Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-16
L.OCALsS.

of November.
For the past week wo have had rcgular summer
weather..
Now that the nights aro growing longer and
cooler you will want something to read. There
is nothing better to road than your homo paper
From present Indications cotton planting is q
good deal like running country newspaper on
orodit--rather precarious and doubtful busi-
ness.
Now is tho timo for fights and quarrcls over
the division of crops, und tho legal gentleman,
though he ''sows" nothing "rcaps" good
share Of tho harvest.
Subscribe for and advertise in the KEowEE
COURIER. Don't borrow tho papor nor daub the
fences round town with your "noticcs."
Don't forget, friends, That wo esteem it favor
for you to give US short accounts of events
transpiring in your several ncighborhoods.
10 accommodate those owing Adger College,
Mr.. @. L. Roid will receive any money duo
and turn it over to tho Treasurer.
Young ladies who are accustomed to read
newspapers are always observed TO possess win
ming manners, most amiaGle dispositions, and
invariably make good wives.
The Grccnvillo and Columbia Railroad have
begun putting down steel rails. II is moving
right ahead under tho new management and
will yet be made one Of tho best roads in The
South.
Those having accounts against the County
not yet audited should not neglect to send their
bills in, duly attcscd and sworn TO, OH or before
the first day of November.
Fifty miles of barbcd wire fencing have been
put up on tho Air Limo Railroad. The work is
going forward steadily, it being the intention of
the company to ultimately enclose the road from
end to end.
On last Friday change of schedule or the
Blue Ridge and Grccnvillc & Columbia Railroads
went into effect. From that date trains leave
Walhnlln at $40 a. NJ arriving at Columbia at
2.56 p. NJ; leave Columbia at 10 .35 A. NJ, arriy-
ing in Walhalla at S.07 NJ.
Venus is now the morning star. AS such she
is generally called Aurora. Why this change
Of name we know not, unless Venus, like most
other daucs who arc reused before sunlight
gels up-roaring mad.
Tho '.nickel entertainment" ut tho Female
College building, on last Friday night, was
brilliant success. About ono hundred per-
sons were present and the admittunco fee
footed up near FIVE dolla:s.
Miss Lucy q. Phillips, daughter of Dr..
Charles Phillips, of the University of North
Carolina. is in Walhalla on q visit to Mrs.
Werner, her sister, wlo Of John S. Werner,
Esq. She will remain at Walhalla domctimc.
Our esteemed young friend, Mr.. j. D. Cap
pelmann, leaves Walhalla soon for Charleston,
where he proposes still to pursue tho law.
MIR. Cappelmann is young man Of tino mind
and character, and wo predict for him n
course Of usefulness and honors.
By solicitation, tho Rev. Fletcher Smith
will begin n Rerioe Of lectures in tho Mc,ho-
dist Church, at Walhalla commencing on
on Sunday morning, October Goth, ut II A..
NJ. Subject The Reconciliation Of Christi
anty with Nature"
Tho people in the upper part Of the Fork and
lower Oconce arc agitating the project of u
railroad from Fair Play TO Weslminscr. Prot
W. =. Calhoun is tho Chief Engineer and Col
Bob Mason is tho General Supcrintc cndcnt
They claim to bo making hcadway, but Maj
Whit Broylcs says line of whcclbarrows run
once q week will fully answer their purpose
anderson Journal, l0th.
Next Sabbath is the regular quarterly COM
munion nt the Prcsby cran Church. Sacrament
Of the Lords Supper will be administered.
Preaching on Saturday at III a. NJ. and Salur-
day night and on Sabbath morning and night
Rev. J. r. Riley will assist the pastor. All
Christians arc invited TO attend and participate
in the services and communion.
Attention is directed to The advertisement
Of G. Jones, Esq, offering for rent $50 acres
of good corn and cotton land. The Tomassec
lands are noted for their product in corn, and
results show them to DO equally so in cotton.
We received a pleasant call on Tuesday
from Mr.. L. r. Marshall of Columbia, gon.
crul travelling agent for tho Temperance Stanr
dard, published Mt Williamson, and organ of
the Sons Of Temperance and Good Tcmplars
of tho State. Mr.. Marshall is also selling
tho "Patcnt Window Cleaner"
Rev. Mr.. Gresham, Of the Baptist Church,
took OCCASION in his discourse on last Sunday
to say warning word to those of his congro.
cation who were in tho habit of reading dino
novels and trashy and sensational story
papers. lie said such reading mattcr was
demoralizing and tended to corrupt tho minds
of those who ndulged their tastes in such
literature.
MRs. NJ. BRAY is receiving this week, from
Atlanta and New York, n most beautiful assort-
.ment Of Hats, in all the most fashionable coors
and shapes, both in plush satin and straw.
.Giyo her call before purchasing elsewhere.
Orders in Hair Work for Switches, Curls, pufls