Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08


turned from % brief visit TO Columbia
f.. IL. Morrow, of Providence, r. l..
was In Westminster last week, He ia
agent for the National Ring Trsyele. Co.
Golden Link Lodge No. 81, 1. O. o. f.,
viii organize q Rsbskah lodge here at
an early date.
w. p. and Peden i,dderson, the presi
dent and the cashier of the oedan &
Anderson Banking Co., are visiting st.
Louis and the Worlds Fair. They will,
return homo Saturday.
Glen Lesley, who has been at CLAYTON,
Ca, for several months transacting bust.
ness for the Southern Shuttle and Bobbin
Co, came home q few days ago.
DIR. Burt Mitohells many friends win
regret to learn that he is quito unwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. Carter visited Toe
Goa recently.
Misses Maud and Allie Stribling, of
tho Winthrop Normal College, are at
home for the vacation. They arrived
last Wednesday.
Rev. John 4. Moore has returned from
visit to Nashville and st. Louis.
Capt. r. #. White, of Greenville, was
among the visitors here last week.
Everybody always glad to see Frank.
j. S. Carter was In Atlanta last week
on business.
T. p. Moore and Anthony b. Stewart
and Misses Mary Sam Messer and Beulah
Gently.
r. G. Hudson, the popular commercial
salesman for II. Il. Allen & Bro, of
Greenville, made his rounds last week
through the country riding on his auto
mobile. While here Mr.. Hudson and his
auto attracted some attention.
Mrs. ii. A. Smithson returned home
with the family of j. II. Brewer, of
Grove Level Ga
Samuel l.. Miller has returned home
from two weeks visit to Marble Hill,
Jasper and Canton, Ga. Mr.. Miller re-
ports good crops in North Georgia
through the section he visited. He says
the wheat crops are the best he ever
saw anywhere.
B. Ed. Finnegan, of Greenville, was in
town Friday. He sells the Smith Pre-
mier typewriter.
Miss Gussie Dorsey, of Cleveland, Ca,
is visiting her cousin, Miss Minnie
Vaughan, near Westminster.
Luke Adair, OF Gainesville, sends us
word that crops are fine in his section
and everything lively in Franklin county.
Luke is the Oldest son of John Abner
Adair and reads The Courier with inter
est every week.
Rev. r. M. DuBose attended the COM
mencement and the semi centennial exer-
cises of Wofford College, at Spartanburg,
Wofford since he graduated in 1892
Between 65 and 70 boarded l.. P.
Smiths excursion train here last Thurs
day. The excursionists returned at six
O'Clock Saturday morning.
Mrs. l.. ID. Bearden and children, of
Greenville, are visiting her mother, Mrs.
j. II. King.
The b. Y. P. U. held conquest meet
ing in the Baptist church Friday night,
which was we'll attended. The leader,
Miss Katie f. Harris, had arranged an
interesting program. The pastor, Rev.
j. r. Moore, offered prayer and read
few passages of Scripture, after which
papers, bearing on "Burma," were read
by Misses Mary Carter, Maude and Jes-
Louise Breazeale, Mamie Terrell, Emma
zimmerman, Katie Harris, Eva Reeder;
Messrs. Furman Simpson, l.. A. Tannery
and Andrew Norris Mrs. b. b. Garri-
son gave an interesting talk concerning
the women of Burma. The recitation
delivered by Miss Lula McGee was list
ened to attentively by all present. Eight
little girls, dressed in white, formed a
semi-circle and sang song appropriate
to the OCCASION.
Mrs. DR.. Burt Mitchell is visiting in
Anderson.
Garvin Barker, youngest son of w. p.
Barker, returned home Saturday from
HedE COlumOld, "ucTe n6 naQ DGen en-
ployed at a shingle mill since last Decem-
Der.
Mrs. M. A. Terrell went to Anderson
one day last week to see her brother, j.
X. Burns, who is critically i'll.
l. asst Sabbath, at the morning service,
Rev. j. r. Moore gave an account of the
proceedings of the recent session of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
j. H. Barnett sold his first load of
cabbage on Wednesday, June 1, three
days later than last year. He is selling
at % cents per pound. He has several
thousand pounds for the market.
b. M. England and wife, of near Toe
Goa, were here Sunday.
There will not be any preaching in the
Presbyterian church next Sabbath on ac-
count of the absence of the pastor, Rev.
j. j. Harrell, who expects to attend the
adjourned meeting of South Carolina
Presbytery at Piedmont. Said meeting
will be held on Saturday, June II, for
the purpose of receiving Rev. A. w.
White from Mecklenburg Presbytery
and to appoint time to install him pas
tor of Piedmont church.
The wheat crop throughout this sec
tion will make better average than last
year, and if the weather is favorable this
week good crop will be harvested.
Mrs. l.. M. Peden, Of Lavonia, is visit
ing her sons, w. G. and 4. G. Peden.
The closing exercises of the graded
school will commence at $50 on Thurs
day evening, June 1G. On Friday the
school will assemble at $50 a. m. and
again at $50 p. m. There will not be
any picnic dinner on the grounds.
Miss Irene M iller is expected home to-
day or tomorrow from Atlanta. She has
been away since September attending
the Southern Female College at College
Park.
Many ministers of the South Carolina
Conference focked to Wofford this week
to attend the semi centennial and renew
the associations of their alma mater
and exchange friendly greetings among
each other.
Prof. d. Conger went to Alabama yes
terday to do some surveying for the Sea-
board Air Line Railway Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Lawrence, of
Spartanburg, visited Westminster this
week.
George Edwards was here few days
ago. He runs as engineer between
Birmingham and Columbus.
Miss Minnie Vaughn will please ac-
cept our thanks for box of cherries.
Rev. j. j. Harrell has organized re-
ster League for the Spiritual Develop
ment of the Young Ladies and Gentle
men of the Church and Sabbath School.
The following officers have been elected:
Prof. II. M. Holland, president; d. l..
Norris, vice president; Miss nellie Nor
ris, secretary and treasurer. The execu-
tive committee is composed of G.. e.
Gray, T. Nj. Holland, D. l.. Norris, Mes
danes G. e. Gray and G. f.. Anderson.
Meetings will be held twice month.
rhe first meeting will come off this
evening at $50 and the next one will be
held two weeks later. Rev. Harrell is
doing a fine work at all his churches.
Miss Minnie Renney and A. V. Leath-
ers, of Walhalla, were among the vis-
tors here last Sunday.
The little daughter of Sloan Werner,
colored, who lives two miles below