Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-24

..gttona those W who advertise in it.
Don forget to pay your taxes and then
when tho penalty is attached, say you dida't
I ace y Y in In the papers. 81
The world is sure TO find out a man, hut IL
will find him out a great deal quicker if he
+ adyertises.
q The greatest evil the world is intemperance,
the next greatest evil is to refuse to pay for
your newspaper.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of
\ ~. II. Kleinbeok, who offers desirable piece of
IS town property for sale.
QuERY: ''Why will men smoke common
Z tobacco. when they can buy Marburg Brothers
& Seal Of North Carolina OF the samo price?''
Mr. John J. Lee picked one day last week,
on the farm of Mr. w. r. Sholor, 3l4 pounds
ofcotton. Mr.. L. challenges Ooonee County
20 beat IL.
n, Mi. A. Zimmerman, Of Westminster, in
forms us that he gathered few days ago
from one hill three potatoes of the Florida
yam variety aggregating sixteen pounds,
Ahs largest one weighing 81 pounds.
Bieman & Son arc now the agents of tho
American Sowing Machine Company for
Oconee. Tbose desiring to purchase machine
ofthis kind can SOC ono on exhibition at their
store,
The question that is now agitating. the public
mind of Walhalla aud Wcst Union is, who ship
ped the ono hundred and fifty 'possums from
this market to Columbia. The Columbia Regis
ter announces their safe arrival there.
Hon. Walter NJ. Gibson, Representative Of
the Hawiian Government Sandwich Islands,
! arrived at his old home, at Sandy Springs, An
derson County, on Saturday last. We under-
stand his stay in tho State will be very brief
No FnE1anr ON DRY GooDs ANY order of
ten dollars or over, accompanied by p. o. Order
for the money, or directed to bo. sent g. o. D.,
will be fillod by Mtssrs. Furohgott, Benedict s.
Co., 276 King Street, Charleston, S. c., and tho
freight prepaid. See their advertisement
D. Biemann & Son havo an attractive advcr-
tisement in the paper this week. Their stock of
fall and winter goods is now in store, and for
completeness, variety and prices will compare
favorably with any other dry goods and general
merchandise house in the up country. Give
them q call.
Mr.. r. A. McCaslin and family from Abbc"
Vile, arrived in Walhala last week and now
occupy the Yarbrough House. Mr.. Nice.
comes here for the purpose Of educating his
children. We gladly welcome all such citi-
IONS. Wo know he will DO warmly received
by our people.
NJ. G. NJ. Chapman, who lives about two
milos from Walhalla, brought to our Office on
Monday three yollow yam potatoes, weighing
thirteen pounds altogether. These arc fine
looking potatoes, and MIR. 9. thinks that when
ho digs his potatoes he will find others still
larger. This is certainly an excellent year for
this tsegitablo'"
Cotton and breadstuIs arc lower than they
have been since the war. This is chiefly due
q 10 the financial disturbances of England.
Speculation is dead, and purchases arc con-
! 6ned to ordinary wants. How long tho do
+ preston will continue depends, of coursc,
upon the duration and intensity Of the crisis
I in England. Tho cable news has acquired
new interest.
Every ycar the number which is divided By
syfour without remainder is leap year
xcopt the Inst year of century, which is II
$Ssleap year only when dgisible By four hun,
8lred without q rcmainder. Tho year 1900
Ssssgsl, therefore. not bo Il leap year. Youthful
raidens who arc waiting for their chance that
gear will do we'll to note this fact.
4sSa On Sunday morning lust. Gen. S. MCGOWAN
Shd driver were thrown suddenly from their
pggy near tho depot in West Union, by
heir hcvae becoming frightened and running
2S3Ray The vehicle was turned completely
ssSp pside down hnd broke up to some extont.
Fortunately tho General only received several
sight bruises and sprains. Getting now
turnout, tho party were soon on their way to
Anderson, TO which place tho General was
desirous OF reaching that day.
Richard Lewie, our Probate Judge, had n
runaway on Sunday last His horse ran
with, him and his buggy from about Pendey's
@Liyery Stnble to the residence of Muj. S. p.
%Dendy, where by miraculous power and fore
1 thought the wild animal was brought to
halt The Judge sustained no injuries save
9the loss of his hat, which he Afterwards reco~
&ycred. We thought tho Judge was too good
"a manager Of horse flesh to be caught in
sgrunaway scrape."
The following persons have been nominated
lSby tho result of the primary election in An-
y derson County, on tho 18th instant:
For Senator--B. T. Crayton.
4 For Representatives B. Murray, w.
u, Brown, G.. S. Mattison and Dr.. John Will
8l,on.