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?VEOWEE COURIER (Established I Hil?.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum, Advertising Rato? Reasonable. -By 8TECK, 8IIELOK & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal e-h?racter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices ano tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will to printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at tho rato of one cont a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, <M*T. 1?, 11)18. ONE MINI TE FOR FRAYER. It has been suggested- and It is a wise and most appropriate sug gestion that the citizens ol' Wal halla pause for a short period of silent prayer for the success of the Allied armies in Mu rope. An appro priate and convenient hour is sug gested a s ii o'clock in tile evening, a time when practically every cit izen is, if not enjoying a period of rest, at least not at any task that will prevent a Stop for a devout petition to the (?real Ruler of the Universe for success ol' our cause and tlie cause of till humanity. The suggestion comes as doubly appropriate al this time, we think, in that tllOSO petitions may well in clude a .supplication for relief from the scourge; of influenza that is now gripping this country, In order that every citizen may 1?! reminded ol' the hour, or moment, for prayer, it has boon arranged so that the electric lights will be dark for one minute, beginning at i) o'clock. This brief period ol' dark ness is not. ol course, meant to sig nify that the mollien) of darkness alone is tor prayer. lt is tho sig nal for prayer, and the giving of notier io ?ill that others ate send ing up petitions tor deliverance from menaces at home and abroad. Note I he moment ol darkness, and comply with the request thal ?ll join in prayer for the welfare ol' our soldiers and our nation. 4. 4, * 4, 4. 4. 4. 4. * 4. .:. 4? 4. 4. (K U FRIENDS Ol' THE .j. .J. COUNTY PRESS. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. * 4. 4. 4. * Mr. Schroder Highly Esteemed. Seneca. S. C., Oct. I I !> 1 S. Editor Koowco Courier: With profound sorrow we have board ol' the death o? Mr. Schroder, whom we have always considered ono ol' the leaders in bis profession in the Slate. Oconee has lost one of her best citizens. Realizing that il is now bard to get hell? for the mechanical depart ment, tlie publishers ol' Farm and Factory offer you thc? services of any member of its mechanical force, or tho use of the entire establish ment. Sincerely and cordially yours. The Phillips Printers. Ry R. R. Phillips. Mr. -Schroder's Death a Heul Loss, Westminster, S. C., Oct. 10. 10 IS. Editor Keowee Courier: We deeply sympathize with Thc Courier and the family of our de ceased friend in tho loss sustained by the death of Fred. Schroder.Com ing at a time like this the loss and sorrow aro felt hy all moro keenly than under ordinary circum stances. We know something of the scar city of help and tlie burden of work at this time. Should you find your self getting behind with your work in tho mechanical department, tlie plant of the Tugaloo Tribune ls at your service free of charge. Again expresing sympathy, we are Yours very truly. Tugaloo Tribune. By A. L. G?ssett. -. Will Feel tho Loss, Seneca, Oct. ll.-Editor Keowee Courier: I bog to offer my sympathy to you and to the family of tlie de ceased in your and their 'oss (and my loss, too,) through tlie doath of our mutual friend. Fred Schroder. Very truly. M. Stokes Stribling. Will he Missed hy Friends. (Anderson Daily .Mail.) Fred A. ll. Schroder, one of the owners and editors of The Keowee Courier ol' Walhall;., has passed away after a short illness from pneu monia. Mr. Schroder was well known among the newspaper fraternity for bis long connection with the Walhalla publication. * * * His many friends in Anderson will grieve with those lu Oconee over the loss of this popular man. Westminster Lady Dies from Accident. The Courier extends sincere sym pathy to ll. B. Zimmerman and fam ily in their soro bereavement. Mrs. Zimmerman died from thc; effects of Injuries received in an automo bile accident, which occurred near Farmington, Ga., on tho morning of October 7th. Tlie steering gear of tho car in which tho party, consist ing of Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman and their daughtor, Miss Lucile, became locked while the machine was going at a good rato of speed, tlie car became unmanageable, going into a ditch and turning turtle. Mrs. Zimmerman' diod from tho injuries received in the accident. rniOI). A. II. SCHKODKIt. ( 1H7?