Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-08

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Rev. A. P. Marett was called to
conduct the funeral of Miss Annie
!, Alexander. one of the members Of
Pleasant Ridge church. on last Fri
day. She died last Thursday, July
Q, from am attack of fever. Miss
Alexander was % years old and was
a daughter of the late Elias Alexan-
der, who lived several miles above
Walhalla. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Alexander lived in Westmin-
ster for q couple of years some eight
or ten years ago. Miss Annie was
bright young lady, of sunny dis
position, and was looking forward to
a future full of promise when strick-
ened down by disease. She will be
sadly missed in the home and in the
church.
Last Saturday when Mrs. J. A.
Harbert reached home she found that
| some one had, through mistake, put
the fragments of their dinner in her
hack before leaving Clearmont The
victuals and dishes were in an old
suit case. A full glass jar Of beet
| pickles are among the contents of
the package. The purpose of this
paragraph is to put the owner on
the trace of his or her lost property.
A fruit car jumped the track be-
low Harbin's Sunday and traffic was
delayed several hours.
Mrs. G. G. Weaver, of Lenoir, n
c., spent a day or two in Westmin-
ster last week with relatives. She
is sister of Mrs. John Carter, Of
Gainesville, Ca, and resided here
several years ago.
At the semi-annual communion
service held in the Presbyterian
| 81, ~, JIoyroll
| the pastor, read out the names Of
sixteen members received in the
! church on profession Of faith and
two by certificate. Oak Grove
church has been dissolved, and by or
| der of South Carolina Presbytery
| eleven members were transferred
from there to the church here, maxi
| ing in all twenty-nine additions to
| the membership Of the Westminster
church within two weeks.
l. John Couch brought to Westmin-
ster on July some watermelOns,
which were the first county grown
melons received on this market this
summer. Mr.. Couch farms on the
| Barton place on ToXaway.
j. r. Garner, of Lockhart, was
here last week with his wife and lit
tie son, who are spending some time
in Westminster.
Rev. JOS. Il. Dendy has accepted
call to the pastorate Of Ebenezer
Presbyterian church, located in York
county, two and half miles from
the fiourishing little city Of Rock
| Hill, and will move there from Ker-
shaw August l. He will give his
whole time to the one church. Ebe-
nezer is one of the most important
and desirable churches in South Car
olina Synod. Dr.. Thornwell labored
| there for twenty-five years, and the
membership is composed Of highly
cultured and refined people. For
nine years Mr.. Dendy has been the
pastor of Kershaw, Lancaster and
Beaver Greek churches, and 1t is with
reluctance that they unite with him
in asking Bethel Presbytery to dis
solve the pastoral relation. At the
spring meeting of his Presbytery,
which was held in Kershaw, Mr..
Dendy was elected one OF the COM
missioners to the General Assembly,
which met at Greensboro, N. G., in
May.
]. r. Orr and his two sons. Buford
! and Warren, have returned from a
pleasant visit to .Greenville.
We. are liable to appear at Jesse
Carter peach orchard some time.
, Hated told us to come when the
Elbertas get ripe.
w. H. Goodlette, Of Greenville,
was here Wednesday.
]. A. Cook, of Madison, was in
town the other day. Mr.. Cook says
| he shook hands with Aunt Peggy
Land, the aged mother Of A. H.
| Land, while she was In the field hoe
ing cotton few days. ago. Mrs. Land
is eighty-two years old and does not
hoe because she Is compelled to, but
because she still likes to work In the
| field.
Miss Irene Miller expects to visit
homefolks In Westminster in about
| three weeks. She has been trimming
| hats In millinery store In Bamberg
for some months and will leave short
| iy for visit to her uncle, Victor Mil
| ler, who resides in Alabama. Leav-
ing Alabama she will stop In Atlanta
for a few days, and her cousin, Miss
Maud Ballenger, will probably ac-
company her home. al
j. H. Ligon presented us with some
of his mammoth sized tomatoes this
morning. s.e
Miss Ida Jones was In Seneca yes
terday afternoon and says Mrs. Rosa
| Arnold is some better, but Is still in
q critical condition.
| o. e. Cashin, of Anderson, Is here
| for few weeks.
Watermelons are beginning to come
| in from all directions. Peaches and
apples are dull sale.
The firm of Mitchell e. Reeder are
taking stock, preparatory to moving
into Mr.. Mitchell's new building OPP
posite the depot.
Mrs. w. J. Stribling wishes to say
| to the members of w. M. U.. auxil-
| - ha nao a Aoynpfutinn