Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, March 13, 1918, Image 1
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"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.
in
QUAR'
Our new Low !
and Women are
day. We are
pretty styles in
C. W. fe? J. E.
WALHA!
IT PAYS TO Bl
MKS. EMILY THOMPSON DEAD.
Kim Came at. Homo of Daughter, Mt?.
J. I ielu nd Marett.
Seneca; March 12.-Special: Mrs. j
C. V. McCarey went to Greenville last
Saturday to spend a few days with
her sister, Mrs. T. E. Strlbling, who !
is quite sick.
Ogilvie and Hal Todd were here
Sunday, ?both coming over from
Greenville, where Ogilvie holds a re
sponsible business position and Hal
is in training nt Camp Sevler.
Miss Dickinson? of Pendleton, ls
visiting her niece, Mrs. W. S. Hun
ter.'
Mies Lalla Ballenger returned to
her home near Richland Monday, af- j
ter spending three weeks in Columbia
with her sister, Mrs. B. Of Whitten.
Thore are many friends who will be
pleased to learn that Mrs. Whitten
has-greatly improved from her recent
serious sickness.
On last Wednesday morning,
March 6, Mrs. Emily Thompson died
at the homo of her daughter,. Mrs. J.
Leland Marett, of this place. She
had been sick only a short time, and
the news of her death came as a
great shock to her many friends here
and elsewhere. Mrs. Thompson was
a native -Georgian, but for many
years had made her home In Seneca,
whore she was much beloved by all
who knew her. She possessed many
noble traits of character, found only
in those who are devout Christians.
Hers was a life filled with gentleness
and helpfulness to others, and she
wlll.be Sorely missed by all those
with whom she came in contact.
Funeral services were held at the
home Thursday afternoon and inter
ment was niado in Mountain View
cemetery. She is survived by four
children-John and Oscar, or Atlan
ta; Mrs. Rn st, of Pittsburg, Pa., and
Mr?. J. Leland Marett, of Seneca.
Miss Macie Sltton returned to At
lanta Sunday. She was called home
some time ago on account of the ill
ness of her mother, Mrs. J. E. Sltton,
who is now greatly improved.
The little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Grant, who has been critically
ill with pneumonia; ls improving.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Kelley, of Ta
ma8see, anent Friday in town with
relatives.
Miss McDaniel spent the past week
end -In Westminster.
John Lawrence was homo recently
on a 4 8-hour furlough. He is in tho
Coast Artillery, stationed at Fort
Moultrie, S. C.
Ml LL ll
We wish to announi
March ?4tl
Nineteen Hundrc
and extend you a cordia
SPRING 8
MISS NORA
In Chi
Weatminsl
?w
rERS!
Shoes for Men
I arriving every
showing some
BAUKNIGHT,
?Y FOR CASH.
FORMING A TANK REGIMENT.
Fowl Plant to Turn Out 8ub. Killers
mid Rig Tanks.
Washington, March 10.-Col. H.
B. Ferguson, of tho Engineer Corps
of the army, is in charge of the for
mation of a special tank regiment,
which is now being organized at
Camp Meade, Md., by process of se
lection from thousands of men who
have volunteered for this service at
the cantonments throughout the
country.
Col. Ferguson is a North Carolin
ian, and belongs to a family distin
guished for "doing things^" Ile su
perintended the raising of the
wrecked battleship Maine from the
bottom of the harbor of Havana-an
exceedingly difficult engineering feat,
inasmuch as almost the entire bow of
tlxe big warship had been blown off
by the explosion which sank her.
A report comes from Detroit that
ono of the special war uses to which
tho big plant of Henry Ford is to be
put, in addition to turning out stand
ardized submarine killers at tho rate
of perhaps ono a doy, is to be the
construction of "tanks" by the whole
sale for the use of our army on the
western front.
Red Cross Ladies Thankful.
Tho ladles of Walhalla Chaptor of
the American Red Cross were very
much pleased with the financial re
sult of the dinner served by them last
week. The receipts amounted to
$87.40, almost all of which will be
clear.
We wish to thank the merchants
and others who so generously re
sponded to our appeals for assistance,
and to those who so liberally patron
ized the dinner. This is everybody's
war, and it is only by sacrifice and
co-operation that we can hope to win.
The women are to-day taking a part
(scarcely dreamed of a few years
ago) in the world's affairs, and it is
their determination and encourage
ment that will spur our boys to
greater efforts.
