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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. 4? 4a 4? 4* 4? ;<> 4? 4? ?f? 4? 4? 4? 4? ? 4* 4? 4? 4* 4? 4*. 4* 4* 4* 4*. 4* 4* 4* 4* 4a 25 Pounds GranuSated Sugar for 20. G. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, Walhalla, S. C. .I- ?I- ??- ?j- '?- -I? ?I* 4* 4* 4? 4* 4? 4 4*4*4>4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4* 'I* 4? 4? 4* The YoungManor Young Woman Who Saves five per eont- of his or her earnings and deposits them in our Savings Department is working from .. SMALL BEGINNINGS to LARGER RESULTS.. Eurly and systemat ic saving me?t?s the acquire ment, of Thrift and Perseverance, the Accumula tion of Capital, the Establishment of Character - and Credit; and these are .. THE STUFF Ol fkick SUCCESS is MADE .. Why not make your first deposit at thi8 bank on your next pay day ? .. To SAVE INCONVENIENCE, BANK bj MAIL .. Westminster Bank W ESTAI [NSTER, S. C. Sisters Klope With Brothers. Lavonia, Ga., Dec. 5.-A double elopement, in which two brothers stole two sisters from their home in the dead hours of night and were married at 3 o'clock in the morning to overcome parental objections, took place here this week. Miss Annie Blanche Smith became the bride of Charles Sheriff and Miss Rora May Smith was married to Mat thev Sheriff. The brides are daught ers of D. B, Smith, a prominent mer chant of Lavonia. Avenge Pankhurst's Arrest. Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 6.-Mili tant suffragettes to-day began taking their revenge for the arrest of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. Kelly House, an untenanted mansion, at Memyss Bay, on the Pirth-of-Clyde, was fired, with $100,000 loss. Upon the lawn a number of cards, bearing suffrage inscriptions, were scattered. One of them said: "No peace or truce until Mrs. Pankhurst Is free." BAKING POWDER Absolutel^Pure ROYAL-the most celebrated of all the baking powders In the world-celebrated for Its great leavening strength and purity? It makes your cakes? biscuit, bread, cte, healthful, lt Insures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the low priced brands? ATTY. GENERAL KILLS NEGRO. Accidentally Shot Mun nt Elks1 (Muh While showing Pistol to Friend. Columbia, Hoc. G.-Robert Mar shall, colored, was killed to-night by Attorney (Jouerai Thos. H. Peoples at the Elks' Club in this city, where I ho negro was employed as chef. Ac cording to those at the club the shooting was entirely accidental, and Mr. Pecples is sorry beyond expres sion at the happening. lt was a pistol shot, the hall piercing the brain ol' the negro. The occurrence was about 10 o'clock to night. Mr. Peoples rested to-night at the Governor's Mansion, where he went just after the shooting took place. Governor Blease was out of the city, being at Iiis home in Newberry. He made an effort, according to friends, to come hen; late to-night, hui could not reach the city. News of the shooting spread about the city, atlhoUgh every effort was made to keep it quiet. Many friends thought it best not to publish any thing about tile affair, but as it was an accidental killing, according to those at the club, others deemed lt best that the facts be known. Sheriff McCain was on hand per sonally at the club soon after the shooting and on the suggestion that Mr. Peoples get a good night's rest at the Mansion he sent a deputy with him. J. F. Weaver, attendant at the club, is quoted as saying that Mr. Peeples was passing a gun over the counter to him when it exploded, the bullet piercing the brain of the ne gro, who was instantly killed. The gun is said to ha\e been a .44-call bre. The ball entered at the center of the right temple and came out of the left temple. A brother of the dead negro was present at the shooting. He after wards stated that he had heard no words jiass between his brother and Mr. Peeples. and the first thing he knew was the report of the pistol. The brother is an employee of the club also. Killing- Wa? Accident. Columbia, Dec. 7.-That Robert Marshall, the negro cook at the Elks' I Club, came to Iiis death last night from th.