Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-08-07

cylinder runabout; will trade for
touring car. Apply to Dr.. ]. w. Bell,
Walhalla.-Adv.
Miss Annie Collins, Of Cornelia,
Ga, spent the weekend in Walhalla
visiting her sister, Mrs. r. ID. Oelk-
ers, and family.
A card received in Walhalla by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Brown an
nounces the safe arrival "some where
in England Of their son, Lloyd
Brown. He is with the American Ex-
! peditionary forces and has been in
army service for year or more.
Saxon "Six" touring car for
sale or trade for runabout. See j.
II. Norman, Walhalla.-Adv.
| Misses Estelle Badger, of Green
Vile, and Idah Pitchford, of Ander-
son, were among friends in Walhalla
last week, attending the Biemann-
Hetrick marriage and visiting among
friends. Miss Pitchford is spending
some time at Tamassee visiting her
. friend, Miss Grace Beard.
! For all canning necessaries, go
to Ballenger Hardware and Furniture
Co.. Seneca. Full stock of 3-lb cans,
soldering irons, etc.-Adv.
/ Our Fair Play correspondent
sends In the following item: "R NJ.
Davis received his call for the naval
service Saturday, which has been ex-
! pected for some time, and left Sum
/ day morning for Charleston. His
many friends sadly regret to see him
leave, but are glad that he Is a true
patriot and willing to give his SER
vice and, If need be, his life for his
country"
) -Wanted-Man with family. Man
to work on farm and family to have
hoe crop. d. e. Good, Walhalla, Rt.
! No. 1-Adv.32*
j. Henry Davis, who has for a
year been in charge Of the West I'm
ion OIL Mill, has moved with his fam
{ lily to Ware Shoals, where Mr. Davis
has accepted position with the Ware
Shoals Gin Company, of whose plant
he has charge. Mr. Davis and family
left last Thursday. They made num-
erous friends in Oconee during their
stay here who will join us in wishing
them every success. l.. B. Shockley,
OF West Union, will have charge of
the West Union Oil Mill plant and is
also overseeing the operation Of the
! flour mill operated by that company.
Dixie Maid and Campbell's ice
cream specially. Norman's Drug
Store.-Adv.
This section is experiencing one
Of the hottest waves in the recollec-
! tlon OF our citizens. The hot spell
began last Sunday, and up to this
! morning gives no signs Of abatement.
thermometer readings during the
day are far above summer average,
| and there Is but slight relief at night,
though there Is no real suffering af-
| ter nightfall. We are informed that
the Blue Ridge railway lost the SER
vices Of four firemen and two engi-
neers yesterday, these dropping from
the workers ranks because of the ex-
cessive heat. The Brown Lumber
| Co., of West Union, had a couple of
hands to drop out, as did also J. G.
Shockley's lumber plant in the coun-
try. The heated term bids fair to
continue practically through this
| week, though indications are for
lessening after Thursday, with posi-
| BILE showers by Saturday or Sunday.
! eve make no charge for this proph-
; ecy, and If 1t turns out badly, "just
| fergit it.")
Pretty new line box paper, sta
tionery and toilet articles received at
Norman's Drug Store.-Adv.
-Milledge Strickland and Way
man Oglesby, colored, have been
, lodged in the Oconee Jail to answer
! for the killing OF young negro by
the name of White. The killing oc-
Cured near the Pleasant Hill color
ed church, about two miles from
Westminster, on Sunday, July 2Sth.
Strickland confesses that he had a
part in the killing and duplicates
Oglesby and another darkey, viii
Strickland, whom he says, did the
killing, but who has not yet been
located. Milledgc Strickland was
! located and arrested on the Shirley
place near Westminster, and Oglesby
was taken in custody while at work
on work train on the Southern near
Westminster. The other negro i'm
plicated by Strickland will doubtless
be taken shortly, as a careful watch
IS being kept at various points for his
appearance. The murdered darkey
was brother Of the darkey who kill
Ell young negro at one Of the rail-
way construction camps near West
Minister last summer.
TO Rent - The Schumacher
house on Main street. Apply to w.
l.. Werner, at Bank Of Walhalla.--Ad.
There are many who will regret
to learn OF the death OF Mrs. Sallie
Hyde, which occurred at the home Of
David Dorsey near Walhalla, on
Sunday afternoon, July 28th. The
deceased had been confined to her
bed since last November, when she
suffered stroke Of paralysis, from
which she never recovered. Mrs.
Hyde was 76 years Of age and was