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X \ I PAGES . v ' \ UAL SPECIAL 1 < , TRADE EDITION 5 -*< o X VOL.XXXVL WALTE RBORO, S. C WEDNESD A Y OCTOBER 1,1913 • X >1 NO. 7. FKAVD IN ELECTION SAKS GRACE; TISSUE OF LIES REPLIES X X ' A Washington dispatch to the > News and Coarier, dated Sept. 2«. ■ajs Mayor John P. Grace of Charles* tea on that date personally presented to the Bpeeher ef the House of Rep resentatives a petition asking for an investigation of the right of Congress man Richard S. Whaley to his seat,' , and making sweeping charges against Mr. Yhaley In connection with his ; nomination last spring and his ex- pease.,statements to-the clerk of the House. Although the petition urged that a special committee be appoint to make .the investigation. Spea Clark referred the paper in thp^way to the elections Comm.ittee.yand it eras hot mentioned at ail ir> 'the* pro- ' tradings of the day. The/full text of ' the document flled by S^yor Grace is as follows: / “To the Honors hie. the Speaker of the House of Representatives, gnd the Congress ^ the United States: The petition^ of your petitioner re- • apectfullyahows: . “FituK Tbrit ** Mayor of the cjty of Charleston, and a duly ed elector in the First Cor.xr »*- 1 district of South' Carolina; for manv years he has been 'sX-'closely identified with the nemocratlc v party, taking part in its club meet ings, conventions, ptimarre*. am! ft the election of its can 1.dates: by reason of which he has gained an in timated no sledge of the politifs of his sectidu. and is qualified to swear that the allegations hereinafter mode either on personal knowledge or on information anodelief are true. ••Second. TharVTetofore. to-wit, on the SIst day of .iXuary, IMS. the Hoo. George S. l>-gare that X Re^resen- iugly, swear falsely in tpking any oath required by law. and adminis tered by any person directed or* per mitted by law to administer such oath shall be deemedyguilty of perjury, and. on conviction, incur the pains and penalties m that offence.” • , "That In our petitioner, allege* that und^r the plain meaning of said sectioiy^and under the decisions'of the Supreme Court ot South Carolina, Mr/Whaley, by filing hi* wilfully and owtpgly false sworn statements n order to obtain bis seat in. Con gress, committed four separate and deliberate and felonious perjuries. "Ninth. That MK . Whaley now sits in Congress, therefore, because he openly bought his nomination *nd election by going out upon the high ways and by way and debauching the electorate, and by using ever twelve times as muth as the maxi mum of money allowed by law, in avoidance of the consequences of which he afterwards committed four felonious perjuries. "Wherefore, your petitioner prays that the matter of Mr. Whaley** right to his seat in Congress be invea tigated, *pd that he be expelled from that body’‘if the allegations contained in this petition be found to be true and for such and other further relief in the premises as to your honorable body may seem just. "State of South Carolina: 0 . "T’-crsonally appeared before mo John P. Grace, who made oath thftt the foregoing petition is true of his own knowledge except as to such mht- ters as are belief and as to those mat tors he believes to be trne. "John P. Grace.” Sworn to and subscribed before OUR FALL TRADE EDItlON. We ofTer our readers this week our Special Fall Trade Edition of sixteen pages. The desire-on our part to present t<\ our readers the advantages of the-different business houses of the town has caused us to double the size of our paper. In addition to the special sales which are in progress, many of. the merchants are offering special inducements to the trade, and this week will be a great trade week in Walterboro. Our readers are particularly urged to read all of the advertisements in this issue, for, by doing so, they will acquaint themaelves with unusual offerings by leading merchants. v * • > * V. x - • „ * ‘ ' This issue also contain* more reading matter than usual, and we present for the flrat time a letter from our Columbia correspondent. \By special arfangement, 1 we have secured the service of one of the best newspaper writers in the State, who will represent us at the Capitol. He will furnish us each week the latest news from Columbia, much of ^hich will appear in no other newspaper. \Xx ^ , • ■- J We are forced also to say i word concerning the work which we have done during the laat week. Your paper reaches you at the usual time, but our force. Since Thursday of last week has printed and delivered 23,000 