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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. Shoes Sh? Wc now have Ladies' and Children's Come in and look at A Big; ] TENNIS AND \? C.W.&J.E. Walhall IT PAYS TO Bl FOR SUBMARINE DESTRUCTION Naval Consulting Board 1? Bending Its Every Energy. New York, May 5.-"W. L. Saund ers, chairman of the naval consulting hoard, announced hore to-day that the board had forwarded to Wash ington plans' for dealing with the submarine problem, which, lt was be lieved, had solved the problem suc cessfully. Mr. Saunders, who has been chair man of the naval consulting board about two months, supplemented his announcement by saying that while tile submarine problem cannot bo considered In reality to have been solved until the U-bonts have been destroyed, nevertheless numerous experiments had been made along tho Atlantic coast with highly encourag ing results, which led the board to feel confident that a successful solu tion had been reached. "ll looks as though the subma rine problem has been solved," Mr.i Saunders said, "not only in theory, but on the strength of practical tests on the Atlantic coast." Five Hundred Inventions. Mr. Saunders added that r>00 in ventions for U-boat suppression had been submitted for consideration of tho board and experiments with ?nany of them justified, he believed, the assertion that a plan had been found by which the submarine peril could bo eliminated. Mr. Saunders was unwilling to go into further details of the board's ex periments, all data on the subject having been forwarded to Washing ton, but ho said the public had a right to be informed of the progress made toward nullifying the depreda tions of the Gorman undersea craft. Announcement Premature. Washington, May 6.-Advices from the naval consulting board con cerning progress m'ade towards find ing a solution of tho submarine men ace, referred to tn N-nv York yester day by Chairman W. L. 'Saunders, of the board, had not reached the Navy Department to-night, but were ex pected to-morrow. Secretary 'Daniels said that while no Information would be made public as to the nature of experiments which have been in pro gress, he was satisfied that American ingenuity eventually would check the undersea boats. Mr. Daniels spoke, however, with out knowledge of the specific devices with which the members of the con sulting hoard have been experiment ing and his confidence was based wholly upon the record for mechani cal Inventiveness which American engineers and scientists have main tained for years. A telegram to tho Associated Press from Lawrence Addicks, of Eliza beth, N. J., chairman of the special naval board, served to clear up some misapprehension concerning Mr. Saunders' statement yesterday. The message follows: Quick Progress Made. "I fear some of the statements ia the morning papers regarding tho naval consulting board may unwit tingly give wrong iinpross'on.s re garding progress made in eom'hatting the submarine menace, and that con clusions aro llkeiy to be drawn that the problem has been either fully solved or gi von up as hopeless. "While lt is evident that specific Information ns to progress made would be contrary to public policy at this Hmo, as chairman of the com mittee of the board doaling specifical ly with tho marine menace, I feel jus tified In saying that good and satis factory progress has been made and that wo have now under practical trial some naval dov leos of great promise. "This committee wr.s formed at thc time of thc break with 'Germany to take over nil problems relating to the detection and destruction of sub marine's and tho dofoat of the tor D?S Shoes a full linc of Men's, Oxfords and Pumps, them. Linc of PHITE SHOES. Bauknight, a, S. C. JY FOR CASH. MACHINE OPERATORS WANTER. Naval CloUiing Factory at Charles ton Needs 500 Young Ladies. United States Navy Yard, Charles ton, May 7.-Editor Keowee Courier: The United States Naval Clothing Factory, a't the Navy Yard, Charles ton, S. C., requires immediately 500 young ladies as operators of power driven sewing machines. It is hoped that you will give the government's need, in this respect, such promi nence in the next edition of your newspaper as will insure the atten tion of all those in your community who may be interested. The plant is operating two shifts or 10 hours each. The entrance pay of those without previous experience is $1.04 per diem for eight hours work. Op erators who have had a year's expe rience, or more, will be token on at $2.2-1 per diem for eight hours' work, subject to ability demonstrat ed. Time and a half is paid for all over-time, and two hours' over-time can bo put in by those who adapt themselves readily and are willing to work. Tile maximum earnings may thus lie increased to $3.08 lier diem. No advance application need be made, as those who apply, up to the num ber stated, can lie. tmemdiately ac commodated at the Navy Yard, and can fill out the necessary papers and take medical examination, etc., after they have entered on their duties. The applicants must be citizens of tho United 'States, in good health, and of a reliable character. Tho medical examination will bo given without pay by a naval surgeon at the yard. The applicant will be re quired