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cragg "TO THINK OWW8NLF BM TRUK, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN.' tty STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1018. Now Sorte? No. 701.-Volume LX1X.-No. :I4. Our Mr. O. V has gone to St attend a large will visit the big markets while a C. W. J. E. WALHA! IT PAYS TO BM Tine AUSTRALIAN BALLOT. New System to Be Given Try-Out to 'Primary Next Tuesday. The incorporated towns of Oconee, along .with all the incorporated town? of South Carolina, will have the Aus tralian ballot system in operation "next Tuesday for the first time. The new system does not affect the pre cincts outside of incorporated towns or cities. The ballots are the same as those for rural precincts except that each ticket is numbered on a detachable coupon at the top, OK which are the words, "Official Bal lot. Club -. Ward-, No. -." The main provisions of the now system, which was adopted at the last session of the General Assem bly, are as follows: "Section 4. The managers Shall be responsible for all ballots furnished. When a voter presents himself he shall be given a ballot. The mana ger in charge of the poll lists shall enter the number of the ballot next the mme of the voter. The voter shall forthwith retire alone to one of the booths, and without undue de lay prepare his ballot by scratching out the name of the candidate for whom he does not care to vote. No voter shall remain in the booth lon ger than five minutes. After prepar ing lils ballot, the voter shall present himself to the manager. His ball?t must he folded In such a way that the number can bo seen and thc .coupon cnn be readily detached by the manager without in any way re vealing the printed portion of the ballot. If the voter is not challeng ed, and takes the prescribed oath, the manager shall tear off tho coupon, put H. on file, stamp the ballot, and the voter shall deposit his ticket in the box, and shall immediately leave the polling place. If a voter shall mar or deface his ballot, he may ob tain one additional ballot upon re turning to the manager in charge of the ballots the ballot so marred or defaced, with the coupon attached. The manager in charge of tho poll Hst shall change the number of tho ballot on his poll list, and place the dofaced ballot on file. No voter shall bo given a second ballot until he has returned the first ono with coupon attached. "Section 5. No person shall be al lowed within the guard rail except as hereinafter provided. If a voter cannot read or write, or is physically disabled, and by reason thereof did no sign the enrollment book, lie may appeal to the managers for assist ance, and the chairman of the mana gers .Jlui 11 appoint two watchers, rep resenting different factions, to assist Jilin In preparing tho ballot: Pro vided, after the voter's ballot has been prepared, the watchers so ap pointed shall immediately go bohind the guard rail: Provided, further. That if there be no such watcher* availablo the chairman may appoint two by-danders who are qualified electors to assist the voter In tho preparation 0f ),j8 ballot. "Section 0. From tho time of tho oponing of the polls until tho an nouncement of the result and the signing of tho official returns, no person shall be admitted to the poll ing place except tho managers, duly authorized watchers and challengers, the chairman of the executive com mittee or member of the executive committee appointed in his stead to superviso this polling place, persons duly admitted for the purpose of vot ing, police officers admitted by tho managers to preserve order or en force tho law: Provider*, however, that candidates for public office vot ed for at such polling place may bo prosont at the canvass of thc votes. Provided, canvass of the votes shall bo opon to the public." VNo porson shall be allowed to ap proach polling places within 25 feet while polls are open, other than the persons herein provided for." 7. Bau knight . Joseph, Mo., tot horse sale, and ; horse and mule way. BAUKNIGHT, LLA, S. C. UY FOR CASH. TH E 1NTERDENOMI NATIONAL Sim (lay School Coil volition-Uni I lal lu j Presbyterian Church Aug. 127-28. Editor Keowee Courier: Let nie again use your press to speak to the Sunday school workers of our coun ty. Our executive committee has