Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-04-20

Flat Rock cemetery on Saturday after
noon.
The building of the hoop factory is
progressing rapidly. The forty horse
power engine, which is to furnish the
power, was brought on the grounds last
Tuesday.
Mr.. Clifford S. Merrick, the exceed
ingly swift stenographer and typewriter
in the Richmond and Danville Office, at
Columbia, was on brief visit to his
parents, in this city, this week.
Mai. f. B. Murray, of Anderson, has
accepted an invitation to deliver an
address at the closing exercises of the
Westminster High School on May 10. a
literary treat is in store for those who
hear him.
Davis & Davis is the style Of a new law
firm in Waco, Texas. composed of w. II.
and \. L. Davis, formerly of Oconee
county. Their many Carolina friends
wish them unbounded success in their
professional course.
The United States Senate, in extra
session at Washington, has adjourned.
The President will be relieved from the
pressure of office-scekers, many Of whom
arc following the honorable legislators to
their respective homes.
Rev. S. Lander, D. D., of WILLIAMSON,
will preach in the Walhalla Methodist
church next Sunday morning at the
usual hour and administer the sacrament.
DR.. Lander is we'll known in Walhaila
and we bespeak for him large congre-
CATION.
The contest over the location of the
State Industrial and Winthrop Normal
College continues to excite much inter
est. The points competing now are
Chester. Rock Hill and Spartanburg.
Columbia and one or two other belated
towns are endeavorinS to put in bids.
Messrs. Drexel, Morgan & Co., of New
York. have accepted the huge job of re-
organizing the Richmond Terminal, and
all the railroads owned and operated by
that mammoth corporation. The obi
cations of the company are to ee shaved
down until the interest can be made and
paid on them. We hope they will pay
their taxes promptly hereafter.
Dirt has been broken at last for the
erection of a large factory on the Colnm-
bia canal. The long sought for has
arrived. and it now begins to look as Ii
the big ditch" will be utilized at last.
Large contractors have the work in
charge Wm Chapman d Co.. of Pro
vidence. r. l.. have the contract, and
their tools and machinery are arriving
and being put in place for active opera
ton.
Mr.. Geo. A. Ledford, advertising
agent of Il. E Bucklen G Co., of Chi
cago. paid US an appreciated call last
large information, he is great friend OF
the press. His house does an extensive
business in all parts of the country, and
reach their thousands upon thousands OF
customers through the medium of the
press See their advertisement OF Elec-
tric Bitters, Dir. Kings New Discovery
and AInica Salve.
Why has not something been done to
carry into effect the resolution of the
Town Council to put a fence around the
new cemetery? 1t is said that the money
is in hand to do the work. There should
be no rest in this matter until the sub
stantial fence stands to ward off the dep
rotations of stock on that which should
be the most sacred spot on earth-the
re>ti"" 9iace of loved ones gone before.
| Let every one who has an interest IN the
new ccmetry urge the erection of this
fence at once.
on the night of April 9th, in CLASSY
Mountain Township, Greenville county,
the house of man named Henesley was
burned. Five persons were mysteriously
burned to death. viz: Henesley, his wife,
his mo her. young woman of twenty
Years and boy. No satisfactory eXpla-
nation OF the burning has yet been made.
Conclusions are settling down between
two theories One is that there were a
crowd of men and a good deal of whiskey
there: that drunken brawl arose and
somebody was hurt or killed, and that
the desperate conclusion was reached to
put the entire FIRMLY out Of the way and
apply fire. The other is a mere whisper
and hints at preconcerted raid to clear
out what may have been considered a
| den of vice and source of neighborhood
| discord.
Spartanburg Spartan "The Wage
Farmers Convention will meet IN Colum-
bia Wednesday afternoon. 1t is said that
| invitations have been sent out to every
county of the Statean that there will be
large meeting The object of this
meeting is to organize the State tho
roughly and have all classes of wage
earners represented. 1t seems that these
class political leagues and alliances are
not the best for the State. They tend to
develop a partisan spirit and general
distrust of all classes not belonging to
the league. Politically speaking, the
Democratic party is about enough for
us and we have poor opinion OF the
lasting benefit of all these class political
organizations. We do not deny their
right to organize, but the danger is that
they will soon set class and industrial
platform above the Democratic party
Union Meeting Of the Bearerdam AsSO-
citation.
Tho ,,nion meatinp of the Beayerdam