Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-05-04
May.
June.
LOCAL MENTION.
Bramlett & Ritter have the best cigar

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Bramlett & Ritter have the best cigar
in town.
Prof. j. A. Nette, of Central, spent
last Saturday in Walhalla.
Don't fail to-smoke one of these pure
Havana cigars at Bramlett & Ritter's.
S,enographer Wyatt Aiken was in Wal
haila last Monday.
From the lowest place on earth it is
possible to reach a high place in heaven.
Mr.. Fred. Pieper, of Charleston, was
on a visit to his parents last week. He
is successful young business man in the
City by the Sea-
Go to Bramlett & Ritter's and get the
Don = New York Guard. Tree
Catter'' and Great Racket" ali pure
Havanas, for five cents.
Rev. G. J. Martz will hold divine ser
vices in the German language in the
Lutheran church on next Sunday morn
ing at half-past 20 O'clock.
orangelurg Enterprise: Mr.. G. W.
Pratt. of ocrncy. spent Thursday in our
city with relatives. We are always glad
to see him, and hope he will soon visit us
again.
We regret to learn of the serious Ill
ness of Capt j. A. BallengeI. at his
home. near Retreat May the disease be
STAYED and restoration to health and use
fulness soon be his portion again
Miss Carrie Perry has our thanks for
an invitation to the opening exercises OF
the Woman's Building OF the Worlds
Columbian Exposition in Chicago on
Monday last at , P. VI.
1t is reported that an attempt was
made to organize suicide marriage
club in ,own last week All members
who could not marry within twelve
months after date of membership were
to commit suicide.
There will De an all days singing at
New Hope church on the third Sunday
in May, conducted by Prof. George l..
Abbott Music performed on organ By
Miss Dora Hunnicutt The public cor
daily invited to be present.
Some of the papers of the Third Con
gressional District printed the date OF
the West Point examination as June I'd.
We repeat it here that it will be held at
Anderson court house on Saturday, June
Sd. beginning at 10 A. NJ.
Since the heavy rains of Wednesday
morning the temperature has fallen con
siderably. accompanied by high winds.
Should the cold and wind continue long
much damage to gardens and growing
crops will be done.
The monument ordered by the LesiSla-
ture last winter. to be placed over the
grave of Gen Marion. in Berkeley coun
", is nearly finished, and the Governor
has appointed the 10Th of May as the day
for the unveiling.
Judge Norton has made preparations
to plant ten acres in tobacco on his Long
Nose farm This viii be the largest field
of tobacco ever grown in the county, and
will doubtless demonstrate beyond ques-
ton the successful growth of NE weed
in these parts.
orangeburs Enterprise: "Mr. J. c.
Pike, who has been for some time the
United States storekeeper at Camden, S.
c.. has given up his position and re-
turned home. Mr.. p. G. Cannon has ac-
cepted the position vacated by Mr. Pike
and left last Monday to take charge
Gen. B. n. Rutledge, of Charleston.
died Sunday. All who ever met him
were charmed with his genial manner,
his sprightly conversation and high
toned bearing. He was a faithful sol
der, a royal citizen, a successful and
respected lawyer and devoted to the best
interests of the State.
Capt VIM. a. Mccoy, formerly a resi-
dent of Walhaila. died March 80. aged
sixty-seven wears He leaves second
wife and six children and many friends
to mourn his death. He was a member
of the PRESBYTERIAN church and expressed
willingness to live or die as God di-
rected
The Denmark lynchers are not fools
whatever else may be said of them. 1t
was very adroit trick to give the poor
negro, John Peterson, an alias which
was John Peter Richardson. They knew
By that act they would obtain the favor
and protection of the administration and
its supporters.
The Denmark lynchers hanged \. G.
Gonzales in efigy Saturday night at the
junction of the South Bound and South
Carolina Railways. A vulgar placard
was suspended from the neck. Hanging
or burning in efigy is the last resort of
desperate men and nine times in ten it is
proof positive that they are IN the wrong.
The sacrament of the Lords supper
will be celebrated at Richland Presbyte-
rian church the first Sabbath of May
ID. W and preaching the day before at
the usual hour. Parents having infants
;. to be baptized will bring them for that
rite to be performed on Saturday, when
it viii be more convenient than on the
Sabbath.
.Tornadoes have no respect for State or
! national lines. A very violent one
scooped down on Oklahoma boomers last
Tuesday and gave tn territory big
scare. Several small towns were demol-
ished and forty to sixty people killed.
The same day storm swept over Little
Rock, Ark, and did much damage.
Away up about Ontario, Canada; there
was destructive tornado and several
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