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_"TO THINE OWN 8?LF BE TRUE, A Xl) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER._WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SE1?T. 10, 1014. New Serie? No. 8?0.-Volume LXV.-No. :?7. Clothing Clothing We have Reduced the Prices on Our Entire Line of Clothing. $10.00 Suits reduced to $12,50 Suits reduced to $15.00 Suits reduced to $18.00 Suits reduced to $ 7.50 $10.00 $12.50 $15.00 COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER, C. W. fe? J. E. BAUKNIGHT It Pays to Buy for Cash. "Lei's See If The Bank Knows Him" . ... said a prominent business man the other day after an applicant had left his place of business. After receiving word from the Bank that i ?Ile 1* O. K.? I and one of our patrons thc business man had no trouble in deciding to employ the young iiian. It pays to have a "rep" sometimes. A Bank Account gives you a reputation. TRY IT! AND BE CONVINCED. WESTHINSTER BANK. CALL FOR ONE OF OUR 1915 ALMANACS. TWO MAURIAC?KS ANNOUNCE!/. Seneca Social Ea v?rit?s to \\-nl Other Local News. * Seneca, Nov. 17.-Special: L. A. Edwards is quite sick at his home here. Willie Wright, who was injured at the printing office here a week ago, is improving nicely, and it is hoped he will soon he able to get out, with the aid of crutches. Mrs. B. F. Sloan has been visiting in Greenville. She was accompanied * home by Mrs. J. Lee Carpenter. The Woman's Missionary Society of tho Presbyterian church is observ ing lins week as the one set apart for prayer and self denial for home mis sions. Mrs. E. V. Moorman, of Green ville, visited Mrs. T. E. Stribling last ?week. * Wilkes Dendy is confined to his home this week with an attack of bronchitis. Mrs. O. F. Bacon was hostess to the Once-a-Wcek Club last week, en tertaining them In her usual gracious and lavish style. The guests were served a delightful course luncheon ,?r at the close of the business meeting. The family of W. M. Kay moved to Seneca last Saturday and ls occupy ing the Vernor cottage in Fair Play street. We welcome them to our town. Rev. I. E. Wallace will preach a ?fe sermon to tho young men next Sun day evening at the Presbyterian church. lt IB ho|ied that a full at tendance of this contingent of the congregation and town will be pres ent. .T. W. Stribling has returned to Clemson after a week at home nurs ing a sprained knee received in the Georgia-Clemson foot ball game. A large number of friends and rel atives of Mrs. R. E. Stribling attend ed the funeral services at Richland last Friday. The death of this good woman brings a real sorrow to a large connection of relatives, the wri ter being one of that number. Mrs. M. W. Coleman ls I inproving Rafter a recent severe Illness, which will he pleasant, news to her many friends here and elsewhere. Seneca merchants are beginning already to display their Christmas goods. The show windows at this advanced stage do not indicate war times. Mis3 Kate McClanahan, of West minster, spent last Friday here with Mrs. T. S. Stribling. The present cold snap is welcomed by house-keepers, it being the har binger of spareribs and sausage lu the market. Mrs. J. H. Adams has announced the engagement and coming marriage of her daughter, Miss Marguerite, to Frank Martin King, of Adairsville, Ga. The wedding will occur at home on December 3d. Mrs. W. K. Livingston was hostess to a large number of her friends last Wednesday afternoon at a delightful party. The affair proved to be the formal announcement of the engage ment of Miss Carrie Hunter to T. B. Jones, of Townvllle. A contest in the nature of an automobile ro mance "was engaged In, culminating In the engagement and marriage of this popular young couple. Their friends are showering congratulations upon them, both being social favor ites here. The wedding will occur January 12th at the Presbyterian chu rc h. Pope Again Urgvs Peace. Rome, Nov. lf>.-Thc Pope to-day caused to he published his announced encyclical urging peace among the warring nations of Europe. In this document the Pontiff attributes the war to four causes, namely, lack of mutual and sincere love among men; contempt of authority; Injustice on the part of one class of the iieople against another, and the considera tion of material welfare as the sole object of human activity. The Pope's appeal iirglng jieace In Europe follows a pastoral letter from the Pontiff issued early In September, in which he exhorted the heads of the nations engaged In hostilities to end the present reign of ruin, disas ter and bloodshed. The Pope then said the spectacle of the conflict filled him with horror and sadness, and that he hoped not only for the end of this war, but ol all wars. EVACUATE VERA CRUZ NOV. 2:L Pate is Set Again for Turning Over to tJie .Mexicans. Washington, Nov. 1?.