Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-08-22

Henry K. Thompson, of Columbia,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Walhalla
with his brother and sister, James
Thompson and Miss Lille Thompson.
Ambrose Fischesser, of New York.
arrived in Walhalla last Friday and will
spend some time at the home of his
father, A. Fischesser. His friends are
glad to welcome him back to his old
lome.
Rev. John G. Law will preach at
Bethel Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning at IL O'Clock and lin the after
noon at Ebenezer at O'Clock. Public
cordially invited to participate in these
services.
MIR. and Mrs. j. T. NJ. Riser and two
daughters, Misses Hattie and Corinne IF
Selma, Ala, are visiting at the home II
James Thompson. They will spend
some weeks here, to the delight Of their
many friends.
The charter of the Walhalla Cotton
Mills has been amended SO as to make
the capital stock 100000 instead of
S150,OOO as heretofore. The present
equipment is $4,000 spiddles and $40
looms. The increase of capital stock
will be used for improvements and addi-
tional machinery.
Samuel F. Maxwell, a prosperous
colored farmer, has presented The Cou-
rier office ten fine large apples which
grew on twig eighteen inches long.
The smallest apple weighs eight ounces
and the largest thirteen-the whole
weight being seven pounds lacking two
ounces.
The Manufacturers' Record announces
that the Blue Ridge Electric Company, of
Walhalla, has been incorporated with
$1,000 capital stock by James Thompson,
X. L. Jaynes, G. G. Jaynes, j. A. Steck
and George Seaborn. 1t is to be hoped
that this company as reorgauized can
carry out their plans for lighting Wal
halla at an early date.
Glenn d. Abbott left last Monday for
Poll City, Ala, where he has accepted a
position with the ST. Clair County Tele-
phone Company. He has been an
efficient employee of the Oconee Tele-
departure is regretted. For the present
his family will reside in Walhalla.
Rev. A. r. Woodson, of Pendleton,
held services at the Walhalla Presbyte.
rian church last Saturday and Sunday.
He was greeted by good congregations,
and the services were instructive and at
tentively listened to. Rev. Mr.. Woodson
made splendid impression and his visit
to Walhalla was greatly appreciated by
our people.
Il. d. Fincannon, of Atlanta, honored
The Courier Office with his presence last
week. He talked Interestingly about
Atlanta and Georgia politics. He thinks
that to-day's election will give Hoke
Smith the nomination for Governor. Mr..
Fincannon has been visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. o. w. Ashe, and family in Wal
halla.
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Anderson Intelligencer, has recently un-
dergone some changes in it's makeup.
1t is now six column, eight page semi
weekly, slightly reduced in size from it's
former proportions. The change is a
marked Improvement, and the Intelli-
gencer, always bright and newsy, appears
to even better advantage than heretofore.
If you want to sell your land or buy
any land, in town or out, see me before
you trade. / will make you money.
II. f. Alexander, Real Estate Agent,
Walhalla, S. G.
Miss Jessie Farmer left last week
for Peii City, Ala, where she will accept
position with the Pell City Telephone
Company. Miss Farmer has been with
the Oconee Telephone Company for a
year or more, and she has made herself
universally popular with the business
and her constant politeness and good
humor. We wish her every success in
her new home.
The Courier office had pleasant call
one day last sek from +. G. DuBose, of
Pelzer, S. G. He has recently bought
the farm of w. NJ. Cobb, near Walhafla,
containing about one hundred acres.
The price paid for the land was 1926 per
acre. Mr.. DuBose and wife are highly
pleased with their purchase, and may
some day become citizens of Oconee
county. He says he likes our people
and our fine water and climate. Mr..
DuBose is prominent employee of the
PelZer cotton mill.
Geo. w. Tolbert, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Lizzie, of White Hall, in
Greenwood county, is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p. Crisp and other relatives in
Oconee county. Mr.. Tolbert is largo
and prosperous farmer in his county and
counts his cotton bales by the hundreds,
besides producing an abundance OF other
that one of his relatives had stored in
bonded warehouse in Greenwood over
600 bales of last years cotton-over
$4,000 worth.
-Westview cemetery is badly In need
OF attention. Some of the graves and
lots have become overgrown with weeds
and grass, the driveway grown up in
grass, and as whole it presents a diiapi-
dated appearance. 1t will be we'll for
those interested in the last resting place
of their dead to give little needed at.
tention to the cemetery occasionally,
and the town authorities should look
after its part also. The constant rains
of July made the growth of weeds and
grass much worse than usual, and the
cemetery gives no appearance of alton
tion during July and August.