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Tho Regular Communication of Blue Ridge Lodge. No. 92. I A. F. M., will be held next Friday evening, November 22d, nt 8 o'clock., E. L. Herndon, W. M. W. O. White, Secretary. ?IvOCAIi AND PERSONAL. ? fy fy >Jo .Jo fy , J. fy fy fyfyfyfyfy fyfyfyfy?^ -Rev. J. A. Bond will preach and conduct services at Whetstone next Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock. Pub lic is cordially invited to attend. -After November 30th the price of coal will be advanced to $4.76 at mill and $5.7 "? delivered. Hood time now to buy. Hetrlck Hosiery Mill, Walhalla. S. C. adv. -.Miss Lillie Thompson left Tues day of last week for Florida, where she will spend some time visiting friends and relatives at different points ir the State. - For Sale-Nice, gentle driver; not afraid of automobile. Price very reasonable. For particulars address Pox 171. Westminster, S. C. -The Parsonage Aid Society of the Walhalla .Methodist church will meet Thursday ( to-morrow ) after noon at ?I o'clock at the home of Mrs. Kate O. Smith. All members urged to attend. -Tho chicken markets are glut ted and prices very low. I advise all to hold chickens off market till further notice. Fair demand, how ever, for turkeys, ducks and geese at present. John Jost. adv.-tf. -Tho Oak Grove school will open next Monday morning, at which time it Is hoped that all of tho patrons and pu.iils will he present. The school will be under the care of Mjiss Rena Hunsinger and Alfred Prichard. -Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Isbell and family last week moved to Walhalla from their farm near town. They are occupying the Thompson cottage on Main street. They have numerous friends here who gladly welcome them to Walhalla. -Union Thanksgiving services will bo held at St. John's Lutheran church at 10.110 a. m. Thursday of next week, November 2 S th. The offering will he devoted to the or phanages of the various churches. Public cordially Invited. -J. H. Thompson, of Atlanta, was among Walhalla friends for a short while last Wednesday. Though he has become quite a staunch Georgian, still there ls no place "just as good" as old Oconee to Jim, and ho always enjoys his return trips to his old home at Seneca and to Walhalla. . -Bring me all your raw hides and beef cattle. Highest market prices paid for same. Am selling steak at 12^c. Phillips Market, adv. -A friend of The Courier who lives in the Whetstone section In forms us that Miss Dovle Hamey has a four-year-old lemon bush that has ll large lemons on it. The largest measures 15 Inches around from end to end and 14 V? Inches In circumfer ence. This lemon has grown half an inch In circumference since lt has been placed in the dower pit this fall. -Raymond E. Stoltz, of Roches ter, N. Y" arrived in Walhalla Sat urday and has begun work as fore man, placing machinery at the 1 lot rick Hosiery Mill for the paper box making plant, for which extensive additions to the hosiery plant have recently been made. Mr. Stoltz rep resents the M. D. Knowlton Machin ery Co., ol' Rochester, The work of installing machinery and beginning operations will be pushed as rapidly as possible. Dr. Fahnestock, dentist, in ofhee Wednesdays and Saturdays. Will make appointments for other days if desired. adv. - Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Norton, of Georgia, moved to Walhalla last week. .Mr. Norton having accepted position with tho Walhalla plant of the Parker Cotton Mills Company. Mr. .Norton has been employed for a short while at Westminster, hav ing gone there from his home near Hinwasseo, Ga. Mr. Norton is work ing with the end in view ol' securing an education and entering the minis try. He is a young man ol' pleasing add less. Ile deserves encourage ment in his ttndortaklng. -.Marshall S. Stribling. of West minster, was a pleasant caller at The Courier office last Friday. Mr. Strib ling is CHIC of the most entertaining talkers to whom it has been our pleasure to listen lately. Ho has at his finger's end so much ot' the his tory ol' the distant and more recent past that an hour's attention to what lie has to say brings a much clearer conception of men