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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. Flour! F _;T" T Ear Corn, Hay. Mc Cotton Seed Meal. Dan Valley, Snow all best Fancy Patel the barrel. White Clipped Ol Home made wat made at M tiller's M white corn. C. W. 6? J. E. WALHA! IT PAYS TO Bl GERMANS RAID OVER LONDON. 37 Persons Killed, 141 Injured Largo Fleet Engaged. London, July 7.-The second de scent upon London by a squadron of German airplanes was made this morning between 9 and 10 o'clock, when the business section of the city was most crowded. Although the German contingent was larger, more daring, more delib erate In its methods and descended much lower than on the visit of June 13, tho number of killed and wound ed was, according to the first official roll, roughly, one-third the previous casualty Hst. The destruction of property may have been greater. linnie Above City. The flight ol' the Germans over 'London lasted about 20 minutes. English airmen engaged them for several minutes over the metropolis, and anti-aircraft, guns were fl ring "briskly, dotting the sky with s rap nel puffs, but without success so far as concerned the destruction of any of the 20 or more machines which constituted the invading force. The admiralty was able to report to-night, however, that naval airmen who followed them to sea brought down three machines. A British squadron sent up from Dunkirk to intercept the returning raiders did not encounter them because they had taken a moro northerly route, but the British airmen met and destroy ed seven other German machines. Good Raiding Weather. Tho morning was one of haze, weather most favorable for crossing tho channel without being observed. On their former visit, made In simi lar weather, the 'Gormans kept high up in the mist, but to-day when they neared their objectives, most of them descended. Their formation was like a flock of wild geese ns they ap proached, and neither tho British pursuers nor the guns were able to scatter them until they spread out before letting loose the bombs. All I/on don Know lt. Hundreds of thousands of people on roofs, from windows and gathered in the streets saw the remarkable spectacle; all London heard the noise of battle; at first there were a few minutos when the anti-aircraft guns were crashing sharply and the machine guns were rattling aloft. Then came three or four minutes when the heavy explosion of bombs and the shattering of glass was the dominant sound; then a few min utes, when tho artillery fire receded into tho distance. The Germans steered a course across London from northwest to Southeast. They dropped the last of their supply of hombs on a section of workmen's dwellings and crossed tho Thames. Some observers say a giant airplane piloted the squadron and that the bomb carriers were in the conter, flanked by scouts for fight ing off the British airmen. The low altitude and slow pace at which the Germans crossed London, and tho dare-devil way they circled over their objectives, has caused great surprise. When first seen they were steering a steady course from tho northwest, evidently in the act of making a long sweeping curve, which would ultimately bring their heads in tho direction of home. They com pleted tho mnnoeuver over the Thames, and as tho British machines carno Into tho picture tho raiders quickened their pace. / fierce running fight ensued be tween a strong force of British ma chines and tho raiders toward the month of tho river. . Tho machines flow fairly low and tho rattle of ma chine guns was distinctly audible from the ground. None of the Ger mans had been brought down when tho combatants disappeared from view, hut the British squadron con tinued tho pursuit and engaged them heavily. ?lasses Feed, Hulls, FlaKe and Palace it Flour,--at $11.OO Ats, 95c. bushel, ter-ground meal ill, out of selected BAUKNIGHX ?LA, S. C. IY FOR CASH. Hospital Attacked. Among the places attacked was one of the most metropolitan hos pitals, on which the Red Cross flag was flying conspicuously, and the lo cation of which must have been known. The hospital escaped entire ly, although several bombs fell close to it. In one building a number of prominent business men had gather ed for a conference. Above their heads was only plate glass. A bomb exploded in the lavatory, but did not even break the glass. Not one of the men was hurt. Mases Call for Reprisals. The sentiment recently voiced most strongly by the Archbishop of Can terbury, and seconded by perhaps the majority of the substantial leaders, of public opinion, that the British should not descend to the level of the Germans is not popular with the masses, and the suggestion that the slaughter of English civilians would cease If each visitation was quickly followed by a similar stroke against some German city, received strong support among those who have look ed on the bodies of their slain and mangled countrymen. Met l>y Hiltifdi Airmen. A considerable number of British patrols were already in the air around London when the enemy reached the city. These scouts went into action at once and a succession of duels occurred Tho plans of the raiders for an at tack upon certain objectives appeared to be upset by tho activity of the