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KI? "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. Glosin Palm Bead Straw Men's Palm Beach Suits red Boys' Palm Beach Suits i Boys* Cool Cloth Suits redt Boys' Palm Beach Pants re $i and $2 Straw Hats reduc A few Boys' Straw Hats t C. W. ?? J. E. WALHAI IT PAYS TO Bl -- COUNTY CAMPAIGN OATES FIXED Six Meetings Arranged for-Several Club Foiled to Report. The Oconee Democratic Executive Committee met last Thursday and transacted what business was in such shape as to be transacted. About the only thing that could be done was to make out the schedule for compnign meetings for county candidates. The meetings will be scaled down to six tn number as follows: Oakway, Tuesday, July 23. Long Creek, Friday, July 26. Salem, Tuesday, August 6 Westminster, Saturday, August 10. Seneca, Saturday, August 17. Walhalla, Saturday, August 24. On account of the pressing condi tions in all lines of business, and es pecially with reference to the farm ers of tho county, it was deemed wise to cut the number of meetings in the county to a minimum. Decision was made in the matter of the questioned racer, for county offices. There has been some ques tion in the cases of Auditor, Treasu rer and Sheriff. The construction given by the Attorney General of* the State has been adopted by the Oco nee County Chairman and executive committee. This opinion is to tho effect that there can be no race for the olflees of Auditor and Treasurer of our county until two years from now, and that in the case of Sheriff the race will be made this year. There was no other business in such shape as to n?> completed. Or dinarily the assessments fixed for candidates would have been announc ed, but On account of the small num ber of gentlemen who have offered for ofllce this year up to the present time, it was thought best to put off the fixing of assessments on candi dates to a later date, as the assess ments now, on a basis of the few who have announced, would of ne cessity be very high. ' It was thought better to wait till later to make up this schedule, tho assessments being regulated by the number of candi dates who enter the races for the va rious offices, thus each candidate en tering the field reducing to ?some ex tent, the cost per candidate for meet ing expenses incident to the campaign and elections. Six Precincts Not Organized. It ls stated that six precincts have not reported reorganization of pre cinct clubs. One" precinct-Wolf Pit- according to the best informa tion available to the committee, has not organized at all. If this is found to be correct, of course there will be no voting at that point. If, however, organization was neglected, there will be still Opportunity for i lie citi zens of the territory affected by tho neglect to vote. So long as thero is no ruling to the contrary, such citi zens can be transferred from the neg lectful club's rolls to the rolls of tho nearest active club, and the citizens could then vote nt such precinct. Tho rolls for the clubs that failed to re organize will be worthless so far as voting this year is concerned, ns no arrangements will be made for hold ing elections nt such places. No elec tion boxes will he sent out to pre cincts not reorganized and the reor ganization reported to the executive committee. If any club reorganized at the pro per timo and simply failed to so no tify the county chairman or the exec utive committee, notice to that effect should be sent in at once. The time is getting short, and this is the only way in which a precinct can be as sured for a section of country whoro tho club officers havo failed to notify tho Democratic county organization of such reorganization. Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Carlisle, of An derson, have joined the "limit club" by taking $1,000 worth Of war sav ings stamps. g Out fi Suits and Hats. luced to ... ? $5.00. 'educed to . . ? $3.25. iced to ... ? $3,50. :dued to ... . .80 ed to.75 o go at.JO BAUKNIGHT, L.LA, S. C. JY FOR CASH. SIXTY-EIGHT MORE MEN Will Re Called for Service from Among Oconee Registrants. The Oconee Military Service Board has received notice that there will he a call the latter part of this week for 68 more men of the draft from Oco nee. Of this number there will be 38 white and 30 colored men. The exact time for their calling has not been made public, but it will be for some day the latter part of this week. The names of those who will be call ed for service at this time have not been made public, nor has tho selec tion as yet been made by the local board. These men will come from the original draft. The registrants of last month will not bo drawn for some time yet, as the questionnaires will have to be filled, reviewed and the registrants examined by physi cians, classified on this examination, and from this classification each reg istrant has the right of appeal, lt is hardly probable that tho men of the second registration will be in line of call before the middle of August. Two Volunteers. Julius Crayton Whitmlre, of near West Union, and Walter W. Lyles, of Westminster Route 4, have volun teered for special training at the Uni versity of South Carolina. They will go into training on the 5th oi July. Others Ott for