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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-17
lust FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT GfIE DAY: THOU CANS
SOUTH CAROLINA,
MRS. J. d. RoCKEFELLER DEAD.
Aged Husband and Three Children
Survive-Death Sudden.

New York, March 12.-Mrs. John
d. Rockefeller died at 1920 O'Clock
this forenoon at the Rockefeller
country home at Pocantico Hills, Just
outside of Tarrytown. She had been
in for some time.
OF her children three are living.
She was the mother Of four daughters
and one son, the last named, John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., being the youngest.
Her eldest daughter, Bessie, who
married Prof. ChaS. A. Strong, died
in France in 1906 at the age of 40.
The second daughter, Alice, died in
infancy.
The surviving children are Alta,
wife of e. p. Prentice; Edith, who
married II. f. Mccormick; and John
ID. Rockefeller, Jr.
While Mrs. Rockefeller had been
an invalid many months, her death
came Unexpectedly.
Her husband and her son wee at
| Ormond, Fla, and were advised early
to-day that her condition had taken
critical turn for the worse Mr..
Rockefeller and his son Immediately
engaged a special train, which left
Jacksonville this morning, and is due
, here some time tomorrow.
Mrs. e. p. Prentice was the only
immediate relative present when she
died
The Funeral Service.
| Tarrytown, n. Y, March 14.-Fun-
eral services for Mrs. John ID. Rookie
feller were held late to-day in the
| Rockefeller home at Pocantico Hills
Only members Of the family, close
friends and employees on the Rookie
feller estate attended.
After the services it was announc-
ed that the body would be placed in
the receiving vault of John d. Arch
bold s-iHS Sleepy Hoiiow Cemetery,
here until it is decided whether the
burial shall take place at Pocantico
Hils or in Cleveland.
John ID. Rockefeller held little
Winthrop Rockefeller, his grandson,
on his knee during the services,
which were conducted by Rev. Cor
nelius Woelfkin, pastor Of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church in New York,
which the Rockefeller family attend
ed when in that city.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., with his
wife, sat close beside his father.
Solemn tones from the great pipe
organ in the Rockefeller home open
ed the service and hymns were sung
by the Fifth Avenue Church Quar-
tsatte. Violin solos were played.
Employees on the Pocantico Hills
estate and servants at the homestead
attended the services in a body. Many
persons made the journey from New
York in a special railroad car. Those
present besides members of the
! Rockefeller family included Col. G.
Hoyt, DR.. and Mrs. S FlleXner, Gen
Nelson A. Miles, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.
Greene, Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. McAlDin
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Benjamin.
The body of Mrs. Rockefeller was
not moved from the mansion this af.
ternoon, Mr.. Rockefeller eXpressine
desire to postpone the ordeal as
| long as possible.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-17
MAsoNs LOSE HOME,
II. Il. Bryan ~ Co. Burned Out
Losses Aggregate $t25,OOO.

Columbia, March 12.-The Ma
sonic Temple, on Main street, was to-
tally destroyed by fire early this
morning. The book store and print
ing plant Of r. l.. Bryan & Co.,
which occupied the lower floor and
basement Of this three-story building
were consumed by the flames. The
total loss is estimated at $4,000,
covered by insurance. The adjoin-
ing building, occupied by Sanleys
China Hail. was slightly damaged by
water.
The fire was discovered about 4
o'clock this morning and had gained
considerable hcadway when the
alarm was turned in and the fire
fighters reached the scene. Several
powerful streams were soon playing
on the blaze, which was rapidly lick
ing it's way up through the woodwork
and the contents Of the three-story
narrow brick building 1t was two
der control with the entire fire de-
partment on the scene, even the old
steamers being called on. The stock
and the building were a total loss
after two hours, only the gaunt brick
walls standing.
Bryan Plant Opens Again.
The building was owned by the Ma
sons and was covered by insurance,
amounting to 100000. All the para
phernalia Of the Masons, on the top
floor Of the building, was burned.
1t is estimated that the loss Of R.
l.. Bryan & Co. approXimates $75,-
600, covered by insurance. Much of
bookbinding department, including
several linotype machines and print
ing presses. Mr. Bryan moved into
the next block this morning and i'm
hmediately- opened for business with
the remnant of his stock saved from
the flames.
Will Erect Fine Building.
Columbia, March 14.-A six-story
building will be erected by the Ma
sons on the site Of the building which
was destroyed by fire on Friday. The
new building will cost upwards of
| 100000. A two-story annex, fire
proof, will be erected in the rear to
house the printing department Of r.
l.. Bryan & Co. The building will be
SO feet wide and so feet deep. The
lot is valued at $4,000. The Ma
sons had $4,000 in hand for new
! building and there was SIS 900 in.
surance on the old building.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-17

