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"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THB HAY: THOU OANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN."
By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1010.
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GERMAN AND BRITON ARE SUNK
Raider and Merchantman Cla.sii in
tlio North Sea.
London, March 25.-A German
Haider has been sunk in the North
Sea. The British armed merchant
man Alcantara, which sank the Ger
man raider, the Greif, was herself
sunk. The fight occurred in the
North Sea on February 29. The Greif
was sunk hy gunfire of the Alcantara
and by a torpedo. The following offi
cial statement has boen issued:
"An engagement occurred Febru
ary 29 in-the North Sea between thc
armed German raider Greif, disguis
ed a? a Norwegian merchant vessel,
and the British armed merchant crui
ser Alcantara. It resulted In the loss
of both vessels, tho German raider be
ing sunk by gun fire and the Alcan
tara apparently by a torpedo.
"Fivo German officers and 115
men were picked up and taken pris
Absolutely Pure
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NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHATE
Stuff
Corn Meal, Seed
rley, Hay, Shorts
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right, 7 per cent
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TEXANS PERISH IN FLAMES.
Prominent Citizens Loso Lives in
Country Club House.
San Antonio, Texas, March 26.
Six persons were burned to death
and a number of others narrowly es
caped a similar faite in a tire which
destroyed the San Antonio Country
Club, on Washington Heights, here
early to-day. Those who lost their
lives' were Judge J. ID, Webb, a
prominent San Antonio attorney;
Jas. B. Waltball, former Attorney
General of Texas, and his wife; Ho
mer Jones, of San Antonio; Mrs.
Maco Stewart, of G<a Iveston, and
Helen Cock rill, a maid employed at
tho club. Their charred bodies were
found In the ruin? lato to-day.
The lire originated in some paint
stored in the basement of the build
ing and is believed to have been due
to Bi'ontancous combustion.
Jones and Mrs. Stewart lost their
lives in an attempt to rescue Judge
Webb. They had escaped from the
building, but fearing that the attor
ney had not heard the alarm because
of defective hearing, returned to
awaken him. They wero making
their way to nu exit with Judge
Webb when the party was overe?me
by smoke and fell Into the Hames.
SEE MY HATS before you buy,
and get good style, with new, up-to
date trimmings, nt reasonable prices.
Mrs. W. A. Bruce (formerly Miss
Fannlo Harbin), now building next
to Success Theater, Seneca, S. C. 13
oners out of the total complement,
believed to have boen over 300. The
British losses amounted to live offi
cers and 09 mein.
"It should bo noted that during the
whole engagement the enemy fired
over the N^i vwsian colors painted on
the side of the ship."
(The Alcantara was a largo liner
belonging to the Royal Mall Steam
Packet Company of Belfast. She had
been In the service of the British gov
ernment for some time. Her gross
tonnage was 15,300. She was 750
feet long and was built in Glasgow in
1913.)
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WHIJOOMB TO WALHALLA!
9.30 to 9.4 0-Address of Welcome
by Mayor W. M. Drown.
9.40 to 9.50-Response. Cl. W.
Irby, Keowee school.
9.50 to 10-Announcements.
10 to 10.30-Address. (This was io
have been made by Governor 'Man
ning, but the Governor has signified
his inability to be present. An able
speaker will be secured.)
10.80 to 12-Literary Contests at
High School Huilding.
11.30-Formation of schools for
parade on high school grounds.
12 m.-Parade.
1 p. in-Dinner.
2 to 5.30 p. m.-Athletic events on
Main street, Bast of Catherine street.
3 to 5-Declamation and recita
tion contests in 'high school audito
riu m.
8 p. m.-High School oratorical
contest in high school auditorium.
About Street. Reservations.
Mayor W. M. Brown requests us to
say that Fast Main street, from the
Confederate monument to limits of
town, must be free of all vehicles
from 10.30 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Hitching will be allowed on all
streets of the town except North
College and East Main streets. Au
tomobiles will be parked on Main
street west of the Confederate monu
ment, and a policeman will bo placed
in charge of thom.
From 12 m. to I? p. m. ithe South
entrances of Spring and Ann streetB
to Main street will be closed.
