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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
YOU tAE'T FIND ANY
DANDKUFF, AND HAIR
STOPS COMING OUT!
save Your Hair! Make il Thick
Wnvy, Glossy and Bcnuti-
full at Once.

Try rs You will. after an applica
tton OF Dandcrinc. YOU cannot find Il
single trace OF dandruf or falling
hear. and your scalp will not itch
but what will please yon most will be
after Il few weeks use. when you
will sec new hair. fine and downy at
-yeS~--but really new hair
growing all over the scalp.
\ little Dandcrinc immcdiatcly
doubles the beauty OF your hair 30
difference how dun, faded. brittle and
Srra%gy. Just moi#tcn cloth With
Dandcrin" and carefully draw it
through your hair. taking one small
strand at time. The effect is i'm
mediate and amazing your hair will
be light, fluffy and wavy. and have
an appearance OF abundance: an IN
comparable mStre. soitncss and luz
uriancc, the beauty and simmer Of
true hair health.
Get small bottle OF Enowlton's $
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter. and prove that your
hair is as pretty and soft as any
that it has been neglected or injured
by careless treatment. a small trial
bottle will double the beauty OF your
hair.--adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
STRONG FOR CIVILIZED >.ARB
sartorlai Variety Seems to 30 GHief
Aim Of Natl es Of Village
Of Rhodcsia.

Although we have not thoug!. he
people Of Africa to be much con ned
about clothes and fashions, yet ,.ylrs,
such as they are, have entered tn" VII.
lagos of the dark continent and arc
beginning to cause the people nuch
anxiety. Miss Pearl MulIillen, 4 no.
dist missionary to Rhodesia, wri IS uI
the African dress as seen in day
school, according to the Centenary Bul.
letin.
MANY OF the pupils, who range from
the Kindergarten age to grandparents,
are dressed In store clothes. Their
store clothes, however, have largely
lost their identity beneath covering
Of many colcred patches. Weather
hus nothing to do with clothes in this
part of Africa. 1t may be a real sum.
m"r day and you are wondering how
you can keep cool, but not so these
boys who have been to town to work
and have clothes to exhibit to their less
fortunate brothers. If these riches
consist Of somebody's castoff overcoat
he Is sure to have 1t on and perhaps
bath towel around his neck, while
most Of the small boys nre content
with n yard Of unblcached cotton for
their entire outfit. But sometimes the
big boys ure quite generous with their
little brothers and divide with them;
such Is the case Of one little fellow
who Is the proud possessor of q vest
Which about covers him. Two or three
others wear their big brothers. shirts,
which Is quite sufficient for all pur-
poses.
"Some Of the girls are dressed prin.
c'pally In bends, brass bracelets and
ankiets; while others have cloth
dr'ped around them forming a skirt
and they are without a waist. One
girl wears pink silk waist with a
dirty calico skirt. They often appear
In evening dresses, the cast-off flnery
OF the town women. and they may be
seen digging in their gardens with
these on. One came to school draped
in 4 white bedspread."
Styles In names changing as well as
H. clothing. The following are some
OF the names which the African moth
ers have given their children: Spoon,
Saucepan, Hotel. Pumpkin, Gingerbeer
Cigarette, Shilling, Sixpence, Penny,
Coffee, Sweet Pudding, Very Nice,
Office, Tomato, Fifteen, Vinegar,
Sugar.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
BAD COLD? HIiADACIIY
AND NOSE STI'EINED? {?
"Papc's Cold Compound" Ends
Colds and Grippe In II
Few Hours,

rake "Pape's Cold Compound"
e,ery two hours until you have taken
tnree doses. then all grippe misery
goes and your cold will be broken. 1t
promptly opens your clogged-up nos
trils and the air passages of the head;
STOPS nasty discharges or nose run
ming; relieves the headache, dull
ness, feverishness, sore throat, sneez-
ing, soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blow
ing and snuifling. Ease your throb-
bing head~~nothing else in the world
gives such prompt relief as "Pape's
Cold Compound" which costs only
few cents at any drug store. 1t acts
without assistance, tastes NICE, and
causes no Inconvenience. Accent no
substitute.-adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
Savino Man.Power.

