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OOONBB'S SUMMER SCHOOL. Session Will Begin Jiuie l i-Those Who Will Have Cliarge. What ?3 intended to be Oconee's "biggest and best" summer school will open at Walhalla Juno 1 4 and continue four weeks. The courses are designed to meet the peculiar needs of country teachers, and every teacher who desires to prepare her self for "better things" should not fail TO attend the summer school. Tho host is none too good for the children of Oconce. Its children are its greatest resources, and these chil dren are looking to their teachers for that training which shall prepare them for the work of life. These teachers have shown a laudable de sire and effort to improve themselves In the past, and we believe they will not fail now. Prof. L. A. Sease will agata he in charge of the school and will teach grammar, composition and litera ture. He is o.r.i ?ently fitted for this work, both b> nature and training. Ile was horn end reared In the coun try, attended Leesville English and Classical Institute, and was later graduated from Clemson College. He taught cou ti try schools for a number of years, and for the last seven years he has been assistant professor of English In his alma mater. With the earnest teacher's desire for the best, he has taken special courses in Kng lish in Cornell University and in the University of Virginia, lie ls a mem ber of the Oconce County Poard of iodination and is a strong supporter ?if all that goes to improve the coun ty's schools. Prof, J, E. Hunter .vho will teach arithmetic, algebra and agriculture, is another country boy who has made his mark In his profession. After graduation from Clemson College, he taught In the country for several years and was then called back to the college to teach mathematics. He has done special study in the Uni versity of Chicago, and among tho Clemson students he is regarded as without a poor in "math." Civics, history and pedagogy will be under the instruction of B, J. Wells, instructor in Clemson College. Mr. Wells worked on tho farm till he had attained his majority, attending the country schools for a few weeks during the winter months. Feeling the need for better i raining, he start ed out. and after six years of hard work received the ,B. A. degree from the University of South Carolina. Beginning in a one-room country school, with 25 pupils, he has had experience in practically every phase of educational work, up to and In cluding the college. After several years in the country he became su perintendent ot a graded school and later was principal of a city school with about 500 pupils. While su perintendent of a graded school he served on tho State Hoard of Educa tion, and in 1000 was made Assistant State Superintendent of Education. Hut his love for teaching was so strong that in September, 10 10. he accepted a position in Clemson Col lege. History and kindred subjects have always been his favorite stud ies. He devoted a great deal ol time to these subjects while itt col lege, and within the last few years has taken special courses in the Uni versities of Chicago and Virginia. Miss Sallie St ri hiing will again teach geography and primary meth ods. In addition to these she will give a most valuable course In indus trial arts. Miss Stripling is a grad uate of Agnes Scott College and has had experience in both country and town schools. At this time she comes to us fresh from a year's study in Columbia University. The County Hoard of Education and the faculty of the summer school are earnestly desirous that every teacher in the county should attend this school. Those who have not taught, but desire to teach, are also invited to attend. While the school will be conducted primarily for the teachers of the county, any from the county will he welcome. Announcements will be sent out and every one who desires to attend should write Supt. Tlios. A. Smith what subjects she desires to take. Advertised Mail. The following ls a Hst of letters remaining uncalled for in the Wal halla post offlco for the week ending May ll, 1915t Gunter, B. P.; Paterson, Miss Nina. When calling for tho above please say thoy aro advertised. N. Fant, P. M. Belgian Belief Worker Victim. Queenstown, May 9.