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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 We have just received a i raw SPICING See our bargain table of LINEN LACES, worth IO C. W. & J. E. WALHAI IT PAYS TO Bl ALIEN ENEMIES TO PRISON. Picking Thom Up in Cities Lying Along tho Route. Baltimore, Jan. 20.-Walter Spo erman, 31 years old, who was arrest ed 10 days ago at Newport News, Va., by agents of the Department ot Justice, and who was brought to this city last Teusd?y on the charge ; of violating hin alien enemy permit, was taken from the city jail Satur day and sent to a prison camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Oa. He was received as a military pris oner aboard a military train with 35 other 'alien enemies, who aro on (heir way to the prison camp from Classeur ?a'.Dangerous: New York, Jan, 19.-A group of Germans from New York, Boston, Providence, Rochester, Scranton and Hartford, many of them classed as dangerous enemy aliens, left here to day under heavy guard of United States soldiers for tho internment camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Others will bo picked up at Baltimore, Washington and Richmond. Three of the most prominent pris oners were Hugo Schmidt, American representative of th? Deutsche Bank, Berlin, and alleged paymaster of Bolo Psha; Frederico Stallforth, a banker of New York and Mexico, and friend of Franz von Rintelen, and Karl Neumond, a wealthy Importer and exporter, whose activity in get ting communications from this coun try to Germany attracted attention of Federal agents. Rudolph Hecht, another wealthy banker of this city, also was in the party. Duel Ends Love Affair. Stearns, Ky., Jan. 20.-News reached here to-day by telephone that William Callahan and John Cody are dead near the North Fork section of the Cumberland river, as a result of a duel with pistols. Ac cording to the information the two young men, both farmers, were in love with the same young .vornan and had <been at outs for some time. Meeting on the road they agreed to fight to the death, the one surviving having a clear field for tho hand of the girl. It is reported that the men pulled heavy revolvers, turned their backs, walked 15 steps, then faced about and fired simultaneously, both falling dead in the road. According to eye witnesses of tho incident, Callahan and Cody met in town yesterday, and after a conver sation, . agreed in an outwardly friendly manner, that the only way out of their love affair wns to fight a duel and that an agreement was made at this time and that tho meet ing in the roadway at tho scone of the tragedy was pre-arranged. British (jenernl Dead. London, Jan. 20.-Gen. Sir Beau champ Duff, commander-in-chief of the British forces in India from 1913 to 1910, was found dend in his bod in A Wost End club this morn ing. Gen. Duff, who had a long and distinguished army career, was in his 03d year. L. BLUM "The Store That Al* And Makes the Lo* Everything fe -----H . Our ll "Quick Sales ant ?inghams. nice lot of \ ?IN C&H A1K * LACES, only 5c. Some to 15 cents. BAUKNIGHT, JLA, S. C JY FOR CASH. INFORMATION FOR AUTOISTS. Time short for Getting Licenses Deniers Can Help. For the information of automobile owner? who desire to take out their license for 1918, the State Highway Department states that a supply of application blanks for 1918 have been forwarded to every . dealer in the State, and also a supply has been sent to the Clerk of Court of every county. Owners can obtain same by applying to these dealers, or to the Clerke of Court, and thus save con siderable time, as in most cases they can obtain the, necessary. Info*rftaUpji aa to {he horsepower of thelr^uto*' *m6rpne; the \ motor number, the i model, style and such information 1 required by the Highway Depart 1 ment 'before the license can be is sued. A simple reference to the ! 1917 license number is not sufficient, and an application must bo filled out and sent In for each motor vehicle, j. As the time is getting very Bhort i and no authority is given any one I man in the State, or to any group of j men, save thc Legislature, to extend i the limo limit, lt would be wiBe for I all owners of motor vehicles to make i application promptly so as to get j their license plates at the earliest possible moment. Up to Saturday night, January 19th, less than half of the licenses Issued for 1917 have boen taken out for 1918, and though the Highway Department is working over time thoy will not be able to is sue all licenses before February 1st. However, this will he no excuse for automobile owners, and under the law they cannot operate their motor vehicles without the 1918 license plate on same, whether they have made application for their license or not. Handling Sugar Crooks. Washington, Jan. 19.