Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-21
News tis, o AND A.aouIRs WEs TalasIsa.5
Talk Of the Big Cotton Ealll--The Vicinity
EeWs STersely Told, a NJ /!

Mrs. i. a.. Mathewson went TO Atlanta
Monday to spond the fall and winter
| with her son, Rey. s. Y. Jameson.
| Mr.. John A. Terrell was in town Mon
day. He has left Lockhart and goes this
week to Columbia to work in cotton
mill. J{ 5G3.{ :
| Mrs. julio Mauldin, of Toccoa, Is visit
ing her mothor, Mrs. J.M Hull. near
| Westminster aaiI. ts> .l... ..:
Mr.. Leo Stribling, Of Westminster,
has matrioulated at Clemson College.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. j. e.
Gaines arc congratulating them on tho
arrival of bran now baby boy. 3
Mr.. Robert i. Mason, Jr., is with his
homo folks. He has been working in
Mr.. Lunney's drug storo at Seneca since
ho left his medical college at Augusta in
April and will remain hero two weeks to
rest up boforo returning to his studies.
Mr.. w. d. Ellison is here prepared to
! buy cotton seed for tho Oil Mill at So
noca. At present cotton seed are selling
| at fifty cents pDr hundred pounds in this
| market.
Mr.. w. A. Dodge, Jr., representing
the Southern Art Association, OF At
lanta, was in town Monday. He was So
| liciting pictures to be enlarged.
| Cotton receipts havo been light this
week. Yesterday the best grade was
quoted at 0.40.
| We arc reliably informed that DR.. G.
M. Walker has decided to locate at Wost-
minstor to practice his profession and
will como botwcon tho 1st and 18th day
of noxt Docember. DR.. Walker is an
Oconoo man, being son of Mr.. o. I.
Walker, who resides q few miles above
Fort Madison Ho has practiced medi-
cine. in tho county since ho graduated
from college and is woll known to many
readers of tho COURIER as q successful
young physician.
Capt. w. L. Parker, who is now con-
nectcd with large work shop at Greon
villo and engaged in manufacturing build
ing material, was at his home tho first
of this week.
Probably twenty-five hundred colored
people attended tho funeral of tho lato
Rov. S. II. Oglesby hero last Sunday.
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o'clock and continued to como till 1
o'clock. Tho services wore conducted
in tho open air in front of tho colorcd
Baptist church by Rov. A. l.. Eobcrson,
of Greenvillc.
Rov. w. j. Wyly left this morning on
the early train for Columbia, whoro ho
will enter tho senior class of tho Theo-
logical Seminary. During his vacation
this summer he preached at Little River
and Rockbridgo churches near Clinton,
in Enoroo Presbytory. The people of
Rockbridgo holding him in such high
estccm and approaching Ills services SO
much, no has agreed to como back once
a month and preach for thom. Mr..
Wyly occupied tho pulpit horo Sunday
night and preached very interesting
sermon from tho text, "Choose you this
day whom yo will sorvo."
Mrs. Pearson, of Duo West, and Miss
Bessie Wilson, of Seneca, have boon
visiting tho family of Rev. S. l.. Wilson.
Mr.. J. w. Todd, of Seneca, who is the
Grand Dictator of tho knights of Honor
of this State, spent last Monday night
hcrc and addressed tho Westminster
Lodge at it's regular scmi-monthly meet
ing.
Rev. r. II. Dagnall is up and about
again, but not fully restored to health.
He intends to fill his appointments rcgu-
larly now. His friends arc pleased to
SOC him out aftcr his long spoil of sick
ness.
For tho past ten days q Gospel tent
has been stretched on tho lot just back of
tho Methodist church in Westminster
and services have been conducted undor
it by Messcrs Cain and Mason, of this
county and John Cary, of Calhoun,
Pickens county.
Mrs. DR.. Burt Mitchell returned home
from Andcrton last week, where she had
been summoned somo weeks ago on ac
count of the illness of her sister, Mrs. w.
II. Fricrson.
Mr.. Charles Parker has n petition to
bo appointed census onumerator of TIL
galoo township for the next consus in
1900
A big cotton mill at Westminster will
supply n long folt want in our growing,
progressive community. Besides onhanc-
ing tho value of property it will make n
good market for all kinds of country pro-
duco tho year round. Wo were pleased
to read the announcement of Mr.. w. e.
Cheswell, in last issue of tho COURIER,
and tho proposition ho mutio. in all pro-
liability this is tho opportunity of g life
timo to get a cotton mill and wo hope
our business mon, wealthy farmers and
all others who feel themselves able will
realize it. We need cotton mill. BY
all means Westminster should do her
part. A big Shuttle and Bobbin factory
stands on ono side of town and q Cotton
factory built on tho other side would
moan another long step forward.
A. j.. GossETT.
GOOD Enough to Take.
The finest quality of loaf sugar is used