-1?1H.) Tho Coulior to-day mourns tho loss by (loath ol' a valued and highly isteemod member of the linn - Fred. Sch roder. Whoo last week we announced the critical illness of Mr. Schroder we still hoped - though the hope was faint- that there would ho a change for Hie better in Mr. Schroder's con dition, and that his life might yet be spared to his family, and to us. and to his other friends. We felt then, however, that we were "hoping against hope." and each hour we dreaded to hear the news that wc feared was Inevitable. On Friday, October Ith. Mr. Schro der, on arriving at The Courier office, anuouncod in a casual way that he was not feeling as well as usual, but he went to work, at noon saying that he felt worse, but he thought ho could finish out the day at his accustomed work. At four o'clock in the afternoon he arose from the linotype machine, arrang ing all parts about lt as for another day's work, and announced that he had been suffering for a while with a severe pain across his body from the right shoulder, ranging down ward, and could stand it no longer while at work. As he lett the office his simple announcement was that "I hope I'll be able to be on hand in the morning." That was bis last presence in tin; place of business that for years had seldom missed bis daily crossing of its threshold. When next we saw bim bo was prostrate ?ind uncon scious, surrounded by his loved ones in I be booie, who sorrowfully await ed the end. Wednesday night last live days alter he bad been taken ill -at I I.HU o'clock, he breathed his last. He bad been stricken down with a severe attack of pneumonia, and bis condition was aggravated hy a complication with Bright's dis ease, which, though it was not known or suspected thal ho had it. so un dermined his constitution that he I was unable to rally from tho at tack ol' pneumonia. Fritz Anderson Henry Schrotler was horn on his parents' ['arm near Walhalla on January 2Sth, IS7ti. I le I waa a son of ll. 1!. .1. W. and Eliza beth (Ivoster) Schroder, tho latter I still living. When the subject of this .sketch was ?tuite a small boy Iiis parents mosed to Walhalla In order lo give their son tho advantages that the town afforded in school facili ties. Ile attended the various schools for boys here until about fi ft cen years ol' ano, when be entered the ofllco of The Keowee Courier, and here be completed an apprentice ship of almost four years. When Tie had finished his apprenticeship he went to Hampton, S. C., where he engaged in the publication of tho Hampton County Guardian, then owned and edited by the late Miles B. Mcsweeney, who was later elect ed to the Governorship of this State. After about two years in the lower part of tho State, feeling the ill effects of tho climate there, Mr. Schroder resigned his position with the Hampton Guardian and returned to Walhalla, taking a position on The Courier as a journeyman printer. The remainder of his life was spent in this office, as an employee for a few years, then as a member of the finn of editors and publishers. How well i e performed his every duty is easily surmised by the readers of tho paper. How almost Indlspensl blc he had become is deeply felt by us to-day. At every turn hil famil iar form ls mtssod, and it ls yet hard for us to realize that ' Fred," as he was familiarly known to all of us, has gone from us forever. Oe December 28. 1S?I8, Mr. Schro der i happily married to Miss Cora Kay. of Walhalla. To this union live children were born - three sons and two daughters -John P., Frank K., James. Mary and Bernice. One son. James, died about ten years ago. Besides hi* four children lu is survived by his wife and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Schroder. Mr. Schroder was a loya.1 member ol' tho Methodist church, and for many years it bad been a custom of his to not let a Sunday pass with out attending service or Sunday school in the church of his choice. Ile was also a valued member of Walhalla Dodge. No. 07, Knights of Pythias. Oconee Dodge Odd Fol lows, and of the Independent Order of lleptnsopbs, In each of these or ders be was recognized both as a loador and a faithful worker. In church and lodge room he will bo missed, as be will be in every sphere Into which his personality had been projected. Hut it is in tho home that bis loss will be felt most keen ly, for be was pre-eminently a home lover and a home-maker, lils life revolved around tho home, and he lived for those hound close to him by tho ties of blood-his wlfo, his children, his mother. To thone his taking away constitutes indeed an irroparablo loss. Time, the great healer of deep heart wounds, alone can soften thc pangs of their sor row; and He to whom the human lieu rt Instinctively turns in grief will provo their only solace. To the bereaved ones The Courier extends the fullest measure ol sym pathy; and there are hundreds of friends of the family and of the de ceased who mourn with them and with us in our mutual loss. Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon, the body hclng re moved from the home at 5 o'clock. Brief services were held at the grave conducted by Hov. 10. P. Taylor, the pastor of the Methodist church. Ser vices at the home were not held, owing to a desire not to conflict with the State Hoard ol' Health's ruling against indoor gatherings on account or the influenza epidemic. A large number of friends attended the iii tennent, paying the last sad tribute to the deceased at the gra^e. ? * * A Personal Tribute. It may not be amiss for me lo pay a brief personal tribute to the deceased. As editor of The Courier it bad been my privilege and my pleasure to labor, day by day. with Mr. Schroder for a long term of years. 1 bad formed a strong at tachment for and a deep apprecia tion of the deceased years before we became associated together in business. I do not think our friendship is over-estimated by me when tin statement is made that his death brings to me personally a deeper grief than is felt by any save thc members of Iiis immediate family. For thirty-four years we had been companions. In early boyhood wc played together; bis home was minc and mine was his. We were insepa rable. Our parents watched over ns as we grew up together, and I'OW days there were, when the I wo bornes did not at some hour shelter holli of HS. Advancing years de traded nothing from the friendship. I entered the employ of The Courier nt thirteen years of age. and 'this was tho lirst interruption of our constan' companionship; and how well .Mid with what pleasure and satisfac tion even now- I retail tho fre (| il ency with which I found "Fred" wailing for mc at The Courier olli e door at "quitting time." Piensan! days those to recall now thal he luis gone before! Xor was it strango that, about Iwo years after I entered this office as an apprentice, when the then managers of the paper needed another em ployee, they should look to "the other inseparable." Fred took up the work, and together we labored for two years, when, completing my ap prenticeship, I left to seek employ ment elsewhere. This was our only real separation, and it continued for about three years, when Fred re turned from Hampton and I from Charleston and Columbia. For 2."> years we labored together in close contact and in closer friendship. And I am not ashamed to acknowledge that now, at 43 years of age, as I take his place at the linotype ma chine and attompt, with unfamiliar bands and clumsy fingers, to manip ulate the keys over which his deft fingers played with skill and pre cision, tho "copy" becomes blurred and indistinct, and 1 am forced to stop and brush away the gathering tears. Between our ages there was a difference of less than three months, and of almost forty-three years of life, all but about nine years wore spent In close companionship and comradeship. Men do not live thus without impressing each other deep ly-nor do they part lightly. I count lt a privilege to have known him, and to have loved him as a brother. He had many virtues; faults he had also, but they were nolther many nor grave Ile was a roal man and an ardfnt lover of honest labor. Our Ideals were much the same, though we often differed In opinion. If it were given to me to write an epitaph to place at the grave of Fred. Schroder, it won fd be unpre tentious AX IIOXHST WORKMAN Bests Here. A MAX Who coveted naught but tho Merited Approval of his Fellow-Beings. In Death we Honor His Memory for What Ho was in Life. For me death has claimed com rade, constant companion.Friend! I sorrow with many others in the passing of Fred Schroder. Pence to his ashes! He laboVcd faithfully and well; now comos his long rost! J. A. Stock. No bettor Investment can bo made than tho buying of Llbetry Bonds. It's putting money Into The Cause that moans World Freedom. Oconee Jail I li vak cr Caught. While Deputy Sheriff B. It. Moss and Kural Policeman J. G. Mitchell were in attendance on Hie recent session of Federal Court In Green ville tliey accidentally ran across one Brooks Ballard, white, who is wanted in Oconee to answer to the charge of stealing. Ho is the white man who, with two negroes, escaped from tho Oconee jail about a month ago. The Oconee officers did not bring their man back to Oconee at this time, as when they presented him at the jail in Greenville, lt was dis covered that he had a charge laid against him in that county as well as in Oconee, and the Greenville officers wanted "first whack" at him. He was given a bearing before a magistrate in Greenville and was sent up for a period of 30 days for stealing a bicycle. Ile will, there fore, come back to Oconee about the 2d of November. lt will be recalled that Ballard is the man who is charged with having taken a grip from a train at Sen eca, making way with it while the owner, an ary officer, went on his way, but not rejoicing. Waddy Chambers Dead. t Tugaloo Tribune. ) Waddy Chambers, formerly of Oco nee. died near Columbia a few days tigo.and his body is expected to reach Westminster to-day. lt is thought ! that he died of paralysis. Mr. Cham- , hors was about 65 years old. He I was a brother of B. F. Chambers, of j Westminster, and of Samuel Cham bers, of Greenville. His widow is : a daughter ot" the late James Cox, j of the Brasstown section, and a sis ter ol' L. I). Cox. They have no ' children. Mr. Chambers was a clever | gentleman, and bis many friends , will be sorry to learn that he is no ! more. Interment will be at Holly Springs cemetery. Mr. Chambers was well '.ern.wu ill Walhalla, having resided here for some time several years ago. There j are many here who will lenin with . sorrow of his death.