life. To the druggist he exclaimed,
after the glass had been taken from
him: You may have stopped me
this time, but you can't prevent me
from carrying out my intention
later"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-17
Reading-Miss Kittie Sigh, Mis-

-NNIlHIE NOTTISUI.
Receiving Committee-Miss Kate
e. Harrison, Miss Theo Hughs.
Respectfully submitted,
Beulah Berry,
Annie McMahan,
G. w. Irby, Contest Committee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
Appeal for cntawbn sann,orlum.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-An appeal from the Catawba Sanatorium
Alumni Ass9Siation came in my mail
not not money to pay their eNnenses | quote from
seven patients This means an exnendlture Of
jus, before receiving this leaGet. had read
that the Senate Of Virginia bad passed bin
military organization. might escort to our
Governor, trip to the Panama-Pacif EN-
conld only roll up the curtain and show the
We doctors oft-times Let me have space If
you please to cite the true history of one case
fed o rT M b aTq D M ana w %arnns
thought The time vas come for him TO build a
future ana , hrisher IT. grew when little girl
Would return from lis WORK he You'd Mf look sn
long in those little blue eyes, so like her moth
"as his dinner getting cold" The was
nr i n in S apd Of en
came when little shadows urSsd In the corners.
fingered aud loan began to worry Then the
doctor ,, ,1ld him that nil did not look well for
lose flesh, his eyes shono elistenngiy bright. the
T Ths s nsh oS Tere Isns'neminE
in eyan a he snn r %ei h MN, into The &c
Baby Joan kne b%sae MIN and Said ytS Iohn .Gs is
your cold Worss Mma ,nsn he told her Wh
had given him weeks wages and told him MOI
other clerks and customers. Weary days he
walked and walked, and when he would talk 10
those OF whom he was asking work. trying so
hard not to cough, the answer was alwavs
returned, we afraid OF You.
His doctor told him that if he could go to
the Catawba Sanntorium he would get well!
But how could ne go! The IN was empty. Joan
for bread with smile to cloalL>hcr sorrow. She
John sitting in the ragged Hhair. and knows
that each day he goes further and further away.
II that $500 TO be spent for jamborce. had
ii would the lives OF twenty people
WILLIAM cambridge TURNER
Ocean View, Va, March 10, 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
\ Lesson In Drug Addiction

" DIRK. PA. is furnishing the country
lesson IN dope that ought to sink
deep into the consciousness Of those who
make laws. who sell things that create habit
who contribute to the weaknesses of - Dconle
The other day the Harrison law went into
effect. prohibiting the sale of morpbina
heroin. opium and similar habit forming
drugs, and putting out OF business numerous
patent medicines which depend for their popu-
lnrity upon the possession of some element of
the sort. Now the almshouse physician of
YORK Is coming forward with protest against
the strict enforcement OF the law declaring
that there are in York 1890 dope fcnds.''
who must have their favorite drug or become
insane. He predicts that, robbed Of the drug
those people who do not commit suicide may
run amuck and do Wholesale murder and
insists that this Is very present menace TO
the safety OF those who belong TO the wiser
and saner ranks OF society
1t Ia matter OF common knowlodpo ,b,+
one given TO any habit. however seemingly
innocuous in itself so long as it is INDUCED
Incomes more or less neurotc, vcrging 10 thc
point OF arrangement. If suddenly ana wholly
deprived. Let any man who doubts II ,rv
suddenly tc cut off cigarettes or cigars for
instance, after habitual use II is n fac, sus
ceptlble or proof that man who has formed
the habit Of constantly twiddling his thunhs
II his hands are suddenly separated and
secured SO that lie cannot twiddle his thumbs
VIII be visited by extreme nervous symptoms
and may actually suffer So much for Tho
simple habits of the individual removed from
actual drugs. In institutions where drugs
are restricted or prohibited the strait
J"cRct Is common means OF subjugaiion II
If easy 10 understand that while the York
physician statement may be extreme there
ls so lhuch irulh IN IL that all over the coun-
try victims OF the drug habit will suffer. and
suffer much, until their systems have been
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
WARS RAVAGES IN FORESTS

