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'?TO THINK OWN HKliK HK TB?B, AND^ BR FAIJSE TO ANY MAN." lkr Stock. Sholor Ilinrhs & Sholor. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEH. 12, 101?. Now Sorte? No. 725. - Volume LXX.- No. 7. /HEN'S J 00 Men's Hats, worth $2.50 and $2,00, to cloi SEE OUR BARG> Also, J lot of BOYS' worth $1.00 and 75c, SEE WI C. W. & J. E. MERCHANDISE J* 1 WALHAL IT PAYS TO Bl Six Deaths iu Family In Week. (Btisley ProgreBB, Feb. 6.) Flem Kelley, a farmer who re sided three or four miles north of [ Dickens, died on Monday afternoon Vast from pneumonia, following a caso of influenza. Mr. Kelley's was the sixth death iu his family in less than one week. On Thursday last ono of kia children died, and on the follow ing day two others; another on Sat urday, and Mr. Kelley and another child died Monday. Mrs. Kelley and ,;two Qther*'?hlWlWm' atV reported tis hoing seriously* ilV: as^ye.go fto.press. We:understahatnat a physician who was sont to Picketts hy the State Hoard of Health has pronounced the disenso cholera. SHOE !Oiamo7ulS3\ Made ovev the Mu Here Are the Slr on ( 1 ) Tan Lotus Upper ? tun leather-the u our Government. (2) Solid-Leather, Flexi (3) Low, Solid-Leather that is specified foi (4* Made over a full, wide toe and in the (5) Soft Tip (No Boxi the toe. (6) Extra Heavy Arm Vamps. There Is Solid Corni Long Honest V 0. G. JA YNES, .MAYNES CUT? AND SELLS T Headquarters for Sta\ HATS. $4.00, $3.00, <fc9 ie out at . ? . M>^* UN CC JNTER, CAPS, to close out for 50c. NDOW. BAUKNIGHT, MULES j* HORSES .L-AL, S. C JY FOR CASH. Eight Mon Drowned. Birmingham, Ain., Fei). 8.-Wight of the 2 5 men on the small passenger boat Pollyann, plying between Gorgas and Benoit, were drowned when tho vessel capsized two miles above Gor gas v nile making a quick turn in the bend of the Warrior river late this afternoon. All except two of the victims, who woro Birmingham men, wore em ployed ut the plant being erected ut Gorgas by tho government for supply ing power to tho Muscio Shoals dis trict, . :. ... - ........ .- ?r~-<.-?.,.->.-?;~4a\> . . Only ohe of tho bodies had been recovered at a lato hour to-night, al though searching parties in boats have boon busy all night in an effort to lind the remaining seven. m son Army Last, g Points: Stock-a heavy, medium pper stock specified by ible Welt Soles. Heel-the wide flat heel r shoes for army use. , easy-fitting last with a regulation army pattern. ng), and full double at y Lining and Side-Lined fort and if ear in Every Pair Walhalla, S. C. Il THE PRICK HE GOODS". ndard Army Goods. AS IX) PARTING OF WAYS. Senator Shelor Gives Sidelights on H i UN Introduced. Editor Keowoc Courier: j In the issue of Tho Courier of tiio fi th I read an ari tole signed hy .Messrs. Orr and McDonald, tho pur port of which I am at ti loss to con ceive as coming from these gentle men, us everything has been so ex tremely pleasant between us up to the 5th instant. I have no axe to grind, am looking forward to nothing unless it be to do my entire duty to my people who so kindly con lided tho duty to me. 1 am in Columbia tit a personal loss, and nothing would keep me there except to honestly dis charge my duty to my people. While the article referred to does not charge anything to me directly, it does seem to undertake to insinu ate. I know nothing 1 can say, in answer to these insinuations, better than to simply relate, in a brief way, what has occurred beween these gen tlemen and me since we have been in Columbia. Every bill referred to in the ar ticle has been agreed upon by all of us before it went through the Sen ate. The bills mentioned all repre sented the idea of your Senator, and I introduced them in the Senate, I am happy to say, but the same wore redrawn by the engrossing depart ment after our arrival in Columbia, and were agreed upon fully before being put through the Senate, On the 22d at my request, Messers. McDonald and Orr met mo in my room at the hotel for the especial purpose of considering those mat ters and determining what we would do. Every ono of the bills mention ed in the letter of these gentlemen . twas co^sldered^and'agi?eed%l)bn ut this meeting - some after being amended, however, but as they were finally passed by the Senate. When the matter of bonds was brought up before tho delegation. Messrs. Orr and McDonald proposed to Issue these bonds by an act with out submiting them lo a vote, when I stated, "No, no! The approval of the people on any such matter is in valuable, and a satisfactory endorse ment of the people can only be ob tained by a vote. No, 1 can never consent to the issue of bonds without tho consent of tito people." After tile discussion, pro and con,we agreed io submit the mutter to an