Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-28
NEWS IN AND AROUND WESTMINSTER.
Marriage Of Miss Duffie and Mr.. C. m. Shelton
The News In General.


Westminster, May 2S.-Two handsome
brick buildings will be erected in West
minister in the near future. They will
stand on the vacant lot just opposite the
bank and post Office, which is in the
very heart of our little village. Mr.. M
S. Stribling is making preparations to
build two-story store house 27x1O0 feet.
Adjoining this structure DR.. O. M. Wal.
ker will build o two-story building 23x9C
feet. The former will be occupied by
Mr.. Stribling. the latter by Peden Bros.
on the ground floor and the upper story
will be fitted up for DIR. Walkers Office.
The brick for these buildings are now
being manufactured by Messrs. Ander-
son & Kay, on Colonel's Fork creek.
Miss Hattie Duffie, daughter of the
Rev. X. l.. Duffie, was married last Sat-
urday evening, May "a, at O'Clock, to
Mr. @. M. Shelton, of Walhalla, Rev. r.
M. DuBose officiating. The bride has
taught school in different sections of
Oconee for several years past and has
man. friends. Mr.. Shelton holds re-
sponsible position with the Walhalla
Cotton Mills. To them is extended the
congratulations and best wishes of a
host of friends.
Mr.. John ]. Goforth wishes to ex-
press his gratitude to his friends and
neighbors who kindly helped him in saw
ing his furniture last Tuesday morning
while his house was burning down.
Misses Vera, Alva and Nella Jameson,
daughters of DR.. s. Y. Jameson, of At
lanta, are visiting their grand parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bibb, near town.
Mr.. G.: w. Mcconnell visited Bolton
last week.
Miss Ida Bewley, of Pineville, KY,
tuh0 otk
gusta, Ca, arrived here this week and
will spend several weeks with her aunt,
Mrs. DR.. Burt Mitchell. Miss Bewley is
handsome and popular young lady and
has many friends In Westminster who
are glad to see her. She is accompanied
by her friend, Miss Marie LAWYER, a
highly cultured young lady of Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Children's Day exercises will be OBJ
served in the Presbyterian church on the
afternoon of the third Sabbath in June.
Rev. j. @. Shive has been chosen to de-
liver an address on this occasion,
Mrs. r. b. Aldrich and Miss Lula
Adams, of the Taber section, were in
town last Saturday. They spent the night
with the family of Mr.. NJ. A. Terrell and
attended church here on Sunday.
The many friends of Miss Myra Mason
will be glad to know that she will soon
be at home from College Park, Ga. The
comm encement season is at hand and
she will be ready to return home in about
a week.
An excursion train, under tho manage
ment of Mr.. l.. p. Smith, will run from
Anderson to Atlanta on Wednesday next,
June 4th. The train will leave West
minister at 800 p. m. and the fare for the
also stop at Fort Madison. Fare from
that point is $l.75. Excursionists will
have nearly 30 hours to spend in the Gate
City, as the train will leave Atlanta at
midnight on Thursday, June 9Th.
Miss Mamie Terrell is spending while
at Toccoa and Mount Airy, Ga.
The Westminster friends of Miss Mary
Sheldon, of Seneca, will be delighted to
hear that she was member of the grad
uating GLASS of Chicora College, Green
vile, at the commencement exercises
held last week.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
White has been intensely ill, but is now
on fair road to recovery. Miss Maud
Gaines, trained nurse of Augusta, has
been summoned and is now here nursing
the sick babe.
Generally speaking, the wheat crop is
not promising throughout this section.
Oats are scarce.
MI. p. p. Sullivan, one of Fort Madi-
sons leading business men, was in town
on Monday.
Miss Nellie Norris is at home from
Chicora College, Greenville.'
MIR. Taylor Breazeale, of Atlanta, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. K.
Breazeale.
Through the courtesy of Miss Marye
Shelor, of Tugaloo, and Mr.. James G..
Breazeale, one of the trustees of the
Block school, we. have seen half dozen
or more Of the handsome pictures which
the Youths Companion is distributing
among. the schools of our land. These
pictures, we understand, are sent out by
Mr.. |. b. Upham, of Boston, to the
schools making the greatest progress in
school improvements, environments, etc.
Miss Shelor has been very fortunate in
procuring such strikingly beautiful illus
trations. She has presented the Block
school with the ones we have seen.
The school prizes them very highly and
will frame them.
Miss Bessie Epting, who has been
teaching in the High School, left on
Monday for her home at Williamson.
Her many friends wish her pleasant
vacation and hope she will return to
Westminster soon.
Mr.. A. w. Leathers is at Harmony
Grove, Ga, this week.
Mr.. l.. ID. Bearden was among the visi
tors to the Ivory City last week.
Mr.. Edgar Hiott, of Seneca, was here
several days last week. A. L. @.