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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 1810.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Bub?? I'ipt i<-n $1 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. -Ry BT::?:R, SHELOR & HCIIROOHK. Communications of a personal character charged for BB advertise ments. Obituary notices ano tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will 1)0 printed free ol' charge. All over that number must he paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompli ny manuscript. WA Ll IA I,KA, 8. C.: WI:I>M:SDAV, IH;C. J?, n>i7. ont MOW vi: A it OF ORACH. To-day The Courier goes to Ita readers for the lust time ll) the year 10 17. The year whose days are now Speeding quickly into the past has been one of great moment to the 1'nltod Slates and lo the world. From n nat mn standing apart, participat ing but little directly in world af fairs, save hy example and influence. Wc have by a swift turn of events been ushered Into a world sphere never dreamed of. These wonderful eli anges have come so quickly that WC can scarcely realize our present position as a nation, as a people, Tho Ht reive has left us bewildered for t he moment, hui with mon big enough and great enough at the ltead of our affairs lo work out the national prob lems satisfactorily. And the new year 1018 what of ll? What does it hold in store for us? Out of the trials that have be gun in 1017 and that must continue and increase during I !. 1S will be fashioned a greater and bettor coun try than we have ever had. Wc must rise to the occasion and meet tho new order of things as it com innes to open up. We must lace the reali ties of war bravely, giving up loved ones to die for liberty now as our forofnlhol's died for liberty years ago. The i?aiig.s ol' the present must be borne that the glory of the future may bc enjoyed' by thoati thai folio? ns, JUKI H s vye ch jo) tho gloV ons .\h orly ina.de > wdbte through th? eaerl ?ice and bided <?l our forefather';! A ii ie.:iluV.v: liiolo UOt tl UKlli our country to-day who would If he could erase from tho pages of history the record placed there hy the heroes Of tho past. We may well shrink j from the great task that is before us, j but there will he no faltering, no: looking hack, no compromise. Tho! world is being scourged to-day with the iron rod ot autocracy that the free peoples of the earth may rescue tlie oppressed from the grip of tho tyrant. The cause of the German, the Austrian, the Turk and the Bul garian is as Iniquitous as was the system ol' slavery that had large part in bringing the war we fought among ourselves so recently as to bo within the memory ol' many of us to-day. The cause of the Allies-our cause - is as just aa was the cause of liberty and freedom in those days now hap pily gone. Ood had His work that had to he done through human agem y, and it was done, to His glory and to our good. lt is. we believe, Hod's work that must be done on the battlefields ol" Ku rope-not that (Jod willed it, but that He has per mitted il as a human scourge to cor rect ?luman evils. We are lighting, not through our wishes or our de tires, bul through the evils that were thrust upon us hy the iniquities of the system ol' government that has come to he recognized as inhuman and hellish. From tho greni struggle that is j now going on. and which will doubt- j Jess continue through at least the j greater part ol' tho coming year, a hotter yorld, a purer world, is going to emerge. Trying as is the prospect that thousands ol' our young men I may he called upon lo suffer in tho great struggle, yet glorious and sus-, (sining is the thought that the Great I Haler ot' the Un i vor se has called Upon our nation to enter the lists in opposition to oppression, iniquity ? and Inhumanity, and to defend right-! eottsncss and liberty. t,0,t ?s "gird up our loins" and stand steadfast to the principles that have ever been the hope and strength of our nation- licajly to do and to die in defense of that which our fore fathers purchased for us with their blood. Tlie New Year will bring grave re sponsibilities to each of ns. Let us seek to measure up to the greatness of the task. Our country has always rested its cause on tho Judgment of God. Wo will continue to do so now and In the future, doing our part as God gives us strength and leaving the resulta with Ulm. Tho great hope of Tho Courier ls that soon wo may bo able to carry to our readers the glad message that IK??U'O has once moro como to gladdon the Borrowing people of earth. And when that great message Is flashed across the globe, may lt be the her alding of universal peace- for tho fu ture generations of mankind. With this hope in view, and the sincere de sire that not one of tile men of our State or nation may bo found want ing In the many tests that will yet come to us. Tho Courier