Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
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that ne will not De a candidate for Con-
gress from the Seventh district.
Somebody has figured it out that it
will cost each candidate for a State Office,
four hundred dollars to attend all the
campaign meetings.
Mr.. Henry Cox, of Anderson county,
is visiting his relatives, Mr.. c. L.. Reid
and family and Prof. II. G. Reed and
family, of Walhalla.
The Mason cotton harvester, a South
Carolina invention, has been manufac-
tured in considerable numbers and will
be ready for shipment by the first Of July.
The bridge across Cane creek at Mr.. S.
E. Eryin's mill, on the Stump House
road, and which has been pronounced
unsafe, has recently been repaired and is
all right and perfectly safe now.
The Executive Committee of the Me-
mortal Association are requested to meet
at the residence of Col. H. S. VanDiviere
OIL next Monday afternoon, June 9TH, at
) o'clock. A full and prompt attendance
is respectfully solicited.
Mrs. A. R. Whitman and her little son,
| Master Rudolph, of Charlotte, \. c., are
visiting her father and mother. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Fischesser, of u town. Her
many friends and acquaintance in Wal
halia will join us in wishing her a pleas
ant visit to her old home.
The examination for scholarships in
the Peabody Normal School at Nashville
will be held in Columbia On the 10th day
of July, and it is stated for the benefit OF
those who are making frequent inquiries
that tt : only examination will be held in
! Column. where ell applicants will have
to come.
The best news of the day is that South
! Cardinals area in cotton will probably be
reduced 20 per cent, and the Southern
area about Is per cent. if the cut shall
even reach u per cent all around. it
will be the most c~ommendable cotton
chopping the South has undertaken in
many a year.
Emmons Blaine. son of James G.
Blaine, died suddenly in Chicago last
Saturday. 1t is supposed that his earn
est devotion and hard work in the inter-
est OF his father at Minneapolis caused
his death. The doctors say it was blood
poisoning caused from the diseased con
dition of his bowels.
The store of G.. W. Gignilliat. of Seneca.
was broken open last Sunday night and
about 800 worth of goods were stolen.
The lock on the front door was broken
and an entrance effected. 1t is supposed
that the parties took advantage of the
heavy rains to cover their work. As yet
no clue has been obtained.
Messrs. d. IL. and w. T. Alexander,
sons of Mr.. J.. b. Alexander, of this
county, passed through Walhalla OF
Thursday on their way home from Dab
lonesa. Ga, where they have been attend
ing the North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege the past session, These young men
promise to take 4 high stand in this in
Stitution.
Attention is called to the icy adver-
tisement of c. l.. Reid 4 Son. Whatever
may be wanted in the line of dry goods,
clothing, shoes and notions can be found
on their well filled counters Of the best
goods the market affords. The new firm
means to maintain not only the reputa-
ton OF the old. but to still more and
greater things in the future.
Have you registered: If not you will
not be entitled to vote in the general cleo
rion unless you yet do so. Have you lost
your registration certificate or removed
your residence since your certificate was
issued? In either event you will not be
entitled to vote unless you have Jour GER
tificate renewed. The registration books
will close On the first day of July.
The cornerstone of the Abbeville
High School will be laid by Grand Mas
ter w. T. Branch. Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of South Carolina. at Alb
beville, on Thursday. the Goth instant.
This will be followed by an address by
Maj. 5. P. Dendy, Deputy Grand Master.
Next in order will be the literary address
by Col. J. P. Thomas, of Columbia.
Rev. John T. Mcbride, of Pendleton,
filed the pulpit of the Walhalla Presby-
terrain church on last Sunday morning at
II o'clock and preached a most edifying
and comforting sermon from the first
five verses of the 9TH Psalm. Notwith-
standing the Indictment weather quite a
good congregation was present to listen
to the distinguished speaker.
Master Willie Richardson, the thirteen
year old son OF Mr.. r. NJ. Richardson, of
Seneca, accidentally shot himself through
the head last Tuesday morning. Ie was
handling a pistol, which he was trying to
fix in some way, when it fired. the ball
entering the head Just above the eyes,
and passing through the brain. He
fingered for about an hour before death
relieved his suffering.
J. B. Sanders, Esq. of Oakway, 5. c.,
brought to our office. on Thursday morn
ing. a limb of the eucalyptus tree, full of
fruit. which resembled in appearance a
cotton stalk full of bolls. The fruit is
worthless and of no value. The tree
makes a fine shade and is said to be a
fever or malaria absorbent. 1t is genus
of plants o: the myrtle family, forming
the Hottest timber trees of Australia.
Singleton A. Mcintosh, white, of Alb
beville county, has been convicted OF
murder, and sentenced to be hung on the
9TH OF October next. The jury recon-
mended him to mercy, and it is expected
that the Governor will commute the SEN
tence to Imprisonment for life. McIn-
tosh killed a mar named Newly in a
drunken spree at McIntosh's house last
December. They were friends and
%neighbors.
Mr.. ". A. White is the champion
musk rat trapper in oconee. On Tues
day morning he had eight of these ami
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