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By STECK, 8HELOR & SCHRODER. JICHT THE DAY; THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN." WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913. New Sortee No. 007.-Volume LXV.-No. 1. OUR Dry Goods and Notions have arrived and are opened, ready for your inspection. Call and let us show you what we have. You will find the quality, style and price right. C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, Walhalla, S. C. " IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH. li YOUNO MAN. STOP! Don't waste that dollar ! You arc throwing away your power. Deposit it in a Good Bank and let it grow. It will take care of you when you are old and feeble, and besides, it will help build up your country and make it great and prosperous. Have you thought how money GROWS ? If Abraham, when he went down into Egypt, had deposited one dollar with a good bank in that country that paid six per cent, interest and compounded it annually, and the bank had stood until now, all the gold in the world would not pay the debt. And yet there are many ot our young men who spend their incomes as fast as they get the money, and yet wonder why they do not prosper as other men. We want to Hell* you help yourself. The Westminster Bank, Westminster, S. O. P. iv. SULLIVAN, - - Cashier 5\ r WILSON CAL.LS FOR CONGRESS. Fix tra Session Will Re Convened ni Noon on April 7th. Washington, March 17.-President Wilston to-day issued the formal proc lamation convening Congress In extra session at noon April 7th. The Presi dent's pronouncement was brief and followed form closely. It stated merely that "Whereas, public inter ests require," Congress would be con vened in extra session by order of tho Executive. Originally, Mr. Wilson had fixed upon April 1 as the date, Representa tive Underwood, Democratic major ity leader, having informed him that the tariff bills, to which it was agreed Congress should give immediate at tention, would be ready on that date. Mr. Underwood found, however, that tho ways and means committee would need a little more time for prepara tion. Burglar's Affinity Goes Hack Home. Chicago, March 15.-Mrs. Mabel Clarkson, wife of Rev. N. K. Clark son, who deserted her husband and children for Owen Conn, now under arrest for burglary in San Francisco, returned to Chicago to-day. The wo man was arrested In Milwaukee, but was released when the police discov ered that she had never been in Cali fornia and was not wanted in connec tion with Conn's escapades there. Mrs. Clarkson to-day had not de termined whether she would go to her husband's home, though he had publicly announced that he was ready to take her back. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won Its great reputation and exten sive sale by Its remarkable cures of coughs, colds and croup. It can be depended upon. Try it. Sold by all dealers. adv. ABSOLUTELY PUKE The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Makes delicious home-baked foods of maximum quality at minimum cost Makes home baking pleasant and profitable KING OF GREECE ASSASSINATED Brother of Queen Motlier Alexandria, Son of Latte King of Denmark. Salonika, March 18-King George, of Greece, wa? assassinated here this iiternoon. King George, who had taken per sonal command of his troops during the earlier period of the war, had been here since December, when the Turkish fortress was occupied by the Greeks, after a short siege. The Queen of Greece also had been here and has been of great assistance In the care of sick and wounded. King George had a meeting here in December with King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, to discuss tho fate of the captured Turkish territory after the war. Blather to "Queen Mother." King George was in his 68th year and had ruled 60 years. He was a brother of Queen Mother Alexandra, of England, and a son of the late King of Denmark. Ho was chosen King of the Hellenes In 18G3 in suc cession to Otho I. A previous attempt to assassinate him was made in 1898. It was frus trated. King George was married in Octo ber, 1867, to Princess Olga, eldest daughter of the Grand Duke Con stantine, of Russia, a brother of the late Emperor Alexander ll. Crown Prlnco Constantine, who has been in active command of the Greek troops throughout Che Balkan hostilities, and who was at the head of the army which recently captured the Turkish fortress of Janina with Its garrison of 32,000 men, will be