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??EOWEE COURIER (Established l?ia.) Published Every Wednesday Morning giibsciipUou $1 l'cr Annum, Advertising Kates Kousonnble. -By HT ECK, BHW?Alli ? SCHRODER. Communications of a personal character charged for as tdvertlse monts. Obituary notices ann tributes of respect, or not o jr 100 words, will bo printed free of charge All over that number must he paid "for at tho rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, JAM ARV 2:1, 11)18. KAHN A THUM AMERICAN. Horn In Germany, (Jreut Financier Now A mer loan io Core, Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 14. Amer icans of German birth will not per mit the blood In their veins and tho call of race, to go beyond ibo call of honor in (his war. but will show their allcgianco lo tho United States and wear as a badge of honor the abuse and sidle of thc lew in this country who love Germany better than they love America, Olio ll. Kahn. Now York banker, declared in addressing a mass meeting here last night. "ll is not enough for tis Ameri cans of German birth merely to do our Wuiy and be loyal to the United Slates,-' said Mr. Kahn. "We must Kpeilk oui. Fair-minded men will understand thal we are not merely blatantly patriotic in so speaking, but thal we are proud to let ii be known lita) tile blond in our veins cannot drown tho ouscience in our breasts; that the taint o' Germany is not in the blood, lint in the system of ruler ship. "I was born in Germany; I served in the Germany anny, i was closely connected with Gurman business in terests until lin- outbreak of tills war. i know Germany, and I know the real causes of this war. Thirty years ago---almost to the day -Ger many began laying her plans for world conquest. The true German saw Ulis war coming and fought against il, but 'lhere was no chance against the system. "Germany cannot offer the Russian mobilization as an excuse. lt was provoked by Harlin and was a men ace only to Austria. "I know ol' my personal knowl edge that (lie stage was set for it six or seven years ago, in connection willi the Agadir episode. I know (hat the pan-Germans meant to have a footing in South America and, once lhere, would have threatened and had propared plans to threaten this very country of ours. "In I i> 1 :i Austria planned to con cilier Serbia, and so informed Italy, then her ally. "The spirit which brought about this war was expressed by Neit/.sohe, a great German, who wrote, years before the war started, the follow ing: " 'You shall love peace as a means to prepare for new wars. You say that a good cause may hallow even war, lint 1 say to you that ii is a good war which hal lows every ca usu. ' "An t Vorwnerts, before the war started, declared: " 'Tile Camarilla of war lords is working with absolute, unscrupu lous means to carry out their fear ful designs to precipitate a world wa r. ' "Americans of German blood know that it u:is not the old Germany - of which we are proud- that brought about war, inn tin? German sys tem." FEV CENTS "OESTKOYS YOU ll DANDRUFF AND ST?FS FALLING HAIR 1 Save lour Hale! Make lt Thiele, Wavy mid Beautiful-Try This! | Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy I bair ls mute evidence Of a neglected scalp; of dandruff -that awful sc:-' There is nothing so destructivo to th ! hair is dandruff, lt robs the hair of Its lustre, its strength and its very j life; eventually producing a fever ishness ?nd itching of tho scalp, which if not remedied causes the b?iir roots to shrink, loosen and die -then the hair falls out fast. A little Dandorine to-night-now-any time -win surely save your hair. Get a small bottle of Knowiton'S Dnnderlne from any drug store or toilet counter, and after tho first ap plication your hair will take on that life, lustre, and luxuriance which ls so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have the appearance of abundance, an Incomparable gloss and softness; but what will jilease you most will be after Just a few wooka' uso, when you will actually see lot of fine, downy hair-new hair-growing all OYor tho scalp, ad. NATION HEAD! ALARMING i My Richard tl. 13dmonda.) Discussing tho need for Increased food production, and for greatly in creusod food conservation, Richard H. Kdmonds, editor of thc Manufac turers' Record, recently said: .This nation