extends to each and every reader tho sincere wish that the New Year may have in store for all the great blessing of "Peace on earth, good will to men." CONSKItVINCI rt lOli. Tho appeals of the government come daily to the people of the coun try to consorve fuel, lt is an urgent appeal, Hie heeding of which is of vital importance to the welfare of the nation. Coal ls scarce because the transportation facilities of the country are being used largely for the transportation ol' army supplies to military camps, men to and from camps as the exigencies of the situa tion demand, Tood and fuel and muni tions of war tor our armies across the water and the armies of our al lies, who are fighting our battles for us and holding J he lines against the enemy until our own armies can be constructed and take their places in the thick ol' the light for light and just ice and liberty. Every sacrifice that we make to day will have Its weight in bringing the war to a successful conclusion; every wilful waste hut helps to draw out the weary length ol' the war. And every day that the war ls lengthened means the loss ol additional lives American lives as well as tho lives ol' our friends across the sens-and the lives of our enemies -also. There is not an American, we feel sure, that would have this terrible' war account for the needless taking of even one life of those unfortunate people who are fighting against liberty. How much more, then, does it become us ' to enter heartily into every work, i every sacrifice, every economy, that I we may lend our help to the cause j of liberty and to the end of saving the ? lives of our soldiers and those of our j allies! I,el us stop and think at every turn, and cut down useless ex penditures of money and stop any waste o' which wo have been guilty ? in the past. Th-.' fuel ?Min.-'.: <>;( p n c lit'hll , Nolie .ni the g rea i es I problem" thal .un troiil ino gove muon! to-day. We <t . asked lb t;??i?h?n*ve .ucl, to i nt ?HIi unnete.ssat'y Ui.'b. The churches have taken up this work and are j joining hands with tho government in its efforts to conserve coal. The denominations have been asked to [ unite lu holding services, making the sorvices Interdenominational for the time being, several congregations coming together to worship ns one. This h well, and lt has been adopted in part here in Walhalla. In the fu- j ture, for the present at least, a sched nie of no night services will prevail, though the morning services will con tinue as heretofore. There will be no prayer meetings held this week; and hereafter, until notice of change of plan, union prayer meetings will he held, lu order not to Interfere with the work of the Sunday schools, morning services will be held in the several churches for the present, as tho buildings will have to be heated for tho Sunday school exercises. It scorns that if the churches can make sacrifices of this kind lu order to co-operate with the government in conserving fuel, surely the private homes can he brought into a close co-operation, each household endea voring to curtail the use of coal to a minimum. It is important-it is Im perative-unless we are willing a lit tle later to suffer actual fuel famine rather than at present Inconvenience ourselves a little by conserving the short supply. The government ls do ing its best to relieve the situation, hut iroannot cope successfully with il unless it has the co-operation of the people. Then lhere are other considera tions, too, that we must look forward to. If we waste fuel now, sooner or later business and manufacturing en terprises will be forced to close by reason ol' au actual fuel famine. Hel ter to conserve coal now than, later, see hundreds of people thrown out of work because the mills and factories j cannot ?et coal with which to ope ?' to. Let us each resolve to do bis part . to relieve the situation hy conserv ing coal, stopping waste ol' food and feed, unnecessary buying, and, above all, stand ready at alt times to co operate with the' government In all j of Its endeavors to meet ibo new con ditions that tho great war In which wo are engaged has Imposed, lt ls j but the part of wisdom and self preservation to meet such situations . honestly and squarely at all times. To Ignoro them ls but to postpone the "evil day" of reckoning, and to aggravate the ovils thereof. Lot us make this a personal ques tion as well as a public problem. Each citizen is vitally concerned. Ask J yourself whoro you can save, and when you havo answered the quos- j lion, begin to anve. Don't bothei s<> j much about what John Smith ol'Jim ! Jones is going lo (io as about yo own actions. What am I goiur, to j do? ls the question that is going to have tho great weight and effect NOTICIO TO A UM Y lt KO ISTHA \ I'S. Auxiliary .Service Branches Organized ut Westminster and Seneca. Registrants for army service i e j notified that