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KEOWEE COURIER ( ESTA HUSHED 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Habaciiptioii $1 Per Annum. Advertising Kates Reasonable. OTECK, SHEIAMl & SCHRODER Communications ot a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. ?bltuary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over ono hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that numbei must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Ca.m to accompany manuscript. WALHALIiA. S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DEO. I?, UH I. DEBT-PAYING A HEMEDY. Had you ever thought how much the single matter of paying every lienny possible on our debts would lend t<> relieve the present stringency in money matters? We have re cently heard the remark by two dif ferent parties that "I am not going to pay my debts till so-and-so pays me." Vet these parties said that tiley had the money with which to pay those whom they owed. Half the trouble that we are hav ing at the present time is due to just such a policy "I won't pay my bills because somebody else won't pay Iiis." And yoi we talk hard times, bewail hard times, and feel thal the country is ^oing to tho demnitiou how-wows tull tilt. And all thc time wo are contributing to hard limes by failing to meet our ohliga 1 ions. Let every man who can pay his accounts do so. and let those who can pay part ot' their obligations do so and we will lind that "hard times" will begin to vanish at once. The paying of accounts is one of the greatest financial stress movers ever devised. Carried out ?systematically, then' is no telling what amount of bills will be liquidat^l by the pay ment ol' small accounts that can be taken up at most any time, hut which ar?' thought to be so small that they "do not count much." Thc Courier is in <a position to re alize this possibly .more than most propio. Tho weekly newspaper al ways has this small account propo sition to face, and Hie weekly news paper people know 'how much these small accounts really amount to. Take The Courier's ease, for in stance: We arc dealing with up wards ol' "J,."?un people every year, and ol' this number about l,soo owe us amounts from .".0 cents to $50. These accounts are small in the main. Separately, it is true, they do not amount to into h. Hut Iel us consider them collectively. Say that 1,800 people owe us 50 cents and none ot' them pays What is the result? Each man holds in his pocket 50 c?'iits that is rlgthly ours, and that in the coarse of time will bc spent for som."thing that he could do without. Th?? debi is still un paid. Multiply this tiling by I.sm) and you will seo "where we ure at" just out $000. Does the payment of small ac counts amount to nothing.' Stop and think, and you will readily re alize that, on the contrary. it amounts to one ol' the biggest things that can bc looked after af times like this to relieve a stringent finan cial situation. Lei the people of Oeonee think of this. We do not mean necessarily as regarding The Courier. There are lots of small accounts due to others, and in the aggregate -Phey amount to just as much as do'(hose of ours. Raise this policy -ol' suspension of debi paying, and -get busy ?il paying every account that you can. Von will timi that not only your credit ors, but you yourttelI will be greatly benefited. There r. mighty little money these days til at remains idle. Every dollar that +s paid hy one man to another is by him paid to some body else and in (tnt manner the pinch is taken off -at many points, with no one hun, while everybody h benefited. Adopt this policy. Von will be surprised at what \ difference there will he in local conditions within ??ven a comparatively few days. "Rut, on account -of criticisms for blowing one's own horn, from this on we had better lay ours up on the shelf and let it rust." ibo above from our Richland correspondent re cently. Our advice is simply, "Don't." Never stop blowing your horn as long as there ls a note in that horn. Of what use is a hom if it isn't blown? And if one doesn't blow his own horn, who is going to blow it? Anyway, there is no need for criticisms for ?ny ono who "blows the horn" for any community 1n Oconeo. There isn't a section of the county that 'hasn't something worth blowing about. Just tell those who criticise to ?ell their ham mers and buy horus, and then blow thom, too. If everybody in Oconee who has a community boru to blow would just get busy and blow lt, we'd have some music that would make sotno of the old masters, long dead ami almost forgotten, sit up and take notice, blow your horn if you've got one. The more the merrier! In reporting the proceedings of the State Baptist Convention in Charles ton la?t week the News and Courier gave this interesting information: "During the past year the board em ployed ICO mon, of whom 18 were women." As Shakespeare (or was it Milton) once Inquired, "Who done that?" Did the staid old News and ('ourler, every issue of which is got ten up along the lines of an un abridged dictionary, make this pe culiar mixture, or was lt the work of one of the Baptist boards? It really got both our billy goats, one of which is a nanny. DRAFTER TARIFF BILL DEAD. Representative S. E. Payne, of New York, Dies Suddenly. Washington, Dec. 1 0.