and events. Thor oughly familiar, i brough study, with the history of this country up to the years when he entered upon the scene, lie bas kept so close abreast of the times, politically and com mercially, as to have become tillite encyclopedic in his,conversation. It ls a real pleasure to. meet Mr. Strib ling, and be lias ii.? Walhalla a host ol' friends who are always glad tc? see bim. - For Sale--Several farms; 5 0 to 200 acres. Cash or easy terms. Call on or write .las. li. Darby, Soneca Oil Mil], Seneca. S. C. adv. Tho County Convention of the Woodmen ol' the World will be held in Walhalla on Friday, November 22d. There will ho two sessions of the body, the morning session to be open to the publie, while tho evening session will be for the transaction of fraternal business, and therefore closed to all except members of the order. The convention will be held at the Court House. H. A. Wilson, of Pendleton, ami .i. A. cook, of An derson, will be present and will ad dress the meetings. AU Woodmen of the county are urged to attend. A picnic dinner will he served on tlx; ('our! House grounds. (This notice was given lfist week, tho date men tioned being Wednesday, November 27th, The error was due to our mistaking the date given. All Wood men should fake due notice of the correct ion. ) - -Remember I am always in the marked for chickens, turkeys, ducks, geoso, guineas, butler, eggs and hides. John Joost, Walhalla. 18-adv. \ -Read tho advertisement of tho Norman Drug Store, which Is now preparing for tho holidays in great shape. -iRuy your fresh moats from Fen nell & Todd, the dealers who first cut the prices. They will sell you choice meats and choice cuts. adv. -On the fifth page this week will he found a very Interesting talk on clothing. Read it, thou call nt T. N. (Carter & Co.'s store, Westminister. -Mrs. J. A. Ivester and children, of Wost Union, aro in Charleston this week visiting among relatives and friends and taking in the different attractions incident to "Battleship Week." -Mrs. O. H. Schumacher, Sr., and daughters, Misses Bertha and Katie; .Mrs. Hamptpon Melburg and H. L. Brandt are among relatives in Char leston this week. We wish thom a pleasant visit and safe return. -Tho Seneca Bank and tho West minster Dank will receive payments and glvo receipts to those who owe me, when It is not convenient for you to lind my son, Wales Lowry. Please pay promptly. I cannot carry over any paper except as already agreed. (adv.) T. M. Lowery. -J. A. Mnuney and family left Tuesday for Belton, where Mr. Mea ney has accepted a position with the Helton Cotton Mills. He has been employed at the Walhalla mills for several years, during which time he has made numerous friends, who re gret the removal of the family, but wish for them abundant success in their new home. -Bon P. Sloan, of Salem, returned to his home yesterday after having spent some days in Anderson, Green ville and Spartanburg. He has been endeavoring to interest some good farmers of those counties in the cheaper lands of Oconee. Several of the farmers of these counties have signified their intention of visiting the Salem section for tho purpose of looking over the country with a view to settling. There are largo quantities of good land in that sec tlon of Oconee that ought to be open ed to agriculture. Numbers of An derson and Greenville people have moved to Oconee In the past few years, and others will be heartily welcomed. '-For Sale-5 8 to 60 acres of fine farming land, on Tugaloo River, near South Union; 12 acres high bottom land, 20 acres good cotton land, 2 6 to 28 acres In original forest; has two 4-room tenant houses, barns, cribs, etc. This is for sale at a bar gain; one-half cash, balance on time, or all on time with good paper. Ad dress J. J. Fret well, Anderson, S. C. 45-tf- adv. -Emily Cleveland, colored, died at thc home of her son, Milton Cleve land, near Walhalla, last Saturday morning about 3 o'clock. She was one of the old-time negroes, and pos sibly the oldest of ber race in these parts. Her husband, Greene Cleve land, died about ten years ago, and it was claimed for him that he was about 110 years old. Emily Cleve land was slightly younger