Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-08-28
MIR. d. w. MoLaurin, of Columbia
is in town on business

MAXWELL.
Goo. e. Prince, Esq, of Anderson,
was in Walhalla Tuesday on profes
sional business.
Mrs. Anna Tiedemann, of Charles.
ton, is visiting tho family of Mr.. and
Mrs. @. B. Oehmig.
Mr.. Alox. Macbeth, president of the
Monaghan Cotton Mills, Greenyille, was
in town Sunday.
Mrs. G. S. Phillips, of Atlanta, Ga,
Is visiting relatives in Walhalla and othor
places in Oconeo county.
Miss Hattie McAlister, of Durham,
n. O., is visiting in Walhalla at the
homo of Mrs. t. A. Boil.
Mrs. w. G. Smith, of Columbia, is
visiting hor daughter, Mrs. N. l.. FAINT,
and family, in Midway.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. l.. Norman and
family returned Monday from their trip
to Rabun county, Georgia.
MIR. G. A. Norman returned last
Wednesday from Georgetown, where he
spent month on business.
If you want anything in clothing,
shoes, hats, groceries, etc., it will pay
you to SEQ Bloom.
Remember tho political speaking at
this place tomorrow. Attend and give
Attention is directed to tho speech
occupies tho first pago of The Courier
this week. 1t deserves a careful reading.
Superintendent of Education G. l..
Craig is still unable to be at his office,
though ho is improving slowly. We
hopo to SEQ him at his post at an carly
day.
-Moin Host Beard, of the Walhalla
Hotel, fed and lodged fifty-fve guests
Monday. On all sides can bo heard
praises for tho oxcellont management of
the house.
Roy. l.. X. Probst, of Atlanta, spont
Sunday in Walhalla at tho homo of Dr..
&. G. Probst. Ho returned to Atlanta
Monday, accompanied by Messrs. Luth or
Tcideman and Fred Probst.
Miss Carrie Hamilton, of Buford,
Ga, has boon on visit for fow days
to her aunt, Mrs. j. w. +. Thompson,
and family. Sho loft OH Monday morn
ing to visit relatives in Anderson.
Masters William and Henry Cappel-
mann, of Charleston, arc visiting their
Picpcr, near Walhalla. They came up
on the excursion last Wednesday.
Mr.. S. Glare Keys, of Greenville, is
visiting at the home Of Mr.. VIM. Perry.
He has been confined to tho house for
about ten days, suffering with rheuma-
tism. Wo hope to see him out soon.
Mrs. +. Z. I4owery, of Seneca, went
to Baltimore on Monday last for treat
mcnt at tho Johns Hopkins Hospital.
She was accompanied by hor son, Quincy,
and DR.. E. 9. Doyle. Her many friends
According to rumors, Cupid has
been losing no opportunity in Walhalla
this summer, and his quiver is minus
many darts. IIo will soon have to leave
this climate or got moro clothing than
he woro when he had his last photograph
taken.
Mr.. E. NJ. Thomson, of Columbia,
one Of tho corporators of the now Bluo
Ridge Railroad Company, thinks it is
highly, probable that tho road will be
extended through the mountains and
make direct connection for the West at
no distant date.
There will be a competitive cxami-
nation held in the Court House at Wal
halla on Thursday, the goth instant, for
scholarship in the South Carolina Mill
tary Academy in Charleston. A good
chance for somo Ocance county young
man to win priZo.
Mr.. NJ. a. Dean and wife, of Andcr-
son, have been spending few days with
their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. N. l.. FAINT
and family, in Midway. Mr.. Dean is a
member of the firm of Dean & Ratliifc,
progressive and wide awake merchants
of our neighboring city of Anderson.
People who are watching the cotton
tic market, will no doubt make careful
inquiry into the price of secondhand
ties. AS matters look now, it will be
well to buy second hand tics while they
arc cheap. Tho price may be lower, of
nn hut + lon ,pt, hot
Mr.. l.. p. Smith, tho veteran excur-
sion man, will run his last excursion of
tho season to Atlanta on Tuesday, Sep
tcmbcr 3D.. This will be your last chance
to sec the Cato City this year, so you had
better save up few dimes and go with
him. For rates, etc., SEQ Jas. Thomp-
son.
BY reference to an advertisement in
this issue of The Courier it will bo seen
that books of subscription to tho capital
stock of the Bluo Ridge Railway Com
Abncy, Esq, in the city of Columbia, on
September 2Sth, 1901, at 10 a. m. The
said proposed corporation will have a
capital stock of 100000, divided into
one thousand shares Of tho par value of
500 each, with its principal place OF
business at Anderson, S. G. The corpo-
rators arc Mcssrs. Fairfax Harrison, b.
Ia. hDilcy anu ~. nj. InOmSOn.
-Gatlncy Ledger, August "a "Prof. j.
l.. McWhorter, of this place, who has
been elected principal Of the Blacksburg
Graded School, loft yesterday with his
family for that place in order to bc thcrc
to assume his duties at tho beginning OF
the session. Tho Blacksburg people will
find in Frof. McWhorter gentlcman as
we'll as Il scholar. IIo will givo them
good and faithful work and we have nc
fears that thoy will regret having engaged
him. Mr.. and Mrs. McWhortor will
make their impress upon the good people
OF our ncighbor and The Ledger be-
speaks for thcm a warm welcome"
MIR. and Mrs. j. n. NJ. Riser, ol
Selma, Ala, are visiting Mrs. Riscr's
mother, Mrs. j. W. f. Thompson, ant
family. They are accompanied by theil
two daughters, misses Hattie and Gorin
mic Riser. Their many friends i'm Wal
halla will be delighted to meet then
again. MIR. Riser holds an important and
responsible position as engineer on the
Mobile Division of tho Southern Railroad
running between Selma, Ala, and Rome
Ca, distance of about POO miles. Thi.
is tho first visit of Mr.. Riser to Walhala
in'four years.
Death OF Mrs. W. D. Stribling.
Mrs. Louisa IIarbin Striblng, wife o
Mr.. w. David Stribling of Richland, dice
on Monday, the Goth of August, 1901, Al
10 o'clock a. M, after an illness of 81,
days. MIS-. otriDling was daughter o
the late Morgan IIarbin, of this county