- .icc Kielli al discharge 01 a pistol in the hands of Attorney Gene ral Thos. H. Peeples was the verdict of the coroner's jury that investigat- ! ed the shooting to-night. This means that the Attorney Gen- j eral will he brought to trial at the j next term of court for accidental homicide. The court convenes Out ing the llrst week of January. The formal bond will be arranged to-mor row before Coroner Scott. The At torney General was released to-night on his own recognizance. The trial in .lari ary is regarded as a mere for mant . but is necessary under the laws of the State. All the testimony brought out at the inquest tended to show that the shooting was an accident. Attorney General Peeples himself made a statement to the jury in which he ex plained the discharge of the pistol, his reason for having it and all the matters leading up to tho unfortu nate occurrence. In effect Mr. Peeples stated that he had placed the pistol in big automo bile yesterday when his mother went with her brother to Lexington. The i return trip was made by Mrs. Pee ples with a strange chauffeur and he desired that she should have the pis tol for protection. When he went to the Elks' Club at 10 o'clock last ? night ho took tho pistol out of the car and carried lt upstairs to the ?club rooms with the intention of j leaving it there. ' "1 do not carry a pistol," said Mr. I Peeples, "and wanted to Wave the I weapon at the club." He said that as lie walked behind the buffet to place the weapon near the cash reg ister Capt. J. H. Weaver, who was stan " behind the counter, asked him to iel him see the pistol. He stated that he was handing it over when the pistol discharged, killing the negro cook, who was standing in rront of the buffet at the moment. HUERTA FAMILY LEAVE CITY. Federal Soldiers Cross Border-Villa Soldiers Gaining Ground. Mexico City, Dec. 8.-Provisional Preslednt Huerta's family is again reported to ha^e left the capital. A report, apparently well founded, cur rent here to-day, was to the effect that the men.hers ol' tho President's household hat.' gone to Guadalajara, the capital of the State of Jalisco, from where, it was said, they would go to the Pacific port of Manzanillo, State of Colima. Huerta's Soldiers Fleeing;. Presidio, Texas, Dec. 8.-Twenty Mexican Federal soldiers, the ad vance guard of tho bedraggled army Which deserted Chihuahua City, ar rived at OJinaga, Mexico, opposite Presidio, to-day. The soldiers reported that they had not been attacked by rebels In the flight from Chihuahua, and that they were hoing followed by other refugees, including civilians and Fed eral officers. Villa Entering Chihuahua. Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 8.-Chihua hua City was under control of rebel troops under Gen. Chao to-day. Gen. Villa, Constitutionalist military lender, was still working outside the city. Federico Moye, the Civil Gov TEXAS KIAH)!) GROWS WORSE. Redbrts Now Indicate About 2,000 IS Lives Have Been i?<>st. Wyan, Texas, Dec. 8.-Planters here estimate that 2,(MM) larsons bav? been drowned in the 30-mile levee disaster. The reports aro oasod ou an estimate made by land owners in the district of the number of .heir tenants and the total nu mix r of known rescued or those stil' ma rooned. iflfiuy others are reported maroon ed .ti ])oints where they cannot be reached and aro in danger ol' starv ing unless tile Hoods recede soon. Several members of rescue parties were among to-day's victims. The majority of the tenants reported drowned are negroes and Italians. vThe last census gave If),OOO ten ants in tlie level? sei t ion, ol' whom 70 .pe" cent were negroes, per cent Americans and 26 per cent Italians. The rescued since the Hood on this, the east side of the river, have been estimated at only 1,100. with an eiftljal number, believed to be rescued oakthe other side. .^Boatmen to-day reported there w^re still 1,800 persons, mostly ne groes, in fourteen cotton gin houses in the overflow where they are in no immediate danger, though very hun gr??^ The boatmen also said there remained very few places where there could s*'ll he marooned refugees. The unknown quantity in this estimate was the lumber who heeded the warning and ran out of the district ahead of the rise. A great many are known to have done this. Water Fulls Slowly. 