Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-05-16
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MAY, 1878.
(, BY your words and your actions compel the
world 10 honor and praise you.

On that final day whcro will 10 tho man who
didn't advertise?
Marrying lady for her beauty is like eating
q bird for its singing.
littlo boys first pair of trousers always fit
if the pockets are deep enough.
man has conquered himself when he can
govern his thoughts and hold his tongue.
Lovo labor. If you 90 not want IL for food
you may for physic.
Tho Governor has appointed James Scaborn
q Trial Justice for Oconcc county at Fair Play.
Tho Reading Circle meets at tho residence
of Mr.. j. w. Stribling on Saturday night
Died, on April 13, 1878, Mr.. N. j. Carter,
an old citizen Of this county, agcd G / years.
Tho primary plan of election has been
defeated in Collcton by voto Of CT to
l2. Tho convention plan will be retained
We understand that thcro is great deal Of
sickness among the children of our town md
surrounding country. Nothingscrious, however.
A cold voting rain fell on Tuesday last. 1t
was needed though warm rain would have
been better.
Spcights' Daily Newspaper will DO re-
moved from Grccnville to Spartanburg this
week.
The oharadcs at Fair Play will take place on
the alst Of May instead of May 7th, us was
announced in our ast weeks issue.
Miss Fannie B. will accept our thanks for
box Of extra fine Strawberries scnt us recently
from Milestone, in the upper portion of the
county.
Hon. Peter Cooper, of Now York, has
arrived at Limestone Springs, in Spartan
burg. We trust ho will continue his visit
to Oconee.
We regret TO hear Of the illness of Mr.. II. o.
Sigh. lie has been confined to his bed for The
past ten days with rheumatism, suffering in
tcnscly most of the timo.
With mothers and women in love thcro is
patient resignation which surpasscs human
energy, and perhaps reveals tho existence Of
certain chords which God has refused to man.
Wc publish this week on our first pago
will be read and studied, because if any law
need TO be understood this one does.
Is this your paper, or arc You reading it at
tho expense OF some one else? If you arc too
stingy 10 subscribe for it, for 60 ,dncss sake
don't rcad it. You havo the same right to use
any other article belonging to your ncighbor as
you have to use his newspaper
Mr.. Edward Thompson, who served his ap-
premiership in tho CoURIEn Office is now on a
vsi. 10 his father Of our town. lie holds a
situation on The Grcenville Daily Nr:s where hc
has been employed for tho pas: year.
Corn keeps down, railing here from So to 55
cents cash, being lower than IL was some months
back. It will hardly rise above G5 cents during
the summer, as the crop on hand is largo.
We aro requested to state That q meeting Of
the citizens in the ncighborhood of Westminster
will be held on tho fourth Saturday in this
month, with tho view of organizing volunteer
cavalry company. All feeling an interest in the
movement arc requested to attend.
"IIow can leave tlicc?" he was singing in n
very low tone. IIo wasn't very popular with
her parents, and it was verging on to l2 o'clock,
when the old man came in and showed him how
he could leave her.
Professor W. IT. Evans, of Columbia, is in
our town, looking to got up cass in singing.
Cur people need instruction in this important
branch of church worship.
Tho weather for tho past week has been un-
pleasantly cool. fires being necessary for COM
fort night and morning. During tho day high
winds blow constantly, SO that though the
spring is carly the growing crop remains almost
Mt stand Cotton is very small and badly
crippled by tho cold weather. Several persons
have reported frost in low placcs in several
parts of the county and on different mornings.
The wheat crop is by no means promising.
4 great many folds have the rust badly, though
not fully headed. In other fields tho wheat is
spotted, being very low and thin in some places
The crop cannot exceed half Drop here and
may fall below that. Fall oats look PROMISING,
but tho spring sowing is low.
Rev. II. T. johnson, clerical delegate to the
General Conference, from Mississippi now in
session at Atlanta, Ca, is on bricf visit to
bis brother, DR.. l.. B. johnson, of our town.
1t is likcly that he will remain over on Sun
day and preach in tho Methodist or prosby.
terian Churches.
Anthony May was hung at Darlington on
the 3d instant for tho murder of Robert
Suggs, nearly ten yoars ago IIc was con-
victed at the last term of tho court upon con-
fcssion mado to diifercnt persons at different
tfmos. Tho execution was private. Years
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