Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-05-22
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Of Macon, N, S.nis doqd. 'a3 @,,i.' ;.r i,I8
Burns& ,IIsys arg adyertIsipng tis week stoves
and tin ware cheap for cash, Call ind SEQ them.
Look at our advertising columns and you will
find the names of those who sell cheap. s
The. present fashion Is said to prohibit q l.dy
from sweeping the streets with lior trail i Al
Young man, get married.. Thoy say It takes
only ten yards of Calico at only five cents
yard, 10 dress a. lady now. iNni4is. 4
There are two eventfu periods in tho life of a
woman. One, when sho wonders whom she will
have; tho other, when she wonders who will hayo
her.
Rev. Mr.. Gresham, of tho Baptist Church,
wilLprcach,f TO The children of his congregation
Son next Sunday afternoon from the text, "Go up
thou bald hcad.'' ,a #afot
Woare pained to learn that our young
friend, Mr. L. d. Brenncckc has been CON
fined to his bed for several days with severe
attack Of the rheumatism.
The building of tho fenoo around The Lu.
'theran Church aud cemetery will soon CON,
mencc. az >,afis.r.e.
Tho Hon.W. w. Corcoran, of Washington
has given, through Senator Hampton, $500 for
thorclicf of tho Waltorboro sufferers. What
have the citizens Of Walhalla given?
Mr.. r. s. Rutlcdgc, Of our County, is re-
Ssponsblc for the following unaccountablo hatch
ing Of eggs: He says hc set hen on thirteen
eggs, he threw away three of thom and tho
hon came off the nest with eleven chickens!
Mr.. A. j. Sullivan tells us something queer
about his bees. lie snys he had thrcc swarms
from one gum last week on three successive
days, two of which ran away and tho third
hived ITSELF gyu a
Tho recent rains bavo brought up good
n, stand of cotton, whilo corn is looking finc hay
Ting been plowcd out and the grass taken away.
Tho warm sun is drawing IL up rapidly.
Our Agent. Mr.. YIN. L. skclton, is now on n
business trip to Atlanta, Grccnvilc and Char
lotto. Wc recommend him to the attention of
the press and business men generally
:, The Press Association of South Carolina will
meet in SpartanGurg on the lth Of juno next.
We hope every paper in the State will be rep
resented. Important business will come before
tho meeting and "good time" gencraliy is
anticipated.
Very heavy rains have fallen in this vicinity
the past few days. The earth WAS very dry be-
fore, but now vegetation has received fresh
start, and soon We will have poas, beans and
other lu&urics for The table in at undanco
to 20 on in their streams ut any time? iOur
streams will become entirely without fish it
this practice is not stopped Enforce the law
by reporting the perpetrators.
Wc have received fran Col. G. Irvine
DrWalkcr, Of the firm or Walker, Evans & Cogs~
&ell, Charleston. an "lIistorical Sketch uf
tho .Sca!h Carolina Military Academy, with
'nh Appendix by Col J. p. Thomas, Of Char.
1stte, N. c." This is ali interesting volume,
and Col. Walker has our thanks for cory.
/. Remember the Union Sunday School picnic
E>9n tomorrow (Friaay). Let the children turn
out in full force and let us have u day Of real
social enjoyment Well filled baskets should
not be neglected, Remember, too, tho ringing
. of the church bells, which is the signals for
tho assembling and departure Of each school, rs
per programme. published last week.
The ihail train on the Air Line Railway going
Eastpasscs Seneca City at 0 P. NJ; going West
il passes at 6. BOA. NJ. The express train going
East passes same place At 2OS p. NJ; going
Wcat il passes at 10 =. NJ. This is slight
change of schedule. The air Line is one Of the
best roads in the country. The officers arc
polite and attentive. We arc pleased to learn
that this splendid road is doing fine business.
Our young friend, Rev. W. G. Neville, from
the Columbia Theological Seminary, returned
fsltomc on Saturday evening and will spend his
Vxeaton among us. Nc begins already TO look
venerable" and "dignfed." Our citizens will
ITO doubt have tho pleasure Of hearing him
preach or cxhort before he returns TO the Semi
nary in the fall.
;. The General Assembly Of tic Southern
lPEesbyte,ian Church convened at Lonisvillo
Wy, on the 18th instant. Rev. Thomas r.
Pcck d. d., Moderator OF illc last Assembly
preached the opening sermon. Rev. Joseph
IL. Wilson, ID. d., was elected Moderator Of
tho present Assembly and Rev. II. L. Bunt-
ing. D. d., temporary clerk. Col Norton, of
Walhalla, and Dr.. Adgor, Of Pendleton, arc
present, representing the South Carolina
Prcsbytcry. rs.I
The Edgeicld Adre1iscr says "Mr. wills
'liam L. Skelton for six Or eight months past
n valued member Of the >Adrcrtiscr corps, has
departed from us and gono to sammer it in
his mountain home, Walhala Ilo is the
Son of bravo Confederate soldier who was
killed in Virginia, and bravcly does he honor
~ fBis pobc record. IIo is young gentleman
> Sot very finc character, and NO part from him
with genuine regret, Wo can assure our
sbrehrcn of tho craft everywhere that should