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- THC ?0K (Dy Ulla Wheeler Wilcox.) I dreamed a Voice, of one God-authorized, Cried loudly thro' tho world, "Disarm! Disarm!" And there was consternation in the camps; And men who strutted under braid and lace Heat on their medaled breasts, and walled, "Undone!" Tho word was echoed from a thousand hills, And shop and mill, and factory, and forge, Whero throve the awful industries of death, Hushed into silence. Scrawled upon tho doors, Tho passer read, "Peace bids her children starve." Dut foolish women clasped their little sons And wept for joy, not reasoning like men. Again tho Voice commanded: "Now go forth And build a world for Progress and for Peace. This work has waited since the earth was shaped; Dut men were lighting, and they could not toll. The needs of life outnumber reeds of death. Leave death with God. Go forth, i say, and build." And then a sudden, comprehensive joy Shone In tho eyes of men; and one who thought Only of conquests and of victories Woke from his gloomy reverie and cried, "Aye, come and build! I challenge all to try, And I will make a world more beautiful Than Eden was before the serpent came." And Uko a running flame on western wilds, Ambition spread from mind to listening mind, And lo! Tho looms were busy once again, And all the earth resounded with men's toil. Vast palaces of Science graced the world; Their banquet tables spread with feasts of truth For all who hungered. Music kissed the air, Once rent with boom of cannons. Statues gleamed From wooded ways, where ambushed armies hid In times of old. The sea and air were gay With shining sails that soared from land to land. A universal language of the world Made nations kin, and poverty was known Dut as a word marked "obsolete,' like war. The arts were kindled with celestial fire: New poets sang so Homer's fame grew dim; And brush and chisel gave the wondering race Sublimer treasures than old Greece displayed. Men differed still; fierce argument, arose, For men are human in this human sphere; Dut unarmed Arbitration stood between And Reason settled In a hundred hours What War disputed for a hundred years. Oh, that a Voice, of one God-authorized, Might cry to all mankind, "Disarm! Disarm!" . AGS ABOARD OI K WARSHIPS. ch of Uncle Sam's Sea Fighters Has 500 "Old (?lories." (Kansas City Star.) In the last naval appropriation bill . ised by Congress was an item of ?? 0,000 for the manufacture of Migs. Th? t sum, it was estimated, ubi keen Uncle Sam's many naval v ssels properly equipped for a year, In addition most every other di partaient oi the government ap opriated va? ions sv.ms for flags for dldings and ships under their con td. In all, lt is safe to say, the ntted States spends S 125,000 . a ?ea;* for flags. The largest factory belongs to the navy. In a large room, called the lag lott," at Brooklyn navy yard, half a hundred skilled needlewomen .nd quite a few men are kept con tantly at work. Officially it is the aval flag-making establishment. Thousands of flags are required to apply tho hundreds of vessels, from battleships to launches. On entering he flag loft tho visitor's first lm [iression is a blaze of color. Rolls of ?right bunting are heaped every where. Long lines of electrically driven sewing machines, with wo nen operators, ?ire reeling off and ,'Utting the finishing touches to american and foreign ensigns of many different hues and sizes. In ddition to our own flag, the navy 'as to keep a supply of every other nation In the world which has a eoast line. Each battleship, cruiser, gunboat or scout in the navy requires about f>00 llacrs to outfit Its flag locker pro perly. Heaped up they make a pile shoulder high and 20 or 25 feet long. : ' e foreign flags, encased in canvas .?.gs. bear the name of the country penciled on the end. Tao remaind includlng flags for ordinary use, miling, etc., aro wrapped without bags and numbered at the end. Bach t ? has Us separate place In the flag : ' ker. A quartermaster would be rebuked severely if ono became mls eed. Bach ship follows the same Ol 1er in this, so that any one famll with the flag locker on one ship >ws tho location of every Hag on any ship. Uncle Sam pays about $3,500 to outfit each ship In the service. This multiplied by the number of ships will show that flags are not an in consequential Item of naval ex pense. The foreign ensigns are all made 25 feet long and 1 feet wide. They are used whenever an Ameri can warship enters a port of another nation. The flag of the visited na tion ls hoisted at the top of the fore mast while the American ship sa lutes. It