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KI? "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. .. Feed Stuff.. Our warehouse is loaded with all kinds of PEED STUFF, COTTON SEED MEAL, CORN, OATS, SHORTS, HAY, FLOUR. See us when you are in the market. C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, WALHALLA, S. C. jp It PAYS TO BUY FOR. CASH. J& January 17, 1017. 121 Years A-go To-day name goes down in history as thc man who invented the weighing scales. Have you ever been weighed in the bal ance and found wanting? If so it is not yet too late to start anew. L,et the scales fall from your eyes in order that you can see that a bank ac count will give you standing and weight among your fellow men. OPEN YOUR ACGOUNT WITH THIS BANK. WESTMINSTER BANK When You Think of Banking Think of TUB WESTMINSTER BANK. WKim-KICNYON IiOW IPHKLI). IJ. H. Supreme Court Decision Consti tutcs Prohibition Victory. In tho most sweeping of all decis ions upholding prohibition laws, the United States Supreme Court has up held as constitutional and valid the. Wehb-Kenyon law, prohibiting ship ments of liquor from "wet" to "dry" States. It also sustained West Vir ginia's recent amendment to her law prohibiting importation in interstate commerce of liquor for personal use. After having been vetoed by Presi dent Taft, who held it unconstitu tional, and having been repassed by Congress ever his veto, the law was sustained by the Supreme Court by a vote of 7 to 2. Leaders of the pro hibition movement declare lt is to their fight second only in Importance to tho proposed constitutional amendment. 1/awyers for liquor interests who heard the decision admitted lt upheld and applied the law "in its fullest sense." Chief Justice White announced the majority opinion, to which Justices Holmes and Vnndevanter dissented. Justice Reynolds, while agreeing with tho majority decision, did not concur in tho opinion. , "The all-reaching power of govern ment over liquor is settled," said tho Chief Justice "There was no Inten tion of Congress to forbid individual use of liquor. The purpose of this act was to cut out by the roots tho practice of permitting violation of State liquor laws. "We can have no doubt that Con gress has complete authority to pre vent tho paralyzing of State author ity. Congress exerted a power to co ordinate the national with the Seal ant hority. "Under the Webb-Kenyon act there ls no power in interstate commerce to ship liquor from one State into ano ther to enable it to be used in any way prohibited by the S?tate." The Supreme Court's opinion was announced In appeals of a distilling company of Cumberland, .Md., from dismissal of injunction suits against "?/? American Express Company and Western Maryland Railroad, in which it was sought to compel tho carriers to transport liquor to Wes: Virgin ians for the latter's "personal use." Admiral George Dewey Dead. Washington, .Ian. 1(1.-Admiral Dewey, hero of Manila Ray, and by priority the ranking naval officer of the world, died at his home here at ?.?fi j), m. to-day lu his 80th year. Admiral George Dewey, "hero of Manila Day," fought and won the first great American naval battle against a foreign foo since the War of 1812. Ills whole life was full of honora ble achievements from the days of the Civil War down to the time when, as the head of the general board, he began the last chapter of his work by laying plans for the de fense of his country in time of war. His life was a striking exemplifica tion of tho possibilities of a career based upon the exact and Intelligent performance of every routine duty which molds a man on inflexible lines of duty and honor. Cody's Estate $05,000. Denver, Colo., Jan. 12-The estate of Col. Wm. P. Cody, who died Wed nesday, was estimated to-day by Judge W. L. Hall, for years Col. Cody's attorney, at not to exceed $6ii,000. In consists in the main of three ranches near Cody, Wyo., and an equity in a hotel in that town. iXPLO^SJON D1CMOLIS11KS PLAJNT. DuPont Powder Company Ix>ses Heavily at Haskell, N. J. New York, Jan. 12.-Four hun dred thousand pounds of powder was destroyed by fire and explosion at tho Haskell, N. J., plant of the DuPont Powder Company nt ?).;i0 o'clock to night. Officials of the company de clared after checking up the mem bers or the night shift at the works that only two men were missing. Twelve others were cut by Hying de bris, but none of them was seriously hurt. No estimate of the loss was obtainable. There were two distinct explosions of terrific force. Buildings were shaken and windows shattered far out on Long Island and up the Hud son river to Poughkeepsie. The first explosion was lil what ls known as "the glazing barrel." The fire which resulted leaped to the blending house and from there to three magazines. Ono of the maga zines blew up, but the powder In the others was consumed by the flames. The blazing magazines set fire to the screening house, from which the dames leaped across the Atraque I river and consumed three drying ] houses. The fire then was checked by the efforts of the company's em ployees. Village Buildings Shattered. Other buildings in the plant and many in the village were shattered by thc explosion. No estimate was available of the number of wen at work when 'the disaster