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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.
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ALL KINDS OF TOWN PROPERTY.
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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
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