Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-04-18
APRIL, 1878.
locals.

Early oats ore ''heading out"
Go to church on next Sunday.
" Next Sunday is Easter Sunday.
!, VIM. NJ. Tweed died in jail in New York en-
The 18th instant
i. Preaching in the Presbyterian Church on
Saturday and Sunday:
Mr.: John s. Goodman occupies Mr.. W. M.
Woodin's residence.
|. Mr.. II. f. Alexander now occupies tho
EKinard house, on Man street.
Blank Liens just printed and for sale
at this Office, for the cash.
The Lords Supper will be celebrated in
the Presbyterian Church on next Sunday.
Mr.. John Joost has recently added on
very Moe bed room to his fathers residence.
!, Preaching in the Baptist Church on next
Sunday morning and at night at tho usual
'hours.
!. We have been having refreshing showers
during the past week, and as yet have escaped
the usual washing spring rains.
Mr.. w. M. Woodiu and family have moved
away from our town and now have ther head
quarters at the High Falls tannery.
Married, on Sunday morning, April 18th,
by Rev. j. j. Neville, Mr.. Robert Matheson
to Miss Betsy Graham, oil of Oconoe County.
The peach crop is as yset anin5ured, aud the
trees are very full. Unless VIC have killing
frost soon they will DO out of all danger, as the
trees are now green with leaves.
The ssWalhalla Riflemen" will assemble in
the Court House on Friday night next OF 8 80
O'Clock, to attend To Important business.
q. E. WATSON, Captain.
:. Do not allow worms 10 cheat your children
outof their living. Shrinor's Indian Vormi-
fuge will destroy these miserable posts, aud
give the little fellows new armors for tho
bathe Of life.
Messrs. j. w. Stribling A. Brennecke, W.
q. Neville aud D. A. Smith aro representing
tho Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian and
Methodist Sunday Schools of Walhalla in tho
international Sunday School Convention now
in session in Atlanta, Ga.
One Of tho most enjoyable ro-unions of the
season was given by Miss MoAnally to her
lnuSlc SCuCioTs luSL Week. N1uSlC, all Thai could
tempt the appetite and other modes of enjoy
mcnt filled the evening to overaowing with
pleasure
There is somo talk Of having Union Sun
day School Jubilee id one of tho churches of
our town sometime in the month of May.
he matter will be brought before tho Sunday
Schools, we presume, on next Sunday. II ia
thought that speakers will be invited TO
address the children.
Tho following is the result of tho election,
held in West Union on the 10th instant, for In
tondant and Wardens, to servo for the ensuing
year:
Intendant--J. P. Miokler.
Wardens-D. v. Wright, Jacob Schroeder, ].
X. Hunter, r. C. Strother.
Mr.. Warren Lawrence, formerly Of this State,
and now resident Of Chiokasaw County, Mis-
sippi, is on a visit to his old home and relations
He represents an early spring in his county and
good crop prospeot English peas, Irish pota-
toes and other early garden vegetables were
being used before he left, and farmers were
going over their corn the first time.
Rev. Mr.. Harrington, Of North Carolina,
preached in the Baptist Church last Sunday
from the text, "Simon Peter, lowest thou NOR"
His sermon was q good one, and abounded in
illustrations of the necessity Of love and charity
in the Christian life. If the Christian would
live according to the doctrines he laid down wo
would have better world, and Christianity
would spread moro rapidly.
This spring has been on unusually favorable
one. II is said by some TO be the most forward
Spring, t6 this time, We have had in fifteen or
twstty years: However this be, March and
April to this date have been warm aid dry, with
little wind: The planting Of the crops is behind
the season, very few having planted corn or
cotton TO any extent yet. This is, doubtless,
due to tho unfavorable weather in January and
February and TO the fear of the late frosts
The Westminster Manufacturing Compa-
ny have begun operations, add are turning
out superior article Of thread. It is
claimed for this new process that the
thfead is stronger and smoother than that
manufactured from cotton gioned and packed
according to the old process. The company
have enough cotton to run until fall, when
the new crop will come in. We expect
some day to- visit their mills and will give
some account Of this new industry, from
which we expect much. Col. F. r. Harri.
son, of Andersonville, has been operating
similar machinery successfully for upwards
Of year, and we hope others in' our county
will follow the business. ..
OAKWAY LOCALS.