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KEOW?E COURIER (ESTABLISHED 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Vn1xi<'rl|)Cion Ml Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -By 0TKCK, 8HULOR & SCHRODER. 'omniunleations of a personal char acter charged for SB advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re Bpect, 01 not over one hundred words, will ho minted free of chame. All over thai number must be paid for at the rato of one rent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1). 11)1 1. PENSION WORK COMPLETED. Additional Names Enrolled and Sent on w it'll IxrgiH?Ulvo Memorial. The Pension Board met Monday io pass upon lists of veterans and .viilows, gotten np by Chairman .1 \V. Ilolleman, who arc not on the pension roll of Oconee county. This work was taken up under a concur rent resolution of the Legislature of IIH4. Chairman Ilolleman. of the hoard, who collected the statistics for them, made his report to the full hoard, and they unanimously approved the same, ami ordered Lhc figures, to ge'her with a memorial proposed by him. forwarded to the Comptroller (Seneral's ellice to be by hint forward ed to the Legislature for IPI.".. Ile reported that I widows of veterans over r>() years old answered his ad vertisements, and ot these one was over su years old. I t between 70 and s;: years, l? hol ween tin and Tn years, and four between r,i> ami I?0 years of age. One reported that she was ils and another that she was ll. Put under the pension laws of South Carolina no woman is recognized as a Confederate's widow if u. 1er .Mi years of age. Ile also reporte.1 that '.?'.? veterans had answered hh equesls for their names, date of enlistment and dis charge. Of these two reported loss of an arm each, and while about 33 of them were hoy .soldiers and only served during the la t year of Ibo war. a great many were those who had served and endured the dangers and hardships of (IM- whole tour years of the war about <>.> in number. One or two of whom lie heard would not report to him on account of contrariness, and lie says lo- does not care very much whether they! ever gel on the roll or not. Mr. liol- j loman lias corta I nb done all liol could to gel up these reports, and he hopes it may do some good for; his old comrade! some time before long, and h<- requests us to extend his !ha"ks to those who aided him in getting his informal ?on. ('uncross Locu.1 News. Coneross. Dec. 7. Special: De spite the mud atol rain we held all of our regular services al Coneross yes terdn> and had very good congrega tions. Misses .lanie and Meriie Alexan der, two of our most popular young ladies, will spend a week in Pied mont, fl reen ville and Pel/or, leaving to-morrow. We wish thom a pleas ant vi-it. They will be guests of Kev an.I Mrs. I. IO. McDavld and ot In r friends. Mrs. W. W. Mitchell ?ind children, ol' Birmingham, Ala., are on an ex tended visit to her parents, Mr. ami Mrs M. Abbott, hore. and at the homes of the Messrs. Mit. Indi at West minster. Mi. and Mrs. lid. Addis are enter taining a young daughter in their home, she having arrived last Mon day V M. (Janibrell will spend Tues day in Poisser. Ile will move his par? nts, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cambrell, from lhere to near this community. Blue Itidge school is progressing nicely. Tho literary society meets every Prlday afternoon. The ofli rei's are: Presiden I. Jesse Alidia; vite president, lt ru ce Lynch; secre tary, Mi.ss Marv lx?o Walker; critic. Miss Salenn Du Hose. lt? v. I.. D. Mitchell lilied an ap pointment at Sparenburg last night ami .viii go from l be ix; lo Charleston to attend tho Baptist State Conven tion. .1 I billie Todd rel u rueil to Colum bia last week, .nt -r spending some time here with iii-: family. Miss Uamby, ol Mountain Pest, returned home recently after spend ing a fovv tla.vs with Miss Cora Pr-t well. She accompanied Miss prel ivell homo a week ago after having spent two wonks willi her and other friends in tin- Mountain Pest com munity. The friends of Miss Perilla Barker, who was raised in ibis county, now ot f! corgi a. will be Interested to learn of lier marriage ! > Sam I*. Jones, of Gainesville. Ca. Thej will probably make their home in Caines vii lo. The ? on;.', have our congratulations and best .. islies. Miss Bowley lliinsingcr began teaching school at Clearmont last Monday. She is assisting Miss Dora Duncan. The vonni; twins of Mr. and Mrs. .fames Sanders aro getting