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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. 1891 Our 27th in Bus Our friends and tr ablcd us to enjoy increa: year. Our old friends ant nave shared in cause for them all we wish to ackn< on this thc most joyous of to wish for them all thc 1 Year can bring, c. w. e? j. E. ] MERCHANDISE ?*> I WALHAL IT PAYS TO Bl KKKP AN BYK ON "IlINDY.< Wants to Form, a New Front Behind UiO Neutral Zone, . Paris, Dec^ 20.-Field Marshal yon Hindenburg has telegraphed tho Ber lin government advising lt ?of hts luv tentipn.,^ ?>eiim'd?^ z?b? fixed b'y' ?he 'armistice;' according to a dispatch to Lo Journal from Zurich to-day. The ? government has asked the field marshal for an explanation, adds tho dispatch, but has not yet re ceived a reply. U also is announced two regiments of the active army will be sent to Frankfort-on-the-Main at an early date. The correspondent affirms that Major Ceneral Scheuch, the Prussian war minister; Field Marshal voil Hindenburg and General Lon, u id /probably Lieut. General Equis, for me? governor of Meta,) who is in command of the active troops in Berlin, aro behind a counter revo lutionary movement. He declares tho existing government is mani festly incapable of preventing the realizing of their scheme. Elections in January. Berlin, Dec. 20.-Tho Congress of soldiers omi workmen's councils has 'decided that elections to tho nation al assembly shall be held January 4 9. Those opposed to tho summon ing of a national assembly polled *)nly 40 votes out of a total of 240. Opposes Social Democracy. 11' M Copenhagen, Dec. 20.-i>r. Gus tave Stresemunn, leader of the na tional liberal party In Germany, -has announced that the German people's ?arty, In which he has been active since the revolution, has been abso lutely opposed to a social democracy aful will tight the social rulers, ac .cordlng to Berlja newspapers re ceived here. The center party has b<en summoned to u conference which will be held nt Frankfort on December 30. a People's 1 .vague Organized. fLondon, Dec 20.--A peoples league" 'has boen organized In Ber l?n! says a Central News ^dispatch ;frqm Copenhagen to-day. The 'league's committee Included Prince : Maximilian of Baden, former Ger maj| imperial chancellor; lingo Haas, independent socialist, Count von Ber$?storff, former American am bassador, and Mathias Erzberger, ie |ce' rial leader. Arrested for Alabama Lynching St?pfflold, Ala., Dec. 21.-?Names of H?ven more men arrested on charges of murder In connection with the Punchings of two negroes nonr 'here in November were made public to-das, Fourteen are under arrost and ?n4 warrants, aro yet to be ner ved; ilFlve of the men whose names were liado public yesterday are resi dents nf Sheffield, ono hoing a rail road detective. The other two arc id ran gb rs hero. As thc men are ar rested Whey ?re hoing sont to Jails 1n othlr cities. The lynchings fol lowed mo killing of a policeman who tried 1? arrest several nogroes. 1918 Christmas mess. icir patronage, have en sing prosperity year by d our new friends alike an advancement? To ^wledge our appreciation Christmas seasons, and ?appiness that the New BAUKNIGHT. VIULES j? HORSES LA, S. C IY FOR CASH. SIXTEEN BILLIONS BACK. Most of Money from War Depart ment, Chiefly Ordnance Branch. . Washington, Dec. 20.-More than sixteen billion dolore of cash .appro priations, and "cpi}traot\"'?uthori?a>: tiona? vo(ed hy-Congress for war pur poses, will bo unexpended, Repre fgentatlve Sherley, . of Kentucky, chairman of tho House appropria tions committee, announced to-day. Total appropriations and authori zations voted during the war amount to about $57,000,000,000, Including $10,000,000,000 of authorizations for war-time loans to foreign govern ments. The loans actually made now total about $8,000,000,000. 