Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-12-05
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Mr.. NJ. j. Smith is clcrking for DR..
j. w. Bell.
MIR Geo. l.. Wilson is Attending the
fair at jackson, Ga, this week.
Bells drug store is receiving an i'm
n!ensc stock of Christmas goods.
Deputy Marshal j. II. Mckinney
spent Saturday in Gainesville, Ga, on
business.
Sec notice Of seizure in another col
umn, and if the property is yours sac
knowledge the corn"
Mr. H. p. IIollcman is now employed
as express messenger on the Blue Ridge
Railroad between Walhalla and Bolton.
Mrs. Rcbccca Abcrncthy and chill
den, Of Washington, ID. c., arc spending
some time with her mother, Mrs. Rebccca
Leopold, in Midway.
Editor NJ. l.. Clark, of the Marion
Star, has bean appointed Journal Clerk
Of tho Senate by Lieutenant Governor
elect James II. Tillman.
--Wanted-A Activc, energetic men and
women in each township. Steady en-
ploymcnt; good pay. Call on or address
ID. Ii. Russell. Anderson, S. G.
Mr.. V. l.. Norman is now handling
jcwelry manufactured by tho w. +. Main
Co. Give him Il call. He guarantees all
jcwelry as represented. See ad.
% III,
spent last Friday in Grccnvile, S. g.. in
conference with parties interested in the
Chattooga River Development Company.
Prof S. b. Seward gave his perform
ance last Wednesday night. lie is an
expert both in ventriloquism and slcight-
of-hand performance. His entertain
mcnt was highly enjoyed.
Miss Cantic IIanc, after spending
some weeks in Walhalla visiting the
family OF DR.. ID. b. Darby and other rcla
tivcs, returned to her homo in Fort
Motto, s. G., last Thursday morning.
Mr.. j. l.. Loudcrmi,k, who lives in
the shake Rag section was in town
recently with two cOons that he had
killed at one shot. Mr. Ioudcrmilll
Used a single barrclcd, muzzlc- loading
shotgun loaded with No. shot.
In the District Court in Charleston
last Saturday Judge Brawley sentenced
Alonzo +. Powell to the Oconcc Jail for Il
term of six months. Powell was con
victcd at the Grccnvilc Court Of distll-
ing and sealed sentence was left.
Mr.. Richard Grubbs, of Fair PLAY,
shot and killed hawk one day last week
that measured four feet from tip to tip
of wings. Mr.. GrubbS was sitting on Il
horse and the hawk was flying when he
shot and killed it at a distance of 10 or
50 yards.
The news of the day is made up hor-
ribly, and very largely, of murders,
homicides, robbcrics, rapcs. and divers
other deeds of violence. 1t is enough to
convince any Bible reader that "the devil
is loose" and that the "vials of wrath
are being purcd out upon the earth.
The Legislature convcncs under the
Constitution the second Tuesday in Janu-
AIRY and the month coming in on Tues
day, the General Assembly will convene
next year on the earliest possible day.
They will have twenty three days in
January and ought to be home by the
10th of February
Tuesday morning for Columbia, George
town and Charleston. He will combine
pleasure with business and spend about
two weeks on his trip. At Charleston
he will attend tho meeting Of the Grand
Lodge a. f. NJ. as the representative Of
Walhala Lodge No. ~ a. f. NJ.
Nh. j. b. Shirley, OF Fair Play, had
the misfortune to lose his right hand by
accident last Thursday. lie was run
ming feed shredder, and in some way,
his hand became cntanglcd in the ma
chincry and was terribly accratcd, max
ing amputation necessary Mr.. Shirley
is getting along as well as could be cX-
pcctcd
Miss Emma Mcrrick, who is stu
uent IN Converse College, Spartanburg,
met with Il painful accident last Thurs
day afternoon by falling while practic-
ing in the gymnasium, breaking both
bones in her right arm between the
elbow and wrist. She came home Sun
day to remain until she is able to use her
arm as before.
-!tcy. 9. +. Clarlson returned to Wal
halla Monday evening" after being absent
a week attending the meeting of the
Annual Conference at Chester. The
members of the Methodist churches at
Walhala and Seneca are delighted at his
return to this work lie has made him
self very popular among all dcnomina.
tons during the past year.
deputy MarshalS COrbin and Mckn-
ncy and w. j. Beck and James Corbin
captured wagon load of whiskcy near
Fair Play early last Friday morning, and
arrested !. l.. Fleming, his son and j. l..
McCrackln and coniiscatcd the team and
lquor. The men had about seventy gal
Ions Of whiskcy in the wagon. The men
were gwen preliminary hearing before
Commissioner Shclor on Saturday and
were bound over to the United States
Court.
MIR. John j. Pickcns was awarded
the contract last Friday by the County
Board OF Commissioners to rebuild the
bridge over Chauga creek, at the John
Taylor Cox bridge place, for SO. Here
totorc this bridge has cost the county as
high as $500 for rebuilding. The bridge
VIII DC built low tins time and will be
about % feet long. The old bridge is
about "lD feet long. The work of re-
building is TO be completed by the 18th
Oh January, IDOL
Intention is called to the page advcr-
tScmcnt of Mr. G. G.. Iayncs, Walhalla,
on the fourth page Of this issue. IIc has
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