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KEG WEE COURIER (Established i H m.) Published livery Wednesday Morning I firalwcrlptiuu $t Tor Annum. Advertising Kates Reasonable. -My STECK, SIMILOR Ai SCHRODER. Communications of i\ personal character charged for aa advertise- ; merits. Obituary notices ano tributes of respect, of not over loo words, will tx> printed free of charge. All over that number must he paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to Accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, H. C.: WEDNESDAY, APRIL J7, 1018. ms IMfED Wt TM? VHITED STATU ?OVERNM?MT Buy Them And Help Win The War FOR ?ALE EVERYWHERE TH Kl FT HITS. War Savings Stamps pay yon I por . ?..ut interest, compounded quarterly, ami ?vie easily converted into cash If yon ticed it. ll you want to succeed, save and buj War Savings Stamps. A |ieiiny saved is a penny gained. Kuy Thrift Slumps. Save and have. Stores, post offices ?nd banks sell Thrift Stamps. ' Waste not. want not." Buy a Wai Savings Stamn nvpry '.YOuk. OCOXF.K A NH WAK SAVINGS. I'll to the present time the Wal halla post oltice has sold U 2 :t of the $5 War Savings Stamps and 1,460 of the li.'.e. Thrift Stamps. (."or i he period ending April tit li tho total amount derived from the sales of these, stamps at Walhalla and oilier points in the county ls as l ol lows: Walhalla.$1,307.50 Westminster. 3,191.50 Seneca . 1,321.75 West Union . 322.75 Richland. 94.60 Newry. f}3.76 Madison . 7.00 Salem . S.76 The Mountain Rest post otllco has made a good start on War Savings Stamp sales, hut we are unable to got the number of stamps sold. I,I BERTV IIONO SALE Indications aro that I !. Bond subscriptions i nu locally at a very . II V lng have the repo' < in Walhalla for sn ,u thc closing oi h i?di ' . i yester day) . The ?ui ll ala was appor tioned Cte sun ;.<6,500. ind sub scription. ii? this bank totaled $46,800 ,.>00 in excess of allot ment. Tho Enterprise Bank's allotment is $15,300, and through this bank $t0,300 of bonds have been sub scribed. The number of subscribers shows ns follows: Through the Bank ot Walhalla, 138; through the Enter prise Bank, 74. This shows a total of L>10 subscriptions at the two banks. Indications aro that the apportion ment for the Walhalla District in the 'loan drive will be met. with a good margin oversubscribed. Cut there should lie no let-up in subscribing for the bonds. The moro bonds taken up, the stronger the force ol* the bonds, the greater the effect at linnie and abroad. "Buy a Liberty Bond to-day!" PLENTY-WHY SAVE ? 1 We are asked the question why wc are . continually harping on tho mat ter of sir inn ... lu n we hnvo plenty?" The question seems so utterly foolish that we hesitate to reidy, yet If there are tho?0 who cannot see either tho necessity or wisdom of saving it may be well to call an eui ion more specifi cally te certain points in the saving bf food. Take, for instance, a point lo which we hut recently drew attention the abolition of .serving refreshments nt ?dub me llings and social gatherings. Take an organization of, say. twenty members. Suppose sandwiches are served. Tho government urges with jill Hi powers the saving of wheat products. We will suppose that for tho twenty guests or members there would bc forty sandwiches served - two for each guest. We will suppose that a loaf of bread will cut twenty four slk.es; two slices to a sandwich, tv/o sandwiches to a person. Wo seo, then, that it will take three and a third loaves of bread to servo tho moP'boi ?--and that moans Just that much bvo.ul absolutely wasted, for tho occasion is "extra," roduces not ono whit tho consumption of food ut, the breakfast, dinner or supper tables of those partaking ot tho lunch. ** A email matter-too small and In significant to be considered In tho groat big. immensely rich United States! Let us see: There aro cer tainly, in these great big and Im mensely rich United States not less than ten thousand such organizations or clubs as those to which we refer, and which serve refreshments, and wo will say that their meetings will av erage certainly every other weok twenty-six gatherings a year each. Ten thousand organizations and twenty-six meetings, multiplying, i g I voa II s the general total of 260,- ? OOO meetings or gatherings In the course Of a year. Then we will mul