is also hoisted when re turning salutes of foreign vessels in American ports. The most showy and expensive flags in th? lot are those of foreign nations, although the United States has two flags that are close rivals, the flags of the President and Vice President. They require the longest time to make of any flags. It takes one woman a month to finish each one. The President's flag is a blue I ground with tho coat of arma of the United States in the center. The life-sized eagle with outstretched wings and other emblems aro all hand-embroidered in silk. Tho silk used costs $9 a pound. Thc Vice President's dag is the coat of arms on a field of white. Both flags are made in two sizes, 10 by 14 feet and 3 by 5 feet. The larger is used on ships and the smaller on launches and similar craft. Costa Rica and Salvador have the honor of using the costliest flags, and also the most tedious to make of all national ensigns. Germany and Russia follow close behind. The old dragon flag of the Chinese Empire was another difficult one. The Sal vador flag has for a centerpiece a regular landscape consisting of a belching volcano and rising sunset in a varied design of draped bannere, I cactus branches, cornucopias and a I swastika or symbolical design in the j ground of a rayed diamond with the date of the independence of the na tion described at the top. Costa Rica's centerpiece has two ships In full sail on each side of a dividing chain of mountains rising from the sea, with the morning sun just appearing In the background. Tho whole is surmounted with spears, hattleaxes, swords, trum pets, etc. Nearly 200 pieces are used in each of those flags, all of which must be sawed on by hand, lt requires one woman's time fo ? six teen days to make the Salvador cen terpiece at a cost of $f>2..r>0 to Uncle Sam. The white elephant flag of Slam costs $38, that of Costa Rica $50. The white and black banner of Ger many, with the double-headed eagle centerpiece, ls also a painstaking piece of work and costs about $45. The easiest and cheapest flag of all foreign nations is that of Morocco, which is merely a Meld of red, cost ing $21. The largest flag nfade ls the United States ensign No. 1, which is 3<> feet by 10 feet. It costs $40. Tho bunting us-ed In Hag-making ls put to severe tests before the flag makers use it. One day a simple bundle is washed In soap and water. The next day the same process is fololwed with salt wator. It ls then exposed to the weather for ten days, thirty hours of which must be the bright sun. If lt doesn't fade in that test the government experts pass it. Then two luchos wide of the warp is subjected to a nulling strain of 66 pounds. Even with all these pre cautions a ship ls allowed a new set of flags every three years, while tho signal flags and ship and boat en signs in frequent use must bo re placed every few weeks. Ono flag-or pennant, rather most used by the navy and least known to tho public Is the commis sion pennant. It ls hoisted to the masthead of every naval vessel when removed. It ls a long, narrow streamer, blue at the staff, with thir teen stars in tho field, arranged in one line and the flag divided Into two stripes, red and white, the red at thc top. When ships, long on foreign stations, leave for home a new com . ?I? ?J? ?J* ?J? ?I? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?I? ?I? ?J? ?g. BURIED TREASURE. 4* * - * ?J. (Dy George Fitch.) ?J? ? J? ?J? ?J? ?J< ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J. ?J? ?J? * J? ?J? ?J? Buried treasure is one of the most interesting topics of speculation for mon and dogs. All dogs are interested in burled treasure, which is natural, because they bury it themselves. Tho dog is an abstracted and absent-minded creature because he is always trying to Uguie out tho locations of the last eleven bones which he has buried. Many men are also interested in Interred wealth. But they are not the men who buried it, as a rulo. Men do not bury much treasuro nowadays. Wall street, society and tho automobi'd made it possible for a man to dlsp? c J* any amount of money without borrowing a spade and a lantern. Then who are inter ested nowadays are tho ones who are trying to discover where some other men planted his fortune, and tho men who planted said fortunes were mostly pirates who flourished before the seas were as well policed as they are now. Burying treasure was the one great amusement of the pirate. Af ter he had accumulated a chest full of doubloons or pieces of weight ho was not happy until he had lugged the chest ashore and had buried it on some deserted island, nine paces east and