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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 1840.) PuhllHiied Every Wednesday Morning Subscription VI I'er A UH WU. Advertising Kates Reasonable. *~ * 'J-1 STECK, S1IELOK & SOIIKODEK. Communications of a personal eba racier charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices anu tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will ha printed free of charlo. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, H. C.: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMIHCK 0, 11)18. KEGIXM.Nfl OK THE END. Events are trasplring rapidly in (ODrope these days. Tho events of the past lew days ind?cale beyond quos tlon the early cessation Of hostilities, und completo victory for the Allied nal ions of Europe and the United States ol' America. We do not predict tho complete (crumbling of the German armlos within the week, or the month, but the fact that those armies must soon disappear from tho Held of action is a? cortaln as thal tho night follows the day. Within tho past week Turkey has sn i rendered, willi terms absolutely unconditional, and Hungary has fol lowed closely, severing the close re lations with Austria that have for long existed; and Austria herself has at Inst yielded to tho inevitable and accepted the terms of armistice fixed by Hm Allied nations. 'liormany alono of tint monarchical govern mon ts holds out against tho democracies. How long she will "continue lo ki' k against tho pricks" romains lo bo seen. lt seems hard for the people of that damnable gov ernment lo free themselves from the galling yoke they have for so long worn. lint free tho Herman people will bo, and (he I lohen/.ollerns must KO. bag and baggage, from the high places. There will bo no Heating for terms ol' peace with the Scourge of Germany and the destroyer ol' small nations that stand in her way. normativ tor tho first time in history will bo ruled by the people. Hut we need look for no Immedi ate cessation ol' hostilities. Our boys will be in action for weeks yoi, may bo months. lOven aller thc people of Cern?anv have taken over the reins Ol go ve rn ii i! ii and ousted their old rn asl ors lhere will be work, heavy Work, !.> lu lone. Tho Kaiser ami W>- lords .<. ftodic t<> die hurd, and i ?o-. i IM l?ghl lo t ho hist di tull w>?ih that Minnon of ibu German ar mies that will still adhere to their old masters- those who havo boon SO thoroughly imbued with the de sire for murder, destruction, rapine and wanton torture upon those who. defenseless in their path, cannot help themselves. Rut the doom of the Kaiser ls as surely sealed to-day as ls that of the criminal in the electric chair, with tho death-doaling cur rent already burning Into his flesh and seeking out tho inner recesses of tho body's vital spots. Not ono moment of respite ia go fng to be granted to tho Herman ar mies In tho Held so long as there is the least, semblance of resistance on their part, or tho slighest degree of adherence to the old regime. Hence "our boys" will bo busily engaged for some Hine to como in attending to matters of international Import oven though tho final crumbling of Germany should take place in I ho al moKt immediate present. Thou will come tho days of reconstruction and r?habilit?t inc; of devastated and all but ruined countries and sections of countries. Thore is great and [stupendous work still to he dono, and "our boys" will have no small part to take In this groot work. Ours it was to throw into ibo balances the great weight that has brought about the present undoing of the Central pow ers; ours it will bo, in largo meas ure, to direct and carry on the work of preparing for peace. Truly there will be problems of peace as great as any problem of the war that has presented itself. The American peo ple have settled themselves nobly to war conditions; let us have nothing of tho rostlvo spirit when peace shall come, as it must come. In the not distant future. We cannot expect to drop back into old-time peace cus toms lil a day. We must content ourselves in Hie slow working pro .cess of readjustment, just as we have come gradually into presen I condi tions. lt is our candid opinion that the old times that we have enjoyed in tho years past are none forever. Wo must settle ourselves lo a now order ol' thines, out of which, wo be lieve, will emerge a greater and a (Vir better country than our God-fav ored land has been in the past. Notes from Oak fl rovo. Westminster, ll, E. H., Nov. 2. Special: Clint White has moved with bis family to Westminster, hav ing bought the home of A. Gaines. We regret very much to have them leave our community, W. R. Cobb has been suffering with rheumatism again, but is betlor nt chis writing. Thomas McAllstor had the misfor tune to cut his foot very badly tho other day while chopping wood. W. O. Crenshaw and R. J. Sad grove visited friends near Tainassco ono day this week. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. 'RI rn rodi mid little son, of near Walhalla, were ro cent guosts at tho home of G. L. Broom. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Crenshaw, of <Vho Tamnssee section, visited re cently at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. it, J. Snolgrove. "BACKBONE** OF Till-: COUNTRY. Ml*. Dul'ro Write* in Dotons? ?f tho Fanner-Stands hy "Righto." Editor Koowco Courier: ll' you will ho kind enough to puh IIBII tho rollowing i will appreciate it. I will say in thc outset that I am a larmer, and what 1 say is in thc nature ot' speaking a few words in behalf ol' tho farmers. 1 do not want to o ff OU d any ono, and will not do so intentionally, but If tho shoo pinches anybody I have no apology to make, I am Uko everybody else-I want to stand up for my rights in the light of tho way I view tho situation. I know of no class ol' people that aro cheated and robbed as are the farmers of to-day. ll you Intend to build a house and expect it to stand, what do you do Hist? You put a good foundation to it. If you are building a ship, or setting up ma chinery-in fact, if you are doing anything that you expect to stand and give satisfaction -you depend on tho foundation. Isn't that so? Well, if the fanner is not the backbone or foundation of all business enter prises, for the running of cotton mills, merchandising, banking -for the running ol' this great war and the feeding of the world-then who (or what) ls the foundation? Tho fact is, everything that Is In oxistence de pends on the tanner to furnish food and clothing for man and beast. Ile is the foundation of lt all. Then why is he kept down, with barely enough for a living for himself and family? Take tho government employees. II is figured that a man has to have a support for himself and his family, with a profit for lils labor, If ho chooses to perform tho services re quired by tho position he holds. Then take the merchant: He has to have a living, and a good profit for what he sells. You ask him if ho won't lake a little less than tho price at which he offers you his goods, and he will tell you mighty quick that he can't sell goods at less than cost and stay in business. Take the bankers, the oil mill men, ginners, and tho mon of most every occupation (ex cept the fanner and the laborer!: They have a good profit for all they do. But - Take, the small farmer: Ho and Iiis family have to work the farm, put Ibo produce on tho market for sale, and what is the result? On an avorago tho product of the your's labor would not bring over $600. ls there any justice in that? Should he not have a fair profit, loo? Yes - and I hope to see the day when he will have the manhood to say. as ho puts Iiis produce on the market, "lt lias cost me so nundi to make this, and I must have pay for my time and labor, or haul the stuff back homo." I know that it would be just as easy for nie to put an elephant under a wash tut) and hold him down as to make tho farmer do that, but he will never be any account until he does. 'Phe following ls copied from 'he Bro . re e:iv< Farmer ; ?'Itocentiy l.ho Department of hor and thu Department of Am ?ili lli re edi lee i Od add assembled figur?s sliowii;; thu I it cr ease i?, 'rices of commodities during tuc -war period, as compared on July I, 1914, one month before tho war began. These investigations show that on July 1. 1914, raw cotton was selling for 12.4 cents a pound, and that on July I, 1918, the price was 28.6 cents, an increase of 115.2 cents a pound, or l.'lO.ti per cent. During the same four-year period, the report shows, nineteen of tho common kinds of cot ton goods increased In price an aver age of 19 0.1 per cent. Ou a simple average of these percentages of In crease In cotton goods and raw cot ton, our cotton should be bringing ,'17.Os cents a pound. There are five other classes of cotton goods manu factured which have increased 254.4 per cent. On this basis, bad tho price of raw cotton risen proportionally, it would now be selling for 12.82 cents a pound, lt is cruel injustice that tho Southern farmer, for the first time in fifty years getting a liv ing wage for himself and wife and children, should bo blamed for the high |irices at which cotton goods are soiling. "The ligures here given, collected by the government and absolutely impartial, show Into whose pockets aro going most of the increase In cotton goods prices. If goods are to remain at such figures, then we be lieve that tho farmer bas a right to 40 cents a pound for his cotton, and he is instilled in refusing to sell for loss than a fair price." I ask every Courier reader, direct ly or indirectly interested in cotton md in seeing the grower get a square [leal, to write to his Congressman md Senator in regard to this matter. I would like to add a lino about ?Mir cotton seed and meal: The gov srnmonl fixed the price on our seed it '$?>!> per ton Since then $1 has been taken off. The oil mill men re IUSO to buy our seed now and far in n's are hauling them back home. The I ?