the successor of his father. His wife is Princess Sophia, a sister of the German Emperor. King George was often rated as an autocratic monarch, but in spirit he was democratic and did much for the prosperity of Greece, which ad vanced rapidly under his rule. He took great Interest in the organiza tion of the defensive forces of the country, and with the assistance of the Crown Prince, brought the army to a state of efficiency which enabled it to overcome the Turkish icsistance at the beginning of the war. His name was mentioned, after hostilities broke out,?as a candidate for the presidency of .a permanent federation of the Balkan States, con of Greece, Servia, Monteue.-?ro ulgaria. THE ERNEST SANDERS FUND. Little Fellow in School With a Few Dollara to His Credit. John W. Shelor, who started the movement recently in the interest of Ernest Sanders, the little blind boy, was in town Monday and atated that he hag seen the little fellow safely within the institution for the deaf, dumb and blind at Cedar Springs, this State, where he will be given every care and attention. After all expenses Incident to se curing the admission of the child Into the institution that has done so much for the unfortunate ones of our .Hate, there ls a small balance left on hand, and this has been deposited in the Bank of Walhalla for little Ernest, to be used only for him as necessity arises. The statement of the fund to dato is as follows: On hand last statement . . . .$34.43 4th Grade, Walhalla School. . 1. 30 Contributions through Courier 4.50 "Cash," Seneca . 1.00 "Cash," Seneca . . . .?. .60 Clearmont school. .75 Mrs. Anna J. Groves, Texas. . .50 Mrs, Maer, Texas . .25 Frank W. Cannon . 1.00 Total contributions. ...$44.23 Less amount p?id for clothing, medical services, Dr. J. W. Wickliffe, and traveling ex penses to Cedar Springs, in cluding deposit with the principal.$28.95 Balance deposited in bank for Ernest Sanders.$15.28 Mr. Shelor desires that The Cou rier extend to each one who contrib uted to this fund the sincere thanks of the little fellow, his parents and of Mr. Shelor himself, who has be come deeply lnteiested in the child in his pitiable condition. The work done has been one of real charity, and each contributor to the fund has assisted in a work that comes pecul iarly within the bounds of good deeds "In His Name." Powers Refuse Balkan's Tenn?. Berlin, March 17.-The European powere will this week inform the Bal kan allies that their suggested tcr:r.s for peace negotiations with Turkey are inadmissible. The powers will decline to submit them to Turkey. A carefully worded note to this effect was drawn up by tho ambassa dors If) London at their latest confer ence and now is under consideration in the various European capitals. It Is to be handed to the allies after lt ha? been approved by a further con ference In London on Wednesday. The note will suggest that a modi fication of the allies' demands is "in dispensable." It will urge strongly the necessity for the conclusion of peace. You can Bay good-bye to constipa tion with a clear conscience if you use ChanYberlain's Tablets. Many have been permanently cured by their use. For sale by all dealers, ad. Son of F tous Novelist Sentenced to ie Year In Prison. New $$>rk, March 16.-The Haw thorne maning trial, which has drag ged alon! nearly four months before a Jury, lp the Federal Court here, came to; a cloao to-day with the con viction of the three defendants, Jul ian Hawthorne, D.. Wm. J. Morton and Albert Freeman, and the acquit tal of Jpllah Quincy, twice mayor of Boston,; Abd assistant Secretary of State daring the Cleveland adminis tration. Hawthorne, Morton and Freeman wore fohnd guilty of making fraudu lent use pf the malls In selling stock in the exploitation of ('anadian ore claims/^ffluincy, exonerated hy Uni ted States -fudge Mayer on all counts of live Indictments before tho case reached: the jury, was held not guilty on tho obe remaining indictment of conspiracy In allowing his name to be used in '?romoting the scheme. The jury wasjbut twenty-seven hours. Judge {Mayer pronounced sentence on the three men whom the jury had found guilty and paroled Quincy un til next October, when he is directed to appeal to answer to two indict ments Still pending against bim. Freeman^ a New York business man for 26 years, was sentenced to live years In kho Federal penitentiary at Atlanta^fHawthorne, son of Nathan iel Hawthorne, the novelist, and him self an author, and