Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-25
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--n you want to shuu cold buy q pair
of our rubbers. John r. Craig.
IN. NJ. McElratb, of Greer's, 8. C., ia
spending q few days In Walhalla among
relatives.
The Hayne Circle win meet with
Mrs. Kate p. Lewis next Saturday after
noon at 4 O'Clock.
Read advertisement OF Mathewson
Hardware Co., Westminster. Great bar
gains In shotguns and general hardware
lines.
Read Jas III. Darby's advertisement.
On Christmas Eve morning he will give
away alarge, handsome doll as q prize
to the holder of the lucky number.
AT the residence Of II. A. ii. Gibson,
Notary Public, on Tuesday evening, No
yember "a, 1908, e. d. Crane and Miss
Allie Parker were made one in the holy
bonds of wedlock.
"A big lot of ladies' high grade felt
hats, latest styles, bought from railroad
oompany-not dsmaged-going at HALF
PRICE. Call and see them.
j. III. Adams, Seneca, 8. @.
Tho regular communication Of Blue
held in Masonic Temple, December A, at
7.30 O'Clock p. m. At this communfca-
tion the election of officers will be held.
r. M. Burr, of Columbia, a star route
inspector, in the postal service, and G. b.
Keene, an official from the Post Office
Department at Washington, are in Wal
halla for a few days on official easiness.
They are both pleasant gentlemen and
thorough business men.
-Bruoke & Bisohoff is the name of a
new firm in West Union. A. G. Brucke
aud J. A. Bischoff are the members of
the firm. They handle staple and fancy
will be delighted to have the public call
and inspect their stock.
-Rhett Il. Doyle left Monday morning
for Chester, s. c., where he will spend q
week or ten days among friends. He at
one time held position with the Chester
Lantern, an excellent county paper, and
during his stay formed friendships which
he cannot resist renewing at intervals.
IN. L. FAINT has received an order
from John Wannamaker, of Philadel-
phia, for twelve dozen games of his
"Phren.Jog. Ra- Ply" This Is q good
starter for that great city and it will not
be long before MIR. Fant's game will be
in the homes of thousands Of our people.
w. A. Strother informs us that ar
rangements have been made with the
President of the Walhalla Cotton Mills
to store and insure cotton in the COM
pany's warehouse for ten cents per bale
per month. This makes it absolutely
safe and at a low rate.
B. S. Boggs, of Newry, accompanied
by w. M. Palmer, Esq, and John Hill,
of Clarkesville, Ca, paid us a pleasant
call Friday morning. Mr. Boggs is the
accom- modating postmaster at Newry and
his friends are prominent In legal and
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are always glad to welcome our neigh
bors to Walhalla, and would be glad if
they would come oftener and stay longer,
Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Ernest and
two daughters, Bernetha and Helen, of
Nappanee, Indiana, arrived in Walhalla
last Friday and will spend the winter
here with the family of Rev. Alfred
Ernest in Midway. Mr. Ernest came
South for the benefit of his health and
we trust winter spent in our midst will
prove of such material benefit'as to in
cline him to cast his lot with us perma-
nently.
james Davis, oolored, SO years of
age, was in Walhalla last Friday, coming
up from Retreat on business. Em is one
of the old-time darkies who prides him
self on the good opinion Of his white
friends. He and his wife live on small
farm near Retreat, and are happy in the
possession of fourteen children-six
girls and eight boys-the youngest about
two months old. Jim is very polite old
negro and has reputation for strict
honesty.
"A fairly good number of people went
to Bells Hall last Thursday night to see
Dante's Inferno ('A Vision Of Hell,")
and suffered the tortures of the same
place in listening to the TX talk of the
1t was one of those- shows
for the exhibi ton of which in the West
the body of the proprietor would dangle
at the end of arope. Here in Walhalla,
however, we content ourselves by step
ping back to the horse lot and kicking
ourselves.
james T. Singleton, who lives near
Walhalla, raised this year one of the
largest beets we have heard Of. 1t is 2
feet IT inches in length, foot 43 inches
in circumference and weighs 94 pounds.
1t is of the bloodred table beet variety.
This is not up to the Kansas standard,
but as near as we have heard of in this
The Kansas farmer raised
beet 80 long that when he pulled it up
he had an artesian we'll in his garden.
IF. w. Pieper will accept our thanks
for specimens of his fine turnips. They
will average four or five pounds apiece
and are excellent for cooking purposes
They have the name of the "Pieper
Turnip." We would advise our people
to secure some of the seed of this splen-
did vegetable. In our opinion no better
variety can be found. This turnip is
not retarded in it's gro with by the winters
cold, and the green's are always tender
and palatable.
-Chas. Z. Porcher, of Columbia, an
officer of the State penitentiary, spent
Monday night in Walhalla, returning
to his post of duty on Tuesday. accom-
panied by John and Money Hudson and
Horse Harris. The Hndsons are to
serve II year sentences in the peniten-
tiary and Harris two years in the State
reformatory While here Mr.. Porcher
spent several hours with his friend, r.
A. Fl. Schroeder, who was pleased to re-
new the acquaintance of one of his old
Ham pton Is o. chums.
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