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THE Bl SHIRT WAISTS, EMI MADE SKIRTS, G AND I Norman's L > ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?i? ?j? ?i? ?j? PERSONAL. 4? ** LOCAL AND tfr?** ***** ***** **** -10. P. Marett, of ('ontral. was among lils Walhalla friends for a short while last week. -K. w. Marett, of the Westmin ster Oil and Fertilizer Company, was among the business visitors in Wal halla yesterday. - Robort Crisp returned last week from Oroenwood, whoiv lie had spout some weeks visiting his daughter, Mrs. Laura Tolbert, and family. - Taints, roofing, guttering, etc. Seo D. E. Good. Walhalla. -At a recent meeting of Oconee Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O. F.. Richard W. fl robbs was elected representa tive to the Grand Lodge, which con venes In Greenville next Wednesday. J. W. Lee was elected alternate. -J. H. Todd, who has for a week or more been laid up with a severo attack ol' mumps, is improving, i hough still unable to resume his position with G. W. Pitchford, ills friends hope to see him nt lils ac customed place soon. -If you ride, ride right-use a High Point. .lust received another car load of High Point buggies-the kind that wear. Come and let mo ^?how you before buying. livery bug gy sold under my own personal guar antee. They must be right. W. M. Brown, Walhalla. S. C. tf -We aro requested to ask all those interested in tho Dodd ceme tery, near Lawrence Bridge, on Keo wec River, to be present at the cem etery on Saturday, the 13th of May, prepared to assist lu cleaning and otherwise Improving the grounds and graves. - Mrs. H. F. Thode, of Atlanta, arrived in Walhalla last week and is at the home of Or. and Mrs. J. J, Thode. She has hosts of friends here who aro delighted to welcome her hack to her old home. Her hus band, Dr. H. P. Thode, will reach Walhalla within a few days, and they will probably .spend the summer here -Dr. Fahnestock, dentist, In office Wednesdays and Saturdays. Will make appointments for other days If desired. - Miss Lena Mae Ahhott left last Saturday for Pell City, Ala., where she has accepted a position with the St. Clair Telephone Company as oi> erator. lier brother, Lucien Abbott, formerly of Walhalla, is holding a position with the same company. Miss Abbott carries with her the best wishes of many friends here. -All members are urged to at tend the regular meeting of Oconee Conclave, No. 827, I. O. H.. next Thursday night, the 1th Instant. At this meeting it will be definitely decided whether or not a delegate will be sent to Mle Supreme (Jon clave. Other business will be trans acted. Remember, to-morrow night. - Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Hughs returned to Walhalla last week from Anderson, where? they had resided for a year, and expect to make their home near Walhalla permanently. They are most cordially welcomed by a host of friends. Mr. Hughs is as sisting his brother, W. C. Hughs, Esq., and reading law In the office of Shelor & Hughs. - For buggies, wagons and har ness see W. M. Brown, Walhalla. -Sidney Adams left last Monday morning for McBeo, S. C., where he has accepted a position as auditor tor the Charlotte, Monroe and Co lumbia Railway. H? hns hosts Of friends here who regret his depar ture, but who wish for him an abund ant success in his new home. His family will join him some time in i\r near future. Mrs. S. .1. Aldrich returned to her home in Westminster last week alter having spent some time here pleasantly visiting thc family ol'Mr. ami Mrs. M. C. Todd. Mrs. Aldrich and Mrs. Todd spent a week recently visiting at the home ot' Mr. and Mrs W. 13. Rankin, near Tamnssee, where i hey had a most de lightful tim.- among old friends and acquaintances. - -.lust received a car load ol' A1 ph Porllnn i cement. \v. M. Brown. R. L. Sweeney, of Clemson Coi lcm-, was in Walhalla yesterday in (he interest ol' Hie Coburn Players, who will appear al Clemson on the I Ith ot' May. These players go to Clemson under the auspices of the Clemson Col lego V. M. c. A. Their entertainment is ol' a high order, and their appearance at Clemson will of fer an exec ional opportunity to many lo see a high-class attraction and at Ibo same lime visit Hie insti tution ol' which Oconee is justly proud. Columbia G JZ> THE! Wc have secured th Columbia Graphophone, an at our store; also thc very Columbia Demonstrating; R IO CENTS PIT,FL I Bell's Dr EST IN 3ROIDERIES, READY ORSETS, GLOVES JELTS. lower Store. -Good 4 h.