British airplanes, and several of the raiders in a desperate effort to lighten the load they were carrying in preparing for the retreat were compelled to drop their cargo aim lessly. The enemy's bomb-carrying planes were in the center of the formation, surrounded and protected by fast scouting machines. Thirty-seven Killed. Thirty-seven persons were killed In the air raid and 141 injured, it was officially announced this afternoon. One enemy machine was brought down by the royal flying corps. The ofllcial report In regard to cas ualties follows: Lord French reports that the total casualties reported by the police lip to the present follow: Killed, metropolitan area, men 27; women 4; children 3; total 34? Isle of Thanet, men 1 ; women 2; otal 3; total killed 37. Injured, metropolitan area, men 74; women 29; children 36; total 139. Isle of Thanet, women 1; chil dren 1; total 2; total injured 141. Ono enemy machine, downed by the royal flying corps, fell Into the sea off the mouth of the Thames. Admiralty's Announcement, The following announcement was mado by the admiralty: "The enemy raiding squadron was ["based by royal naval air service ma chines from this country and engaged 10 miles out at sea off the east coast. Two enemy machines were observed to crash Into the sea and the third onemy mnchine was seen to fall in flames off the mouth of the Scheldt. WI our machines returned safely." Greed Cost Him Heavily. New York, July 7.-Thirty thou i?nd pounds of potatoes were de itroyed here to-day by tho health au torifles with a result that a Florida ?hipper, whose namo was withheld, luffered a speculative setback. When tho vegetables, of exceptlon illy fino quality, reached here from he South the shipper ordered his commission agents to koop them off he market until higher prices pre ailed. These did not materialize, ind when the shipper ordered tho po atoes sold health officers condemned hem as rotten. NAVAL MAGAZINES AHE TORN Hy Explosion-Six Killed, Thlrty-ono Hurt.-Plot Suspected, Vallejo, Cal., July ll.-Six persons are known to have been killed in an ? explosion which wrecked two store houses at the Mare Island navy yard \ to-day, and at least 31 persons were injured. Fire, which for a time threatened to spread to the magazine proper, was extinguished. No estimate of the property damage has been made. Buildings on various parts of the is land were damaged and in some in stances roofs lifted. The damage in Vallejo was exten sive, windows being shattered and doors, as far as two miles from the scene, twisted from their hinges. No one was allowed to leave the Island, and only those having official naval business could approach. While no official statement has been made as to the cause of the ex plosion, officials said this afternoon they believed it was due to a plot. Investigation has been started along these lines. An official announcement of the dead resulting from the explosion was given out this afternoon and includ ed the following names: Allen F. McKenzie, a chief gunner; Mrs. McKenzie, Dorothy McKenzie, 12, their daughter; Mildred McKen zie, 8, their daughter; Geo. Stan ton, a gardener; N. Dnmsteadt, a civ ilian employee of the ordnance de partment. Twelve of the 15 magazines were badly damaged by the explosion, the force of which broke thousands of windows in Vallejo, half a mile away. Fire started In the wrecked buildings and desperate efforts were made to prevent Us spread to other buildings where explosives are stored. Several buildings, used as sleeping quarters for detachments of gunners, were wrecked. The explosion occurred at 7.44 a. I m. The concusi?n was terrific. At the Southern Pacific freight sheds in Vallejo, two miles from the scene of the explosion, doors were town from their hinges. Among the injured were Lieut. C. Bird, United States marine corps, and two other mon, residents of Pasa dena, who were pasesngers on the El Capiton, a ferryboat operating be tween South Vallejo and Vallejo Junction. They suffered from shock | and were cut hy flying glass. Al though the boat was in mid-stream, about two miles from the scene of the explosion, all the doors and windows were blown out. SWEDEN SUPPLYING GERMANS. Sells Great Quantities of Munitions : Material-Some from America. Washington, July 8.-An official report Just made to the American ' govern nient showing the extent to which Sweden ls furnishing supplies to Germany reveals that tho central j powers are receiving enormous quan- ! titios of material that go directly into the manufacture of munitions. In exporting Iron ore to Germany, Sweden, lt is shown, has supplement ed shipments with imports from the United States. What this government will do to end this trade through operation of the export ?bntrol act has not been announced, but some of the allies, it is known, are urging the United States to license no food exports to Sweden until a definite understand ing has been reached with the Swed ish goverament concerning her ex ports to Germany. Iron ore shipmen ts from Sweden to Germany, the report made to this government declares, have reached a total of 9,000,000 tons in the last two years, all of it the high gratty re quired in the production of fine steel. This, it ls declared, represents an