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KEOWEE COUItIEK (Hstaullslied 1810.) Published livery Wednesday Morning Bubscrlplioii #1 Tor Annum. Advertising Hales Reasonable. -Hy STUCK, SH IO IX) lt & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal clio iffier charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices nun tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will Lo printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at tho rat? of ono cent a word. Cash to ?eeo m pan y manuscript. WALHALLA, H. Ct AV I?: I ?.NHS DAY, OCTOHKR St, JIU7. ITALIAN IJINKH HIIATTRRRR. Home Says Italy's Troops Retreated Without Wring Shot. llcrlin. Oct. 28.Tho Austrians and (leriuans have forced their way through the mountains to the plains of Northern Italy, capturing Hie town of Cividale, tho war office announces. The city of GoiT/.ia, on thc Isonzo, also has boon captured. The num ber of Italian prisoners, according to thu report, is Increased to moro than 80.000. The announcement follows: "Itapid development of the unltod attach on the Isonzo again brought on tiro success yesterday. Tho Ital ian tones which sought to provont ?mr divisions from omerging from tlio mountains wore thrown hack by powerful thrusts. In tho evening (?orman troops forced their way into the burning town of Cividale, the ll rs I town in point of position In,.tho plain. "The Italian Iront, as far as tho Adriatic Sea, is wavering. Our troops are. pressing forward on the whole line, Gorizln, Hm most disputed town lu tho Isonzo battles, was taken carly tliis morning hy Austro-llungn rltm divisions. "The number of prisoners lias heon increased to moro than sn,non and tho number ol' guns to more than 000." Tito Captured Territory, Cividale is a town of about 5,000 in Friull, nine miles northeast tit tho important railroad center of Udino. lt is near the entrance to the valley of th? Natisome river, along which ? *,,..(,." (!?mi>iii fo>v?n that broke i lie Italian line lu I ho Tel ni inn re ; /rion baye ha tiered their way. Civl il i? >o i.:- in tho I not hi I ls of \\u lillian i Alps, beyond tvltlch Ito thc philip ol ? Northern Italy. Oorlzin was capturen n> m? ital ians on August 9, 1916, at the time of the Synorhonous offensive of the allies on the French. Galicien and Italian fronts. Tho Italians took about 20,000 prisoners In tho city. Its capture was one of tho most im portant successes of Italy's campaign against Austria. Oorlzln ls a town of 31,000 Inhab itants, ou tho Isonzo, half way down tho presen I Austro-German front of attack, between Tolmino and the sea. lt is strongly situated among hills of great defensive value, in Which there was heavy lighting be fore the Italians reached the city it self. Gorizia is -!2 miles northwest Of Trieste, Austria's big seaport at the head of the Adriatic, the capture of which is ono of the principal Ital ian aspirations. Italians Mee, Homo Admits. Homo, Oct. 2.X.-Units of tho Ital ian Second Army surrendered with out lighting, permitting tho Austro German forces to break the Italian left wing on the Julian front and in vade Italy, says to-day's od?ela! re port. The Italians now aro retreat ing in accordance with tho plan pre pared. The announcement follows: "The failure to resist on the part of some units forming our Second Army, which in cowardice retired without firing or surrendered to tho enemy, allowed the Austro-Gorman forces to break into our left wing on the Julian front. The valiant efforts of other troops did not enable thom to prevent tho army from advancing into thc sacred soil of our father land. Wo now aro withdrawing our lino according to the plan prepared. All stores .?nd depots in the evacu ated places were destroyed. "The record of many memorable bailies fought with success by our brave soldiers during the two and one-half years of war is sufficient to assure the coinniandor-ln-chlef that the army. to which the honor and safety of the country are confided will know how to fulfil] its duty." (lt is estimated that Ihe Italians are opposed on the front of the Aus tro-German attack by forces four times i heir number. ) Allies to Aid Haly. London, Oct, 20.-Steps already lia o hoon talton for rendering the fullest posslblo insistance lo the Ital ians. An officially Inspired article ap pears in The Times lo-day. in which this significant paragraph summar izes the contents: "Our word to the people of Italy is to stand finn, for help will surely come * * * There is no need for alarm, bul there is thc ut most need for promptitude and broadness <>f vision." .Munitions Were Short. Washington. Oct. 2!>.