Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-09-05
Married, on the 9th OF August, 1880,
at the btidtPs father. by Rev, ID. r.. Car,

Q. Grale, all Of Ooonee coanty. ls
Married, ON September LIST, 1889, in the!
public road hear y. Y i, ..i,ss
Roy. y b. Colley, Mr.. jesse Lay to Miss
Mamie Sheppard, all OF oconee county.
Mrs. PC. Fogartis, Of spartanburg, is
visiting her son, ReY. ] E. Fogartie, and
Mrs. @. Scott, Of Charlotte, N. G., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Fogartie.
Miss Dean seaborn and her brother,
George, and their grand-mot other, Mrs.
Mason, who have been on % protIacted
visit to relatives at Bowersyillo, Ga, re-
turned home on Tuesday evening.
Mr.. w. +. 5Seeba, Of Jacksonyille, Fla,
is on q visit to the home folks in Wal.
halla, and will spend several weeks. He
is prospering In his new homo in the
land of flowers aud says he is not re-
fugee from yellow jack this year. I.
Messrs. W. "A. Strother & Co., of West
Union, are daily adding to their already
immense stock of groceries and dry goods.
See change in their advertisement this
woek, telling of the many things 10 be
found in their mammoth stock.
The following are the letters remaining
in tho Walhalla post office for the month
Of August, 1880: Mrs. Ales Darby, Mrs.
r. F. Grier, Miss e. Hohears (2), q. Skel-
ton, Mrs. Julia A. Suleven, Miss Leah o.
Wanor, Il. NJ. Wilks, n. +. McAlister.
Ex-County Commissioner w. N. Cox
informs us that he has five acres of bot
tom corn in the Horse Shoe bend, on
Chauga Creek, which he thinlcs Will
make IS to 80, bushels per aore. He has
also some fine upland corn, by far the
best lle has over raised.
Miss Blanche Simpson, of Parker's
Store, Ca, has been engaged by Prof. II.
G. Reed as assistant in tho Female Col
lego. She comes highly recommended
rs q teacher, and is expected to arrive tho
last of this week, so that she can enter
upon her duties in the college next Mon
day.
Mr.. A. B. McGuffin was reelected on
Tuesday, by the Board of County Com
missioners, steward of tho poor house
for the ensuing two years. He has been
filling this responsible position for two
years, and has made q most capable, effi-
cient and faithful officer. Tho highest
compliment to his stewardship was paid
in his re election over some five or six
competitors.
Mr.. G. l.. Reid has q full line of dry
goods to suit the season. His many GUS
toners know his stock is always of the
very best the market affords, and never
fear buying shoddy article. He makes
a specially of the celebrated ebay State"
shoes, which he always has on hand.
His fall stock of ladies' dress goods is
coming in and will soon bo complete.
Give "Crate" call.
Ex-County Auditor, j. j. Smith, has
turned his attention to farming this year.
with abundant success. He has a splen-
did crop all around, but especially fine
are three acres of upland corn on his farm
near town. We have heard many speak
of this as the finest upland corn ahey
ever saw. The yield is estimated from
Is to 100 bushels per acre.
Rev. j. NJ. Sanders, pastor of the Pop
lar Springs Baptist church has been con-
Quoting most gracious and successful
revival meeting in this church for two
weeks. Up to last Sunday thirty-five
persons had joined the church, and at
ton o'clock tho pastor baptised twenty
six new converts. The meeting is still
in progress with unabated interest.
Mr.. r. 3. Aldrich has our united thanks
for the finest watermelon which has
found its way to our sanctum during the
season. On last Saturday morning he
presented us with melon weighing
twenty eight pounds, which was of the
finest flavor and quality. If this is a
sample of his corn, cotton and other
| crops, hero is ono of Oconee's farmers
who is heelod for the next twelve months.
Mr.. w. A. Reckling, tho popular Co
lumbia artist, who has spent several
weeks in Walhalla taking pictures, re-
turned homo last Saturday with his fa-
mily. Mr.. Reckling has made it an in
variable rule to come to Walhallla every
summer for several years, and says he
intends to continue so doing. He took
in nearly twice the amount Of work this
time he over did before. Ho has on
gagged Mr.. II. p. Torhune, Of this place,
to receive pictures that parties desire to
be enlarged or copied. SEQ advertise
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Suttles returned
on Tuesday evening from months
trip to Northwest Texas, visiting relatives
and friends. They report delightful
trip and big crops in Texas. IIe says he
was offered corn in lots of thousand
bushels at twenty-five cents n bushel
Texas, ho thinks, has somo advantages
we have not, but we have many they
have not. Altogether he is very much
of tho same opinion as Mr.. NJ. F. Whita-
ker, who also tried to stake in'' Texas
during tho past month. He would not
advise any one to leave South Carolina
for the 'I.one Star State" After all,
Oconce County cannot be surpassed by
any place OH tic face of the earth.
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