Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-07-04
Local and Special.

Ms. K. G. Strothor returned homo from
Alabama on Sunday morning last.
Mira. Carrie Dobbins and children, of
Central, s. c., are visiting the family of
Mr. Jno. D. Werner this week.
Mr. Thos. A. Pack, OF Grccnvillc, S. C.,
Is visiting his son, Rev. B. ri. Pack, pas
TOR OF the Baptist church at this place.
Hon. Bon. Terrell Secretary of the Ma
/ tional Farmers Alliance, will address the
Alliance at Gainesville, Ga, July 18th.
Prof. G. c. Reed and wife, of Cokcs-
bury, 5. g., are visiting the family of
Prof. II. G. Reed.
mo Governor has appointed John G.
watkins, of Denver, to bc Treasurer of
Anderson county, ricc w. II. Fricrson,
resigned.
Married, July 2d, 1880, at the residence
OF the brides father, by Rev. j. T.. Fo-
garlic, Mr.. Moses l.. Cantrcll to Miss
Hassie Graham, all of Oconcc county.
Mrs. Julia NJ. johnson, accompanied
ny her aunt, Mrs. II. A. Hunter, are on a
visit to Atlanta and other places in Gcor-
ga this week, visiting friends and rola-
tives.
Col James l., Orr, Of Grccnvillc, $. c.,
IL ID attendance on court this week. lie
is rs able for the defence in criminal
cases as he was formerly for the State as
prosecuting officer.
The" little darkeys jubilee season is
now on-blackbcrries are ripe. Some
one tried to hire an old .lnr,.cy recently
TO hoe cotton. His reply was: "Boss,
don't hoe cotton for no man in blackberry
time"
Mr.. Chas. ii. Carlisle, of Spartanburg,
has been spending few days with his
father, who has beer quite i'll ut the
home of Rev. NJ. l.. Carlisle. We are
glad to learn that the elder Rev. Carlisle
is now improving
The directors of the Bank of Pcndc-
ton met on the 25th of June and elected
M. NJ. Hunter, President, and D. }. Sit
ton, cashier The erection of IL brick
building will begin 1T an early day and
the bank will be open for business Octo-
Der 1st.
The South AUantic: Mr.. Thco. Mcin-
hardt, an accomplished young civil en-
ginccr, Of Greenvllc, S. G., has been ap-
pointed to make the surveys of the
ground for the new government building
at this place and began the work ol,
Monday, the 18th Of June.
The sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning. rrcpala
tory service II a. NJ, Saturday. Sunday
afternoon ut 5 O'clock service will be
held for the young people. All cordially
invited.
Mcssrs. Geo. f.. Prince, E. B. Murray
and John T.. Brcazcalc, of the Anderson
bar; Messrs. George .JohnStonc and Geo.
I Is. Cnmcr, of the Ncwbcrry bar; OK
Judge Cooke, of Grcenvllc, and Col. Il.
A. Child, of Pickcns, arc attending Court
this week.
We understand that gentleman liv-
ing near Westminster has recently fallen
heir to about 100000. This large sum
of money comes to him through the
death recently of an uncle of his wife.
who was living ut San Francisco. Cali
mia, who died, leaving an estate valued at
IS, ,00N, 900 to $l1 900, 900
Mrs. Eliza IIarbcrt wife of Mr.. Jas. 4.
Harbert, living in the ncighborhood of
Mt. Tabor Baptist church, this county,
has sold since Christmas seventy three
dozen eggs, not counting those eaten by
the family and young chickens hatchcd
out from others. Who says eggs and
poultry wont pay in this country?
Hon. j. S. Cothran, Of Abbcvillc, is in
Walhalla this week attending court. We
arc pleased to meet this honurcd son of
South Carolina once moro ut our bar.
lie was for many years the able and
efficient Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial
Circuit, being the predecessor of Col.
James i. Orr. lie was afterwards elc-
waited to the bench, and while perform
ing most acccptably his judicial duties,
was elected to Congress, where he now
ably represents the Third Congressional
District.
Toccoa (Ga.) Ncw$, June 20th: Mr..
w. B. Weaver, of Barton'S Creek, s. G.,
brought to the NcmS Office cotton i'm full
bloom. His farm is in the Tugaloo Val
ley, short distance from the Prathcl
bridge crossing. Mr.. Weaver without
doubt is entitled to the credit of the
first cotton blossoms in his latitude, an
honor which he has worthily earned for
he has laborcd diligently to make first
class crop. He had his ground well pre-
pared planted early, has given good cul-
tivation and is rewarded by the best
stand he ever had. The Ncwx is pleased
to form the acquaintance Of SO intclli-
gent planter and such a pleasant gen
tlcman.
Columbia Register, !uly 2: In accor-
dance with the instructions Of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, that The
clerical force at the Columbia office of
tho Collector must be reduced ono half,
Mcssrs. G. II. ID. Burns and G. O. Mar
shall yesterday severed their connection