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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. Spring G Wc have just received a See our bargain table of LINEN LACES, worth ?0 C. W. ?? J. E. WALHAI IT PAY8 TO Bl CONGRESSMAN-SOLDIER DIES. Major A. P. Gardner Victim of Pneu monia at Whee lev. Macon, Qa., Jan. 14.-Major Au gust Peabody Gardner, of the 121st (Second Georgia) Infantry, died in the base hospital at Camp Wheler at 5.10 to-day of pneumonia. He had been ill only a few days, and his con dition was not considered critical un til early to-day. Mrs. Gardner ar rived 'rom her home at Hamilton, "Mass., during Sunday and spent most of the time sinco her-arrival at the bedside of ?er jnisband. t Mrs. Gardner sutt?red>; tj&?tyS??|$ : rfown ?t tr?o'-'Bas?''' hospital thilrVit?r noon when her husband failed longer to recognize her. .Officers from divis ion headquarters assisted her to her hotel. There the news of her hus band's death was broken to her shortly after he expired. Mrs. Gard ner is under the care of a physician. Wanted to Re in the Fray. "A_few weeks ago Major Gardner (then colonel), applied to the War Department to bo demoted, so that he could see more actual service among the men. He asked for the office of a major In the 121st infantry and the request was granted. Two weeks ago Major Gen. Gard ner accompanied his battalion to the* rifio range. Ho contracted a severe cold, which developed into pneumo nia, which caused his death. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, is expected to arrive here during the night. The body of Major Gardner will bo shipped home, but probably not until the Senator arrives. - Senator Lodge is Mrs. Gard ner's father. First for Preparedness. While in Congress Major Gardner waa the first to raise his voice for preparedness. Ho was the first to de clare that war was inovitablo. He gave up his seat in Congress to do what his friends say he believed to be a greater work for his govern ' meat, offering his services In the > army. . Though 52 years of age, but ap parently in robust health, Major Gardner was accepted and assigned to Camp Wheeler and commissioned !^ .as adjutant of the Dixie (Thirty-first) \divUion. Extremely Popular. Ever since ho arrived here, first as ( . col?nol and later as major, the New Englander was extremely popular . with the officers and men of Georgia, Florida and Alabama. He figured { in few social functions, but attended I ooveral club and business luncheons, I JL. BLUM "The Store That Alv And Makes the Lov Everything fe Our W "Quick Sales an? nice lot of LACES, only 5c. Some to 15 cents. BAUKNIGHT, JLA, S. C JY FOR CASH. at which ho spoke seriously of the war problems, urging the fullest sup port of the President in every detail. Major Gardner is the second offi cer to die at the hase hospital, the other being Major Weil, of New York, who was head bf the medical department of the hospital. Smoking Costs Heavily. Washington, Jan. 14.-A quantity, of army supplies was destroyed, the quartermaster warehouse ruined and several other buildings damaged by a fire tq-day at the Washington >bar~ .racks occupied ,by engineers- tr?opSe A '}j&?i*\}0t? 'thb-?Uy'? flrV app'?r**i '^Ss^'wa^ called upon to fight the flames which were given impetus by the explosion of a quantity of gaso line. After a hard fight of an hour and a half, the fire was extinguished An ordnance building containing a quantity of small arms ammunition was endangered, hut soldiers re moved what was stored there. Caused by Smoking. Col. J. K. Earle, commander of the barracks, stated that investigation convinced him that the Are was not started by ? spy or enemy sympathi zer. He said it Was caused by for bidden smoking by soldiers of a fa tigue detail. An estimate of the damage by Col. Karie placed the loss at about $50, 000. A limited quantity of clothing and shoes was destroyed. Arrested na German Spy. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 14.-Federal agents arrested here to-day a Ger man spy, who, masquerading under the name of "William Swanson," stood at the whee] of the Alaska liner Spokane when she crashed onto the rocks off Idol Point, B. C., on the night of November 22, 1917, while bound from Southeastern Alaska for Seattle with 237 passengers. The Spokane was floated some time after she struck. No lives wore lost In the accident. Card Of Thanks. j Editor ICeowee Courier: Please al low us space In your valuable paper to thank our kind neighbors and friends for tho sympathy and kind ness shown us In tho death of our darling, Zella Boggs. Their deeds of kindness were all that hoart could nsk. May tho Lord ever bless these good people for their many noble acts of kindness is our earnest pray ers. . Mrs. Eliza Boggs and Children. Seneca, 6. C., Route No. 1. ?EINTHAL, /ays Has jhe Goods" /est Cash Prices on >r Everybody. lotto: i-?