from this time forw rd there will bo additional clerical forces at their service, the COOT ( committee having found lt absolue ly necessary to add to the volmr <. workeis lu assisting the registrants J to make out their questionnaires The new plan, too, will be of great convenience to the registrants, a vol unteer corps of clerical workers t iv- I mg been arranged for both at Sen . . t and Westminster. The West mini lei ? workers will bo under the super1 i lon of Supt. W. C. Taylor, of Westminster High School, and the headquarters will he In tho W '.tt- j minster High School building. Tin Seneca forces will he In charge o; J. Eustace Hopkins, who will have headquarters In tho Ked Cross roi n over the Citizens' Bank. When a registrant receives his n tice to appear and complete his qti - tlonnalre, he should go to the point j most convenient to him. If most | convenient to come to Walhalla. como to the Court House, wher- i j force Of scribes will bo ready to af you; if Westminster ls inore conven lent, go there; yo? will find able ?! , sistants at your service at tho school : 1 * i building. Should Seneca be your most convenient point, go there md ' ' find willing workers at the Bed Cross ? rooms. And don't forget that, ir aro a inarrtod man, you should your wife accompany you, for t ? ? are certain affidavits that the w of registrants are required to muk j Tho wife accompanying a registe ml J therefore, ?ill do away with an ? ra ; trip that will otherwise have t< ! made. The services of all these force gaged in helping ibo registrants 'their questionnaires are absolut l> i igratu'fous. They volunteer foi Un ; 'service and receive no compensai t | ! whatever for their services. It '. ol vious, therefore, that the servi i I ....... t_ ,1,, "^,..l_,T>.,,. Lp : ?y out foi any service |n connis> ; .toa yvljj > ?.?oilV qU .y.ioMiaii e. No f|tv?? bas a righi to ch? a go for such service,! ! pay In a case where a fee is a?k?/? for the service. It has come to the county committee that certain parties have boen charging registrants fees for their services in this question naire matter. Registrants should bear In "mind this notice and refuse i to pay any person for the service. If ' the reports received are correct, and certain registrants have been charged for the filling out of their ouest ion- j naires. such registrants have a per fect right to go baok to the parties who made the charge and demand re turn of their money. No charge ls contemplated by the government for this service, and where a charge has been or is made, lt is ?tor.f? without i authority and strictly In .de.lance of the government's Instructloi s. This ls a day when every man, wo man and child can "do their bit" for the government, and those who re fuse to do their part are "slackers" in the broadest sense of the word. It is enough that registrants como and place themselves at the service of the government without their be ing forced by some unscrupulous per son to pay a fee for assisting them in completing the questionnaires. Locals from Boute One. Walhalla. Route 1 - Dec. 2 4. Special: Misses (Henna and Laura Todd are guests of Misses Cora and lOlsio Fret well. Knills K. Abbott, of Camp Jack son, is spending tbe holidays with homofolks, J. L Duckworth ls laying the foun dations for a handsome residence. Will lianes, of Liberty, ts spending some time with his brother*fn-law, J..I,. Duck worth, and faintly. He ls overseeing the work on Mr. Duck worth's residen co. Miss Ina Beacham, o/ Honen Path, Ss spending the holidays with het cousins, Misses Annie and Minnie Butler Dan Beacham and sister Bertie, of Oreer, are visiting at the home of their uncle, W. H. Butler, and family. Master Walter Duckworth ls spend ; lng some time with relatives in Pick ens county. I A. L. Beacham, of Oreer, is spend ing some timo with his daughter, ' Mrs. W. H, Butler. j Arthur and Will Frotwetl, of Ore gon, are expected to spend the holi days with their parents. Mr. and Mra, K. B. Fretwell. Miss Katie Abbott, of Long Creek, is at home for tho holidays. Henry B. Butler and Robert Shaf fer, of tho naval training school In Norfolk, Va., aro expected homo for a few day? this week. (?Ol) TOLD HIM TO DO IT. \VH Sunday's Assailant In Inter view With J. J. Heeder . Allanta, Doc. 22.-Editor Keowee ('(Mirier: To-day Chief of Police Hea vers allowed ino the privilego of an interview with II. Ratoaubaker, " Dilly," S.vulay's assailant. I asked him ' is motive in attacking Mr. Sun ind ho said he intended to go up 01 the pulpit, have Mr. Sun.day . less his sins and lie was going to do tlie same; that lie did not intend H H rt Mr. Sunday. Ho was asked if ho did not know thal io was placing himself in a dan gerous position by interrupting a minister during religious services, und 1 o said that he did, but that God 'fl ! him to do it, and he was not ur ry for his actions. He said he against militarism and against an i ind of war. Ho said he was a member of no church, no political party, and he had beoa in the asylum l iner days. John J. Reeder. Monea Path Mill Has Rig Fire. \nderson, Dec. 21.