to name five persons who will vouch for her good repute in the com munity in which she resides. Suita ble boarding places can be secured In Charleston, through tho Young Women's Christian Association, 79 Wentworth street, for from $4 to $4.F?0 weekly. Tho work consists of making cotton uniforms for the navy's personnel, and the surround ings are the best, the factory being under direct control of the navy. J. J. Gaffney. (By direction of the Commandant.) Notes from Ebenezer. Walhalla. Tl. F. D. 3, May 5. Special: Tho farmers of this commu nity are getting along nicely with their crops. Most of them have fin ished planting. Rev. W. T. Belvin preached an in teresting sermon on the fourth Sun day in April, lt was enjoyed by all present. Miss Margaret Hill left this week for*Green ville, after spendnig a few days with friends in the Ebenezer com muntty. The people of this Community sym pathize with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Vis sage In tho recent death of their in fant. After spending a few days at homo Miss Anulo Cason has gone to attend the Normal Training School at Wal halla. Miss Nannie Vaughn has returned home from Spartan Academy, whore she has been going to school. pedo, and has under its direction the various experimental stations devoted to this work, "In addition to this Mr. Edison is separately conducting a line of ex periments in his own laboratory, re garding the results of which I nm not qualified to speak." Mr. Addleks' statement confirms tho understanding officials of tho de partment have had of the progress hoing made by the inventors. They have been at work for months on va rious research studios, and since the declaration of a state of war with Germany have redoubled their efforts along tho lino of Inventions for the destruction of submarines. FIERCE BATTLES IX PROGRESS. Heilerts Indi ?it c Cunt IUIHHI (?alus on l*nrt of Entente Annies. Paris, May 4.-Heavy counter at tacks launched by tho Germans with fresh divisions on the positions which the French captured yesterday along the front from Craonne to Mont Carnlllet were repulsed in all eases, lt is officially announced. In addi tion the French made progress east of Mount Carnlllet. Tho French took more than 1,000 prisoners. The French statement speaks of each of the German attacks as "vio lent," "very violent" or "severe," and in each case states unqualifiedly that they were repulsed either by in fantry, artillery or machine guns, or all three. It also says the German losses were very largo. British Make Progress. . London, May 4.-The British made additional progress north of Havrin court Wood and near Fresnoy, ac cording to an official announcement. Report 4,800 Prisoners. Paris, May 5.-A brilliant success for the French army is recorded in the official communication issued hy the war office to-night. An important French advance has been made against powerful opposition along the road from Soissons to Laon, over an extent of nearly four miles. French troops have captured all the plateau in the neighborhood of Cerny and Craonne and the hills dominating the valley of the Alllette river. The number of prisoners captured to-day was 4,300, In addition to the 1,000 taken yesterday. Sanguinary Engagements. * The .fighting during the last 48 hours has made several breaches In the Gorman line. Fighting on the British front has boen the most san guinary and desperate since the bat tle of the Marne. From south of Lens, where the Canadians and Aus tralians fractured the Hindenburg line, to the region of Rheims, where tho French have made breaches In the German line in the sector from which Rheims is being bombarded and destroyed, there has been one continuous series of attacks, followed by counter attacks, which have been of so desperate a character as to indi cate that the supposition that the Germans have planned to retire is er roneous, at least, for the prosent. The Germans have counter attack ed more violently than at any time since the offensive began, throwing frosh troops into the battle at threat ened points in fierce efforts to regain their lost positions. The fighting Wits especially prolonged and do lent around Craonne. where the French took prisoners from two fresh divisions and maintained all their gains. Prisoners Total 5,800. Paris, May 6.-Every gain scored by the French in yesterday's brilliant advance northeast of Soissons was maintained against numerous heavy counter attacks last night, the war office announced to-day. 'Consolida tion of this ground has made them masters of most of the ridge crowned by the Chemindes-Damo? along a front of more than 18 miles. The text of the statement reads: "Northeast of Soissons the Ger mans launched during the night num erous counter attacks with large ef fectives upon the positions captured by us yesterday. The fighting was particularly fierce in the regions of Laffaux. 