Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.

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Pearle Lyles and Anna butt, Of Deer
conrt, Ga, visited their aunt, Mrs. James
Lawrence, Monday.
( There was a large attendance at the
oyster supper Friday night. The net
receipts were about S1S
I Andrew Pickens is spending a few
days with his son, Gordon Pickens, at
Norris Mill
Married. by S. II. Johns, Esq, on
January Z, Thos. Hendrix and Miss Eta
Handy.
Rev. j. Thomas Looper, a well known
Baptist minister OF Pickens, died few
days ago at an advanced age.
Glenn Sheldon. Of Liberty, spent last
Thursday night in Westminster.
Portman Powell, of near Madison, was
in town last Saturday to see his brothers,
s. Y. and r. l.. Powell.
The next number of the lyceum at.
fractions by the Alkahest Company will
be male quartette and bell ringers
composed of Lincoln Newhall, first
tenor; Joseph j Quinliven, second tenor;
Willis G. Manpin, first bass and cornet
soloist; Ralph II Parland, basso. They
will be here Saturday, February "a. This
will be something different from the
ordinary attraction and will thrill and
interest everybody. Messrs. Parland
and Newhall have been before the Ameri-
can people for several years and have
won the praises of audiences in thirty
eight different States. Westminster
hopes to procure full house to hear
them ON the evening of February "a
1t is mistake about John vandiver
being dead, as stated in our letter two
weeks ago. We learned Saturday that
he lay in the hospital several days in an
unconscious condition, but has suffi-
ciently recovered as to be able to be car
ried home. Relatives of Mr.. Yandiver's g
wife received word a couple of weeks
ago that he was dead.
L. w. Williamson, of Commerce, Ca,
was in town few hours Saturday. Mr..
Williamson clerked in the store of T. N.
Carter & Co., some fifteen years ago, and
has scores of friends in this section who
were pleased to see him.
David Conger, of GAINESVILLE, Ca, was
among our visitors the past week.
j. M. Hull and his son, w. d. Hull,
are both knights of the grip now. They
are travelling for Cincinnati firm we
understand.
F. A. Davis returned Saturday from a
visit to Anderson. Mr.. Davis is the
father of Cornelius Davis, who clerks for
Matheson Hardware Co.
At the home of the BRIDES father en-
F. Doyle, colored, near Westminster, on
Sunday, February a, Clay Childers and
Margie Doyle were unit I'd in holy matri-
mony, Rev. II. G. Anderson, colored,
officiating. Those present were COM
posed mostly of the families of the cuu-
very pretty and nicely arranged, the
house being we'll decorated. The bride
was beautifully dressed in white. After
the ceremony good wedding dinner
was enjoyed.
A GOOD OFFER FOR THE FARMER.
The Westminster Oil and Fertilizer
Company proposes to give in exchange
for one ton (2O00 pounds) of cotto seed
400 pounds of cotton seed meal. This
offer is based on the present price paid
for seed. They get from every ton 1000
pounds) of cotton seed $50 pounds of
meal. Thus you see this offer is within
100 pounds of the meal they get from
two tons $4,000 pounds) of cotton seed.
One ton (2,000 pounds) of cotton seed
contains 81 pounds of nitrogen and one
ton q, 600 poundsl of cnt.c' seed meal
contains l63 pounds of nitro gen, so says
The Southern Farm, of Allan a., Ca, to
a correspondent, and if this be true, 400
pounds OF cotton seed meal contains ia
pounds of nitrogen. A, l.. Gossett