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Money talks, and the p any observing person thc st standpoint of quality, A dolli and the farmer who pays a fe slightly resembles one of out not save the difference. Inst in quality, service and dura sacrifice is that it is seen and used as long as he owns it. The difference in p difference in value is alw buys a cheap Buggy docs noi lars saving. But he believes BROWN'S GOT IT or BROWN GETS IT War Time -A NORMAN'S C $5.00 SAFETY IM A lot of Pocket Knives nt Loss Spectacle? and Kyo Glasses. Nico lino Stationery and Toilet LOWER PRICES ON FRUIT FULL A Regular Communication of Blue ;r?r?fc Ridge Lodge, No. 92, A. F. M., will be held next Fri day ovoning, June 29, 1917, at 8.30 o'clock. w. c. iiuons, W. M. K. F. RITTER, Secretary. (adv) |-|M|-|M|? ?I? ?J? ?|? ?|? ?%? ?I- *\* "I* LOCAL AND PERSONAL. 4. ?J? ?J? ?J. ?J? ?J. ?J..J..J?.J??J?.J*?*.???.J? -Buttorlck patterns. C. W. Pitch ford, Walhalla, S. C.-'Adv. tf. -Mrs. Platt, of Charlotte, N. C., spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Herndon. -Jos. A. Moody, of the Butler Guards, was among the soldier boys who bpent last Sunday in Walhalla. -Tho regular quarterly commun ion services will be held in St. John's Lutheran church next Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock. -The young people will conduct a service at St. John's Lutheran church to-night at 8.30 o'clock. This will bo one of their regular monthly services. Everybody is welcome. -AWe offer to tho planters of Oco nee at lot of cow peas at only $3 per bushel. C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, Walhalla.-Adv. - R. S. Thompson and family, of Anderson, and C. J. Thompson, of Charlotte. N. C., visited their sister, Miss lindie Thompson, tho first ol* the week at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Phinney in Wost Union. They hove numerous friends who aro al ways glad to meet thom boro. - Married, on Sunday afternoon, June 21, nt the resdience of tho offi ciating minister, Rev. T. L. Smith, Miss Annie Mae Morton and Harry Miller. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Miller and a valued employee of the Oconee Telephone Co. Tho bride is a daugh ter of Frank Morton and a popular young lady. The young couple are maknlg their home for the present at the home of the groom's parents. Wo Join numerous friends in extending hearty good wishes. -Announcement of the death of Mrs. K. W. Marett, of Westminster, is made in the Tugaloo Tribune of yes terday. .Mrs. Marett bad been Ul for several weeks, suffering from a com plication of diseases. Death came last Monday morning at the City Hospital in Greenville. Mrs. Marett was 39 years of age. and is survived by her husband, ber mother, Mrs. E. A. Nor ris, three brothers and three sisters. The Courier joins with many Wal halla friends of the bereaved ones in extending to them condolence in their deep sorrow. -Wanted-White girls. 10 years of age and up. as knitters and loop ers. Nice work and good pay. Ap ply He trick Hosiery Mills, Walhalla, S. C.-Adv. -The announcement of the mar riage of Miss Katherine Elizabeth Sharp, Of Pendleton, and James M. .Moss, of Walhalla, came ns a pleas ant surprise to many friends last Sat urday. Tho marriage was solemnized at tho homo of the officiating minis ter, Rev. T. C. LlgOtl, of tho Presby terian church, at Townvillo, last Sat urday afternoon at .*. o'clock. A num ber of friends and relatives of the young couide in Walhalla attended the ceremony. The bride and groom went from Townvillo to Seneca, at which place they look train for At lantic City. N. J" whore they will spend a short while, returning for a visit to tho National Capital. They expect to return to Walhalla early next week. Tho bride is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Shari), of "Rivoli," near Pendleton, and has a host of friends in Walhalla. Mr. Moss is well known throughout South Carolina, having for several years boen associated in a business way throughout the state and especially In upper South Carolina, as district agent of tho Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. At present ho is serving as Sheriff, having re ceived appointment to that office by Oovernor Manning to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late She riff John W. Davis. We join with others in extending to, the happy cou ple every good wish. After a brief wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Moss will return to Walhalla. They will reside on Mauldln street, Faculty Hill. U?LITY rice ol a Vehicle proclaims to atus of that Vehicle from the tr buys just one dollar's value, w dollars less for a Buggy that . High Point Buggies docs sad he sacrifices just that much bility. The sad part of the felt every day thc Vehicle is ?rice is usually slight; the ays great. Thc farmer who t particularly need the few dol ; that the Buggy that is priced W. fl j& j& j& j& \ Bargains T )RUG STORE L'/OItS FOR $1.00. Mum wo cnn buy thom. Articles. POWDERS. LINE DRUGS AND FANCY GOODS. -T. E. Alexander, Walhalla, S. C., sells land, buggies and harness. See! him before you buy.