Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-04-14
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business.
--Rumor has 1t that automobiles
in Walhalla will this summer be as
common as wheelbarrows.
We are requested to announce
that mass meeting Of the members
OF the Walhalla Baptist church and
the Baptists in and around Walhalla
will be held on the 4th Sunday morn
ing of this month. Every member of
the Baptist church and every Baptist
around is urgently requested to at
tend. This meeting will give some
thing to think about.
Rev. |. w. Wingo, the pastor,
will begin protracted meeting in the
Baptist church in WalhalIa on the
first Sunday in June. Rev. J. S. Cor
pening, the State evangelist, will as
ally invited to be with the Baptists
in this meeting. A week Of prayer
will precede the meeting, beginning
the fifth Sunday in May.
At a congregational meeting held
at the Walhalla Presbyterian church
last Sabbath, Rev. Geo. M. Wilcox
was unanimously called to serve as
pastor Of this church. The charge
Richland and Bethel, the latter
churches having concurred in the
call. 1t is thought probable that
Rev. Wilcox will preach his first SER
mon as pastor on the second Sunday
in May.
There are numerous wild rumors
that the Blue Ridge Railroad is to
be completed through to the West in
fIIf ~
the road will some day be put
through, but there is little hope for
the present 1t has been the hope
and aim of President Andrews to
complete the road on the original
plans at the earliest time possible,
but the time, looking at it from the
railroads standpoint, is not ripe.
The next ten years, however, may
see work on the old Blue Ridge line
begun.
-Protracted services began in the
Walhalla Methodist church last Sun
day. Two services are held daily, at
| | o'clock q. III. and $50 D. m, and
the attendance so fa" has been fairly
good, though more can be accommo-
dated and comfortably seated, and
Will be most cordially welcomed.
Rev. j. Fl. Graves, Of Clemson, is
conducting the services. He is a
preacher Of ability and force, and his
pointed truths are given to the peo-
pie in such manner as to impress
themselves indellibly on the congre-
cations.
We have received from the
Charleston News and Courier author
ity to make our clubbing offer with
that paper apply to all old as we'll as
new subscribers, and to extend the
limit to June 1st. Any of our sub
scribers now can get The Keowee
Courier, SemiWeekly News and
Courier and the Farm and Home one
year for $1.75, and with each cow
bination subscription a pair of eight
inch steel, patent tension, shears will
be given free. Remember that until
June 1st next this offer applies to
new subscribers and for renewals as
well. This is unquestionably the
best offer we have ever been able to
make. Take advantage Of it if you
want real bargain" in reading
matter and a good pair Of shears
thrown in.
w. JoIn Schroeder is making
preparations to open up a brick
making plant on the |. Fl. Harrison
place, on "Nigger Fork" creek, about
one mile from Walhalla. The ma
chinery is being gotten together
from the old plant operated by Stro-
ther d Phinney near West Union.
Mr.. Schroeder has the contract to
supply j. ID. Verner's brick for his
three store buildings on Main street,
and also for DR.. j. w. Bell, who will
erect a store room on his Main street
property, adjoining the store now
occupied by A. p. Crisp. The Har-
rison property affords an abundance
of splendid brick clay, and when Mr..
Schroeder has filled his present con-
tracts he will continue manufactur-
ing brick for shipment and to sup
ply the local demand. Mr.. Schroeder
has been handling brick from Geor-
gia and Tennessee, and he says the
clay on the land he now controls will
produce much better article than he
has been able to buy.
Mrs. Isabella l.. Neal died at the
home of her grandson, Harry Neal, at
Wolf Stake, on Wednesday, April 7,
at O'Clock a. m, aged rs years, l
month and % days. She was sick
ony six days with penumonia. Her
three daughters, Mrs. w. f.. Boyd,
Mrs. Fl. r. 'Fricks, Of West Union,
and Mrs. NJ. n. Cannon, Of Wolf
Stake, and her only brother, p. NJ. J.
Burton, of New Hope, and a few of
the grandchildren, were at her bed
side, with many friends, and minis
tered to her needs. Her body was
laid to rest at New Hope cemetery,
near her brother, who preceded her
only two months and eighteen days.
She was we'll known by a host of
friends, who will be grieved to learn
of her death. Mrs. Neal had been a
member of the Walhalla Methodist
since girlhood. She lived an
exemplary life and was loved by all