election, and all of us agreed to put the bill to that effect through. It passed the Senate and was sent to the House, and is now, I understand, on the Cal endar-? suppose by report of the Oconee delegation in the House. As to the bill to grade a road from Salem, by Walhalla, Seneca and Westminster, to Knox's Bridge : In tho meeting Mr. Orr suggested that there was a pretty good road already from Walhalla to South Union, and he did not think it would be wise to pass a bill for that road, and asked me to agree to amend so as to grade a road from Salem to Walhalla and one from Long Creek to Westminster; and this I agreed to do, and did do before the bill was passed in the Sonnte. Doth he and Mr. McDonald agreed, if 1 would do this, to advocate the bill. I so amended tho bill, and it passed the Senate and was sent to the House. In the House, on motion of Mr. McDonald, the bill was referred to a committee composed of the Oco neo delegation. Messrs. Orr and Mc Donald gave me no notice of this move, considered it themselves, re ported it adversely and had it killed. J know nothing of this procedure until 1 observed it in the Douse Jour nal. As to tho bill to abolish the office of County Commissioner and estab lish an Advisory Hoard to the County Supervisor, it was agreed upon by the delegation, and I took a copy of the bill In person to Mr. McDonald, and he approved it and stated that it was all right: and 1 am informed it is now on tho House Calendar with s mendments by ono of the members. Tho rural constable bill was also agreed upon In tho meeting of the delegation, in conference, but evon before this Mr. McDonald advised with mo ?md advocated tho bill bo zo uso, ho said, he wished to see tho law enforced In reference to prohibi tion, and if it was dono it would have lo bo dono by an officer other than tho Sheri ff. I 1 introduced all tho measures bo SBjNTA TOR'S SON TAKES lil EE. TP*,* . - St. Matthews Mun Cut Own Thront. Was Clemson Graduate. .J,; _ ?Mambla, Feb. 7.-Kirkland ltu?ks, of St. Mutthews, Calhoun cout?tiy, took hts own life to-duy by cuttfi?g his thront. He was u son of Senator J. A. Bunks, tho father being called from the sessions of tho ll?nate because of the suicido. Tap youg man was 2 4 yaors old. Ho'was a Clemson Collogo man, where he was graduated with honors a few;'years ago, winning the Norris medal, ono ot the highest scholnr shiffaffltedals ?warded. Upon gradua tion Strom Clemson ho went to Cor nell&Wherc he pursued poBt-gradu ito Mouraos and was immediately placid on the faculty of that insti t?tlwi ?B an instructor. .H& duties there were of such a character that the faculty and trus tees^Toquested that the Wer Depart in en,? assign him to this chair at tho I Ipiversity, which was regarded ns dj ?more Importance than services ho might render In the army. Ho caine home a few weeks ago in bad health, and this morning about 10 o'clo?jk sqquestored himself and took his ,'oSwn life. He was in Columbia onlsjilast Wednesday, meeting many of j?o young men here who knew himiffintimatoly and valued highly his friendship for his scholarly and man, qualities. . fr.. -.... ?;Ex?Goveriior to Europe. _ Columbia, Feb. G.-Governor Man niUH.has received his passports to loralee, where ho will go as a dele gate^ for the Dengue to Dnforce 'Pearaj provided ho cnn get passports ?dSfj^?pr^.Mrs. Manning. Governor Kpy^^tfaiwin'g-wish to visit the travo of their late son, Major William Sinklor Manning, who was killed flvo days before the armis tice was signed. President Riggs has also been granted a leave of absence from Clemson to visit France for the In stitution. Mrs Manning to (jo. Sumter. Feb. 10.-Richard I. Man ning, former Governor of South Carolina, was advised to-day hy Act ing Secretary of State Polk that Secretary Lansing had issued in structions for the granting of pass ports to Mrs. Manning to accompany her husband to France. The former Governor has had his passports for some time, but would not consent to make tho trip unless Mrs. Manning was permitted to accompany him. They will visit the grave of their son, Major William Sinklor Man ning, killed in action and buried near Verdun late In October. They have four sons in the American forces in France. Fairview Farmers' I'nion. There will be a call meeting of lite Fairview Farmers' Union, next Sat urday Evening, February 15, at I o'clock. Important buisness. Let every member bc present. J. R. McMahon, President. Eight Killed in Explosion. Platteville, Wis., Feb. 8.