Dr. Wm. J. Mor ton, son bf Dr. W. T. G. Morton, the first UBefiof ether in surgical opera tions, ware each sentenced to one year andi one day at Atlanta. Free man's prison term is to date from the first of tb* present year and the terms of Hawthorne and Morton from No vember 2Ti, the day the trial was be gun. Of twenty-seven counts against the three men found guilty, Freeman was acqultte?Of four and Hawthorne and Morton ojt seven each. Judge Mayer granted ten-day stay to allow an appeal. Jw tnis|>ensioii Refused. Counsjl for Hawthorne pleaded for suspension of sentence for the author. "Fauiflof judgment rather than bad lnt?ft" was advanced in Haw thorne'sifcehalf. "I will* ask your honor to?&onsider that the defendant is getting on in. vertrs," said counsel. "Ho is |i? unties*. H?a.true,, too, that the lomV'ordeal which the trial has been to him, and the realization that the name he had labored so long and so hard to keep clean is sullied, are sufficient punishment." Judge Mayer, denying this request, declared that the defendants had "the fairest trial possible." They were charged by the government with hav ing ootained about $600,000 from the public in their exploitation of the so called Hawthorne properties. Haw thorne, Freeman and Morton were locked up In the Tombs. Only one more gin day-Tues day, April 1st. Bear this In mind, and if you have cotton to gin, bring it in. Westminster Oil and Fertili zer Co., Westminster. S. C. adv. 3 STUDENTS DECLARED GUILTY. North Carolina Sophomores Convicted of Manslaughter. Hillsboro, N. C., March 15-Ralph W. Oldham, William L. Merriam and Aubrey C. Hatch, University of North Carolina students, convicted to-day for manslaughter in connection with the death of Isaac Rand, a fellow student, and sentenced to four months in jail, were released to-night by order of the Orange County Com missioners. In pronouncing sentence Judge Peebles instructed .the County Commissioners to hire the prisoners out "to whomsoever they please in the Statf." To-night the fathers of each of the students were permitted to pay $176 to the commissioners and secure the discharge of. their sons. This amount would have been ob tained if the prisoners had been hired to other persons in the State. Discharge under this arrangement leaves the students without citizen ship. A movement was started at Raleigh to-night, however, to peti tion Governor Craig for their pardon. Establishing a precedent in the an nals of this State, a verdict of guilty of manslaughter was returned this af ternoon by * tho Jury in the trial. There is no record of a hazing esca pade being threshed ont previously in the courts of this State. An array of counsel represented the defendants in the proceeding, which began last Thursday. As a re sult of the tragedy which preceded the trial, 26 students in the Univer sity of North Carolina wer? suspend ed or expelled after a sweeping Inves tigation into the practice of hazing at the institution. Electrocuted Selves Instead of Fish. Lancaster, Ohio, March 15.-While trying to kill fish in the Seioto river by charging the water with electricity from a wire attached to the third rail of the nearby tracks of the Scioto Valley Traction Company, Dudley and David Bobbitt were electrocuted. You judge a man not by what he promises to do, but by what he has done. That is the only true test. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, Judg ed by this standard, has no superior. People everywhere speak of lt in the highest terniB of praise. For sale by all dealers. adv. FI HST WKKK OF COURT ENDED. Several Case? 1 HK|K>?IM1 of Af ?er Last ! Wednesday-Jail ??oui Empty. As we went to press hast Wednes day the trial of the case of the State I vs. L. E. Moore, charged with assault l and battery with intent to kill, was '. in progress, going to tho Jury about 12 o'clock, when the case of the State vs. Will Smith, charged with murder, was taken up. The record of cases disposed of, following those reported last week, is as follows: Tho State vs. L. E. Moore-ae&ault and battery with intent to kill. Guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Sentence: That tho defendant pay a fine of $100, or that he be confined upon the public works of Oconee county or in the State penitentiary for a period of three months. Sentence suspended until the first day of the next session of court. The State vs. Will Smith - murder. Guilty of manslaughter. Sentence: That the defendant be confined upon the public