tiply this by tho probable minimum number of loaves of bread used- ' wasted --and we lind the result just 866,6C8 loaves of bread Involved III tbe course of a year. The question ls, ls it better, under present war conditions, to save this or waste it'.' And this is giving con sideration to but one of hundreds of forms of waste where saving might , just as well bo substituted. We are the most wasteful nation on the face ni the earth; therefore, lil this time of presen I and prospective need, we have the greatest possibilities in con serving If wo are but willing to fore go some ol* our ordinary pleasures. Why save when there is plenty? we nro asked. Wo ?sk In rejoinder. Why try to save after there is nothing left lo save? NV li j buk tho slalde door after Hie horse ls stolen? Why insure the building while it is still untouched by dre? Why insure a life before health ls gone? Why plant crops before harvest time? Common sense answers all these questions with the samo statement: Because it is foolish to do things al ter it is too late to accomplish the desired end. No one ever accom plished anything hy waiting till the moment of need had come before pre paring. All experience teaches tho wisdom and common sense of pre paring in advance. Save what you can while you have it to save. You can't save alter there is nothing left. Exp?rience is a dear school, but-- , Seneca Local News. Seneca. April 16-Special: A large' number attended tho District Sunday ' School Convention In the Presbyte r?an church Sunday afternoon. An ! unusually Interesting program had ! been arranged by S. W. Foster, of ! Newry, the district president, ho hav ing been fortunate enough to secure tho following speakers for the occa sion: Prof. Wells and Row L. D. QUI ?. of Clemson Colloge, and M I*s Ci Holland, from the State tors In Spartanburg. All i hi.li "?es were splendid and. .iig to the Sunday school of all denominations who ,*resent. Tho music was ren I- ed by voices from the three turee churches of tho town and from Newry. Cue special feature was the male quartet, made up of Newry tal ent, and another was tho solo sung by Mrs. James Lowry, whoso voice has always been a source of great pleasure to Seneca people. Nows of the marriage of Miss Lou Iso Farmer and R. K. Nimmons last Tuesday morning carno as a pleasant surprise to their many friends In Seneca, where they are both well and favorably known. Tho ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Hollings worth at the home of thc bride In Westminster with only the Immedi ate members of the families present. After a short honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Nimmons carno to Seneca, where they will make their home. Mrs. S. J. Craig and children, of Greenville, aro visiting In tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Nimmons. Cordon Carson, of Holly Hill, spent last Sunday with his wife and young son at the home of Mrs. Carson's motlier, Mrs. W. S. Hunter. Kev. O. A. Jeffcoat was in Saluda and Johnston a few days last week. A pleasant meeting of tho Once-a Week Club was held last Thursday with Mrs. J. H. Adams, at which time delegales were elected to attend the state F?deration of clubs to bo hold In Aiken tho 24th to 26th of this month. Mrs. J. H. Bryan was ap pointed by the president, Mrs. T. L. Stribllllg. ns her alternate; Mrs. E. A. Hines was elected a delegate, with j Mrs. S. K. Dendy as alternate. After the business program Miss Webber gave two readings, which were great ly enjoyed, and then tempting ro freshnients were served hy tho host ess. At the regular meeting of the D. A. K. Chapter nt tho home of Mrs. K. A. Hines on Wednesday, Mrs. 1 layne Jones will bo present and talk to tho members about the D. A. lt. Industrial School, which ls now un der construction. She will have charts and maps and will be able to toll a meat deal of the work now under way and that is hoped to be accomplished when the buildings arc completed. Raker Returns Safely. An Atlantic Port, April IC.