Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-04
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| "NeNN AVA oesAOs We u0lCu0TG.
Mrs. 7. j. Grizzard is visiting he
DO protracted for about month.
MIR. and Mrs. Jesse r. MAXWELL anen
several days this week in Waihalla visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. e. X, Maxwell.
-C. ii. Oelkers, of Summerville, S. G..
is spending some time in Walhalla, visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Adeline Oelkers.
Married, Tuesday evening, May Sd, b,
3, ID: Johns, ESQ.,, at his residence, ii
Westminster, I'll. M. Smith and Miss Lois
McClain. All of Oconee.
j. Sc j. s. Carter, of Westminster
are advertising buggies, wagons, farm
Implements, furniture, coffins and oas
kets. Read their advertisements.
Rev. X. G. Finlay will preach in The
episcopal church, Walhalla, on next
Sunday evening at $50 O'Clock. Every
one is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. j. M. Ward and daughter, Miss
lnez, OF Pelzer, spent several days last
week visiting the family of Major and
Mrs. w. j. Stribling, near Walhaila.
The many friends Of Mrs. w. O.
White, who has been very i'll for week
or more, will be pleased to learn that
she is better to-day, though still very
sick. Her physicians think she is out OF
danger.
clerks of the G. II. Pit Pitohford 0 CO.. CSopI'aa has
been quite sick for the past ten days,
We are glad to learn that he is improv.
ing and hope he may soon be back at his
accustomed place.
The following gentlemen are an.
nounced as candidates this week and ask
prayerfui consideration" at the hands OF
Oconee voters: H. ID. Rothell, for County
Commissioner; j. NJ. Hunnioutt, for
County Supervisor; B. p. Fisher, fo,
Sheriff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. l.. Ernest returned
to Walhalla last Thursday, after spending
several months at Easley, where he was
connected with the Easley Progress.
After spending few days here with the
family of Rev. Alfred Ernest, they left
Tuesday morning for Nappanee, Ind,
their former home. Mr.. Ernest's mother,
Mrs. Mariah Ernest, accompanied them
to Indiana.
DIR. Jas. 81. Crawford was gladly
welcomed in Walhalla by his many
friends last Sunday and Monday. He
was accompanied on his brief visit by
Lee Vow, of Martin, Ga. DR.. Crawford
Is meeting with marked success in the
medical profession at Martin, having
gained an extensive practice which ex.
tends considerably on this side of the
&uBohoOS III Oooch Sdlolluds
Died, at Summerville, s. c., May l,
phine Ansel, widow of the late Fred
Ansel. Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at Bethany Cemeter,
Chapel. j. j. Ansel, of Walhal!a, was q
| nephew of the deceased, and he left Mon
day morning for Summerville to attend
the funeral services. The bereaved ones
have the sympathy of host of friends
The second quarterly conference Of
| the Seneca and Walhalla Charge was
| held in the Walhalla Methodist church
on last Sunday morning Immediately
after the preaching service. The at
| tendance of the members was good
The reports along all lines of church
work were encouraging, especially the
| financial part. r. Il. Jaynes and j. T.
Lawrence were elected delegates to the
District Conference, which meets al
Fountain Inn July 27-31. The next
quarterly conference goes to Seneca.
Rev. j. J. Ransom, d. D., of the
Tennessee Conference, preached two able
| and edifying sermons in the Walhalls
Methodist church last Sunday. He il
| agent Of the Williamson Training School
| which it is proposed to establish at Will
liamston, S. c., as the successor OF Will
liamston Female College, which is now
in process of removal to Greenwood
The lot and buildings in Williamson
will be bought by a stock company and
used as the home of the new school. II
is commendable enterprise and success
is assured.
H. D. Messer, of Atlanta, was in
Walhalla Monday. He is visiting among
| relatives in and around Westminster fOI
several weeks. He left .Oconee in 1851
and this is his first visit to his old home
in twelve years. Prior to 1851 he taugh,
school at White Rock Academy, at South
Union. In December, 1851. he, with
Alfred Clayton, Elan Sharp and DR.. Jas
Earle, organized q company for the Con.
federate service, known as Company G,
South Carolina Cavalry. This company
served throughout the war, and at the
time of Lees surrender Mr.. Messer was
confied in the military hospital at Sails
bury, N G. He is hale and hearty to-
day, with that erect military bearing
that tells 30 plainly on many of the old
Confederate Veterans, who carry the
marks of their countrys service. We
we're glad to make the acquaintance of
Mr.. Messer, and he is finding 3mall
pleasure in renewing the acqual.. lnces
of early manhood. He remembers we'll
The Keowee Courier, which is the first
paper he ever read.
Last Friday afternoon from 4 to G
o'clock the little folks of Walhalla were
entertained at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
G. G. Probst, the occasion being the
first anniversary of the birthday of their
little daughter, Miss Lillian Caroline.
The guests included practically all of the
beaux and bellies of the town from one
to six years of age, and the little folks
seemed to enjoy the evening greatly.
DR.. and Mrs. Probst were assisted in
entertaining the little ladies and gentle
men that are to be by Mesdames Carrie
FL. Steck, r. A. II. Schroeder, j. P. Reese,
r. l.. Rogers, j. r. Kay, Misses lula
Jones and Carr Perry. Refreshments
were served on the lawn to the little
ones. Following is list of the guests
present: Ida Biemann, Sarah Moss,
Anna Belle Moore, Ida Pitchford, Meta
Norman, Louise Dean, Rosa May Busch,
RObt. Lee Rogers, Mary Cross, Katheran
Cross, Grady Loehr, Ruth Loehr, Lillian
Crosby, Holleman Seaborn, Marion
Moss, Otto McLees, Willie Bowen, James
and Mary Ellen Wilson, Alice Belle Nc.
Lees, Marguerite Norris, Monica Moore,
Lucelle White, Julia May Rose, Mamie
McLees, Wilhelmina Jones, John and
Frank Schroeder, Lula Busch, Irene
White, Elenor Keose, Harry Norman,
Annie Wilson, Sue Annie Seaborn
Joseph Moss. Derrell Darby, Charlie
Jaynes, Fay Moore, j. Robt. Kay, Myra
Gordan and Kathleen FAINT, Tabitha and
Willie Stribling, William Bell, Unice
Moore