Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-03-26
NEWS IN AND AROUND wlsTmiasTeR.

Westminster, March 28.--Mr. M. b.
McGee, of Honoa Path, died yesterday
afternoon ut o o'clock. after an illnees
OF several months. He was 78 years of
Mr.. j. w. MCGEE, OF Westminster, was
summoned to the bedside OF his father
and was with him at the time Of his
death. He was one of the Oldest mem
bers OF the Knights of Honor in South
Carolina, having been member for
about twenty-five years. He was pre-
were, u am ready to go.o He had been
a consistent member of the Baptist
church for number of years. The fune-
raj services will be conducted to-day and
his body wil'be laid to rest in Walnut
Grove (family) burying ground, near
Honea Path. The family of the deceased
have the sympathy of many friends in
their hour of sorrow.
Mr.. 8. @. Moons o clever young man
from Conner, Ga, Is now clerking for the
Stonecypher Drug Company, of this
| place.
Mr.. j. H. Renney, the new editor of
The Times has moved his family from
Toccoa to Westminster. He occupies a
cottage near the Methodist church.
l "A child of Mr.. j. M. Collius was
slightly burned while playing with fire
in the field one day last week. Mr.. Col
lins got one hand painfully burned by
extinguishing the flames from the child's
clothing.
Rev. and Mrs. q oseph ~ Dendy, of
Kershaw, arrived at Richland to-day to
spend some days with the family of Mr..
Dendy's mother, Mrs. Lucy Dendy.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Hall, Misses Bessie
Epting and E)inor Knight and t. M.
Merriwether, ID. S., heard the lecture of
Hon. John Temple Graves at the Court
House last Wednesday evening.
Married, on Sunday, March 23d, Miss
Viola Boggs to Mr.. Luther Smith. The
groom Is son of Mr.. s. @. Smith, of
Toxaway, and the bride is daughter of
MIR. James l.. Boggs, now of Pickens
county.
Rev. j. G. Shive, of Piedmont, who is
chairman of the Home Mission Com
mittee, visited friends in Westminster
last week and preached in the Presby-
8 O'Clock. Mr.. Shive is an able minister
of the Southern Presbyterian church and
we, who had the pleasure of hearing his
discourse, were favorably impressed.
Hereafter anyone finding bunch of
keys or other articles of value on the
streets of Westminster will please leave
at post Office and Mr.. Mulkey will take
pleasure in turning same over to proper
owner If they will call for it, In this
way great deal of inconvenience may
be avoided and the loser will know where
to go to find his lost property.
Hev. j. e. McMannaway preached two
helpful sermons in the Baptist church
last Sunday. At tho II o'clock service
his subject was, "Driving away the
Birds" and in his discourse he threw out
great deal of food for thought to his
hearers. At the evening service his sub
Ject was Sowing and reaping." Rev.
Mr.. McManaway has been preaching
here nearly one year and is sowing good
seed among his congregation.
Easter egg hunts are charming features
of the season to take place uext Saturday
afternoon. We hear there will be two
, in town for the little children. The
events are looked forward to with keen
interest and bright anticipation.
On last Sabbath morning at a congre.
: gational meeting in the Presbyterian
church unanimous vote was taken re-
questing the South Carolina Presbytery,
at the spring session, to grant Rev. j. c.
Shive the privilege of preaching here
ee-eighths of his time for six months
as stated supply. The church al
Liberty has extended call to Mr.. Shive
to become its pastor for half of his time
| Should he see his way clear to take
, charge of the new field of work it will be
left to the preacher and his family as to
which town-Liberty or Westminster
they choose TO reside at.
Much gardening has been done and
some corn fields planted in this section.
committee, composed of Col. r. f.
Mason, Messrs. o. X. Breazeale, @. j.
, Mulkey, A. Gaines and l. S. Pitts, met @
, few days ago and assigned the delegates
, Of the Sunday, school convention of the
BeaVerdam Association to different
r homes in and around town. The con.
vention meets with the New Westmin.
ster Baptist church on next Friday, 2Sth
instant, and remains in session until
{ Sunday. Below are the names of the
: churches of the association and the
homes to which their representatives
, have been assigned:
Andersonville and Clearmont- DR..
Burt Mitchell.
, Beaverdam-W. j. Stribling
Bethlehem; ; Chauga and Mt. Tabor
Bethel-William Bibb.
Conneross-Rev. P. j. Vermillion.
, Corinth--W. l.. England.
Cross Roads and Newry-J. 6. Carter.
Double Springs (Anderson)-C. e. o.
Mitchell.
Double Springs (Oconee)-L. d. Bear.
den.
Hopsibah-W. II. Moore.
Hopewell-J. r. Martin.
New Hope-O. X. Breazeale.
Oakdale-W. G. Mason.
| oiu lLlDoIJy-W. ". Al0xdnQ6r, Jr.
i Old Westminster--J. T.. Gaines.
Pleasant Grove and Pleasant Hill.
S. Pitts.
Poplar Springs-J. NJ. Hull.
Pleasant Ridge-Wm. Mcdonald.
Return-T. n. Carter.
Seneca-Col. r. e. Mason.
Shiloh (Anderson)--J. l.. Adams.
Shiloh (Oconee)-G. w. Mcconnell.
South Union-Mrs. j. M. Dickson.
i Toxaway-J. w. McGee.
Walhalla-W. e. Cheswell.
Walhalla No. 2-D. p. Butler.
West Union-Wm. Hunt.
Wolf Stake-J. II. King.
Rock Hill--G. w. Leathers.
Fort Madison-C. j. Mulkey.
Fants Grove-W. II. Mcclure.
Miss Bagwell, from near Seneca, was
visiting her friend, Miss Emma Bibb, the
first of this week.
Mr.. r. r. Pitts is back from stay of
several months in the Indian Territory,
Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Miss Seppie Mcdonald left this morn
ing for an extended visit to relatives in
Hart county, Georgia.
The Westminster Camp Woodmen of
the World is growing very rapidly.
Mr.. o. S. Duff, of Lowell, Mass, is in
town. Mr.. DmG was the :nach:ii;st ii
charge of the Southern Shuttle and Bob
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