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THE NEWS -FROM CONEROS8. M 1KM Hunsinger Entertains a Number . of Friends--Otiter Locals. Conero8S, Doc. 14.-Special: The ever charming home of Mrs. S. M. Hun8inger was made most Inviting last Friday evening when her daugh ter. Miss Bewley, entertained about ten couples of her friends at a birth day party. Miss Hunsinger, beautl- ' fully gowned In white satin, never appeared more lovely. The parlor In which she entertained was beau tifully decorated with holly, which made those present think of Christ mas being just a few days off. After all of the guests had arrived and a short time had boen spent In conversation each person was handed a slip of paper with the name of some berry written on lt. After the tickets had all been matched and the couples seated they were fur nished with paper and pencil and en tered lute a l>orry contest, which re quired considerable time and knowl edge. After the papers had been examined it was found that several couples had tied in the contest. Miss Zadie Hesse and Paul Barnett not only answered all the questions cor rectly, but drew the long straw, which won the prize, a box of choco late candy, which was presented by Miss Agnes Hunsinger. A number of other contests and games were played, after which part ners were changed, and all were in vited into the dining room, where a delicious supper had been prepared, consisting of hot chocolate, sand wiches, cakes, bananas, apples, etc. The dining room was prettily deco rated with holly, with sprays of this beautiful evergreen dropped among the fruits, etc., on the table, a small sprig of holly, with red berries, tied with red ribbon, being placed in each plate as a souvenir. Miss Bewley received quite a num ber of nice presents, which were dis played in the spacious hall on a table, which was made very attractive. The guests returned to their homes witta many pleasant memories of the occasion and wishing their hostess many happy returns of her birthday anniversary. i Miss Mertle Abbott is expected home next Friday from Limestone College to spend vacation. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rothell. of Toccoa, Ga., are visiting the former's sister and the latter's brother, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Arve. They will soon leave for Illinois. Misses Gracie and Ollie Abbott ?were recent guests of their grand- , parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Blan chett, near Walhalla. Miss Agnes Hunsinger spent Satur day night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Abbott, of Seneca. r.iiss Annie Abbott is with Mrs. E. P. Cox, of Westminster, a few days this week. STOPS THAIN TO SA VF TWO BOYS Brakeman Gets Glimpse of Sinking Youths .lust in Time. ?San Francisco, Dec. ll.-Two boys were rescued from drowning by a modest Santa Fe brakeman, who boarded a train afterward and loft no name behind. The irescued boys are John Grifiln, ll, and William Cunningham, 12. They were playing on a board raft at Army and Kentucky streets, where there is a pond, when Griffin slipped into the water. His compan ion's shouts for aid were drowned by a passing train, and young Griffin was in a bad way. Although Cunning ham is not a good swimmer, he leap ed in after the drowning bov and made a game fight to save him. The train was almost past when the brakeman saw the struggle for life In the pond and pulled the stop cord. As the train slowed the brake man leaped off and rushed to the aid of the boys, hauling them out of the water In an unconscious condition. A passing automobile, driven by Frank Lester, was 'hailed and the half-drowned youngsters placed in it. I/ester rushed them to the Potrero hospital, and the brakeman went back to his train. At the hospital it took nearly an hour to revBe the boys, Griffin being all but dead. .Man-luge at Fair Play. (La von ia Times.) One of tho most beautiful home weddings of the season was that of Miss Nina Belle Carnes and Cullen Mason, which occurred at Fair Play, on December 6, at 4 p. m. Rev. W. B. Hawkins, of Townvllle, performed the ceremony. The bride is a daugh ter of Geo. W. Carnes, of Fair Play, and the groom ls a sen of Wilton Mason, of Oakway. Only a few of the nearest relatives and friends were present, due to the Inclemency of the weather, and the Indisposed health of some members of the fam ily. The bride was beautlfuly gown ed in a cream tailored suit. The parlor and dining room were .tastefully decorated in evergreens and ferns. A delightful saiad course Was served the guests. The European V French Muk?? Broad Claims. Paris, Dee. 12.