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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 1840.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Uer Annum. Advertising Itutes Reasonable. -Wy STECK, SH F! IX) It & .S(;iIHOI)EU. Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices ana tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to o ceo ii i pa n y manuscript. WALHALLA. S. C.: WEDNESDAY, PECEMJ1EK 20, 1010 ii. \m i mw? rnwmm H? iiwciiiMa* . ..................................... r i My Christmas Wish GEORGE MATHEW ADAMS This is my great, earnest Christmas wish- that thc Christmas Spirit ma)' enter me and that it may fill me, enthrall me, and then that I may dip into tts wealth of Love and give it away - to Everybody- - every where. So that even War can never be again. And Peace shall eternally en dure in the Hearts of men :"!:;.<! IIU?IWII \ MERRV I'llKISTMAS. With liiis issue ot The Courioi w . vtf'itil io ouch and ever\ one ol our i >ai rons, t pudor - md : riends a most : earl) wish tor i very merry, hupp) . ? li ' i ~t ma s. 'lin.- : - the t line to I" Gad, the I; me to -:i\ < cbeot ; .? I he i beor?es.-. Lclp lo I he helpless, i nm fort :" those ia distress ind .<. in spire hope in tho hearts ol thos?.- v\ im from mme cause in t) have lost hope, Let us each und ever) one ibis ycai ! iry to lind some uno lo mak< -l ui. i tune one to cheei ?m thc weary wa) that may be stretching wretchedly before ihum We viii lind this thc source <>: our great 'si personal bless ing. Pass around whatsoever of good cheer yon may have. Share it with your neighbors and friends, especial ly with those less fortunate than yourself. Mort- Mian half tho pleas ure of tli<" Christmas season ls found in giving, lt you have never tried it, make the experiment this year in giving where no return is expected That is the secret of the joy of giv ing. Thc pity of it ls that we so sel dom practice this "the true arl of giving." Pass on the good cheer of the great Christmas season; keep it goini and watch the grand results not the least oi kv h ich will be, in the end, the counting of the blessings that yon may have been instrumental in l>o stowing. We pass up ibo old world-encirc ling toast as tho Christmas senti ments oi The Courier Like the ?nod deeds of humanity, it tak<-s in all the world in its grand sweep from .mi -o another: 'Here's to .-'.ll those thal we love. 1 lore's to all t hose t h it love us ; And hero's to all those thal love t hem That love those thal love them that love us. " May tho napp) Christmastide bring lo each reader ol The Courier, our friends near and far, every joy and every happiness that each ma) holli ns his or her most ardent wish! A morry Christinas io all' .?. -j. JU JU JU ?J? ?{. .J. .J. .J, .J. .J. , '.ACROSS THE STREET." JU ?j. .j. .j. .j.* .j. * .?. * * Thc Cou rici is in receipt of t be following brief i>?< ol advice to the I boys The advice wa? written by ; .\ i> ( tin\ - i\ ho reside temporarily "across | t he si ree ' ii nm ou r odie- ii, th, : county jail Sheriff .John VY. Davis last Monday handed us this advice, nnd .taied linn Um boys specially re initiated thal ii he published I hi t j week, just before the real opening ol i i ho holiday season. I lore ii is: "\ Won) to tho Hoys Gmt are I'Vec." "Dec, il, I'M il. \Vh< II von ire ; ree ind al homo and can see Ma md pa, msi listen to A hat the) say ?iud keep out ol trou ble. Now, hoys, take the advice of two poor boys and slay at home. If you do not, when you ge) into trou ble, you will remember what your parents told you when it is too late. "Sometimes hoys will come to you md try to lead yon astray, bul if we eau keep you out of trouble by giv ing you this lillie advice, we want to help thai much So listen to what we 4S.V. Hot . we are in trouble, and < ai: only say just take our advice and keep out of ..ni. When you are not ill trouble you think you have a lot of friends, but .vhon you get In prison your troubles liAVO hist begun. Your friends will all forsake you. They say, 'Oh, let him stay; he had no business committing tho crime, when thc poor boy may not be altogether nt fault. "J. C. Gilliam, "T. C. Wilson.' Tili; SIM KIT OF CHRISTMAS. Ix>vo Should He tho Motivo in Giving. Hits of Seil?**? Nows. Seneca, Dee. 18..Special; The moving picture show lias been opened again and is in charge of Tom Nilli tnotis and Walter Kelley. Mrs. T. H. Jones and son Allen ar rived Sunday and will spend tim hol idays with Mrs. Jones" parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hunter. Serviros rn the Presbyterian chu reit next Sunday evening will be purely a Christmas service. The music and the sermon will both be arranged in keeping with the season, and a large congregation will doubtless bc in at ienda nee. Mis.