Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-20
MIR. Gharles J. Thompson, of Augusta.
va, IS spending few days with his pa
rents and frends ut Walhalla.

!. fS9'@, 10 eloflulDB " low days with his pa
rents and friends ut Yalhalla.
Z Mr.. d. A !. Perritt, of Hartwell, Ga.
accompanied by bis wife and daughter,
arc visiting the fan,ilyiof MAJ. S. r. Don.
dy and other relatiyesin Oconee.
Mr. John $ Dickson killed three hogs
this winter that Noted him ] 200 pounds
OF pork. One of the numbor dropped
twelve pigs last year. These hogs wore
Essex and Berkshire.
A friend informs us that since tho war
q number of negroes engaged in digging
q grave on the Andrew jenkins home
place, neal Bachelors Retreat, nnearthed
q silver fifty cents pieco when digging
the vault of tho grave.
The President has appointed Super
ylsors OF tho Census for South Carolina.
Ouly one of tho four. r. d. George, is n
uegro, All tho appointees are Repub-
1 leans. Pcjncer, of Spartanburg, is the
Supervisor for our District.
Married, OH tho 9th instant, ut tic resi-
donco of tho BRIDES father, Mr.. w NJ.
Furguson, near Seneca, in Oconcc county,
Mr.. J. i. LOWS, of Kansas, to Miss Effie
Furguson, Rev. D. G. Freeman, ofliciat-
ing.
Gov. Richardson has removed Junius
ii. Evans, Trial Justice of Marion, for
not preserving tho peace in his jurisdic-
ton. We commend tho Trial Justices
of Barnwcll to tho consideration of His
Exccllency.
Tho Rev. w. III. Davis will preach in
the Bachelors Retreat Church OH the
fourth Sunday in February at II o'clock
A. NJ, and at tho Westminster Prcsbytc-
rian Church at 81 o'clock p. NJ. of tho
same day.
Thcrc must bc leakage of illicit
whiskcy somewhere. Quito number of
drunk mon have been scon in tho towns
OF Walhalla, Seneca, and other places
throughout tho county lately. Evidently
somebody is violating tho law, and SO
far with impunity.
Mr.. L. " l.. Fahncstocl<, who is in tho
machine shops of G. D.. Barr & Son,
Grccnville, S. c., is on visit to his fa-
thor and family in Walhalla this week.
Young Fahncstock is a genius in nc
chanics and we predict for him bright
and useful career in life.
| Grand and petit jurors have been
drawn, at Grcenvillc, for the August
term of tho United States Court at that
place. David Sanders, David Allen and
w. j. IIunnicutt, of Oconce, wero drawn
on the grand jury. Oconcc has no rep
rescntative on the petit jury.
Mrs. Schaflrodt, tho forest of Wal
halla, presented us this week with q
beautiful bouquet of hot house and garden
flowers They arc the first of tic season
and Shows What mild winter we have
had. For these lovely flowers, fragrant
with the breath of spring, Mrs. S. will
accept our thanks.
The Reed Creek correspondent of the
roccoa Ncps says Will Hill, Dick
Snipes and Sank Harper went to, South
Carolina to get wines; all got drunk;
Harper lost $50; accused ill and SnipcS
of stealing it; had them arrested and
brought before tho Justice, but they
were found not guilty.
Mr.. Edward Lippcncott, of Mcdford,
n. D., is the owner of lIaddon Hall, n
wcll-known hotel, ut Atlantic city. His
wife is tho business manager of tho con
Germ. Mr.. Lippencott says his wife has
forged his signature to notes and checks
aggrcgating $4,000, and that lie is a
ruined man.
The Hampton Guardian says the fol
lowing gentlemen have been nominated
from various sources for Governor: Col.
james l.. Orr, Hon. B. r. 'rillman, Col.
>. a. lloyt, Ex-Governor IIagood, Col.
John G. Sheppard, Gen. John Bratton,
Gen. John d. Kennedy. This is Just a
beginning, as there are several counties
yet to hear from
The Oconcc County Farmers Alliance,
at its meeting held at Seneca on tho llth
instant, offered thirty dollars as prcmi
llms to its members on crops to be grown
this year, in the county, as follows: For
tho best yield of corn, grown on ono acre
of upland, $40; for the best yield of corn,
grown on one acre of bottom land, $40;
for the best yield Of cotton, grown on
one acre OF land, $40.
Prospective candidates for the various
county Offices, to be filled this year, arc
becoming bold enough to let their wants
be known. We understand four or
live gentlemen want tho Office of County
Treasurer, three or more the Office of
School Commissioner, two in sight, so far,
for the Auditors office, with candidates
for the Offices of County Commissioners,
Judge of Probate, Supervisor of Regis
tration and the Legislature to bo heard
from.
The following arc tho arrivals at the
Norman Park Hotel for the week ending
Tuesday, February 18th: DR.. II. i. Jcn-
nings, Miss &allic e. Jennings, Edgeficld;
j. L. Bcattic, S. c.; Gus Tripod, J. II.
DAILY, Atlanta; ID. b. Rcfo, Philadelphia;
Il. Il. Alexander, p. A. McAlstcr, High
Falls; w. II. Musohlitz, Baltimore; B.
Wmcburgh, Samuel N. Brown, Now York
Louis Ruchty, Detroit; IT,. c.. Waring,
Charleston.