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U. ti. SHIPS ItEACtl FHA NOE. Heartily Welcomed by Frencliineii. Strainer Sinks Submarine. Paris, .lune C.-The ministry ot marino announced lo-dny that Ameri can warships have anchored off the French coast. Tho announcement adds. "The French navy greets with joy on their arrival these now brothers in anns who, under the Hag of tin great American Republic, have come to participate until final victory in tho struggle against the common en em v." A large American transport, con taining wheat for American troops which are to come later, lias crossed ?he Atlantic under the protection of an American warship, The Matin an nounces. The transport is now be ing unloaded at a French port, tho newspaper says. Preparations are being made for the reception of American troops, the newspaper says further. A number nf bases similar to those of the Brit ish army have been organized. 10,500 Tons of Wheat. Washington, .lune 7.-The naval collier Jupiter has arrived in France, Secretary Daniels announced to-day, laden with 10,COO tons of wheat and other supplies. The ship sailed from an American port without any inti mation of her voyage having been given out In advance, and is now at anchor in a French port. Tho Jupiter is one of the navy's largest colliers. She was the first electrically propelled steamer ever built, and her performance was so good that it led to the adoption of electric drive for all new battleships and battle cruisers, tho American navy being the only one in the world to adopt this type of propulsion. Tin Jupiter was built at Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco, and she has high speed for an auxiliary naval ves sel which would enable her to escape submarine attack under any but un usual circumstances. (?uniter on Sllversbell. Washington. June 7.-William J. Clark, of New York, a warrant offi cer from the battleship Arkansas, commanded the armed guard aboard tho American steamer Sllversbell, which sank a German submarine in the Mediterranean, "lt was a splen did piece of work," Secretary Dan iels said to-day, "and we are now considering ' promotion for clark, who well deserves it." Tho Navy Department received word some days ago of the action be tween tho Sllversbell and thc subma rine. Inquiries were made promptly or the navl gun crew al tho port where the ship had arrived and thc account of tho battle was continued. Secretary Daniels said Iiis advices added nothing to details of tho fight already published. The Sllvorshell is of ">,(?0."i tons, owned by tho Shell Oil Company, of California, she sailed from America early in May with a crew ol' Kl nun. of whom Ifi are American citizens. Her com mandel- comes front New York. Too Lonesome Without lt. Dacoma, Okla., June |, Di 17. Editor Keowee Courier: Enclosed find $1, for which please send me the dear old Keowee Courier for one year. .'rn so lonesome without it. We are both very well. Wishing the dear old Courier every success and good luck to nil its staff. Sincerely your friend, Mrs. Alex, Holder. I'. S. Ship Sunk Submarine ? Washington, June ti.--A German submarine is believed to have been sunk by an armed American steamer in a running light lasting an hour and a half, in which :?? shots were fired by the submarine and LT? by the steamer. An official announcement hy the State Department to-day says the steamer's linn! shot "apparently struck tho submarine, which raised clear out Of the water and stood stern-end up for a lew secofids. Then slio disappeared." LEMONS WHITEN A NI) HEAUTIKY THE SKIN. Make this Beauty Lotion Cheaply for Your Furo, Neck, Arms ami Hands. At tlie cost of a small jar of ordi nary cold cream one can prepare a full quarter pint of the most wonder ful lemon skin softener and complex ion beautifier, by squeezing the juice of two fresh louions into a bottle con taining three ounces of orchard white. Care should be taken to strain the juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in. then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every wo man knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beau tl fl er. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white nt any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweet ly fragrant lemon lotion and massage it dally into the face, neck, arms and hands. It is marvelous to smoothen rough, red hands.-Adv. A NOT!! Kit CYCLONE IN WEST. 21 Persons Are Read aiul About 150 Injured i" .Missouri and Kansas. Kansas City. .lune 6.