-, Dell Ramsay has returned to ber bonn? in Anderson. The college boys and girl- will be gin to arrive in a few days and Sen eca will accord them a hearty wel come. Misses Miriam and Catherine Jen nings will siK'iid the holidays with Miss Margaret Morrison at Clemson. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hutchinson will spend the holidays in Itoidsville. .VC. Mrs. E. M. Cary went to Clemson Saturday afternoon to see her son John, who was reported sick. She found him better and able to leave the hospital. Claude Hopkins is substituting for lohn Brock on the mall route to Walhalla. Tamassee and Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Galloway Minis, all of Greenville, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. \V. K. Livingston. Misses Helen Cary and Dell Ram say visited in Greenville last week. Seneca and Westminster town te.uns played basket ball on the Sen eca eon rt last friday night. Seneca wen in a score of -.'. to 2 I. ! 'aimed last week that the Christ ina- season should be made as happy and tre?> from care as possible. I/et four gifts bear the spirit of the sea son, love: and lei them be selected wvi * li om end i:i view, thal of giving ?.le isure. The merchants are adv is- i lng "sensible, practical L-iits a suit ! ol . lo thc-, s or a cap for the boy." etc. < ! have no patience with this sort of giving The man who would give his wife a ?lie-.- for a Christmas present i is i fraud, nales.-, >t wen- one she did ; not NEED, and which she could use for personal adornment. Lol your ti" carry with it the Christmas irit however apparently foolish An old maid was asked once what she | wished mo.il in the world, and she said, \ son-in-law." Endeavor at this gladsome, joyous season to give I doa sn re to the recipient ot your gift, j and semi love with ii. Years ago the bab) hov n the family spent his I earning; to bu> mother ?.. Christmas j ire (?nt au apparently useless little bit of china bric-a-brac. lt has all 'hes,, years occupied its place on tho mantel, ha-, been moved and dasie ! countless times. And what tenderas ?v iations cluster around it ! Ks weight ;:. told could not bu*, it this to Miine, a foolish little dust oateh??i but it was given In love-a simple illustration of the true spirit of Christmas giving. Hut let us not forge) that unspeakable matchless Gift, coining from Him who "so loved the world thal Ile --'ave His onlv begotten Son "the great Christmas gift to mankind." "the chiefest antoni; ten thousand and tho Om- altogether lovely." May the readers of The Courier (?ave this choicest and best Gift, and enough of temporal blessings to make them truly happy! Westminster Items. Westminster, Dec. 19.-Special: Mr and Mrs. E. Zimmerman spent several days in Charleston last week. Mr. and Mrs Lee Leathers, of At lanta, were here the lattei part of last week. Hom, unto Mr. and Mrs. T. X. Car ter, lr., on Sunday, December 17, a son. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Du un i ga n. who have boen visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Gaines, are now the guests of rela tives at Gainesville, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Watson, of Greenville, are visiting Mrs. Watson's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. lt. ll Smithson, G. lt, Dillard, of Greenville, is vis iting bis uncle. W. M. Dillard. Rev. Easterling, <,?' Lake City, s. C.. Ailed the pulpit al Westminster Baptist church last Thursday evening .tl 7 o < lock. Misses Greene. Howell Little, Buchanan and Seawright accompa nied Miss Drown lo ber home al Royston, Ga., and -pent the week end . Instead of receiving gifts al tho Christmas season, the children as well as the grown-ups of Westmln der Baptist Sunda.*, school are going to have Gie joy ot giving to make others napp} at this season. They will give to the orphanage and to tilt aire d 'Minister-. Adjutant (General's Auto Kills, ( ol nubia. Dec. i s. Little Eliza beth Nims, tho 1 1 year-old dattghtei ol Hoyden Xi ins. chemist, was run over and accidentally killed by an au tomobile driven ny Assistant Adju tant Gen. John H Eros! late yester day afternoon at the corner of Ger vais and Muli streets, and Royden V i tn s. lr. was also ;n|lircd. Thc lit tle uiri. v\iih .onie oilier children, il -, understood, was starling to cross ?he street whun Gon. Ernst's c?rcamo along, turning into Hull fruin Ger vais. And accidentally ran over the little girl, the car .triking her and fracturing her skull, causing Instant deal li The distress ng accident has caused profound Borrow throughout tho city (A coroner's jury held an inquest ami Gen. Erosl was exonerated f.'oni all .daine ) Geo. \V. Tidwell III.