Gilli "TO THINK OWN ?ELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST KOLLOW AS THR NIGHT THR DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSB TO ANY MAN," By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10. 1010. Now Series No. 020.-Volume- LXVD.-No. 8. SAFETY BETTER BE SAF You can buy your r safety. Wc guarantee to j Forty-four nice mules Some closely mated mules-from J,OOO to 1,1 Ol We also have one ni weight 1,350, gentle and k we ever owned. Come to We will SELL, T or credit. C. W. & J. E. ] N. B.-Wc have a nice Sta good enough for a show perfectly fearless ; worth $i thc price of a plow horse ol C. W. ?> J. E. Money in the B Increases Everyd for YOU ! 0 Give your grocer a check and have never given him a check bofo ont you favo a bank account, IB Having a bank account is a sure and means of getting ahead. When counting down the money to pay > not up to date, to say the least of pay by check you always have the change. Get the habit of going the habit of going to church. Put pay everything by check, and in a to Hie old way for money, if money old way of counting out change, change. We want the account ago man keeps up with his account ^rVestmins Westmini MASTER'S SALE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in the case named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, In front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, South Carolina, on MONDAY, the 7th day of February, lfllG, between the legal hours of sale, the tract of land below de scribed: Wm. H. Mauldin et al., Plaintiffs, against O. B. ?Hudson et al., Defendants. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Oco nee County, South Carolina, in Keo wce Township, bounded on the north by lands formerly owned by S. K, Cannon, on tho east, by Little River, on the west by lands formerly owned by James McCary, about ten miles east from Walhalla, containing one hundred and twenty acres, moro or less, and being the same tract of land conveyed to William C. Mauldin by J. M. Cannon by deed dated 2 fi tb January, 1883, which is recorded in Book I, page 263, Register of Mesne Conveyance for Oconeo County. Terms of Sale: CASH. Should any fail to comply with the terms of his b:d, that tho Master rosoli the said 'premises on some subsequent salesday, upon tho same terms, at the risk of tho former purchaser, and continue so to do until a purchaser shall bo found who will comply with tho terms of his bid. Sold nt tho risk of the former pur chaser. Purchaser to pay extra for papers and stamp. W. O. WHITE, . Master for Oconee County, S. C. Jan. 19, 1916. 3-5 FOR 8AId?--?n? good family horse and buggy, two mules, one disc plow, ono two-horse turning plow, ono weeder, one cultivator, one Deer ing planter, ono distributer. Prices reasonable. MRS. S. H. COE, Rich land, S. C. 2-5 r FIRST ? E THAN SORRY. nules from us with perfect alease you. and horses to select from, pairs of nice quality mare 0 pounds. ice, large 6-years-old horse, ind-we think the best one see him. RADE, or BUY, cash 3AUKNIGHT. ndard Bred Trott ng Horse, horse, fast enough to race, 500,00, will sell tor $225,00, [ equal value. BAUKNIGHT. ANK ody's Respect notice the look on his face if you re. The merchant, when he finds a little more eager to sell you. sign that you are studying ways you get out a sack and go to everything, you show that you arc lt. Another point is this: If you money ready , and the correct to the Bank weekly like you get all your money in the Bank and year's time you would not go back was offered you to go.back to the getting receipts, and making of the average man, as the aver iter Bank, iter, S. C. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estato of Mrs. Amanda C. Tannery, deceas ed, are hereby notified to make pay ment, to the undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said-es tate will present the same, duly at tested, within the time prescribed by law or be barred. S. M. TANNERY, Administrator of the Estate of Mrs. Amanda 0. Tannery. De<""a;ed. Jan. 19, 191 G. 3-6 NOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notlco is hereby given that the undersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconeo County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Monday, February 21st, 1916, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo heard, for leave to make final settlement of tho Estato of 'Mrs. Amanda C. Tannery, deceas ed, and obtain final discharge as Ad ministrator of said estate. S. M. TANNERY, Administrator of tbe Estate of Mrs. Amanda C. Tannery, Deceased. Jan. 19, 1916. 3-6 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DI SCH A Rf j E. Notice ?3 hereby glve.i that the un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probato for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Wal halla Court House, on Saturday, the 19th day of February, 1916, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settle ment of the Estate of Jamos R. Shaw, deceased, and obtain final dis charge as Administrator of said Es tate. JOHN F. CRAIO, Administrator of the Estate of Jnmes R. Shaw, Deceased. Jan. 19, 1916. 3-6 MONTENEGRO ASKS EOU PEACE, So Say Teutons-Other Nations Say Slie Has Rejected Proposais. Berlin, Jan. 17.