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_"TO THINE OWN 8?LF BE TRUE, A Xl) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER._WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SE1?T. 10, 1014. New Serie? No. 8?0.-Volume LXV.-No. :?7. Just Unloaded CAR Fine, Young HULES, 4 TO 5 TEARS OLD. All Mare Mules with Lots of Style and Finish. PRICES RIGHT. C. W. ?? J. E. BAUKNIGHT, WALHALLA, S. C. "IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH." Cotton and Cotton Seed are valuable now, but remember that this means higher prices for lard and provisions next Spring. Save your money? for you will nave a chance to spend it later. Leave your money in our Bank so you will have it to draw on next Spring when you will be needing it for provisions and fertilizers. As usual, the man who has raised his own sup plies will be the man who will save money and profit by the higher prices. Westminster Bank, Westminster, S. C. P. P. SULLIVAN, Pres. T. PEDEN ANDERSON, Cashier. Capital and Undivided Profits $135,000. Marcus C. Long, Esq. j Official Court Reporter for Fourteen Years, To Teach a Class in Short hand and Typewriting at Walhalla, S. C. For tlio reason that a large num ber oi young men and young ladies have requested me to teach them Shorthand and Typewriting, I have decided to take a class of 20 to b? gin November 1st, 19 lf>. My charges for the complete course will be $r?0, in advance. I teach the famous Eclectic Sys tem, which 1 used successfully as Olll cial Court Stenographer for 14 years. Any ono who will apply himself can easily completo the full course I within two months. Three yoting men whom I taught are now Official Court Stenographers, earning $2,500 per year, and others are drawing good salaries. Now is tho opportunity for any young man or young lady in Oconee county wlu desires to take a practi cal business course in Shorthand and Typewriting. M. C. LONG, WALHALLA, M. C. Carson ltesigns. London, Oct. 18.-Sir Edward Car son, Attorney General, has resigned from the British cabinet, There have boon rumors for a week that the. Attorney Qeneral would resign, as he waB understood to be dissatisfied with certain mat ters in regard to the conduct of the war. Sir Edward Carson became Attor ney fleneral when the coalition min istry vas formed. Ile was the leader of tho Ulster Unionists in their fight j against nome rule for Ireland. SCHOONER IS DASHED ON ROOKS iii lu ol' Crow and Passengers Aro Swept to Deatli. Point Arena, Cal., Oct. 18.-One after another, seven men and two women, who had fought their way on Mal Pass rocks, after escaping to-day from the wrecked gasoline schooner Alliance No. 2, were dragged back into the sea by pursuing combers. Bight were swept to death. Rafael Medinosa was flung ashore alive. H. R. Jones, of Vancouver, tho mate, was the only other member of thc ship's company of ten that was saved. When the schooner, which sailed from Vancouver, B. C., October ?), for Mazatlan, Sinaloa, piled up on Mal Pass rocks, i 2 miles north of here, early to-day, she had on board Capt. Deloucbery, E. 10. Harrington, chief engineer; J. S. Walsh, second engi neer; H. It. Jones, mate; A. Alan, cook; -. -. Bailie, purser; Miguel Ahila, owner; Mrs. Ahila, Miss Mil ler and Rafael Medinosa, A'bila's ser va n t, The two women and all the men, except .Tones, who remained on the vessel, aided one another over the side as the schooner was being smashed to pieces, hut could not mount high enough on the wave wrecked rocks lo escape the clutch of the sea. Soon afterward the pounding hulk broke in two, flinging Jones into the sea. The ship's dory floated within his reach and lie climbed Into lt. There he was found exhausted hours later. Medinosa was tossed upon the beach unconscious. * Ahila, the owner, was said to he a Close friend of Gen. Carranza and was taking the vessel to Mexico for use m Carranzn's service. CHARLESTON ELECTION RIOTS. Ono Man Killed and Four Injured ns a Hos ul?. Charleston. Oct. IB.-Sidney J. Cohen, a reporter for the Charleston Evening Tost, was killed and four men were injured, one o? them seri ously, this afternoon while the city Democratic executive committee was in session lo canvass the returns of flu* municipal primary election held last Tuesday. Immediately alter the riot Gover nor Manning ordered out the militia, instructing Col. E. M. Blythe to take charge, and 100 ot' the National Guard marched to the scene on the corner of King and George streets and restored (inlet. Injured to Hospital. The four men who were injured were rushed to a hospital. Three of them are reported to have been only slightly injured, while the fourth is wounded in the lungs. lt is feared that he will not recover. The report that .los. A. Black, chairman of the committee, had been wounded was incorrect. The disorder occurred inside the room where the executive