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DOUBLE LYNCHING TWO NEGROES HANGED AND RIDDLED WITH SHOT. They Were Charged With the Mur der of Mr. Smoak and Were Taken From Officers of the Law. A dispatch from Branchvllle to' The News and Courier says at a late hour Friday night a crowd of about one hundred farmers and other citi zens of Colleton county, took two negroes away from the officers of the law, hung them to a tree, near the railroad track, and fired round after round into thier swinging bodies. The negroes, who were killed were Frank Samuels and Quillie Simmons, and the crime for which death was meted out to them was the murder ?on May 29 of young Mr. Benjamin Smoak, a member of a prominent ?Colleton family, and a merchant of the town, which bears his name. The dispatch say^ easiy Friday night word was received at Branch vllle from Smoak's stating that Con stable N. M. Maxey had arrested four negroes who, it was alleged, wera concerned in the murder of ; Mr. Smoak. These four were Frank Samuels, Quillie Simmons, ,Connie Stokes and another whose name h is not been learned. It wil be remem bered that when Mr. Smoak was killed, just as he was closing his store for the night, the assassin, or assassins, secured about S95 in cash and checks. It was these checks which led to the arrest of the four regroes, two of whom met death Friday night at the hands of the mob. * Young Ben Minus stepped up be hind the stables of Samuels, who had a farm about a miles and a half from the town of Smoak's and saw him dividing the stolen money with the ether negroes. Minus immedi ately returned, told what he had seen and heard, and described the hiding place of the missing checks. A prompt search led to the discovery of the checks, and Constable Maxey 3it once arrested Samuels. Sub-se quently the other negroes were also arrested, and the constable and his assistants started with his prisoners for Walterboro. Meanwhile the mob had been gath ering rapidly and silently, and before long nearly a hundred determined mec had started in pursuit. The of ficers were overtaken near the rail road line and, being greatly out numbered, they were unable to ?f ter effective resistance. The terri fied negroes were seized, and -the leaders of the mob questioned them briefly as to their connection with the killing of Mr. Smoak. Two of them apparently managed to clear them selves and were set free. Samuels and Simmons were then marched to the railroad track, hanged to a tree and their bodies riddled with bullets. At present everything is quiet. It Is not known whether Samuels and Simmons confessed their guilt, after falling into the hands of the aveng ers, since the mob, as soon as it completed its work, scattered, and those who took part in the lynching returned to their homes. It is kiown, however, that the town ne groes had previously admitted that they knew something about the crie, though they swore that they did not do the actual (shooting . Samuels stated that he generally used No. 8 shot in bis gun, and shot of that size were found in Mr. Smoak's body. Both negroes bore evil reputations. * Why Sugar is High. The tariff puts a tax of nearly two cents per pound on sugar. Three fourths of this tax, that everybody who uses sugar has to pay, goes into the pockets of the sugar trust, and the other fourth goes to help run the government. If it .was not for this enormous tax you could buy all the sugar you want for three cents per pound. And the Iaftor which makes the sugar would receive bet ter wages than is now paid it by the trust. This is one of the rea sons that make us insist on Demo cratic Congressmen voting on the aide of the people and not on the side of the trusts. Branchville vs. Orangeburg. Branchville. June 14.?Special: The Branchville Juniors defeated a team from Orangeburg on the local diamond Wednesday afternoon in both games of a double-header. The last game was a five-inning affair, the locals winning-by a score of 10 to 3. Score of first game?Branchville, 6; Orangeburg, 3. Batteries, Hin ton and Bethea; Wannamaker and Fairey. Score of second game?Orange burg, 3; Branchville, 10. Batteries, Wannamaker and Fairey; Folk Reeves and Bethea. "G." Iloforo the Mayor. On Saturday morning there was "nothing doing" that called the at tention of the Mayor. Yesterday morning there was one case, that of S. J. Dukes, charged with shooting firearms in the city limits, and dis orderly conduct. As there were no witnesses present the the case was continued until tomorrow morning. Found in Bird'H Nest. A few days ago three little daugh ters of Mr. J. P. Shuler, of the Prov idence section, were in the orchard. They found a bird's nest in a fruit tree; their curiosity was to see what was in the nest. They found five little birds and a ten-cent piece. They took the money out and said they would carry the birds some .grass seeds to pay for it. PAID OUT WELL. The Home Building and Loan .Asso ciation Declare