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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. Field _ Velvet Beans, Red Ripper Peas Mammoth Yeliov CW.&J.E Walhal IT PAYS TO B CONFERENCE PRE PA RATIONS. RrRish and French High Officials Ex pected to Give Peace Terms. Washington, April 15.-With the assembly ot the most momentous in ternational conference ever held In .this country only a few days distant, offloialB of several executive depart ments of the government devoted themselves to-day to making final preparations for greeting the distin guished men Great Britain and . France are sending hero to discuss M . i AV ur- puihlems.- . S t o te.Dopartment. of T ' ficikl? directly responsible-t?rVthe^Se tails of the arrangements conferred in an effort to have no mark of cour tesy lacking. Thost? familiar with official eti quette aboard ?ay that the sending to this country nen like British For-1 elgn Secretary Balfour, French Minis- | ter of Justice and former Premier Vi vian! and Gen. Joffre is almost with out precedent. Not only does the trip here require much more very valuable Mme than the various Euro pean wai conferences, hut it submits Gie high officials to real dangers from mines and submarines, experienced in crossing to the continent. It is known that the present trip was taken only with the deepest forebod ings, quickened by memories of the loss of Lord Kitchener. Ternis of Pence. The near approach of the confer ences and the growing certainty that an attempt will be made to harmonize the ends for which the allies are fighting with the principles laid down by President Wilson bas developed the fact that all the entente nations have informed each othor very fully .their maximum and minimum terms of peace, so that each one has como to an exact knowledge of what the others were fighting for. Those details, it now seems practi cally certain, will be disclosed freely to President Wilson in such a way a's to comply with the suggestions of his note of December 18 asking all tho belligerents for such an avowal. While the allies in their reply gavo a skeleton outline of their terms, it was realized at the time that it was not complete and that it probably con templated the maximum. Discussion here to-day of America's probable terms brought from an offl clal source the statement that this | country stood unreservedly on the broad tiasis outlined in the Presi dent's two addresses. Those terms ! involve the destruction of the Pms- ! sian autocracy, government resting on the consent of the governed, free dom of worship, freedom of and ac cess to the seas, and a world federa tion to prevent future wars. Brazil Seizes German Ships. Rio Janeiro, April IB.-Marine forces are taking possession of the German merchant vessels in Brazil ian harbors to the accompaniment of manifestations of popular approval of the step. The minister of marine, in issuing the order for taking over tho German ships, gave instructions to the ehlof of tho naval forces to proceed courteously with the work, and nj) to the present no untoward incident has accompanied it. The bo lief is said to exist in naval circles, however, that an inspection of the vessels will reveal gomo sabotage. Card of Thanks. Editor Keowco Courier: Please al low us space in your valuable paper to thank our many friends f.nd neigh bors for their kind assistance at tho sudden death of our dear father, S. B. Hubbard. May God's richest blessing rest on each and every ono Is our .prayer. The Children. Walhalla, R. F. D. 3. Seeds Per Bu. . . . . $2.00 ?, . . . 3.00 ?SojaBeans, 3.00 . Bauknight, la, S. C. UY FOR CASH. FRANK ROCKEFELLER IS DEAD. At Ago of 72 Youngest of "the Rockefeller Roys" Passed Away. Cleveland, Ohio, April 15.-Frank Rockefeller, aged 72, youngest bro ther of John D. Rockefeller, dlod to day In his apartments in a hotel from a stroke of paralysis and a blood clot on the bralu as a result of a relapse he sustained following an intestinal operation a few months ago. Ho be cumo.seriously ill-Monday ap;d had Vkm ? r?wnscf?us '.ince' Friday. Ile is survived by a widow and three daughters. Frank Rockefeller was not on speaking terms with his brother, John D., as a result of a quarrel they had years ago. Born in Rockford, N. Y., In 1846, ho was the youngest of the three Rockefeller boys, and when his bro thers organized the Standard Oil Company he became identified with them, serving for a time as one of the vice presidents. He acquired con siderable wealth, hut his relations with his brothers became strained and he severed his business connec tions with them. In 1900 he turned his attention to stock raising, pur chasing 12,000 acres at Belvidere, Kan., for a stock farm, which be came recognized as a model through out the Southwest. Although he closely resembled his brothers, he was more sturdy and a little more squarely built than they and well equipped physically for ?the new work he had undertaken. Attired like a farm hand, he was the active "boss" of his