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By STECK, 8HELOR & SCHRODER. JICHT THE DAY; THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN." WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913. New Sortee No. 007.-Volume LXV.-No. 1. The Wearing Quality of _^Darnless Hosiery.z-^ ^iX/H?N you buy four pairs of Buster Brown's DARN * * LESS Hosiery you secure a written dated guar antee calling for new hosiery if holes appear within four months. Back of this guarantee is the highest de gree.of workmanship, which accounts for thc remark able wearing qualities. Buster Brown's Darnless Guaranteed Hosiery For Men, Women and Children is made on thc most modern machines, from the finest long-staple cable-twist Sea Island cotton yarn. The toe, heel, sole and top are strongly reinforced with 2-, 3-and 4-ply linen thread. Although only 25c. a pair, Darnless Hosiery is equal in style and finish to many 35c. grades on the market. We have a complete line in our hosiery department-all styles, colors, weights and sizes. 25c. a Pair-Four Pairs Guaranteed Four Months. C. W. & J. E. Bauknig;ht, Walhalla, S. C. m YOUR HANK ACCOUNT IS The Hub of Your Business Around it all the rest centers and depends . < ?. - .. ?? .. m * - * . ... on it for support. Is Your Bank Account sufficient to swing your business? I?egin increas ing it to-day by laying aside TOT li EARNINGS. 1 >on'l bo a miser, simply Economize Your Expense Seo us for a Pass-IBool? and a Checking Account. Wc wnnl your business ! WESTMINSTER BANK, " SMALL Arcot:NTS APPRECIATED." BOUNTY LANI) AND VICINITY. IMPORTANT MEETINGS JUNE 0. Notes of Interest About People Who ('onie ami (jo. Bounty Land, May ll.-Special: Mrs. J. B. Pickett returned home Saturday after an extended visit to her sons. J. S. and E. H. Pickett, Atlanta. Burns Gill ison and niece, little Miss Pauline Gillison. nf Clemson, spent, the week-end with their mo ther and grandmother, Mrs. .1. M. (Billson. W. H. Doyle, of near , Walhalla, is In the community to-day. Mrs. William Moore, of Shiloh, is spending a few days at the home of her fat her. G. B, Cunt ha rn. Mrs. Julia D. Shank lin and Mrs. G. B. Guntharp will attend the Sh l i ners' Convention In Atlanta this week, leaving to-dav. Morris Shanklin will join a num ber of his friends to-day in a Ashing excursion in the mountains. Mrs. L. 0. Davis returned this morning from Walhalla, where she had spent several days visiting her sons, J. W. and Joe Davis. Mrs. A. H, Billson is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. C. A. Webb, who is very ill at her home in Pelzer. Mrs. Webb's many friends here and else where will await with anxiety en couraging news of her condition. J. L. Surratt, or Highlands, V. C.. was a visitor to friends in the com munity last week. Mr. and Mrs. IO I be ri Bottoms, or the Mountain Rest section, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. lt. N. Bankin. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bankin vis ited the latter's parents, Mi. and Mrs. II. ti. Mareil, or Oak way, last week. John Paul (Billson, of Pine Moun tain, Ga., was a recent guest here. M. M. Morris, of Sandv Springs, was in this section last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. McCarley, of Oak way, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bankin Friday. Miss Bosine Singloy left this morn ing for Chappell's. where, she will visit a few days before returning to her home in Prosperity. The genial Democratic Clubs Are Called <<> Meet and Reorganize on that Dale. All Democratic Clubs that have not met and reorganized are hereby re quested to meet at their respective places or meeting on Saturday, the 6th day of June, 11114, at 3 o'clock p. m., and the secretary will please send the name or the county execu tive committeeman to tho county chairman. The Democratic. County Executive Committee will meet at. the Court House in Walhalla on Saturday, June 13th, at 1 1 o'clock a. m., for the con sideration of important business. A rull attendance is earnestly re quested. Jas. M. Moss, County Chairman. C. B. D. Bursn, Secretary. (County papers please copy.) Believes Bladder Distress ami Weakness. Irregular, painful bladder weak I nesses disappear when the kidneys j are strong and healthfully active, j Take Foley Kidney Pills for that j burning, scalding sensation-irregular, j painful action-heavy, sore feeling and ; bladder distress. You will like their j tonic restorative effect-the relief from pain.-quick, good results. Con tain no harmful drugs. Try them Bell's Drug Store.