four south of tho point where the linc between three tall palms and the volcano peak crosses the shadow of the sun at noon on Candlemas day. After he bad planted a few chests he usually got himself hanged, thus removing tito money effectually from circulation and encouraging future generations to mess up vast numbers of desert islands in vain attempts to hud it. The pirates fought very hard for their money and were very foolish to stick it away in the sand at a time when tho world was very un healthy for them anyway, and even without prompt action they could hardly expect to get all of it spent before they died of acute throat trouble. But they were not half as foolish as the man who accumulates about $20 worth of treasure a week and trades it for one good-sized jag on Saturday night. If he were to bury his $20 each week as the dog buries his bone and forget all about the location, he would be better off in the long run. Financing Farmers in Ireland. (Wall Street Journ From land tenantry to in farming, Ireland has p idly since the rural ere went into effect. What is known as the estates commissioners comprises a board through which this work of aiding farmers to finance purchases of freeholders is accomplished with the result of inaugurating a new era in Ireland's economic history. And al this has been done with an expen diture of little moro than 300,000. Less than half was advanced in free grants and somewhat more was ex pended in advances repayable with annuity. Much of this went for drainage, fencing, seed and imple ment purchases. Fidelity .and punctuality in repayments have been evidence of sound credit conditions. On the other hand, long-term land mortgages have increased more rapidly than is regarded as safe. The new land-holders have lo be guarded against undue mortgaging and against too large a liability extended by co-operative banks. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Curs. The worst enses, no limiter of how lontr standing, nre cured by thc wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves "nu and Heals nt the name time. 25c. 50c, $1 .0a Fleet ric mot ors are gnerally used for huge pumping plants in this country and Furopo. More than 500 old houses in Min neapolis were wired for electrcity during the first half of the year. mission pennant is always hoisted. Usually it is one made and paid for hy the crew. In some cases those "homeward bounders" streich out 300 feet, and, made of s.lk, cost a pretty penny. Whe. vhe U. S. S. Denver returned from Asiatic waters a few years ago its "homeward bounder" was twice as long ns the ship. It was given to the city of Denver by the ship's crew when the vessel was placed out of commission. The thousands of white stars used In our own and many other ensigns are made by an electrically-driven machine which cuts them In 50 or 100 lots. Eight d I ff oren t sizes of stars are used. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of Mrs. Lou Barron, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against saidxestate will present tho same, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law or be barred. W. S. BARRON, Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Lou Barron, deceased. Oct. 21, 1914. 42-45 THE BEE HEVE, SENECA, Announcing Hs Readiness for Fall Trading. Hake Your Big Fall Bill at the Bee Hive Store, Seneca, the supreme advantage of which you can readily see by paying us a visit. We carry the largest and most complete stock of strictly Men's, Boys', Women's and Children's Wear ables, Dry Goods, etc., within easy reach of the people of Oconee County. We sell for Cash, and our goods aro all marked in plain figures at right prices. Our assortments in each department are so large that you can find the price to suit your purse. LADIES', MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S COATS. More than two hundred Coats now in stock, which gives you a big variety of choice, variety of Styles, variety of Fabrics, Colors and prices. Children's priced $1.35 to $5. Misses' " $2.50 to $10. Ladies' " $3.00 to $20. READY TRIMMED HATS Our Millinery Department is overflowing with hats in the New Velvet Shapes for dress and street wear. Children's Hats in felt, corduroy and velvet. Here's where we save you more money. Ladies' Hats priced $1 to $3.50. Children's 44 44 50c. to $1,25. WARM SWEATER COATS. For! frosty ino-^^o^ and geivWiknockabout wear, no thing, i$ more suitab an a Kr.,; $ A?] dies' vVtA>! C^u. ftt ?