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APPEAL, TO SUNDAY SCHOOLS
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Of Oconeo County to Get Into Fight
i Against Illiteracy.
Fellow-Workers: Read this appeal
to your Sunday school. Find out
how many illiterates in your reach-d
and who they ai*e. Organize a toach
ing-to-read class In your Sunday
school. Call for volunteers to go to
the homes of these people, or Invite
them to the homes of the teachers,
and help them open their eyes. You
can find the volunteers.
Remember our key word: " Tho j
Kingdom"; our motto, "Thy King- !
dom Come." Remember the four
things stressed at Buffalo: 1st, pa
triotism; 2d, education; 3d, Chris
tian unity; 4th, Christian progress.
Frateranlly,
Wm. S. Morrison,
Pros. O. C. S. S. A.
Clemson College, Sept., 1018.
The Appeal.
The world's arch enemies to-day
aro militarism, lack of self-control,
and ignorance. The flrBt two thrive
chiefly by the support of the last. Il
literacy is the heaviest burden the
people of South Carolina have to
carry.
Every man and woman in the
State ls concerned, and every one can
do something to help in this cam
paign against illiteracy.
Are you a county superintendent
of education? If so, you can organ
ize a literary survey in your county,
help the commission organize your
county for work and assist the com
mission in raising funds. Above all,
get busy establishing adult schools in
your county for work and assist the
commission in raising funds. Above
all, got busy establishing adfllt
schools n your county.
A>e yc<u a school trustee? If so,
agitate the establishment of adult
schools in your district. Help the
teachers organizo them, persuade
the illiterates to attend them, and
provide the equipment to make the
enterprise succeed.
Aro you a teacher? If so, you
have no excuse for not giving your
support to some plan to reduce tho il
literacy in your district. Try to or
ganize a night school In your district.
At loast you can persuade one grown
person to let you teach him to road
and write.
Aro you a student in college or in
high school? Could you not find tho
timo to teach at least one grown
person to rend? In so doing you
would l)e giving your State real ser
vice.
Aro you a form demonstrator or a
home club demonstrator? In every
address at, every gathering remind
your hearers that we musa hlot out
illiteracy. No matter what your sub
ject, this topic is pertinent.
Are you a Sunday school superin
tendent or teacher? See to it that
at lenut one class in your school is
taught to read the Bible. ] Persuado
at leaBt one grown person to attend
this class. The Bible cannot mean
what lt should to the man unable to
read lt.
Are you a minister of tho Gospel?
Lay it upon the conscience df your
people to perform this net of Chris
lion duty and mercy. Get some of !
your members to do the teaching. !
Gently and tactfully persuade tho il
literates to take the teaching. If
you really believe that "the truth
shall make them free," you will not
hesitate.
Are you a legislator? If so, dem
onstrate your vision, your faith 4n
your fellow-men, and your patriot
ism, by causing the State to make
adequate provision for the teaching
of all the people.
Are you the'son or the daughter of
an illiterate parent? What more
beautiful filial duty could you per
form than to persuade one who has
done so much for yon to lot you put
a new light, a new power and a now
Joy Into the years that are growing
dim and unsatisfying?
Are you a speaker in a war cause?
Couple the battle-cry against illite
racy with the Liberty Loan, tho Y.M.
CA., the Red CrosB, the W.S.S., the
health campaign, and all tlve rest.
The Huns aro to-day putting more
reliance in ignorance than in shot and
shell.
Are yon a club woman? If so,
please remember that this commis
sion Is largely the child of your own
organization. You can give it not
only your loyal silent support, but
your vigorous public advocacy. Work
to put the. people to thinking of the
educational situation in the State.
Talk discreet^ persuade tactfully,
work diligently, and give devotedly
Iq this great cause.
Are you a patriot of any class? If
so, talk for the campaign against il
literacy, work for it, and subscribe
to the fund. Such campaigns arc
neither new nor untried. Mrs.Stew
are in Kentucky, Miss Kelly in North
Carolina, one or two local workers
in South Carolina have demonstrated
what can be accomplished. In the
State are some men able and willing
to give each $100, scoros would give
willingly $10 each, and hundreds
would give $1 each.'The commission
needs the help of all.
Patterson Wardlaw,
Chairman of Illiteracy Commission.
A CHALLENGE.
This is a challenge to every wo
man! Every eligible nurse should
respond !
lt is necessary that our wounded
boys have, the best of care and at
tention, and there are not enough
nurses enrolled to render this care.