-Adv. disposition and affable manner of Miss Singloy won for her many warm ! friends during her six months' stay with us, who deeply regret ber de parture and hoi>e to have her \isit in the community this summer. Carl Smith, i nra nt son of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith, is quite ill this morning. His enrly recovery if an ticipated. An election will be held ni Bounty Land school house next Satin dav. May Ifith, for the election of trus tees for Bounty Land school. Ct. B. Case, of Henderson ville, N. c., spent the week-end at (he home or W. J. McDonald. W. D. and J. R, Wright ore at Clemson to-day on business. TICK LATH GEORGE \V. ABBOTT. Texas I?H|MT Pays Tribute to Native ol* Oconee County. We aro indebted to Cant. s. K. , Dendy tor a copy of the Weatherford : (Texas) Weekly Herald, from which! we take the following notice of the j ? .'eatb of George W. Abbott, which j .ad event was mentioned in The i Courier of last week, and into which j notice several Inaccuracies cropt. i The Courier's brief notice last week ! was made i rom memory and items' gathered from friends of the deceas- I eti. hence some statements made J were not entirely correct. We quote | the Texas paper's account in full: Cine Old Citizen Gone. With the death of Ceorge W. Ab bott, which event was recorded as a brief news item in Friday's Herald. | Parker county has lost one of the ' finest citizens it ha? ever had-a man : of the most sterling character, high minded, of scrupulous integrity and I honesty, fair in thought and dealing ; with all, high and low, rich andi poor alike. He was a man without j guile, free of prejudice-in very deed and life ami fact "the noblest work of Cod." Ceorge W. Abbott was 7 2 years old last December, having been born in Oconee county. South Carolina. He served throughout the Civil War as a member of Company F, Orr's South Carolina Volunteer Regiment. He fought in many of the thirty-seven battles and engagements that regi ment was in-in fact, took part in most of thom under Stonewall Jack son, or in the troops that had been commanded by that great leader be fore he fell at ChtencellOTCVllle. Al though possessing this remarkable record as a soldier, the dead veteran went through lt all with honor and glory, Tait h ful to every duty, obedi ent to every command, and without sp much as a scratch. Mr. Abbott caine to T exas in 1866 and settled first in Hood county, coming to Parker county about 12 years later. He lived for many years in the Ballow Springs community. For several years he was superin tendent of the county poor farm. At the time of his death he was residing, and had been for some years, in the Raich community. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and a. Mason of "high and dis tinguished standing, being a member of the Royal Arch, a member of Phoenix Lodge No. 276. On February 1, 1887. Mr. Abbott was married to Miss .lane Humphrey, of Hood county, and shortly after the marriage they came to Parker county to live. There were no chih dren born to the union. Mr. Abbott ls survived by his wife and three brothers-.1. Hen Abbott, of Spring Creek; F.. P.. Oak Cliff, and W. T., Cranbury. All that was mortal of Ceo. W. Ab bott was laid to rest in Soring Creek graveyard Sunday noon. The fune ral procession left the Abbott home about ll a. m. and reached Spring Creek at 11.30. Rev. W. M. Bunch conducted religious services under the arbor, where a large concourse of friends had gathered to pay the last tribute to an honored and worthy friend and neighbor. After the ser mon, Phoenix Lodge, No. 27 5, A. F. &. A. M., assisted by members from Jubilee and Brock Masonic lodges, took charge of the remains. At the grave the ritualistic service of the order was read. The pallbearers were Ceorge New man, W. C. Long. Sr.. T. J. Ribble. J. M. Sparks, J. W. Ramage and Jack Venable. Ceorge Abbott is no more. His body is hidden from view, but his life will live on and be an inspiration to those left behind. "YOUNG" VETERAN ON A VISIT. W. Bruce Breazeale Returns to His Old County for Short Stny. w. Bruce Breazeale. of Dallas, Texas, is a visitor in Walhalla this week at the home of his sister, Mrs. Fannie Brennecke. Mr. Breazeale is a Confederate veteran, and came to Walhalla from Jacksonville, where he had attended the reunion. Ile is still a comparatively yoting man, al though a veteran of the Civil War. When he enlisted he was less than 14 years of age. He lived in the up per section of Oconee when a boy. and it was from the Whetstone sec tion of the county that he went at the time he enlisted. At his first at tempt to "go to tho front" he ran away from home along with a cou sin, the two of them "stealing" from Mr. Brea/.sale's mother a nair of fine carriage horses, on which they were making their way to tho railway sta tion, bul were overtaken and "cap tured" by Mr. Breazeale'a uncle just before reaching Walhalla. Another attempt to get away from home was made a short while later, and this time Mr. Breazeale and his compan ion were overhauled at the railway station just as they were In the act of boarding the train. Mr. Rrea KOale'fl uncle, Lieut. Robins, was al that time at homo on furlough, and the parents of the boys promised them that if they would not attempt to run away any more, so soon a? Lieut. Robins' furlough had expired and he returned to the front, They might go with him back to his com pany in Virginia. When he returned lo the army he took the two boys, and when they were seen coming the soldier' and two ' kiddies"- they we te greeted with a shout, from many nf the boys In gray, "Look at Lieut. Robins; he's been off robbing tho QUAKE AND VOLCANO Deal Death to Many-Others Injured mid Mnyh Proi?orty Dost royed. Caf [ola, Sicily, May 0.