-Fight persons were killed to-day by an ex plosion and fire which wrecked the three-story realty building. A score cf othors were injured by flying de bi ls. Among tho dead are three Aro men, crushed by falling walls. The property loss is $200,000. It was not determined whether the explosion was of gas or gasoline. cause I havo the good of my people nt heart, and 1 know theso changes, if properly made, will improvo our condition. I am not now apologizing for their introduction, but morely showing the duplicity with which I have been met. In answer to tho matter of the salary of the Sheriff, I have now, and have .iad, no idea of changing the same. I shall gladly vote to pay all officers whatever salary the law pro vides, and to vote to chango tho law when I soo it necessary in tho inter est of tho public good. You will noto that in this lotter the Representatives do not ask the humblo voter what ho thinks about their adding ono dollar to his road commutation tax, and making lt a crime not to pay. Respectfully, J. W. Shelor. MOWS NOTUS ITU?! SI-JNKCA. Notes from "Our Heys Over There." ! Ti ll. Striming Hotter. Seneca, Fob. tl..Special: C. N. j Oiignllliat, who hus beon ill with in iluonzn for some weeks, is rapidly improving. Seneca High School reopened Mon day, February 3, after being closed for tho second time by tho health authorities. Tho enrollment hus almost reached normal. A number of new students have been admitted. Mrs. J. L. Marett is improving from a. mild indisposition. D, S. Abbott ia moving his plano house from tho Citizen's Hank block to the store lately vacated by Mrs. l.<ee 1 lol lo ma n. Tho Yellow Front Orvtg Store ranks as the oldest retail house in Seneca, occupying the same location, and under the same management, for over a quarter of a century. The ninny friends of Samuel Wilkes Dendy will be glad to know that he is convalescing from an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Den dy is a member of tho Hospital Unit, iVnitcd States Marines, Parts Island. Wo read " with pleasure a letter from Corpl. Oscar Doyle, of the Records Ofllco, A. E. F. Ho writes feelingly of his disappointment when ordered to leave his regiment (118th) for this work, adding, "However, when hore you do nor go where you wish to. You go where you are sent. Very likely, had my desires-been granted, 1 would now be pushing up poppies in Flundern Field." We have also received a card from T. C. Cary, which conveys the in telligence that Mr. Cary was then (January 6th) at De Mans, France, and although he has seen some of the hardest fighting, going as far as the fifth line trenches In the enemy's territory, ho is in his usual fine health and spirits. Claud Hopkins is in New York awaiting his assignment to a. Southern camp. Claud has many frionds in Seneca who were made happy by thia news. The friends hero of Capt. and Mrs. H. P. McKie are congratulating them on the arrival of a son. The little mun is nt home to his friends at his f.rand mother's, Mrs. Edward Poster, Inchlnnd. Capt. McKie holds a re sponsible pince in the railroad scr \ice in Alabama. Tilomas Handy Stribling was Stricken willi paralysis Saturday night, but is reported to be bettor. Mr. stribiing is un old Confederate veteran, held in high esteem in this c< mmunity. The Deadly Auto. (Toccoa Record. Feb. G,) On Friday afternoon, a party of motorists, on coining down Dick's Hill, discovered an injured man, lying by the roadside. When they had carried him to a near-by bouse, he revived enough to reveal his iden tity as Hite Heck, who had Just moved his family to Toccoa, near Toccoa Cotton Mills, from Heber sham county. According to his statement, he was returning to his former home, and ns he was ascending the hill, was struck by an automobile, receiving injuries which proved to be fatal, 'ihe driver of the car did not oven stop to ascertain the extent of bis injuries. Mr. Heck was removed to his home here, where he died Sunday morn ing, and was buried Monday at Zebu lon cemetery. Ile is survived by his widow and several children, one son being In the army. On account of the desti tute circumstances of the family, (dd was extended to thom by tho Home Service Committee of the Rod (?ross, through the secretary, Miss Carrie Davenport, who solicited dothing and provisions from the people of Toccoa. Farmers Aro Winning. Columbia, Feb. 8.-The farmers ure beginning to win their fight, said Commissioner Harris to-day. I nm Just in receipt of uuthenic informa tion that the cotton mills of North Carolina have agreed to curtail their production, cutting it in half. Thin moana but one thing. They aro out of cotton and aro afraid to go into ?he market for stocks. I have stated horotofore that their easy acquiesc ence In tho demand for an eight hour day was merely to fight tho cot ton farmer. This action in North Carolina helps to prove it. I also have official information that tho salo of fertilizer in South Carolina ?ft but 10 per cont normal. This shows that tho farmors aro sticking. I appeal to ovory county to send a 6trong delegation to tho meeting liero next Thursday, callod by Govor ror Cooper, myself und others. Let vu-' do something final. MOWS NOTES FROM RICHLAND. Proposition to tiring tho Roads t# Supervisor to be Worked* Richland, Feb. 10.