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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 4? MULES jt HORSES
WALHALLA, S. C.
IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH.
R. K. NIMMONS,
BUGGIES, BUGGY HARNESS.
Team Harness, Bridles, Lap Robes,
- CANE MILLS,- =
Evaporators, Mowing Machines,
RaKes.
AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND TUBES.
All to ?0 at right prices.
R. K. NIMMONS,
SENECA, S. C.
Millinery Openin
You are cordially invited to
be present at our,showing of
Millinery-:^^=-IVIerchandise
and t immed models for sea
son of
Fall and Winter, 1919.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY,
Sept. ll and 12th.
Mitchell (Sh Reeder,
WESTMINSTER, S. C.
m- MISS STILL in Charge. M
Sues Hine Ridge for $10,000.
(Anderson Mail, Sept. 2.)
Dickson & Miller, attorneys, Sat
urday afternoon Hied a damage suit
in tho office of tho Clork of '^urt
for Henry Wallace against tho ..lue
Ridge Railway Company and the
Southern Rr.ilway Company for $10,
OOO,
In tho complaint lt ls alloged that
Wallace, who is a negro, uoarded
the train at Seneca, hound for An
derson; that at Pendleton E. J, Max
well, a white omployeo of tho Blue
Ridge, boarded tho train and entorod
the colored coach and bent and cut
j up Wallace while in there, and
caused him much bodily injury, otc.
KNOXY1L?JS JA?L STORMED,
Sheriff Saved His Prisoner by Ko
inoval to Chattanooga.
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 30.-De
spite assurances tbat the prisoner
hud been removed to Chattanooga
and inspections of the jail by three
separate committees ot citizens, a
mob to-night stormed the Knox
county jail in search of Maurice F.
Mayes, a negro who had been ar
rested as a suspect in connection
with the murder of Mrs. Bertie Lind
sey early this morning.
In a series of fights between
deputy sheriffs, police oltlcors and
militiamen and members of the mob
in the jail corridors and outside the
building, several men were wounded.
In the confusion all wore taken away
V" ore their identity could be
learned. >excepting National Guards
men, w).o were beaten, but not seri
ously '.airt, and 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 tho head.
Most, of the window glass In tho
jail was shot out; one front window
and the main door were battered In
and all other exposed windows
broken during the disorder.
Mrs. Lindsey was shot to death In
her home at 2.30 o'clock Saturday
morning as she was preparing to
leal) 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 ' boen
arrested Men days ago for prowling
about a house occupied by .another
white family, was taken into cus
tody in connection with the murder
an houy after tho crime walk1 com
mitted. He had been at hobie only
a short time. Mayes denied his
guilt.
Fearing possible violence, Sheriff
Cate took Mayes to Chattanooga by)
a round-about way this afternoon. .
Jail Delivery and Bobbery.
Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 31.-As a-,
result of the rioting, bere last night
^amLearly to-day there ifr hOJ^/flro^
'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
the county jail, declared that all
prisoners who escaped had been re
leased by the mob and that none
were turned out by tho officers 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 (Jive Way.
For a little while the mob con
tented itself with shouting and j
?shooting into the air. Soon they ;
I began pounding on tho heavy iron
bars of one of the front windows,
i and eventually it gave way. - Mon
began swarming into tho jail and
the jailer and deputies were over
powered. Heavy timbers were
brought up through tho mob. passod
from hand to hand over tho heads
of tho men. Using these as a bat
tering ram. they attempted to force
I Hie doors to the while cells.
Failing with tho battering rams,
I guns were brought into play, and in
this way the locks were broken and
all white men confined on the upper
floors were released.
One of tho federal prisoners told
the men that ho did not want to
escape. "I only have eighteen moro
days to serve and I don t want to
get into trouble," ho said, A rough
voice replied:
"Gol out of hero, or we will kill
you."
While this mob was releasing pris
oners another was looting the jail.
I-'very revolver, all tho prisoners'
money, almost all the food on hand,
a trunk of clothes belonging to the
jailer, and oven bod covering and
medicine' was stolon.
Then after they had looted tho jail
they wont through Hie sherill's
house, which adjoins. 'liiere they
took evan Itho children's dresses,
besides bron king windows and de
stroying such property ns could not
bo taken with them.
Soldiers Badly Beaten.
Tho first soldiers who arrived on
the scene, ..ixteen mon and one oin
cer. were overpowered, some of them
disarmed and eight badly beaten.
