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KEOWEE COURIER ( ESTABLISH MD 184?.) Published Every Wednesday Morn tug iTuta. ripUon $1 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By ?TECK, SHELOR Sk SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WADDAIiliA, S. a.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1013. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL ! With this Issue of The Courier we begin the new year of 1913. Nine teen hundred and twelve, with all its joys and sorrows, has past and gone -numbered among the things that were, but are not. I<et us all profit by the mistakes of the year that has gone and build better and bigger for the year that has just begun.? Forget the old sorrows, the old vices, thc bad temper, and step away off where no one will seo you at the unpleasant task, and there bury your old 1912 "grouch." Be cheerful and happy, do something worth while, make an honest effort to add some brightness and gladness to those about you and to tho world at large. To each of our subscribers, our pa troons far and near-to everybody everywhere - we commend Ella Wheeler Wilcox's pithy lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you ; Weep, and you weep alone, For this sad old earth must borrow its .Mirth, But has trouble enough of its own." At this the very beginning of the new year we propose this broad and comprehensive toast to thc people of our county, our State and our na tion : "Health - Happiness-Love" what more can we want? "Here's luck to all those that we love, Here's luck to all Hmso that love us; Here's luck to all those that love them That love those that love thom that love us." And If there's another human he possibilities ot' the good year ty 13 ne the portion of each ono' READY FOR PARCELS POST. The post oillce officials at Walhalla have been supplied with all the nec essary stamps, instructions, etc., in cident to the putting into operation at this point the parcels post, which began active operation all over tho United States this morning, January 1. Those who have figured that the parcels post system would be so rami fied, complicated and cumbersome as to make Its every-day use Im practicable will soon find that no such condition will prevail. Llko every other new thing, it will have its Intri cacies at first, but, like everything else, it will be found to be "easy when you know bow." Within a sur prisingly short time the rates of post age on pam ls, under the new law, will be as easily understood and mas tered as are the various classes of regular postage. And the pnreels post, like the rural free delivery, we are sure, ls here to stay. Some of us may be a bit leery of the thing at present, but should the government a year hence with draw the service from operation, we will hear a wail of disappointment from the public tho Uko of which has not been heard. But the govern ment is not going to do any such thing, you may be sure. (Jet your parcela ready and let your Uncle Sam hand them around to whomsoever you may direct, and you will soon find tlt.it the old express system was so fogy, and slow, and cumbersome, and expensive, that you will have to take a vacation to won der how we ever got along without the parcels post. Killed by C. Ai W. O. Train. Greenwood, Dec. 28.-Dr. C. L. Kennedy, a well-known physician of Troy, this county, was run over and killed by a passenger train on the Charleston and Western Carolina rail way, below Troy, Thursday night. Dr. Kennedy was alone in his buggy when struck on the crossing. Tho horse was killed and the buggy torn to pieces. Dr. Kennedy was badly broken up, hut was not. mangled. The accident hnppened about 200 yards from his home, two miles below Troy. He ls survived by his wife and seve ral children. If your children aro subject to attacks of croup watch for the first symptoms-hoarseness. Give Cham berlain's Cough Remody as soon as the child becomes hoarse and the at tack may be warded off. For sale by all dealers. adv. 88 OUT OP 40 ARE CONVICTED. Long Dynamite Trial End? in Sweep ing Government Victory. Indianapolis, Dec. 28.-The United States government, with stern and decisive swiftness, to-day took Into its possession thirty-eight union la bor officials convicted of conspiracy, of promoting explosions on non-union work throughout tho land, of aiding in the destruction which brought loss -* life at Los Angeles, Cal., and of *. ir.