Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, December 26, 1917, Image 3
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^& New Year
Dreamer*
??www wwi
A woman fell asleep, one New Year's
eve, and dreamed a strango dream.
And when she woke, she told a neigh
bor about lt, In some such words as
these :
"I thought I was In a strange coun
try," she said, "which belonged to us
all. Thero was no king. And I
thought that In that country shoes
were ready-made, not fashioned
clumsily of leathers, as we fashion
them now, and that the flax was all
spun for us, and the flour all ground.
.1 thought that the very cows were
milked without-our aid, aud that wo
lived in cities with clean pavements
between clean, bright houses, and that
milk and meat and bread and eggs
were brought to our doors, day after
day. I thought that there was some?
thing called gas, that made our cook
ing clean and quick, and things called
cars that carried us safely from place
to place. .
V?d In my dream we were all
taught, taught to read and even to
write, as only the scribes do now, and
that we rend books, books about
?trange things and wonderful places
,and saw pictures-tho greatest In the
world!-and that wo could hear music
whenever we chose. And there were
wise doctors to keep us well, and to
give us magic sleep lu our pain.
, "But best of all," she said, In a low
tone still tinged, with thc radiance of
her dream, "best of all, was that the
children were safe. Thero were no
nobles to seize our girls for their own
pleusure, and to send our boys like
cattle Into tho wars. No man could
kill unother, and even women were of
value, and children were beloved. It
seemed to me a world of peace, and
sunshine and safety 1"
"You dreamed of heaven 1" said tho
listener, her Incredulous laughter
changed to wistful awe. The other
sighed and shook her head.
"No," sho sold sadly, "for In that I
country they were all mad I"
"Mad?" caine the astonished echo, j
"Well, better our hardships than such
a stute. Better the village well that
poisons our children and the tax that
holds our men in bondage, omi tho pes
tilences that sweep us I Better the
dark houses, and the smoking coal
fires, tho heats of summer and the
freezing winters, better even the agony
and terror of bearing, unhelped. But
tell, how were they mad?"
"They do not see tho sunshine, they
do not hear the music, and they do
' not taste their freedom," said the
i dreamer. "Their thoughts aro chained
to ll'ttlovthlugs- the stitches In a skirt,
the chopped nuts that must go Into
a dish they cook, the shape of a chair*.
They long for Idleness-who have
nothing to dol They long for pleas
ure, who live in a world that might be
heaven I They look at this one envi?
eusly because she can come and go to
another city at will and at that one
enviously because her picture ls print
ed In the books they read. Theysweep
because they must buy flax spun on
their side of the ocean rather than that
which comes to them in ships, and
they weep because the papers they
have pasted on the walls of their
rooms are too green or too blue!"
"Mad-quite mad!" agreed the
neighbor, struck. "Did they live long
ago?'
"No, their time has not yet come,"
the dreaming woman nnswered. "They
will not live for another thousand
years. They will spring from us, who
live and work and die without the
touch of fine linen on our bodies, or
the help of a single hand with the
planting and roasting and spinning and
brewing, tho benrlng and rearing. We
are their mothers, who will never read
a book or write a letter, or enter a
playhouse. Let us make them a New
Year's wish, that their eyes may be
opened and that they may see I"
They knelt down together.-Kath
leen Morris In Pictorial Review.
Resolutions Each Dey.
At each New Year tide lt ls common
to make new resolutions, but In tho
true life of the individual each day is
the beginning of a Now Year if ho will
only make lt so.-William George Jor
dan.
Sentenced to Die, Two Kill Solves.
v Gallup', New Mexico, Dec. 18.
Marlu Cuevas and Sllvario Silva, sen
tenced to ne hanged on December 21,
for murder, committed suicide In tho
county jail here to-day by .hanging
themselves.
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COUNTERFEITING 18 CHARGED
Against Several reoplo Arr^?led nt
Capital of H ta to.
