University of South Carolina Libraries
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. .J. .J* .J. .J. "T. .T. .T.. .T. .J. .J. .J. .J. .J. ?J? -J * * .I? 4, CLOTHING 4. We Have 25 Men's Suits, worth from $10 to $15. odd lots, to ?K p= * close at.\pO We Have jost received our line * 0/ Men's Ready-to-Wear Suits. These 0< Suits are equal to most tailor-made suits at half the price $10, $12.50 and $15 the Suit. Be sure to see them. JZ? JZ? JZ? C. W. (Si J. E,. Bauknig'Ht. It Pays to Buy for Cash. * ?j? .j? ?j. ?j. ?j? ?j? ?j. ?|? ?j. .j. ?.j? ?j. ?j? *f* *!. ?.tl" mo HIGH COST OF LIVING to-day is largely an admission of tho Amciican people that they arc not willing to do WITHOUT many things that the past generation were willing to deny themselves. ADOPT THIS SUGGESTIOiNT : Deposit a small amount each week, or oncP^2Sirf?y^r^I^ii monthly, in this Hank, und in'a^bT'Twniic your toTa? Da> f f ance in Bank will not only surprise yon, hut pr?par? you to take advantage of some opportunity which may enable you to make money on a larger seale. The BANK ACCOUNTS started by the thrifty people who wore WILLING TO SA V E MONEY AND DENY THEMSELVES became the foundations of ninny of the fortunes of to-day. VOU SHOULD START 'TO-DAY." A small amount for your first deposit we welcome, and we will ho greatly 'itcrested in seeing it grow. WESTMINSTER BANK. DEATH OF THOS. M. NORRIS. Tho lindy Was Taken to Walhalla Friday for Interment. (Anderson Mail, 3d.) Thos. It. Norris died at tho hos pital last night at 8 o'clock at thc age of 7:i years. Ho had been in feeble health for some time, and several days ago suffered a broken leg in a fall from a wagon. Follow ing this ho was taken to the hospital for treatment, but his age was against him. his injury was too se vere a shock) and death resulted. Mr. Norris came to Anderson from the Willlamston section. He conduct ed a small business near the Ander son Cotton Mills and was well known to tho people of that section of the city. He was a Confederate veteran, having served with credit through out the war. Tho body was taken to Walhalla for Interment. Mr. Norris was rear ed In Oconee, and his wife ls burled at Walhalla. He ls survived by one son here, Jordan R. Norris, of the Orr Mills, and has a daughter living in New Mexico and another In Texas. Thos. R. Norris a number of yen rs ago served O once in the capacity of County Auditor, and was well known throughout tho county, and the news of his death will bring sorrow to many who had known li i m. He was an upright citizen and had served his country well both in war and peace. Pays Penalty of Ingrat it mle. Tampa, Fla., Oct. 6.-Two years ago .luau Vasquez, a prominent Spanish citizen here, took .lose Cu esta, a Cuban, in his home and be friended him. Cuesta returned the kindness by informing the polico that Vasquez carried a pistol. Vasquez was sent to prison and while serving sentence, his motlier died. Ho made oath to bo avenged. To-day ho was sifting in a restaurant when he saw Cuesta outside. He quietly mndo his way to tho kitchen, secured a large butcher knife and after pursuing Cu esta t wo blocks literally cut his heart out. He was arrested and charged with murder. ( EXAMINATION' AT FA I Ii PLAY. Civil Service Examination Announced for Saturday, October 2Kth. Tho United States Civil Service Commission announces that Satur day, October 25, 1913, an examina tion will be held at Fa.ir Play, S. C., as a result of which it is expected to make certification to fill a contem plated vacancy in tho position of fourth class postmaster at Fair Play, and other vacancies as they may oc cur at that office, unless it shall he decided, in the Interests of thc ser vice, to fill the vacancy by reinstate ment. The compensation of the postmaster at this office was $2211 for thc Inst fiscal year. Age limit, 21 years and over on the date of examination, with the exception thal in a State where wo men aro declared by statute to be of full age for all purposes at 18 years, women 18 years of age on the date of the examination, will be admit? ted. Applicants must reside within the territory supplied by tho post office for which tito examination is un non need. The examination is open to all cit izens of tho United States who can comply with tho requirements. Ap plication forms and full information concerning the requirements of the examination can ho secured from thc postmaster at Fair Play, or from the United States Civil Service Commis sion. Washington, D. C. Appiicntions should be properly [.xecuted and filed with the commis sion nt Washington at least seven days before the date of tho examina tion; otherwise it may he Impracti cable to examine the applicants. Million (.allons of Oil Afire. San Diego. Cal., Oct. fi.