Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-12-21
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Organized General News.
WEsrMiRsTkR, d eoem Der 20. "a merry
christmas to all stt js
Mrs. ". \ =. Little, Of Admission, Iis.s
ii Wsstminstsr si visit Iss a sgena ana aMs nv
Claude little. Her bus6and will Join her
on tho visit about Friday. Vi rs a ~
Tabor 10 the nameA Of a new post Office
In Qconce. VI It'll Mr. j. II. Cieiand as
postmaster. h It will be supplied from the
Retreat Office onoe or twice q week. The
establishment Of the Tabor office supplies
a long-felt want In that busy section.
pr VIM. Edwin Hail, Of New York,
Husbands on o Toast: :''.sSSs Admission 'ssS IS
cents. DR.. Hall has leotured throughout
the United States and his lectures are
eul0gtzed by mon and newspapers Of
high standing, l}1>
At high noon on Wednesday, Dect,a-
Dor 70, !899 Mr.. John Welborne Abbott
and Miss Carrie Eugania Wingo were
united in tho sacred bonds OF matri-
mony et the homo Of che brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. D. Wingo, at Friend.
ship, In Spartanburg county. The groom
is the second son of Rev. Welborne Ab.
bott, of Oconee, and is known to many
readers of THE COURIER. He has been
in the employ of Mr.. NJ. L. Alexander,
OF Greenyille, for several years, but went
to Spartanburg some time this year and
opened up business on his own account.
The bride Is o popular young lady and o
member of an influential family. We
understand they will make Greenyille
their future home
The civil engineer that was to hayo
been here on last Thursday has just
arrived. .,", ... -.
Twenty ladies and gentlemen met at
tho homo Of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. N. Cartor
ono ovening last week and were organ
izod into literary club. which promises
to he very helpful, intellectually and
%;;ccliy if the meetings arc regularly
attended, during tho long winter even
ings. Mr.. John Jarrard was mado presi-
don't, Miss Bessie Crews vice-president,
and Miss Bessie Epting secretary. "A
programme committee, composed of
Mcssrs. w. A. Dagnall and D. l.. Little,
Misses Elinor knight and Bessie Crews,
wore appointed. The following were
appointed committee on constitution
and bylaws: Mossrs. d. l.. Norris, Bula
Gaines, Knox Anderson, Misses Jessie
Stribling and Kato Jarrard. Meetings
will bo held somi-monthly. Tho noxt
meeting will bo hold at tho residence of
Mr.. VIM. j. Stribling on the first Friday
ofOLihS luC lCtuClb Will
study how best to make tho society pro
fitable and entertaining to all.
Rcmembor that tho high school will
servo oysters Friday evoning for tho
benefit Of the school building. No adj
mission fec will DO charged for the
entertainment. School closes on Friday
until January /, 1900.
We are in receipt of An invitation to
tho marriage of Miss Fannie Sheldon to
Mr, Jnhn w Kih1pr which ot t1,o
homo of the brides father, Mr.. William
II. Sheldon, near Tugaloo, on Tuesday,
January I'd, 1900, at IL NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Mcdowell, Of Fair
Wow, S. c., visited their daughter, Miss
Carrie Mcdowell, at Mr.. w. G. Masons,
tho first Of this wook.
Misses Agnes Ellison and Essio Roches-
tor, of tho county, were guests of Miss
Lily Doyle Sundty and Monday.
Cards were issued last week announc-
ing the marriage of Miss Maggie Arm
strong to Mr.. III. w. Mcdonald, which
will tako place at tho homo of the brides
parents, near Richland, on Tuesday,
December 2G, at 3 p. NJ. The BRIDE to- bo
is tho eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
o: Armstrong, and Is young lady of
disposition. Mr.. Mcdonald
Dickerson, of Westminster, tho past few
He was reared in this section
and is liked by everybody. Ho will give
his attention to farming noxt year.
Mr.. Charles Anderson has enlarged his
residence by adding room twenty feet
square on tho rear.
On last Thursday fourteen-year old
negro boy, who lives on Mr.. J. p. McDon-
ADDS place, vontured too near tho bolt at
Alexander & Hunsingers cotton gin and
was jerked under the shafting and his
thigh broken. He stopped tho gin from
running.
Tho Westminster Lodge A. f. NJ, No.
200, will have banquet ono night dur
ing the Christmas Holidays, ut which
time the public installation of officers
will take place.
Mr.. G. +. o. Mitchell is ovorhauling
tho residence of tho late Doran Kay,
which no purchased some timo ago. Sew
cral additional rooms arc being built.
Mr.. Mitchell will move into it soon.
S<s,Mr. N. s. Coleman, of Central, is act
ing>as depot agent while Mr.. Campbell is
off on\a two weeks vacation.
Wostminster's new Methodist pastor,
Rev. d. w. Keller, is n native of Abbo-
Vile county: Ho>has beon stationed at
u mission church, whore no has been
osteomcd hi"hly as preacher and man.
Hc is young i tho ministry and has been
married only few months. 1t ia under
stood that ho will como and fill tho ap-
pointments next Sunday. Rev. r. r.
Dagnall will occupy tho parsonage hero
until tho first week in January. We
learn that Mr.. Dagnall got good ap-
pointment, which ho we'll deserves. He
and his family made many warm friends
during tho two years stay on tho West
circuit, and they loavo with the
good wishes Of everybody.
Mr.. Charles j. O'Farrell, travelling
agent for tho Atlanta Journal, was in
town reccntly in the interest of his paper.
Mr.. B. M. Lanneau, of Charlottesville,
Ga, was in town last Saturday. He rep
resents tho Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Philadelphia.
The eclipse of tho moon Oh Saturday
night was very noticeable.
A. l.. GossErr.