Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-06-08


Church on next Sunday morning at II O'Clock
You oan look for warm weather when the fly
begins to put on his specs.
If tho comet does not hurry up the naked
eSe will take cold Watching for 1t.
All notices and communications, recommend
Ing persons for nomination, will be ohargeable
the same as advertisements.
Attention is called to the advertisement Of an
imported hound. Fox and deer hunters should
not lose this chance 10 get thoroughbred i'm
ported bitoh
Hereafter only persons between the ages Of
2l and 60 years. who are not exempt by law,
will have 10 pay q poll tax.
Mir. M. Nicholson makes an important an
nounccment TO fish trcsspossrrs through :"
Z columns this week. Read it.
Mr. q. L. Reid has cut ffty-two dozen oats
off Of his store lot this week. The lot contains
about ono othird of an aero.
Ripe peaches made their appearance in the
Walhala market on Tuesday at ten cents per
dozen. They cnme from Abbeville county.
Coils. Norton, Keith and Thompson, of the
Welhalla Bar, ore attending court at Pickens
this week.
Young men whose heads look like peeled
onions should not lift their hats clear off their
craniums when bowing TO young ladies. 1t
spoils the eternal fitness Of things.
refusal to answer the Auditors questions
concerning taxable property is u misdemeanor,
and the Auditor is required to report such an
one to the Solicitor for prosecution.
Dir. W. a. Hammond has laid upon our table
the first cotton sqnare of The season, pulled
June ST. This is curly. considering the cold
and unfavorable weather for the cotton plant.
Mr.. John W shelor considers the cotton
prospect 33 per cent. short of its appearance
this time last year. This is q gloomy picture
for The fleccy simple.
The wheat and ont harvest is Upon our farm
ers, and an abundant one it is too. II would
be hard 10 estimate these crops just now, as
ahreshing time has not commenced.
Maj. S. +. Dcndy, whose health lns been
unsatisfactory for sometime goes to Glenn
Springs this week, with the hope Tint the
waters of thcsc springs will prove advantageous
no him.
When sou sec lawyer walking up and down
ais Office wil, his hat of and gosticuaing
uuchly, don't think he is vexed about some
dhing; he is only practiciug OH an imaginary
jury for the next tcru,.
Eound--A Gold Badge, belonging 10 some
member Of the Eaphrcmnn Literary Society Of
Erskine College, Due West. S. T.. The owner
can have the same hy calling at this office,
paying for this notice, sc.
We understand lhnt the following additional
gentlemen will he candinates fer the Legislature
mt the approaching election: DR.. L. Is. Johnson
NJ. Nicholson, S. NJ. Poole, Col. j. NJ. Hudson.
Or. John B. Morton and J. Il. West.
Since last issue thc weather has heen
remarkably cool. The cotton and corn are not
improving aud doing we'll s,ndcs such state Of
the weather. Sunday, Monday aud Tuesday
were very cold days aud firce were necessary
for comfort md TO keep of tie chilly sensations
of the wind.
A fashion writer Of the female sex says: "In
dress we nre nothing but Monkeys The
writer may be an exception but who ever saw
a monkey attircd in corset, twenty dollar
hat, seventeen button gloves. lot of fnsc hair
and seven hundred dollars worth Of dry goods?
Talking about those who steer clear of The
truth, on old darkey sad yesterday: Eff dc de-
scendants OBJ de rooster what crowed Mt Peter
was 10 make noise cherry time lie is oc, dnr
would be such . noise in dc world dnt yer
couldn't hear de hens cacklc.
AS The Internal Revenue laws now stand, a
farmer who comes 10 town and buys few plugs
of chewing tobacco md gives them TO his hands
on their wages, can be arrested and fined
Ignorance Of tue law mny not shield you, and
il is we'll that NIL should be advised in time
A local newspaper mnn is generally expected
to be everywhere, see everything and catch
every item aiIoat, simply because il is his pro-
fession. But lie can't do it, Ills friends can
belp him through by sending or bringing such
items as are Of interest. All manner of legit-
paper.
Andy Hyatt and Diana Williams coorcd
convicts of Oconee county, were discharged
from the Pcn,eninry last week, having served
out their term Of Imprisonment in The said in.
aatiution. Andy says he inicnls hereafter 10
keep out OF trouble and avoid The Pcniicntinry,
as it has no pleasant rcmincsccnccs for him.
Rev. David Derrick, one Of The oldest Me-
thodist preachers in the South Carolina Confer
ence, had his house entered recently while ho
was away at church, and robbed of all the
money lie had in the world. Mr.. Derrick has
many warm friends all over the State who arc
Determined that his severe loss shall be made
good. We notice among other contributions in
the last issue of The Christian Ncigl,bor, those
of Capt. J. p. NIickler and Mrs Iassic Strothcr,
of .Walhalla, who have given liberal sums
We hear rumor that Morgan II. Bryce is
about 10 be appointed postmaster for Walhalla.
Wo understand that his papers. recommending
him for the appointment are in the hands Of