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NO POWER TO DECLARE PEACE. Nor Would President Ito So Prior to Kat mention Treaty. Washington, Aug. 21.-President Wilson has not the power to declare peace by proclamation, nor could he consent in any circumstances to take such a coarse prior to the rati fication of a formal treaty of peace by the Senate. Tho President so wrote Senator Pall to-day in answer to one of tho twenty written ques tions tho Senate presented at the Whito House conference Tuesday. Roi lying to another question, the President said tho provision of tho trqaty that it should come into force after ratification by Germany and three of the principal associated pow ers, operated merely to establish peace between those ratifying pow ers, and that lt was "questionable whether it can be said that tho League of Nations is in any true sense created by the association of only three of the allied and associ ated governments." As to the question of when nor mal conditions might bo restored, tho President said he could only ex press the confident opinion that im mediate ratification of the treaty and acceptance of the covenant of the league, as written, would "certainly within tho near future reduce tho cost of living," both in this country and abroad, through tho restoration of production and commerce to nor mal. As To Ocrimin Colonies. To Senator Pall's question relating to the disposition of Germany's pos sessions, the President said tho ar rangement in the treaty convoyed no title to the allied or associated pow e. but merely "entrusts disposition of tho territory in question to their decision." "Germany's renunciation in favor of the principal allied and associated powers," the President continued, "of her rights and title to her over seas possessions is meant simply to operate as vesting in those powers a trusteeship with respect to their final disposition and government." "There bas been a provisional agreement," the President added in this connection, "as to the disposi tion of these overseas possessions, whose confirmation and execution io dependent upon the approval of Hie League of Nations, and the United States is party to that provisional agreement." The President said the only agree ment between France and Great Britain with regard to African terri tory, of which he was cognizant, con cerned re-disposition of rights already possessed by them on that continent. It was deemed wise, he said, that the United States should be repre sented by one member of the commis sion for settling the new frontier line of Belgium and Germany "be cause of tho universnl opinion that America's representative would add to the commission a useful element of entirely disinterested judgment." The same thought applied, he added, to appointment of an Ameri can representative on the commission set up to exorcise authority over the plebiscite in upper Sile.ia. The President wrote the Senator that he had no official information as to whether Norway, Sweden, Den mark, Holland or Switzerland would join Gie league. On Declaring Peace. Concerning lils power to declare tho existence of peace, the President said : "I feel constrained to say, in re ply to your question, not only that in my Judgment I have not the power by proclamation lo declare that peace exists, but that 1 could in no circumstance consent to take such a course prior to the ratification of a formal treaty of peace. 1 feel it due ?o perfect frankness to say that it would, in my opinion, put a strain upon our national honor which we never could efface, if, after send ing our men to the battlefield to fight the cora- 10.1 cause, we should alian do' our ' ssociates ii t li o war in the settlement of Hie lunns of peace and dissociate ourselves from all respon sibility. TOO? TO THC LAST D&OP" SCALED TINS ONLY AT YOUR GROCERS MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE ?uvrJ READ THIS-and then take a look at tho label on your paper. Wo do not want to discontinue sending The Courier to yon, but tho caslt-in-nd vance ruling will bo complied with. Wo will SOOll have our mulling lists in such shape as to automatically dis continue all subscriptions at expira tion? PRICE WAR RHINOS RESULTS. Pucker Notes Easing Off lu the Cost of Food--Attorney's View. Washington, Aug. 21.