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By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1010.
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PLANNING SUPREME EFFORT.
Age foi* Activo% Servie? Hits Reen
Raised to Forty-five Years.
Copenhagen, April 1.-Germany,
according to information reaching
here from Berlin, now is gathering
to the colors every available man for
a supreme military effort to bring
the war to a victorious conclusion in
this year's campaign-a goal which
Field Marshal von Hindenburg and
bis advisers consider by no means
impossible of attainment.
.Without; .altering formally the law
of> military* service, the German au^
year and'are retaining with the colors
and In many instances for fighting
duty with active units in'the front
line, landsturm men who have passed
this age.
The pol ic j of the German war de
partment, as stated in the Reichstag
this week, hy a military representa
tive, is to withdraw those men over
.15 from the front line after they
have done six months of duty lhere,
but military exigencies compel the
holding of these over-age men for
service in thc so-called Etape, or re
gion 'behind the actual fighting front.
For some time the German author
ities, in a grand combing-out of men
earlier pronounced unfit for service,
have been mustering men on the very
verge of the age limit, but up to the
presen*, they have announced that the
necessity has not yet arisen for legis
lation raising the age limit to 65
as has been done in Austria-Hungary.
Teachers' Meeting nt Clemson.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Oconee County Teachers' Associa
tion will be held at Clemson College
next Saturday, April 7. An interest
ing program bas been arranged, and
it is hoped that we will have a full
attendance.
The program commences at 9
o'clock with an inspection of the
campus and farm in automobiles, and
an inspection of the shops and labora
tories. The addresses will be deliv
ered in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium
nt 11.30 o'clock, and dinner will be
served in the mess hall at 1 o'clock.
S. M. Martin, President.
For National Guard Brigade.
Columbia, Aprii 2.- lt was rumor
ed to-day that there is a movemen'
on foot for the formai iou of a third
regiment of the South Carolina Na
tional Guard, giving this State a bri
gade,
Long Cr??ek Academy.
There will be an oratorical and
declamation contest held at Long
Creon Academy on Friday evening,
April 13th, The following schools
will send one orator and one de
claimer: North Greenville Academy,
Six-Mile Academy, Long Creek Acad
emy. The public is cordially Invited.
L. H. Raines.
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LADY ATTACKER KY SHE-WOLF.
You tig Woman of Georgetown Had
Gone to Her Mot JUT'S Rescue.
Georgetown, April 2.-Suffering
intensely from lacerations from the
vicious attack of a she wolf, Miss
Lee Willetts, a popualr young
Georgetown woman, is in the hands
of physicians to-day. Miss "Willetts
lives with her mother on High Mar
ket street, extended, and yesterday
afternoon Mi's. Willetta went out to
food the wolf, which was kept in a
pen in.the'b'nok yardi.The'animhl
made a lttnge at Mrs. Willetts, : aiid
ness of the wolf since the death of
ifs mate about two weeks ago, 'went
to her mother's rescue. The wolf
fastened its fangs first in the young
woman's thigh, and ns she fought her
off with her bare hands the animai
caught her arm and lingers, literally
chewing one of the digits off. She
grabbed the blood-thirsty wolf with
her left hand and the vicious jinimal
again sank her fangs deep into her
a rm.
The cries of the women brought
15111s Ilaralson, who lives next door
to the Willetts home, and be caught
the wolf by the throat, running the
risk of being bitten himself. Tight
ening bis grasp he finally threw the
animal into the pen and then turned
bis attention to the badly injured
young woman. A physician was sum
moned and the wounds dressed.
While her injuries are painful, it is
not thought they will be fatal, but
she will he some time in recovering
from the terrible assault.
ll i g Tannery Destroyed by Fire.
Asheville, N. C., April 2.- Fire of
unknown origin practically wiped out
the plant of the United States Lea
ther Company's tannery at Old Fort
Sunday afternoon and caused damage
estimated at between $750,000 and
$1,000,000. The loss is covered by
insurance. The fire started early in
the afternoon in the main building
of the plant and several nearby
dwellings caught fire and were de
stroyed. Embers were carried on a
high wind, and it was several hours
before the Hames were under control.
A quantity of finished leather, hides,
acid, wood and tanbark, was saved,
and it is thought that the plant will
be rebuilt. Incendiarism is suspect
ed by officials of the tannery and an
investigation will probably be held.
Three Killed in Auto Smash.
Alexander City, Ala., Apr?! 1.
