Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-10-23
LsOGALg.

Just arrived another lot of those beautiful
Plush Hats at Mrs. NJ. Bray's
Notice tho change in the day OF the annual
meeting of the County Commissioners.
We understand that the whoopingcough has
again made its appearance in town. This is q
bad time Of the year to havc it,
The mail from tho Air Line Railroad will
arrive at Walhala hereafter daily at 1915 A. "
and lcavo ut 3.45 p. NJ.
Mrs NJ. i. Kilburn and Mrs. NJ. w. Skclton
:are in attendance upon tho North Georgia Fair
in Atlanta this week.
Mr. j. p. Micklcr has fresh advertisement in
our columns this week, in which he is Offering
oxtra inducements to his many customers. Read
what he says and then go and sec him
Norton s. Thompson arc advertising in this
weeks issue for sale sou,c choice lots in the
town Of Seneca City and. the Yarbrough house
and lot in Walhalla. Sec advertisement
The heavy rains Of tho last few days have
raised the streams out Of their banks We
learn that the corn on the Seneca and Tugaoo
Rivers has been badly injured by tho high
water.
Mrs j d. Abbott will accept our thanks for
lHc IuEbc UhSkcJ vi IiCC NcHctuOlcS Scnt us OH
last Saturday, consisting of Irish and sweet
potatoes, turnps, bccts. radishcs and u large
mclon.
Just arrived the largest and most beautiful
line Of picture frames, moulding, chromos,
notices, &c., that has ever been brought to this
market Respectfully,
II. L. NORMAN & Bno.
Treasurer Alexandcr up to Tho date of going
to press "wednesday nftcrnoon) had collected
about $4,000 taxes and given out ! 800 receipts.
Wo understand that il will be impossible for the
Treasurer to collect The remaining taxes
within tho time allowed by law, November |.
Miss NJ Sue Mauldin has opened Mt Seneca
City first class millinery store. Her cndcavor
to live by her own cxcrtion, together with Tic
price and quality Of her goods, will commend
her establishment to the trading public. She
can be relied on in every respect. Sec her ad-
vertscmcnt in another column.
Attention is directed TO the advertisement Of
the Williamson Female College, 10 be found in
another column. This is one OF the most flour
ishing female institutions in the State. We
take tho liberty of publishing the following cx-
tract Of private letter recently received from
the Rev. Mr.. Lander, President Of the College:
'.You will bc glad to learn that we nrc passin.;
very pleasantly through the most prosperous
session Of our history. We have great cause FOR
gratitude for the favor VIC have received from
the enlightened public Of our State Our pre-
scki number of pupils (Oct. lG, 1879 is l0i,
and q hetter set of girls have never seem"
People who attend church Should leave thcir
little and big dogs at home. What is more
annoying to the preacher md congregation than
to SEQ two or three big little dogs, trottng up
and down through tho aiscs of Il church,
growing at each other and o hcrwisc disturbing
tho worshippcrs? We understand that this
actually occurred in the Presbyterian Church
here on last Sunday in the midst Of most
solemn and impressive service. We say there
fore that those who have dogs should either
stay at home themselves or keep their unman-
ncrly CANNES there when they attend church.
we nrc permitted to make the following
extract from private letter received by Mr.
II. T. Alexander from i. 3. Doyle, Esq,
Barton's Creek, Oconcc County, S. c., on the
.22d instant: 'Tho froshct has almost ruined
us. The river was not quito so high as the
Juno frcshet, but high enough to cover four
fifths of tho corn crop in the valley. |
.nevcr saw q moro promising crop than mine,
and to-day it is perfect wreck. My own
loss foots up ono bale cotton and one hundred
bushels corn. This warm, rainy weather is
tho very worst we could have at this time.
Somo are hauling out and shocking their corn
and others half shucking it on the stalk The
lattor is tho plan have adopted"
The rain continues to fall and much damage is
feared to bottom corn along tho streams by high
water. great deal of corn isroporcd already
lost by tho overflow Of tho bottom lands on last
Saturday If the bottom corn is cut short by
freshets there will be great scarcity Of il in this
County and wo fear want and starvation will
stare our people in the face. With very shor,
cotton crop and the upland corn already
failure, the out look is indeed gloomy. Our
people should husband all their resources and
prepare to pass through the hardest year that
we havo experienced for n long time, if ever
1t was q tight squeeze, but tho colorcd
brother was worried through in Cincinnati,
and Mr., George, w. Williams (coorcd)
will be the first of his race to sit in tho Ohio
Legislature. 1t was evidently n bitter pill
for many of the palo faces to yoto for the
sabe candidate, but the storm was bio
enough to sweep him in. Tho average Re-
publican majority in tho city was about 3 900
but Williams was cut down to 8SG Enough
is as good as feast however, and Ohio has a
colored Representative.
Marshal Douglass, of the Western District
of North Carolina, has fifty deputies in his
service. Ho reports to tho Government that
Redmond, tho notorious South Carolina moon.
shiper, upon whose head price has been set