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KEOWEE COUKIEK (ESTABLISHED 184?.) Published Every Wedneeda/ Morning ?Rlmcniitioii $1 Per Annum. Advertising li?tes Reasonable. -Ry STECK, SIIEEOR ii SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char a< ter charged for UB advertise ments. Dbi tu ar y notices and tributen of re spect, of not over one hundred wo. ds, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one tent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. Cr WEDNESDAY, JA NI'A RY (I, l?lft. SIDELIGHTS ON El HORKAN W AH. Von Hindenburg and Kaiser Were Cneniies l'util War Hegau. William H. Shej;pard, a United Press stair correspondent, writing from Merlin recently, gives some in teresting Information in regard io several points concerning Hie pres ent gre.ii ' world war." Ile sass: I have li.ni au nisigiit into some ol the affairs which have caused the greatest interest and excitement in the Crinan wa i office. .ima a.- ibis war m itself outdoes fiction, so sollie ol' the scenes tin.I have occurred in tb" war otb-es have out-run imaginai! >u There have bern moments so exciting thal even tile staidest general.; have cheered aloud in I heir olin es. All i usia m <. ol ibis was the occasion when Hen. von Hindenburg, Whose name bas since become world famous, was restored to the army. Perhaps it is not generally known thal Hindenburg ami the Kaiser were personal enemies. M is the truth, however. The Kaiser himself put Hindenburg on Hie pension list six yeary ago in a lil ol anger against him. Hindenburg wa. heartbroken; at '?7 years his career seemed smashed. When the war broke out thu Kaiser ordered lists should be pre pared, including the name of every general who might help Hermany. Hindenburg's name was uni put on tho list. I'lie Kaiser noticed the omission, "Where is Hindenburg?" lie asked. "Germany needs him." This was one of the Hrs! surprises the war office sustained. Bul a greater surprise was in store for the man in the big stone building in nei lin in connection with this same matter. Hindenburg has boen a one-head ed man throughout his life. Every German general In Hie war ellice is a specialist on .some tactics or plan,' bul Hindenburg waa considered al um:-! "queer" in regard lo a certain plan he had for crushing a Russian for? e in Eastern rees da. I le had liga red >; hell Ile was a young ofllcer thal, if Germany and Russia ever fought each other mid that, i: Kassian troops started for Berlin i>> wa\ of Eastern Prussia: ind that, if ??n their march they got near K?nigsberg or Ti,iineuherg, and thal it lie were in charge of Herman troops in Eastern Prussia-If all '.bese "H's" ?ame true, he would got thc Russians into ?1 trap and drive them lee k into tim swamps in ; ho lake country and let the swamps whip them, providing once more if" that all this would not OCCU I" in til?' winter tune when the swamps were frozen. Ml of Hindenburg's success in iii?', in fact, depended on all these "ifs" coming true and bo was laughed at in Hie army and in German court cir <de> for -taking his careel and Iiis place in Gorman military history on Mich a slim and apparently, imprac ticable chance. Ile was called "Swampy Hindenburg" by his int i - mates. Many of ms holidays lie spent in ; he lake country in Eastern Prussia studying the ground. There -vas not a mudhole In tho area thal he did not know; its width, its depth, the nature of Hie earth around it. Eastern Prussia swamps were ins life study. When the war broke nit Hindenburg was sent to East Prussia. Al the ago of G7 years, ni ler the decades ol theorizing and friendly rilli? nie lie was t?> be tri von ids chance In life nt Inst. The war office kepi Its eyes on Hin denburg, In th?' -early days of Au gust thc Russians crossed tho border Into Eastern Prussia. Elvo great army corps, apparently irresistible in their might, hogan tholr ponderous progress toward K?nigsberg. Miles and miles they went Into Prussia un challenged. Hindenburg held back as he had planned to do. His life dream was coming true. The Rus sians destroyed villages, seized large towns and hastened on toward the great modern city of K?nigsberg, with its .