occurred, but company offi cials rounded up their men to check up the casualties. It is feared that, two who wer? employed in the glaz ing barrel lost their lives. Rescue parties were quickly organ ised to search tor the injured, anil hospital. All the doctors available were summoned. Haskell is situated tn a remote section of Passaic county and com munication with either by telephone or telegraph ceased after the first ex plosion. As a consequence reports of heavy loss of life soon were circulat ed in nearby places. Following so closely upon the de struction of the Kingsland plant of the Canadian Car and Foundry Com pany ; he explosion threw all North ern Now Jersey Into a panic. The I sky was crimsoned by the conflagra Hon and Hie flames were plainly visi ble ns far away as Yonkers. The shock of the explosion was so great that many persons in New York, Brooklyn and New Jersey cit ies. 20 miles from Haskell, believed lhere had been an earthquake. Hotel floors Ruckle. Fvery house in the village of Pompton Lake, more than two miles from Haskell, was damaged by the explosion. Scarcely a window was left unbroken. At the Pompton Lake Hotel the floors buckled and the guests ran to the street in alarm, .Many doors were blown in and chim neys knocked over. Guards were sta tioned around the bank and the hotel as precautions against thieves. Many persons were injured by Hying glass. Bloomlngdale, two miles away, suf fered almost as severely. The fire was still burning itself out In the Haskell plant at midnight and no definite information wns available as to the property damage in Hie village itself. Some fear was ielt that ninny persons might be round severely injured in the ruins or their aomes. Tho cause or the fire which result ed in the explosion had not been de termined late to night. ConorosH Loco ls. Coneross, Jan. 15.-Special: Miss Sarah Britt, one of the Blue Ridge teachers, spent the week-end in An derson. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hubbard ex pect to move Into their new home near Coneross this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Due worth spent a short, while nt the home of Mrs. M. M. Murphree, in the Oak way section, last week. Miss Inez Doutliit and brother, of Walhalla, silent .the week-end with Mrs. H. J. Hesse and family. Mrs. W. W. Mitchell and children, of Birmingham, and Miss Katie Ab bott, who have been here for a visit, returned home last Monday. Miss Bewley Hunsinger and John Gibson spent last Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Armstrong, at Rich land. Miss Lillie Ross, of Walhalla, vis ited nt the home of Mrs. S. M. Hun zinger last week. >N MARRS HIS OH A Rd KS. Nie/ Mi hit ..lo) neel Pref sa? th| prej] moi tt?? o tia pod! mit Slut? fro j i loWl , Tumulty, Henry and Others Kilter Kial Denials. Alington, Jan. 15.-Secretary was the cabinet member to hOB. W. Lawson referred in rlous tostimony before tho 'investigators as being con ho Bald, with a "leak" on ?mt Wilson's recent peace mes i Lawson test tiled to-day when Ii.nso rules committee resumed eatigatlon. son had been asked if he was jd to offer proof of Iiis state Ihat there were beneficiaries of fe'ak" among law-makers and He then took from his fa letter which he asked to sub ' private. The committee in |hat he read it. The letter was Irs. Visconti, letter, which Lawson read, fol Dear Mr. Lawson: If the f tho man who was the go-be in the present 'leak' and the of money be of assistance to can supply the name and the t he received and give the f at least one associate at Hie jHouse who participated in the letter went on to offer to make Ointment, which Mr. Lawson Ith Mrs. Visconti, who, tn the e of her attorney, gave him ,e of Mr. Price and Secretary ?by> Representativo Henry whi>tWS[m?'ant when he said ho could givfSuwip name of a go-between who rec?$5|{ a large sum for "his blt," La^Sp?iisald. he referred to the name giyjfm^iim by Mrs. Viscontk as "Sec 'y, Tumulty." jfrfcn testified that Chairman Heh'ryjof tho rules committee, was thtVRepr?sentative who told him that I u ?Wb.liet ofllcer, a member of Oon gfess ind a banker were said to have pro^fl?id in the stock market by ad ttiformatlon on President Wil fQCent peace note. t\jsofi said that the banker who toltLj.qim he knew another banker 'lhated a c?blent officer in A*?|**i',ho!'?|e)ei?P'? m'Ktee'Tf?niedlately issued a sub poe-' ha for White. Tumulty Keough! In. Lawson also testified that Mrs. Ruth Thomson Visconti, of Washing ton, had told him that W. W. Price, correspondent of the Washington Star at the White House, had a part in the leak affair between Secretary Tumulty and others. Lawson said he could not give the names of any mein hers of Congress who were engaged in buying anil sell ing stocks. Another banker in the trinity to whom Lawson referred as having also been involved In the "leak" was II. Pliny Fiske, of Harvey, Fiske & Sons. New York. The Senator, Law son said, was known to him only as "O." Lawson also declared that the firm of C. D. Barney & Co., of Wall street, and Malcolm McAdoo, brother of Sec retary McAdoo. and Stewart O. Qlb bonoy, of New York, knew of the leak, and that a "public man who knew the leak machinery" was Paul Warburg, of the Federal Reserve Board. Lawson indirectly brought the