Three people were killed and our
badly injured in an automobile acci
dent here this afternoon. The dead
are: Charley Wlllbanks, .Maggie Par
ish, Helen Williams. Four others
were seriously Injured. .Miss Ruth
Cnrllsle and Miss Annie Lambeth
were the only occupants of the car
who escaped injury. The car, in
which niuo young people were pleas
ure riding, went headlong into a
ditch about two miles north of Alex
ander City, when tho driver. Jack
Molen, lost control.
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AZTEC, FIRST ARMED VESSEL.
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Sunk by German Submarine Near Js
luiul OI? Brent, Frunce.
New York, April 2.-The American
steamship Aztec, owned by the Ori
ental Steamship Company, the drat
armed ship to sail from an American,,
port, was sunk yestorday by a Ger
man su?marine, according to advices;
received here to-night by the cortVv '
par.y from the United States consul
at Brest, France.
The caljie message gave no infor
mation as to the fate of the crew/
There were 37 men aboard the vessel;*
16 of them native born Americans.
The Aztec sailed from New York
March 18 for Havre. She was com
manded by Capt. Walter O'Brien.
The Oriental Navigation Company,
o'wner of the Aztec, also owns the
Orleans, one of the first American
vessels to run successfully Ger
many's submarine blockade; The Az-..
tee carried a full cargo of foodstuffs
and general supplies valued at more
than $500,000.
The Aztec was armed with two 5
Inch guns, one, forward and one aft.
The crew of naval gunners on board
was in conminad of a warrant officer.
The Aztec, formerly owned by the
Pacific 'Mail Steamship Company, was
a ship of 3,727 tons gross and 2,346
tons net. She was built in Newcastle,
England, In 1894. She was 350 feet
long with a beam of 43 feet.
Nm ni HM' of Men Missing.
Paris, April 2.-Tho American
steamer Aztec has been sunk by a.
submarine near an island 'off Brest.
Some of the crew were rescued and
are being brought into Bre'st. A num
ber of the men are missing and little
hope is held that they c?h .be sav?id,
as the steamer was torpedoed at
night while a heavy sea wa$ running.
"Wm. G. Shari), the American am
bassador, was informed' .thia after
noon by the French government, of
the torpedoing of the Aztec and Ini
m ed lat ely cabled the State bepart
ment at Washington. ; H
Representatives .of 'the American
government ?will proceed to Brest , to
take the depositions of survivors of
tlie disaster, j
; . 2&<8tUl Aro Missing,
j Washington? April 3.-A dispatch
vlvors''-from the Aztec were landed
! yesterday afternoon at Brest, and 28
I persons still were missing and their
rescue was doubtful Wecause of the
heavy sea and storm.
ACTION RY CONGRESS SOON.
Senator HaFollette Again Interposes
Objections, Postponing Action.
Washington, April 3.-Cons'dera
tlon of the war resolution in the Sen
ate was forced over until to-morrow
by objections of Senate rs LaFollctte,
and in the House it was delayed by
lack of organization of the foreign
affairs committee. It ls expected
to come up for action In both. Houses
to-morrow.
Meanwhile President Wilson and
the cabinet discussed all phases of
preparations for tho entrance of the
United States into tho war, and ad
ministration leaders in Congress be
gan laying plans for raising money,
most of it, as the President suggest
ed, by a system of taxation on the
present generation.
The universal military service bill
was formally launched in the Senate.
Soon after the Senate adjourned,
as tho climax of a stormy scene
which arose over LaFollette's objec
tions, the House also adjourned. It
will meet to-morrow at noon, while
the Senate will meet at 10 a. m.
Senators of the Democratic steer
ing committee decided late to hold
continuous sessions beginning to
morrow morning at 1 0 o'clock to put
the war resolution through.
Action by the Senate within at
least two or three days was predict
ed to-day even by Senators opposing
lt. Some of the "willful men'
named by President Wilson declared
emphatically there would be no fili
buster or protracted debate
Amendments from Republican Sen
ators especially to prevent a formal
alliance with the entente or a Fede
ral loan to them are expected. That
there would be no need for resort to
the new cloture rule to pass the reso
lution was stated even by some of
those opposed to war.
The Pension Mincy ls Here.
Clerk of Court .lohn F. Craig has
received a check from the State
Treasurer for $8,322. This is
Oconeo's distributive share of the
State pension fund. There are 243
pensioners in the county, divided
into the following classes:
Class- No pensioners.