circulars from three different forms, one of which was two pafres in size, the others being one page in size. In addition to this we have^lone much job work, and are giving you a paper double'in site this week. - All of this has re quired much night work and additional expense, and \ve trust that you will eh joy your paper immensely this week. We have had the assistance for three days of Mr. E. Frank Hammond of Beaufort, well and favorably known here as a newspaper man of competence and; experience. .. X STRONG MESSAGE TO FARMERS FROM STATE PRESIDENT E. W. DABBS To the Parmer* of the state: Lettefa end. telegram* have been coming to me, a* the head of the Farmer^’ Union, requesting action can be made effective in the busim world. But aome one *111 any. "We can not hold our aeed or our cotton; we about the extortionate price of cotton need money to pay our debt*.” a- have heard tbla often before and ex- pecMo hear it again. , Sometimes aa an individual you can not borrow the- money to withhold your crops. 'I know this to be a fact as well anyone else doe*. But have yo.u to organise? Have you tried your crops and have aome good bust* neas min among you* or a committee of yoar best men,- make these ar rangement* for you? I know of In- baggjng and ties and (he low price of cotton seed, coupled with what era thought to be discriminating regula tion* agreed on by tbe Crushera* as sociation gad the rommtssloaer of Agriculture. • I have tried to answer ell. but as my answers go only, to in- suirers, I wish to any through the papers that I see only two things to do. As W bagging and ties: buy only enough to wrap, the first green cotton »l|. the same at eurrent prices of 1-4 to 14. cents, and arrange to btances where this has'been done to t * live l irf l Xvlnc • this 1Tth da > °. f September. 1^12 • X. I "W. Turner Logan. '* % X trict of South Carolina, dic'd, leaving a vacancy in Congress. • w •Third. That thcrcaft r. - tht 4lb day of February. l.'V. toVsrit. (Seal) "Notary Public,- S. C. X X per il. S. Whaley arinounoed bis* tahd;>^ XISSUK OK LIES, SAVS WHALLV. daev to' fill said vaiancy, and begau ^, njiresKnill|1 Declares Mayor U Ac n cinvass for the Democratic nom ination. simultaneously circulating throughout the district, a* your peti tioner is informed and beReves. that whoever Entered th« «<* m . b * prepared to out-epgnd him in money. Intelligence of Vhicft epeeedlly re- nolved tbe campaign into one of un precedented vote-selling. ^ . V x^rourth. That at stated times be fore and after any primary or election for Congress., each candidate *• re quired by Federal law to file.cnftatn sworn statements of expense*, etc., showing that the cost of »ucb primary and election has not exceeded $5,000 In the aggregate Jn pursuance of which Mr. Whaley filed four state ments now on the file In the office x»f the Clerk of the House^ot Repres- entatives. reference to,*hich is here by craved as often a* may be neces sary. and which are hereby made part of this petition. , \ “Fifth.^That the 1st Congress ional district of South Carbina is composed of five counties, inhabited preponderantly by negroes: for the exclusion of whose partioipaticq in politics it is the custom by common consent for white men to settle their differences in the Democratic pri mary: the nomination in which is equivalent to an election: that there wtre in round numbers but twelve thousand votes cast, in the Pemo- craitc primary, in these counties, in which Mr. Whaley was nominated, distributed in, the five (founties as follows: In Charleston County ID Colleton County . In Clarendon Cuonty An Berkley. Coitnty itt Dorchester County C.lfiS votes , l.fib? vote* ."1,519 votes ] 95s ybta*^ tasted by Pei -onal Hostility.^ Washington . September 24.— SpecialWhen Mr. Whaley was asked abemt the petition' filed by Mayor J. P. Grace, he characterized Ike allegations as a,, tissue of lie* g tV ehd. Continuing Mr. Whaley saidk . “Tha people -of ^outh. Carolina and the City of Charleston know this to be a fact. If for no other rehgon than that the allegations ar«-fathered by Mayor Grace, whose reputationX* a character thief, and whose vile position to me, politically'and sonally. is well known to the people of the Stkte and district. “The man whom I defeated for the nomination, Mr. Hughes, has made no protest, although he could h*r* made such a protest to the State board of canvassers, and the House of Representatives in. the proper way. If he is complaining, his complaint ha* not been made knowtf, and I take it tbat be. the real, man tn in terest. whp