Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-07-29
LOCAL MATTERS

birth day on last Monday, 26th instant.
A protractcd meeting will begin at Centor,
Pickens County, next Friday, at IL O'Clock,
q. M, in tho Methodist Church.
Niessrs. Leo and Isbell have laid on our tab1o
the largest cotton bolls VIC have seen this season
From appearances wo will have plenty Of open
cotton in August.
About this time of tho year candidates arc
beginning to tuno up their old fiddle to play
-l1owdy, howdy, how du 20 du; how's your
wife and how is you"
Our better half desires us TO return her kind
est thanks 10 her good and thoughtful friend
(Mrs. s. P. Boozcr) nt Greenwood, for tho box
of delicious ripe peaches received OH Wednesday
morning from her. They certainly were treat
and very much enjoyed by her little household.
Ten years ago tho Legislature of Georgia
leased the Western and Atlantic for tho term of
twenty years. During tho past ten years the
State has received from This lease three millions
of dollars, or an average Of three hundred thou.
sand dollars year. In our State, railroads
have Failed TO prove profitable TO the stockhold-
hrs, and the State in every instance has been a
loser.
MIR. Henry 4. Poe. of Seneca, City, has
bccn elected assistant cashier Of the bank of
Grcenvillo. Mr. Poo has been long time
connected with tho Blue Ridge Railroad at
Pendloton, Walhalla and Seneca, and better
selection for so responsible position could
not have been mado.
Mr.. +. NJ. Morgan will remain Mt his resi-
denco in Midway until September lst and
will faithfully and promptly execute any work
on clocks, watches and jowclry in the best
style of tho art. Satisfaction guaranteed, both
as to price and work.
We understand about l25 tickets were sold
ut Walhalla for tho excursion to Williamson
and Piedmont, Wednesday, the 2Sth instant
a lower passenger tariff would increase
travel and, wo believe, would pay tho roads
better. o.
The hsal,h Of our town this season has
been unusually good, Notwithstanding We
havo had somo very warm weather. Our
nights arc cool all summer. In the winter
and spring thorough policing Of tho town
was strictly enforced, and VIC arc rcaping the
fruit of it in q larger number Of visitors and
in the absence of sickness OF all kinds.
Mr.. Thomas II. Jones, Of the Westminster
section, has brought us Il sample of sorghum
Byrup, mado week ago, which is the best
we havo ever seen. 1t is clear, of propcr
consistency, and shows in tic bottle con-
siderable deposit Of sugar. 1t was made
from the amber cane, and would, doubtless,
yield fair return Of sugar with proper
machinery,
Tho number Of visitors to Walhalla has
been creator this summer than for a number
of years. Mr.. Bicmann has been crowded,
and the season for health seekers is just opens
ing. great many have gone above to
Highlands or Cushicr's Valley. Our hotel
and private boarding houses arc well kept
and can accommodate all who desire to spend
the summer in this delightful climate.
we take pleasure in calling the attention of
our readers 10 the advertisement Of WASHINGTON
and Lee University, chartered in 1882, endowed
by Washington and long presided over BY Roht,
l.. Lee. This institution has claims upon the
patronage Of the Southern people cqmlcd by
no other in the country. We are confident that
the fall session Of 1886 will witness an increase
in the number Of pupils most gratifying TO The
friends of the University.
Mr.. W. A. Belts, Secretary Of tho Young
Mems Christian Association of the State of
South Carolina, is Eow in our town. Mr.
Belts desires to rcorganizc the Y. Nj. G. a.
OF WaIhala, and will bc glad to meet all the
ola members of tho Association in the Prcsr
byterian Church this wednesday, evening,
after the prayer meeting is over. This Asso.
4,
should receive the support Of all Of our young
men.
we understand at the mcoing Of the West
minister club. held on Saturday last, the fol-
lowing gentlemen wcro elected delegates to
the County Convention which is to meet at
Walhalla on next Monday, saledny: II. H..
Jsnes, IL. Il. Castor, YIN. Bccks, Wm P.
Norris, D. H. HULL Leroy +. IIudgins, w.
=. StriblingR A Mathcwson, Jasper Adams,
q. IL. Ligon. Leroy i. lIudgens was elected
MS member of tho County Executive Com
mittce. The Club decided in favor of tho
plurality plan in nominating candidates for
Office.
There will be an entertainment given at
tho Court House on Friday night, 30th inst,
ny tho juvenile polformcrs of Walhalla, con-
slsting of somo lanshablo charalcs, inter,
apcrsca with music. The object of this enter.
tainmcnt is to procure means for painting
tho inside of tho Lutheran Church. Wo
'bespcak for them q crowded house, as tho
experience, taste and ability of Mrs. Sal
lie .. Sloan, under whose supervision thoy
arc given, will ensure success. Admission,
25c, Children, l5c. Doors open u! o'clock.
Overture at 8 o'clock.
Sincc our last issue wo have had good rains
and crops md vegetation of all kinds looks re-