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K??W EK COU RIE? (Establiidiod 1K40.) Published J'A-ery Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Ilutes Kenwoiiable. -By STECK, SHELOIt * SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices ana tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will \io printed free ot charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WA MIAMBA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, IIM7. THE RED ('KOKS WORK. Ono of tho grandest undertakings of our government, through the citi zens of each Commonwealth of the Union, is the work that is being done this week in securing contributions for the Ked Cross, that noble organi zation whose beneficent Inllucncos have heirn felt In every nook and cor ner of tho civilized world where there ls war and suffering, disaster by flood, fire or earthquake -wher ever lhere aro sick and wounded, suffering and distressed human be ings lo he ministered to. Next lo the ?burches of Christ wo believe that the Ked Cross organization stands at the head of the institutions of our country and tho world In tho great work of ministering to tho needs of humanity. The Ked ('ross is tho handmaiden of the Christian church, performing those services that the church itself cannot perform, but which have proved and will always .prove tho groalesl human agency that can possibly be brought into touch with tho spiritual work of the chu ri b. South Carolina must raise during this we.-k not less than $?100,OOO. She must do this because our groat country as a whole must raise $100.- j OOO,Otto. Thal seems like an enorm ous sum. und yet it is hui tho small 'sum of $1 for every person in the United States. Many cannot give; iinny will liol give; many will mid an give, hut cannot contribute as tillich as the $? n vern go. lt is there fore up to each to give as liberally tis t<e can. We are all ti par! or tho j great whole. If South Carolina hon lil fail, then tho nation is erip-I led; If Oconco should fail. Hum our' tate is crippled; should Walhalla r any other portion of Oconco fail ) measure up to the standard, then ? II r conn Iv is crippled in this great ork ol' contributing to the needs of ie soldiers that will soon be In the eld. lt ls a fearful thing to con miplate this great work of prepara tion for sick and wounded soldiers '.' our nation; yet lt is much more parful to think of the possibility of eglectillg so great a work. It is our . lain duty to do all wo can hi this 'leid of usefulness and humanity. Many have contributed liberally in '.Valhalla and other places in our county. Have you? Has no one seen you to solicit a subscription? lt may be that circumstances will pro rent a canvasser from meeting you personally. Ihit this should not be permitted to interfere with the mak ing of a contribution to the Red Cross work. Every person in the ninty will, if the plans of the com mittee and the chairman carry suc I ossl'ully, receive a personal appeal r an Individual call for aid, in print ed form. Let your contribution como romptly in ready response. Tho work of the lied Cross is a work of Christ through tho agency Of lui inanity. Let no Oconeean who can spare a contribution be found holding back. "As the Lord hath prospered you" so let your response lie In this great work for humanity through the agency of the Red Cross Society of tim United States. This organization has done much already in the great war Hint ls being waged; yet tho work bas been hui fairly be gun. There will be millions yet to succor and save. Let your contribu tion have a part in tho groat work that must bo done. APPEAL KOK COATJ SAVIN?. Krauels S. Peabody, chairman of the national coal board, recently cre ated umler the auspices of the Coun cil of National Defense, bas issued an appeal to the people of the country to ?conserve fuel so that at all times there may bo a silfllcieill quantity available for battleships, munition factories, railroads and all enter prises tliai ave making materials for lise in the war. The pound of coal that tho citizen may save to-day, says the Peabody statement, may contain the last gasp Of el er s..