Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-10-10
wEsTMINsTER.

WSstmlnster, OctoDey lO.--Wo regfSs
to chronicle the death OF j. p. Mcdonald, !,
Westminster on Thursday, October 4, at
.. M, after an illness Of only six days.
mr. Mcdonald was one Of Oconee's best
citizens and had spert his life in and
around THE place. ES Was % years ofu
on the 10th Of last July. he was son
OF the late Henry ID. Mcdonald, who
died on Coloneps Fork Creek about
twenty-one years ago. From early youth
Mr. Mcdonald had been consistent
had served his church as steward and
suPerintendent OF Sunday school. Al
the time of his death he was the Super.
intendent of the Methodist Sunday
school here. Five years ago, when the
Il. +. u. system was established here,
Mr.. Mcdonald became thu carrier on
route No. 2 and was very faithful and
gnnotual in the discharge of his duties.
daughters, fve grandchildren and Ave
sisters, GO whom the coincidence Of q host
Of friends is extended In their deep sor-
row. Funeral services were conducted
IN the M. E. church Thursday afternoon,
at O'clock, by his pastor, Rev. G.. T.
Harmon, Jr., after which his body was
inferred in tho town cemetery In the
presence OF large concoGrse of sympa-
sUtDihS AAi0uuo. mUGou WAS n
charter member of the Westminster
Camp No 81, Woodmen of the World,
and six brethren Of the Camp, Rev. A. p.
Marett, @. e. Anderson, r. D. Poore,
q. w. Mcconnell, o. X. Breazeale and
Y. e. Pitts, acted as pallbearers.
Married, by Rev. L. a. Query, at his
residence, near Oakway, on Sunday,
October I, at a p. M, Sloan Mattison, OF
this place, and Miss Selma Johns, of
RQfraQf frsa
lations.
The Sabbath school at West End
chapel has been reorganized and the
hour changed from four o'clock to $50
p. M. Everybody cordially invited to
come next Sabbath at above hour.
@. E. Gray, our marble man, has fin
ished pretty and unique Woodmen of
the World monument to be placed over
the grave of Floyd Hagood, in Toccoa,
short logs and the shaft represents the
stump of forked tree. Very pretty
emblems of ferns, ivy and lilies have
been cut on the monument
AT meeting of the stockholders of
the Westminster Knitting Mills, held on
October Sd, the following board of di-
reotois were elected: w. p. Anderson,
J; +. Stribling, P. ?. Sullivan, =. n
Hughs, +. NJ. Carey, X. w. Marett, d. l..
Norris, j. M. Norris and P. W.. Matheson.
The former officers were reelected, viz:
w. p. Anderson, president and trea-
surer; j. p. Stribling, vice president,
and j. NJ. Norris, secretary and manager.
Miss Mary Sheldon, of Fair Play, was
visitor here last week.
Born, unto Mr.. aud Mrs. Ross Mitchell,
on October l, a daughter.
week to Spartanburg. Mr.. Lawless ia
GOOD GlflZan and fn lnon
him.
w. A. Templeton, prominent citizen
of Abbeville, was in town one day last
week.
Miss Mary Carter has returned to
Richmond to resume her studies.
Mrs. Maggie Fennell, of Pelzer, has
been with relatives in this section the
past week. She was called here on ac-
count of the serious sickness and death
of her, brother, j. p. Mcdonald. .s-.-,... 1.
j. Furman Greer, of Anderson county,
was here Sunday
Mrs. Sallie Dickson Poore, of Bolton,
is visiting her mother, Mrs, j. NJ. Dick
son.
Rev. Geo. T. Harmon, Jr., received a
telegram conveying the sad news of the
death of his mother, al Williamston.
father, T. E. Davis, Sunday
Miss Vera Ford, of Liberty, spent
few days last week with her sister, Miss
Lila Ford, during her millinery opening
days.
Victor johnson, who works in Seneca,
was here last Sunday.
r. Frank White, of Greenville, was in
Westminster yesterday.
Ira S. Pitts, our postmaster, has been
unwell for some days.
j. M. Durham, of West Union, was
visiting his mother Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. Winter, of Georgia, attended the
burial of his brother-in-law, j. P. No
Donald, last Thursday. A. L. Gossett.