is heading directly toward ti possible food famine of alarming proportions, and as our suc cess in the war will depend upon food ii is vitally Important that our people should know the real situation and face the issue. "Long liefere the beginning of the Ku ropes li war there were evidences of a decrease in food production in proportion to the population. We ?ire raising less whenl than we did sixteen years ago, notwithstanding ?in increase during that time of 20, 000,000 to 25,000,000 people in our population. This year's wheat crop is 88,000,000 bushels les? than thc crop of 1001. We have about 15, .ititi,ooo loss head of sheep than we bad some fourteen or fifteen years ago. North Carolina, for instance, lins several hundred thousand iiead of sheep less thou it had as far back as 1800. We have 8 per cent loiSs hogs lhan we had only a year ago. We hiive some 7,000,000 or S.000, 000 less beef cattle than wo had some ten or twelve years ago. To a large extent the reason for this de cline in food production is due to the enormous movement of population from the country to the cities. Be-, 1 ween 1900 and 1910 city population Increased by about 12.000,000, while country population increased only 4, 000,000, and the growth since I DI 0 in city popal; lion has been even more rapid. In 1SS0 only 29. per cent of the population of this country lived In cities. Now about 50 per cont are j city il wellers. We have been, in lliis way. steadily and enormously increasing the number of food con sumers and lessening the number of food producers. Repeatedly during the Inst few years I have called at tention to tho evident outcome of 1 this trend Of population away fro lil the country to the cities, lt is one of the great economic issues in the nation's life. "My persistent advocacy for years' of good roads was largely based on j the fact that until we give to the man in the country the same ad- j vantages of good roads and ease of communicating with his neighbors, and of hauling his sturt, which the ! city dweller has in improved streets, I there will bo a continued movement of population away from tho country. If there were no other reason for good roads than this economic issue, il would be supremely Important for j individual States and for the national government to do their utmost to- ' ward the encouragement of building , good roads as tho only possible way in which to guarantee increased food production. So long as country life, hy reason of Impassable roads of sand or mud, ls less attractive, espe cially to the women and children, than the city, so long will the trend of population be away from the coun try, and there is no power on earl'., to change this condition except by making country life attractive through tho building of good roads. This is as important in war times as lu peace, for road building must go on in order to secure increased food production as well as to supplement the railroads, which have completely broken down. "But to return to tho decreasing food supply of the country. Because the total grain and food crops this year exceeded by about a billion bushels the crops of last year, wo are apt to forget that last year's crops fell short of the lf?l;> yield by nearly 1,100,000,000 bushels. This year's yield, therefore, does not near fill up the vacuum created by tho yield of liilt?. Moreover, while the country has had a large increase in corn, inuch of this cereal, mainly In the West, was seriously damaged by early frosts, and its feeding value lias therefore been greatly decreased. There was also an enormous short ago in the hay crop, amounting to about 19,000,000 lons, as compared with IP If'. The aggregate wheat and corn Crops of 191,6 and 15)17 was nearly f>00,000,000 bushels loss than the aggregate of 1914 and 19 1?">, notwithstanding the enormous in crease in consumption by reason of the war. Unfortunately there has been an effort to minimizo the seri ousness of this situation, and to ?re nlo the impression that this year's crops would insure an ample food supply, intentionally or ignorantly, I know not which, overlooking the va cuum created hy the tremendous shortage In the yields of 19 16. "Notwithstanding the seriousness of tho situation the winter wheat acreage for the present season ls only 4 per cent greater than that of last year, or a gain