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The name Carolina J *4 comes from the lititin, Carolus, t J meaning Charles, lt wus not J t really named after Charles ll, J J but originally In honor of Charles t * IX, king of France, by Ilugue- * \ nets who built u fort near Beau- , * fort In 1502. { ' The fact that tho Carolinas J ' became later two distinct colo- ; 1 ides was due to chance, lt hap- * * pened that the earliest settle- t t ments located at points far re- * J moved from euch other. The t * tlrst permanent settlements in J J South Carolina were about * ? Charleston, while those In Not th \ i Carolina were around Albemarle * 4 sound. The life in the two sec- < * tiona also was quite different. * $ South Carolina was largely de- t J voted to the cultivation of rice J t and Indigo and the planters soon t *. grew very rich with their large J r> estates on which tho labor was * J performed by slaves. In fact, , ' Just before tho Revolution the * 0 population showed twice as many t * blacks as whites. * t in 17121? tho government of the * * Carolinas was turned hack by t 4 the lord proprietors to the king / ' and there was then formed the J * two separate provinces. * J South Carolina was the eighth t * state to adopt tho Constitution, * 4 the vote of ratification being , ' passed In May, 17H8. The Pal- J t met to state, as South Carolina t * ls sometimes called, extends over J / 1)0,080 square tulles, and lt par- t ? tlclpntes lu the presidential elec- ? t lion to the extent of nine elec- i J tors, t t ((c) by McClure Nswapapor Syndicat*.) t 4. J School for tho PVobloniimled. The State Training Sc hool for the Feebleminded now has sixty in mates ;; i boys and ::t; girls. The school bas a capacity of one hil it el rod- Hf ty of each sex. lt is qui lo probable thal all available space will he occupied within the next two months. The plant Of the institution consists of two one-story brick buildings, completely equipped. Tho cottage for boys was opened in Sep tember, 1020, and tho one for giris in the following December. At Ibo time this ls written there is room for 1 ll more boys and li I more girls. Tho staff of Ibo institution consists of tho Superintendent. a psychologist, a teacher, six attendants, a mechanic and two laborers. The school has ex cellent railroad facilities, bein? near the junction of the Seaboard and 0. N. and L. railroads. lt la anticipated that, there will ho at tm early dale ti demand from all paris of the state for more space at ibis school, which is now begin ning io dil a long-foil need in South Carolina. This need may be partially met (brough colonization of the in mates of highor grades. Prominent TeiinOHjSCOUII Shot. Nashville Tenn.. May ,. .lohn II. Reeves, retired manufacturer, and one of the most prominent citizens of Nashville, was shot In the breast and seriously wounded Just before noon to-day In the Hermitage Club by J, A. Grundy, a well known salesman, who then turned his pistol on him self, killing himself instantly. Subscribe for Tho Courior, (Beat.) WOMAN LOSES ?75,000 LAW SLIT Action Was Brought for Recovery in Ca.se of Automobile Accident, Laurens, May, 3.-lil Hie Common Pleas Court, III session llore last week, with Judge Townsend presid ing, the Jury in tho case of Mrs. Al vira Dominick, of Richland county, against George IL Bolt, a prominent farmer of this county, gave a verdict in favor of the defendant arter delib erating for about half an hour. Tho ease was an action brought by Mrs. Dominick tor $75,000 against Boll been uso of the death of her husband as tho result of an automobile acci dent, in which Mr. Dominick was fa tally hurt by tho car owned and driv en by the defendant. The accident occurred in October, lil 19, near the twelve mile po-'I out 'rom Columbia, on the Columbia-Xewborry-Laurens road. The evidence showed thal tho Dominick ear. traveling out from Co lumbia, had slopped, As tho Boll cari approached, Mr. Dominick suddenly, stepped over into the road, and was apparently trying to pick up some thing, when sfruck by Ibo passing machine. .Negro fays With Life for Crime. Columbia, May ::. Albert Wilson, who had twice been reprieved, pa H Ibo death penalty In the electric chair to-day for the murder ol' Bryan hi, lintier, a white man ol' the Pacific mill community here, whom he shot on a crowded street car on tho night of March -ju. 1920. A warm tight to save Wilosn's lite has boen waged on the ground that the negro committed manslaughter and not. murder. The Governor was asked lo commute the sentence to life imprisonment, and on the other hand several petitions were sent to him asking that he al low the negro to die. The Governor took the same position as the courts. Circuit and Supreme, and the elec trocution was allowed to go through in accordance with the sentence. Says lound Boon to Humanity. Washington, May G.