The estimated total . number of
graduate nurses in the United States
is 80,000 to/ 100,000. There are
from 50,000 to 70,00.0 graduate
nurses not enrolled with the Red
Cross. Where are they? We must
mobilize our entire nursing force If
we are going to win!
Enroll! Our boys must not be
allowed to suffer for lack of skilled
care.
The Secretary pf War has just
Issued a regulation placing members
of the Army Nurse Corps above all
non-commissioned officers. Mem
bers receive, by act of Congress,
$60 a month over here and $70 a
month in active service "over there,"
with maintenance and traveling ex
penses.
To the graduates of the ,hlgh
schools and colleges for women just
a word: Enroll at once as student
nurs?s in hospitals or in the army
school of training.
The nursing service must hold
three great lines. The first line is
the care of the wounded; the sec
ond line ls tho care of our soldiers
in training in cantonment hospitnls
in this country; the third line ls the
maintenance of health and recon
strucaion of the soldiers when they
return.
If tho loijt 5 O', 000 nurses are
found we can bold these lines. En
roll now! Hold the line! The
nursing service cannot hold Its linos
without your help.
Several young ladles of Walhalla
will have charge of tho onrolllng-of
nurses in this section. This com
mittee will he headed hy Miss Julia
Maxwell as chairman. Give them
your co-operation and assistance, as
they have other work to do, and are
busy with Rod Cross and other nec
essary work.
Mrs. J. A. Steck, Chairman,
Mu raes' Committee, Walhalla Branch,
Oconeo Red Cross Chapter.
Card of ThuukH.
Editor Keoweo Courier:
We wish through your paper to
express our sincere thanks to all
friends for their many and valued
deeds of kindness during the illness
and at the death of our wife and
mother, Mrs. Ja ff orson, and also for
tho kindly sympathy extended to the
iged husband f nd father lp the beau
tiful floral offerings presented in our
lime of sorrow. These evidences of
:rue friendship will ever be held in
grateful remembrance by her
Husband and Daughters.
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MK. SCllRODKK CIUTICAM?Y UJI?.
Physicians Announce tilts Morning
Slight Hopo of Recovery.
Fred, A. H. Schroder, of Tho Cou
rier, is critically ill. Physicians an
nounced this morning at 9 o'clock
that while thore is still hope of his
rallying, there is still very little
chance for recovery.
Mr. Schroder is suffering from a
very serious attack of pneumonia,
which became acute at the office last
Friday afternoon, and his condition
has grown gradually worse hour by
hour since, though thore have been
brief periods at which lt was hoped
and thought that there were signs
of Improvement In his condition.
Yesterday his two sons, John and
Frank, of Clemson CoMege, were
summoned to Walhalla and the en
tire family ls at home with thc
stricken man.
There are hosts of friends who
will join with us tn the sincere hope
that, he may even yet he spared for
other and many more years of use
ful life.
Tho End Near.
Just as The Courier goes to press
the sad .Intelligence comes to us from
Mr. Schroder' homo that tho end ls
Mr Schroder's homo that the end is
gradually drawing near. Mr. Schro
der lies unconscious and the end is
momentarily expected, all hope of
a rally having boen abandoned.
TWO KN MM Y SUBS AUK SUNK.
American Sub. chasers Do Good
Work nt Durn/.za.
Rome, Oct. 4.-American subma
rine chasers destroyed two enemy
submarines yesterday during the
bombardment of Durazno, It was of
ficially announced to-day.
Tho chief of the general staff of
the Italian navy made tho announce
ment of the American success. The
chasers were engaged In patrol escort
service for the protection of the large
warships taking part In the bom
bardment.
jPsart of Great Pinn.
Washington, Oct. 4.-Destruction
by Entente naval forces of the Aus
trian base at Durazzo is believed to
be closely linked up with the allied
plans for pushing their advance on
through Macedonia.
Concentration in the Adriatic of
naval units sufficiently strong to un
dertake such an exploit, navy men
say, may mean that a virtual barrage
has been formed to push the Aus
trian submarine flotillas to the north,
relieving Allied transports supplying
the Balkan forces of much of the
danger they have faced and clearing
the Albanian coast so as to permit
the establishment there of a new
base for the landing of men and ma
terial. This would materially reduce
the Allied communication lines,
which now run far to'the south to
Saloniki and Grecian ports.
Tho Austrian Account.
Vienna, Oct. 4.-The town and
harbor of Durazzo, Albania, was
bombarded for two hours Wednes
day by Allied naval and air forces,
bul no material damage was done,
according to an official communica
tion issued to-day. Attempts to pen
etrate the harbor failed, according to
tho communication.
