Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-10-02
Local and Special.

very htgie ootton8 tuB 10 Hsea tnls
year. @
The. oil mills throughout tho state are
beginning work.
aGala week. iii Charleston this year
will begin on the 27th OF October.
Write your local news In q concise but
crisp end interesting manner. State faots
and stop
An attempt will be made at the next
session of the Legislature to repeal tho
lien law
Senator Hampton ia suffering from on
old wound made by Q minnie Lal' In tho
lato u~npleasantness.
Mr.. w. A. Cox boarded tho train at
Seneca last Friday morning for Grady,
Ga, where he will spend como timo.
Col. WIN. Elliott was re-nominated at
Snmmeryille last week AZ a candidate for
Congress from the Seventh or "Blaok
Disscict.
M Don't expect something for nothing,
If You get ono hundred cents' value for
ono dollar be satisfied. Very few people
are 30 fortunate.
Col. T.. T. Staokhouse is tho only sup
porter of tho sub-treasury soheme Of the
flvo Democratic nominees for Congress in
this State.
A Georgia editor has a unique way Of
dunning his subscribers. He says: eve
wish that man who owes ,us that dollar
will romombor that we need direct trade"
Misses Carrie and Lou Strother, Miss
Carrie Keith, and Misses Mario and Sue
Dondy loft Tuesday for ~Spartanburg,
whore thoy will onter Converse College.
P%atronize home industry. A dollar
spent with q homo dealer will eventually
work its way back to your till. Money
spent at q distance is COMO forever.
Why is a newspaper like a %toothbrushp
Because every ono should have ono of his
own, and not DO borrowing his neigh
boris.
Mr.. j. M. Moss left Tuesday for Wof-
ford College,; also, Mossrs. Thomas II,
Keith and James Darby for tho Wofford
Fitting School.
Pay your preacher, pay your doctor,
pay your merchant, pay your lawyer, and
whatever you do, don't forgot to pay for
tho COURIER. .,"
Tho anti-lottery bill has been signed
by tho President and now becomes a law.
1t is believed it is q death blow to tho
Louisiana concern.
Of course everybody is going to pay
his or her debts this year, because the
magnificent crops now being harvested
loavo no excuse TO do otherwise.
A brand of flonr is now boing sold In
South Carolina called 'Tho Ben Till
man, and has q faithful likeness of the
"one-eycd Governor on tho sack.
Tho Pickons Sentinel says: eve arc
authorized to state that Judge James F.
Izlar, of Orangeburg, will vote for Capt.
B.. r. Tillman, of Edgefleld, for Gov
ernor."
"Don't stray off after strange GODS"
What you can buy as cheap, as good and
on as favorable terms at home should
mover DO purchased elsewhere. Solf-inte-
rest demands this much of you.
Just rs soon as Tom Miller took the
oath and was sworn in rs a member of
Congress, he applied to tho S~orgoant-at-
Arms for his back pay, and was given a
chock OH the U. s. for $4,000.
Cards arc out announcing tho marriage,
ut tho residence of tho BRIDES father, of
Miss Florence Thompson and Mr.. j. T.
M. Riser, on Wednesday,, October 10Th,
1890, at 0 A. M.
Do you have to buy school books for
your childrenp If so, you will agree
with us that there Is room for retrenoh-
mont in this instance. Tbore Is no rea-
son why 80 many books arc required and
no excuse for tho high prices of tho
books.
In tho Pickons Court of Sessions last
week Dave Stephens was tried for tho
murder Of J. G. Griffin, and found guilty
of manslaughter. He was sentenced by
Judge Norton to five years in the Poni-
tentiary. Court adjourned on Saturday.
Mr.. R. r.. Camak, of Seneca, has failed
in business and has mado an assignment
for tho bonotit of his creditors. Assets
thought to DO about $500 and liabilities
about $4,000. We regret to learn of his
failure and hopo he will DO able to resume
business very soon.
Tho DomoIcst Times is n bright and
beautiful weekly, published ut tho enter
prising town of Domorcst, Habersham
county, Ga, by Mossrs. w. A. Fowler and
j. F. Sibloy. Tho second number lies
before us. 1t is printed on good paper
and in tho highest style of tho typo
graphical art.
Says tho Newborry Herald and Ne,os:
Col. L. Bleasc, Esq, ono of the next log
~islators from Nowberry, says that Wade
Hampton will DO elected without opposi-
ton rs United States Senator to succeed
himself by tho nex Legislature. Mr..
Blease says that ho knows whereof he
speaks, and we have no reason to doubt
him.
The following arc tho unclaimed letters
remaining in the Walhalla post office for
tho month of September, 1890: Miss Net