Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-03-23
June.
LOCAL MENTION.
There will be no preaching in the Pres.
byterian church OF. next Sunday night.


There will be no preaching in the Pres
byterian church or next Sunday night.
The South c,soina Presbytery viii
held its spring session at IIonea Path on
April 7th.
The lays are now getting longer at the
-rate : - minutes every twenty-four
hours.
After girl washes her face she looks
in the glass to see if It's clean. but boy
looks at the towel.
Hon. W. d. Mayfield. STATE Superin-
teadent of Education, was in Walhalla
last SATURDAY or official business
why do girls kiss each Other while
boys do not?'' g Because girls hare
nothing better to kiss and the boys have.
The man who thinks he can get to
heaven through still house will wake
up some day and find the devil u>hering
him into he'll through the side entrance.
J. W. Holleman. Esq. Master. adver-
tises valuable lands in the COURIER for
sale on next Salesday. See advertise
ment.
The ladies will please visit my store
and inspect samples Of spring dress
goods, embracing all of the latest novel
ties. F. f. HARRISON.
\ serious cutting affray occurred last
Friday, near Long Creek, between Henry
Dunn and Robert Thrift. Both were
painfully Gu, and it is feared that Dunn's 5
wounds may terminate fatally.
On Wednesday afternoon Trial Justice
{. II. Johns committed Bill Jones. col
ored, to jail on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kin upon W. Wal
ker Cain. white boy 1t seems that
Jones went to the field on Mrs Annie
Striblins's farm, near Richland. Tuesday
afternoon and attacked Cain with rocks.
Consult the new advertisement Of Mr..
c. w Pitchford. who now has in stock a
complete line of spring goods. Charlie"
is an enterp-isin@ and successful mer-
chant. He kaows how TO buy 50 that his
cuStor>ers get the very best goods foI the
least money 1t viii pay You 10 call and
examine his stock.
Editor D. 5. Craig of the Gainesville
EagIe. is accused 10y the Georgia press of
writing an editorial about the inaugura-
ton that was longer than the inaugural
itself. 1t - said that he VIII be called
upon at the next meeting OF the Press
Association Of Georgia to explain his
condition during and after the opceation.
The report of Chairman J. L. George
of The Congressional subcommittee az
pointed to investigate the cause of the
depression in the price OF cotton, etc.
VIII be read with interest. AS result of
his investigation he gives as his opinion
that cotton will never again he high
enough for producers to rely on las a
means Of purchasing supplies which can
be raised at howe.
Ar,ea - IS called 10 the card OF M
Aa;bouy Etfrieg, painter. repairer of
far. &c ile attends to locate in
Walha.a aud open shop. He has
rented arooal from Col. II. $ yanDiviere.
a mistake was made by us in giving his
age last week. He is forty-one years old
and has WORKED at his trade twenty-three
years. lie guarantees satisfaction.
The following are the appointments of
Rev John o. Wilson. Presiding Elder of
Greenville District, for his second quar-
terly conferences in oconee county:
Walhalla Circuit Zion church. April Sth
and 9th: Westminster Circuit, Rock
Springs church. April I'D and I'D: Sc
neca Circuit, Seneca church. April I'D
and 18th; Townville Circuit. Zion church,
April 18th. Delegates TO the District
Conference will be elected on this ro,nd.
Mr.. W. Z. Thompson. son of Mr.. y.
W. Thompson. of Seneca. is teaching a
hourisniug school at Winterville, near
Athens, Ga He has spent two years at
Emory College. oxford. Ga, and intends
TO resume his studies there next year
and continue until graduation. he is
clever young man, q hard student and
one whose future is bright with promise.
His brother, Mr. Arthur Thompson, is
now at Emory.
Mr. James Breckenridge died suddenly
at his home above Walhalla, on Monday
night. 10Th of March. aged % years. He
had done pretty good days work for
man of his age, ate his supper as usual,
and retired for the night. He was soon
seized with severe cough, which lasted
only few minutes, when he expired. 1t
is thought that he died from heart failure.
He was buried in the cemetery at the
walhalla Baptist church on Wednesday.
AN inquest was held over the body of
James Breckenridge, at Walhalla, on
Wednesday last by Coroner Marett and
jury. The jury found that the deceased
came to his death from chronic disease
of the heart.
County Commlss1e'.i,ljn ns. the father of
is one of Oconee's aged ana ros;u;ns.
citizens. He is seventy-five years old
and lives in the Brasstown section, within
three miles of the spot where ne was
born. He has been twice married and is
the father of twenty-five children,
nineteen of whom are living. He has
forty-seven grandchildren and thirty-fve
great-grand-children. His father, Jonas
Phillips, was one of the early settlers II
that section, having gone there while the
Indians were in possession of those pats.
He settled within what was known as
the indian Boundary, long before the
sale. Joel never moved but once ano
that was when as young man he left his
fathers home and pitched his tent where
he now lives.