Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

..TO THINK OWN SELF BK TR^fB. AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO AN\ MAN." . By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WFDNLSRA V, SEPT. 21, HMO. , Now Series No. .TIS.-Volume LX1.-No. il?. FALL and Stock Now WE- ARJE NOW R.EA1 STOCK OF MEP CLOTHING, NOTIONS INO* Our store is full of I in dependabl< best pri IT PAYS TO C. W. & J. E. WAT.HAl LOCAL MATTERS I HOM SENECA. Mrs. Adams to Entertain-Annual Flower ShoW. Seneca. Sept. 27.-This ls a lull week for Seneca, socially anti other wise. The big drawing card is ot' course i thc circus, which comes Thursday, j 29th. There will bu a parade in tko forenoon, and in the afternoon the j show proper will be held on Mrs. 10. j P. Lowery's properly southwest ol') town, in the neighborhood of thc colored institute. This being (lie first big show in Seneca for several years it will doubtless attract an Im mense crowd. The millinery openings are dated for Saturday, and this will attract' the feminine heart and mind, here and from tho neighboring communi ties. Tho Sunday school Instituto is In progress at the Baptist church, the opening being marked by a rally ser vice on Sunday morning. There were many interesting features on the program, Including well-prepared music numbers. The singing by the male quartette was particularly good, and it is gratifying lo know that, the organization of ibis quar tette is a permanent I bing. The mom hers are .1. M. Vickory, M. 10. Brockman, Wales Lowery and Kev. C. S. Blackburn. At the Methodist church bist Sun day the pastor announced that Kev. S. lt. Belk, ol' Atlanta, would lecture in the school auditorium here the evening of the 6th Instant. Our people will doubtless grasp the op portunity lo hear this distinguished visitor. A number of delightful affairs are planned in honor of i he bride-elect, Miss Miniihi Kirkpatrick, among (bein being a miscellaneous shower by Misses Carrie Hunter and Margie Holland. On Friday afternoon the opening meeting of the Once-a-Woek (Mid) will bo held with Mrs. .1. ll. Adams, the president. Tho meeting will bo an open one, and is arranged in honor of tho bridO-to-bo, who has been prominently associated willi (dub work for several years. Mrs. w. P. R(dd will entertain her Sunday school class on Tuesday af ternoon. On Wednesday afternoon there will be a called mooting of tho mem bers of the Civic Association who are In toros tod in ibo Mower show by the president of tho floral committee, Mrs. L. W. Vernor. Tho mooting will bo at Mrs, Vernor's homo, and she urges a full attendance, as it ls greatly desired to attend to mailors ol' Importance in connection will) the show. ll is said by the floral committee (d' tho associai ion thai the mer chants as a rule have not responded io the request made through tho pniiors some months ago for volun tary prizes. We are sure tho matter bas escaped the attention of our bus iness mon, and (hilt all thai is neces sary is a reminder. Some of our business mon, however, have signi fied tm intention to offer prizes, and some out-of-town friends have al ready offered handsome prizes. So Ibo good work goes on, though it is slow. The sentiment of tho com mittee ls repeated boro thal they do not wish to make tho affair burden some to our business mon, but as it is a public enterprise they naturally look to our public-spirited citizens for substantial support and encour agement, Mrs. H. .1. Olgnllllal and daughter, Miss Lois, roi urned to Washington, O. C., on Monday, after a visit of several days to friends and relatives here. Miss Helen Cary ls visiting in Spartanburg this week, .1. Li. MeWhortor spout several days Ibis week with bis family boro. Mrs. A. P, Farr, of Greenville, vis ited ber sister, Mrs. IO. C. Vernor, last week. Luke W. Vernor visited bis family WINTER r Complete. WIT*! OUR FALL ICHANDISE-SHOES, PANTS, DRY GOODS, ?, GENTS' FURNISH 5, HATS, ?TC, ETC. the very l>est values & floods at the very ces. Call to see tis. I lil Y TOR CASH. BAUKNIGHT, tho past week-end. Mr. Vernor ls nursing a broken arin, the result of a run-away. .Mrs. T. M. MeOutchon's friends aro