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Evening star., 1916-03-22

ug Company Washington I'VE have Autocars
three old and the other They give splendid service ana
miles Maryland and
never think astonishing We don't
use would consider back to them
all lines
18th NV Washington Factory
Ardmore Tor caaS
Evening star., 1916-03-22
Film Features.
Strand.

Strand.
Robert Edeson will hold the screen
at Moore's Strand Theater Sunday
Evening star., 1916-03-22

Call phone number Main
$50 and arrangements will
be made to have one OF our
automobiles call for you and
other members of the family,
if you 50 desire.
Evening star., 1916-03-22

And all unpaid payments were voluntarily
Cancelled in the event of your death while
you were still paying for the instrument
Besides this you got the protection of a
joint guarantee, signed by both the Newton
Piano Company and ourselves, protecting
you absolutely for fve years.
What more could have been given?
What more wished? Could you have sug
gested any further privileges or conditions
that would have been of advantage to you?
Evening star., 1916-03-22

Kitty Gordon, the English beauty
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
i5G CLEMSON BOYS DENIED AID.
recommendation Charities BOARD Ac-
ccptctl-li0urd Increased.

Columbia, Dec. 20.--ht the annual
meeting OF the board OF trustees of
Clemson College held here to-day,
free tuition was denied 1856 students
making application for State aid.
Recommendation for such action
came from the State Board Of Chari-
ties and Correction, to which the
matter OF free tuition at State insti-
tutions was referred at the last ses-
sion Of the State Legislature.
The board ordered the establish
ment Of boil weevil laboratory in
the border counties Of tho State.
Work in this field is to begin at once
and the services OF two entomolo-
gists will be engaged
More stringent action was also or
dered to attempt to eradicate all
forms of hazing at the school. The
board adopted a resolution requiring
that all applicants and their parents
shall sign, before the students are adj
mttted, statements that they will, af-
ter admission, refrain from all forms
of haZing. The students further
agree to voluntarily withdraw from
Clemson when the pledge has been
violated.
President Riggs was directed to
make application for Clemson's ad-
mission to the Reserve Officers
Training Corps. Students electing
this advanced training course would
have extra military duties only in the
junior and senior years, and each
would draw subsistence fee Of 50
monthly and one complete uniform
outfit.
Beginning the third quarter OF the
school year, February 3, all students
will pay 50 a month for board instead
Of SIS as previously.
ThC resignation Of j. N Harper,
for eleven years director OF The cX-
pertinent station and dean OF the de-
partment Of. agriculture, was accept
ed with sincere regret by the board.
The board declined an offer from
the Scaboard Air Line railway to ac-
ceDt a site near Mcl}cc for the cstab-
lishment Of the Sand }iill Experiment
Station. One reason was for lack Of
sufficient funds to develop this prop
crty, and another was that bids from
all sources must be sought by adver-
tSing.
a beqnest Of $1,000 was received
from Mrs. Mary Cherry Doyle to Gre
ate the George Cherry Foundation.
This is to become permanent loan
fund for worthy students from the
Old PcndletOn District, in Oconee and
Anderson counties.
G. f. Sh hofleld was selected as an
additional assistant in the depart
mcnt OF fertilizer analysis.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
The Blue Ridge Play.

Walhalla, Rt. |, Dec. 26.--Special:
On Friday night, December 22d, the
pupils of Blue Ridge school present.
ed rs a three-act drama. that beauti-
ful classic Of Kate Douglas Virgins
THE Birds Christmas Carol" All
the winsome dear-to-American-h heart
characters in this delightful story
were sustained by the children with a
degree ". success and ease that
speaks volumes for the native talent
OF the pupils and the admirable work
Of their teachers. In the playing, it
was we'll worth the efforts required to
see such a splendid success. Lovely
hand-painted programs were used and
the decorations of real holly were
beautiful in design and execution.
Prominent features OF the evening
were the two eXquisitely rendered vo-
cal duets by Misses Myrtle and Ruth
Brown, OF Walhalla, and the spirited,
artistic instrumental selections of
Miss Ruth Brown. All together the
evening was one of rare enjoyment to
the large audience and reflected great
credit on the charming principal. Miss
Mary Ellen Wilson, and her efficient
co-teachers. Misses Britt and Dun
woody.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
DUST SPOILED CHRISTMAS
For Our Soldiers In M.Nico--Seyeve,l
We're Hurt.

