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rvEowEE COURIER (Established uno.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Bubscrlptlon $1 Vcr Annum. Advertising lute? Reasonable. -Hy STECK, SIIELOll & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal chi?ractcr charged for au advertlso ments. Obituary notice? ano tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will bo printed freo of charge. All over i.hat number must bo paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1>, 1018. CONSCIENCE SUFFICIENT LAW. Perhaps those persona who neglect to redeem the pledges they made In tho W.S.S. campaign last .Juno im agine that the American .soldiers loave their native shore and go over Hens to take part in shani battle? At any rate, sham war loan pledges at home cannot be counted on lo finance a real battle. Those persons who. through forget fulness or neglect, lui ve not purchased tho War Savings Stamps which they pledged them selves to buy aro evidently persons who do not notice the dally casualty lists with thc roll of (lie heroic dead who pledged their lives for America -and who kept their pledges. The sales reports of W.S.S. show that in most of tho counties the W. S.S. pledges are being faithfully taken caro of; but tho sales reports also show that tiot a few persons are failing to buy (he stamps in accord ance with the pledge made during the June campiagn. "There ls no law to enforce the pledges made in June," stales the South Carolina War Savings Commit tee; but ho is a poor American whose conscience and whose sense ol' patriotic duty are not su Ilici?n I law." How's This ? We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh M od lc i n e. Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for t,he past :t."? years, and has become known aa the most reliable remedy for ca tarrh. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through tho blood on tho mucous surfaces, expelling the poison from tho blood and healing the diseased portions. After you have taken Hall's Ca tarrh Medicino for a short time you will see a great Improvement In your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Medicino at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, froe. F. ,1. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c.-Adv. The Coneross Union Meeting. Thc union meeting of the upper division, lioavordam Baptist Associa tion, met with Coneross church Sat urday and Sunday, Sept. 28-29. Tho mooting was oponed at 11 o'clock by devotional exercises conducted by Hov. W. M. Thompson, after which tho Introductory sermon was preach ed by Rev. J. S. Corpcnlng, of Sen eca, lt was a great sermon on the subject, "What the church owes to tho community." On Saturday afternoon tho follow ing queries wore discussed: "What are some of our greatest needs as an association?" "Aro we properly em phasizing our distinctive Baptist doc trines?" "Our duty to our Baptist sohools and colleges," and "The rela tion of our Baptist schools to the de nomination." These queries were ably discussed by Rev. W. M. Thomp son, Rev. lt. M. Lyda, Hov. J. S. Cor penlng and Dr. C. A. Jones. On Sunday morning Dr. C. A. Jones, educational secretory of the Ha pt 1st (lenominalion in South Carolina, de livered a groat discourse on Chris tian education. On Sunday a flor noon the ques tion. "What can we do to build lip our prayer meetings." was discussed by Hov. J. A. Watt. Rev. 1,. M. Lyda and Dr. 0. A. Jones. Tho congregations were not very large on either Saturday or Sun day This was due. perhaps, to the busy time gathering crops on Satur day and to I'lido Sam's order not to burn unnecessary gas on Sunday. Hut . to those who were there it was a Kreut feast, both bodily and spiritu ally. Tlie people of Coneross know how to entertain, and lt seems that they did their best on this occasion. A bountiful dinner was spread on both Saturday and Sunday. And tho speakers-well, thoy woro at their beat. We woro delighted to have Dr. Jonos with us. * Piles Cure?! lo 6 to U Dayl DratftfUU refund money. If PAZO OINTMENT fell* to euro itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile?. Instantly relieve* Itching Piles, and you cen ?et reetftd ?W after the first application. Price Wo. GOOD LETTKR THOM TH KS FRONT Oscar Doyle Writes Interestingly Men Rend Their Obituaries. jasper Doyle? of Seneca lt.F.D., lias received from bis son. Corporal Oscar Doyle, of a machine gun company, IIXlli Infantry, tho following very interesting and encouraging lotter: A.F.F., Aug. li?. 1918. ! My Dear 'Father; The last three letters I have had from homo all say that you have ! never gotten a lotter 1 wrote you about two months ago, I ant disap pointed that you haven't, tor I think it was an interest in? lotter, it I do ! say so. lt may have been too inter esting, though, to ?ci through; I don't know. I also wron? you one two wooka ago which I hope you will get pretty soon. We set ourselves np to a good din ner in town yesterday, which con sisted of eggs, peas, potatoes, celery and coffee--all good, but not a bite ol' bread. They never serve broad ; over hore. ! In tho mail Saturday we got some papers from the States which con tained quite a lengthy notice of the death over here ol' Lester D. More- : : dith, of our company. Meredith is still with us aud in good health. We I bad a lot of fun reading what they j I had to say about him back