-Adv. -Misses Addle Tatham and Eloise Strother, who have been spending a week in the mountains on an auto trip, returned to 'Walhalla yesterday afternoon, having enjoyed a most pleasant trip. -Wm, A. Strother, of Perry, Ga., is spending a short while in West Union at the home of his mother, Mrs. lt. C. Strother, ".lube" has a I host of friends hero who are always I glad to welcome him. -Mrs. Mary Burrell, who was con victed at a recent term of Court in Walhalla of violation of the State liquor laws, receiving sentence of six months' imprisonment, hus been pa roled during good behavior. Mrs. Burrell served throe months of her sentence at the State penitentiary. Her parole was granted June 9th. -Try our Banquet (India and Ceylon) tea. Only 80c. per pound. C. W. & J. E. Bauknight.-Adv. -The draft exemption board for Oconeo county is composed of James M. Moss, Sheriff; John F. Craig, Clerk of Court, and Dr. E. A. Hines, of Seneca. Those gentlemen have a very responsible work placed in their hands, yet we feel that they will meet the trust fairly and impartially. The ?Governor lins made a wise choice In his recommendation for our county. - .Mrs. X. !.. Kant entertained live tables at "12" last Saturday after noon. The occasion was in honor of her daughter, Mrs. Joel E. Brown, of (?rimes, Cal. Miss Helen Kant, of Anderson, was also present. Mrs. H. It. Hughs and Miss Hannah Mil ler Harrison received prizes when t li G scores were counted. A salad course with an ice was served during tho af ternoon. -Arthur Pclfrey, aged 13 years, a son of Frank Pol frey, of the Pleasant 'Hill section, killed with a boo last week ono of the largest cols ever seen as the product of our mountain streams. Tho eel was not of extra length, but was unusually large, weighing 5pounds. Young Pel frey killed the eel In shallow water in White creek, a branch of Coneross. He had "cornered" it and it could not make its escape. -We can save you money on chewing and smoking tobacco. C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, Walhalla.-Adv. -Muller's meal, made from select ed home-raised corn. C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, Walhalla.-Adv. ?-Mrs. Letitia Perry, wife of E. A. Perry, died at her home near Salem last Thursday morning. Mrs, Perry had been a great sufferer for several years, during which time she had never been well, her illness follow ing as the result of a fall which oc curred in the winter time a few years ago. She was 73 years of age. She had been twice married, her first husband having been a Mr. Moody, who died about two years after their marriage. One child was born to this union, a daughter. Mrs. Alice Holden, widow of the late J. S. Holden. Mrs. Perry's maiden name was Whltmlre. To lier ma tria gc with Mr. Perry three children wove born, two of whom are still living-W. M. Perry, of Little River, and Mrs. Geo. R. Pike, or Sa lem. The other child was a daugh ter and lived to womanhood, but died several years ago. Her name arter marriage was Mrs. Elvira Smith, wife of ErvIn Smith. Mrs. Perry was a splendid woman, a devout Chris lian and an earnest, consecrated church worker. She had been a mem ber of the Whltmlre Methodist church i since early girlhood. This church hore the name of her family and was tho home church of a large number of members of the Whltmlre connection of that section. The news of tho death of this good woman will bo learned with deep regret by many in other sections of the county who had known her. Her lifo was an open book, she living dally tho religion she publicly and for so long professed. The Courier joins with many other friends in extending to tho bereaved husband and devoted children condo lence In their sorrow. Funeral ser vices were held Friday morning nt 11.30 o'clock, the services being con ducted hy her pastor, Rev. W. T. Bol vin. Mrs. Perry was a native of Oco nee, havln;- boca born In the commu nity in which she died, and having lived practically her whole lifo in I that immediate vicinity. JU OUTL/> high is bringing an exorbiant Be Wise-Invest for t of those ten farms we advert?s the one most highly improved man who invests in a Buggy son. Ordinarily he would ex The price he pays is the initia a well-known, time-tried and the quality dividends that hav The recollection of quality rei forgotten. Four years ago (Aug. ?I West Union, S, C., one of Oe ers, a High Point Buggy for $ A. BROWP ..WHEN YOU IUD We will close our store July Uh, 17. C. ?V. & J. E. Baukuight. ?id. -Dorn, unto Mr. ?nd Mrs. J. Bort Gillespie, of Walhalla, on Thursday af ter non last, a daughter. Congrat ulations! -H. E. ClinkBcales, of-Greenwood, spent tho week-end with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pitchford, Jr. Mr. Clinkscales is a brother of Mrs. Pitchford. -Mr. and Mrs. J. Ad. Perry have recently moved lo the ErvIn cottage on Main street, East End, where they have rooms. They are boarding at tho Dusch House. -Mrs. C. W. 