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WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1010.
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WALHALLA, S. C.
"IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH."
June 7, 1016.
140 Years Ago To-day
Resolutions declaring American Colonies
free and independent were introduced in
Continental Congress by Richard Henry
Lee. & j* t?>
Those1 resolutions, in which wo may take n
justifiable pride, were tho forerunners of our
independence. Tho strong, masterful minds of
these moil clearly perceived tho advantages to
bc dei .ved from, ti free and independent coun
try. Do tts your forefathers: resolve to be in
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SOME mu UK WAK DISPATCHES.
Fighting on Verdun Front Cont innes.
Russians Claim Many Captures.
Petrograd, Juno 6-Russian forces
have won a great success along the
front from the Pripet marshes to the
Russian frontier, according to nu o fa
cial announcement, which says:
"The German artillery has bom
barded the Ikslcull bridgehead. In
the Dvinsk region, north of the Po
niewesch railway, the enemy, follow
ing gusts of (ire, attempted an offen
sive, tout was repulsed.
"Sunday morning an engagement
began on the front from tho Pripet to
the Roumanian frontier, supported by
artillery. Our troops obtained suc
cesses on many important sectors and
took l?i.OOO prisoners and a number
of guns and machine guns. In tho de
velopment of the engagement our ar
tillery destroyed successive enemy
shelter works, enabling our infantry
to capture enemy positions. In the
course of the lighting ono of our
brave commanders, Col. Lourie, was
killed, and another, Col. Vontslgler,
was seriously wounded."
Say Carnage Fearful.
Paris, .lune 5.-In their repeated
attacks on Fort Vaux, one of tho out
lying defenses of Verdun, along the
front east of tho Meuse, the Ger
mans are hurling forward their in
fantry in masses so compact that the
first ranks are obliged to advance to
certain death.
The assaulting Columns debouch
from the village of Damloup, below
the fort and separated from lt by a
ravine which they are obliged to
cross has been the scene of carnage
which has saturated the ground with
blood.
One German column advanced no
farther than the bottom of the ravine.
The front ranks, pushed on by those
behind, fell as fast as they reached
the dead line swept by the French
quick-firers. As they toppled over
others came on to take their places
and fall in turn.
Returning French ofilcers declare
the butchery at Verdun surpasses im
agination.
With undiminished vlolenco the
Germans continued their attacks last
night along the Verdun front east of
the Meuse. The war office report of
this afternoon says these assaults
were unsuccessful.
Austrians Report Advances.
Vienna, .lune fi.-Notwithstanding
stanch resistance by the Italians thc
Austro-llungarian troops have made
further gains. The announcement
follows:
"The Italians aro offering stub
born resistance with strong forces
along tho main ridge south of the
Rosina Valley and before tho Austro
Hungarian front, between Monte Coli
gi? and Asiago. Accordingly, violent
engagements were begun in this dis
trict. The Austrians drew nearer tho
Rostelide positions and gained con
siderable terrain east of Monte Coli
gi?. The town of Celsnna already ls
within tho Austro-llungarian lines.
Tho enemy was repulsed wherever he
mado counter-attacks.
"Yesterday 5,600 Italians were
made prisoner. Among them aro 78
ollicors. We also captured threo
cannon, 11 machine guns and 12C
mino throwers."
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L BLUMENTHAL'S
BIG NAVAL BATTLE AT LAST.
Results Appear Very Disastrous for
the British Flee?.
Washington, June 2.-An officiai
report came from London to the Navy
Department this afternoon stating
that the British losses in the sea bat
tle with the German Meet were eleven
destroyers, three battle cruisers and
three armored cruisers-total, seven
teen. The oillcial report, the source
of which was not given, stated that
the British war beet was surprise;!
by the Germans, who were guided
to the enemy ships by Zeppelins.
London, June 2.-Ten British war
ships were sunk and another aban
doned in an engagement with the
German high seas beet off Jutland on
Wednesday. The British admiralty
gave out a statement this afternoon
reporting the sea action.