<:,0,000 Inhabitants and its rich storehouses.; "Tho Russians are I overwhelming Prussia," said wor I i u-ti Germany. .'Weak German linea fear i<> meet on-coming Russians," said tho American newspaper head lines. Hut the German war ofllce hold its peace and its breath, waiting to see whether Hindenburg's life long dream had boen all a mistake and Iiis entire career only an error. At last the Russians reached the Tan nonberg country, And Hindenburg struck! America knows by this Hmo that it was ono ot Ibo most terrible battles in human history. Hindenburg folded Lack tho Russian left wing. They found only a swamp behind them into which they retreated ?nd found themselves helpless. The Kassian center Hin denburg d: ?vc back against another great swami) area. Here his men look 30,000 Russian prisoners. The on coming Russian loll had still ano ther swamp reserved for it. Hin denburg's men fought like demons, but it was the swamps tim: whipped the Russians. The Hermans were outnumbered three to one. Inn 13, ooi) Russians were prisoners ol' the Hermans within 36 hours, and Hie losses on both sides were ICO.OOO men. dead and wounded. The tl eco ru ni ot' the wnr olllres went to pieces when the lil's) news came nf Hindenburg's success. "Swamps Hindenburg's" whole life of 157 years hail been justified b> ?Hi bon l s of fight lng. WITHOUT UFA NA I/I" Y TO KUI I. I. lime for Paying state und ('ouuto lases Has Reen lOxtoiided. Columbia, I >ec. l. The time foi lue payment of Sta le ami cou nt > tases s extended until Kehrums wi thou I pin.illy, under an order ls sued to-nighl bj Comptroller Gene ral .lone.- ami approved by Govcr nor Iliense. This power is gis en tin Comptroller General by the law W ithout this extension the taxes pail alter lo-day would have entailed ; penalty of I per cen I in .lanuary. The order for the extension o lime for payment of taxes was drawl up and sinned bj Comptroller Gene ral Jones late this ifternoon. lt wai presented to Governor Rlense l>: Chief Clerk C. \V. Sawyer ano wai promptly approved by the Governor The order follows: '.Columbia, s. C.. Der. :: l. 1914. To the County Treasurers in th? Statt' of South Carolina: Under an? by virtue of power conferred upoi the Comptroller General, with th appro,al of the Governor, in Seetioi TUT. of Volume I, Code of Laws o South Carolina, 1912, I do horeb hereby extend the lime for ibo col lection of taxes, without penalty, un til the I ?I day of February, A. i: IUI"). You will |ilease KOS ern youl sell accordingly. A. W. .Iones. "Compl roller General." "Approved, Cole H. Hie,is? . Gos ernor." Governor Iliense this morning ad dressed a letter to the C'omptrolle General suggesting thal he extend lb time for thc payment of taxes. Th Governor's approval is necessary. The General Assembly al its extr session refused to extend the Hm for the payment of laxes as recoil mended by the Governor. The it forest on the State debi is In han and will bc paid promptly. Lassen's 07th Irruption. Redding. Cal.. Hoc. Ji">.- Mom Lassen's f'.Tth eruption rame exactl .it inion yesterday, and lasted for a hour. The remarkable feature < the eruption is that it came wholl from the north peak, from a ne crater that is entil?is distinct fro the ?rater from ssh ich all the ear eruptions caine. The eruption wan preceded by slight earthquake thai rattled svi dows al Viola, Ma umber Flat and < Clover Creek. The Quinine That DORS Not Affect The Hf llecause <>i its tonic mut lnxntive effect. I.A> TI S K IIKOMO QlMN'INi; i- littler tliRii onion Quinine and dufs not cause nervousness i rinsing in henil. Remember the full name t look for the Bignatur? of K. W. GROVE. 2 Clemson V M. C. A. Assured. Columbia. Dec. 30,-The $7f>,0 Y. M. C. A. building for Clemson C leno is assured. This announcemi was made yesterday afternoon by I finance committee of the trusti meeting here, .lohn D. Rockefel gave $50.000, the trustees $15,0 and the alumni have raised $10,01 Pension .Notice. I ssill attend in the Auditor's flee at the Court House each San day In the month of January, ll) for the purpose of pn paring ?ppll? Hon;! In proper form to go before t County Pension Hoard, which hereby called to meet at the Cot House on the first Monday in Feb ary, 1915, to pass upon said appli Hons and transact any other bu ness that may be properly brou] before said board. J. w. Holleman, Pension Commissioner, MITCH COMMENT ON OUH NOTE. Speculation a? t?? Whether