'The water has fallen but three feet altogether from the crest of the flood! th? slow falling being due to the narrow outlet at the lower end of the lake formed by the breaking of the 30-mile levee. l/nless bodies are found, the plant era don't expect to be able to verify drain lists until the water recedes and each of them gathers up and takes census of his now scattered or misting tenants. Tfci bright spot in the situation is thty^$.painty that in three days' in vestigation in specific localities twjl&e drownings have been reported VJesale boatmen have found no ev KI?., e. \Vhai worried diem, how ev^;, was a fear that in some of these places the water bad removed all the evidence. Rescuers are Drowned, Two more white men (rescuers) were drowned to-day in this section at Pitts Bridge. They were Albert Worley and Henry Berger, the latter one of the heroes of the flood. Ber ger, In a flimsy home-made boat, saved 28 persona before he lost his life. The frightful conditions in the le vee district were Indicated this after noon in news of tho deaths of three prominent Bryan men, who left here in a motorboat last night with relief provisions. They are Howard Cavitt, I^ea J. Robbins nnd Clifton Elzle. Their boat capsized and the bodies of Cavitt and one of the others were found in a tree Into which they bad climbed. They died of exposure. Killed* in Buggy; Friend Accused. Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 7.-News was received here to-night of the tragic death of Mills B. Lane, Jr., of Sa vannah. Reports are meager as to details of the tragedy, but Sheriff Gornlo has been notified to catch Mason Williams, of Mine?la. Young Lane and young Williams were the best of friends, and were out riding this afternoon near Mor ven, In Brooks county. It ls reported that, they became in volved in a quarrel in the buggy, and hegan scuilling, when Williams drew his gun and shot Lane, who fell from the buggy. Young Williams ls said to have got out ol' the buggy, exam ined the body, and finding life ex tinct, is said to have exclaimed, "My God, I have killed him!" ile then got back In the buggy, lt ls said, and drove off, leaving the dead man by the roadside. It is not known what the young men quarreled about. They were about 20 years of age each, and were bosom friends. Clive Camp, No. 421, W. O. W. Will hold its next meeting on Sat urday night before tho third Sunday In this month. All members are earnestly requested to bo present, as there are some very Important busi ness matters to be attended to. J. A. Callahan!, Clerk. ernor, remained in possession, but was ready to greet Villa. Aiming to restore normal condi tions in Northern Mexico, Gen. Fran cisco Villa to-day Issued an order that all foodstuffs should be sold at prices usually obtained in time of peace. Stores in Chihuahua and other rebel cities are required to sell goods at prices named by Villa. The rebel leader said that If merchants attempted to ask higher prices ho would confiscate their property. Train loads of provisions are to be shipped from Juarez to the almost famished citizens of Chihuahua. Unless the Federal troops who de serted Chihuahua unexpectedly re appear and resort to guerilla war fare, the northern part of Mexico will assume a semblance of peace through the opening of the railroads. MUX ICA N FUGITIVES ON MARCH. One of the Most Tragic Incidents of Present Revolution. Presidio, Texas, Doc. 8.-Tho com plete ronlo of Huerta's Federal army in Northern .Mexico, with tho frantic Hight of Iiis generals tor safety to the border and the demoralization of the Unpaid troops, was established with the arrival to-day at Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite Presidio, of the civilians and soldiers who deserted Chihuahua City. in tho remarkable hegira which straggled for eight days over ail 185 mile trail through tll? disert and en do roil great heardships for want of food and water were Gen. Salvador Mercado, Huerta s deposed military Governor and commander of the Fed eral troops in the north. Hen. Pas cual Orozco. Gen. Antonio Kajas, Gen. Carvo, Cen. Inez Salazar, and a host of subordinate officers. They had deserted (heir post in fear of Cen, Francisco Villa's rebel tinny and virtually had surrendered to the rebels at Chihuahua, the .State capi tal, and the largest of the far North ern cities. , Desolate Procession. Along with them came, burdened with what property they could carry, men, women and children, represent ing some of the richest families in the republic. Their flight with the army was in the face of reports that they might expect no mercy should they fall into tile hands of the rebels, laiis Terrazas, a wealthy land owner, reputed to own half of the State of Chihuahua, was said to have brought with him a vast fortune in cash, fear ing lt might he looted hy the rebels if he remained in the evacuated city. Witnesses viewing the oncoming throng from the hills of Ojinaga re ported the refugees were scattered in a thin line for several miles into the interior, and that the dusty confu sion of broken down wagons, dis abled artillery and mingling of dis heartened soldiers and famished civ ilians h? they slowly moved ovor the ; desert pr. sented a spectacle of uni versal despair. The fear Of being unable to keep pace with the escorting army, of be ing lost on the desert or caught by the rebels, added to the miseries of iJU?.,.precipitate a refugees In almost a ' continuous frenzy. Their arrival In a panic, but unmolested by the rebels, formed one of the most tragic incidents of the present revolution. DAVID D. GAILLARD DEAD. Dug Culebra Cut and Conquered Panama Slides-A Carolininn. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 5.-Lieut. Col. David Du hose Gaillard, United States Army, who directed the engi neering work in tlie Culebra Cut, a division of the Panama Canal, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital here to day. Lieut. Gaillard had been a patient at the hospital since August 17 last, suffering from a growth in the head, the result of seven years' arduous labor in the tropical climate of the Canal Zone. He failed gradually hut steadily, and for the last two months had been lu a state of coma, due to the pressure of the cranial growth upon the brain cells. The physicians decided some time ago that an operation was useless and might hasten his death. He is survived by his widow and a son, Lieut. David P. Gaillard, Uni ted States Army. Both were at the bedside when the end came. Native of South Carolina. Lieut. Col. Gaillard was horn at Wlnnsboro, S. C., in 1 854. He grad uated from West Point Military Academy in 1 884, and since that time had won many honors in the engineering service. A hill was In troduced in Congress last month pro moting him to the rank of colonel in recognition of his distinguished ser vices which culminated In the great engineering feat in the Cu ebra sec tion of the Panania ('anal. When Culebra Cut was flooded by the blasting of Gamboa dike on Oc tober IO last Col. Gaillard lay un conscious in his bed at the hospital. Col. Halliard's death is the culmi nation of a breakdown Incurred hy long I ours of work and exposure In the Canal Zone, where ho pitted his skill as an engineer against the shift ing soil of Culebra Cut. To bim had been given the most difficult task In connection with the canal's construc tion, to master the landslides and quicksands which extended for eight miles along tho Uno of Culebra Cut. During tlie early years of his con test with the landslides Col. Gaillard never knew what a morning was to bring forth. Over night the moun tains moved and covered with their deposit the tracks, and even tho cars which were used to remove material. Culebra Cut runs through the back bone of the American continent. Gail lard dug indomitably until hill after hill found Its angle of repose and ho chocked the landslides save at dieu racha and points nearby. There the sliding was persistent, but had visi bly weakened, when the engineer was compelled to stop his work and seek rest. Flags at Half Mast. Panama, Doc. 6.