naturally knew best- the situation’and election, otherwise he would be the contestant in this mat? fer, X x -. ' X v ”1 contess no surprise at the]*Ction of Mayor Grace: he. is my, political and personal .enemy, live personal and political enemy of my family for years, and it if*.another evidence of The vindictive and unrelenting character of the man who happens, by accidenvio be the Maybr of Cahr- leston. Mayor Grace lias r.n unor ganized aud insane mind, thinks like a house afire and js about as destrve- prte and illogical. He has ambit iotK ml and lotos power as much as any man pq this county at any time. He is a chronic i sftV’totes 1 have, ever seen • 1,e •' office-seeker, having run for the State ciency as the Representative 6( the First district. Mi? eleven yeafs is .n Representative in the State Legisla ture of South ('arolina: my four years as clialrman of the judiciary oonfmlttee of that body; my one yeaf as Speaker pro tern, and four years as Speaker of that body, are .evidence of the esteem and respect and confi dence in which I am held by the peo ple of South Carolina. The furfhe-r evidence of this esteem is shown-iu my,Muwimoijs election as presldcpt of the State DemocnMic roi>vept*on in 19lb aha my ele^Uon last year as a delegate to the ^Baltimore Conven tion. j / / ' ' The charges of- Mayor Grace are Baptist ChurrH. ^’ounty^ > At Hi First The Colleton .<'ouqty Baptist W(W man's Mission ary Convention will rbn- tern* with the Fij*V Baptist Chun h ii>Tt Fridaty, tlte 3rd. and continue through Sunday morning. There will he.a morning and afternoon Ses sion each-daX All the ladtcs of the tov h are invited to 4tttendx these S'/fvj/'es. ^ The mission ary sermon will^bp pry.'o-hed Sunday at 11 o’clo« k a. in At thp night service Pastor J. C. Col- iutn will preach'a specia isermon to U.e young men of Walterboro. His subject will-be>The Young Man an<l What He\Opght to Be.” The choir will rendpr some very special music q«lt until such time as the bagging and ties can be bought at fair prices. Pick the mature cotton and store in the seed until you win the fight—tw<. fights to win in this, lower baggings agd tie* and higher cqttpn. Spend all the time you can saving hay and sow ing winter cover crops for-hay next year to come in the last of March prtil the first of ApriL^Or two month* be fore the oat ctep. . „ X As to cotton seed: Sell the seed that are In danger of heating as fast as ginned. , Store in dry places all the,i>alahce so as to'have them abso- utely sound, and wait untR we see •bow much th emarktt foF the meal oil and hulls will warrant the mills paying. It looks to me like $40 will soon be a fair pries for sound seed, and the market may go higher. "Peo ple must eat; they must-be olothed.” Do not be in a hurty. brother farm ers. to market your crops. Take lime to put them in the most attractive shapes. And while you. on the one ing in quaqtities.' the satisfaction of all concerned. I know that tbe oil mills would like to deal directly with the farmer. If 1m will Join with his neighbors to make the deals of site to warrant.' If you can not. or will not. do this: if you can not. or will not, organise and stick together .there la no use (or you to call on me. or on the State and National Unions, or the members ot Congress to help you. The State and National officletf^dt the Farmers’ Union are ready to give’ you all the help you need towards' organization, but we must insist that you, upon whom these burdens are fallin|:. take steps to meet us half way. " We are' planning for the or ganization of»a rural ertdit system in South Carolina thaLwill giv? our peo ple everything that is best in the old world systems adapted to cur condi tions. ;We are planning for a prac tical purchasing, agency thr.t will give to every member the benefits of buy- hftnd. refuse to glut the markets, or* the other hand . remember that-the “people must eat and must be cloth ed.” and see to it that as far ?)s you qre concerned they have a suffic iency ot. your products to satisfy the;r needs, at reasonable prices.