One Of the recent devices designed
to save man labor Is the slab-handllng
storage battery truck, which Ia en-
ployed at the plant of n steel company
in Cleveland to haul heavy pieces of
steel from the storage yard to the heat
Ing furnaces. says Popular Science
Monthly. The distance approximates
500 feet. Before electricity was sub.
stituted for man-power the slnhs were
loaded on hand trucks.
The new truck is similar to the ele-
waiting platform truck, except that for
Its elevating mechanism fitting plat
form is provided. This platform Is Sc
cured to the rear axle by pivot, be-
Ing operated by a horizontal ram BY
manipulating the ram the platform is
moved toward n vertical position and
Its front edges are lowered.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
Gentle Germans Quite InsuIted.

Mr.. E. J. Riggs writes this short
but pointed letter to the New York
Sun about German sGueallng: "On
reading In the Sun that German news.
papers are indignant because Amerf-
can soldiers are using shotguns, + was
reminded of card shark In Lend
vile in 70. He had held out q big
hand for a killing and had It stuck in
the top Of his boot. Finally he got
his bank roll into big pot and
reached for his holdout to switch in,
hnt found It gone. Hold uni' he
yelled; Il amt going to play IN this
game-thcrc's cheating going on"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
IS GUEST OF PRINCE
American Engineer Takes Lunch,
Seated on Throne.
Private In Pacific Coast Regiment Has
Remarkable Experience In
Monaco.

Somewhere In Francc-Sitting on
rcnl rulers throne was the lnusunl
experience Of an American private SOL
sllcr-Wi'llnm Williamson, a member
OF Pacific coast engineer regiment
during his recent srvcn-dny furlough.
The throne was that OF the prince of
Monaco
Williamson elected to spend his va
cntiOn on the shores Of the Mcditcr.
rnncan. After visiting NIarscillcs,
Nice and other southern France re.
sorts, he went to Monte Carlo. Find
Ing the gaming table denied to SOL
dhrs in uniform he went to view the
palace. Swiss guards ut the gate re-
fused to allow him to enter.
Later, at cafe he got to talking
with a MOnacOnn who spoke good
English and proved to have an nc.
quaintance with millionaire American
yachtsmen. Williamson told him Of
his futile attempt to enter the palace.
The MOnacoan offered to Introduce
BIN at the door and show him through
the palace. He had no trouble In get
ting In this time. Arriving at the
throne chamber the "simple soldat
Amcricain" was almost overcome
with the splendor Of the room. He
received another shock when his host
invited him to mount the throne. Aft.
or he had become comfortably seated
luncheon was served.
Comparing his feast on the throne
chair to the many times he had stood
at the tail end Of line Of $50 men
with mess kit to get his share of ba.
con and hash, Williamson was prompt.
ed to remark:
1T must be very ane to he a prince"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
SOME STARTLING FACTS.

More children die during the teeth
ing period than consumption kills
annually. The pain and discomfort
that comes with this disease Of chill
hood may be avoided. Save doctor
bills and slecpless nights by giving
the sick, crying and restless child
few doses Of DR.. Thornton's Easy
Teether as directed. 1t tides tho tiny
folks over the critical period Of life
safely. "Give the baby a chance"
IS doses for 25c., at all dealers.
Easy Teether Medicine Co.. Canon,
Ga,-Ady
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
Looking Far Ahead.

A wife, whose husband IS on active
service, recently presented him with
n bouncing baby boy. She wrote to
ask him when he should get leave, and
also when the war would be over. His
reply was as follows:
"DeGr LUCY don't know when I
shall get leave or when the war will
be over. but !f the baby should be
called up before I get leave. give him
a parcel to bring out to mc.--Your
loving husband, Bill London Tit.
Bits.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
THINKS HE COULD
WIN FOOT RACE NOW
Once Could Not Lift His Hand
to His Head.
TWO TERRIBLE YEARS.
Family and Friends are Surprised at
Great Change, Iio Says.