-Tho body of Madame I>e Pago, wife of Dr. Auto nlno De Pago, medical director of the Belgian Ked Cross, is among the identified dead. Madame De Page recently lectured in the United States on conditions in Belgium and collected funds for the sufferers In her country. The European \? Germans Capture Libau. Berlin, May 8.-Official announce ment was made by the war office to day that the city of Libau. In the province of Courland, Russia, has been captured by the Germans. In the capture of Libau the Ger mans have gained one of the main objects of their invasion of the Rus sian Baltic provinces. This C10VC ment was designed to occupy Libau and Kiga, two of the principal Rus sian ports on the Baltic, which would enable the Germans to harass Rus sia:', communications with Petrograd. laban is an important industrial centre. 7fi miles along the seacoast from the German border. Sixteen hundred prisoners. 18 cannon and four machine guns fell into our hands. The pursuit of the defeated Rus sians in the southeast was continued steadily throughout yesterday. Our advance forces crossed the river W?6 loka in the neighborhood of Krosno. The action led to the cutting off of considerable Russian forces. The total number of prisoners taken tn the Gallcian arena since the end ol April should so far have been in creased to about 70,000 men. Thirty eight, cannon, including nine of heavy calibre, have been taken from tho Russians. German Torpedo Roa tl Sunk. Petrograd. May 8.-The following official statement was issued by the war o 111 ce to-night : German cruisers and torpedo boats appeared In the vicinity of Liban yesterday and bombarded the pori. One of the enemy's torpedo boats was sunk by one of our mines. To the southwest of M ?tau our offensive is developing successfully. There were engagements yesterday in the direction of Poneviej, Besia gola and Rosscleny (in tho Baltic provinces). The enemy, who suffered enorm ous losses, ls showing signs ol' fa tigue, while our counter attacks are becoming more frequent. During our retreat in the direction of Duklow large forces ot the enemy occupied the roads and surrounded the fist h division or all sides. Nev ertheless, this dhisum, under the leadership ol' Gen. Korniloff, cut its way through the ranks of the enemy and succeeded, with heavy losses, in rejoining its parent corps yesterday. There has been only occasional fir ing In the direction of St ry. On Fri day, on the upper Lomnitza, certain elements of the enemy which had as cended the mountain range of Yav ornlk were repulsed with hoav> losses." Allies Claim Bight Transitorts. Paris, May 9.-According to news from a reliable source in Constanti nople, says a Havas dispatch from Athens, six Turkish transports have been sunk by the Russians off the Bosphorus and two others have been sunk in the Sea of Marmora. The Turkish army, the dispatch adds, bas loft Adrianople In the di rection ol' Midia -a seaport on the Black Sea. Allies Re|K>n (laius. London. "May 9 Field Marshal Sir .lohn French, commander-in-chief o? the British forces, sends thia report of the operations In the west: Last night the enemy continued his attacks east of Ypres and made further attacks to-day, which have been repulsed willi heavy losses. Oil' line there is firmly established. This morning our first army at tacked the enemy's line between Bois Grenier and Festubort, and gained ground south and east toward Fromolles. The lighting in this area continues. Our air men made successful at tacks on the St. Andre Railway junc tion north of Lille and on the canal bridge at Dolt Fumes, Herliess lilies, Marquelles and La Basses were also bombarded. Duly Ispiips 000,000 Men. (leneva. Switzerland, May 9.-An Italian army ol' KOO,OOO, fully equip ped and ready for tlte Held, has been concentrated at Verona. Verona is a fortitlod Italian city at the base of the Tyrolese Alps. 2 > miles from the frontier of Austria Hungary. Holdiera Proceeding to Front. London, May 9.-The Copen hager, correspondent of the Exchange Tele graph Company says: "A private message from Berlin states that Italy yesterday called to tho colors all infantry classes from 1870 and that many trains loaded with troops are proceeding to the front." Austrians and Germans Leave. Paris, May 9.