enjoying her violin playing, and they aro delighted In tho faot that she ls training Seneca's young orchest"a for a special program of music for tho K i rk pat rick-ll a ni i li on wedding. I Mrs. J, C. Cary, ol' Greenville, vis ited Seneca last week. . Miss Edna Wood left on Sunday for Winthrop. Mrs. j. w. Byrd tendered a de lightful spend-the-day party to a nulabor of her friends last Tuesday. A. B. Lunney left Monday for Phil adelphia for a visit of several days [ during his convalescence from a i long illness. ' Floral Premium List. Chrysanthemums - Host singlo bloom, any variety; host vase, 3 blooms, white pink and yellow; best vase. :i blooms, Applotons; bust vase, 3 blooms*, white, one variety; best vase, ?1 blooms, pink, ono varie ty; best vase, G" blooms, all differ ent; best vase, fi blooms, Bon UH ff - ons; best vase, fi blooms, white, not necessarily ono variety; best vase, fi blooms, pink, not necessarily one va riety; best vase, fi blooms, yellow, not necessarily ono variety; best, vase, fi blooms, Moseinan's; best, vase rod; best vase, !i blooms, all diff?rent; best vase, 9 blooms, three varieties; best vase, 12 blooms, all different: best vase, 12 blooms, not necessarily ono variety; best vase, l? blooms, all different; best vase. 3 blooms, novelties; best ;t stem plant, grown by child under l? years old; j second best :i stem plant grown by child under I .". years. Hoses Best, vase rod ; best vase pink; best vase white; host vase yel low. G?raniums-Best stand of bloom ing plants. Ferns- Best varieties. Begonias Best collection. Ornamental Plants Best palm; best asparagus sprenger!; best plant, Hot palm or sprongorl; prettiest de sign. Fruits Best display of frosh fruits from Ibo orchard, six of each variety. Canned Fruits--Best dozen quart jars, all d i ff oren t. Preserves-Best dozen quart jars", all different. Pickles- Best half dozen pint jars, all diff?re nt. Canned Vegetables Best dozen . Illari jars, all different. Bread Best loaf. Cake-Best loaf cake; best layer cake. Farm Products Best exhibit farm produc?s, one peck ol' each article displayed. Rocky Fork Roms. Rocky Fork, Sept. 2(5.- -Special : W. l-l. Shuttleworth and wife visited their uncle. Miller Davis, and wife recent ly. Married, at tho li?me of tho ofll olating minister, Rev. F. T. Burton, on September 2d, (i. W. Smith and Miss Rause Shed. Congratulations and best wishes to tho young couple. Mrs. Charley Smith and daughter visited Mrs. Wm. Carson recently. Married, by Rev. J. H. Stone, near Toxawny church, on September I Ith, rogo Stewart and Miss Lillie Lyles. Congratulation). Will Shuttleworth and wife visited In the Holly Springs section Sunday. G. w. Smith is engaged In busi ness for j. E, Caines. Mrs. Hattie Burnside visited ber parents, Mr. am Mrs. Wm. Carson, recent ly. . - ? . . Don't wnste your money buying plasters when you can got a bottlo of Chamberlain's Liniment, for 2Bo, A piece of flannel dampened with this liniment ls superior to any plas ter for lame back, pains In the side and chest, and much chcapor. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; C. W. Wickliffe, West Union. Shoots Woman Friend-Rungs Soif. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 23.-As tho end of a close acquaintanceship of unknown duration, ?. W. Yates, a wealthy Detroit business man, to day shot and seriously wounded Mrs.' Fred Singer In a Rocky River wine room, and two hours later banged himself in the county jail. To-night the woman's attorney, Frank Hillman, was closeted willi Yates' two sons for several hours. The result of the interview was not given out and tho throe refused to discuss the shooting or Us cause. The young men, H. V. and A. W. Yates, arrived hero from Detroit as soon as the news reached them, and the body of their father way. shortly after Identified as it lay in a private morgue. Yates was -IS years old and mar ried. He was chairman of tho board of directors of the Business Men's Publishing Company, of Detroit, was owner and manager ol' a hotel and possessed extensive lumber holdings near Bradford, Ont. lt is to this latter place that bis body will be removed to-morrow by special permit