-. i Small Profits." TORNADO HIT MACON HARD. || Camp Wheeler Suffered from' C&ffc and Wmkeil 'Tents. - Macon, Qn., Jan. ll.-A serles orf tornadoes that broke over Central; Oeorgia this afternoon, the first ocf curring at 4.40 p. m., 1B known to' have killed one man. Three otftenr are known to have been injured/. 7& cloudburst followed the first tornado and the greatest damage to Camp Wheeler, soven miles south of tho. city, whore more than 20,000 mena are encamped, ls from water. Many;! tents were blown dowu. The . c'ol> lapse of a corral in the 122d infantry, caused the only death reported at Camp Wheeler, a private named Har ris, of Atlanta, a member of the sup ply company ot the 122d infantry,, being the victim. ? ? ' . ; "He Croat Damage in Macon. ?\>v1 The storm did great damage iuithe city of Macon and at Central ? Gjly? Park (State fair grounds). 'At; the fair grounds two huge grandstands, ono at the base ball park, where the, New Vork Anierlcan8 train, and the other at the race track, wore demol ished. A brick building in which the animals of Suu-Brot^ora' ?irerbj' were being Quartered wa wrecked and the animals imprisoned tn tho debris. Several animals were killed. A kangaroo broke away and: is still at large. - , i The tornado broke after ap all-day rain. A heat wave came "jin ano many women became alarmed at tho sudden change in temperature and notified the police. The air was stir fiiug at times, they reported from dit? feront sections of the city. As tho storm broke a railroad train on the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad was passing Camp WheolkpJ The train of 14 freight cars v.'iifi hurled from the track. The wind next struck the fall grounds buildings and twisted them to pieoes. lt then jumped to thc wholesale district of the city, noni tho flew Terminal station, where th? roofs of (lour mills and whol?aah houses were lifted and ends and sidoi of buildings torn away. Watter tank) on top of many of these "building! were blown dp.wn. The roofs of tin round houses Of the Central, of Door gla and the Southern* Vailway wer< carried away. The big ??ntrA?^ Several fires occurred during th day and tonight, but none ot thea got any headway before being check ed by tba department. A linter Report." Macon, Ga., Jan. 12.-With th temperature falling rapidly and indi cations thatrit will go down ten t fifteen degrees lower than last night when it dropped from 68 to 13 dc grees above zero, the' people of th city of Macon and the soldiers c Camp Wheeler are trying to recove from tho severe storm. There is suffering at Camp Whee er and also in Macon. Soldiers wei forced to spend the. night in w< tents, but every effort was made t( day to obtain dry clothing from th commissary department for then Some bf the tents blew away aft? the men had settled down In the) for tho night. Three Death*. ^ There were only three deaths ri ported in this section of the Stat up to lato to-night. John Tulley, a taxicab drive whose home is in Kentucky, wi found dead inside Camp Wheeh this morning. He had picked up "live" electric wire that was in tl path of his automobile, after he wi i passed by the guard; and was shoe! ed to death. .Marvin Harris, wagoner, attach? ?to the supply company of the 12? infantry, of Newnan, Ga., was kill? by the collapse of a corral,, An unidentified negro was shock? to death by an electric wire nei Ten nile. Moro Puen in Ol ila. The base hospital at Camp Whee er to-night reports several new eas of pneumonia with three deaths. The Ocmulgee river is rising ra idly. A 16-foot rise ls looked for Jackson, which will permit the op ration of tho water-power ltghtii system, idle for many weeks. It was recalled to-night that ! years ago to-night the Ocmulg< river was frozen over. Ufo Lost, at Chester. Chester, S. C., Jan. 12.-Less one Ufo and property damage esl mated at $250,000 was roported t day from the territory surroundii Chester as a result of last night storm. A nogro woman was kill? when her residence was blown dow The heaviest property damage was Low roy ville. Coldest Recorded Since I HOI). Washington, Jan. 12.