Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-06-01
Spring chickens arc in demand in this market


at fair prices.
We have had an abundance Of rain. The
grass grows wonderfully this cool, wet weather.
The regular monthly meeting Of the County
Commissioners win be held on next Saturday,
Juno Sd, In Keith & Verner's law office.
The summer term of tho Court convenes at
Pckens Court House on next Monday morning,
Judge Pressly presiding.
Mr.. Miles N. sitton has published card,
saying he does not belong to and will not affiliate
with the Greenbaok movement in Oconee county.
The real estate Of the county is to bo re.
turned this year 10 the County Auditor for as.
sessmcnt and taxation and upon every fourth
year hereafter.
Our people should make early arrangements
for saving the large fruit crop this year, by
drying, canning. preserving, SO. None Of it
should be permitted to go 10 waste.
The cotton crop ia the Western and Northern
sections of this county has been greatly injured
by the late cold spell. On many FIRMS the
planters are speaking Of planting corn in every
other row TO make up for the deficiency in the
stand.
Mr.. Willis Moore, who resides between WAL
halle and West Union, has one sheep from which
he has clipped from seven 10 nine pounds of
washed wool at shearing for the past three
or four years. Who can bent this or dcny
that sheep raising is not profitable business
in this country,
We have been favored with n catalogue of
the Walhulla Female College for 1881 -82.
There are eighty seven names on tho roll of the
college ns follows: Senior class, Q; intermediate,
IA; Junior, 20; academic, l6, primary, l3;
juvenile, 49,
Fonr huhdred and twenty-five tax payers
have paid their taxes up 10 and including
Tuesday last as follows: Total collections,
Sb.l4l Sb. divided up us follows: State tux,
$2,23s. 80; County tax, 81 ,538 Al; School tax,
$l,o26.5O; Polls, $l37 90.
Our young friend Mr.. Samuel D. Cherry, Of
Seneca City, had his evaporator at the Fruit
Growers Convention at Atlanta. II was con-
ccdcd on all hands that his fruit evuporator was
the best and cheapest invention of the kind ct
the convention.
Messrs. Joseph and Wm. Reid the former of
Chckasaw County, Mississippi, aud the litter
Of the Argentine Republic of South America,
have been visit to their relatives aud
friends in this section. They left this county
in 1924. They were impressed with the rapid
growth and improvement of this section. My.
Wm. Reid has been rcsdcn, of South America
for more than twenty five years.
We received n Gull last week from Messrs.
W. j. Compton and j. W. Bailey, who are
introducing "t1cacock's Improvement in
Field Fence" 1t is siu,ple patent fence
and can be moved around tho pasture or made
permanent at the will of the purchaser. 1t is
cheap and economical and will be in demand
among farmers and stock graEcrs Dr..
Sharp and Mr.. McCarley. of "ownville, arc
the owners Of the patent for Oconeo.
The Presbytcrians of Seneca City intend
to build ut an early day house of worship ut
that place They havo already raised by
subscription handsome sum for lint pur-
pose. We arc pleased to see thie Already
the Episcnraluns hare erected and dedicated
nice chapel FIR the purpose of worship.
The Me,hodists will also build there after
q while. The Buptists have secured tho
largo comm"dious building put up carly for
the use of oil the denominations. No better
evidence can be adduced Of the prosperity of
houses Of worship.
Mr.. Christian Michalus, an old German
citizen of our town, met with fatal accident
on last Thursday afternoon as he was going
down the steps Of his daughters house. It
seems that there was email round
stick Of wood on the steps and as Mr..
M'chalus started down his foot struck the
stick Of wood, " hich began to roll. causing
him to fall with great force to the ground.
The fall. it is thought. caused the rupture of
some blood vessel near the heart, aud death
ensued in six or seven hours after the ncci.
dent. Mr.. Michalus was 70 years old and
cume from Germany and settled at Wahuln
about II years ago. lie leaves n wife and
several children to whom we extend our sym.
pathies in their sad bereavement.
DR.. Smetzer has returned from SYNOD
at Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer, of
the 30tb. has tho following complimentary
remarks in relation to DR.. S.: "The pulpit of
Tyron st. NJ L. Church was occupied Sunday
morning by Dr.. Smeltzer. of Wahalla. S. c.,
who has been in the ministry 80 years. DR..
Smel,zer was for sixteen years President of
Newberry College; IL years in charge of the
Lutheran Church ut Harper's Fcrry, Va, and
6vo years President Of Wahalla Female
College. For the past ,6G4 SUNDAYS he bas
preached and has delivered 1928 sermons.
His effort ut tho Methodist Church ia very
highly spoken Of. Rev. j. p. Smeltzer, D.
D. is President of the Walhala Female
College, s. G.. and is ono of the most eloquent
ministers in the South"
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