Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-04-20
Nsws faoM WESTMINSTER.

! Westminster, April 90 Mrs. Thos
: Hobson died at her home, near Sand,
Springs, Anderson county, on Saturday
! April 10, aftor . lingering illness iron
consumption. She leaves her husband
devoted wife and mother. Her. maiden
nane was Miss Mamie Burns. She was
. daughter of Robt. Burns, Of the Sandy
Springs section, and Q sister of Rev. @. B.
Burns, OF the South Carolina Confer
ence. Her remains were inferred ut
Sandy Springs on Sunday. Mr.. Hobson
10 the eldest son of James Hobson, OF
Oconee, and brother of our fellow;
townsmap, l.. II. ". Hobson. Mrs. Hob.
son was Al years Of age. :. "a
Four new babies have recently arrived
In Westminster, which is positive proof
that our population is Increasing at q
very rapid rate. Three OF the sweet lit
tie visitors are of the feminine gender
and are being woll cared for by Mr.. aud
Mrs. j. L. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. C%E.
10. Mitchell aud Mr.. and Mrs. 81 Y.
Powell. The other arrival is the second
son of Mr.. aud Mrs. ID. p. Butler and
weighed nine pounds at birth.
On Sunday night, April 10, 1904, MIS-.
Lizzie Jarrett, of Tugalo, Ga, passed
from this world of care to the bright be.
yond, aged 78 years. She was consist
ent member of the Methodist church
and was a pure, gentle, Christian woman.
man was laid to rest in tho Providence
cemetery on Tuesday, April 12, the
funeral services being conducted by Rev.
Mr.. Cooper. The funeral was largely
attended by friends from Toccoa and on
both sides of the river in the immediate
vicinity in which it occurred. The oo-
casion was peculiarly sad and touching.
/ nf no hnu
George jarrett, who died at Den.
yer, Colorado, on February 8, 1904,
was brought home and buried in the
grave at the same time, both bodies be-
ing buried in one grave. Many of the
old settlers, of the county, who have
travelled the road leading from Old
| Pickens to Georgia via Jarretts bridge.
know where the Jarrett homestead is
Only two members of the family are
living-Mrs. White and Miss ISallie
Jarrett
George w. Patton, farmer, residing
in the suburbs, was the victim of singu-
lar accident Friday, which may cause
ing two horses, hitched to Mallory
plow, one of the trace chains broke and
loose link flew back striking his eve
like q bullet, and almost knocking him
to the ground. Mr.. Patten had DIR. @. Nj.
Walker to examine his eye, and, acting
upVn his auVice, he subsequently, went
to GreenVille to be treated by DIR. j. w.
Jervey, a specialist. Mr.. Patton re-
turned last night. He had to have his
eye ball removed.
The capital stock of the cigar factory is
$1,000. They have received their first
shipment of tobacco and will soon begin
the work of rolling it into cigars. -Four
ming of the work.
s. Y. Powell was in Seneca o few hours
one Gay last week.
l.. III. V. Hobson was at Sandy Springs
Sunday to attend the burial of Mrs. Nam
ME Hobson.
Miss Mamie Stewart went to Clifton
Monday in answer to a message stating
that her brother, Luther Stewart, was at
the point of death.
a valuable mare, belonging to Cant,
N. Ii. Jenkins, died very suddenly 2Soii!l
Sunday. Mr.. Jenkins had her In the,I
pasture, and when he called for her to
como to the lot she galloped about fifty
yards, fell to the ground and expired, in
d short time. 1t is thought that some of |
the blood vessels bursted. Mr.. Jenkins
informs US that he, only a few days ago,
refused $500 for the animal.
David Ii. Messer and daughter, Miss
Lizzie, of Atlanta, are visiting relatives
in Westminster and elsewhere in the |
county.
Thos. F. Holton, representing Blickens-
sderfer Manufacturing Co., of Atlanta,
was in Westminster several days last
week. Mr.. Holton sells typewriter's.
The Westminster graded school has an |
enrolment of 100 pupils.
Rev. and Mrs. j. j. Harrell spent last |
Friday in Walhalla as the guests of Rev. |
and Mrs. r. l.. Rogers.
The managers for the municipal cleo |
tion next Monday are w. j. Stribling, j.
NJ. Hull and w. ii. Moore. The voting |
place is the buggy warehouse of j. & j. |
5. Carter. Polls will open and close at |
the usual hours. Only few more days
Eremain for the right men to be nomi- |
mated and the tickets printed. One hun
dred and three voters have registered.
Capt. N. III. Jenkins made a business |
trip to Anderson yesterday.
). q. Smith returned yesterday from |
business trip to Anderson.
Clarence +. Gray and Chas. Parker are |
at Greenvlle attending the United States
Court as jurors.
Westminster yesterday. Mr.. Brooks is |
ex-Sherif of Madison county.
Mr.. Petty, of the firm of Lorrick,
Lowrance & Co., Columbia, visited the |
family of j. M. Mattlson during the past |
week.
Miss Pearle Lyles has returned home,
after spending few days with her
Sh"h"hio1hoi, mis. IA. II. CllnkScaleS, ana |
her aunt, Mrs. j. A. Lawrence. Miss |
Lyles closed successful term of school
at HOpewell week before last.
Evans Callas, who taught the Toxaway |
school, has returned to his home near
Mountain Rest. School closed last Fri
day. The patrons of Toxaway were
highly pleased with Mr.. Calas as a |
teacher.
w. H. Goodlett, leading citizen of
Greenyille, was in town last Friday. ~,
w. Il. Chambers and wife returned |
Monday from Chaplin, where he has been |
in the shingle mill business the past six |
months. he will remain at HIS former |
home, near Holly Springs, until Sep
tember.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. 1. Mulkey have been
on visit to relatives and friends at |
Athens, Ga.
In match game of baseball Tuesday
between the first and second mines of |
this place the second nine was victorious |
by the score of "a to 25.
Miss Julia Cheek has returned from a |
visit to relatives and friends at Toccoa. |
Jack, are visiting in Spartanburg.
L. L. Moore and A. M. Norris spent an |
afternoon at Clemson last week and |
witnessed a match game of baseball.
Mrs: r. K. Harkey went to Atlanta |
Saturday to join her husband. They |
will make their future home in the Gate |
City.
The biggest crop of cotton is being
planted that was ever known in this sec
tion. In the race to make big yield |
of cotton it is hoped that corn, forage |
and all other farm products will not be
neglected.
NO MORE SMALLPOX,
Smallpox has been reduced to a minium, and |
we hope by the end of another week to be able to
invitation visitors v N |
come we made diligent inquiry this morning |
and could not hear of single case within our
bOTdeT5, yet No tiO not feel safe in saying that
the town Is absolutely free from the disease |
until we are positive that no new cases will !
develop. In January, when we had been assured
That smallpox existed in our midst, made q |
statement that there was no danger of catching
the disease here and assured our friends that It
was sate to come here and transact their bust !