Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-20
WESTMINSTER.

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Westminster, Feb. 19.-J. p. Mize, a
livery stable man, got his leg broken at
the knee last Thursday by jumping from
q buggy In; a runaway accident. Mr..
Mize and his business partner. L. o.
Lindsay, were out riding and when near
the depot the horse became frightened
and parts Of the harness. broke, causing
the vehicle to run against the animal,
which Increased its fright. Mr.. Mize
alighted, falling on the hard ground with
the above result. DIR. Walker set the
broken limb. Although both traces
broke loose from the vshiole, the horse
continued to run down Main street at
vestibrle speed until it reached the hill
on the Retreat road below the Old West
Minister Baptist church. 1t ran over the
distance of q mile and Mr.. Lindsay held
to the lines with q masters grip and es.
capped uninjured, with the exception Of
blistered hand. The load was drawn
chiefly by the bits in the mouth of the
horse
A new Methodist Episcopal church
has been organized in the Central por.
tion Of Westminster. The first services
were held on Sunday night. February II,
by Rev. Geo. T. Harmon. Jr., in the Ma.
sonic Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Reynolds, of An.
derson, visited the family of w. III.
Mo ore, in West End, last week.
| Rev. j.. J. Harrell preached at Fair
Play on last Sunday afternoon.
Edwin G.. Madden, Third Assistant
"ostmaster General, has given notice to
postmasters that preparations are being
made.1to issue 1.cent postage stamps In
book form about March /. There will
be only one size, containing twenty -four
l-cent stamps, In four sheets of six
stamps each, interleaved with parsfiu
paper aud bound like the book of 2. cent
stamps. The selling price will be
twenty-five cents per book.
Miss Nellie Dickson, of Newry, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her grand.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan Dickson.
The Farmers' and Laborers' Union, of
Greenfield section, was reorganized on
February 1b. The following officers
were elected: j. w. Dickson, president,
T. w. Ballenger, vice-president; John
Owens, chaplain; T. w. Dickson, secre-
tary and treasurer; w. T. Norris, door
keeper.s Their next meeting will be held
at Greenfield school house on next Sat
urday afternoon, February 23. at 2
O'Clock. A full attendance Is requested,
as there are matters of Importance to
attend to.
Frank M. Cross has been appointed
Notary Public at Westminster. He will
receive his commission in few days.
Mr.. Cross can be found at the store OF
Cannon and Cross. -
Miles Phillips, of Walhalla, visited his
brether, j. l.. Phillips, of Westminster,
Sunday.
w. E, Rhyme is at Madison this week
doing some work for the Three State
Lumber Company.
John A. Durham was in Greenville
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Mcconnell enter.
tanned the young people at the Magnolia
Hotel Friday evening in honor of Miss
Rubie Vaughan.
W. r. Beasley was in town few days
this week with his family. Mr.. Beasley
has travelled throughou5 Florida during
the winter and says the weather there
was as warm as June in this section.
The frat quarterly conference for the
Westminster charge will be held here or
Saturday and Sunday, March Q and 8
instead Of Saturday before the fourth
Sunday in the month as announced in
the Southern Christian Advocate.
Mrs. j. II. Stonecypher has returned
from two weeks visit to her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. D. p. Moore, of Conner
Ga.
l.. A. Edwards, cashier of the Citi
zens' Bank, of Seneca, was here yester
day on business.
s. p. Thornton, who is temporarily
working as depot agent at New Holland
Ga, spent Sunday with his family here
j. A. Terrell, fagman of tho South
ern Railway, is at home on a sick fur
Tough. A. l.. Gossett.
Safes In Two States Blown Open.