Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-20
News from RichIand.
(TOO late for last issuc,)

Richland, March 12-To.day's wind
will dry of tho ground after the rains of
Saturday and Sunday.
Tho last illness and death of Mrs.
Stribling brought eight of her sops to
her bedside. They were L. d., from
Mckay, Ga; George IT,, Atlanta; f.. s.,
Eatonton, Ga; John ", Anderson, S.
c.; William j., S. p, NJ. S. and DR.. j. S.
reside in this county. w. ID. lives at
Eatonton, Ga. ITc was not ablo to come
on account Of cindcrs getting in his eye
while working in tho shop.
The aged people of our community
are fast passing over The river. 1t has
been but short time since our good old
friend and ncighbor, Mr.. Oliver Martin,
died, and next to fall was the noble
hearted William Goodman, and then
Mrs. Anna Werner Stribing
Wo regret to learn that Mrs. Ruthy
Strb!ng is quite sick. Shc is nearly
ninety years of age.
Glad to say Mr.. j. j. Ballcnger was
ablo to walk to Richland on Friday last.
Stokes Shclor, who travels for a Char
lotte IN. c. house, was over at the
burial of his grand mother, Mrs. Strib-
ling. Stokes is nice boy with plenty of
energy, which is tho secret to tho success
he has achieved in business.
Sorry to learn that Mr.. Haskell Dcnur
got his hand and fingers so badly lacur
atcd one day last week by buzz saw us
to make it necessary to amputato two
fingers. He was working at the Rivor-
side (Ala) Mills.
Rev. II. L. Duflic is preparing to re-
build his dwelling house which was de-
stroycd by fire last Tuesday. lie will
not be able to build anything like such a
house as tho one destroyed, as he only
had three hundred dollars insurance,
which was about one third its value.
Wo learn that Mr.. M. B. Gaines, who
was living in Mr.. Duties house at the
time, lost everything except piano, one
bed and Il cooking stove.
Ransom Dendy, an old slave of the
late Elizabeth Dcndy, is very low with
cancer of tho knee. There was talk
some time back of carrying him to the
poor house, but ho objected on the
ground that mono of tho Dendy family
had ever been in Jail or to tho poor
house, and he intended to leave the name
untarnishod.
The Cascade Brick Company, located
at this place, is composed of Mcssrs. III.
l.. Coo, j. d. McMahan, j. j. Ballcngcr,
w. II. and S. N. Hughs. We understand
thnu In Of l,nnJroI e Il 4
are still buying. This begins to look like
making brick.
few days ago, while looking over
some old papers Of Mrs. Il. +. Hughes,
we camo across bond for title given by
Mrs. Elizabeth Dcndy to Thos. III. James
for four hundred aud forty acres Of land
at ono dollar per acre. We have forgot
ten tho date, but it is tho old James home.
stead, some of which has lately sold as
high as one hundred dollars per acre.
Tho dcca was written by Symon Doyle
and his penmanship is marvel of neat
ness and beauty.
Richland boasts of having some steady
young mon who do not chew tobacco
nor drink "Fuss "" We would not
mention names nor make invidious com
parisons, but they arc here. We hopc to
SEQ tho influence of their example ex-
paDd and cxort potent influence for the
mon'al and moral excellence of our com
munity Youth.
"a youth" who can get up at four
o'clock in tho morning, cat breakfast by
candle light, walk six miles, do full
days work on the building of big mill,
return home NY starlight, cat supper by
candle light again, and then write the
news of his community for his county
paper in tho above style, must be a
hustler. IIc may be rcckoncd as one of
the energetic young men Of good old
Richland who will bc hoard from in tho
fntnrc. There is little limit TO the
achicvomcnts of such bundle of energy
May his tribe increase in every nook and
corner OF our county. Eds. Couricr.)