works of Oconee county, at such labor as he may be able to perform, for a period of two years, or for a Uko period In the State peni tentiary. The State vs. Green Thompson murder. Guilty, with recommenda tion to mercy. Sentence: That the defendant be confined upon the pub lic works of Oconee county, at hard I labor," for the period of his natural life, or for a like period In the State pen I ten I ta ry. The State vs. Will Cooper-breach of trust with fraudulent Intent, and grand larceny. Prosecutor failed to appear and case was ended. Tho State vs. Jacob Rothel, Earle Long and Ab Long-forgery. Not guilty. The State vs. Gus Smith-violation of dispensary law. Continued. The State VB. George Tate-assault and battery and resisting an officer. Tried and convicted in absence at for mer term of court, defendant being under recognizance to appear and re ceive sentence at present term. Fall ing to appear Judge Shlpp signed an order to defendant and his bondsmen to appear at next term of court to show cause why the bond should not be estreated and judgment entered against them for the sum of $200. The State vs. BiUTerrell andWade -appeal - ''fttHW'^Magisrrft'te'H court, on charge of ref uping to work the public roads. The evidence fail ing to show that the defendants had been properly warned to ixerform ser vice on the public roads, the judg ment of Magistrate's court was re versed, the sentence annulled and the defendants dismissed. The State vs. LeRoy Slaton-using abusive and profane language. Ap peal from Mayor's court. Judgment and sentence of Mayor's court sus tained and appeal dismissed. Grund Jury Presentment. Wednesday afternoon the grand jury made their final presentment for the term, wblch is as follows: The State of South Carolina, Coun ty of Oconee.-To His Honor. S. W. G. Shlpp, Presiding Judge: We have passed upon all bills of Indictment that have been handed us by the Solicitor. We have, by committee, visited the county home and farm, and find that there are ten white and two colored inmates, who are well cared for and contented. The farm is well terraced and in good condition. We have, in a body, visited the county jail, and find that the recom mendations made at the fall term of Court are being carried out by the Supervisor. We recommend that a new fence be erected enclosing the jail lot and premises. We desire to commend the Super visor and County Commissioners for refusing to aud.; for payment the ac counts presented by Magistrates for services rendered a? acting Coroner at Inquests, as we are informed by your Honor that such accounts against the county are unauthorized by law. We recommend that the Magis trates of the county each appoint a lawful constable, who shall enter into bond for the faithful performance of his duties as now required by law, land that the appointment of special Iconstabels be discontinued, except in cases of emergency. We desire to thank your Honor and the other officers of the Court for the courtesies extended ue in tho per formance of our duties, and bes to be excused from further attendance ufion this term of Court. Respectfully submitted, C. R. D. Burns, Foreman of Grand Jury Tho Court of Common Pleas was opened Monday morning last, the General Sessions Court having been adjourned sine die Friday eve.iing about 6 o'clock,.the criminal docket having been prety well cleared. Monday morning the case of J. H. Johns against Nancy Smalley, C. C. Simpson and others was begun, go ing to the Jury Tuesday morning, and a verdict being rendered Tuesday afternoon. This was a suit for re covery of real estate and for tres pass. The verdict of the Jury called for judgment against C. C. Simpson for $127.60. ? The rfext case called was that of Campbell Courtenay against the Town of Seneca and W. P. Nimmons against the Town of Seneca (two cases growing out of the same trans action, a sale of lota to which tKle is disputed), and the two cases ure MOWN UP ON LITTLE RIVER. Helton Alexander Called to Hin Re wara-Other Local Items. Little Uiver, March 18.