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dress one another as Mister" One mentioned that their conversation around the mess table very Gin tellectual" and thoroughly enjoyable.
 eff you want any proof that Eng land is free country" said a ser geant of regulars, "you have it in this lot. How much of a chance would a band of conscientious obiectors stand in the German army? Meanwhile the fighting army protects them from the enemy and from public opinion. But let them have their way. There aren't many of them"
 A shirker may not suddenly become a conscientious objector in order to escape service. Anyone who aspires to the N. C. C. must prove that he held conscientious scruples against fight ing before the war. One conscientious objector has already deserted. This backslider decided to fight and he is back in England drilling in a line regi- ment,
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EVERMAN HURT IN
 MOTOR CAR MISHAP

John w. Everman, vice president and. general manager of the Cotton Belt. is suffering painful but not seri- ous Injuries, as a result of an accl- dent Monday. afternoon, between Pine Bluff and Stuttgart. when he was thrown heavily to the ground in an accident to the railroad motorcycle on which he was riding while inspect ing some company property.
 Mr. Everman received first-aid treatment here, spent the greater part of Monday night here. and went to Texarkana on passenger train No 3 Tuesday morning, for further ex- animation and treatment at the Cot ton Belt hospital The X-ray exami- nation there disclosed a fracture ol a small bone in the left shoulder, the other injuries being of minor na ture. Mir. Everman remained at the roads hospital at Texarkana unti i "Wednesday morning, when he return ed to his headquarters at Dallas. l Information regarding the acciden was successfully suppressed iron
 Pine Bluff papers. at the solicitation l of the road officials, it is said, bu the details were learned by the news l papermen at Texarkana. who made the matter public, locally and b. ! telegraph to other cities.
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MRS. PYATT FILES CROSS COMPLAINT
 IN DIVORCE SUIT
Denies Allegations of Illus band; Charges Drunken
 ness and Debt of $1,5o0.

Mrs. Esther Pyatt specifically de- nies each and every charge made by her husband, Dr. E. C. Pyatt, of Sher- Till, concerning her alleged intimate relations with T. s. Bradbury, in jail here charged with the murder of P. G. Jenkins, or that developments at the Bradbury trial in April indicat- ed her guilt of the charges, or that she admitted her guilt when accused by her husband.
 Mrs. Pyatt yesterday filed answer to the complaint of her husband in his suit for divorce, and instituted cross complaint in which she charges that her husband, the plaintiff, had become habitual drunkard, and frequently abused her and her three children, calling the children by degrading names," and making threats to kill all She alleges that when she married Dr. Pyatt she owned house and lot in Little Rock and about $500 worth of household goods, and that he persuad- ed her to sell the property. She says she did so, and that she loaned him 1,500, which he used to complete his 1 medical education and to purchase property at Sherrill. She charges he promised to repay the amount, but has never done so.
 Mrs. Pyatt charges that her hus- band finally drove her and the chil- dren from home for "no cause what ever," and says she is without funds or property. She asks an order of court requiring plaintiff to pay into the court $200 for her attorneys fee, $50 for defendants dispositions, $20 court costs, and $100 month tempo rary alimony. Upon final hearing, she asks that plaintiffs complaint be dis missed, and that she be given an abso-
 lute divorce, together with equitable
 alimony. and judgment for $500 for "borrowed money" and half of the property remaining, Mrs. Pyatt de- nying that Dr. Pyatt owes $14,OO0,
 and that the estate is worth only $3,-
 900.
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U. s. TROOPS IN
 CHINA. TO PEKING

London June S.-An Exchange Tel egraph dispatch from Ten' Tsin China, says that the United States troops at that place have been order ed to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to Picking.
 The dispatch also says the French authorities already have dispatched a strong force of native troops from the French protectorate at Annam te Peking. A delegation of officers o1 the bodyguard of the new president Yuan Ii Yuan Hung. has assured him of the fealty of the guard.
 The reports of movements o: for eign troops in China indicate appre- hensjcn of disturbances following the death of Yuan Shi Kai.
 Direct dispatches from China and Japan, however, have given the inn pression that notwithstanding the un- settled conditions of the last few months, no serious disorders were expected. In fact, it was felt thaa the death of the president would have the result of ending the revolu- ton.
 Tien Tsin is treatv part about 70 miles southeast of Picking. There is a small American force in Tien Tsin to guard the legation. There is also d small force in Picking.
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Tufts college claims the heaviest batting team that has ever ranked in college baseball. In team batting the Medford boys have mark of .31" while in individual batting seven of the boys are we'll up among the 300 clouters.
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EAGLES HEARD FROM.
w. C. McBryde Wires Assurance That
 AIS We'll at Eureka Springs.

