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Connecticut western news., 1913-12-25
ASHLEY FALLS

Rev. O. B. Landon preached in Shef- field, Sunday, for Rev. D. N. F. Blakeney who was unable to preach on account of illness. There was no preaching service in the Methodist church in this village in consequence.
 Irving Bowen has returned from Northampton much improved in health.
 Miss Carolyn During went to Brook 1yn, N. Y., Tuesday, where she will spend the winter.
 Richard Marschat is home from school for the holiday vacation.
 The post office is open Christmas Day from TAO to 10:30 a. n and 6 to 8 p. m.
 Miss Shepard is spending Christmas with friends in Great Harrington.
 The village schools closed Friday with the usual Christmas tree exercises. Presents were given to the scholars and both Teachers were handsomely remem- bered by the pupils.
 George Schneider. of Brewster, N. Y., was guest of friend in town over Sun- day.
 Leroy Pinney has moved from Mrs. Snyder's house to one owned by the Marble Company, recently vacated by J. M. Barnum. h".
 Both churches held Christmas services for their Sunday schools Tuesday eve- nlng, both were we'll attended and the exercises were we'll carried out. Presents for the scholars made everyone happy.
 Mrs. F, W. Sackett and daughter. Eleanor, of Collinsville, are spending Christmas week with MT. and Mrs. George Wood. MT. Sackett spent from Wednesday to Friday with them.
 One night last week George Blodgett and his family were nearly overpowered by coal gas from their heater, caused by sheir chimney being clogged up by fall ing bricks from the high wind of last summer. Prompt action prevented more serious consequences to the family.
 The mail at our post office is now larger than ever. Christmas packages by parcel post both going and coming have added greatly to the volume handled here.
 Scholars of the primary school who had perfect attendance records for December were, Gladys and Grace Allen Arthur Gordon, Dorothy Sackett, Vir. ginia Tullio. Loretta Donsbough. Angela Milina, Helen Bowen, Joseph and Peter Malanati, Albert and Lena Picehoni, Alfred Roberts, Torrance Mcdonald Freddie Hall. Ethel Thompson and Romeo Lolli. The average for the month was 98 per cent.
 Telephone service links the country into one community of communication Are you ill the chain? Adv,
Connecticut western news., 1913-12-25
FALLS VILLAGE

Mrs. Marietta Moore is visiting her daugh ter in Pittsfeld.
 Miss Edith Wickwire attended the ball given by the employees of the General Electric Company Friday.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Wolfe, of Ames. vile, arrived home Saturday after sev- eral weeks stay in Lee.
 Mrs. William Hogancamp spent Sun- day with friends in Lee. .
 Frank F. Barnum and son, Bison, of Great Harrington, were in town last Fri day. Bison is to have employment at the power house here.
 E. III. Killmer called on his sister, Mrs. Heath, Sunday.
 Mrs. Lydia Sherman has gone to the House of Mercy, Pittstield, on account of illness.
 Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Heinz and daugh. ter are spending Christmas in Bridge. port. -.... ....#I
 Nicholas Rogers is home from Albany and Miss Anna Rogers from New Haven for Christmas. ..
 Water was turned into the new canal for the first time, Tuesday, to test the structure. A few insignificant leaks were found, which are easily remedied.
 Mr. and Mrs W. H. Wiesing returned to their home in Brooklyn Monday.
 Station Agent A. s. Davis visited his mother in Elmlra, N. Y, from Friday to Monday.
 B. H. Barss, of the Stone & Webster staff, left on Tuesday for Peru, Ind, to spend the holidays.
 Miss Ella Langs left yesterday for Hartford, where she will spend Christ mas with her sister, Mrs. Grinnell. On Sunday evening she will go to New York, where she will be married Mon- day, to Joseph Graham, of Sufield. Martin Langs and Mrs. Alice Benjamin will go to the city to attend the wedding.
 The drama, "A Country Minister" by West Cornwall talent, Friday evening, attracted good-sized audience.
 Fred G. Weed, of Hartford, superin- tendent of agencies of the Hallett 6 Da- wis Piano Company. was in town yester- day. It is said that Expressman Charles Smith will be busy all day Christmas delivering H. 6 D. pianos which I. P. Hornbeck has sold as Christmas gifts.
 The ideal Christmas gift-Telephone service. Adv.
Connecticut western news., 1913-12-25
New England's First Christmas