-Represen tative Sereno E. Payne, of New York, died suddenly of heart failure at his apartment here to-night. Mr. Payne had retired to his room apparently in robust health. Il?' telephoned tho apartment house clerk about ll o'clock, asking thal a physician be sent ror. When the clerk reached the room the Congress man was dying and Ute was extim-* before i he doctor arrived. Mr. Payne, who was 7 1 years old, lived alone and at midnight his body lay waiting for the coroner without friend or relative near. His wife died three veal's ago and no one could be found to-night who knew the address of his only son. Members of Congress who had seen Mr. Payne on the door of tho House to-day, active as usual, knew nothing of his death for more than an hour. A Representative from New York in every Congress since iss:: except one. Mr. Payne was chairman of the ways and means committee and Re publican floor leader In 1909-1?? and directed the drafting of the Payne Aldrich tariff bill. He was born at Hamilton. N. Y., .lune L't!, 1848. When the Democrats gained con trol of the House four years ago Mr. Payne was succeeded as Republican leader by Representative Mann, of Illinois, who had been one of his lieu tenants during the tariff fights. The New York Representative, however, did not give up his activities as a party chief. MK. ELLISON IS OUT $100. Former Oconeean Victim <?f Careless Friend mid a Stranger. The following, taken from the Jasper. Ala.. Mountain Eagle, will be of interest to many in Oconee, the victim, B. C. Billson, being a former Oconeean. a son of Capt. A. H. Klli son, who lives between Walha!! ; and Seneca, and a brother of C. H. Elli son, of Seneca: Man in Overalls Took Letter. A veritable Happy Hooligan stunt was pulled off by two Townley gen tlemen about two weeks ago, the particulars of which have just be come known. Learning that a friend of his was coining to .Jasper on business, E. C. Ellison asked him to carry a letter to the Jasper Trust Company for him. Mr. Ellison's friend agreed to bring the letter as requested, and was handed an envelope addressed to the Jasper Trust Company. .Nothing was said about the contents of the en velope. The Townley man came down here, attended to his own business, and had boarded the 'Frisco train to re tura home l>efore he thought of Mr. Ellison's envelope. Rushing out on the platform at the 'Frisco depot, the Townley man asked a shabby-looking man in over alls if he would carry a letter to the Jasper Trust Company for him. Yes, the man In overalls would take it, and he was handed the en velope. "Much obliged to you." "You are welcome." And here the story ends. The man dressed in overalls hap never .shown up at the Trust Com pany, and the envelope, which con tained one hundred dollars, has not been heard of since the man in over alls obligingly agreed to take it to the Jasper Trust Company. A $2."? reward ls offered for the envelope and contents. Olive Camp, W. O. \V. Olive Camp, No. 42 1. W. 0. W., will hold its next regular meeting on Saturday night before the 3d Sunday, December 19th, 1914 Every mem ber ls requested to be present, as this will be time for the election of officers. J. A. Callaham, Clerk. Seneca, S. C., Dec. 12. T. C. VAUGHN IS NOTCKAZY. Dr. .fennings Says. That Former Or. plumage Sn pd. ls Faking Insanity. ( Green ville News.) "T. U. Vaughn is no more crazy than I am," said Dr. Ii. T. Jennings, surgeon of the State penitentiary, yesterday when asked !>>' a News reporter w>hy he had not signed the lunacy papers with the two other physicians who signed the paper Stating that Vaughn was crazy. Vaughn is now in the state peni tentiary, when' he is being held pend ing an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. He w is convicted iii a Greenville county court upon a charge of having had criminal rela tions with some of the young girl inmates in the Odd Fellows' Home, and was sentenced to death. Me es caped from tite county jail here, was later captured and landed in the State penitentiary, where he has been since For some time it has been report ed that Vaughn, who is an educated man. was crazy and that he would in all probability be saved from the elec tric chair on this account. A lunacy commission was appointed to exam ine into his sanity, and two of the physicians of the three stated that he was crazy and signed the pai>ors to thal effect; but Dr. Jennings would not sign the papers. i>r. Jennings stated yesterday that whenever Vaughn thinks he is be ing watched, he will go to his cell door and pretend that he is pulling something off his hands and will throw it down as if he bad cleaned something off. He will walk around the cell and repeat this. At nighl he will turn his clothing wrong-side-out and then put them on that way the following morning. Ile will pretend that be does not hear anything that ls said to bim, and if an effort is made to get him to say anything by force, he will pretend to c ry. "His physical and mental condi tion is fine," was the way Dr. Jen nings summed the whole thing up. Dr. Jennings stated thal Vaughn would never look any ont In the