Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-06-06
wALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 9, 1906.
lAPPEA!!!!A!GS AROUND WESTMINSTER IVES T||MA||HHSTER
MANY VISITORS --MISs WILLIAMS ENTER.
> TAiNs--0rheR ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Westminster, June 4.--Mr. and Mrs.
@. ID. Nesbitt, of Piedmont, visited the
family of w. p. Anderson last week.
Miss Allie Stribling is expected home
this week from Winthrop College, at
Rock Hill.
The base ball teams of the Cheswell
Cotton Mill and the Seneca Cotton Mill
played an Interesting game on Seneoa's
diamond Saturday. The boys from
Westminster won by the score of to l..
Miss Jessie Stribling is visiting her
sister, Mrs. M. G. Barton, of Fair Play.
Miss Mary Carter is expected home
this week from the Woman's College, at
Richmond, Va.
Misses Jessie and Ida Martin are visit
ing at Bolton, Ga.
A tent meeting commenced here last
Saturday. Revs. Hayes and Putnam con-
duct the services.
This evening, from s till II, Miss Daisy
Williams, the accommodating assistant
postmistress, entertained number of
the social set in honor of her birthday
anniversary. Miss Williams was the re-
cipient of many nice presents on this
happy occasion. The parlor was prettily
decorated with magnolias, roses and
other blossoms. Ice cream and cake
were served in two or three courses in
the open air, to the pleasure and enjoy
ment of all. Japanese lanterns were
suspended here aud there while the tete-
a-tete tables we're beautiful with the
blazing wax candles. The guests present
included Misses Costello Thornton,
Mamie Traylor, Mayette Brown, Beulah
Mcdonald, Minnie Traylor, Maud Strib-
ling, Hattie Brown, Tompsie Hull; Vic.
tor johnson, Roy Stribliug, A. b. Stew.
art, T. d. Poore, Oscar Pitts, Rowland
Duke, Arthur Finley and Marshall
Mason.
j. III. Barnett has presented us two
heads of his early variety of cabbage,
which are large and fine. Mr.. Barnett
will be quite busy for some time ship
ping his vegetables. He has two acres
planted in cabbage and is selling them
as fast as he can gather them for two
dollars per crate. Mr.. Barnett is sue
cessful farmer and grows not only cab
bage in large quantities., but cultivates
large crops of tomatoes, potatoes, cotton
and grain.
j. c. Duncan, of Greers, is engaged in
putting in an electric light plant for j..
s. Carter. Mr.. Carter will install cleo
tricity in both the store room and his
residence. The motor will be run by q
gasoline engine.
j. Y. Pitts, prosperous farmer of
Laurens county, was visiting in West
minister last week. Mr.. Pitts is nephew
of Y. j. H. Pitts. This was his first
visit hero in twenty years, and he was
surprised to see 80 many changes.
W. Reid Leathers, of Kansas City, Mo-,
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. w. Leathers, and family.
l.. D. Bearden, of Greenville, was here
few days last week.
Rev. T. Mack Stribling, of Perry, Mo-,
was visiting his brother, NJ. S. Stribling,
last week. Mr.. Stribling left on Thurs
day for Cleburne, Texas, where he is to
be married to Miss Angie Ross to-mor-
row, June 5. The Carolina friends of
the groom wish him and his bride long
and happy life.
A. FL. Gray, after spending six months
with his son, G. E. Gray, returned to his
home at East Dorset, Vermont, last
Wednesday. Mr.. Gray is an experienced
marble man and worked in his sons shop
great deal while here.
Mrs. j. w. Bell returned to her home
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three weeks visit with her daughter.
Mrs. ID. l.. Norris, and her little grand
daughter. little Miss Virginia Norris.
Dozier Thornton, a prominent citizen of
Hartwell, was in town Monday.
Mrs. r.. NJ. DuBose and four children,
of Easley, arrived Saturday and will
spend several days in Westminster as
the guests of Mrs. w. S. Haley and others.
Mrs. DuBose was among us for three
years during her husbands pastorate of
the Methodist church and her many
friends are always glad to welcome her
at any time.
Mrs. Vandiver, of Red Hill, Ca, is
quite sick at the residence of her son.
j. G. b. Vandiver.
Rev. John b. Dickson, of Hartman,
Tenn, who has been visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan Dickson, preached in
the Methodist church at IL a. M, and in
the Baptist church at $50 p. M, on last
Sunday. Both discourses were edifying
and instructive. Mr. Dickson was reared
in this section and his many friends were
pleased to see him and extend the hand
of welcome.
r. A. @. Golden was called to Greer
Sunday to the bedside of his mother,
Mrs. A. M. Golden, who is critically i'll.
B. l.. Reeder and his lovely daughter,
Miss Valiie, of Hughes Springs, Texas,
arrived in Westminster Sunday morning
on No. 80. They are visiting the family
of Mrs. a.. j. Reeder, and other relatives