'north of Froidmont farm, north of Braye-en-Lnonnois, north west of Cerny. "Everywhere the enemy's efforts wore broken down and his forces dis persed, the assault being thrown back by our fire or at the point of the bayonet. We have fully maintained our gains. Our troops have organ ized the conquered territory, which gives evidence that the Germans suf fered sanguinary losses during yes terday's fighting ns well as In the counter attacks during the night. "In sum, all the operations carried out on May 4 and f> in co-relation with the British operations, have rendered us masters of the major part of the edge marked by the Chemln-des-Dames, upon a front of 30 kilometers. Tho number of pris oners actually counted has reached ?.SOO, of which ir>0 are officers, among them several battalion com manders. We captured seven cannon, of which several are of largo calibre. "Violent artillery actions occurred northwest of Rheims and In tho Champagne west of Mont Carnlllet. We captured a fortified position of support and repulsed, after lively fighting, two German attacks upon our trenches in the region of Mont Haut. "An enemy surprise attack in the direction of Maisons-de-Champagne was likewise stopped. T "On the remainder of the front there was no important ovent to re port." Drive a Failure, Kay*: Berlin. Berlin, May 6.-A tremendous thrust by tho French on a front of nearly 22 milos in an effort to break through the German lino on the All lette-Crnonne front yesterday proved futllo, army headquarters announced to-day. The text of tho statement roads: "On tho Arras front strong attacks by the British south of Lens, on tho Scarpe and near Queant wore re pulsed. South of Cambrai the Brit ish suffered severe losses in a fruit less attack on a front of three kilo BISHOP RUSSELL NEAT SUNDAY. Will Dedicate Now Ctitholic Church mid Preach-Early Muss nt 8. Tho dedication of tho now Catholic church in Walhalla will toko placo next Sunday. May 13th, at ll a. in. Tho people of Walhalla and tho sur rounding country are cordially in vited hy the pastor, Father Gwynn, to attend tho ceremony, There will also he a service at 4.30 in the after noon, to which all are invited. The Rt. Rev. Wm. T. Russell, D, P., Rishop of Charleston, will dedicate and preach tho sermon of tho occa sion. Rishop Russell before lils ap pointment to Charleston was pastor of the fatuous parish of St. Patrick's. Washington, D. C. He is a writer of distinction and n forceful and most pleasing speaker. Horn and raised in Maryland, ho finds himself at honre In this part of our Southland. For the benefit of the Catholics scattered throughout this section, it is here announced that there will be an early mass next Sunday at 8 a. m. to enable all to go to Holy Commun ion. Tho public are welcome to this service also. The new church is quite small, hut very complete and artistic tn its equipment. Over the altar are 'three windows. The center one represents the Holy Ghost, the Source of our supernatural life; the second shows the open Bible, with the cross and crown, teaching that it is "through the cross we win our crown"; the third exhibits the tablets of stone containing the Ten Commandments of God. The ten windows of the au ditorium of the church give forth, in symbolic art, Biblical representations of Christ 'and the Evangelists. There are three statues In the church. Tho one over the altar represents Christ with arms outstretched blessing the world and showing His 'heart, which was pierced for love of man; the others represent, respectively, the Blessed Virgin Mary, holding the In fant Jesus in her arms, and St. Jo seph, the foster father of Jesus and spouse of the Blessed Virgin. Four teen pictures hang on the walls of the auditorium. These are "Tho Sta tions of the Corss" and they depict incidents in the life of Christ from His condemnation by Pilate to His burial. Tho church thus strives also to pr ea oh, "through the eye." the chief truths and mysteries of our Christi anity, and so mailes art the handmaid of religion. Four Drowned in French Broad. Asheville, \\ C., May 5.-J. W. Sel lers, of Cowpens, S. C., in elia i ge of the Boys' Home and Farm, connected with Borland lntsitute at Hot Springs, N. C.; Miss Lauren Davis, matron, of Stnrgis, Ky.; Miss Foren Wilcox, of Lansing, Mich., teacher, and Edgar Nichols, of Schoolfleld, Va., a student, were drowned In French Broad river, two miles west of Hot Springs, Thursday night about midnight, when their boat filled with water and sank. Miss Carroll and Carroll Willard, a student, who were in the boat, were able to swim to safety. At noon yesterday all the .bodies except that of Miss Davis had been recovered. A large party is searching for her body. Appraiser for Columbia i.onn Bank. Columbia, May 5,-Albert Ham mer, of Fort Myers, Flo., has been appointed an appraiser for the Co lumbia Farm Loan Bank, according to an announcement yesterday from Washington. meters between Viliers-Plouich and Gun nc vi leu. 