Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-09-26
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FAIR tPLI Y.LOCALS.

1t is all trying to open at one time. Tho
farmers have been trying to keep up with
the cotton, but they could not. Tho fields
arc white and this rain will injure tho crop
to some extent. Most Of the farmers will
not pay for picking more than thirty throo
oonts per hundred. Cotton will turn out
here about us woli s7 va, oxpcotod.
Thoro will be oil election here shortly for
Major. Tho necessary papers have been
forwarded to Gen. Humphreys, requesting
him to order au election for Mojor~ Capt.
r. E. Mason aud LieutenantJ. j.. MoCurry,
of Company A, arc tho prominent men for
tho position. Fair Play will be well pro-
teoted in the future.
DR.. j. L. McCurry cnlarging his cot
taee home.
The work on the Baptist Church is
progressing rapidly. twill be finished in
timo for DR.. Smcl,zcr to preach in 90 next
Sunday week.
The Good G'cmplars Lodge at this place
is getting on finely. Another mombcr was
added to their roll at tho last meeting, The
Lodge has good workers i'll it, and it is surc
to do we'll. Some of tho members deserve
great deal of credit for their zealousncss
in tho cause of temperance. Tho lodge
meets every two weeks regularly
Tho Fair Play High School will close in
week or two and reopen on the first OF
November. The attendance for the next
term is expected to be good.
The Democratic Club of this place meets
on The first Saturday IN October to make
arrangements for tho primary election on
the 18th Of same months.
Candidates have been very scarce here.
Mr. r. II. Mason has overhaulcd his gin
aud gin house, and is uow rcady for busi
ness. lie will run two gins by the same
power.
Business is looking up. PAT.
GoLDsBoRo, N. c., September IA
most destructive cyclone passed in threo
miles Of this city about a. NJ. to day, from
Northeast to Southwest Its path wns one
hundred yards wide, and it demolished every
house, scattering tmbcrs, bedding. and wear.
ing apparel FOR half q mile or moro A nc.
gro woman was mortalls wounded, and ne
gro man killed and blown some distance.
Four white pooplo were seriously hurt, and
not expected to live. Their legs were bro
ken, and they wcro internally injured. a
number Of hogs, cattle and horses werc killed
Barns, out houses and dwellings, shared
alike. Cotton stalks were stripped naked.
The loss is very considerable, aud falls
heavily on the victims. The longth Of the
tornado is not known md wo hear Of disnsa
tcrs in Ponder and New Hanover counties
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New ORLEANS, September 22.--Dcaths 40;
new cases 1876. Total cases to date 1888
Total deaths 2,47O. Thedcalh list to day inv
cluAes thirteen children under scson years
Tho weather was warm, generally cloudy
and mising oil tho forenoon. 1t is cloudy to-
night. j. r. Morey, we'll known railroad
agent, rclapsed after three weeks convales-
ccnco. and his case is considered almost hope
less. The deaths to day nclnded Mrs. Wm.
A. Bell. DR.. Sweasy, tho well known editor
of the Jqriculuwat Jo,ral, died at Tangi~
pahoa on Wednesday Of ycllew fever, aged
So The IIowards haze received dispatch
from Taneipahoa. saying HAT there isa great
deal Of sicknoas there, supposed to be yellow
fever. The operator and dpnsimastcr are sick.
;. dispatch from Morgan City announces the
death, Of 0. S. Clark and T. Broman at La
pondn p,,,ntation. Mr.. a. Steele, Clark s
partner, died pm Friday.
DErRo,r, September "A Saginaw s,ro-
cial says that quantity OF e,hnGlc' on whit
tcmorc Il CAmcron's dock, at Tams@s' ana MY MY
thousand feet Of lumber on tho 'rawne M!'is
Companys docl. wcro blown into tho laN>>"'
arc fifteen hundred trees fell across the track
of the Tawas and Southwestern Its'lvoad, and
considerable damage was done to buildings
and propcrs? along the line. Loss, s 800
One man nL Osemnw had M arm brokcn and
received other injuries.
WAsnlHGrnN. September 20'--A telegram
from Cen. Sheridan says on the 9th of Sers
tembcr three hunarca Chcyenncs broke away
from their agency at Fort Reno and the troops
went in pursuit. Cant. Rcadicbrock, with
two companies Of calvary, came npon them at
Or near Uinnamoh, and an engagement took
place, in which three mcn were killed and
three wounded. Several horses zero also
wounded, and tho attack was unsuccessful.
Rcndiebr0ck lnovcd bnck toward Camp Sop
ply, reporting thai he had engaged l30 war
rors, who surrounded and attacked him while
their families moved North. Preparations
have bccn made by Con. popc to meet the
Indians at or near thu ArkaDsns and along
the line of the Kansas Pacific also in the le
partmcnt Of the Platte along and North OF the
that the troops will be able to meet and caps
turc or destroy them. Tho Indians gricy-
anccs are insufficient food and regularity in
delivery, and the permission given to the
Arrapahnes to 1.-Two out near Big Horn Noun
tains. The Choyennes clam tho same right.
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MEssps. EDIroEs: II has somehow or other
been circulated over Tie County that am n
Radical. [ take this method TO say to my
friends that it is not 80. / am one Of the first
Democrats of Oconcc County; was in the first
County Club ever held in Walhala after tho
war, and am The same yet and would thank
the people TO stop at once talking falsely about
me. II any one wants To know after this what
am, let them ask me and hcn they will know
what am. REV. II. N. HAYS.