along very nicely at present, .f. I'. Armstrong and wife, of Rich land, were week-end guests of Mrs. Sue llunsinger. Boyhood Home of Jackson Burned. Weston. W. Va., Dec. 4, The boy hood home of (J<?n. Thomas .1. ("Stonewall") Jackson, a frame house north of hen?, was destroyed hy fire last night. I/oaves left burn? mg by children aro believed to have Ignited tile building. The old Jack eon mill nearby woe not burned. Brownlee & Co's. GIGANTIC Price-Slashing, Money-Raising Sale Begins Saturday, December 12th, and Continues Until Xmas. The entire Fall and Winter Stock of Dry Goods, No tions, Shoes, Hats, Olothihg, Ladies' Raady-to-wear Millinery and Groceries must be turnod into money between now and Xmas. SEE THE BIG CIRCULAR FOR PRICES. BROWNLEE & COMPANY, WESTMINSTER, S. C. ----- Kills Mis Sixteenth Man. Osceola, Ark.. Dec 7. .Marshal Hull Dean killed his sixteenth man late yesterday afternoon, when Ai linn- Burton, an alleged blind tiger operator on the river In Mississippi county, fell a victim to the officer's pistol alter a row between several shanty boat occupants. Denn was exonerated to-day by a coroner's Jury. As a marshal, deputy sheriff ami in other capacities, Dean gained a reputation as a man without fear and ' a bad man to pick quarrel with. A few years ago he was converted at a , revival and announced that his ca reer as a fearless man was ended. Recently, however, he was made marshal of Osceola and has had fre quent occasions to display his marks manship. Town vii le Man Suicides. I Farm and Factory. ) (?onion Whitfield committed sui cide at Townville Monday morning at !? o'clock. Ile had been sick for several days ?ind showed signs of mental aberration Saturday, and Sun day. He arose about 7 o'clock Mon day morning and went Into the din ing room and asked his son where the chamber was. He then went back Into his room and in a few min utes the family heard thc gunshot. Ile had sal down Oil tho bed, placed the muzzle of th?' gilli at the point of his ribs, ami pushed the trigger with a stick. Accused ol' Killing Girl. Sacramento. Cal., nee. <. David Fountain, janitor ol' the church here in which the bod} of the 10-year-old school girl, Margaret Milling, was found late yesterday, admitted to the police to-day that he had spent a year and a half in au Iowa Insane asylum, and had served five terms iii Pennsylvania and Iowa prisons far burglary and robbery. Fountain, who reported the crime, was arrested last night. The polite found blood stains on Fountain's clothing. Fountain said he had killed a chicken. Figuring tut disutilities. Paris. Dec. 7. The French war o til ce does not issue lists of war cas ualties. A correspondent, by Inquiry in various quarters, estimates the French dead up to November IO at something over 100,000 nun. The number of wounded and sick being cared for in French hospitals Novem ber IO appears to have been about 100,000. Thc Swiss government's bureau for the exchange of prison ers has tho names of '.MI,HUH French prisoners in Germany. These lig ures ndded pul tho total losses of the French army at about 590,000 men. The French estimate I he number of Germans kided in bnttle on this front iel- as considerably exceeding 100.000 because tit German tactics having been more continually on the offensiv e. The French military administra tion doe.s not share in the popular view thal the German losses have been enormously in excess of those of the French. Neither is credence given to reports of bad provisioning of the tlerman army and of soldiers famished and driven by overwork lt) exhaustion. Fremd) commanders lind Herman prisoners defiant and confident, and there is no indication of .starvation except where troops have been cul off from tho main bodies. Urges Christmas Truce. Rome. Pee. 7. - Pope Benedict Is urging a truce between tho warring nations during the Christmas holi days. It is said, however, his Holi ness has little hope for success. Wedded nt; Anderson Hospital. ( Anderson Intelligencer, t The culmination of a 28 years' love affair was the mari iago yester day of Dr. W. T. Hum and Miss Sal lie McCarley. both ol' Townvllle, which took place at the Anderson County Hospital. Dr. Hunt has been quite ill for several weeks, and was for some time in Baltimore for treatment. About a week ago he was brought hack lo the hospital here and for the past few cia . s has been improving nicely. So lie and his bride decided to he married at once and the ceremony was performed yes terday afternoon at 2.30 hy Dr. \V. II. Frazier, of the First Presbyterian church. The superintendent and nurses t were present for the hap py oe >n. Dr. and Mrs. Hunt have best wishes of a host of friend.