Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-05-03
THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM.
Items Of News oi the Past Week Gathered
from Various Sources.

this season.
The Interstate Trust Co., of Green
vile, has been formed with 100000
capital.
The young ladies of Manning have
petitioned the local merchants to dis
continue selling cigarettes.
Several members of the Calhoun
Light Infantry atFlorence have been
court martialed for Mons attendance
at inspection. Small fines were i'm
posed.
j. e. Boyer, who was once ar
rested and subsequently, discharged
on account of the Brookland fire, has
been again arrested and will be
prosecuted on the charge of arson.
At taxpayers meeting in Green
vile the proposition to vote $125,OOO
in new bonds was approved. There
were some opponents, however, who
think that $4,000 would be suffi.
cient.
The first frying size chickens came
on the market to-day. They were
bought by one of the dealers at 274
cents each and are being sold at 80
cents each. They are not grown
chickens, either just ssnedium
frys."-Anderson Mail, April "a.
Passenger train No. 80 killed a
fine pair of mules belonging to Nor
gan & Austin, at the crossing of the
American Spinning Company, Green
vile, on Friday.
The preliminary survey of rail-
road to run from Saluda Court
House, s. c., to Wards, twelve miles,
has been completed. Capt. G. S.
Dwight, of Columbia, was the engi-
neer in charge.
Frank G. Bigelow, president of a
large Milwaukee bank, and former
president of the American Bankers
Association, loses vast sums in specu-
lation, and is>short in his accounts a
million and half dollars.
An inspector has reported the dis
penser at Fort Motto one thousand
dollars short in his accounts. The
accursed stuff will besmirch the repu-
tation and ruin the characters of all
who handle it whether in the dispen-
sary or open bar.
The officers of the South Carolina
division of the Southern Cotton AS
sociation have taken up the project
of using cotton bags for fertilizers,
groceries, etc. The movement was
started by the Wholesale merchants
in Charleston.
AS an evidence of the prosperity of
Wofford College, the trustees have
recently decided to put up an addi-
tional building for fitting school, to
cost $4,000 Evidently the institu-
tons supported by the State are not
dangerous competitors of Wofford.
The ladies of the Civic Improve
ment League of Anderson will erect
a $1,000 fountain on the public
square of that town. 1t will be of
cast iron, about 10 feet high and will
he lighted by electricity. 1t will be
dedicated to Robert Anderson, the
Revolutionary hero.
The trustees of the Columbia Fe-
male College are putting up hand
some building at Hyatt Park, a su-
burb of Columbia. The cornerstone
was laid Monday with the beautiful
Masonic cere monies. A large crowd
was present. The great structure is
well underway. The walls are up
and the roof is on the main building.
The cornerstone is a marble block
bearing the sim % inscription, "Co-
lumbia Female Collage, 1850-1905."'i
This years celebra on of Memorial
Day in Philadelphia will be marked
by the participation in the exercises,
IN an official capacity Ola Confeder-y
ate leader Gen. Fitzhuth Lee. This
will be the first time il the history
of the Grand Army I'M nnsylvania