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i' ?. .I ?J. ?I? ?|? mfr mfr ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? *|? *|? * NEW MU + JUST A-ltJ NORMAN'S DRY GOODS A choice selection New ] * Flowers and Trimmings al * Pretty linc Lawns, Linc * Piques, Dimity, Ginghams, * Cambrics, Suitings, Shoes, All Goods at lowest pria t, Nice lui CORSii l S at C * F. E. HARRIS ?i? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? * ?j? ?j? ?j? A Special Communication of Ulli? said, Ridge Lodge, No. A. F. M., will l?c helli next Fri day evening, April SO th, ttl s o'clock. Work iu Hrs! and second degree*. W. C. HPG'HS, W. M. W. O. WHITE. Secretary. (adv.) Weather Forecast fur One Weet (Special to Kcowee Courier l Washington, I). C., April L'T. Tho following weather forecast is given oat for iii" week beginning Wednes day, April 28: For the South Atlantic and Fast Gulf Stales Generally fair weather, with temperatures near the season able average probable during the coming week. Howie. ********** ********* * * .?? LOCAL ANO PERSONAL. * * Listen for the bell and tho boy yell "ice." 'Maynes cuts the price and sells the noods." Adv. Kev. J. L. Stokes is attending the Methodist Conference al Monea Path this week. ??ray Macaulay, of Lexington, is spending this week in Walhalla with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Mac aulay. - Spot cash for your corn, hay and fodder. See W. M. Brown, Wal halla.-Adv. - Mrs. W. F. Milani and little daughter are spending a week or ten days visiting among relatives and friends in Greenwood and Cokesbury. They will return the latter part of the week. Mrs. .1. A. Steik left this morn ing for Atlanta, when she will be for a few da\s among friends. Her ?trip is for the purpose of consulting a specialist, under whose treatment Mle bas been for ses era I years. -Plenty of all kinds of brick; good lime lo ham. Usual prices. W .lohn Schroder, \\ alitalia Ad. I S The many friends e'' Hr. Lucas will be ?lad indeed to learn of his i.ipid recovery from his recent seri ous illness. Although well past SU years of age, Dr. lanas is now abb' to sit lip part of i he time in his room al the home of his son. IO. il. Lucas. M r. a nd M rs. IO. II lerndon left Munday for Aiken, where Mr. Hern don will lie engaged professionally for some days. During their ab seile?' of a week or ten days they will visit among relatives and friends at ibo old home of Mrs. Ilerndon at Orangeville. - Lost -On road between Wes Union and Wolf Stake church, pair liants in bundle. Reward if left at Courier office. Walhalla, or at my home. Harrison Orr. West Union, Route No. 1. Adv. -Rev. Dr. .lohn 0. Law will preach in the Methodist church at 1 1 a. m. next Sunday, May 2d. There will be no prayer meeting this week (to-night), but the usual prayer meeting Will bo held next week. Wednesday, Maj 5th. Public cor dially invited to attend and take part in all services. J. M. Moss and Miss Gertrude Smith represented Hie Walhalla Methodist Sunday school, attended the Stau? Sunday School Convention al Newberry hint week. Mr. Moss re turned to Walhalla Friday. Miss Smith stopped over at Relton, where she will spend some days visiting among relatives and friends. For Sale Pulpit desk, two swinging lamps, chandelier of ls lamps, small two-section book case Apply to Mrs. X. L. I'ant, presiden! Ladies' Aid Society. Walhalla Bap tist church. Alv. ls. - .Married, on Sunday last. April 2th, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Hughs, on College street, Miss Roxie Orr and Hughs G. Sims. The ceremony was performed at Ht a. m. by Clerk of Court .lohn F. Craig, In the presence of a few friends of the young couple, The bride and groom are both weil known in the upper section Of Oconee, their homes being in the Mom.lain Resl community. The groom is the nid est son of the late Robert L. Sims. Mr. and Mis. Sims will make their home near Double Springs. The Courier joins with numerous oil,er friends of the young couple In wish ing for them every joy and happiness on their joulni y thrungli life. .g? fj< .J? .J. ?J? ?J? .J. ?I? oj? *|? sj? ?J? LLINERY + ^l^J?l) AT ^ AND MILLINERY STORE. * Hats and shapes. Ribbons. * : very moderate prices. ns. Ratine, Voiles, Crepe, * , Percales, Prints, Chiffon, 4? Hats, Underwear, Clothing. .