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KI? "TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THB HAY: THOU OANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1010. Feed Stuff Are advancing e warehouse is lc prices before bu: We are no^ Peas, Cane Seed give top of the ti C. W. fe? J. E. I It Pays to B SPEAKING The Westminster Bank paid Twenty-Seven 'Hundred and Nin ( $2,792.04 ). This does not lnclu You can see we pay 3 per cent c basis: If you value your farm a $150 every year. If you value > would pay $90 a year taxes on it make money paying 3 per cent ii Eight 'Hundred Dollars to tho to We state these facts so you banks have to pay, and possibly that every time an extra tax is ] a pretty raw deal, especially who Iiortiou. We have no objection means high taxation sometimes called equalization start? it sin taxes. We believe the people dc corporations have to pay. There to your attention. We will probably pay over $: " Til 10 ODD . Westmins "Westmins WANTED-Man with family to tend one-horso crop; stock and tools furnished; good house and land. Apply to W. J. BEARD, Tamassee, or EARLE ?BEARD, Walhalla. tf. WANTED, To list I'roni 12 to 20 good one horse farms for salo. I can givo you good service. If you have large tracts it will pay you to cut into smaller ones (o sell to small farmers. Everybody wants a homo these days. Write or cull on B. R.. MOSS, REAL ESTATE DEALER, Walhalla, H. O, Dam Breaks; l l Dead. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 28.-Four teen persons were killed and a wide stroach of country was devastated late to-day when a dam of tho San Diego water system broke in the Otay Valley, south of the city, under tho fit.raln of flood waters caused by the storm which has been raging here for several days. Anothor dam was under a severe strain and its collapse was regarded to-night as a possibility. If You Wai LOWEST wmmmn*mMmmmmmmmmmm*mmm***nmwm BUY TH L BLUMENTHA and Flour 'very day. Our >aded. Get our ymg. w ready to buy and Corn. Will ciarket. JAUKNIGHT. uy for Cash. ?fi OF TAXES. in taxes daring the year 1915 ety-Two Dollars and Four Cents de revenue stamps we had to use. >f our capital in taxes. On same t $5,000, you would pay in taxes -our store building at $3,000 you . It is no easy job for a bank to i taxes every year. We pay over wn of Westminster, can know just how much taxes lt will open your eyes to the fact )laced on banks they ?re getting n other taxes are not paid in pro to high taxes, because progress , but we do feel that when so mid not start by raising bank . not realize just bow much taxes fore, we are bringing the matter J,000 in 1916. REMARLE." . ter Bank, iter, S. C. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? .?? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?Jot J? vj* ?J? ?J? ?T? ?J, ?J. .J. ?J? .?i CANDIDATES' CARDS. 4. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? * J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? FOR SHERIFF: I hereby announce myself a candi date for the ofllce of Sheriff of Oco nee County, subject to the action of the voters of the Democratic party in the primary elections. W. P. ORR. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR: The friends of W. W. DEARDEN respectfully announce him a candi date for County Supervisor, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary elections. Met Death ill Wreck. Spartanburg, Jan. 2S.-A double header freight train, north-bound, on the C., C. and O. railroad, ran into a slide at Kona, Black Mountain Junction, early this morning and plunged 40 feet into Toe river below. William Raker, of Erwin, Tenn., was killed and Engineer Cook was in jured. The two engines and a score of empty coal cars are said to be bot tom-upward In the edge of the river. The slide is said to have come down from the mountain above on the track almost immeidately in front of the train. Kona Is about midway be tween Alta Pass and Edwin, Tenn. it Goods at PRICES EM AT I JA Bargain Store, IL O Westminster, S. C. U?OLE HEN USES PITCHFORK. Defends Secretary Itomiels, Putting Hlame on Meyer. Washington, Jan. 2?.