-Special: Owing to the recent heavy raina far ming has heea given another back jet. Little River at this point was very full on tho 14th and 15th. Mr. Whitten, rural carrier on Salem Route 1, was delayed ?onie each day. but was able to make bis rounds. Rev, S. A.. Tow filled the pulpit at this , V*.ee " ? the first Sunday in the absence of Rev. C. R. Abercrombie Mrs. Mary E. Holden, after spend ing some timo visiting In Plckens, has returned to ber homo here, to the delight of her many friends. Mrs. Holden is 88 years of age and re markably strong for that ago. She is able to go anywhere around ber home and baa not even had a cold (his winter. She makes her bonn* with W. M. Perry, her son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. West Galloway have another inmate added to their home, lt's a girl. Mrs. J. H. Wigington last week visited her brother, R. E. Smith, of Stamp Greek, who is very sick with grip and fever. He was slightly Int* proved when she returned to her homo. lt was thc good pleasure of your scribe, with his companion and baby boy Lawrence, to visit friends at Old Plckens, Cateechee and Norris last week. At Norris we met N. A Al exander, one of Salem's citizens for many years. Ho was postmaster at Salem and also ran a mercantile bus iness, which occupation lie still fol lows. He is holding up remarkably well for a man of his age. At the same place wo met ?. D. Rice, who, like Mr. Alexander, moved from Sa lem, and is still in the mercantile business and owns good property at that place. We also noticed the sig? of J. D. Littleton, Merchant, but we failed to meet him. He ls a former Oconee man and moved from the Salem section. I also noticed that one of his sons ia telegraph opera tor at Norris Station. Down at Cateechee we had the pleasure of meeting with an uncle and aunt and maiiy cousins, relatives and friends, the- most of whom coujd not recognize tho one they met. , ' The sad news of "the death of Mel ton Alexander, of Plckens county. (Six-Mile section), was received in thia section a ?hort ,time batik. His death, occurred at his homo March 6th at 3 p. m., from grip and the in firmities of age. The deceased was In the 83d year of his age. Mr. Al exander was a devout Christian, and had been a consistent member of the Baptist church for forty years. He was an-affection ate father a devoted husband, generous friend, and sorved his country four yedra in the bloody War Between the States. The re mains were lowered to their last nest ing pince In F.ng's Grove cemetery, near his home, on March 8th, at ll a. m., after appropriate funeral ser vices, conducted by Rev. Thomas Land, of Seneca, in tho presence of a large concourse of sorrowing rela tives and friends. Tho deceased waa married twice, and leaves a wife and eight children. Melton Lusk, Char lie Carnes, Melton Alexander, An derson Alexander, Silas Alexander and Rufus Alexander acted as pall bearers. The children are: Melton Alexander, Abbeville; Charles Alex ander, Bolee, Idaho; Anderson Al exander, Williamston; Rufus Alexan der, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Silas Alex ander, at home; Mrs. W. H. Lusk, Salem; Mrs. Charles Carnes, Ca teechee, and Miss Anna Alexander, at home. The deceased was well and favorably known in Oconee and Plckens counties, where he was high ly esteemed by all who knew him. The bereaved family and relatives have the deepest sympathy of many friends in their time of sorrow. P. G. Holden, of Georgia, was cir culating among friends here the first of the week, and also visited his brother, William Holden, of Pall Creek. Famous Sioux Chief Dead. Washington, March 15.-"Hollow Horn Bear," big chief of the Sioux Indians on the Rosebud (South Da kota) reservation, and probably the most famous o' all Sioux chieftain?, died here early to-day of pneumonia. For (14 years the big chief had defied death on ?he warpath, the plains, the mountains and tho forest, but the In clemency of M??rh weather 'n Wash ington, where he came to attend President Wilson'a inauguration, was too much for tho old warrior. When he was stricken inst Wednesday, the young chiefs of his party consented to take him to me pale face medi cine men at a hospital, where it waa seen there was no hope. "Hollow Horn" lingered in a semi conscious condition until early to day, when, lust about the time the breakfast smoke was curling through the tops of his people's epees on tho Dakota reservation, tho Great .Spirit called him 'to the happy hunting grounds. Boru a pagan, "Hollow Horn" died a devout Christian. Rev, William H. Ketchum, director of the bureau of Catholic missions, gave him the laBt rites. . being tried at tba ?ame time and by the same jury. Tho action is for the recovery of land. The matter ia still before the jury, who were taken te Seneca thi? morning for the purpose of going over the lots of land in dis pute. The case may occupy the re mainder of the day.