Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27
LOCAL MA.TTMRS.

Tho trade of Walhalla this fall has been
active and Of good duality.
{. Married. on the 2ad of October, 1881, by
Rev. e. Jenkins, Vim. Clark to Fannie Williams,
colored, Of Walhalla
A number Of cherry and pear trees are filed
With blooms They have been blooming for leu
days or more.
light rainfall visited our town last Sunday
night. After clearing off on Monday tho ut
mosphere was much cooler and frost is expected.
New corn has been selling in Walhaila Mt
from IS to 90 cents per bushol. This Is
higher than 1t has been in many years in the
fall.
We hear tho Walhalla depot is so crowded
with cotton that no moro can be put on the
platform for shipment until some is shipped.
This is good news for our town.
Messrs. Biemann. Son s. Co. have bought this
season over three hundred bales Of cotton and
have now on hand over two hundred bales
They are paying the highest market prices for
cotton.
Messrs. J. P. and ]. c. Mioklcr. of West
Union, have bought each large amount Of
.k9tton this fall. They pay tho highest market
: prices for It and sell goods Us low as any up
country merchants.
A determined effort is being made to raiso
funds 10 build monument to President Garfield
OF Cleveland, Ohio. Already $63,624 60 have
been raised for that purpose by subscription.
Good flour is selling at from nino and a
half to ten dollars per barrel and seed onts
at one dollar per bushel 1t does seem that
our people should make an eff,rt to grow
their provisions at home
Mrs. Garfield proposes to have published on
account Of the life and collection Of tho
literary remains of President Garfield published
To this end she has directed Col. Rockwell to
give public notice Of her purpose.
Mr.. Thomas w. Holloway, Secretary,
will eooept our thanks for complimentary
ticket to tho thirteenth annual fair of tho
State Agricultural and Mechanical Society
of South Carolina, to be held at Columbia,
November 8-ll.
Pork ns yet has no fixed price. nor have
we heard what it will likely command
Hogs seem to be scarce corn is high and
bnco" ut this time brings better prices than
for many years. We may reasonably con-
olude that pork will bring good prices this
fall.
The Connecticut Regiment. ivo hundr ed
strong, on its way from Yorktown, with Gov.
Bigelow md other distinguished citizens Of that
State, visited Charleston on Sunday last. Tie
Connecticut soldiers were received in fine style
by the soldiers and citizens of that city They
left Charleston for Columbia on Tuesday morn
ing on their way home.
Our court opens next Monday, Judge Fra
ser presiding. There is number Of crimi-
nal cases, but we hardly think they will oc-
cupy much timo. 1t is true wo have two
cases of homicide, but they will be short.
We understand Judge Frnscr will give but
ono week to our county at this time, but will
appoint on extra term after Greenplle court
for hearing equity causes.
We are Informed that q coiored man living on
part of the Steele old FARM six miles from Wall
halla, has q cow which gave birth to three
calves few days ago-two hcifcrs and one
bull-color, two black and one rel. The
triplets are strong, healthy looking calves anl
our informant states he saw them running and
playing about the mother as he needs The
milk Of the COW the owner desires to sell her
and buy another less prolific, and offered the
four to our informant for $25.
Large crowds arc reported rs visiting the
Exposition at Atlanta from all sections Of
the United States Excursion trains aro be-"
ing run on fixed days from Cincinnati, Chi
cngo and other largo cities The largest
crowd up to this time is expected on the 9th
instant, and by that time the exhibition will
be properly arranged. 1t s thought the
best time for visiting the exposition will 10
during November.
We learn from our County Treasurer that
up to Wednesday morning, the 2jth Instant,
1916 receipts for taxes had been given out
aggregsting collection Of SI4 SO There
remains to be collected about $4,000 with
l,400 receipts to give out. There are only
four moro days to the closing Of the books
unless the timo be oxtendeI. Of which wo
tave as yot received no notice or intimation.
1t would be impossible in the time left to
recoivo and receipt for tho amount uncol>
looted, though the office has not as yet been
thronged any day.
The heavy freshcts in tho Northwest
are plain warnings to our farmers that their
growing crops Of corn on creek and river
bottoms should be gathered as as pos
siblo. We have had q remarkably dry sum
mer and fall, so that corn is fully ripe and
dry enough to gather. For tho reason of
the long drought freshet bns been feared
and aftor few frosts wo may expect heavy
rains. At all events it is the part uf pro.
dcnco to proYile against such a disaster
as henvy freshet would work, espeeinIy
when corn is 30 short on uplands
We are glad o note that tho Methodist denomi :