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..TO THINK OWN' KELE RB THUR. AND IT MUST FOLLOV/ AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." WALHALLA, SOUTH CA KOLI NA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 101?. Unloade A C Mules an IF YOU WANT YOUNG MULE, I COME TO SEE THIS CAR OF SI SELL IT TO 1 CHEAP. CW.&J.E MERCHANDISE j* WALHA IT PAYS TO B WH/H TRY TO SETT1J? SOLDIERS In tho South-Plan Culls for Appro priation of Half Hillion Dollars. Washington, May 17.-Establish ment of community settlements for soldiers, with especial attention given such subjects in the Southern States, is provided in a bill which will be introduced ii the House early in the present session by Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, the Republi can floor leader, and chairman of the steering committee. The bill pro vides for an appropriation of $;'>()(>, 000,000, to he administered by the Secretary of the Interior. The meas ure is to have the endorsement of the various government agencies and civ ic organizations interested in the project. Delegates from ten Southern States recently visited Washington and urged Congressional leaders and government ofllcinls to take early action on legislation for the further ance of the plans. Throughout the entire South, they pointed out, there ure large areas of cut-over, swamp and waste lands capable of cultiva tion by the reclamation process, and concerted action was being taken by the Southern States towards induc ing the government to locate soldiers there in settlements. The iirst settlement ls expected to be established in one of the Southern States, and gradually extended until large numbers of soldiers are located in communities over the various States where local conditions war rant. "Back to the farm" enthusiasm is shown to be strong among soldiers by the large numbers of applications received at the Interior Department. All honorably discharged members of the army and navy will be eligible to settlement of the lands, but prefer ence will be given to those who have had previous agricultural experience. Tho bill provides for the acquire ment, of largo tracts of land for sub division into small farms and for tho creation of a community centre in their midst, with schools, churches and other civic institutions for the benefit of the settlers. The tracts will be purchased with a view to tho permanent reclamation and develop ment, of idle lands. Purchases of tracts under tho hill must, bo ap proved by ft representative of tho Governor of the State in which the lands are localed by an appraiser of the Federal farm loan board and the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior also shall have authority to co-operate with a State in providing rural homes for soldiers when the State appro priates 2f> per cent of the required funds, and to arrange for reimburse ment of tho State's funds. Paymont for tho land by the sot tier will he made by an Initial In stalment of five per cent of tho sale prlco, and the remainder In amortiz ing payments, hearing four per cont interest, extending over a period not to exceed forty years. Provision is made for advancement of sums up to $1,200 for farm Improvements, and for short-term loans not to exceed $800, for tho purchase of livo stock. d May 4 ar of d Horses. A GOOD, FAT TORSE or MARE, US. WE OWN ^OCK, so WE CAN YOU AWFULLY . Bauknight, MULES j* HORSES LIJA, 3. C UY FOR CASH. ?. _ i Good roads receive consideration under the plan, as the bill provides 1 for tho building of essential public roads. With good roads extending through the settlement tracts, county ; authorities will be inspired to extend them over larger territories, it is be- ' lieved. Xews routes from Jocassee. Jocnssee, May 19.-Special: Our, farmers are glad to noto the cessa tion of rain. Everybody is busy in this section working over their corn. Regular services were held at the Mount Carmel church on Sunday,May 1 Ith. lt hoing their regular time for celebration of the Lord's Supper, and "foot-washing day," a large crowd was in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Will Crow, of Salem, visited the former's mother recently. Mr. and Mrs. Veal Vinson, of the county, visited home folks and their friends hore the latter part of the . week. .I I). Valley, of ?nlern, was a re cent business visitor in Ibis section, j Miss Beulah Chapman, who has been in Picketts for some time, is home for the summer months, to the delight of her many friends. Miss Her Fisher, accompanied