- Fly swatters and screens will be relegated to the Junk idle it' the United States De partment ol' Agriculture finds merit in the fly-killing properties claimed for a sapling grown from the seed ol' a Kentucky coffee treu by the late Prof. George F. Holmes, of tho Uni versity ol' Virginia. Tho sapling has boon sent here hy the university for a test of the properties claimed and with the hope that Hie seed will ho distributed throughout the country to exterminate the pests. Prof. Holmes asserted that Hie Iree gave off a peculiar poison fatal to flies, and, therefore, was a boon to humanity. He planted it in his gar den and requested that it bc dedi cated as Iiis only memorial. At the direction of the faculty a metal plate inscribed "Holmes Tree" was fas tened to its trunk and an iron fence placed about it. Levee Breaks, Flooding Large Area. Little Hock. Ark., May 5.-Meas ures were being taken to afford re lief to residents of tho Bttyou Creek region north of Helena, where a break in the White river levee re sulted in the flooding of moro than I 00,OOH acres of land, nundi of which was under cultivation. Xo casualties were reported, but many families wore said to have been driven from their homes. A largo shipment of tents went forward from Camp Pike to afford temporary relief to the refugees. National guardsmen also were sent to the flood area for guard duty. (?as explosion Kills Two. Scranton, Pa., May Hxplosion of a gasoline tank in the plant of tho Diamond Oil and Paint Company, this city, to-day resulted in the death of two persons, the serious injury of two others and Hie almost complete destruction of the building by fire. Two other men are unaccounted for. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Beware! l'nless you see the name "Hayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting genuino Aspirin, pro scribed by physicians for twenty-one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Hayer package for colds, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, lumbago and for pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Hayor Tab lets of Aspirin cost few cen bs. Drug gists also sell larger packages. Aspi rin is tho trade mark of Hayer Manu facturo of Monoaceticacldestor of Salicylicacld.- adv. HUNTING FOR WILLIAMS ROYS. Titree Sons of Georgia Plauter Are Hoing Sought Everywhere. Macon, tia.. May 6-A nation-wide hunt for Marvin, LuRoy and Union Williams, tho throe sons of John S. Williams, farntor, of Jasper county, who, with their father, were indicted here by the Fedora I grand Jury >n tl charge of conspiracy to retain or hold negroes in a state of peonage, and also O" a charge of peonage, will lat started immediately hy Federal agents. Tho young men have never been apprehended, although tiley are under indictment on charges of mur der in Jasper county in connection with the ilea'hs ol' fourteen negroes, who aro said to have been killed on the Williams farm John S. Williams was recently con victed in the Superior Court of New ion county on a charge of murder and sentenced to life i inprison in cut. ile is in t:ie state penitentiary in Atlanta awaiting the hearing ol' the motion for a new trial. As long as he is under this sen tence, or should ho he tried for any ol' the other alleged murders, the govern men I will not attempt to lake charge of bim. However, Federal of ficers will initiate! a nation-wide hunt for the sons. The friends of the three Williams "boys" have stated that they have not left tho county and that limy would roport for trial when llieir cases were called, but that they had not given up because they do not want to remain in jail until their trials begin. ( APT. .IAS. IA KIKKTiA.NI) KIM.Ill) Head Struck Water Pipe as He Lean ed from His Train in Passing. Sumter, May I.