Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FALLOW AS THE MCHffi By Steck, Shclur HugliM & Shclor. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNj Brown -Spe 3?=*in. Qoc 6 WALHAJ IT PAYS TO B THE OCONEE It. F. I). OA RIME UH. Meeting Held ut Court House May ;{Oth wat? Enthusiastic. The R. F. D. Carriers of Oconco County held a very enthusiastic and successful annual meeting at the Court House on May 30th. An in teresting program was carried out, as follows: Song-"America." Prayer by Rev. J. R. Plyler. j; AVercome address "by Mayor W. M. fBiown. Response by Carrier .1. W. Reyn olds. After considerable discussion re garding the welfare of the carrier body and the betterment of the ser vice, tho following motions were unanimously curried: To instruct delegates to the State Convention to ask for $100 per year as part equipment and maintenance fu nd. To ask for same pro rata pay for routes over standard mileage as the standard route ($7"> per mile.) To ask '.hat preference be given sub-carriers in making appointments to lill vacancies. Tho committee on resolutions of fered the following, which was adop ted: "'Resolved, That the R. F. D. Car riers of Oconee County, in convention assembled, extend our most hearty and sincere thanks to our Supervi sor, Jas. C. Shockley, and other road officials for the good work that has been done this year on the roads and bridges over which we have to tra vel. "Resolved, further, That we ear nestly request our patrons on all rural routes in tho county to co-op erate with our Supervisor and road ollicials to keep in repair all roads nnd bridges on rural routes in tito county, wherever and whenever nec essary to make them passable. "Resolved, Thal, tis tho carriers of Walhalla have this day entertain ed the Oconee County Rural Car riers' Association so magnificently, we as an organisation wish to express to them our deepest gratitude and sincere thanks for their glorious hos pitality. "Wc further resolve. That we ex press to tho ladles our deepest and sincere thanks Tor tho grand dinner which was served on the grouno. "Re il further resolveo, That we. as an organization, wish to express our deepest, sympathy to our afflicted brother, W. .1. Reeder, and his fam ily, of West. Union. S. C." The'Officers for the ensuing year are: W. M. Lemmons, President. C. D. Oillespie, Vice President. R. W. Crubbs, Secretary and Trea surer. Delegates to the State Convention are the above mentioned officers. Postmasters 'Harper of Seneca, Mc Neely of Westminster were In at tendance; also Village Carrier .1. Whit Grant, and, upon motion, they . were made honorary members of the association. The carriers were optimistic over Sheeting >d Weight, ; . Bauknight, j LL A, S. C. UY FOR CASH. 'HONOR MEMORY OF SOUTHERN 'Demi-Impressive- Ceremonies Held nt Arlington for Confederates. Washington, June G.-(Memorial exercises for the South's dead who lie in the Confederate section of Ar lington cemetery were held yester day, special ceremonies being held at the tomb of Hie unknown dead and at the grave of Gen. Joseph Wheeler. The exercises were under the auspices- of ?he O?'h fed erat Ve?-' erans' Association, Sons of Veterans, Daughters of the Confederacy and Southern Relief Society. Represen tative B. G. Lowrey, of Mississippi, was the principal speaker. Hundreds grouped around the stand draped in Hie Stars and Stripes and the Stars and Bars, and around the Confederate monument, where, after the sounding of taps hy a bu gler, a beautiful pieee in the shape of "The Southern Cross" was un veiled. Children of the Confederacy dressed in white passed among the graves placing flowers upon each. Representative Lowrey told of the life of J cherson Davis, whom he de scribed as "The Lone Star of Amer ican History." "He has no prototype," Mr. Low rey said. "Few men could have met conditions he had lo face and have made the record he did. He occu pied a place in the United f?tates Sen ate in the most tumultuous times that body has ever known. He dis tinguished himself in the Mexican war, and was the greatest Secretary of War this country has ever known, and the greatest statesman who ever sat in a President's cabinet." Yesterday was chosen as Memorial Day because it was the nearest Sun day to the 113th anniversary of the hirth of Hie President of Hie Con federa cy Three Killed When Train Hits Auto. Winston-Salem, N. c., June -L Three people were ld lied when the automobile In which they were rid ing wa.; struck by an in-coming Nor folk and Western passenger train near hore late Friday. The dead are Walter and Fills Tesh and Jeff Nor man, the latter a negro. "lilllie McLukoV Career Closes. Cincinnati, Ohio, J tine 4.