Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-03-18
Paw the Printer.

From cast and west, from north and south,
From lands beyond the water,
-TIeweekly briags ybu lSts OF news,
From every nook and quarter;
No slave on eerth tolls moro than he,
Through summers heat and winter;
How can you for moment, then,
Neglectto pay the printers
Your other bills you promptly pay,
Wherever you do go, sir:
Tho butcher for his meat Is paid,
For sundrios is the grocer;
The tailor and the shoemaker,
The halter and the winter,
All get their pay, then why neglect
To settle with tho printers
Mr.. s. X, Dendy killed Ave large wild English
ducks one day last week, in Mr.. Wanners mill
pond. lie killed three at ono shot,
The last Legislature SO amended the jury
law as to do away entirely with the "ave
milo box"
The unseasouably warm weather suggests
tho urgency Of whitewashing, cleaning up
and other sanitary regulations. Let /. be
done In time.
Mrs. Wesley Pitchford, who has been quite
kOU loI tuo pubG iOuT WcchS, WITH typuOlu
pneumonia, We ore glad to learn is slowly i'm
proving.
The storm Of the court having blown over the
court house seems deserted. Even the lawyers
have closed their doors and gone out airing
and resting. There is rest for the weary.
The noiioo Of MIR. L. L. Jarrard, as to the re-
ward offered for the capture Of Turner Osborne,
will be interesting matter 10 those interested.
Sec card In another column.
We are glad to chronicle tho appearance of
J. = hendrix at his place of business lie has
recently been seriously i'll from ~ attack of
cramp colo.
Excursions now the order of the day.
There are now excursion rates Is Atlanta from
tho futh to tho 25th Of this month. The rates
are It cents rer mile each way The excursion
is under the control of the Chamber of Com.
merce Of that city.
The Court of General Sessions does not con.
vene at piokens until Monday next. The last
Legislature changed the day of the oonveniug
Of the courts of this circuit. The papers and
members cf The General ASSEMBLY seemed to
know nothing of it until the eve of tho court.
The bnttle begins in the earliest dawn of a
child's existence. If it is delicate worms
fasten upon its vitals and as years pass they
increase, and if not destroy cd will kill
Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will destroy them
and save the life OF the child
The sun has made its appearance once more,
alter an absence, behind the clouds, for nearly
two weeks. Constant rains have raised the
creeks very high, but We have as yet heard no
special damages done by high water. The
ruseias have helped tho looks Of oats, rye and
wheat. The fields are looking very fresh and
green.
II is reported that Mr.. J. W. Shelor has
bought lot on The court house square, expect
ing soon to build Office and locate permanently
here Mr.. sheior Is az active, energetic and
persevering gentleman and will have SUCCESS in
his business, if success attends diligence.
The following persons have been appointed
Highway Supervisors Of Roads In the county:
Tugaloo Township-W. N. Cox; Wagener Town
ship. Ben. Abbott; Pulaski Township-Bar-
ton Rothei; Chattuga Township-L A. King.
Attention is directed to the law card of
Joseph w. Shelor, Esq.. which appears this
week on our first page. Mr.. Shelor is q
young man Of 6ne promise, just starting up
the ladder of fame, and we wish him q suo-
cessfal climb to the topmost round.
We noticed during tho recent wet spell
that the mud, which was formerly such a
nuisance to pedestrians, had almost disap,
peared from our sidewalks. Thanks to the
skillful work Of Marshal Sullivan.
The day train on the Air Line rood wos
detained on Sunday about six hours on ac-
count Of land slides in tho neighborhood Of
Norcross and Toccoa, Georgia. Tho road is
oil right now and trane running regularly.
The church goers on last Sunday on account
Of the inclemenoy Of the weather, were few and
far between. In the morning services were
held only In the Baptist Church and at night in
the Presbyterian Church. The Sunday Schools,
too, were partially, and, in some Of the churches.
altogether suspended.
Looking over the Chicago Express, Green
back paper, We find o gard from jack Pendley,
Of Walhalla, indicating his choice for President
and Vice President. Jack Was Orderly Sergeant
in Orr's Rifles and Is we'll known in Abbeville
He puts his preference 10 rhyme, says tho
Medium, as follows:
"Give us Jones to arrange the gears.
And solon Chaee to drive them seers.'"
Don't forget tho anniversary celebration Of
the Piedmont Literary Society on Friday night
next, in the Bapti0t Church. Our boys may
n@' quite come up to Calhoun, Clay and Web..
stcr In riveting the attention Of their audiences
ny their powers Of eloquenco and oratory, yet
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