-The Overseas News Agency announced to-day that Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier, had announced in the Hungarian Parliament that Montenegro had asked for peace. Montenegro was asked uncondi tionally to lay down her arms, and she accepted, according to the news agency report, which is as follows: "'Montenegro asks for peace,'" stated Count Tisza lu the 'Hungarian Parliament "The proceedings under the first paragraph of the order of the day had just been completed when Count Tisz asked permission to interrupt the discussion. He stated that the King and government of Montenegro had asked the Inauguration of peace negotiations. "The announcement caused a great deal of commotion in Parliament. " 'We asked that beforehand Mon tenegro unconditionally lay down her arms,' continued the premier. "Joyful shouts followed this state ment. " Must at this moment,' continued the premier, 'the news lias arrived that the unconditional laying down of arms bas been accepted. " 'Since the preliminary condition has been fulfilled,' added the pre mier, 'peace negotiations will be en tered into immediately.' " Austria Wants Mount IJOVCCII. Rome, Jan. 17-Austria, according to a press dispatch from Athens, is reported to have offered a separate peace to Montenegro on the following terms: "Austria engaged to guaran tee Montenegro all territorial rights In Scutari in exchange" for the cession of Mount Lovcen to Austria." (Official announcement was made by the Montenegrin authorities on Saturday that Montenegro bad never adhered to, or Intended to adhere to, any separate proposal of peact or to any armistice with Austria.) Reported Montenegro Rejects. Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 17. The Lausanne Gazette states that King Nicholas of Montenegro has re jected formal peace proposals by Em peror William, made through Prince von 3uelow, tho former imperial chancellor. Advertised Mail. The following is a Hst of letters remaining uncalled for In the Wal halla post office for the week ending January 18, 1916: Carter, Miss Lillian; Collie, Mrs. Della: Jones, R. E.; Lory, E. Lud wig; Roberson, Wm.; Raney, Miss Lulabell; Watts, T. W.; Williams, Miss Dessie; Welborn, Hyson. When calling for the abovo please say they are advertised. N. Pant. P. M. YOU NEED POTASH FOR FERTILIZING And it is scarce, very scarce; none from Germany now, the normal source of supply. But you can get Potash right hero at home in any fer tilizer that contains COTTON SEED MEAL. Clemson College Bulletin No. 177, 1913-14, shows average analyses of 189 samples, as follows: Available Phospohric Acid . .2.36 % Ammonia .7.28 % Potash (soluble in water) ...1.63 % Cotton seed meal not only supplies your soil with the desired amount of ammonia, but also gives it POTASH in the most desirable form and in an amount larger than can be obtained rrom any other source of ammonia. In addition, it furnishes on the aver *gc 2 1/3 per cent available Phos phoric Acid, the other important ele ment of plant food, which, however, ls not generally appreciated. Cotton seed meal makes a fortill *er which feeds tho growing plant [luring its entire lifo, and leaves a most valuablo humus in the soil to mstain succeeding crops. Cotton seed meal contains all that the other sources of ammonia have, and in ad dition POTASH. Read tho follow ing from recent Clemson Bulletin No. 17. Be wise and use COTTON SEED MEAL in your fertilizer: ' "1. Por poor to ordinary land, an application per acre of from 200 to 100 pounds of a mixture cdmposed of 1,000 pounds of 16 per cent Acid Phosphate, 800 pounds of 7 per cent Cotton Seed Meal, and 200 pounds of Nitrate of Soda ls recommended. This mixture should analyze 8.8 per cent available phosphoric acid, nitro gen equivalent to 4.6 por cent ammo nia, and enough potash will be fur nished by the Cotton Seod Meal to give the mixture a content of 0.6 per cent Potash. > "2. On fertile soil, an application per acre of from 300 to 600 pounds of a mixturo composed of 1,200 pounds of 16 per cent Acid Phos phate, 650 pounds of Cotton Seed Meal and 150 pounds of Nitrate of Soda should give good results. This mixture should analyze 10.25 per cent Phosphoric Acid, Nitrogen equiv alent to 3.63 per cent Ammonia, and 0,19 per cent Potash." WESTMINSTER OIL AND FERTILIZER CO., Westminster, S. C. (ad.) " U. S. SUBMARINE EXPLOSION. Accident nt Navy Ya ni Costs Four Deaths, Ten injured. Now York, Jan. 15.-Four mon were killed and ten Injured, live dan gerously, in an explosion to-day on the submarine E-2, while tho craft was undergoing repairs in dry dock at the Now York navy yard. One of tho men killed was an enlisted elec trician and the others civilian work ers. At least thrqe of the ten now In hospitals aro not expected to live. The dead are Roy 13. Seaber, elec trician, second class. Cleveland; .las. H. Peck, civilian, general belper, Brooklyn; J. P. Schulz, civilian, ma chinist, Brooklyn; Joseph Logan, ci vilian, general helper, Brooklyn. Terrille Detonation. Tho detonation was terrille, but the submarine Itseir, from the outside, shows no effects. The interior was badly shattered, but so tight was the vessel's shell that there was no means of escape for gas and lt was more than an hour after the blast before the work of recover ing the bodies could be completed. A ladder blown up through the conning tower fell 150 ieet away. The injured and one body were re moved soon after the accident, but three bodies far down in the craft could not be reached