-The colde weather oxperloncod in the Unit? State? since 1899 to-night extend? from the Rocky Mountains to tl Atlantic const and from tho lakes tho Gulf. Zero temperatures we registered almost as far south Birmingham, Ala., while in Nor Dakota the thermometer went to J degrees below zero, and it was on 12 degrees higher in many parts the Middle West. Tho cold wave was accompanii by a high wind in many section while in the West there was nea1 snow, which blocked railroad trail In several States on both sides of tl Mississippi river, Inability of t! was" ?ds to deliver Shipments of coal ly needed in many sections inected to greatly increase tho g caused by tho storm, minimum temperature report ay at Chicago was 12 below Ith colder weather expected It was 20 degrees below rt Wayne, 10 below at St. Louis rf below at Memphis. At Blrin M it was 2 above, in the South tho cph\ extended far into Florida and rho cold along tho Gulf coast iVere. iFlfty-two Milo ?nie. [ashall, Ga., Jan. 12.-A 52 :ale here last night isolated Sa ll from, tho outside world and 'winds have rulod throughout ?^W Damage, aside from chat 0 telephone and telegraph ?hie?, is confined to broken win ,'iul demolished signs. Savan texpecting the coldest weather pinter to-night, the weather predtctipg 12 to 14 degrees. Tornado Sweeps Town. ia, Fla., Jan. 12.-Except for 'hado which swept the little ApOpka last night, wrecking ir of business houses and sev ;\yellings and injuring three if,.none fatally, this section suf ltttlo from tho storm of Inst ?rhd damage at Apopka is it $100,000. Iiicago Was Ico-Bound. yfeo, Jan. 13.-Picks and shov els, wi?lded by hundreds of thou s^),.dfeVof 'volunteer workers and toiiB ?(^B*^anda ot municipal and rail pipy ees, to-day succeeded in the absolute traffic tie-up Iago and the Middle West, Pp ad been cAused by the in jJBllzzard of Friday and Satur day,/tWen, women and children bent .^luiraly to the -task of breaking tr^fj^;,ways through the deep suow, .amishino from a cloudless sky them to make such progress j&nlght railroads entering Chi l^operated the first outgoing since yesterday afternoon, [railway schedules were formed, .actically every road operating ero managed to send out at he train. Chicago, 'Burlington & Quincy 4. closed all local freight yards ase the men for clearing the ,.. The Chicago switch yards 'iMed ..and,:; snores of- freight i?sLiiM. Vatinr Werovhvought tn to-c/ay. | '. The ?'Vr.went?eth Century 'Limited; from N?w York, due yesterday, ar rived late to-night. In Chicago, although tho situation ia improving, it still is Impossible to make deliveries of provisions in many sections. The city had been practi cally without milk since yesterday and dairies reported to-day that only preferred* deliveries-to hospitals and to houses where there are chil dren-will be made to-morrow. Heading many of the volunteer digging brigades wero women-some clad in bloomers or overalls. In some sections the women were out at 4 a. m. Eighteen deaths in this territory are known* to have resulted from the storm. . State In Storm Grip. (The State, 14th.) Reports received by the State from various counties in South Carolina indicate that the wind storm of Fri day night did considerable damage. Jn Chester county a negro woman was killed when her home blew down, and there was great property loss in the western section of the county. A barn was blown down in Antioch section* of Lancaster coun ty. In all the counties of the State thus far heard from telephone com munication has been impaired if not entirely lost hy poles and wires be ing hlotvn down by the heavy wind. For a time during the storm Fri day night the temperature rose con siderably, but before tho storm abat ed it fell rapidly and continued to descend most of tho night. Satur day the temperature was almost sta tionary, below tho freezing point tit most sections of the State. To add to tho discomfort of the very severe weather in this section, many com munities in the State are without ad equate fuel for domestic uses. -- . mtp?,. . -I? \ Mexican Officers Executed. ' Mexico City, Jan. 14.-Ten army officers, Including Gen. Leocadio Par ra, out of 46 arrested in connection with a plot to kill Gen. Alufrodo No vo, commander of tho military dis trict In tho State of Mexico, and Au gustus Milland, Governor of that State, were executed to-day at To luca, the State capital, about 40 miles from this city. The plot was discovered last Thursday, and involv ed the looting of Tolucn. Summary court-martial, preceded the imposition of the death penalty. The remainder of the 45 men accused were released. Our Lonni* to Allies. Washington, Jan. 12.