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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31
Entertainment at C1earmOnt.

There will be an entertainment at
Clearmont on Saturday evening,
April Sd, beginning at o'clock. The
plays are as follows:
"Mischievous Matte" is the lead
ing character, amusing the audience
with tricks which she plays off on
the bride-to-be.
Aunt JcruSha and Uncle Josh
These eccentric old people visit
school, producing no end OF fun with
their funny remarks.
The Train to Mauro."
"The Slow Beau and tho Fast
Beau u'~.-Very humorous.
ndcrilla"-Vcry swectv nloved
by twenty little boys and girls Of
the first and second grades.
'"The Musical Darkey"-In which
"Snowball Charles Augustus Pompey
Highnier Jonsing" reveals his great
ability as a musician.
Those representing the various
characters Of the plays are as fol-
lows: Misses Odell and Rose Wake
field, Grace Smith, Ressie and bessie
Wynne, Annie Boggs, Addie Mae
McClain; Messrs. Lamar Wynee
Floyd Smith, julius Posey, ID. s.
Smith, and 20 little boys and girls
Of the first and second grades.
A small admission fee Of 10 and !
cents will be charged, the proceeds
to go toward procuring a library for
the Clearmont school.
A train Of thought isn't always on
time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31
j. l.. ALEXANDER TO ST. LOUIS.
Leaves Famous AShcvilIe Hotel for
Missouri's Metropolis.
(Ashcville Citizen. March 24.)

(ASheville Citizen, March 24.)
James l.. Alexander, former pro-
prietOr OF the Battery Park Hotel,
and we'll known as a hotel man, has
secured lease on the Washington
Hotel at ST. Louis, and has assumed
the management Of that hostelry. He
will retain his property interests in
this city, however. Mrs. Alexander
and the other members OF his family
will join him at st. Louis during the
latter part Of the week, Mr.. AleXan-
der having gone there some time
ago
The Washington is one of ST.
Louis leading hotels, having 800
rooms and being Of concrete con-
struction. 1t is situated at the cor
mer of Washington Boulevard and
Kings Highway, is modern in every
respect and handsome in appearance.
1T was const ructed in 1904 and has
become famous as one OF st. Louis
best hostelries
The lease on the Washing gton gives
Mr.. Alexander the management of
that hotel for a long term Of years
He takes charge with long experience
in the business, having had the man.
agement Of the Battery Park seven
years. Prior to coming to Asheville,
Mr.. Alexander managed Toxaway
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31

A. A. McMahan and Miss Maude
Chalmers, and four brothers, C. S.,
Rion, John and William Chalmers.
Cotton is not the only "money
crop Bring me your corn, hay,
fodder, etc, and get spot cash for it.
w. NJ. Brown, Walhalla.-Adv.
Mrs. John w. Abbott died at her
home near WaIhalla this morning
about , O'Clock, after an illness of
about ten days, suffering from pneu-
monia. preceded by grip. The news
came to Walhalla this morning as a
great shock to many friends here,
who had but recently learned that it
was thought there was an improve
mcnt in Mrs. AbbOtt's condition. She
was preceded to the grave only about
fifteen months by her husband. Mrs
Abbott was a devout Christian and a
consistent member Of the Baptist
church, with which she became iden-
tlhed in early life. In the home. in
the community and in the Rocky
Knoll church she will be sorely
missed, for she was truly a mother
in Israeli in the home and in the
community. and a leader in all that
made for progress and aggressive
Vii iSIldn Work III nef cnufCn. All
OF Mrs. AbbOtt'S children reached the
home in time to be at the bedside
OF their mother when the end came.
She was 80 years of age, and before
marriage she was Miss Lula White,
OF Anderson county. She is sur
vired by three sons-Glenn d. and
Lucien Abbott, of Walhalla, and Eu-
gene Abbott, Of Blackey, Va; and
five daughters, Mrs. Leonard Lee,
Mrs. }. S. Colley, Misses Lena May,
Maggie and Bessie Abbott. To these
and other bereaved ones the sympa-
thy Of many friends goes out in their
hour Of sorrow. Miss Willie Foun-
tain, an aged lady, cousin of J. w.
Abbott, who died in December, 1913,
remains in the home to murn the
loss Of another dear one. Mr. Alb
bott was early left an orphan, and
Miss Fountain took care Of Mr. Alb
bott from early childhood, remain
ing with him in his home until and
since his death. The body of Mrs.
Abbott will be inferred in the Rocky
Knoll cemetery tomorrow (ThurS-
day) morning at II o'clock.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31

