Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
Preparing for the missionary Meet
ing-High School Opens.

iohoo INC hisl udS Z0o puDllS, with
45 In the high school department.
We hope to have others in the tenth
grade very soon. Communicate with
Principal NJ. e. Brockman in regard
to course of study. We want every
patron of the school to observe, to the
letter, the following regulations:
Every pupil will be required to
give satisfactory proof Of having COM
| piled with the law of the State Board
| OF Health in regard to vaccination,
either by presenting a Doctors GER
tificate or showing vaccination.
(Signed) NJ. e. Brockman, Principal;
J. S. Carter, Chairman of Board; w.
p. Anderson, Secretary of Board;
| Rev. J. l.. Singleton"
Pupils will be given one week to
comply with this very important reg
| ulation.
All patrons who have children old
| enough to enter first grade are urged
to enter them the first weeks Of the
! school. After reasonable length Of
time you viii not be permitted to en-
ter your child until next session. This
Is by order of board of trustees and
principal.
At the opening timely and crisp
remarks were made by Rev. J. r.
Moore, N. w. Macaulay, w. p. An
derson, M. S. Stribling, Profs. Brock
man and Cox, on department, hon
esty, integrity, good examples, right
eousness and other lines pertaining
to education and school work. What
they said was worth remembering.
1t now looks like 1t is up to us,
n tn h,,fI IL.
or something to hold lyceum courses
and entertainments in. The large
auditorium had to be cut In two In
order to accommodate the school with
sufficient recitation rooms. In all
probability we will miss the lyceum
course entirely for want of room. 1t
is the purpose of the trustees to have
an assembly hall completed by next
May at the latest.
The committee on hospitality for
the annual meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Union, to be held here on
next Tuesday and Wednesday, is coin.
posed of the following ladies': Mes
danes 0. X. BreaZeale, Jesse Carter,
VIII Carter and j. H. Bibb. Every
lady member Of the New Westmin-
ster church is cordially invited to CO.
operate with this committee in maxi
ing the visitors welcome. The men,
bers of the first church and Cheswell
Mill church are very cordially invited
to attend the services Of the Woman's
Missionary Union and cooperate with
New Westminster church in making
the meeting a success.
Mrs. e. G. Poore Is visiting her
mother, Mrs. G. e. Dickerson, of
Flartwell. Mrs. Dickerson has been
very low with fever, but is better
now.
w. P. Anderson, president OF the
Westminster Bank, and M. S. Strib-
ling, one of our dry goods merchants,
are in New York.
The eighth teacher of the graded
school has been added in the person
of Miss Ella Hargrove, of Gainesville.
The families Of DR.. S. Y. Jameson
and DR.. F. G. Mcconnell have return
ed to their homes at Macon. Ca, and
Kansas City, Mo.
Rev. j. J. Harrell and G. e. Gray
did not undertake the trip to Pres
bytery to-day owing to the condition
Of the C. and G. division Of the
Southern.
Eighteen from Westminster rode
out to the scuppernong vineyard last
night and had an enjoyable time.
The outing was given in honor of
Miss nellie Hella AVS, pleasant young
lady from Green .ille, who is visiting
her friend and college mate, Miss
Ada Marett.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Mears, of Au-
gusta, Ca, spent last night with the
family of A. Zimmerman.
The largest and best apples we
have ever seen were the four left at
Rev. d. f. Carter, of the Battle Creek
section. Mr.. Carter is fortunate.
One Of his apples will make pie
for a good sized family.
w. E. Mason was in Macon, Ga,
fSaturday.
Prof. M. c. Barton and children,
M. c.. Jr.. and Miriam. have return
ed to Piedmont, where Prof. Barton
has charge of the three schools of
that place.
Misses Estelle and Florrie Dunlap
and brother, Henry Dunlap, of Win
terville, Ca, and Miss Effie Martin
and three brothers, Wade, Sloan and
Champ Martin, of Return, were the
guests of Miss Alice Pickett recently.
Mrs. w. ]. Hatcher, of Johnston,
8. c., assistant Band Superintendent
Of the State, w. M. u. auxiliary to
Baptist State Convention, will ad-
dress the members of associational
w. M. u. auxiliary to Beaverdam
Association on September and 9.
Miss Alice A. Puckett entertained
number of her friends at her home
In East End on August 18. All that
were present report an enjoyable
time.
Elijah Zimmerman had the mis-
fortune to get one Of the fingers of
his right hand cut off and another
one hurt on August "a, while work.
ing in the cotton mill. 1t did not in
terfere with Mr.. Zimmerman coming
to the polls on Tuesday and castinp