-Sec retary Baker arrived to-day from Europe. Ho said he would go at once to Washington. Ho returned on one of tho largo steamships which flew tho Gorman Mag before the United Stakes entered tho war. "? return with a . "Mt so of pr Ido and confidence nt. .lie achievements of the United States and allied troops abroad that would justify many trills across tho water," Secretory Baker A 1*1*14 A Ii KOK ROND BUYERS. Our Nation Call?) for Every Ono to Measure Up to Duty. "How long halt ye between two opinions? lt tho Lord be dod, fol low Mini: but if Ba-al, then follow him." As American liberty loving people, we have come to the parting of the ways. There are but two ways: we I must make choice, each for himself, Individually, and for the unborn mil lions that may follow. About forty years ago, His Satanic Majesty carried the iSinperor of Ger many out Into tho wilderness and up on the highest mountain top, and ' showed him. not only poor little Bel gium and Fra noe and longland, but. ? looking away across the Atlantic to j a land tkat was discovered over 4 00 years ago, and settled by peoples weary of burdens and oppression, and seeking a land where they could j establish a go? eminent where all I would bo tree and equal-whore the humblest child could have a chance to !>r euual with his moi"} fortunate I brother -said. "Kail down and wor- ? ship mc, and all these shall be i yours." and, imbued with tho spirit ! of his Satanic Majesty, and in keep ing with his Majesty's counsel, the Emperor of German)' began to pre paro and to tea"h his subjects ibe way. Satan bequeathed to the , Kaiser of CS orin a i? y the spirit of j greed, of oppression --the idea that I might makes rh;h(. for over forty j years hts Satanic Majesty kept tho ' Uro burning in tho heart of tho Kai- j ser. until IOU it burst into Hame.: and casting aside all agreements as j scraps of paper, he turned loose his dogs of war upon the nations of lOu- ] rope. Not satisfied with the rape j and plunder of Belgium and France, I and with tho blood of innocent wo- j men and children, he Invaded the ? rights of all neutral nations upon the high seas, murdering our women and children: and to-day we can almost bear the thunder of bis gnus. One year ago the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, was forced to say to Germany: "Wc can not and we will not stand for such treatment any longer. We do not want war; wo want peace, hut hon orable peace. We aro a peace-lov ing people; we do not know the ways of war, but we will learn. The proud sons of America will meet yon, if need be, in battle; they will meas ure their strength with your strength; they will battle, against you for freedom and humanity until you have been subdued. We will meet you ten million strong. Ve know tor what we are. lighting, and in Whom we trust." We are now fully at the parting of the ways. ' Choose ye this day whom you will serve." Ye must be for us or against us: there ls absolutely no neutral ground. You are with the United Stales tn the great struggle, or yon are with the Kaiser; you have a chance as never before lo show your loyalty and patriotism. Your government is asking you to lend your money-some of tho money you have made through the effects of the war on the prices of cotton, corn, hogs and cattle. You have made hundreds of dollars more than you had dared to expect last spring. When you planted your cotton you did not expect over 15 cents; you received from 25 to .'10 cents; you are getting $2 for your corn and 35 cents for your bacon. Are you 'willing to loan your government a part of this, that wo may vigorously prosecute the war? Remember, we stand at the part ing of the ways. When the Apostle Paul was being carried to Rome there came a great storm; the ship was tossed from side to side upon tho waves; the sailors, who of all men should have stood at their posts In time of peril, began to lower the boats as if to leave the old ship. But tho great man cried out, "Stop!" and said, "Except they abide in the ship, they .v'll all perish." Will wo leave the good old ship now. or will we stand at our post and help to steer her straight and with power into the very teeth of tho wind? This is a time for action. If your home was on fire, would you sit [juietly by while your neighbor ex tinguished tho flames a'/l saved your property, your wife and children? Would you sit and watcti the brave firemen take your wife and children from the burning building, and make yourself believe that you should just be neutral-sit down and let some ino else do the work? The boys in khaki will unflinchingly do their l>art ; and while they are the very flower of the land, their part