An hour later 150 soldiers rein
forced the early squads.
After Hie doors of tho county Jail
htftl been battered down n number
of prlsoj ors escaped through tho
crowd.
Anion them were several con
victed of first degree murder and ono
under sentence to bo electrocuted.
Sam Hufftnaker, an alleged murder
er from Sevler county, was among
the prisoners who refused to leave
tho Jail.
Tronido Breaks Out Again.
Knoxville, Tonn., Aug. 31.-Minor
disorders occurred itv Knoxvillo to
night following tho raco riots Sat
urday night and early Sunday, which
wore tho sequel to the storming of
tho county jail by a mob Intont upon
lynching Mauris Mayos, a negro ac
W. \V?01UtIS LOST TO FAMILY
WM- "
hnrnvi
Heard from in Birining
\a., About Mirtillo of June.
Mrs.Walter W. Morris, of Palat
ka, P?H".who is now staying with
lier father, J. C. Boggs, and family,
in tkov|r6wnvillo section of Oconeo,
is greatly worried over the dlsap
of her husband, Walter
^Morris, of whom sho lins
thin? since the 14th of June
ir - -
? Mrs. Morris left Palatka,
y in Juno, Mr. Morris start
? trip West to seek a loca
vhlmsel? and family, while
pen rat.
Walkt*
heard J
last. m
' Mr/4
Fla,,
lng
tlon
.Mrs; Marris came to this .section to
visit h$r parents during the time
that he? husband might be engaged
in Unding a location suitable to his
work./^jpn the 14th of June Mr. Mor
ris wfpfehls wife from Birmingham,
Ala., sauting that ?ie was in that
city, bj? giving no intimation ns to
the dumtion of his stay there, nor
as t?ffihls probable movements.
The ??Wt.hrlof note ns to his.arrival
In Biijmingham is Hie only word
MrS.v.MH'Vis has had from her lins
te they parted at Palatka,
'ally she ls greatly worried
ffi Morris's strange silence. I
nVforris is a man of 32 years ;
BDuring their residence in j
(lie was engnged in plant |
and his wife states that he |
iteady habits and she had
band
and nat
over M
W. I
of age;
Florida;
growin
was of
nev'or;iwnown him to dissipate in
Mill
Walter Watkins Morris.
any manner. Me stands live feet
two inches in height and weighs
about 120 pounds, being of slight
built, ills hair is black, with very
few gray hairs; eyes light blue, brows i
heavy end black; teeth regular, with j
gold filling tn upper left eye tooth
and one next to eye tooth, and some j
defective teeth on right side of upper
jaw. Me carries himself erect, and
walks with quick step. Ile was clean
shaven; his nose regular and eyes
set well back in head.
Mr. Morris's intention was to lind
a suitable location in which to enter
the seed and grocery business. About
a year ago he was engaged in farm
ing at Peoria, 111., and it Is thought
probable that ho intended going in
that direction to seek a new location,
or lo Camp drove, 111., where he had
also worked. Me is quietly disposed
and dresses plainly. Mr. Morris is
a Mason and Knight of Pythias, and
at the time bc loft Palatka wore Ma
sonic pin In shape of try-square.
Mrs. Morris is seeking information 1
concerning her husbaiu. and will
greatly appreciate it If any one who
sees this notice will communicate
with h?r if the missing man has
been seen at any time since June.
Sheriff W. M. Alexander is also look
ing Into the matter and seeking lo
gel on tho track of the missing man.
Mrs. Morris slates thal lhere had
never been any disagreement or un
pleasantness bel ween Hiern, and thal
she knows no reason whatever for
lier husband's strange disappearance.
cused of tho murder of Mrs. Bertie
Lind: . y, fl white woman.
A Crts! y list increased Sunday
by loin- negroes who resisted at
tempts to search them for ?inns. All
wore wounded hy National Guards-,
men, two being shot and the other
two stabbed with bayonets.
IC lo von hundred guardsmen bf tho
Fourth Toniiossoo infantry, supple
mented by 200 special policemen and
75 special deputy sheriffs, are pa
trolling the city, dispersing crowds
ahd searching all negroes. Hun
dreds of weapons were taken from
both whites and blacks.
Four machine guns were mounted
ut a commanding point in this! dis
trict and other machine guns were
mounted on motor trucks ready for
eventualities.