- Fire of un ki own origin damaged 1,085 bales of Cotton and ono compartment of the wart house of the Chlqnola Manufac l.u ng Company, at Honea Path, ?arly this morning to the extent of approximately $90.000, fully covered hy iii m ra nee. Peru Puts Embargo. lilma, Peru, Dec 21.-The expor ' it tin of foodstuffs necessary for hoi consumption ls prohibited by a li?li adopted to-day by the Senate. i S'igar is the chief product oxport . ! lom Peru. In 1915 sugar to the value of about $28.000.000 was ex ported.) Oconce Ginning Figure*?. . iieca, Dec. 24.-Special: Cotton ginned In Oeonoo- county prior to He comber 13th, 10 17, was 18,422 hales,* com pa rod with 16,233 bales to corresponding period in 101 G. M. S. Stribling. Special Agent. $200,000 Fire ut Baltimore. ('altimore, Md., Dec. IO.-Revised estimates of the losses caused by the lire late last night which destroyed ton- su r. building .i' 31? Wes! ^altimore Mreet, in the i>... loess 6?n? : tci of the city, and duning* d >vo' adj .! loll nit hnildiitgs, placed the total i munni ai $200,0.00. Morris Lroih eis Company, clothiers, and the Sou thern Commission Company were the principal sufferers. Five fire men were slightly injured. How to Sot (?rape?. From now on until the first of February is a good time to set grajies. Make a hole about a foot across and a foot deep; put in a pound of cot ton seed meal and mix lt with dirt. Then cut off all the long or Injured roots, spread out the others and set ont the vine a little deeper than it btood in the nursery row. Pack in the dirt and prune the vine and tie to a stick. Leave vine about six or seven Inches long. Miniature Violin Iiidde? in Gone. For tho modern Romeo and his midnight serenades, a walking-stick violin might have certain advantages. At any rate such a combination in strument has been fashioned. The cane is made of bamboo and by rc moving a well-fitted section the strings are uncovered. The bow is withdrawn through one end of the itiek. French Grenade Corporal's Invention Military authorities speak well of An aeroplane-bomb type of hand gre nade that has been, invented and turned over to ?the "government hy a corporal stationed at Fort Douglas, lt consists of a streamline bomb sup? plied with four vanes and a handle if liberal length. Detonation ls said io be certain, for when hurled, the missile always falls nose down. 18 li)-11)18. Madison. Dec. 2 2.-Editor Keowee Courier: Enclosed find one dollar Lo pay for the paper until july, 1918. 1^ cannot do without the dear old Courier, My father was a subserib or to tho paper in 1849, and it has been In the family over since. Yours truly,. Mrs. II. T. Fricks. -.-i*,. More than 90 por cent of tho total bauxite marketed in this country In 1915 came from Arkansas, and tho other 10 per cont came from Georgia, Alabama'and Tennessee. Aluminum metal ls made from bauxite by elec trical methods which were invented and first carried out by Americans. Electrical manufacturing offers abundant opportunities for blind and l| p??d soldiers. Building We have anticipate Doors, - Wine Hinges/ Roofin You, no doubt, will be. We have the goods and the figure with you on your bil Oils, etc. Now is the time ; building for the winter time Ballenger Hdv Seneca IP. S.:-Don't forget that Stoves, Ranges and SEARCHING FOR MISSING MEN. Dead Dody of One Found-Prominent Merchant ol* Columbus. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 2 1.-County officers this afternoon found the dead bbdy of C. L. Alexander, the Colum bus merchant, hidden in a hole cov ered with hay, about seven miles east of the city on the premises of Darlow Nix, and are looking for Jesse iveridge, brother to Alderman J. B. Everidge, who is believed to have also been murdered at the time that Alexander met his tragic end. As a result of the discovery of the ' body of Alexander, Barlow Nix was locked up in the county jail, together with his 16-year-old nephew, Albert Nix, who li ves with him. Alexander and Everidge went in a taxi to Nix's place last night, it is stated, and until this afternoon they had not been heard of. The county officers wero then sent out to investi gate. Joe Ellison, the taxi driver who took thom to Nix's place, states timi be heard two pistol shots inst ' night while waiting for thc (.wo meal a iib?rt li's-.: .ic?