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WESTMINSTER CHAUTAUQUA. Entertainment Greatly Enjoyed Among tlie Visitor?. Westminster, Juno 20.-Special: E. L. Parham, of Gainesville, Ga., ls the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Brownlee. MIBS Jodie Maley has as her guests this week Miss Selma Parrish, of Camden; Miss Lucy Roberts, of La vonia, and Miss Christine Anderson, of Richland. These guests form quite a merry house party, and the time is passing very pleasantly for them. A delightful function planned in their honor was the rook party given by Miss Haley last Friday even ing. Delicious refreshments were served and a most pleasant evening enjoyed by all present. Mrs. J. C. Young, who has been very ill at the home of her brother, C. J. Mulkey, has ?o far recovered as to be able to return to her homo at Toccoa to-day (Tuesday). Her friends aro pleased to hoar of her re covery. Mies Clarice Batey, of Royston, Ga., visited Miss Hattie Simpson last week. Mrs. J. H. Stonecypher left Tues day for Comer, Ga., to visit her fa ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Moon, Mrs. N. S. Harper, who has been visiting relatives in Atalnta for seve ral weeks, stopped over here for a few days on her way to Fountain Inn. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Goer and chil dren, Furman Poore and T. Scott, of Anderson, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Poore Sunday. Dr. H. D. Breazeale, of Atlanta, is visiting his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Breazeale. Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon, of York, ls visiting nor son, J. D. Witherspoon. Miy.es Nita, Grace and Marian Gantes, of Pendergrass, Ga., are vis iting at the home of their uncle, J. 10. Gaines. Mrs. A. L. Kimsoy. of Mount Airy, Ga., is spending a few days here with her sister, Mrs. Hugh C. Ter rell. Miss Lillian Breazeale spent a few days in Greenville last week with relatives. One of the most pleasant affairs of last week was tho party given Wed nesday evoning by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Davis in honor of their guests, Misses Daisy Hesse and Inez Douthit, of Walhalla. The evening passed most , pleasantly, and at a late hour delight ful refreshments, consisting of cream and cake, were served. Miss Gladys Carter, who has been in school at Shorter College, Rome, Ga., is home for vacation. H. A. McLeskey and family havel moved to Hartwell. We are sorry to j give them up, but wish for them all success In their now home. J. M. Singleton, of Clemson Col lege, is homo for the summer months. Tuesday evening's performance ! will close thc last number of the i Radcliffe Booster Club Chautauqua. Splendid entertainment is furnished j at each performance, and lt has been 1 greatly enjoyed by many. Mrs, C. E. Anderson is spending some time In Atlanta with her daugh ter, Miss Sara B. Anderson. NO STOP, EVEN FOR, SUNDAY. Railway Construction Work Being Pushed Rapidly-Local Notes. j Bounty Land, Juno 19.-Special: I Dr. and Mrs. Van Smith and son | (Maude, of Newberry, and Misses j Ernestine and Clara Smith, of ; Greenville and Bickens, respectively, are guests ol' Hon. and Mrs. John L. Smith. Dr. Van is a brother of John L. and is quito an eminent physician of Newberry. Rev. I. li. Wallace will preach at Bounty Land school house next Sun day afternoon at fi o'clock. The pub lic is invited to attend this service. Mrs. J. B. Pickett returned last week from a fortnight's visit to rel atives in Elberton, Ga., and at Sandy Springs. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Kelley and baby, Lucille, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. Kelley and two children, of Tamas see, are with relatives In the com munity. Mrs. Sudio sligh, of Birmingham, Ala., and .Mrs. J. T. Lawrence, of Seneca, were visitors at tho home of W. T. Hubbard last week. Dean Davis spent Hie week-end with friends and relatives in Pros perity and Anderson. ? A. S. Crompton, of Newry, was a late visitor at R. iN. Rankin's home. O. C Skinner, of Augusta, Ga., is spending a few days at tho home of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Perritt. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner will leave Wednesday for Grim shaws, N. C., where they will spend a couple of months. Robert Abernathy, of the South ern Railway Construction Company, ls boarding at the Davis homo. Mrs. J. M. Barron and two chil dren, Master Charles and Miss Loila, were lato guests of Capt. and Mrs. A. li. Ellison. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Gilllson and sons, Masters John Paul and Charles and little daughter Frances, of Wal halla, and Burns Gilllson, of Clem son, visited their mother and grand mother, Mrs. J. M. Gilllson, Sunday. Irby Poarson, of Wolf Stake, vis ited at J. S. Entrokin's homo the lat ter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. HoUeman, of Senoca, aro guests of J. N. McDon ald. Tom Whitworth and family, of Seneca, were late visitors at the homo of J. R. Harrison. The new railway construction work is making good progress, even on Sunday, as we are Informed a PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BEGUN. Moving Birt Preparatory to Building. Bay Electric Current. Seneca, Juno 20.-Special: Ben Harper is tue latest addition to the growing list of autolsts in Seneca, having purchased a Ford runabout to uso "in his business" as rural mail carrier. J. M. Vickery is conducting a spe cial salo in ordor to reduce his stock before movlug into tho store room oc cupied by the upper Deo Hive. Mrs. T. B. Jones and young soe, T. B., Jr., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hunter, coming over from Greenville on Monday, whore they had been visiting. Miss Annie 'Hunter has returned from a visit of three week? to her sister, Mrs. T. B. Jones, at Lowndes ville. Joe McCarey is on tho sick list this week, but is improving from a severe attack of rheumatism. Mrs. I. E. Wallace and children aie on a visit of several weeks to rolatlevs at Iva. Misses Ivor and Hannah Brown leave this week for a series of house parties in tho middle section of the State. Miss Sadie Shelton, of Anderson, spent Sunday with the Misses Brad berry en route to Atlanta. Mrs. Sudie Sligh, of Birmingham, is visiting the family of J. T. Law rence. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Lowry are en tertaining as their house guest a dainty little lady, who came on Mon day to reside with the happy par er ts. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Galphin arc visiting at Ridge Crest, N. C. lt ls authoritatively stated that Seneca is to have day electric cur rent, the City Council having a t thorlzed the Water and Light Com mission to close a deal with the Southern Power Company for cur rent. MUlodge Galphin is at home for the summer, having finished at Mer cer University the past commence ment. Miss Del Ramsay, of Anderson, will he the attractive house guest of Miss Helen Cary this week. Monday was a great day for Sen eca Presbyterians, dirt having been broken on that day for the hand some new church to be erected by this congregation. Miss Helen Cary ls at home again after a delightful visit of a month to friends at Louisville, N. C. Mrs. T. S. Stribling entertained last Friday evening at a party for her daughter, Miss Mary Ida, who received a large number of her friends from 8 to 10 o'clock. The lawn was used, and after games, a delicious sweet course was served. Punch was served throughout the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harper and twin boys arrived last Friday for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Har-! per. John W. Harper left last Saturday for Johns-Hopkins Hospital, in Bal timore, for treatment. He was ac companied by T. M. Harper. The dance given last Thursday night by the Seneca Dancing Club was the biggest in point of excellence and attendance in the long Hst of de lightful dances given by the club. The hall was elaborately decorated In green and white, tho entire ceil ing and walls being covered with festoon.- of crepe paper. English ivy was also used profusely, and the festive scene was further beautified by the use of handsome ferns. The Clemson orchestra furnished splen did dance music. Therei was the largest number of visitors ever seen at a dance here. Greenville, Ander son, Pendleton, Clemson, Walhalla, Westminster. Toccoa and other neighboring towns were represented. Cards were used and punch was served. The chaperons were Mes dames C. V. McCarey, W. K. Living ston, W. F. Austin and li. A Hines. Hon. J. Lee McWhorter of Mem phis, Tenn., is the distinguished guest of Capt. and Mrs. Henry F. Alexander. The following bit of news is copy righted for the usc of The. Courier strictly: "Ere many moons wax and wane 'Wedding bells will ring again " Micke) Bros., railway contractors, have arrived with necessary machin ery and aro located for work lead ing from Seneca toward Richland. The steam shovel is a necessary evil, and while wo cannot as citizens en joy the close proximity we can take comfort from tho fact that lt cannot last always. Senator Hurleigh Bend. Augusta, Maine, Juno 16.