At the Lutheran church last Sunday
the attendance was 81 per cent.
AS a fitting close to the contest
that has been waged, the officers and
crew Of the Baptist submarine
will tender to the officers and
crews OF the battleships and the COM
manders and subalterns of the for
trcss a banquet in the annex OF the
Baptist church tomorrow (Thurs-
day) evening at $50 o'clock. Prof.
Morrison. OF Clemson College, and
Mrs. w. p. Reid, of Seneca, will ad-
dress the officers OF the various
schools at this banquet, which will
last until just before the regular
prayer meeting hour, when they will
all go into the church proper for this
interesting weekly service. 1t is
quite probable that Prof. Morrison
will take a leading part in the prayer
service in the church. He is an in
teresting speaker and worker for
the church than whom Oconee has
no greater. The public will be most
cordially welcomed to the service at
the Baptist church at s o'clock
Thursday evening.
To Capt. Chas. +. Hetrick, of the
Baptist (B-D, belongs the credit for
the conception OF the idea Of this
"holy war" and he found in Admi-
rails Jas. NJ. Moss and w. G. Hughs,
of the Methodist and Presbyterian
fleets. respectively, and Otto Schu
macher, Jr.. commander Of the Lu
theran fortress, able aids, both in
strategy and manOeuverS. The rank
and file OF the fleets and fortress,
however, did noble service, uniting
in the war" with a unanimity that
could but emphasize the great slo-
gan of the battle, "All for Christ,
and each for the other"
The progress Of the contest was
ably pictured, from week to week,
by CartOOnist Fred. G.. Hammer, of
Washington, d. c., OOrmerly sub
iect of the kaiSeD, now located in
Walhalla in the government service.
These pictures have lent much pleas
antry to the contest.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31

blacksmith shop, a cottage belonging
TO A. G.. Wise, not occupied; the
residence of w. A. Moseley and all
its outhouses; the grocery store OF
w. l.. Dominick, also the grocery
stores Of W. l.. Mathis and f.. A.
Counts. In three of DR.. Hunters
four buildings burned were the gro
Gerry stores of w. l.. Dominick and
G. w. Mitchell and the pressing club
Of Euston Kibler. Merchants saved
portion of their goods from the
burning buildings and most OF them
carried some insurance.
Mr.. Moseley had $4,000 on his
residence, which would not cover
half the loss on the building alone.
Two freight cars standing on the
Atlantic Coast Line tracks by the
warehouse, loaded with fertilizers,
were burned, leaving only the trucks.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31
HAS BIG FIRE LOSS.
Business Section OF the Town Threat
encd-DOZen Houses Burn.

