Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-01
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Episcopal church.
The Sumter 4dednce nominates Ger
Il. t. Stackhouse, of Marion, President
of the State Alliance, for Governor. we
second the nomination.
Roy. NJ. l.. Carlisle will preach ut Tu-
galoo Academy OH tho first Sunday in
each month for tho remainder of tho
year. Accordingly there will DO no
preaching in the Walhalla Methodist
church next Sunday.
Wo have boon requested to call tho at
tcntion of the proper authoritics to the
condition Of the Chcchcc road above
Oconeo Methodist church. 1t is said that
tho road has not boon worked this year,
and is wcll nigh impossible.
The second quarterly conference for the
Westminster circuit will bo held at Nazt-
roth Methodist church next Saturday and
Sunday, May Sd and 4th. Roy. j. Walter
Dickson, p. E., will be present and con-
duct tho quarterly conference and preach
both days. e
Tho Club list of tho Walhalla Demo-
cratic Club is open to receive tho sigma
turo of all persons desiring to join. The
list is in possession of Maj. VIM. j. Strib-
| ling, President, WHO will take pleasure
IN receiving the signature of those dcsil-
ing to join. Call at once ut his Office and
enlist your namc.
1t is announced that Miss Winnie
Davis, daughter of tho lato ox-Prcsidcnt,
Jefferson Davis, is to we'd Mr.. Alfred
Wilkinson, of Syracuse, N. Y, u grand
son of the great Abolitionist leader, Rev.
Samuel J. Law. Mr.. Wilkinson is q law
ycr and is y, years old Thus tho "daugls
ter of the Confederacy" will we'd scion
Of aboltionism.
Remembering tho past, with the years
Of despair, suffering and misrulc, lot us
grid up for tho fight for the pcrpetuation
of home rule and honest government.
l3rayton and his minions have begun the
work Of persecution by arlcsting Super
visors of Registration in tho State Unity
is tho watchword now.
The Democratic Club at Greenwood
last Saturday elected scvcn delegates to
tho Abbevillo County Convention. A
correspondent of tho Grccnvillc Ne,ps,
writing from there, says: "Rcgarding
professions there arc five farmers, one
| doctor and one professor. AS to Tillman
they stand four against, two for and one
doubtful
Mr. Il. j. Picklesimcr, of Jackson
County, N. c., met with severe, and
perhaps, a fatal accident on Monday, the
21st instant, by his horse running and
falling upon him. Drs. Anderson and
Shuford arc attending his case and pro-
nouncc him convalcsccnt, but by no
means out Of danger. Tho unfortunate
man is at tho hospitablo homo of Mr..
| Lewis King, of our county.
Mr.. G. l.. Reid and family enjoyed their
first now crop Irish potatoes OH Monday
for dinner. This is quite early for this
vegetable, considering tho backward
| spring we have had. Mr.. Reid is good
| gardener and knows how to raise early
vegetables. The first thing any of us
knows he will have a mess of beans and
corn. Crate plants his seed in the ground
| and not in the moon; hence his success.
The Southern Educational Association
will hold meeting at Morchcad City, N.
c., July 1-5, 1890. Subjects which arc
live and practical, and of the greatest in
tcrest to Southern teachers, will be dis
cusscd by leading educators. 1t will be
attended by teachers from all the South
ern States. The railroad faro to More
head City, N. G., and return will be only
ono first class fare.
Last Saturday was memorial day, and
no day set apart for devotion to the me-
mory of those who gave their lives for
tho South was over moro appropriately
observed than was this day at Atlanta,
Ga. There was Il notable reunion Of old
| veterans, and in n most impressive man
| nor was laid tho corner stone of tho new
| Confederate Home, which will soon
| shelter the disabled Veterans who fought
for tho lost cause.
Tickets to Gnc Floral Fair in Charleston
will be on sale May 9Th, 9th and 7th, good
to return until the 18th. Tho fare for
round trip from Walhalla is 1856, West
Union $S.45, and Seneca, 1885. Many of
our people will no doubt avail themselves
of this opportunity to visit the "City by
tho Sea" at this delightful time of the
year. The railroad authorities, however,
ought to have given the cxcursionists at
least ten days or two weeks to 'takc in
| the city"
Col. james a. IIoyt, of Giccnyillc, has
been invited to deliver an address at the
anniversary meeting Of the American
Baptist Education Society, at Chicago,
on tho 9th of May. This is high com
pliment, since the Society is one of the
| largest and most influential Baptist or
ganizations in the United States. Tho
invitation has been accepted, and the
Society is to be congratulated on being
| addressed by this learned editor, states
man and Christian scholar of South Caro-.
lima.
Why is tho mail from Westminster so
far behind of late? 1t is due in NYalhalla
ut 1870 a. NJ, but it frequently does not
reach here until IL NJ. and later. On
Tuesday Of this week the mail did not
arrive until 1890 p. NJ, and we were told
by q gentleman who resides in West
minister, and came to Walhala that day,