? ? 9 g ll 1ER By STECK, SHELOH & SCHRODER. -TO T1IIWE OWN ?J, BB TBOB, ? g MU8T TOIJ,ow Aa g N|(,".f ^^^^^ WOT T"EN "" ^ w Feed Stuff and Flour Are advancing every day. Our warehouse is loaded. Get our prices before buying. We are now ready to buy Peas, Cane Seed and Corn. Will give top of the market. C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT. ?j* It Pays to Buy for Cash. J* <. 4? 4? 4? 4?' ' ? > 4* 4? 4? 4* 4* 4? 4* 4 4* 4* 4? 4* * 4* 4? 4? 4* * 4* 4? 4* 4? Strange But True. A careful mun will spend much thou uhf writing his Will and tlien forget where he put it. He will spend much time and money gctting Iiis homo and getting a good deed for lt ami then forget to have the deed recorded, and when lie dies his wife can't And it-. He will investigate thoroughly the company lie insures his life in and keep his payment s up promptly, but keep tho pol ley among rubbish, where it is liable to lie burned up or lost. For fifty cents a year he can prevent nil this by renting one of our safety boxes in a Are-proof vault. WESTMINSTER BANK WHEN YOU THINK OP BANKING THINK OF THE WESTMINSTER BANK. 4? * 4* 4* 4* 4 4 4 4* 4* 4* 4 ^..1*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4* Notes from Bounty Land. Bounty Land, Feb. 21.-Special: Wayne Burns and sister, of Cross Hoads, were week-end guests at the home of J. M. Adams. Miss Cary Doyle returned to Nor ton Sunday to resume her school work there. Her mother and sister, little Miss Ida Beth, accompanied her. J. S. Entrekin and son Clyde and Jasper Doyle are at Clemson to-day on business with the veterinarian. Mr. and Airs. Will DuBose are re ceiving the 'hearty welcome of the people of the community, they hav ing moved Thursday from the Cone ross section. Rev. Dr. Fraser, of Anderson, will deliver a humorous lecture nt Bounty Land school house Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The proceeds to be used for school improvements. Dr. Fraser is an entertaining speaker and we hope for a full house. The public is cordially invited. Adger Brock, of Calhoun, visited in tho community Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Strlbling and family, of Seneca, were recent guests of Mrs. J. M. Gillison. ? Distinctive Reason What is the chief reason for the superi ority of Royal Baking Powder? There are several good reasons, but there is one which distinguishes Royal from other baking powders. This reason, which every woman should know, is that Royal Baking Powder is made from cream of tartar, which comes from grapes. This means a healthful fruit origin. It means natural food as distinguished from mineral substitutes used in other baking powders. There is no alum nor phosphate in Royal Baking Powder. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. New York MRS. SARAH E. HA ?TON'DK Al). Highly Esteemed lAi?y of Fair Play Dies at Advanced Ago. Fair Play, Feb. 22.-Special: At t'ho home of her son-in-law, Floyd 6. Watson, on last Sunday afternoon, February 20th, just 20 minutes be fore 2 o'clock, our Heavenly Father suddenly 'took a loving mother and grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Ellen Bar ton, to Himself. It seemed as though He just said, '"lt is enough," and took bor where there is no sor row and where t'he heaviest-laden wayfarer may ajt last lay down his weary load. Mrs. Barton was one of the oldest members of Hea vordem Baptist church-a woman of strong Chris tian character, possessing many qual ities of mind and heart that made her friendship worth while. Hers was a life of positive influence. She was known and admired for her en ergy and industry, making tho homes in Which she lived unusually attract ive, and many who read these lines will remember tho bountiful hospi tality there dispensed. This unexpected death is doubly, sad because of the fact that ?ne had been devotedly caring for her little motherless grandchildren, whose mother, Mrs. Floyd B. Watson, was taken from Hiern several years ago. Mrs. Barton waa a daughter of the late Levi Burriss, of Anderson coun ty, and was boni there September 13, 1838. She united with Mountain Creek Baptist church at the early age of ll years, anti had ever since been a faithful member of the church. On November 22, 1855, she was married to James Robt. Glenn, and to this un ion one child was born-William Simpson Glenn. Her husband was killed in the battle