Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-11-07
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Mr. j. ii. Keil, Jr., was awarded tho
contract to build now house on the
poor farm by the County Commissioners
on Tuesday for the sum Of $22h.
Monday was salcsday and several tracts
Of land were sold ut very fair prices. Ono
tract near Seneca brought nearly twenty
dollars pcr aero.
Mr.. Walter Gibson, of Bolton, Il popu-
lar conductor on tho G. e. G. Railroad
spent Tuesday in Walhalla, visiting tho
family of his father, II. A. ii. Gibson.
We l,apo to fill out many blank receipts
for subscription next week. Our Office is
near tho Court House and We will be
pleased to servo all who want to settle up
with the printer.
Rcv. II. Il. BooZcr, of Kcrshaw county,
and member Of Harmony Prcsbytory,
was visiting his sister, Mrs. j. j. Keith,
last week. Rev. Mr.. BooZer was once q
student of Adgcr College and made many
friends in Walhalla.
Mrs. Julia M. johnson has just COM
plctcd new wing TO Wagcncr Academy,
thereby giving another large and comfor-
table recitation room. 1t is SO arranged
with revolving doors that the two rooms
can be made ono as necessity may re-
quire.
Mr.. Samuel Crcnshaw, one of the
Oldest citizens of the county, died at his
home, near Conncros;s, last Sunday, and
was buried in tho cemetery of the Wal
halla Baptist church on Friday. Rev. B.
M. Pack conducting tho funeral services
The latest dispatches indicate that the
Democrats hvac carried Virginia, Mary
land, New Jersey, New York, Mississippi,
boen great and unexpected Democratic
gains, while Massachusetts, Iowa, Ne
braslsa go Republican as usual.
County Treasurer JtsW. Hollcman in
9th instant, the total collection of taxes
amounts to 81, ,7GG.N, leaving balance of
S25,G5463 yet to collect. There arc 1000
tax payers in the county; of this number
GS2 have paid.
The following are the letters remaining
in the post Office for tho month of Octo-
Der: j. Balsam, John Cartlow, W.. A.
Collins, William Dodgcn, Miss Mary
Gaines, Leroy Lusk, Mrs. Susan McDadc,
Sam Frasicr Maxwell, Mrs. G. W.. Nick
ais, Mrs: Mollic Smith "a
Miss Ella Sheldon returned to Domi-
hicks, Ncwbcrry county, last Saturday,
where she will be in charge of ilourish-
ing school during the winter. She gra-
duatcd from the Walhalla Female Col
lcge under the Presidency of ,thc late
DR.. j. p. Smcltzcr, and since graduation
has had much experience in the school
room. We commend her to the people
of Ncwbcrry as Il cultured lady and capa-
bic teacher
Mr.. II. NJ. Cain, Of Oakway, $. G.. left
ut our Office last Saturday some Of the
finest sweet potatoes that We have seen
They were of the Boon Spanish" va
ricty and some of them weighed over
four pounds apiece when dug. Mr.. Cain
informed us that he planted one-fourth of
an acre and gathered thercfrom one hun
drcd and fifteen bushels, besides what
were eaten by his family before digging.
Mr.. Cain says he beds out his large pota-
toes for slips instead of the small. us is
the general custom, and he is satisfied.
from actual experience, this is the cause
of his large potatoes and wonderful yield.
Potatoc raiscrs will do well lo well to
stick Il peg right here.
Mr.. &. Wanner, Secretary of the IIor
icultural Society of South Carolina.
handed us this week the report of their
first meeting, held in Pcndlcton August
:, 1889. The report is gotten up i'm neat
style, and on examining it we see that
the Society is composed of live, enter
prising citizens and leading horticultur-
lists, who have organized for the purpose
of encouraging and developing the great
fruit interests of our State. Mr.. Wanncr
requests us to state that the Society will
hold meeting on the 14th instant ut the
Agricultural Hall in Columbia. All those
who arc interested in the advancement
of horticulture and pomology are invited
to he present and hear Mr.. p j. Brrck-
hi"''", vi Augusta, Ia., one ol the most
prominent horticulturists of America.
who is expected to address the meeting.
The independent, published at Shelby.
occana County, Michigan, Of date Octo-
Der 25th, says: "Mr. Dclmar Gardiner. of
Luther, and Miss Emma T.. lilies, of
Shelby, were married on the 2lth instant
ut noon, ut the residence of Mr.. William
liilcs, the Rev. }. B. l.ayc officiating.
The ceremony took place in the presence
OF near relatives and friends. Among
the presents which were beautiful, costly
and appropriate we noticed some from
South Carolina. One was Il Ecy rack
fashioned in an artistic manner out of
native wood. From the same State came
the BRIDES cake, rich with fruit and of
elegant design" The bride is well known
in Walhalla, where she has spent several
winters with her parents, who make their
Southern home at this place. Her many
Carolina friends would add their conrrat-
ulatinnS, and wish Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner
long life of prosperity and happiness.
We regret to chronicle the death of Mr..
Henry OterScn. who died from typhoid
fever ut his home, near town, on Thurs