Satisfac tory Answer Will ito ?lade. The llague, Dm-. :; I Dutch pa pers, while generally commenting upon tile American protest, virtually agree as to the main points brought out in the following editorial expres sion in tin- Amsterdam Algenieen llandolshlad: "The mile sent to England, hut intended for t IK* po word of the triple entente, is a remarkable symptom, in America, as well as in o'her neu tral countries, the illegal measures taken against American commerce has made had blood. " The note is not Intended as a hos tile act. but is a warning and a re quest, with a detailed resume of com plaints ot \meriean shipper;. The intentions of the note are good. "lt is well that Washington drew Hie attention of the British govern ment to the difficult position of neu tral shippers. Cut will the protest help? We believe we are justified in doubting this. As in the case ol the protest ol The Netherlands, Swe den, Denmark and Norway, so this one will be shelved, because England will consider, above all. rind above tin- rights of neutrals, her own In terests, which are that nothing winch ' the Connans need must bc permitted j in tile way of traffic. for this the neutral Stall's are sacrificed." I ic Amsterdam Tijd .sos: Mt is shown that when its Inter . cinand such a course Washing ion act' resolutely regardless of dls (inciion or persons. The protest of lin uoti i ni list the manner in which England wished to control the seas is prool o? this. .'i ke exchange of memorandums between America and England con cerning thc Client centenary is hardly over when this protest note dropped like a bolt from the sky. lt is su perfluous to point out the great Im portance of ihis step on the part of America in behalf of neutral- trade. With anticipation we await .lohn Bull's reply. Will Washington be satisfied with Ibo morsel witli which Mi. Vsquith and Sir Edward Grey hitherto have placated small neu tral countries when tiley voiced timely and humble complaints?" Cutes Old Sotes, Other Rsmoiie? Won't Cir. Thc worst Clises, no tun ttl : ii how tom; si .ont ir ?to cured by thc wonderful, old rclinhlf In. I. Mer's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It ivJcv ! .! .'nd ll'als at thc": nm? time. 2Sc, 5l)c|$l.< Robber Enses His Loot. Brigham. Utah, Dec. 29.-A man, who gave thc name of Bert I toasted, held up Earl Randall, t lie cashier, and two other men and a boy at the Brigham State Bank, to-day, took s l s,(inn m currency and was ar rested without resistance soon after ward, i I casted locked the til ree men and the boy in thc vault. Ran dall used a screw driver to open the door and was out in a few minutes. A policeman overtook 11 eas ted, ar rested him without 'trouble, and found all the money in Iiis pockets. These (?ot, Away. Carney, Okla.. Dec. 29. Two un masked men late to-day robbed the Carney State Bank here of approxi mately $2,nun and escaped alter forcing two bank officials and three oilier men who were in the building at I lie time to accompany thom to the outskirts of Carney. Rills Wife, then Com 111 tils Suicide. Pensacola, cia.. Dec .". I. W. .1. (?nails, a Wallen county farmer, late yesterday shot his wife to death and ilion committed suicide. Ile used a don hie-ba r re I ed shotgun. His daughter, who reported the tragedy, said that Quails also threat ened lier with the gun and that she heard shots after she fled from the house. Neighbors summoned by the girl found Hie bodies of Quails and bis wife lying on the front porch of the Quails home. The daughter said she knew no reason for her fat tier's crime. Colton Laden Steamer Sunk. Loudon, .lan. I. Tho Danish steamer M. C. Holm, from Savannah. December I. for Christiania, Norway, laden with cotton, struck a mine and sank off Klamhorough Head, Eng land. All the members of the crew escaped in life-boats. They narrow ly escaped injury from fragments of tlie mine casing. 'lin ship went down in 1 5 minutes. CHICHESTER S PILLS DIAMOND /i(H???L BRAND I.ADII?S i -/ A.V Tour l?rvjr*t*t for C11 f C11 If. T RR DIAMOND III AND PILLS in RKI GOI.II metallic boxes, seated with Ribbon TAK? NO OTIISR. Ba; I>rt>rrl?t und a?b for CIII.OIII. DI,? M o N i? B ic A Ni? PI I, Lg. for twentr.flie year? .eearded ns Oi-it,Sifest, Always Relfnbl?, SttLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS Sl/L EVERYWHERE ?SS EtS TSR 9 A RRD nud/A\ iritb Blue<0> rVr?r; v A GOVERNMENT DAILY IMPER. Object is to Postor American Bust ness Interests Here und Abroad. W ashington. Dec. 28.