Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-02-19
G.. G. JAY ~ { S

visiting Rev. j.. r. Earle and family, nea,
Anderson.
-Messrs. Jos. III. and Rufus III. Sem,
OF Newberry, visited their sister, Mrs. j.
K. Crosby, last week.
MIR. Julius Meldau left for Charles
ton last week, where he has procured a
position with the Street Railway.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet a the Baptist church
on the fourth Sunday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
The services (English) at the Evan
gelical Lutheran church tomorrow are
to begin at 4.30 O'clock instead of four
O'Clock.
An oyster supper will be given at
Bells Hall tomorrow night for the bene-
fit of the Walhalla Band. Everybody
invited. Admission 25 cents.
Tho woman's union prayer meeting
will meet with Mrs. NJ. Il. Bauknight
next Friday afternoon at a O'Clock. The
meeting will be led by Mrs. j. S. Floyd.
We regret to chronicle the illness of
Mrs. j., w. f. Thompson. For two weeks
past she has been quite unwell. Her
condition this morning is not much i'm
proved, if any.
The snow, the beautiful snow, fell to
the depth of about 13 inches on Friday
and Friday night last 1t is said to be
the biggest snow that we have had in
this latitude in many years.
-Remember we have the celebrated
Roxane and Bakers Choice -four. 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. &c J. S. Carter.
Married, on Sunday afternoon, Feb.
ruary 10th, 1902, at the home of the
BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
O'Kelloy, near Wolf Stake, Mr.. John D.
Wald and Miss Florence K. Kelley, Rov.
j. G. Schaid officiating.
The contract to survey and engineer
the plant for The Blue Ridge Water
Company, of Walhalla, has been awarded
to Mr.. John V. Stribling, of Anderson.
The survey is to be commenced at once
and pushed to completion as fast as it
conviently can be done.
Owing to the inclemency of the wea-
ther and the bad condition of the roads,
the County Commissioners will not let
the contract to grade the Jocassee road
on next Friday, 21st, but will let it out
Wednesday, Goth. The public will please
take notice of the change in the dates.
Seneca Lodge Knights of Pythias
intends to give a banquet to their men,
bers and friends on the evening of Feb
ruary Goth. Quite an enjoyable time
may be expected by all who have the
privilege of attending. There is no bet
ter lodge in South Carolina than that at
Seneca.
Married, at the residence of the
brides father, Rev. d. T. Hayes, near
Farview, on Sunday, February 10th,
1902, Mr.. John Powell and Miss Arab
Hayes, both OF Oconee. Rev. w. Il.
Abbott, of Newry, performed the cere-
mony. Walters: Mr.. Harmon Smith and
Miss Nora Taylor, and Mr.. Henry Hayes
and Miss Beulah McMahan.
The Newberry Observer, February
18th: "The Third Congressional District
remains the same, running from the ex-
treme Northwestern part of the State
and tacking Newberry on by little
strip about fifteen miles long, with three
other districts stretching much greater
length on three sides of it. 1t looks too
much like gerrymandering."
We are in receipt of copy of the
Exposition number of the New York
Sunday World. 1t is handsomely gotten
up in colors showing many of the leading
features of the great show. The fourth
page is panoramic exhibition of the
161 acres included in the exhibition
grounds and the entire sheet is an cpl
tome of the Exposition.
President j. w. Holleman of The
Farmers Mutual Fire Association of
Nccnee County requests us to give notice
to the individual members of the com :
pany that Assessment No. Ii has been
recalled, and that cards giving said notice
be disregarded; that new assessment
will soon be made to cover the losses
sustained by both S. N Hughs and Mrs.
Rosa Fahnestock.
-Messrs. M. w. Gibson and w. IT,.
Gibson, of the South Union neighbor-
hood; Andrew Bearden and w. M. Lem
mons, of Oakway, and j. A. Watkins, of
Westminster, were at the Court House
on Tuesday on business Before return
ing home they honored The Courier
Office with visit and chatted pleasantly
with the editors for a few min utes. Call
again, gentlemen. We are always pleased
to meet our friends.
Mrs. r.. A. Norton and daughter, Miss
Sallie, while en- route to see Mrs. VIM. j..
Stribling and family on last Friday, met
with an accident, which was unexpected
and somewhat tragic. When not far
from their destination their horse became
frightened and turning suddenly in the
road overturned the buggy and throwing
its occupants to the ground with the
vehicle on top of them. The horse was
also down in the ditch unable to rise.
Fortunately help was near at hand and
soon everything was righted when Mrs.
Norton and daughter pursued their jour
ney in safety to the end. Except being
considerably brused and shaken up these
good ladies suffered no serious injury.
How Are Your Kidneyss
Dr. mobbs sParagus Pills cure q, al kidney Ills SAM
The County Salary Bill.