Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-08-01
july, 1878.
Sow your turnip seed.

Mr.. y. 9. Mokler and wife arc spending a
few weohs at tho Highlands. g
& Good butter is in domand in tho walbalIs
market.
The Republicans of oconcc County hold their
county Convention on Saturday at Walhalla,
Messrs.W. Q. Erwin, P. v. Waller, II. u,
Poo and James Black left this "Wednesday
morning for tour through the mountans.
A new and beautiful American Sewing ma
chino for sale al this Office. Call and SEQ It.
Prioo low.
'-r NYe havo had an abundance Of rain. Tho
weather is also moro pleasant. The crop
prospect is frst-rato s
In some sections of the country, on Monday
last, the eclipse was total for q few minutes.
Tho eclipse hero was failure.
QUERY: "Why will men smoke common i
tobacco, when they cnn buy Marburg Brothers
4 Seal of NorlA Carolina,' at the SAME priccp' :,
MIR. T. Wiebcns has placed on our table !
basket full of ripe grapes, known US tho Hart
ford Prolific. We retuan our thanks or such a .
treat.
A colored man, Jim Magco, diod in we'll, r
IN Westminster, on tho 25th ultin,o, from :,
inhaling poisonous gas. Tho we'll was an :
old one.
The State Grange and the State Agricultural =
. Society meet in Sparanburg on the 18th of !,
August. These meetings promise to be very in
) teresting. ..re ~, ..,' '
Tho United States Court convencs in Green
Villc on Monday noxt Defendants ariSiswit-
nesscs s'will take due notice and govern then,
selves accordingly"
We regret to announce tho death of Mr.
John Hardin, ono of our best citizens ON the
25th ult. Mr.. Hardin was in his Goth year,
and leaves many friends to mourn his death.
MIR. G.. G. Porter, Of Westminster, has pre-
sented us with the largest beet that VIC have
ever seem II Is of the purple top variety and
measures 25 inches in circumference and weighs
da pounds.
Read the advertisement of the SIoSmith
Music House, Grecnville, s. c. If you want q
piano or organ This house can furnish you one
ut prices in accordance will, the times. None
but standard instruments sold. Mr.. MoSmth
will DO in Walhalla again in about two weeks,
Tho "Eed Shirts" of pendloton, win,
,epAopAutc tASIC anniversary on tfluQy, inc
23d of August by a big barbecue a;ld
grand military display. Capt. Stribpg will
accept our thanks for IN invitation to be
present.
Attention is directed to the advertisement in
another column Of tho Pendleton Factory Wool
Cards They have recently been pvt in first
GLASS order, and all wool loft at the soro of
G. L. Reid s. Co, for oarlng, will receive
prompt attention.
Adjutant and Inspector General E. w.
Noise will review tho State Volunteer Troops
: of Oconee County the Goth day Of August
Read General Order No. 8 in another column
and govern yourselves accordingly
Tho Charleston Nc,os and Courier gives
synopsis Of the proceedings Of our County
Convention, locating it in Pickons. num-
bcr of local notices wero also orcli I'd to Pick
ems in tho samo issue of that paper.
Tho summer meeting of the Grand Division
of tho Sons Of Temperance was held in Ander-
son last week. DR.. !. z. Smeltzcr, Of Walhalla,
addressed the convention Oh the subject OF
temperance on tho 25th ult
DeH' Our price for announcing a candidate is
fvc dollars, CASH ~ alvance. Positively no an
nouncement ,oiN DO inserted withom tho cash ac
companies tho same. Candidates and their friends
tcW take due notice and govern themselves accord
iagiy. "e3Q
Wo are requested to givo notice that thorc |
will be on important meeting of tho Wcstu
minister Grange on the third Saturday in |
August. A punotual attendance of tho
members is requested.
Since our last issue our county has been
visited with copious showers of rain, tho ground
being thoroughly wet to tho clay. Tho crops
will no doubt be much benefited, especially late
corn, cotton, potatoes and turnips
MosDrs. B. +. Sloan, j. w. Stribling, S. X.
Dendy, Sloan Y. Stribling and others left on
Tuesday for Cashior's Valley and Hog Back
Mountain, whero they expect to spond the
noxt two weeks in door hunting and fishing,
and enjoy the delightful and exhilarating
mountain atmosphere. Wo wish thom much
I pleasure and abundant success in ''apgling
and driving"
!. The general manager Of the Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line, Col. C. J. Foreacrc, during
the twolye months ho has been in control
Of that road, has made wonderful improvements
on tho line. lie is having tho wooden tresscls
filed in with dirt, 80 that soon the road bed for
I. 260 miles will be firm earth, except tho iron
& bridges across tho rivers All travellers now ,
say that the Piedmont Air Limo Is tho best "a
running road In the Southern States.