Dividends. The second series of stock, con taining 1629 shares, in the Home Building and Loan Association of this city were retired last week, they having run six years. A meeting of the board of directors were held on last Thursday, at which time the report of the treasurer showed that the shares had paid a dividend of about eight per cent. Each share" was retired at $SS.01. At this meeting the same board of directors, composed of Messrs. I. W. Bowman, W. L. Glaze, W. L. Mpseley, H. C. Wannamaker, Dr. T. C. Doyle and Dr. D. D. Salley, were re-elected for the next year. The next series of stock will be issued in the next few weeks and already there jane many applica tions for shares on file. It is ex pected that this series will be about the largest in the history of the Association. On the next series the shares will run seven years, as six years do not quite repay the loans of $100, which are taken oui with the shares. SCHOLARSHIP And Entrance Examinations CIcmson Agricultural College. At the County Court House on Friday, July 2nd, at 9 a. m., the j scholarship and entrance examina tion to Clemson Agricultural Col lege will be held under the direction of the County Board of Education. Applicants must be at least 16 years of age and must be prepared to enter the Freshman class. There are no scholarships in the Prepara tory class. This class is only open to a limited number of boys who cannot reach high schools and who are living in sections of the State where school facilities are poor. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session of Clemson Agricultural College will be gin September 8, 1909. Apply to the County Superinten dent of Education after June 20th for needed information concerning the scholarship examinations. For catalogues, further informa tion and cards upon which to make application for entrance to the Col lege, address P. H. MELL, President, Clemeon College, S. C. GRAND OPENING. Of the A. W. L. Takes Palce Wednes day Night at 8:30. The grand opening of the A. W. L. will take place at 106 East Rus sell street tomorrow evening at 8:30. An attractive program has been ar ranged ? and the affair promises to be one of enjoyment to all who at tend. An admission of ten cents will be charged. The following pro gram will be carried out: Indian song and chorus, Mrs. Doyle and little Miss Doyle. Piano solo, Miss Leila Marchant. Tenor solo, Mr. Lee Lightfoot. Violin solo, Miss Kate Mewbome. Vocal solo with piano accompani ment, Miss Athlene and Eva King. Piano solo, Miss Ruth Boliver. Vocal solo, Miss Ethel Hoffman. Ragtime music, Mr. Philip Kraus. Greatest in Its History. J President W. S. Peterson, of the O. C. I. has decided to remain with that school, having declined to ac cept the presidency of Bethel Col lege of Kentucky. Prof. Peterson has made a great sacrifice to remain here, and he will have the support of the people throughout the county and State more than ever before. The school has grown wonderfully, and Prof. Peterson feels confident that the coming session will be by far the greatest in the history of the school. Prof. Peterson informs us that his course of study is so arranged as to give students who have finished at the graded school two full years work in his school. This is a great convenience to the people of the city, who want to have their children near them. An unusually strong faculty is being engaged for the coming sea son. Gave Himself Up. A dispatch from Aiken says early Monday Art Boylestcn, a white man, who lives near Willison in Barn well county, gave himself up to the sheriff at Aiken. He is charged with the murder of young Cleveland Fan ning who was waylaid on the public road last week. The shooting Is supposed to have occurred in Alke.1) county and therefore Hoyleston gave himself up to Aiken authorities. No details as to why Hoyleston should have been suspected are known at present. He is now in the Aiken county jail. A Sale of 100 Bargains. The feminine part of Orangeburg county will be very glad to learn that Kohn's Emporium will hold a sale of extraordinary interest, beginning Thursday, June 17th. This important event will be called "The June Jubille Sale of 100 Bar gains." It goes without saying that this will be one of the great mer chandising events of the year. Kohn's never do anything by halves and the sale will be worth while attending. The merchandise is guaranteed good fresh and up to date in every par ticular. Bansberg Waterworks. The Bamberg Times says: "Messrs. P. W. Cantwell & Son, of Orange burg, have the contract for putting in the waterworks system on Main street. They will begin work on Monday, Juno 21st. HAK? 10 bULtffc THE PEOPLE OF ST. MATTHEWS ARE IN A QUANDARY. They Find the Court House and Jail Problem a Hard One to Settle Satisfactorily. The letter we published on Sat urday from Mr.. Smoak on the Cal houn county court house and jail matter was straight from the shoul der, and here is another of