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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-02

Judge OF Probate for Oconee County,
South Carolina.
Published on the 26th day of
M"r and the I'd day Of April, 1919.
In The keowee Courier, and on the
Court House door for the time pre-
Scribed by law. 1914
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-02
Bob Farmer Killed.

On October I'd we moved back be-
hind the lines to lie McSmil. about 10
miles from the lines and two miles
from pcronnc. for Il rest and rcor-
ganizati0n. While We were there
the Goth brigade had continued the
attack and had pushed Jerry back to
NaurOy. We moved into this posi-
ton on October 18th. On October 9th
we marched to Mont l}rchain. rclicv-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-02
SOME FINE TRACTS OF LAND
FOR SALE.

THREE THOUSAND ACRES OF
LAND on Stumphouse Mountain has
been sub-divided into tracts of one
hundred acres each, and is now ready
to be sold.
will be glad to show the same to
parties desiring to purchase.
VIII take Liberty Bonds or War
Savings Stamps In Dfyment
B. Il. MOSS,
Agent for Owners,
Walhalla, s. G.
52-tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-02

lIit lttSt bliict.
After the relief by the GOth bri-
gadc we moved back to Rossel. about
five miles back. for rest. Septem-
hcr 2?th. we were made the divi-
sional reserves and moved to Vii
icrct. The second battalion. which
VAS attached to the ll9th Infantry.
moved into position on the left Of
the ll?th to protect The flank caused
by the failure OF the 27th division.
The !tuSics Take II Hand.
During the morning Of September
30th the Australians passed through
the ll?ih Infantry. and our second
battalion and lnadc an attack on the
enemy position. Jerry made most
stubborn resistance. and only slight
gains were made. with il very fcw
prisoners. owing 10 heavy shell fire.
casualties in the second battalion
were heavy During the morning Of
October lSt. the second battalion was
relieved after having suffered many
casualties.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-02

Continued on Page Five.)
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
RETAILERS
AND H0ARDERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER
ASKS COOPERATION OF ALL
LOCAL OFFICIALS.
CONDUCT LOCAL PROBES
Says Retailers Can Be Disciplined 3,
Public Sentiment Only, But Food
Hoarders Can Be Punish
ed BY Law.

observation-disclosures General Pal
mer started out to ascertain how much
Of the high cost of living is due to ex
cessive profits by retailers
In ! telegram to all state food ad
mfnistrators who worked with Admin
istrator Hoover during the war, the
attorney general requested the ap
pointment of a fair price commission
in each county to investigate what is
being charged for retail necessities
and If In excess of what the commits
sion considers just to publish a list
OF fair prices for the guidance of the
public
This is an extra legaP means OF
reaching profiteering which Mr. Pal
mer recently indicated was under con
sideration. He has frankly admitted
from the start that there was nc
means to prosecute directly man
guilty of extortion in prices. Retail
ers who are gOuging the ultimate con
sumner will have to be disciplined by
public sentiment, which officials have
no doubt is sufficiently alert to the sit
uation now to act vigorously in clear
cut cases
HoarderS on the other hand can be
reached through the war time food
laws or the Sherman act, and Nj
Palmer requested the state food ad
ministrators to transmit to him any
evidence of boarding or other viola.
tons of the law which they might en-
counter in their work, with the prom
Use that the governments law enforce
ment machinery would act promptly
There is a pressing necessity for
the restoration of normal conditions
Mr.. Palmer's telegram said, requesting
the men who did such effective work
during the war to take up the burden
again.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
EMBARGOES ALREADYLlFTED
Railroad Business Rapidly Getting
Back to Normal-AnnulieG
Trains Restored

Memphis.-Lifting of rearly all en-.
bargocs on railroads into Memphis fol-
lowed closely the return to work Of
the / 500 striking railway shopmen OF
the city. The only road not making
a clean sweep on embargoes was the
Missouri Pacific, their embargo being
lifted only on the Memphis division.
The Frisco, the road worse hit by the
strike, began accepting freight and
also resumed the operation OF the
Miss. accommoda-
ton which leaves the Crrnd Central
station at p. m, daily. The accom-
mediation train was annulled nearly
the entire time of the strike.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
GERMANS TRAINING CHINESE
Reported That Gen. Mackensen And
5000 German Officers Are
Making Big Army.