-Spooial: I. I'. Stribling went to Stecdloy'a Hos pital, Spavtunburg, Saturday last, where Mrs. Stribling had boon for treatment for tho past flvo weoks. lier recovery had boon so satisfactory that she was able to return with Mr. Stribling to thoir homo hero. Th? surgeon in charge of hor case foil sure that she would be entirely cured at an early date. Miss ('ora Wyly, who is teaching ot Cumpobello, spout tho wook-end' hero with hotuofolks. Lieut, and Mrs. Fl, O. McMaha? loft Richland tho past week to make their home at Mariel ta, Ha., where Lieut. Mc.Mahan bas accoptod the position of county demonstrator fer Cobb county. W. ll. Hughs has been nursing a well developed case of Hu for the past ten days. Ho is doing only tol erably well. The Richland Cruded School wa? opened this morning af tor throe weeks' suspension on account of iu restrictions. Lieut. Bruce H. Strtk ling is principal, with Miss Marr Long, assistant. W. H. Magill is nursing a fullr developed carbunclo on his eran I na? and thinks tho flu patients aro a verr ordinary sot as compared to lils Ita disposition, lp fact, ho requires the' surgeon to handle this Indisposltioa very carefully. Lancets aro not ta* he tolerated. We were glad to seo Henry Hughs, over from Oroonvllle last wonk Just to see tho homofolks. Miss Elizabeth Conger was a week - end visitor at "Walnut Hill" to wel come hor sister, Mrs. ..I I?. Strihllug. home. Tho Richland depot has bee? moved again, 100 yards easl, and a subway will be excavated at an oarly date. This will be quite an improve ment and convenience to tho public:. Thanks to the enterprise of tho Southern Railway. Quite a large and substantial wa ter tank is nortvly complote near the-, east end of tho bridgo across Cone ross crook. Tho engines will stop lu \ 'passing to replenish their water sup ply. There are rumors thu! tho power people are considering tho matter of (.utting In n Mv?<..i. boro at Richland und supplying several residences with electric lights and some busi ness enterprises with electric po ww We think our Senator should In clude and specify in his road build ing thal tho south end of the Long Creek good road should oirclo aroona" through Richland ?inti on to Salem. Wo feel sure tho Oconee Representa tives would support tho measure heartily if this were donn. Other wise we feel sure the measure wilf he defeated in tito House, as all good roads should load by Richland wa llia! the Supervisor could begin at. home. Hut possibly it would be well to got all our War Savings Slumps, Liberty Ronds and other war expenses paid up and out of the way before we agitato any more bonds. W. A. PoehuiT Dead. There are many in Oconoo who will learn with regret of tho death of W. A. Peehuff, which occurred at his home at Greer last Monday morn ing at G o'clock. Some time ago Ur. Peehuff contracted a case of influ enza, which developed into pneuma nia, resulting in his death. Mr. Peehuff was well known ia Walhalla and Oconee. When little more than a boy he came to Ooonotv with his parents, who resided on a farm In this vicinity. Lator W. A. Peohuff came to Walhalla and con ducted a grocory business hore, and lator sold out his business and mored to Creer, where he engaged In a similar business with remarkable success. Mr. Peehuff married before leav ing Walhalla, his wife being before marriage Miss Mamie Farley, of Greenville county, She, with two children, survives him. lils mother and three sisters also survive him, and he has ono brother, Leo Poohuff. with tho American forces in Frnace. His mother and sinters now resido at Bosley. Mr. Peehuff was a young man of sterling worth, and there arc man}' who knew him when ho rosidod hore? who will Join with The Courier in. extending sympathy to the bereaved ones in their sorrow. Funeral services wore bold yes terday (Tuesday) at tho homo ai Greer, tho intorment taking place In tho afternoon in the cemetery of his homo town. Wo loam that several members of the family of the decoasod have been I vory ill, but all aro reported to he improving at this limo. Practically tho entire family was strlckon with the Influenza, tho most of Hiern hoing ill at the sanio time. Advertised Mall. The following is a ?st of letters re maining uncalled for in tho Walhalla post omeo lor tho week ending Feb I mary 12, 1919: Carl Chambers (2), J. R. Cobb, R. B. Holden, fiallio Mao King, Viola Leopard, E. M. Owons, Hestor Speed, S. F. Smith, BJ. D. Smith. When calling for tho abovo please say they are advertised. N. Fant, P. M.