-A Belllnzoua, Swit zerland, dispatch says: "Austrians and Germans are flee ing from Italy. All trains in the di rection of the frontier aro packed. "Special trains have brought 3, 000 Germans from Rome, Florence and Bologne. Lugano is filled with refugees. "Notice has been given of the sus 1 ar Day by Day. pension from to-day of telephone ser vice across the frontier and of the suppression of many passenger trains. "All German and Austrian jour nalists have left italy." German Air Raid Near London. London, May 10.-An aerial raid within 40 milos of I,ondou waa made early to-day. Incoming passengers on trains from South Fud, a seaside resort in Fssox, reported an air raid there in which serious property damage was done, and which caused some loss of life. Two Zeppelin airships are report ed to have dropped bombs on West Cliff-on-Sea, near South End, hut no fatalities have been reported. Warning of the approach of hos tile? air craft was given South End at 2.52 this morning. Several ma chines took part in the raid. Bombs struck houses in various parts of the town. One man and his wife were badly burned in a lire started by an incendiary bond). It is reported several shops were burned at Leigh, near South Bad. Four Zeppelins are said to have dropped 40 or 50 bombs there. Sixty homba were dropped at South End, but most of them ex ploded harmlessly. A British aero plane drove the hostile aircraft out to sea. A report from dunford says a Zep pelin had been seen in that neighbor hood, apparently In difficulty, but whether in consequence of an una voidable wind or of having been hit. was unknown. Allies Start Now Advance. London, May 10.-Since the battle of Neuve Chappelle and the German reply to it on the Ypres Canal, there has been no such important move ment by the British and French ar mies in the Western arena of the war as now is in progress. Accord ing to official communications from both Cen. Joffre and Sir .lohn French, the allies are meeting with success. Obviously the British have been able to throw great reinforcements into the Held, and in conjunction with the French they are attacking along a 26-mile front. In the Carpathians, though the Russians admit reverses, they con cede no such serious defeats as are indicated by the statements from Berlin and Vienna, and assert that the Teutonic allies are now being checked. The German adventure In the Bal tic provinces of Russia was reported to ("openhagen to have been checked. Strong Russian forces operating from Milan were credited with having compelled the retreat of (lennans who penetrated loo miles or more into Russian territory. No mention was made of the fate of Liban, cap ture of which the German war of fices announced on Saturday. Progress Made by French, Paris, May 10.--To-night's war office statement said: "To the north of Arras, in spite of several Cern?an counter attacks, we have maintained all our gain of yesterday, and we have enlarged it at certain points, notably between Caivney and Sanchez. "Our success is developing. The total number of prisoners at '-"> o'clock to-day exceeded 2,0^0. Among these were about 40 o Ulcers, including a colonel. "We have captured in the last two days more than 10 cannon and 50 machine guns. "At 'Berry-au-Bac, a German at tack has been repulsed, as well as (?ne in the forest, of Le Petro." The statement issued in the after noon follows: "Three new German attacks north of Lombaert'/yde were repulsed yes terday. Fast of St. Georges our ma rine fusilllers took posessslon of the Union farm, very strongly fortified by tho Germans, and also of a posi tion further east. They made about 30 prisoners, "In the region to the north of Ar ras we have maintained all the im portant gains reported in the com munication of yesterday evening. "Along the rt st of the front, par ticularly in the Argonne, and In Al sace at Slllakerkwasen, there was a continuation of the artillery fight ing." Austria (Maims Great Victory. Headquarters of the Austrian Anny, Western Galicia, May 10. The first stage of the battle of West Galicia virtually has been concluded, The victorious troops under tho lead of the German Geneial, August von Mackensen, after successfully break lng through all fortified lines