Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-02-12

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I'll ee splendid young COWS with
young calves for salo at j. p. Stribling's
Richland, s. G.
Mr.. Chas. III. Mayhem, after an ex-
tended business trip to Washington, Ga,
is in Walhalla with his family.
We call attention to the new adver.
tisement of J. III. Darby, druggist. He
is making run on several lines.
The sacrament of the Lords Sumner
will be administered at the Methodist
church next Sunday Immediately after
the morning service.
Mr.. Il. E. Alexander has opened an
office on Main street, where he will con-
duct fertilizer business. Read his ad-
vertisoment and give him call.
Mr.. A. w. Edens, of Greenvill is in
Walhalla to day on business with the
Blue Ridge Water Company. Mr.. Edens
is anengineer of considerable note.
Mr.. III. G. Heath, of Gainesville, Ga,
arrived in Walhalla Tuesday morning.
He will be employed as manager of n
barber shop 70 be opened by Mr.. Geo. l..
Wilson at an early day.
/ Married, on Sunday night, February
9th, 1902, at the residence of the brides
mother, Mrs. Nell Lee, on Factory Hill,
Walhalla, Mr.. VIM. Holmes and Miss
Canada Lee, Rev. G. l.. Craig officiating.
Mr. w. ID. Garrison, of Denver, S.
! O., paid The Courier Office a pleasant
call on last Monday morning. He was
on visit to his brother-in-law, Mr.. C. L..
Reid, and family. Mr.. Garrison is one
of the progressive and successful farmers
| in Anderson county.
Capt. j. III. Grant, formerly of An
derson, has many friends in Ocouee
who will be pleased to learn that he has
been roappointed civil Governor of the
Island of Leyte, in the Philippines.
Governor Grants administration seems
to have made him popular with tho
natives of the isle
"A number of young men have organ
lied brass band for Walhalla. Mr.. M.
Z. Seahorn was chosen as manager and
Mr.. G. M. Ansel, secretary and treasurer.
A sufficient sum has been raised to insure
the purchase of instruments, and we may
reasonably expect to hear Emusic (p) in
the air' at no distant day. There is some
| good musical talent in the aggregation
comprising the band, and we hope it will
be entirely successful.
On Sunday morning, February 9th,
about o'clock, Corinth school house,
five miles below Seneca, was burned to
| the ground. The loss is between $3.50
and $500. Only recently the trustees
had placed over a hundred dollars worth
of school furniture in the building, and
! this, too, was total loss. The fire is
supposed to have been incendiary, but
there is no clue to the party or parties
who started the fire.
Rev Irl r.. Hicks, the weather
perophet, predicts unpleasant, wintry
weather for February and March. He
| advises farmers 10 eX.. else all reasonable
and possible precautions for the shelter
ing and feeding of live stock. and suggests
that wise planning for outdoor work
should be done. He believes that the
mouths Of April, May and June will be
propitious above the average for agri.
cultural and outdoor avocations.
| Tho citizens of Cincinnati, O., are
taking deep interest in the Charleston
Exposition. The following invitation
has been handsomely printed and sent
out: "Tho citizens of Cincinnati cordially
invite you to the formal opening of the
Cincinnati Building at the South Caro-
lima Interstate and West Indian Exposi
ton, at Charleston, S. c., February 10Th
1902, and to make their building your
headquarters when in Charleston at any
time during the Exposition"
On February 4th Mr.. E. III. McCol.
lough, of Walhalla, was elected by the
city council of Greenville to be city en-
| ginter and overseer Of public works. hr.
| Mccullough was selected over seventy.
six applicants. He left here Monday tC
enter upon the discharge of his duties.
| He will open private Office in Green
Vile, where he will devote all of his
time not required by his official duties
to his personal business as architect and
draughtsman. We wish Mr.. Mccullough
an abundant success.
Mr.. John NJ. Baldwin has moved his
blacksmith and horse-shoeing shop tC
the old Joost corner on Main street
where he will be pleased to have all his
old customers and new ones, too, cal
when they want first class work done
Mr. Baldwin makes horse -shoeing Q
specially and guarantees satisfaction OF
no charge. To know how to shoe q
horse scientifically ID no mean accom-
plishment and Mr.. Baldwin prides him
self on knowing how to do this very
thing. Give him a call.
Tho Sergeant house, about two miles
from Walhalla, was destroyed by fire or
Monday afternoon between 2 and 8
o'clock. Mr.. Frederick Biemann, Sr.,
who, with his family, occupied the house.
lost practically all of his household goods
There was no insurance on the property
and the loss was about 81 ,40O-$1, 200 on
the house and 5000 personal property
The Sergeant place was much admired
as country home, and the destruction
of the house is much regretted. The
place belongs to Mrs. DIR. It. G. c.
Fahnestock.
A Deep Mystery.
1t is mystery why women endure
backache, headache, nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, fainting and dizaS
spells when thousands have proved thai
Electric Bittcrs will quickly cure sucl
troubles. 81 suffered for years with kid
ney trouble" writes Mrs. Phebe Cher