Let us all, men and women and lit
tle children, work together to the end
that, through our united efforts, the
cause of freedom, democracy and lib
erty may be aided, and the overthrow
of autocracy assured.
Mrs. J. A. Stock, Chairman,
Finance and Publicity Committees.
MERY!
:e our
r O.P?BNIISIG,
i and J 5th,
d and Eighteen,
1 invitation to view the
JOHNSON,
arge.
ter, S^C.
CRIMINAL COUNT CLOSED.
Only a Few Cases Were Tried After
Courier lto|>ort Wednesday.
following is a record of proceed
ings of Criminal Court last week, tak
ing Up the record from Wednesday
morning:
State vs. Sly m an Yarld-violation
of qaurt-a-month law. Pleaded guil
ty. Sentenced to serve six months
on county works or State peniten
tiary, at hard labor, or pay fine of
$1,000. On payment of $100, bal
ance of sentence to be suspended dur
ing good behavior.
State vs. Baxter Roach, Jr -as
sault and battery with intent to kill.
Guilty of assault and battery of high
and aggravated nature. Sentenced
to serve one year on public works of
county or In Stale penitentiary, at
hard labor, or pay Uno of $800.
State vs. Mrs. .Redd Church and
Miss Wallie Church-keeping bawdy
house. Guilty. Sentenced each to
serve one year In county jail or State
penitentiary, at such labor as able
to perform, or each pay One of
$1,000. That upon payment of $250
each, balance of sentence be suspend
ed during good -behavior.
State vs. Frank Fant-larceny.
Nol prossed by Solicitor. The de
fendant was convicted at a previous
term of Court, defendant giving no
tice of appeal, and right to appeal
having been granted by the trial
judge.
State vs. B. C. Rogers-swindling.
Found guilty at November term of
Court and sealed sentence left. Fail
ed to perfect appeal and present
Court ordered judgment of tho Court
enforced. ?
State vs. J. H. Butt-violation pf
dispensary law. Tried at July term
and sentenced to serve 18 months on
public works or in State penitentiary,
sentence' to run concurrently with
sentence imposed in 1916. Notice of
appeal given, but appeal not perfect
ed. Ordered that sentence of pre
vious term of Court be enforced.
State vs. J. O. Oweus. Sureties in
this case cited to appear at next term
of Court to show cause, if any they
can, why bono* of $200 should not bo
[estreated, and judgment entered
against them.
The following cases were contln
tfed till next term of Court: State
VB., J. C. McClain, disposing of prop
erty under lien; John Wilbnnks and
Louis Wllbanks, violation of dispen
sary law; Mlsh Cobb, violation of
prohibition law; Henry Blackwell,
violation of prohibition law; John
Sullivan, violation of . quart-a-month
law; Robort Gaillard, seduction.
Tho Grand .fury
made its final presentment on Tues
day afternoon and was discharged
from further service at this term.'
Thc presentment ls as follows:
To His Honor James E. Peurlfoy,
Presiding Judge:
i We horeby present to your honor,
That we have passed upon all bills of
1 indictment that were handed to us
j by the Solicitor, and have reported
! same to this Court.
1 We have appointed a committee of
three to investigate and examine the
books of all county officials, with au
thority to select an export accountant
to assist them in same, and to make
their report at the session term of
Court in November.
By committee we have examined
the county jail and find same to be
in a sanitary condition, well kept,
with all prisoners properly treated.
The last report of the grand jury rec
ommended that tho Supervisor pur
chase necessary hose to be attached
to the waterworks for the purpose of
protecting the Jail against fire, but
so far this recommendation lias not
been complied with. We again call
attention ,to this necessity, and urge
that sumo be done before tho next
Sessions Court.
We recommend that our rural con
stables exercise more dillgenco In the
future than-they have in tho past In
enforcing the automobile speed limit
law, and also, that they observe tho
desires of citizons In tho rurn.1 com
munities when called upon to do so,
to assist them In keeping down .dis
turbances'and genoral violations of
law.
Wo recommend that our Supervi
sor and tho Southern Railway Com
pany speed up the work in regard to
building a road for the residents In
the community near Madison in going
from old Madison ^ new Madison.
We find these people to be without
any road at all botween these points.
We hereby present Willis Wil
liams, colored, for bigamy. For wit
nesses to prove same wo offer the
names of the following: Isaac Wood,
Clary Williams, Valley Williams and
.1 G. Singleton.
Also, Jule Rholettor for assault
and battery with Intent to kill, with
the following witnesse to prove the
same: Mrs. Jule Rholettor, Oscar
Pitts and Oldridgo Cox.
Having passed upon all matters
that have beon brought before us for
attention, and thanking your honor
for tho courtesy extended to us, wo
bog leave to be dismissed from fur
Hier attendance upon this Court
Wi L. Thom a s, Foreman.
K. VJ. Vernor for Congress.
(Tugaloo Tribune.)
We are informed that Oconee will
in all probability hove a candidato
for representative in Congress from
the Third DistricL^as tho friends of
iou Tino mon moss.
Kolimri Campbell will L??t?rt nt the
Wnlbnllu Auditorium Widely.
By nu arrangtmoni with tho Wal
halla Chapter of the Hed Cross So
ciety, Roland Campbell, a former
Anderson county boy, but whoso
home ls now lu Chicago,, will lecture
at tho Walhalla High School audi
torium next Friday night. An ad
mission charge of 25 cents for
adults and 16 cents for children will
ho made, one-half of receipts going
to the Red Cross, half to the lecturer.
Mr. Campbell served eight months
lu- the Flench army as an ammuni
tion driver and has seen quite a hit
of hard service on the battle front.
He was wounded In service, nnd ls
homo now to recuperate. l-l ls fam
ily ls not unkonwu to many Oconce
atis, and he has close family connec
ROIiA.ND CAMPBELL.
Hons hero. Mrs. W. ju. Vernor, of J
Walhalla, ls a cousin of Mr. Camp
bell, the late Mrs. T. A. Norton,
(Mrs. Vernor's mother) and Mr,
Campbell's father being brother and
sister.
Mr. Campbell's lecture combines
tbe presentation of numerous inter
esting pictures, many taken by tho
lecturer himself and tho exhibition
of quito a nuinbor of the implements
of war now in uso in the great world
war.
Mr. Campbell conies to Walhalla
highly recommended and endorsed.
The people of Walhalla and sur
rounding communities ..should take
advantage of hearing him, and wo
bespeak for him a full house. And
remember, half tho receipts will go
to our local Red Cross Chapter.
Box Slimier at. Oak (?rove.
On Friday evening, March loth,
the Rural School Improvement Asso
ciation of Oak Grove school will give
a box supper to the young people of
the community. They are going to
sell hot coffee, chocolate and cake.
Each girl is expected to bring a box
filled with something good for her
and tho buyer to eat. The proceeds
will go to improve thc school build
ing.
We will appieciate our neighbor
L* jrlnglng boxes, too, and thank
them.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. Remember the date and
place-Oak Grove school house, Frl
uay night of this week.
Rainfall for Week.
Rainfall for weok ending March 10,
1917, at 7*1). m., is furnished us hy
H. W. Brandt, co-operative obBervor.
Tho record lollows:
Date- Inches rainfall.
March 4-Cloudy.46
March 5-Ptly cldy (fog) ....
March fi-Clear.
March 7-Clear.01
March 8-Clear.
March ?) -Cloudy.
March 10-Clear.17
Total ... : .'i4
After the rain of Saturday night
tho weather cleared, and on Sunday
tho wind blow cold from tho north
east. Early Sunday evening lt began
to feel frosty and fires were necessary
for comfort. On Monday morning
there was a light frost and thin ice.
It is thought fruit is'still safe.
Income Tax Ret oms-I>ast Chance.
There will be two Federal income
tax representativos visit Oconee to
take returns. Those two gentlemen
will bo in tho county on tho dates
named below:
Walhalla-March 14.
Westminster-March 15.
Seneca March 10.
Seo theso officers and make your
return. April 1st is tho final limit
for making returns, and this is the
la^t visit officials will make in Oco
neo.
Hon. E. E. Vernor, of Richland, are
urging him to make the race. Mr.
Vern er has not made positivo an
nouncement as yet, but there ls talk
of him making tho race.
MANY PLANKS HAID PAMS,
Quick Mut ry of French Filers Pre
vents Siica'ss ol* Attack.
Parla, March {?.- Ton or twelve
squadrons of bombing airplanes par
ticipated 1? tho German raid on Paris
Friday night, according to oftlcial in
formation. The casualties were nine
killed and 39 wounded.
One of the raiding machines was i
destroyed. An official statement says 1
an airplane of tho Gotha typo was
found in the forest of Complegne,
where lt had fallen while returning
from tho raid on the capital. The ma
chine had been demolished and its
crew of four burned to death.
Some of the raiders came by way
of the Valley of the Oise, others fol
lowed the route of the Marne, While
still others came from tho direction
of Greill.
An official account of the raid says
that t,h? alarm was sounded at 8.37
o'clock Friday evening and was pre
ceded by cannonading. French artil
lery opened Uro at 8.5-1 o'clook, pro
ducing a violent curtain of fire from
all military posts in the regions north
and northeast of Paris, which was
maintained without Interruption until
the raiders departed.
Sixty-one defensive airplanes from
the entrenchment camps of Paris
took the air. A large number of en
emy machines was repulsed by the
aerial defense and did not succeed In
reaching Paris. These machines
were forced to drop bombs in consid
erable numbers in open fields and in
the suburbs.
Although the raiders came in lar
ger numbers than on any preceding
raid, the bombs dropped in the in
habited districts were far loss num
erous.
President Polncare visited the
places where bombs had fallen and
.spoke a kindly word of encourage
ment to the people whose homos had
been destroyed.
While the raid on Paris waB in
progress French aviators near the
front, who kept in constant commu
nication with the capital, took the
air and bombarded tho airdromes
from which tho enemy machines
arose.
Janine.-' L. Dumesnll, under secre
tary of aviation, went to the principal
airdrome outside Paris when the
first alarm was sounded and remnin
I ed there throughout the raid, con
gratulating and cheering tho pilots
and observers ns they arose in the
darkness on their dangerous task.
New arrangements for sheltering
the peoplo and other precautions
worked well and tho authorities are
generally satisfied that the effects of
the raid were reduced to the lowest
degree i o- slblo.
The American Red Cross mobilized
105 men at the first warning and ten
cars sped off to points where bombs
had fallen. A number of army am
bulances from Ncuilly also were out
and Y.M.C.A. workers aided in the
rescue work.
Thirteen Were Killed.
Paris, March 10.-lt now is report
ed officially that 13 perBons were
killed and 50 wounded in Friday
night's air raid.
German Officers Killed.
Grand Headquarters of the French
Army, March 9.-The commander of
tho German airplanes, which at
tempted to terrorize Paris, Capt.
Fritz Kckutein, and three companions,
one of whom was an officer of the
Emperor's White Cuirassiers from
Potsdam, were killed when their ma
chine crashed in the Complegne for
est, lt is questionable whether the
commander ever reached Paris.
Second Raid Takes Heavy Toll.
Paris, March 12.-Thirty-four per
sons were killed and 79 others wore
injured in Paris and its suburbs ns a
result of last night's German air raid.
In addition to the bomb victims,
(if) persons wero suffcoated through
crowding in a panic into a Metropol
itan railway entrance to take ?ofugo
from the raiders. These were for tho
most part women and children.
Of the bomb victima 2 9 were killed
and 5 0 Injured in Paris and live kill
ed and 29 injured in the suburbs.
The Germans lost four airplanes in
last night's attack on Paris. Nine
squadrons took part in tho raid.
Ono raiding Gotha was brought
down in flames and fell on a spot
three miles from Chateau Thierry.
A German captain who was on board
and was taken prisoner with the
crew belongs to the third squadron
of the German seventh army.
The fog wns thick onnogh to cause
tho general belief that thcro was lit
tle chance,of an air raid. This be
lief, however, Was shattered at 9.10
o'clock when tho warning was sound
ed. Tho raid ended abortiv after
midnight.
This was the second aerial attack
on Paris of tho last few days, 13 per
sone having been killed and 50
wounded in a raid last Friday night.
French Gnus Drop German Plane.
A German airplane waa hit by
French anti-aircraft guns last night
and fell north of Soissons, the war
office reports. Three passengers, two
of thom officors, wore captured.
Soissons ls near the bend in the
battle Uno northeast of Paris. The
machino brought down thero may
have been ono of thoso taking part in
tho raid on tho French capital.
A MM H HAN HO VS SHOOT WF.LL.
I'. S. Piltro! Kel um trom No Man's
imui WM4\otit Scratch.
Wit h tho American Anny in
Prance, March 10.-A small Ameri
can patrol early Friday morning mot
an enemy patrol in No Man's Land,
near Chemin dos Damos, and fired on
the enemy. A sharp skirmish rosult
od, tho accurate firing of tho Ameri
cans causing ono enemy casualty ami
undoubtedly wounding throe others.
Tho Americans returned to their
lines without a man hoing scratched.
Tho troops on tho Lorrnino front
at the same time Buffered an extreme
ly heavy concentrated bombardment.
Northwest of Toni tho enemy ft rod
nearly a hundred gao shells into ono
of tho American battery positions in
a short space of time, but not a sin
glo tuan so far has been sont to a
hospita 1, I heir escapo hoing*- duo to
the rapidity with which gus masks
were adjusted.
American artillery blew up an en
emy ammunition dump. Tho heavy
shells dropped there resulted lu ft,
Hash followed by llames and groat
clouds of smoke. Tho American ar
tillery also shelled heavily the one
my's first and second linos.
American snipers have boen espe
cially active, one sharpshooter killing
a (?crinan who was walking on a
parapet, while other sharpshooters
were successful in hitting othor Ger
mans who showed themselves. En
emy automatic rifles wore especially
active Thursday night and early Fri
day morning, but did little damage
Americans Moro Active.
With the American Anny fir
Franco, March li.-American troops,
co-operating with the French, have*
carried out throe raids opposite tho
American sector in Lorraine. Two
of the raids wore executed slmulta
neuosly Saturday night.
The Americans swept pant tho Gor
man Hist line mid penetrated to the
enemy's second lino, GOO' yards back.
The two simultaneous raids, one
northwest and ono northeast of
(deloted), were made after Intense
artillery preparation lasting for four
hours, in which tho German positions
were leveled. ^
At midnight two forces, each one
of-(deleted), with sninll
French forera on their flanks, moved
upon Die German objectives behind
a creeping barrago, each on a front,
of GOO yards. When tho Americans
roached tho enemy first lines the
bnrrago was lifted so as to box In
tho Gentian positions nt both points.
The men dropped ir,*o the enemy's
tronches, oxpecting a hand-to-hand
fight, but tho Germans had fled. Con
tinuing the advance, they wont for
ward OOO yards to tho second Ger
man line. Al] tho time American
machine guns were firing on each
flank of the two parties to prevent
tho enemy from undertaking flanking
operations. One F rone h flanking
party found two wounded Germans
in a dugout and took them prisoners.
Tho Americans found none.
The Americans remained for 45
minutes in tho enemy lines. They
found excellent concreto dugouts,
which they blew up, and also brought
back large quantities of material and
valuable papers. While they were in
the enemy Hues Gorman artillery be
gan a vigorous countor barrage. It
was quickly silenced by American
heavy and light arUJJery, which
hurled large quantities of gas shells'
on the batteries.
Haid by Aiiiericnii.s Alone.
New York, March 12.-American
troops again have raided successfully
German positions, This time the
raid was made on the sector north
west of Toni, where tho Americans
hold a long line. Also they made
tho effort alone and penetrated tho
Gorman front lines for 500 yards
without help from their French bro
thers in arms.
After au artillery bombardment of
46 minutes and behind a barrago, tho
American raiders went Into tho on
omy lints and brought back much
material and Information. Mast of
tho Germans, apparently expecting
the raid had rotlred to the roar Unes.
There was som? haml-to-har.d fight
ing, however, with Germans who had
been loft in the dugouts, and a num
ber of these wore killed and wound
ed. The Americans returned with
out tho loss of a man, having spout
15 minutes within the enemy linea.
This was the first raid undertaken
by the Americans without tho aid of
tho Pronch.
JDlsewhoro on the westorn front
tho German raids are becoming moro
numerous and Stronger. In tho Ypres
sector, in Flandors and around Ar-*
mentiores, between Ypros and Arras,
tho Gormans have carried out strong
local efforts. At all points tho Brit
ish repulsed tho enemy with loss.
Two U, fi. Aviators Dead in Franco.
Washington, March ll.-Tho
Navy Department to-day announced
the death of A. D. Skeggs and h>B,
Havio as the result of an airplane
accident in naval aviation sorvlco lu
France. Details of tho accident aro
not given*,