by Miss Mollie Nicholson, Joe Burgess and Will Whitmlre, paid homo folks over on Eastatoe a short visit re contly. M. P. Wigington suffered quite painful bruises in a runaway acci dent some weeks ago, but we are glad to note that be is recovering from his injuries. We Join with bis hosts of other friends in tho wish that he may soon be out again. School here will close next Friday. There will be a box supper the fol lowing night at early candle light. Every ono is invited and urged to he present. The proceeds will go to the benefit of the church. As there ls no school building the boxes will be sold in the grove below tho church. Six Detectives in Juli. Macon, Ga., May 17. - Lawyers for the six city detectives who were arrested here yesterday by county Officers 011 indictments charging mur der and accessory to murder in con nection with an alleged "framed til)" hold-up. announced to-day that they would apply for hail in superior court. The detectives occupy cells in what ls known as "murderers' row" at the county Jail, overlooking tho gallows. Five members of tho police force were to-day appointed to lill their places for the timo being, and four new men were added to tho polico force. For llettcr Sabbath Observance. New Orleans, May 18.-Abolish ment of newspapers, railroad sched ules, moving picture shows, base ball games and other diversions on Sun day was urged vigorously by Dr. T. Cochrane Hunt, Presbyterian pastor of Covington, Ky., at a mass meeting held here to-night under the auspices of tho representatives from the ?Otb General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ute United States, known ns tho Southern Presbyterian church. \V. Z. HLAXCHICTT 1>EAI>. Aged and KespocUMl Citizen Passed to His Rewit rd Saturday. There ure many \/ho will regret to learn of the death of W. Z. Blanchett, which occurred at his homo near Walhalla last Saturday morning. On Sunday afternoon his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery of Rocky Knoll Baptist church, in the presence of a largo concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted hy Rev. L. M. Lyda. Mr. Blanchett was a native of An derson county, and was in his 7 4th year. Forty-nine years ago he was happily married to Miss Martha Simpson, of Anderson county, and to this union eleven children were horn, eight of whom are living: L. O. Blan chett, of Marietta, S. C.; \V. J. and W. C. Blanchett, of Washington State; Mrs. Ben Krool, also of Wash ington; Mrs. BUa Singleton, of Bickens; Mrs. Geo. T. Morton and S. W. Blanchett, of Walhalla, and P. E. Blanchett, now In France. L. E. Blnnchett, another of his sons, was killed In battle in France a few months ago while on active duty with the American forces. Mr. Blanchett was a Confederate veteran, having volunteered for ser vice in the army of the Confederate States when but fifteen years of ago. He served for three years, coming out of the service at the close of the war. Ile was known by lils comrades as a soldier of worth, and bis life was that of a valued citizen, whoso honor was recognized by all who knew him. Mr. Blanchett bad been living near Walhalla for 37 years. He was a deacon in the Rocky Knoll Baptist church, and ono of the leading mem bers of the congregation. He was always ready to give of his time and money to the Lord's cause. He was an upright, honorable citizen who will be greatly missed from bis com munity. Besides the members of his im mediate family he is survived by one brother, ,1. .1. Blanchett, of Green ville, and a half .brother, Henry Blan chett, of Calhoun Falls, S. C., and one half sister, Mrs. Harrison Simp son, of Iva, Anderson county. lt had been our pleasure to know Mr. Blanchett personally and inti mately for a number of years. Ile was not a man who went in for show or sought prominence in any sphere. Ile was a plain, unostentatious citi zen who lilied well the sphere in which he lived and moved, and we mourn his death along with the mem bers of bis family. He bas been called to his reward, and the reward is certain. "Well done, good and faithful sevvant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." This, we feel, ls a fitting tribute to the deceased, whose life was so long spared in our midst, and who so well per formed the duties that, came to bim to perform. We sympathize with the bereaved ones In their sorrow. MORGENTHAL' SEES MORE WAI* Ahead-Thinks This Country Will Ho engaged Again in 20 Years. Coblenz, May 17.