called the annual convention to meet August 27th and 28th in the Presby terian church at Walhalla. Organized Sunday school work iii the world, in our country- in our State, in our county, is in better shape, doing better work, planning larger things than ever before. Oconee has done well in Liberty Hood sales, in Red Cross offeriuge. in War Stamps sales. Don't let's slack in Sunday school work. We are a banner ci linty. Let's make ours a gold star milty. Will yoi. kind reader, (second person, singular number) be there? if you have something better than we have, come and give it to us; if you >tlnd tjiore something better than your school has, got it, take it home, and "carry on" your school. "The world must be made sate for democracy," and the only safe de mocracy is Christianized democrncy. Organized Sunday school work is one of the grontost factors in the world's Christ ionization. Get in the procession; catch step; keep step. The Sunday school of 1910 will not suillce for 1920. Tho law of our work is eternal en deavor. That bears the school on ward and upward forever. Live Sunday school workers at tend conventions for three reasons: To learn something of the work of the past; to And out somewhat of tho circumstances of the present; to get visions of tho futuro. '.Hoping, fellow-worker, to see you at Walhalla, 1 am Fraternally yours, Wm. S. Morrison, Ktate Executive Committeeman. THE FKOOHAM. Firet Day. 8.15 p. m.-Service of song, con ducted by Prof. W. S. Morrison. 8.30 p. m.-Convention theme, "Thy Kingdom Come," Rev. W. E. Davis, of Clemson College. 9.00 j*, m.-"Tho Fliest of Fine Arts," R. D. Webb, State General Secretary. Second Day-Fi ref. Session. 10.15 a. m.-Service of song, eon ducted by Rev. W. II. Hamilton. 1().;{0 a. ra.-"Drafting Adults." by R. D. Webb. 1 1.00 a. m.-"The Day of tho Country Church," by Miss Wllweo Davis. State Rural and Elementary Superintendent. I 1.30 a. ni.-Appointment of com mittees. 11.36 a. m.-(a) "Over the Top;" (b) "Offering for Sunday School Work," by R. D. Webb. 12.20 p. m.-Announcements. 12.30 p. m.--Adjournment for dinner. (Basket dinner on the grounds. ) Second Session. 1.45 p. m.-Service of song, con ducted by Rev. L. W. Langston. 2.00 j), m.- (a) "Making the Wheels Go Round;" (b) "Opon Par liament," hy R. D', Wohb. 2.30 p, ta.-"Tho Challenge of Teams," hy Miss Milweo Davis. 3.05 p. ni.-Reports of committees. 3.15 p. m.- (a) "What do wo Take from thhj Convention?" (h) "Somo Forward Steps;" (C) Installation of Officers. Conducted hy R. D. Wohb. 3.45 p, m.-Dato and place of tho next Convontlon. 4.00 p. m.-Adjournment. Destroyer? Strike Minos. London, Aug. 17.-Two destrovers struck minos and sank Thursday, ac cording lo an f nnouncemont made by the admiralty to-night. Twenty-six mon aro missing. SERIOUS RIOTS IN JAPAN. < Police mid Military Authorities Ell- . deavor to Quell Troubles. Tokio. Japan, Aug. J8.-There, was j serious rioting in Tokio Thursday j night. Mobs attacked and damaged I property in the business and theater districts. The rioters also enterod and pil laged houses in Asakusa, the great recreation resort of the middle and lower classes. A number of the dis turbers were wounded by the police. Troops have been called out in nearly every important city in Japan, liven the naval station at Maizuru is affected by the unrest. Two thou sand werkinon there are rioting in conjunction with the populace. Soldiers Fire on Rioters. At Nagoya, noted for its manufac ture of porcelains, a mob estimated at 30,000 persons, rioted. At several places the soldiers bred at tho dis turbers. At Kobe the soldiers and police also were obliged to use sabres and bayonets against tho rioters. The newspaper comment here seems to indicate that tho food riots throughout tho country are an ex pression of growing social unrest among the people and to lvllect tho belief that the Empire is advancing toward a social crisis. The riots are spreading, involving-, alike tho poor and the middle classes, who feel im pelled to protest against economic conditions. lt is remarked that the uprisings are often anti-capitalistic in nature, the mobs attacking and destroying the property of the wealthy and voic ing anger at evidences of luxury. Geisha girls have been stoned as they have driven through the streets In automobiles and