- This is the second wedding to occur in the hospital, the other one being that Of Dr. S. W. Page, who was also married while a patient at the hospital about four years ago. Ford to Feed Unemployed. Detroit. Dec. 7. - Dodging and breakfast for the homeless unem ployed will be provided by Henry Ford at the new Ford hospital. Cols for about 50 will he available next Monday, but Mr. Ford hopes to care for many more as the rigors of win ier begin to pinch the unfortunate. When it was suggested to Mr. Ford that the prosperity of tho Ford Automobile Company's employees drew many of the unemployed to De troit, he said: "D' that is so, then I propose lo care for some of these men who would work, bul cannot." The result was that I he hospital will be ready next week to care for as many of the deserving as possible. Better Light a T?EROSENE Ugh' and old eves alike. J tfive yon kerosene 1 steady, generous ?;lo^ corner of the room. I he KAYO docs not smo solid brass, nickel-plated. clean, easy to rcwick. A' STANDARD O Wuhinston. D. C. (NEW J Norfolk. V.. V Richmond. V?. BAL I I] ^IIIIIIM.llllllillUHillllllllllftt?llllllillllllUlilillll?o UIMIIIi'MII storm Wrecks British Cruiser. Hond?n, Doc. ii.- Tho British crui ser V enus ran ashore in the storm to day, striking with her full force. lier foremast and a portion of the bridge was carried away by an enor mous sea. The warship was run ning for a port in the south of Eng land when the storm broke. Another victim of the gale, which is still raging along the coast, is an unidentified steamer which is ashore mar Mersey. Throe life boats have gone to her assistance. The Venus is one of the older Brit ish light cruisers. Site was laid down in IS95 and had a displacement of 5,600 tons. She carried a com pie men I of 450 men. The Norwegian steamer Waterloo of 1,283 tons foundered off the Liz ard at midnight. Three persons were saved. The remainder of the crew is missing. The Booth Steamship Company's liner Antony, bound from Liverpool for Para, has been disabled by the | storm now sweeping over England and is in distress .">'? miles north of the Lizard. The captain of a local steamer re ceived the signal "want assistance," but was unable to help the Antony, his own vessel being short of coal. Kaiser's Sons Esca|>e l>y Aero. London. Dec. ."?. - Experts estimate that the Germans lost two-thirds of their army lu Boland In the fighting in the region between the Warta and Vistula rivers, says a dispatch from Petrograd. Prince Oscar and Prince Joachim, the Emperor's sons, are re ported to have escaped only by tak- 1 lng Hight in an aeroplane. The dis patch says a delay In the arrival of Russian reinforcements enabled the (lennans to break through the sur rounding ring. nd More of It t is best for young RtXy? LAMPS li^nt at its best - a >v that reaches every kc or smell. It is made of It is easy to licht, easy to : dealers everywhere. IL COMPANY ER S EY) Charlotte, N. C. .?,..,[. Charleston, W. Va* [VHJKE* Ch?rl?*ton, S. C IIIIIIIMIIItltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKillllllllirr CLYDE UNE PASSENGER JUMPS From Steamer Arapaho-No Doubt As to Suicidal Intent. Charleston, Dec. 4.- -A passenger on the Clyde lane steamship Arapa ho, said to he F. \V. Tibbett, o? Pea body, Mass., committed suicide by leaping into, the sea three miles southwest of Diamond Shoal., light ship Thursday afternoon at 3.45 o'clock. Boatswain Knutzen and a male passenger saw him leap, fully dressed, over the rail and gave the alarm. Second Officer Tonkin threw out a life ring, hut it tell short and tho man made no effort lo reach ii. Capt. .lohn M. Staples had a lifeboat manned. He kept his glasses on the man. who quickly disappeared be neath the waves. Efforts to recover the body were abandoned bet an.se of the dense fog. The suicide was about M2 years of age and was re ported to he going to St.' Augustine. Ela., to take a position as bookkeep- | er in a hoted there. Papers in his stateroom indicated that he was a | member of Aleepo Temple. Order of the Shrine, at Heston. He had num erous references. Including one from tho chief of police of Peabody, Mass. Passengers reported that he held himself aloof and would not discuss himself in any way. An electrical device is used to stor lllze dental instruments. FOR SALE-Hair of ?