Prosperity, March ga fire that
started on the roof Of warehouse
alongside the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad at 1.15 o'clock this after
noon swept over large part Of the
town, burning ten or a dozen houses,
most of them small, and causing a
loss Of about $4,000. There was
not more than $4,000 insurance.
The first person to see the fire
says it started on the roof OF the
warehouse shortly after the passing
Of a train, and the consensus of
opinion is that it was caused by
sparks from a locomotive. A strong
wind was blowing from the west and
the fire spread rapidly eastward, for
there was no way to fight il except
with buckets Of water drawn from
nearby wells. The wind was a for
tunate thing, for it carried the fire
away from the main business portion
from a few degrees further south
there would not have been a busi-
ness honse left standing III the town.
1t looked for a time, anyway, that
all the buildings on Main street must
go, but a dozen men on top of Cros-
sons store with blankets, and hun
dreds carrying them water with
which to keep the blankets saturat-
ed, together with the thOughtfulncss
Of citizen who hunted up sheet
iron door and with it closed the only
opening to an otherwise solid well.
saved the day, the strong wind
meanwhile blowing the flames clear
across Main street, barely missing
the large department store Of Nose
ley Brothers
Among the buildings burned were
four wooden warehouses alongside
the railroad tracks, three unoccupied
cement stores belonging to s. ID.
Duncan; four stores belonging to
DR., George Y. Hunter, a garage and
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31
THE BATTLE FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Contest Between Sunday Schools of
Walhalia Closed Last Sunday.

One OF the most heated contests
that has ever been waged by the
Sunday schools OF Walhalla closed
last Sunday. 1t was really the wag-
ing Of a Christian warfare in the in
tCrcst Of the cause of the Sunday
schools-"cradles Of the churches.
There was friendly rivalry
throughout in the effort to bring into
the various schools every available
child and adult. And the results
wcr" more than gratifying. The con-
test covered period Of eight weeks,
and during that time the attendance
aggregated, in all the schools 3.641,
with an average attendance each
Sunday Of 435. The total offerings
during the eight weeks aggregated
$2l3.62. an average for each Sunday
Of $%O.i5, this showing an average
per capita offering each Sunday Of
6 40 cents. During the contest
there were 127 new pupils put on
the rolls Of the Sunday schools Of
the town.
The armorcd cruiser OF the Pres
bytcrian church did splendid service
during the "war," as did also the
drcadnaught Of the Methodist
church, while the 42-centimetre guns
Of the old Lutheran fortress banged
away with telling effect. But in the
final r'ind-up Of the battle for inter-
est in sunday school work the sub
marine B-1 (of the Baptist church,
pro ed the most effective. On the
last Sunday OF the contest the Offer
inGs at the Baptist Sunday school
amo nted to $80.1l. This was di-
rcctcd toward the cause Of missions.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31

SPECIAL OFFER-To patients
coming from Oconee County to our
Greenville office for eye work: AS we
are members Of Chamber Of Com
merce, We irHund railroad fares.
A. a. ODOM consulting Optometrst-
Optician; President The Globe Opti-
cal Co., Masonic Temple, Greenville,
>. I. 9Ltf.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31
F OR SALE !!