the houses of the rich have been assailed. War Increases Misery of Poor. While the war has created million aires and increased tho luxuries of tho rich, lt has also increased the misery of the poor because of insuf ficient wages being paid. Factory hands, especially, are fomented by the ringleaders of the riots, which are the first of the kind to occur since Japan was oponed to western civilization. Disorders began in Tokio Tuesday night. A crowd of 5,000, which was prevented from congregating in the park, marched to the ginza, the great retail thoroughfare of the city, where they stoned and damaged 2 00 stores and restaurants, raided rico depots ?and unsuccessfully attacked the min > istry of the interior. Ninety arrest? were made and 20 policemen, were iii jared Tokio to-night is occupied by heavy detachments of police and infantry. Tho newspapers are for bidden to publish news of any kind relative to the rice riots. Mobs Attack Military Forces. Osaka, Japan, Aug. 18.-Mobs pil laged grocery and dry goods stores and food depots and set fire to thea ters and other buildings. The mili tary forcos called out to maintain or der were attacked. The street railways have suspend ed operations at night owing to the confusion in the city and the Gover nor has forbidden the people to go out upon the streets after dark. It is stated that at Maisura, where 2,000 workmen from the naval arse nal joined the population In Backing the rice stores, many persons were injured in collision with the polico. Dynamite Used by Rioters. London, Aug. 18-A dispatch from Tientsin, dated Friday, says: "Tlie Japanese rice riots are prov ing the worst outbreak against the constituted authority witnessed in many years. The rioters are resort ing to acts of extreme violence, such as the use of dynamite and incendiar ism. " Rioters Fire Many Houses. Tokio, Aug. 17.-A mob of 4,000 persona attacked stores and set fire to many houses in the city of Kofu, capi tal of the Prefecture of Yamashina, according to an official statement is sued to-day. Rioters, policemen and soldiers were wounded. Twenty houses were destroyed and property damaged at Hiroshima. An imperial ordinance issued to day authorizes tho government to re quisition all stocks of rice. The rico will bo put on the market. ANOTHER OIL TANKER SUNK. Horrible Ordeal of ('row-Blazing Sea of Oil Paced by Survivors. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 18.-Forty-one survivors of the gasoline-laden tank ship Mirlo, who fought their way in lifeboats through a blazing soa of oil when two torpedoes from a Hun U-boat exploded the inflammable cargo of their craft, 25 miles east of Cape Hatteras, Friday aftornoon, were brought to Norfolk to-night on a government patrol boat. Of this number seven wore sent to a hospi tal to bo treated for burns and bro ken bones. Somewhere in tho ocean the bodies of eleven of their com mues, burned to n crisp, have found a seafaring man's last rostlng placo. A moro horrible ordeal than that which those two score British sea men went through cannot be imag ined. Tho Mirlo was steaming north when, without warning, tho wakes of two swiftly-approaching torpedoes woro sighted by lookouts. There was no time to manoeuvre the ship to escapo. [?KHMANS APPARENTLY WEAKEN Plows of the Allies Have Left Forres lit Had Simpe. Washington, Aug. 19.-The (1er- , mans on three important sectors of j the western front have hoon com pelled to give ui> positions of great Strategic value under the onslaughts of the British and French troops. In the Lys sector, west of Armon tiere8. the onoiny has retreated over a front of nearly six miles, leaving the town of Morville in British hands Hetween the Mats and Oise rivers the French have fought their way to tho western outskirts of the dominating position of Lassigny and farther south in this hill and wooded region have debouched from tho Thioseourt wood and also captured the town of PI inpress, situated In the Oise valley on the Noyon-Compiegne road. Around tho curve in the battle line, northwest of Soissons. tho French 'rom near Carlepont to Fontenoy on the Aisne, a distance of approximate ly nine miles, have driven back the enemy to an average depth of more than a mile and capturod several villages and 2,200 prisoners. Unofflciul reports record the cap