Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-11
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Beautiful lot of pictures and
frames to close out at Norman's.
Miss Mary Hoefer returned to
Walhalla from an extended visit to
J. olumbia. accompanied by her cousin,
d. II. Perry. This is Mr.. Perrys first
visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
b. Oehmig, in fifteen years.
ALL priced buggies at W. M.
Brown's-from $50 up. If e
Read the new advertisement of
w. S. Hunter & Co.. of Seneca, In
this issue of The Courier. The claims
Of this reliable firm are always made
good by them. Call on them and
You will always receive the hest SER
vice possible.
Miss Helen Fant, Of Rock Hill,
was called homo last week on ac-
count of the serious illness of her
sister. little Miss Myra. She has re-
turned to her studies at Winthrop.
her sisters condition having greatly
improved
When in Seneca stop in and let
j. A. Brock repair that watch, or sell
you a new one.
Mrs. r. Galloway, Of Westrn!n-
ster, has returned from Atlanta, af-
ter c stay of two weeks, getting the
latest styles in millinery, also buying
the handsomest stock ever brought
to Oconee county. Watch for her
advertisement in next weeks issue.
Frank, the three-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Anderson, OF
West Union, died at their home on
the I'd instant, after short illness
from measles. The interment took
place at Salem on the 9Th. The be-
rna 20, 1,1,
many friends in their sorrow.
Sixteen steers and three fresh
milch cows for sale cheap, for cash
or on time, by T. E. Alexander. If
The many friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. l.. FAINT and family will be
glad to learn that Miss Myra FAINT,
who was for several days critically
Ill, is now greatly improved. She
ration for appendicitis, and Is now
out Of danger 1t is thought that
she can be brought home in week
| or ten days.
"A nice line of china in odd
pieces at ]. A. Brooks, Seneca, S. c.
| Married, at the residence OF P.
A. Brown, Magistrate, on Sunday
evening, March Sth, Miss Jessie Row
land and John Mauldin. The bride is
a daughter of George Rowland and
the groom son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Mauldin, and are both of the
New Hope section of Oconee. They
| have the best wishes of hosts of
friends throughout Oconee for long
life OF happiness and prosperity.
| They have the honor to be the first
couple whom Magistrate Brown has
married. They will continue to re-
side in the New Hope section.
"A Diamond" did you say? Yes,
| keep them and can save you as
much as $50 on a one-karat.
j. A. Brock, Seneca, s. G..
H. II. Chandler, w. s. HALEY
and @. d. Cannon, Of Lavonia, Ca,
were circulating among their Wal
| halla friends the first Of this week.
| In speaking Of the recent proposed
purchase OF the Knox bridge by Hart
| county, Georgia, and Oconee county.
they state that Hart county has re
fused TO pay more than $3.50 toward
| the purchase price. The town Of La
vonia thereupon agreed to pay the
half that Hart county was to have
paid on the property. The deal will
In all probability be made If Hart
county, Georgia, will agree to pay
ip tiS eSpclSGS OI ReeplnR the
| bridge in repair. The throwing open
of this bridge free to the public Is
thought to be q wise measure, and
will be hailed with delight by many
citizens In the territory served by
| the bridge.
| j. Fl. Barnett, of the Oak Grove
section, was in Walhalla yesterday
He left at The Courier Office several
stalks Of cotton as they were pulled
from the field. These stalks are veri.
| table little trees, each laden with
large wide-open bolls Of fieecy white
staple. good length and fine texture
1t is unquestionably the finest sam
pie or growing cotton we have ever
seen. Mr.. Barnett planted forty
Iacres, and from this had ginned forty
four good average bales. His crop
in the main was from the FlemminG
| improved seed, and he Is delighted
with the result. Mr.. Barnett Is a
business farmer, and a good one At
one time there used to be dstinc-
ton between farmers" and "busi-
ness men," To-day that distinction
is Justly being wiped out. We now
find business men all over the coun-
try on the farms, and they are the
ones who are prospering. There is
no good reason why every farmer
should not be a business man, and 1t
Is fast coming to the point where the
| word "business" can be plainly seen
on the face of every farmer in Oco-
'nee county.