II feel like getting right out there
in the street and Outrunning any
other man in town." said J. b. Wood
ward, Of 265 Rand avenue, LeXing-
ton, KY, while telling of the remark
able benefit he derived from the use
Of Tanlac.
For many years." he continued,
Il had suffered terribly from stomach
trouble, rheumatism and neuralgia.
The rheumatism was SO bad for two
Xears that | could not raise my left
hand to my head. Nothing l ate
agreed with me, and l was almost
afraid to try TO eat anything. One
thing after another kept me misera-
BILE until | did not know what to do
for myself. You know what a man
can suffer until he loses hopes of get
ting we'll, and that was almost the
state | was in.
Everybody had been praising Tan
lac so highly, and SO many people |
knew mad been helped by it, that
In two or three weeks after | started
taking it | began to feel like diff
ferent man. kept on using it, and
my troubles are all gone. My sto
mach does not bother me bit. |
can eat heartily and digest my food.
and can use my arms as we'll as l
could before I began to suffer. My
family and friends all see the change
Tanlac has made in me, and | GER
tainly am glad to recommend it,"
Tanlac, the master medicine, Is
sold exclusively by Bells Drug Store,
Walhalla: J. G. Cain. Oakway; Sa-
lem Drug Co., Salem; Seneca Phar-
macy, Seneca; Stonecypher Drug
Co., Westminster; Hughs & Dendy,
Richlan0-Ady
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
Wonderful Work Being Done by
American Women on Duty
Overseas.
LIKE HARDEST JOB BEST
In All Ways Woman 10 Doing Moro
Than Her Share to Make World
Fit Place In Which
to Live.

Par's.-Stenogrnphers may win the
war. At least the last battle OF tho
Marnc which turned the tide against
Germany was won by stcnographers.
reasoning along tho same lines as were
made famous by the celebrated reel
tai to the effect thnt "a throne was lost
all for the lack Of horseshoe nail"
For If the French say the American
soldiers saved Paris, and the Ameri-
can soldiers say the big war welfare
chocolate and other supplies when the
cOmmissary couldn't keep up with the
moving troops. the welfare organiza-
tlons have said more than once that
the girl clerical workers have more
than once saved the situation.
II sometimes think that this war is
going to be won by tho stenographers,"
Is the view Of Miss McCook. head Of
the women's department In Paris.
Are Doing Their All.
Women are doing their all for
dcmocrncy's cause by doing every bit
Of work possible, releasing men to
do the fighting. from tho base ports to
the battle lines. In the service Of tho
Y. M. @. A., tho X. Of O.. the Salvation
Army. the Y. w. y. A., and the Amer
lean Library association, now Joined
with the Jewish Welfare board and
tho War Camp Community service in
the United States war work campaign
for soldier welfare work.
The number Of women workers in
tho war zone, aside from the regiments
OF telephone operators and stcnog-
Taphers sent over by tho United States
government. is increasl. 4 daily. At a
recent counting the Y. M. @. A. had
upward of $50 women workers in
France. the Salvation Army 1,21O lass
les, the X. of O. 90 stenographers, the
Y. w. O. A. 80, and the A. L. A. e.
dozen librarians. The Red Cross, Of
course, has sent over hundreds Of
nurses.
ScVcnty-ilEe 'Y'' womon arp In nll.
t&rtG,nment work, from the portu to
1he trenches, Many have performed Nn~
der shell iirn ara IN expectation OF gus
attack Al have endured hnrdshlps.
going ankle-deep IN mud and rain to
entertain the soldiers Four hundred
and twenty-seven are doing cantcen
work, which means everything from
socks. Some OF the cnnteens are off
GERS clubs where elaborate meals are
served. Others arc counters over
which they serve soft drinks, gum.
cigarettes, chocolate and sandwiches.
Hardest Job Of All.
In many cases they have charge Of
the hut libraries, handling books fur
nished for soldiers by tArir own or
ganizntiOns and by the A. l.. A.
I'D. p" duty-dispcnsing personal
1ty. tho hardest Job Of all, they like
best, for 1t means showing interest,
being interested In all the men and
helping them out in a hundred little
ways OF which no one but woman
would think. Some Of the Y. Nj. q. A.
women are driving transports In
France. and the hut decoration is On
tlrely In the charge Of women. In all
ways woman is doing her share. and
more than her share. to make the
world decent place In which to live.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
Uncle Sam Beneficiary.

"eliDcFS Ol the American Flint
Glass Workers union, assembled In
Memorial hall, Toledo, were told an tn-
spring story Of patriotic devotion by a
mcmhrF o' thcir uNton ut tho unfur =
nf u service hng, with 3B0 stars, r"l,-c.
ScntnG union lncn in the army $,fst
After an introductory speech. ~
which Holm j Quinlivnu, business
agent OF the Toledo Central Labor
union, told Of the determination of
the unions to back the government,
President William p. Clarke described
the heroic death Of Charles II. Nc.
Cnrthy, who sacrificed his own life in
France for the sake of friend.
Not only had Mccarthy, Il former
member Of the Glass Workers. union,
died hcroically, but he had lived patri.
otically. Mr.. Clarke said. for III taking
out $4,000 insurance when he entered
the army, he asked that the sum be
made payable to the United States gov.
crnment.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06

we'll and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. I gladly recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound TO make weak nerves
strong. Mrs. ALBERT SULTzE. COS
Olmstead St., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women, II am so nervous, l can
not sleep,".' or 1T seems as though I
should fly" Such women should profit
hy Mra: sultze's experience and give
tnls famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia T. pinkhaI,'s Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
For forty years it has been overcon-
ing such serious conditions as displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, diz-
illness, and nervous prostration of
women, and Is now considered the stan.
dard remedy for such ailments.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
ANNUAL REPORT
IL. II. ALEXANDER,
Treasurer OF OcOnee County, S. g.