ture by the British o? the railway sta tion on the western outskirts of tho important town of Roye, ono of tho pivotal pointB on the battle front be tween the Somme and the Oise, but there is no official continuation of this. Viewed on the war maps the gains in the new operations are nio3t im portant ones for tho allies, for, aside from wide areas over which the en emy has been compelled to acknowl edge defeat, the weakening in tho German defense is becoming daily more noticeable and apparently with in a short time they probably will be forced to commence a retrograde movement on a scale that will mean the entire blotting out of old lines and the taking up of new ones to the east and southeast, possibly (rom the region of Rheims to Ypres tinder the new gains of the British around Roye and particularly those made by tho French from \ Lassigny to the Oise valley and northwest of Soissons, the Gormans now are In n bad predicament. Hero their posi tions aro dominated by the allied guns from the west, southwest and south for many miles and apparently a retreat eastward across the plains of Picardy and o vor the Somme and even from the western Aisne will bo n ec ess! ta ted. The latest German oflicinl commu nication asserts that French attacks between the Oise and Aisne, deliv ered over a wide front, failed, but the French war ofllee statement is specific in announcing the penetra tion of the environs of Lassigny, tho cutting ol' a passageway through 'he Thiescourt wood and the capture of Pi in pre/.. That there bas boon bard fighting, however, is Indicated by tho British official statement, which says that northwest of Chaulnes thc Ger mans succeeded in penetrating the British lines at several points, but were later driven out. On the other battle front thero ls little activity, except in the nature of artillery duels and patrol encoun ters. Additional American troops ar rived last week in Vladivostok to aid the other international troops in thoir operations against tho Bolshe vik and Gorman forces in .Siboria. French Capturo Many Prisoners. Paris, Aug. 17.-The French made further progress to-day north and south of tho Avro, having taken 1, 000 prisoners and numerous machine guns since yesterday, according to tho war office statement to-night. They captured the village of Canny sur-Mat/. and In addition took enemy positions on a front of nearly two miles to a depth of moro than a mile in the region of Autrecbes. in the Soissons sector. Twelve enemy airplanes were brought down yesterday. Prussians (Javo Up. With tho American Army on thc Vesle Front, Aug. 20.-Sixty Prus sians have been taken prisoner by tho Americana near Fismetto, north of Flames, without either side firing a shot. Tho Prussians were machino gunners and all that remained of a company which had been in line less than a month. American detachments went out a few nights ago, tho location of tho machine gun positions having boon reported by a prisoner. According to tho Americans, tho Prussians wer? waiting to bo taken prisoner. Tho intelligence ofllcer who questioned the Prussians asserted that nearly all had agreed to surrender if the slight est opportunity arose. The Americans who took tho pris oners do not claim any credit for tho capturo, declaring that tho Prussians virtually doscrted their posts. A German prisoner'taken Sunday, told an Intelligence officer he believ ed that If fie battle line recedes to Germany proper, tho fighting spirit of the German soldi?rs will be greatly stimulated. Heavy Fighting Recorded. With tho French Army in Franco, Aug. 20.-Ooh. M?ingin's troops at tacked tho Germnn positions at 7.10 o'clock this morning over a front of about 1") milos from Fontenoy, on Ibo Aisne to Pl in prez on the Olso. Sovornl thousand prisoners wero reported captured beforo noon. . The first German line of dofcuso SUBMARINE CAPTIVE RRTJHASBI). Held Prisoner, Gantai? Lntcv Sot Adrift in Sum ll Boat. Boston, Aug. li).