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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. ALL WHITE SHOES REDUCED. $*.00 White Canvas Queen Quality Pumps induced to $2.25 White Canvas Pumps reduced to. $2.00 White Canvas Button Oxfords reduced to. $1.50 Children's 2-Strap Pumps re duced to ? ? $1,25 Children's 2-Strap Pumps re duced to . . ... $1.00 Children's 2-Strap Pumps re duced to ..... . $2.25. $1.75. $1.50. $1.20. $1.00. 80c. C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, 9 Walhalla, S. C. IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH. Don't Mourn over spilt milk; you can milk some more pro viding you have the cow. You may have spent your earnings foolishly in days gone by but then ^# You Are Not Dead and can carn more, so don't waste time in regrets over losses, put your1 shoulder to thc wheel and pur h a little harder to economize and save. Success is yours yet. Make up your mind and Go After It! Yours for business. WESTMINSTER BANK "Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent." Kcowec Graded School to Open. Keowee Graded School will open Monday, July 27th. lt ls earnestly desired to have a tull attendance on the oponing day. Also all patrons of the school are urgently requested to attend the opening exercises. -A. R. Stewart, who lives near West Union, showed us last, week an old-time "bandana" handkerchief that has been In the possession of members of his family for many years, the article having been pur chased on King street, Charleston, by bia father, S. T. R. Stewart, in 18(50. Since then his mother preserved the quaint old handkerchief, which was always in her possesion up to twelve years ago, when she gave it to her son. On tho margin of the handker chief, the deep border of which ls solid red, appear the letters and figures "No. 10511." These ligures are cut in the print or dye plate, showing white in tho red border. Mr. Stewart prizes this relic very hlghlv, as he does also two pieces of Old Spanish money that were plowed up in a field at the old Steward home stead in Pickens county. They were found imbedded in a terrace that had been thrown up al tho old home place on tho Pendleton road leading from Burgess' Ford to Ninety-Six. WANTED-Reef cattle, hides, bees wax, tallow, chickens and eggs. Nigh est prices paid. R. D. OI0LKI0RS, Walhalla. 36* FOU SALE. 240 Acres of Valuable Farm Land, near South Union church, and about five miles south of Oakway, Oconee county. Two dwellings; 100 acres In cultivation; he remainder well watered and timbered; known as tho Mary Malone place. Price $.1f> per aero If sold In bulk. Will divido If desired. Terms easv. Address T. M. BLROD, SENECA, S. C. July 1, 1914. 26-40 Local News from Westminster. Westminster, July 21.-Special: Mrs. Harber and little daughter Fthel, and Mrs. Logan and little daughter Helen, of King's Mountain, N. C.. arc visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Harbor this week. .Miss Lyda Parham, of Atlanta, is visiting Mrs. S. L. Brownlee. Rev. H. M. Pallaw lett Monday for bis old home in Lexington county, where he goes to hold a series of meetings. He will be away for two weeks. W. S. Gaston, of HI. Petersburg, Fla., arrived last week and will spend some time with his sisters, Mrs. M. A. Cross and Miss Henrietta Gaston. Tho little babe of Mr. and Mrs. 10. A. Morgan died at their home at Rutherfordton, N. C., Monday and the remains were brought here Tues day morning for interment. They have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. W. P, Anderson and family, of Greenville, are visitors here to-o.i;/ (Tuesday), coming over in their tour ing car this morning. Misses Bernice Cannon and Robbie Simpson have returned from Clayton, Ga., where they had a very pleasant three weeks' visit. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. J, H. Hud son. Sunday morning, July li), a son. The Bible Students' Cliiss was most pleasantly entertained at the home of Mrs. T. S. Miller last Tues day afternoon from 6 to 7 o'clock. The presence of t heir foi mer teacher, Mrs. F. G. Lavender, of Fork Union, Va., was much enjoyed by the class. A delicious salad course was served by the hostess, assisted by her sister, Miss Bess Simpson. A merry party of young people, Chaperoned by Mrs. Willard Leal hers, motored out to Changa last Thursday and enjoyed a picnic dinner. Only One "BROMO QUININB' To set the genuine, call for full name, LAXA TIV? ?ROMO QUININE. Look for ?I jointure of K.W. OROVK. Cures a Cold in One Day. 8topa cough and headache, and works off cold. 23c, TH K MEETING AT ANDKKSOX. Smith Escorted to Stand on Halo of ( 'often-Hig Procession. Anderson, July i;>. - Anderson, whose slogan