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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. ASP****""""""' ff "Str? "Stronger Than The Law" Bring Thia Adver tisement With You Tl/TANY laws have been brok has never been broken that's why we call it the "Stroi All tho money in tho world could not produce a moro com- j fortablc or durablo heavy work i ehoc. It cannot bo equaled by nny other manufacturer. Tako a knife and cut it to piocos if you wish, and you will find it honestly mado ' of good leather, through ard through. No eubetitutes for leather oro o ver used. ( Tho uppers aro mad o of Chromo Tanned Loather-as nearly water-proof as leather ? can be made. Tho co un tere, h oe Ls and double soles aro of tbo finest solo leather. The "Strongor-Than-The-Law" Bhoeisput together so it won't rip. It will keep your > feet tUjr and give you double wear. ti Star Brand She c. w. & J. E. BA?K; "I Vf Will only take you to Desire and Attainment, I that takes you over the li Attainment. An active, purposeful " in turning Desire into Actu man or woman who says 44 tect my family and furnish once begins to systematical! income-build them into a have their desire gratified, of the Desire spurs them portunitics to accumulate c come to the thriftless spende STOP W Start to accumulate. 1 Iically it will surprise you hf become worth while. No sure as our Bank Account 1 ?sa Westmine Westmins MFR IT is FOU MCNAUGHTON. Governor Hinton Commutes the Sen tence Given to Georgian. Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 27.-The sen- ! lenee of Dr. W. J. McNaughton, who ' was to have been hanged October 3d for the murder of Fred Flanders, to- . day was commuted to life imprison- ? ment by Governor John M. Slaton. In announcing his decision Gover- j nor Slaton said that while the evi dence showed the physician guilty, it ? was all more or less circumstantial, ? and that expert testimony by physl- ! clans of high standing, offered since ' the trial, impressed upon him the fallibility of human judgment. "Human life ls sacred," said Gov ernor Slaton. "Its protection lg the highest function of the law, and the Governor, an officer sworn to enforce the law, should remember the sacred ness of life to the condemned crimi- '? uni as well as to his victim." Dr. McNaughton was found guilty of poisoning Fred Flanders in Eman uel county, June \, 1910, and was sentenced to death at the October j term of tho Emanuel Superior Court, j Mr?. Mattie Flanders, wife of the ' (load man, was indicted for complic ity in the murder. During the illness of Flanders, and after his death, Dr. McNaughton, who lived at the Fland ers home, diagnosed the case as acute nephritis. Experts who examined the dead man's stomach declared that their analysis, revealed tho presence of poison. The Indictments of Dr. McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders were bf.sed on this tostimony. Tho case against Dr. McNaughton had been through all tho courts, in cluding the Supreme Court of the ?nited States, before it reached the Georgia Orison Hoard. In each In stance the original verdict was sus tained. An extraordinary motion re cently was made for a new trial on the ground that new evidence had been discovered, but this also was en, but this famous work shoe by even the hardest wear nger-Than-The-Law" shoe. It ia comfortable and good looking-tho strongest on tl longest woarirtg shoo known. Bo ware of imitations. No other work shoo la its class ia "just aa good." 'Stronger-Than-Tho-Law" shoes aro tnado in regular heights and high cuts. Men'a, Boya' and Youths' nt $2.50 to S0.00. Also for Women, Misses and Chib dren at $1.?. j *o $2.75. Those and other "Star Brand" shoes over 750 styles-are sold by 20,000 good merchants. Como to our atora and BCO a "8trongor-Than-Tbo-Law" shoe out up ea you caa seo just how lt ia made. Don't buy shoddy shoes at any price. Always insist upon having "Star Brand" shoes with tho name on tba aol* and tb? "Star" on the hool. >es Aro Better" NIGHT, Cash Mercians. I HU" the dividing line between t is the strong? activo horse ne and into the realms of will" is a necessary factor al Accomplishment. The I wTill have money to pro old age comforts" and at y save the odds and ends of lump sum-will generally The Determination back on to greater effort. Op ;ome to them that never :r. ISHING. [f you go at it systemat w quickly the small sums other plan is so good, so Plan. ter Bank, ter, S. C., MILLIONS MI ST DB COUNTED. Small LOSS Has Hern Found in San Francisco Mint. San Francisco, Sept. 27.