-For profit eering in sugar, three unlicensed gro cers of Pittsburg had their supplies of licensed food commodities cut off to-day by order of the United States food administrator. The offenders nro M. Shapiro, B. "Block and Sam Golman. This is the first instance in which it has been necessary for the food administrator to exercise his power of indirect control over tho retailer doing a bu Binons of less than $100, 000 a year. The cases of the three merchants penalized ave declared tc 'be extreme ly flagrant, though Golman is said to have been tho principal offender, it hoing alleged that he bought a quantity of laeet sugar nt 7.66 to 7.86 cents and sold 1},500 pounds at 14 %\ cents a pound. Explosion injures Two. Younstown, Ohio, Jan. 19.-Dyna mite caps hidden aindor the Erie railroad tracks at Girard, near here, oxplotUll to-day, seriously injuring two children. Police believe the ex plosion has uncovered the cache of accomplices of Linda Jose, arrested In Chicago when dynamite was found in her suit case. LENTHAL, rays Has the Goods" jest Cash Prices on . >r Everybody. lotto: i 1 Small Profits." THE CONSERVATION OF FUEL. Unusual Government Orders Carried Out lu Walhalla*-Senora Patriotic, j Last Monday the stores of Wal halla handling groceries and food products kept open till the noon hour i ag usual, cloding at that hour in'con formity with the orders of Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield, of the General Government. Those stores not hand ling either food products or drugs remained closed all day. In those stores in which food products and drugs are handled, business waa sus pended in other Hues, the merchants adhering to the order to the letter, according to their Interpretation of it. One of the merchants of Seneca who came to Walhalla Monday stated that the Seneca merchants had as a body adhered to a policy of closed doors for the entire day, and at the ho r when he left Seneca-10 o'clock a. m.-not a store had opened a door, and Seneca was as tightly closed as on Sundays. The Walhalla Plant of the Vlctor Monaghan Cotton ' Mills Company, the Hetrlck Hosiery Mills and other plants affected by the orders banked their Ares Thursday night, keeping only the fires necessary to maintain the insurance protection intact and to prevent injury by' freezing. All stores operated again Tuesday as usual, and will do so until next Mon day, when the fuel-saving orders for closed Mondays until and including March 25th, will again be effective. The mills and manufacturing plants resumed normal operations this morning. Monday fire-banking will be observed by them consistently during the period fixed, or until, as is possible, the fuel administration finds that conditions have so changed as to warrant a rescinding of the or ders. The closing of stores and manu facturing plants was carried out in obedience to the following orders, is sued Wednesday last and published generally in the daily papers of Thursday: Fuel Conserving Orders. The United States Fuel Adminis trator, acting under the authority of an executive order ,of^t^e^restdent trator, in furthor?nc? of the purposes ot the act of Congress therein re ferred to, approved August IO, 1917, and finding it essential effectively to carry out the provisions of this act, to make provision for a more ade quate supply of fuel for railroads, domestic consumers, public utilities, and for other uses necessary to tho national security in certain parts of tho United States, hereby makes and prescribes the following regulation. Section 1-Until 'further order of the United States Fuel Administra tor, all persons selling fuel in what ever capacity shall, In filling their contracts or orders now on hand, give preference to necessary current re quirements of: Railroads, domestic consumers, -hospitals, charitable In stitutions, army and navy canton ments, public utilities, by-product plants supplying gas for household use, telephone and telegraph plants, shipping for bunker purposes, tho United States for strictly governmen tal purposes (not Including factories or plants working on contracts for the United States), manufacturers of perishable food or of food for neces sary immediate consumption, and municipal,* county or State govern ments for necessary public uses. Any tonnage remaining after the fore going preferred shipments have been made may be applied in filling any other contracts or orders. Section 2-On tho following days, namely, January 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1918, tho State fuel administra tors and their accredited representa tives in the various communities in the territory in which regulation ap plies are hereby empowered and di rected to divert such fuel as arrives in such communities In carload lots to meet the current requirements and to provide an adequate and normal supply for such consumers of fuel as are specified in Section 1 hereof. Section 3-On the following days, namoly, January 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1918, and also on each and every Monday, beginning January 28, 1918, and continuing up to and including March 25, 1018, no manufacturer or manufacturing plant shall burn fuel or uso power derived