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Special y Wednesday packages .wrapj and 25c, and w your money's v\ JI&JIS STORM VISITS BOUNTY LANI). Pnmoge by Lightning-Other Items of Local New?. Bounty Land, June 23.-Special: A good rain fell In parts of this sec tion Wednesday. The air -was heav ily charged with electricity, the ef fects of which in some cases were damaging. Two good milk cows be longing to W. R. Lynch were killed by lightning; a shock of wheat in W. D. Wright's field was struck and burned, and several trees and patches of ground were also struck. Master Bill Stone declares he waa lightning struck, but wo are struck with the idea that if he was struck he has recovered nicely from the shock, and is able, with his early morning mel odies, to serve as a rising bell for his near neighbors. Jasper Doyle and daughter, Miss Cary, were victims of grip last week, but are able to be out to-d.iy.* Mrs. C. A. Webb, Dr. W. R. Dendy and son Steele and daughter, Mrs. Tohn McBreath, of Pelzer, are visit ing at the home of Capt. A. H. Elli son. The friends of Mrs. Wabb are glad to hear of an improvement in her condition and hope for her com plete convalescence. . 'Miss, Essie King, who has been vis iting her cousin, Miss Agnes Ellison, has 'returned to her home in Easley. Mrs. G. W. Eaton and Mrs. W. W. Burley, of Walhalla, were guests Tuesday at Mrs. ;I. M. Glllison: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, of Spartan burg, and Mrs. L. J. Knox, of Cross Anchor, arrived at the nome of J. L. Smith for a visit of some length. Miss Agnes Ellison spent Thurs day with Miss Nell Duffie in West minster. Miss Emma Wilson has been quite unwell for several weeks, but ls im proving. Miss Myrtle Barton and little niece, Martha Wyatt, of Anderson, visited nt J. R. Holland's last week. Master L. D. Strlbllng, of Seneca, spent last week with his grandmo ther, Mrs. J. M. Gillison. Although | a lad of about eight years L. D.'s ideas on some topics are quite ma ture. He says "lt's Just awful the way the women dress these days," and he doesn't approve of the mod ern styles at all. Mr. and Mrs. E. ll. Pickett, aftor ta few days' visit with relatives, re turned Tuesday to their home in At lanta. Dentil of An Old Soldier. Clemson College, Juno 23.-Spe cial: The many friends of P. M. Durham will he grieved to learn of his death, which occurred at his home near Clemson. He was stricken with paralysis on Sunday, June lat, and lived until June 13th at 11 o'clock. Mr. Durham was an old soldier-age 78 years, 4 months and 8 days. He was born in Bickens county, but had lived in Oconce for a number of years. He ls survived by an aged wife and three chi Irren John Durham, of Anderson; Mrs. Eliza Galloway, of Greenville; Mrs. Annie Garves, of Charleston, and a step-daughter. Miss Lizzi? Rice, of Clemson College. His body was laid to rest in the Newry cemetery on June 14th. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Mills, of Clemson, and Rev. Henderson, of Newry. He leaves a number of friends and relatives to mourn his death. USE OF CALOMEL PRACTICALLY STOPPED. For Bilious Attacks, Constipation and Liver Troubles-Dangerous Calomel Gives Way to Dodson's Liver Tone. Every druggist In tho State has noticed a great falling off In the sale of calomel. They all give the same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone ls tak ing its place. "Calomel is often dangerous and people know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone ia perfectly safo and gives bet ter results," says Bell's Drug Com pany, Walhalla. , Dodson's Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by Bell's Drug Company, who sell lt. A large bottle costs 50 cents, and if lt fails to give easy re lief in every case of sluggishness you have' only to ask for your money back It will be promptly returned. Dodson's Liver Tone ls a pleasant tasting, purely vegetable remedy harmless to both children and adults. A bottle in the house may save you a day's work or keep your children from missing school. Keep youi liver working and your liver twill not keep you from working. adv. Wednesday il r morning at ll o'cl >ed. You can't tell e guarantee each p? f-orth. Each packaj -BR?NT .Carter's! 8. S. RA1/LY AT SOUTH UNION. Invitation to Workers to Attend Ses sion Snturday and Sunday. Dea,r Brethren: The Sunday school, church and pastor at South Union hereby invite you, most cor dially, and urge you greatly to at tend tho Beaverdam Baptist Sunday School Convention, which will meet at our church on the fifth Saturday and Sunday, June 28th and 29th. The committee has arranged, we believe, a