Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-09-17
NEWS N AND Aaouap wrsTMlNsTga.

l. UOSEhhlhoeor, ooptomDor lf.--heV. ana
Mrs. w. J. Wy1y, OF Donald's, have been
on a visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Wyly, of Retreat. He preached in
Retreat church on the first Sunday in
this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. K. Gray left on Tues
day fora months visit to the North and
East. they viii spend awhile in Phila-
delphia and then go to Catskill, Yer
mont, whore Mr.. Gray's father resides.
He has sister at East Dorset and one at
West Dorset, in Vermont, whom they
will also visit.
Wiss Luta Bewley, after spending a
week in Westminster, returned to her
home at Chester to-day. She was ac-
cOmpanied by her aunt, Mrs. DIR. Burt
Mitchell, who will spend one month at
Chester.
Elder Marshall s. Stribling will repre-
sent the Westminster church at the ses-
sion of South Carolina Presbytery which
convenes in the Richland church to-mor.
row.
Mrs. L. M. Peden is visiting her son,
Mr.. T. g. Peden.
DR.. T. M. Meriwether has returned to
Westminster and can be found i'm his
dental Office in the bank building.
Rev. j. @. IShive is preaching at Lib
erty this week. He will return in time
TO fill his pulpit at Westminster next
Miss Kate e. Harris will return from
Virginia Saturday and will take up her
work again as teacher in the private
school at the home of Mr.. Thos. N.
Carter.
Mrs. Thos. G. Peden has gone to
Barnesville, Ga, to spend month with
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Dickerson and
little son, John Sam, visited relatives at
Hartwell this week.
Mr.. Garnett M. Martin, of Roswell,
Ca, was at home on Sunday.
Mr.. G. e. Miller has gone to Lavonis
to buy cotton.
Mrs. A. Cheek and her daughter, Miss
Julia Cheek, are visiting relatives at
Athens and Flowery Branch, Ga. They
will be gone month.
Mr.. j. III. Renney left this week for
Walhal)a, where he will work in the
Office of the Oconee News. He is fine
with the ''stiok and rule" Mr.. Renney
is a loyal Methodist and an earnest
Christian worker in the church.
Miss Guss.e Martin is assistant to Mr..
Mulkey at the post Office.
Mr.. Robert Davis is having his house
remodeled and painted. He lives on
Conneross at the former home of Mr.. l..
d. Stribling.
Conductor Jason Cannon, baggage
master Paul Wardlaw and III. +. Francis,
of Atlanta, were here last Thursday Al
witnesses in the preliminary trial of the
defendants charged with wrecking train
No. 80 on August 25. The negro Cohen
waived preliminary: The other defend-
ants were dismissed.
Mrs. Q. @. Weaver, of Roswell, Ga, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Carter.
Miss Hattie McLin was married to Mr..
Cullen Bearden on last Wednesday,
September 10, at the home of the BRIDES
father, near Oakway. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. w. S. Hamiter,
of Seneca. Tho bride is the beautiful
and cultured daughter of Mr.. John L..
McLin; She is q graduate of tho Win
throp Normal and Industrial College, at
Rock Hill. Mr.. Bearden is the second
son of Mr.. James w. Bearden, one of
Oconee's best citizens. He lisa fine
young man and has many friends
throughout the county who congratulate
him on his good fortune. N
Capt. w. E. Cheswel has purchased
from the r. A. Mathewson estate the
large hotel building and store room on
Main street, opposite the depot. 81
Miss Maud Stribling left yesterday for
Rock Hill, where she goes to attend the
Winthrop Normal and Industrial Col
lege. She won a scholarship in that
institution of learning. Miss Maud is
one of Westminster's brightest and most
popular young LADIES ana her presence
will be much missed by her friends.
She will not return home until next
June.
Mr.. T. N. Carter has bought of Mrs. L.
A. Mathewson the lot in rear of the
hotel property, which adjoins the lot on
which Mr.. Carter's livery and feed stable
is situated.
From present indications there will be
several marriages in Westminster before
the end of the year.
Col r. K. Mason, of Charlotte, was
here yesterday.
Cotton brought So cents in this market
yesterday.
Mrs, G. H. Dance and children, of
Toccoa, and Miss Ida Ramsay, of Fol
som, have been visiting Mrs. j. s. Carter.
They returned to their homes on Satur-
day.
Miss Eloise McWhorter, of Washing
ton, d. c., has been tho charming guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Lesley the past
week. She returned home yesterday via
Seneca where she will visit few days.
Mr. and Mrs. w. d. Lesley and Mr.. d.
l.. Norris and Miss Maude Gaines will
attend the Carter-Stephens wedding at
Gainesville, which takes place at high
noon to-day.
Miss Ethel MCGEE will visit relatives
in Gainesville, Ca, this week.
Mr.. 9. G. Simpson, our saw mill man,
sawed log Monday which produced
1913 feet of lumber.
Mr.. A. b. Stewart has been unwell for
several days. A. l.. Gossett.