Union loadors to-day called off the
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 men aro known to have boon
killed and 14 others, eight white*
and six nogroos, aro in hospitals. Of
these four, two white and two no
groos uro not oxpoctod to survive
Tho known doad aro: First Lieut.
James W. Payno, Madlsonvillo, Ky.,
?regular army; Joo Ettor, nogro.
CA UM ACK'S SLA YUH Ml KDHRKD.
Mystery Shrouds Foul' Murder of
Nashville Attorney.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 30.-Hobin
J. Cooper, a Nashville attorney,
whoso trial for the killing of former
Halted States Senator Edward W. I
Carmnck during the celebrated pis- '
toi duel between bis father, Col. U. I
Cooper and Carmack, In 1908, at- |
tracted country-wide attention, bas
been murdered here under mysteri
ous circumstance.
Cooper's body was taken from
Richland creek to-day soon after his
blood-stained automobile had been
found on a bridge near his homo In
the fashionable Hollo Meado Park
section. The skull bad boen crushed,
but there ware evidences that a vio
lent struggle bad taken place be
fore the fatal blow was struck.
A coroner's Inquest late to-day
developed no clues to the murderer
or murderers, but the polk . are
proceeding on the theory that Coopor
was lured from his home by persons
determined to rob him. This theory
is based largely upon evidence that
Coopor drew $10,000 from a bank
a short time before ho disappeared
last Thursday night.
Lured from Home.
Tho authorities assume that tho
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 boen dragged some
distance before he 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 ls a daughter of
Milton J. Smith, president of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad,
has been visiting relativos 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 tho
Cooper home had been robbed after
the murder, and some doubt, has
been expressed that the murderers
could have expected that the lawyer
would have any great sum oh his
person. His empty pocketbook,
however, was found in tho bottom
of (bc automobile.
Governor Roberts bas offered a
reward of $500 for tho arrest and
conviction of Ibo murderers of the
lawyer. This was later supple
mented by the offer of a similar
amount by tho family. Tho police
admit that they have nothing on
which to work in solving the mys
tery.
The Carmack tragedy, tho most
notable in the history of Tennessee,
grow ont of the Cnrmack-Patterson
race for Governor In 190S, in which
Col. D. B. Cooper, father of Hobin
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, 19 01, the son bred
tho shot which ended Carmack's life
and in the shooting was himself
wounded.
Eather and son were convicted of
murder in tho second degree in the
lower court, but on the appoal of
the case to tho supremo court, the
verdict was reversed as io tho son,
the Judges standing 3 to 2. Tho
verdict as to Col. Cooper was sus
tained 3 to 2, but before leaving tho
capitol tho father was pardoned by
Governor Patterson.
Tho case against. Robin J, Coopor,
when it came up again in tho David
son county criminal court , was
dropped.
OCONKE COTTON ASSOCIATION.
Organization Will Take Placo at the
Court House To-morrow, Uh,
I?. K. McLeod. Slate organizor of
tho American Colton Association, will
mool tho fanners, bankers, mer
chants and other business men of
Oconee lo discuss plans and organize
tho oconee Cotton Association.
Tho meeting will bu held al the
tomi House, Walhalla, on Thurs
ay (to-morrow), September Ith, at
I I a. m.
Come, ono and all.
Committee ol' Organization.
Cibles for Illiterates.
Tho following have made con
tributions lo tho fund to purchase
Bibles for tho illiterates of OcoilOO
county:
Seneca Baptist S. S.$10.00
Walhalla Baptist S. S. 5.00
Kichlnnd Sunday School .... 5 . G5
Walhalla Presbyterian S. S. . 5.00
An Individual . 1.76
Total . $27.40
I Any Sunday school in tho county
[which desires to contributo to this
fund will please send tho amount to
Miss Sallie Stribling, Walhalla. S. C.
Help to wipe out the blot of Il
literacy by contributing to this fund
to give a Bible to every illiterate who
learns to read and wrlto.
"No illiteracy in Oconeo County in
1920!"
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WK HA Vii ? lot of well broke
young Mules and some splendid bar
gains in yoong Mares, bioko and
unhroko. A square deni to ono and
all. HOLLAND, Will NN & DICK
SON COMPANY, Main Street, West*
minster, S. C. 30*
NEWS NOTES FROM SENECA.
Former Seneca 'lindy Saved from
Drowning-Other Items.
Seneca, Sept. 2.-Special: Julian
flolleman, of Gnstonia, N. C., visited
friends hore Monday.