-Capt. James P. Kirkland, one of the oldest and best known of tho Southern railway con ductors, was fatally injured this morning when his skull was frac- ! lured in an accident, and he later died at the Tourney Hospital. The accident occurred just after Capt. Kirkland had returned from his reg-j ular run. At the time he was en gaged in superintending the shifting of freight cars In the yard and was swinging from the train when his head came in contact with a water pipe, and he was knocked from the moving train, falling unconscious. ' Ho lived but a few hours. Th?, pipe which struck the man was/ only erected yesterday, and was, lo?uted near the tracks, about a hundred yards from the station. Capt. Kirk land had been in tho employ of the Southern raliway for ?ftiout forty years, spending the past twenty-five of it on tho Charleston division in the capacity of conductor. He had for years been running on tho Su n- , ter-Columbia branch. He was in his filth year and was known and 'iked by every one in his wide circle of acquaintances. Ile leaves surviving him his wife and three daughters. ."*..* CHARLES MCALISTER I>KA1>. j Wius Native of Walhalla-Was Son of .Mr. and Mrs. P. A. McAlister. Denver, Colo., May 3.-Special: Charles Joseph McAlister died at his home here, 21 .'{fi Vine, street, on the 25th of April. Ile was born at Wal halla, S. C.. Aug. 2 1, 1S?9. Ho leaves to mourn bis death his mo thor, Mrs. Elizabeth A. McAlister, of '. this city; his father, P. A. McAlis-? tor, of Birmingham, Ala.; two bro-, thors and two sisters. Miss Inez Mc- I Alister, of Denver, and Mrs. J. E. Mcwilliams, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., Lowls McAlister. of Walhalla, S. C.. and Loo McAlister. of the U. S Marines, now in Honolulu. Charles spent most of his Ufo in the South, coming to Denver In Sep tember, 1920. Here he was employed by tho Colorado Casket Company. 'He was loved by all who knew him, and there are many in this section who will mourn bis passing, as well as hosts of friends back in South Caro lina who will be grieved to learn of bis death. Our loss is his gain. Dr. Whaling Resigns, i Columbia. May :.. Dr. Thornton Whaling yesterday afternoon tender ed his resignation as president of tho Columbia Theological Seminary to the board of trustees at (heir annual meeting, leaving the institution to become professor of theology at tho Louisville Theological Seminary, at Louisville. Ky. Tho board accepted the resignation of President Whaling with "deopost regret" and is now taking steps to lill two vacancies, occasioned hy Dr. Whaling's resignation. [)r< Whal ing has been with the Columbia Sem inary for ten years, serving in the double capacity of president and pro fessor of didactic and polemic the ology. New York saw its first motion pic ture April 27, I,Silt',, it was dovol oped through a device invented by S. Francis Jenkins and called tho Edison Vitascope. j UNION MEETING OF THE UPPER i 1 Division of Beuvordnjn Baptist AHSO I elation ut Now Liberty Church. Tho union meeting of the Upper Di.Islon of Deavordam Baptist Asso ciation will be hold with Now Liberty church on Saturday, May 28, and j tho session will continue through ? Sunday, tho '.'?Otb. Following is the : program: Saturday Morning. lu to 12.30 Devotional exorcises , by Kev. h. M. Smith. Organiza t ion. i Isl Query: "How can wc increase Ibo spirituality ot* our churches?" Discussion led by Kev. L. M. Lyda, followed by others. Sermon by Rev. L. YV. Langston. Dinner, I 2.30 to 2 o'clock. Afternoon Session. Jd Query."ls a man as much re sponsible for his thoughts as for his actions?" Discussion led by W. YV. fowler, followed by others. 3d Query: "Should we observe Hie seventh or first day of the week j as a holy day?" Discussion led by Hov. \V. P. Sinclair, followed by otb ers. Devotional exercises by YV. M. j M urphree. Sunday school address by Rev. P. .tones, of Salem. Sermon by Hov. M. J. S tansell. Discussion. Ail churches me requested to send delegates. Big Steamer Wins Huco Against Fire Falmouth, Lng., May 5-The Har rison Line steamer Ingoma, on lire ? dashed into Falmouth to-day sifter a race of 100 miles to savo thc lives of her SS passengers and her crew. j The Ingoma was bound from Lon don for thc West Indies. Tito lire I was discovered 100 miles oft' Fal mouth, while the passengers were asleep. The captain of the vessel j kept them in ignorance of their dan ger, and, having prepared the boats for launching, made for Falmouth under fall steam. Voik's Joke on thc "Flivver." York, S. C., May 5.-The ever in creasing number of automobiles in service is a source of worry to .John Mall, wealthy farmer, living three miles north of here. Hall has a great number of hogs in his pasture. He bas boen accus tomed for years to beating on a tin i pan as a summons for the hogs at feeding time. Now, since so many "flivvers" pass along tho road in front of his house he says the hogs are about to run themselves to death, thinking the flivvers are tho rattling pan. Hale Cotton Falls-Ribs Broken. Anderson, May ~>. - J. It. rennell hud a painful accident at his home between herc and Relton yesterday when he was assisting in getting a bale of cotton into a wagon. The cot ton fell on him, breaking three ribs. Charles IL Morse Dead. Orlando. Pla., May ."