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,.. i? . . ... IN *J-^V^' ? ,V ' ,, .f.v !''''-.'.;' ";' ' J.J, . . ?"'i'K.'i THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO AFT MAN." . VFEB. g ?022? New Series No. 940. - Volume LXXL - No. K. We can show you mort seen together in a long time, Prices on small or med? than we ever sold them. Large Mules, suitable f< We can please you. E booster for us, C. W. & J. E. 1 WALHAI UP-TO-DATE Shoe - Making x anet Repairing. 1 have opened an up-to date Shoo Making and lie pair Shop In the former Pitclif ord's SUms I will be glad to soo all my friends at any time. KV KUY PIECE OK . WORK I IK) will carry with it my full guarantee that it is (lrst> class in every respect, AND AS TO MY PRICKS they will bo just us low as possible' consistent with tho class of work I turn out. "NO SHODDY WORK AT ANY PRICK" is tho motto that I intend to ndhoro to. I want your repair work, and can make you just as Ano a pair of shoes as tho best from Hie big manufacturer. And when I luive made a pair of Shoes for you, or have re paired an old pair for you, I want you to come back. Therefore MY PERSON Ali GUARANTEE WITH EVERY JOH Come to me with your Shoo Troubles. I'm look ing for troubles of this kind. "I'll fix 'om." Harry Fayonsky, Old Norman Ding Co. Stand, MAIN STREET, WALHALLA, S. C. RI? MIIvL. SUIT SET FOR HEARING On Feb. I Otb-$270,000 Involved In Squabble Hotwccn Mill Mon. (Greenville Piedmont.) , Tho ?ult of Campbell Courtenay and other former stockholders of the Courtenay Manufacturing Coihpany of Nowry, against W. I/. Gassawuy and tho present stockholders of tho mill, for payment of $270,000 al leged 'by the former to bo due thom in notes, will likely bo tried during the Febrimry term of tho Court of Common Picas. At a meeting of the Bar Association on Wodnesdty trial of tho case was sot for Feb. 16. The presiding judge nt that term of the fiourt will be Judgo Frank B. Gary, who recently overruled a motion of tho Courtenay intoreats to atrike out charges of fraud against Campbell Courtenay in the alleged manipula tion of books of the company and contained in an answer to complaint of non-payment of tho notos flied by Campbell Courtenay and the former stockholders of tho Courtenay Man ufacturing Company. Though tho first suit ls over the $270.000 in notes, tho ownership of the mill ls at stnko, and litigation will determine whether tho Courte nay Manufacturing Company will re main tho proporty of W. L. Gnssawny and other stockholders or wfoethcr it will be turned back to tho former stockholders. Should Anal litigation e Good Mules than you have um, Mules are lower than sr road work, are a fair price, very man we sell makes a ? 3AUKNIGHT, .-LA., S, C. ROOF OF MOVIE HOUSE FALLS Under Weight of Heavy Snow-Vic tims Head Roach Hundred. Washington, ,D. C., Jan. 28.-Un der the weight of two feet of snow lon the roof of the Knickerbocker I Theatre, a motion picture house lo cated in the heart of Washington, the roof collapsed to-night, burying hundreds under the debris, and it ls feared that the loss of life will be appalling. .At the time this dispatch ls sent a number of dead bodies have " frftftft^flftm?fcfof ff fro pi tho ?wreck- j d bullaw^>^?v*^'"'", r^??wm, "?""?.] The bodies of twelve dead havel been taken from the theatre and are gathered in the First Church of I Christ (Scientists) near the theatre. [These twelve, added to others report ed hy the police, bring the known death toll to 17, but many-whether dead or alive no one knows-ave still held beneath tho fallen roof. List of Hoad Passes Hundred. Washington, Jan. 2?).-The toll of dead in the Knickerbocker Thea tre catastrophe roached 107 to-night when a final canvass was made of the city hospitals and all of the sev eral emergency medical stations that had been established to care for the victims. This was said to include everybody thus far recovered from the ruins. The list of injured totalled 134 to-night, and of these fourteen were recorded as having sustained serious hurts. Of those in hospitals some sustained injuries in many cases of such character that the vic tims, if they recover, will be maimed for life. Ninety-two of the victims had been identified when the forces of volunteer workers, 24 hours after the