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?Maggil a ?TO THINK OWN SELF BK TRTTR, A NH IT MUST FOLLOW AS THK NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOK & SCHRODER. WALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1018. B. V. D. U We have a full Summer Underw garment. Suits, Suits, $1.25. Also, Ladies' Ga gain at IO cents. dozen to a custon C. W. ?? J. E. WALHAI IT PAY8 TO Bl TWO MILLION MEN UNDER ARMS. 1 ,:{!<( Airplanes, 323 o? Thom Fight ing Machines, Now io France. Washington, D. C., May 25.-Full .strength of the new army, including 'National Army, National Guard and Regulars, now ls 2,00.0,000 men, Chairman Dent of the House Mili tary Committee announced to-day In his report on the army appropriation bill. The report disclosed that the exact number of American airplanes in France ls 1,316, of which 323 are combat planes. There are 3,760 planes in tho United States, the re port said. The total number of officers in the . army was givem In the report at 140,133, while the total of men be fore the April draft call was 1,506, 152. The drafts since that time carry the total of enlisted men slightly above 2,000,000. There are 504,677 men in the reg ular army, tho report said, 510,963 in the National Army. 11 1,952 in the National Guard, and 78,500 in the reserve corps, "While some mistakes and delays have occurred," Hie report said, "on the whole we think the country is to be congratulated that, after a little more than a year from the dato of tho declaration of war, our country has constructed a wonderful mili tary establishment." ty ?J? ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty FOOD ADMINISTRATOR'S ty ty NOTES. ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty Movement of Cow Peas. The State Food Administrator calls attention to the following rule relat ing to the shipment cf cow peas. "Bags must be made of burlap, not less than 10 ounces per yard, (or cloth), and be sufficiently strong and so closely woven and stitched as to carry contents safely and prevent sifting. Bags which have been used for fertilizer or other articles con taining acid must not be used." Shipment ls forbidden in old, rotten guano sacks and other second-hand containers which have been used in the handling of corn, oats, cotton seed hulls, eic, which are not tit to be used in tho shipment of any commodity, and when shipments are offered In such containers they must not be ac cepted. E. L. Hern don, County Food Administrator. . Dr. Milford Near Explosion. ('Anderson 'Mail. 24th. ) Dr. L. W. Milford, son of John T. Milford, ol' this county, came near losing his life in the great explosions of a montions plant at Pittsburg last Saturday. There wore numbers of explosions lasting for two hours or more, and Dr. Milford was one of the first Pittsburg physicians to reach the scene. While attempting to reach In jured workmen he was blown fifty feet into the air and a nurse who ac companied him had a leg blown off. Dr. Milfbrd is to bo awarded a Car negie hero medal and also funds for his bravery during this terrible acci dent. He was considerably bruised up and suffered from shock the day following tho accident. Dr. Milford will come to Anderson to recuperate. Hindenburg Reported lil. Geneva, Switzerland, May 26. Field Marshal von Hindenburg, chief of tho Gorman general staff, ls In a hospital at Straussburg, suffering from typhoid fever, according to re ports from that city. These advices state that tho report of von Hinden burg's death ls Incorrect, but that his condition is critical. Typhoid fever is said to he spread ing rnpldly in the German army. stock of B. V. D. ear. 65 cents a $1.25. Union - uze Vests, a bar Not over one aer. BAUKNIGHT, JY FOR CASH. ALU TO REGISTER AT 21 YEAHS. Ten Registering Precincts lu Oconee. Must Register June 8th. We are instructed by the War De partaient to register all of tho boys j who will have reached their 2lat | birthday on or before June 5, 1918 that is, all those who have become 21 since June 5, 1917. The War Department has limited us as to the number of registering places in the county, and we have arranged with them to have ten reg istration places, which are shown by the list herewith appended. The placo and building where the regis tration will take nlace is also shown, and tho-1 names of mose who will be in charge of the registration. Any cititten of Oconee county can register at any of the places named that he desires. If he lives outside of the country he will have lo regis ter before tho clerk or a member of the Local Board. The registration booths will open at 7 o'clock a. m. and will remain open continuously until 9 o'clock p. m. nt all of the places named herein. Yours truly, D. A. Smith, Chief Clerk. List, ol' Precincts, Oconee County. | Following is a Hst of the registra tion precincts and the registrars ap pointed for registration day, June 5th, 1918: Clemson College (Y.M.C.A. Build ing)-S. 