-Henry Morgen thau. former American ambassador to Turkey, addressing nn assembly of soldiers here last night, predicted that the United States would again be involved in war within fifteen or twenty years. He said that at pres ent the "world ls enjoying a sus pension of hostilities." Mr. Morgonthau's address was on "The Peace Conference and Its.Prob lems." "Do not go homo and tell tho peo ple that the war is over," be said. "We have got. to prepare for a groat er conllict, a greater sacrifice, a greater responsibility. The younger men of America may yet have to fight." Tlio former ambassador, who came to Coblenz from Paris, declared thal many of tho delegates to the peace conference would leave Paris dissat isfied, and that this would bring on ot her misunderstandings. Mr. Morgentbau asserted that the people In the United States had only a crude understanding of the prob lems with which the peace confer ence has to deal, and little idea ^f all that tho League of Nations means. Despite bis belief that war was not of tho past, ho expressed confidence In the League of Nations and tho powerful Influonco which tho United States would wield as a member. Mevlcr Officer Given 'l'en Years. Greenville, Mny 1 r>.-According to a dispatch from Washington, Presi dent Wilson lins confirmed tho son tenco of dismissal from tho sorvico and ?en years' confinement at bard labor which was pronounced by a court martial at Camp Sovier upon Capt. William .1. Givons. an infantry olllcer in the army, for having last Soptomobr killed Prlvato Will Mc SENECA SCHOOL CLOSES. Interesting Exercises-'Faculty in l'art Has Been Chosen. Sonecn, May 20.-Special: Last , Sunday morning ut the Presbyterian church Kev. Watson Emmot Davis, Df Clemson College, preached the i baccalaurato sermon to tho gradu- I ates of Seneca High School. His | thorne was "Lawful and Unlawful Ambition." Mr. Davis is an attrac tive and forceful speaker and loft i lasting lesson with those who heard him. Beautiful music added greatly to a service that will be long remem bered. On Monday morning class day ex ercises were conducted in the school uidltorlum and many bright papers ?vere read for tho entertainment of those gathered to enjoy them. A plano duet by Miss Mildred Holler ind Miss Selena Langford was ?apecially well rendered. Monday evening tho graduating ex arclses of the school brought to an 3nd a most successful year. Dr. H. N. snyder, of Wofford College, the orator of the occasion, spoke on "The Power of Education in the Develop ment of the Human Race." This was one of the most scholarly and Instructive addresses ever heard In he school. oupt. Conts was greeted with en thusiasm when he, in a short talk DH school work for the past year, made the statement that he had ac cepted his olectlon as superintendent for tho coming yenr. Mr. Coats ls a man above the average, and Seneca is fortunate in having him continue Ihls work. Dr. E. A. Hines made the trus tees' report, which was favorable in till respects and spoke well for the advancement of the school. The graduating class wore: Miss Lula Barron, Miss Sue Ellen Cox, Miss Marie Bellotto, Miss Willie McDonald, Miss Clara Mosehy Vernor, Miss Al?ce Adams, Miss Solona Lang ford, Miss Mildred Heller, and Clarence Ellison. Miss Barron and Miss Adams won Ibo Olgnilllat scholarship medal, there being a difference of ono-llfth if a point in their standing. Through [he generosity of Mr.* GigniUtnt eacli young lady received a medal. The exercises closed with the valedictory, delivered by Miss Lula Ila rr on. The teachers who will remain with Hie school are: Supt. ('oats, Miss Pogrnni, the Misses Thompson, Miss Glide Smith and Miss Sue Daley. The select ion of teachers for 1st, 4 th, nth und 7th grades will be made in the near future; also an instructor for the departineni of domestic science. Local N?W8. in Rome, Qa., at the meeting of thu Southeastern Sanitary Associa tion. May 12th and 13th, Dr. E. A. hines, of Seneca, was elected presi dent for the ensuing year. The next meeting will be held in Charlotte, N. C., in May, 1920. Calloway Ottley, of Florence, was a recent guest at the home of Mrs. lt. W. Verner, coming over for the commencement entertainment this week. W. B. Browning, who lived near oeneca for about 30 years, died May 17 after a lingering illness. G. IL Balles, a capitalist of Ander son, has purchased a half Interest in the Doyle Building on Main street. T. B. Jones, n real estate dealer of Seneca, will erect several attractive bungalows at West View, a now suburb of our city, formerly the Carey