* ( The State, 17th.) George W. Tidwell. serving a sen lenee of seven years in the State pen Itontiary for manslaughter, has been desperately 111, Ills condition last night was much improved, but physi cians several days last week enter tallied little hope for his recovery. JOHN W.Al iii ft It IN NEW JERSEY. Negro Ls Wanted In Oconee on the ('hurgo ?f Murder, Sheriff John W. Davis ha? received word from M. J. Mulcahy, chief of ! police ol Elizabeth, N. J., Informing him that the police authorities of ' Elizabeth now hold one John Walker, colored, alias "Ulack Man," alias Is rael Thompson. Walker is wanted in Oconee tn answer to the charge of murder. He shot and almost in stantly killed Walter Dodd, also col ored, at the construction camp of Willard ? Boggs, railroad contrac tors, near Madison. Oconee county, on August stii. last. The lotter received hy Sheriff Da vis stated that ono William Carr, col ored, is also hold as a material wit ness. Cur inning made a statement on oath before the Commissioner of Deeds ol Elizabeth, to the effect that he was a cook at the Willard & Hoggs camp at tho time the murder was committed, and that he was pres ent when the shooting took place. His affidavit conforms to facts gath ered at the time of the murder by Sheriff Davis acting in his official capacity. Sheriff Davis has made application for requisition papers for the return ol Walker from New Jersey to South Carolina and will go or send for hi? man as soon as the requisition papers are ready. The alildavlt of William Carr -tates: About the latter part of July or early part of August of this year. ll'lt?. I was second cook at Camp No. 2, Madison. S. C.. In the employ of Willard & Hoggs, contrac tors, and was working there the evening that Walter Dodd, alias Shorty." a brakeman on a dinky en gine, wa3 shot. The shooting took place about I p. m. on a Saturday in the latter part of July or early part Of August Walter Dodd, alias Shorty." had an argument over some money or a woman, and John Walk er alina Israel Thompson, coloied, pulled a .11 Colt's revolver from In under hi- overalls, which he always carried !:i a holster, and shot Walter Dodd, alias 'Shorty,' in the neck. Dodd lived about eight minutes. Ile died whore he fell, in the doorway of T'nomas Dorkins' home at Camp No. ._'. at Madison, S. C. I make this statement or* my own free will after being told that John Walker, alias 'Clack Man." alias Israel Thompson, is under arrest in this city." The altidavit was made before the Commissioner of Deeds at Elizabeth. N. J., ot: the 1 H ll day Of December. The Elizabeth chief of police has been notified by Sheriff Davis to hold his man pending the receipt of requi sition papers for his transfer back to South Carolina for trial. Play nt Hine Ridge. The pupils of I31ue Ridge school will give The Hirds' Christmas Carol" at : ho school house next Fri day night, December _'"_', at ..it0 o'idock. An admission fee of 10 cents will he charged, the money to he used for school purposes. The cast of characters is as fol lows: "Carol Hird." a little cripple. Cuynell Ablion : "Mr. Donald Hird." her rather. Claud Lynch: "Mrs. Hird," Ella Mae Walker: "Uncle Jack Hird." Boyce Lynch: "Elfrida Clifford," Carol's companion, Nina Abbott: their neighbors, the Rug gleses in Hie rear, "Mrs. Buggies." Oracle Abbott; the seven little Rug gleses, Annie Lynch. Ralph Walker. Alpha Ballenger, Olive Lynch. Otico Arve. Washington Moser Wallace Mitchell. Everybody cordially invited to come. Mary Ellen Wilson. Principal. Sylvia Wants Peace. London. Deo. 17.-Sylvia Pank hurst, the militant suffragette, and :i number of sympathisers endeavor r'd to hold a "demonstration" at the East India dook gates this afternoon ! to demand peace. A big crowd as- : som bled and mobbed the speaker. The police interfered and rushed Miss Pankhurst and her friends to the po lice station, followed by a demonstra tive crowd. The prisoners were held under hail for examination be fore a magistrate. Tro*' ut New Hope. A Christmas tree celebration will he held at New Hope Baptist church iie\i Krida y afternoon at '1 o'clock. : The tree will be given in tho interest of the Sunday school, but any one i may pill presents on for their friends. We hopi- all the people of the com munity will take an interest in the iree and make it a success. Appro priate exercises will be carried out. Superintendent. Hov Supper ?it Spoil's Creek. There will be a box supper and an ad Ire ts at tho W