'More than $8,000,000,000 of cash appropriations, and approximately $8,000,000,000 of contract authori zations, will be converted back into the treasury," said Representative Sherley. "Most of the money will come from the War Department, tho largest saving, of course, being from ordnance , because the greatest amount of money was appropriated for that." Germany Appeals Apoin, Washington, Dec. 20.-In spite of Secretary Lansing's emphatic ad monition that such communications must not be addressed to the United States alone.the German government has sent another appeal to the Ameri can government for modification of the armistice terms and for food. The receipt of the note was announ ced at the State Department to-day with tho explanation that It would not be made public, because it did not differ from previous appeals, and was In violation of tho decision that communications must, be addressed to all the governments associated with tho United States in the war. While it is realized that the situ ation in Germany is far from good, the persistent appeals aro regarded here as part of propaganda by which tho authorities at Berlin hope to es cape some of the results of defeat. Noted Actor Dead. New York, Dee. 20.-Geo. Conway, veteran actor and theatrical mana ger, who directed the original "Uncle . ont's Cabin" company on its Euro pean tour, died at his homo here to day, aged 73. Mr. Conway was born in Philadelphia and made Iiis debut in that city In 1866 in the support of Fd win Booth at tho old Chestnut Stveet opera house. Later he ap peared in and managed many Froh man (and later) Brady productions. Richland Church Services, Rev. I. Bi Wallace will preach at Richland noxt Sunday (tho fifth Sunday) at 11.30 a. ni. Tho Christinas service planned for last Sunday, was postponed on ac count of tho weather and will be Carried out noxt Sunday. The ser mon will bo on tho same thomo as this service. All aro asked to bring their offer ings for tho cause of ministerial edu cation and rollof. KNIGHTS CHOOSE OFFICE HS. - Tlioso Who WiU Servo for Year toll). Important Mooting; Soon. . Walhalla Lodge, No. 67, Knights of Pythias, met last Thursday night' , and elected their new set. of ofllcers; who will bo installed tho ' second Thursday night In January, next,; and will servo the lodge for the year ?919. There wero a" number of nominating for each office and the election was' by ballot. The follow ing were elected, the whole set of, < officers as chosen being voted on as a whole, making each officer the unanlthmous choleo of his lodge: Chancellor Commander-D. A. Smith. Vico Chancellor-Ceo. M. Ansel. P.relate-Wm. A. Grant. Master of Works-R.H.Alexander. Keeper of Records and Seal-T. B. Shelor. Master of Finance-J. W. Shelor. Master of Exchequer-Chas. W. Pic tilford, Jr. Master at Anns-Chas. A. Hp trick. ? Inner Guard-W. C. Hughs. Outer Guard-j; A. Steck. ' Trustees-W. C. Hughs, 1920; J. A. Steck, 1921; Dr. J. W. Bell (hold over) 1919. Deputy Grand Chancellor-M. R. McDonald. Property Trustee-Thoa. A. Smith. Every member of tho lodge is urgently requested to attend the next regular i^eeti^?^of U^^^'go;. >vhioh> Will be held on?Athe^ooW Thursday t'Vght f in '\J&nu?T^^ the in stallation of officers, there will bo ther important matters to bo at tended to. The war has worked a hardship on Walhalla Lodge during thc past year. Quito a nuihber of the young members-and naturally tho most ! i active members-'are in Franco, j some in Germany-all serving their | country-and their absence has beep I seriously felt by the lodge. There is never a meeting of the order here ! at which the absent members are .forgotten, and arrangements have already been started in anticipation of the return of the local Pythian Knights now wearing the armor, shield and helmet in active defense of country. Love of country, and the serving of ono's country, com prise no small portion of the teach ings and precepts of the Pythian or der. Born with tho distinct pur pose, after the Civil War, of cement ing friendships, of reuniting a di vided country, and of making real brothers of us all, rogardlee of sec tion or politics, tho Pythian order