Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-11

to Superintendent Baker, Of the Atlanta
and charls,te Division Of the Southern
Railway, asking for better passenger fet
cilities at westninster. Quite a number
of the good ladies Of our community
signed the petition and we gladly repro
duce Mr.. Baker's letter Ia reply as u
matter OF public Information. The let
ter Is as follows: MIS-. Burt Mitohell
and other signers of petition dated
October II, 1908, Dear Madam: beg
to acknowledge receipt of your petition
OF nth instant In regard to better pas
senger station at Westminster. The
matter of making some Improvement at
Westminster has been under considera-
tion by this company for some time and
while q new station building will proba-
bly, not be constructed, IL the work is
authorized changes will bo made in the
present ono which j believe will meet
the requirements ,,nG trust will be sat
isfaotory. j assure you the importance
of Westminster is not overlooked, but is
given consideration with great many
other places along the line and as soon
as the company feels able l feel satisfied
such improvements as are needed.o
Miss Bessie Mcdowell, of Fountain
Inn, and j. p. Jones, of Hartwell, we're
married on November d, Rev. W.. w.
Ruff officiating. Roth the bride and
groom are we'll known in Westminster,
w. j. MoGee, of Honea Path, was in
town last Thursday. .
Avery Carter, an architect Of Spar
tanburg, was here one day last week.
A. G. Cree resigned the first church,
Gaffney, last Sunday to accept the
Twcnty-Second and Walnut church,
Louisville. Bro. Cree says: 'The
thought of standing shoulder to shoulder
with that noble church of fifteen hun
dred souls in the very thick of the fight
against sin fills me with enthusiasm and
lose Bro. Cree from Gaffney, but we
congratulate him on being called to this
large field, and wish for him great use
fulness. He expects to enter upon his
work in Louisville January l."
An infant of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L.
Voyles died at the home of it's grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Hancock,
one day last week. 1t was only, week
old. It's remains were inferred at the
| Old Westminster cemetery.
Henry Cheek visited Atlanta one day
last week.
David Allen, q respectable colored
citizen of Westminster, died last Thurs
day. He had been sick for more than a
year. He was 42 years old and leaves a
| wife and six children. Allen was stone
mason and brioklayer by occupation and
| Westminster.
We are sorry to learn that j. A. Dick
son, Jr., is going to sell his personal
property and move to Ardmore, Indian
Territory. He will sell at auction to-
morrow (Thursday) and expects to start
| for his western home on Saturday. at
present Mr.. Dickson resides on tho Kay
| ,lAn NHalI Ian fxr,x~ 10,
from Westminster. Sale begins at 10 a. m.
Lee Hunt, of Dacusville, Pickens
| county, visited tho families of r. III. and
w. b. Dilworth last week.
James Johns and Laura Cleveland
were married on Sunday, November 1,
Rev. w. S. Southerland officiating. All
colored and all of Oconee.
brief visit to Athens during the past
week.
Rev. l.. III. Query, of Retreat, was
| in town last Thursday.
Henry Coker got one of his arms
badly sawed at the shuttle factory one
afternoon last week.
HONOR ROLL.
Following is the honor roll of West
minister Graded School for October:
First Grade-Myrtis Cole, Marie Lesly,
Lille Martin.
Second Grade-odell Morgan, w. P.
Anderson, Jr., Verde Miller, jamie
Bearden, Veattie Miller, Alice Stribling,
Florence johnson.
Third Grade-Bessie Barron, Marie
Hall, Grace Stribling.
Fourth Grade-Joe DilwOrth, Ada
Simpson, Dewitt Miller, Augusta Smith
son.
Fifth Grade-Annie Kay, Fred Zim-
norman, Frank Anderson, Clarence Hob
son.
Sixth Grade-Beaulah Mcdonald, Nish
Barnett, Ida Martin, Annie Miller.
Seventh Grade-Adger Alexander,
Sarah Anderson, Avalona Alexander,
Daisy Foster, Maude Simpson, Lucille
zimmerman, Loos Zimmerman.
Eighth Grade-Margie Stribling, Sidi
Perkins.
d. Conger, Superintendent.
Monroe Harshaw, a well-known hotel
| O'Clock. He was 81 years old and son
of Jayson Harshaw, colored, who lives
here. His body was inferred at
st. Matthews coloied folk cemetery Sun
day afternoon.
Hunter Hogue, an electrician of At
lanta, who is with the firm of Carter &
Gillespie, has been here putting in an
electric light plant for the Westminster
Oil and Fertilizer Co. The mill, gin
building and office will be furnished with
forty incandescent electric light bulbs.
John Porter, of Blacksburg, is here
with a force of workmen engaged in
building coal trestle for the Cheswell
Cotton Mill Company. The trestle is
being built in order that the unloading
of cars may be dispatched with greater
haste.
Miss Jessie Dobbins, of Greenville,
visited relatives here the first of this
week.
Frank Hopkins, of Seneca, was in
town while Sunday afternoon. He is
operator at Seneca in the Office of the
Postal Telegraph Company.
G.. w. Traylor has returned from
Spartanburg, where ne has been for seve-
raj days.
Rev. r. A. Child, Presiding Elder of
the Greenville District, preached two
most edifying sermons at the quarterly
conference held here on November 7 and
g. On Saturday afternoon the regular
routine business of the conference was
attended to. The reports showed pro-
gress. Center was chosen as the next
place of meeting.
Westminster cotton market has been
good for several weeks and trade has
been lively. The farmers say our buy
ers have been offering better prices than
buyers elsewhere. The daily receipts ex-
ceeded 100 bales several times during
the past week.
Miss Hattie Norris is at Seneca nursing
Mrs. Livingston. Miss Norris took a
trained nurse course at Philadelphia and
is thoroughly qualified and equipped for
the work.
Two additional deacons, Matt Cobb
and Mr.. Land, were installed AZ Toxa-
way Baptist church last Saturday. The
pastor, Rev. j. Ii. Stone, was assisted in
the installation services by Rev. John II.
Moore.
Since the recent frosts and the rains it
is estimated that at least ten per cent of
the cotton crop is lost 1t is thought
that all the green bolls are ruined.
Superintendent Goodrow, of the Toe
Goa Cotton Mill sustained internal inju-
ries last Sunday afternoon by falling