property. M. F. McGee, of Anderson, visited friends In Seneca Sundny and Mon day. Miss Margaret Morrison, of Clem ion, and Miss Kittie Sllgh, of Georgia, aro visiting Mrs. C. H. Ellison. Miss Emily Smith, a teacher at the Newry school, visited Miss Annie Johnson Friday. J. Q. Adams spent Sunday at Monea Path. W. P. Nimmons is improving after in attack of pneumonia. John IVhitner Thomson, little son if Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Thomson, is some belter at this writing. of Interest to Farmers? In order to close the records for Hie present season and cnahlo the U. S. Department of Agriculture to settle obligations arising from tho purchase and salo of nitrate of soda before the end of the present fiscal year, it ls necessary that all unfilled orders be shipped In the near future. Therefore, shipping instructions covering nitrate, applied for hut for which no shipping instructions have been given, must reach the Washing Ion office not later than June 1. W. IL Craig, County Agricultural Agent. By order of (Miarles J. Brand, Dhiof of Murean of Markets. Larkin, of tho Third Provisional De velopment Regiment, by shooting Iiiin with a rovolvor. lt was charged that the killing was malicious, wilful, deliberate, feloni ous, unlawful and premeditated. The court martial found ('apt. (livens guilty as to mnllco, deliberation and premeditation. CON? J moss NOW IN SESSION. I Republicans Hold ..injority lu Both Branches of (ho Hotly. Washington, May 19.- Promptly at noon to-day the extraordinary ses- ! ? sion of Congress got smoothly under j i way. With Republicans in the ma- 1 jority in both branches, the leaders I plunged into the work of organiza- i linn. < In both House and Senate the pro- i gram, well arranged In advance, \ started off as lt bad been planned. : Vice President Marshall presided in 1 the latter, and Clerk South Trimble 1 in the former. Tho usual prayers, . and then the reading of the Presl- 1 dent's proclamation precoded thc ; calling of the rolls. Then the House proceeded to tho business of electing a Speaker, Representative Gillett, of Massachusetts being chosen, and the Senate turned to the election of a president pro tempore. Senator Cum mins, of Iowa, was chosen. Ry a majority of five votes the Republicans took control of the Sen ate, electing Cummins president pro tempore and defeating Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, Democrat, by a record vote of 4 7 to 4 2. In tho House the Republicans ef ..?* organization by electing Rep resentative Gillett, of Massachusetts, Speaker, over Champ Clark, of Mis souri, Democrat, who has been tho Speaker for the past eight years. Tho business of swearing in new Senators was disposed of quickly, as they came to tho Vice President's desk in fours. In tho House, whoro there were n greater number of new members, it took longer. All of the Republican Senators were present, but there wore four Democratic ab sentees. In tho House a flood of hills relat ing to scores of subjects were tossed into a great waste basket provided for the occasion. As expected, a large number of the bill., proposed repeal of war taxes and the return of public utilities taken over by the government. Before adjourning, which was on a resolution of respect for the late Representativo Rurnett, of Alabama, the Senate designated senators Lodge and Martin as a committee to com municate to tho President that it was ready for business, and, abandoning the pre-arranged plan not to moot again until Thursday, voted to as semble again to-morrow, so that the message of President Wilson may be heard at the same time it is being read in the House. Berger's Seat Challenged. . When the name of Victor Berger, of Wisconsin, was called in the House to-day as new members were sworn in, Repr?sentative Ballinger, of Massachusetts, Republican, accord ing to a pro-arranged plan, formally challenged his right to bo seated. Berger is appealing from a war-time conviction under tho espionage law. Henry Ford Mles Petition. Washington, May 19. - Formal notice of a contest in the election of Truman H. Newberry. Republican Senator-elect from Michigan, was given to-day, with the filing in me Senate of petitions by Henry Ford, defeated Democrat, asking for an In vestigation of campaign expenditures and a recount of the ballots. ? no charges made in tho petition aro a repetition of those presented by Mr. Ford to tho Senate at the last Con gress. Stole Liberty Bonds. Chicago, May 19.