ls "My Town," allowed E. D. Smith to appropriate the own ership to-day, when tho city was taken in hand hy farmers and turned over to the Senator. When the time arrived this morn ing for the speaking to begin, a pa geant of eleven wagons twice circled the court house, with the Senator on the first, perched high up on two bales of cotton. Another of the train bore the "hoe brigade," each occupant being armed with one of these deadly goose-necked weapons. One man. acting the part of a clown, rode bare-backed a dusky mule, plas tered with samples of cotton from its nose to the end of its tall, the man himself wearing a mask of cot ton whiskers and a ?mat covered with splotches of lint. A brass band of twelve pieces occupied another wagon, and crashed out lively airs as the parade went by. In other wagons were farmers, their wives and daughters, there being In all 89 men and 23 women. Four mounted scouts led the procession, each bear ing a banner inscribed, "The Farm ers' Friend for the Seriate, E. D. Smith." The four on horseback were D. L. Barnes. NT. M. Camm. Charles Dobbins and ll. Chester, three of these being leading farmers In the county. "You watch, somebody's going to withdraw from this Senatorial race." was the predication of Governor Blease at the campaign meeting here to-day. Referring to the Governor's predtcitlon, Mr. Pollock declared Governor Blease must be the man who will withdraw, as all the other candidates have emphatically and postively stated they are in the race to the finish. This was the biggest meeting so far of the campaign, at least 2,500 people hearing the four candidates. Two years ago Anderson county gave Governor Blease his biggest ma jority, more than 2.000. At the campaign meeting then tho Gover nor's friends howled down Judge Ira B. Jones, the Governor himself de clining to speak, and the meeting, which was favorable to Blease by about two to one, closed in disorder. To-day things were different. While a large number of the. crowd were supporters of the Givernor, it was not evident that they were in the majority. To Mr. Pollock was given the most applause, the other three about breaking even. Splendid or der prevailed. . PEAUi.KS AT LAUREN? TO-DAY. Senator Smith Will Hide on .mle ol' Cotton (?inned in 18(12. I Laurens, July 19.-The Senatorial I campaign meeting here Wednesday will complete tho canvass of the northwestern section of the State, and it is expected that the candidates will be greeted b; a tremendous crowd. The meeting ?viii be held ai Holmes' Spring, on East Main street. Ample preparation has been made for the accommodation of the speakers and the crowd, hundreds of benches hav ing the past week been placed in tl e park and the speakers' stand over hauled. In connection with the campaign meeting an unique honor ls to be ac corded United States Senator E. D. Smith. As now planned, Senator Smith will ride at the head of a pro cession from the p u?? lc square to the park on a gaily bedecked wagon on which will be mounted a bale of cot ton that was grown in this county during the War Between the States. lt was ginned hy Henry Thompson, a farmer of Cross Hill township, in 1862, and is now the property of Mr. Thompson's grandson, Robert Hall Fleming, of this city. It was ginned and packed with an old-fashioned horsepower gin and hand-press and bound with ropes. Eleven years ago it was repacked with new bagging and steel ties and then placed in a bonded warehouse in this city, where it bas since remained. The bale weighs 4110 pounds and ls well pre served and of very good grade. It is said to be the oldest hale of cotton in existence and requests for samples of the staple have come from many quarters of the globe since the publi cation a few years ago of it existence. Primarily, the demonstration is in tended as au honor to Senator Smith for the long an incessant fight he has made in behalf of the farmers' .main product, and also to show to the world the practicability of storing and preserving the staple. It has been suggested that the team that, will draw the wagon, the ancient bale of cotton and the county's dis tinguished guest on this occasion, be four home-raised mules and the wagon itself be a La.irens county product. Three prominent farmers compose Hie committee of arrange ments-Tims. M. Shaw, W. D. Byrd and Glenn A. Fuller. Advertised Mail. The following lu a list of letters remaining uncalled for In the Wal halla post office for the week ending July 20, 1914: Davis. Mrs. Janie; Hopkins, Mrs. Dovie; Perry, Andie; Rebbe. Fl edge; Walker, Mrs. Lizzie. When calling for tho above please say they aro advertised. N. Fant, P. M. POLITICS IN Tt GRE. About 1,000 Hear Aspira Speak-The