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A Special Communication of Blue Ridge Lodge. No. 92, A. P. M., will bo held next Friday night, October 31, 1913, at 8 o'clock. Work in third degree. E. L. Herndon, W. M. W. O. White, Secretary. adv. ? LOCAL AND PERSONAL. ^ .HcM**!* ?I"M?*I"?* .I*?!"!**!**^ ??M-?-^ If you want to cut the cost of living, phone J a y nen. adv. Fred Brown is taking in the State Fair at Columbia this week. Harry lt. Hughs is spending this week among relatives and friends at Liberty and other points. Leap's prolific seed wheat for sale. $1.40; Bancroft oats. 75c. .1. F. Davis. Route 2, Walhalla. adv. The " 12" Club will meet with Mrs. S. N. Bitchford next Tuesday afternoon at I o'clock sharp. Misses Eloise and Irene Stro ther left to-day for Columbia, where they will take in the State Fair. -T. E. Alexander sells Rock Hill buggies. Walhalla, S. C. adv.-tf. -Col. and Mrs. A. (1. Shanklin and daughter, of Clemson College, are spending dis w<M>k at the Neville home in West Union. The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. M. A. ErvIn, on Main street. Friday afternoon ol' this week at I o'clock. J ay nea sells coal, meal and hulls and heavy groceries tor less. ad. Major and M rs. B. F. Sloan, of | Seneca, spent a short while this 1 week in Walhalla visiting al the home of Mts. C. c. Strong. They have a host of friends here who are always glad to meet them. The ladies of the Civic League are expecting to put before the pub lic a play, ol' a very live topic. "When Women Vote," ami a unique musical act. "Humnnlphono," in about three weeks, at Pit eh ford's Mall. The pro ceeds will go tor improving the j ,-chool grounds. - 1 have just received a case of' "Big Bens" and placed them in t ho , window. Look nt them when you co by. R. A. McLees, Walhalla, ad. - .Mrs. Dla Darby, Misses Hattie and Anna Darby left last Saturday tor Fort Mott<', where tiley will at tend the marriage ot Miss May liane and H. C. Miller, which will Ink? place this evening at 7 o'clock. They will spend a short while in the lower part of the State visiting among rela tives. Oak (?rove school will open next Monday, November 3d. Mrs. Ella Cobb and Mrs. Florence Ballen ger will he in charge during this ses sion. All pupils are urged to be present on the opening morning. The public generally, and patrons in par ticular, are invited to be present at the o]>ening. - MOBS & Anesl call special atten tion to their window display of en amel and tinware. lt is a fine as sortment. Special sale 10 o'clock next Saturday morning. adv. -Tho autdon sale ol' horses and mules last Saturday at the stables of C. W. & J. E. Baukntght brought a great crowd to town, and the stock went like the proverbial "hot cakes." bringing fair prices all around Fvery horse, mare and coll was sold III short order. The sale was made by .lohn King, of Texarkana. Tex.-Ark. The Courier extends its usual cordial invitation to the public ot' Oconee to visit this o (Il co during Court week. Come in and make yourselves at home. We have a lot of good friends all over the county with whom it is always a pleasure to meet. Make The Courier office head quarters while you are here. We keej) a good lire and good water, but no fire-water. Lots ot' our friends can make themselves doubly wel come by shoving a few strips of tho "long green" at us. -Tho Westminster Oil and Ferti lizer Company will give four (4) cents each for every good cotton seed meal hag you will bring them. See that all li?les aro mended. Westmin ster Oil and Fertilizer Co., Westmin ster, S. C. ad.-tf. - It ls with deep regret that wo chroncile the death of Fred Von Lebe, ol' Si. George, which occurred at a hospital in Columbia Sunday after noon, October 20th. Mr. Von Lehe had been in had health for some time and was carried to t lu- Columbia in stitution about two weeks preceding his death. Mr. Yon Lehe was born and reared to young manhood at the Von luelle homestead near West Un ion. Ile lett Oconee aboill twenty 11 ve years ago, and had made his home in Colleton and Dorchester counties sime that time. Ile was tho youngest child ol' thc late Mr. and Mts. .1. C. VonLehc and was about 40 years of age. He is survived by a ?vite ami several children, one sister, Mrs. J. A. Hester, of near West Un ion, and two brothers, Diedrich and Augustus VonLehc, ol' Colleton coun ty. Mrs. Hester was with him at the tune of his death. The interment took place at St. Ceorge on Tuesday morning. J. A. Hester and sons, of Wes1 i nion, attended the funeral. To the bereaved widow and other rel atives is extended the sympathy of a number ol' Oconee friends. One car load genuine Ceo. E. Nissen wagons, i he best wagon Oil ?ho market, (accept