FRESH CORN MEAL, water
ground, Of country corn; delivered
anywhere in town at Csc. peck, 81
per bushel. Phone sc.
NICE, BRIGHT PEAVINE AND
CANE HAY for s&le-$1.00 per 100
pounds.
If YOU PLANT ANY COTTON,
plant the best. can spare SO bush
els of Triumph Big Boil Seed at
$1.00 per bushel. The earliest Cot
ton that grows.
GEORGE A. HARRISON,
Walhalla, s. @.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. .,
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tiV0S.
MIR. and Mrs. Lee G. lIolleman.
Of Anderson, spent Sunday in wal
halla visiting among relatives.
Lost O-wccks-old boar pig;
red with few black spots. Notify
Jack Darby, at Newman plaCe.--Ad.
R. l.. Boyd, Of Iordania, was Il
business visitor to Walhalla yester-
day. Bob" has numerous friends
in Walhalla who are always pleased
TO meet him.
.-Wc are informed that John
Thomas, Of Newry, has been appoint
ed a rural policeman for Oconec
county 1t is not known whether
he has as yet been commissioned.
Loans on farm lands Terms
easy. Address r. r. Jaynes, Wal
halla, S. C.-Adv. t. f.
Mrs. B. r. Westmo roland, OF
Atlanta, is visiting relatives in and
near West Union. She has many
friends in this section who are al
ways pleased to welcome her on her
visits.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. NJ. Murphy and
children, of Anderson, spent last
Sunday in Walhalla visiting at the
home Of Mrs. Murphy's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. d. Isbell. They were
accompanied by Miss Marie Isbell
All returned to Anderson Monday.
Robert S. Rutlcdgc and Mrs
John w. Miller have been quite sick
at their homes on West Main street
for the past week, each su uffering
from an attack of acute grip. 1t is
hoped by many friends that these
sick friends will sooh be fully re-
stored.
The Hayne Circle will meet
day, April Sd, at 4 o'clock, instead
OF Friday, as previously arranged.
Members will please take notice Of
change Of day. This is the annu |
business meeting and all members
are urged to attend.
We are requested 10 announce
t,o4 Do, ,,,., ,.;u ...,.,
ct,mr Cr.,l. n,,,i.., ,r,rr,.b on .,o
first Sunday morning in April at |
o'clock. Public cordially invited.
We are requested TO announce
thar tho vouru I.,dios, MISSIONARY
So.io,. ,r ,bo Wac, I,,,io, D,,,;o,
church win uivn ,r o,,o h,,,t ~ r.
p n H,,rn.,. n,st,ra -, Saturday,
afternoon Anril al ot . 2o o,c,ocl,
for tho hnro1t or tbo;r sociotr ,d
mission foo : ronts Tho nuhIic ;s
cordially invitad
Thorn ora many Ororno rriond.
of Mrs Tholmo wotson uitcheu of
Layonia. Ga. vino will hc glad to
learn Of her r3pid imnrovomant she
RECENTLY underwent an oncrotior for
arnondicitis which u.os o,,;ro,, ono
cessful rho ororotion uos mar
formed nv Drs Rrowr of povsto,
and Freeman of Iovo,io on cr,-
dov March o1st wo boro 70 hoor
soon or Nre Nitcbo,,,c oor,,,o,o 80
covcrv
The attention of tho 1rcrtosorbs
IS again called +, tho fact that Off
GERS of the concIovn will ho i,e,o,,od
to-morrow (Thuredov> nich+ rno
meeting will no colIod to ordor o,
S.15 o'clock Eycry mon,hor ie
urged IN no nrosent on th;s occ,sior
The district deDutv will no ,roso,,
and dnlivor an address oftor ubicb
smoker will he rendered 70 the
membership of thc ronclayc
-Mcmbprs of WoIhor, Jodoc
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-31

A train of thought isn't always on
time.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-03

Dispatches from Stockholm and Co., penhagen give meagre reports of the naval engagement in the Baltic sea off the east coast of the island of Goth land. Several warships are said to have been engaged. A message from Copenhagen states that the German battleship Wittelsbach. which was damaged in the action and a battle ship of the Kaiser class, with many shots under her waterifnes have re- turned to Kiel. Another report of the action states that the German mine layer Albatross was chased by -four Russian cruisers and ran ashore to escape capture. Tweuty-one of the mine layers crew were killed and twenty-severi were wounded. 1t is stated that a German torpedo boat has arrived at Katthammersvik, on the east coast of Gothland. with many wounded.
 Heavy fighting in the Dardanelles Turkish redoubt of six lines of trench es, the recurrence of heavy artillery fire by the Germans an many points in France, the general retreat of the RussiSSSg along the Guila Lips and naval action or the east coast of the Esland of Gothland are among the more important developments of the war as recounted in various official statements and messages from war correspondents.
 The latest French and British offi- cial statements. dealing with the op- erations in the Dardanelles, indicate that the French troops now occupy a strong system of entrenchments from which they drove the enemy in se- were fighting on the morning of June 80. According to bots statements the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-03

