Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-12
The Old-Fashioned Mother.

Thank God ! some of US have an old fash.
Toned mother. Not q woman of tho period,
cnameled and painted. with her great CHG.
non, her curs and hustle, whose white, jew
eIed hands have never felt the clasp Of baby
fingers, but dear old fashioned, sweet voiced
mother, with eyes In whose depths the love
light shone, and brown hair, threaded with
silver, lying p,hnessh dpon her faded cheek.
Those dear hands, worn with toll, guided our
tottering steps in childhood and smoothed our
pillow in sickness, even reaching out to us in
yearning tenderness when hei sweet spirit
was baptized in the pearly spray Of the river.
Blessed is the memory of an old fashioned
mother. 1t floats to US now, like the beauti-
full perfume of some woodland blossoms The
music of other voices muy be lost. but the en.
trancing memory of her will echoe in our
soals forever. Other faces will fade away
aud be forgotten, but hers will shine on until
the light from heavens portals shall glorify
our own
When in the titful pauses Of busy life our
feet wander back to the old homestead, and
crossing the well known threshold, stand once
more in the low, quaint room, so followed by
her presence, how the feeling of childish In.
nocence and dependence comes over. us, and
we kneel down 10 the mellow sunshine, stream.
ing through the western window-just where,
long years ago, we knelt by our mother
knee, lisping, "Our Father"
How many times. when the tempter luros
us on, has the memory of those sacred hours,
that mothers words, her faith and prayers
saved us from plunging into the abyss of sin |.
Years have filled great rilts between her and
h,,f l., IA
the bright glory of her pure and unse(sh love.
KILLED IN COURT..-An unpleasant state
Of feeling has existed between General Rcu-
ben Davis and s. NJ. Meek both lawyers Of Mis-
sissippi for some time back. In last July or
August these gentlemen appeare in Aber-
deem, Mississippi, on opposite sides of kill
ing case, which was in course of examination
before the circuit court of that place. The
person under trial was q. Taylor Hill, who
was charged with murder Davis was de-
Tending the prisoner, aud Meek was ptossecu-
ting. 1T is generally represented that Davis
had what is forcibly called "a violent way"
about him; whereas Meek was upon ordinary
occasions among the mildest Of men, mod
est, unohstrusive gentleman. He was insult.
ed 10y Davis ut that time, aud felt much ny.
grirvcd. After that they never spoke to ench
other. On Friday last they again met on op.
p"stc sides OF case in the courthouse of Co.
lun'bus, Mississippi, when Davis, US usual,
INDUCED in violent and offensive language.
und so irritated Meek that he could bear it
lln longer. lie said "Davis. can't stand
your brow beating any longer Defend your.
self" Meek jerked out. his pistol, and Davis
proceeded to draw his weapon, but was too
slow, and was shot before he had his weapon
ready for use. This was in the court house,
in the presence Of the Judge and full court.
Great excitement prevails throughout the
town consequent upon the shooting,
General Davis was colonel of the Second
Mississippi Regiment during the Mexicnn
war. lie was general of the sixty day
Mississippi MALTA in the late war He
was before the war member of the United
States Congress from the Aberdeen District
Mississippi lie served two years. After
that, he returned home and followed his pro
fession of criminal lawyer, in which he achiev
cd long ago fine reputation. Davis was
about fifty eight or sixty years Of age. S NJ
Meek is now perhaps forty years old, and
stands at tina head Of his profession. Mcn,.
phis Appeal.
SoUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.-THE.
ecclesiastical body met in Spartanburg on
Wednesday, 18th Of December last Bishop
Paine, the senior Bishop Of the NJ. T.. Church
South, presided over its deliberations, which
lasted for six days. The entire session wa.
marked with pleasant intercourse and Chris
tain zeul, and the various interests of the
Methodist denomination within the bounds OF
South Carolina Conference were thoroughly
discussed. Tho next annual session of the
Conference will be held at Anderson in De
cember, 1879. We append list Of the ap
polntments for this section of the State, re
GREETING that it is not in our power to give
the complete list:
GREENv1LLE DrsTRlcr.--R p. Franks
p. -Crecnville Station, f. j Meynardie
D. D.: Greenville Circuit, G. V. Barnes,
Buena Vista and Bntesville, John Attaway
Reidvillc, John Watts; Walhalla, y. j. Nc
MILAN; Pickeusvillc, G.. T. Hartman; vii
liamston, Samuel Lander, j. A. Wood, su
pernumerary; Seneca, Olin T.. Durant
Brushy Creek, A. b Stephens; Anderson
r. i. Harper; Anderson Circuit, y. D
Byars, W. A, Hodges, surernumerary Pen
dleton, j. b. Traywick.
psA. The year just commenced is what il
generally known hs Leap year, February hav
ing twenty nine days. 1t i. ono of the years
in which the calm, conservative order o
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