of the coroner. Mrs. Singer, formerly a resident ol' Detroit, but lately residing In a Cleveland hotel, is tho wife of a traveling salesman and is related by marriage to men prominent in Cleve- i land. Tho Cort l ight Advocate. - The Cort right Molal Shingle Ad vocate is out for September, bright, breezy and full of useful bints for those intending lo build, as well as those who have to do tho actual work. There aro thirty-five thou sand receiving this issue, and if you are not one of them it is your own fault, as tho Advocate is free to any ono who asks for lt. A postal to the j Cort rigid Metal Roofing Company, j Philadelphia., Da., will insure your name being put on their malling Hst. Did You Ever Walk Over to "Biilwinklo uni." If not, you have missed ; bo pret tiest view of Hie mountains In this section. Mr. Horton bas laid off beautiful streets and will sell it at auction about the middle of Octo ber, Co over and seo il. Ono Horse-power. The automobile being out of or der, tho hoad of tho family took tho Children out in ibo (dd family car riage behind a nag that was in need ol' exercise. When tho horse bogan to snort ?ind cavort, the younger boy said: "Pop, you'd bettor shut off the current and lix him. Ho's missing lire." In Regard to Special Levies, As there are notices of special elec tions in tillie of the school districts of Oconee appearing in ibis issue of The Courier, I desire to answer a number of questions that are asked in regard to them in Hie same issue I Of Tbe Courier, and 1, therefore, bog that yon will publish Hie following for the information of all concerned: No one hm residents of t ,o district in which tho election is bold can vote. Before a man is allowed to volt; bo must show bis registration certificate and bis last tax receipt. Registra tion certificates can bo gotten at Wal halla on the flrsl Monday in October. A regular poll list must bo kopi; ibo special levy will not raise poll taxes ono cont, it will bo on tho real and personal properly alone. For a dis trict lo get State aid under Ibo now law, lt must vote on an extra levy, ol' at least two mills, and when this ls done, for every dollar the extra levy raises the State will glv? a dollar up to one hundred dollars. In tho blatter ol' voting on extra levies to gel tho hen efl I of tho state aid. Oconee stands near the front ol' all tho counties in tho State and wo want ber to load. We have seventy seven districts, and out of the sev enty-seven, forty-two are now levy ing an OX'ra tax. By virtue of this Ibo average length of the terms in tho county was materially increased Ibis last year. Did us soo If wo can not do more next year. W. C. Hughs, Superintendent of Education. Selling Dots at Your Own Price. .Mr. 10. lt. Horton has opened up "Bulwinkle Hill" for residences, n id will sell these boa ul Ifni lots to l io highest bidder on easy ternis about, the middle of October. Oo down the street by John Ansel's and look I what bas been done and you will bo amazed. WUSTM INK rion NEWS LlOTTIOIt. I - Nows Horns of Interest Gntheuod flinn AU Sources. Westminster, Sept. 2 7.--Special: A delightful event of the w ok was tho social toa given Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Pitts, in honor of tho "Summer lPides." Mr. ard Mrs. Pitts rc elved their guests lu tho drawing room, which was cool and inviting, with palm?, ferns and pot plants. A delicious course dinner was served in the drawing room. An attractive arrangement of carna tions and ferns formed the center piece, while a bridal rose bud wi'.s placed at each plate. The comical drawing on tho place cards, which wore supposed to represent the brides and grooms, created a groat deal of laughter. These cards were after wards placed in a box and the couples were asked to draw thom out and write a prophecy on tlio back,without knowing to whom tho card belonged. The reading of those original prophe cies, and the "Bridal Contest." were very interesting features of tho evening. Mrs. IMtts was a cordial hostess and received her guests wearing a becoming gown of white lingerie, elaborate W'th lace and em broidery. Appropriate music for tho evening was rendered