Crowd App orable to Governor Blej Favorite-Jennings ai There was quite a gathering of the citizens ol Oconee in Walhalla last Thursday to hear the Senatorial cam paign speakers. All four of the Sen atorial aspirants were present, and the speaking began about hair-past 1 10 o'clock, the meeting being held in the Court House grove, where a speakers' stand bad been erected and seats arranged to the front. County Chairman .lames .M. Moss presided, making a few introductory remarks, in which he said that he felt sure il was unnecessary to ad monish au Oconee audience that good order was desired and would be maintained. "It's the empty wagon that makes the most noise," he said, and he hoped that il would be found that there were no empty wagons In this Oconee audience. The best of order prevailed throughout the meet ing, and each of the four candidates received a resjiectful hearing and perfect attention. The meeting was opened by prayer by Rev. deo. M. Wilcox, of the Pres byterian church, whose tpp?al was that the candidates who would ap pear before the people might prove worthy men, inspired by 1 lie desire to be righteous servants of the peo ple, guided in their service by the will of Cod, and that the people might choose intelligently and con scientiously between, those who sought to represent them In the high councils ol' the nation. The crowd assembled has been va riously estimated from 600 to 1,200 people, and we think that a safe esti mate ls 1,000. This figure, we be lieve, would not be more than 100 off of actual count of those present, giving a range in estimate from 1)00 to 1,100. If we were to judge the sentiment of the assemblage we would figure the crowd as ranging from two thirds to three-fourths as opposed to Governor Rlease for the Senate, and fully half heartily lu favor of Sena tor Smith for re-election. That esti mate, we believe, is conservative. Messrs. Jennings and Pollock made telling speeches, gaining friends and adding supporters. As the crowd stood, we believe that a conservative estimate of its division among the four candidates would he 2fi per cent for Mease, f>0 per cent for Smith, with 26 per cent to he divided between Messrs. Jennings and Pol lock. Ii. I). Jennings, of Sumter, was the first speaker, and he opened his remarks by saying that this was bis first visit to Oconee, and be was delighted to meet and speak to such an intelligent, and rep resentative audience. "You will not." )>e said, "hear national issue:' discussed here to-day because there are no national issues to discuss. This Is a campaign on personal Is sues, and they are sharply divided. You voters of Oconee are to decide to-day whether you favor law and order and decency, or will longer stand by men who oppose law and order, favor race track gambling in violation of law, truckle to the blind tigers, and set at naught the work ol' the courts and juries of the State." Ile stated that be was heartily in ac cord with tho .National Administra tion at Washington; that we have now a Southern man in the Presiden tial chair-a man in sympathy with the South and Democracy, and we in sympathy with bini. Governor Illease is out of harmony with the National Administration, and even if he sought to be of service to the peo ple of South Carolina, if elect cal. he would go to the nation's capital ham pered anti handicapped because ht; was at war with flu* departments and out of sympathy with President Wil son. Mr. Jennings said that he (Jen nings) favored and would \v,ork fora division of the nal ional funds now going for the irrigation of arid lands in the West so that a just proportion thereof would come lo the South for the building of highways and post roads throughout the country. doing from these questions of na tional scope Mr. Jennings talked of tin primary rules recently adopted at the Slate Convention, and stated that they were, in bis opinion, the best rules ever adopted in this State and calculated to purify the primary system to such extent as to make the results of the elections representa tive of the will of the 'people. Frauds are practically impossible under the new rules. The looseness of the old rules were so flagrant that frauds had crept in until results In the past elections have not In reality re flected the sovereign will of the grent body of voters of the State, and in the last election it was charged by both sides to the conflict that each had committed fraud. He did not know as to that, but certainly these who'esale charges of fraud were suf ficient grounds upon which to base a conscientious revision of the party rules, and they are so simple P.?'1 rea sonable that every voter who is en titled to a vote has but to