-Capt. David Ev ans, of tho British stoamor Penlstone, who was taken aboard a German sub marine as a prisoner of war aftor Ibo undersea boat sank his vossol off Nantucket last week, was landed hero late to-day. With Capt. Fvnns woro olght mern hors of tho crow of the Norwegian stoamor San .lose, also a victim of the same submarino that destroyed tho Ponlstono. Capt. bivana appeared little tho worse for his adventure. He was seised hy tho Gorman commander when ho tried to return to tho sink ing vessel for tho ship's papers, The San Jose .was sunk some timo to-day. Capt. Evans, who had boon kept prisoner on tho submarino olght days, was put Into ono of tho San .Jose's small boats which was plckod up later by a government vessel. Twenty-live other members of tho San Jose's crew had not boen accounted for to-night. Naval au thorities refused to give out anything concerning the oxporlences of Capt. Evane or the sinking of the San Joso. Sixty Victories for French Flyer. Paris. Aug. 18.- Lieut. Hone Fonck, the French aviator, shot down threo German airplanes Wednesday, lt is oltlclally announced. This brings his total number of air victories up to sixty. was crossed over nearly tho whole | front before 9 o'clock, though the resistance was most vigorous at many places. Prisoners woro continuing to arrive at the rear to add to tho several thousand captured before noon, and the gain in territory at 1 o'clock was from ono to two and a half UIIIOB. The enemy was resisting with tho greatest vigor at Vital points. Whore the fighting ls thickest tho ground is covered with Gorman dead. Germans Ev pect od the Attack. Tho artillery preparation, which was most violent, began yosterday morning and the onemy anticipating an attack, hastoned to reinforce his linos, sending up two of his best di vision* which woro hold In roservo. Those divisions arrived during the night in motor lorrlos. An hour and a half arter the order was given to attack, infantrymen were passing Audingnlcourt and Vassons and woro followed Immedi ately by batteries of 3-inch guns, Tho first line of defense was then break ing. The Gormans on retiring filled the ravine with mustard gas. This, how ever, proved only a temporary trou ble, the entire ravine being turned in a short time and the French troops progressing toward Blorancourtello, eight milos southeast of Noyon. Farther to tho right Tartiors, two and a half miles southeast of Mor sain, was entered at 9 o'clock, and columns of prlsonors bogan to appear upon r.he plateau to the rear. French Airmen Flew Low. The artillery reaction was very weak over this part of tho front. French aviators, flying way down under the low-lying clouds, kept the staff regularly Informed ns to the progress of tho attack and harassed the enemy with machino gun Uro. No German fliers tried to Interfere with their work. Few were seen In the air during the morning. Tho Germans made a desperate de fense in the hilly and woodod region south of the Oise around Carlepont Calsne and Lombray, whero they held strong positions which wore profusely dotted with qulck-fllers. Tho Four-a-Vorro and Croisette farms wore taken by the French after a vio lent struggle, which proved very costly to the enemy. Report H.OflO Prisoners. Paris, Aug. 20.-Tho French forces lighting east of tho Oise on a front of about 15 miles, hav? advanced to nn average depth of ? ut two and a half miles, and ' tired numerous villages, accord! . .o tho French official communication issued this evening. More than 8,000 prisoners have been tnkon. South of Hoyo tho town of Beuv ralgnos has been occupied by tho French after bitter fighting. Tho toxt of the communication follows: "South of tho Avro wo have cap tured Boauvralgnes aftor a blttor struggle. In tho course of our ad vance yosterday between the Matz and the Oise, wo took f>00 prlsohers. "Fast of the Olso our troops this morning attacked tho Gorman linos on a front of about 25 kllomotros from the region of Bailly as far as tho Also. "On our loft wo havo roached tho southern outskirts of tho Ourscamp forest, and also tho outskirts of Carlepot and Calsone. "In the center we ca/pturod Lom bray and Blerancourtello and gained a footing on the plateau north of Vassens. "On our right tho village of Voza poln, 'Partiros, Culsy-en-Almont. Osly and Courtll havo fallen into our hands. "On all tho fronts of attack we have advanced on an average to a dopih of four kilometre!), We have lakon moro than 8,000 prlsonors,. "The nunvber of prlsonors taken ainco August 18 botween tho Olso and the Alsno is moro than 10,000. ALL 1. w. W.'S GUILTY. Ono Hund roo Loaders Convicted! us Charged In Indictment. Chicago, Aug. 17.