A. 2
B... 6
O-l. 19
C-2 . 80
C-3 . 17
C-4 . ..119
Pensioners in the different classes
will receive the following amounts:
Class A.$96 . 00
Class B. 72 . 00
Class C?1 . 48.00
Class C-2 .... . 30 . 00
Class C-3 . 4 8.00
Class C-4. 30.00
liden.t Wilson J
? Before Natior
ington, April 2.-President
o-nlght asked Congress to de
stute of war existing between
fted States and Germany.
HM the news of the submarining
of tmiteamer Aztec-the first Amer
tc^i^llpied Bhii) to sail in the war
was being told from mouth to
in the Capitol, the President,
ihg before House and Sonate
it'l?esslon, asked Congress to
Jze and deal with Germany's
? on America
President said war with Gor
ould involve practical co-op
f.AVith the governments now at
?th Germany, including liberal
credits. He urged the rais
D 00,000 men by universal mil
?ttvlce.
resident made it clear that
as being taken against the
a government and the other
?lied with Germany.
tSunrded by Cavalry,
president reached the Capitol
??40 o'clock,.- As his big motor
around before the east front
troops of cavalry on guard,
Uttering under the arc lights,
he plaza clear while the hun
iheered.
ras taken immediately to the
is room a?d then' into the
?BOuse chamber, as the Sena
tor s^tered just before the Presl
dontftsThe six members of the Su
ourt, who had taken seats lu
|-: the Speaker's stand, stood
and&fficed about. They remained
fltflnflffik* until the last Senator had
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irs Greet Wilson's Words.
Colily a few seconds' delay the
it, plunged into his address.
K he hesitated. Then he spoke
?.faster than usual. His voice,
jj-,.* was clear, and grew
as he proceeded. Attention
?jnarka wae undivided. As
Kraent proceeded, the cham
{j,lhe quiet. Members seldom
h'?heir seats. Not until the
|n*t?.'declared "we will not
Jthe. path of submission" did
vp}8Aidin Those, wo*i
..?Scarcely had the.sound died away
when the President declared that the
Congress should declare that a state
of war existed. A second demonstra
tion began. The greatest outbursts
came when the President declared for
an army of 500,000 men and univer
sal service. Chief Justice White
joined heartily In the hand-clapping,
?which lasted nearly a minute.
The U-Ilont Situation.
After going over the various phases
of the situation that, have forced the
United States to the brink of war, the
Pr?sident plunged into the submarine
question. This portion of his address
we give in full. He spoke as follows:
The Submarine.
"lt ls common prudence in such
circumstances-grim necessity in
deed-to endeavor to destroy them
before they have shown their own in
tention. They must be dealt with
upon sight, if dealt with at all. The
German government denies the right
of neutrals to use arms at all within
the area of the sea which lt has pro
scribed, even 1n the defense of rights
which no modern publicist has ever
before questioned their right to de
fend. The intimation is conveyed
that the armed guards which we have
placed on our merchant ships will be
treated as beyond the pale of law and
subject to be dealt with as pirates
would be. Armed neutrality is Inef
fectual enough at best; In such clr
cusmtances and in the face of such
pretentious, it is worse than ineffec
tual; it is likely only to produce
what lt was meant to prevent; lt is
practically certain to draw us into
the war without either the rights or
.the effectiveness of belligerents.
There ls one choice we cannot make,
?wo are Incapable of making: We will
not choose the path of submission and
suffer the most sacred rights of our
nal ion and our people to be ignored
or violated. The wrongs against
which wo now array ourselves are no
eoinmon wrongs; they cut to the
very roots of human life.
"With a profound sense of the sol
emn and even traglcnl character of
the stop I am taking, and of the
grave responsibilities which it in
volves, but in unhesitating obedi
ence to what. I deem my constitu
tional duty, I advise that the Con
gress declare the recent course of tho
imperial German go von1 mont to be
in fact nothing less than war against
the government and people of the
United States; that lt formally ac
cept the status of belligerent which
has thus been thrust upon it, and that
lt take immediate steps not only to
put the country in a more thorough
state of defense, but also to exert all
its power and employ all its resources
to bring the government of the Ger
man I3m*pire to terms and end tho
war.
Utmost Aid for Allies.