-To promote the loreign commerce of the rutted stans, tho government will go into the newspaper business January 2 next, winni the li ist number of the Daily Commercial lleport will be is sued by the Department of Com merce. In it will he carried all im portant commercial cablegrams re ceived from thc attaches at the sali ons embassies abroad and from con sular offices throughout the world, lt also will contain brief abstracts of tho findings Of investigators of the department in many lines of Ameri can enterprise, and will presen) to the business world each day the gist of the business of the Depart ment of Commerce for the preceding day. The plan for a live, up-to-tlie-hour commercial daily was worked out by Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of t ho bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The new publication will take t he place of t'ho Daily Consular Reports, now issued. Hereafter the long mall reports from American consular ofli cers reviewing business conditions ami opportunities in their respective sections will be published as supple ments to thc Commercial Deport. B. A. Brand, assistant chief of the bureau, returned to-day from an ex tended tour of inspection to the eighl new branch o lil ?'es ol' the bu reau, mported thal the branches were meeting with a cordial reception from business houses and wore work ing to full capacity ill co-operation with merchants and manufacturers. " These offices have become a fac tor in American business life," he said. Tiley have proven themselves ol' greater value to the business world in furnishing (doser relations with the agents of the Federal govern ment, whose business it is to aid American enterprises seeking a foot hold abroad. Through them infor mation of great value to mendiants and manufacturers is quickly ob tainable, and they said the bureau here is keeping in closest touch with American luisiness needs." The branch offices are located at New York, Boston. Chicago, St. Louis. Seattle. San Francisco, Atlan ta and New Orleans. This gives two offices to each geographical division of the country, and no extension is contemplated during Hie present fis cal year. MAXY DISORDERS COME FROM THE LIVER. Are You Just at Odds With Yourself? Ho You Regulate Living? Are you sometimes at odds with yourself and with the world? Do von wonder what ails you? True you may lie eating regularly and sleeping well. Yet something is the matter! Constipation, headache, nervousness and bilious s|>clls indicate a sluggish liver. The tried remedy is Dr. Kinr.'s ? Xew Life Pills. Only 25c. at you | druggist. Dueklen's Arnica Salve for skin eruptions.-Adv. Russian ('/ac Praised. Moscow. Dec. '_'">. Tile arrival here of the Emperor and Empress was marked by an enthusiastic re ception at the railway station. M. Tcheluvkoff, the new Loni Mayor of Moscow, in presenting bread and salt to the Emperor, thanked bim for the benefits arising from the abolition of the government monopoly on vodka. Better Light ai ?j^EROSENE light and old eyes alike, jfr give yon kerosene li steady, generous glow corner of the room. Thc RAYO docs not smolc solid brass, nickel-plated. ] clean, easy to rcwick. At STANDARD Ol ??:D'C' <"?w? Richmond. V?. BALTIIV ^iiiiii'itiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiimiiitiiiiiiiiiii.'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii A^Alember of The Rebeccas ? Bad Case of Nasal Catarrh Cured By Pe-ru-na. That any case of nasal catarrh can be cured by an internal medi cine is denied by some. Only a glance at our files would be nec essary to convince any sane per son that catarrh can be cured by the internal use of Peruna Mrs. Victoria Pickel, of Columbus, is a case of this sort. She had nasal catarrh very badly, and was cured by Peruna. We will let her tell her own story. Mrs. Victoria M. Pickel, 130 E. Mound direct, Columbus, Ohio, writes: "? have been using Peruna for catarrh, having had a very aggra vated case, so bad that it clogged the nasal organs. When I did get the nasal organs opened, the mucus would drop into my throat and make mc very