Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-14
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4 Very little rain has fallen this fall, and
q the roads are In unusually good condition.
S The dime reading has been postponed to
Friday evening week.
There ia to be a shop" at Biemann's Hall,
Friday night. We are indebted to the maua~
( gers of the affair for an invite
QUERY: "Why will men smoke common
q tobacco, when they oan buy Marburg Brothers
Seal of North Carolina at the same price?"
Nj. w. w. Goodman has presented US
with three largo Florida yams, weighing
eighteen pounds when dug, Mr.. @, had
potatoes to eat the last week in June.
We understand the Democrats have carried
s.every county in the State except Beaufort
4 Let US look to adding Beaufort to the Domo.
cre,ic column in 1880 and lcave the Radical
column blank.
The members of tho Mountaincer Fire
company are requested to meet at their
engine house in full uniform on Thursday
evening 14th inst. at 7 O'Clock sharp.
Tho corn crop in this County is boing har>
vested, and we hear from all quarters that
The yield Is far below on average. Tho
8 Drought in tho summer Injured the crops
moro seriously than was at fret antici pated
Mrs Ubcruickel died in Walhalla last
Monday, and WAS buried in tho Lutheran
'churchyard on Tuesday. She was thirty
/. four years old, worthy mother and wife,
and leaves husband und several children
to mourn her uutiuely death.
The influx of visitors to Columbia already
promises large attendance upon tho State
Fair, aud the officers report on unusually.
fne exhibit in oil the department., particu.
larly in regard. TO stock of varions kinds.
The entries arc more than double the
SNmber made last year.
The low price Of farm produSs operates
hard on the farmer. Cotton does not com.
mand price equal to the cost of production,
while corn and other products have no cash
market. Persons involved In debt must feel
4 heavily this state Of things, rs in most cases
their liabilities wero incurred under more
favorable condition Of The money market.
At q meeting held in the Methodist Church on
last SunAsy the following gentlemen were
unanimously elected building committee,
with Instructions to secure lot aud begin the
building Of q new church as soon as possible:
j.. II. Sigh, Chairman; J. p. Mickler, r.. A.
Thompson, Wesley pitohford, G. l.. Reid, G. ".
sa.ler, j. s. HenS';si. HenS;s!.y ';t- yt,- b. IL Smith The
committee will meet at an carly day.
Tho Charlotte s. Atlanta Air Line Railway
is now running double daily passenger train.
over its splendid road. Local freight an,
accommodation trains arc ulso run daily
Sundays excepted. In addition to these
there arc through freight trains run daily
Passengers can, therefore, be accom- modatetl
at almost any hour on this fast line. Freight
is alW handled, as cxpcditiously rs possible.
SEQ schedule in another column.
The attention Of teachers Of public school
IS directed to the advertisement and price lis
, of Sandlord's Series Of Analytisnl Arithmc
tics published III this issue. This is South
ern publication and has been adopted IA ,
text book in the common schools of this State
These works can be had at the book store o
DR.. j. p. Smel,zcr, who keeps on hand, ful
assortment Of common school text books.
ILLUSTRATION by PIcTUREs. of tht
great contrasts between the Schoul Book.
!, used by the fathers and mothers Of the Ian,
when young and those now used By The
children, is tho use Of pictures. AS II curious
instance Ut illustrating the meaning Of word
by pictures, look at the tLrcc pictures Of ShiI
on page l75l of WebSter's Unabridged Die
tionary--thcso alone illustrate tho mcanin.
Of moro than one hnnNrel words and term,
far better than they can he defined by an,
desert ption in words
We spent half hour 10 Senoca City las
Saturday evening. The town had business
appearance in the way of people and stir o
trade. We noticed good deal of cotton abou
the depot, which was being loaded Cor trans.
portation on the Air Line Road. The mcr
chants seemed to be driving an active trade
The town has improved since our last yisi
and with its favorable railroad facilities ha
the promise of n bright future.
FAIR PLAYLOCILS.