Fleld Headquarters, Punitive Ex-
petition, Mexico, Dec. 25.--Dust
smothered the great Christmas cele-
bration at tho field headquarters OF
the American punitive expedition. a
terrific gale from the southwest drove
officers into their quarters and SOL
diers into their little shelters, CASH
ing for breath. Swirling down tho
chimneys Of tho adobe shacks, Il scnt
the occupants into the open air until
the fires in the CRATES could be OK
tinguisbed. the smoke cleared out AMI
the shelters rendered habitable.
Tents were hattened, adobe houses
and Offices unroofed and kitchen
fires blown out
Because OF the gale every man not
on guard was allowed to seek shelter
from the dust. Orderlies sent out
with messages became lost in the lim-
its OF the camp and took an hour to
walk thousand yards. Travel with
out dust goggles was impossible.
Hundreds of men are hatless who,
not realizing the force Of the wind,
ventured into the open only to see
their head gear swept away over the
mesa. The headquarters camp ap-
peared as a great blur
Couldn't SEQ for Dust.
Although the day was cloudless.
hardly ray Of sunlight pierced the
envelOping dust.
Most Of the Offices were lighted by
gasoline and lanterns.
The wind rose Christmas Eve and
increased in violence steadily. BY
daylight the music Of the bands,
which played carols instead OF bu-
glcrs sounding rcyeille, was heard
only in Snatchcs.
Gen. Pershing directed the effort
Of score or OrderleS to save his liy-
ing quarters from blowing away. It
was impossible to see more than
three feet in any direction for hours
at time. Two artillerymen we're
injured by falling adobe walls. One
had leg broken, the other hip
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
BAD WRECK ON BLUE RIDGE.
Two Anderson Young Ladies' Rcceiv.
cd Quite Severe Injuries.

Blue Ridge passenger train No. 80
was wrecked last Thursday night
about four miles west of Pendleton.
Thirty-seven passengers were aboard,
most Of whom were residents Of An
derson and were returning to that
city. Sixteen of them were injured.
but none seriously. The train was
composed Of an engine and two pas
senger coaches. The last car turned
completely over and fell across a
ditch.
Misses Helen Harris and Frances
Anderson, both Anderson girls at
tending college In Georgia, received
the most serious injuries. Miss Har-
ris's nose was broken, her arm cut
and badly bruised. Miss Anderson
suffered broken collar bone and
cuts about the body. J. +. Stokes and
I. ]. Harrell, both Of Anderson, suf-
fered sprained backs, were hurt on
tho right hips and their arms hurt.
The train, it Is said, was running
about 18 miles an hour, the regular
rate OF speed, and was two hours
late. All the injured were taken to
Anderson on a special train, and
those injured, but not residents of
Anderson, were taken to the Ander-
son Hospital.
Owing to this wreck Walhalla was
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Judge VIM. Ia,InHlin Dead,

Savannah, Ga. Dec. 20.-Judge
,filliam Wallace Lambdin, of the
United States Court for the South
eastern District Of Georgia. died at
1920 this afternoon in his Office after
an illness Of little more than an hour.
The immediate cause of his death was
angina pectoris, brought on by an at
tack OF acute indigestion. The Judge
while going up in the elevator of the
building shortly after 10 o'clock,
with member of the local bar, COM
planned Of feeling i'll. When he
reached his Office no was in such pain
that he consented to have q physician
called. At that hour difficulty was
experienced in getting doctor, but
finally DR.. Clayborne, Of the Marine
Hospital, reached the sufferer and
applied heroic remedies in the hope
of resuscitating him. The patient
continued to grow worse, however.
until his death,
Judge Lambdin was born in Upson
county, October 20, 1861. He was
appointed Federal judge in 1914. A
widow, a son and two daughters sur
Vive him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27

totally without railway accommoda-
ton for the entire day Friday, the
only train reaching here coming in
about 5.15 in the evening. Travellers
waited impatiently for trains which
never came, and mail from country
points by auto and vehicle service
piled into the Walhalla post
office along with the constant accu-
mutation Of boxes, packages and
bundles for dispatch by parcel post
until Postmaster Fant was swamped
literally deluged in his own quar-
ters-with an accumulation Of mail
matter that he could only sack up and
await opportunity to discharge when
a train could finally be gotten over
the line.
1t was at first. reported here that
spreading Of the rails was the cause
of the accident, but nothing definite
has been given out to establish or re-
fute this theory.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Woman Found Slain.

