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"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FALLOW AS THE MCHffi
By Steck, Shclur HugliM & Shclor.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNj
Our
New Fall Goods
are now arriving. ,We will
be glad to show them.
' Come in.
C. W. &, J. E. Bauknight,
MERCHANDISE ?fi MULES * HORSES
WALHALLA. S. C.
IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH.
R. K. NIMMONS,
BUGGIES, BUGGY HARNESS
Team Harness, Bridles, Lap Robes,
=z====CANE MILLS, ============
Evaporators, Mowing Machines,
Rakes.
AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND TUBES.
All to go at right prices.
R. K. NIMMONS,
SENECA, S. C.
Millinery Opening
You are cordially invited to
be present at our,showing of
Millinery~:^^-IVIerchandise
and trimmed models for sea
son of
Fall and Winter, 1919*
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, -
Sept. il and 12th.
Mitchell <8b Reeder,
WESTMINSTER, S. C.
ti*r MISS STILL in Charge. -mn
SUCH Dine Ridge for $10,000.
(AndorHon Mall, Sept. 2.)
Dickson & -Miller, attorneys, Sat
urday afternoon filed a damage suit
In tho office of tho Clerk o? Court
for Henry Wallace against tho Hine
Ridge Railway Company and the
In tho complaint it is alleged that
Walhice, who ls a negro, hoarded
tho train nt Sonccn, hound for An
derson; that at Pendleton E. J, Max
well, a whlto omployco of tho Dino
Ridge, hoarded tho train and entered
the colored coach and heat and cut
Southern Railway Company for $10,-j up Wallace whilo lu thoro, and
OOO. caused him much bodily injury, etc.
KNOXVILLE JAIL STORMED.
sherill- Saved Hi? Prisoner by Ho
muval to Chattanooga.
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 30.-De
spite assurances that tho prisoner
had been removed to Chattanooga
and inspections of the Jail by three
separate committees of citizens, a
mob to-night stormed the Knox
county jail in search of Maurice P.
Mayes, a negro who had been ar
rested as a suspect in connection
with tho murder of Mrs. Bertie Lind
sey early this morning.
In a series of tights between
deputy sheriffs, police officers and
militiamen and members of the mob
In tho Jail corridors and ont aide tho
building, several men were, wounded.
In the confusion all were taken away
before their identity could be
learned, excepting National Guards
men, who wore beaten, but not seri
ously hurt, aojd were able to remain
on duty. One man was carried away
by friends unconscious and suffering
from what appeared to be a serious
wound on the head.
Most of the window glass In the
Jail was shot out; one front window
and tho main door were battered in
and all other exposed windows
broken during the disorder.
Mrs. Lindsey was shot to death In
her home at 2.3 0 o'clock Saturday
morning as she was preparing to
leap from a window to escape a
negro. Her neice, who was sleeping
with her, was threatened by the
same negro. The two women were
alone in the house.
.The negro Mayes, who had'been
arrested Hen days ago for prowling
about a house occupied by another
white family, was taken Into cus
tody tn connection with the murder
an hour after the crime wa>? cotu
mitted. He had been at home, only
a short time. Mayes denied his
guilt. '/.r
Fearing possible violence, Sheriff
Cato took Mayes to Chattanooga by
a round-about way thia afternoon.
Jail Delivery and Robbery. \
Knoxville. Tenn., Aug. 31,-As M
result of the rioting.ljere last nicht
and^early to-day there' ls* lroj^/flroi*
arm1" of any description to be found
in a store in the city. Plate glass
windows were crashed in, locks
forced and in some cases doors
knocked from their hinges in 'an
effort to secure weapons.
Deputy Sheriff Hall, day jailer at
(he county jail, declared that all
prisoners who escaped had been re
leased by Gie mob and that none
were turned out by tho oflicers them
selves.
The mob which broke its way into
the jail and the residence of Sheriff
Cate, adjoining, was not satisfied
with damaging property, but every
thing of value, including money,
guns, whiskey, clothing, books, were
taken. Part of tho jail records were
destroyed.
Window Bars (?Ive Way.
For a little while the mob con
tented itself with shouting and
shooting into the air. Soon they
began pounding on the heavy iron
burs of one of the front windows,
and eventually it gave way. - Men
began swarming Into the Jail and
tho jailer and deputies were over
powered. Heavy timbers were
brought up through tho mob. passed
I rom bund lo hand over tho heads
of the men. Using these as a bat
tering ram. they attempted to force
the doors to tho white cells.
Falling with the battering rams,
guns wore brought into play, and In
this way the locks wore broken and
all while men confined on the upper
floors wore released.
Ono of the federal prisoners told
the mon that ho did not want to
escape. "I only have eighteen moro
days to serve and 1 don t want to
get Into trouble," ho said. .?, rough
voice repliod:
"Got out of nero, or wo will kill
you."