*?J to $3.00. Childers and Misses' Coats, 25c. to $1.50. LADIES' AND MISSES' SUITS IN THE NEWEST STYLES, FABRICS AND COLORS. We are showing both the Long Coats with plain yoke skirts, or the Medium Short Coats, with over-skirts. Serges, Poplins, Broad Cloth and fancy weaves. Colors are blue, copenhagen, green, brown and black. Prices of all wool suits with satin linings are $ 1 Ojto $25. Cheaper suits down to $6.50. NOW IF THERE'S A MAN in the family who must buy a Suit we are prepared for the emergency. We have the Clothes that will appeal to the young man who cares to dress well, up to fifteen dollars per suit. Then we have them for the man who wants a good, sturdy wearing suit, down to five dollars. Men's Extra Coats, $2 to $5. BOYS' SUITS. The boys want style and the parents want thc wear. Just bring thc boy along. We can suit both and not have any trouble about the price. We have a wide range of sizes (3 to 20 years,) Colors brown, blue and fawn, and the prices are: for 3 to 8 years, $1.00 to $ 4.50. 9 to 20 44 $2.00 to $10.00. READY-MADE DRESSES. For little girls, big girls and ladies our assortments are un surpassed even in city stores. Made of Fast-Color Materials, some embroidered, some com bination Collar, Cuffs and Ovcrskirt. The prices are ex ceedingly low considering the material and workmanship. FROM THE FLOOR TO THE CEILING, from front and sixty feet back, we carry nothing but shoes for Men, Women and Children. We are enabled at most all times to fill your shoe needs satisfactorily. Get our prices and you will buy them right. Write for full page circular, or, better still, pay us a visit. We'll save you money on your Winter Wearables, and in these strenuous times every little bit helps.. THE BEE HIVE, Sells for Cash. J. E. HARPER, Manager. Sells 'Em for Less. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of J. H. DENDY, dtceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said Estate will present the same, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law or be barred. S. N. HUGHS, Administrator of the Estate of J. H. Dendy, Deceased'. Oct. 7, 1914. 10-43 Don't walt until your stationery ls (min Iv exhausted, but put in your order now with The Courier. "The Bc-t i? Printing" is a good motto for the customer and the printer. HIGH CLASS ll j * GLASSES , J Fitted by Skilled Opt?me- $ j trists and Opticians; Eyes t S Examined by specialists; { J Glasses made while you ? wait j* j* ?fi J i Member of Chamber of ? Commerce, and refund J railroad fares. J> The Globe Op leal Company, \ A. A. Odom? J* A. H. Schade, President. Sec. & Tte*?. Consulting Optometrists, Greenville, S* C. i BLUE RIRfiE RAILWAY-RETWEEN RELTON AND WALHALLA. 'IMMM TABLE NO. 15-EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 18, 12.01 A. M. 10J4. . EAST-BOUND EASTBOUND Leave Walhalla. Leave West Union. Leave Seneca . Leave Jordania . Leave Adams's Crossing. Leave Cherry's Crossing. I^eave Pendleton. Leave Antun. Leave Sandy Springs. Leave Denver . Iveavo West Anderson . I/eave Anderson (Passenger Depot) Leave Anderson (Freight Depot) . . Leave Erskine's Siding. Arrive Pelton.: . . . . NUMBER OF TRAIN. A..M. P.M. j A.M. I P. 3. 15111 .401 6 2 o i i . tr, r, WESTBOUND Leave Helton. Leave Erskine's Siding. Leave Anderson (Freight Depot) . . Leave Anderson (Passenger Depot) Leavo West Anderson., Leave Denver . Leave Sandy Springs. I/eave Antun. Leave Pendleton. I/cave Cherry's Crossing. Leavo Adams's Crossing. Ivcave Jordania. Leave Seneca. Leave Wost Union. Arrive Walhalla. NUMBER OF TRAIN. 8.2? 8.31 8.34 S.fiO 9.00 12 3 . 56 3 . 50 1.20! 7 1 . 22 1 . 36 1 I I 9 22 28 42 17 50 5.10 5 . 20 IO 38 50| 581 01 06 i 8 25 I M. I A, .16 .. .20 .03 . or? .10 .21 . :::: .41 .44j. . 1 . .OIL ,05|8 M S 24 30 P.M. I A.M. ! 5.35111 .22| r, .4511 1 . 32! COOM r.47 e.oalu .50 6.08111 6. 20 6.25 6.27 6.34 6.44 6.46 7.01 7.03 7.21 7.35 ll 57 12.10 12.15 12.18 12.26 12.36 12.39 1.42 A. M.I P.M. IA.M 9.1 0i 9.20J 9.38 9.40 7.55 8 . 00 8.12 8.18 8.21 8.29 8.39 8.41 8.55 9 .10 9.28 9.35 20 3.10 3.16 3.31 3.37 3.40 I!? 59 02 II; no 20 25 2ft A.M. 7.30 7.35 8.58 9.02. 9.26 9.30 9.46 9.58 10.02 10.10 10.30 10.48 10.51 11.08 11.18 8 A. M. 11.50 12.00 12.18 1.25 1.33 1.53 2.01 B.05 2.17 2.33 2.37 3.01 4.00 4.28 4.35 7 Fiag Stations: Anderson (Freight Depot), West Anderson, Denver, Sandy Springs, A<.tun, Cherry's Crossing, Adams's Crossing, Jordania. Steam trains will stop at following flag stations to tako on and let off passengers: Wol-ch, Toxaway, Phlnney's, James. Motor 'rains will stop at following points to take on ".nd let off pass engers-. One-Mile Crossing, Keys' Crossing, Erskine's Skllrg, Weloh, Rob bins' Crossing, Harper's Crossing, Broyles' Crossing, Toxaway and Jefferson Avenue. J. R. ANDERSON, Superintendent^ *