eyes, and that ho had examined Vaughn's eyes and they bore none of the recognized marks of lunacy. He stated that there are certain signs to the medical profession which indicate insanity and that the^e signs have proven to be trustworthy. He stated that Vaughn exhibited not a single sign of being anything but the keen man that he is. Dr. Jennings was accompanied by his brother, Dr. W. D. Jennings, Jr., surgeon of the police department of Augusta, who stated that he had seen Vaughn, and that Vaughn was doing a nice piece of faking, and that he hail been "coacheil" by a master hand in the advice which "Huff" had xi ven him. The failure of Dr. Jennings to sign the certificate of lunacy was not ac cepted by the Attorney General's of fice, and that office will demand that R jury sit upon the case to decide whether or not Vaughn is crazy. The Drs. Jennings were in the city several hours yesterday on business ol' a private nature and left in the afternoon for Spartanburg. When told that the statement re gardlng Vaughn would he written up, Dr. lt. T. Jennings stated that It was all right; that these were his senti ments: but he asked that the story not be written in a sensational vein. Two Den td i s from < 'edd. Kansas City, Dec. 13.-With the temperature close to zero two deaths and much suffering were reported here to-night. One man was found frozen to death in a doorway and an other died while shoveling snow from the street. Unusually severe weather prevail ed throughout Kansas. Missouri and Iowa to-night. In Kansas tempera tures ranged from 3 degrees below zero to 10 above. Advertised Mail. The following is a list of letters remaining uncalled for In the Wal halla post office for the week ending December 15, 1914: Hopkins, Mrs. Dovie; Norton, Griffin; Williams. W. C. When calling for tho above please say they are advertised. N. Fant, P. M. $800,000 Fire at. Griffith, Penn. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. ll.-Fire to day destroyed tho Bwlng Breaker and Washery Company's plant at Port Griffith. Twenty-five hundred people aro thrown out of employ ment and the loss is $800,000. No cause has been given for the confla gration. The plant was the largest of its kind in the State. The Spartanburg Music Festival will be held as usual next spring, ac cording to announcement of the pro moters. ANOTHER AMERICAN SHOT. 52 Have So Far Been Injured a? Ile Huit of Mexican's Firing. Washington, Dec. 12. - Another United States cavalryman was i wounded by a Mexican bullet at Na- I co, Arizona, according to a dispatch i received by the War Department ? from Cen. Bliss. The Americans, it i is stated in the report, have been i withdrawn to nearly one mile from i tim border. : To date tills makes .">2 Americans ( who have been injured by bullets from the guns of Mexican soldiers. i Thus far no reply has been re- i eel ved to t ho ultimatum issued by i President Wilson requiring tiring across the line to cease. Four Were Killed. i R. E. Dunn, of Pittsburg, Thos. R. i Francis, a mining contractor, Doug- i las and Miguel Mc.Mornic, Mexicans, are reported robbed and killed by Mexican outlaws Wednesday while returning here from the Francis mine. Uncle Kum Warns Mexican Chiefs. Washington, Dec. ll.-The Uni- i ted States has served formal notice on both Provisional President Guit errez and Gen. Carranza that unless they pr vent their troops Hiing across the American boundary such force ' will be employed by this country as is necessary to protect American ter- ( ri to ry. In the most threatening expression from tho Washington government j since diplomatic correspondence with Gen. Huerta before the occupation of Vera Cruz, the chiefs of the two fac tions opposing eaon other at Xaco, across from the A rizo ia town of the same name, were warned that dring across the line must cease. The messages were to be conveyed by American Consul Canada to Gen. ? Carranza at Vera Cruz and by Amer ican Consul Stillman to Gen. Guiter- i rez at Mexico City. They left here | late last night and answers are not ( expected before to-morrow. Troops I .leave for Bonier. I < El Paso, Texas, Dec. IO. - Foi r troop trains bearing twelve fiel 1 | pieces and f>00 officers and men of the 6th United States artillery, left here to-day for Naco, Ariz. They will arrive at the scene of the Mexi can horder lighting early to-morrow. Col. G reble, commanding the force, went to Naco ahead of his men to lay out the camp site and positions for ? tlie guns. 1 Roheit Pesqueira, former Carran za agent at Washington, has been sent to Naco to attempt to prevent. I any action by the Mexican belliger- 1 ents that would result iti interposi- j < tion by the American troops. As Carranza Views Situation. Vera Cruz, Dec. 12.