committee was in session following a light on the outside between several persons in a large crowd that had gathered to 'hear the result of the election. Until this time there had been no intimation ol' a riot. Following the i difficulty on the outside it ls stated that an argument on the inside, made more heated by the excitement on the street, caused the shooting of the :. reporter and the wounding of the | four other men. Box Pro tes oed. Some trouble was feared when it was repotted that one box in which tlte Grace faction claimed so votes would be protested at the committee : meeting to-day. Without this box; Major Hyde bad a majority of 100. ! The (?race supporters claimed that their candidate had S0-odd votes in thc box. , Another unpleasant feature thal the managers had to face was a nu in- j ber of challenged votes, bul lillie 1 troub.. was expected on account of this in view of the fact thal the number was divided almost equally ^ between the two faction... Hyde Declared Nomine?'. (News and Fourier, 17th. I Major Tristram T. Hyde is the nominee of the Democrats of Char leston for mayor. He was so declar ed by Hie city Democratic executive committee about 7 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after a session which had lasted continuously from 11.46 ?'clock in the forenoon. The box for Club 2, of Ward 10, was thrown out. .\ request for a recount of the votes was voted down, the minority faction having already quit the room when this action was taken, leaving In a body when the Ward 10, Club 2, box was thrown out. Had the Ward 10, Club 2, box not been thrown out, j Major Hyde's majority would havel stood at 38 votes on the basis of the | action taken by the committee on the challenged votes. On the basis of the returns as declared by the com mittee, the vote stood: (?race, 2.9S1; Hyde. 3,10&. The general election, in which city registration certificates are required, will be held Tuesday, December 14. Militia Vigilant. Strict military guard was main tained around all sides of the Ger man Artillery Hall, where the meet ing was held. No persons were per mitted to enter Wentworth street without cerdenlials by the'vigilant militiamen on guard, and every per son entering the hall was carefully searched befort being allowed to eu er the committee room. Col. 10. M. Blythe, commanding the 2d regl neut pf South Carolina National ( [lunrd, was in command of the local nilitnry and naval militia organiza tions, which were entrusted with the luty of preventing disorder around he building. ' Mayor Grace was relieved of a re- ' ?olver before ho was permitted to 1 inter tho committee room, although ? ie at first objected to the action of ( he military authorities. He was ( learched. nfer he placed his weapon < >n a table. Chief of Police Jas. R. Cantwell wns also searched and dis- - irmed before he was permitted to I inter the committee room. Late In i lie afternoon, when Sheriff J. El- 1 nore Martin had occasion to visit ? 1 WOMEN PERISH IX FLAMES. Three Dend and Others Injured In Atluntu Fire. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 16. - Two wo men are dead, one other probably fa- i tally injured and four other persons more or less seriously Injured as the result of a fire which destroyed the offices of the Mutual Film Corpora tion on the second door of the Minn building here to-day. A number of other persons suffered minor Injuries when they jumped from windows to the street. Thc dead are Miss Clara West brook, body found in til m room; Miss Lottie Ham, died nt City Hospital. The Injured: Miss Lindie Davis, probably fatally burned; Miss Beulah Vows, burned about lace and hands; injured in jumping; H. Matthews, broken leg; J. IO. Carlisle, fireman, binned about face and hands; G. B. Adams. burned about face and hands; bruised in jumping. The Third Victim. (Atlanta Constitution. 18th.) A third death was added to the Mutual Film disaster list yesterday morning at 8.30 o'clock when Miss Lucile Davis, one of the girls trap lied in the second story supply room, died at Grady Hospital, to which she had been carried in an unconscious condition. Miss Davis was dragged to fresh air by Fireman John Abbott, one of the first to reach the supply room when the lire department arrived upon the scene. She was lyirg upon a work bench at. the window opening on an alley in the rear of the build ing. Evidently she had attempted to jump, when her dress caught in a workmen's vise near the window. The two other girls, Miss West brook and Miss Ham, found In the same room with her, were either dead or dying. Miss Westbrook, stenographer, was dragged from the building dead, while Miss Lottie Ham, in a dying condition, was car ried down the laddi y and a vain at tempt made to resuscitate her. Vost Recovering. Miss Beu . h Yost, one of the most seriously injured, is fast recovering at Grady Hospital. Physicians say thal lhere is little doubt ot her re covery. She had jumped from the second story window, sustaining a broken leg in the leap. The police have satisfied them selves that the lire was unavoidable. Although nothing can be obtained showing the origin of the blaze, it is generally accepted that it originated from a spark from tho electric reno vator used on the llrst floor, on which the films are stored. SIXTEEN KILLED IX WK IOC li. Union Paeiiie Car Plunges Through P.ridge-Many Injured. Randolph, Kan., Oct. lt;.