ranch, and when fences were to be repaired, ditches dug or other heavy work to be done, he did his part. Some of the purest bred cattle In the world were to be found on his Kansas farm, from which be also directed large range interests In Texas and Arizona. Frank Rockefeller always mani fested great aversion to being re ferred to as "John D. Rockefeller's brother, or "the other Rockefeller." "I nm Frank Rockefeller, stock man," ho would say, "not Frank Rockefeller, a brother of John D." He studiously avoided newspaper publicity. "Next to my family," he once re marked, "I love animals more than anything else in the world, and by simply having fun with them, ( have found out a good many things, and learned a good many lessons that I could never have learned otherwise." One of his great desires was to pre vent the disappearance of thebaffalo. He presented a great, many wild boasts and birds to the zoological gardens in Cleveland, and some to other cities. During five months in the year .Mr. Rockefeller lived in Cleveland, as did his brother, John D., hut they were never seen together. Liebenfels Crew to Prison, (News and Courier, 16th.) Tho eight officers of the German (Hansa line) steamship Liebenfels, convicted in the Florence term of the United States District Court of sink ing the vessel or allowing her to be sunk in the navigable waters of the Cooper river, and subsequently sen tenced to pay a fine of $500 and serve a term of a year and a day in tho Federal prison at Atlanta, left here yesterday afternoon for Atlanta, un dor guard. Last week the Llebenfels crew abandoned an appeal made to the Circuit Court of Appeals, after they had been arrested by the Federal au thorities in pursuance of instructions received from Washington. All aro Germans except Janeen, who ls a Dane. General Attack Over Front of Miles-10,000 Prisoners. Paris, (April 16.-The French bc gan an attack this morning, after sev oral days artillery preparation, * bi tween Soissons and Rheims. Several German lines were carried and more than 10,000 Germans were tak?j? prisoner. The official announcement of this success, issued by the war ot*' flee to-night, describes the fighting: as being of the utmost violence. The' statement reads: . ,'? "Between St. Quentin and the Oise artillery fighting continued through^ out .the day. South of the Oise wc made new progress on the plates east of the line of Barisis-Quini Basse. "Between Soissons and Rheims, aft ter artillery preparation that lasted J several days, we attacked this morn?J lng the German Unes along an e)tA?| tent of 'about 40 kilometers (T miles). A desperate battle was* fought along the whole front, where, the enemy had grouped very import-J ant forces and numerous artillery. Everywhere the valor of our troops overcame the energetic defense Ol our adversary. ? "Between Soissons and Craonhei the whole German first position fell; into our power. East of Craonno our troops occupied the enemy's secop.4. posltion south of Juvincourt. FHy ther to the south we carried our Hi as far as the outskirts of Bermel court and up to the Alsne Canal Lolvre and Courcy. ""Violent counter attacks launchec several times north of Vtlle-au-Bolss were broken down by our fire with, considerable losses to the enemy. "The number of prisoners made byi us up to thc present exceeds 10,000V We likewise captured important ma I terial which has not yet been invento.'^ I ried. 1 I "In Champagne artillery fighting continued actively during the day* on the various sectors. The canoori*sj ade was Intermittent on the rest of the front. "Belgian communication: Tltf.^ij was artillery fighting along the TS%pt?]J Belgian front." jr RerRu Admita French Drive,?. Berlin, April "On the AisnL aays>;an?-tojuiclal !S(*tem,ent i :?H?^*HV^ evening, "a greafcFret?ch ?ltempt'TO. break through with a far-distant ob-' jective, has commenced after ten'j days' mass fire. A bitter fight is proceeding on a 40 kilometer front around our foremost positions." Over 1-1,000 Germans Captured. London, April 16.-"Since the morning of April 0," says the official report from British headquarters in France to-night, "we have taken over 14,000 prisoners. The captured ma terial includes 194 guns." A Patriotic Rally! At Walhalla To-morrow, Thursday, April 19. Combining Present-day Patriotism With Anniversary of Rattle of Lexington. Following is the program for a pa triotic rally to be held In Walhalla to-morrow (Thursday), April 19: Assemble at school house at 10.30. Invocation-Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes. Chorus-"America," led by band. Address of Welcome--W. M. Brown, Mayor. Music by the band. Parade Formation. 1st. Band. 2d. School (White). 3d. Boy Scouts. 4'th. Citizens (White). 6th. Colored School. 