Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-10-10
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5s Tho friends Of Mrs, j, w. Sholor siil
be delighted to learn ithat she is improy-
4 Ing. tS8S rs M ri
Read the Masters sales of real estate
1 for salesday in November Some valna-
{ bic tracts Of land will then be sold. s
Read the advertisement of foreclosure
j sale Of ianti, Capt. J !. Q. Neville, assignee
i of mortgagee. is d
The latest schedule of tho Richmond
4 and Danville Railroad, with it's New ork
connections, will be found on our fourth
page this week. e #
Cotton seed are bringing twenty cents
q bsshel of thirty-two pounds. IF ynm
will sell your seed, be sure and take tho
pay III cotton seed meal and put 1t on
your land.
HOMES FOR You. U.-Those desiring to
s purchase improved farming lands in Hart
county, accessible to railroad and all
other conveniencos, should apply to
Dir. g. A. WEBB, Hartwell, Gu.
The fourth quarterly conference of the
s Wallialla Circuit will be held at tho Wal
halla Methodist Church on Monday, Oc-
& tober 21st, at II A. NJ. a full attendance
of the members of tho conference is
earnestly requested.
Capt. j. P. Micl,ler makes an important
announcement this week, which will De
found elsewhere. Those indebted to him
by note or account should give heed to
what he says and make payment or salts
factory settlement and avoid costs in
litigation.
Mr.. j. w. Sholor, Clerk Board County
Commissioners Oconee county, advertiscs
this week it's annual meeting. Those
having claims, &C., against the county
should present them on or before tho
first day Of November for payment. Sec
advertisement elsewhere
Rev. S. j. Cowan, an evangelist from
Covington, Ga, will begin series of
meetings at tho pottery, in the upper
portion of Walhalla, on next Saturday
night. Mr.. Cowan has tho reputation Of
and we trust his labors among our pco-
pie will be blessed Of God.
Governor Richardson has appointed
delegates to tho farmers National Con-
gross, to assemble November 18Th, at
Montgomery, Ala. From tho 3D. Con-
gressional District wo have David Aiken,
Cokesbury. Alternate, ID. X. Norris,
Pendloton. State at large, Col. j. w.
Norris, Anderson.
Col. Thomas w. Holloway, Secretary
of the State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society, has our thanks for a conpli-
mentary season ticket and invitation to
attend tho twenty first annual State Fair
at Columbia, S. g., November lib next.
An extensive programme has been ar
ranged, and every offort is being made to
mako this the most interesting fair of
any ever held.
Gov. Richardson has appointed twenty
one editors, from South Carolina, as
delegates to the Southern Industrial Dis
play, to bc held at Raleigh, N. G., Octo-
bcr II. GA few more of tho samc sort -
would havo given each county in tho
State delegate. But wo suppose his
noring some Of the brethren in some of
the counties.
-",, Messrs. NJ, w. Coleman g. Co., of Sc
ncca, tell our readers this week about the
many fnu things they have just received
in their new department for tho ladies'
This widely known firm has long carried
n large and varied stock of general NOR
chandise,. to which they have this season
'"ad now and complete limo of ladies'
.-~.. Read their advertisement and then
do not fail to 60 with your wife and
daughter 60 see tho bargains they can
give.
",Jack Frost'' made his annual visit on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morn
ings of this week. His tracks were left
on all growing vegetable matter, ospc-
oially cotton and potatoe vines, which
have been completely changed in COM
plexion. Instead of the lovely green
there is now tho deadly black and all ma
ture is in mourning. 1t is not thought,
however, that much, if any, damage has
been done to tho cotton crop. Many
think Inc killing of the cotton leaves
will aid tho opening, especially of rank
cotton, and it is nearly all rank this year.
Mr.. John Mitchell, of Marquette,
Michigan, representing Messrs. Powell &
Mitchell, large furniture manufacturers,
was in Walhalla first of the week, cn
route to tho Northern part of Oconce
county and adjoining sections of North
Carolina to buy timber. He was &C.
companied by Mr.. G. Wanner, who has
made study of tho timber resources OF
the Piedmont region. If tho purchases
of timber amount to enough to justify
the outlay, Messrs. Powell & Mitchell
propose to invest about 100000 at III
early day in a large manufacturing ostab
lishmcnt. ....
We spent last Tuesday afternoon in
Seneca, our thriving and enterprising
noighbor town. The merchants, baDkers
and other business mon, arc in the best
of spirits and anticipate large fall
trade. Mr.. Sloan Y. Stribling, Scncca's
cotton wcighcr, Informed us that over
seven hundred bales of cotton had al
ready boon sold there and tho receipts