Columbia, Doc. 19.-Rufus Shan- j
Don and bis wife, Mattie, white peo-,
pie of prominent connection in Rich
land county, and Wm; Waddell, alias
Wirtmore, also white, have been ar
rested by secret service operatives,
working In' connection with county
officers, and charged with counter
feiting and having in their possession
dies or molds designed for\he man
ufacture of rtioney or coins of the
United States.
Mattie Shannon and Waddell are
being held In the Richland couuty
Jail, the former under bond.of $1,
000 and the latter under bond of
$2,000. Rufus Shannon ^confined
to a bed in the Columbia Hospital,
where he was taken on December 9,"
after suffering an Injury in a street
car accident on the cantonment line,
near Hampton's Creek. His bond is
* 3,000.
Rufus Shannon and bia wife were,
arrested last Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Shannon at her home, Fifth
street, Olympia Mill. The warrant
charging Rufus Shannon with coun
terfeltlng'was Berved upon him In the
hospita?. Waddell was arrested Mon
day afternoon In' tho mill village. It
was known to newspaper men as
early as Saturday night that the
Shannons bad been arrested and
charged with counterfeiting-, but the
government authorities asked that
the story be held up till one whom
they termed "the man higher up"
might be arrested. It ls understood
that Waddell ls this man.
Wm. Cooper, Deputy U. S. Mar
shal, served the warrant. He, in
company with secret service opera
tives, a rural policeman and other
county ofllcers, went to the Shannon
..??onie Saturday afternoon, armed
with a search warrant. So carefully
did they approach the house that a
man supposed to have been acting as
a "lookout" was surprised by one of
he detectives and ordered him to
make no alarm. The detective then
entered the house, where he found a
dice game in operation. Ile watched
tho. participants for several seconds
before his presence was known, then
the men were arrested by county of
ici?is on a charge of gambling.
Mattie Shannon was arrested and,
according to th? return from the
i euroli warrant, the following articles
were found in the house: "Twenty
six counterfeit nickels in various
stages of completion, six counterfeit
dollarSj in various stages of comple
tion, one |)aper bag containing pow
der similar to plaster paris, one sheet
sand paper, one small hunk of metal,
pieces of plaster parts, hardened and
resembling molds, and various small
piece8,of metal appearing to have
been molded."
It is understood that tho Shannon
bouse has been under the surveil
lance of officers for some time. How
ever, it was not until recently that lt
was suspected that the house was
connected with the manufacture of
counterfeit money.
Rufus Shannon was formerly con
nected with tho police department of
the city of Columbia. He is about 35
or 4 0 years of age. Waddell is
about 45 years of age. So far as
could be learned he is little known
In this locality. When seen at tho
hospital this morning Shannon re
fused to make a statement, other
than to say that he would vindicate
himself and wife.,
Although some of the alleged
counterfeit money was found in the
Shannon home is very crude the
grenier portion was skilfully manu
factured. lt ls evident that the buf
falo nickels were considerably more
difficult to handle than the old-fash
ioned nickles, as the former were not
sufficiently well shaped to pass with
out detection.
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IT. S. Warriors Watch Tank.
Camp Upton, Yap Hank, N. Y.,
Dec. 19.- -A British tank, supported
by a platoon of infantry, -was tho cen*
'tor of a realistic mimic battle singed
>n tho grent natural amphitheater of
ibo National Army cantonment here
to-day, while 10,000 soldiers looked
on from tho slopes of tho surrounding
hills. Across the wide Strotch over
which a trench system had been con
structed, tho huge steel-shelled en
gine of war crept, spanning trenches,
wallowlng^up steep Inclines and
crushing big frees on its climb up
the slopes, while a storm of bullets
from its port machine guns raked
tho trenches. ^
Harriers and obstacles of every
description, Including stumps ?nd
huge banks of earth wore in the
path of the tank, but it crushed Its
way through everything and dug tho
slippery snow to its objective
FIGURING ON WrtFVT CROP.
Condltiois Givo Government Concent
. UH to Ultimnto Results.