splendid program; one which will appeal to you when you read it, and greatly impress and en courage you when you hear it ren dered. This good program, attended by good music, at a good place, and altogether under the most favorable circumstances, should draw a large delegation from every Sunday school in our association. The people of South Union need no introduction to the public, as they are better known through the quality of teachers, Christian workers and public officers they give our county than I can possibly represent them to you. Suffice to say, they know exactly how to make one feel entirely welcome and solidly comfortable In their midst. The church and community deem it .a privilege and blessing to have the convention meet with them, and will spare no effort, therefore, in en deavoring to make the gathering a splendid success and a blessing to all who may attend. Brother Superintendent, don't fall to appoint delegates who will accom pany you to tho convention.. Any desired information concern ing the place, entertainment, etc., will be cheerfully furnished by the program committee, or by Hon. John B. Harris, the superintendent of South Union Sunday school, West minster, S. C., Route 3. We aro looking for you at South I Union. L. D. Mitchell. CHIMU PLOTS ARE UNEARTHED. Include Blackmail*, Murder und Opium Smuggling on Large Scale. San Francisco, June 23.-Black mail, murders, opium smuggling and smuggling of coolies across the bor der were revealed in letters and doc uments taken yesterday upon the ar rest of Wong Do King, head of the Bing Kung Tong, recording to infor mation given out by Federal immi gration officials. Death, tho Immigration men say, was the penalty of all who opposed or attempted to betray the schemes of the highbinders. The deportation of Wong will be sought at once, and other Chinese, powerful In many American cities, will be prosecuted. Many letters bear upon the recent Tong war which extended the length of the Pacific coast, some of them giving specific instructions for the I killing of various men. One of the letters was a catechism for smuggling Chinese, preparing them for questions by Immigration I inspectors if apprehended. . Death of Miss Elizabeth Spencer. Mndison, June 21.-Special: On Monday, June 16th, Miss Elizabeth Spencer peacefully passed away. She had been in declining health for a long time, and nt last tho grim angel of death claimed her as his victim. She lived a very quiet, uneventful life, having been born and raised on the Spencer plantation, near Madi son. She joined the church at Hope well In the summer of 1866, during the revival services held there hy Rev. R. M. Harrison, a local preacher. Had she lived until December 8th she would have celebrated her 75th birthday. Two brothers, George and Thomas Spencer, and two sisters, Miss Caroline Spencer and Mrs. Bert Deaton, survive her. Her body was laid to rest in Hopewell cemetery Wednesday afternoon, the 18th. Reporter ls Fatally Injured. Spartanburg, June 23.-Charlton Shell, 18 years old, son of Rev. J. W. Shell, of Gaffney, was fatally Injured Saturday night by a head-on collis ion of his motorcycle and a street car. Mr. Shell was dragged for 45 yards and his skull split wide open. The unfortunate boy was hurried tc* Dr. Steedly's Hospital, where it waa said his death was certain. Mr. Shell had Just completed hiB junior year at Wofford College and has been em ployed since the college closed as a reporter on the Spartanburg Herald. H'? was on his way to the Herald of fice when the accident occurred. J. S. CART terning, 10 C Lock we will have a what's in them unt ackage to be worth ge will sell for 5c. licK? & cor Store.We NEGRO LYNCHED AT AMERICUS. Slayer of Georgia Policeman Swung up and Shot to Pieces. Americus, Ga., June 21.-A mob of 500 persons attacked the county jail at 8 o'clock to-night, broke down the cell door wherein a negro, Wil liam Redding, was confined, and dragged him through the principal streets of the city to the Buchanan ! corner, where they lynched him. A ' thousand shots, lt is estimated, were fired. This was the climax pf the shooting earlier in the evening of ; Wm. C. Barrow, who has been chief of police In this city for the past 25 years, and the wounding of four negroes. The sheriff and his leputles, found resist once useless. WI K steel crow bars and sledge hammers the angry I members of the mob attacked the steel doors wherein the negro was , confined. The lock was finally rlp ' ped from its fastenings and the door swung open. Then a rope was tied about the negro's neck and he was led through the streets to the scene of