sick. "A friend advised me to take Peruna, and after using four bot tles I was cured. I have no t rouble now, and am happy to say that I am enjoying thc best of health and attending to my lodge duties, being a member of the Rebecca Lodge of Odd Fellows. "I would recommend Peruna to those suffering with the same obnoxious trouble." DIVERSIFICATION AND INDEPENDENCE IN 1915 That will bc Tho Progressive Parino cs's slogan and battle cry next year-the slogan and battle cry. In fact, of the whole indus trial South and its peoplo who are "baffled to fight bettor"- -and the chief feature of the paper will bo a notable series of articles running throughout the whole twelve months-fifty-two issues in all under the heading: 1 ' DIVERSIFICATION AND INDEPENDENCE IN 1915." Live at Home, Out of Debt, With Surplus Crops as Money Crops-How to Do lt. (A series of 52 articlos, one for each week in the year, in tended to help small farmers and large farmers out of the one crop folly and into independence.) You cannot afford to miss this great series of articles that will be so helpful to you. Nor can you afford to do without your County paper. It is alive-brim full of interesting reading for the whole family. Everything that happens In the county as well as in the country, that is worth printing you will find, every week in your own coun ty paper. As a citizen it is your duty to keep posted on the doings of your County and State. You want both these splendid papers for a full year each. 104 Pig Papers. Hero is a bargain for you. Fill out the blank and get st.irted. BOTH FOR $1.50 Publishers-The Keowee Courier, Walhalla. S. C. I appreciate your Bargain Club Offer and enclose herewith $1.60 for a full year's subscription to both Tho Keowee Courier and The Progressive Farmer. Start both papers at once. Mame ?-< P. o. R. F. D. State Urges Standing Anny of 300,000. Chicago, Doc. A standing i rm y of 300,000 men in times ol' | peace anti a reserve anny of eight j million in times of war for the I * ii i - j Led States was urged to-day by Col. ; ll. O. S. Heistand, adjutant general )t tiie Central Department of the i'nited states anny, with headquart- ! cl's lu-re. Col, Heistand addressed the con vention of the American Stalwarts. I I He urged a military system based on J thc national defense of Switzerland. immmiiiuuuiiiintuuiiiiiiim id More of It is best for young LAMPS got at its best - a ' that reaches every e ?>r smell. It is made of It is easy to lig-ht, easy to dealers everywhere. IL COMPANY RSEY) Charlotte, N. C. ?nnn Charleston, W. Va. lv/Kt. Charleston. S. C lll|||||!ililll?!l,|?||l||HIIIIIU!tllllllllllllllllllili:illll|hSlllllilllfK IS WALHALLA SATISFIED ? The Evidence is Convincing-Tho Testimony Open to Investigation. Before a statement can be accept ed here, it must be supported by to cal testimony- l>y the evidence of some one residing in Walhalla. Stalemetns from unknown people in remote places may be true, lut we cannot prove them. Here is a state ment by a Walhalla resident: I*. .1. Fredricks, conductor South ern ll. lt.. Main street. Walhalla, says: "The jarring and jolting of th cats lirings on attacks of kidney trouble. When I have one of them, the pains in the small of my back and across my loins are pretty severe. The kidney secretions pass too often, are scanty and scalding in passage. They also contain sediment like brick-dust. I never let the trouble get a good hold on me, as I use Donn's Kidney Hills and never fail to receive prompt relief. I keep them on hand all the time." Price 50c. ai all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Dean's Kidney Pills tho same that Mr. Fredricks had. Foster-Mllburn Co., Props.. Buffalo, X. Y. Adv. Probe Klings Hise in Seed Prices. Macon. Ha., Dec. 15 I. lt developed here to-day that for two months or more the Department of Justice has been investigating an alleged trust of cotton seed mills in the South. Ko eal officials attribute the advance in cotton seed prices from $12 i>er ton in October to $2 1 at present to the fact that the seed purchasers learned of the Federal probe. lt is probable that the matter will be brought to the attention of the t'nited States grand jury here in February. CASTOR IA The Kind You Have Always Bought For Infants and Children. Bears the Signature of