> ?S. >0 cents. ON, MANAGER. * 4? .j, ^. .j. ?j. .?, .g. 4. ??. ?j? ?j. .A few thousand sap shingles for sale. C. W. ?fi J. IS. Bauknight. ad. The Emery Club will meei with Mrs C. F. Hetrick nexl Friday, April 30th, at I p. m. -Mrs. Kate O. Smith is spending some days in Atlanta, where she will consult a specialist with regard to her health, -Loans on farm lands Terms easy. Address R. T. Jaynes, Wal halla. S. C.-Adv. t. f. Martin Puckhnbor, ot Charles ton, arrived In Walhalla last week and will spend some time here with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ii, L. Brandt, and among other relatives and friends. He has many friends here who are glad lo see him auain. Mr, and Mrs. L. .1. Brown, of I nion. X. Y.. arrived in West I nion last week and are visiting their son, L. M. Brown, and family. They an on the way home from points in I'Morida, where they spent the win ter months. They will be here for about three weeks. Sunday school services and the morning worship by the Presbyte rians will be held next Sunday at tho High School auditorium as usual, it having been found that it will be impossible yet to occupy the new church. The evening worship will he held al the Methodist church. Public and members of other denom inations will he cordially welcomed. lee! Ice! When you want ser vice and Ice all for the same price phone Jaynes. "Jaynes cuts the price and sells the goods."-Adv. -Will l?\ 1 let rick, ol' Gainesville. Ga., spent a short while in Walhalla last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Hetrick, on Faculty Hill. Mr. Hetrick is taking a lead ing part In the organization of a hos iery mill corporation al Gainesville, and it is thought that the mill will he in operating condition by tall. Machinery, etc.. has already been or dered for the ?dani WV wish him success. Hast week the temporary rise in the price of cotton brought a consid erable number of hales to the front in W alhalla C. W. Pitchford bought about l?r> bales at In cents darin! last week. The quo:.nion yesterday was ?1 :ii cents, and there was "not Il illi; doing" so tar as sales were i aa cerned. lt seems that the farmer is master of the situation ai the pre ent moment. Many have determined to hold in cents as the minimum figure at which cotton will be sold, and so soon as the price noes below that, there is no cotton offered. This is a mighty good sign. -Cotton is not the only "money crop." Bring me your corn, hay, fodder, etc., and get spot cash for it. W. M. Brown, Walhalla.-Adv. Tho presentation ol' "Bar Ha ven" last Friday night at the audito rium proved to bc oin' of the bes! attractions ever presented here by local talent. The p'ay was given un der the auspices of the Civic League, the proceeds going to the treasury of tli.it organization to be used for civic improvements. A good house wit nessed the play, ?ind there was not one that went away other than ( h .nned with the evening's enter tainment. lt was a splendid play admirably portrayed. The various characters appeared to have been made specially for the performers, and the presentation was (lawless. Music between t he acts served to render thoroughly enjoyable even the few moments' wait in preparing the stage settings. .lohn lx*e, of thc Six-Mile section o!" Picketts count v. was a business visitor to Walhalla yesterday. Ile has numerous friends here who always pleased to welcome bim to Oconee on his visits Mr. Lee bail always lived in the Cheohee section until a few years ago. when he moved to Six-Mile to educate his chilli Since he has been living there one son has graduated, and he now hat three in the academy at thal plac?? Ile speaks highly of the Klee- work the Six-Mile Baptist Academy i< do ing for that section. During tin past session about .''<" wet'.- moiled as pupils ol' the institution. A mun ber ol' young people from Oeom e ar? attending this school. At ti e recent commencement exercises Mis May Tannery, ot Westminster, wa.; OIK of the graduates. Alioth?" you nv lady from Oconee recently won handsome medal in one of ?i.<> i >n tests hold there. -T. E. Alexander sells Kock Hill buggies. Walhalla. S. C. adv.