* x (it all your planning, take time to organise your local'unious, awl time to meet from week to week at the local school houst to study and dis cuss these and kindred subjects that irritatii,;, naturally, but tboM wnbjat tbla service. Everybody ,is cor- pertain io your welfare bnd the proe* f parity of the souirtry. .8jick tadlvid- understafid the sUuftlen and know the fact*, realise that they are in spired by the desperation of a man a hose admitted ambitien was to come to Congress, and who iealiz“Mb*t my election destroys absolutely the pros pect of tbe realisation of that am bition. He Is merely playing a hand guided by a mind obsessed and in-_ saned by personal hostility to me. d 1 am willing and ready to rest m> v case upoft the facta.” COMPANY “K" TO BE RE-IN * RPECTED ON OCT. I<arge Attewdauce of Members De sired by the Officers of the . ,X CArmpany Some time ago Compaftj ‘ K” (f the Third regiment. S. C’. N O was Inspected by State and national, of ficers, but.failed to pass the inspec tion. Company."K". along ^jtit several other,rompanies iri the Statr. was granted Additional-time in whU.:i to meet the resuirements of th * Na tional government. Accorciinflv ti» re-inspection will take peace on FjX diaUy Invited to come and worship with ns. Kiser-Grave.'. , * • ——-SMS Married, at the home of Claudo A. Graves, the brother of the groom, on yesterday, James Edgar Omve* of/Hendersonville, to Mifts Maude Y. Kiser of Virginia. Only s few rel atives were present. The Rtv. J. C. Collam officiated at the ceremony. The happy couple will leave Walter boro tomorrow for their future home at Hendersonville. / Mrs. Graves is a beautiful and ac complished Virginia girl and has many friend* jn Colleton. Mr Graves is a young man af much promise and holds an important position wirh the Hilton Dodge . Lumber Corapahy. Their many friend* will wish fo* the young/couple mariy v 3 rear8 of'happi ness. We are planning for practical mar keting of t-<Vur produce, and a system .»f warehouses to handle your cotton and- seed. We have much worked out along these lines. Your attitude will determine whether we succeed or not. I{ you are Interested send State Secretary J. Whttner Reid. Columbia. S: C.. a list of your neighbors who* wil) join to organize a local union. He will then arrange to go or to send an' organizer at tt.e most con venient times to cover the most ap pointments with the Akast travel. ; - ual and neighborhood work la worth t "W* have the goods. Will yqu let us deliver them? A woiR to the wise * • .r £tstFiss savva* ^w m mm w w more than all the conventionh that can be held. 'And ft is ba such work that the larmers’ Union can best aid jrou, and that my effortamnd the ef fort* of the State and National Unions is sufficient.” E. W. DABBS. Pres. S. C. State Farmers* Union. V Mayesville. S. C., Sept. 13, ItlZ. n. PUNS BEING LAID FOR A'GREAT FAIR -i day. Oct. 10th. This is one of the most irnt'Xuit events of the year IhJSyalteXX. rm i the business interests of the td'vn should see to it that no os»U;i'los If thrown in the way of the’raeril.M r* in attending the inspection, for .t military orgRnization may i’c needco Tots jY, I2.K50 votej of which on,the (kco qf^c returns Mr Whaley obtained $.298 \otes. Git thereupon |lr ;/Whaley was declared the nominee » f 1he Demo cratic party and U» » which wa* held on April 1?L • Mr. Whaley wa* elected wUhout o ^' position to fill the unexpired ternn That in order to obtain these •votes as your petitoner is informed •nnd beHeves. Mr Whaley spent in the first and second primaries an the campaign! incident thetjto not less than alxty thousand (MMOOt dollars, or aa everage of about ten <910) dollars for each TOt *- “Sixth.. That notwlthaUndlng wnch exceaaive use of money, an* because a* kbove oat fbrth no. was required by r<?dpral . oath, to file sutements showing thst be spent not over fire thousand f$5,0001 dollars, your petitioner si lexes Mr Whaley wilfully and know- filed false .wort statement, with the clerk of tbe House of R epre •entitles, showingthathespealslto rnther only the turn of $4,533 iu ••Seventh. That In filing such statements Mr. Whaley. In each in stance wilfully and knowingly made maXk (administered by a person p*r- — IM wd by law to administer such ,) to the truth of sbmothing A ba knew was absolutely fhlaa; the* such wilfully and knowing ly false oaths wore made only be- |0 state the truth would be to wxclude him from qualtfytag and tak ing his seat in Congress. “Eighth. That Boetloa S3, of the Criminal Code of South Carolina la as Polio ws: l \XfWboover shall, wilfully aad know wkkfii he knew andthi Senaso and being overwhelbifngly defeated, then ran for sheriff, and Was overwhelmingly defeated by the people of his own county, who knew him best. Then my brothw-ln-law, x-Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett, was cah- didate for the United States Senate, and Mr. Gracq entered the race with the avowed purpose only of defeating my brother-in-law. He canvassed every county in the State, and yet his purpose was so