- front t-hc |j.ou*c. and I H short wink- later, '.w.'t,<i asking Mix I where Evc.'idg? aaa Alexander . . received the_reply that they had loft the house some time previously. He was unable to find them and return ed to the city. It is stated that each man had a large sum of money, lt being said that it amounted to four or five hun dred dollars. No cause for the mur der has been assigned. Nix and his nephew decline to make a statement other than that they are innocent. A thorough search is being made for ISVerldge'fl body, lt ls believed that, if the ar rest of the two men had not boen made immediately following the finding of the body, they would have been lynched. Two men were killed several years ago by Bartow Nix, lt is stated Cuban Sugar Coming. Boston, Dec. 20-The Cuban sugar crop, the mainstay of the American supply, will be available here and in New York during the first week in January, according to reports receiv ed at the office of Henry B. Endicott, the State Food Administrator, to day. lt was said that Cuban grind ers have already begun work in or der to get their product on the mar ket several weeks ahead of schedule. There is a bumper crop of 3,620, S:J7 tons. NOTICE TO PUBLIC. All persons are hereby warned against hiring, harboring or feeding Luther White, nicknamed "Jake," aged 10 years, colored, as he has run' away from homo and is under age. He is slender; glngor-brend color; weight about 130 pounds; scar just above left eye. Legal action will be taken against any ono found to bo hiring, harboring or feeding said minor. WILL J. WHITE. Walhalla. S. C., Dec. 24, 1017. Doc. 26, 1017. 52-3* NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the un dersigned "will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, In the State of Soutb Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on MONDAY, the 7th day of January, 1918, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be Hoard, for leave to make final settle ment of the Estate of William Laus terer, deceased, and obtain final dis charge as Executrix of said estate. (MHS.) D. C. LA IT STERE ft, Executrix of the Estate of William Laustorer, deceased. Dec. ?j, 1P17. 49-52. Material. I d and stocked up on lows, - Locks, Nails, g. Etc. doing some building soon, price and will bc glad lo L Good stock of Paints, to paint and preserve the v & Furn Co., . s. c. we are headquarters for Furniture. PEOPLE^ PRESSING CLUB I have purchased Gillespie's l'rcas ing Club, and will ooutinuo tho same at tho present stand'-over IMscboft's Cate. All work, will l>o called for and de livered promptly, and satisfaction is guaranteed lu even* iMirticuIar. All goods damaged ov lost at the club will be imid for. Will nmko a stpccinlty of Ladies' Skirts and Coats, Phone us ami we will call for your work. Il AUK Y 1 AYONSKY, Walhalla, S. C. NOTICE OE FINAL SETrLEM 15X 1 AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to V. P. Martin, Judge or Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his nfflm nt Wn' balla Court House, on Monday, tho ?8th daj Of Juno.'ivy, p( lt o' i ?ch -II iii.? forenoon, or as doon ca ft ci as said application can he heard, for leave to make Anal settle ment of the Estate of R. O. Richard son, deceased, and obtain final dis charge as Executors of said Estate. D. P. RICHARDSON, J. M. RICHARDSON, Executors of the Estate of R. O. Rich ardson, deceased. Dec. 26, 1917. 52-3* ~ NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND ~ CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of William Laiisterer, deceased, are hereby notified to make pay ment to the undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said es tate will present the same, duly at tested, within the time prescribed by law or be barred. (MRS.) D. C. LAUSTERER, Executrix of the Estate of William Lausterer, deceased. Dec. 5, 1917. . 49-52 , SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. (In Court of Common Pleas.) William Johnson, Plaintiff, against Nancy Droner, Anna Grant and The Union Central Life Insurance Com pany of Cincinnati, Ohio. 'Defend ants. Summons for Relief.- (Com plaint Served.) To tho Defendants Almvo Named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the Complaint In this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office, on the Public Square, nt Wal halla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after tho service hereof exclusive of the day of such servico; and if yon fall to anawer tho Complaint, within the time afore said, tho Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in tho Complalht. Dated thia 2 4th day of Dec. 1917. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Anna Grant, Absent Defendant in the nhovo entitled action: Please tnko notice that the Summons and Complaint in tho above ontitled ac tion were . filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Oconee County, S. C., on tho 24th day of December, 1917; that the purpose of this action Is-the parti tion and sale o,f the tract of land de scribed in the Complaint as belong ing to the estato of Thomas A. John son, deceased, and no personal claim is made against you. Dec. 24th, 1917. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attorney. Dec. 26, 1917. 52-2