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KfcOWEE UOUKliSR (Established 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription 91 1'er Annum, Advertising Ilutes Reasonable. Hy Sleek, Sholor, Hughs & Shelor. Communications of a personal character charged for aa advertise ments. Obituary notices ana tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will ?bo printed free of charge. All over ?oat number must bo paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHA HI/A, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, .JAN. 8, HMO. COUNTY HOSES A OOO!) WORKKll. There aro many in Oconeo who will loam with rcgroat that Miss Ruth li. Norry, who has hoon for several years Oconee'u most oiTlciout Homo Demonstration Agout, will leave Oco ;noo in a short while to tako up a fimilar work lu a largor hold-dis trict instead of county. Some time .since Miss Dorry tendered her res ignation and Miss Tabitha Stribling wa? chosen to labor in tho Hold that is being relinquished by Miss Deny. Mis? Stribling will doubtless make ?Mi able successor to Miss Berry, lier qualifications and preparation for rho work being such as lo warrant 0.0 hope that, though she/has a ser vice-record ol* a high order to main tain In succeeding tho retiring Homo Demonstration Agent, she will provo equal to thu task. The Courier bas always felt a grout 3 i tor est in this work, and wo have at all limes urged hearty co-operation on the part of the poople of Oconeo. To-day, in tho early stages of the la I'ors of tho new agent, as we did for 'her predecessor when tho work was .aew to this section and in its Infancy, wo nppeal to oin- people In town and mral community to stand squarely to the new worker in ber every effort. lt is an i tu polia nt work one that '?as bad its good rosalia so multi plied as to-day to be easily recog reixublo in every section of Oconeo. There should bc no slackening of in terest, no falling away in supporters, for the cause that has opened up such ;> largo and fruitful Held in our midst. Wo know that thorn aro many in <"v.r county who will regret thc de parture of Miss B?rry to take up work elsewhere. But she "made good" in our county work; what moro natural than that s-be should bo chosen for a wider Hold of usefulness? We have been beneficiaries through tho labors .of Miss Berry in our county; wo will be losers-and wo say this without tilaparagement to her successor-in her going to tho largor Held. Fortu nately, hor labors In the district will call hor back occasionally to Oconeo. < nd sho will be always most heartily Welcomed wherever sho is known. The vory best wishes of Tho Cou pler and tho people of Oconeo will ac vompuny Mis? Berry In ber new work. We and thoy wish for her thc full mensuro of success in ber larger field that tho results of her labors locally Justify us in predicting. OCR BOYS COME HOME SOON. Good nowa now come1- officially from Washington to tho effect that tho Thirtieth Division-tho military organization in which most of our Oconeo boys of the early volunteer und draft forces arc sonia g their country- will soon be retumod homo. It has been rumored time and again, but not ofllclally given ?publicity, that tho .loth would be, or was being, demobilized and would moon bo borne. Tho present an nouncement, however, seems to bear et least soml-ollicial slump, and we believe tho following dispatch soul .out from Washington, January 3d, may bo regarded as nearly correct ??nd practically official: "Three combat divisions 150th, ?"7tb and '.Mst have been designated hy Con. Pershing for early return home from Franco, so den. Mareil .announced to-day. "The 30th includes national guard troops from Tennessee. North Caro lina and South Carolina; tho 37lh, Ohio and West Virginia guardsmen. ! .{.nd tho Dist, Pacific Coast troops. "These tbreo entire divisions and :fie 2d headquarters corps, which operated with the British army in Flanders under Mn.ior-Oon. (lenrgo w. Rood, have boon added to the pri ority lisl and will be returned homo as soon as shipping becomes avail able. Tho th roo divisions and the headquarters corps comprise shout 83,000 men. "Units abroad assigned to early ton voy, In addition to those already ?m bork Od, now total 202,000. Troops ,tt thc United States and abroad de I . . 11 ' signaled for demobilization, Gen. March said, total 1,379,609. "Domobllzation of tho army at homo baa now reached tho last class, tho combat divisions. Orders for j tho breaking up of those unit? al- ' ready have been sent out. and tho . t.tsk w'.l proceed gradually, under week-to-v/oek designations of tho number to let out. Tho ratio ls i being maintained, olllcial reports show, an incompleto total giving 630, 369 mon and 40,491 ofllcors discharg ed up to January 3. "Tho army reorganization bill, to be presented to congress early next week, will contain provisions giving authority to tho War Department to incorporate In tho now regular forcos those temporary offlcors who made good lu the w r, Gen. March said. There aro no vacancies In tho ranks of tho old regular army, every com missioned grade being lilied. "Officers who have indicated tholr dcslro to maintain their connection with the pormanent forces are being held In camp and not discharged as tholr turn ls roacbod. Gen. Pershing bas been Instructed to use, in tho army of occupation, officers lu simi lar status abroad. "In roply to an inquiry regarding persistent reports that Hatterios II <?nd D, 105th Held artillery, 42d Di vision, had been practically wiped out in action, Gen March said Major-Gen. Chas. T. Menoher, former commander of the 42d, who is now lu Washing Ion, stated speclltcially that such re ports were unfounded. These units, l e said, bad not Buffered any unusual ly heavy losses. "Gen. .Mardi requested that at tention be called to tho fact that the war risk insurance bureau ls an ad III net of the Treasury Department . nd does not (rome under tho War Department. Ho said his personal mail was Hooded with inquires re garding insurance.