the same kind from the St. Matthews corre spondent of The News and Courier. In commenting on the letter of Mr. Smoak the correspondent says: Sensations are now following hard upon each others' heels in the court house and jail controversy. Mr. A. ?K. Smoak, one of the brainiest men in the county, is out again with a four-column article in the Calhoun Advance this week, and he handles the case with candor and ginger. There is no half-way ground with him. He charges that there is a veiled effort to deceive the people, and strongly intimates that, unless some thing is done promptly, the county will have the court house and jail to build. He quotes Judge Watts as saying that the town of St. Matthews cannot legally be bonded for a court house and jail, and that the best and only safe thing is for the people of St. Matthews to "cough up the cash." Quite a number of the citizen of this town guaranteed the building of these structures by signing notes. The form of this note is as follows: "$100 on demand. I promise to pay to T. A. Amaker, treasurer, Cal huiin icuniy organize'rn, one hun dred dollars, value Teqeiyed, pay able at St. Matthews, S. C, for the purpose of building a court house and jail for the county of Calhoun, provided the town of St. Matthews fails to build court house and jail. Should the town of St. Matthews build court house and jail, this ob ligation becomes null and void." Mr. Smoak charges that $2,000 of these notes are worthless from every standpoint, and that none of them are sound except from a moral point of view. That he has been thus ad vised by lawyers of the higest stand ing. There is no doubt about the $30,000 bond issue being as dead as a door nail, and the only question is "what is left of the wreckage?" Twist the matter as we will, there Is not a ghost of a chance to get the $20,000 from the town "three or four years' from now, and extreme ly doubtful about getting it at all. It is high time that the whole truth be known, and It is perfectly evident that the only safe way out of the difficulty is for St. Matthews to brush aside convenient technicalities and "cough up the cash" this fall. Not only Judge Watts, but other lawyers of the highest standing, positively affirm that a town cannot be bonded for a county court house and jail, and it should be an easy matter to find out whether they are correct. If so, the- farce of waiting several years for a constitutional amendment is self-evident. The pill will be as bitter to swallow then as it is now, to every man on those notes. The News and Courier correspon dent, hard hit with the rest, has been in favor of this course for some time, as the only feasible solution of the trouble. He has indulged In no personalities, nor has he any de sire to .do so. His theory is that where the honor and population of the town and its people are at stake, they should lift the cloud, even at a sacrifice, and be reimbursed by the municipality later, if it can be done. He believes this should be done, even though technicalities and loop holes will postpone the evil day, tem porarily or forever. Thos.? in author ity can pursue this courte. or not, as they fee fit, but the prediction is now made that its wisdom will be verified sooner or later, if not fol lowed. Gone to Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Marchant left Saturday morning for Detroit, Mich. Mr. Marchant goes to attend the An nual meeting of the Piano Dealers of America. Mrs. Marchant goes to see the sights of "The City Beau tiful." Quite an interesting propram has been scheduled for the ladies. Automobile rides, moonlight ercur sions on Lake St. Clair and special theatrical attractions are part of tin program. More than odg thousand dealers will attend and one of the special features of the convention will he to endeavor to so inform the piano purchasing public so that they will not be imi>o.<-,ed upon by un scrupulous dealers who are selling low grade pianos under the guise of high grade, thereby getting more money than they ought. The leading piano manufacturers will have an exhibit of their pro ducts at this convention, making it convenient for each dealer to post j himself as to the merits and de merits of every make of piano. A (.'rand Old Man. The following well deserved com pliment appears In the editorial col umns of The News and Courier "The unselfish life of James H. Car lisle adds another rich heritage to South Carolina. With such exam ples can a State go far wrong? Soon or late the civilization of a State tends to grow up to the level of its highest men, and Dr. Carlisle has set a high standard. All of us may profit by it, and learn that the living of such a life is worth all it costs in -self-denial. Such service may not be measured; it exalts a people." j COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE Will Have Strong Department of Mu sic Next Year. The Orangeburg Collegiate Insti tue will have during the coming sea son