-James A. Unslings, humorist, known over the entire country as "Luke Mc Luke," died early to-day at the Coed Samaritan Hospital. Hifc wife, 'Mrs. Rose Hastings, and ono son, survive. Mr. Hastngs was born In Lowell, Mass., 5 3 years ago. tho future under tho leadership of our new chief, Postmaster General Hays, and were very grateful for What Attorney W. D. Brown has dono In their behalf. The carriers accepted an invita lion to moot with tho Sen eba carriers an tho first Monday in September. The mooting was dismissed with prayer by Bro. J. w. Reynolds. W. M. Lemmons. President. ll. W. Crubbs, Sec-Treas. MISSING AND MkSUKKl) MAX I ls Found-Was Henton, and heft in ' Woods, Police Say. Ocala, Pin., Juno 5.-J. P. Milton, who was abducted from his home near here last Tuesday night by a j party of men, taken into a wood and severely beaten, has returned to his formev home at Haze'lhurst, (?a., ac cording to advices from him late to day. , .Milton said he was ill as a result of his ill-treatment, but would re turn to Ocala ?ts soon as ho recov ers and prosecute the men. several of whom he claims to have iden ti lled. According to thc authorities Inves tigating thc affair here. Milton suf fered tho re-hronking .of two shoul ders, which were broken several years ago. After being threatened with denth, the police say, if he re turned to Ocala. Milton was left tn the wood in a serious condition, lie lina Hy made Iiis way lo the home of a farmer near Blltchton, who cared for him until the next day, when he is said to have obtained funds from 'Ocala and departed for his former home in Georgia. Milton's wife states that reports that Milton had mistreated her, and which the police believe were the cause of the mob's action, were sprend by enemies with a view to driving Milton out of this section. Information Bureau at Washington. The l|)llowlng notice has been fur nished fijuin the office of the Post master General, Washington, D. C., for tho benefit of tho general public: To the Public: ? lt ia the wlBh'Of.^he.^Toaideirt-that, visitors to the seat of government shall have every opportunity to get full information concerning all gov ernmental departments. It is espe cially his desire that all those who come to Washington to transact, bus iness with any department or bureau of the government may quickly he advised as to tho exact location and means of reaching the particular department or bureau in which may be centered the business which they desire to transact. Por this purpose there has been established a bureau of Information on tlie ground floor of the Postoffice Department Building, located on Pennsylvania avenue at Twelfth Rt.. which is in charge of competent peo ple, who will definitely answer ques tions of this character. The public is advised of this ar rangement and invited to make use of the facility. Will IT. Hays, Postmaster General. Woman Flyer is Killed. i.Mineola, N. Y., .luno 5.-.Miss Lau ra Promwell, holder of tho loop-thc loop record for women, and one of the best known women pilots in the world, was killed at Mitchell Field this afternoon. Miss Broniwell was flying at an al titude of about 1,000 feet. She had just completed one loop and was about to make a second, when some thing went wrong with the plano stud lt crashed to the ground. Miss Prom well, whose home was in Cincinnati, was 2'.t years old. She established her loop-the-loop record May in, when she executed lil".? loops in an hour and twenty minutes. The samo afternoon she piloted her airplane over a two-mile straightaway course at the rate of 13f> miles an hour. ----__ Women Storni Prison to Kill Woman Chicago, Juno 5.-?A mob of ii 00 vomen last Friday stormed the West .'hicago avenue police station in an ?flori to wreak death on Mrs. Maria ^arbonara, held on a charge of m?r ier, for the alleged claying of her insbiind, Sebastino Carbonara. Tho vomen shouted vengeance at Mrs. barbonarn, and tho police reserves tad to be called out to restore or ler. Seneca Township Singers. Tho ?Seneca Township Singing 'onvention will meet at Shiloh burch on tho second (Sunday after loon at 2 o'clock. All good singers re \nvlted and urged to be present. Joe M. Abbott, President. TWO KRihEl), TWO WOUNDED, In Gcotffc l'a nilly Feud-Trouble Hud ubin in Church Mutters. Vldallif Ga., June ti.-W. W. Gal braith, u Itged man, and his son-in law, by'-j ftc name of Tippetts, are dead, ah] .Cicero Matthews ami his son, Free ^Jalthews, are not expect ed to liv , ns the lesult of a shoot ing molqp this morning al Center church^ near Vidalia, in Toombs county, according to meagre reports received fiore. A brother of the dead man, Tom GalbraijlWUtnd tho Inlier's son-in law, nanijtr'llooth, disappeared after the sho6t|uig> Tippetts and Fred Mat thews arila the hospital tit vidalia. and theit?c?iuiition is reported to be critical."' iClcoro Milt thews is at his homo-in lah condition too serious lo permit ofrhls.being removed. lRfferencr^ in church mattel's, it is said, hud led to bitter feeling be . tween th? Matthews and Galbraith families^ ?Thls breach between the families, dt is' said, had existed for years'.' '' This,,nwrning two or three mem bers of' tile .Matthews family went to a noignbOrlng family to see about buying'.ai^ew cows. En route they had to* pjyKH the home of tho Gal brui th jt?jftlly. Returning the Mat thews family representatives found that t^q|;b,r three logs lind been thrown >ajroas tho road in front of the Galbraith home. This led to the quarrel^ and a gi eight ori THE tween the two families j battle ensued, in which n,people took part. jj^NWrHS OF SENECA. toys und Girls Aro Still -^ewonaT:1 l?a?