Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-07-03

at alfalfa, s. O., on Saturday, tho 10Th,
day Of July, !, ut 4 1 o. clock a. nj I, for the
purposes of reorganization, clecting dole
I gates to tho Congressional Conventions
and transacting snch othor business as
) may properly como boforo 1T.
WM. j. STUMBLING,
/ }.5I i8Fs n i. County Chairman.
n hiiss Hattie Smith, of Pondleton, is
whiting Miss Hottie Holleman.
Mr.. and Mrs.$J. T.. Holloman, of An.
derson, are spending tho weok with j. w,
Holleman, Esq
4 Mr.. Charles w Banl<night, who has
been attending Emory College, at Oxford,
Ca, the past year, is at home for tho va
cation. n.
Mr.. VIM. E. thompson, of, Seneca, is at
homo for tho vacation, after spending q
year at Emory College, Oxford, Ga.
Tho Highlands Stdr says that tho tole-
phone line betwcon Franklin, Highlands
and Walhalla will be completed inside of
sixty days.
Messrs. j. II. Sigh and S. X. Cannon,
of Georgia, rwero in town recently. They
,woro both in good health and prosporing
in life.
Among the "hundrcd best books'' tho
pocketbook ranks first, II, f,itis sufficient
ly robust there will be no difficulty in So
lecting tho other nincty-ninc.
W : - I 4 H - . 3
They bill and COO before they're we'd,
They JOY in lovers laughter;
But whom tho marriage words arc said
It's mostly bill thereafter.
We arc to havo q County Convention
on tho 10Th instant to look aftcr tho best
interests Of tho Democratic party in the
approaching nominations and elections.
The ono great cause of all our WOO,
We learn 1t but to rue
"ris the difference 'twixt what we know
And what wo think wo do.
Maj. s. p. Dondy has collected by sub
scription five dollars, to be used by Mrs.
Barney in procuring hcadstones for the
graves Of South Carolina soldiers buried
ut fredericksburg, Va.
The "Glorious Fourth" will bo cole
bratod by dance at Roid's Hall on Fri
day night at 8 O'clock, in which tho
beaux and bellies of Walhalla, Seneca,
and other places will participate.
Mr.. Thos. NJ. Hutchins, who farms this
year on Maj. Dcndy's place near town,
sent lis n white cotton bloom on tho 9th
ultimo. We learn tho fields aro now
full Of cotton blooms.
Rov. Mr. Wingard, of Columbia, and
formerly student of Newbcrry College
at Walhalla, is stopping for while at
the Norman Park Hotel, for tho purpose
of improving his health, after ~ scvcro
attack of typhoid fever
Many of tho delegates to tho Demo
cratic County Convention, which is to
assemble horc on tho 10th instant, have
been elected. So far the election of an
;anti-Tillman delegate has not been an
.nounccd.
Tho grape growers of this vicinity
would like to be ablo to ship their grapes
direct to Atlanta by train on tho Bluc
Ridge railroad, during tho month of An
gust, starting from Walhalla early in tho
morning and arriving at Atlanta before
moon of the same day.
The United States Circuit Court, at
Charleston, has decided that tho bonds
vOtedsn favor of the Charleston, Cincin-
natl and Chicago Railroad by certain
townships in Lancaster and York coun-
ties arc valid, and must be delivered to
the Railroad Company.
Worcgrct to hear of tho recent deaths
of tho infant children Of Mrs. Geo. S.
Roach, of Johnston's Station, Ca, and
Mrs. j. II. Pitchford, of Gainesville, Ga.
The mothers of these dear children arc
the daughters of Mrs. Mariah Bauknight,
of our tom.
Mrs. G. w. Pitchford is visiting hor
sister in ITartwoll, Ga. Shc was accom-
panied by her husband but after remain
ing day or two ho returned hom.., lcav-
ing his good wife and sweet baby IN tho
tender care Of IIartwcll's hospitablc peo-
plo. Charities thoughts arc not OF home
and business much these days.
The "forty acres and mulo" arc COM
ing, so it seems. A member of Congress,
Mr.. Conncll, of Nebraska, has offered a
bill in tho House of Representatives to
provide pensions for tho freedmen. Thoy
are to got undor it's provisions from 81
to $15 por month according to ago. Mr..
Conncll appears to be a very funny man
Mr.. w. j. Bausltctt, of Oil City, Pa,
was married in Camdcn, S. c., on the
2Gtb ultimo, to Miss Margaret Nelson,
by Rev. James NJ. Stoncy Mr.. Bauskctt
Is native of South Carolina. DR.. John
Wickliffe was present during tho ccrc-
mony. Miss Nelson is well known in
Walhnlla where she won't to school for
,aerly. Wo wish hor aud the man of hcr
choice much happiness and great pros
pority in life.
At tho regular meeting of tho Walhnla
Division Sons of Temperance, held on
last Monday night, tho following officers