of 1,600.000 acres, of which more than lj)00,000 was the South's share of the* Increase To this small Increase In aeroago is added tho alarming fact that tho con [NG TOWARD FOOD FAMINE ditton as reported by the United states Department of Agriculture or December 1 was 79.3 per cent, ai compared with tho 10-yoar avorag< of 89.3 per cent. Possibly tylnd na turo, which covered the ea/th will an abundant layer of snow, with Iti protecting and fertilizing power or wheat, will come to our assistance bj Improving the wheat condition li this way, but a billion-bushel croi next year would bo far below oui actual needs and those of our allies and the allies' needs aro our need: just as much ns aro the needs of th? people of this country, indeed, lt h incumbent upon us to feed the allioi before wo feed ourselves, bocnuso foi three years they have been battling against tremendous odds, pourlnf out millions of lives and billions ll treasure, tn our behalf as well a: their own. J They have saved us from destruc tlon, and duty and even selfishnesi itself should compel us not merely t( divide tho last crumb with the allies but if nece8asry, to give the las) ern mb to them and sacrillco ourselves in ordor to save ourselves. Until th< seriousness of this situation ls full} realized by thc people of all classe! and all sections, until the import ance of sacrificing in ordor to bring about food conservation is taughi from the pulpit, is taught In everj school and proclaimed day after daj In every newspaper, we shall not fully comprehend tho danger of \ famine which wo arc facing, and which can only be prevented by th* utmost conservation. We cannot, oil hand, increase tho amount of food In the country, but we can, by extreme care, conservo that food and make it an the farther, livery spoonfuLol sugar, every pound of flour, or beef or mut lon or pork wasted, or oven unnecessarily used, ls prolonging thc war and making certain the death ot more of our soldiers than would otherwise have lo lose their lives In our defense. "Some weeks :?KO I listened to a stirring appeal by a man abundantly able to present the subject before a religious convention, showing how the conservation of (lour and meats and migar were absolutely essential to our winntg tho war. It so hap pened that two ministers w.ho-'sat within a few feet of tho speaker sat beside me at a dinner shortly there after, Indeed, one of them that very night. Tho latter, though he had heard tho appeal for saving sugar, emptied spoonful after spoonful of sugar Into his coffee until there was more undissolved sugar left In his cu j) than the coffee could possibly take up. The other put into one small cup of coffee three big lumps of sugar, emptied that cup, and put Into one-half a cup two large lumps. These men thought they had been Impressed with the presentation of the need of conservation, but, as a matter of fact, it had not touched their souls, it had not reached their conscience, and they are typical of a very large proportion of our people. I cr." speak from experience when I say that no matter how much sugar ono may have loved to have In his coffee, he can absolutely cut out the use of sugar and soon become accus tomed to drinking his coffee without a particle of sugar. The saine ls true of many other things which we have boen accustomed to Indulge In. We cnn lessen tht use of flour broad by the means of substitutes, no matter how much we may have loved flour bread. Wo can cut out to a largo ex tent the use of beef, mutton, lamb and pork products of all kinds, no matter bow much we love to indulge in these .things. Tho question ls morely whether we propose with our teeth to dig the graves of our sol diers, whether wo proposo to lot our appetites control ns to our individual damnation, and the damnation of thc country, by Germany's success, or whether In a spirit of self-sacrifice, and of self-control wo aro going to do our very utmost to lessen tho con sumption and the wasto of food, knowing well that food will settle tho destiny of our soldiers, our nation and civilization." BOSCH RE'S GERMAN SYRUP will quiet'your cough, soothe the In flammation or a sore throat and lungs, stop irritation in the bronchial tubes, insuring a good night's rest, free from coughing and with easy expectoration In the morning. Made and sold In America for 52 years. A wonderful prescription, assisting nature In building up your general health and throwing off tho disoase. Especially useful in lung trouble, asthma, cronin bronchitis, otc. For sale hy Pell's Drug Store lu 30 and 90-cent bottles..Adv. Three Officers Dead of Meningitis. Alexandria, Lu., Ian. JG.