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SAVE HAY! PRICES HIGH! THE SCARCITY AND HIGH PRICE OP PEED STUFF HAVE MADE IT IMPERATIVE THAT THE oe at FARMERS SHOULD SAVE EVERY POUND OF GOOD HAY THEY CAN. ?> ? - "DON'T WAIT ANI3 BE SORRY!" -- If you don't own a good MCCORMICK Mower and a Rake, come in to-day and buy one on your own terms. MAKE IT PAY FOR ITSELF BEFORE YOU PAY US. It don't cost any more. You can save Hay only one time during the year. & & & & & # BROWN'S^GOT .T w. /H. BROWN, Walhalla, S. C. BROWN:GOT IT BROWN GETS IT j& j& J& j& "WHEN YOU RIDE. RIDE RIGHT." J& J& J?> j& BROWN GETS IT NEW FAL Dry Goods, Shoes, Clot NORMAN'S DRY Now lino China, Crockery, Alu Woodenware, Window Shades, lies, lied Spreads, Oil Cloth, Trays, Mats, Hugs; full lino pretty Dry and Shoes, arriving weekly, at Respectfully, WANTED-To rent a three-horse farm, with stock and tools furnished hy landlord. Write at once to R. F. LOW I IC, Itt. 4, Westminster, S. C. FOR HA I/IC, At Margalit-Practi cally now top buggy and harness; also good family horso. Apply to R. D. OELKEK8, Walhalla. 38 EXPRESS your Wool, Mulo, Horse and Cow Hides, Old Auto Tires, HeoBwax and Tallow to ATHENS HI DE CO., at Athens, Ga. H. Eugene Fant, Manager. ? 11-28-7 FOR RENT, OR WILL 8ICLI> Threevr??pni cottage on aero lot; fine collar; good outbuildings; conven iently located. Apply to MRS. WM. 1 .?AUSTERER, Walhalla, S^C._ FOR SADE-Now ready for deliv ery, plenty of good pigs. Will have pigs for delivery any time during year. See mo. 1. F. LEE, Walhalla, 5l 0?? R. F? D* No. 1._37? FOR SALIC-Ellght-horse power Peerless engino and shingle, mill, in good condition. Cash or good secur ity for credit portion. Apply lo Mrs. IC. M. Murphree, West Union, S. C., Route No. 1. WANTED-Fattened shoats and hogs that will net not less than 40 or BO pounds, dressed, and heavier; also thin hogs and shoats for fatten ing. Best market price. Seo mo al once _T. JOE TODD, Walhalla._37 FOR SALE-1-acre lot, with three room dwelling, and 20x30-foot store room, latter worth $"i00. Located upper Main street. Bargain for quick sale; cash or terms. Apply A. V. DUNCAN, Walhalla. S. C. 3<i-tf. WANTED-?Women sixteen years of age and over to sew. Light work, good pay and pleasant surroundings. We pay $4 per week whilo you learn lo sow, and you can make from $l> lo $!2 ? week after you learn. An edrson Underwear Company, Ander son, S. C. 39 Knights of Pythias. The regular meeting of Walhalla IiOdgo, No. ?7, K. of P., will bo held at tho Masonic Temple to-morrow (Thursday) evening, Sept. 13, 1917, ?at 8.30 o'clock. Visiting Knights always welcome. P. L. STECK. C. C. T. B. SHELOR, K. lt. & S. (adv.) r> J-, . J. ? J . i J< ? J. ? J . *|. ?|. ?|? ?J. c |.?J?*J*.J? ? J? ? J ? ?J? ?{. ?J? 3. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. ?\*i j ?* jo ? j. ?j. ?j. ?j? ?j. ?j. ?j? *f?J? *\* *\* -Butterlck patterns. C. W. Pitch ford, Walhalla, S. C.-Adv. tf. .--Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Brandt :are entertaining a young lady at their home, tho little Miss having arrived last Thursday, September 6th, - Miss Norina Moore left yester day for Denmark, S. C., where she will leach school this year. Miss Moore taught this school last year also. -J, lt. Lyle? passed through Wal halla Monday on his way to Moun tain Best to spend a short while with his father. ,f, T. Ly les. and other relatives. -We know you are going to plant main. You know we sell fertilizer. Try two tons ground limestone per acre. See us before you buy. The Seneca Fertilizer Co., Seneca, S. C. Adv. IO. -Baylis Harrison, of Greenville, spent last Sunday In Walhalla visit ing his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Harrison, and among his friends here al his old home. -Geo. M. While, Jr., who has been in Charleston for some time working at the navy yard as a boiler maker, is visiting bis father, Geo. M. White, of thc Wolf Stake section. -Sam G. Pitchford. Marlon Moss and Geo. Kaufmann, of Camp Sevlor, Greenville, were, among the visitors to homefolks In Walhalla last Satur day and Sunday. Their many friends wero glad to meet them again. -Fred. Leo is tho possessor of an old 50-cont piece which he has car ried for tho past 28 years. The piece is 90 years old, showing the dato of 182?. It was found by Mr. Lee when bo was quito a small boy. -Early fall styles. There are many new and becoming shades as sembled especially for our display, Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15. Miss S. Flncannon, Seneca,, At W. P. Niinnions's store.-Adv. Lf LINE OF liing, Hats and Notions COOPS STORE. mimili), Enan>ol, Tin, Glass ami Hods, Poles, Curtains, Towels, Dot Mirrors, Hells, nil kinds Brushes; Goods, Notions, Clothing, Hats unusually low prices. V. E. HARRISON, Malinger. -We produce monuments that give you other talking points than price. Our quality ls the best on the market. Seneca Marble and Granite Works.-'Adv. -Cuy Grant, of the United States Army, spent some days last week in Walhalla visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Grant, and among rel atives nnd friends. -Dock Tolllson, a first sergeant in the United States Marino service, was among friends for n short while last week. Ho was visiting his parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. Noah Tolllson, who live In tho Picket Post section. -Kay Shockley left recently for Atlanta, where he has entered a business college. For a year young [ Mr. Shockley had been employed in j the store of C. W. Pitchford, whore . he made many friends, who regret ted his departure. We wish for our young friend great success. -Extraordinary display fall mil linery, Friday and Saturday, Septem ber 14 and 15. We have a charming collection of pattern hats. Miss S. Fincannou, Seneca, at w. P. Nlm mons's store.-Adv. -Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Held 1 and child, of Brookside, Ala., arrived 1 in Walhalla yesterday, and are stay ing temporarily at the home of Mr. . and Mrs. S. N. Pitchford, Mrs. Reid's ; parents. Mr. Reid has accopted the position of book-keeper at the Wal linna plant of the Victor-Monaghan , Mills and expects to locate In Wal halla permanently. Mr. and Mrs. Reid have hosts of friends here who will learn with delight of their re turn. -The llrst real fall weather reach ed this section Monday night, who'? a st i IT breeze came up just beti re midnight, followed by a series of showers. Al G o'clock Tuesday moi li ing tho thermometer registered ">2, but U seemed cooler than this read ing indicated, due to the damp breeze thal was still blowing. This morn ing the thermometer registered 4ll, but there had been no more rain nnd the breeze had died down, ?he wea ther being much more pleasant. -I have a now power pea thresher and will be glad to serve the public. Let mo know and I will come to your home. L. O. Fowell, Walhalla, S. C., Route No. I.--Adv.* -Miss Hattie Darby returned to Walhalla last week after an absence of more than a month visiting rela tives in Spartanburg and other places. During her absence she has been (julte Ul, and her many friends here aro pleased to know that her condition ls now much improved. We hope for her early complete restora tion to health. Miss Darby was ac companied home by ber niece, Miss Anna Darby, who had been with hei fer a short while prior to her return. - Little Wilma Weona, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Knox, died at their home In tho Victor Monaghan mill village on Saturday, September 8. The little one had been Ul for two mom hs. She was one year old. Funeral services were conducted al tho home by Rev. J. L. Stokes, of the Methodist church, at ;{ o'clock Sunday afternoon, the bur ial taking place al the Neville, ceme tery, above town, al I o'clock. The bereaved parents have, the sympathy of many friends in their sorrow. - Raise your own meat this year. Buy your pigs from W. M. Brown, Walhalla.-Adv. 1). IO. Nicholson, of the White water section, was in Walhalla for a while Inst Friday. This was his llrst visit here in about two months, ho having been confined to his home by reason of an accident that carno very near being quito serious. Mr. Nich olson was digging a cellar at lilt home in tho mountains. At the time of the accident he was in a stooping position, in the act of placing a brace in the cellar to prevent the caving of the dirt, and a large quantity of clay caved in on him, completely covering him. Fortunately two of his boys were working in tho cellar at the time, and they at once began tho work of rescuing their father. Ho was dug out from under tho pile of clay, not seriously hurt, but "badly damaged" by reason of the great weight of clay that covered him in his uncomfortable position. Added to his discomforts was the fact that in digging him out one of the boys struck lils foot with 'nit, shovel or pick, from which hurt Mr. Nicholson still limps, He considers himself very fortunate, however, in that his boys were present to give Immediate aid,. -Twenty Hue pigs, 8 weeks old, ready for delivery. Cheap. W. M. Brown, Walhalla.