-Secretary Daniels was praised as "one of the greatest secretaries tho navy ever had," and former Secretary Meyer was assailed by Chairman Tillman, of the Senate Naval Committee, in a speech on "the truth about the navy." Senator Tillman took Mr. Meyer to task for hts recent d?claration be fore the National Security League; that "the fundamental defect of the navy department is that it has no brain and no competent military or ganlzatton, "Mr. Meyer forgets," said Senator Tillman, "if he ever knew, that when he left the navy it was nearly (1,000 men short; that 4 0 per cent of the men discharged in good standing were leaving the navy, while 85 per cent are now re-enlisting; and that during his incumbency there were 10,360 desertions. Yet he has the cheek to hold his successor responsi ble for conditions which are due wholly to his own shortcomings. As against 10,360 desertions while Mr. Meyer was secretary, so far -about .two and a half years-there have been only 4,375 since his sucvossor entered office." No Pampered Darling. "The head of the navy himself is not a pampered and petted darling of Inherited wealth, but a red-blooded, upstanding, forward-looking Ameri can who is a graduate in the hard school of experience and a practical man with wholesome ideas." Senator Tillman praised other officers of the navy who, he said, were "not known at all In the drawing rooms In Washington or Newport." "While Germany had already won second place, as shown by von Mey er's first report," said Senator Till man, "he never could persuade his party-he tried only half-heartedly to grant money enough to-recover the lost ground. It is true the pro gram he recommended in 19 09 was quite respectable in size, but his par ty associates, who are now clamoring for the Democrats to make good Re publican deficiencies in a na>'al pro gram, did not give him the money. So that it is proven beyond possibility of dispute that the Republican party is solely responsible for our present status-lack of officers, lack of per sonnel and lack of ships. "It means a great difference whe ther ono ls on the inside looking out or whether he is ont the outside look ing In." The "Profs." Will Play Basket Ball. On the afternoon of Saturday Peb ruar> 12th, an exhibition basket ball game will be played on the Walhalla court. The principals of the different county schools will make up the two teams. Everybody is invited to see this game. Several of the players are ex-collego stars, and most all of them have played some college ball. The game will be interesting, and perhaps some may think that it will be amusing. Come and see for your selves. The Line-Up. The Rompers- The Rippers Irby.Smith McMahon.Mahaffey Meares. Miller Lyles.Earle DavU.Truluck Substitutes, referee and umpire Taylor, Casque, Merritt, Thomas A. Smith, and all other teachers. Admission 15 and 25 cents. Young Negro Put to Dentil. Ocala, Pla., Jan. 29.-Richard An derson, a young negro, was lynched in this county, near Williston, at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, for an as sault on a white woman late Wednes day afternoon near the latter place. During tho absence of the husband the negro, lt is alleged, visited the farmhouse, and, at tho point of a re volver, forced tho woman to accom pany him to a lonely spot where the assault was committed. Fully 400 mon witnessed the lynch ing Friday afternoon, and reports from the scene say that quiet hns ro sumed, and no further trouble ls feared. Anderson was taken before his vic tim and Identified by her before he was lynched, lt was said. 100, DEAD IN VALLEY FLOODS. Grout Area in Southern California Desolated by Water. San Diego, Gal., Jan. 23.-One hundred lives have been lost, as nearly as any estimate can show, and valleys for fi0 miles north of the Mex ican line lie desolate to-night from floods and cloudbursts. With the death toll in the Otay Valley seemingly established at 50, reports reached here late to-day ol' floods sweeping the San Luis Rey and San Pasqua) valleys, doubling the loss of life. With communica tion almost cut off lt was impossible to list accurately the number of dead. Seventeen bodies were taken out of San Diego Hay before nightfall. These had been swept down the Otay river when the lower dam went out last Thursday. The current was thought to have carried many others out to sea. San Diego is virtually undamaged. Many injuries were reported from Tijuana 'Hot Springs, where a hotel collapsed. A cloudburst, reports had lt, caused the flooding of the San Luis Rey and San Pasqual valleys. The town of San Pasqual was said to have been wiped out. All ordinary means of communica tion and relief were gone with no prospect of early recovery. Only the sea remained, and from it nld began to come. An expedition from the United States warships in San Diego Bay was started in launches for the Otay Valley. Reports are that the first landing party had been1 unable to penetrate the valley for reasons not given. An overland expedition also was started from San Diego with pon toons and engineering equi omen t. No word came as to tts success. Zeppelin Raid on Puris. Paris, .lan. 30.-Twenty-four per sons were killed and 27 injured In tho Zeppelin raid over Paris Satur day night, according: to an official statement to-day. Ten of the wound ed were placed in hospitals owing to the severity of their hurts. Thirty Erench aeroplanes searched the air above Taris for the Zeppelin raider, ol' whose appearance warning had been given. By the time the Zeppelin had reached the edge of the city several of the airmen made out its pale yellow shape 14,000 feet from the earth. Frightened, doubt less by the numerous war planes ris ing toward it, the Zeppelin 'Wheeled and drove at full speed northward, dropping in Hs trail into the dark ness a cargo of about th "ec and a half tons of bombs. Then, c intinuing its (light at a great altitude, the airship vanished. Many Killed in Zen, Raid. London, Feb. 1.-?Fifty-four per sons were killed and 67 Injured in last night's Zeppelin raid. The fig ures In regard to the casualties were contained in an official statement is sued here this afternoc .. The statement say? bombs were dropped at several towns and In rural districts In Derbyshire, Leicester shire, Lincolnshire and Staffordshire. Some damage to property was caused. There were In all 220 bombs dropped. KINAHBS NEGRO WOMAN SHOT. Husband Held, Suspected of Firing Shot that Killed. Newberry, Jan. 30.-Last night near Kir ards, 13 miles sooth If here, Maria Byrd, a negro woman, was called to her door, and, upon open ing it, was shot in the headd and face with a shotgun and Instantly killed. Her husband, Tom Byrd, Jr., was suspected and was arrested and brought to juli Inst night. This morning the coroner went to the scone and hold an inquest. The first V'nown of the tragedy was when Byrd went after Dr. Pope last night between 8 and 9 o'clock. He ?wont to tho scene and found the woman dead. The doctor telephoned to Sheriff Blense, who sent his deputies up, and they arrested Byrd, as circumstances pointed to him, and brought him to jail last night. The shooting took place about 8 o'clock, and some time after that the husband went for the doctor Tho coroner's jury to-day, after hearing the testimony present ed, brought in a verdict fixing tho crime on the husband. 8. C. CROP 274,028 SHOUT. Clonings tu Koutti Cn ixdiim Show 1, 140,772 linios Ginned to .lan. 20. The Census Bureau nt Washington has issued the following figured for cotton ginned In South Carolina, by counties, up to January 20th, with comparisons with same date last year. The figures do not include linters, and round bales are counted a? half bales. The comparisons fol low: County- 1915. 19 H. Abbeville. 29,840 32,410 Aiken. 37,290 47.723 Anderson .... 59,091 54,205 Bamberg .... 15,930 27.42(5 Barnwell .. .. 35,91 7 59.083 Beaufort . . . . 4,223 8,902 Berkeley .... 9,570 , 10.383 Calhoun .. .. 19.609 30.G10 Chnrelston ... 10.194 16,882 Cherokee .... 14,739 16,109 Chester. 30,093 33,072 Chesterfield .. 28,641 33,526 Clarendon .. . 27,131 4 8,402 Colleton .. .. 13,805 23,205 Darlington .. . 32,986 44,768 Dillon. 30,218 37,954 Dorchester.. . 11,337 18,291 Ridgefield .. . 29,144 32,059 Fairfield . . . . 23,121 24.048 Florence .. .. 30,139 46.515 Georgetown... 2,490 5,250 Greenville . . . 13,239 43,446 Greenwood . . . 28,460 30,761 Hampton .... 12,493 21,505 Morry. 7,920 1 1,974 Jasper. 3,180 0,529 KershaW .... 24,228 30,408 Lancaster .... 21,672 23,830 Laurens . . . . 39,362 3 6,876 Lee. 31,699 41.505 Lexington . . . 23,754 27,558 Marion. 13,0 17 12,705 Marlboro .... 49,803 00,348 Newberry .... 36,057 32,748 Oconce. 17,070 1 8,842 Orangeburg ... 61,258 83,530 Pickens. 17,024 19,942 Richland .... 19,769 25,832 Saluda. 25,011 24,115 Spartanburg .. 07,01 2 08,790 Sumter. 31,283 51,700 Union. 18,287 18,602 Williamsburg . 22,066 34,934 York. 37,4 75 38,039 Total. 1,149,772 1,424,700 Baptist Church Notices. Next Sunday at the First Baptist church (Walhalla) there will be preaching by the pastor at both hours of service-ll in the morning and 7.30 in the evening. Especial atten tion will be given to the music, led by R. W. Grubbs, tho pianist, and Chas. E. Hctrlck, the choir leader. Ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be observed. The usual hearty invi tation is given to the public by the church and pastor. 'We will be glad to see you. Look for special notice next week. Beginning next Sunday services for the current year at Wolf Stake Bap tist church will bo in the afternoons of the first and third Sundays In each month. Conference will be held by the church on Saturday before the first Sunday in March, and every three months thereafter at the sr.me lime throughout the year. Townvillo Briefs. Town ville, Jan. 30.