'M. Martin, J. E. Pickett. Keowee School House-J. F. Hun nlcutt, Homer Boggs. Long Creek Post Office-George Matheson, Harley Gee Thrift. Madison (P. P. Sullivan & Co.'s Store)-J. D. Hull, J. A. Cook. Newry (Courtenay Mfg. Co's Office) -C. L. Anderson, V. Q. Gregory. Oakway (Myers Bros.' Store)->J. A. Eubanks, J. B. Tompkins. Salem (P. L. Green's Store)-P. L. Green, Floyd Whitten. Seneca (City Hall)-Dr. E. C. Doyle, J. W. Byrd, R. M. Trlbble. Walhalla (Court House, Up Stairs) -John F. Craig, D. A. Smith, W. J. Schroder, Thos. A. Grant. Westminster (Gilreath Hotel) - Jas. M. Moss, R. B. Honea, Errett ? Zimmerman. U. H. Boys Are Fighters. .With the American Army in j France, May 25.-An American re connoitering party, commanded by Lieut A. P. Craddock, ol' Lynchburg. Va., had a thrilling hand-to-hand en counter with Germans In No Man's j Land, in Picardy, last night. In the face of the continuous fire from two machine guns, they charged the ene my. Although Lieut. Craddock and several of his men wore seriously wounded, they continued lighting and drove off tho Germans. One of tho Americans was shot In the head and body and lay on the ground stunned. When he came to. he found a Gorman holding him by the shoulder. Ho whipped out his pistol and killed the Gorman. Another American detachment dur ing; the course of th? night penetrat ed enemy organizations in tho Bois Allegue, attacked a German post and killoe! five Germans and took one prl8ojner. The prisoner told tho same story ns thousands of others who have been taken by the Fronch and British-that ho would give anything to seo the war ended. He apparently knew nothing regarding future Ger man movements. Grind Corn for Rod Cross. Sonecn, May 28.-'Special: Dal ton's mill will grind corn on Thurs day of this week for tho Red Cross. All profits, In tolls or otherwise, from grinding will bo donated to the Red Cross funds. This is a volun , tary offer on the part of the proprio ! tor ol' the mill. (.DUMA XS F KA It U. S. FLYERS. Americans Hold Mastery of Air in the Sector Northwest of Toni. With tlie American Army in Franco, May 26.-The activities of the American air squadron operating in thc sector northwest of Toul seem to have had results even moro effect ive than was anticipated. When it first hogan its work there were be tween thirty ntid fifty summonses to activity coming in to our aviators daily. Gradually the number of calls has dwindled until for several days the average has been only two 1 a day. From a strictly technical, military standpoint, the operations of the ! American nirmen have two objects. The first is to kill off the opposing nirmen, while the second ls to keep the enemy from flying his machine on the American side of the line nnd tims preventing bim from taking pho tographs, regulating artillery Ure, or in any way securing information. The American airmen have done much to ward accomplishing both objects. The records show that the now squadron has already taken a credit able toll of enemy pilots and observ ers, while for a German airplane to come over the American lines now ls a rare occurrence. This situation j contrasts sharply with that which j prevailed when these aviators first . started operating, lt was a rare oe- ? easton then when one or more enemy J airplanes was not circling over or be- | hind the American lines, operating with almost complete freedom. Moreover, according to information obtained from a German officer avia tor brought down within the last few days, the fear of the American avia tors has been Instilled into the Ger man flying corps. This prisoner fur nished the information that the line from St. Mlhiel to Pont-a-'Mousson, within which the 'American airmen are operating, had come to be regard ed