'Pitchford, Jr.. and I daughter. Edna Norma, have gone to Greenwood for a two weekB' visit to I Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clinkscales, Mrs. Pitchford's parents. I -Sam. G. Pitchford, Bishop E. Grant, George Kaufmann, Marlon ? Moss and James Wilson, of the But ler Guards, spent the week-end in I Walhalla with relatives. -Mrs. F. Louis Mayes, of Green ville, spent last Thursday night with Mrs. C. G. Strong and family. MIBS I Alice Strong returned with Mrs. Mayes co Greenville for a few days' visit. -Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Shankliu and daughter, Miss Janie Neville, of Clemson College, aro spending some time at the Neville home in West Union. This family is always heart ily welcomed on their annual vaca tions. -I want 500 bushels blackberries at canning factory near Westminster. Will pay 15c. per gallon. J. H. Bar nett.-Adv. 26* -Married, last Sunday, June 24, i at 10 a. m., at the home of the bride's i grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. J. M.Col lins, near Salem, Miss Coi. '^ Ander son, of Salem, and EugenV "' nith, of Mayesville, Tenn. After Xii?- core I inony the couple attended services at Salem, after services returning to Dr. Collins's, where all enjoyed a sump tuous dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left Monday morning for Mayesville. Tenn., where they will make their home in Che future. The ceremony was performel hy Rev. C. R. Aber crombie, -A delightful mooting of the Paul Mayne Circle was held on Friday af ternoon, June 15th, with Miss Daisy Strong as hostess. Several visitors added pleasure to tho afternoon and he attendance of members was unu sually good. The following program was enjoyed: "Greek Painting," 'Miss Daisy Strong; "The Art of Greece," Mrs. J. W. Bell; "Seven Famous Greek Sculptors," Mrs. W. L. Vernor; "Tho Parthenon," Mrs. John Dendy. During the social hour Miss Strong served dainty refreshments and was assisted in her duties as hostess by Misses Cora and Alice Strong. -We have a big lot of fruit jars, tops and rubbers. C. W. & J. E. Bauknlght, Walhalla.-Adv. -Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Fredericks, who have for about a year past con ducted the Walhalla Hotel, have given up the house. We have not. heard what plans aro in store for a general hotel for the summer. Wal halla has no real hotel except the old Walhalla Hotel and unless this ls opened for a regular hotel business the town will suffer very materially. We have good boarding houses-the Busch House being now known prac tically all over South Carolina as one of tho best private boarding houses In the State-hut the town needs the additional accommodation of a first class transient and tourist hotel. -A delightful meeting of tho Jun ior Priscillas was held at the home of Miss Mildred Carter Thursday af ternoon. In addition to the regular members there were present Misses Carrie Darby Harrison and Flora Haynes. The music selections ren dered by both were enjoyed by all. A i very interesting contest, was held, Miss Mildred Moore being tho lucky winner of a box of fudge. A delicious salad course was served. This was a particularly interesting meeting, as the engagement of Miss Meta Nor man to F. L. Bunker was announced. The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Alice Bell McLees. -Wo are informed that village mail delivery has been established from the Westmintser post office. This, we believe, will prove of great convenience tn /.ho citizens of our sis ter town. Walhalla, lt is very prob able, will soon be served with this additional postal convenience. Al ready lists are being signed with practical unanimity for the erection of mail receptacles of tho prescribed type recognized by tho government. The local municipal authorities have also agreed to make any required street and walk improvements re quired by the government before tho establishment of the delivery service. -Bring all your scrap Iron, old stoves, coppor, brass and automobile tiros, and get the CASH. I pay high est market price. Seo mo at the Peo ple's Store. H. Fayonsky, Walhalla, S. C.-Adv. 1 profit. ne future. If you bought one jed last week you would want for lasting results. Also, the is not buying fora single sca :pect to usc it for several years, il investment. If he invests in fair-priced article he will reap e been built into that article, nains long after the price is >) wc sold Mr. W. M. Broom, onee's most progressive farm >95. The other day he came 4, Walhalla, E. RIDE: RIGHT." -For Sale-Stripped-down Ford. Apply to Dr. J. W. Dell.