no substitute for ihe (?co. Hi, Nissen?, Chase City and Hickory one-horse wagons, Norman. Kock Hill and Brown buggies. No better high grade buggies to ?bc had at any prico than tho Norman. All styles harness built from the best leather; team harness, bridles, col lars, lines, robes, otc All kinds piece harness Three sizes Imperial turn plows, ti tee sizes Imperial hill side plows, Imperial subsoil plows, Imperial shares, molds, slides, han dles, posts, etc. Two si/es of Chat tanooga disc plows with full line of repairs for same. See our line be fore you buy. Our prices are right. We appreciate your patronage and will be glad to show you through our Kock. Only tho best of everything in buggies, and wagons especially. Repairs by parcels post. Dickson & Matheson, Westminster. adv. -Two-horse farm for rent. Ap ply to Earl Heard, Walhalla. adv. ( -Dr. J. W. Hell spent several days 1 in Atlanta the past week on profes sional business, having taken a pa tient over for operation and treat ment. He returned last night. - Miss May Hell left last Satur day for Columbia, where abo will Spend some time visiting her sister. Mrs. I). (5. McAllster. and will attend the State Pair during her visit. -Cake fruits, figs, dates, prunes, pulverized sugar and Cold Medal Hour. Cash Grocery Co. adv. Wm. F. Met rick has joined the auto brigade of Walhalla, he having received his "Metz 22" Monday last. Mr. Hetrick is the local agent for this ?.ar. Read his advertisement in ano ther column. - M. C. Long, Esq.. spent the firsl of this week in Greenwood, where he was attending to professional busi ness. During his absence his family visited at tile home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Darby at Sandy Miring*. -"Dig Hen" is the alarm clock that gives satisfaction. Price $2.Mt. It. A. McLees, Walhalla. adv. C. W. Bauknight left yesterday for st. Louis, where he is purchasing a lot of horses, mules and mares for this market. He will return with his stock the latter pari Of this week, and they wiil be on the market here early next week. Mrs. A. P. McClair returned last week to lier home in Atlanta after having spent BO me time In Walhalla as the guest of Mrs. C. 0. Si ion::. Miss Daisy Strong returned hi Inst week after a pleasant visit , rela tives in other parts of the State. -.lust received, my eighth car of Studebaker wagons. We have? one for you. Colin? and get it. C, \V. Pitchford, Walhalla. adv. Mrs. lt. K. Bowen and children, of Liberty, are spending some lime lu re visiting at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Hughs, near town, and Mr. and Mrs. H. lt. Hughs and W. M. Pennell in Walhalla. They have many friends here who are always delighted to meet them. The many friends of Lloyd Brown ar*' pleased lo greet him again after an absence of some months. Ile is on a visit to his parents, Mi-, and Mrs. W. M. Brown, and will remain in Walhalla tor some time. Ile has been attending the Missouri State College at Cape Girard, that State. -Look over our window display ol" enamel and tinware for sale at specially low prices next Saturday morning at Ht o'clock. Moss & An sel. Walhalla. adv. -An old-time quilting was greatly enjoyed by the ladles of the Wal halla Methodist church last Thurs day, the assemblage taking place at the new parsonage building. This is a handsome two-story structure, of which the Methodists are justly proud. Dinner was served in picnic style for the ladies of the church. Ebenezer school will reopen on Monday, November IO. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Lyles and Miss Bessie Gaines will again he in charge. Patrons are invited to be present on the opening day. All old pupils and new pupils are urged to be present for enroll ment on the Hist day, whether they will he able to attend regularly until later or not. - Pleasant and profitable employ ment for women, girls and boys. Ap ply to Hetrick Hosiery Mills, Wal halla, S. C. t. f.-adv. -Owing to the absence of the pas tor. Kev. (!. M. Wilcox, from town, there will be no services at the Wal halla Presbyterian church next Sun day. Mr. Wilcox will visit his par ents at Elberton the latter part ot" this week, and on Sunday will preach the dedicatory sermon at a new Pres byterian church, which has just been completed in his old home town. Postmaster X. L. Kant has re ceived notice from the Post Office De partment at Washington to the effect that the post office at Tunnel, Oco nee county, will be discontinued on and after October :5 1st, after which date the post office address ol' parties who have been receiving mail at Tunnel will he Walhalla, S. C., and the postmaster at this place will re ceive and deliver such mail. ?