\cuso of the oil mill men for not I Inlying seed is that they have no i>lace to keep them, and a lot that ' ivas already bought is spoiling. Did iou ever know such a thing to hap- | linn Indore. No; and it is not tho | ?ase now. Tin? truth is they would rather you would tako care of the .iced till needed, and we are fools j cuiough to do what they say. If they ! tlid noi expect to buy your seed, why i [lon'l they refuse to gin your cotton? j My opinion in the matter is thal if WC : have to haul (he seed back home we should let them stay Ibero and put them on wheat and other crops for manure either that or make thc oil mili men pay us for tho timo and labor of hauling them back homo. I will tell yon the reason they do not buy our cotton seed. They get $71 a ton for them In car lots. You see when you haul them back to tho mills you will load them on the caro, and this will give the buyers $3 lier ton clear profit. Wc are told that there is a short crop of cotton; yot they havo always taken care of tho sood, oven When wo made a bumpor crop, so isn't lt strange that with such a short crop thoy can't tako caro of the sood now? Somo claim they aro short of labor and can't run on that account. I seo a lot of healthy fol lows between tho agos of 18 and 4 5 that could help thom out If callo? )?' to do KO. I think that la essential work, don't you? Don't soil your cotton at lh< mc eut prices. lt' you have to In money to pay off indebtedness, row the money from the bank io hold your cotton. Don't won ;, abo') the cotton buyer's family. !.op ter your own. They are tho "cos wi aro entitled .to that extra n bi that somebody is sure to got. If this escapes tho waste haskel hope to writo again. ^ (Copied. ) Each day 1 pray, Cod give r< strength anew To do the task I do not wisl tl do, To yield obedience, not askl ! why; To love and own the truth, and bCoi-> tho He; To look a cold world bravely in the face; To cheer for those that pass mo in tho race; To boar my burdens gaily, unafraid; To lend a hand to those who need my aid; To measure what I am by what I give Cod give mo strength that I may rightly llvo. E. M. DU Pre. Walhalla, Oct. Nov. 1, 1918. ? ?J?^?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?|? ?|? ?J? ?|? ?J? LOCAL AND PERSONAL. * .J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?|? ?J? ?JJ ?J? --Tho 1 layne Circle will meet Fri day afternoon of this week at 1 o'clock with .Mrs. L. M. Brown. -Grace, tho 1 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Grahl, who has for some timo been unite ill with ty phoid fever, is improving. --Announcement is made of the arrival, at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. W. Harrison, of Paris Island, S. C., of a ?. Tho young gentleman arrived on the 24th of October. .Misses Paulino Stock and Mar ion 1 let rick let t Monday afternoon for Greenville to re-enter G. W. C., which institution has been closed tor several weeks on account of tho in fluoii/.a epidemic, -We regret to learn that Mrs. M. C. Long is confined to hor home Alt1, an attack ol' Influenza. Friends vii join with The Courier in the M that she may soon bo entirely ; stoled to health. There will he tho regular preach ing ser? ice at Bethel 'Presbyterial church next Sunday afternoon at ll fit o'clock. All members are urge ' ti be present to attend to some in 'loi la nt maters. - We are requested to anno n> t thu there will be Sunday scho >! al Rocky Knoll next Sunday, Novo iber IO. at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Th? Woman's Missionary Society wljl meet immediately after the Sunday school. A good attendance is at nosily desired. ft will be learned with mw'1 -.ret by .,.<..; ju OCO.?OU that \vor<! ha? boon ?eco iv ot' or thc den lb, in ? ! nt.-' of 5?!5?orii Cam. of vVosi mb.-, si ;i Mr. : ain vas a mombbr of tho rhird Field Artillery, arid died of wounds recently received in action. He was a son of Joel C. and M. J. Cain. Ile was 21 years of age on the 6th of July last. The bereaved family of the young man have tho sincere sympathy of many friends in the county in their sorrow. - In yesterday's mayoralty elec tion in Anderson, Foster Fant was chosen by the people of that city to lill the highest office in the city's government. This fact will give no small degree of pleasure to many of Walhalla's citizens who know' Mr. Fant, and especially so when we re call tho fact that he ls a brother of our most accommodating and elli clent postmaster, N. Fant, of Wal halla. The Courier, with others of tho friends of Anderson's new mayor sxtends congratulations and hearty good wishes for a most successful idministrntlon. -News has been received by rela tives in the county that Wado Oliver Martin is In a hospital suffering from shrapnel wounds. It is hoped that his wounds are not of a sorious na ture, but particulars have not been received. While Wade Martin went into the service of Uncle Sam from Louisiana, he is none the less an Dconee boy, being a son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Martin, Sr., of the ower section of Oconeo. He is with ho Engineer Corps, while his bro iler, Champ E. Martin, ls with a Billi lly company. Champ always writes .hocrfully to his homefolks, and says io is In the best of health and spir ts. Tho Martin boys are two young nen of whom Oconeeans who know hom feel justly proud. - We regret