until the gas had been blown out by compressed air. ^oon after the explosion several naval officers led a rescue parly, but were partly overcome by fumes, lt was then that compressed air pipes wore run into the shell. The number of men Inside the sub marine at the time of the explosion is not known deilnltely. About 20 wore working on the craft. Cause Not Known. What caused the explosion has not been definitely decided. Rear Admi ral N. R. Usher, commandant of the navy yard, after a brief investigation, inclined to express an opinion. He said: "The men were working In the bat tery compartment of the E-2, dis charging the new Edison battries through a rheostat to measure the voltage, and the explosion occurred In that compartment: Tho battery will generate no kind of gas and there was no gasoline on board. The engine was of the oil-burning Dysel type." Inquiry Board Appointed. Washington, Jan. 17.-A court of Inquiry was named by Secretary Dan iels to-day to Investigate, determine the cause and fix lire responsibility for the explosion aboard the submarine E-2 in the New York navy yard Satur day, which camed the death of four men and the serious injury of ten others. A navy yard board appointed by Roar Admiral Usher immediately after the accident reported to the de partment to-night that "the Investiga tion was continued to-day, but It was said too early to decide its outcome." The court of inquiry will bo com posed of the following officers, all of whom have bad wide experience In the various phases of submarine work: Capt. W. H. G. Ballard, Lieut. Commander H. G. Sparrow, Lieut. C. S. McDowell and Lieut. Joseph O. Fisher. Members of the court will leave Washington to-night for New York and will begin the inquiry to-morrow. A report is expected before the end of the week. The tragedy served to emphasize the need of a laboratory equipped for experiments with batteries, engines, ventilation and other important paris of naval vessels. The submarine E-2 had been used for testing tho new Edison storage battery be.cai.se ll,e navy had no other equipment ?ulta ble for such purposes. 1,000 Homeless as Result of Fire. Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 17. That 1,000 persons are homeless, due to the almost entire destruction of tho town of Wirt, in the Healdton oil field, from a fire that started at 1.30 o'clock this morning in the oil exchange cafe, was tho substance of a teleg-am received at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon by Governor Williams from A Walker, State conservation officer Walker, tn bis telegram, recommended that State troops bo sent. News specials received from Ard more, near Wirt, stated that the entire business section of the town and about one-half the residence por tion were destroyed. The fire origi nated In the oil exchange cafe, locat ed or. tho north sio .? of the main business street of thc town, where 13 structures were destroyed by fire Sat urday. Tho blaze swept across the street and burned the station of the Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Company and several largo mercan tile establishments. At 3 o'clock the fire was still burning. Marriages of Colored People. Rev. W. S. Southerland, p. c., has recently performed the following marriages of colored couples: January 2-Leatha Wright and Willie Lone. January 15-Earle Cleveland and Frances Taylor. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fallt to cure any cate of Itching-, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Plle'a i n 6 to 14 day*, rhe first application give? Zfase and Rest. Soe? CONEHOSN OALI/S PASTOR. Rev. Lee to Servo This Yen te-Dr. Fa I mes to ck Improving. Coneross, Jan. 17.-Special: Tho church here was pleasantly surprised yesterday to have Rev. Robert G. Lee, of Greenville, fill tho pulpit. Ho preached a very forceful sermon. Owing to tho ipcloment weather there was not a full attendance. Immedi ately after services a conference was held and Rev. l^ee was unanimously elected pastor of the church for this year. He has accepted tho call. Mr. Lee is not a stranger to the |>eopl? of Coneross. Four years ago he assist ed Rev. L. D. Mitchell in ft protracted meeting here, which we all enjoyed, and from that time he has held a warm place in our hearts. Owing to tho limited time of our new pastor, we will only have preach ing services one Sunday a month un less future arrangements are made by which more time can be given; but we feel that it is a treat to have Rev. Lee with us oven once a month. We hope at least to have him two Sunday's each month next year. Ile will preach hore on tho third Sunday at 3 p. m. and Saturday before at 11 a. m. Everybody Invited to attend these and all other services at Cone ross, .Mrs. C. E. Du Bose and children will leave this morning for Atlanta, where they will spend tho balance of thc winter with Mr. Du HOBO. W. Stephen Frasier is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Annie Todd, who has been sick for some time. She is re ported to bo doing very well now. Miss Effie Hyde, of Central, spent Inst week with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ballenger. Mr. and Mrs. ./ L. Beacham left Thursday for their home In Green ville after visiting their daughter, Mrs. W. H. Butler. Misses Annie Strutton and Boatrlx Gribble, of Walhalla, visited Miss Bewley Hunsinger Saturday and Sun day. Dr. T. G. C. Fahnestock, who has been suffering for Borne time, had his leg amputated last Friday and is now doing very well. We hope ho will soon be well. Roney Abbott left Friday for Greenville, where he will enter Draughon's 'Business College Ile was accompanied by Mrs. Mary Abbott, who is visiting relatives there. Bandit Executed by Filing Squad. El Paso, Texas, Jan. IS.