-Monday. November 2?td, lias been ?lx*ed as the date for the evacuation of Vera Cruz. Secretary Bryan has Issued this an nouncement: "Both Gen. Carranza and the con vention at Aguas Cali -ules having given the assurances and guarantees we requested, it is the purpose of the administration to withdraw the troops of the United States from Vera Cruz on Monday, November 23. "All the persons there, for whose personal safety this government has made itself responsible, have left the city. The priests and nuns who had taken refuge there and for whose safety fear? were entertained, are now on their way to tIii? country." Villa on the Offensive. Gen. Villa, in command of forces loyal to Provisional President Gut'?r rez, has taken the offensive against Gen. Carranza, according to State Department advices. Villa already has occupied San Luis Potosi and plans an immediate attack on Tampico. The Washing ton government already is preparing to take American refugees aboard ships lying in the Tampico river. Peace Again in Sight. Peace in Mexico after weeks of dissension among the generals of the victorious Constitutionalist army at last seemed in sight to-day, accord ing to messages from United States government agents in the Southern Republic. Soon after American Consul Sllli man telegraphed from Mexico City early in the day that hostilities be tween the forces of the Aguas Calien tes Convention and those loyal to Carranza had ceased, came a message ' from Leon Canova, special agent of ; the American government of Aguas Calientes, stating that Carranza had telegraphed his intention of resign ing. Two communications from Guiet errez were laid to-day before Presi dent Wilson. The Tommi notifica tion of his assumption of office added that he soon would set up his govern ment' in Mexico City and seek t<> bring about peace. The other, guar : anteeing protection for foreigners, I made no reff?iest for recognition by the United States. Program Union Meeting. The union meeting of the upper division of Beaverdam Baptist Asso ciation will convene with Madison Baptist church next fifth Saturday and Sunday, November 28 and 29. Program as follows: Saturday Morning. 10.30 to ll-Devotional exercises conducted by A. P. Duke. 11 to 12-The importance of per sonal work in evangelism. Jas. C. Shockley, J. L. Vaughan, Thomas M. El rod. 12 to 12.30-The present condi tion of the Beaverdam Association. Round table, conducted hy the Mod erator. 12.30 to 2-Dinner hour. Saturday Afterm>oii. 2 to 3-The State Mission Board, (a) What it has accomplished; (b) Its present condition; (c) Its aim for thc future. Rev. L. M. Lyda, J. W. Shelor, Rev. D. F. Carter. 3 to 3.30-What, should bo the at titude of our people toward the so called holiness ideas being propagat ed in our midst? Rev. M. G. Hol land, Rev. W. T. Abbott, Rev. L. D. Mitchell. 3.30 to 4-What are the public schools contributing to the religious development of our children? Rev. G. C. Mangum, W. M. Brown. Evening Session. 7 to 7.JO-Song and praise service. 8 o'clo :k-Sermon by Rev. J. H. Clark. Sunday Morning. 10 to ll-Sunday school exercises. 11 o'clock-Sermon by Rev. L. M. Lyda. Visiting brethren are welcome to come and help us to make this our best meeting. J. W. Shelor, L. M. Lyda, L. D. Mitchell, for Committee. MULLINS MERCHANT MURDERED Cause of Tragedy ls Shrouded in Mys tery-Slayer Escapes. Mullins, S. C.. Nov. IR-B. D. Strickland, a prominent merchant of this place, was shot here last night, it is alleged by Frank Price, a next door neighbor, and died at 4 o'clock this afternoon In a Wilmington, N. C., hospital, where he was taken for surgicnl attention In nn effort to save his life. Mr. Strickland was 40 years of age. Ho leaves a wife and one child. Price Noti Arrested. Frank Price, who is charged with the killing of Strickland, has disap peared, apparently. It ls not believed that he is In this vicinity. Accord ing to reports reaching hero to-day. Price drove last night, after the shooting, to Latta, a dislance of 20? miles, where, lt ls said, he boarded a north-hound Atlantic Coast Line train. Price is a young man, probably not ? more than 22 years of age. He is Mitti*' ?. STIilIHdNG DEAD. Myay liiist Thursday ut Kin? ?ld Age of Hii l?ears. RUfcwhd, Nov. 16.