Having grand time. Election of of ficers tomorrow.
 Such is the laconic message received yesterday afternoon from w. c. Me Bryde, secretary of the Pine Bluff aerie of Eagles, who is at Eureka Springs. in attendance upon the meet ing of the state organization.
 There are about 300 delegates and visitors at Eureka Springs for the convention, many of the delegates being accompanied by their ladies. Yesterday was devoted principally to the entertainment features, among them being a grand ball last night at the Basin Park hotel An automobile ride through the hilly and picturesque section surrounding Eureka Springs was an enjoyable feature yesterday afternoon. following short business session of the convention.
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s. s CONVENTION.
Farrar Newberry Discusses Temper.
 ance and the Sunday School.''

Hope. June 8.-The conservation service at the Sunday school conven- tion yesterday morning was led by the Rev. T. L. Green of Camden, and Miss Sarah Yancey Cline sang beautiful ly, "Ere You Left Your Home This Morning."
 The morning program was opened with devotional exercises conducted by Rev. J: H; Barkwell of Hope. Farrar Newberry of Philadelphia spoke on Temperance and the Sun day-school." Prof. w. D. Athearne, head fthe department of religious education at Drake University of Iowa greatly interested his hearers with his sketch of "The Bumps On the Head of an Arkansas Baby" portraying child development from infancy to matu- rity. Time being called on Prof. Athearne, his address was concluded
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NON.COMBATANT
 CORPS UNIQUE
 UNIT AT FRONT
Britons Who Have Scruples Against Taking Life Not
 Forced to Fight.

British Headquarters in France, May 17.-(Correspondence of The As, socia ted Press )--Unique among all the variegated units of the armies on the continent is the British Non-Com- batant corps--the conscientious ob- iectors, who do not want to fight and who are not expected to fight. Not fear but conscience is their reason for being excused
 In England, where individual rights are so strongly recognized, the Quaker is not required to bear arms because it is against his religious scruples.
 When compulsion was applied, another class arose. They said they had conscientious scruples against the taking of life. If they would not fight then they must work, the government decided. Where man who enters the army under normal conditions must drill for many months before he is sert to the front. the conscientious ob- jector is given few days of drill, put in khaki, and sent to France at once. There he yields the spade instead of the rifle.
 "1here are the N C. C.'s doing their bit" said their commander, an officer with strip of colors on his breast, who had been in several campaigns and was so badly wounded in this war that he was hardly fit for active ser vice "They get the same pay as the men in the trenches and the same rations, with the extra allowance of meat which is given to the laborer's corps"
 At the time, the N. c. C.'s were en- gagged in some railway work Virtu- ally all are men unused to manual la bor: but though it was pretty hard at first they said they would be insured to it in time. One was B. A. of Cam bridge university. None had any complaints to make. The majority were clerks, and those who were not were usually shopkeepers. Many were members of the Plymouth Brethren views as the Quakers. These said that it was against their creed to fight and they would not renounce their creed They spoke quite frankly about the charge of cowardice which is made against them; and seemed to realize that they were the anathema and laughing stock of the millions of their fellow countrymen who are offering their lives for Britain.
 q do not want to kill anybody. do not believe in war;" one said. As an exponent of passive resistance he was ready to work at command, but no powers could make him fight. eff we are sent un to work under shell fire think that you will find that most of us will not flinch," he added.
 One of the unmilitary characteris- tics which amuse the average British soldier is that the N. c. C.'s all ad-
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MEXICANS AMBUSH
 AND WOUND PRIVATE

San Antonio, Tex. June S.-Mexi- cans fired from ambush upon and wounded Private William E. Straus Of ambulance company No. 5, south of to report reaching southern depart ment headquarters last night The re- port came from Col. Robert L. Bal lard of the TwentysiXth infantry at Harlingen.
 Captain Scher of the Twenty sixth was sent out with further detach ments of mounted infantry to search for the McXicans. but failed to locate them.
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WILL TALK ON BRANDEIs.