While this mob was releasing pris
oners another was looting the jail.
Kvery revolver, all tho prisoners'
money, almost all the food on band,
a trunk of clothes belonging to tho
jailer, and even bod covering and
medicino' wan stolen.
Then altor (hey hud looted tho jail
they wont through the sheriff's
house, which adjoins. There they
took evan /tho children's dresses,
besides breaking windows and de
stroying such property ns could not
be taken with them.
Soldiers Badly Goalen.
Tho livst soldiers who arrived on
Ibo scone, sixteen mon und one ofll
cer, were overpowered, some of thom
disarmed and eight badly beaten.
An hour later 150 soldiers rein
forced tho early squads.
After the doors of tho county jail
binti been buttered down a number
of prisoners escaped through tho
crowd.
Among thom were several con
victed of first degree murder and ono
under sentence to bo electrocuted.
Sam Huffmaker, an alleged murder
er from Sevier county, was among
tho prisoners who refused to leave
tho jail.
Trouble Breaks Out Again,
Knoxville, Tonn., Aug. 31.-?Minor
disorders occurred hr Knoxville to
night following tho race riots Sat
urday night and early Sunday, which
wore tho sequol to tho storming of
tho county Jail by a mob intont upon
I lynching Mnurln Mayos, a negro ac
IOU HIS LOST TO FA-MIIJY
tt HtNii a from in Blrmliip
1ft., About Middle of June.
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' litiifi^palter \V. Monia, of Pulat
ku, FM?' who la now staying with
her 'f'aJtf?r, J. C. Bogga, and family,
in th?qf^wnvllle section of Oconeo,
worried over the dlsap
of her husband, Walter
Morris, of whom she has
Bihlng-since tho 14th of June
? Mrs. Morris left Palatka,
y in Juno, Mr. Morris start
\ trip Weat, to seek a loea
tion^(i,9Jp"hlinself and family, while
Mrsr:,^Oif/i8 came to this section to
visit h|r parents during the time
that he? husband might be engaged
in flndijiE a location suitable to bis
n the 14th of June Mr. M?l
bis wife from Birmingham,
ting that ne was in that
giving no Intimation as to
tion of bis stay there, nor
fcls probable movements,
brief note as to his,arrival
?ngbam is the only word
fifi hus had from ber hus
o they parted at Palatka,
ally she ls greatly worried
B Morris's strange silence. ?
^Morris ls a man of 3 2 years ;
puring their residence in j
e was engaged in plant |
and his wife states that he j
toady habits and she had i
own him to dissipate In :
work.,^
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of age,
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Walter Watkins Morris.
I any manner. He stands live feet j
two inches in height and weighs I
about 120 pounds, being of slight I
built. His hair is black, with vory j
few gray hairs; eyes light blue, brows i
heavy and black; teeth regular, with
gold filling ill upper left eye tooth j
and one next to eye tooth, and some |
defective teeth on right side of upper
jaw. lie carries himself erect, and
walks with quick step. He was clean
shaven; bis nose regular and eyes
sot well back in head.
Mr. Morris's intention was to find
a suitable location In which to enter
the seed and grocery business. About
a year ago ho was engaged in farm
ing at Peoria, 111., and lt is thought
probable that ho intended going in
that direction to seek a new location,
or to Camp Grove, 111., where ho had
also worked. He is quietly disposed
and dresses plainly. Mr. Morris is
a Mason and Knight of Pythias, and
at tho lime ho loft Palatka wore Ma
sonic pin lu shape or try-square.
Mrs. .Morris is seoking information
concerning her husband and will
greatly appreciate it if any one who
noes this notice will communicate
with her if the missing man lins
been seen ut any time since .lune.
Sheriff \V. M. Alexander is also look
ing Into the matter and seeking to
get on tho track of the missing man.
Mrs. Morris stales that there bad
never boen any disagreement or un
pleasantness between them, and that
she knows no reason who te vor for
ber husband's strange disappearance.
Ctisod of the murder of .Mrs. Pert io
Lindsey, a white woman.
A casualty list increased Sunday
by four negroes who resisted at
tempt* lo search them for arms. All
wore wounded hy National Guards-.,
men. two hoing shot and tho other]
two stabbed with bayonets.
lOlevon hundred guardsmen of ibo
Fourth Tennessee Infantry, supple
mented by 200 special policemen und
Vii special deputy sheriffs, uro pa
trolling the city, dispersing crowds
and searching all negroes. Hun
dreds of weapons were taken from
both whiles and blacks.
Four machine guns were mounted
nt a commanding point In thirf dis
Hlct and other machino guns wore
mounted on motor trucks ready for
eventualities.