Wushington, Dec. 19.-Govern
ment plans for a billion-bushel wheat
crop next year to help the United
States feed its allies have received a
setback. It was disclosed to-day by
the December crop report of the De
partment of Agriculture that while
winter wheat whs planted on tho
largest acreage ever sown to-' that
cereal Its condition on December 1
was the lowest on record for that
date.
A winter crop of 540,000 bushels
was forecast by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates. The actual production
will be greater or less than that
quantity, according as conditions
hereafter better or worse than aver
age.
An area of more than 47,000,000
bores was the mark sot by the gov
ernment for farmers to plant to win
ter wheat this fall, but the December
canvass -shows that 42,170,000 acres
were sown. The farmers did their
best, but conditions were against
them.
Dry Weather.
Tho very dry weather in most of
the winter wheat heltg was a large
drawback, while late harvest of otli?r
crops and shortage of farm help
were contributing causes for the fail
ure.
Should the winter wheat crop ma
ture to 040,000,900 bushels, as fore
cast to-day. it would be the third
largest on record, befog exceeded
only by the crops of 1914 and 1915.
C?o vern ment officials had figured on
having winter wheat production
reach 07 2,000,000 bushels, but to
day's forecast indicates that it will
fall 132,000,000 bushels short of
that figure. Indications are that rye
production will be 25,000,000 bush
els larger than last year's record
crop.
Spring Wheat.
Already steps arc*being taken for
a large increase in the acreage of the
spring crop to be planted next
spring. Council of National Defense
and Department of Agriculture offi
cials have conferred and will adopt
measures to insure an adequate la
bor supply for planting operations,
ample supply of seed wheat and help
for tiio harvests. The largest spring
wheat crop heretofore was In 1915
when 351,854,000 bushels were bar
vested from 19,161,000 acres.
Acrengo by States.
Acreage of winter wheat, with tho
percentage of increase over last year
in Southern States, follow:
Virginia-463,000 acres, 10%.
North Carolina-1,179,000 acres;
15%.
South Carolina-270,000 acres;
20%.
Georgia-428,000 acres; 9%.
Tennessee-840,000 acres; 5%.
Alabama-144,000 acres; 20%.
Mississippi-86,000 acres; 100%.
Texas-1,622,000 acres; decrease
of 6%.
Oklahoma-3,264,000 acres; de
crease of 4 %.
Arkansas-288,000 acres; Increase
of Sl%.
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Robert Scott Dead.
(Farm and Factory, 20th.)
Robert Scott, of Greenville county,
died on Sunday, December 16, at tho
ripe old age of 87 years. Mr. Scott
came from County Antrim, Ireland,
with his parents 69 years ago- and
settled in Dunklin township, Green
ville county, where he has lived ever
since. Mr, Scott had been a consist
ent member.of tl?e Baptist church
for about 50 years, and had always
lived an honorable, Christian life.
Mr. Scott entered tho service of
tho Confederacy when quite a young
man and served during thc entire
period of the war, and when peaco
was declared returned to his homo
and family and assisted In rebuild
ing the country, which was destroyed
by I he war.
.lie leaves a large family and num
erous friends to . mourn his death.
Mrs. J. Frank Alexander, of Seneca,
ia a 'daughter of the deceased.
Spanish Steamer Sunk.
Paris, Nov. 19.-Tho torpedoing
by a submarine of tho Spanish
steamer Noviembre, 3,654 tons gross,
is reported in a dispatch from Bair
ritz to the Excelsior, quoting ad
I vices received there from Bilbos.
. Thirty of tho crew have been landed.
j They say tho ship was torpedoed
without warning at night and that
thoy wero all thrown Into the sea.
After swimming about for an hour
they were picked up by French pa
trol ships, which put the submarine
to flTght.
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BRITISH KU IS OPTIMISTIC.
Sees Helter Results on the Water for ;
the Future.