M arga rot and Marion Burgess,
who have been visiting their rela
tivos in Seneca, have roturned ?to
tlioir home In Clarendon county.
Mrs. Marshall Rust, of Loosburg,
Va., who has been on a visit of somo
weeks to her sister, Mrs. J. li.
Marett, roturned homo Saturday, ac
companied by Miss Emily Marott.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lunney aro at
home after a month's stay at Sky
land, N< C.
Mrs. Grady Ballenger and little
son left Friday for a weok in tho
mountains.
Mrs. Will Heid has returned from
Spartanburg, where she spent, tho
greater part of the summer.
Miss Margie Holland bau gone to
Murphysboro, Tenn., to attend tho
marriage of her brother, Charles
Holland, to Miss Smith, daughter of
the noted writer for the Christian
Observer, of that name.
During the storm Friday after
noon tho power house nt Ibis point
was struck by lightning, the llames
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 was done.
Dr. E. A. Hines delivered an ad
dress at Spartanburg Monday boforo
a mass meeting of the citizens of
Spartanburg county, on the subject
of "The Medical inspection of School
Children," The health officers of
Spartanburg county had arranged
for tho citizens to bring their chil
dren to the city for examination by
specialists before entering them In
tho schools, in order that physical
dofects might be discovered and
where possible romoved.
The many friends of Mrs Raymond
Monroe, of North Carolina, who was
Miss Verna Stribllng, of this place,
will bo interested to know that she
was barely saved from drowning by
her young slstor-in-law, while they
wore swimming in a pond on the
Monroe plantation some days ago.
Mrs. Monroe was unconscious when
dragged from tho water, and it was
soir?io time before she could bo
"brought round."
Dr. J. S. Stribllng is improving his
now home with concrete block stops
and walks and otherwise ornament
ing tho handsome grounds.
Wm. Austin, of Charlotte, X. C.,
wa? with his home folks Sunday.
.Miss Elizabeth Hines and her
guest, Miss Elizabeth Richardson,
of Beaufort silent Friday with Miss
Helen Folger in I.er new home at
Pendleton.
Mrs. Leo Carpenter, of Greenville,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hunter,
on First North street.
Our new bank ls half organized.
The other half will como along .to
morrow, we are told.
Haiti Results in Killing.
Augusta, Qa., Sept. 1.-County
Officer Dick Morgan ls doad, a man
named .Iones ls dying and County
Officer C. 0. Williams is wounded
as tho result of a raid on moon
shiners, ten miles from Augusta to
day.
Officers Morgan and Williams, dur
ing the afternoon localed a still
near tho farms of .fones and Fato
Anderson. The oflicers on returning
to Augusta, ran across Jones and
Anderson at a picnic. It was stated
that they accused Jones of hoing
the owner of the still, which Jones
denied. When they nttomptod to
arrest him, it is alleged he began lo
fire.
-Morgan was shot twice and Willi
ams once. The former died a fow
minnies after a'riving nt a local
hospital, while the hitter only suf
fered from a flesh wound. Jones ls
now at a hospital with seven bul
let wounds and death is expected
hourly. He ls a prosperous farmer.
Demonstration Club Meeting,
The Bounty Lund Home Demon?
Miration Club will beul Its regular
meeting at the school house on Fri
day, Sept. 5th, at I o'clock. All mem
bers are urged to he present.
Ethel L. Counts,
CO. Hoine Dem. Agi.
Advertised Mall.
Thc following ls a Hst of letters te
mntning uncalled for in tho Walhalla
post oflice for the week ending Sept.
2nd, 191!?: Grover C. Baker, Rev.
J. D. Croft, Ob?ra Myers, Lushon
Orr, Emma Wilson.
Parties calling for any of tho
above will please ask for "advertised
mail." N. Fan!. Postmaster.
.L B. Felton Is Appointed.
Columbia, Aug. ?IO.-Tho Stato
Superintendent of Kducation late to
day announced tho appointment of
J. B. Fol ton, of Anderson, to bo Stato
Supervisor of Colored Schools, to
fill tho vacancy caused by tho resig
nation of J. H. Brannon.
Mr. Folton was County Superin
tendent In Andorson and has for
warded his resignation to Governor
Cooper. Tho Andorson county va
cancy will bo filled by tho Stato
Board of Education, possibly at Its
mooting in Columbia, September 19,