-Lack of material, munitions and guns, with unseasoned troops en tho right wing in the face ol* au overwhelming Aus tro-Oorman force coming from thc . Russian borders tiro tho onuses as signed by technical experts of the Italian mission here for thc Italian defeat in the Julian Alps. There must ho a reformation of the fl"htjng lines they say, and a ro oumption of the Italian offensive can not be expected before next spring, HOOD TIME T( .hist a few words to friends of '?"ne Koo wee Couriers Tho Courier lias a lot ol' fri Kotten their obligations to us. weekly, yoar after year, yet the I subscriptions promptly bas evW hands of many. Don't neglect tl -need it more to-day than ever (lenses, not to pay dividends. ] Into the production of a newspap to 200 per cent more than in no creased our subscription price, lo our friends and patrons to pa: and ?o square off all old account Cotton and all other produc there is no good reason why at I els should do otherwise than pa) Dook at your label! Just t die date to which your subscript! to be defaced and hard to decipl your account is getting large, tl standing, with no payment to n( date. Next week will bo Court V week in November, and Noveml time. Come in and see us. Yo lng in full if your account ts eitli We have also a number of u and advertising-some for a teri cost us 8 per cent a year to carr in and pay. (Sven if a little ince g?tions, is it unreasonable for ii owes us (after we have carried tl of from 8 to 2 1 per cent, accordl run.) make an effort to pay, evei and pay Interest on it? Isn't it n borrow money and pay the interei pay interest on YOUR DBUT TO several times in your think box, This is An Urgent Call for largo accounts. WK NEED TH Very trulj 'I the campaign meanwhile being of necessity on defensive lines. Members of the mission are confi dent relief and assistance will be forthcoming soon from Italy's allies. Men are not wanted; Italy has an abundance of men. Munitions, steel, coal, cannon and food aro what must be hud at once. The Italian right, which first fail ed under the enemy's great assault, it ls said here, was composed of ter ritorials not seasoned in war. The break made it necessary for the whole front to he withdrawn to avoid a Hanking attack. The Italian nene ral staff knew no less than 700,000 German and Austrian troops were facing Cadora's army, nevertheless attack could have been resisted suc cessfully, Italians here say, had at tention been given by the allies to Italy's calls for munitions and sup plies. Most of thc 7 0f> cannon lost I were taken without having fired a I shot, for lack of ammunition. Whenove Vou Need a General Tonic Tn kc tu ovo'.-., i Tho Old Standard Grove's V?steles* .'ill To;.ic ia equally valuable a* a uw?iidi l'oui? bettui? i', cou tai u? thc well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents. Card of Thanks. Editor Keowee Courier; Wo desire to express, through your columns, our hearty appreciation of the many tokens of kindness shown, and of tho services rendered, in the recent ill ness and death of our husband and fa Hier, ll. L. Brandt. We pray that you accept this as our personal thanks and gratitude for the very generous assistance you gave, and your sincere sympathy. Mrs, M. Li. Brandt and Family. Walhalla, Oct. 29. To Increase Meat Supply. .Washington, Oct. 2i).-An appeal to tho country's farmers to breed hogs in large numbers so as to In crease the moat supply for tho Amer ican and allied annies and for home consumption was issued to-day by tho Department of Agriculture. At tention ls called to the fact that hogs can be Increased more quickly than any other kind of live stock and that there is an abundance of feed for tho stock. .-? * i*~ Amundsen's Personal Protest. London, Oct. 21.-Capt. Roald Amundsen, the noted Norwegian ex plorer, went to thc German legation at Christiana on Tuesday, says Ren ter's Christiana correspondent, and returned to the German minister his German decorations as a "personal protest against the German murder of peaceful Norwegian sailors on Octo ber 17 in the North Sea." Gl RLS I GIRLS! TRY IT! STOP DANDRUFF AND BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR Hair Stops Falling Out and Gets Thick, Wavy, Strong and Beautiful. 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If you care for pretty, soft hair and lots of it, surely get a small bottle of Knowlton's Bandolino from any druggist or toilot couotor for a fow cents.