names of Secretary Lansing and Am bassador Bernstorff Into the hearing, but not in connection with the leak. When Henry charged him with dragging in the name ol Lansing, Lawson replied: "I have held the names of Lansing and the Cern?an ambassador out of this." Lawson said Henry had told him of rumors that Barney Barnch was connected with tho "leak." Asked for other persons who might substantiate "leak" charges, Lawson said ho would suggest calling J. II. Rnthon, managing editor of the Prov idence Journal, In connection with an article on "leaks" which np pea red in his paper, and also the editor of the Boston Transcript, which paper, he said, had a "flat-footed" statement that a certain brokerage firm had dealt in 800,000 shares of steel on December 20, which netted a profit of $8,000,000. Asked as to the name of the attor ney who visited him with Mrs. Vis conti, Lawson said he was a member of a local firm called "Brown & Brown", or "Butler & Butler." Say? 1101117 Told Him. Lawton said Henry had told him Information had como to the commit tee that the 'German ambassador had profited over two million dollars, but that ho did not think it was true. Describing his visit to Chairman Henry,'Lawson said that 'Henry had told hifn of rumors that had como to the committee that Secretary Lansing had gone to the Biltmoro Hotel in New York to meet Barney Baruch four Kiies, but that ho (Henry) thought- his visits were perfectly le gitimate. "I told Henry," said Law son, "tnat I would stake my head on lt that Socretary Lansing was not telling inything he ought not to.' Lawson declared that Henry had asked 1 Im late in December to say nothing moro about the "leak" charge? Henry put his plea on a patriots ground, Lawson said, say ing thai he owed it to tho country not to ment on them further for the pres ent. Henry sata, Lawson testified, that it might be n good thing to have an I inquiry into tho stock exchange j later. At no time. Lawson insisted, did | he ever say that he had any direct. Information relating to a "leak."' Henry (?ives Lie to Lawson. Chairman Henry took the stand in ! the "leak" Inquiry to-day to testily in relation to statements by Lawson that Henry had given him informa tion about a member of Congress, a banker and a cabinet officer rumored to have been connected with the ' leak." Chairman Henry emphatically de nied that he ever had mentioned lo Lawson the name of any cabinet offi cer. "I say to yon, hero to-day, that not during our whole three hours con ference, did 1 mention to Mr. Lawson the name of any cabinet officer that he has mentioned here to-day." McAdoo Katers st roon Denial. Secretary McAdoo issued a state ment late to-day In which ho said: "No man should be called upon to notice such detestable and Irrespon sible gossip and slander, but since my name has been mentioned I wish tn say tlint no more shameless and wanton ile could be conceived than the rumor or suggestion that I have been interested at any timo and In any manner whatever in stock specu lations or purchases of stock In New York or elsewhere, or that I have been connected in any manner what ever with the alleged 'leak' about the so-called peace note. "The putrid partisan politicians and the putrid stock gamblers in New York und Boston are giving tho coun try a painful exhibition of the con temptible methods to which they re sort lu their efforts to Injure tho ad ministration. "If any man in or out of Congress will assume responsibility for those slanders, or if 1 can secure legal proof of the guilt of such a man, I will have him put in the penitentiary, where he belongs. Jt ls time that an example be made or the foul scoun drels who make a profession of whis pered and baseless insinuations against men in public life." And Thea Tumulty. tj\ % Secretary. Tunviilty^gave out this ! .?taUunanU'.v "Af-tor the*comid?to.and definite' stat?mefit which I made to the rules committee last week lt should hardly bo necessary for mo to say that there io not a scintilla of truth in these new flimsy charges." Only Saw lt In Pn)iero, Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 16.-Stuart Q. Glbboney, named by Thomas YV. Li wson In the investigation at Washington, said: "1 never knew a thing about the president's note until it appeared In tho newspaper. I never bought or sold a share of stock in my life, and I have no connection with any of the others Mr. Lawson named. 1 am ready and perfectly willing to go to Washington and appear before the committee of investigation at any time. I have no connection With the administration. Tho only possible cause 1 can conceive for my name be ing mentioned ls because I nm a friend of Mr. McAdoo, or possibly be cause I am counsel for the Comptrol ler of the Currency in national linnie receiverships in Now York city." F101 Ht l'Ait Y tl TO UK MA DIO Memorable?