6th. Colored Citizens. The parade will be led from the school house down Main street to Red Mill, and thence to the Court House, where the following pro gram will be carried out. Chorus-Star Spangled Banner. "This Meeting and Tts Object" Harry R. Hughs. Music by the band. "Our Country's Need"-Robert T. J nynes. Recitation-"The ?Ride of Paul Re vere"-By Clifton Cobb. Music. "The Colored Citizen and Our Flag"-W. J. Thomas, colored school teacher. Music by tho band. "Our Community's Need"-W. C. Hughs. "The Walhalla Guards"-M. C. Long. Chorus-Red, White and Blue. Band concort. Tue anniversary of the battle Lexington, April 19, has been fixed by the Committee on National Defense as Patriotic Rally Day throughout the entire country. The Ride of Paul Revere will he duplicated In many places and his poem recited at the aters, schools, churches and movies. The citizens of Walhalla and sur rounding communities Should re spond to this call of patriotism. Let all come who can, and enter the rally with a spirit of patriotism. Colored People Urged to Join. Wr. J. Thomas, teacher of the Wal halla colored school, requests The Courier to urge tho colored people to co-operate heartily in tho patriotic rally, to hear tho speakors and to Join in tho groat work of helping to feed the nation. There ls work for all-all mnst work. IR PRESIDENT'S APPEAL Wilson Appeals to All Classes of tfHtizens to Put Shoulders to Wheel [to Create mid Conserve Food Sup 'piles for the Country. ?> -- SUPREME TK8T OP NATION. "Tho supremo test of tho nation ^ias come," .says the address, "we mist, all speak, act and servo to ttither." /ashlngton, April 16,-In an ap ?1 to all citizens of the country, is )d to-night. President Wilson fessed the opportunity for the far >rs of the South to show their pa lotism, which he said can ho done "?,rio hotter way "than by resisting great temptation of the present ico of cotton, and helping upon a Mit scale to feed the nation and the iples everywhere who are fighting ?.their own liberties and our own." The President's appeal urges all lerlcan citizens to join together to ike the nation a unit for the pres tation of its ideals and for the trl fph of democracy in the world Text of Address. Fellow-Countrymen : 'he entrance of our own beloved mtry into tho grim and terrible Sr for democracy and human rights d,ch has shakon the world, creates J&.many problems of national life jiu. action which call for immediate tnsideratlon and settlement that I you will permit me to address you a few words of earnest coun il and appeal with regard to them. | We are rapidly putting our navy >on an effective war footing and are -about to create and equip a great Mp my, out these are the simplest ?ftprts of the great task to -which we /faye addressed ourselves. There ls mot a single selfish element, so far as ?bean see in the cause we arc fighting "'Td'do' this gr'e^t thing worthily and successfully we must devoto ourselves to the ser vice without regard to profit or ma terial advantage and with an energy and intelligence that will rise to the level of the enterprise Itself. We must realize to the fullest how great, the task is and how many things, how many kinds and elements of ca pacity and service and self-sacrifice it involves. These, then, are tho things we must do, and do well, besides fight ing-the things without which mere fighting would be fruitless: We must supply abundant food for ourselves and for our armies and our seamen, not only, but also for a largo part of the nations with whom We have now made common cause, in whoso support and hy whose sides wo shall "be fighting. We must supply ships by tho hun dreds out of our shipyards to carry to the other side of the sea-subma rines or no submarines-what will every day be needed there, and abundant materials out of our fields and our mines and our factories with wbich not only to clotho and equip our own forces on land and sea, hut also to clothe and support our peo I pie for whom the gallant follows un der arms can no longer work, to help clotho and equip the armies with which we aro co-operating in Europe, and to keep the looms and manufac tories there in raw material, coal to keep the fires going In ships at sea and in the furnaces of hundreds of factories across the sea; steel out of which to make arms and ammunition both here and there; rails for worn out railways hack of the fighting fronts; locomotives and rolling stock to take the place of those every-day going to pieces; mules, horses, cat tlo, for labor and for military service; everything with which the people of England and France and Italy and Russia have usually supplied 'them selves, but cannot now afford the men, the materials or the machinery to make. Efficiency and Economy. lt is evident to every thinking man that otir industries, on the farms, in the shipyards, In the mines, in the factories, must be made moro prolific and more efficient than ever, and that they must bo more economically man aged and better adapted to tho par ticular requirements of otu* task than they have been; and what I want to say 1B that the mon and the women who devoto their thoughts and .their energy to these things will be serving the country and conducting thc fight for