"What this will involve is clear. It
will involve tho utmost practicable
co-operation in counsel and action
with the governments now at war
with Germany, and, as incident to
that, tho extension to those govern
ments of the most liberal financial
credits, in order that our resources
may so far ?a possible be added to
r\gain Appears
i's Representatives.
theirs, lt -will involve the organisa
tion and mobilization of all the mato
Ha) resources ot the country to sup- ,
ply the materials of war and serve
the Incidental needs of the nation In
the most abundant and yet the ;
most economical and efficient way i
possible, lt will involve the Imme
diate full equipment of tho navy In
all respects, tout particularly in sup
plying it with the best means of deal
ing with thc enemy's submarines.
"It will Involve tue lmmodlato ad
dition to tho armed forces of the Uni
ted States already provided for by
law lu case of war at least 500.000
men. w?M should, in my opinion, be
chosen upon the principle of univer
sal liability to service, and also tho
authorization of subsequent addi
tional increments of equal force so
soon ns they may be needed and can
be handled In training, lt will In
volve also, of course, the granting of
adequate credits to thc government,
sustained, I hope, so far as they can
equitably be sustained by the present
generation, by well-conceived taxa
tion.
"I say sustained so far as may be
equitable by taxation becnuso lt
seems to me that lt 'would be most
unwise to base the credits which will
nov.r be necessary entirely on money
borrowed, lt is our duty, I most re
si>ectfully urge, to protect our peo
ple so far as we may against the very
serious hardships and evils which
?would he likely to arise out of the in
flation which "would be produced by
vast loans.
"In carrying out the measures by
which theso things are to be accom
plished we should keep constantly in
mind the wisdom of interfering as
little as possible in our own prepara
tion and in the equipment of our
own military forces ?with the duty
for it will be a very practical dnty
of supplying the nations already at
.war with Germany with the materials
which they, can obtain only, from us
or by our assistance. They are tn the
field and we should help them in,
every way to be effctive therei
"1 sh?}r ttiltef the. (liberty ot aug?
'mUj?es, measures for the accom
plishment of the sevornl objects I
! have mentioned. I hope that lt will ho
! your pleasure to deal with thom as
I having been framed after very care
j ful thought by the branch of the gov
[eminent upon which the responsibil
ity of conductine; the war and safe
: guarding the nation will most dl
: redly fall.
Neutrality Net Possible.
"While we do these things-these
deeply momentous things-let us be
. very clear, and make very clear to
J all the world what our motives and
our objects are. My own thought has
I not been driven from its habitual and
j normal course by the unhappy events
j of the last two months, and I do not
j believe that the thought of the na
: tlon has been altered or clouded by
them.
"I have exactly the same things In
mind now that I had in mind when i
addressed the Sonate on the 22d of
January last; the same that I had in
mind when I addressed the Congress
on the 3d of February and on the
2fith of February. Our object now,
as then, ls to vindicate the principles
of peace and justice In the life of
the world as against selfish and auto
cratic power, and to set up amongst
the really free and self-governed peo
ples of the world such a concert of
purpose and of action as will hence
forth insure the observance of those
principles.
"Neutrality is no longer feasible or
desirable where the peace of the
world ls Involvod, and the freedom of
its peoples, and the menaeoffco that
peace and freedom Hes In the exist
ence of autocratic governments back
ed by organized force Which is con
trolled wholly by their will, not hy
the will of their people. We have
seen the Inst of neutrality In stieb otr
cu mstancos.
"We are at the beginning of an age
in which it will be Insisted that the
same standards of conduct and of re
sponsibility for wrong done shall be
observed among nations and their
governments that aro ohsorved
among the Individual citizens of civ
ilized States.
"Wo have no quarrel with tho Gor
man people. Wo have no feeling to
wards tberp but one of sympathy and
friendship, lt was not upon their im
pulse that their government acted in
entering this war. It was not with
their previous knowledge or appro
val."
70 Villa Prisoners Hanged.
Chihuahua City, Mexico, April 1.
-Seventy rebel prisoners taken dur
ing Villa's attempt to capture this
city yesterday were publicly hanged
as a warning to the Villa eloment of
tho population.
Reports have" been brought to
headquarters by cavalry partrols that
Villa's scattered main forces are con
centrating at some western point.
They were overtaken on their retreat
yesterday hy a force under Gen. Fa
villa and lost CO killed. This brings
Villa's losses to about 900 killed and
wounded and prisoners. Jose Cha
<wes. the leader who took Santa Rosa
lia last fall, was killed in action.
COMMON PLEAS COURT SHORT*
Illness of Judge Rice's Wife Brought
Session to Karly ('low.
