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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20

had been walking around until had
developed regular Empire State
appetite. The corporal then provid-
ed me with tin plate and a tin mess
cup, half apologizing that they did
not have finer dishes, and then we
proceeded to the company mess hall.
Soup was the order of the day. |
couldn't quite make out the contents,
but 1t wasn't bit bad for male
cooks.
After supper we went to the corpo-
rails tent. 1t was evident that the
word was being passed around that q
Lutheran pastor was in the regiment
for one head after another appeared
in the tent opening, and in came a
Lutheran soldier. They all hailed
from Kingston, y. Y, but they came
from three different Lutheran
churchcs-two German and one Eng
lish The German boys were true
blooded Americans, loyal to the core,
both to their church and to their
country.
| have never seen any boys more
pleased than these were. I'm glad
they have sent US a pastor" said one
Of them. 81 almost thought they had
forgotten us All were eager to
help in the soldiers services to be
held Sunday evenings. One prom
ised to get up an orchestra from the
company band: another said he
would get a quartette from the sing
crs Of the company; and when
mentioned that we would hold cont
union a week from Sunday night,
their eyes glistened, and every one
exclaimed: Wen come"
We then Joined in singing Come
Thou Almighty King" and in the
dim light Of the tent read from the
Lutheran Army and Navy Service
Book the LIST and iGth Psalms. And
then we prayed--praycd for the
loved ones at home. prayed for our
country, and for all nations, prayed
for the boys themselves, that they
might be kept in the hour of tempta-
ton and trial. 1t was the most sol
cmn prayer meeting | have ever held.
and when | said goodnight to the
boys and went into the darkness to
find my way back to Spartanburg.
felt that the spirit Of God had truly
been with us.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
MOB BRUTALLY LYNCHEs NEGRO
Who Had Killed Two Men--Hot Irons
Brought Confession.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 12.--Jim
McIlherron. a negro who shot and
killed two men last Friday and prob
ably fatally wounded another, was
burned at the stake near Estill
| Springs tonight, according to ad-
vices received here.
The death OF the negro came after
hot irons had been applied TO his
body and he had confessed the crime
and implicated another negro, it was
said. Before the mob burned the
! negro, the reports said, sister of
one Of his victims, addressed the
crowd, estimated at upwards Of 900
people. denouncing the slayer Of her
brother, and many negroes were
forced to pass by tho pyre. "'hey
were told that it should serve as a
warning TO them.
The cause Of the original killing
was still unknown tonight. Pierce
Rogers and Jesse Tigert we're killed
and Frank Tigert probably fatally
wounded, the only explanation being
that Mcllherron had "run amuck."
Posses were Immediately formed and
Il chase begun.
Sunday night the posse was told
that II. w. Lynch, a negro preacher
had hidden out McIlherron at a ne
gro settlement near Estill Springs,
and the preacher was killed in an
exchange OF shots between himself
and posscmen, who went to his
home after him.
On Monda! night Mcllherron was
located in a log house near McMinn-
vile and the possee, headed by deru-
ties, lay around the house all night
waiting for Il fresh supply OF an,mu-
milton. In a battle that folio wed
the arrival OF ammunition to-day the
negro was wounded and captured.
Officers entered the cabin and
brought the negro out, putting him
on the train for IIstill Springs. a
town between here and Chattanooga.
The arrival at Estill Springs was
hcralded in advance and the mob be-
gan to gather Threats were made
openly that tho negro would be
lynchcd, it was said. and when the
train finally pulled in the negro was
seized and rushed ont to his pyre.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
THE SHIP TONNAGE PROBLEM.
Twice rs Many Ships Sunk us Were
Built-1O18's Prospects.