Training. Monday morning there were seven men wont to camp for military train ing-four of these being white men, three colored. The white men were forwarded to the S. C. University, Columbia, for special training. They are Cromer lshell, Towuville; Giles P. Brown, Westminster Rt. 3; Tal madge D. Marett, Fair Play, and Ho mer R. Boggs, Seneca Rt. 1. Cro mer Isbell and T. D. Marett are vol unteers. The colored men were forwarded to the S. C. Agricultural and Mechan ical College, Orangeburg, for train ing. They were'Benj. F. Agnew.Wal halla Rt. 3; Henry Rice, Townville, and Oscar Benson, Fair Play. Of these B. F. Agnew was a volunteer. For Red Cross Knitters. Will all Red Cross knitters cutout tho following changes which have been made in directions and very re cently received by the chapter: The sock is knit In the same way, heel turned and (oe knit off in the same way. The only differenco ls in the number ol stitches*; Cast on 56 stitches, 20 on two needles, 16 on ono; purl for three inches; do not narrow, and knit plain for eight in dies. To turn the heel, have 28 stitches on ono needle, knit as before. When heel is turned there should be 16 stitches on needle. Pick up 13 on each side as before, cont inn lng till there aro 28 stitches on instep nee dle and 14 on tho side needles. Knit plain for 5% indies. Narrow toe four times with two plain rows between, then narrow every other row till you have 10 stitches on two needles, 20 stitches, and weave too as before. Finished sock should measure 14 inches long, foot ll 1/6 inches long, leg 8 inches in circumference. In tho future socks not knit ac cording to specifications will be sent hack to tho local chapter for correc tion-not changed in Atlanta ns here tofore (Miss) Daisy Strong, For Walhalla Chapter. Flat Shoals School. The Flat Shoals school will open Monday, July 8th. All pupils aro urged to attend, and the Flat Shoals S. J. A. will hold Its regular monthly meeting Monday morning, July 8th, nt 9 o'clock. All mombers are urged to attend, as there will ho business to transact, Geo. Hoad, Trustee. COURT OP GENERAL SESSIONS j Convened Monday .Morning-Several Pleas of Guilty Entered First l>ny. The summer term ol' the Court of General Sessions convened on Mon day morning, Judge George R. Prince presiding. j The following cases wore disposed . of during the first day of the session: True lillis wero returned by the grand Jury Monday In the following cases: Ollie Moore-Larceny. Bahi8 Nicholso-.Violation of pro hibition law. Joe Smith-Housebreaking and j larceny. Sam Cross and Ed. Jones-Having in posseslon and transporting alco holic liquors. Gaston Robinson-Violation of prohibition law. Justin E. Woolbrlght-(Assault and battery with intent to kill. Adam Goss-Having in possession and transporting alcoholic liquors. Hal Richardson-Buggery. No Bill was found in the case of the State vs. L. W, Adams-Assault and bat tery with intent to kill. Cases Ended. Henry Blackwell-Violation pro hibition law. Plead guilty. Sentence: Serve on the public works of Oconee for a term of of 30 days, or like pe 1 rlod in State penitentiary, at hard la bor. Sentence suspended until the 15th day of n?xt September. Joe fjmith-Housebreaking and larceny. Plead guilty. Sentence: Serve one year on public works of Oconee, or a like period in the State ' penitentiary, at hard labor. Gaston Robinson-Larceny. Plead guilty. Sentence: Con tined on pub lic works of Oconee, or in State pen itentiary, at hard labor, for period of one day in jail. The occasion of the light sentence in the above case was the fact that the defendant pleaded guilty, stating that he committed the deed "jus;^ to have some fun," and on the state ment that he was wounded in th>i service of our country. 'He was or. guard duty at Shelton, S. C., at h bridge, when, he says, he was attach ed by five men, three of whom he killed, the other two escaping, but wore captured about ten days later. Robinson was wounded lu the "bat tle," was honorably discharged from the sentence, ami ls now drawing a small pension, accord1."';; to his state ment. He characterized the men j he battled with as "German spies." Bains Nicholson-Violation prohi ! bition law. Plead guilty. Sentence: j Confinement on public works of Oco nee, or in State penitentiary, at hard ! labor, for term of six months, or pay fine of- $100. Sentence suspended till 1st day ol' next November, and defendant released on bis own re cognizance. Adam Goss-Having in possession and transporting alcoholic liquors. Plead guilty. Sentence: Confinement on public works of Oconee, or in the State penitentiary, at hard labor, for a period of six months. On payment of $5 0 whole of sentence to be sus pended during good behavior, or un til again adjudged guilty of violat ing the liquor laws of the State. Then to serve this sentence in addition to sentence then imposed. Alternativo fine of $50 paid. J. O. Owens-'Defaulting board bill. Appeal case from magistrate's court. J. S. Carter, surety, discharged from liability on recognizance. John Sullivan-Violation quart-a month law. Nol prossed on payment of $50. Arthur Wilson-Assault and bat tery with intent to kill. Nol prossed. The case of tho State vs. Justin E. Woolbrlght, charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill, has been set for hearing Wednesday. A delay was occasioned in the trial of this case hy reason of the absence of an attorney, a member of the Ander son bar. for the defense. W. S. S. Reports Important. Charleston, July i. .