THE first Christmas celebrated inside a house on the Ameri- can continent was on Dec. 25. 1918. Our Puritan ancestors tin- ished their first house at Plym. outh, Mass. having spent more than a month Tn wandering about in. search of a place of settlement. The company was divided into nineteen families. and to each person was assigned a lot for house and garden. It was not a very cheerful Christ mas for the Puritans. All of them could not be accommodated inside the house, so that some of them were left out in the cold, but the religious features of the day were not forgotten. and 1t may be said that the Babe of Bethlehem was prayed to and sung to in a most fervent man. ner.
Connecticut western news., 1913-12-25
PATH0S AND JOY AT CHRISTMAS TIME IN
 SOLDIERS HOMES
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sSsssssSssS sSsssSs As4s$2 sn;ez " @ IRIsTMAs is ns pathetic as 1t is joyous to many of the old N Confederate veterans who. by
 fate and circumstances, are hrorced to depend entirely upon the gen. erosity of their comrades and their friends who have prospered since the war. There are no pensions for these old soldiers except the meager sums they get from the various states. Some of the veterans are dependent on these insignificant funds to keep them out of .he poorhouse.
 The flftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg was celebrated last July. The twenty-year-old boy of this battle is now a gray haired veteran of seventy. The old soldiers are crossing the great divide by the score, and be. fore many years have passed there will be few left.
 About twenty years ago 1t was dis. covered that many of the bravest sol dlers of the war were drifting to the poorhouses because there was nowhere else for them to go and because their wounds kept them from work Many had no relatives. and the relatives of others were too poor to support the old soldiers. Tn many cases the veter- ans declined to accept aims The movement to take care of these men resulted in Confederate homes in all of the southern states, and descendants Of the men who wore the gray now spend about S2,O00.000 annually in pensions and in the support of various homes.
 Christmas is happy reality in these institutions. Although, owing to the slender incomes, the homes have to run on the most modest bnsis. there is no skimping at Christmas time. From the neighborhood around come tur- keys and chickens and pies and biscuits and fruit and cakes and tobncco in plenty-everything except wines and lquors, for the rules against alcohol in these institutions are particularly strict And on Christmas dny the rela- lives and friends and acquaintances crowd to the homes with all sorts of presents and with good wishes for the old fellows, who recall thelr fight for the lost cause with pride in what they did and with satisfaction for the pres ervation of the Union.
 You will hear some one say; That old fellow over there. with ono eye and one leg. was the most brilliant young man in our town. He belonged to the richest family in the county. But the war took the wealth. and he lost the eyc and the leg fin the VII derness, and a bullet in his head ruin ed his mind for life All his people are dead. and only the few of us who were with him know whnt brave man he was. left my family today to come out here and bring n box of cigars and talk a little over old times to let him know that he is not entire ly forgotten"
 The best thing nbout 1t is that the old fellows are always disposed to do full justice to the offerings of the day. and to look their best in their gray uni- forms, and to tell their choicest stories, and to eat the most.
Connecticut western news., 1913-12-25
A Christmas suhtsrfuun.

Oh, bashful Jack. why did you lack The bravery to do it2
 And pretty Jill is blushing still.
 You know you drove her to it. Twas very late and at the gate.
 You never would have done 1t Had mistletoe not chanced to grow 'Mongst trimmings on her bonnet.
Connecticut western news., 1913-12-25
A Card.

The undersigned desire to express their sincere gratitude to thelr neighbors and friends for kindness shown in their great bereavement, the death of a son and brother.
 Mrs. Annie Hanchett and family. Falls Village, Dec. 24.
Connecticut western news., 1913-12-25
Statistics.