-Adv. -Sorgt. Chas. W. Pitchford, of Greenville, ls visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Pitchford, for a few days. -Robert L. Rogers left Walhalla yesterday morning for Davidson, N. C., to enter Davidson College. He is the first of the high school class of '17 to leave, though quite a number aro going to other colleges next week. -Attention ls directed to the an I nouncemeut, on the first page, of C. I W. & J. li. Bauknlght, who have as usual a full line of high-grade shoes to offer to the public. Thoy..flt any body, and the material In their shoes ls guaranteed. -There will be services at St. John's Episcopal church next Sunday night at 8.30 o'clock. This will be the last service to bo conducted by Kev. Mr. Cibboney, who will soon take active work In one of the North Carolina Episcopal parishes. Tho public is cordially invited to attend. -Miss S. Flncannon gives each anti every lady special invitation to her millinery parlor Friday and Sat urday, September 14 and 15. Miss S. Flncannon, Seneca, at W. P. Nlm nions's store.-Adv. -Jas. W. Harrison left last Fri day for Charleston, where he has en tered government service in tho ca pacity of an electrician at the Navy Yard. Mr. Harrison has many friends here and elsewhere who will wish for him abundant success in his new relations. 'Mrs. Harrison will Join her husband in Charleston with in a few weeks. -?Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Thackston, of Powder Springs, Ga., spent a short while last week In Walhalla visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller. They also visited relatives In Greenville. They were accompa nied by Mrs. Miller and daughter, Miss Gladys, to OreenvlivV 'Mr. Thackston made the trip in' \ car. He ls a brother of Mrs. MilK^^ -Miss Della Moss and Be*ry S. Childrens, of Salem, were ma riled at the home of Magistrate P. A. Brown, hi the Wolf Stake section, on] Sun day, September 2d, Mr. Drown" per forming the ceremony. The bride ls a daughter of 'Mr. mid Mrs. M. A. Moss and has many friends who will join willi The Courier in wishing her every happiness and for tho young roupie a full degree of prosperity. -Wanted-White girls, 16 years of age and up, as knitters and loop ers. Nice work and good pay. Ap ply Hetriek Hosiery Mills, Walhalla, S.C.-Adv. I -Attention is directed to the ad vertisement of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, which will he found on the 4th page this'week, The Pacific Mutual ls represented In this immediate territory at thu tim? hy B. H. Deason, District AgeAt, ol Greenville, who has been in Walhal la and surrounding territory! foi some months, and has met with de cided success. There are som$ vor> striking facts pointed to in the an nouncement of this company thli week. Read them. -Miss Florence Hetrlck left yes tcrday afternoon for Anderson, Wher< she will enter the Anderson College The exodus of the young ladies fron Walhalla began with tho departur< of thc afternoon train on tho : Bim Ridge. Others leaving at that tim? wero Misses Myrtle and Ruth Brown ldah Pitchford and Pauline Sleek, al of whom will bo at the Greenvilh Woman's College. Miss Myrth Brown was a student at the G. W. C last year. We wish for all ' thes< young ladles a full measure of sue cess in the prosecution of their stu dion. York News: "W. J. Kdmonds of llonea Path, has accepted the po sitlotl of superintendent of the Yorl Cotton Oil Company and expects t( move his family to York within ? short time. They will occupy tlv Quinn house, on King's Mountali street. 'Mr. Fd monds is highly rec ommended for his line of work, am tho management of the oil rompan is confident that a capable man ha been secured." Mr. lid monds 1 well known in Walhalla, he bavin resided here for some time. Me is machinist by trade, and has given number of years of attention to th oil mill business. -Last Friday morning about o'clock Jack Darby caught a stra pigeon at his home on the north sid of town. Ho heard the rattling of light chain, and going in tho dlrec lion of the sound, ho found the pig eon. It was carrying a brsas watc chain of some 10 or 12 Inches I Inn gili, which was fastened ?bout on leg. Attached to the chain also wa an emblem In brass showing the tip ure of a baso ball player In the a< of pitching the ball. Tho hird seem to be of the ordinary home speclci not of tho carrier typo. Mr. Darb ls interested to learn the name an address of the owner of the bird, th purpose of Its flight, etc. - -Auto for Sale-In good runnln order; recently overhauled; barga! In lt. Apply to Wm. A. Hetrlcl Walhalla, S. C.-Adv. tf, -T. IO. Alexander, Walhalla, S. C., sells land, buggies and harness. See him before you buy.