the bullet penetrated three Inches of tho abdomen wall and that the wound is more serious ' than thought. This was shown by the X-ray photograph which has just been developed. Col. Roosevelt is Still at. the station In Milwaukee. A special train will leave hero in a few minutes with four surgeons. Condition Improved. Chicago. Oct. 1.")..Coli Roosevelt's condition was found improved at G.25 to-night when the physicians made their final examination of his wound. The following bulletin was Issued: "Records show that his pulse ls st;, his temperature 99.2, respiration IS; that he has less pain in breath? lng than he had in the forenoon; that ho has practically no cough; that there hits been no bloody expectora tion. "We lind him in magnificent physi cal condition, due to his regular phys ical exorcise and his habitual absti nence from tobacco and liquor. As a precautionary measure he has been given a prohyplaetic dose of anti tetanic serum to guard against tho occurrence of lockjaw later. (.\lgnod) "Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan. "Dr. J. B. Murphy. "Dr. Scurry L. Terrell." Schrank Pleads Gullly. Milwaukee, Wis.. Oct. 15.-John Schrank, Col. Roosevelt's assailant, pie led guilty to a charge of attempt ed murder at a preliminary arraign ment to-day. Sehrank was held to tho criminal court for trial under bonds of $7, 500. Tentatively the dato for trial was set for the Novomber term of fcht criminal court. Schrank 's plea of guilty was enter ed as soon as District Attorney '/abel had read tho formal chargo of at tempted m.'.rder.