Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-04-28
SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1909.

ISi, VI EiSiSy, are NlSltlnS neT par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. f. Cox, of Oak
Grove.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will sell cake, pies, bread, ice
cream and other refreshments In the
vacant store room between the West
minister Bank and the post office on
next Saturday, May /, commencing
at 8 a. M, and continuing through
the day. Come to town that day
prepared to dine with them
What might have been two de-
structive fires last week were dis
covered and eXtinguished in the nick
Of time. On Wednesday night j. e.
Gaines retired leaving a glass lamp
with the wick turned low, and dim
light burning. At midnight he
awoke and found the lamp bursted
into hundreds of pieces and blaze
licking up the oil and consuming the
paperS and books that were on the
center table. Another large lamp
was on the table and was getting hot.
On Thursday evening, just before
dark, while gosoline lamp in the
home Of II. B. Zimmerman was being
hlled, an open jet caused the table
and floor to become saturated with
gasoline, which caught on fire. 1t
made big blaze, but was smothered
before any serious harm resulted.
At the second annual meeting Of
the stockholders Of the Westminster
Bank, held on April goth, $4,000 of
the 100000 capital stock was rep
resented in person or by proxy. The
report of the president, w. p. Ander-
son, showed that everything relating
TO banking and finance was very sat
isfactory. The former board of di-
rectors was reelected.
The smallest automobile in West
minister makes the biggest noise.
j. Burt Woolbright and two chill
drcit, of Greenville, visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Baker
last week.
Mrs. y. Zimmerman Is sepnding a
month in Suzanne, Tenn.
Large congregations attend the re-
vival services in the Baptist church,
which continue with interest. Rev.
S. II. G. Adams is an eloquent expos
itor OF God word, and breaches with
much acceptability twice lay. On
Sunday afternoon he delivered a spe-
cial sermon to men, basing his re-
marks chiefly on the vanities of life.
Mrs. Gignilliat, OF Seneca, gave w.
NJ. Lemmons a specimen of her home
grown lemons the other day. 1t
measures liz by IA inches.
w. ID. Fitzhugh, a prominent citi-
zen of Culpepper, Va, stopped in
Westminster this week while on his
way to Atlanta.
Mrs. G.. E. Smith returned to East
Point, Ga, tst Thursday, after a
visit of some days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. G. Moore.
The high prices Of flour ought to
be lesson to stimulate more inter-
est in wheat growing among our far
mers. We live in yer. fine wheat
growing section, and on. acre well
prepared will yield 80 bushels or
more. Besides the grain the straw
is valuable.
Otto Russell, of Walhalla, and l..
o. Russell, of Greenville, we're guests
of the families Of j. G. BreaZeale and
j. }. McLeskey recently.
Miss Bonnie Freeman has return
ed from visit to Anderson.
The first match game of base ball
for the season was played here Sat
urday afternoon between the Glenn
son and Westminster teams, result
ing in victory for the former by
score Of 2 to I.
Westminster was we'll represented
at the oratorical contest and the
track meet in Greenville Friday and
Saturday.
Walter Rhyme Is making excava-
tions for the building OF a handsome
residence in West End.
Miss Maud Ballenger, after spend
ing about three months in Atlanta,
returned home on last Thursday, to
the delight of her many friends.
}. w. Simpson, a contractor of this
place, has been doing a great deal of
work lii mis- line during the past sew
eral months. He has just finished
house for w. A. Singleton and the
second story to the old Methodist
parsonage for NJ. l.. Jones.
Mrs. j. NJ. Norris visited relatives
in GreenVille the latter part of last
week.
j. A. Cook and NJ. l.. Jones, Of
Madison, were in Westminster last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Collins visited
in Anderson one day last week Mrs.
Collins had the pleasure of seeing
some OF her former schOolmates in
that city
II. L.. Miller, of Royston, Ga, is
in Westminster for a short while.
Westminster would appreciate it If
the Southern would either operate
the Belle train to Seneca or make
Toccoa the terminal for Nos. Al and
~. The territory between Seneca
and Toccoa needs that service badly,
and we hope the railroad officials
will give it trial.
Mrs. NJ. A. Peabody, the mother OF
Rev. NJ. E. Peabody, arrived one af-
ternoon last week from Mississippi
Rev. Peabody is now comfortably
domtciled in the Presbyterian manse.
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