-A great ea rt tt| uakc last night brought death and di Btruetion to many villages near Mouoft Etna. The number of dead ul) to<to-iiight was officially placed at I V::, Wi?') about :t.r.O injured. A large ! pari ? the devastated territory bas ? not been inspected. The^affoeted zone extends from ? Zaffarapa, the highest village on | MounfifEtna, to the sea bet wwii A ci ; Reale. %>n the south and (liane on ' the north. lt includes Linera, the i ccntertof the disturbance. Pisano and P.uita--wemina. In Linera alone 110 i ?^Were killed and :i00 injured; | ?lardo 13 dead and 27 In ,ve been taken from tho at Constantin] lfi were killed ; fny injured; at Passo Palmo ions were killed; at Malati, itt Santa Veneria, six; Santa j ;wo; Santa Maria Virginie, ? rblti, four. villages and many smaller 'ere leveled. intire district to-day present- ! ictacle of desolation, ruin and Many of the Injured had not j ten from the debris. All irvice had been abandoned the collapse of bridges, bro ?k and obstructed tunnels, intu rles this section has suf- | m earthquakes, owing to the i of Mount Etna, yet it is Bop ula ted, as the land is fer- ? (?yards growing with little eg Lying in R<tn<l. At fte central point of the disturb- ! ance jKttens of bodies were lying along.'flic roads, many so badly erushjra. they were unrecognizable. The hjpured lay In the open, await lng fjHp^nce. Linera stood is a mass of 'hose houses which did not entirely wore 60 broken as asize. the completeness of the , The village consisted of (I inhabitants. Most of the * "?rited because the shock oc lii the men and some of were working in the in the vinoyards, they saw pfe falling and when they arrived breathless, at their homes, they found only wreckage, with some of their people hurled beneath l.t. This accounts Tor the fact that most of the victims at Linera were women and children. Gens. Trabucchl and Moccagatta are in command of the work of res cue, which ls being taken up vigor ously by soldiers, firemen, police men and Red Cross volunteers. lt is expected, however, that weeks will pass before the full extent of the dis aster can be ascertained, as it Is be lieved many peasants are burled un derneath their homes in the isolated country districts. Shock at Catania. At Catania the strongest shock lasted six seconds. Electric lights were extinguished and the street rail ways were put out of service. Peo ple rushed from the houses, shops and cafes. Many jumped into boats and others crowded into the squares. At the hospitals patients ran to the court yards imploring help. Many pitiful episodes occurred. At Bonglardo, an old woman, the only survivor of a family of eighteen, re entered a half wrecked house to search for her grandchildren. She returned with a little girl alive and rushed in again. Almost immedi ately the house collapsed, burying her under the wreckage. Refugees declare that the loss ls as great as In the Messina disaster of 1908. Caused by Volcanic Movement. Plorenco, Italy, May 9.-Father Alfani. director of the Florence ob servatory, said to-night the Instru ments did not record the first waves of the earthquake, which indicated that the earthquake did not extend far nader the surface and that ft was the result of a volcanic movement in Mount Ktna. Keep Rowel Movement Regular. Dr. King's New Life Pills keep sto mach, liver and kidneys in healthy condition. Rid tho body of poisons and waste. Improve your complex ion hy flushing the liver and kidneys. "I got more relief from one box of Dr. King's New Life Pills than any medicino I over tried," says C. H. Hatfield, of Chicago. 111. 2?c, at your druggist.-Adv. cradle!" But the two boys joined the army there in Virginia and re mained to the end of thc conflict, Mr. Breazeale ls a great lover of reunions, and since returning from Jacksonville, where he had a royal time, he learned of the State Confed erate reunion soon to be held at An derson, and has written to his em ployer In Dallas for permission to extend his visit in South Carolina to suflhlent length to permit his attend ing the reunion of his old regiment. He was a member of Company C. Orr's Regiment. His comrades In and around WaR alla are giving him a royal reception. Mr. Breazeale says that, BO far as he has ever heard, he boars the distinction of he ine thc youngest member of his com pany and regiment, and nossibly the youngest of the many "boy soldier!