-p. upright on gi no for Bale cheap for cash or on time. T. 10. Alexander, Walhalla, S. C. -T. S. Kennell, of I'elzer, was in Walhalla for a short while hist week. Ho caine over to visit lils mother, Mrs. Mary Fennell, who has been quite sick for some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. T, Hughs, near town. -Sheriff W. M. Kay left to-day for Dalton, Ga., to bring back to Oconee one Warren C. Pitts, who is wanted It?re on a warrant charging seduc tion. Sheriff Kay was not ?lied yes terday that Pitts is being held in Dal ton by the sheriff there. -Dowry & Holloway, Seneca^ and thc Matheson Hardware Company, West minster, have new advertise ments in this Issue ol* The Courier. Head the advertising columns of Tile l'ourler each week and keep posted on what the merchants are doing and have to offer. Remember the live merchants advertise in Tin* Courier. - For best grades cement and roofing call on W. M. Drown. Wal halla. -Citizens of Hie upper section of Oconee are loud in their praises of the work recently done on the Wat halla-Clayton road, which they say I is now in better condition than it luis boen for ton years or nore. Some slight changes have been made In the grade at the Flag Sining, avoid ing one of the worst places on the route and putting the road in good traveling condition even for the hauling of heavy loads. -The Oconee prisoners returned to Hie county jail from the recent ses sion of Federal court at Greenville are as follows: W. ll. Holmes, (seal ed sentence opened), imprisonment for six months and line of $100; .lohn Thrift, 0 months and $100, George Spicer, li months; Ledbetter Phll I lilis, A mont ns: ErvIn Roach, :i [ months; E. Donnie Collins, '5 months. .lohn Simpson was tried and.sentenced to serve 3 months and pay $100, the sentence to take* effect July 1st. - Two cars buggies and wagons for sale. Cash or time. J. & J. S. Carter, Westminster, S. C. tf -Dr. and Mrs. Gaines Worley, of St. Augustine, Fla., are spending some time in Walhalla among rela tives and friends, stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dusch. Dr. Worley has been quite unwell for some time, suffering from an alack of bronchitis, and they will remain in Walhalla indefinitely, hoping that the change of climate will be benell cial to the doctor's health. Mrs. Wor ley is pleasantly remembered boreas a daughter of IOx-Governor M. F. Ansel, and both have numerous warm friends who are delighted to meet them again. -At the meeting of the Business Men's Dengue last Friday night nine delegates lo the railway corforeneo to be held in Washington on the 5th were chosen, as follows: R. T. .laynos, Ksq., R. L. Herndon, I3sq., .1. W. Sho lor, Ksq., Wm. .1. Stribling, Esq.. Capt. W. A. Strother, W. D. Vernor, .lames M. Moss, W. M. Drown and .1. A. Steck, lt was known that not all would be able to attend the meeting in Washington, but it was thought best to choose more representatives than was necessary to attend, in or der that, in case of unforseen obsta cles arising for some who int led making the trip, there would he oth ers In readiness with the backing of the citizens, lt is more than proba ble that Messrs. Jaynes, Shelor and Strother will attend, with probably others. -We are giving special bargains in every department for next thirty days, and you get votes lu the piano contest. .1. & .1. S. Carter, Westmin ster, S. C. tr --Miss Alice Duncan died at the home ol' Mr. and Mrs. Mason Simp son, in Walhalla, last Thursday, al ter a lingering illness. She had been sick for about two months, suf fering mort' recently an attack ol ' pneumonia, from which she was un able to recover. She was lil years oi' age, the youngest daughter of Mrs. I). C. Duncan, who also makes her home witli Mr. and