-The German troops in Flanders ha1 e been com pelled to evacuate th<> west bank of the Yser Canal and the allies have oc cupied the positions abandoned by the foe. This was officially an nounced here this afternoon. An official statement issued by tbe war ofuce shows that the French artillery continues to demonstrate its sui>eri ority over that or tiro Germans. One of tho German howitzer batteries has been completely destroyed, the offi cial statement says. The communique follows in full: "The enemy has been compelled to evacuate the western bank of the Yser Canal to the north of the house of the ferryman. We are occupying that bank. "In the region of Arras there are artillery conflicts. In the region of Na m neel our batteries have silenced the batteries of the enemy. "In the region of the Aisne our .heavy artillery has silenced the Ger man Held artillery. One of their batteries of howitzers has been com pletely destroyed. "To the northeast of Vailley, In the region of Perthes, and in that of the Forest of Grurie there have been artillery duels and some infantry en gagements which have turned to our advantage. "On the heights of the Meuse the enemy's artillery has been less active. On the other hand, that of our troops has destroyed at Deux-Nouds (to the west of Vigneulles-Les-IIattonchatel) two of the enemy's batteries, one of heavy calibre, the other used for fir ing upon aviators. "In the same region we have blown up a blockhouse and destroyed seve ral trenches. "Between the Meuse and the Mo selle there ls nothing to report. "In the Vosges there are artillery combats. In the region of Sanones we have strengthened the positions taken the day before." Allies Gaining Impetu.--. London, Dec. 13.-Both the Ger man and French official roorts con tain evidence that the allies' offen sive movement is beginning to gather impetus, and is meeting with stub born resistance. The French have been particularly active in the Woe vre region. At. several points the Germana have made counter attacks, which, the French claim, have been repulsed. The German report shows that Gen. Joffre's men have reached a point midway between St. Mlhiel and Pont-a-Mousson, which would indi cate that they had crossed the Ger man line of communications. In these operations the French lost heavily. The battles In Poland continue al most without intermission, and* while i both Russians and Germans announce successes, apparently no decisive re sult has been reached. The Germans ; still are delivering heavy blows at j the Russian centre, where, they as . sert, they took 1 1,000 prisoners and ! 40 machine guns. South of Cracow the Russians claim the capture of j 4,000 prisoners, four guns and seven machine guns. The rehabilitated Servian army continues victorious in tho Balkan area of the war. The shattered Aus trian right crossed the Drina into Bosnia, where lt was attacked by the Montenegrins near Vishegrad, and had to leave another toll of pris oners, killed, wounded, and war ma terials. Meantime the Austrian army from Belgrade has attacked the Servian right and been repulsed. It Is unofficially reported that the Austrians are preparing to leave Bel grade. Reports from Front Conflict. London, Dec. 14. - Vigorous thrusts at the German line in France were made again by the allies, but reports of successes In to-day's offi cial statement from Paris are not borne out by the Berlin communica tion. The French war office states Ger man positions along the Aisne were demolished, that in the Woevre dis trict a line of trenches 500 yards long was captured, and that further progress was made in the Argonne and In Alsace. The German announcement says nothing of importance has occurred In che West, with the exception of a few French attacks along the Meuse and In the Vosges, which were re pulsed easily. English and French newspapers say the time is drawing near for the much-discussed general advance of tho allies through France and Bel gium, and ?iome unofficial reports say that the move is about to be under taken if it has not actually begun. Progreis necessarily would he inch by Inch, and even the most optimis tic of the British observers, assum ing that a general forward move ment of the allies is to be essayed, concede it would be spring before any appreciable eastern progress could be made. 7ar Day by Day, Turks Beaton, Iuuid and Sea* London, Dec. 14.-Turkish re verses at the hands of Russia on land and of England on sea were chronicled In to-day's official war dispatches. Russian army head quarters In the Caucasus reports tho Turks, whose strong resistance to the invaders from tho North compelled them to retreat, have now been re pulsed everywhere and are being pur sued beyond the Euphrates river, suffering heavy losses. The British admiralty announced the old Turkish battleship Messu dieh, which carried (500 men, had been destroyed by a British subma rine. To accomplish the feat the submarine penetrated the supposedly impregnable Dardanelles. Tho Official Statement. Tho official bureau's statement is as follows: "Yesterday submarine B-ll, in charge of Lieut. Commander N. B. Holbrook, of tho royal navy, entered the Dardanelles and in spite of the difficult current dived under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish Messudleh, which was guard ing thc mine Heids. Although pur sued by gun-fire and torpedo boats, the B-ll returned safely after being submerged, on one occasion, for nine hon rs. "When last seen the Messudleh was sinking by the stern." Lieut. Commander Holbrook is one of five brothers, all serving with the colors, the sons of Col. Arthur Holbrook, a newspaper owner of Portsmouth. The Latest Reports. London, Dec. 15.