*' "NOBLEST HOM AN OT ALL." President Wilson, unquestionably tho greatest mau in Ibo world to-day, became, on January 3d, a citizen of Home, ibis citizenship being bestow ed as a recognizntton of his person al great ness no less than of bis groal i ess and official position in the United Stales. li is Interesting to note Hie remarks ol' our President in receiving t":<is distinction ol" conferred citizen ship. We quote briefly from Iiis I speech on this occasion: 'Von have done me a very great honor. Perhaps you can Imagine what a feeling it is for a citizen of one ol' the newest, ol' ono tho great est nations, lo be made a citizen of i .ls ancient city, lt is a distinction which I am sure you are conferring upon me as representativo of the gi eal people for whom I spoak. Ono who has been a student of history cannot accept an honor of the sort without having his memory run back o tho extraordinary series of events which have centered lu this place. "But as I have thought to-day, 1 have been impressed by the contrasts hot ween tho temporary and perman ent things. Many pollctlcal changes bi?ve centered about Rome, from the time when from a little city she grew to be mistress of a groat empire. ( bango after chango has swept away many things altering the very form of her affairs, but the thing that has lemalnod permanent has been thc t-plrlt of Rome and tho Italian peo ple. That spirit seems to have caught with each age the characteristic pur poso of tho age. "This imperial people now gladly represents tho freedom of nations. Ibis people which at one timo seemod to concolvo tho purpose of governing tho world now takes part In the lib eral enterprise of offering the world its own government. Can there bc a finer or more Impressive Illustra tion of the indestructible human spir it and of the unconquerable spirit ol' liberty? "I have been reflecting in these re cent days about a colossal blunder which bas been made the blunder ot' fo-ce by tho Central Powers. If Germany had waited a single genera - Mon she would have bad a commer cial empire of Hie world. Hbo was liol willing to conquer by skill, by enterprise, by commercial success, site must needs attempt to conquer the world by arms, and the world v. ill always acclaim the fact thal il is impossible to conquer by arms; thal tlie only thing that conquers it is llie sort of service which can be rendered in nade, in intercourse, in friendship, and that there ia no con quering power which can suppress the Ireedom of tho human spirit. i liave rojoiced personally in the partnership of the Italian and Ameri ca u peo plo, because ii is a new part nership in an old enterprise, an en terprise predestined to succeed wher I ver it is undertaken -tho enterprise which has always borne that hand some naine which we call 'liberty.' Men have pursued il sometimes like a mirage that Roomed Lo eludo them, that seemed to run before them, as they advanced; but nover have they Hagged in their purpose to achieve it. and I believe I am not deceived In supposing that in this age of ours they are nearer to lt than they over v/oro before. "The light that shone upon the summit now seems to shine almost at our feet, and If we lose it, it will only be because wo have lost faith. A breath of hope and of confidence iras come into tho hearts and minds ol men. "I would not have felt at liberty I to come away from America if I | bad not felt that the Hmo had arrived whoa, forgetting local intorosts and j local ties and local purposes, men I should unite in this great enterprise j that will over tie free men together j as a body of brothron and a body of trey spirits. "I am honored, slr, to bo taken Into this ancient comradeship of the citi zenship of Homo." Without fear of successful contra diction wo feel constrained to refer to Mr. Wilson as the greatest states man of tho world to-day-tho great est American-tn the light of recent events in world history. In thc new light of Roman citizenship wo have no compunction whatever-wo make no reservation whatever, mental or otherwise-when wo proclaim Mr. Wilson "tho noblest Roman of them all." "HOW LONG, OH, LORD?" It would seem, from tho reports ol' lighting on tho Russian front at pre sent, that tho Allied forces and tho Americans, having "swopt and gar nished" the territory occupied by the Herman devils on the Western front, they aro now confronted with in numerable devils, more wicked and detestable than the first, on the Rus sian front. They, too. will bc brought to terms, but lt does seem to us that it is high Hmo that the soldiers of our country and our as sociates in the struggle against in human brutes should bo instructed to light tho devil ?with his own lire." American blood bas often been made to literally boil by tho atrocities practiced by tho barbarian foo on the other front. It seoms lo be even verse-'though such seemed, a few months ago, to be Impossible-on tho Russian front than lt was 111 the struggle against tho Huns. "War is hell"-?but why should the hellish ness bo so one-sided, lt may be best, and it will certainly completo a fair page in history to suffer long at the hands of these devils In human guise, but Well, it appears to us that we have already passed that point where for bearance ceases to be a virtue. Murdered Girl's Hody Identified. Richmond, Va., Jan. 4.