Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-05
FACTS FROM FAIR PLAY.
Miss Emily Compton and III. Il. Mar
tin Married i'm AIabama--LocaIs.

Fair Play, May Especial: Mr..
and Mrs. j. L. Compton announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss EN-
lily, to HaYne l.. Martin, 0f Kenneday,
Ala. The ceremony was performed
April ED, 1909, in Fayette, Ala, by
Il. =. Goodwin, Probate Judge OF
Fayette county. BY prearrangement
the young couple met in Birmingham
and proceeded to Fayette, where they
quietly united their lives and for
tunes. Mr.. Matrin Is native of this
county, his parents being Mr.. and
Mrs. John f. Martin, of the Return
section. He is young, man of steady
habits and Is to be congratulated on
winning the hand and heart Of so
noble young woman for life COM
panion. The bride Is the eldest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Comp
ton, OF Fair Play, and is deservediy
popular wherever she is known, be-
ing one of our brightest and most
talented young teachers, having
taught in different sections of Oconee
for number Of years. Owing to the
danger Of malaria in that section of
Alabama in which Mr.. Martin is at
present holding a responsible with
the Bell & Holloman Lumber Com
pany, Mrs. Martin will spend the
summer months with her parents and
other relatives in Oconee, as Mr..
Martin expects to return by mid-sum-
| mer. We extend congratulations
| and wish for the young couple all
the peace, prosperity and happiness
that this life can give them.
Quite number OF our community
attended the laymen's movement and
children's day at Townville Sunday.
Mrc II II Iynrri,, picitnI n} Do
| man Saturday, returning Sunday.
She will spend some time with rela-
tives here.
Mrs. +. NJ. Barton and "Uncle
Billy" Mason, of Lavonia, visited at
the home Of George Carnes last week.
Misses Florence Carnes and Katie
Marett were guests of Mrs. Lizzie
walters, of LaVonia, last week.
Rev. Nj. e. Peabody preached an
able sermon to large congregation
last Sabbath morning at the Presby-
terian church.
Miss Ethel Marett is at home on
the sick list. She attended the track
meet in Greenville last week, and
since then has been so indisposed
that she could not resume her stud
les in the Westminster Graded
| School. We trust she will soon be
herself again.
Married, at the residence of the
officiating officer, j. ID. Sheldon, on
April 18th, Henry Thrasher and Miss
| Nina Pearman, both of Lavonia
The barn and contents of Lewis
Cromer, one Of the most prominent
| farmers Of the Fork section of An
derson county, was supposed to be
struck by lightning and burned to
the ground 1nSt Friday o.
Cromer succeeded in saving all his
mules except two, but lost about
5000 bundles of fodder, together
with several farm implements, and
had quite good deal of guano con-
siderably damaged This loss falls
heavily indeed on Mr.. Cromer. The
loss Is something like $2,50O or
$4,000, with about $500 insurance.
Prof. NJ. l.. Parker, principal of
the Fair Play school, urgently re-
quests that every school patron at
tend the closing exercises next Fri
day, May 7th. Let every one inter-
ested come with well-filled dinner
baskets, and make the day joyous
one to patrons, pupils and teachers
In the afternoon at 8 o'clock a
ball game will be played between
TOwnville and Fair Play on the Fair
Play diamond. This will no doubt
interest all lovers of this kind of
sport, but your correspondent has
never seen yet any good resulting
from amusementS Of this kind. Most
of our prominent newspapers are
filled each week with accounts Of
ball games, which may interest some
people, but my private opinion pub
licily expressed is that there Is moth
inc In tham thot ic hrt
most dangerous kind of sport,
which often results in broken noses.
limbs or something even worse. If
the parents Of these boys would put
them to chopping cotton or building
up broken down fences, or any kind
of honorable work, they would be
worth more to their community,
home and surroundings in general.
Boys, think about all this, and don't
let these remarks offend you, for |
think you Will all agree with me
that there are many things YOU
could engage in far more elevating
ana helpful to YOU than to attend
one Of these ball games, and possi-
bly, be sent home to your anxious
mothers with a broken limb or some
thing even worse. r. b. W.
lSiliouSncSs and Constipation.
For years | was troubled with bill
iousne5s and constipation, which
made life miserable for me. My ap-
petite failed me. | lost my usual
force and vitality. Pepsin prepare
tions and cathartics only made mat
ters worse. | do not know where |
should have been to-day had | not
tried Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve
the III feeling at once, strengthen
the digestive functions, purify the
stomach, liver and blood. helping the
system to do its work DoturaIly -