Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-01
VIEWS InAMD AaouNp WESTMINSTER.

marriage to occur within the sacred walls
OF the Presbyterian church was solemn
lied last Wednesday, September "a, when
Commissioner VIM. N. Cox and Miss
Myra Lay, of Westminster, were made
husband and wife. By4 p. M, the ap.
pointed hour, the church was filled with
friends and relatives of the bride and
groom TO witness the event. Rev. j.. @.
Shive being absent, Rev. w. s. Hamiter,
pastor OF Seneca church, performed the
ceremony in most interesting aud inn
pressive manner. Miss ElinOr Knight
struck the notes of Mendelssohn's wed
ding march at A o'clock, and the bridal
train started down the. right aisle.
Misses Matte Dobbins and Cecil Hester,
cousins of the bride, dressed in white
and carrying handsome bouquets, were
the only attendants, and marched
directly in front of Mr.. Cox and Miss
Lay. The pulpit furnishings bad been
removed, and the attendants took their
stand on the east side of the platform.
The bride and groom stood near the
center of the platform and faced Rev.
the ceremony the organist played
"Schubert's Serenade." Messrs. j. X.
Anderson and G.. +. Lesly acted as ush-
ers. The bride wore handsome suit of
grey. Her bouquet was of BRIDES roses
and white dahlias. The church was
prettily decorated, tho colors being prin-
cipally yellow and green. Golden rods,
ivy, ferns and bamboo were beautifully
arranged, and on the organ were placed
lance to the affair. The lamp shades
were trimmed in yellow and green. The
light was excluded from the church as
much as possible, and it was artificially
lighted. The members of the Ludie Cole
man Circle decorated the church and
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Cox with a
pretty parlor rug upon which they. stood
when married. Mr.. Cox is one of Oco-
nee's cleverest citizens Having served
several terms as County Commissioners
his name is familiar to almost every
home in the county. For great many
yenrs he has enjoyed living in the home
which was once occupied by the historic
Horseshoe Robertson, at the Horseshoe
Bend, on Chauga. Mr.. Cox is lady of
rare intellect and has countless friends,
not only in Westminster, but in the
upper part of the State. She has resided
here for the past four years. They will
reside in Westminster for the present.
Mrs. r. A. Hester, Miss Lucie Hester,
Mr.. Middleton Hester, of Pickens, Miss
Myra Hester and Lettie Dobbins, of
Spartanburg, Mrs. John d. Werner, of
Walhalla, and Mrs. A. Lay, of the county,
were here last Wednesday in attendance
uPoh Ou0 SOA-bdy uupCfalS.
One hundred and sixty bales of cotton
were sold here last Saturday, Capt. w.
4. Cheswell buying 149 bales of that num-
ber. The receipts would have been larger
had rain not interfered in the afternoon.
The ruling price paid was Sic. The seed
buyers rushed the price of seed up to Ole.
per 100pounds on the same day.
Rev. G. II. Waddell, of the Epworth
Orphanage, is expected to preach in the
Of n1, - >Io,, .,l~L 4
the usual hour for evening services.
Mr.. Coke Dickson went to Charleston
Tuesday to pursue his studies in the Cita-
del Academy.
Mrs. S. M. Ellison and her, two bright
children, Marguerite and Ella Duff1e, are
visiting the family of Rev. r. L.. Duffie.
They are on their way to Lockhart,
where Mr.. Ellison is in business.
Miss Maud Gaines has returned to
here and at Gainesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Shelton, of Wal
halla, visited in Westminster Sunday.
Miss Eloise Mathewson, of Toccoa, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Carter and
family.
Mr.. James Duffie has returned from
Birmingham, where he has been at work
for the past year. He leaves this week
for Clemson College to enter school.
Mr.. M. A. Terrell and family and Mrs.
Sallie Echols have moved into the Jane
son house, near the Southern Flour Mills,
which they recently purchased. Mr..
Parker Mcdonald, the former occupant
of this house, has moved into Mr.. D. p.
Buffers residence.
Mr.. John G. Jarrard, of Atlanta, is here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Cox entertained
thirty.odd young ladies and gentlemen
at their beautiful home on Retreat street
last Friday evening from to 12 in honor
of Misses Lettie Dobbins and Myra Hes
ter, of Spartanburg, who were visiting
them. Crokinole, carums, "move kitchen
furniture" and other games were played.
The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by
all present.
Miss Cora Duffie left Monday for All
Healing Springs, N. c., to attend Jones'
Female Seminary.
Miss Mary Alma Kay and Mr.. Silas
Luther Richardson were united in mar
riage at II o'clock this morning at the
home of Mrs. Clarissa +. Dickson, aunt
of the bride. The bride is daughter of
Mr.. w. r. Kay and granddaughter of
the late Doran Kay. Mr.. Richardson
once lived at West Union. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. d. A. Lewis, OF
Liberty.
Miss Beulah Poore and her friend,
Miss Luna Moore, spent Friday and Sat
urday at Seneca, visiting the families OF
Messrs. John and Luther Moore.
Mr.. Wade III. Jenkins, who got his
arm badly sawed at the ginnery on Sep
tember 10, is some better, but his wound
is healing rather slowly.
The condition of Mr.. John s. Haley,
who has been very i'll, is very favorable
this morning for an early recovery.
Rev. K. M. DuBose and family have
been in the Oakway section since last
Thursday. Rev. Mr.. DuBose is conduct
ing series of meetings in Center church.
Mr. Winfield Dickson, son of Mr.. j. l..
Dickson, has gone to Spencer, N. c., to
work in the railroad shops.
Just before daylight Monday morning
many Of our citizens heard a tremendous
report, which sounded to them like a
cannon. Everyone inquired of everybody
else if they heard the noise, but no one
could exactly locate where it was. 1t was
not until Tuesday morning that the mys-
terry was cleared up. Some one discov-
cred that somebody had stuck a stick of
dynamite in the Walhalla road, about a
quarter of mile from town, and fired it.
The ground was torn up considerably.
Mr.. w. b. Brown is quite sick at his
home near the shu' lie factory.
The total enrolment of students in
yesterday morning.
Miss Pearl Norris will leave next Fri
day for Bolton, where she will be in
school the coming winter.
The protracted meeting, which was
announced to commence in the Baptist
church next Sunday, has been postponed
indefinitely, owing to the busy season OF
the year.
Mr.. r. G. Mecklin, the clever editor OF
The Times, spent Friday and Saturday at
Toccoa on business.
Mr.. Brock, who lives near Fair Play,