Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-01-09
WESTMINSTER.
ALBERT 9. BURTON, OF wALnALLA, TAKES
WESTMINSTER BRIDE.

A. Gaines and little daughter have re-
turned from viait 70 the family of Rev.
r. J.. puffie at Lancaster.
| Miss Bertha Davis, charming young
llsdy of .Summerton, s. c., is visiting
Miss Minnie Traylor. Miss Davis Is "a
former teacher OF the graded school and
has many admirers, who are delighted
to see her again
| A. L. billiard made q business trip to
Rabun county, Georgia, last week. Mr..
billiard has recently sold thirty acres of
land at billiard post Office for 81, 900.
DIR. j. 81. Johns, of Atlanta. was here
| last week.
G. w. Leathers was the winner of the
premium stove at the store of the Shell
don Furuiture Company. His guess at
the number of seed in the pumpkin was
S05 and the actual count was 800.
We are very sorry to learn of the death
of j. j. Ansel, Of Walhalla.
Miss Hattie Brown has returned home
from Bowman, Ga.
Miss Mayme Traylor has returned home
from Norcross, Ga, whore she has been
visiting her friend, Miss Vera Elrod.
Mrs. Samuel Finch and son, Carl Finch,
of Gastonia, N. c., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Clinkscales, of Atlanta. are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. A. Il. Clinkscales, In
East End. They will remain until there
is an improvement In the condition of
their sister, Mrs. James Lawrence, who
has been critically i'll the PAST two weeks.
Miss lreneysiMiller returned from At
lanta few days ago. She has been
working in the department store Of the
j. M. High Company for some months
past. Miss Miller's many friends are
| pleased to see her. .'E
w. Powell Hale, the gentleman who
was to lecture ON December 9th, but
failed to arrive in time owing to belated
train, will be here on Friday evening,
January 1S, and give the lecture he had
| planned to deliver then. He Ia an Inn.
! pei senator and an all-round clever enter
tainer and we feel sure all will feel repaid
by hearing him. Admission, 25 cents.
| Tickets on sale at ususl places.
| Miss Annie Miller has returned from q
visit to relatives In Atlanta.
A carload of compressed cotton, num-
bering between fifty and sixty bales, WAS
burned on the side track here laat night
It is supposed that the fire started from
a spark from q passing locomotive, us It
was discovered shortly after trains Nos.
IL and 40 had passed. The door of the
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and the cotton exposed. The car was
going to some point In North Carolina
and was sent In here last week, presuma-
bly, on account Of the congestion of
freight traffic.
| A delightful event was an sat home''
given by Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. j. Stfibling,
on New Years evening. The parlor was
we'll filled with invited gucsts, there
being between thirty and forty young
ladies and gentlemen present. Refresh.
ments were served and the evening was
pleasant and enjoyable one TO all. In
the word. building contest the prize was
won by Miss Louise Breazeale and G. g.,
words from New Years Day" in seven
minutes, the specified time. There were
several other couples who made good
records.
A very pretty homo wedding occurred
last Sunday, January 9th, when Albert
Calhoun Burton, of Walhalla, and Miss
Ethel Leathers, of We,tminster, vera
BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Leathers. The marriage ceremony was
performed by Rev. j. r. Moore, pastor of
the Baptist church, in beautiful and
interesting manner. The parlor was
pretty In its decorations of holly, mistle-
toe and other evergreens. 1t was made
dark and lighted by artificial means. At
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in the following order: A. w. Leathers,
of the Southern Railway with Miss Mary
Scupine, of Gainesville. Ga, Dresden A.
Smith, Jr., Of Walhalla, with Miss Essie
Burton, sister of the groom. Then came
tho bride and groom, who stood facing the
minister. IL tho oonter OF the parlor was
a large improvised bell suspended under
which the couple assumed the marriage
vows. The bride was becomingly dressed
| in white brocaded silk. After the cere.
mony cake and coffee were served. Mr..
and Mrs. Burton were the recipients of
quite lot of handsome and useful we'd.
ding presents. The couple boarded No.
DO, Sunday evening, for Charlotte. 1t is
| understood they will continue their bri-
dal trip, to Washington and other places
and viii! return In week or ten days.
They will make their home in Walhalla,
whore the groom Ia successfully engaged
In merchandising. Mrs. Burton has been
| the faithful and efficient operator at the
central telephone Office for the past five
years and possesses a wide circle of
| friends.
Mrs. Mamie Barron visited relatives
and frieds in Seneca last week.
Capt. w. +. Parker and his grand
daughter, Mrs. Albert Campbell, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Perry, of West Union,
Monday.
A new schedule went into effect Sum
day and some of the trains arrive con-
siderably earlier and some later. There
are. ten trains daily, but Westminster
has the benefit of only one north-boand
satisfactory arrangement IL continued.
There is no complaint at the time of the
arrival of the trains of the new schedule,
provided we can get the same accommo-
dations as formerly. We trust it will
not be ong until we can have three