The Court of Common Pleas, -whose
cession should have extended well
Into the present week, possibly occu
py I UR the whole of lt. was brought to
un abrupt ending by tho receipt of ?
telegram announcing to Judge Rice
the illness of his 'wire and the neces
sity for un operation. Upon recolpt
of this advice, Judge Rice asked il
there were Important cases that could
not go over to another calendar, and 1
lt was found that tho majority of the
cases to be beard wore of no pressing
Importance. 8evoral there were
which should bavo been disposed of
nt tho March term, but the attorneys
representing those clionts would not
press the matters to the inconvons/
lenee of the Judge in bis unfortunate'
situation. Thursday nftornoott.
therefore, the Court was adjourned
sine die, and Judge Rice left imme
diately for Baltimore, where his wife
ls under the care of specialists.
Several cases of Interest wore tried
during the few days of the session,
among thom hoing that of J. Min ion
Moss (by bis guardian) vs. the Blue
Ridge and Atlanta and Charlotte
Raliway Companies. This was an ac- .
tlon for the recovery of punitive
damages growing out of certain fail
ures to furnish to the young plaintiff
h ticket that had been tolegraphod to
him from Walhalla, for delivery in
Atlanta. Since notice of the suit was
filed Jas. M. Mosa has become Sheriff
of Oconoe County, and attorneys for
the railroads made motion to set
aside the Jury chosen to try the case
and asked for a change of venue.
The contentions were sustained by
J udge Rice, and later a settlement of
the case wag agreed to 'by the attor
neys for both sides, the agreement
being that tho plaintiff he iwiid the
sum of $300 by the defendants, end
ing tho suit.
Another .railway case beard was
that of JuiUiti Grant Harden, a hoy
of some eight or ten years, who asks
damages from tho Blue Ridge Rail
way Company for the loss of a leg.
The accident happened In the loca*
yards of the Blue Ridge in Walhalla
The calse went to tho Jury, and after
some hours of deliberation Uie an
nouncement, canto from the Jury room.1.
%Vaj) agreement on a verdict could
jtfy)ifitjilfii w
o"rc??Se wnrhe hear
a future term of Court.
In the case of O'ShleldB vs. J. H.
Wigington, administrator of the per
sonal estate of tho lato Leonard Rog
ers, a verdict was returned sustain
ing a certain deed to 20 acres of laud
deeded to plaintiff by tho decoasod in
consideration of the performance of
certain services enumerated. The
plaintiff claimed that the deed had
never been delivered to him, and he
rejected lt, suing for $1,000 in money
as compensation for services. Tho
jury returned a verdict to the effect
that the deed bad beon delivered to
plaintiff and accepted by h rm, and
awarded him the sum of $lfi0 for
special services.
With the conclusion of this case
the session ended. There were a
number of orders paused, referenced
ordered, and matters in Probate
Court and in tho hands of the Master
confirmed and orders issued.
Locals from Fairview.
Fairview, April 2.-Special: Mr.
and Mrs. 'W. 'S. Kestler left Friday for
a visit to relatives near Charlotte.
Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred
Alexander, March 29th, twin hoys.
Wm. J. Rogers, of Evansville. Ind..
.who has been circulating among rela
tives in this county for the past. week,
silent the week-end with his niece,
Mrs. J. B. McMahan, of this commu
nity.
Mises Hannah Miller Harrison and
Virginia Mc'Mnhan spent the'latter
part of last week in Walhalla and at
tended Field Day.
Miss Rosa McMahan spent the
week-end lu Walhalla with her cou
sin, Miss Sarah Alexander.
Miss Rosa Barron, niece and ne
phew contemplate moving to Seneca
in the near future. We regret to give
up this estimable family.
HAS COONEE FIFTEEN
YOUNG PATRIOTS V
The following letter to Post
master Fant, of Walhalla, ex
plains itself. The country calls
for young men to serve her.
Oconeo's portion is only 16.
Surely that number, and moro,
will answer. The letter follows:
Columbia, S. C., April 2.
To the Postmaster, Walhalla,
S. C.-Dear Sir: I call your im
mediate attention to proclama
tion declaring Wednesday,
April 11th, a? "Naval Recruit
ing Day."
I urge you to call to your as
sistance men in each section of
your county, and let us see whe
ther you cannot wire me on tho
night of April 11th that you
have secured the number ap
portioned to your county. The
number apportioned to Oconoe
county is 15.
I shall he glad to hear from
you and give you any informa
tion you desire.
Very truly yours,
Rich'd I, "Manning,
Governor.