Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-28
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| Carter 6 Co., Walhalla, s. c., pay
highest market price for good shingles.
Frost fell throughout the county las,
night. Cotton was killed in many places
Corn, planted in low, damp places, is
injured. Remember the date, May 28, 1902
We are requested to give notice OF
big picnic at High Falls on Friday.
July 4th. The day will be made inter.
esting to all who may attend by dancing,
good dinners, etc. The public generally
Ia invited. There is no better place to
hold picnic in Oconee than High Falls.
l. The special series of meetings in the
Walhalla Methodist church will begin
this (Wednesday) evening at $50 O'Clock.
All Christians and the public generally
| are cordially invited to attend the SER
| vices. 1t is hoped that great and lasting
good will be accomplished by the meet
ing.
The summer school for teachers in
Oconee county will open June 18th at
Walhalla, with Prof. BENZ. Geer, of Fur
man University, as principal. Miss Susie
Williams has been requested to act az
assistant, and it is probable she will ac-
cept. Fuller information will be given
as soon as all arrangements are perfected.
Get the Mccormick mower with
folding reaping attachment" If you want
the best. Sold on easy terms by T. M.
Lowery, Seneca, S. G.
Married, on Thursday evening, May
22d, 1902, at the home of the contracting
parties, by Rev. j. G. Schaid, Mr. Girard
Q. Smith and Miss Julia Anna Titjen.
A number of neighbors and friends
witnessed the ceremony and enjoyed q
fine wedding supper afterward. May
rich blessings attend them.
There will be an all-day singing at
Belmont school house on the second
Sunday (the sth) of Juno, conducted by
Messrs. Charlie Lyles and A. l.. Row
land. Rev. Wilburn Abbott will preach
in the morning at IL O'Clock, and Rev. @.
L. Craig at 8 O'Clock in the afternoon.
The public cordially invited to attend.
If you want mower, buy the McCor-
Seneca, S. G.
Deputy Sheriff w. j. Schroeder was
in Smithsonia last week on business. He
went for prisoner, Will Mills, colored,
wanted in Oconee for larceny of live
stock, having stolen a steer from Rev.
A. p. McGuffin some time last year. The
negro had died on the 10th of March
while serving a sentence on the farm of
Jas. M. Smith in Oglethorpe county, Ca
MIR. ii. Q. Harbin, veteran saw mill
man of Oconee, received last week an
order for over SOC, 900 feet of lumber to
be delivered to one party in Spartan
burg. Besides this one large order he
has others to fill, and his orders now in
hand will keep his mills and men busy
til Christmas. Mr. Hardin says he con-
siders the prices for lumber now fairly
good, and he is doing a paying business.
At present he is saving near Tamassee.
Remember we have the celebrated
Roxane and Bakers Choice flour. 1t has
been proven, by actual test of over fifty
customers. to be the best flour on the
market. Guaranteed the best or money
refunded. j. & j. S. Carter,
We have received an invitation to at
tend the commencement exercises of the
Welsh Neck High School, Hartsville, S.
c., Prof. j. w. Gaines, principal. This
is the closing of the eight year for the
High School, which Prof. Gaines has
brought up to high standard. The
baccalaureate sermon will be preached
by Rev. +. G. Mcconnell, of Atlanta, on
Sunday, June first; the commencement
Sd, by Rev. l.. M. Roper, of Spartanburg.
Tho picnic of the Walhalla Metho-
dist Sunday school on last Friday was
an enjoyable occasion for all who at
tended. Some fifty or more were present
and dinner was eaten on the Clemson
College grounds, near the old Calhoun
mansion. All returned home with happy
outing they had had over the railroad
and the gravel train. Kind thanks are
returned to Capt. j. r. Anderson, Con-
ductor and Superintendent of the Blue
Ride Railroad, for the kindness and lib
erality shown the picnickers.
We had a pleasant visit on last Fri
day from Mr.. u. II. Cannon, of Newburg,
Indian Territory. He was born in the
Indian Territory and this is his first trip
to Oconee county, the home of his pa
rents, who were natives of old Pickens
District. His mother WAS s Miss Curtis,
whose home was on the Keowee river,
in this county, and sister of Mrs. M.
M. Carey, of Newry, S. c., a lady we'll
known to many of our older people.
Mr.. Cannon spoke we'll of his home in
the West among the red skins, and said
he much preferred it to South Carolina.
He is visiting his many relatives in Oco-
nee county. He was accompanied to
Walhalla by his kinsman, Mr.. j. D.
Morgan, of Seneca, s. g.