-Ono hundred leaders of tho Industrial Workers of tho World woro found "guilty as charged in tho Indictment" hy tho jury aftor ono hour's deliberation at the tr'al for conspiracy to disrupt the nation's war program lato to-day. Arguments for a now trial will bo hoard noxt week. Tho dofondnnts, including William l). ("Big lilli") Haywood, goneral secretary-troasurer of tho I. W. W.? the highest position in tho organiza tion, taco a maximum penalty of 27 years in prison and a $10,000 fine each. . No Speech fer Defense. The close of tho caso which has been before tho court for 128 days was sudden. Two minor witnesses testified In tho morning session and following thom Frank K. Nobokor, chiof counsel for tho government, bogan his closing argument, for which he was allowed two hours, but consumed scarcely half of that time. Then Goo. F. Vandoveor, hoad of the defense legal staff, to tho surprlso of all in tho court room, declared that ho would submit tho case to tho Jury without making a closing statement. After the instructions of Judge Landis, the Jury retired at 4.10 p. m., and Just one hour later announc ed that tts verdict was ready. Tho court was hastily assembled and tho verdict was read at 5.25' p. m. U-Ront Sunk Off Our Shores. Philadelphia, Aug. 19.-A Gorman submarino was sunk In a running ? battlo with a British tank Bteamer I last Friday about 300 milos north oast of Nantucket, according to mem bers of the tanker's crow. Tho oil ship arrived hore to-night from Mexico. When first sighted the U-boat was two milos away, according to tho captain of the tanker, who said ho Immediately opened fire. . Two shots from tho submarine struck tho Brit ish ship one of them passing through tho boiler room and the other pasalug through a tank. Neither of tho sholU exploded and did no material dam age, the captain reported. Twenty-seven shots woro fired by the tank ship, one or moro of which her master declared scored cloan hits as llamos were seen to hurst from/ the port sido of tho submarino, which he said sank in a low minutos. Meeting at Flat .Shoals. A joint campaign mooting in tho Interest of public health and educa tion will bc held nt Flat Shoals school bouse Saturday noxt, August 24th, at 9 p. m. Local committee*. George Head, Seaborn Harrott, J. L. Crow, Miss Esta Arve, Miss Etta. Crow and Mrs. Charles W. Brewer. A full attendance of the pooplo in the district is requested. R. T. Jaynes, Chairman. food Riot* lit Petrograd. London, Aug. 20.-Hundreds of posons wore killed and wounded In a veritable battle between Lettish guards and rioters during food dis orders In Petrograd, according to an Amsterdam dispatim to the Exchango Telegraph Company. The dispatch, which quotes Petro grad advices by way of Bornn, says that after the city had been without food for two days a procession of workmen marched through the streets shouting, "Down with the Germans; down with tho Kremlin!" The battle between the rioters nod the Lettish guards occurred before tho Smolny. Institute. Martial law was proclaimed "in Pe'i'ograd tho same evening. Entertainment at Town ville. Town ville, Aug. 19.-Special: O?r Tuesday. August 27th, tho Young Girls' Auxiliary, undor the manage ment of tho leader, will glvo an en tertainment In the school auditorium beginning at 8.30 o'clock. The pub lic is especially invited. A small ad mission fco of 10 and 20 cents will be charged. Tho program will con sist of plano and violin solos and some recitations. -rn?**- ? Urged to Order Salt Early. Tho food administration advises that tho salt shortage in tho South eastern States last winter and spring was occasioned by the shortago of coal for the manufacturo of salt (*Ud tho shortage of cara In which to mako shipments, and that tho santo conditions are liekly to be In effect this winter. Deniers in salt are urg ed to placo tholr orders either at this time or at least far enough ahead of their requirements to anticipate delny in shipments. E. h. Herndon, Food Administrator, Oconee County A Family Reunion. . There will be a family reunion at tho home of H. C. Owens, midway between Oakway and South Union, on August. 24th. The relatives and friends of this family are cordially invited to come and bring with thone well-filled baskets. A string band will furnish music on this occasion. Kilon Owens. J