Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-08-07
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
Melon Thieves are Plentifal---What
the People in General are Doing.

Westminster, August 6. Special:
Miss Lula Bowers. OF Bowersyiile, Ca,
is the guest ofMiss Lille Harrison,
in EAST End, 49,
The ordinance Of hn lem u,as ODD
ministered to sixteen converts at the
Old Westminster Baptist church last
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev.
-. A. Mcdaniel was assisted in the
meeting by Rev. Langston.
l.. A. Tannery, proprietor Of the
Cash Bargain Store, is having 30
foot addition built to his store room.
Dewitt King, of near Madison, was
In town Monday. He Is bright
pupil Of the Cedar Springs Institute
and Is at home for vacation.
Miss Ada Marett, who is teaching
school at High Falls, was at home
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Bolt, of Anderson, Is visiting
Mrs. M. w. Jones.
At the II o'clock service in the
Baptist church Sunday it was agreed
to protract the services throughout
the week. Rev. j. r. Moore, the pas
tor, is assisted by his father, Rev. r.
A. Moore, of Red Springs, N. c., and
his brother-in-law, Rev. l.. N. Chap
pell, of Bishopville. The hours for
preaching are 10 Am. and $50 Pm.
Misses Jennie Lou and Daisy Irwin
and their brother, Lemuel Irwin. are
visitors at the home of their aunt,
Mrs. G. l.. Foster, in Westminster
William brown, of Anderson, is
visiting his niece, Mrs. John e.
Gaines. >tt
Miss "Ditt" White, the daughter
of r. F. White, of Greenville, Is the
charming guest of Mrs. J. H. Ligon.
The Peden & Anderson Banking
Company are having the old Masonic
Hall fitted up for an office to be oc-
|eupied by DR.. w. A. Strickland, who
lately came here from Pelzer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur King have
returned from Jamestown.
Mrs. w. c. Pike, who died Oh July
25. was the mother of eight children
instead of six, as stated in our letter
last week. She was forty-nine years
old.
Jesse f. Mitchell, OF Bolton, is vis-
iting his brother, DR.. Burt Mitchell.
A pleasant party, consisting of T..
N. Hall and family, l.. G.. CASTOR, Mr..
and Mrs. o. K. Breazeale and Miss
henrietta CASTOR, leave Wednesday
for two weeks camp on top Of
Poor Mountain, where Mr.. Hall has
nice, comfortable house, which will
accommodate the entire crowd. Mr..
Hall has placed an OK cart at the dis
posal of the party, and they expect to
make daily excursions to points Of
interest.
Watermelon rogues are numerous
this season. They always succeed in
! getting away with the biggest and
best melons, but they are bound to
leave their tracks. We will greatly
appreciate information leading tc the
guilt of the four thieves who made a
raid on our melons on the night Of
July 80.
Miss Mary S. Messer returned on
Tuesday from an extended visit to rel
atives and friends at Anderson and
Belton.
Col. r. e. Mason, of Charlotte, N.
c., was here lastFriday. He was ac-
| companied by his daughter, Mrs. w,
J. Lunney, OF Seneca.
Galloway r. Davis has bought lot
| on the Walhalla road and will build
dwelling thereon in few weeks.
Mrs. John ]. Pickens has gone to
Jersey City, N. j., to stay a month
with her son, Coke Pickens.
VIM. j. Gaines, of High Spring,
| Fla, Is spending week with his bro
ther, j. e. Gaines. He Is accoppan-
| led by Mrs. j. G. Jeffcoat and two
sons, Garland and Glover, of Lees
burg, Fla, and Miss Pearl Jeffcoat,
an attractive young lady, of Oxford,
Fla.
| Westminster defeated Richland in
a match game of ball on the after
noon Of August by q score Of nine
IT, three. In the first game, played
at Richland on July IS, Richland won
by score of eleven to four.
| w. H. Woolbrlght, of Atlanta, is
| visiting relatives and friends In this
section. He Is an engineer on the w.
and A. Railroad. Mr.. Woolbright is
a son of j. P. Woolbright, deceased,
who formerly lived near here.
| Lester l.. Munson, of New York,
is on visit to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Munson. He works in the
office of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mrs. w. G. Mason and three chill
dren, of Lavonia, are visiting rela-
tives in Westminster.
| julius e. Mauldin returned last
week from Hot Springs, Ark. Ee
was greatly benefited by his trip
there.
Mrs. J. II. Ligon visited the family
Of r. F. White at Greenville last
week.
Rev and Mrs. l.. N. Chappell, of
Bishopville, Lee county, and Miss
Moore, Of North Carolina, are the
guests of Rev. and Mrs j. r. Moore.
a certain young man who works
for j. & j. s. Carter had to be helped
back to the store the other day after
the departure OF train No. IL, which
carried home some Of our charming
summer visitors.
julie j. Davis, of Bounty Land
passed through this section Monday