Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-05-25
LOCAL MATTERS.

Sunday at the usual hours.
There is but ono party in South Carolina and
that is the Democratic party
Mover shed your faanel until the first day Of
Juno If you wish to avoid sickness.
If you doh't belong to Democratic Club,
join the ono in your neighborhood as soon as
possible.
Reorganize tho Democratic Clubs of Ocouce
ht as early day as possible. The sooner the
better.
Every Democrat should register promptly.
The Radicals will register If it takes May and
June to accomplish the job.
The total number Of persons registered in
Oconee county up 10 Tuesday evening. Esd inst ),
&as T8G.-300 Of them being oolored.
We had q good rain on Monday last. The
weather is now warmer and the crops will
probably grow off satisfactorily.
The Lutheran Synod meets at Charlott,e
in fow days. Dr.. Smelscr ia member Of
the Synod and will attend tho meeting.
Mrs. j. p. Mickler will accept our thanks for
o mess of snap beans sent us on Wednesday
morning. The beans are fully grown and arc
tho first we have heard of this season.
Read the advertisement of The County Audi
tor appointing the Township Boards of Equali-
zation. II will be noticed that three persons
arc appointed for each Township in tho county.
Our very kind aud thoughtful ncighbor, Mrs.
3. P. Dendy. will accept the thanks of our
little household for the delicious straw wberrics
sent us on two different occasions recently.
Mr. James Parker, formerly Of West Uuion,
died recently at Piedmont, 0rcenyille
county, OF pneumonia. Mr.. Parker was
well known to our people and respected by
them as goud citizen.
There are ten Federal prisoners in JUL,
charged with violation of the Internal Reve,
nue. Laws of the United States. These
persons arc unable to give tho bail required
of them.
Mr.. John w. Shelor, President Of South
Union Democratic Club. has called the club
to meet ut IN early day. We arc glad to SEQ
this. We hope all the clubs will bo called
to reorganize at an early duy.
An Oconec negro man accidentally killed
himself on the Northeastern Railroad in Gcor-
gia on last Sunday by the discharge of a pistol
in his own hands. Ills body was brought to
Westminster for interment on Monday last.
young man, named Wheeler Nichols was
committed to Jail on the 22d instant, on a
charge of rot6ing the mail. lie was the mail
carrier between Walhalla and Cashiers Valley.
N. c., and has been flush of money and postnge
stamps for some time
COL Logan, bf tie charleston News and
Courier, was with us last week. Colonel T..
represents one Of the best papers in the Statc
and we arc pleased 10 learn from him that that
journal is in hourishng condition.
Attention is called TO some new appointments
in the advertisement Of the Supervisor of Reg
istration this week. lie gives Westminster wo
more days for registration in June and High
Falls one more day in tho same month,
There vas no preaching OH las, Sunday in The
Baptist Presbyterian Methodiat Churches.
This was an UNUSUAL occurrence, and we do not
remember when al OF these churches were
without preaching Oil thc same Sunday before
We met several parties in Tie morning cuquirng
tho way to preaching.
The largest strawberry OF the season was
sent to our Office ON Wednesday last by Mrs.
Samuel McJankin. Of the South Union
neighborhood. 1t is in the shape Of the
hand with six fingers, (bcrrles) all uui'el to
ono stem. 1t is the greatest curiosity in tho
strawberry line wc have yet seen.
We hare lizard df The following named per-
sons likely to be the candidates for the
Legislature before the people OF uconcc County
Mt The approaching election: S. p. Dendy, } s.
Werner, Geo. r. Cherry, W. II. Thrift. c. W.
Hunt, L. X. James, JcscpM ". Shclor. j. ".
Livingston, a. II. Broyles, John s. Dickson, \.
Is. Grant and G. Wanner.
The Charleston News and Courier publishes
an abstract Of the report Of Col Frey relative
10 the amount and value OF the work done on the
line Of the Blue Ridge Railroad. rs well MS the
cost Of the connection between Wahala md The
Northeastern Railroad at Clayton. The con
necion eau be made for about one mllioh
dollars. We will publish the abstract of tho
report next week.
On Tueeday morning last, near Claibnrn
POOLS. two white men, named Mart Tiley
and Pierce B!aylock. nf Rnbun county Ga.
we're captured by the rcscnuc force mt this
place, together with thoir two mule team and
wagon and something over one hundred gal-
Ions of illicit wbiskcy. Tiley and Blaylock
have been committed to Jail
United States Internal Revenue Collector
Sheppard Of Toccon. Ga, located large cop
per still in Oconcc recently On The 18Th
instant, in company with H. + Bodgett Of tho
same service at Walhala, he captured the still
and arrested Orange VIM, ooorcd, as tho dis
tllcr. Andrew Jenkins was also arrested in
connection with tho cnse The still is q very