- 'If the Uni- I ted States employs force to stop the I hiing by Mexicai s across the interna tional boundary line at Naco it will be considered an unfriendly act, not- ' withstanding the friendly motives cloaking the act " in this manner Carranza made an swer in a statement to the Associated Press to the formal notice served by the f "nited States on both Provisional President Gul terrez and Gen. Car ranza that unless such firing ceased force would be employed to protect American territory. Carranza's reply to the American note, which is expected to reach Washington to-morrow, will repudi- , ate responsibility for any shots that have crossed the line, and clearly sets forth that he and his government will regard intervention at Naco as a j hostile act. At no time since the receipt of Secretary Bryan's note calling atten- ; tion to the repeated wounding and j killing of residents of the American , town has Gen. Carranza appeared , perturbed, but he has had long con- j ferences with those dose to him. and, . In framing his reply, it is said, he has been careful not to let himself re main in any uncertain light. "Gen. Hill, Constitutionalist com mander of the forces at Naco, is on the defensive," continued Gen. Car- ! ranza, "and since his back was to the line, it is difficult to see how he could be responsible for the firing. ! The fact is that Maytorena's men have been attacking, and therefore lt appears reasonably clear that they, j and only they, could have been to ' blame. "As a matter of fact, I do not know that the rights of American | citizens have l>een violated. It seems i to me that it would be well for the State department to investigate this question in order to fix the respon sibility. "I reme mb et similar Instances at El Paso, when tho Madero forces, were attacking there. In that case those shot were for the most part the imprudent and ourlons individuals who flocked to witness the fighting as If it had been a spectacular show staged for their benefit. "As to the use of force, of which Mr. Bryan talks, that is something the gravity of which, I fear, he does not fully appreciate. He says it DESTROYERS TO CANAL ZONK. l'hoir Necessity ls Not Explained hy Governor Goethals. Washington. Dec. 12.-Col. Goe thals has requested that destroyers be sent to the Canal Zone immedi ately, it was learned to-night, but Specific explanation of the need for naval vessels there was not included In the message. A reply asking for this explanation was sent, at once, but no answer had been received from Col. Goethals al a late hour Officials believe, however, that the .anal Governor has experienced some difficulty in preserving the complete neutrality of the Zone and its terri torial waters. Many ships belonging to belligerent nation? are in the vi cinity, and lt ls thought possible Col. Goethals has found himself unable to check use of their wireless plants within the three-mile limit. With swift naval vessels to aid it would be an easier matter to regulate use of wireless, and it was thought proba' 'e to-night the necessary de stroyers would be dispatched as soon as Col. Goethals's explanation wat? received. Recent activity by British and Japanese warships in the vicinity of the Canal Zone, which followed the disaster to the British under Admiral (haddock, has given risc to some concern here, although no specific reports of neutrality violations have been received so far as is known. Reports of wireless interruption from Panamo, have led to the belief that colliers and warships were ex changing messages, which, it they have not otherwise been open to ob jection, have hindered commercial use of wireless to a considerable ex tent. in the view of Col. Goethals's*mes sage, lt is believed code massages have been picked up which disclosed that to some extent the waters of the zone have been made a base of operations by one or both of the ai ded fleets, and that the Governor wishes to establish a patrol which will prevent further violations of neutrality. ITEMS OP NEWS PROM SENECA. Local Lighting IMant lias Kin?' Rec ord-Other Matters. Seneca, Dec. 14.-Special: Dr. E. \. ?lines is in Columbia, where he meets with the State Board of Health. Jos. G. Camp, orator, comes to the ichoo] house on Tuesday night as a lyceum attraction. The entertainer ?ornes strongly endorsed, and it is hoped that a good audience will hear him. The last attraction here drew ii \ery small house, and the enter tainer said that Seneca's reuptation had gone abroad as giving small houses to these affairs. Is it true? Karly risers found on Monday morning that they must resort to kerosene lamps to see about their Barly tasks. The engine at the power house needed repairs? and steam was shut off at midnight to allow the engine to cool. The man agement of the plant has a splendid record, as it has been the rarest thing, in the five years since the plant was installed, that lamps had to replace electric lights, and this for only a few hours. Mrs. B. A. Lowry will entertain for Miss Carrie Hunter, a January bride-to-be, on next Kriday after noon. Mrs. W. P. Reid leaves this week for a visit of several weeks to her daughter, Mrs. D. Wyly, at Beaufort, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hopkins have moved into the Floyd cottage on Townvllle street. Several case? of pneumonia have been reported, but none have proved serious. C. F. Adams has bought the Dun can house on the corner of First North and Fair Play streets. This ls one of Hie handsomest lots In Sen eca and when Improved will be an ornament to that part of town. Mr. Adams is adding only necessary im provements at the present, but vil 1 later make an attractive home out Of it. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your drtiKe?*t will refund money If PAZO OINTMHNT falls lo cure nny cane of Itching, IUind. Bleeding or I'rotritdlnK Plies inoro M day?. The first application ?ive? Ease and Rest. SOC would not mean an invasion of our territory or a violation of our na tional sovereignty. lt would. And. moreover, it would certainly be an act d'rectly against tho Constitution alists, who now bold the town, and in favor of tho Villlstas, who would be left free to continue their opera tions. lt would Ive simply tying Gen. Hill's hands and leaving Maytorena free. "I sincerely hope that the good friendship of the American people towards the Mexican people will pre vent the consummation of Secretary Bryan's threat." LIQUOR, ORA KOKS ANO PISTOL Were Stolen from Wost Union Depot on Monday Night. Petty thieves ns well as regulation burglars and cracksmen seem to be working over-time in all sections at present. lt might be Just as well for the citizen and householder to have convenient at hand a "good and sufficient" shotgun or pistol ready for service at any time of the night. On Monday night last the Blue Ridge depo?, at West Union was en tered by a negro and two gallon ex press packages of liquor, a pistol and some 20 or 25 oranges were stolen. Of course, the parties to whom the liquor was consigned are much bet ter off than if the negro had left the liquor there for them, but still the fact that petty thieves are at work is none the less unpleasant. On Tuesday morning a negro boarded the train at West Union, and he was lu <i particulaiI> happy mood. He had plenty of "good licker," a fine pistol and was living high for the moment on oranges. He made no secret of his liquid possessions, his pistol or the oranges, but rather gloried in them, exhibiting them to members of the train crew as they happened to pass him in the car. But none of the crew suspected that the stuff had been stolen from the depot in West Union, and lt was not until the return trip in the afternoon that they tumbled to he truth. Then it was learned that the depot had been entered, the liquor and oranges sto len, along with the trusy Smith & Wesson, which belonged to the wife of the depot agent, Mrs. Wilson. The thief had also entered the money drawer, but got only about. 30 cents In cash. The negro was a stranger to the members of the train crew, and they paid little attention to him. He has for the present dropped out of sight and may never be apprehended. FOR IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. lt. M. Mix sou on Committee tk> En courage Desirable People. Washington, I>ec. 12.-Resolutions calling on the Federal government and the Southern States for legisla tion to care for immigrants who seek refuge in this country afte" the Eu ropean war, were adopted to-night by the immigration conference called by the Southern Commercial Con gress to consider the feasibility of distributing immigrants on farms in the South. A committee was appointed to work out some practical plan of ac tion. Dr. C. J. Owens, managing direc tor of the Southern Commercial Con gress, declared in an address that tho future development of the South was measured in terms of an efficient, in dustrial and agricultural immigra tion. At the afternoon session of the conference Secretary of Labor Wil son predicted that many of the desti tute immigrants who would come to the United States from Europe after the war could be placed on Southern farms If proper efforts are made to secure them. Ile explained the ef forts of the labor, post office and ag ricultural departments to bring to gether "the jobless man and the nianless job, the landless man and the nianless land." J. J. DeKinder, an expert on Dutch colonization, who recently came from Holland, said many Dutch and Bel gian farmers, ruined by the war, were anxious to como to the United States. Senator D. U. Fletcher, of Florida, president of the Southern Commer cial Congress, presided at the session. Many Southern States were repre sented by officiais. The committee chosen to decide on a definite plan to encourage desira ble Immigration is composed of Dr. Owens, T. R. Preston, Chattanooga; Hugh MacRae, Wilmington, N. C.; M V. Richards, industrial commis sioner. Southern Railway, Washing ton, and R. M. Mlxson, a member of the South Carolina Legislature. 32 Carloads of Big Guns. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 12.-The Rus sian steamer Novgorod, which sailed I from Victoria to Vladivostok yester day, carried 3 2 carloads of cannons, siege guns and other war equipment manufactured and sold by the Beth lehem Steel Works and othor plants of the United States Steel Corpora tion. The latter shipped tho war mate rials Into Eastern Canada, from which section they were reshipped over the Canadian Pacific to Victoria and Vancouver. The shipment goes to Vladivostok, from which point it will be forwarded by rall over the Trans-Siberian road to the war the atres of Europe. Invigorating to tho Pal? Md Sickly The Old Standard general atrenirthenln* tonie, OROVR'S TA8TKIJ?0S chill TONIC. driVcs out Matarla.enrlchea the blood.?ndbuild* upthenre* tem. A true tonic. For adulta aud children. SOti