plainly vindictive and vituperative that his total veto did not exceed two thousand In the entire State. Re than ran for Mayor of the City of Charleston and by ev- e>y artifice known to the demagogue, and, by every appeal to passion and prejudice, succeeded in winning this positioner one hundred and eighty votes. He h** never been, and Is not. now. the choice- of the progressive business people of the City of Cha rleston. He is a disturber and a dan gerous iconoclast, who seeks to tear down, without pointing ont how to build up. * ^ "His opposition to me is not sur prising. for I have regarded his meth ods as dangerous andAave. therefore, opposed him with all the strength of which I am poaaeaaed. His campaign against me last-spring "was vicious, and evidently moved by personal hos tility to me and my family. His can didate was defeated by a clear ma jority of th* un trammeled Democracy of the dtftrtet, and hi* action at this time is an evidencevof th* fact that h* Is disgruntled, sore, desperate aad wiltfag by Implication to befoul hi* bwuAeeL “As far a* I am concerned, t regret that these dirty aad malicious charge* should be flled against me^but I shell not let them Interfare with my efll* YvcrybodV is to bi^r in mind .the Oct. IDt^. asked t » date, b«*ar m Friday. O Sw oak-Yarn. A marriage Which caused (onsi'f erable surprise w*ap that of Lugie Snioak to MrX^avld Yarn, nf the home of Mr^ G. J.varn Sunday afternoon at:5 o’clock liX* 16 P r ‘'" ence of a few friends and relatives. Miss Smosk is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smosk. Mr. Yarn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Yarn, a saccessful farmer and merchant, both of Shi ioh section. The bride was attired in a white costume and wore * buqch of bride s roses. Mr. and Mrs.. Yarn will nahe their home among their relative f"-^ and friends in Yarntown. The parlor was beautifully decor ated with ferni ana roses. The cere mony was performed by <S. J. Yarn notary public. — . We wish for them s long and happy life. At The Fir*t Ha|»ll»t < hutth. ‘ Dr. M. W. Reach, a graduate of the South Carolina Medic;.! Col- j lege, of the class of 1913, will locate in Walterboro for the practice of medicine. Dr. Beach, since gradua tion, has been engaged with'the Ro per Hospital as One of th«> sta'r offi cer*. • Dr.,H?ach is already in Wal terboro, ami‘will begin practice at once. Dr. Beach is a Colleton boy. ot.e who has applied himself indnstr-ious fly, and a man who won distinction in his class at the medical college-. He has many friends liehe who will be delighted to know that he has de cided to cast his lot in the county of his birth. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Moorer arrived in the city Sqnday. after an exten sive bridal tour through the Eas'iyn States, and a portion of Canada. Mr. apd Mrs. Moorer were married :n Tazewell, Ba., i»n September Ibth. Mrs. Moorer Ur pleasantly remember ed here as Mias AUi* Orey Buchanan, who spent- the winter here a few years ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Moorer have many friends in Colleton county who-will wish for them tbe best and happiest there 1* is life. <** •. [ Hugo S. Strickland, county super intendent of education, wa* called to Amoaks yesterday on account of tbs (Tineas of his mother. r Mrs. 8. B. Saunders left Monday for Charleston, where she wiil under go treatment In one of the hospitals there: H^r many friends will wish for her an immediate recovery. * * * Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Grace. Jr., of Charleston are valting relatives in the qity. ’• • • c v Mrs. E. T. H fc 8h*ff*r k .an<l daugh ter, Jane, have returned home, after epeading the summer ip Greenville and their summer home in Saluda, Mr. and Mrs. L. Bellinger of Hen- deraonvtlle were in town today. •. w • - Tbe many friends of J. 8. Jackson will regret to know that b e 1* • 4 * r *' oualy 111 ai hia home here. . 1 - • * * 8. Finn spent Thursday last In Charleston. * M. B. Padgett of Mt. Carmel was among the prominent Colletoniatia who spent Saturday in town. 7 r -• W • • We underetand tbat cotton sold at Wtlltame-oa Friday of last ewek at 14 1 $ conts certainly the helghl, of tha market for this season in Col leton county. Jasper M. Smith. Sr., of Smoaka, a member of tb* board of directory of tho State penitentiary, spent todal Ik Walterboro. 