Greenville, Dec. 24.-Vivian Willis
was shot and almost instantly killed
tonight In a room at the Commercial
Hotel where she mad been staying.
Two young men who gave their
names as j. r. Cox and G. Willing
ham. OF Bolton, we're arrested in the
room soon after the shooting. The
young men were taken to the county
jail.
Cox, the police say, admitted the
shooting. Both, however. refused to
talk to newspaper men. There being
no other witness to the tragedy, Its
details are shrouded in mystery.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Still Wants The Courier.


Mena, Ark, Dec. 21.---Editor Keo-
wee Courier: Enclosed you will find
81 on subscription for The Courier.
We have been so long away from
Oconee that it seems as though the
names Of the people are mostly
strange to us; but we are glad to
get the paper and keep up as much
as possible with the old friends Of
other days and the happenings of
state and county. The paper is one
Of the most dependable papers that
comes to us. Yours truly,
NJ. F.. Whitaker.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Notice, Pension Applicants.

will attend in the Auditors Of
fee each Saturday in January for the
purpose Of receiving and preparing
applications for pensions to 60 before
the Pension Board, and the board is
hereby called to meet in the Court
House on the first Monday in Febru-
ary, 1917, to pass upon said applica-
tiOns, and to transact such other
business as shall be presented.
J. w. Holleman,
Pension Commissioner.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
Advertised Mail.

The following is q list Of letters
remaining uncalled for in the Wal
halla post once for tho week ending
December 26, 1915:
Miss Mary Hen, Miss Nina Moody,
Mrs. NJ. A. Shipman, Mrs. C.G. Smith,
Mrs w. G. Smith, Henley Willbanks,
Miss Bessie Winchester.
When calling for the above ,nease
say they are advertised.
N. FAINT, P
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27

washington, Dec. 20. - Cotton
ginncd to December 13 amounted to
l0,Sd5,989 running bales, including
S3,403 round bales and 110,44S
bales Of sea island, the Census Bu-
reau to-day announced.
Last year TO December 13 ginnings
amounted to 1O,306,309 bales, or
93.1 per cent OF the entire crop, and
in 1914 there were 13,970,229 bales,
or %7.8 per cent Of the crop ginned.
Ginnings by States follow:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
CALL TO FARMERS.

All persons interested in
getting six per cent loans from
tho National Government on
farm property are requested to
, meet at the Court House i'm
Walhalla Immediately after the
sales on January 1st.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-12-27
British Destroyeas Collide.

London, Dec. 25.-The admiralty
announces that two destroyers we're
sunk in q collision in the North Sea
on December 81 during very bad
weather. Six officers and 40 men
were lost.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-14
An Antiquated Election System.

In the opinion of the majority of persons the
election was close. If they have not carefully
studied the final returns, nine out of ten prob
ably believe that Mr. Wilson won by very mar
row margin and that the voters of the nation were
almost equally divided in their support of the Re-
publican and Democratic nominees.
However, the election was not close, except in
a technical sense. If Mr.. Wilson had been elected
by popular instead of an electoral vote some
newspapers very likely would have described the
result as landslide for the President. The sys-
tenn of voting for President by electors, how
ever, made the race seem very close.
If the trainers of the Constitution could have
foreseen conditions they exist today they prob
ably would not have created the electoral college
But without the power of seeing into the future,
the men who composed the Constitution provided
a system of electing President that was ideal
only in their day. That system is suited to the
needs of the nation today in about the same
measure that the first steam engine would be
suited to the modern needs of transportation.
Under the system of electoral votes President
Wilson was elected by narrow margin. Yet,
under the popular vote system, the 100000 votes
that he received over the number. cast for Mr..
Hughes would have given the President>a very
decisive victory. The election has brought force
fully to the attention of the people the fact that
be given the support of the greatest number of
citizensand yet be defeated by the electoral vote
Mr.. Wilson received the largest plurality in
history, with the exception of those cast in the
years in which Mr.. Bryan was candidate. Mr..
Wilson also received the largest number of votes
ever cast for a President. Yet, Mr.. Wilson escap-
ed defeat in the electoral college by a narrow
margin.
Such a condition should not be allowed to
exist The President of this nation should be the
man desired by the greatest number of citizens
and not a who receives the greatest number
of votes technically under system devised for
nation in the babyhood of its existence. If
the Constitution had provided candles for lighting
purposes, would not be using candles today
instead of electricity In electing Presidents,
however, we still are using a candle-power system.
1t is to be hoped that Congress, having wit
messed the escape from defeat by an
antiquated system of election that President Viii
son faced, will take the steps necessary to give
the voters of this nation system of election by
which those in the majority may name the man
they wish to guide the destinies of the nation.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-14
A Maker Of Presidents.