-Adv. -C. W. & J. E. Bauknlght call at tention to a further reduction in the price of flour thia week. Worth, while considering. See advertise ment. -Misses Elfie and Earlene Sand ers and their little brother, Neal, spent last week with their grandmo ther, Mrs. F. J. Miller, of the Cone ross section. -Austin Beaty, of Tampa, Fla., is visiting at the home of his brother, John P. Beaty, near Picket Post. Mr. Beaty has not visited in Oconee in several years. His friends are de lighted to meet him again. -Attention ls called to the adver tisement this week of W. M. Brown, who directs attention to the quality merits of the High Point buggy, which he has been selling for many years. Read and call on him. -Satisfied! That is what you will say after getting a monument from the Seneca Marble and Oranlte Works. The best is always satisfy ing.-Adv. -Miss Hattie Darby accompanied Mrs. F. "E. Harrison last Thursday morning to Hendersonville, N. C., where they will spend a short while for rest and recreation. Their many friends wish for them a pleasant out ing. -The union services will be held at the Baptist church next Sunday night at 8.30 o'clock. Dr. J. D. Stokes, of the Methodist church, will conduct the services and preach the sermon. The public is most cordi ally invited to attend. -Attention ls directed to the an nouncement, elsewhere in this issue, of the scholarship examination for en trance to The Citadel Academy, ot Charleston. For particulars see an nouncement. The examination will be held nt the Court House on Au gust 10, next, at the usual hour for holding examinations. --Take all your scrap iron, brass, copper and automobile tires to H. Fayonsky, at tho People's Storo, and get cash for it.-Adv. -Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Reid and family, of Woodbury, Ga., arrived last week and are spending some time with Mrs. Reid's mother, Mrs. R. C. Strother, in West Union. Mr. Reid will be here for a week or two, hut his family will remain for tho greater part of the summer. They are being most cordially greeted by their many friends. -Miss Roberta Nicholson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mitt Nicholson, of Townville, has been spending sev eral days in Walhalla as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Grant. Miss Nicholson will visit in the upper section of the county for a while before returning to her home. She has numerous friends here who are glad to meet her again. -Miss Sara McMahan, who held a position as stenographer with the Globe Optical Company, of Green ville, attended the old soldiers' re union at Washington, D. C., and while there accepted a position In the ofllce of the Southern Railway at Al exandria, Va. Miss McMahan ls a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert McMahan, of the Fairview section. -It is no longer Intendant J. C. Shockley, of West Union. Mr. Shock ley on the 22d instant tendered to tho Town Council of West Union his res ignation, which took effect at once. Mr. Shockley's policy of strict en forcement of law, we understand, was not meeting with general approval, and to avoid friction he tendered his resignation. J. Furman Morton, a member of the council, is acting In tendant in Mr. Shockley's place. -Shave 10c; hair cut, 25c. Best service. Always welcome at the Hotel Barber Shop, Arthur Phillips, Proprietor.-Adv. 24* -The dead body of a negro was found near the trestle over Tugaloo river, near Madison, on tho South Carolina side, last Wednesday morn ing. Tho negro ls unknown to that, section of the county, and the theory has been advanced in some quarters that bc was murdered on the Georgia side and tho body brought and placed on tho Carolina side, ns (hero were evidences of a wagon having been driven up to tho side of the railroad embankment whero tho body wns found. Ile had been shot In tho head with a pistol or rlflo and had been struck on tho head with some doadly Instrument. Either of tho wounds, according to tho examining physi cian, would have been sufficient to have caused death. The physician also stated that ho was under tho Im pression that tho body had boen dead about 4 8 hours. A description of the murdered man, as nearly as we could got lt, Is that ho was about f> feet 10 or ll inches In height, weight about 17? pounds, about 40 or 50 yonrs old. Was clean shaved except moustache, which was about half gray. Ho was ruptured on one side. His teeth were very irregular and soveral lappod ono over the other. VRGAINS in and wc offered him $60 foi saying, "I think I can sell it fo amused and pleased us very m case. Scores of men all over o Buggies, because they last lon Only yesterday another i writer that, after using his Hig he would not take less than fo Now, these men are not farmers buying their goods w quality out of their money, ant money. Yes, there is a wond Let us have a personal t, S. C. & J& J& JZ? We Have R Spring UTZ and DUN for W A N OROSSETT I for j> Superb Stoyles Quel ? c. w. pm Walhalla -'Mrs. N. W. Macaulay lias just returned from a week's visit among relatives at Woodruff, S. C. -'Mrs . Hannah Kay, of Sandy Springs, is vi8ting her cousin, Mrs. S. D. Gaillard, at the home of Mrs. Kate O. Smith. -Our monuments are of real merit because of their quality, originality and exclusiveness. Give us a trial order. Seneca Marble Works.