Madge-were you pleased with your Christmas presents7
 Marjorie-Perfectly received sev. enteen and I'm going to have only nf. teen exchanged.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19
A Rag Picker, He Left $64, 900.

st. Louis, March 13.-The litiga-
ton over the estate Of the late Jerry
Moynihan, known as the "millionaire
rag picker" which involved more
than 900 claimants, was settled when
Probate Judge Camp decided that the
estate would go to Benjamin F. Moy-
nihan, of Ottowa, Canada.
The Judge held that it was estab-
lished that Benjamin Foster Moyni-
han was a son Of Jerry, and that the
other claimants, asserting only col
lateral relationship, need not be con-
sidered.
Jerry Moynihan died in 1910 at a
hotel where he had lived twelve
years. The public administrator
found he had left an estate Of $64,-
600. AS soon as the value of the
estate became known claimants be-
gan to appear. Several women claim
ed to be his widow and many men
claimed to be his sons.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19
FEDERALS SURRENDER NOGALES
Stray Bullets Fly on American Side,
Several Hurt.

Nogales, Ariz., March ID Col.
Kosterlitzky, commanding the Fede-
raj garrison at Nogales, Sonora, sur
rendered to Gen. Oregon, the rebel
commander, tonight at $40 o'clock,
after a terrific battle which lasted
throughout the day.
During the conflict several persons
on the American side Of the border
were wounded.
American troops were rushed here
from, Fort H%uachuca, Ariz., and to-
night 600 troopers Of the Fifth Cav
airy are on duty along the border.
Despite protests from Lieut.. Col.
Tate and Consul Simpich many bull
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19
THE STATE s. s. CONVENTION.
Meeting This Year Will Be Held in
City of Sumter.

Meeting This Year VIII BE Held in
City of Sumter. .
The State Sunday School Conven-
ton will be held at Sumter April g.
4. The meetings will be held in the
opera house. An unusually attract
i've program has been built, and
speakers of note from all over the
State will be heard. There will also
be prominent speakers from a dist
ance. w. G. P~earce, of Chicago, the
associate general secretarv of the In
ternational Sunday School Associa-
ton, and n Of the best SHOWN Sun
day school men in the world, will be
present, delivering a number Of ad-
dresses. Judge JOS. Carthel, Of Nash
vile, Tenn, who Is now the general
secretary of the Tennessee Sunday
School Association, will also be pres
ent. This is the first time Judge
Carthel has appeared before the Sun
day school workers of this State, and
he will be heard with great pleasure.
The convention proper will begin
on Tuesday morning, April I'd. This
formal opeEtng Of the convention will
be preceded on Monday evening,
April 1st, by a banquet to the men,
bers of the executive committee. This
committee is composed of fifty-five
men-mostly business men-repre-
senting every county in the State.
The Cnnptapn1ar fnofncn nf fhi,
great gathering will be the mammoth
parade Of men and boys to take place
Friday afternoon, when it is expected
thai two thousand men and boys will
march through the streets of Sumter.
The parade will be led by DR.. S. G.
Mitchell, OF the University Of South
Carolina. The South Carolina Ban
ner, which was carried at the Worlds
Convention Ii, Washington, will float
over the men as they march. Plans
are being made to have a special
train, decorated with class colors, go
over from Columbia to Sumter on
Friday, April 4th, in time for the pa
rade, carrying five hundred men and
boys. Scout Commander Coffin, of
Columbia, expects to take fifty boy
scouts in uniform.
One Of the features of the conven-
ton will be a big meeting for boys
on Friday evening, which will be in
the hands Of boy specialists Of note,
and will be a red-letter day for the
boys.
The music of the convention will
be unusually attractive. There will
be a trained choir Of one hundred
voices. Sumter is preparing for six
hundred delegates.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

lets struck on the American side
throughout the day. TIE renewed
attack late in the afternoon increased
the danger to residents of the Ari-
Zona town. Three non-combatants
were wounded here, while two Ameri-
can woihen had narrow escapes from
injury, one bullet even piercing a
woman's skirt while on the porch Of
her home.
The killed or wounded in the days
battle could not be estimated.
Twenty injured from both sides
were brought to hospitals here, but
an American physician who braved
the firing lines reported many more
wounded who could not be reached
without danger to the
American residents here quickly gave
their services as Red Cross volun-
teers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19
LAND BARGAINS.