New York, boc. 19.-Arthur Pol
len, British naval oxpert, who has
sailed for Europe after spending six
months In the United States, gave to
tho Associated Press a statement In
which ho said that the campaign of
the allied navies against the subma
rine has at last resulted in keeping
the world's ship tonnage from show
ing a monthly decrease, or will soon
do so. Mr. Poll?n gives credit for
this success to the change In ?he
chief command carried out by the
British-admiralty last ?-pring and thc
participation of tho American navy.
Allies Building Ships.
Mr. Pollen pointed out that six
months ago the German submarines
were causing a net attrition in the
world's tonnage at the rate of nearly
25 per cent annually. While the
present rate of attrition is difficult to
estimate, it appeared th?t last month
Great Britain launched ns much ton
nage as she lost; the hrst ship laid
down by the United States slnco tho
war has been launched, and, within
tho next twelve months a substantial
pottion of tho 6,000,000 tons p?o-j
vlded for In this country will un
doubtedly be afloat. Great Britain's
shipbuilding program will similarly '
increase month hy month, and more
over the campaign of the nilled na
vies against the submarine will grow
in value week by week, be said.
' "The significance of this to the
fortnnosvof war does not have to be
pointed out," -Mr. Pollen continued.
"It means that Germany's flank at
tack on allied communications has
failed and that there is no reason
why ultimately the full military
power of Great Britain, Franco and*
Italy, and more Important of all, of
the United States, should now be
felt in the western theater of war.
This 1B a tremendous result."
Speaking of the change in the chief
command in the British admiralty
Mr. Pollen said:
"In bringing about this new or- !
der of things at Whitehall, the re- !
formers wore undoubtedly assisted,
first, by the fact that an extremely
affective, well equipped and bril
liantly commanded contingent of
American destroyers was already at
work In a very Important area of tho
theater of war, and next by the Brit
ish government waking up to the
tr\jth yiat the belligerency of Amer
ip ^TOCant not only the co-operation
or"-a' very gallant and enterprising
allyT but the domestication, so to
speak, of a new and extremely intel
ligent critic."
U. 8< N??val Officers liaised.
Mr.^Pollen mentioned the consul
tations with the British admiralty of
"three distinguished and resourceful
American naval officers," Admirals
Sims, Mayo and Benson. Through
these men, "American professional
knowledge," he said, "has gained a
first-hand experience of the reality
of war and has been able to contrib
ute an impersonal and impartial
judgment upon the character of the
operations to be pursued and of
the methods i of command under
which they should be carried opt.
! cannot doubt for a moment tliat
much of the Improved efficiency of
the counter-campaign ls due to this
intellectual stimulus."
Mr. Pollen 'paid tribute to Secre
tary Daniels, praising wbat^he de
scribed as the Secretary s policy of
obtaining loyal team work by allow
ing the forces under his orders to be
directed "In strictly professional
matters according to the Judgment
and advice of tho singularly able and
efficient officers that, so to speak,
form his council of war."
Adverting to"the recent North Sen
raid by German forces, Mr. Pollen
said:
"The only remarkable thing about
such incidents is not their occasional
occurrence, but their rarity. Were
tho British or the Amorican navy tn
the position of the German navy, I
fancy they would be far more fre
quent."
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. Old Snuff Boxes Coming Out.
London, Nov. 28.-Snuff boxes arc
said to. bo coming brfck Into fashion,
I ut with the difference that they now
C?htft?ti sugar instead of snuff.
The sugar rationing ls expected to
make* it necessary for visitors* to
carry around their own sugar and the
old tightly filling snuff boxes of sil
ver, enamel, and inlaid wood are be
ing brought td light for this purposo.
Officers Return from French Front.
An Atlantic Port, Dec. 20.-Major
I Gen. Hugh L. Scott, who will be aa
1 signed as chief Instruction officer of
the ncW national army, returned to
day from Europe on an American
steamship, after being nt the front in
' France studying tho conditions thoro.
A number of American officers ar
' rived with him.
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GufYney Silk Mill to Start Vp.
