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_"TO THINE OWN 8?LF BE TRUE, A Xl) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER._WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SE1?T. 10, 1014. New Serie? No. 8?0.-Volume LXV.-No. :?7. PALM BEACH SUITS. We have reduced ail our $6.50 and $7.50 Palm Beach Suits to $4-75. Come in before the sizes are broken. C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, WALHALLA, S. C. IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH." For Several Winters He Cashed and asked us how wo were getting on. Sonic days when wo were not very busy he would talk a while, and one day ho caine around and examined our time look sale Ono day ho came around and said he had hoon hearing a bot il our lime certificates. We explained thom to him and in laid down over :i thousand dollars in currency and gold for deposit. [Io has several thousand with us now. And wo dare say some merchants would hr afraid to credit him for fifty dollars. Westminster Bank, WESTMINSTER, S, C NOW FOR BOUNTY IJAM> PICNIC. To Be Heh! Friday of this Week. Personal Items of Interest? Uounty Land, Aug. 2.-Special: A good rain fell here yesterday, which ) was badly needed and very much ap preciated. Miss Tain Pickett, of Atlanta, is spending a week or so with her grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Pickett. Mrs. J. P. Laughridge, of Ander son, was a guest a few days last W week of Miss Cora Hubbard. J. J. Simmons and Cullen Whit worth aro guests at the home of J. M. A ms. Miss Mae Hubbard has returned from Kock Hill, where she attended the teachers' summer school. 1 Misses Dana and Conyers Cleve land are visiting relatives and friends at Hopewell. Mi?s Saiiie Davis spout Saturday and Sunday at Hie home of H. H. Smithson, Westminster. Irvin and Prue Harnett and Mr. i r Hall, of Pendleton, stopped over Fri day at the home of W. T. Hubbard | en route to different points of inter est in Ibo mountains, camping out. Quite a number of our people met at the school house to-day to set the 1 ^ house in order and prepare the grounds for the big picnic on tho Cth. Mr. and Mrs. ,T. H. McHugh and eon, of Clemson College, were week end guests nt W. T. Hubbard's home. Come to tho picnic Friday. Tiring plenty of dinner, Editor of Courier ' is heartily invited. A treat ls in store for all. Mrs. Binnlcker, who has been vis iting Miss Clyde Smith, returned vSAV V, S. PASSPORTS FORGED. (??'im?n Spy Arrested in England Has * Bogus Papers. London, .Inly 29.-lt was learned ou high authority here to-day that the British authorities have arrested a German subject who had in his pos session a forged American passport, which the arrested man admits is not genuine. The forged document lias been compared with the original passport, which was issued to a bona fido American citizen. The real passport which was sent to London by the State Department al Washington shows that the for gery is a dangerous imitation. The arrested man is understood to have declared that tho false passport was given to bim ill Antwerp by Capt.. Schneltzer, a German secret service officer. The real passport was issued to an American business man who readied Germany March 21 and left that country April 8. This man was at his home with his passport when thc bolder of the false document was arrested in longland. Government! Will Investigate. Washington, July 29.-'Represen tations were made to tho Berlin gov ernment by the United States to-day relating to reports that German sides apprehended in England have been supplied with American passports by Cern?an officers, State Department officials said a thorough investiga tion of such cases has been begun. Saturday to her home In Orangeburg, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, of Mart county, Georgia, aro guests at the home of Mrs. Crawford's father, J. H. Magill. ( HAS. HECKEIt ELiECTROCUTED. Portner X. Y. Police lilteutenont Ex ecuted on Murder Charg?. Sing Sing Prison, Ossining. N. Y., j .1 tty "o -Charles Becker was put to death in tho electric chair here this morning for the killing of Herman Rosenthal, the New York gambler. The former New York police lieuten ant retained bis composure and pro tested bis innocence to the last. He went to bis death with a photograph of his wife pinned on his shirt over bis heart. Three shocks were given before the prison physicians pro nounced Becker dead at 5.56 o'clock. Becker led the way to his own ex ecution. He sat ut) all night on the edge of his cot, calmly talking to Deputy Warden Chas. H. Johnson. "1 have got to face it." said Becker, "and I am going to meet it quietly and without