--Total credits to the allies wore raised to day to $4,238,400,000 when Secre tary McAdoo authorized a loan of :?2.ooo,ooo to Serbia, making Ser bia's total $6,000,000. ARMY CAPTAIN WEXT TO HAD. Attempted Robbery, Commuted Muf lier, Kliding All by Suicide; SGamp Funston, Kun., Jun. 12. Identification to-dny of Cant. Lewis j 13. Whistler, by Kearney Wornall, tho Bole survivor of five mon, who were attacked by an army cnptaln bent on robbery of tho camp bank laBt night, ns the man who lind perpetrated the crime, and Capt. Whistler's subse quent death hy suicide, have convinc ed army olYlccrs here that the search for the slayer ls ended. Capt. Whistler killed himself by firing two bullets from an army rifle Into his hoad. His death came aftor Wornall had recovered' consciousness at the base hospital and told the questioning army olllcers the story of tho tragedy In which the captain had killed with an axe four men, includ ing C. Fuller Winters, president of the Federal reserve bank of Kansas City, an Intimate friend of tho cap tain. Au order was Issued that all captains at tho cantonment report at headquarters lo have their finger prints taken. It was then that the shots from. Capt. Whistler's office wore hoard. A note was found with the body. It was written to a wo man whoso name the authorities re fuged to divulge. It said: Reason for (Suicide. "I have been thinking of commit ting suicido for a long time, but I have never had n good reason. Yes terday 1 went out and made myself a reason." The room In which Capt. Whist ler's body was found was smeared with blood spots. Two blood-soaked towels wero found in tho room and the table was spotted with lt. Capt. Whistler had borrowed two hatchets from a supply company yesterday, according to officials, and he borrow ed two more to-day. Army officials declined to say whe ther any of the money which the robber is supposed to havo obtained was found tn Capt. Whistler's room. Said Ile Rocogni'xxl Him. Wornall, who recovered conscious ness this morning, told the authori ties that the murderer was an army captain, whose face he recognized, and who, ho said, was a close friend of Winteis, head of the army balik." Wornall, In describing tho tragedy, ped Insistentiy. He was admitted, and covering tho men with a revolv er, forced Wornall to tie the hands of the four men, after which he tied Wornall's hands. The man then proceeded to loot tho bank safe and had reached the door when Winters said to Wornall "You recognize him, don't you?" Wornall answered that ho did. The murderer turned and said: "You know me, do you?" "I sure do, you black scoundrel," was Winter's reply. Foiled Them With Axe. Wornall says at thia point the man hesitated and then suddenly leaped nt them swinging his hand axe. He struck the helpless men down, one by ono. Wornali was tho last struck. Capt. Whistler's former wife, from whom he was divorced about a year ago, and a son 14 years old, reside in Salina, Kan. His parents live at I Goodland, Kan. I Capt. Whistler, who was about 40 ' yoar8 old, fought in the Spanish American war and later saw consid erable service in the Philippines. Mrs. Whistler to-day received a letter from hor former husband in which ho said he was in good health and spirit. The letter, she thought, was written yesterday, although lt was undated. TEACHERS MEET WESTMINSTER. Interesting Features for Next Session on January 19th. The Oconee County Teachers' As sociation will hold Its regular meet ing at the Westminster High School auditorium noxt Saturday, January 19, at 12 o'clock. A very Interesting program has been arranged for this meeting. Thia program ls ono that will be interest ing to every man and woman of the county. 'Major Turnbull, of Franco, will lecture on lils experiences In tho | trenches In 'Fr?nce.' We hopo every man,'especially tho young men, will como and learn from ono who has been In France what it means to tho world for America to be In this war. Mrs. Hetty Browne, o? Winthrop Collego, will lecture In tho morning and give a demonstration lesson in the afternoon for the benefit of pri mary and Intermediate teachers. Kvery one should put forth every effort to attend this meeting. Don't stay away on account of the cold. The building will be well heated and no ono need suffer. 