ashington.-Field Marshal Won
Mackensen and 5000 German officers
have been in China since early spring
training a Chinese army of 100000
men, according to information con
tanned in letter, DR. E. l.. Scharf. of
Washington. announced that he had
just received from his brother in Ger
many. This was one of the first let
tiers known to have been received
here since the resumption of mail
service between the United States
and Germany Press dispatches from
Germany and nearby neutral coun-
tries for the past several months have
been conspicuously lacking in refer
ence TO the wherea bouts and activities
of Field Marshal Won Mackensen.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
LABOR CONFERENCE
CALLED BY WILSON
WILL BE HELD IN WASHINGTON
UNDER TERMS OF WORLD
PEACE TREATY.
MEETING TO START OCT. 20
Will Be Annual Affair-Four Outstand-
ing Sociological Problems To Be
Considered-Four Delegates
From Each County.

Washington.-Presid Wilson has
issued a call for an international con-
ference in Washington for Oct. 20.
A provision for such conference
was included in the treaty of peace,
but in view of present circumstances
the capital may have the spectacle of
an international labor conference,
held in the United States, but minus
American representatives. This will
hinge entirely on whether or not the
treaty is ratified by this date. The
Senate, by resolution, gave the presi-
dent authority to call the conference,
but inserted a proviso preventing him
from naming any American delegates
unless the peace treaty had been rati
fled in the meantime. The situation
may, therefore, resolve itself, provid
ing American labor has any great de-
sire to be represented in the confer
ence to the application of additional
pressure on the Senate to ratify the
treaty, according to views expressed
today
Each government represented at the
clude a delegate from each govern
ment, with the exception of enemy
countries, which signed the peace
treaty will have four delegates. One
will represent labor, another capital
and two others the state.
Four outstanding issues are slated
for discussion at the first conference.
They are:
First-Universal application of the
principle of the eight-hour day.
Second-Governmen aid in connec-
ton with the worlds unemployment
Safeguards for women in in
dustry.
Fourth-Protection OF children In
above IA years Of age.
No other proposals are expected to
but the programmes for the succeed
ing year will include whatever mat
ters the delegates wish to introduce
for future consideration. But because
the international labor conference
Will begin its sessions in a few weeks
after the national conference called
for early October TO consider a plan
for the characterization of the rail-
roads" it was suggested that the
Plumb plan may be introduced for
the ensuing year.
The Department of Labor will act
as the presidents representative in
making arrangements for the confer
ence.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
CHARGES MANY
ROADS PLUNDERED
PLUMB ASSERTS THAT MILLIONe
IN DIVIDENDS HAVE BEEN
PAID ON BONUSES.
INVESTIGATION is DEMANDED
Claims Stock Grants In Ten Years A.
gregate Nearly Half Billion
Wants Thorough In
vesti9ation.

| Wa5hington.-The railroad brother
hoocs, through their counsel, Glenn f
Plumb, laid before tho House inter.
state commerce committee their
charges OF CORFU ption in the manage
ment OF railroads .nder private con.
| troll. The charges. announced as forth
coming a week ago, were that many
of the great railway systems had boon
plunoered Systematically by the fins 4
cial interests and that the railroads
Illegally held millions of scres Of pub
lie lands.
Eighteen representative railroads OF
the country, the brotherhood attorney
: serted, issued stock aggregating
s450.41z, 900 between 1900 and 1910 as
bonuses and paid millions of dollars in
dividends on these bonuses. These
same railroads, he further charged,
were controlled in whole ~ in part
by tho Mcrgan interests. he Rocksfel-
Ter interests and the Gould interests. +"
Coupled with the charges, which
came just before the Hose committee
closed its hearings on organized Ia
boris bill for elimination of private
capital from railroad ownership, was
the demand by Mr. Plumb that Con-
gress make a thorough investigation
of the matter so that the American
people may know to what extent it is
sought to subject them to exploitation
under the plans proposed for future
disposition of the railroads."
There was no intimation as to what
course the committee might take in
regard TO the request for an investiga-
ton. Chairman Esch in half q dozen
questions minated that to go into the
charges would be ike travelling over
old ground, as they had been threshed
out long ago. Plumb told the commit
tee that he either had the evidence
to support every charge or knew
where it could be obtained. Presenta-
ton CT the oIarges apparently failed
to arouse much interest among the
members as no one except the chair
man sought light through examination
OF the witness.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
FOOD HOARQERs
WOULD BE'e}A|LEO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNITED
STATES PROPOSES NEW LAW
TO CONGRESS.
CONVICTION IN BINGHAMPTON
Palmer Is of Opinion That Few Con-
victions in Each State Will
Have Effect of Ending
Prsfiteering.