Rabbi Joseph Jasin announced yes-
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1.yOO TreeDs in China,

dred men of the Fifteenth infantry, under Col. Harry C. Hale. stationed in Tien Tsin and along tho railroad between there and Picking, and a legation guard of 320 marines. con- stltute the American military force in China. It was said at the war de- partment Colonel Hale might take any part of this force to Peking in an emergency without instruction.
 State department advices from Pe- king have indicated remarkably qui- escent state of the Chinese republic.
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Husband Eniuined.

Upon the petition of Katie Martin, suing for divorce from Robert T. Martin, Judge John M. Elliott issued an order restraining the defendant from mortgaging or otherwise dis posing of property. Plaintiff states she and defendant were married in 1895, and that ten children were born, four of these being alive. She charges cruelty, eliminating on June 2, with an order for her to leave the house and never return.
 Plaintiffs in two suits for divorce were granted decrees, both being for assertion. These were in the cases of Andrew Griffin ys Ida Griffin, and ] Fannie Turner vs. Ernest Turner.
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CONSULAR BILL PASSES.

Washington, June S.-The house today passed the s5ooo,O00 diplomat ic sand consular .-bill, "a fter eliminat- ing, items of $2O5 1000 0sfor;iihpfdvement of sUniteds States court spremises at shanehai.S China. $100,0OO forsa lega- ton building at Panama City. and $1o0,000'S for allowances to consular officers on account of increased cost of living.
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at the afternoon session of the con- ventlon. Mrs. H. N. Sweet of Lonoke made the concluding address at the morning sssessionsin one.4 of her heart talks onSthas subject sof 'AChrist's Mes. sage toofthet Sunday-school Teacher" :" day. 'o-eu 'o'
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GETS TWO YEARS
 FOR BOOTLEGGING

Little Rock, June S.--Conrad Rust, known as 'Cooney" Rust, baseball umpire and proprietor of the auto matic baseball court on Main street between Second and Third, was sen- tenced to serve two years in the state ponitentiary by Judge R. J. Lea in circuit court Thursday morning. Rust pleaded guilty to two of six charges of violating the prohibition law that became effective in Arkansas Janu- ary 1. Four counts against him were dismissed by the state.
 Rust was arrested last week in Stone county on indictment warrants by Deputy Sheriff Lindsey Roberts He had been sought following the raiding of his place on Main street some four weeks ago, when police of ficers got a supply of whiskey that had been secreted beneath the floor in the rear of Rust's indoor baseball court. A trap door disclosed the nid- ing place.
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terday that his subject for tonlga. at the Jewish temple will be "BrandeLl; the Jew and the American" Ka1pl Jasin stated also the general pupile will be welcomed, and that copies oi a booklet, "The Jewish Problem and How To Solve It." will be distrlbu1ea to those in attendance.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22
"SAIHE AND SANE" INSURANCE,
Oconec Farmers Mutual Prepared to
Take Care Of Legitimate Business.

The following letter has been re-
ceived by j. ID. Isbell, representative
Of the Farmers Mutual Insurance
Association Of Oconee County:
Columbia, S. c., March 16, 1916.
Farmers Mutual Insurance Asso-
citation, Walhalla, S. C.-Dear Sirs:
In the present emergency, while ]
would not have yC. do anything that
would be at all unsafe, nevertheless
/ do urge you to do what you can to
relieve the Insurance situation in the
State BY judicious selection of
risks YOU may be able to Increase the
volume Of your insurance with bene-
fit to your company and to the pub
lie.
Especially do appeal to the farm
mutuals to aid in this situation
There are indications that the farm
ers have nothing but the farm mu-
tuals to depend upon.
should be very glad If you could
undertake to write to your friends in
the counties which have not farm
mutuals and urge them to organize
farm mutuals. telling them of the
success Of your company.
Very truly,
+. H. McMaster,
Insurance Commissioner.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22

pants in the Columbus raid outside
the law. The decree gives the right
to any citizen to apprehend and kill,
If necessary, the followers OF Villa
who crossed the American frontier.
The first victim of this decree was
3ummaTily executed in the city Of
Hermosillo, near which place he was
captured by men who denounced him
as one Of the raiding party. The
execution was carried out on direct
orders Of the minister OF war.
The authorities declare that the
government will not rest until all
those guilty Of the crime against the
United States have been run to
earth.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22
LAST OF ALLEN CLAN DEAD.
Jack Allen and VIII McGraw Were
Discussing Courage.

