Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-06-18
Welcome to all the teachers.


Work is progressing rapidly on the
new graded school building.
Miss Carrie Perry is spending q week
visiting friends in Anderson.
Read o. 81. Schumachers new ad.
He has everything nice for the table.
"A nice line of spring and summer
clothing just arrived at Carter & Co.'s.
"A Sabbath school will be organized
at Red Hill school house next Sunday
afternoon at a O'Clock.
Miss Leila Carter, of Gainesville, Ca,
is visiting her brother, Mr.. +. II. Carter,
and family, in Walhalla.
Mr.. j. T. Holleman, of Anderson,
spent last Sunday in Walhalla, visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Holle-
man.
Masters Ramsay and Frank Holle-
man, sons of Mr.. j. r.. Holleman, of
Anderson, are visiting their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Holleman.
Don't buy buggy and harness until
you see mine. My buggies are good and
my prices right. Il. M. Lowery,
Seneca, s. G.
The new candidates this week are:
For Congress, Geo. K. Prince; for House
of Representatives, Jas. w. Bearden for
County Commissioners, j. w. Lyles and
Is ISs 4NiSIioioous
The County Commissioners will hold
their next monthly meeting on Saturday,
July 5th, Friday, the Fourth, being a
legal holiday. The public will please
take notice of this.
Mrs. S. Y. Henry and Miss Wilson,
of Macon, Ga; Miss Ada Craig, of Pick
ems county; the Misses Bearden, of Oak
way, and Miss Kelly, are visiting at the
homo of Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Craig.
Capt. w. G. (Billy) Smith and Mrs.
M. A. Dean, his daughter, of Anderson,
came up Tuesday and are visiting Mrs.
N. l.. FAINT and family and taking in the
Copeland meeting in the Walhalla Baptist
church.
Miss Edith Hunuicutt, who has been
attending the Atlanta High School, has
returned to her home near Seneca, where
she will remain during vacation. Miss
Hunnicutt stands high in her classes and
numbers her friends by the score.
Little Lugene, infant son of Mr.. w.
N. Lindsay, died at his home in Wal
halla on Saturday, 14th instant, aged ten
months. The funeral services were con-
Quoted Sunday morning at ten O'Clock by
Rev. r. l.. Rogers. The body was buried
in Westview cemetery. The mother of
the child died last year, soon after his
birth. The bereaved father has the SYM
pathy of many friends.
If you are not candidate this year
you will be a little lonesome, but you
may be happy. You will not be asked
for a contribution to carpet churches,
furnish school houses, replace dead
mules and dozen other worthy objects.
You will not be begged by thousand
people to lend money from ten cents up
to fifty cents. You will miss all that by
not being candidate.
Little Ruby, infant daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. G. Fl. Waddell, died at their
homo in West Union on Monday after
noon, 10th instant, at 5 O'Clock, after a
brief illness, aged one year, one month
and seventeen days. After appropriate
funeral services, conducted by Rev. j. 1.
Spincks, at the home, on Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, her body was laid to
rest in family plot near the residence.
The grief-stricken parents have the SYM
pathy of many friends.
Miss Marye Shelor, of Tugaloo, is in
Walhalla this week. She is general
agent for Oconee county for the sale of
Jackson. The profits arising from the
sale of the book will be devoted to the
education of the orphan grand children
of Gen. Jackson. Miss Marye deserves
much credit for her patriotic service, and
should be amply rewarded by large sales
of this interesting book. Miss Shelor is
visiting Mrs. g. G. Strong and family on
Faculty Hill.
MIR. II. H. McCarley, student from
Oconee county in the College of Charles
ton, will accept our thanks for an invita-
tion to attend the commencement exer-
cises in the Academy of Music, Charles
ton, S. c., Thursday, June 26th, 1902. at
half-past eight o'clock. The President
of the college reports to us the satisfac-
terry standing of Mr.. Henry Hood Nc
Carley, the holder of the Oconee County
scholarship. His scholarship holds good
for two years more, 80 that there will not
be vacancy in this county until 1904.
"A series of meetings was begun last
Thursday night in the Walhalla Baptist
church by the pastor, Rev. j. K. Nc
Manaway, and the Rev. Oliver j. Cope
land, of Anderson. Mr.. Copeland does
each day, 10 a. m. and $50 p. m. The
congregations have steadily increased
from the first. The large church is
filled to its utmost capacity at the night
services. The sermons are logical and
forcefui, presenting the truths of the
Gospel with such strength and power as
to produce profound impression upon
the people. The sermon last night on
"Heaven" held the congregation spell
DOuiU lOI hedily Ouo uouI' n boTlOuS
feeling pervadcd the congregation. Much
good must come from such cohsecrated
services. The meeting will continue until
Sunday night and probably longer.
-Messrs. j. M. Strother and Charles
S. Reid left last week for Atlanta, where
they completed the business details for
tho erection of a forty-ton cotton seed oil
mill at Woodbury., Ga. Their output will
include all the products of cotton seed,
and the mill will be equipped with the
very latest improved machinery. Messrs
Strothor aud Reid will have entire con-
troll of this mill and will make a success
of the business at Woodbury.. They are
thoroughly acquainted with the oil mill
business, having operated successfully
the mill at Seneca, as well as being con-
nected closely with other mills. They
expect to move their families to Wood
bury in the fall. Mr.. l.. w. Meakin will
have large oil mill ready to begin work
at Fitzgerald, Ga at the opening of the
cotton season. This mill will also manu-
facture commercial fertilizers Mr.. Mea-
kin has been connected with the Lavonia
mills for number of years and they have
been among the most succpssfnl in tho