Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-09-13

NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.

| North Carolina to visit her brother, j.
NJ. Singleton.
j. X. Gaines went to Piedmont Mon.
day.
X. G. Carter boarded No. 80 Monday
for Liberty.
Married. on Saturday, September 0, by
s. III. Johns, Esq, at his residence, l.. K.
Farmer and Miss Agnes Gaines.
A purse containing three en-dollar
and one one.dollar bills was lost between
'ramassee and Walhalla Saturday. The
loser, T. w. Ballenger, offers to pay q
liberal reward If fiuder will leave at the
Courier Office.
Il. w. Pitts, of Deercourt, Ca, spent o
few hours here last Sunday. Mr.. Pitts
Is operator and agent at Deercourt, for
merly Tngalo, Ga.
Jesse Harbin, of Pendleton, visited his
brother, Harrison Harbin, last week.
The Westminster Graded Schools have
an enrolment of 234 pupils.
Thomas Bolt and Ed Zachary, of Se-
neca, were here Friday.
Misses Rosa and Beulah Mcdonald
entertained several couples last Friday
evening in honor of their visitor, Miss
Leila Buchanan, one of Pendleton's fair
young ladies. Delicious ice cream, cake
and scuppernongs were served. All re-
port delightful evening. The guests
included Misses Irene Miller, Jessie
Stribling, Sallie Dickson, Eva Reeder,
Mamie Terrell, Annie Kay, Mamie Tray
lor, Ethel McGee; Messrs. M. l.. Sewell,
Rutledge Zimmerman II. Stonecypher,
Alden Dickson, Moses Terrell. Thomas
Bolt, Ed Zachary and S. g. Moon.
Miss Maud Gullatt, after spending
three weeks az the guest of Miss Irene
Miller, returned to her home in Atlanta a
few days ago. She is beautiful and
fascinating young lady and made host
of friends here who will be pleased to
welcome her in our midst at any time.
Frank Sheldon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. ID. Sheldon, of Fair Play, went to
Davidson, N. c., Tuesday to attend the
Davidson College.
Mrs. j. w. Harrison, of Lavonia, Ga.
visited the family of VIM. Bibb last week.
The mid-week prayer Meeting services
at the Presbyterian church have been
changed from Wednesday evening to
Thursday evening of each week.
Mrs. Sallie Echols went to Pickens
Saturday to visit the family of Rev. d.
Weston Hiott
The grist, saw mill and planer of j. j.
Iaiey, of Oakway, were destroyed by
fire last Thursday morning at an early
hour. The fire was supposed to have
been accidental.
w. K. Mason has gone to Honea Path
to buy cotton for Charlotte compress.
Miss Mary Messer has returned home
after spending two weeks in the South
Union section.
Samuel Jameson has gone to Cave
Springs, Ca, to attend school.
Misses Sue and Emily Dendy, of Rich
land, visited the family of NJ. A. Terrell
last Thursday aid Friday.
Miss Rosa Mcdonald is spending a
couple of months at home. She has had
charge of tiourishing school near Pen
dleton and will begin teaching again in
November.
The last excursion for this season
passed through on September Z going to
Atlanta. Every coach appeared to be
full.
&. w. Mcconnell now has charge of a
large hotel at Lula, Ga, and has moved
from Atlanta to that place.
Rev. John II. Moore is expected to
arrive Friday and will fiji his appoint
ments in the Baptist church next Sab
bath at II a. IN. and at night. No doubt
Brother Moore will have something of
interest to tell his people which he
gathered while on his trip to Europe and
we bespeak for him large congregations
1t has been three months since he stood
before his congregation at Westminster
The congregation at the Presbyterian
church had the pleasure of listening to
an interesting discourse delivered by
Kev. w. f. Junkin, returned mission
ary to the foreign fields. He began with
Christs command and ended with the
glorics of Christ. In his lecture he told
of the conditions, the population of the
Chinese Empire and told of the great
work being done there. Rev. Junkin is
native of Virginia. He has been at
Shushan, China, for the past eight years
Last week we said he was a missionary
to Japan. The mistake was due to a
slip of the pencil.
Miss Eureka Crump, of Charleston, is
the guest of Mrs. Y. T.. Pitts. She is
returning home from trip to the noun
tains.
Miss Mary Sheldon is visiting Miss
Margie Stribling and other relatives and
friends in Westminster.