of Gaines's Mill. She afterwards married Rev. H. M. Barton, a faithful pastor for many years in this county. Three children survive her-William Simpson Glenn, of Ellisville, Miss.; Mrs. William D. Dobbs, of Monroe, Ga., and Prof. Morris C. Barton, of Piedmont, S. C. Five brothers and four sisters also survive her-J. L., W. M. and N. C. Burriss, of Anderson county; C. G. Burriss, of Piedmont, and Rev. R. H. Burriss, of Newberry; Mesdames Doyt Richardson and W. E. Meredith, of Hartwell, Ga.; Mrs. R. F. Stone, Donalds; Mrs. A. F. McCreary, An derson. There are ver many frionds who will feel tho loss and deeply sympa thize with the bereaved family in this sad hour. Truly a good woman .has gone to her reward. Funeral services wero held at tho Boaverdam Baptist church thi^ (Tuesday) morn-I lng at il o'clock. Personals. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dorroli were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Swift Gilmer Tuesday. Prof. Truluck, Misses Truluck, White and Cole, of the Oakway school, visited Fair Play Sunday. Miss Richie, 'of Earle's Grove, spent Sunday with her friend, Miss Vergie Grant. Rev. C. D. Boyd filled his regular appointment hero Sunday. Mrs. Boyd accompanied him and they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Glymph. We rejoico with our neighboring community, South Union, over the prospects of a fine new school build ing, which is badly needed. Hurrah for Sofith Union! Our young friend, Davis Glenn, has rented the McClure store building and will open an up-to-date mercan tile business the first of March. We Wish for him much success in his new enterprise. The preliminary oratorical contest for boys will be held in the school auditorium Friday evening, the 25th, at 8 o'clock. Lot's all attend and en courage the boys. Tho girls' conte?t will be held one week later. CANDIDATE FOE SHERIFF. There being two or three John Reeders in th ie county, there are quite a number of people who do not know which John Reeder is in the race for Sheriff. Candidate Reeder ia a eon of tho late Aaron Pickena (Bud) Reeder, of High Falls, and has always been a citizen of this county. Reeder is in the race on his record ns being a good citizen of this county, never having been out for an office Ito Oconee before.-Adv. TH KV SHOT INTO TRAIN NO. 40, Two Negroes Arrested nt Westinin ?ter on Minor und Serious Charge. Sloan Hawkins niul Son Oglesby, colored, were arrested In Westmin ster lust Sunday evening and on Mon day morning Hawkins was tried be fore the mayor of Westminster on the charges of carrying concealed wean o ns, drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest. He was given a *.o tal sentence for all cases in which there was. runvietion amounting to $45 or 70 days on the imbllo works. Hawkins is now a valient (though not particularly enthusiastic) road building laborer, he having been sent up to the county chain gang for 30 days in default of $25 which was as sessed' asalm.t him by Magistrate S. H. Marett, of Westminster, who had Hawkins before htm on tho charge of carrying concealed weapon?. Son Oglesby was more fortunate than Hawkins. He was charged with the shooting into Southern passenger train No. 4 0 near Harbin's Sunday afternoon. Five shots were fired, and it is said that at least three of the live bullets fired entered parts of the train. Passengers on tho train, wihioh is a local, recognized the two negroes and left complaint at West-1 minster when the train reached that town and the officers were on tho lookout for them when they came Into town later in the evening. Og lesby, lt ls said, did the shooting, but Hawkins had the pistol. Ogles by asked Hawkins for the pistol and told Mm to "watch me sfhoot Into uhat train," which he proceeded to do. On the hearing1 before Magis trate Marett Oglesby was released until tho March term of Criminal Court on a bont? of $700. Just what degree of guilt attaches to Hewkin? on this charge will be threshed out In Court. He will be brought In from the gang to attend Court and doubtless will face a charge of be ing accessory before the fact In the case against Oglesby for shooting Into the train, ho having given over the pistol, it 1s said, on request for lt for the purpose of shooting into tho moving train. Hawkins was brought over Ito Walhalla by Sheriff John W. Davis, and was soon thereafter turned over to Supervisor Foster, who gave him work to do out in tho country. He has considerable company out there, and will be carefully guarded. The penalty attached to firing Into a train is quite severe, and both Haw kins and Oglesby have rather bright prospects of drawing tickets good for extensive work for the benefit of the county and not a few meals at the county's expen?e. STORM AND FLOOD IN GERMANY. Avalanche Carries Away Home and Occupants-Bodies Recovered. Amsterdam, Feb. 21.