Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
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Chew Jaokscn's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Little watermelons aro selling at big prices
We havo seen no largo molons.
Tho Lutheran ehuroayard is boiug enclosed
with d new fence. tr9
We are requested to announce, that there will
preaching at Old Pickcns on noxt Sunday.
Whom it rains SOW largely for turnips. Pre-
pare'tosow large oat and wheat drops for your
own use. nH9' u'lR au h ~
John e. Breazealo, Esq, and wifo, Of Andcr-
son. arc on Q visit to relatives in our town, en-
joying our oxhilerating mountain Dir and cool
and Sparkling wator. aa, R
Mr., ". A. Addington, with two droves of fine
beef cattle, passed through town on Wednesday
for tho Charleston market, whore ho expects to
realize good profits for his stock.
The dog days begin OH next Saturday, tho
26th instant, at which timo wc may expect tho
long and devastating drought broken up by
copous showers Of rain. ta
Do not neglect your turnip CROP this season.
1t will be all tho more important !. OH ac-.
count Of the scarcity of provisions for man and
beast. Hogs and COWS will fattcn upon turnips.
Trial Justice Gibson can now DO found in tho
Coroners Office, in the court house building, TO
which place ho moved on Inst Monday.
The County Auditor has called meeting
of the County Board Of Equalization, to DO
hold in his odico on tho first Monday in
August.
Professor S. p. Boozor, recontly elected
Principal of the Preparatory Department. in
.Adgor College, has been in our town
several days.
Roy.J. ]. Neville, of the Walhalla and Seneca
City Circuit, has removed with his family to
Seneca City, at which plaoo he can be COM
municated with.
Professor W. w. Legare, recently elected
to tho chair Of Natural Sciences in Adger
College, arrived in our town with his family
last Thursday and has taken up his residence
in tho Lutheran parsonage.
Don't full TO elect delegates TO tho Sunday
School Convention, which meets at Westminster
on tho lst of August. Every Sunday School is
,ontitlcd 10 ono delegate for every twenty men,
bcrs on tho roll and fractional part thereof
The board Of assessors for Wagner Town-
ship aro requested to meet at the Office of W.
@. Keith on Thursday morning. the Oath
instant ut rs early an hour as convenient,
with tho Wow of completing tho work before
the board.
The Town Council is having tho streets
worked. Should not tho side walk on tho
street leading from Main street in the drco-
tion of G. l.. Reid's residence be widcned and
put in better condition2
Rev. A. w. Lamar preached an interesting
sermon in tho Baptist Church last Sunday
morning from tho toxt ia Psalms, "The Lord
coarse was directed mainly to Christians and
to their encouragement.
The creeks, rivers and branches through
tho county arc reported TO be lower than
thoy havo becn ct CHS season III twenty
years. The mills near Walhalla can only
run part of the day and grist has to DO left
often for want of sufficient water to run the
machinery.
Dr. b. s. james will soon open new drug
si.rc in town, in the building formerly occupied
by M". Ritter as taylor shop, near the post
Office Dr. James proposes TO deal out the
purcst drugs ind medicines and his store will be
convenient for those who live in the lower
pon.ion of the town.
Just arrived at II. T.. Norman & Bro IS nice
Sot OF fancy papctrc, floral and autograph
albums, bristol board black and colorcd pencils,
Spcnccman pens, rubber Gands, sc. Norman's
cholera care still ahead. Testimonials furnished
on application. Colgate's, Oak'ey's and Tctlow's
toilet soaps specially. Lemons always in stock.
The Nineiy-six M'uardias, edited and pub
iished by AIR. N. B. AIcSwecncy, hes been re-
showed to Hampton County, aud will appear
there in short lime. MIR. McSwecney is one
of the best newspaper men in thc,ap country,
and TO commend him TO the people of Hampton
County cs every way worthy of ihcr confidence
and support.
The white cinail cars arc now passing over The
Air Line Road. These cars have been built by
Jackson & Sharpe, Wilmington, Delawgro. The
roads pay for them in proportion 20 the number
Of miles oyer which the cars pass. For hauling
Che cars the roads receive $25 per mile per
annum for daily mail and $50 for q double
daily. Zach car is so feet long and is we'll fitted
,,p inside with boxes and sections Of various
sizes. Thcy propose 10 run from New Orleans
to New York in 55 hours and SIS minutes, the
fastest time ever made between these points.
fourteen Of these cars have been built and they
arc named after Southern cities and States.
Coussens' Compound Honey of Tar has
.boen so long and fnvorably known that it
needs no encomium, For cougha, colds, sore
throat, hoarsencss, otc, it affords speedy
.Yolicf, and is a most pleasant and eflicacious
remedy, honey and tar being two Of its inc
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