trouble to any one." Shortly after 6 o'clock the wit nesses were led to the place of exe cution. Becker arose to his feet and took a crucifix from me hand of the priest. To Father Curry, Becker gave his last message as he took bis place at the head of the little tile of men that marched to the room.of death. His message was: "I am not guilty hy deed or conspiracy, or in any other way, of the death of Rosenthal. I am v sacrificed to my friends. Bear' < this message to the world and v my friends. Amen." > The one-time police officer ' hesi-' tated as be entered the execution room. It seemed to the witnesses aaV, If he.was sortied that the deatlr chair was so near at hand. He looked quickly at the double row of wit nesses, gTaced at the floor swept with his eyes the whitened walls of the room, and then suddenly, as if coming to himself, walked briskly over the rubber mat and seated him self in thc electric chair. Behind Becker followed tho prison priests chanting the prayer of death, which was repeated by the condemned man. Becker spoke nervously a. deputy wardens stepped forward und ad justed the electrodes. Hardly a min ute elapsed before the electrode was applied to the right leg, a slit hav ing been previously cut in the trou ser leg front the knee down. After the electrode had been firmly ad justed against a shaven spot on the back of the condemned man's head the State executioner looked at Dep uty Warden Johnson, who surveyed the figure that was still mumbling the death prayer in the chair. John son half turned his head and the executioner jammed the switch. The first, shock lasted a full min ute and tho executioner said that lt was 1,850 volts and ten amperes In strength, lt caine while Becker was still commending his soul to his Maker. The two prison physicians stepi>ed forward to examine the collapsed fig ure supported in the death chair by the thick black leather straps. The stethoscope was applied to the heatt and Dr. Chas. Farr, the prison phy sician, pressed bis finger against an artery in the neck. There was still a feeble fluttering of the heart. The physician stepped back from the rubber mat. and again the elec tric current pulsed through the body. Tho shock lasted seven seconds. Af ter a hasty examination, Dr. Farr asked that a third shock be given. This lasted five seconds. An exami nation that took several minutes fol lowed. Three physicians among the witnesses then . ? de an examination and Dr. Farr, a 5 o'clock, quietly announced: "I pronounce this man dead." Reeker's Message. To Deputy Warden Johnson the one-time police lieutenant gave his fountain pen aa a gift. "It ls tho last thing I have to give away and I want you to have lt. I want you io t?ive this statement to the newspaper men." Becker's message read: "Gentlemen: I stand before you in toy full senr.es, knowing that no power on earth can save mo from tho ;rave that Is to receive mo. In tho Taco of that, In the teeth of those who condemned me, and in the pros mee of my God and your Ood, 1 pro daim my absolute Innocence of tho foul crime for which I must dio. You ire now about to witness my destruc A CALL 1 ?mittccs Named to Look ?jection to bc Held Sept. 14 . j VOTE AND WORK L<?w5 just 42 days until the elec ted a great deal remains to he Wily hy the various committees ted by the chairman of the County Temperance Associa tion. 1 give below a list of the names of (he committees appointed to see th?t every one is properly registered anri has his tax receipt at hand: Bethlehem-E. M. Edgins. W. .1 Keown, M. li. Gibson. Belmont-W. R. Hunt. Evan Cal las, Ri ti. Vissage. Clemson College-.1. B. Whitten, lt, A. Sease, S. M. Martin. Damascus-M. ll. Lee, D. P. Car ter, J. T. Rbo'.etter. Double Springs-W. 13. Mongold, J. F.'fiamby. J. T. Eyles. Kails-o. C. White. .1. .1. Edward Gantt, le's Mill-L. O. Bruce, W. D. Elias Earle. Fair Play-.1. S. G ly ni ph, A. R. Marett, Dr. W. C. Mays. Friendship-L. C. McCarley, W. Campbell, H. D. Grant. Hf?h Falls No. 2-R. E. White, T. M. $lrod, .lohn A. Kelley. Holl} Springs-W. H. Blackwell, lt. IO. !,ong, Roland Cobb. .locasese -Henson Chapman, A. E. Whitmire, H. M. Fisher. 1 Jordania- D. O. Chandler, T. E. ieks. \V. J. Jones. [!'...River 1). F. Xiel.olson, .Ins. (?t?ft'-tj. O. Sheppard. Long Creek-W. P. Barker, Geo. Matheson, M. D. Lee. Madison-J. D. Hull, c.. J. Ram say, .1. A. Cook. Walhalla Cotton Mill-J. C. Bent ley, .1. C. Montjoy, C. 10. Gaillard. Oak Grove-W. B. Dilworth, C.. M. Ba'rnett, .]