-For Sale-Grist mill with 15 h. p. gasoline engine; plant in first Mass condition. Bargain for quick ^ale. Good will and fine patronage. See S. K. Dendy, Walhalla. adv. -Julian Dendy and S. H. Cook, of [Hanbury, Texas, arrived in Oconee hist week, they having brought to this county a a I ige nu m her of Texas horses and mules for sale. Messrs. Dook and Dendy arc spending the major part of their time nt Seneca md Walhalla among relatives and friends, and at the same time dis posing of their stock. Julian Dendy ?S a son of Capt. and Mrs. S. K. Dendy, of Walhalla, and his friends ire delighted to meet him again, and o make the acquaintance of his riend, Mr. Cook. -Kev. J, B. Trnmel requests us to mnounce the following schedule ot el \ ices for tho coming month: He Aili preach at (he Westminster Cot on Mill church on the firsl Sunday norning at I I o'clock and Saturday light before; at Rocky Knoll on tin second Sunday night nt 7.30 o'clock: it Pleasant Hill on the third Sunday iftornoon at 3.30 o'clock; at Lone ['reek on the fourth Sunday morning it I 1 o'clock and on Saturday nighi liefore; al Holly Springs on tin fourth Sunday night. The public it .ordially invited to attend all ser vices. - Loans on farm lands in Ander ton, Oconee and Pickens counties lerins easy. Address R. T. Javnes Walhalla, s. C. adv.-42-45 Superintendent of Education T \. Smith left to-day for Nashville Penn., where he will attend HM- ses jion of tho Southern Educations Congress, which will convene in tba .Hy on the morning of the 30th atn will remain in session for severn lays. Mr. Smith will return to Wal halla on November 3d. His office Aili be closed from to-day until tin [norning of Tuesday, November 4th ind he a .-ks the public to bear fbi: fact in mind. Public matters will lu taken up by him Immediately afte his return from attendance Upon th< Congress - Mises Irene White and Annie 2rlsp left this morning for Columbia 0 attend the State Fair. -Mrs. L. M. Brown and daughter 1 returned to their home in West Un en the latter part of last week after 1 brief visit to relatives at Anderson. -Miss (Jena Fennell is spending Jiis week in Columbia attending the ' state Fair. She will visit relatives in Greenwood and other places be fore returning home. -At the session of the Lutheran Synod last week Kev. .1. B. Umberger was named as one of the alternate delegates to the Knited Synod, which will meet in Columbia In November, I !> I ?. -There aro many friends here who will l>e pleased to learn that Mr. mid Mrs. Luther Kog?;s expect to re turn to Walhalla to reside in tho near future. Mr. Boggs will be connected with tho ('arter Hardware Co. again. -The many friends of Kev. T. M. Stribllng, who has for a number of years been residing in Texas, will be pleased to learn that he is returning nearer to this section of country. He luis recently accepted the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church ?it Cedartown, (Ja., and has moved to that place. Mr. Stribllng is a native of the Richland section of Oconee, and has hosts of friends who will re joice at his return from Texas. There are many friends here of .1. M. Ward and family who will be interested in the following item clipped from a Pelzer dispatch to the Greenville News: "The people of Pelzer are grieved to hear that J. M. Ward and family are soon to move from among us to Belton, where their future home will be. Mr. Ward has for a number of years been depot agent at this place. He ind bis family have many friends here who regret to give them up to Belton." - Many friends in Oconee and dsewbere will sympathize deeply with Mr. and Mrs. .1. 1*. Stribllng and fatni'y, of Richland, in their be reavement, occasioned hy the death last Fridas of little Elizabeth Strib ling, aged three years. Tho child was taken sick Tuesday night with diphtheria, hut her condition was iot considered dangerous until Thursday. 'Though everything pos sible was done for her recovery, the little one passed away Friday night ibout IO o'clock, the death casting a ileep gloom not only over the grief stricken family, hut the entire com munity. Funeral services were con ducted by Rev. I. F. Wallace, of the Presbyterian church, at l o'clock Saturday afternoon, after which her body was laid to rest in the family plot in Richland cemetery. - Last Friday evening Robert T. laynes, Fsq., was summoned to Nor ris Cotton Mill, in Pickens county, to attend an inquest held there over the body of Eugene Saxton, white, who had been killed about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of that day. The inquest was held my Magistrate Child, who empanelled a jury for the inquiry. The verdict brought in was to the effect that Saxton came to bis death by a