consists In submitting themselves to tho "bap tism of lire." Thousands Of thom will be called upon to shed their last hop of blood, and many - very many -?will lind their last resting pince on foreign son-far away from tho homo they loved as well as you love yours. To win this war our soldiers, and those of our allies, must bo fed and clothed; they must have guns and munitions, and any ono who with holds Iiis hol j? or falls to measure up lo bis full duty bas but a poor con ception of the principles which prompted our forefathers to march bnrotoot*?d over the snow and ico, leaving behind them a trail < Mood, marching under the leade p of! that greatest of all genet Wash ington, that their poste' ,y might enjoy to the fullest tho right to bea free, self-governing people Men Of Oconee, what sayest thou? Tho call comes from over tho ocean, ."Como over and help us!" and, in tho words of that beautiful song, lot us send back the word, "Hold tho fort, for wo aro coming!" Send tho word to our allies, send tho word to our own boys -Hold, for we arc coming-Ton Million Strong. W. M. Brown, Chairman, Walhalla Division, Third Liberty Loan. said ns ho stoppod aboard a train for Washington. Ile said ho would be prepared later to discuss his historical voyage. This was the only statement Secretary Ba ker said ho cared to make until his return to Washington, whero ho promised a broad review of this trip and its result. URGED TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS. Buy Until it Hurt?, Thea Homo Moro and Thou Some. Motor Truck Company, Camp Pike, Ark., April 12.-Editor Koo wee Cou rier: Thc drlvo is on our side of tho Atlantic! The third Liberty Bond issue is now being sold! Are wo 100 per cent Americans? li so, we must either "go" across or "como across." Buy Liberty Bonds until lt burls - then buy some moro. The soldier boys In Camp Pike have bought bonds to a man in the drat call, and aro buying most libe rally again. America ls awake! We who have ottered up our lives for our country must bo backed up to tho fullest, and a man who cannot go to the war should not be a "slacker" otherwise, but show his pa triotism in a substantial way by buy ing 1'nited States Government Lib erty Monds-tho most supreme value Of anything existing on earth to-day, bucked up by the grandest, most lib eral and most humane democratic government over conceived by man. When a Liberty Hoad ceases to be good for Its face value, with Interest, then our government will have per ished from this earth and nothing we own will possess any value whatso ever. lt is a finest lon of paying now or have it collected at the point of a gun by the brutal arch murderers now running/ rampant through the sunny holds Of our first ally of liber-' ty France-and endeavoring to de stroy democracy. Many of our boys have gone to the front; more will follow; many will never return, bul democracy will tri umph in the end. Those amongst ns who have enjoyed the blessings of free America, whether born here or not. whose parents lied to this glori ous country to escape the persecu tions of the autocratic government the most oppressive on earth-who have gathered up a competency and lived in peace and plenty, have a glo rious opportunity to show their grati tude and their patriotism by buying Liberty Bonds; and a refusal to buy is evidence sufficient lo condemn any man as an enemy of Free Americans -against us and our children. Which shall it be: Freedom or Slavery? Buy Liberty Bonds! George L. Wilson, Sergeant Steward, Motor Truck Co. 341. Tho Service Flag, t, Indianapolis News.) Dear little flag In the window there, Hung with fear and a woman's prayer; Child of Old Glory, born with a star Ob. what a wonderful flag you are! Blue is your star in its field of white, Dipped In the red that was born of fight; Born of the blood that our forbears ! shed ? To raise your mother, The Flag o'er head. And now you've come, in this fren zied day, To speak from a window-to speak and say: "I am the voice of a soldier son Gone to be gone till the victory's won. "1 aro the flag of Tho Service, slr; The flag of his mother-I speak for her Who stands by my window and waits and fears, But hides from the others her unwept toars. "I nm the flag of the wives wno wait For the safe return of a martial mate, A mate gone forth where the war god thrives To save from sacrifico other men's wives. "1 am the flag of the sweethearts t rue ; The often unthought of-the sister, too. 1 am the Mag of a mother's son And won't come down till tho vic tory's won !" Dear little flag In the window there, Hung with a tear and n woman's prayer; Child of Old Glory, born with n star Oh, what a wonderful flag you are! -Wm. Herscholl. Cotton Market Forced Down. New Orleans, April 15.