Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-06-01
LOCAL MATTsMRS.
Good rains again on Sunday.

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and then govern yourselves accordingly.
Attention Of Township Boards Of Assessors
Is called to important changes in the advertise
ment Of the County Auditor this week.
, Erwin s. Werner, insurance agents, publish
card in this weeks paper, 10 which attention is
directed.
: The number Of persons (white and colored)
registered In The county up 10 Friday night last
vas 1916. This is about one.third of the
voting strength of the county.
BRICK, BRIoK IL will commence making
brick in a few days and will bo ready for de-
livering them in July, If weather is favorable.
Have employed an experienced man to make
thom. j. NJ. HENDRIX.
an Mr.. W. II. Stanton, of Seneca City, makes
some special announcements through our
columns this week. lie keeps fresh and de-
sirablo goods and sells them at reasonable
prices.
Mr. John s. Goodman presented us last week
with some Of the largest Irish potatoes that we
have seen this season. Mr. Goodman's good
ness Of heart Is only exceeded by the argeness of
his potatoes May he live long and prosper.
Miss Sophia Parker, young lady we'll known
in our community, died last week at the Pied
mont Factory of typhoid fever. She was the
daughter Of Mr.. James Parker, whose death We
announced last week.
The circulation of tho COURIER is larger now
than at any time in the past five or six years.
It is 10 be found in every hook and corner Of
Oconee County, besides we SEND large number
of copies to the adjatehl counties and to many
Of the States and Territories of the Union.
For all Of which VIC are truly thankful aud
take courage.
We orc glad to learn that Mr.. Elijah Reese,
worthy citizen of Edgeield, has been an
nounccd as candidate for School Commissioner
in that county Mr. Reese is native of
Oconee and has had much experience as
teacher We have no doubt tho people of
EdgeGed will elect MIR. Ksese to this important
position.
We have before US the catalogue of Newberry
College for 1881 80. There are 63 students in
the sub collegiate, freshmen, sophomore. junior
aud senior classes. The seniors, or graduating
Glass, numbers g. There are 90 students ia The
academic department, making q total in all the
departments of the college of l45. We are
always glad to know that Newberry ollcgo is
prospering.
We arc now engaged in writing Up new
subscription book. There are some names on
our old book that we do net intend to transfer
TO our new book, unless they come forward and
pay up al once. We caonct afford to carry them
any longer. Ii is rs much the duty Of SUBJ
scriber TO pay for lllc paper that he reads as it
is for him to pay for the bread that he eats,
tho clothes thm he Wears or anything else that
ho contracts for
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father of the present registration law, was in
~nlhalla on Saturday and Sunday. lie believes
in an educational qualification for suffrage, say
after 1881. Mr.. Cochran is n prominent Re
publican of Anderson county and enjoys 10 q
large extent The confidence and esteem Of the
people Of Tint county
When people sec man adserisc they know
lie is a business nan and his advertisement
claims that lie is not above business, but
anxious to do it. Customers, like sheep, are
gregarous, and flock where they SEQ others 90.
If nobody else werc engaged in the same busi-
ness, IL would be important TO tradeymen and
dealers to advertise in the paper, because people
arc tempted 10 buy shat they read of. But
others arc engaged in tho same business, and
even If they do not advertise, j. become tho
moro important for you TO do 30; if they ad-
vertse, IL becomes doubly important.
DR.. X, of one Of The towns Of our State, was
good, clever, good. for. nothing sort OF follow
before The war, who rarely had any cash and
whose credit was zero. just after the war lie
began TO be flush and the report got abroad
that he had inherited an immense fortune by
the death of relatives in Kentucky. All Of the
merchants of the town became anxious for his
patronage, whether he chose 10 buy for cash or
on time, and he bestowed il literally and i'm
partially, 80 much so that he soon became CON
siderably indebted to each one of them Months
passed and he neglected TO mako payments
One after another Of the merchants began 10
hint that settlement would be agreeable and
he gave his note 10 cach promising to pay
when he received the next umuta.cc from
Kentucky. The slight uncnsincss which had
sistent duns, which. being met with constan,
posponemcnts and evasons, eliminated into q
settled conviction that lii .ir debts were lost;
but ono creditor who, by his activity, had
secured the largest credit patronage, moro per-
sisent than the rest, went once more to Dr.. K,
and thereupon Dr.. X. proposed That if oil of
his creditors would meet linn Iii Tho town hall
on certain day he would pay them halt of
what he owed them. With joyful steps our
energetic friend sought and Obtained the assent
of The other creditors 10 The proposed compro-
misc, oil rejoicing that another and perhaps last
remittance from Kentucky had been reserved to
pay 80 much Of their debts. Promptly at the
appointed time the creditors assembled in tho