. Walter Alexander. Newry-C. E. Anderson. C. E. Gail lard, .1. T. Dyar. Oak way-W. IL Cole. H. .1. Myers, W. x. Bruce. Picket Post-Noah Tollison, T. Y. Chalmers, A. A. Hubbard. Providence-W. T. Hunt, J. B. Lig?n, W. O. Prater. Retreat-E. D. King. W. M. Hun ter, Henry E. Vernor. Richland-.r. P. Strlbling, W. II. Hughs, N. Driver. Salem-M. <A. Moss, S. S. Meroney, W. II. Talley. Hon by the State which is organized to protect the lives of the innocent. May Almighty God pardon every one who lias contributed in any degree to my untimely death. And now, on the brink of my grave, I declare to the world that I am proud to havo been the husband of the purest, noblest woman that ever lived-Helen Rocker. This ncknowledgement is the only legacy I can leave her. I bid you all good-bye. Father, I am ready to go. Amen. (Signed): "Charles Becker." After his wife had said farewell, shortly after midnight, Becker main tained a casual conversation with Deputy Warden Johnson, who sat be side the screen in front of his cell. Dawn found him seated on the edge of his cot carefully pinning a photo graph of his wife on Iiis white shirt, just over his heart. Then, as if he desired to have her all to himself, Becker put on a thin black alpaca coat, which lie tightly buttoned. The photograph was not seen by the wit nesses J ii t i 1 the prison physician opened Iiis coat ns ho Bat in the death elia ir. Mrs. Becker's last effort to save her husband was made yesterday, when she appealed personally to Gov ernor Whltninn for a reprieve so that an appeal might be taken to the State Court of Appoals. Missing the Gov ernor at Albany, Mrs. Becker met him at Poughkeepsie. The plea was fruitless, and the untiring wife hur ried to Sing Sing to bid her husband farewell. She was with him for an hour, leaving the death house at 12.20 o'clock this morning. Sho left soon afterwards for New York, out wardly displaying no effects of the severe mental strain. John Becker, her brother-in-law, and John Lynch, her brother, accompanied her. O ARMS! After Registration of Voters, th Next on Vital Question. FOR PROHIBITION! Seneca-M. A. Wood, J. M. Barron, W. F. AuBtin. South Union-W. H. Crawford, T. D. Marott. E. 13. Keese. Tahor-D. H. Stancel, W. T. Tan nery, Earle King. Tugaloo Academy-J. P. Powell, W. Y. Smith, J. S. Denney. Tamassee-J. W. Grogan, .1. .1. D. Cowan, J. E. Kelley. Tokeena-J. A Callahan), .lames Bates, C. M. Ables. Westminster-J G. Breas'.oale, M. A. Terrell, J. T. ll-vant. West Union-J. L. Vaughn, W. W. Fowler, John M. Medlin. Wolf Pit-J. Li. Hudson, D. P. Grant, Jesse Lay. The above committees are expected to see that every man is properly reg istered and that he has his tax re ceipt ready. I will say, for the information of the public, that the Supervisors of Registration will be nt the following places to register any who may not already have a registration certificate, and they can get them at the follow ing places: Oakway-Saturday, Aug. 7. Westminster-Monday, Aug. 9. Walhalla-Tuesday, Aug. 10. Salem--Saturday, Aug. 7. Madison- -Thursday, Aug. 5. Long Cr* ek-'Friday, Aug. 6. Please take notice and see that all are out and registered. This ls a man's job-a man's fight -and we ask foVmen ; men who can and will throw themselves and their time Into the work to put tho mon ster alcohol out of our beloved State, and put our stamp of disapproval on the liquor traffic. We have only until the 13th of Au gust in which to register. I there fore, urge you all to see that every one is legally registered, and that each commit tee may he In perfect working order. Will say that the gentleman whose nam?' appears first at each of the voting precincts will act as chairman and at once call his committee to gether for systematic work in his ' oting precinct. You may also call to your assist ance those ladies who you think will be of most assltance to you. W. M. Brown, Secretary, Oconee Co. Temperance Association. - A lengthy statement to Governor Whitman was given out by Becker lato yesterday. Becker reiterated his innocence and declared he never had offered to plead guilty to second degree murder. Mrs. lUicker Plana Exposure. A statement given by Mrs. Becker was given out here shortly after her husband's death. "I shall never rest," she was quot ed as saying, "until I have exposed the methods which were used to con vict my husband. Whether he was guilty or innocent, there was no jus tification for the means employed to convict him. "1 would rather lose all the other members of my family, dear as they are to me, than lo.se Charlie. No one can take his place. In all of the ten years of our married life, I never had occasion once to regret that I was bis wife. "Charlie was no angel; bc made no pretense of being one. He wai just an ordinary human being-and perhaps that ls why I loved him so." Rocker went to his death three years and a day after hi? indictment and arrest, and slightly more than 15 months after the execution of tho four gunmen convicted of the actual mumer of Rosenthal. Becker's Body Buried. New York, Aug. 2.