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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*4*4*4*4*4< ;<> 4? 4? *?* 4? 4* .?? ' ?I- ?I- 4- ?I- 4- i..^.^.^.^4,.r,4. 25 Pounds Granulated Sugar for $1.20. C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, Walhalla, S. C. .I? 4- -I- ?I? 4? -I* -I? -I* 4- 4* -h 'I- -I- -I The Youno; Man or Youno; Woman Who Saves five per cent, of his or her earning- and deposits them in our Savings Department is working from .. SMALL BEGINNINGS tl LARGER RESULTS.. Early and systematic saving means tho acquire ment of Thrift and Perseverance, the Accumula tion of Capital, the Establishment of Character and Credit ; and these are .. THE STUFF ol which SUCCESS is MADE .. Why not make your first deposit at this bank on your next pay day ? .. To SAVE INCONVENIENCE, BANK hy MAIL .. Westminster Bank WESTMINSTER, S. C. Big Fire in Greenville. Greenville, Oec. 12.-In a Are that threatened a part of the business dis trict early to-night n horse, buggy and automobile delivery truck, .he pro, trty of the Gilreath-Durham Co., on South Main street, were destroyed in spite of the efforts of the members of the fire department to rescue them. The horse and vehicle' . ere secured in a woodshed situated in t' ) rear of the Poe Hardware and S ipply Co. and the Gilreath Durham Co., hy whom the building was used j< intly as a storehouse. In the building was stored a quantity of feed stuff of a highly inflammable nature, and, start ing in this, the flames leaped skyward with a glare that lit up that section of the city. Eating through a slight partition the fire exploded a pack of dynamite caps, causing hundreds of spectators to scatter, fearing a dan gerous explosion. No insurance was carried by either of the Arma using the shed. The lass of the Poe Hardware and Supply Co. was slight. The Gilreath-Durham Co.'s loss has not yet been estimated. Baptists Will Erect Hospital. Bennettsville, Dec 12.-By a large vote yesterday the Baptist State Convention confirmed the report of the committee which has in charge the building of a State sanitarium in Columbia. Tho sum of $30,000 will be expended for this purpose. Some time ago the committee decided upon Columbia as the location of the insti tution, but the matter waa not defi nitely settled by the convention. Another I iteresting matter decided by the con ^ntion was the cancella tion of all notes against ministerial students who have graduated at Fur man University. It was further de cided that in the future ministerial students will not be required to give notes for their tuition. Dr. Riggs President. Jacksonville. Fla., Dec. 13.-Dr, W. M. Riggs, of Clemson College, wae elected president of the S. I. A. A, Association after Dr. W. T. Dudley, of Vanderbilt, for 10 years head ol the association, had declined re-elec tion. Y No Substitutes RETURN to (he grocer all sub stitutes sent you for Royal Bak> ing Powder. There is no sub stitute for ROYAL, Royal is a pure, cream of tartar baking powder, and healthful. Powders offered as sub stitutes are made from alum. LAW" AM) "COURT" FIGHT. Spartntiburg Magistrate and Lawyer Belabor Bach other. Spartanburg, Dee. 14.-Hundreds of churchgoers were spectators of an , exciting encounter between Magis trate Robt. J. Gantt and Cecil C. Wyebo, attorney and a member of the Legislature, til is morning. The battle was fought in the most con spicuous place on Main street about 11.30 o'clock and is reported to have been caused by an argument over a point of law involved in a case in Magistrate Gantt's court in which Mr. Wyebo is counsel for the defendant. Tliey had a telephone conversation on the subject last evening, it is re ported, and exchanged sharp words. Chancing to meet on the street this morning, they renewed the argument.. Mr. Wyche, it is alleged, made a re marle offensive to Mr. Gantt, who struck tile lawyer a blow on the hjead with a light walking stick. Mr. Wyche, according to the cur rent gossip over the affair, wrenched the cane from the magistrate and soundly belabored him wit ii it. The stick was soon in pieces and the men then fought with their fists. So large a crowd gathered that traffic was blocked. When bystanders attempt ed to part the combatants, other men interfered, telling the would-be peace