nave endured tho most terrible bonn
bar"inents. They are reduced TO
rhastly array Of skeletons: torn to bits
by the bursting OF shells: riddled b.
hre: hlackencd with smoke, these for
eats must be entirely cleared away and
the area reforcsted.
In certain forests such az that of
Arancourt, where the French troops
lay III conccnlmcnt, and where the Ger
mans attempted to dislodge them with
artillery fire. the bombardment pro-
nuccd an enormous damage. Such trees
AZ were not cut down by the fire. wer.
entirely dcnuded OF their branches
Trees Cut Down by Shells.
Il have seen enormous trees cut down
by shells as though they were mer.
| timber To the east OF Amance and
near Nancy. the forest of Champenou1
has also suffered greatly through bonn.
hardincnt. Tho damage duo TO fires in,
these woods have been insigniHcau,.
because ut the beginning OF the war tn.
troops were forbidden to mako nrcs
Those VIII" had not timed meat were
Obliged 10 eat II uncooked and &c
without hot soup or coffee.
The beautiful forests OF Chantiliy
and Compicsne escaped destruction by
TIC enemy, who we're not permitted u
remain there long on account Of tho
victory OF the Marine. Only about sos
men were able TO penetrate az far a.
'i' tiihNtdu OF 1HEntibN. wnerc thGN
remained barely one night. At the
! same time, am credihly Informed that
the forest Of Compiegnc suffered some
what from our own artillery IRE. di
. rcctcd upon the extremity OF s,
l:ficnne. where VIC had reason to be
, l'"rc that the Germans had taken
up position at the Villa des Gaulcs
1T Is fair 10 assume that the woods
whlch have been the scene of almost
daily artillery fire. are wholly de-
stroycd. Thousands of acres will prac-
tich!ly REQUIRE reforestation. Those
trees which have been mut.lated b.
shell tire Will have 10 be cut down and
new ones set out For Mt least thirty
Years these forests may be considered
"a nonresident. so far as tho produc-
lion OF revenue ia concerned
AS to the forests OF the north and
those situated about Paris, thore will
have To be recorded huge losses for the
French Forestry Domain. In that pa;
sttll actually occupied by tho enemy
"" siil hope that tho amount OF TIM
Der cut down and carried away a.
booty viii he much legs than We arc
at present led TO believe"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
War News. Fifty Year. Ago

The enlistment OF negroes for service. as sol
Up to last night fully 500 had been enrolled
in Richmond alone. They to he very
uniform gives them.
There was Smelling OF "A desultory character
on tue petersburg lines yesterday. which was
compiishcd so far we are able to learn. In
iact there is no official report. but the nring
going
There was nothing doing tho north side
simply watching each other. and apparently each
is waiting for the other make a decided
movement.
Yesterday adjourned to the 18th, when both
houses will again be called to order to finish up
tn" special business for which the Assembly
was called together.
Two negroes slaves. named Oliver and George
CONVICTED or burglary ana sentenced To nc hung
were Yesterday pardoncd by the Governor on
condition that they immediately volunteer for
service in the Confederate army.
Near one hundred men were consigned to
CaStl" Thunder yesterday, the them
being charged with descrton from the Con-
fedcr"te army These dcscrters from
various states, mostly from the far South.
The address of the Confederate Congress to
an OF The people OF the South is being prepared
by special committee. The personnel OF this
commi'tee is guarantee that the address will
he Il patriotic document. and Will doubtless meet
the situation.
Colonel G. c. Talcott who has been the super
lntendent OF the Richmond and Danvile Rail
road, partly as a Confederate officer and partly
as an official Of the road. has rendered his
resignation, and Thomas Dodanead. formerly
win the Richmond and Petersburg road. has
necn appointed 10 succeed him. Colonel Doda-
mead is an efficient railroad man
Tho Rev. John Z. Edwards Methodist min
lster. we'll known in this city, proposes raise
Methodist regiment for immediate service
OF winch he may be made the colonel, but he
does not mention that rs n prerequisite
There are rumors on the streets that General
Johnston has given sherman battle in the lower
n and Int
were sipnally dcfeat ted. No official information
OF TINS night can be obtained from the War
Department..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18