from fuel for any purpose, with the following ex ceptions: (a) Plants which necessarily must be continuously operated seven days each week to avoid serious injury to the plant itself or its contents, may use only such quantity of fuel as is necessary to prevent such injury to the plant or its contents. (b) Manufacturers or plants man ufacturing perishable foods or foods necessary for immediate consump tion. (c) Manufacturers of food not per ishable hnd not necessary for imme diate consumption may burn fuel to' the extent authorized by the fuel administrator- of the State in which such plant is located, or by his duly authorized representative, upon ap plication by tho United States food administrator. (d) Plants nocesasry to tho print ing and publication of daily papers may burn fuel or use power derived therefrom ns usual, oxcept that on every Monday, from January 21 to March 25, 1918, Inclusive, they may burn fuel or use power derived there rolf) only saryv to print and publish such edi tions as such plants customarily print and publish on legal holidays oilier .than tho Sabbath; or, If such plants do not customarily print or publish any editions on such legal hoiuVays, they may burn fuel or uso powder to such extent ns la necessary to Issue one edition on the said Mon davi tit) Printing establishments may burffi:fuel on January 18, 19, 20, 21 lind? 22, 1918, to such extent as ls necessary to Issue current number of magazines and other publications pe riodically issued. Section 4-On each Monday, be ginning January 21, 1918, and con tinuing up to und including Monday, March 26, 1918, no fuel shall bo burned (excopt to such extent as is essential to prevent injury to prop ertyffrom freezing) for the purpose of-snuplylng heat for: (a) Any business or professional offices, oxcept offices used by the Unified StateB, State, county or . mu nicipal governments, transportation companies, public utility companies, tolephono or telegraph companies, physicians or dentists; (b)* Wholesale or retail stores, or any s to ree, business houses or busi ness/ buildings whatever, excopt that for thc purpose of selling food only, stor is may maintain necessary heat oh ah y of the specified days until 12 o'clf bk noon; and except that for the pur! ese of selling drugs and medical su'pj Hes only, stores may maintain necessary heat throughout the day and|eventng; 0 Y Theaters, moving picture hou es, bowling alleys, hilliard roofps, private or puhllc dance halls or any other place of public amuse me gin Un ul gctlbn 5-On each Monday, be ag January 21, 1918, and con g up to and including March 918, no fuel shall be burned for urpose of heating rooms in intoxicating liquor ls sold or on those days, hing in this regulation shall be rued to forbid the heating of iurants. hotels or other places in meals are served, but in which, t?xlcating liquor is sold or _ on the said Mondays, c^ion 6-No fuel shall be burned hdV'^iy.. of the, Mondays specified In ftb* I'ovbgolng Wcflon for the" purpose bf supplying power for the movement of surface, elevated, subway or sub urban cars or trains in excess of the amount used on the Sunday previous thereto. Section 7-Nothing In this regula tion shall bb construed to apply to or effoct the operation of any mine or plant producing fuel, nor shall this regulation be construed to forbid the heating of such rooms or offices or such portions of buildings SB are used In .connection with the production, transportation or distribution of fuel. Section 8-State fuel administra tors and their representatives, specif ically authorized so to do, are hereby empowered to grant such relief that may be essential to prevent Injury to health or to prevent destruction of or Injury to property by fire or freezing. Section 9-This regulation ls ef fective throughout the United States east of the Mississippi river, includ ing the whole of the States of Louisi ana and Minnesota. Section 10-Any person, firm, as sociation or corporation which vio lates or refuses to conform to the above regulation may be liable to the penalty prescribed in the afore said act of Congress. H. A. GARFIELD, United States Fuel Administrator. ; Shot by Police Chief. St. Matthews, Jan. 20.-In a lively pistol duel last night about mid night J. M. Wise was seriously wounded b? W. C. Dowie, chief of police of St' Matthews. Wise and the policeman had bad some words earlier in the evening and friends of Wise had endeavored to persuade him to go home. While at the stable gotting his horse saddled, il ls said that he began to fire his pistol. Mr, Dowie, hearing tho report, immedi ately went to the scene. Upon his arrival he ordered Wise to cease fir ing and Wiso, it is stated, opened fire upon Dowie, who returned lt. The two emptied their weapons and had reloaded "when Wise started to open lire again. Dowie, being the quicker of the two and having better aim than for the first round, shot his antagonist through the body. The wounded man was immediately has tened to a hospital in Columbia. While he is seriously wounded, it has not beon ascertained as to whe ther his wounds "will prove fatal. Chiof Dowie was not wounded, but had a bullet lodged in the heel of his shoo. -jj -4 . .