-A re count of every sack of silver dollars stored in the United States mint here, amounting to $61,395,000, has been ordered, according to T. W. H. Shan ahan, superintendent of the mint, be cause of the discovery of thefts from some of the sacks. The loss thus far revealed, the superintendent says, amounts to but $7. A statement from Mr. Shanahan says: "In weighing a sack of dollars coined in 1880, it was found too heavy and was opened. There were found in the sack five Iron washers, and there were only 990 coins, in stead of 1,000. Three sacks of dol lars coined 111 1881, 1880 and 1891, respectively, were light in weight, and there were only 999 dollars In stead of 1,000 In each sack. But nothing had been substituted for thc missing coins." A Gentle and Effective Laxative. A mild, gentle and effective lexa tlve is what people demand when suf fering from constipation. Thousands swear by Dr. King's New Life Pills. Hugh 'Pullman, of San Antonio, Texas, writes: "They aro, beyond question, the best pills my wife and I have ever taken." They never cause pain. Price 2f>c. at all drug gists, or by mail. H. TC. Dueklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis, adv. denied. Governor Slaton has had thc case under consideration since the hearing before tho Prison Board closed two works ago. The board on September ll recommended a full pardon. Dr. McNaughton probably will be confined at the State farm at Mllledgevllle. Mrs. Flanders has not yet been tried. S^^HH?I?^H?BBS WSL?'JA* TEN KILLED IN A HACE RIOT. Drug-Crazed Mulatto Roys Start Reign of Terror-Hot li Lynched* Harriston, Miss., Sept. 28.-Two drug-crazed mulatto boys, brothers, ' began a reign of murder here this morning that ended only after three white men, three negro men and a negro woman had been shot to death, several wounded and the two boys lynched. A serious clash between the races was prevent i'd by the arri val, on a special train, of a company of National Guardsmen from Natchez. The trouble started at about 2 o'clock Sunday morning and contin ued intermittently until 10 o'clock to-day, when Walter .tones, the elder of the two boys, who started the fir ing, was lynched just after the sol diers arrived. UL' brother, Will, had been shot hy citions earlier in the day. Soon afterwards persons who had barricaded themselves In their homes began to emerge cautiously from their hiding places, and by noon the town was quiet. No more trouble is feared. Dead and Wounded. The dead are Sheriff G. B. Ham mett, of Jefferson county, shot as he was leading a possee to where the negroes were hiding; former Consta ble Frank Keinstly. shot at his home after being called to a door; Clan?f Freeman, white, of Fayette, shot at railway station while waiting for train; Johanna Aiken, Tom Weeks. Jesse Thompson and Thead Grayson, negroes, killed during promiscuous shooting; Walter and Will Jones, negroes, lynched. Among the wounded aro Orrin Gil lis, former sheriff, shot in shoulder and may die; E. B. Appleby, conduc tor of the Yazoo and Mississippi Val ley Railroad, shot in breast, leg and arm, dangerous; William McCaleb, shot in leg and thigh; William i Keinstly, son of Frank, shot in hand; ! William Dennis, shot in leg; W. C. Bond, shot, in leg. Beginning of Riot. The shooting was started by Wal ! ter Jones in the negro quarter, where ? the negro woman and Thead Grayson were shot and killed. Walter then went to the bome.of his mother and I aroused his brother1, a boy 18 years I old. Together itfey weut through the I "main street ol Hie little town firing ? at every one in sight. Citizens aious . ed from their slumber by the shots I peered out of the windows and then I hastened to cover. The two boys, soon after leaving I their home, went to the home of for I mer Constable Frank