Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-30
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buggy or wagon cheap for cash or on time.
Mrs. G. II. Mayhew and children arc
ON aivisit to relatives in Atlanta. e
| &c. X. Carter, OF Wards, s. O., 10 Wis
holidays.
MRS. Deli G McAlister, of Columbia.
is spending week or ten days visiting
her mother, Mrs. E. A. Bell.
w. w. Carter, of Wiisonyille, Ala.
visited his aged parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
g. w. Carter, during the holidays.
Mrs. DR.. s. q. Welsh, of Newberry,
Is spending the holidays with her
brother, w. A. Strother, and family.
w. p. Davidson, Of Wards, s. O.,
visited relatives and friends I'm and
around Walhalla during the holidays.
| -Walhalla has excellen 6 mail facilities
now. The Atlanta Journal of this af-
ternoon reached us this morning at
20. Z. Dean and little son, Earle, re-
turped last night from pleasant Christ
derson county. @ 3 Z L
--Chas. S, and j. b. Reid, after spend-
ing several days in SNalhalla with rela-
tives and friends, returned to their re-
spective homes last Monday.
The large doll given away Christmas
Eve by James y Darby was received by
Joe Hopkins on Check No. LIE. The
Old question now arises, "What Will he
Do With It2n -
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Norton, of Com
merce, Georgia, are visiting at the
home of Mrs. I. A. Norton. Their
visits to Walhalla are always greatly an !.
preciated by their relatives and friends.
IS. K. Maxwell and his friend. Ernest
Meecham, of Raleigh, N. c., returned to
their homo Tuesday morning, after a
pleasant visit among Mr.. Maxwelrs rela-
tives. During their stay their hunting
parties bagged over 800 partridges.
Rev. r, L. Dufie, of Westminster.
was in Walhalla last Wednesday on bust.
ness. Mr.. and Mrs. Duiie will leave
this week for Lancaster, where they will
make their home: They will carry with
| them the good wishes of hosts of friends.
ID. s. Abbott. of Gaffney, is spend
ing the holidays with the family Of his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Wilborn Abbott,
| at ConneToss. Mr.. Abbott is conducting
quite successful business, handling
musical instruments and sewing ma
| chimes.
Next Monday is salesday, and there
are number of good tracts of land to
| be sold. If you are looking for bargains
in Oconee dirt, attend the public sales.
Oconee land is "cheap as dirt'' these
days at any price-and the price is ad-
vancing, too.
Services at the Walhalla Methodist
| church Sunday, January 8, 1904, at II o.
| M, and 7.30 p. m. Communion at the
morning service. Beginning the first
week in January, prayer meeting SER
vices every wednesday at 7.3O p. m. A
cordial welcome to all.
The dwelling house, barn, stables
and smokehouse of Mrs. Elijah Sanders
fire caught from defective stove flue
The loss was several hundred dollars.
Mrs. Sanders has the sympathy of many
| friends in her misfortune
Married. at the home of the BRIDES
fatner, w. It. Browne, on December 9th,
1908, j. A. Bell and Miss Della Browne.
Rev. j. L. Spinks officiating. Congratu-
lations are extended to the happy couple
with the additional blessing that long
life and prosperity may be theirs. q 3oi
1t is time for making tax returns for
the year 1904. The Auditor will be pre-
pared to wait on tax payers at all times
at his Office in the Court House, while
his deputies will receive returns at the
places advertised See his notice else
where and note the dates and places for
taking returns.
VIM. g. Erwin, of Chicago, and Robt.
A. Erwin, of Atlanta, spent the Christ
mas holidays pleasantly with Gen. and
Mrs. VIM. f. Erwin, in Midway. "Will"
was accompanied by his two Interesting
little daughters, who are great pets with
"the old folks at home." All returned
to their homes yesterday afternoon.
JAS. Lee, Jr., who lives on farm
near Walhalla, has sold in the local mar
ket during this year 260 doz n eggs. He
has quite q lot of excellent egg produc-
ers and values them highly as means
of supplying ready cash during the entire
year. There is money to be made out of
handling chickens and eggs by farmers
in this section.
Guy V. Ferguson, who represents the
Bureau of National Literature and Art,
of Washington, D. c., spent few days
last week with his relatives, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Mcclure, on his way to North
Carolina, where he will spend the holi-
days with his parents. Mr.. Ferguson is
quite young man and is noted for his
business qualities.
This Christmas was unquestionably
tho most quiet and orderly one Walhalla
has experienced in years. There was
less drinking and fewer drunks than we
have ever known. We were never very
the world is growing worse; but, how
ever that may be, Walhalla is giving
every evidence of growing better.
The members of the Walhalla Bap-
tist church have been pounding their
pastor. Rev. j. M. Mcclure, for more
than week. The strokes fell SO thick
and fast that scarcely q spot was not hit.
But he and family still survive, and will
be able to subsist for many moons. The
spirit which prompted the giving, as
we'll as the gifts themselves, were duly
appreciated.
John e. Maxwell and julie Anderson,
of the Blue Ridge Railroad, are among
the visitors in Walhalla this week. Mr..
MaxwelPs friends will regret to learn
that he has recently suffered greatly
from the effects of several operations to
remove small silver of steel from his
left eye. His sight has been badly i'm
paired and it is feared his left eyelnay
be totally destroyed. @ ssS
--Asheville IN. C.) Citizen: "Miss Mary
Willie Love, OF sylvia, spent last night
with Mrs. Henry E. Thompson, of Bailey
street, and left this morning for visit
to Seneca, S. c., and Atlanta. She will
spend several days in this city as. she
returns" Miss Love is the guest of
Miss Lily Reese Doyle at the Oconee Inn.
She is the great granddaughter of Gen.
Robert Love, the Revolutionary hero,
and is a prominent member of the Dor
cas- Bell Love Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution She and
Miss Doyle left Wednesday for Atlanta
to visit Mrs. K. l.. Connally and family.
The new pastor of the Seneca and
Walhalla Methodist churches, Rev. f.. s.
Jones, and wife and two children arrived
in Walhalla Monday afternoon. They
were met at the depot and accompanied
to the parsonage, where several mem
bers of the church were awaiting their
arrival. Dinner was served, and during
the afternoon they were given "pound-
ing" in good old Methodist STYLE They
have received warm welcome and feel