-.-, Naval Captain Dead. Washington, Jan. 19.-Capt. Rob ert Ki Crank, commander of the Uni ted States ship Prairie, died aboard his vessel Thursday night, the Navy Department announces. Death was duo to apoplexy. Capt. Crank, a na tive of Houston, Texas, had been .in the navy 80 years. U. s. Seizes Russian Shells. Wilmington, Del., Jan.. 19.-The government has seised 800,000 three inch sholls In the ator? houses of the Nowcast?e Construction Company at Pigeon's Point, near here; The am munition-was part of a Russian gov ernment order. BITS OF EUROPEAN WAH MOWS. British sink Two Turkish Wur V?a sete-Strikes Reported. London, Jan. 20-A general strike is on throughout Austria, according to an Exehnngo Telegraph dispatch from Paris to-day, which reports 100,000 men quitting work In Vien na and Neustadt, closing down all the war factories. The strikers aro de scribed as openly nntl-Oermnn and the movement is both political nnd econoimc, and especially almod at securing peace. Public demonstrations, it is added, have been hold in many places at which hostility was voiced toward Berlin for trying to force tho Aus trians to continue tho war. Were Formerly German Vessels. London, Jan. 20.-In a naval ac tion between British and Turkish forci^ at tho entrance to the Darda nelles, the Turkish cruiser Midutlu, formerly the German Breslau, was sunk, and the Sultan Yawuz Selim, formerly the German Ooeben, was beached. This announcement was made by tho admiralty to-night. Already l>ofeated, Says Stein. Amsterdam, Jan. 20.-"I do not know the Americans, nor do I know what they are capable of doing in this war," said Gon. von Stein, Prus sian minister of war, in an interview In a recent issue of the Budapest Hirlap. The general is quoted, how ever, ns 'declaring that the central powers were well prepared for meet ing America. The war minister said he did not regard air lighting as a decisive fae-I tor. lie had heard of extensive American plans In this connection. "But," ho said, "much depends upon what the American-engineers can do and still more depends upon whe ther efflclent, experienced crews can ho obtained by them." Speaking of the present situation, Gen. von Stein said: "In reality a military decision has already been obtained. When our enemies recognlzo that they cannot drive us out of the occupied terri tory they will thereby admit that they have been defeated." Russian Assembly Dissolved. ^ Petrograd, Jan. 20.-The constit uent nsoen?bly has boon dissolved by the Bolshevik authorities, it was of ficially announced Saturday. Shilors guards closed the assembly at 4 o'clock Saturday morning and a de crco of dissolution will be issued, the official statement says. Cling to "Divine Bight." Washington, Jan. 20.-The right of tho German Emperor to the exclu sivo making, of war or peace has been reaffirmed in tho Prussian Chamber of Lords in the adoption of a resolution presented by Berlin rep resentatives, said a dispatch from Borne. As quoted in the . dispatch, thc resolution said: "The Chamber of Lords firmly hopes that when peace ls concluded tho government will soe that tho rights of the Emperor of Germany are safeguarded. These rights are conceded to him by tho constitution, and peace should be commensurate with the sacrifices which have been made for the political and economic interests of the country." Accompanying the resolution was this commentary: "The President of the United States has asked if the German ne gotiations at Brest-Litovsk are lu the name of the majority of the Reichstag or in the name of the military party. For our part we. af firm that lt is the German Emperor who, in the terms of the constitution, has the exclusive right to make war and peace." Austrian Tronido-? Contlnne. London, Jan. 21-Tho strike movement is spreading throughout Austrin^Hungary, and lt is associat ed with a .demand for Immediate peace, according to dispatches re ceived in London from Swiss and Dutch sources. A general strike was dcclnred at Budapest Friday, when tho entire transport sy'atom came to a standstill, while from all parts of the dual empire strikes and /demon strations are reported. The food situation and tho ques tion of peace were tho sole subjects of discussion at tho sitting of tho budget committee-* of tho Austrian Chamber of Deputies on Friday. The Socialists, according to the ' dis patches, described the situation as extremely serious and declared that pence could not be postponed. Tho Socialist party of Austria haB published a declaration stating that the workmen will only calm down when the government can undertake that it will not allow tho negotiations nt Brest-Litovsk to break down on tho territorial question, and that the systein of food distribution will be reorganized. Prominent Russians Murdered.. Petrograd, Jan. I, Shin garoff, minister of finance in the Ke rensky cabinet, and Prof. p. p; Ko? koshine, State comptroller under Ke rensky, were murdered in their beds \at,i night in the marine hospital. M. Shingaroff and Prof. Kokoshlne wero removed recently to tho hospi tal from the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul because of illness. A dozen armed men entered, the hospital and demanded that they be shown the beds of the former ministers. Prof. Kokosthino was killod as he slept, two bullets being fired. M. Sblngaroff wakened and protested. Six ballots wer? fired into hi? body. Tho nssitBslnB then left tho hospital. (M. Shlagaroff nnd M. Kokoahine wore arrostod by the Bolshevik! last, month, notwithstanding the fact thi t thoy had been elected delogatoa '.o tho constituent nssombly and nomi nally wore Immune from arrest. They woro prominent members of tho con stitutional democratic party, which ls opposed bitterly by the Bolshovlkl as the representative of the bour geoise. ) Austrian Cabinet Resigns. Amsterdam, Jan. 22.-Tho crisis in Austria, arising from the discon tent of the people over the continua tion of tho war, the scarcity of food and a general desire for peace, has resulted lu the resignation of the Austrian cabinet. For weeks there has boon bitter opposition to tho government on the part of tho people, and during tho InBt few,days thlB has rosultod in nation-wide strikes and some dis turbances. The Internal strife In Austrln, ap- ' parontly duo chiefly to war-weari ness, thc high cost of living and the dislocation generally of economic lifo, continues to bo of absorbing in torest. Although the exact situation resulting from tho troublous times Is not given in tho extremely meager details available tho dispatches that havo crept through aro indicative of a situation that will require skilful handling by the authorities again to bring the dissatisfied populace into a state of tractlcability. Questionnaire Delinquents. 1 Local Board for Oconee County, State of South Carolina, "Walhalla, S. C., Jan. 22, 1918. To B. R. Moss, State Constable: There is hereby certified tho follow ing list of names and addresses of persons who have been duly notified to file with the Local Board the questionnaire required by tho regu lations promulgated by tho President of the United States undor authority granted by act of Congress approved May 18, 1917, and who have failed to file such questionnaire. You are required immediately to visit in per son or through deputies each person whose name appears on this list, to locate such persons if possible and bring them 'before thiB Local Board. Order No. Address. 1217 Leonard Brown, Westminster, S. C. 1243 Willie Norrlngton, Westminster, S. C. 1 202 Prank Pant, Clemson Collego, S. C. 1 27 5 Jess Maxwell, Madison, S. C. 1270 Albert Yarborough, Westminster, S. C. 1279 Octavio Peres Cu er ra, Westminster, S. C. 1287 Willie Wright, Seneca, S. C. Jan. 22, 1018. Jas. M. Moss, Member of Local Board. Some Measures Passed. Columbia, Jan. 20.-Following are some of the .measures that have been passed by tho Senate and ordered ratified: To amend an act and regulate the holding of elections for the commis sion form of government in cities of over 4,000 inhabitants and less than 20,000 inhabitants. To submit to tho voters of the State an amendment to the constitu tion by adding thereto a section to empower incorporated towns to as sess abutting property for improve ments. Relating to the writ of habeas be fore magistrates for the custody of children, Increasing tho speed limit of auto mobiles to 20 miles per hour. To amend the law relating to pen sions, BO that the pension due the curreif-. year in which a vetoran died would be paid. Striking out th? proviso in the tick eradication law. Amending Section .148 of tho code of procedure. Validating % in0,000 of highway' bonds of Chester county. Changing the days on whichjthore may be fishing in certnin creeks. - Providing the per diem of apprais ers. Ai third-reading bill has passed the Sonate and been sent to tho House requiring tho marking of satisfac tion on chattel mortgages in Oconee county and providing penalties for not so doing. Industrial Draft Proposed. Washington, Jan. 21.-A section authorizing the President to order the designation and drafting of all males between tho ages of 18 and 62 years, to be used in the conduct of industries necessary for the promo tion of the war, ls provided in a bill introduced to-day by Senator Mc Oumber and roferred to the military cdmmittee. Pershing Reports 12 Dead. Washington, Jan. 20.-Qen. Per shing to-night notified the War De partment of the deaths of 12 mem bers of the American expeditionary force in France and of one nurse, Miss Uelon Fairchild, of Watson town, Pa. AU the deaths v/or? from natural causes, and include the fol lowing Southern men, all dying of pneumonia: Prlvato Theddor? W. Farmer, engineer, Albany, Ga.; I Sorgt. Aaron Frazier, stevedore, Sel I ma, Ala,