Keinstly, who, when he replied to their cell. Was i shot through the head by Walter I Jones. Death was instantaneous. Keinstly's son. William, grabbed for a gun when he saw his father fall, but before he could fire he received a bullet in one of his hands. Officers iv i lied. Frightened citizens by this time had telephoned for Sheriff Hammett at Fayette. Summoning former She riff Gillis to accompany him, Ham mett started for Harriston on horse back, arriving about fi o'clock. A small crowd of men were firing into the seed house, but no one had ven tured to lead the posse to the place. Taking a few men with him Sheriff Hammett started toward the build ing. Seeing this move, it is believed Walter Jones crept to the tall grass nearby, and as Hammett approached the negro fired, killing him instantly. A shot from the seed house brought down Gillis. By this time the countryside had been aroused and farmers came pour ing in from every direction. Every one opened fire on the seed house. Finding his hiding place too preca rious Will Jones started to run to wards a coal chute nearby, but had gone only a few steps when a bullet ended his life. A rope was placed around tho body, ii was strung up to a telegraph pole near the scene and became a target for every one not shooting at the seed house. Soon after Will was killed Walter, with deadly aim, picked Toni Weeks, a negro, off the coal chute. Either the bullet wound or the fall would have killed him. Not long after weeks was killed the special train bearing the Natchez Guardsmen arrived and this seemed to have cowed the desperado. As they were detraining the crowd rushed the seed house. Not a shot greeted them, and ns the leaders went into the place with drawn weapons they saw Jones completely unnerved but not injured. They quickly placed a rope around his neck and rushed him to the coal chute. Rope ?ii'iiKs Too Soon. The rope was too small, and as the negro was drawn up the rope broke and he fell heavily to the ground. Not a v/ord or act of protest came from Jones as a larger rope was drawn around his neck and again he was pulled up-and the crowd looked on as the drug-saturated body writhed until life was extinct. The crowd then went to the home of the negroes, where they found two negro men, and were about to lynch them, but were dissuaded hy officers, lt seems certain thp.t tho Jones ne groes bad planned details of their murderous night, as they were well armed and had plenty of ammunition. Their mother said one of them had remarked that he was going to "shoot up" the town, but she thought he was joking. Whether \ the two negroes found there and who were arrested know of any intentions the Jones boys hnd, is not known. As there was no evidence that nu ras MOVING AT CLEMSON. No H ?fyi n g this Year-Cadets Knjoy QBP lectures-Ooonee's Hoys. Clemson College. Sept. 2?. Spe cial: Perhaps some of your readers willV? Interested'in affairs at this place.? The college opened on Wed nesday Sept einher 10, at 8.30 o'clojB Only the old students were P resew,1 as the new cadets were not sc hed?ed to arrive until the follow ing Wednesday. I1 \'u is a new plan, as honatofore the e itire corps report ed at the same tin' w There are some advantages to the new plan, one of which/iis that the old ho>s have al ready dtarted regular wo:K before the "rat8?i?rrlve, ano therefore haven't as m'uCh timo for "hazing". Then there'ft not such a ]uish on the open ing day. There has been pr:..-tically no ''hBlng'' carried on this year. The scmioriclass made the annoui'cemeiit on th&day before the'"rats" arrived that wey. as a class, would he re sponsIBle for all hazing carried on, and warned the underclassmen not to engage In any form of "hazing." The<corps, under the auspices of the Yjfat. C. A., held "college night" last Saturday night in honor of the freshnjen. Good addresses were made by President Riggs. Prof. D. NV. Daniel, Rev. W. M. Mills. General Sec retary Y. M. C. A. P. I,. Sweeney and others. All of the college yells and songs were practiced. Refresh inentsywere served to the entire corps of abdjt 800 men. On Sunday night the corps had the pleasure of hearing a lecture hy Ex