Washington, Feb. 13.--Ship tom
mage sunk by submarines in 1917 was
nearly three times as great as the
total OF production in the United
States and-Great Britain during that
year.
This was disclosed to-day by the
announcement Of Andrew Bonar
Law, Chancellor Of the Exchequer, in
the British House Of Commons that
Great Britain produced only 1,163,-
174 tons Of shipping last year. The
output in the United States was 901,-
223 tons. combined tonnage of O.
064,679. while sinkings by subma-
rines last year generally are reck-
oned at 100000 tons.
While complete figures on construc-
ton in Japan, Italy, France and other
nations in 1917 are not yet available,
officials here do not believe their ag-
gregate equalcd that Of the United
States. If that is the case, subma-
rine sinkings more than doubled all
new tonnage produced.
Both American and British officials
expect a very different story in 1918.
however. The United States and
Great Britain are speeding up their
building programs, and naval OFF,
cials Of both countries have conf
IDENTIFY predicted that the submarine
vii be curbed this summer. Secre-
tary Daniels believes that effectual
results will be obtained in the early
summer. Admiral Sir John r. Jelli-
coe, former chief of tho British ma
val staff. recently predicted that by
next August it could be said that
the "submarine menace Is killed"
However, he predicted dark months
before that time.
The output Of ship tonnage in the
United States in 1918 has been vari-
ously estimated at from 100000
tons to 100000 tons, with shipping
board officials confident that at least
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
Children Perish In Fire,

Montreal. Canada, Feb. 1d.-The
charred bodies OF 3S children had
been recovered late tonight from the
ruins Of the Grey Nunnery, which
was destroyed by fire. 1t is feared
many more perished and searchers
believe the toll Of death may reach
100.
All the inmates OF the great build
ing except the children are believed
TO have escaped. They included
nuns. nursing sisters, wounded or
sick soldiers from overseas, aged,
sick or crippled men and women to
the number Of almost thousand.
When the DANES were discovered
in the west wing the alarm was
quickly given and all those able to
help themselves fled to places OF safe
~. The heroic nuns and nursing sis
ters strove valiantly to save the sick
and wounded as we'll as the infants
under their charge.
The children were housed in the
section OF the building where the fire
started and the names spread SO rap
idly it was impossible to save them
all.
, None Of the soldiers suffered in
jury however. although nearly two
hundred OF them were Quartercd in
the building.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
CARING FOR THE
HUMAN MACHINERY

The human system is the most in
tricate piece Of machinery, and your
health.-your very life, in fact-de-
pends upon each organ faithfully per-
forming its functions. II as result
Of improper food, lack Of sufficient
exercise or some indiscretion, you be-
come bilious, the human machine gets
all cloggcd up and serious consequences
follow. 1t is your duty to keep yonr
body in good condition, particularly
your liver. This can be easily done
by taking dose or 80 occasionally Of
that standard proprietary medicine,
Granger Liver Regulator. which acts
directly on tho sluggishliyer and bow
els and quickly clcanses ts.f system OF
the fecal elerlents which clogged tho
machinery. Granger Liver Regulator
contains no calomel nor alcohol and is
used in thousands Of homes daily, with
most satisfactory results. Try box
Of it-25c.. Sold by all druggists. Ac
cept no substitute.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
Mrs. Hattie ibcrcrOu!,ic Dead.

Walhalla, RED. Feb. ll.~-Spe-
cial: Mrs. Hattie Ahcrrrombic died
on January 90. She spent her life
in her Masters service and left a
lasting impression on all her loved
ones and friends. While she has
laid down her earthly cares, her
work lives on in tho lives she loved
and Influenced. She was truly a
good woman. a kind and loving mo-
thcr, and was loved by all who knew
her. We will miss her happy smile
and wise counsel She will be great
ly missed in our Sunday school and
community. But our Heavenly Fa-
thcr doeth all things well, and we
bow In submission TO His will.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20

100000 tons will be completed.
No estimate Of Great Britain's out
put has been received, but that coun-
try Is expected to materially increase
it's 1917 figures.
Japan's operations just now are
hampered by lack Of steel, but this
handicap is expected soon to be over
come, and that country also Is ex-
pected to increase it's output this
year Other countries are building
few ships.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
American Vessel Sunk Submarine

