Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-08-29

BY an order from tho Post Office Depart
3 ment,sI am required to collect box rent quar-
< sterly in advance. This order includes both
look and call boxes and to firm or family to
each box. The mail of oil parties not
I governed by this order will be put IN tho
s. general delivery after tho first day Of Sep
& tember next. j. II. .SLIGH, p. NJ.
Miss Lizzie Grisham, Of Mississippi, is the
guest of Col. Norton.
Miss Rotta Gailliard, of Pendleton, is stop
ping at Mr.. Pitchford's.
We have heard reports Of rust in cotton in q
!. few localities.
Asheavy rain fell in our town on Tuesday
morning. 1t was seasonable shower for tho
j tarnip crop.
&' We regret very much the departure from
our town Of Mrs. Nunnamakor and hor family.
She returns to her plantation in Lexington
County.
Query: "Why will men smoke common
tobacco, when they can buy Marburg Brothers
Seal of NoNh Carozina,' ut tho samo pricc?"
Professor Riley is travelling in the interest Of
!. the Presby endowment fund Of Adgcr
College. At last accounts hc Ind obtained over
ono thousand dollars on this trip. Success at
tend his efforts ~h.
protreoted meeting will begin at Rock
! Spring Church on Friday morning, the 30th
instant Preaching on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at IL a. NJ. Third Quarterly Confer
cnce on Saturday, Rev 0. A. Darby presiding.
Rev. j. g. Law will assist Rcvs. Riley and
y Strong at tho Presbyterian Church at Bachelors
Retreat on Sunday next. It will be a oomn,u-
nion occasion and preaching will begin on Satur
day.
4 An old California gold digger has recently in
speotcd tho gold minc of NIr. John Sloan, on
Little River, in this County. Ono pan full
panued out one-fourth of pennyweight The
mino is thoughtt to be valuable.
The County Commissioners have on foot
tho project Of digging public well ut the
corner of Maj. Dcndy's Office lot. The old
we'll has not been used for several years and
will bo filled up. We need a public we'll
for the benefit of poopo coming to the Court
J House, and VIC aro glad to see the present
project on foot.
Mr.. L. D. Mashburn, of this county, died
ut his homo at Oconec Station, on Thursday,
the 22d instant. Mr.. NJ, WIS native Of Ma :
con County, N. G., and was aaid to be q good
citizen and kind ncigbbor. lie had reached
the ripe ago of sixty years. His disease was
consumption.
Rev. Mr.. Gadsdcn pastor Of the Episcopal
Church Of Anderson, filed tho Methodist
pulpit horo on Sunday morning ut ii O'Clock
and at $50 in tho afternoon. Although the
Episcopal service was now thing to most of
our people, yet they wero much pleased with
it aud tho beautiful and appropriate sermon
preached. BY order of Bishop Howe, Wal
halla is made q mission station, with proaohr
ing every fourth Sabbath by somo one of tho
clergy of the church.
We learn that at q joint discussion on last
Saturday, in the Fork country, below Town
vile, that the famous Bill Parker was com.
rlotcly routed by Major Murray and Colonel
Hoyt, Of Anderson. The meeting was gotten
up by Parker for political purposes aud was
visited by the Democrats for q joint discussion.
Tho negroes became ashamed Of Parker and
deserted him. Reports say that q complotcr
victory was nevcr gained
We arc in receipt of postal from Professors
I, Riley and Moore, postmarked Clinton, Laurens
County, August 2Gth, in Which they report good
progress in getting up the Presbyterinl endow-
mont fund of Adger College They say: "We
arc getting somo bonds nearly every day. All
persons with whom VIC rfeet havo high hopes of
the success of Adgor College. If or two
moro agents will go ont from Walhalla the ten
thousand dollars will be secured before the meet
ing Of Preabycry in September"
Wo nre informed that Tho first bale Of now
. cotton this season WAS brought TO Seneca City
on tho 9th instant and bought by NJ. W. Colo
man & Co. at 1lS cents por pound The cot
ton was grown by Mr.. j. a. Burgess, of Town
Vile, who used tho "Navassa Guano." Mr..
Burgess received tho premium offered by The
Town Council for the first bale brought to that
market.
Our entcrprisng young townsman, W. 9:
Erwin, has opened tho business of q wholesale
dealer in flour in Walhalla. lie buys direct
from St. Louis and other Wostern markets,
aud proposes to deliver to dealers best grades
Of flour at Seneca City ut Atlanta wholesale
prices, and at Wnihalla at samo prices with
twenty five cents pcr barrel added for haul
ing. All orders for -four will be promptly
filled. Mr.. Erwin will supply to oil persons
wishing it the best quality Of Georgia lime at
So per barrel at We!halla or $l.75 at Seneca
City. lie proposes this fall to do q general
business in buying cotton and grain. Oflioe,
Walha}la Bank building.
DR.. d. e. Fouz, of Baltimore, the mnnufao-