makers that the quarrel was none of their affairs and the fight should be allowed to go to a finish. Blood was (lowing freely when Lieut. Fleming of the police arrived two or three minutes later and stopped the fight. The belligerents were taken into a nearby drug store. A charge of dis orderly conduct was preferred against them in the mayor's court and each was required to give $50 bond. Sam J. Nicholls, city attorney, went as surety for both. Messrs. Gantt and Wyche are well known throughout South Carolina. Mr. Gantt formerly served'in the Leg islature. He is a son of Larry Gantt, who was one of Senator Tillman's principal lieutenants in the Piedmont section years ago, and more recently has been editor of a newspaper at Whiteville, N. C. Prosperity, a men.her of the Legisla ture, and a nephew of Judge Thos. S. Sease, of the Circuit Court. His brother is one of Senator Tillman's secretaries. ASHLEY CAN'T BE BLUFFED. Mob Threatened to Storm Jail and Lynch Negro Prisoner. Anderson, Dec. 12.-Between r>0 and 7 5 men gathered on Church street, near the county jail, to-night at 8..10 o'clock, while three of them, according to report, went to the jail door and made demand on Sheriff Ashley for Will White, the negro who is charged with having stabbed to death Ollie Klnard at Orr Mill village this afternoon. The men, who, lt is claimed, were recognized by the she riff when he answered the alarm at the door, told the officer that they had come for White; that he (Sheriff Ashley) could make a big bluff to convince the public that he tried to save the negro from them, and that the crowd could then take the negro. Sheriff Ashley replied forcibly, lt ia said, saying that there is no bluff Iq him; that he had sworn to protect the prisoners and that he intended doing so with all his might. The three men withdrew, one of them re marking that they would be back later to-night, it ls said. The crowd dispersed soon after. Ii was rumored here at 10 o'clock thal a crowd had gathered just south ol the city, but the sheriff and his depu ties did not give the story any cre dence. The sheriff had the jail well barricaded, having called in four ol his deputies and two city policemen. Ollie Klnard, a white man, em ployed in the frame room of the On cotton mills, was stabbed to deatli late to-day by Will White, a nc^rc employed In the picker room of che same mills. Death was Instanta neous. Tho testimony adduced al the inquest is to the effect that Ki nard had been drinking and that he, in company with two friends, mel White and asked him to accompany them to the woods. Klnard is said to have teased tho negro until the ne gro became angry, and without warn ing drew his knife and stabbed Kln ard to the heart. White ran off, but was captured, and ls In the county jail. VILLA IN ROLE OF DICTATOR. Telia Foreign Consul** They Must Obey Constitutionalist Orders. El Paso, Texas, Dec. l i.-Ameri cans, Germans and Spaniards who to day arrived from Chihuahua, Mexico, report that Francisco Vil'a, the rebel leader, virtually has cons Huted him self dictator there and that he re fused to listen to the representatives of foreign governments. The refugees asserted that the rebel leader had seized $5,000,000 woith of property belonging to for eigners, had put to death about 20 Mexican civilians, including Sergeo Sanchez, a lawyer and former State official, and had commanded the American, German and British con suls to obey rebel orders. Villa seized a large department TKKS ARE REGI8TERE1). Tho Municipal Contest on January l:ijb Promises to Re Lively One. Thy last few days of the time for registering for the municipal elec tion in Walhalla ran the list up high?.than it has ever been, the totalBst numbering 2? I. This is un queiSmably the largest registration list ejEter made for Walhalla, and ex ceeds hy some ll ft y certificates th? number, issued hy the Supervisor of Heglsfration when what is usually conahfered a "hot contest" is to be pulled off. li lite interest that wis displayed in tho mailer of register ing vtwsrs continues up to the day of electtln We may be reasonably sure oj" hawng a "warm day in January" on th? 13th. So-Jtr as we have heard there are but two candidates \v'i < will seel; the office wf Mayor-the present Incum beni^^bayor W. M. Brown, seeking re-ele?loil, and he is bein;; opposed hy M.