Washington. - Important new de
velopments in the governments fight
to reduce the high cost of living are
coming rapidly.
One of the most interesting was the
announcement by Attorney General
Palmer that the first federal convic
ton for profiteering had been obtain
ed. District Attorney Lucey tele-
graphed from Binghamton, n. Y, that
a retail grocer had been fined $500
for selling sugar at 15c pound. No
details were given and the law under
which the case was brought was not
known here.
"A few good cases of profiteering
In each state Will settle that trou-
bic" Mr.. Palmer remarked.
In order to bring to book persons
guilty of raising prices exoEbitantly
or boarding food TO advance prices,
Mr.. Palmer submitted to the agricul-
ture committee of congress the draft
of an amendment to the food control
act extending its provisions to cloth
ing and containers of foods and feeds
and providing a penalty Of $4,000 fine
or two years imprisonment or both
for violation of the law. Chairman
Haugen of the house committee an
nounced that the amendment would
be considered Immediately.
1t is Mr.. Palmer's idea that this
amendment should be considered be-
fore taking up other amendments
suggested by President Wilson to ex-
tend the effective life OF the food
control act beyond the war period.
Reports of excessive stocks of food
in storage have been received from
at least six states. the attorney gen.
eral said He declined to be more
specific, but it was indicated that
New Jersey was one of the states.
Storage conditions also are engag-
ing the attention of the state food
administrations, several of whom have
asked if they were authorized TO pub
lish the facts where it appeared that
more food was being held from the
public than the reasonable require
Trents of a dealer demanded.
Il told them to go right ahead and
use the Names" Mr.. Palmer an
nounced decisively. Il am interested
in getting as much information on
this subject to the ultimate consumer
as | possibly can"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
PATIENCE ABOUT AT END
Murders of American Citizens in Mex
leo Accusing Officials of
This Country.

Washington. The first definite
move toward the long expected change
in policy in dealing with Mexico was
disclosed here. Carra1Za has been
warned that If the murders and out
RACES OF Americans continue the Uni
a radical change in its policy with re
gard to Mexico With the announce
ment at the state department however
came no authoritative indication of
how far the American government is
preparing to go to enforce what lacks
only the diplomatic technicalities of an
ultimatum.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
ANDREW CARNEGIE is DEAD
ANDREW
Aged Millionaire Passe Away At Sum
mer Home-illness Was
Rather Brief.

Lenox, Mass.-Andrew Carnegie
iron master and philanthropist, died
at his great mansion overlooking a
lake in the beautiful Berkshire hills
where he sought seclusion when bod
lily informity overlook him and his
mind was saddened by the entrance
of this country into the world war. Al
though he had been in feeble health
for more than two years. his final i'll
ness was brief-a matter of days A
severe cold developed into bronchial
pneumonia, the aged patient lapsed
into unconsciousness and the end
came as though it were but the be-
ginning of deeper sleep.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
RAIL STRIKE OFF AT CHICAGO
Shopmen and Car Repairers Decide
to Resume Work and Await Ac-
ton of Government.