as a dangerous place for Gorman pilots. Our fighting aviators could not possibly have heard a more wel come tribute. Wt IL COLE DIES OF ACCIDENT. Moved from Oconee to Anderson Only a Kow .Months Ago. (Anderson MaiK 24th.) W. H. Cole, a well known painter Of this city, died this morning at tho Anderson County Hospital at 'It o'clock, the result of injuries lie re ceived while at work at the Toxaway j Mills this morning. Mr. Cole is survived by his widow j and five children: Mrs. Clara Gresh am, of Oconee; Nellie, Vera and Al lie Cole, all grown, and one son, Eu- ! gene, aged 11. Tho Accident. Mr. Cole was at work on a scaffold, near the celling, nnd was engaged in painting tho ceiling of the weave room of the mill. Being warm, he unbuttoned his coat jackot, which was really an overall jumper. In his work he was forced to reach over a revolving shaft, and as he did so his jacket fell loosely upon the shafting. There was no pully or sleeve on this part of the shaft, in fact it was perfectly smooth. The friction whipped the Jacket around the shafting and he was quickly caught up by the shafting. He was thrown around the shaft two or three times before the machinery was stopped. When the shaft ceased turning he extricated himself, and with the assistance of F. M. Farr, was able to reach the floor. He was still conscious and seemed not seriously Injured. Ile was very weak and mill o flic i a ls decided to send him to the hospital. Ho was sent to the Ander son County Hospital, where he grad ually grew weaker, evidently from Internal Injuries, and at 11 o'clock he died. F. J. Oglesby, by whom Mr. Cole was employed, stated that when he reached the floor 'Mr. Cole did not seem to bo seriously hurt, and that the shaft on which ho was caught was perfectly smooth at that place, Mr. Colo came to Anderson several months ago and made bis home at tho Gretchen Infi, oh South Main street, of which he was proprietor, ?\|r. Cole was well known in Oco nee, where ho had many friends to regret his untimely end. For many years bo had engaged in farming and merchandising in the Oak way section, identifying himself with community interests in his section and being re garded with esteem by his neighbors. Ho was about 4f> years of age and had served Oconee In the capacity of ru ral policeman for some time, having resigned the position prior to his re moval to Anderson. There aro many in our county who will learn of his 1 misfortune with deep regret and ox : tend to tho bereaved ones sincere sympathy In their sorrow. Mr. Cole I was a member of the Baptist church and was identified with the Woodmen of the World lodge. British Steamer Sunk In Collision. London, May 25.-The British steamer Clan Matheson has been sunk ?In a collision, Lloyd's shipping agency announced to-day. j Tho Clan Matheson was a new .steamer of 4,500 tons gross, built In j UH7 at Sunderland. The last men tion of her in tho shipping records was on December 16 last, when she was reported at a United States At lantic port. MEXICO BREAKS RELATIONS WiOi ?'ulm-rOorinmi Influence Sus i peeled lloliii'd tho Move. ^Mexico City, May 2 1.-Mexico hau seVerod diplomatie relations with Cuba. This was learned officially lnbp to-day after a report that the Mexican charge d'affaires at Havana and the Cuban minister bore have been recalled from their respective posts had been confirmed at the for eign office. The recall of the Mexican represen tative to Cuba and the suspending for an indefinite time of the sending of a new representative ls explained offi cially ns duo to the fnct that, because of the war, lu which Cuba ls Involved, that government has been" obliged to dictate measures that affect tho In terests of the Mexican government in man.y instances. For this reason, it is declared, the matting of representations that the Mexican representative would be forced to make to the Cuban govern ment would he useless and would ro strlcf the liberty of action of a friend ly nal ion "which ls now In an aillict ed situation." indirect Stab at IT. S. Washington, May 25.