of the Russian front, are assembling and reforming for a now offensive. They are bringing forward supplies left behind in their rapid advance and also are using the Interval to gather tho captured Russians bohlnd their present front and seek for abandoned guns and other spoils of war lu the mountain forests. Several thousand prisoners already have 'been brought in. The number of prisoners in this part of the battle in Galicia will be increased, it ls es timated here, by 30.000. Between 00 and 70 guns have been captured. The second stage of the operations is beginning further east, the second Austro-Hungarian army having stormed thc crest of tue Carpathians Ind ween Lupkow and U/.sok passes and driven before lt with the bayonet the Eighth Russian army. Severe Check for Germans. London. May 10.-A dispatch from Copenhagen declares the Her mans have met a severe check west of Mitau, capital of the Russian Bal tic province of Courland. Strong Russian forces compelled them to re t rea t. British Steamer Sunk. London, May IO. -The British steamer Queen Wilhelmina, of Har tlepool, was torpedoed and sunk hy a German submarine off Blyth Sat urday. Time was allowed the crew to take to the boats. They were picked up by a patrol boat and land ed at Shields. The Queen Wilhelmina, a trans Atlantic freighter of 2,307 tons net, was 303 feet long. Colins Claimed hy Germans. Berlin, May 10. Al the German war oilier to-day the following state ment was given out: "Western Theatre of War-We made progress on the coast, in the dunes, in the direction of Nleuport, taking several of the enemy's trenches and machine guns. A coun ter attack by the enemy during last night advanced as far as Lonibaer tzyde, but was completely driven hack. "In Plunders we also gained mort ground. We took 162 British pris oners at V?* rieren hock. Sou th WCS' of Lilly a great Anglo-Erench attack anticipated as a reply to our sue cesses in Galicia, was begun and di reefed itself against our position sit uated to the east of Flieurbaix t( the e.ast of Richebourg, to the eas of Vermelles and at Ablain, Cerebey j Neuville and St. Lawreuee, near Ar ras. "The enemy. French as well a j white and colored British, brough ! at least four new army corps Into the fight, besides the force which wa employed in this lino for some tim past. Nevertheless, repeated attack j have been nearly everywhere repul? 1 ed, with heavy losses for our oppc nen ts. This especially so in th case of the British attack. Abott ?flO prisoners have boen taken. "Only in the region between Cat ency, instead of Neuville and S Lotirent, did our opponents succee In penetrating and establis.bin themselves in our foremost lin trenches. A counter attack is no proceeding. "South of oteinbrueck, in the va i ley of the Focht, the enemy, wit had settled himself during a thic og immediately in front of our pi sition, was driven back by a com I ter attack and his trenches were d j s tro.ved. "Eastern Theatre of War No withstanding all attacks for the pu pose of preventing our pursuit 1 means of fresh forces brought up 1 marches, the allied troops form ii the army under Gen. von Macken si yesterday drove back Its opponen from position after position ai took more than 12,000 prisoners ai much war material. The number prisoners captured by this part our army alone since May 2 is thei by increased to more than 80,000." This .Morning's News Siiinniiiii/ci Dispatches this morning fr< Washington contain the inform?t! thal the German government li modi lied ils orders regarding neutt ships in the naval war zone. Si marine commanders have been si (ideally instructed not to harm n< tral vessels not engaged in host acts, and assurance is given that , ships are injured, damages will paid." Tho German governm< will also express regret for the lu ror of destruction of the Lusitania. London dispatches indicate mark advances and some important poil raptured from the Germans betw< Carcney and Neuville, with attac ? of the enemy elsewhere repelled. The Germans report the capture nearly a quarter of a mile of the lies' trenches near Berry-au-Bac, France. On the Russian side of I war territory the Germans annoui continued advances, pushing the R sinus before them until now the G tuan armies that have been victork for a week past are said to be wit) r>0 miles of the Przemysl fortress, contly captured from the Austrh by the Russians. Tho French official war bullet . contain the most definite statenv of the claims made from that si tho following being a condensation their report: "North of Dlxmude Belgian tron who have thrown up a bridgehead i the right bank of tho Ysor, were s jected to violent attacks by th (ierman battalions last night. 