Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-09-17

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or three cars to pass in the road at
the point where the accident Oc-
Cured.
merry; ladies', misses and children's
hats. caps. waists, middies, skirts
and coats. Norman's Dry Goods and
Millinery StOre.--adv.
Mrs. Il. B. Norris and children,
OF Georgia, arrived in Walhalla last
week and are occupying rooms in
the NanDiviere home or College
street. 1t Is within tn range Of
possibility that later Mr.. iris will
return to Walhalla and Ike his
home here. The Norris f; " are
well known in Walhalla. Ms, Nor
rs being daughter Of the late Col
n. S. VanDiviere and Mr.. Norris
having at one time held the position
OF agent for the Blue Ridge Railway
at this place,
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Sullivan will regret to learn of the
misfortune which .came to their lit
tie son, Tommie, last Saturday even
ing. While playing with some other
children Tommie was in some way
thrown against Il tree, his head
striking the tree with such force as
W NHCotSCLOuS
while. and at first it was thought
that his skull was fractured. Late
reports from him. however. were
more favorable. and we hope tha, he
Will soon be all right.
Our vulcaniZing is absolutely
guaranteed to outlaSt the rest Of the
tire. Walhalla Tire Shop.--ad.-S.O.
Two recent change Sof property
fnH tt,D Il i...l !,
sale by \. Z. Crisp OF his residence
ana lot in Midway to X. w Grubbs,
and J. W. Bell has ,rasfcrred to \.
i. Crisp his cottage on the corner
OF Katherine and South Broad
streets. We understand that the
con; n;itCr. innS named in the trans
Of these properties was $4,000 for
tho Crisp place and $3,000 for the
Or Bell Cottage. Mr.. and Mrs. \.
l.. FAINT will move into the cottage
NOW occupied by DR.. and Mrs. Craig
as soon aS The latter are able to move
to their new home in Midway. DR..
Craig hopes TO be able to move TO
his new home by the middle of OC-
tOhrr. H. W. GruDhs also sold his
rot;a.rc nni lot TO the rear OF the
Presbyterian church and adjoining
the BLUE Ridge rght-of-way. We
have been unable TO learn either the
consideration Or The parties to whom
The property has been transferred.
though it hai bonn intimated that
this was one OF the purchases Of the
Victor Monaghan Company.
---liiIhcSt market price paid for
cotton. naylis W. Harrison. Wal
hHila. a.--adN.
The W"lhala plant of the We
0rMonU chan Mills closed down
lIs' Saturday AT The usual time for
lie SATURDAY closing. and will re-
!.".n closed for 4 period Of Il week
Or ton days. 1t was indeed Il for
tun"tc discovery that was made just
rs The big engine was slowing down
for the cnd-of-the-we half h0!i-
day. AS the great wheel slowed
down the engineer noted a slight
| Tabbling Of the wheel, and as the
wheel slowed more the wabb'e be-
c,me more apparent AS it stopped
the cause Of the trouble was plainly
seen. The hug shafting was badly
era ackcG--s0 badly that it would be
Impossible 70 start up again even it
the management would think Of
takin% tn" fearful risk. 1t is Droblc-
maticUl. OF course, as TO how long the
engine would have continued TO run
in is crippled condition before the
big wheel would have flown from the
shafting. doing great damage to the
plant and in all probability result
ing in several deaths. CommunIca-
tNn was Il once establish with other
mills OF the corporation, ard big
jacks were soon on the way to the
Walhalla plant, but at best it will be
l week before the machinery will
be able to run, and probably longer.
Highest market price paid for
cotton. Baylis w. Harrison, Wal
halla. adv.
The. w. p. Bell ginnery, at
Westminster, began business regu-
larly last Monday. the first bale OF
cotton having been ginned and
turned over to the owner on Friday
last Erwin Carver took the first
bale TO the new gin. and his cotton
was Sinncd free and a premium Of
$500 was handed him in addition.
The Bell Ginnery is one OF the most
up-to-datc plants in this section and
is operated by electricity. r. II.
Jayncs. OF Walhalla. is the owner OF
the plant, w. p. Bell being the les
see. c. NJ. Mcdonald, a practical
gin man. and one with much expert
encc. is the gin foreman, and l..
''S'h' lol llci J.! VI 'lhd!l;t, mas
charge Of the books and weighing.
We arc informed that there were a
number OF bales ginned on Saturday,
though the new plant was not for.
mally opened until Monday Of this
week. Friday the training-up OF the
plan; WAS gone into in earnest, with
the result that but few changes had
TO be made from the original plans
or operation. We have heard very
favorable cOmmcnt on the class Of