than Greene, and it has been stated that she was nearing the 12 0-year mark, but this is evidently incorrect, though she was doubtless nearly or slightly more than 100 years old. Her young est child if living would be about forty-two years old. Emily was a good, kind old darkey, and not a few of the people of this section remem ber tho 'old mammy" as she was years ago when she frequently made business visits to town. Hoi body was burled at Flat Rock Sunday, fu neral services having boen conducted at New Galilee church, Walhalla. In her death a good old darkey has passed away. -Of the cases heard last week In tho ('oort ot* Common Pleas proba bly the one that attracted tho great est attention locally was that of Oli ver Hobbs vs. municipal officers of the town of Westminster, ;.. suit brought for $20,000 damages. The case grew out of the handing down of a sentence by a former mayor of Westminster against the plaintiff In the damage suit, the sentence calling for a given period of "hard labor on the streets" of that town, or the al ternative of paying a money fine. The fine was not paid and the pris oner refused to "labor hard" or to "labor" at all, whereupon ho was the recipient of a number of "superin ducing lashes" in an endeavor to force him to labor. For this treat ment suit for damages was instituted. As a municipality cannot be sued for a lort, the action was brought against the mayor of Westminster and members of council as Individ uals. After the close of argument! on both sides of the ease, tho jury returned in a very few minutes witt a verdict favorable to the defendants and refusing damages to plaintiff. - About 2 o'clock Monday morn lng fire was discovered in a wan room on the farm of M. T. 1 highs near town. When first seen tin building was practically destroyed one end having been completely con sumed, and tho Hames were makin} rapid headway. The building wai quite close to the Hughs residence but the blinds to tho homo wen closed and the flames could not bi seen. One end Of the building wa used as a store room for furnl'tur and household goods, while the otho was a receptacle for cotton as picket and brought in from the fields. Th household goods belonged to Mr. am Mrs. Harry H. Hughs, and their los was something over $200. M. | Hughs had two bales of seed cottOl (long staple) and about a bale o short staple housed, and i' was ii tho end whore the cotton was store? that tho lire originated. The lota loss was about $600. There was ni insurance on tho contents, but th building was insured for $75. lt wa at first thought that Ibo fire wa of incendiary origin, or that sonn tramp or passer-by had spent th? night in the building and carelessi; left some fire. The county blood hounds were sent for and workei well around the place, but wert un able to throw any light on tho mat ter. Other theories aro that proba bly some of the cotton pickers ii dumping tho cotton had accldentall dropped a match, ?ind that rats hat completed the work by gnawing am igniting it. I Notes from Coneross. Coneross, Nov. 18.-Special: Not only tho members of Coneross Bap tlst church, but tho entire commu nity, are delighted to know that Rev. L. D. Mitchell has accepted tho pas torate of this church for tho ensuing year. Ile will preach on the first and third Sunday. Mr. Mitchell has serv ed us as pastor for two years. He ls a very ablo and eloquent preacher and studies hard that he may deliver messages that will Instill truth into the hearts of his hearers. He will make' his home In this community, boarding at the home of M. Abbott. We are glad to have him liv our com munity. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stow, of Hoys ton, (la., are expected to arrive soon at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Gi liner. Jesse Co?'ee, of Clayton, ls the guest of M. Abbott and family. Miss Ruth Hunnicutt, of Newry, was a recent guest of her brother, S. M. Hunnicutt, and wife. Buoch Hreazeale, of Westminster, was a week-end guest of T. D. Alex ander, of this section. Misses Rena and Agnes Hunslnger will attend the State meeting of the W. M. U. at Columbia this week. They spent Saturday and Sunday with their uncle, Newton Alexander, of Greenwood. The Blue Ridge Graded School Is now in progress. The trustees are congratulating themselves in secur ing teachers of such efficiency. The organization for the ensuing year ls as follows: Mr. Rogers, 7th, 8th and 9th grades; Miss Katie Harrison, 4th, 6th and 6th grades, and Miss Annie McMahan, 1st, 2d and 3d grades. Miss Janie Alexander returned home last week, after a very pleas ant visit to relatives and friends at Lavonia and Avalon, Ga. Local Notes from Richland. Richland, Nov. 18.