Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-03-06

Col. Robt "A. Thompson, of the Wal
halla bar, is attending Court in Pickens
this week.
Mr. Jessie Boil has returned home
after taking his first years. course of
lectures In Bellevue Hospital, Now York.
Mr. j. NJ. Whitmiro has been ap-
pointed a School Trustee for Whitewater
Township.
Mi. N. Q. Mcdonald has boon reap
D pointed Supervisor of Registration fol
Oconce county.
A Jersey COW, belonging to Roy. r. G.
kigon, Townville, s.. c., gave birth last
wcok to two beautiful heifcr calves.
Both'arc of good size and arc doing we'll
The noXt regular examination Of teach-
crs for Oconce county will be hold in
the School Commissioners Office OH
April the 4th, 1890. All Interested will
please govern themselves accordingly.
Itis with qualification wo learn that
tho meeting at Bolton last wcck, of Al
lianccmcn from the Third Congressional
District, declined to nominate candi-
date for Congress. This action we deem
wise and conservative on their part, since
tho Alliance docs not profess to be a
political organization.
Mrs. Licina Alcxano y, rolict of the
late Pleasant Alexander, who died before
tho war, died at New Pickcns last Satu,-
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Monday. She was one of tho oldest and
most highly respected ladies of Pickcns
county. She leaves Il large circle of
relatives and friends to mourn her DEATH
Hon. j. S. Werner and Il. l.. ucrntlon,
Esq, have formed copartncrship for the
practice of law at tho Walhalla bar. All
persons desiring to secure the legal scr
vices of this able law firm can do so by
calling on Squire IIcrndon ut his Office
in the Court House, or addressing his
senior partner at Columbia, s. G. Sou
card in another column.
The resignation of Rev. B. NJ Pack as
pastor of the Walhalla Baptist church
was accepted last Sunday at n meeting OF
tho membership of the church. Row
Mr.. Pack has served this congregation as
faithful pastor and able preacher fol
more than year, and it is with regret
that we learn of his resignation.
Tho last session of the Legislature
passed an Act to pay the expenses of the
election on the question of "Liccnse' or
"No License in this county last year.
The Commissioners and Managers of
said election arc requested to present
their accounts duly proved to the Board
of County Commissioners to be audited
and paid.
Vice President Morton, accompanied
by Mrs. Morton, their three daughters
and Miss Hunt, spent last Sunday and
Monday in Charleston, on their way to
Florida. The Vicc-Prcsidcnt and party
expressed themselves as charmed with
the city, and highly gratiiicd with the
cordiality of tho reception accorded them
by the citizens of Charleston.
Sec III another column the statement
of the Mutual Life Insurance Company
Of New York, for the year ending Dccem-
bcr 81, 1880. Tho Mutual is one of the
best Life Insurance Companies in
America, and all desiring this kind of
insurance should consult the advantages
accrning to the holder of Il policy in
this timc-honored company.
Under the new pension law, pensions
will be given out in two instalmcnts, in
stead of monthly payments, rs was done
last year. The payments will be made
through the Clerks of the Courts ON
March Is and June -. There arc about
1000 persons entitled to pensions, and
each Of these will receive $l2 at each in
stallmcnt.
The Tcnncllo Enterprise stops to re-
mark: "a newspaper publisher cannot
live on railroad passes, flour paste, Il few
early vegetables and fruits, tho first cot
ton blossoms and corn taSsels and the
good will of the people and tho promises
of tho business men," While wo enjoy
these things for variety very much, there
is bit of truth about the statement
that strikes us very forcibly.
Mrs. Alice Jarrard, wife of l.. l.. jar
rard, of Fair Play, died suddenly last
was most cstimablc lady, devoted wife
and atfectionatc mother. She leaves her
husband and six children to mourn her
death. She was a consistent member of
tho Baptist church, and was buried
last Saturday ut Bcavcrdam church, after
appropriate funeral services conducted
by Rows II. p. Phillips and j. n. Smith.
Mr.. Peter II. Brown died at his homo
in lIopcwcll township, Anderson county,
on Friday, February 2I, aged about sixty
years. He was stricken with paralysis
last fall, and remained in an entirely
helpless condition until his death. His
remains were inferred at Salem, after APP
propriatc funeral services conducted by
Rev. b. NJ Pack lie was fine farmer
and highly respected citizen. He leaves
several sons, some of whom reside in this
county.
Mr. S. NJ. Crawford, of Tugaloo, S. c.,
came in on Monday and renewed his sub
scription to the COURIER for the forticth
timc. Just think of it, forty years sub
tI 10 nj,