O W. hall noar Speed's Creek school house on Friday night, December 22. The proceeds Will be used for t h<- school. The public is cordially in\ lied. Hattie Lowry, Principal. Marion Kelley, Assistant .Notes from Bounty Lam). Bounty Land. Dec. 1*. Special: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, who has been visiting lou- son, Dr. Van Smith, of Newberry, bas returned to her home here with Hon. J. L Smith, her old est son. The many friend- of H. E. Bagwell will regret to learn that he has been quito unwell for the past two weeks. Las? reports are to the effect that his con lition is improving, hut he is still confined to his bed. His daughters. Mesdames Ernest Crant, of Seneca, and W. N. Bruce, of Oak way, and his granddaughter. Miss Nita Wool bright, of Townvillo, have been with him during the past week Several ol' the members of j. B. Sanders's family are suffering with measles. Mrs. J. H. Pickett returned Satur day from a visit to Clemson College and Sandy Springs Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Caines, of Seneca, visited ll, E. Bagwell Sunday. Some 2f>u miles northwest of Win nipeg a paper mill has been built to turn out 100 tons a day. MOTHER ANT) SOX KILLED When Automobile Tumbles Into Flor ida Hiver from Bridge. Jacksonville, Fla.. Bec. 17.-Mrs. Oscar E. Hartley, of this city, a^d her four-year-old son are deud int other members of an automobile pai ty are badly bruised as the result of an accident this afternoon. The car. driven by Mr. Hartley, ran into the open draw at Amelia river, between Jacksonville and Fernandina, and tumbled 20 feet to the water. Mrs. Hartley and her little son were pin ned under the car. Six other mem bers of the party floated and were rescued by the bridge tender and as sistants. A four-months-old baby Moated with the current for 300 yards and was picked tip alive and unharm ed. The body of Mrs. Har-Ivy was found under the car. but the little boy's body bas not yet been rescued. Other members of the party were New bo rue Hart, Ullrich Hatchcock. wife and daughter. The injured members of the party were brought hore to-night for treatment. ISMiquena Literary Society. The regular monthly meeting of the Issaquena Literary Society will be held in the auditorium on Friday, December 22. at ll a. m. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. The following program will be carried out : Readings - Dyrdic Kelley. Carrie I). Harrison. Recitations - Alice Bell Mc Lees, Eunice White, Lillian Bischoff. Declamations-Frank Davis. Hugh Macaulay. Scripture Reading-Julia Tim mer man. Jokes- Frank Schroder. Songs-"America," "Welcome to Santa Claus." Current Events-Derrill Darby. Debate- -"Resolved, That an eight hour working day should be estab lished by law in the l'uited States." Affirmative, Alice Corbin. Mary Kel ley. Robert Rogers: negative. Clara B, Hurley. Winnie dubbs, Leo Mar- ' tin. Music. Vocal duet by Emmie Ansel and Eloise Montjoy. Cleo Club chorus Instrumental solo by Marion Hel rlck. II. \v. Casque, Supt. A Voice from "The Border." El Paso. Texas. Camp Owen Berne, Doe. 12.-Editor Keowee Courier: .last a lew lilias to let you know something of "Tho Borderland " I have had a 'orv unique experience with South Carolina's militia, but after all I lind this borderland very beautifnl, with it> cactus-cov 3red mountains and prairies. We have ! < en sleeping undor inns for the last ten days, and Company F, Second South Carolina Infantry, had a small engagement with some Mex can ban dits, lie pd ried seven bandits killed, and no Americans killed or wounded. There ls not one boy in our whole regiment who doesn't want a shot at the Mexicans. Tho commanding officer ot the 2 3d Cnited States Infantry recently paid ns a compliment in the statement thal we were "the best drilled of any of the regiments stationed on the border at this time." We were informed by authorities this morning that we would remain all winter here In camp. Our amp is stationed in a bend of the Rio Grande-the most dangerous post on the border-but not a boy here is ex cited. I must close. Wishing you and every one In dear old Walhalla a very happy Christmas. John L. Edwards. Co. M, 2d S. C. Infantry. P. S.-.Back to Carolina for me! Master's Sales. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. Pursuant to decrees of the afore said Court, in the cases named below, I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, In front, of the Court House door, at Walhalla, South Carolina, on MONDAY, the 1st day of JANUARY, 15)17, between the legal hours of sale, the tracts of land below de scribed : E. L. Ilcrndon, as Trustee, Plaintiff, against Mrs. Dena Fowler. Thomas T. Fow ler, John P. Fowler, Mrs. Lucy Fowler, Bank of Walhalla. E. S. Brown, and Thomas T. Fowler and lohn p. Fowler, as Partners in trade under the style and firm name of Fowler Brothers, Defend ants. Tract No, I. ia) All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being ill Hie State and County above stated, near the Town of Salem, containing twenty-two (22) aries, more or loss, adjoining lands formerly of E. H. Hr.ggerty, Ceorge R, Pike. J. M. Looper, and others, being the same convoyed to E. s. Brown by James Hot ton. (b) All that pleco, parcel or tract of land sil nato, lying and being in the County of Oconee. Slate of South Carolina, adjoining lands formerly of E. H llnggcrty, Estate of Major L. Rogers and others, and containing twelve i I '_' i ai res, moro or loss. Tr o ts a and b above described to gether compose a tract of thirty-four Cit acres conveyed by H. S. Chil dress to Mrs. Denn Fowler by deed dated iL'tb February, 1911, and re corded in Clerk's office, in Book TT, page 164. 'Tract No. 2. All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Oconee. State of South Carolina, in the Town Of Salem, and having tho following moles and bounds, to wit: Beginning on a rock on Main street near a tele phone post on Angeline Littleton's line, thence with the said Littleton line north lo a rock corner on ter race near a well; thence east to a black-gum corner; thence \\ E. to a rock corner on Alpha Duncan's lino; thence south with Alpha Duncan's Hue to a rock corner on road leading from Salem to M. A. Moss farm; thence west with said road to a rock on Main street; thence west with street to beginning corner, containing four acres, more or less, and known as tue Planing Mill lot. lt being thc tract or lot of land conveyed to Mrs. Dena Fowler by T. T. Fowler by deed dated February 14th, 1914.and recorded in Dook TT, page 163. Terms of Sale: CASH. That in event of failure of the purchaser or purchasers to comply with the terms of sale promptly, the Master do re Bell said premises on the same sales day or some convenient salosday thereafter, at tho same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out at the risk of the former purchaser or purchasers, and that he do con tinue so to do until he has found a purchaser who shall comply with the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. NV. O. WHITE, Master for Oconeo County, S. C. Dec. 13, 1916. Alexander Jenkins. Plaintiff, against Peter Patterson, Defendant All that piece, parcel or tract of land containing fifty (50> acres, i more or less, situate, lying and being ! in the County of Oconee. State of ! South Carolina, on waters of Cane 1 Creek, waters of Little River. of I Keowee Uiver, adjoining lands of I John Hall, J. E. Hopkins. P. P. Pat terson and others, it being the tract ', of land conveyed to Peter Patterson . by H. F. Moore. I Terms of Sale: CASI I. That In event of failure of the purchaser or purchasers to comply with tho terms ' of sale promptly, the Master do re , sell said premises on the ?ame or some convenient salesday thereafter, : at the same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out. at the i risk of the former purchaser or pur , chasers, and that he do continue so to do until he has found a purchaser i or purchasers who shall comply with ! the terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. NV. 0. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, s. C. NV. swift Edmonds, as Guardian for Reccy C. Edmonds, Minor. Plain Felix Y mug and Stewart Young. De- : fendants. 1. All that piece, parcel or lol of i land situate, lying and being in Ooo- ' nee County, in the State aforesaid, on branches nf Martin's Creek, waters of Seneca River, formerly belonging to Warren Phillips, deceased, con taining 61 acres, more or less, and having such metes and distances as doth appear Hom plat made thereof by J. NV. Harper, Surveyor, October I IT. 1905, as follows: Commencing nt a stone 3XN, thence running X. 80 | degrees, E. 12.15 chains to stone. ::x.\. thence s. it; degrees. E. r,o.5u chains to ash 3X on creek: thence! the creek the line northwestwardly to a stake ::.\. per mouth of ditch: ; thence N. in degrees .">u.7.'