-llccord-llronking Mun day School Attendance Expected, Everything points to a record breaking Sunday school attendance throughout our county. and the State of South Carolina on "South Carolina Come- to- Sunday- School Day," February nth. Tho watch word of the campaign, "Everybody in Sunday School on February lilli - If you're not there, you'll be lone some," is being heard all over the county. This is said to be the first, timo in the history of our State that a concerted, systematic, organized ef I fort lins been made simultaneously by all denominations to reach for the Sunday school the last man, woman and child In South Carolina, and the officers of the South Carolina Sunday School Association, who are direct ing the campaign, are said to bo more than pleased with the present prospects. . A large number of our Sunday schools, of all denominations, have indicated their intention of observ ing the day, and an activo campaign is being carried on. This will culmi nate on Come-to-Sundny-School Day, February 11th, when an attendance more than double the usual average is expected. Card of Thanks. Editor Keowee Courier: Please allow us space in your paper to thank our neighbors and friends for their assistance and sympathies dur ing tho burial of our dear wife and daughter. May God bless them all. K. L. Raines, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Barker. S Mt. Best, Jan. 15. ROBEBT N. BANKIN DMA I). Was Splendid Citizen of the Bounty Lund Community. Bounty Land, Jun, 16.--Special: Nows of tho death of Robert Newton Rankin, which occurred at ilia homo Monday night nt 1 o'clock, will bring grief to tile hearts of Iiis mao y friends. Mr. Rankin had been lit his usual good health until about a week ago, when ho suffered a severe attack of pleurisy and pneumonia, which, in spite of all that physicians and lov ing hands could do. was the cause of his death. Ills sufferings wore 30 great that he was delirious through hts entire sickness, except through brief intervals, during which he ex pressed himself ready for whatever change awaited him. Mr. Rankin was a son of William and Minerva Mead Rankin. He waa ll2 years old, having boen born De cember 20, lSfiO. On February ?SS, 1 S78. he was happily married to Mist? Mariah Orr, daughter of tho late Patterson and Esther Orr, of thia county, and to them ton children were bom, two cf whom died in in fancy, and a son and daughter died in maturer years. Mr. Rankin was n member of Pop lar Stirings Baptist church, and in his passing away this church has lost ono of her staunchest and most activo members; the community has lost one of her most valuable, progressive and peace-loving citizens, and his family a kind and loving husband and father. Tho surviving members of his fam ily are: His widow, Mrs. Marla Ban kin; four sons, Walter Austin, Clif ton Kennedy, Louis Patterson, .lesee Gordon; two daughters, Clara May (Mrs. Elbert Bottoms), and Miss Eula ?iee, all of this county. Ho also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Alzarlo Da vis, Mrs. Malinda Orr and'Mrs. Battle Brown, and there are quite a number of grandchildren. The remains were Inld to rest to day at ll a. m. In the Poplar Springs cemetery to await thc resurrection of the dust. The sympathy of many friends ia extended to the bereaved family. W. A. Rankin became suddenly Ul yesterday morning. Nervous and ir ther's Illness, ie thought to be h1$ trouble. Ile was with his father during thc entire week. His friends hope for a favorable chango in his condition. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Bottoms, January 9th, a son. BLEASE ANNOUNCES FOB 1018. Says Will Moko Race for Governor on Reform Platform. Columbia, Jan. 13.-Former Gov ernor Cole L. Hlouae will again lead tho "reform" party in the campaign of 1 !) 1 8 as a candidate for Governor. After a thorough consideration of the resolution ndoptcd hy the central committee of the party, urging him to take ttie held, lie has consented, and he so states: "1 have discussed Hie proposition to-day," said Mr. Iliense when asked about the matter, "with prominent members of our party from different parts of the State, and as a result of the dispatch in tho papers thia morning I haye received messages from a large number of other mem bers of our party, who have through that source learned of the action taken by the central committee. While I do not feel that I would care, individually, to bear tho burden of another State campaign, and while I feel that we have others that should be put forward as leaders, I have come to the conclusion that lt ls my duty to obey tho dictates of the com bined judgment of my party, and In accordance therewith I hereby an nounce that I will he a candidate for Governor, on thc reform platform. In the campaign of 1918. "The committee that met hore was em (lowered and Instructed to mnko such action ns it believed to be for tho liest interests of the party, and tho members of that committee have assured me, not only by thoir reso lution, but personally, that they had determined for the best Interests of the party that I mnko tho race for Governor. "This states my position, when taken in connection with the plat form which I have announced in pre vious races. I hope that the cam paign will bo free of bitterness and that it will be conducted on such a plane that it will have a tendency to promote the best interests of All' tho people of our State." Advertised Mall. The following 1? a list of letters remaining uncalled for in the Wal halla post office for the week ending January 15, 1917: . Lylo Davie, S. C. Durham, R. T. Mooney, Gus Perry, Julia Ann Tay lor. When calling for the above please say they aro advertised. N. Fant, P. M.