Mrs. Simpson. Besides lier mother she leaves two brothers and one sister to mourn ber death. The brothers are Benjamin and Robert Duncan, ol' Walhalla. Miss Duncan was an amiable young woman and hail many friends wher ever she was known. There will be many hero and elsewhere who will learn ol' her death willi deep sorrow, i linera) services were conducted at Bethel Presbyterian church, the In terment taking place tit tho cemetery of that church Friday afternoon, Rev. (Soo. M. Wilcox conducting Hie sor vices. We join with others in ex tending to Hie bereaved ones sincen sympathy in their sorrow. raphophones. BEST. & c agency for thc Celebrated td now have them on sale cream of thc entire list of 'ecords at ?OUBLE RECORD. ug Store. -Road T. J. Todd's advertise ment In another column. -Rev. A. E. Drlggeira will leave to*morrow for a week's visit to the low-country. Ills pulpit will be Ulled next Sunday, morning and evening, by Rev. J. D. Grout, of 'Anderson. Rev. Grout ls a preacher of ability, and lt is hoped that a largo congre gation will be present at the services. -The patrons of tho schools in Ebenezer District. No. 69, are re quested to meet at Ebenozer church Thursday, May I 1th. at 3 p. m., to i consider a very important matter in i connection with the school.. Superin tendent of Education W. ?V Hughs will be present, and a full meeting ls desired. -The Toxaway and Riverside Cot ton Mills of Anderson have decided, owing to the high price of cotton and the low price of manufactured goods, to close their mills Indetlnltoly. The Riverside Mills were closed last Fri day, and the Toxaway plant will close within a few days. NotlcoB have been posted advising the employees .to seek employment elsewhere. -Dispensary Constable Reid and Deputy Sherill' Jones made a raid on the highways of Oconee ono day last week, capturing two negroes, Napo leon Johnson and Joe Lewis, one mule and buggy, and 2 Vfc gallons of corn whiskey. The two negroes were lodged lu jail charged with violating tho State dispensary law. The cap ture was made about two miles north of Westminster. --Jasper M. tireen, aged 48 years, tiled at his home in tho Bethlehem section on Sunday, the 23d of April, and was burled at the cemetery in that community on Monday, the 24th. tie was a good ictizen, and bad been a member of the Bethlehem Baptist church for a number of years. The cause of his death was consumption. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn bis death, to whom Is extend ed the sympathy of many In their sorrow. - M. N. Kennedy, about ?5 .wars of age, died at his homo In the Re turn section last Saturday from the effects of a long-standing case of Bright's disease. Mr. Kennedy was a good citizen, and the news of his death will be received with sorrow by many. He leaves a wife and sev eral children to mourn his death. Mr. Kennedy was a consistent mem ber of the Return Baptist church. Ills remains were Interred' In Center cemetery last Sunday In the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. . -Lewis Vollrath returned to Wal halla last Wednesday from a visit to his daughter, Mrs. A. L. Powell, at Tallapoosa, Ga. He was called to that place on account of tho death of his little grandson. Guy Clifford Powell, who passed away on the 19th of April. At that time Mrs. Powell was on her way to Walhalla to visit her father and had stopped : ovor for a short visit to relatives at Winston, Ga. The little one was taken seriously 111 there, atjd died after a short Illness. Tb?M^v.ains were taken to Tallapoosa for inter ment by the side of his little sister, who died October 1, 1909. The be reaved ones have the sympathy of many friends In their sorrow. -One of the most important fea tures of the Methodist quarterly con ference at Rock Springs church was the launching of a movement to raise sufficient funds by the Methodists of Oconee county to support a mission ary and his wife in the foreign field. To do this about $900 additional would be necessary. C. G. Jaynes, lay leader of the Walhalla Methodist church, was placed at the head of this undertaking, and lt ls under stood that he