-Adr. ) PAY DEBT5. and patrons and former patrons lends and patrons who hnvo for The paper has gone Into li o mes thought of coming in and paying len Hy escaped attention at the ils longer. We need our money before. We need it to meet ex IDvery item of material entering er is costing us from r>0 per cent. rina] times, yet we have not in it ls for this reason we appeal y current subscriptions promptly s in tull. ts are bringing good prices, and uast '.?0 per cent of our subscrlb . promptly and In full, ipposlte your name you will find on is paid. If it should happen mr, it is reasonably certain that ie type being worn out by long icessitate resetting of name and. /eek. lt will also be the first jer ls a recognized debt-paying u can help us materially by pay ier due or past due. .atrons who owe us for job work n of years, whose accounts have y. Wo appeal to these to come mvenient to meet these old obli is to ask that each patron who lie account at a loss to ourselves lng to the time tho account has i if he has to borrow the money nore reasonable that YOU should st than that we shall continue to i US? Turn that question over then conic in and pay up. settlement of both small and li MONEY! ?HW KEOWEE COURIER. HOPED MORN WOULD FIND NO mn IN HOME MRS. B?RGIN THOUGHT CHANCES WERE TERRIBLY. AGAINST II KR. CHANGE "A MIRACLE." Greer Woman Talks Interestingly of Her Remarkable Experience. "I was in an awful condition when I began talking Taulac and had been for two years, but Tanlac got mc back in good health," was tho em phatic statement of Mrs. D. J. Bur gin, of Greer, S. C., in a statement she gave May 10th in endorsement of Tanlac. "1 was buffering from the after effects of malaria. Mv svstor? . was out pf order, ! va* weat; &> i , ron-dov, n and my facti was ns V<?B . i as? pumpkin. Vfy '<v? end le;>> j tike they nore dca,* 6i asleep; t*?!u' ? ,r,U-<I all Mm timo Really i h.id begun ?.u wonder it i ?ver would re gain my health, and 1 didn't think I had a chance, for so much medicine had failed to help me. In fact, I felt so badly that I often told my family at night I hoped there would he no stove in the house in the morning so I would not have to cook breakfast. I had stomach trouble very badly, too. "Tanlac ts the grandest thing in the world for a condition like I waa in, and it soon got my stomach in' good shape, my face cleared up and regained the right color and my ap petite soon came back. No matter liow Had a headache I had, one dose of Tanlac relieved it. Soon the Tan lac had me feeling tine and strong, and after I had taken two bottles I was well and strong. I took sonic of tho Tanlac Tablets, and thev helped Tanlac ever so much to get me well. Tlioso tablets are the best I ever took. "I am glad to recommend Tanlac, for lt ls the llnest and, of course, tho only medicino that ever helped me." Tanlac, the master medicine, ls sold exclusively by Bell's Drug Store, Walhalla; J. C. Cain. Oakway; Sa lem Drug Co., Salem; Seneca Phar macy, Seneca; Stonocyphor Drug Co., Westminster; Hughs & Dendy, Richland.-Adv. NEW STORE! NEW GOODS! NEW AI - THE < Our 3Jew Ladies' Cc arrived in large assortme terials. We invite you to call our new arrivals in Ladi you make your selections? We carry a new and the whole family. Wc carry a large assc Clothing, Overcoats and and popular prices. SPECIAL OFFER I J 5c Value Curtain Scrim, Q special, per yard, ? ? ? ^ C THE G * Westmim S. ?EH8HON, Prop. Fiddlers! Fiddler?! Fiddlers! You will .certainly come If you treat yon v elf ri."ht, To tho Townville school house, next Friday night, To have the most fun you can ever nient ion At tho old time Fiddlers' Merry Con vention, On November tho second-don't for get tho date At half past seven, so don't be late! Came, every ono, both ladicB and gents, For the admission doesn't reach over twenty-live cents. Annie Mae Ledbettor. Townville High School. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court of Common Pleas. i Pursuant to docroe of tho afore said Court, in the cas?'named below, I will offer for salo, to tho highest bidder, lu front of the Court House door, at Walhalla, South Carolina, on Monday, the 5th day of November, 1917, between the legal boura of salo, the tract of land below de scribed: Andrew Ramey, Plaintiff, against Hird Taylor, John Henry Long, Eank of Walkalla and W. M. Brown, De fendants. All that certain piece, or parcel or tract of land, In State and county aforesaid, in Tugaloo township, on waters of Toxaway Creek, adjoining lands of J. S. Carter, Wm. Black, for merly owned by B. M. Lee, being sov onty acres, more or less. Terms of Sale: One-half cash and the balance on a credit of one year, with interest from the day of sale; that the credit portion boar interest from day of sale and be secured by a bond of the purchaser and a mort gage of the premises, that in event of failure of the purchaser or purchas ers to comply with tho terms of sale j within five days from the day of sale, the Master do re-advertise and resell .said premises on the following sale day, or some convenient saleday thereafter, at the same placo and on the same terms ns heretofore set out, at the risk of the former purchaser ! or purchasers, and that he continue I so to do ti ii til ho has found a pur- ! chaser or purchasers who comply I with tho terms of sale. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. , W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconee County, S. C. Oct. 17, 1017. 