Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-08
local and special. !.


Oats are looking well. and promise
Y " good crop. Is 5 s y .Sa
s& The farmers are pretty we'll up with
their work 3
5 Cotton is up and the farmers generally
report q good stand,
Rust has greatly y3injnred tho wheat. It
will DO very near q 9 iurc.
S Mr.. w. w. snead and family ate tho
first English peas of tho season last Mon
5 day.
z Thomas Picklesimor, who, 1t was stated
in our last issue, WAS badly Injured by
4 $his, horse, has since died. He resided In
Rabun County, Georgia.
DR.. j. w. Quilian. formerly Of Easley.
has located Mt Westminster, to which
place he will soon move his family, and
become a valuable citizen of our county.
Juno 10th, instead of Juno 9th, MS tho
types said last week, Is tho inns that DR..
a. Coke Smith will address tho students
of the Walhalla Malo and Fomalo Schools.
Mr.. Il. e. Vernon is the Alliance Organi-
zer for Oconco County. All persons do
Z string his assistance in organizing sub
s. Alliances should address him at Rlchland
post Office.
Wo have devoted our editorial page
this week to ali account of tho opening
meeting Of tho Tillman campaign at
Ridgoway last Saturday. Read and form
your own opinion,
The Abboyille County Democratic Club
met on Monday, 9th instant. There was
afull attendance. The following officers
wcro elected for the two years next cnsu-
ing: President, e. B. Gary; lst Vico Pre-
sidcnt, John r. Bccke; I'd Vice President,
Isaac McCalla; 3d Vice President, Towncs
Robinson. After Il long and warm dis
\, cussion, Tillman was endorsed by a largo
majority.
We have had an opportunity recently
0 inspecting tho condition of tho corn
AMI cotton in various portions of tho
Stare, We have also had an opportunity
of lSearing direct from other portions of
the STATE. There arc fine stands of both
cotto,fSand corn. Tho wheat crop is
almost &complctc failure. Oats arc do
ing well generally but are small where
tho weather has bccn dry.
A fatalTOw occurred at Abboyillc Court
House, on last Saturday night on tho
streets. George Douglas became involved
in difficulty with Frank Lcflingwcll.
-Four or five shots were fired. Donald
Donglas was killed dead, Frank Lcffing-
well was cut with knife in tho .abdo
men completely discmbowcling him and
another employee was shot slightly in
the check. Donald Douglas was a youth
of about fifteen years and was n mere
bystander whom killed. George Douglas
is II youth of about eighteen and not re-
lated to tho deceased.
The County Farmers Association of
Anderson met in the Court House on
Friday last. Tho attendance was large.
The resolutions endorsing Mr.. Tillman
for Governor met with opposition, but
passed nevertheless. Rev. ID. w. Hiott
made speech against tho resolutions,
and there was Il considerable vote against
them. Tho majority present refused to
invite Col. Earle, Of Sumter, to a joint
discussion on Saturday, the 10th of May,
with Mr. Tillman. A committee was
appointed to confer with similar com
mittccs from the other Counties in tho
Third Congressional District to decide
upon which Of tho several candidates for
Congress from the district shall be ell
dorscd by the organized farmers of tic
district.
1,oy 10,
ter. On Monday last they were aided
and assisted by Mr.. Morgan Bryce, at
Walhalla, and quite number registered.
AT Grccnville, on the same day, the
negroes swarmed in their cagcrness to
register The crowd around the window
during the greater part of the day re.
minded one of the vicinity of ballot
box Mt an exciting election period The
crowd was composed of negroes They
fell in line and waited patiently for a con.
sdGrablo time, some of them to get thcil
The negroes were evidently acting "un.
der orders" and according to a prccon,
ccrtcd plan. a number of those who
applied for certificates and who were
middlc-agcd men, sworo they had never
voted before, and many of the applicants
were so eager to secure the precious bits
of paper that they paid a notary public
to prepare aflidavits in cases where ccrti.
fcatcs had been lost. A dozen or moro
applicants for registration were refused
by Mr.. Mcdonald, 1T Walhalla, on Mon
day.
The Southern and State Press Associa
lions mot in Charleston on Wednesday
tho 30th day of April. Tho attendance
of members of the Associations wa.
larger than usual The address of Mr.
Wattcrson, editor of the Louisville Coz
ricr-J0Mnai, was the great literary even
of the occasion. The meeting was al
unusually pleasant one in every respect
Mr.. Curtis, the distinguished editor o.
Hapcr's IFechFy, was invited to deliver
the next annual address before the
State Press Association. All the officer;
Of the Association were reelected. Tho
next meeting of the Association will b.
held at Gcorrctowu i'm tho Snrinp a