-Sixteen persons are believed to have lost their lives when a passenger car of a Union Pacific motor train plunged through a bridge Into Fancy Creek, near here, to-day. Ten bodies had been recovered to-night and at least six more were believed to be in the mud and water which almost filled the car. Of the 65 pass agers in the car only lour escaped unhurt. Most of the dead were drowned. Many passengers were women school teachers. / M went Into a heap when the car struck tho bridge, which, weakened by three Inches of rain, fell in the swollen creek, car rying the ear with it. The rescue of the passengers was extremely difficult and many were badly Injured 'before they were ex I ricated. No occupant of the smoking com part incut at tho forward end of the .ar has yet been discovered among the survivors. Card of Thanks. Oak way, Oct. 18.-Editor Keowee fourier: We ask space in your val uable paper to express our heartfelt thanks to our many friends for their kindness shown us during tho sick nesfl and death of our darling little laughter, Curtis. May the richest >f God's blessings be showered on all >f them ls our prayer. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Jaynes. he hall, he also was searched and .el ie ved of his weapon. The weapons ivere returned to tho officers when bey left the building. COURT OF COMMON ULK A H. No Jury Cuse? Vet Tried-Judge Moore llusy, However. 'Thc Court of Common Pleas for Oconee convened in Walhalla Monday last, hut so far no jury cases have been beard or decided. The jurors were dismissed Monday about noon, none having then been used, and Judge Moore found that the remain der of the day would be occupied with matters not requiring the pres ence of the jurors. Court was convened Tuesday, with still nothing in sight for the jurors, ahd they were again dismissed after the brief formal use of one panel in which a consent verdict was handed in. The jurymen were instructed to report this morning. lt is reported thai the case of Can trell vs. Holden (land suit) has been compromised. This case has been to the Supre e Court on two occasions, and the Circuit Court was reversed in each instance. The case was first ?.ailed in 1 ?08 or 1909. Stenographer Clyde Smith is at his post ready for duty whenever his ser vices are required, but so far he has been enjoying n rest. The jurors drawn for the second week of Civil Court have all been no tified that attendance next Monday will be unnecessary. If there should be any business at all for a second week it will be of such nature that a jury will not be needed, and it is more than probable that the session will close before the end of this week. (Viminal Coull will convene here on Monday. Novem ber 1st. One week is all that is al lotted for the November term in Oco nee. The following gentlemen have been drawn for this term, and these will be required to be on hand promptly Monday morning, Novem ber 1st. .Jurors for Criminal Court. D. J. Boatrlght, Seneca (Town). I. L. Marett, Center. B. R. Tollison, Keowee. C. P. Gibson, ('enter. O. H. P. Woolbright, Center. E. E. Sheriff, Seneca. It. P. Carter. Tugaloo. W. O. Alexander, Wagener. W. D. Cox, Wagener. Ed. Harden. Walhalla. L. M. Sheriff, Wagener. W. E. Rhyne, Westminster. L. L. Williams, Wagener. W. N. Todd. Wagener. E. .1. Black well. Tugaloo. II. W. Brandt, Wagener. T. C. Peebles, Seneca. W. P. Moore, Center. W. ll. Alexander. Whitewater. J. C. Beggs, Center. W. E. Cole. Center. W. (). Johns, Center. W. O. Crenshaw, Center. W. E. Smith, Keowee. W. C. Driver, Wagener. W. B. Wyatt, Keowee. M. P. Moor?-, Tugaloo. J. N. Fitzgerald, Wagener. D. N. Robins, Chattooga. E. H. Cleveland, Seneca. Wm. A. White, Wagener. R. A. McLees, Walhalla. Jesse Woodall, Pulaski. E. B. Gibson, ('enter. W. N. Holbrooks, Pulaski. Win. J. Townes, Whitewater. SENECA'S POST OFFICE HOBBED Safe Cracked, Money and Stamps Stolen-Brief Local Note?. Seneca. Oct. 19.