- necessary to drive a shell home true Lo thc enemy and spell ?victory Instead of defeat. That | pound that nany citizens may save to-day may forge tho shells that may decide the war in favor of a world's democracy. The pounds of coal that many citizens may save in many days may shorten tho war and save thou sands Of live A. "Dear this in mind when using fuel!" Mac. Tllkcs Down $1-2,500. Ronnetlsvllle, .lune 17.- John L. Mel ?8 ur in has most of lils 1914 cot ton crop JU hand. He sold 100 bales this week al 2~> cents, tho highest prl :e paul since war times. Ile said tba'. 1" knew cotton would still go very much hil her, especially tho next crop months, but that he needed some money to pay current expenses on his present crop. He said ho could om/ g t 0 cents per pound "whr be ,iut ibo cotton In tho ware* Kouse, Thia makes 19 cents* profit, less storage charges. DKI/OIUM'S COMMISSION IIKIUO No Other Comitry'H KoprewontativeH Moi*o Heartily itccelved. Washington, .Inno 17.-Dolglum's diplomatic mission cam? to Washing ton to-day to express its gratitude for all that tile United States han done in tho past to relieve the suffering ol' its people and to discuss with Amorl can olllclala tho r?paration that is to he demanded or Germany for her vio lated faith at tue bog In ll lng of tho war and International crimes which have followed lt. The representatives of King Al bert, who bas clung tenaciously for nearly three years to tho last free Hinge of his country, wero received with all the courtesies and probably with deeper emotions than the ofll clal missions of the greater nations who preceded them. Secretary Lansing, Counsellor Polk and Assistant Secretary Phil lips, of the State Department, greet ed them at the station, after which, escorted by two companies of cavalry, they motored to tho homo of 'Lurse Anderson, former minister to Del glum, which ls to be their headquar ters. Ilaron Ludovic Monchour, chief ot the political bureau of tho Belgian foreign oiflce and for eight years minister to the country, ls the head of the mission. It ls understood he expects to confine his efforts In the United StatOB largely to the ultimate peace questions rather than to Im mediate war needs. In the latter he will lind bis wishes already mot, for the United Statos shortly after its en trance into the war took over the en tire cost of the relief In Belgium. Illach month the Treasury Depnrt inent advances $7,f>00,000 for this purpose. . The Delgium coin missioners In deed are assured of tho simplest work of all the missions which have visited this country. They will find ! no need for explanation, argument or negotiation. American officials have understood their case fully from tho first and will sparc no effort to ren der fullest honors to thc representa tives <>f that nation which did not hesitate to lose everything to save j ita honor from the malled Mst. Tho mission will he formally pre sented to President Wilson probably to-morrow. Not least of its pleasant tasks will he that of expressing olllcially the everlasting gratitude which all Hol mium feeds for America's many ser ! vices and charities. l/ocnls from Ww IIO|K\ New Hope. lune IS.-Special: "Decoration day," which was observ ed at New Mope church Sunday, was largely attended. Kev. 11 io11 preach ed ti very Interesting memorial ser ! mon and the graves wore all deco rated beautifully, flood singing was '. rendered hy W M. Murphreo. ' Mr. and Airs. Ilnmp Moore. ot I Newry ; Mr. and Mrs. Arl bur Lawless. ! Karl Lawless and Sloan Moor?!, of I Return section, were guosts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. tl. B. Becknell last Sunday. Mrs. W. M. Burton and little daughter, of Atlanta, are spending two weeks at the home of the for mer's father, Whit Knox. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett II. Towers and little daughter and Mrs. S. C. IN".'.ors. of Dickens, visited relatives in this section Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Olar kelley and fani ? Hy, of Newry, were recent spend-the day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .John A. Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. .lohn Knox and the latter's mother, Mrs. J. C. Garrison, of Anderson county, and Mrs. Alice Brown, of Anderson, visited relatives lie re Sunday. A large cowd of people from here aro attending commencement at Clemson to-day. John Lee, of Poplar Springs, vis ited bis cousin. Luther Hammonds, recently. Will Cox. of Atlanta, visited homefolks the bitter part of the \/eek. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ken ne ni ur and Mrs. .J. II. Kelley, of Liberty, vis ited hero one day last week. Kduontor lind Author Dead. Columbia. .lunn 18.-Kdward Southey Joynes, south Carolina's most distinguished educator, and well known as an author ol' school text books and other works, died at his apartments at a hotel hero to day after a brief illness. Ho was Sit years old. Hr. Joynes was one of the most widely known of all the professors of modern languages In the South. Ile was born in Aceomac county, on the eastern shore of Virginia, March 2. 1834. He was graduated from tho University of Virginia and the Uni versity of Merlin. After (Illing professorships in ninny Southern colleges and universi ties he was called to tho chair of modern languages nt the University of South Carolina in 1882. After ?? years of noteworthy service as an educator and publicist, he recived in 100S a handsome retiring allowance from the Carnegie foundation. German Agents Duy Milk. Washington, .lune 15.-German Agents have bought largo quantities of condensed milk at retail and ship ped it to Germany through neutral ports, the war committee of con densed milk Industry has Informed the Department of Commerce. Fearing detection If they bought from manufacturers or jobbers, the German agents bought at retail stores, paying retail prices. In some [communities where milk producers were of German descent tho dealers have been told that the milk was for Germany, lt is said. Milk manufacturers will aid the government In preventing future shipments. -? ?~-_ Ice Cream at Walker's Store. There will bc an Ice cream supper at tho W. O. W. Hall, at Walker's 8toro, near Friendship, on Saturday night, Juno 23d. Cordial welcome to all. YOUNO LAWYER MEETS TH.v . End-Death Duo to Suicide j or Would-Be Joke. Toccoa, Ga., Juno 17.-Judge bap. lt. Grant, of this city, shot hi meei) a his horne at 10 o'clock this mornwi. and died two hours later. During tho evening before he h id been out and had his pistol with hjm When he came into the house lu1 threw out of his pistol the loado* shells and replaced them with cart ridges which had been tired. Ho playfully said to his wife tita' he was going to kill himself; plac?Ol the weapon over his heart and pull? fl tho trigger. He had. by mistake, ?inI a loaded shell in the pistol. Judge Grant was a son of W. \ Grant, of Clarkosville. Ga. Ile wa; in the Spanish-American war. After wards he was admitted to the b|ai and practiced law at Clayton, G <... for several years. He then moved to Hazlehurst, Ga., where he w?1-' judge of the city court until he re signed and moved to Toccoa, when he had been practicing law sitccel fully. Judge Grant leaves a wife a three children. 'He was 10 years ol age. Death of H. L. Crooks. (Newberry Ilerlad and News, 19th I Robert Lee Crooks died at th< home of his sister. Miss Mamie I?; Crooks, at 8011 Glenn street, Satur day afternoon at 1 o'clock, after lingering illness of pellagra, w>' which he had been allllcted for lh< past niuo years, during which ti ? he had made his home with his de voted sister, Miss Mamie. He 1 < 4 I years old and during those ni last years of his Invalid lifo bore a(llictlon and waited the end w death should relieve him of hts i LI feting and bring (o him eternal : and peace. The funeral ser"' held at the house Sm . .t! at 12.30 o'clock, with service u.v Edw. lunion wider, (.dorment wm the Glymph graveyard, near Wah i at ? o'clock, with Masonic honors !.' Pomanda Lodge of Peak, of whicl was a member. (The deceased was a brother o Mrs. A. P. Crisp, of Walhalla. f! is nlso survived hy two other sist \* .Miss Mamie ('rooks, who taugh i the Walhalla High School last, y .. and Miss Hattie Belle Crooks. Lockhart. Mrs. Crisp attended funeral on Sunday. To tho beroi sisters The Courier joins nume friends in extending deepest syi ..' thy.