TO His Honor, the Presiding Judge
of the Fall Term of Court Of Gene
raj Sessions for Oconee county:
Schedule of claims paid from the
county funds for year commencing
January 1st, 1917, and ending De-
cember 31st, 1917:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-06
WON MkN'S NERVES
MADE STRONG
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Winona, MINI. -"I suffered for more
than year from nervousness, and was

so bad J. could not
rest at nigh t.
would lie awake and
get SO nervous 1
would have to get
up and walk around
and in the morning
would be all tired
out. / read about
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and thought
/ would try it. My
nervousness soon
vnfk .t
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27

Philip 81. Gadsden, chairman Of the
national committee on public utilities
conditions, has opened Offices in
Washington for the purpose Of organ
izing United States public utilities in
the field Of the light and power COM
panies, the street railway companies
and the gas companies so that they
may coordinate all their resources to-
ward winning the war. He has been
working in Washington for some time
as resident member Of the war board
of the American Electric Railway asso-
citation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
ENOUGH YANKS TO BEAT FOE
Premier Lloyd George Warns Next
Two Months Will Be Anxious
Ones-Lauds u. S. Work.

London, June .25.-Premier LLOYD
George announced on Monday that the
next couple of months would be
anxious ones. There might be a great
blow coming in the next few hours, he
said, and certainly in the next few
days, and on this blow the issue of
the campaign might depend.
The entente allies, he added, never
felt better prepared to meet it.
The premier, who made his an
nouncement in the house Of commons,
referred to the amazing organization
which was bringing American troops
to France.
Enough Americans" he added,
shave arrived to satisfy the allies and
to disappoint and ultimately defeat our
foes"
It was possible that within a short
time, the premier said, the allies would
be stronger than Germany.
Premier Lloyd George said the Aus
tro-H ungarians were in full retreat.
The question now was, he added,
whether they would be able to effect a
retreat.
Il Mr.. Lloyd George said that it would
be to the interest Of the British people
and also just and equitable, If Russia
wanted 1t, that Great Britain stand by
Russia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
WISCONSIN NEWS
STATED IN BRIEF
Geographic Chronicle of State
Happenings.
GREEN BAY MAN is KILLED
Cited as Hero, Sergeant Gegare Is
Killed in Battle Soon After Being
Observation-Disclosures to Sur
render to Huns.

Green Bay, June 25.-Sergeant Paul
Gegare, the first Green Bay fighter to
die in action, won citation for bravery
and gallantry shortly before he was
killed. his death was reported to his
father, Frank Gegare, 1920 Shawano
avenue, as having occurred June Z.
Sergeant Gegare was in a machine
gun company, and was credited by his
captain with two Teuton victims, ac-
cOrding to the last letter received by
relatives. His gallantry was recog-
nized in a raid on the American lines
somewhere in France" April ID,
when he refused to surrender to heavy
enemy forces. Turning his machine
gun on the attackers, Sergeant Gegare
disabled two Germans, and succeeded
care was thirty-one years Of age, and
was veteran in the regular army,
having served nine years. He was
born in Green Bay, attended the pub
lie schools here and joined the army
when twenty-five years of age. His
aged father, when he learned of his
death, said: II am proud that I am
the father of so noble and brave a SOL
der, who gave all he had to make the
world safe for democracy" Surviving
Sergeant Gegare are his father, four
brothers, Frank, Felix and Alex Of
Green Bay, and George, who is prob
ably waiting now his chance to avenge
his brothers death. Paul and George
were in the same machine gun crew in
France. The sisters who survive are
Mrs. Anton Crate of Milwaukee, Mrs.
Joseph Delmarcelle, Mrs. Eugene Ter
rian, Mrs. Joseph Cannon and Mrs.
William Servais of Green Bay.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
Drive Proves Great Disaster.
u. S. TRANSPORT is SUNK
BY U-BOAT; 81 MISSING
British Steamer Under Charter to
America Torpedoed 700 Miles Off
Delaware-No Troops Aboard