home. It j is a shame, I think, that such tilings ' get In the papers on mere rumor, j That is the second time, In our com , pally alone, that the "deceased" has liad the pleasure of reading bis own obituary. You probably know Mere dith's father. Ile lives about Town vllle somewhore. The "Old Lady," I as wo call bim, was quite justly i "riled" up about it. I Wo beard to-day that Charloston , and several ol' the ?roast towns In the , United States had been bombed with : gas sholls by the Germans. I hone I there was no serious damage done, bat I'll bet the incident, will gel' mon; Liberty bonds than a thousand silver-tongued orators. "Jerry" la a thick-headed lot about some things, and his is a very poor psychologist. I Went over to Company K a couple 'of days ago lo see the old boys I used to bo with. Saw Jack Grant among others, and we swapped news from Seneca a while. Thora is a little air lighting going on now. lt seems to be unsuccessful, though, for both sides. | have soon ? two planes como down In (lames since I have boon here, and two big obser * vatlon balloons go up, too. The for ; mer is a pretty ghastly sight and I am glad neither one fell very clos;' to me. I People aro just finishing harvest ing over hore. They have raised (ino crops ol' whoa I and oats. They harvest very slowly, though- cm ? grain with a scythe with tho rlt?hl hand and rake it together at Ibo same time with a stick that has a (steel book on the end. with the loll ' hand. Women tie it in bundles and i shock it. lt is tied and shocked just * Uko it is at borne and packed in wagons the way we do. j Tlie only way I have seen corn I growing over here was sown broad cast. Ol' course it only makes feed. ! Maybe the seasons arc too short to raise corn. 1 don't know ol' any other reason why it shouldn't be a good crop here, for this country has the most fertile soil I ever saw. No commercial fertilizers are used and tho soil has been .tended a couple of centuries at least. I sure would like once more to see a town with clean streets, and all lit up by electric lights. Hut I believe I'd rather see the Blue Ridge moun tains from the knoll back of our barn than any oCher ploco of scenery right now. Anywhere you go over here it's just the same-dirt, filth and pov erty-and soldiers, soldiers, soldiers everywhere-Belgians, Englishmen, Scotchmon, Frenchmen and Ameri cans. 1 believe the Scotch, with their kilts and bagpipes, are the most picturosquo troops here. They are a splendid, clean-looking body of mon, too, and fine fighters. "Frita" calls thom "The LadlCB from Hell." A bunch of them passed not long ago with their band of bagpipes playing. They played oome piece I have heard you play on the violin. Can't think of the name of lt, though. They will play these bagpipes on tho way up to the front. Bollevo nie, they have got the old "pep." Things look pretty good to us over here now, and there is a good spirit among the troops. It has sure gone np In the last month, too. We all know now that we will get Bill's "goat" some day. I had to stop off writing a little while for a little prayer meeting wo had in tho chapel of tho Y.M.C.A., at which we prayed for the folks at home and for tho success of our armies. Just 30 or 10 Knglish and American soldiers gathered for about (Ivo minutes with the "Y" secretary in a dingy hut, but I think the Lord thought as much of lt as a two-hour service in a big church. It's too dark to see tho paper, so I will have to quit for this time. Lovo to all. O. II. Doyle. Bonds build ships, Buy Liberty Bonds. INDIGESTION, GAS OR SOUR, UPSET STOMACH Eat- One Tablet! Put Your Stomach in Order Willi Rape's Diapepsin. No walting! When meals don't lit and you belch gas, acids and un digested food. When you feel Indi gestion pain, lumps of distross In stomach, heartburn or headache, Here is instant relief. Just as soon as you oat a tablet of Papa's Diapepaln all tho dyspepsia, Indigestion and stomach distress eada. Those pleasant, harmless tab lota of Rape's DlapopBin always make sick, upset stomachs feel lino at duce and" they cost so little at drug stores. -Adv. Spain supplies the world with more than three-fourths of its olive oil. ' i . ' ' , ': 'v4 It stirs every American heart Who was not thrilled to read of the American soldier who supported a wounded comrade, and fought his way with the little detachment back through the Boches to the American lines? That ?s only one deed of heroism among the many happening every day and looked on as a matter of course by the boys fighting for us over there. It shows the stuff that's in them. They are our own sons and brothers. Is the same stuff in us over here? We have the opportunity at home to show our patriotism by Other deeds of valor. We can fight and we MUST fight. And we must WIN, no matter how heavy our burdens may be. Oar formet habits are the Huns we've got to battle with. We can't go on living as we used to. We can't go on spending our money for things we like. We must set up new stand ards- war standards-and stick to them-loyally. From now on there can be only one standard for those of us tv ho fight behind the lines- by saving and lending We must buy bonds to our utmost o?x><><x><><><><> This Space is Contributed to Winning the War by oooooooooo C. W. PITCHFORD, Walhalla, S. C. "OUR BOYS" From Kenneth Dickson. Dr. J. S. Strlbllng, of Seneca, lina received the following