an especially strong department of music. Every possible plan will be carried out to insure students of music the best of training. Mr. Harold A. Loring, of Portland, Me., has been engaged foi Doctor of Mu sic. Mr. Loring needs no intro duction to the people of this sec tion, as his work is well known, he having been director jf music at Limestone College for two years, where he was very successful in his line of work. Mr. Loring's early training was under the guidance of Willard Carroll Klmball, who is one of the best known teachers in Bos ton. After eight years study with Mr. Kimball, he entered the Faelten Pianoforte school of Boston where ho received several years special training and coaching under Carl Reinhold Faelten. It will be remembered that Mr. Carl Faelten was for many years the Doctor of the famous New England Conservatory of Music. During his study in Boston, Mr. Loring appear ed as concert pianist several time before critical Boston audience, and has since played throughout the West, and parts of New England and the South. He has' taught at sev eral institutions of higher learning, among them Whitman College in the State of Washington, Howe College in Indiana, one of the best known conservatories in Illinois, and as stated above at Limestone College, Gaffney, S. C. Several years ago Mr. Loring re ceived from the secretary of the interior an appointment to visit the various tribes of Indians in the West for the purpose of studying their native songs and folk-lore for the purpose of preserving such themes as proved worthy of perpetuating. For many months he lived among the Indians, and acquired the lan guage of the Sioux, which he speaks fluently. From his experience with the Indians, he has written several lectures which, have met with great success. These have been delivered in many States, and the press has been en thusiastic in their comments. It is a most unique subject, and one of America's best lecture bureaus has communicated with Mr. Loring in an effort to induce him to go on a tour under its management deliver ing his lecture on "The Native Music of the Indian," which is extremely popular, and which he illustrates on the piano. This lecture will be heard in Orangeburg during the early part of the fall. It is expected that the O. C. I. will have one of the very best music departments in the State the coming Bession, ind studentB will receive su perior instruction in piano, voice, theory, harmony and history of music. ? factulty recital will be given soon after the opening of the session, introducing the new mem bers of the faculty, and it is expected that several well known musical at tractions will be booked for the sea son. Mr. Loring has left for Now York, and the North, where he will be for some time, and will spend a part of the summer in working for the College. The Conscientious Scot. A commercial traveling man landed at Edinburgh. Scotland, one Saturday night too late to get out of town for Sunday. The next day he found thai there was actually no form of amuse ment In the whole city to assist him In whiling away the day. lie went to the proprietor of the hotel to see if he could suggest a way of passing the re malnder of the day. The landlord took pity on the stran ger and took him to one of the rooms in the bouse in which a number of Scotchmen were playing a game call >' "nap." which is a sort of modification of '?seven up." They were playing for a shilling a point, so that the game was a pretty Btiff one. The stranger got In the game and played vpry cau tiously, for he was quite sure that the players, or at least some of them, were cheating. One solemn faced Scot, he was especially sure, he caught cheat ing a number of times. The visitor be gan whistling a part of some vagrant tune. The Scot who had been cheat Ing arose from the table and threw down the cards. "What Is the mutter?" the other players asked. "I'm gangln' awn*," the Scot answer cd, glaring at the stranger. "I'll play cards wl' no mon that wbustles on the Sabbath." Sorry She Screamed. The young man kissed her and she screamed. "What's the trouble. Kitty?" de manded a stern voice from ttp stairr-. "I?I just saw a mouse," she fibbed. Presently the young man claimed another kiss, and the scream was repeated. Again came the stern voice: "What is it this time?" "I just saw another mouse.' Then the old man came down with j the house cat. a mouse trap and a j candle and sat in the corner to ; watch developments. Some Hot Days. The temperature for the last four days was the hottest we have had this' season, though it was not so warm here as it was in other sections of the South. In many towns the people simply baked all day long and at night they suffered int?:isely from the heat, being unable to sleep. There is one redeeming feature about the weather In Orangeburg and that is the cool nights. rwu gallani mln WHO DIED IN DEFENCE OF THE SOUTHERN CAUSE. They Laid Aside Ail DiiTerences