Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-10-12
NEWS lin AND Als ,iN NJ HsfEit::ss
TheSEsgalonf Of sStho FreelnaH Family Local
and Personal Paragraphs 81


YEsrnISsTER, tsoto ober i hon the
yestibal train 10 on seheduls time ot,
ITharEdays the Gou uaIERs reach this
[ post Office nearly Avs hours earlier than
formerly Messrs. Ed itots the change
Iis fully appreciated sy
Southern PTesby yterian, October 12:
isRey. ". 4. !. biatth ewa 10 quite, ,ill ut ibis
home in Clinton, s. q. as we as 70 psess.
Mr. Iatthe8s many friends regret TO
learn of his illness, and hope for q speedy
recovery.s @ n 4. IS; 4; I sl,s ia Wa
Miss Bessie Crews, d charming and
highly oconplished young lady OF Dans
vile, Va, arrived Tuesday evening and
will spend some time at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. N Carter. Miss Crews
is a music teacher and came d own !, to
teach Mr.. CaEtef's children.
Mrs. Claude Little is on a visit to her
parents, Mr.. and NJ Mss.$ w IA. tluillian, at
Harmony Grove, Ga. Mr.. Little appears
to be lonely now. h.
Mrs. r. B. Aldrioh Is visiting relatives
at Mt. Tabor, near Tugaloo river this
| week. "a u tsa ! ttSlSs 2s,s
Last Saturday Wa5 rainy day aud not
moro than forty were present at the
family reunion Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. II.
Freeman. The event occurred on the
Stat anniversary Of the birthday Of Mr..
Freeman. Ho is q native or Abbeyille
county and has been married twice. His
first wife was a Miss Shaw, Of Abbeville
county, and he was married to her oyer
sixty-four years ago. His present vito
was Miss MITCHELL, of Anderson, In
whom he has loving help-meet. They
havo boen residing in OcOnee county tho
past twenty.one years. Among those
presont on account of tho above oGca-
A. p. Marett and daughter, Fair Play
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Mann and Mr.. Burt
Freeman, Atlanta; Mrs. Sailors and son,
Hart county, Ca; Mr.. Eugene Mitchell,
Anderson, and Miss Ida Bewley, Au-
gusta, Ga. Mr.. Freeman is the father Of
seventeen children, thirteer of whom
are living. His eldest daughter Is Mrs.
Sailors, who is 90 years old. Two chill
dren reside IN Arkansas, ono in Texas,
one in Abbeville county, in this State,
and two 1.-Two in Georgia.. Mr.. freeman
says ho thinks he has fully one hu,Z red
and fifty DESCENDANTS. He has seve-
raj greatgrandohildren Notwith-
standing his ripo old age, he is still able
: to work on the farm. He will make
threo bales of cotton and probably one
hundred bushels of corn this year,, and
row that was run in making the crop.
Mr.. Freeman. united with The Baptist
ohuroh about sixty years ago and served
his church rs deacon for o long time. At
family reunions good dinners are always
prepared. Shortly after, IL O'Clock all
wero invited to dino, and, after an APP
propriate prayer by Rev; Marett at the
the boantiful food. In the afternoon
thero was music and singing, which was
greatly enjoyed. The parlor had been
very prottily decorated with rcsee and
| other flowers for the occasion. F.. =
We have beon furnished with list OF
the summon boarders who stopped with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan Dickson at the Nine
raj Springs. They were rs follows: Mrs.
DR.. j. @. Bennott and daughter, Jeffer-
son, Ga; Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Sewell
and sons, Frank and Paul, Lavonia, Ga.
Rev. p. H.Mears, Weimer, s.. c.; Rev.
w. III. Campbell and wife, Misses Tilla
Campbell, Marion Holmes, Katie Taglio,
Mr.. Baron A. Holmes, Mrs. Kate Hawck
and grandfather, Marie Benson, Mrs.
Maggie Burn and son, Lockwood, Mrs.
J: c. Conlon and daughters, Helen, An
ME. Luoile and Gertrude, Mrs. l.. Cooh-
ran and four children, Clarence, Marion,
Eugene and Louretta, Charleston. Nearly
all have returned homo, delighted with
our climate, the mineral water and tho
kind treatment of the host and hostess.
Mrs. r. r. Dagnall, who was reported
i'll last week, Is improving. s.s.,
DR.. j. H. Johns, formerly of the Grady
Hospital, Atlanta, is at home for few
days. .'- .s.&-.
Miss Elliott Freeman is assisting Mr..
G. J. Mulkoy in tho post offlce. -.
Good cotton brought II centa last
week, but soon dropped down several
points and Is not bringing 80 much now.
Not much coming in this week.
A. J.. GossETT.