disaster, approached the end of their long search of the debris. The exact number in the theatre when the steel and concrete span of tho roof buckled and fell under its three-foot load of snow probably will never be known. Tho stories of perhaps a hundred who got out un injured have been reported. The more than 300 in the audience was roaring in laughter at a Aimed com edy when the roof fell on them like a .blanket, carrying down tho front of the wide balcony In its path. Normally the theatre has every seat filled nt that hour, and 2,000 persons was its capacity. The same unprecedented snowfall which brought death to the venturesome fow kept the many at homo. Street car traffic had 'been abandoned, and streets and sidewalks were all but Impassable with drifts. There has been no timo as yet for official inquiry ns to the cause of thc disaster. Tho ruins themselves dis close, howovor, that tho entire mass of steel-held concrete that formed tho roof had come down. Tho crash .swept the supports out from under tho balcony apparently, and this hinged down at an angle of 4 5 de grees, adding to the tanglod mass of wreckage on tho floor below. Diamond Merchant? Disturbed. Amsterdam, Jan. 28. - Diamond merchants admit that thoir bus!no3s has been practically brought to a standstill because millions of peoplo throughout the world aro now soiling their gems to got ready money. result in favor of the present stock holders the mill will be turned back to the Courtenay interests, who will bo responsible to tho former stock holders for tho purchase price.whlch was $1,800,000, the greater portion of which has alroady boen paid. The majority of tho present stockholders of tho mill aro also stockholders in tho Jsnqueena Mills at Central. GLA1> TO 11 KA lt FROM SENATOR. Mr. Cook Thinks that Several Little Tilings Might bo Dono. Editor Keowee Courier: .Wo are glad to hear from our Senator at Columbia, though we are sorry to note that be can't see any thing to do. However, ne strikes the right, note when he says, "We have more.commissions and. commis sioned salaried people than we have money to pay them with." ' He Is j precisely right in this matter. But what is the reason he can't thin them out? That is Just what we electod our delegation and sent thom to ColunVbia fpr. Perhaps we have very nearly twice as many officers in tho county government as we need Something Uko half of them aro not necessary, and tho government tf paying them about twice us much a< their work ls worth. Perhaps wo ari not competent lo advise our dolega tion in this matter, but the tax-pay ers in our vicinity are getting dis gusted with the unreasonably hlgl taxes. Since the boll weevil strucl this county the farmers can't muk? cotton as usual, and there ls n< other cash crop; and as taxes an now there is not a man in this coun ty who can pay the taxes on his farn with corn, potatoes, peas, peanuts etc., simply because .there is n< money in this kind of crops. The time has come W'hen there 1 obliged to be something done. Th laboring man who three years ag could get seven to eight dollars pe day for his work ls now working a one dollar per day. Flour thro years ago would bring $18 per bai rel; to-day it brings only $6 per bai rel. A barrel of sugar that woul bring $100 three years,'ago is no^ worth only six cents a pound. Nov we don't think it is quite fair for tb farmers and laboring men to stan the like of this and pay such taxe as we are having to pay->-Just t keep up absolutely unnecessary o floors at war-time salaries. . If c Representatives will thin them o\ to a necessary stand, and cue tb salari?e in keeping with the mice .of tho farmers' ? products, tbey^wl so^n^hV ?ul?Htra^ They seem lo think that the .war still going on. If our delegation wi practice economy a little while lin will save our government thousam of dollars annually. Of course th< will probably got a little cussii from a few office-holders, and oflle seekers, but they will get the pluu its of thousands of citizens in tl country. If our delegation cannot redu< the taxes they probably can equali thom to a certain extent. We do think the road tax is high enoug or anything like high enough. A wo have little girls in the coun teaching school and the tnx-paye paying them $100 a month win they are only worth $25 per mont or one dollar per day. If we are not mistaken, the w men of this country were campai-. lng for the sovereign right to vc for something like forty years, ai finally they won and were given t right to vote as men vote; and i are obliged to admit that they ho made good everywhere they ha been tried. 