Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-08-29

him before you buy.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. l.. Herndon and
Miss Mabel Plat returned last even
ing from a weeks trip through the
mountains of North Carolina. They
made the trip by auto.
-Rev w. NJ. Thompson Will
preach at Rocky Knoll Baptist church
on the second Sunday in September
at II O'Clock in the morning. The
public Is cordially invited to attend.
The Anderson Phosphate and Oil
co. have a very interesting, instruct
I've and common sense talk along the
line OF small grain and fertilizers this
week. Read it on the fifth page
and profit by it.
MIR. and Mrs. Rufus Simpson. Of
Iva, who have been spending a week
IN this section, spent last night in
Walhalla at the home Of Mr.. and Mre
George Morton. They were OF their
way nome from weeks trip.
Mrs. D. G. McAlister and daugh-
ter. Miss Katherine, of Columbia, are
visitors at the home Of Mrs. e. A.
Bell. Mrs. A. F.. McAlister and two
children, of Sanford, Fla, are also
spending several days in Walhalla.
The Ballenger Hardware and
FURNITURE Co. have those things that
60 to saving and conserving Feed
stun conservation should interest
every farmer. Read their announce
ment on the fourth page, then call on
them.
-B1rths-Born, unto Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Goss, of the Victor-Monaghan
mill village, on Saturday, August Is.
son; on Monday, 27th, unto Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Alexander, of the V.-M.
village, a son; on Tuesday, August
2Sth, unto Mr.. and Mrs. Homer H.
Nesmith, Of near West Union,
daughter
Married, at the Seneca Metho-
dist parsonage, on Sunday morning.
August 26th, Mrs. w. H. McAlister
and Thos. w. Bellotte. Both parties
are from the Fairview section Rev.
N. G. Ballenger performed the cere-
mOny In the presence OF few friends.
Ihere are many who will join The
Courier in extending congratulations
and best wishes
Twenty fine pigs, weeks old,
ready for delivery. Cheap. w. NJ.
Brown, Walhalla.-Adv.
The finding of an old Spanish
coin recently fell to the good fortune
of Miss Annie Belle Wilbanks, who
lives with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. e. Wilbanks, about mile from
Madison. The date of the coin is
still quite 3-though the
piece is badly SCARED, presumably
from plOw points. Mr.. Wilbanks has
plowed over the field every year for
seven years. never noticing the coin,
which was seen glittering in the sun
III hn rtrl
passing casually. Still visible on the
coin are the words "Hispano-Ferd.
VIII The piece is a little larger
and heavier than the United States
silver dollar. The date shows it to
be 104 years old. 1t was picked up
on July /.
There are many in this section
who will regret to learn of the death
or chester Wood, young man of
about % years Of age, who married
former Walhalla girl last Novem-
b-r, at Tampa, Fla, his wife being
before marriage Miss Sophie Rose, a
daughter Of Mrs. Julia Rose, the lat
ter now residing at Tampa. Mr..
Wood died at South Acton, Mass,
Tuesday Of last week, August 21st,
after brief illness from infantile
paralysis. Mr.. and Mrs. Wood had
gone from their home at Newcastle,
Pa, to South Acton, where they were
visiting Mr.. Woods parents. Inter
ment was made there at his old
home. The bereaved widow has the
sympathy Of many friends here at
her old home.
John Walker, colored, a convict
IN the Oconee chain gang, attempted
Monday morning to escape from the
gang and was shot by Guard Sullivan,
who put one buckshot accurately in
the back Of his head just enough to
stop Walker, who refused to stop
when ordered to "slow down" in his
Hight for liberty. Walker is the dar-
Key who was sent up for murder. He
killed another darkey at a construc-
ton camp near Madison last August.
lie Is the man whom Former She
riff John w. Davis and Former Su-
pervisor w. c. Foster went to New
Jersey to get when the two officers
lost their lives accidentally by reason
Of escaping gas in their room. Wal
ker is not seriously hurt, it is
thought, and will soon be back at
work for the county. At present,
however. he is resting at the county
jail and receiving all necessary medi-
cal aid. The buckshot lodged in his
skull, penetrating only short dist
ance under the skin.
The finest Irish potatoes we have
seen of this years crop we're brought
to The Courier office yesterday by
Chas. Foster. who is farming near
Walhalla, residing on Rural Route
No. 1. Early last April MIR. Foster
planted peck of potatoes, all he
could get at the time, and they made
hve rows about 60 feet long. From
the peck planted he dug Monday six
Dushels, and they are as fine as we