Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-07-23

highest market price for good shingles.
Miss Julia Haltiwanger, of Edgefield,
is visiting at the homo Mr.. w. l.. Werner.
Mr.. w. l.. Barber, of Hartwell, Ga,
is in Walhalla for few days on business.
Mr.. d. G. McAlister, of Columbia,
is visiting his wife and other relatives in
Walhalla.
Mrs. j. j. S. Galloway, of Cumming,
Ga, is visiting her brother, Mr.. v. l..
Norman, and family.
"A very important meeting of the
A. o. U. w. will be held at the Masonic
Hall on Thursday night. oath instant.
All members are earnestly requested to
attond.
Manager Geo. L. Wilson, of the Wal
halla Telephone Co., completed the line
to Tamassee and Salem Tuesday evening,
and by tomorrow night expects to have
the line to Jocassee in working order.
The exercises of the Holly Springs
school will begin on Monday, July 2Sth,
with Miss Carrie Kuemmerer as teacher.
The trustees and patrons are requested
to be present at the opening of the school.
Ed. Singleton, colored, was knocked
down by Blue Ridge freight train last
Thursday morning. He was trying to
Swing" it as it was leaving Seneca, but
failed, when the car struck him about
the head. He has an ugly wound, but
will recover.
MIR. VIM. III. Thompson, of Charles
ton, came up Tuesday evening to spend
a month at the home of his parents, Col.
and Mrs. r. A. Thompson. "Will" is
still in the railroad service and is num-
bered among the most competent engi-
neers in the State.
The colored Baptist brethren of
Walhalla are looking forward with in
terest to the opening of a protracted
revival meeting at New Galilee church
to- morrow night. Rev. j. s. Steward
and Others from abroad will take active
part in the work.
&C. w. & j. E. Bauknight announce
this week their opening of fall and win
ter tailor made suits and overcoats. They
represent the Globe Tailoring Co., of Gin
cinnati, and Mr.. j. NJ. Connor will be
on hand Monday, July %, to take meas
ures and exhibit the latest patterns in
excellent cloths. See them.
Mrs. r. S. Hill and daughters, Misses
Lois and Willie, of Anderson, arrived in
Walhalla Tuesday afternoon on their way
to Tamassee, where they will spend sew
eral weeks at the home of Mrs. G. Jones.
They were accompanied from here by
Miss Eunice Hill, who has been spending
few days visiting at the home Of Major
VIM. j. Stribling, near town.
MIR. Chas. S. Reid, of Woodbury..
Ga, is spending few days among rela-
tives in West Union and Walhalla. He
will return to Woodbury. the latter part
of this week. He is always welcome
visitor in Walhalla, and it is regretted
that he is to make his permanent home
away from his native town. He expects
to move his family about the first of
September.
Rev. j. l. Spinks, the pastor, closed
very interesting meeting at Zion Me-
thodist church on last Saturday. No
such meeting, it is said, has been held at
that place in quite long while. The
congregations were good and attentive,
and Jealous awakening in the cause of
genuine and true religion was manifested.
At the close of the services the doors of
the church were opened and eight young
persons applied for membership.
The Postmaster General has issued
an order providing that after October /,
1902, each person desiring rural free de-
livery service must erect, at his own cost
and on the roadside, 80 that carriers may
have convenient access to it, mail box
conforming with the orders of the de-
used for more than one family, and
officers OF the post office department are
prohibited from becoming agents for free
delivery boxes.
The Farmers Institute will be held
at Clemson College, beginning Monday,
August 11th proximo, and lasting several
days. The Institute is designed specially
for the benefit of farmers, and all who
can attend will find it to their advantage
in an agricultural point of view to do SO,
to say nothing of the social pleasures of
such Ii. nual reunions. All the railroads
will give reduced rates, while board at
Clemson can be obtained at very rea-
sonable charge.
Mrs. It. p. Lemasters. of Spartan,
burg, who has been visiting at the home
of Mr.. j. G. Shockley, in West Union,
for the past week, while on trip to the
tunnel last Saturday, in company with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Shockley, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. S. Arlington, the Misses Grice
and Mrs. Callas, had the misfortune to
lose handsome gold watch and chain.
Luckily it was found on Sunday by Mr..
Ernest Hutchison and returned to the
owner on Monday morning just as she
boarded the train for home.
Work was begun Monday on remod-
elling DR.. j. w. BelPs residence on Main
street. The house will be moved back
from the street some forty feet, about
thirty feet of the present street front to
be cut away and used as an ell in the
rear, while the front now facing east
will be modernized and made to front
south on Main street. Mr.. j. E. Smith
has the contract for the work, and will
push it through to completion as soon as
good work will permit. This improve
ment will be another addition to the ap-
pearance of Main street.