-Put tiing it the rate of five inches an hour, the 1,000,000-gallon crude oil tank of tho Standard Oil Company, which caught tire yesterday, was still blaz ing to-day, and will he at. noon to morrow, according to prosent esti mates. Tank after lank of naptha, stove oil and distillate has been con sumed, and tho loss, it is said, will be $300.000. - TA II I FF DEDUCED HY ONE-HALF On Foodstuffs-Income Taxe? Di-' creased to Meet Deficiencies. Washington, Oct. 3.-President Wilson's signing of the Underwood Simmons bil] brings Into effect one of the most far-reaching revisions of tariff rates and revenue laws enacted for many years. A new income tax, applying direct ly to the incomes of citizens, the ab olition of all tariff on scores of items of Immense importance to American industry and American consumers, and a heavy reduction of tariff rates on most of the articles In general use in this country are its chief features. While certain portions of the new law do not take effect at once, most of its provisions, and almost all the direct tariff reductions, do. At every port collectors of cus toms, appraisers of merchandise and hundreds of other employees of the treasury department will plunge at once into the task of collecting the nation's revenue on a new basis and with hundreds of new classifications and new provisions of law to compli cate their activities. Must Have Money. The Fede rafV. overnment has hoon spendidg nearly a billion dollars a year, and the new tariff law will raise less than one-third of that sum. Re cent estimates by tariff experts in Congress predict that the rates will raise $248,000,000 a year, and that the income tax will raise $100,000, OOu. The remainder of the govern ment's great income is made up prin cipally of internal revenue taxes and postal receipts. The income tax probably will Pring the new tariff law most forcibly to the attention of citizens. Presi dent. Wilson and Democratic leaders in Congress believe, however, that Hie redtiction of duties on clothing, foodstuffs and other necessaries of life, and the complete removal of the duty from many like articles, will eventually bring a reduction in the "cost of living" without materially affecting business prosperity. A brief summary of the new tariff law as prepared for the. Senate fol lows: Average percentage of tariff rates as compared to the value of all im ported merchandise* 6ld law 37 ?mr cent;, new law, 27 per r*;aJ Estimated revenue from all import rates: Old law, $>>5,?00,000; new law, $248,000,000. Estimated revenue from corpora tion and income taxes: Old law, $37, 000,000: new law, $100,000.000. Free List Larger. Altogether, consumers in the Uni ted 'i i tes probably will receive from abroad, free of all tariff, more than $1,000,000,000 worth of merchan dise during the next year. During 1912 the amount of free imports was more than $880,000,000. and when the tariff is entirely removed from wool, sugar, iron ore and cheap iron and other important Hems, the total ls expected to increase notably. Un der the old law moro than 53 per cent of all goods brought to the Uni ted States from all parts of the world paid no tariff, and that propor tion will be increased by the new la w. The free wool provision of the new law takes effect December 1, 1913; the free sugar provision May 1, 19 16. The np',v tariff law, passed four years after President Taft signed the existing Payne-Aldrich law. is the re sal j of more than nine months' of work in Congress. Hearing* were staiied January G by the House Ways and Means Committee. Chairman Underwood introduced the tariff bill April 7, immediately after President Wilson had convened the new Con gress, lt passed the House May 8 and the Senate September 9. Its Main Features. In tho opinion of Its makers, the Democratic leaders of Congress, the most important features of the new tariff are: A reduction of nearly one-half in the average tariff on foodstuffs and farm products. The placing of raw wool on the free list and a reduction of nearly two-thirds in the tariff on woolen clothing, especially of the cheaper grades. A reduction of one-third (average) on cotton goods. Reduction of the sugar tariff and its ultimate abolishment in 1910. A reduction of one-third (aver age) in the tariff on earthenware and glassware. Abolishment of all tariff on meats, fish, dairy