Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-02-10
NEWS FaoS wssy%iasJEa.
Hens Of General and Special Interest The
Funeral OF Claude Abbott.

Grove on the third Sabbath at II O'clock
In the forenoon. Public cordially invited.
The "week of prayer" is being OBJ
served by the Woman's Missionary
Society of the Baptist church. Leaders
for each service, which Ia held at 8 p. m.
have been appointed, and the subjects
for daily discussions are as follows
Power of the Holy Spirit" Foreign
Field Missionary Board" 'work of the
Home Mission Board, !" Sunday School
Board, "Woman's Missionary Unonn
and the "outlook."
The Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany are constructing two more wires
between Atlanta and Charlotte. The
construction gang, composed of about q
dozen men, have just passed through
Westminster, going in the direction of
Seneca.
A great many sympathizing friends
were at Conneross Baptist church last
Saturday, Notwithstanding the inclement
weather, to attend the funeral of Claude
Abbott, who was accidentally killed by a
falling tree on Thursday morning. AS
the remains came in sight of the church
about thirty vehicles were counted in
the funeral procession which had fol-
lowed from the grief parents on
little Conneross creek. The. casket was
borne down the aisle by six friends of
the deceased. The exercises, con.
Quoted by Revs. A. p. Marett and j. NJ.
Sanders, were of most impressive ma
ture. "Some One Will Enter the Pearly
Gate" and the Parting Hand" were
rendered, and all eyes were bedimmed
with tears. The deceased young man
was q consistent church member and
lived an exemplary life, and his parents
have no fear as to his future state.
Claude Abbott went to the forest Thurs
day morning, with companion to cut
stock, full of youth and hope and as
light-hearted as any boy of nineteen
summers, but in a moment his life
ended. Verify, "In the midst of lifo we
are in DEATH"
The Greepyille News of yesterday says
"Miss Anita Amber, youngest daughter
of Major James III. Ambler, will be- mar
ried February II, to Matthew Breazeale,
of Bolton. The wedding will be an elabo-
rate affair with numerous attendants and
will take place at the beautiful country
home of Major Amber, at Amblers,
eight miles north of Pickens. Miss Am
bier is young woman of many admira-
bic traits and is a sister of Robert Am
bier, of this city. Mr.. Breazeale is one
of the most prominent young men of
Belton." Mr.. Breazeale Is brother of
0. X. Breazeale of our town. Miss Louise
BreaZeale will attend the wedding.
Mrs. Rose Arnold was called to Pendle-
ton Friday to the bedside of one OF her
o e'"ters, who is quito sick.
~pirit of enterprise seems to have
......... .|' West end of town Rev u
IaroI u "nie Derham are building
nice barns.
Z. q. -Puli.am, Lavonia, Isl now
with the Westn.iusIO NJ and Fertilizer
Company.
Leo Marechale, Frenchman, who re-
Gently came here from Bowersville, Ca,
has opened first-class barber shop up
Westminster now has two barber shops,
but only one shoe "shinc."
James Bewley, of Kentucky, is on a
visit to his sister, Mrs. DR.. Burt Mitchell.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. l..
Brown, of Oakway, died last Saturday,
aged about three weeks. Its remains
were buried at Bethel cemetery Sunday
afternoon.
Arthur Dechler, of the Kingdom of
ceptcd a position with the Cheswell Cot
ton Mill Co. He is assisting in the
Office work
j. & j. S. Carter realized big cash
sales last Friday. They sold more than
$3.50 worth of provisions to parties who
had heretofore traded very little with
merchants in Westminster. These en-
terprising merchants sold on an average
car load of fertilizers daily last week
w. b. Robinson, of New York, is on
business trip South. He is at present
stopping with I'll. f. Whitmire at the
Cheswell Cotton Mill.
Rev. A. p. Marett has rented DR.. Burt
MitchelPs farm in town. Rev. Marett
is not only an able preacher, but q most
successful farme or and knows how to do
all kinds of hard work.
The first quarterly conference of the
Westminster charge was held at Center
NJ. E. church, near Oakway, last Satur-
day and Sunday. The presiding elder
was present and preached on Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Parker had snap beans,
green peas, tomatoes, Irish potatoes,
lettuce, cabbage, celery, green pepper,
squashes and raddishes for her birthday
dinner one day last week. 1t is rare
thing for housekeeper in this section
to enjoy 80 many articles of food known
to the vegetable kingdom at this season.
The vegetables were of the 1904 crop
and grew in Florida. Miss Code Parker,
Atlanta, shipped them to her homefolk.
Everything was as fresh and palatable as
if produced from Oconee soil and at the
proper time.
Jessie Shed, son of II. T. Shed, who
lives above Fort Madison, had narrow
escape from instant death about two
weeks ago. While cutting down tree
a broken limb fell back, striking him on
the head and inflicting a severe wound.
His skull was cracked for nine inches.
nr nf L.,
tending the unfortunate young man and
he is on fair road to recovery.
Il. b. Garrison and wife are occupying
one of j. Il. Simpsons houses.
The Westminster Hotel is vacant at
present. A. Cheek, our clever hotel
man, moved the first of February to
"Halehurst," DR.. Mitchelps handsome
residence, where he is prepared to offer
the travelling public the best of accom-
modations. Capt. w. e. Cheswell, the
proprietor of tho Westminster Hotel, will
have the hotel building and all the out
buildings overhauled and remodelcd in
an up-to-date style. When the work is
finished everything will be in keeping
with the progress of the town and the
accommodations and conveniences will
be made better than heretofore.
l.. II. V. Hobson resumed work at the
school building Monday. Mr.. Hobson
had been disabled from work four months
on account of his wounded ankle.
B. B. Cheek, of Toccoa, was in West
minister few hours last Sunday. He is
holding responsible position with the
Southern Railway at that point.
Prof. David Conger, of Gainesville,
was in town last week to tho delight of
his many friends.
The ladies of the Baptist church, who
are observing this week as a "week of
prayer" are praying for the enlargement
of the mission work of the Southern
Baptist Convention. The leaders for the
different days are Mesdames o. X. Brea-
zeale, j. S. Carter, b. B. Garrison Burt
Mitchell, Il. N. Carter and w. j. Stribling.
Every lady, who is specially interested in
this cause, is cordially invited to attend.
John Queen informs us that he has
the contract to build larger hotel at
Seneca this year in addition to the two
or three store rooms he is expecting to
build at Westminster.
DR.. j. Fl. Johns, of Atlanta, arrived