Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-11-29

general holiday.
Thanksgiving service will 6e held at
Conneross tomorrow (Thursday) at II
a. M, by the regular pastor.
Prayer meeting this evening at 7,30
O'Clock at the Methodist church. Cor
dial welcome to all.
Tomorrow being Thanksgiving, The
Courier Office will be closed all day.
Even tho "devil" has something to be
thankful for.
Sunday and Monday were summary
days. They were too warm for fires and
people sat on their front porohes as if it
were springtime.
Tho residence of II. E. Moore, of
Reedy Fork, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th instant. All the household
goods were burned. Origin of fire un-
known.
Miss Hattie Gilstrap and Bub Cleve-
land, of Reedy Fork, were happily mar.
ried on November 10th, Rev. j. II. Stone
officiating. We wish the young couple
much joy and happiness.
beginning this week we will gin cot
ton on Tuesdays and Fridays Of each
week as long as there is cotton to gin.
Strother & Phinney, West Union.
Tho Warren Phillips place on Martins
creek, one mile from Adams Crossing,
will be sold at the Court House at Wal
halla next Monday, December 4th. The
tract has been cut into four lots, contain
ing 93, SO, "a and 80 acres. These are
valuable lands and will no doubt bring
good prices. Be sure and attend the
sale.
The following is the latest official
membership of the six largest fraternal
organizations in the United States: Odd
Fellows, / 341 ,375; Freemasons, 1,011 1856;
Modern Woodmen of America, TOO, ,359; I;
knights of Pythias, 594,SS3; Ancient
Order of United Workmen, 423, ,015; !;
knights of the Maccabees, 375,0 900.
The final stewards meeting for Wal
halla Circuit will be held at the Court
House, in Walhalla, on Saturday, De-
cember 9th, at IL a. m. The whole
board of stewards are requested to be
making the final report for this circuit
! for 1905. Respectfully submitted,
w. NJ Harden, p. G.
DIR. d. p. Thompson, of Glffney, ar
rived in Walhalla last Monday and has
opened dental Office over the G. W..
Pitchford Co.'s store in the rooms for
merly occupied by DR.. G. c. Probst. 1t
is quite probable that DR.. Thompson will
locate here permanently. He and his
family will be most cordially welcomed
to olr midst.
-Levera, the 7-months-old daughter
of Mrs. Sexton, who lives on South
Broad street, near the cotton mill, died
Monday night. The remains were in
tered in the Neville burying ground
Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services
were conducted at the grave by Rev. j..
w. Bearden. Deepest sympathy is felt
for the bereaved family.
Rev. E. S. Jones will conduct divine
services in the Methodist church here
| 10, kln md ,sNfr
at the usual hours. These will be the
last Sabbath services of the conference
year, and it is especially desired that all
| members be present. Members of other
denominations and the public in general
are cordially invited to be present and
| join in the worship.
Il will be in Westminster, S. c., No
vember 3Oth December 1st and I'd, and
those wishing to have dental work done
by me can find me at the hotel (West-
minister Inn) on the above days only.
| All work done satisfactory and yonr
teeth extracted without pain.
DIR. w. j. Lanford, Dentist.
Mrs. Rosa Lewis, of Atlanta, Ga,
and Mrs. Paul G. Smith, of Meridian,
Miss, have been visiting their brother,
S. N. Pitchford, and family, for few
days. They left Monday morning for
their respective homes. These good
| lauleS are well Known 10 mHly Ol our
people, having been born and reared in
Walhalla. They are daughters of the
late Wesley Pitchford.
Emery Watkins, son of j. N. Wat
kins, of Oconee county, has been quite
sick at Anderson for the past three
weeks of malarial fever. His father
went after him last week and brought
him home, where he is getting along
nicely, and will soon bo able to resume
| his position as conductor on the electric
car line in Anderson. Mr.. Watkins is a
young man of much promise, having
plenty of native talent, push and energy.
/ "A GREAT BIG HOUSE THAT IS FULL
of buggies, wagons and harness that
will be emptied out into OcoDee county
by December 25th, 1908. If you want
the very latest style that is as good as
you can buy, come quick. Will make
the price to suit you. This is not hot
air." / mean what say. Let me prove
it. II. M. Lowery, Seneca. S. G.
Among the happy visitors to Wal
halla last Saturday there was none more
jovial than our venerable friend, VIM.
Welsh, of Mountain Rest. He is in
| his 9th year, and rode horseback from
his home, some fourteen miles from Wal
halla, reaching here fresh and as clipper
as any man so years his junior. He was
born in Queens county, Ireland, in 1908,
and came to this section at the begin
ming of the work on the old Blue Ridge
tunnel. He is fine old gentleman, with
as big true and tender a heart as the