-British mili tary authorities announced to-day fighting in northern France had re commenced, and that a combined at tack by the allies in Belgium, south of Ypres, had resulted in the capture of German trenches and substantial progress. This ls the first occasion in several weeks on which the British authori ties have considered the day-to-day activities of t'he allies of sufficient importance to issue such a statement. London suggests it may mean the allies have at l'ast begun a general offensive movement. German Gain in .Visare. The French war office admits that at Seinbach, in Alsace, the German infantry "gained a foothold." Bom bardment of St. Leonard and of Com meroy by the Germans also has been mentioned in the l'ast two official ! French statements. Such conflden. claims have been made by the allies during the last week concerning the success of their new movement against the German line that the Berlin military authori ties have Issued a special statement to contradict them. The definite statement is made in Rotterdam that the Germans have begun a retreat, falling back in Bel gium toward a prepared line farther from the coast Official confirmation was lacking, however. Germany has shifted so many of her troops to the eastern arena that the allies must now clearly outnum ber them in France and Flanders. This condition, baleen together with the fact of French and British rein forcements, is leading Berlin, accord ing to report, to expect pronounced activity by the allies at any moment. Rattles Rage on East Front. Bloody struggles continue in Po land and Galicia between the Rus sians and the Austro-Germans. North of the Vistula, along the M la wa front, the struggle seems to be favoring the Russians, but nei ther side claims a decisive victory anywhere along the western front. The final engagement still remains to be fought out between Lodz and the Vistula. Austrians Quit Belgrade. Vienna, Dec. 15.-The abandon ment of Belgrade by the Austrians is acknowledged in an official statement given out at army headquarters to day. The statement follows: "In the southern theatre of war the retirement of our right wing in volved a change in the military situ ation which made it advisable for us to abandon Belgrade, which was evacuated without fighting. "Our troops have fought long and fatiguing battles, bat are In the best of spirits." German Cruiser interned. Washington, Dec. 15.-The Ger man cruiser Cormoran, with 22 offi cers and 355 men, has interned for the war at Guam, according to a dispatch received late to-day from Capt. Maxwell, American naval gov ernor of that island. The Cormoran arrived at Guam yesterday and was given 24 hourp in which to leave the port, or intern for the war. She was short of provis ions, coal and water. The Cormoran was In need of 1,500 tons of coal to reach the near est German port, according to Capt. Maxwell. She was allowed 100 tone of coal and fresh water Immediately JULIUS MARETT IMPROVING. Young Man Was Stabbed by Negro Near Fair PUiy-Local Note?. Westminster, Dec. 15.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harrison and lit tle son, of Duluth, Ga., are visiting relatives here. Mrs. P. A. Johns and little daugh ter Lois loft last week for Norfolk, Va., where Mrs. Johns goes to join her husb'and. Mr. Johns has ac copted a position as foreman in a large marble and granite shop. They will make their future home there. We are very sorry indeed to give up this estimable family. They will bo greatly missed. Belton Marett was called home from Tulane University, New Or leans, last week on account of the serious illness of his brother, Julius Marett, of Fair Play. The play, "Jes Like White Folks," at tho school auditorium Friday evening last, was greatly enjoyed by a number of i>ooplo, despite the in clement weather. The play was very laughable, and splendid special numbers added greatly to the even ing's entertainment. Hon. Jos. G. ('amp, orator, will lecture at the school auditorium on Thursday evening, December 17th. This is the second lyceum number. Mr. Camp conies highly recommend ed, and we hope a full house will greet him. J. H a fed Carter, of Malvern, Ark., is visiting his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Marett and fam ily are at Fair Play with their son Julius, who was seriously wounded last Thursday. We are pleased to learn that the latest reports from Fair Play tell of an improvement in his condition, and hope is now enter tained for hie recovery. Miss Pat McClanahan leaves this week to visit a friend in Tallahassee, Fla. She will probably be away for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wilson and daughter Ila leave to-day for Arca dia, Fla., to visit relatives. Mrs. H. B. Gilbert returned Mon day from Cornella, Ga., where she i had been to see her father, who has been dangerously Ul. Invitations are out to the marriage of Miss Weepie Lenora Cobb, of Bel j ton, and Marshall Wesley Mason, of ! this place. The marriage will take place at Triangle church, near Bel ton, on December .'