by Mrs. White and Mrs. Hugh Bibb. Those enjoy ing Mr. and Mrs. Pitts' hospitality were Mr. and Mrs. Moon, Mr. and Mrs. Loathers, Mr. and Mrs. Zim merman, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Duke. On leaving, the brides were given a beautiful hand painted plate as a souvenir. Tho Sunday School Institute was held bore last Thursday and Friday and was very much enjoyed by all who had th? opportunity of attending. Rev. .). D. Mooro, State Secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Hoard, was in chare/e of the meeting. His lectures on tho Normal Course of thc Teachers' Training System were very interesting as well as beneficial. Rev. S. P. Hair, of Kort Mill, who is the State Secretary of this Normal Course, also delivered some very abb lectures on thc Teacher Training System. Rev. C. S., Blackburn, ol Seneca, spoke on "tho teacher and soul winning." W. YT. Stenkly, division freight agent for the N. C. and St. L. rail way, of Atlanta, was in town Thurs day. Mrs. J. H. Quartermus, wlio ha? been visiting her mother, Mrs. Mc Donald, for tho past month, has re turned to her home in Wilmington N. C. Several real (?state deals have been made boro in tho past week J, S. Carter has bought the West minster Knitting Mill from Wm. P Anderson. Mr. Carter expects ro pu in new machinery and open up ; woollen nilli in the next few mont bs I. S. Pitts lias purchased from .1 S. Carter the lot opposite T. N. Car tor's. J. S. ('arter has sold tho lot oppo site (?ray's marble shop to Dr. w. A Strickland. Rev. A. P. Marett will preach a Pulaski school bouse next Sunday a ii a. m. Miss Kille Kilburn, o' Seneca, I visiting her uncle and hum Mr. am Mrs. T. 10. Kilburn, this w- ?k. Dr. J. C. Walker and son. Hoi land, of lOasley, were tho guests o Mrs. s. io. Brown last week. . H. C. Dresser and Misses .Mt Adams, Mabaffey and Crow! lier vii lied Clemson last week. They wen in Mr. Dresser's Ford auto, and at I ended the foot ball game bel wee Cordon Instit ute and Clemson Co loge. Cotton was selling this niornin for I3 V&C. and cotton seed for $1.il per hundred. Hast Saturday Miss Ada Wbai was called to Abbeville to nurse bc little niece, who is very ill wit typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Russell, of Ando] son, wore in town Friday In th pl Hupmobllc, Mrs. George Mareil and MU Crace Phillips nd urned Thursdn from Atlanta. Mrs. L, P. .Iones and Walter Did son were married al tho Christin (duircb last Wednesday night. Quite a number of our young pe? pie are planning lo go to Clemso next Saturday to see tho foot ba game between Mercer University ntl Clemson College, Tho W. M. B. and Y. W. M. H. i First Baptist church will hayo a ral! day next Tuesday, October Hb, Tin are preparing n very Interest lng pr gram. LovOs Harbert, youngest son of I .1. Harbert. Of this place, fell out i a barn last Tuesday and broke h arm. H. C. Williams made a busine trip to Atlanta Tuesday. Leo Leathers, flagman on tl Sou Hiern, spent Friday and Satu day with homefolks. W. P. Anderson, president of tl Westminster Rank, made a bus)no trip to Anderson one d \( last wee The marriage of Goorgo Dicks? and Miss George, in Atlanta, w quito a surprise to many frlon here. Miss George is from Hub City, Ga. Mr. Dickson lives ne Westminster. They were married Atlanta Inst Sunday and return here Wednesday. Miss Pearle Marett is visiting Fair Play this week. Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker hnvo Jt: returned from Townvlllo, whore th have boen visiting his sister, Mrs. Dock McCaiiey. O. B. Whitton, oporator for the Southern, will leave next Tuesday for Ballimore, where he expects to enter tho medical college. Mrs. Hutchinson, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. P. An derson, has returned to Ivor home in Opelika, Ala. Miss Rosa McDonald will leave Wednesday for Mt. Airy, Ha., where she has accepted a position as prin cipal of tho graded school. William dibbs and Allie Addis were married last Sunday morning by S. H. Marett, Rsq. Your complexion as well as your temper ls rendered miserable by a disordered liver. By taking Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets you can Improve both. Sold by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla; Charles W. Wickliffe, West Union. Mutters at Madison. Madison. Sept. 20.