-Flags in the Canal Zone are flying at half-mast in memory of the late Lieut. Col. Gall lard. Col. Goethals to-day Issued a general order setting forth the great service rendered by Col. Gaillard, | Ot'OXEE COTTON MARKET. Seneca ami Newry Lead in Cotton Prices Uiis Wick. Quotations below were secured over phone at lo.i'.n o'clock thia morning: Westminster: (By J. G. Breazeale.) Cotton. Cl 5-10. geed, $2S per ton Sebeen: (By Barron-Byrd Co.) Cotton, 13% to 13%. Seed, $28: per ton. Newry : (Hy Courtenay Mfg. Co.) Cotton, 13%. Seed. $27 per to?.. West Union: ( By Strother ft Phinney.) Cotton, 13%. Seed. $27 per ton. Walhalla: (By C. W. Pitchford. ) Cotton, 13%. Seed. $27 per ton. Anderson-December 0. Cotton, 18%; seed, $28 per ton. 12,081,100 BALMS A It IO (?IN NEIL. 204,050 BaloN More Than Oin nedi tn December 1st, 1012. Washington, Dec. 8.-The sixth, colton ginning report of the Cens?a Bureau for the season, issued at 10 o'clock this morning, nnnonnood that 12,081.100 bales of co-ton* counting round as half nales, of the: growth of 1913, had been ginned prior to December 1, to which date dur in g the past seven years the gin ning averaged 83.2 per cent of the entire crop. Last year to December I there had been ginned 11,854,641 bales, ox 87.9 per cent of tho entire crap; in 1911 to that date, 12,810,807 balea? or 82.4 per cent, and In 1908 to that I date 11,008,661 bales, or 84.1 pet cent. Included in the ginnlngs were 85,T 760 round bales, compared with 73, 030 round bales laBt year, 87,996 In 1911, 101,718 in 1910, and 134,39a in 1909. The number of sea Island cotton bales included were 61,516, com pared with 51,275 bales last year, M1??V, iind^ 'in'' C.HK!' DEATH FOR SLAYER OF BEBT". _ In lies? Than Week Negro Gots Vis ion of Electric Chair. Barnwell, Dec. 8.-In less than one week after Scott Madison tired the shot that killed E. Peyton Br-st, ia well known m< rehaut of Barnwell, I he heard the sentence of. death pass led. The negro was tried in the Court of. General Sessions here to-day, and ; on conviction this afternoon Judge; ; Gage sentenced bim to die in the electric chair between Friday, De cember 19, and Monday, December I 22. Gilbert Miller was declared: ' guilty of assault and battery and was. sentenced to serve 30 days on the county chain gang. Mr. Best waa i killed on the night of December 3. These two negroes, who were car ried to the State penitentiary last Thursday, following the finding of a verdict by the coroner's jury of in quest, were brought back to Barn well this morning to face the charge of murder. They were escorted from (he depot to the court house by a large number of special deputies. There was absolutely no attempt made, however, to take the prisoners from the officers, and It is apparently the desire of every one here to let the law take its course. When tho accused men were being marched down the street, the wife and ono of the sisters of the murdered man, were standing on the sidewalk, and tiley, with tears in their < yturned and watched the negroes wno had so cruelly robbed them of husband and brother. Important Association Formed. Hieb land, Dec. 8.-Special: We are having some nice hog-killing wea ther now. It came just in time ta got the meat ready for Christmas. Thero are plenty of hogs in the community and most of them are ready for this cold snap. Miss Annie McMahan, Suporvisoc of Rural Schools, visited our school Friday evening and helped to organ^ Izo a rural school improvement asso ciation. Miss Belle Strihling was elected president; David McMahan, vice president; Miss Carrie McMa han, secretary; Miss Grace Verner, corresponding secretary, and Jack Davis, treasurer. The object of the association is to improve and beni 11 fy the grounds and school house and to compote for the prizes offered. Miss Pauline Davis is teaching school at Reedy 'Fork. This is her second year, and we feel sure she will be a good teacher. She spout the week-end with homefolks. Mrs. Lucy Burris, of Walhalla, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mrs. W. C. Foster. Mrs. E. E. Verner returned homet Thursday after an extended visit to. her daughter, Mrs. Furman Borns, at Fountain Inn. Miss Margaret Stokes and Charlie Wells, of Greenville, spent the week end at the home of the former*? aunt, Mrs. S. N. Hughs. who, in addition to directing the en gineering work in Culebra Cut, waa a member of the commission, doola ir ing him to have beer, a faithful puV> lie servant and a true man.