Da in ful I mid Temperature.
llolow is a record of meteorological
observations taken by H. W. Brandt,
co-oporatlvo observer of the Weather
Bureau of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture during the woek ending
October 6th, 1918, at 7 p. m. (The
instrumental readings are from gov
ernment standard instruments ex
posed In the manner recommended
by the chief of the Weather Bureau) *
Character of
Day.
Dale-? _
Sept. 30~-Clear'
Oct. 1-Clear .
Oct. 2-Clear .
Oct. 8-Clear .
Oct. 4-Clear .
Oct. 5-Clear .
Oct. 6-Clear .
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i*! Il 101?TY LOAN MEETINGS.
Campaign Meeting Datos Have Ileon
I iv.il tor Walhalla DtHtilct.
Campaign moetings have been ar
ranged for the Walhalla Division as
follows, certain school districts hav
ing been grouped as hereafter
named!
Salem Baptist Church-Sunday,
Oct. 13, at ll a. m.-(Salem, J ocas
see, Fall Branch, Boon's Creek; Fort
George and Smolt'/.or. )
Cheohee Baptist Church-Suhday,
Oct. 13, at 4 p. m.- (Cheohee, Ta
massee, Boar Pen, Llttlo Uiver.)
Picket Post School House-Sun
day, Oct. 13, at 8 p. ni.- (Picket
Post, Oconee Station, Fairfield.)
Oconeo Creek School House-Sun
day, Oct. 13, ot ll a. m.-Oconee
Creek and Flat Sohals.)
Ebenezer School House-Sunday,
Oct. 13, at 4 i>. m.- (Ebenozor,
Koowto and Wost Union.
Blue Ridge School House-Sun
day, Oct. 13, at 8 ii. m.-(Blue
Ridge and West Union.)
Double Springs Churchy-Sunday,
Oct. 13, at ll a. m.- (Chattooga,
Village Crook, Bethlehem, Belmont,
Mill Creek.)
Long Creek Aciden y - Sunday,
Oct. 13, nt 4 p. ra,-(Long Creek,
Mountain Grove, Poplar Springs,
Rich Mountain, Brasstown.)
Holly Sprnlgs School House-Sun
day, Oct. 13, at 8 p. ni.-(Holly
Springs and Chauga.)
Rocky Knoll Baptist Church-Sat
urday, Oct. 1, 2?t 8 p. m.-(Neville
and Zion.)
Speakers will he provided for all
these meetings. The time being so
short, school districts have been
grouped for the sake of convenience,
and everybody IB urged to attend.
All meetings except one have been
fixed for Sunday next. Being for the
sale of -Liberty Bonds, automobiles
can be used by government permis
sion.
THESE MEETINGS ARE ALSO
EXCEPTED FROM THE ORDERS
OF THE STATE BOARD OF
HEALTH PROHIBITING PUBLIC
GATHERINGS.
Local committees named in circu
lar of September 20 aro urged to
co-operate and Invite attendance of
residents of respective districts.
These meetings have boen arranged
to assist these local committees in
their work of canvassing their re
spective districts. All members of
committees are urged especially to
attend.
W. M. Brown,
County Chairman.
Ruth Berry,
County Chairman.
C. W. Pitchford',
District Chairman.
Mrs. Arthur Brown,
District Chairman.
October 7th, 1918.
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* NO JURY CASK?. ?
* _ .
* At a meeting of the Walhalla *
* Bar Association, held last Mon- *
* driy afternoon, it was resolved t
* to try no jury cases at the ap- *
* preaching Cctober term of the *
* Court of Common Pleas. This ?
* decision was reached by the *
* Association by reason of the fact ?
* that the time of tho lawyers has *
* been given up so much to war *
* work and that the farmers aro *
* busy with tho essential work of *
* gathering in their crops. Jurors *
* will not be summoned for the *
* term beginning Monday,October ?
* 21st. .ludgo Prince will opon *
* Court on that day and sign or- *
* dors and boar such equity mat- *
* tors as may be ready for trial. *
4* * * * * * * * * * * * + *
THE ?TATE I? AIDING
Editor Keowee Courier: i
The State Board of Health ls sup
plying medical relief to thoso com
munities in tho Stnto which are In
moat need of this aid on account of
the present epidemic of influenza.
You are requested to publish the
following notice in your paper.
Respectfully,
James A. Hayne,
Secy. State Board of Health.
Notice to Local Health Hoard.
You are requested to telegraph the
State Board of Health, Columbia,
collect, the following information:
1. Number of old and new cases
of influenza.