-Special:: Mrs. Mattie A. Cleland died at Wer home herc last Wednesday morning. She was 66 years ofl ?n?. The news ol' her death came as a shock to her friends and relatives, as it was not known thal she was seriously ill. She had been suffering about a week from disease and the I lt firm itt se of age. Mrs. Cleland was Miss Mattie Ann Watt before her marriage to 10. Henderson Cleland In I860. Mrs. OlOland was preceded to the grave only four leon months by her hus band. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. (1. W. Ilunnleutt. of Atlanta; three brothers, Columbus Watt, of Pol/.or; Lafayette and Warren Watt; three sons, W. P., .1. R. and L, A. Cleland, and one daughter, Mrs. Jeff JOnea, all of this place, and one BOU, ! w. ll. Cleland, of Charlottesville, Va. Mrs. Cleland had been a cousis- ! tent member of the Baptist church for eui ito a. number of years, and her ? remains were laid to rest In that j cemetery by tim side of lier husband. ? Thi> funeral took place Thursday j afternoon at :i o'clock, in the pres- , once of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends. Truly a good woman has gone to her reward. The funeral services were conducted by lu i- pastor, Rev. l-\ C. Lavender. School opened hen? last Monday (the Jeth) with Miss Ruth Wlngo, ? of Greenville, as principal, and Miss Clyde Smith, of Richland, assistant. About sixty pupils were, enrolled. Jack Jones, of Royston, spent last Sunday here. C. P. Sullivan has returned from a business trip lo New York and Bal timore. Robert Spencer is suffering from I nn attack of measles. The Sunday school institute held boro Saturday was a pleasant event i and greatly enjoyed by all present. Mrs. Cl. W. Ilunnleutt, ol' At lanta, is visiting relatives here. Misses Mary and Lucy Jones, of Tabor, visited relatives here last week. j Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Spencer, on September 2iid, a da ugh. tor. Guy Watt has gone to ('haring, Ga., where ho will engage in the shingle mill business. Mesdames Jim D. Jones and Julia Ramsay and children have returned from a visit te Mesdames R. B. Du Pre and C. II. Goldsmith, of Simp son ville. George Walters made n business trip to Toccoa Wednesday. Caik-A Pretty Bark. Mr. IO. lt, Hort (?a. who ls devel oping "Bulwlnkle 1 lill,"proposes to glv? a nice park to Hie Civic League. This will be a great thing for the city because there is now no place lo go in tho afternoons and Sunday evenings. Alabama Mun Killed. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 2I.-~A.1<\ Me IO won, aged ir?, was found shot to death nenr Mountain Crook Soldiers' MonlO yesterday afternoon. A nephew, whose name has not been learned. Is held on suspicion, having beeu the last man soon with him. MclOwen, whose home ls in Birming ham, was on a vlsll to friends at .Mountain Creek, and was last seen j lad ween ld and 2 o'clock Tuesday, ile was separated from his wife. '.Bulwlnkle Hill." Where Is it ? What ls it ? This is the new residence section that Mr. IO. lt. Horton ls opening up. (lo over and look at it. (Ml Students Enroll at Clemson. Clemson College, Sept. 22.--The regular college work began Monday morning with (111 students enrolled in a'l classes. About 700 had been nccepi 1. but, as usual, a considera ble number, failing to pass examina tions for the classes they expected to ontor, have returned to their homos, lt. is a rule of the college not to ac cept, Into the preparatory depart ment, any student, who can get pre paration nf his home school for thc I freshman class. ? not NOS AT BOUNTY LAND. Pencil Pusher Practices Putting Pithy Paragraphs Pointedly. Bounty Land, Sept. 20.-Special:' Miss Bertrniul Porrltt spent a foyr days In Charleston with her sister, Mrs. A. S. Rollins, before returning to Winthrop last Tuesday. Bounty Land regrets the recent departure of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith and .loe O.untharp, who aro Beek lng their fortunes lu the far. West, locating lu Temple, Okla. Wo can ill afford to lose these worthy citizen*.