-ii.d. Courier.) Notes from Fairview. Fairview, June 18.-Special: N. G. Ballenger will fill his reg 1 appointment at this place next Sun day piora lng at I I o'clock. Ev body cordially invited. Tho Ladles' Aid Society met Rh Mrs. L. E. Knox last Friday a noon. Misses Stella and Olivia Barro Seneca, spent the last week-em W. L. McMahan's. The following young people tended the band concert at Clen Sunday afternoon: Misses IL Boyd, nessie Griffin, Ocala 'Hub ' and Rosa McMahan; E. C. and'l McMahan, J. F. Leo and B. F. Kenzie. Miss Virginia McMahan ls sp lng a few days at Clemson. Miss Helen 'Boyd, of Seneca, s the week-end with friends here. John Knox, of Seneca, was a r< guest of ins aunt, Miss Bettie ron. E. C. McMahan and B. F. Mc zle went to Greenville rece where they enlisted lu Uncle 'S service. They expect to leave parts unknown about the 15th tl July. Our best wishes go with t R. H. Alexander and ehildrc Walhalla, were among relatives Sunda>. lin UK Tnmnsseo News. i I fr< Tamassee, June 16.-Special: first regular meeting of the I Demonstration Club at the s house was held last Friday aftei with Mrs. J. E. Kelley ines Miss Ruth Derry gave practica' structlons in the art of canning fruits and vegetables. Seven new members were enrolled, which gives JJ( a total of 18. The drying of fruits ii.., and vegetables will bo tho topic for Q. discussion nt the next meeting on the -^'j afternoon of July 20th. The follow-.', ing program has been arranged: Invocation. Discussion of the three methods of drying. Miss Ruth Berry. Selection of fruits, etc., for dry-!Bo lng, with Illustrations. Miss Mary j (ja Nicholson. Preparation of vegetables and fruits for driyng, with illustrations. Mrs. L. E. Looper. Packing away dried fruits and veg etables, with illustrations. Mrs. {-layne G. Jones. Club song. Miss Berry gave a cordial Invita tion to the club to attend the Short Course in Domestic Science Demon strations, to he hold at Walhalla on July 12, 13 and 14. Mrs. Rogers, an aged lady of the community, has been quite unwell during the past week. Her many friends hope that she will soon im prove. Miss Helen Heard is spending her sumnier vacation at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Beard. Mrs. Ernest Grant, of Bounty Land, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. i ?\( . Kelley j p Miss Grace Beard is in Walhalla ?Jj for a week, tho guest of her sister, ' TJG Mrs. J. M Sltton. I w( Misses lOdwlna and Ovallne Kelley |0f have returned from Greenville, where ' bo they visited their sister, Mrs. T. R. I w, Chatham. Mrs. C. C. Kelley spent last week in Westminster. ri en pu tin da He Ml El So ho Fe wi Hi ha gr? Mi a Afternoon Singing at Friendship. an toi Wf ha hu There will bo an afternoon singing qu at Friendship church on tho second ve Sunday in July, beglnnlg at 3 o'clock. ' coi All lovers of music aro Invited to of como. fal Bounty Land l/ocjil News. iity Land, .hine 18.-Special: ul Mrs. T. M. Kelley, of Tamas .ore visitors thc lirst of last of .Mrs. Kelley's father. B. IO. di. Mrs. Kniest Grant and eil accompanied them home, tent last week at Tamassee. . Jane Ihirkhalter and Mrs. Gillison and little daughter, es, of Walhalla, were guests of es in Gie community last Mrs. Ihirkhalter remained at tome of her nephew, J. R. .t, a few days. .. J. B. Pickett left to-day for on, where she will spend a or ten days with her son, J. ckett. M s Susan Doyle, who has been in lg at the University Hospital, ta, Ga., is spending a two i ' vacation with her parents, id Mrs. Jasper Doyle. .. R. IL Smithson, of Westmin iiid Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Strlb nd family, of Seneca, spent i day with Mrs. J. M. Gillison. I s Mildred Heller and little sis l' li/.abth, of Seneca, spent the end with their grandparents, and Mrs. J. L. Smith. Inj. Julia I). Shanklin and Miss lie Davis are visiting in Anderson tests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. un kiln. Miss Sallie will leave An .fion to-day for Rock Dill as a del Li from the Bounty Land Eco ri 1 s Club. Bounty Land deserves congratula us upon furnishing a delegate ito her canning club to take the ?rt course at Winthrop. Miss M'S Cleveland has received this I tlntment. M. E. Alexander, of the White ner section, was in the community tltrday night. His step daughter, tie Miss Emily Corbin, who bas it returned home from Augusta, ... accompanied bim home. Little ss Corbin attended school In Ali sta last winter. Miss Carrie Smith is attending the edmont Summer School for Teach i In Anderson. Rev. I. E. Wallace will preach at lUiity Land school house next Sun y afternoon at r> o'clock. The bile ls cordially invited to attend ls service. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stone and little lighter Dehlia, visited in the Mew >po section recently. Lawrence McDonald and sister, ss Jessie visited relatives in the ?ene/.er section last week Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Whitworth, ol' noca, were recent visitors at the me of J. M, Adams. News of the tragic death of Curtis ister, of Mississippi, was received tb deep regret by bis friends here. s aged parents and other relatives ve our sincere sympathy in their eat grief. irdcred Negro Found Near Madison (Tugaloo Tribune. 10th.) . Sunday afternoon the dead body of negro man, about 25 or 30 years 1, wns found on the plantation of W. Spencer, a short distance above Hilson. He was an employee of the linett Construction Company, and i understand bis home was in Char lton. An axe was found near his dy, and bc evidently died from tho ninds Inflicted by it In tho hands of unknown party or parties. We are ld his head and part of the body sro lying In a branch. The negro d $20 in currency (four flve-dol . bills), which were undisturbed. Coronor Hal D. Grant held an tu est over tho body Monday, and tho rdlct of tho jury was that tho de [i8ed came to his death from blows the axe, by unknown parties. We led to loam the name of tho negro. The Enduring Car of The Enduring Class There are but two classes of motor cars. One class is made up of poorly built and wickedly merchandised cars. The point of saturation for this class has been reached. It cannot endure. The second class-the class that forms the backbone of the automobile industry-is made up of honestly built and properly merchandised cars, rho point of saturation for this class is in the far and distant future. This class will endure. It is to this enduring class that the Dort belongs. For the Dort is a car that is ????7/ to endure. It is the leader among moderate priced cars-beautiful, sturdy, honestly built and honestly sold. "The Quality Goes Clear Through" Ballenger Hardware Co., SENECA, S. C. DORT MOTOR CAR CO. FLINT, MICH. 3-===! m Bi 'ife|p? iiiiimuiHunihMMiiiiiiimuiiiiiiiiMmuiuuiuimimiiimhniJHuiiiM^ or the Fdrmer! A Complete Line of Buggies, Buggy Harness, Wagons, Mowers ai*c? KaK.e& AX RIGHT PRICES Will Sell for Cash or Terms. R. K. NiMMONS, Seneca. Prepare for this Faming that Stares at Us Get busy and put in Grain and other Food Stuff? Something to eat is now the problem. Our Grain Crop has decreased terribly; we need it, you will need it. Cut your COTTON acreage. You will find a heavy demand for anything to eat AT ANY PRICE. KING COTTON will not be recognized, King CORN it is now. Save everything you can save. "CAN" everything you can put into a FRUIT Jar or Tin Can. Everything eatable. PICKLE everything you can PICKLE. We have "TIN CANS," "FRUIT JARS/' "RUBBERS/' CANNING OUTFITS. WIRE SOLDER, SOLDERING COPPERS. EVERY THING NEEDED. Matheson Hardware Co., Westminster, S. C. Building Material, Roofing, Windows, Doors, Paints, Oils, Oil Stoves, Majestic Ranges. Tho Pen for MTimlorers. Dillon, S. C., June 1 4.---Thos. Bar field, Sr. and Thos. 'Barfield, Jr., who were on trial hero for the murder of Jack Barfield, pleaded guilty to man slaughter and wero son fenced to 20 and two years, respectively, at hard labor, in the State penitentiary. Singing at Poplar Spring?. T?tere will bo an afternoon sing ing at Poplar Springs Baptist chufen on tho 4th Sunday In Juno (24th), beginning at 2 o'clock. All singers and lovers of music aro invited to attend. Como and bring song books. W. D. Browor.