exceedingly to ehroni de the death of Mrs..!. C. (Mattie L.) Snelgrove. who died at her home In he Townvtllo section on Tuesday, Oc ober 29th. Mrs. Snelgrove bad been ll' for but a few days, suffering from .neumon?a. She leaven n child of nit two weeks, which is In tho best f health. She ls also survived by tier Disband and two children besides he infant referred to, and her par .nts. Mr, and Mrs. Sam Johnson, of rownville. Mrs. Snelgrove was 32 . ears of age. and was a young woman if the highest type, possessing many loble traits of character that, had ittraclod to her staunch friends from ivory section where she was known, ?ho was a consistent member of tho Methodist church. Funeral services vero hold on Thursday following her loath, the interment taking place in he Townville cemetery. Wo join vlth many others 111 extending to tho loren ved onos sympathy in their sor .ow. Some lionel ( orrootions. The following corrections In the list of bond purchasers of the Fourth Liberty Loan, ns published by Us re jontly, have been reported to us; The Bank of Walhalla reports the emission of tho name of Arthur drown, of Walhalla, who purchased bonds to the amount of $4,000. 'i ho subs Tl] lion or purchaso of I .*>. HOBO, OI near Walhalla, was in correctly reported ap *50. It should have appeared as a ' 00 purchase Tho purchase recorded as that of HORSES al MULES! Just Unioaded Car of the Extra Fine. Good Brood and Draught Marcs-1,000 to 1,200 lbs. i ! Good Young Mules- 1,000 to 1,100 pounds. Good Young Mules-800 to 900 pounds. We have 45 head in our barn to pick from and they are all bought at the low market price. Will sell cheap and you had better buy now and save the unusual high prices after Christmas. We mean to sell this bunch be t fore Christmas. Will work and try out anything we sell and garantee to be as represented and will give you a quare deal. See us quick before they are picked over. Will sell cheap for Cash, Exchange, or part cash and terms. Westminster, 5. C. "Mrs." M. E. Corbin should have been ".Miss" M. E. Corbin. Tlic name appearing in tho pub lished list as Wm. S. Crow should have hoon William S. Cowan. We gladly make corections of er: . rors, whether or not they are of our making. The list of purchasers was carefully "read by copy," however, and the probability is that the errors complained of were made in tran scribing tho original lists. 'fr*!**!*'!* I**!**!* .J. WOOD ADMINISTRATOR'S 4? .J? NOTES. 4* .I* *r *I* Ht4 'I* *?* "j* *I* *I* *I* "I* "I* *I* *f* *?* ?I* *J* Sugar. Any person may now purchase sugar in quantities up to three . pounds per person per month, and I may purchase the whole monthly al- i lowance for the family at one time if it is so desired. Flour. There still seems to tye some con- j fusion in regard to the salo of flour. I Retail merchants aro authorized to j accept, in lieu of the purchase of sub- I stitutoi;, Millers' certificates at the '? ratio of four pounds of flour to one pound of meal. E. L. Merndon, Food Admin isl rator, Oconeo Co. Walhalla, S. C.. Nov. 4th, li) 1S NOTICE TO DEBTOR8 AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to tho Estate of I. H. Harrison, deceased, aro horoby notified to make payment to tho undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said es tate will present the same, duly at tested, within the time prescribed by law or be barred. W. C. HUGHS, Administrator. Oct. 23, lSHt.-36._ NOTICE OF A St 11-1)1 VISION SALE. 8,000 ACRES on the top of Stump houso Mountain, known as the Norris Form, has receiialy been sold to a syndicate. The new purchasers de sire to sub-divide and sell this pro perty in small farms. Parties de siring any of (Iiis land are requested to call on me for location and prices. lt. R. MOSS, Agent, 41 -tf Walhalla, S. C. NOTICE OE FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to V. E. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconoo County, In tho State of South Carolina, at his otllce at Walhalla Court House on Thursday, Dec.5th, 1918, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said appli cation can be heard, for leave to make final settloment of the estate of H. h. Brandt, deceased, and obtain final discharge as Executrix of said estate. Mrs. MENA C. BRANDT, Executrix of tho Estate of H. L. 45148 Brandt, Deceasod Roofing and Building Material. Wc have one carload ROOFING, bought before the last advances to apply on this commodity, and can make you prices on Roofing that prevailed years ago. We have this in the J, 2 and 3-ply grades, and it will pay you to get our prices before covering. We have everything in thc BUILDING MATERIAL LINE and will be glad to sell you this for essential use at a price that you cannot well afford to let slip by, -GRAIN DRILLS, Genuine Oliver Plows and all Repairs, Farm Tools, Blacksmith Tools and Machinery Supplies. Matheson Hardware Co., WESTMINSTER, S. C. VTJTXJANIZTO Gr ! THE TIRE HOSPITAL Is the place to have first-class work done? E. H. LOISELLE, TEe Vulcanizing Ma?, Phone 798 .Anderson, S, C. gySF'AW work loft with tho Piedmont Auto Co., Walhalla,, will rocoivo prompt attention.