Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-03
NEWS IN AND AROUND WESTMINSTER.
Death Of an Aged Lady--Looai and Personal
News About the Town.

WESTMINSTER, October 3.-Tho angel
| of doath is always busy in our land.
First ono and thon another is called from
time to eternity. On the 3Oth ultimo as
another beautiful Sabbath day and the
month OF September were ending, Mrs.
Julia Blair, residing on North Main
street, in westminster, reached the end
OF lifo's journey, aged 81 years and five
had boon a momber of the Baptist
church, and her life was an example of q
good woman and Christian. Although
she had been blind for number of years
| it is consoling to those sho left behind
hor for tho assurance that sight is re-
stored to the blind and tho darkness of
| tho tomb is illuminated by the rising of
Blair was Virginian by birth, but had
heon living in South Carolina for tho
past 64 years. Sho was q Miss Stone bo-
fore hor marriage. Tho family removed
from Virginia to Georgia over 7b years
ago. Sho leaves three children, eleven
grandchildren and twolvo great-grand-
childron. Mrs Amanda Jolly, Of Cor
and Miss Kato Blair, Of Westminster, are
her surviving childron. Tho oldest grand
child is Mrs. Julia Stophons, of Atlanta.
Mrs. S. \. Jameson, of Atlanta, and
Mr.. j. d. Dickson, formerly of Westmin-
stcr, arc two othor grandchildren. Fune-
fai services wore held in tho Baptist
church and conducted by her pastor, Rev.
N. G. Christopher, on Monday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock. IIor remains were takcn to
the old Westminster cemetery and inter-
rcd by tho side of her husband, the late
Hugh Blair, who died in 1888. Miss Bibb
and Miss Blair desire to publically thank
thoir noighbors and friends for their
many acts of kindness and attention dur
ing the sickness and death of their
mother.
Capt. L. G. Spalding, tho promoter of
tho Southern Shuttle and Bobbin Fac
tory, has sold his interest in tho factory
and his beautiful homo near tho incor-
pOrato limits Of town, and loft on tho
carly train this morning for Massachu-
sctts. For tho present he will locate at
tho largo manufacturing city of Fall
River and will represent the company
thoro for tho next twelve months and
perhaps longor. We arc sorry to lose Mr.
and Mrs. Spaldipg. During their five or
six years stay in Westminster they mado
many friends, whose friendship and
esteem cannot bo severed by thoir de-
parturc.
At meeting of tho board of trustccs
of the High school, held on Saturday
before last, another assistant teacher was
| CiCCtts III thC lClSOl VI III lSS hlUnl0
Smith, of Thomaston, Ga. Miss Smith
having accepted the position, assumed
charge of her school duties on Monday
last. She is a graduate Of the II. e. Lee
Institute at Thomaston, and comes
highly recommended.
| Messrs. Dewitt King, L. Wilson, r..
Lee and Miss Sallio Blackwell boarded
the train hero yesterday. for tho Cedar
Springs Institute for the deaf and dumb.
Mr.. Poorc, of Anderson, has bought
Nj. Spalding's house and land.
Mrs. VIM. Stribling recently made a
short visit tc Clemson College, accom-
panied by hcr son, Samuel Leo. Mr..
Stribling is to be congratulated on tho
good record he has made at tho College,
having begun his second session with no
dcmcrits attached to his reports.
Anderson, returned homo yesterday,
after spending several days pleasantly
| with his sisters, Mrs. II. B. Zimmerman
and Mrs. Mrs. T.. A. Norris
Mr.. Daniel p. Butler is building largo
and commodious barn on his lot in the
| East End.
On the 18th of September, Rev. II. G.
church of this place, assisted by Rev. s..
}. James, closed ono of tho most success
full protractcd meetings in the history of
the church Baptized II, received by
lettcr II and restored l. making 25 adj
ditions during the meeting and 80 dur
ing the year. The officers and members
have gone to work to raso 1926 to fix
and repair the church and mako it a
comfortable house of worship.
Mr.. LA. Tanncry, Of this county, began
clcrking for j. Il j. S. Cartor OH Octo-
| bcr 1st.
Miss Corric Mcdowell is at her homo
i'll Grccnville county, having been sum-
moncd there a few days ago on account
of her mothers serious illness.
We arc very sorry indeed to learn Of
the death Of that most cxcellent young
man, Mr.. w. d. Ellison, the fourth son
of Mr.. a. II. Ellison. Young Mr.. Ellison
spent several months hero buying cotton
seed for the Seneca Oil Mill and made
scores of friends.
The Chcswcll Cotton Mill Company
will bc ready to buy cotton in fcw days
Maj. b. H. Cross is their buyer.
Within the past week the congregation
Of the Presbyterian church have heard
two able and cdifying sermons by Revs.
j. l.. McLin and Jos. II. Dcndy, tho for
mcr preaching on Sunday morning and
the latter on Thursday evening.
The dead body of Ernest Dcaton passed
here on the evening train Monday. He
was the son of Mr.. w. j. Deaton, of
son, in this county. The deceased was
Il telegraph operator, and died at Green
wood, where he held position.
| The steel Smokcstack at tho cotton
mill is erected. 1t is l01 feet high
Cotton seed are bringing 81 cents per
hundred pounds on this market. The
price of cotton has ranged from % to lC
cents per pound on this market.
A. l.. GossETr