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WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913.
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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.)
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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.
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"I got more relief from one box of
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medicino I over tried," says C. H.
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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."