Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-09
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
Death Claims Aged Lady--Eiandsome
New Churcf--Personals.
(By A. l., Gossett.

e. Anderson from the Philippine Is
! lands, IL which lie states that he
found her name carved on a bamboo
tree. He enclosed some very inter-
esting views Of the far-away islands.
1t requires about two months for mail
to travel from Lieut.. Andersons post
office to Westminster.
The inauguration is close by, and
hence the loaded vestibule and spe-
cial trains going North.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b.. Stewart are
making their home with Mrs. NJ. e.
| MesseEf They are building an addi-
ton to the house.
The members Of the Christian
church of Westminster are to be con-
| graduated on their handsome church
edifice, which is nearing completion.
j. b. Quartermus, the contractor and
builder, is now putting in the Gothic
windows. They are glazed with cut
| glass and are very pretty. The out
side of the building is painted steel
gray color and the floor will have an
oak stain, while the concaved ceiling
overhead will be painted in natural
| color. The building is 40 by AZ, and
with the ctrcled pews will seat $50
people. 1t has two vestibules and
two towers The cost Of erecting this
~ l.
Will be dedicated in about a month.
Mrs. Polly ADles, aged 81 years,
died at the Orange Haley place, be-
low Oakway, last Thursday, and was
buried in the New Bethel cemetery
the following day. She was the mo-
ther Of Mrs. Peter Sanders, OF this
place. Besides Mrs. Sanders three
other children survive. They are
James Ables, Miss eliza Ables and
Mrs. William Moore She leaves two
brothers, James and Elias Mason, of
near Oakway. Mrs. Ables was men,
Der of the Baptist church. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. J. f.
Mason, her nephew.
Mrs. Mamie Johns, widow of the
late DR.. j. A. Johns, is quite i'll. Her
son, DR.. j. II. Johns, of Atlanta, was
called to her bedside yesterday.
Postmaster Ira S. Pitts left Tues
day for Washington. o. w. Pitts,
the assistant postmaster, will have
/ charge of Uncle Sans affairs at this
point during the postmasters alb
sence. SO far as known Mr.. Pitts is
| the only one from this section to go
to the National Capital on account of
the Inauguration.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist church will meet at
the home Of Mrs. w. j. Carter next
Monday afternoon at o'clock Sub
| ject for Bible reading: Prayer"
Miss Allie Stribling spent the week.
end with her sister, Mrs. j. Earle
Barton.
The Westminster Steam, Laundry
started to work at noon yesterday.
Miss Lizzie Powell is the book-keeper
Mrs. j. H. Bibb recently delight
fully entertained the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society Of the Baptist church.
After guessing contest in a darken-
ed room sweet course was served.
Mrs. Bibb is charming hostess.
Among those invited were Mesdames
w. e. Cheswell, d. l. Mulkey, o. X.
Breazeale, James Hull, Bette Mes
ser, A. p. Marett, Cornelia Whita-
ker, II. N. Carter. j. S. Carter, ]. r.
Moore, w. j. Stribling, Ira S. Pitts,
Wilton Mason, B. M. England, j. G.
Breazeale, Hugh Terrell, Clarissa
DICKSON, Ida Dillard, j. w. McGee
and Miss Ida Jones.
Dr.. G. M. Walker has purchased
handsome automobile. 1t is a
Maxwell car. We hear that others
in Westminster contemplate buying
cars in the near futu,y.
Thomas Marcingalu and Miss Beu-
lah Ledford, both CT Westminster,
were married Sunday. Rev. r. ].
Vinson, Of Holly Springs, tied the
matrimonial knot.
Miss Leila Thompson, the teacher
of the Cracker Neck school, visited
the Misses Haley Sunday.
John w. Shelor and daughter, Miss
Marye Shelor, OF the Tugaloo sec
ton, and John D. Sheldon, S. p.
Stribiing and Mrs. j. II. Pullen, Of
Vol
The free bale of cotton offered by
j. and j. S. Carter during their big
sale was won by j. S. Steiffen. Mr..
.Steiffen Is new conner and resides
on Cornelia avenue, in West End.
The congregations at the Presby-
terian church and the West End
chapel enjoyed hearing Rev. NJ. E.
Peabody preach on last Sabbath. He
is very eloquent divine and a clever
gentleman. Mr.. Peabody is native
of Bainbridge Ga, and is a graduate
of the Union Theological Seminary.
He is spending the week among
friends In Westminster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Patten and
Miss Clara Patten, of the Brasstown
section, were visitors at tho home Of
Upson Powell, In West Emu, 'rst Sun
day.
Mrs. j. w. Baker has returned
from visit to her daughter, Mrs.
j. Burt Woolbright, of Greenville
Last Wednesday we noticed peach,
plum and apricot trees in full bloom.
We are sure we never saw anything
like that before In the month of Feb
ruary.
Mrs. A. G. Burton, of Atlanta, nee
Miss Ethel I,eathers, of Westminster,
has been on visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Leathers, the
past two weeks.