Roanoke, Va, March 1S.-.Jack
Allen, brother of Sidna and Floyd AL
len, famous leaders Of the gang that
shot up the Carroll county court
room, was assaulted last night at the
home Of Mrs. Burt Martin, seven
miles from Mount Airy, N. G. viii
McGraw was with him when the fa-
tai shot was fired and disappeared
soon after.
Jack Allen discussed the Allen
trials with McGraw, when it is al
legged that McGraw stated that he did
not believe Wesley Edwards. oi the
Carroll county clan, was as coura-
geous as most people thought. This
angered Allen and the men began
fighting, while Mrs. Martin and a
neighbor ran out of the house. They
heard two shots, and on returning
found Allen dead and McGraw gone.
Jack Allen was the last of the
famous Allen clan at liberty.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22
UsT FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANS
wAIHAIAA, SOUTH CAROLINA wEDNlsDAY, MAncn - 1olo
Miss Adams, Who Took Life, Had
Visited in Walhnlla.

The following dispatch carried in
last Sundays papers brought genu-
inc sorrow to many in Walhalla, the
deceased young lady having been
known here:
"Rock Hin. March 1S.--Miss Will
lie May Adams, voungest daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.. Adams. who
reside on the Cherry farm near the
city, was found dead in Laurclwood d
cemetery at o'clock this afternoon.
An empty bottle which had contain
ed poison was lying nearby and the
silent story Of the tragedy was there
by made known to the keeper of the
cemetery when he found the body.
Miss Adams was vivacious
young woman, and short time be-
fore the discovery Of her lfeless
form in the cemetery was seen by
friends and appeared to be in her
usual good spirits. No reason for the
suicide has been assigned.
"She is survived by her parents,
her father being the superintendent
Of tho famous Cherry farms near the
city; by a brother, Sidney Adams,
secretary Of the Manchester Mills
corporation, and two sisters. Mrs. j.
O. Nicely and Miss Bennie Adams,
who reside in this city. Miss Bennie
Is teaching In a school near st. Mat
thews."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22
Bandits Murder Foreign Rancher.

El PasO, March l9.-Enrico Wis
CONT, an Italian subject and one of
the best known foreign ranchers in
Mexico, was murdered by Mexican
bandits on his ranch at Emcnlas.
Chihuahua, last Tuesday. News of
the murder reached here to-day in a
telegram sent by Vincenzo Visconti,
brother OF the murdered man. The
telegram was sent from PRESIDED to
Wenceslas Garcia, brother Of the
foreman Of the ranch The foreman
escaped when Visconti was murdered
and made his way safely to Ojinaga
ViscOnti's ranch is $4,000 acres in
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22
Hear Judge smith Next Sunday.

We leaguers, Mr.. Editor, are de-
lighted that Judge Smith has agreed
to address our meeting next Sunday
at 3 p. m. at the Presbyterian church.
We hope the whole male population
town and country, will turn out to
hear him at the commodious audi
torium Of the Presbyterian brethren.
Judge Smith has begun what we hope
will be a great career on the bench
of South Carolina. He is a Christian
gentleman as well as a distinguished
lawyer. Our young men especially
should gladly hear him. Lacquer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22
WILL EXAMINE II. U. VAUGHN.
thorough Test OF Sanity tp BE Made
at tho State Hospital.
(The State, Goth