- Special: Upon the co-operation shown by the postmasters of tho post offices In South Carolina depends the award ing of the honor flag which is to bo presented to the county which re ports the greatost amount of cash sales made in the intensive W. S. S. campaign which ended June 28th. All sales made up to the close of last week-June 20-will be credited to the counties If they are reported in time to reach the State headquarters not later than tho first mail Friday morning. This means that postmas ters and banks that are second class agents should not fall to send their reports in at the earliest possible mo ment. Reports that reach thc State com mittee later Mian Friday morning will not be counted among the June sales, and negligence on tho part ol the postmasters and second class agents may cause a deserving county to lose the honor flag. While mosl postmasters ha vp been prompt in re porting, the State committee points out that last week, when $357,019 worth of stamps were sold, only 40S of 020 postmasters reported. It is ol critical Importance that there be nc failures to report this week. Through failure to report lu limo Rook Hill was not credited last week with, sales of $53,000. BIGHTING SHOWS INCREASE. Activities Reported on French, Inlan ders and italian Front?. Paris, June 30.-French troops late lust night attacked the German lines northwest of Chateau Thierry, on the Marne front, and captured the crest of the ridge between 'Mosloy and Passy-en-Valois. The war office statement announces thal the French advanced their lines for a distance of 800 yards on a front of nearly two miles. Prisoners to tho number of 205 were taken. Other facts officially reported show ed that on June 28-29 our chasing pianos brought down 15 German machines and destroyed two captive balloons. Nineteen other enemy air planes were damaged. Our bombing planes tn tho course of the same period carried out day and night expeditious in which 47 tons of projectiles were dropped with success upon aviation grounds in the Somme sector, on bivouacs In tho re gion of Ro/.ieres and Draye. In the Valley of the Avro and on the rail road stations of Soissons and Fere en-Tardeners. In addition five tons of explosives were dropped June 28 on German t.'oops which were pre paring a counter attack In the reston of Cutry. South of the Alsne we Improved our positions In tho neighborhood of | St. Pierre Algie, capturing about 100 prisoners. Germans Sholl British. London, June 30.-German gun ners showed great activity this morning against the new British po sitions east of Nieppe Forest, on the Flanders front. Hostile artillery also bombarded British positions in the Albert sector. A German attack on a Britsb post near Merris to-day was repulsed after sharp fighting. Wo captured a few prisoners during tho night In patrol encounters on differ ent parts of the front. Fighting Brisk, Germans Say. Berlin, June 30.-The official com munication from general 'headquart ers to-day says: "The lighting in the sectors north of the Lys and south of the Aisne in creased; artillery activity continued throughout the day. In the evening lt>.-.?revived on the remainder of tho front between the Yser and Marne. "There were small infantry en-1 gagements during strong enemy j thrusts south of the Ourcq, and as a result of a successful operation by our troops at Hartman ns weller-Kopf, we captured prisoners." Austrians Driven by Italians. Rome, June 30.- Italian forces, supported by allied troops, attacked Austro-I lungnrian positions on the Italian mountain front Saturday and captured Monte di Vathella after a ; bitter struggle. The Italian war of- j flee announces that more than 800 Austro-Hungarians wore taken pris-i oner. Strong enemy counter attacks throughout the day and night were ' repulsed by tho fire of the Italian I Infantry, artillery and machine guns. Twenty-one enemy officers and 786 soldiers of other ranks, belonging io four different divisions, were made prisoner. Cannon, trench mortars and numerous machine guns were captured. Further east, between the Frcn zela valley and the Brenta river, one of our parties took by assault a well fortified observation point on the southern slopes of Sasso Rosso, cap turing two officers and 31 men. On the remainder of our front our artillery carried out effective and harassing bombardments. At Capo Sile patrol operations brought us some prisoners. In the Lagarina and Sugnna enemy railway establish ments were bombarded by our air men. r. S. Steamer Sunk by Submarine. New York, July 1.-The American steamship George L. Raton, of 2,008 tons gross, has been sunk, presuma bly by a German submarine, in Eu ropean waters, according to informa tion received in shipping circles hero to-day. She left an American port for Franco about two weeks ago. J. W. Fl well & Co., owners of tho vessel, received a telegram from Its agents in London announcing tho sinking, but not saying whether the alli)) had been attacked by a U-boat. Tho message contained no informa tion regarding the fate of the crew, numbering about 30 men. The ves sel carried a general cargo. REGISTRANTS MAY VOLUNTEER, Moro Men Are Wanted for Service in United States Navy. Walhalla. July 1, 1918.