..--Charles H. Morse, of thc Fairbanks-Morse Com pany of Chicago, died at his winter home, in Winter Park. Fla., this morning. Mr. .Morse had been ill for tho past two months. Paris society women send their pet dogs to school, where they aro taught to bark properly, to bow in greeting and farewell, to pick up a fan dropped by the mistress and to walk with proud and prancing steps. NOT ICU OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Oconce. To the Qualified Electors in Eben ezer School District, No. 69: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That an Flection will bo held at Ebenezer School House on SATURDAY, the Ll th day of MAY, 1921, between tho hours of 12..10 and 2.:',0 o'clock, for the purpose of voting upon tho ques tion 4>f issuing bonds in tho sum of $2.000.00, to bo used for remodeling the present school building. Respectfully, J. M. MEDLIN. It. M. HOLLAND. H. A. WOOD. Trustees of Ebenezer School District, No. 0 9. May 4, 1921. IS-1 9 NOTICE OF ELECTION. Tho Stale of South Carolina, County of Oconoe. To the Qualiflod Electors and Resi dent Freeholders of Legal Voting Age in Tabor School District, No. 1 0: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, That an Election will bo held at Tabor School House on WEDNESDAY, the 18th dav of MAY, 1921. between the hours of 7 A. M. and 1 P. M., for tho purpose of voting upon the question of levying a Special Tax of Four Mills on all taxable property nf said District, to bo used for school pur poses in said District, In accordance with Section 1742. Civil Codo of South Carolina, 1912. Respectfully, W. S. DICKSON, J. WU I NN, A. ,1. DYAR, Trustees of Tabor School District, Xo. 10. May 4. 1921. 18-19 NO TRACE OF 05,000 GIRLS. That Many Vanish?! Last ?ar, mu? Tlieir Fate is n Mystery. Washington. May 4. -Sixty-five thousand girls disappeared in tho United States last year without leav ing any truco. The gre.:t majority wore lured lo the big cities from the small towns and farms. They have dropped from sigh) and their fate is an unsolved mystery. This story was brought lo the .Na tional Congress of Mothers' and I'ar ont-Teachers' Association Congress here with a pica for the creation of a central bureau to help lind missing girls. Lieut. Catherine Van WinMe, of the District of Columbia police de partment, told the convention that ofie of the bigges! needs of the coun try was to save the army of girls who annually are lost in the maelstrom | of the big cities. Police departments { and civic associations devoted to the task are unable to cope with the sit- j nation successfully, she said. She asked the convention to take immediate steps to create a central bureau, with auxiliaries in all parts of the country, for the purpose of co ordinating and enlarging the facili ties for tracing losl girls. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine winch stops tho cough by healing thc inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds. Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. Thc salve ; should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. Tho healing cfTcct of Hayes" Healing Honey In side thc throat combined with tko healing effect of Grove's O-Pcn-Trato Salvo through tho porce of the skin soon stops a cough. Doth remedies aro packed in oue carton and tho cost of thc combined treatment is 35c Just ask your druggist for HAYES HEALING HONEY. Mclaurin Mentioned, as Koloroo. Columbia, May ?.-A new rumor is given strong circulation in Colum bia, and also In other parts of tho State, to the effect that .some promi nent Democrat will he recognized by the administration as dispensar of patronage in South Carolina. The name of John L. McLanrin, who has been in Washington recently, is men tioned In this connection. Press dis patches from Washington indicate that prominent Republican leaders In the national capital arc giving this plan consideration. The plan is be ing considered because of tho dead lock that appears to exist between the two Republican factions in this State. Tlie question has been frequently asked hore of late. What is holding up the appointments which have al ready boen discussed as possible? Recently it was announced, unoffi cially, that Jos. W. Tolbert would be the