will call all the lay leaders and committees of the vari ous churches together at an early date to begin some definite plan of work whereby the desired result may be obtained. The meeting was a rep resentative one, full of enthusiasm, and the undertaking was overwhelm ingly endorsed by the representatives of tlie various churches present. -That the automobile ia a great thing on the mail routes of Uncle Sam was admirably proven In Wal lalla one day last week when the experiment was made on Rural Route No. 1, on which I. L. Burley is the carrier. Mr. Burley usually leaves Walhalla post office at. 8.30 o'clock, completing his round and returning to the post ofllce about 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon. That is the "horse mobllo" schedule. R. C. Carter, who represents the Ford automobile peo ple here, requested that he be per mitted to take Mr. Burley on the rounds, and por mission was granted. Leaving the post office at 9 o'clock Mr. Burley and Mr. Carter made the full route, delivering the mall to all patrons, and returned to the post of fice a little after ten o'clock. By the auto met bod of delivery tho work of tho route was completed within a little more than an hour, tim usual time required being about six hours. -.A row at Elat Rock chu c \ (col ored ) near Walhalla last Sunday nigbt resulted In a shooting scrape which may yet terminate in the death of a negro man and a trial for mur der. The details ol' the trouble are ratb.er meagre. The shooting, how ever, so far as can he learned, was about a very trivial matter. Rich ard Bagwell, tho negro who was shot, was at the church with a young col I ored woman, and Mary Keels, the I wife Of tho negro who (lld the shoot ing, mule a disturbance because her hat was knocked awry by Bagwell's "Mame." After leaving the church the row between the two women was renewed, and Mary Keels, lt ls said, threw a lock at the other woman. Bagwell advanced toward the Keels woman and Sam Keels made ii move as though ti) draw a pistol, and Bag well made a move In another direc tion. At comparatively short range a shot was Hied, taking effect In the back of Bagwell's hotly, glassing through his lungs, and he fell some distance away. Bagwell is said to bo in a very dangerous condition, and it is not thought will recover. Both Sam and Mary Keels aro in jail to await, developments. Keels was caught near West minster, and the officers state that he had a pistol in his hand when they got to him, but that he dropped lt as they came up. The shooting took place about .11 ? o'clock at night. -T. B. Shelor still lins a few bushels of his fine cotton seed for stile. . See him nt once. -Tho Ladles' Aid Society of tho Lutheran church will meet with Miss Maggie Brandt at 3.80 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon. May J Oth. -Tlie members of the Methodist church are planning to celebrate "Mother's Day," on the third Sun day in tills month. At this service the middle aisle will be reserved for the mothers. Each mother will wear on that day a white carnation, el rose, which will be presented by the llower committee stationed In the vestibule of the church. Every man, boy and giri will also wear a rose as a tribute of respect to our mothers. The pastor will preach a sermon .'rom the subject: "What we owe our mothers." This service will not be dene m I nat ional ; therefore every mother in Walhalla ls invited. --The Paul Mayne Circle held a most Interesting meeting with Miss Strong Tuesday afternoon, April '-?5. The hostess, assisted by her sister, Miss Alice, in receiving, graciously greeted each guest on her arrival. The parlor was tastefully decorated with lovely and delicately fragrant white {ind yellow roses. At roll call each member present Indicated her presence by naming some placs of at traction In Paris in answer to her name. v The program for the after noon consisted of readings, namely, "Streets of Paris," by Mrs. J. A. Steck; "Universities of France," by Mrs. L. M. Brown, and "Paris Note Hook," by Miss Alice Strong. These readings were both Interesting and Instructive and were thoroughly