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KEOWEE COURIER (Established i H ut.) \ Published Every Wednesday Morning 1 Buliscrlptioii $1 I ?or Annum. Advertising Untes Reasonable. -Ry STIX K, HIIEIiOR & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal j cha racier charged for as advertise m en ts. Obituary notices ono tributes of; respect, of not over loo words, will! bo printed free of charge. All over ! that number must be paid for at tho i rate of one cont a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALIIALIiA, H. Ci WEI IN ESI) A V, MAIU-M 22, I OMI. WELCOME TO WALHALLA ! j Th? citizens of Wiri ha I la extend II mosl hearty and cordial invitation to the people ol' Oconeu lo como to om- : town Friday of nevi week, March | :',lht foe tho School Fair and Ifield: J>a>. Wo do liol hid you como tu i our celebration, for it is not Wal-, hillie's celebration. We hope you will i onie wc urge you to come- to Oconee's school celebra!ion, willoh, in 1 <viir :;ood fortune, In tn ho held in ou r midst. Wo have hedi honored hy the hold- I lng of Fail" .H..I Field Day in our ! mun. ard we w ini, every citizen of j i leo nee to fool I hui Walhalla is j home" to a groat or degree next weel; than on ordinary occasions. Tonie to Walli.illa on Fair and Field Day; be al home with us. and lol ns I he ?it heme with you. Lot us all oh- ; liter.ne township and municipal; lines and he. lor 111 ii s one day at least, j partisan Deonewwis ready to do each his full share to ll I like Oconee's Fair and Field Daj the best in South Carolina and ono worthy of remem bering for long y'.<rars to come. Here's a hearty welcome lo ev o ry citizen of our county! Lot the slo gan for Oconeeaiks he: "Mool Mc lu Walhalla Kair and Field Hay." There was lots lo be said -and lots has heen siiild concerning Fair and Field Hay last year. From the echoes we hear of the busy workers this year. Hie i ft 1 li celebration will eclipse last year's work. I 'onie and sec! THE WAR IN EUROPE. In the lighting around Verdun, in France, the Connan forces yesterday made consider:1'de advances in the Argonne region. They have entered the Malancourt wood, securing it, and are pressing for possession of i he entire Avocourt wood also. I'aris reports failure ol the Herman forces in an at I em jd. to debouch from the Avocourt wood now occupied. Russin reports, and Austria ad mits, considerable Hessian nains in southwest (Sall?la. The Austrians were forced lo evacuate a bridge head on th?' Dniester, IO miles from Czernowilz. whore'they were trapped hy the Kassians, bul managed to cut through to liberty with considerable losses. Vienna reports serious attacks by the Italians at Talniino bridge head. i>Mt the attack H aro reported repelled with severe losses to Uhe Italians. Kassia reports the latine hy her forces of Irfp'.ihan, the old capital of Persia. (MONEH COUNTY NORMAL ( LASS. Session Will Re Held in Walhalla .\,?ril IO lo .hine li. l in- s. con I tenn of Ocoiiee coun ty's training Pi s fot her rural teach er- u ?1! be held in Walhalla A pi i! I 0 to lune :'. The course ol' study will include methods of tea..binn the com mon branches, willi special emphasis on rending and lang'uc.go. A series ot phonic lessons will bo worked ?mi hy the i 'as- . A careful stud; will bc made of daily programs classifica tion ol' punils, the wl.m uve o? .>\t book, correlation of studies and simi lar topics. Problem -. Ol' discipline Will bi? di. - cd. The (am rsc ol' Stlld.X Will he adapted to mee! I he needs nf each lea -her'.- school. A few typical com mn ll it ies will he studied. The members ol' the class will be taken lo observe tho work in a num ber of wood schools (>n< period a dav will be given lo handv Ol k. This w ill include les son.-, in ?ewing, weaving, ra HI i a work and chi . mod ding. A course- in wood-work will !