The main public watering ipi ace
for stock will be at the Court House
pool. There Is also ample M tching
room around the Court House.
Best Boom.
The Civic League has established
a rest room for Fair and Field Day
In the Collins building, just west of
the exhibition building. All ladies
aro urged to go to tills building for
rest and recreation. Arrangements
will be made for the comfort of the
visitors.
What tho Movement Means.
Teachers, Trustees and Patrons of
Oconeo county.
The Torces of the civilized world
are being marshalled In battle array.
The cry in our awn country is pre
paredness. The order has come from
our government for each State to be
able at a moment's notice to send
forward lier quota. We ?re re
viewing our resources that we may
be prepared to resist attack from
any quarter. Just as dreadful as the
scourge of militarism and imperial
ism and despotism is the scourge of
ignorance ami indifference. Against
this scourge the public school ls our
strongest bulwark. It behooves us,
then, to take ever as our motto
"Preparedness," or its synonym,
"Power." One of the most effective
ways of securing preparedness ls to
organize our forces into one compact
educational unit. Each school in the
county, from the smallest one-teacher
school to the high school, needs to
feel itself a vital 'part of the great
educational system of Oc.onee coun
ty. Let each child in the county
march on Field Day in the grand pa
rade behind his school banner, and
participate in Hie honors his school
may win, and he will no longer feel
his isolation. He becomes a part of
the whole. He feels the energy and
dignity and spirit of the whole. At
the sanie time his loyalty to his own
school will be quickened.
Ignorance and indifference are bro
ken down by friendly and social in
tercourse. The school is not only
tho educational center, but the so
cial and moral center ns well. On
Field Day an occasion is provided
for the social intercourse necessary
to give stimulation and zest and en
joyment to life. Few things in life
are more important than a good time.
Another element of preparedness
is the struggle within the group. Let
one school compete with another In
friendly and wholesome rivalry, and
development must follow. New ideas
are gained., new ambitions aroused,
new powers discovered, old powers
developed. Field Day gives oppor
tunity for just such friendly compe
tition.
Let every citizen, -whether patron
of a cehool or not, see to lt that he
himself and every teacher and every
school child aro present at Walhalla
on March 31st to unite in this effort
to develop the public schools to their
utmost efficiency.
Walhalla Invites every one of you
to he present. Certainly her heart
ls big enough to hold the whole
county. Thoa. A. Smith,
County Supt, ot Education.
Dinner and Spelling Bee.
Fair Hay, March 27.-Special: The
ladies of the Fair 'Play school will
give a dinner in> the the school audi
torium on Saturday night, April 8th,
beginning at 8 o'clock.
The dinner will consist of oysters,
meats and a sweet course. After the
supper 'there will be nm old-time
spelling bee. The public is cordi
ally Invited ito attend.
Tho proceeds will go to general
school improvement. 1
M. R. Mahaffey, Principal.
OCONEE FA IK AND FIELD DAV.
I'ldKiinii for Kural School Contests.
Oratorical Contests.
Following is tho program for Hie
declamation and recitation contest
for rural schools, which will bo held
in the Walhalla Hl'gh School audito
rium at :i p. m., Friday, March 31st:
R?citation-"Thc Arab's Farewell
to 111? Steed." kia 13oth Doyle, Boun
ty IJand school.
Declamation-"Scene on ?the Bat
tlefield." Clarence Snead, Picket
Post school.
Recitation - "Saved." Thelma
Smith, West Union school.
Declamation-"The Dignity of La
bor." George Harvey, Oak Grove
sob o ol.
Recitation - "The Actor's Story."
Bubye Beaty, Picket Post school.
Declamation-"In the Reblin of
Hope." Herman Alley, West Union
school.
Recitation-"On the Rappa'han
nock." Ruth' Holland. ' Fairfield
school.
Declamation--"Success in Life."
Lewis Rankin, Bounty Land school.
Recitation-"Which Shall it Be."
Julia Lyles, Oak Grove school.
Recitation-"Bill Mason's Bride."
Loma Thrift, Long Creek school.
