Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-22

-Great values In lawns, piquos, per-
Gales, etc., at John +. Craig's.
! Born, unf0 Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Kel-
10y, of Tamassee, this wednesday, morn
ing, a daughter.
Miss Olive G. Hicks left this morn
ing for Atlanta, whore sho will spoud n
week visiting friends.
-Messrs. Jas. Thompson and J. M.
ward, alternate delegates from Walhalla
Lodge, No 81, X. of p, arc in Spartan
burg this week.
MIR. Carter G. Porter, living on Colo
noPs Fork Creek, is quite sick at present
lie was attacked q few days ago with
cholera morbus and his recovery has
boon very slow. Mr.. Porter is one of
our oldest and best citizens and we hopo
Tor his speedy restoration to his usual
good health.
ALWAYS something nice to eat"-at
Schumachor's. Read "Otto's" now ad :.
and give him a call. Ie is making a
speciality Of catering to. the palate and
tables and fancy groceries. lie is in the
market for all kinds Of produce and will
do tho proper thing for his customers
Mr.. Fl. II. Phinney, of johnson City,
Tennessee, visited his brother, Mr.. James
l'hinncy, of West Union, for few days
this week, OH his way homo from Charles
ton, 5. C., where he had attended the
Freight Agents Association. This is
his first visit to his old homo in ten years.
Bob is another ono of Oconeo's boys who
has made his mark in the world
-Mr. Walter V. Smith on May 18th,
1901, was reelected Vice President
without opposition) of Columbia Typo
graphical Union No. 1, of Washington.
City, ID. G. This is perhaps tho largest
Typographical Union in the United
States, numbering about two thousand
members. We congratulate our young
friend on his election. 1t is no small
matter to thus be honored by so large
body of his follow craftsmen. Mr.. Smith
is tho eldest son of our MI. d. A. Smith,
and served his time with his father on
| TIE kEOwEE COURIER.
Last Thursday evening two little
girls, aged and years, children of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Ivcstcr, who 1.-Two near
Mountain Rest, wcrc accidentally shot.
handling gun, and in play pointed it
toward the feet of tho children, and the
gun fired. He was about fifty wards
from tho children. a number of shot
lodged in their feet and three or four
struck the older girl in tho side. DR.. j.
w. Bell was summoned and gave them
medical attention. Tho wounds are
arc getting along nicely.
Il have tho best limo Of boys pants in
town, from l0c. to SOC. por pair. John
+. Craig.
Mr.. John F. latham returned last
Thursday from tho Philippines, after an
absence of nearly two years. He was n
member of Company NJ, Goth U. S.
Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted as a
private at Fort Mcphcrson, Atlanta, Ca,
and soon rose to be Quartermaster Ser
gcant. He made brave soldier, and
was in several hot engagements. He
escaped without any wounds, and re-
turns in robust health. IIo says his
war-likc propensitics have now been
satisfied, and ho has enough of army
life. He expects to settle down and fol-
low the peaceful pursuits of private life.
1t is now developed that James S.
Ayers, who was found in a room at a
hotel in Washington, ID. c., last Wcdncs-
day, and was supposed to have commit
| ted suicide, was killed by woman
named Boninc. Aftera silence of nearly
week she confessed that she was i'm his
room when the shots were fired. In her
confession she states that she was asked
to go to Ayers room, as he was sick, and
as soon as she was inside ho shut and
bolted the door. In scuflle which en-
sued Ayers pistol, which he held in his
hand, WAS Discharged three balls taking
effect in his body, one striking his heart
killing him instantly. Mr.. Bonne, the
husband of the woman who figures in
this case, represents the Wholesale drug
house Of f. G. Dewitt & Co., Chicago
was in Walhalla about year ago Mrs
Boninc is well known in Brunswick, Ga.
where she lived for some time.
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