>?. given hy Miss Daisy Siroug, who ls ?in expert II lone f ld: line. Ea h il i\ ?i lum b, -ir li as could be prepared in every ri.ral school In our < on ii t y. VA ill h.. planned, prepared aid som d. Thc expenses ol' Ibo cour e will he only a few (billar-, for books, I ra vei ny expenses and incidentals. Hoard maj be se urod al i eason.able rat. s This ? lass is open lo all who ex pect io teach in Ocoiiee county dur ing the scholastic your I ft I ti-17. \n Ihose who have laughl and feel the need of a ho ti nr preparation for their work, and Ihose who will teach their first term during tho coming school year, and have not had normal train ing, are urged to attend this class, if you are planning to enroll ns a member of Oconee County's Normal Class, or If you desire further infor mation In regard to the work of the class, please write at once to Miss Sallie Striating, Walhalla, S. C. The closing exercises of the Picket Host Graded School will bo held Mon day night, March 2ft, at 8 o'clock. The public i? cordially invited to nt fond. J. R. Compton, Principal. MATTHUS AT WKSTMI NSTIOIt. Sud Dentil ot An Inland-Other Items ol liOetll News. West mi littler, March 21. Special: 'Phe many friends of Mr. and M r.s. W. \. Singleton sympathize with them in the dcKktli of their little son. Gu met. whieh occurred ut their home last Thursday afternoon. The MMe fel low had boen Hick only a few days, hui during thai time Buffered moally with ;i sudden attack of rheumatism iind pneumonia, Ile was " hright, sweet child, only two and a half years old, and will he sadly missed in the homo. Thc funeral services were eondneted ;it tlx; home hy Kev. .1. w. Lewis, pastor of the Methodist church, and the remains were laid to rest in Kastview cemetery a hom ;'. o'cloe < Fridaj afternoon. Miss Maty WhisoiKtlll, ol Hincks liurg, is the guest of Mr. ami Mrs. S. I1'. Reeder. I Tarry Foster, of City Point. Va., is spending a few days willi his fa ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. I.. Foster. Miss Marv Kuglaud returned home Saturday alter spending several mont)hs with lier cousin. Mrs. James Harker, at Jersey City. X. J. (?aston Mill, of the Presbyterian r'p'lcgu, ('linton, is spending a lew davs with his father and mother, Mr. ami Mrs. 'I'. N. Hall. Mrs. A. W. Leathers and children, ol' Atlanta, are visiting relatives here i his week. The children of Mr. and Mrs. T. Peden Anderson, who have been very ill for several days, are improving. Mrs. S. F. Reeder entertained last Friday evening in honor of her guest, Miss Whlsonant. of Blaeksburg. Mrs. C. W. Hayes, accompanied hy her daughter-ln-kt-w, Mrs. s. P. Hayes, and a trained nurse, left Mon day for Spa ri lilburn, where she will undergo an operation. She has inatl> friends who anxiously await news and hope for an eminently suc cessful operation and speedy restora tion to health. Little ira Pitts. Jr., who has been . tuite sick with pneumonia for seve rn I dnys, is now convalescing, lo the delight of his parents and friends. Mrs. l'auI Turner and children are ? visiting relatives at Tornen this week. | Mr. and Mrs W. K. Davis, who live on Route "?, from Westminster, had ! the misfortune lo lose their house and all household furniture hy Ilia last Friday morning. The loss was only partially covered hy insurance. Mr. and Sirs. Davis have lived in Wes! minster for several years, only recent I y moving to their farm, and .they hilve many friends here who re met to hear of their loss. Mrs. I). M. Snelson and little daugh ter, Mary Ruth, returned to their home at Tocroa Monday, alter having spent a few days with Mrs. Snelson's sister, Mrs. I'. L. Turner. Mrs. O. K. Hreazenlc has been ill for several days. Her many friends hore for her speedy recovery. Stanley Williamson, of Clemson College, visited his sister. Miss Mar garet Williamson, tho latter part ol' last w?ek. Mis-es Agnew, Greene and Ituch anan. teachers in the W. ll. S.. spent Saturday and Sunday with their hoinefolks. J. M. Singleton, of Ol em so n Col lege, was called home last week on account of the illness and death of his little brother, Carnet. Mrs. H. M. Fallow has been very ill for several weeks, and alter a consultation tho physicians decided tittil itu operation was necessary, so, accompanied hy her hushand. Rev. I ll. M. Fa Haw. she tefl on train :?u for j Spartanbnrg, where the operation I will be performed. Her many I friends sincerely hope that the opera lion may be successful and thal she maj soon be restored to health. AX APPKAL TO