-In Mexico's sudden breaking off of diplomatic re lations with Cuba ls seen an indirect action against the United Slates. Thds? here most familiar with Latin Am'erlcan affairs profess to see In lt tho forerunner of more direct action, possibly an Interruption of Inter course between the United States and Mexico. Although without official informa tion; of a detailed character, lt ls un derstood here thnt Mexico's real grievance against Cuba ls tho recent Incident in which the Mexican minis ter to Argentina, Senor Fables, vas delayed in Havana while some official, ostensibly a Cuban customs Inspec tor, searched his baggage, and prob ably': removed some papers said to be of au international character. No announcements of this feature are being made, here, and no official secrets, If there be any, aro being disclosed. 'But it is known that at the Samo time, some sort of negotia tion' was going on between Mexico, Argentina, a?d possibly one other LatiU^Amerlcan country having for it? "T,arpose a common attitude to wnVd the war. lt Is presumed that any papers found in Senor Fabela's luggage had to do with it. This accident is believed here to I be the real cause of the bleak, and those who entertain this belief are firm In tho conviction that Mexico was ! convinced that the United States was ! responsible for tho incident. When Senor Fabela's luggage was searched It was maintained by some that the person who did it was not a Cuban official at all, but some other agent in the disguise of a Cuban in ' spector or gendarme. Later, how : over, lt seemed to have been satisfac 1 torlly established that the man was a ! Cuban Inspector. j A break between Mexico and Cuba : lt ls felt disrupts practically nothing but a long, friendly relation. In the opinion of those. In close touch with the subject ,lt may actually give Cuba a free hand, as the Mexican foreign minister says In his announcement, but perhaps not in the manner sug gested. Amerlcn'n agents for some time have been reporting German agents operating in Cuba, some of them crossing frequently to the Uni ted States as Cuban citizens or Mexi can citizens. A severance of diplo matic relations probably would leave tho Cuban government more at lib erty to investigate their activities. Wben first-class powers are con cerned, a break In diplomatic rela tions Inevitably has been followed by war. Between lesser powers this rule often falls to hold good. * Special Services Thursday. * * _ ? * Special services will be held In . * the churches of Walhalla Thurs- * * day, In conformity with the * * proclamation of President Wi I- * * son. Everybody is invited and * * urged to attend these, special * * services, which will bo held at * * tho following hours: * Presbyterian church. 10.00 a.m. ? * Methodist church ...11.00a.m. * * Baptist church. 7.?10 p.m. ? * (This will bo a twilight prayer * * service, hold on tho lawn in * * front of tho First Baptist church, * * and will last one hour.) * * Luthornn church . . . 8.30 p.m. ? * These hours are so conven- * * lontly arranged that everybody * * can easily attend some service * * during tho morning or evening. * * Walhalla has gone "over tho ? * top" In buying Liberty Bonds ? * and subscribing to the lied ? * Cross funds In both campaigns. * * Lot "Ovor the Top" be the ond ? * and aim of tho people of Wal- * * halla and community. * lK>t? from Pall Creek. Fall Creek, May 27.-Social: Sun day schooFat this placo ls progross I lng nicely with Joel Abercrombie as superintendent. * Miss Clara Ragsdalo and brother I Cliff, of Central, visited their sister, Mrs. W. B. Wilson, recently, j Sam Murphreo made a business trip to Plckons last week. .-Mrs. J. H. Abercrombie has been confined to her room for some time. Her many, friends hope to seo hor out again soon. C-BOA TS IA >SE E WKH "TI V H N RSS. French Minister of Marine dives Con vincing Figures of 'Allied Success* Purls, May 2G.-AB proof that the allies aro rapidly overcoming the sub marine mounce. Georges Leygues, tho minister of marine, informed the j army and navy war committeos of | the Senate yesterday that Great Bri tain and tho United States alone had constructed in April 40,000 tons moro shipping than was sunk by the enemy. Tho minister declared also that tho means employed to rid tho seas of submarines had become Increasingly effective slnco January and had given decisive results. The minister pointed out tho tre mendous strides recently made by tho nlltes In repairing ships damaged by torpedoes or mines and declared that co-ordination between tho allied na tions had become no smooth during the last four months that thc ton nage restored to the seas exceeded 500,000 tons weekly. Great Britain, he said, had repaired 598,000 tons lu one week recently, while Franco had effected repairs up .. 