0 Mrs. Jesse W, Rankin, Secretary. Rainfall for Week? Rainfall for week ending January 13th, at 7 p. m., ir. furnished us by H. W. Brandt, co-operative observer. The record follows: Date-i inches rainfall. Jan. 7-Ptly cldy.06 Jan. 8-Ptly cldy. Jan. 0-Ptly cldy. .03 Jan. 10-Clear. Jan. ll-Cloudy.2.40 Jan. 12-Clear.82 Jan. 13-Clear . --s Kain, snow and sleet for week.3,ll Alili ON ROAR!) WURF. LOST. When British Rostix>yer Went on Hocks Oft Irish Count. London, Jan. 12.-Tho British de stroyer Racoon struck the rocks oft tho irish coast on Wednesday and foundered, it is announced ofllelnlly. All those on board the Racoon when tho vessel snnk woro lost. Tho statement, Issued hy tho admiralty, says: "II. M. S. Racoon, Lieut. George Pnpior in command, struck on tho rocks of the north coast of Ireland at / 2 o'clock lu the morning on Wednes day during a snow storm and subse quently foundered with all hands. "Nine of the crow had been left bo hind-at her last port of call and theao aro tho sole survivors. Sevonteou bodies have been picked up by patrol craft und are being buried nt Rath mullen. Five more bodies woro washed ashore and they are being burled locnlly." (Tho Racoon was built in 1910. She was 206 feet long and displaced 915 tons. She was armed with ono 4-inch and throe 3-lnch guns and two torpedo tubes. Her normal com plement was 105 men. CUTTING DOWN HOARDS'. PAY. Expense Accounts In Some Instances Aro Unreasonable. Washington, Jan. 14-Extravagant^^, expense bills filed by members off' local boards for their services lu classifying registrants has led Pro vost Marshal Oeneral Crowder to ac cept the recommendation of board members and others connected with tho administration of tl?o selectivo draft to place the salary feature of the classification system on a cost basis. In a telegram sent to all State ?Governors, Gen. Crowder promul gates new regulations, approved by President Wilson, under which tho 'boards hereafter will receive an ag gregate of 30 cents remuneration for each man ii nally classified, exclusive of compensation for clerks pr oxamj^. 'rules the boards were allowed a maximum of $150 a month for each membor, exclusive of clerical help. While many hoard members have renewed their offers of gratuitous services and others have hold their . expense accounts down, Oon. Crow der said in his telegram, "a consider able number, regardless of tho size of registration In their respective Ju risdiction, have made their estimates on so extravagant a scale that the total cost could not he paid out of any appropriation which Congress would bo willing to make or which the people of the nation would ap prove." Under the new regulations ex penses already allowed board mem bers will be "considered to have been based upon the provisions of this regulation and any and all fur ther payments shall be computed ac cordingly." The boards, by unani mous vote, may distribute tho 80 cents allowance per man among their numbers as they desire, pro vided that no member shall roceivo more than 1 5 cents and no two mern 'hers more than 25 cents. Gen. Crowder praises the patriotic -members of the boards who aro giv ing their time to the government without pay, and adds: "Personal sacrifices aro being made on every hand. The soldiers who aro being selected by tho local and district boards have given up comfortable homes and In many cases sacrificed large incomes in order to fight for their country 24 hours a day for $30 per month, + *.* There fore, It 1B not unreasonable to re quest tho great army composed of local board members to moot tho government and co-operate with lt In the matter of minimum cost. "This ls their country; they aro .part of Its army, and it ls confidently expected that they will give the gov ernment in the future, as they have in tho past, tho best that is In them, and that they will receive compensa tion only to the extent that may be necessary in their conditions of life." .Major Mendel Smith Now. Bpartanburg, Jan. 12.-Judgo Mendel L. Smith, of the South Caro lina circuit bench, will bo attached to tho training depot at Camp at Camp Wadsworth as Judge advo cate. The Judgo has a commission^ as major. Ho ls expected to report very soon. This is tho depot formed for the creation of pioneer regiments, the first seven regiments taken un der command teing the seven Now York National Guard regiments left out of the 27tk divinion.