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

II am opening up big line of spring
millinery. If you want pretty hat for
Easter, we are ready to serve you.
Mrs. 1. e. MCGEE, Westminster, S. G..
Smith, of Walhalla, and Miss Mamie
Strother, of West Union, will leave to-
morrow morning for the Charleston Ex-
position.
Amelia, the infant daughter of DIR.
and Mrs. w. j. Bowen, of Mount Pleas
ant, S. c., died at their home on Monday,
March "a. The sorrowing parents have
the sympathy of many friends here and
elsewhere in their sad bereavement.
The attention of the old soldiers is
again called to tho meeting to be held in
the Court House on next Monday week,
salesday in April, for the purpose of
organizing a Camp of Confederate Vete-
rams, and they are urged to attend, as a
full meeting is desired.
The Wolf Stake school was closed
last Friday. Miss Annie Reihle, who has
had charge of tho school during the past
session, has given universal satisfaction
to all the patrons and it is their desire
that they may be able to secure her SER
vices in the future.
MIR. Robt. E. Reese, of Fair Play,
spent several days in Walhalla last week
at the home of his brother, Auditor j. p.
Reese. He left Saturday for Atlanta,
where he will enter the service of the
estate Road between Atlanta and Chat
tanOoga, Tenn.
j. b. Sloan, of Charlotte, N. c., Dis
trict Archon of the Improved Order of
ueptasophs, installed the officers of Oco-
nee Conclave, No. S27, last Thursday
night. He made an interesting talk and
said this Conclave was one of the strong
! est in the South.
MIR. j. w. Queen, of Lavonia, Ca, is
in Walhalla for few days on business.
He is completing some minor details of
his contract work on the Court House,
which will be finished in few days. He
will also file bid for the erection of the
graded school building.
AT a recent meeting of the session of
the Walhalla Presbyterian church, Major
S. p. Dendy was elected as delegate to
represent said church at the spring meet
ing of the South Carolina Presbytery,
which convenes at Abbeville Court House
or Friday, April 11th. Elder J. w. Hol-
lcman was elected alternate.
Edward, the oldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Hawkins, died at their home
in Walhalla last night, after short ill
ness from pneumonia. His remains will
be laid to rest at Pleasant Ridge Baptist
cemetery tomorrow, after funeral SER
vices by Rev. Drewry Hayes. We extend
sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Misses Ivester have leased the
"Norman House, and will open first
class boarding house as soon as the
alterations are completed. They will
cater specially to the tourist travel, both
summer and winter, and we bespeak for
them full house, as they are noted
housekeepers and will make it pleasant
for those who may be fortunate to be
their guests.
If you pay your street tax before
April 1st you pay $500: after April 1st
you pay $500 or work ten days.
G. w. Pitchford, Clerk.
Died, at Cannon, Texas, on March
| 8th, 1902, after an illness of four days,
Stanhope w. Hill, aged 23 years and
eight months. He was son of Mr.. and
Mrs. g. ID. Hill, and grandson of the
late S. w. Hill, of Horse Cove, N. G. lie
was converted at the age of seventeen,
and was member of the Methodist
church; q good and dutiful son, and
loved by all who knew him.
Mrs. Isabella r. Phillips died at her
residence, near Central, in Pickens
county, on Tuesday, 18th instant, aged
nearly seventy years. She was most
estimable woman and consistent mem
Der of the Presbyterian church. Mrs.
Col. III. S. VanDiviere, her sister, and
Miss Georgia VanDiviere, of our town,
were called to her bedside in her last
illness and attended her funeral at Cen
| tIal.
We were glad to see quite crowd of
| the beaux and bellies of Seneca and West
minister in Walhalla last Wednesday
evening. The Blue Ridge Railway put
on an extra train from Seneca to Wal
halla to accommodate the citizens of
Seneca desiring TO hear the lecture of
the Hon. ohm Temple Graves. 1t was q
| jovial pleasant party, and they will
always be most heartily welcome in Wal
| halla.
Divine services are to be held at the
Evangelical Lutheran church as follows
Thursday, March 81, 4,30 p. M, English
Good Friday, March 28, II q. M, Ger
man, subject, "He wept bitterly;" Sun
day Easter), Z a. M, English, subject,
They came early to the sepulchre;"
Sunday, IL a. M, German Easter service
and communion. The service at seven
o'clock on Sunday morning is something
new.
1t is with since regret that we
learn of the serious illness of Mr.. John
II. Liddell, who lives several miles below
J Seneca. He has been constant and
great sufferer from dropsy for several
months. He is one of Oconee's sub
stantial citizens and n Confederate veto
ran. We hope he may soon be restored
to health and strength. For several
years he has spent the summer months
in Walhalla, and his many friends here
will gladly welcome him among them
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