900 pounds. It was valued at $41, ,924,- 900, or an increase of $17.02S,0o0.
 Shipments of Beef.
 There was a big increase in beef shipments. Fresh beef exports were 121, ,4S7, 900 pounds, an increase of ai- most 116,000, 00Q pounds; canned beef. 900, ,0Go; pickled beef, 2S.622, 900 pounds. an increase of 7,000,000. Value of beef exported was: Fresh beef, SIS, 5,36S,000, an increase of $14,652,0 900; canned beef, $10. .70s, 900, an increase of SIG, 0,284. 900. and pickled beef, $S,o04, 900, an increase of $S83,0O0.
 Hams and shoulders exported weighed 162, ,233, 900 pounds, valued at S23, 435, ,000, an increase of $1,T34, 900. Lard exports amounted to Al, ,702, 900 pounds. valued at 8.917, COG. The fn- crease was small
 Cotton and Cottonseed oil.
 Exports of cottonseed oil, extensively used as foodstuff, amounted to $1es- 903,00O an increase of $6,643,000.
 Cotton exports were S,103,09z bales, or 66,394 bales less than the previous year. but their value. $360, ,37o, 900, showed a decrease of &231, ,355. 900.
 Dairy Products.
 A statement on the meat and dairu products trade issued today by the de- partment of commerce said:
 Imports of meat and dairy products into the United States in the ten months preceding May 1st last were three times the value of those for a like period two years ago and seven times those of the entire fiscal year 1905"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-03

Washington. July 2.-The share of the United States in feeding the world. task vastly increased by the European war, was disclosed today in statistics of the department of com merce. Foodstuffs valued at $724, ,000,- 900 were exported during the eleven months ending June 1. This was the principal factor in the nations billion dollar foreign trade balance.
 The effect of the war is seen in the enormous increase in the value of foodstuffs exported compared with the figures of the same eleven months a year ago, when the total was S443, ,000s- 900.
 Wheat Biggest Item.
 Wheat formed the biggest item in foodstuffs sent abroad. In all, 249, ,576,- 900 bushels were exported, an increase of 164, 900 ,000 bushels. It was valued at $319, ,s61. .0Oo. showing an increase over the previous year of $239, ,13S, ,0Oo
 Oats valued at $51, ,669, 900 were shipped, an increase of $51,02S, 900. There were S6,42S,000 bushels, an in- crease of almost s5, ,0o0. 900 bushels.
 Flour Shows Big Increase.
 Flour showed the next largest in- crease with value of $S7 $50. .0o0. or $37, ,63S, 900 more than the previous period. Almost 5000 900 more barrels were sent this year, the total being 15, or, ,0o0.
 Corn exports were valued at $34,- 542,0o0, an increase of BPS. .551, 900 There were 43,71S,000 bushels exported an increase of about 35,00O, 900.
 Almost 305, cox. 900 pounds of bacon were shipped, an increase of 1z2,oo0,-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-03
SAYS BECKER WAS NOT
 CONNECTED WITH MURDER
Counsel Alleges That 5ridsie webber
 Has 90 Stated.

New York. July 2.-That Charles Becker. the former New York police lieutenant now in Sing Sing prison under sentence of death for conspiring to kill Herman Rosenthal, had abso- lutely nothing to do with the murder was the statement made here today by 1T. T. Marshall, an attorney. as coming from his client, Bridgie Web Der, one of the three self-confessed accomplices in the plot.
 This followed closely upon the heels of a story that Sam Schepps, the gam bier, upon whom the state relied during the first trial of Becker to corroborate the testimony of Jack Rose, Harry VaIlon and Bridgfe Web Der, the three informers, held "the secret in the Becker case and would tell Governor Whitman, should the governor ask him to.
 Other developments in the case fol- lowed in rapid succession These were that MT. Marshall intends to go be- fore Chief Judge Bartlett of the court of appeals, who wrote the pre- vailing opinion denying Becker a new trial and explain to him the facts as relating to Webber, and also the state ment from Martin T. Manton, counsel for Becker, that w. Bourke Cochran. his law partner. is going to make an appeal to the United States supreme court in Becker's behalf, passing it on the theory that Becker was not con- victed by due process of law.
 MT. Marshall, who was counsel for Bridgie Webber when the latter was arrested in connection with the Ros- enthal murder, made his statement regarding Webber while in the of fee of Mir. Manton-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-03
ANALYTICAL MoHAMMEDANs
 KILL THREE INDIAN SOLDIERS
Ran Amuek in the Lines in British lndia-Were Subsequently Shot.