7 ■ • • • • *4 V. M. Polk. Sr., a prominent citi sea of Islaadtoa, was la town today. The Fifth Annual Colleton Couniy Fair, t o\»e held at Wilterboro from the fourth to .the seventh of Novem- berj<will eclipse ail other fairs yet 'faMd hege. is the opinion of »he qf-j filers of the Association. All are now hard at work for the great event, and all preparations will be completed several days In advance of the open ing of the Fair. N !t is expected that larger crowds will attend this year than ever before, and w rare progrUm will be given them, \ ■ If. is hoped that the areoplar. • ex- hlisttions may,be given Cliis year, and a contract is now under consideration ihoking *0 that end- Announcement will be jrtade wilhin the next few days, ' The following letter has been sent *0 several newspapers in this section of the State, and large crowds are expected froiw other counties: • • "Tfie fifth annual Colleton County Fair, to I" 1 held at Walterboro front Tuesday to Frida'. November 44o 7. J and plans are being made looking to , the largest event of its kind.yet held in the lower section of South Caro lina. -Exhibitor* from *i| the adjoin ing counties. a%.well as from this county, will have on exhibition their best along agricultural and live stock lines, and competent judges will award prizes aggregating over $1,000 in cash. * An n ttr » <>,,v * P ro * gram has been arranged for tbe ex cellent (rack of the Association, and this event Alone will be a great draw ing card, , * For the flrat time in the history of the Folleton Coupty Fair and aero plane exhibition will be given twice dally by a competent aviator of nar tional reputation.« This is a venture seldom inaugurated by county fairs and the people of this section ef South Carolina will have an excellent/ opportunity, at comparativey low cost, to witness air ships in flight un der the management of tbe world's best trained aviators. . X The speakiag prognfBTfbr the Fair is one of the strongest that could have been selected, and the manage ment-is peculiarly fortunate in that all of the lavited speakers have stg- niflel their iptention of being present. On' the opening day of the Fair Governor Cole L. Bleaae will deliver an address and his frteads through out this section will be delighted to hear him. On Wednesday, which to designated as Agricultural Day at the Fair, the Hon. E. D. Smith. United States Sen ator, win speak, and his presence will add much to the success of th* occasion. r.u u< Hi iuiiui grueralty the county tional prog- Education Day has been set for Thursday and the speakers on ths£ occation will be Dr. J. Walter -Din- lei, presiding elder of thi* circuit of the Methodist Church," and the Hon. J. E. Swearingen. State Super intendent of Education. Educational Day will be observed throughout this section of and on lliat day the edoratioual prog ress of this section of the fna‘e wiU he pictured in exhibits, from ichool rooms aud Imthe happy faces of thmi- hands of school children. Friday will be known as Negro’ Day. and on 'that occation the prog ress of thp colored people in this sec- tloft of -dhe country will be shown? The Rev, Richard Carroll, one of th* fpremost negroes of the South, will be the speaker on that day. Colleton County, alive.w ith a spirit of progress, desires to show to the people of the State the untold oppor tunities which may be found, and a visit to this Fair will prove not only interesting, but will open the eyes af hundreds of people to th** vast op- portunties of Colleton County and the costal section of South Carolina tn general. Primarily a fair of Colleton, yet the management has endeavored to mak eit a-eostal section fair and ail the counties adjoining will be represented. / Colleton At the Presbyterian Church The services at the Preshvtorian church next Sunday morning will be the regular , quarterly communion aervice. Preparmtory aervic# Thurs day afternoon at 5 o’clock. Th« Chriatlan Endeavor Society will meet Friday night at 8 o’clock. The topic will be "Giving, a Mis s.ionary Essential at Home ana Abroad." All the young peopls of the town are invited. Next Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock will be "Rally Day” In the Sunday achobl. A special proram will be carried out. The public is Invited to the service. ■ D. R. Hiott. section master for the A. C. L. railroad, left Monday for Charleston, -where he underwent aa operation 4or appendicitis. Mr. Hiott to very popular In Railroad circles, and*his many frlehds will sympathise with him in his trouble. .s— 999 The -many friends of Miss Hattie Glover will be delighted to know that she h*s returned home after aador- going aa operation In Charleatoir. Her friends are delighted to keow that she to well oa the read to re covery.