'It seems that women n fully competent to fill any office th men can fill, and they are moro he est and pure than men. Their hah are more moral and temperate th are those of men, and no rotten pc tlcinn cnn buy a woman's vote for drink of whiskey. But we can't ? any reason why the women shoi be exempt from paying poll tax t same as men do. The laws mako men pay State tax, county tax, d tax, school tax, poll tax, auto t? war tax, road tax, income tax, ink itance tax, brass tacks and evi other kind of tacks; and then have to show our tnx receipt or tl won't let us vote. Wo have been b that there aro more women vot now In this country than men vote and not moro than one-fifth of th ever pays a single dollar of taxei only the few women who own pr orty who over pay any tax at Last year on one ocension we s more than a dozen women In i crowd going to the polls to vate, t not a single one of them had o paid a dollar tax In ber life. We not think this Is reasonable, or J and right. Now, if we happen havo a hen-pecked husband ann our delegation nt Columbia he n not be afraid to move in this mat from the simple fact that if our men wore not patriotic enough pay tholr poll tax without grumbl thoy never would have campalg for forty yoars to obtain tho f erelgn right to vote. So come across, boys, and 1 equalize this tax matter. 'Let all poll tax go on the roads. The < tractors aro building roads In county now out of mud. This I new Invention. We don't know 1 lt will work. Suppose lt will w like mud always works. J. A. Cool " Madison, S. C., Jan. 27, 1922. 'Canadian charity has saved natives of Labrador from death famine thia winter. italians often prefer to call t great mon by their Christian na or by tho places of tholr birth. BITS OP Gipsy Nmit vi< Seneca are many dorson W } that she }' pao union If ter, Mrs.'Jjf hoped tin soon recd Mrs. 0 In a few Savannah Soufth G?? the guesr The Baptist memhefs'j Auxiliary^ tho Bapt;! lovely at' hors of j, s looked] pectatio: iMjss, uah ?asfi -l?ge o| VaivDiVU West ft Miss GI lumbla a while Adams:' The synvpat nesst ? homo, where school returffj as the JA LOOAIi NEWS. Conduct Revival Ser ing September. 31.-Special: There ids of Mrs. <S. B. An bo grieved to learn uffering from a case of [the home of her daugh Adams. It is sincerely lils good woman may .from this sickness. ?Bacon expects to leave ?ion an extended visit to len and other points In ??(a. Mrs. Bnpon will bo ^relatives. , iftn's Auxiliary of tho ireh will entertain the the Young Woman's ld tho Girls' Auxiliary of /church. This will be a jiion lo the young mem church, and the occasion [rward to with happy cx Gignillint was in Savan ok and nttended the mar ier friend, Miss Margaret A to McCurry Neville, of n-, on Saturday, the 2Sth. Hint will stop over in Co ??her return home (o spend JU her sister, '.Mrs. Francis ,?nd? of Miss Mary Hines e. with her lu a recent sick necessitated her coming in Winston-Salem, N. C. was a member of the-high cu Hy. Miss Hines hopes to J her school work as soon ?uperates sufficiently from INness o. 2 of the Woman's Aux the Presbyterian church ls ; meet next Monday after the home of Mrs. Frank Al rriage around w-hich much ^centers was that of Mis? St Van Di viere, of Savannah, [rry Neville, of West Union, ringo took place In Savannah rday, Jan. 28th. The bride lo a number of friends in her frequent visits here, ractod to her by her genial ms 'manners and charming ,( fink le the only daugh L.J??&? >;,Mxa.., Laurence R. re, of Savannah. (Mr. Nev ille ls the youngest son of the late I Capt. and. 