-The following inscription engraved in largo letters on a silver plato was placed upon tho casket of the former police lieuten ant: .'Charles Becker. "Murdered July 80, 1015, .'By Governor Wldtinan." The plato was placed on the cas ket by Mrs. Becker, it was said, as n result of a wish expressed by her husband when she last saw him in BODY OF MAN POUND IN RIVER, John Breckenridge Lost Lifo by Drowning in Clutttooga, News was receivod in Walhalla Monday of the Unding of Hie body of .lohn Breckenridge on the Georgia side of the Chattooga river, near the farms of Alfred Whitmiro and W. G. Hussell. The duding of tho body was made by Otto Hussell as he was going over tho river bottoms. It is stated that Breckenridge was on his way to Walhalla at tho timo he was drowned, and this leaves some speculation as to who the man is. Some years ago there was a man by the name of John Breckenridge who lived some miles northwest of Walhalla, and wo have been unable to lind any one who has recalled see ing him In this vicinity for somo time. It is possible, therefore, that the drowned man Is the John Breck enridge of this section, tile state ment thal he had started to Walhalla lending color to this probability. The body found is that of a man of about 4 0 years of age. lie had, it is said, been working on the farm of Mr. Whit mire for several years. Ho had no immediate family, and about the 19th of .luly was supposed to have started for "Walhalla. There was, therefore, no thought of an ac cident when he wa? not seen in that vicinity for some time, and nothing unusual was suspected until tho ghastly lind by Mr. Hussell last Sat urday afternoon. The body was de tected in a drift in the river toward the Georgia side of tho stream, and its condition indicated that it. had l>een there for some ten or twelve days, decomposition having ?et in. it is supposed that Mr. Breckenridge bad gone in bathing, and owing to the high water that prevailed about that time, he was evidently over come by the stream at n point In tho river at which he and others were ae custofhed to resort for bathing and swimming.. Hi? clothing and pocket book were found on the river bank unmolested, just a? a bather would place his clothing before entering the water. The place where the body waa found being nearer the Georgia bank of Hie river than the Sont li Carolina side. Hie coroner of Kainui county was notified of the duding ot tho body, and an inquest was hold hy that official. Communication with that section of Oconee could not he had yesterday evening or this morn ing, and we have been unable to gol. any information as to the finding of the inquest. WOMAN S PROIIlinTION LEAGUE. Meeting to Be Held at Walhalla School Auditorium To-morrow Aft. A meeting of tho Woman's Prohi bition League is hereby called for Thursday (to-morrow) afternoon at 4 o'clock. The meeting will be held in the High School Auditorium at Walhalla, and it ls earnestly desired that all members of Hie league, and all those interested In tho cause of temperance and prohibition, shall at tend. Gentlemen as well as ladies are urged to attend, whether mem bers of the organization or not. There will be matters of Importance for consideration. Not only the i>eo ple of Walhalla are wanted in the meeting, but every citizen, malo and female, who feels an interest in tho cause is invited and urged to attend. Please bear In mind the day and tho hour, and let us have a large and en thusiastic meeting. (Miss) Kate J. Sic k. Pres. (Rev.) L. D. Mitchell, Sec'y. the death house a few hours before he went to the chair. Those admitted hy Mrs. Becker to tbs room where the body was lying saw the plate. She would make no comment nor would ?ho allow her relatives to say anything about lt. The casket was covered with rosen and lt was necessary to lay those aside, as well as slide the cover back into normal position, before the plato became visible. the funeral was held to-day from the Church of St. Nicholas, of To lonetine, Bronx. The Plaie Removed. New York, Aug. 2.-Tho police, it was announced to-night, had removed from the coffin of Charles Becker ti silver plate placed there by his wife, on which waa Inscribed the thargo that the former police lieutenant electrocuted Friday was "Murdered by Governor Whitman." Mrs. Becker was informed that tho Inscription was a criminal libel on tho Governor and was prevailed on to permit Its re ' moval.