Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-01-16
LOCAL NAA'E,H'HlaeS.

20 Bond holders in Adgor College will further
tho interests Of tho institution by paying their
interest promptly.
at tho following figures: Good middling l2},
middling IL, low middling III cents.
Attention is directed to tho various new ad-
yertisements, appearing 70, tho first time, in
this issue.
Corn is selling at 70 to rs cents cash in WAL
halo. This is about as high as it will get, as
Western corn will and can be shipped at that
price.
Five new students matriculatcd, since our last
last issue, in Adger College, among them Il. NJ.
Ruoker, of Anderson Court House, s. c. Others
expected soon
Parties in arrears for tuition and Incidental
fees, In whole or in part, to Algcr College, for
the present session, now nearing its close, will
please coll on tho Treasurer at once and settle.
Tho many friends Of Mr.. j. w. Kcown
can now find him at tho storc Of Mr.. j. Il.
Hendrix, whcro ho will be glad to sec all
his old customers.
We are informed that there aro only about
,twenty.six delinquent tax payers in our
County, being the smallest number for any year
since reconstruction. Wo arc glad TO note tho
'promplness of our people in paying their taxes.
An election will be held in tho Court House
next Monday for OH Intcndant and six Wardens
of the town of Walhnlla, to serve one year. We
have as yet heard of no proposed ticket and do
not suppose there will be more than ono ticktt
in tho field.
Tho regular quarterly communion at tho
Presbyterian Church will be held next Sabbath
morning after the sermon. All Christians arc
invited to participate. Preparatory services
will DO held on Saturday at IL a. NJ. and 7 p.
M. The public are cordially invited to attend
'all tho services.
Business called us to Kcowcc last Saturday
and wc wero surprised to find tho roads almost
impossible in many places. The hill ut Schro-
,ders, beyond West Union is III u worse condition
than We ever saw it. With week of dry sunny
weather the mud would mostly disappear and
people could haul reasonable loads
Mr.. W. a. Lay, Of This County, had the
model of his improved motor on exhibition at
the store of G. L. Reid s. Co. last Tuesday.
lilo has obtained patent for it and claims that
it will dispense with the necessity and expense
of high dams for turning machinery. fall Of
three or four feet being sufficient for all pur-
poses. His model consisted Of duplicate
power, operating independently OH The two ends
of tho crank which moves the wheel, !hcir
power being thus doubled. BY his arrangement
other motors can be attached 10 any extent and
oil will add TO The power created, SO that there
is no limit except in the water supply to the
power which can DC put in operation. The
machine is simple and the amount Of power can
bo reduced or increased at pleasure We hope
Mr. Lay may be successful in getting fortune
from his invention.
report has been very generally circulated
IN this County to The effect that one of the
Moores, now in jail at Anderson on the charge
of killing Alex. Bryce, Jr. had made confession
and would turn States witness. We arc reliably
informed by one of the attorneys at Anderson,
TINT the report is utterly false and without the
shadow Of n basis 10 circulate such reports
about these men is, TO say tho least, cruel.
They arc poor, uncducatcd ana in great mca.
sure lricndcss, and being confined in Jail they
can neither know what reports arc circulated to
their injury, nor have they any opportunity to
correct lhem. The!" attorney Il! reply 10 Cur
letter OF inquiry not only pronounccs the rumor
false, but says they assert their innocence most
cmphatically, and Furthermore that they look,
talk and act like innocent men. We make this
statement in behalf Of these poor men, who
cannot help themselves, and whose fair ami
impartial trial should not be defeated or prc
JUDGED by such rumors.