'Mrs. J. CV Neville, and ls a young man of fine business quali ties and possessed of sterling quali ties. After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Neville will be at home In West Union, after thea 15th of February, when they will foe cordially welcomed ns permanent citizens In the sister town of Walhalla, whore Mrs. Nev ille has spent practically all of her summers; Good wishes of a host of [ friends attend this happy couple In their wedded lifo. Tho public will be delighted to learn that Gipsy -Smith, world-wide: known ' evangelist, has definitely in-] formed tho local committee I hat he will accept the Invitation and will bo In Seneca three weeks during Sep tember to conduct a religious revi val. The evangelist explained In recent letter to Rev. I. E. Wallace, chairman of the committee, that he has already made engagements cover ing the remainder of the year 1922, and Seneca has been given the only open period of tho year. Mr. Smith comes to Seneca from Savannah and then goes to New York. Seneca is the smallest town Gipsy Smith har nvado dates for in years. The com mittee which was appointed to con fer with Mr. Smith asks for tho hear ty co-operation of Walhalla and of Westminster citizens in planning (hit religious meeting. It Will mean great things for Oconee to have this dis tinguished evangelist with our peo? pie. Hulled 'Bones to Determine Sentence. P Nowbern, N. C:, Jan. 26.-'A prac tlcnl application of the long-standin Joke told in the late Judge Crutch field, of Richmond, Va., In regard to his method of sentencing "era shooters" was made by Judge Ed ward L. Stewart, recorder of Beau fort county court, when he let five negroes charged with gambling sen tonco themselves with their own dice. When the negroos pleaded guilty to the charge, Judge Stewart asked ono of them for tho cubes, which were quickly produced. <Ho told thom ho would let each dofondant roll dice ene time And would sentence thom to sorvo as many months on tho road as Hie dice Indicated. The nogroos bogan to roll and'talk to tho dice, and ikey received sentences ranging from three to twelve months In tho chain gang. Judge "Stewart later ebnngod the sentences to fines. Fourth Division Meeting Postponed. On account of the inclement wea ther and bad condition of the roads just at this time, tho quarterly meet ing of the fourth division of the W. iM. H., which was to have been held at Beaverdam church on Jan. 2Sth was postponed. The dote of the mooting will bo announced later. Mrs. W. S. Bearden. Save On Y Wc have a large ste Sec the New Low Prices: 30 x 3, ... $ 9.80 *i 30x3i, ? . J4.90 ? 32x31, t . 19J5 i Wc have most all ot! corresponding prices. Arthur Walha!! "Oldsmobile J KOW AT ROAD CAMI? SERIOUS. Three Negroes in Juli, Ono Badly In jured mid One on Gang. Last Monday shortly after the | noon hour a serious row occurred at the -road working camp, located on the farm of M. W. GlbBon, not far from Westminster, and as a result one white man, Cunningham Peay, a road boss, is painfully hurt, ! having received a nasty slash with a razor in tho hands of one of the ne groes who started the row. He is able to be up and about the camp house, after having received atten tion from physicians, who were sum moned at Once. A. UM" ?kolloy, an other white boss, narrowly escaped, his coat being torn from him and a bullet leaving its mark on bis coat. Neither is very seriously hurt, but beth had narrow escapes. Sam Culler, one of the negroes im plicated in. the. row, was shot in the leg, receiving' a wound that, prevent ed his being brought to jail. It is not thought that the wound is very serious, though he ls laid up and I suffering a great deal from it. Cora Culler. Sam's wife, Ben Cr v ford and Poarl Goodwin were brr to Jail Monday night by Jas. ix. Brown, who, among others in th' community, was deputized to help fn the situation created by the row, the rural policeman of that section, Mr. Lawless, being in Columbia on business. Robert Goodman, the fifth negro implicated in the row, wns given a hearing by the Westminster local authorities -Monday afternoon and received a 30-day sentence, be ing sent to the county chain gang. He will have to answer later to the county authorities on a charge of assault and battery. lt seems that the negroes were on the eve of making a move to another camp, but, being in debt to the con tractors at this camp, they were not perimtted to take their belongings from the premises unless they would pay up their indebtedness. Out of this situation the row developed rap idly, tho negroes going in a body, to the cabin occupied by the bosses and threatening them with pistols, raz ors and