-Capt. jacob stein, of Bessemer, Ala.; Capt. Otis Hopkins and First Lieut. D. W. Heall, of Mississippi, died to-day of meningitis, according to an announce ment mado at tho base hospital at Camp Beauregard to-night. fi -... C. OT. LOV1* /^^f^Vi^/rif*- KANSAS CIV ? ? Af *U FACTURAIS OF " 1 QgSl? A?? TANKACe Fl HOME 6FF*ICE BRANCH orFic ATLANTA ^omaoM Why Morris Bra Are Best Our SUPREME and PACKING HOUSE ammoniated 100% with the highest grades of Packin?? HouselTankage and Blood, are not leachi sive rains like ordinary lertilizers. Their ammoni soluble, insure constant feeding of the plant till li preventing shedding and promoting vigorous, hea Tankage in them is rich in potash and also libera the soil, thus supplying the potash requirements crops without extra cost?' Read what our custom? in our Year Book. We use the same grade of Tankage and BU BOND BRANDS which insures their high qu uous service. FOR SALE BY j. G. BREAZEAL: Westminster, S. C. HHIIIII Are Your Business Affairs Secure? Have you provided for the members of your own household-not their present needs only, but for their needs in the future, when they may not have you to depend on ? Have you things so fixed that in your absence there would be without question a certain and sufficient income to provide them with thc comforts of life ? If you have not, you will find on investigation that among the numers policy forms of The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company there is at least one within your reach that will exactly suit your case. You can make no mistake in allowing us to explain these liberal policies in detail. J. .W. DICKSON, State Agent, - B. H. DEASON, District Agent, - Anderson, S. C. Greenville, S. C. REFERENCES: The Bank of Walhalla? - - - - Walhalla, S. C. 'Mr. O. C. Lylcs, - - - - West Union, S. C. When the Skin Seems Ablaze With Itching and Burning There's just one thing to do. If your skin seems ablaze with the fiery burning and itching of Eczema, real and lasting relief can only come from treatment that goes below the surface-that reaches down to the very source of the trouble. So called skin-discascs come from a dis ordered condition of the blood, and thc proper treatment is through thc blood. Search far and near, and you can not find a blood remedy that ap proaches S. S. S. for real efficiency. It has been on the market for fifty years, during which time it has been giving uniform satisfaction for all manner of blood disorders. If you want prompt and lasting relief, you c.an^ rely upon S. S. S. For expert advice as to thc treatment of your own individual case, write to-day to Chief Medical Adviser, Swift Specific Co., Dept. C Atlanta.. Ga. Avoid Dangerous Brags Don't dose yourself Will. ,.i:;onou3 ??ng? that dcr.troy tho delicate lining I of the stomach and tho Intestinal tract, when you caa nUmiuato your j Hut'K'sh liver by usinj: Grn v?>*\' Liver j Regulator. Thia standard medicino ? contains ,no poisonous calomel. It j contains no Injurious alcohol. It does not cause unpleasant arter effects. A doso or so will roon i'elievc sick hoad . riche, Indigestion, constipation, de presi?n, languor and all ot ncr ail ments caused by :\ torpid liver. Cran ker Liver Regulator ts composed en tirely of polectcd roots, barks and herb's of special medicinal vallie. It may bo freely taken by any member of tba family. Just try a few doses, and seo for yourself what a splendid medicino this ia and how thoroly it cleanses tho system of impurities. Trice, 26c a box. Sold by all druggists, Demand Granger Liver Regulator and accept no substitute. _._AL..,. I'opo?" Found GltfUy, Aunt her Aviator Killed. Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 17.-Ca det I), ll, Hogers, of the Canada Royal Flying Corps, was killed when hi* uer?phno fell 1,000 feet to-day. Atlanta, Cn., .lan. 16.-Dlmiter Popoff, a Bulgarian, was found guilty of murder in the first degree "with out capital punishment" by a Jury in Federal Court here to-day, and given a life sentence lu tho Atlanta Fede ral prison for the killing there on December 27th or Dr. .las. H. Brock, deputy warden. The prisoner, who is serving a live-year sentence for counterfeiting, killed Dr. Brock with an Iron bar. Ile testified he commit ted the net because ho was | being "porescuted" and that "guards at the prison wore prejudiced against him because ho was a Bulgarian." Now for Junior R. O. DrlveT Washington, Jan? 17.-A call to tho school teachers of the country to aid In a campaign to bo conducted from February 12 to 22 to increase the junior membership of tho Rod ('ross was Issued hore to-day by Mrs. Mary C. Bradford, pr?sident of tho Nhtlonal Educational Association. Y ?> O.OMAHA ?KlA?OWA cn Y ??mm BRANDS being genuino old time id away by cxces ates, bein? slowly ito maturity, thus lthy growth. The tes idle potash in \ of ovdinary field irs say about them jod ia our GOLD lality and contin E, i I Ok m BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY. # Retwoen Helton mid Walhalla. Time Table No. 2J~Km-e.live Deo. 0,1017. STATIONS & . ll EAST-HOUND A.M. Lv Wallialla.7 2? " West Union ... .7 25 " Seneca. .... .7 -16 M Jordania...7 18 " Adams' Ciosslng.8 05 M Ohorry'sCrobs'g.S 08 rondloton ....8 20 ".Autan. . 8 28 " Sandy Springs.. .8 3t '? Denver.8 86 " Weat Anderson. .8 ?l '? Anderson, P.Dop.O 00 Andorson, F.Dop.O 01 " Erskine's Siding 0 18 Ar Urli<m..9 80 No. of Train. 12 il x a l P.M. 3 22 3 27 3 47 3 SO 4 07 4 10 \ 22 430 4 33 438 4 03 0 02 0 03 5 20 0 32 10 M ?? >' I? (J * *i3 tm fd li A.M. P.M. A.M. 11 20 C 00 .... 11 25 12(0 12 08 12 20 12 28 0 05 SO 733 760 763 12 42 ' 8 00 12 00 8 13 12 53 816 12 0? 8 22 1 l l 8 37 1 20 8 43 24 STATIONS il ii r 1 II G WEST-BOUND P.M. A.M. I.v Holton .0 00 1130 " Erskine's Siding.6 02 11 47 " An'dersoli, F.Dep.6 10 12 0-1 Anderson,F.Dop.6 20 12 05 .' West Anderson . .6 27 12 12 M Denver.641 12 26 <. Sandy Springs. ..6 46 123J ".Antun.6 4? 12 34 "^Pendleton. 6 67 12 42 Cherry's Cross'g.7-08 12 03 " Adams'Crossing.7 ll 12 66 " Jordania.7 ?7 1 12 .? Sencea.7 30 1 15 " West Union.7 00 1 35 Ar Walhalla ........8 00 1 40 No. of Train . ll 9 A.M. P.M. 0 10 2 80 916 241 0 31 2 56 0 37 3 02 9 40 8 05 0 48 313 9 09 3 24 1002 3 27 10 19 814 10 35 4 25 11 00 4 00 11 10 500 20 26 0 30 .5 34 0t8 6 02 618, 6 3<> 634 6-12 7 02 720 7 21 7 40 766 8 ii ?S<h SW A.M. 825 8 3T 856 0 30 9 88 9 0S ld 16 V 10 10 22 10 38 10 42 11 06 11 Ki 12 99 12 33 Train No. 0. Mixed Daily except Sunday, (not scheduled ahovo) louves Walhalla at 1.25 p. m.; West Union at 1.35 and arrives Seneca nt 2 p. m. Train lies over at Soneea until following day and runs from Soneea to liol'on as No. 8. Flap; Stations: Andorson Freight Dopot,Wft.E Andorson, Drover, Sandy Springs, Antun, Cher* ry's Crossing, Adams' Crossing, Jordania. Steam trains will stop on flag at Woloh,Tox away, Phlnney's, Janees. J. It. ANDERSON, Supt. MAKE YOUR TAX RETURNS. A mliior's (Xiico, Oconco County, S.O. The Auditor's ofllce will be open to receive returns of real and per sonal property for taxation from tho 1st day of January, 1918, to the 20th, day of February, inclusive. The real estate-lots and build ings-are to be assessed this year. T?x-payers will bo careful to Hst oxactly the number of acros, number of lots and number of buildings on their returns, as the assessment made lle w will stand for tho next four years. Tho Township Assossors are re quired by law to list for all those who fail to make their own returns with in the time required by law. Heneo the difficulty of delinquents escaping the ??0 per cent, penalty, as well as the frequency of errors resulting from this practice. Ry all means make your own returns and thoroby savo expense and confusion. All able-bodied men 21 to CO years of nco are taxable polls. Please . don't neglect returning your dogs. For the convenience of tax-payers the Auditor, or his deputies, will re-. ce|ve returns at tho following times and places: Jan. 17-Cherry's Crossing. 10.a. m. to 12 m.; Clemson College, 1 to 3 p. m. Jan 24-Tamasseo. Jan. 2")-Mountain Rest. Jan. 20-Whetstone. Jan. 2R-Long Crook. Jan. 20-30-Westminster. Jan. 31 and Fob. 1-Senoc?. Fch.%2-Madison. Feb. 4-Tugaloo Aeadomy. Returns will he tnkon at all piares from 10 o'clock In tho morning until 3 o'clock in the afternoon,- unloss othorwiso noted. D. A. SMITH, Auditor Oconeo County, 3. C. Jan. 2t 1018.