Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-14
LOCAL EArrmR@.

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The health Of our town and county Is good.
Farmers are about through with their work on
) the growing crop.
p,i Corn Is scarce and high but wheat will re-
lleve to some extent the bread wants of the poo
pie.
Remember the Atlanta Exposition and use
every effort to present fully tho products and
advantages Of our county.
Mr.. w. ]. Dulae and family, of Coll
umbia, are summering it at tho resi-
'dence Of Gen. w. Il. Erwin.
81 Mr.. Huske, the fish commissioner, is now
d engaged in erecting his houses, dams, etc., for
the fish hatchery. Ito has located on j. s. Yer
/. 'ner:s farm, aboat ono mile from town.
~ Rev. g. D. Mann, on account Of sickness.
will not be able TO FIJI his appointment at Double
Springs on next Sunday. Mr. Mann has been
quite siok for eight or ten days. but we are glad
: to learn that ne Is getting better and will soon
'"be able to resume Ills ministerial duties.
The July installment of interest on the Eu-
down1ont Fund of Adger College is now past
due and Maj. s. =. Dendy, the Treasurer, is
ready to receive the money. Call at his Office
ouN Settle WITHOUT delay.
The Normal School at Franklin, N. c.. hos
one hundred teachers in attendance. Prof.
Hugh Strong has been in bad health since
aeaving Walhalla and may resign his position in
the Normal School on this account.
Il On The 9th instant Mr.. George Hendricks,
'.'aged about 81 years, was burned to death near
: his residence in Piokens county. It seems ho
was clearing place for turnip patch when
, his CLOTHES took fire and no aid being near he
was overcome and when found was dead
= Next Sabbath is tho regular day for tho
quarterly communion at the Presby terian
Church. Preaching will begin Saturday night
ut the usual hour. The public is invited to at
tend and oil Christians to participate in the
communion.
The proposed union meeting between the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches Of town,
which was to havo begun this week, has been
postponed temporarily on account Of the illness
of tho Methodist pastor. 1t will be held instead
early in tho month of August The pastors
will DO assisted in the preaching during the
il. meeting by ministers from abroad.
light shower of rain fell in Walhala on
Monday evening, being tho first for many, many
ruined unless 1t bo followed by a thorough,
soaking rain. This we look for. P. S.-since
writing the above we havo had fino rnns, &C..
companed with q considerable amount of wind,
lightning and thunder.
Mr.. d. F. OKelley reports that ho sowed two
quarts of Fultz wheat. sent him by Col Aiken
from the Agricultural Department at Washing
ton, and from IL reaped and threshed two
bushels and one-third of clean wheat. The
wheat is forward, beardless, strong slrawed
variety nnd ripens carly. Tho grain is large
1t was threshed and measured by Mr.. Davis
Burns.
Mr.. Henry A. Powell has handed us q quart
OF the wild goose plum Of the finest qualify
being large juicy and rich. They grew twelve
miles above Walhaa. Mr.. Powell is projecting
large orchard of apples, peaches and other
fruits. They arc both profitable and whole
some crop and we'll adapted TO this climate.
We regret to state TINT Mrs. Kickoff, Of
Charleston, died last Friday at the residence
OF her nephew, John j. Ansel, in Walhala.
She had lately come from her homo in Charles
ton In bad health, and with the view Of rccu
perating her strength. Her death at the time
was unexpected Her remains were removed on
Saturday 10 her homo in Charleston for inter
nncnt. Her friends and kindred have tho SYM.
pathies of our people in their affection.
Mr.. W. J. Beard, formerly of onr county,
NOV editor Of the The Spirit Of the Times, a
'sprightly weekly published ut Sumter, 8. c.,
was on q visit to his father and family in this
county laat week. While here he called in to
ssee'nsssevera1 times for Aald Lang Sync sake as
well as for the fellow feeling between editors.
Mr.. Beard is looking wcll and publishes CAPT.
'tals~eeAly, which we doubt not from his energy
sant ability will constantly improve and lend lis
ilmpress to the times in which We live.
'Our Town authorities have again ordered hogs
no be enclosed. We hope the law will be either
abandoned or enforced, as partial enforcement
gives dissatisfaction. We are easy anyway and
yet VIC think the penning of hogs this hot
weather liable 10 produce sickness. Apart from
this hogs are the best Of scavongcrs and during
the watermelon and fruit season would have de-
sroyed much which without them might prove
noxious. AS we said enforce the law and we
are easy anyway.
The sem.annual session of the Grand
Lodge of the Independent Order of Good
Samaritans of South Carolina will bo held
at Walhalla on Friday, tho Goth instant.
There will be during the day street pro-