-Special: In tho eafjy hom's of morning, while everything was yet in darkness, a light went out-not one that was hidden U^ider a bushel, but one that had been.'.* bright, golden light set on a hill. .jtEighty-three years it had been shuttling a soft, beautiful radi ance ovjjgall humanity In reach, but it flickend and went out, and the gentle s?Uit of Mrs. Emily H. St rib ling was,?I rest. It was on Thurs day, Xovetaber 12th, that she passed away. She teV" not dead; she is only sleeping;*for the influence of this no ble Christian woman will he for good down through the ages, like the waves th?t start from the shore and have no ?flding. Her life was of the three ChjBptlan graces, and the great est of trae was her love. Her life was mad?B up of it; it ever shone round 4mpt her; it started in her home nriljpwent to the stranger; and best of a|Rshe loved her God with an almost perfect love. She loved her church rifad, to her family. In her whole life her pew was never empty except in .Bickhess. Richland Presby terian church has lost one of its best meiAbers, she having been a member 70 years. Indeed her place will be hard to AU. Her kindly face was always an Inspiration to her min ister, and her home was his home. She w^8 the daughter of Capt. .lames Rv and Elizabeth Hendy and had spent her life here. She was horn Jun* 5th,' 1831. In 1850 she was marfted to Warren W. Strlbling. After not many years of happy wed ded life |fer hi?sbnnd was taken from her, leafing her with eight small children*) fight life's battles alone, but by Apr keeping her eye on her Master dfc catiie out at thc last con queror lKeverything. She educated her ch linn, ftll of them receiving a college eniestlon, and she never had cause oXe ashamed of a single act of one ??hem. They are ?ll follow ing in ijfffqotstcps, and with such a molhei J?' ljfad them by the hand they h vlHnjlde some of our best and most iwM^Kcitlzens. All are Chris (lan nt" H wemen, each one train her children like' "YTIelr'l mot her iko^ttiem. Two of the sons died while young. Stiles died .Tune 29, 187!), and J. Dendy died .lune 9, 1897. The other children are: Mrs. J. B. Wilson, Cranbury, Texas; Mrs. G. B. Jordan, Greenville; Marshall S. Strlbling, Westminster: Rev. T. M. Strihling Cedartown, Ga.; Mrs. Sloan Bruce, Avalon, (ja., and J. Paul Strihling, who lives at the old homestead. Thc losing of his mother will be doubly sad for the latter, for the reason lu had never been separated from her except when at college. Mrs. Strihling loved The Courier, and had been a regular subscriber since thc first copy was published. On Friday afternoon her remains were laid to rest beside her husband, who had gone on before ??o long ago. But now they are reunited and are walting for their children. Her pas tor, Rev. I. E. Wallace, delivered a beautiful eulogy on her life, and in deed he spoke the truth. Her six grandsons were the pall bearers. Be ing just in the bloom of youth, they made a very Impressive picture. And so another Mother in Israel has gone from us, and might we not say of her: "Beautiful toller, thy work well done; Beautiful soul into glory gone; Beautiful life, with its crown now won, Cod giveth thee rest." BIG DAY AT WESTMINSTER. Commissioner Watson and A. (J. Smith WiU Be Present. E. J. Watson, South Carolina Com missioner of Agriculture and Indus tries, and A. G. Smith, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture,, will be at Westminster next Friday, at which time a meeting will he held In the interest of increased grain produc tion in this State. The meeting will be held at 12 o'clock, and it is hoped that every farmer in Oconee who can iiO so will attend. Both Commissioner Watson and Mr. Smith will deliver addresses on this occasion, and it will be the en deavor of tho meeting to Impress u pop all In attendance the great i ?i po tance of Increasing largely the arm put. to grain this year. Even if yoe ha^e already got. a full acreage in the ground, It will be well to at tend the Meeting and hear what these gentlemen, both of whom are in posi tion to know much of the needs of the country in general and what lt will take to supply those needs, will have to tell to those present. Remember the meeting at West minster Friday of this week at 12 o'clock, and be present If possible. married and has two children. He is a son of H. G. Price, a prominent merchant of Zion, In Marlon county. This deplorable affair Is deeply