-Adv.. -Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Fred, j Busch, Walhalla. Route '.I, on Sep tember 5th, a son. -Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Owens, who live near Walhalla, on September 6th, a son, -'Miss Mazie Lewis, of Atlanta, ls visiting at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Pitchford. -Buy your pigs now and pa>- for them this fall. W. M. Brown, Wal halla.--Adv. -Misses Anna and 'Rosa Cantrell left Monday afternoon for Ursalino College, Greenville. These young ladles have numerous friends In Wal halla who will wish thom every suc cess In the prosecution of their studies. -.Mrs. G. W. Powell, of Greenville; Miss Winnie .Johnson, of Wasley, and T. D. Padgett, of Greenville, were guests last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Prince, near town. They returned to their homes the lat ter part of last week. -'Mr. and Mrs. Joel P. Keys, who have been making their home at Florence for several months, have returned to Walhalla, and will make their home here In the future. Mr. Keys, we understand, will engage In farming next year on the estate of his grandfather, Col. R. A. Thomp son, near town. Their many friends gladly welcome them on their return. -If you really want the very best that can be produced In a monument, send your order to the Seneca Marble and Granite Works. They can please you in the monumental line.-Adv. -We regret to chronclle the death of Frank Chandler, which occurred at his home In the Ebenezer section on Monday of this week. Mr. Chan dler had been sick for a week or more suffering from an attack of ty phoid fever. He was about 28 years of age and is survived by his wife and two children. Several years ago ho married a Miss Orr, a daughter of Billie Orr. Interment took place at Wolf Stake cemetery Tuesday after noon. To the bereaved relatives ls extended the sympathy of numerous friends. - H. C. F. Busch, of Charleston, has recently purchased from W. John Schroder his 40-acre farm below West Union, located on the Walhalla Seneca road. The price paid for this property was $4,000, Mr. Schroder will continue to reside on the prem ises until January, 1918. when he expects to return to Walhalla. From now on, however, he intends to give his time and attention to his patent well fixtures and shop work, and & considerable portion of his time will be spent in Walhalla even before he resumes his residence here. Mr. Busch will, it ls understood, give bis attention to tho establishment of a summer colony on the place he has just bought, which ls ideally located for such a purpose. He anticipates expending some $10,000 on build ings, we are Informed. Both 'Mr. and Mrs. Busch have visited in Walhalla, where they have numerous friends, who will rejoice to know that they will later be identified with this sec tion. It is Mr. Busch's Intention to take up his proposed summer resort work at the beginning of 1920, giv ing himself two years In which to complete his plans and wind np his other business affairs that would in terfere with his new plans. Mr. and Mrs. Busch will he most heartily wel comed to this section, and the suc cess of the former's undertaking will he hailed with delight on all sides. -The Courier ls showing this week what to us is a curiosity indeed, though some who have viewed it say that (hey have seen others of these oddities. Tho curiosity is In the shape of a watermelon of tlie "moon and stars" variety. The bulk ol' the melon shows the ordinary dark green color, while at tho end of the melon appears a yellow circle about four inches in diameter, this circle repre senting tho moon. Hotted all over the balance of the melon are num berless little yellow circles or dots, representing stars. There are hun dreds of these, probably a thousand or moro. An added peculiarity of tho variety ls that, dependent upon the phase of Ibo moon at tho time of the formation of the melon on tho vine, the large end marking reflects the moon phase. Some of the mel ons, thorefore, represent the first quarter, the half moon, the nearly de veloped orb, or tho full moon, ns In the case with the melon brought to this office. The melon was grown by Jos. A. Knox, of Tugaloo river, who two years ago secured tho seed in Texas. One of his "moon and stars" melons this year weighed 40 pounds when ripe, and this he was saving to cut when his son, Lieut. Julo Knox, of the Philippine constabulary ser vice, arrives on a visit to his parents. The melons are said to bo of excel lent flavor, red meat and very deli cate. Wo aro Indebted to B. T. Clinkacales, of Round Rock, Texas, for bringing this melon to OUV office. Mr. Clinkacales has been spending some time visiting at the home of M. C. Todd, of Walhalla, and among other relatives In this section. Ile New Fa! I wish to ce of the public to t new line of FALL DR' NOTIONS, CLOTHING, UNDERW You are core call and inspect ? Yours CW. PIT( Walhall; had never seen one of this variety before. Notes from Bounty Land. Bounty Land, Sept. 10.