-" who lent their services to the cann* of the Confederacy. Mr. Breazeale holds the position of deputy sheriff of Dallas county. HONOR TO NATION'S DPAD. lyrist Riten for Mon of Navy Observed ut Brooklyn. New York, May ll.-New York joined the nation to-day lu memori alizing, with simple dignity, Ute her oism of the 19 bluejackets and ma rines who gave their lives at Vera Cruz. As tho most impressive fi.lie rai pageant sinee the Spanish var started from the Battery to the Brooklyn navy yard, it was as if the whole population of tin* city was there. The people were still, standing shoulder to shoulder In a community of grief. It was a Bpectscle of a City strangely transfigured and lift ed out of itself. In the line of mourners that fol lowed the artillery caissons hearing the dead were the chiefs of the State and city governments as well as many more distinguished men of nearly every calling; hut every eye in the throngs that lined the way turned first to thc carriage where President Wilson rode close helli nd the last fu neral car. The President caine from Washington during the ?night and stood as the marines fired their Hart ing volleys, at the Brooklyn navy yard, and tho navy bugler sounded "taps." On the stand with the President at the navy yard were relatives of the dead sailors and marines-mothers, sisters and wives-but in all the throng of mourners, none seemed more deeply touched by the spirit of the day than the man whose word sent the lads of the navy to ficht for the'r country's honor at Vera Cruz. Voices Nation's < i rief. And to the President was left the privilege of voicing the nation's grief and the nation's belief that those who died in the performance of duty had done for their country a service not to be measured by ?heir individual deeds. "The feeling that is uppermost," he said, "is one of profound grief, and yet there is mixed with this grief a profound pride that they should have gone as they did, and if I may say lt out of my heart, a touch of envy o? those who were permitted so quietly, so nobly to do their duty." The hea'l of tho nation looked out over the thousands massed a hom the coffins on the parade ground ano mir voice shook with emotion as he de cla i ed his creed : "We have gone down to Mexico," he said, "to serve mankind if we can find out a way. We do not want to fight the Mexicans, we want to serve the Mexicans." There was a wishful note in his voice as he axlded: "I never was under lire, but I fancy there are some things just as hard to do as to go under fire. I fancy lt Is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at yon,as when 'hey are shooting at you. When they shoot at you. they can only take your life; when they sneer at you, they eau wound your heart." The dead were landed by the tugs Traffic and Correction early in the morning and lay in state in the Pot tery Park (ibiza for over an hon- be fore the procession started. There were 17 collins. The other two vic tims of Mexican "snipers" died the day after the Montana had left Vera Cruz with tho dead. The police escort beadell the cor tege, and was followed by the nava' battalions from the Wyoming and Texas. Then came the 17 gun cais sons carrying the dead. Each cais son was drawn by four horses, astride two of which rode members of the 1st and 2d regiments of field artil lery. There was in addition one mounted police escort for each cais son. Pour gallons on each side acted as pallbearers. These men. tanned from rec -?t service in Vera Cruz, had been called to New York especially for this service in memory of their dead com railes. As the procession entered .City Hall place, the voices of fiOO chil dren rose to meet them. The chil dren sang '"Nearer, My Cod to Thee." Daniels Makes Report. "Mr. President," said the Secre tary, "I have the solemn honor to re port to you as Commander-in-Chief of the Pniteil tSates navy the names of the Pniteil States navy the names rines who recntly at Vera Cruz seal ed with their blood their devotion to the flag of their country. All were in the prime of vigorous young man hood. Of the nineteen who answered their last roll-call with a cheerful 'aye,' thirteen were 22 or under. The oldest was ?IC; the youngest 19. Their average age was hut a little over 23. They were young and sud denly beheld life's morn decline. They gave not only all^ they were, hut all they had. "The first to make the noblest con tribution that a man may give was c< orge Poinsetf, of thc Common wealth of Pennsylvania. He was in his 20th year and served as a sea man on the United States steamship Florida. The others of tho immortal nineteen, in whose honor this memo rial ls held to-day. were: Boswell, Ixniis Prank, chief gun ner's mate, battleship Michigan, Coulterville, ill. Oefabblo, Oabrlel A.. gunner's mate, battleship Now Jersey, Bata via. N. Y. ' DoLowery, Francis P., seaman,' battleship New Hampshire, Pittsburg. De vor lek, Frank, ordinary sea man, battleship South Carolina, Blakesburg, iowa. Fisher, Fdzlo C., ordinary seaman, battleship Arkansas, Oretna, La. Frohlischstcin, K. li. seamon, bat POWER UKOAD, VKT KfiSTR?OTUI) Huerta*8 Mediators Supposed to Have Two-Slded Instructions. Vern Cruz. May H.