letter from I Lieut. Kenneth Dickson, a non of Mr. and Mrs. \V. Pat Dickson, who live near Oak way: "Somewhere," Sept. 2, li) IS. Dear Doctor Strlbllng: I am writing you a short letter to let you know that 1 think of my friends back in the States even though I don't often write, and that I think especially of those whom I expect to see over here soon and who I may be so fortunate as to he treated by in case I should fall in a ditch and break a leg. When you pet here he sure and let me know what hospital or regiment you are attached to. Well, Doctor, I am well and hap py as can be. I have just returned from a month in certain regions that have been pretty unhealthy for our friend "Jerry." In fact, he has found things so unpleasant that he hastily departed, leaving many sou venirs of his visit in thc way of dead, wounded and prisoners, as well as millions of dollars worth of guns and ammunition. Personally I saw very few Germans, but I hope that I did them somo harm even though I did not see them. One of the saddost moments of my life up tho line was when I saw com pany after company of (lennans run ning away, and they about a thou sand meters before the range of eight machine guns that I had; and the artillery had been unable to keep up with the Infantry advance. .1 cer tainly hated that, but there was no way breaking tho Bocho resistance between, so they got away. Some times, however, they were not so fortunate and we would have the pleasure of seeing a crowd of fat (lennans scurry for shelter as ma chine gun or artillery lire would suddenly bo brought to bear on them. Tho Cerninns are great with their machino guns and trench mortars, and when wo ran into a nest of these things the doctors would cortainly have businoss. We haven't learned to fight them as well as the French; consequently tho Germans held us back and slowed our advance moro than thoy did tho French. Our troops aro too anxious to givo the Germans tho bayonet, and because of theso reckless ways are called by the French "lighting fools." But with all this the French aro tho people who go about tho game in a quiet, busl noss-llko way, and when the day is i over they have the greater results to ' show. They certainly are good fight- I ors. After one has been up to the front and seen the way in which everything has been destroyed he can fully ap preciate a quiet country where war has not boen. It is hard to realize how thoroughly the Germans have destroyed the parts of France that they have over-run until one returns to tho unmolested sections. I hope the allies can keep him on the run until winter, for I believe he will be tired by then and seek peace before spring. I don't want you to think by this, though, that I want peace until Germany has been Invaded, for I don't. I can't see any justice of a peace that might be made before Ger many has borne some of the punish ment she has been so fond of giving the rest of tho world. This ls certainly a great life over here, and I grow happier every day that I stay. This war ls going to make better citizens out of a lot of men, and lt ceratinly is going to show up the yellow streaks in some of our big-mouthed friends. I pity the youngster that has stayed at home when the men of tho A.T3.F. return. They will certainly have to have good excuses before they will secure the good will of this bunch. I am beginning to appreciate more than ever the value of the quiet, mat er-of-fact man. He is the man that is more than apt to keep his head in battle, and ho makes tho surest and safest leader. I have often wondered why the Southerners made the best soldiers, and I believe that is the whole secret-he takes conditions as ho linds them and seldom loses his head or gets shell-shocked. Shelly shock is certainly something awful, because you can hardly tell how bad it is or whether a man ls really a coward. I havo seen tuen who had absolutely no wounds go through the battle and then go to the hospi tal, and a few days later tho report comes back that they are dead, whereas others would pretend to be awfully had off and get out of tho light only to return as soon as a place of safety was reached. That ls tho reason I hate lt so badly-you cannot tell how badly a man ls af fected I supposo that you have about he como proporly bored with this writ ing of mine, so I will bogln to draw lt to a close. 'Kindly romombor mo to my friends around Seneca and Walhalla and give them my best wishes for success and good health. Evon though you may be unable to come over, keep preaching tho good causo until there aro no young men loafing around towns or cross roads. I suppose that most ol' them are gone now, but we want to show the H. S. that South Carolina is the best State of them all. I noticed with a great deal of sat isfaction that she "went over" in Liberty Hoods and also in Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. contributions, al though (and I bato to say lt) I think that the money spent In Liberty Bonds was worth a groat deal more than the other, for I have found the Red Cross and Y.M.C.A. workors are much more active In the States and in Paris than whore they are really needed. Now, I don't say this just because they are societios outside of the army, but because it is a. fact that tho men they send out are mostly shirkers, though there are . excep tions, and these people do excellent work. This ls not the result