Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-04-28
KIND WORDS OF THE PRESS.

ted with the press for forty five years,
has retired, having sold his in.erost
in the Keowee Courier to Messrs. J..
a. Steck and T, w. Sholor. We
think that The departure of one who
has been in the editorial ranks for so
many years deserves moro than a
mere passing mention. We do not
know Col. Thompson personally, but
we know him from tho reputation
which he has made, and we are pre-
pared to say that his record is good
one. We arc sure of one thing, and
that is, there is not bettec county
paper in the SITE, than the Courier.
For years he has toiled to advance
not his own interests, but tic interests
of the people whom he represented,
and in doing 80 he has built up the
Courier to it's present high standard.
We regret to see him lay aside the
pen, which ismightier than the sword,
and We hope that while he will is not
connected with the press he uot
cease to use it when the occasion de-
mands it. We suppose that he is one
of the oldest, if not the oldest editor,
in the State. May time deal gently
with him in the years TO come, and
when the tolls and .aoEes of this life
are ended, may he find the biesaed
land of sweet rcposc.
Our good friend and brother, j. w.
Shclor, appeared for the first time last
week as editor and proprietor of a
newspaper, having bought an interest
in the Keowee Courier, of Walhalla,
S. G. He with Mr.. r.. II. Jaynes arc
the editors of the Courier. We are
glad for many reasons that he has
mounted the tripod, among some of
them is the fact that he is high
toned, honorable, Christian gentle
man, and we are sure that the journ-
alistlc field affords wide opening for
such men.
Mr.. Shelor is well known to tho
people of Oconeo county, where he
was born, and where he spent the
most of his life. lie graduated at
Adger College in 1878, and studied
law under Judge j. j. Norton. lie
has been for some time associated in
the profession with Mr.. r. II. Jaynes,
and possibly no law firm in upper
South Carolina has a more enviable
reputation. We shall be disappoin-
ted if the Conrier does not surpassi in
the future its already high standard.
W. feel sure that Jaynes d5 Shclcr
will give it all of the snap and force
necessary to make it paper of great
Morth-.Greenwood Journal.
Col. Robt. y. Thompson, who is
the oldest living editor in the State,
having been connected with the Keo-
wee Courier for nearly fifty years, has
retired from journalism.-Saluda
Sentinel.
Mr.. Robt. A. Thompson has sold
ont his interest in the Keowce Cou-
rior, published at Walhalia, S. c.,
and two new men are added to the
editorial staff of that handsome and
interesting journal. The editors now
are Jaynes, Shelor, Smith, and Stcck.
j. w. Shelor and j. a. Steck are the
new acquisitions. The Courier is
one of the ablest edited and neatcst
printed papers that como to our ex-
change table, and is in its doth year.
We wish the new combination abund-
ant succcss.-Franklin On. C.) Press
Col. Robt. A. Thompson, who has
been editor of the Keowee Courier,
(Walhalla, S. Cr) for forty-fivo years,
retired from editorial control of that
popular journal. lie has sold his in
tcrest iii the paper to Messrs. j. w.
Shelor and j. A. Stcck. Col. Thomp-
son is not a colonel by courtesy, but
in fact, having been for a time Colo
mel of the I'd S. G. Rifles, and was a
gallant soldier in tho war between the
otatcs--Iartwoli (Ga.) Sun.
Col. Robert A. Thompson has re-
tired from the editorship of The
Kcowce Courier after nearly fifty
years of active service. lie has made
an honored record and has oxertcd
an iniiunce for good in his commu-
nifty and the State during all the
years he has been connected with the
prcss.-~Sumtor Watchman end
Southron.
Tho Hoo~co Courier, published Of
Walhalla, has changed hands. 1t is
nowundcr the management of Mcssrs
| Jayncs, ShGlor, Smith & Stock. Col