-Adv. -Mrs. Lucinda Hall Alexander, wife of the late J. B. Alexander, died at the home of her son, D. T. Alex ander, at Crow Creek, Plckens coun ty, last Sunday. She had been In failing health for a year or more and made her homo with her son since the death of her husband, which occur red at their homo in tho Little River section on February 13, 1917. She was married to Mr. Alexander in 18f>0, and to this union five sons were born, four of whom are living-D. T. Alexander, of Plckens county; D. H. Alexander, of Toccoa, Ga.; JameB F. and I. S. Alexander, of Oconee. Four daughters wer? also born to them, three of whom are living-Mrs. Har rison Smith, Mrs. Crayton Smith and Mrs. Rains nurgess, all of upper Oco nee. Mrs. Alexander had long been a consistent member of the Little River (Oconee) Baptist church, and the funeral services and interment took place there last Monday, Rev. R. F. Murphreo, of Picken? county, conducting the services. There aro many friends of the family who will join With The Courier in extending sincere condolence to the bereaved ones in their sorrow at tho passing of this good woman. She was indeed a mother in Israel, and she will be long and pleasantly remembered by a wide clrclo of acquaintances. -Reo molasses feed $2.50 per sack. C. W. & J. R. Bauknlght. ad. -The best patent flours- Dan Valley, Snow Flake and Palace, $11.50 per barrel. C. W. & J. B, Bauknlght.-Adv. -The remains of Thos. J. Hunter, who died In Columbia last Thursday night, were brought to his old home at West Union on Friday night and interred in the cemetery of St. John's Lutheran church, Walhalla, Sunday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The ser vices were conducted by Rev. W. B. Aull, pastor of the Lutheran church. The deceased was 4 3 years of age, and was tho oldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. I, K. Hunter, who years ago were well known citizens of vVest Union. He is survived by ono brothor, O. J. Hunter, of West Un ion, the only member of tho family living. Mr. Hunter had been an in r this buggy. He refused, r more to another man/' It uch. This is not an isolated ur county prefer High Point ger, ride easier and look better. one of our customers told the h Point Buggy for six years, r $25 for it. Buggy Salesmen, They arej here they can get the most i not the most goods for least erful difference. alk with you before you buy, BROWN'S GOT IT or BROWN GETS IT ft eceived Our Line of . N SLIPPERS omen D ,OW SHOES len. of the Finest* fry. 3HFORD, I* Se Or, ? valid for tho past three years, hav ing suffered a breakdown from which he never recovered. At one time he was an employee of the Southern Railway, but about six or seven years * ago he left the railway service, go ing to Columbia, where he entered the City Fire Department, In which service he was engaged when his health failed. Mr. Hunter was a quiet, unassuming, industrious young man, and he had friends by the score here and in his adopted home, ?to ? whom the news of his misfortune came as a source of deep regret. Hope had never entirely been abandoned of an ultimate recovery of his health until the announcement came of his death, which was, under the circum stances, a blessed relief. Mr. Hunter was born August 27, 1874. He was not a member of nny church, nor had W he identified himself with any of the fraternal organizations. He was a splendid young fellow, however honest, conscientious, ever true to his word and a staunch and true friend. Thc Conrior joins with other friends of the brother in extending sympathy to him and to the others of the fam- ' Hy connection. ^ -Miss Mamie Crooks is expected to return Saturday from Newberry. She will visit Mrs. A. P. Crisp. - Mr. and Mrs. Lucien S. Maxwell, of Johnston, spent the week-end at tho home of the former's mother, Mrs. O. K. Maxwell. * '-Miss Helen Lewie, of Hamlet, N. T C., ls spending a month in Walhalla visiting her mother, Mrs. Fielding A. Ixiwls. and family. Miss Holen is always a welcome visitor to her old homo. -Wo are requested to announce that the Parent Teachers' Associa tion will meet next Monday afternoon jA at tho high school auditorium. The ? meeting will be held at 4 o'clock, and it is hoped that all tho members will be present promptly, ns thero are matters of importance to be consid ered. -Revenue officers yesterday morn ing brought, to Walhalla from tho Bel mont section of the county a copper ?f still and cap, which thoy cut up about 6 o'clock. They destroyed about 400 gallons of beer also. John Wilbanks was taken in the plant by tho officers, but his companion made his escape. Ho was recognized and is known, however, and a warrant will Inter be sorved on him. A preliminary hear ing before Commissioner Wade C. A Hughs wa? held yesterday, the case sent np to Federal Court und Wil banks was admitted'to bail in the sum of $300.