. chains to the beginning corner, same being i owned by Felix Young and conveyed to him by Mrs. M. F. Harbin, hy deed dated February 6, 1909, of record In I office of Clerk for Oconee County. State aforesaid, in Hook JJ. page. ISt. 2. Also, all that tract therein con veyed by the said Mrs. M. F, Harbin ! to the said Felix Young, containing 31 acres, more or less, shown by plats of :'.2A) acres and 8.1 acres, re spectively, made thereof by J. NV. ! Harper. Surveyor, on the 28th day of January, 1909, said plats being ill j possession of the said Felix Young; said 8.4 acres tract belonging to Felix Young, and said 22.6-acre tract be longing to Stewart Young, it being the same conveyed by Felix Young to | Stewart Young by deed dated 6th day j of February, 1??0?), and of record in ; the office of the Clerk of Court for Oconee County, in the State afore said, in Hook JJ. pago 18.r>. Terms: CASH. That in event of failure of the purchaser or pudehas ers to comply with the terms of sale within live days from the day of salo, the Master to re-advertise and resell said premises on the following sale day or some convenient saleday there after at the same place and on the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser or purchasers; and that he do continue so to do until he has found a pur chaser or purchasers who comply with Hie terms of sale. Purchaser to pav extra for papers. NV. O. WHITE. Master for Oconeo County, S. C. Doc. 13, 1916. 50-52 BUGGIER WAG th Doors, Sash PAINTS fi - Complete GENERAL MI W. P. Nimmons SAM: HY JUIK?K OF PROBATE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Oconee. (In Court of Probate.) YV. 0. Wliite, as Administrator of the Personal ?state of Pompey Keels, Deceased, Plaintiff, against Sol ina Cobb. Lula Webb. Carrie Keels et al.. Defendants. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in the above entitled ac tion. I w ill offer for sale, to thc high est bidder, in front of the Court Hou.se Door, at Walhalla, South Car olina, on MONDAY, the 1st day of JANUARY, lui 7. between the legal hours of salo, the tract of land be low described, to wit : All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Oconoe, State of South Carolina, on Jude Kork Creek, wa ters ol Little Toxaway Creek, waters of Changa Creek, adjoining lands formerly of the l?state of W. R. .Iones, Lattlmore, ilusha, .leif Black well, and Gus Blackwell and others, being a part of a tract of land con veyed to Pompey Keels by Phillip Chambers, Spencer Chambers and II. D. A. Riemann, and supposed to contain eighty (SO) acres, more or less. Terms of Sale: CASH. That in event of failure of purchaser to com ply with the terms of sale promptly on day of sale, that said Judge of Probate do re-sell said premises on tho same or some con venient salesday thereafter at the same place, and oil the same terms as heretofore set out, at the risk ot tho former purchaser, and that he do continue so to dp until ho has found a purchaser-who shall comply with the I erins of stile. V. F. MARTIN, .lodge of Probate for Oconee County. South Carolina. Dec. 13, 10 10. 50-52 EXECUTOR'S SALE. By virtue of the power vested In us by the last will and testament o' .1. R. Cleveland, deceased, we wil'. sell, to thc highest bidder, 111 fron-, of the Com? House Door, in Wal halla. South Carolina, on sale day In JANUARY next, the following real estate, to wit : All that pleco, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the town of Westminster, South Carolina, or. the north sitio of the right of way of the Southern Railway Company, ad joining lands of T. N. Hall and the Methodist parsonage lot, and being the same conveyed to .1. lt, Cleveland hy .1. Carter and .1. S. Carter by deer, hearing date the Ith day of Decem ber, CHU;. Ternis of Sale: CASI 1. This property may be purchased a: private salo al any time before the sale day in January next. Apply to Dr. C. M. Walker. .1. W. SIIELOH. P. S. CLEVELAND, Executors of the Hast Will and Testa ment of J. It. Cleveland, dee'd. Doe. 13, 101C. 50-52 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION. In accordance with Section 1742, Civil Code of South Carolina, 1912, and pursuant to an order of the County Board of Education of Oco nee Countv, South Carolina, notice is hereby given that a Special Election will bo held at the school house In .Mountain Grove School District, No. f>0. on Saturday, December 2'A, 1910. for the purpose of voting upon the question of levying a special tax of live mills upon all the real and per sonal property In said school district: for school purposes. At said election each elector favor ing the proposed levy shall cast a bal lot containing the word "Yes" print 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 bo allowed to vote. Polls will bo opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and will close at 4 o'clock p. m. W. H. COBB, HR Y COBB. CHARLES PHILLIPS, Trustees of Mountain Grove School Dist.. No. ;,?;, Managers of Election. Dee. l :;, lille. 50-51 ONS, \ RN ESS, and Blinds. i N D OILS. Stock of ERCHANDISE , Seneca, S. C.