-Tornadoes last ii IK li t and early to-day spread death and destruction through rural districts or .Missouri and Kansas. Re- 1 ports to-night showed ID were killed in Missouri and nine in Kansas. The number ol' injured has reached ap proximately I')') and estimates of the property damage place it anywhere from one to two m il li nos. The greatest loss of lire apparently was In Boone county. Missouri, where the tornado, dipping here and there, as it raged from the southwestern to the northwestern corner, claimed 1 1 persons. In Carroll. Charlton and Ray counties, farther west, four are dead-three at Richmond and one at Whitam. In Kansas the deaths totalled eight in the country southeast and west or Topeka, One was killed at Savonburg, near Iola, where the tor nado appeared early to-day The course or the tornado was marked by odd jumps. First It ap peared near Topeka early in the day, and then came to earth again in Ray county, Missouri, shortly before mid night. Then it tore through a wide section or that county, wiped out half the town of Dean Lake, in Carroll county, and swooped down again demolishing the little town or Whi tam. The tornado descended again at Providence, in the hills or south western Boone county and twisted Its way through Midway, Prathorsville, Hallsville and through Centralia, arter which it disappeared and was heard or no more until it struck Sa von hurg, Kan., this morning. Chase the Ache, Kill the Pain. Cet husy. Act now. Use Sloan's Liniment <ror your rheumatic pains, toothache, neuralgia, gore muscles, stiff joints, sprains and strains. Bet ter than anything you ever tried to soothe hurts, reduce swelling and In flammation. Cleaner than oint ments or plasters, as it does not clog the pores or stain the skin. Easy to apply, it penetrates without rub bing. Always have a bottle of Sloan's Liniment in your medicine chest. At your druggist, 25c.. 50c. and $ 1.-Adv.2. Shipping Loases Grow Less. London, .lune 6.-The weekly re port ol' the British admiralty con cerning British shipping losses by mines or submarines says that 15 vessels of 1,000 and over and three vessels under 1,000 totis and the fishing vessels were sunk last week. Arrivals numbered L'.iiiKl and sail ings 2,042. British merchant ships unsuccess fully MI Kicked, including four previ ously. 17. Thc above report, compared with thal of the previous week, shows a decrease of three in vessels of 1,000 tons anti over sunk, hut an increase o!' two in tho category of less than 1,000 tons. The previous week's re port announced the sinking of ls vessels of 1,000 tons and over and of one vessel ot' less than 1,000 tons. The new report shows an increase, of three in the number Of fishing ves sels sunk- -five as against two the previous week. Constipation Causes Serious Ills. "I/Ot me see your tongue!" ls the doctor's first question. When the tongue is coated it means sluggish bowels, and you invite not only head aches, indigestion, but serious ill health. Avoid those dangers by tok ing Dr. King's Xew Life Pills. They are sugar-coated, highly efficient, yet mild and easy in action, pleasant to tnke by young, aged or delicate. Sold for years at vour druggist, 2."> cents. -Ad v. 2. Tho Dust Mulch is the Thing. ( Progressive Farmer.) Two things, plant foods and mois ture, in abundance, are vitally neces sary to the production o! large crops. Without both of these or either of them, crops must at least in part fail, j The food must be lu tho soil for the plant, and water must be present in order thal this plant food may be kept in solution, Plants can take only a liquid diet solid food is of no ! value to them. From May until August is a criti cal time with most Of our cultivated crops. The weather is warm and of ten dry. and evaporation is rapid. I'nder such conditions, moisture con servation is of first importance, and in attaining this every farmer should know the value of macing and main taining a dust mulch. This much acts just like a blanket in keeping the water in the soil. Any farm boy who has turned o'er a board or plank lying flat on (he ground has found it moist and cool underneath, though possibly all around the soil may have been dry and parched, The farmer who main tains by means of an earth or dust mulch just such conditions over all his fields ls Hie man who is likely to suffer least In periods of drouth. To Cure a Cold In One Day Tnke I, AX ATI Vit BROMO Quinine. It stop? the Cough and Hendache and works ort the Cold. l>nu;Kis(s refund money if it fnilR to cure. Ii. W. GROVIfS signature ou each box. 25c. - TIIK FIRST MONTH OVKRS1V ,. - U, S. Sailor? Find Many P??$?i ? Along Willi tlielr Work. The British Fort Base of th. A: lean Flotilla, June 6.-Tho Am r . un destroyers, have completed tlielr month of active service in the .. war. They have been favored excellent weather, which is a bl?i tor in anti-submarine warfare, of the time they have had sunn skies and smooth sens, with enough squall and storjn to pul seamanship to test. Tho favoi hi weather conditions made ?heir of learning the techtnque of submarine warfare much slm.<i' easier. iliilf-lniy Shore Ijeuvc. The American boats are K to work band In band -with thc ish squadrons, hoing virtually Hated into the British naval cry here. A destroyer is USU?I ?J for four or live days, and tl. turns to port for two or throe while coaling and loading S'i Thus every American sailor . least half a day shore leave p cally every week. Americans Find Work Interest The Americans take their tine the British boats in all routh < of patrol and convoy. The worl though largely routine, is In. lng, and the Americans have yet found time hanging hec their hands. The lookout n 'constant and eyes must bo triu an unbelievable degree of ki The young Americans take z to this business of finding t i scopic needle in the n?utico I stack, and daily reports of 1 rlnes sighted, of observation. i . of wireless warnings sent bro'.M show that tho American boat?