Gaffney, Doc. 20.-Gnffney's new
est enterprise is a silk mill which will
soon be operating boro. Tho capi
tal for tho business has been assured
and a suitable building has boon se
lected. W. O. Jenkins, who has large
experience in the manufacture of
silks, will bc at tho head of tho ojn
terp\ise. He has spent some time In
lanada studying the operations of
pille mills in t lie" Dominion and the
Knowledge lie obtained will bo valu
able to him here. He will commence
with the operation of '10 looms, but
later nopes to increase the number.
Power to operate the plant will be
obtained from the power plants on
Broad river, though steam will nec
essarily be used/ in the slasher
room. It is probable that the plant
will be lu pperation within the noxt
GO days. .
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MAXY V KHSMIiS UKI NH BUILT.
Secretary Daniels Tolls Something itt
Naval Prt'lMliIlt tolls.
Washington, Doc. rO,-A recital
by Secretary Dan lois of how tho navy
preparet] for war by adding several
hundred ships to tho fleet and lot
ting contracts for hundreds of others
Including dreadnoughts, battlo cruis
ers, destroyers ?ind auxiliarles and
an explanation of the operation 'of
tho navy supply department by Rear
Admiral McGowan, paymaster gene
ral, marked tho opening to-day of
tho liiquiryXby a House sub-commlt
tco Into tho navy's war activities.
"Wo havo 4 24 ships in course of
construction," Secretary Daniels said.
"That doe? not include submarino
chasers, of which wo -are building
350 and doOB not include the. small
craft. Tho chasers will bo In service
by early spring/' Included In the
4 24 ships, ho said, were battle cruis
ers, battleships, scout cruisers, de
stroyers, fuel ships, gunboats, hos
pital ships, ammunition 3hips, sea
going tugs, mine sweepers and sub
marinos.
Secretary Daniels said tho navy
now had more tima 1,000 ships in
commission, as against 3 00 two years
ago, and an enlisted personnel of
280,000 officers and men, compared
with 64,680 men and 4,376 officers
when America declared war.
Henrietta, Okla., women are work
ing in a coal mine.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANO
CREDITORS.
All persons indebted to the Estate
of Mrs. Lucinda Alexander, deceased,
are hereby notified to make pay
ment to tho undersigned, and ail
persons having claims against said
estate will present the?, same, duly
attested, within the time prescribed
by law, or be barred.
A. C. SMITH. '
Administrator of mo Estate of Mrs.
Lucinda Alexander, deceased.
PfcC fi, li)rr._49r,5tj _
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS.
All persons indebted to the Es
tate of T. J. HANNON, Sr., de
ceased, are hereby notified to make
payment to the undersigned, and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present tho same, duly at
tested, within the time, prescribed by
law<fr be barred.
. M. M. HUNTER,
Administrator of tho Estate of T.
J, Hannon, Sr., deceased.
Dec. '., 110 7._49-52
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS.
_ . I
All persons indebted to the Estate
of Miss Lillie J. Crooks, deceased, are?,
hereby notified to make payment
to the undersigned, and all persons
having claims against said Estate
will present the same, duly attested/
within the time prescribed by law or
bo banod. C. 0, MILLER,
Administrator oL the Estate of Miss
Lillie".). Crooks, deceased
Dec. 12* 1917. (
50-1
NOTICE OF FIN Ali SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE. /
Notice is horebyglven that the un
dersigned will make application to
V. P. Martin, Judge of Probate for
Oconee County, In the State of South
Carolina, at his office ?at Walhalla
Court Houso, on Wednesday, the 16th
day of January, 1913, at ll o'clock
In the forenoon,vor as soon thereafter
as said application can be heard, for
leave to mako Anal settlement of tho
estate of Mids Lillie J. Crooks, de?
ceased, and obtain final dischargo as
Administrator of said estate.
O. C. MILLER,
Administrator ot the Estate of Mis?
lilllie J. Crooks, deceased.
Doc. J.2, 1917. 60-1