comply with reasonable restrictions to get all AT PIEDMONT. nts for Senatorial Honors eared Decidedly Unfav ise-Smith Clearly the nd Pollock In Trim. the rights guaranteed to him un.de.1 the Constitution. Mr. Jennings said that he is giv ing lils endeavors in this campaign to opening the eyes of the people, and he had been listened to atten tively by thousands over the State, ile did not hope to change the bbmed opinions of designing politicians and their heelers, but be believed the great body of voters wanted to know the truth and were open to convic tion, "lt is to you that 1 appeal," he said, "and 1 believe that you are on the side of law and order and de cency and opposed to conniving at and truckling to the gambling inter ests, blind tiger kings and the forces of evil. (Applause.) Thou sands of the voters of the State have been misled by the brandlshments of designing politicians posing as the friends of the laboring people when In fact they were their real enemies. Some have been deceived and have unwittingly aligned themselves with the worst forces of the State, lt was immaterial whether or not the peo ple sent bim to the Senate. The point is to get the people to realise where they stand as regards order and de cency and the forces that are op posed to principles of right and jus tice and truth." (Applause.) Mr. Jennings closed by saying that he bad no great political record to boast of. Senator Smith bas a record which he will endeavor to explain to you. lie says he has done much, and 1 guess be has done the best that he could. Governor Blease bas a record which you all know. Do you ap prove of that record-do the major ity of the pi MI i ile approve it? That is the real question you have got to solve-whether or not you believe in righi principles or wrong ones, and whether you are going to vote to per petuate law and order and decency, or stand by those things which have given South Carolina a bad name wherever her name ls mentioned. "I appeal to you old soldiers of the Con federacy, you sons of the old sold iers, to think what you are doing, and if you want that which is right and true and just, don't cast your vote for Governor Blease for the Uni ted States Senate. He has liberated over 1.200 convicts from the peni tentiary, some 700 of them negroes, and doubtless if he were sent to the Culled States Senate one of the lirst things he would do would be to in troduce a bill to pardon and liberate every buck nigger in the Federal penitentiaries. He talks about kick ing the negroes out of their mall ser vice positions, and 1 guess he thinks that would be as easy as lt bas been for bim to open the State peniten tiary doors and liberate the cut throats, thieves and murderers whom the courts and juries have convicted. Gentlemen of Oconee, said Mr. Jen nings, I want your support In this race for the United States Senate, but above all I want you to do your duty and cast your vote on the side of truth, justice and morality. That ls a bigger question than the mere matter of the man's name. You seek the principles and let the men take care of themselves. (Applause.) \V. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, followed Mr. Jennings. He, too. was visiting this section of the State for the first time, but bad met friends here-men with whom ho had served in tho Legislature and others whom he knew In public ser vice. He was in no condition to speak, be. said, and his voice was husky. "I have just come from An derson, where I did a big day's work yesterday-where 1 dug a hole and put Cole into it." He did not sleep much last night, he said, because be bad been lambasting ("ole Please all over South Carolina, and bis con science was beginning to burt bim because be hated lo lambaste a corpse. At this juncture there was a slight ripple of disorder in the audience and Mr. Pollock called out: "I'll make you pay attention. Cole li?tes to, but bo can't help himself. Ho won't come on the stand while I'm speak ing, but he knows the things I tell about him, and he knows those things are true. 1 knew he had a bad rec ord, but I didn't know till I got into this campaign that be is feather-leg ged. Ile can't stand up and take bis medicine like a man." Mr. Pollock said that he was going to talk about the record of Senator Smith as well as the record of Gov ernor Please. Smith has a record, be said, but ll wasn't much to brag on. He comes to you singing a song of "Cotton, cotton, cotton." He talks about how be raised the price of cot ton. He and I and you want to see the price of cotton go up and stay up. Hut If Smith ralsod the price of cot ton he also raised tho price of mules. Peas are up In nrlce-$2.50 to $3 a bushel. You have got to have peas to plant, so when you have to buy your peas just pay your $2.50 and $8 a bushel and go to Ellison D. (Continued ou Fifth Page.). FROM THE liANI) OK BOUNTY. tars. Marum. Hull in-Coining Mar? Hugo Announced-Omission. Bounty Land, July 20.