An Atlantic Port. Feb. 13.--An
American steamship arriving here to-
day reported having sunk a German
submarine in the Mediterranean sea
on January IS. last. after a running
fight. The steamer was not hit.
On the outward voyage the same
craft was attacked in the Medterra-
mean by two submarines. One was
sighted off the bow OF the steamer,
and when the captain ATTEMPTED to
ram the undersea boat it submerged
and made off. At the same time the
gun crew fought off another submer-
sible from the stern
The crew Of the vessel reported
that British patrol boats captured
two submarines off the Canary Is
lands on January 7th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
WALHALIA. s. g.:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918
STATE TAX LEVY D12 MILLS.
Budget Estimated to Raise %3,37O,-
25.DD-liow 1t VIII BE Spent.
The State. I3th.)

The free conference report on the
appropriation bin was adopted with
out dissent yesterday noon. The bill
carries Il tota! amount OF $780,
G25.?G. to be raised by Il levy OF nine
and onc-half mills.
Thc biggest fight in the free con
ference committee rooms was that
over the law enforcement fund. The
House refused to put anything in the
bill for This purpose. The Senate in
serted an item Of $10,00O. The
House finally yielded to the Senate in
providing $4,000, plus the unused
portion OF last years appropriation
tor TINS purpose. amounting to ap-
rroNimatcly $1,000, The condition
on which the House yielded was that
State comstablcs dcsist from search
ing baggage unless the owner has
hcpn previously convicted Of selling
whiSkey, or unless armed with a
warrant for the person or the bag
gage. or unless the constable is Ger
tain OF liquor being in the baggage.
The Council OF Defense item was
another disturbing portion OF the
measure. The House appropriated
$4,000. This was increased by the
Upper House to $4,000. The COM
promise effected was that $2I,u0U
he appropriated and the Governor
empowered to borrow $1,000 more.
should that amount be necessary.
Another big change made in the
appropriation bill by the Senate was
TO increase the amount for needy
schools from $4,000 to Sl00,00O
This was accepted by the free con-
ference committee from the House.
but the $4,000 appropriated by the
Senate for vocational training was
delctcd. Recapitulation OF the bill
follows:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
Card of Thanks.

Walhalla, RID. No. 1, Feb. Is
Editor Keowee Courier: Please al
low us space in your valuable paper
to. thank our kind friends and neigh
bors for the many acts Of kindness
shown us through the sickness and
death Of our dear wife and mother.
May God bless and care for them all
through life Is our prayer.
J. M. Kelley and Children.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
G. a 8 O RIA
For Infants and Children
I'm Use For Over 80 Years
Always bears III z-,-..a.m
s.gns'sie ;ss of M!zXzNz1%x
ElectIOcllteN Oh Pole.

Columbia, Feb. 1i.-While at the
top OF the power pole at Meeting and
Reid streets yesterday morning about
S.45 o'clock, G. l.. Henderson, aged
80, a lineman Of the Consolidated
Company, was electrocuted. His
death was instantaneous. He had
climbed the pole preparatory to the
erecting OF another pole.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
L. s. Loans 500, 100000 to Italy.

Grand Total ....S3,370.G25.9 90
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20

Washington. Feb. I3.-An addi-
tional $50.0O0,0O0 was placed to the
credit OF Italy to-day by Secretary
McAdoo, bringing the total OF Ameri-
can loans to that country TO $780,
100000, and the total Of American
credits to the allied nations Of 81
734,400,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
$. &. Soldiers Die in France.

Washington, Feb. l3.-The death
from pneumonia of Private William
Rogers, RED. 2, Blenheim, S. c.,
and Private William Logan, Arcadia,
s. c., were reported to-day by Gen.
PerShing.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take 0rOye'S.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
we'll known tonic properties ofQUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria. Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure.
Z. W. GROVES signature on each box. Soc
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
When Nobel Cut His Finger.