London, July 3, s.o5 p. m-The kill ing of a major, captain, lieutenant and a bombardier and the wounding of 8 captain and a sergeant, all officers of the Eighth Indian cavalry, by two fanatical Mohammedans, who subse- quently were shot to death, was an nounced by the British official press bureau. The statement follows:
 "A lamentable tragedy occurred in the Eighth cavalry of the Indian army stationed at Jhansi Gin the united provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India). Two Mohammedan soldiers ran amuck in the lines, shooting and kill ing Major M. H. L. Gale and cutting down Lieutenant Fancourtney, who since has died of his wounds.
 'The murderers ran towards the of ffcers' mess and on the way met and wounded Captain Hudson. Turning towards the artillery barracks, they fired at 8. sergeant and bombardier, wounding slightly the former and killing the latter.
 The murderers were pursued and shot down by party of men of the regiment, led by two British officers, but not before they had fired at and killed another officer, Captain Cooper.
 The two men are reported to have been of morose and fanatica1 dispo- sttion. They kept aloof from their comrades. The act was an isolated one in which no one but the two mur- derers was involved"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-03

Turks lost heavily in this engage ment and in a series of attacks against the British which were re- pulsed.
 The Austro- German advance in Galicia and in Poland is unchecked. The Germans announce the capture of the Polish fortress of Zamoso and claim progress in other sections of the eastern front. The Austro-G German tions at Krasnik, in Southern Russia Poland, according to Berlin. In Cali cia, after storning the heights, south east of Bukaszowice, north of Halicz, the Russians along the entire front from the district of Maryampol to just north of Firjilow have been obliged to retreat an dare being pursued by the Teutonic troops.
 In the western theatre the French admit the success of German move ment in the Vosges to gain a foot claim that through a counter-attack all the positions were recaptured. The Germans are continuing to shell these positions violently. A Berlin state ment says that northwest of Le Four De Paris the Germans advanced by storm over a front three miles long and between 200 and 300 yards wide
 A news despatch says that British submarine in the Sea of MarmoFa on June 26 sank the Turkish transport No. AZ which was full of troops.
 The British house of lords has pass ed the munitions bill. which gives David Lloyd George, minister of mu- nitions, wide power in handling the ammunition supply situation. The measure will become law when the king signs it.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-03
STEAMER CHASE BY
 GERMAN SUBMARINE
Warren Liner Saehem Was Saved by
 British Destroyer.

Boston, July 2-Members of the crew of the Leyland line steamship Iberian. in today from Manchester and Liverpool, told of being chasad by a German submarine and how the War ren liner Sachem was saved by British destroy CTS. Captain Jago would not deny or confirm the story.
 According to the sailors, the liner was only a few miles from the bar lightship at tha mouth of the River Mersey, when the coming tower of the German was seen a few miles away. Captain Jago immediately swung the steamer off so that she was running in the sama direction as the submarine and sent out a wireless warning which was picked up by a half a dozen big liners that were heading for Liverpool
 Meanwhile the submarine had sub merged and Captain Jago haaded again for the westward. Just at that time the Schem, which sailed from here June 9, for Liverpool, was sight ed and Captain Jago gave her con- mander minute particulars regarding the German.
 Within ten minutes a wireless dis tress call was picked up from the Sa- chem. The s. O.. s. signal was re- peated several time and it was fol- lowed by a message that the subma- rine was chsing her.
 A later message said that three British torpedo boat destroyers had arrived in response to the calls and the submarine had disappeared.