-Attorney General Palmer said to-day there was evidence that thp government campaign to reduce the cost of liv ing already was hearing fruit. A prominent vegetable packer of Mary land wrote Mr. Pulmer that prices in many lines were beginning to ease off as lt became evident the Department of Justice meant busi noss in announcing that criminal prosecutions against hoarders and profiteers would be Instituted wher ever the law was violated. Can't Chango Econon?c Laws. "We want to make clear, how ever," the Attorney Geueral said, "that nothing wo can do cnn change the immutable economic laws on which prices depend. If we can In crease the supply by greater produc tion and lessen demand by greater saving on tho part of'the people, then the cost of living should come down. We can help that along by forcing boarders to put on the market food hold out for an advance In prices, and further by holding up to pub lic scorn or by prosecuting, If Con gress gives us tho criminal amend ment to the food control law, those who are guilty of trying to exact a greater profit than ls reasonnble and just. We are going to make the market-that is tho law of supply and demand-operate normally In stead of artificially." Hoarded and Stored. The Attorney General and Judge Amos, his assistant, drew distinctions ? ?. which they said the public should recognize between hoarded food and stored food. The former is held out I of the market in greater quantities than required for the owner's busi ness for tho purpose of forcing up the market. The latter ls surplus being husbanded from the harvest to a lean season. "Not all stored food is hoarded by J any means," Mr. Palmer said, "and we are going to be very careful not to do anybody an injustice or to Jeopardize the winter supply by forcing on the market tho surplus of the Bummer season. We have libeled great, quantities of food which we he lieve to he hoarded and its disposi tion after the caees are settled by the courts will depend on the nature of the commodities and the place of storage." To Put. lt on the Market. lt was made clear, though, that all food proved to be hoarded would be put on the market. United States marshals probably will administer Its disposition, but whether sales will be made direct to the public or through retailors under a guaran tee of fair prices has not been de cided.. Reports to the attorney general from State food administrators In dicated that fair price boards rapid ly were being sot up in many States and were proceeding to get pledges from dealers tb abide by the prices promulgated for the guidance of the public. Eleven Cases. Tho Department of Justice an nounces that eleven cases had been brought under the food control act for the seizure of food in Columbus, Ga., St. Louis, Detroit, Chattanooga and Kansas City. Cost of living questions continued to be discussed by Congress to-day. Mr. Palmor, appearing before the Houso agricultural committee in con nectioif1 with its consideration of leg islation to extend the powers of tho food control act, opposed tho pro posal to give the President authority to Hx wholesale and retail prices of necessities. From tlie attorney general's statements the conclusion was drawn by some committee mem bers that under the amended food control act the Department of Jus tice primarily would strike nt the re tailors. Executive Session. Following Mr. Palmer's appear ance the committee held an execu tive, session nt. which it was under stood an agreement was reached on the general nature of the amend ment. Tho proposed section per mitting the President to fix prions, it was understood, would he elimi na (?ul as well as exemptions which would have been allowed certain re tailors. Exemption would ho con tinued for farmers. Extension of the law's powers ovor other necessi ties and Imposition of penalty of two years' imprisonment and $5, 000 lino will be provided for. The committee probably will report out the amendment to-morrow. Tho attorney general will moot to-morrow with tho Senate agricul tural subcommittee to iron out dif ferences which have developed among members as to tho amend ment of the food control act. Canned swoot potatoes, pumpkin, squash, syrup, asparagus and as sorted Jams wero added to-day to tho list of foodstuffs to bo sold by the War Department through parcel FAIK SUGAR PRICK, ll OBNT8. Extend Food Control Act to Include Wearing Apparel. Washington, Aug. 21.-Active control' of sugar prices was resumed to-day by., the government, through, an agreement reached betwesn the Department of Justice and the food administration thut licenses will be rovoked by the latter when it is shown dealers have been piollteer Ing? Sugar should reach the consumer at approximately eleven cents a pound, lt was announce l, based on the ownership of the entire domestic and Cuban crop by the United States sugar equalization board, which is selling to refiners at 7.2S cents a pound. Redners are under contract with the board to soil ut 9 cents, loss than 2 per cent discount for cash: whole salers and jobbers are allowed a maximum of 08 cents per 100 pounds for handling and retailers ure per mitted a profit of 1 to 1 V? ? %.uts per pound, making a fair price 11 cents, except In cases