AS the dust of the campaign settles, the car
toonists and newspaper wits are making merry
with Col. Roosevelt. He certainly affords them a
capital subject His striking characteristics seem
made to order for the uses of the humorists in
pictures and words And there is little harm done
through the fun of the testers The American
people today cannot be led to believe that Col
Roosevelt is joke. His works have been too big
to be forgotten and his works are not yet ended by
any means.
History may remember Roosevelt as a maker
Of Presidents. Since that day when an assassin
struck down Mckinley and Roosevelt became
Chief Executive, the Colonel has succeeded in
keeping his hand the levers of that vast politi
cal machine through which this nation makes and
unmakes Presidents. And today the Colonel
has large share in the operation of that machine
Roosevelt made his first President when he won
the election for his second term in the White
House. His second President was Taft The Col
onel produced his third President in Woodrow
Wilson by splitting the Republican party and pre-
venting, Mr.. Taft from being reelected. Had Mr..
Hughes been elected, it now could be said that the
Colonel had put four men in the White House
However, the fourth Roosevelt-made President
may be elected four years hence. The Colonel
says he is out of politics but he means, of course,
that he is out only until that time when politics
begins bubbling again. Perhaps the Colonel will
not have an important hand in the making of the
next President but it must be remembered that he
is one of the biggest assets in the ranks of those
The Washington herald., 1916-11-14
No Election Contest.

The election is over the votes have been count
ed and there no longer is room for doubt that
President Wilson has been reelected by the cleo
toral as we'll the popular vote. The Republi-
cans apparently have been convinced that Mr. Will
sons victory was fair honest and decisive.
Mr. Hughes has decided that there shall be no
contest and his decision has been greeted with a
sigh of relief by the nation as a whole Republi-
cans we'll Democrats apparently being glad
that there shall be cloud Mr.. Wilson's
triumph and no long -drawn-out fight in which the
Presidency would be involved.
vote of thanks by the people is due Mr..
Hughes for his decision But his whole career Of
honest integrity and fairness might have been an
index to what his decision would be. A man of
the high character that Mr.. Hughes possesses does
not fight unless he believes that fight is based on
justice and right and contest against Mr.. Will
sons election now would not have such founda-
ton.
The few days in which the result of the election
was in doubt sufficient to show the people
the evils that might result from long period of
doubt and uncertainty about the final outcome and
there to be universal relief that the Repub-
licans have decided to accept Mr.. Hughes instruc-
tions to accept the defeat without contest
The official counts in the close States will begin
today and probably will be concluded in the near
future. In all probability the official counts will
total approximately the figures already made pub
lic and if this is the case Mr. Hughes will send a
telegram of congratulations to President Wilson
and the fight will be ended. There is possibility,
so remote as not even to be called fighting
chance, that the official counts will reveal discrep-
ancies, and should these give Mr.. Hughes fighting
chance he probably would feel in duty bound to
those who supported him to begin contest How
ever there is little cause for worry.
So far as has been learned nearly week after
election day, the votes cast only by those
who had the right to cast them. There has been
lack of charges of fraud and corruption. The
counting has been slow but apparently it has been
fair The people of the United States may con-
gratulate themselves upon clean election.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-14
ARMY ORDERS,