260,000 tons in ono month. The increased building and moro efficient and spoodler re pair work was constantly bringing better results in the transport of troops and supplies. As to the Increasing destruction of submarines, the minister said tho fig ures for April wore excellent, show ing an increase over the preceding months, but wero far surpassed by the results known to have been at tained thus far In May. Jacques Du mesnll, under secretary of aeronau tics, announced to tho committeemen that the program for the construction of naval machines prepared In 1917 had already been equalled In 1918, but that a now and more Intensivo effort was planned. BRITISH TRANSPORT WITH U. H. Soldiers Aboard is Sunk-Fifty-Bix Not Accounted For. London, May 25.-The British armed merchantman troop ship Mol davia, with American troops on board, has been torpedoed and sunk, according to an official bulletin Is sued by the admiralty yesterday evening. Klfty-rlx American troops on the ship Moldavia have been unaccounted for. says an olllclal statement Issued by the British admiralty. Tho text of the admiralty ststc ment follows: '.Tho armed mercantile cruiser Moldavia was torpedoed and sunk yesterday morning. '.There were no casualties among thc crew, but of the American troops on board fifty-six, up to tho present, have not beep accounted for. lt ls feared they were killed in one com partment by the explosion." The Moldavia was torpedoed with out warning, lt was a moonlight night, and, although a good lookout was kept, the attacking submarine was not sightod before the tot pedo strnck. Most of the men aboard were in their hammocks when the explosion occurred amidships. The sailors and soldiers alike showed no panic. The Moldavia was of 9.500 tons gross, and owned by the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Navigation Co. Sho was built at. Greennock In 1903, and was 520 feet long. Two Jumped to Death. Less than a quarter of an hour af ter the troop ship Moldavia, with American troops aboard, had been torpedoed off the southeast coast of England Thursday morning, virtu ally every man had gone over the sides nto tho lifeboats. Edwin and Clydo Bosley, of North Troy, Vermont, leaped from the deck and were drowned. Except for this tho losses, given officially at 66, would have been confined to those killed by tho explosion of tho tor pedo. Tho Bosley brothers were on guard when tho ship was struck. There was a shari) list and they evidently believed that, she was turning over. Search was made for them, but they were not seen after they jumped. I .?ISM'S to Be Published. Washington. May 2 0.-A list of the mon lost on the Moldavia bas reached the War Department from London, and when prepared and veri fied will bo made public. Sank Gentian Sub. Cruiser. London, May 25.-A German sub marine of tho cruiser type was sunk May 11 in the latitude of Capo St. Vincent by a British 'Atlantic escort submarine. Tho admiralty made ibis official statement to-night: "Ono of our Atlantic coast subma rines, returning to its base, reports that on May ll, in tho latitude of Capt St. Vincent, while proceeding to meet a convoy, sho sighted and sank a German submarine of tho scout cruiser typo. A heavy sea was running at tho time. Thoro wero no survivors. "Shortly afterward another enemy submarine was sighted, but by swift diving she escaped the fate of her consort. "This being the first cruiser sub marine destroyed, it has been de cided to depart from tho usual rulo of not announcing tho destruction of individaul enemy submarines." (Cape Sf. Vlnc?nt is on the south' west extremity of Portugal.) (.KUMA NH STA UT THUIR DRIVE. Only Partially Successful-French Dav? Gtvon Hack Slightly, New York, May 27.