|.C. lain;-. Ksn. N'o st a I emeu t. so farota we know ol', has been made relatltt to the Aldermanlc ticket, hut it is Signera Hy supposed that Mr. P. row nfs Councilmen will -?and for 'T-olejH&n along with him. There will, flwevcr, be one place to lill on t. N. Badger, a member ot th.e Council, liaviui; moved from WalhaflL,' No annou?icement, so far as wejBjfrve heard, has been made as to "aKfeing mato?" for Mr. Long. TheSO <mat lei's will, now? ??.er. he de vcloped in the near in'.ur? for both nd t he rule is t hat as t he A ld origan ic ticket takes shape inter est byfthe public concentrates, the embers begin to glow , then the blaze appears, and finally the pot boils and on election day the losing side escapes out of the poi in thin vapor, willie the fortunate ones remain in side** to! boil and stew for two years. The result, of an election for munici pal officers in Walhalla invariably re sulta in a5-what shall we call it? paradox: ??The fortunate ones are iin fortunaMb and tho unfortunate ones are fortsKate. lach MKbbfe! NE VB&TtOM WEOTM1 NOTER. Two ' fh.tb? Recorded-Local Ncw> ifN?MM*^* ^I HcVf enid There. s Westminster, Dec. 16.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harrison, of Du luth, Ga., spent Sunday with the lat ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. An derson, returning to their home Monday. Mr. Harrison is depot agent at Duluth. Turner Tannery, of the Tabor sec tion of the county, left Monday foi Ocmulgee, Okla., to visit his twe sons during the Christmas holidays He will return home in January. J. R. Cleland, of Madison, was among freinds here the first of th< week. Rev. Terry, of Winder, Ga., wil preach In the Christian church nexi Wednesday night at 7.30 o'clock. Th? , public is cordially invited to attem this service. Little Willard, infant son of Mr and Mrs, A. W. Leathers, is ven sick. We hope to hear of his earlj ? recovery. John T. Jenkins and family, of th* Hopewell community, eft Monda] for Selma, Ala., where they wil make their future home. ? Mrs. Moses Terrell , one of th< teachers in the high school, spen last Saturday and Sunday with rela tives in Atlanta. \ Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cross, of Bu . ford, Ga., visited Mrs. J. S. Vandl ver last Thursday and Friday. Mrs. N. A. Myers died at her bonn in Newry last Thursday. Her re mains were brought here and inter ? red at the Old Westminster eenie . tery on Friday at 3.30 o*clock. J. D. Adams, father of Mrs. Join I A. Durham, died at his. home ir I Greenville last Saturday morning His wife died only about two weeks . ago. We join with a host of friend! . in sympathy with Mrs. Durham am ! family. , J. W. McGee left this morning fo , Greenville to attend to matters o , business. No Mandamus for Governor. Columbia, Dec. 12.-Th? State Sn prenie Court last night issued an or der dismissing tho petition whic) sought to mandamus Governor Bleast to order an election on the questioi of the annexation of the New Brook land section of Lexington county tc Richland county. The order states: "After careful consideration of th? petition herein, wo are satisfied thai a prima facie case is not made out under the authority of Lahiar vs Croft, 73 S. C., 407." The order is signed by the foul justit c j, and at this time means that the co'.Tt will not have occasion tc rule whether or not the Governor can be "mandamused" by the Supreme Court. store valued at $1,500,000, owned by French, German, Bnglish and Spanish interests, but chiefly by Spanish, and placed in command of the store Gen. Chao, a rebel leader. Ho also seized a brewery, a cloth ing factory and all the grocery and other stores owned by Spaniards, valued at $ ',500,000. He called a meeting of merchante of all nat ion.