troops. Russia surrenders her Immense income
from vodka. and her people uttor no protest
The question whether alcohol is absolutely nee
eSsary to human happiness is forcing itself on
Il great number of minds that have long refused
TO admit 1t as debatablc. Incidentally II NAV
be said that total abstinence agitation Is much
more logical and much more vital than prohibi-
non agitation Any considerable minority or
c,tiZchs in any state or country will resent the
attcihpt OF majority to say what they shall
drink. what they shall eat. what they shall wear
Such resentment Will show Itself In cvasions
OIL drastlc laws in sympathy with lawbrcakcrs
In often-c effective defiance OF what Is branded AS
tyranny But win tho minds and hearts and
SOUS ot men to total abstinence and prohibition
laws arc either supcriluous are accented as
incidental TO public policy I'm which the over
Wheimins majority OF the voters agreed
Brooklyn Eagle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
American Honor Not for Sale

Nj OSl OF us nave been accustomed to phi
1V1 losophise sagely and moralize pro-
foundly on the incapacity Of the German
mind to understand the American point Of
Niew--an ncapacity made especially evident
IN German indignation that should not
accept as q matter of course the Kaiser's ten
der trea tment Of the inhabitants OF Belgium
There is ground for belief that we shall have
to make England the subject OF future reiiec-
tons along similar lines
If are to judge from the tone of the
English press, the English nation cannot for
lis life comprehend why the United States
should protest against the recent unnexat ion
Of the Seven Seas to the British empire-an
annexation consummated, be it said, by the
simple device of an order in council. Under
the terms of that order, there is no apparent
reason why an American vessel leaving New
tort News. for example, and carrying Il cargo
consigned to Genoa or Amsterdam. should
not be seized just aside the Chesapeake capes
and conveyed to British port Arrived
there. Il British prize court would undertake
TO determine whether the cargo had an ulti-
mate destination within the lines of Germany
her allies
1t is true that there is an oily vagueness
III the orders phrases, and that it seems to
contemplate the purchase, rather than the
conilScation, of neutral shipping and cargoes.
1t is this oilness which is relied on in Eng
and TO serve as an emolient to cur rufied
senSlDllltleS---to grease, as it were, what Eng
land conceiveS TO be our itching palm.
That very conception is insulting. 1t re-
Guces our national rights and immunties to
matter OF dirty dollars, and assumes that
our honor is for sale--and not even to the
highest bidder but ut whatever price an AFRO
SAINT and insistent purchaser chooses to pay.
England, SO we are told. feels that its plan
for starving OUT Germany is really far more
considerable of neutral rights than blockade
would he, because any vessel caught trying
TO run the blockade would be confiscat ed, and
the new volume Of internati onal law that
Downing Street has issued contempates some
sort of compensation That may be true. in q
sense, but departures from recognized rules
OF civilized war that England now makes have
their origin in the difficulties and dangers of
maintaining an effective blockade OF Ger
many, and not in any real and honest con
sideration for neutral nations.
AT any rate, the honor Of the United States
is not on the market We venture to predict
that when President Wilson's reply is re-
ceived. England will have no difficulty in
understanding that this is the fact.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
Again Mexico

= ARRANZA is willing to be good at least
~ to the extent that he will give protection
to foreigners caught in the disorder Of that
country south of u.s. which has been an open
sore OH the Western Hemisphere since the
assassination Of Macmillan. The Villa
Zapata activities that promise to open full
communication with the United States 30
rudely cut off, May lead to clearer under
stnnding Of tho whole situation
In the meantime, the attention Of this coun-
try is turned prayerfully toward the entrance
o. Cardinal Gibbons into the strained situa-
ton. Catholic priests in prison. nuns
lave been driven out and. 1t is alleged shame
fully abused church properties have been CON
hscated and destroyed forcible levies have
locn made on the church, and those who pro-
tested have been roughly handled
1t Is earnestly TO be hoped that Uncle Sam
may not actually have TO go back TO Mexico
with armed intervention, but If in the end
there is nothing else TO do, let it he done
thoroughly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
Encouraging virginta's Banks