the shooting of Chief Barrow. There he was strung up to a cable. | The body had only been cleared from the ground when the rope broke, but the negro was again strung up, this time with better suc cess. Shooting began from every di rection and the body was riddled with bullets. Before the sloting began Rev. Robt. Bivius, pastor ot the Purlow Lawn Baptist church, pleaded in vain with the leaders to spare the life of the negro. Hts pleadings lasted during the twenty minutes required to string the body up to the cable, and then yells of the crowd and the shots from many pis tols drowned his voice. The shoot ing continued at Intervals for half ah hour and the body was left to hang on the cable. The lynching was tho most sickening tragedy ever witness ed in Americus. Bombs from Airship Kill Many. Douglas, Ariz., June 21.-An offi cial message from Governor Pesqui era, of Sonora, to-day stated the -bat tle of Orltz begun Thursday had been resumed. The rebel war aeroplane, piloted by Didier Masson, the French aviator, did much execution among the Federals, it ls said. Pesquiera asserted tho Huerta commander could not get away unless he cut through the rebel line. Masson, according 'o the message, dropped one bomb that killed fifty two men. These and a hundred other Federal dead, together with seventy rebel dead and as many wounded, were brought to Hermo sillo. Boy Shouts His Grandparents. Cleveland, June 21.-Benjamin F. Hull, aged 65, a prosperous farmer of Dover Center, near here, was in stantly killed and his wi; was prob ably fatally wounded by their 12 year-old grandson, LeRoy F. Rels inger, of Elyrla, late to-day. The I boy was playing with a shotgun, which he did not know waa loaded, and pulled tho trigger. As they fell wounded the boy ran screaming to the home of a neighbor, stating that his grandparents had been wounded by the explosion of some cartridges placed on the stove. Later young Reislnger confessed. The killing ls held by the authorities to have been accidental. KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL. HenlMi is Worth Saving, and Some Walhalla People Know How to Save lt. Many Walhalla people take their lives in their hands by neglecting the kidneys when they know tnese or gans need help. Weak kidneys are responsible for a vast amount of suf fering and ill health-the slightest delay io dangerous. Use Donn's Kid ney Pills-a remedy that has helped thousands of kidney sufferers. Here is a Walhalla citizen's recommenda tion: Mrs. Martha Driscoll, No. 9, Fac tory Hill, Walhalla, S. C., says: "My kidneys were In bad shape, and I had severo attacks of backache and paine in my sides. I was also sub ject to dizzy and nervous spells. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills adver tised, I got a supply at Dr. Bell?? drug store. Thep restored me to good health." For. sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. adv. ER'S BIO S 7 V?"Vi\ . OF STA nickel package sal il you purchase. I 5c. or more. It's 1 You must have th? jjPA?Y IN Ch stm?nstei BOYS LOST IN NIAGARA RAPIDS? Two Lads Dashed to Death in Pres ence of Hundreds of People. Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 22. Donald Roscoe, 10 years old, and Hubert Moore, 9 years old, both of Buffalo, went to their death in a email boat this afternoon in the Whirlpool rapids, while hundreds of men watched helplessly from the. shore. The i "yr? were playing In a flat bottom scow half a mlle above the rapids when the rope holding the boat broke and they were carried out I into the stream and down the river. Until the boat reached mid-stream it made little progress. After it pass ed the bridges the current carried it swiftly toward the rapids. The bridge men did not see the boat unltl it was dds*1 al hand. Then they called fire Mead Mf arters and two companies of t?rev. < 1 were sent to save the lads If po??j'! S. ? IP radii swarmed to the river t?anl a vain effort to rescue. The boy:?} Atzing their fate, stood up as the ' teared the edge of the roar ing . whirlpool and shook hands in farewell. A second later they were engulfed by a.great wave In the rap iN. rho boat ?hot out of sight. One boy v seen for *?. moment strug gle, e rushing wp tera. Neither leen recovered. >oiiles of the boys are In the va rtpool, and may never be recov er d. Ta. re was a quantity of drift wood . Miling there thia afternoon, au I tho ?odies may be beaten to pieo.es, ahtoere those of Mr, and Mrs. Eldridge; Stanton, of Toronto, the victims tvf the bridge tragedy of Feb ruary 4, 1912. They ?were battered by cnke.^-'T Ice. 1 irr Ooneross Local Notes. Coneross, June 23.