-The heav iest kind of general selling swamped the local cotton market to-day, forc ing May, tho weakest month, down for a break of $11.50 a bale, and putting the market as a whole about $2fi a bale down from the record high levels made on April 4. For a singlo day's trading it was ono of tho widest breaks ever re corded In this market. Closing prices were tho lowest, trading months being 177 to 230 point? off from tho highest of tho season, and 111 to 193 points under Saturday's finals. Tho fluctuations wero accopted by most tradors as hoing a natural reac tion from tho prolonged advance God help the rich-the poor aro used to lt. Whon a girl bog-Ins to boss a young man ho might Juflt ar well bogirt to savo to buy furniture. A NEW AUTO, Ye?? then what about the Garage and Door Hangers? We Have them. See Kow nicely these hangers will allow the doors to open and shut on inside. The price is moderate. Let tis show you how they worK, TO* sumaos rmiero tOO WO BY T WHITED ?Ti Buy Them And Help Win The War M }n ^ FOR SALE EVERYWHERE Put your extra pocket money in War Sav ings Stamps, It is your Patriotic Duty to way, Ballenger Hdw. (Si Furia., Go. Seneca, S. C. HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS. Complete Stock of ^ GENERAL MERCHANDISE Buggies - Wagons Harness. FARM IMFIiFMENM. SASH DOORS PAINTS w. p. Nimmons, Seneca. WE PAY CASH For Hides of nil kinds, nn<l we ALWAYS givo tho HIGHEST merket prtce. WK ALSO RUY FURS. Furs aro bringing a good price afc this time, and it will pay you to send all Furs nt once. Wo also buy Beeswax, Tallow, Wool, Rags, Brass, Copper, Alumi num, Auto Tires, Inner Tubes, Scrap Rubl>er, Scrap Iron, ami in fact any thing in tho junk lino. Wo also lunn money on Improved Palina nfc a low rate of interest. Terina to suit borrower. Full and see UM or write. CITATION' NOTICE. Toccoa Hide & Junk Co. TOCCOA, GEORGIA. NOTICIO OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice Is hereby Riven that t'.ie un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, In the Stato of South Carolina, at his ofTlco nt Walhalla Court Houso, on Friday, tho 3d day of May, 1918, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can bo hoard, for leave to make final settlement of the estate of R. E. L. Kerr, doceascd, nnd obtain final discharge as Administra tor of said ostato. JOSEPH KERR, Administrator of tho Estate of R. E. Korr, dcc?'i\icd. April ::. 11) 18, 1 l-l 7 The State of South Carolina, Coun ty of Oconeo.- (In Court of Probate) -By V. F. Martin, Esq., Probate Judge.-Whereas, Mrs. Nina D. Hun ter has made suit to mo to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and Effects of W. S. Hun ter, deceased-. These aro, therefore, to cite ?nd admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said W. S. HUNTER, deceased, that they bo and appear before mo, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Wal halla Court House, South Carolina, on Thursday, tho 25th day of April, 1918, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to show causo, if any they have, why tho said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 9th day of April, A. D. 1?18.? (Seal.) V. F. MARTIN, Tudgo of Probato for Oconee County, South Carolina. Published on tho Otb and 17th days of April, 1918, in TJie Keoweo Courier and on tho ConrL. House door for tho timo proscribed ?by law. April 10, 1918. 15-16 TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. Tho Teachers' Regular Spring Hx ninitiation will be hold on FRIDAY, May 3d, 1918, at Walhalla Court Houso, boginning nt 9 o'clock a. m. Applicants aro expectod to furnish tholr own paper and pencils. In view of the shortage of teach ers, I recommend that all prospectivo applicants for teachers' certificates uso this opportunity to secure a li cense. TIIOS. A. SMITH, Supt. of Ed., Oconeo Co., S. O. April 10, 1918. 15-18 Otl has been discovered ?t Bell IB?UTA?, NH vfouiKllaiul,