and Fought Side by Side for the State They Loved. The following interesting and read able 'Scrap of local history was furn ished The Sunday News by Dr. T. H. Dreher, who writes mcst enter tainingly on any subject, that may engage his facile pen. Here is the article: Four miles south of St. Matthews and within a stone's throw of the old "State Road" lies the Tabernacle church ground and cemetery. A quiet and thoughtful hour within its dismal and gloomy confines, if not sufficiently suggestive to inspire an Elegy from a modern Gray, fur nishes at least a strong stimulus to a (juasi-reportorial journeyman with a desire to depict a few of its sal ient features with biographical no tices in the good, old Sunday News. There Is little now to remind the stranger of its past greatness and popularity. The weird and sombre surroundings; the adjacent, undulat ing fields, despoiled of their former fertility and productiveness by shift less renters, and a general air of desolation, make it hard to believe tradition and "old folks lore" that, within the four walls of the old frame building, gathered the ante bellum wealth and aristocracy of these domains. That on Sunday mornings Orangeburg (now Cal houn) county's leading slave-holding and wealthy citizens wero drawn thither in handsome carriages, with spans of thoroughbreds and liveried coachmen in the driver's box. The ravages of war and other, minor causes ate into the vitals of the his toric Temple and she finally suc cumbed, after a gradual creeping de ?jay, to the changed conditions in 1SS4, uuder the saintly Rev. Shu ford, of the Methodist Conference. H?? was succeeded by the bats, owls and goats, which held undisputed sway until recently, when the ancient structure was torn down and utilized for other purposes. The old cemetery, hard by, enclos ed by a board picket fence; fast go ing to decay, is almost hidden from view by a dense growth of dogwood, hickory, pine and briers, which have transformed it into a veritable howl ing wilderness. The dim inscrip tions on the marble slabs and monu ments, however, indicate that, be neath this neglected sod the bones of a past, splendid citizenship repose? some of whom figured conspicuously in making the proud history of old Orangeburg county. There lie the Millers, now extinct, except through marriage into the Dantzler strain There repose the Dudlys?descend ants of the warrior who, as one of the sixty-five braves under the daring and intrepid Capt. Jacob Rumph, cov ered themselves with immortal glory during Revolutionary dt>ys. There sleeps the Kelts, who fill a large square and who leave no represen tative in this county to honor the name and memory of a race which impressed iitself mpon every fibre of this community. There are the Dantzlers, Amokers, Whetstones and Zimmermans, still honored names in our midst. Hut the two graves which in stinctively rivet attention and cause one to tarry longer in meditative recollection; which attract curious wayfarers to this ghostly spot and which keep the memory of the old cemetery green in the minds of a patriotic public, are those of Cols. Olin Miller Dantzler and Lawrence Massillon Keitt. The former is marked by a handsome marble shaft ?an exact prototype of that to his father, on one side, and a beautiful marble cradle to his wife (a Miss Caroline Glover) on the other. Tru ly does his brief epitaph record that "he fell in advance of his command and in the cause of the South." Col. Keitt's grave is at the head of Col. Dantzler's. but there is noth ing to identify his remains except the unquestioned testimony of living eye witnesses to his burial. By way of digression, the advisability of erect ing a suitable memorial to his name and fame may be kindly suggested to the noble ar.d patriotic Daughters of the Confederacy. These two names, still magical to the minds of old and young, were probably the most unique characters ever produced by Orangeburg coun ty. Horn under lucky stars, in old St. Matthews Parish, and within one year of each other, they were reared, as hoys, together and enjoyed su perior advantages. They were simi lar in many ways, hut 111 others as diametrlacally opposite as if the products of different races. Both were college bred, proud, hot tem pered and brave as Mamelukes. They were popular, though high-strung, could brook no rivals and fond of having their own way. Each recog nized in the other a foeman worthy of his steel, and that they did not love each other is no mote surpris ing than the antipathy between Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay, of similar comparative moulds. Dantz ler was the more genial, approach able and the better mixer, as evidenc ed by the love, akin to idolarty, of every soldier, who fought under him. keitt. had the keener intellect, more thoroughly trained, and the more ef fective stump-speaker. It was as the battle axe of Richard against thv scimeter of Saladin. Both took to politics as a