peace and freedom Just ns truly and just as effectively as the man on the battlefield or in tho trenches. Tho industrial forces of the country -men and women alike-will be a girat national, a great International, service army, a notable and honest host engaged In the service of tho nation and the world, the efficient friends and saviors of free men every where. Thousands-nay, 'hundreds of thousands-of men otherwise lia ble to military service will, of right and of necessity, bo excused from that service and assigned to the fun damental, sustaining work of the fields and factorlos and mineB, and they will be as much a part of the fe ?s' 5 RINGING , TO AMERICANS groat patriotic forces of tho nation aa tho mon under Uro. A Woitl to tlio Fanners. 1 take the liberty, therefore, of ad dressing this word to the farmers of the country, and to all who work on the farms: The supreme need of our own nation and of the nations with which we are co-operating is an abundance of supplies. Tho food supply, especially for the present year, is superlative. Without abund ant food, alike for the armies and the peoples now nt war, the whole groat enterprise upon which wo have em barked will break down and fail. The world's food reserves aro low. Not only during the present emergency, but for some time after peace shall have come, both our own people and a large proportion of tho people of 'Europe must rely upon the harvests in America. Upon tho farmers of tills country, therefore, in large measure, rests the fate of the war and tho fate of the nations. ?May the nation not count upon them to omit no step that I will increase the production of their land or that will bring about the ! most effectual co-operation in the sale and distribution of their pro ducts. The time ?B short. It ls of the most imperative importance that everything possible be done, and done immediately, to make sure of large I harvests. 1 call upon young men and old alike, and upon the able-bodied I boys of the land, to accept and act I upon this duty-to turn In hosts to the farms and make certain that no i pains and no labor is lacking in this ! great matter. Fanners of tho South. 1 particularly appeal to ?he farm ers of the South to plant abundant food stuffs as well as cotton. They can show their patriotism in no bet ter or more convincing way than by resisting the great temptation of the present prices of cotton and helping .-'helping upon ? great scale-to feed the nation and tho peoples every where who are lighting for their lib erty and our own. The variety o? their crops will be tho visible meas Government \Vill Help. The government of the Uniter; States and the governments of th* several States stand ready to co-op erato. They will do everything poss! hie to assist farmers in securing ar adequate supply of seed, an adequate force of laborers when they aro niosi needed, at harvest Hmo, and thc means ol' expediting shipments of for Milsers and farm machinery, as wei as of tho crops themselves when har vested. The course of trade shall ix as unhampered as lt ls possible o the nation's food supply by those wh< handle it on its wiiy to the consumer This is our opportunity to demon strate the efficiency of a great de mocracy, and wo shall not fall shor of it. Watching tho Middlemen. Let me say this to the middlcnici of every sort, whether they are hand ling our foodstuffs or our raw mate rials of manufacture or the product of our mills and factories: The eye of the country will be especially upo you. This is your opportunity fo signal service, efficient and disintei ested. The country expects you as i expects all others, to forego unusus profits, to organize and expedite shir mont of supplies of every kind, bu especially of food, with an eye t the service you are rendering and i the spirit of those who enlist in th I ranks, for their people, not for then selves. I shall confidently'expoct yo to deserve and win the confidence c i people of every sort and station. To the men who run the railway of the country, whether they be mai agers or operative employees, lot ni say that the railways aro the arter!? of the nation's life, and that upo them rests the I m menso ros po asi bi tty of seeing to '.t that those arteri? suffer no obstruction of any kind, n inefficiency or slackened power. To tho merchant let mo suggei tho motto, "Small profits and quio service;" and to the shipbuilder, tl: thought that the life of the war d< pends upon him. The food and tl: war sniiiilles must bo carried acroi the seas, no matter how many shir aro sent to the bottom. The place of those that go down must bo sui piled at once. To the miner, lot me say that 1 stands whore tho farmer does-tl work of the world waits on him. Plant a Garden. Let me suggest also that every or who creates or cultivates a garde helps, and helps greatly, to solve tl problem of the feeding of tho nation and that every housewife who pra< tices strict economy puts herself i the ranks of those who serve the ni Hon. This