-Special: The following were appointed as dele gates afiu alternates to represent the Conero?s Sunday school at the Sun day School Convention at South Un ion next Saturday and Sunday: J. C. Barkeri 'Burt Abbott, Joe Dllworth, | Brunis' Al bander, Roney Abbott, | Misses Rena Hunslnger, Janie Alex ander and Rosa Dllworth. Mrs. M. L. Alexander and son Je rome, of Ardmore, Okla., who have been visiting In the Russell commu nity, are visiting here again and will Bpend the week among relatives. Miss Annie? Abbott spent last Thursday and Friday with relatives in Westminster. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morgan, of the Bethlehem community, Pickens coun ty, spent some time last week visiting at tho homes of the Barker family, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. DuBose and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Barker. Mrs. E. C. Cox, of Westminster, and daughter Caroline were visitors at the home of Rev. and Mrs. W. Ab bott Saturday and Sunday. F. C. Davis and wife, of Westmin ster, were week-end guests of their uncle, W. O. Alexander, of this sec tion.' Miss Lona Gllstrap ls at the bed side of her sister, Mrs. Cora Watkins, near Westminster, who is quite ill. Miases Janie Alexander and Minnie Barker have been appointed to repre sent the Coneross Y. W. A. at the annual meeting at Westminster. Miss Mortie Abbott ls visiting in Westminster. IL C. JONES, OF ALABAMA, DEAD. Wa? the Laso MomI>er of the Con federate Congress. Birmingham, June 21. - Judge Henry C. Jones, 94 years old, the last surviving member of the Con federate Congress, died >arly to-day nt the residence of his so... tn Flor ence, Ala. He Is survived by two sons, both prominent men, and four daughters. Most Children Have Worms. Many mothers think their children fire suffering from indigestion, head ache, nervousness, weakness, costive ness, when they are victim* of that most common of all children 'a ail ments-worms. Peevish, UMlmper r-d, fretful children, who toss and grind their teeth, with bad breath and colicky pains, have all the symp toms of having worms, and should bo Riven Kickapoo Worm Killer, a pleas ant candy lozenge, which expels worms, regulate? the bowels, tones up the system, and makes children or by mall. Price 2 Gc. Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., Philadelphia and St. Txmte. adv. i. nm ALE MINUTES WE WILL S NDARD CALICO FOR 1 e. We will sell s ?any of them are \ lots of fun, and yoi 3 correct change. i ARCE This Sal T, SATURDA BOY TR I KS TO SHOOT Ul? COURT. Judge Hides Under His I>esk and Othera Vacate Room. Washington, June 23.-Judge, lawyers, policemen and spectators were sent scurrying to cover in the criminal court here late to-day, when Ray M. Stewart, aged 18, fired three wild shots in an attempt to "shoot up" the court. At the first crack Justice W. P, Stafford disappeared beneath his desk, end out in the court room there, was a wild scram ble for places of safety. Some, fren zied by fear, leaped into windows and dropped to the ground fifteen or twenty feet below. Justice Stafford had just refused to release Stewart on probation after conviction for attempted highway robbery. The boy whipped out a pis tol and fired three shots, two of which narrowly missed Assistant United States Attorneys Samuel Haw ken, Harvey Given and Policeman Moffett. He was In the attitude of turning toward the judge as if to shoot when a witness sprang upon him and choked him into insensibil ity. 4 . In the confusion that followed many thought Justice Stafford had been struck by a bullet, but the judge emerged from his haven with out a scratch. Victories Won hy Illinois "Drys." Springfield, 111., June 19.-"Drys" won signal victories In the Illinois Legislature to-day when the Senate j passed two bills restricting saloons in cities. Both bills will now go to Gov ernor Dunne. One measure prohibits saloons within (our miles of the University of Illinois. The other enactment makes it possible for the voters of any reisdence territory containing not more than 5,000 registered vot ers to define the boundarlt' of the districts of streets and alleys and vote at a regular city election whe ther such territory shall bocome "dry." A second vote on the same propostion cannot be taken for three years. Guaran need Eczema Reemdy. The constant Itching, burning, red ness, rash and disagreeable effects of eczema, tetter, salt rh um, itch, piles and Irritating skin eruptions can be readily cured and the skin made clear and smooth with Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. J. C. Eveland, of Bath, 111., says: "I had eczema twen ty-five years