The great war might be traced back
to Nobel's cut finger. f.. f. SlossOn
writes in the New York Independent.
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist
and a pacifist. One day while work
ing in the laboratory he cut his finger,
as chemists are apt to do. and again
as chemists are apt to do. he dissolved
some %guncotton in ether alcohol and
swabbed 1t on the wound. At this
point, however, his conduct DIVORCES
from the ordinary, for instead Of stand
ing idle, impatiently waving his hand
in the air to dry the film as most peo-
pie, including chemists. are apt to do,
he put his mind on 1t and It occurred
to him that this sticky stun. slowly
hardening to an elastic mass, might
be just the thing he was hunting as
an absorbent and solidif1er Of nitro
glycerin. So instead of throwing away
the extra cOllOdiOn that he had made
he mixed 1t with nitrOglycerin and
found that 1t set to a jelly. The "blast-
ing gelatin" thus discovered proved to
be so insensitive to shock that 1t could
be safely transported or fired from a
cannon. This was the first of the
high explosives that have been the
chief factor in the great war.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
To Remodel Japanese Army.

The return of distinguished Japan
csc officers who have been in Europe
studying the latest military tactics on
the battlefronts will be followed by
army reorganization, reports the To-
kyo Jill. Under the new system one
division will consist of three regi-
ments instead Of four, as now, and a
force composed of two reOrganized di-
visions will become the fighting unit
of the Japanese army. Increase in
the number of regiments is not n
templated, but the number of divi-
sions will be necessarily augmented.
Whether or not the new formation
will be seer in the forthcoming an
nual is u~nannounced. The
military arsenal at Tokyo is preparing
to build airplanes for army use, and
an appropriation of s. .750,O00 will be
asked from the diet. The exact type
Of airship has not been decided.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
HOLD WOOL IN THIS COUNTRY
Meet the Requirements Of Both
the Army and Navy.

Restrictions governing the exporta-
ton and importation of wool were
frightened recently by the war trade
board with a view to conserving Amer
lean supplies and checking the increase
In prices, which have risen 200 per
cent.
No commodities containing wool will
be permitted in future to leave the
country. 1t was announced. If. in the
judgment Of the board. the. wool is
needed for the uses either of the army
or the navy.
Importers before they can obtain IL
enses will be required to sign an
agreement that they will sell no wool
to persons other than manufacturers
and that they will give the govern
ment an option to purchase all wool
imported at a price 5 per cent less
than the price that obtained for the
same grade July 30, 1917.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
NATURAL TO PAIR FOR LIFE
Majority Of Men and Women Require
Warmth of companionship, but
Cynic Decries compuIsion.

There is something unhealthy and
abnormal in the life of the unmarried
when they have reached an age and a
condition such that their impulses
would lead them to marry, w. l..
George writes in Harper's. The hu-
man tendency is to live In couples;
there are a few rare people of strong
individuality who find all they need
within themselves, who, like Narcissus,
can give a pure worship to their w
image, but they are few, and nearly
all men and women need the warmth
of cOmpaniOnship.
Now companiOnship is a peculiar
thing, generally not found in families.
One car love ones sisters and ones
brothers, but 1t is sometimes very diff
ficult; one can love ones father and
ones mother, but as n grows older
this becomes almost impossible If n
has to live with them. This because
they are imposed upon one by the ac-
cident of birth because n knows too
much about them from long assOcia-
ton, SO that they cease to interest be-
cause n knows too little about them,
never having been quite frank in the
presence of those common masters,
the father and the mother, to whom
private lives could not be revealed.
Brothers and sisters form a compul-
sorry grouping, and that Is nearly al
ways detestable. Likewise, the assO-
citation between parents and children
is exquisite when the child is young
and the parent venerable-only, when
one is vigorous and thirty, one does
not venerate the people of sixty, who
have often lost their brightest facul-
ties. A parent does not protect when
he Is sixty, because he cannot, be-
cause he is more likely to want prOtec-
ton himself. The relation between
parents and children grows absurd
when the children turn into men and
m 1t subsists on auld lang syne.
on liberation tinged with Impotence.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
GOV. BOYLE AND
PARTY COMING
COUNTY DEFENSE COUNCILS BE-
ING ORGANIZED THROUGH
OUT STATE

