Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-05-17
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
MISUNDERSTANDING. Observation-Disclosures.

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-. E. Alexander sells Rock Hill
buggies. Walhalla, S. C.-Adv. If.
-Found-Small novelty pencil.
Owner car get same by calling at
this Office, describing same and say
ing thank YOU.
Born, on May 18th, unto Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Brewer OF West
Union, a son, and on the 1dth, unto
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Smith, Of Mid
way, Il daughter.
Screen doors, ice cream frceZ-
crs, garden hose. water coolers. Math-
rson Hardware Co., Westminster. ad
Mrs. S. N. Pitchford and daugh-
ter. little Miss Lillian, and Miss Ella
Crcnshaw left Walhalla Monday for
trip to Birmingham, where they
will be for Il short while visiting
among relatives and friends.
Miss Bertic O'Kcllcy and John
B. Adams, both Of the Westminster
section OF Oconec, were married last
Sunday morning at T0Xaway Baptist
church. Rev. l.. B. Norton perform
led the ceremony. We wish the
young couple a long and happy life.
! DIR. J. G. Sccgers, professor Of
practical theology, Lutheran Thco-
Pgical Seminary. Columbia, will
pfcach at st. Johns Lutheran church
nHXt Sunday night at s o'clock
EHerybody is invited and will be well
COME to this service, as to all Ot her
scitvices at the Lutheran church.
H-Miss Hattie Darby has returned
t~ Walhalla after spending some
&eeks among relatives and friends
IN the lower part Of the State. nur-
ing her visit she was taken quite i'll
and was unable to return as early As
she anticipated. Her many friends
hope for her early restoration to
health.
800 hens wanted at once: also
friars. ducks, turkeys and guineas. |
pay cash. II. ID. Oelkers. Walhalla.
S. C.---Adv.+
Revenue Officer w. r. Bradley
and Special Officer A. 7. Reid yestcr-
day morning got busy with the
booze boys. raiding still in the Oco-
nee Creek section, near Lays Mill.
The still had been removed from the
place where the whiskey was to be
made. but the officers got four fer,
mcnters and destroyed some 200 gal
were made, as the parties seemed to
have suspected that something was
up and absentcd themselves from
the premises. The beer was still
warm when the officers made the
find.
Attention is directed to the ad-
vertiscment this week Of l.. Blumen-
thai. Of Westminster. who is Offering
fr, 1D
gains in all departments Of his large
store. This sale will start Friday OF
this week, May 10, and will continue
through Wednesday. May 3lst. These
l3 days will present a splendid op-
portunity to the trading public to
take advantage Of the many reduc-
tions in price that Mr.. Blumenthal is
making. BE sure to call on him. 1t
will pay You to make purchases even
in advance Of your needs in order to
secure the reductions he is making.
See announcement on the 9Th page
this week and give him Il call.
Pay your town taxes before
June lst, after which the 20 per cent
penalty will be added. Attend to
your taxes now and avoid penalty.
Books open at Bank Of Walhalla.
VIII j. Schroeder. Clerk and Treas
urcr.-Adv.
st. Augustine, Fla, sustained
quite heavy loss last Thursday
when the Flaglcr Hospital was de-
stroycd by fire. This was said to
have been one Of the finest hospitals
in the South, and was gift to st.
Augustine by the late Henry NJ. Flag
Ter. Walhalia had Il peculiar interest
in this institution in that Mrs. Viola
&. ilctrick was numbered among the
nurses at the hospital. Mrs. Hetrick
is the widow Of the late Harry Hct-
rick and Is daughter Of Newton
Crcnshaw, Of Midway While the
financial loss to st. Augustine is
great in the destruction of this hos
nttal, it was fortunate indeed that no
lives were lost or injury sustained
either by patients or those connected
with the institution. 1t is said that
tho institution will be rebuilt at once.
---rhcrc are many in Oconoc who
Will learn with regret OF the death Of
John Wesley Duckett. aged II years
VINO passed away at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Norman Vaughn. in
the flcket Post section. last Sunday,
May lith. Mr.. Duckctt had been
sick for week, having been stricken
with pneumonia. He was born i'm
Pickens District February 2d, 1912.
IN 1863 he was married TO
Miss Sarah Crcnshaw. who, with
five children. survives him. The chill
dren are George, William and John
Duckett, Mrs. Kate Hayes and Mrs
Norman Vaughn. Mr.. Duckett was
Confederate veteran, he having
seen service throughout the entire
four years Of the Civil War, serving
as a private in Company B, 18th South
Carolina Regiment Of Volunteers.
lie had been residing in Oconce