of the organization, but of the individuals who are looking out for a soft joh. The older men who como over hore are much better than the young "draft dodgers." They sometimes reach the very front lines, where they do an Inestimable amount of good. I have met a great many mon from South Carolina, but none from Sen eca since I have been over here. I met the regiment to which the Todd boys belong and asked about them. Thoy are getting along tine and are making good records. Write me a long letter and tell all the girls to do the same, as one never tires of reading the news from the people hack home. Wm. Kenneth Dickson. From Franklin 10. M<v\lister. With American Exp. Forces, Sept. 5, ll? IS. Dear Wife and Family: How aro you all getting along by this time? Fino, I hope. This leaves mo as well as common, 1 haven't received any mail yet, Mope you all are getting my letters. I Uko the looks of this country all right, although it is very different from ours. The land is rich, and it is Just like the old pictures in the geography-exactly, everything. We were (censored) days crossing. You can bet we were glad to see land. I was sick nearly all tho way. I saw Cuss Wilson to-day for tho first timo. Just got to talk with him flvo or ten minutes. I will write more when I have time. Answor soon. My address ls 13th Battery, A.A.R.D., A.B.F., via N.Y. Your loving husband, Franklin E. McAUstor. WOMAN WORKS 15 HOURS A DAY {Marvelous Story of Woman's Change from Weakness to Strength by Taking Druggist's Advice, Peru, Ind. -"I suffered from a dis placement with backache und dragging down pains so i badly that at times . I could not be on my feet and it did not seem as though I could stand it, X triH different ?medicines without any benefit and several doctors told mo nothing but on operation would do me any good. My drug gist told mo of Lydia E. Pink ly ham's Vegetable ' Compound. I took it with tho result that J am now well \ N """"I and si jong. I get up in the morningatfouro'clock, do my housework, then go to af actory and work ail day, come homo and get supper and feel good. J. don't know how many of my friends I have told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done forme. "-Mrs. ANNA METERIANO, 86 West 10th St, Peru, Ind. Women who suffer from any such ail ments should not fail to try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. 20 Killed; 28 Injured. I Cleveland. Ohio. Oct. 3.-Twenty munition plant workers were in stantly killed at Bedford, lb miles south of here, to-day when a Penn sylvania passenger train plowed through about 50 men in a dense fog. Twenty-eight others were injured, three probably fatally. All excopt one of the victims lived in Cleve land. The workmen had just alighted from a local train, which was taking them from here to the munition plant of the McMyler interstate Com pany at Bedford, where they were employed. live-witnesses said tm workmen bad no warning until the train was on them. J. II. Finlay, engineer of the pas senger train, blamed the accident to the dense fog. Sow Wood's High-Grade Seed Wheat For Best and Most Productive Crops. Our Virginia-Grown Seed Wheats are superior for the South-make larger yields and better quality of grain. Write for "WOOD'S CROP SPE CIAL" giving prloes and Information about SEED WHEAT, SEED OATS, 8?ED RYE, BARLEY and all other Seeds for Fall Sowing. T.W. Wood & Sons Seedsmen. Richmond, Va. Plant WHITE PEARL AND BER MUDA ONION SETS for profita ble crops, both for home uso ' and market. Write for "Woori?* <?rAp Sp-c!s!r" giving prloes. .Semi-Annual Singing Convention. The Semi-Annual Singing Conven tion will meet at Fant's Grove church the second Sunday In October (the 13th), 1918. All good singers and lovers of music are urged to come and bring well-flHed baskets. W. M. Lemmons, Prosldent. Stafe and Cupid Cunning Plotters Many n Noir Homo will Have a lit?la Sunbeam to Brighten ft Cupid ard tho stork aro held up to ven eration; they aro rated na cunning plotters to herald tho camkig jf tho little sunbeam to gladden tbo hearts and brighten tho hornea of a ho?t of happy fnmUlcs. There is a most remarkable preparation, known ns Mother's Friend, which has been used by women for over half a century beforo tho arrival of tho stork. Thia ls a penetrating external application for the ab domen and breast. By dally uso through* put tho walUng months, strain and tension 19 relieved. Tho musi-lca aro rondo elastic and pliablo so that when baby cornea they expand with coso and tho pain and danger nt tho crisis ia naturally less. Then, too, tho nerves are not torn" and drawn with that TOduol wrenching strain, and many distresses, such as nervousness, nausea, bearing down and stretching pains, aro nmong the discomforts and debilitating ex pcrlencea women who have used Mother's Friend say they havo entirely escaped by tho application of thia time-honored remedy. Thousnnda of women have used Mother's Friend and know from experience that it ls one of tho greatest contributions to healthy, happy motherhood. Wrlto to the Bradfield Regulator Co., . Lamar Bldg., AUsntn, OB., for their .'Moth. erHood Book." There is a wealth of in ?traction and comfort to be derived from reading thia little? book. It la plainly written Just what every woman wants to know. Oct a bottle of Mother's Friend from tho drug gist today, and thus fortify yourself against pain and discomfort. '