shrouded In mystery, so far ns re gards tho actual cause of the trag edy. Nobody seems to know any thing nb??iit it, except that.it took pbec aftefr Strickland and Price had been engaged in an altercation on the street* of Mullins. THF, CAROLINA COTTON CHOP. 1014 Slums Increase of 02,143 Rales Over 1013, to Nov. I. Below ls given the total ginning of cotton for South Carolina up to No vember 1st, 1914, with comparisons, by counties, with ginnings on same date In 1913. In 30 of the counties of the State increased ginning is shown for 1914 over 1913, while 14 counties show that the 1914 ginning is slightly les? than for 1913. Following are the ligures for each county ol' South Carolina: -Crop-> County- 1914 1913 Abbeville. 20,740 1 9.493 Aiken . 33,275 33,070 Anderson . 35.770 43,804 Bamberg .20,374 20,066 Barnwell. 44,128 39,222 Beaufort. 5,002 4,261 Berkeley. 10,015 7.923 Calhoun.20.458 10,909 Charleston. 0.943 6,660 Cherokee. 9,103 10,r>77 Chester.21.375 19,728 Chesterfield .......21,442 20,047 Clarendon.34,074 26,676 Colleton. 15,129 1 2,994 Darlington. 26,714 20,785 Dillon . 23,959 20.107 Dorchester. 1 2,330 1 1.11 0 Edgefleld . 21,010 21.37 2 Fairfield.13,920 1 5,41 1 Florence. 2 7,200 20,704 Georgetown. 2,904 1,873 Greenville. 20.717 23.803 Greenwood. 19,933 1 7,867 Hampton. 16,266 13,885 Morry . 4,972 4,270 Jasper .... . 4,713 4,381 Kershaw. 18,4 40 16,410 Lancaster. 12,749 1 4,241 Laurens.23,891 20,005 Lee. 27,594 23,921 Lexington. 16,204 16,570 Marion . 8.902 10,234 Marlboro.39,584 29,723 Newberry .20,291 22,899 Oconee.?,?7i io,?oi Orangeburg.56,112 52,449 Pickens. 11,521 9,298 Richland. 16,884 14,704 Saluda. 15,064 15,923 Spartanburg.42,226 41,051 Sumter.35,400 20,399 WW . .10.3 4 4 M,+44 Williamsburg .22.850 1 5,270 York. 24,028 24,641 Totals. 910,61 1 840.468 SAVE PEAS TO FOLLOW CORN. Prepare to Sow Grain Stubble to Cow Peas Next Season. Clemson College, Nov. 17. Spe cial: State Demonstration Agent W. W. Long, of Clemson College, who is now engaged 111 making a tour of the State as a final course in the grain campaign the extension divis ion of Clemson College has con due'.ed this autumn, is eager for Sont)' Car olina farmers to realize the value of their cow peas at this tlm< and to save all the cow peas they can get their hands on. The reason for this is that, in order to get the grates! benefits from sowing their landb to grain this winter, farmers should sow the grain stubble to cow peas next year. Land sown to oats or wheat this autumn and to cow peas next year will be in a greatly Improved condition a year from new. Clemson's wheat propaganda will be continued throughout November, which is the best month to sow wheat in South Carolina. In many parts of the State it. may be sown up to De cember 15 with good results. Mr. Long states that all indications are that South Carolina will have more land sown to oats and wheat this year than ever before in the history of the State. Both crops are expect ed to bring record prices next spring. .T? ?t 4 ? J- ?. J ; ?J? ?J? ?J?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? *I**I**?**?* 4* BOYS' CORN CLUB 4 4? AND .J. OTHER MATTERS. 4* .j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j. ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? . ?j. ?j? ?j. ?j? ?j? ?j. Editor Keowee Courier: The Boys' Co.n Club of Oconee county will make their 10-ear exhibit on Friday, the 27th, at 12.30 p. m., at Blue Ridge school building. All mem bers, and those who have been mem bers, are expected to come. Mem bers especially should be present. There will be discussions on this important work and its advantages. Interest i? what brings success. 1 will try to give some points and advice on what State and county fairs mean to any State or com ty, and how we can have a county fal \ Sow wheal, oats and rye. Ho deep plowing. Clear away the mist of gloom by profitable employment. Quit howling "hard times and worse coming," for you don't know. You have proved that by the condition things are in nt the present. We have the soil and ability to be a pros perous people. We have just been caught In a snare. There have al ways been "pickpockets" and "high way robbers" and there will always he. Cotton growing Is a gambling game, and the speculators cleaned up "ns boys" on every side In 1914. Don't forget lt, and it will help your children and also your grandchil dren. I am hit. as hard as any one, but 1 cannot a/ford to give my energy and efforts v.p because I fell into tho COTTON EXCHANGES REOPENED. New ^'ork mn! New Orleans Aro Again Active Centres. New York, Nov. 16.