-Fd. Courier. I T A X X O T ICU. j County Treasurer's Oflicc, ? Walhalla. S. C., Oct. 11,191 ?. The books for the collection of Staie. County, School and Special Taxes for the fiscal year 19 1S will bo ! ' open from October 15th, 1918, io' December Mist. 1918, without pen alty, al ter Which day one per cont I . penalty will be added on all pay- j ? aleuts made in Hie month of Jami- j ' a:*y, 1919, and two per cent penalty Oll'all payments made in the month I ' of February, 1919, and seven per " cent penalty on all payments made ? " from the first day of March, 1919, * until the 15th day of March. 1919.1 After that day all taxes not paid will | go into execution and will be placed m the hands of the Sheriff for col lection. Taxpayers owning property or pay ing taxes for others will please ask for a tax receipt in each township or Special School District In which he or they may own property. This is very important, as there are so many Special School Districts. Tho Tax Irfwy is made up as follows: State Tax. 8% mills School Tax .3 mills Ordinary County Tax ... 7 V4 mills Int. on bonds and S. F. . . VJ mill For Roads . 1 mill Total Levy .20^4 mills Poll Tax, $1. Dog Tax, 50c. Every malo citizen from 21 to 60 years of age ls liable to poll tax ex cept Confederate soldiers, who do ? not pay after 50 years of age, and j those exempted by law. Road Tax, 91.50. F very male citczon from 18 to 50 years of age Is liable for road tax except those exempt by law. This tax is payable from October 15th, 1918. to March 15th, 1919, after which timo executions will be is sued. There ls no alternativa for working. R. H. ALEXANDER, Treasurer Oconee County, S. C. Oct. ll, 1918. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. (In Court of Common Pleas.) Cllngman C. Whltmlre, trading alone as Whltmlre Mercantile Co.. Plaintiff, against John T. McKinney and J. Thomas Bennett, as Partners, under the style, and firm name of McKinney & Bennett, Defendants. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint not Served.) To thc Defendants Aliovo Named: You are hereby summoned a.id re quired ' to answer tho Complaint in this action, which was filed in the office ot* the Clerk of tho Court of I Common Pleas for the said county, i on the 14th day of October. 1918. and to serve a copy of your answer IO the said Complaint on the subscri ber, at bis office, on tho Public Square, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service horeof, exclusive of the day of such service; and Jf you fall to answer tho Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in ?his action will apply to the Court for the rcllof demanded In the Complaint. Dated October 14th, 1918. E. L. Il ERNDON, 4 2-44 Plaintiff's Attornoy. Roofing and Building Material. Wc have one carload ROOFING, bought before the last advances to apply on this commodity, and can make you prices on Roofing; that prevailed years ago. We have this in the 1, 2 and 3-pIy grades, and it will pay you to get our prices before covering. Wc have everything in the BUILDING MATERIAL LINE and will bc glad to sell you this for essential use at a price that you cannot well afford to let slip by, -GRAIN DRILLS, --- Genuine Oliver Plows and all Repairs, Farm Tools, Blacksmith Tools and Machinery Supplies. Matheson Hardware Co., WESTMINSTER, S. C. Just What You Want COMPLETE LINE Buggies, Surries, Harness of All Kinds; Whips, Lap Robes, Wagons, Mowing Machines, Stalk Cutters and Turn Plows to go at reasonable prices. Bring your Cash along; it will go a long way here. You ;an nearly always find what you want here in the way of MULES AND HORSES. f we haven't got just what you want, can fill your order on Short Notice. Buy War Saving Stamps and Help Win tne War. R. K. NIMMONS, SENECA, S. C. .. Sow Grain The War is not over yet? ?fi It is up to us to raise our Grain and Feed Stuffs* Wc have good stock of One and Three-Row Grain Drills, ?fi NOW is the time to get the sowing done, ?fi Let us show you what we have. A few Dort Cars left, ?fi You have perhaps intended to buy a Car this fall, ?fi Do not let the gasless Sundays scarce you off, for there are numbers of uses for the Car other than Sunday Joy Riding. Wc are offering thc present stock less last factory advance in prices, ?fi It may be impossible to get more cars later, ?fi Sec us now. Ballenger Hardware and Furniture Co.. SENECA, S. C. YULCANIZINQ ! THE TIRE HOSPITAL Is the place to have first-class work done. E. H. LOISELLE, TK? Vulcanizing Man. Phone 798 - - Anderson, S. C. U?T^All work left with tho Piedmont Auto Co., Walhalla, will receive prompt attention.