Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-14
NElrS IN AND AROUND WESTMINSTER.
Painful Accldent-Bright Future for the High
School-LocaI Pointers.

WESTMINSTER, September 13.-Miss
Bertio Whito, tho beautiful and accom-
plished daughter of Capt. r. r. White,
of Greonville, spent a fow days this week
in Westminster as the guest of Mrs. j.
IL. Ligon. She was returning from FL
borton and was accompanied by her lit
tle brother, Joe, and sister, Dit. The
young lady has a great many admirers
hcro, where hor childhood days were
spent.
Mrs. John O. Grior ard children re-
turned to their homo at NowolPs, NJ. G.,
last Friday after spending several weeks
with tho family of her father, Mr.. Jas.
N. Adams, Oh Tugaloo river.
Cotton has beon opening rapidly. Sop
tembor's balmy days seldom witness suoh
white fields Of tho fieeoy staple.
Mr.. Frank Watson, an employee of Mr..
Broom, a shingle mill man of tho Holly
Springs section, mot with an accident
Saturday morning which caused him to
lose throo fingers of his right hand. He
made an effort to remove the shingles
from under the mill and his hand came
! in contact with tho saw, which was turn
ing at full speed. Ho was brought to
Westminster Saturday evening and the
| surgical operation was performed by
Drs. Mitchell and Mcclure or Sunday az
ternoon, his condition not being favora-
bio for their work sooner.
The Westminster High School has
bright prospects for another successful
term, Ninoty-f}ve pupils have boon en-
rolled. Among tho boarding pupils and
those residing outside this district arc
Ernest Dickson, Clinton Barker, Bonia-
min Knox, Henry Check, Paul Arm
strong, Nish, Willie and Paul Barnett,
and Misses Julia Chool, Cora Duflio, Lii
lie Armstrong, Mimic Dickson, Lizzie
Barker, May, and Claudio King, Lizzie
Dilworth and Miss Turner, of Pacolet.
Major B. Ii. Gross, Messrs. j. S. Carter
and w. II. Cary arc tho cotton buyers at
prosont. They arc experienced buyers
and will pay the top of tho market,
Thero arc othors who expect to buy in
cotton on accounts.
Miss Mary, tho bright and loveablo
young daughter of Rev. and Mrs. r. r.
Dagnall, has returned to tho Williamson
Female College to resume hor studies.
This is her second year at this popular
institution of learning for young ladies',
Mrs. q. C.'Porter and her grandson,
Mark Porter, went to Central Saturd ay
to visit her daughter, Mrs. John Brock.
Miss Maudo Stribling, the cultured
young, daughtor of Mr.. VIM. j. Strib-
ling, left Tuesday morning for narts-
villo, whore she will attend tho Wolsh
Neck High School. Her friends predict
for her high standing in hor class,
Roy. o. +. O'Kolly will preach in tho
Baptist church next Sunday at tho usual
hour.
Mrs. w. A. Wood and her little son
loft last Friday for thcir homo in Attain
ia, aftcr spending tho summer hero.
Miss Tilla Campbell and her little nicce.
Miss Marion Holmes, of Charleston.
camo up fow days ago and arc stop
ping at Mr.. Sloan Dickson's.
DIR. Q. |. Walker, q leading young ply
sician of tho county, was hero ysster-
day.
Miss Regina Duff, eldest daughter of
MIR. o. F. Duff, accompanied Mrs Wood
to Atlanta last wcok, whore she expects
to stay for some time.
On last Sabbath ut the morning ser-
vices in tho Presbyterian church throe
mombcrs were received on profession of
faith and tho ordinance of baptism adj
ministered to ono infant.
Tho big cotton ginnery here is running
on full time.
Tho wide-awako firm of j. &c j. s.
Carter arc receiving their pretty line of
fall and winter goods purchased by their
Enyor, MIR. j. s. Carter, while in Now
York last week.
Mr.. Edwin i. Mason has gone to Toe
| Goa to york this fall. May SUCCESS at
tend him. A. j.. GossETT.