-Special: Miss Kate McClanahan, of Westminster, spent Tuesday hero with Miss Lynn Vernor. Mrs. W. C. Foster and son Will returned homo Monday from Atlanta, where Master Will had a very suc cessful operation performed on his eyes. Miss Annie McMahan entertained the teachers of the Blue Ridge High School and of the Richland school at tea Friday eveningi A crowd of our young people en joyed a picnic to High Bridge Satur day. They went down In Charlie Verner's wagon, ate dinner and spent several hours seeing the sights. I Several weeks ago Rev. Vaughn 1 announced that he would preach a sermon to the children and wanted them to select the text. These texts were taken up two weeks aro, and more had chosen "Samuel" than any other subject. So yesterday Rev. Vaughn preached a very Interesting sermon, with I Sam. 2:26 as his text. The truths were forcefully Impressed upon the children by tho use lof a blackboard with several acrostics on it. Just before the service sj ' new members wore received Inte,, -the church-three by lotter and thrfe? by profession. ; October Cotton Consumption. - ?j Cotton consumption in the United States during October amounted to ',511,285 running bales, according to the census bureau's monthly report, issued last Thursday. The ctton on hand October 31 in manufacturing establishments was 908,200 bales, in independent warehouses 2,S35,010 bales. Exports for month were 1, 515,741 bales and Imports amounted to 10,570. The cotton spindles ope rated during Octol er were 30,019, 872. ? ? *?*?&? ? ? ? @? ? ? ? ? WALHALLA'S NORMAN CO., I A COMPLETE WE ARE OPENING UP PRETTIEST AND MOST VARIED TOYS AND W F DOING GIFTS EVEI WM INVITE F VF RY ONE TO Vi Sil RIO COMPLETE DECEMBER 1ST. CHOICE LINIO BIRLES, TESTA Ml XMAS CARDS AND NICK LINE YOU ARE /1W Loses Punts ut Poker. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 20.--Conster nation reigned In police court ono morning last week when William Vorme appeared trouserless Indore Justice Jeffries. The prisoner was attired In a blue flannel shirt, frock coat, brown socks, patent leather shoes, rod flnannol underwear, a week's growth of beard, and consid erable embarrassment. "Why tho disguise?" asked jus tice Jeffries, shaking with suppressed laughter. "Veli, chudge, I blayed boker. .No body's got some pi/mess (loin* ?lot to gedder. Dot's all," replied Vorme. Then ns he looked his apparel over with a deprecating air, he add ed: "I'm a slghd, aln'd I?" Vor mo'a trousers had gone to the "banker" for a stack of blue chips. He was fined $10, supplied-with trou sers, and released. ?. j WALHALLA . ? ?. ll Kill SCHOOL NOTES. . . ty--. ty -ty The proceeds from "Tag Day" amounted to $32.86. This amount will ho Increased hy tho addition of $i> from tito county school fund and $5 from the State Hoard of Educa tion, making the neat sum of $42.86 to he used for tho purpose of enlnrg ing the school library. ' The school luis now. probably, tho largest libra ry in the county, tho numbor of vol umes being .100, and tho amount col lected Friday will Increase the num ber to 10 0 volumes. The junior track team will have its third race with the West Union track team on Friday afternoon next. Tlie Walhalla team has won twice, hut the West Union boys are deter mined to do better In the next race. The boys composing the junior team are: Edwin Hill, James Fricks, Rob ert Kay, Albert Fennell, David Hall, Dillie Sanders, George Finkenstadt, Gordon Fant, Overton Lewis, John Louis Fennell, William Strlbllng and Humphries Badger. The lovers of basket ball will yet have the opportunity of seeing games on the home grounds. Efforts wore made to secure games for last Fri day, but the visiting teams were un prepared to come. It ls probable, however, that a game will be had with the Westminster girls at an early date. The Walhalla team has won each of Its games against the Seneca girls. The captain of the Sen eca team has tho following to say in the last Issue of The Blue and Gold Messenger: "That the Walhalla team plays well together and have proved themselves formidable antagonists we realize. 