Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-10-31

Read the Treasuror's 8 notice In regard
to communication road tax.
-Next Monday will be salesday, Tues
day election day, and Wednesday is the
next day.
Miss Annie Werner has been quito
unwell at Converse College for q week or
ten days. Hor many friends will 10 glad
TO learn that she is improving.
Mrs. Annie Maria Dickson, widow of
the late Rev. j. Walter Dickson, and son
Frank, of Townville, S. c., spent Tues
day and Wednesday in WalRalla. Many
friends wero delighted to 500 thom.
Tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at
4 O'Clock the meeting for prayer and
church. Next Sunday, German services
at q: M, and at p. m. a special meot-
ing to hear report "about Synod" All
MIR. Geo. Petormann, of Charleston,
VINO is remembered as ono of the crack
shots, at the shoot given by tho Walhalla
ronn,J mnn Ji9o =, last Angus maoe splendid
the gold medal for the highest score for
tho two days shooting at clay pigeons,
breaking 300 out of possible $50 In
tho live bird contest ho killed 80 ont of
10.
Tho telephone limo connecting Oak
way in Oconcc county with the city of
anderson was sold at public outcry at
II "nvlle on October 18th and new
company. with Mr.. l.. N. Geer, of
ihc line will bo put in first-class condi-
tion and kept so. The selection of Mr..
Gcer as President is an augury of sue
cess.
Two young gents in town stood on
the street discussing railroading Tuesday
evening. They were just beginning q
learned and exhaustive cluoidation of
tho principle of tho air brake mystery,
when this question somewhat jarrod the
listeners, "Wcll, whore do you take on
air-at Bolton or Anderson" "Foo"
evidently thought club has to use his
bicycle pump on the air brake apparatus.
During Mayor Holleman's matineo
Monday, in reply to tho query, "Do any
OF the defendants wish to bo sworn?' q
feminine defendant replied, 81 would
like to swear, if you'll believe what 1
say" The mayor is convinced that,
whether shc over told tho truth before,
or ever will again, she told it when she
said she wanted to swear. The proverbial
sailor would havo blushcd to the roots
OF his hair.
Tom Strickland, colored, who lives
short distance below Seneca, was
arrested in that place last Thursday by
deputy Marshal w. Is. f. Corbin and
lodged III Jail on the charge of raising
papcr money Of the 81 denomination to
$40 by affixing cipher after tho figure /.
He has not yet had preliminary hcar-
ing and is still in Jail, wondering why
it is not just as lawful to raise money as
it is to raise cotton.
Trains on the Blue Ridge road have
been considerably delayed since Monday,
when the east bound freight ran into an
open switch at Anderson and damaged
the engine by running into loaded car
on the siding. Owing to the present rush
of traffic during the State Fair tho Blue
Ridge has been unable to secure an engine
to take tho place of the cripple. She was
a curious looking object as she hove in
sight Tuesday morning minus her pilot
and otherwise bruised.
--Sir. John f. Won nTIadeln returned
homo Monday from two weeks visit to
his sons in Jacksonville, Fla, who are in
business in that city. His trip was made
very pleasant by his boys and Mcssrs
n. Joost and John Joosc, who carried
him over tho city to see all tho important
and interesting places and into tho coun-
try for several miles, taking glance at
the truck farms, ostrich farms, sugar
cane, &c. Ho says Jacksonville is a
pushing, business city and it's possibili
ties of development are incalculable.
While all these things arc truo as to the
city OH the banks of the st. Johns river,
yet Mr.. VonIIaden is not ready to leave
his beautiful mountain homo in Oconco
for the Land of Flowers"