Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-09-06
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.


in Greenville last week.
Mrs. j. ID. Witherspoon, of Cross Hill,
accompanied Miss Hattie Zimmerman on
her return to Westminster Monday.
Miss Mamie Terrell visited at Town
vile last week.
Rev. w. r. Junkin, missionary to
Japan, who is at home on furlough,
will lecture in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday night, September 10, at
8 O'Clock. Everybody cordially invited
to hear him.
Rev. j. Spinks will preach here next
Sabbath at II a. M, at Rock Springs in
the afternoon and at Center at night.
There will be an all-day singing at the
Old Westminster Baptist church next
Sabbath, September 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. b. Freeman, of At
lanta, have been visiting his mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Freeman.
Mrs. l.. A. Matheson has just returned
from visit to Toccoa and Hartwell.
/. Miss Lettie Dobbins was visiting her
sisters, Mrs. j. w. Dickson and Miss
Jessie Dobbins, of this place, this week.
She returned to Charlotte yesterday.
Rev. Carson, of the Georgia side,
visited his sister, Mrs. Lee Miller. this
week.
Miss Julia Cheek, of Seneca, visited
friends here last week.
= Miss Hattie Zimmerman has returned
from a pleasant visit to Mrs. j. ID.
Witherspoon at Cross Hill.
Mrs. Barton and her daughter, Mrs.
Floyd Watson, of Fair Play, were shop
ping in Westminster Saturday.
Miss Mary Mason went to Fairburn,
Ga, Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. DIR.
c. b: Floyd.
S. w. Dickson has moved his stock of
goods into the store room vacated by f.
NJ. Gross.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. r Guyther and Miss
Cecil Guyther, of Patterson, La. Mrs. j.
j. Neville, of Atlanta, and Miss Winnie
Carter, of Gainesville, were guests of DIR.
and Mrs. w. j. Carter last week
j. K. Singleton, of Taber, sold the first
bale of new cotton here on September 1.
1t was bought by w f. Mason at 10 9/l8.
Next fourth Sabbath, September "a,
the ,Presby terian Sabbath school will be
twenty-one years old and the anniversa sary
day will be observed with interesting
exercises to he rendered by the school.
The New York Millinery Company is
composed of w. LeCompte, of Phila-
delphia, and o. M. Parish, of Athens, as
proprietors. Their milliner is Mrs. M.
l.. Ernest, of Rome, Ga. They are pow
ready to serve customers and their open
ing days are September 10. 20 and 81.
Ralph Bingham is booked to appear at
the auditorium on Monday evening, Oc-
tober 2. This will be the first attraction
for the season under the auspices of the
Westminster Lyceum Club. All who
have not purchased season tickets will
please apply for them at the bank at
once. Eighty odd reserved seats have
been sold and only few more remain.
There are five other attractions to follow
Bingham and you can't afford to miss
them.
At the opening of the graded school
Monday speeches were made by Revs. j.
/. Spinks and j. j. Harrell and w. P.
Anderson. The enrolment was very
large-the exact number we have been
unable to learn. Very little was done
the first day with the exception of ar.
ranging the pupils in the proper grades
and classes. We had tho pleasure of
forming an acquaintance with the new
Prof. r.. M. Brockman,
on Saturday.
The Westminster Oil and Fertilizer
Co. have commenced to gin cotton.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Guyther and Miss
Cecil Guyther, who have been visiting
DR.. w. j. Carter, went to Asheville Sat
urday.
Kyle Lesley, of Pittsburg, Pa, visited
his brother. w. ID. Lesley, this week.
Kyle has been in Pittsburg three years
We were pleased to see Rev. III. Bas
combe Browne, of Sumter, on our streets
this week. He was returning from At
lanta, where he went to see his brother.
Dr. Browne. who is critically i'll. Rev.
Browne is now presiding elder oi the
Sumter District He is brother of Mrs
M. #. Puckett of this place.
Martin Marett, of Fair Play, who is
well and favorably known here, died at
the home of his brother, r. III. Marett
on last Wednesday. He returned from
Alabama last spring in poor health. His
widow is daughter of Mrs. II. D.
Reeder, of this place, and sister of
Mrs. j. p. Reese, of Walhalla. Mr..
Marett was son of the late Stephen