-Germany's groat offensive on the wostorn front has been resumed. -With only brlof artillery preparation, two blows have boon struck by the Teuton armies, which have been reorganized since disastrous IOBUCS wore indicted on them by tho Kreuch and Dritlsh dur ing tho Picardy and Flnndors battles in March and April. Ono attack was on tho line from Voorme/.olo to Lo c.rc, southwest of Ypres; tho other on a 35-mllo front from Pinon, north of Soissons, to Rheims. This ts known as the Aisno sector. In Flanders the Gorman" have gained virtually nothing, but farther south tho Berlin official statement claims that tho German crown prince's troops have carried the whole ridge of tho Chemin dos Damos and now are lighting on the Aisne river. w The German attack In Flanders is against positions taken by the French May 20, whoa they recaptur ed Brueloso and Locro and strength ened their Uno on each sido of Hill 4 4, which they had retaken a few days before. On the Aisne front the prosent hat tie recalls tho fearful fighting of last summer along the Chemin des Dames, where for wooka tho German crown prince hurled his mon against the French positions only to seo thom crushed and benton. Last year 7 5 divisions wore engaged In the German attacks along the Uno alone. Tho present battle Uno runs along the Alletto river, north of tho Afsne, over tho largor part of this sector, the French having advanced their line. Tho front of attack ls about 4 0 miles, which is about 15 miles shorter Minn the Uno of the original Gorman attack on March 21. In turning to a new sector to strike their blow, tho Gormans have taken n course contrary to that which had generally been predicted by military commentators during the pause In the operators. The view usually ex pressed has beea^ that tho Gormans wore committed .so heavily to their campaign tn Plcnrdy and Flanders and wore occupying such dangerous-, ly exposed positions that they wore under tho nocesslty of striking again at thoso points when they resumed the attack. Tho Gorman strategy may contemplate n surprise attack in sufficient strength to compel Gen. Foch to withdraw troops from the north, in the hope of involving tho allies snlllciontly ott tho Aisno front to weaken their lines in Picardy and Flanders. Americans May Be in Battle. American troops may be taking part in the new hattie. Farly in tho spring there were several references in news dispatches to the presence of Americans at that part of the lino. Part of these forces, consisted of ar tillery detachments in training, but at one point at least infantrymen were in tito trenches. There has boon no recent reference to Americans there, however, and they may have been withdrawn. .J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? .J..'".?*? ?|? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ? J ? ? j ? ?J? ?*? .I* WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. 4? A A A AA *\* *\* *1* .J??|??J?*!? ?J?<?|??!??J??{? Editor Keoweo Courier: Allow me to say to the chairmen of the differ ent school districts in Oconee that 1 have appointed one person for each school district to canvass that dis trict in the interest of War Savings stamps with the purpose of seeing every person-man, woman, boy and girl-In tho dlstlrct and solicit their purchase of War Savings Stamps. We desire each person to subscribe for war stamps-some,for as"much as ono thousand dollars, and nil tho way down to five dollars' worth. We MUST help tho government. I desire that evory school district chairman appoint ns many helpers as he may feel he needs. You may appoint even girls and boys as help ers, but lot all be active, enorgotic people. Oc?ne? people arc tho very best, and I am expecting her to bo as pa triotic in this matter as Oconee has been in other drives. Our apportionment is $000,800. Let us go over the top! Who will he tho first? We will send to each chairman the amount apportioned to his district, lu working In this cause you will be working for your own homo and fire side. J. VV. Sholor, Co. Chnlrman. REI) CROSS FUN DH. Westminster District.$5,800.00 Walhalla District . . .... 4,283.GO Soneca District. 4,000.00 Total (Incomplete) ....$14,083.66 These flguros top tho first drive by approximately $4,000. Nono of the figures are given as absolutely corroct, nor are they In any instance complete. Each district, with the final accounting, will show come in crease. The above figures do not includo the funds from Clemson Col lege, from which point we wero un ablo to got a report this morning. Clemson voluntarily assumed $760 of Oconee's quota for the Red Cross. ? - --* . --- * According to a French scientist tho air around pine troos ls purer than that around others because their needles disseminate electricity into ?tho atmosphere and ozonize it.