and had tried every thing. All failed. When I found Dr. Hobson's Eczema Ointment I found a cure." This ointment is the formula of a phvsician and has been in use for yearn-not. an experiment. That is why we can guarantee it. All druggists, or by mall. Price 50c. Pfeiffer Chemical Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis. adv. THE CITADEL, The Military Collei . t South Carolina. Announced as "Distinguished Mil itary College by U. S. War Depart ment. Pull courses in Civil Engineering, Science, English and Modem Lan guages. Confers B. S. and C. E. Degrees. All expenses pay cadets, $250 a year. A scholarship worth $300 a year is vacant from Oconee County, and will be filled my competitive exanl natlon at the county seat on PrKay, August 8th. Por necessary information and blanks apply to Col. O. J. Bond, The Citadel, Charleston, S. C. June 25, 1913. 26-29 Brick! Brick! Wc are now prepared to ship Brick promptly on short notice. We have first-class clay and make first-class, good shipping; Brick-little waste, # . Orders solicited, Hannon Brick Co., T. J, HANNON, Pre?., Pendleton, S. C. ail 'WENTY CENTS. everal hundred vorth $1, 50c. i're sure to get e Erkds \f NIGHT. NOTICE TO PATRONS OE WAIi HALLA HIGH SCHOOL, All conditioned pupils will be re quired to make up their conditions by examination at tho beginning of the fall session before - being pro moted to higher grades. Also all pupils failing to stand Anal examina tion will be required to ?tand an en trance examination. H. W. GASQUE, Superintendent. June 25, 1913._?6 NOTICE OP SPECIAL ELECTION. Pursuant to an order of the Coun ty Board of Education of Oconee County, South Carolina, notice ls hereby given that a Special Election will be held at the Court. House, in Walhalla, on Thursday, July 10th, 1913, for the purpose of voting upon the question of levying an additional extra tax of two mills upon all the real and personal property in Wal halla School District, No. 26, for school purposes, to supplement tbe special and other Constitutional school taxes already levied. At said election each elector favor ing th? propose*! levy shall cast a bal lot containing the word "Yes" print ed or written thereon, and each elec tor opposed to said levy shall cast' a ballot containing tbe word "No" printed or written thereon. .. At the said election on)/ such electors as roturr. real or personal property for taxation, and who ex hibit their tax receipt and registra tion certificates as required In gene ral elections, shall bo s Ho wed to vote, fl. L. HBRNDON, C. W. PITCHFORD, J. B. S. DENDY, Trustees of Walhalla School District, No. 26, Managers. ? June 25, 1913. _26-28 NOTICE OP SPECIAL ELECTION. Notice ls hereby given'that, pur suant to an order of the County Board of Education of Oconee Coun- ? ty, an election will ?.e held at the school house, in Fair Play School District, No. 6, on SATURDAY, the 5th day of JULY, 1913, for the pur pose of voting upon the question of levying an additional tax of FOUR MILLS upon all the real and personal property in said district for the ex press purpose of erecting a better building and getting better equip ment in said district. Each elector favoring said pro posed additional levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" written or printed thereon and each elector opposing said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" written or printed thereon. Rules of the general election shall govern. S. L. LEATHERS, W. T. DOOLEY, J. W. GRUBBS, Trustees School District No. 6. j June 25, 1913. 26-27 STATEMENT OP THE OWNERSHIP Management, Circulation, etc., of The Keowoe Courier, Published Week ly ?(? Wulbai I?, S. C., Required by ! the Act of August 24, 1012. Editor, J. A. Steck, Walhalla. .Managing Editor, Same. Business Managers, J. A. Stock and F. A. H. Schroder, Walhalla, 8. C. Owners: Steel;, Shelor & Schro der. (Partnership )-J. A. Steck? J. W. Shelor, F. A. H. Schroder. Known bond-holders, mortgagees, and other security holders-None. J. A. STECK, Editor and Publisher. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of June, 1913. (Seal.) JOHN F. CRAIG, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Oconee Coun ty, S. C. THE N?TZ0W PIA! An Instrument of Superior Quality. There ls no flaw in the NeUow scale; lt has a treble clear as crys tal; ls sympathetic aa the human voice In the middle register; and full, resonant and rich in the base. The action of the Netsow Plano Is so finely balanced and even that lt gives the performer a means of the most Accurate Interpretation. POT sale on right jorms and ?t right prices. ?. W. GRUBBS, Walhalla, g. O,