Washington, June 2J.-Gernan sub
marines operating on this side Of the
Atlantic ocean have sunk their frs
troop ship. The navy department. an
nOunced on Monday that d British
transport, under charter by the Ameri-
can government and bound to this
country, had been destroyed June Is,
some 700 miles cast Of the Delaware
capeS, and that 81 members of the
crew are missing. There were no
troops aboard.
The troop ship apparently was no.
under convoy. The submarine was not
seen until Il torpedo had struck the
ship. AfterWard the SubmerSibe rose
to the surface and fired 10 shots into
the sinking vessel.
When the steamer settled the crew
took to the boats. the occupants o.
four of Which, numbering 81 men, have
been landed. I'h:|a boats are missing
and . search l. "..i.''~ l.,~G., Tor them.
The vessel d~~~o>c! %: sal t,
have been the for:Ac. 60. ian stec::>......
DwinSk.
OF the fcCr boats from the steamer
accounted FOR two were found by 9
steamer and their occupants taken t.
New York, 4 third Was picked up b.
another steamer and the men taken to
Hampton Roads, and the fourth By Il
sailing vessel, which landed the crew
at Bermuda
New York, June "-.-1he Dwins.i
was of S,173 tons, and was formerly
owned by the Russian last Asiatit
Steamship company. With the break
down of the Russian government the
ship was secured by the British GOV
eminent and placed in service as -
troop transport The vessel was built
in 1897 at Belfast
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
To Unite With Enulish.

Oshkosh, June 25.-At meeting OF
the Christian Endeavor societies of the
Welsh churches Of this city and vi
cinity, the Rev. Kendrick Roberts of
Wales, Wis, told Of plans being per-
fected for uniting the Welsh Presby-
terrain churches under the same synod
ical Jurisdiction as the English church
es of the same denomination. While
the preachers will continue to use. the
mother tongue to some extent in SER
mons for the benefit of the older Welsh
people, most of the services will be. in
the English language.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
Concrete Road Work.

Oshkosh, June 25.-At a special
meeting of the Winnebago county board
it was decided to construct at least
three and one-half miles of the Osh.
kosh-Fond du Lac concrete road in the
town of Black Wolf, Immediately south
of Oshkosh, during the present sum
mer. It will be part of the federal
trunk line system. The county will
provide $4,000 and the government
will furnish $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
Ask That German Be Barred.

Ashland, June 25.-Grand Army vet
Grams of Wisconsin assembled here in
annual encampment have adopted res
olutions asking the state legislature to
prohibit the teaching Of German in all
public and parochial schools In the
state.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27

granite resistance interposed to the
foes progress.
The crest of the Pave river flood
passed Saturday, but the falling wa
tiers came too laterto relieve the posi-
tons of the Austrians. The inunda-
ton went 16 feet above the low-water
mark.
Drive Proves Great Disaster.
London, June 24.-The much-her-
aided Austrian drive has turned into
what may be a great Austrian disaster,
which may put Germany's main ally
out Of the war and wreck the Haps-
burg dynasty.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
Another War Wedding.

Brentwood, June 25.-J. S. Stafford
Of Chippewa Falls, son of Judge STAFF
ford Of that city and Miss Irene Jor-
dan Of Ladysmith were married on
Saturday at Corpus Christi, Tex. Mr..
Stafford is an engineer with the regu-
lar army.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
Plan "YelIow Dog Club"

Oshkosh, June 25.-There is talk Of
organizing a "YellOw Dog club" to
chase down and nail German propa-
ganda lies. The organization is based
on the story by Henry Irving Dodge,
who described how group of boys
silenced every yellow dog lie of pro-
German breed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
To Adopt a War Baby.

Plainfeld, June 25.-A baby whose
father has been killed in the war, will
be adopted by Sarah chapter Eastern
Star, Of this city. The child will, Of
course, be kept with it's mother, but
the expense will be covered by the
local women.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
Wausau Man Wounded.

Wausau, June 25.-Private Paddy J.
Brown. member of Company G. of
this city, has been severely wounded
In France. The nature of his wounds
were not learned here.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-06-27
Harness Men to Meet.

Wausau, June 25.-The Wisconsin
Valley Retail Harness Makers associa-
ton will meet here in July, when prep
arations for the next state convention.
which is to be held in Wausau, will be
made.