other weapons, and using them freely. The row created quite a commotion, and citizens of the community quickly rendered aid to the camp bosses, who otherwise very probably would have been murdered, the temper of tho enraged negroes being such that they were In a per fect frenzy. This condition was add ed to by the fact that ono of the no gro mon had gotten a sufficient quan tity of liquor to render him particu larly violent. bate yesterday the negro Good man, who, it was thought, would go to the gang, paid his alternative fluo of $25 and was Immediately brought to jail to await trial for tho more serious charge of assault and battery. His fine ws imposed in the town of Westminster on a charge of disor derly conduct. * Rescue Orphanage Asks Help. The main dormitory of the Rescue Orphanage was destroyed by fire on Jan. 8th, and 71 little children wore made homeless. At present they are crowded together into tho < buildings, and some aro in tents. This orphanage ls non-sectarian, is managod by a board representing five different denominations, and only takos children who cannot get In an y whore else. $4 0,000 ls needed quickly to ro houso these children, who come from every corner of the State. All people everywhere are asked bo help. 'Any contributions may be sent di rect to tho Rescue Orphanage, Co lumbia, S. C., Carlisle Courtenay, financial agent. If lt ls more con venient for any ono to contribute through Tho Courier, at tr sugges tion of Rov. Mr. Courtona. wo will be glad to accept contrlbuatlons and remit to him. .Moro than .90,000,000 gallons of gasoline was produced in 1918. u". our Tires! ?ck United States Tires? * 32 x 4, ? . . $25.40 j * 33x4,?,,, 24.85 j I * 34 x 4, , . . 27.35 I 1er sizes up to 40 x 8 at j Brown, la, S. C. Pets the Pace." Let's figure? COMIO AND LET ME FIGURE WITH YOU ON. WHAT YOU NEED! JUST RECK IV Ii 1 > Carload Fresh Cement. Carload Lime. Carload Uncle Sam Re-Cleaned Oats to ?ell at right prices. Car of Webber and Columbus Wagons, High Point Baggies, Harness, Stalk Cutters, Dise Hai rows, tho Old Genuine "Oli ver" Plows and Repairs. MULES? HORSES AND CATTLE. AR I ask is thai you como and lot me ?how you. My prices aro away down. IF YOU RIDE, RIDE RIGHT! HIGH POINT BUGGIES! It will bo a plcnsuro to All your orders. * Remember: Brown lins It or Rrown Gets Itt , W. M. Brown, I WALHALLA, S. C. .LOCAL NOTES FROM FAIR PLAY. Community Interested in Fine Poul? try-Bits of Personal News. Fair Play, Jan. 30.-Special: Mrs. J. H. Barnett, of Westminster, 1? spending the week with her daugh ter, Mrs. V/. E. Meares. . Miss Docia Wooten, of Anderson? was a recent guest of homefolks. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Mays enter tained a number of friends at an ele gant turkey dinner last Friday. .Mrs. John Will Grubbs (has return ed to her home in Fair Play, after a pleasant visit to her parents itt Rock Hill. Mrs. Grubbs ls pleasantly remembered as Miss Mildred 'Mickle a former mem'ber of the Fair Play High School faculty. Mrs. H. M. Lovlnggood ls conva lescent after a severe case of grip. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marett have moved Into their new homo. Mr. and Mrs. Purcell 'Bruce have also begun housekee dng and are at home to their many frionds. Little Max Glymph, infant son of Mr, and Mrs. M. G. Olympe, is a suf ferer with pneumonia. It ls hoped that he will soon be quite well again. Rev. J. A. Clotfoltor filled his reg ular appointment at the Presbyter ian ohurch on Sunday and delivered an excellent sermon from tho tex;, "She hath done What she could." The Fair Play Barred Rock Asso cl tlon ip in working order, a number of ladles having ordered eggs from South Carolina's best poultrymen, and now have them sotting. Mrs. I George L. Harris has tho honor ot being first to receive a coop of tho Barred 'Rocks. But our progresslvo sister community, South [inion, is well stocked with these lino birds,, all having bought them through our able county agent, Miss Ethel Counts. Outside of tho association Mr. and Mrs. M. ?D. iStribling "have a lovely yard of pure white leghorns and buff Orpingtons. - -rn, - Nearly every third farmer in thd United States has an automobile. Many bright-plumed male bird? ohed their ornamental feathers after the breeding season.