-year-old mountain mules. Apply in person or write SAM ELLIOTT, Brookside Farm, Mountain Rest, S. C. th* FOR SALK-New crop Pure Geor gia Cane Syrup at 3 2c. per gallon, in barrels. W. H. DAVIS, Augusta, Georgia. 42-54 D. P. RUTLEDGE'S MEAT MAR KET.-Fresh meals of all kinds. Buys cat thv hides, tallow at highest prices. Sf e him before buying your meats or telling your cattle, hides, etc. 49* I OFFER FOB SALE good 75-acre farm, 7 miles from Walhalla, near Lay's Mill. $15 per acre. Three acres in cultivation, balance well timbered. Will take one-third cash, balance on time to suit purchaser, or in middling cotton at 10c. pound. C. Q. DEA TON, Walhalla, Route 2. 9-7-14-t.f. How About Ho "We are showing full at attractive prices. Ballenger Hdw Seneca, Son SUMMONS 1<X)R RELIEF. The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. (Court of Common Plea?.) Malissa A. Cross, Henrietta M. Gas ton, and Anna E. Hall. Plaintiffs, against Luther (!. Custon, Walter S. Gaston, hillwood C. (?aston, and Lenora E. Hudgens, Defendants. * (Summons for Relief-Complaint Not Served.) To Mle Defendants Above Named: You tire hereby summoned and re quired to answer the Complaint In this action, which was tiled in the office of the Clerk or the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, on the 24th day of November, 1914, and lo gerve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on tho sub scriber at his ofllce, on the Public Square, ?it Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of th j day of such service; and if you .ail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for thc relief demanded In the Complaint Dated November 24. A. D. 1914. (Seal.) JOHN P. CRAIG. C. C. P. R. T. JA YNES, Plaintiffs' Attorney. To the Absent Defendants. Luther fi. Custon. Walter S. Gaston, Tall wood E. (?aston, and Lenora E. I ludgens: Please take notice that the Sum mons and Complaint in the above en titled action were filed in the office Of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of Oconee County on the 24th day of November. 1914; that the object of this action is the distribu tion of the fund belonging to tho Estate of Elliot T. (?aston, deceased, described in the Complaint, among the Plaintiffs and Defendants, ac cording to their legal rights; that no personal demand is made against the Defendants, or any one or more of them. lt. T. JAYNES, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Nov. 24, 191 I. 47-49 ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. Pursuant to an order of the Court i of Probate, I will offer for sale, to I the highest bidder, for cash, at tho former residence of the late J. H. I Dendy, deceased, near Richland, 3. C., on WEDNESDAY, the 23d day of DECEMBER, 1914, the following personal property, to wit: Two mules, One horse. One 2-horse wagon. One buggy, One lot of corn, One lot of fodder. One lot of stover, One lot of farming tools and Im plements, and other articles too num erous to mention. S. N. HUGHS, Administrator of the Estate of J. IL Dendy, deceased. Nov. 24, 1914. 47-50 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. In Court of Common Polas. S. lyce Crow, Plaintiff. against Louis Crow et al.. Defendants. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, made in tho above stated case, notice is hereby given to all and singular the creditors of the es tate of Luther Crow, deceased, to render an account of their demands against said estate to the undersign ed, duly attested, on or before tho 24th day of December, 1914, or that such creditors be barred. W. o. WHITE, .Master for Oconee County, S. C. Dec. 2, 1 h 1 4. 4 8-ftO _ I NOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that tho un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Monday, tho I llb day of January, i;iif>. ?it ll o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be beard, for leave to make final settlement as Guardian of loila Nlmmous, and ob tain Anal discharge ?is said Guardian. W. P. NI M MONS, Guardian of Ella Nl-mmons. Dec. lt, 1914. 49-52 ?liday Furniture! Your dining-room,-is it as you would wish it to bc-in a fit condition to receive and entertain guests for the Holi day meals? If you lack a good dining-tablc-or chairs -or a buffet- -or anything of that kind, or Furniture, Car pets, Rugs, etc., for any room in the house, here is the place to get best qualities, and new est designs at lowest prices. line of Holiday Goods , and Furn. Co-, tts Carolina.