TII10 BAPTISTS. i A Dig Work for April-Missionary ! I>?iy March 2Mb. To ail the Ihtpitst preachers mid pastors, churches and members ol' the I ?ca v ordain Association: I. as the associational representa ti ve of Hie foreign mission hoard, do hereby appeal lo you to do your duly like true soldiers of Jesus Christ for this work during the moni li of Ap'il. Please no beyond ymir apportion ment if poses i hie, Maj the I.ord bless you and help yon so you will enjoy doini; sour duty. II. M. FallaW. Missionary Hay, March -<>. The Hapt isl Sunday school super intendents in (his association, and (throughout the South, have each rc-i coi ved from the IJaptist Sunday School Hoard of Nashville, Tenn., a real Chinese Idol, brought from Shanghai, China, and a real hand-j painted Anet-tral Tablet from .la lian. In addition to the above, the real monos ?viii, li is burned in i llina as j an offering to their gods has been sent to all superintendents who have applied for Mic same. A ?nos! Interesting poster which se; . forth American idolatry nuder its popular forms ol' (he worship of moues and t he worship of pica nie has hoon provided. ll has required six months for a -I.ial committee lo tallier this and older material nom Chi: a, Japan md elsewhere, primare n suitable Ultim am and distribute Ce same to ls,nun Sunday school.- for use on Missionary Dr> in tho Sunday si hoots Mardi .Mi. 1 I .;. This mittori).I for idolatrous wor ship has been placed into tile hands of the Sundas school superintend ents, not that they may teach tho Baptists of the South lo worship idols, imt ilia! they may show clearly and forcibly to ?ill who ure presen-: iii. their Sunday schools on Mareil 2d the utter failure of idolatrous wor ship to accomplish the salvation of a human soul. An attractive program has been prepared in which different forms of heathen worship which ls used in Cliina and Japan before these gods and tablets will bo acted out before the Sunday schools. Wherever this program ls feat Hi ed it is expected that an units tally large attendance will bo present. Fully l.fiOO.OOO will attend the Hap MRS. PEDDEN'S CASE IS TALK OF NEIGHBORHOOD Huntsville, Ala.,Woman Gains Twenty-Seven Pounds on Three Bottles of Tanlac. SUFFERED FOR YEARS. ?ins Twice 10X11 III i HC'd mid Knell lillie Was Told operation Would lu ll er Only Hope. "I have just finished my third hot He Of Tanlac and have gained Iwcil- i ty-soven pounds," was the truly re- : marl.aide statement made hy .Mrs. j Chas. I'ed den, who resides at. .">"?.' j Mill st reel. Huntsville. Ala. Airs. ! Reddon ls one of the host known and highly respected women of that thriv ing little eily, where she has made her home for a number of years, "When I commenced Hiking Tan ' lac," she continued, "I only weighed ? ninety-eight pounds; now I weigh ; one hundred and twenty-live pounds, and never felt better in my lifo. Kor I years I have .suffered with a had form of stomach trouble, constipation and pains in my side and back. At times the pains took the form of torture and I was twice examined and each . time I w is told (hat 1 had appotldiei tts ami that an operation would he my only hope. I had fallen off until I onlj weighed ninety-eight pounds : and was so weak I could hardly ucl around. "I h ui no appetite at all scarcely, and what little I did eat would cause ; gas to form in my stomach, which gave me palpitation of the heart, sick i headaches and a dizzy feeling about i the head. When these spells ca me on I I would gel awfully nervous. I wor- I ried about myself until I could rest j aili) sleep hu' little. "I had fallen off until I was .it most 'skin and hones,' and my strength and energy were slowly leav- ? lng me, I had a dread of the future i and could soe nothing but tho operat ing table and tho knife. I had a per- j "ed horror of an operation, hut had made up my mind that it was either i life or death and prepared lo submit to it. I hid made all preparations lor i he operation and called on my ? sister to tell her good bye and I did I not know whether 1 would live to soo ; her again or not. My sister begged : and pleaded with me not to allow them to int on me and told me to wait and