Chicago. The railway shopmen's
strike is off and the men will return
TO work This was the decision of
representatives of the strikers from
widely scattered points throughout the
country after an all-day meeting No
official announcement was made but
the result was learned from men IA.
miliar with the proceedings. While
the shopmen's representative were
in session, a mass meeting of car re-
pairers, representing about $4,000 strik-
ers, also decided TO return to work.
The shopmen's meeting was called by
the Chicago District Council, which
called the strike August l.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
HUNGARlAN'S ARE TO ELECT
People Are to Decide Character OF
Government-Wome VIII
Participate

Budapest.-'Tt is impossible to say
whether the future government of Hun
gary is to be monarchial or republi
can" said Archduke Joseph, the new
governor of state. THAT question is
to be decided solely by the national
assembly. which is to be elected imme
diately after the Roumanians leave the
country. The elections will be con.
Quoted on the system of universal
franchise. Every man and woman
over "a years of age will have the right
to Vote
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
A Personal Matter

"The shade Of Julius Caesar Is pres
ent and wishes to converse with you"
announced the medium.
Nothing doing" replied the client.
Il want to have word with the late
James ]. Jones of Hickory Hollow"
Il don't know any such person"
We'll | do. lie died last week ow>
ing me $40"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
To inspect Government Work.

Sheffield, ALIAS was announced
from Washington Secretary of War
Baker and officers of the nitrate di.
vision of the War Department. will
reach Sheffield August Is, and on the
following day will inspect the Shelf
field nitrate plants and review the
construction under way OF the Muscle
Shoals dam
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Crowder Leaves Cuba.

New York.-Maj. Gen. Enoch H.
Crowder, judge advocate general OF
the United States army. who for the
last five months has been in Havana
collaborating with President Menocal
and the Cuban Congress in revising
the election laws of the island repub-
lie, arrived here aboard the Cuban
gunboat Cuba.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
What She Wanted.

woman want to get aIimOny from
my husband.
lawyer see; do Won want an alb
solute divorce or just separation pa
pers?
"Why, If I can get the alimOny I
don't care particularly for any separa-
ton at all.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Clever Rahx

Mother-Baby is so cute. Today she
went 70 the delicatessen and tried TO
buy q three-cent loaf of bread
Father-Some day that child VIII
go into a jewelers. and try to buy a
nickel's worth of diamonds.-Cartoon
Magazine
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
WILL HOLD A CONVENTION
Striking Railway Shopmen of Chicago
Want Convention to Make
Decision On Strike.

Chicago.-A call for a convention of
representatives of the striking rail
way shopmen. of the country to be
held here to determine definitely what
steps shall be taken. was issued by the
Chicago district council of the Fed
Grated Railway Shopmen. which called
the strike Aug. 1, in defiance of the
international officers of the shop
crafts union.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Trolley Strike Settled.

New York.-The strike which for
four days paralyzed traffic on the sur
face, subway and elevated lines OF the
Rapid Transit Company,
was called off after an agreement had
been reached between representatives
Of the strikers and LindIey NJ. CARR
son, receiver for the road
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
rheater Manaoers ohdurate.

New York. Theatrical managers
Of New York gave flat refusal to an
offer OF mediation in the actors strike
made by a volunteer committee of
p.aywrights headed by George V. Ho-
bart, George AIDE and Irwin S. Cobb.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Poster Girl Marries.

New York Howard Chandler Chris
ty and Nancy May Palmer, the beauti-
full young woman who posed for two
Of the most popular posters used all
over America in the Liberty loan and
recruiting campaigns - Americans
All" and Il Want You"-were mar
ried here
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22

I'm not sure my friend really sym
pathized when l told him my troubles"
He seemed interested"
Yes. But / think he was comparing
notes and eongratulating himself ola
managing his affairs better than / did
mine STRAY Stories.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22

