Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-02-03
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Office in Walhalla February 18th,
10th and 18th. c.
Senator ]. r. Earle returned to
Columbia yesterday morning. He
was accompanied Oh his return by
Miss Francis Earle.
If it's dress goods you want call
on me for the goods, and the price
Is lower than any one else will offer.
J. G. Rochester.
There will be a regular commu-
nication of Blue Ridge Lodge, No.
80, A. f. NJ, on next Friday evening,
February 5th, at s o'clock.
TO Rent-A one-horse farm in
Walhalla; good house and outbuild-
ings; also seven-room house on Main
street. Apply to r. D. Oelkers.
w. Frank DuPre left last Satur-
day for Franklin, N. c., where he has
accepted a position with the Ritter
Lumber Co. He anticipates being
transferred In the future to another
position with the same company in
another State.
Rev. Fred B. Smith, of Colum-
bia, will preach at the Richland Pres
byterian church next Sunday morn
ing at 11.30, and at the Walhalla
Presbyterian church in the afternoon
at O'Clock. Public cordially in
vited to attend.
Our expert cutter will be with
us Friday and Saturday, February
9Th and 9Th. IL you want nice
spring and summer suit come to see
us on the above dates.
G. w. Pitchford.
At the regular meeting Of Wal
halla Lodge, No. 81, X. of p, held
Monday night, the following dele
gates were elected to the district con-
vention, which will be held al Pied
mont February 10th: w. D. Moss,
b. S. Look, F. A. II. Schroeder.
DIR. Probst's dental Office at resi-
dence, Norman building Main street.
Rev. J. A. Bond will occupy the
Methodist pulpit at Fairview next
Sunday at II a. m. in the absence of
Rev. G. d. Mann. He will also
preach at the Walhalla Mill church
Sunday night at 73O o'clock. Pub
lie cordially invited to attend both
services.
Young men! If you want to
know why you should become tele-
graph operators and what school to
attend, write to Southern School of
Catalogue "a" Everybody should
read 1t. Positions positively guaran-
teed. o
People about Walhalla who
thought they had forgotten how to
shiver realize now that all they need
ed was an incentive. When the mer-
curry in the thermometers took a
drop down to 13 last Saturday and
Sunday everybody got busy at the
shiver act.
". F.. Holden and family, Of
Pine Mountain, Ga, have moved to
OConee, and are now residing near
Mountain Rest. Mr.. Holden will en-
gage in farming this year. He and
his are gladly welcomed to this coun-
ty. He is good substantial citizen
and first class farmer.
-Three-pound cans tomatoes,
beans and sweet potatoes-two cans
for 1 5 cents. j. C. Rochester.
MIR. and Mrs. w. T. Bearden,
who reside near Westminster, paid
The Courier a pleasant call last We'd
nesday afternoon. 1t was Mr.. Bear
den's first visit to Walhalla in two
years. He is one Of the most sue
cessful apple grower of Oconee and
the originator Of the "',, II Tillman"
apple. During the month Of De-
cember Mr. Bearden sold 400 bushels
Of apples. His whole crop averaged
him 70 cents per bushel. He has
supplied many Of the mountain
wagons travelling to the lower coun-
ties.
In an old copy Of The Courier
which was resurrected last week
while JAS II. Darby was having the
johnson property on Golden Hill"
renovated, We find several interesting
Items. This old COPY was found
stuffed into a crack in the wall. The
paper is dated October 2S, 1865. Tn
der the heading OF "Hymenear' we
find these two items: married. Sep
tember 9Th, 1865, by Rev. j. II. C.
Mckinney, VIM. Warren Moss to
Miss Aretha S. Robertson, both Of
Pickens. On September 10, 1865, by
the same, John f.. Blassingame, OF
Georgia, to Miss Lena f.. Marett, Of
South Carolina"
For Rent or Sale-One-horse
farm below West Union, recently
bought from John Henry Lee Good
buildings. Frank Fl. Shirley, West
minister, S. C. 3-5
Married, on Thursday afternoon,
January 2Sth, 1909, at 8 o'clock, at
the Walhalla Methodist parsonage,
by Rev. J. c. Yongue, Miss l.. ZeIla
Whitmire, of EbeneZer, and Furber
l.. Hubbard, OF Fairview, this coun-
ty. The bride and groom were ac-
companied by several relatives and
friends. who witnessed the ceremony.
The bride Is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. IT. Whitmire, the groom a
son OF S. b. Hubbard, both being
substantial families, whose large con-
nectlon and numerous friends Join