Governor M. F. Ansel, of Greenville. Ills address was full of excellent ad vice, Especially to the "rats," who were Just starting on their college career; He came at the invitation of the Y.iM. C. A. This association in vltep i speaker to deliver a lecture to ittvttenibers almost every week of the (oTlcge year. Tb? foot ball outlook is very prom ising. .Many of our last year's play ers ai" back and are in fine form. Tho new. coaches ( Williams,,of Rich mond, Va., and Major, of Auburn,) are both working hard, and they have the splid backing and confidence of all the corps. The first game of the seaaojpi will be played on tho campus here m October 4 against Davidson. Wo won ld be Riad t o see some of our Mi frhm dg here, tis we ar? sure it will be a fine game. The boys are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to Kair week. Which will be the last week of Octo ber. They are going to Columbia this year intent upon seeing the "Tigers" rush it over the "Gamecocks" in the annual foot ball game on Thursday of Fair week. At present the out look is very promising. The" one-year agricultural pupils will arrive about October 1st. Oconee has one representative in the senior class this year-J. G. Todd, of Seneca; four juniors, R. L. Hamilton, Seneca; E. O. McMahan. Richland; Geo. I,. Harris, South Un ion; H. D. Barker. Walhalla; nine sophomores, .Y. W. Stribling, L. W. Veiner, T. M. Lowery, Jr., W. E. Mc Mahan, R. M. Tribble, Seneca; B. W. Harrison, Walhalla; Paul A. Martin, Oakway; W. P. Loftis, South Union, and Stiles C. Stribling, Richland; and four freshmen, Paul G. Barnett, Westminster; Horace E. Wood, Sen eca; Walter Meares, Oakway, and Cromer Isbell, Pair Play. 11OR8K-TRADIOR PARDONED. Governor Says There Should De No Complaint if Parties Get Stung. A man convicted of getting the better end of the bargain in a horse trade has been pardoned. Frank Stone, white, convicted at the fall (1912) term of court for Laurens county on the charge of ob taining goods under false pretenses, and sentenced to pay a fine of $?100 or servo 30 days on the public works, has been declared a free man hy the Governor. in? granting the pardon, Governor Please said: "It seems that this par ty and the prosecutor traded horses, and that this is what brought about the indictment. From the evidence presented in the case, it shows that the horse was supposed to have been blind in one eye and partially blind in the other. This was a defect which could have been very easily detected by both parties. There is no excuse for a man saying that a blind horse has been put off on him unless he was either blind or drunk at the time, and there is no evidence to show that the prosecutor was either. Therefore, he should have been too tmich cf a man it? complain, for the only purpose people have for trading horses ia to improve. if A trades with B, A expects to get the best of the bargain, or A would not trade. When B trades with A, he believes he got the best of the bargain or he would not have traded. Therefore, when either one of them gets stung, there should be no complaint." The case T^as appealed to the Supreme Court,i and a dissenting opinion was written by Associate Justice Watts. - ? V ,! ' - - there would be more trouble after Walter Jones was lynched the Nat cha? Guardsmen rel urned home. Gen erally the negro population was as much incensed at the Jones brothers as/were the whites. They felt no in dignation at the lynching to-night. The two, bodies were still hanging in the cdal chute and will probably stay th^re all night according to last re pel , Authorities have decided not to ho 1 a coroner's inquest DEPUTY SHOT BETWEEN BYES. ililli?'? from Desperate Negro's Wea pon Ends Life Instantly. McBee, S. C.. Sept. 2 8.