Union loaders to-day called off tho
Labor Day parado scheduled for Mon
day and candidates abandoned all
political meetings announced In con
nection with tho campaign for mu
nicipal offices.
Two mon aro known to havo boon
killed and 14 othors, eight whltd*j
and six negroes, aro in hospitals. Of
these four, two white and two no
groes aro not expected to survive.
Tho known doad aro: First Lieut.
James W. Payno, Madlsonvlllo, Ky.,
regular army; Joe Fttor, negro.
CAKMACK'S SLAVKit MURDERED.
Mystery Shrouds Foul Murder o?
Nashville Attorney.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 30.-Hobin
J. Cooper, a Nashville attorney,
whoso trial for the killing of. former
United States Senator Edward W.
Carmack during the celebrated pis
tol duel between bis father. Col. U.
Cooper and Carmack, in 1008, at
tracted country-wide attention, baa
been murdered hero under mysteri
ous circumstance.
Cooper's body was taken from
Richland creek to-day soon after his
blood-stained automobile bad been
found on a bridge near his home in
the fashionable Hello Meado Park
section. Tho skull had been crushed,
but there ware evidences that a vio
lent struggle had taken place be
fore Hie fatal blow was struck.
A coroner's inquest late to-day
developed no clues to the murderer
or murderers, but the police are
proceeding on the theory that Cooper
was lured from his homo by persons
determined to rob him. This theory
ls based largely upon evidence that
Cooper drew $10,000 from a bank
a short time before he disappeared
last Thursday night.
Lured from Home.
The authorities assume that the
young lawyer was lured from his
home to the secluded bridge over
the creek and there done to death.
The condition of his clothing Indi
cated that he had been dragged some
distance before bc was thrown into
the water. Physicians who ex
amined the body said the small
amount of water found in the lungs
was evidence that Cooper was dead
when dropped into the creek. .
Mrs. Cooper, who is a daughter of
Milton J. Smith, president of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad,
bas been visiting relatives in Louis
ville, Ky., and her absence accounts
for the fact that the disappearance
of her husband did not become
known until to-day.
There was no evidence that the
Cooper home bad been robbed after
the murder, anti some doubt, has
been expressed that tho. murderers
could have expected that the lawyer
would nave any great sum oil his
person. His empty pocketbook,
however, was found in the bottom
of the automobile.
Governor Roberts has offered a
reward of $500 for the arrest and
conviction of ibo murderers of the
lawyer. This was later supple
mented by the offer of a similar
amount by tho family. The police
admit that they have nothing on
which to work in solving the mys
tery.
The Carmack tragedy, the most
notable in the history of Tennessee,
grew out of the Cannack-Patterson
race for Governor in 1908, in which
Col. D. B. Cooper, father of Robin
J. Cooper, was one of Patterson's
closest advisers.
In the fatal encounter, which oc
curred on an uptown street of Nash
ville November 9, 1901, tho son bred
tho shot which ended Carmack's life
and in the shooting was himself
wounded.
Fattie! and son were convicted of
murder in the second degree in the
lower court, but on the appeal of
the caso to tho supremo court, the
verdict was reversed as to the son,
the judges standing 3 to 2. Tho
verdict as to Col. Cooper was sus
tained 3 to 2, but before leaving the
capitol the father was pardoned by
Governor Patterson.
Tho case against Robin J, Cooper,
when it carno up again in the David
son county criminal court , was
dropped.
OCOXEE COTTON ASSOCIATION'.
Organization Will Take Place at the
Court House To-morrow, Ith.
B. F. McLeod, State organizer of
the American Cotton Association, will
meet tho farmers, bankers, mer
chants and other business men of
.O?onee to discuss plans und organize
tlio Oconeo Colton Association.
Tho meeting will be held nt tho
toort House, Walhalla, on Thurs
day (to-morrow), September 4th, at
i 1 a. m.
Como, ono and all.
Commlttoo Of Organization.
.?4 * %p. ....
Bibles tor Illiterates.
The following have made con
tributions to tho fund to purchase
Mlblos for tho illiterates of Oconeo
county:
Seneca Baptist S. S.$10.00
Walhalla Baptist S. S. 5.00
Kichland Sunday School .... 5.65
Walhalla Presbyterian S. S. . 5.00
An Individual . 1.75
Total . $27.40
Any Sunday school in tho county
windi desires to contribute to this
fund will please send the amount to
Miss Sallie Stribllng. Walhalla, S. C.
Help to wipe out the blot of 11
Htorao/r by contributing to this fund
to give a Bible to every llllterrito who
learns to read and write.
"No Illiteracy In Oconeo County in
1920!'
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WE HAVE a lot of well-broke
young Mules and some splendid bar
gains In young Mares, broko and
unbroke. A square deal to ono and
all. HOLLAND, WKTNN & DICK
SON COMPANY, Main Street, West
minster, S. C. 30*
NEWS NOTES FROM SENECA.