*gr?.pUs. Seneca, June 7.-Special :. Miss Emily Marett is at home from Lees ville, Va., for the vacation. .Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stribling, of Greenville, were with friends and relatives here Sunday. Thomas Siddell and Rjrico Waters, of Sumter, .carne up for Clemson commencement and were in Seneca Monday visiting old friends. Mr.Wa ters finished at Clemson in the class of 1915 and Mr. Siddell in 1916. 'Misses Alma and Vera Creighton, of North Augusta, are guests of the Misses Hines. Miss fClliott, of Spnrtnnburg, is visiting Mrs. B. A. lowery. Marshall Dendy ls at home for Hie holidays', having finished tho sopho more class at the Presbyterian Col lege. Clinton. The Young People's Conference of the Piedmont Presbytery, held in Hie city of Anderson Tuesday (to-day) was well attended by members from our lowii; between twenty-five and thirty going over for the meeting. Rev. I. E. Wallace is organizing a recreation camp for girls during thc month of July, ".nd has secured the Tamnssee Industrial School building for that purpose. He will be assisted by Mrs. R. D. Neill and Mrs. T. L. Stribling. Dr. E. A. Hines is in Boston, Mass., this week attending the Am erican Medical Association. He will return home the early part of next week. Miss Winnifred Adams, Miss dide Smith and Miss Loila Thompson will altead the summer school at Win throp Colege. .Misses Alice Adams, Grace Alex ander and Lois nnd Madeline Oil worth aro at homo from G. W. C. Miss Lilla Miller, of Greenville, ls visiting Miss Annie Cary, and was the honor guest at a delightful parly given by Miss Cary last Wednesday evening. Thomas Anderson Langford. Lu ther Glenn Smoak and Louie Hamp ton Cook, of the senior class til Clem son, visited friends lTere during "lame duck" week. Will Anderson is at home from Clemson College, .having finished Lite freshman class. The Once-n-Week Club held an in teresting meeting at he home of Mrs. J. S. Stribling last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. J. H. Burgess hav ing resigned tho positon of presi den I Of the clef), Ml|?. J. H. Adams was made president. Mrs. L. W.Ver tier read the selection pn the lite rary program. Mrs. J. S. Stribling contributed a poetic selection. Dur ing the social hour delightful re freshments were served. Mrs. Bell ind little Miss Susan Stribling as ilsting the hostess. The next meet ing will be nt the home of Mrs. O. <-\ Bacon. FOR CHINESE RELIEF. The Courier ls in receipt of an other contribution for the Chinese .elief fund. Tho contributions now itnnd as follo\vs: Ascension Church, Seneca... G. 40 Total to date.$10.40 Any othor contributions that may >e received by us will be acknowl idged and forwarded to tho proper icadqunrters of tho relief work. Trucks ? I have several Trucks < new and second-hand, to purchaser. The price is 1 shall be just whatever yoi You can haul cheaper a any other way in the wor Parts for Maxwell Cars cost, can bc had from inc Havoline Motor Oil (h< lots, 60 cents a gallon. I will save you money i Arthur Walhal PUA RFU li Pl .DOD IX roi,OKA no. Several Thousands Perish--Moue tn ry I ?ONS Hearties Into Millions, Pueblo, Clo., June 4.-This city has been practically destroyed hy a devastating; Hood caused by tho over flowing of the Arkansas river and the bursting of near-by dams. The death toll, according to the only available estimate, ranges from fif teen hundred to three thousand. .In this section of the country the awful floods have broguht the total dead to approximately 3,000. Men, women and children are frantically running . ^thro.ugh tho water-soaked Streets . watting' ' T(tr . help:' ; tSpeclul trainB have boen ordered from all railroads out of Denver, with food stuffs, clothing and doctors. All bridges leading into Hie city have been washed away, roads are impassable, and rall road tracks aro from four to fourteen feet under wa ter. Thc entire business section has been heavily damaged by Uro caused by electrical storms. Bodies aro being transported to the morgues in wagons, many being brough! In on horseback. Tho Hood inundated tho Grove district, containing the homes of the poorer class and the business sec tion. Podios aro Moating around on all sides. The city is without food, light or heat. A lineman established the first communication with the out side world by lighting Iiis way to the only remaining wiro several miles from the edge of the city. He sent broadcast appeals for Immediate as sistance. Damage, according to available re ports, will range from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. Danger of Plague. The greatest source Of danger to the survivors is plague and the spread of typhoid. Conditions are re volting, with tho city at the mercy of disease. Piro broke out in sections of the city not destroyed by the flood. Sur vivors were unable to do anything lo check the (lames. city's Pood Dos troy Oil. Denver, Col.. June 4.-'Reports re solved hero late to-day said the loss if life in Pueblo ls appalling. last? males placing thc loss as high as 1,000, with the possibility that it nay roach higher figures, were pub ished locally. Martial law has been proclaimed it Pueblo. State Rangers ?ire In com nand and are beginning the task of fathering tho dead and caring for he Injured. Property damage, from istimates received here, will reach it least $15,0-00,000. Eighteen feet of water covers the nain business section of Pueblo and ondltlons aro fearful. I lundi eds aro homoless and boats ire being used in tho city streets to each many families that had been narooned by the high water. The ower section of tho city, Including nany public buildings, was devas ated. Washed-out bridges on all Ides of tho city tlod up railroad traf ic, but tho rains had ceased at noon md lt was hoped that tho flood wa ors would soon start o recede. ' Tho region between Denver and Boulder, Including Loveland, Lang md Passenger Cars, both sell on terms to suit the yery low and thc terms ? tr requirements arc. nd quicker by truck than ld. , at one half the factory without delay. ; ?avy) in 60 and 30-gallon if you need anything I sell. Brown, ?a, 5. C. S mont, Louisville and Hrnomllold, Buffered heavy losses of crops. Hun dreds of persons narrowly escaped death. Tho Marshall dani, which threat ened to break its bonds and destroy that town, was still holding at noon. Residents were prepared to lloo at the first warning bomb. Many automobile "Paul Reveres" were overtaken by high water in their attempts to warn people in tho flooded aroas and those marooned. Wold and Hogan counties, in 'tho northwestern part of Colorado, woro' in tho path of the cloudburst, and the damage to crops and buildings in that section will bo heavy. >JTteifoT^ ~ Denvor, Col., Juno 4.-Special re lief trains were ordered out of hero for Puoblo late this afternoon. They carried foodstuffs, clothing and med ical supplies. Tho trains will loavo at nightfall. The Red Cross and po lice volunteer workers are now load ing the trains in the Denver yards. 'Hundreds of nurses and physicians have volunteered their services for work tn the stricken aroa. A special train will carry them ahead of tho relief special. Ked Ci'OKS Will Direct. Washington, Juno I.-Relief work of the Red Cross in Pueblo will bo directed by tho Southwestern Divi sion, with headquarters in St. Louis, it has been announced by the nation al headquarters hero lo-nlght. Jas. L. Fotsor, manager of tho division, Is en route to Colorado to direct tho relief work. The Red Cross has large stores of 'food and medical supplies in Den ver, which can be moved Into Pue blo on the first available transpor tation, it was said. Death Mst Dwindles. Pueblo, Colo., June G.-A careful check of tho undertaking establish ments to-day by tho Associated Press showed a list, of 4 2 known dead, aa compared to Red Cross ligures of yesterday of 100. Thirteen bodies are in a morgue on the southsido, three other morgues havo niuo bodies each, while a fifth has two. Raw I Resigns as Trustee. Columbia, Juno G.-?M. H. Jtawl, of Lexington, has tendered his resig nation to Governor Cooper as a member of the board of trustees of Clemson College. The Governor re ceived the designation Friday morn ing, but has not taken any action in regard to lt as yet. Mr. Ra wi re signed because he is leaving tho Slate. He will go soon to California, where lid will enter business. .Mr. Rawl's term will expire next, year. The Legislature will olect his successor, though the Governor may appoint another trustee to servo in tho Intorim. .Mrs. Thus. .Nelson Page Dead. Southboro, Muss., June 6. - Mrs. Thomas Page, wife of tho former United States ambassador to Italy, died hero to-day. She was Gil yoars of age. ?Mrs. Page was marrlol first to Henry Field, of Chicago, in whoso momory sho dedicated t?T? Field Col lodion in tho Chicago Art Institute. Rho hecamo Jiho wife of Thomas Nel son Pago In 1893.' Tho formor am bassador was at tho bedside whoa [loath carno. Mrs. Pago will bo bur lod In .Washington. _, ' ,-,v:'.- .':