'Great let us call them for they conquered us.' " The officers of thc Palmetto Liter ary Society for the first term, are: Myrtle Brown, president; Orah Glaze ner, secretary and treasurer; Eugene Abbott, orderly critic. At their reg ular meeting on Friday, November 22d, the following program will bo carried out: Recitations-Meta Norman, Elise Hunnicutt. Current Events-Isabel Macaulay. Reading-Alloe Hill. Declamations-Funnan Hill, Wil lie Cross. Essay-Estelle Hall. Jokes-Albert Fennell. School Notes-Fred Bischoff. Narration-Lida Hill. Debate-"Resolved, That water works would benefit the town more than electric lights."-Affirmative, Ruby Garrett, George Harrison : neg ative, Ray Shockley, Sara Moss. The TImrod Society .hap h?en or ganized In the fourth grade, with the following officers chosen to serve for thre?- months: Fred Fowler, presi dent; Annie Wilson, vice president; Frank Craig, secretary and treasu rer; Derrin Darby, orderly critic. Plugged Train with Shirt. ! Tearing his shirt from his hack an Ohio man flagged a train and saved it from a wreck, but H. T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C., once prevented a wreck with Electric Bitters. "I was in a terrible plight when I began to use them," he writes. "My stomach, head, back and kidneys were all badly affected and my liver was In ?bad condition, but four bottles of Electric Bitters made me feel like a new man." A trial will convince you of their matchless merit for any sto mach, livor or kidney trouble. Price 50c. at all druggists. adv. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???? ? ? ? ???????????????t DRUG STORE, 3ROPS. (LICENSED.) ; STOCK, ETC. AND DISPLAYING THE LARGEST, STOCK OP CHRISTMAS GOODS, t BROUGHT TO ?CO?EE COUNT* P OUR STORE, OUR DISPLAY WILL ! NTS, HOOKS, BOOKLETS, PERFUMERY, STATIONERY AND CANDIES. AYS WELCOME. * ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty Good Time to Buy $4.25 Per Ton $5725 Per Ton At Mill. ! Delivered. Phone HETR1GK HOSIERY MILLS, Walhalla, South Carolina. These Prices Hold Good Only Till Nov .:??, after which date the Prices will bo $1.75 and $5.7.-? Per Ton. YOU WILL BAG THE CAME THAT GETS UP IF YOU BUY YOUR GUN AND AMMUNITION FROM US. OUR GUNS ARE TRUE TO AIM; OUR SHELLS CAREFULLY LOADED. INSURE YOUR SPORT BY USING ONLY RELIABLE SHELLS. OUR AIM IS TO KEEP OUR BUSINESS GROWING, AND WE HIT THE MARK. THE WAY TO DO THIS IS NOT TO ABUSE THE TRUST OF THOSE WHO TRUST US. v Matheson Hardware Co., Westminster, S. C. owing Time! We nave a proposition that will interest you. We have on hand a few of the FARMERS' FAVORITE GRAIN DRILLS which we are going to close out at A BIG REDUCTION-on Easy Terms if desired. Any Good Farmer appreciates the importance of a GRAIN DRILL on the farm. We are placing these at a price at which you can afford to own one. Call and see what we have to offer. Seneca Hardware Co., Seneca, S. C. ? ? ? m m m ? ? ? ? ? H ? ? ? m SEE THE NEW LINE OF LADIES' COAT SUITS LONG COATS AND RAIN COATS. Nobby Linc of Misses' Heavy Coats aid Raia Capes. AUTOMOBILE HOODS AND AUTOMOBILE COATS, f Sweaters and Caps for Children and Grown-ups t . Lill,. .1.. I III M ? SMART STYLES AND RIGHT PRICES. # -. ? New line of "WIND PROOF" Umbrellas, ? $1.00 to $2.00. BEFORE YOU BUY CALL AND SEE J. & J. S. CARTER, Westminster, S. C. Design for New Nickle. Washington, Nov. 18.-Tho design of a new nickle to supplant the flve eent coln now in circulation will bo perfected by Secretary of tho Treas ury,MaeVoagu, within a few days. Di rector of Mint Oo?rgo Roborto and J. H. Fraser, tho New York artist, con ferred with the secretary Friday. An Indian hoad will adorn tho faeo of tho coin and tho figure of a buffalo tho reverso, thus honoring the disap pearUig of the Indian and buffalo.