-lilies and told them they must nay him large sums ot money, aggregating several million . dollars, to support the revolution. JOHN Wt ABBOTT IS HEAD. Respected Citizen of Community Passed Away Suddenly Tuesday. Tlie news of the death of John W. Abbott, ot* the Rocky Knoll settle ment, a few miles west of Walhalla, carno as a shock to many friends In Walhalla yesterday morning. Mr. Abbott had been in apparently the best of health up to noon of .Monday, when he was taken with severe pains in his chest, arn< and shoulders, rendering him un., ole to resume his work about the farm in the after noon. .Nothing was thought of his ailment being serious however, and he retired as usual .Monday night. Early Tuesday morning Mr. Abbot! complained of the pains In his ehest growing worse, and thal he found difficulty In breathing, and a mes senger was dispatched to Walhall, for a physician, but before tie mes senger cradled town Mr. Abbot had passed away. Tho cause Ol his death was congestion of the heart. John W. Abbott was born lu the Rocky Knoll settlement, this county, on the 22d day of November, 1858, being at the time of his death slight ly over 55 years of age. Ile was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jephtha Abbott, both of whom are dead, his father having died about nine years ago, and his mother having passed away but a few days after his birth. Mr. Abbott was raised in the Abbott home by his cousin, Miss Willie Fountain, who remained in the home of the deceased continuously since taking charge of him ns a child. In early life Mr. Abbott was hap pily married to Miss Lula White, of Anderson county, their marriage having been solemnised on October 24th, 1880. To this union a large family of children were born, the following sons and daughters sur viving: Glenn D. Abbott, of Wal halla; Mrs. Leonard Lee, who re sides near town; Mrs. J. S. Colley, Lucien D. Abbott, of Walhalla, and the following younger children still at home: Lena May, Maggie, Eugene and Bessie. He ls also survived by his wife. Mr. Abbott was an upright, honor able citizen, and he will be missed in the home, In the c???C,h1Ji^J^ ber of the Baptist church, having been for a number of years a deacon In the Rocky Knoll church and su perintendent of the Sunday school. His life was open to the world. He was one of those men who acted as his conscience dictated and he had naught of which to be ashamed. Oco nee has lost a good citizen in his death, and there are many here and elsewhere who will join with The Courier in extending to the bereaved ones sincere sympathy in their sor row. Funeral services were held this morning at 11 o'clock, tho inter ment, following In Rocky Knoll ceme tery. The serlvce.s were conducted by Rev. L. M. Lyda, of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. W. W. Ab bott, of Liberty, Pickens county, a cousin of the deceased. There was a large attendance of sorrowing rela tives and friends to pay the last sari tribute to the deceased. Caughman'fl Release Not Relished. Sumter. Dec. 13.-The release of T. Birnie Caughman by Governor Blease has been much discussed here on the streets, and there seems to be general dissatisfaction among the people that a parole should have been granted, especially so soo?) after the killing took place and before Caugh mnn commenced to serve his sen tence. Since lils conviction in Octo ber Caughman has been kept in the county jail awaiting the result of an appeal to the State Supreme Court for a new trial. Last night, when notified of his parole, Caughman requested permis sion to remain in jail over night, as he was without funds and had no place in town to which he could go. This morning he came up street, where he met and spoke to a number of friends and acquaintances, visited the barber shop and then returned to tho Jail until time for his train to leave for his home at Smithville, Lee county, about 15 miles north of this city. Caughman has never seemed to re alize the seriousness of the offense of which he was convicted, and his demeanor changed little last night when he was told that he had been granted his freedom. Bateman, who was killed by Caughman, was a staunch Blease man, and many of his friends, it is understood, who are also Blease partisans, deem the Gov ernor's action as unwarranted. New Switching System. (Farm and Factory.) A new switching system is being installed by the Southern and Blue Ridge railroads in the local yards. At present lt will be used only for handling trains west of the station, but lt is said that it will bo oxtended to include tho whole yard. Numer ous wrecks have been caused hereto fore in handling trains at Fair Play street crossing, and the news system, railroad men think, -will decroaso this number. A signalling station has Just been erected above tho depot, and whether or not switches in tho lower yards ar? open car. bc seen I from this station. OCONEE COTTON MARKET. Westminster and Newry l^ond in Cot? ton Prices Ulis Week. Quotations below were secured over phone at IP.30 o'clock Ibis morning: Westminster: (By J. G. Breazeale.) Cotton, 13c. Seed. $2ti per lou. Seneca : (By Barron-Byrd Co.) Cotton. 