pistol ?bot fired by Joii? McAl Ister, and h< was held for trial fin the ?barge of murder. The main points In the case as brought out were that McAlister, Saxton and another man were drinking together near the mill millage and McAlister asked Saxton or a drink from a bottle in his pos session. Saxton ia said to have re ilied that the whiskey belonged to be other party, and that if bo said ie (MeMister) could have it it would ie all right. Thereupon McAlister hew a pistol, firing three times into he body of Saxton, who fell mor ally wounded, dying almost instant y. Both S xton and bis slayer were ibout 2ii years of age, each having a vite and one child. Nature generates facts, but fiction s manufactured by man. There are no game .aws to Inter ere with the killing of time. r SHOES Our Shoe ] is complete, your inspec.1 making youl Moss & Cement Walhall; Nine KlUod in Labor ?attic. Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 26.-One deputy sheriff and eight strikers are reported killed in a battle that con tinued from 11 o'clock until late this afternoon. Deputies sent from here shortly before noon put an end to the firing at Herwind, Hastings, Tobas co and Cedar Hill camps. This after noon the flghl was renewed near Lu dlow. Double Killing Over Woman. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 27.-In a due! over a woman at South Quicksand Creek, Breathitt county, last night, Clell Miller and Woodson Allen shot and killed each other. Each fired a bullet through the other's heart. ANOTHER 1X)T fine Du roc Jersey pij;s for sale; ready now for deliv ery. CEO. M. ANSEL, Walhalla. WANTED-Salesmen, local or traveling, to sell monuments, iron fencing, etc. Address Bell Bros. Marble Co., Athens, Ga. WHEN IN TOWN call at FL T. Crensbaw's restaurant for something to eat; any hour. Will also buy your chickens and eggs. II. T CRENSHAW, near Walhalla Hotel. WANTED-All your green and dry bides. Best prices paid. M. W. CARTER, Walhalla. 45* -KOK SA LE-Seed Wheat. T. D Alexander, Walhalla, Kt. I. IT)' KOK SALE OK RENT-I have a good one-horse farm for rent or sale 8-room dwelling; good out-build ings; good pasture: located on Hear Swamp creek, I Vt miles from Wal halla; ; wo miles from Richland Known as the Fennell old place. If interested address W. I. BURDEN, 516 Trihhle st.. Anderdon, S. C. 44* WANTED-Reef cattle and hides. Ellison ii Co., opposite Post Office, Walhalla. 38-tf. M?2Z TD h e Gearless Car. No Clutch to Slip ?* ?fi No Gears to Strip Completely Equip ped-all 1914 Im provements . $475 Goes 28 to 32 miles per gal lon; 100 miles to a pint of lu bricating oil; 10,000 to 12,000 miles on a single set of tires! The most ECONOMICAL car known. W. F. HETRICK, Agent, WALHALLA, S. C. Norman's Drug Store. Everything in Drugs, Toilet Arti cles, Fancy Goods, Stationery, ('luna, Cut Glass, Paints, Post Cards. Pure, clean service nt our Soda Fountain. Ice Cream a specialty. S|>ccial attention given to Indies and children. Your patronage appre ciated. --^ IES - SHOES Department and we ask tion before r purchases. Ansel, Front, 3, ?3? O. LOOK )WN THE LINK, Fancy Sweet Wrinkled Peas.20 Fancy Whole Tomatoes . .15 Fancy Sweet Corn . , .15 Standard Tomatoes . . .10 I Standard Sweet Corn ? .08 Choice Asparagus ? . .30 ? Standard Peas . . . .08 There is a difference, of Course. i ?* COME TO J? Cash Grocery Co. TIME TO PLANT FOR XMAS. Roman Hyacinths .*. Sacred Lilies Paper White Narcissus. ALL BULBS FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING ON HAND Sec Mrs. Nevitt Fant, Agent, Walhalla, S. C. Anderson Floral Co., Anderson, S. C. The Largest Wagon Buyer He insists on quality. Ho isn't satisfied with handsome paint and varnish alone. He will have nothing but the finest o? materials -carefully inspected and tested-and tried and proved manu facturing methods. He gets both in That's why he orders Studebaker wagons in such large quantities. Other governments appreciate Studebaker wagons. Lord Roberts, ofter the Boer War, reported Studebaker wagons better than those of either English or Cape Town manufacture We sell Studebaker wagons because they've proved that iney have more strength and more wear than other makes. FOR SALE BY C. W. PITCHFORD, WALHALLA, S. C. r A MAN OUGHT NOT TO BE SHOT OR PUT IN AN ASYLUM JUST BECUASE HE ORDERS GOODS AWAY FROM EOME PROM A CATALOGUE HOUSE. HE ONLY NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT THAT HE CAN BUY BETTER AND CHEAPER AT HOME. THEN THERE'S NO FREIGHT TO PAY; HE CAN SEE WHAT HE BUYS BEFORE HE PAYS OUT HIS MONEY; HE IS SURE OF GETTING RELIABLE KNOWN BRANDS OF GOODS. AND WE ARE HERE 368 DAYS A YEAR TO MAKE GOOD ON WHAT WE SAY AND SELL. MATHESON HARDWARE CO., WESTMINSTER, - - - S. C.