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


miums tor tho best drilled companies, aud
tho contest will be open to the world. All
tho Atlanta companies will enter tho lists
and we hear of several Of the crack compa.
MICS, Of other States who think of being
here. The St. Louis Cadets will probably
bo on hand. The Porter Riflos, of Nash,
vile, may be counted on, and Memphis
will send tho "Chiokaaaw Guards" Knox.
willie has crack company she proposes to
put in, while Charleston will sond us two OF
her superb military organizations. Others
arc thinking of coming All the cities in
Georgia will probably bo represented. Au-
gusta, Macon, Savannah, Columbus, Griffin
and Albany, are oil looking at tho fine
military prizes with wistful eye, and
nearly every ono of them viii put in an
honest effort for it. The finest military
display known in Georgia since theswur may
be expected with confidence
Besides the $1,000 in proniums for
white companies thero will be SITS offered
for tho bost drilled negro company, and
when wc say there will be q dozen entries
for these premiums wo do not exaggerate.
TIE vELocIpEDE TOURNAMENT
for boys will bring out all tho little
fellows with their "Aying machines" There
will bo handsome lot of prizes arranged
for boys between and II years They
may como from anywhere. Those tourna-
monts arc oroating great interest wherever
they aro had. They willinterest thousands
of childron who will be prosont, and thou.
sands of older people who love to soc the
littlo ones have good time.
THE MULE RACE.
Wo did not speak Of the mule race with
the other races, for it is different species
of fun. It is richer than any horse race
e7er run. There is something SO POLITICALLY
uncertain, and SO fascinatingly wild about
mule race that he who sees ono nover wants
to 500 any other style of raoing Fifty
dollars is oforod for tho mule who leads
the raco. Every man who has pct mule
may now win fame both for himself and his
pct. There may be twenty entries, for
there's lots of luck in mule race, and $50
is worth running for.
THE NEGRO FOOT RACE.
promises to bo one Of the richest points in
tho whole list of attractions. Twenty-Five
dollars will be given to tho darkoy who can
most effectually "get up and get" No race
will cause more merrimont or create more
real excitement than this. Wo have
namod few of tho special attractions.
Besides these there will be full list OF
premiums for stock, agricultural products,
fowls and all the things usually exhibited
at fair. The premium list is by far the
best aud most judicious ever offered in the
State Arrangements will be made for
remarkably low rates on all the railroads in
tho State and many outside of it. There
will also be the cheering assurance that no
matter how many people come they will all
fnd
PLEASANT ACCOMMODATIONS
in Atlanta. The association will so arrange
it that oil who come will find ample room
and at worry low prices. Already We can
assure tho public that good board aud lodg.
ing can be had here during the fair at one
dollar day. The fair grounds will
DO put in perfect order, and will look better
than ever before
Trains and street cars will be run to the
very gates every ten minutes, and if We
havo thirty thousand visitors we can easily
thom.
The fair is ovor two months off, but its
success is certain. Letters Of inquiry are
received daily by the secretary. Lot
everybody come. We will be prepared for
thcm. @
CuARITY.-If there is one grace more
clearly taught in tho Bible than any other
it is the grace of giving-tho greatest Of all
tho great Christian virtues. Wo have
heard it said that Abbeville pays too much
for tho support Of the gospol,--that hor
preachers and churches cost moro than four
dollars year and that this is "too
much money to invest in fire insurance"
This is not oven business view to take Of
the subject and is as fallaoious as it is com-
Portable to tho conscienoes Of those who