-Special: Mrs. W. Ii. McClellion, of Woodbury, Ga., is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. C. Sanders. Mrs. Julia D. Shanklin returned last week from an extended visit in Spring Creek, Va., as a guest of her son, S. M. Shanklin. Several of our girls and boys en ter Seneca High School to-day, viz.: Little Missos Helen Berry, Emily Corbin, Ida Beth Doyle, Miss Flo ride Stone and Messrs. J. B. Cleve land and Davis Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Abbott and lit tle son, D. S., Jr., have been visiting the past week at the Davis home. Dean Davis visited relatives In At lanta recently. O. H. Doyle, of a machine gun company, Greenville, spent Saturday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Doyle. Mrs. R. H. Smithson, of Westmin ster; Mr. and Mrs. Jay G. Gilllson and Burns Glllison, of Clemson, wero guests Sunday of their motlier, Mrs. J. M. Glllison. Miss Zola Hubbard has been visit ing relatives in Atlanta for the past few weeks. Mrs. Sudie Sligh, of Birmingham, Ala., has been a guest of relatives and friends in the community tho past week. Miss Cora Hubbard has accepted a position with a business linn in Columbia and left a few days ago for that city. Miss Mae Hubbard will leave Fri day for Rock Hill, where she will take a post-graduate course at Win throp College. Misses Ruth Lee Perry and Lucile Berry entered school in Seneca to day. 'Miss Perry will spend thc win ter with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Berry. Dentil of Mrs. Jeff Gibson. (Tugaloo Tribuno, 11th.) We regret to learn of tho death of Mrs. Gibson, wife of Jeff Gibson, which sad event occurred at their home five miles below Westminster, near Oakway, Sunday morning nt 10 o'clock. Mrs. Gibson was 111 three weeks and heart trouble was tho cause of her death. She ls survived by her husband and ll children, to whom sympathy ls extended. She was 4 0 years old and had been a con - sistent member of the Mount Pleas ant Baptist church many years. Her malden nemo was Teasley, and sho was reared In Georgia. Intormont wns made in the cotnotery of Bethel Baptist church Monday at ll a. m., funeral services being conducted by Hov. J. A. Martin. til the attention ;he arrival of my Y GOODS, SHOES, HOSIERY, EAR, Etc. lially invited to same, truly, CHFORD, \^ Sa O? Ktchlund Local News, Richland, Sept. 10.-Special: Mr. and Mrs. Clint Stribling and family, ol' Seneca, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stripling, of Columbia, were guests of Mrs. T. B. Wyly last Wednesday. .Roger Coe, of Columbia, spent the past week at home and left Saturday for Kort Mill, where he will be prin cipal of the high school there the coming session. 'Mr. Coe graduated with honors from the Presbyterian Collego nt Clinton last June and is amply prepared and qualified to make a successful teacher. Misses Lynn aiul^Gracc Vernor re turned home the first part of the week from a visit to relatives In Fountain Inn. Wayne Wyly was taken sick Sun day afternoon, being threatened with fever. It is hoped that he will escape such an ordeal and be up and about again in a few days. The Ladles' Missionary Socle1 y met at the home of Mrs. J. P. Strlbllng Friday afternoon. Jefferson MrtMnhan entered the Walhalla High School last week and expetcs to remain at homo and go back and forth each day. John Ballenger expects to leave Wednesday for Columbia, where ho begins his duties as a truck driver in the army. David Mc.Mahan went to Greenville to-day for tlx* purpose of enlisting in the navy Fell from Hospital Window. Columbia, Sept. 8.- D. P. Wanna maker, of St. Matthews, son of Hon. .1. 10. Wannamaker, a prominent far mer and citizen of Calhoun county, died of a fractured skull late this af ternoon, tlu result of a fall from a window of the third story of the Baptist Hospital, which ho entered as a patient Friday. It is not known by the hospital authorities how he fell from the window, as no ono was in the room at the time of the acci dent. Death resulted in a few min utes after tho fall. Ho was 27 years of age. Clearing Sale. ION TI RF STOCK FOR SALE I 1 Lot 30c. Coffee at.25c. 1 Lot 20c. Coffeo at.17c. Hoc. Package Coffeo at.25c. Lot of Bulk 25c. Coffeo.20c. 1 Lot Fruit Jar Caps, per doz.. . .25c. Big Lot Soap, per Cake.5%c. Lot Washing Powders, package. . .5c. Lot Crockery, Plates, Bowls, Plat ters, otc. A. V. DUNCAN, WALHALLA, S. GAROMNA.