1 belgians repulsed those, inflicting the enemy heavy losses and tak about 50 prisoners. Another Belg . division has gained ground to , south of Dlxmude. "East of Ypres the "British tro have been attacked again with aid of asp h xlating gases. They al lowed the 'unies to pass over, under the protection of masks recently put Into use and hy ritle and machine gun fire they annihilated, at the very point ci their guns, the German col umns, which had advanced in close formation. "Our success north of Arras was sensibly enlarged to-day during the course of the fighting, in an engage ment of extreme violence in front of Loos we captured an important Ger man work and an eutire system of trendies constructed along the road from Loos to Vermelles. "Further south we captured the big blockhouse and the chapel of Notre l?ame de Lorette. All the German trenches to the south of the chapel have fallen successively into our hands and in them we found sev eral hundred dead bodies. "We have also taken the offensive and gained ground in the direction of the sugar refinery at Souche/.." Reports from the Turkish side con flict greatly, the Turks making claims that all British and French attacks luive boon repulsed with the conse quent loss of three battalions of the allied troops. The British report, in direct variance to the above, makes tho claim that " the allies made im portant advances Friday and Satur day and that the Turkish losses in the fighting were estimated at 45, 000 men. With regard to the Italian situa tion, dispatches indicate that, a dec laration of war against Italy will be made by Germany and Austria to forestall the now expected declara tion by italy against tho Teutonic al lies. lt ls assented that Italy will either tie forced into the war, or will enter voluntarily, before the close of May. German and Austrian subjects continue their movement from Mal ian points, while increased activity is noted among the subjects of Italy in their hasty return to their own country from all Austrian and Ger man territory. Voting Mun Kills Himself. I'nion. May 7. \V. M. Kubanks, a young man about L'S years of age. committed suicide by emptying both barrels of a shotgun into his body about 5 o'clock (lils morning at his home, near Bonham, four miles north of here. Font inned ill hoalth is supposed to have been tho cause. Ile was for several years cashier of a bank at Beaufort, and for a short while cashier of the Rank of Pacolet He located on .he farm at tho begin ning of this year. He leaves a wife and a two-year-?ld daughter. He was held in high esteem by all Who knew him. Life is a Blank When Sight is Gone* TOO LATE TO GRIEVE Til EN ! Now is tho time for ac tion-now, when you can eonie to US for CONSULTATION and get our advice and in formation about your eyes. THERE IS DANGER IN DELAYS. Globe Optical Company. MASONIC TEMPLE, Greenville, S. C. A. A. ODOM, President. A. H. SCHADE, ( Consulting Optometrists. Statement of tho Condition of THE WESTMINSTER LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, located at Westminster, S. C., at the close of business May 1st, 1915: Resources Loans and discounts... $ 03,862 90 Overdrafts. 4 79 Furniture and fixtures. . 1,800 00 Duo from banks and bankers . 19,929 09 Currency. 531 00 Gold. 175 00 Silver and other minor coin. 4377 Checks and cash items. . 98 01 Total.$ 86,444 50 Liabilities Capital Stock paid ln..$ 20,000 00 Surplus fund. 500 00 Undivided profits, less current ex|>enses and taxes paid . 3,078 59 Due to banks and bank ers . 357 75 Individual deposits sub ject to check. 37,310 73 Demand certificates of deposit. 4000 Time certificates of de posit . 8,102 62 Cashier's checks. 54 87 Billa payable, including certificates for money borrowed. 1 7,000 00 Total.8 80,441 f>? State of Sooth Carolina, County of Oconee.