First Lieut.. Carl F. Mckinney Thirty sixth In
tanty. upon the arrival Of Brig. Gen. Eben Swift
At Columbus. n. Mex, will report In persnp 70
dec1mp.
Maj. Hugh La F. Applewhite, T. s. A.. retired.
AsAlsned to active duty and detailed as an acting
Quarternaster at Fort OGethorre Ga.
MAJ. Charles S. Wallace Signal Corns 70 RudaIo
n. Y, business pertaining to the rnannf,r+Dra N
aerop!anes for the army
A board Of officers to consist Il Lieut. Col PsuI
T. Strauo. Medical Corps; Lieut.. Col Alexander y
stark, Medical Corps and Mai William l. Keller
Medical Corps is appointed to meet at Il Pasn
Tex, for the examination Ct Officers of the Medical
Corrs 70 determine their fitness for promotion
Inc ionoWinsnamed Officers Of the Medical Corp.
wlll report TO Lieut. Gel Paul F. Strauh Medical
Corps, president Of the examining board at =
Paso, Tex, for examination to determine their fit
nets for promotion: Carts. Henry c. PilIsbury
Edgar King, and Howard H. Johnsn
Resignation by First Lieut. William a. Condit
Nsdical Reserve Corps accepted
Resignation Of SecoBd Lieut. Leslie s. Long
Seventh Infantry. illinois National Guard. ACCEPTED
Resignation OF Second Lieut.. Marcus r. Mon
sHat SiIty-niuth Infantry, New York Natiuna
Guard. accepted.
Resignation II Second Lieut.. William J. Brush
Corps OF Engineers Iowa National Guard. accepted
Co David ]. Baker. infantry ATTACHED Twenty
FIST Infantry. to Walter Reed General Hospital
d: C.. for observation aDd treatment.
Leave for two months granted First Lieut. Danie
N Swan, IT, Coast ARTILLERY Cons
Leave for Two months granted Capt Theodore H
Koch, Coast Artillery Corps
Capt Thomas b. Esty, U. S. A, retired. to For
Mason, Cal. for duty supply officer Signal Corps
general supply depot, relieving FInt Lieut. Donalt
B. Sanger, infantry.
Resignation Of Capt. Frederick A. Hartung. Medi
cal Corps. Penns5lvania National Guard accepted.
Resignation Of First Lieut.. Meyer NJ STARK
Medical Reserve Corps. accepted.
First Lieut. James Kenan Medical Reserve Corps
ordered To active duty for one day for the ynrTus
| Of making a physical examination at Selma Ala.
I Of an applicant for a commission in the Quarter
master Officers Reserve Corps
| First Lieut.. Roger r. Cotton. Coast Artilcr,
| Corps. assigned to duty as COMMANDING officer
United States cable ship Joseph Henry.
P1rst Lieut. Monte J. Hickok, Coast Artiller,
Corrs. will report TO the commanding officer coas
defenses Of New Orleans for duty.
| First lieut.. Bel:on on Kennedy Coast ArtiIler
CorpS- DETACHED officers list, will report to tht
commanding officer. cpast defenses Of Pensacola. fol
assignment TO duty
The Washington herald., 1916-11-14
Munitions

He wrapped the blunt-nosed thing and took
Its brother from the tray,
And that he wrapped-then more and more,
All shining, blunt-nosed, by the score,
And wrapped them so all day.
His neighbor laid them in box,
Another fixed the lid;
The work was swift, and many hands
OF sundry men of sundry lands,
Did it as they were bid.
And what they knew of blunt-nosed things,
No word nor shrewd glance said;
The work was theirs-this much was good,
For men must live and have their food,
Though other men lie dead
-Hortense Flexner in the New Republic
The Washington herald., 1916-11-14

The residents of the District of Columbia prob
ably are more critical of the man who occupies
the White House than the citizens of any city in
the country Those who live in Washington daily
watch the President and during the four years of
his term they develop opinion that is usually
true and accurate. The residents of this city Judge
the President more by what he does in regard to
the nation at large perhaps, than by what he does
for any one community. They Judge him not only
as President but American citizen and as a
man and their opinion generally is held in high
regard by the President There has been an i'm
preston that the Wilson administration was un-
popular in Washington, but the reception that
was given Mr.. Wilson on his return after winning
victory over Mr.. Hughes, seems to have done
much to eradicate this impression. In, fact, the
opinion that Mr.. Wilson is popular in the National
Capital is growing every day, and this opinion
seems likely to be accepted as fact within the
near future.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-14

Shop early is the cry, and it truly is warn
ing of wisdom. By shopping early, the shopper
aids not only the merchant but himself Shopping
early for Christmas is nothing but modern inter-
probation of the old adage that the early bird
catches the worm The early shopper has ample
time in which to select the most appropriate gifts
and he also has the added advantage to be found
in full stock of Christmas goods. The late
shopper must hurriedly scan a depleted stock and
buy quickly with but little thought of whether
the gift will be pleasing to the receiver He who
puts off until tomorrow will shop late but the
wise will be in the ranks of the believers in
shopping early.