Declamation-Wilson's Speech to
the Gridiron Club, .lohn Edwards,
Fairfield school.
Recitation - "Little Mischief."
Gladys Moore, Return school.
Girls* prize given by It. A. 'McLees,
Walhalla; boys' prize given by Dr.
J. W. Bell, Walhalla.
The Oratorical Contest.
The following program will be car
ried out at the sixth annual oratori
cal contest of (the Oconee Oratorical
and Athletic Association, to be held
in the Walhalla High School audito
rium March 31, 8.30 o'clock:
Invocation-Rev. T. L. Smith.
tMus-ic-The Rolling Ocean.". By
Walihalla High School.
Address or Welcome-Supt. H. W.
Gasque.
Response-By O. W. Irby.
Music-"Hither Fairies Trip." By
Westminster High School.
Duffle Brewer-"Traditions of the
South'"
Henry Fl rod-"The Path of His
tory."
Music-"Joy of the morning,"
(Edwin Markham.) Miss Ruth
White.
As'imore Sorrells - "Duties of
Christianity."
Charles Dallon-' The Grandeur of
a Nation."
Music (Duet)-"La Chasseo in
Serenade." Misses Marion and Flor
ence Hetrick.
Jim Sullivan-"Preservation of
America."
Jefferson McMahan -- "American
Ideals."
'Music (Piano solo)-Miss Fdna
Brock.
Blake Gambrell-"The Renaissance
of tine South."
Fllison Smith-"Spartacus to the
Gladiators."
.Music (Piano Duct)-Misses Mary
Hines and Louise Dendy.
.R. M. Davis-"A Scene on the Bat
tle-Field."
Awarding of Fair and Field Day
prizes.
Report of judges.
Judges: Prof. B. C. Givens, Capt.
W. D. Workman; Pror. J. E. McDan
iel, chairman.
The medal for first place ls given
by W. li, Verner, of Wal'halla; medal
for second place by the association.
APPOINTMENTS OF JUDGES.
Oconee County Fair ?nd I'Meld Day at
Walhalla Friday, March ?1.
The following judges have been ap
pointed to serve for the various
events of Fair ami Field Day:
Spelling, Classes A and D-M. S.
S-t rf hiing, J. H. Earle, J. M. Truluck.
Reading, Class A-Misses Annie
McMahan and Kate Harrison, Mrs.
Holloway.
Reading, Class B-Misses Beulah
Berry and Hannah Harrison, Mrs.
Lida B. Jones.
Reading, Class C-Misses Eliza
beth Strtbliwg, Addie Davis and Olive
Hunt.
Reading, Class D-Misses Laura
Agnew, Edwina McCollough, Mrs. R.
J. S i ff o rd.
Writing, Class A-Misses Gussie
DuPre and Lena Abbott, Mrs. O. C.
Lyles.
Writing, Class B-Mrs. T. C. Pe
den, Misses Letitia Grant and Amelia
McFadden.
Map Drawing-Misses Margaret
Morrison, Mrs. R. F. Brown, Mrs. h.
A. Probst.
Composition, Class A-Revo. J. E.
and I. E. Wallace and T. L. Smith.
Composition, Class B-Misses Lola
Kaufmann, Belle Buchanan) and
Ruth Berry.
Arithmetic, Ciass A-V/. C. Hughs,
E. O. McMahon and R. L. Meares,
Arithmetic, Clase B-Misses Vera
White, Wannie Morgan and Mr?. J.
A. Watkins.
Athletic Event?-Clemson College
men.
Parade-Clemson College men.
Speaking Contest-Dr. J. L.
Stokes, W. C. Hughs and J. A. Steck.
Exhibits-Prof. Hale Houston,
Prof. J. E. McDaniel, ClGmson Col
lege; Mise Lillian Sr.clgrove, Ander
son; Mrs. AV. B. Glenn, Liberty; Mrs.
J. W. Shelor, Walhalla. .
Rev. John Gordon
Has Pass<
At Age of 76 Years Vene
terian Church, Aft?