-Editor Keoweo Courier: We aro in receipt of a telegram, under dato of July 1, from Capt. R. 10. Carwllc, officer In charge of Selective Service Rules, Columbia, S. C., which states in part: "You can issue certificates for Class 1918 registrants for navy." This certificate, spoken of above, will allow those who registered June 5th, 1918, to volunteer for the navy, and as there hove been so many in quiries In regard to volunteer en listment we ask that you publish the same. Yours very truly, D. A. Smith, Chief Clerk. Plant sweet potatoes. Tho 1918 program calls for one-half acre per plow as a minimum. MASSING ON A MICHIGAN FRONT ? (?orinan Movement? Indicate Work Ahead for Unelo Sam's mys. With the American Forcen on the Marne, June 30.-A movement of German troops and materials north of Chateau Thierry, togethor with ; the increased artillery and aerial ac- | Uv tty, form the basis of tho belief that American forces in this locality may be called upon to defend them selves In the near future. Long streams of enemy troops and wagon trains have been observed in the neighborhood of tho Bonnes wood. There have been more than 50 enemy aerial flights over the American lines northwest of Chateau Thierry in tho last 24 hours. Ono German machine was shot down by our anti-aircraft guns. Tho American artillery has heav ily shelled many vital and active points within tho eiiomy lines, once obtaining a direct hit in a detach ment of marching Germans. For days the Americans have been expecting that tho enemy, stung by tho defeat administered to him re cently on this front, would make a vigorous assault upon tho American forcos, and lt was partly for this rea son that the American operations in the Boileau section were carried out. With these operations completed, tho Americans now have the country for several miles in front of thom under their eyes and guns and can see what is developing. In consequence, when the expected blow comes thoy will be that much better prepared to moot it. The American troops have made all preparations and tho Germans will get an exceedingly warm recep tion if they try what the situation to-day indicates they have in mind. Tho Americans say that no matter where the enomy strikes ho ls bound to pay dearly for his efforts, and that the bigger the target the better the American forces will like it. To the enBt of Chateau Thierry, along the River Marne, except for constantly increasing long range chelling on both sides, comparativo quiet reigns. There has been no pa trolling because the bright moonlight on the water prevents a crossing, but the American snipers have been so active in the last four days that tho Germans rarely ever ?hake an appear ance. Frequent <'lushes on Alsace Front. With the American Forces in Al sace. June SO.-American troops on the Alsatian front are learning what mighi be called tho specialties of In active days while awaiting work of a wider scope. The Germans have found the overseas men facing them nt so marty places that they are push ing out patrols somewhat nervously hero and there with the object of trying td fix the exact limits of the American sectors. The Germans have not a monopoly on these expeditions. The Ameri cans also nre out every night study ing the dill oren t lay of No Man's Land in tho mountainous region. Clashes naturally are frequent and tho Germana ? e finding that the Americans are not as easy to deal with as tiley would wish, even \vhen outnumbered. r Sergt. D. F. Slocum and Corp. J.C. Phillips, both of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Private Newton Bell, of Muse's Mills, Ky., were cut off from ?he rest of their platoon in ono of these little fights at an advanced post and refused to surrender. They could not run, hut they showed they could shoot. Private Bell accounted for four of the enemy and the other Americans did nearly as well Tho Germans then signalled for .help and their artillery laid down a barrage to hold the Americans until I the Germans could reinforce their j patrol, but Hie pat lol was driven ? away before help came and the I Americans crawled back through a curtain of fttu and rejoined their ! platoon. Per&hill? Reports. Washington, June SO.-Markod I raiding and patrolling Saturday at j several points held by the American troops, wero reported in Gen. Per shing's communique for yesterday, ? which was received to-day at the War Department. In Picardy a small de tachment of Americans captured S6 prisoners, including one officer, and inflicted severe losses on tho enemy, while in the Vosges a German raiding party was repulsed. Increased activity by Gie enemy artillery and airplanes In the Mamo sector June 20 and 27, and the heavy shelling of the American positions in ? the Chnteau Thierry region on the same days when the American troops advanced their line one-third of a mile, also were roported. American Ambulance Mon Cited. The United States army ambulance Section No. 575 hus been cited in the orders of the Fronch army corps, with which it is acting, ns follows: "American Automobile. Sanitary Section 575: Under the conduct of Lieut. Moore from April 16 to 28, en sued day and night the rapid evacu ation of all tho wounded In ? very ac tive sector under a ceaseless bom bardment which destroyed or dam aged a part of Its materials. The section carried out its mission with out a break or failure with a devo tion, courage and sacrifice which wore admired by all tho units en gaged." In small grain and hay farming no feature of weed control is more im portant than tho use of clean seed. SEN. TILLMAN CRITICALLY ILL. Loll Sido Completely Puinlyaed-Suf fering Cerebral llemorrhngo. Wnsliington, June 30.