n NE of the commendable acts of the special
~ session OF the General Assembly was
the reduction Of the tax on bank stock from
sI.I5. in this city, to maximum of $150,
made up of 35-cent State rate and a 81 10
rate that localities are permitted TO impose.
We believe there should have been an even
greater reduction. but the rate fixed will en-
courage the increase OF banking capital and
its profitable employment.
Baltmore's rate is s1.35. and Richmond
bankers with entire proprety and justice.
asked that they be put on an equality as TO
taxation with their principal competitor for
the business Of this section of the country.
OF course. il Is possible for the city to effect
This equalization, but whether the city will
ind itself in financial position to make the
CONCESSION, appears exceedingly doubtful.
There is substantial Improvement anyhow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18
Motor Fire Apparatus

In the United States and Canada there
are ABOUT 6"o cities with population
Of 10000 or over. From the chiefs OF the
fire department OF 500 of these cities
foreman Herald has procured detailed
figures OF the existing equipment, ac-
companicd in a large number of cases
by information as 20 the purchases that
VIII probably be made this year
Inc figures show emphatically how
rapid is the process of motori8ing the
lire apparatus on this continent In the
census which Firemnn's Herald took
last year. information was received
from 3i5 cities, which showed a total
OF 1853 horse-drawn pieces in service
whereas this year 500 cities are rcpre-
Sented, or about so per cent more. and
yet THIS much larger number only shows
1897 pieces Of horsed fire apparatus.
ana many OF them arc held in reserve
The figures show that there AFRO nov
In service In tho 500 fire departments a
totai OIL $40 pieces OF apparatus, horse
drawn and motor-driven. The o3o2
pieces OF auto equipment are divided AS
1oiiows: pumping engines, oil: triple
combination pump, chemical and hose
cars. las: combination chemical and
nose cars. 40: ladder trucks and water
towers, col; tractorized apparatus oGn.
cars OF all other classes, 7o4. The Z so7
horse drawn pieces comprise 1.7So steam
hrc engines, LAB combination wagons
'Hl ladder trucks and water towers
and 1898 others, going to show that
inc expensive steamers are the slow
est to make room for the modern eouip.
ment
How fire chiefs regard tho reIa,,y.
desirability of horsed and auto enuip-
ineht is strikingly demonstrated by
me hgures for contemplated purchases
Out or total Of COL, only 81 are
to he pulled by horses, whiIo the rc-
nalnder, oG4, will be propelled by one
FORM or another OF the Internal com
buStion engine.
IL Is to be noted that the figures Of
prospective purchases by no means
represent all the apparatus that will
bc bought this year, although they
probably reflect accurately enough the
relation between the two classes OF an
paratus. Many fire chiefs have writ
ten Fireman's Herald that thew oxnect
TO huy one Or more pieces of.apnsratus
ihis year. but are unable to saw now
Just what or how many.
AS was to have been cxpectod. COM
hination chemical and hose cars sti,l
heau the list OF possible purchases, this
years total being 1856 Tractors again
nave second place, with lOS Ladder
trucks and water towers are third with
rs. Then In order come: p,impinr on
Hines. 62; triple combination. az. hose
ctrs. 20: chemical cars, II. The rn-
ciassihed motor npparatus-most Of
them chiefs oars--number 81.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-18

naturally purged and they begin physical and

naturally purgcd and they begin physical and
mental reconstruction.
The Harrison lay must and will be en-
forced, and those who have been victims of
drugs must and will go through a wholesome
reconstruction Their sufferings need not be
wholly lost for good Through the mistaken
of others, mon become wise. Good advice
!. g., advice not TO use drugs-s generally
wasted on any one who has the inclination
plus opportunity. But actual demonstration
c; the hold habit gets on the individual ought
to be sufficient to stop many man or woman
at the edge of disaster. If many persons in
DIRK or elsewhere go crazy for lack OF drugs.
let the facts be published far and wide. in all
detail. 1t will be all object lesson that can
not be eQualed by advice of whatever school
"a lesson more powerful than the hottest
sermon ever preached by Billy Sunday. In
these days too many are careless Indifferent,
skeptical In the face Of scientifically demon
strable facts They have to see and know
the actual consequences OF indiscretion
York may yet contribute splendidly 10 the
saving of many who otherwise would he lost
through some destructive habit.