Agent-"But my dear madam. it's
shame to let your husbands life in
surance lapse"
I'll not pay another cent. I've paid
regular fer eight years. an, I've had no
luck yet."-Life.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
PACKERS ARE TO
Be PROSECUTED
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL
ACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EERs TO BE ARRESTED.
SUGAR MEN ARE IN TROUBLE
Warrants Are Issued For the Arrest
Of Three Officers of Central
Sugar Company on Profit
eering Charges.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Valuable evidence
has been found of alleged profiteering,
Special Agent Edgar X. Speer of the
Department of Justice said, following
the arrest of three officials OF the
Central Sugar Company's branch Of
flee here for alleged sugar profiteer.
ing. 1t is charged the company sold
sugar during the two weeks at IA cents
pound wholesale.
Those of the company, which is a
Chicago concern, who were arrested
were George P. Leinberger. office man.
ager; George L. Dowd and L. ]. Shat
fer. salesmanagers. A warrant has
been issued for George w. Sheehan.
directing head of the company at Chi
cago, also.
The men are charged with conspir
acy to violate section four of the fed.
eral food act, which holds it unlawful
to charge unreasonable prices for the
necessaries OF life
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22

New York-In an effort to obtain
the support of stage hands and must
clans in the strike Of the Actors
Equity Association. which has closed
10 New York theatres. the actors will
confer with officials CT the other two
unions.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Hun Money Loses Value.

Berlin--German marks, the value
Of which has been steadily falling re-
Gently in neutral countries surround.
ing Germany. reached their lowest
point in history in Switzerland. being
quoted at 33 confines instead Of the
peace price of 125 confines
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22

"when I moved in my landlord told
me he was going to do a lot OF things
about this place"
Doesn't he keep his promiseg'
"Only one of them. When ne says
he is going TO raise the rent he never
falls"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Bio Gold. Shipments.

New York-Withdrawa of $50 900
from the sub-treasury for shipment to
South Am erica brought tho total OF
Fold shipments from this country
since the lifting OF the embargo to
SIPS, Az. 900.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Electric Roads In Bad.

Observation-Disclosures before the
federal electric railways commission
were in agreement that the financial
situation of the companies was serious
and probably would grow worse be-
cause of rising costs ard motor We
hicle competition.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22

''TIsw do you like the play?"
Not at all. 1t sets me TO think
Ing"
.Why. there isn't a serious thought
In It, 1t was written to keep people
from thinking"
Il know. But just the same Ii sets
me TO thinking how poor ii is"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Seize Pork.

Colum bus. o. County Prosecutor
Schlessinger, in the name of the state,
procured al injunction against the
Columbus Packing Company and the
Paramount Creamy Company and had
a receiver appointed for Isl ,651 pounds
of pork
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Raise CHICAGO Fares.

Chicago.-Increases from five to
seven cents on surface lines and from
six to eight cents on the elevated rail
roads were granted the companies by
the Illinois Public Utilities Commits
sion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Rebel. Active In Honduras.

San Salyador.-Successes by Hon
Suran revolutionary forces in central
and western Honduras are reported in
press dispatches received here.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Selfish hospitaIitv

"You never travel alone In your
auto"
No; / always like TO have friend
along to do the work If / should have
to change tire"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Protest Aorarian Law.

Washington Repeated protests
against the agrarian law of the Mex
lean State of Sonora, which is re-
garded as inimical to American inter-
ests, have been made to the Mexican
government by the State Department
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
After Profiteers.

London.-Great Britain proposes es
tablishing a central authority to deal
with profiteering, 1t was announced by
Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of re
construction.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Financial Conferences

Washington. Important problems
OF international finance, credits, ex-
change and trade relations were dis
cussed at the state department by Sec
Rotary Lansing. Secretary Glass. Ber-
nard Baruch. Norman Davis and 9TH
erS
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
New War In Balkans.

New York.-Defiance of the allies
by King Ferdinand of Rouman;a, who
is a member Of the Hohenzollern fam
lily, had added during the past week
further complications to threats OF
new war in the Balkans
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Ames Financial Director.

Nontreal.-Sir Herbert Ames has &C.
copied tn position of financial direc.
tor Of the permanent secretariat Of
the league of nations at Geneva.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
No Need for "OxIs +"

New Orleans. La-Street car Off
cials are thinking seriously of taking
off owl cars" here Nobody rides
them any more. Prohibition is given
as the cause