Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-15
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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Read the new legal advertise
ments in this issue.
DIR. w. F. Austin, OF Seneca, was
in Walhalla yesterday on business.
Quite a number of our citizens
attended the funeral of H. j. Gignil-
Hat in Seneca Sunday afternoon.
The Mountain Union Singing
Convention will be held with Holly
Springs church July 25th and 26th,
1908.
Miss Carrie Hull, Of Westmin-
ster, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Geo.
w. Eaton. She will be here for seve-
raj days.
.-Thos. o. Stewart, of Newberry,
representing the Eureka Fire Hose
Company, was in Walhalla yesterday
on business.
&C. l.. Angel & Sons are running
a livery stable at Highlands, n. C.
Mr.. Angel returned Sunday from a
trip to that place.
Erwin Pitchford, of Tahlequah,
Oklahoma, son of Judge ]. Henry
Pitchford, was visitor to relatives
in Walhalla last week. T.
Rev. J.. c. Tongue and E. l..
eral days this week attending the
session of the district conference.
MIR. and Mrs. II. p. Holleman
moved yesterday to West Union,
where they will do lgiht house-keep-
ing at the Blue Ridge Hotel, and
where they will be at home to their
hosts Of friends. .....
The new candidates this week
are: For Master in Equity, w. Old
ridge White and S. X. Dendy; for
Supervisor Of Registration, John l..
Reeder. G. e. 'Gaillard was announc-
ed as a candidate for Sheriff last
week. ..r ...... ..... ...... o..
Aunt Margaret Clark, colored.
died at her home near West Union,
last Saturday morning. She had
been sufferer for several years from
paralysis. She was one of the old
time darkies, and had won the
respect of all who came in contact
with her. '... I
On the seventh page of this is
sue will be found the table of appor-
ton of the school funds of Oconee
county as made by the County Su-
perintendent Of Education. Those in
terested in this matter should read
the report carefully and file it away
for future reference.
Senator J. R. Earle Is in Angus
ia, Ga, this week attending a session
Of the State Fish Commission. The
conference is for the purpose Of de-
vising ways and means of restocking
and preserving the fish in Savannah
River and it's tributaries. Mr.. Earle
will return about Friday.
A. S. Monire and Miss Edith
Olewine, of Washington, d. c., are
In Walhalla for a few days. They
are in the government service, and
are here for the purpose Of making
Investigations into certain Cherokee
claims. There are about sixty goy-
ernment employees at present en-
gagged in the investigation of these
claims in various parts Of the coun-
try. ## = 2<
Mrs. r. E. Morgan, of Atlanta,
Ca, is visiting her niece, Mrs. Ira l..
BurIey and family, near town, and
among friends. Mrs. Morgan is very
pleasantly remembered by her many
Oconee friends as Miss Fannie Fos-
ter, whose father, Elijah Foster, was
one of the most worthy farmers In
the Richland vicinity quarter Of a
century ago. Mrs. Morgan and her
sister, Miss Annie Foster, have resid-
ed in Atlanta for the past twenty
years, whe.e they have numerous
friends. < 4 -
-Walhalla Lodge, knights of
Pythias, held a very pleasant meet
ing last Monday evening. A pro-
gram of summer entertainment has
been mapped out, and the members
will find they can very pleasantly
spent an hour at the Castle Hall.
On next Monday evening several of
the candidates for United States Sem
ator, Congress and Solicitor will be
present and make speeches OF inter-
est to members of the order. 1t Is
hoped the members of the lodge will
turn out in full force and make as
good a showing as possible
We regret to chronicle the death
Of Mrs. William Fowler, which oc-
Cured at her home in the Knitting
Mil village on July Sd after long
and painful Illness, lasting over six
months. Before marriage she was a
Miss West and was born and raised
In the Mountain Rest section of the
county. She Is survived by her hus-
band and six children. who have the
sympathies OF many In their hour Of
sorrow. The interment took place
at the Neville burying ground. Mr..
Fowler was also very sick at the
time, of his wifes death, being a suf-
ferer from fever. He is reported as
improving. est a