3 Deeparich soil, producing in. abund-
ance every year the crops that top
the market and never glut 1t. Pure
artesian water and salt air make the
lowest death rate on record. Winters
delightful and summers cooler than
in Him is. Lands yield 25 per cen
yearly profit on present prices and
double in value every three to Ave
years. Rainfall AZ inches, we'll dis
tributed; but ~irrigating water abund-
ant If desired. Unirrigated corn
yields 40 to 60 bushels per acre:
irrigated 70 to 100. Ideal cattle.
hog, mule and dairy and poultry
country. Great for fruit, melons and
winter truck. Fish and game plen-
titul, big and little. Write for book
let giving experiences of big farmers.
little farmers, old settlers, new set
tiers; in good years and bad years;
from one year to twenty-five years, as
told by the farmers themselves
mAGihL LAND CO., Bay City,
AeA"s' adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

i Cut out and Send to this Office. .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

behalf Of a poor people, who respect
you, and who stand ready to serve
you in most any humble way. I feel
certain that you will help them.
The 4th Sunday in this month is
set apart as rally day for the build
ing. The afternoon will be given to
a general mass meeting, and we hope
to get some OF. u leading white
brethren to come out and give talks
and to encourage. the work.
Yours for the Cause,
H. Watkins.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19
THE BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY OO

Between Bolton and Walhalla.
Time Table No. 11.-Effectiyo NeS
vember 81, 1910.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DISCHARGE.

Notice Is hereby given that the un-
derstgned will make application to
V. +. Martin, Judge of Probate for
Oconee County, In the State of South
Carolina, at his office at Walhalla
Court House, on Tuesday, the 25th
day OF March, 1913, at IL o'clock
In the forenoon, or as soon thereafter
as said application can be heard, for
leave to make final settlement of
the estate Of j. H. Stone, deceased.
and obtain final discharge as Admin
istratrix Of said estate.
1T. SARAH ANN STONE,
Administrative.
en-. 70, 1913. 9-12
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS.

All persons indebted to the Estate
or ). II. STONE, deceased, are
hereby notified to make payment to
the undersigned, and all persons hay-
ing claims against said Estate will
present the same, duly attested.
W1thln the time prescribed by law or
be barred.
SARAH ANN STONE,
Administrative.
Feb. rs, 1913. e-I2
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19


Subject: Isaac and Rebekah."
Gen. XIV.
Golden Text: "In all thy way ac-
knowledge him, and he will direct thy
paths" Prov. III:6.
l. Verse Should a good old
man be as bright in his mind and as
glad in his heart as when he was
younger? Why?
2. Verses 2-9-What would you
say IL the value Of a faithful work
man or foreman or an absolutely
trustworthy, confidential secretary to
an employer?
3. What, if any, value is an oath
over a straight promise to bind the
conscience Of an intelligent man?
4. Isaac was thirty-six years old
when Abraham, his father, sent his
servant to seek him a wife. Would
you say that every man should
marry, and If so, at what age?
s.. If a son is not interested to get
a wife, ought his parents put pres
sure on him to do SO?
6. What Importance should be at
tached to nationality, family and re-
ligion, as compared with personality
in choosing a wife or accepting a
husband?
Z. How much does God do in the
selection of the wife Of truly good
man?
8. Would you say, or not, and why,
heaven?
8. Verses 19-20-If an industri-
Gus nan in an honorable calling con-
stantly seeks help from God, may he
anxiety and be assured of SUGGEST?
Why? .....
10. How much consideration ought
a woman, when her hand is sought
in marriage, give to her suitor's
worldly possessions?
II. If two statesmen, both Chris
tian men of equal ability, start out
to sell goods, and one prays for sue
cess with every prospect, while the
other does not, what would be the
difference, If any, in their degree of
success?
70. Whether a man IS rich or
poor, which woman would make him
the better wife, other things being
equal, n who knows how to work
or n who has been raised in luxury
without work? Why?
13. Verses 21-28-What Is the
difference in the restful assurance
produced by faith and that which
comes from faith being actually real
lied through fact?
IA. Verses 29-42-Who was Laban
and what part does he play in Bible
history?
10. Why is 1t that presents form
such an important part in courtship
and marriage?
16. Why Is it unwise in these days
for cousins to marry?
II. Verses 43-40-Of two young
women, the one frank, cheerful, COM
municative n obliging; the other
timid, reserved and seIf-contained,
which is the non likely to get a good
husband? (This Is one of the ques-
tions which may be answered in writ
ing by members OF the club.)
IS. Verses 5O-53-Why would o.
say, or not, that all the good things
which we get come from the Lord?
10. What effect does a devout rec
ognition Of Gods benefits have upon
our generosity?
20. Verses 54-61-What can O
say in favor Of the man who is in a
hurry to get home as soon as he has
finished business?
81. Verses 62-67-When O
know a man meditates in the fields
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

