Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-09-24
NEWS IN AND AROUND wEsrmlNsrEa.

Westminster, September M.-Miss Nell
lie b. Norris left on Monday for Green
vile to resume her studies In Chicora
College.
Mr.. John w. Kibler, of Newberry,
spent Monday with his brother-in-law,
Mr.. Marshall S. Stribling.
Miss Alma Kay, of Pickens, is spend
ing a few weeks with relatives in West
miniter.
DR.. Jabez Jones, of Savannah, was in
town last Monday. He is one of the
physicians of Savannah hospital, but
will retire from the hospital corps of
physicians on October and practice in
the city.
Mr.. John Poore, who has been i'll of
fever at the home of his brother, Mr.. II.
d. Poore, the past four weeks, is now
convalescing.
Mrs. Laura F; Kirkpatrick, Of winnes.
boro, Mr.. and Mrs. Crayton Stewart, Of
Clifton, and Miss Ruth Walker of Tuga-
loo, were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. p.
Anderson the first of this week. Mrs.
Kirkpatrick went to Atlanta on Monday
From there she will 60 to the Indian
Territory, whore her son, Rev. r. It.
Kirkpatrick, has accepted call to
preach.
Mr.. John S. Haley is quite sick at the
home of his brother, Mr.. w. S. Haley.
His father, Mr.. w. j. Haley, and his
sister, Miss Haley, of Royston, are over
to see him.
In a paragraph last week where we
stated that Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Lesley
would attend the Carter-Stephens We'd
ding at Gainesville we meant to write
the names of Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. Carter.
The mistake is ours we feel sure and we
are sorry it occurred, but we had no
knowledge of it until after the letter was
in print.
Rev. II. S. Abbott is preaching in the
old foundry building every night this
week.
Rev: J. 9. shiyo went to Chatham, Va,
daughter, Whitlock, are both unwell.
Miss Whitlock is suffering from an at
tack Of typhoid fever and is very ill. Mrs.
Shive and children went to Chatham
about two weeks ago to visit her mother
and other relatives. The church at
Westminster has granted Rev. Mr..
Shive leave of absence for a couple of
weeks. He expects to return in time to
preach here on the first Sunday in Oc-
tober.
Gertrude, the three-year-old daughter
of Henry Martin, who lives two miles
above town, is suffering intensely as a
result of an accident which occurred
last Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Martin
drives lumber wagon for Mr.. @. G.
Simpson and az he was passing his home
out to mount the wagon. Little Ger
trude was knocked down between the
wheels by another one of the children
and the rear wheel of the wagon ran
over her thigh and body. So quickly
was it knocked down and 80 close was It
to the wagon the father did not have
sufficient time to stop the team. The
and McClanahan dressed the injuries.
The child is in a critical condition, but
there is hope for it's recovery.
Last Friday Mr.. III. jenkins met with
painful accident. He is an employee
of the big cotton ginnery in Westminster,
and while he had his hand under the gin,
endeavoring to save some loose locks of
cotton, his sleeve was caught and his
arm brought in contact with the fast
revolving saws. His arm was sawed
from the wrist to the elbow, the liga-
ments torn loose and the wrist Joint dis
located. AS there was no one at the gin
at the time of the accident except Mr..
Jenkins, it was some minutes before
assistance could reach him and extricate
him from his dangerous position. Soon
after the accident Mr. jenkins was car
ried home and Drs. Walker and McClana-
han were summoned. They dressed his
wounds at once. Mr.. Jenkins is threat
ened with fever in addition to his in
jured arm and is quite sick this morning.
Rev. j. G. Shive has not sgnified his
acceptance of the call for his pastoral
services of Westminster church, owing
to serious sickness in his family. He
asked the South Carolina Presbytery last
week to withhold the call q while longer
for that reason, and the request was
granted. The many friends of Mr.. Shive
hope for his family an early restoration
to health, and that he may see his way
clear to permanently locate in our midst.
He announced to his congregation last
Sabbath that they could expect preach
ing on the first and third Sabbaths of
each month.
Claude Thompson, colored, was ano-
ther victim of a cotton gin accident last
Friday. He got his hand in Mr.. }. III.
Elrod's gin. His injuries were slight
and he will soon be all right.
The Smith excursion to Atlanta was
not so largely represented by citizens of
this community as the first one, which
ran in juno. Mr.. MCGEE sold only 43
tickets last Wednesday.
Westminster is a better cotton market
this year than formerly. The daily re-
ceipts are remarkably good. The price
yesterday was 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Marett have
moved back to Atlanta.
Cotton seed are bringing 85 cents per
100 pounds.
Work on DR.. Walkers brick store was
resumed Monday morning.
Mr.. Boyce Woolbright is building a
nice dwelling house above the shuttle
factory, and near the Double Cabins.