Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-10
NEWS IN AND AROUND WESTMINSTER.

in receipt of an invitation to the mar
riage of Miss Veda Sheldon TO Mr.,
George r. Hunter. The wedding will
take place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob b. Fellers, of Prosperity, on
Thursday evening, December 25, at six
o'clock. The bride-eleot is the youngest
daughter of the late w. III. Sheldon, of
Oconse. and is most amiable young
lady.
Miss Sudie Jones, of Fort Madison,
was the guest of Mrs. w. l.. England the
first of this week.
Misses Mamie Terrell and Sallie Diok-
son expect to visit, their friend, Miss
Myra Mason, of ITO East Avenue, Char
lotte, N. c., during the Christmas holi-
days.
visiting her cousin, Miss Bulah Poore.
Miss Matte Dobbins is visiting rela-
tives in Greenville. She will 20 from
there to Charleston in q few days and
will return to Westminster about New
Years Day.
Miss Eva Simpson was married in At
lanta on Sunday, November 80, to Mr..
Alfred Flynn, fireman of the southern
Railway. Mrs. Flynn is the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. g. G. Simpson,
lanta since August II, where she had
been prosecuting course of study in
the Southern Shorthand and Business
University. Her parents were totally
unprepared for the announcement of her
marriage and knew nothing of it until
they received a letter from their daugh-
ter one day last week conveying the in
formation.
Miss Sallie Craig, daughter of Mr.. and
Thursday, December q, to Mr.. James
Ernest Dickson, Rev. A. p. Marett offici-
ating.
Miss Bennie Dilworth has returned
from a visit of several weeks to relatives
in Greenville and Pickens counties.
Mrs. William Hudgens, of Greenville,
visited her cousin, Mrs. w. r. Cobb this,
week.
Mrs. DR.. Burt Mitchell has returned
from a trip to Augusta.
Mrs. Emily Stribling and Mrs. j. P.
Stribling and children spent last Satur-
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall 8. Strib-
ling and family.
Mr.. Parker Sewell, prominent banker
and leading finanoier of the Indian Ter
ritory, is in Westminster seeing his
many friends and acquaintances. He is
president of bank at the town of Cal
vim, his home, and is also president of
another bank in a neighboring town.
DR.. F. G. Mcconnell, of Atlanta,
stopped over in Westminster Saturday,
while returning from a trip to Lynch.
burg, and preached an able sermon in
the Baptist church on Sunday, taking for
his subject "Pentecost."
Remember the meeting of tho stock
holders of the Cheswell Cotton Mill
Company next Saturday at 10 a. m. All
stockholders are requested to be present
or send in their proxy, as there is busi-
ness of Importance to attend to at this
meeting.
DR.. Q. M. Walker is at Charleston at
tending the meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Ancient Free Masons. He represents
Westminster Lodge No. 200. He will
return tomorrow.
Superintendent G.. NJ. Roberts. of the
Cheswell Cotton Mill. is attending the
Grand Lodge meeting of the A. r. M. at
Charleston. He represents the Ander-
son Lodge.
Prof. j. 7. Durham, OF Liberty, was in
town last week. He has bought Mrs. M.
A. Doyle's home place near town.
1t is understood that there will be
preaching in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning and night. The
church has not learned up to the time
of this writing who will fill the pulpit.
Rev. Wilby Ferguson, pastor OF the
sermons last Sabbath. He will preach
again next Sabbath at II a. m. and 7
p m.
Mr.. j. R. Orr has recently completed a
handsome barn. Mr.. Orr has also bought
some moro real estate from Mr.. Ander-
son, which adjoins his lot.
We were over at the cotton mill on Sat
urday and were much surprised to see
so many improvements that had been
made in the past few months. We found
Capt. w. e. Cheswell, president, and Mr..
A. Zimmerman, secretary, at their desks
in the Office. They dispatch with neat
ness and accuracy vast amount of busi-
ness for the company every day and take
pleasure in conversing with visitors about
the affairs of the mill. Mr., FL. r. Whit
mire, an Oconee man, is q valuable as
sistant to Mr.. Zimmerman in the score
tary's office, He Is ia graduate of the
Louisville Business College. "Flem'' is
a competent accountant and is held in
high esteem by the company. Through
the kindness of Capt. Cheswell and Mr..
Zimmerman we were permitted to go
through the mill. They now have in
position four large boilers and will soon
have in position another engine. Like
Mr.. Zimmerman says, ct. o running of
one engine now is like having one horse
hitched to two-horse wagon" New
machinery is arriving almost daily and
the mill will soon be equipped with
everything that is needful from bottom
to top. Tho looms for the new addition
are placed and several more cards and
spinning frames are on the road and
will be put in their proper places in the
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