Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-14
NEWS IN AND AROUND WESTMINSTER.
General Notes Of Interest-Attempt to Wreck
Train ON the Southern Railway.

Train ON the Southern Railway.
Westminster, May 14.-Mr. r. f.
White, of Greenville, was in town the
first of this week.
Miss Lula Dickson, second daughter of
Mr.. j. L. Dickson, left last Friday for a
six weeks visit to relatives at Spartan
| burg, Pacolet and Jonesville.
Miss Margie Striblipg, eldest daughter
of Prof. NJ. S. Stribling, went to Charles
Before returning home she will spend
sometime with relatives at Newberry,
| Greenville and Liberty.
The Westminster High School closes
Friday, May 23. There will not be any
exercises at the close.
Miss Irene Miller, after spending seve-
raj months with her aunt, Mrs. Harry
p. Wooten, 196 Georgia Avenue, Atlanta,
| Ga. returned to her home in Westmin-
ster last Wednesday. Her many friends
are pleased to see her home again.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Terrell and Miss
Myra Lay are back from Texas.
The residence of Mr. John Hardy was
accidentally burned one day last week
while the inmates of the home were
away at work. Mr.. Hardy is one of DR..
! j. A. Johns's tenants. ALI of Mr.. Har-
dy's household effects went up in smoke.
Prof. M. S. Stribling has been visiting
the Charleston Exposition the past week.
Mr.. w. p. Anderson attended the State
| Bankers Association, which convened in
Charleston last week.
Westminster was represented at the
Southern Baptist Convention, which met
in Asheville, N. c., last Friday, by Rev.
and Mrs. j. s. Carter and Mr.. John Car
| ter.
Mrs. w. p. Anderson visited relatives
| in Greenville county last week. She was
| accompanied homo on Friday by Miss
Bessie Mcdowell, handsome young
lady from near Fountain Inn.
The regular communion services will
be held in the Presbyterian church next
Sabbath at II u. m. A preparatory SER
mon will be preached on Saturday, May
| II, at IL O'Clock in the forenoon. The
public is cordially invited to attend these
services.
To-day the first party of the season
| from our town will picnic at the famous
| tunnel at Stumph ouse Mountain.
Mr.. M. G. Barton passed through town
Monday on his way home from a visit to
the Charleston Exposition. Mr.. Barton
has been engaged in teaching school near
| the city of Anderson since last fall. He
has closed his school and is now at home
| for the vacation.
There was an attempt made to wreck
vestibule train No. 81 at the Leathers
| crossing, one mile south of Westminster,
on Sunday, by fastening a coupling pin
| to the track. 1t was tied with hickory
| bark and was said to be near a curve,
| and was so arranged as to run the engine
off the track had it remained there. Mr..
ID. b. Clark happened to be passing by
| and removed the obstruction before the
train was due to pass. A strange COL
ored boy, giving his name as Sanders,
| was seen to come out of the woods near
| the place and has been arrested on sus-
picion. He is confined in the guard
house here at the time of this writing.
Sanders claims to be from North Carolina
and denies having anything to do with
the crime with which he is charged.
Detective Hanie arrived Monday on train
No. IL to investigate the matter. A pre-
| liminary trial was held before Justice
Johns and tho case sent to the higher
Court. Sanders was taken to Walhalla
| Tuesday and lodged in the county Jail.
Mrs. Mary +. Puckett, ex-postmistress
of Westminster, has recently had her
house recovered and q nice yard fence
built around her premises. Mrs. Puck
| etts many friends are pleased to see her
making these nice improvements. She
| is one among the best informed and in
tellectual women of our section, and no
! one can fail to become interested in a
| conversation with her.
Protracted services are now in progress
| at the Westminster Methodist church.
| Rev. II. M. DuBose, the pastor, breaches
at 10 O'Clock every morning and at D.
m. He has had good congregations and
everybody enjoys his sermons. The
Presiding Elder is expected to preach
| Nazareth the latter part of the week to
hold the second quarterly conference.
The contract to build twenty additional
mill cottages at the Cheswell Cotton
Mills has been awarded to Mr.. w. w.
Bearden, of Oakway, he being the lowest
responsible bidder. The work will begin
in two or three weeks, we hear.
The friends of Mr.. j. Thos. Simpson,
OF Pelzer, were pleased to see him here
last week. He spent day or two with
the family of Mr.. Il. ID. Poor.
Col. billiard Love, of Sylvia, N. c.,
stopped day or two last week with his
relatives, Mrs. M. A. Doyle and others,
while returning from the Dallas reunion
and the Charleston Exposition. He is a
near kinsman of the late Gov. Joseph e.
Brown, of Georgia, and spent few days
In Atlanta with the relatives of the de.
ceased Governor.
Subjects for discussion at the Pastors
Institute, to be held in the New West
minister Baptist church Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday after the fourth
Sunday in May, 1902:
Justification-P. j. Vermillion.
Does regeneration precede faith in
Christ ?-J. M. Mcclure.
Church discipline--J. e. McManaway.
winning-J. r. Moore.
Eternal punishment-J. NJ. Sanders.
Biblical teachings on missions-A. p.
Marett.
Exegesis of 1st Corinthians, 6:10, 20
j. II. Stone.
In what respects are Christians respon-
sible for the salvation of sinners Pr.
w. Nelson.
Biblical teachings on sauctification-
G. l.. Craig.
BE ready and come. Committee.
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