Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-10-31
columbus wagons are good
wagons" W. NJ BrOWn-Ativ

Mrs. Hayne Jones and Miss jamie
Harrison will be hostesses to the
d. A. r. chapter next Saturday af-
ternoon, November Sd, at 4 O'Clock,
at the home of the latter.
Attention Is directed to the ad-
Of l.. Blumenthal. Of
which will be found on
the 9Th page this week. Mr.. Blu
menthal has many rare bargains to
offer to the Oconee public, and it
will be well worth the time of any
buyer to call and examine his stock.
Read the announcement, then make
a visit to Mr.. Blumenthals store.
Money to Loan on Farm Lands
We can loan you money on five years
time at low rate of interest. NJ. r.
Mcdonald, Walhalla, or w. P. Elrod,
Lavonia, Ga.-Adv. 45+
-Buggies and wagons, farm I'M
plements, harness, ETC., constitute the
base Of some very interesting facts
stated by J. Wade Dickson, of West
minister, this week. Read his two tn-
nouncements, which will be found on
the second and fourth pages this
week. He Is prepared to meet the
demands Of the public In the line of
farm implements and vehicles of all
kinds. Give him a call.
100 bushels Abruzzi seed rye,
SO per bushel. w. NJ. Brown.-Adv.
There are many friends of f. Fl.
Smith. of the Salem section Of Oco-
nee, who will be glad to learn that
he is improving and is now able to
be up and about his home at times,
though compelled to use crutches in
a I'M lnn
July last, suffered stroke of paraly-
sis. which affected his limbs to such
an extent that for several months he
was unable to get about at all. We
hope fol his early complete restora-
tion to health.
-"When you ride, ride right"
High Point buggies. w. M. Brown,
Walhalla.--Adv.
At the Methodist ci1uinh last
Sunday night the last quartz: ly, con-
ference Of the year was held, Rev.
T. c. O'Dell, presiding elder, preach
ing most excellent sermon, and af-
ter the service presiding over the
conference. With the convening s1of
the Annual Conference will close the
pastorate of Dr.. Stokes for the Wal
halla charge and the presiding elder
ship OF Rev. Mr.. O'Dell for the An
dcrson District, each having served
the full four-year period allotted for
Methodist ministers. The reports
showed the charge and tho district
to.be In good condition, gauged from
points. Appropriate resolutions
were passed unanimously by the con-
gregation commencing pastor and
presiding elder for the good work
accomplished under their ministra-
tions, and wishing them an abundant
success in their work wherever it
may be prosecuted in the future. The
people Of Walhalla, regardless Of de-
nomination, join most heartily in
their regrets that the labors of these
two able men will be lost to our town
and the district.
Cotton goods, hardware and
shoes are going to advance until af.
ter the war. We are selling out to
quit. 'Nuff said to the wise. Carter
& Co., Walhalla.--Adv. As.
John A. Ansel was recently ex-
hibiting the largest sweet potato we
have seen this year. 1t weighed 6
pounds and 8 ounces. The potato
was grown by Miss Helena Kauf-
r.
Ansel, in his position Of vantage on
Main street, sees many things and
hearts many things that are really
remarkable. We do not know If we
are disclosing secret, but Otto
Kaufman, who presented the large
potato to Mr.. Ansel, instructed him
to take it home and tell his family
that the tuber was grown on Mr..
farm. Recently, too; Mr..
in conversation with Capt. ].
r. Anderson, of the Blue Ridge Rail-
way, learned that in the city Of An
derson, at no distant date in the past,
a wagon load Of sweet potatoes was
brought into the city, the smallest
one Of which weighed pounds, the
largest about II pounds. The two
horse wagon load contained Nabout
175 potatoes. We fatty refuse to
for any Of the Anderson story.
Some one told Capt. Anderson,
who told Mr.. Ansel, who told lis. We
all are members Of the Ananias Club.
and neither Of us Is willing ,tofvouch
for statement made by the other.
White mon wanted to- board
stockings. Hetrick Hosiery Mills,
Walhalla.--Adv. tt. 3&
Mrs. feDecca LanSStOn died at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Beck, in Walker county, Alabama, on
Sunday, October 21st. MrsJ9Lang-
ston was a native OF Pickens county,
and her maiden name was Entrekin.
In early life she was married to II.
Gordon Langston, and they made
their home in Oconee, residing near
and in Walhalla for many years. Mrs.
had been Ill for only about
ten days, having been stricken with
She Is survived 8Dy one
son, Will w. Langston, Of Fayette-
Vile, N. c., and one daughter, Mrs.
Chas. Beck, OF Dora, Ala. She was