duck to the water. Coi. Dantzler, a graduato of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, was admitted to the bar. but never practiced?preferring the indepen dent life of a planter. He was a large slave-holder, and possessed a magnificent estate in and around St Matthws. Early In life was elected to the house of representatives, and ?subsequently served as State Sena tor. Frank and open, he did not hes itate to express an opinion when the case demanded it, as he thought. During his political career he reflect ed disparagingly upon a brother of Lawrence Keitt, which engendered a bitter controversy and finally result ed in a duel?the favorite and unva rying recourse in those days, among politicians, to soothe wounded honor. They had burilliant exemplars. Hen ry Clay and John Randolph; Andrew Jackson and Tom Ren ton had settled similar disputes under the code duello during the same generation. They repaired across the North Carolina line and went for business. Keitt received a ilesh wound in the shoulder, and tradition says that the ball from Keitt's pistol penetrated the hat of his antagonist, but this is not ?substantiated. Col. Lawrence M. Keitt was a third honor graduate of the South Carolina College, read law and bung out his shingle in the city of Orangeburg. He was soon elected to the legislature, and, in 1853. to congress, where he bade fair to become a leader had the civil war not cut short his career. He was a strong partisan, and cheered on Pres ton Brooks when he caned Charles Summer. Col. Keitt wa3 a rabid secessionist and a State rights' man to the heart's core. For a long time he believed that the worst would never come to the worst, and that the North was afraid to fight. Proclaim ed from the stump that he would "drink every drop of blood shed in the war." It has been charged that the '"silver-tongued" orator from St. Matthews Parish, was a "fire-brand and lire-eater." That he was aggres sive, hot-tempered to the point of recklessness at times, and ready to fight at the drop of a hat, there can be no doubt. But it should be re membered that the game little Com monwealth was herself a "tire-eater." She had recently shaken her proud fist in the face of the National Gov ernment, and Keitt was a South Car olinian down to the very marrow of his bones. The war clouds were now looming so grimly and darkly above the horizon as to be unmistakable and the paths ol Keitt and Dantzler were soon to converge again and for the last time. Like Job's war horse, they scented battle from afar and were eager for the fray. Such char acters, like Ivanhoe, the chivalrous knight, would writhe in agony and despair, if unable to respond to the bugle call of those who are daring the fighting, in defence of their own rights and traditions. So when the demand wa3 made for 12,000 volunteers fifteen hundred of the State's sturdy patriots gather ed at Charleston's old race course in the tali of 1862, and organized the famous 20th regiment. Honors naturally came to Keitt and DantzL ler?the former being elected colonel and the latter lieutenant colonel of the re^'ment. They did valient s<vv ice around Charleston, Sullivan's, Morris and James Island. In the spring of 1SG1 Dantzler was elected colonel of the 22nd regiment, and both were called to Virginia in May, where they were sadly needed. "Jeb" Stuart, the great cavalry leader, and "Stonewall" Jackson the invinci ble, had answered the last call?the former by Yankee bullets and the lat ter by the folly of his own men?and Longstreet was severely wounded. But the two brave South Carolina colonels were spared only long enough to show the Cromwellian stuff of which they were made. Dantzler was soon cut down from the front of his regiment on June 2nd, 1864, near Petersburg, in a charge against the 1st Connecticut artillery. On the previous day, while Col. Keitt was boldly and recklessly lead ing his men at Cold Harbor on his war horse, a ball from the enemy's guns penetrated his liver, from which hp died the following day. Thus the two brave and fearless leaders, rivals in the every day af fairs of life and burning with the same fervor for the Southern cause and its traditions, passed from earth to the great beyond together; were brought home on the same train and buried together under the stately pines of old Tabernacle, with their heads pointing to the South?emble matic of the section which they lov ed with every fibre and ligament of their being, and for which they bravely offered up their lives. The hearts of their weeping wid ows, doubtless, were pierced by no kncener pangs than the widows of the humble privates who bled and died under them, but inscrutable is til.