-Benjamin lt. Tillman, tho veteran Democratic Senator from South Carolina, and chairman of the naval affairs commit tee, is seriously ill at his homo hore, and his rocovcry is regarded by his physician ns doubtful. His loft sido is completely paralyzed and ho has boon suffering from a severe recur rent cerebral hemorrhage since last Thursday. His condition since has become worse and he was uncon scious almost all ol' to-day. Mem bers of tho family have been sum moned to tho bedside and some al ready have arrived. The seriousness of Senator Till man's condition became known to day when his physician issued this bulletin: "Senator Tillman is now suffering from a so vere recurrent corebral hemorrhage. There is complete pa ralysis of the loft side. The attack came on Thursday afternoon at the Senate and has been progressive. Because of previous attacks and tho ago of tho Senator, the prognosis is unafvorable." About ton year: ago Senator Till man had a similar attack, which par alyzed his right sido, but ho recover ed to a great extent. The latest at tack completely paralyzed his left side, and, with advanced years and less physical resistance, tho outcome was said to-night to be extremely doubtful. As chairman of the Senate naval committee, Mr. Tillman's work ha? been regarded as of the highest im portance, especially in connection with the navy's part in the war. He has been one of tho most active members of tho Senate during his 24 years of continuous service. Senator Tillman, who is now al most 71 years old, was elected Gov ernor of South Carolina in 1890, and again in 1892, and was elected to the United States Senate in 189 4. For more than a generation ho has been one of the most picturesque and pow erful figures in public and political life of the South. "Pitchfork Ben" was the name given him many yours ago-and ono ho himself did not re sent-because of his vociferous style of attack upon political foes. A year ago Senator Tillman an nounced his virtual retirement from politics, staling he would not bo a candidate for re-election, but he later decided to again offer for ofllco bo cause jf the service he might do his country and his State during the war by reason of bis intimate knowl edge of- naval affairs. No Mope for Recovery of Tillman. Washington, July 1.-Hope for tho recovery of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, chairman of the naval af fairs committee, who suffered a cere bral hemorrhage, virtually was abandoned to-day by members of his family and friends at the bedside. The end was believed to be only a few days at most and possibly only a few hours away. Since Sunday Senator Tillman baa been unconscious. He remains in a comatose condition, and although his heart continues strong, other condi tions were said to be unfavorable. Most of the members of the Senator's family have arrived in Washington. KILLED ON WEDDING DAY. dunged Father of Girl Shoots Would-be Groom to Benth. Memphis? June 29.-Robt. L. Tem ple, n traveling salesman of Chicago, was shot and killed hero to-day with in an hour of tho time set for his marriage to Miss Lena Graham, of Meridian, Miss., by J. R. Graham, father of the young woman. Gra ham, a railway conductor, surrender ed after the shooting, and, according to the police, claimed that ho was forced to kill Templo in self-dofonse. The young woman was standing within a short distance of the men and one of her fingers was shattered by a stray bullet. According to a police statement, Graham declared after his arrest that Tom pie, just before the ceremony was to have taken place, admitted ho previously had boon married, and that his wife was still living, from whom lie had not been divorced. Af ter this admission, Graham is said fo have told tho pollco, Temple leap ed toward him and the shooting fol lowed. A coroner's Jury after nu inquest to-night returned a verdict of "justi fiable homicide." Graham and his wife came to Mem phis this morning from Meridian and a conference was arranged between tho young woman and her parents, at which, it was stated, plans for an immediate marriage were made. A license was secured and a minister summoned when Temple's alleged disclosure brought the ceremony to an abrupt end. Templo was apparently about 40 years of ago. Huns Plan Intervention. London, June 29.-The German government, according to German newspapers, ia taking preparatory measures with a view to Intervention in Russia, says a dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Company to-day from Surich. Under this plan, it is stated, troops will be sent to restore order, assisted by Maximalist forces.