products, flour, potatoes, coal, iron ore, lumber and many classes of farm machinery and office machinery. General tariff reduction on all im portant articles in general use, Throughout the long light over the bill the Republican attack on the measures has been directed against those rates which tho Republicans declared were so low as to threaten destruction to American industries, through the competition of foreign manufacturers. The Democratic sup porters of the new law have insisted that, except in thoso cases whore public welfaro demanded radical changes, the tariff has been reduced only to a point, where lt will "stimu late competition," without turning American markets over to foreigners. A great amount, of work will fall upon the treasury department, lt ls expected, in working out the details Of tho new income tax and the I TD SECOND OINNERS' REPORT. flPflt increase Over I/ast Y eur-!*, 2<l(l,8ni Unies t?? September 25. Washington. Oct. 2.-The second Kj ginning report of tho census ijf&u, Issued at 10 a. m. to-day, an nlMced that 3,237,851 bales of cot tOmof tho growth of 1013 had been ginnor prior to September 25, count ing round as half bales. To that date las/ year 3,005.034 bales, or 22.3 per of the entire erop bad been gin ni in 1 0 1 1 . to that date. '1.070.504 ;i . or 23..6 per rent , had been gin ncf,; in I OHS to thal date 2.500.030 bat?a, or 10.8 per cent of the crop, hmffbeen ginned, and in 1006 to that d:it . 2.057.2S3 bales, or 15.S per cel& of the crop, had been ginned. Included in the total gunnings weft .27,324 round bales, compared with 10,574 round bales ginned to SejSejnber 25 last year; 27,0 18 in I0H. 3S.02S in 1010 and IS.070 in I ooo. \*Kje number of bales of sea island cotton included was 1 0,555, compar ith 3,051 last year, 11.S07 in [1, 13,832 in 1000. and 1 1.457 in i. innings prior to September 25, ?tates, with comparisons for last year, follow: Angla m a 19.13 . 322,602 1912.100,310 usas 1913. 60.603 1912. 4 1.438 Arl Florlda 1913. 16,216 1912. 0,770 Georgia 1913 . 4 01,003 1912 . 272,335 Louisiana 1913 . 77,349 1912 . 73,902 Mississippi , J . 1913. .120,015 1912 . 56,056 .Vorth Carolina '. v< 101 3 . 49,525 1912.101,683 Oklahoma 1913 . 148,556 1 01 2 . 77,394 South Carolina 101 3 . 102,304 101 2 . 174,251 Tennessee- , 1913. 18,341 1012. 990 1912.\. . . .2,002,975 All Other States 1913. 5,617 1912. 2,740 The ginning of sea island cotton prior to September 25, by States, fol lows: Florida 1913. 5.058 1912. 1.690 Georgia 1913. 6,419 1912 .... 1,258 South Carolina 1913. 7 8 1912. 103 STATE PAIR OCTOBER 27 TO ?1. General Prosperity (?ives it.'se to Hopes for Best Fair in k'euvs. Columbia, Oct. 7.-Special. Re flecting tho great prosperity which has blessed South Carolina t li is year, and promising the greatest success of any previous undertaking, prepara tions have been completed for hold ing the 45th annual fair of tho State Agricultural and Mechanical Society in Columbia October 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Indications are that people from every nook and corner of the State will crowd the fair grounds by thou sands, and it is expected that attend ance records will set a new high water mark at the gathering this year. The abundant harvests of cotton, corn and tobacco, the gratifying re turns for the labor of their hands and the evidence of nature's favor in the ideal harvest weather, have made tho farmers of the State wear the happy smile which comes from woll Hlled barns and storehouses and climbing bank deposits, and they are now looking forward to the annual gathering In Columbia of their kins men, neighbors and friends, when everybody turns aside from business to renew their youth and to have a regular good old time, this being the week of the annual State Fair in Oc tober. Execution of Frank Post-toned. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 4. - Hearings on tho motif" for a new trial for Leo M. Krank, under death sentence for tlie murder ol' Mary Phagan, were continued for one week, when tho motion came before Judge Roan this morning. Frank's execution, set for Friday, October 10, was stayed in definitely. Continuance of the hearings was granted on the request of Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, who asked more time to prepare an answer to allegations of the Frank lawyers. These allega tions embrace 115 counts, including a charge of prejudice on the part of ?wo jurors. methods of collecting tho direct taxes from individual citizens of the United States. Tho tax upon corpo rations, now fixed at 1 uer cent of their income, remains the same and ^'becomes part of the general income rtax law. A staff of special deputies, 'collectors and agents will bo em ployed to organize and conduct the work of income tax collection. OCONEE COTTON MARKKT, Tho price? of local cotton quoted below were secured over the phone this (Wednesday) morning at 10.4f> o'clock. The prices are for "cash" and not "credit." Wallialla: (Quotations by Moss & Ansel and C. W. Pitchford.) Cotton .13% Seed (per ton) . . . .