Preacher and Pastor E
Hov. John Gordon Law, D. D., I
Ca 1 th f tv] m i Histor of tho Gospel, scho
lar, patriot and noble citizen, has
passed to his reward. The end came,
peacefully at his home in .Midway at
7 o'clock this morning, after a brief
illness from pneumonia. His illness
was of less than a week's duration.
The news of his death, ?though not
unexpected, came as a shock to the
community. The venerable minister
was loved wherever ho was known,
and he was known throughout Oco
nee as probably no other man in the
ministry was known. Oconee was
his immediate parish, though it could
truthfnny have been said of him
that "tho world was his parish." Ile
was broad of mind, and his tender
sympathy and great dove embraced
tile human race. Few men have
Ulled a place in religious, social and
civic spheres so well, so fait.1ifully
and for such a period of time, as he.
The emptiness of the oft-used ex
pression, "His place can never be
filled," is totally lacking, and lt will
conic to hundreds 'with full force as
the realization comes fully that Dr.
Law is no more.
The venerable minister passed as
wes his desire-os an active laborer
'n the Master's vineyard, .lust as a
period of service as supply to the
Wal hail la Presbyterian elm rel? was
drawing to a close, the summons
came to him, and he was ready. How
joyful to him to answer, with char
acteristic zeal and promptness,
"Lord, here am I." He loved tho
church at large, but the Walhalla
church was his first love, and he
longed to bo of service to this church
and its members and to tho Commu
nity. How well he fulfilled this de
sire not only the members of the
Presbyterian church and other de
nominations, but the entire commu
nity, can witness.
Dr. Law was 7 G yews of oge
last September, having been; born
September 14, 1839, at Columbia.
Tenn. He was a son of .lohn S.
La>w, M. H., and Sarai* Chapman
Gordon Law. His mother was a sis
ter of Gen. John B. Gordon, of Geor
gia. Me began his education in the
schools of Tennessee, and as he en
tered young 'manhood his aspirations
were, for wider knowledge. He was
a student of Jackson College (Tenn.)
1853-54; of the Medical College,
Memphis, 1860-61; and in later
years he studied at the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1870-71, and
a't the Assembly College, Belfast,
Ireland, 1872-7H. He was licensed to
preach on June 10, 1809, In the Pres
bytery of Memphis, and was ordained
a's pastor of the Walhalla Presbyte
rian church on November 23, 18(19,
this being "his first pastorate. Be
sides bills charge he was supply for
the Circular church, Charleston, dur
ing a part of 1879, served as pastor
LEXINGTON ll AS $100,00? I i HE.
Originating in Drug: Store, Eire De
stroys Twenty Buildings.
Lexington, March 28.-Twenty
buildings in the heart of Lexington
mostly business structures-were de
stroyed, witto their contents, <to-night
within two hours by a firo which
broke out shortly after ll o'clock, in
flicting a loss est lin mt ed by Mayor C.
E. Taylor at $100,000, less than half
covered by insurance.
Driving southward before n smart
breeze, tho flames at 1 o'clock were
sweeping both sides of the main
street, and they were checked only by
a sudden shift of the wind, which
came simultaneously with the arrival
of a motor fire engine company from
Columbia, 12 miles away. Ten min
utes afterward it was apparent that
tile fire area had reached its extreme,
extent, 'hough brisk work was still
required to quench incipient M&Z?e In
nearby structures.
Lexington's water supply is .from
wells only, and the town is without
even a volunteer fire department.
Hucket brigades did what "they could,
but were hampered by an eairly devel
oped scarcity of water and pails, and
of ladders, pike poles and axes.
Household goods were removed In
Hmo frcm most of the dwellings, but
practically nothing was saved from
the mercantile establishments. Some
Let Us Save ^
Men's and Bc
L. BLUMENTW
t Law, D. D"
jd to His Reward.
rabie Minister of Presby
ir Brief Illness, Faithful
Intered Into Rest.
nt Darlington 1870-04, and waa pas
.or of tho Plrst Presbyterian church
at Orala, Kia., fro-m 1894 to 1900.