-The Now York Cotton Kxchnnge reopened for unrestricted trading at 10 o'clock this morning. lt. had been closed since July 31, when the market went into convulsions and three firms lailed through the demoralization created by Impending war in Europe. The door of the exchange was thronged with brokers when the gong sounded to-day. During the first few minutes trading was exceedingly brisk auld somewhat nervous, There was a little confusion because of un familiarity with the new style con tracts and the new rules imposed on the market hy the operation of the so-called cotton futures law. Early trading was confined almost entirely to December cotton sold on old style contract. Tho market opened at 7.4 5 and dropped quickly to 7.40. A low level of 7.39 was re ported in the first half hour. The market then grew steady and the nervous tone departed. A the end of the first half hour traui .g appeared io be normal and the number of brokers on the floor had dwindled to usual size. Prices were approximately three cents l>olt v what they were when the exchange closed on July 31. January sold at 7.75 to 7.85. March at 7.85 to 7.88, May at 8.10 to 8.12, and October at 8.40 to 8.50, all on new style con tracts. Wall street brokers, inactive be cause of the darkened stock ex change, were interested spectators nt the opening. A sprinkling of other . spectators, friends and families o, cotton brokers were In the galleries. New OrloiuiN Opens. New Orleans, Nov. 16.-With the exchange gayly decorated with palms and Howers and women crowding the visitors* gallery, the cotton market opened to normal trading conditions at 9.05 this morning, after a suspen sion of almost three months and a half. The first track between New Or leans and Liverpool went through to completion, passing censors' hands not show much change from last week's liquidation trading, January's first transaction being at 7.50. The market was somewhat complicated because trading was carried on in two styles of contracts, one being the form used up to the time of the sus pension last July and the other framed to meet the Federal cotton futures act. Old style March brought 7.(?1 and the new style 7..86 on the first call, showing that the trade was willing to pay a premium of a quar ter of .> cent a pound for the now "ty ie. FATAL BROOKLYN KXPIX>SION. Building Occupied by Chemical Oom* nany Wrecked-Many Killed. New York, Nov. 13.-From 12 to 32 persons were Lilied and a num ber of others wei? injured in an ex plosion this afternoon in the Becker Chemical Company, Brooklyn. The plant was wrecked. The wrecking ^.ew of the fire department was call ed to dig out the bodies. The factory was a large two-story building. The explosion blew off the roof and let the whole contents of the building, including the em ployees, fly In the air and then drop Into the cellar. Then came the fire In the debris. The cries of the wounded caught in the crash drove the firemen and ]K>liee to furious efforts to effect res cues. The spreading flames hamper ed their work. Owing to the fl^ and the heat it was impossible for the rescuers to dig for the bodies of the victims. At 6 o'clock the police reported that there were 5 4 persons in the factory at the time of the ex plosion. Only 18 had been accounted for up to that time. As fast as they could he dug out they were rushed to the nospitals. Twelve of the em ployees were taken out badly wound ed. Officers of the concern, the su perin lon dent and foreman, were caught in the crash. The explosion was heard a mile away. livery window in the block and In the houses opposite the wo ka were smashed. Operatives In a 'ive story factory on the corner >v, thrown Into a panic and rushed . the street pell mell, but none was hurt. Furniture In homes nearby was wrecked, dining tables overturned, mirrors broken and the inmates fled fr ?rn their homes panic-stricken. A horse and wagon stood In tho street in front of the factory. The horse was killed and the wagon turned up side down. hands of the enemy. Let ug do the very best we possibly can. Do as little moving as possible. Take special care of the necessities of life. Be reasonable with one ano ther. We are all human, and when we oppress one of the human family we should try to realize that he ls also one of God's creatures. With best wishes for The Courier and its force, I nm, very truly, M. G. Holland, Dem. Agent. (Other county papers please copy.)