12:V| e. Seed, *"X per ton. Newry : (By Courtenay Mfg. Co.) Colton. 13c. Seed. $27 per lou. West I nion: ( By Strother ii lMiinney. ) Cotton. I 2% c. Seed, $2 7 per ton. Walhalla: ( By C. W. Pitchford.) Colton. 12% C. Seed, $27 per ton. A nderson- December 1 t?. Cotton, 12%C. Seed, $28 per ton. ? Killing- at Fork Shoals. (Greenville News, uth.) Alee Pruitt was shot and almost In stantly killed yesterday afternoon by Clyde Willis, both white, the killing taking place In the Fork Shoals neighborhood about .'{ o'clock. Four pistol bullets struck Pruitt, one in the wrist, one in the face, one lu the abdomen and one in the side or back. The shooting took place in front of Pruitt's blacksmith shop. Willis is said to have given himself up to Magistrate McCaulay. He came on then to Greenville and was placed in thc county jail. No statement could he obtained from him last night. Pruitt was a man with a largo family, and a tenant on the place belonging to the father of Clyde Willis. Tho latter ls a well known planter of fho Fork Shoals vlc'nlty. The facts relative to the killing vere difficult to ascertain, except in sofar ns the coroner's inquest ls con corned. The result of this Inquest was the returning of Tho verdict "That the said Alec Pruitt came to his death onDoci effects of pistol shot wounds inf by the hands of Clyde Willis." Belle Tangoed Fourteen Miles. A dispatch from Baltimore says: Since the adoption of the latest ta-go fad, one doesn't ask Baltimore debutantes how long they danced any j more. One would not think of doing i such a thing. It would be an admis-v sion that one's pater was In trade or something low and common like that. Instead one says: "How many miles did you do at the german to-night, Miss Calvert?" And after consulting her tango pe dometer-or tangometer-she can tell you exactly. For that ls the newest fad. The tangometors are distance recorders that are being worn as garter ornaments. After a dance is over the debutantes comparo records of the distance traveled. One yoting woman proudly asserts that she tangoed 14 miles at a recent tea dansante. That is the record to date, but it is thought that lt will not stand long. The meters have started a bitter rivalry, and far-sighted pro fessional society people are prophesy ing that a U;ugo marathon will have to be hold to officially settle the ques tion. Prof. Hand at Oakway. Prof. W. H. Hand, State Inspector of Rural High Schools, will address the patrons and friends of Oakway High School at Bethel church on Fri day, December 10th, at 2 o'clock. He will discuss the problems that confront the school and assist in their solution. After the lecture a hot supper will be served by the Ladles' Missionary Society. A grab-bag, cake walk, candy booth and other attractions will be features of the evening. The public is cordially in vited to both functions. New Itegent Hospital Board. Columbia, Dec. 13.-Governor Blease this morning appointed Jas. A. Summersett, ol* Columbia, a mem ber of the board of regents of the State Hospital for the Insane, vico I redoll Jones, resigned. The ap pointment will have to go to tho Sen ate for confirmation. Mr. Summer sett at present ls secretary of the board of pardons, but he resigned this position on being named as a re gent for the asylum. His successor on the board of pardons will be named by the Governor. Olivo Camp, No. 434, W. O. W. Will hold its next meeting on Sat urday night before tho third Sunday in this month. All members aro earnestly requested to be presont. as there aro some very Important busi ness matters to be attended to. J. A. Callahan., Clerk. American Gill in I ?mchm Riot. London, Dec. 14.-The American suffragette, Misa Zilie Emerson, of Jackson, Mich., was the central figure of a furious scrimmage this evening between the police and suffragettes and ttaolr supporters in tho Bow dis trict. Miss Kmorson and three men wore arrested.