Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-12
NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER.
Public Debate this Evening--Four
Graduate from High School.
(By A. l.. Gossett.)

Itl
Goss and Hull.
On Friday afternoon the Royal Am
bassadors Of the Baptist church and
the Covenanters of the Presbyterian
church crossed bats, resulting in
defeat to the former by the score of
Ia to 12.
Westminster ought to get up q
game Of ball composed of nine Of our
| fattest men and nine of the leanest.
| That would be an interesting game,
| sure.
]. l.. Dorm and Jesse Freeman are
building residences in East End
This evening at s o'clock eight
| pupils of the eighth, ninth and tenth
| grades Of the High School will debate
for the debaters' medal. The sub
ject is Resolved, That the tendencies
point toward decline and ultimate
downfall Of the American republic"
Speakers for the affirmative-Miss
Bessie Foster, Miss Minnie Eubanks,
o. S. Marett, Miss Augusta Smithson;
negative-Ervine. Haley, Miss Clara
Singleton, Miss Mary Simpson and
Jameson Stribling.
| Following the commencement SER
mon, which will ba delivered in one
OF the churches next Sabbath, the
final examinations of the Westmin-
stol High School will be held on Mon
! day, Tuesday and Wednesday,. On
Thursday morning the closing eXer-
cises begin. Friday evening the
graduating exercises will come off.
The class of 1909 is composed Of
Frank Anderson, Harry Sheldon, Lee
Stribling and Miss Minnie lGubanks.
Capt. John Pringle, OF GTeenviiie,
lectureG and presented a moving pic
ture performance to the largest audi
ence ever assembled in the Methodist
church on Friday evening Every
ole was highly pleased. In his ster-
eopticon views Capt. Pringie showed
many in the slums Of New York who
had fallen by the wayside and were
rescued by the Salvation Army.
A neat and comprehensive manual
and directory of the New Westmin-
ster Baptist church has just been is
sued from The Courier's job office,
and copy mailed TO each member of
the church. This booklet is a COM
mendabie step on the part Of the
faithful and efficient clerk and trea-
surer, l.. A. Tannery. Every men,
Der can see and understand the
church covenant, rules OF church or
der, duties of members, church laws,
discipline, etc. 1t contains a COM
plete roll Of members, including the
members received by baptism on
May 2. With the four to be baptized
later on this church now has enrolled
243 members
We venture to say that States l..
Hunter, can claim the biggest and
best strawberry patch in the com
munity. We called around at his
home last Saturday and greatly en-
| loved fpaStinO hic
besides bringing enough home with
us to last a couple Of days. Mr.. Hun
ter's four varieties-Excelsior, Glen
Mary, Spencer and Dunlap-appear
ed to be in their glory, notwithstand-
ing he has sold 8 6 gallons up to date.
EMr. Hunter has little more than
one-fourth of an acre in plants, from
which he realized $43 last year. He
| finds 1t profitable Investment on
the farm, as he can get 40 cents per
gallon in the markets.
The Westminster friends of Edwin
l.. Mason will be interested to know
that he was elected Alderman for
Ward z in the election for city Off
GERS, held in Charlotte, N. c., on
May A. His opponent, who was O
Republican, received only two votes.
1t was sweeping victory for the
Democrats throughout the. city. In
a private letter from friend in
Charlotte he says: Everything going
along smoothly up this way. We ex-
pect to have big time on May 20,
when the President reaches Char
lotte. You had better come up and
see this neck of the woods.P
Mr.. and Mrs. Neill Sigh and chill
dren, of Richland. spent Sunday af-
tGrnOOn with friends hpra
Rev. M. e. Peabody will be in
stalled pastor of the Retreat church
next Sabbath at II a. m. by, the fol-
| lowing commission Of South Carolina
Presbytery: Rev. j. G. Law, D. D.,
of Walhalla, to PROFOUND the const-
tutional questions and charge the pas
tor; Rev. s. G. Mills, of Clemson, to
| preach the sermon, and Elder M. S.
Stribling, Of Westminster, to charge
the people.
w. d. Hull, Mesdames J. S. and w.
j. Carter attended the music festival
held In Atlanta last week.
Mrs. j. II. Ligon has the prettiest
| hower yard we have seen this year.
| Her roses are blooming to perfection
and she has numerous varieties which
are admired by ALL.
A visitor who witnessed the game
OF base ball yesterday said If he was
going to enter horse race he would
try and have at least one horse that
could trot. He said Seneca did not
have a single base ball boy In the
game that could even trot.
DR.. j. II. Stonecypher is in Toccoa
in the interest of the Good Roads
Convention. In this connection we
wish to remind our people of the i'm
portance OF good roads. The At
lanta journal ond Nau, vo,l, IIo,