'After thc failure of tho first French attempt to break through on the Aisne on April 16, tho enemy, 'with all means at his disposal, pre pared a fresh operation. Worn-out divisions were replaced by fresh ones ?ind further reserves brought up. The artillery and mine-throwing fire in creased day by day and finally attain ed, by means of the employment of all calibres, tho greatest develop ment of power recorded. "Attacks on May i and 6 north of Rheims and in the Champagne were forerunners of a new attempt to break through, which began yester day morning on a front of 35 kilo meters, a great struggle that contin ued late into the night. The attempt was vain. The gigantic thrust was entirely repulsed. The attacks wore arrested in hand-to-hand lighting by our heroic infantry or repelled by counter thrusts as well as in part as a result of our well-directed artillery fire. At some points fighting took place for possession of our foremost trendies. East of Royere farm we occupy the northern slope of tho Chemin-des-Dames. "As on May 4 the French stormed with specinl violence, regardless of extraordinary losses, against the Winterburg, where our positions were completely destroyed by the fire of guns of the heaviest calibre. The height, with the village of Chexreux, situated on the slope, remained in possession of the enemy. Several hundred prisoners were brought In. This morning the enemy again at tacked Hill 100, east of La Neville. The attack was repulsed. "In the Champagne, southwest of Niau roy? several French attacks were unsuccessful. Tho prisoners taken at the latter place on May 4 and F> havo increased to 072 and tho booty has increased to twenty machine guns and fifty quick-loading guns." IT. S. ENGINEERS TO FRANCE 11 .OOO or 12.000 .Mon to Go nt Enrll ost Possible Onto. Washington, May 7.-Nine new regiments of army engineers, lo be composed exclusively of highly train ed railway men. will bo the Hrs! American troops to'bo sent to France. They will go "at 'the earliest possi ble moment," the War Department announced to-day, lor work on com munication lines, but speculation as to exactly when or to what points they will bo sont ls forbidden because of tho submarine menace. The now forces will bo volunteers, raised at nine groat railway centers of the country. Each regiment will he commanded by an engineer colonel of tho regular army, nided by an ad jutant. All other officials will be railway engineers or officials. Tho entire expedition will have a total strength of between 11.000 and 12.000 men, each regiment being composed of two battailous of throe companies each. Every branch of railway workers necessary to tho building or operation of lines will be represented In the ranks ?nd the War Department expects a responso to the call that will permit a careful selection to be exercised and Insure a force already trained to the min ute, an army of experts in railway operation. Tho recruiting points will be New York. Chicago, Sit. Louis, Roston, Pittsburg, Detroit, Atlanta, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Officials believe the great railroad brotherhoods will co-operato, throw ing the strength of the unions be hind the recruiting efforts. The rail way companies already aro so organ ized under the council of national de fense that their co-operation ls as sured. The engineers and officials of the lines who offer themselves will be selected In such manner as not to cripple tho operating forces of any company. The decision to send the engineers is understood to have grown out of conferences here between govern ment officials and members of the French and British war missions. One of the greatest problems of the war has been that of maintaining adequate supply Hues, and the rail roads are the vital element of the system that feeds men. sholls and rood toward tho fighting front. Kpectauciiliir Engineering Feats. Engineering feats of a spectacu lar nature have already been accom plished In perfecting communication lines at the front in France. A I whole British railroad was picked up bodily, lolling Block, rails, roadbed and all. and taken to France. Amer ican engineers had much to do with that. They have also, under con tracts with the British and French governments, driven tunnels, bulli spurs and bridges and mapped out schemes of transportation that are in operation to-day. America is pre-eminent in the field of railway engineering, and tho host talent and experience the nation can provide In that line will go Into the new regiments, each of which would bo able to undertake all or any part of the work of building or operating a whole railway system. 0-YEAR-OLD GIltL KILLS COUSIN When "Parlor Rifle" Accidentally Discharged at Monea Path. (Anderson Mail, 7th.) The nine-year-old daughter of At ris Ashley died at his homo near Honea Path Saturday night from wounds received about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, when she was ac cidentally shot with a .22 calibre rifle by her nine-year-old cousin, daughter of Andrew Branyon. The accidental shooting occurred nt the homo of their grandmother, Mrs. Liz zie Ashley, just across the Abbeville county line. The children wore in a room to gether and the rifle had 'been taken from a child a little younger than the two girls. The rifle was placed ?.cross a bod and the little Branyon r.irl picked it up and was handling it When it fired. The little girl ? ays she did not cock the rifle, so it is presumed that the younger chi d cocked it ns ho was dragging it around on tho floor. The little Branyon girl is prostrat ed with grief. The little Ashley girl was carried to Donen Path im mediately for medical attention. The bullet struck her in the right Jaw, breaking tho jaw in several places and was then buried in the back part of her head. The doctors In at tendance stated at first that there was practically no chance for the girl to recover. Soldiers Getting Too Friendly. Petrograd, May 7.