-United States Senator Edwin C. Burleigh died to-night at his residence here. Pis death was duo to acute indiges tion. He was ill only a few hours. Hi wife died a month ago in Wash ington. Mr. Burleigh was Governor of this State for four years, from 188?) to 1S93. In 1897 ho was elected to Congross to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Seth L. Milliken and served until t'jc Democratic, landslide of 1910. Ile was elected to tho Senate for a six year torin by tho Legislature of 191 :i. good deal of track was laid yester day (Sunday). As well as we ro membor, the contractors In charge of tho old road suspended work on tho Sabbath.. Could not Sabbath ob servance bo enforced, and allow tho employocs a day of rest? Mrs. J. M. Adams and son Lester made a recent visit to relatives at Cross Roads. Miss Julia Davis and Mrs. Lucius Dodson wont to Anderson thiB morn ing to do shopping. Little Misses Louise and Virginia Wright spent a few days last week with their aunt, Mrs. A. M. Milam, ?Sandy Springs. ANDERSON COUNTY SHOOTING. Negro Used Force to Get Rations. Got Shot Instead. (Anderson Mail, 17th.) A negro named J. C. Calhoun was shot by Max Sexton on the latter's farm one mlle east of Starr about 10.30 o'clock Saturday morning. Tho negro has o-sen brought to the An derson County Hospital, and the attending doc;ors declare that ho has a good chaucf of r^overlng fruin the wounds, although ho was shot through thc intestines seven times. Information reach-ng Anderson about the shooting is to tho effect that Calhoun went to Mr. Sexton while the latter was lu the Holds with his hands ana asked for some ra tions. Mr. Sexton told him that he had given him a check only a few days ago for rations, and asked him what he did with the money. The negro said he had spent the money for something else. The negro began "mouthing" at Mr. Sexton and finally struck Mr. .Sexton with a fender off a plow stock. He also used a tree root, knocking Mr. Sexton down and tear ing his clothes badly. When Mr. Sexton got up the negro advanced on bim for thc second time and Mr. Sexton drew his pistol and fired at the negro, striking him in the sto-j mach. German Steamer is Sunk. London, June 19.-The German steamer Ems, from Christiania for Lubec, was torpedoed this morning off the north coast of Kalkenberg, Sweden, supposedly by a British sub marine, says a dispatch from Stock holm. The crew was given time to leave. The Gorman steamer Ems was a vessel of G99 toits gross, built lin 1907 and owned in Hamburg. CITATION NOTICE. (In Court of Probato.) Tho State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.-By V. F. Martin, Esq., Judge of Probate.-Whereas, George Lockhart has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Admin istration of the Estate of aind Effects of Alvin Lockhart, deceased These are, therefore, to cite and i admonish all and singular tho kin ' dred and creditors of the said I ALVIN LOCKHART, deceased, that they bo and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held 1 at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, on Thursday, the 6th day of JULY, 1916, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 20th dav of June, A. D. 191G. (Seal.) V. F. MARTIN, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, South Carolina. Published on the 21st and 28th days of June, 191G, tn The Keowee Courier and on the Court House door for tho timo prescribed by Inw. June 21, 1916. 25-26 July, August Half of Sep Very Try ir on the Co A crop that is well fertilized crop that is not well fertilised. It a poorly fertilized crop. A well than one that is not well fed. ls ' side-dressed does not. shed any dressed. The reason cotton sheds plant food to nourish it properly, you plant it. By (ilM? timo your of that fertilizer is gone, and KO ton plant is greatest. When itt ls lng, lalK>rhig under tho greatest the supply of plant food lins airen steadily weakening-the plant You increase your lilllie's fecit Von don't depend on what you increu.se his feed. Now feed your food to draw on during this period one cotton crop n year. Make a ton you can. The way to do it ls thought that it will poy you JjKt.OO Every "prize acre" of cotton is times. Why? Because it makes Some years a pretty fair crop will prevent nearly nil of this, best (.hat is made. ANDERSON PHOSf The cotton crop is nt least 15 will burry the crop on mid this should have nu early frost, We are making an excellent) for $:M).00 a ton, Anderson, This but it is tho !>est $30.00 goods on ANDERSON - Si MOSS SD \VALHAJ - Our ? NOTICE OF EliKCTION OF SCHOOIi TRUSTEES. To tho Trustoos of the Various School Districts in Oconee County, South Carolina: The trustees of each school dis trict are hereby appointed to hold and conduct, at the school building in their respective districts, on Sat urday, 24th day of June, 1916, a pri mary election for the purpose of nominating and recommending to the County Hoard of (Education, for appointment, the name of one suitable qualified elector to servo as school trustee for their respective districts for a period of three years, or until their successor ls appointed and qualified. (In districts whore more than ono vacancy may exist, tho election may be held for as many persons as there are vacancies on the board of trus tees for such districts.) All white citizens abovo the ago of 21 years are entitled to cast their bal lot In said election, who aro resi dents or said Behool district. Polls to open at 1 o'clock p. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. m. The managers shall tako the usual oath to conduct said election fairly and impartially, and that each resident who shall offer to vote that he is a qualified elector. The trustees, as managers, shall ta'bulate tho vote and make true and correct return of said election to tho County Hoard of Education within five days arter the holding or said election. This provision ror the selection or trustees ls not mandatory, but oppor tunity is given each school district to thus recommend men for their trus tees if they so choose. THOS. A. SMITH, County Superintendent of Education. June 14, 1916. 24-25 17S5 1010 COLLEGE OK CHARLESTON. South Carolina's Oldest College. 132d Vear Regius ?September Vii). Entrance examinations at all the county seats on FRIDAY, JULY 14, at 9 a. m. Four-year courses load to the H. A. and H. S. degrees. A two-year pre medical course is given. A free tuition scholarship ls as signed to each county of the State. Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. For terms and catalogue, address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that tho un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Monday, the 10th day of JULY, 1916, at ll o'clock tn the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make Anal settlement of the Estate of Samuel F. Carnes, de ceased, and obtain final discharge as Administrator of said estate. JAMES E. CARNES, Administrator of the Estate of Sam uel F. Carnes, deceased. June 7, 1916. 28-26 and the First ?tember are ig Months tton Crop stands dry weather better than u is sftronger and more vigorous than fed horst; stands hardships l>etter And as for shedding-cotton that (think like cotton that is not shie ls because it hasn't sufficient You fertilize your cotton when cotton l>egins to fruit a great deni just when the strain on your cot squaring ?md blooming and boll strain during the life of the plant, dy decreased at least half anti is sheds-whatl else can it do? when you ?re working it hard, gave him three months before. You cotton. Calve it a supply of plant of greatest strain. You just) make good one-make every lock of cot to side-dress your cotton. It is for every dollar you jmy oatt slde-drcssed, and two and tlirce moro cotton. There you aro. of cotton I ? shed. Side-dressing We have tho fertilizer, and tho very 'HATE & OIL CO. days late this year. Side-dressing Itiny bo very Important, if we Slde-Dresscr for Cotton and Com is not ns good as our $34.00 goods, this or any other market. PHOSPHATE & OIL COMPANY, ANDERSON, S. C. se 1 1 ANSEL, /L.A., 3? C., Agents. . Summer Time-Fly Time. Now is the time to rid your Home of the dreaded FLY. Screen your HOME ; be in time. No excuse whatever-of taking any chances with the Pests, as our warehouses are full up of these Summer Necessities. Screen Doors $1.00 and up. Screen Windows-adjustable 50c. to $1.00. Screen Wire, Black and Galvan ized, all widths, 15c. per yard up. Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks, Ice Chests, Neater Coolers. OIL STOVES, MAJESTIC RANGES, ALUMINUM and WHITE WARE. NU-GLOSS. KYANIZE. JAPALAC. Automobile Tires Electric Fans Electric Irons A few beautiful Electric Lamps to close out at Factory Cost. Matheson Hardware Co., Westminster, S. C. THE UNIVERSAL CAW There's nothing about a Ford car to puzzle anyone. Any man or woman can quickly learn to drive and anyone can care for his Ford car, and that's half the fun of motor ing. No bills for skilled mechanics; no complications. Just the reliable, simple, useful car that meets everybody's require ments, i Touring Car, $440 ; Runabout, $300 ; Coupe lot, $500 j Town Our, $040; Soda?, $740. All prions f. o. h. Detroit.. On salo at ^Piedmont Auto Co., Walhalla, S. C. - Westminster, S, C. Phone 34. Phone 18. Oxfords, Low Cuts ?fi ?fi We have just received a big shipment of OXFORDS and LOW CUT SHOES. ?fi ?fi We have a big and complete stock of STYLE-PLUS CLOTHING, Dry Goods and General Merchandise, ?fi ?fi We are agents for MITCHELL Wag ons, MOYER, TYSON & JONES and BABCOCK Buggies. ?fi ?fi A big and complete stock of Harness, Hardware and Farm Supplies, ?fi ?fi Paints and Oils-Lime and Cement. See us for Good Merchandise at Right Prices, W. P. Nimmons, Seneca. 5.0.