-J. M. King, a member of the sheriff's posse, WB8 shot and instantly killed, and Sheriff D. P. Douglass and Deputy J, lt. Abbott were painfully wounded to-day in trying to capture Janies Davis, a negro desperado, who fought to the last and is believed to have perished in the ruins of the burning house near Middlendorf, this county, where he bad been besieged since early morning. Davis' wife, who aided him in his defense and subse quently escaped, is being sought by a possee. The end came after a bat tle with the negro ill which many shots were fired. Summoned by Lester Durr, gin neis' report man for this county, who had been fired on hy the negro yester day, and other prominent men, the sheriff and his deputy went to Mid dendorf early to-day. Arriving there, they found the object of their search, and the deputy at once de manded his surrender. As the officer approached the ne gro whipped out his pistol and open ed fire. In the fusillade which fol lowed both ofllcers were wounded - Sheriff Douglass in the right leg and Deputy Abbott in the left hand-and the negro, the sheriff thinks, was also hit. Davis fled into his cabin nearby and there barricaded himself. As sisted by his wife, he prepared for defense. Davis' house was well pre pared for a siege. The negro was heavily armed and had a quantity of ammunition. With liis.wife, who had assisted him in the first fight with the officers,-he was able to put up a des perate resistance. Sheriff Douglass; though wounded, remained in charge of the situation, and went to McBee for reinforce ments, leaving a small party on guard to see that the negro did not escape. At McBee the wounded sheriff rais ed a posse and soon returned to the scene ready to take the house bv storm if necessary. There were no signs of life, and the posse began a search for the negro. a shot from the negro's weapon. The bullet took effect almost squarely be tween the eyes and the brave con stable fell dead. Undaunted by the sudden fire, the officers continued their efforts to take the desperado. The house was surrounded and then was fired, the j object being to force the negro into t he open. The bent and smoke proved more j than Davis could stand and he dash I ed from the burning house, only to I be mot by a volley of lead. Seeni I inly hard hit, he turned back and sought shelter beneath the blazing st ructure. There, hiding from the bullets of I the posse, the negro cowered, while the flames ate ihe:>- way through the frail building. The roof and floor fell in; the ne gro had not appeared. That he burn ed to death beneath the house which had given him refuge while ho pour ed forth bj s fire at the officers is al most, certain. Davis' wife had escaped while the sheriff was gone, it is supposed, as there was no trace of her when the posse returned. A posse is now searching for her. J. M. King", the dead man, had been living here for several months, lie wns magistrate's constable for this district. He was married and leaves a wife and eight children. Davis is said to have been a very bad character. It is believed that he was wanted in North Carolina for crimes committed there. Negro's Wife in Jail. McBee, Sept. 29.-Everything is quiet at Mlddlendorf to-day. Jim Davis' wife, who assisted him in the first skirmish with the officers, and ia tor fled, was captured to-day by a rural policeman and is now in Jail at Chesterfield. All yesterday a posse searched for Davis' wife, who had aided him in barricading his house and hatl then escaped while the sheriff went for re inforcements. To-day she was found by a rural policeman and taken to Chesterfield, where she was lodged in jail. Oconee County Farmers1 Union. The Farmers' Union of Ooonw county win meet with Ked HUI Local Union on the second Friday In Octo ber (the 10th). All are urgently re quested to turn out and assist in the transaction of business. J. W. Alexander, President. H. A. Wood, Secretary. Farmers' Union Meeting. Bounty Land Union will meet on Saturday, October 4th, at 10 o'clock a. m. All members are urged to be present, as there is some important business to be transacted. Will also elect delegates to the county meeting. Remember the date and don't fail to lome. L. M. Smith, President. J. H. Dendy, Secretary. Tho Oakway Union. The members of Oakway Farmbra' Union are requested to meet Satur day, October 4th, at 3 p. m., at the school bonn*-, W. Pat TMeW?, President. LOCAL COTTON MAKKMT, (Wednesday Morning.), Cotton is being sold on loeal mar ket at IS?4c. tbiB morning. Seed arw selling nt $1.10 per hundred pounds. The New York market closed yes terday at a net decline over tho pre ceding day. Liverpool markets wer? dull, and the demand small. Westminster Market. A phone message from Westmin ster at 10.30 this morning says that 13%c. is the price that is being paid on that market. Seneca Market. Graded ootton is selling on tho Seneca market at 1 W % and 1 :\ :y* e. FOR THE LONG CREEK SCHOOL. Children .Mali?' First Contribution, Amounting to $108,50'. Long Creek. Sept. 29.