try a good tonie for a while. The next day as I returned from Ibo ' consultation room 1 thought of what she said, and, as 1 had heard so much ? about Tanlac 1 decided to try it as a last resort, and stopped at dilbert's ; drug store and got a bottle. Ol' | course, i had lost heart and had no 1 faith in tho medicine, but to please my sister I made up my mind to take it, and. oh, what a happy day that ? was for me! j "I never returned for the opera-' Hon, hut just kept taking the Tanlac. j Right from the start I bogan to feel j better. The medicine seemed lo take hold right at once, ft had a soothing effect, and in a few days I felt no j pain at all. I was so happy over tho i wonderful improvement in my con- j ditton that I sent for my neighbors to tell them how much better I felt. ? 1 sent and got another bottle of Tan- j lac. and have just finished taking my | 'hird bottle and fool like I have berni ; made all over again into a new wo- ? man. "As I have said before. I now j weigh lii."> pounds and my improve-j men! has been so rapid that none of, my clothes are big enough for inc. ; I will have to make them all over | again. I now have a ravenous appe tite and my husband says I am sim-' ply eating bini out or house sud home. I have even gone hack to my coffee, which I was told not to touch. I Those terrible pains in my hack and head have all disappeared and I sleep like a child. 1 am no longer nervous, and when I get up in tho mornings I fool refreshed, cheerful and bright. I am now able to al und to my house hold duties and I feel as if I had | started life till over again. My hus band is highly delighted and my re covery Is do talk of tho neighbor hood. I do nothing but rejoice all day long over t ho recovery of my health and I praise Tairlac to every body. "I feel so grateful for m j escape from thc operating tabb1 and the knife thal you may publish what I have -aid. You may. If you wish, tell oihm- women suffering as I was to come to mo and I will he glad to tell thorn all about my case." Tanlac, the master medicine, is soto exclusively by Hell's Drug Store. Wal linna; Seneca Pharmacy, Seneca; stonocyphcr Drug Co.. Westminster; W. H. Hughs. Richland. Price: SI ne? ixit t lo st rn igt) I . Adv. list Sunday selie ds of tho South on March 20. To give unity to tho cu ntir? day many pastors will preach upon tho same theme as thal soi forth :,i the program lor the Sunday school. Tho educational value of such au occasion can hardly bo esti mated. lt is confidently expected thal Sou thern Haptlsts will contribute for the ? ur ron I support of home and foreign missions on March 2H not less than I Titi.UuO. On a similar occasion hist year individual schools gave from a few dollars to over $2.000. Tho Maptist Sunday schools of this association and throughout tho South I will make this tho greatest day for j mission education, prayer and giving over known among ?hom. Card of Thanks. West Union, Fl. I?\ H., March 20. lOd i tor Keowee Courier: We wish to thank tho many friends and neigh bors for thc kindness shown us dur ing the recent sickness and death of our beloved son and brother. Should misfortune como upon them In any form, may they receive such unfail ing aittontion as they bestowed upon us. Mrs. ICli/.a \dd!s and Family. Notes from Tmnussee, Tam assoc, March 18.-Special: Miss Alic? Harker, who is teaching at Flat Shoals, spent tho week-end recently with Miss Cornelia Kelley. Miss Nettie .Jones anti Master Har rell Kelley wore guests of Mrs. L. M. Brown, at Wost Union, a short time ago. .lohn Itu Hedge is operating a saw mill on J. IO. Kelley's land. Mrs. YV. .1. Heard spout last week in Walhalla, visiting her daughter. Air.?. I. M. Sitton. Hilly Sheppard had his mother as ?tis guost for several days last week. Mrs. Sheppard is now visiting the family of Louis Reese, in Chechee. Dr. and Mrs. .1. W. Hell and Mr. and Mrs. F. IO. Harrison woro guests of Mr. and Mrs. I layne .Innes at Ta massoe Place last Monday, Tho Tn-massee school closed last Friday for Hi is session. Miss Har ker, who made many friends while here, has returned to her homo in Walhalla. Passenger Killed; Many Hurt. Creensboro, X. C.. March 19.