-Special: The Seneca post ellice was entered and the safe blown and robbed Monday night. The loss is not. definitely known, but there was a small amount of money and a lot of stamps taken. No clue to Hie rob ber has yet been found. The work is thought to have been done be tween tho boars of 2 and 'A o'clock a. m. Mrs. T. B. Jones, of Bowndesville, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hunter. Mrs. Emily Thompson will leave Thursday for Wrenn's and Augusta, and later for a visit to her sons in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. George Townsend and Miss Anna Hunter, of Anderson, were recent visitors to Mrs. W. S. Hunier. Mrs. E. A. Hines, Miss Gladys Ramsay and Ben Lee Hamilton were among the Seneca people who at tended the Auburn-Clenason foot ball game at Anderson Saturday. Mrs. W. P. Reid attended tho Pickens County Sunday School Con vention at ("entrai last Saturday. She had a place on the program. Rev. I. E. Wallace was not able to fill his appointment it Richland laat Sunday en account of sickness. Tho appointment was filled by Rov. Charles llol'and. Rev. M. U. Kirkpatrick, of Rock ville, spent a few days tho past week with his daughter, Mrs. B. A. Lowry, and filled tho pulpit of tho Presbyte rian church Sunday night. Mr. Kirkpatrick was* on his way to Synod, which meets at Rock Hill. Mrs. S. J. Craig and children,, of OCONEE COTTON MARKET. Wednesday, October 20, 10.30 A. M. Seneca-(Hy Barron-Byrd Co.): Cotton, por pound .12 Vi Seed, per ton .$43.00 Newry-(Hy Courtenay Mfg. Co.) : Cotton, per pound .12 Va Seed, |>er ton .$40.00 Westminster-(By J. (J. llrciizeulo) : Cotton, per pound .12% Seed, per ton .$40.00 Wost Union (Hy Strother Ai Phinney) : Cotton, por pound .12% Seod, per ton .$40.00 Walhalla-(By c. W. Pitchford): Cotton, per pound .12% Seod, por ton .$40.00 Tuesday's Anderson Market: Cotton (graded) 12 to 1 2 YA C. Tuesday's Now York Market: New York, Ort. 19. -After some early Irregularity, tho cotton market turned steadier on bullish weather and crop advices, with January con tracts selling up from 12.72 to 12.81 and (dosing at 12.82. The general Rsi. closed steady at a net advance of f, to 10 points for tho day. Weather Forecast lor One Week. (Special to Keowec Courier.) U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 19, 1915. -'Following is the weather forecast issued by the U. S. Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C., for the week beginning Wednesday, October 20th: For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Kain Wednesday, probably continuing Thursday along the South Atlantic, coast; otherwise generally fair weather will prevail during the wook. Temperatures will be moderate. MAN CRUSHED UNDER TRAIN. Attempted to "Swing" Rear Coach ot' Excursi?n Train. York ville, Oct. 17. Both Jackson was drawn under the wheals of a pas senger train at Clover yesterday morning while he was attempting to swing on>when tho train was In mo tion, and killed. There was a circus hilled to exhibit at Gasto?la yester day and the management of the Caro lina and Northwestern railroad ad vcrtised thal it would operate an ex cursion train between Chester and Gastonia. After reaching York ville, owing to the fact that tho five or six coaches making up tho train wore filled to overflowing, it was decided that lt would not take on any moro between bore and Gastonia, and as a result it did not stop or slacken its speed tit. either Filbert or Clover, where there were possibly would-be passengers waiting. As the train passed (Mover station, Jackson, when ho realized that it. would not stop, it is said, undertook to "swing" the last coach, but missed his footing, was drawn under the rear wheels and his body was catt al most in two. The train crew know nothing of the accident and tho train did not stop. Tho man was instantly killed. Tho accident occurred about 1 1 o'clock, and the body lay where the train loft it until about 1 o'clock, when it was removed by instructions of the .sheriff. No Inquest was held. Jersey Defeats Woman Suffrage. Announcement comes from Now Jersey that. Mrs. Frlekert, loader of the suffrage movement in thai State, concedes defeat of woman suffrage. Compbdo returns from 28."? out of 1,819 districts, scattered in every sec tion, give a total of 20,010 for wo man suffrage. 27,59 1 against. Greenville, aro visiting tho former's brother's family, w. P. Nimnious. Mrs. Eugene Runion bas returned from ti visit of several weeks to her mother In Mississippi. Mrs. Runion will return to her mother this week unless there is an improvement in her condition. Cast Saturday was said by our business men to bo the. busiest day for months in Seneca. Tho streets were crowded and tho people seem ed on business bent. The merchants did a big business, both In trade and collections. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Livingston visited Mrs. T. B. Jones at Lowndes ville last week. At a recont congregational meet ing of the Presbyterian church W. S. Hunter and O. F. Bacon were elected elders and -will bo Installed to this office next Sunday at tho morning service. An interesting program is bolng arranged for Christian Endeavor Sunday night. Dr. H. C. Doyle will make the address on the subject "Politics in tho Church."