When the chest feels on fire and
the throat burns you have indiges-
ton and you need Dr.. M. A. Sim
mons Liver Medicine to get rid Of
the disagreeable feeling. 1t drives
out badly digested food, strengthens
the system and purifies the bowels.
Price Csc. per package. Sold at
Bells drug store. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

The average small boy hasn't
much use for a thing hat won't
make a noise.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

Lesson for Sunday, March 3Oth:
Review-The God of Our Fathers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

WIZ also stop at the eoilowina
stations and take on and let OF pas
sengers: Phiuney'e, James's, Toxar
way, Welch.
A. B.. Andrews, President
j. r. Anderson. Superintendent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-19

at night how would you estimate his
general character?
%. What great historic signifi-
canoe rs there in the marriage of
Isaac and Rehekah?
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
Bad Boys to Be
Taught to Be Good
By U. of C. Savants
States Learned Men to Lecture Be
fore Reform Schools in Various
Sections

In order that minors confined in the
reform schools of California may have
the best possible training morally and
vocationally, the University OF Cali
fornia will give special attention to
teachers in reformatories.
Principal Dimmick of the state
school at lone is responsible for the
move. He has had the extension de-
partment of the university introduce
its courses into his institution.
The first lesson will be a lecture
tomorrow night at lone by Thomas H
Reed. professor of government and
former executive secretary to Gov
ernor Johnson.
The course will include the latest
methods in pedagogy. cultural as well
as vocation; new theory and practises
in penology. and instruction in teach
ing of personal hygiene. history and
the fundamentals of business edcua-
ton.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
Dutch Queen Presents Order of Orange to Faithful
En1poye of Palace

THE HAGUE. Dec. 19.-Princess
old daughter and heiress to the Meth
erlands throne, is today the most
talked of little girl in Holland-not
because she has done anything great
or wonderful or brilliant for the child
to do. but simply because she handed
parchment comforting the coveted
Order of the Orange on an aged
coachman who has just finished 25
years of continued service In the royal
family. She rehearsed her speech for
days until she got IL down pat and
then went through the ceremony with
dignity and cuteness that took the
hearts Of all who witnessed her first
official act
The coachman has always been
favorite of the little princess ever
since she has been old enough to lisp.
And let 1t be understood Princess
Juliana is not given to mixing with
people Unfortunately. Recently she
amused the whole court by fatty re-
fusing to shake hands with an Asiatic
because, as she put it, He is an ugly
man and just won't shake his hand"
The old coachman, however, won over
the little lady and she thinks nothing
too good for him.
The princess recently expressed
great regret because she has no
brother to play with. Knowing that
Christmas is a time Of gifts to chill
dren she asked in all seriousness If
Kris Kring1e" wouldn't send her a
brother if she asked him for one.
Despite her royal training. Princess
Juliana is just like all other children
and demands the same playthings
that any toddler of her age Graves
When former President Roosevelt
was touring Europe on his return
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
OUAcKs IN COURT.
DELAYS GRANTED
Defense Relies on TeChnicaIity
to Escape Bribery Charge
Before Judge Deasy

Contention that A. ]. Mcdonnell, an
inspector of the state medical board
is not an executive officer and there
fore could not have been bribed. was
the main point of defense today in
The cases of DR.. W. s. Card and Homer
G. Edwards, charged with bribing
special agents of the state board of
medical examiners. Judge Deasy
listened to the plea and took the
question under advisement. He said
that he would render a decision
Wednesday.
The case of Donald Harris. con-
nected with the Modern Specialists, 81
Third street, was called before Judge
Deasy this morning Harris is
charged with obtaining money from
H. Lundblat The defendant entered
plea of not guilty. The attorney for
Harris demanded a jury trial. Judge
Deasy continued the case till Monday.
at which time he will set a date for
the trial.