everywhere has another great work to perform In tho days following the great world war, when brotherly fel lowship, brotherly help and true com radeship between man and man will be so sorely needed in every sphere. Walhalla Lodge, No. 67, is look ing ahead in anticipation of the re turn of her members. There Is work for eAery Knight. It is lioped that f-very .nemher will be present at tho meeting on tho second Thursday in January. Membors are not only in vited to attend this meeting and all other meetings of tho lodge, but -hey are appealed to and i /ged to renew their active allegiance to the order, than which there is nono i hat has higher and nobler aims. Masonic Officers Installed. The following officers wore duly installed last Friday night, Decem ber 20th, to serve Blue Ridge Lodge, .No. 92, A. F. M., for the ensuing Ma sonic year: Worshipful Master-Harry R. Hughs. Senior Warden-H. M Mays. Junior Warden-Chas. A. Hotrlck. Treasurer-Geo. M. Ansel. Secretary-W. O. White. Senior Deacon-A. C. Phillips. Junior Deacon-Geo. L. Jones. Senior Scribo-T. B. Shelor. Junior Scribe-E. H. Haynes. Tiler-D. A. Smith. -? . . . Four Negroes Lynched. Mobile, Ala., Doc. 20.-Four no groes, among thom two women, ac cused of the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnson hore last weok, wore taken from the jail at Shubuta, Miss., to night mid lynched,according to Infor mation received in Mobile. All four were hanged on the girders of a bridge spanning the Chlckasahay river. ftlE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. mol?an MUI? Hornean hers i bf Ita ?lally Employees. - ^employee of tbe Wallinna kibe Vlctor-Monaghan Mills ?st Friday a Christinas ro i$Q from the head offices of ^prising manufacturing cor d?t ?Greenville-a check In jf<|ual to five per cent of his jin ga during the yoar 1918, including December 20th. firo checks were, of Course, ll/as each regular employee il plant whose name was ioll for even a week or /ad the Christmas check. . '.frene numerous checks quito substantial,- many il^yees having put In prac ' time for the entire year, vor two in each department absolutely full time for ?relve months, liess to say that the em jlpreciated this very sensl loHcal manner of making ls remembrance, and there > ?expression? on all sides jfotal treatment and soli tons the company expends all ji?n'd for the employees. tho "Christmas wind id iffereut oifes In diff?r end the vociferous and expressions of one dar^ koy emplVeo 'to another closo by ;.rrve3 tQv!jut<t.'rnto the good-natured The twi darkeys were hard wt work when the checks were handed out, and the ono in Question had put in full time for the whole year. He road his check, and his eyes bulged, for it was "scrip" for a very respect able amount. He seemed somewhat .dazed for the momnet, then the thing came to him ?all at once. He leaped at his companion with a shout "GIT OUT OP THE WAY, NIG GER! Look at dis'yor scrip. I'll jeb' kill yuh un' pay fer yuh, an' den have some lefji I'se gone from boah! ! Watch muh!" And ho made as though he were leaving tho plant for a regular Christmas "rr/ee," only to turn at the door andi return to his task as diligently as Wore. And as a Whole the residents of tho Victor-rifonaghan village aro, as Teddy wouli say, de-lighted-and they have reason to be. Few corpo rations have jeen more (generous with their emfloyees than has the Vlctor-Monaghai Mills Company. And there is a nie spirit of co-opera tion evident on) all sides, tho com munity ls a 'haipy one, tho people prosperous andi conten ted. Walhalla has ?very reason to be -and is-proudlof the village with in her borders.! This village fur nishes some of tie most progressive and substantial ctlzons of the town. MILLION TONSUiUN SHIPPING. Will bo Employed W Herbert Hoover to FeedlEuropc. Paris, Dec. 21. - Herbert C. Hoover, American l!ood administra tor.will soon come tito possession of a milloin ton of German shipping, which will be dmphVed in revictual ing devastated portons of