-Special: This section was blessed Thursday evening and Friday morning with tho most re'reshing rains that have fallen in several months. A. S., Rollins, of Charleston, is making a brief visit at the homo of I). A. Perritt, returning home this af ternoon. Mrs. Rollins and two chil dren, who have been spending seve ral weeks with her parents, will ac company him home. Mr. and Mrs. Duke and three chil dren, of Canon, Go., and Misses Car rie and Lillian Galloway, of Kirk wood, Ga., are expected as guests this week at the home of W. T. Hubbard. Invitations are out to tho mar riage of Miss Ora .1. Bagwell and Thos. McBryde Kelley, of Tainassee. The marriage will take place at tho home of tho bride's father, B. E. Bag well, on Wednesday, August 5th, at 3.30 o'clock, and ls an occasion look ed forward to with most pleasant an ticipations. Congratulations are ex tended In advance of the happy event. Miss Ida McMahan, of Greenville, is on an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. W. T. Hubbard. ' Paul Glllison is in Clemson to-day on business. Col. A. G. Shanklln, of Clemson, was In this community a short while Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bagwell left Friday for a visit to relatives and friends at Greenwood. Mrs. Birdsey Wright and family visited her sister, Mrs. A. M. Milan), of Sandy Springs, the latter part of tho week. School at this place opens this morning with Miss Annie L. Cun ningham, of Greenville, as teacher. Miss Cunningham romes to us highly recommended and we predict a suc cessful term. She will board with her kinsman, Rev. I. E. Wallace, In Sen eca, coming and going on the gaB electrlc car. The editor, unwittingly we pre sume, handled our communication of laRt week very carelessly, giving only a hint of an Interesting romance and failing to refer to it again, though j we are sure that this was merely an 1 oversight on the part of the editor; yet after reading such a full and In teresting account of the spicy speeches made in Walhalla Monday, and then glancing at our own cur tailed communication, we began to feel that Mr. Brlssey had reversed the order In his joke about the men of "few words." We also are mar ried. However, we hope to see an account of this romance in the next issue. Mr. and Mrs. .1. Pu rm an Morton and Robt. Smith and daughters, Misses Flora and Thelma, of WeBt Union, were in the community Sun day and rendered some good music In connection with the services at the school house In the afternoon. Rev. Mr. Holland, of Easley, preached an Interesting and instructive sermon to an attentive audience, and we hope to have him with us again. We regret to learn of the sudden illness of Mrs. Martha Hall and hope for an early Improvement In her con dition. Mrs. Paul Armstrong, of Richland, was with us Sunday afternoon and organised a Sunbeam band. The fol lowing oITicers were elected: Presi dent, Davis Sanders; vice president, .1. B. Cleveland; secretary, Miss Etta Adams; treasurer, Charlie Cater. Twenty-four members were enrolled. Mrs. D. A. Perritt was unanimously chosen as leader of this Interesting band of Christian workers, and we hope and confidently expect much good to bo accomplished, which will redound to future generations. The Mission Study Class met with Mrs. Jasper Doyle Friday afternoon. After the program was carried out Ice cream was served. Oconee Hinging Convention. The Annual Singing Convention of Oconee County will convene with Beaverdam Baptist church. Fair Play, on the first Sunday In August, and Saturday before at 10 a, m. Kev. /,. I. Henderson, of Seneca, will preach tho introductory sermon on Saturday at 1 1 a. m. Let all class leaders and lovers of music be on hand both days of the convention. Ofllcers to elect and other business to transact. Let superintendents of Sunuay schools see that their churches are represented by six delegates-three males and three females. We hopo to have a full delegation from each church in the county. If you want the next convention call for lt. John W. Reynolds. President. Mr. Vernor Wants to Speak. Richland, July 17.-Editor Keowee Courier: During tho county campaign this summer-with permission of the people and county chalrman---I want to make three speeches In opposition to compulsory school attendance-at Salem, Westminster and Oakway and maybe at other places. 1 desire to get the voice of the peoplo of this county on that subject. Very respectfully, E. E. Verner.