amount equal to Sweden's entire pre war export. In the first quarter of the present year, it is set forth, Sweden imported from tho United States 16,000 tons of pig iron, while selling a great quan tity of her own product to Germany. Her pig iron sales to Germany in two years, it is declared, have amounted to 250,000 tons. In addition to this, it is asserted, she had shipped to Germany 1f>,000 tons of ferro-sillcon and ferro-manganeso for hardening shells, together with large quantities of copper, zinc, manganese, sulphur and otbor ores. Germany, tho report declares, has obtained from Sweden in two years, fully 2 00,000 tons of wood pulp for use aa a basis for cellulose used In stead of cotton for tho manufacturo of high explosives. Another charge against Sweden made in the report ls that she hap discriminated against the allies in the use of her railroads. Agricultural machinery destined for Russin, tho report declares} has been held up for months, Sweden exacting from Rus sia extraordinary bargains before de livery waa pormitted. Sweden's ac tion in holding within hor ports a large amount of merchant tonnage is dealt with in the report, which de clares 600,000 tons ls lying.Idle. To Control Exports. Washington, July 8.-Govornment control of Amerlcnn exports author ized In a provision of the espionage act, was ordered lint into operation July 15 by President Wilson to-night with the Issuance of a proclamation requiring tho licensing of shipments OUR EFFORTS TO FEED WORLD. Government Seos Rlllion Rushels In crease In Foot! Cro|>?. Washington, July 9.-A billion bushels increase over last year's pro duction in the principal food crops is the response American farmers have made to President Wilson's mid-April appeal, saying that upon them "rests the fate of the war and tho fate of nations." The extent of the farmers' response was disclosed to-day when a produc tion of 6,093,000,000 bushels of principal food crops was forecast in the Department of Agrciulture's July crop reports. It shows this year's corn crop will be the largest in his tory and that four and possibly five other crops will make new high rec ords. The corn crop, which will exceed three billions of bushels, shows an increase of 5 11,000,000 bushels over last year, with a total of 3,124,000, 000 bushels. With favorable wea ther lt may equal the bumper yield of ?912. Tho acreage is 14 per cent larger than last year. Wheat and Other Grains. The combined winter and spring wheat crop will be 38,000,000 bush els more than last year's, with a to tal of 678,000,000 bushels. Barley, with prospects of the third largest crop ever grown, will exceed last year's production by 33,000,000 bushels, with an output of 214,000, 000 bushels. Oats promise to exceed last year's crop by 201,000,000 bushels, the to tal production being forecast at 1, 463,000,000 bushels. That ls slight ly under the record. Improvement between now and harvest, however, may result In a record crop. White Potatoes. White potato production, on a 22% per cent increase in acreage, will be a record crop with 452,000,000 bush els, or 167,000,000 bushels more than last year, not taking into ac count the home garden production which this year is estimated to be much larger than ever before. Rye, another record crop this year, will amount to 56,100.000 bUBhel8, or 8,700,000 more than last year. Sweet potatoes will register a new high total with 82,200,000 bushels, or 11,000,000 bushels more than last year. Rice production will be 34,400, 000 bushels, the second largest crop ever produced. Production of tobacco will break another record with a crop of 1,215, 000,000 pounds, which is 64,000,000 pounds more than last year. increased Corn Acreage. A marked increase in acreage In all of the principal corn-producing States of tho South was shown in the 1917 crop figures made public by the Department of Agriculture to-day and forecasting a record corn yield for the United States of 3,124,000,000 bushels. The acreage increase for 1917 over 1916 ranged from 2 per cent in Oklahoma to 25 per cent in Alabama. Armed American Ship Sunk. London, Juno 9.-The American steamer Massapequa was sunk on Saturday by a German submarine. The crew was landed at the small is land of Soin, off the French coast, 28 miles southwest of Brest. The Massapequa, 3,193 tons gross, was armed with guns manned by na val gunners. She was built in 1893 at Sunderland, England, and owned by the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company. She sailed on June 18 from the United States for Franco with a general cargo. She was commanded by Capt. A. H. Stramm and had a crew of 31 men, of whom ten signed on as American citizens. Army Officer for Clemson. Washington, July 9.