--One pa sse ivger was killed and 13 injured, several seriously, when Southern railway passenger train No. 1.5, hound from Washington Tor Char lotte. X. C.. was sideswiped hy a freight train ai Jamestown, X. C., icu miles south of dreensboro, early to-.Hght. The injured were removed to High l'oint hospitals hy Miat por tion )f tho train which emerged iront tho wreck. Mrs. M. R. Hyatt, of High Point. N. C. was killed. Numerous other passengers receiv ed injuries of a less serious nature, hos-dos Cae ..'! seriously am t. Tile passenger tra'n had just left Jnmestowi: an 1 was running at re- | doced ? peed when a car of a freight train i mt-1 eg on a parallel track, hut in the opposite direction, left the tracks and era.-lied into it. NOTICIO OP SPIOCIAIJ ELECTION. In accordance with Section 17 12, Civil Code of South Carolina, 1912, and pursuant to an order of the County Hoard of Education of Oco nee County, South Carolina, notice is hereby given that, a Special Election will be bold at the school house in Oak drove School District. No. 22. on Saturday, April 1st. 19 1(5, for the purpose of voling upon the question of loving a special tax of four mills upon all the real and personal prop erty ol* said Oak Drove School Dis trict, Xo. 22, for school purposes. At said election each elector favor ing tho proposed levy shall cast a bal- j lot containing the word "Yes" print- j ed or written thereon, and each elec tor opposed to said levy shall cast a ballot containing tho word "No" printed or written thereon. At the said election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation, and who ex hibit their tax receipts and registra tion certificates as required In gene ral elections, shall be allowed to vote. Polls will bo opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and will close at 1 o'clock p. in. (5. M. BARNETT, W. H. DILAVORTH, .1. I). DUNLAP, Trustees of Oak drove School Dis trict. Xo. 22, Managers ol" Flection. March 22, 1 9 115. 1 2-12 DR. M. R. CAMPBELL. Registered Optometrist* AND MANUFACTURING OPTICIAN, Anderson, S. C. Hell's Drug .Store. Local Repre sentatives, Take your repairs and broken lenses lo them for prompt and accurate work. FOR SALE, IftJ? ACRES-Three miles iront Westminster, S. C. - Pour-room dwelling in lair shape; barn, or chard; near public road; 2."? acres in cultivation; lire-wood; pasturo; 1 Va miles of Oak drove school. Pl ?co $30 per acre. Terms, one-third cash; balance in three years, at S per cent interest. B. R, MOSS, lt EA fi ESTATE DEALER, Walhalla, S. C. CITATION NOTICE. (In Court of Probate) Tho State of South Carolina, County of Oconeo.-By V. F. Martin, Esq., Judge of Probate.-Whereas, .lohn I-'. Craig, C. C. I'., has made suit to me to grant him Leiters of Admin istration ol' the lOstate of and Effects o: Monk Johnson, deceased Those aro. therefore, to cito and admonish all and singular tho kin dred and creditors of tho said MONK JOHNSON, deceased, that they be and ap pour boforo me, | in tho Court of Probate, to be held at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, on Monday, tho 27th day of MARCH, 19 1(5. after publication hereof, nt 11 o'clock In tho forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why thc sala administration should not bo granted. (riven tinder my hand find seal this I Uh day of February, A. D., 19 Ul. (Seal.) V. F. MARTIN, Judge of Probate for Oconeo County, South Carolina. Published on tho 16th and 2?U1 days of February and 1st, 8th, 15th and 22d days of March 1910, in The Koowoo Courier and on the Court House door for tho time prescribed by law. 7-12 ? ? @ *?> ?oj ? ? of Buck's Stoves and Ra just received. & If yoi any time during the year, position to give reasonable Ballenger Hdw. SENEC. Vehicles lr I wish to say to our I have the largest supply Harness in the county, ha^ of Wagons and two solid bought these goods at rock and will give the people t buying. Can make the ter We arc now in our i to have you call and look c Oliver Chilled Pl Dyns Roofing, Roc W. M. E WALHAL Brown Has It-01 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. Tho State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. t in the Court of Common i'lcas. ) William J. Strib'llng, Plaintiff, against I), ll. Rowland, Defendant. Summons for Relief.