2. Number of new cases occurring
each day.
3. Number of physicians In active
?practico.
4. Number of nurses available.
6. What aid, if any, is needed from
the State Board of Health?
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OlipSlNQ EVERYTHING AS A *
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE *
Sheriff Jas. M. MOBS Monday *
afternoon received tho following ?
tologram rotative to taking pre- *
cautionary measures against the "
spread of Influenza and other *
Infectious diseases: . *
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 7. 1918. .
To the County Shorlff, Walhalla, *
S. C.: -
Under authority of Paragraph ?
16, Fourteenth soTtth Carpllua *
Code, you are directed to close *
all schools and all other lnstltu- *
tiona of learning; churches, pic- *
ture shows, and all other places *
bf public gathering In your *
county. See that thoro ls no f
crowding lu stroot cars and pub- *
He conveyances. *
James A. Hayno, *
State Health Offlcer. *
Mrs. T. S. Strtbling Dead.
Seneca, Oct. 7.-Special: Mrs.
Maude Vornor Stripling foll asleep
In Jesus on Monday, September 30,
nt 8.30 o'clock, after an illness of
about llvo months.
The deceased was a daughter of
Robert S. and Mary Johns Veruer,
and was only 36 years Of age at the
time of her death. Nineteon yoar's
ago, in tho first bloom of young wo
manhood, she was hap: Hy married
to T. S. Strlbllng, who, with four
children, survives her.
Mrs. Strlhling's life was a beauti
tlful lesson to her fr'ends In cheer
fulness, patience and Christian vir
tue. She was so full of laughter
and happiness that she scattered
sunshine wherever she went. Even
up to her last moments she had a
smile and a cheery greeting for those
about her, but never1 a murmur for
the intense suffering that lt was hers
to bear.
She was descendod from a long
line of Revolutionary ancestors and
was a charter member of Seneca
Chapter D. A. R. She was a devoted
and active member of the Presby
terian church, and was for a number
of years prosldont of the Ladies' Aid
Society of that church, and was zeal
ous in all good works.. Perhaps the
crowning act of her Ufo was tho care
and devotion of a motherless babe..
A strange coincident wnB tho death
of hor stop-mother on tho same da>v
the two interments taking place only
a fow hours apart.
To her loved ones she loaves a?
rich horltage-a beautiful memory;,
of n well-spent lifo. A Friend.
f Cheeso Prices Regulated.
Tho Food Administration has an
nounced that, until further notice,
retail dealers in cheese must not
make a profit in excess of from six
to seven cents a pound over delivered
cost.
The Food Administration has also
announced that retail dealers In but
ter must not make a profit on this
commodity in excess of from five to
six cents a pound.
The Food Administration has pro
mulgated what it considers reason
able margins of profit for wholesal
ers to make on butter and cheese.
E. L. Herndon,
Food Administrator for Oconee Co.
MA Deaths at Jackson.
The Columbia .State of Sunday
last announced that there had been
24 deaths at Camp Jackson during
Saturday, the cause being Spanish
influenza. Five South Carolina boys
wero among the victims of this dis
ease. Their names are as follows:
Rennet Cook, Helena; Wm. Davis,
Warrenvillo; Richard J. Micki, Gaff
ney; -. - .Huggins, Aynor; Alhort
Thompson, Anderson.
DEATHS IN HOPEWELL CI/AS1I.
Soldiers Called Out Following Riot
Between Foreigners and Negroes.
Petersburg,' Va., Oct. 4.-On re
ports of a riot between negrov>s and
foreigners at tho I. E. du Pont de Ne
mours plant at llopowoll, Va., a pla
toon of soldiers was rushed thore
from Camp Lee late to-day. First
reports said two persons had boen
killed.
Soldiers from Camp Lee and a
local military company were patrol
ing tho Hopewell streets to-night, but
firing ir. the negro section was still
in progress. More than a thousand
shots had been fired, lt was esti
mated.
The riot was started by a Spaniard
named Gomez, steward in a restau
rant, who slapped a negro cook, Her
husband resented it and a general
fight ensued.
Oconee Election Commissioners,
Governor Manning last Friday ap
pointed the following gentlemen to
serve as election commissioners for
Oconee county:'
Commissioners of Federal Elec
tions-P. A. Brown, Weat Union; I*
C. Spencer, of Seneca, and Oscar
Land, of Westminster.
Commissioners State and County
Elections-W. H. Talley, ot Salem;
John Spencer, of Madison, and <L W.
Davis, of Fair Play.