Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-25
beans. $3.50 bushel. a,

| velvet beans, $500 buShel, at
G. w. & J. e. Bauknight's.-
b. l.. Herndon, Esq, is in Co.
lumbia, attending the session of the
Supreme Court. Cases for this cir
cult are being tried this week
Mrs. r. Sloan Driskell, Of Ander-
son, is spending few days in Wal
halla at the home OF her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John p. Hutchison, on Tu-
galoo street.
ID. S. Abbott, of Easley. spent
the latter part Of last week in Wal
ha(la among friends and in the COM
munity among relatives. He is al
ways a welcome visitor to Oconee.
II. e. Alexander. Walhalla, s. c.,
sells land, buggies and harness. See
him before you buy.-Adv.
Mrs. ]. w. Whitesides, of Green
willie, Is spending several weeks in
and Mrs. w. II. Hamilton. Mrs.
Whitesides came to Walhalla for the
recent session of Presbytery and will
remain here until about the middle
Of May. She is Il sister Of Rev. Mr..
Hamilton, and having been here Oh
previous occasions, has numerous
friends here who are pleased to meet
her again.
Three young men left valhalla
Monday morning last for Columbia
to enlist for service in the army.
They were VIM. S. (Rab) Cross, Ed
win Hughs and Albert Meihurg.
These young men have the hearty
| good wishes Of a host Of friends here
| in their home town, who wish them
| every degree of success and the best
OF luck. They are stalwart young
fellows that will make good wher-
ever duty calls them.
Henry Long (coloreU was
given a preliminary hearing before
u. S. Commissioner w. G.. IIughs last
Saturday. charged with violation Of
Act OF Congress approved February
ii, 1917. The offcnsc charged was
in the nature Of making threats
against the life OF the President Of
the United States. Upon the evi-
dcnce adduced he was bound over to
appear at u. S. District Court at An
dcrson on the fourth Tuesday in May.
Listen. Do those glasses please
that | fitted when here before? If
not come and see me this time--ad
News Of the death of James RI.
oiiul'S a SUI u u. ~. VI
Iva, Anderson county, came as a
great surprise to friends here. Mr.
Simpson was shot and Instantly kill
ed at Leesville, Ark, last Saturday.
No particulars have come to us Of
the tragedy. Mr. Simpson had gone
West some years ago, and the an
nouncement came as the first news
from him in eight years. His mo-
ther died about three months ago.
The bereaved family have the sincere
sympathy OF many friends in Wal
halla, their former home.
Mart w. Carter, Of Tallapoosa,
Ga, is spending few days in Wal
halla, having come over on account
OF the illness OF his infant grand
child, whom he had never seen. The
infant is the child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
(swell Carter, and is at the home of
lis grandmother, Mrs. J. NJ. Morgan.
The little one has been suffering
with whoOping cough, but is now con-
sidcrahly better. Mr.. Carter is
greatly pleased with his work in Tai
lapoOsa. EIe has charge Of steam
compression engine in a glass works.
Mr.. Carter has four brothers living
within 100 miles OF Tallapoosa.
Cotton seed hulls at soc. per
hundred, sacked. G. w. & J. E.
Bauknight, Walhalla.
---R r. Jaynes, Esq, and Wm. A.
Iietrick, OF the lIetrick Hosiery
Mills, returned yesterday from a
business trip to Anderson. where the
former purchased from Horton Real
Estate Company two lots known as
the Burriss property, near the freight
| depot OF the Blue Ridge Railway 1t
is expected that within 90 days the
| llctrick Hosiery Mills will have erect
| ed a factory plant so 115 feet, in
which the mill management will in
| stall machinery for knitting and loop
ing. The building will be built fire.
proof the main structure to be of re-
inforced concrete. with steel window
and door frames, steel being substi.
tuted for all parts usually made Of
wood. An addition to the local
plant Is also being gotten into shane,
and contract has been let to Otto
Kaufman for the erection Of con-
crete building across the Blue Ridge
spur track at the Walhalla plant of
a building 10 100 feet This also
will be used exclusively for knitting
and looping, the product Of both ad-
ditions to be worked up and finished
at tho main plant here.
Red Ripper peas, SO per bushel,
| 4. w. ~ j. t.. Bauknight--Ady