-Bm I lion Rn pasa. August in? Rodriguez and Luis Pignoro. til?; threo ponce commisston crs appointed by President Huerta to represent bim at tho Niagara Palls conference, who will sail late to-day for Havana on route to Key West, are clothed with full powers, nomi nally at least, to sign any agreement or convention. The Mexican Senate, in approving Huerta's nomination of the commis sioners, conferred 'full power and ample authority to judge, counsel, carry on business and sign any agreement or treaty whatever." Many prominent Mexicans, how ever, do not regard this broad au thority as real. Others believe that Huerta has Instructed the commis sioners to place insurmountable ob jections to an amicable adjustment, believing that failure of the negotia tions might result In pushing Ameri can intervention. They feel that this, however, would not unite factions, but would force Huerta lo fight alone. It ls the general opinion that Huerta fear? no American advance until the mediators have concluded their work. Many Mexicans declare Huerta (lot bed his commissioners in the broadest powers to make show of having dono all In his power to reach a settlement. Mexico City newspapers continue to make bitter attacks on the United States. Alleged copies of the Amer ican articles of war are being pub lished in the capital to inflame the public. They represent American military practices as most cruel. ()|>eiiing Ute Schools. Pour schools oppned here to-day with native instructors. If tho ex periment is successful. Gen. Punston plans to re-establish the entire city school system. The recent trouble caused by Americans who venture Into Mexico City has resulted in tightening all outpost lines. Only those foreigners having urgent business will he per mit t?d to pass from tho city In to the Interior. Humors of allports of a great rebel, attack uppt&.Tampico are In circulation, bul naval ofljclals^aja,, withholding all InformattlHP'?W by them. MRS. j. N. WELSH DEAD, Widow of Late Wm. Welsh I Men at< Age of 84 Years. Oak way, May 12.-Special: Mrs. J. N. Welsh, widow of the late Wil liam Welsh, of Mountain Rest, died here May Sth at the tige of 8 1 years, after bavin ic a second stroke of pa ralysis at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. V. Martin. She was a de vout member of the Catholic church. Mrs. Welsh leaves the following children to mourn her death: Mrs. Nf. P. Keown, of Mountain Pest; Mrs. J. P. Cantrell, of Walhalla; M ra. W. D. Martin, of Oakway; Mrs. W. G. West, of Nashville. Tenn.: Mrs. J. P. Harkins, of Walhalla; Mrs. J. A. McAlister. of Calhoun; J. D., J. B. and P. H. Welsh, who reside in Birmingham, Ala. All of her children reached her bedside before he death, except Mrs. W. G. West and J, B. Welsh, who were sick and unable to come. She is also survived by 25 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. C. P. Fitzgerald, a granddaughter, ar rived from Nashville. Tenn., on Thursday and remained at her bed side until lifo departed. The body was laid to rest beside her husband in the family cemetery, the funeral services being conducted by Father Duff, of Greenville. There are many friends of this well known family all over Oconee and South Carolina who will learn with sorrow of the death of this good woman. The sympathy of all goes out to the bereaved ones. Advertised Mall. The following ls a list of letters remaining uncalled for In tho Wal halla post office for the week ending May 12. 1914: Gant, W. P.; Walker, Miss May Lee. When calling for the above please say they aro advertised. N. Fant. P. M. tleship New Hampshire, Mobile, Ala. Haggerty, Daniel Aloysius, private marine corps, Cambridge, Mass. Lane, Dennis J., seaman, battle ship New Hampshire, New York city. Marlen, Samuel, private, marindo corps, Concord, N. H. Poinsett, George, seaman, battle ship Florida, Philadelphia. Shumacher, doini P., coxswain, battleship Florida, Brooklyn. Smith, Clares Allen, ordinary sea man, battleship New Hampshire, Philadelphia. Stream, A., ordinary seaman, bat tleship New Jeraey, Brooklyn. Summerlln, Randolph, private, marine corp*. Wlllacoochee, Ga. Watson, Watler L., ordinary sea man, battleship Arkansas, Orleans, Miss. Harshbarger. Clarence H., of New York, and Henry Pulllam, of Vir ginia, "I hand you, sir, tho names of these heroes recorded high on the national roll of honor that they may be preoerved In the archives of our republic. Their flervlces will be held In lasting remembrance by a grate ful people."