-Positive identification of tho body of the young woman found in James river last Monday as that of Misa Hattie Lips comb, of Moneta, Bedford county,hav ing been established last night,the po lico aro at work to-day trying to get further evidence concerning a man's raincoat, which had boen placed over tho victim's body. Two women from Hopewell, who had known Miss Lipscomb whilo she worked there, are expected to be im portant witnesses in tho case, both having identified tho body. Detec tives at work on tho case have seen tho name in the collar of the raincoat, and lt is reported that tho word "Stout" ls visible. A warrant for the nrrost of a Camp Lee officer was Is sued after the name was found in back of the raincoat. Miss Lipscomb is reported to have been engaged to the Camp Lee officer and expected t? have become a bride during Christ mas week. Tho murder occurred on thc night ot December 17, after an army officer had hired a chauffeur to take thc pair to a lonely spot near West Hampton bridgy. The Dupont police at Hopewell seized the woman's trunk, and efforts aie hoing mado to-day to have lt held pending further developments, Miss lipscomb bad for some Hmo been employed at tho Hopewell munitions plant. -.--? . II. M. Manor Takes Own Life. Fstlll. S. C.. Jan. 4.-H. M. Manor, brother of W. F. Manor, who was found dead on the porch of his home lon miles from here on the night of December 31, killed himself here, to-day. near the scene of tho (loath o'.' his brother. Detectives bad boon ai j work Investigating the death of Ar F. Manor and the coroner's Jury was to have reconvened to-day for a fur ther investigation of tho crime. ItJs said thal ll. M. Manor had been told that circumstantial evidence pointed lo his having been responsible for I thc death of bis brother, but he is said to have left a note protesting his innocence. When the body of tho el der brother was found Tuesday, rob bery was given as a possible motive, as be was a man of considerable wealth. The younger Manor was also wealthy and both had Important fi nancial connection In South Carolina and adjoining slates. Both were un married. Why Not Have a Home of Tour Own? Don't Mm Another Ito In deciding upon the home that's going.to be yours. Get down to business; delay only means more money frittered away. To Save, to Enjoy Real Comfort and Hap piness, Buy a Home. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING TO OFFER: 135]Acrcs, Improved; 2 Buildings. 435 Acres, Improved; 2 Buildin.gr, 20 Acres, Improved; J Building. 40 Acres, Improved; 2 Buildings. 127 Acres, Improved; 2 Buildings, 5li Acres, Improved; 2 Buildings. 71 Acres, Improved; 2 Buildings. 25 Acres, Unimproved; no buildings. ALL KINDS OF TOWN PROPERTY. Look over and take your choice. All to sell in ten days. Prices right; terms easy. S|Come at once. Every place near good Schools and Churches. FRANK E. ALEXANDER, THE REAL ESTATE MAN. (FOR PARTICULARS SEE R. H. ALEXANDER AT COURT HOUSE.) No Kino tor Woman In Man's Huit. St. Ixmis, Jan. 4.-Ruling that malo attire was not unbecoming to Mr?. Mary Bertha Schmidt, alias. 'Mister Schmidt," Judge Hogan, in Police Court hero, refused to fine the young woman who for two years pos ed as a man and who "married" her (ousin, Anna Assado, last October. "I think you look very nice," said the court. Mrs. Schmidt was clad in her neatly-pressed trousers and pinch-back coat. She explained she had adopted tho garments became she could earn $80 a month ns a man and $6 a week as a woman. "If a -woman can earn $4 a day by reason of wearing trousers, I say wear 'em," said tho court, and "Mis ter Schmidt" walked out of court with a smilo on "his" face. Capt. Gaines Mot Accidental Death. Croon wood, Jan. 4.-Special: The family and friends of Capt. Theodore W Caines were groatly shocked to roceivc nows through letters from Major Henry Tillman, and others, of tho death of Capt. Gaines in Franco, on Decombor 18, from thc accidental discharge of his pistol. The official notice of his death also carno in a telegram last night from the War De ! artmont. He is survived by bis wlfo, who was Miss Wilhelmina Foell, of Philadel phia, and a little daughter two years old. Mrs. Motto Martaog, of Charles ton, is a sister of tho deceased lil,(IHK Influenza Deaths. Washington. Jan. 5.-Tho Influ enza epidemic which swept tho coun try during tho latter part of last year caused 11 1,088 deaths in tho 46 larg est cities and increased the combined death rate for those comm un it ios In 1918 to 19.6 per 1,000, according to statistics made public to-day by the census bureau. SA?JK OF lt FA Ii KSTATE HY TH K .fl! DC IO OF PROBATE. PURSUANT TO A DECREIC of the i I'roba le Court . I offer for salo, in aid ol assets, the Karin in Kcowee Town snip, known as the w. A. Grant I l ince, containing 213 acres, moro or liss, and belonging to tho estato of ii. II. Harrison, Deceased. This property will bo sold either lor cash or on time, as a whole or in ?evoraI tracts, at publie or private i;i?lo, bs I think best to the advantage of tho estato. ! Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. V. F. MARTIN, i Judge of Probate, Oconee Co., S. C. ! .'aunary fi, 1910. 2-5 L Now for 1919 ... 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