Connor Seneca. -lindy Saved from
Drowning-Other Items.
Seneca, Sept. 2.-Specinl: Julian
llollomnn, of Gastonia, N. C., visited
friends hore Monday.
Margaret and Marion Burgess,
who have been visiting their rela
tives m Seneca, have returned to
their home tu Clarendon county.
Mrs. Marshall Bust, of Leosburg,
Va., who has been on u visit of some
weeks to her sister, Mrs. J, L.
Marett, returned homo Saturday, ac
companied by Miss Emily Marett.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lunney aro at
home after a month's stay at Sky
land, NT, C.
Mrs. Grady Ballenger and little
son loft Friday for a week in tho
mountains.
Mrs. Will Reid has returned from
Spartanburg, whore she spent tho
greater part of the summer.
Miss Margio Holland has gono to
Murphysboro, Tonn., to attend tho
marriage of her brother, Charles
Holland, to Miss Smith, daughter of
the noted writer for the Christian
Observoi, of that name.
During the storm Friday after
noon the power houso at this point
was struck by lightning, tho flames
leaping 50 feet in the air. Tho re
verberation was deafening. As a
consequence our town spent tho
night in darkness; otherwise no seri
ous damage waB done.
Dr. E. A. Hines dellverod an ad
dress at Spartanburg Monday before
a mass meeting of tho citlzons of
Spartanburg county, on tho subject
of "The Medical Inspection of School
Children." Tho health ofllcors of
Spartanburg county had arranged
for the citizens to bring their chil
dren to thc city for examination by
specialists before entering thom In
the schools, in order that physical
defects might bo discovered and
where possible removed.
Tho many friends of Mrs Raymond
Monroe, of North Carolina, who was
Miss Verna Stripling, of this place,
will be interested to know that she
was barely saved from drowning by
her young slstor-in-law, while they
"wero swimming In a pond on the
Monroe plantation somo days ago.
Mis. Monroe was unconscious whon
dragged from the water, and it was
sofho time before she could bo
"brought round."
Dr. J. S. Stribllng is improving his
new home with concrete block stops
and walks and otherwise ornament
ing the handsome grounds.
Wm. Austin, of Charlotte, N. C.,
was with his home folks Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Hines and her
guest, Miss Elizabeth Richardson,
of Beaufort spent Friday with Miss
Helen Folgcr in her new homo at
Pendleton.
Mrs. Leo ('arpenter, of Greenville,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hunter,
on First North street.
Our new hank ls half organized.
Tlie other half will como along .to
morrow, we are told.
Raid Results in Killing.
Augusta, Ca., Sept. 1.-County
Ofllcer Dick Morgan ls dead, a man
named Jones is dying and County
Ofllcer C. O. Williams ls wounded
as the result of a raid on moon
shiners, ton miles from Augusta to
day.
Ofllcors Morgan and Williams, dur
ing the afternoon located a slill
near tho farms of .fonos and Fate
Anderson. The ofllcors on returning
to Augusta, ran across Jones and
Anderson at a picnic. It was stated
that they accused Jones of being
the owner of tho still, which Jones
denied. When they attempted to
arrest him, it is alleged he began to
fire.
-Morgan was shot twico and Willi
ams once. The former died a few
minutes after arriving at a local
hospital, while tho latter only suf
I fored from a flesh wound. Jones ls
now at a hospital with seven bul
let wounds and death is expected
hourly. Ho ls a prosperous farmer.
Demonstration Club Meeting,
Tho Bounty Land Home Demon*
st ration Club will hold its regular
'meeting at the school house on Fri
day, Sept. Bili, ttl I o'clock. All mem
bers ure urged to he present.
Ethel L. Counts,
Co. Iloi'ne Dem. A gt.
Advertised Mall.
The following is a Hst of letters re
maining uncalled for in tho Walhalla
post office for the week ending Sept.
2nd, 1919: Grover C. Baker, Rov.
J. D. Croft, Ob?ra Myer's, Lushon
Orr, Emma Wilson.
Parties calling for any of tho
above will please ask for "advertised
mail." N. Fant. Postmaster.
J. H. Felton Is Appointed.
Columbia, Aug. 30.-Tho Stato
Superintendent of Education lalo to
day announced tho appointment of
J. B. Felton, of Anderson, to bo Stato
Supervisor of Colorod Schools, to
lill tho vacancy caused by tho resig
nation of J. H. Brannon.
Mr. Felton was County Superin
tendent in Andorson and has for
warded his resignation to Govornor
Cooper. Tho Anderson county va
cancy will bo filled by tho Stato
Board of Education, possibly at its
mooting in Columbia, Septembor 19*