On next Monday Governor Boyle,
Tasker l.. eddie, A. Grant Miller
and H. A. Lennon will leave Carson
for southern. Nevada to organize
county councils of defense. They
will visit Tonopah, Goldfield and
Phoebe.
For the past 10 days the party has
been travelling through the north
eastern part of the state organizing
county councils and has been highly
successful everywhere on the trip
through the seven northeastern
counties.
During the visit here members
will meet with the county commits
sioners and through them will or
ganize a county council under the
state and national councils. In 9TH
Ell towns that have been visited
there have been public meetings at
which the four organizers spoke in
explanation of their visit and Of the
work Of county councils in directing
present war activities and to provide
for others to be started in the flu
ture. Plans are now being made
here to receive the governor and his
party.
H. A.. Lennon, director of the
state council of defense, recently
stated that the effect of the COVER
nor, eddie and Miller. political OPP
ponents for years, speaking from
the same platform in support of the
war, had been of great value in unit
ing the people of the state and that
the big crowds that had attended
the meetings had been a revelation
to him.
Although no definite date has yet
been fixed for the arrival of the
governor and his party, it is believ-
ed they will be here not later than
Thursday.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
To Raise Peas

]. C. Lambert of Metropolis,
Elko county agricultural agent, re-
Gently returned from Utah, where
he had been investigating the grow
ing and canning of peas. He is now
determined to have canneries start
ed in the Metropolis district and
believes the growing and canning
of peas would prove a profitable in
vestment. A Utah canning corpor-
alton will conduct a series of ex-
periments at Metropolis during the
coming summer and has made an
appropriation for the purchase of
seed to be used for experimental
purposes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
SENDING OUT TUNGSTEN
FROM MILL CITY LEASE

Leasers at Mill City are still get
ting the tungsten ore out and ship
ping to the mill at Toulon in con
siderable quantity. The Lovelock
Review-Miner says Phillip Forg,
who is interested with Emil Stank
in a lease in that camp, has been
spending a few days in LovelOck
awaiting the delivery of a car of
their ore to the mill. He stated
that they had four more carloads
of the ore ready for shipment
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
To Decide Important Case

A case that will establish a prece-
dent in criminal practice is being
argued in the state supreme court.
Ben Kuhl, convicted and sentenced
to be shot for the murder of a jar
bidge stage driver, has appealed his
case. The main point to be decided
and one that has never before been
argued in a supreme court so far
as known is the sufficiency of palm
brints as evidence. Following the
murder of the stage driver an en-
velope was found in a mail sack and
the envelope is alleged to bear the
bloody palm print of Kuhl.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
U. Of N. Man in War Servic'

Professor H. P. Boardman, head
of the civil engineering department
of the university of Nevada, has
left for Charleston, w. Va, where
he will spend several months as
construction engineer at a big
government explosive plant that Is
being erected there. Professor
Boardman has not enlisted in the
army, but will be in the civilian
service. He has been granted a
leave Of absence from the univer-
sity.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-09
Boys RESERVE
WANTS MEMBERS
APPLICATION BLANKS FOR NEW
ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED

Attorney j. G.. Thompson, who
has had charge in Goldfield of the
campaign t o secure men for the
shipbuilding reserve today receiv-
ed from the department Of labor
application blanks to be used in
securing boys for the United
States Boys Working Reserve" re-
Gently organized under the depart
ment of labor.
This new organization is to Sc
cure the labor of boys for farm and
other work during the period of
their vacation from school and 1t is
believed a number of boys who ap-
piled for admission to the ship
building reserve and the army and
who were rejected because they
were under the required ages will
take advantage here of the latest
opportunity to enter the service of
the government. In enrolling in
the boys working reserve the con-
sem of a parent or guardian is
necessary.
Boys enrolling in the reserve will
be used principally for increasing
food production through working on
farms, but may enroll for other in
dustries.
Inf rmation regarding the new re-
serve may be obtained by applying
to Attorney Thompson at his office
in the Nixon building.