The battle cruisers Queen Mary,
Indefatigable and invincible and the
cruisers Defence and Black Prince
were destroyed.
The cruiser Warrior was disabled
aim had to be abandoned by her
crew.
The destroyers Tipperary, Turbu
lent, Fortune, Sparrow Hawk and
Ardent were sunk.
The bottle took place in the North
Sea, not far from the Skaggerak. The
admiralty, in announcing the engage
ment, stated that the German losses
were not known, but certainly must
have been heavy.
This was the first great sea battle
of the war.
The main force of the British fleet
put -back to port after the battle to
report the engagement. The British
fleet was composed of battle cruisers,
fast battleships ?nd cruisers.
The German fleet was badly dam
aged by the heavy gun fire of the
English men-of-war and fled to avoid
a prolonged engagement.
Two German warships, one a battle
cruiser and the other a battleship,
were sunk, and two Gorman light
cruisers were disabled and are be
lieved to have'been sunk.
The battleships in the British fleet
all returned to port, the losses fall
ing among the battle cruisers, the
cruisers and destroyers.
Berlin Reports the Fight.
Berlin, June 2.--The destruction of
more than nine British warships by a
German fleet in the biggest naval bat
tle fought since the war began was
announced to-day by the German ad
miralty.
Tlie battlo began on the morning of
i.May 31 and raged for 24 hours.
During the day the German cruiser
Wl&b-aden was sunk by gunfire and
during the night following the battle
ship 'Pommeran was torpedoed. The
German warship Frau >Enlob is miss
ing, and is believed to h?ve been
sunk. The balance of the fleet, ex
cept some torpedo boats, has return
ed to port.
This is the first time the Gorman
high seas fleet has been engaged, lt
went forth to give battlo -as soon as
scouts reported the presence of the
British fleet.
Admiralty Makes Report.
Skaggerak, near which "body of
water tho engagement was fought,
lies at the southern extremity of Nor
way and Sweden. The following ls
the text of tho official report of the
admiralty:
"During an enterprise directed
northward our high seas fleet on May
'.tl encountered tho main part of the
British fighting fleet, which was con
siderably superior to our forces. Dur
ing the afternoon, between Skagge
rak and Horn Riff, a heavy engage
ment occurred, which was successful
for us. It continued throughout the
whole night. In this engagement, so
far as known 'by us nt present, wo
destroyed tho largo British warship
Warspite, the battlo cruisers Queen
'Mary and indefatigable, two armored
cruisers apparently of tho Achilles
type, one small cruiser, the Turba
nant, Nestor, Alcaster, a large num
ber of torpcdoboat destroyers and one
submarino.
"By observations which were freo
and clear, it was stated that a large
number of English battleships suffer
ed damage from our ships and at
tacks of our torpedo boat flotilla dur
ing the day's engagement and during
tho night.
Mnny of ('rows Rescued,
"Among-others was the largo bat
tleship Marlborough. That it was hit
KITCHENER AND STAFF PKK1SII.
British Cruisoi' Stink Off Orkney ls
hinds-First chief Abonni.
London, .lune G.-Great Britain to
day mourns tho loss of lier most no
ted military chieftain, 'Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener, head of tho British
war office.
Earl Kitchener, with members of
his stuff, were on tho British cruiser
Hampshire, sunk last night off the
Orkney Islands, and lt seems certain
that all on board have been lost.
By Aline or Torpedo.
Admiral Jellicoe reports the
Hampshire was sent to the bottom
"either by a mine or a torpedo."
Only some bodies and a capsized
boat had been found, the admiral an
nounced. While four boats were re
ported to have got away, he expressed
little hope that there were any sur
vivors.
Lord Kitchener and his staff were
on their way to Russia, probably
making for the port of Archangel.
Supposedly they Intended to consult
the Hussain military authorities re
garding the Russian offensive expect
ed to relieve the Teutonic pressure on
Verdun and the Italian front.
London dispatches Indicate the
probability that Slr William Robert
son, chief of the imperial army staff,
will become the new Secretary of
War.
by a torpedo was confirmed by pris
oners.
"Several of our ships rescued
many of thc sunken English ships'
crews. There were only two survi
vors of the Indefatigable.
"On our side, tue small cruiser
Wisbaden was sunk by hostile lire
during the day's engagement and bis
majesty's ship Pommeran during the
night, by a torpedo.
"The fate of his majesty's ship
Frau Enlob and eonie of our torpedo
boats which have not returned ls un
known.
"The high seas fleet to-day return
ed to our ports."
Britain's Losses Over 4,000.
London, June 3.-The latest re
ports from the British fleet, from
neutral vessels which witnessed
parts of the great naval battle in the
North Sea and from survivors, cause
the British public to believe that t!ie
engagement was not so near a de
feat as It first appeared and In no
wiso a disaster. The British losses,
with all the craft engaged account
ed for. were three battle cruisers,
three cruisers and eight destroyers.
The German losses are believed to
have been about Hie same number of
shills, although a much less aggre
gate of tonnage.
British naval experts maintain
that Great Britain continues to hold
the supremacy of the sea by a safe
margin, and that her enormous navy
could better afford the losses it suf
fered than could the smaller Ger
man esta'blishment. The first re
ports of the heavy loss of life, un
happily, have not 'been revised.
Great Britain mourns for more than
4,000 of her best seamen, and the
whole nation is oppressed with sad
ness, which is reflected in tho faces
of all the people of 'London.
There were some 6,000 men on
the ships which sank, and only a few
hundred have been saved. The hor
rors of modern naval warfare far
exceeding those when wooden ships
fought and continued to float even
when they ceased to he fighting
units, were realized to their utmost.
From five of the largest ships which
went under, with a complement of
more than 4,000 men, only seven
junior officers and a few seamen
were rescued.
Rear Admiral Horace L. Hood,
second in command to Vice Admiral
David Beatty, and Capts. Sowerby,
Cay and Prowse were lost with many
others. There were no surrenders,
and the ships which went down car
ried with them virtually their whole
crews. Only the Warrior, which
was towed part way from the sceno
of battle to a British port, was an
exception.
Of some thousand men on the
Oueen Mary only a corporal's guard
is accounted for. Tho same is true
of the Invincible, while there are no
survivors reported from the Indefati
gable, the Defense or the Black
Prince.
(No statement of the German
losses In officers and men hav*. been
given out. London, however, voices
the opinion thal they will be found
to have been "exceedingly heavy.")
Ji?i?t Itritish Officers Lost.
London, June fi.-A total of 333
officers were killed in tho Jutland
battle, according to a list Issued hy
the admiralty to-day. This list shows
that practically all tho officors of
the cruisers Queen Mary, Invincible,
Indefatigable, Defense and Black
Prince, and from tho destroyers Tip
perary, Turbulent, Fortune, Ardent,
Nomad. Nestor and Shark perished.
All tho officers except ono from tho
cruiser Warrior were saved, and nil
the officers from the destroyer Spar
row Hawk. On the other ships 23
officors were killed arid 22 wounded.
Virtue may bo Its own reward, but
vice gets more freo advertising.
?KV. J. K. FOGAUTIK P>KA1>.
Lost Life in Kentucky Town by Auto
mobile Accident!.
There ure ninny in Walhalla and
Oconee wbo will regret to lonni of the
death, by accident, of Hov. J. IO. Fo
gartie, who was at one time pastor
of the Walhalla Presbyterian church.
Rev. Mr. Fogartlo was one of those
unassuming gentlemen whose daily
life gave forth abundant ?vidence of
a close walk with God. He was
greatly loved by all who knew him
in tilts section, and the news of his
death will bring deep sorrow to
many. We clip the following notice
from the Christian Observer:
Hov. Jumes IO. Fognrtie.
"Rev. .lames 13. Fogartlo, I). I).,
postor of the Presbyterian church at
Hawesvllle, Ky., died In that city on
May l>8th as a result of injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident. Dr.
Fogartie came to the Hawesvllle pas
torate about one year ago from New
Orleans, La., but owing to ill health
he bad recently resigned lils charge
and was preparing to go away for
treatment.
"ille had a long and honorable ca
reer in the Southern Presbyterian
Church as pastor and educator. He
was born in Charleston, S. C.. and re
ceived the degree of H. A. from Da
vidson College, (North Carolina,) in
1874. In 1877 he was graduated
from Columbia Theological Seminary.
(South Carolina,) and was licensed
and ordained in the same year by thc
Presbytery of Charleston. Hesldos
the Hawesvllle pastorate, Dr. Fogar
tie had also been pastor of tho follow
ing churches: IOdisto Island, S. C.,
1877 to 1882; Highlands, N. C.,
1882 to 1 S S G ; Walhalla, S. C., 188?
to ISitO; Chapel Hill, N. C., 1890 to
1S06. In the latter year he became
professor of philosophy and practical
theology i ii the South western Presby
terian University, Clarksvllle, Tenn.
Ho was president of Davidson Col
lege for a time, and nlso held chairs
in the Presbyterian College al
Thomasvllle, Ca., and In the Alabama
Presbyterian College for Men, \nnis
ton, Ala. Dr. Kogartie is survived by
several children, one of whom ls the
wife or Rev. W. H. Hill, pasto'- of
the Presbyterian church at Brook
haven, ?.Miss. In lils death the Pres
byterian church loses one of her In
fluential and scholarly ministers."
Account ot' tho Accident.
The following account of tho dis
tressing accident which caused the
death of Rev. J. ID. Fognrlie is fro*?!
the Hancock Clarion, published lu
Hawesvllle, Ky., where Dr. Fogartie
was killed:
"Rev. J. EJ, Fogartie, pastor of the
local Presbyterian church, died in
ibis city Thursday morning a*. 4
..'clock as the result of being struck
and run over by an automobile
driven by -Miss Gertrude Stephens
Wednesday afternoon. In the car at
the time with Miss Stephens were T.
D. Hale, agent for the 'Ford Automo
bile Company, who was teaching Miss
Stephens how to manage tho car,
and her father, Judge M. Stephens.
"The minister was crossing the
street on lils way lo tho poBt office
when the auto carno around the
corner. As to the exact actions of
Hov. Fogartie when he noticed tho
approach of the automobile, accounts
differ according to several onlookers.
Some say that he apparently became
excited and stepped backward two or
three steps and made an effort as if
to catch hold of the front of the car,
and, in so doing, placed himself di
rectly in front of the car, which
struck him with considerable force
and im ried him to thc ground in snell
a position that two of Hie wheels
passed over his body. Others are of
thc opinion that the minister stood
perfectly still, only raising' his hands
ns If warning the occupants of his
prOSOnc?, when the machino struck
him. All agree that heroic efforts
wore made by both 'Miss Stephens and
.Mr. Hale to stop tho car when tho
minister's presence was noticed. The
llrst to rench tho sc.eno were Lester
Wilson and L. C. Kelly, and to them
he spoke tho only words uttered. Ho
said, "Raise me up," three times, and
"I am dying" three timos. Dr. Cros
by was called, and all that was possi
ble was done for him, but with no
avail. After a short time he was
carried to tho homo of 'Misses Nannie
and Kate Jackson, whore he died.
"Dr. Togartie was 66 years of ago
and was most highly esteemed. Ho
CO. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mel Monday Itiint-l*ropnrlng for
< 'uni|Ntlgii and VAvi lions.
Tho Ooonoe County Democratic Ex
ecutlvo Committee met In tho Court
House lust Monday and transacted
matters of business preparatory to
the campaign for county candidates,
.etc. The candidates' assessments
were also fixed, these being as fol
lows:
Assessments ol' t?amlidutes.