-Bef?te m? ame A. Zim merman, Cas. 1er tin above named hank, who, te ing du . sworr, says that the above and f< egolng state ment is a tr?i" condition of said bank as shown by . io 1 >f said bank. A. /.''fMERMAN. Sworn to and i bed before me this 6th day of May, 1915. (Seal.) A. B. S I EWART, lie for S. C. Correct Att . I W. L. RN i ! LAND, 1 \A NON, E ZIMMERMAN, Directors. Statement of the Condition of TUM RANK OV WALHALLA, located at Walhalla, S. C.. at the close Of business May 1, I !) l 5 ; Resources* Loans and discounts. . . .$218121 57 Overdrafts. 1388 63 Hoads and Stocks owned by ?he bank. 9000 00 Furniture and fixtures. . 1700 00 Hanking house. 1500 00 Ot lier real estate owned . 152 42 Due from banks and bankers. 7 2800 30 Currency. 188 1 00 (!(>)'l . 2670 00 Silver and other minor coln. 560 51 (Mucks and cash items. . SS :: I TotJul.9310305 64 Liabilities Capital stock paid in...$ 50000 00 Surplus fund . 12500 00 Undivided profits, loss current expenses and taxes paid. 13101 21 Duo to banks and bank ers . 622 80 Individual deposits sub ject to check. 7 8 738 .11 Demand certificates of deposit . 17 0 0 07 Time certificates of de posit . 151370 .11 Reserve fund carried on general individual or savings ledger. 226 2 Ht Tottal.$310355 ?1 State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.-Before me came W. L. Vernor, Cashier of tho above named Hank, wno, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing state ment ls a true (ondit ion of said Hank, as shown bv trie books of said bank. NV. L. VERNER. Sworn to and subscribed before me this I 0th day of May. 1 9 1 5. I Seal ) W. D. MOSS. Notary Public. Correct Attest .INO. CORDON DAW. JOHN YV. WICKLIFFE. .!. W. SH FLOR, Directors. Statement of the Condition or TH IO ENTERPRISE RANK, \ located at Walhalla. S. C.. at the j close of business May I, 1915: Resources ; Loans and discounts. . . . $ i)085 7 83 1 Overdarf ts. ?)8 28 Furniture anti fixtures .. 1400 00 Due from hanks and bankers. 18700 08 Currency. 1778 00 Cold. Lil G 00 ! Silver and oilier minor (oin. 1349 39 ?Checks and cash items. . 1455 34 Total.$122054 ?2 Liabilities Captial stock paid in...$ 20000 00 Surplus fund. 2500 00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid. 5 ti5 8 4 8 Individual deposits sub je t to check. 37508 97 Timo certificates of de posit . 57217 4 7 Cashier's checks. 70 00 Total.$1221)51 92 State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.-Before mo came Geo. Sea horn, Cashier of tho above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing state ment is a truo condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. GEO. SEABORN, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of May, 1915. (Seal.) JOHN F. CRAIG, C. C. P. Correct Attest E. L. HERNDON, A. P. CRISP, W. T. MAXWELL, Directors. Statement of the Condition of THE CITIZENS' RANK, located at Seneca, S. C., at the close ol* business May 1, 19 15: Resources Loans and discounts .... $24 1152 1 59 Overdrafts .. 167 68 Bonds and stocks owned by tho bank. 2000 00 Furniture and fixtures.. 1000 00 Banking house . 11886 24 Due from banks and bankers. 83721 72 Currency. 3220 00 Gold . 52 0 00 Silver and other minor coin. ?D?2 87 Checks and cash items. . 2 2 50 Ober resources (revenue stamps) . 31 00 Total.$34 127:J ?O Liabilities Capital stock paid in . . . $ 50000 00 Surplus fund. 1 5000 00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid. 134 30 73 Due to hanks and bank ers . 5848 34 Individual deposits sub ject to check. 171548 98 Time certificates of de posit . 43761 95 Cashier's checks . 183 60 Notes and bills red is? counted . 10000 00 Bills payable, Including certificates for money borrowed . 31000 00 Reserve fund carried on general Individual or savings ledger . v . .. 3500 00 Total.$344273 60 State of South Carolina, County o? Oconee.-Before me came L. A. Ed wards, President of the above named bauk, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and forer? dng state ment is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. L. A. EDWARDS. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of Way, 1915. (Seal.) J. C. EDWARDS, Notary Public B. C. Correct Attest S. N. HUGHS, W. J. LUNNEY, W. F. AUSTIN, Directors.