-ying on a reign of terror declared to be unparalleled In tho history of the country. Almost tho entire executive staff of the International Association of Bridge and Structural iron Workers was convicted. Only two officials of t hat union now remain out of jail. At the head of the list of those con victed stands Frank M. Ryan, .the (?resident. It was of this union, with 12,000 Diembers, thai John J. McNamara was secretary-treasurer while ho con ducted the dynamitings, out of which tlie present convictions grew. To-day's convictions, coming on a scale unprecedented in a Federal court, wore an aftermath of the kill ing of twenty-one persons In the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building on October 1, 1910. John J. McNamara and his brother James, the Times dynamiters, are convicts In California; Ryan and h:.s fellow offi cials, former associates of McNamara, are Federal prisoners here awaiting sc ntence. Tveltnioe Among Convicted? Two of those convicted were not affiliated with the Iron Workers' Un ion, but they were found guilty of Joining with the Iron workers' offi cials in promoting the conspiracy. One of these is Olaf A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco, a recognized labor leader on the Pacific coast, the testimony against whom was that ho aided.ju causing explosions at Los Angeles}, wrote letters about thom and refer red to them as "Christmas presents" after the fatal Times explosion1,' arid that he aided in concealing evidence wanted In California. He ls secre tary of the California Building Trades Council. Miram R. Kline, Muncie. Ind.. tho other member of another union con victed, was formerly an organizer for the United Brotherhood of Carpen ter? and Joiners In Detroit. Another token of the Los Angeles explosion came in the conviction of J. K. .Munsey, who was charged by the government with harboring Jas. B. McNamara for two weeks In Salt Lake City while that dynamiter was fleeing from the scene of his crime. Many of those convicted were charged with knowing only of local explosions on the work of contract ors who refused to recognize the un ion, but were thus brought into the general conspiracy. Ryan and I lock in. Frank M. Ryan, John T. Butler, vice president of the union, Buffalo; $1.01)0 a mont!', with which McNa mara paid for explosions. Herbert S. Hockin, who resigned as secretary of the union only a few weeks ago, who was branded as the "Iago of the conspliacy," in having helped to instigate the plots and em ploying Ortie E. McManigal to carry then) out, while afterwards "betray ing his fellow conspirators" to pro mote lils own interests, stands among the most prominent of those con victed. He figured almost daily in the testimony. Sixteen minutes was all tho time required by the court to receive the jury, read its verdict of "thirty-eight guilty and two not guilty" and dip miss the jurors. That verdict brought to an end the historical three months' dynamite conspiracy trial, lt meant, except In the cases of Herman G. Seiffert, Mil waukee, and Daniel Buckley, Daven port, Iowa, who were the two men out of 40 to be adjudged "not guilty," that the "government's charges about dyna mite plots extending over six year., had been sustained. IN-cper Meaning to Many. It meant also that thirty wives, many of whom with their children patiently had sat through the long drawn-out ordeal, were at last to be separated from their husbands. important details yet remain In consequence of the verdicts. Punish ments are to be imposed upon the 38 men by Federal Judge Albert B. Anderson on Monday at 10 ! m. Prisoners who receive terms longer than on?> year are to he taken to the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan sas. A special train will go by a se cret rou te. Details as to its time of leaving Indianapolis and its arrival at Leavenworth are not to be made public. lt was learned that United States Marshal Edward Schmidt, who will accompany the prisoners,'already has prepared for a special train, which will leave as soon as possible after the sentences. A delay in the arrangements may bc occasioned by appeals which, may act as stays on the execution of the court's judgments. Thirty-nine and one-half years ls the maxi mum punishment for any one prisoner. It may vary from that maximum to any shorter imprison ment or money fine tho court may wish to Impose. Anguish of Women and Children. Outside the jail there was enacted, a scene in which joy played no part. It had to do with the wives, sisters and children of the defendants. That verdict delivered in the som bre court room In so brlof a time struck first silence and then an out burst of hysterical sobbing among the women who, for months, had hoped for a different result. Some of tho women attempted to climb over the railing which separated them from that part of the room where sat the defendants. Arms appealingly were stretched forth. Mrs. Frank J. Higgins, of Boston, fainted as she saw her husband led