Since giving ui> tho work lu Klorlda
in 15)00, owing to impaired health,
Dr. Law had glvoik h la time gladly ito
service cf thc churches of ()coi\ee and
adjoining counties. A Presbyterian
of Presbyterians, still ho knew no
denominational Unes, serving wher
ever iluty called, ?eeklng opportuni
ties to seVve, and never losing an op
porllunity, wlietlicr sought by him or
seeking him, to 'minister to humanity.
'He had been signally honored by
his church. From 181> 1 to 18!?r? ho
was a trustee of Davidson College
(North Carolina), was staled clerk
ol Pee-Dee Pros-bytcry 1891-94, mem
ber of tho board of visitors ol' Thorn
well Orphanage 1891-94, moderator
o? the Synod of South Carolina 180:{;
eenuin issioner to tho General Assem
bly 1870, 1881, 1880, 1802. 1S04 and
in 1801?. HP was also a member of
?tho Pa n-Proeby terhan (mundi al Lon
don, England, In 1888. His was aa
active life, ami liv every sphere he
met and discharged faithfully every
duty.
Dr. Law was a faithful aoid hon
ored member of Walhalla Lodge, No.
07, Knights of Pythias. This lodge
stood high in Mn estimation, and -his
fellow-members dollghted to honor
him on all occasions, hlu services to
the lodge in the capacity of Prolate
being always appreciated in a mark
ed degree.
Dr. J^aw saw ser vico during tho
Civil War, entering the servlco of tho
Confederacy ns adjutant in tho 38th
Georgia Uegiineut. He was captur
ed and morte a prlso'nor of war, be
inig detained at port .Delaware, near
Jersey City. A peculiar circumstance
connected w4Mi Mn cai)) tu re was that
ho 'was -held prisoner along With a
staunch friend of later years, Judge
J. W. 'Holleinan, of Walhalla, a mem
ber of tho Walhalla' Presbyterian
church. The latter 'was a member ol'
Orr's Regiment, of Son Mi Carolina.
They wore liekl prisoners at Kort
Delaware until the surrender.
At the timo of his death Dr. Law
was oho plain o>f Camp Norton, No.
09, United Cone fed rate Veterans. Ho
had held this post of 'honor since
the organisation of the Camp.
Dr, Law's first wWo preceded bini
to the grave some 20 years, ?lie hav
ing died during their residence In
Ocalia, Kia,, November 17. 1S9C.. Ile
is survived by one daughter and o*no
son, .Mrs. Mary fjaw Montgomery, of
Walhalla, aaid Jolin. G. Law, of At
.anta. ''"o 'them the sincere sympa
thy of . any friends goes out ill their
bereavement.
Kuneral services -will bo held at the
Presbyterian church to-morrow
(Thursday) afternoon at 4 o'clock,
conducted by the mew pastor of bhe
church, Rev. W. H. Hamilton, who
will be assisted by others. Tho in
terment will take place in Westview
Cemetery immediately following tho
services at t'he church.
of the merchants retrieved portions
ol' their stock, only to have them con
sumed as they lay piled in the street.
Only Three I<eft.
Karly Ullis morning but three busi
ness buildings in the town aro stand
ing. These are the large two-story
brick building occupied by Canghman
& Kn mi ncr, general merchandise; the
Kauffman, building, occupied by tho
Harman Drau Company, and the
structure which houses the drug store
of Meet/e & Sons. The (Ire aroa on
the principal street is defined at ono
end by Hie Caug-hninn-Kaminer build
ing and at the other by the county
court liouse and the county Jail,
which face each other. The Kauff
man building Hes within these
bounds and though considerably dam
aged ls the only structure of any sort
In the Uro aroa which escaped utter
destruction.
A. C. Sawyer's drug store, almost
in the middle of the lire district, was
the place of origin of the fire. A
night marshal saw smoke boning
from the roof and gave the alarm by
discharging his revolver. II. A. M?a~
tilias, pharmacist, occupying a bed
room at the rear on the ground floor,
escaped half clad. The proprietor
and his family Hind moro Mme in
willoh to leavo their apartments up
stairs a-nd brought away some of their
effects.
Last of the buildings to go was the
handsome new brick counting house
of tho Bank of Western Carolina.
rou Money on
>ys' Clothing.
Bargain Store,
Westminster, S. C.

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