-A dispatch from Munich says that a great ava lanche fell in tb? Ilochkoenig re gion, carrying away a mountain shel ter with Its occupants. Thus far 35 bodies havo been recovered. Inundations ?aid storms aro re ported from tho Thurlnglan woods, Kran con la and other parts of South ern Germany. Some small places In Havarla are completely inundated. A number of children havo perished and many cattle ?have been drowned. Navigation has been stopped lit Wuerzberg, and also on the River Veckar. The situation at Mainz ls serious. Fifty-five Kiiown Dead. Berlin. Feb. 21.-It Is reported from Salzberg that already there are 55 known dead as the result of an avalanche, with 49 injured and about 30 still missing. They were .rurled Into an abyss in the Alps when a snow slide carried away oat Alpine shelter. -Get the trio combination for $1.60-Koowee Courier, Progressive Farmer, Housewife. If You Wai LOWEST i BUY Tt IT WAS THE HARTH TREMBLING, Perceptible Disturbance Noted in Walliallu Monday Evening, There was a very perceptible trem bling of the earth Monday evening, which was felt hore in Walhalla about 0.30 o'clock. Tho siiock waa not noticed by persons on the streets or ?t work outside of buildings, but in houses lt was decidedly noticeable. We have reports of the shaking about of small articles on mantels, win dows, otc, and a marked rumbling sound accompanying the shock. In tho building owned by R. T. Jaynes, next door to Tho Courier offlco, tho shock -was so perceptible thad M. C. Long. Esq., who occupies part of tho second story as his law office, and two of his clients, wiio were In the building at tho finie, sought safer quarters tn the street. The building IB mude of concrete blocks, and thoso who were in it at the time tho shock carno ?tato that the sensation was anything but comfortable. Almost every section of th? town reports not ing the disturbance 'With varying de grees of intensity. Eew of those from tho country of whom we have inquired felt tho disturbance nt all, some stating that the first they had known of it at all was learned when they came to town and were told of tho shock felt here. Tho seismic disturbance seems tx> have been most general over the Piedmont sections of tho States of South Carolina, North Carolina, Vir ginia, Georgia, and Tennessee. A few reports from towns and cities in va rions States are given below: South Carolina. Greenville, Feb. 21.-A distinct earth tremor was felt throughout up per South Carolina; this afternoon at C.45 o'clock, lasting about ten sec onds. No reports of damage have been received. Winnsboro, Feb. 21.-A seismic disturbance of several seconds was felt hero this afternoon about. 6.30 o'clock. The shooks were two in number and followed in rapid suc cession. No damage occurred wor thy of mention. Abbeville, Feb. 21.-A distinct enrt'h shock was felt in Abhovllle this afternoon about 6.40, which lasted 30 seconds. Tho shock was severe enough to cause celling elec tric lights to swing 1n the stores. In Fort PickenS tho shock was the strongest, causing two lamps in one residence to be thrown from a table. Anderson, Feb. 21.-An earth quake was felt here this afternoon about 6.40 o'clock. There wera dh ree distinct shocks, tile second be ing the most severe. Dishes rattled and walls quivered. L'andrnm, Ireh. 21.-A distinct earthquake shock was felt here at 6.30 o'clock this evening. While houses were shaken in nil parts of the town no damage was done. Clinton, Feb. 21.-An earthquake was felt hero to-night at about 7 o'clock. No damage has been re ported, but. a very decided shock was felt over the wiiolo community. Greenwood, Feb. 21.-Greenwood was visited by a slight, but distinct, earthquake shock at 6.30 o'clock this evening. York, Feb. 21.-A distinct earth quake was felt hero at 6.41 o'clock this evening. Tho quake lasted sev eral seconds. There was no damage. Rock Hill, Feb. 21.-A distinct earthquake shook was felt here this evening at 6.30, lasting only a few second's. Tennessee. Bristol, Feb. 21.-A distinct earth tremor was felt hereat 6.45 p. m. to day, lasting about ten seconds. No damage was reported. Knoxville, Feb. 21.-An earth quake shock, lasting several seconds, was felt here at 6.45 p. m. (Central tl mo). No damage was done, al though many peoplo were frightened by rattling of dishes, windows, etc. At Chilhowee, Tenn., the shock was tit Goods at PRICES IBM AT i i Bargain Store, Westminster, S. C. fort severely. Greenville, Tenn., also felt the shock wry plainly. Chattanooga, Fob. 21.-Two earth .trenioie were felt nt G.45 this even ing. The shocks rattled winnows and caused excited Inquirios as lo tho causo of the disturbance. Furniture moved about perceptibly and articles on desks were disturbed lu offlco buildings. Excitement was caused on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, where the ?hocks were report ed to have boen of pronounced inten sity. North Cnrolinn. Greensboro, Feb. 21.-One pro nounced earth trainor was felt here this evening at 6.38. No damage was reported, Wilmington, Feb. 21.-A distinct earth disturbance was felt hero this evening at 6.45 o'clock. There wore no reporta of property damage. Asheville, Fob. 21.-Two severe earth shocks were felt hero at 6.41 o'clock to-night, tho shocks lasting about 15 seconds each. 'Houses in several sections of the city were rocked, but no material damage has been reported. An unconfirmed- re port said that, three houses were wrecked at Sk y land, six miles from Asheville. Georgia. Atlanta Constitution: Atlanta felt a seismic shock yesterday at 5.40 (Central time) o'clock. Tho wholo town beca ino excited and for more than an hour the telephones in the newspaper offices and at the 'weather bureau were kept hot with eager in quiries. in some placee the qualco wus felt more distinctly than others. Al though down-town Atlanta knew that something unusual had 'happen ed to -tho earth, it WSB not as pro nounced as tho shock felt, in the outer residential districts, where pictures woTo d-lsloidged, lamps snuff ed out and furniture started upon a momentary tango. Residents in the vicinity of Four teentth street and Peachtree reported that their buildings were seized with a Structural ague that for a second or so threatened to disjoint thom. It was th'? same on Wie south side. Macon, Fob. 2f.-Macon people felt, several slight earthquake trem ors at 5.4 0 ?Central time) o'clock this evening, 'lasting in all about 20 seconds. Weather Observer Mitchell enid they ?hook the post office build ing, one of tho most substantial in tho city. Augusta, Feb. 21.-Throe earth quake shocks, thc first slight, the second moro distinct, tho third faint -motion east to wfcsfj-were felt on the Hill section of Augusta shertly after 6.30 p. m. Athens, Feb. 21.-Distinct earth qunke tromoiw, which rattled win dows and dishes m homes, wore folt hore at 6.10 (Eastern time) to-day. Savannah, Feb. 21.-Late thia af ternoon a slight earth tremor was felt In this city. There was no dam age or excitement. Alalmma. Mobile, Feb. 21. - Earthquake tremors of about five minutes' dura tion were recorded by tho seismo graph at Spring Hill College, begin ning at 5.41 (Control time) p. m. to day. The disturbance was very slight here. Virginia. South Boston, Feb.'21.-An earth quake shock, lasting between 10 and 15 seconds, wee felt here at 6.45 to-night. Tl was of eu ill clent vio lence to ?mt out the lights and break china in a number of houses. Richmond, Fob. 21.-Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt here to night, the first at 6.43 and the sec ond nt 6.45. No damage has boen reported, but many buildings wore . s'haken perceptibly. Judge Johnson a liife-Tcrmcr. Sp'artanburgl Feb. 21.-Joseph T. Johnson, of Spartanburg, to-day took the oath of office as Judge 0? the Federal District of Western South Carolina. The ceremony took place at Judge Johnson's home and was attended by one or two per sonal friends. The oath wan adm i i istered by J. Broawus Knight, Clerk of the Court over which Judge John son presides. Until a few wovks ago, when tho Senate confirmed Judgo Johnsen's appointment, ho was serving as Judge of the new disrtrtot wider a recess appointment by the President. He . took tho oath for life to-day.