-President W. M. Riggs, of Clemson College, ac companied by Senator Tillman and Representative Byrnes, called at the War Department to-day in the effort to have a regular army ofllcer detail ed to supervise military instruction at Clemson College during the next school year. Adjt. Gen. McCain said that at tho present time tbero were no oillcers available, as all who were fit for activo service were being used in tho field or in training camps. Gen. McCain spoke highly of Clemson and promised to assign some ofllcer later, if he could find one who would be able to do this work and yet not bo quite flt for tho active regular work of the army. to all countries of the most Important export commodities. The President declared the govern ment's policy will be first to give con sideration to American needs; next to meet ns far as possible the re quirements of the allies; and lastly to supply the neutral countries wher ever practicable. It ls made clear that every effort will be made to see that no supplies reach the central powers. The commodities named in tho list put under control aro coal, coko, fuel oils, kerosene and gasoline, including bunkers; food grains, flour and meal, foddor and feeds, meats and fats, pig iron, steel billets, ship plates and structural shapes, scrap iron and scrap steel, ferro manganese, fertili zers, arms, ammunition and explo sives, END CRIMINAL COURT S FISSION. Common Pleas Work Taken Un' After : Adjournment of Sessions Branch. There was comparatively little bus iness transacted in the criminal branch of court after tho cases dis posed of and reported in The Courier of last Wednesday. The case of the State, vs. Jim Gilliam, charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill, was in progress as wo wont to press, being held over tho July 4th holiday for conclusion Thursday. The jury returned a verdict of "Not guil ty" and tho defendant was dismissed. In addition to the true bills re ported last week tho following is a list of additional true bills found: The State vs. R. 15. Smith - assault and battery with Intent to kill. Paul Cox-assault and battery with intent to kill. Sam Keels-violation of gallon-a month law. John Wakefield-obstructing pub lic highway. Disposition of Other Cases. Leo Medlin and W. P. McKee transporting liquor. Continued by Solicitor. Robert Gaillard-seduction. Con tinued by Solicitor. Sloan Whitner-assault and bat tery with intent to kill. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to servo on public works of Oconeo at hard labor for a period of nine months, or like period in penitentiary, or pay fine of $200. J. H. Butt-violation of dispen sary law. Defendant tried In his ab sence and found guilty. Sealed sen tence loft. A number of witnesses who had been subpoenaed to appear for the State in this case failed to come in to court, and bench warrants wore i?sued for them. TheBe parieB were Levis Harbert, Louis Jones and J. C. Davis. Sam Keels-violation of gallon-a month law. Continued by Solicitor. Louis Rogers and Luther Rogers assault and battery with intent to kill. Verdict: Guilty of simple as sault and battery as to Louis Rogers, who was sentenced to pay line of $100 or be confined at. hard labor on public works of Oconee for a period of 30 days or serve a like period in penitentiary. James Turner and William Barker -not arraigned. These are the two men held In connection with tho as sault on Conductor Thos. Cox, who is still in a serious condition in a hos pital in Atlanta. Upon statements by Deputy Sheriff B. R. Moss and others that the Oconeo jail is not a safe I place to keep a man of Turner's re puted characteristics, Judge Prince ordered that he be transferred to the Slate penitentiary for safo keeping, which was done, Turner being taken down to the penitentiary on Friday morning. Barker remains in the Oco I nee jail. Grand Jury Presentment. State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. To His Honor George E. Prince, Pre siding Judge in the Tenth Judi cial Circuit: We have passed upon all bills of in dictment handed us by the Solicitor We have, by committee, visited '.ne county jail and county poor farm, and find the conditions of both satisfac tory. The farm ls in excellent con dition, and the inmates well cared for and contented. We recommend that the three girl children of Will Humphries, deceas ed, be carried to the county farm and maintained there, ns we arc Informed that they are without homes. We recommend that water closets be Installed in the rooms of the Judge and tho jurors In the court house. We recommend that the authori ties of the town of Walhalla enforce the sanitation laws of said town, and that they require the refuse from tho closets to be buried to a depth of not less than twelve inches. We desire to thank Your Honor and the other officers of the court for the courtesies extended us in the dis charge of our duties, and beg lo be excused from further attendance upon this court. Respectfully submitted, W. L. Thomas, Foreman. Walhalla, S. C., July 5, 1917. In Common Pleas Court. The first caso called on the civil side of the court on Monday morning was one wherein tho plaintiff nsks damages for injuries received by be ing run over by a train at a crossing in Walhalla. In the accident tho young boy lost a leg. Tho title of the case is Julius Grant Harden, by his guardian nd litom, Fd. Harden, plaintiff, vs. the Blue Ridge Railway Company, defendants. Julius Har den, a child of about 10 years of age, was, with a number of other children, playing along the right-of-way of the Blue Ridge Railway at the Katherine street crossing, where a number of warehouses are located. A freight engine was doing the regular shifting work, and in some manner the 'Har den child, in running, lost bin footing and was rua over by a car, his leg mangled in such manner as to neces sitate amputation between the knee and thigh. For this injury $15,000 damage was asked. The Jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $8,000, and Judge Prince reduced the dam age award to $5,000. The accident occurred Just about a year ago. The case was heard at a former term of court, when a mistrial resulted. With the conclusion of the Harden Blne Ridge case Tuesday afternoon the court was adjourned until .1 o'clock this morning. The caco ol' IMPERIALISTIC Aims DEMAND Both Annexations ami indemnities Not??? from War. Demo, Switzerland, July 10.