-Special: Another interesting and enthusiastic .Meeting was held at Long Creek church on Saturday, the L'Tth, in th? interest of thc Lone, Creek Academy of the Beaverdam Baptist Associa tion, tho gathering being for the pur pose of meeting Mr. Crane and other gentlemen who are kindly g'Ving their services to advance the Inter ests of the Behool. After a short address of welcome by Wm. Barker, ot the Long Creek section, and a few kind words In. re sponse by Representative shirley, the large audience listened with rapt at tention to a beautiful and touching talk by Mr. Crane, whose intimate knowledge of the scholastic needs of the mountain communities enabled him to speak words that sank dee|? into the hearts of his listeners. The meeting then took a recess to enjoy a bount|ful dinner spread by the good women of the neighborhood. On re-assembling, and the happy suggestion having been made that aa opportunity be given tho girls and! boys to contribute the first funds to wards the building of the institution, it was responded to with enthusiasm, and $103.50 was promptly subscribed by them. That aomunt was added to by others until the sum of $669.50 was quickly raised. mis meeting t ceeded to organize by electing T. J. Hulsey, chairman; Grover Watkins, treasurer, and George Matheson, sec retary, and P'ranged to get to work. Thus an enjoyable and successful day was brought to a happy end. ll TUBERCULAR COWS KILLKCH. Experts Examine Herd ami Fined) Advanced Tuberculosis. ' Bennettsville, Sept. 29.-Capt. w. T. Thrower, of Cheraw, operates a dairy and had unite a fine herd of Holstein milch cows. He noticed that some of them seemed to be. dis eased, and he requested an expert from Clemson College to visit his dalry and inspect his cows. The re sult of the investigation developed! that the cows had advanced and pro nounced tuberculosis. Thirteen flue animals were killed--ll milk conn?: and two bulls. One of the cows cost him $3?0 and freight. The two hulls w?re very fine, and each worth $lf>0. The loss to Capt. Thrower is very heavy, not less than $2,000, while the State only pays him $2C for each cow killed. DEATH OF MRS. BO ATRIO HT* Charlie Collins Kicked by Mule undi Killed-Hi McDonald Robbed. (Tugaloo Tribune, Sept. 30. ) Mrs. Delpha Boat right, an aged lady residing in the western part Of the county, died on August 20th last She had reached the ripe age of 97 years and 17 days, having'been born August 3, 1816. She is survived by six children, one of whom \b D. J. Boatrlgtlt, of Walhalla, who was with her at the time of her death. Her husband, the late Abner Boatrlght. lived to be over 90 years of age. Charlie Collins, a hard-working young man, died Saturday as a result of a wound inflicted by a mule kick ing him on the stomach Friday. He was a son of Elisha Collins, who re sides on Rich Mountain. His body was buried near his home Sunday. Mr. Collins leaves a wife and several children, Hunter McDonald, son of B. W McDouald, of Con cross, was struck on the head by a "hobo" near town last Thursday night and was robbed of about $20. McDonald and a man by tho namo of Johnson were com ing from Cornella on a freight train. When about a mile from Westminster Johnson struck McDonald on the* head with a missile, which knocked him partly Insensible. He then rifled his pockets and made good his es cape. At the recent meeting of Piedmont Presbytery, held at Seneca, a com mission, composed of Rev. I. E. Wal lace, of Seneca, and Rev. G. M. Wil cox and Elder John B. S. Dendy, of Walhalla, was appointed to Install Rev. J. E. Wallace as pastor of thai Westminster Presbyterian church on the fourth Sabbath in October. The native of India lias an averag? life of 24 years, MS ^gainst 44 in England.