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

aw arrived in our town on last
Ippfeaay Sht. 81 On Sunday morning he
prfaoped inse Baptist Church and nt night
IN }tne % pfesl lSerian Church. All our people
%pro giao fHheet Mr.. Law again and hear
him preaohS STbo nassaces he oovo an snn-
| diy fell up& attentive enra and SINK doom
tu'o . 'he neHs of his congregations. No left
on Taosdayn for Laurans. brt will
return agabto Walhalla in about 10 dayr.
ine Fekpus revival at Seneca City, Of
winch We uS1e:a brief notico Of last week. is
SUI, 10 PEoeYss at this writing (Tuosday)
Win unaoa3d interest. Somo seventeen or
e'gn'eeh pfsons have already Joined and
many mouhe crowd tho altar at each
s'r!'co. lev. Neville, pastor, has boen
assls.oa 'n hc meeting by tho Rev. II. F.
ohre''%oofa of Anderson, and Roy. S. D.
Jones, of tlI pendloton Oiroint
neV. =. = Law informs us that grown chick.
cis III tue iondon market aro worth Que dollar
pci he'o fef twenty-five cents per pound and
pu''er ior't to fifty conts per pouhd, and bacon
| '"en'y-hE3 cents pcr pound. Wc prefer 10
| reh'lh m Tho United States, in South Carolina,
III ocohco' County, at Walhalla, where wo can
p'S sroWl chickens st 15 10 20 cents per head,
pcei itoiH3 to 6 ceuts per pound butter at 10
10 iSa colts per pound and bacon at 6 cents
per pounh.
Mr. ". M. Morris, Of Anderson County,
nado nooa t1!s year from ono acre Soy bushels of
gooo ory) wheat, and Mr.. Pctor Brown, of the
Same co4 4nty, also made from tho same amount
OF lana B5s bushels of good wheat. Those
8oh'ieunbn were contonding for premium
oheroo by two or thrco subordinate Oranges
J" AoMcrson County. TO the porson who
'""oo DO greatest numbor Of bushels Of wheat
10 !he tcro was to bo awarded premium Of
20 ousf fLels Of wheat, and to tho person making
'lc ~ fXt highest numbor of bushels, 10 bush
ole' So it willbe scen that MIR. Brown gets
the hhsg sgt premium and Mr.. Morris the second.
canhoft our Oconeo Grangers stimulate the
wne@e. growers Of our County by offering
S'm'la,|r prcmiumss
l1tiras our good pleasure to be present at o
"eo ing of the Grangors of Anderson County,
heio Vat Now Lebanon, or IIarper's Grange,
on,psGt Sat"-aav g .dc2 t5lson
indhding ladies and gentlcmchp Grangcrs al
n nor Changers, were present. Considorab
it. disappointment was manifested by the poop
IL bySho nonsarrival of Hon. D. Wyatt Alike
ant Col. j. N. Lipscomb, who were to la,
II. bon present and address the Granger
he Fiom somo unavoidable circumstance thes
r, gntlemen could not attend. The crowd WEI
h. entertained, however, before dinner, by
we'll written and carefully prepared essa
UPON tho results and benefits of II
=, Grange by Jesse w. Norris, Secretary of IL
!. Pomona Grange of Anderson County.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Ms essay din
pr was announced and all persons repaire
!" T. the tables in o distant grove, where w
fund on abundance of substantial oatable
~ Shc large number of ladies and gcntleme
~ ~ and little children enjoyed thcir dinner wi,
:" q relish. -
After en lious's rccruation speaking wa
II again announced at tho stand. Mr.. w. "
c Russell introduced as the next speaker Nj
q John l.. Brcazcae, Of Anderson, who too
Il rs hio subject "Woman's Influence an
c Mission." lIe handled tho subject skilfull
and made good impression upon tho audi
il encc.
i MIR. Brenzeale then introduced as tho los
t speaker of the day Mr.. w, W. Russell, VIII
# spoke Mt somo length and in detail in refer
Q enoo to what the Patrons Of Husbandry in til
United States and in this State had accom-
plished for good to tho farming classes an,
what it still proposed to do in the future
llo closed By urging the Changers not to fla,
or to get lnkowarm in their efforts to accom-.
plish good md to take and occupy their plac
in tho councils of tho nation.
Mr.. Thomas B. Leo then ariiiSSanced TIN
exercises closed and tho largo crowd 500,
dispersed.
Wc take it that Anderson County, like sh,
is on everything else, is still wide awake upor
| Grange matters, Us evidenced upon this occa.
sion by tho largo attendance Of tho Grangers
, and tho interest manifested by them.
Tho Republicans aro organizing throughou
the State. In tho low country tho organiza'
tion is assuming shape and proportion. The
outlook in tho up country is not vorY oncour.
aging to thoTfaithful
1VESILNLNSTER LOCILS.