where dealers have purchased tat an "unreasonable" price duo to misunderstanding in the trade. When this ls fa fact a reasonable advance over thc actual cost will be permitted. Prepared for Action To-day. With the House agriculture com mittee's amendment for extension of the powers of the Food Control Act before lt, the House to-night was prepared to take action to-morrow on the amendment and thereby make its first extensive step toward beating down living costs. The amendment, which was reported to tho House to duy by a unanimous vote, includes retailers among (hose liable under the Food Control Act, and Its enact ment, along with the control exer cised over sugar, officials believe, will do much to curtail profiteering by retailers. "Our desire is to secure a fair price "for the consumer," said At torney General Palmer in announc ing resumption of sugar control, "and wc do not. wish to pursue a wholesale policy ut recommending the cancellation of licenses. Where trade adjusts itself to a fair price for the future, past transactions, unless flagrant, will not ordinarily he made the basis of a recommenda tion by this department for the can cellation of the license. Sale of army subsistence supplies now in progress will cover virtually the entire surplus, the War Depart ment announced to-day, Including enough to give two pounds of meat and one-quarter pound of canned vegetables to every person In the United States. Would Extend Scope of Law. The amendment to the Food Con trol Act, as reported to-day, would extend the act's provisions to Include wearing apparel, containers of food, feed or fertilizer and fuel oil. A pealty of $5,000 and two years' Im prisonment for profiteering ls pro vided. Numerous hills and resolutions dealing with living cost questions were presented In both houses of Congress. Representative Hutchin son, Republican, of New Jersey, in troduced a bill which would enable the Secretary of Agriculture to "pre vent deception with respect to cold storage foods; to regulate the stor age and shipment of cold storage foods In interstate commerce and limit such storage to ten months." WANT .? Lis v* MORE MONEY ' ^?iFo/f%x?;i MP um E S - EXPRESS TO. j ATHENS' 'HIDE I Pay In advance-Courier $1 year. RUY *** BUY SAVINGS THRIFT STAMPS. BUY THEM THIS WEEK! Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic .cstorea vitality and energy hy purifying and en riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength ening, Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. post. Prices quoted were consider able below those ruling ' In rotuli markets. Tob?ceo Oo ??UJIII* Tvppy r?d fra??, f/cfy vd tin?. handiom? pound and half-pound tin humi dor?-'and-that c/njjy, practical plomad crytat mia?? humidor with ?pong? molttmnor top that h??p? th? tobacco tn ?itch perfect condition. PUT a pipe in your face that's filled cheerily brimful of Prince Albert, if you're on the trail of smoke peace 1 For, P.A. will sing you a song of tobacco joy that will make you wish your life job was to see how much of the national joy smoke you could get away with every twenty-four hours! You can "carryon" with Prince Albert through thick yid thin. You'll be after laying down a smoke barrage that'll make the boys think of the old front line in France! P. A. never tires your taste because it has the quality 1 And, let it slip into your think-tank that P. A. is made by our exclu sive patented process that cuts out bite and parch-assurance that you can hit smoke-record-high-spots seven days out of every week without any comeback but real smoke joy ! R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. MEMORIAL TO THE THIRTIETH. Campaign for Kumls Will Open on Monday, September lil). Coluiubin, Aug. 21.-Every mini ster in South Carolina will bo asked to cull attention on Sunday, Septem ber 28f to the fact that Monday, Sep tember* 29th, will be the Hrst anni versary: of the smashing of tho Hin denburg Hue by the South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessoo troops of the Thirtieth Divfsion, and that on that day the campaign to raise $400,000 to erect a fitting memorial to the South Carolina Heroes par ticipating in the great war will be formally opened. The South Carolina Memorial Commission believes that tho memorial fund will be raised within 11 Owe My Life t Mr. ( McKinley's letter brings cheer to all who may be sufferers as he was. Read it: j *T can honestly say that I om ?uy life to Vermin. After nome of the best doctors In tho country gave me up and told mo I could not live another month, Peruna ..?ed ne. Travelling from town to town, throughout the country and having to go into all ktr.ds of badly heated stores and build ings, sometimes standing up for hours at a time while plying my trade aa auctioneer, it ls only natural that 1 had colds fre quently! so when this would occur I paid little attention to it, until last December when I con tracted a severe cass, which, through neglect on my part settled on my lungs. When al most too late. I betrau doctoring-, hut, without ?voil, until I heard of Peron a. It eared met so I cannot praise lt too highly." (jovernor Pledges Support. Greenville, Aug. 2 a.