France, Serbia, Bolglum and Rumania, now destitute of food, fnese ships wore wrung from the Gerhans by the ar mistice commissioned, without pled ging that Germany {would ho sup pled with food. At prosent no supples will he sent to Germany, the firstrelief work of the Allies being planted in neutral countries. Meanwhile! it is believed that tho Gormans can atheist on food stored for tho use of tjelr army and hoarded by peasents. A thorough Investition of the food resources of the cintrai powers Is being made and onls after tho needs of tho Entente lat lons and neutrals are v-.A will supplies bo di verted to enemy powers.tehould such action be found i m peral y e. . Union Meeting Poenoncd. Because of the provallnce of in fluenza, it is deemed -a dil sable not to have the December un lin mooting of upper Division of the leaverdam Association. All interested will please take notice and govhrn thorn solves accordingly. . ff; / L.\W. Lthgefon. CASUALTY LISTS STILL LUICE. Those RoiHU-tcd During Dust Wcew from Oconoo, Pickens, Anderson. We tuko from tho casualty lists of tho past week the following names of soldiers from tho threo counties of Oconoo, Pickens and Anderson. Tho lists continue 'heavy, many of those hoing reported at prosonl be ing Southern mon, and not a fow from South Carolina. Wo aro una ble to carry tho complete Hot. for tho State, bonce record only thoso from the threo counties namod: Killed In Action Nono reported for tho counties named. Died of Wounds. Nono reportod under this head ing. Died of Disease. Anderson-Earley Patterson, Rt. 2, Bolton; Hugh W. Divver, Ander son; Ulysses Williams, Pondloton. Missing In Action. Anderson - Dolphus M. Burdott, Rt. 3, Pondloton. Wounded Severely. Oconoo Walter V. Pruitt, Seneca R. F. D. .John II. H irks, West Union. S. J. Dickson, Westminster Pickens-Jos. R. Cassell, EqBley; Jas. E. Carrick, Easley; Walter C. Rdons, Pickens. Anderson-rPootell E Madison 2, Pendleton; Jas; H. Rogers, And ifW&ty?ce, Bolton; Wm. T. Shu bert, Anderson. Wounded, Degree Undetermined. Oconoo T. S. Price, Seneca. Pickens-Clyde C. Chambers, Lib erty. Anderson-H. F. Mayfield, Ander son; Patrick Coker, Bolton; H. W. Kay, Anderson. Wounded Slightly. Oconoo ' Simon E. Phillips, Newry. Paul Adams, Madison. Tho?. F. Owens, Weat Union. Eugene Rico, West Union. Win. Qnnti, Seneca Rt. ?. Pickens-Frank M. Berry, Itt. 2, Easley; Samuel A. Stancoll, Easloy; Benj. T. Winchester, Pickens. Anderson - Nolao Cacey, Antre ville; .lunius Dunford, Anderson; C. Foster, Anderson; John W. David, Anderson;. Lloyd C. Stamps, Ander son; Lester J.. Hancock, Anderson; Wilbur E. Mattlson, Anderson; L. C. Hall, Anderson; Thompson Harri son, Anderson; . Benj. ' T. Carter, Town ville; John McClellan, Rt. Anderson; Wm. T. Sullivan, Honen Path; Ged. -M. Rliey, Rt. 3, Pendle ton0.' -?. ' German Ghmrds Killed American. Copenhagen, Dec. i8.- The kill ing of Lieut-; Cohecny, an American airman, ln'Ahe German prison camp at Stralsund, December 5, ls report ed by three British officers who have arrived here. '.The American lieu tenant, the officers say, went outside the barbed wire for a moment and the German guards fired thirty times at him. Lieut. Coheony was killed by a bullet through tho chest. A British officer, was seriously wounded by the shots. The guards refused to allow Co heeny's comrades to roinovo his body. Paul Wicrso in Jail. Charleston, Dec. 21.-Paul Wiorso of Charleston, a naturalized citizen of German birth, and formorly a newspaper editor boro, who was con victed In October, 1917, at tho Fed eral Court sitting in Aiken, of con spiracy to sink tho Gorman mer chantman Liobonfels In this harbor, and given a sontence of two years In the Federal prison at Atlanta and a fino of $1,000, was to-day taken into custody by government authori ties after losing all appoals, and lodged In jail preparatory to begin ning service of his sentence. HOO.OOO Men Discharged. Washington. Dec. 20.