Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-12-27
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.

Westminster, December 25.--Miss Au-
gusta Sprott, of the Westminster Graded
Schools, boarded No. 80 Thursday for
her home in Spartanburg, where she will
remain until after the holidays.
w. R. Anderson, of Sheppard, Ker-
shaw county, is spending the holidays at
home. Mr.. Anderson has been in Ker-
shaw for the past six months saving
shingles.
Greenville News, December %: m. e.
Brockman, principal of the Westminster
Graded Schools, was in the city yester-
day. He is 1908 graduate of Furman
University"
Miss Beulah Ligon, the stenographer
at the Westminster Knitting Mills, is
spending Christmas at her home in
Greenvlle.
w. E. Jennings and two daughters, of
Landrum, came in Saturday to spend
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Jennings and other relatives, near West
minister
Mrs. julius Martin, of Bolton, Ca, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. M.
Hull.
Mrs. T. l.. Simmons, of Texas, is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. A. G. Cox.
j. L. Burnside, son of w. w. Burnside,
is visiting his parents near Holly Springs.
He has been in the United St,tes Nayy
for the past four years and has travelled
from the Arctic Ocean to Cape Horn.
A. w. Singleton, of Pickens, is visiting
at the home of his father, M. P. Singleton
Miss Maud Gullatt, handsome little
lady of Atlanta, is visiting her friend,
Miss Irene Miller.
Miss Margie Stribling, of the College
for Women, of Columbia, is at home for
the holidays.
j. G. b. Vandiver and family have ar
rived from Baldwin, Miss. TT Dir many
friends in Oconee gladly welcome them
back.
Mrs. w. Reid Leathers, of Kansas City,
Mo-, is visiting the families of G. w.
Leathers and Frank Cannon.
S. G. Moon liz spending few days at
his old home in Conner, Ga.
The Misses Marett, who have been at
tending the Greenville Female College,
are at home for the holidays.
We are indebted to Fl. a. Davis, of
Greensboro. Ala, for good sample of
the Alabama ribbon cane syrup.
We are indebted to w. L. England for
a mess of his mammoth sized rutabagas
Reid Cosby, of Atlanta, was paying his
respects to one of Westminster's charm
ing young ladies this week.
Sloan Harkey is operating turning
lathe and scroll saw near the mineral
springs. He does all such work as max
ing brackets, turning posts and bannis-
ters. Call and see him when in need of
work in his line.
Rev. j. 1. Spinks will leave soon for
Columbia, where the conference sent him
to preach next year. He preached the
gospel with much acceptability on the
Westminster circuit tho past year. Bro.
Spinks is clever man and we will miss
his friendly greetings. The new Metho.
dist preacher is Rev. Geo. II. Harmon,
Jr. A cordial welcome awaits him.
Miss Jessie Dobbins, who is attending
school at Red Springs, Va, is at homo
for Christmas.
The operatives at the Westminster
Knitting Mills sprang pleasant surprise
on the secretary, j. M. Norris, Saturday
by presenting him with a meerschaum
pipe and handsome cigar case.
S. Burt Freeman and little daughter,
of Atlanta, spent Sunday in Westminster
with his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Freeman.
Miss Lena Reeder, pretty young lady
of Greers, is among our Christmas visi-
tors.
Notwithstanding the rain and mud
over one hundred men, women and chill
dren heard w. Powell Hale, impersona-
tor, render "Christmas Carols" at the
auditorium on the evening of December
Goth.
Miss Mabel Wham is enjoying the
Christmas festivities at her home, near
Fountain Inn.