{Oth, a* 4.15 , o'clock. Miss Cobb ls a sister of Mrs. F. Eugene Mitchell and has vis ited here a number of times. The young couple have the best wishes of , many friends here and elsewhere for 'their future'happiness together. ! OFFICERS MEET ROUGH GANG. R. Q. Merrick Among Officials Who Were Attacked by Men. (News and Courier Special.) I Conway, Dec. 12.-R. F. Jenkins ' and R. Q. Merrick, special officers of j the United States internal revenue j department, and W. J. Johnson and ' Rollin Johnson have just returned from beyond the Little River section of the county, near the North Caro lina line, where they made a raid on an illicit whiskey still yesterday and arrested George Beck, Spencer Boze I man, Will Huet, Dave Faulk and Asa Soles, who are said to have been in tho act of measuring a number of kogs of whiskey when they were sur prised by the officers. When the offi cers arrested the parties a number of friends of the prisoners came to their rescue and demanded of the officers they release the men. lt 's claimed that upon their refusal to do so a fusillade of shots were exchanged be tween the men and the officers. In the melee one of tho prisoners was wounded and two made their escape, but were recaptured. One of the re captured men escaped again the next day and IB still at large. Capt. Jenkins was hit in the breast by one of the shots, but the bruise is of a minor nature. Another of the prisoners made such resistance in trying to extricate himself from the officers that Capt. Jenkins had to pound him heavily on the head. The man is considerably bruised, but not seriously Injured. Four of the pris oners were placed in jail here and the two wounded ones have been exam ined and their wounds have been pronounced not serious by a physi cian. Warrants have been issued for all the parties, and it is expected that George Beck, who made good his escapo at the time, will be captured in a day or two. The prisoners were taken before the United States Com missioner here to-day and two of them, Faulk and Soles, were re leased on bond for their appearance before the commissioner for the pre liminary hearing. v> needed, ?nd her captain was given until 10 a. m. to-day (Guam time) to decide his future course. Secretary Daniels approved Capt. Maxwell's action. How About Hol We are showing full at attractive prices. Bailenger Hdw. Seneca, Sont .J? ?J? ?|* ?J? ?J? ?J? ?|* ?J? ?J? ?J? oj? 4? WALHALLA MILL NOTES, .J. J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J. ?j? ?J? ?|? ?J-. *|? ?J? ?J? ?J* ?J? ' Walhalla Mill Village, Dec. 14.- 1 Special: Everything is moving along nicely here at this writing. Our peo- . pie have beon killing their big fat hogs the pasi week. We are well pleased with the light ing of our streets in the mill vi'lage. We hope that we will 'have our streets worked out some time in the near future. Wedding bells are ringing around here. Harley Herren and Miss May I Butts were married at her home last Tuesday night at 7 o'clock by Rev. M. Cobb. On last Wednesday Wal ter Howard and Miss Lizzie Land were married at 8 o'clock by Rev. L. B. Norton, at his home. We wish them all much joy. Rev. L. I). Mitchell has been called to the Baptist church here, and wo learn that he will accept. We aro glad to have him with us. We are hoping to build a Baptist church here some time during the coming year. Brethren, get ready to help uy, for we need your help. Pray that we may get a church built here, for it ls greatly needed. Hundreds can point to the use of calomel as the cause of physical de cay. Its strenuous effects upon liver, kidneys and even the heart are known to every practicing physician. Medical science has found a vege table compound that eliminates the poisons from the liver and accumu- j rations from the bowels in a safer J and saner way than does calomel and I leaves no ill after-effects. This remedy in the form of GRIGS- ! RY'S LIV-VER-LAX is a proven suc cess. It is for sale In 50c. and $1 bottles by '?orman Company, Wal halla, S. C., who guarantee to refund purchase price If you want lt. It is always protected by the likeness of L. K. Grigsby.-Adv. NOTICE. All persons ?holding claims or de mands against the county, not 'pre- j vlously presented to the County Board of Commissioners, are hereby notified to file same with the Clerk, M. R. McDonald, on or before the first day of January, 1915, so that same may be passed on by said Board at their annual meeting to be held on the 1st day of January, 1915, or be barred. M. R. MCDONALD, Clerk of tho Board. Dec. 16, 1914. 50-52 MASTER'S SALES. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to decrees of the afore said Court, in tb? cases named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, the 4th day of January, 1915, be tween the legal hours of sale, the tracts of land below described: Ervin L. Haley. Plaintiff, against Jasper G. Daniels et al., Defendants. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being In the County of Oeonee, in State of South Carolina, containing ninety-six and 79-100 acres, more or less, and being No. 56 of W. P. Anderson's Chauga Lands, as shown on .plat made for him by D. Conger, in Au ust, 1905, and being the land deeded to Jasper G. Daniels by W. P. Ander son by deed bearing date the 2d day of December, 1908. Terms of Sale: One-naif cash, and balance in one ?nnnnl in?t?/i ment, credit portion to bear Interest from the date of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum, and to be secured by bond of purchaser, or purchasers, and mortgage of the premises; that in event of failure of t'he purchaser, or purchasers, to cora II ly with the terms of salo within five Iday 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 fh the house, here is the place to get best qualities, and new est designs at lowest prices. line of Holiday Goods and Furn. Co-, hi OoroliiiA. [lays from day of salo the Master do re-advertise and resell said premises on the following salcday or some con venient salcday thereafter, at the same pince and on the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchasor, or purchasers, and that he do continue so to do until 'ho has found a purchaser, or purchasers, who comply with the terms of salo. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. Sold at the risk of the former pur chaser, Allen Burts. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. Dec. K?, 1914. John P. Craig, as Administrator. Plaintiff, against David Oreen Cleveland et al., De fendants. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, In the State of South Carolina, adjoining lands of Miss Leona Kuhtmann, Moses Can trell, J. D. Vern'er and others, con taining eighty-four acres, more or less. Terms of Sale: Cash. That in event of failure of the purchaser, or pur chasers, to comply with the terms of Bale within five days from day of sale, the Master do re-advertlse and resell said premises on the following salesday or some convenient salesday thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do con tinue so to do until he has found a purchasor, or purchasers, who shall comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papera and stamps. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. Dec. 16, 1914. S. Lee Crow, Plaintiff, against Louis Crow et al., Defendants. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, containing fifty acre?, more or less, adjoining lands of Al-,x Stew ard, S. L. Crow, Frank Heaton, Ben Chapman and others, being the tract of land conveyed to the said Luther Crow by Mary E. Holcombe and oth ers, by deed recorded In office of Clerk of Court for Oconee County, in Deed Book "LL," page 550; ALSO, All that piece, ?Kareel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee, State of South Carolina, containing five and one half acres, more or less, adjoining lands of B. P. Chapman, J. D. Brown, Whit Grant and others, being the tract of land conveyed to 'the said Luther Crow by deed dated 8th Janu ary, 1913, by Frank Heaton, said deed being recorded in office of Clerk of Court for Oconee County, S. C., In Deed Book "QQ," page 193. Terms of Sale: Cash. That in event of failure of the purchaser, or pur chasers, to comply with the terms of sale within five days from day of sale, the Master do re-advertlse and resell said premises on the following salesday or some convenient p-Mesday thereafter, at the same pip- ^ .id on the same terms as heretofore set out, at tho risk of the former purchaser, or purchasers, and that he do con tinue so to do until he has found a purchaser, or purchasers, who shall comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers and stamps. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C.. Dec. 16. 1914. Thomas Sprinkle, Plaintiff, _ against M. M. Standrldgc, Defendant. All that parcel or lot of land situ ate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, and being lot Number eleven, in Block Number three, Just behind. Ix>t No. 2; also, Lot No, one, Iii Block three, adjoin ing Lot No. 2, on east side, as shown in plat made by W. B. Trogden, dated May 20th, 1910. Terms of Sale: Cash. That In event of failure of the purchaser, or pur chasers, to comply with the terms of sale within fi ve days from -day of sale, the Master do re-advertlse and resell said premises on Ohe following sale day, or some convenient salcday thereafter, at the same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser, or nurchaAerS, and that he do con tinue so to dd uittll he has found a purchaser, >or purchasers, who com ply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers and stamps. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. Dec. 16, iS|14. 50-52