--, but hope for them all suc cess in their new home. * Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hubbard visited last week their daughter-in law, Mrs. Walter Hubbard, who ls very 111 of typhoid fever in Picketts. Mrs. Hubbard returned to Picketts yesterday to romain with tho suf ferer tor a tow days. We hopo to hear ol' an early Improvement in hoi' condition. A. S. Crampton, of Westminster, visited Iiis children Saturday and Sunday at the home ol' R. N. Rankin. At the Sunshine quilting at Mrs. Julia Di Shanklln's last Saturday nearly live quill? were quilted-ono for each of ti.o orphanages, one for the "Child Rescue Home" and ono lor the "Blind Babies' Home." Be sides these, two chair robes were made for invalids and other fancy work done. Rating the quilling at 50c. per quilty the regular price for quilling, this would seem very lit tle for so many hands to do, but al though we are not a woman suffra gist, we believe In equal rights. What man ts there that, would talk hard all day at a public gathering for nothing? Now we assure you there was no time los! by any ol' us, and lt all goes for sunshine purposes. The historic old home, with spacious rooms and long veranda, was ade quately adapted to the accommoda tion ol' the large number present, and our genial hostess, with her usual complaisance, was never for getful to occasionally lend her cheerful presence to each group ot' workers, making thc day one long to be remembered with pleasure by all present. Dinner was served un der the shade of the large walnut trees In the front yard, and was ele gant and plentiful. Sohle' of tho ladies had to lOaVO early on account ol' the ice cream .'ale at Poplar, which was given to raise money for the Connie Maxwell Orphanage. Miss Wilma Newton, of Pendleton, visited the Misses Smith recently. Miss Ora Bagwell ls In ll on ea Path as a guest ol' Miss Ora Bigby. Mrs. lOrnest Brant, ol' Seneca, is spending a week willi her father, B. IO. Bagwell. Mrs. M. T. Hughs, of Walhalla, attended the Sunshine quilting Sat urday. Mrs. Ooorgo Onntharp visited her daughter, Mrs. Billie Moore, ol Shi loh, recently. Several nights previous, pious Presbyterian Pickett, perceiving pes tiferous pests had been prowling about his private poultry premises, purposely to purloin his- pretty, ??Iii IM 11 pullets I rom the pine perch poles, promptly planned putting poi son promiscuously around to protect his precious poultry. Presently, with a proneness to predetermina tion. Pickett proclaimed (he poul try's proprietorship lo the promises (using a trap), promptly procured their possession by proscribing with out procrastination this progeny of prowling proclivities, but not until the pesky pest had pounced 'pon the pride of the poult ry-ya rd .proudly perched 'pon a pole, plucked bin priceless plumage from his princely poll and pricking his pate. Tho pilferer proved !<? he ." ? "od, poiut odriiosed, pleasant-looking 'possum. We presume Pickett proceeded at. once to put the 'possum's 'pondage between parts of a polo, producing perpetual pain, thus proving tho proverb: "There's many an aching heart beneath a smiling face." Tho Commissioner election. The following rolurns have boon received up to the time ofgoing to press. Thc vote throughout tho county was small, though larger than most of those who had hazarded a guess had estimated. Prom I he re turns received it seems that Smith is nominated. Brown. Smith. Walhalla. f? I GO Newry. IS IA Wost Union . 2 49 Seneca . 50 82 Salem . 'A 24 Oak (?rove . 5 IO Double Springs . IO IO Picket Post . 1 4 Westminster . 2!) 0 7 Madison . S 10 Tekoona . 31 37 Richland . l-l ir, Oakway . 20 ns South Union .58 20 High Palls No. 2. . . . !> ?) Connoross . 1 s Totals.322 539 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ls to-day the best, known medicine in use for the relleC and Curo of bowel complaints. lt cures griping, diarrhoea, dysentory, and should bo taken at the first un natural looseness of tho bowels, lt ls equally valuable for children and adults. It always euros. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Chas. W. Wickliffe, West Union.