Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-07-17

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The Tilman y tide BY ,eping tho State.
Down Will, bolters and splittersl *
Mr.. John NJ. philips, Of Carnosyiile, Ca, visi.
ted his father this week. @
Many ftcA. ne !o# .aaas are now in walhalla
and vicinity for tho summer. s$@
D OF tho 2Si delegates in the Anderson County
Convention lest Monday, 2il were for Tillman
and 43 against him.
Miss Kate Holloman has returned home after
years arduous duties IN tho school room ut
Mo1fettsyiie, Anderson county.
Mrs. w. w. Robinson and Mrs. s. M.
VlanWyck and children are spending a
few weeks in thu mountains.
Tho County Commissioners have pur.
chased Six dozen handsome oak Office
chairs for the Court House.
Mrs. Cary, Mrs. Greene and two chill
dren, of Greenwood, arc in Walhalla for
the summer, stopping with Mr.. John. j.
Smith.
Mr.. L. g. Patterson, chemist at the Mississippi
Agricultural College, was in tho city last week..
He visited PGndleten. Fort Hill and other places
in tho State.
! Soc advertisement Of letting tho bridge
ovor Kcowee River, at Old Pickens, by
Oconco and Pickens Commissioners, Au-
gust @.
Comptroller General j. s. Werner Is In Wal
hHlla this "wednesday morning, making annual
settlement with tho Auditor, Treasurer, County
and School Commissioners, as required by n re.
| cent Act of tho Lcpislaturc .M.
Messrs. j. }. Norton, Jr., Thomas L. Aloxan-
der, Jack strother, and Frank Alexander leave
this morning for wcek's jaunt through the
mountains, via Clayton, Franklin, Hiwassee,
Tallulnh and Toccoa falls.
Mr.. Robert Dillworth, of Grconville, is
visiting his brother, B. f. Dillworth, near
Westminster. He was in Walhalla Tues
day making inquiry for salablo farm
lands with a view to purchasing.
The South Carolina State Farmers
Alliance will convene in Greenville on
July %, and at this juncture of it's
affairs tho meeting will be an important
one, and doubtless will DO woll attended,
The Grconville District Conference will
meet in Greenvillo, S. c.. "Wednesday
night at O clock, July %, 1890. The
Conference will moot and organize at that
,ur. The opening sermou will be
preached Thursday at II A. NJ. by Rev
G. B. Smith, Of Anderson station. Bisho,
Duncan will preside.
4 Rev. j. M. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, is
visiting his son, Rcv. M. l.. Carlisle. Mr.
Carlisle is ono of tho oldest and most
beloved ministers of tho Methodist de-
nomination in this State. We are glad
to mcct him again and hope to hear him
preach while lie remains among us.
Lewis Chambers, charged with violation O
internal revenue law, made his escape from con
stables Joe Garrison aud II. s. Rutledge, Wed
nesday morning, at ten o'clock, on being take,
from tho Jail to Commissioner hIerrick's Office
lie spranB from the Jail steps and running he
tween the constabcs. made his way Westward
undetcrrcd by the fire of pistols, and finally tool
to the woods. Hc has not yet been caught
Mrs. r. A. Coffee and childron lcf
on Tuesday morning for Clayton an,
Rabun Gap, Ga, and Highlands an,
Cashiers Valley, N, G., They arc visitin,
relatives and friends in these dclightfu
mountain resorts and will be absent from
home four or Qvc weeks. We wish fo
tllem pleasant visit.
The annual competitive examination
for two Peabody scholarships in tho
Nashville Normal College will be hold al
Grconville OH Wednesday, July 23d, at II
A. NJ. The applicant, male or female
must be seventeen years of ago and pro
sent certificate that ho has passed. 6
satisfactory examination before James
II. Rice, Superintendent of Education, il
! the studies required for admission to tho
college, viz: Spelling, reading, pcnman
} ship, geography, arithmetic, algebra
grammar and United States history
Further information can DC obtained
from School Commissioner S. p. Striblinr
We have received communications fol
publication in this issue from Mcssrs. j
j. Haley and B. A. Daily, in reply to the
communications of Mcssrs. w. NJ. Brown
and j. ~. Il. Hutchins, published in these
columns last week. 1t seems to us that
in tho interest of peace and harmon,
these personal and abusive communca
tions should be suppressed, and we have
concluded that it was best to call q hal
, before tho matter gets to a white heat
f Our friends Of Oaltway should learn tt
differ in political matters without letting
their differences become personal. II
justice to Mr.. b. A. DAILY wo should say
that ho denies tho truth of tho state
mcnts made in tho atlidavits of Mcssrs
Lewis Jayncs and J. a. +. Ilutchins, an(
submits counter affidavit to this effect
A large number Of people collected a
the Mansion House last night and tht
Hon. W. g. Bcnct, of Abbevillc, was
| called on for speech. During his re
marks ho was heartily applandcd. IIt
/ said he was in favor of tho Farmers
! Movement, but was against Tillman
IIc advised discontinuancc of the fight
but was told that the people proposed tt
fight Tillman as long as they could do Il
as Democrats. Mr. Benct advised tho
people to sit down OH any suggestion OF
split if primary was refused, and told