$22.00 "West Union: (Quotations by Strother & Phlnney.) Cotton .13% Se ni ( per ton ) . . . . $22.00 Seneca: (Quotations by c. W. Qignllliat & Son. ) Cotton .13 % Seed ( per ton ) . . . . $22.00 Wea tn i i ii s ter: (Quotations hy J. C. Broazcnlo. ) Cotton .13% Seed ( per ton) .... $23.00 Anderson : Cotton seed were soiling in Ander son yesterday (Tuesday) at $2 1 pel ton. New York: Tuesday afternoon. Cotton broke sharply under selling apparently In spired by lower cables, better wea ther and rumors of easier spot, situ ation. The market closed at a net declino over Monday of 21 to 29 points. ENTOMBED A WEEK, SURVIVES. Tilomas Toshesky Walks from His "Grave" to His Home. Centralia. Pa., Oct. 4.-Thomas Toshesky, prisoner since Friday of last week in an abandoned chamber of the Continental mine of tho Le high Valley Coal Co., walked into the open air a free and comparatively a well man at 22 minutes before 8 o'clock thiF morning. He was taken to his home in Centralia, three miles away from his underground prison, and at once put to bed, apparently none the worse for his remarkable experience. It was 7.15 o'clock when the last barrier of coal was driven away and Toshesky crawled through the open ing from his prison chamber into the tunnel which had been steadily outside world that tho big task was com ploted'and the prisoner was free. This was when a miner crawled to the mouth of the tunnel and called to the top of the pit for blankets and hot water to be sent down. The work of getting the man ready for his exit occupied the next few minutes, and at 7.38 o'clock a file of men emerged from tho heading her alding the approach of the hero of the occasion. Toshesky came from the hole with a gray blanket wrap ped about his shoulders. Back of him was a miner with hands uprais ed to assist if he should bo needed, but Toshesky walked with astonish ing agility considering his experi ence. When he stepped to the wooden platform just outside tho mouth of the narrow tunnel and was first able to stand upright he paused for an in stant and looked upward, tis if in greeting to the world or scanning the steep and muddy zigzag path which led to the opening of the mine breach. His miner's cap was on his head when he crawled through the open ing of the tunnel and greeted his res cuers. His lam?) was in place upon his cap and burning. Toshesky wore the usual rough clothing and shoes of the miner. Tho most noticeable thing about him was a pallor which showed through the grime on his face, contrasting strong ly with the other blackened miners, whose ruddy color showed even through the coat of dirt. Toshesky (limbed the path to the rim of the pit almost unaided. A stretcher had been taken to the foot, and there were plenty of willing hands to carry him, but he would have none of lt. His whole attitude from the time of the rescue until he disappeared be neath the blankets in his own bed at home was one of semi-stolidity. SMITH REUNION AT SALEM. Lady ol 75 Veal's Reunites With 05 < i H h hen and Grandchildren. Salem, Oct. 6.-Special: On Octo ber 1st the children, grandchildren and friends of Mrs. Rebecca Smith gathered at her humo near Salem to pay a tribute of respect and honor to her. By 1 1 o'clock the house and yard were full. Mrs. Smith has 13 living children-6 boys and 7 giris -all being present but ono. There were 95 children and grandchildren at this reunion, besides 18 specta tors, making in all 108. At ll o'clock tiley all gathered vader the shade and the young ladies sang a song, after which Rev. C. R. Abercrombie read the 37th Psalm and led In prayer. An address was then made by Rev. Abercrombie, at the close of which tho men prepared a table fi4 feet long, and the ladies filled it with good things to eat from ono end to tho other. Dinner was nnnounced, and after all had satis fied the inner man tbero was enough left for that many more. The after noon was spent in mingling together and talking of old times. Mrs. Smith has been a widow 20 years. She baB managed her farm NEXT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, Col. M. E. Thorton Will Do Hero Como and Meet Him. