Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-02-06
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The Adger Cadets have now new military
caps. They look imposing
The whipping post will save hundreds of
thousands of dollars expenses year.
The mountains havo been on fro for several
days. They present beautiful appearance
ut night.
Mr.. II. G. Anderson, from Piercetown,
Anderson County, matriculatod in Adgcr
College this week.
Tho amount Of four per cent. bonds thus
fur issued in exchange for six pcr cents is
1897, 100000.
Several wagon loads of mountain apples
have been in town this week aud Inst. They
havo boon selling nt about ono dollar per
bushc.
Mr.. John II. Pitohford Of tho walhalIa Bar,
was admitted, sworn and enrolled as m attorney,
solicitor and counsellor Of the Supreme Court
of tho State in Columbia last week.
Whenever q merchant rollics OH circulars
and dead walls to advertise his business, it
is tho best sort Of sign that ,c is on the down
,grado.
Merchants who aro not now advertising
will have enough old stock loft on hand to run
them for another year, But then you know
it's economy not to advertise.
A man who will road newspaper three or
four years without paying for it, will pasture
a goat on the grave Of his grandfather
Mr.. A. w. Thompson is offering to sell good
limo in walhalla ut one dollar and thrty-iive
cents per barrel and at Seneca City at one dollar
and twcnty. ivo cents per barrel.
Lovinggocd & Erwin received during the
mouths of November, Dcccmbor and January
Sll4,60O and paid out during snmc time
$lO6,2O0.
We want but little here below. but We want
that little now, and would not be angry il you'd
call and settle your advertising anl subscription
bill.
Tho presbytcrians have just furnished tho
pulpit of their church in Townvillc With new
sotn. The Rev. j. r. Riley will continue 10
preach 10 that congregation during this year
Tho Baptists have nearly completed neat
church in the edge Of Oconce, n few miles from
Townvillc, and will christen it New llcpl;zibah.
Bill Smith, who has been such terror to
the dcfenccless here, has been in row IN
Rabun, Ga. and has been seriously injured
by shot gun wound. Law'brcakcrs VIII
reap their reward in tho end.
The anniversary meeting Of tho Mountain
Ger Firc Co. will take place at their hall. on
Monday evening 10th inst. ut II o'clock
Members arc most respectfully requested to
be present as business of Importance will DO
transacted.
A number Of lowlcss persons, whose names
are known, visited the house Of John Dean in
the upper end Of town this week, and acted in
a brutal, lawlcss manner. Snch conduct Is
disgraccful, and repronch to law abiding
people An effort should be malo to arrest
and punish the offenders.
The Atlanta Constitution, in it's society per-
sonals, says the pretiest girl in South Carolina
lives at Seneca City and rides in n su'ky. True
We have ourselves been attracted by her magnet
ism and sat in the presence Of her lovelincss
obliyious of the past and with every thought
and feeling ccntercd in The present Register
We have been asked who this pretty young lady
is and if Alf Thompson furnished The sulky
a quaint writer says: 81 have seen women
fear of tho horse running away, afraid to sail
for fear the boat might upset, afraid to walk
for fear they might fall but never saw one
afraid to get married, which is fnr more risk,
ful than all the others put together"
The county newspaper is always prepared
to protect tho citizens against every imposi.
tion and to defend every worthy person from
an unjast a,tnu.. 1t does not prosecute OF
defend for fees, but always defends the pco-
ples' interests. TO build up your home paper
advertise your industries and secure power
to execute your shortcomings Tho county
paper is rs Indispensable as q cook-stovc anc
as handy as boot jack.
The we'll known dry goods house of G. l.
Reid & Co. respectfully announce that they
are, constantly receiving the latest novelties
in their line. They have the reputation o
keeping nothing bat tho best articles which
can be substantaed by their many patrons
Look Mt their advertisement in another col
,umn.
DO parents know where their boys are q
night Moro than one youth Of Walhalla i
on the road that leads to death temporal ant
death eternal. Parental admonition and pa
rontal example will be all in vain, if license
is granted boys to be away from home n
night This is the fruitful cause Of tho ruin
of 80 many promising young men.
St. Valentines Day will soon be here
that occasion upon which the timid swair