Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-10-17
You can buy a Liberty Bond!

You can buy Liberty Bond!
II. e. Alexander, Walhalla, S. c.,
sells land, buggies and harness. See
him before you buy.-Adv.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Cross have
returned from Sumter, and are again
residents Of Walhalla. Mr. Cross is
the new baggagemaster on the Blue
Ridge Railway.
Civil Court Is in progress. Judge
Bowman and Stenographer Smith are
in their accustomed places. Very
little business Of general importance
has been transacted.
M. T. Hughs has recently pur-
chased the Rabens place, OH the
southwest side of town. This place
contains IS acres of land, on which
that Mr.. and Mrs. Hughs and family
will at an early date move to their
new home.
MIR. and Mrs. G. r. Long left
Sunday for Spartanburg, where Mr..
Long has accepted employment with
the Crescent Manufacturing Co.,
manufacturers of hosiery. Mr.. Long
has been with the Hetrick Mills for
n number of years. We wish him
much success.
Before placing your order for
monument or tombstone call at the
Seneca Marble and Granite Works
and see their finished monuments,
ready for lettering. They form
unique eXhibit.-Adv.
H. l.. Brandt, who about year
ago suffered a stroke Of paralysis, has
not been so we'll as usual for the past
two weeks, though he Is improving
again. Flo is able to sit up and to
see his friends, who find In him, in
spite Of his affliction, a genial COM
panion. We hope for his continued
Improvement
Edwin W. Hill, of the military
hospital service, requests, us to ex-
tend to his Oconee friends his sim
cere good wishes. Mr.. Hill is now a
private Of the first class, and is in
service at the Walter Reed General
Hospital, Takoma Park, Washington,
d. G. Our young friend is son of
our former townsman, j. Bennett
Hill. H'E
Seed wheat, Appler oats, Texas
Red Rust Proof oats, rye and barley.
G. w. C J. e. Bauknight.-Adv.
Miss Bessie Keil, who has been
spending a few weeks with her mo-
ther, Mrs. J. II. Keil, near town, and
among other relatives and friends,
will return to Charleston Thursday
morning. Mrs. Keil and Mrs. e. O.
Burley, her sister, will accompany
Miss Kcil as far rs Prosperity, where
they will visit for a while among rel
atives and friends. Prosperity is the
old home Of these two ladies, and
Mrs. Keil will number this as her first
visit back home since her removal to
Oconee in 1865. We wish for them a
pleasant visit.
Jas. w. Harrison has recently
sold to w. j. O. Ray, Of the Wolf
State section the property best
known as tho Nicholson cottage and
lot, in West End. The lot contains
an acre and a fourth. Mr.. Ray will
move his family into town in the
near future, while he will remain on
his farm until he has been able to
care for the gathering and marketing
Of his crops. Mr.. and Mrs. Ray are
making the move to town in order to
take advantage of the school facili-
ties now offered by the Walhalla
High School. We most cordially well
come these good people to our midst.
. Auto for Sale-In good running
order; recently overhauled; bargain
in it. Apply to VIM. A. Hetrick,
Walhalla. S. C.-Adv. tt.
Anna Terry, colored. brought to
The Courier office yesterday a purple
top turnip which weighed a little
more than four pounds. She also left
at our office sample Of cane syrup
made by her husband, J. Q. Terry,
who farms on his own land not far
from West Union. The syrup is of
unusually fine quality-clear and
and bright and Of excellent flavor.
Terry has made Is gallons OF this
syrup from cane planted on about an
acre OF land. Terry and his wife are
good farmers. Terry looking after the
actual farm work, while Anna man
ages the home and oversees the gar
den work, not little Of which she
does herself. They are prospering
and have the respect Of their white
neighbors.
There are many friends in Oco-
nee who will learn with regret Of the
painful accident which happened in
the Friendship community last Sun
day when Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Taylor,
Of that section, were thrown from a
buggy, both sustaining injuries.
From some cause not stated, the
mule being driven by Mr.. Taylor be-
came frightened and the buggy was
overturned, throwing both Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor out Mrs. Taylor suffered
a broken leg, while Mr.. Taylor had
one arm broken. Both we're taken
promptly to Seneca. where the atten-
ton of physicians was given at once.
We are unable to ascertain to what
extent the fractures attained, but the
injured man and his wife are said to
be getting along as well as could be
expected. Mr.. Taylor is compara-