dispenser, but another course now seems to bo pending. University Professor Honored. (Columbia State. May Uh.) Prof. J, Bruce Coleman, head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of South Carolina, lias hoon appointed Stato representative for South Carolina of the National ' Council of Mathematics Teachers, ac cording to announcement received In Columbia from J. N. Minnlck, of the University of Pennsylvania, who is president of the national council. Prof. Coleman, in tho capacity of Stato representative, will act in an advisory capacity to tho national of ficers, at the same time working to promote tho general welfare of math ematics teachers in the State and to encourage tho most able teachers in the State to investigate problems rel ative to the teaching of secondary mathematics. Prof. Coleman's appointment, made hy President Minnick at tho Instruc tion of the national executive com mittee of the organization, is a dis tinct honor both for Prof. Coleman and the University of South Carolina. Plows Up $1,.100 in (?old Coin. Lansing, Iowa. May ?.-Fortune turned her smiling face on John Pra zel, of Lansing, when the plow which ho was operating unearthed $.1,300 in gold yesterday. The sum was in the earth of a field on the old Patrick Callahan farm, where Hrazel was working in the capacity of si farm hand. The money was in a glass j jar. and the .small fortune is believed J to have been buried on tho farm fort a great, number of years. Health and Vigoi In these day's of fast competition only full-blooded, robust, healthy people can keep to the front. Un healthy weaklings with disordered blood aro bound to fall behind. Success is yours only if you have tho snap, vigor and magnet ism that go with a whole some, rich blood supply, Don't despair because others forgo ahead of you, Start right now to Pains - Were Terrific Read how Mrs. Albert Gregory, of R. F. D. No. I, BUtford, 111., got rid of her ills. ''During ... 1 was awfully weak . . . My pains were terrific. 1 thought I would die. The bearing-down pains were actually so severe 1 could not stand thc pressure of my hands on the lower fart of my stomach . . . simply felt as If life was for but a short time. My husband was worried . .. "RS ^nc evening, while read ing the Birthday Alma nac, he came across a case similar to mine, and went straight for some Cardui for me to try. TAKE The Woman's Tonic "Hook it faithfully and the results were immedi ate," adds Mrs. Gregory. "I continued to get bet ter, all my ills left me, and I went through . . . with no further trouble. My baby was fat and strong, and myself-thank God-am once more hale and hearty, can walk miles, do my work, though 44 years old, feel like a new person. All I owe to Cardui." For many years Cardui has been found helpful in building up the system when run down by dis orders peculiar to women. Take Cardui 1.82 4" "I* *h "lr 4? 4* 4? 4- 4* 4* .J. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. 4 4* 4* 4* 4* 4? 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* .J. DR. W. H. CRAIG, ^ .|t Dental Surgeon, ?J? ?J. WALHA LI/A, S. CAROLINA, .j. ?f> Office Over C. W. Pitchfork's 4* .J. Store-. .j? ?j? ?|? *|? ?|? ?j? ?j. ?j* ?I? ?|? ?j? ?|? .J. J. R. HARLE, ?J. .I? Attorney?at-Lnw, ?J? WALHALLA, S. C. State & Federal Court Practice. ?J* ?j? FARM IX)A NS. 4* 4* 4? 4? 4? 4- 4* 4- 4- 4- 4- 4? 4? .J, E. L. 11 KR N DON 4 Attorney-nt-Lnw ?g. 4? WAIJIALIAA, 8. C. .J* 4* PHONIC NO. Ol. .J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?|< e.J? .J. ?|< ' .{. J. P. Caroy, J. W. Sholor, 4* 4? Plckens, S. C. W. C. Hughs, 4? CAREY, SHEI/OR & HUGHS, 4* .J- Attorneys nnd Counsellors, ?|* 4? WALHALLA, 8 C. ?J. StntO & Federal Court Practice. *|? ?j? ?j? ?|* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4 4* 4* 4* 4* C. L. DEAN, Surveyor und Civil Engineer, SENECA, H. C. Farm Loan Act Decided Constitu tional. Get ? Govern ment Donn. ? __^ JUAN Bl? doon* High Class Guttering a Specialty, Walhalla. S. C. Many writers identify Ute asp em ployed by Cleopatra to bring "hon* ber death as tho cobra. 'Government chemists In the Phil ippines bave nd op tod a method of preparing gns from cocoanut oil. Win in The Race of Life free your circulation of ibo impuri* ties that uro hampering your health and progress. Thousands have done thia with S.S.S., tho famous old herb blood remedy. Gel S.S.S. from your druggist today, and after you have (started taking, write for special medical counsel to Chief Medical Advisor, 845 Swift Lab oratory, Atlanta, Geor gia, It's freo. TONIC, ?UGCISTS