-Ac cording to Horlln newspapers tho Herman chancellor, Dr. von Both mann-Hollweg, said to the members of the Reichstag: "I repeat that tho formula of peace without annexations is unacceptable to us. Wo cannot de clare our terms of pence. We must fight and conquer." The chancellor mado a strong at tack on Matthias Erzborgor, leader of the Catholic contor, who assailed the pan-Cormans tn his address before the main committee last week and advocated peace without annexation or indemnities. Dr. von Bethmann 1 loll weg said Herr Erzberger's atti tude was unpatriotic. According to the summary of tho chancellor's speech bofo re tho main committee, published in the Lokal Anzeiger of Merlin, he said: "We must continuo the war with our whole energies. 1 do not deny that we have great difficulties to overcome, but so have our enemies. We shall see whether their difficul ties or ours are greater. 1 am sure wo can win if we hold out. "Nothing was further from my in tention than to cling to my poBl, but now it ls a question Oi protecting the Fatherland from injury, and for this reason I consider lt necessary to re tain my post." Russians Still nt Work. New York, July 10.-Several vil lages captured and more than 1,000 additional prisoners and three field guns taken attest the success of tho second day's attack by Gen. Kornl loff in Kastor Gallcia. Already this branch of the Russian offensive movement has resulted In a deep wedge being driven Into tho Austro-German line between Stanis lau and Hnlicz, southeast of Lem berg. It took the throwing tn of strong German reserves and tho launching of heavy counter attacks even to slow up the rush% of Kornl loff's men. The strategic position in this sec tor is now clearly in favor of tho Russians. Tho long-established Teutonic line lins been dollnltnly bro ken and the continuance of the Rus sian pressure points to the probable spoody fall of Gallez, opening up the way to Lemberg along two-first clnss railway lines. A dangerous sallont already has been created around Gallez. Teutons Retreat Before Russians. Petrograd's official statement, be sides announcing a retreat of tho Teutons to tho Lonni len river and re porting tho penetration of the enemy lines to a dopth of 0 2-3 milos In tho two days' fighting In tho Stanislau sector, gives indications that tho of fensive further north in Galicia is soon to bo resumed. Intense nrtil lory activity south of Brzezany, an important bridgehead point which the Russians are closely pressing, is now reported, Bellin admits thc Austro-German retirement In the Stanislau sector behind the Ivomntca. Tho headquar ters report contains the additional in teresting statement of increased ac tivity on the Northern Russian front, at Riga, Dvlnsk and Smorgon. French Raid Krupp Works. Amsterdam, July 10.-Les Nouvel les of Maestrlcht, Holland, reports that Dutch workmen who were laid off at tho Krupp works on account of the destruction of the buildings in the recent French air raid, assort that a quarter of the Essen plant wns de stroyed. The material damage is placed at millions of francs and it ls said that one hundred employees wore killed and hundreds of otners, including 4 5 French prisoners, wounded. (One nnd probably two French air planes dropped bombs on Essen last Friday. The official German report of the raid said only two bomb holes were found.) Goldman and Berkman to Pen. New York, July 9.- Emma Gold man nnd Alexander Berkman, anar chists, convicted here to-night of con spiracy to obstruct operation of tho selective draft law, started for prison in the custody of Federal marshals a few hours after the verdict had been returned. Berkman will bo takon to tho Federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Goldman to the State peni tentiary at Jefferson City, Mo. Each was sentenced by Federal Judgo May er to the maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment and to pay a fino of $10,000. Brock vs. the Town of Seneca ls docketed as the next for hearing. This case Involves street and property lines, the plaintiff Brock contending that his property rights have boon In fringed upon by the building of a rock wall by the town, which wall, It ls alleged, stands on plaintiff's prop erty. Jurors Dismissed. All Jurors have been dlamioflod ex cept the one to hear the Brock-Sen eca case, which will bo the only case hoard at the prosent session. Thero will be no court next week, and thoso gentlemen drawn for the third week of the session will not be requlrod to attend. Jurors whose service was to have begun next Monday will not attend. There will he np cou.1.