- (Complaint Not Sewed.) To the Defendant Above Named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint, in this action, which was bled in the of fice of tho Clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas for the said County, oil the 2 1st day of February, 191(1, and to servi? a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on tho subscriber, at his ofllee, on tho Public Square, at Wa! liai la Court House, South Caro lina, within twenty days alter tho ser vice hereof, exclusivo of the day of such service; and if you fail to an swer ibo Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaint i ff" in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de m nn dod in the Complaint. Dated af Walhalla, S. C., February 2 1st. It'll!. 13. I.. UK RX DON, Plaintiff's Attornoy. ( Ollirial Seal.) JOHN F. ORA I C., C. C. P. March S. I ill (5. 10-12 NOTION TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of .1. M. Trentham, deceased, tire hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate will present the same, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law or he barred. .1. lt. ORK. Administrator of the Personal l?stalo ol .1. M. Trentham, deceased. March I 19 IO. I'l-l I As a mun grows thinner with age his wife usually grows latter. 4 Look MATHESON HARE \V HST M INST nges and Majestic Ranges i are considering buying see us now. Wc are in i terms and right prices. & furniture Co., A, S. C. Y Carloads. friends and customers that of Buggies, Wagons and zing received two solid cars cars of Buggies. I have bottom prices in large lots, he advantage of our large ms and prices to suit, new office and will bc glad >ur stock over. ows and Supplies. unite. )f Paint, Etc. 3ROWN, LA. S. C. r Brown Gets lt. MASTER'S SA IiE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in the case named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in front of tho Court Houae door, at Walhalla, South Carolina, on MONI ?AV, the 3d day or APRIL, 1016, between the legal hours of sale, the tract of land below de scribed : Jasper (i. Daniels, Plaintiff:, 'against J. M. CUnkscnies. W. H. La timer, lt. r>. Stewart and (J. c. MurcengMI, ' >o fen da n ls. All that certain piece, parcel or tract ol' land situate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, on I bc west, side ol' Changa River, about seven miles west ol' Walhalla, ad joining lands ol' estate of I). A. Dick son. II. Illach well. Mrs. W. W. Hurn side, ?ind bounded on the east by Changa Hiver, containing one hun dred eighty-four acres, and ten acres or bottom kind over which the ease ment to overflow has heretofore been g ran ?cd. Ternis ol' Sale: CASH. That in event of failure of the purchaser or purchasers to comply with tho terms of sale within ono hour from time of said sale, the fvaid Master do resell said premises forthwith at the same pince and on the ?ame terms as here tofore set out. at the risk of the for mer purchaser tir purchasers, and that he do continuo so to do until he lia-- found a purchaser who complies wit h t he terms of sale Purchaser to nay extra for papera and st un)). W. O. WHITE, M lister for Oeonee Count v, S. C. Mureil 15, I it 1 li. I 1 - I !! A I ?ictory is to lie Opened in t ho Azores for the manufacture of alco hol from sweet potatoes, out ?For the leaks now? don't wait for bad weather* au can't Afford to run the risk of fire, or damage ur property (rom wind and rain, because of a leaky sm out roof* You can afford to put on a new roof of CAROLINA METAL SHINGLES ecause the first cort it about the same a? wood t??ales and they ?ave 20 per cent tn insurance, ist fully twice longer than wood shingles, and ab' stately guaranteed against wind, rain, fire and gainst rusting as is the case with cheap tin. The >cret of^Carolina Metal Shingles is the base metal nd special coating. Furnished galvanized or painted lake Us Prove- Tbl*-Write for information and prk?, Mkletteiis about tba wooded ul rust-proof Carolina Met?! Magies. se Ct?o?na Netti Product* Cs., Dept A Meninnie*, ft C. )WARE CO., Agents, KR, S. 0.