Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-04-04
Martins Creek Locals.

Sunday School was organized at Shiloh
Baptist Church on Sunday evening, March l4th,
under exceedingly favorable auspices. The
'.small ones" assembled and selected the follow
ing persons to servo them in the places stated:
-. Hays, Superintendent; II. G. Harbin, As
distant Superintendent; D. T. Hays, Lender of
Choir; j. NJ. Phillips, Secretary. We copy tho
following from our record of March 81, 1873:
Glass No. ], AZ Testament verses.
Class No. 2, no reoitations.
Glass No. 8, 597 Scriptural questions.
Class No. 4, 1913 Soriptural questions.
Glass No. s, lesson.
The children take an unusual interest In the
school and seem to be anxious to attend,
Will parents not take advantage Of the interest
manifested and improve the golden opportunity
thus offered to instll into the little ones q love
for booka and ap earnest desire to recognize
and reverence the Sabbath?
We need rain. Ground too hard to plow.
Guano is being used by our farmers WITHOUT
stint. Some Of our agents have sold one hun
dred tons.
W. A. Lowery wears polished boots on one
end and far away expression on the other
Wo wish him success. J. Mp.
a REMARKABLE KEsULT.-tt makes no
difference how many physicians, or how much
medicine you have tried, it is now an esta-
blishcd fact that German Syrup is tho only
remedy which has given complete satisfaction
in severe casos Of lung diseases. 1t is true
there are yet thousands Of persons who are
predisposod to throat. and lung affections,
consumption,, hemorrhagas, asthma, severe
colds settled on the breast, pneumonia
wl'oopiug cough, &c., who have no personal
knowledge Of, Bosohee's German Syrup. TO
such we would say that $4,000 dozen we're
sold last year without one complaint Con-.
sumptives tsy just one bottle. Regular size
rs ccnts. Sold by oil druggists in America.
The women of Virginia,are forming so.
oieties to help, pay the State debt: The
idea, according to Warrenton letter, is ssto
give the thing startnget every woman in
the State to join tho society, have an iuitia.
tion fec of.25 conts and certain, podtSty
contribution, in this way TO-. .ratsa some
money f1r the grand and patriotic purpose,
but mainly, by their example TO-, inapire the
slothful and. shame the dishonest men of tho
State out Of tho idea Of reputation"
Hen. Robert Toomby, Of Georgia, says that
he bas neither desire or expectation ever to re-.
enter tho public service in any capacity
whatever, but that should the people Of
Georgia call him to tho Office Of Governor he
would accept the trust. and that his determi.
nation on such question would not be-
affected by his supposed inoligiblity under.
tho fourteenth amendment. This amendment
he saye, cannot bind his conscienae, and,
therefore, could mover control his action.
While, various States arc proposing to
initiate. Virginia in collecting a tax an the
sale of liquor by adjusting the Mofet bell
punch. tho Massachusetts, House Of Ropre-,
scntatiVes has voted that saloons shall havo
no curtains or ground glass windows.
Customers must drink in front rooms exposed
to the gaze of oil passers by.
SUMTER, March 3l.--Camain F. Deschan,ps,
a, highly. respected citizen, of this county,
c9mmiuedsuicide at Lynchburg yesterday by
de!iberatelH shooting himself in tho head with
q pistol. Financial troubles wa6' tho cause of
the decd.
At Darlington. last week, Judge Ajdrioh
sentenced six prisoners to imprisonment for
life in the penitentiary for tho orimo Of arson,
and nino for various other offences to imprs-
onment from, fvo to thirty Ave years.
King Humbert has practical ideas Of eoono.
my. He has ordered tho sale Of tho supera
fuops horses Of his late fathers stud Of $500
and tho suppression of uscloss appointments.