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1018. -Hon. W. M. Brown, Mayor, Wallinna, H. 0.-I will be in WallutlUi on the 15th instant, and will be glad to address thc people ?>! your town and tho ot lier towns in the county on Hie question of electric UgtltS, and will Ive glad if you will ar range tho hour and place of meeting. Marcellus R, Thornton, Kditor Courier: 1 received the above telegram yesterday from Col. Thornton, and have appointed as a suitable time for tho meeting tho night of the 15th. at 8.:!0. al I'itch rord's Hall. I also wish to say to the public generally that about ten days ago Col. Thornton was In our town, and I went over tho light, ?ind power pro position with him, and will say that 1 believe that, if Col. Thornton can get the proper encouragement from tho towns, lie will not only furnish us power for lighting the different towns, hut that he has in his mind the building of a trolley lino from Walhalla either to Westminster or from Walhalla to Seneca-or. possi bly, both of these lines could bo built and put in operation. With a great country like this, with its undevelop ed and unthought-of possibilities, If. only remains for its citizens to push forward, and all pull together, and we can do greater things than wo now think. A first-class trolley Une running between Walhalla and the other towns In tho county would mean great things for tho entire county. We therefore ask that our citizens all turn out, and that both Seneca and Westminster send representa tives to this meeting, to tho end that we ?nay show that we have the In terest of our county at ' eart. Remember the dato of tho meeking and be present. W. M. Brown, Mayor. PHONE CADD LURES TO DEATH. Young Am Student Strangled to Deutln Near Chicago. iago, Oct. 6.-The myrder ol Miss Ida G. Leegson, an art student, who was lured by a telephone call to . the prairie southwest of tho city Sunday and strangled with a silken cord, still was unexplained to-day. Littlo has been found to indicate a motive for the crime. Hurried investigation has shown only that she led an exemplary life, had no men callers at any of the places where she is known to have resided and she was not thought to have possessed any large amount of money. Miss Leegson was a graduate of the University of Chicago, a sculp ture pupil of Lorado Ts^ft and a stu dent at the Art Institute. Her mur der marked the end of a long, piti ful struggle to make ber way as a sculptor. Her studies at tho Uni versity of Chicago were to fit her for work by which she could earn enough to complete her art. educa tion. For several winters she taught, school, returning to the city to re sume work at tho Art Institute. Ready for Kitchen Work. Only a few hours before she was lured to her death she answered an advertisement for a servant, saying she had to have funds to enable her to continue her studies and was not too proud to do kitchen work. Late Saturday afternoon a man who gave the name of Wilson tele phoned, the residence where Mis? Leegson lived and asked her to take a position as nurse in a maternity case. She was directed to go to 7 1st street and Western avenue and walk to an address four miles west. Tho body was found three miles west of the street intersection in a dump ot' bushes. The address to which sho had been directed does not exist. (?ame wardens followed a trail of torn clothing to the spot where her half nude form was lying. On her neck were finger marks and encirc ling it was a slim bowline which was made from a piece of co'd found nearby. John V. SOibl lng Crippled. (Anderson Mail.) .lohn V. Stribling bas returned af ter an absence of several weeks In Georgia. He has been doing survey ing work at Tallulah Falls, and had the misfortune to fall while on the side of Horseshoe Bend and broke his hip. He is out on crutches, and his friends hope" that be will soon be entirely recovered. with skill, and has not only made a living, but has made a clear profit. Her boys and ?.irls are all married and havo gono from her homo but one. They have taken the advice ot' a wiso mothor and are doing well. Time has dealt lightly with this good woman, as abo still personally superintends her farm. She has soon 75 summers and still attends to her business herself. We trust that Sis ter Smith and her children may live to see many more reunions heia on earth, and after they have filled their missions here, that they may all be reunited in heaven, where there will 1 be no more partings.