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UOI/0 TASHA (HOTS HEATH Sentence in I'Ynnco tm a Traitor Sproul German Propaganda. imris. Kob. i i Kolo Pasha wa? to-j day sentenced io death. The court martial which condemned him de liberated for only I ? minutes. I)alins t'orchoro, UH accountant, who was a co-dofcndarii, was sen tenccd io three years' Imprisonment. I Filippo Cavalllnie, another co-de rendant, who is under arrest in Italy, was sentenced to death, although hr IH not within thc court's jurisdiction, j When the trial opened to-day, Al-j hort Salles, Bolo's attorney, made a lina I plea tor his client's lile. Thc . rowd in the court room listened with spell-hound attention, and with obviously greater sympathy titan had hoon shown on the earlier days of the trial, to the lawyer's Impressive speech. Spread Orman Propaganda. Paul Bolo Tasha's court-martial was otic ol' the first ol' the, so-called cases of "Intelligence with the enemy" and came up for trial liefere the third court-martial of Paris on February 1. Molo Pasha was charged willi having capitalized tho company that bought I ho Paris newspaper, Le Journal, with money obtained from the Gor mans, Polo Pasha was an instrument of Yerinan propaganda, one of the first lo find exposure in thc French in vestigations of I !M 7, and his name has come to be used as typify ing the entire system of "Holoism," by which Germany strove to break ylown the French morale and ipstill lt desire for peace by spreading tho idea thal Germany could not be beaten and that it would be well to make tile best terms possible willi her as soon as they could be ar ranged. It had been charged (hat Germany, in attempting to bribe French states men and leaders, and to influence French opinion by subsidizing news papers in France, or founding new publications to disseminate the spirit of pacifism or defeat, devoted a sum of money in the neighborhood of 10, (?00,000 marks. Polo, himself, was said to have had Hie uso of a fund of moro flinn $1,500,000 to be used in attempting to corrupt tho French press. Darius Porch?re, a co-defendant with Polo Pasha, who was sentenced to three years' Imprisonment, is a business agent who was charged with receiving correspondence relating to j the affair as an intermediary of Polo j Pasha. Filippo Cavalllnie, who was Judged by default and sentenced to death, is a former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Ile was charg ed with having introduced Polo Pa sha lo Abba 11 ililli, Hie former Khe dive of Fgypt, and willi having fa cilitated the negotiations. The liles in the case contained no less than 4,000 separate documents. ?onie of which, including the Ameri can report and the report of M. Doyen, an expert accountant, were of several hundred pages each. Hearst's Name Figured, Polo Pasha's activities were of pe culiar Interest to Americans, because it. was charged that of the funds at his disposal $1,08:1,000 was transfer red from the Deutsche Pank, in Ber lin, to France by way of New York, lt was as a result of the discovery of his' manipulation of this fund through five New York banking houses that the New York State At torney General was able to obtain In formation which was forwarded to M. Jusserand, the French ambassador at Washington, and which brought about Bolo's arrest in Paris. The name of Wm. ll. Hearst fig ured prominently in the trial. It was brought out thai Mr. Hearst had been a guest of Bolo's at a dinner in Now York. Lieut. Pr?vost, ol' the French cen sorship department, testified that ar ticles praising Wm. ll. Hearst re peatedly had been taken to Senator Humbert's paper, Le Journal, in which Polo Pasha had purchased an interest, by Chas. F. Pertelli. the head ol' the Paris bureau ol' the In ternational News Service, who ac companied Bolo io America and In troduced bini to Mr. Hearst. The lieutenant said his attention had first been called to Bob) Pasha by an eulogy of Mr. Hearst, printed in La Vlctorle, which also described Bolo Pasha's relations to thc Ameri can press. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money il PAZO OINTMKNT Inila to cure auyenne ol Itching, Wind, Weeding or Protruding Pilen in 6 to M day?. Thc Crut application gives l?ase and Kest. SOC. Kural Carriers' Association. Tho annual meeting of the Oeoneo Bural Carriers' Association will he hold at Walhalla on Friday, Febru ary 22d, li) 18. All the carriers and sub-carriers are urged to be present, as there is business of importance for each carrier to attend to; also election of officers for another year, and to arrange to entertain the State .Convention, which will meet In Oeo neo Cou h ty on .Inly Sd and Ith, or -Dh and 5th, at. Clemson College. W. M. Lemnions, President. Jt. W. Grubbs, Secretary. SUIIS. IUD IMO BUSINESS. Sank Twenty-live Ships ol' tho Allie? During tho Punt Week. London. Fol?; 14.-.Nineteen Brit ish merchantmen were sunk hy mino or submarino in tlx- past week, ac cording lo Hie admiralty statement last night. Of those 13 were vessels ot 1,000 tons or moro and six were under that tonnage.' Three fishing craft also were Blink, Tho loss ot 13 ri tish shipping in the past \voel< shows a oonsidorablo In e roa se over that of the previous week, which totaled vessels, ton of them over 1,000 tons. In tho pre ceding two weeks the losses were eight and nitrion, respectively. Four Italian Doats Sunk. Rome, Feb. I I. -Four Italian steamers of more than 1,000 tons wore sunk by mino or submarine dur ing tho week ending February 0, ac cording to an official announcement. During the week ending February 2 but one Italian steamer of less than 1,000 tons was lost. French Lout Three. Paris. Fol;, l-l-One vessel of more than 1,000 tons and ono less than that tonnage were lost in the week ended February 0. One fishing ves sel was destroyed. Third Spanish Dont Down. Madrid, Feb. M.-Tho Spanish steamer Ceferlno bas been sunk hy ! a submarine near Ferro Island, one of tho Canary group. All the mem bers of the crew were saved. They were towed by tito submarine to the port ol' La Estaca, in tho Canaries. The Ceferlno is tho third Spanish steamer sunk hy submarine in less than three weeks. The others were the Giralda and tho Sebastian. Pro tests have been made by the Spanish government against the sinking of these two vessels. The Ceferlno was a steamer of 3, 0 17 tons. She was built In England in 1800 and her home, port was Aviles. ACIDS IN STOMACH SOU ll THE FOOD AND CA USE INDIGESTION "Pane's Dijtnepsln" Fixes Sour, Gassy, Unset Stomachs in Five Minutes. You don't know what upset your stomach.which portion of the food did the damage-do you? Well, don't bother. If your stomach is in , a revolt; if sick, gassy and upset, j and what you just ate ha? fermented j innd turned sour; hoad dizzy and . 'aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested food; breath ! foul, tongue coated-just take a lit- i tie Papo's Dinpcpsin to neutralize acidity and in live minutes you won- ' der what became of the indigestion j and distress. Millions of mon and women to day know that it is needless to have dyspepsia. A little Diapcpsin occa sionally keeps the stomach sweeten ed, ami they eat their favorite foods without fear. If you stomach doesn't take caro of your liberal limit without rebel lion; if your food is a damage in stead of a help, remember the finick iest, surest and most harmless ant acid ia Pape's Diaponsin, which costs only fifty cents for a large case at drug stores, lt's truly wonderful it.stops food souring and set? things straight, so gently and easily that lt is really astonishing. Your stomach will digest your meals If you keep acids neutralized.-Adv. Wado Hampton Gibson. , W. Hampton Gibson, who died of pneumonia on February 3, 1018, was a son of .lohn W. and Handy Mason Cibson. He was born December 19, 187B. and joined the Cross Hoads Baptist church in early boyhood, re maining a member until death. He was also a faithful Sunday school worker. Ho married Miss Ada Gibson Oc tober lt!, KS08, ind four children were born lo them, all boys, two of whom died in infancy. In January, 10 10, he married Miss Truie King, and to them four chil dren were born -three boys and one girl. The children who survive are Has kell. George, Carl. Woodrow, Glenn and Norma. Mr. Gibson was a progressive far mer and bad lived near Cross Hoads since he was four years old. All that tender hands could do was done for hun. but to no avail. Wo submit to the all-wise Creator, who doeth all things well. Mr. Gibson leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn his death. A Friend. Forty Coal 1 Hui let's Indicted. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 14.-As a result of investigations by tho Fede ral grand jury here, indictments wore returned to-day against more than forty local coal operators and deal ers in East Tennessee, charging con spiracy to violate the I/ever Food Control Act. There are as many as 27 counts against some of the de fendants. ll, S. District Attorney Kennerly says thal all of the men named In the indictments will bo prosecuted under instructions from tho Department of Justice. SETTLING VOU OCONEK LANDS. Oconee Tracta io Nutlonal Reserve Cover Wido Art*?. (Greenville News, 15th.) Approximately $12,000 was paid out to the landowners of Oconee county this week by the Federal Court for pro porty condemned in connection with the establishment of tl national reserve in that section. These settlements were consummat ed during the terni of court just completed al Greenwood. The settlement for all property af fected in the new reserve of Oconee county is about completed, with only a lew minor contests awaiting judg ment. The settlements have been in process of transaction for two or three years, and the fact that the work is nearing completion is a source of much satisfaction to the olllcials. Tho largest amount paid out in tjie sums expended this week was for something over $27,000, and is one of the largest single purchases made in tho whole reserve. The price paid for tho land has ranged between $3 and $7 per acre, with very little pro perty going to the maximum. Tho Oconee National Reserve is probably the largest lu the whole Appalachian Range, and is rich in timber and natural mountain rug gedness. There ls much of the land which has probably never been touched by man and may be spoken of in thc quotation of a poet, "This is the forest primeval." Deaths in tho County. (Tugaloo Tribune, 12th.) .Mrs. Stanc.il, wife of I). Hamp Stancll, died Sunday morning. Feb ruary 10th, at ? o'clock, ai their homo In the Taber section, after a long illness ot' heart trouble. Mrs. Stancil leaves, besides her husband, several sons and daughters and grandchildren, lt is very sad for the family, as they had burled a son and brother about two months ago. We have not learned the place of Inter ment. To the family we extend our deepest sympathy. Miss Hertha Hunnicutt, daughter of C. II. Hunnicutt, died at her fa ther's home In the Return section on February 5th after a lingering illness of consumption. She was only 18 years old. She joined the Baptist church last summer. Her body was interred In Fast view cemetery, Westminster, last Thursday, in the presence of many sorrowing friends. Services were conducted at the grave by Rev. L. M. Lyda. Mrs. Marlin, wife of Art Martin, died in the Return section last Wed nesday. She was a most estimable lady. .Mrs. Martin was before mar riage a Miss LeRoy. daughter of the late Hiram A. LeRoy, who lived near the High Bridge. Many friends ex tend sympathy. Engineer Dead; Fireman Cremated* Savannah, Ha., Feb. 14.-.1. D. Rogers, of Savannah, an engineer of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, died early this morning as the result of injuries received in a wreck last night. The train upon which Rogers was engineer was en route to Jack sonville from Washington. At Rice boro lt ran Into an open switch and collided with a freight train on a siding. The body of Andrew Jackson, a negro fireman on the passenger train, has not been recovered. It is feared he was thrown Into the fire box and cremated, as he was putting coal rn the engine when the collision occur red. State of Ohio, City of Toledo,] . Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath thwt he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing "business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay tho sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every ca?e of catarrh that cannot be cured by the uso of Hall's Catarrh Medicine. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to bofore me and subscrib ed in my presence, this Oth day of December, A. D. 1 880. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal.) Notary Public, Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken Internally and acts through the 'blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Hall's Karn ll y Pills for constipa tion.-Adv. Son of Gen. March Killed. Fort Worth, Texas, Fob. 13.-Lt. Peyton C. March, Jr., son of Major Gen. March, acting chief of staff* of the United States Army, who was in jured at Hicks field late Tuesday af ternoon, died this afternoon, He fell several hundred feet and his skull was fractured. Lt. Wray and Cadet Porter, at the same field, were killed at noon to day when their plane fell. They wore engaged in gunnery practice at tho time of the accident. HUN THIRD LINK ItAIDKI). loo Prisoners Captured and Shelters and Defenses Destroyed* Paris, Feb. 13.-A big raid? was carried out to-day by thc French southwest ot' Putte Mesnil. The Ger man positions were entered up to tile third lino and many defenses and shelters were destroyed; This announcement was made by the war o (lice in its regular commu nication to-night, the text of which says: "lu the Champagne, after brief artillery preparations, we carried out a big raid in the region south of Putte Mesnil, on a front of about twelve hundred meters. Dur detach ments penetrated the Cern?an posi tion as far as tho third line,' over threw the enemy defenses and de stroyed numerous shelters. We cap tured more than 100 prisoners. "In the period from February 1st to 10th our pilots brought down 28 Cern?an airplanes, l-l of which were entirely destroyed and the other 14 seriously damaged. "Kastern Theatre, Feb. 12.-Ar tillery actions occurred at the mouth of the Struma, west of Doiran and north ol' Monastir. Allied aviators successfully bombarded Savjak, northwest of Seres, the railway be tween Strumnit/.a and Doiran and enemy encampments in the Cerna Valley." NKW FOOD PROGRAM. * _ * Monday is Wheat less. * Tuesday is Meatless. * Wednesday Is Wheatless. * Saturday is Porkless. * One Wheatless meal every day * One Meatless meal every day. * Save Sugar every day. * Save Fats every day. * C. ll. King lxises Home by Fire. (Tugaloo Tribune, 12th.) Last Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'clock the beautiful residence of Clifton II. King, of Taber, was totally destroyed by fire. The fire was of an accidental origin, it having caught on the roof, presumably from falling sparks. Mr. King is telegraph ope rator at Harbin and was on duty at the time of the fire. Only Mrs. King and her sister, Miss Margaret Free man, were at the 1 mse. They dis covered the fire on the roof when it could have easily been extinguished if help could have been escured promptly. By the time assistance was called it was too late. Only a small portion of the household goods was saved, some two or three pieces of furniture, the meat and some clothing. Mr. King estimates his loss at about $1.300. He carried in surance to the amount of $800 in the Oconee Farmers' Mutual Insur ance Association. Mr. King owns the place where Will Singleton lived before moving to Westminster. The many friends of Mr. King sympathize with him in his misfortune. It is understood he may not rebuild for the present, as his work may take him elsewhere after tho railroad changes are perfected. Daring Aerial Stunts. Paris, Feb. 14.-Sub Lieut. Raoul Lu f berry, of Wallingford, Conn., credited with destroying 18 German aeroplanes, is the first American air man to learn the newest and most dangerous air stunt, "the falling leaf." "Luff" watched several French aviators do the trick after they bad returned from Flanders, where a Canadian pilot Introduced it. In doing the "falling leaf" tho avi ator lets his machine tumble down ward exactly as a leaf drops from a tree. If combines all the other forms of aerial acrobatics, except the "nose spin." Lufberry has been decorated by King Nicholas of Montenegro with tho order of Michael the Brave.. Lieut. Wm. Shaw, of Pittsburg, and Sergt. Johnson, of St. Louis, also have been decorated by King Nicho las. Pullets .md Hens Parred. Washington, Feb. 14.--Trading in live or freshly killed hens and pul lets anywhere in the United States is forbidden in an order announced hero to-day by tho United States Food Administration. February 23 ls fixed as tho date when fresh stock must be disposed of and adds that additional stocks may not be pur chased. Hy restricting the killing of chick ens, which should bo heavy layers, the food administration hopes to in crease tho production of eggs and allow them to he put in storage at a reasonable price. The new order was issued several days ago and had been given pub licity by local food administrators before the administration announced the ruling. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, OKOVK'9 TA8TBM?SS chill TONIC.drlvcsout Malnr la, enriches thc blood, n tul bul kin tint he sys tee. AUttttOUMi l'or uduUs um! children. 60c INION GUANO CO., (WINSTON-SALEM, N. CM) HIGH-GRADE To the Farmers of Oconee: Please take notice that the Fer tilizer business heretofore conducted by Geo. A. Harrison, deceased, rep resenting the above named well-khown manufacturers, will be conducted by Baylis W. Harrison and G. W. Pitch ford. We will carry at all times full stock at the old Harrison Warehouse at Blue Ridge depot. DONT FORGET THAT THIS IS UNION GOODS. Gall, phone or write for any in formation to BAYLIS W. HARRISON, C. W. PITCHFORD, Walhalla, S. G. 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 the 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, - - Anderson, S, C. B. H. DEASON, District Agent, - - Greenville, S. C. REFERENCES: The Bank of Walhalla, - : - - Walhalla, S. C, Mr. O. C. Lylcs, ----- West Union, S. C. Slit CECIL SPRINO-RIOK DEAD. Succumbed to Heart Failure While Staying in ('nuada. Ottawa, Ont., Fob. 14.-Sir Cecil Spring Rice, former British ambas sador to Hie Knited States, died this morning nt I o'clock of heart failure at Government House. Lady Spring I Rico and .his son and daughter, An I thony and Betty, aged 11 and i>. re spectively, were with him. The diplomat pasesd away while virtually in his sleep. Sir Cecil had complained of not feeling well, and Dr. Thos. Gibson was summoned shortly after midnight, but tho pa tient expired from heart failure not long after he arrived. The diplomat had been ailing for some time, and his last public appearance while am bassador was made when ho doliver |ed an address before tho Canadian Club here on tho diplomatic side of the war. * Washington Shocked. Washington, Feb. M.-Diplomatic Washington was shocked to-day by tho nows of the sudden death in Ot tawa of Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, who retired after nearly live years' service as British ambassador to the United States last month in favor of Lord Reading. Although it had been known that Sir Cecil had desired for a long Hine to be relieved of his duties, no Inti mation was given when he left Wash ington that ho was in Ul health. However, olllclals hero pointed out that he had been under tremendous strain from tho responsibilities de volving upon him, especially during the negotiations on the oporation of the allied blockade before the United States entered thtf war. *# It was known that Sir Cecil tender ed his resignation during tho visit here of Arthur Balfour to take offect at the convenience of the foroign of ticc. His retirement was announced from London January 2. Sir Cecil, who became British am bassador hero May G, 11)13, succeed ing Ambassador James Bryce, was horn in 1859. T?VO Flying owlet* Killed. Momphis, Tonn., Fob. 12.-T. C. Rogers and P. 13. Cooley, flying cn dets, wore killed at Park Field, the army aviation camp nodr Memphis, when the machines in which they were making practico flights collided in mid-air lato to-day. Tho mon were flying at a height of about 250 feet when the accident, occurred. Rogers' home was In Prairie Grove, Ark., and Cooley was from San Jose, Cal. In leeland cod fish are dried and ground Into flour for making broad.