-Special: Governor Robert A. Cooper has pledged bis active supon to the South Carolina Baptists in their drive to raise five and a half million dollars, November lo Odcembcr 7, as their share in the Maplist 7."> .Million Campaign. Governor Cooper has promised his co-operation and services toward the success of the drive, and will deliver addresses in behalf of the campaign during Oc tober and November. "It will give me pleasure to Contribute In any way I can tb the success of Gie Bap tist 76-Milllon-Dollnr Campaign," Governor Cooper wrote in a recont lettor to Dr. W. .1. McGlothln, State organizer for the campaign. Owing to his limited time, Gover nor Coopor will be able to deliver only about half a dozen addresses in behalf of the campaign. Places and dates will be announced later. In asmuch as Governor Cooper Is likely to be sough' after for these services at many places, t..o matter of his Itinerary has been loft? with the headquarters or the campaign in Green Re. Pay in advance-Courier $1 year. Buy a few Thrift Stamps to-day. the first week jf the campaign, and probably during the first two or three days. The Stute is now being organized for the campaign. County organiza tions have already been set up In several of the counties, und all is in readiness for the beginning of tho campaign a month hence, but there are a few counties yet to bo organ ized. All will bo in roadlness, how ever, before tho day tho campaign ls to open. lt ls being arranged to sond speak ers Into counties where they may be neodod, and tho county chairman will have tho full co-operation of the State organization everywhere. The women of the State will render the same splendid service they have given in the several Liberty Loan campaigns. S PERUN A It Cured Me Mr. Samuel McKinley, 8507 E. 12th St. Kansai City, Mo.. Mem ber ot the Society ot U. 8, Jewelry Auctioneers. Sold Everywhere, Tablet or liquid Form Court Ordern Pother's Kolcu.se. Cazenovia, N,Y., Aug. li).-Donald | W. Pether, of hos Angeles, Cal., stu dent at Cornell University, charged j with murder in connection with tho death of .Miss Hazel Crance, of Ithaca, in Cayuga Lake, July 10, was ordered released on tho ground of insufficient evidence boforo Su premo Court Justice Mli/naol H. Kiley here to-night. UNITED STATES HAILI! Director Genen KAILUOAD (Not Gu: Arrival, ami Departure ol in,t i; DlltGI (Corrected to Leave foi' * 7.10 AM. Seneca-And .Andersc * 1 1.00 AM. Seneca . Helton-And * 3.15 PM. Soneca-And j * 5.35 PM.Seneca-. j 1.25 PM.Soi . Belton-And * Dally. ** Dally except Direct connection nt Pelton wi from Columbia, Charleston and lute Direct connection made at Son points North, South, East and West Call on Ticket Agent for detail CITATION NOTICIO. The State of South Carolina, Coun ty of Oconee.- (In Court of Probate) -Dy V. B\ Martin, lOsq., Probato Judge. - Whereas, JOHN F. Cit MO, C. C. C. P., lias made suit to mo to grant him letters of Administration of the Estate of and. Effects of JOHN SMITH, Deceased These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said John Smith, Deceased, that they be and appear before me, in tho Court of Probate, to be held at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, on Tuesday, the 18th day of September, 1919, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of August, A. D. 1919. (Seal.) V. F. MARTIN, Judge of Probate for Oconee Co., S.C. Published on the 13th. 20th and 27th days of August and 3d, 10th, 17th days of September, 1919, in The Keowee Courier, and on the Court House door fo. the time prescribed by law. Aug. 13, 1919. 33-38 Eye Sufferers Who Need Glasses! Railroad fare paid one way to our Oconee County Patients Who Purchase Glasses. Eyes examined by specialists and glasses made while you wait. Kodak Films Developed by Experts. Odom-Schade Optical Co., A. A. Odom, A. H. Sehnde, President. Sec'y ?fe Treas. Consulting Optometrists, Masonic Temple, Greenville, S. C, lOAD A DMINISTRATION ll of Railroads. SCHEDULES tran teed.) j F Trains, Walhalla, S. C. *1 3 RAILROAD. June 22, J OTU) Arrive from erson-Delton . ?n-Seneca.* 10.00 AM Anderson . orson-Seneca.* * 12.33 PM erson-Belton. * 1.45 PM Andorson. * 5.05 PM ueca. erson-Sencca. . 9.30 PM . Sunday. th Southern Railroad trains for and rmediato points. oca with Southern Railroad trains for ed schedules and other Information.