< at ready making an average of . almost as satisfactory as the . <>; perienced British boats with they are operating. No Actual Hattie as Ye There has been no actual 'hatti yet between an American d< s: and the enemy, although sev i > ports show that U-boats have sighted and have been compel! beat a hasty retreat to the depl the sea. Linera Hull Americun Eseor* An assignment to convoj t "from ?lome"-that is, from American port-is regarded .. especially choice morsel. A fran i lantlc liner which sights th? Attic can (lag approaching to esco; ?to to land never fails to respond . i great waving of flags and handker chiefs from ber decks, and there a line exchange of wig-wag * :r . in lieu of handshakes. t; >? American liners can already I <ti to the vigilant work of the An lea ; destroyers as convoys. Occa lomi'.i; a fortunate liner finds horse . oin escorted to port by Amelie, an.' British destroyers side by side, iiV ling about ber like twin Bisters, visible sign of the new allianci. The American boats wore ron dj fo duty the minute they arrived. Oct More Bay than British Shore leave Is generous, id the American sailor is constant.' .1 evi dence in this village, in the nn'try side roundabout, and in a \earby city, where more metr?poli!;:' pleas ures are available than in! I ie re stricted limits of this litt! nlac< The people of the towns have taken the American sailor and his strangely spendthrift ways right into their hearts. The American sailor seems always to have money, which is not so strange, when lt ls considered that bis rate of pay is considerably higher than that of the British tar. "The American gets a dollar every time we get a shilling," lg a common expression among the admiring Brit ish seamen. British and Americans Unit ern I/o. Local tradesmen who expected to find the visitor an easy mark soon learned their mistake, however, for he is seldom fooled twice and quickly learns to demand value for his money. Tea time in the village now luis an American flavor. In all the little inns and shops, and farther afield, even well Into the wonderfully green countryside and along the cliffs, which remind the seamen of the palisades along the Hudson an chorages, one may any afternoon lind groups of British and American sai lors drinking their tea and swapping yarns In true seamanly fashion. The American quickly acclimates himself to the afternoon ten habit and finds it an amiable and satisfac tory substitute for other things, with plenty of opportunity for confiden tial chats with lils new allies pn a thousand and one subjects, which his active mind lins been turning over since His arrival here. Visit ?raves of iMlont Victinjs. There arc other places where J one may almost always find group! of blue-uniformed Americans. On i is j the local cemetery In a green > ood atop the cliffs, where aro lu ried many victims of Herman submarnes, whose graves are kept green by the visitors hore. , What Part Are Going to Play in the War? ?a If you shoulder a gunt you can do no greater duty; but if you stay at home re j member that you are personally responsible for the success of the boys who go to the front. You can meet this obligation through buying Liberty War Bonds. When you buy Liberty War Bonds : you are not giving but lending your I money to your country. Every dollar you ' invest is secured by the U. S. Treasury j gold, and bears interest at the yearly rate ; of 3 1-2 per cent, payable twice a year. Liberty War Bonds may be purchas ed in multiples of $50.00. They will i mature in 30 years and arc redeemable in 15 years. They are absolutely exempt from income tax, and may be registered in multiples of $ J 00.00. Should the Government, before the end of the war, issue any bonds at a high er rate of interest than 3 ?-2 per cent, Liberty War Bonds may be exchanged for them. The last great government bond issue sold for par in 1898 and \ 10 3-4 in ?900. So valuable were these bonds that the Secretary of the Treasury could secure only one-tenth of them when he offered redemption. Every cent of the Two Billion Dollar Loan made through Liberty War Bonds will be spent in America for American goods and American wages. This great flood of wealth will be poured into every nook and cranny of our business activity. You, as an American citizen, dependent on American prosperity, can see your reward as well as your duty in buying Liberty War Bonds. Send into Service every dollar that can be spared from your home your savings-your wage. Buy Liberty War Bonds because they are secure. Buy them because of the 3 1-2 per cent interest they bear. Buy them because they make for American prosperity. Above all, buy Liberty War Bonds because it will give you the con sciousness of having done your bit for liberty, and have helped strike a death blow to the tyranny that hangs like a pall over the peace of the world. There is no "red tape'' connected with the purchase of Liberty War Bonds, i Just apply at the Liberty Loan Window of any bank. I j >* Bank of Walhalla The Enterprise Bank Walhalla, S. C. (For further information ask your Bank)