away. Tho children of o hers began to cry, but the orders of the court were Inexorable. ". lear the court room " demanded Marshal. Schmidt;, who, with a staff of special deputies, had thirty-eight pairs of handcuffs rsady. Hut a scene almost like a page from Victor Hugo was yet to be wit nessed on the streets in the terrorized faces and frenzied gesticulations of those who followed in the wake of the procession to the jail. Three men abreast, a prisoner handcuffed with a deputy on each side, Hie procession Itself almost a half-block long, marched through crowded streets, among crowds that looked on in silence. It was as silent as a pantomime, save far in the rear. There, rushing and trying to keep u.?, were the wo men who had become confused in emorging from the Federal building, and who were Inquiring the way to the jail. Many o? the women elbowed through tho crowds, courageously keeping the pace set by the prise .era ahead, but others lagged behind or lost their way. At the county jail relatives and associates of the pris oners appeared in such great num bers that lt was Impossible to admit them. Convicted on All Charges. All the men were convicted on all the charges. These included one charge of conspiracy to violate the laws of tho United States, carrying a maximum Imprisonment of two years, and twenty-five charges of transporting explosives Illegally, each of the latter charges carrying a maxi mum Imprisonment of eighteen months. The charges against each defendant are embraced In fifty-two counts in the indictment. Originally 54 Defendants. Originally fifty-four men were in cluded In the charges. Eight de fendants after the trial began were discharged on the ground that no cases existed against them. John J. McNamara, secretary of the Iron Workers' Union, the "paymaster of the dynamiting crew," and James B. McNamara, who blew up the Los Angeles Times building, were not tried because they were serving terms in San Quentin prison in California on their pleas of guilty. John J. McCray, who was formerly a member of the Iron Workers' exec utive board, and who, when last known, was living at Wheeling, W. Va., never was found. Unniel J. Brophy, New York, had a broken leg when tho trial began on October 1 and his trial was deferred. Ortie E. McManigal, confessed dy namiter and the government's chief witness, and Edward Clark, of Cin cinnati, pleaded guilty at the open ing of the trial. Thus the number was reduced to forty. Tho Verdict. "We, the jury, find the defendants, Frank M. Ryan, Herbert S. Hockin, Eugene A. Clancy, John T. Butler, Michael J. Young, Henry W. Legleit ner, Phllap A. Cooley, Frank C. Webb, Olaf A. Tveltinoe, Jack Bright, alias J. E. Munsey; Edward Smythe, Michael i, Cunna . , William E. V . ?au 1 " . ? Uillin?, L-'i;__ ..i, -J . ... k" Beum, W. Bert ?Brown, Frank K. Painter. Patrick F. Farrell. William J. McCain, James Cooney, Richard H. Houlihan, William Shupe, James Coughlln, Frank J. Higgins, James E. Ray, Charles Wachtmeister, Frank J. Murphy, Hiram Kline, guilty as charged In the indictment; and the defendants, Daniel Buckley, Herman G. Seiffert, not guilty, as charged in the Indictment. Frank Dare, fore man." Court Thanks Jory. The Court: Gentlemen of the jury, I do not think it is incumbent upon me to thank any man for performing his public duty, but I cannot, In jus tice to my own feelings, permit you to separate and go to your homes with out expressing the appreciation that I feel for the faithfulness and fidelity and intelligence with which you have performed your duty as jurors in this case. For three months you have been separated from your families and your friends, you have been de nied the privilege of attending to your own business, you have been cut off from all Intercourse with the world, and there has not reached me a single complaint from any juror. All I can say is that you have, In my judgment, |>orfornied a great publie service, that you have done it intelli gently and patriotically, and I want to publicly state to you that these are my sentiments. There are some com pensations for this aside from your conscience of having done your duty. You have doubtless formed associa tions that will last for a life time. There is always a bright side, ano ther side, at least, to these unpleas ant duties of life. The cle'-i* ani| the marshal will at tend to ..our compensation and your mileace, and 'Ith. this expression of the court of ?he very great appr?cia tion which the cot'-t feels for the |>er formalice of youi duty in this case, you are discharged. I want to say further to you that so long as I oc cupy this bench, If any man on this jury ls drawn again for jury service in this court, all he has to do to 'be excused ls to romlnd me of the fact that he served hero. You may be discharged. Sentences Aggregate IUI Years. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30.-Sen tences varying from seven years' Im prisonment in the Federal prison at Leaven worth, Kansas, to one year and one day, and six suspended sen tences, were to-day Imposed upon the thirty-eight labor union officials con victed In the dynamite conspiracy cases. Guilty of Murder. Judge Anderson, after the sen tences had been pronounced, read from the bench a statement, in which ho said: "Tho evidence shows somo o? these defendants to be guilty of mur der, but they are not charged he? with that crime; this court cannol punish them for lt." Terms of Imprisonment were im posed as follows: Frank M. Ryan, president of th? Iron Workers' Union, seven years. Six years each-John T. Butler, Herbert Hockln, Olaf Tveltmoe, Eu gene A. Clancy, Phillp A. Cooley, Mi chael J. Young, J. E. Munsey, Frank C. Webb. Four years each-John H. Barry, Peter J. Smyth. Three years each-Paul J. Morrin, Henry W. Legleltner, Chas. N. Beti m. Michael J. Cunnane, Edw. Smythe, Murray L. Pennell, Wilford B. Brown, Gee. Anderson, Michael J. Hannon, E. G. W. Basey, Wm. J. McCain, Wm. E. Heddin. Two years each-Richard H. Hou lihan, Frank K. Painter, Fred Sher man. One vear and one day each-Wm. Shupe, ".las. E. Ray, Wm. C. Bern hardt, Edw. E. Phillips, Chas. Wacht meister, Fred J. Mooney. Sentences on tho following were suspended: Patrick F, Farrell, New York; Jas. Cooney and Jas. Cough-I lin, Chicago: Hiram R. Kline, Mun cie, Ind.; Frank J. Murphy, Detroit, Mich. Edward Clark, Cincinnati, confess ed dynamiter, who testified for the government, was given a suspended sentence. Ortie E. McManigal, another con fessed dynamiter, was not sentenced at this time. It was through Mc Manlgal's confession and testimony that the famous dynamite plot was unraveled. The sentences carrying "one year and one day" were made In order that the prisoners might be held In Federal prisons, as where sentence of one year or less is imposed the prisoner cannot be sent to Federal prison, but would serve his time in a county jail. Motions Overruled. All motions for new trials for the thirty-eight labor union officials con victed In the dynamite conspiracy cases to-day were overruled by Fede ral Judge Anderson. Motions for arrest of judgment In behalf of all the men also were over ruled. As soon as court convened District Attorney Miller arose and said: "If the court please, the govern ment asks for judgments on the ver dicts." Chester H. Krum, counsel for the prisoners, then addressed the court. "We ask in behalf of all the thirty eight men found guilty that the ver dicts be set aside." "That motion will be Overruled," said Judge Anderson. A Girl's Wild Midnight Hide. To warn people of a fearful forest fire in the Catskill a young girl rode horseback at midnight and saved many lives. Her deed was glorious, but lives are often saved by Dr. King's New Discovery in curing lung trouble, coughs and colds, which might have ended in consumption or pneumonia. "It cured me of a dread ful cough and lung disease," writes W. R. Patterson, Wellington, Texas, "after four in our family had died with consumption, and I gained 87 pounds." Nothing so sure and safe for all throat and lung troubles. Price 50? pnd S?. Trial bottle free. Guar S Ll . N?' PKlf.Hl NAJ/V V m AD ii s un . i vw .... J.1.~ bate Court of Oconee County. Smith Carolina, I will sell, to the highest bidder, at public auction, at office of the late John Joost, on Catherine street, Walhalla, S. C., on Thursday, 16th day of January, 1913, at ll a. m., the goods and chattels belonging to the estate of the late John Joost, deceased, consisting mainly of the following: 1 Safe, r>0 Chicken Coops; 22 Egg Crates, 1 Wheelbarrow, 1 Platform Scale, 1 Spring Scale, 1 Office Chair, lot of Tools and Office Fixtures and Furniture. Terms of Sale: CASH. MARY M. JOOST, Administratrix. January 1, 1913. 1-3 NOTICE OF SPECIAL EXAMINATION. Notice is hereby given that pursu ant to an order of the State Board of Education, a special examination for teachers will bo held at the Court House at Walhalla, on Friday, Janu ary 10th. Examination will begin at nine o'clock a. m. Applicants must fur nish their own pencils and paper. W. C. HUGHS, County Superintendent of Education. January 1, 1913. 1-2 ?J. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J??J??|<?J??J??J? ?J; ; J, ?J? ?J. ?J? ?J? o^. ?|.?|. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! For Sale in Bulk: My entire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes. When stock is closed out store room is for rent. Best stand for Dry Goods in Oconee County. M. S. STRIBLING, Westminster, S. C. Chamberlain's Cough Rurcedy Core? Cold?, Croup ?ml Whooping Cougb. wAr THIS SP\ 19 AND BRING YOUR CR< AND CARTEF ' Walhall JANUAR BYRD& Seneca ? Extend i? iH their friends r - I whole "i Oconee County ! ?oi i tappv ??nd prospero?: ?I New Jilease Appoints D. H. Magill. Columbia, Dec. 30.-The Governor has named David H. Magill, of Green wood, as a member of the board of pardons to flu out the unexpired term of R. Mays Cleveland, resigned. MARK YOUR TAX RETURNS. The Auditor's office will be open to receive returns of personal prop erty for taxation from the 1st day of January, 1913, to the 20th day of February following, inclusive. The Township Assessors are re quired by law to list for all those who fail to make their own returns with in the time prescribed. Hence the difficulty of delinquents escaping the 50 per cent penalty, as well as the frequency of errors resulting from this practice. All able-bodied men, 21 to 60 years of age, are taxable polls. Please don't neglect returning your dogs. Note all transfers of real estate since making your last return; from whom acquired or to whom sold. Re turn your new buildings that were erected during the year 1912: For the convenience of tax-payers the Auditor or his deputies will re ceive returns at the following times and places: Mt. Tabor, Saturdaj, Jan. 4. Oakway, Monday, Jan." 6. South Union, Tuesday, Jan. 7. Fair Play, Wednesday, Jan. 8. W. N. Woolbrlght's, Thursday, Jan. 9. Friendship, Friday, Jan. 10. Tokeena ( Cross Roads), Saturday, Jan. 1 I. Westminster, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 13 and 14. Adams' Crossing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 8 to 9.30 a. m. Clemson College, Wednesday, Jan. ir>, 10.30 to 12 m. Seneca, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 16 and 17. Richland, Monday. Jan. 20. Newry, Tuesday, Jan. 21. Clark's Store, Wednesday, Jan. 22. Salem, Thursday, Jan. 23. Little River, Friday, Jan. 24. Tamassee, Saturday, Jan. 25. ? Mt. Rest, Monday, Jan. 27. Henry's Store, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Cannon's Store, Wednesday, Jan. 29. Tugaloo Academy, Thursday, Jan. 30. Madison, Friday, Jan. 31. Returns will be taken at all places from 10 o'clock In the morning until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, except the two places mentioned on the 15th of January. R. W. GRUBBS, Auditor Oconee County, S. C. December 23, 1912. 52-5 rcH ACE FOR 13 I h US OSS TIES i SHINGLES. I & CO., SL9 SB Ca jflMMME jMHMj @@@@ <HttQ ?Yt, 1913 CROMER, ? Sm C., i fi i $ ind customers, and to>the| til."* hearty ??od w?.sh?$J % Year! MASTER'S SALES. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to decrees of the afore said Court, in tho cases named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, the 6th day of JANUARY, 1913, be tween the legal hours of sale, the tracts of land below described: J. B. Burgess, Sr., Plaintiff, against J. B. Burgess, Jr., Defendant. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, adjoin ing lands of J. B. Alexander, W. A. Grant and others, containing one hundred and ninety acres, more or less, known as the Elijah Sanders place; same conveyed to J. B. Bur gess, Jr , by John Boggs, Clerk of Court of Pickens County, S. C. Terms of Sale: Cash. That in event of the failure of the purchaser, or purchasers, to comply with the terms of sale within five days from date of sale, the said Master to read vert lse and resell said premises on the following salesday, or on some convenient salesday thereafter, at the same place and on thc same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser or purchasers, and that he continue so to do until he has found a purchaser, or purchasers therefor who comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. Georgia R. VanDiviere, as Adminis tratrix of the Estate of M. Rose VanDiviere, deceased, Plaintiff, against Emma Whittier et al., Defendants. One hundred acres of land, more or less, situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, State afore said, on waters of Little Toxaway Creek, adjoining lai\ds of Henry Blackwell, R. Lee Gllmer and Swift Gilmer, and the said W. Arthur Whltner. Terms of Sale: Cash. That In event of failure of the purchaser to comply with ihe terms of sale within five days from the date of sale, the said Master to readvertise and resell said premises on the following sales day, or some convenient salesday thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser, and that he continue so to do until he has found a purchaser, or pur chasers, therefor who comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C.