- fate which snatched th>>se loyal and eminent citizens in the prime of life, from their hoim-s and loved ones, when there seemed so rauch to live for and the future so bright before them. Hut why should we comment fur ther upon so deplorable a scene. The grass may grow over the neg lected sod in yonder doleful old bury ing ground, but. "while memory holds a seat in our distracted globes." they will over be uppermost in the minds of the two counties which share their honors and their fame, where they were "first in peace, first in war and first In the hearts of their countrymen." "The good Knights are dust, And their good swords are rust. And their vouls are with the saints, we trust." June 9. 1909. Mrs. Henrietta Lemon, wife of Mr. J. Thomas Lemon, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Adam Douglass on Russoll street on Sun day afternoon, after a long illness. She was laid to rest on Monday morning in Sunnyside Cemetery, her funeral service being conducted at the grave. Sad Death. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.] PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY Olli REPORTERS. What is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. Mr. Frank Dukes on yesterday morning filled a petition in volun tary bankruptcy. Mr. Marcus Smith, son of Senator Smith, is visiting at the residence of his" uncle, Rev. C. 13.' Smith. The grand opening of the A. 'W. L. of this city has been postponed from tonight to tomorrow night. The entrance examinations to the Clemson Agricultural College will be held at the Court House on Fri day, July 2, at nine o'clock. Sir. William Bennett left last week for Charleston, (from which place he will sail for England, where he goes on a visit to relatives. A team from this city went over to Denmark last week and played several games of ball. We under stand that our team won two out of three. Mr. James LeRoy Murphy, of Charleston, is visiting at the borne of his uncle, Mr. Jas. L. Sims. Mr. Murphy is connected with the firm of H. G. Leiding Company, of Char leston. The Civic League held an impor tant meeting at the residence of Mrs. A. C. Ligon on yesterday afternoon. The members of the league asks that the ladies of the city who are not now members will please join, as the league wants all me help In their work that they can get. Mr. Miles O'Riley. of North, will speak this evening In the Court House on Prohibition. The local chapter of temperance workers will assist in the music, and Miss Chris tie Belle Livingston will sing Fev ern! solos, including the "Ninety and Nine.' A full house is expect ed to greet Mr. O'Riley. GRAND OPPORTUNITY To See the Pacific Coast and the Alaska-Youkan Exjosition. The best and mtost 'inexpensive way to see the Pacific Coast and tbe Great Western country this summer, and take in the Alaska-Youkan Ex position, opened June lit, is to "Go as you please, pay as you go, stay as long as October 31st, if you de sire." Why not spend your own money? Why not plan your own trip and go in comfort, and when it suits you? This may be done by planning-your trip over the SOUTHERN RAILWAY, in connection with an individual .party leaving the Carolinas July 3rd, on the individual expense plan, which will cost you about half as much as a fixed expense excursion tour. Jnly 3rd Route. Southern Railway, Goldsboro to Harrlman Junction; Queen & Cres cent, Harriman Junction to Dan ville, Ky.; Southern Railway, Dan ville, Ky., to St. Louis, Mo.; Wabash R. R., St. Louis to Kansas City, Mo.; Union Pacific, Kansas City to Den ver; Denver & Rio Grande, Denver to Salt Lake City; S. P. L. A. & S. L.? FMt Lake City to Los Angeles. Round Trip Railroad Rute?. Going via any ticketing route selected and returning via any tick eting route as desired. Vit Portland, Seattle and San Francisco or vice versa, going or re turning one way via Portland and Seattle. From. Goldsboro. $99.75 Greensboro. 99.73 Durham. 99.75 Columbia. 98.20 Orangeburg. 98.20 Greenwood. 96.6f> Rock Hill. 98.35 Anderson. 96.10 Raleigh. 99.75 Salisbury. 99.75 Charlotte. 99.7.r. Greenville. 99.75 Charleston. 99.75 Newberry. 97.45 Chester. 98.35 Sumter. 99.75 Rates quoted from other points on application. Tickets limited to October 31st. 1909. and permit stop-overs all points west of Chicago or St. Louis. Tickets on sale daily to September 29th. 1909. Lower round trip rates to and from California quoted on application. Before completing arrangements for your trip give us an opportunity to talk with you about the details of it, quote you best and cheapest way to see them. Write to representative as follows: J. C. LUSK. I). P. A.. Charleston, S. C. Beware of Ointment* for Catarrh That Contains Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range the whole system when enter ing it through the mucous surface. Such articles should never bo used except on proscriptions from reputa ble physicians, as the damage they will do i.s ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. ()., con tains no mercury, and Is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon tne blood and mucous surface of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Top tlmonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation.