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KEOWEE COURIER (Established ?HID.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription *1 Tor Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. - Hy 8TECK, SUI LOK Sc SCHRODER. CommunU ations of a personal character charged for as advortlse ooents. Obituary notices uno tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will foo printed free of charge. All over that number must l>e patd for at th' rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. HA I-MALKA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, APRIL :?, HMM. Buy Them And Help Win The War FOR SALE EVERYWHERE OCONEE MOURNS GOOD CITIZEN. in the death ol Henry [?\ Alexan der, of Seneca, which occurred at his home there last Saturday night, Oeo ?ieo bas losl one ol' ber best and ablest citizens. Mr. Alexander was i man of great ability, high Integri ty, an bumble Christian gentleman, and in years past had served his country well and faithfully both in war and pean-. He was a Confede rate veteran, having served valiantly in the Civil War, and in civil life had aorvod thu people ol Coonee with 'ability and honor in thc capacity of County Treasurer. Ho was a man ?of far more than ordinary ability, and his lon? life was on? of useful ness. Ile was well known in every part of Oconeo, and was honored for his wort li as citizen and man hy all who know him. The Courier joins with bouts of others in Oconeo in extending to the bereaved ones sympathy in their great loss. MORE LIBERTY BONDS. Next Saturday, April (?th. will he the anniversary of tho entrance of the United States Into the world-war on the side of the free nations of the earth against the autocratic, one man powers of the Central Empires - a defensive war of democracy against oppression, selfishness, des potism, lt takes money as well as men to light. Our soldiers have gone to tho front in Europo gladly, enthu siastically, and we have every evi dence that they will perform woll their par! in the great struggle against tho common foe-"Tho Boast." the personal representative i .;>f Hell on earth, tho Emperor of ? Germany-and the hordes that fol- I .ow him and do his hellish bidding. ? lt is titting, therefore, that the i third Liberty Loan of the American i .(?opie should be launched on the anniversary of our entrance Into the war. lt is also peculiarly titting that ? /.our government calls for responses ? to this loan from ovary quarter of I ?our country from the man of small I means who can buy but small bonds I itt? well as from the mort? wealthy ones who can put their thousands, oven millions. Into it. What is espe cially desired, however, is that every I one shall have- and shall do-bis i part. These Liberty Loans represent i the unification ol tho American peo- i ole in their efforts to support the ? men in arms, who have gone into service from every walk of lifo. They have gone to do tho actual fighting; i it ls our place to furnish them wit h I an unlimited supply of the "sinews of i ".var." When tho call comes next Saturday lo you lo buy a Liberty i Bond of the I hird issue, do your host, stretch n point if necossary, but under no circauvdnuens turn down this opportunity to serv? your coun try with your means. Oconeo has always responded no bly to every call, and wo feel sure that there will bc no slackening of tho pace that has been set when tho opportunity to subscribe for more bonds is offered next Saturday at ino opening of tho sale of the third isKtte. Tl"! .'ol lo wi nu paragraphs from the pen of Richard li. lOdmonds, editor of tho Manufacturers' Record, give ?so sound a reason why we should rnlly to the cause of our government and tito other civilized, decent nations of the earth and support with our moans every effort to prosecute tho war Vi a successful and early conclu sion, that we reproduce them heroin Uiou of, and as bettor than, anything i that wo might say. Road carefully and thoughtfully, and then make up your mind to go Into tho Third Lib erty Loan with all your heart and to the limit of your financial ability. Mr. Edmonds very aptly and forcefully remarks: "If Germany had waged Its war w'thoul barbarism; if every soldier in Its armies lind been a decent man; if there had been no out . aging, no murder, no destruction of homes or of churches and cathedrals, Germany would still deserve the utmost pun ishment that could be indicted by civilization upon any country because of this unholy war for its own male rial advancement. "Hut tho world has been engulfed by awful woe; millions and millions have died ?iud other millions have boon maimed for life; hundreds of millions have suffered in the agony of seeing their loved ones forced hy Germany Into this awful war to save the world from German domination and damnation. Women and chil dren have been outraged, the chivalry of the high seas has been supplanted by the foulest campaign of Holl-de vlsed murder of Innocent non-com batants that even the devil himself, as expressed through Germany, could devise; the very existence of all civilization has been threatened, and if Germany woro to succeed, the whole world would sink back Into the dark ages of atheism and barba rism. "Wo are face lo face with all of these terrible realities and all the fearful possibilities the very thought of which staggers mankind. "And all ol* this has been brought about wholly by this "Made-ln-Ger many" war, started by Germany for the solo purpose of forcing Germany's domination and damnation over other countries. "These aro the facts which our people should fully understand, und then they will slowly come into a reall/atiou ol' Germany's crime, sur passing all the crimes combined of all nations from the very beginning of time. Then they will realize that this "Mado-in-Gormany" war is in deed a "Made-ln-Hell" war and is a light to the death." Our boys are in France helping to light the battles for freedom of the nations. Surely we who are not lighting should do nothing less than utilize our utmost efforts to put Into thc hands of the government the funds to feed and clothe tho boys, to build more ships to carry other sol diers across the water and to supply ample munitions with which to pun ish tho tools and vassals of that devil incarnate, the Emperor of Ger many, and his hosts of Christ-hating and Christian-persecuting accom plices, tho Turks. Wc Americans are on the eve of another Liberty Mond issue. What, will we do. What will I do? What will you do? tl pon the answer to these questions hangs the fate of na tions- -of our own nation as well as the nations of other free peoples. Liberal and general response means success; inactivity and lethargy, mean utter failure-national failure, world enslavement to tho Devil, through his vicegerent on earth, Wil liam, Emperor of Germany! AN INSPIRING SIGHT. We wish that every citizen of Oco neo could have been in Greenville last Thursday to witness the review of troops from Camp Sevier. While tho 18,'t00 soldiers marched down tho street, the crowds on the side walks and at places of vantage were ?lotted everywhere with khaki-clad 3oldlors from tho camp. Tho fact that over 18,000 men were In line ;\nd marching seemed to diminish not one whit the throngs of soldiers sff duty for tho great occasion. This parado took place in the In terest of the Liberty Loan drive for Greenville. It was an Inspiring iight, and after the parade was over [here was additional inspiration in the sight of French officers and Brit ish officers mixing and mingling with those of Uncle Sam's forces. These friends from across thc seas are here In our country to give Instruc tion, from practical first-hand knowl edge of the game of war ns it is be ing fought in Europe to-day. to the forces in training for Uncle Sam's part in the titanic struggle. There w?)8 a good crowd from Wal halla present to witness tho troop review and to hear the speeches made ity prominent speakers from a dist ance. Unfortunately a heavy down pour of rain that continued practi cally the balance of the evening came up just as the parade of troops had passed through the center of town, dispersing the large crowds and pre venting the speaking at the time ap pointed. The sight of the troops that Uncle Sam is training for tho great battles in Europe was inspiring. These troops contain mighty tine fighting material, and we would be willing to stake n good deal on the proposition that they will account for a full day's work fer every day they are finally thrown Into the thick of the fighting "over there." To a novice in mili tary affairs their equipment seemed perfect, and they are certainly a body ot men "physically tit." While we saw but a moro handful of the men wo are depending on, we have a feeling of absoluto certainty that they and their comrades now in France and yet to follow aro the onos whoso woight will win the war. It Is up to the privat?) citizens at home to seo to lt that these mon have every need supplied promptly and fully. Wo can surely risk our dol lars when these thousands and thou sands will throw thoir lives into the balances on the side of freedom and democracy. TH K QUESTION OF l-OOH. (Tho conservation of food ls one of tho many ways ill which every cltizon of thu United Slates can to-duy assist tho government in winning the wari Rvery pound of foodstuff saved or produced counts Just that much to ward sustaining the .soldiers In Eu rope-those of our own country as well as those of tho Allied nations and of our own civil population. Those who think that tho can for production and conservation of food ls a false alarm have in store for them a rude awakening in the not far distant future. (Produce all you can save all you can; waste nothing This should be the watchword of every citizen} who has the welfare of our country and perpetuity of national freedom really and truly at heart. There is a lot of waste in food in our country to-day - -waste where the fact of waste is not realized. (?ur clubs and social gatherings at which food, even though in small quantities, ls served morely for the sake of show, of gratifying ono's appetite for unnecessary food between regular necessary meals, are wasting food every time refreshments that contain products necessary to the making of sustaining food uro served?) This is one of the worst forms of waste -a form that, in tho course of a year, taking our whole country into ac count, will take from the soldiers fighting for freedom thousands of barrels of Hour. \Wo are too prone to consider ourselves only in our indi vidual capacity, overlooking the real fact that each of us ls one ol' one hundred and len millions of people!) We lose sight of this collective fea ture, too, when we consider the buy ing of Thrift Stamps and War Sav ings Stamps. This is a small thing when considered individually. Yet if we could know that, every time we invest a quarter in a Thrift Stamp or four dollars and a few cents in a War Saving Stamp, millions of others were doing the same thing, what a great thing it would be! Let us con sider ourselves each as one of mil lions, ami not as only an individual. We have the Incentive to save freedom, liberty, the welfare of our soldiers. Let us think in millions, multiplying our individual efforts in our thoughts,, catching therefrom the Inspiration born of immensity. When we save or conserve a pound of flour, let us not think simply of tho one pound of flour saved, but of the millions of pounds that aro being saved if all tho others who can do .so are also saving. Clf wo determine to produce this year a hundred bushels more of corn, or double our production of potatoes, of beans, or of other things that can be stored for use next winter during the non-productive seasons, we should think of our Increased produc tion as multiplied by thousands upon thousands); and not as simply the ad dition of a few bushels of something to tho diminishing atoro, (?he man who this year increases his cotton acreage and reduces the acreage for food products ls not only deceiving himself, but he is tlirting with misfortune and courting disas ter, while none the less trifling with his country's welfare and the needs of his fellow-men.N There ls no one in the United States to-day whose position is so obscure or whose sphere is so pre scribed that he or she cannot do something for our country. . An im portant part of our work is that, each do his part and help lo impress oth ers with the absolute necessity of co-operating In the great, work of producing and conser vlng,*} and in supporting the government in the time of war by buying Thrift Stamps. War Savings Stamps and Liberty Hoods hs they are offered and to tho extent of our ability?} There is work for every ono to do. Ivot each of us see to it that our work is done-that it is done well and willingly and promptly. The liberal use of Irish potatoes ls advised by the State Food Adminis tration in tho effort to conserve wheat. Potatoes can bo used In many ways as a substitute for wheat products, thc food value of the pota to being such as to accommodate it self readily as a substitute for a por tion of tho wheat or Hour ration. At such places as there may be a potato shortage dealers aro advised that they should communicate with tho Stato food authorities, who will put them in touch with supplies of pota toes to meet present local needs. In all matters or problems arising from the food situation lt. will bo well to take up the questions promptly with tho Stato Food Administration. Au gust Kohn, of Columbia, is chairman of the conservation work in this State, and wtll give any Information ut his command, upon request. A PERTINENT QUESTION? IN Your Automobile an Ally of the Sunday Schools? if so, why not speed away to Green wood and represent your county In tho great Sunday School Convention there on the 1st. 2d and 3d days of May? Take your pastor with you. Kill up your car with some of tho host workers In your Sunday school. Write Prof. lt. 1). Webb, General Secretary, 711 Chapman Building, Spartanburg. S. C., and ask him for one of his maps that show seven au tomobile roads to Greenwood. Prof. Webb is asking thousands of workers these questions: Do you know that All Sunday school workers are In vited to attend? An unparalleled three-day pro gram of education, fellowship and inspiration ls being prepared? Among tho speakers already se cured aro Marion Lawrence Chi cago: Dr. Wm. E. Chalmers, Phila delphia; Dr. Geo. B, Stuart, Birm ingham; General Secretary Leon C. Palmor, of Alabama; Miss Susie Ju den, New Orleans; Mrs. E. C. Cronk, Columbia? Prof. E. O. Excel and his accom I paillst, A. W. Hoper, will have charge ?of tho convention music? j Hundreds of delegates are going j to Greenwood tn automobiles? I All delegates will pay a registra 1 tion fee of $1, and board nt a reason able rate? j At least H!>it aro sure to attend, and that lt will pay you to make it j 1,00 0 ? I If (?reenwood seems too far away. I till up your car with good workers, and attend one of the county district j meetings on the afternoon of Sunday, April 14th, at Walhalla, Westmin : 8ter, Seneca. There will be some new speakers at these meetings. Fraternally, Wm. S. Morrison, State Fx. Committeeman, Oro ncc Co. I Clemson College. April I, I SUS. How's This ? ' We offer one hundred dollars re ? ward for any case of catarrh that can- : .not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Modi-I cine. ) I Hall's Catarrh Medicine lins been taken hy catarrh sufferers for the! past thirty-live years, and has be- I ?come known as the most reliable: ?remedy for catarrh. Hall's Catarrh ? ! Medicine acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces, expelling the poison from the blood and healing the j diseased nortions. j After > ,u have taken Hall's Ca-! tarrh Medicine for a short time you ?will see a great improvement In your ?general health. Start taking Hall's , Catarrh Medicine at once and gel rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, , free. F. J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. | Sold by all druggists, 7f?e.-Adv. j A Patriotic Preacher. Rev. W. T. Belvia, who has served for several years as pastor of the Walhalla Circuit of the Methodist denomination, has resigned as pastor of the group of churches comprising the circuit, and his resignation has been reluctantly accepted by his churches. j Rev. Mr. Belvin was, before his j conversion and entry into the minis try, a boilermaker by trade. Some time ago, when tho government ap pealed to the skilled laborers of the country to volunteer their services to the government, Mr. Belvin enlisted, requesting that his services be not required until after bis present con ference appoiut had been rounded out. It was thought, that this would be accomplished, but the government is badly in need of skilled men of his occupation, and a few days ago Rev. Belvin received notice to appear for 1 work. He has already gone and for the present will be stationed at Tampa, Fla., where his services will be utilized in war work of some kind. The members of tho churches com prising the Walhalla Circuit give him up with no little reluctance. Ile has done a good work during the several years he has served the charges. The prayers and good wishes of the peo ple of this section will accompany him wherever he may be sent to per form service for tho government. Seneca Local News. Seneca. April 2.-- Special: J. E. Harper has bought the stock of goods formerly owned by W. S. Hunter and will conduct business in both rooms, which are adjoining. The executive committee of the Red Cross chapter is requested to meet Saturday at IO o'clock a. m. in tho Red Cross rooms. lt is encouraging to note tho inter est manifested In Bed Cross work hy the Colored Institute, two of the stu dents coining over every Monday to sweep and clean the hall, thereby do ing their bit for ibis great and neces sary work. Dr. J. li. Heller has bought tho house ho occupies from Mrs. J. C. Cary. The one on tho next lot, occu pied hy Frank Alexander, was bought some weeks ago by B. R. Lawrence. Miss Lillian Holland's friends aro according her a hearty wolcomo on hor return to Seneca from a stay of many months In Schenectady, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Carson are entertaining a young man at tho home of the grandmother, Mrs. W. S. Hunter. What About Your Home Conveniences? Did you ever think of the small cost of a Little Home Water Works and the lasting convenience and comfort derived from same? We have in stock Pumps of all kinds, Gasoline Engines, Piping, etc. in fact, I most everything that would be needed for this outfit. Now that labor is scarce and time is precious to you-or should be would it not bc a good investment for you to figure on this? Ballen ger Hdw. ?? Furn. Co., Seneca, S. C. (UNDERTAKERS.) ? HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS. Complete Stock of --, it\ GENERAL MERCHANDISE Buggies = Wagons Harness. SASH DOORS PAINTS w. p. Nimmons, Seneca NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All pomona Indebted to the Es tate of W. T. MAXWELL, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persona, having claims against eald estate will present the same, duly at tested, within the time prescribed by law or be barred. OEORGE SEABORN, Executor of the Estate of W. T. Maxwell, deceased. March 20, 1018. 12-15 NOTICE OP FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconeo County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on FRIDAY, the 10th day of APRIL, 1918. at ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo heard, for leave to make final settlement of the estate of W. T. Maxwell, deceased, and obtain llnal discharge as Execu tor of said estate. G FORGE SEABORN, Executor of the Estate of W. T. Maxwell, deceased. March 20,_1918._12-15_ WE PAY GASH For Hides of nil kinds, mid wo ALWAYS gtvo tho HIGHEST market price. WE AliSO BUY FURS. Fulls ure bringing a good price nt this time, and it will pay you to send nil Furs ut once. Wo also buy Beeswax, Tallow, Wool, Rags, Brass, Copper, Alumi num, Auto Tires, Inner Tubes, Scrap Rubber, Hemp Iron, and In fact any thing in tho junk line. We also loan money on Improved Farms nt a low rate of interest. Tornm to suit borrower. Gilli and ?co us or write. TOCCO? Hide & Junk Co. TOCCOA, GEORGIA, Eye Sufferers Who Need Glasses! Railroad fare paid one way to our Oconee County Patients Who Purchase Glasses. Eyoa examined by specialists and glnsses made while you wait. Kodak Films Developed by Experts. The Globe Optical Company, A. A. Odom, A. II. Schade, President. Sec'y & Treas. Consulting Optometrists, Masonic Temple, Greenville, S. C. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of W. H. GIBSON, deceased, are hereby notified to make pay ment to the undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said es tate will present the same, duly at tested, within the tinto prescribed by law or be barred. . (MRS.) TRUIE V. GIBSON, . Kaftcutrlx of tho Estate of W. H. Gib son, deceased. '?-March 13, 1918. 11-14 ~ NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All persons indebted to the Eetato of MRS. L. E. CAIN, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to tho undersigned,*and all persons having claims against said Estate will prosont tho same, duly attested, within the timo prescribed by law or be barred. C. A. MOOTIK, Exocutor of tho Estate of Mrs, L. H. Cain, deceased, March 20, 1918. 1H5