42-44 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. . Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to V. F. Martin .Tildar? nf Prohnt? for Ocon< o County, ?n the Stat? of South I Ourollutt, ai Uh' office at Walhall? Court [louse, .<?) Saturday, November ? J7th, ly l /. ;n. i i 6 ?loes Ui the ?fi rcnoon, or at soon thereafter ns sam application eua uo hoard, ?or leave to make Anal settlement of the estate of Miss Frances ?H. Earle, de ceased, and obtain Anal discharge as Executor of said estate. WILLI./ M H. LYLES, Executor of thd Estate of Miss Frances H. Ei> "le, deceased. Oct. 17, 1917. 42-45 RHEUMATISM Why will you suffer from this most dreaded diseaso, wheo L-Rhoumo has proven the groats est remedy for the past 25 yoars ? Thousands of people testify to its wonderful cures. This prescription should bo in your home. Tako it when you foel that first pain. De mand thc bottle with big "L." -r- FOR SALE BY Bell's Drug Store, Walhalla, S. C. NEXT DOOR TO W. L. ENGLAND'S STORE. ?RIVALS ?LOBE J >ats and Coat Suits have nts-latest styles and ma at our New Store and see es* Ready-to-Wear, before complete line of Shoes for >rtmcnt of Men's and Boys' Rain Coats-latest styles FOR THIS WEEK: 12 l-2c Value Sheet- Q ing, special, ? ? . ' ^ fLOBE, ?ter, S. C. MAX OREEN, Manager. BETTER BUILT BUGGIES THEY RIDE AS EASY AS YOUR NEIGHBOR'S AUTOMOBILE. ?J* Everybody who owns one will tell you that this is a fact, and during the next few weeks I expect at least fifty more of Oconee's people to KNOW that this is a fact, ?fi I have just received my second consignment of the famous AMES BETTER BUILT BUGGIES. These Buggies were contracted for some months ago, and I expect to run these fifty Buggies out and save you $25.00 on a job. ?J* I am doing this simply to advertise my business, as I will be on the job for 1918 with a better stock than can be found anywhere else in upper South Carolina, and I expect to supply the farmers in this section with the goods that will make your work lighter and your riding easier, MY LINE OF HARNESS is right in line with my Buggies. I have selected these Har ness with great care. The leather used in their manufacture was tanned by the old process-not being tanned, as is the usual custom nowadays, with chemicals, which are detrimen tal to leather. Instead of that kind of stuff our Harness people use the Old-time Tan Bark, and I can offer you HOME-MADE HARNESS that will last you much longer-and look better in years to come-than the cheap stuff that is nov/ crowding the market. ?j* My House, which is the largest Show Room in West minster, is crowded with something as good and sound as LIBERTY BONDS -Ames Buggies, Good Home-Made Harness, Lap Robes, Grain Drills, Cultivators, Distributers, Cotton Planters, and any and all Implements used on a farm. .9* And last comes something you all know, and that is the famous GEORGE E. NISSON WAGONS (The Nisson Has No Equal) Avery Wagons, Studebaker Wagons. You can look out any time and see these passing your door. Look for Me When In Westminster. J. WADE DICK. M. Westminster, S. C. Early Sowing Makes Abundant Harvesting ! Let us show yo?T what wo have iii Grain Drills. Both tho O no-II orso Open Furrow Oat Drills and Ton-Disc Two-Horse Drills in stock. Wo have also full lino of Disc Harrows, Spike Harrows and Turning Plows at reasonable prices. Ballenger Hardware and Furniture Co,, SENECA, S. C. FOR SALE. i*L Wo lwivo 250 acres joining tho' Town of Seneca with a main road t'* through tho center; one milo from churches, schools ami railroad station; level and pretty. Some ono is going to get interested. S FRANK E. ALEXANDER, ? (Of KENNEDY A ALEXANDER, Anderson, S. O.) @ Dealers in Real Estate. ? SEE NE AT WALHALLA, S. C. Wo n.<o authorized hy a responsible linn to pay $.'1.75 for good {oj pine or oak wood loaded on curs at any point in Oconeo county. Seo ino nt Walhalla for particulars. FRANK E. ALEXANDER. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, In the State of South Carolina, at his offlco at Wal halla Court House, on Monday, thc 19th day of November, 1917, at 11 o'clock In tho forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlo mont of tho Estate of Mrs. Sallie C. Williams, deconsod, ? nd obtain final discharge as Executor of said estate. CLARENCE C. MILLER, Executor of tho Estate of Mrs. Sallie C. Williams, docoased. Oct. 17, 1917. 42-45 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. isotlce is hereby given that the 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 FRIDAY, the 30th day of November, 1917, at ll o'clock In tho foronoon, or ?as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settle ment of tho Estate of Mrs. H. "E. Moore, deceased, and obtain final dis charge as Administrator of said Es tate. Vi S. HOLLEMAN, Administrator of the Estate of Mr?. H. E,-~Moore, deceased. Oct. 31, 1917, 44-47 .