-With tho arrest of Titos. Westover, formerly an in spector at a government explosive plant In West Virginia, Federal agents hopod to-dn> solve tho mys tery of tho theft last January of $2r>0,000 in Liberty Bonds from tho Studebaker Corporation, of South Rend, Ind. Julius Robertson, a secret servlco operative, (daims to have heard West over and two other men discussing tho theft of the bonds while on a train en route from South Bend to Chicago a few days ago. Strike Declared Illegal. Cincinnati, Ohio. May 18.-The clerks' strike on tho Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis railroad last winter, bas boon hold illegal by tho National Convention of the Brother hood of Railway Clerks in voting yes terday to sustain Grand President Forrester's ruling to tba' effect. IT WAS HOCK MOODY, NOT IiA\% Who Gol shot-Young Mun is (Jet ting Along All Dight. ijiist week wo made mention of tho act that a young man of tho Chooheo section had been shot and was thon Drought to Walhalla for medical at Lontion. Tho name given by us of bo young man who had boon wound sd was Dock Lay, and this was tu mistake. It was Dock Moody who .vas injured. Ho is a son of Mr. and VI rs. Franklin Moody, of tho Cheo too section, and he was brought to Walhalla for medical attention by Jesse Lay, who is bis tindo. 'Mr. Lay luis a sou named Dock, but this vonng man is now prcsocuting a sourse of study at Pur man Unlvor tity, and was In no way connected with the trouble, nor was he even in Ibo community. Tho error in the taine evidently gainod currency by reason of tho fact that Mr. Lay has. i son with the snmo given name a? Lite young man who was shot, and I bat it was Mr. L*ay who brough lite young man tn town. As to tho particulars of tho shoot ing we havo been informed that tho trouble between young Moody and Lite man who allot him, John Mathis, iroso over a dispute concerning a land trade between the two, Matins laving routed land from young Moo ly, lt seems that tho trouble had" Lieon browing practically all of Sat urday, and the two bad como togo ther ?arly In tho day in an encoun ter, in which Moody got decidedly the bettor of a "fistic argument," and Mathis loft with the Implied state ment that tho trouble was not ended.. Moody went back to his plowing and remained In tho Hold until late in the evening. When he went homo, hav ing to pass in tito road near where Mathis IIVCH, bo was accosted by tho latter, who tired a load of small shot into lils body. Fortunately Moody was not badly hurt, though the shot was tired at comparatively closo range. On Saturday when we saw Mr. Lay he staled that Moody was getting along all right, and that ho Itad already gone back to bis work. Dock Moody is a yoting man, un married, and is about 20 years of ugo. Mathis is said to bo about 3f? or 40 years of age, and is married ind has a family. CAVALRY NERDS ADE FILLED. Some Enlistments Still Wanted in Other Bin ucl i es Army Service. Savannah. Ga., May 10.-Special: The army recruiting station, No. 35 Harnard streot, this city, bas just received a telegram from tho adju tant general of the army which says, "Enlistments for tho cavalry, Amer ican Expeditionary Forces, discon tinued." This moans that tho cavalry allot ment of fiO.OOO men required by tho American Expeditionary Forces Ita? been filled, find many men who havo put off Joining will be disappointed. There romain a few openings in tho American Expeditionary Forces, how ever, and men can join the infantry, field artillery, tho corps of engi neers and the medical deportment. Hut. if tho enlistments continue at their present rate it. will be a matter of a very short time before these branches of the service aro also com pletely filled. Men who wish to take advantage of this wonderful chance to visit tho battlefields of Prance, with the pri vilege of seeing Great Britain, and France, and italy, tho Rhino, and possibly some of the other portions sf Europe, should apply for enlist rnont to the nearest recruiting sta tion without doloy. Ebert Says Germany Woift Sign. Horlin, May 1 8.-- President Ebert, In addressing a demonstration boro to-day, said that Germany would never sign tho penco terms. Tho demonstration was bold in tho Lustgarten and was attended by t gre? I crowd. President Ebert do Hcrlbed the peace forms ns "the pro duct of tho enemy's rovongoful hys teria," and added: "Foreign countrios will not pormit the proscription of Germany. They will ralso their voices with us that this poaco of enslavement, which wo will novor sign, shall not como to pass." Pay in advance-Courier $1 year.