Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-27
Plenty Of cement and roofing for


. Plenty Of cement and roofing for
everybody. w. NJ. Brown &c Son. ad.
The OcOnee Creek school will
open next Monday morning, Deem
Der I'd. w. VI. Murphree one Of the
trustees Of this school, requests us
| to make this announcement and to
urge parents and all patrons TO have
the children ready to start in at the
opening Of the session.
Gas engines and wood saws help
the short labor problem in getting up
the winters fuel supply. We have
them in stock. Ballcnger Hardware
and Furniture Co, Seneca.-adv.
Every member of the Coneross
Baptist church is urged to attend
Thanksgiving services there next
Thursday at II o'clock. The pastor
cannot be present, but members of
the congregation will conduct SER
vice that will prove beneficial to all
attending, and it is hoped that all will
fulncss. Sr Y. w. As will meet at
| 10 o'clock in the morning and Jr.
Y. W. As will meet at O'Clock in
| the afternoon All members Are
urged to attend and help MAKE the
| Thanksgiving service truly spirit
ual filling OF the National Thanks
| giving Day.
The prettiest line Of Xmas box
paper, Christmas cards, books, Bi-
bles, Testaments, leather goods, man
icure and toilet cases; cut glass chi
ma, silver and brass novelties; beau
,iful statuary, electric lamps, clocks,
| pocket books and purses. NOrmanS s
| Drug Store, Walhalla. a.--aiv.
Our young friend. Marion Moss,
represents the vanguard OF our re-
turning soldier boys. On account Of
his physical condition at the time, he
was not permitted to go with his reg
iment (the 1lSth) when it was sent
overseas. Hc then entered the OFF,
GERS training school at Camp Lee,
Va, but peace came before he finish
ed his work there, and on the 23d he
was honorably discharged from fur
ther service in the National Army.
lie will be at home for a while, until
he decides what he will do now that
there are no Huns to chastise.
Alex. Wilson, who went with the
last batch OF drafted men to military
camp, died at Camp Sewer, Green
Vile, Monday, after Il brief illness
from influenza, which was followed
by pneumonia. He had been in the
military camp only 10 days. having
gone from here on the 25th OF Octo-
Der. lie was a son of Mrs. Jane Will
son, of West Union r. f. d. No. |,
AMI was a splendid young man, be-
> ing engaged in farming at the time
his call for service came. He was
unmarried and resided with his mo-
thcr on the J. Fult. lIunnicutt place
lie is survived by one brother. Rich
ard Wilson, and one sister, Mrs. Pink
James, who reside in the same COM
munity. His bcrcavcd mother and
other relatives have the sincere SYM
pathy Of many in their great sorrow.
Regarding the death Of Lewis
E. Blanchctt, son Of w. Il. Blanchctt
who lives near Walhalla, and refer
ence to which was made in these col
umns last week, additional Informal
tiOn has come to hand through let
ter to George Morton, a brOthcr-in-
law Of young Blanchett. Jos. Moody,
a cOmrade OF 'Blanchett, wrote the
letter, In which he stated that the
young man was severely wounded on
October 18TH by shrapnel, the shell
falling among number of the boys
"f the 11Sth Infantry. Young Blan-
chet was mortally wounded and died
ut the base hospital on October 27.
Sergt. Chas. w. Pitchford was one
Of Mr.. Blanchetts comrades who
was injured, but his wounds were
slight. and after short period in a
hospital he was able to return to
duty with his command. Mr.. Moody
states that a peculiarity ot the Incl
dent was that the shell fell much
closer to him tMoody) than it did
| ~ llnn ,i<tt Il
hurt.
Big line Xmas tree decorations,
tags. cards, paper, tinsel, at Norman
Drug Store, Walhalla. adv
On last Friday the community
was sricvcd to learn Of the death Of
Moses l.. Cantrcll, who for many
years had resided on farm near
Walhalla, and was we'll known to 4
wide circle OF friends i'm OcOnoc lie
was stricken with paralysis OF the
lower limbs about a year ago and had
not walked q step since. lie was
quite feeble when last on the streets
here. although he greeted his friends
with his accustomed good cheer. Il
few days ago he became unwell and
soon complication OF diseases set
in that proved too much for his
spent vitality. Friday morning last
he passed across the Great Divide
He was born April I, 1854. and was
Ga years OF age when he died Some
thirty years ago he was happily mar
ricd to Miss Hassie Graham, who
with five children, survives to mourn
his death. One son, Super, preceded
his father about one year. dying
while in the service Of his country on
the Mexican border. The death OF
this son weighed heavily upon Mr.
Cantrell. whose health declined more
raDidly from the time that news Of