Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-05

Vile this week on combined busi-
ness and pleasure trip.
Mrs. Geo. Seaborn and children
spent yesterday and last night in An
derson with relatives and friends.
One so II. p. Atlas boiler and
one 80 II. p. Atlas engine for sale by
Oconee Knittisg Mill. Both in first
class condition.
Mrs. G. p. Martin and two chill
dren, of Woodstock, Ala, are visiting
at the home of the formers mother,
Mrs. G. v. Reid, in West Union.
Mrs. G. w. Gardner, of Green
wood, is visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Shelor. She is here
on account of the critical illness of
the latter.
Master Harry Steck, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Steck who has been
quite i'll for three weeks, is thought
to be somewhat improved this morn
ing. We hope for the continued i'm
provement of the little one.
&. T.. Herndon, Esq, left Mon
day for Tyler, Texas. He was accom-
panied by his mother, Mrs. r. Hern-
don, who will spend some time at
Tyler with her second son, S. A. G..
Herndon, who has resided there for
several years. Mr.. Herndon will be
absent from Walhalla for several
weeks, while his mother will proba-
bly, spend some months away.
A. j. Orr, an aged Confederate
veteran, of Salem, was in Walhalla
Monday and paid us a pleasant call.
He reports that the recent heavy
rains did considerable damage in his
section, and tnat one bridge over
Little River-the Perry bridge
was washed away. Though Mr.. Orr
served through the entire four
years Of the war, he Is able to get
about well, in spite of broken health.
Mrs. w. M. Brown and Mrs.
Kannie Cobb left last Thursday for
Rosman, N. c., in response to tele-
gram announcing the critical illness
Of their brother, Clarence Glazener,
who is suffering with typhoid fever
and erysipelas. Mrs. Brown took
with her her youngest child, who has
been very sick since their arrival at
Rosman. Their many friends hope
for the recovery Of both their loved
ones.
The Atlanta Millinery Co., at
Norman's store, has just received an
other line Of newest shapes in hats,
flowers and ribbons. Special price
sale saturday.
"A force Of hands is now at work
in West Union building a "Y" for
the Blue Ridge railway. The old
"turntable' in Walhalla has been
out Of service for months, and of late
all trains have backed out Of Wal
halla, being unable to turn the en-
gine and cars. The "Y" will be To-
Gated to the rear of the former Rich
a"dSon lumber plant site, a part OF
the old Blue Ridge abandoned fill
being utilized for the "Y" tracks.
Mrs. Geo. A. Harrison, of Lam
drum, arrived in Walhalla last Sum
day and will spend a week or more
visiting at the home OF Mrs. J. w.
Harrison, who is in quite feeble
health. Mrs. Harrison passed her
9Oth birthday last December and
has been an invalid for years. She
has many intimate friends to whom
her years of patient suffering and
resignation have been a benediction,
and who wish for her even yet a res
toration to health.
w. II. Mcdonald, Confederate
veteran, S3 years of age, spent last
Friday in Walhalla. He paid us a
pleasant call and informed us he had
walked from his home near Seneca,
distance of eight miles, and ex-
pected to walk back in the after
noon. He served through the three
years of the War Between the States.
He recalled many incidents of the
past, and said he had spent many a
night, away back in the early fifties,
reading The Keowee Courier by the
light Of pine knot.
i am going to give away, abso-
lutely free Of charge, one $75 High
Point top buggy. Call and inquire.
This buggy is going to be given to
some one absolutely free. Remem-
Der that. Call and find out particu-
lars. w. Nj. Brown, Walhalla.
j. w. EllIin, 76 years Of age,
| died at his home in the EbeneZer
section of Oconee last Saturday, af-
ter lingering illness, having been
confined to his room with asthma
| for over four months. Mr.. Elkin had
| been resident OF Oconee for about
| forty years, having moved here in
| 1868 from East Tennessee. He
| leaves a wife and several children
to mourn his death. On Sunday af-
| ternoon the remains were inferred
at Wolf Stake Baptist cemetery in
the presence Of a large concourse rf
borrowing relatives and friends.
Louis l.. Littman left Walhalla
| last Friday for his home in Ander-
! son, where he will be for a short
while, when he will move with his
family to some point in Kentucky or
| Ohio. After June lst his official
work for the Improved Order Hepta-
| sophs will embrace the States of
! Ohio and Kentucky. He has hosts
of friends in Walhalla who will re-
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