| HO ol'lSr SDtH.
| Thurston U. Vaughn, formerly su-
pcrintendent Of the Odd Fellows Or
phan Home at Greenville, who was
sentenced to death in 1912 for abus-
| ing girl IN his care, and who has
been In the State penitemtiary most
OF the time during the succeeding
| four years, will likely be sent to the
State Hospital for the Insane shortly
| in order that a determination may
be reached us to whether he is in
sane. Vaughn at his trial made a
full and highly sensational confos-
sion.
Last October Vaughn was taken to
| Greenville to be resentenced. the SUI
preme Court having denied his apDli-
cation for "a new trial, but his coun-
sci procured a stay OF execution,
pending inquiry into his sanity. Gov
ernor Manning and Solicitor Bonham
have had the prisoner examined at
the penitentiary by j. Hayward
Gibbes, NJ. d., Of Columbia, and So
! licitor Bonham has made public let
ters received by him from Dr..
Gibbes and Governor Manning. Mr..
Bonham on the Governors advice
will apply soon to the Circuit Court
for an order transferring Vaughn to
the asylum for observation. DR..
Gibbes' letter to the Solicitor is, i'm
part, as follows:
"Governor Manning and ] did have
conference concerning Thurston u.
vaughn some time in January, and |
told him that in my opinion the fair
and just thing for the State to do
would be to commit him to the State
Hospital tor the Insane for q period
of some months SO that the most ad-
Vantageous circumstances possible
could be obtained for determining
his exact mental condition. This ad-
vice was based upon the assrmp mption
that the State was desirous of deter
mining the verify or falsity OF
Vaughns mental alteration, and not
concerning itself simply with the
problem Of prosecution with the sole
idea of cOnsummating his execution.
"My observations Of Vaughn in the
pcnitentiary have firmly established
in my mind the belief that every
phase Of his condition can be eX-
planned upon the basis of malin ger
ing, and that the mental manifesto
tions which he presents do not accord
with any recognized type of mental
disorder. However, feel that a
dcnnlte conclusion OF this kind is
scarcely warranted upon the basis
Of examinations conducted in the en-
vironment of a penitentiary, and it
was upon this feeling that l based
my advice to Mr.. Manning.
81 am glad to know THAT you are in
sympathy with these views. | am
sure that both you and ! shall be
much better satisfied with the final
result Of the case in spite Of the tenn
porary delay that this arrangement
necessitates.
81 shall ask DR.. Williams to let me
know as soon as Vaughn enters the
hospital for the insane, and shall
continue my Investigations in con-
nection with the physicians there"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-03-22

n,183, 1872 BALES IN 1915.
-Four and Half Million Bales Short OF
.tDti Crop.

Washington, March 20.-Thc 1915
cotton crop OF the United States ag-
Gregatcd l!,053.i30 running bales,
or ii, ,lS3,tS2 equivalent 5C0-pound
haleS, exclusive OF linters and count
| ing round bairs AS halt bales, the
! census bureau to-day announced In
its final ginning report Of the season.
The Department OF Agriculture, on
December 10 last, basing it's calcula-
ti0ns on reports OF it's agents
1T Ohron% %hout The cotton belt, estinat-
ed the crop ut II 90 equivalent
0O-pound bales. The census bu-
reaus final figures Of the crop COM
pare with l5,905,840 running bales,
or l6, 1874 $3.50 equivalent 500-pound
bales produced in 1914; 13,9S2,S11
running bales, or l4,156,48G cquiva-
lent 50O-pound bales, in 1913, and
l3,4SS,539 running bales, or 49,
703,A21 equivalent o00-pound bales,
in 1912 Tho 1914 crop was tho rec
ord for production. lncluded in tho
figures are 39,G23 bales which GIN
ncr3 c"t.mated would be turned out
after the March canvass.
Round bales included numbered
i,7l6, compared with 57,61S in
1914, 9a,962 IN 1913 and 81,42S in
1912.
Sea island bales included number
ed 1890, compared with S1,G54 In
1914, 1853 in 1913, and 1871 in
1912.
The average gross weight Of bales
for the crop was 505.6 pounds. COM
pared with 507.2 in 1914, 5O6.2 In
1913 and 50S in 1912.
G1nneries operated for the crop
numbered 23, TAG, compared with a.
SAT in 1914, 24,749 in 1913 and 25,-
279 in 1912.
Linter cotton, not included In the
total ginning figures, amounted to
895,274 running bales, or 8SO,78O
equivalent 500-pound bales, COM
pared with 832,4O1 running bales, or
856,900 equivalent 500-pound bales,
in 1914; G31,153 running bales, or
638,8S1 equiva4ent 50O-pound bales,
In 1913, and 602,324 running bales,
or 609,594 equivalent 500-pound
bales, in 1912.
Production Of States in equivalent
hO0-poupd bales exclusive OF linters,
with comparisOns, follows: