Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-08
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4, Prayer meeting ut West Union Friday night
aext. e
The attention df DIR readers is directed to tho
valuable lands offered for salo through our
columns this week,
The weekly devotional meeting of the Y.
M. 9. A. will be hold Mt tho Baptist Church
on Sabbath noxt at 81 P. NJ.
Rose bushes in..Walhalla wero in full bloom,
with many unopened buds on thcm, on tho
I'd Of November.
Elections wero held in New York, pcnnsylva-
Mo, Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin, Mississippi,
New Jersey, Massachusetts,, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Illinois and Georgia on Tuesday last.
The cotton gin Of Aaron Boggs, of Pickens
bounty, was burned on the Sd instant. Twenty
six bales Of cotton wero burned. Loss at least
$4,000. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Eight thousand two hundred and eghty-tuo
bales Of cotton were received in Charleston on
Tho 9th instant. AS ecotton market Charleston
stands second to NS% Orleans.
Adger collea is in flourish'ng condition.
Tho Primary Department has increased
Considerably and aro expecting additional
students iRfhe higher departments.
The fHs frost of tho season, sufficient to nip
tny vegetation, was seen last Sunday morning.
1t was Only heavy enough to bito tho tops of
POTATOES aud q few tondor plants.
You will find shrner's Indian vermfarc
INK No1so1lo
Sahd cleanse the intcstinos. Ono or two doses
Fought to DO taken by ovcry adult and child
twice year.
We nrc indebted to Marcus Blakely, of
War Woman. Rabnn County, 0corgia, for the
longest specimen Of q sweet potato wc ever
SOW. It measures 2J4 inches in length, and
weighs Is ounces.
The trustees of Adgcr College have made
application to tho Synod of Georgia for tho
library and apparatus Of tho Oglcthorpe Uni
versity. We hope they will succeed in getting
it, as 1t is now lying Idle and could DO mado
useful here.
Dr.. Smeltzcr is progressing finely with n,ss
female college. He expects worry soon 10
move into his new college buildings. Ills
curriculum is high, and undor his we'll known
ability and management, tho College is worthy
Of q large patronage,
TIE WHEELER House, Cela,nbia, has been
reopened under the management Of Maj. II. N.
fowrance, who is favorab1y known to the
travelling public, and visitors to the State Fair
will secure all tho comforts of first class
hotel BY stopping With him.
Thorc are now more Western bacon and
flour sold in Walhalla in one year thnn were
sold in the entire county in ten years before
tho war. Can anyone wonder that money is
scarce and times hard! Tho greater wonder
isthat we hapo any money in circulation.
why 10 ti,orc 50 little money in tho county?
,Becnuse we'have for years been buying our
'aour and bacon from tho West instead of
raising thom. In this county there is clear
money in raising and selling -four and bacon,
whilein buying them is poverty aud hard
times.
Sow wheat and rye largely IF you make
4ait five bushels to the ncrc it rests and i'm
proves your land, and will pay better than
cotton at present prices. We have planted
our lands in cotton and corn until they havc
become hard and close. They need rest and
vegetable matter which can had by seed
ing.
The State Fair, to be held in Columbia on
the 18th, l4th, 18th and 10th days of Ncvon,-
Der, instant, promises to he success. Round
trip tickets will be sold by all the railroads
leading to Columbia. Tickets from Walhalla,
good to return until the 22d, will be sold for
$3.50. And at tho same rates from other depots
to Columbia. We hope all tho farmers and
their families and friends will attend and
make the Fair o success this time, and lay
the foundation for success in the future
Saleday was cold and rainy. Notwith.
standing this there was n considerable attend
ance of tho bone and sinew of the county,
looking for some Of tho valuable lands which
wore advertised. Tho Terrell plantation was
bought by John s. Dickson at private sale
from the heirs for $4,000, as we understand
The Watson store and lot was bought h.; D
Biemann at $3.50, great sacr;;:.ce. The
cottage and two ncrcs wcs bought by S,
L,ringgoOd for $500, c yory low price.
On and after tho 10th of the present month
daily mail Except Sundays) will bo >cstab-.
lshcd between Seneca City and Walhalla.
The contract for carrying the mail has been
gisen to Mossrs. Thompson & Addington, who
will place hack on tho route, making regu-
lar daily trips. The schedule is not yet