-H. Miss Hillie Phillips, after spend ing some time in Walhalla with her Bister, Mrs. Lee. Koss, has returned to lier home ai Mountain Host. Mrs. Lula Chirk, of Lavenia. (Ja., lefl for her liotne yesterday, al ter spending Sunday and Monday with her sister, Mrs. .lohn W. I)a\i^ W ru. Connor, of Charleston, and Mrs. J. tl. Waiinaniaker, of Orange burg, speni the latter part of last week in Walhalla as guestB lu ibo home of their relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Crank E. Harrison. They have mail) friends here who are always glad to meei them The Lutheran Sunday school will meet Friday night of this week at the home of Mrs. .lohn C. Tatham tor the purpose of practicing music for the Sunday school service. The meeting will be held at s o'clock, a, il it is earnestly hoped that all who take part in the music will he on hand promptly. -We are requested to announce that the Baptist people of the ebe nezer .section respectfully invite (he pastors and deacons of the neighbor ing churches to meet with them al Ebenezer church on thc first Satur day in May at IO o'clock a. m.. for the purpose of organizing a new Bap tist church. The name of the new church will be decided on thal dav. A. A. Manning. Esq., and his assistant. Fred C. Hammer, lefl Monday for Anderson, where they will be for a few days on business foi the Federal government in connec tion with the forestry service. l?e foro theil" return the latter part ol this week or early next week they will also visit Picketts county, exam ining certain records and deeds there. After to-day my ice wagon will make a trip over the town once a day until : he Ct h of May. then twice each day after that. (live io your Ice business. Listen for Hu bell and the hoy yell "Ice." ".layne cuts the price and sells the goods -Adv. There are many friends here ol John F. Tatham, of Columbia, win will regret to learn ihat he has beet quite ill at his home here for some ten days past. We are glad to learn however, that his condition is some what improved at present, and hop? that, he may soon he completely re stored to health. Ile is an engine, on the Southern Railway, with head . planets in Columbia. For the bene!; of the health of bis family, however they reside in Walhalla, Mr. Ta than frequently visiting them here. Hr. H. F. Pettit, of Oki.'hom; City, Okla., is4 spi nding some time ii Walhalla looking after business mat ters. Dr. Pettit, besides belonging to the medical profession, is also in forested in other Hims of activity being connected with a large m i ii i n i corporation with headquarters it Charlotte. N. C. Ile is an cnthusias on Oklahoma City, bul linds the eli mate of the Piedmont section of tin two Carolinas particularly attractive lt is possible that future business in terests may attract him as a residen of this section. -Many of Walhallas citizen wore disappointed last Sunday morn i ii g in not receiving any mail fron the Fast on the early cross-count r, mail. This was due to a wreck oi the Southern Railway above Greens boro. X. C.. on the Danville division A freight train had been wrecked thus blocking Hie track Completel for several hours. Train No. 36 going East, was turned back, run ning on Mo. 33's schedule, and Nc ii!? managed to get through, runnin some rive hours late. So far as w have been able to learn, no one wa either hurt or killed in the wreck. --Corn, hay and fodder ns good a money. Bring yours and "swap" 1 to me for hard cash. W. M. Bro wi Walhalla.-Adv. Mrs. Mary Montgomery Iel yesterday for Atlanta, where she wi spend the week attending gran opera. She was accompanied h her brother, .lohn Law. who has fe some time been visiting nt his ol home owing to impaired sight, h reason of which his physician ai vised complete rest from his accu: tomed business in Hm office of tl Standard Oil Company's Atlant headquarters. If his eyes have bec sullieientH rested to justify Iiis r? sinning his business duties Mr. La will remain in Atlanta. One of the best things for tl farmer that bas come his way r cen tty is the Farmers' Mutual Lp Stock Insurance Association. Th association is to-day reaching ot and giving good protection at sma cost to the stock-owners of the com ty. I. I), i shell, of Walhalla, re resents the association, Ile will 1 at Seneca next Saturday prepared take np all insurance business ma ters. relating to horses and mule See notice elsewhere. Mr. Isbell ali repr?senla tho Oconee Mutual Fl Insurance Association, which is d inc a good business among the fan eis of the county, who get sound i M?rame at a minimum expense. - If you want to save money on ham?, why don't you buy them from Jaynes? "Jaynes cuts the price and sells the goods." Adv. ?The friends of Robert Crisp will legtet to learn that he continues se riously ill at the home of his son, A. P. Crisp. -Tito