Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-02-24
NEWS FROM wEsrMlNsTEa.

Westminster, February 24.--John @.
Jarrard, of Atlanta, was here last Fri
day.
j. p. Mcdonald had another valuable
horse to die this week.
Wade Dickson has sufficiently re-
covered from his recent spell of sickness
rs to be able to ride to town.
Jack Martin, who has had charge of a
shingle mill at Blainey, in Kershaw
county, came home few days ago.
A dog showing symptoms of hydro
phobia caused a little excitement in our
town one evening last week. j. G..
Breazeale ended the canine's career be-
fore any harm resulted.
Chas. Howard, commanding young
man of Augusta, was in Westminster a
couple of days last week. He travels
for the Bradstreet company.
Asbury COX, our town marshal, lost q
valuable milk cow one day last week.
Morris Barton, of Fair Play, was in
town recently.
Miss Daisy Deaton, a winsome young
lady of Toccoa, returned home Monday,
after short visit with her friend, Miss
Julia Cheek.
Mrs. j. j. Arnold and little son, of
Fayetteville, Ca, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. T. G. Peden.
| Miss Lucy Conger, of Gainesville. Ca,
returned home yesterday, after spending
few days with friends in our midst
Miss Conger's many friends miss her
very much during the suspension of the
graded school.
Hon. T. d. Long and wife were in
town last Friday.
| j. D. Sheldon, of Fair Play, was seen
on our streets one day last week.
The friends of w. Paul Dickson are
| pleased to see him out again after a
severe attack of grip.
DIR. III. ID. Reese, an optician, of An
derson, was here last week on profess
sional business.
G. l.. Foster made business trip to
Greenville last week.
Washington's birthday did not pass by
unobserved. The post cffice observed
the Sunday hour system and all the
rural mail carriers rested.
Sam White has gone to Gainesville to
work in a marble shop.
Leonard Bearden, of Greenville, was
in town one day last week.
Simon Hunt, of Mountain Rest, is here
to-day on business.
"How worked my way around the
world" is the title of an interesting
volume which the Christian Herald, of
New York, can furnish with it's paper
for 1904. The author, Robert Steele
Morrison, has crowded in some thrilling
experiences of how he literally worked
his way around the world on land and
water.
Nice improvements have been made in
the interior of the bank and post office
during the past week.
There will be services in the Presby.
terian church next Sabbath, both morn
ing and evening.
The Southern Railway Company have
completed the work of improving the
water-work system at Westminster
There is an ample supply of water now
for all trains. Even the vestibule trains
stop in our little town occasionally to gel
a supply of water forced up from the
new pumping station.
The friends of j. p. Mcdonald, the
carrier on r. F. D. route No. will re-
gret to learn that he and other members
of his family are quite unwell this week
They are suffering with grip.
Miss Hattie Lee, of Fair Play, visited
Miss Eva Reeder last week on her return
from Birmingham, where she had beer
spending some time with her brothers.
r. B. Ballenger, from near Fort Madi
son, WAS in Westminster Monday. Mr.
Ballenger disposed of some fine BEEF
cattle while here.
There is muddy place on Main street
in the heart of town that needs plenty OF
sunshine and some attention. Wagoners
and everybody will rejoice to see it in
fine shape soon.
Warren Wilson and wife, of the county
spent a day and night with the family OF
w. III. Moore this week.
p. Q. Pyles, q prominent travelling
man of Greenwood, spent last Sunday
with his cousin, j. II. Finley, near
Westminster.
Mrs. w. 9. Mason and two children,
of Lavonia, Ca, are visiting relatives in
Westminster this week.
r. K. Harkey and Miss Pauline John.
son were married on Sunday, February
81, Rev. John r. Moore officiating. Mr..
Harkey is the engineer at the oil mill.
John II. Wilson is successful farmer.
| With his two mules he made $014 worth
of cotton and 250 bushels Of corn last
year. The freshet damaged his corn
crop considerably Besides his big yield
of cotton and corn he sold about $75
worth of watermelons. The largest and
best melons seen on our streets the past
summer were grown by John Wilson.
Arthur Finley is in Spartanburg work
ing for the White Stone Lithia Water
Co., of which his uncle, T. j. Harris, is
one of the proprietors. Arthur is fine
young man and his friends wish him
much success.
Prof. j. A. Durham and his brother,
Jacob, are spending few days at their
former homo, near Liberty.
Andrew Lawrence, section foreman,
residing at Spartanburg, visited his
brother, j. A. Lawrence, this week.
Mr.. Lawrence had married since he
was in Westminster last, and brought
Mrs. Lawrence with him this time.
Misses May Hicks and Lila Reeder, OF
Walhalla, were In town Saturday and
Sunday as the guests of tho family OF
Mrs. III. j. Reeder.