-Well over 300,000 soldiers have been discharg ed from tho army and returned to civilian status. Secretary Baker said to-day the rato of demobilisation had now roached 150,000 a week, and the War Department was pressing Its efforts "to mako the average dally discharge ono thousand por camp. \ vi .... PITCHFORD-HUGHS. Popular Young Couple Marriott on Monday nt Homo in Walhalla. Yesterday (Monday) at high noon .Miss Dora L. Pitchford, of walhalla, was ?hon In murringo to Thomas Henry Hughs, of Richland, at tho -osldcnce of tho bride's parents on Faculty Hill. Promptly at the hour of twelve, .Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" was beautifully rendered by Mi's. Wade C. Hughs, with accompaniment by Miss Grace Board. The song muled, the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Wed ding March wore sounded and the coming of tho bridal party was her alded by the appoaranco of Master Bobin Hughs, the ring-bonror, with his golden emblem on a sliver plat ter. Then carno the groom upon tho arm of his brother, James M. Hughs, best man. Following was tho niece of tho brido, Miss Claudia May Bold, tho little dower girl. Miss Ida Pitch ford, sister of the brido, us maid of honor, led tho way for her ns ehe carno lu upon tho arm of hor father, S. N. Pitchford, who gave her away. Hov. F. P. Taylor said the Impres sive ring ceremony of the Methodist church which made them man and wlfo. After tho ceremony an elnborato luncheon was served, tyuffet style. While tho guests were "being enter tained with, .th^ ..tho happyV'coupla i 'slipped; 'away by automobile for a wedding trip, tho duration of which was not disclosed. Tho bride was handsomely dressed in a taupe-gray gelng-away suit of chiffon broad cloth, with hat to match, and carried a bouquet of bride's roses and valley lilies The maid of honor was gowned in blue taffeta silk and carried pink carnations. The bride's book was presided over by Mrs. Sam G. Pitchford, of Green ville. In the receiving lino were Mr. and Mrs. Ciaudo W. Reid and Mr. and Mrs. Harry R, Hughs. Tho out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Hughs, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Hughs, Mr. and Mrs. j. J, Bal-, longer, Misses Pearl and Lalla Bai lenger, of Richland; Mrs. Sam. G. Pitchford, of Groonvllle; G. W. Davis cf Atlanta; Miss Pauline Hughs, of Atlanta; Stiles C. Stribllng, of Gaff ney; Lieut, Bruce Stribllng, U. S. army, and Mrs. W. M. Berry, of Char loto, Nf. C. Joining with hosts of other friends of the young couple, wo wish for them a long, happy and useful lifo. Rig Transporta Ltuid. New York, Dec. 21.-Bringing homo 2,042 officers and mon of the American expeditionary force, the British steamship Baltic, of tho White Star line, passed Sandy Hook at 9:40 a. m. to-day. Tho army transport Metapan with vhlrty-seven officers and twelve en listed men, discharged from the American expeditionary forco, and bound for their homes, docked hore to-day. The vessol sailed from Pauillac, France. The Cunard liner Walmer Castle, with several hundred passengers, in cluding many Bed Cross, Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus workers, also carno into port. Washington, Doe. 23.-In response to a suggestion from Senator Smith, of Georgia, for diversion of army ni trate BtorcH from munition to agri cultural fortill/.cr purposes, Assist ant Secretary of- War Crowcll has advised Sonator Smith that tho war und agricultural departments are working with that end In view, and in a fow days expect to announce plans for distribution of tho nitrates to farmers at cost. Confederate Veterans, Attention. I will bo in tho Auditor's office every Saturday during the month of January, 1919, for tho purpose of recoiving applications for pensions. Confederate veterans whose Incomes do not exceed eovonty-flve dollars aro entitled to pensions. All wid ows of Confederate veterans whose incomes do not exceed ono hundred dollars aro entitled to receive pen sions. Nitrates for Fields. W. T. McGill, Pension Commissioner, Oconod, County, 8. c.