-Col. Mi-, guol Baca Valles, bandit chief, cap tured at Palomas, south of Colum bus, N, M., was executed at 5 o'clock this morning by a firing squad at Juarez. Two bullets fired at close quarters penetrated his heart. Baca Valles arrived here last night on the train which brought the body declared to be that of Jose Rodrigue/., the bandit chief executed near Madera last Thursday. The 'proceedings were brief. The prisoner said: "I am not, responsi ble for the acts of Villa. I beg to see your general." The officer com manding the Hiing squad said he had orders to kill and he and a soldier stepped close to Baca Valles and fired point blank into the prisoner's heart. The body was then taken back to the railroad station, where it lay uncovered until after dawn on the platform among the men, women and children lying about wrapped in blankets. CARD TO THE PUBLIC. Editor Keowee Courier: I take this opportunity to thank tho peoplo of Walhalla for tho splendid vote given nie in the recent election for Mayor, and it will be my pleasure during the next two years, as lt has been in the past four, to give you my very best thought and service. To those who voted against me, I wish to say to you that I have no Ul feeling, and now that the fight is over I ask that wo all join together for tho uplift of Walhalla and for a forward movement along all lines for good. I need tho help and good wishes of every one. Co-operation in municipal affairs ls aa necessary as In any other business enterprise, and with your help I hope to make the next two years tho best years in tho history of Walhalla. I do not say that I have not made mistakes. If I had not I would not have been human; but I do say to you that if I have made mistakes they aro a matter of record and havo been made through error of Judg ment, and in order to a right under standing all we will ask is an impar tial investigation of all records, both as to my office and that of thc Town Treasurer-an Impartial investiga tion in order to a right judgment. Tho offico of Mayor belongs to tho people, and the records In that office should be (and are) the property of the people, and should bo kept ready at all times for public inspection, and we therefore invite our friends to feel free at all times to make any in vestigation they may deom righi and proper. I invite suggestions for both busi ness and civic improvement. We have many things that viii require the sober thought and earnest judgment of the citizens of our town, and I hope to have suggestions from you, that wo, all together, may have a happy and prosperous town. Thanking you in advance for your co-operation, and with best wishes for all, I am, Yours sincerely, W. M. Brown. "Walhalla, Jan. 17, 1016.--Adv. EXPLAINING VON PAPEN CHECKS Embassy Says Payments Wore .Made to Defend A newsed Persons. Washington, Jan. 17.-Accounts ol' tho Gorman embassy, lt bocamo known to-night, prove, in the opinion of embassy olTlcinls, that it Capt. von Papen, recalled military attache, paid any money by cheek to Warum* Horn lt was not until after Horn had been arrested and charged with b'owing np tho Canadian Pacillc railway bride at Vanceboro, Maine. London dispatches have stated that stubs lu von Papon's chock book, ta ken from htm by the Brit igt authori ties at Falmouth, showed a chock ? f $700 drawn to Horn's credit tho .lay after tho attache hud received $2,000 from tho Gorman embassy Accord ing to the embassy accounts, it was said $2.000 was paid to von Papen within a few days after the explosion nt Vanceboro lo defray expenses in connection with the defense of Horn, a German citizen. It also was intimated at the embas sy that if von Papen had paid money t?. Hans Adam von Wedlll, indicted in New York for alleged passport fraud, it had been to assist him le gally. Von Wodill fled altor hoing indicted. Officials of the State Department have indicated ibat it waa Important lo know whether tho paymert to Horn Was made bo fore or after tho explo sion. German oficiala had repeated ly denied responstb'lity for tho action of Horn, saying they never heard of him until after ho had been arrested. St. te Department offlclnls have Inti mated that e\)dence which would prove Hom ieee!veJ money from a Goman sou ice before ho blew up the bridge might result in diplomatic cor respondence with Berlin. In official and diplomatic circles much intcreBl was shown to-day lu additional details regarding tho eon touts of the documents taken from Capt. von Papen which purported to show that payments woro made to Paul Koenig, tho Hamburg-American line official tried in New York for conspiracy, and to von Wedlll. In Teutonic diplomatic circles no at tempt was made to deny that suoh payments had been made. Koenig, lt was pointed out, w?t$ "ongagod In do tectlvo work," and lt was to be ex pected that he would be paid. Tho embassy expects that some formal statement regarding all tho In formation contained in press dis patches will shortly bo made from Berlin. I/O