revival services being con ducted at the mill village church by Rev. .1. M. Haines will continue over next Sunday, on which day three services will be held. The Courier this morning is in receipt of a fine head of lettuce weighing IL' minces. lt was grown here in the garden of Ceo. A. Harri son, ii is by far the lin est we have seen i h is Benson. Mr. and Mrs. .lohn M. Knox, of Anderson, spent several days last week visiting at tue home of Mr. and Mrs. .los. C. Harrison, of the Picket l'ost community. They have many friends here who are always glad to welcome them. They drove through j the country, preferring this mode of travel on account of the inconven ience of getting about in tile country without the aid of their splendid horse. There are many Walhalla and : Oconee friends of Kniest F. Cochran. Esq., of Anderson, who sympathize \ deeply with him and his wife in the ; loss of their young son last week by i the accidental discharge of an auto matic pistol. Mr. Cochran at ono time resided in Walhalla, teaching school here, and he made hosts of friends, io whom Hie news of his be reavement came as a source ol' great sorrow. .Mrs. lt. C. Strother and Mrs. H. W. Meakin, ol' Atlanta, arrived al their home in West Union last , Thursday afternoon and will remain ?here for the summer at their old home. They were accompanied liv David Strother, of Cort Valley, Ga., , who will spend a few days before re : turning to Iiis home. Mrs. Strother ami lier family have hosts of friends , here who are always delighted to ! welcome them on their annual visits. 'The Walhalla Presbyterian ! church is now nearing completion, ?and it bids lair to be not only Hie . handsomest church in Oconee, but in the upper part of South Carolina, j 'There are really few churches in the ! State that can compare favorably with it, both as to exterior appear I ance and interior arrangement and beauty. 'The Presbyterians of Wal halla may well congratulate them j selves upon the handsome modern 1 building which they will soon oc 1 eupy. Rev. .1. M. Steadman, of Clem > son College, came to Walhalla last ; Sunday afternoon witli Rev. R. M. Marshall, of the Episcopal church, assisting in tlx* services. He will he cordially welcomed here on any future visits. There will lie ser vices in the Episcopal church on the second Sunday in May ai l o'clock in the afternoon. The congregation of Si. John's church is very small, but services are held regularly every second and fourth Sunday, at which lime members of other d?nomina tions and the general public will lie most cordially welcomed. All are in vited to alt,Mid. At the next ser vice the Holy Communion will be celebrated. - The following announcement of a June marriage will be read with in terest by the people of Walhalla and many in other parts of Oconee, where the groom-to-be is well known: "Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Wes ely Crouch, of Johnston, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Elise Catherine Crouch, to Dr. Lucian Sloan Maxwell, the wedding to take place some time in June at the Ivee Street Methodist church. This announcement," says the John ston correspondent, "will meet with cordial interest, as both Miss Crouch and Dr. Maxwell have scores of friends throughout the State. Miss Crouch is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mis. W. H. Crouch, and lias lived ali her life in Johnston. She was once a student at the College for Women in Columbia, and has attend ed many of the Slate social functions in the Capital City. Dr. Maxwell is originally fiom Walhalla, bul for the past five years lias made his home in Johnston. Ho was graduated at the Charleston Medical College. The couple will make their homo In Johnston." 'The Courio" joins with a host of other friends of Mr. Max well in extending, in advance of the happy event, hearty congratulations. Dr. John C. Raw and Judge J. W. (lolleman left Monday for An derson county to attend the spring session of Presbytery, whb h will be held at Varennes church, which will celebrate its centennial to-day. .ins. George, of the Oconee Creek section, is also attending the meeting, he be ing the representative of Ret lu i Church. Mr. I lolleman states that old Varennes is the fl rat church that he COT attended, and he recalls many interesting incidents connect ed willi this and oilier churches of different demoninations throughout this section of the