For State Senate .$10.00
For House of Heps. 3,00
For Clerk of Court. l?.00
For t?heiiff. 10.00
For Treasurer . 7.50
For Auditor . 7.5 0
For Supt. of Education . 7.50
For 'Master . 5.00
For Supervisor. 10.00
For Supervisor of Koglstration 2.50
For Coroner . 2.50
Motion was made and carried that
the appointive offices of the county
namely. Treasurer, Auditor, Master
und Supervisors of Registration-be
put into the primary election.
Motion was also carried that tho
olllce of Magistrate should not bo
put into primary election.
A new departure was niado by tho
body when a motion WIIB carried pro
viding that each club be given tho
sum of $3, this gunnant to be ex
pended as compensation to tboso
who act as malingers of election in
the primaries. Herotoforo primary
managers have had to servo with no
compensation. This sum of $!l will
he paid to tho messenger bringing
in the returns of the last primary.
Campaign Opens Anglist 1st.
A motion was carried -providing
that the first campaign meeting for
county o ill ce rs should be hold at Oak
way on Tuesday, August 1st.
This was the only campaign dato
llxod at the present Hine. A commit
tee of three, consisting of J. H. Hun
nictttt, of Oconee Creek section; J.
ll. Colo, of Westminster R. F. D.,
and M. C. Dong, of Walhalla, was ap
pointed to arrango the other cam
paign meeting iliacos and fix the
dates of such meetings.
Managers of election will be ap
pointed by a committee of two gen
tlemen from tho County Executive
Committee, to act In conjunction
with the ?County Chairman. The two
gent leinen chosen for this duty are
.lames Hates, of the Cross Roads
section, and the Executive Commit
teeman from Snlom.
A motion was curried authorizing
the executive committeeman and sec
retary of each club to linnie an en
rollment committee, The enrollment
books aro now ready for tho enroll
ing of voters' names. Each voter
must enroll himself on the 'books of
his natural voting place, and on no
other,
The Hine for filing pledges was
fixed as thc :ilst day of duly-at 12
o'clock m. Pledges can bo filed at
any time before this, hut this is tho
latest date.
Enrollment books were opened on
Tuesday, .lune 6th, throughout tho
county. They will remain open until
tho last Tuesday In July.
The enrollment books for the fol
lowing precincts can be found at tho
places named:
Walhalla - At olllce of Clerk of
Court.
West Union-C. W. Wickliffe's
store.
Sixty Killed in Sturm.
Memphis, Tonn.. Juno 6.-Reports
to-day of the tornado that swept
parts of Mississippi and Arkansas In
dicate that (?0 persons were; killed
and nearly 200 injured, while enorm
ous property damage was dono. Cas
ualties are reported as follows:
Jackson, Miss.--Two white, eight
negroes killed; more than 50 In
jured.
Cabot, Ark.-Three killed, all
white.
Heber 'Springs, Ark.-Twenty-five
white persons reported killed; moro
than 50 in Jd red.
Judson la, Ark.- Eight negroes
dead, 50 negroes nnd whltos injured?
Cabot, Ark.-Three dead, a dozen
Injured.
Greenland; Ark.-One dead;, six
injured.
Fordyce, Ark.- Fivo whites killed.
Hot Springs, Ark.-'Pour kllloJ;
oight injured.
Newport, Ark.-Two dead.
Dalark, Ark.-Two dead; six In
jtt red.
Forest City-Four dead; 35 In-.
Jurod.
RuBsellvillo-One dead.
Truman, Ark.-Two negroes kill
ed; 18 pthors Injured.
Dexter, Mo.-Three negroes killod.
was a native of Charleston, S. C., and
had ?been pastor of many Presbyte
rian churches throughout the South.
Ills wife died several years ago and
was hurled at Thoniasvillc, Qa.,
whero ho also was laid to rest."
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Laughter is tho sunny side of a
man's existence.
The most difficult thing for some
people to remcmbor ls tho poor.