enjoyed by every one present. The program of the meeting having been executed, the hostess presented each guest with a beautiful hand-painted card, on which was outlined a unique and clever little "P" contest. Mi's. Herndon having solved perfectly all the perplexities of the "P" problems, was awarded the prize, a dainty hand-painted box lilied with delicious candies. After the decision of the contest a tempting sweet course was served. The members present at the meeting were Mesdames E. L. Herndon, J. H. Darby, Sidney Adams, J. A. Steck, Frank Carter, J. A. Ail sol, Charles Hotrick, L. M. Brown, George Blumner; Misses Ruth Wal ker, Gertrude Smith, Mamie Ansel, Annie Biemnnn, Allen Strong, .kinnie Neville. The next Meeting will be held on May Otb, with Mrs. Charles Hetrlck, using the program for meet ing of that date. Now ls the time to get. rid of your rheumatism. You will find Chamber lain's Liniment wonderfully effective. One application will convince you of its merits. Try it. For sale by all druggists. TOWN TAX NOTICE. Treasurer's Office, Town of Wal halla, May 1, 1011.-Notice is hereby given that the Tax Books for the col lection of all Municipal and Street Taxes are now open. Taxes are pay able without penalty until and In cluding Wednesday, the 31st day of May, after which date the penalty will be added. Taxpayers will lake due notice and govern themselves ac cordingly. Pay your taxes before June 1st and save penalty and costs. JAMES M. MOSS, Clerk and Treasurer. May 3,1011. 18-21 $1.00 Per Month. 4 Suits $1.00. I PAY Highest Cash Prices. I am permanently In the Chicken Shipping Huslness. I pay cash only. I can always use your Chickens at prices warranted by tho demand In tho cities, fee me before you soil. My place of business ls on Catherine Street, around the corner from tho Hotel, and near the Livery Stable. JOHN JOOST, ^WtxlliJxllJX, O. For Sale! First-Class Meat Market Fixtures, including Refrigerators, etc.; or will sell half interest in busi ness, or rent fixtures complete and ready for business. Stand corner Main and Katherine Sts., opposite Walhalla Hotel? Write or call on T. J. TODD, Proprietor, city Market and Restaurant, Walhalla, S. C. $1.00 $1.00 Per Month. Fbur Suits. The That Satisfies ?Him mi."nwwiiy LOWRY & HOLLOWAY SENECA, S. C. "Shoes of Style and Quality" leather Knickerbocker hos arf eye open for comfort. He's just built the Williamsburg Bridge, a short cut between New York and Brooklyn. It saves New Yorkers a good many weary steps. Another short cut to comfort is the GROSSETT shoe. Like the Williamsburg Bridge, it saves weary steps. It's wearer's CROSSETT SHOE "MAKES LIFE'S WALK EASY " m-- mn ?iMiwmni mm?inmiilwiiiinii?in?i?mii.???? lin HIWUMIIIMHI I IT I rr walk with the free? easy swing that only a well fitting shoe can give. $4 to $6 everywhere. LEWIS A. CROSSBTT, Ino., Maker? North Abington - Mass? C. W. PITCHFORD, WALHALLA, S. C. Protect Yourself With vScreens. TIES THE GREATEST SPREADER OF AVE CAN HELP YOU ELIMINATE THIS THE HOUSE FLY IS CONSIDERED HY MEDICAL AUTHOR I DISEASE KNOWN. TROUBLE. WE HAVE THF STOCK TO SELECT PROM. ALL PRICES. DOORS, WINDOWS, FTC. AEBW1RE ? GO TO & CROMER, Heneca., N. 0?< For genuine Hyde Cultivators, Heel Sweeps, Cot ton Hoes, Grain Cradles, Wagons, Wagon Material, Groceries, Hardware, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Tinware, Crockery, and be sure to get a pack age of Plaster Paris Green to kill thc potato bugs. They Appreciate Your Trade. Curd of Thanks. Editor Koowee Courier: Pleaso givo apace in your valuable paper to thank the neighbors of this section for tho kindness shown us in tho sickness and death of our baby. May God's richest blessings rest on them. Wo shall always remember them. T. A. Smith and Wife. Sou Hi Union, May i, Balked nt Cold Steel. "I wouldn't lot a doctor cut my foot off," said H. D. Fly, Bantam, O., "although a horrible ulcer had been tho plague of my life for four years. Instead I used Bucklen'a Arnica Salve, and my foot was soon com pletely cured." Heals burns, boils, sores, bruises, eczema, pimplos, corns. Surest pile cure. 2f>c. nt all drug gists.