Stale. Mr. I lolle man is tho delegate from Walhalla The Kind You Need When the Roads Are Bad. (A Studebaker is Always Ready to Go.) BroKcrv Hub Barxds StudebaKer hub bands are made of a specially refined iron perfectly adapted for this use. Hub bands aro welded by electricity and then ahrunK on by hydraulic pressure. There is not the slightest possibility of StudebaKer hubs weakening from usage or from weather conditions. No strain or climate severe enough to Injure ?hem. Wagons Every part-Iron or wood-ls made tn the same careful way as the hub and banding. That's why StudebaKer wagons ran tauimi and last ton gm r. 1 Come in and see the StudebaKer. C. W. PITCHFORD General Merchandise Walhalla CREAM FREEZER* AND ICE BOXES White Mountain, Arctic, and Alaska Freezers Prices, $1.25 to $7.50. Ice Boxes-$8.00, $10.00 and $12.50. We could not mention two articles that should appeal to you more just at this time. Let us show you the stock and get you fixed for thc summer. 5 per cent rebate for cash. Ballenger Hardware & Furniture Co, SENECA, (Undertakers) S. CAROLINA. church. .Mr. (?oorge represents the second oldest church in the Presby tery -Bethel- which celebrated its centennial in 1905. old stone church is tho Iodesi Presbyterian church in the upper part of the State. Years ago Dr. Daw served the Wal halla Presbyterian church, and he was also pastor of the Bethel congre gation. He is one ot' the oldest and liest known ministers ol' the South Carolina Synod. Newspaper Man to lie Shot. Washington, April 20.-Philip IO. McCleary, an American newspaper correspondent at Vera Cruz, has been imprisoned and sentenced to be shot by Carranza authorities for having sent out uncensored news dispatches. Secreta? .? Bryan received an appeal for aid to-day from .lohn W. Rob erts, another American correspond ent there, and ordered Consul Silli man to take up the question with Carranza. Watson Named Drainage Head. Chicago, April 26.-E. J. Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture and In dustries of South Carolina, was elect ed president to-day of the National Drainage Congress at a meeting of tho congress board of directors ber.?. Headquarters of the congress were ordered remo, ed from Chicago lo Columbia, S. C. The board decided to hold the In ternational Drainage and Flood Pre vention Congress at San Francisco later this year. INSURE YOUR HORSES I WILL BE AT SENECA next Saturday, May ist, to Insure your Horses and Mules. If interested, be sure to sec mc. J. D. ISBELL, Agent, Partners' Mutual lave Stock Insurance Association of Oconce County. .fr *?* *fr *fr *fr .fr .fr .fr *fr *fr *fr *fr ?fr ,i. it. E A it h i:, .fr Attornoy-nt-Lnw, ?U 4? WA Ml ADLA, S. C. .|* .J? Practice in Slate ami Federal ?J* ?fr Courts. ?j? .fr FARM lyOA.NS. 4* ; ?fr ?fr * * * * ?fr .fr -fr ?fr ?fr -fr Ml MCI.Wh TAX NOTICM. Treasurer's Ollico, Town of Wal linna.-Not ico is hereby given thal tho hooks for the collection of all Municipal and Streel Taxes will he open at the oflice ol' tin? Clerk and Treasurer during the month ol' MAY, 1915. Taxes must he paid during May, as there will be no extension ol' time. Alter Hie .'Mst day of May . penalty of 20 per cent will be added to all unpaid taxes. All mille citizens between the ages of IS and ?0 years are liable for Street Tax. .IAS. M. MOSS, Clerk and Treasurer. April I'S. 1 !l 1 Full Mood Registered Poland China Boar. Service either cash or pig. HENRY W. PUA NOT. Wal halla, S. C. 16-19 FOR SALIO-Cleveland Big Boll and Cook Improved Cotton Seed, 8f>e. lier bushel. W. O. HAMILTON, Seneca, S. C. Ill* FOR SALIO-Small Farm, In high stale of cultivation; good buildings. Write or call on J. B. MARETT, Seneca, S. C. 11-t f. SPECIAL OFFER-To patients coming from Oconee County to our Greenville olllcc for eye work: As we are members of Chamber of Com merce, we refund railroad fares. A. A. ODOM, Consulting Optometrist Optician; President The Globe Opti cal Co., Masonic Temple, Greenville, S C. 0-tf. FOR SALE! ALEXANDER (MOA R PROLIFIC SEED CORN; $1.50 per bushel, 10c. ! per peck. i IF YOU PLANT ANY COTTON, plant the best. I can spare 50 bush els of Triumph Pig Boll Seed at $1.00 por bushel. The earliest Cot ton that grows. NICE, BRIGHT PE A VI NE AND CANE HAY for s. lc-$1.00 per 100 pounds. i FRESH COHN MEAL, water ! ground, of country corn; delivered .anywhere in town at 25c. peck. $1 per bushel. Phono <'<*.. GEORGE A. HARRISON, Walhalla, s. c.