Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-05-11

large dlStlliery at late S mill IN PickenS,
near Easley On the Chattuga river, in
oconee county, two distilleries were also
destroyed and four men captured. Ano-
ther still was destroyed near Liberty in
Pickens.
There is a change of schedule ON the
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway
this week. The mixed train from Wal
halla connects with the Northbound
train at Seneca. The. early morning
is the fast train, and makes
flag stations rather frequent on its
line.
There will be given at Catharine Park,
on College Hill. strawberry festival and
ice cream sociable on Friday night, May
10Th, for the benefit of Catharine Park.
1t will be conducted by the ladies, and
all may feel assured they will enjoy a
a pleasant evening. Come one. come all,
and help the good cause.
DR.. Fletcher S. Porter paid the COURIER
Office an appreciated call on Tuesday last.
He has recently graduated from the Bal
timore Medical College, and is ready to
enter upon his course as medical prac-
titioner. He is one of Oconee's most
promising young physicians, and we hope
to see him enter upon the practice in his
native heath"
The hoop factory is in successful ope-
ration. 1t was started last Monday
mo. ming. Messrs. Schumacher, Stapel
and Kaufman have rushed things since
the union of their forces in this COM
mendable enterprise We hope to see
them succeed and lead the way for others
to engage in enterprises of similar
kind.
There has been change of schedule
in the railroads since our last issue. The
train for Columbia and Charleston leaves
Walhalla at Ii o'clock a. NJ. and arrives
here at : o'clock P. u A mixed train
has been put on between Walhalla and
Greenwood. This train leaves Walhalla
at 12.$0 p. NJ. and arrives here from
Greenwood at $50 P. NJ. See schedule
in another column.
List Of unclaimed letters remaining in
the Walhalla post Office for the month of
April: 3. F. Caps, A. c. Dreas, Gus
Smith. Sam Wilson, J. B. Ford, Miss
Matte Bailey. Miss Sarah Chandler, Miss
Lue johnson, Miss Eva Blair, Mrs. Mary
Craig, Mrs. r. w. Thornton. Mrs. Lucy
Robinson. Parties calling for the above
letters will please say they are advertised.
Taos. G.. &. FAHNEsToCK, p. NJ.
Messrs. II. c. Thrrber, F. W. Aldrich
and c. Wanner are preparing lot of
yellow poplar timber for shipment to
Europe They have three car loads of
logs ranging from II to l6 feet in length
and about feet in diameter. The tim
ber was cut on the Kuhtmann estate on
Otter branch. headwaters of Conneross
creek. 1t will be shipped across the
water as ballast for large ships, thus
reducing the freight to minimum. This
is trial shipment.
Rev. g. j. Martz, the new pastor of
the Walhalla Lutheran church, will
preach in English next Sunday morning
at half past ten o'clock He has entered
actively upon his work and is making
most favorable impression upon all our
people. He preached in German last
Sunday and was unanimously called to
the pastorate by the German-speaking
portion of the congregation. It's highly
probable that a similar call will be ex-
tended by the English-speaking mem
bers.
Mr.. John V. Stribling has completed
the survey of the new route for the pub
lie road over Stumphouse mountain. The
location made by him gives 4 road of
easy grade, che steepest incline being II
inches to the rod. This is great i'm
provcment over the present location,
many places of which are about 30 inches
20 the rod. The distance of the new
route is also about a quarter of mile
shorter than the old. The profile will be
submitted to the County Commissioners
for action al their next meeting in June.
Mr.. Joseph Moss, son of Mr.: Miles
NJ oss, of this county. was accidentally
drowned in Keowee River, near Shallow
Ford. on Wednesday of last week. He
undertook 20 cross the swollen stream
and was lost in the attempt. His body
was found on Friday. An inquest was
held over the remains of the deceased by
the Coroner of Pickens and a jury. The
body was Brought to Cconee and inter
red at Salem. Mr.. Moss was a good citi-
zen, about thirty years of age and a
member of the Baptist church. He
leaves wife and three children to mourn
his untimely death.
Wade Hainss, colored, of Columbia,
convicted of he murder of Miss Florence
Hornsby. white, was hanged on Friday
last Haines was sixteen years old when
the crime was committed, and was tried
twice for the offence. A number of well
meaning persons, white ard black,
believed that he was not guilty. Gov.
Tillman gave these persons every oppor-
tunity to adduce new evidence of his
innocence, but it could not be done. at
his funeral there was "negro wake"
The preachers did their best to infiame
the minds and passions of their hearers
against law and order.
Anderson Mte'ligencer: "Mr. A. A.
Bowie dropped dead at his home in
Oconee county last Saturday evening.
Heart disease is supposed to have caused
his death. Mr.. Bowie was born and
reared near Lowndesville, and was about
rs years of age. For number of years
he was citizen of this county, where he
has wide circle of friends and-relatives.
who were shocked to hear of his sudden
death. He had long been q consistent
and active member of the Methodist
church, and was most estimabte citizen.
On Monday his remains were buried at
Beaverdam church, after appropriate
funeral services conducted by Rev. D. L.