Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-04-12
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.

khoWu thdI MS neaItn had been failing
since serious spell of sickness year
ago, but as he had been able to attend
to his accustomed duties on his farm no
one was prepared for the announcement
of his death. Capt. Jenkins was in
town Thursday attending to business
and the sadness of his death was great
shook to his friends. He worked on
FRIDAY .iid ac tine close of the day he
was taken violently i'll and soon passed
from earthly scenes. Capt. Jenkins was
in the 74th year of his age, having been
born in this county on December s, 1881.
His homelat the hickory grove on Colo
nePs Fork Greek is known to every one
who is familiar with the road leading
frop, Fair Play to Walhalla. With the
exception of the four years spent in the
Civil war Capt. Jenkins had resided on
the plantation on which he died for
more than half century and had reared
family of eleven children. His wife
was Miss Elizabeth Mckay. They were
married January IL, 1857. Eight chill
dren survive. The names of the living
children are Mrs. William Ballenger,
who resides in Texas; S. p. and w. H.
Jenkins, Mrs. Alice Herring, Mrs. j. j.
Duncan, Mrs. w. A. Couch, Misses Lii
lie and Goa Jenkins. Capt Jenkins was
u gallant soldier, serving in the Carolinas,
Virginia and Tennessee. He received
his title as Captain in the army. He
was with Gen. Lee at the surrender at
Appomattox court house on April 8,
1858. re- .arkable coincidence in the
life and death of Capt. Jenkins 10 that
his body was lowered in the grave ex-
actly forty years after the surrender. A
Confederate veteran informs us that Capt.
Jenkins's bravery in war was evidenced
by the bullet holes pierced in his gar
ments. After brief funeral service
conducted In the Baptist church by Rev.
j. /. Spinks, of the Methodist church,
the body was Inferred in the town ceme-
terry at O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
Miss Margie Stribling, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Stribing, is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Maggie Fellers, at
Prosperity.
Saturday afternoon and saw for the first
time how the working mans socks''
are made. That is the brand they are
now manufacturing daily by the hundred
dozen. When we arrived James NJ. Nor
ris, the genial secretary and manager.
was in town and we were conducted
through by j. II. Freeman, the foreman,
who explained to us each machine and
it's work Mr.. Freeman, Henry Hamil-
ton and Miss Nora Hamilton are new
corners to our town and have considera-
BILE experience in their line of work in a
knitting mill. They were originally from
Flat Rock, N. c.. Having devoted fifteen
years of his life to the work Mr.. Freeman
is valuable man to the Westminster
Knitting Mills. He and his family oc-
cupy one of the mill cottages. Mr.. Ham
ilton and sister board with Mrs. Y. e.
Pitts. Miss Hamilton is teaching the
girls how to operate the loopers. Her
brother has charge of the ribbers.
Forty knitting machines are now running
and they have twenty more ordered,
which they will install as soon as they
arrive. The operatives are learning the
work and are beginning to earn fair
wages. Only mems half hose are being
manufactured. They completed as many
as 116 dozen in one day. Mr.. Norris has
been quite busy looking after the con-
strnction of the plant. He is having his
office fitted up inside the mill and will
soon be in better shape to devote more
OF his time to the manufacturing details.
They have already commenced filling
orders and Mr.. Norris thinks the "work.
ing mans sock" will prove to be popu.
lar seller.
w. M. Zimmerman, of Atlanta, was
here Sunday.
Mrs. j. N. Grier, of North Carolina.
and her three children are visiting her
father, James w. Adams. in the Taber
section.
Miss Mabel Wham, of Greenyille
county, is now filing the position of
stenographer and typewriter at the
Shuttle factory.
A. V. Leathers and wife moved here
from Madison q few days ago. Mr..
Leathers is running G. G. SIMPSONS
blacksmith shop.
ID. O. McLin, the night-watohman for
the Southern Shuttle and Bobbin Factory,
has served the company for more than
1900 consecutive nights without the loss
of single hour from duty.
Several of our citizens met at tho
school house last Friday evening for the
purpose c.ssreorganizing the Westminster
Lyceum Club. The former officers, con-
sisting OF T. M. Holland, president; Pc.
den Anderson, treasurer, and Miss Lula