Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-03-09

All makes strndard sewing ma
chine needles at Moss & Aneel's, Wal
halla.-adv.-24-tf.
Arthur Kelley and daughters,
Misses Mary, Birdie Varona and
Seaba, OF eenviile, spent the week
end in Walhalla at the home of
Waddy Kelley and among Other rel
atives and friends.
Misses Marguerite Brcnneckc
and Willie Alexander have opened
an office in the Court House. where
they hope to be of service to the
public as stenOgraphers, typis's and
record examiners. These young la
dies were for long while employed
in the Office Of Clerk OF Court John
+. Craig and have acquired an in
innate knowledge of the work in
which they will now be engaged in
the service Of the public. Their an
nouncement appears elsewhere in
this issue. They will be glad to have
their friends call at their Office.
Beautiful. line Of spring millin-
cry on display at Mrs. Jack Darbys
Hat Shop Of Quality. Inspect it be-
fore making your purchases.-adv.
Ralph NJ. Pike is now Auditor
Of Oconee county, having received
his commission Monday and assumed
the duties Of the office on the retir-
ing of ID. A. Smith, who was sworn
in Monday and commissioned as Dep
uty Clerk Of Court. Mr.. Pike has
made many friends in Walhalla dur
ing his short residence here. and we
feel sure that he will make an eff
cient and accommodating county Off
cial. Clerk Of Court Will j. Schro-
der and Deputy D. A. Smith are
dispatchirg their part of the work
in the court room with remarkable
ability and dispatch.
The best Is the cheapest, and
that Is the Willard. Hughs Garage,
Walhalla.-adv.
Information was received in
Walhalla yesterday afternoon that
Barrymore Jones had shot and killed
his brother, Challie Jones, the trag-
edy taking place at the Jones place
near Madison, early Tuesday morn
ing. The man who brought the news
to Walhalla was badly excited and
unable to give anything but the
most meagre information concern
ing the affair. The brothers were in
the neighborhood Of 40 years old.
No particulars as to the cause of the
shooting had been learned up to the
time of closing our forms, as Sheriff
Alexander had not then returned to
Walhalla.
The Proctor Company, which Is
the next Lyceum attraction, will ap-
pear at the Walhalla High School
Auditorium on Wednesday of next
week, March 10th, at 8 o'clock.
Prices, 3'5 and 75c.-ady.
"A dispatch from dreenville un-
der date Of March 5, says: Armed
with about one hundred endorse
| ments from men Of prominence in
all vocations in South Carolina, R.
| @. Merrick will leave tomorrow for
Washington, where he will file his
application for appointment rs Col
| lector of Internal Revenue for South
Carolina, the position Recently held
by former Governor D. C} Hayward
Mr.. Merrick has been In the revenue
service here for sixteen years, and Is
now chief Federal prohibition agent
for SCUM Carolina. He Is "a Repub-
iican.' Mr.. Merrick's many friends
In Walhalla and Oconee will be glad
! indeed If he shall return TO South
Carolina with the Collectors COM
| mission. He Is an old Walhalla boy.
and the fact that he is Republican
has never for a moment interfered
with the strong friendships that he
has formed.
-Notice.-We can make the fol-
lowing exchange for cotton seed:
l3 sacks Of best meal for one ton of
cotton seed, or 1000 pounds of 16
per cent acid for one ton of cotton
seed, or 500 pounds meal and 400
pounds Of 16 per cent acid for one
ton Of cotton seed. Be sure and get
our price on meal and acid before
buying. West Union OIL Mill, West
Union, S. C.-adv.
Mfrs. Della Cantrell was arrest
ed and lodged in Jail last Saturday,
charged with disposing OF the body
Of an infant under suspicious cir
cumstnaces. A Coroner's Inquest
was held, the body viewed and later
buried, but 1t was again taken up
and further examination made. The
case presents many angles and per-
picking questions-so much so that
| the inquest was adjourned until
Saturday Of this week, when the case
will be gone into more minutely.
The circumstances leading up to the
arrest Of Mrs. Cantrell were brought
! about by the rumor that gained cur
| rency that some months ago Mrs.
Cant1ell had been noticed throwing
| away small bundle in swampy
piece OF ground not far from town.
She was said to have gone to the
place where she disposed of the
| bundle by automobile, and her act
| was noted by the driver or some one