-Special: The Priscilla Club was most delightfully entertained at the home of Miss Mat tie McCarley last Thursday afternoon with the president, Mrs. W T. Hunt, presiding. The many friends of little Miss Antoinette Earle regret to hear of her recent illness. Rev. J. E. Crim spent the week-end at Liberty. Mesdames J. P. Stribllng and Tom Harris, of Fair Play, wer1) recent guests of Rev. and Mrs. W. T, Hol lingsworth. Miss Bernie Heller spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Furmnn Bole man. The many friends of Rov. T ?. Llgon are rejoiced to know that he is improving. Fair Play and Townvillo aro plan ning to play basket ball in the near future. , We regret to loam of tho contin ued illness of Proston Bruce. Miss Sallie Grubbs, of Fair Play, is visiting her uncle, 8. J. Grubbs, and family. Orr Bruce, of Washington, ls the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mr3. TJ. O. Bruce. APPAM AT LAST 11 EA Ul) PROM. Brought to American Port hy German Vrlw ?PCW. Newport Newe, Va., Feb. 1.-Tho UrltiBh passenger liner Appnni, which had not boen heard from ?inco Jan uary IB, four day? out from Dakar, Br|Hah Wost Africa, for Plymouth, Hihgland, and for whoso safety grave apprehension had boon expressed In British sill piling circles, arrived in Hampton Hoads this morning at 6.4 5 o'clock rn charge of a prise crew of 22, com included by Lieut. Bergo, of thc German navy, which was placed aboard the Appa m when she was cap ta ml off tho Canary Islands by a Gerin a ii raider. There were a total of 451 persons aboard tho Appa in, including tho sur viving members of the crews of seven other shlps sunk by tho raider, which captured -the Appivni, and 20 German civilians who were being transported from Africa to England to bo placed In detention camps. The persons on board the Appam wero listed as fol lows: Original members of Appam's crew, 155; original passengers on tho Appam, 116; Gorman prisoners bound for British detention camps, 20; survivors of ships destroyed, 138; prize crew, 22. A large percentage of tho number on board tho Appam aro women and children, and, lt ls said, several high colonial officials, who wore returning to England from Africa. There are also on board the captured steamer four wounded ?allore, who wore taken from ono of the sunken ships, which resisted capturo and was sholled. CONVICT IS HACK IN CHAINS. Hpnrtnnburg Man Who Escnpod Wan Arrested In Now Orleans. Spartan burg, Jan. 28.-Will J. Hughes, who was convicted on tho charge of murdering lils guard, Robt. Stephens, and who escaped pursuit by officers of this county in October, 19 14, is buck in chains in tho county jail, having been landed there last night by Sheriff W. J. White and Capt. R. C. Hall, or tho city police force, who brought him from Now Orleans, where he was arrested last week by detectives. Hughes in jail here to-day talked to reporters freely of his wanderings since leaving Spartanburg, showing that he had been In tho West the greater part of thc time, but had gono to New Orleans only recently. In making bis way out of Spartanburg county he said he walked, traveling only at night, and staying In tho woods during tho day. He llrst carno to the railroad at. Saluda, N. C., ho said, 18 houia after his escape, hav ing had no food whatever, and there caught a freight train to Asheville. From that point lie went to Memphis. "Life is just a card gamo," ho said, "and If you win all right. If you lose you IOHO and that Is all there Is to lt. You are going to get what's coming to you In this world, and I guess I cnn take my medicine, whatever lt may bo." ASK CHANGE IN STANDARDS. Pota.sh Shortage Will Necessitate Cer tain I'Yrl ili'/ei- < 'banges. A dispatch from Columbia says: The House has passed a concurrent resolution asking tho authorities of Clemson College to make such modi fications of tho rules and standards regarding tho sale of fertilizers ns may be deemed advisable and proper . t this time, in view of tho scarcity of potash. The resolution follows: "Whereas, the abnormal and unu sual conditions in Europe have made it impossible to obtain potash In any considerable quantities; and "Whoreas, under existing law all fertilizer? sold'or offered for sale In South Carolina must be brandod 'high grade,' 'standard,' or Mow grado,' and in order to conform with existing law each grado must contain a certain percentage of potash; now, therefore, be lt "Resolved, by tho House of Repre sentatives, th? Senate concurring, That the board of trustees of Clemson College be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to establish certain rules and regulations for the sale of fertilizers in South Carolina, in so far as the same may be affected by the impossibility to obtain potash un til the abnormal conditions referred to shall have been remedied."