Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-06
NEWs N AnD AROUND wIsrMINsTEa.

Westminster, May 6.--Rff. w EP., Mes
bitt, president of the Fork Shoals Cotton
Mill, was The guest of his cousin, Mr.. w.
T. Anderson. last Wednesday and Thurs
Miss Mary Bramlett, of Five Forks
section of Anderson county, is Visiting
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. j. X.
Orr. She willyisit in Atlanta before re-
turning homo.
Mrs. ID. !. Muikey left ON Saturday for
Athena, Ca, 20 spend q month.
Rev. John A. Black, from near Due
West, was visiting his friend, Prof. M. S.
Stribling, Monday snd Tuesday.
Mrs. M. Il. Cox, of Seneca, spent Sat
nrday night and Sunday with Mr.. A.
zimmerman and family.
Miss Mary Sheldon spent last week
with her cousin, Miss Margie Stribling.
Mr., Crayton Moore visited Seneca
Monday afternoon.
Major B. III. Cross has returned from q
visit TO Greenville.
by his sister, Mrs. III. j. Hayes. oi
Georgia, left on Monday for Charlotte,
whore they go TO visit their brother. Mr..
j. Stoneoypher.
There win be services in the Methodist
church next Sunday at the usual hour.
A series OF meetings will be In progress
during the week As already announced,
by Rev. John E. Beard, of Pendleton.
Rev. j. @. Shive will preach in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday at III
q. M, and again in the evening at the
usual hour. He will also preach at Oak
Grove on tho third Sabbath, May IL. at
III a. M.
Long Creek and Richland post Offices
made money order offices.
Rust has already made its appearance
on wheat.
Last Sunday was communion, day OF
the Baptist church. Rev. John II.
Moore, the pastor, preached an able ser
mon on the "Christian's race.n
Mrs. James Brewer has returned home,
after q visit of several weeks with her
son, Mr.. w. III. Brewer.
Mr.. u. ID. Bearden and family move
this week to Greenville. They will re,
side on Rhett street, in West Greenville.
Mr.. Bearden travels for r. w. WAGNER
& Co., of Charleston, and Greenville ia
more in the center of his territory than
Westminster; hence his removal. We
zen az Mr.. Bearden. s<S
The hailstorm Sunday night is reported
as being quite severe between Westmin-
ster and Fort Madison. In some local..
ties the orchards were stripped of their
fruit and wheat fields damaged. 1t came
Zoo early TO lnJure cotton or corn. Seve-
raj citizens of the Hopewell section were
in town Monday and said they could
gather an immense amount of hailstones
in the drifts at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
Mrs. j. d. Shelton, of Fair Play, wen,
to Greenville this week to visit hei
mother, Mrs. Dorroh.
Mr.. j.. W. McGee gathered tubfull oi
hailstones in his yard Monday, whien he
afterwards used in freezing his ice cream
Truly sit is an i'll wind that blows no
body good"
The Ludie Coleman Circle requests al
ladies and gentlemen interested to meet
at the park next Friday afternoon from
to O'Clock for the purpose of clean
ing off and improving the grounds.
Hon. Geo; E. Prince, of Anderson, wa:
in town to-day.
Editor Boehr, of the Oconee News, was
in town last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p. Striblipg, of Fai,
Play, were in Westminster Tuesday
Mr.. Stribling went to Macon Tuesday
evening to attend the Ribbon Cane
Growers Association.
Miss Katie E. Harris and Mr.. Thos
N. Carter will attend the Southern Bap
tist Convention at Savannah this week.
Es r.s A, l.. GOssett.