-Gen. GurkO, commander on the western front, Is sued an order declaring that frater nizing of Russians with enemy troops must he stopped. He declares this practice enables the enemy to learn Russian military dispositions and by causing a lull on tho Russian front, permits the Germans to concentrate their forces against tho British and French. Ho warns tho Russians that if the fighting comes to a standstill on tho western front 'tho Germans will throw their forces against tho Rus sians. He snys three divisions of Germans havo already boon "trans ferred from the Russian front. The order concludes with an appeal to the troops to do their duty toward Rus sia and her allies. Struck by Train an<| Kimckod Int? Vive Off His ('amp. Klngstree, May 7,-billiard D. Hall, Company M. First Regiment. S. C, N. QM while on guard duty, waa killed by a train nt a trestle near Klngstree between the hours of mid night and 4 a. m. this morning. lils body was found by the rollof guard at 4 a. in. face down In tho camp Ure near tho track and was badly burned, lt seems that as he stood with his back to the train his gun on his shouldor the car struck the end of tho gun barrel, knocking him lu tho head so that ho foll Into tho Uro. There was only a small wound lu the side of his head and tho hanoi of his rifle boro evidence of a violent blow. Ho was 20 yoara of ago, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hall, of Camden. "He had served on the Mexican border and was a young man of tho highest typo of Christian character, loved and respected by all who know him. The body was taken to Camden Monday afternoon for in forment. The Hoy Scouts in uniform, carrying a United States flag, escort ed the body to tho depot and Capt. Young came from Florence this morning to accompany the remains to Camden. , --. m,- . (icimans Retake Fresnoy. New York, May 8.-Dy using fresh divisions in powerful counter attacks the GermaiiB have succeeded tn driv ing tho British from Fresnoy village and wood. Fresnoy 1B a town on tho Arras front, flvo mlle? southwest of Dons, and was captured by the Canadians t on May 3. Since the taking of tho town by tho British forces tho Ger mans have made desperate efforts to recapture it, and the fighting has been almost continuous on that part of tho Hindenburg line. Despite this success for the Ger mans, however, tho grent human nip pers which Gen. Haig has forged around tho sou'thern end of tho Dro court-Qneant switch.line are steadily closing, and tho rolling up of this im portant section of the German de fense appears lo he n matter of a few days. Tho Drocourt-Queant line ls" tho hastily Improvised barrier thrown up by Field Marshal von Hinden burg to protect Cambrai and Donal after tho moro famous lino, named In honor of himself, had boen smashed by tho British. Wheat Went to $:i Uer Bushel. Chicago, May 8.-Well-founded predictions that tho government crop report would prove bullish led to a sensational fresh advance to-day in the price of wheat. M; y delivery jumped 17 cents a bushel to $.''. u new high record. Tho market closed unsettled and as compared with last, night, 3 yt to 14 cents up, with May nt $2.0 7 and .July at $2.31 to $2.34. Corn gained \% to 3 V4 couts and oats Vt to 1% cents. In provisions the outcome was a setback of 7c. to 2 5 cents. , Trade anticipations of the sub stance of the government crop report turned out to be too conservative ra ther than too radical as to wheat. t Q, W. Pitt? Severely Injured. (Tugaloo Tribune, 8th.) The Westminster relatives and friends of Geo. W. Pitts the telegra pher at Deercourt, Ga. aro sorry to loam that he got his right arm and log broken Saturday afternoon whllo attempting to move a turn table for second No. 82, northbound freight train, to pass over the main line. It seems that an Improvised turn tnblo, similar to tho ono operated in front of the Tribune ofTlco two weeks ago, was used at Deercourt for the con struction cars to cross over the main line. These tracks had not boen fully cleared hy the party or partier whoso duly lt .was lo soo that it was done, and Mr. Pitts on seeing an' ap proaching train went out to turn tho table, and by somo means the track or some part of the table was hurled against him by the force of the en gine, resulting in the injuries abovo stated. Mrs. Pitts put her husband in an automobile and carried him to Toccoa, where his broken limbs wore set. Ho is :;ow at his homo in Deer court. His brother, I. S. Pitta, and Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence wero over to seo him Sunday. We Join with many friends In wishing Mr. Pitts a Sliced y recovery. The office in which Mr. Pitts works was struck by the rails and domol ished, Colored Funeral Service. The funeral of Lucy Cleveland will bo preached on the third Sunday in May by Hew John Stewart and Rov. Croon Hunter, bf Gainesville, Ga., at ll a. m., at Flat Rock. M. C. C. 50,000 Soldiers for Month. Washington, May 7.-Pennsylva nia lod in regular army recruiting for Saturday and Sunday with 216 men accepted. Totals for the two days were 2,431 men, making 53,012 ob tained for tho army einco April 1. Tho anthracite coal min?s in this country have moro than 7,000 miles of tunnels.