is the time for America I correct her unpardonable fault i wastefulness and extravagance. L> every man and every woman assun the duty of a careful, provident ni and expenditure as a public duty, t a dictate of patriotism which no oi can now expect ever to be excused i forgiven for ignoring. In the 'hopo that this statement the needs of the nation and of tl world in this hour of supreme erle may stimulate those to whom comes and remind all who need T minding of the solemn duties of time such as the world has never set SERIVCE FOR ALL ! To the Fariner? of Oconeo: * Our country la calling upon all * its citizens to perform their duty * in this crisis. The men and wo- * ?nen in tho Industrial centers * will soon ho called upon to fur- * nish munitions, clothing and sup- * plies for tho men at tho front. * Your duty ttl to furnish food, * which is Just as nocesasry SB ? munitions and other supplies. * Will you not attend the moot- * lng In your county seat to hear * patriotic mon discuss tho seri- * ousness of the situation and to * confer with you as to the man- * nor in which you may host servo * your country? * The slogan adopted by the * Commission for Civic Prepared- * ness for War, appointed by our *' Governor, is "SERVICE FOR * ALL.' Tho date of the meet? * lng In your county 1B SATUR- * DAY NEXT, April 2lat, at ll * * o'clock A. ?VI. * * Show your patriotism and loy- * * alty to your country by attend- * * lng this meeting, -which is to bo * * ono of the moat important in * * the history of your county. ' * * W. W. LONG. * * Director of Extension, C. A. C., * * U. S. Dopt, of Agriculture. * ************ GERMAN SUR FIRES ON U. 8. Destroyer-Attack Mad? 100 Milos South of Now York. Washington, April 17.-A Gorman submarine to-day tired on tho de stroyer Smith about 100 milOB south . of New York. The prosonce of enemy submersi bles In American waters Indicates that the threatened German subma rine blockade of American Atlantic ports has begun. This announcement waa made at the Navy Department: "Reported from Fire Island light ship to the naval stations nt Boston and New York at 3.30 a. m. on the 17th an onemy submarino was sight ed by the U. S. S. Smith running ap parently submerged. Submarine fired a torpedo at tho U. 6. S. Smith, which missed her by 30 yards. Tho wake nig th?'ll??V. .Submarino disap peared." POr Period of Emergency. Following is a copy of a tel og rn nv that has boon sent to army recruiting officers In nil parts of the country: "lt. is the policy of tho War De partment to discharge from service at the termination of tho emergency all men who havo onllsted in tho reg ular army since the declaration of war or who now enlist. This policy also a pililos to National Guard "McCain, Adjt. Gen, U. S. Army.'" COLORED PEOPLE CO-OPERATE. Rev. G. H. Hancock, of Seneca, Will Represent Ooonee County. Columbia, April 15.-The negroes of South Carolina have Joined ac tively the campaign for agricultural, civic and industrial preparedness. A committee recently appointed by Gov ernor Manning held a conference with David R. Coker, chairman of the Civic Preparedness Commission, and Joe Sparks, secretary. Details for the State organization committee to work in co-operation with thc com mission v/ero outlined. Rev. Richard Carroll, of Columbia, was elected chairman of the commission. Joe Sparks will direct the work of organ ization and all matters will bo han dled through tho headquarters of the preparedness commission. "I do not doubt that wo will re ceive," said Chairman Coker, ad dressing tho negro committee, "the hearty co-operation of all Intelligent negroes, and that we will be ablu to arouse that race equally with the . white race to respond to this national call for service. The county chair men will be expected to immediately appoint committees, in which all of the colored organizations, churches' and societies will ho represented, and' to begin the campaign for food pro duction and food conservation at once. "Meetings should ho arranged for as many places in each county as pos sible, at least one for every school district. The nogro ministers should he urged to preach on the duty of the citizen in this emergency." Tho members of the committee promised their hearty support to the move ment. (Rev. G. B. Hancock, colored, of the Seneca Institute, was appointed as chairman for Oconee with instruc tions to organizo the eolored people of this county.) before?, I bog that all editors and pub lishers everywhere will give aa promi nent publication and ns wide circula tion as possible to thia appeal. I ven ture to suggest also to all advertising agencies that they would perhaps ren dre a very substantial and timely ser vice to the country If they would give it widespread repetition. And I hope that clergymen will not think the theme of it an unworthy or inappro priate subject for comment and hom ily from their pulpits. The supremo test of the nation baa come. We must all speak, act and servc'togetherl Woodrow Wils- '